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Details of the operation were refined during several meetings in Beirut attended by IRGC officers and representatives of four Iran-backed militant groups, including Hamas, which holds power in Gaza, and Hezbollah, a Shiite militant group and political faction in Lebanon, they said. U.S. officials say they haven’t seen evidence of Tehran’s involvement. Wall Street Journal

Last stand? DeSantis bets big on Iowa to topple Trump . . . Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is betting big on Iowa in a gamble to close the polling gap between him and 2024 Republican primary front-runner former President Donald Trump. DeSantis this week asked approximately one-third of his aides in Tallahassee, Florida, to move to Iowa 3 1/2 months before the caucuses. But time and money are limited resources for the governor, once considered the GOP's best hope of undermining Trump. Washington Examiner

Majority of Americans — and even the majority of conservatives — support McCarthy’s ouster . . . A new CBS News poll found that a majority of Americans support the House’s move to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker, with 60% of adults in the U.S. backing the removal. The survey also noted that among those Americans who supported his ouster, 75% agreed with the sentiment that McCarthy wasn’t effective, an opinion that came after McCarthy cut a deal to avert a government shutdown last month, angering many of the members of the right flank of his party. Politico

State Department says it considered Burisma corrupt, but kept dealing with its reps anyways . . . During Donald Trump's first impeachment in 2019, State Department officials insisted they considered the Burisma Holdings energy firm in Ukraine that employed Hunter Biden to be corrupt and wanted nothing to do with it. But evidence that has emerged since shows U.S. embassy officials had extensive interactions with Burisma and its representatives between 2015 and 2018. The evidence marks the latest evolution of a Democrat-driven narrative on the Bidens and Ukraine that was used to impeach Trump but that has since eroded under scrutiny. Just the News

 

Rep. Rashida Tlaib denounces ‘violent reality’ of Israeli ‘apartheid’ — but fails to condemn Hamas . . . Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday blasted Israel’s “occupation” policies while saying she grieves those killed as violence engulfed the region following Hamas’ unprecedented incursion from Gaza. Tlaib — the first Palestinian-American sworn into Congress back in 2019 — issued the statement slamming Israel as an “apartheid” state after some of her fellow “Squad” members sparked controversy Saturday for urging a ceasefire in the Middle East. New York Post

 

Reckoning needed after Biden’s failed foreign policy gave Hamas’ terror the element of surprise . . . The weekend’s depraved attack by Iran-sponsored Hamas terrorists on Israel reportedly blindsided US and Israeli intelligence. How could that be? Any postmortem on what went wrong has to include: The Biden administration’s preoccupation with its diabolical Iran nuclear deal, the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action launched by the Obama administration, scrapped by Trump’s, and reanimated by President Biden and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The recent bust of an Iranian spy ring said to reach into the highest levels of the State Department and the Pentagon. The crackdown on anti-Iranian dissident group MEK in Albania in June. New York Post

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Americans among hostages taken by Hamas, Israeli ambassador says . . . Americans are among the hostages taken into Gaza by Hamas, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog confirmed Sunday. “I understand there, but I don’t have details,” Herzog said during an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Politico

United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines suspending flights to Israel amid attacks . . . A number U.S. airlines have suspended flight operations to and canceled flights from Israel's airports after Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists invaded areas of southern Israel with rocket barrages Saturday. According to the U.S. Embassy in Israel, Ben Gurion Airport, the country's main international airport in Tel Aviv, remains open, with the embassy warning that "the security situation and staff availability could affect flights." Fox Business

Mystery surrounds visit to DC of Iran-backed Iraqi judge who issued warrant for Trump’s arrest . . .  The Department of Justice (DOJ) was slated to roll out the welcome mat in October for an Iraqi judge who issued an arrest warrant for former President Donald Trump because he ordered the assassination of a global Iranian terrorist responsible for the murders of more than 600 American military personnel, according to the U.S. government. Fox News Digital exclusively learned last week through a source with first-hand knowledge of his travels that the alleged pro-Iran regime jurist, Faiq Zidan, was set to visit the DOJ. Fox News

Former Trump adviser Bolton calls for Iran 'regime change' after Israel terror attack . . . John Bolton, the former national security adviser to former president Donald Trump, called for "regime change" in Iran on Sunday following reports of the country's support and involvement in the Saturday Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel. "This is one of history's best cases for regime change," Bolton wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Washington Examiner

Israel’s Intelligence Failure . . . Israel’s political misjudgments about Hamas’ intentions, especially in the context of recent hopeful movements toward further peace agreements with Arab countries including a deal with Saudi Arabia, may well have played a background role in lowering the country’s vigilance. But it is no excuse for the massive intelligence failure that allowed Hamas to pull off its deadly surprise offensive. Indeed, Israeli wishful thinking is not even relevant to Saturday’s disaster, because the 24/7 scrutiny of enemy doings and undoings to detect “threat indicators” is not supposed to be switched off for any reason, ever. Tablet

Question is how come te US intelligence didn't provide any warning to our ally Israel? Is all the focus within our spy agencies exclusively on Russia-Ukraine, at the expense of other targets? Or was it a intentional intel failure? Inquiring minds want to know.

U.S., China Both Try to Gain Upper Hand Ahead of Biden-Xi Summit . . . Even as the U.S. and China are trying to repair ties ahead of an expected summit between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Washington and Beijing are jockeying for the upper hand. Each government is taking actions aimed at setting the tone in the relationship and coming into the summit in a position of strength, said people familiar with recent discussions on both sides. Wall Street Journal

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Attack on Israel boosts appeal of gold, safe-haven assets . . . The violence in Israel that erupted this weekend is prompting a move into safe-haven assets as investors closely watch events in the Middle East to gauge the geopolitical risk to markets. Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas entered Israel in an unprecedented attack on Saturday. Western countries, led by the United States, denounced the attack and pledged support for Israel. Rising geopolitical risk would see buying in assets like gold and the dollar, and boost demand for U.S. Treasuries, which have been sold off aggressively, analysts said over the weekend. Reuters

Middle East conflict raises risks to global economic outlook . . . Conflict in the Middle East may create new risks to the global economic outlook, leaving central bankers facing renewed inflationary pressures even as they continue to deal with the economic fallout of the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago.

Iran-backed Hamas terrorists struck Israel over the weekend, killing at least 700 in the deadliest attacks the country has experienced in decades. Israel’s government has launched airstrikes on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and is mobilizing military reservists in preparation for a response, while Hezbollah – an Iran-backed terror proxy based in Lebanon – has expressed support for Hamas and remains a threat on Israel’s northern border. Fox Business

Culture

An Insane Number Of Ivy League Students Are Blaming Israel For The Hamas Attacks . . . Over fifty student groups at Harvard University placed the blame Sunday for the Hamas terror attack at the feet of Israel. The groups issued a letter over the weekend stating that Israel’s supposed oppression of Palestinians is the main catalyst for the murder of 600 Israelis by Hamas militants, per the letter. Daily Caller

The Culture Wars Are Giving the GOP an Opening with Muslim Voters . . . As many Republican leaders embrace a message of alarm surrounding LGBTQ+ issues, particularly regarding what is being included in school curriculums and library books, one group historically at odds with the GOP has become a potential ally.

Muslim Americans have made historic political and cultural gains in the past couple of decades since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which were followed by a wave of Islamophobic sentiment and suspicion. Most of those gains—from the rise of lawmakers such as Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan to the popularity of cultural figures such as comedians Hasan Minhaj and Ramy Youssef—have appeared to align largely with the political left. Newsweek

Hotels canceled Army-Navy game room reservations due to migrant crisis. Now, some are calling for changes to Massachusetts’ right-to-shelter law . . . Nearly two months before the march of Cadets and Midshipmen into Gillette Stadium for the annual Army-Navy game, another battle is brewing in Massachusetts.

The fight is far more consequential than a football game and revolves around the state’s 40-year-old right-to-shelter law, which guarantees families with children a place to stay if they meet certain criteria. CNN

Terrorist Sympathizers Celebrate Hamas's Assault on Israeli Citizens . . . Terrorist sympathizers around the world celebrated Hamas's unprovoked assault on Israel, which saw the Gaza-based terror group kidnap women and children and kill hundreds of innocent civilians. Pro-Hamas demonstrations occurred in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and elsewhere on Saturday and Sunday. In New York City, for example, demonstrators chanted that the terrorist assault was "justified." They also chanted, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," a phrase that calls for the Jewish state's eradication. The organizers behind that New York City rally have direct ties to House Democrats, the Washington Free Beacon reported Saturday. Free Beacon

Firearm manufacturer Smith & Wesson leaves Massachusetts for Tennessee . . . Gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson formally opened its new Tennessee headquarters over the weekend after moving from its Springfield, Massachusetts headquarters, which was its location since the mid-19th century. The Maryville, Tennessee headquarters is about 650,000 square feet and the result of a $125 million relocation project. Massachusetts has much stricter gun laws compared to Tennessee. Just the News

Secret Agent Fauci . . . NIAID boss taps CIA to spread the coverup. Dr. Anthony Fauci, longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), once paid a covert visit to the Central Intelligence Agency. Rep. Brad Westrup, chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, wants to know if Fauci succeeded in gaining CIA support for his contention that the pandemic arose naturally in the wild, what he calls “proximal origin.” Sen. Rand Paul, a medical doctor who has called for a criminal investigation of Fauci, outlines the possibilities. Dr. Fauci may have “convinced the CIA to dishonestly obscure the lab origin of COVID.” It is also possible that “the CIA convinced Fauci to obscure the lab origin of COVID.” Or, as Paul sees it, “An outside entity or person with unlimited monetary resources convinced Fauci to influence the CIA to obscure the lab origin of COVID.” By now that should be obvious to all but the willfully blind. Even the FBI now inclines to the laboratory origin, and the evidence is strong. American Greatness

White House Issues Condemnation Of Attack Biden Funded . . . The White House issued this morning an unequivocal condemnation of the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel that were funded by President Biden. "The Biden Administration denounces the terrible atrocities being committed with the six billion dollars President Biden gave Hamas" said Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. "We are deeply saddened by the deaths caused by every missile purchased with money from the Biden administration." Babylon Bee