Joe Biden denounced violence in a statement to Fox News after attacks on Trump supporters in D.C. on Saturday. “President-elect Biden continues to denounce all acts of violence. Likewise, he also condemns the repugnant displays of white supremacy that were made in Washington, DC this weekend”. Biden made no mention of Black Lives Matters or Antifa which clashed violently with MAGA supporters as well as other white-winged groups such as “Proud Boys”. The demonstrations in the nation’s capital went from tense to violent during the night and early Sunday. Videos posted on social media showed fights, projectiles and clubs as Trump backers sparred with those demanding they take their MAGA hats and banners and leave.

At his daily press conference held today, NJ Governor Phil Murphy spoke about Dr Elliott Samet Z”L, who was Niftar from COVID-19 in April. The Governor mentioned how Dr Samet was a noted pediatrician, and “treated every patient as if they were a member of his own family.” “Dr. Samet was devoted to the Jewish community, his faith, and the study of the Torah. He selflessly supported families in need, whenever and wherever he could”. “He was one of the founding board member of Hatzolah of Passaic. “May Doctor Samet’s commitment to his community be his legacy, and may his memory be a blessing”, Murphy concluded. The Governor also tweeted about Dr Samet following his press conference.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday said he will be reducing indoor and outdoor gathering limits because of the COVID-19 resurgence. The Democrat said on MSNBC that he will order indoor gatherings to fall from 25 to 10 and outdoor get-togethers from 500 to 150 people. The new indoor limit goes into effect Tuesday, while the outdoor level kicks in Nov. 23. The following indoor gatherings may continue under the current rules – limited to 25% of a room’s capacity, up to 150 people: Religious services/celebrations and political events Weddings – Funerals/memorial services Performances The lower levels come just before Thanksgiving and ahead of the winter holidays.

For the second time this month, there’s promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavirus surges in the U.S. and around the world. Moderna said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according to preliminary data from the company’s still ongoing study. A week ago, competitor Pfizer Inc. announced its own COVID-19 vaccine appeared similarly effective — news that puts both companies on track to seek permission within weeks for emergency use in the U.S. Dr. Stephen Hoge, Moderna’s president, welcomed the “really important milestone” but said having similar results from two different companies is what’s most reassuring.

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo – who is responsible for the deaths of THOUSANDS in nursing homes – on Sunday blasted the Trump administration over its plan for distributing a COVID vaccine, saying the plan violates the constitutional rights of minorities and that the state will sue if it’s not changed. Cuomo repeated his threat to sue the Trump administration as he invoked Martin Luther King, Jr. during Sunday remarks about the COVID outbreak at historic Riverside Church in Manhattan. “The Rev. Dr. King, who spoke in this magnificent church, said of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhumane because it often results in physical death,” Cuomo said. “COVID proved Dr.

The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior Al-Qaeda operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on Tehran. Four current and former U.S. officials said Abu Mohammed al-Masri, al-Qaida’s No. 2, was killed by assassins in the Iranian capital in August. The U.S. provided intelligence to the Israelis on where they could find al-Masri and the alias he was using at the time, while Israeli agents carried out the killing, according to two of the officials. The two other officials confirmed al-Masri’s killing but could not provide specific details. Al-Masri was gunned down in a Tehran alley on Aug. 7, the anniversary of the 1998 bombings of the U.S.

In a new memoir, former US president Barack Obama detailed his encounters and impressions of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, and Jews in general. A Promised Land, the first of two memoirs Obama is writing about his time as president, is coming out on Tuesday. A review of the book, in which excerpts of Obama’s often tumultuous relationship with Netanyahu and AIPAC are quoted, was published by Jewish Insider on Friday. Obama wrote that Netanyahu views himself as” the chief defender of the Jewish people against calamity” and described him as “smart, canny, tough and a gifted communicator” who could be “charming, or at least solicitous” when it benefited him.

The IDF conducted airstrikes against Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip in the predawn hours of Sunday morning after terrorists fired two rockets into southern and central Israel. The airstrikes targeted “underground infrastructure and military posts of the terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF spokesperson stated. “Red alert” sirens wailed about 2 a.m. in Ashdod and in the Shefela region of central Israel, sending thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted a rocket in Ashdod and a second rocket fell outside the city limits. Residents of central Israel reported hearing loud explosions as far north as Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv.

President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested that Joe Biden had “won” the presidential election, while saying that the election was rigged. “He won because the Election was Rigged,” Trump wrote, before claiming that no watchers or observers had been allowed. But a few minutes after the tweet, Trump appeared to rush back to Twitter to make it clear he was not conceding. “He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA,” Trump wrote. “I concede NOTHING!” He went on to repeat his claim that the election was rigged. He only won in the eyes of the FAKE NEWS MEDIA. I concede NOTHING! We have a long way to go. This was a RIGGED ELECTION! — Donald J.

Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, who was accused of being one of the masterminds behind the deadly 1988 attacks on US embassies in Africa, was killed by Israeli agents in Iran in August at the behest of the US, the New York Times reported on Friday. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the alias Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was shot on the streets of Tehran on August 7, the anniversary of the embassy attacks. His daughter Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden, who was with him at the time, was also killed by the bullets. Intelligence officials confirmed that the elimination was carried out by Israeli operatives on the request of the US but it is unclear what role, if any, the US had in the operation.