Israeli airstrikes target central Beirut, hitting areas beyond Hezbollah strongholds to further pressure the terrorist organization.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Smoke rises over Dahieh in Beirut’s southern suburbs, after overnight Israeli air strikes, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, October 3, 2024.

A major airstrike in central Beirut at four in the morning is raising eyebrows.

Locals described the attack as hitting the Basta area of central Beirut. A large building was destroyed. People initially suspected a high death toll due to the presence of people sheltering in the area who had fled other parts of Lebanon. However, initial reports say four were killed and two dozen injured. More updates will come out as the rubble is cleared.

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Peloni:  The Anti-BDS law is one of so many tools which can and should be used by the US against the Iranian terror regimes, and instead the US keeps sending these terrorists additionally significant aid.  It will be refreshing to see this policy reversed with the Trump administration.

BDS is a malevolent scheme directed at delegitimizing Israel and undermining it as a haven for Jews.

Leonard Grunstein | November 24, 2024

Palestinians in Hebron protest for Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of efforts to boycott Israel, one year after the terrorist attacks, Oct. 7, 2024. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Colleges and universities in the United States are under increasing pressure to boycott Israel, a move that is likely illegal under the U.S. Anti-Boycott Act of 2018.

It is reported that the effort is fostered and even financed by foreign countries, their affiliates and proxies, such as Iran, Qatar, Hamas, Samidoun (recently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department) and the BDS movement. This group includes the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, a Palestinian Authority, Ramallah-based organization and arm of the terrorist-linked BDS National Committee.

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Peloni:  Trump was tempted to push thru his appointments by dismissing Congress shortly before his first term ended.  It was only due to political considerations surrounding the 2020 election which stayed his hand from making such a move.  He will have no such reluctance in his second term.

FDD | November 22, 2024

• UNWRA Pledged Cooperation With Iran’s Terror Proxies: Pierre Krahenbuhl, the previous head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA), pledged to meet with Iran’s Palestinian terror proxies “a thousand times” to discuss policy decisions, the Geneva-based nonprofit UN Watch revealed on November 21. In 2017, Krahenbuhl met with leaders from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist organizations in Beirut, where he advocated “the spirit of partnership” and assured the terror chiefs that “we are united” and “no one can separate us.”

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? BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly weighing sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials after the court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, with potential measures including personal sanctions against chief… pic.twitter.com/gfyMswPjqp

— Awesome Jew (@JewsAreTheGOAT) November 22, 2024

by Majid Rafizadeh  •  Gatestone Institute •  November 23, 2024

In recent years, Iranians have launched countless uprisings, each filled with hope and courage, only to be met with violent repression from the regime, and mainly indifference from abroad. Each wave of protests saw security forces killing thousands of demonstrators, and imprisoning and torturing many more. The time is long overdue for Western nations to take a real stand. Pictured: Iranian policemen chase anti-regime protestors and beat them with batons in Tehran, on September 19, 2022. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

• European governments, rather than risking confrontation with Iran’s regime, have preferred to maintain business relations and avoid taking any position that might upset the mullahs. Those countries are complicit in the suffering of the Iranian people. The unalleviated silence emboldens the regime, rather than holds it accountable.

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In his speech to the Knesset on Monday, November 18, Netanyahu called out Biden’s advice throughout the war for being “repeatedly off the mark.” By Thursday, three days after the Israeli Prime Minister publicly criticized the U.S. President, the ICC issued arrest warrants for the prime minister and his former defense minister following months of delays from the international court due to U.S. pressure.

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If you’re going to watch one video today, or even through the entire weekend, please, make it this one.

Take a bow, @Erin_Molan. This is simply freaking AWESOME.

This is by far the most powerful monologue against the ICC, the UN, and corrupt pathetic and… pic.twitter.com/0MGbIxLCc2

— Cheryl E ???????? (@CherylWroteIt) November 22, 2024

Peloni:  Here is a very important analysis of what must be done to permanently defeat Regulatory Capture.  Many are looking to RFK to achieve this feat.  The question is whether his ultimate aims are support reform of Regulatory Capture or to eliminate it utterly, with the distinction being far more important than is commonly understood and which is discussed by Shaffer in the article below.  Recall that RFK is an old time liberal.  This philosophy usually seeks govt solutions for every problem, and when govt solutions fail to be useful, they usually attribute it to being due to poor management of govt policy.  So is this the ultimate end of RFK’s reforms, to deliver better management of Regulatory Capture as explicitly, or is it to end Regulatory Capture altogether (again, as explained below)?  Time will tell.

By Bretigne Shaffer | Brownstone Institute | November 22, 2024

President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services is cause for celebration for anyone who cares about the pharmaceutical industry’s influence over regulatory agencies, and the deleterious effect it has had on the health of Americans.

It is nearly impossible to express just how remarkable and potentially world-changing this is. Only a few years ago, it would have been beyond the imagination of any serious political commentator. Those of us who believe in the freedom of medical choice – and especially those who have been personally harmed by the industry – have every reason to be ecstatic.

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Barbara Diamond | November 22, 2024

When Israel was attacked on October 7, 2023 by 3,000 Gazans who gleefully murdered our innocent men, women and children in heinous fashion… only part of the world was in shock. The balance, were in denial, and many still remain as such.

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By Jerome R. Corsi | Am Thinker | November 21

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On November 18, 2024, Politico reported that London and Paris had given Ukraine their Storm Shadow/SCALP long-range missiles to Ukraine. As of this writing (Wednesday, November 20, 2024), Reuters reported that Ukraine fired a volley of up to twelve Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles into Russia’s Kursk region, a day after Ukraine fired six U.S.-manufactured ATACMS missiles into Russia’s Bryansk region.

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When one side is fighting a religious war and the other is not, then the one fighting the religious war will never lose, and will continue fighting, or at least resume fighting later, and will not stop until finally victorious. This can go on for generations.

ANJULI PANDAVAR | Nov 20, 2024

With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime leadership having gone into high gear, one can expect talk of a peace deal with Hezbollah to more likely be a ruse for running out the clock on the dreadful Biden administration. Such talk, it turns out, is also bringing into the open just how solidly the Israeli public stands behind Mr Netanyahu in his prosecution of the war. As things stand, the only mistake Netanyahu can make is to fall behind the Israeli public.

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“The omission is the most powerful form of lie, and it is the duty of the historian to ensure that those lies do not creep into the history books.” —George Orwell,author of 1984. They sure have.

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Fake news  (illustrative)  Getty Images

We have heard a great deal about Fake News over the decades. But we have not discussed the fake news that is the result of the egregious unethical omission of facts.

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By Seth Frantzman | November 21, 2024

IDF Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi (center-right) during a trip to southern Lebanon to meet with the 98th Division on November 20. (IDF photo)

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) executed several waves of airstrikes on Hezbollah sites in Beirut on November 20. The strikes occurred as Israeli forces progressed with several new limited ground operations near the border. In addition, Hezbollah’s new leader, Naim Qassem, vowed to respond to Israel for the killing of Hezbollah spokesperson Mohammad Afif on November 18.

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Andrew Korybko | Nov 22, 2024

He wants to deter the even greater provocations that the West might now be plotting, such as destabilizing and then invading Belarus, with the intent of coercing him into freezing the existing LOC and then possibly accepting the deployment of Western/NATO peacekeepers there.

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Sundance | November 21,2024

The nomination of former Florida AG Pam Bondi for the position of U.S. Attorney General is a big mistake; not for the corrupt background of Bondi that we presume President Trump is not aware of, but rather for the background of Pam Bondi the Deep Swamp is almost certainly aware of.

Within the background story of state AG corruption and unlawful activity, Pam Bondi is very easily leveraged, blackmailed and controlled.

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Peloni:  The hard reality is that while we all want the hostages home, this tactic to secure their release secures the value of targeting Israelis in further kidnapping.  As October 7 was an outcropping of the disastrous Shalit deal, this multimillion dollar gambit will have its own consequences.

Israeli leader promises relentless pursuit of captors while proposing safe passage and rewards for those aiding hostages’ return.

Israfan | November 20, 2024

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