By Sha’i ben-Tekoa | Am Thinker | October 14, 2024

Image: Christopher Columbus. Public domain.

The woke are going to like this one because they detest both Zionism as a “settler colonial” crime and the European colonization of North America, which they believe was theft from the indigenous natives. Columbus’s goal and the striving for Zion/Jerusalem come together in this true slice of history.

Christopher Columbus was no Jew, though some want to believe that. In 1892, the Spanish government promoted this fiction because, as America celebrated the quadra-centennial year of his historic voyage, Spain thought it might experience a tourist boom if it identified him as a Spaniard (even a Jewish one) rather than an Italian.

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Jaryn Crouson | Daily Caller | October 16, 2024

(Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Professors connected to anti-Israel protests head programs that received millions of taxpayer dollars, according to a report released Wednesday by government transparency group Open The Books.

The Department of Education has spent $283 million on foreign studies grants since 2020, with over $22.1 million going towards programs studying the Middle East, Open The Books found. The study analyzed the top three grant recipients, Indiana University, Columbia University and Georgetown University, and found that each highlighted anti-Israel professors as distinguished staff in their programs.

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Peloni:  Avi once again captures the very essence of the moment.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demonstrated that Israel will not be bullied or dictated to when it comes to its survival.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the general debate of the U.N. General Assembly’s 79th session on Sept. 27, 2024. Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo.

Avi Abelow| October 14, 2024

One year ago, our enemies launched an unprecedented assault on the Jewish state. On Oct. 7, Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran’s proxy terror network unleashed an unprecedented and heinous massacre to kill as many Jews as possible and destroy the State of Israel. Decades in the making, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Qatar, and yes, the Palestinian Authority plotted together, united by a common goal: to wipe Israel off the map.

Despite knowing about such plans over the years, Israel chose to hold back. No Israeli government, including those led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has taken decisive action to prevent our enemies from executing their ultimate strategy until now.

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Peloni: Excellent article.  The reality is that Netanyahu won’t stop because he can’t stop, even if this were his preference.  The recent uproar over the report that he had ended attacks on Beirut demonstrates the public commitment to see that the aims of this war are in fact met.  Much to the consternation of the Democrats in Washington, the Israeli people do not support the American efforts to prematurely end the war and preserving the Iranian existential threats surrounding them, specifically because they will have to live with the consequences of having done so.

Don’t quit when you’re ahead.

J.E. Dyer, a retired Naval Intelligence officer, blogs as The Optimistic Conservative, Sept 29, 2024

IAF bombing of Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut in September 2024. Long-time Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in this strike.

This will be just a few comments, predicated on the basic facts about the situation.  It won’t be an in-depth treatment.  It is imperative to focus at the macro level and understand where this problem-set is now.

It’s not in a new static condition. It’s very much fluid.  Israel has major laurels to rest on, but no leisure to do it.

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Peloni:  As I noted earlier, the proof is in the proving, and Israeli strikes in Lebanon returned to Dahiya Beirut, the location of Hezbollah’s headquarters.  The attack took place within hours of the US having stated that it opposes the scope of Israeli attacks in Beirut.

All Israel News Staff | October 16, 2024

Israeli airstrike in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh (Photo: Instagram screenshot)

07:21 – Reports from Lebanon: another attack by the IAF in Dahiya, Beirut

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that it conducted an attack in the Dahiya district, stating that a strategic munitions cache was struck in an underground warehouse.

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Peloni:  This interview was intended as a trap to undermine Trump’s economic policies, and more specifically his tariff policy, and use them against him.  The effect of this planned trap was however something quite different.  In fact, Trump provides an important perspective in explaining his use of tariffs in more detail while also explaining that, rather than being accompanied by inflation as Micklethwait asserted would be the consequence, Trump’s use of tariffs in coordination with Trump economic policy resulted in no such thing.  Sundance goes into some detail in the article below in addition to Trump’s comments which were routinely cutoff in this interview.

Sundance | October 15, 2024

President Donald Trump sits down with Bloomberg Editor-In-Chief John Micklethwait for an extended interview. The interview is in partnership with the Economic Club of Chicago and is structurally President Trump facing down the globalists who sell Wall Street policy.

The interview was at times very combative as the interviewer, John Micklethwait, pushes a Wall Street ideology in alignment with the World Economic Forum. However, President Trump has already proven that his economic policies work.

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Bonnie Glick | Oct 15, 2024

AP Photo/Hussein Malla

The United States contributes annually to the failed UN peacekeeping operation in Lebanon established in 1978 and known as the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). It was originally established due to PLO and Palestinian destabilization efforts in South Lebanon along with regular terror attacks on Israelis across the border. It was further augmented (and funded) in 2006 with a specific mandate to ensure the demilitarization of Hezbollah terrorists and to support efforts of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) against terrorist insurgents, to combat weapons smuggling, and to confirm the withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from Lebanon.

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Stephen Bryen | Weapons & Strategy | Oct 15, 2024

Zelensky is going to give his “Victory” speech on October 16 to Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, but much of the speech will be secret. The secret part is about giving up territory to Russia.

Some parts will be open to the parliament and the public.  He will again push for more weapons, especially ATACMS missiles, he will try and justify the Kursk operation that has already cost more than 20,000 lives and where Ukraine’s army is being systematically pushed back; he will complain about North Korean troops in Ukraine, but not provide an iota of evidence there are any, and he will ask for NATO troops to come and help out.

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Kelleigh Nelson

Our country, our people, and our laws have to be our top priority. ? Donald J. Trump, Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again

Everything that is wrong with this country today, the people who are opposed to Donald Trump are responsible for!  Stephen Miller

Donald Trump speaks his mind. If you like it or you don’t like it, at least you know where he stands. Fabio Lanzoni (Italian actor)

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Sometimes, slurs and other negative language are thinly disguised as “humor,” but there’s nothing funny about it.

Moshe Phillips | October 15, 2024

Man in kippah. Credit: Boles Shikmim via Wikimedia Commons.

Is it just me, or is the “new” antisemitism starting to sound a lot like the old kind?

In recent weeks, The New York Times has twice published remarks that directly invoked classic antisemitic stereotypes. Many of us had thought that kind of crude bigotry had finally been eliminated from the mainstream media. Apparently not.

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According to Israeli Channel 12; the United States has Threatened to impose an Arms Embargo against Israel, if they do not find a Solution for the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza within 30 Days.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 15, 2024

Peloni:  This is the long awaited sequal to the mystery surrounding the USPS truck filled with ballots which went missing on the eve of the 2024.  Patrick Byrne has been pursuing this topic for literally years now and for his efforts his organization has recently succeeded in being granted a hearing regarding the role of the USPS in the 2024 election.  The reality is, however, that the election stands at just a few weeks out and the likelihood of this case having any bearing on the current election would seem to be quite doubtful.  Byrne recognizes this fact, but still asserts that given the implications of the USPS’ position in the election, the judge should order “radical transparency on everything ballot related”.  To be honest, I am less convinced than Byrne that this will be forthcoming, and in particular from a District Judge in Maryland of all places.  But we will see.

Royal Flush: a brisk walk-through of USPS corruption of election 2020, our FOIA case regarding it, and our emergency injunction against USPS this week.

Our original FOIA case seeking USPS 2020 records: https://t.co/SD63hlz9bU

A good synopsis can be found in the attached post. https://t.co/mkEv7Arxoa pic.twitter.com/jetecW8I3f

— Patrick Byrne (@PatrickByrne) October 13, 2024

Peloni:  The reality here is clear.  UNIFIL, and the UN by extension and action, are aligned with the barbarians in this war.  What is more is that the US and England are threatening arms embargos against Israel while threatening and enacting sanctions on Israel alone.  The cynicism and the maliciousness which are guiding these world powers towards supporting the perpetrators of October 7 can not be ignored and should not be misunderstood.  The barbarians are no longer at the gates, as it were, for they are instead leading the nations of the world to champion outright infamy.

and linneaus tweeted the following:

A prime example of UNIFIL compromising its neutrality can be found in its public statement made through its social media channels at approximately 17:00 local time detailing IDF troop movements, timeframes, force composition and otherwise granular battlefield intelligence on IDF military operations.

While UNIFIL’s mandate includes its obligation to report violations of UNSCR 1701 and preserve the safety of peacekeepers, the level of detail provided about IDF activities in an active combat situation can be viewed as a manipulation of its mandate to advantage one side, compromising the IDF’s operational security and derogating from neutrality.

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Hussain Abdul-Hussain | October 11, 2024

Lebanese army members patrol at the site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut, Lebanon, October 11, 2024. (REUTERS)

With Hassan Nasrallah gone, Hezbollah reeling and Iran’s grip weakening, the Lebanese have started crawling out of the woodwork. On Monday, a few oligarchs and a bloc of 31 lawmakers, out of 128, called for Lebanon’s war to be untied from the conflict in Gaza, for the enforcement of the constitution and UN Security Council resolutions that call for the disarming of Hezbollah, and for the revival of the 1949 truce between Lebanon and Israel. However, no change in Lebanese affairs can be as consequential as steering the Shiites, who have long served as the fodder for Hezbollah’s wars, away from Iran: enter Speaker Nabih Berri.

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Peloni:  Bennett continues to provide a very good effect speaking out against the supporters of infamy arrayed against Israel and the Jewish people.  Hopefully he will continue in this role.

By Dr. Martin Sherman | October 14, 2024

Photo Credit Asher Schwartz

In a disconcerting display of barefaced side-stepping, evasion, and diversion of a simple interview question, Kamala Harris provided more cause for concern for those warning of the grave consequences for Israel if she should win the November election for the US presidency. 

 Treating Israel with disrespect? 

 During a lengthy interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Harris balked at referring to Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister—by far the nation’s most popular political figure with Israeli voters—as a long-term ally of the?United States. 

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Netanyahu’s strategy focuses on achieving victory in Israel’s multifront war, aiming for long-term peace and security.

By DOUGLAS ALTABEF | OCTOBER 14, 2024

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu visits IDF soldiers in Rafah, in July. What form would victory assume? In Gaza, victory means the end of Hamas as the governing entity, the writer asserts.  (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Reuters)

These past few weeks, replete with out-of-the-box achievements and counter-conventional initiatives, have opened up new ways of conceiving what Israel can and should be aiming to achieve in the multifront war that has been thrust upon it.

For most of the past year, Israel has had to contend with defeatism, and “keep a lid on everything-ism.”  It has been told by the Americans that they support its right to defend itself (What nation does not have the right to defend itself?), but there is clearly no interest in Israel’s winning.

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