In a culture where terrorists in the field don’t wear uniforms, where large families have sizable stocks of weapons, and where children are taught to kill and die, the externals don’t matter.

Daniel Greenfield | June 14, 2024

Palestinians line up in the Gaza Strip to receive drinkable water numbers while battles take place between Israel and Hamas in the southern city of Rafah on May 20, 2024. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Americans expected Osama bin Laden to be found in a cave in Afghanistan. In reality, he was living comfortably in a military town in Pakistan under the protection of local authorities. Similarly, Israeli hostages, including the four who were rescued last Saturday, have come home telling stories of being kept captive in “civilian” households.

Many in the West fundamentally misunderstand what Islamic terrorism is. It’s not a “fringe group of extremists,” as politicians and the media describe it, but an ethnic and religious movement. The religious values of Islamic terrorists are universally shared by the vast majority of Muslims, while the ethnic ones ground Islamic warfare in the interests of specific clans and families.

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E. Rowell:  Sunlight is the best disinfectant.  It’s important for everyone to know the reality of the Republican Conference, that most of them have no incentive to care about Americans and are incentivized to care very much about pleasing their billionaire donors.  They are “team players” and feel very entitled to get all the goodies (more money more power) for being team players.  They are thus now shocked and angered about suddenly finding themselves on the losing end of the political game they’ve been successfully playing.  Perhaps also they are just beginning to realize Americans know they’ve been traitors.

By Sundance, CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE BLOG    14 June 2024

When I said in 2020 that House Republican representatives were generally focused on who gets the larger pieces of the cake during the office birthday party, many people just couldn’t fathom it.

With all the crisis, corruption, manipulation of government institutions, DOJ/FBI targeting and jaw-dropping weaponization that was stunningly evident, a large number of readers could not bring themselves to realize almost all House Republicans just didn’t care.  Fortunately, a lot more awakening has happened in the past four years, and I think people are now more willing to accept the reality of just how bad it is in Republican ranks.

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E. Rowell:  The masks have come off.  The Israel haters are openly paying terrorists to destroy innocent civilians in Israel.  There should be a special place in hell reserved for those who use all their power to destroy human beings.

The only thing protecting Hamas is the Biden administration.

By Daniel Greenfield, JIHAD WATCH    13 June 2024

In a poll from last year, the Muslim occupiers in West Bank and Gaza gave Hamas a 76% rating. Islamic Jihad was at 84%. The UN was at only 9%. And America was at 0%.

Maybe the latest $400 million check will turn things around.

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E. Rowell:  I once thought medicine was based upon the best scientific evidence.  I thought the scientific method was the basis for every scientific study and experiment.  I thought scientific data could help us discern fact from fiction.  Then doctors were made to carry out death protocols on patients who would not have been dying had their doctors been allowed to treat them early using their best decision making.  That made doctors and hospitals co-conspirators in the greatest crime ever committed on earth.  Major science publishing companies are deleting thousands of studies that they have found were fake.  It feels like I used to see reality, but now the world is upside down.  I feel like those of us who are awakened remember when the world was right side up, but those accepting propaganda do not see any problems and think Joe Biden is the best option for president.  Those of us who are awake to the facts are potentially threatened with being seen as domestic terrorists just for disagreeing with government policy.  I used to treat psychotic patients and try to see the world the way they did.  Now I feel I am living in a world that is semi-psychotic and I’m trying to relate to people who don’t even realize how insane our government manufactured reality is.  That is why I posted this article.

Look at it like a UFC CAGE MATCH!!

By Jim Torma, TORMA TIME   8 June 2024

E. Rowell:  All take orders from people more powerful.  I echo the sentiments of many commenters at the blog who say these are quite a collection of losers.  Many of them are WEF Young Global Leaders.  Remember how Klaus Schwab boasted about having many of his graduates in all the governments of the world?

By Sundance, CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE BLOG    14 June 2024

It is a very strange dynamic to watch the G7 leaders assemble in Italy this year, against a political backdrop there they have essentially been rebuked by the citizens of the nations they are supposed to represent.  It’s a very odd dynamic indeed.

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By Hugh Fitzgerald, JIHAD WATCH    13 June 2024

Brendan O’Neill, who started his political life as a convinced Communist but has traveled very far since then, is one of the few British journalists who is clear-eyed about Hamas, which he detests, and about Israel, which he admires. He’s been horrified at the way, during this Gaza War, so many people are giving the terror group a pass. He’s not having any of it. More on his response can be found here: “The racism of never blaming Hamas for anything,” by Brendan O’Neill, Spiked, June 10, 2024:

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“No one has an idea” of how many hostages in Gaza are alive, a Hamas official said.

Daniel Greenfield | Front Page | June 14, 2024

While Israel has an extensive list of hostages, Hamas has never made such a list or provided one. It occasionally released selected hostage videos or claimed that one or another hostage was deceased. Truthfully or not. The actual list of hostages, most people have concluded, is a lot smaller.

Every terrible ceasefire proposal on Israel’s side still requires Hamas to produce a list o hostages. And Hamas generally replies by offering to trade terrorists for hostages or their bodies.

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Peloni:  Join Gadi Taub & Mike Doran as they discuss the recent hostage rescue, Gantz’ belated parting from the govt, the possible implications of a UNSC resolution calling for a ceasefire, and a significant uptick in activity in the north.

Peloni:  Tucker explains the latest study considering the impact of coercive tactics in support of govt imposed policies and their effect on Covid.  Tucker succinctly sums up the results of this study as follows:

“There was only cost, no benefit. Everywhere in the world. “

Given the abandonment of scientific and medical first principles, not the least of which included the precautionary principle and informed consent, this outcome should be little surprise to any, even while it will likely be a great surprise to many.  Dr. McCullough has stated frequently that something got into the minds of doctors, but the truth is that govt got into the practice of medicine, and forced edicts prescribed as universal treatments could hardly be expected to result in good medicine, and in fact led to a great tragedy as truly safe and effective treatments were restricted from being prescribed.  Of course, the consequences of many of these tragedies are still ongoing, as many have been left seriously affected for life and are still being abandoned to their fate with nearly no hope of govt support of their govt imposed medical conditions.  Hopefully someday soon, the govt will act to seek out those who were harmed by the Covid associated fraud, and support the needs of these victims as they are truly in need of significant care.  In fact, the support and care of these people should be recognized to be the least of what is owed to those who are still suffering from the consequences of the illiberal and unscientific govt imposed medical conditions.

By Jeffrey A. Tucker | June 6, 2024

A very interesting study appeared last week by two researchers looking into the pandemic policy response around the world. They are Drs. Eran Bendavid and Chirag Patel of Stanford and Harvard, respectively. Their ambition was straightforward. They wanted to examine the effects of government policy on the virus.

In this ambition, after all, researchers have access to an unprecedented amount of information. We have global data on strategies and stringencies. We have global data on infections and mortality. We can look at it all according to the timeline. We have precise dating of stay-at-home orders, business closures, meeting bans, masking, and every other physical intervention you can imagine. Read more…

The Biden administration is furious with Finance Minister Smotrich’s decision to freeze tax revenues collected for the Palestinian Authority.

Israel National News  Jun 13, 2024, 10:56 PM (GMT+3)

By Caroline Glick, IN FOCUS, JNS    13 June 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWMi7KRj6Lw

E. Rowell:  Trump’s remarks may have been more aspirational than realistic.  However, there isn’t much he could do in the situation but focus on the positive and speak in a generous and gracious way towards the Republican conference.  In reality there are only about 8 or so Republicans who are truly interested in representing their constituents and pursuing MAGA goals.  The Republican lineup seems mostly populated by people who are willing to give up power to the democrats for personal monetary gain, as Sundance has repeatedly pointed out.  I am sure Trump knows this. Time will tell how supportive of Trump’s policies the GOP intends to be.

By Sundance, CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE BLOG    13 June 2024

A very interesting day is described by everyone in Washington DC, as President Trump strategically attends both House and Senate Republican conferences.   Magnanimous Trump arrived to heal wounds, appeal for unity and build a larger support network ahead of the Republican National Convention.

It would appear the Dr. Phil approach was attempted as promised.  According to media reports, in the upper chamber President Trump even spoke warmly with Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and the 16 Wall Street DeceptiCons who are insistent upon his permanent removal from politics.

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By Con Coughlin, GATESTONE    13 June 2024

US President Joe Biden meets with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

• Netanyahu’s resolve in the face of so many challenges, from splits in his own war cabinet over the conduct of the war in Gaza to incessant pressure from Washington to agree to a ceasefire, has prompted comparisons with British wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill, with Andrew Roberts labelling the Israeli PM “The Winston Churchill of the Middle East.”

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By Douglas Murray, YOUTUBE    13 June 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2_SqrnUkoY

E. Rowell:  There are some who consider Trump just as much a globalist puppet as Biden.  Sundance and millions of Americans think there is no better alternative and that Trump’s history as President is one of many successes.  I might differ from Sundance in how Trump might solve the problem of Gaza, but Sundance probably hasn’t heard of the Jordan Option, which offers the most durable and comprehensive solution to the conflict between the Palestinian people and Israel ever proposed.

By Sundance, CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE BLOG    13 June 2024

When President Obama famously told incoming President Trump the largest foreign policy concern was the potential for near-term military conflict with North Korea, Trump curiously asked Obama, “well, have you talked to Kim Jong-un?”

President Trump has never revealed how Obama responded to that question; however, given the nature of the circumstances, what we know about DC and the background involved, we can assume the Obama reply was akin to the lightbringer telling Trump, ‘Things just are not done that way.’

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Peloni:  While I don’t agree with Sundance’s ambivalence about who Trump’s running mate might be, I do agree with his preference of Ben Carson for the role.  In any event, Rubio must be avoided as a choice for running mate, if for no other reason than the support which he gave to the Russia Hoax, but there are more reasons than even this.

Sundance | June 10, 2024

Treeper Question:

ICTHEMATRIX – […] “Related to the topic of discerning alignment via a question, I would like to sincerely ask you your thoughts on a very real possibility:

What are we to make of President Trump’s possible choice of Marco Rubio as his VP?

In many columns and pages, you have chronicled the multiple failure points of Senator Rubio…his service within the corrupted Intelligence committee, and his non-MAGA compromises. I fear this could become another massive moment of fatally poor judgement.”

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Peloni:  This was a fascinating conversation in which Peterson presses Spencer for detailed answers to specific questions.  It covers the topics of the ideology of Hamas, how that ideology can be defeated, the capture of American universities, the desire to see mass casualties as a path to ultimate victory, how to determine when victory might be achieved, the war against the Gazan civilians by the Western world, the role which the UN plays in Hamas, the sustainability of the Abraham Accords, and much more.  Highly recommended.

Jeffrey A. Tucker | June 11, 2024

Panoramic aerial view of the Statue of Liberty (Sergi Figurnyi/Shutterstock) 

If you had to choose one word to characterize the normal operation of society, would it be cooperation or conflict? That choice turns out to be crucial for history and the future. Some ideologies imagine the whole of the social order is and always has been about seething and intractable conflict.

Others see such conflicts as constructed and unnecessary, a result of toxic systems and ideologies.

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Wall Street Journal reveals correspondence between Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other Hamas terrorists, showing that Sinwar does not mind civilian casualties, believe they ‘work to his advantage.’

INN | June 11, 2024

Yahya SinwarAttia Muhammed/Flash90

The Wall Street Journal on Monday night revealed damning correspondence between Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and his closest associates in the terror organization.

Sinwar has for months refused to agree to a ceasefire-prisoner swap deal that does not include a complete end to the war and a withdrawal of the IDF from Gaza – two conditions which would leave Hamas in power and able to regroup, and which would allow the terror group to fulfill its promise of carrying out repeat “October 7th” massacres in the future.

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