5o percent of Iranian missile launchers destroyed, and let's hope the rest are too

Yaakov Lappin's written about the current results in the war against Iran's tyrants:

The joint Israeli-American military campaign against Iran, now in its third day, has systematically decapitated the Iranian regime’s leadership from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei down, while causing extensive damage to its ballistic missile program.

A military official speaking on Sunday provided a detailed assessment of the severe damage inflicted upon the Iranian weapons industry and missile program during the ongoing operation. According to the official, hundreds of Iranian terror regime missiles were successfully destroyed, and the production of at least 1,500 additional ballistic missiles was entirely prevented in the past two days.

The strikes dismantled approximately 200 ballistic missile launchers and rendered dozens more completely inoperable. The official noted that this meant that 50 percent of the regime’s ballistic missile launchers active at the time were destroyed.

We have to hope all launchers will be smashed, because that's the only way to ensure no more of this. Even the Hezbollah in Lebanon must be stopped for the same reasons. For now, it looks like all possible successors to the now eliminated Khamenei have been wiped out as well, and that's also important.

In related news, 3 USA soldiers were unfortunately murdered by Iranian fire during operations

Three U.S. service members were killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement on Sunday.

Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions and are in the process of being returned to duty, CENTCOM, which comprises U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central and South Asia, wrote in a statement.

“Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing,” read the CENTCOM statement, the first about casualties since the U.S. and Israel launched a joint mission against the Iranian regime on Saturday. The U.S. calls the operation “Epic Fury,” Israel titled it “Roaring Lion.”

“The situation is fluid, so out of respect for the families, we will withhold additional information, including the identities of our fallen warriors, until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified,” CENTCOM added.

This is terrible, but was also sadly inevitable that there could be casualties, as happens in many wars to vanquish evil. Condolences to the families of the victims.

That said, if there's something else right Donald Trump is doing now at his end of the spectrum, it's indicating he understands why sending ground troops to Iran is something that may have to be done (also via JNS):

President Trump told The Post Monday that he’s not ruling out sending US ground troops into Iran “if they were necessary” — adding that Operation Epic Fury was “way ahead of schedule” by taking out dozens of Tehran’s top officials.

“I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground — like every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground.’ I don’t say it,” Trump said after launching strikes Saturday to decapitate Iran’s military and political leadership. “I say ‘probably don’t need them,’ [or] ‘if they were necessary.'”

Trump told the Daily Mail on Sunday that he estimated the war would last “four weeks or so,” but hinted to The Post Monday that that timeframe could be shortened.

Trump is correct that whether public opinion - especially among conservatives - is surprisingly opposed to taking action against barbarians, it can't be allowed to get in the way of seeking justice and punishing evildoers, both at home and abroad. Because if they don't do so overseas, how can they be expected to prove convincing at home?

That said, it's regrettable if Trump is still sticking by the delusion of recognizing Ahmed al-Sharaa as a legitimate leader of Syria. When here, there's doubtless plenty of Yazidi, Druze and Christian representatives in the area who could prove far better and more rational in the role of leadership. Continuing to marginalize them will only be a bad omen.

Senegalese jihadist murdered 3 people at bar in Austin, Texas

A Muslim immigrant from Senegal committed murder at a Texas bar before being gunned down by police, and now authorities have discovered more evidence of his ideological drivings:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has discovered evidence at the scene of the mass shooting at a popular Austin nightclub that indicates a potential nexus to terrorism. During a press conference held in Austin early Saturday morning, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Alex Doran of the San Antonio FBI office said the evidence was discovered on the shooter and in his vehicle. [...]

Speaking at the latest press conference, Doran told reporters that the FBI is working with the Austin Police Department to collect and process evidence at the scene, including the agency’s evidence response team and digital forensics specialists. Commenting on the nexus to terrorism, Doran said, “It’s still way too early in the process to determine an exact motivation, but there were indicators that, on the subject and in his vehicle, indicate potential nexus to terrorism.”

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis provided more details on the shooting, telling reporters the incident began when the suspect, who has not been identified, drove his large SUV-type vehicle up to Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden and began shooting toward the establishment with a pistol. According to Davis, the shooter struck several patrons at the bar who were on the patio and at the front of the establishment.

Here's more:

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) echoed the reports on the shooter’s shirt with an X post: “I’ve heard from multiple sources that the Austin shooter wore a shirt saying ‘Property of Allah.’ — in addition to Quran in car, and naturalizing from Senegal just over a decade ago”

And the worst part is that the monster was apparently doing it out of revenge for taking down the Iranian ayatollah:

A law enforcement official told AP that the attacker was wearing clothing with an Iranian flag design and declared “Property of Allah." The shooting occurred a day after the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran.

Police shot and killed the gunman at the scene. According to authorities, he used both a pistol and a rifle during the attack. [...]

The suspect was identified by the Department of Homeland Security as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne. DHS said Diagne first entered the United States in 2000 on a B-2 tourist visa. He became a lawful permanent resident six years later after marrying a US citizen and was naturalized as a US citizen in 2013.

According to multiple individuals briefed on the investigation who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity, Diagne was originally from Senegal.

Authorities discovered “indicators" on the suspect and in his vehicle that led the FBI to examine the possibility of terrorism, said Alex Doran, the acting agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio office.

Some could say the monster was an Iranian sleeper agent, and that's another reason the spread of Islam over past decades in the west is so abominable, because of all the danger it's led to domestically. One more reason why a denaturalization process and exiling is needed to deal with these trojan horses.

Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are joined in their shoddiness by another veteran commentator

Robert Spencer talks about whether the USA military's attack on Iran led by Donald Trump will avail the Iranian people, and discusses the now classic rotten apples on the right who're just as bad as leftists. And along the way, a most eyebrow raising example comes up:

This is what most irritated Trump’s critics on both the left and the right: the fact that America was intervening at all. Both leftists and the new, antisemitic, isolationist “woke right” that sees Israel behind every U.S. foreign policy move have insisted that any U.S. intervention in Iran will turn out to be prolonged, disastrous, and unsuccessful just as the misguided and botched interventions into Iraq and Afghanistan were.

The former conservative wunderkind and gadfly Milo Yiannopoulos, now reduced to a pathetic Jew-hating attention-seeker, wrote: “O Allah, preserve Ayatollah Khamenei – O Allah, indeed we place You in their throats, and we seek refuge in You from their evils.” He was just looking for clicks and notoriety, but he unwittingly encapsulated the “woke right” ethos: if a military action is undertaken in cooperation with Israel, it must be evil in itself, and opposed to the extent of allying oneself with the regime that screams “Death to America” and has been on a war footing against the United States since 1979. Milo is just a more flamboyant and outlandish version of Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Nick Fuentes, who are plenty outlandish as it is.

Well. This is definitely telling. I recall Yiannapoulos seemed to be trying to downplay the idea that murdering prostitutes in a video game was somehow a petty issue simply because it was all part of a mere computer program. But he ran the risk of normalizing violence in real life by minimizing it in a video game, and it's definitely not a laughing matter. As a result, Yiannapoulos made himself look as bad as that disgusting "feminist" named Anita Sarkeesian from Canada.

And now he's acting as some kind of apologist for Iran's Islamofascists?!? Groan. Just what we need, another bizarre grovelor from the fringes of the right. It's absolutely terrible. I'm not sorry he's been largely rejected based on disturbing statements he made about sexual abuse, though I suspect most leftists wouldn't care what he says at this point, save for trying to make the right look worse in every way than the left. How do creeps like Yiannapoulos manage to win favor of certain crowds before being unmasked as the frauds they are? Just plain aggravating as it's repulsive.

Former Iranian "president" Ahmedinejad wiped out

One of the most vile antisemitic politicians in Iran has been obliterated along with a bodyguard of his:

According to Iranian reports, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed together with his bodyguard during an Israeli airstrike on the country, while under house arrest.

Serving as Iran's sixth president between 2005 and 2013, Ahmadinejad is remembered as one of the Islamic Republic's most extreme and antisemitic voices. He was open about his aspiration to destroy Israel.

In 2009, his controversial reelection set off the largest protests in post-revolution Iran's history until that point. The regime under his lead responded with a bloodbath, killing dozens and sending hundreds to prison.

I guess it's an irony he was put under house arrest later, probably part of the ayatollah's intention to throw him under the bus, and now both can appear before the highest court. Such a vile tyrant Ahmedinejad also was, and now he's also gone for good.

9 casualties in Beit Shemesh

As the war on Iran's tyrants continues, there have sadly been Israeli casualties, and in Beit Shemesh, as many as 9 people were murdered by an Iranian missile that struck a shelter:

At least nine people were killed in a direct missile strike on a residential building in Beit Shemesh on Sunday, officials said, as rescue operations continued at the scene amid extensive destruction.

Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service also said 28 people were wounded in the strike, including two in critical condition and two in serious condition. One person was listed in moderate condition and 14 were lightly wounded. Among the critically injured was a 10-year-old girl. Several of the lightly wounded were children. Some individuals were initially reported unaccounted for as search and rescue efforts continued.

IDF spokesman for foreign media Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani accuses the Iranian regime of deliberately targeting civilians. "Since the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion the Iranian regime has targeted civilians. We know this is their strategy. In their last attack, they killed many civilians in the town of Beit Shemesh. The Iranian regime is a terrorist regime."

There is immense destruction at the scene in Beit Shemesh, and eight houses were damaged and almost completely destroyed. Some of the dead were in a synagogue shelter, which, according to testimonies from the scene, took the direct hit.

There's more photographs from the tragic scene here. What's the odds this was a building constructed at the behest of Haredis who don't have enough sense or responsibility to get the best and sturdiest of construction products to build the synagogue, or even the shelter? Last year, during Operation Rising Lion, there was a similar case in Bnei Brak, and it's sad possibility the casualties in Beit Shemesh came as a result of bad construction development. What does it take for them to learn? That said, condolences to the victims' families, and let's remember that it's truly the fault of Iran's jihadists for this tragedy.

Update: here's news of who the victims were:

The names of three of the nine people killed in the Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh have been cleared for publication: Sarah Elimelech, her daughter Ronit Elimelech, Oren Katz, and Gavriel Baruch Revach (16), of blessed memory.

The deadly incident occurred when an Iranian ballistic missile made a direct hit on a shelter located inside a synagogue in the city. According to initial assessments, several of the victims were inside the shelter at the time of impact, while others were in adjacent buildings.

Ballistic missiles carry heavy explosives, and it was said on the news that the IDF's arrow defense system wasn't used when this occurred. Now, a terrible tragedy of war has resulted. Again, condolences to the victims.

Update 2: here's Sky News' coverage of this tragedy.

Confirmation that Khamenei was obliterated

The IDF announced they received intel confirmation that the most recent ayatollah in Iran has been punished along with 2 of his cronies:

On the eve of Purim 5786 (2026): A senior Israeli official said Saturday night that according to data received by the defense establishment, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was eliminated in the heart of Tehran.

According to additional reports received during the day, Khamenei’s close adviser, Ali Shamkhani, recently appointed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as Secretary of the Supreme Defense Council, was also eliminated. During Operation Rising Lion, Shamkhani’s home was struck and he was trapped under the rubble for three hours but survived.

In Israel, it is also estimated that the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Pakpour, was eliminated in the opening strikes of Operation Roaring Lion on Saturday morning. Pakpour was appointed to his position after his predecessor, Hossein Salami, was eliminated by Israel in Operation Rising Lion.

Nasir Zadeh, who is believed to have been eliminated Saturday morning, served as Chief of Staff of the Iranian Air Force. He also served as commander of the Iranian Air Force and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Iran’s armed forces.

Here's more news:

8:45 PM: Iranian state media has confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S-Israeli strikes, saying: “To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return,” the New York Times reported.

8:20 PM: Iranian state media has reportedly admitted that multiple members of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s family were killed during U.S-Israeli strikes, including his daughter, grandchild, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law, according to Reuters. So far, state media has yet to confirm President Donald Trump’s assertion that the Supreme Leader was killed on Saturday.

And one of the reasons the raid's been successful so far is because the military found impressive ways to sabotage Iran's air defenses:

The United States military reportedly deployed Tomahawk missiles and new “one-way” attack drones during its opening strikes against the Islamist regime in Iran on Saturday.

Iran’s air defence systems were reportedly “effectively suppressed” by a “multi geographic command and control” strategy that was designed to “overwhelm Iran’s defenses,” U.S. officials said, according to Chief National Security Correspondent for Fox News Jennifer Griffin.

Griffin reported that in the strikes launched by President Donald Trump, the U.S. military used new capabilities, including “one-way attack drones” for the first time in combat alongside Tomahawk missiles during the initial wave of strikes.

She said that the strikes focused on “high value targets” such as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facilities, Naval sites, and “underground facilities” likely linked to the nation’s nuclear programme.

“There were hundreds of targets in what is being described to me as a multi-day operation,” Griffin reported, adding that U.S. officials claimed that the Iranian response has so far been “ineffective” and that the strikes have “effectively suppressed their air defenses.”

Even so, it's a shame that so far, they were unable to prevent the dark forces of Iran from launching more missiles, with the targets even including other neighboring Arab/Islamic states. We must hope that the effort being carried out so far will eventually avail in stopping Iran's attacks altogether, and good riddance to filthy Khamenei.

Lady IDF commander says enlistment "equality" doesn't avail women

Odelia Kedmi, a former IDF official who's a combat veteran, told Israel National News that the way the IDF's been handling female recruitment does no good for them:

Odelia Kedmi, former IDF commander and deputy mayor of Zichron Yaakov, leading activist, and advocate for women’s gun licensing, spoke to Arutz Sheva-Israel National News about IDF service and gender equality.

“Twenty years ago, I was one of those women serving in a combat unit," Kedmi recalled. “Everything I say comes from my own experience. From that, I truly believe women are just as capable as men. But in the army, I quickly learned that the expectations for women were much lower. That’s when I realized there was a bigger story at play - that women were sometimes being used to promote agendas I wasn’t even aware of."

She gave a vivid example: “When we had to pass an obstacle course, the first obstacle was a wall. Except for maybe one girl in the unit, no one could climb it with full gear. It was frustrating. Eventually, the commander suggested emptying our water bottles, then removing magazines, and later even placing a bench to help us over. That would never happen for men. I’ve heard of situations where male soldiers could be pulled over a wall without help - that simply wouldn’t happen."

Despite these frustrations, Kedmi says encouragement from leadership and the goal of integrating women into combat units kept her motivated. But she warns that the army isn’t fully transparent about the challenges women face: “Women are more likely to sustain severe injuries in combat units, and most don’t complete the full process. Yet the army is reluctant to release this information, so we have very little data."

She also highlighted broader structural issues, including the integration of haredi soldiers. “If the army wants women in every unit, including commando units, we must consider how new populations will impact unit dynamics. There isn’t enough real discussion on this," she said.

Well Haredis can't continue to act like having women around in any situation is literally a problem, and can't force the IDF to accomodate their "values" at the expense of female staffers. Besides, just like ordinary male soldiers, the Haredis are supposed to be defending the women's safety and dignity, not belittling it, and that's why it's wrong, morally or otherwise, to do disgusting things like turn backs to a lady instructor, and even demand women don't sing when it's not even a synagogue they're in. After October 7, 2023, it's especially vital to consider such bizarre "customs" can't be used anymore.

Beyond the army, Kedmi has worked to expand women’s access to gun licenses. “I’m saying that if you lie to women, you hurt women. And women are absolutely capable. My criticism is towards the system, the army, which is not doing enough to understand what the real potential of women is. If you choose to put women in combat units, are you using their potential to the maximum? I absolutely believe in women, and I see it with my own eyes. They are amazing when they have a gun in their hand, and the feeling that you can control a situation and that you’re not helpless - that is women's empowerment. I was fortunate enough to help broaden the criteria in the Knesset so that women can possess a gun license. Before October 7, about 3,000 women were licensed; now nearly 30,000 are. Women instructors and observers are now eligible in the army to carry a gun, and that empowers them to protect themselves."

Looking ahead, Kedmi stresses that reform is necessary. “One of the blessings of our times, especially post-October 7, is that we woke up. We clearly see areas that need serious repair, particularly in the IDF. The public must pressure elected officials to act. My goal is to protect women and ensure they can serve safely and effectively."

Of course, let's not forget that it was certain repellent male staffers who led to the situation as well, after they ignored warnings and one commander even told an observer she was "imagining" things, which is stunningly offensive, irresponsible and entirely removed from reality. Any army commander who takes that kind of approach has no business working as in the military and should be ostracized by wider society.

Melissa Gilbert continues to embarrass herself while Timothy Busfield's sexual abuse trial continues

The actress Melissa Gilbert, who's been standing by her 3rd husband Timothy Busfield despite the severe accusations against him, didn't please most people when she posted a video of herself dancing:

Timothy Busfield's wife, Melissa Gilbert, openly stayed by his side after his arrest on child sex abuse charges.

After supporting her 68-year-old husband in court, her business went on as usual, including posting upbeat content online, but hasn't quite been getting a positive reaction. Melissa, 61, returned to working on her lifestyle brand, Modern Prairie, including crafting up someone Instagram videos for the Instagram. In fact, she even seemed unbothered as she posted a video of herself dancing.

She selected the song You Gotta Be by Des'ree, which includes lyrics like "You gotta be bad / You gotta be bold / You gotta be wiser / You gotta be hard / You gotta be tough / You gotta be stronger."

I think when somebody makes use of a lyric with the word "bad", something's gone terribly wrong. Whatever she's thinking, it's nothing good.

Melissa didn't elaborate in terms of what exactly in her life she was handling, but her recent appearance alongside her husband at court appeared to take a strain on her.

The comments weren't supportive of Melissa's casual approach to the burning issue. Critics attempted to shame her, calling her recent actions "embarrassing" and "delusional."

Considering she ostensibly addressed serious issues before she closed down her Instagram page when it turned out her own hubby was a monster, that's exactly why what she's doing now is so insulting to the intellect. It's important to note that one of Busfield's earlier victims testified against him during the trial:

According to RadarOnline, Julie Roberts’ sister-in-law, Eliza Roberts, testified in a deposition in 1994. She accused Timothy of expressing a desire to perform oral sex on her. He allegedly insisted he’d be “so great in bed” and said his wife at the time was a “lousy f**k.” Timothy was married to his second wife, fashion designer Jenny Merwin, at that time, before they divorced in 2007. He married Melissa six years later.

Eliza’s statement came two years after she married Julie’s brother Eric. At that time, she was supporting a 17-year-old girl who claimed Timothy sexually assaulted her on the film Little Big League set. Criminal charges were never filed in this alleged incident. Timothy, who denied the allegations, settled the Minnesota teen’s lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.

The ruling in the lawsuit can certainly make clear something was wrong with the whole picture, and Busfield should've been indicted. The past has caught up with him now, and his career gone down the drain, with only himself to blame for all the harm he caused over past years. As for Gilbert, she's not improving the situation at all, and should dance herself out of sight after acting as Busfield's apologist.

The foreign sources that aided and abetted the October 7, 2023 jihadist bloodbath

Larry Taunton wrote about the now tragic history of the October 7, 2023 jihad attack on Israeli targets, and how certain totalitarians also had a role in the barbarism, along with certain western sources:

Oct. 7 was years in the making and could not have been successfully executed without the aid and discretion of the people of Gaza. Moreover, it involved the assistance of numerous foreign players: China supplied the vehicles which were smuggled across the Egypt-Gaza border through tunnels; North Korea supplied weapons; Iran supplied weapons, technology, and training; and Qatar supplied money to build homemade weapons and to pay terrorists and the Gazans who worked for them.

In other words, Oct. 7 was an act of war.

It was planned with the precision of a Pearl Harbor. And like Pearl Harbor, the attack caught the enemy off-guard and flatfooted. There were indicators an attack might be coming: Israeli SIM cards, thousands of them, lighting up all over Gaza the night before the attack; Hamas carrying out military exercises openly; reports that key Hamas leaders were going to ground; laborers from Gaza with Israeli work visas caught smuggling weapons into Israel, and so on.

There's only so much evil that was undoubtably planned in the 20th century itself, and now we've experienced the horrific results. And in addition to the communists of China and such, there's also the following:

I inspect the package again: “UNRWA. I don’t understand.”

“I found it in one of the captured pickup trucks the terrorists used,” he says. “They were carrying antibiotics and emergency aid kits —”

I can fill in the rest: — paid for by US tax dollars.

As Taunton continues to note, the Biden administration played a very horrific part in this as did the UN, along with a certain Israeli figure:

More than two years after the attack and a legal fight to keep it classified, Assaf Shmuelevitz’s name had just been released by the Supreme Court of Israel, but not much more than his name. According to Ynet News:

Shmuelevitz is accused of impersonating an IDF captain in the early days of the war following the October 7 massacre, entering military command centers, recording classified conversations, collecting sensitive information, and passing it to unauthorized individuals.

Lawyers for Shmuelevitz have entered what in U.S. legalese might be called an insanity plea. SM rolls his eyes at the mention of it. Shmuelevitz’s role remains unclear: whether he was acting alone; who his handlers were, if, indeed, he had any; and the damage that he did or didn’t do. What is clear to my lunch companion is the role the Biden administration played in the Oct. 7 massacre.

SM’s feelings about Trump’s wobbly predecessor are reflected in Netanyahu’s remarks a few days earlier. The prime minister claimed Biden bore at least some responsibility for Oct. 7 because his administration slapped a weapons embargo on Israel that left the IDF with insufficient ammunition. Predictably, this was followed by fierce denials from Democrats. But this was the least of it.

The Biden administration funded Oct. 7.

This is something that'll definitely be recalled in repugnance in history and years to come. What Biden led to is in some ways much worse than what Jimmy Carter led to in his time. And now, the tragedy's struck most repulsively. Read more of the article in full.

The war against Iran is on again

Today, both Israeli and USA military forces launched a new raid against Iran's deadly missile sources, and may have eliminated ayatollah Ali Khameini:

Israel said on Saturday that it has taken part in a U.S.-led military operation in Iran, with Jerusalem reportedly targeting the top leadership of the Islamist regime in Tehran.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were among those targeted by Israeli forces on Saturday in strikes conducted in conjunction with an attempt by the United States to destroy Tehran’s missile programme, the Times of Israel reported.

The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, as well as Iran’s defence and intelligence chiefs, were also said to be targeted in the strikes. It is currently unknown which, if any, strikes were successful at the time of this reporting.

The Israeli Defence Forces said that it had struck “hundreds of targets” in Western Iran as part of its so-called “Operation Roaring Lion”. Targets included missile launchers, the IDF said.

Meanwhile, New York Times reporter Christiaan Triebert published a satellite image purporting to show the destruction of Khamenei’s compound in Iran. It is unclear if the Ayatollah was in the compound at the time of the apparent attack.

The IDF did express cautious optimism Khameini was blasted, and we should definitely hope he was. There may have been a report a few months ago though, that he was planning to follow Syria's ousted dictator Assad in fleeing to Russia. Which only makes clear why they're still a serious danger too. Mainly because, based on how many Muslims are in Russia today, what if they use that as a means of taking over from where the communists leave off?

Here's more about Reza Pahlavi's response:

The son of the last Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, called on the country’s military, police, and security forces to abandon the “crumbling” Islamist regime of the Ayatollah amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Saturday.

“Decisive moments lie before us,” the exiled crown prince of Iran said amid a major military operation launched in the early hours of Saturday by U.S. President Donald Trump in conjunction with Israeli forces targeting the rogue nation’s missile programme and leadership apparatus.

In a statement on social media, Reza Pahlavi said that the military operation initiated by President Trump should be seen as a “humanitarian intervention” targeting the Islamist regime — “and its machinery of killing” — rather than a strike on the country and people of Iran.

“However, despite the arrival of this assistance, the final victory will still be achieved by us. It is we, the people of Iran, who will finish this task in this final battle. The time to return to the streets is approaching,” he said.

We can only hope this operation will finally deliver justice and bring down a regime that Ronald Reagan did nothing to prevent from reaching the levels of dangerous power and tyranny they were at until now.

Winston Churchill's statue in London was vandalized by anti-Israel jihadists

Britain's Islamic nightmare continues as the statue of a war hero was vandalized by what they brought in:

The large bronze statue of British hero and wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square has again been defaced, this time by ‘pro-Palestine’ attackers.

Winston Churchill’s statue outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament, the national legislature his personality dominated for 40 years as a member, government minister, and two-time Prime Minister has been vandalised overnight. The statue and plinth was painted with messages in red, including “Zionist war criminal”, “free Palestine”, “stop the genocide”, “globalise the Intifada”, and “never again is now”.

A fourth side was tagged in Dutch, with messages including “Groeten uit Den Haag” [‘Greetings from the Hague’], and “Káp Nâh” [‘cut it out’ rendered phonetically for the distinctive “lower-class Hague accent”].

The culprit was arrested. As has been reported here, it was activists from the Netherlands who were responsible for this particular act. And no doubt, they know Churchill spoke out against Islam in his time, in his book The River War. And sadly, for all we know, Keir Starmer will probably let the statue be destroyed and never show any remorse.

A rabbi who defends women's dignity in sports and opposes male infiltration using LGBT ideology as a shield

Last year, a rabbi named Avraham Gordimer wrote a defense for women in sports, and why it's wrong for biological men to compete against biological women in sports designated for the latter:

We, as Jewish rabbis and teachers, write to reaffirm Judaism’s clear and unambiguous stance on human genders. The Torah states that “male and female He Created them” (Bereishis 1:27), declaring a separation into two biological genders. Jewish law and ritual prescribe unique Jewish practices for men and women that address the inherent differences between them, reflecting the Divine Wisdom of the Torah.

We are deeply concerned by recent communications from “Jewish” progressive organizations and groups, stating that “Jewish values” compel recognition of a person’s declared “gender identity,” and even professing that our holy texts note “at least six different genders.” These are obvious distortions that bear no relationship to normative Judaism and three millennia of Jewish law.

The foregoing claims misrepresent Talmudic passages that, in reality, merely address how those affected by birth defects and other physical aberrations should observe Jewish laws that differ for men and women. In no way do these passages inflate the number of normative genders, nor is there credence given to the notion that an individual’s subjective self-perception is relevant to his or her biological gender.

The ideology behind such statements is clearly progressivism over Judaism, and even over reality: at least one such letter insisted that there is “no evidence” that males have an innate advantage if allowed into competitions previously reserved for women.

We should note that in addition to the unfairness and even risks of injury that accompany forcing women to compete against men, such practices also deny opportunities to young men and women who observe Jewish law and custom regarding social contact. For these reasons, we support measures that separate men and women by biological gender in sports, especially contact sports.

Sports competition is far different from issues regarding prayer service and/or men and women sitting next to each other on public transportation. And any "progressive" Judaist groups who defend LGBT propaganda at women's expense clearly believe a woman's dignity is worth less than a man's, much like has surely been the case for a long, long time among leftists.

Levels of violent crime by transsexual-identifying felons worse than MSM makes them out to be

John Lott Jr. points out how the MSM's been most unshockingly downplaying the seriousness of crimes committed by transsexual-identifying criminals:

In the wake of the attacks in Canada and Pawtucket, Rhode Island, over the past couple of weeks, public debate has once again focused on transgender murderers. But the AP, CNN, ABC News, NBC News, MS Now, and the New York Times never mentioned the Rhode Island shooter identified as transgender. AP never mentioned the Canadian mass murderer was transgender. Other transgender-identifying people recently also posed serious threats even though they never got a chance to fire a shot. For example, Nicholas Roske, who now identifies as transgender, attempted to murder Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and took concrete steps toward carrying out the attack before authorities stopped him.

The media, however, continues to make basic statistical mistakes in claiming transgender-identifying people aren’t disproportionately violent. Transgender-identifying shooters commit mass public shootings and active shootings at rates far above their share of the population. In 2024, for example, transgender-identifying individuals accounted for a share of active shooter attacks that was at least 12 times larger than their share of the population.

Statistical Errors and Broad Definitions

Outlets ranging from PolitiFact to AP make a key error when they report only the transgender share of attacks without adjusting for the group’s small share of the overall population. That is an obvious statistical mistake. If a group makes up just 1 percent of the population but commits 10 percent of the attacks, no one would dismiss that disparity simply because the group accounts for “only” 10 percent of active shooting incidents.

Publications such as AP and Snopes also rely on overly broad definitions of shootings. They include incidents that differ fundamentally from the types of attacks committed by transgender-identifying individuals. For example, the Gun Violence Archive classifies as “mass shootings” many incidents that primarily involve gang fights over drug turf and, to a lesser extent, crimes such as robberies. While researchers may reasonably study those incidents, they differ sharply from cases in which an individual enters a public location with the explicit goal of murdering and injuring as many people as possible to generate publicity.

On the subject of Snopes, I've been aware for a long time they're a very bottom of the barrel news source themselves, and it'd be ill-advised for anybody who's a realist to waste time on their shoddy commentaries. That aside, this is very eyebrow raising, and makes clear why the psychology industry needs considerable improvement and being put to use again in order to restore some coherency to society.

McDonald's provides a reason for boycotting them

The German branch of McDonald's has been employing "halal" advertising for Ramadan (via World Net Daily):

Given these sensitivities, McDonald’s launched an outdoor advertising campaign that uses electronic billboards to depict food in the ads after sunset, which is when Muslims end their daily fast during Ramadan. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset at this time. The billboards use a technology that can detect when the sun goes down at night, triggering the platform to reintroduce the depiction of food in the ads.

Advertising geeks think this is the height of cleverness. They have framed the ad strategy as emphasizing “thoughtfulness” over “temptation” in how to treat the concept of Muslim fasting.

Other major advertisers in places where there is a significant Muslim population tend to feature Islam’s crescent moon in their ads, but not much more than that.

McDonald’s, rather than decide to take that approach, or to stop all advertising during the day, chose to feature product packaging without food during the day, in a very high-end way by ad standards. So, as you walk by a digital billboard during daytime, the ad shows you an empty red fries container. Come back at night, and the container is filled with McDonald’s French fries. [...]

Muslims may be a minority in Germany, but politically, they have power, and they are more than vocal. Get on the wrong side of Islam, and a violent response is a very real possibility. By working to become Islam’s favorite fast-food chain in Germany, McDonald’s could be hoping to buy a certain amount of goodwill with the demographic so that it not only makes money but also gets a pass at some point down the road when Muslims are upset about something else.

This marketing strategy is no different than when a lot of major brands went all “Black Lives Matter” in 2020. They wanted to buy special dispensation. That could be a possibility here.

Unfortunately, former premier Angela Merkel's machinations in the past decade have undoubtably seen to it the figures of Islamofascists are much higher at this point. That aside, no matter where this is in the world, it's reason enough to boycott McDonald's so long as they're not willing to ensure their foreign branches don't succumb to this atrocious tactic any more than others in the USA. Yet it's sadly a foregone conclusion their USA branches are also willing to do this, and if so, we honestly don't need their services.

Iran could arm missiles with chemicals

A former IDF general's warned that even now, when Iran's much weaker, they could still prove very dangerous in arming missiles they have with chemical warheads:

A former senior Israeli commander warned that Iran could seek to arm its rapidly expanding ballistic missile arsenal — which already threatens Israel, U.S. bases, and allied interests across the region — with chemical or biological warheads, arguing that the “only viable option” may be a “massive” and “decisive” strike to bring down the regime as nuclear negotiations reach a critical juncture.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Wednesday — on the eve of a pivotal third round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Geneva — Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi, founder and chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum and a former senior IDF commander who continues to advise Israeli defense circles, said the most urgent danger now facing not only Israel but also American forces and regional stability is Tehran’s accelerating ballistic missile production.

“Looking at the moment, the main issue which is urgent — not only to Israel but to American forces and regional stability — is the massive production of ballistic missiles,” Avivi said.

While Iran’s nuclear sites were “hit severely” last year and rebuilding efforts take time, he warned that Tehran is recovering “much faster” when it comes to manufacturing advanced missiles — systems he described as “more advanced and dangerous” than those launched during the 12-day war.

He said Iranian leaders appear “very determined to retaliate” after what they view as a humiliating blow that undermined their deterrence both internally and internationally.

One underreported dimension of that missile surge, Avivi cautioned, is the possibility that Tehran could seek to equip some of those systems with unconventional payloads.

“There is a discussion about that,” he said, confirming that Israeli defense officials are actively assessing “what are the capabilities and what are the chances that there is readiness to put a warhead that has these capabilities.”

The prospect that Iran could attach chemical or biological agents to long-range ballistic missiles, he argued, “strengthens the understanding that we need a preventive attack” to suppress any attempted strike.

Avivi has raised similar concerns in recent days in public briefings and interviews, warning that Iran is “continuing preparations for war” and expanding missile production even as diplomacy continues.

They're absolutely correct to worry and warn the public about the possibilities Iran's tyrants could use chemical poisons, and that's why, the sooner the military takes action against them, the better.

Sale of mall in Arad to ultra-Orthodox extremists was stupid to begin with

A shopping mall in Arad was sold to the Ger Hasidic sect, and predictably, they took to establishing exclusion/erasure of women, which is illegal, and all this coming after October 7, 2023:

The mayor of the southern city of Arad issued a formal warning to the new owners of the city’s main shopping mall on Monday after reports that tenants were asked to remove images of women from storefronts and kiosks.

Mayor Yair Maayan sent a letter to members of the Ger Hasidic community — an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect known for its strict religious observance — who recently purchased the mall.

In the letter, he said the municipality “views with severity the attempt by the buyers to change the character of a mall that serves a secular city, in an effort to alter the city’s character. An attempt to exclude women from the public sphere in violation of the law.”

For years, Arad, a small desert city in southern Israel, has been the site of tensions between members of the Ger community and longtime secular residents over the city’s identity, land use and political influence.

Last month, the dispute intensified after Arad Mall was sold in a 40 million shekel (about $13 million) deal from the Ashtrom Group and a group of local shop owners to businessmen Menachem Kain and Simcha Greenboim, who are affiliated with Ger.

Soon after the sale, shop owners reported that images of women were removed, mannequins were dressed more modestly in line with ultra-Orthodox standards of dress and the background music was changed.

In a warning letter to mall management, the city’s legal adviser, attorney Haim Shiman, wrote that any demand to remove images of women constitutes a “serious, improper and unlawful instruction.”

“The municipality or anyone on its behalf will not ignore this,” Shiman wrote. “This directive directly harms human dignity, gender equality and the fabric of public life in the State of Israel in general and in the city of Arad in particular, which is a secular and liberal city.”

Shiman added that “systematic exclusion of women from the public sphere, whether under the guise of sensitivity, modesty or any other euphemism, is not an innocent cultural matter but severe discrimination.” He said such actions normalize the erasure of women and subject public space to extremist interpretations that conflict with Israeli law and democratic values.

Under Israeli law, businesses that provide services to the public, including shopping malls, are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender. The municipality demanded that mall owners rescind any such instructions, restore any visual materials removed for those reasons and clarify that the new management does not promote gender-based exclusion.

“Arad will allow all populations to receive respectful and lawful service while preserving the city’s character,” Maayan said in a statement. “We will not allow any party to influence the character of a city in which an overwhelming majority of residents are secular and which functions as a secular city alongside religious and ultra-Orthodox communities that respect everyone. If the violation of the law at Arad Mall and the harm to women do not cease, the municipality will act to close the mall immediately.”

I hope they do if the new overlords refuse to cooperate and uphold the law. But based on what's to be noted next, it's uncertain if they'll follow through. For now, here's something else disturbing:

“I took it easily,” Levy said, before beginning to tear up. “What worries me is what will happen next — if someone decides to close off a street. The fact that there are no pictures of women, for example, bothers me personally. Five years ago, when there was a photo of my mother on a mourning notice because my father wanted there to be a picture so people would remember, someone came and blackened it out.” [...]

Earlier this month, Arad’s local Facebook group erupted after Israeli flags were reportedly removed from the mall. The city’s director general responded: “This is a private place. Inside the store, he cannot tell anyone what to put up. In the public area, it is his right, and there is nothing to be done about it.”

This is another example of how such sects are bad news, and it's stunning the previous owners would sell out to them. What they did constitutes anti-Israelism, along with hostility to somebody else's relative. Also disturbing is what the following article says:

Some residents expressed pessimism regarding the city’s future. Local resident Shlomi Tabachnik said: “We are heading toward disaster, and it’s not just Arad, it’s the whole country. I heard the mayor threatened to close the mall. That’s a joke. It’s all talk. What is he actually capable of doing? He has two seats on the city council; they have five. One word from Gur and he’s out of office. By issuing such a statement, he is effectively admitting that the situation is improper. But that’s not all. He brought students to the city, and today several female students traveling by bus were spat on. Arad is in terrible shape.”

Well this too is very enraging, and gives religion a bad name. This is not merely an issue of religion/secularism. It's a matter of dignity, and the city hall of Arad should take legal action to buy back the mall, if they really need it at all. And they should stop approving housing projects for Haredis who rely on welfare in particular. So will they do so or not?

Transsexual man in Florida stabs Jewish man after he refuses to have sex with him based on ethnic/religious differences

If you're looking for one of the most bizarre cases of transsexual violence in the USA or anywhere, this case from Miami would have to be one of the worst, topped off by how the Jerusalem Post uses the very pronouns the criminal offender would want them to:

A transgender adult content creator stabbed a man in a shower in Miami Beach, Florida, after he refused to have sex with her “because she was not Jewish,” Local 10 News cited police officers as saying.

There do not appear to be any indications of antisemitic intent from the suspect.

The news report, published on Friday, named the creator as La’Rose Sainte, a 30-year-old who advertises her explicit content on Fansly and X/Twitter, adding that authorities charged her with a felony aggravated battery charge and three misdemeanors. The victim told police officers that he met her three weeks ago, inviting her to visit his apartment on Thursday, according to the arrest report.

“The victim explained after [Sainte] arrived, he informed her they would not engage in sexual intercourse because she was not Jewish,” the arrest report states, according to the local media outlet. “[She] then became upset and requested his car keys and money.”

I think this is the telling part, strongly hinting the victim and/or police did refer to him as the male he actually is, but the Post writers/editors decided they'd go the Orwellian route and did just what the antagonist would prefer. An utter disgrace, right down to how possibilities of antisemitism are minimized here.

Police said the victim told officers that as he tried to walk to the bathroom, she pushed him and caused him to fall towards the bathtub, then punched him several times in the face.

He then left the apartment but came back after hearing that she had broken his property, authorities were cited as saying.

She grabbed “a piece of glass from a shattered mirror” and caused “several minor lacerations” to his left hand as she stabbed him, the report read.

Suspect flees, surveilled on police drone before arrest

She then fled and was seen on a police drone getting into an SUV. Officers pulled over the vehicle and took her into custody, according to the police report.

According to the victim, she destroyed two pairs of sunglasses, a mirror, and a refrigerator door handle.

She appeared to be drunk, according to the police report, telling officers that she “grabbed a knife from the drawer,” and told the victim that she was “about to crash out.”

She then “dropped the knife and slapped him twice in the face,” the police report added.

She was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a $1,650 bond, jail records cited by Local 10 News showed.

Another local news outlet, 7 News Miami, cited Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer reading the arrest report when Sainte appeared in bond court on Friday.

“It’s alleged you stabbed the victim. He brought her back to his place to have some fun, but then he found out she wasn’t Jewish. He didn’t wanna have any fun. Then there was an argument. It led to the victim getting stabbed,” Glazer said.

What's addtionally bizarre about this case is that, on the one hand, if the victim is a homosexual man, he'd actually be that observant of the Judaist religion, if only because most LGBT practitioners don't seem particularly concerned about such issues, and on the other, he'd refuse sex based on ethnical/racial differences. Such a peculiar incident indeed, but also makes clear what the recent tragedy in Canada and a few others already have: that transsexual practitioners can be extremely dangerous, and here we have another case making clear they're no more perfect than heterosexuals who don't self-degrade.

And again, the Jerusalem Post's editorial staff are a disgrace and shame based on how they followed a PC playbook on this terrible incident.