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Netanyahu: ‘Israel Controls Its Own Security, Not The US’
At the opening of Sunday’s cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu dismissed talk that Washington dictates Israel’s defense strategy. “Over the past month, we have been witnessing ridiculous claims regarding the relationship between the United States and Israel. When I was in Washington, it was said there that I control the American administration, that I dictate its security policy to it. Now, the opposite is being claimed – the American administration controls me and dictates Israel’s security policy. Neither of these is true,” Netanyahu stated firmly.
He emphasized that the bond between the two allies is one of cooperation, not control. “Israel is an independent country; the United States is an independent country. The relations between us are relations between partners, and this partnership, which has reached an all-time high, was also expressed in the operational cooperation in the second part of Operation Rising Lion. It is also expressed, and was expressed just recently, in the release of all the living hostages from Gaza, and of course in the effort to return all the fallen, and also in other areas in which we are changing the face of the Middle East together.”
Turning to Israel’s recent military activity, Netanyahu was adamant that Israel acts on its own judgment. “But I want to make one thing crystal clear: Our security policy is in our own hands. We are not prepared to tolerate attacks against us. We respond according to our own judgment against attacks, as we saw in Lebanon and most recently in Gaza. We dropped 150 tons on Hamas and the terrorist elements after the attack on our two soldiers. And of course, we also thwart dangers as they are being formed, before they are carried out, as we did just yesterday in the Gaza Strip.”
The prime minister wrapped up his remarks by underscoring Israel’s right to self-determination in all defense matters. “We do not seek anyone’s approval for this. We are in control of our security, and we have also made it clear regarding international forces that Israel will determine which forces are unacceptable to us, and this is how we operate and will continue to operate. This is, of course, acceptable to the United States as well, as its most senior representatives have expressed in recent days. Israel is an independent state. We will defend ourselves with our own forces, and we will continue to control our destiny.”
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JD Vance Slams Zohran Mamdani for Making ‘His Auntie’ the ‘Real Victim of 9/11’
Vice President JD Vance took aim at New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani after the left-wing candidate broke down while recounting his Muslim aunt’s fear in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
“According to Zohran the real victim of 9/11 was his auntie who got some (allegedly) bad looks,” Vance wrote Shabbos morning on X, posting a clip of Mamdani’s emotional remarks about the bias his family faced following the terror attacks.
During a press conference outside the Islamic Cultural Center of The Bronx on Friday, Mamdani — a 34-year-old Queens Assemblyman and outspoken socialist — shared that his late aunt refused to take the subway in those tense days because she “did not feel safe in her hijab.” He pledged to continue standing up for Muslim New Yorkers, saying the community has long been forced to accept second-class treatment.
“The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated as any other New Yorker, and yet for too long we have been told to ask for less than that and to be satisfied with whatever little we receive,” Mamdani said, declaring that he would not alter his faith or identity to please critics. “No more. I will not change who I am, how I eat, or the faith that I’m proud to call my own. But there is one thing that I will change. I will no longer look for myself in the shadows. I will find myself in the light.”
The remarks came as Mamdani continued to spar with rivals, including Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, who have both branded him antisemitic over his harsh anti-Israel positions. The Assemblyman, who once smiled for a photograph alongside an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, accused his opponents of “slandering” him and inciting Islamophobia to derail his campaign before early voting began on Saturday.
Cuomo fueled controversy earlier in the week when he mused on WABC radio with host Sid Rosenberg about how Mamdani might respond if the city were attacked again. “Any given moment, there’s a crisis, and people’s lives are at stake. God forbid, there’s another 9/11. Can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?” Cuomo asked. “He’d be cheering,” Rosenberg replied.
Mamdani blasted those comments as deeply offensive and dangerous, adding that Sliwa falsely accused him during the final debate of supporting “global jihad.”
He also condemned Mayor Eric Adams for echoing Cuomo’s rhetoric while endorsing his independent bid, after Adams said, “New York can’t be Europe, you see what is happening in other countries because of Islamic extremism.”
{Matzav.com}
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People Taking Medical Advice from AI Chatbots Are Ending Up in the ER
The convenience of artificial intelligence is coming at a dangerous cost, as more people are turning to AI chatbots for medical guidance—with sometimes devastating results. In case after case, individuals who trusted these systems for health advice have ended up seriously harmed, hospitalized, or worse.
According to The New York Post, the surge of generative AI technology has transformed how people search for answers about their health. But while chatbots promise instant information, their medical recommendations have repeatedly proven unreliable. From botched self-treatments to ignored medical emergencies, the fallout from misguided AI advice continues to mount.
One case that stunned doctors involved a 35-year-old Moroccan man who consulted ChatGPT after noticing a cauliflower-like lesion near his anus. The chatbot assured him it was likely hemorrhoids and even recommended an at-home fix: elastic ligation. Following that suggestion, the man tied a thread around the growth himself, triggering severe pain that sent him straight to the hospital. Medical tests later confirmed that the diagnosis and the treatment were entirely wrong.
Another frightening example centered on a 60-year-old man trained in nutrition who asked ChatGPT how to limit his sodium intake. The chatbot advised him to replace table salt with sodium bromide—a compound that, when consumed over time, is highly toxic. For three months, he followed that guidance. He ended up in the hospital for three weeks with bromide poisoning, suffering from paranoia, hallucinations, confusion, excessive thirst, and a skin rash.
A third case turned nearly fatal. A 63-year-old man in Switzerland developed double vision following a minor heart procedure. When the symptom reappeared, he asked ChatGPT for advice. The chatbot reassured him that “such visual disturbances were usually temporary and would improve on their own.” Convinced he didn’t need a doctor, he waited—until a day later, when he was rushed to the emergency room after suffering a mini-stroke. Researchers later found that his care had been “delayed due to an incomplete diagnosis and interpretation by ChatGPT.”
These incidents make one thing painfully clear: AI chatbots can dangerously overstep their bounds when it comes to healthcare. While they may be useful for explaining medical terms or helping patients prepare questions for real doctors, they are no substitute for professional expertise. Algorithms can easily misread symptoms, provide misleading reassurance, or completely miss red flags that a trained physician would immediately recognize.
The threat isn’t limited to physical health. Chatbots have also shown alarming potential for psychological harm—particularly among teenagers. Breitbart News recently reported on the Raines family, who filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT became their son’s “suicide coach.”
The lawsuit alleges that “ChatGPT actively helped Adam explore suicide methods” and that “despite acknowledging Adam’s suicide attempt and his statement that he would ‘do it one of these days,’ ChatGPT neither terminated the session nor initiated any emergency protocol.”
After their 16-year-old son’s death on April 11, 2025, Matt and Maria Raine reviewed his chat history, uncovering more than 3,000 pages of conversations with the bot between September 2024 and his passing. In a chilling revelation, Matt Raine said, “He didn’t write us a suicide note. He wrote two suicide notes to us, inside of ChatGPT.”
{Matzav.com}
Netanyahu: “Israel Is An Independent Country — Our Security Policy Is In Our Own Hands” [VIDEO]
Kamala Harris Teases New White House Run: ‘I Am Not Done’
Kamala Harris appears unwilling to leave the political stage behind. In a new interview with the BBC, she offered her clearest signal yet that she plans to make another run for national office. “I am not done,” she declared, emphasizing that “I have lived my entire career as a life of service and it’s in my bones.” Harris, who served as vice president under Joe Biden and as a U.S. senator from California, added that she’s confident her young relatives will see history made one day, saying her grand-nieces will witness America elect its first female president “in their lifetime, for sure.”
Her remarks come on the heels of a bruising loss in the 2024 presidential race, when she fell to Donald Trump by roughly two million votes and lost the Electoral College by a decisive 312–226 margin. That defeat, which ended her first presidential bid, still looms large among Democrats. But in Washington, critics say the message from voters couldn’t have been clearer. “When Kamala lost the election in a landslide she should’ve taken the hint – the American people don’t care about her absurd lies,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told The Post. “Or maybe she did take the hint and that’s why she’s continuing to air her grievances to foreign publications,” she added.
Since leaving office, Harris has been on a national media blitz to promote her new memoir, 107 Days, chronicling her turbulent campaign after President Joe Biden abruptly dropped out of the race in July 2024, following his disastrous debate performance against President Trump. During the interview, she brushed off grim predictions about her political future. “If I listened to polls I would have not run for my first office, or my second office — and I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here,” she told the BBC.
Despite those polls, Harris still maintains an edge over several Democratic rivals, including Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg, according to recent internal party surveys. Yet, according to the betting exchange Polymarket, her odds of capturing the 2028 Democratic nomination hover at a meager two percent. The site currently gives the advantage to Newsom and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.
In her book, Harris takes aim at Biden’s decision to seek reelection at 81, describing it as a costly mistake. While some Democrats accused her of offering little distinction from his policies, Harris insists the problem began with the decision itself. She recalls hearing the “mantra” that it was “Joe and Jill’s decision” — referring to Biden and the former first lady — but now questions that deference. “Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness. The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision.”
For now, Harris says she has ruled out seeking the governorship of California, announcing last July that after “deep reflection,” she would not enter the state’s upcoming Democratic primary. Still, her renewed public appearances — and the unmistakable tone of unfinished business — suggest that Kamala Harris isn’t ready to bow out of politics just yet.
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Kamala Harris Says She’s ‘Not Done,’ Doesn’t Rule Out 2028 Presidential Run
Israeli Drone Strike in Southern Lebanon Kills 1, Suspected Hezbollah Terrorist
Cuomo Campaign Blames ‘Junior Staffer’ for AI Video Depicting ‘Criminals For Zohran Mamdani’ After Racism Accusations
Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign is scrambling to explain a short-lived social media post that ignited accusations of racism. The campaign said an artificial intelligence-generated video — showing “criminals for Zohran Mamdani” — was uploaded by mistake. “The video was a draft proposal that was neither finished nor approved, did not go through the normal legal process, and was inadvertently posted by a junior staffer — which is why it was taken down five minutes later,” said campaign spokesperson Rich Azzopardi.
The AI clip, briefly visible on Cuomo’s X account Wednesday evening before being deleted, portrayed Mamdani alongside an assortment of caricatured offenders, including a pimp, a drunk driver, a shoplifter, and a domestic abuser. These crudely rendered figures, identified as “criminals for Mamdani,” mockingly praised the Democratic nominee’s policies. One of them sneers, “When a woman’s being domestically abused she finally won’t have to deal with some pesky cop to arrest the abuser, but now a social worker to help, you know, kumbaya the situation,” as a frightened woman hides behind him.
Another figure in the video — a black man whose facial features morph as the animation glitches — is shown stealing from a convenience store. Grinning, he declares, “Decriminalizing misdemeanors, like shoplifting,” before donning a keffiyeh and mask to commit the robbery.
Although the Cuomo team quickly removed the video, copies circulated widely online. Many denounced it as offensive, including Bill de Blasio, who leapt to Mamdani’s defense. “This is disqualifying. No candidate who approves a racist, disgusting ad like this can be allowed to govern,” the former mayor wrote on X.
Ironically, Cuomo had recently targeted de Blasio in another AI-driven parody, portraying him as Dr. Evil and Mamdani as his “mini me” in a mock Austin Powers spoof — a move that already raised eyebrows about the campaign’s approach to digital messaging.
Azzopardi insisted the campaign never intended to release the latest clip and emphasized that it wasn’t an official ad. The incident, he said, was a regrettable mishap during Cuomo’s effort to modernize his outreach strategy after suffering a crushing defeat to Mamdani in June’s Democratic primary.
During last week’s debate, Cuomo acknowledged that his younger rival had outperformed him on social media. “I think the assemblyman did do a better job on TikTok and social media than I did during the campaign. And that has changed now,” Cuomo, 67, said.
The controversial AI venture marks a dramatic shift from the ex-governor’s old-fashioned political branding. Back in 2020, Cuomo distributed a self-designed State of the State poster featuring a Leonard Cohen quote about leadership and perseverance: “Past the reefs of greed, through the squalls of hate, sail on, sail on.”
{Matzav.com}
Inside the Radical Network Surrounding Zohran Mamdani, NYC’s Most Controversial Mayoral Candidate Ever
Israel Indicts Palestinian Accused of Planting Bus Bombs in Bat Yam and Cholon Earlier This Year
Trump: Hamas ‘Will Have A Big Problem’ If They Fail To Uphold The Deal
Aboard Air Force One after meeting with Qatar’s Emir, President Donald Trump proclaimed that the Middle East is now enjoying an era of “great peace,” attributing the breakthrough to the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and the broad coalition of nations now cooperating in the region.
“We talked about peace. We have peace in the Middle East. That’s all we have. Great peace in the Middle East,” Trump said. “[The Emir] thinks it’s enduring. He’s never seen anything like it. And he’s very happy that I got involved. And he helped, and we had a lot of help. We have 59 countries. We have a lot of countries that are signed on. This should be an enduring peace.”
He emphasized that the decisive shift came once Iran’s nuclear ambitions were neutralized. “I think the big thing was when we took out the nuclear power of Iran, when we took out that nuclear capability, which would have happened over the next month to two months, that made a whole big difference in the Middle East. It made it possible to do the deal.”
Trump named an array of regional and global partners who are now aligned behind the peace framework. “Everybody’s on board. It’s pretty amazing,” he said, listing Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Indonesia, Jordan, and Egypt among those backing the initiative.
Discussing the Gaza ceasefire, Trump said he was optimistic that it would endure. “I think it’ll hold, yeah. Well, if it doesn’t hold, that would be Hamas. Hamas will be not hard to take care of. It’ll be very quickly. But I hope it holds for Hamas, too, because, you know, they gave us their word on something.”
He noted that Hamas recently “took out gang members,” claiming it was part of their effort to maintain order, but cautioned that breaking the agreement would lead to “a very big problem.”
Turning to the deployment of the multinational stabilization force entering Gaza, Trump said the operation was already in progress. “Pretty soon. Pretty quickly. A period of time. You know, I don’t want to give you… We’re doing it right now. They’re actually picking leaders right now.”
“You’re going to have peace in the Middle East. This is real peace. It’s never happened before. 3,000 years, it’s never happened,” he continued, portraying the development as a historic milestone.
Trump confirmed that peacekeeping troops would move into Gaza when circumstances required. “Israel will go in there very easily. You know that, right? So right there, you have a country. But you have the Arab countries or everybody, Muslim, Arab, Israeli, everybody’s on board. It’s been really an amazing thing. It’s a great success. And it’s going to be a long-lasting, hopefully everlasting, but long-lasting.”
{Matzav.com}
