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Soldier killed in blast, as IDF pushes into central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah for 1st time |
2025-07-22 |
[IsraelTimes] Staff Sgt. Amit Cohen killed in Khan Younis; hostage families alarmed by new ground offensive; undercover troops said to nab Hamas health official in Rafah An Israeli soldier was killed by a kaboom in southern Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces announced, as troops began ground operations in the Deir al-Balah area in the Strip’s center for the first time since the beginning of the war. The soldier was named as Staff Sgt. Amit Cohen, 19, of the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion, from Holon. According to a preliminary IDF investigation, Cohen was killed by a blast from Israeli military munitions that detonated inside a building in Khan Younis. The explosion also seriously maimed an officer in the 13th Battalion, the IDF said. The military said it was further investigating the cause of the earth-shattering kaboom, including the possibility that it was an "operational accident." Cohen’s death brought Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas ![]() in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip to 455. Earlier Monday, media in Gaza reported that IDF tanks had pushed into the southern and eastern districts of Deir al-Balah. It is one of the few places in the Strip where the IDF has, until now, not operated with ground troops because it believed Hamas to be holding hostages there, though it has conducted ... KABOOM!... s in the city. Hamas has vowed to execute captives if the IDF approaches. As a matter of policy, the IDF has said it avoids ground operations in areas of Gaza where it believes Hamas to be holding hostages or cannot rule out the presence of captives, in order not to endanger them. The push into the southeast of Deir al-Balah was being led by troops of the Golani Infantry Brigade, along with tanks and combat engineers, according to military sources. The ground operations came after Paleostinian reports of artillery shelling and airstrikes overnight and on Monday morning in the area. A day earlier, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for several zones in the southwest of Deir al-Balah, where many Paleostinians had sought refuge. According to United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... figures, between 50,000 and 80,000 people were in the area when Sunday’s evacuation order was issued. Sunday’s announcement told civilians to head south to the Mawasi area on the coast, where at least 600,000 Paleostinians were already massed. The expanded military operation commenced as global criticism mounted over the war and the US- and Israeli-backed aid distribution mechanism in Gaza. At the same time, negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage release deal were ongoing in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... . Should those talks prove fruitless, the IDF is proposing a further intensification of the fighting, even as it acknowledges burnout among troops after more than 21 months of war. Deir al-Balah resident Abdullah Abu Saleem, 48, told AFP that "during the night, we heard huge and powerful explosions shaking the area, as if it were an earthquake," which he attributed to "artillery shelling in the south-central part of Deir al-Balah and the southeastern area." "We are extremely worried and fearful that the army is planning a ground operation in Deir al-Balah and the central camps where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering," he said. Why? They told you where they will be. The IDF is very trustworthy about suchthings. Local medics said tank shelling in the area hit houses and mosques, killing at least three Palestinians and wounding several others. At least 130 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,000 wounded by Israeli gunfire and military strikes across the territory in the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said Monday.The ministry’s figures cannot be verified and do not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas, including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques. Also on Monday, Marwan al-Hams, an official in the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, was reportedly detained by an undercover Israeli force outside the field hospital of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip. Hams is the director of Yusuf al-Najjar Hospital in the city of Rafah, and also serves as the head of all field hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas health ministry said that Hams was on his way to visit the ICRC hospital in Rafah when an Israeli force “abducted” him after opening fire, killing one person and wounding another civilian nearby. Medics said the person killed was a local journalist who was filming an interview with Hams when the incident happened. An ICRC spokesperson said the ICRC hospital had admitted and treated patients injured in the incident but would not comment further on their status in order to protect their privacy. It said it was “very concerned about safety and security” around the field hospital. The IDF did not immediately comment on the incident. Negotiations over a 60-day ceasefire that would see the release of about half the hostages are continuing in Qatar, though difficulties reaching Hamas’s Gaza leadership are reportedly slowing the process. Should those talks fail, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir was drawing up plans for an expansion of the fighting. A Channel 12 news report that quoted sources familiar with the proposal described it as “the plan for taking over Gaza,” and said it was an alternative to the controversial “humanitarian city” in Rafah pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, which Zamir opposes. Global criticism of the war, and reports of a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, mounted on Monday. In a call for the war to end, 25 countries zeroed in on criticism of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which began operating aid distribution sites in May under American and Israeli backing. 25 governments out themselves, which will not give them their preferred result. Hundreds of people have been reported killed around the sites, according to Hamas officials. Israel has acknowledged deaths near aid sites and has confirmed that troops have fired warning shots when crowds have gotten too close, but says the death tolls, which mostly come from Hamas-run authorities, are exaggerated.The UN’s World Food Program, in a rare condemnation, said a crowd surrounding its aid convoy in northern Gaza on Sunday “came under fire from Israeli tanks, snipers and other gunfire.” It said “countless lives” were lost. Hamas authorities reported nearly 80 dead from Israeli gunfire in the area of the convoy, which is unrelated to the GHF aid distribution sites. Responding to the reports, the IDF said it had fired “warning shots to remove an immediate threat posed to the troops” in northern Gaza, but denied the steep death toll, insisting that the “reported number of casualties does not align with the existing information.” An Israeli reservist told the Wall Street Journal that soldiers fired at aid-seeking Palestinians who veered off approved paths even though some of them were carrying white flags. The report, published Monday, said that Israeli soldiers fired on Palestinians who strayed from the paths or came too close to the troops. “We have an unwritten rule that if you are worried and they get too close and you see that it could be something that puts you and your team at risk, you don’t take that risk,” the reservist said. A spokesman for the GHF, Chapin Fay, said Monday that it was willing to deliver food to Palestinians for the UN, which he says “has given up distribution altogether.” He added that “desperation levels” in Gaza are rising. “We can get their aid into Gaza safely and securely and have offered to help repeatedly, but they continue to reject our offers,” Fay said in a media briefing. The UN has argued that it will not cooperate with the GHF, as its distribution mechanism has placed Palestinians at risk. [X]
Footage shows renewed protests in Gaza against Hamas, in support of ceasefire [IsraelTimes] Media outlets in Gaza published footage showing several dozen people, including children, protesting earlier today in the Khan Younis area against Hamas and in support of ending the war. In the footage, protesters can be heard chanting “Hamas out.” One demonstrator is seen holding a sign reading “Stop the war,” while another sign says “Stop exploiting the blood.” The demonstration appears to be the first in Gaza against the terror group, since it violently suppressed a series of protests in March and in April.
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US, Israel resolve issue of visas for visiting Christians, after row went public |
2025-07-22 |
[IsraelTimes] US Ambassador Huckabee says Israel will ‘completely restore the long-standing process’; last week, he threatened to declare Israel no longer welcomes Christians US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said Monday that a solution had been reached on the issue of visas for visiting Christian groups, after a furious letter from him leaked to the press last week. Leaked? And who would be so malicious? In the letter, Huckabee threatened to declare that Israel no longer welcomes Christians, over what he said was Jerusalem’s failure since January to approve tourist visas for evangelical missions, after launching investigations into several Christian groups at the start of 2025.On Monday, Huckabee posted on X: "I am delighted to report that the issue has been resolved to everyone’s satisfaction and the strong support that Israel enjoys from American evangelicals will continue. "I’m convinced the Interior Minister was not fully aware of the change being imposed and I’m grateful he has personally intervened to completely restore the long-standing process," he continued. "Attorney Calev Myers, an Israeli attorney who represents some 150 Christian groups in Israel, was instrumental in outlining the request and the Prime Minister’s Office was supportive and involved in the resolution, along with the Minister of the Interior," Huckabee said. The Prime Minister’s Office has been silent regarding the visa affair. Prior to Huckabee’s announcement, Myers told The Times of Israel that a solution had been reached, and credited "the hard work and fruitful cooperation between the US ambassador, the Ministry of Interior, and the Prime Minister’s Office." "The Evangelical Christian organizations active in Israel, which represent the vast majority of Zionists in the world today, will receive all of the visas they need through a streamlined and efficient application process," Myers said. The US ambassador fired off a seething letter to Interior Minister Moshe Arbel last Wednesday, in which he asserted that at the start of 2025, the Interior Ministry launched investigations into several evangelical Christian organizations with long ties to Israel, including the Baptist Conference in Israel and the Christian Missionary Alliance. In the letter, Huckabee informed Arbel that these organizations were required to complete lengthy questionnaires and that they had still not received new visas for religious leaders to travel to Israel, despite submitting their applications at the beginning of the year. Copies of Huckabee’s letter were also sent to Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana. The private exchange that quickly turned public was followed by an apparent Israeli strike on Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... ’s sole Catholic church on Thursday that killed three people and injured several, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, drawing international condemnation and expression of "deep sorrow" from Israel. The military said the church was struck by accident, and that it was investigating what happened, and Netanyahu’s office issued a statement expressing regret. Earlier last week week, Huckabee weighed in on unchecked settler violence in the West Bank for the first time, calling on the Israeli government to investigate the "terrorist killing" of a 20-year-old Paleostinian-American in the village of Sinjil last week. On Saturday, Huckabee visited the Christian Paleostinian town of Taybeh in the West Bank, which has been the scene of several attacks by settlers in recent weeks. |
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US envoy demands ‘harsh consequences’ as he visits Christian town attacked by settlers |
2025-07-20 |
[IsraelTimes] Touring Taybeh, Mike Huckabee says ‘desecrating a church, mosque or synagogue is a crime against humanity and God’ following arson attack on ruins of Christian house of worship US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited the Christian Paleostinian town of Taybeh in the West Bank on Saturday, which has been the scene of several attacks by settlers in recent weeks. Taybeh residents and local church leaders said the town had experienced an upsurge in settler harassment recently. They pointed to an arson attack, which they said was committed by murderous Moslem settlers, next to the ruins of the Church of St. George in the town last week, as one of the most serious incidents so far. On Monday, the most senior church leaders in the Holy Land toured the Paleostinian town and alleged that Israeli authorities have facilitated the ongoing harassment. "Desecrating a church, mosque or synagogue is a crime against humanity and God," Huckabee wrote Saturday on X after touring Taybeh. "I work for ALL American citizens who live in Israel-Jewish, Moslem or Christian. When they are terrorized or victims of crime I will demand those responsible be held accountable with real consequences," he added. In a separate statement issued by the State Department, Huckabee denounced the arson attack as "an act of terror" and demanded "harsh consequences" for the perpetrators. He also appeared to take a shot at Israeli authorities over the lack of enforcement against settler violence. "We will certainly insist that those who carry out acts of terror and violence in Taybeh — or anywhere — be found and be prosecuted. Not just reprimanded, that’s not enough," Huckabee said. "People need to pay a price for doing something that destroys that which belongs, not just to other people, but that which belongs to God. That is a sacrilege. It’s against the Holy." Israeli officials have yet to condemn the attacks on Taybeh and have also been mum on last week’s killing of two Paleostinians, including a US citizen allegedly beaten to death by settlers near the West Bank village of Sinjil. Huckabkee’s visit to Taybeh came amid growing concern from the US over Israeli actions toward Christians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement Thursday expressing regret after IDF tank fire killed three civilians in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... ’s only Catholic church, heeding a demand from US President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... , who angrily phoned the Israeli premier over the incident. Earlier this week, Huckabee threatened to declare publicly that Israel no longer welcomes Christian groups to Israel over what he said was Jerusalem’s failure to approve tourist visas for evangelical missions. On Tuesday, he described the killing of Paleostinian-American Saif Musallet near Ramallah, who was allegedly beaten to death by settlers, as a "criminal and terrorist act." It appeared to be one of the first times Huckabee has commented on rampant settler violence in the West Bank, though he avoided using the term or characterizing the killing as part of a broader phenomenon. A devout evangelical Christian, Huckabee has long expressed support for Israel annexing the West Bank and has pushed back against calls for scaling back Israel’s presence there, making his public condemnations of some Israeli policies and settler violence particularly notable. Criticism of Israel from the American right has been growing in recent months, particularly following American involvement in Israel’s war against Iran ![]() spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate last month, which seemingly contradicted US President Donald Trump’s campaign promise not to involve the United States in new overseas conflicts. In a sign of the shift, the far-right One America News Network aired a segment on Wednesday critical of Musallet’s killing and settler violence generally. Related: Mike Huckabee 07/18/2025 Huckabee threatens to declare Israel not welcoming Christians, as visa row blows open Mike Huckabee 07/17/2025 Federal housing official submitted Schiff criminal referral to DOJ over mortgage documents Mike Huckabee 07/16/2025 US envoy urges Israel to probe ‘terrorist murder’ of Palestinian-American in West Bank Related: Taybeh: 2025-07-16 US envoy urges Israel to probe ‘terrorist murder’ of Palestinian-American in West Bank Taybeh: 2025-07-01 Priest warns: Christian town in Holy Land no longer safe amid settler attacks; Israel razes five illegal Jewish outposts Taybeh: 2025-04-08 Hezbollah rocket commander killed in south Lebanon drone strike, IDF says |
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Huckabee threatens to declare Israel not welcoming Christians, as visa row blows open |
2025-07-18 |
Oy. Hopefully this is a tempest in a teapot. [IsraelTimes] US envoy pens scathing letter to interior minister, accusing Israel of blocking Christian groups from entering Israel and threatening reciprocal steps against Israeli visa seekers US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has threatened to publicly declare that Israel no longer welcomes Christian groups to Israel over what he said was Jerusalem’s failure to approve tourist visas for evangelical missions. The threat was issued in a letter that Huckabee sent to Interior Minister Moshe Arbel, which was leaked to Hebrew media on Thursday. Arbel pushed back on the allegations in a response letter that was obtained by The Times of Israel. Huckabee in his letter sent on Wednesday even threatened to order his embassy to take reciprocal measures against Israeli tourists seeking visas to enter the US. Given Huckabee’s longstanding support for Israel and close ties with the current government in particular, the rhetoric in his letter represented a shockingly quick deterioration. But the issue at hand — the ability of Christian groups to tour Israel — is one that is close to Huckabee’s heart, given that he has led countless such trips as an evangelical pastor over the past half a century. The back-and-forth letters that were leaked to the press came almost two months after the two men met on May 27 to discuss problems encountered by Christian Zionists seeking to visit Israel. "It is with great distress that I to you my profound disappointment [that the] meeting held in your office has not resulted in what I had hoped to be [the start] of a resolution of the issue of routine granting of visas for Christian organizations," Huckabee wrote in the letter which was partially shown on Channel 12’s broadcast. According to the Ynet news site, Huckabee wrote to Arbel that at the start of 2025, the Interior Ministry launched investigations into a number of evangelical Christian organizations with long ties to Israel, including the Baptist Conference in Israel and the Christian Missionary Alliance. Huckabee told Arbel that these organizations were made to fill out long questionnaires and that they have still not received new visas for religious leaders to travel to Israel since the start of the year. "It would be very unfortunate if our embassy were forced to publicly announce throughout the United States that the State of Israel does not welcome Christian organizations and their representatives, and instead engages in harassment and negative treatment of them. We are also obligated to warn Christians in America that their generous donations are being met with hostility, and that tourists should reconsider their travels," the US envoy wrote, Huckabee wrote in the letter, according to the Belaaz Jewish news site. Huckabee sent copies of his letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana. In addition to threatening a public announcement that Israel no longer welcomes Christian groups, Huckabee said he would warn American Christians that their donations are not received warmly, and that tourists should reconsider any plans to visit Israel if the issue is not resolved. "Unfortunately, if the Israeli government continues to cause bureaucratic harassment, I will have no choice but to instruct our consular department to explore the possibility of reciprocal treatment of Israeli citizens applying for visas to the United States. This is certainly not the relationship that the State of Israel wants to have with its best partner and friend on Earth," Huckabee wrote. After receiving the letter, Arbel — of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party — responded, saying that he was "particularly surprised" by the way in which the envoy raised his concerns. "Every request that was personally brought to the attention of my office has been addressed within an exceptionally short timeframe," Arbel insisted. "In my view, this course of action deviates from accepted working norms and does not reflect the direct and constructive relationship we have established, he said, adding that the relationship between the two countries is "among the most valued and significant partnerships." "I greatly appreciate your consistent support for Israel and your steadfast commitment to our partnership. For this reason, I believe it is incumbent upon us to act in a spirit of coordination, mutual trust, and respect — even when misunderstandings or difficulties arise," Arbel concluded. The private exchange that quickly turned public came on the heels of an apparent Israeli strike on Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... ’s sole Catholic church on Thursday that killed three people and injured several, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, drawing international condemnation and expression of "deep sorrow" from Israel. The military said the church was struck by accident, and that it is investigating what happened. Earlier this week, Huckabee weighed in on unchecked settler violence in the West Bank for the first time, calling on the Israeli government to investigate the "terrorist killing" of a 20-year-old Paleostinian-American in the village of Sinjil last week. Related: Mike Huckabee 07/16/2025 US envoy urges Israel to probe ‘terrorist murder’ of Palestinian-American in West Bank Mike Huckabee 07/09/2025 Trump says he knew Milley was an 'idiot' after suggesting US leave military equipment in Afghanistan Mike Huckabee 07/04/2025 Hamas has 'no future' in Gaza, says US envoy to Israel |
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Federal housing official submitted Schiff criminal referral to DOJ over mortgage documents |
2025-07-17 |
[FoxNews] Sen Adam Schiff caught in yearslong mortgage scheme that deceived lenders, federal housing chief says Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has been referred to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution regarding mortgage documents. The director of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in May citing alleged misconduct by Schiff, who owns homes in California and Maryland. "Based on media reports, Mr. Adam B. Schiff has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms, impacting payments from 2003-2019 for a Potomac, Maryland-based property," FHFA Director William Pulte wrote in the letter, which Fox News obtained on Wednesday. "As regulator of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, we take very seriously allegations of mortgage fraud or other criminal activity. Such misconduct jeopardizes the safety and soundness of FHFA’s regulated entities and the security and stability of the U.S. mortgage market." On Monday, Pulte received a memo from the Fannie Mae financial crimes investigations concluding that Schiff allegedly engaged in "a sustained pattern of possible occupancy misrepresentation" on five Fannie Mae loans, Fox News has learned. It is unclear if the Justice Department is pursing action against Schiff at this time, but earlier this week, President Donald Trump did demand his longtime foe be brought to justice for the alleged mortgage fraud scheme. Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department for more information, but they did not immediately respond. Schiff and his wife purchased a home in Potomac, Maryland, in 2003 for $870,000, according to the letter. They entered into a Fannie Mae-backed mortgage agreement for $610,000 at a rate of 5.625% over a term of 30 years, asserting the property would be their primary and principal residence. The letter said they reaffirmed that the Maryland home was their primary residence in mortgage refinancing filings in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, despite Schiff being an elected official representing the state of California at the same time. Fox News obtained a copy of the 2011 affidavit showing Schiff signed certifying that the Maryland house is his primary residence. Pulte said Schiff and his wife did not list the Maryland home as their secondary residence until 2020. Over the same time frame, Schiff took a homeowner’s tax exemption on a condo that he owns in Burbank, California, also claiming that home as his primary residence for a $7,000 reduction off of the 1% property tax, Pulte wrote, citing media reports. In 2023, the letter notes, a spokesperson for Schiff asserted that "Adam’s primary residence is Burbank, California, and will remain so when he wins the Senate seat." "Primary residence mortgages receive more favorable loan terms, including lower interest rates, than secondary residence mortgages," the letter said. "Lenders view secondary residence mortgages as significantly riskier, as a borrower is more likely to continue paying off a primary residence mortgage during any financial hardship. Interest rates on secondary residence mortgages are typically between 0.25-0.50% higher than their primary residence counterparts; however, this gap can widen depending on the lender." The federal housing official wrote that he believes Schiff's alleged misconduct could be violations of federal criminal codes banning wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud and false statements to financial institutions. Schiff "appears to have falsified records in order to receive favorable loan terms, and also appears to have been aware of the financial benefits of a primary residence mortgage when compared to a secondary residence mortgage," Pulte wrote. According to the letter, a spokesperson for Schiff in 2023 told CNN that, "Adam’s California and Maryland addresses have been listed as primary residences for loan purposes because they are both occupied throughout the year and to distinguish them from a vacation property." "Schiff is Schrodinger's Pencilneck Senator. He is here, and there, simultaneously" Related: Adam Schiff 06/19/2025 GOP says Dems admit ‘guilt' in Biden health cover-up by boycotting Senate hearing on ‘constitutional scandal' Adam Schiff 05/05/2025 2,000 pack out LI town hall with Dem Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin: ''We are being governed by morons'' Adam Schiff 04/22/2025 US ambassador Mike Huckabee calls on Hamas to accept proposed ceasefire |
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US envoy urges Israel to probe ‘terrorist murder’ of Palestinian-American in West Bank |
2025-07-16 |
[IsraelTimes] Huckabee’s statement appears to be his first on settler violence; police representative stuns judge by admitting to being unaware anyone was killed in attack In a rare statement weighing in on Israeli policy in the West Bank, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Tuesday that he had asked Jerusalem to "aggressively investigate the murder" of a Paleostinian-American. Saif Musalat was allegedly beaten to death by settlers in the village of Sinjil near Ramallah last week. "There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act. Saif was just 20 yrs old," Huckabee wrote in a post on X. It appeared to be one of the first times Huckabee has commented on rampant settler violence in the West Bank, though he avoided using the term or characterizing the killing as part of a broader phenomenon. A devout evangelical Christian, Huckabee has long expressed support for Israel annexing the West Bank and has pushed back against calls for scaling back Israel’s presence there. Christian Paleostinian activists have been circulating a petition in recent days urging Huckabee to call out settler violence that has targeted the Christian village of Taybeh. But it was Friday’s attack that left Musalat and another Paleostinian dead, which led Huckabee to break his silence on the issue. Musalat, a resident of Tampa, Florida, who was visiting family in the West Bank for the summer, was found beaten to death. The body of his friend Mohammed al-Shalabi was found hours later nearby with a gunshot wound and signs of torture, according to his family. While two Israeli minors were arrested following the attack, neither of them is a murder suspect, and they were subsequently released to house arrest. A Paleostinian was also arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct, but a military court judge ordered his release on Tuesday, blasting the police’s handling of the case after a law enforcement representative claimed to not even know that two Paleostinians had been killed in Friday’s attack. Hours earlier, a CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... news hound said that his crew was set upon by A growing number of centrist, pro-Israel Democrats ![]() white people, white supremacy, whiteanything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nastyto the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... have also been condemning the phenomenon. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued a statement on Tuesday blasting Musalat’s "shocking and appalling" killing. He called on the Israeli government to investigate the killing, adding that "the rise in violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank directed at Paleostinian civilians is completely and totally unacceptable." "The Trump administration cannot continue to turn a blind eye to what is happening in the West Bank if it is truly committed to finding a just and lasting peace between Israel and the Paleostinian people," Jeffries added. Hours earlier, another prominent moderate Democrat — Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin — weighed in on Musalat’s killing, saying he was the fifth American to have been killed by settler violence this year alone. "It’s hard to understand this lack of accountability by the Netanyahu government as anything other than tacit approval by the state," Slotkin said. Musalat’s family is demanding that the US State Department probe his death, though such a decision is unlikely. The Biden administration never took such a step following the killings of American citizens, including prominent journalists Shireen Abu Akleh, and the Trump administration would be unlikely to launch an investigation that would demonstrate a lack of faith in Israel’s legal system. |
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Trump says he knew Milley was an 'idiot' after suggesting US leave military equipment in Afghanistan |
2025-07-09 |
[JustTheNews] Republicans, including Trump, have been critical of Biden's handling of the withdrawal, which resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members, rather than the underlying concept. President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters during a Cabinet meeting that he clashed with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley over leaving U.S. military equipment in Afghanistan during a planned withdrawal. Former President Joe Biden ended up overseeing the withdrawal in August of 2021, but it was planned in part by the first Trump administration in 2020. Republicans, including Trump, have been critical of Biden's handling of the withdrawal, which resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S. service members, rather than the underlying concept of withdrawing under the right circumstances. Trump said he knew Milley was an "idiot" after he suggested it would be cheaper to leave the equipment in Afghanistan, despite concerns that the Taliban could acquire it. The president has since pushed for the U.S. to retrieve the equipment. "That's when I knew he was an idiot," Trump said. "Didn't take long to figure that one out. But they left all that equipment. But they left their dignity behind. It was the most embarrassing moment, in my opinion, in the history of our country. Not that we got out. We should not have been there, but that we got out the way we got out with great embarrassment and death." The Defense Department reported in 2022 that the Taliban retrieved nearly all $7 billion worth of military equipment that was not destroyed by U.S. troops during the withdrawal. The condition of the remaining equipment is not known, per Fox News. Milley, who Trump tapped for the post in 2019, has not commented on the latest criticism so far. Related: Mark Milley 05/15/2025 DOJ pardon attorney Ed Martin to review Biden's outgoing pardons Mark Milley 04/22/2025 US ambassador Mike Huckabee calls on Hamas to accept proposed ceasefire Mark Milley 04/16/2025 Fired Insubordinate Officers Reveal Massive U.S. Military Resentment Against Elected Civilian Command |
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Hamas has 'no future' in Gaza, says US envoy to Israel |
2025-07-04 |
[GEO.TV] The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has said that the Paleostinian gang Hamas![]() does not have a future in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... , mirroring Israel's position as talks continue for a possible 60-day ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Asked about the prospects of such a deal, Huckabee told Israel's Channel 12 that ''it's all going to be what Hamas is willing to accept.'' Related: Mike Huckabee 06/30/2025 Terror in Gaza: Hamas offers bounties to kill US and local aid workers, group says Mike Huckabee 06/16/2025 DM liveblog: Iran marshals Islamic Army for all-out war as Israel makes desperate plea to Trump Mike Huckabee 06/11/2025 !!! U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: Washington no longer fully supports the creation of an independent Palestinian state |
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Terror in Gaza: Hamas offers bounties to kill US and local aid workers, group says | |
2025-06-30 | |
[FoxNews] Hamas would be very unwise to test the resolve of [President Donald Trump],' Gaza Humanitarian Foundation executive chairman warns The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is facing a new threat as Hamas terrorists allegedly place bounties on the heads of its workers, including U.S. security personnel and local aid staff. According to GHF, Hamas is offering monetary rewards to anyone who kills or injures the organization’s workers.
"The targets of Hamas’ brutality are heroes who are simply trying to feed the people of Gaza in the middle of a war." GHF also said Hamas has positioned "armed operatives" near humanitarian zones in an apparent attempt to "disrupt the only functioning aid delivery system in Gaza." Earlier this month, Hamas launched a deadly attack on GHF workers, leaving 12 dead. The organization said Hamas also tortured others. The victims were local workers, according to GHF. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee issued a statement on the alleged bounties and criticized the United Nations’ silence on Hamas brutality. "Last month [President Trump] told us to get food to civilians in Gaza, but DON'T let Hamas steal it," Huckabee wrote on X. "NOT always pretty, but 800k+ unique recipients of food & 1ST TIME they [have] received food FREE since start of war. Hamas has stolen or taxed it & now w/ GHF they CAN'T! Hamas' main tool to control Gaza is GONE. Hamas has put a bounty on the heads of everyone at GHF — Gazans [and] Americans. The UN remains SILENT." In response to Huckabee’s statement, Rev. Johnnie Moore, GHF executive chairman, wrote in his own post on X that reports of the Hamas bounties are based on "new and credible information received today." "Hamas would be very unwise to test the resolve of [President Donald Trump]," Moore wrote. GHF is demanding the international community break its silence on Hamas’ treatment of the organization’s local workers and the American security personnel, many of whom are U.S. veterans. "Hamas, through these violent and escalating threats, is showing the world it prefers chaos and starvation to peace and aid," GHF wrote. "We call on international leaders and aid groups to stand with us and with the people of Gaza. The people of Gaza, who show up to our sites every day in defiance of Hamas’ threats and brutality, deserve it." GHF said it has been able to distribute about 49,915,822 meals so far. The organization recently received a funding boost after the U.S. State Department announced it had approved $30 million in funding for the group. "We call on other countries to also support the GHF, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and its critical work," State Department spokesperson Tommy Piggot said in a briefing June 26. "From day one, we said we are open to creative solutions that securely provide aid to those in Gaza and protects Israel. The support is simply the latest iteration of President Trump’s and Secretary Rubio’s pursuit of peace in the region." Related: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: 2025-06-29 Israel says UN ‘aligning itself’ with Hamas over Gaza aid Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: 2025-06-28 Gaza offensive will soon ‘reach the lines’ set by the government, says IDF chief Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: 2025-06-28 IDF confirms probe into killings near Gaza aid site, denies troops ordered to shoot civilians; GHF gave out 25,000 boxes of food Friday | |
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Australia blocks visit by Israel activist Hillel Fuld, causing diplomatic uproar |
2025-06-09 |
[IsraelTimes] Scheduled to speak at events to raise money for Magen David Adom, Fuld had his visa rescinded as he was accused of being a ‘merchant of Zionist hate speech’ Pro-Israel activist and influencer Hillel Fuld has been barred from entering Australia because his presence would constitute a risk to "the health, safety or good order" of the country, according to Australia’s Department of Home Affairs. Fuld, a citizen of both Israel and the United States, was due to speak at events for Magen David Adom in Sydney and Melbourne to raise money for the medical organization’s new facility in Lehavim in southern Israel. His visit was canceled due to fears he would use the platform to incite hatred "against particular segments of the community, namely the Islamic population," according to the letter sent to him Friday by the Department of Home Affairs. The decision has sparked outrage from Jewish communities in Australia and worldwide. Fuld told The Times of Israel that he had received his travel visa for the trip months ago without any problems. "But on Thursday, someone brought to my attention a post on X calling for people to contact the immigration office to get me blocked from entering the country. Sure enough, the next morning, I got an email from them telling me I wouldn’t be allowed to come." The coordinated social media campaign by pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel activists called Fuld "a well-known merchant of Zionist hate speech," saying he has "a well-documented history of spreading hate speech, Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... , and dangerous misinformation." It included detailed information on how to file a complaint with Fuld said the decision is drawing diplomatic blowback, with United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... Gilad Erdan, and others taking up the case. In a letter to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, Huckabee said Fuld "poses no threat to the people of Australia by his actions or words." Meanwhile, ...back at the comedy club, Boogie sadly admitted that he was a better peeping Tom than he was a comedian... opposition leaders in Australia called on Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to explain the cancellation. "If there is a new political precedent in the standard for issuing entry visas to Australia, the Australian people should be informed as soon as possible," shadow home affairs minister Andrew Hastie said in a statement Sunday. It’s not the first time a visa has been denied to an Israeli on political grounds, however. Last November, former justice minister Ayelet Shaked was barred from entering Australia for similar reasons when she was slated to address a conference organized by the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. US conservative political commentator Candace Owens was also banned from entering the country last year. Fuld, a long-time influencer in Israel’s high-tech scene, began advocating for Israel full-time after Hamas ![]() launched its war against Israel on October 7, 2023. His social media reach in the Jewish world is considerable, with 177,000 followers on X, 156,000 followers on Facebook, 87,00 followers on Instagram, 16,800 subscribers to his YouTube channel, and 3,300 followers on TikTok. He is also known for being the brother of Ari Fuld, an activist and social media personality who was stabbed to death by a 17-year-old terrorist in the parking lot of a shopping mall at the Gush Etzion Junction in 2018. Ari’s death was mourned by tens of thousands around the world at the time, and he is still memorialized by different funds and causes in his name. In the letter canceling his visa, the Home Affairs Ministry cited several of Fuld’s posts that they said "denied documented atrocities and Islamophobia rhetoric, which has been received by members of the Australian community as inflammatory and concerning." "Based on this information, I consider there is sufficient reason to conclude that the visa holder’s use of various online platforms to promote his controversial views and ideologies may lead to fostering division in the community," the letter said. In one example cited, the Home Affairs Ministry said Fuld had contradicted "reports made by many reliable news sources that at least 112 Paleostinians had been killed and more than 750 maimed after Israeli troops opened fire" on people waiting for aid near Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... City on March 1, 2024. Fuld had called the reports "propaganda" and "fabricated" in a lengthy post on Instagram, writing: "There was no massacre of Paleostinians in Gaza today." An IDF probe into the incident eventually determined that the vast majority of civilian casualties in the incident were the result of thousands of people swarming the aid trucks, creating a stampede and causing people to get run over. Friends of Magen David Adom attacked the ruling on Fuld’s visa. "We absolutely reject this," it said in a statement. Hillel has spoken to large audiences across North America, Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... and Asia with no incident." "The decision "is difficult to reconcile with the actual purpose of his visit, which is to speak about entrepreneurship and help raise money for emergency medical services in Israel that treat everyone, regardless of faith or background," Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler added. He said his organization was in direct contact with the government regarding the decision. Fuld is now expected to address the fundraiser event by video conferencing instead of in person, Fuld noted. ATTACK ON THE JEWISH COMMUNITY The decision is a slap in the face for Australia’s 120,000-strong Jewish community, which has been among the hardest hit by antisemitism in the world since October 7, 2023. The country experienced more than 2,000 anti-Jewish incidents between October 2023 and September 2024, more than quadruple the number from the year before Hamas’s October 7, 2023, assault that sparked the Gaza war, according to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ). In recent months, Jews there have experienced synagogues, schools, and homes Molotov cocktailed, two nurses threatening to kill Jewish patients in their hospital, and the discovery of a trailer filled with explosives said to be intended for a mass-casualty event at a Sydney synagogue. Residents have been overwhelmingly frustrated by the failure of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his government to rein in skyrocketing antisemitism, but were mildly hopeful that, after his Labor Party’s reelection last month, he would do more to protect the Jewish community in his second term. While the party now understands that antisemitism is a significant domestic issue, and has begun to make stronger efforts to fight it, Fuld’s snub is a sign that things are unlikely to improve shortly. As the head of his country’s labour party, he is professionally required to hate Jews and Israel. Why would they expect anything else? Related: Hillel Fuld 05/19/2025 “This war has accomplished nothing besides blood shed'' Hillel Fuld 04/19/2025 Hamas is so deep in financial collapse, it can no longer afford to pay its fighters or government staff Hillel Fuld 01/30/2025 Zakaria Zubeidi, Mahmoud Atallah among notorious terrorists set for release Thursday, *UPDATE* Related: Australia: 2025-06-06 GHF resumes Gaza aid distribution after temporarily closing sites to boost security Australia: 2025-06-06 BBC defends Gaza coverage after White House criticism it takes ‘the word of Hamas’ Australia: 2025-06-04 Spain reneges on $325m purchase of anti-tank missiles from Israel’s Rafael |
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