There was a price to be paid for withdrawing from one of the most forward-thinking, productive and defense-oriented countries in the world.

Shoshana Bryen | Nov 10, 2025

Hundreds of people protest in Brisbane Friday 1 August 2014 concerned for the people of Gaza.. Photo by Byron Wu – Own work, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

The timing was extraordinary. As I was moderating a conference entitled “U.S.-Central Asian Relations in the Era of the Abraham Accords,” Kazakhstan announced that it was, in fact, joining the pact. The reasons are many, and more Central Asian countries are likely to join, but it is the timing that leads to a larger understanding of Israel and the often hypocritical world. To be clear, it is neither the Abraham Accords countries nor those of Central Asia that are hypocritical.

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Peloni:  This is a must read article

By Patti Johnson | November 9, 2025

Islam’s Hidden Danger: Two Faces That Lead to Violence and Conquest

Islam teaches two very different pictures of the Prophet Muhammad, and this split explains why it can look peaceful at times but turn brutal when its followers gain strength. The book of Islam, the Quran, holds these two faces side by side, but an old rule called abrogation says that later teachings cancel out earlier ones. Since the harsh, fight-first commands came after the kind, live-and-let-live ones, those violent orders win out. They become the true guide for Muslims today. This is not just old history – it’s a warning about what happens when radical Muslims rise to power. We see it playing out in places like Africa and the UK, and now, with New York’s recent election, our own backyard could be next. This is a call to wake up before it’s too late.

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by Sha’i ben-Tekoa

Palestinian Media Watch is an Israeli NGO, not at all supported by the government, when it should be, because it publishes the truth about the enemy that the Israeli government rarely does. Israel’s PR is notoriously anemic. PMW prints the truth about the enemy by just translating his public media.

 Israel’s security arms are first-rate in demolishing buildings in Gaza, assassinating individual terrorists in enemy territory, destroying nuclear works in Iraq and Syria, Iran’s nuclear works and installations in Yemen, but never does official Israel demolish the enemy’s public diplomacy, the “Palestinian narrative,” the enemy’s version of events that stokes the fire of their bottomless and infernal hatred of Israel.

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