Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | November 26, 2025
*Hamas compliance? Hamas’ compliance with the Gaza Ceasefire, in adherence to President Trump’s 20 points, would require Hamas to abandon its core vision/ideology, forfeit its military and political powerbase; thus, desisting from being Hamas. But, Hamas’ compliance with the Gaza Ceasefire, in adherence to its own core vision and ideology, which transcends financialconsiderations, is a déjà vu, as demonstrated by all previous Gaza ceasefires.
Peloni: As reports of the Hilltop Youths and ‘settler violence’ are once again waged against Israel, it is important to recognize the very important work which is hazarded by these youths, and the relative significance of what is described as ‘settler violence’. The truth is that Hilltop Youth are less violent than reported, and ‘setter violence’ encompasses activities not entirely violent, not entirely by settlers or Israelis, and handled with severity by Israeli authorities, sometimes excessively so.
You might look at this picture and think ‘how nice. Jews enjoying a beautiful spring in the land of Israel’. But, this picture symbolizes much, much more than that. Read on…
Crypto Terror Lawsuit: American victims of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, atrocities in Israel are suing the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, and its founder, Changpeng Zhao. The exchange is accused of helping transfer funds to Hamas, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, and other terrorist groups. The case was filed in a federal court in North Dakota, where at least two suspicious transactions were processed “through online addresses linked to Kindred, North Dakota.” Binance and Zhao are also the defendants in another lawsuit brought to the Manhattan federal court by victims of terrorist attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who claim that both groups used the platform “for years” to “raise money and transact illegal business.”
Peloni: Changes with regard to the US outlawing the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon are not without significance, but failing to address the chapters sponsored out of Turkey and Qatar will specifically fail to address the role which the Muslim Brotherhood plays in America.
Trump’s executive order won’t do a thing to counter the influence of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the U.S., or that of other Brotherhood-linked entities. The Brotherhood orgs in the U.S. aren’t notably connected to the Egyptian, Lebanese or Jordanian Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood chapters of Qatar and Turkey will be able to continue operating as before.
Lady Justice. Photo by Deval Kulshrestha – File:1660 blk 19329 zoom.png, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
We applaud Governor Abbott for addressing this oppressive, parallel government operating in our midst. Under Islamic law, there is no equality for all before the law.
Peloni: It has always been a fool’s errand to expect the Lebanese govt to act against Hezbollah. Ignoring all other considerations, the below article demonstrates the threat which wavers over-head of anyone bold enough to sincerely threaten Hezbollah. Add to this the fact that the Shia community comprises a near majority, if not a majority, in Lebanon, and a plurality in the Lebanese Armed Forces, and that the Lebanese Shia community supports Hezbollah. Lebanon is a failed state where terror, not democratic institutions, govern the significant actions of the country. This will remain to be true until at least the point that Hezbollah’s sponsors in Iran are neutralized, something which the Trump administration chose to circumvent, and by doing so, they made any attempt by the Lebanese govt to act against Hezbollah into a mere impossibility, even as they pretended that such a reform as disarming Hezbollah was imminent.
Silenced for his courageous truth-telling about the terror group.
Elias Hasrouni was a leading figure among the Christians in Lebanon, the leader of the Central Council of the Lebanese Forces, who became widely known for his fierce and eloquent attacks on the terror group Hezbollah. This, of course, would never do; Hezbollah had to silence him, and in August 2023, they poisoned him, and then placed his body in a car that was then crashed, making it appear that he had died in a car crash. In killing Hasrouni, Hezbollah not only rid itself of an articulate enemy, but also provided a warning to the Lebanese government: Don’t try to disarm us, nor try to destroy our weapons stockpiles, or shut down our military outposts, because if you don’t do as we say… well, look what happened in August 2023 to Elias Hasrouni.
On his Sunday, Nov 22, show, Mark opened with a description of many significant domestic victories which have been claimed by the Trump administration over the past 10 months.
Kristallnacht. By Dzeni – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia
The autumn of 1938 was a grim time for the Jews. The Nazis’ Kristallnacht pogrom had devastated German Jewry. The Evian conference, which was supposed to find havens for Jewish refugees, had proven to be a farce. And Britain was preparing to shut the doors of Palestine.
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EZZAT al-Reshq, a spokesman for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, denied reports Saturday that his group was walking away from the Gaza cease-fire brokered by President Trump.
Is there any difference between medieval blood libels inspired by the Church and fabricated claims of Israeli genocide disseminated by today’s useful idiots in the west? Not really.
Matthew M. Hausman, JD |
Protocol of the Elders. By Humus sapiens at English Wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, Wikipedia
As an adjunct professor of law and criminal justice for undergraduates, I eschew institutional politics and have no use for academic unions that seem compelled to support partisan agendas. If the raison d’être for such unions is to maximize salaries and benefits for professors, then fine. But when they act like political action committees pushing radical ideologies, they should be exposed for misrepresentation of purpose, recognized as lobbying organizations, and required to refund dues used to promote causes that may be irrelevant or offensive to their members.
Minister Katz and Chief Staff Zamir have clashed several times over promotions and appointments
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir. Screegrab via Youtube
Defense Minister Israel Katz has locked horns with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir several times since Zamir’s appointment as the replacement for former Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi earlier this year.
Peloni: The most basic institution in civilization is that which supports the notion that laws should be expected to be enforced. For laws to have any meaning at all, a sense of justice must be reinforced at every level of society, and instead the selective application of the laws appears to betray the truth that the West has a two tier legal doctrine, based on ideology and political connections. This is just the most recent demonstration of that fact.
James Comey’s Wrong Answers. Photo by DonkeyHotey – James Comey’s Wrong Answers, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia
The judiciary is irretrievably broken. The left imprisons those with whom they disagree while engaging in high crimes and misdemeanors with fear of punishment or accountability.
Peloni: Very Important Article. Pretending that there are two sides to Evil is how we come to strengthen it in our own societies. Notably, among those castigated as the bad, or outlawed, chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, do not include the allies which Trump has found in Turkey and Qatar. Are we to accept that this is mere chance? Are we to ignore the role these powers have come to support terrorism around the world, terrorism which Trump himself once announced would no longer be tolerated? The implications of this process which supports these regimes exposes the real purpose of this move, which is not to eradicate the Muslim Brotherhood but to normalize it, as if it seeks greater integration into the collapsing West.
A Critical Analysis of a Geopolitical Miscalculation
On 24 November 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled “Designation of Certain Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.” This order initiates a formal process to evaluate and potentially designate specific chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood—a transnational Islamist organisation founded in Egypt in 1928—as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). The move targets chapters in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, accusing them of fuelling terrorism, supporting groups like Hamas, and destabilising U.S. interests in the Middle East, particularly in the wake of the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel.
Peloni: The attempt to take on the Muslim Brotherhood in a piece-wise fashion defies the need to recognize that the ideological intent of this Jihadist movement is intended to consume the West, and not just those chapters which the US administration has deemed unacceptable.
Mark Dubowitz & Matiam Wahba | Nov 24, 2025
After weeks of hinting that a major policy shift was imminent, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on November 24 directing the State and Treasury Departments to begin the process of designating components of the Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).
A new sheriff is in town. President Trump issues an Executive Order directing the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood and several of its branches in Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
The Order states that the group’s activities in Jordan after October 7 are tied to its support for Hamas.
The Order also requires the Departments of State and Treasury to submit reports within 30 days in preparation for actions against the organization.
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IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir. Screegrab via Youtube
