Iran is now calling the shots, thanks to a weak Biden administration, which has enabled them. Not only is Iran threatening a harsh retaliation against Israel if Israel attacks in response to the hundreds of drones and missiles that were launched against it on Saturday; Iran is also threatening to strike US bases in the region if America supports an Israeli counterstrike. Iran is witnessing the Biden administration cower and do its bidding by pressuring Israel also to appease the Islamic regime.
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Iran threatens to strike American bases if US backs Israeli counterattack
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/iran-threatens-to-strike-american-bases-if-us-backs-israeli-counterattack; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
Hamas, meanwhile, supported Iran’s attack on Israel as “a natural right and a deserved response.”
Iran and Hamas aim to obliterate Israel and ultimately to establish a global Islamic caliphate, and there are no limits to the violence they will employ to achieve this goal. Appeasing them encourages and enables them, as it does other jihadist groups.
“Iran threatens to hit US bases if Washington backs Israeli counterattack,” Times of Israel, April 14, 2024:
Top Iranian commanders warned Israel on Sunday that the country would face a bigger attack if it retaliates against overnight drone and missile strikes, adding that Washington has been told not to back any military action from its ally.
“Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel retaliates against Iran,” Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri told state TV, adding that Tehran warned Washington that any backing of Israeli retaliation would result in US bases being targeted.
“If the Zionist regime (Israel) or its supporters demonstrate reckless behavior, they will receive a decisive and much stronger response,” Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi said in a statement.….
…. “We in Hamas regard the military operation conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran as a natural right and a deserved response to the crime of targeting the Iranian consulate in Damascus and the assassination of several leaders of the Revolutionary Guards,” the Palestinian group said in a statement. Israel is engaged in a war, now in its seventh month, with Hamas after the Gazan terror group killed nearly 1,200 people and abducted 253 in a shock onslaught on October 7….
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Anti-Israel Activists Block Highways Near O’Hare Airport, Golden Gate Bridge
Anti-Israel Activists Block Highways Near O’Hare Airport, Golden Gate Bridge
OAN’s James Meyers
11:52 AM – Monday, April 15, 2024
SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/anti-israel-activists-block-highways-near-ohare-airport-golden-gate-bridge; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
Anti-Israel protesters blocked roads for drivers trying to reach Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and for those attempting to cross San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
Videos on social media showed protesters sitting in the middle of Interstate 190 with their arms interlocked using long tubes to stop cars from being able to drive into the Chicago airport.
Protesters were holding signs that read “Free Palestine” and “Stop Genocide.”
The activists blocking the access caused travelers flying out of the airport to grab their luggage and run to the airport, as seen in videos.
However, organizers of the protest claim that the purpose of the protests was to send a message to Boeing, because the company sells weapons to Israel.
“On this Tax Day, when millions are paying taxes that fund the ongoing U.S. and Israeli bombardment of Gaza, protesters seek to take dramatic action,” the group Chicago Dissenters wrote in an Instagram post. “O’Hare International Airport is one of the largest in the country, and there will be NO business as usual while Palestinians suffer at the hands of American funded bombing by Israel.”
According to Chicago officials, by 9:30 am they said the highway had reopened, allowing traffic flow to resume with “substantial” delays.
Travelers flying out of O’Hare airport were warned to “allow for extra time if traveling to the airport.”
O’Hare International Airport is considered one of the busiest airports in the world, which hosts close to 83 million per year.
In San Francisco, anti-Israel protesters blocked all northbound and southbound lanes on the Golden Gate Bridge, calling for the U.S. to stop supporting Israel in their war with Hamas.
Videos showed protesters unveiling a giant banner that said, “Stop the world for Gaza.”
“Expect delays and use alternate routes,” the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management posted on X.
Additionally, protesters shut down Interstate 880 in Oakland, California, before 7a.m. PST.
Local authorities in riot gear responded to the scene to clear out the protesters.
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CRITICAL ALERT! Iran & Putin Tell Israel and US to BACK DOWN~UN Warns US Not To protect Israel
Colonel Tony Shaffer - I want to read a quote from General Wesley Clark about Iran and Israel. He said, “Israel is not going to trust the United States if Iran strikes." It can’t, because look at what’s happening in Gaza right now with the pressure between the United States and Israel.” And “Iran has to feel like they’re kind of winning right now. They’ve got the United States and Israel at odds, Hamas has survived, you’ve got the whole world down on the Israelis for what’s gone on in Gaza. This was part of the plan.” There is a lot to unpack. First, is this part of a greater plan to create a regional war in the Middle East again? Israel is losing the PR war. General Clark said Hamas walked them into this trap. Today I’m reading Biden called for a meeting with the G7 leaders. However, the UN is demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and for the US to bow out and stop helping Israel. Why is Biden having such a hard time deciding whom to support? It feels as though he’s trying to support and fund both sides of the war. Biden says US support for Israel is Ironclad now after the attack he says he won’t support a retalitation of Israel on Iran. Will this escalate further or did Iran just need to display a show of force? President Putin is telling the US to stay out and seek peace. He’s also said Russia will back Iran if the United States attacks Iran in Israel’s defense. Thoughts? I’m told Biden and the Pentagon have held private meetings that the US is being set up to be drawn into a war. Will they avoid it or still fall into this trap? What do you think Israel’s next move will be? What do you think Iran’s next move will be and what will the US next move be?
The Pro-Hamas Crowds will Soon Have a Rendezvous with Reality The accounting they’re about to face.
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For over six months, the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas protests have accelerated, and are now predictably incendiary and violent.
Recently, they have jumped the shark with unapologetic chants of “Death to America”. Or so a cheering crowd in Michigan chanted in homage to the late king of all Western-hostage-takers, the murderous Ayatollah Khomeini. And the huckster speaker revved them up by quoting Malcolm X that America is “one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this Earth.” (Does such a condemnation of fellow Americans presage mass reverse migration of unhappy Middle Easterners back to the West Bank, Gaza, and Iran?)
The more these demonstrators shut down major bridges during commute hours, defaced iconic government monuments and cemeteries, disrupted Easter and Christmas services (try that with mosques at Ramadan), broke into the Capitol and congressional chambers (no January 6-like penalties to come?), and hunted down Jewish students, the bolder they became.
Apparently, the demonstrators were convinced that they were either exempt under the woke aegis, or too precious in Joe Biden’s Michigan electoral calculus, or too useful to campuses as rich full-tuition-paying foreign students on gold-plated student visas.
But everything and everyone have limits. They have now crossed them, and are about to face an accounting, and for a variety of reasons.
1) News is leaking out that Hamas may have for some time been bluffing about a ceasefire for hostages. Given Hamas has suddenly announced that it cannot meet the conditions of the proposed ceasefire, not all forty women and sick and elderly men taken hostage are still alive.
If true, then their months of bartering and “negotiating” were a likely sham, and their earlier claims that three hostages were collateral damage of Israeli strikes become more dubious.
Why would they kill their escape route?
To hide their torturing and raping of the kidnapped? In furor at their own-self-inflicted dilemmas? Sick hatred of Jews?
Who knows? But, if true, this may remind the gullible West that it cannot trust anything the lying Hamas says: that the ultimate fate of the hostages did not depend on the Israeli entrance into Gaza, given that Hamas had either already killed many of the remaining kidnapped, or had planned to do so under any circumstances.
2) For the first time since the ‘60s, universities are facing protests that they genuinely fear. College presidents are starting to realize that if they continue to allow pro-Hamas violent demonstrators to make a mockery of campus rules and laws, they soon will have no campus at all. And the mob then will determine who can and cannot speak with impunity. Administrators’ tolerance of overt anti-Semitism and violence against Jews is turning American campuses into something like late-1930s German universities.
3) Yet at Vanderbilt and Pomona we for the first time are witnessing a return to administrative sanity, marked by suspensions and exemptions. The reactions of those held accountable confirm how pathetic these bullies are. They prove eager to resort to violence and crash into lecture halls, only suddenly to become fragile and terrified for their beautiful career plans endangered by a modicum of accountability. Expect more universities to be encouraged by just how well deterrence can work against woke thuggery.
4) Joe Biden’s pandering in Michigan is reaching the point of obscenity and if continued will be counter-productive. For each Muslim-American voter he thinks he can keep by abandoning Israel and protecting the agendas of the October 7 killers and kidnappers, he is going to lose two voters appalled that fellow-Americans in Michigan are now calling for death to America. Biden is so confident in the Jewish-American vote and donor class that he is now siding with those calling for the absolute destruction of the Jewish state and everyone inside. Is he convinced that his Jewish base is permanently in tune with Chuck Schumer—or will it finally have had enough?
5) The old myth that being anti-Israel had nothing to do with being anti-Semitic is now exposed for the lie it mostly always was. The pro-Hamas crowd makes no distinction, and certainly not on campus, where the more educated the protestor, the more likely he is to harass Jews first, and ask questions later if at all about whether his targets support Israel. The new myth that being pro-Gaza has nothing to do with being pro-Hamas is equally exposed as a lie by the chants of “from the River to the Sea” and calls for a return to the pre-1947 borders—in other words, the Hamas charter of destroying Israel.
6) Do these protestors who scream “Genocide Joe” really see an alternative in November? Because the more they show America who they are and what their values and agenda intend, the more they make it clear why we need to reexamine every aspect of immigration, junk DEI and substitute required civic education, and undertake a complete reappraisal of higher education.
The latter would revisit current tax-exempt endowment income, government subsidized student loans, massive unaudited federal grants, the huge number of foreign students, and their exemption from federal oversight.
It is long past time to overhaul student visa programs, replete with rapid cancellations of visas and deportations for those who come to study but end up breaking our laws.
In sum, the more brazen the pro-Hamas crowd and the more they reveal the cravenness of the Biden administration, the more they may ensure their rendezvous with Donald Trump in 2025.
Iran’s Attack on Israel: What We Know So Far
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/irans-attack-on-israel-what-we-know-so-far; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
1. On April 1, the IDF hit a building in Damascus used by the IRGC, which Iran falsely claimed was a “consulate” and therefore, sovereign Iranian territory. It was, in fact, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) headquarters in Syria. There were no consular officials in the building. Seven people, all of them military men, including the IRGC commander for Syria and Lebanon, Mohamed Reza Zahedi, were killed. Iran promised it would avenge their deaths.
2. On the night of April 13, Iran launched an attack consisting of some 170 drones, 130 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles on Israel. This attack was described by the Biden administration as a grossly “disproportionate” response to Israel’s April 1 attack in Damascus.
3. 99% of the drones and missiles launched from Iran toward Israel were shot down before they could land in Israel, many even before they entered Israeli airspace. From the handful — about three — drones or missiles that did manage to land, there was very little damage. No one was killed, and only one girl, in the Negev, was hurt by shrapnel.
4. The Americans apparently were responsible for intercepting “dozens” of Iranian drones. The more they have shot down, the greater Israel’s gratitude will be to the Americans, and the Bidenites hope that it will help them convince the Israelis not to engage in further “escalation,” but to keep their retaliation “proportionate” to Iran’s attack. If, on the other hand, Israel is convinced that by itself it managed to shoot down almost all — say, 90% — of the drones and missiles, it will be less beholden to the Americans urging them to limit their response, and more likely to respond with greater force to Iran’s attack than the Americans would have liked.
5. Other Western allies, including the U.K., France, and Italy, also took part in intercepting Iranian drones and missiles in the skies over Jordan. It is believed the RAF was responsible for at least a few successful intercepts. Having been the subject of so much criticism from those countries over the war in Gaza, it must cheer the Israelis up that these countries came so readily to Israel’s aid in intercepting Iran’s missiles and drones.
6. Jordan and Saudi Arabia also participated in efforts to shoot down Iranian drones and missiles as those flew over their Jordanian air space. It is not known what success they may have had, but their clear effort to help stymie the Iranian effort reminds us that the Sunni Arab states understand that Shi’a Iran, with its network of proxies and allies, is a threat to their wellbeing. Israel, on the other hand, is not.
7. Iran has now tried to put a stop to any Israeli retaliation, with the Islamic Republic’s UN Ambassador declaring that Iran considered the matter “over.” It hopes thereby to avoid an Israeli response to its massive, but in the end massively unsuccessful, attack on the Jewish state. For Israel, of course, the latest exchange will not be “over” until Israel has retaliated with much greater force to this Iranian attack, to make sure that Iran does not try its luck yet again.
8. Washington recognizes the hugely “disproportionate” nature of Iran’s latest attack. It must know that it cannot prevent a retaliatory attack on Iran by Israel, but it is likely urging the Israelis to exercise “restraint.” Exactly what kind of “restraint” Israel should show is entirely unclear. Should it limit its attack to the same number of drones and missiles that Iran launched in its attack? Or should it take this occasion, when much of the world is now, however briefly, on its side, to deal a devastating blow to Iran’s offensive capabilities, taking out most of its remaining drones and ballistic missiles, and attacking its nuclear facilities? Isn’t now the time to put paid to the Iranian military threat, when sympathy for Israel is momentarily high, by launching what will no doubt be seen by many, so often quick to blame Israel for being a troublemaker, as a “disproportionate” attack?
9. If Israel now goes ahead with that “disproportionate” response, and inflicts great damage to Iran’s missiles and drones, and to its nuclear program, Sunni Arab countries will not object. Instead, they will be quietly pleased that their great enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been decisively weakened.
10. Israel could, of course, not retaliate immediately, but keep the Iranians in a state of high anxiety for months, wondering when the IDF will finally attack. No need for Israel to announce its plans in advance. We need only say that “we will retaliate for the April 13 attack by Iran at a time and place of our choosing.”
11. The Bidenites are likely to try to dissuade Israel from a massive response, lest the violence “spiral out of control.” They may try to persuade the Israelis to limit themselves to a handful of targets. I’d say that with its massive April 13 attack, Iran has already caused the violence to “spiral out of control.” It is Iran that needs to be reined in. Israel should express its gratitude to “our great ally and friend, the United States” for its assistance in intercepting Iranian drones and missiles, but still ignore Washington’s advice to be measured in its response to Iran. It should use the occasion, when much of the world is on its side, to inflict great damage on Iran’s nuclear program and on its ballistic missile program.
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On April 14, 2024, IRINN TV (Iran) aired footage of Iran’s Majles members celebrating the first reports of a missile and UAV attack against Israel. The Majles members chanted “Death to America!”, “Death to Israel!”, and “Congratulations to the warriors of Islam!”
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Gun Lobby Honors U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan As 2023 Legislator Of The Year
SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2024/04/gun-lobby-honors-u-s-rep-jim-jordan-as-2023-legislator-of-the-year/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, proudly honored U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as the 2023 NSSF Legislator of the Year for his persistent pursuit of accountability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Biden administration for unconstitutional attacks on the firearm industry and the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
Congressman Jordan is the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and is a member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. In these roles, Chairman Jordan has exposed the abusive policies forced by the Biden administration through the DOJ and ATF to attack the firearm and ammunition industry. He has demanded answers for Executive Branch overreach that has infringed on lawful commerce in arms and the ability of Americans to freely purchase the firearms they choose to own in the exercise of their Second Amendment rights.
“We are honored to present Chairman Jordan with the 2023 NSSF Legislator of the Year Award for his unwavering leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives to protect the firearm and ammunition industry and the growing community of gun owners,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel.
“Chairman Jordan’s dogged determination for accountability from agencies within the Executive Branch have reasserted Congress’s role in the balance of authority between the three co-equal branches of government and has served as a backstop against an administration intent on decimating the firearm and ammunition industry. Our industry, and the American public, is deeply grateful for Chairman Jordan’s fierce determination to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans and the industry that makes the exercise of those rights possible.”
Chairman Jordan chastised ATF Director Steven Dettelbach for overstepping his authority when the bureau imposed new regulations on “stabilizing braces” in a 2023 hearing. Chairman Jordan told Director Dettelbach that the policy “turns law-abiding gun owners into felons as a result of unelected bureaucrats simply enacting a new regulation.”
Chairman Jordan added in that hearing, “That’s not how it’s supposed to work." In our great country, Congress writes the laws and the executive branch enforces them. Here, the executive branch has taken power from Congress in deciding what the law should be … Director Dettelbach has, in essence, become a one-man Congress.”
The ATF’s stabilizing pistol brace rule has been enjoined nationally by a federal court judge in Texas. Several challenges to the ATF rule have been consolidated and are pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Chairman Jordan also demanded answers from Director Dettelbach on the ATF’s “zero-tolerance” policy that has seen firearm retailers lose their licenses and livelihoods due to unintentional administrative errors. Chairman Jordan further demanded answers from Director Dettelbach on why the ATF proposed a new “engaged in the business” rule that would require near-universal background checks for firearm transfers when Congress specifically rejected the idea.
Chairman Jordan’s investigation into the Weaponization of the Federal Government uncovered the collusion between the FBI, DOJ, U.S. Treasury Department, and private banks to violate the Fourth Amendment rights of gun purchasers by creating a watchlist of potential “violent domestic terrorists” simply for exercising their Second Amendment rights. Chairman Jordan’s investigations exposed Bank of America’s voluntary disclosure of private financial transactions at firearm and ammunition retailers, purchase records, and private data to the FBI without a warrant or notification to the bank’s customers. The investigation revealed that Citibank was also complicit in warrantless searches.
Chairman Jordan’s investigations continue. Just last month, he castigated the Biden administration in a hearing on the weaponization of the Federal Government, explaining that the Executive Branch illegally spied on Americans’ lawful gun purchases because they were politically out of step with The White House’s gun control agenda.
“And… and if you’re a gun owner, look out,” Chairman Jordan said. “You’re going to the top of the list. For simply exercising your Second Amendment right, you’re on the FBI’s target list. Never forget, the federal government got this information without any process. No warrant and frankly, no notification.”
He added, “Since then, we’ve learned that the financial surveillance was broader, and there was a specific objective." The federal government is building profiles on the American people. And the profile isn’t based on criminal conduct. It’s based on political beliefs, and if you’ve got the wrong political beliefs, well, you’re a potentially violent domestic extremist.”
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