Monday, May 25, 2020
Covid Dreams, Trump Nightmares
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/opinion/sunday/trump-mask-coronavirus.html
Even as Trump
tries to paint Joe Biden as gaga, he is doing something truly gaga: He
is running the government that is responding to the worst pandemic in a
century at the same time he is the leader of the resistance to his own
government, urging people and states to open up whenever they see fit,
recommending Clorox injections, stifling Dr. Fauci, refusing to wear the
mask.
Netanyahu trial: Israeli prime minister faces Jerusalem court
What is Benjamin Netanyahu accused of?
Mr Netanyahu has been indicted in three cases, known as 1,000, 2,000 and 4,000:
- Case 1,000 - Fraud and breach of trust: he is accused of receiving gifts - mainly cigars and bottles of champagne - from powerful businessmen in exchange for favours
- Case 2,000 - Fraud and breach of trust: Mr Netanyahu is accused of offering to help improve the circulation of Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot in exchange for positive coverage
- Case 4,000 - Bribery, fraud and breach of trust: as PM and minister of communications at the time of the alleged offence, Mr Netanyahu is accused of promoting regulatory decisions favourable to the controlling shareholder in the Bezeq telecom giant, Shaul Elovitch, in exchange for positive coverage by Mr Elovitch's Walla news site
Non-Israeli yeshiva students to be permitted to return to Israel
Israel okays return of foreign yeshiva students seeking to resume their studies - provided specific precautions are taken.
Wealthy Jewish Philanthropists Responsible For Funding Anti-Vaccine Organizations
https://forward.com/fast-forward/426192/jewish-philanthropists-measles-outbreak-anti-vaccine/
Lisa Selz serves as president of the Informed Consent Action Network,
or ICAN, a prominent anti-vaccine group run by Del Bigtree. The Selz’s
donations have helped ICAN become the best-funded anti-vaccine group.
Bigtree has spoken at two recent anti-vaccine symposiums organized for
the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, one in Monsey, New York, and one in Brooklyn on June 4.
“They should be allowed to have the measles if they want the measles,” Bigtree said outside the Brooklyn meeting. “It’s crazy that there’s this level of intensity around a trivial childhood illness.”
One-in-five English people believe COVID is a Jewish conspiracy - survey
Preliminary data shows many Britons believe Jews created the coronavirus. This is a developing story.
היועץ הרפואי מזהיר מתפילה בבית הכנסת
הרב שמעון רגובי, מבכירי יועצי הרפואה במגזר החרדי, מזהיר מפני פתיחת בתי הכנסת וטוען כי מדובר בסכנה של ממש, בטח במהלך הלימוד בליל חג השבועות • הראיון המלא
Sunday, May 24, 2020
North Carolina Reports Highest Daily Coronavirus Infection Increase as State Enters Phase 2 of Reopening
https://www.newsweek.com/north-carolina-reports-highest-daily-coronavirus-infection-increase-state-enters-phase-2-reopening-1506194
North
Carolina reported its highest number of new confirmed cases in a single
day Saturday, as the state enters phase two of reopening.
The state saw 1,017 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported, according to a press release by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, bringing the total confirmed cases to 22,725.
"This is a notable and concerning increase. As we head into a holiday weekend, please practice the three Ws – wear a face covering, wait six feet apart, and wash your hands frequently. When it comes to our health, we need to work together to protect our families, friends and neighbors," the state's health secretary, Dr. Mandy Cohensaid in the press release – which also indicated that "epidemiologists are analyzing the data to determine if there were any significant contributing factors."
The state saw 1,017 new confirmed coronavirus cases reported, according to a press release by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, bringing the total confirmed cases to 22,725.
"This is a notable and concerning increase. As we head into a holiday weekend, please practice the three Ws – wear a face covering, wait six feet apart, and wash your hands frequently. When it comes to our health, we need to work together to protect our families, friends and neighbors," the state's health secretary, Dr. Mandy Cohensaid in the press release – which also indicated that "epidemiologists are analyzing the data to determine if there were any significant contributing factors."
גדולי ישראל ב'קריאה ובקשה': "להתחזק בבין אדם לחברו"
https://www.kikar.co.il/361043.html
גדולי ישראל מתאחדים ב"קריאה ובקשה" לציבור - בעקבות ה'קורונה' ש"עודנה מאיימת על העולם" - להתחזק "בבין אדם לחברו ולהשכין שלום בין איש לרעהו" וחותמים בברכה
על המכתב חתומים, כאמור, מרבית גדולי ישראל, מכל העדות והחוגים: מרנן
הגר"ח קנייבסקי, הגרי"ג אדלשטיין, הגר"ש כהן, האדמו"ר מויז'ניץ, האדמו"ר
מבעלזא, הגרב"מ אזרחי, הגר"ר אלבז, הגרמ"צ ברגמן, הגר"ש בעדני, האדמו"ר
מלעלוב, האדמו"ר מבאיאן, האדמו"ר מזוועהיל, האדמו"ר מאלכסנדר, הגר"צ
דרבקין, האדמו"ר מסערט ויז'ניץ, האדמו"ר מצאנז, הגרח"מ הלוי וואזנר, הגר"י
זילברשטיין, האדמו"ר ממודז'יץ, האדמו"ר מטשרנוביל, הגרמ"ה הירש, הגר"ד
יוסף, הגר"ד כהן, הגר"מ מאיה, הגרב"ד פוברסקי, האדמו"ר מסאדיגורה, האדמו"ר
מביאלה, הגר"י שיינר והגרמ"י שלזינגר.
Netanyahu on trial: PM to face judges tough on graft
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1wrZcPo8
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu goes to court for corruption charges on Sunday, becoming the first premier in Israel's history to stand trial while in office, he will for the first time face the three judges who will ultimately decide his fate.
Rallying around Netanyahu before trial, Likud lawmakers lash legal system
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rallying-around-netanyahu-before-trial-likud-lawmakers-lash-legal-system/
Hours before the start of the trial,
Likud politicians issued statements and took to the airwaves to defend
Netanyahu and lambaste the legal system.
“The day of the opening of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial
will be remembered as one of the low points of the Israeli legal
system,” new Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin of Likud said in a statement.
Caroline Glick: The biggest show trial in history - more nonesense!
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/280747
Author, columnist and speaker Caroline Glick tweeted today, Sunday,
about the Netanyahu trial and its connection to the controversy in the
US regarding General Michael Flynn.
"Even more than General Michael Flynn, Obama viewed Prime Minister
Netanyahu as his greatest enemy," Glick wrote. "The operation to frame
Flynn began around the same time as Israel's pro-Obama bureaucratic
state began framing Netanyahu."
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