Huckabee sends a vital message to Carlson

The USA ambassador gave an interview to the awful pseudo-conservative journalist, and sent him a message about why Israel is allowed areas that currently aren't under its control:

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has said that Israel has a right to large swaths of the Middle East.

Speaking on the Tucker Carlson Show in an interview released Friday, Huckabee quoted Genesis 15:18, in which G-d promises Abraham, then known as Abram, that his descendants would inherit the land, "from the Nile to the Euphrates."

Carlson noted that this verse would mean Israel has a right to claim land in "basically the entire Middle East," including Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and even parts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Huckabee corrected him, saying, "Not sure we'd go that far," and noting, "It would be a big piece of land."

But when Carlson asked, "Does Israel have the right to that land?" Huckabee responded, "It would be fine if they took it all."

Huckabee also stressed that despite this, Israel is not seeking to take over the Middle East, but does have a right to live in the land currently under Israeli sovereignty.

Someday, those specific areas that aren't currently under Israeli sovereignty will return. And Huckabee did the right thing to make it clear to Carlson the exact facts in history.

The Muslim Brotherhood has an agent in the Ohio assembly

Benjamin Baird reminds everybody that the Muslim Brotherhood, which the Trump administration's identified as a terrorist organization, has agents in USA politics, with one disturbing example being a Democrat representative of Columbus, Ohio:

In a highly anticipated move, the Trump administration designated factions of the global Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations last month, an executive action with profound implications extending beyond the Middle East to America’s heartland. Astonishingly, a Somali-American legislator from Ohio, State Rep. Munira Abdullahi, D-Columbus, continues to serve as a national leader for the Muslim American Society (MAS), a registered nonprofit that federal prosecutors have identified as the “overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.”

Abdullahi’s involvement with MAS dates back to at least 2012, when she served as a youth director in Columbus and later as a national program director. The organization’s youth programs have been marred by scandals nationwide, including an incident in Philadelphia where children were taught songs about beheading Israeli Jews, and a fundraiser selling merchandise glorifying Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists. Upon her election to public office in 2022, Abdullahi appeared to distance herself from MAS, updating her LinkedIn profile to indicate she no longer worked for the group.

However, her ties persisted and deepened. Now heading MAS-Columbus and part of the organization’s national leadership, she leverages her elected status to host events featuring ultra-conservative preachers and pro-Hamas activists. Though MAS officially claims independence from the broader Sunni Islamist movement, a 2004 Chicago Tribune investigation exposed how its early leaders decided to conceal their Muslim Brotherhood affiliations while aiming to “convert Americans to Islam and elect like-minded Muslims to political office.”

Campaign finance records underscore this connection: in 2022, Abdullahi received a $1,000 contribution from an MAS colleague and later donated $2,400 from her campaign to MAS-Columbus.

I'd written about this Abdullahi myself in the past 4 years, and it's clear she doesn't belong in politics anywhere. It remains to be seen if the Trump administration will take any action against her and other such interlopers who don't belong in the USA or any other civilized country.

Taliban approves domestic violence and abuse against women and children

The terrorist organization that the Biden administration allowed to retake control of Afghanistan 5 years ago is now making it legal to commit violence against women and children:

Taliban “supreme leader” Hibatullah Akhundzada recently approved a novel criminal code, multiple outlets reported this week, that dramatically expands the legal ability for men to physically abuse women and children and provides for the creation of a formal “slave” class in the country.

The Taliban is a radical Islamist terror organization that currently operates as the uncontested government of Afghanistan. The Taliban returned to power on August 15, 2021, following former President Joe Biden’s decision to extend the 20-year-old Afghan War beyond the deadline of May 15 of that year that President Donald Trump had previously agreed to. The Taliban’s return to power prompted a chaotic mass exodus of Afghans fleeing the nation’s persecution and the imposition of restrictive sharia policies that have stripped Afghan women and girls of nearly all their rights as citizens.

According to the Times of India, the latest affront to human rights from the Taliban is the publication of a 90-page criminal code, issued as an edict recently, likely in late January. No evidence suggests any public participation in the drafting of the code or legislative debate by certified lawmakers prior to its imposition.

Citing the British outlet The Independent, the Indian newspaper noted that the code includes the creation of “free” and “slave” categories of Afghanis and different legal punishments for criminals in each category. While it does not explicitly list all women in the country as “slaves,” certain provisions in the criminal code for women appear to treat them as separate from free citizens.

It goes without saying this is abominable, and it's a wrong that the Trump administration should do whatever possible to correct. Naturally, the vital query is whether the USA public, especially Republicans, will be willing to do a good deed, and most importantly, do they want Islam to be abolished in Afghanistan?

Hebron's heroic neighborhood

A new neighborhood's been established in Hebron, dedicated to some fallen soldiers in history:

The "Harchivi Makom Ohalecha (Expand Your Tents)" organization, which is involved in redeeming homes in Hebron, announced this evening (Thursday) the establishment of a new Jewish neighborhood - the "Shechunat Hagvura (Neighborhood of Heroism)."

The entry into the buildings, which were legally purchased from Arabs some time ago, took place simultaneously into five strategic buildings in the Jalis neighborhood, in response to gunfire last night from Arab homes in the area toward the Jewish Havat Gal neighborhood.

The new neighborhood is named in honor of seven fighters, heroes of Hebron and Kiryat Arba, who fell in battle: Staff Sgt. Yehuda Dror Yahalom, Elyakim Shlomo Libman, Sgt. Maj. Elkana Yehuda Sfez, Capt. ori Mordechay Shani, Lt. Yohai Duchan, Sgt. Maj. Yishai Netanel Greenbaum, and Staff Sgt. Amichai Yaacov Vanino.

Finally, some more success in reclaiming Israeli land, after all the trouble leftists caused in the past 3 decades. Now, some justice is being done for a change, and perhaps we even have Donald Trump to thank for that.

Insular rabbis fall back on attacking women's roles in army

Some rabbis who may be closer in conduct to the Haredis protested against women's roles in the army, and all this less than 3 years after October 7, 2023:

A group of 20 religious-Zionist rabbis sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, condemning women’s integration into the IDF and demanding his intervention in the matter to “prevent disaster.”

The letter came in response to the military’s new program, which would include women in the Armored Corps. It was written by leading rabbis in the religious-Zionist sector, belonging to the organization Torat Ha’aretz HaTova.

The letter was titled “Harm to the operational resilience and service capability of soldiers due to the expansion of the integration of female soldiers.”

I wonder if the part about "Zionist" was deliberate on the part of the Jerusalem Post? Regardless, what the "rabbis" in question are doing embarrasses the standing of anybody who's concerned about the cohesion of Israel, long after all the damage that was inflicted by leftist movements over past decades. What's irritating about this is that it doesn't sound like they care if there's danger of a lady soldier being captured by barbaric jihadists, but rather, that their presence is only a "distraction" for the male soldiers. If that's the case, it's precisely what led to October 7, 2023, because all these scumbags were doing was worrying about petty issues, yet doing nothing to educate their subjects into learning social skills and being confident in themselves, and above all, judging by personality.

The rabbis wrote that they were turning to the prime minister “out of deep concern.”

Now, when the army is marching toward a mixture of genders that is forbidden by Judaism, contrary to logic and security needs, we can no longer remain silent,” the rabbis write.

“We are concerned about the accelerating trend toward integrating female fighters into combat and maneuvering frontline units.”

“As has been emphasized more than once, the IDF is not just another army; its strength and the secret of its victory lie in the divine assistance that accompanies it.”

“Maintaining holiness and modesty in the army camp is not a private matter for the religious soldier but a fundamental condition for the strength of the entire army and for divine assistance on the battlefield,” the letter states.

The rabbis claim that if the Armored Corps were “mixed,” it would confront their religious students with an “impossible contradiction” between their faith and their operational service.

Once more, we have a case here of somebody blurring the differences between a synagogue/yeshiva and a public institution. What they're emphasizing makes it difficult for their subjects to learn to how socialize and interact with the opposite sex, and has caused untold damage for decades. There have, however, been those countering what the group did:

It said that the rabbis’ claims do not reflect the operational reality in the field where men and women serve together.

“There exists professional cooperation, mutual respect, and genuine comradeship between religious male soldiers and female fighters,” the group said.

Women played an essential role in defending the country on the day of the October 7 Hamas attacks in 2023 and during the subsequent war.

The organization noted that, after October 7, 2023, the debate about women’s integration in the army “was already settled.”

“Whoever carries out the mission and defends the citizens of Israel is an inseparable part of the fighting force. According to IDF data, one out of every five combatants is a woman.”

The group also noted that the IDF is “desperate” for high-quality recruits.

Forum Dvorah underscored that the arguments in the rabbis’ letter do not reflect the views of the entire religious sector.

The organization noted that data indicated that, increasingly, young religious women are choosing to undertake military service – and even enlisting in combat roles.

Despite campaigns opposing women’s integration into the IDF, a new record was broken in the past year, with approximately 4,000 religious female recruits enlisting (the equivalent of 40% of young religious women), the forum said.

Forum Dvorah called on Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz to speak in support of the inclusion of women in the IDF and “to put an end to the political spin being conducted on the backs of those who bear the burden of security day after day.”

What the insular "rabbis" did desecrated the memory of biblical figures like Deborah, and suggests that, rather than learn lessons why it's bad to be petty after October 7, 2023, they were just sticking to the shadows until they thought the time was right to strike again. That's disgusting, and they owe an apology. Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich didn't improve the situation when he echoed the insular movement's example:

The Israeli military is not a place for women, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed in an interview with 103FM on Wednesday morning.

He cited a quote in which he said he would not recommend that his daughter enlist, adding, “I am proud of the products of religious education, the root of this [the desire to enlist] is the desire to contribute, idealism, the desire to give.”

Does he realize how stupid this makes him look? I'm sorry, but he's undermining Judaism's image to boot, certainly if he doesn't differentiate from what those "rabbis" did.

Interestingly, while rabbi Natan Slifkin is of a rather questionable approach himself, he did point out something eyebrow raising about the letter, such as it is:

Interestingly, after the signatures of the forty rabbis, there are signatures of twelve parents of fallen soldiers. And yet it’s only the fathers’ names that appear, not the mothers. There are only two possible explanations. One is that the mothers do not agree with increasing the burden of reservists and harming the economy. The other is that the organizers of this letter are so charedi that they do not believe in publicizing womens’ opinions.

Well that's another reason it tanks badly. If women were excluded from this campaign, then it's not altruistic. After 10.7.2023, it's time for them to change their ways, and tragically, it's unlikely they'll abandon their atrocious conduct that's not really caring for the opposite sex.

Former French culture minister, in addition to having ties with Jefferey Epstein, was a prominent member of an Islamic organization

The files about the late child rapist Jeffrey Epstein have been in the news lately, with a considerable number of prominent politicians named as close buddies of his. Now, it turns out a former French culture minister, Jack Lang, in addition to having ties with Epstein, was also a leading member of an Islamic organization in France:

French police raided the Arab World Institute in Paris on Monday as part of a probe into Jack Lang, the former French culture minister, and his daughter Caroline — after Lang’s name appeared hundreds of times in the Epstein files.

The investigation into “laundering of aggravated tax fraud” against the Langs was opened on Feb. 6, and multiple locations have been searched in compliance with the probe, according to France’s National Financial Prosecutor. Lang, 86, resigned on Feb. 7 from the presidency of the Arab World Institute — which he had led since 2013 — after his name appeared 673 times in correspondence with Epstein between 2012 and 2019, according to emails released by the Department of Justice.

Lang had requested favors from Epstein including use of his vehicle or private plane for himself or family members, Radio France Internationale reported. Caroline Lang also appeared in the statute of a Virgin Islands-based company, Prytanee LLC, which Epstein founded in 2016.

The Arab World Institute describes itself as a “symbol of the partnership between France and twenty-one Arab countries,” according to its website. The institute “generates a dialogue between cultures that have been in frequent contacts for centuries and this partnership work together there, on a day-to-day basis, to rebuild their common past.”

One can only wonder what ties an institution like that could have to Epstein by extension. Lang, I think I once heard, is Jewish, and his presidency/membership in the organization is certainly telling of what a sellout to the Religion of Peace he's bound to be. Which could explain why somebody like him was chummy with Epstein. Nobody who's a realist should feel the least bit sorry Lang's now facing consequences for his reprehensible conduct. But who knows if any serious investigation beyond this one will be conducted into what the Arab World Institute is like underneath?

Oklahoma introducing legislature to ban Islamic sharia from local courts

An important step's being taken in Oklahoma's political/judicial system:

Legislation introduced in Oklahoma would restrict the application of certain foreign laws in state courts and limit foreign ownership or control of land and critical infrastructure, lawmakers behind the measures told Breitbart News exclusively.

State Representative Gabe Woolley introduced House Joint Resolution 1040, which would prohibit Oklahoma courts from applying Sharia law or other foreign legal systems in judicial decisions. The proposal is framed in the press release as an effort to ensure courts remain grounded in the United States Constitution and Oklahoma law.

Responding to critics who have raised concerns about religious liberty, Woolley told Breitbart News, “While we recognize that Americans enjoy freedom of religion, this resolution is a step to protect homeland security and Oklahomans’ constitutional rights — rights that Islam and Sharia law do not adhere to. Sharia law is a political ideology presented as a religion. It is a Trojan horse used to infiltrate free and independent nations, such as America, in order to overthrow them and instill and expand Sharia law principles.”

They should also come up with legislature for prohibiting garments like the burqa/niqab. And as far as I'm concerned, if the wimple worn by Catholic nuns has to be phased out in order to make it possible, and even some garments worn by ultra-Orthodox Judaist women, then so be it. The point is, even we of the west have to be consistent with our own views in order to ensure we can oppose Islamic sharia properly.

Jean-Luc Melenchon's party faces backlash for leading to murder of conservative figure at Lyon university

There was recently a murder of a conservative figure committed by Antifa anarchists at a university in Lyon, in which a representative of Jean-Luc Melenchon's France Unbowed party was involved, and now, it's leading to backlash against the communist party:

A leftist parliamentary assistant has been barred from the French National Assembly after being accused of taking part in the mob killing of a conservative university student in Lyon.

During a protest from the anti-mass migration feminist group Collectif Némésis, who gathered on Thursday on the Sciences Po university in Lyon in opposition to a lecture from far-left La France Insoumise (France in Rebellion) MEP Rima Hassan, a 23-year-old student, Quentin Deranque, was killed in an alleged act of Antifa violence.

Deranque, a conservative Catholic who had been asked by the female activist group to provide informal security from the far-left, suffered a traumatic brain injury during the attack and ultimately perished in the hospital on Saturday.

On Monday, the president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, announced that the parliament had taken the “precautionary measure” of banning Jacques-Élie Favrot, the parliamentary assistant to LFI Raphaël Arnault, after he was accused by Némésis of being present during the attack that led to the death in Lyon, Le Figaro reported. Favrot has denied responsibility for the death of Quentin.

For his part, Arnault has long been the subject of controversy, having been accused and even reportedly convicted of violent assaults against conservatives. The founder of the Jeune Garde (Young Guard) Antifa branch in Lyon was also revealed to have been placed on the government’s extremist watch list. Despite this, he was still backed by the Jean-Luc Mélenchon party and was elected in 2024 to represent Vaucluse in the National Assembly. [...]

The leader of the populist National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, said that “far-left militias, which, for years, relying on the complacency and support of parties such as La France Insoumise, have multiplied in the public space, intimidation, threats and assaults.”

“Democracy can no longer accept those who want to overthrow it,” she argued, calling for the government to ban such Antifa groups as terrorist organisations, as was done by the Trump administration.

At a demonstration in Paris on Sunday, which drew support from right-wing leaders such as former presidential candidate Éric Zemmour and MEP Marion Maréchal, attendees were heard chanting “LFI murderers!” and “LFI assassins”. Others carried signs reading “Antifa murderers, justice for Quentin” and “Young Guard terrorists”.

Melenchon's movement has really done it this time. He for starters should be expelled from the parliament, and Antifa should be banned from operating there too, just like the Muslim Brotherhood must also be banned from operations there. Monsters like Melenchon's movement are part of the reason why things have become so much worse over the years in France.

A positive message by Marco Rubio

The USA secretary of state delivered an important message while attending a conference in Germany:

“We want allies who are proud of their culture … and able to defend it,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a meeting of European politicians, generals, media, and influencers in Germany on Valentine’s Day.

Rubio’s eloquent speech got a standing ovation from the Europeans because it was a strong, diplomatic rebuke of the reckless European left-wing parties that dominate European politics. The left-wing parties hate the European citizen-led nations and are deliberately dissolving them in an acidic sea of resentful migrants, civic chaos, welfare spending, and low-tech poverty.

Rubio urged Europe’s elites to adopt a low-migration, high-tech policy that protects citizens’ valuable culture, promotes productivity and innovation, and expands wealth-creating trade with developing countries in Asia and Africa.

His speech matched Trump’s January speech to Davos leaders and Vice President JD Vance’s November comments to a TV interviewer.

For now, Europe has to prove they can deport the Islamist invaders, if they ever want to one day improve the situation. And we have to hope the USA will be willing to aid the native populations on all relevant issues.

2 lady soldiers were attacked by Haredi thugs in Bnei Brak

The extremist ultra-Orthodox 5th columnists continue their post-October 7, 2023 contempt by attacking 2 lady IDF officials in Bnei Brak, where they wanted to visit one of their colleagues:

A police unit rescued several IDF servicewomen in Bnei Brak on Sunday afternoon after they were attacked by an angry mob.

The incident involved two commanders from the Education Corps serving at the Havat HaShomer base who had arrived for a home visit to one of their soldiers. The crowd believed they were Military Police servicemembers who had come to distribute draft orders.

During the incident, a group of haredi bystanders gathered, shouting “Nazis," and tried to approach the soldiers. According to reports, there were attempts to physically attack them. In addition, a police motorbike was set on fire, and the mob overturned a police vehicle.

Police forces were called to the scene and safely extracted the servicewomen. At least three officers were injured in the riots. So far, 23 arrests have been made.

The police updated that two female soldiers had arrived to conduct welfare activities as part of their service in the IDF. Police forces rescued the soldiers, while some of the troublemakers began confronting officers and throwing trash bins into the path of the police vehicle.

As some politicians noted, this crossed every line most severely. Here's more:

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir spoke on Sunday with the two female commanders who were attacked earlier in the day during a mission in Bnei Brak and inquired about their well-being.

“I asked to speak with you to tell you that the IDF and I stand fully and clearly behind you. No one is permitted to harm your dignity or interfere with the important mission you are carrying out. You represent the entire IDF, and you have my full backing and that of the entire IDF," Zamir told the soldiers.

He pledged that the IDF "will investigate the incident to ensure it does not happen again. A reality in which IDF soldiers - male or female - cannot move freely within the State of Israel is an intolerable reality that must be addressed."

What the ultra-Orthodox monsters did was similar in some ways to the situation with Islamofascists in Europe, where they created no-go zones for non-Muslims, Jews included. It's abominable, and can make it considerably harder to undo the damage those who facilitated the Religion of Peace's entrance into Europe caused. Interestingly enough, here's a writer who made an important point about why what's happened long after October 7, 2023 is so offensive:

If a rabbi repeatedly describes the army as a machine of spiritual destruction, he cannot wash his hands when his students treat its soldiers as enemies. Words create worlds. Halachic rhetoric shapes moral reflexes. When you delegitimize an institution that defends Jewish lives, you are playing with fire in a house filled with gasoline.

Yes, there are real tensions between Haredi society and the State. Yes, there are coercive policies that feel threatening. Yes, there is cultural arrogance on all sides. But riots against female soldiers are not a defense of Torah. They are a chilul Hashem of epic proportions.

What does it say to the broader Israeli public when black-hatted Jews scream at Jewish girls in uniform? What does it do to the fragile threads holding our people together after October 7? Do you think secular Israelis distinguish between “fringe extremists” and the rabbis who have spent decades depicting the army as a spiritual plague?

It's good to see the writer's made mention of 10.7.2023, because what the rioters and vandals in Bnei Brak did only adds injury to injury. The rioters who were arrested should face serious penalties based on that alone.