Peloni:  In a year and a half, not a single Gazan has come to report details surrounding the whereabouts of a single hostage.  NOT ONE.  So while Katz’ commentary to the Gazans about the distinctions which separate them from the Hamas leadership is useful to inform the entire world of these facts, it must be understood by all reasonable men that Gazans are Hamas.  They have been well trained for the effect of rejoicing in the savagery of October 7 and resistant to the most generous of offers to produce just one equivalent of the Righteous Gentiles of WWII…and yet we here only crickets in response.

All Israel News Staff | Published: April 12, 2025

Israeli forces in the Rafah area (Photo: IDF)

The Israeli military has encircled the strategically important southern Gazan border town Rafah, the IDF confirmed in an official statement.

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Peloni:  In a WSJ Op Ed, Trump’s Mideast Envoy, Steve Witkoff has already signaled a position of retreat in place of what should have been clear US resolve to have Iran, itself, retreat.   Stating that “Where our red line will be, there can’t be weaponization of your nuclear capability” Witkoff has indicated a significant weaking of Trump’s own message to Iran.  Indeed, after assembling the greatest military presence in history in the region, alongside the equivocating threat from Trump himself, Witkoff’s prevarication will unfortunately betray US resolve while strengthening Iranian resistance.  This portends a very unfortunate outcome should Witkoff’s statements indicate Trump’s true position in this negotiation.  If Trump’s position has not changed, the FDD assessment below should have been used in place of the Witkoff strategy of weakness.

Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker & Behnam Ben Taleblu | FDD | April 11, 2025

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The United States and Iran are set to hold landmark talks on April 12, President Donald Trump announced earlier in the week, just weeks after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refused the idea. The watershed event follows the president’s letter to Khamenei in early March in which he posed a stark ultimatum to Tehran: negotiate a deal within two months that removes the nuclear threat, or face punishing U.S. sanctions and possibly strikes on the regime’s nuclear facilities.

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Peloni:  Is this the real reason that the Russiagate files, which had full authorization to be released, were leaked, ie to taint the release with an implied political bias?

Sundance | April 12, 2025

Regarding the recently released Russiagate files. Again, emphasizing that process matters, let me explain how and why we are being purposefully misled, even with Trump ‘allies’ in control of various govt agencies (silos).

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By Daniel Greenfield| April 9, 2025

New York Times Building.  By Jleon (talk) – I (Jleon (talk)) created this work entirely by myself., CC BY-SA 3.0

At least when it’s leftist antisemitism.

In surprising news, the newspaper that published a list of Jewish members of Congress with yellow marks over their names during the Iran Deal vote (not in 1939 but in 2015) thinks fighting antisemitism is a bad idea.

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Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | April 7, 2025,

Passover, Mathilde Hahn Meyer, Germany, late 19th or early 20th century, painting on canvas.  By Center for Jewish History, NYC – Flickr/, No restrictions

1. Passover (April 12-19, 2025) is a Jewish national liberation holiday, highlighting the Exodus, the Parting of the Sea, the Ten Commandments, the 40 years of wandering in the desert, and the return to the Land of Israel 3,600 years ago. From physical and spiritual servitude in Egypt to physical and spiritual liberty in the Land of Israel.

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By Christine Douglass-Williams | April 11, 2025

Numan Kurtulmu?, leader of Erdogan’s People’s Voice Party meets with Ismail Haniyeh in 2012.  By Mehmettorun – Own work of Mehmettorun, CC BY-SA 3.0

Israel’s enemies repeatedly call Israel an occupier of Judea and Samaria, although the Jews are indigenous to the land. Given the jihad against it, Israel needs to expand its presence in Judea and Samaria even more in order to preserve its state. At the end of February, the IDF discovered Hamas plans for a mass jihad attack in Judea, Samaria and central Israel. And in mid-February, an Israeli brigadier general warned that released jihadi prisoners would wage jihad and build militias in Judea and Samaria.

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Peloni:  I can not believe that Canada will elect CCP pet Carney.  This will be devastating, for both Canada and Israel.

Peloni:  While you are talking, you are not shooting.  Until this situation changes, Iran will keep its nuclear program intact and ongoing.  The Mullahs respond to only one calculus, and it is based on kinetic, not verbal, action

By Hugh Fitzgerald | April 10, 2025

Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu left Washington without having an assurance from President Trump that the 17% tariff the President placed on Israeli goods would be removed, even though Israel, the day before, had removed all tariffs on American goods. Lowering that tariff will now be the subject of negotiation. But when it came to Gaza, there was no disagreement, no hint of any American dismay with the way the IDF was conducting the war. That was a great relief for the Israelis, who remember the pressures Israel experience during the Biden administration, which tried to direct the IDF’s conduct of its war.

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Peloni:  See breakdown of lawsuit HERE

Israel and Turkey have recently discussed creating a coordination mechanism in Syria in efforts to prevent friction, days after Trump praised Erdogan in his meeting with Netanyahu.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | APRIL 10, 2025

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Days after US President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and praised Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it appears that Israel and Turkey may be on track for talks about Syria.

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Peloni:  Reports of a major offensive in Eastern Khan Yunis

By Seth Frantzman | April 10, 2025

Israeli soldiers operate in the Morag Corridor, an area between Rafah and Khan Younis in southern Gaza. (IDF)

The Israeli military is proceeding systematically and slowly to consolidate control over southern Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sent more units into the territory and is aiming to cut off Rafah. In the first days of April, the IDF announced it would take control of the Morag Corridor separating Rafah from Khan Younis. Now, Israeli units are operating in the corridor and are seeking to clear Rafah of remaining Hamas infrastructure and fighters.

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Unless we stand up for the rights of those who want to kill us, we’ll be next.

Daniel Greenfield | April 11, 2025

Muslim ban protest, London.  By Neil Cummings – First they came for the muslims…, CC BY-SA 2.0

When immigration enforcement took Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-Algerian who had been part of a movement that had terrorized Columbia University, attacking Jewish students and faculty, along with employees and law enforcement, while promoting Hamas flyers, ‘Death to America’ stickers and the “total eradication of Western Civilization”, the impassioned leftist outrage poured forth.

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Peloni:  Highly recommended video.  Mike Pregent offers insights and perspectives which are rarely addressed in his analysis of the threat emanating from Qatar, and it insidious, systemic and systematic influence over the West and particularly American leaders, not the least of which has included Trump’s man Friday, Mideast Envoy Steve Witkoff.  He also addresses the duplicity of Al Jolani and the threat from Turkey, as well as just touching on the Israeli Qatargate issue.

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With every passing day of these sham court proceedings, and as more Israelis wake up to the truth, Netanyahu is finally saying out loud what many of us have known for a long time.

Avi Abelow | Apr 9, 2025

By Itzhak Harari / Knesset Archive, CC BY-SA 4.0

Upon landing in Israel this morning from his whirlwind trip to Hungary, and then last minute invitation to DC, Netanyahu had to go straight to the court room, and boy did he have what to say in the court room today!

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Peloni:  A distinction which carries with it the all importance task of de-politizing the ranks.  It is a necessary measure at anytime, but most acutely so amidst an existential war arising on multiple fronts.

Military cracks down on public dissent as tensions mount over war and policy.

Israfan | April 10, 2025

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