Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "ISRAEL HAS SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ?
A wise move ? I don't think so.
Israel, like the USA, is not a member of the Court and the Court has no jurisdiction over Israel.
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Considering the evidence that the makeup of the Court is hostile to Israel and antisemitic, that is fortunate that it has no jurisdiction where Israel is concerned.
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But, if Israel sends a representative to the Court .-- would that be seen as de facto recognition of the Court's authority even over Israeli affairs?"
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There are a lot of reasons that our Sages give us for calling this Shabbat just before Passover, the great Shabbat.
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Actually, there are two Shabbats called “Gadol”, one between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur a Shabbat of contemplation, and the other one just before Passover. They mark two vastly different purposes.
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The first is about thinking about who we are and how we can become better as individuals. The second, before Pesach, is about thinking about us as a nation, as how we came about and where we are going as a nation.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "TODAY, DEMONSTRATORS, CALLING FOR DEATH TO AMERICA AND DEATH TO ISRAEL, AT SOME UNIVERSITIES AND IN THE STREETS OF SOME CITIES, CARRYING HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH FLAGS.
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It is a criminal act to advocate for a criminal organization that has threatened the USA.
Imagine would would have happened in 1943, to demonstrators screaming Death to America and carrying Nazi Flags.
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A. It is time to deport Foreign students involved in these riots. Student visas at least used to ban political activity, but to threatened Americans, that is enough to expel them from schools and deport them.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "MANY PEOPLE ASSUME JEWS ARE INTELLIGENT. — BUT PROTEST ORGANIZERS IN ISRAEL ARE CAUSING ME TO THINK THAT IS A GREAT MYTH, GIVEN THE STUPIDITY OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW.
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The latest move by the left in Israel is to ask the Histadruth (The Labour Movement) to call for a nationwide strike to protest the Hostages not having returned.
Take a close look at that.
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They want a strike, that damages an already damaged economy, to push the government to do what is impossible for the Government to do.
Where do they think the Hostages are, hidden in the basement of the Knesset?
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "SHABBAT SHALOM
Parshat Metzora
Leviticus 14:1–15:33
The name of the Parshah, “Metzora,” is often translated as “leper”. But, leprosy is actually an entirely different thing. 1)
Last week’s Parshah described the signs and symptoms of the metzora—a person afflicted by a malady which places him or her in a state of ritual impurity.
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This week’s Torah reading begins by detailing how the recovered metzora is purified by the kohen (priest) with a special procedure involving two birds, spring water in an earthen vessel, a piece of cedar wood, a scarlet thread and a bundle of hyssop.
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@jenvanlaar Arıane Tabatabai currently serves as the Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (SOLIC) at the Pentagon
See. Ariane Tabatabai - Wikipedia
@jenvanlaar Arıane Tabatabai is an Iranian-American scholar of political science, writer, and senior policy advisor to the United States Department of Defense
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@jenvanlaar She currently serves as the chief of staff for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations.
Arıane Tabatabai previously served as a diplomat on Malleys Iran nuclear negotiating team after the Biden administration took office in 2021
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@jenvanlaar @JPBatl Arıane Tabatabai currently serves as the Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (SOLIC) at the Pentagon.
See articles 1-9 below
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@jenvanlaar @JPBatl However, there have been allegations and reports suggesting that she was involved in an Iranian government-linked initiative to bolster Iran's image and reinforce Tehran's national security views.
See articles 1, 7 below
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@jenvanlaar @JPBatl Leaked emails have shown Tabatabai asking the Iranian government for input on her speaking engagements and offering to consult with them on a congressional briefing.
See articles 1, 2 below
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