Yom Reva’ee
Wednesday
13 Adar II 5782
March 16 2022
Chag Sameach! Happy Holiday!
Purim begins tonight at sundown and remembers the story of how Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai thwarted the evil vizier Haman. Tonight, their success is celebrated with Purim parties all over the world.
Be sure to nosh some Hamentashen!
Very yummy!
And remember that tonight you are supposed to drink enough that you can’t tell the difference between praised be Mordechai and cursed be Haman!
Some costumes today in Israel:
A cute little puppy!
A lovely Queen Esther.
An interesting assortment of characters at Israel Intel.
The News on the Israeli Street
The daily Corona update . . .
6,310 new cases of Corona were confirmed yesterday bringing to 37,557 the total number of Israelis with an active case of Covid-19.
The positive test rate was 10.93%.
The R coefficient stands at 0.93.
335 Israelis are in serious condition in hospitals with another 169 in critical condition on ventilators.
10,401 Israelis have died of Corona–14 since Monday.
Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .
Mt. Hevron, Al-Abud, Beit Haggai, Hizma, Ofra, near Jenin, Luban A-Sharqiya, the road between Gush Etzion and Hevron, in the vicinity of the Tapuach Junction: these were 10 of some 30 locations where Palestinian terrorists tried to murder Israelis with Molotovs and “rocks.”
TODAY’S BLOG
The Biden Administration Triples Down Against Israel
Two pieces of information over the wires this morning indicate the outrageous degree to which the Biden Administration is resorting to in its drive against Israel.
The first is the utterly unbelievable news that President Biden is considering removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from the U.S. terror blacklist in return for a public commitment from Iran to de-escalate from its activities in the region.
Yes you read that correctly.
The U.S. may remove one of the leading terror organizations in the world with activities in South America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East from its terror blacklist. Such a move is simply incredible.
And in return for what?
A worthless public commitment from Iran to de-escalate its terror activities. What planet are Joe Biden and his minions living on? Is there anyone who would believe the Iranians–who must be laughing uproariously in Tehran as they reap ever more concessions from the Americans in Vienna.
Just as they laughed yesterday when Biden and his cohorts excluded Vladimir Putin from any sanctions connected with his dealings with Iran.
And what country in the world stands to lose the most by these irrational actions? Of course it is Israel. The Revolutionary Guards will be unleashed, and the Iranian regime will be funded to continue its efforts to eliminate Israel.
On top of all this, we had the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides ranting on a webinar with Peace Now’s American branch yesterday about how “stupid” and “infuriating” Israel is.
Why is Israel so stupid and why is Nides so infuriated?
Because we are “impeding a two-state solution” by going forward with “settlement growth” in “east Jerusalem” and “the West Bank.”
What in the world is Nides talking about?
Would someone please tell your humble servant what new Jewish communities (aka “settlements” by leftists) have been established in Judea, Samaria, or Jerusalem?
The answer, unfortunately, is none, zero, zilch.
All Nides and the Biden Administration are doing is toeing the false Palestinian line. Each time they do so, they undermine Israel by embolding the Palestinians to carry out more terror against Israelis.
Taking the Revolutionary Guards off the terror list, excluding Putin from sanctions in regard to Iran, and excoriating Israel for stupidity: it is simply astonishing to see the Biden Administration go all in against Israel.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.