Judean hills. Photo by Inbal & Nir from Arad, Israel – Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia
In an important article written by Hezki Baruch on Arutz Sheva, it was revealed that during the meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, the Ministry of Defense announced it would be ending the restrictions on Jewish land purchases in Judea and Samaria, even before the legislation supporting this move is completed. MK Boaz Bismuth, approved the bill’s first reading to abolish the 1953 “Jordanian Law #40” which had prohibited Jews from directly acquiring land rights in the area.
Peloni: Update: Sarah Becksrom’s father reports that “She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.” Source: Raylan Givens
Victor Sharpe: This is Andrew Wolfe and Sarah Becksrom, the two National Guardsmen from West Virginia gunned down in Washington, DC by an Afghan terrorist who screamed the Muslim war cry of Allahu Akbar as he fired at his victims.
Andrew and Sarah are now fighting for their lives in a local hospital.
Coming on the eve of Thanksgiving Day, may we take the opportunity to wish both guardsmen a speedy and complete recovery, give thanks to the Unity of our One and Only God and pray for the safety of our beloved America.
Avi Abelow | Facebook
National Guard heroes AndrewWolfe & Sarah Beckstrom are fighting for their lives today. Photo via X
The shooting of two National Guard soldiers in DC near the White House is not “another security incident.” It is the latest evidence of a truth Western leaders still refuse to face: the 1,400+ year jihadi Muslim ideology is inside the gates, and America is still asleep.
Sebastien: Happy Thanksgiving, Israpundits, American or not. My late Jubu mother used to hand out paper and pens and asked everyone to list ten things they were grateful for even when we went to other people’s homes without their names. She made a game of it. They would be rolled up with a rubber band, mixed up in a basket, and everyone would take turns reading one. People would then try to guess who wrote what. There were no winners or losers; it was a pointless game (point less get it? ? ) The last time I attended a Thanksgiving dinner, some years ago, I put down that I was grateful Trump got elected, the room exploded and the evening careened to a crashing end as the offended parties got up in a huff and left. No such restrictions here.
I used to find it annoying but when I woke up this morning, I thought of my five senses and it gave me pause.
I should also say that on the handful of occasions I have attended Shabbat beginner’s services, I have noticed that the siddurs, the prayer books, seemed to be pretty much just saying, “Thank You, Thank You, Thank You” over and over.
Can you name ten things you are grateful for this year?
October 7 Collage by Hnuden – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia
It has not been my habit to explore the question of what went wrong on October 7 in my posts: The question of how we could have so badly missed the signs. That is because this question is essentially an “in-house” issue (albeit an exceedingly important one) and I address a primarily international audience.
Peloni: The very reason for Hamas attacking Israel alone was to prevent Saudi normalization, and given the renewed support of Palestinians in the Arab street, it appears that this ship has sailed with the return of the regional primacy of resolving the Palestinian issue, thus imploding the Abraham Accords which did the opposite. Notably, if MBS were to accept the fact that a Muslim Palestinian state has existed since the creation of the Emirate of TransJordan more than a century ago, stabilizing the region might move forward, something which will be missed if this is ignored. Importantly, for Israel to accept Saudi normalization, it must come with no requirement that Israel should suffer the need of fostering an existential threat against it, and the creation of a second Muslim Palestinian state would do exactly that. Such a creation, however, would simultaneously represent a threat against the Saudis as well, whose future interests align with a stabilized region, something which the TSS has no possibility of achieving. With saying goodbye to the Abraham Accords, recognizing Jordan as the Muslim Palestinian state remains the only focus which could significantly achieve what the Abraham Accords were intended to achieve, namely peace in the region with the expansion of trade, commerce, travel and modernization as the potential windfalls which would support more than just Saudi interests.
MSB cites ‘widespread anti-Israel sentiment’ as reason preventing peace
President Donald Trump participates in a coffee ceremony with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Photo by The White House – https://www.flickr.com/photos/202101414@N05/54521889084/, Public Domain, Wikipedia
U.S. President Donald Trump was taken aback after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman rejected normalizing relations with Israel in a “tense” meeting at the White House last week, Israel’s Channel 12 News and Axios reported.
Peloni: Carlson and his allies are specifically trying to become so outrageous that Trump will have no choice but to address their rank antisemitism.
Notably, Carlson doesn’t control Trump’s base, but he doesn’t have to control it to divide it, which he is specifically doing in the midst of the campaign for the coming midterms. Carlson only needs to split the MAGA base large enough to give the Dems control of the congress next year, and if he is successful in doing so, the consequences of this will be quite significant. Instead of Trump facing Russia, Russia, Russia for the balance of his term, he will be dealing with the latest obsession of the Left: Israel, Israel, Israel. The timing and growing crescendo of vocal assault specifically on Jews and Israel and Christian Zionists are all too damaging to the Republicans and too well timed with the coming midterms to suggest Carlson’s attempt to re-invent himself as the new Father Coughlin is motivated by anything else.
Two West Virginia National Guard members were critically injured in a shooting near The White House on Wednesday afternoon, described as a targeted attack.
The Marxist-Islamic persecution of Christians in China and Africa is a warning to all of us.
by Daniel Greenfield | Nov 27, 2025
Image by Thespoondragon – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
Last month, Communist China launched its largest ever crackdown on Christians. The raids across Beijing, Shanghai and eight other cities mark the beginning of an escalation as the paranoid Xi regime sets out to suppress the growing number of Chinese Christians.
Peloni: Yossi provides an important analysis of what is known about the morning of October 7 and related events and what conclusions might be drawn from that knowledge.
I Accuse: The Military Advocate General’s Corps (MAG) allegedly neutered the Air Force on October 7. Why has the functioning of the Military Prosecution during the massacre not been investigated?
Today it is clear, from the unbelievable testimony of Amir Bar-Shalom in the video, along with countless testimonies presented below: the MAG neutered the Air Force during the massacre. Every unit and branch of the IDF is being investigated — except the Military Prosecution?
We support President Trump’s decision to classify the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon as terrorist organizations… a necessary measure to enhance the security of the United States and protect global stability in the face of an organization that has proven its danger over decades.
And in our article published in March 2025, we provided a detailed explanation showing why this classification is an unavoidable and non-postponable step….
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | November 26, 2025
*Hamas compliance? Hamas’ compliance with the Gaza Ceasefire, in adherence to President Trump’s 20 points, would require Hamas to abandon its core vision/ideology, forfeit its military and political powerbase; thus, desisting from being Hamas. But, Hamas’ compliance with the Gaza Ceasefire, in adherence to its own core vision and ideology, which transcends financialconsiderations, is a déjà vu, as demonstrated by all previous Gaza ceasefires.
Peloni: As reports of the Hilltop Youths and ‘settler violence’ are once again waged against Israel, it is important to recognize the very important work which is hazarded by these youths, and the relative significance of what is described as ‘settler violence’. The truth is that Hilltop Youth are less violent than reported, and ‘setter violence’ encompasses activities not entirely violent, not entirely by settlers or Israelis, and handled with severity by Israeli authorities, sometimes excessively so.
You might look at this picture and think ‘how nice. Jews enjoying a beautiful spring in the land of Israel’. But, this picture symbolizes much, much more than that. Read on…
Crypto Terror Lawsuit: American victims of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, atrocities in Israel are suing the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, and its founder, Changpeng Zhao. The exchange is accused of helping transfer funds to Hamas, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, and other terrorist groups. The case was filed in a federal court in North Dakota, where at least two suspicious transactions were processed “through online addresses linked to Kindred, North Dakota.” Binance and Zhao are also the defendants in another lawsuit brought to the Manhattan federal court by victims of terrorist attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who claim that both groups used the platform “for years” to “raise money and transact illegal business.”
Peloni: Changes with regard to the US outlawing the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon are not without significance, but failing to address the chapters sponsored out of Turkey and Qatar will specifically fail to address the role which the Muslim Brotherhood plays in America.
Trump’s executive order won’t do a thing to counter the influence of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the U.S., or that of other Brotherhood-linked entities. The Brotherhood orgs in the U.S. aren’t notably connected to the Egyptian, Lebanese or Jordanian Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood chapters of Qatar and Turkey will be able to continue operating as before.
Judean hills. Photo by Inbal & Nir from Arad, Israel – Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia
Photo from 
