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Israel shocked after Trump slaps 17% tariff on Israeli imports, Finance Ministry to analyze implications  

Peloni:  The economic upheaval surrounding the tariffs will have a depleting effect on businesses around the world, leaving govts and businesses alike looking for opportunities to avoid or at least reduce the hardship which came with Trump’s “liberation day” announcement of reciprocal tariffs against friend and foe, alike.  Such instability which is associated with such an economic policy of shock and awe as this is the worst thing for businesses, particularly for those which are struggling to remain out of the red.  Trump would be well aware of this fact, and it is no doubt part of the calculus to bring whole industries to the shores of the US, while also bringing foreign govts to influence those companies which will remain abroad to direct their trade efforts towards reducing any disparities in trade balances, as exists between Israel and the US.

Finance Minister Smotrich says he’ll ‘study Trump’s order in depth’

By The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Public Domain

The U.S. will impose a 17% tariff on Israeli imports, President Trump announced on Wednesday, as part of sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” reforms the administration declared on what it dubbed “Liberation Day.”

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April 4, 2025 | 2:57 am | 2 Comments »

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Iranian personnel leave Yemen as US strikes intensify  

By Janatan Sayeh | April 3, 2025

231019-N-GF955-1113 RED SEA (Oct. 19, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19. Carney is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)

Iran has ordered its military personnel to leave Yemen amidst the ongoing US bombing campaign in the country, The Telegraph reported on April 3. The newspaper’s source added that regime officials’ concerns over the Trump administration have eclipsed discussions on Tehran’s regional proxies, dominating every meeting and sidelining previous strategic priorities.

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April 4, 2025 | 2:43 am | Comments »

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QatarGate: Selective Justice & the Global Deep State Agenda  

Peloni:  The old conception made allowances for many bad actors, and among these was Qatar, which had bought a seat a the table thru its influence peddling among US polticos and agencies going back decades.  The connection between Qatar and its associates in the West, not just Israel, need to be fully exposed, without regard for political interest.  Unfortunately, as Avi explains, the toxic association with Qatar is being manipulated to once again try to destabilize Netanyahu’s govt.

April 4, 2025 | 12:20 am | Comments »

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Why Did The FDA Hide Vaccine Injuries?  

How Peter Marks’ role in the COVID vaccine debacle exposed the flaws in America’s toxic health bureaucracy

A Midwestern Doctor | Apr 03, 2025

A frequent criticism of corporations (which I believe also applies to governmental bureaucracies) is that their organizational structure encourages sociopathic behavior. This is because members of these entities are shielded from legal or personal accountability for their actions, with any wrongdoings being attributed to the corporation as a whole. In contrast, the main form of accountability most members face is the pressure to advance the institution’s mission (e.g., make more money), leading to the proliferation of increasingly unethical methods to achieve that goal.

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April 4, 2025 | 12:10 am | Comments »

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Justice John Roberts’ Week Long Stay with Norm Eisen While Working on American and European Rule of Law Issues  

Janet Levy: Norm Eisen said his good friend Supreme Court Justice John Roberts was not corrupt and that John went to the Czech Republic for a week so that they could spend time working on American rule of law issues together.

John should resign or recuse himself from all of the lawsuit cases that Norm and his partners have filed that are working their way to the SC.

April 4, 2025 | 12:05 am | Comments »

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Criticism of Israel  

By Walter E. Block

I have long been a supporter of Israel. A fervent one, if I say so myself. It is time, it is past time, that I turn things around and become a critic. If friends cannot tell friends when they are going wrong, when they are making mis-steps, there is no point in having friends in the first place. So, here are some very serious criticisms of Israel.

Mr. Netanyahu, stay put. Do not visit Hungary or any place else for that matter. Yes, yes, I understand, it is only human for a brave man such as yourself to cock a snook at that foolish, depraved and immoral ICC arrest warrant. But you have more important things to do, see below.

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April 3, 2025 | 7:15 pm | 1 Comment »

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IDSF attacked in Europe and Supported in Washington DC – April 2 IDSF Daily Briefing  

Peloni:  In the latter 2/3 of this video, IDSF Director of International Relations Elie Pieprz provides an interesting insight into both the motivation and changing nature of Trump’s policy regarding Gaza.  Pieprz explains that diabolical nature displayed by Hamas in the hostage release led Trump to recognize that any ceasefire achieved would lack any durability, which would undermine the US’ ability to claim a significant victory in claiming peace had been achieved, and which is also necessary for Trump’s broader aims in the region.  Pieprz explains that this realization led Trump to support Israel’s ability to pursue a decisive victory on the battlefield, but that the US will not be supportive of a limited effort on behalf of Israel.  He also discusses the possibilities regarding what might take place between the US and Iran.  

April 3, 2025 | 2:51 pm | 1 Comment »

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Hezbollah’s Network on America’s Southern Doorstep  

From Beirut to Buenos Aires: How Hezbollah Built a Network on America’s Southern Doorstep? 

By Marzia Giambertoni | April 01, 2025

By Voice of America – YouTube – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today, Public Domain

In the hierarchy of security concerns on policymakers’ agendas, Hezbollah’s presence in Latin America rarely captures headlines. A recent RAND piece—Hezbollah’s Networks in Latin America—finds that this oversight may prove increasingly costly as the organization adapts its regional strategy amid mounting financial and structural pressures. The implications for homeland security warrant consideration: Hezbollah’s Latin American networks could exploit cross-border vulnerabilities, manipulate existing trafficking routes into U.S. cities, and potentially leverage criminal networks for intelligence collection or operational support within the United States.

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April 3, 2025 | 10:22 am | Comments »

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Pretending to Disarm Hezbollah Won’t Work  

Peloni:  Lebanon’s failure to disarm Hezbollah was not only predictable, it was inevitable.  The Lebanese lack the independence and agency with which to unseat Iran’s dominance over them.  The way to even approach this goal is thru the destruction of the Mullahs’ powerbase in Tehran, and only then might something substantially different take form in Lebanon.  Until then, the kabuki theatrical shell game in Lebanon will continue unabated, no matter what is agreed to by anyone.

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | April 1, 2025

By Yeghishedaviti – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Lebanon is pretending to disarm Hezbollah and thinks that the world believes it. Then, when the world calls Beirut out, Lebanese officials engage in collective delusion and blame “Israeli aggression” for military escalation. Lebanon is now reneging on the ceasefire and the 1701 enforcement mechanism that it signed, in November, in which it pledged to disarm Hezbollah and, in return, get territory back from Israel.

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April 3, 2025 | 8:44 am | Comments »

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From Tragedy to Unity: Kibbutz Be’eri, Elchanan Kalmanson, and the Spirit of Israel  

Peloni:  The road to victory is thru the united resolve of the Jewish people to defeat our enemies and to build a secure and vibrant future, none of which will be achieved if the clarion call of insurrection is answered.  These calls of perdition are the call of betrayal, heralding the victory of our enemies and the utter devastation of Israel and the Jewish people.

April 3, 2025 | 1:31 am | Comments »

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Israel Removes All Remaining Tariffs on US Imports  

Landmark move expected to boost trade and lower prices ahead of Trump’s new economic plan.

Israfan | April 2, 2025

In a major step to strengthen economic ties with the United States, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed an order to eliminate the last remaining tariffs on American goods, completing the full implementation of the 1985 U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement. The decision, coordinated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, removes approximately $11.3 million in annual tariffs primarily in the agricultural sector.

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April 3, 2025 | 12:09 am | Comments »

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Dr. Mudar Zahran, Jordanian Opposition Leader, Declares Jordan is Palestine And An Apartheid state  

Peloni:  Mudar Zahran is quite correct in stating that Israel must extend sovereignty to the entire of Judea & Sumaria.  By doing so, in conjunction with the Jordan rescinding its Crime Against Humanity of dispossessing the Pals in the area, might any equitable peace be pursued.  The road to peace in the region requires the psychopathic Pals who have been weaponized to actively pursue the slaughter of Jews being managed, and this can only be achieved by them being managed towards preventing this eventuality.  The man to provide this outcome is Mudar Zahran, and the vision to achieve this outcome is the Jordan Option, as described by Ted Belman, our editor in Chief, in the articles and links included in The Ultimate Alternate Israel-Palestine Solution (Jordan Option) and Memo to Kushner.

Mudar Zahran | X 

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April 2, 2025 | 7:25 pm | Comments »

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Caroline Glick on American Thought Leaders  

Peloni: Caroline Glick continues to be a national treasure as she has taken to join the current govt as International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel.  The entire conversation in the attached link is important and illuminating, but the discussion below on what is commonly described as “aid” to Israel, but it is in fact an investment in Israel which provides an unequaled benefit to the American people, provides an important context to that investment.  By strengthening Israel, America itself is strengthened and is made safer.

April 2, 2025 | 7:06 pm | 7 Comments »

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Where is the Red Cross now?  

Peloni:  So much has changed since WWII, and then again, so much has not.  For the Red Cross, when Jewish lives are involved, shame is their only trademark.

The Red Cross makes no mention of the hostages and appears not to care. 

Flag of the Red Cross.  By Jon Harald Søby – Own work, Public Domain

Today, 59 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza. How can we justify hostage negotiating with a terrorist entity when we do not even know for sure who is alive and who has already been murdered? Testimony of released hostages confirms that many have been murdered in brutal circumstances. Many are held in underground caves, starved and placed in harm’s way, to put it mildly.. Shouldn’t the International Red Cross be proactive and take the humanitarian steps to expose terrorist barbarism!?

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April 2, 2025 | 6:07 pm | 1 Comment »

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