12 • The WESTCHESTER County Press • Thursday, • OCTOBER 19, 2023
The Israeli/Hamas War: A Warning for America By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper
DR. JOHN E. WARREN
Those who follow the news know that in recent months, there has been an internal battle in Israel as the Prime Minister has sought to abolish the role of the Supreme Court, which serves as a check and balance over the legislation under Israel’s democratic form of government. This struggle led to massive protests, including members of the military pulling back on service as an expression of objection to the proposed changes. The next result: the
conveyance of an internal conflict which led enemies of the State to decide it was a good time for an all out attack, especially during an important Jewish holiday. The result of that internal conflict has cost more than 1000 lives in Israel and hundreds of Palestinian deaths. Fast switch to America’s democratic problems: A Legislative body unable to even pass a Resolution of support for Israel because of the lack of a Speaker in a Republican led House of Representatives, with a Democratic Party standing on the sidelines, with no will or incentive to help elect a new Republican Speaker. While we argue over the much needed and necessary continued aid to Ukraine, our own military arsenal is being depleted; the Congress has no fewer than eleven appropriation bills bottled up without passage and the Senate is locked down on military funding and promotions in critical positions because of one Senator’s position on the use of military funds related to abortions and transgender care of military personnel. This is a recipe for our enemies to consider some first strike actions against us
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Mondaire Jones – a Democratic congressional candidate in NY-17 – is running to return to Congress to finish the work he started to lower costs for Lower Hudson Valley residents, make our communities safer, defend our democracy, raise wages, and stop Republicans from banning abortion. He was raised in Section 8 housing in Spring Valley by a single mom and is a proud product of East Ramapo public schools. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, work at the Department of Justice during the Obama Administration, and graduate from Harvard
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women and minorities. In 1976, with Alice C. Scott as its first president. the county organization served as the hub and set up chapters in Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, Greenburgh/White Plains, and Peekskill. Over the last year, the Caucus expanded its reach in the northern part of Westchester County by forming a new chapter in the Greater Bedford Area. Subomi Macaulay is the countywide president of the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus. The Co-Chairs of the event are Angela Farrish, Ghia Clark and Lisa Marie Nero. ABOUT THE GUEST SPEAKER: Lacey Schwartz Delgado is an award-winning writer, director and producer at Truth Aid Media, an in-
just as we experienced on 911. The blame no longer falls on the conservative Right. The Right has denied elections, ignored the very Constitution they took an Oath to uphold and defend and they have sought to shut down our very government with all the related consequences because they are unable to override our democratic system of government as they attempted to do on January 6th in the assault on the U.S. Capitol. The blame now falls on the American people who are beginning to drink the kool-aid of lies and destruction, reminding us of what it must have been like when Nero played his fiddle while Rome burned. America has a crisis in leadership that is begging China, North Korea, Iran, Russia and all those who sympathize with them against the United States, to consider if this is not the time to become more aggressive with America. Like Rome, have we become so comfortable with our internal hate of those who don’t look like us and the degree to which we no longer wish to help
anyone but ourselves at the expense of all others, that we will destroy this nation from within rather than honor the democratic principles and Godly concern for our fellow man that brought us thus far? Yes, the war now raging between Hamas and Israel, with Hamas knowing it can’t win but being willing to slaughter innocent people to draw others into a well orchestrated conflict with the end goal of destroying Israel, is similar to looking at the Republican Party. The insane loyalty of elected members of Congress, to a madman with multiple civil convictions and more than 90 criminal charges in State and Federal Courts, sounds much like Hamas. Once again, the blame falls on the American people who allow a small minority, much like Hamas compared to the Palestinian people, to destroy a nation because of its own hatred. Wake up America! Wake up before our war comes unexpectedly to our own doors and perhaps from the enemy already within that small group which calls themselves Americans, too.
Law School. He worked as a litigator in the Westchester County Attorney’s Office before being elected in 2020 to represent the Hudson Valley in the US House of Representatives. For more information about Mondaire Jones, please visit MondaireForCongress.com. Twitter: @MondaireJones; Facebook: /MondaireJonesNY17; Instagram: @MondaireJones
dependent production company she co-founded over a decade ago with her business partner, Mehret Mandefro. Truth Aid uses the power of storytelling to distill complex societal issues into compelling, mission-driven works that inspire change among audiences of all types. Across 40 different countries spanning topics from human rights to wage transparency, Truth Aid turns research to story, then story into action to change the normative narrative. Lacey is best known for writing, directing and producing the internationally recognized documentary, Little White Lie, about her defining journey to discovering her true paternity and race at age 18. Lacey’s innate and transformational resilience inspired an incredible gift for truth tell-
ing that informs the narratives she tells and shapes the aesthetic approach she brings to her craft. An extraordinary storyteller and sought-after speaker, her work challenges audiences to engage with each other and the world through the lens of authenticity and transparency. Lacey is the Second Lady of New York and currently lives in Rhinebeck with her husband, Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado, and their twin sons, Maxwell and Coltrane. Lacey was born and raised in nearby Woodstock and attended Georgetown University where she majored in Government with a minor in Studio Arts. Lacey continued her education at Harvard Law School where she first found her voice as a filmmaker and met her husband, Antonio.
