T. Belman. “The Oslo Accords list seven ‘permanent status’ issues, in this order: (1) Jerusalem, (2) refugees, (3) settlements, (4) security arrangements, (5) borders, (6) relations and cooperation with other neighbours, and (7) other issues of common interest.  The various presidents since have assured the Israelis that all issues were to be negotiated. Obama changed this by delaring te borders were to the pre 67 borders with minor adjusments. He also declared the East Jereusalem would be the capital of Palestine. He had no authiority for making such declarations. And the demented president is preparing to recognized the state of Palestine.

So much for agreements and assurances.

The good news is that threats such as this and US efforts to negotiate a hostage deal are providing a tail-wind forcing Israel to accept the Jordan Option as it is the only game in town.

By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post  February 11, 2024

Early last week, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron dropped a diplomatic bombshell.

Editorial, Israel24/7 February 13, 2024

The “Aid 48” association, which belongs to the Islamic movement, to which Ra’am also belongs, transferred hundreds of thousands of shekels to the “Hir Uma” association in Turkey, which the Shin Bet determined was belonged to Hamas.

No one in the West denounced the presence of this Islamic party in the Lapid coalition, on the other hand, the presence of religious Jewish parties seems to disturb the whole world.

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T. Belman. This interview was mezmorizing. I couldn’t stop watching it. She makes the case that Israel must be democratic. I agree.

I believe that Israel is more than just democratic. It is the state of the Jews. It is more than just the law of return for Jews. I expressed my views in 2005,  Particularism Before Universalism

Recently I wrote, Israel is a “Jewish and Democratic State”. What does it mean? 

By Sundance, CTH                                                             12 February 2024

Here’s the baseline context of my review on this discussion provided by Tucker Carlson, as he takes part in the “World Government Summit at What’s Next for Storytelling?”

Tucker is shocked, shocked to see with his own eyes that Russia is a modern, beautiful, safe, clean, well-run nation filled with generally happy people who are just like you and me – only they don’t pretend.  That’s it, that’s the major difference.

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E. Rowell:  This half hour video was eye-opening in laying out the massive extent of Qatari funding of the specific US universities which are responsible for creating the public school curricula.  Even kindergartens in the US now contain anti-Israel and woke propaganda courtesy of Qatar.

JNS TV                                                                              12 February 2024

E.Rowell:  This article discusses that the US government is operationally totalitarian.  The behavior of the DOJ (along with all surveillance agencies) is designed to root out the “enemies” of the globalist shadow government and protect their puppets and stooges.  This is not a bug but a permanent feature of shadow government operations.

By Victor Davis Hanson, FRONT PAGE                   12 February 2024

Special Counsel Robert Hur just found Joe Biden was guilty of violating national security laws in removing classified documents— after examining then Senator and Vice President Biden’s some 15-year habit of removing classified files to his offices and residences, where they were stored in unsecured fashion.

Period. End of story.

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His Fraudulency Joe Biden is losing a crucial part of the Arab vote in Michigan, and if Biden loses Michigan, he will almost certainly lose his reelection bid.

By John Nolte, BREITBART                                          12 February 2024

People gather in support of Palestinians outside of the venue where US President Joe Biden is speaking to members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) at the UAW National Training Center, in Warren, Michigan, on February 1, 2024. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

“Since October 7, many Arab Americans in Michigan have become increasingly furious with Mr Biden over his support for Israel and have vowed not to vote for him again,” reports the National. “The situation could prove consequential for Mr Biden in the battleground state he narrowly won last time.”

The story goes on to report that Biden is so concerned about losing Dearborn’s Arab vote that he sent “senior administration officials last week to meet elected officials and local leaders to try to win voters back.”
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T. Belman. Natasaha Hausdorff explains with great clarity the Rules of War; Distinction, Proportionality, Necessity and Proportion. We must keep in mind that these rules were created having in mind conflict between two national armies. But what we have here with the war with Hamas is Asymetric War.

I decided to post this illucidatng discussion to arm you with the law, while we are exposed to Biden, The UN, the Netherlands and the ICJ and others piling on to intimidate and smear Israel

In Washington on Thursday night Biden had harsh words for Israel stating, “The conduct of the response in the Gaza Strip has been over the top.”

By TOVAH LAZAROFF, HANNAH SARISOHNM, JPOST   FEBRUARY 10, 2024

US President Joe Biden issued a memorandum linking American military aid globally to adherence to international humanitarian law, including for Israel, as he called the IDF’s military operation in Gaza “over the top.”

Forms of military aid could be suspended If reports of violations are found credible, according to the National Security Memorandum issued on Thursday night.

Countries receiving military aid have 45 days, by February 8, to assure the US that they would comply with the memorandum or risk a pause in the delivery of that aid.

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The Netherlands houses one of several regional warehouses of US-owned F-35 parts, from which the parts are distributed to countries that request them.

By REUTERS, JPOST FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A Dutch appeals court on Monday ordered the government to block all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns they were being used in violations of international law during Israel’s Gaza offensive.

“It is undeniable that there is a clear risk the exported F-35 parts are used in serious violations of international humanitarian law,” the court said.

It said the state had to comply with the order within seven days and dismissed a request by government lawyers to suspend the order during an appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Peloni:  Gaza is Hamas, Hamas is Gaza.  The Gazans are not inocent, they are complicit.  They must go!

Update: Open Source Intel: Right now: Israeli Government ministers vote by phone to close Al Jazeera. (Israel Hayom)

The IDF has discovered a laptop belonging to a Gazan journalist, with photos proving that the alleged journalist is in fact a Hamas senior official.

Israel National News Feb 11, 2024

Israel National NewsDefense/SecurityIDF reveals: Al Jazeera ‘journalist’ was Hamas commander

The IDF has discovered a laptop belonging to a Gazan journalist, with photos proving that the alleged journalist is in fact a Hamas senior official.

The IDF’s Arabic spokesman, Avichay Adraee, revealed that the IDF had found the laptop of a Gazan journalist in a Hamas base.

According to Adraee, the laptop belonged to Muhammad Washah, a journalist for Al Jazeera. It was found several weeks ago in a Hamas base in northern Gaza.

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Peloni: Hallelujah!!   Merman and Herr were rescued from Rafah, demonstrating the need for Israel to press onward into the last remaining Hamas stronghold.   This war must not be ended prematurely!

More details in TOI report attached at the bottom.

INN Feb 12, 2024

IDF soldiers rescued hostages Fernando Merman and Louis Herr in a nighttime operation in Rafah overnight Sunday, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.

Both were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7.

They were evacuated by helicopter to Sheba Hospital at Tel Hashomer and their condition is good.

Earlier, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said that the IDF conducted a series of strikes on terror targets in the area of Shaboura, located in the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip.

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Peloni:  The Left has lost its faith in one of its most fundamental precepts, namely that peaceful coexistence with the Pals was ever possible.  It is a terrible thing for them to have only learned this obvious truism thru the horrors of  October 7, but the trauma which made these realities apparent will not soon allow them to be forgotten. 

The Wall Street Journal interviewed kibbutz members who survived the massacre and now speak fundamentally differently about the Palestinian and Gaza issues. “Our trust is gone. Completely lost.”

Newsrael News Desk 9:00 PM

“We have lost trust in the Palestinians; this is the end of the two-state solution and a disillusionment of a possible future between Palestinians and Israelis in the region.” These are the voices that were heard at Kibbutz Nir Oz, as quoted in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

“Not one significant Israeli politician is talking about a Palestinian state today, except to dismiss the idea as ridiculous. To talk about a two-state ‘solution’ – this is a word that sounds inappropriate and obscene after October 7th,” writes the Wall Street Journal journalist after a broad review of the voices from the regional kibbutzim. Read more…

By Michael Taube, EPOCH TIMES                             11 February 2024

An Israeli soldier runs down a crater-like hole giving way to a tunnel entrance, leading to where the military discovered tunnels underneath the main headquarters of UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, in Gaza on Feb. 8, 2024. /AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

Commentary

The United Nations, like its predecessor, the League of Nations, was once regarded as a noble institution. A place where different countries could discuss and debate everything from political disputes to wars and military skirmishes. While there would obviously be points of agreement and disagreement, the main goal was to find a path to peace, security, and a safer world for all of us to live in.

That was then, and this is now.

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So who you gonna call when you need assistance? If, say, you are the prime minister of Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu, and there is urgent business to discuss, you call, but nobody answers. Op-ed.

By Jack Engelhard, INN                                                  11 February 2024

Jack Engelhard

So who is in charge of America? We really don’t know

A Special Counsel, hired by the Department of Justice, has found Joe Biden too feeble to serve as president.

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It is patently evident that the Gaza Strip cannot and will not, after the present armed conflict, return to being a brutal Hamas terror hub.

Similarly, it is no less evident that the hopeless, hapless, corrupt, failed, and incompetent Palestinian Authority, whether revitalized or renewed, could ever be capable of administering Gaza any more than it has been capable of administering the West Bank areas.

However, despite these self-evident facts, the absurd “two-state solution” buzzword is still, nevertheless, unbelievably being blindly and increasingly repeated day in and day out.

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As though nothing has happened, international pressure for the establishment of a Palestinian state in Israel’s heartland continues, contrary to the position of the absolute majority of Israeli citizens. The Israeli government must provide a clear and practical response. 

Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matarare co-chairs The Sovereignty Movement

Despite everything that we underwent on the morning of Simchat Torah October 7th, and everything that we have been undergoing since then, despite the brutal acts by Arab terrorists who slaughtered and massacred our people, despite the hostages still being held in Hamas captivity, despite the ongoing war with the self-sacrifice of our finest children; despite all this, in broad daylight, elements from within and without continue to plan on our behalf the partition of the land and the insane idea that endangers Israel’s future, the idea of the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state in its heartland.

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Confronting the unthinkable and your Western privilege

By Zach Ross, I DARE YOU TO THINK                      7 February 2024

I pray that you never know what it’s like. 

What it’s like to survive a suicide bombing at a nightclub, a pizzeria or a bus ride, a mass shooting while you’re having drinks at a bar, a stabbing attack on your way home from school or a car ramming attack on the main boulevard of your town.

I pray that you never know what it’s like to have mere seconds to run to a bomb shelter from incoming rockets targeting you and your children every day… for decades.

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Caroline Glick retweeted the following from  Open Source Intel:

#Breaking: According to @MaarivOnline : In the United States, preparations are underway to recognize a Palestinian state without Israeli consent. Antony Blinken recently instructed his office team to prepare organized groundwork for the possibility of American or international recognition of a Palestinian state unilaterally and without coordination with Israel. Israeli sources express concern, stating that the matter is not being handled appropriately.

Concern in Israel – the political tsunami is already here: Political figures in Israel are worried about the intensive activity of the American government to promote the idea of establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza under a unified authority based on what is defined as a “renewed Palestinian authority.” According to American sources, the State Department is examining recognition of a Palestinian state as part of a comprehensive diplomatic initiative that addresses the day after Qhamas rule in Gaza.