Peloni:  Zelensky burned a great deal of credibility with Trump for very little gain.  As I noted before, doing so was a very big mistake, for him and Ukraine.  The inartful choice of retreating thru a tweet rather than a via public statement or interview speaks to the fact that this needed doing quickly without the possibility of Zelensky putting a foot wrong after having failed to repair the situation thru many interviews.  Hence, as Sundance explains below, no one should or likely does Trust Zelensky’s newly broached move towards championing peace.

According to Reuters, the Trump Administration and Ukraine are expected the sign the much-debated “Mineral Deal” sometime today, without any kind of Ceremony or Press Briefing; as U.S. President Donald J. Trump has told his Advisors he wants to be able to announce the Agreement… pic.twitter.com/RQ8zVh5Q3G

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 4, 2025

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Arlene Kushner | March 4, 2025

AFP

I have been tracking the “process” – if I can call it that – that is following stage one of the “ceasefire deal.” And as has often been the case of late, I have delayed in writing because the situation has been so unclear and so fluid. I knew that by the time a posting went out, the situation would likely have shifted again.

But now it is time to write.

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? JUST IN: FINALLY! President Trump is going against the Pro-Hams campus protesters—promises to expel students and withhold funds from those who allow illegal protests. pic.twitter.com/G8PbU9BgNe

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) March 4, 2025

Peloni:  The purpose of public commentary to advise institutional actions taken by such bureaucratic institutions as HHS is to offer public input into the implementation of policies which are almost uniquely designed by non-elected officials.  Refusing to take the pulse of the people on such decisions presents a mindset based in elitism which should be seen to be quite distinct from the public face on which RFK Jr ran in this past election.  Hopefully this radical endeavor to shield the HHS, of all institutions, from public feedback will be blocked.

In notice to Federal Register, health agency says public participation is not needed in many decisions; HHS would rescind its longtime

By Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., CC BY-SA 2.0

“This includes grants, loans, and benefits, which is a large portion of what HHS does.”

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By Hugh Fitzgerald | Mar 2, 2025

Israeli Professor Yisrael (Robert) Aumann, who was awarded the 2005 Nobel in Economics for his work on game theory, has considered the innocents-for-terrorists deal made between Israel and Hamas, and concludes that it is “crazy.” More of his views on the exchange can be found here: “Nobel laureate on terrorist release deal: ‘We’re killing ourselves,’” by David Isaac, JNS, February 27, 2025:

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Southern Syria’s Druze Community Seeks Security and Stability Through Israeli Support.

Israfan | March 4, 2025

Peloni:  The shift of US policy to end the Ukraine war has implications throughout the world, not least of all in Israel, as explained by Gen. Avivi.  Notably, Ukraine’s attempts at defeating Russia are neither salvageable nor in America’s interest, and recognizing this fact solves many problems at once, not least of all is the freedom of Russia from its too tight connections with Iran and China.  The US ending the war in Ukraine, however, should have no implications for Israel as US opposition to the Armeggedonist Iran achieving its nuclear ambitions should be understood to be an existential threat to Israel, the West, and the US, and the small window to prevent this eventuality gives Trump little opportunity to ignore the Iranian threat even if it was his desire to do so.

Peloni:  I would argue that the use of foreign sanctions on Israeli citizens bears a significant threat against Israel’s national sovereignty no matter the motivation for doing so.  The fact that the Leftists employed these tools of coercion and penalty against the Right using the abuse of power of the American Democrats should not lead us to believe that the Right should now employ these same tools against the Left under the power of the American Republicans.  Instead, I would argue that the corruption which has subverted the conservative goals of national sovereignty and consent of the governed should be resolved by a domestic movement, rather than being forced upon the Israeli nation from abroad.  Or so I would argue.  What do others say on this topic?

Prof. Moshe Cohen-Eliya | X | March 4, 2025 

Elon Musk’s response to my post—viewed by over a million people, mostly on X—exposing the unprecedented Israeli juristocratic rot on a global scale, raises a fundamental question for the democratic camp in Israel: Where do we go from here?

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Only Israel can be the sovereign rebuilding Gaza with Jewish resettlement, acting as the most powerful deterrent against our enemies, ensuring that Trump’s “peace through strength” is implemented.

By AVI ABELOW |MARCH 2, 2025

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during their joint press conference, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Benjamin D. Applebaum)

I sit in my home, overlooking the Path of the Patriarchs, and see the fields where Ruth and Naomi labored. In the distance, I see Bethlehem, the birthplace of King David, and the tomb of our matriarch Rachel.

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Peloni:  With this statement, the Arab nations involved have declared their support for October 7 slaughter and their anticipation of the next one.  There is only one plan to avoid this eventuality, and it is thru facilitated emigration of the Jew Hating psychopaths in Gaza.  See Ted Belman’s visionary works of The Genesis of the Jordan Option and “Confederation with Jordan” and Memo to Kushner for details.

Arab states eager to preserve two-state solution, prevent displacement of Gaza residents

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 4, 2025

Flag map of Arab League By DrRandomFactor – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

A month after U.S. President Donald Trump presented a plan to evacuate Gaza residents, turning the Gaza Strip into “the Riviera of the Middle East,” Arab countries are meeting in Cairo for an emergency summit designed to formulate a counter-proposal for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

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All Israel News Staff | Published: March 2, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem admitted for the first time on Saturday that it had received but did not pass on an alert from the security establishment, just hours before the tragic Hamas Oct. 7 invasion and attack on Israel’s southern Gaza border communities.

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Peloni:  Egypt would rather go to war with Israel, a war which they will lose, than to allow the Gazans to leave Gaza.  Mind you that Egypt has over a hundred million people, all of whom are so well instructed in antisemitism that Yair Pinto admits not being able to divulge that he is an Israeli when going to Egypt, yet Sisi claims his nation would be under threat from taking even a fraction of the 1.5 million Gazans.  The disengenous nature of this claim is made clear when considering that Sisi also objects to the Gazans being allowed to seek refuge elsewhere in the world, even with the support of the Gazans themselves in doing so.

Peloni:  Pay particular attention to the discussion of what the consequences might be should Ukraine lose US soft assets.  Quite simply, it would be Ukriane’s greatest nightmare.

Is Olmert’s story as straightforward as the media portrays it or is there something that the news outlets missed?

Moshe Phillips

By Michael Gross – Cropped from State Dept photo Secretary Rice With Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel, Public Domain

Ehud Olmert is (incredibly) generating headlines once again.

The BBC breathlessly reported on February 23 that “the map Olmert had drawn up now has an almost mythical status. Various interpretations have appeared over the years, but he has never revealed it to the media. Until now.”

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