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Syrian Al-Qaeda leader Al Jolani pledged allegiance to al-Zawahiri and was backed by ISIS chief al-Baghdadi. He now claims his radical past was Iran’s fault. It was Tehran fighting a 1,400-year-old religious war in Syria, not him. Joe Biden eliminated the $10 million bounty on his head. Jolani is the terrorist leader of the terrorist […] The post Biden Lifts $10M Bounty on Syrian Terrorist Jolani for a Pinky Swear appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

American Israeli Defense Forces reservist Chaim Meisels didn’t just fly from New York to Israel on October 7, 2023, to fight against Hamas — he also helped the IDF acquire the drone that located Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Sinwar, 61, was killed in October after the drone detected a group of militants moving between buildings. The drone helped pinpoint the terrorists’ location, leading to a firefight and the terrorists splitting up before being killed. Sinwar ran alone into a building and was eventually killed. Sinwar’s final moments were captured by another drone, which recorded him sitting with his head covered and throwing what appears to be a stick at the device. The IDF was not immediately aware that Sinwar was part of the group of militants. The first drone, donated by a group in New Jersey, was a DJI Mavic equipped with thermal imaging and primarily used for general observation. The second drone, a DJI Avata, was donated by London fashion designer Hannah Lancry Sufrin, and is designed for navigating small spaces, such as entering buildings through windows, according to Meisels. Lancry told The Daily Wire she has raised close to half a million dollars since the war began to assist with getting supplies to the IDF. #BREAKING Drone footage shows the last seconds of Sinwar’s life pic.twitter.com/XwmEZRzWfo — Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) October 17, 2024   Meisels, 30, told The Daily Wire that after being honored as a guest of a synagogue in Teaneck New Jersey, a family hosting him asked how they could support the 828th Bislamach Brigade he belongs to. Meisels explained that his unit would benefit from more equipment, including drones.  “When I got to my unit after October 7, it’s sad to say but we had almost nothing,” Meisels said. “After October 7, there were close to 300,000 reserve guys that joined in and had to become part of the fight and the IDF did not have helmets or vests for them. Jews in America pitched in and donated so we could do our job.” Lindsay, who requested her last name be withheld for fear of her safety, told The Daily Wire she organized the fundraising, which amounted to about $10,000, given by members of her shul, the rabbi’s discretionary fund, and a few donors from another state. “The excitement we all felt when we heard Sinwar was dead and that the drone we donated helped locate him was unreal,” Lindsay of Teaneck, New Jersey, who helped organize the fundraising for the drones told The Daily Wire. “It was great news to receive.”   DJI Mavic drone donated to the IDF by a group of Jews in New Jersey. (Photo: Courtesy of Chaim Meisels)   Lindsay and her family purchased the drones in May and provided them to Meisels. According to Meisels, the drones were fully operational in Gaza by June. “October 7th wasn’t an attack just on Israel. It was an attack on Jews all over,” Meisels explained. “So they wanted to help and one of the ways they were able to help is by donating equipment to the guys on the front lines in Israel. So a lot of drones were donated, a lot of helmets, a lot of vests, a lot of tourniquets or basic stuff for the guys in order to be able to fight better.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Meisels explained that while the IDF has many drones, they are often shot down and need to be replaced, which is costly. He said that when one is donated, its software is modified to function in combat and connect to IDF systems.  Though Meisels is proud of his unit, which used the drones to help eliminate Sinwar, he was not present during the operation because he decided to take a few hours off to see his wife and newborn daughter on what appeared to be a low-action day. “Because my wife came to Israel I went to visit her,” Meisels explained. “When I came back I realized that they had killed Sinwar and they were doing a lot of good stuff. I was kind of sad to not be part of it, but we put in a tremendous amount of work the days later to find hostages.” Chaim Meisels sitting on the chair Sinwar was seen sitting on before he died. (Photo: Courtesy of Chaim Meisels) Meisels, a native of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was raised in the Orthodox Jewish Satmar community — one of the largest Hasidic groups. He is the great-grandson of the famed Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the former leader of Satmar, who passed away in 2006.  Meisels says he is the only grandchild (of about 500) fighting in the IDF, as the group does not support its members fighting in Israel’s military. But Meisels said he felt a connection to Israel at a young age and agreed to a short commitment that turned into nearly six years of service, during which time he rose to the rank of captain. “It ended up that I was there for close to six years after becoming a commander and then going to the Israeli West Point, which made me an officer and later a captain,” he said. “After my service, I moved back to the United States to continue my life over here.” Meisels served about six years in Israel as a “lone soldier,” a term used for Jews from the diaspora fighting in the IDF without any immediate family present in the country. He said most of the time he was training for a potential war, but on October 7, just four months after his wedding, he flew to Israel to fight. “I went to JFK to be on the first flight to Israel, and I was there on Sunday,” he said. “Only when I landed in Israel, I realized what actually happened. I knew it was very bad but I didn’t know how bad it was.” Meisels first went to the Lebanon border with his unit in case Hezbollah decided to replicate Hamas’s attack. Then he was one of the first units to enter Gaza to help bring back the hostages.  Fighting in Gaza has been difficult because of the urban warfare environment, said Meisels. “It just changed my whole perspective on fighting in a neighborhood where the civilians might be terrorists,” he said. “We got shot at by people who looked like regular people. So we didn’t want to open fire on them in the beginning. But then they see you start shooting at you in civilian clothing and it kind of made the world very tough for us to be able to differentiate when you’re going to shoot back and when not because we didn’t want to kill civilians.” Meisels said it shocked him that he found weapons in every Gazan house he entered. He said he also found traces of hostages in civilian homes. “You go into a house and everything is normal and then you find papers or an I.D. from one of the hostages so you knew those guys had to be involved with that, which was very shocking to me in the beginning,” he said. “There isn’t a lot of civilians and a lot of the people there identify with Hamas and will try to kill you if they can.” Meisels supports balance when it comes to having more Orthodox men fighting in the IDF, a topic that has caused stark divisions in Israeli society. Many religious groups prefer to have men studying the Torah in religious programs, called yeshivas, while other religious groups and secular society believe fighting-age men should participate in Israel’s mandatory draft. Chaim Meisels praying while serving in Gaza for the IDF. (Photo: Courtesy of Chaim Meisels) “There are 7 to 9 million Jews living in Israel and we want to protect them,” he said. “You can’t force people to join the IDF though, so to get this group to join it has to be done in a smart way, including making following religious observance possible while serving.” He added that though he believes more men should serve, not everyone is cut out. “I think that most of the Haredi community should serve, but not everyone,” he said.  “Some people are just not made for the army system. There’s a lot of people who should, but you can’t make it everyone, because then it’s going to become very hard for some guys that I don’t want to get a gun.” He said that other roles for mandatory service, such as in the ambulance system, fire department, or police may be a suitable compromise. “We, as Orthodox Jews believe that a lot of men that are able should be learning and become rabbis because we believe that that’s also helping to protect Israel and it’s good for the future we need,” he said. “Like we need professors and doctors in the secular world, we need people who learn and know Torah very well.” While Meisels is not on reserve duty in the IDF, he serves as the National Chapters Director at the nonprofit Nevut, where he spearheads efforts to support returning lone soldiers as they transition back to the United States. “There are a lot of guys who went to Israel to fight and then when they come back, some are struggling with PTSD,” he said. “We just basically try to tell them they’re not alone and we didn’t forget their service and we try to take care of them.”

President-elect Donald Trump’s top pollster revealed in a recent interview that Vice President Kamala Harris herself had been the one who provided the campaign with the most effective ad content. Tony Fabrizio told Politico, in a joint interview with campaign advisor Chris LaCivita, that the ads that had the greatest impact were the ones in which they were able to use Harris’ own words — and that for that reason, they had never been short of content. When recapping the election, Fabrizio noted that the Trump team never really believed that the popular vote was in play — until the last two weeks of the campaign. The reason, he explained, was that although Harris had a surge in popularity when she first became the nominee, she was unable to carry that momentum beyond the initial bump. “I used to describe it like a wave coming up on the shore, and the wave hit its high-water mark and then it just receded back. And so, the one thing she was never able to do, was close the sale,” he said, adding that he believed her team’s lack of a “coherent message” was the reason she had never been able to get it together. “I mean, one of the untold stories of this race — perfect example, last week of the campaign, they ran 162 different unique creatives on digital, TV,” he said. The Trump team, in that same time, ran 50. When asked which ads had the greatest impact, Fabrizio’s answer was simple: “Well, first, usually any ad where she was talking, was effective. Using her words. And there were a ton. In fact, there was so much, we couldn’t use all of it.” LaCivita weighed in then, noting that the Harris campaign had made a miscalculation when it came to low propensity voters — meaning those who didn’t typically vote at all — and persuadable voters. “It’s two different tacks. Low propensity: Get them to vote. Persuadable: Try to get them over. The Harris campaign was convinced [persuadables were] around 4 to 6 percent. We knew it was probably closer to 10 to 12 percent,” LaCivita explained. “We focused the entire campaign built around the issues that matter to the persuadable voters early. Tony modeled them, and we tracked what the electorate, based on the persuadables, was thinking. And that drove all of our decision making. All of our decision making.”

It’s been two months since Liam Payne tragically fell to his death from a balcony in Palermo, Argentina. At the time of his death, he and Kate Cassidy had been dating for two years. The One Direction star’s death shocked the world, but Kate likely felt the heartache more than most. The death of a loved one is never easy, and people grieve their losses in different ways. It appears Kate decided to honor Liam Payne with a simple tattoo of angel wings on he fingers. She shared an image on her Instagram stories on December 22 that showed her new ink as she hugged her dog, Nala. She and Liam adopted the pet just a month before his death. Kate Cassidy’s Tattoo Reflected A Nickname For Liam Payne According to People, in the days following Liam’s death, Kate called Liam her angel. It seems her new tattoo is in honor of his memory and the role he now plays in her life. Kate also shared a sweet video tribute to Liam on TikTok on December 8. She simply captioned the video, “I love you.” It was a compilation of tender moments from the couple’s two-year romance that clearly showed how much they cared for one another. It’s a heartbreaking reminder that death is forever. Fans loved the video and shared sweet messages with Kate. One wrote, “I am ‘SO sorry baby and sending you so so much love. Let me know if you need ANYTHING. “This is how he should be remembered. What a beautiful Soul. We all miss you so much Liam, another agreed. This person spoke on behalf of Liam’s fans everywhere. “Thank you for the unconditional amount of love you showed him the fandom respects you so so much, kate. my heart breaks for you.” May Kate Cassidy’s new tattoo be a constant reminder that Liam Payne is always with her and that their love will never end. This story’s featured image is by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images. The post Liam Payne’s Girlfriend Kate Cassidy Reveals Photo Of Tattoo That Tributes Late Boyfriend appeared first on InspireMore.

The Wall Street Journal ran a story Thursday under the banner “How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge.” Tuesday’s New York Times story “A Weary Biden Heads For the Exit” told a similar tale, as departing staffers have starting spilling the beans. If this were a game of “Tell me something I didn’t know,” big media would lose. If you follow the news, you’ve seen Biden shuffling across the White House lawn or looking lost at the end of the diminishing number of public events POTUS holds. Sadly, after he bowed out of the 2024 campaign, Biden appears to have lost interest in the job. Over the past week, as a partial government shutdown loomed, Biden has been conspicuously inconspicuous. At Friday’s press briefing where budget negotiations were discussed, a reporter asked Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “The strategy is, he is leading by staying in the background?” Earlier this month, Biden, 82, appeared to fall asleep during a summit with African leaders in Angola. The White House announced Thursday that next month Biden will travel to Rome to meet with His Holiness Pope Francis, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. What could go wrong? No joke. In February, when Special Counsel Robert Hur released his report on his investigation into Biden’s mishandling of classified material, Hur opined that Biden could not be convicted in court by jury that would see the president as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” And Biden isn’t working it as hard as he used to. CBS News correspondent Mark Knoller, the unofficial bean counter of presidential events, has tallied nine Biden cabinet meetings, compared to 19 cabinet meetings for the first terms of President Barack Obama and 25 for Donald Trump. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dealt regularly with Biden during his first two years in office, the Journal reported, but much less so during the second half of Biden’s term, when Russia’s war on Ukraine and Hamas’ attacks in Gaza dominated international news. I didn’t see Biden’s lack of interest coming. Throughout his career, Biden has had his eye on the Oval Office. He ran for the world’s highest office in 1988 and 2008, but he did not catch fire. In 2008, however, Biden had a win when Obama chose his Delaware Senate compatriot to be his running mate. When his vice presidency was coming to an end in 2016, Biden wanted to run for the White House, but Obama persuaded his wingman to sit out the race so that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could head the ticket. That plan did not work out as intended. So Biden ran again in 2020, and he won after he sold his candidacy as a one-term transition after Trump. But when it came time to let go and make room for another Democrat, Biden resisted. It took former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, now 84, to convince Biden to take a hard look at polls and bow out. Many Democrats believe that Trump won a second term because Biden didn’t get out in time. And now the man who wouldn’t leave seems to have lost interest in governing. Sort of like House Republicans. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Quiet Quitting: Joe Biden’s Disappearing Presidency appeared first on The Daily Signal.