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“We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building,” a source close to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said. “I understand they found the explanation satisfactory.” The IAF struck the 12-story tower in Gaza on Saturday, giving a warning an hour in advance. “The building housed the offices of civilian media, which the terrorist organization Hamas hides behind and uses as human shields,” the IDF said in a statement. "The terror organization Hamas deliberately places its military assets in the heart of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. Prior to the attack, the IDF warned the...

“I know nothing” was the comic catchphrase of Sgt. Schultz on Hogan’s Heroes. He occasionally varied or elaborated on it, adding “I see nothing.” In the clip below, for example, he declares, “I see nothing. I was not here. I did not even get up this morning.” After its customary warning to protect civilian life, the IDF took out the 12-story Jala Tower housing Hamas military intelligence offices as well as offices for Al Jazeera and the Associated Press. As far as I can tell from reports such as this photo-filled story in the Daily Mail, no lives were lost...

Moshe Hogeg: "Israeli Arabs can not sit on the fence" The owners of 'Betar Jerusalem' launched a major attack on the networks following the security situation: "It is heartbreaking to see so many Jews in the United States, and unfortunately there are also some in Israel, going out against our country in this war." 'Sports Hayom' 12/5/2021, 15:14, updated 12/5/2021 The owner of Betar Jerusalem is known as one who is not afraid to express his opinion. In parallel with the confrontations he has with the leaders of La Familia and the fight against racism ... today (Wednesday) he took...

Hailey Davidson is hoping her next stop is the LPGA after her mini-tour win at Providence Golf Club last week, although she is awaiting word on her eligiblity. According to Beth Ann Nichols of Golfweek, the transgender woman underwent gender confirmation surgery in January and had been undergoing hormone treatments since 2015. "We are currently reviewing Hailey’s application to participate in LPGA Tour events under the LPGA’s gender policy," LPGA Chief Tour Operations Officer Heather Daly-Donofrio said. "The policy is designed to be a private and confidential process between the LPGA and the athlete." Davidson is allowed to compete in...

Today, Mike Lindell announced that Vimeo, the so-called free speech platform, has “terminated the My Pillow account. Advertisement - story continues below According to the Daily Beast – As of Wednesday afternoon, when users click on pages for the “Lindell Management” Vimeo account, a “Sorry, we couldn’t find that page” message appears for where MyPillow and Lindell content was once hosted. “This is worse than what Twitter did to me and my company!” Lindell said in a brief phone interview on Wednesday. “This affects my business, the Lindell Recovery Network, and the entrepreneurs who I work with.” Lindell also sent...

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Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney is reportedly on the brink of being purged from GOP leadership (Update: She's gone) for not only voting for the second impeachment of Donald Trump in January, but continuously being critical of the former president for telling what she calls the “big lie” that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. Whatever her fate, the entire spectacle is ironic. Because since when did Cheney have a problem with telling big lies to get what she wants? Furthermore, her transformation into truthteller should be seen in its full scope, for the lies she has told in...

When the No. 3 House Republican gets the high jump this week, the real loser will be the attempt to suppress any real examination of what happened in the last election. By Conrad Black The vote this week on Representative Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) status as House Republican conference chairman vastly transcends her. All sides are correct that it is a battle over the “Big Lie.” Cheney, the Democrats, and NeverTrumpers all say the Big Lie is the contention that 2020 was not a fair election. They argue further that Donald Trump tried to promote the violent overthrow of the government...

For years, John Susoeff walked from his home two blocks to the Walgreens at Bush and Larkin streets — to pick up prescriptions for himself and for less mobile neighbors, to get a new phone card, and to snag senior discounts the first Tuesday of the month. That changed in March when the Walgreens, ravaged by shoplifting, closed. Susoeff, 77, who sometimes uses a cane, now goes six blocks for medication and other necessities. “It’s terrible,” he said. On his last visit before the store closed, even beef jerky was behind lock and key. A CVS nearby shuttered in 2019,...

According to a new report, the senate is considering expanding the Maricopa County audit. As the audit stands right now they are only looking at the Presidential and U.S. Senate races. If this goes through they will expand it to all races.

Illustrative video released by IDF demonstrates what the Hamas underground tunnel network looks like and how it was destroyed. The IDF released an animated video on Saturday evening providing an inside look at the Hamas "Metro" underground tunnel network which the Israeli Air Force destroyed late Thursday night in a massive assault on the Gaza Strip. On Thursday evening the IDF took Hamas by surprise, luring them into their tunnel network, known to the IDF as the "Metro", before destroying it, killing an estimated 300-400 Hamas operatives. The “Metro” had been built in the years after the 2014 war in...

The CDC has updated its guidelines and announced that you no longer have to wear a life jacket outside in case of rain. The guidelines had been put in place last year during a particularly rainy March, and although many experts had claimed we would just have to wear the life jackets for a couple of weeks, mandates remained in place for well over a year. But now, even hardcore pro-life jacket agencies like the CDC have admitted it is time to take the life jackets off and go about our lives. "Look, unfortunately, the rainy season is just about...

B of A: “Transitory” Inflation And Supply Chain Imbalances Are Hitting Autos Hardest The auto industry is already stuck between a rock and a hard place, as dealers struggle to get production up to speed despite an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage that has hamstrung production for some of the world’s biggest manufacturers. At the same time, the U.S. is letting the inflation genie quietly begin to slip out of the bottle. As rising prices take hold amidst supply chain imbalances, focus has turned to automobiles. With new car inventory crunched due to production constraints, used car prices have skyrocketed, as...

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The social media and mainstream media outlets from which most Americans get their news are engaged in a blackout of anything Donald Trump says. This is shocking, to say the least, but Trump is doing his best to circumvent the censorship. Thankfully, it appears that he’ll also be launching his own social media platform around July 4. As I noted, I think he should do something a lot bigger than that, but this is a start. In the meantime, Trump has his slightly buggy “desk,” which he uses to communicate with America. I thought two messages he published Saturday were...

Hindsight's 20-20 right? As a young lefty I was for it. Was the South worth dying for? It wasn't. The people that went-were they chumps? Misguided perhaps. The seed may have been planted when JFK said we'd pay any price, bear any burden. Was that reckless just as he lived his life? We are much more mature nation as a result. It took Iraq/Afghanistan to open my eyes. Gulf of Tonkin didn't happen. Where were the WMD? After 911 we bomb Iran's infrastructure, put them in the stone age and threaten to do it again. It would not have cost...

SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Wednesday, May 15. Messrs. Simeon Draper, R.M. Blatchford, Samuel Sloan, John J. Aster, A.A. Low, R.H. McCurdy, A.C. Richards, and C.H. Russell, visited Washington this morning. They came on behalf of the Union Defence Committee of New-York, for the purpose of perfecting arrangements for the more prompt organization and forwarding of troops. They had an interview with the President at an early hour, and stated their wish that he would authorize the reception of the fourteen regiments now enrolled and in the Cities of New-York and Brooklyn. After consultation with Gen. CAMERON and Gen. SCOTT,...

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 200 officers have left the Minneapolis Police Department, or have gone on extended leave, since the murder of George Floyd. The police union says an overwhelming number cited a lack of support, and felt left to fend for themselves during the riots.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget plan would have California pay to send every 4-year-old to kindergarten, give broke college students a place to live, put more homeless people in hotel rooms, provide health insurance for older adults living in the country illegally, start a new polytechnic university, wipe out delinquent traffic tickets for poor people and give cash payments up to $1,100 to two-thirds of taxpaying adults.