E. Rowell:  The Biden Administration has wrecked just about everything they have touched.  Their propensity to sow chaos, their attempts to bring down governments and create division within the US, NATO, and many other countries around the world has brought only disaster.  They have been trying to foment a coup against Netanyahu since the last election, and so far they have been unsuccessful.  The Israeli people have one focus now:  they want the destruction of Hamas and return of the hostages.  Gantz, Gallant, and Haliva have all been destructive.  If necessary they can be replaced,  (Haliva should have been replaced long before now). Yes, Israelis prefer unity in government during war, but if destructive elements within the government leave, it’s a net win for the Israeli people. Will their leaving necessarily force a new election during the war?  Netanyahu knows what the Israeli people want.  He may not be perfect, but he’s determined to win this war.  In addition, if these men leave and force an election during the war, I think the people of Israel would feel either abandoned by them, or glad they are going, and rightly so.

By Lawrence A. Franklin, JEWISH POLICY CENTER  20 May 2024

The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, greets US President Joe Biden at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel on July 13, 2022. (Photo: Haim Zach / Israeli Government Press Office)

The open split been between the Biden Administration and the Israeli government as to how Israel should conduct its war against the Hamas terrorist rulers of Gaza has become a gut wrenching policy dispute while the wartime goal to expunge Hamas is still ongoing.

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E. Rowell:  In an article for his substack, Management of Reality, Fransisco Gil-White describes the revolutions all over Europe that took place in 1848 which led to various reforms in government.  However, at the time, instead of being hopeful, Maurice Joly was despondent.  He believed those people at the top of governments were willing to make concessions for the poor and disadvantaged.  But he also believed that if the new, more democratic governments were able to create a secret service under the executive branch, all democracies could be doomed.  Fast forward to a century later.  A secret service was created in the US and UK.  Just seventy six years later, we now have in the US the collapse of representative republican rule.  Joly was correct.

By Sundance, CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE   21 May 2024

Some people are expressing shock that the FBI was prepared to use deadly force against President Trump and his Secret Service security detail during the DOJ raid on Mar-a-Lago.  Julie Kelly has the DETAILS HERE.

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The Caroline Glick Show Clips

 By MARTIN SHERMAN

World opinion must be made to understand that the plight of Gazans today is the result, not the reason, for the smoldering Judeophobic hate on their part.

The surge in antisemitism across the US and elsewhere has once again thrown into sharp relief the appalling pervasiveness and perverseness of loathing to which the Jewish people are subject.

It has exposed how shallow it lies, bubbling just below the surface, dormant but not dead, ready to erupt on the flimsiest pretext, even in allegedly the most liberal, cultured, and erudite societies.

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What does the Left fear? Exposure.

by Daniel Greenfield | Front Page | May 22, 2024

DEI is so unpopular that it’s being renamed. Like a mafia informant hiding out from his old pals, some consultants are trying to rebrand DEI as IDE. There are only so many ways to move the same letters around to form an acronym that isn’t as lethal in connotation as IED or DIE.

And if IDE doesn’t work out, expect to see some EID offices around before long.

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Peloni:  So Gaza is to remain Judenrein.  It is unseemly that this policy would be maintained.  Jewish settlement in Gaza would increase the security of Gaza as well as force a serious price upon the Gazans for their unprovoked war against Israel.  Though it seems unlikely at this time, hopefully, this policy will not stand.

Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterates opposition to Israeli settlements in Gaza, clarifies no plans for re-occupation. Emphasizes need to remove Hamas for reconstruction and civilian rule.

By Tovah Lazaroff | JPOST | May 22, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024.   (photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israelis won’t be able to rebuild settlements in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority won’t be able to control the enclave, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Tuesday night.

“Resettling Gaza,” Netanyahu said, “that was never in the cards.”

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Peloni:  The specified element within this network must be exposed and prosecuted for their roles in promoting and funding terrorism.  If the Federal govt, which seems to be exclusively consumed with prosecuting political prisoners of late,  the task must be pursued by state and local authorities.  The normalization of terrorism and political violence and antisemitic assaults can not be left unaddressed.

By Janet Levy | American Thinker | May 21, 2024

How did anti-Israel protests erupt within a month of the Hamas-led October 7 massacre?  How did university campuses in America turn into tent cities of keffiyeh-clad youth calling for the liberation of Palestine, the annihilation of Israel, and death to Jews?  If you suspect these protests are well orchestrated and funded, you are right.

Behind them is a coalition of radical leftist and Islamist groups drawing sustenance from the vast dark money network of Neville Roy Singham, and linked through him to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  This has been confirmed by a 34-page report from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), an affiliate of Rutgers University.

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Peloni:  Providing the Executive Branch with the means by which to fund its activities independent of the Legislature, permanently severs the connection between the two branches and thereby eliminates the control which the people might have over the actions of the govt.  This is a very dangerous precedent, one which the feckless Legislature is sure to exploit if for no other reason than to expiate itself of being held to account by the people for funding unpopular enterprises.

Raymon Balmakov | Epoch Times | May 22, 2024

Three days ago, in a split 7–2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a victory for the administrative state. Specifically, this ruling allows for a certain government agency to continue getting its funding—not from the Treasury, but instead, from the Federal Reserve Bank. In other words, it allows the government to use the Federal Reserve (which is a quasi-private bank) to fund their pet projects. And the implications this has are rather far-reaching, so let’s go through them together.

Senior Biden official suggests updated IDF operations add pressure on Hamas, may help revive hostage talks, says nuclear piece of near-final Saudi deal ‘very much in our interests’

Jacob Magid | TOI | May 22, 2024

Troops of the 401st Armored Brigade operate in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo published May 13, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel has been updating its plans for a military offensive in Rafah in a manner that has been initially satisfactory to the US, a senior Biden administration official said Tuesday.

“It’s fair to say that the Israelis have updated their plans. They’ve incorporated many of the concerns that we have expressed,” the official said, while stopping short of fully green-lighting the IDF offensive during a briefing with reporters.

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Peloni: Don’t miss the second interview posted below with Ron Dermer.  He was particularly effective in his responses to a combative interview style which has come to be the hallmark of Sky News’ highly biased commentary

PM Netanyahu | CNN | May 21, 2024

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E. Rowell:  This is a stunning positive logistical achievement and shows that the IDF exceeds both US predictions and US military logistical standards by far.  The IDF is apparently proceeding slowly, mindful of potential civilian casualties.  But they keep racking up successes, nevertheless.

IDF controls most of Philadelphi Corridor, 30% of Rafah • Military unsure where Sinwar is

By Yonah Jeremy Bob, JPOST    20 May 2024

Displaced Palestinians travel in a vehicle as they flee Rafah, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2024.(photo credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters)

The IDF has succeeded in evacuating around 950,000 Palestinian civilians in only two weeks since May 6, the military revealed on Monday.

In addition, around 30-40% of Rafah is now under IDF control, not merely a small portion of the eastern sector, and about 60-70% of Rafah has been completely evacuated.

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By Leo Goldstein, AM THINKER    21 May 2024

The Internet has been the most powerful force of our time (artificial intelligence is becoming even more powerful). The Big Tech corporations that received control of the Internet from the Democrat party wield enormous power and have abused it badly. The abuse has likely gone far beyond the intent and comprehension of most of their executives. Their power includes the ability to hide their misconduct from its victims. Nevertheless, every deceit is eventually uncovered.

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E. Rowell:  Of all the multiple possibilities about this article’s meaning, it appears more likely to be an expression of what the US administration desires, and what the US administration wants the world to think should be happening.   The US government appears to want the Netanyahu government to fall.  If the Israeli government/military chooses the path set out here, it probably would fall.  The final comment about the ICC is a disgusting swipe at the Netanyahu government.

The IDF won’t engage in a full-scale assault on the last Hamas stronghold in southern Gaza.

JNS    21 May 2024

IDF soldiers during operational activity in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza on May 20, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Israel will not engage in a full-scale military offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. Instead, it will continue its limited operation in the last Hamas bastion, with the blessing of the Biden administration, according to Washington Post analyst David Ignatius.

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The full evil capabilities of Hamas stem not only from its willingness to murder innocents, but from the support the terrorist group receives from Western activists and Palestinian allies.

By Seth J. Frantzman, JPOST    20 May 2024

A supporter of the families of hostages who are being held in the Gaza Strip after they were seized by Hamas gunmen on October 7 prepares missing signs posters depicting hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 21, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)

On Sunday, the IDF released two videos that soldiers recovered of hostages making statements, on orders from Hamas. IDF chief spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari said, “during our ground operations in Gaza, our troops found raw footage filmed by Hamas for their psychological terror videos.” The videos show two sisters, Ela, 8, and Dafna, 15, abducted from Nahal Oz on October 7.

The videos were released with the permission of the Elyakim family. “Ela’s family asked us to share it with the world to expose Hamas’s terror, to expose Hamas’s cruelty, to expose Hamas’s barbarism,” the IDF said.

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E. Rowell:  Also see: “SOS – GEORGIA AGAIN!” for the latest update on the most recent efforts being made in Georgia to again cheat on the upcoming election in 2024.

Ultimately, Floyd’s actions have injected new life into claims of election fraud that many had hoped were settled.

By Eric Lendrum, AMERICAN GREATNESS    21 May 2024

In an unexpected twist, Harrison Floyd, the lone defendant in the Fulton County RICO case to spend time in jail, has disrupted the proceedings by attempting to prove that Donald Trump won the 2020 election in Georgia. This unique legal strategy contrasts sharply with the approach taken by others who have distanced themselves from claims of election fraud, and it appears to be working.

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By Yoni Ben Menachem, JCPA    21 May 2024

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Manama on May 15, 2024, ahead of the 33rd Arab League Summit. (Bahrain News Agency)

The prospect of the Palestinian Authority returning to control Gaza is not practical. The Palestinian public does not support the idea and accuses the PA of corruption and acting as a subcontractor for Israel.

The PA has already lost security control in northern Samaria and cannot manage Gaza or confront Hamas’ military wing.

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Peloni:  This is disturbing revelation.

Avishai Greenzeig | X | May 20, 2024

Exactly one month before the seventh of October, a study day was held at the Northern Command, which dealt with preparation for the next war. This morning we revealed that the commander of the 300 Brigade estimated on the day of the study that if Hezbollah launches an attack – it will succeed in breaking through all the defense lines and take control of bases and settlements, because the forces in the sector will not have the ability to stop the attack.

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Peloni:  As the US should be reinforcing its alliance with Israel and the people of Iran, it is doing the opposite by demonstrating is vision of pivoting toward the anihilistic Mullahs who have both attacked Israel and subjugated the Iranian people.  This should disgust any fair mineded individual, as it is a betrayal of America’s true allies in favor for America’s true enemy.

“Butcher of Tehran” killed US soldiers and civilians, targeted government officials

Daniel Greenfield | Front Page Magazine | May 20, 2024

Iran’s murder of Sgt. William Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Sanders, and Spc. Breonna Moffett, three black servicemembers from Georgia, earlier this year was only the latest killing of Americans by the Islamic terrorist regime in Tehran in addition to the dozens already killed on Oct 7.

Iran had not only connived to murder an estimated one thousand American soldiers on the battlefield, but its assassins and agents had plotted to kill members of the Trump administration.

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“Israel, as a state, has been focused on maintaining more strategic ties,” said Asher Fredman, Israel director at the Abraham Accords Peace Institute.

Mike Wagenheim | JNS | May 20, 2024

Even though the COVID-19 pandemic was still limiting public events, the Abraham Accords began in the summer of 2020 with pomp and circumstance. The first few years of normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kosovo, Sudan and Morocco under the accords were punctuated by glitzy conferences, ceremonies marking milestones and press releases about new initiatives.

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Things aren’t going Biden Team’s way.

J.E. Dyer | The Optimistic Conservative | May 20,2024

These pings will be short.  Basically, I’m doing little more than teeing up posts on X/Twitter from the last week.  As each day gives hindsight on the day before, we see the signal of what’s going on emerge more clearly from the background noise, and find both concern and hope renewed.

The last comprehensive(-ish) summary is this one, from 9 May 2024.

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