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April 16, 2020 | 9,206 Comments »

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  1. There is a question I’ve been considering for a couple of days now: after all the action in Israel and Egypt, it feels as if we have been left hanging, kind of like waiting for the second boot to finally fall. Do any of you get the same feeling?

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  2. -On the way to the Knesset, Trump asked to stop in Bnei Brak to buy some Challah for the festival of Simchat Torah.

    Ardie Geldman on FB with photo, unable to share.

  3. Storm in the Arab World:
    Muslim blogger Huda Jannat is shocked by what she’s learned about Gaza since the war began. In a bold post, she describes what she’s learned during the war and reveals the comfortable and prosperous life that Gazans and Hamas leaders have become accustomed to thanks to Israeli concessions. The post exposes Hamas’s hypocrisy regarding the supposedly dire situation of Gazans before the war.

    And here’s what she posted:
    1. Suddenly, we learned that the Gaza Strip, home to 2 million people, has 36 hospitals. There are Arab countries with 30 million populations that don’t have that many hospitals.
    2. Suddenly, we learned that Gaza receives water, electricity, gas, and fuel for free from Israel. Of course, there’s not a single person in the Arab world who doesn’t pay for water, electricity, and fuel.
    3. Suddenly, we learned that Gaza receives $30 million a month from Qatar alone. And $120 million a month from UNRWA. And $50 million a month from the European Union. And $30 million a month from America. There are Arab countries drowning in debt, to whom no one gives even a million dollars.
    4. Suddenly we learned that there is no “blockade” of Gaza—all goods are flowing in, the borders are open. Gazans traveled to Egypt, and from there all over the world.
    5. Suddenly it turned out that Arabs live better in Gaza than in many Arab countries.
    6. Suddenly we realized that our brains had been “programmed” by the lies of the Muslim Brotherhood media.
    7. Suddenly we learned that the children in Gaza are not ordinary children, as we used to think, but child fighters with machine guns and suicide belts, trained by Hamas. 8. Suddenly, it turned out that schools, hospitals, and mosques in Gaza are organized terror headquarters and weapons depots with underground Hamas tunnels.
    9. Suddenly, we learned that Gaza has a “metro”—a 500-kilometer-long Hamas underground network that Israel can only envy.
    10. Suddenly, it turned out that Gaza’s doctors and teachers are actually active Hamas militants.
    11. Suddenly, we learned that rockets and mortars are stored in children’s rooms in Gaza homes.
    12. Suddenly, we learned that Hitler and his book “Mein Kampf” were very popular in Gaza, and an Arabic translation was in almost every home, along with a portrait of the author.
    13. Suddenly, we learned that Gazans live in luxury—multi-story mansions with swimming pools and premium German cars.
    14. Suddenly, we learned that there is no Israeli blockade of Gaza, since it borders its Muslim “sister” – Egypt.
    15. Suddenly, it turned out that the majority of “civilians” in Gaza support Hamas and other terrorist groups, democratically voted for Hamas, and celebrated the October 7th massacre.
    16. Suddenly, we learned that the so-called correspondents and journalists in Gaza working for Western media – CNN, AP, Reuters, and others – turned out to be Hamas militants who participated in the October 7th massacre.
    17. Suddenly, it turned out that the so-called “peace activists” and “workers of international human rights organizations” – the UN, the Red Cross, and the WHO – turned out to be terrorists and corrupt members of Hamas.
    18. Suddenly, we learned that every Hamas leader is a billionaire, richer than President Trump, with a net worth of $4-5 billion each.

    In conclusion: a Muslim blogger tore off the mask of Hamas hypocrisy in Gaza with a series of tweets that shocked the Arab world.
    They learned this from Israel’s outreach. Bibi had a message on her chest that was read by millions.

    Helen Lineen on FB

    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/198WFM6MVU/?mibextid=wwXIfr

  6. Trump’s Iran remarks in Knesset raise alarm in Israel
    As much as the enormous achievements of Operation “Midnight Hammer” are being hailed, President Trump finds it hard to believe that Iran can resume its nuclear program. It is clear that he is aiming for an agreement with Iran, in contrast to Israel’s position.

    by Danny Citrinowicz Published on 10-14-2025 00:00

    https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/10/14/trumps-iran-remarks-in-knesset-raise-alarm-in-israel/

  7. The Hidden Details of the Gaza Ceasefire Deal: Key Points from My Interview with Israel Radio

    ?? The Gaza Strip is now under the direct control of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and the American presence there will be permanent.
    ?? Hamas will never govern Gaza again, and its top leaders have already started leaving the Strip quietly.
    ?? Senior Hamas officials and their families are being resettled in four countries, including one Western nation. Each family will receive a house and a $250,000 payment.
    ?? Two Arab nations have pledged $120 billion in aid for Gaza’s reconstruction, along with more than $300 billion in investments—funding major projects like developing Gaza’s massive offshore gas fields. These efforts are expected to bring real economic improvement to everyday Gazans.
    ?? British and Indonesian forces will play a key role in keeping security across the Strip, under full U.S. supervision and oversight.
    ?? Israelis will return to northern Gaza, where there will be a permanent civilian Israeli presence.
    ?? The deal came together after former President Trump met with Arab leaders who had backed Hamas in New York, warning them they’d face serious consequences if they kept pushing for war.
    ?? Many Arab governments had actually wanted the Gaza conflict to drag on for another decade to serve their own political interests and distract their citizens from domestic problems. Ending the war, however, delivers a major blow to Jordan’s king, who has been indirectly managing Hamas through his Muslim Brotherhood allies.
    #Gaza #jordan

    Mudhar Zahran on FB with link I can”t seem to copy to his interview on Tamar Yonah show

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02xVQx6kHjguhRdaTFB46EEqMKWh1Xbdrud4ibwekvy5NYvn4LDgGLWwPJc7qUYKQYl&id=100080054573725

    I dunno. Is this credible?

    By the way, any news of “the rabbi of Saudi Arabia?”I’m reminded of:

    “…In The Last Dragon (1985)The phrase is part of a joke and a plot point. Leroy is searching for a master named “Sum Dum Goy,” which his teacher claims has the other half of a special medal. He is told he must find him in the “Sum Dum Goy fortune cookie factory…” AI overview.

    Delightful Israeli produced American camp musical comedy that flips all the ethnic stereotypes.

    https://youtu.be/MTmkAIrmas4?si=qM2hXVdlLkYJGWCz

  8. I read this morning that Hamas has not returned the remains of 24 deceased hostages. I’m wondering if some of these might not still be alive. We won’t know for sure until every single hostage is accounted for.

  11. FACTS
    The numerous travellers who documented their journeys to Palestine through the centuries somehow never came across the Palestinians . Here are just a few of those who travelled and wrote about the land and its peoples and all managed to miss the ‘indigenous Palestinians’.

    Siebald Rieter 1426 – 1428 Maps to Jerusalem

    Bernard von Breydenbach 1440 – 1497 Pilgrimage

    Felix Fabri 1451 – 1502 Pilgrim and Preacher

    Martin Kabatnik 1428 – 1503 From Jerusalem to Cairo

    Arnold van Harff 1471 – 1505 The Pilgrimage

    Father Michael NaudDied circa 1604 The Jerusalem Connection

    Adrian Reland 1676 – 1718 Palastina Monumentis Illustrata

    John Bowles 1701 – 1779 The Twelve Tribes Map

    William Thackeray 1811 – 1863 From Jaffa to Jerusalem

    Edward Robinson 1794 – 1863 Biblical Researches

    Sir George Gawler 1795 – 1869 Syria And its Near Prospects

    Alphonse de Lamartine 1790 – 1869 From Marseilles to Jerusalem

    Sir George Adam Smith 1856 – 1942 Jerusalem

    The above are just a small example of those who recorded their travels through the geographical area throughout the centuries who all seemed to have missed the existence of the Palestinians. Perhaps they were subject to Zionist or Jewish threats. Other itinerant scribes who similarly missed the Palestinians were
    Gunnar Edward Webbe, 1590;
    the British archaeologist Thomas Shaw, 1750;
    Count Constantine Francois Volney,
    18th century French author and historian and the author Mark Twain in The Innocents Abroad 1867. The absence of the Palestinians and the presence of Jews is the common theme within all these journals.
    So am I correct in my belief that just like silicone breast implants an invention of the 1960’s and totally artificial , the Palestinians were a similar invention……
    – Peter Baum

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0WiSG3whj9kar3T7EPN1LUc9PHikUqJjWBWMdT1fWNSr3v9fZXeMvF3a4YYmeX3hQl&id=100009160292696

  12. FACTS
    Many supporting the false narrative that Jews / Zionists stole Palestinian land may wish to read The Land Question in Palestine by Kenneth W. Stein .
    Through diligent and meticulously researching and identifying land transfer documentation from a number of historical legal , and thankfully still maintained sources , Arab , Jew , Palestinian , Zionist and British , Stein has listed numerous land sales from Arabs to Jews prior to the re-establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.
    To a political researcher such as myself it is unsurprising how many Arabs yelled foul at the false narrative of a Zionist land grab whilst duplicitously selling at overinflated prices to those very same Zionists they were accusing of land theft .
    Both Churchill in several speeches and the Arabs themselves in recorded testimony under oath to various commissions notably the Hope Simpson and Peel Commissions stated that no Arab Palestinian land had been stolen but all legally acquired.
    As just one glaring example appendix 3 of the book which exposes numerous such legally documented land sales is as follows.
    Name of seller – Abu Hantash Abd al – Latif
    Position / status / short biography – Village shaykh at Qaqun ; participated in attacks on Jews at the Hadera massacre in 1921 ; helped to organise the Farmers Party in 1924 and organised opposition to Jewish purchase of Wadi Qabbani in the 1930’s.
    Land sales – sold 821 dunams at Qaqun in 1925 for £P 2,564 in the Tulkarm sub district .
    ( one dunam is 0.247 acres )

    – Peter Baum on FB

  16. “In 2025, motivations for making aliyah include solidarity with Israel, a response to rising antisemitism and fear for personal safety in diaspora communities, and a deeply held ideological longing to live in their ancestral homeland and contribute to Jewish life. Events like the October 7th attacks have accelerated aliyah timelines for some, while others are driven by a desire to be part of the Jewish future and the fulfillment of religious and Zionist ideals.
    Key Motivations
    Rising Antisemitism: Many Jews feel “pushed” to make aliyah due to the increasing prevalence of antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric in countries like the U.S. and France, seeking a safe haven in Israel.
    Solidarity and Support: The October 7th attacks and the subsequent war sparked a desire for many Jews to show solidarity with Israel, boost its morale, and demonstrate their commitment to its future.
    Ideological & Religious Beliefs: A strong sense of Zionism and religious belief in the return to the Jewish homeland continues to drive aliyah, as individuals feel a duty to be part of the Jewish story and connect with their ancestral land.
    A Desire for Community and Purpose: Aliyah offers a sense of belonging to a vibrant Jewish community and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in rebuilding and contributing to Israeli society.
    Shifting Trends
    Accelerated Timelines: While aliyah has always been an idealistic dream for many, the events of October 7th created a sense of urgency, accelerating plans for families to move to Israel.
    Diverse Motivations: While historically religious motivations were dominant, organizations like Nefesh B’Nefesh, note that a significant portion of singles making aliyah come from non-Orthodox households, indicating a broader range of motivations.
    Impact of Recent Events
    The Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war significantly influenced motivations, leading to an increase in both aliyah inquiries and actual immigrants from countries like the U.S., the UK, and France.
    This surge in aliyah is seen by some as a powerful demonstration of Zionism and a response to what is perceived as an increasingly challenging and hostile global environment for Jews. ”

    AI Overview response to query: motivation of Jews making Aliya in 2025.

  18. Somebody posted this on FB and among the many skeptical replies, somebody wrote:” I want to buy into your dream.” This reminded me of so many apt humorous metaphors.

    TRUST THE PLAN !!
    Trump has an ace up his sleeve is miss directing the Muslims and everyone else in the world and at the very last moment he’ll play his Trump card and Hamas will be destroyed disarmed and all the hostages back home.
    Gaza will be rebuilt ? and be annexed by Israel as well as Judea Samaria.
    And all the Palestinians, who are now in Gaza and Israel will be transported FREE OF CHARGE to Jordan or Egypt or Saudi Arabia or Qatar or any other of the 40 other Muslim nations in the world .
    And we’ll all live happily ever after . Amen ! ?

    Monty Python: Mystico and Janet; flats built by hypnosis

    https://youtu.be/1ujRE2IkEIo?si=vg8r8gBrBIDSZYi4

    Housing project built by 19th century English literary characters part 1

    https://youtu.be/bYjF5R-qgBU?si=_RzR2KJbcCpKWJot

    Part 2

    https://youtu.be/iqC0FcGnF5I?si=rrDpJsajXuxA79py

    AI Overview

    +8
    The “buy my dream” scene occurs in episode 13 of the K-drama Pinocchio, where Choi Dal-po (Lee Jong-suk), drunk and heartbroken, imagines telling Choi In-ha (Park Shin-hye) that he loves her despite their familial complication. This is a pivotal moment in the drama, showing his continued feelings for her even after their forced breakup.
    Summary of the scene
    The setup: Dal-po and In-ha have recently broken up because their complicated family history and his desire for revenge against her mother made a relationship untenable. Dal-po’s feelings for In-ha, however, remain strong.
    The confrontation: In his sorrow, a drunk Dal-po goes to In-ha’s home and stands outside her door. He believes he is hallucinating when he sees her, so he speaks his heart freely, telling her, “Buy my dream”. In this imagined conversation, he professes his love and recounts all the happy moments he wishes could have been real.
    The reveal: In-ha is not a figment of his imagination and hears every word. When she reaches out to touch his face, Dal-po is shocked to realize she is actually there. The scene is heart-wrenching because it shows that they both still love each other despite their difficult circumstances.
    Where to watch the scene
    You can find the K-drama Pinocchio and the scene on several streaming services:
    Viki: Available with English subtitles.
    Kocowa: Can be streamed by subscription.
    Amazon Prime Video: The first season is available to stream.
    Netflix: Available in some regions.

    Actually, earlier he tells her he had a lucky dream and humorously offers to sell it to her for a nickel so she will pass her audition and she buys it. He puts the nickel on a neclace and wears it.

    Who wants to buy Trump and Bibi’s dream? Me. me. I already posted Eddie Cantor’s “Ice Cream Fantasy” from “Kid Millions” (1934) oh, and there’s Winona Ryder’s famous line, in “Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael” (1990) “It’s good to want things.”

  20. I was just reading an article about Greta Thunberg, and I realized that she must have indeed been tortured somewhere along the line, (by whom, I couldn’t say). But the poor girl was obviously beat mercilessly with an “ugly stick”. [Insert hilariously laughing emoji here].

  21. Wasn’t the point of the ceasefire to create a safe environment for releasing the hostages? There is no deal. Every hour the IDF remains static endangers their lives. Resume fighting!

  27. Several senators said the administration’s unilateral offer of defense guarantees to Qatar — similar to those the U.S. has made to protect its NATO allies — deserves scrutiny from Congress.

    Sen. Todd Young, a top Republican voice in favor of reclaiming congressional war powers, said that the deal “certainly strikes me as unconventional and the sort of thing that the Foreign Relations Committee might want to hold a hearing on. … it does strike me as worthy of attention and explication in a public setting.”

    Sen. Tim Kaine said he’s “very troubled” by the deal. “It just looks like it was a trade for the jet. Maybe it’s not that, but that’s the way it looks,” he continued, referring to Qatar’s gift of a luxury jumbo jet to serve as Air Force One.

    “You can’t confer Article 5 protections by executive order, and I don’t think there’d be any appetite at all [in Congress] to do that through a treaty,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said.

    Full story: https://ji.news/49fgi

  29. Hello Mike
    It’s really a pleasure to hear from you and also that you are in positive health TG.
    I’m as usual,, which means OK. I don’t post much any more as it has become far too political for me, matters which don’t interest me. Pointless blather is…..pointless…and gives vicarious satisfaction to those who want to waste their time.
    Not me. And it seems also not you.

    Keep on keeping well, is my wish for you in this New Year.

    • HI, Edgar

      …Pointless blather is…..pointless…and gives vicarious satisfaction to those who want to waste their time.
      Not me. And it seems also not you.

      You are correct. What I would like to hear about Israel is, perhaps, news that Egypt or some other deeply interested party agreeing to resettle a couple million “Palestinian” refugees, especially from ‘Aza. All this other BS is just glitz for President Trump, and more “mowing the grass” for Israel.

      From comments I’ve seen on blogsites, October 7 has become boring and passé at the best, and completely twisted into accusations against both Trump and Netanyahu at the most likely.

      I like listening to tousi.com. and “Real Coffee with Scott Adams”, and not much else. I also follow the latest from Ukraine, like

      Ukraine’s Drones Are Now Striking the Kremlin’s Backyard

      Cheers!

      https://youtu.be/7JE-C5YN6-k

      PS I also check now and then about riots in Portland (seeing if anyone I know is messed up with them. Our elections are all rigged here, so we presumably voted for all these politicians but actually didn’t

      I also try to be informed about how deeply we are currently at war with Xi Jinping,

  33. Edgar,

    I’m glad to see you posting, and apparently in good health. My own health has improved rather dramatically these past few days, culminating with a healthy dose of COVID (knocked it out with ZYCAM and Ivermectin). I am now able to walk pretty freely, visit friends, etc. God has been good!

    Concerning current events, I personally do not follow them religiously, as some do; but eventually I do pick up a point or two. For one thing, I have just today picked up what looks like very good coverage of the Charlie Kirk shooting, including some sane analysis:

    https://rumble.com/v6zu4j6-bombshell-mortician-exposes-charlie-kirk-autopsy-the-key-evidence-everyone-.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep

    https://rumble.com/v6zqqle-exposed-new-charlie-kirk-crime-scene-details-alex-jones-on-kash-patel.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep

    Stephen Gardner had the sensibility about him, to wait a few days, until he collected important information, before speaking about these things.

    God bless and keep you and yours this year. L’shana tova!

  34. One of the annoying, ignorant tropes in science fiction fantasy involving travel millions of years in the past is having them speak Arabic in the Middle East. The oldest proto-Arabic document dates from the second century, CE/AD. The oldest classical Arabic document dates from the 7th century CE/AD. The oldest Hebrew document dates from the eleventh century BCE/BC.

    Case in point, Kdrama, Genie Make a wish.

    Katherine Neville’s trilogy

  35. PELONI-

    No Need to send me Current Events. I read what’s topical every day MANY HOURS before your list arrives. It’s just something to immediately delete. So please remove my name ….Thank You.

  39. “AI Overview

    +3
    The verses describe two opposing futures: Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3 predict a future of peace where swords are beaten into plowshares, signifying the end of war. In contrast, Joel 3:10 depicts a future where the tools of peace, plowshares, are beaten into swords, signaling a time of widespread warfare and the strengthening of the weak through conflict. The key difference is that Isaiah and Micah foresee a universal peace attained through God’s judgment and justice, while Joel foresees a future characterized by war and conquest as a means to achieve a form of strength and victory.
    Isaiah’s Vision (Isaiah 2:4)
    Prediction: A future where nations will cease warring and instead turn their implements of war into tools for agriculture.
    Symbolism: “Beat their swords into plowshares” means that weapons of war will be transformed into tools for farming and cultivating peace.
    Outcome: This leads to a lasting global peace, with no one learning war anymore.
    Joel’s Vision (Joel 3:10)
    Prediction: A future where agricultural tools are converted into weapons of war.
    Symbolism: “Beat your plowshares into swords” signifies a shift from a peaceful state of abundance to a state of readiness for conflict and war.
    Outcome: This passage is a call to the “weakling” to declare themselves strong and to rally for battle, suggesting a future of prolonged or widespread warfare rather than peace.
    Key Differences
    Direction of transformation: Isaiah shows the transformation from war tools to peace tools, while Joel shows the opposite.
    Nature of the future: Isaiah envisions peace through justice and the end of conflict, whereas Joel anticipates a future of war and conflict, even for those considered weak.
    Purpose: The Isaiah/Micah vision is a call for universal peace and an end to violence, while Joel’s is a call to prepare for war and assert strength.”

  41. What if Trump’s abrupt and dead pan policy reversal regarding extension of sovereignty by Israel is not a response to anything related to Israel, but is rather is instead related to something serious related to the US. There are things which might be done in peacetime which can not be pursued in the midst of war. I will have more to discuss on this later.

    • @Sebastien
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