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When a great and righteous person passes away, it is hard to put into words the incredible contributions he or she has made to the world. Cherna Moskowitz, of blessed memory, was one such figure. She epitomized the Jewish ideal of being a woman of valor (eishes chayil).

When George Clooney publicly called for Joe Biden to drop out of the race for president, he had a plan in mind. It was simple: Make Vice President Kamala Harris the candidate, and let Hollywood do the rest. He knew full well that there were $231 million dollars waiting in the wings from his cronies for her campaign. It was originally intended for President Biden but it was held up because of his poor debate performance and the very real prospect that he was going to lose and bring everyone down with him. As Clooney wrote in his New York Times op-ed, “We are not going to win in November with this President. On top of that we won’t win the House, and we’re going to lose the Senate.”

Although the economy, immigration crisis, and crime might be the most important issues American voters are focusing on, Israel will play a deciding role in the upcoming election. A recent poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs exclusively provided to CNN shows that the majority of Americans (60%) support Israel’s military operations at least till all of the hostages are released.

President Biden is missed already. As bad as he was, Vice President Kamala Harris is one hundred times worse. One of her first official acts as nominee for President was to make sure not to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress even though she is the President of the Senate and it is more than just customary for her to do so.

Iran’s propaganda mills are falsely claiming that they have not attacked Israel in retaliation for Israel’s targeted assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Chairman of Hamas, because they do not want to interfere with ceasefire talks taking place. With an excuse like that, Iran is trying to garner legitimacy in world politics.

The “week that was” started off with former President Trump dodging an assassin’s bullet. As the Republican nominee for President said, “It was G-d alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening.” He told Michael Goodwin of the New York Post and reiterated his remarks in his speech at the Republican National Convention,