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Jared Kushner answers questions in Kiev after consultations with Zelensky and Putin. Screengrab via Youtube.
Jared Kushner says Israelis are being “a little irrational” about Gaza.
But then he admits:
“We’re now starting to understand the scope of the militarization of Gaza. It is beyond your comprehension.”
NOW starting to understand?
After Oct. 7? After nearly three years of war? After our soldiers uncovered an enormous terrorist infrastructure of tunnels, weapons and command centers embedded throughout Gaza?
Then Kushner admits something else:
“We worked with Hamas for over four months.”
And Hamas supposedly signed an agreement promising to demilitarize.
Seriously?
Hamas carried out Oct. 7. It is a jihadist terrorist organization committed to Israel’s destruction. They are Islamonazis who must be decimated, not talked to!
Yet Washington spends months negotiating with Hamas, admits it is only now comprehending the magnitude of Gaza’s militarization, and then calls Israelis irrational for refusing to entrust our children’s future to another promise of “demilitarization”?
Kushner has it backwards.
Israelis understand something Washington is apparently still learning:
The old Gaza paradigm is dead. It was always dead.
In 2005, Israel expelled nearly 10,000 Jews, destroyed 21 Jewish communities and removed every soldier from Gaza.
We were promised peace.
We got Hamas, rockets, terror tunnels and ultimately Oct. 7.
Never again.
And this Israeli awakening is now entering our election.
Ben-Gvir is campaigning for a government ministry dedicated to facilitating Gazan emigration.
Ofer Winter has made Gazan emigration part of his platform.
Moshe Feiglin has been talking about emptying Gaza of the jihadi population for years.
Netanyahu appointed Minister Gila Gamliel to oversee efforts to facilitate Gazan emigration after President Trump himself originally raised relocation in January 2025.
And listen to Avida Bechar, a survivor of Kibbutz Be’eri whose wife and son were murdered on Oct. 7. He came from Israel’s peace-loving Gaza-envelope communities. He believed in coexistence.
Oct. 7 changed everything.
He has repeatedly argued that Israelis will never be safe if one jihadi remains in Gaza.
That isn’t “irrational.”
That is Oct. 7 clarity.
For me, the long-term answer is clear: America should use its enormous leverage with Egypt to press Cairo to open the Rafah border and permit Gazans who leave the war zone to enter, while Israel permanently eliminates Hamas and every jihadist military organization threatening our people.
Then Israel should correct the disastrous mistake of 2005.
Rebuild Jewish Gaza.
Bring Jewish life back to the communities we abandoned.
Build them bigger, stronger and more beautiful than Gush Katif ever was.
I look forward to the day when Jewish families are once again building homes, planting fields and raising children in Gaza and when I have a beachfront Gaza home to spend enjoying with my family.
Not a question of if. A question of when.
We Jews have spent too many years allowing other people to tell us what is “realistic.”
We are not the irrational ones. Those who continue to ignore a 1,400+ year jihadi ideology out to persecute all non-Muslims around the globe are the irrational ones.
Strengthen your faith.
Strengthen your Jewish identity.
Strengthen your connection to our God-given ancestral homeland.
Am Yisrael is coming home!!!
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Here’s a small point. What sound reason is there for having the (Jihadi) Gazans emigrate to Egypt? I can think of only one reason, and it doesn’t really impress me very much. Egypt is the shortest destination OUT of Gaza and away from Israel. That’s all. But, let’s say that you’ve accomplished that. What are you left with? A couple of hundred thousand wild asses of men (and very fertile wild asses of women) who are sitting on your doorstep, and who will further radicalize the already unstable population of Egypt. No! Sending them to Egypt is NOT a good idea. Where then?
I think the primary goal should be to put as much distance as you can between Israel and the asses. So where might that be? I’ll just throw out a few ideas: Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, or Bangladesh, all come to mind. But my favorite idea of all is to send them to Turkey. Turkey already supports Hamas, so having thousands of wild asses of jihadis in their country only makes sense. I’m sure that the Turks will enjoy dealing with these people on their own turf. So if the US is going to use its “great influence”, maybe it should push for that.
Every American leftist I have spoken to in the last wuarter century has insisted that evacuated Gaza was “an open air concentration camp.” Seriously. Same exact phrase every time.
I have quipped that Israel should have taken many of
the pallywood and pallywood adjacent (whether from right or left) false accusations as good advice to be followed. 😀
In one respect it has. It looks like Marjorie Taylor Greene’s space lasers are on the way to becoming a reality. 😀
“ israel lasers space”
“ Israel is actively pursuing the development of space-based offensive and defensive laser capabilities as a long-term strategic military goal. [1] (https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryb8smx7fg), [2] (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AtzKC0IngNs)The AnnouncementDefense Priority: Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that establishing advanced space-based laser capabilities is a top defense priority for Israel. [1] (https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryb8smx7fg)Goal: Israel aims to rank among the top three global military powers in space-based technology and secure a decisive technological advantage over regional adversaries like Iran. [1] (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AtzKC0IngNs), [2] (https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryb8smx7fg)Scientific Recruitment: The government has instructed the defense establishment and prime minister’s office to recruit top scientific talent to focus on this initiative. [1] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIcKgpAdXTk)Technology and ContextFrom Ground to Space: The initiative builds on Israel’s existing ground-based directed-energy programs, most notably the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems [Iron Beam] (or Or Etan) air defense system, which intercepts short-range rockets, drones, and mortars using high-energy laser beams. [1] (https://responsiblestatecraft.org/laser-israel-space/), [2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Beam), [3] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvpQcB04h2Q)Potential Applications: Space-based lasers could be used to target enemy satellites, disable electronic components, or neutralize dangerous space debris. [1] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhTNPJ1p0gM)Global Arms Race: The move places Israel in a broader international race alongside major powers like the U.S., China, and Russia that are exploring space-based defense and counter-space technologies. [1] (https://responsiblestatecraft.org/laser-israel-space/), [2] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhTNPJ1p0gM)Would you like to know more about how Israel’s ground-based Iron Beam system works, or explore the current landscape of global space-based defense initiatives?”
Lets hear it for humor and sci fi.
“ mel brooks jews in space “Jews in Space” is a famous comedy sketch and song concept that Mel Brooks originally teased in the 1981 movie [History of the World, Part I]. [1] (https://www.facebook.com/jewishdailyforward/videos/in-1981-mel-brooks-included-in-his-film-history-of-the-world-part-i-a-teaser-for/706422558102713/)Origin and EvolutionThe Original Teaser: At the end of History of the World, Part I, Mel Brooks ran a fake coming-soon trailer listing future sequels. This included “Hitler on Ice” and “Jews in Space,” featuring a Star of David-shaped spaceship. [1] (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/history-of-the-world-part-2-mel-brooks-black-jesus-jews-in-space-150848332.html), [2] (https://www.jta.org/2023/03/06/culture/the-real-jewish-history-in-history-of-the-world-part-ii-part-i), [3] (https://www.facebook.com/jewishdailyforward/videos/in-1981-mel-brooks-included-in-his-film-history-of-the-world-part-i-a-teaser-for/706422558102713/)Fulfillment in Part II: More than 40 years later, the 2023 Hulu series [History of the World, Part II] finally delivered a full “Jews in Space” sketch. It featured a spaceship crew, a space dreidel, and cameos by comedians like Sarah Silverman. [1] (https://www.jta.org/2023/03/06/culture/the-real-jewish-history-in-history-of-the-world-part-ii-part-i), [2] (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/history-of-the-world-part-2-mel-brooks-black-jesus-jews-in-space-150848332.html)Cultural Legacy: The gag inspired real-world items and names, including the academic exhibit Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. [1] (https://yivo.org/Space), [2] (https://www.facebook.com/ANUMuseumeng/posts/jews-in-space-members-of-the-tribe-in-orbit-named-after-a-mel-brooks-gag-is-an-e/1623365484447339/)Facebook·The Forward0:56In 1981, Mel Brooks included in his film “History of the World, Part I” a …YahooBlack Jesus and ‘Jews in Space’: Inside the funniest sketches in ‘History of the World, Part II’In the original sketch, Mel Brooks teased a second installment that would feature the next-next-next-next generation of Jews in Star of David spaceships. The ei…YIVO Institute for Jewish ResearchJews in Space: Members of the Tribe in OrbitBy the early 20th century, when science and tradition had already separated, Jewish inventor Hugo Gernsback coined the term “science fiction,” and founded a ser…Jewish Telegraphic AgencyThe real Jewish history in Mel Brooks’ and Hulu’s ‘History of the World …Jews in Space Fittingly, the “Part II” opus ends with another callback first teased more than 40 years ago in “Part I,” as well as its own teaser, for “HistorFacebook·ANU – Museum of the Jewish People“Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit,” named after a Mel …“Jews in Space: Members of the Tribe in Orbit,” named after a Mel Brooks gag, is an exhibit organized and on view at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
Jews in Space
https://youtu.be/sz7JGCj4Q5k?is=2aGwpGZAPP5gnyRv