Peloni:  Diplomacy is such a lost technique that many in the West perceive this practice of employing empathy towards an attempt to anticipate enemy actions as being either supplication or appeasement.  The consequence of a lack of diplomacy is what started this war.  It is time to reverse this policy failure, and turn the hot war into some form of peace, be it hot or cold, but neither will be achievable in the absence of the diplomatic arts.

The key to Russia’s nuclear arsenal lies in its stealth submarines. If Trump really wants peace, threatening a fellow nuclear-armed super-power is not going to get the job done.

Leo Hohmann | Mar 13, 2025

By Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0

Americans are not being adequately informed about Russia’s military capabilities. If you rely on the mainstream corporate media for your information, you would get the impression that Russia operates a relatively backward military and that its president, Vladimir Putin, is all bark and no bite, full of bluster and not to be taken seriously when he or his aides draw hard red lines against Western backing for Ukraine.

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Peloni:  Gadi Taub and Mike Doran discuss the situation in Syria where Doran insists that Israel is making a very great mistake in any effort to support the Alawhites or the Kurds.  He also provides his perspective that based on the recent agreement between the Kurds and Syria’s Al Shaara demonstrates that the facts on the ground have already out paced this effort, with the complete support of the Trump administration.  Doran goes on to suggest that contrary to claims of thousands of deaths, upwards of 17,000 deaths, there have been only some 1,300 deaths and among these, Doran remarkably attests that only 4-5 Christians have been killed, something which does appear to be far too specific and far too minimal without ascertaining as to where this claim might originate.  Doran offers one point of generalized support for this remarkable statement by referencing a video (see Video) which shows the Turkish backed Jihadis dehumanizing and abusing Shia while claiming that the Shia victims are Christians.  While this piece of Iranian disinformation is relevant and informative, it doesn’t explain the more specific number of only 4-5 Christians having been killed in Syria.  Beyond this, the topics of the ongoing feud between the Israeli govt and the judiciary is also explored as well as the reported and not refuted claim of Bibi being blackmailed by the security services.

Israel warns that Hamas seeks to retain military control in Gaza despite ceasefire talks.

Israfan | Mar 13, 2025

Secretary Marco Rubio meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Jerusalem, Israel, February 16, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

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Israeli fighter jets buzz Syrian troops to keep them away from Druze areas

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 13, 2025

Israeli airstrike in Syria (Photo: Social media)

Israel struck a Hamas terror cell in southern Syria and a command center of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Damascus in the past days, Israeli media reported.

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This war vindicated the military theorists who teach that in an age of total war with totally evil enemies, the only way to fight is to fight to win.

By GIL TROY | MARCH 12, 2025

President Joe Biden participates in an expanded bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Hotel Kempinski in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith)

Good historians abhor premature evaluation. Sweeping conclusions about Israel’s military outcomes in Gaza, today, mid-war, are foolish. It’s like the Democrats who assessed Kamala’s victory – after her successful debate 55 days before Election Day.

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Peloni:  David Wurmser explains that the recent agreement signed between the Kurds and Syria are an example of efforts to deal with the reality that many forces in Syria are preparing for a future conflict, but are not yet prepared for that conflict, thus requiring temporary agreements while the preparations  for war progress.  He warns that the viability of these deals, are however unlikely to be sustainable due to the mutually exclusive nature of the relative interests, ie Jihadi forces vs those who would be subjugated by the Jihadi forces.  Wurmser also indicates it will be important to watch the Christian and Druze communities, and how they come to assess their prospects while allying with either Israel or Syria.  Noting that Syria is more hostile and Israel is more friendly, Wurmser notes that the minorities need to determine to what degree they might be able to trust and rely upon any commitments which are being made to them, such as the Israeli commitment to support the Kurds in Southern Syria.  He explains that the determination of how these communities weather the political situation in Syria will ultimately determine if Syria remains a state or if it will break apart into segments along ethic lines of division.

Peloni:  Negotiating with terrorists, rather than killing them, is not the way forward.  It is the way back, back to October 6, and towards a repeat of October 7.  While this position may be amenable to well removed interests of American bureaucrats such as Boehler, who seems to see little distinction between the parties in this war, it is counter to what Israel will accept and what Boehler’s own president is advocating.  As Greenfield rightly states, “President Donald Trump is saying all the right things, on the other hand, his team is going in and saying all the wrong things” and it is time that Trump chose administrators who will support his policy rather than challenging it at every opportunity, which seems to be a point of continuity between Trump’s first and second terms, so far in any event.

by Daniel Greenfield  •  Gatestone Institute  •  March 13, 2025 at 5:00 am

President Donald Trump is saying all the right things. On the other hand, his team is going in and saying all the wrong things. Adam Boehler, the White House Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, is pushing the same nonsense that got us to October 7, 2023. His proposed deal leaves Hamas in Gaza, and has the U.S. rebuild Gaza for 10-15 years.  In short, it’s the worst deal imaginable for America and for Israel. Pictured: Boehler speaks at the State Department in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025. (By U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – DAZ_4502P, CC BY 2.0)

• President Donald Trump is saying all the right things, on the other hand, his team is going in and saying all the wrong things.

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by Gerald A. Honigman

Daniel Davis is a senior fellow at the isolationist Defense Priorities think tank and frequent one-sided critic of Israel.

When one holds the beleaguered, sole, resurrected nation of the Jewish People to standards not equally demanded of any other nation, especially the assortment of tyrannical regimes which surround it, you’re an antisemite. Period.

Davis, Trump’s new appointee as Deputy Director of National Intelligence, is so obviously brainwashed, bought by Arab buddies, ignorant, and/or easily debunked in his claims that his appointment is just another example of President Trump using something other than his own substantial gray matter in making some of his latest appointments.

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Peloni:  Egypt had its chance to cooperate with the US, and notably, Egypt was one of the only nations which was initially exempt from the halt on US aid.  Despite the cut in Egyptian Aid, Sisi will almost certainly continue to defy Trump, which will result in a ever tighter spiral towards disaster for him.

Trump should next do the same for the Hashemites.

Peloni:  This nonsensical story should have been expected, as Lebanon remains to be the special case where even the most ardent supporters of Israel seem captivated with the notion that Hezbollah might be seen to be an honest broker with which to negotiate, despite the preposterous nature of this conclusion.  Indeed, the lack of clarity displayed while Israel is trying to normalize with a nation which is controlled by a terror organization established to destroy Israel would seem to be beyond dispute.  Notably, while Israel is in effect negotiating with Hezbollah again, it should recalled that the Maritime deal was forced on Israel such that gas fields were ceded to Hezbollah as a presumable condition of peace with Lebanon, yet war broke out less than a year later.  Hence, Israel should insist that based on the vitiation of the maritime deal terms, as a precondition to any negotiation with Hezbollah or Lebanon that those gas field should be returned to Israel before anything further is discussed.

13 points on the border have never been resolved, including strategic areas

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 12, 2025

Israel-Lebanon border By US Dept.of State. – Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94223687

Israel is seeking normalization with Lebanon, an Israeli political official told media outlets on Wednesday, after representatives from Israel, Lebanon, the United States, and France agreed to form working groups to discuss several outstanding disputes.

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Peloni: The appointment of Koch-allied anti-Trump Daniel Davis to become Trump’s Deputy Director of National Intelligence on Mission Integration is very disturbing.  Davis’ perspectives on a whole host of topics, including Israel, are completely contrary to that of President Trump, as explained in the Jewish Insider article linked below.  Beyond the JI report, Davis’ lack of respect for Trump, personally, is clear.  It should be noted that just one month ago, Davis made his lack of respect for Trump quite clear as he described Trump as being disconnected, manipulated and “highly influenced by Netanyahu” while analyzing Trump’s Gaza Emigration proposal with fellow anti-Trumper Chas Freeman.  Given the fact that Davis’ will play a key role on DNI Gabbard staff, while recalling Gabbard’s own disturbing positions on Israel over the years (here, here, & here), it begs the question as to from where the suggestion to appoint Davis might have arisen.  To be honest, I can’t believe Trump would appoint Davis to any role if these facts were known to him.

Click on link for article:

SCOOP | @DanielLDavis1, a senior fellow at the @defpriorities think tank with a record of strident criticism of Israel, has been tapped as a deputy director of national intelligence, three sources told Jewish Insider. @marcrod97 reports:https://t.co/kzFAuLU7yA

— Jewish Insider (@J_Insider) March 12, 2025

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Peloni:  Every rational person, and certainly every Zionist, should recognize the tragedy which was manufactured by forcing the Pals to remain in close quarters to the Jews of Israel, particularly as the Pals were weaponized by the internationally funded efforts of UNRWA towards the goal of slaughtering the Jews.  Trump has made an important proposal, which is based on history and law, which supports the efforts to let the Gazans choose to leave, and it is vital that this proposal be supported by every voice which has any support for either the Jews in Israel or the Pals in Gaza, not to mention the Pals in J&S.

Levi Eshkol and Yitzhak Rabin, both of the Labor Party, were on board decades ago to offer freedom for Palestinian Arabs to emigrate elsewhere.

Moshe Phillips

Levi Eshkol and Yitzhak Rabin By Boris Carmi /Meitar Collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, CC BY 4.0

Critics of the U.S. plan for rebuilding Gaza say that the idea of residents relocating to other countries is part of a plot by the Israeli right to carry out “ethnic cleansing.” But it turns out that it was the Israeli left, and not the Israeli right, which was the first to organize emigration from Gaza.

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By Sha’i ben-Tekoa | Am Thinker | Mar 11, 2025

Image by Michael Foran. CC BY 2.0. 

In his inaugural speech as president, Joe Biden said, “The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer,” adding that it faced “a rise in political extremism, white supremacy, [and] domestic terrorism…” That might have been the first symptom of his dementia.

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Peloni:  Matt Williams provides a good analysis of the situation which has arisen out of Ukraine’s refusal to support Trump’s peace initiatives, as well as the shifting strategic opportunity which might have simultaneously motivated Ukraine to finally agree to Trump’s demand while also leading Putin to be reluctant to do, particularly with only a 30 day pause in fighting.

Peloni:  Highly recommended video.  Yishai Fleisher & Regavim’s Naomi Kahn discuss a conference covering the issue of Trump’s plan for Gaza and how realistic and the consequences of acting on Trump’s vision for Gaza.

Point 1: Don’t Support a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Leonard Grunstein |   Mar 11, 2025

Protests in Thomas Paine Park against the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil. By SWinxy – Own work, CC BY 4.0

It is a privilege to study at a college, university, graduate school or professional school in the US. Non-citizens afforded this opportunity are indeed fortunate.

Although many of the institutions of higher learning tout their devotion to academic freedom, the current scenes on campus bear no resemblance to genuine critical thinking and the civil exchange of ideas. Moreover, academic freedom does not mean students, professors or staff members are free to violate the law or engage in proscribed behavior, inconsistent with the code of conduct at the particular institution. This includes not harassing, intimidating or assaulting fellow students or staff, or committing vandalism.

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By Seth Frantzman | March 11, 2025

Members of the SDF Internal Security Forces during a campaign in the countryside of Deir Ezzor in February. (SDF)

On March 10, Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), signed an agreement with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al Sharaa. The deal outlines a plan to integrate the SDF and other civil and military institutions in northeastern Syria into the new Damascus administration over the next nine months. The effort will include responsibility for border crossings, an airport, and oil and gas fields, the agreement states.

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Despite funding outrageously cartoonish progressive projects, lighting money on fire isn’t even close to being USAID’s most destructive activity.<

2nd Smartest Guy in the World | Mar 11, 2025

by Matthew D. Palumbo

DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 27JAN11 – George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management, USA, is captured during the session ‘Redesigning the International Monetary System: A Davos Debate’ at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2011.  Copyright by World Economic Forum  swiss-image.ch/Photo by Michael Wuertenberg

The recent attention on USAID and explosive revelations on where its spending is really going surely comes as an early Christmas gift for Rand Paul when it comes time for him to prepare his annual Festivus report.

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