Like all of you, I am utterly stunned and heartbroken and sick to my soul today. It is unimaginable to write these words. I met Charlie Kirk when he was 18 years old, a young man so eager and determined that I immediately turned to a friend and said, “That kid is going to be the head of the RNC one day.” Charlie became even bigger and more important than that. It was a privilege to watch this principled man stand up for his beliefs and create the single most important conservative political organization in America. But more importantly, Charlie was a good man, a man who believed in right and wrong, who stood by his Biblical values. All of us will miss him, and I can’t imagine the pain of his beautiful young family, and we must all pray for them. And we must pick up the baton where Charlie left it, fighting for the things he believed in so passionately. And we must fight for a better America - an America where good people can speak truth and debate passionately without fear of a bullet. I weep for Charlie’s family, and I weep for my country today. Most of all, I weep for Charlie.
This is one of the greatest speeches I've ever seen any politician deliver.
And Poilievre's right. We're not relying on him because we want to. We're relying on him because he's our last hope for this country.
Australian broadcaster, Alan Jones, wipes the floor with a panel of smug climate zealots:
"CO2 is 0.04% of the atmosphere, and human beings are responsible for 3% of that 0.04%... It's like saying: 'There's a granule of sugar on the Harbour Bridge. Clean the bridge up, it's dirty'."
As I struggle to keep my eyes open from utter exhaustion, I had to share one thing with you before I put my phone down for the night.
I just came back from a talk given by my friend, Rabbi Efrem Goldberg. He is the rabbi in Boca Raton Florida and he came to Israel with some of his colleagues to support us in this difficult time.
He shared a thought that so strongly resonated with me.
When God tells Abraham to go to the land of Israel, or more accurately, to leave his land and go to a land God will show him later, there is a seemingly strange verse there.
The Torah says:
“Now the LORD said unto Abram: 'Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
***And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse…”***
It’s this last verse that Rabbi Goldberg addressed.
God says to Abraham, whoever blesses your nation, the Jewish people, will be blessed, and whoever curses you will be cursed.
What is strange though is the lack of consistency in this verse.
He who blesses you will be blessed. The verse uses the same word to describe a blessing. Baruch. Blessing.
But when it comes to the curse, it says he who curses you (Umekalelcha), I will curse, but the Torah doesn’t use the same word to describe the curse. It should say Akalel, I will curse. Instead it says “Aor”.
Why the inconsistency?
The word Aor also has the word Or in it. Or means light.
So what this verse really means is
“He who blesses the Jewish people will be blessed. But he who curses us, will see our light!”
If you’re with us in our darkest times, if you’re our friend, our ally, you will be blessed.
But if you get in our face? You will see our Or, our light.
You will learn fast what the Jewish people are capable of. You’ll see how we unite. You���ll witness a nation more resilient than anything you’ve ever seen. You’ll see a people volunteering, packing food, sending supplies, visiting bases, cooking food, making tzitzit, singing, dancing, uniting, laughing, crying, hugging, kissing, being one.
Our enemies thought they’d bring darkness. They had no idea how bright our light shines. They had no idea how quickly we would abolish their darkness.
And how fitting it is that this verse is said when God is trying to tell Abraham that if he goes to Israel, everything will be ok. Hashem tells Abraham that he should leave his land and go to Israel and whoever tries to get in his way will see his light.
Darkness is simply the absence of light. As long as we continue to shine bright as a nation, we ensure that their darkness will have no place in this world now or ever.
The Jewish people have and always will be the source of bright light in this world. No amount of darkness can put that light out.
Our enemies are finding that out now and we are only just getting started. They don’t know who they messed with.
As I finished writing this, this photo appeared in my WhatsApp. I don’t know who he is or why someone sent it to me but notice the shadow, the darkness disappearing as the sun, the light shines on this hero’s face.
Pretty amazing that this photo of all photos was just sent to me.
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As of now, the official number of Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Israel on October 7th to carry out the worst massacre in Israel’s history is 2,900!!
I wonder if any sane person would be talking about a proportionate response if 2,900 terrorists came into their country, murdered their children, abducted their elderly, and raped their women.
Let me say this in the clearest possible terms. If you’re concerned with Israel’s response, if you’re focused on the people of Gaza right now, you’re either ignorant or intentionally hypocritical.
2005: Israel handed Gaza over on a silver platter. No “occupation”, no Israeli presence, nothing. 100% theirs. If they wanted anything other than dead Jews, they had the chance.
In what world is it normal to demand a country provide water and electricity to its enemy when there is clear evidence that they are using those water pipes to create rockets that then kill Israelis?
You’re worried about the electricity and water in Gaza? You can provide it. Don’t want to? Then keep your mouth shut.
They have nowhere to go those poor Palestinians? Why don’t you go look at a map? They have a border with Egypt. Let them take them in if they care so much.
Oh, Egypt doesn’t want them? Did you hear that? That was my heart breaking for them. Egypt can take them. They don’t want them? Not my problem.
You’re worried about a disproportionate response by Israel? Kindly tell me what a proportionate response would look like.
Because if we did what they did to us, that would require the murder, abduction, and rape of over a thousand people.
Is that what you’re recommending Israel does? Because that’s pretty sick of you.
And once and for all, we need to unequivocally reject the false narrative of “They’re not all Hamas supporters so Israel has no right to attack Gaza.”
A- The Palestinian people elected Hamas. Make up your mind. If they’re a people who you believe deserve a state then it’s time you held them accountable as a people. They elected Hamas. They will pay for that tragic decision.
B- The Palestinian people, not 100, 1,000, or 10,000 of them, give out candies when innocent Jews are murdered. Have you seen thousands of Palestinians speaking out against Hamas? I haven’t. Where are they? Their silence is all I need to know.
C- In every war in the history of the world, innocent people die. That fact, as sad as it might be, has zero relevance to whether the war is justified or not. Need I remind you how many innocent Germans died in WWII? Israel is fighting Nazis now. Zero difference. In war, innocent people die.
D- And finally, don’t come at me with the whole “They can’t speak out. Hamas will kill them.”
Where have we heard that before? “I was just fulfilling orders. I had no choice.”
Oh yes, that was what the Nazis said. It was not a legit argument then and it’s not a legit argument now.
What Israel experienced on October 7th was the equivalent of 9/11 times 50. Israel WILL retaliate accordingly and it will not stop no matter how much you throw your double standard at us.
We not only have every right to do whatever we can to obliterate Hamas, we have a moral obligation to do so.
You might not know this now, but a world without Hamas is a safer world for you and your children.
If you didn’t complain when ISIS was defeated, if you think WWII was justified in order to defeat the Nazis, then you can either stand with Israel while we cleanse the world of Hamas savages or you can go ahead and keep your mouth shut while we do the work from which you will benefit.
If you have any integrity at all, go read the charters of Hamas and the PLO. If you’re honest, ask yourself what “From the river to the sea” means. Look at a map if you can’t figure it out. It means no Israel. Do you support that? Throwing all Israelis into the sea? Because that’s what that means.
If you are still delusional enough to think they want a state, go Google The Partition Plan. They had one. They rejected it. Then google how many times Israel offered them a state.
And if, after all that, you still think the Palestinian’s agenda is anything other than total genocide of the Jewish people, congratulations, you have earned the privilege of being named a flaming antisemite who supports murder and rape.
I’m sure your mother is proud. 🤮