From JNS.org

“The president’s threat to veto this legislation and Schumer’s refusal to bring it to a vote in the Senate are acts of betrayal to our closest ally in the region,” said Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday intended to force the Biden administration to deliver a paused arms shipment to Israel.

The Israel Security Assistance Support Act condemns U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to withhold the delivery of 3,500 bombs to Israel amid the administration’s concerns that the Jewish state would use them in a military operation in the south Gazan city of Rafah.

The act would cut off funding for the Pentagon, U.S. State Department and National Security Council if Biden does not release the shipment or if he withholds any future shipment of arms from Israel.

The bill passed on a mostly party-line vote of 224-187 after the White House issued a statement on Tuesday saying that Biden would veto the measure if it came to his desk.

“This bill could raise serious concerns about infringement on the president’s authorities under Article II of the Constitution, including his duties as commander-in-chief and Chief executive and his power to conduct foreign relations,” the White House stated.

Only 16 Democrats—many of whom are either noted pro-Israel advocates or moderates in swing districts—voted to force Biden’s hand and release the aid.

The three Republican “nay” votes came from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), all of whom opposed the Israel foreign aid bill in April.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) stated after the House’s passage of the bill that Biden’s decision to withhold the arms sale was “catastrophic and goes directly against the will of Congress.”

Johnson also condemned Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for saying that the Senate would not consider the measure.

“The president’s threat to veto this legislation and Leader Schumer’s refusal to bring it to a vote in the Senate are acts of betrayal to our closest ally in the region,” Johnson stated. “What’s more alarming is the 184 House Democrats that joined them in siding with the radical, pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic party. Security assistance to Israel is an urgent priority that must not be delayed.”

Several pro-Israel Democrats, who voted against the bill, argued that it undermined bipartisan support for the Jewish state and would actually weaken Israel if it somehow became law.

“This bill does nothing to help Israel strategically, but it attacks Israel at its two weakest points,” said Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.). “The first is bipartisan support. Israel has one friend in the world. It cannot afford to have only half of one friend.”

“This resolution has poison pills, including condemning Biden by name, in a clear effort to get as little Democratic support as possible,” he added.

Sherman also said that exempting Israel from the Leahy laws and other routine legislation that requires recipients of U.S. arms to comply with international law would have the unintended effect of suggesting that Israel was violating those laws.

“Second, this bill attacks Israel’s international image,” Sherman said. “Israel, in fact, meets American and international standards for minimizing civilian casualties. But what this bill does is it exempts Israel from the Leahy and similar laws, in effect declaring from this Congress to the world that Israel can’t meet the standard.”

“Congress should not step forward and exempt Israel from a test that Israel clearly meets,” he added. “That’s poison on the international stage.”

‘A partisan stunt’

Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) were among the pro-Israel Democrats who also voted against the bill.

“Today’s vote was a partisan stunt,” Wasserman Schultz said. “Republicans hoped to paper over their failure to provide aid to Israel for six months. I remain committed to working across the aisle on legislation and funding for our vital ally Israel.”

“It is wrong to withhold even just one shipment of weapons to Israel as it fights an existential, multipronged war,” Schneider said. “I can’t imagine anyone in this body believing that automatically zeroing out the budget for the Departments of State, Defense and the National Security Council in the case of delayed arms is a good idea.”

“It is a terrible, dangerous idea, and it’s the reason I must vote against this bill,” he added.

Republican supporters of the measure argued that Biden’s decision to pause the arms shipment undermined his repeated claim of “ironclad” support for Israel.

“The Biden administration, despite all the rhetoric, has broken its so-called ‘ironclad’ commitment to Israel by halting shipments of weapons at a time when Israel needs them the most,” said Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.). “Weapons that not only that Israel has asked for, but the president himself asked Congress to provide.”

“This administration’s argument is that the bill undermines the president’s ability to ‘execute an effective foreign policy,’” he added. “Does anyone really believe that this administration has an effective foreign policy?”

Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also hit back at the “ironclad” line from Biden on Thursday.

“Delaying weapons to Israel isn’t indicative of a commitment wrapped in ‘iron’ but more like ‘tin foil,’” he said.

Norm Coleman and Matt Brooks, national chairman and CEO respectively of the Republican Jewish Coalition, stated that the “spineless House Democrats shamefully chose partisan political loyalty over standing with our most cherished ally in the Middle East, voting overwhelmingly to oppose this measure.”

“Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has also said this bill will not even get a vote in the U.S. Senate,” the RJC leaders said. “This is a test for Democratic senators who say they support Israel: Will you meekly accept this betrayal of a key strategic partner?”

The RJC leaders singled out Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), asking what each of the four had to say.

“There is no excuse for President Biden’s embargo of Israel as it fights for its very survival—and, unsurprisingly, Biden has said he would veto this bill if it ever reached his desk,” Coleman and Brooks said. “Without a doubt, there is only one unequivocally pro-Israel party and it is the Republican Party.” source

It still shocks and saddens me that it has come to this. But God is in control and we must  trust Him!

HOW CAN I BE SAVED?

MARANATHA!

From msn.com

Federal intelligence agencies are warning that this year’s Pride Month may be targets for terrorist organizations.

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security released a public service announcement last week titled, “Foreign Terrorist Organizations and their Supporters Likely Heighten Threat Environment during 2024 Pride Month.”

“The FBI and DHS are issuing this Public Service Announcement to provide awareness to the public of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOS) or their supporters potential targeting of LGBTQIA+-related events and venues,” the announcement reads. “Foreign terrorist organizations or supporters may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June 2024 Pride Month.”

The seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen at its headquarters building in Washington D.C. Getty Images© Getty Images

“[Foreign terrorist organization] efforts to commit or inspire violence against holiday celebrations, including Pride celebrations or LGBTQIA+-related venues, are compounded by the current heightened threat environment in the United States and other western countries,” the agencies warned. “FTOs and their supporters have previously promoted anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and targeted LGBTQIA+ related events or venues for attacks.

“The public service announcement noted the June 2023 incident in Vienna, Austria, during which three ISIS operatives attempted to attack a Pride parade.

It also noted that June 2024 will be the eighth anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando Florida,

Individuals march in New York City’s annual Pride Parade in Manhattan. Fox News© Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital

The Pulse shooting resulted in 49 individuals being killed and a further 53 wounded. The perpetrator called himself a “Soldier of God” and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. It was celebrated by Islamic terrorist organizations around the world.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security flag is seen on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Building in Washington D.C. Getty Images© (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The FBI and DHS encourage Pride month event attendees to be mindful of potential indicators of “threat activity” such as “unusual surveillance or interest in buildings, gatherings, or events” and “prolonged testing or probing of security measures.”

The public service announcement did not mention any specific events or regions of the United States in its warning.

Pride month begins on June 1 and runs until the end of the month. source

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WE WANT TO BE WITH YOU!

AMEN, GOVERNOR DESANTIS – AMEN!!

From breitbart.com

A play telling the harrowing stories of victims, and heroes, of the October 7 attacks on Israel opened in New York this week — described by playwrights Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney as “a cultural moment” and “a story of resilience.”

The show, which is being put on in Midtown Manhattan beginning this week through June 16, relays the blood-curdling accounts of the worst attack in Israel’s history, in the exact words of those who experienced it, collected in a series of interviews conducted by McAleer and McElhinney. The venue is under permanent police protection.

“What we have in this theatre is a piece of magic, a piece of history,” McAleer told Breitbart News Daily on Wednesday. “We’re journalists, our background is journalism, and we thought about journalism being the first draft of history, and here it is and its history that people need to see. They need to know.”

“This is a cultural moment in New York,” he continued. “It’s the only play opening in New York that needs permanent police protection. The world has changed, let me tell you.”

Following the October 7 attack which saw the slaughter of over a thousand people in Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza, and the kidnapping of hundreds of Jewish hostages, New York City has become the epicenter of left-wing protests of Israel’s military operations that followed, with marches continuing through the streets of Manhattan for months, calling for “liberation” of “Palestine” — and “intifada.”

“We wanted to put it on stage in New York because New York needs to hear it. New York needs to know this day happened. The encampments in New York, the campus protests in New York, they look at October 8th and beyond — what’s happening in Gaza, what’s happening in Palestine — there would be nothing in Gaza, people would be living in peace in Gaza if it had not been for October 7,” McAleer said on Breitbart News Daily. “It’s very important to remember, there would be no October 8, if there weren’t October 7.”

The play relays over a dozen personal accounts from the pogrom — from mothers and grandmothers who hid for hours with their young children, a policeman, off-duty soldier, protecting those around them, young people watching their friends being slaughtered, and the everyday people who ran toward the incoming fire to save them — telling a story of survival and resilience through their testimonials.

Speaking to Breitbart News Daily, McElhinney recalled speaking with one man — whose story is featured in the production — an Orthodox Jew who broke the laws of Shabbat to save lives after he heard the sound of terrorists flying in over the Nova Music Festival on paragliders, blasting weapons. He loaded partygoers into his truck in multiple trips, saving over 100 lives. In the religion, an Orthodox Jew is obligated to break Shabbat to save someone in a life-threatening situation.

“He said, ‘maybe people will learn something about the Jewish religion, that the most important thing, the central, most important thing for a Jewish person to do, and the highest calling, is to save a soul,’” McElhinney relayed on Breitbart News Daily.

McAleer and McElhinney, who both are journalists, traveled to Israel immediately after the attack for three weeks, to conduct a series of interviews and collect stories and first-hand accounts for the play, visiting scores of victims in hospitals and their homes. Their words have not been altered or edited whatsoever, in producing the performance.

“Ultimately its a story of resilience, as one of the characters say, ‘Abraham our forefather gave this country to us, this is the land of Israel for the People of Israel, for the Jewish people,’ and there is no doubt about that when you watch this play,” McElhinney said on Breitbart News Daily. source

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