Peloni:  Rabbi Herzog is completely correct.  The obtuse manner in which Israel and the US have consistently defined the import of SA normalization provided the Saudis with the greater hand to play, as I have noted previously.  Negotiations require knowing how to negotiate, and the Saudis have always been great masters at negotiating, and it seems nothing has changed in this regard.  Israeli leadership should study the Saudis and change their tactics because not openly defining what Israel wanted from the Saudis was one of the most important reasons why they don’t have it currently.

All Israel News Staff | Published: November 23, 2025

Rabbi Jacob Herzog.  Image via X

Rabbi Jacob Israel Herzog, founder of Saudi Arabia’s first Chabad House, says that for the kingdom, normalization with Israel is a diplomatic rather than a religious issue – and that for Jews in Saudi Arabia, “there are no problems.”

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Once such stealth technology leaves American control, the strategic danger is nearly irreversible.

Moshe Phillips

Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Cook – https://media.defense.gov/2019/Sep/25/2002186916/-1/-1/0/190921-F-BQ566-1004A.JPG, Public Domain, Wikipedia

“We’re going to have a deal. They’re going to purchase F-35s. They’re buying them from Lockheed, and it’s a great plane,” stated U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last week during the visit from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This news should alarm every American and all friends of Israel.

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by Sha’i ben-Tekoa

Before the savagery of Tishrei 22, 5784, a.k.a. October 7, 2023, there were some 500 gentile Jew-killers behind bars in Israel sentenced to life imprisonment, provided with a healthy diet, leisure time, free medical care. How many are there now after Israel agreed to give hundreds of them the Yahya Sinwar treatment by letting them go free to murder Jews again, only Israel’s Prison Service knows for sure.

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Author Adriani Relandi was a geographer, cartographer, traveller, philologist.
He understood many languages, including Arabic, Ancient Greek and Hebrew.
He described nearly 2,500 settlements mentioned in the Bible, and made an approximate census according to settlements.
His book, written in Latin in 1695, describes the region called Palestine at that time and is instructive to us today.

He wrote:

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Michael Ordman | VGNI | Nov 24, 2025

In the 23rd Nov 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Read about the bravery and resilience of Israeli ex-hostages.
• Israeli researchers have found a remedy that can reverse ALS.
• World’s first robotic abdominal surgery on a 32-week pregnant woman.
• Israel’s Save A Child’s Heart is training doctors throughout Africa.
• Israel is still working at the leading edge of water technology.
• Major investment to boost development of Israel’s Negev region.
• Ex-hostage, with a patch over one eye gives amazing TV piano performance.
• Bereaved Rabbi Doron Perez is elected chairman of World Zionist Organization.

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Peloni:  On Sunday, a number of Right-wing organizations gathered outside an Israeli cabinet meeting to protest a UN Security Council resolution promoting Palestinian statehood. The vigil was led by the Sovereignty Movement and included participation of Israel is Forever, the Legal Forum for Israel, the Tekuma Movement, and the Pulse of Israel.  Additionally, it also featured Knesset members, including MK Limor Son Har-Melech, MK Simcha Rothman, and MK Ohad Tal among others.  They calls for the application of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria were made to obviate any attempt at legitimizing Palestinian statehood.  Speakers emphasized that any concessions could enable terror and undermine Israel’s existence, reinforcing the idea that Israel must assert its sovereignty over its historical lands without compromise.

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Peloni:  What a remarkably relevant lesson which holds important applications to both the Vatican and Jordan.

by Rafael Medoff

The Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem. Photo by Berthold Werner – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia

It took 100 years, but the Vatican has finally agreed to surrender a kayak and other cultural artifacts that it stole from indigenous Canadian tribes for use in Pope Pius XI’s “Vatican Missionary Exposition” in 1925.

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Peloni:  Must see video.  I have read many questions and statements about the criticism of the f35 Saudi deal.  This video trumps them all.

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Peloni:  Don’t miss Arlene’s second article at the bottom

Arlene Kushner | Nov 19, 2025

Jacqueline Martin/ AP

I begin with news of a stabbing and ramming terror attack which occurred at the Gush Etzion Junction. Aharon Cohen, 65, a veteran resident of Kiryat Arba, was killed. One woman was seriously injured; a man and a boy were moderately injured. This junction has been the site of numerous attacks over time.

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Peloni:  Many important topics covered by Gadi Taub and Mike Doran.  One of the most important is Doran’s assertion that someone “very, very, very close to Trump” informs him that Trump is not listening to Netanyahu about the threat from Turkey.  Doran believes that Turkey was responsible for Hamas releasing the hostages, and that Trump consequently sees Turkey as having an important role to play in Trump’s new security arrangement in the Middle East.  This part of the conversation is at about the 20 minute mark.

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Peloni:  US pressure on Ukraine has routinely been met with intransigence, but with front lines collapsing, and no resolution in sight for Ukraine’s increasingly problematic deficiencies of men, munitions and morale, no matter what Zelensky tries to affect, the reality of Ukraine’s desperate situation is not going away.

Stephen Bryen | Weapons &  Strategy | Nov 22, 2025

The US has proposed a 21 point peace plan for Ukraine. The administration has told Ukraine they have until Thanksgiving (Nov. 25) to accept the plan. There is little likelihood Zelensky will accept the plan as it is, but he may offer various amendments to sow confusion and force delays. The US has threatened to pull all its support from Ukraine if Ukraine does not agree.

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Peloni:  I agree with Janet’s comment below.  Beyond hope and prayers, I have nothing but questions with no reasonable answers on this topic.  From the failure to address Qatar’s support of antisemitic protests, to the continuing unrestrained Qatar based antisemitic Al Jazeera, to the development of a UN resolution which certifies the French-Saudi declaration including Pal Right of Return.  I would love to be wrong, but at some point the 4D Chess has to have some form of indication that everything is not going sideways.  So far, I see nothing to support this hope.

Janet Levy:  On September 9th, Israel bombed high-level Hamas operatives sheltering in Doha. Three weeks later, Trump issued an executive order promising military support for Qatar in response to such incidents. The September 29th order equated an attack against Qatar with an attack on the U.S. It read, “In the event of such an attack, the United States shall take all lawful and appropriate measures — to defend the interests of the United States and of the State of Qatar and to restore peace and stability,” 

Trump describes Qatar as a close ally and important economic partner. Yet, Doha has invested over $20 billion in American universities to support the Muslim Brotherhood’s plan to undermine the West.  

Supporters say Trump is playing “4D Chess” and that his actions are part of a brilliant master plan. It looks more like Russian Roulette or Ouija to me!

Peloni:  This supports a previous report that Indonesia is part of the plan initiated by Netanyahu, and which has reportedly already been agreed upon and signed.

Involvement of most populous Muslim nation is acceptable to Israel, under US leadership

All Israel News Staff | Published: November 23, 2025

President Prabowo Subianto delivered his first speech before the Plenary Session of the MPR RI after being inaugurated as President for the 2024-2029 period. Photo by Ministry of State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia – Setneg.go.id, Public Domain, Wikipedia

As the United States is working to move forward with the international stabilization force (ISF) for Gaza, following the passage of UNSC Resolution 2803 last week, it is finding support from a partner outside the Middle East.

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Peloni: Israel conducted an airstrike in Lebanon today, targeting Hezbollah’s chief of staff, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, in Beirut’s Haret Hreik neighborhood.

Message from the Prime Minister’s Office:

A short while ago, the IDF struck Hezbollah’s Chief of Staff in the heart of Beirut, the man responsible for the terror organization’s buildup and armament.

Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the strike on the recommendation of the… pic.twitter.com/6336B4pVLJ

— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) November 23, 2025

The Prime Minister’s Office Tweeted the following statement:

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Peloni

Frank Gaffney speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Frank Gaffney, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

In an insightful article titled, Frank Gaffney: A Post-Ideological President in an Ideological World, Frank Gaffney, former Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Reagan and currently the President of the Institute for the American Future and host of “Securing America” on Real America’s Voice, provides an important review of President Trump’s first year in office in his second term as president.

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Peloni:  Historical memory provides an important context for a nation’s identity.  Indeed, while many might prefer to pretend our history out of existence because of this truth, the historical, archaeological and Biblical record stands nonetheless.  We are the heirs to the land of our forefathers, and this fact has been recognized by the modern age in the passage of international agreements and the victories of repeated battles which were each raised to obscure our ownership of the lands which are rightfully documented as our own, Eretz Yisrael.

Hadrian rebranded Judea to annihilate Jewish identity; modern pan-Arabists rebranded themselves to appropriate that identity.

Dr. Michael L. Wise | Nov 22, 2025

Hadrian.  Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen – Own work, Public Domain, Wikipedia

Almost two millennia ago, the Roman Empire learned that it could not extinguish the Jewish people by sword alone. After the Bar Kochba revolt (132-135 CE), Emperor Hadrian razed Judean towns, rebuilt Jerusalem as a pagan outpost, and reached for a different weapon: he renamed the land “Syria Palaestina,” transplanting the memory of the long-vanished Philistines to sever Jews from their homeland.

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