Peloni:  The following is an extract from an article published by TOI, “Amid widening spat, Smotrich accuses Qatar of impeding hostage talks to serve Hamas” in which Gen. Avivi describes his vision of the Day After during the Conference of the Israel Defense and Security Forum in Ashkelon.

By Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner, TOI  January 25, 2024

Founder and Chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi addresses a conference put on by his organization in Ashkelon, January 25, 2024. (Israel Defense and Security Forum, Israel’s Security Summit/Daniel Stravo)

..Speaking at the Ashkelon conference, founder of the Israel Defense and Security Forum Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi laid out what his organization, a right-wing group with a hawkish stance on military and security strategies, believes should be the policies adopted towards Gaza by the government.

Avivi opined that Israel should take control of the Gaza Strip for a lengthy period of time, and also establish settlements there which, he said, would help secure the territory and Israel as a whole.

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Associated Press   December 15, 2023

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and one other warship to remain in the Mediterranean Sea for several more weeks to maintain a two-carrier presence near Israel as its war with Hamas grinds on, U.S. officials said.

It would be the third time the Ford’s deployment has been extended, underscoring the continued concerns about volatility in the region during Israel’s war in Gaza. Having two U.S. aircraft carriers in the region has been a rarity in recent years.

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The Pakistani attack on Iran shattered the myth of the Islamist Regime’s invulnerability.Op-ed.

By Reza Parchizadeh, INN                                              26 January 2024

Pakistan

In reaction to the Revolutionary Guards’ rocket attack on Pakistani territory on January 16, in which Tehran claimed to have targeted separatist Baluchis, Pakistan retaliated on January 18 by bombarding what it said to be Baluchi separatists deep into Iranian territory. As such, Pakistan became the first foreign country to openly attack Iran since the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988.

The attacks, although ostensibly against the opposing Baluchis in the neighboring country, are in fact a reflection of the larger conflict in the Middle East. They closely correlate with the Israeli war against Hamas and Hezbollah as well as the American and British attacks on the Houthis, and can prove the harbinger of a larger invasion of Iran by its age-old enemies. In this article we will see how that might turn out.

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BARI WEISS, FREE PRESS   JAN 27/24

Christopher Rufo, left, and Yascha Mounk. (Illustration by The Free Press; photos via Getty)

In the past few months, many people were shocked to see the moral rot that has taken hold inside American universities.

For example, they were surprised to learn that:

• A tenured Columbia professor praised Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel as “awesome.”
• At UC–Irvine, a professor said “the Zionists have been exposed for the criminals and bloodthirsty animals that they are. This is a gift from Allah to the world.”
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L, Goudsmit. Man-made climate change is the biggest humanitarian hoax ever perpetrated. Its sole purpose is the imposition of globalism’s managerial Unistate, which awards totalitarian control to the globalist elite. In the first 10 minutes Dr. Happer explains the difference between real pollution and the political fiction of man-made climate change. It is simply Orwellian that anyone still believes this climate hysteria. But Globalism vs. Nationalism is an information war, and disinformation is a weapon of war.

By Majid Rafizadeh, GATESTONE                               27 January 2024

• In a noteworthy development, for the first time, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued a warning, signaling that Iran now holds a sufficient quantity of highly enriched uranium capable of producing multiple nuclear warheads.

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DickMorris.com on January 26, 2024

T. Belman. Israel is in a stronger position than you might think. Contrary to Blinken’s threat, Israel has no obligation to rebuild Gaza. It is the Americans that want Gaza rebuilt. In fact, it is an imperative for them because they want the Palestinians to remain in Gaza. If Gaza is not rebuilt, the World must take them in.

A movement is afoot in Israel to reesatablish the Jewish settlements that were abandoned in 2005.

This conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is not about the absence of a Palestinian state, but about the existence of the Jewish state, he said.

TOVAH LAZAROFF, JPOST   JANUARY 19, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked his political future with the prevention of a Palestinian Authority-run Palestinian state, precisely as the Biden administration has been pressuring Israel to return to a two-state diplomatic process.

“I can say something about what they call the day after Netanyahu. I do not love to speak of myself in the third person. But those who speak of the day after Netanyahu are talking about the creation of a Palestinian state led by the Palestinian Authority,” the Prime Minister told reporters during a press briefing in Tel Aviv.

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T. Belman.  I find it odd the the Israel military should prepare a plan  for the day after.

MENA – The New Arab Staff   02 January, 2024

In a plan reportedly drawn up by the Israeli military, unspecified local ‘clans’ would rule a post-war Gaza in separate ’emirates’.

Under the plan, Israel’s current invasion force in Gaza would assume military control of the territory [Getty]

The Israeli military is due to present a post-war scenario to the government war cabinet on Tuesday, which will reportedly suggest dividing Gaza into different sectors or “emirates” ruled by local clans or tribes rather than a single political entity.

According to Israeli public broadcaster Kan 11, the military plan, informally referred to as “the day after”, would see these unspecified clans and tribes take the reins of civil government away from Hamas.

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 After 12 staffers accused of involvement in Oct. 7 attack

By Barak Ravid, AXIOS

The State Department on Friday said it is pausing additional funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency after Israel alleged 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack.

The big picture: It’s the first step by the Biden administration against UNRWA since renewing U.S. funding to the agency after the Trump administration completely cut it off.

• State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the U.S. is “extremely troubled by the allegations” and the administration has “temporarily paused additional funding for UNRWA while we review these allegations and the steps the United Nations is taking to address them.”

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The “cause” is the process of finding those willing to kill.

By Daniel Greenfield, FRONT PAGE                          24 January 2024

E. Rowell:  This brilliant analysis explains how the Democrats are holding tryouts for future killers.  It also helps to understand the Israeli left.

After Hamas supporters were caught screaming “shame on you” at children receiving cancer treatment at a Manhattan hospital (“make sure they hear you, they’re in the windows”) some people wondered what they were trying to accomplish.

Questions like that only reveal the vast gap between the pro-Hamas mob and everyone else.

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by Andrew Tucker, thinc.

Today the International Court of Justice issued its ruling on “provisional measures” in the case brought in The Hague by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide of the Palestinian people.

The Court did not grant South Africa’s request for a cease-fire in Gaza. But the Court did accept there is a possibility that Israel is committing genocide, and it has ordered Israel to ensure genocide is not committed, and to grant humanitarian aid.

Nevertheless, the carefully-worded ruling leaves Israel a lot of scope to continue the military campaign.
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T. Belman. The court did not accuse Israel of Genocide as the sub-title asserts. It merely claimed that “At least some of South Africa’s complaints appear to be capable of falling within the Genocide Convention.”

As I understand the law, Israel has the obligation to feed the people and provide medical care once they are “in occupation” but not during a war.  Israel is not yet “in occupation.” .I wonder if the court considers them in occupation at this stage.

The Court ordered Israel to abide by the law. Everybody has to abide by the law. Nothing new there.

But I am far from an expert. I look forward to reading what legal experts have to say about the interim order.

International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues ruling on South Africa lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide.

Israel National News   Jan 26, 2024, 3:07 PM

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday afternoon began a hearing during which it would announce its decision on the case.

At the start of the hearing, the court said, “At least some of South Africa’s complaints appear to be capable of falling within the Genocide Convention.”

For this reason, the court claims, it has refused to dismiss the case.

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Something of priceless value is emerging on the battlefields of Gaza. Opinion.

By Melanie Philips, INN                                                 25 January 2024

Master Sgt.(Res) Rabbi Elkana Vizel, who fell in Gaza on January 22

Already numb with grief over the flower of Israel’s youth falling in the war in Gaza, Israelis have been further shattered by the killing on Monday of no fewer than 21 reservists in one deadly incident and three other soldiers the same day.

Not surprisingly, this has increased calls from the public for an end to the war. Even more understandably, the families of the Israeli hostages are becoming ever more desperate about the captives’ likely horrific fate in the dungeons of Hamas, and are stepping up demonstrations calling for a deal to end the war and secure the hostages’ release.

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T. Belman. The West has known about UNRWA, like forever, but turned a blind eye and continued to finance it.

The truth about UNRWA by T. Belman.

UNRWA should be prosecuted for complicity with war crimes

By MELANIE PHILLIPS

Play performed in UNRWA school

The United Nations was set up to promote peace and justice around the world. Instead of doing so, however, it has become a key weapon against peace and justice in the global armoury of evil causes.

Nowhere has this been more baleful and done such appalling intergenerational harm than in the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which administers health care, education and welfare for the Palestinian Arabs of Gaza.

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T. Belman. This trend will only continue. Bibi is the strongest voice representing the wishes of the people.

By  David Israel, JEWISH PRESS  January 26, 2024

For the first time since the outbreak of the war, a Thursday News 14 and Direct Polls survey shows that were the elections held this week, Likud would be the largest party in Israel with 27 mandates, compared with only 26 for Benny Gantz’s National Union party, which is down by three mandates since DP’s previous survey.

The mandates are distributed as follows:

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Wall Street Journal reports that the US secretly warned Iran about ISIS’ plan to carry out the terrorist attack in Kerman early this month.

Elad Benari, INN  Jan 25, 2024

The US secretly warned Iran that Islamic State (ISIS) was preparing to carry out the terrorist attack in Kerman early this month that killed dozens of Iranians, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US officials.

The confidential alert came after the US acquired intelligence that Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, ISIS-Khorasan, or ISIS-K, was plotting to attack Iran, the officials said.

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Peloni :  The move by the Halevi to try to block this relevant and vital inquiry only amplifies the toxic atmosphere in which rumor and suspicion have been left to grow on this topic unabated over the past months.  There can be no earnest explanation why the needed documentation should not be compiled as requested and assessed for explanations of the gross security failures which took place on October 7.  Even as war is being waged in the south, war on multiple fronts seem more possible with every day’s passing.  The need to explain and remedy the failures of that fateful day would seem most evident, even as Halevi’s efforts to needlessly delay such an inquiry well into the future only serves to raise even more questions than are already being wildly speculated upon.

By Jeremy Sharon, TOI   25 January 2024, 7:57 pm

Left: IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023; Right: State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman walk at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Flash90)

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman insists in a letter to IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi that the examination that his office has begun into the multi-system failures leading up to, and on, October 7 is both necessary and feasible despite the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza.

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