Isaac

Proud Orthodox Jew, standing with Israel in unity. Challenges won't break us; unity leads to victory. 🇮🇱🌟

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

I learned a few powerful things this Shabbos. Yerushalayim just gets into your heart, the air, the sounds, the people… it all hits somewhere deeper than words.

Walking around and seeing so many different Yidden, all types, all backgrounds, all languages, made me realise something simple but huge: none of those differences really matter. Everyone has their own colour, their own way of serving Hashem. But when all those colours come together, something unbelievably beautiful happens.

And when I was at the Kosel on Friday night, I felt it even stronger. Some were crying, some were dancing, some were just standing quietly, different lives, different struggles, but all of us turning to the same Hashem. It made me feel how true it is that we’re one nation with one heartbeat.

And the fact that all these different journeys somehow meet in the same place… it reminded me that Hashem leads every heart exactly where it needs to be. Nobody walks the same path, but every path comes back to Him.

This Shabbos showed me how our differences don’t divide us, they make us colourful, alive, real. And when we come together… that’s where the deepest beauty is.
עם ישראל חי 🇮🇱

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

That’s not a fair comparison.

Yes, there are past US decisions that can and should be criticised. But grouping completely different conflicts over decades into one “pattern” doesn’t make them equivalent.

And it leaves out a key reality, Iran today actively funds, arms, and trains groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis as part of its regional strategy.. This isn’t historical or indirect, it’s ongoing, coordinated, and central to its foreign policy.

Each situation needs to be judged in its own context, but ignoring that current role while focusing only on past events gives a very incomplete picture.

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

@Ja_Aleg0 They should first align their behaviour with international standards, then we can start discussing nuclear issues. It begins with acting like a responsible, stable country, similar to Western nations or places like United Arab Emirates.

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

At the same time, the International Atomic Energy Agency and others have made it clear that Iran holds large amounts of uranium enriched close to weapons-grade. It is also the only non-nuclear state enriching at that level, with no clear civilian justification, and that material could potentially be turned into multiple nuclear weapons if further enriched.

There are also serious concerns about cooperation. The IAEA has said it cannot fully verify Iran’s program as peaceful due to a lack of transparency and limited access.

And yet Mehdi Hasan keeps framing this as if there’s “nothing there,” while jumping to selective timelines. If we’re going to talk history, let’s start with the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, when Israel was attacked by surrounding states the moment it was established. That context matters, but it’s consistently ignored.

And where is the pushback from Piers Morgan? Letting claims go unchallenged, without context or scrutiny, isn’t tough interviewing, it just leaves viewers with a one-sided narrative.

People should actually look this up themselves rather than relying on selective talking points.

Mehdi Hasan is presenting claims while much of the available evidence is contradictory.

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

It’s honestly unbelievable to watch Mehdi Hasan go unchallenged while pushing such a one-sided narrative, and Piers Morgan just lets it slide.

“Israel is bombing multiple countries”? Let’s not pretend that’s some random aggression.

Lebanon, where Hezbollah sits on tens of thousands of missiles aimed at Israeli civilians.
Gaza, where Hamas carried out October 7.
Yemen, where the Houthis are firing missiles at Israel.
Iran, the regime funding, arming, and directing these proxies while building ballistic missiles.
Syria, long used as a base for hostile groups.

This isn’t expansion, it’s dealing with threats on multiple fronts.

And history matters. Israel’s first war was the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, launched by surrounding Arab states the moment Israel declared independence. That context is always conveniently ignored.

So where are the tough questions?

Why isn’t Hasan challenged when he claims there’s “no evidence” on nuclear issues?
Why isn’t there any pushback when key facts are left out?

At some point, this stops being journalism and starts looking like an agenda, selective outrage, missing context, and a narrative that misleads viewers rather than informs them.

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

Medi Hassan said to “Google it”… so I did. There is no UN Security Council resolution that requires Israel to open or declare its nuclear program. Israel isn’t a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, so it’s not bound by those inspection rules, and no binding Security Council resolution has been passed forcing it to do so. There have only been non-binding discussions and resolutions calling for a nuclear-free Middle East.

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

This show was saturated with antisemitic rhetoric, practically a masterclass in how to push antisemitism while pretending it’s something else. Piers, you’ve gone from challenging this kind of poison to giving it a platform.

And let’s be clear: having Jewish friends doesn’t magically absolve anyone from antisemitism. That excuse is tired, dishonest, and insulting. History is full of people hiding behind that exact line. And yes, there are also a handful of Jewish voices who enable or excuse it, like Professor Norman Finkelstein, who you’ve previously had on.

But the most glaring failure was the question you completely refused to ask. How is someone allowed to openly chant “from the river to the sea,” a slogan widely understood as calling for the eradication of Israel, and not be challenged on it?

Why didn’t you press him on that? Why didn’t you force him to explain exactly what he means by it? You expect the audience to believe he understands everything about war, politics, and antisemitism, but suddenly he doesn’t understand what that slogan means? That’s nonsense.

And another thing, was this supposed to be a show about Ben Shapiro? Because if that was the goal, the entire panel completely missed the mark. Whatever people think of him, Shapiro wins on processing power every time. He’s a prodigy in the traditional sense, razor-sharp, fast, and brutally precise in debate.

If you define genius as raw analytical speed and argumentation, Shapiro takes it easily. Put him in a real debate in front of a live audience with fact-checking on the spot and he’ll dismantle both of you before you even realise what’s happened.

Because watching this, it honestly felt like you were more interested in staying in his good books than challenging him. It came across like you were tiptoeing around him, almost building an audience for yourself from his supporters instead of holding him to account.

This felt like pure flattery and cowardly appeasement. Shame on you, Piers.

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

History check.

Yes, German U-boats torpedoed ships in the Battle of the Atlantic, mainly cargo ships bringing food and weapons to Britain, fuel tankers, and naval escorts. Thousands of ships were sunk and many sailors died.

And yes, the UK and the US also sank enemy ships during the war. That’s what naval warfare is.

But trying to focus on ships as if it somehow balances the record is nonsense. The Nazi regime carried out industrial-scale crimes and genocide that have no comparison in Allied conduct.

Don’t forget Pearl Harbor either!

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

@CUNY_Prof @joelmowbray https://t.co/cs4alB6Ppi

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

On Tucker Carlson’s show he claimed that Chabad is “pushing for this war.” That isn’t commentary, it’s reckless conspiracy garbage.

Chabad is a global Hasidic Jewish organization whose mission is simple: help Jewish communities practice their faith. They run synagogues, provide kosher food, help travelers, students, and families observe Jewish life wherever they are in the world. That’s it.

But when someone with Tucker’s audience starts pushing conspiracies about Chabad secretly driving wars, he is effectively painting a target on thousands of Jewish community centers and rabbis around the world.

And let’s be clear: Chabad has already been targeted by terrorists.
Rabbis and families have been murdered in Chabad centres; in Mumbai, India, where terrorists slaughtered the rabbi and his wife in 2008. A Chabad synagogue in Poway, California was attacked in a deadly shooting. A Chabad rabbi was murdered in the UAE near Dubai. Even simple Jewish celebrations have been targeted, like the Hanukkah gathering on the beach in Australia that was attacked and disrupted by extremists.

These are community centers and families serving their communities, not political actors.

Spreading conspiracies about them doesn’t expose anything. It endangers them.

And the claim that Chabad is “pushing to build the Third Temple” shows complete ignorance of Judaism. Jews pray three times a day for God to rebuild the Temple. It’s a religious prayer, not a political project run by Chabad or anyone else.

Turning Jewish religious life into some global war conspiracy isn’t brave journalism. It’s irresponsible, and it feeds the same narratives that have put Jewish communities in danger for centuries.

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

On Tucker Carlson’s show he claimed that Chabad is “pushing for this war.” That isn’t commentary, it’s reckless conspiracy garbage.

Chabad is a global Hasidic Jewish organization whose mission is simple: help Jewish communities practice their faith. They run synagogues, provide kosher food, help travelers, students, and families observe Jewish life wherever they are in the world. That’s it.

But when someone with Tucker’s audience starts pushing conspiracies about Chabad secretly driving wars, he is effectively painting a target on thousands of Jewish community centers and rabbis around the world.

And let’s be clear: Chabad has already been targeted by terrorists.
Rabbis and families have been murdered in Chabad centres; in Mumbai, India, where terrorists slaughtered the rabbi and his wife in 2008. A Chabad synagogue in Poway, California was attacked in a deadly shooting. A Chabad rabbi was murdered in the UAE near Dubai. Even simple Jewish celebrations have been targeted, like the Hanukkah gathering on the beach in Australia that was attacked and disrupted by extremists.

These are community centers and families serving their communities, not political actors.

Spreading conspiracies about them doesn’t expose anything. It endangers them.

And the claim that Chabad is “pushing to build the Third Temple” shows complete ignorance of Judaism. Jews pray three times a day for God to rebuild the Temple. It’s a religious prayer, not a political project run by Chabad or anyone else.

Turning Jewish religious life into some global war conspiracy isn’t brave journalism. It’s irresponsible, and it feeds the same narratives that have put Jewish communities in danger for centuries.

[Joel Mowbray @joelmowbray]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE — Tucker Carlson claims that a sect of Judaism called Chabad is ultimately behind the military strikes on Iran.

This might be Tucker's most absurd claim to date.

And it's yet another shot at Trump.

Why? Well, @jaredkushner & @IvankaTrump have belonged to Chabad in DC, and Kushner helped lead the U.S. negotiations before the strike began last week.

As for Tucker's rant about Chabad — which he helpfully spelled for his viewers — it is beyond preposterous.

It's also dangerous — Chabad buildings and events have repeatedly been targeted by terrorists.

For example, the horrific massacre last December at Bondi Beach in Australia, where 15 were murdered, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, was a Chabad event.

Tucker explained in tonight's monologue that the "real" reason for the strikes on Iran — meaning why Israel, in his telling, is forcing the U.S. to help topple the Mullahs — is to launch a "holy war" for the purpose of destroying the Al Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem, in order to rebuild the Third Temple at the same site.

And who does Tucker claim is behind this insidious plot — and thus the military campaign he called "evil"?

Chabad.

As anyone active in Jewish life knows, Chabad focuses on outreach to its own local Jewish community, particularly to more secular Jews who don't feel connected to a standing synagogue.

But because Chabad is not known to almost anyone outside of the Jewish community, it makes for an easy target of dark conspiracy theories.

That's why Candace Owens has made Chabad into a villain in her increasingly unhinged rants.

But here is why this theory is as crazy as it is dangerous.

Chabad is a loosely-knit collection of synagogues (and related community/educational centers), each run by a Rabbi and his wife, who stay in a given community or neighborhood typically for life.

Far from being structured like, say, the Catholic Church, each Chabad House raises its own funds.

Tucker's "logic" for his outrageous allegations is that Chabad wants to bring about the building of the Third Temple, known in Hebrew as the beit hamikdash.

But... how does Chabad actually to bring about the building of the beit hamikdash?

Through acts of kindness. Truly by doing good deeds in order to "merit" God rebuilding the Jewish holy site.

In fact, Jews have for prayed for the rebuilding of the beit hamikdash — every single day — since shortly after the destruction of the Second Temple almost two thousand years ago.

It is literally part of Jews' daily prayers.

But it has nothing to do with tearing down an Islamic holy site, let alone starting a holy war.

It's a prayer asking God to return us to the elevated state of spirituality that existed during the time of the Temple, and more importantly, for Him to send "Moshiac," or the Messiah.

That Tucker would turn ancient Jewish prayers into some kind of sinister plot that is responsible for a very real and ongoing military campaign should be shocking.

Sadly, though, it's not.

But that doesn't mean that it isn't dangerous.

Real people and actual families go to Chabad synagogues, and little kids across the U.S. and in other countries attend Chabad schools and preschools.

It takes just one person already on the fringes to use this kind of rhetoric as justification for violence.

That's not speculation. It has happened again and again — just in recent years.

Yet Tucker is so blinded by his desire to take a swipe at Jared and Ivanka — because he knows he can't attack Trump directly — that he simply doesn't care.

[Joel Mowbray @joelmowbray]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE — Tucker Carlson claims that a sect of Judaism called Chabad is ultimately behind the military strikes on Iran.

This might be Tucker's most absurd claim to date.

And it's yet another shot at Trump.

Why? Well, @jaredkushner & @IvankaTrump have belonged to Chabad in DC, and Kushner helped lead the U.S. negotiations before the strike began last week.

As for Tucker's rant about Chabad — which he helpfully spelled for his viewers — it is beyond preposterous.

It's also dangerous — Chabad buildings and events have repeatedly been targeted by terrorists.

For example, the horrific massacre last December at Bondi Beach in Australia, where 15 were murdered, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, was a Chabad event.

Tucker explained in tonight's monologue that the "real" reason for the strikes on Iran — meaning why Israel, in his telling, is forcing the U.S. to help topple the Mullahs — is to launch a "holy war" for the purpose of destroying the Al Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem, in order to rebuild the Third Temple at the same site.

And who does Tucker claim is behind this insidious plot — and thus the military campaign he called "evil"?

Chabad.

As anyone active in Jewish life knows, Chabad focuses on outreach to its own local Jewish community, particularly to more secular Jews who don't feel connected to a standing synagogue.

But because Chabad is not known to almost anyone outside of the Jewish community, it makes for an easy target of dark conspiracy theories.

That's why Candace Owens has made Chabad into a villain in her increasingly unhinged rants.

But here is why this theory is as crazy as it is dangerous.

Chabad is a loosely-knit collection of synagogues (and related community/educational centers), each run by a Rabbi and his wife, who stay in a given community or neighborhood typically for life.

Far from being structured like, say, the Catholic Church, each Chabad House raises its own funds.

Tucker's "logic" for his outrageous allegations is that Chabad wants to bring about the building of the Third Temple, known in Hebrew as the beit hamikdash.

But... how does Chabad actually to bring about the building of the beit hamikdash?

Through acts of kindness. Truly by doing good deeds in order to "merit" God rebuilding the Jewish holy site.

In fact, Jews have for prayed for the rebuilding of the beit hamikdash — every single day — since shortly after the destruction of the Second Temple almost two thousand years ago.

It is literally part of Jews' daily prayers.

But it has nothing to do with tearing down an Islamic holy site, let alone starting a holy war.

It's a prayer asking God to return us to the elevated state of spirituality that existed during the time of the Temple, and more importantly, for Him to send "Moshiac," or the Messiah.

That Tucker would turn ancient Jewish prayers into some kind of sinister plot that is responsible for a very real and ongoing military campaign should be shocking.

Sadly, though, it's not.

But that doesn't mean that it isn't dangerous.

Real people and actual families go to Chabad synagogues, and little kids across the U.S. and in other countries attend Chabad schools and preschools.

It takes just one person already on the fringes to use this kind of rhetoric as justification for violence.

That's not speculation. It has happened again and again — just in recent years.

Yet Tucker is so blinded by his desire to take a swipe at Jared and Ivanka — because he knows he can't attack Trump directly — that he simply doesn't care.

[dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ @DahliaKurtz]

"I'm an Iranian who lives in Tehran...In case I'm dead tomorrow, I just want you to remember this.

"Please. Shut the fuсk up and don't use me against America or Israel...We asked for this. We want this attack...

"I know I might die...I'm willing to sacrifice my life for Iran."

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

Bring him on…for once, bring on serious people. Stop filling the panel with the same clowns like Cenk and Dave Smith whose entire contribution is repeating anti-Israel talking points that barely make sense.

If you want a real discussion, invite people who actually deal with these issues, people working or worked in security, diplomacy, or defence, not just talk-show personalities who failed elsewhere and discovered that attacking Israel is the easiest way to build an audience and make money. Right now the fastest route to attention seems to be Israel-bashing, and too often it slips straight into antisemitic rhetoric.

And to Tucker Carlson saying he can’t remember Iran being a threat in his lifetime, the reason many attacks didn’t happen is because intelligence services stopped them. They disrupted assassination attempts and terror plots. But let’s not forget the attacks that did succeed, and the damage they caused to Americans and to the West.

Pretending Iran hasn’t been a threat for decades doesn’t make it true.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING — SEN. JOHN KENNEDY NAILS IT: "I don't want America to be the world's policeman. I don't want the religious NUTS in Iran to be either!"

"If the religious zealots who are 10 exits past normal EVER get a nuke, THEY'LL USE IT!"

"A fair-minded person HAS to believe that the people running Iran are religious zealots. They are NUTS!"

🔥🔥🔥

H/t @GuntherEagleman

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING — SEN. JOHN KENNEDY NAILS IT: "I don't want America to be the world's policeman. I don't want the religious NUTS in Iran to be either!"

"If the religious zealots who are 10 exits past normal EVER get a nuke, THEY'LL USE IT!"

"A fair-minded person HAS to believe that the people running Iran are religious zealots. They are NUTS!"

🔥🔥🔥

H/t @GuntherEagleman

[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

This will give chills. Imagine the pain and shame she has endured 💔 I will pray she is able to escape alive🙏

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

Piers, I genuinely don’t understand why you keep bringing Cenk onto your show. As you joked yourself, if there were a hurricane in Miami he’d somehow blame Israel. At this point it’s predictable and frankly boring, every conversation with him turns into the same anti-Israel rant.

But here’s the part that rarely gets mentioned. Iran isn’t just a threat to Israel. Why not remind viewers that Keir Starmer said Iran has supported more than 20 potentially lethal plots on UK soil in the past year alone? Where’s the discussion about Iran allegedly plotting to assassinate Donald Trump? Or Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy, carrying out the bombing in Argentina that investigators tied to Tehran? Or the attempts to target Iranian dissidents in New York? Or the long list of attacks on U.S. embassies and military bases by Iran-backed groups? This didn’t suddenly start with Israel or the United States. Iran has been waging a shadow war against the West for decades through proxies, terror plots, and intimidation.

Criticise the response if you want. Debate the strategy. But pretending Iran is some passive victim is dishonest for any reporter. Iran is a threat, whether it’s assassination plots against a U.S. president or terror plots in the UK. That’s a national security issue. And whether people like it or not, Trump was willing to confront Iran directly. Maybe it works, maybe it fails, but at least he tried to stop it for the sake of American security. That willingness to take the risk is part of his legacy. As for Marco Rubio, he’s one of the most articulate Secretaries of State in years: clear, confident, and never afraid to answer tough questions.

[Isaac @Isacw1979]

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