On Blackburn’s upcoming podcast, Mike Huckabee praises her tough new anti-Hamas bill

Joel C. Rosenberg| All Israel News |  December 22, 2024

Senator Marsha Blackburn with President Donald Trump (Photo: Marsha Blackburn/Instagram)

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — As current Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew prepares to depart his post, the expected incoming Ambassador Mike Huckabee is meeting with U.S. Senators, hoping to gain their support ahead of confirmation hearings and a full vote in the new year.

Towards that end, Senator Marsha Blackburn – the Tennessee Republican – just recorded a conversation with the Evangelical leader and former Governor of Arkansas for her latest podcast, “Unmuted With Marsha.”

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Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | December 21, 2024

1. A bust of Judah the Maccabee is displayed at West Point Military Academy, along with those of Joshua, David, Alexander the Great, Hector, Julius Caesar, King Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon – “the Nine Worthies.”   In 1777, Chanukah candles were lit during the Valley Forge encampment, the turning point of the Revolutionary War, which solidified the victory of George Washington’s Continental Army over the British monarchy.  Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a player in the ratification of the US Constitution, paving the road to the Boston Tea Party, 1773: “What shining examples of patriotism do we behold in Joshua, Samuel, the Maccabees and the illustrious princes and prophets among the Jews…”   On December 6, 2013, Ambassador Hank Cooper, a former Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, wrote: “We need modern day Maccabees to preserve the heritage of liberty for our posterity….”

2. NBC news, December 13, 2022: “An ancient treasure trove of silver coins dating back 2,200 years, found in a desert cave in Israel, could add crucial new evidence to support a story of Jewish rebellion…. The 15 silver coins were hidden [during] the Maccabean revolt from 167-160 B.C., when Jewish warriors rebelled against the Seleucid [Syrian] Empire….”

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In the 22nd Dec 24 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• With two children in the IDF, mum joins the reserves.
• Israeli research into a genetic mutation may lead to cure for brain diseases.
• A Bedouin is the first female Muslin EMT deputy branch head at United Hatzalah.
• Look who’s interested in Israeli wave energy.
• Israel is building a green facility to process organic waste.
• Venture funds are investing heavily in Israeli defense startups.
• Israel’s national parks are re-opening.
• The President of Paraguay opened his country’s embassy in Jerusalem.

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Peloni:  Erin grasps the true reality around which the entire world dances as she explains that the war with Israel’s enemies in this war is simply about good vs evil.  Her strength, fortitude and unyielding persistence to explain this message in the most basic terms is something missing in the conversation surrounding this war.

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Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker warned Friday on CNN that terrorists are “well embedded” within the United States, stating the threat level should be “higher” following an attack in Germany.

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Peloni:  The UN, which has funded and administered UNWRA since its creation, could hardly be argued to be an unrelated party to the terror wars against Israel, which is why they will not act in any meaningful way to support Israel or to counter the terrorists with whom their complicity continues to become ever more clear and obvious.

The fact that armed men seem to have taken over a health center and the UN didn’t do anything illustrates the ‘Gazafication’ of Jenin.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | DECEMBER 22, 2024

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinian Ribhi Shalabi, who was killed in clashes with Palestinian Authority forces, in Jenin camp in the West Bank, December 10, 2024.  (photo credit: RANEEN SAWAFTA/REUTERS)

On December 14 the head of UNRWA wrote that the UN organization “has been forced to suspend services in Jenin Camp, in the northern West Bank, for yet another day, as violent clashes between Palestinian Security Forces and Palestinian armed actors continue. Children remain out of school, and camp residents are unable to access primary healthcare & other critical services.”

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Trump’s ambassador-nominee pledges unwavering support for Israel at One Israel Fund gala.

Israfan | December 20, 2024

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Prime Minister talks about the effect that changing US support had on Israel’s war effort

All Israel News Staff | December 22, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony for military combat officers at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a recent interview with Wall Street Journal editorial writer Elliot Kaufman, took a firm stance regarding the situation in Gaza.

“I’m not going to agree to end the war before we remove Hamas,” Netanyahu said. “We’re not going to leave them in power in Gaza, 30 miles from Tel Aviv. It’s not going to happen.”

Netanyahu was responding to a question regarding the hostage deal being currently discussed.  He is willing to discuss a temporary ceasefire but remains firmly committed to removing Hamas from Gaza.

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Eyal Hulata | FDD | Dec 20, 2024

The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria in the face of rebel groups, primarily Hayat Tahrir al-Sham headed by Abu Mohammad Al-Jolani, constitutes a genuine turning point in the Middle East. For years, the murderous Assad regime brutally repressed the gamut of Syria’s minority groups and, with Russian and Iranian support,  managed to repress rebellions and assert its authority. The fall of Assad is another sign of the collapse of the Iranian axis on Israel’s northern front. Israel must now prepare for the new reality that is rapidly emerging in front of our eyes.

It is unclear whether Al-Jolani’s attempts to reunite Syria into a single entity will succeed or whether Syria will continue to be a patchwork of minority groups fighting each other. Israel, for its part, should continue backing the minorities that cooperate with it (especially the Druze and the Kurds) and keep hostile elements away from its border. Israel also did the right thing by exploiting the opportunity to destroy Syria’s remaining military capabilities and ensuring that its air defense capabilities, military equipment, and offensive weaponry do not fall into the hands of extremist forces. In this context, it is important to remember that Assad had an enormous stockpile of chemical weapons, and it can be assumed that the IDF airstrikes did not manage to destroy them all. If this weaponry falls into the hands of Islamist extremists, this could set a dangerous precedent not just for Israel but also for Western countries. In my opinion, before Western countries rush to embrace the emerging government in Syria and its backers in Ankara, they must demand the immediate entry of forces trained to collect all the stockpiles of non-conventional weapons and capabilities, (as the United States and Russia partly did in 2013) — the sooner the better.

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In the USA, Qatar is buying universities.
In the UK, Qatar buys real estate and businesses.

In Brussels, Qatar buys socialist Members of the European Parliament…

This is the story of Qatarqate, the largest EU corruption scandal ever. pic.twitter.com/hoBJ1pd7kP

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 21, 2024

Khaled Hassan tweeted his response to this video:

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Peloni:  Empowering Turkey is a very bad strategy.  He seeks not just erecting an Islamist led version of the Ottoman Empire, but also the fall of the entire Western world.

?It’s happening… watch!

During a speech in Mardin, Turkey, President Erdogan addressed a crowd of young people chanting, “Mr. President, take us to Jerusalem,” responding with, “Patience brings victory.” pic.twitter.com/d0rvZGySfx

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) December 21, 2024

Peloni:  Schanzer, May and Gerecht of the FDD question and challenge Doran’s proposed policy regarding his support for Erdogan and Al Golani.  The most important part of the interview begins at about 16min and lasts about half an hour.  Doran continues to dispel the radical nature of Erdogan by stating that Erdogan’s radical statements are  not “useful in understanding what the Turks will do” while emphasizing that Israel and the Turks are the only two US allies in the region with the ability to project power outside their own borders.  Notably, the use of the term ally with regards to Erdogan must be questioned.  Additionally, Schanzer’s remarks at 18min regarding the normalization of a Sunni Jihadi state and its effect and implications on the wider Middle East must be emphasized.

Peloni:  Elections have consequences…Stolen elections only have bad consequences and the consequences of the 2020 election are still being unraveled today.

The single greatest mass jailbreak of corrupt scammers in history.

by Daniel Greenfield | Dec 20, 2024

Some people lost their life savings while others lost their dreams in a $900 million fraud that was described as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history and left behind 1 million victims.

Investors in ‘Zeek’ had taken out loans and mortgages on their homes expecting to get a 125% return on their investment. Victims included the parents of a leukemia patient who were trying to pay for their daughter’s hospital visits. And while some of the money was recovered, people in towns like Lexington, North Carolina, where ZeekRewards had its office, are still suffering.  Zeek’s victims were working class people who didn’t understand what they were getting into.

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Minister Amichai Chikli tweeted the following:

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The time has come to discuss @CAIRNational, its origins, and the hidden ideology behind its self-definition as a “human rights organization.”

Let’s begin – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994.

The organization has a… pic.twitter.com/o49W0DmyC6

— ????? ????? – Amichai Chikli (@AmichaiChikli) December 19, 2024

The time has come to discuss @CAIRNational, its origins, and the hidden ideology behind its self-definition as a “human rights organization.”

Let’s begin – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994.

The organization has a national headquarters in Washington, D.C. and 32 regional chapters spanning more than 20 states.

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Candace and Tucker are targeting Christians with a very consistent, clear message.

Here is the game they’re playing:

Candace expresses views about p-rn that many Christians share, to get them nodding and agreeing with her, so she can then lead them to this conclusion—“And the Jews did this to hurt Christians.”

Tucker will talk about Assad protecting Christians, after previously saying multiple times that Israel and Zionists influence America to wage war on Christians, so you arrive at this same place. “And the Jews did it to hurt Christians.”

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Peloni:  The Radical Shia were said by the West to be the emancipators of the Shah’s Iran, just as the Radical Sunnis are now being viewed by the West as the emancipators of Assad’s Syria.  Insanity is said to be doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results…unless of course, there is no expectation of a different result.

Watch the cunning of Ahmed al-Shar’a (al-Joulani) in his recent interview with the BBC. When he was asked whether he is against or for secularism, the terrorist said that half of the Syrian people are outside the country! This unrelated answer clearly shows that al-Joulani, like… pic.twitter.com/qhDaK9pDaV

— Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) December 20, 2024

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By Hugh Fitzgerald | Dec 20, 2024

Iran is now more vulnerable to attack than at any time since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979. On October 26, the Israel Air Force struck Iran, destroying its ballistic missile plants and all of its missile defense systems, including the Russian S-300 batteries that protected Tehran. The Iranians as a result are now nearly defenseless against attacks from the air, either by Israeli missiles or by its bombers. The Iranians have promised that in response to that attack, they will “crush” the Zionists, but nearly two months have gone by, and they have done nothing, not even launching a single drone toward the Jewish state. They know perfectly well that if they did launch such a attack, no matter how ineffectual such an effort might be, it would provide Israel with the excuse to let loose with a massive attack on Iran’s nuclear program.

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