It is the Iranian-controlled Iraqi militias (Popular Mobilization Forces, PMF or PMU) that may be the most difficult Iranian proxy to degrade.

By ERIC R. MANDEL | JANUARY 11, 2025

In the last few months, no one could have imagined that Hezbollah in Lebanon, the crown jewel of the Iranian Ring of Fire, with upwards of 200,000 projectiles aimed at Israel, would have been so degraded. James Bond-like operations involving pager and walkie-talkie explosions featured on the American TV news program 60 Minutes, followed by Israel’s devastating attacks against the Hezbollah military infrastructure, changed the face of the Middle East.

No one predicted that the Turkish-backed Syrian rebels (HTS) would use Hezbollah’s weakness to start a march south from their stronghold in northwest Syria, conquering the state in days, while exposing the Russian and Iranian-backed Syrian army as just a paper tiger. HTS correctly perceived that Hezbollah fighters and the Russian air force were not going to come to the aid of Syrian president Bashar Assad as they did 10 years ago.

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Peloni:  As a follow-up to our publication of excerpts from Joseph Shellim’s “Philistine-To-Palestine”, we are happy to be able to present a series of excerpts from his informative “BEN HUR II – EXILE” [aka “HOLY-WAR: ROME AND THE JEWS“.  Below is the first installment.

HOLY WAR – APRIL 70 AD/CE – DAWN.  

TEMPLE LOCATION.  

Mount Moriah is the name of the elongated north-south stretch of land lying between The Kidron  Valley and the “Hagai” Valley, between Mount Zion to the west and the Mount of Olives to the  east. [103]  

‘Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah, where [the  LORD] appeared unto David his father; for which provision had been made in the place of  David, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite’. — [2 Chronicles Chapter 3] [104]  “The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of  heaven.” – Benjamin Disraeli.  

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Peloni:  The means by which to deal with the wave of antisemitism has been spiraling out of control has always been available, and it is only due to the political support for this pernicious campaign by those in authority that the long arm of existing laws was not unleashed to prevent the calamities which have become a near daily occurrence over the past 16 months or more.  It is now more important than ever to see these laws enforced, to punish those complicit with terrorist activity, and to provide those intended innocents with the full benefit and protections under the law.

The US Supreme Court determined that engaging in political advocacy on behalf of a FTO or in furtherance of its goals, as well as training members in how to use the law or engage in other activities to further the goals of the FTO is covered by the Act. Enforcement is all that is necessary

Leonard Grunstein |   Jan 11, 2025

Pro-Palestinian students at UCLA campus  Grace Yoon/Anadolu via Getty Images

In the days following the appalling atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, there was a symbiotic virtual uprising that occurred on many US college campuses in support of Hamas and its goals.

The basic playbook followed was reportedly developed by sponsors and affiliates of Hamas. It included intimidation and harassment of Jews and even physical assaults on them. Campus buildings were taken over and encampments created, which excluded those of Jewish faith and prevented them from accessing educational and other facilities on campus, as well as disrupting educational functions.

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Jerome Corsi | Jerome’s Substack| Jan 11, 2024

More evidence is coming out exposing the truth behind the Democrats’ Russian Collusion Hoax, the intelligence community’s role and the subsequent cover-up. Dr. Jerome Corsi breaks down the story and the treasonous actions of those involved.

Peloni:  More details regarding Egypt’s military buildup on Israel’s border

Differentiation from non-Muslims is necessary, but not sufficient. The Muslim must know, with every fibre of his being, that he is a higher order of creation than the kafir, and that the boundary between himself as human, and the animals, lies more properly between himself and the kafir.

ANJULI PANDAVAR | 11 Jan 2025

Jerusalem, 1948. Arab Muslim victor condescends to Jewish leader

Muhammad is “the seal of the prophets”. His religion, Islam, is the final religion, and so also the perfect religion. Its adherents, therefor, are as close to perfect as it is possible for humans to be (if they are not prophets). Any creed arising after Islam is thus not a religion, and whatever their adherents might think they are, they cannot be religious. Readers might find the following near-verbatim account of an exchange between myself and some Muslims in Marrakech instructive. The conversation had turned to their claim that Islam is the final religion:

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The Iran-backed militia is bowed but not broken – and it could still find a way to hijack Saudi funds for its own rehabilitation

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Jan 10, 2025

Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reviews the honor guard upon his arrival at the Lebanese Parliament to be sworn in as a new president, in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP/Hussein Malla)

@VigilantFox Tweeted the following:

REPORT: 14 US attorneys general are now demanding answers about the COVID vaccine injured and dead.

In an explosive statement addressed to the Biden administration’s HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra (and cc’d to RFK Jr.), the letter reads:

“We, the Attorneys General of Utah,… pic.twitter.com/SNj8URYL74

— The Vigilant Fox ? (@VigilantFox) January 11, 2025

REPORT: 14 US attorneys general are now demanding answers about the COVID vaccine injured and dead.

In an explosive statement addressed to the Biden administration’s HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra (and cc’d to RFK Jr.), the letter reads:

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Southern California was known for years to be vulnerable to potentially devastating wildfires, but Democratic officials did not take sufficient action before proceeding to botch the response to fires currently devastating the Los Angeles area.

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FDD | Jan 10, 2025

Latest Developments

• House Passes Sanctions on ICC: Rebuking the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the U.S. House of Representatives on January 9 passed a bill to sanction ICC officials and their collaborators. The “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act” was passed by a 243-140 vote, with all but one Republican and 45 Democrats voting in favor. “America is passing this law because a kangaroo court is seeking to arrest the prime minister of our great ally, Israel,” said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL).

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Here is some of the current official background noise…

Plan aims to change selection of Supreme Court judges and limit judicial review

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 10, 2025

Minister Gideon Sa’ar with Minister of Justice Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 6, 2024. (Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Thursday presented a “compromise outline” for softened judicial reform. The proposal aims to reform the Judge Selection Committee for the Supreme Court and, for the first time, seeks to enshrine guiding principles for legislation in a Basic Law.

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Peloni:  Highly recommended video.  Daoud provides a masterclass explanation on why Lebanese society is crippled, incapable of freeing itself from Hezbollah’s hold over it, and why it will only frustrate any external force which tries to force the Lebanese shaped peg into a Hezbollah-free shaped hole.  It would be quite important for Trump’s foreign policy team to grasp what Daoud details in this video, and failing to do so, as was the case in Trump’s foreign policy team in his first term, will only lead to a continuation of policies which will strengthen Hezbollah at the expense of the stability of the region.

While the entire video is worth studying closely, careful attention should be given to the video from 5-38min mark.

This is @Ayaan Hirsi Ali:

“The word Islamophobia was invented so that gullible Europeans could be conditioned into thinking that we could import millions of men.”

She refers to the Saturday afternoon protests by Muslims, she concludes “they don’t belong here.”

She mentions… pic.twitter.com/WyCvP9Df4J

— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) January 10, 2025

Peloni:  The TSS proponent, JCPOA advocate, and Clinton turned Bernie turned Trump supporter Tulsi Gabbard has turned the page on opposing the Intel Communities favorite tool, FISA-702.  In point of fact, Gabbard’s  appointment was always troubling for reasons listed above and more, but her steadfast opposition to the warrantless surveillance FISA-702 stood as a basis of hope that she would not be as poor a choice as was otherwise expected.  Unfortunately, Gabbard found the pressure too great, and her powerful nomination too enticing, to maintain even this long held position.  And so, on this too it would seem that the Cowboys have won the day.  Quite expected, but still, quite unfortunate.

Sundance | Jan 10, 2025

As the story is told [SEE HERE], and it aligns with every scintilla of researched data on the darkest and deepest elements of the Deep State, DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard has reversed her position and will now support FISA-702, the warrantless searches of American communication and electronic metadata.

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Shoshana Bryen | Daily Caller | Jan 9, 2025

The U.S. military is under systemic attack by jihadist “influencers” trying to lure them into terror-related activities. Soldiers are not the only targets, but considering that our military contains young, healthy people, trained in weapons use, it makes sense that those wanting to infiltrate and radicalize people would see soldiers as fertile ground for a campaign to undermine American society.

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Peloni:  A encompassing account of the surveillance state and the need for, as well as the complications with, eliminating its hold over the public discourse and first amendment rights.

By Ben Weingarten | Real Clear Investigations | Jan 9, 2025

The incoming Trump administration scored an early but possibly illusory victory last month in its effort to reform government overreach when it successfully pressured Congress to eliminate what it termed “sweetheart provisions for government censors” from a measure to stave off a government shutdown.  Funding for the State Department’s Global Engagement Center – which Republicans had attacked as a tool of domestic censorship – was stripped from the final bill, and the center announced that it was closed for good on Dec. 23. Days later, however, reporting emerged that the State Department had devised plans to shift the center’s 51 employees and millions of dollars of funding to a separate hub purportedly to counter foreign “information manipulation and interference.”

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Peloni:  There can be no bargaining with these barbarians.  They must be annihilated – there can be no alternative.

By Hugh Fitzgerald | Jan 9, 2025

The Israel government has released a recording made by the Shin Bet of a telephone call it conducted with Israelis being held by Hamas captors at Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023. The Shin Bet operative also talks to one of the Hamas men, a certain “Hasan.” Among Hasan’s chilling remarks there was this: “Stay on the line and hear them die.” The recording captures the confusion, chaos, and sheer horror of that day, when a Hamas man casually murders several children, and other Israelis are forced to stand outside one of the buildings where, their Hamas captors know, they will be mistakenly killed by the IDF. More on this recording can be found here: “‘Stay on the line and hear them die’: Recordings reveal horror of Hamas hostage crisis in Be’eri,” Jerusalem Post, January 4, 2025:

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