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California cops shoot dead double amputee, 36, as he tries to run
away from them on his stumps: Police department says officers feared he
was going to 'throw his knife at them'
Anthony Lowe Jr. was killed by Huntington Park Police officers on Thursday. He had just stabbed someone and was trying to flee on his stumps. The officers fired at least eight shots at Lowe Jr, who died at the scene
By Jen Smith
Daily Mail
January 31, 2023
Lowe, 36, lost his legs recently, according to his family. They say he was murdered
A group of California
police officers shot and killed a double amputee on Thursday as he
tried to run away from them on his stumps after jumping out of his
wheelchair.
The three cops from
Huntington Park Police Department were filmed firing at least eight
shots at Anthony Lowe Jr., a 36-year-old father-of-two.
His family say he lost the lower halves of his legs recently after an altercation with police in Texas.
Lowe Jr. had just stabbed someone unprovoked, according to the police
department, and was trying to run away from two officers on Thursday.
First, they tried to Tase him, chasing him as he ran down the sidewalk, away from the wheelchair he had leaped from.
The three cops from Huntington
Park Policed Department were filmed firing at least eight shots at
Anthony Lowe Jr., a 36-year-old father-of-two
Lowe jumped out of his wheelchair and was trying to flee the officers when they opened fire
Lowe Jr is shown lying on the sidewalk after being shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene
He turned and tried to hurry away from them, clutching a large butcher's knife in one hand.
A
second police car arrived, from which a third cop emerged. Within 15
seconds of the third officer arriving, they fired multiple shots,
shooting Lowe in the upper torso.
Once he was on the ground lying on his stomach, they placed him in handcuffs.
'The suspect was tased at least twice by Huntington Park Officers but the deployment of the taser was ineffective.
'The
suspect attempted to throw the butcher knife at the officers again, at
which time an officer involved shooting occurred,' the LA County
Sheriff's Office release said.
Lowe Jr. later died at the scene. His family is now demanding answers from the police department.
The officers involved have not yet been named.
Lowe
Jr. was carrying a large knife which the cops say he had just used to
stab someone. After failing to subdue him with their Tasers, the
officers said they feared he was going to throw the knife at them
A different view of the incident
shows Lowe Jr. on the ground as the third officer arrived. He was
clutching a large 'butcher's knife', which the cops say he threatened to
'throw' at them
Lt. Hugo Reynaga of the LA County
Sheriff's Office said the cops involved had been placed on leave 'for a
few days' but that no official disciplinary action had been taken.
The LA County Sheriff's Office is now investigating the incident, which comes three weeks after unarmed 29-year-old Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by a different group of police officers in Memphis, Tennessee.
'They
murdered my son, in a wheelchair with no legs. They do need to do
something about it,' his mother, Dorothy Lowe, said at a press
conference on Sunday.
The family told The LA Times that he lost the lower half of his legs recently following a different altercation with police in Texas.
He had been living with his mother as a result of the injury.
On the day of his death, she says he'd told her he was going to McDonald's.
It's unclear who he is alleged to have stabbed, or what that person's condition is now.
Family and friends of Anthony
Lowe Jr hold a news conference to demand an investigation into his death
outside of the Huntington Park Police Department in Huntington Park,
California
Anthony Lowe's family gathered at a press conference on Monday
Memphis police officer Preston Hemphill(pictured) has been suspended pending an investigation into his role in the death of Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: Days after five Memphis police officers, Desmond Mills Jr,
Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, and Justin Smith,
were fired and charged with murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols,
29, a sixth officer has been suspended pending an investigation into
his role in the case. Preston Hemphill is the only known White officer
involved in the death of Nichols who was “shielded and protected” by the
Memphis Police Department, said the civil rights attorney representing
Nichols’s family. The officer’s belated suspension has also left people
angry with one of many questioning, "Not sure why the white cop isn't
facing the same accountability as the 5 Black cops?”
When asked that why the authorities didn't announce disciplinary action against Hemphill the day it fired five other black officers, a police spokesperson said, as stated by NBC,
"The other 5 officer’s names were announced when they were charged
departmentally, then subsequently charged criminally. Officer Hemphill
has not received departmental or criminal charges. As we have advised,
the investigation is ongoing. Officer Hemphill’s name came out after it
was heard in the video from the Tyre Nichols scene, that was released
Friday evening [January 27]. We are simply confirming that he is
relieved of duty.”
Why is Preston Hemphill's identity now coming to light?
Nichols family attorney Ben Crump explained, "The news today from
Memphis officials that Officer Preston Hemphill was reportedly relieved
of duty weeks ago, but not yet terminated or charged, is extremely
disappointing. Why is his identity and the role he played in Tyre’s
death just now coming to light?" He continued, "We have asked from the
beginning that the Memphis Police Department be transparent with the
family and the community — this news seems to indicate that they haven’t
risen to the occasion. It certainly begs the question why the white
officer involved in this brutal attack was shielded and protected from
the public eye, and to date, from sufficient discipline and
accountability. The Memphis Police Department owes us all answers,"
reports NBC.
'Why white cop isn't facing same accountability as 5 Black cops?'
Actor Darryl Lynn Hughley while hosting 'The Daily Show' said that he
believes the five cops charged over Nichols' death were arrested so
quickly because they are Black, reports DailyMail. Hemphill has been on administrative leave after an internal investigation on January 8, as previously reported by MEAWW.
Commenting on it, City Council Vice Chair JB Smiley Jr said, "For the
record, relieving someone of duty is not firing them.
#FirePrestonHemphill #JusticeForTyre." While Qasim Rashid, a human
rights lawyer, tweeted, "A white officer named Preston Hemphill also
tased Tyre Nichols, remarking, "One of the prongs from my Taser hit the
bast*rd. I hope they stomp his a*s." He's only now been suspended. Not
qwhite sure why the white cop isn't facing the same accountability as
the 5 Black cops?"
While one of many pointed out, "The fact that there was a white officer
who took part in Tyre Nichols' murder & he was conveniently kept out
of the news is so telling. Racism is embedded in every level of
policing & incarceration. It's sickening, yet none of it
surprising." Another said, "Racism is so blaring clear." One more wrote,
"They always protect them. He'll be able to go somewhere else and work
as a police officer. SMH."
Middle schooler Karon Blake was shot at around 4 am on Saturday, January 7
WASHINGTON, DC: An employee of Washington, DC, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 12-year-old, according to police. Metropolitan police chief Robert J. Contee III announced at a news conference that Jason Lewis, 41, turned himself into police on Tuesday morning and was taken into custody.
According to Contee, Lewis was charged with second-degree murder
while he was armed. The accusations are made about three weeks after a
man fatally shot middle schooler Karon Blake at around 4 am on Saturday,
January 7, as he yelled “I’m only a kid”. Metropolitan Police Department said the man thought that someone was tampering "with the vehicle."
“Hey! What are y’all doing?”
Blake yelled “I’m sorry"
and “I am only 12” numerous times as the suspect fired in his
direction, according to court documents that described surveillance
video. Contee said the video was integral to the investigation, NBC Washington reported.
Video also showed Blake breaking into cars with other juveniles who
have not come forward or been identified, according to Contee. The group
was in a stolen car which was being used as a getaway vehicle.
Lewis, who legally owned his firearm and had a concealed carry
permit, retrieved his gun and went outside. Lewis, as per the affidavit,
asked “youngsters” who were wearing black, “Hey! What are y’all doing?”
Missed bullet
The initial shot was fired while Blake was near the stolen getaway
vehicle and was "not an immediate threat," the police chief said. When
the first shot was fired, the getaway vehicle reversed and crashed into
an alley. The bullet missed Balke who ran towards him not knowing where
Lewis was.
“I’m a kid, I’m a kid” yelled Blake. Lewis then said he stepped back
and called the police. Blake can be heard yelling “I am sorry” multiple
times, followed by “Please don’t” and “No,” according to the affidavit.
He also yelled "I am a kid" and "I am only 12" numerous times,
according to the affidavit as reported by NBC News.
Two other juveniles who were seen running from the scene have not yet
been identified. Contee has asked for them to come forward. “Anytime we
have a loss of life, especially that of a child, that’s something that
really just pierces my soul, to be quite honest with you,” Contee said.
“Here we have a kid who is dead who shouldn’t be. “This young man
shouldn’t be dead. But, he is, and now again we have to go through the
course of the judicial process,” he said.
An attorney for Lewis said his client maintains his innocence. “While
this is certainly a tragedy, once all the facts are heard, I believe
that a jury will find that there was no crime here,” attorney Lee Smith
said as per a report.
Sorry, progressives — The Post is no outlier in reporting the horrors your crime reforms have caused
Post Editorial Board
New York Post
January 31, 2023
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz claimed at a hearing that data from
the Division of Criminal Justice Services shows that rearrests are not
rising in New York City.
Progressives in Albany pretend the truth on crime is hard to
determine; their denial would be laughable if it didn’t empower so much
needless suffering.
“I keep reading in some newspapers,” huffed Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz
(D-Bronx) at a hearing Monday “that rearrests are skyrocketing,” though
data presented by Division of Criminal Justice Services boss Rossana
Rosado show “the exact opposite.”
He plainly meant this newspaper — except that we’ve mainly reported that crime is skyrocketing. And we’ve repeatedly explained why Rosado’s data don’t remotely prove that the 2019 criminal-justice reforms aren’t fueling recidivism.
But the “don’t believe The Post” line sure worked inside the hearing
room. “Reliable data doesn’t sell tabloids, does it?” snarked
Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Nassau).
As the saying goes: lies, damn lies — and the mutterings of Albany progressives.
For starters, other DCJS numbers are damning: They show that people freed on cashless
bail got rearrested 39.6% of the time while their case was pending;
those with prior convictions or a pending case were nabbed 44.6% of the
time.
Each year since the 2019 bail reform, 30,000 to 40,000 defendants got
hauled in for some offense committed while walking around free,
awaiting trial, thanks to these reforms.
And there’s gobs more info. NYPD data show that 327 shoplifters
accounted for about 30% of the retail crimes in 2022, 46% of whom had
prior felony convictions; a full quarter of those nabbed for burglary were caught again within just 60 days.
Last year saw 1,200 individuals arrested for burglary commit another
felony within 60 days; in 2017, the number was 312. That’s a 285% spike.
Even soft-on-crime Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg acknowledges the 2019 “reforms” drove his case dismissals (arrests he couldn’t prosecute) from 48% to 74% for misdemeanors and from 21% to 35% for felonies. And George Soros-funded Albany DA David Soares has been detailing the disastrous impact of the changes since before they even took effect.
Heck, the Rev. Al Sharpton has demanded fixes,
particularly to ensure recidivists are kept behind bars. He flagged one
obvious result of the “reforms” last year: Stores are “locking up my
toothpaste” to prevent theft. Not to mention all the ones that have closed, cut hours or hired private security — all since the 2019 changes.
Ask the criminals themselves: On Tuesday, a pair of armed robbers
shook down 13 people in three separate boroughs in just two hours. “In
24 hours I’ll be out,” bragged one suspect as he was nabbed.
Dinowitz, Lavine & Co. can keep on smirking into the wind, but a
few cherry-picked stats don’t change the reality, or undo they suffering
they’ve caused and continue to inflict.
Israeli Christian Confronts ‘Hypocrite’ Muslim Students at Tel Aviv U.
WATCH: Pro-Israel Christian Arab advocate takes on Muslim students demonstrating in support of Palestinian terrorism.
Israel Today
Pro-Israel Christian Arab advocate Yosef Haddad unfurls an Israeli flag as he confronts Muslim students at Tel Aviv University.
Israeli Arab Christian Yosef Haddad on Monday
furiously confronted Muslim students at Tel Aviv University after
finding them demonstrating in support of Palestinian terrorists.
Such
demonstrations are nothing new. Israeli university campuses, like those
in many parts of the West, have become platforms for those promoting
anti-Israel agendas, including local Arabs who openly support
Palestinian terrorism.
In Haddad’s view, these local Muslims are hypocrites for happily taking
advantage of all that the democratic Jewish state offers them, while
shamelessly supporting those who want to destroy Israel.
Yoseph Haddad has a social-media presence in Hebrew, English and Arabic.
“I can’t stand hypocrites, and I can’t stand supporters of terrorism.
But what I really can’t stand are hypocrites who support terrorism,”
Haddad wrote on social media platforms in both Hebrew and Arabic. “So I
came to the University of Tel Aviv, to a shameful demonstration by those
identifying with the terrorists in Jenin to tell them what I think!”
In the video, Haddad can be seen shouting at the Muslim students: “Go
study in Jenin! Don’t study in Israel. And if you do prefer to stay
here, then shut your mouth.”
As he confronts another group of
Muslim protestors, he asks: “What are you doing at Tel Aviv University?
Why not go to Jenin? What, it’s not suitable to you?”
While
pulling out an Israeli flag, Haddad stresses: “Look at this flag. This
nation gives you rights. You are fools for supporting terrorism [against
Israel]. Do you not have it good here? We see your true face.
Hypocrites!”
Palestinians celebrate in Gaza City after a Palestinian gunman opened fire outside the east Jerusalem synagogue
This past weekend I was out in the desert with our Dutch group and we
had no cellphone reception for three days. When I left the desert on
Saturday night, my phone exploded with messages as soon as it got back
online. Bloody attack in Jerusalem
after Shabbat dinner in a synagogue. Seven dead and 10 injured. The
next morning, in the biblical City of David below the Dung Gate, a
13-year-old Palestinian boy and terrorist attacked Jewish worshipers
with a pistol. An off-duty Israeli paratrooper reacted with lightning
speed and neutralized the Palestinian boy with his service weapon.
We
didn’t hear anything in the desert. It was wonderful being
disconnected. But that made it all the more shocking to suddenly be
flooded with bad news as we reached the edge of civilization. And that
left a deep impression on me. Sometimes it’s good not to hear anything
bad and not to know anything. Living in a bubble is nice as long as it
doesn’t explode. But yesterday, just after Shabbat ended, it blew up on
me. What really annoyed me were the reports from Arabic channels, which
sent me photos and videos of Palestinians celebrating the Jewish victims
with sweets and other delicacies after the attack in Jerusalem. They
glorified their heroes who murdered children and women with music. In
addition, they have compared the attacks to Israel’s operation in Jenin a few days ago, which killed nine armed Palestinians, what we call terrorists.
Palestinians burn tires and celebrate in Gaza City after a gunman opened fire outside the east Jerusalem synagogue
The new government in Jerusalem must now intervene, harder, more
effectively and faster. It promised Israelis that it would do so, and
that is what is expected of a national religious coalition in Zion. When
the security cabinet met in Jerusalem on Saturday night, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu called on the public not to take the law into their own hands.
“Our response will be strong, quick and precise. Whoever tries to harm
us – we will harm them and anyone who helps them. We are not looking for
an escalation, but we are prepared for any scenario,” Netanyahu said.
“We are not in the days of the Jewish underground. We have our own
country with an excellent army, government and security forces.”
The
Israeli security forces are in full readiness because the combination
of social media and readily available weapons among the Palestinians
make such terrorist attacks easy to carry out. In the Palestinian media,
children and young people are incited to sacrifice their lives for
Allah. All they need are two things: a gun and Jewish targets. Both are
easy to find. It is almost impossible for the Israeli security service
to find these loners early because they are not affiliated with any
official terrorist organization. Only afterwards does one read on their
Facebook pages how much they praised death and wanted to die as martyrs.
There is disagreement in the governing coalition as to how Israel
should react to the “Black Sabbath.” Mild as always, or harder this
time? Of course, patriotic ministers like Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich
want tough action against Palestinian terror. But how? What can the new
government do more than the previous ones? Nothing! Most agree on that.
Nevertheless, new ideas are being put on the government table.
Netanyahu at Sunday’s cabinet meeting: stated “We will discuss the
possibilities of not only denying Palestinian terrorists from Jerusalem
their identity cards, but also revoking the residency of their families.
It’s a dramatic decision.”
Israeli Minister for National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir calls for tough measures after the attack in Jerusalem.
Fun Fact: Arab residents of Jerusalem are not
like the rest of Israel’s Arabs. They are not citizens, but rather have
permanent resident status in the capital’s Arab neighborhoods. They may
vote in municipal elections, but not in national Knesset elections.
In
addition, Ben-Gvir called for a new formula at today’s cabinet meeting.
For seven deaths, we will authorize seven new settlements in the
biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria. Within a week, seven new sites
in Judea and Samaria for Jewish settlements are to be proposed.
Ben-Gvir: “We have to adopt a package of deterrent measures, strategic
measures and political measures.” Expect that approach to garner more
criticism from Europe and Washington than even the Palestinians
themselves. The West doesn’t seem to understand the connection. From
their point of view the Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria are
the reason for the Palestinian terrorist attacks. Meanwhile in Israel,
we are all curious to see whether our new national-religious governing
coalition will redeem the people from Palestinian terror. They’ve put
forward some harsh proposals, but what counts are the results.
The formerly great state of
California is very restrictive when it comes to access to prison
facilities for the media, even members of the legislature and other
busy-bodies.
SB254, just
introduced by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-San Francisco / Berkeley) would
force the DOCR to allow visits by legislative types and media freaks,
with recording equipment, to both jails and prisons (which due to
"realignment" are largely interchangeable). It would also bar staff
from monitoring interviews with prisoners. This bill will be the tenth
effort in almost 30 years to force the prison system to open itself up.
In
June of 2021 Nicole Jackson-Maldonado, 14, and an unnamed 12-year old boy escaped
a church-run children's home and broke into a private home. They
obtained guns and engaged Volusia County deputies who responded to the
break-in. They fired on deputies off and on for about 30 minutes when
Jackson left the home with a shotgun and swung it on the deputies. She
caught two rounds including one center-of-mass and went down like a sack
of wet laundry.
She
recovered and just pled guilty to various nastiness, including arson and
shooting at the deputies. She will do ten years as a guest of the
state.
President Obama started the current war on cops in July 2009 because his fiend, Harvard Professor Henry Gates, had been arrested at his home by the Cambridge, Mass. police.
At the time Obama said the police "acted stupidly" and "there's a long history in this country of African Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately."
Thus, Obama fired the first salvo in the current war on cops, a war that continues unabated with no end in sight.
Obama took the opportunity afforded him by the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis to fire another salvo at the police.
On Saturday, Barack and Michelle Obama issued a joint tweet which stated:
"The vicious, unjustified beating of Tyre Nichols and his ultimate
death at the hands of five Memphis police officers is just the latest,
painful reminder of how far America still has to go in fixing how we
police our streets."
Just as he had in 2009, Obamabroad brushes cops, then asbeing racist, and now as being a bunch of brutal thugs.
President Biden is no less guilty of broad brushing the police. Earlier this month Biden gave a speech at an Al Sharpton National Action Network event. It did not take long for him to attack the police for using deadly force. "Why should you [cops] always shoot with deadly force?," he queried.
President Biden falsely claimed Blacks and Browns experience police brutality every single day
In the Nichols case, Biden released a statement which falsely accused the police of routinely mistreating minorities. Although he said, "The vast majority of [cops] wear the badge honorably," Biden then turned around and said, "It is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the
pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience
every single day."
But the most dangerous warriors in the war on cops are the rogue cops whose misconduct provides the fuel to operate the anti-police war machine.
It's rogue cops like the Memphis five that provide the fuel to operate the anti-police war machine.
There are more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers in the United States. Among those officers there are bound to be some rouges. But their number is minuscule. Yet their misconduct is what gets the most attention of the media.
What Obama, Biden and their ilk are doing is demonizing the police and robbing them of the respect they deserve. That too is a crime!
"It
is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the
pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every
single day," Biden said i
"It
is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the
pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every
single day,"
"It
is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the
pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every
single day,"
"It
is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the
pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every
single day,"
Bobby Hull, the legendary and controversial Blackhawks player and
Hall of Famer, died at the age of 84, according to the NHL Alumni
Association.
Hull, nicknamed “The Golden Jet,” is the Blackhawks’ all-time leading goal-scorer, with 604 career goals.
He played 15 seasons for the Blackhawks, winning a Stanley Cup in
1961 and two Hart trophies. Hull later spent seven seasons in the WHA
playing for the Winnipeg Jets, then played one NHL season for them
before finishing his career with the Hartford Whalers.
With his rocket of a slap shot, Hull scored 610 career NHL goals, 18th-most all time.
While Hull starred on the ice, he faced legal and family issues in his personal life.
Hull was convicted of assaulting a police officer who intervened in a
dispute with then-wife Deborah in 1986. He also was accused of battery,
but that charge was dropped after Deborah told authorities she didn’t
want to testify against her husband, a state attorney told the Chicago
Tribune. Hull’s second wife, Joanne, accused him of abuse during an
interview with ESPN for a 2002 show.
Blackhawks legend Bobby Hull has died at the age of 84.
A Russian newspaper quoted Hull in 1998 as saying that Adolf Hitler
“had some good ideas” and that the black population in the United States
was growing too quickly. Hull denied he made those statements.
Hull was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and his No. 9
sweater was retired by the Blackhawks that same year. He was estranged
from the team for a while before he was named a Blackhawks ambassador in
a ceremony with former teammate Stan Mikita in 2008. Hull and Mikita
have adjacent statues outside the United Center.
The franchise announced in February 2022 that Hull had retired from any official team role, calling it a joint decision.
“Bobby Hull will always be remembered as one of the greatest
Blackhawks players of all time. He was a beloved member of the
Blackhawks family,” team owner Rocky Wirtz said in a statement.
Bobby Hull playing for the Blackhawks in 1972
“When I assumed leadership of the organization upon my father’s
passing in 2007, one of my first priorities was to meet with Bobby to
convince him to come back as an ambassador of the team. His connection
to our fans was special and irreplaceable.”
Hull’s brother, Dennis, played for Chicago for most of his 14 years
in the league, and Bobby’s son, Brett, spent 19 years in the NHL. Bobby
and Brett each won the Hart Trophy as league MVP, becoming the first
father-son duo to accomplish the feat. Bobby won in 1964-65 and 1965-66,
while Brett won in 1990-91.
Bobby Hull helped the Blackhawks return to the top of the NHL after
they were one of the worst teams in the league for years before his
debut during the 1957-58 season. He had 13 goals and 34 assists in his
first campaign with the team, finishing second in the Calder Trophy race
for rookie of the year.
It was a steady rise from there. Hull posted 13 consecutive seasons
with 30 goals or more from 1959-72, becoming a perennial fixture at the
All-Star Game and a regular candidate for the league’s top awards.
Bobby Hull celebrates a goal mark
Hull and Mikita powered Chicago to the franchise’s third championship
in 1961, beating Montreal and Detroit in the playoffs. Hull had two
goals and five assists as the Blackhawks eliminated the Red Wings in six
games in the final.
The Pointe Anne, Ontario, native remains Chicago’s career leader for
regular-season and playoff goals. He is second to Mikita on the
franchise points list with 1,153.
Hull left the Blackhawks after the 1971-72 season when he was
selected by Winnipeg in the WHA draft. The Jets lured Hull away from the
NHL with hockey’s first $1 million contract, according to his bio on
the Hall of Fame website.
The NHL and WHA merged in 1979, and Hull played 27 games with Winnipeg and Hartford in his final season before retiring.
Bobby Hull statue outside the United Center in 2012
Hull had 560 assists in 1,063 regular-season NHL games. In addition
to his two Hart trophies, he was a three-time winner of the Art Ross
Trophy awarded to the league leader in points and took home the 1965
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship combined with stellar play.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman in a statement called Hull “a true superstar with a gregarious personality.”
“When Bobby Hull wound up to take a slap shot, fans throughout the
NHL rose to their feet in anticipation and opposing goaltenders braced
themselves,” Bettman said. “During his prime, there was no more prolific
goal-scorer in all of hockey. … We send our deepest condolences to his
son, fellow Hockey Hall of Famer Brett; the entire Hull family; and the
countless fans around the hockey world who were fortunate enough to see
him play or have since marveled at his exploits.”
Hull, whose son Brett is also a Hall of Famer, lost his role as a team ambassador for the Blackhawks last year.
Holly Madison describes the ‘shell-shock’ of leaving the Playboy Mansion
By Stephanie Nolasco
Fox News
January 30, 2023
Holly Madison is the host of ID’s true-crime docuseries “The Playboy Murders.” She is pictured here with Hugh Hefner in 2005.
Holly Madison is determined to expose “the dark side of Playboy.”
In 2016, the former Playboy Bunny wrote a memoir titled “Down the
Rabbit Hole” where she alleged years of verbal and emotional abuse. Then
in late 2021, the former “Girls Next Door” star described her
“traumatic” first sexual encounter with magazine mogul Hugh Hefner in
the podcast “Power: Hugh Hefner.” In early 2022, she sat down with
A&E for “The Secrets of Playboy” when she alleged the iconic Playboy Mansion was “cult-like.”
On Jan. 23, the 43-year-old kicked off a new true-crime docuseries on Investigation Discovery (ID) titled “The Playboy Murders,” which explores high-profile tragedies associated with the iconic magazine brand.
“It started with sharing my own story back in 2015, just because I
was frustrated,” the mother of two told Fox News Digital. “I would meet
people every day who had preconceived notions of me based on other
people’s versions of who I was supposed to be… I just really wanted to
tell my side of the story and where I’d been coming from and why I made
the decisions I made. It was just a personal story in the beginning.”
(From left) Model Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner and model Bridget Marquardt. Madison dated Hugh Hefner from 2001 to 2008
“When I did ‘Secrets of Playboy’ last year, I wasn’t particularly
eager to tell my own story again, but I did want to be there and be
supportive of the other women who were coming forward and telling their
stories,” she explained. “I know what it feels like to be the only one
and nobody’s corroborating your story or backing you up in any way or
supporting you. And now, I feel such a kinship with some of the women
described in these stories. These were real people and their lives were
more than just the glamorous side we saw. I wanted to tell their
stories.”
Madison dated Hefner from 2001 to 2008. During her time at the
mansion, Madison claimed there were many times when she wanted to leave.
“There were many times over seven years that I wanted to leave or was
ready to leave, and Hef would kind of swoop in and address whatever
issue was at the top of my mind at the time,” she reflected. “But for
me, it happened when the other women were leaving and I was the only one
there. I thought that’s what I wanted for so long. I thought the
problems that I had in the relationship were because it was a
multi-partner relationship – but when the other women were out of the
way, I saw it more as an a-ha moment. It made me see who he really was
because he couldn’t deflect the drama onto the other women anymore. And
things just got verbally abusive. I just couldn’t take it anymore.”
Holly Madison details how she started her life again after leaving the Playboy Mansion.
Madison said she no longer wanted to be one of Hefner’s longtime
girlfriends. In 2008, after wrapping five seasons of “The Girls Next
Door,” she left the Playboy Mansion.
“I was in a state of shell-shock when I left,” said Madison. “I can’t
even tell you what I did on my first day out or what it was like. I
just knew I had to hit the ground running as far as establishing a life
for myself and a career for myself. I needed to find a livelihood. But I
felt emotionally shell-shocked because I was finally realizing who this
person was that I’d been with for seven years. I was learning that a
lot of people I thought were friends in my life weren’t really friends.
They were just there because I was a fixture at the mansion. I have a
hard time remembering those days really because I had to hit the ground
running. I was in survival mode.”
Madison admitted she was initially wary of exploring crime stories
tied to Playboy. However, after learning about the cases being featured,
she wanted to shed a spotlight on the victims, who have seemingly been
forgotten with time.
“I was surprised by a lot of these stories,” said Madison. “I thought
I knew everything about Playboy’s history and what happened to all the
Playmates. But I hadn’t heard of so many of these stories. I wanted to
take a deeper dive and try to bring the stories of the victims to the
forefront.”
Holly Madison said she was hesitant to get involved in another project about Playboy’s history.
Madison said she was particularly touched by the 2009 murder of
Jasmine Fiore. The model’s body was found in a suitcase, and the only
way she was identified was because of her breast implants. Authorities
charged her husband, former reality TV star Ryan Jenkins, with the
28-year-old’s murder. The 32-year-old went on the run and took his life
soon after.
“She was somebody who started going to the mansion right after I
left,” said Madison. “I just missed meeting her. But I have a close
friend who knew her and had deep talks with her about her relationship
and her struggles… Her story really struck a chord with me.”
Madison was also stunned to learn the story of Playboy centerfold
Stacy Arthur. In 1991, her husband was gunned down by a crazed fan who
also took his life.
“It’s such an incredibly tragic and scary story, especially because
Stacy and her husband were so much in love,” said Madison. “He was so
supportive of Stacy’s hopes and dreams.”
During her time at the mansion, Madison claimed there were many times when she wanted to leave.
Madison believes there are many other similar stories – ones that have yet to be told.
“So many women have modeled for Playboy over the years – they all
have different stories,” she said. “I think in some cases, you’re put on
a pedestal and it’s a dream for so many women. And when you get that
exciting thing in your life, there can be people around you who get
obsessed or possessive. Sometimes it leads to these horrible cases where
you hear about domestic violence that reached a tragic end. I think
[Playboy] is the kind of thing that, unfortunately, can magnify those
feelings of jealousy or obsession.”
“I think the biggest misconception people have [about Playboy] is
that it has to be all one way,” she continued. “It’s either an amazing
opportunity, a stepping stone in a career, or it was a horrible place.
And really, all those things can be true. This was an organization that
was in business for decades. And in every decade, the atmosphere was
different at the mansion and with the women who went there. There are so
many intriguing stories over the years and they’re from all ends of the
spectrum.”
Bridget
Marquardt, Sara Jean Underwood, Hugh Hefner, Christi Shake, Shauna
Sand, Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson attend the 2007 Playmate of the
Year party at the Playboy Mansion on May 3, 2007 in Los Angeles,
California.
Today, Madison is a busy mom living a “super fulfilling life.” She hosts the podcast “Girls Next Level” with former “Girls Next Door” co-star Bridget Marquardt, where they discuss their time filming the reality TV show.
Looking back, would Madison do it all over again? It’s complicated, she said.
“That’s a hard question for me to answer,” she admitted. “I don’t
know if people mean, ‘Do you want to go back and erase things from your
past?’ Or, ‘Would you physically go back and do it again?’ If it was to
physically go back and do it? Absolutely not. I couldn’t take the drama,
I couldn’t take the stress. There’s no way. I’m more about being
fulfilled through work and my interests, not trying to chase fame or
looking a certain way.”
“When I was younger, I saw Hef as this amazing, generous, intelligent
person who could just do no wrong,” Madison shared. “And obviously, I
learned that wasn’t the case… Now, I look at things from different
perspectives. I look at things as nuance. People evolve… And things are
multifaceted.”
Holly Madison has called the Playboy Mansion “cult-like.”
“My goal today? I’d love for viewers to walk away with a sense of
empathy for the victims [after watching this series] and understand them
a little bit more as people,” she said. “These horrible things could
really happen to anybody.”
A spokesperson for Playboy previously issued a statement to Fox News Digital in 2022 ahead of “The Secrets of Playboy.”
“Today’s Playboy is not Hugh Hefner’s Playboy,” the statement began.
“We trust and validate these women and their stories, and we strongly
support those individuals who have come forward to share their
experiences. As a brand with sex positivity at its core, we believe
safety, security and accountability are paramount.”
“The most important thing we can do right now is actively listen and
learn from their experiences,” it added. “We will never be afraid to
confront the parts of our legacy as a company that do not reflect our
values today.
“As an organization with a more than 80% female workforce, we are
committed to our ongoing evolution as a company and to driving positive
change for our communities.”
Chicago
Mayor Lori Lightfoot was blasted for dancing during a Lunar New Year
parade while the city is wracked by crime and businesses abandon the
famed shopping district.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been slammed for cheerfully dancing
in the streets during a Lunar New Year parade, as violent crime surges
and major retailers abandon the Windy City’s main drag.
Lightfoot, who is seeking re-election next month, was captured on
video busting moves while surrounded by a drumline at Sunday’s parade.
Her carefree dancing prompted one Chicago news outlet to blast her as “detached from reality.”
“Since @chicagosmayor’s term began, Chicago has suffered 2,278
homicides and over 9,000 shot. Since January 1, the city has endured 41
homicides and 194 shot,” the Chicago Contrarian outlet said in a tweet.
“Yet here Lightfoot is blissfully dancing and asking voters to return her to office,” it added.
Crime rates in the city have skyrocketed by 61% in the first three
weeks of 2023, compared to the previous year, according to data from
Chicago police. Authorities received 4,844 crime reports, up from 3,013
in the same period last year.
Two people were killed and 13 others, including a 3-year-old boy, were wounded this weekend in shootings across the city, ABC7 reported. Last weekend, seven people were killed and at least 23 others were wounded in a similar manner.
Meanwhile, 13 robberies were carried out over two hours on the city’s South and West sides Saturday night into early Sunday, NBC Chicago reported. In each incident, one or more people riding in a vehicle drove up to the victims.
Lightfoot is coming under fire as she seeks re-election next month.
Lightfoot has also faced backlash for suggesting during a mayoral
debate earlier this month that street vendors rely on other payments
besides cash to prevent robberies.
“To combat crime in Chicago, Mayor @LoriLightfoot says ‘not use
money, if at all possible, (use) other forms of transactions to carry…’
What’s next? Laws demanding ‘cash control’?” conservative talk radio
host Larry Elder later tweeted.
In addition to a sharp spike in crime, Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile”
has taken a beating — with several high-profile stores abandoning the
iconic strip.
The crime rate in Chicago has skyrocketed by 61% in the first three weeks of 2023.Two people were killed and 13 others, including a 3-year-old boy, were wounded in shootings across the city this weekend.
Among the businesses that have closed their doors or announced their
departures were Banana Republic, Old Navy, Timberland, Uniqlo, Gap and
Macy’s, NBC Chicago reported.
The vacancy rate in the not-so-“Magnificent Mile” has reached about
30%, according to Crain’s. Just six years ago, it was reportedly under
5%.
On Sunday, journalist William Kelly posted a video of shuttered businesses on State Street.
“The policies that really destroyed State Street and honestly,
Michigan Avenue, the Magnificent Mile was the one-two punch of the
lockdowns, the looting, but also the policies that continue to this
day,” Kelly told Steve Doocy on Fox News last week.
The mayor’s critics have accused her of censoring the media amid the city’s rampant crime.
“Believe it or not, if someone shoplifting up to $1,000, there are no
consequences. So imagine, Steve, how long can you stay in business if
somebody is stealing $1,000 from you every single day?” he said.
“In a month, that’s $30,000 in a year, that’s $3 million. You’re not going to be able to stay in business,” Kelly added.
Lightfoot’s critics have also accused her of censoring the media amid the city’s rampant crime.
“She didn’t do anything to stop the looting. She didn’t do anything
to stop the shoplifting right up to and including today,” Kelly said on
Fox News.
“She revoked my media credential. I filed a federal freedom of press
lawsuit against Mayor Lightfoot. The questions that she didn’t want me
to ask her at City Hall, I will be asking her under oath,” he said.
“I
intend to get these answers, and I intend to cover this mayor’s race,
and I intend to expose what really is behind the destruction of our
city,” Kelly added.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Black politicians seem to have a proclivity for dancing in the streets.
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene of the terrorist attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Jan. 27, 2023.
Throughout the course of the Palestinians’ century-long war on
Zionism, the narrative about their terrorist campaigns against the Jews
with whom they had no intention of sharing the land has always been
framed as a “cycle of violence.”
That was as true for the pogroms launched against Jewish communities in the 1920s and 1930s as it was for the massacre in Jerusalem—on International Holocaust Remembrance Day—of seven people, and the wounding of three others, by a Palestinian Arab.
The violence has always been rooted in the Arab claim that Jewish
presence in the ancient Jewish homeland is a crime that must be
expunged. But somehow, each instance of bloodshed can always be
explained, rationalized or even excused as a response to some specific
action, gesture, or even the mere possibility of either on the part of
Jews.
Unsurprisingly, this was what the international media did in
relation to the heinous mass killing that took place in the Neve Yaakov
neighborhood of Jerusalem on Friday night. Much of the press (i.e. Vox)—as well as apologists for the war on Israel, such as Rep. Rashida Tlaib
(D-Mich.)—claimed a moral equivalence between the act of wanton murder
at a synagogue and the Israel Defense Forces operation earlier in the
week by to capture a cell of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in
Jenin, during which nine were eliminated.
But more than just a
fallacious attempt to depict what’s going on as a mere tit-for-tat
between two equally intransigent sides in the conflict, the immediate
context for the misleading coverage is the ongoing effort by the
opposition to Israel’s government and its foreign cheerleaders.
The New York Times’ summary
of the week’s events combined the “both sides” cliché with an equally
tendentious assertion—in a story headlined “Amid Spasm of Violence,
Israel’s Far-Right Government, Raises Risk of Escalation”—that what had
happened was a product of a democratic Israeli election. In this
telling, and despite disclaimers acknowledging that terrorism didn’t
start the moment that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s allegedly extremist coalition took office a few weeks ago, the problem is primarily Israel’s fault.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (L) and Finance
Minister Bezalel Smotrich are accused of provoking Palestinian terrorism.
The argument is that by giving a stable majority to the Likud Party
and its religious partners, the Israeli electorate set in motion a
series of events that fuels the “cycle of violence.” It assumes that the
rhetoric of some of the coalition members, in particular Finance
Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, is both unacceptable and responsible for provoking Palestinian terrorism.
This is absurd.
That’s
not just because Netanyahu and his partners were elected in no small
measure because of the Israeli public’s justified perception that the
government they replaced had failed to sufficiently address Palestinian
terrorism. The problematic nature of most coverage of the conflict is
rooted in an unwillingness to concede that the longevity and virulence
of anti-Israel violence go beyond bogus comparisons between
counter-terror operations and terrorism.
It’s not just that the
Palestinians have repeatedly rejected peace offers and compromises that
would have satisfied any desire for them to have an independent state,
assuming that they were willing to live in peace with Israel. It’s that
their war on Zionism is inextricably linked to their national identity.
That’s
why they keep saying “no,” and their leaders—whether the “moderates” of
Fatah who rule Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) or the Islamists of
Hamas—are incapable of accepting the legitimacy of a Jewish state,
regardless of where its borders might be drawn. It also explains one of
the most horrifying, yet all-too-familiar aspects of this latest
tragedy: the way Palestinians celebrate acts of terrorism.
As bad as it was, the Times article had one virtue. Unlike most Western coverage of the attack, it included a mention and one picture of the disgusting jubilation that spread throughout the Palestinian Authority in response to the murders in Jerusalem.
As
the photos and videos posted on social media indicate, the celebratory
incidents were not isolated. On the contrary, whole swaths of
Palestinian society turned out on Friday night to hand out sweets at
impromptu rallies and parades in honor of the Jew-killing. Even the
mother of the perpetrator, who was gunned down after murdering every Jew
he possibly could, was seen cheering the action of her “martyred” son
while handing out candy.
For most media outlets, even noting the above in passing, as the Times does,
is often considered in bad taste. Worse, even accurately reporting on
active Palestinian support for, let alone indifference to, the immoral
nature of such an awful crime is viewed as racist. To admit that
Palestinians’ political culture has not just normalized terrorism, but
treats it as the highest expression of their national identity,
contradicts the basic assumption of all right-thinking liberals about
Israel and its foes.
To accept that the even Palestinian “moderates” are cheered by the spilling of Jewish blood—the mother of the killer
can, after all, now look forward to receiving a hefty pension from the
Palestinian Authority—gives the lie to the concept of a two-state
solution’s being the answer to Israel’s problems. It exposes the lies of
the Israeli left and American liberals as absurd misreadings of
Palestinian intentions and goals, based either in naivete or
obfuscation.
Just as important, the focus on the Israeli government’s supposed
fault for taking seriously its obligation to root out terrorism
demonstrates where the campaign to delegitimize Netanyahu and his
partners has inevitably led. The Israeli left has had no compunction
making deliberately false claims about the ruling coalition’s plan for
judicial reforms. It’s been denouncing the endeavor as a war on
democracy, when its actual goal is to preserve the power of an
undemocratic, liberal, elite minority to thwart the will of the majority
with impunity.
But the hyperbolic portrayal of the government as a
proto-authoritarian group of wild extremists has played right into the
hands of the Palestinians, as well as those abroad who think their duty
is to override the verdict of Israeli democracy and save the country
from itself. This is more than a matter of the opposition’s trying to
score political points against the coalition. The falsehoods it’s
perpetuating are helping to encourage both terrorism and foreign
pressure on Israel to tolerate a certain amount of mass murder so as to
avoid antagonizing the Palestinians.
Some of the protestors assert
that the Palestinian flags at their demonstrations are only being waved
by extreme leftists, whose views don’t reflect the sentiment of most
participants. But the main beneficiaries of their attempt to nullify the
results of the last election—which they and their American supporters
would blast as “insurrection” and a coup d’état if it were the right
that was seeking to unseat a recently installed leftist government—is
the PA and those in the Biden administration who would like nothing
better than to defeat Netanyahu.
Still, the way that the Israeli
left is providing ammunition to Israel’s foes doesn’t get the US media
off the hook. There is no “cycle of violence” in which the victims are
as blameworthy as the murderers. Those who fault Jewish victims for the
efforts of Palestinians to murder them for the crime of being Jews
living in Israel aren’t just engaging in routine bias. They are also
giving a pass to the fomenters, champions and subsidizers of terrorism.
That’s not just slanted coverage; it’s a moral disgrace.
Mourners
attend the funeral at the Beit Shemesh Cemetery for Eli and Natalie
Mizrahi, who were murdered in the shooting attack in Jerusalem's Neve
Ya'akov neighborhood on Friday, Jan. 28, 2023.
Large-scale Israeli military operations in Judea and Samaria,
commonly known as the West Bank, may become necessary this year
following an escalation in Palestinian terrorism in recent days, a former defense official says.
Col. (res.) David Hacham,
a senior research associate at the MirYam Institute and a former Arab
relations adviser to seven Israeli defense ministers, told JNS that the
murderous attacks on Israelis in Jerusalem on Friday and Saturday were
conducted “coldly and brutally by young east Jerusalem residents, who
were brainwashed by anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish incitement.”
Khair Alkam, the 21-year-old who carried out the massacre
of seven civilians outside of a synagogue in the city’s Neve Ya’akov
neighborhood on Friday night, was shot and killed by police. Muhammad Aliwat, the 13-year-old
who used a handgun to fire on and seriously wound a father and son
returning from prayers, was shot and wounded by the son, an Israel
Defense Forces paratroop officer who was on leave.
“They carried
out an attack motivated by intensive incitement on Palestinian social
media networks, which enters the minds of Palestinian youths,” said
Hacham.
“These youngsters from east Jerusalem had blue Israeli
identity cards. As a result, both of them were free to walk around
Jerusalem and visit any location in Israel without interference or
monitoring,” he added.
Terrorists as heroes
“Terrorists
are portrayed in Palestinian society as martyrs and heroes and are
embraced as a symbol of the Palestinian struggle against Israel, while
their families receive financial assistance
from the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian society glorifies the dead
terrorists, which encourages other young people to follow in their
footsteps and join the cycle of terrorism against Israeli targets,”
Hacham said.
The near-universal backing for terrorism in Palestinian society was expressed in the celebrations of Friday’s Jerusalem attack
in Palestinian cities and villages in Judea and Samaria and Gaza, he
said. Candies were distributed, cars were honked, and loud chants of
“Allahu Akbar” were heard alongside the playing of loud songs,
accompanied by fireworks and other displays of joy, he noted.
Fireworks in Nablus in celebration of the attack on the Jerusalem synagogue. 21-year-old Alqam Khayri (R) has been identified as the shooter.
Hacham also linked the latest escalation to events in Judea and
Samaria, where on Thursday, Israeli security forces shot dead nine
Palestinians—eight of them gunmen—in a firefight in Jenin as they broke
up a Palestinian Islamic Jihad cell preparing large-scale, imminent terror attacks.
“These
incidents are occurring against the backdrop of the PA’s [the
Palestinian Authority’s] obvious weakness. The PA is struggling to
control territory. It does not control Jenin, where its security forces
are barred from entering. Similarly, PA control in Nablus and Hebron has
been eroded to varying degrees. Under these conditions, the IDF
operates in areas from which the PA is absent, and this further weakens
its posture and authority and reveals its fragility,” he assessed.
Hacham also called attention to the fact that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas
did not denounce the synagogue attack in Jerusalem in even the mildest
terms. This lack of condemnation reflects the fierce anti-Israeli
environment that prevails on the Palestinian street today, in which any
condemnation “would be perceived negatively by Palestinians,” Hacham
said.
Israel must prepare for the possibility of a major
escalation, according to Hacham, who cautioned that additional terrorist
attacks on Israeli targets “could only be a matter of time.”
Ramadan soon
“There
is already a need to prepare for the increase in tensions caused by
Ramadan, which this year begins in the second half of March, and
Passover, which follows it,” he said.
The IDF already mobilized three additional battalions to Judea and Samaria over the weekend.
The IDF will likely clash with he Lions’ Den armed group in the Old City of Nablus.
On Saturday evening, the Israeli Security Cabinet announced a series
of steps to respond to the escalation, including the sealing of the home
of the terrorist behind the Neve Ya’akov massacre, which was carried
out on Sunday.
In addition, National Insurance Institute rights
and supplementary benefits will be revoked from the families of
terrorists who support their actions, and legislation on the revocation
of Israeli identity cards from terrorists’ relatives who support
terrorism will be addressed by the Cabinet.
Reinforcement
of military and police units, increased arrests, and targeted
operations to confiscate illegal weapons will take place as well, the
Security Cabinet said.
Hacham said there will be a need for more
demolitions of homes of terrorists, and pinpoint security operations
based on high-quality, accurate intelligence, but he also called for
efforts by Israel to develop a low-profile dialogue with the PA.
He
praised the Security Cabinet’s decisions while cautioning that if the
terrorist attacks continue, Israel will need to take more significant
steps such as embarking on military operations on a larger scale.
“The notion of capital punishment for terrorists, as called for by [National Security Minister] Itamar Ben-Gvir,
may be counterproductive, as it is unlikely to deter potential
terrorists who are willing to conduct attacks knowing they will almost
certainly die. Furthermore, the execution of terrorists may encourage
Palestinian terror organizations to kidnap Israeli civilians and troops
in order to use them as a bargaining chip to secure the release of
terrorists from prison,” said Hacham.
He called for a balancing act by Israel in its response, to include
firm action but to avoid steps that could end up pouring fuel on the
fire.
Hamas’s double game
“Under these
conditions, Hamas in Gaza appears uninterested in a new conflict with
Israel and continues to strengthen the capabilities of its military wing
in the Strip while supporting an economic improvement plan that
includes 17,000 Gazans entering Israel for work,” said Hacham.
“Hamas’s
double game, expressed by preserving the calm in Gaza and reaping all
of the rewards it offers, continues, while it incites intensively
through all its channels of influence for terrorism in east Jerusalem
and Judea and Samaria, cannot continue like this,” he continued.
“I
believe messages have been sent from Israel to Hamas via Egypt to stop
this. It is totally unacceptable to Israel,” said Hacham, adding that it
could be a cause of renewed conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
The two
terrorist attacks in the capital represent “a new peak in a trend of
escalation that has characterized the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in
the past year,” he said. “This comes less than a month after the
formation of a new Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
The
terrorist who carried out the City of David attack was extremely
young—only 13 years old—and he apparently obtained a firearm from a
relative before setting out on the attack under the influence of
incitement on Palestinian social media, Hacham noted.
“It is
important to note how the attacks were carried out. Both were started by
youths who had no formal ties to terrorist factions,” he said.
Already
before the latest Jerusalem atrocities, the PA announced on Thursday,
following the Jenin gun battle, that it would end security coordination
with Israel.
Despite the tensions with the PA, Israel has no
interest in its collapse, which could facilitate a Hamas takeover of
Judea and Samaria, Hacham said.
“It is reasonable to assume that
after a short period of suspension, coordination will likely resume to
some extent, as this is a necessary link that is part of a shared
interest,” he said.
Lowe, 36, lost his legs recently, according to his family. They say he was murdered 
Middle schooler Karon Blake was shot at around 4 am on Saturday, January 7 
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz claimed at a hearing that data from
the Division of Criminal Justice Services shows that rearrests are not
rising in New York City. 
Pro-Israel Christian Arab advocate Yosef Haddad unfurls an Israeli flag as he confronts Muslim students at Tel Aviv University. 
Yoseph Haddad has a social-media presence in Hebrew, English and Arabic.
Nicole Jackson-Maldonado during a court hearing 
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene of the terrorist attack at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Jan. 27, 2023. 
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (L) and Finance
Minister Bezalel Smotrich are accused of provoking Palestinian terrorism.
Mourners
attend the funeral at the Beit Shemesh Cemetery for Eli and Natalie
Mizrahi, who were murdered in the shooting attack in Jerusalem's Neve
Ya'akov neighborhood on Friday, Jan. 28, 2023.
