Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say

 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites

The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it.

The assessment, which has not been previously reported, was produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s intelligence arm. It is based on a battle damage assessment conducted by US Central Command in the aftermath of the US strikes, one of the sources said.

American strikes only set Iran’s nuclear program back by months — US intel report

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/american-strikes-only-set-irans-nuclear-program-back-by-months-us-intel-report/

Preliminary assessment says uranium stocks not destroyed, some centrifuges still intact; former UN inspector warns Tehran still has ‘ability to break out and produce weapon-grade uranium’

White House Reacts After Intel Assessment Contradicts Trump on Iran Strikes

https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-reacts-us-pentagon-iran-strikes-assessment-2090204

The White House issued a scathing statement after CNN, The New York Times and other media outlets reported that an early assessment by U.S. intelligence said military strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend failed to destroy key elements of Iran's nuclear program.

The assessment also found that the strikes only set Iran's nuclear program back by a few months, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that the strikes "obliterated" the nuclear facilities.

Meanwhile, an early Israeli intelligence assessment determined that the U.S.'s strikes set Iran's nuclear capabilities back by "several years," according to The Times of Israel. The reported assessment came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that "we sent Iran's nuclear program down the drain."

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Amid Trump criticism: Israel limits Iran response to symbolic strike

 https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/06/24/amid-trump-criticism-israel-limits-iran-response-to-symbolic-strike/

Following sharp criticism from US President Donald Trump, Israel delivered merely a symbolic military response to Iran's Tuesday morning ceasefire violation, restricting its retaliation to a single radar strike north of Tehran after the American leader intervened to prevent a broader attack.

"Israel, don't drop those bombs," Trump declared. "If you do it is a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now!" The president had earlier told White House reporters that "Israel and Iran have been fighting for so long they don't know what the f*** they're doing."

Sources familiar with the situation revealed that Trump received updates throughout the night, confirming Iran had breached the ceasefire first. "Despite his harsh public criticism of Israel, the Israeli Air Force response will still proceed, with Trump containing and possibly supporting it."

Trump Says Israel Turning Jets Around: 'Friendly Plane Wave to Iran'

 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-urges-israel-not-break-iran-ceasefire-do-not-drop-those-bombs-2089853

President Donald Trump said Israeli jets had turned back from their planned strikes on Iran and that a ceasefire remains in effect.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his air force struck a radar station near Tehran but, after speaking with Trump, refrained from carrying out further attacks

Trump sharply criticized Israel for preparing a heavy retaliation against a ceasefire violation by Iran that he said involved a single rocket missing its target.

"ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran," Trump posted to his Truth Social platform on Tuesday morning. "All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly 'Plane Wave' to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!"

In foul-mouthed tirade, Trump savages Israel for striking Iran, says it violated ceasefire

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-foul-mouthed-tirade-trump-fumes-at-israel-for-striking-iran-violating-ceasefire/

In a rare if not unprecedented public display of frustration with Israel by a US president, Donald Trump expressed in no uncertain terms on Tuesday that he was furious at Israel as the ceasefire he announced overnight threatened to unravel.

“I’m not happy that Israel’s going out now,” he told reporters, as Israeli jets were responding to Iranian missile strikes earlier in the day.

“There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard [by Iran]. It was after the time limit, and it missed its target. And now Israel’s going out. These guys gotta calm down. Ridiculous…”

Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran with profanity for breaking ceasefire

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-israel-iran-profanity-breaking-ceasefire

President Donald Trump expressed deep frustration with both Israel and Iran on Tuesday, saying the two countries "don't know what the **** they're doing."

Trump made the comments while departing from the White House for a NATO summit Tuesday morning. Both Israel and Iran fired missiles at one another following the imposition of a ceasefire on Monday night.

"I'm not happy with Israel. You know, when I say, okay, now you have 12 hours, you don't go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them. So I'm not happy with them. I'm not happy with Iran either, but I'm really unhappy if Israel is going out this morning," Trump said.

He continued, "We basically have two countries that have been fighting for so long and so hard that they don't know what the **** they're doing." 

'I'm not happy with Israel' | Trump lashes out, warns Israel not to respond to violation

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/410574

President Donald Trump lashed out at Israel on Tuesday after Iran broke the ceasefire he brokered between the two countries.

According to the President, "Israel unloaded a lot, and now I just heard that Israel went out because they felt it (the ceasefire) was violated by one rocket that didn't land anywhere. That's not what we want, I tell you that."

While speaking with the press before leaving for the NATO summit, Trump expressed his frustrations, stating: "I'm not happy with Israel either."

He added: "I gotta get Israel to calm down now."

The President claimed that both Israel and Iran violated the ceasefire, but noted: "I don't think they did it intentionally, they couldn't bring people back.

He reiterated his anger with Israel's intention to retaliate against the violation and said he would try to stop it.

Trump pushes for quick end to Iran-Israel conflict amid fragile ceasefire

 https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5365720-trump-iran-israel-conflict-ceasefire/

A ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be in jeapordy early Tuesday, hours after both countries said they agreed to terms outlined by President Trump to halt their 12-day war.

Trump has pushed for a quick end to the Middle East conflict, signaling a desire to move on after the U.S. carried out bombings of Iran nuclear sites over the weekend and Iran retaliated by hitting a U.S. base in Qatar.

Israel’s military said early Tuesday it detected another Iranian barrage hours after the start of the ceasefire — underscoring the dangerous state of what the president predicted would be a pause in fighting “forever.”

The acceptance of a U.S.-brokered deal by both sides came after Iran’s military denied launching a final onslaught of missiles targeting Israel, which Israel said killed at least four people early Tuesday morning. Israel launched a blitz of airstrikes targeting sites across Iran before dawn, The Associated Press reported.

IDF symbolically strikes in Tehran after Trump orders Netanyahu to turn planes around

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858826 

Explosions were heard in northern Tehran after US President Donald Trump called for all Israeli fighter jets to leave Iran's airspace. 

IDF sources have confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the air force did in fact strike one radar north of Tehran. A symbolic strike to straddle the need to respond to Iran's attack on the North, while respecting Trump's demand to do nothing or at most respond symbolically.

Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered strikes in Tehran after Iran launched two missiles at northern Israel, hours after the ceasefire had taken effect. 

Trump's poor choices for national security staffing have new relevance after Iran bombing

Israel reports waves of Iranian missiles, soon after Trump announced ceasefire

 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-announces-israel-iran-ceasefire-2025-06-23/

 Israel's military said Iran launched waves of missiles on Tuesday, with emergency services reporting three people killed, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran to end a 12-day war.

Witnesses said they heard explosions near Tel Aviv and Beersheba in southern Israel. Israel's military said six waves of missiles were launched by Iran and Israel's national ambulance service said three people were killed in Beersheba, the first reported deaths in Israel since Trump announced the ceasefire late on Monday.

Rabbis Urge: Shun Voting for Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Elections (v.4)



















 כבר ידוע ומפורסם חומר האיסור לבחור בעד אנשי רשע של דור המבול וסדום ועמורה וכדומה, וכעת עומד

על הפרק שמושל מדינת ניו יארק לשעבר ע.ק. הוא בין המועמדים להיות נבחר לראשות העיר ניו יארק סיטי

(מעיא"ר), והוא ידוע שבראש חפציו ומאוויו הוא להנהיג ולהכריח חוקי זימה ותועבה בכל העיר וגם בהחינוך,

כמו שכבר עשה בהעבר רח"ל, ונוסף על זה ידיו מלוכלות בדם ישראל וגם בדם מאוה"ע ע"י חוקים והוראות

של אכזריות ורציחה בכמה אופנים ובמיוחד בתקופת ה'קאווי"ד לא תקפ"ץ, וידוע איך שחירף וגידף רח"ל

כלפי שמיא, ובכן מובן מאליו שאסור לבחור בעדו, והוא חילול ה' איום ונורא, ומגביר שנאת ישראל רח"ל,

ומדי יום ביומו נתברר יותר האיסור החמור לבחור בעד מועמדים כאלו.

ובזכות שנשמע לדברי גדולי ישראל שכבר אסרו פעמים רבות לבחור במשחיתים ובמחוקקי חוקי און ותועבה,

יזכינו השי"ת להעביר מאתנו כל מיני גזירות קשות ורעות, ולגדל את כל בנינו ודורותינו על דרך ישראל סבא,

ולראות דורות ישרים ומבורכים, ולביאת משיח צדקנו במהרה בימינו אמן.

באנו עה"ח בחודש סיון תשפ"ה לפ"ק

Rabbis Urge: Shun Voting for Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Elections (v.4)

BS"D

June 23, '25

P.S.:  For those who've adopted the view that the greatest threat in this mayoral election is Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, please cooly consider the following facts.  As one astute observer noted here:


"Let's assume Cuomo is the lesser evil in comparison to Mr. Mamdani; there is no legitimate reason to rank Cuomo number one in Ranked Choice voting.


The candidates who are by far less repugnant - like Bartholomew and Tilson (neither who have proven evil records) - will be eliminated before any candidate gets 50% - unless it's a landslide."


(For info on Ranked Choice voting, see [copied below]: https://vote.nyc/page/ranked-choice-voting )


Simply put, there is no need to vote for the rabid homosexualist, abortionist, and elder-cidalist Andrew Cuomo as FIRST CHOICE in order to avoid Mamdani winning.


Accordingly, many of those who seek to mobilize naïve voters to vote for Cuomo as their first choice do not have the best of intentions. Many of them seek to grace a man with much innocent blood on his hands with a kosher stamp of approval. 


That effort and intention is repugnant in the extreme, at best. 


It is also dangerous in the extreme, inviting Divine Wrath on all of us.  We must never forget that the horrific terror attacks of September 11th, '01 occurred on a Mayoral primary election, like this one.


Our Sages exhort us that "G-d extends His Wrath," but He ultimately "collects His Dues." Those who refuse to learn from the past Divine Retribution condemn themselves to learn from future Divine Retribution.


Our responsibility is to ensure that they don't take us down with them.


במקום חילול השם, אין חולקין כבוד לרב.


Moreover, Middah Tovah Merubah; how much is the Divine reward for those who extend themselves to save others from collaboration in a public desecration of the Divine Name, such as this public whitewash of Cuomo-the-Blasphemous.

Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter,


Executive Director,


Help Rescue Our Children


845.642.1679


Direct: 771.215.8892


Israeli Helpline: 03.721.3337


torahjewsfordecency@gmail.com


Tomim Tih'yeh [countering "New-Age" infiltration]: 


Tomim1679@gmail.com


Presentations on New-Age dangers: 605-313-6831 ext. 2


Heard weekly on New Jersey's WSNR Radio 620AM, co-hosting the renowned Levin At Eleven program, every Thursday evening, 11pm to midnight (ET).


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## Fair Use ##


https://vote.nyc/page/ranked-choice-voting


New York City will use ranked choice voting for Primary and Special Elections for the offices of Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President and City Council, due to an amendment in the City Charter approved by voters in 2019.


How are results tabulated?


All first-choice votes are counted. If a candidate receives more than 50% of first-choice votes, that candidate wins.


If no candidate earns more than 50% of first-choice votes, then counting will continue in rounds.


At the end of each round, the last-place candidate is eliminated and voters who chose that candidate now have their vote counted for their next choice.


Your vote is counted for your second choice only if your first choice is eliminated. If both your first and second choices are eliminated, your vote is counted for your next choice, and so on.


This process continues until there are two candidates left. The candidate with the most votes wins."

### (emphasis added -NL)