Jake Tapper: 'Terrorist lover' attacks from Trump defenders are smears

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How a Debunked Ukraine Theory Endures Against All Evidence

https://www.snopes.com/ap/2020/01/12/how-a-debunked-ukraine-theory-endures-against-all-evidence/

The discredited theory, spread online by GOP allies in interviews and tweets, has been embraced by a president reluctant to acknowledge the reality of Russian election interference, and anxious to show he had reason to be suspicious of Ukraine as the U.S. withheld crucial military aid last year.

The effect: blurring the facts of the impeachment case for many Americans even before it reaches a trial that could begin with days.

Experts fear the strategy leaves the U.S. vulnerable to more misinformation campaigns in the 2020 election and signals to the Kremlin and other foreign actors that Americans are willing to cling to falsehoods.

Jew-Hatred: #WE-[Israeli-Women]TOO

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Alarming Instances of Anti-Jewish Religious-Discrimination Against Orthodox Women and Girls, by Draft Officials -- and Staff at Military Prison Number Four

Teves 15, 5780 °° Jan. 12, '20

By Binyomin Feinberg

FeinbergBinyomin@gmail.com

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Update:

Yet another Israeli girl, Tal-Yah Bas Rus, was recently reportedly incarcerated in Military Prison Four due to her refusal to enlist in the Israeli Army. She should be commended and vigorously assisted, in light of her willingness to endure imprisonment rather than enlist in the military. We hope to provide updated information as it becomes available.

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To check for updates, on first view of this article, as well as throughout the week, please visit Updates for month of Teves '80:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LDLjvECWQExYoGjqIrbZtWALp6MpkHq22ihNz2BLuYM/edit?usp=sharing

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###### BREAKING NEWS: ######

A significant scandal has been brought to light, just as we approach an important hearing this week - for Orpaz Orah G. (bas Aliza). Orah is a 27 y/o religious woman, on whom we recently reported (https://daattorah.blogspot.com/2020/01/27-yo-female-refusenik-in-israeli-jai.html ). Orah was imprisoned over two weeks ago, for ostensibly submitting her Religiosity-Certification somewhat late -- a whopping TEN years ago. She is yet another religious woman suffering for maintaining her refusal to submit to the military draft, which is absolutely prohibited according to leading Rabbis across the spectrum.

Our latest information is that Orah does not have a private attorney, but rather is presently reliant on the performance of her government-paid lawyer, and that there is no specific, clear path to her release in sight at this time.

° The recently revealed scandal involves two staff members at that Military Prison (Four), who illicitly denied attorney access to Orah, as well as to another recently incarcerated girl - also a religious objector to military service. These staff members allegedly denied both of these religious objectors the opportunity to meet a specific female religious attorney. The lawyer in question is a private attorney, who has provided assistance to multiple girls incarcerated in military prison over their refusal to violate the Torah (and their personal modesty) by enlisting in the Army. We hold back on publishing the names of the suspects for the time being.

Is this mistreatment of religious girls motivated by antireligious animus, or do these girls and the attorney in question just happen to be religious? Firstly, such misconduct has no place in or outside of government, regardless of motivation. Secondly, unfortunately, there appears to be a systemic tolerance for anti-religious bias, an example being the now-resolved case of Avigail Leah H.

(See https://daattorah.blogspot.com/2019/08/alh-report-2-28-augviolating-vineyard.html and https://daattorah.blogspot.com/2019/09/violating-vineyard-update.html .)

° Another issue that urgently requires attention is the process of delegation of such cases to activists. A number of the activists who have been most effective in assisting female religious objectors feel hampered by lack of information. The primary manner of fighting for imprisoned women like Orah is via disseminating accurate and detailed information. The government knows that very well, and appears to be orchestrating the delegation of cases accordingly, so that the activists who take more militant approach to freeing these women don't get access to the case or the requisite information (at least not without a lot of painstaking and time-consuming work).

° Additionally, while it's important that Chareidi activists are involved in helping, or trying to assist this non-Chareidi young woman, the vocal protest of the national-religious community is vital to put a stop to this ongoing targeting of non-Chareidi / national-religious women and girls by the Army. Does the government see the rightwing national-religious community as an ally willing enough to sacrifice their own daughters to conscription, in violation of Torah Law, for strongly held nationalistic ideals? Or do they hope to hoodwink the community into averting their focus as the government pursues individual girls not connected with mainstream communities and influential leaders? Whatever the case may be, it's incumbent on all religious Jews to liberate the Israeli government of the notion that they can continue to intimidate, terrorize, arrest, incarcerate and persecute such girls with impunity in the future.

We've already reported (quoting Ma'ariv Online) on the government goal of reaching a shocking 40% Army enlistment of national-religious high school girls*, G-d forbid. They're clearly admitting to targeting national-religious girls. That means that all Jews have a commensurate obligation to escalate our vigilance for that particular targeted national-religious sector, regardless of any differences of opinion, shitos, etc.

° The attitude of some people that each group should just focus on saving "it's own" girls is wrong, not only from a Halachic perspective, but from a practical one as well. The government has demonstrated itself more than adept at "divide-and-conquer." Thus we must remain ahead of the game by excelling in "all-for-one," regardless of who that "one" is. Thereby, the daughter you help save may, one day, be your own.

May we merit the Final Redemption speedily in the merit of authentic unity, one that sacrifices neither ideological integrity, maintenance of proper boundaries, cognizance of the bigger picture, or broader communal responsibility.

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* https://daattorah.blogspot.com/2019/11/online-updates-in-culture-wars-parshas.html

http://firstamendmentactivist.blogspot.com/2019/11/culture-wars-updates-online-vayaira.html?m=1

(Also reported in our Jewish Press Dispatch column at the time of those postings.)

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The Tenth of Teves:

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For a relevant post, with a perspective on the fast of the Tenth of Teves, see:

https://daattorah.blogspot.com/2020/01/tenth-of-teves-day-of-reckoning.html

Esper Says He ‘Didn’t See’ Specific Evidence Iranians Planned to Attack 4 Embassies

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/12/us/politics/esper-iran-trump-embassies.html

 President Trump had claimed that a planned attack on four American embassies was a justification for the strike on an Iranian general.

Trump's Defense Secretary Says Iran's Soleimani Was 'Probably' Planning U.S. Embassy Attacks, But He 'Didn't See' Specific Evidence

 newsweek

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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Sunday that he "didn't see" specific evidence that Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was planning attacks on U.S. embassies in the Middle East, but he believed "probably" that was Soleimani's plan.

Esper's remarks, during an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation, came after President Donald Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Friday that he could "reveal" that he believed "it probably would've been four embassies" that were attacked through Soleimani's planning. The defense secretary did not directly corroborate Trump's remarks, noting that he had not seen evidence confirming the president's assertion.

YouTube purges videos of Rabbi Meir Kahane

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/274442

 

Internet video giant YouTube has purged thousands of videos of former Israeli Knesset Member and Jewish Defense League founder Rabbi Meir Kahane, barring an account which uploaded the videos with no explanation given for the move.

According to a report by The Jewish Press, some 2,600 videos containing footage of Rabbi Kahane or his students were removed from YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, several weeks ago in late December.

Britain’s Iran envoy denies demonstrating against regime before he was arrested

https://www.timesofisrael.com/britains-iran-envoy-denies-demonstrating-against-regime-before-he-was-arrested/

TEHRAN, Iran — After he was briefly arrested, Britain’s ambassador to Tehran on Sunday denied an Iranian claim that he had taken part in a demonstration that broke out at a memorial for the 176 people killed when a plane was shot down.

56 Percent of Americans Disapprove of President Trump's Handling of Iran, Poll Says

https://www.newsweek.com/56-percent-americans-disapprove-president-trumps-handling-over-iran-poll-says-1481703

Trump and his administration argue that Soleimani was planning "imminent" attacks on the U.S., with the president saying that regional U.S. embassies were going to be targeted. However, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has also said that he did not know exactly where or when the attacks would occur, which critics have argued shows that the threat was not actually "imminent." Unidentified government sources also told The New York Times that the intelligence used to justify the attack was "razor thin."

"Pompeo: The attack was imminent, but 'we didn't know when and we didn't know where.' Well, if you don't know when and if you don't know where, that is not 'imminent,'" Democratic presidential candidate Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a veteran of the Iraq War, tweeted on Sunday, criticizing the secretary of state.

Fox News analyst responds to Trump attack: 'This is the way you treat your friends?'

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/29/fox-news-judge-andrew-napolitano-trump-obstruction-mueller-report-attack-response

 “He wanted to divert attention from what Mueller had said about him,” he said, “and what I had commented about Mueller to his relationship with me, his relationship with me is not the story.”

The former New Jersey superior court judge also denied asking for a supreme court seat, saying Trump had actually asked him, unprompted, to recite his qualifications for the job.

“He said, all right, give me a spiel as to why I should put you on,” he said. “Who would turn that down? I gave him the spiel.”

 

Four hospitalized after antisemitic mob rampages through Uman

https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Antisemitism/Four-hospitalized-after-antisemitic-mob-rampages-through-Uman-613918

  An armed mob stormed through the city of Uman, Ukraine over Shabbat, attacking Jews outside the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslav, Yeshiva World News reported.

Saudi military trainees to be expelled from US after Florida shooting

https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Saudi-military-trainees-to-be-expelled-from-US-after-Florida-shooting-613896

More than a dozen Saudi servicemen who are training at U.S. military bases will be expelled from the United States in the aftermath of a Pentagon review prompted by the deadly Dec. 6 shooting by a Saudi Air Force officer at an American naval base in Florida, CNN reported on Saturday.

The Saudi personnel being expelled are not accused of aiding the Saudi Air Force second lieutenant who killed three American sailors at the Pensacola installation, CNN reported, quoting unnamed sources.

 

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