No Army or Police? But Private Criminals Might Have 70% Fewer Weapons!

BREAKING NEWS: IDF Updates Open-Fire Rule to Allow Soldiers to Shoot Suspected Thieves and Smugglers

Posted by Israel Tour Blog by Nosson Shulman
These updated rules are now in place to crackdown on weapons theft from Military bases and drug smuggling into Israel from bordering countries.

By Nosson Shulman: Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours Authentic Virtual Tours (click here to check out his free trailer videos)

In a major game changer for Israel’s public safety of its citizens (both Jewish and Arab alike), the IDF has finally rectified some of its absurd rules of engagement! Beginning immediately, soldiers are now allowed to open fire on suspected thieves of army bases and cross-border drug smugglers. Prior to this new ruling, soldiers were only allowed to shoot if their lives were in danger (a fact well known and exploited by criminals).

This comes after years of public and internal criticism of leniency. It was not uncommon for criminals (predominantly from the Bedouin and Arab sectors) to sneak onto bases and steal weapons, with soldiers being unable to do much to stop it. According to the IDF’s own data, thousands of deadly equipment and ammunition are stolen every year. Shockingly, the weapons stolen included pistols, grenades, machine guns, rockets, mines, and anti-tank weapons. It is estimated that 70% of all illegal weapons in the country are stolen from the police and military. In addition to the theft of weapons, criminals entered bases and stole the personal property of thousands of soldiers and reservists (some of whom have individually lost thousands of shekels). Soldiers are now also permitted to open fire on potential drug and weapon smugglers who illegally cross the borders from Jordan and Egypt. Only last week, millions of shekels worth of drugs were seized at the Egyptian border (although because of the rules of engagement at that time, no arrests were made). Also last week, deadly weapons (smuggled in from Jordan) were seized.

While all Israelis stand to benefit from these new rules, the biggest victors are by far the Arab sector. Although Israel as a whole has one of the OECD’s (“First world countries”) lowest homicides rates (in 2018, the murder rate was 1.4 per 100,000 people vs the OECD rate of 3.7 per 100,000), in the Arab community, violence and murder (often due to family feuds or organized crime) is rampant. Although Arabs make up 20% of the population, they are the largest percentage of victims (84%) of gun violence in the country (almost entirely committed by other Arabs). In the middle of October, the 100th Arab murder victim of 2021 was shot (in the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm). Many, if not the majority, of victims were killed with weapons stolen from bases. Preventing criminals from having access to drugs and weapons will make the streets of Arab communities (who have long complained about the lawlessness reigning in some of their towns) considerably safer!

From Guided tours of Israel, here.

SHORT FILM on Orthodox Aliyah, Feat. Avraham Shusteris of Nachliel, Yoel Berman of Kedushas Tzion

The Yeshiva World & Religious Zionism | Kedushas Tzion & Nachliel

Feb 9, 2022

Why aren’t more orthodox American yeshiva students in Israel making Aliyah? Let’s take a closer look at two young men who are making a difference by bringing the holiness of the Holy Land back into the consciousness of the Jewish people.

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Ancient Jewish ‘Migdal’: 2 Synagogues Within Just 200 Meters… (PICTURES)

Biblical Migdal (aka Magdala)

By Nosson Shulman: Licensed Tour Guide of VIP Israel Tours Authentic Virtual Tours (click here to check out his free trailer videos)

 

For the children of Naphtali… Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-‘anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages (Joshua 19: 32-38)”

Migdal (Magdala) is beautifully situated on the Sea of Galilee.
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Today, we are visiting one of Israel’s best kept secrets! Ancient Migdal (Magdala) is as beautiful as it is historic. In 2021 this sleepy town (pop. 2000) just north of Tiberias, was in the news for an exciting (and very rare) find, revolutionizing the way researchers understood an entire time period (more on that shortly). During the Second Temple period, Migdal was an important city and the unique findings we will see here more than substantiate this! Today’s Migdal, is just across the highway from ancient Migdal.

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From Guided Tours of Israel, here.

The Media Don’t Even Bother to Retract PROVEN LIES Anymore

Why Newspapers Refuse to Correct Errors

COMMENTARY

February 08, 2022

Many iconic U.S. newspapers sport slogans that seek to explain their mission – and self-image. “All the News That’s Fit to Print” has been called “the seven most famous words in American journalism.” “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was an overtly partisan call to arms. But the most telling section of a newspaper’s true values is its “Corrections” page. That’s where journalism distinguishes itself from just about every other profession, routinely and straightforwardly admitting its mistakes. Who else does that?

It is a soul-crushing enterprise. A single misspelled name is all it takes to ruin an otherwise stellar article. We reporters may forget the topic of the piece we wrote last week, while the error five years ago is seared into our memories. But it is also crucial: Reader trust is the lifeblood of journalism. If you can’t believe what you read, why bother?

And yet, we do get things wrong all the time. Despite the self-righteous claims of too many news outlets, journalists don’t print The Truth. The “first draft of history” is necessarily messy and incomplete. What journalists have long promised readers is that we will do our best to get the story right initially and then set the record straight when better information emerges. This isn’t solely a commitment to high-minded ethics. It is also transactional: Journalists can so readily acknowledge errors because readers honor and reward our honesty. They forgive us our trespasses because we acknowledge them.

Unfortunately, this glorious compact between readers and journalists is evolving in dangerous directions, as news coverage becomes corrupted by the give-no-quarter partisan divide that shapes our politics. Increasingly, readers expect their favored news sources to advance their favored narrative, the facts be damned. And many news outlets, beset by immense economic challenges, seem happy to satisfy them to stay afloat.

A notable example is the stubborn unwillingness of major news outlets to correct clear errors in their coverage of the Trump-Russia investigation.

On Nov. 24, my colleague at RealClearInvestigations, Aaron Maté, wrote a detailed article highlighting a series of stories published by the New York Times and the Washington Post that contained “false or misleading claims.” The pieces he analyzed were either part of the entry the papers submitted to win a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for their Russiagate coverage or were written by reporters who shared in that honor. Significantly, the major errors and misleading assertions identified by Maté were not based on newly discovered information, but on documents and statements long in the public domain.

Before publication, Maté sent multiple detailed requests for comment to the reporters and newspaper representatives. All but one of his queries went unanswered. As of Feb. 7, neither newspaper has appended a single correction or clarification to the articles Maté discussed. Here are two examples from the Times that reflect the problems Maté found.

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From Real Clear Politics, here.