Peloni:  This was long overdue.  Too long.

Resignation to go into effect on March 6

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 21, 2025

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi attends a state ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7 2023 which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg FLASH90

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi on Tuesday announced his intention to resign his post on March 6, citing the failures of the army under his command on Oct. 7, 2023.

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Is Trump being used to build out the superstructure of a digital system that could later be weaponized by some future ruler? Just as 5G and Warp Speed were weaponized?

Leo Hohmann | Jan 21, 2025

Peloni:  This is an important article.  This shameful deal is an early stain on Trump’s call for a Golden Age.  The manner in which Trump’s envoy, Witkoff, abused and disrespected America’s greatest ally, all by itself should have earned him a sharp rebuff from Pres. Trump, if not earning him a spot next to Ramaswamy out of Trump’s administration.  Instead, Trump has praised this deal and highlighted the manner in which his envoy, acting as if he were some local Enforcer, got things done, when, in fact, neither the ends of this deal, nor the means by which this deal was achieved, are justified, beneficial, nor sustainable.  Israel should pull out of this deal, and Trump should as well.

The ceasefire deal means spending $50 billion to rebuild Gaza.

Daniel Greenfield

The disastrous ceasefire deal proposed by the Biden administration and rubber stamped by Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, doesn’t just free thousands of Islamic terrorists while letting Hamas reclaim power, it also commits America to a 5-year rebuilding of Gaza.

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Peloni:  In recent decades, the West has morphed into becoming a cheerleading squad of despots and a funder of terrorism as it has set focused its efforts upon imposing totalitarian limitations within the only democratic nation in the Middle East.

When the 89-year-old Palestinian Authority chief looks around him, he must be astonished at how the international community has acquiesced in his brutal dictatorship.

Moshe Phillips

It was 20 years ago this week that Mahmoud Abbas was elected to a single four year term as chairman of the Palestinian Authority. I suspect he’s having a very happy anniversary.

When the 89-year-old looks around him, he must be astonished at how the international community has acquiesced in his brutal dictatorship.

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Peloni:   Carice Witte offers insights into how Trump’s second term will likely impact Western Asia.  Among the many topics which Witte addresses is that she has heard that Trump is working on a very creative plan for the Middle East region.  She also addresses the topic and challenges of IMEC in the region, which has the potential of transforming the Middle East’s foundational structure from being one based on conflict to being one based on shared connectivity.  She also explains that it is hard to grasp if Trump would either act to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program or to allow Israel to do it alone.  Many other topics discussed as well.

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U.S. UN Ambassador-designate Elise Stefanik believes that Israel has a "biblical right to all of Judea and Samaria (West Bank)" pic.twitter.com/OZqiyvCiri

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 21, 2025

By Andrea Widburg | Am Thinker | Jan 21, 2025

Image: YouTube screen grab.

All evening, my X feed updated me on the executive orders and pardons Trump has issued. We know that some will be contested, but on the whole, they’re solid and wonderful. Here’s an overview of just some of what he’s done so far.

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The most straightforward jihadism to deal with is the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Eric R. Mandel | Jan 20, 2025

Members of the Iranian Basij paramilitary force march during the force parade during military maneuvers in Tehran on Jan. 10, 2025. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images.

How do America, Israel and the moderate Muslim nations who share the common interest of advancing security and prosperity in the region shape the Middle East? It begins by acknowledging the fundamental problem of the area is jihadism, whether of the Iranian Shi’ite variety or the Muslim Brotherhood Sunni variation, with all its permutations ranging from ISIS to Hamas to Al-Qaeda to Turkey and Qatar.

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Peloni:  It is vital that Trump succeed in bringing about his Golden Age.  The world has looked to America for leadership and support and this need has for too long been answered by corruption and misgovernance.  The consequence of this malfeasance has been multifaceted, including manufactured plagues and unending needless wars.  The slaughters must be ended, but they must be ended in such a way that consent of the governed and equality under the law is finally returned to the civilized world which is still governed by the primacy of nation states.

Nicole Silverio | Daily Caller | January 20, 2025

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President Donald Trump declared a new “golden age” in America as he promised to undue former President Joe Biden’s policies during his Monday inaugural speech inside the Capitol Rotunda.

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New ‘Operation Iron Wall’ follows months of fighting between terrorists and PA

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 21, 2025

Israeli army vehicles seen in the West Bank city of Jenin, following a major Israeli aerial and ground offensive in Jenin, in one of Israel’s biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years. July 4, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90

The Israeli army and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the launch of a large-scale counterterror operation in the city of Jenin in Samaria on Tuesday.

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Peloni:  I have warned previously that Russia has no interest in agreeing to a frozen conflict.  In fact, Russia has always remained focused upon securing a pan-European security arrangement which is not weaponized against Russian interests such as is the case with NATO.  Let us not forget that American interests in any settlement in Ukraine would be to not only end hostilities, but to create a foundation upon which Russia might be less inclined to remain within China’s sphere of influence.  So there is a great deal to be gained by both the US and Russia in ending the Ukrainian war, but neither will likely be satisfied with the formation of a armistice.  ?

The New York Times reports that US officials are planning to propose an “armistice” for Ukraine allegedly similar to how the Korean war ended in 1953. However, an Armistice Agreement like the Korean does not align with Russia’s goals and probably can’t be achieved if limited to a ceasefire.

Peloni:  The way to avoid these butchers being released to revisit their terrorist trade upon the innocents of the Israeli people is to end this charade of justice and provide a reasonable and equitable remedy for convicted terrorists by enacting the death penalty upon all who are convicted of terror.  Terrorism is not murder, and the war crimes committed by terrorists are not crimes but acts of war.  Rewarding such attempt to overthrow civil society with the shroud of protection of civilian criminal codes should be seen to be as abhorrent` as the terrorists who are today being released once again.  End this cycle of  absurdity by ending the preservation of these butchers for some future early release deal, while reacting to reality and implementing real justice for the victims of terror.

Terrorists responsible for hundreds of murders will be released

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 20, 2025

Crowds welcome freed former prisoners in Ramallah, January 20, 2025. (Photo: Toshiyuki Fukushima / The Yomiuri Shimbun via Reuters)

Despite joy over the return of the Israeli hostages and the majority support for the ceasefire deal, most Israelis are keenly aware of the dangers posed by the ceasefire’s dark side – the release of over 1,000 terrorists and terror supporters from Israeli jails.

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Peloni:  These criminals who have been granted a pass for their crimes should be pursued relentlessly for the rest of their lives and to the end of their wealth.  In fact, while they are now immune from Federal prosecution in the US, they are liable in US state courts as noted by Kelly, but so too they are just as liable for their pardoned crimes in nations which have extradition treaties with the US.  These mass murderers must be held accountable for their crimes.  While many, too many, have looked towards some form of international body or tribunal rendering justice for these butchers, it should be recalled that justice should be a local matter, and that judgement is best determined by a jury of peers chosen from among the communities in which the crimes were manifested.  So let them be judged, by the communities across the globe in which their crimes were committed, which is everywhere.

Hailey Gomez  | Daily Caller | January 20, 2025

SiriusXM’s Megyn Kelly called out former President Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons Monday on her show, outlining how those pardoned could still face prosecution at the state level.

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Peloni:  Trump should fire Witkoff

by Gerald A. Honigman

I just read Ambassador Friedman’s comments about the proposed cease fire and temporary “deal” to bring surviving and slaughtered hostages home.

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I have his wonderful book, Sledgehammer, which documents the issues and problems leading up to the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal capital, moving America’s embassy there, and forging a peace between Israel and at least some of its former Arab adversaries in the Abraham Accords.

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Peloni:  An intriguing response to the algorithm wars, so to speak.  Indeed, allow the choice of content to be chosen by the respective public within each nation, and to the degree to which such societal perversions are exploited on the West via Tic Tok, such as the antisemitic filth which is awash on that platform, let there be an equally damaging perversion exploited via the Twitter platform, for example, upon the Chinese people.  What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, as the saying goes.

TikTok: Argue on reciprocity grounds — X should be allowed in China pic.twitter.com/8HHCgw0ulO

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) January 19, 2025