E. Rowell:  Among other points made in this video, Nash also reviews the idea that Qatar has lost her cache and now hostage negotiations are taking place in Cairo.  He believes that Iran decided to sacrifice Hamas in the hopes that the attack on Israel would scuttle the Israeli-Saudi peace negotiations.  Instead, with Israel’s assassination of General Razi Mousavi and the assassination of eleven other senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers, Israel has assured the Saudis and others in the Middle East, that Israel does have outstanding intelligence and offensive military capabilities.

By Tom Nash,  YOUTUBE

‘Gaza has hundreds of thousands unemployed, in Europe there is a lack of manpower – this is the most humane solution, and will prevent much bloodshed,’ Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu says.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, chief rabbi of the northern city of Tzfat, published an op-ed offering a long-term solution for the residents of Gaza.

Quoting a suggestion from former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, Rabbi Eliyahu said that Haley “sees how hundreds of thousands left Gaza in recent years. Not everyone, because Hamas stopped the emigration. It demands a lot of money for emigration – money that they don’t have. And so she suggested helping them to fulfill their desire to leave Gaza.”

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Peloni: Following Carlson’s interview with Candace Owens, this should not be surprising, even as it is it remains quite disturbing: “They don’t care about their country at all”

Carlson’s comments came during an interview with Saagar Enjeti, the conservative host of the popular web series “Breaking Points.”

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, JPOST  DECEMBER 31, 2023 

Tucker Carlson, the populist pundit who led Fox News’s evening lineup until his ouster in April 2023, said in an interview this week that Ben Shapiro of the Daily Wire “[doesn’t] care about the country at all,” accusing him and other pro-Israel voices of being “focused on a conflict in a foreign country as their own country becomes dangerously unstable.”

The Caroline Glick Show In-Focus

by Howard Rotberg, NER

‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.” -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

The masters of our culture, the elites from academia, media, entertainment and politics understand that the contemporary culture war is all about power.  And so every culture clash revolves around power and a determination of who is the oppressor and who is the oppressed, who is the victim and who is the victimizer.  And our words, which should be the key to good communication and erudite thought have become a tool to shut down communication and thought.  Do we not see the irony in the term “cancel culture”?

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There is only one message of victory when fighting a Muslim enemy- we take our land back! And make sure they emigrate.

By Avi Abelow, INN Dec 28/23

As international pressure grows on Israel to end this war started by our enemy, remember, there is only one victory in Gaza and we must continuously put pressure upon all Jewish organizations as well as all Israeli government officials to understand that. Any other end to this war is unacceptable, since it will allow for the continued threat of the Islamic evil enemy of ours to lash out at us again, any day.

There is only one victory in Gaza. We stay in Gaza forever.

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T. Belman. Why half measure?  I am organizing a conference now, focussed on Israel annexing Gaza sans Gazans;.

Finance minister advocates for ‘voluntary emigration’ of enclave’s residents, opposes fuel going into Strip; stands by 2015 comment calling PA a ‘burden’ and Hamas an ‘asset’

By TOI STAFF     31 December 2023, 9:20 am

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a joint press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (not seen) in Jerusalem, December 26, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

Israel should discuss the revival of civilian settlements within the Gaza Strip as part of its planning for the enclave once Hamas rule is toppled, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Saturday night, while denying that any of Gaza’s approximately 2 million residents were innocent and calling for Israel to “encourage voluntary emigration” from the territory.

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T. Belman. The Jordanian border used to the safest. No longer. Jordan is doing nothing to stop the smuggling or to secure the border.  In fact it is behind the smuggling.  The King has to go.

Following a spike in smuggling from over the border, fears rise that Iran’s proxies may attempt to attack Israel from Jordanian territory.

Israel National News    Jan 1, 2024, 8:03 AM (GMT+2)

The IDF is fundamentally changing its operational preparedness on the Jordanian border in light of an uptick in weapons smuggling from the kingdom and the fear of Iranian-backed terror attacks that may occur along it during 2024, Israel Hayom reported on Monday.

According to the report, the scenario of reference for which the IDF Central Command is preparing is an attempt by Hezbollah, or other pro-Iranian militias, to infiltrate the Jordanian border into nearby Israeli communities.

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The Mitvim think tank and left-wing Israeli generals use the war to create a Palestinian State. Mitvim’s plan relies on leveraging international advertising from the US.

HAKOL HAYEHUDI   28 DECEMBER 2023

Well-known columnist Caroline Glick used her weekly podcast to discuss Hakol HaYehudi’s recent report on attempts by the left-wing Mitvim think tank to establish a Palestinian State after the war. 

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By David Israel, JEWISH PRESS–  – December 31, 2023

Hakol Hayehudi on Sunday revealed a new document issued by the Home Front Command detailing the dangers facing the State of Israel on the eastern border and raises the concern that all of Hezbollah’s activity in the north is only intended to distract from the real attack that will come from the east.

Using only known sources, the document details the deployment of Iran’s forces in Syria and raises the concern that the Jordanian army is also preparing to attack from the east.

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The imminent seizure of the “Philadelphi Corridor” by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) along the Gaza Strip border with Egypt underscores the critical importance of controlling this key passageway.

By Yoni Ben Menachem, JCPA   28 December 2023

The location of the Philadelphi Corridor between Egypt and Gaza (Hamzé Attar, Twitter X)

The corridor, stretching approximately 14 km along the entirety of the Gaza-Egypt border, has become a highway for weapon smuggling from Egypt into the hands of Hamas.

Despite Egypt’s denial of the existence of smuggling tunnels beneath the corridor, security officials argue that the Philadelphi Corridor serves as the primary route for weapons bound for Hamas.

Both Egypt and Hamas vehemently oppose Israel’s control over the corridor.
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Ending the two-state delusion is the best response to the October 7 massacre. 

By Dr. Michael L. Wise, INN

Minister Ofir Akunis says that all decisions on the future of Gaza must be made by the full Cabinet, not by the more limited War Cabinet.

Israel National News    Dec 31, 2023, 11:23 AM (GMT+2)

Minister Ofir Akunis (left)Knesset press release

Innovation Minister Ofir Akunis commented on reports that Israel is creating a plan for the day after the war on his way to the Cabinet meeting today.

“The day after must be deliberated in one place only, the place that has been given the trust of the Knesset – the full Cabinet. With all due respect, and much respect is due, to the War Cabinet, the State Security Cabinet, or the Expanded Cabinet – according to tradition, any state affair is traditionally brought to the full Cabinet.”

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Binyamin Council Gov. Israel Ganz pens letter to US president warning that continued push for 2-State solution will lead to more bloodshed.

“We want disengagement, with security control. That’s the goal of this process,”

HAARETZ/ REUTERS

Israel is prepared to let ships deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip “immediately” as part of a proposed sea corridor from Cyprus, the Israeli foreign minister said on Sunday, naming four European countries as potential participants.

Under the arrangement first suggested by Nicosia in November, cargo would undergo security inspection in the Cypriot port of Larnaca before being ferried to the Gaza coast, 370 km (230 miles) away, rather than through neighboring Egypt or Israel. If the plan goes ahead, it would mark the first easing of an Israeli naval blockade imposed on Gaza in 2007 after militant Hamas Islamists seized control of the Palestinian enclave.

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The report further claimed that the attack was aimed against a delegation that had landed at the airport and met with other senior figures. The sources claimed that this was a more significant event than the elimination of former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani about four years ago.

By Shachar Kleiman, ISRAEL HAYOM  29 December 2023

Missiles flying into the sky near international airport, Syria 21 January 2019/AP Sana

Eleven senior members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in Syria were killed in an overnight attack on Damascus International Airport, the Saudi Al-Hadath network reported Friday, citing sources.

According to the report, which has no confirmation, most of the officers who made up the senior command of the Revolutionary Guards and other pro-Iranian militias in eastern Syria were killed in the attack.

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by Robert Williams, GATESTONE December 31, 2023

BY HUGH FITZGERALD, JIHAD WATCH

The full horror of what happened to them is now coming out. It is just what you expected. What is unexpected is that it was The New York Times, so often unfair to Israel, that published this detailed account. More on the rapes, tortures, and murders of Israeli girls and women on October can be found here: “In harrowing detail, NYT reports on weaponization of rape, sexual violence on Oct. 7,” Times of Israel, December 29, 2023:

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