Fears in Israel that negotiations for Phase 2 could cause a breakdown of the ceasefire deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press before leaving for the US. (Photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for the United States this morning, Sunday, in order to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House.
@Osint613 tweeted the following:
President Trump when asked if he would levy tariffs against Israel…
Peloni: Excellent article by Gary Littwin!! As I have noted before, the growing arrogance of the Supreme Court keeps the issue of Judicial Reform ever in the forefront of the Israeli electorate, over whom it exploits its use of arbitrary power. This is not the hallmark of a democracy, but the mark of judicial tyranny which acts to coincidently disregard the dignity and liberties of the public at large…which is why the demand for Judicial Reform will only grow louder and louder and be perceived as being more and more necessary as time passes by.
There is no longer such thing as “clear language”; a judge tells the parties to a contract what they really intended, overriding their actual language and the accepted meaning of their words. The judge’s interpretation is based on “basic principles” such as justice, equality and minority rights.
Israel finds herself in the midst of a severe constitutional crisis that reached a dramatic peak when a new President of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice), Yitzhak Amit, appointed himself. Most government ministers, including, crucially, the Minister of Justice, refused to recognise him. The government of Israel and the Supreme Court of Israel are now, in effect, boycotting each other.
Daniel Greenfield | Jan 25, 2025
“As of today, the incoming Trump Administration has hired over 1,000 people,” President Trump tweeted. “It would be helpful if you would not send, or recommend to us people who worked with, or are endorsed by, Americans for No Prosperity (headed by Charles Koch)” along with a long list of others.
But by then it was already too late. The Kochers were already on the inside.
Peloni: I believe that Trump’s position on this point is quite clear. Jordan and Egypt will take the Gazans. And this will begin to revolutionize the entire region.
Shoshana Bryen • JPC •
The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
President Donald Trump was contemplating, and, as he often does, set off a firestorm.
Gaza is, he said, “literally a demolition site, almost everything is demolished, and people are dying there.” On the other hand, “Gaza is interesting. It’s a phenomenal location, on the sea. The best weather, you know, everything is good. It’s like, some beautiful things could be done with it, but it’s very interesting.”
Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Gaza City after they were ordered by Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods, carry their belongings, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 7, 2024. (Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
The continuation of the hostage release ceasefire agreement, which led to the return of thousands of Palestinians evacuees to the northern Gaza Strip this week, is raising security concerns for Israeli leaders.
UAE’s EDGE Group deepens military technology ties with Israel through $10 million investment.
Israfan | January 30, 2025
In a landmark deal showcasing deepening defense ties between Israel and the UAE, Emirati defense giant EDGE Group is set to acquire a 30% stake in Israeli security company Third Eye Systems for over $10 million. The agreement, still awaiting Israeli Defense Ministry approval, highlights growing military technology cooperation between the two nations.
Beyond the initial investment, EDGE Group plans to establish a joint venture with Third Eye Systems, focusing on electro-optical identification systems. EDGE will contribute an additional $12 million, securing a controlling 51% stake, while Third Eye Systems will hold 43%, and an undisclosed entity will control the remaining 6%.
By Gerald A. Honigman
Terrorizing the hostages till the very end. pic.twitter.com/nSU42xgwnS
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) January 30, 2025
I was getting ready to do some chores and decided to check my incoming email first.
The link above is what stood out, and then I realized that I needed to take additional blood pressure medication.
Peloni: The entire world stands in a much more secure position today due to the election of Pres. Trump. From the shores of the US, to the Eastern Mediterranean, across all of Europe and throughout the Pacific. In fact, his election was an inflection point in history, in which the world might take a step back from the brink of many impending and evolving disasters, not the least most relevance of which lies in the Middle East and within Israel most particularly. There can be no regret that the gross incompetence and even grosser corruption of Obama’s acolytes have once again been turned out of power, hopefully forever, and we can only hope that Trump’s return as leader of the free world will meet the many challenges it faces with a sense of responsibility and certain judgement, and devoid of such inside trading tactics and political malfeasance which characterized the Biden regime from its first day to its last. I still remain hopeful that this will be the legacy of Trump’s second term, and that the disastrously harmful Witkof affair will soon be dwarfed by the potentially revolutionizing steps which have yet to be played out in what will come to be the remaking of the Middle East, leaving Israel far more secure, and the world in general far safer than it stands today. Time will tell if the deeply troubling Witkof affair will be the mark of Trump’s second term or simply an aberration of his policies. Again, hopefully it will be the latter.
By Joan Swirsky | Am Thinker | January 31, 2025
A few days ago, I took issue with the Doomsday Squad of prominent pearl-clutchers and naysayers — including Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz, director of Jihad Watch and prolific author Robert Spencer, president of the Middle East Forum Daniel Pipes, prolific British writer Melanie Phillips, and the formidable Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) — all of whom condemned in the strongest language the ceasefire/hostage release deal that then-president-elect Donald Trump insisted on before his January 20, 2025 inauguration.
Janet Levy: We must say “NO” to STARGATE, the $500 Billion program Trump just ENDORSED to EXPAND the use of the deadly mRNA technology, essentially a bioweapon.If you think Operation Warp Speed was lethal, this is MUCH WORSE! Plus, Stargate is coupled with AI surveillance.Watch the two minute trailer, and, if you are so inclined, view the documentary.
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Full Report:
Peloni: Egypt has been given a long leash on which to act against its previous allies. I am particularly looking forward to seeing Trump return the relationship with Sisi to one based on reciprocity or more preferably to simply see the relationship being handled over to someone else altogether.
Jonathan Schanzer & Mariam Wahba | FDD | Jan 31, 2024
Hours after President Donald Trump revealed plans to ask Egypt to enable Palestinian refugees looking to escape the war to enter the Sinai Peninsula from Gaza, Cairo’s Foreign Ministry issued a firm rejection of the proposal. Cairo called any attempt to displace Palestinians an “infringement on inalienable rights” and warned such actions would threaten “regional stability, risk further conflict escalation, and undermine prospects for peace and coexistence among the region’s peoples.”
Peloni: The US needs to divest itself from Qatar entirely. They should cease all forms of Qatari investments and dealings with the US. They should also relocate the US base in Qatar. And then they should impose massive sanctions on them. They are a terror hub within the Middle East and this fact should be well recognized and acted upon. Unfortunately, Qatari influence peddling in the US is well established, well funded, and well accepted… which is why none of this has yet come to pass. The question is if this established corruption of American institutions and political elites will continue under Trump. Sadly, the advocacy by Witkof for his allies in Qatar would seem to indicate that it will.
Stop the funding!https://t.co/A2JdPMxH4P pic.twitter.com/VNt630iiaS
— Kitty Surprise (@KittySurprise1) January 31, 2025
Lawmakers have been scrutinizing Gabbard’s ties to the Science of Identity Foundation, according to the report
Rhian Lubin | Independent | Jan 29, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign paid a firm to “mask connections” to an alleged pyramid scheme linked to a secretive sect she grew up in, according to a report.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is set to grill President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence on Thursday over her questionable connections and background. Since she was named as nominee to the post, she has faced questions and pushback given her previous statements and her history with foreign nations.
Lawmakers have been scrutinizing Gabbard’s ties to the Science of Identity Foundation and the Hong Kong-based marketing firm QI Group, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Peloni: This article was written before Trump became president, but the arguments are still relevant and important.
By Walter E. Block
Will Iran Drop a Nuclear Weapon on Israel? The jury is still out on that one.
On the one hand, according to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “No, we aren’t thinking about nuclear weapons. I have said many times that our nuclear weapon is this nation. Our nuclear weapons are these youths. We don’t want nuclear weapons. A state that has so many young believers and this unified nation doesn’t need nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons, their production, storage, and use, each has a problem. We have also expressed our religious opinion, which is clear, and everyone knows it.” He went on to say that that the “use” of nuclear arms is “haram” (forbidden).
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Peloni: Excellent article!
The real lessons are those we still haven’t learned.
By Daniel Greenfield | Jan 31, 2025
Philosophers, writers and thinkers insisted that the Holocaust was an inflection point in history, but it’s clearer now than ever before that it did not change history, it only accelerated it.
Israel was not, as politicians all too often insist, “born out of the ashes of the Holocaust.” It was born out of the blood, sweat and determination of a relatively small group of Zionists who defied the traditionalists and leftists in their own communities to go and rebuild their own homeland.
Peloni: While Trump’s EO puts an end to the abuses which have been suffered on children in the guise of medical intervention, those medical institutions, clinicians and school personnel who were responsible for subjecting children to these life scarring events without parental consent should be prosecuted for child abuse.
Honored to be back on air live with @IngrahamAngle https://t.co/0BkbGr43U7
— Dr Jared L. Ross (@jared999) January 31, 2025
FDD | Jan 30, 2025
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