Qatari leader accuses Israel of humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, calls for establishing of Palestinian State

All Israel News Staff | Published: May 4, 2025

After the Qatari Foreign Ministry condemned an attack on a ship attempting to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza – calling for “those responsible to be held accountable before justice,” and urging Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Qatar’s support for the terrorist group Hamas.

“Israel is fighting a just war with just means,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) posted on ?. “After the October 7 atrocities, Prime Minister Netanyahu defined the War of Redemption as a war between civilization and barbarism.”

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Peloni:  Highly recommended interview with Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Nat. Sec. Min. Ben Gvir provides an important contrast to the ridiculed and maligned coverage which is used to marginalize his views and actions.  In this audio interview, he explains the many important advantages which he has succeeded in bringing to Israel while being part of the govt, as well as the reason for his having left and now returned to being part of the govt.

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Peloni:  In the opening segment, Mark begins by citing the May 1 MEMRI report relating a recent column penned by a close associate of Khamenei who advocated for the assassination of President Trump as vengeance for the 2020 execution of Soleimani.  He also explains that Iran continues to threaten the US while it builds its ICBM missiles which will be capable of hitting the US with a nuclear bomb if their nuclear program is not ended.  Once Iran becomes a nuclear power, it can sell these weapons to other bad actors and/or coerce the shutdown of competing oil producers.  Speaking directly to the antisemitic Woke Right, Mark warns that the threat from a nuclear Iran remains a threat against America, not just Israel, and that thanks to Israel, Iran has only minimal air defenses which will, however, be rebuilt in time with the help of Russia and China, thus providing only a short window of opportunity to end Iran’s nuclear program.

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Michael Ordman | VGNI | May 4, 2025

In the 4th May 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• See the remarkable resilience of war-wounded Israelis.
• Israeli fraud detection techniques exposed the proteins responsible for many diseases.
• Israeli neonatologists are saving the lives of babies in Ghana.
• Israel is the first country to provide an AI tutor to every 16-year-old student.
• An Israeli physical security system will be protecting the Netherlands.
• Israelis won multiple gold medals in four different sports.
• Israelis celebrated Independence Day despite massive (arson) fires.

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…But explains he will listen arguments about civilian nuclear program.

Peloni:  If the US did not have access to the Israeli military to test, improve and innovate US military hardware in real battlefield conditions, it would greatly change the advantage which the US today enjoys over its adversaries.  As Amb. Ettinger has repeatedly stated, Israel provides the US with a unique force multiplying advantage for the US military which greatly dwarfs the US investment allocated to Israel.  But this is just part of the benefits to the US tax payer which comes from such an investment, which Ettinger explores in the following seven minute video:

By Hugh Fitzgerald | May 2, 2025

Israel receives $3.8 billion in annual military aid from the US government. Almost all of it is spent on American weapons. This aid is not a one-way street. Israel has done more to improve existing American weaponry, and to share with the American military the IDF’s latest technological innovations, than all of the NATO countries combined. Professor John Spencer has provided a description of those Israeli advances that are now benefiting American servicemen here: “How Israeli Military Technology Continues to Improve the US Military,” by John Spencer and Liam Collins, INSS, April 27, 2025:

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Peloni:  The irony of this report is that Waltz, who was a former member of the Bush wing of the Republican party, was too forwardly inclined toward interventionist action, so he is now to be replaced with another former member of the Bush wing of the Republican party, Sec. of State Rubio.  In fact, if the setting of Waltz meeting with Netanyahu just prior to the Oval Office meeting was what doomed Waltz, why was he the only one penalized for doing so, recalling that Witkoff was also present in that meeting.  As Lee Smith noted on X, “Washington Post is always anti-Trump and not to be trusted. This story also comes from anti-MAGA schemers trying to undermine US national security and tilt to Iran terror state. Basically, it’s evidence of another anti-Trump coup, from the inside.”

All Israel News Staff | Published: May 4, 2025

President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Monday, February 24, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Photo by The White House – Flickr , Public Domain)

The recently fired U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz reportedly angered President Donald Trump with his embrace of hardline policies toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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by Amir Taheri  •  Gatestone Institute  •  May 4, 2025

Judging by comments and leaks from the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff — although problems remain — things are going smoothly. Trump himself keeps saying that he expects “a good agreement” without spelling out what that means. The fact, however, is that so far nothing has happened. (AI generated image of Steve Witkoff meeting Abbas Araqchi)

• There is, of course, one non-judicial way to make sure a deal sticks: Remove the root causes of enmity. For example, let’s start by releasing the US hostages and make sure that no further hostages are taken during what remains of Trump’s term.

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John Spencer 

Photo by Lihi Marom – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

In the early hours of Thursday morning, Israeli fighter jets struck military targets near the Syrian presidential palace in Damascus. The strike came after days of escalating attacks against Druze communities in Syria by jihadist elements believed to be aligned with Syria’s newly formed Islamist-led government. It was also the clearest message yet that Israel considers the protection of the Druze—both inside its borders and across them—not just a moral duty, but a strategic commitment.

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Two Yahalom combat engineering soldiers killed in explosion in Rafah over weekend

All Israel News Staff | Published: May 4, 2025

Activity of the 16th Brigade in the Shejaiya Area, 3 May, 2025. Photo: IDF

Amid concern in Israel that hostage-ceasefire negotiations have stalled, perhaps permanently, the IDF announced Saturday evening that it was sending out tens of thousands of call-up orders to reservists ahead of a significant escalation and expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip.

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Peloni:  This is a very important innovation.  It reminds me of the revolutionary change in inteligence work which came from the changes in how intelligence was handled following the changes put in place by Gen. Flynn.

Peloni:  The divisions among the Druze and the disparate interest of the various factions regarding Israel’s support of their situation, it begs the question as to what Israel’s next step should be given the all too likely possibility that air strikes will not secure the safety of the Kurds in Syria.

The Druze in Syria are divided between different leaders and voices. It’s likely that many want a middle ground and prefer some kind of autonomy but don’t want a full break with Damascus.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MAY 3, 2025

27th Adir F35 arrival at Nevatim, August 2020 (Photo by U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – DSC_6967SM, CC BY 2.0)

Israel has carried out two sets of airstrikes on Syria over the last two days. In the first hours of Saturday morning the IDF said that “a short while ago, the IDF struck a military site, anti-aircraft cannons, and surface-to-air missile infrastructure in Syria.” On Friday, the IDF said “IDF fighter jets struck adjacent to the area of the Palace of Hussein al-Sharaa in Damascus.”

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Peloni:  The West continues to manage democracy rather than be ruled by it.

Sundance | May 2, 2025

In the USA we have the example of “Russiagate” where the FBI, CIA and DOJ-NSD intel community weaponized against candidate Donald Trump.

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Peloni:  The prescience of the details articulated in this article has aged well, as demonstrated by Peter Hitchen‘s recent Op Ed confession.

By Alexander G. Markovsky, AM THINKER  March 31, 2024

Image: Vladimir Putin by AI.

It is widely accepted that the Ukrainian crisis erupted into a military conflict on February 24, 2022, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the seeds of the hostilities were planted about thirty years earlier by President Clinton and, later, by George W. Bush, both of whom recklessly pushed for NATO’s eastward expansion.

Peloni:  Background for Trump’s recent Sanctions Tweet which focused on Iran and China.  Importantly, Ghasseminejad’s recommendation of applying sanctions to companies and individuals involved in, and/or responsible for, the shipping Iranian oil is a vital addendum which should be pursued.  Doing so will increase US leverage over both Iran and China.

Saeed Ghasseminejad | April 30, 2025

President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Prime Minister Gahr Store of Norway, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Shortly after President Donald Trump started his second term, his new Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, promised, “We are committed to bringing the Iranians to going back to the 100,000 barrels a day of oil exports.” Fulfilling that commitment appears far off.

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