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Israeli security authorities named the perpetrators as Mohand Shahada and Khaled Sabah, from the nearby Palestinian Authority-controlled town of Urif.

By World Israel News Staff

The two Palestinian terrorists who carried out a shooting attack at a gas station near Eli on Tuesday were affiliated with Hamas, and both had previously been arrested by Israeli security forces and incarcerated.

On Tuesday afternoon, the gunmen shot dead four Israeli men and boys – identified as Ofer Fairman, 64, Harel Masoud, 21, Elisha Antman, 17, and Nachman Shmuel Mordoff, 17 – and seriously wounded four others.

Israeli security authorities named the perpetrators as Mohannad Shahada and Khaled Sabah, from the nearby Palestinian Authority-controlled town of Urif.

Shahada and Sabah had both served brief prison sentences together on terror-related charges in the Hamas prisoners’ wing of the Megiddo correctional institute in northern Israel.

According to a Ynet report, Shahada was incarcerated from August through October 2020, and Sabah served time from July to November 2020.

Shahada was sentenced to just two months in prison for throwing stones at Israelis, and Sabah was given a four month sentence for hurling “explosive devices,” likely a Molotov cocktail or other improvised bomb.

Judging by social media posts which depicted the pair together in a variety of social situations and numerous occasions, it appears that Shahada and Sabah were good friends, rather than two random operatives who had been instructed by Hamas to carry out the attack together.

The two men arrived at the gas station on Tuesday in a car, each armed with an M-16 assault rifle. According to witnesses at the scene, knives were found inside of the vehicle.

Shortly after the attack began, Shahada was shot dead at the scene by an armed civilian. Sabah stole a car from someone who had been pumping gas when the shooting started and fled to safety.

He drove away from the scene, sparking an hours-long manhunt culminating in a firefight with IDF troops. Sabah was shot and killed during the exchange.

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Last Thursday, Rebecca Louise Gussage-Johnston, 24, from Florida, was charged with first-degree murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse.

This was in connection to her unlawfully restraining her two-year-old son in a booster seat overnight and for around fifteen hours as punishment for “acting out”, as reported by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The criminal information filed on June 6 stated that Gussage-Johnston had “willfully tortured, maliciously punished, or willfully and unlawfully caged or did knowingly or willfully abuse” her son between May 18 and May 19, 2023.

In response to a call from one of Gussage-Johnston’s relatives, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrived at a Tampa-area residence on the night of May 19 and found the victim deceased with head trauma, a wound to the right thigh, and bruising throughout the extremity area. Additionally, the victim was covered in dried vomit and fecal matter.

Gussage-Johnston confessed to having restrained the victim in a table booster seat as punishment for his behavior on May 18, 2023 at around 8 pm, and the victim stayed in the seat from then until either 10:30 or 11 am on May 19. Gussage-Johnston remembered seeing her son asleep in the seat at midnight, but instead of getting help for him, she reportedly watched him suffer from seizures and shaking uncontrollably and then pass away in her arms.

The Medical Examiner’s Office declared this case a homicide caused by severe neglect, thus prompting the murder charges. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister remarked, “It is truly heart-wrenching to witness such senseless and preventable acts of violence targeting our youth. The tenacity of our detectives has allowed us to ensure this woman faces the consequences of her disgusting actions.” Gussage-Johnston is currently being represented by a public defender.

Putin’s Shocking Revelations Show There Can be No Negotiations with Kiev

By Drago Bosnic, June 19, 2023

On June 17, during a meeting with a number of African leaders and delegates who came to Moscow to offer a solution …

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In 1973, the United States launched Pioneer 10. It was a probe of deep space, slated to go beyond the solar system. Pioneer 10 took extensive photographs of the distant planets. As it left the gravitational spheres of the Sun, Pioneer 10 carried a golden stele. Designed by NASA scientists and Carl Sagan, this plaque featured symbols indicating Earth’s position within our solar system. As an attempt to make contact with extra-terrestrial life, Dr. Sagan’s golden stele included two human figures, male and female. They are nude, indicating different sexes. And the male figure holds up his hand to indicate friendship, as well as showing his opposable thumb. Sagan’s message was a statement which gained praise in his time: It showed the human race—one—and sexes—two.

That NASA greeting card to space is controversial today. President Biden has said trans is the civil rights issue of our day. He put that statement into action when he chose Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary of HHS for Health. Levine will lead the Public Health Service with its thousands of uniformed doctors, nurses, and physician assistants.

This controversy was predicted to me by the Tocqueville Fellowship. This Paris-based program sent Fellows to Washington three successive years. From 2012-2014, these French visitors tried to alert us to La Théorie du Genre. They agreed with our organization’s state-by-state campaign to save marriage as the union of one man and one woman. But they told us the expected overturn of marriage by the Supreme Court would launch a powerful drive by activists for trans ideology.

Trans activists would use a radical Supreme Court ruling to launch a worldwide campaign. They would use civil rights language to force acquiescence to all their demands. As proof, as soon as the Court acted in 2015, we saw Drag Queen Story Hours for children offered in Anne Arundel County Public Libraries.

Fulfilling the Tocqueville messengers’ prophetic words, as soon as the High Court overturned marriage in its 2015 ruling in Obergefell, candidate Donald Trump pronounced the marriage controversy over. The Supreme Court 5-4 ruling was “settled law,” he announced. The sigh of relief on Capitol Hill by congressional Republicans was heard throughout the land. No incumbent loudly protested the Obergefell decision that Justice Anthony Kennedy would make his “landmark” achievement.

To those of us who had been active for the protection of unborn children, this was deeply disheartening. We knew that eighty-five of every one hundred unborn children who are killed are those of unmarried mothers. We know marriage is their best protection.

Moreover, if Obergefell was settled law, as Trump asserted, why weren’t Roe and Casey also settled law? On the other side, those who claim Roe, Casey, and Obergefell as ‘landmarks,” continue strenuously to oppose “that eminent tribunal’s” dicta on guns, on corporate contributions to political campaigns, and environmental backtracking.

President Barack Obama used his 2010 State of the Union Address to tongue lash the Supreme Court Justices that sat robed and mute before him. President Obama was following Lincoln’s example. It was Lincoln who based his return to politics on his denunciation of the infamous Dred Scott opinion. Opposition to Supreme Court erroneous rulings has a long history in America.

Who voted for gender? When was sex abolished? Those who consult the burgeoning list of genders online will learn that in 2023, there are as many as 107. Sam Brinton was an official in the U.S. Department of Energy. Brinton identifies as “non-binary.” And Brinton insists upon being addressed by pronouns of choice—in this case they, them, theirs. Pronoun Pandemonium has been unleashed upon us.

This lurching drive will have dire consequences for the place of this “last best hope of man on earth.” If our USAID programs of foreign aid, if our U.S. military presence in 150 foreign countries, if the U.S. State Department, if our Peace Corps all become instigators for this unsettling law, the people of the Global South will vomit us out.

In a competition with Russia and China for the friendship of billions of people worldwide, we will have crippled ourselves. The message America sends to the people John F. Kennedy addressed in his Inaugural Address—those dwelling in the “huts and villages of half the world”—must not be a threat to their deepest values.

Gospodin (Mr.) Putin is already using the Biden administration’s adoption of trans ideology as his best argument for continuing his unjust war against Ukraine. He calls sex changes for children “demonic.” Stop it in Ukraine, he argues, or it will overwhelm us in Russia.

We can treat gender dysphoric persons with dignity and respect as American citizens without violating the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. We can still make a course correction. If we allow La Théorie du Genre to become America’s message to the world, we will have yielded the Global South to those who offer authoritarian regimes as the alternative to an increasingly undemocratic USA.

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Jacobin, DSA Fund, and The Nation magazine joined forces to host the highly anticipated “How We Win: The Democratic Socialist Policy Agenda in Office” conference in Washington, DC, last weekend.

Attendees of the How We Win conference, held in Washington, DC, on June 16 and June 17, 2023.

Jacobin, DSA Fund, and The Nation magazine joined forces to host the highly anticipated “How We Win: The Democratic Socialist Policy Agenda in Office” conference in Washington, DC, last weekend.

Held from June 16 to June 17, 2023, the event brought together 80 elected democratic socialists and their staff from local, state, and federal government.

It was the largest gathering of American socialist elected leaders in decades. The conference aimed to develop effective strategies for advancing socialist public policy and governance. Attendees, comprised of elected officials and their staff, seized the opportunity to explore a diverse range of topics, including connecting with working-class constituencies through commonsense messaging, implementing successful policy measures, and sharing their invaluable experiences holding public office.

The inaugural day of the conference featured Congresswoman Cori Bush, who delivered an inspirational keynote speech, as well as a conversation between Senator Bernie Sanders and Nation contributor John Nichols.

Congresswoman Cori Bush delivered the keynote speech at the How We Win conference, held in Washington, DC, on June 16 and June 17, 2023.

“Just a few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine a gathering of dozens of US elected officials committed to democratic socialism,” said Bhaskar Sunkara, the founding editor of Jacobin and the current president of The Nation magazine. “I’m grateful to DSA Fund and to all those who made the trip to discuss the challenges and prospects for our movement and cause of working-class emancipation.”

On Saturday, the conference showcased a series of interactive panels, workshops, and networking sessions. From analyzing successful policy implementation to addressing difficulties faced by elected officials, the gathering provided a unique platform to navigate the intricacies of challenging the establishment while inside public office.

Senator Bernie Sanders had the following to say when he spoke to the gathering on Friday night: “When we talk about being democratic socialists, we have a vision. It’s a vision that says that every man, woman, and child can have a decent standard of living. That instead of pushing wars, we can use that money to improve life for our people and people all over the world. That human solidarity, bringing people together for common goals to improve life for all, is what we are about.”

The plenary session at the How We Win conference, held in Washington, DC, on June 16 and June 17, 2023.

“We are no longer able to continue burying our children,” rabbi tells senior lawmaker at funeral.

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News

Two of the victims of the terror shooting attack at a gas station near Eli were laid to rest on Tuesday evening, with the rabbi of one of the slain men levying public criticism against a lawmaker who attended the funeral.

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Harel Masoud, a 21-year-old from the central Israel town of Yad Binyamin.

“Our beautiful Harel, I can’t understand that you are not here with us. How can we talk about you in the past tense? You were just released from the army, and you finally began to fulfill your dreams,” Masoud’s mother, Yael, said.

“Just last Saturday we had the privilege of meeting. I cannot believe that this will be our last time ever seeing each other,” she added, according to a Channel 12 News report.

“We are in a state of war. It’s happening everywhere in Israel. There are people here who want to destroy us,” Masoud’s father, Gil, addressed the crowd.

“A father shouldn’t have to eulogize his son…I see your friends here and how they remember you, see their love for the Land of Israel. We are living in a nightmare,” Channel 12 quoted him as saying.

He added that he appreciated “everyone who took the trouble to come” to the funeral.

After eulogizing Masoud, Rabbi Eliakim Zadok made a stern remark aimed at the Minister of the Negev and Galilee Yitzhak Wasserlauf (Religious Zionism) who attended the funeral. Speaking to Wasserlauf, Zadok said, “We are no longer able to continue burying our children.”

Eighteen-year-old Elisha Antman, a resident of Eli, was also buried Tuesday evening.

“On your face was a smile and the special glow of a good son in the Land of Israel,” said Binyamin Regional Council Chairman Israel Gantz of Antman.

“Your face told us to continue, to act, to grow despite the enormous pain. In the meeting with your parents, who are in hell, we saw your deep roots, roots of faith and strength and they are the source of our strength.”

Antman’s funeral was also attended by hundreds of people.

“We sat in the hummus place where you worked, where you were murdered. It was after a busy day, you had just finished your shift. We talked for maybe an hour, about life,” wrote Antman’s friend Yedidia Grossman in a tribute post on his Twitter account.

“You were a good friend, caring, thorough, and the best at whatever you did. I love you Elisha. I never thought I would write these words, but it happened.”

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“The IDF must remove its gloves because terrorism can only be dealt with using a heavy hand, alongside the continued building and development of Jewish life in Judea and Samaria.”

By World Israel News Staff

The four victims of the deadly terrorist shooting near the Jewish community of Eli in Samaria on Tuesday have been identified.

The youngest, 17, is Nachman Shmuel Mordoff from the town of Ahiya in the Binyamin region. The other three are Elisha Antman, 18, a resident of Eli; Harel Masoud, 21, from Yad Binyamin in central Israel; and Ofer Fayerman, 60, from Eli. All four were eating in a humous restaurant adjacent to a gas station when two Palestinian terrorists began shooting.

The community of Eli released a statement, saying: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Elisha Antman, who was murdered in today’s attack, a resident of the Neve neighborhood in Eli. We share in the family’s grief.”

“There are no words to express the shock and pain we are feeling right now,” Nahal Sorek Regional Council head Shai Reichner stated. “I and the entire Nahal Sorek community grieve with the Masoud family for this terrible disaster, share in their unimaginable grief and embrace the family.”

Several government officials and community leaders are calling for a strong military campaign to fight the rising terror in Judea and Samaria.

At the scene of attack, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said that residents of the Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria have become “sitting ducks.”

“I call on the Prime Minister and [Defense Minister] Gallant – it’s time to launch a military operation in Judea and Samaria…targeting from the air, taking down buildings…and enforcing the death penalty for terrorists.”

“We demand a military operation in Judea and Samaria now. Not later. Now is the time to strike hard and fast,” MK Danny Danon, former Israeli ambassador to the UN, stated.

“I call on our prime minister to order a large-scale military operation and immediately reinstate the security barriers that were removed. The people of Israel are united and support the government, the army and our internal security services in the realization of this urgent program that would save countless innocent lives.

“Evil beasts opened fire today, murdering four people,” Gush Etzion Mayor and Yesha Council Chairman, Shlomo Ne’eman said in a statement.

“We send a warm embrace to the families of those murdered during this difficult time and pray for a speedy recovery for the wounded.

“The enemy which once again raised its head, must be eliminated. We cannot continue to absorb these blows and hope the wave of terrorism will just pass. We demand that the government launch a broad [military] operation.

“The IDF must remove its gloves because terrorism can only be dealt with using a heavy hand, alongside the continued building and development of Jewish life in Judea and Samaria, which will bring quiet to the region,
he continued. “The application of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria will crush the enemy’s hope and remove any question marks over our future in Israel.”

Netanyahu: ‘All options are open’

One terrorist was shot dead at the scene. The other was shot and killed by counterterrorism forces two hours later.

“Today, next to the community of Eli, a shocking and abhorrent terrorist attack was perpetrated. From the depths of my heart, I send condolences to the families of those who were murdered, may G-d avenge them, and on behalf of the entire people, I send my best wishes for a swift recovery to the wounded,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated.

“Our forces are now working on the ground in order to settle accounts with the murderers. In recent months, we have already proven that we do settle accounts with all of the murderers, without exception. Those who have attacked us are either in the grave or in prison, and so it will be here.

“I would like to remind all those who seek to harm us: All options are open. We will continue to fight terrorism with full force and we will defeat it.”

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