Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | December 8, 2025

The temple menorah as depicted on the Magdala stone, from a replica displayed at the original site, the first century Magdala synagoguey Mariamnei – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia

1.Chanukah (evening of December 14 – December 22, 2025) is the only Jewish holiday that commemorates an ancient national liberation struggle in the Land of Israel, unlike Passover, Sukkot/Tabernacles and Shavu’ot/Pentecost, which commemorate the liberation from slavery in Egypt to independence in the land of Israel, and unlike Purim, which commemorates liberation from a Persian attempt to annihilate the Jewish people of Persia.

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Peloni:  Trump’s plan provides Israel with the clear right of enforcement of the terms of the Trump plan which includes dismantling Hamas, one way or the other, as Trump himself explained it.  Hence, it falls to Netanyahu to remain firm on denying the Muslim Brotherhood aligned powers of Qatar and Turkey, along with their duplicitous Egyptian ally, a victory in preserving Hamas.  This war has gone on long enough.  It is time to end it, and only one party has the strength, interest and commitment to achieve victory over Hamas, and that is Israel.

Muslim guarantors of Trump Peace Plan begin to put public pressure on Israel as ceasefire stalls

All Israel News Staff | Published: December 7, 2025

Doha Forum 2025. Screengrab via Youtube 

As the Gaza peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be stalled over the failure of Hamas to return all of the hostage remains and agree to disarmament, as called for in the plan, some of the Muslim guarantors of Trump’s peace proposal are beginning to increase public pressure on Israel.

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Michael Ordman | VGNI | Dec 7, 2025

In the 7th Dec 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• The startups and innovators responsible for Israel’s wartime success.
• Israeli doctors saved three patients in complex operations.
• Three examples of religious Israelis displaying outstanding morality.
• Public and private Israeli hypersonic projects.
• Air India and easyJet are returning to Israel.
• Israelis kicked up 7 medals in Abu Dhabi. 

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Peloni:  It is one thing to retreat from forcing democratic ideals upon foreign nations and quite another to champion totalitarianism as virtue over an allied democratic nation.  While Barrack would probably like us to ignore the relevance of his significant business connections to Qatar raised as well as his Lebanese heritage recalled to mind, it is this very background which might afford us a window into the psyche of the man most responsible for pretending that Jolani is not a terrorist in a suit, but a Syrian partner in peace, even as this suited terrorist describes both the US and Israel as terrorists.

? I had to watch this video a few times to believe I am not mistaken about what I am hearing, absolutely crazy! pic.twitter.com/vsHgh6VNDv

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) December 7, 2025

Peloni:  This revelation about should be understood to be a feature, not a bug, within Turkey’s relationship with Israel.  Turkey must have no role in Gaza.  Period.  The only connection on which Iran and Turkey might collaborate is the destruction of Israel and the conquest of the West.  As Trump promotes Turkey in the region, he is failing to either grasp or react to the very real destabilizing role which Turkey portends for the entire region and beyond.

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Peloni:  The reality is that if Jolani fulfills the role of expected of him by Trump, he will not live long, making the reality of Trump’s plans for Syria far more precarious for Israel as the US begins its pivot towards areas more central to where Trump perceives American interests lie.

The New Syrian Army Is a Hybrid Security Model That Is Formally Institutionalizing Globally Blacklisted Foreign Militants

Amine Ayoub | MEF | Nov 30, 2025

Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with al-Jolani. Photo by Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic – Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic, Public Domain, Wikipedia

The “New Syria” heralded by President Ahmed al-Sharaa is being aggressively marketed to the world as a pragmatic, post-conflict entity ripe for investment. After years of civil war, Damascus is appealing for billions to finance reconstruction, promising a stable, modern state ready for regional integration.

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Peloni:  Excellent!

by Gerald A. Honigman

Photo by Unknown, dedicated to the Bettmann Archive – Getty Images, Public Domain, Wikipedia

Some points especially stood out since I’ve also studied this topic extensively myself.

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Peloni:  The scheme of forcing a policy of something for nothing didn’t work out too well for the indigenous Native American Indians either.

by Victor Sharpe

Nez Perce Chief Joseph on horseback.  By Latham, Edward H. – Collection Prosch Indian Albums Collection no. 18 Repository University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division, Public Domain, Wikipedia

I remember once seeing a cartoon of a Native American chief looking wistfully towards the distant horizon where once his ancestral homeland lay. He was speaking to a stranger about the peace treaties he had made that were all dishonored by many Americans.

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Peloni:  The obvious next step should have been to see Brook Jackson’s case moving forward, but instead it was dismissed with predjudice, ie the case can not be brought to trial again.  For a revealing read on the Brook Jackson case, see :  THE COVER-UP NOBODY WILL TOUCH

By by Jim H0ft | thegatewaypundit | Decemver 6, 2025

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The Department of Justice is aggressively trying to shut down Pfizer whistleblower Relator Brook Jackson, even as internal FDA communications now admit that children died “after and because of” the COVID-19 shots.

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Rabbi Barbara Aiello | rabbi@rabbibarbara.com | Nov. 7, 2025

Image by Olaf.herfurth – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia

Each Friday like clockwork, (pun intended) he opened what he affectionately called his junk drawer and stashed his cell phone inside. “Shabbat Shalom,” were his parting words spoken directly to his devices as he closed the door on the material world and, following biblical direction, he refocused on his spiritual self.

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By Hugh Fitzgerald | Dec 6, 2025

After the return of the 20 Israeli hostages who were still alive, and the bodies of 27 deceased hostages whom Hamas had killed in captivity, in exchange for 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 250 serving life sentences for murdering Israelis, and the ceasefire arranged two months ago between Hamas and Israel continued, albeit shakily, in force, it was time to move to Phase Two of Trump’s plan to bring a permanent end to the Gaza War. But Hamas has made clear that the most important part of Phase Two — the disarmament of the terror group — will not happen.

More on this immovable obstacle can be found here: “‘Dead on Arrival’: Inside the Breakdown of Second Phase of Gaza Ceasefire and Hamas’s Resurgent Control,” by Debbie Weiss, Algemeiner, December 3, 2025:

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By Seth Frantzman | December 5, 2025

Tensions between Israel and Syria have continued in the wake of a November 27 raid in southern Syria by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). On December 4, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), a state media outlet, accused Israel of a new incursion in southern Syria.

“Israeli occupation forces renewed their incursion Thursday evening into Quneitra countryside, attacking Tal Ahmar Sharqi and the outskirts of the town of Kuwaya in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa countryside with artillery shells,” the report said. It is the latest in a series of incidents between Israel and Syria. The last major incursion took place on November 27, when an Israeli raid into the village of Beit Jinn resulted in six IDF soldiers being wounded and at least 13 Syrians killed.

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Leonard Grunstein | Dec. 4, 2025

The reality of how such entities and their agents function speaks to the need for more than just the formal listing of the name of an organization like the Muslim Brotherhood.

A map of countries that ban the Muslim Brotherhood, as of Aug. 6, 2021. Credit: BlankMap-World.svg via Wikimedia Commons.

The Muslim Brotherhood is viewed as a global network of terrorist jihadists, including U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Hamas.

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Peloni:  This is an important article.  As I noted previously, Trump’s reference for the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt held regional significance, even as it failed to cite those chapters directly influencing US policy in Washington and across US institutions and colleges.  In this article, Mudar Zahran describes the regional import of Trump’s Executive Order as it applies to Jordan, something which may be quite relevant to what might be coming in the near future.  Also note the timing of Trump’s Executive Order being announced just shortly before his statement that Phase II of his peace plan is to be unveiled later this month.

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When President Donald Trump issued an executive order moving toward designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt, many asked the predictable question: Why those countries?

The answer begins in one place.

Jordan.

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Peloni:  Rabbi Pesach Wolicki explains that Trump intends to press Netanyahu to allow the Turks into Gaza.  He also explains that with a presence in Gaza and with their puppet ruling Syria, Turkey could replace the Iranians in having surrounded Israel.  Bibi must hold firm and tell Trump NO TURKS IN GAZA!

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Peloni:  Yousef provides an important history lesson here as he describes, among other matters, the history of Arabs and Jews as it relates to “Palestine”.

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