KOMMONSENTSJANE – COPS – CAUSE – NOT APPLAUSE!

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How many POLICE were employed by the three Marxists/Democrat Presidents to keep them safe that night?

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COPS…CAUSE, NOT APPLAUSE!

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As Biden, Obama and Bubba Clinton blatantly ignored the wake for murdered Police Officer Jonathan Diller, Patrol Borough Queens South, NYPD, in order to attend a Democratic elitist campaign fundraiser with $500K tickets. As payback, anti-Israeli protesters interrupted all three formers. On the flip side, former President Donald John Trump stood tall and took the time from his campaign schedule, and from the selective progressive prosecution he’s facing, in order to attend the wake and pay his respects. Trump met with PO Diller’s wife, family and his son. He said the senseless line-of-duty death of PO Diller must not be in vain, telling The New York Post in an exclusive interview that “something has to come of it.” Additionally, “What happened is such a sad, sad event, such a horrible thing,” Trump told reporters after paying his respects. Trump reportedly paid off the family mortgage. And on the day of the funeral, the former president sent flowers, much more than from the governor or Joenochio.

And the rag NY Times buried the story on page A21. An absolute disgrace…

And not one of the three former presidents addressed the murder of this police officer. Shame on them as they passed up an opportunity to display some solidarity with law enforcement, but Biden’s indoctrinated, radical, progressive socialist base won’t let him support the police. Not even a phone call to the family from SlowJoe, who did call Mayor Eric Adams to pass on his condolences. As for NYSAG Letitia James and the NYC Council…well they also, most definitely, share culpability for the damage they have done to the New York legal system. James sat smirking in court during the bogus Trump civil trial instead of doing her job, which is lacking just the same. Diller and his partner were engaged in a “routine” car stop according to the dregs of the mainstream media. Yet, while the mutts’ vehicle was illegally parked in a bus stop, nothing is ever routine. When the shooter opened fire, Diller was hit below the vest, but managed to return fire. Both recidivist mutts were collared, the shooter(21 priors) and the driver(14 priors), who were then charged. They were out on bail because of New York State’s failing no cash bail system. They both had long criminal careers and should have remained incarcerated…

…And now they will, at the cost of a young family man’s life in the service of New York City. The police lost a brother. A family lost a son and brother. The NYPD lost a brother. The wife lost her husband and sadly, a one year old son will never get to know his father.

“His blood is on your hands!”

As for NYS Governor Kathy Hochul, shame on her for being tardy in addressing this tragedy, since she is culpable. Yes, she did show up for the wake on the second day, approximately 1:45PM. However, in an interesting twist, Hochul was asked to leave PO Diller’s wake ten minutes after she arrived. As reported by the Post, Hochul was confronted by an unknown man in a black suit, who gestured while speaking intensely. Police officers nearby applauded.

Detectives Ramos and Liu widows attended Detective Giller’s funeral. They had begged for change and nothing has changed!

By turning Hochul away from the wake, this was just as effective when former Mayor DeBlasio and his entourage walked through the third-floor corridor of Brooklyn’s Woodhull Hospital, where PO Rafael Ramos and PO Wenjian Liu who had been essentially assassinated, were pronounced dead hours earlier. Dozens of NYPD police officers silently turned their backs on the mayor in protest for his perceived lack of support for them. Earlier, DeBlasio had approached a group of police officers in the hospital and told them, “We’re all in this together.” In response, one officer said, “No we’re not.”

As reported by the NY Post, Sergeants Benevolent Association President Vincent Vallelong stated that anti-police politicians were not welcome to PO Diller’s funeral. The NYC Council members who are adamant and inexplicably opposed to the public’s safety are responsible for the “carnage in the streets and the heartbreak brought about by PO Diller’s completely avoidable death.” These are the same socialist progressives who were pontificating the defunding of law enforcement and the shrinking of the roster of active duty personnel and civilian administrative personnel. Should any of the City Council members show, which I doubt… Mayor Adams did show, especially as a retired precinct commander.

One last thing, Hochul and James asked to speak at PO Diller’s funeral and was denied. For those two radical, progressive liberal politicians attending the funeral would simply been a photo opportunity and empty, hollow meaningless words. Former President Donald John Trump was invited. On an interesting side note, on the way back to Florida, he stopped at All-American Burger and spent $200.00 on hamburgers, hot dogs, onion rings and fries for his staff. The order was done in ten minutes. All-American is a Long Island go to burger joint.

To Protect and Serve

As reported by the NY Post, “It’s really dark without him,” Stephanie Diller tearfully told Timothy Cardinal Dolan, as she tenderly spoke of her husband and tore into elected officials for allowing crime in NYC to spiral unchecked, as an estimated 10,000 people gathered on Long Island to salute her husband at his funeral. During the eulogy, PO Diller’s widow made a plea for changes to protect police officers and keep violent felons off the streets. This was directed at those who are directly responsible…Biden, Hochul, James, judges, politicians and attorneys who support the radical, Democratic progressive, soft on crime agendas. Not only here in New York, but throughout the country.

While the temperatures usually ride high between law enforcement and assorted sections of society, and I am not saying that every police officer is virtuous and righteous, but an overwhelming number of them go to work everyday enforcing the law, keeping the public safe, dealing with skell lowlifes, life and death situations and just want to go home after their shifts to be with their families. How would you feel if you sent a spouse, sibling or any family member out the door each day knowing that there’s the possibility of a serious injury, or even death, during the execution of their sworn responsibilities? And the reward is a street sign with your name.

The anti-police rhetoric got real hot in July, 2016, when five Dallas police officers were murdered during a protest. Dallas police officer Terrance Hopkins remembered the night of July 7, 2016, with horrifying clarity. “This is one of those situations where you’re being fired upon and you don’t even know where it’s coming from, you’re almost like a sitting duck,” Hopkins said. On that grim day, “social justice activists” led a nonviolent march through the streets of downtown Dallas, protesting the recent police killings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area.

On that night, a single gunman attacked five law enforcement officers: Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, Brent Thompson and Patrick Zamarippa, who were killed and with many injured, including civilians.

As the rhetoric was stoked, Obama’s political opponents rightfully hopped on after news emerged that a gunman had killed five police officers in Dallas. JihadBarry focused on gun control during his overseas trip to Poland, with his rather uncomplimentary treatment of the law enforcement community. During his speech, Obama remarked “that when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes it more deadly and more tragic, and in the days ahead we are going to have to consider those realities as well.” Was it really necessary to become political? Obama lit the fuse that resulted in an explosion of hate directed towards the police, along with a disproportionate condemnation by the bootlicking, dregs of the corporate mainstream media.

And in connection with the rising crime rates across the board, Democratic leaders were pushing a nationwide movement to defund law enforcement. So, as police budgets were slashed, recruitment classes were cut, retirement papers filed, better job opportunities and resignations, served to lower the active workforce of departments across the country. The NYPD once had an active roster of over 36,000, which was divided into major bureaus for enforcement, investigations, and administration. There were also 19,000 civilian employees.

NYPD pension data showed that as of November, 2023, a total of 2,516 NYPD officers had left so far that year, the fourth highest number in the past decade and 43% more than the 1,750 who hightailed it in 2018, before the Draconian Communist Chinese pandemic and crime spikes hit the city. Mayor Eric Adams, a retired precinct commander as previously mentioned, stated that five rookie classes were cancelled. That removes approximately 2,000 replacement officers.

No job is too large…

One Democratic city that is essentially under siege from the criminal element is our nation’s capital, Washington, DC. Representative Henry Cuellar(D-TX) was robbed and carjacked at gunpoint in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, where multiple members of Congress live.

Representative Henry Cuellar

Additionally, a FBI agent, FBI?, was carjacked in Washington, D.C., a theft that comes amid a sharp increase in the number of carjackings in the nation’s capital. The vehicle contained the agent’s body armor and FBI radio. To that end, Representative Eric Burlison(R-MO) said some of his congressional colleagues are so terrified of the runaway crime in the nation’s capital that they sleep in their offices for fear of being attacked or murdered on the streets. Burlison added that he doesn’t want to walk back and forth from his apartment in D.C. at night or in the early morning to get to work. It’s not a safe environment.

A Washington, DC CVS

Denouncing the destruction of “Democrat-run cities” throughout America, former President Donald John Trump vowed to take over the running of Washington, D.C., which he has lamented is living a “nightmare of murder and crime.” Those are big words, with a correct idea, but I am not sure of the reality.

Let’s review Biden’s stance on defunding the police: As the Democratic nominee Biden said he would redirect budgeted police money to non-police areas. In other words, he supported the defunding of the actual policing and law enforcement. Joenochio then contradicted himself claiming that he did not believe that the police should defunded and that he would give more money. Then we have the nimrods from the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, anti-American, anti-police squad who pushed for defunding the police by comparing them to the KKK and the Nazis. As reported by the New York Post, of November, 2023, the former barkeep, Representative Sandy Ocasio-Cortez(D-NY)and her eight-comrade “squad” of anti-police lawmakers have shelled out more than $1.2 million in campaign funds on private security since taking office, records show. Leading the way is Representative Cori Bush (D-Missouri), who has reportedly spent more than $730,000 on private security – including $75,000 she funneled to her own husband – and Ocasio-Cortez whose $272,000+ includes security upgrades at her district offices.

Highpants

During a House Judiciary Committee meeting, then Representative Mike Johnson(R-KY) debated Representative Jerry “Highpants” Nadler(D-NY) regarding Nadler’s stance on defunding the police. Johnson quoted Nadler: “ There should be substantial cuts to the police budget.” Johnson added that over $1B was cut from the NYPD and Nadler agreed that he had said it. Nadler went on to say that the cuts to law enforcement must be given to mental health. And Nadler, who is from New York City and represents the 12th District, which covers the Upper West Side, the Upper East Side and all of midtown Manhattan, stated that the crime rates have gone down in NYC and is the safest big city in the country. They went back and forth regarding the testimonies of witnesses who were victims of various kinds of criminal activity. Johnson then asked Nadler if he felt safe walking the streets of NYC. Of course Nadler would feel safe and for two very good reasons: 1-Nadler will have personal bodyguards and 2-He’s unable to walk because of his girth..Highpants is rather on the hefty size. Nadler is one prime example for term limits…he’s a washed up, second rate hack blowhard.

Furthermore, radical, progressive Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson(D) insisted that he “inherited” the city’s ongoing migrant crisis and accused conservatives of unfairly labeling Chicago as a crime-ridden city. However, according to the most recent year-to-date statistics from the Chicago Police Department, overall crime complaints have surged by 19%, motor vehicle theft has shot up 47%, and robbery has gone up 25%. And former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot(D) was facing the same issues, but actually turned down Federal police assistance offered by former President Donald John Trump. Additionally, the CPD are not permitted to pursue, either on foot or by radio car, criminals, which has helped the spike in crime, including the $1000.00 persecution threshold and no cash bail. And the Chicago Police Department is not permitted to do the job thanks to liberal, progressive Democratic policies…the same in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Philadelphia, the aforementioned Chicago and New York City.

Numerous members of the NYPD upper echelon have sadly reported: “Cops are leaving. Morale’s bad. Absolutely no respect for the commissioner. If the DA won’t write out a charge and no claim’s forthcoming, an officer could be liable for a civil suit. Inspection divisions claim cops stand on post but do nothing.” Can the NYPD field officers be blamed as they feel nothing but contempt and abandonment regarding the current attitudes towards law enforcement?

In NYC, during the 2023 calendar year, one third of all shoplifting was committed by ONLY 325 people. That’s a very specific group carrying out the shoplifting on a day in and day out basis. And at this point, there’s very little evidence that these perpetrators are actually being targeted by law enforcement. Essentially this is what happens when the mooks are not inculcated when they are just issued a desk appearance ticket.

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes!

Former President Donald John Trump has long railed against the defunding the police movement and “Marxist” attacks on law enforcement, but he is vowing to take his “law and order” platform to a new level, protecting police from lawsuits to protect America’s citizens, especially in “Democrat-run cities,” Trump vowed. “Our police and law enforcement has to come back, and they want to come back, and they want to do their job,” Trump continued. “And we are going to indemnify them so they don’t lose their wife, their family, their pension, and their job.

My county police department…

And everyone, with a modicum of common sense can see the universal thread connecting these cities: the governing bodies of both the states and the cities are run by radical, socialist, progressive Democrats. Moreover, these politicians are out of touch with their constituents, except when they return to their districts or states to once again make empty campaign promises. Despite the result of the empty promises, even though the locals bitch about the issues in their cities, will vote Democrat again and again, while still complaining. Well, you get what you vote for!

And I didn’t fail to mention the shameful 400% increase in anti-Semitic crimes and outrageously vicious protests in large cities that have resulted in damage to both private and public property. Additionally, as the radical, progressive, indoctrinated Democratic protesters carried on, numbers of police officers were injured attempting to keep law and order. But these elite college students are going to face lack of employment and embarrassment in the future.

Moreover, with Biden’s hideous open border policies, the illegal aliens have been transported to Democratic self-declared sanctuary cities and have essentially trashed the budgets of each city in order to give them free entitlements. And as the Democratic mayors and governors are requesting Federal funding, DementiaJoe has a deaf ear. As the crime rates spiked, the woke, progressive local governments are still weakening their police departments. As a matter of fact the New York City Council voted that officers must document even level one stops.

Most alarmingly, as reported by The New York Post reported that a total of 1,286 NYPD officers were injured in battles with mutts/perpetrators/suspects over the last quarter of 2023, bringing the final annual tally to a record 5,363 injured cops, department data shows. Radical protests, an influx of criminal illegal aliens (thanks to Biden’s immigration policy), no cash bail, anti-cop rhetoric (defund the police) and soft-on-crime prosecutors (Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg) lights the match that fuels the dangerous and disturbing trend.

Commissioner Frank Reagan: “I will never, never ask my officers to tolerate abuse. They put their lives on the line for every citizen in this city every day. Assaults and abuse against the uniform can and will be met by

So, the following quote is overwhelmingly applicable to the people who repeatedly vote for the Democratic Socialist Progressive Party, which has been misattributed to Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” Believe it or not the quote comes from a 1981 Al-Anon help book.

“You know what’s crazy? We are! Normal people run away from danger and we run towards it! That’s normal?” Sgt. Jameson Reagan, 29th Pct., speaking with PO Edit Janko, 29th Pct. (Season 7 Ep. 13 “Blue Bloods”)

And remember to thank a cop!!

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The Constitution has to be put back on the table. The left doesn’t want “COPS” they want IMANS which is part of the cult in power in New York.

Again, how many Policemen were employed to keep the three Marxists Presidents safe in New York?

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KOMMONSENTSJANE – BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S TERRORIST PIER IN GAZA: THE TROJAN HORSE FOR TERRORISTS TO TAKE OVER THE REGION.

In light of the Biden administration’s decision to turn itself into an ally of terrorists and their supporters, such as Hamas and Qatar – instead of strengthening US relations with Israel and its allies in the Gulf who are fighting terrorism — it is a very long last laugh, indeed.

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BY: Bassam Tawil

MARCH 27, 2024 AT 5:00 A.M.

. Placing Qatar — rather than, say, the United Arab Emirates — in charge of the Gaza pier entrenches a terrorist-sponsoring Trojan Horse at Hamas’s beck and call. Qatar will use the pier to supply Hamas with more money and more powerful weapons. The port will also undoubtedly be used to smuggle Islamist jihadis from all around the world into the Gaza Strip to launch more massacres against Israelis.

.Qatar has a long history of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist offshoots, but also Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Hezbollah and the Al Nusra Front.

.If Qatar really wants an end to the Israel-Hamas war, all it has to do is order its Hamas puppets immediately and unconditionally to release all the Israelis kidnapped by Hamas terrorists October 7 and held hostage in the Gaza Strip. Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Mashaal, who are based in Doha, would not be able to refuse. Qatar is their lifeline.

.The Qataris, however, are evidently in no rush to pressure Hamas: Qatar is clearly facing no pressure from the Biden administration. On the contrary, the Biden administration just agreed to extended Qatar’s ability to host America’s Al-Udeid Air Base, the headquarters of CENTCOM, for another ten years – for nothing in return.

.”Congress must weigh in and cancel the 10-year extension of the military base in Qatar… The U.S. should seize assets tied to individuals and entities in Qatar for supporting terrorist groups, especially those tied to Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism…. It’s time to put Doha on notice that they are jeopardizing their relationship with the U.S. by providing material support to designated terrorist groups. Qatar is clearly acting like a state sponsor of terror and should not be allowed to use the U.S. banking system to bypass existing, though not enforced, sanctions on funding Iran and its terrorist proxies.” — Former US intelligence officer Michael Pregent, The Hill, January 22, 2024

.The US should definitely start withdrawing from Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

.Thanks to the Biden administration — which is also pressuring Israel not to eliminate the remaining Hamas terrorist battalions in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah — Qatar and its Hamas pawns are having the last laugh. In light of the Biden administration’s decision to turn itself into an ally of terrorists and their supporters, such as Hamas and Qatar – instead of strengthening US relations with Israel and its allies in the Gulf who are fighting terrorism — it is a very long last laugh, indeed.

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Placing Qatar — rather than, say, the United Arab Emirates — in charge of the Gaza pier entrenches a terrorist-sponsoring Trojan Horse at Hamas’s beck and call. Qatar will use the pier to supply Hamas with more money and more powerful weapons. The port will also undoubtedly be used to smuggle Islamist jihadis from all around the world into the Gaza Strip to launch more massacres against Israelis.

Pictured: Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal meets with Qatar’s then Crown Prince (today’s Emir) Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan on January 29, 2012. (Photo by Khalil Mazraawi/AFP via Getty Images)

At the request of the Biden administration, Qatar has agreed to take charge of operating and financing a temporary pier in the Gaza Strip. Qatar agreed to run the port on condition that the construction work go to a company controlled and sponsored by Hamas, according to Israel’s Channel 14.

The Biden administration’s decision to involve Qatar, Hamas’s major funder and ally, in the project is akin to putting the fox in charge of the chicken coop. This is a big, deliberate finger from the Biden administration not just in the in the eye of Israel but also in the eyes of America’s allies in the Gulf who do not support terrorists, as well as for US national security.

Placing Qatar — rather than, say, the United Arab Emirates — in charge of the Gaza pier entrenches a Islamist jihadis from all around the world into the Gaza Strip to launch more massacres against Israel.

.Qatar has a long history of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist offshoots, but also Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Hezbollah and the Al Nusra Front (here, here and here). According to the Counter Extremism Project:

“During the Brotherhood’s year in power in Egypt, Qatar loaned President Mohammed Morsi’s government approximately $7.5 billion…. During Morsi’s presidency, funds as high as $850,000 were reportedly secretly transferred to the Brotherhood from Qatar’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.”

.The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, is a radical Islamist organization with affiliates in more than 70 countries, including groups such as Hamas, which is designated by the US as a foreign terrorist organization.

.The founder of Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al-Banna, a devout admirer of Adolf Hitler and Germany’s Nazi regime, said that “it is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet.”

.In his book, The Way of Jihad, he wrote:

“Jihad means fighting the unbelievers and involves all possible efforts that are necessary to dismantle the power of the enemies of Islam, including beating them, plundering their wealth, destroying their places of worship, and smashing their idols.”

.The book has been described as inspiring jihadists in the Arab world.

.In 1948, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood assassinated Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud an-Nuqrashi Pasha, who had banned the organization. In 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by killers who had plotted the attack with Al Gamaa al-Islamiyya, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, apparently infuriated that he had signed a peace treaty with Israel.

.After the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi became president of Egypt in 2013, there were widespread attacks on Christian Coptic churches and Christian institutions. The Facebook page of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party was “rife with false accusations meant to foment hatred against Copts,” according to American journalist Kirsten Powers. The party’s page claimed that the Church had declared “war against Islam and Muslims.”

.Qatar has been funding Hamas since 2007, when it took over the Gaza Strip from Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority by throwing Palestinian Authority officials from the top floors of high buildings. In 2008, Qatar reportedly pledged $250 million to Hamas one year after the terror group forcibly ousted the Palestinian Authority from the Gaza Strip.

.In 2012, Qatar’s then Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, became the first head of state to visit the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, after which he pledged an additional $400 million to Hamas.

.As the October 7, 2023 massacre of Israelis and the subsequent war have demonstrated, Hamas did not invest the Qatari funds in schools and hospitals and creating job opportunities for the young Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. Instead, Hamas used the funds to strengthen its security apparatus, accumulate weapons, build a network of sophisticated tunnels, and invade Israel.

.If Qatar really wants an end to the Israel-Hamas war, all it has to do is order its Hamas puppets immediately and unconditionally to release all the Israelis kidnapped by Hamas terrorists October 7 and held hostage in the Gaza Strip. Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Mashaal, who are based in Doha, would not be able to refuse. Qatar is their lifeline.

.The Qataris, however, are evidently in no rush to pressure Hamas: Qatar is clearly facing no pressure from the Biden administration. On the contrary, the Biden administration just agreed to extended Qatar’s ability to host America’s Al-Udeid Air Base, the headquarters of CENTCOM, for another ten years – for nothing in return.


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 to former intelligence officer Michael Pregent:

“Congress must weigh in and cancel the 10-year extension of the military base in Qatar, which was quietly done behind the scenes by the Biden White House and fast-tracked as the spotlight on Qatar’s seedy ties grew more intense. We need to call Al Jazeera what it is — a foreign agent that promotes terrorism and anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment. We need to move our base out of Qatar and designate Qatar a state sponsor of terror.

.Pregent recommends that:

“The U.S. should seize assets tied to individuals and entities in Qatar for supporting terrorist groups, especially those tied to Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism…. It’s time to put Doha on notice that they are jeopardizing their relationship with the U.S. by providing material support to designated terrorist groups. Qatar is clearly acting like a state sponsor of terror and should not be allowed to use the U.S. banking system to bypass existing, though not enforced, sanctions on funding Iran and its terrorist proxies.”

.When Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken on October 13 if he would like the emirate to expel Hamas’s rulers — billionaires who have been comfortably residing in Qatar’s capital city — Blinken reportedly “didn’t respond directly to the emir’s proposal” and instead suggested that Qatar mediate. The carrots do not seem to be working.

.Last week, incidentally, Blinken reportedly did urge “Qatar to threaten Hamas with expulsion from Doha,” but as there is no pressure on Qatar to do so, it would be a surprise if they did.

.As Hamas’s main protector, Qatar has less-than-no incentive to put any pressure on Hamas, and could hardly be considered the most disinterested arbitrator. It is exactly this maneuver, however, that seems to be Qatar’s favorite: playing the “arsonist and the firefighter.” They support the terrorists, such as the Taliban in The more unhelpful one is, the bigger the bribe. This is the same bunch of carrots that also did not work with Iran.Afghanistan or Hamas in Gaza, then, when they hit a speed-bump, Qatar offers to “mediate.” It is the perfect perch to make sure that the group one favors comes out ahead. Last week, the stunt worked again: Blinken asked Qatar if they would be in charge of the Gaza pier — and help pay for it, of course.

.The more unhelpful one is, the bigger the bribe. This is the same bunch of carrots that also did not work with Iran.

.According to a senior Israeli official.

“Qatari involvement in a port in Gaza would be a dream come true for Hamas and it is too bad that Israel missed the gravity of the situation in time to stop it… The Americans are rushing ahead. The Americans decided to include Qatar despite our reservations. One can only hope that this will be ultimately reversed. Qatar must not have a hold on any port in Gaza.”

.Instead of punishing Qatar for hosting the Hamas leadership in Doha and continuing to provide financial and political support to Hamas, the Biden administration seems to be working hard to turn the terrorism-sponsoring rulers of the Gulf state into significant players in the Israeli-Arab conflict by giving them control over the proposed temporary port – at the expense of Israel and the other Gulf states.

.Many Arabs long ago concluded that Qatar serves as a mouthpiece and funder for the Muslim Brotherhood organization and terrorism.

.In 2017, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen all announced that they were cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar because of its connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups. Saudi Arabia said it had cut diplomatic relations owing to Qatar’s “embrace of various terrorist and sectarian groups aimed at destabilizing the region,” including the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaeda, Islamic State (ISIS),and groups supported by Iran in Saudi Arabia’s eastern province of Qatif.

.In 2021, however, they reluctantly restored ties, reportedly as a gift to then President Donald J. Trump

.”Qatar has an interest in this port,” said Baruch Yedid, Channel 14’s Arab Affairs correspondent.

“Qatar wants to preserve Hamas. Qatar also wants leverage over Hamas. “We’ve arrived at a situation where the Qataris have control because they’re financing. For Hamas, it’s good because it’s their company. The whole idea was to isolate Hamas as a whole. Here, once again is Qatari-American cooperation and [Hamas] isn’t isolated.”

.Initially, Hamas, according to reports, opposed the Biden administration’s plan on the pretext that the temporary pier would allow Israel to establish long-term control over the Gaza Strip. Yet, since learning that Qatar would be involved with operating the pier, Hamas no longer seems to be against the idea. Why should Hamas come out against the Qataris when most of its leaders continue to lead lavish lives in Doha? Even better, Qatar’s continued control of Gaza might ensure not just the survival of Hamas as a “resistance” organization but its speedy regrowth? Were it not for Qatar’s financial and political support, Hamas could not have grown to a point where it could carry out a large-scale military offensive against Israel on October 7.

.”Why is this good for Hamas?” remarked Yedid.

“Hamas views this as a sort of aspirin, that’s what people in Gaza are telling us. Hamas is concerned about this pier which they fear will legitimize continuous Israeli presence in Gaza for the long run. Israel, according to our diplomatic sources, opposed the pier plan. The Americans ignored us and assigned the Qataris to run the project. The Qataris didn’t only say yes, the Qataris came with an additional demand. The Qataris wanted this port to be built by a company named Al-Hissi from Gaza. This company is the primary supplier for engineering, electricity and infrastructure for Hamas, a lot of the municipalities, local governing councils, transportation infrastructure in Shajaiyya, Gaza City, Khan Yunis, and other locales. It is controlled by, and is a subsidiary of, Hamas.”

.Yedid revealed that the company also carried out most of Qatar’s economic and construction projects in the Gaza Strip over the past few years. The heads of the company have been documented meeting and signing contracts with Qatar’s special envoy to the Gaza Strip, Mohammed al-Emadi.

.According to Yedid, USAID, the US government’s international development agency, will assign the Palestinian Authority (PA) to coordinate the entire project. The Al-Hissi company, registered with the PA, has been enabled to carry out the project.

.”So here we’ve arrived at a point where the Qataris will have control because they’re the financiers,” Yedid added.

“This is good for Hamas because their company is operating it. The original idea was to isolate Hamas. Here we have another instance – and not a lone instance – of Qatari-American cooperation. Yesterday, a senior Jordanian officer spoke to one of the Arab media outlets and said, ‘If Hamas is there, I’m concerned.'”

.The US should definitely start withdrawing from Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

.Thanks to the Biden administration — which is also pressuring Israel not to eliminate the remaining Hamas terrorist battalions in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah — Qatar and its Hamas pawns are having the last laugh. In light of the Biden administration’s decision to turn itself into an ally of terrorists and their supporters, such as Hamas and Qatar – instead of strengthening US relations with Israel and its allies in the Gulf who are fighting terrorism — it is a very long last laugh, indeed.

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New ‘Revitalized’ Palestinian Authority, Same as the Old Palestinian Authority

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Biden Administration’s Jitterbug with Iran’s Regime

When Crime Does Pay – Spectacularly

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Doesn’t look good for Israel.

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KOMMONSENTSJANE – WORDS OF LIGHT IN DARK TIME.

4/1/2024

Words of Light In Dark Times
by Lawrence Kadish

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More than 60 years ago, Rev. J.H. Traugott wrote: “Jesus Christ did not come to make life easy but rather to make men great.” Now, during the holiday season for a number of religions, when many may feel as if they are going through dark times, this sermonette might offer some welcome light:

There was a man who lived nineteen hundred years ago…

This man not only spoke with an accent, he also lived with an accent. This is what really distinguished him from other…His accent in life was not what can I get out of Life, but what can I give to life…His accent was not how comfortable can he be, but rather how comfortable he can make others… His accent was not in helping himself, but in helping others…

His accent was not on his own health but on how healthy he can make others…His accent was on living a full and rich and loving life… His accent was on loving others…This accent on love won’t make your life any easier. It will get you into trouble because you are going to see things that you can no longer overlook and bypass….. You may still have the aching back and the weak heart… but this accent on life will point you to the purpose of life.

The meaning of life and the joy of life.

This article was first published by Gatestone on December 15, 2022.

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KOMMONSENTSJANE – CHINA IS PLANNING AN INVASION – GORDON CHANG.

4/1/2024

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China is planning an invasion: Gordon Chang

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses China’s exit bans, its built mock-up of Taiwan’s presidential office and other government buildings and Syngenta withdrawing its IPO application.

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