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  1. SEB-

    I believe I have another for you. The Jews of Malta and attached smaller Islands were undercover right to our lifetimes even still many may be. At Uni I met a Maltese girl named Iris Seruya who imparted a few guarded hints.

    • AI Overview (for googled query:Jews of Malta, articles attached)

      +4
      Malta – jewish heritage, history, synagogues, museums, areas …
      The Jewish community in Malta, with a history spanning over 2,000 years, is a small, resilient group of approximately 100-500 people, mostly in the Valletta area. With roots dating back to Phoenician times and significant medieval, Arab, and Norman-era presence, the community was expelled in 1492 but re-established under British rule in the late 18th century, according to Wikipedia and the World Jewish Congress.
      Key Historical and Cultural Points:
      Ancient & Medieval Roots: Jews arrived in Malta around the 9th century BCE, with permanent settlement by the 1st century CE. Medieval Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities lived together, and Jews held influential positions under Arab rule.
      1492 Expulsion: Following the Spanish Inquisition, the community was expelled, but many remained as forced converts (“Anusim”), leaving behind, for example, Jewish-sounding family names like Ellul and Zamit.
      Knights of St. John Period: Between 1530 and 1798, many Jews were brought to the island as prisoners of the Knights, with redemption societies often paying for their release, according to Jewish Heritage Europe.
      Modern Community: Re-established in the 19th century, the community grew with refugees fleeing Nazis in the 20th century. It is now served by a synagogue in Ta’Xbiex, a Chabad House, and three cemeteries (including Marsa and Kalkara).
      Current Standing: The community remains small but active, with around 20 families forming the core in 2024, notes the European Jewish Congress.
      “The Jew of Malta” (Play):
      Christopher Marlowe’s play, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, written around 1589-1590, is a,, fictional, often criticized work featuring a Jewish merchant named Barabas. It is not a historical account of the actual Maltese Jewish population, but a dramatic, often antisemitic,, reflection of Elizabethan attitudes toward religion, money, and power.

  2. The Spanish Inquisition wasn’t the only time Jews were forced to convert or die

    A nearly identical tragedy played out centuries later along the Silk Road. Hidden within the walled cities of Central Asia, a community known as the Chala lived in a terrifying limbo.

    In the local dialect of Bukhara, the word “Chala” means neither this nor that, incomplete or unripe. It was a badge of shame for a group suspended between two worlds.

    The Chala were a subset of the Bukharian Jews. For millennia, they were part of the same ancient community that traced its roots back to the Babylonian exile. They spoke the same Judeo-Tajik dialect, ate the same food, and shared the same history as their neighbors.

    The only thing that separated the Chala from the rest of the Bukharian Jewish community was a sword.

    The origins of the split date back to the late 18th and mid-19th centuries in the Emirate of Bukhara, which is now part of modern-day Uzbekistan.

    During waves of intense religious persecution, the Emirs offered Jewish leaders a stark choice. They could convert or they could face execution.

    To save their families, many submitted.

    But their submission was only skin deep.

    This created a fractured existence. Publicly, the Chala were Muslims. They attended Friday prayers at the mosque and adopted Islamic names. They fasted during Ramadan. They were legally recognized as followers of the Prophet.

    Privately, they lived in the shadows.

    Inside their homes, behind locked doors and drawn curtains, they remained Jews. They lit Shabbat candles in basements. They circumcised their sons in secret ceremonies. They kept kosher kitchens while maintaining a public façade of compliance.

    This double life was incredibly fragile.

    Typically, a community could only maintain this high-wire act for two or three generations before the pressure became too great. Inevitably, they merged completely with the surrounding Muslim population, abandoning Jewish customs entirely.

    For those trying to hold on, the Russian conquest of Central Asia in 1867 offered a lifeline.

    The region was split. The Russian-controlled territory of Turkestan abolished the death penalty for apostasy. However, the Emirate of Bukhara maintained a level of independence and continued to execute anyone who renounced Islam.

    This created a desperate migration. Many Chala families fled the Emirate for Russian-ruled areas so they could openly return to Judaism.

    While Russian law technically required these refugees to be sent back, authorities largely ignored the mandate, allowing the community to survive.

    For those who remained behind in the Emirate, time ran out. By the time the Soviet Union fully took over the region, most of the Chala in Bukhara had finally converted to Islam to survive.

    The final blow to their distinct identity was bureaucratic.

    When the USSR introduced internal passports, citizens had to declare a nationality.

    The Chala faced a pragmatic dilemma. Registering as “Jewish” invited state-sponsored antisemitism. Registering as “Uzbek” or “Tajik” offered safety.

    Most chose the latter.

    Today, the Chala as a distinct community have largely vanished.

    Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, those who still identified as Jews joined the mass exodus to Israel and the United States, particularly to Queens, New York. In the freedom of the West, the need for secrecy evaporated.

    Their story is a testament to the resilience of identity under pressure. For nearly two centuries, the Chala managed to pass a heritage down to their children in whispers. They defied a world that demanded their erasure.

    It is difficult to imagine the mental toll of living a generational double life where your survival depends entirely on how well you can act the part of someone you are not.
    #jewish #history

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  5. NY Slimes article about Adams aide says she was bribed with crab cakes, among other things.

    Seems to me that’s an extenuating circumstance, if true.

    I mean, who wouldn’t lie, cheat or kill for crab cakes, for
    cryin’ out loud, especially the Costco crab cakes, right? 😀

    “ AI Overview about bike lanes, Adams aide was supposedly bribes
    to quash

    “Yes, there has been significant local opposition to bike lanes in Brooklyn, often characterized by conflicts over parking, traffic safety, and, in some areas, cultural differences. Key disputes in 2025 involved residents and business owners in Crown Heights and Williamsburg protesting protected lanes on Bedford and Brooklyn Avenues. Opponents cited hazards to children, seniors, and reduced parking, leading to the scaling back or removal of several projects.
    Key Instances of Local Opposition:
    Williamsburg (Bedford Avenue): A protected bike lane was removed and replaced with an unprotected one in 2025 following intense pushback from local residents and members of the Hasidic community, who argued it created dangers for children and seniors.
    Crown Heights (Kingston/Brooklyn Aves): Residents expressed strong opposition to planned protected lanes, citing safety risks for pedestrians and traffic congestion, even submitting nearly 1,000 petition signatures to the Department of Transportation (DOT).
    Court Street (Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens): Merchants and residents filed lawsuits against a redesign that installed a protected lane, citing negative impacts on deliveries and business.
    Prospect Park West: A major, long-standing dispute in 2010 involved residents protesting against the installation of a bike lane, which involved lawsuits and heated public debate.
    These conflicts often pit community members worried about the loss of parking or pedestrian safety against cyclists and city planners aiming to improve street safety, according to reports in the New York Times and Streetsblog New York City. “

  6. Hi, Sebastien

    I saw your latest post (“Michael I didn’t frame it that way…”). Thanks for keeping in touch. The “Reply” mechanism on Israpundit is nearly hopeless. We just have to make do, the best we can.

    I’m sorry you don’t understand the Bible verses. The vast majority of Christians don’t either, even though they’re pretty straightforward.

    I’ve been following the situaation in China, Iran, Russia and Europe. Venezuela seems to have vanished from everyone’s memory, and I think hardly anyone is concerned about Israel anymore. The MSM is intentionally ignorant of what’s happening in the world.

    If President Trump keeps dilly-dallying in Iran, then tens of thousands of freedom-loving Iranians have died in vain. We’ll see how it all turns out.

    • @Michael

      “ The MSM is intentionally ignorant of what’s happening in the world.”

      I think this is not necessarily a bad thing. in 1979, my girlfiend at that time, a fellow Anarcho-Communist, complained to me that she kept putting up fliers on the bulletin boards at MSM, which was in our neighborhood, where she was a composition major, minoring in piano, and some unknown person quietly took them down right away.

      AI Overview

      On anthropomorphizing the Legacy media, David Steinberg’s,”The Coast”

      https://youtu.be/H9EVEM3_5Rs?si=cEz7SCuwGl_8rgOG

      “ Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private conservatory in New York City offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in classical, jazz, and musical theatre performance, composition, and conducting. Founded in 1917, it’s known for its rigorous training, world-renowned faculty (often from the NY Philharmonic and Met Opera), and numerous performance opportunities in NYC. MSM also has a Precollege program for younger students and innovative distance learning initiatives.
      Key aspects
      Programs: Offers Bachelor of Music (BM), Master of Music (MM), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degrees, plus professional diplomas.
      Disciplines: Classical, Jazz, and Musical Theatre are core areas, with specializations in performance, composition, and conducting.
      Faculty: Features professional artists from major New York music organizations.
      Performance: Hosts over 1,100 performances annually, many free to the public, in its own halls and other NYC venues.
      Location: Situated in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.
      Precollege: A Saturday program for talented students aged 8-18, with both Classical and Jazz tracks.
      Innovation: A pioneer in distance learning, connecting students globally through technology. ”

    • @ Michael You said,

      “ I’m sorry you don’t understand the Bible verses. The vast majority of Christians don’t either…”

      I was reminded of something so

      I googled: “ the amazing doctor clitterhouse line: “Only three people in the world understand the theories of…”

      and got: AI Overview:

      “ The line refers to the Theory of Relativity. The quote, often attributed to physicist Sir Arthur Eddington (a contemporary of the era), was popularized in a joke where, when asked if he was one of them, he replied, “I was trying to think who the third one is”.
      Contextual Details:
      Source: The quote is not directly spoken by Dr. Clitterhouse, but rather a famous anecdote often cited regarding the complexity of Einstein’s work during that era.
      The Movie: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) follows a doctor (Edward G. Robinson) who commits crimes to study the physiological effects of crime on himself.
      Theme: The film deals with the “dual nature” of the protagonist and scientific exploration of criminal behavior. ”

      It’s a comedy/thriller with Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Clair Trevor, Allen Jenkins (1938)

      The judge asks a famous shrink if Clitterhouse is crazy and when he says he
      doesn’t understand the response, as indeed nobody would, this is what the shrink says.

      Amazon Prime video has it streaming $3.99 to rent, $9.99 to buy. Just checked though I saw it on tv in the ‘70s. Film Builds up to one of
      the funniest court room scenes, if not the funniest I’ve ever seen at the end though “Adams Rib” (1949) Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn’ My Cousin Vinnie (1992) and Woody Allen’s “Bananas” (1971) come close.

      I guess you might relate best to “Adams Rib”. Prime Video has all of
      them.

      But, apropos of nothing, you still haven’t said what you meant by that line about Trump remaining in office until he
      dies and
      then being replaced by Vance.

  7. Hey, EDGAR G.

    If you’re still reading these things, I just asked AI about a man who’s almost certainly a close cousin:

    Identity and Ministry: Ignacij Druks (born February 1, 1902, in Polj?ane) served as a chaplain and catechist in Slovenska Bistrica (Windisch-Feistritz) within the Diocese of Maribor.
    Arrest and Persecution: Following the Nazi annexation of Slovenia (Lower Styria) in 1941, he was arrested by the Gestapo as part of the systematic removal of Slovenian clergy who were seen as obstacles to Germanization.
    Death in Dachau: He was deported to the Dachau Concentration Camp on July 2, 1942 (prisoner number 31189). He died there on October 23, 1942, due to the harsh camp conditions.
    Recognition: He is listed among the priest-martyrs of the 20th century in the Slovenian Catholic Martyrology. His name is also recorded in the Libri d’Oro (Golden Books) of victims of the Nazi regime.

    Ignacij is almost certainly the grandson of my direct ancestor, bearing the same name. Another member of the family, my ggrandfather’s brother Peter, died a day before Ignacij was transported. Others in the family were either shot by the Nazis, died n Auschwitz or were put to forced labor. This is the first I’ve heard of the younger Ignacij.

    The family probably originates in Bursztyn, Galicia, which also produced Johan Bonner (who played “Sargeant Schulz” on “Hogan’s Heroes” and Sam “Zero” Mostel; but of course, my line is completely Catholic. It’s not much, but nice to know in my latter years.

  9. Avi Abelow No More Hostages in Gaza. No More Excuses.

    Thanks to our unbelievable holy IDF soldiers, and our leadership, there are no longer any Israeli hostages, dead or alive, in Gaza.

    The last body of Ron Gvili hy”d has been recovered. The human chapter of captivity in Gaza has closed. The national chapter of responsibility to end the danger from Gaza has not.

    And the official Trump administration plan to rebuild Gaza for the jihadi Gaza population there is delusional, ignoring the 1,400+ year jihadi Muslim ideology and the Jew-hatred of the whole agenda called “palestine”.

    Not leaving us a moment of delusion, immediately, Hamas steps forward with its new costume.
    Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem now speaks the language of “agreements,” “implementation,” “ceasefire commitments,” and “reconstruction.” He tells the world: “we fulfilled our part, let’s put October 7 aside, and now we rebuild.”

    This is the sick implementation of Islamic doctrine of Taqiya, lying to the kafir/infidel in practice.

    Hamas has not changed its jihadi ideology. It has changed its vocabulary. Now that they no longer have any leverage of our hostages in Gaza, it now speaks in Oslo language, “agreements,” “rights,” “administration,” while still declaring it will not disarm and still upholding what it calls its “right” to kidnap Israeli soldiers.

    The message to the world is simple: forget the horrific atrocities we committed on October 7th, move on, fund our reconstruction efforts to kill Jews and destroy Israel another day.

    But reality is clearer than the spin.

    Hamas still exists in Gaza in the third year of the war. And not only does it exist, it is reestablishing its power. The organizational backbone remains. The 1,400+ year old jihadi ideology remains in the whole Gaza population. The Hamas command structure, though damaged, is being rebuilt.

    Let’s remind ourselves of Israel’s goal to end this war, that Hamas launched against us: the elimination of Hamas and the removal of the jihadist threat from Gaza so Israeli citizens are never again exposed to a massacre like October 7.

    With no hostages left in Gaza, no comes the time to follow through on Trump’s promise to bring hell on Hamas in Gaza.

    If Phase B continues on its current trajectory, with the Trump administration global “peace board” that includes the jihadist led countries of Turkey and Qatar, Hamas is not weakening. It is strengthening.

    We are not dealing with an organization that has disappeared. We are watching a Muslim Brotherhood arm in Gaza regaining control while the world celebrates “calm” and enables it to rebuild.

    The only viable long-term path forward in Gaza, after everything we have witnessed, is the implementation of President Trump’s Gaza emigration plan.

    As even former peace activist like Avida Bechar, whose wife and son were murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7th in their home right in front of his eyes, have painfully concluded that Israel cannot live beside a society of jihadi ideology. As Avida has said countless of times “I don’t want to see one jihadi in Gaza. They are all Hamas. There are no innocent civilians in Gaza, as non-combatants took part in massacring us on Oct. 7th”

    That is why Prime Minister Netanyahu’s words last night matter beyond Gaza. At the Second Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem, he said:
    “We are in the process of blocking the radical Iranian Shiite axis. There is another one, the Muslim Brotherhood, the radical Sunni axis. We will defend ourselves, but will the West defend itself?”

    This is a crucial recognition of reality. For years, the world has been obsessed with the Iranian Shiite threat, and rightly so. But Netanyahu is pointing to the bigger picture: there is also a radical Sunni axis rooted in the Muslim Brotherhood ideology. He didn’t list names, but the meaning is clear, Qatar, Turkey, and others like Saudi Arabia that funded ISIS.

    This does not fit comfortably with American political realities, where close ties are maintained with Ankara and Doha. But reality does not bend to diplomacy. Both axes, Shiite and Sunni, are driven by versions of the same jihadi Muslim worldview. Both persecute minorities. Both deny Israel’s right to exist. Both are actively working to destroy America and the whole freedom-loving world.

    Replacing one with the other is not victory.

    Now that there are no more hostages alive in Gaza, Israel stands at a moral and strategic crossroads. The emotional pressure that shaped policy is gone. What remains is clarity.

    We either finish the job in Gaza, or we accept the countdown to the next war.

    Hamas’s new language is designed to buy time. The world’s desire for “stability” is designed to forget. But Jewish history has taught us the cost of illusions.

    We also cannot continue to delude ourselves about the whole cause called “Palestine”. Even as the focus is on Hamas, we cannot ignore a hard truth: the Palestinian Authority leadership has consistently advanced the same ultimate objective of destroying Israel, by paying terrorists and using diplomatic and political tools.

    When Mahmoud Abbas and PA officials glorify “martyrs,” fund terrorists’ families, and justify the Oct. 7th atrocities, it becomes clear that the conflict is not merely about borders, but about an absolute rejection of a Jewish state. We cannot ignore the historical context of the creation of the Palestinian national identity by the Soviet KGB to legitimize terror against Jews to eventually destroy the Jewish state of Israel.

    The Iranian and Qatari funded jihadist war against us has not ended. Their 1,400+ year ideology has not changed, only their language and tactics have.

    Israel will survive and flourish by confronting reality, not slogans. We are destined to stand as a moral light to humanity, spreading goodness, morality, and godliness from God’s holy land, our ancestral homeland, while eliminating the jihadi evil that endangers the entire world.

    Am Yisrael Chai!!!

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  10. NY Democratic Congressional Favorite Refuses to Support Anti-Israel Aid Legislation, Accuse Israel of ‘Genocide’

    Micah Lasher. But:

    “Lasher criticized conduct of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, writing that he would be willing to “co-sponsor Rep. Nadler’s ‘West Bank Violence Prevention Act,’ as well as work to reintroduce Biden-era sanctions on West Bank settlement activity.” Lasher is running to replace Rep. Jerry Nadler, a long-time congressman who is not seeking reelection this year.”

    He just got elected to State Assembly as the anti-BDS candidate – His opponent was a Working Families Party backed candidate- and then he endorsed Mamdani. Another frenemy.

    https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/01/26/ny-democratic-congressional-favorite-refuses-support-anti-israel-aid-legislation-accuse-israel-genocide/

  11. Hamas seeks role for its police in Gaza ahead of disarmament talks, sources say
    Hamas is pushing to integrate its roughly 10,000 police officers into a new US-backed Palestinian administration for Gaza, a move likely to face Israeli opposition as disarmament talks continue.

    “A US official said on Tuesday that Hamas terror operatives would be granted some sort of amnesty.”

    https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-884695

    Frenemy

  12. Hello, Sebastien. You haven’t answered my question. I will repeat it:

    Donald Trump is Israel’s strongest ally. Can you seriously suggest another?

    When I said “another”, I didn’t mean unsuccessful election hopefuls. I meant actual existing leaders of countries. Donald Trump will be our leader, until he dies; then we will have J.D. Vance.

    • @Michael The United States is not a consistent ally. There are no others but that’s no reason to knuckle under. Is that direct enough for you? Ben Gurion said no to the U.S.. from a much weaker position and Israel was stronger for it.

          • “AI Overview

            +4
            The United States began funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in 1950, shortly after the agency’s creation in 1949, and has remained its largest historical donor. The U.S. has contributed over $7.3 billion to UNRWA for aid and, except for a funding suspension between 2018 and 2021, has maintained support since inception.
            Key details regarding U.S. funding of UNRWA:
            Initial Funding:

            AI Overview

            • Since October 7, 2023, the United States has provided over $2.1 billion in humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, with at least $641 million explicitly programmed by USAID for Gaza as of early 2025. This aid, aimed at food, healthcare, and water, has faced scrutiny regarding its distribution and potential diversion.
              Key details regarding USAID and U.S. aid to Gaza:
              Total Post-Oct 7 Aid: More than $2.1 billion in total U.S. assistance has been directed to the region since October 2023.
              USAID Specifics: USAID has provided over $641 million for humanitarian efforts.
              Funding Hurdles: In 2025, some USAID funding faced delays or freezes, with over $383 million in funding for Gaza-related aid undergoing review.
              Ongoing Assistance: Despite concerns and aid stoppages to certain groups, the U.S. has continued to authorize aid, such as a $30 million grant in June 2025.
              Long-Term Aid: Since 1994, the U.S. has provided over $5.2 billion through USAID for the West Bank and Gaza.
              The aid often faces challenges with distribution due to the ongoing conflict and security concerns.

              AI Overview

        • BTW Rev. 11

          [6] These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
          [7] And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
          [8] And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
          [9] And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
          [10] And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

          • Hi, Sebastien

            @Michael Why would you expect Trump to die in the next 3 years?

            It’s interesting, how you frame that. I didn’t even mention Donald Trump, nor Binyamin Netanyahu — I quoted the passaage about the “Two Witnesses”. In particular, I was pondering who these two people would be, such that

            [10] And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

            What sort of person (other than Charlie Kirk) would be killed and left unburied, only for the whole world to break into rejoicing? Curious, eh?

            • @Michael I didn’t frame it that way, you did, Peloni quoted you, responding, “that’s scary” to which I replied, “I agree.” You wrote: “ Donald Trump will be our leader, until he dies; then we will have J.D. Vance.”

              The biblical reference was in another of your posts, and I didn’t understand it.

    • Hello, Sebastien.

      re

      Unreported: Palestinian Authority Supports China’s Plan to Seize Taiwan

      Donald Trump is Israel’s strongest ally. Can you seriously suggest another?

      • @Michael Are you suggesting uncritical support for every Trump policy is appropriate? What do you think about his sudden about face in Gaza and Syria? What do you think about his false claim that the U.S. invented Iron Dome and Bibi and an ungrateful Israel was plagiarizing America’s achievement? What do you think about him believing Witkoff’s lies about the Iranian executions being called off? What do you think about him listening to people working for Quatar in quashing Israel’s security, what do you think about his broken promises to support sovereignty. and his lying about it through Kushner? . He may be Israel’s strongest ally, as every American president has been, to one extent or another, and he has been one of the best of them, up until now, but he plays Israel off against her enemies like all the others and he looks like he will leave Israel with another war ten years down the road. Israel can’t become independent fast enough.

        Now, Israel is supposed to open the Rafah crossing to Egypt just because the IDF recovered Ran Gvili’s body when it was a major arms smuggling route from Egypt which refused to take refugees and has massed its troops on the border in “demilitarrized” Sinai? Is Trump pressuring Egypt? No, just Israel. business as usual.

        I always had my reservations about him. In 2016, I voted for Ted Cruz in the primary after Mike Huckabee dropped out.

        I hope Marco Rubio runs in 2028. Vance, Trump’s pick, has Tucker Carlson in his entourage.

        Trump did a lot for Israel, but I am disappointed to see my fears about him being realized. The fact,that the Dems are worse, except maybe Fetterman, who I might vote for in 2028, in the unlikely event he is the Dem candidate, as I am not a conservative, and that Israel has no other “allies” with clout is cold comfort, indeed.

        I regard Trump as a very mixed bag, even if he is the only game in town, as allies go.

        And some of his recent moves are blind to reality.

        His real estate buddies are corrupt and bought off by Quatar. Like most New Yorkers, I utterly despise real estate people. I have been making an exception for Trump.

        • Israel, US and the Stinking Fish – 1976

          “Monday, December 10, 2012
          Israel, US and the Stinking Fish – 1976

          “KAHANE” MAGAZINE September 1976

          Israel, US and the Stinking Fish
          Rabbi Meir Kahane

          Many times I have spoken of the Talmudic parable of the king, his servant, and the fish. Never was it more apt. [Events of today between Bibi and Obama.]

          Once there was a king who sent his servant to buy a fish. The servant returned with a fish that stank. In fury the king gave the servant a choice of three punishments: “Eat the fish, get whipped for the fish, or pay for the fish.” In common with most people, the servant chose not to reach into his pocket and he decided to eat the stinking fish but after two bites the stench made him give up and he decided to get whipped for it. The pain of the lashes, however, made him stop that, too, and he cried out, “I will pay for the fish!”

          And so the fool ate the fish, got whipped for the fish and, in the end, had to pay for it, anyhow. Those in Israel and without, who refuse to understand that nothing will deter America from demanding that Israel make the maximum concessions, play the same fool. Those who do not understand that there is nothing that Israel can possible do, that there are no compromises it can make, that there is nothing short of full retreat to the 1967 borders that will satisfy the United States-are the same fools as the servant who ate, got whipped and in the end had to pay anyhow,

          Their refusal to make the difficult choice of telling the Americans “no”, now, at this moment, will see them making the retreats they hope will avert American anger; it will see this effort fail even as the frontier moves from its present lines within the Arab heartland to new ones close to the Jewish cities; and most important, the Americans will make the same demands they always have envisioned since the days of the Roger Plan-total Israeli withdrawal. And since this is a thing that not even the most dovish of Israelis will agree to, the result will be an ultimate Israeli firm “no”, an ultimate American anger of the kind all men of “new initiative” propose to avert today by compromise, and exactly the same conditions of confrontation that would come anyhow if the Israelis said their “no” today. There would be one great difference, however, a “no” today will bring the crisis while Israel stands poised near the Arab capitols. A “no” tomorrow, after all the hapless and confused compromises and “initiatives,” will bring the same crisis near Tel Aviv, Beersheva and Netanya.

          This is what happens when foolish and confused Israelis, by refusing to pay the price of saying “no” to the stinking fish of pressure, attempt to eat it, submit to getting beaten over it and then learn to their dismay that there is no escape from the difficult decision that they should have made in the first place.

          Let the Israeli government, its men of “new initiative” and the Jewish leaders in America understand several basic axioms:

          1) America is committed to the Roger Plan and the world’s interpretation of Security Council Resolution 242, i.e. Israeli withdrawal from all (but insignificant) parts of the lands of 1967. This includes the Golan Heights, Gaza, the entire West bank and the entire Sinai as well as changing Jerusalem’s present Jewish sovereignty status.

          2) American interests lie, in the minds of most officials in Washington, with Arab oil, the huge potential Arab market and with supplanting Soviet influence with American. This means, at best, an “even-handed” policy rather than a pro-Israeli one.

          3) America is moving steadily to recognition of the “Palestinians” as a people and of whomever they decide to have as their leaders. Those leaders are clearly the PLO and already the move to “moderate” the PLO, “public-relations-wise” is underway so that Washington can more easily pressure Israel into recognizing them.

          4) The Ford-Kissinger administration is determined to prevent stagnation and will pressure Israel into concession after concession.

          5) No administration will got o war for Israel and no administration will continue the present aid level no matter what Israel does or concedes. The frantic search for human allies will end as unsuccessfully as those Jews in the past who forgot what faith in the Jewish G-d was and who turned to Egypt or Assyria or other “allies” for help, only to learn to their dismay that the allies betrayed them.

          Stinking fish are not made to be eaten or to get whipped or. One must have the courage to look at the truth and pay the bitter price of honesty. America is tired of the Israeli nuisance and wishes it would ea t the fish already. The time to loudly proclaim “no” is now.”

          Anyone reading this Rav Kahane article and is not on my personal list to receive the weekly articles written by Rav Kahane and would like to be, please contact me at:
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          Visit my blog for previously e-mailed Rav Kahane writings:
          http:/www.barbaraginsberg-barbara.blogspot.com

          Mk Michael Ben-Ari Blog: http://www.mkmichaelben-ari.blogspot.com

          https://barbaraginsberg-kahane.blogspot.com/2012/12/israel-us-and-stinking-fish-1976.html

            • A very concise summary of the Israeli situation vis-a-vie the USA and just about all other countries. If Israel continues to appease the USA, the EU, the UN and the Arabs of all colors, the results are those prophesied 50 years ago. Back then, I wasn’t conversant with what Kahane was telling, only that he had massive pushback from all sides, much like Israel has today. Of course, he could have been more diplomatic about his concerns, but nonetheless, they were real and still present today.

    • “A Mexican standoff is a confrontation where no strategy exists that allows any party to achieve victory.[1][2] Anyone initiating aggression might trigger their own demise. At the same time, the parties are unable to extract themselves from the situation without either negotiating a truce or suffering a loss, maintaining strategic tension until one of those three potential organic outcomes occurs or some outside force intervenes.” Wikipedia.

      Certainly applies. Webster’s needs to add the variation.

  16. *Who’s really displacing the Bedouin of Al Auja? Shocking Footage Exposes the Palestinian Authority*

    *Batons drawn, in driving rain: Palestinian Authority police leave Bedouin families without shelter in order to force them to maintain their illegal outpost – on state land in Area C. Regavim: “This is another example of the PA’s cynical use of innocent men, women and children as pawns in their annexation scheme. The anti-Israel propaganda machine has been worksing overtime – but the truth is out.”*

    The Regavim Movement’s OSINT – Arab World Division released disturbing footage showing Palestinian Authority police raiding a Bedouin encampment in eastern Binyamin with batons drawn and riot shields raised. According to videos circulating on social media, PA police forces demolished a temporary encampment of Bedouin families in order to force them to return to the area in which they had been living, known as Ras Ein al-Auja.

    The footage shows PA security personnel confiscating and dismantling tents that provided vital shelter from fierce winds and heavy rain, leaving residents—including women and children—completely exposed to the elements in the open terrain.

    “The Palestinian Authority will stop at nothing in its efforts to carry out a unilateral takeover of Israeli land,” Regavim’s spokesperson noted. “It forcibly expels Bedouin families and compels them to invade areas under Israeli control—while pumping out the libelous narrative that the “occupation” is harming vulnerable vlilagers. The Palestinian Authority was created for the very purpose of providing dignified, autonomous solutions for these people; instead, it is using them to take over Israeli land in Area C – as human shields for the program of hostile takeover and the establishment of a de facto terror state in the heart of Israel.

    The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency took the hyprocrisy up a notch, issuing an appeal to the international community to support and act on behalf of “the distress of the village of Ras Ein al-Auja and all Palestinian communities in occupied Palestine facing escalating existential threats as a result of the occupation, and to protect them in accordance with international humanitarian law.” Organizations in Israel and abroad rushed to defend the victims—but misidentified the perpetrator. The threat currently facing the Bedouin population in the Auja area does not come from Israel, but from the Palestinian Authority itself.

    “It is time to tear off the masks of Abu Mazen and the brutal Palestinian terrorist authority,” Regavim said. “We have seen this “Pallywood” too many times – and the public continues to fall for it over and over. The names of Bedouin “villages” like Khirbet Zanuta and Khan al Ahmar have become famous for precisely this kind of Palestinian Authority duplicity and cruelty. The hypocrisy has been laid bare— as has the PA’s objective: Using vulnerable Bedouin families as tools for the establishment of a terror state and the destruction of Israel.”

    Naomi Kahn
    Regavim

    On FB

    • This is a new facet for me. However, it was to be expected. The military government of Judea and Samaria have been knowingly sleeping on the job, and while it is obvious that they prefer peace in their own back yard, what they have been allowing over the years is unacceptable and needs to be fixed before the Arabs get the ICC or the ICJ or the UN on our backs for taking back that which has been stolen from us. Of course, we need to take back the stolen land, sooner rather than later.
      The same is true in the Negev.

  17. ” While Iranian people are being massacred brutally by world’s cruelest regime, Roger Waters is supporting mullahs and claims that people don’t want a regime change in Iran. He denies the murder of more than 25,000 people and 35 million being on the streets persistently.

    You were a legend to me and many Iranians but now you’re a traitor who’s a complicit in this gruesome genocide. Did did did did you see the frightened ones? ….

    Thank you our beloved Madonna for standing with Iranian people. Hold tight!

    Ps. Bright side of the history Vs. Dark side of the loon.
    #madonna #rogerwaters “

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    • @Peloni The BBC has provided excellent coverage of NATO’s flying pig squadron so I would trust their reporting. In fact, I understand that their* will be a groundbreaking documentary released shortly, “Pigs With Wings.”

      * So sorry, there seems to be some technical issues with my pronouns.

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  23. USS Abraham Lincoln has been cited about 5 days travel from Centcom Theater. Nothing will take place before she arrives.

    Also significant additional assets have been brought to and are in transit to the region.

    Expect Trump to respond. The question is whether the response will be large or small and whether the extent and targets of the attack will be intended to topple the regime.

    Trump called for a change of leadership in a recent Politico report, but that is not necessarily the same thing as regime change. See Venezuela for an example of the difference between the two.

  25. ” Based on recent reports, New York Attorney General Letitia James has not targeted Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Instead, her office recently took legal action against a pro-Israel group for harassing and intimidating pro-Palestinian activists and students.
    Investigation of Betar US (Jan 2026): In January 2026, Attorney General James announced a settlement with Betar US, a right-wing Jewish group, requiring them to cease operations in New York.
    Findings of Harassment: The investigation found that Betar US engaged in “bias-motivated assaults, threats, and harassment” against Arab, Muslim, Palestinian, and Jewish individuals advocating for Palestinian rights.
    Protection of Pro-Palestinian Speech: The investigation revealed that Betar US used facial recognition software to identify, doxx, and target pro-Palestinian students and activists, including calling for their deportation.
    Statement on Free Expression: In response to the settlement, James stated, “New York will not tolerate organizations that use fear, violence, and intimidation to silence free expression or target people because of who they are”.
    While James has condemned specific instances of antisemitic violence on campuses, such as at Columbia University, her direct enforcement action regarding campus protests has focused on ending the intimidation of pro-Palestinian supporters”.

    AI Overview

    • NY State Attorney General is a publicly elected position.I voted against her because of her lawfare against Trump and his family. Now, she allegedly wriggled out of federal allegations of fraud, herself. . Can’t blame this on Governor Hochul who is supporting a bill to ban protests that block houses of worship (within 25 feet). There is a similar bill in the NY CityCouncil sponsoredby the new president of the council who was just elected by the council members unanimously. She is the first Jewish City Council President in NY history. Mamdani was elected by a less than 50 percent margin, recall.

  26. Texas set to formalize Israel economic partnership
    A strategic move to establish a formal economic office in Jerusalem strengthens ties between Texas and Israel. According to David Yaari, CEO of the Texas Israel Partnership: “This is not a symbolic step, but the creation of real growth engines that connect Israeli innovation with the economic power of Texas”

    by ILH Staff Published on 01-14-2026 04:15 Last modified: 01-14-2026 12:09

    https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/14/texas-set-to-formalize-israel-economic-partnership/

  27. Avi Below on FB: Gaza Stage 2 “Peace” Plan Detached From Reality Only Prolongs the War

    Yesterday, Steve Witkoff, speaking on behalf of President Donald Trump, unveiled “Phase Two” of a 20-point plan to end the Gaza conflict, in a polished, well intentioned, yet fundamentally disconnected from reality sort of way.

    The idea that a technocratic Palestinian authority can replace Hamas in Gaza is detached from reality.

    The notion that Hamas will demilitarize through international mechanisms is not policy, it is fantasy.

    Rebuilding Gaza for the very same population of jihadis who participated in, supported, and celebrated the October 7 atrocities, without a single Gazan coming forward with information about a hostage, even in exchange for a $5 million reward, is not humanitarianism; it is moral corruption.

    Praising regional “mediators” who have consistently enabled and protected Hamas may sound like progress in Washington, but to anyone who understands the Middle East, jihadi Islam, and the last century of Arab-Israeli conflict, it is a familiar and disastrous illusion.

    The core failure of this plan is not tactical; it is conceptual.

    It assumes Gaza’s problem is administrative rather than ideological. It treats Hamas as a militia that can be disarmed, rather than as what it is: a genocidal jihadi culture driven by a religious worldview, not material grievance.

    It imagines that a “technocratic” Palestinian authority can govern Gaza after October 7, as if mass murder, rape, and kidnapping were aberrations rather than expressions of belief.

    This fantasy has been tried repeatedly. Demilitarization has been promised before. International supervision has been attempted before. Reconstruction funds have flowed before. Each time, the result was not peace, but rearmament, deeper radicalization, and the next massacre.

    The statement praises Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar for their “indispensable mediation.” Yet Sunni Qatar is Hamas’s primary financial and political patron besides Shia Iran. Turkey openly hosts Hamas leaders and acts like an enemy of Israel. Egypt assisted the buildup of Hamas and focuses on its own interests. Thanking these actors as guarantors of Gaza’s future only underscores how detached this process is from Israeli reality: our enemies are not seeking coexistence; they are seeking time.

    The United States now “expects Hamas to comply fully.” Expectations are not strategy. Hamas does not comply because Hamas does not compromise. It exploits ceasefires to rebuild tunnels, replenish weapons, indoctrinate children, and prepare the next attack. Threatening “serious consequences” after the atrocities of Oct. 7th is not deterrence, it is repetition.

    But the plan ignores deeper truths that make its failure inevitable.

    First, it ignores the historical reality that the Palestinian national movement was never primarily about statehood, but about destroying the Jewish state. Modern Palestinian nationalism did not emerge as a grassroots liberation movement seeking coexistence. Its founding political architect, Haj Amin al-Husseini, openly aligned with Adolf Hitler, broadcasting Nazi propaganda across the Arab world and recruiting Muslims into SS units.

    After World War II, this same movement was repackaged by Soviet intelligence and embraced by communist and “anti-colonial” frameworks, with active support from the KGB, to give genocidal Jew-hatred a modern revolutionary veneer. At no point was the central aim the creation of a peaceful Palestinian state alongside Israel. The goal was always the delegitimization of the Jew, the legitimization of terror against the Jew, and the elimination of Jewish sovereignty in Israel. Any peace plan built on a different assumption is built on fiction.

    Second, the plan pretends that the Palestinian Authority is a viable alternative to Hamas. It is not. The Palestinian Authority differs from Hamas only in tactics and presentation, not in ultimate objectives. It glorifies terrorists as “martyrs,” pays salaries to convicted murderers, educates children to see Jews as illegitimate occupiers, praised the Oct. 7th atrocities, and rejects Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. Hamas wages jihad openly; the Palestinian Authority wages it diplomatically, legally, and educationally. Replacing Hamas with the PA officials in Gaza would not end the war. It would entrench it.

    Third, and perhaps most dangerously, the plan clings to the fantasy that Gaza can be “re-educated.” This reflects a profound Western misunderstanding of jihadi Islam. This is not a social deviation that can be corrected with curriculum reform or economic incentives. It is a 1,400-year-old ideological system that explicitly seeks global domination in the name of Allah and sanctifies violence as a religious duty against all kafirs/infidels. It is spreading across the world precisely because it is uncompromising, absolutist, and totalizing. There is no re-educating such an ideology. History shows there is only one way to deal with it: defeat it, dismantle its power, and make clear, unequivocally, that those who embrace it will pay a price and will fail.

    This is why the plan’s language about “demilitarization” rings hollow. Demilitarization without ideological defeat is a pause, not a solution. Reconstruction without implementing Trump’s Gaza emigration plan is a subsidy for the next war.

    Let Trump’s envoys continue to promote peace plans that make Western capitals feel productive. They will fail for the same reason their predecessors failed: they refuse to confront the ideological nature of the enemy. There is only one realistic path forward, total Israeli control of Gaza, with no jihadi Muslims remaining to threaten Israeli civilians in the future.

    Not international trusteeships. Not Palestinian technocrats. Not recycled fantasies of moderation.

    Real peace must be rooted in truth, and the first truth that must be acknowledged is this: Gaza belongs to the Jewish people. Period.

    Real peace can then begin when the threat is removed, not managed. Gaza must be fully demilitarized by Israel, permanently secured by Israel, and fundamentally transformed by removing the jihadi population that has chosen endless war. That is why the only serious proposal on the table is Trump’s large-scale voluntary Gaza emigration, rather than endless “reconstruction” conferences that rebuild terror infrastructure.

    The uncomfortable truth is this: peace plans that ignore ideology, history, and the enemy’s stated goals do not shorten wars, they prolong them. Gaza is not a humanitarian puzzle to be solved by committees. It is a battlefield shaped by belief.

    One day, everyone is invited to visit me in my beachfront property on the beautiful and peaceful Mediterranean coastline of Gaza, where Jewish communities once again will thrive, not because of technocratic councils or international guarantees, but because reality was finally acknowledged.

    And if you stay with us for Shabbat, we will sing together Ka Ribon, the beloved Shabbat song written in the 17th century by Rabbi Yisrael Najara, who served at the time as the Chief Rabbi of Gaza City.

    Gaza is Jewish land, historically and morally, and denying that truth, along with the truth about our jihadi enemies, has only delayed peace.

    Those who persist in these illusions are not advancing peace. They are standing in its way.

    These are times of geulah/redemption. It is time for us all to stand up for truth and for our Jewish identity, and to reject the lies of political correctness that deny reality and obscure the truth.

    Am Yisrael Chai!!!

    PS – what a disgrace that the Trump administration is even launching stage 2 without threatening Hamas/Qatar/Turkey/Egypt to ensure that phase 1 is completed first! Hamas has still not returned our final hostage held in Gaza, Ron Gavili.

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  28. “Ya Ribon[a] (Imperial Aramaic: ???? ??????? ?????, romanized: y?h ribbôn ?alam, lit.?’Yah, eternal lord’) is an Aramaic piyyut by the 16th-century payytan Israel ben Moses Najara of Gaza, first published in his 1586 work ?????? ????? “Songs of Israel”.[1] Ashkenazi Jews traditionally sing it at table after the Friday night meal and Sephardi Jews sing it (sometimes in Ladino) among the Baqashot.[2] The piyyut, originally sung to an Arab melody,[3] has been set to dozens of tunes, both ancient and modern.[4] “The 21st century Shabbat table”, says one modern writer, “is incomplete without the singing of the universal Yah Ribon.”[5]”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Ribon

    (Avi Abelow transliterates it as Ka Ribon)

  33. “ The Times of Israel reported that two U.S. cities, University Heights, Ohio, and White Plains, New York, elected their first Orthodox Jewish mayors, Michele Weiss and Justin Brasch, respectively, in early January 2026, marking a significant milestone for Orthodox representation, alongside Seth Salver in Bal Harbour, Florida, becoming the third Orthodox mayor in Miami-Dade. ” AI Overview

    “ NYC Council recently elected Julie Menin as its new Speaker, making her the first Jewish person to hold the position, unanimously elected on January 7, 2026, and she’s described as a stabilizing moderate, though not Orthodox, representing a significant moment for Jewish representation in city leadership alongside the Muslim Mayor.
    Key Details:
    Who: Julie Menin.
    What: First Jewish Speaker of the New York City Council.
    When: Elected January 7, 2026, by a unanimous 51-0 vote.
    Significance: A historic moment, as she’s the first Jewish person in the role, serving concurrently with the city’s first Muslim mayor, fostering interfaith leadership.
    Background: A Democrat, Menin has a background in public service, including leading the NYC Census, and comes from a family of Holocaust survivors, with strong advocacy for Jewish causes and Israel.
    Role: As Speaker, she sets the legislative agenda, oversees committees, and negotiates with the Mayor’s office, aiming to bridge divides in the city. ”

    AI Overview

  37. Reports of Al Jolani being seriously wounded in a shoot out at his Palace are circulating on the web. A photo of him interacting with people was released to support denials of these reports, but the photo was taken before the reported incident at the Syrian palace.

  41. ” POST-SHABBAT WAR UPDATE: The Dominoes Are Falling

    Even though many of the dramatic events unfolding right now have nothing to do with Israel on the surface, they are all deeply connected. We are watching a geopolitical earthquake, one that could reshape the Middle East and the world, and Israel sits at the center of it, whether the headlines admit it or not.

    For the first time in decades, Iranians are flooding the streets in record numbers, openly challenging the Islamic regime. And something unprecedented is happening: the regime is hesitating. It is not unleashing the mass slaughter we have seen so many times before. Why? Because President Trump made it unmistakably clear that if the regime starts gunning down peaceful protesters, the United States would get involved.

    That warning may have just stripped the regime of its greatest weapon against its own people, fear.

    This could be the best chance yet to witness the collapse of the Islamic Republic, the liberation of the Iranian people, and even the potential fragmentation of Iran into its historic tribal and ethnic components. If that happens, the ripple effects would be massive. The engine that has fueled jihadist terror across the Middle East and the world for decades would finally be sputtering.

    And then came Venezuela.

    Trump’s decisive move, seizing the narco–prime minister to put him on trial in NYC for flooding America with drugs that killed Americans, sent shockwaves through the same global axis.

    Venezuela is not some isolated socialist failure; it has long been the Western hemisphere ally of the tightly linked axis of Iran, China, and Russia.

    A Venezuela on the road to freedom is a direct hit to that alliance.

    And watch who rushed to condemn Trump for it.
    Britain. France. And other Western European governments were quick to denounce decisive action against a narco–terror regime.

    Once again, they exposed exactly which side they stand on, not with freedom, not with victims, not with moral clarity, not against a global axis of terror and narco-terrorism, but with hollow process, appeasement, and moral paralysis.

    With every such statement, Western European leaders make themselves more irrelevant to the real forces shaping the world.

    Take the terror supporting regimes of Iran and Venezuela out of the equation, and suddenly the energy markets shift, returning to Western control, Iranian and Venezuelan leverage evaporates, and China and Russia are isolated, feeling pressure they have not faced in years.

    This brings us back to Israel.

    Israel continued striking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon over the weekend, while Trump’s deadline for the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah has come and gone.

    Everyone knows the truth: the Lebanese government cannot disarm Hezbollah. The Shiite grip inside the government and the army makes that fantasy impossible. The question was never if Israel would have to finish the job in Southern Lebanon, but when.

    With Iran weakened and distracted at home, that “when” becomes far more feasible.
    Zoom out, and the pattern is impossible to ignore.

    2026 is shaping up to be a year of expanding freedom, not because the world suddenly grew wiser, but because strong leadership returned. Trump and Netanyahu, each in his own arena, understand something the global elite refuses to grasp: evil retreats when it is confronted.

    And none of this began in a vacuum.

    It all started when Iran’s carefully decades-old planned, multi-front assault on Israel collapsed after Hamas decided to launch its October 7 attack alone, without coordinating with Iran.

    What the Iranian-Qatari jihadi axis intended as Israel’s destruction became the catalyst for its own unraveling. Israel was finally forced to fight back, seriously, strategically, and in doing so, it exposed and weakened Iran’s entire proxy network across the region.

    At the same time, it left Iran’s global partners more vulnerable than ever.

    History has a way of turning arrogance into downfall.

    Now the responsibility returns to us.

    Israel must finish what it was forced to begin, restoring deterrence, eliminating existential threats, and ensuring that October 7 can never happen again.

    That means decisive action in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria, paired with clear policies that remove all Hamas and Palestinian Authority jihadi infrastructures and incentives rather than managing them. Maybe Israel should do a middle of the night kidnapping of Mahmoud Abbas to put him on trial for all the money he has used to support the killing of Jews?

    And after that, finally implement Trump’s emigration plan for Gaza, Judea and Samaria.

    Moments like this do not come often. When they do, hesitation is a luxury we cannot afford.

    The world is shifting. The axis of terror is cracking.

    And if Israel stays clear-eyed and resolute, the future can be far safer, not just for us, but for millions who have lived under tyranny for far too long.

    Am Yisrael Chai!!!”

    Avi Abelow

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