Trump Wins Nevada Primary Despite Not Being on Ballot

 

Donald Trump WINS Nevada primary without being on the ballot: Voters picked 'none of these candidates' over Nikki Haley

• Former President Donald Trump walked away with a win in Tuesday's GOP Nevada primary
• Voters opted to choose 'none of these candidates' - a symbolic vote for Trump

Former President Donald Trump walked away with a win in Tuesday's Nevada Republican primary - and he didn't even appear on the ballot.

Voters opted to select the option 'none of these candidates' over Trump's chief rival, former U.N. Amb. Nikki Haley

The race was called at 9:01 p.m. PST, with 60.4 percent voting for no one and 33.2 percent selecting Haley

'A bad night for Nikki Haley. Losing by almost 30 points in Nevada to "None of These Candidates,"' remarked Trump on Truth Social Tuesday night.

Former President Donald Trump walked away with a win in Tuesday's Nevada Republican primary - and he didn't even appear on the ballot

Trump gleefully posted on Truth Social that 'none of these candidates' - a symbolic win for him - beat out his chief rival Nikki Haley. 

It was clear Trump had an edge as DailyMail.com interviewed voters at polling places in Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon.

'I don't know why they don't have Trump's name on the ballot, it's retarded,' said frustrated 63-year-old Robert Simonelli.

DailyMail.com didn't find any Republicans supporting Nikki Haley during a stop in Las Vegas. Every Republican interviewed was supporting 'none of these candidates,' a symbolic vote for Trump 

Another Trump supporter also said he cast a vote for 'no one.' 

'I'm not anti-Nikki Haley, I just like Trump,' he explained. 

'He did a good job as president and this country was well organized, politically, financially, and our borders were secure.'

'Nevada is Trump Country' reads a sign

Nevada is a vital swing state in the November general election.  

Israel News: 'Hamas's hands are covered in Egypt's blood,' says Egyptian ex-MP

 

'Hamas's hands are covered in Egypt's blood,' says Egyptian ex-MP

"The people of Gaza are paying the price for Hamas's stupidity."

By MAARIV ONLINE FEBRUARY 5, 2024

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-785216

                                    Tawfik Okasha (photo credit: ARAB MEDIA)

Tawfik Okasha, an Egyptian media personality and former MP, heavily criticized Hamas over their actions on October 7 and the consequences that followed in an interview with KAN News on Tuesday.

When commenting on the current war, as well as the October 7 massacre, Okasha said, "I mourn for every death on the Israeli side and every death on the Palestinian side, but I do not mourn Hamas personnel that have been killed because they are a terror organization that has profited from the Palestinian issue. They are an organization that turned Egypt into a no man's land, and its hands are covered in the blood of Egypt. I will not forget it."

He continued in his criticism of the organization, saying, "Hamas corrupted the Palestinian cause as well as led to the loss of opportunities of reaching a two-state solution because of their uprising against the PA in 2007. Hamas profited from the fact that the Palestinian issue hasn't been solved and has harmed the Palestinian people in the most egregious ways.

"They orchestrated an attack on Israel on October 7 and used the same tactics and tools as ISIS and al-Qaeda," he continued, "The people of Gaza are paying the price for Hamas's stupidity."

He also criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war and his tenure as prime minister for multiple terms.

MP Tawfik Okasha (right) hosts Israeli ambassador Haim Koren (credit: EGYPTIAN MEDIA)

"Someone else that shares a big part of responsibility for the war is the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who led multiple governments in Israel and has supported Hamas, as their presence allowed him to delay implementing a two-state solution."

Okasha was punished in the past for having good relations with Israelis

Tawfik Okasha is an Egyptian media personality and former member of parliament who was expelled from the parliament eight years ago following a meeting he had with the then-Israeli ambassador to Egypt, Haim Koren.

He discussed his expulsion in the interview as well as his relationships with Israeli ambassadors.

"I want to tell you that I do not at all regret that I invited the Israeli ambassador to Egypt at the time, Haim Koren, to my home. Koren respected me, came to my house, and it was a good meeting."

"Ambassador Koren is not my only connection with my Israeli brothers," he said. "The current Israeli ambassador in Egypt, Amira Oron is also a dear friend," he said.

Pud says we are now at war and must give our support to the IDF to do it's job and prepare to take the fight into Gaza and not continue with our political squabbling.

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed, Genesis 12:3

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U.S. Politics: Prominent US think tank has secret ties to Iran regime

 

Prominent US think tank has secret ties to Iran regime - report

IPIS and the Crisis Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2016, predating much of the latter’s involvement in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 4, 2024

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-785056

                Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran. (photo credit: SIPOSOFT / FLICKR / CC 2.0)

Prominent Washington think tank the International Crisis Group, influential in the negotiation of the United States’ nuclear deal with Iran, has extensive but previously undisclosed connections to the Islamic Republic’s foreign ministry, according to a report from Iran International, a Persian-language news outlet frequently at odds with Iran’s government, which charges that the theocratic regime has used the experts “to lobby the US government on its behalf.”

The connections between the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the Crisis Group run through the former’s in-house think tank, the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), which Western governments and organizations have largely shied away from since the group sponsored a notorious Holocaust denial conference in 2006.

IPIS and the Crisis Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2016, predating much of the latter’s involvement in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions on the regime. 

“The think tank has given recommendations to the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations on Iran,” the report says, “as well as the US Congress. However, the Crisis Group never made public the agreement it had with the Iranian foreign ministry, and its analysts never mentioned their close ties with the Iranian officials.” 

“In reviewing the large cache of leaked Iranian Foreign Ministry correspondence and Tehran’s interactions with Western organizations,” wrote Jay Solomon of Semafor, with which Iran International shared the documents, “I was startled, not only by its depth, but the lack of transparency involved.” 

THEN-US secretary of state John Kerry walks with Robert Malley following a meeting with an Iranian team in 2015, before the Iran nuclear deal was reached. (credit: BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS)

Crisis Group denies any wrongdoing, asserts that links are misrepresented

The think tank, however, denies any wrongdoing and maintains that analysts’ coordination with Iran’s Foreign Ministry was merely a component in their research and due diligence, as experts who make a point of talking to all parties involved in a given issue before weighing in on it. 

In public statements and threads on X, representatives of the Crisis Group think-thank asserted that the Iran International report selectively translated correspondence between the analysts and the Iranian officials, and pointed to a pattern of criticism the think tank has received from the Iranian government and media personalities. 

George Soros provided the organisation's seed funding and continues to support it

What the JPost forgot to put in this article - information freely available on Wikipedia 1) George Soros provided the organisation's seed funding and continues to support it 2) Robert Malley, (seen pictured with John Kerry) who previously served in the Obama administration as a senior adviser, became president and CEO of ICG in January 2018. Malley had his ties to the Obama electoral campaign severed in May 2008, when it became public that Malley had been in discussions with the militant Palestinian group Hamas, listed by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organisation 3)The Crisis Group, and in particular its Iran Project Director, Ali Vaez, played an important role in advancing the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) the failed Obama Admin / Iran nuclear deal

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Muslim Knife & Hammer Man from Mali who Slashed 3 in Paris Identified

Paris terror attack suspect Sagou Gouno Kassogue, 32, named after a backpack was set on fire and rail passengers slashed with knife in rampage that left three in hospital

• Sagou Gouno Kassogue, 32, in custody in the French capital on Saturday night 

A terror attack suspect in Paris has been revealed as an asylum seeker who posted TikTok videos claiming Africa should 'never forgive France'. 

Sagou Gouno Kassogue, 32, was in custody in the French capital on Saturday night following an attack that saw a backpack set on fire and rail passengers slashed with a knife in a rampage that left three in hospital.

'He first ignited his backpack, and then appeared to slash people at random by an escalator,' said an investigating source.

'The first victim suffered severe stomach wounds, but his life is not in danger anymore.

Sagou Gouno Kassogue, 32, was in custody in the French capital on Saturday night following the savage assaults at the Gare de Lyon. On a video he said “I’m not French, I don’t dream of being French, I don’t like France, I hate all French people.”

Police investigators work inside the Gare de Lyon station in Paris after an attack today 

An asylum seeker from Mali wounded three people during a knife and hammer attack at the Paris station 

Police investigators work on the crime  inside the Gare de Lyon station after an attack today 

'Two other victims suffered slight injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.'

It was revealed that Kassogue arrived in Italy from Mali in 2016, and was given a residence permit as he pursued an asylum claim.

He was suffering from extreme mental problems, and had been due to visit a psychiatrist in Turin this weekend.

Prosecutors in France said the initial enquiry was for 'attempted murder'.

Security sources said he had regularly posted videos online expressing his anger at what he called 'colonialism'.

This included the presence of French troops in his native Mali fighting Islamist groups, including Al-Qaeda.

Investigators are particularly interested in a TikTok account in which Kassogue criticizes the French.

In one posting, dated December 2, 2023, Kassogue writes: 'R.I.P. (Rest in Peace) in three months, may Allah welcome me to his paradise'.

Gare de Lyon, the second busiest station in France, handles up to 150 million passengers a year, and was packed on a Saturday morning

A man armed with a knife and a hammer injured three people in the attack today 

There has been a series of knife attacks carried out by violent extremists linked to Islamist groups in France over the past decade

Police investigators work inside the Gare de Lyon station after an attack earlier today 

'Africa should never forgive France,' says Kassogue, who is wearing glasses and a beard in the Tik Tok video.

The suspect's residence permit was issued in 2019 and remains active.

Gare de Lyon, the second busiest station in France, handles up to 150million passengers a year, and was packed on a Saturday morning.

It was immediately evacuated after the attack, with all services cancelled.

It follows a series of knife attacks carried out by violent extremists linked to Islamist groups in France over the past decade.

In October last year, a teacher was killed, and three others were seriously wounded in a knife attack by a radicalised Chechen national at a school in Arras.

And in 2022 a Chechen refugee beheaded Samuel Paty at a school in the Paris suburbs after the history teacher showed children caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.