Rabbi Herzog: Secrets about the rulers of the Emirates , #Jordan , #Egypt and others.  

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August 27, 2024 | 12:12 am | 2 Comments »

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VERY GOOD NEWS ISRAEL  

By Michel Ordman, VGNI

In the 25th Aug 24 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

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August 27, 2024 | 12:06 am | 1 Comment »

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Forget The Hostage Talks — Win The War  

Peloni:  It is so refreshing to read something so resoundingly rational and intelligent.  End the hostage talks so that the hostages might finally be brought home, not thru capitulation which will save a bare fraction of them, but thru decisive victory.

Shoshana Bryen | Daily Caller | August 25, 2024

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Not the hostages! Forget the so-called “hostage talks,” which are simply a mechanism for stretching out the war and increasing pressure on Israel. They are a sign of American desperation for a political victory. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to Egyptian sources, aims to “persuade both Hamas and Israel to embrace the American proposal without adding complications.”

Aside from the repugnant equation of “both” Hamas and Israel, “complications” are what are known as “war goals.” Israel had three at the outset: to secure the borders and the people of Israel; to uproot the Hamas military and governing capability in Gaza; and to get the hostages back. (RELATED: Israel Recovers Bodies Of Six Hostages From Gaza)

How is Israel doing?

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August 26, 2024 | 12:06 pm | 6 Comments »

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Will the Republicans Ever Act As If They Work For the American People?  

Peloni: Mike Benz set a fire on the feckless Republican led Congress, as they continue to fail forward whil protesting how someday, someone will get something done, and proceed to do nothing.  A very important topic  which can be grasped in the first half of this video.

August 26, 2024 | 11:55 am | Comments »

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Still No Word From Harris on Yesterday’s Hezbollah Attack  

Peloni:  Let us be clear, lines have been drawn and no one should be deceived as to which side the Obama/Biden/Harris cabal stands.  The Iranian Alignment in the US is real, and will be irrevocable should Harris win.

August 26, 2024 | 10:37 am | 2 Comments »

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RFK Jr. Chooses Democracy Over Democrats  

Daniel Greenfield | August 26, 2024

On Friday evening, a Kennedy joined Trump on stage in Glendale, Arizona. The first major Trump rally after the DNC convention featured RFK Jr as an answer to the Republicans who had come out for Kamala at the showcase event for her political campaign. The Kamala campaign had enlisted a former Pence aide, Stephanie Grisham, a former discredited press secretary, and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, while Trump brought out Camelot on stage. But what happened at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale went beyond a matchup of names.

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August 26, 2024 | 10:25 am | 1 Comment »

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D.C. Swamp-Dwellers Say It Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the Presidency  

Peloni:  Winning the election will only be the beginning of the battle against the Deep State.

They’ll Do What They Want

By | August 26, 2024

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If he is reelected this November, will Donald Trump manage to drain the swamp this time? The swamp-dwellers are saying no.

Ever since he began his first run for president, Trump has famously vowed to drain the swamp, that is, clear out the far-left bureaucracy in Washington that bears so much responsibility for the leftward drift of the nation over the last decade and a half.

In his inaugural address on Jan. 20, 2017, Trump announced:

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August 26, 2024 | 10:02 am | 4 Comments »

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Rabbi Herzog: “The storm has started quietly in #Jordan”  

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August 26, 2024 | 8:54 am | 6 Comments »

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Another Chernobyl in the Making?  

Peloni:  It would take a certain form of insanity for Ukraine to attack a nuclear power plant which, if successful, would render the water flowing into Ukraine toxic.  This scenario would make more sense if those who made the decision to authorize the attack were in fact not concerned with the outcome of a successful attack, but that would mean the authorization came from some group other than Ukraine, which would hardly require a leap of logic to guess who that might be.  In any event, the use of one or four bombs to attack the plant seems obviously intended to be more of a threat than a serious undertaking, so perhaps the attack on the nuclear plant was intended to divert Russian assets away from the Ukrainians as they continue their raid…perphaps.

The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant was attacked, but how is mysterious

Stephen Bryen | Weapons & Strategy | August 23, 2024

Concrete for the first Kursk 2 reactor is being poured in 2018

Ukraine has tried to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant reinforcing a theory that the Kursk offensive was aimed at creating significant havoc by either capturing or wrecking the Kursk NPP.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported a single suicide drone attack on the plant.  Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “The enemy tried to strike the Nuclear Power Plant … and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed, and they have promised to visit and send specialists to assess the situation.” The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said he plans to visit the plant during the week of August 26th.

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August 26, 2024 | 6:04 am | 1 Comment »

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Diplomatic demons of despair vs Israel’s victory  

Peloni:  This is a very important article.  Dr. Wurmser is one of the most clear sighted authorities on the evolving situation in Israel, and as Wurmser details, the situation has evolved to Israel’s benefit over the past months.   Israel has significant issues to remedy at each of its borders, and tending to the control of the border in Gaza is what cemented its victory in the South.  It needs to close this chapter and focus its efforts on the borders in the North as well as in J&S.

And let us not overlook the Egyptian border as well.  Recall that the industrial sized tunnels which emerged into Gaza came from Egypt, and the supplies which were shipped through that vast causeway originated from Iran.  Sisi has hedged his bets with the anti-Israel and anti-US camps, but a bit too strongly in the direction of the Iranian camp, and it is to satisfy this relationship with Iran which Sisi has demonstrated the temerity to demand Egypt maintain control over the Philadelphi corridor.  And it is only the pro-Iran camp seated in the US power structure which might find any logic in supporting such an inexplicable solution to the obvious problem which was originated from Sisi having control of Philadelphi in the first place.

In the summer of 2002, I was sent as a US diplomat to assess and correct the damage done by our negotiating team at the end of the 2000 Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. In 2000, the overarching goal within our diplomatic corps was to reach a deal with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to expand NPT membership reach universality. So central had this goal become that it became a fixation to the point where the original mission of the NPT was obscured. The  non-Aligned Movement believed self-imposed pressure was so great among Western diplomats to achieve such universality that they could be blackmailed and seduced into shifting the nature of the treaty from its original purpose of controlling nuclear technologies to responsible actors who could use it for peaceful purposes to become instead a disarmament treaty focused on disarming Western nuclear weapons arsenals, undermine Israel, and to establish a goal as well as to eliminate Western structures of missile defense. The vehicle of this attempt was to forward an unrealistic list of demands – which eventually became known as the Thirteen Points under Article VI of the NPT.

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August 25, 2024 | 5:04 pm | 5 Comments »

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Three lessons from the Tel Aviv bombing  

Why travel to Tel Aviv, risking capture along the way?

Moshe Phillips | August 23, 2024

Tel Aviv District Commander Peretz Amar following a failed bombing attack, in Tel Aviv, Aug. 19, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90

The fumbled suicide bombing in Tel Aviv might sound as if it was just another one of the countless attempted terrorist attacks that fail for whatever reason and are ignored by the international community. But if you look closer, you see that there’s much to be learned from this incident.

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August 25, 2024 | 4:36 pm | 4 Comments »

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Sinwar’s days of reckoning  

Hamas has no dignified way out of impending cease-fire deal, and Sinwar must choose between 2 options — both bad for him; Israel can live with terms of deal, but ironically interests of Israel and Hamas coincide where regional war concerned

Brigadier General (res.) Amir Avivi | August 24, 2024

Hamas leader Yahyah Sinwar  ( Photo: AP, IDF  Spokesperson’s Unit)

One common motif in folk tales is the story of the villain who is caught in his own trap. Who among us isn’t pleased to hear that scarcely a single step separates Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, from the pit that he himself has dug?

For the sake of understanding the specific story ahead of us and the alignment of forces on the Mideast chessboard, the newness of the current situation must first be appreciated. The difference before our eyes is that Israeli and US are in agreement regarding all that concerns the ceasefire deal. Thus, essentially for the first time, the two countries are on the same side regarding everything about the nature of the deal. The present deal was first formulated last weekend in negotiations that bridged the gaps between the American and Israeli positions, and the countries agreed on a document that was delivered to Hamas. Now the ball has been passed to Hamas.

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August 25, 2024 | 3:51 pm | 2 Comments »

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David Wurmser: Missed Opportunity  

August 25, 2024 | 2:36 pm | 1 Comment »

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Israeli Preemptive Strike on 150 Missile Launchers – Running Thread [closed]  

Peloni:  This was an important event, with Israel demonstrating not only that they had the means and skill to inflict a costly price on the enemy, but that they had the political will to do so as well.  In fact, I would argue that this latter aspect was the most important element in this engagement.  Meanwhile the feckless UNIFIL has once again demonstrated for all the world to see their failure to do more than gesticulate in support for their mandate to implement UNSC 1701 and let us not forget UNSC 1559 as well.

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August 25, 2024 | 8:04 am | 1 Comment »

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Telegram Messaging App Founder and CEO Arrested in France  

Peloni:  We live in an age of totalitarians, where freedom is defined by those who restrict freedom.

Sundance | August 25, 2024

Pavel Durov and his brother Nikolai are genuinely brilliant tech programmers, mathematicians and entrepreneurs.  The Durov brothers founded the Telegram communication app in 2013.  Telegram now has 950 million active users who can send messages, photos and videos, take part in chats for groups of up to 200,000 people and broadcast to unlimited audiences.

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August 25, 2024 | 7:33 am | 2 Comments »

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TOC Ready Room 22 August 2024: Biggest grab-bag EVAH; Defense, economics, nuclear energy, more  

Peloni: Great insights!

What’s wrong and right with the world.

J.E. Dyer, a retired Naval Intelligence officer, blogs as The Optimistic ConservativeAugust 23, 2024

Will we ever get inside? Images: Pixabay; author

As the Democratic National Convention & Mass Protest-fest bursts upon us, it’s time to get some updates out of the way so we can concentrate on whatever moments of eventhood may eventuate this week.

There are quite a few notables to tag, so these will not be in-depth treatments. There are several national security issues, but we’ll start with an economic policy topic that demands urgent treatment, because most commentators are focusing on the wrong thing in discussing it.

They’re focusing on what they understand (very well, to be sure), and not on what we’ll really – really – regret in the long run.

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August 25, 2024 | 7:24 am | 1 Comment »

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