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Biden Again Bypasses Congress for Weapons Sale to Israel

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The Biden administration used emergency powers to bypass congressional approval to sell weapons to Israel for the second time since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Friday, The Associated Press reported.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress he had determined Israel has an emergency requirement for the fuses, charges and primers and other components of the 155mm ammunition Israel is already fielding covered under the $147 million sale, the State Department said Friday, according to the AP. Israel needs the equipment to make the munitions functional, justifying the bypass, even as President Joe Biden has reportedly sparred with Israeli leadership over the conduct of the war and its mounting civilian toll.

“Given the urgency of Israel’s defensive needs, the secretary notified Congress that he had exercised his delegated authority to determine an emergency existed necessitating the immediate approval of the transfer,” the department said in a statement, according to the AP.

“The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to U.S. national interests to ensure Israel is able to defend itself against the threats it faces,” it said.

Blinken made a similar determination on Dec. 9, allowing Israel to move forward with a $106 million sale of 4,000 rounds of U.S.-made tank ammunition without the usual congressional oversight procedure, according to the AP. Typically, Congress has a mandate to review and approve foreign military sales. (Read more from “Biden Again Bypasses Congress for Weapons Sale to Israel” HERE)

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Thousands of Gazans Will Become Christian, Palestinian Evangelical Predicts

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An ex-member of the Fatah terrorist organization, who embraced Christianity in the early 1990s, has asserted that a considerable number of Muslims in Gaza are likely to forsake Islam in the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas War, gravitating towards Christianity.

Speaking to Joel Rosenberg on the latest episode of the Rosenberg Report, which aired on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) over the weekend, Taysir “Tass” Abu Saada said that he predicts many Gazans will feel so hopeless, lost and lied to by Hamas after the war that they will abandon Islam and Hamas’s extremism for the teachings of the Bible.

“Hamas is an ideology that is spread among many people, not only in the Gaza Strip but all over the world,” Saada told Rosenberg. “However, God has a plan. And I believe the Arabs’ and the Jews’ plan is also part of that, and that is where my hope is.

“That is why I am back in the Holy Land, to move to the Gaza Strip and take part in rebuilding,” Saada continued. “I believe with all the destruction, with all that happened, with the hardship the Palestinians have gone through, they cannot sit back but will ask, ‘Why?’ . . .

The Christian convert said that he already has a team on the ground ministering to Gazans during the war, and these individuals are telling him that “the harvest is going to be huge.” (Read more from “Thousands of Gazans Will Become Christian, Palestinian Evangelical Predicts” HERE)

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Massive Anti-Israel Protests Erupt at World Trade Center

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Manhattan witnessed a dramatic surge of anti-Israel protests on Thursday as thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets, amplifying their voices against the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The protesters, organized under the banner of “Flood NYC for Palestine,” strategically targeted several iconic locations in lower Manhattan, including City Hall, Zuccotti Park (known for the Occupy Wall Street movement), and the Bank of New York Mellon headquarters.

Among the fervent chants echoing through the city streets were calls for the destruction of Israel, with ralliers shouting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” The protest took a particularly poignant turn as one group organized a funeral procession, mourning children who lost their lives in Gaza.

Approximately 1,000 demonstrators participated in the march, which coincided with the escalation of Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza.

Nerdeen Kiswandi, the founder of event organizer Within Our Lifetime, delivered a passionate speech at Zuccotti Park, emphasizing the perceived role of the United States in supporting Israel. She contended that without U.S. backing, the Palestinian resistance would have overcome Israel long ago. The sentiment was echoed by Peru-born rapper Immortal Technique, who claimed that Israel takes orders from the United States.

The protesters marched towards the World Trade Center’s Oculus, where they surrounded the front doors, repeating their familiar chant: “Free, free Palestine.” The group also targeted the Bank of New York Mellon headquarters, accusing the institution of financing genocide due to its investments in defense contractor Elbit Systems.

Despite the intensity of the demonstrations, no arrests were reported, according to law enforcement sources.

Simultaneously, thousands of older Jewish pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Times Square, clad in all-black attire. In a silent and solemn procession, they laid to rest 500 effigies of dead children, symbolizing the toll of the conflict on both Gaza and Israel.

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Israel Kills Top Iranian General in Syria: Report

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Israel killed a top commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday in airstrikes carried out in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Iranian-state media said that Reza Mousawi, a high-ranking Iranian general, was killed in a strike on the Sayida Zeinab neighborhood. Israeli airstrikes in Syria earlier this month killed two other Iranian generals.

Reuters reported that Mousawi was responsible for coordinating Iran’s military alliance between Syria and Iran.

Israel did not comment on the strike, which is customary for their military.

“I won’t comment on foreign reports, these or others in the Middle East,” said IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. “The Israeli military obviously has a job to protect the security interests of Israel.” (Read more from “Israel Kills Top Iranian General in Syria: Report” HERE)

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Biden Has Another Senior Moment When Asked About Israeli Hostages

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President Joe Biden appeared to have another slip-up on Wednesday when a reporter asked him about hostages being held in Gaza by the terror group Hamas.

White House national security advisor John Kirby said during a Tuesday press briefing that the United States estimated that around eight Americans are still being held in Gaza. Biden, after initially confirming that the country could expect another hostage deal in the near future, quickly backtracked asking a reporter to clarify what country he was talking about.

“Are we expecting a hostage deal any time soon?” a reporter asked the president.

“Yes,” the 81-year-old president responded. . .

“Wait. Where?” Biden quickly interjected before the reporter clarified that he was referring to Gaza.

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Young Woman Hostage From Viral Video Likely Taken by Gaza Civilians, Not Hamas: Report

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According to a new report, Noa Argamani, whose abduction in the October 7 Hamas massacre of 1200 Israelis was videotaped and went viral around the world, was most likely kidnapped not by Hamas terrorists but instead by Palestinian civilians who followed the terrorists into Israel.

Argamani, 25, a data science engineering student, was carted away from the NOVA music festival on a motorcycle, terrified, with her hands outstretched to reach for help.

“NBC News has uncovered information indicating she may not have been kidnapped by Hamas, but was instead most likely abducted by a mob of Gazans that swept into Israel hours after the initial attack,” NBC News reported on Tuesday. (Read more from “Young Woman Hostage From Viral Video Likely Taken by Gaza Civilians, Not Hamas: Report” HERE)

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Biden Continues to Trash Israel, Falsely Suggesting It Does Not Avoid Palestinian Civilians

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President Joe Biden continues to suggest, without evidence, that Israel is failing to distinguish between terrorists and civilians in Gaza — even as he expresses support for Israel’s goal of eliminating the Hamas organization that started the war on October 7.

Two weeks ago, Biden accused Israel of “indiscriminate bombing” in remarks to a closed-door meeting with donors in Washington, D.C. Israel rejected the claim, and it was even refuted by ABC News, which found that Israel has in fact used a “historically high level of precision weapons usage in urban warfare.”

On Tuesday, Biden did it again, according to the Times of Israel:

Speaking at a political event, US President Joe Biden says Israel is dealing with unique challenges in its ongoing war against the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group.

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Despite these “added burdens,” Biden says Israel must differentiate between Hamas and Palestinian civilians, urging it to work to minimize non-combatant deaths.

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IDF Discovers Largest Ever Hamas Terror Tunnel Inside Gaza (VIDEO)

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Sunday that they have discovered the largest ever Hamas tunnel inside Gaza that was only a few hundred yards away from the Erez Humanitarian Crossing.

The Erez Humanitarian Crossing, which was operated by COGAT’s Coordination and Liaison Administration (CLA) up until October 6, allowed thousands of Palestinians to cross into Israel for work and to receive medical treatment.

“This massive tunnel system, splits into branches of tunnels, spans well over four kilometers (2.5 miles) and reaches only 400 meters (1,310 feet) from the Erez crossing,” the IDF said in a statement. “This subterranean tunnel system was a project led by Muhammad Sinwar, the brother of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.”

The IDF said that the tunnel was built “from reinforced concrete and [is] equipped with electricity, ventilation, sewage, communication networks and rails.”

A lot of the footage that the IDF released of the tunnel was video that was recorded by Hamas terrorists while they constructed the tunnel and was later recovered by Israel.

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WH Tells Israel to End War in Time for Presidential Election

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White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan reportedly told Israeli leaders Thursday that they should end the “intense” phase of fighting against Hamas in Gaza in the next few weeks — meaning right before the start of the 2024 presidential election.

Biden is known to be suffering politically because of the war, which has split the Democratic Party. Republicans also contend that the war would never have broken out if not for Biden’s weak foreign policy; there were no such wars by Hamas against Israel during Donald Trump’s four-year tenure.

According to the Times of Israel:

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is in Israel today and tomorrow, tells Channel 12 that he and his team held “intense, detailed conversations” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war cabinet on when the IDF will transition away from high-intensity fighting in Gaza to focus on lower intensity fighting that would include targeting Hamas’s top leaders.

“Israel is going to continue to conduct its military efforts to get after Hamas for some time because, for example, they’re going to continue to hunt the top leaders of Hamas, Sinwar and Deif and Issa, and we don’t know exactly how long that will take,” Sullivan says. “So the issue really is when does Israel shift from the high-intensity military operations that are underway today to a different phase of this conflict, one that’s more precise, more targeted, more driven towards things like those high-value individuals?… We had a very constructive conversation about these phases.”

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WATCH: Turkish Lawmaker Declares Israel Cannot ‘Escape the Wrath of God,’ Instantly Collapses From Heart Attack (VIDEO)

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A Turkish lawmaker collapsed on Tuesday immediately after declaring that Israel cannot “escape the wrath of God.”

Video from the Turkish Grand National Assembly showed Saadet Party Kocaeli Deputy Hasan Bitmez, 53, giving a speech before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when he collapsed.

“Even if history remains silent, the truth will not remain silent. They think that if they get rid of us, there will be no problem,” he said in a translation of his speech. “However, if you get rid of us, you will not be able to escape the torment of conscience. Even if you escape the torment of history, you will not be able to escape the wrath of God.”

Immediately after making the remarks he turned and collapsed onto the floor as people rushed in to help him.

Turkish officials later said that “during angiography, it was seen that two main veins were completely blocked, and after the intervention did not yield any results, he was connected to a heart-lung pump.”

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