IDF soldier sentenced to 10 days for verbal abuse of left-wing activists

 https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-723613

Later on Tuesday morning, Ben-Gvir published a video alongside the father of the sentenced soldier, saying he had paid a visit to the family in order to show his support for them and their son.

"I demand that the chief of staff and the entire command think twice about this punishment," the Otzma Yehudit leader says in his recorded statement. "It can't be that anarchists come along and curse, spit and attack our heroic soldiers."

He continued, saying that the soldiers could be taken aside and told to react more proportionally to the unfolding situation but that sending them to prison for 10 days is not the appropriate punishment.

Herschel Walker Trolled by Warnock With Campaign Ad Showing His Speeches

 https://www.newsweek.com/herschel-walker-trolled-warnock-campaign-ad-showing-his-speeches-1762551

Herschel Walker has been trolled by a Raphael Warnock campaign advertisement that shows the Senate hopeful's speeches.

The contest between Democrat Senator Warnock and his Republican rival Walker has gone down to the wire with a crucial runoff vote next month.

In a Warnock campaign video shared on Sunday, several people could be seen reacting to Walker's speeches, with many voicing their disbelief over what they had seen.

During the video, Walker could be seen talking about vampire movies as well as his infamous speech about China's bad air.

1 in 4 female conscripts in police, prisons sexually harassed or abused — ombudsman

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/1-in-4-female-police-or-prison-conscripts-sexually-harassed-or-abused-ombudsman/

Stark figures released on Monday by the State Comptroller’s Office revealed the high percentage of women subjected to sexual harassment or abuse while performing their obligatory national service in the Israel Police, Border Police and Israel Prison Service.

The report was largely based on a survey of conscripts in the three forces, and it was not immediately clear whether steps had been taken to prevent selection bias in the responses.

The report found that harassment is for the most part committed by professional, non-conscripted members of those forces including commanders, and when reported is either insufficiently addressed or not dealt with at all

Herschel Walker Discusses Vampire Movie During Campaign Speech

CNN Didn't Say Musk Could Threaten Free Speech by Letting People Speak Freely

 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cnn-musk-could-threaten-free-speech/

On Nov. 28, 2022, billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, at that time just one month into his new role as Twitter's CEO, tweeted what appeared to be a screen capture of a CNN news segment with chyron text that read, "Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by literally allowing people to speak freely": 

However, as CNN's PR department quickly pointed out in a reply to Musk's tweet, the screenshot is fake, and no such headline ever appeared on CNN: 

Fake news from Elon Musk - is this what free speech is - the right to makeup any facts you want?

 https://thehill.com/homenews/3752982-cnn-to-elon-musk-after-sharing-fake-headline-be-better/

Musk’s tweet contained a screenshot of an image that falsely showed that CNN had run a chyron on the air saying that “Elon Musk could threaten free speech on Twitter by literally allowing people to speak freely.”

Readers online quickly pointed out that the image, first created in April, was fake and that no such headline had run on the network, and a link to an AP Fact Check was attached to the billionaire’s tweet.

“CNN aired no such report about Musk ‘threatening free speech,’ and the chyron was digitally altered to add the text,” the April fact check read. “The image purporting to be from a CNN broadcast originated on a satirical website.”

Teacher must be angelic?

 Malachi (02:07)For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek Tora at his mouth: for he is an angel of G-d. 

Moed Koton (17a) If the Teacher is like unto an angel of G-d, they should seek the law at his mouth; but if he be not , they should not seek the law at his mouth’

Chagiga (15b) For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts? This means that if the teacher is like an angel of the Lord of hosts, they should seek the Law at his mouth, but if not, they should not seek the Law at his mouth! — 

Mishneh Torah (Torah Study 4:1) One should not study from a teacher who does not follow a proper path, even though he is a very wise man and his instruction is required by the entire nation, until he returns to a good path, as implied by Malachi 2:7: "For the priest's lips shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek Torah from his mouth, because he is an angel from the Lord of Hosts."

Shulchan Orech (Y.D. 246:8) A teacher who does not follow a proper path, even though he is a great scholar and everyone  needs him - one  should not be his student  until he  corrects his ways

Aruch HaShulchan (Y.D. 246:22) וכן הרב שאינו הולך בדרך טובה, אף על פי שחכם גדול הוא וכל העם צריכין לו – אין למידין ממנו עד שיחזור למוטב. כן פסקו הרמב"ם והטור והשולחן ערוך סעיף ח (שולחן ערוך יורה דעה רמו, ח), ומקורו ממועד קטן (מועד קטן יז א), עיין שם. ואף על גב דבחגיגה (חגיגה יב ב) דמקשה על רבי מאיר שלמד תורה מאחר, ומתרץ: הא בגדול הא בקטן. כלומר: דאדם קטן אסור ללמוד מפיו שמא יכשל, אבל אדם גדול מותר, דתוכו יאכל וקליפתו יזרוק, עיין שם. ולמה לא חילקו בכך? דיש לומר דאין למידין מגדולת רבי מאיר לדורות שלנו, וכולנו נחשבים קטנים. (ש"ך סעיף קטן ח, ועיין שם שתירץ עוד בשם אביו דאין הלכה בזה כרבי מאיר. ותמיהני: דאם כן הוה ליה להש"ס לומר "ולא היא?" כמו שאומר בברכות כח א במעשה דרבן גמליאל.)

Donald Trump ‘shied away from criticising Nick Fuentes’

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/28/donald-trump-shied-away-from-criticising-nick-fuentes

Donald Trump repeatedly refused to disavow the outspoken antisemite and white supremacist Nick Fuentes after they spoke over dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort, rejecting the advice from advisers over fears he might alienate a section of his base, two people familiar with the situation said.

Trump has had a long history of delaying or muting criticism of white supremacy, drawing moral equivalency in 2017 between neo-Nazis and counter-protesters at the deadly unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, and refusing to denounce the far-right Proud Boys group at a 2020 presidential debate.

Steve Bannon Blasts Trump Staff Over Nick Fuentes, Kanye West Dinner

https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-blasts-trump-staff-over-nick-fuentes-kanye-west-dinner-1762539

 Bannon, a former Trump strategist, questioned during an episode of his War Room podcast on Saturday why Trump's staff allowed the controversial meeting to take place, describing it as a setup to tarnish Trump's image.

"Did the staff think that this was a good idea?" he asked, describing the dinner, in which West, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, offered Trump a spot as his running mate on his own presidential run as a "trolling operation."

White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Admits The TRUTH About Trump

POLITICO Playbook: Trump world reels after white nationalist dinner

 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/11/26/trump-world-reels-after-white-nationalist-dinner-00070831

Trump’s unwillingness to criticize those who’ve been complimentary towards him is nothing new — even when condemnation is merited, and even when his refusal to do so explodes in his face, as with his comment that there were “some very fine people on both sides” after white nationalists marched on Charlottesville, Va.

Trump's former US ambassador to Israel blasts meeting with Ye, Nick Fuentes: 'You are better than this'

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-former-us-ambassador-israel-blasts-meeting-ye-nick-fuentes

Prominent Jewish leaders are slamming former President Donald Trump after he hosted a dinner at his Florida estate that included rap artist Kanye West, also known as Ye, and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Both have been accused of antisemitism after comments they made about Jewish people.

"To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this," David Friedman, who served as Trump’s U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 2017-2021, posted on Twitter Friday.  "Even a social visit from an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes is unacceptable."

Trump team does damage control after he dines with Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes

 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/f-ing-nightmare-trump-team-damage-control-dines-ye-white-supremacist-n-rcna58780

Even the two Trump advisers winced at how a Holocaust denier like Fuentes was able to wind up with Trump at dinner — even if it was by mistake — along with the rapper, who had just had his Twitter account restored but lost major endorsement deals for making antisemitic remarks.

Nick Fuentes Turns on Donald Trump, Calls for New 2024 Candidate

 https://www.newsweek.com/nick-fuentes-turns-donald-trump-calls-new-2024-candidate-holocaust-denier-1762519

But 24-year-old Fuentes, a vocal supporter of the MAGA movement, has now turned on his former hero. He said: "Conservative media speculates that Ye and I are being used to hurt Trump. It is the other way around.

"Trump and MTG (Marjorie Taylor Green) are being used as bait to lure the base back into supporting people like Kevin McCarthy, Ronna McDaniel, and Rick Grenell. I didn't leave the MAGA movement. The MAGA movement left me."