Finance Minister Smotrich announces new settlement plan, calling it the ‘final nail in the coffin’ of a Palestinian state  

Peloni:  Now follow this declaration with action.

Controversial E1 plan has been announced, and then withdrawn, several times

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Wednesday evening that he would approve the E1 plan, which calls for the construction of over 3,000 housing units in Ma’aleh Adumim, located east of Jerusalem.

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August 14, 2025 | 1:56 pm | 4 Comments »

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Hamas Never Wanted a Deal  

Peloni:  There is no deal which can be made with those whose entire existence, whose entire society, and whose only salvation, is based on your destruction.  Indeed, pretending that victory can be negotiated with such barbarians as Israel faces is in fact no more rational or equitable than the suggestion that paying Hamas would keep them from attacking which led to the folly of October 7.  They don’t want life, they don’t want delays, and they don’t want cash.  They simply want us dead.  It is time that a choice is made which disengages their ability to achieve their goals, and that is to pursue the nonnegotiable end of total victory over all of Gaza, now.

by Sha’i ben-Tekoa | August 13, 2025

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For almost two years now, Muslims in Gaza have tortured Jews, the males have been beaten up just for fun; the girls, women and boys repeatedly raped.

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August 14, 2025 | 1:55 pm | 1 Comment »

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Dear Greece…You Can’t Have It Both Ways   

by Gerald A. Honigman 

I recently read a disturbing article in the Greek Reporter which prompted this response from me…

https://greekreporter.com/2025/08/13/pro-palestinian-protest-greece-volos-israeli-tourists/

It was just the latest of numerous nasty examples of Greek displays of utter disrespect and hatred towards the Jewish People and their beleaguered nation.
Greece too often sides with deliberate butchers of infants who claim Jews have no historic claims to the land of Israel.

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August 14, 2025 | 10:11 am | Comments »

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Sovereignty  

Sovereignty refers to the defined right of nations, the ‘ownership’ of their territories and national interests.

By Victor Sharpe

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A nation is referred to as ‘sovereign’ in terms of its independent identity and rights. Sovereign rights are exercised within national territories.

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August 14, 2025 | 9:32 am | Comments »

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Israel Update: Mideast Realities and the Emirates Plan  

Peloni:  Mike Doran talks with Dr. Mordechai Kedar about the current situation in Gaza and the path forward with Judea and Samaria, as well as Gaza.  Focus on the video beginning at the 26min mark, where they discuss the Emirates Plan, and how it provides is actually directed against the fulfillment of Arab national interests.  One point which is not addressed here is how the Emirates plan might be distinguished from the Village Leagues, a plan which was put in place some 40yrs ago, in which the leaders of the relative Arab communities came to be portrayed as Israeli stooges.  Also, how would the clans deal with the anti-Israel sentiments cemented in the Arab communities, which is the result of tolerating radical elements in Arab society and in the Arab educational system.  If these radical elements are not purged from the clans at the outset, they will inevitably provide the foundation for the Emirates Plan failing along the same guidelines which crippled the Village Leagues plan.  Do recall that the aspirations of Palestinian statehood are simply the active pretext of seeing the destruction of the Jewish State and subjugation and slaughter of the Jews.  This is true for the PA as it is true for Hamas, and this is the focus of the Iranians.  So eliminating the radicals from the clans who would continue to push for this ultimate goal of destroying Israel should be an important element within the implementation of any plan going forward.

August 13, 2025 | 10:21 pm | Comments »

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Trump Just Handed China the Tools to Beat America in AI  

Ending an export ban will help China catch up in the race for control of the global economy and military dominance in the 21st century.

Matt Pottinger & Liza Tobin | FDD | August 11, 2025

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President Donald Trump’s team just gave China’s rulers the technology they need to beat us in the artificial intelligence race. If he doesn’t reverse this decision, it may be remembered as the moment when America surrendered the technological advantage needed to bring manufacturing home and keep our nation secure.

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August 13, 2025 | 10:20 pm | Comments »

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Bibi must stop denying the full extent of Muslim hate for Jews  

Madeline Brooks: Look, the first village Mohammed attacked in Arabia after getting the Koran was Jewish. Jumping ahead many years and many attacks, Avi Abelow reminds us of the 1929 massacre in Hebron, before Israel was a state, the latest excuse.

Surrendering Gaza to any kind of Arab rule is one more invitation for a massacre.
August 13, 2025 | 10:05 pm | 3 Comments »

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‘Abuse, Medical Neglect, Subhuman Conditions’: New Israeli Report Details Horrors Faced by Former Hostages of Hamas  

Peloni:  The true victims of intentional starvation in Gaza are the Israelis held hostage by Hamas, and flooding Gaza with food will only serve to continue fattening the already too well fed Hamas and their allies.

FDD | August 12, 2025

Starving image of the Hostage, Evyatar David. Screengrab via Youtube 

Latest Developments

  • Harrowing Details of Captivity: Israel will send a new health ministry report to the president of the Red Cross revealing the physical and mental damage suffered by 12 freed hostages previously held by Hamas in Gaza. The report, published on August 12, detailed “patterns of abuse, medical neglect, and subhuman conditions that constitute torture,” warning that there are “serious concerns that the abductees who are still being held captive are in immediate danger.” The report’s purpose was to demonstrate “to international health organizations such as the Red Cross and to countries and authorities around the world” that “the conduct of the Hamas terrorist organization clearly and deliberately violates international law.”

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August 13, 2025 | 4:42 pm | 1 Comment »

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In recognizing Palestinian statehood, Canada has betrayed Israel  

The latest statement issued by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen by some as an abandonment of Canada’s traditional support for Israel.

By ALAN BAKER

Photo by CarletonU, Faculty of Public and Global Affairs, CC BY 3.0, Wikipedia

One reads with amazement and disbelief the latest statement issued by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney after his July 30 discussion two weeks ago with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas.

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August 13, 2025 | 10:05 am | 7 Comments »

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Jonathan Turley Explains Why Trump’s DC Crackdown Can’t Be Stopped  

Peloni:  Washington is the face of the American nation.  It is also where the nation’s agenda is decided.  The lawlessness which has abounded in that den of iniquity for years now affects both of these factors, yet, to be honest, the latter seems to be more relevant than the first.  In fact, it is in the realm of such intentional chaos and unbridled crime that political violence is able to intimidate lawmakers, which is of course a feature, rather than a bug, of the lawlessness of Washington and many other similar regions of the US where crime is sanctioned rather than prosecuted. Draining the swamp in America begins with returning law and order to Washington DC, and then expanding that example across the American nation.  America’s dedication to the rule of law is what came to distinguish that great nation as the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.  While corruption and political violence has replaced law and order in the American capital and elsewhere, returning to the principles of equality before the law, in combination with transparency and accountability, is how America returns to once more be the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.  It is also what distinguished the American nation among the nations of the world, as these Judeo-Christian principles gave rise to the Western world, which is now sadly in a state of severe decline, specifically because these principles have been abandoned for the medieval practices of autocracy, discrimination, and arbitrary rule.

Harold Hutchison Media Reporter | Daily Caller

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George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Monday President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C. couldn’t be stopped due to the status of the nation’s capital.

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August 13, 2025 | 9:31 am | 1 Comment »

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Sid Rosenberg of Sid and Friends in the Morning  

Peloni:  In an interview with Sid Rosenberg which focused on international affairs including Russia and China, Sec. of State Marco Rubio addressed ongoing efforts to ban the Muslim Brotherhood, the European countries recognizing a Pal state, cease fires in Gaza and more.  The is an excerpt from this interview relating to these topics.  The full interview can be read HERE.  Pity there were no questions about Jolani ruling Syria.

U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China

By U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

QUESTION:  Yeah, that’s right.  So while we talk about designating the cartels, Marco, as a terrorist organization, I got to ask you:  Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR?  I just – I look at these organizations, I have a mayor’s race here in New York City with this psycho, this lunatic Mamdani.  Both of these groups you know are behind him, especially the Muslim Brotherhood.  Is that something you think we can count on maybe in the near future?  Maybe not CAIR just yet, but certainly the Muslim Brotherhood?

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August 13, 2025 | 8:58 am | Comments »

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PM Netanyahu promises Iranians water  

Israfan | August 13, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video message Tuesday pledging that Israel will help solve Iran’s severe water crisis once the country is liberated from what he called the “tyrants of Tehran.”

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Crushing collapse of Ukrainian support for continuing war  

Peloni: Complete reversal of Ukrainian support for war in Ukraine from 2022 to the present. Of course ending the war means a return to elections, and for some who are enjoying the lack of even the pretense of democracy in Ukraine, this will be a problem.

August 13, 2025 | 12:33 am | 6 Comments »

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Behind the journey: Why did Congressman Hamadeh travel from Jerusalem to Damascus? – analysis  

Peloni:  The US continues to press forward its support for empowering a Jihadist in Demascus, even as threats and attacks continue against minorities in the wake of the recent slaughters there.

US Congressman Abraham J. Hamadeh travelled to Syria to “discuss the Congressman’s continuing e?orts to bring Americans home” and advance peace

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | 

Abe Hamadeh Speaks at Trump Rally in 2022.  Screengrab via Youtube

US Rep. Abraham J. Hamadeh made an important trip to the Middle East this week that included what his office called an “unprecedented trip from Jerusalem to Damascus.”

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