Peloni:  Gaza is Jewish land, which has been made judenrein save for the Jews now held for ransoming towards Israel’s destruction.  This status of being left Jew free betrays the deep historical roots which Jews have in Gaza as discussed below, and the too well established public view that this is not Jewish land has only been made possible following many centuries of conquest and more recent acts of betrayal.  None the less, Gaza remains Jewish Land.

 “Not a strange land have we conquered, and not over the possessions of strangers have we ruled, but of the inheritance of our Fathers that was in the hands of the enemy and conquered by them unlawfully. And as for us, when we had the chance, we returned to ourselves the inheritance of our Fathers.”

By Victor Sharpe | April, 2025

Mosaic from the ancient synagogue in Gaza by Dr. Avishai Teicher 

The almost four-thousand-year-old association of Jewish life in Gaza is little remembered in today’s world. Of course, people kow of the Biblical story of Samson being blinded by the now extinct Philistines and how he brought down the temple to their gods in Gaza. But very few non-Jews have any idea of the rich Jewish history in the following millennia.

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Peloni:  This is an important article, disclosing an important caveat in SCOTUS’ ruling.  SCOTUS failed to limit the power of the courts, keeping the door open for lower courts to block Trump’s action under the Aliens Enemies Act, while limiting it to the jurisdiction of the relative courts.

By Andrea Widburg | Am Thinker | April 8, 2025

Image by Matt Popovich. Public domain.

Today was a sort of good day for Donald Trump at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court stayed U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis’s insistence that Trump immediately return to America Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien and MS-13 gang member, who is now in an El Salvadoran prison. That was a non-substantive ruling and the substantive issues will have to be addressed once the matter goes back to Xinis. The seemingly big win was the Court’s saying that U.S. District Court James Boasberg lacked jurisdiction to override Trump’s decision to deport 250 Tren de Aragua gang members. I maintain, though, that this was a Pyrrhic victory. Read more…

Peloni: No imminent strike on Iran, no drop in the tariff on Israel, and no hostages released.  How many ways can we spell disappointment.  In fact, it seems that this meeting was called by Trump to shore up support for his talks with Iran, but the reality is that this is how the Iranian hudna has been pursued with Iran for decades.  They are vulnerable, but they will only truly respond when forced to do so.  Indeed, hudna vs victory should be an easy choice for an administration which calls for peace thru strength.  Hopefully the talks will soon be abbreviated as the shadow of a fleet of B-2’s drop their payload on the ultimate terror lords in the Middle East.

Israeli PM confident he can cancel 17% tariff Trump imposed last week

Joel C. Rosenberg | All Israel News | Published: April 7, 2025

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — It’s late here in Israel, nearly midnight, and Israelis are going to be surprised when they wake up on Tuesday.

Why?

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Michael Ordman | VGNI | April 6, 2025

In the 6th Apr 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Unbelievable courage and resilience of Israeli Oct 7 survivors.
• Five major Israeli advances in the detection and treatment of cancer.
• The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews also helps Israeli Muslims.
• Many large Israeli companies are switching to green energy.
• Israel has received billions of shekels from its natural gas windfall.
• Jerusalem opens the new Museum of Tolerance.
• An auction of rare 1948 “Independence Day” edition Passover Haggadot.

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Peloni:  Brig. Gen. (ret.) Yossi Kuperwasser describes the struggle which has taken place over the past 18months in which the military has acted to obstruct the conquest of Gaza so as to avoid having to control Gaza.  He also offers some insights into what will be discussed in the meeting between Trump and Netanyahu.

Peloni:  This legacy of devastation and betrayal is what Trump’s Liberation Day celebration is focused on repealing.

By J.B. Shurk | Am Thinker | April 7, 2025

Image: Gage Skidmore via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Twenty-five years ago, President Clinton used his remaining time in office to advocate on China’s behalf.  He argued that the communist regime should be admitted to the World Trade Organization and that the United States should grant the totalitarian state permanent normal trade relations.  Critics of China pointed to the Tiananmen Square Massacre the decade before as ample reason to deny it any economic reward.  Critics of Clinton pointed to allegations that his political campaign had accepted illicit contributions from China as ample reason to doubt the president’s motives.  Still, Clinton got what he wanted, and China became a member of the WTO the very next year.

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Peloni:  The use of legal practices to disadvantage the Right is disgusting, and the building evidence demonstrating the degree to which this has been leveraged against the Right, and more specifically the settlers in J&S, is an indictment extending from the use of Lawfare to falsely employ criminal indictments against the PM to gain a political outcome.  The abuse of the legal code in such a fashion is itself illegal, against both the PM and the settlers alike.  The momentum behind these recent revelations are quite important, and are in fact resulting in an important effect on the people.  Today, the Yesha Council is calling for the disbandment of the Shin Bet’s Jewish Division.

Benjamin Netanyahu | X

This evening, additional shocking recordings of blackmail and threats by the deputy head of the Shin Bet’s Jewish division against police officer Avishai Mualem were revealed.

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The first use by Arabs of the name “Palestine” to refer to themselves didn’t occur until the 1960s. The choice of the name is almost comical considering that the Arabic language lacks the letter “P.”

Sam Hilt

“Virtual Palestine” proclaims its ubiquitous presence through the promotion of the Palestinian “brand” in the form of distinctive clothing, slogans, and artifacts. By Matt Brown Flikr, CC BY 2.0 [Cropped]

Today, the mass media has replaced book culture as the dominant force creating the imagery we associate with various countries and their peoples.

Mention an “Italian vacation” and someone pictures the Coliseum or the Trevi Fountain and Gina Lollobrigida on the back of a cherry-red Vespa, rather than, say, the smoke-filled kitchen of a peasant family negotiating their sharecropping contract with the landowner.

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Peloni:  In his opening remarks, Mark explains that Trump’s proposals are the most pro-growth attempt in American history.  Reform of the size of govt, regulations, the tax code, and more is all structured around manufacturing and job growth in the US.  He argues further that the use of tariffs will re-industrialize America.  Additionally, Mark explains that this growth is not just helpful to the economic future of the average American, but it is addressing the geopolitical need for America to re-establish a national manufacturing core which could be tapped should war with a peer power ever come to be.  The combination of tax cuts with the applied tariff policy will have the twin effect of boosting domestic prosperity and addressing the problems associated with the monetizing of excessive spending of previous administrations, particularly those of the Obiden years.  Mark also discusses the current state of affairs ongoing in China with Gordan Chang, and the issue of deporting college campus terror advocates with Mark Goldfeder.

April 5:

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Israel Katz | X 

During my visit today to the IDF intelligence unit, I revealed a classified document found in senior Hamas tunnels in Gaza. It proves direct ties between Iran and Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif — and Iran’s support for Hamas’s plan to destroy Israel and for the October 7 massacre.

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Peloni:  Very Important Interview.  Business abhors uncertainty.  Clarity about the purpose and permanence of the new US tariffs would have gone a long way towards supporting business interests around the world while coping with the announcement of Trump’s tariffs.  Peter Navarro provides some of this clarity in stating that it is the “non-tariff cheating [currency manipulation, fake agricultural standards, export subsidies, etc] that matters the most”.  Making it clear that this issue is THE ISSUE long before the tariff announcement would have been useful, but it is being made clear now in any event.

Peloni:  This has been discussed for some time now.  Still the revealing and frank confession here is a jarring indictment, and as Gadi explains, it is quite in keeping with the mindset which led to the stand down preceding and eliciting the October 7 slaughter.

Investigative journalist @AyalaHasson exposed this conversation between the head of the Jewish Department of Shin Bet, and the chief of Judea and Samaria police (here with English subtitles).

The Shin Bet officer says here point blank that Shin Bet arrests settlers even when… pic.twitter.com/hnBfSIE8oh

— Gadi Taub ???? ?? (@GadiTaub1) April 6, 2025

Peloni:  The educational centers which are not complying with Federal regulations should be prosecuted to the full limit of the law.  What Northwestern has demonstrated is that it only takes a will to comply with the law to actually not violate it.   Consequently, non-compliance with these legal norms should not be  a point of discussion, they need no examples of how to comply with the law, and those institutions which have failed America and their students so badly over the past years by harboring, advocating, and supporting terror and antisemitism should be shown the scorn of both federal subsidies and student attendance.  The only credibility of these pro-terror institutions is to be found in their history of successfully having guided the leaders of tomorrow.  Their gross failure in these past years to credibly recognize the abject evil which they promoted demonstrates that this credibility has been irreparably undone.  Shutter them all and prosecute those who are responsible and those who complied with such promotions of terror.

By Hugh Fitzgerald | April 6, 2025

Not all universities have been as lackadaisical or uncaring as Columbia and Harvard in fighting antisemitism on their campuses. Northwestern University President Michael Schill appeared before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for a hearing on antisemitism almost a year ago. This was the same committee that heard the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania. Now, the university released a report in late March describing a decrease in antisemitic incidents.

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The Lebanese Al Jadeed reported that Ortagus issued an ultimatum to Lebanon to implement all clauses of the ceasefire agreement, including the disarmament of Hezbollah. This is reportedly Lebanon's last opportunity to implement its commitments before "significant escalation". https://t.co/zz9GUsTNgm

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) April 6, 2025

FDD | April 5, 2025

Latest Developments

• Terrorist Eliminated: Israel announced on April 4 that it had eliminated Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Awad, a senior terrorist in the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement terror organization that is sometimes referred to as the “Mujahideen Brigades.” Awad “commanded the kidnappings of Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel Bibas,” during the October 7, 2023, atrocities and was “likely personally involved” in their murders. Awad also was responsible for the kidnappings of American citizens Gad Haggai and Judi Weinstein, along with numerous Thai citizens.

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Retired Police Lieutenant Warns EPIC City Is Phase Two of a Sharia Enclave That’s Operated in Plano for 12 Years While Officials Stayed Silent

Read full report HERE

BREAKING ? BOMBSHELL IN TEXAS ?

Retired Police Lieutenant Douglas Deaton just blew the lid off the East Plano Islamic Center’s (EPIC) Sharia enclave that’s been operating in Plano, Texas, for 12 YEARS—and no one stopped it.

In explosive public testimony, Deaton warned Texas… pic.twitter.com/jBz2BUVN29

— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) April 5, 2025