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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Peloni:  This twisted reversal of justice only persists with the cooperation and complicity of the current US govt.  The actions of the ICC could have and should have been shut down when this aberration of justice first began to unfurl its madness in support of the perpetrators of the October 7 onslaught.  Having done nothing to stop these proceedings, then or now, demonstrates not the helplessness of the White House, but rather its full consent in extending tactics of Lawfare to demonize, penalize, and jeapardize the state of Israel.  They do so even while they continue to send funds to Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.

?JUST IN: PM Netanyahu message to the ICC in English pic.twitter.com/9KZhDhvD8T

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) November 21, 2024

@UKLFI barrister Natasha Hausdorff explains why the ICC is wrong on all charges.

Unbelievable! The ICC has discredited itself once again by issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Here, @UKLFI barrister Natasha Hausdorff explains to me categorically why it is wrong on ALL CHARGES. We are in worrying times. This video should… pic.twitter.com/FnAFuuH1Rg

— Andrew Gold (@AndrewGold_ok) November 21, 2024

Chapters:

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Michael Oren | TOI Blogs | November 19, 2024

A sign at the community named after US President Donald Trump in the Golan Heights village of Kela Alon on November 7, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)

In recent articles on Hezbollah’s rocket attacks on northern Israel, the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal all referred to the “Israeli-occupied” or “Israeli-controlled” Golan Heights. The terms were revealing. In March 2019, President Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan, making it an indivisible part of the Jewish state. In describing the Heights as “occupied” and “controlled” by Israel, America’s papers of record were publicly rejecting the position of the country’s democratically elected leader in favor of those of Belgium, China, and the Obama administration.

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Guest Editorial: George Mcclellan | November 17, 2024

As conservatives recover from the unabashed but rare joy of victory, no thanks to the GOP, and review the shattered remains of the Progressive Democrat Party scattered to the wind, we are reminded that even now, while leaderless, the radical Left is doubling down in their schemes to deny Trump his role as Americas next President. How? Trump did win, didn’t he? First, be aware that these types of claims coming so recently after the Democrat debacle that was the November election are simply a scheme to raise funds based on our fears. I do not say it’s terrible; it is just a logical move to refill their coffers. Both parties are making many such claims.

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?? JUST IN: Israeli Channel 14 is reporting that it appears that a significant obstacle has been removed on the way to normalization with Saudi Arabia.

Sources in the US said that Mohammed bin Salman no longer insists on a defense alliance with the US and would be willing to…

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) November 20, 2024

Seth Frantzman tweeted the following

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that Israel “attacked the heart of Beirut to assassinate the Resistance group’s media chief, Mohammad Afif, and now must await a counter-response in the heart of Tel Aviv.” This is interesting, because Hezbollah already targeted Tel Aviv in the wake of the killing of Afif.

The statement is a reminder of how Hezbollah ran this war prior to Israel’s Operation Northern Arrows; Hezbollah would always say there was an equation. Basically “if Israel does X then we do Y.” One would have thought this changed with Israel’s operation, because Israel expanded the attacks so much.

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Peloni:  The UN remains an apologetically antisemitic organization, fixated upon the tiny Jewish State as if it were the very source of terror and barbarity which it fights against on a daily basis.  The UN’s ignominy of abandoning the Israeli hostages to a state of enslavement  to the terror dens of Gaza without any expression or possibility of their return clearly demonstrates the malicious character of this entirely evil institution.  Israel must continue to pressure those holding the hostages by persisting with the war, and thereby create the possibility of actually bring these helpless innocents home.

Ahmad Sharawi | November 21, 2024

Lebanon’s willingness to assent to a U.S.-proposed ceasefire offers a pathway to ending the current war, but significant challenges remain. Chief among these is Israel’s demand for operational freedom, a point of contention fiercely opposed by Hezbollah and its patron, Iran. Tehran’s endorsement of a ceasefire will provide Hezbollah with the space to regroup and fortify its capabilities. Compounding these concerns are doubts about enforcement given the historical inability and unwillingness of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to effectively curb Hezbollah’s activities.

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Former Congressman Mike Rogers, who is reportedly in the running to be Donald Trump’s FBI Director pick if Chris Wray is fired, has a history of propagating Russiagate and supporting FISA surveillance.

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Peloni:  Mike & Gadi provide a detailed discussion regarding the leak scandal upto about 30min (start at 7min 30s).

Peloni:  This is an important article.  Notably, the resolution brought before the UN was vetoed by the US earlier today, but the points made clear in this article and the suggestion that Trump should make his own inflections crystal clear as related to this topic, both remain highly relevant.

Fight.

J.E. Dyer, a retired Naval Intelligence officer, blogs as The Optimistic Conservative, November 18,2024

Peloni:  Is this another deal struck with the Swamp?  How can it be reconciled to be anything else?

By Janet Levy | Am Thinker | November 20, 2024

From running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination himself, former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has proven himself a Trump loyalist who commands the president-elect’s trust.  Announcing Burgum’s appointment at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump said, “He’s going to head the Department of Interior, and he’s going to be fantastic.”

However, given Burgum’s background, affiliations, and views on important issues, is he the right choice for Secretary of the Interior?  Trump has also made him the nation’s energy czar by appointing him chairman of the newly formed National Energy Council.  But is Burgum fit to chair the council and, under that post, take a seat on the National Security Council?

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Peloni:  Highly revealing analysis contrasting the distinctions between Nazism and Islam.

The horrors perpetrated by the Nazis were concealed from the wider Nazi population for very good reason: they were not cruel enough to stomach it, despite their rabid anti-Semitism. This is why comparing Hamas to the Nazis makes no sense at all.

By Seth Frantzman | November 18, 2024

A rocket launcher found in southern Lebanon by the IDF’s 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade. (IDF photo)

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded operations in Lebanon, increasing precision strikes in Beirut targeting Hezbollah members and widening its ground offensive. The two-pronged effort comes as discussions about a potential ceasefire continue. Hezbollah also continued launching rockets at Israel, killing one civilian and wounding others on November 18.

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Peloni:  Indeed, this deal, whatever it ultimately contains, will only serve to constrain Israel from acting in its own best interest as the Shiite dominated Lebanese faction serves its Iranian masters intent to dominate and destroy Israel, much as was the result the previous deals.  The international community is not only incapable of responding to an Iranian threat to Israel in Lebanon, they have demonstrated quite clearly that they also have no interest in doing so.  The best deal is no deal at all.  Severing the head of Iranian aggression in Tehran is the only deal worth negotiating.

Israel does not need a “deal” in Lebanon. Not only is a “deal” unnecessary, but also it would be a net negative. There should be no intermediaries or constraints on Israeli operations in the territory to its north.

— Tony Badran (@AcrossTheBay) November 18, 2024

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