Peloni:  Victory can only be won if it is pursued.

IDF captures territory and then evacuates it only to recapture it again. The war fluctuates between periods of high intensity and low-grade conflict, interspersed with ceasefires, only to repeat the cycle. What’s the excuse now?

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser | April 6, 2025

By IDF Spokesperson’s Unit photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0 

The IDF has been fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip for 15 months, but it remains far from defeating the enemy. It seems that the picture of victory grows more distant as we continue to trudge along without purpose and without a goal.

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By: Rabbi Tuly Weisz | The Israel Bible | April 3, 2025

Passover Seder plate. By Noamfurer – Own work, CC0

The firstborn of Egypt lay dead while Israelite families huddled behind blood-stained doorposts, eating hurriedly with sandals on their feet, staffs in hand. Within hours, they would be on their way to freedom. Within days, Pharaoh’s army would pursue them to the edge of a sea that impossibly split before their eyes. But here’s what many miss: God wasn’t just delivering Israel FROM something – He was delivering them TO something. The same God who orchestrated this dramatic liberation explicitly promised them a specific land with clearly defined borders – including what we now call Judea and Samaria. This Passover, as Jewish families worldwide retell this ancient story, a revolutionary question emerges: What if your Seder table became a declaration of sovereignty?

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Daniel Greenfield | April 6, 2025

“Deporting The Hope For Peace?” Newsweek asked. The hope for peace was Hamas.

The year was 1992. The Clinton administration was trying to get Israeli Prime Minister Rabin to sign on the dotted line of the peace process to create a’ ‘Palestinian’ state, but Hamas terrorists wouldn’t stop killing Israelis.

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Janet Levy:  In its 2014 report, the International Trade Union Confederation estimated that there were 2.4 million enslaved workers in the Gulf countries with Qatar being the worst offender.  The State Department has issued similar reports.

Why then is Qatar given the honorific of Major Non-NATO ally (MNNA)?

Why do we have our largest military installation in the Middle East – Al Udeid Air Base – in Qatar?

Why does a country in which 94% of the work force consists of slaves merit MNNA status by the United States of America, especially since race is supposed to matter so much?

Why did Trump’s Middle East envoy, court Jew Steven Witkoff, who admires Qatar and al-Thani, secure the “help” of Qatar to broker a “ceasefire” deal between Israel and Hamas, as if an Islamic terrorist group was a legitimate negotiating partner?

How could Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, Lee Zeldin, Susie Wiles and other government officials work for the Qataris?

Professor Franciso Gil-White, who I had the privilege of meeting in Los Angeles, explains the situation (May 2024) in the essay below.  You may remember that Gil-White, a Christian, is the principled individual who was fired by the University of Pennsylvania for supporting Israel.  He is a champion fighter against antisemitism and recognizes that Jew hatred hurts EVERYONE!

Against slavery in Qatar

FRANCISCO GIL-WHITE | MOR | MAY 03, 2024

Developments in Doha’s West Bay district have seen an increase in the population density of the area with the construction of several high-rises. By RajeshUnuppally at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Peloni:  Gaza is Jewish land, which has been made judenrein save for the Jews now held for ransoming towards Israel’s destruction.  This status of being left Jew free betrays the deep historical roots which Jews have in Gaza as discussed below, and the too well established public view that this is not Jewish land has only been made possible following many centuries of conquest and more recent acts of betrayal.  None the less, Gaza remains Jewish Land.

 “Not a strange land have we conquered, and not over the possessions of strangers have we ruled, but of the inheritance of our Fathers that was in the hands of the enemy and conquered by them unlawfully. And as for us, when we had the chance, we returned to ourselves the inheritance of our Fathers.”

By Victor Sharpe | April, 2025

Mosaic from the ancient synagogue in Gaza by Dr. Avishai Teicher 

The almost four-thousand-year-old association of Jewish life in Gaza is little remembered in today’s world. Of course, people kow of the Biblical story of Samson being blinded by the now extinct Philistines and how he brought down the temple to their gods in Gaza. But very few non-Jews have any idea of the rich Jewish history in the following millennia.

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Peloni:  This is an important article, disclosing an important caveat in SCOTUS’ ruling.  SCOTUS failed to limit the power of the courts, keeping the door open for lower courts to block Trump’s action under the Aliens Enemies Act, while limiting it to the jurisdiction of the relative courts.

By Andrea Widburg | Am Thinker | April 8, 2025

Image by Matt Popovich. Public domain.

Today was a sort of good day for Donald Trump at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court stayed U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis’s insistence that Trump immediately return to America Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien and MS-13 gang member, who is now in an El Salvadoran prison. That was a non-substantive ruling and the substantive issues will have to be addressed once the matter goes back to Xinis. The seemingly big win was the Court’s saying that U.S. District Court James Boasberg lacked jurisdiction to override Trump’s decision to deport 250 Tren de Aragua gang members. I maintain, though, that this was a Pyrrhic victory. Read more…

Peloni: No imminent strike on Iran, no drop in the tariff on Israel, and no hostages released.  How many ways can we spell disappointment.  In fact, it seems that this meeting was called by Trump to shore up support for his talks with Iran, but the reality is that this is how the Iranian hudna has been pursued with Iran for decades.  They are vulnerable, but they will only truly respond when forced to do so.  Indeed, hudna vs victory should be an easy choice for an administration which calls for peace thru strength.  Hopefully the talks will soon be abbreviated as the shadow of a fleet of B-2’s drop their payload on the ultimate terror lords in the Middle East.

Israeli PM confident he can cancel 17% tariff Trump imposed last week

Joel C. Rosenberg | All Israel News | Published: April 7, 2025

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — It’s late here in Israel, nearly midnight, and Israelis are going to be surprised when they wake up on Tuesday.

Why?

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Michael Ordman | VGNI | April 6, 2025

In the 6th Apr 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Unbelievable courage and resilience of Israeli Oct 7 survivors.
• Five major Israeli advances in the detection and treatment of cancer.
• The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews also helps Israeli Muslims.
• Many large Israeli companies are switching to green energy.
• Israel has received billions of shekels from its natural gas windfall.
• Jerusalem opens the new Museum of Tolerance.
• An auction of rare 1948 “Independence Day” edition Passover Haggadot.

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Peloni:  Brig. Gen. (ret.) Yossi Kuperwasser describes the struggle which has taken place over the past 18months in which the military has acted to obstruct the conquest of Gaza so as to avoid having to control Gaza.  He also offers some insights into what will be discussed in the meeting between Trump and Netanyahu.

Peloni:  This legacy of devastation and betrayal is what Trump’s Liberation Day celebration is focused on repealing.

By J.B. Shurk | Am Thinker | April 7, 2025

Image: Gage Skidmore via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Twenty-five years ago, President Clinton used his remaining time in office to advocate on China’s behalf.  He argued that the communist regime should be admitted to the World Trade Organization and that the United States should grant the totalitarian state permanent normal trade relations.  Critics of China pointed to the Tiananmen Square Massacre the decade before as ample reason to deny it any economic reward.  Critics of Clinton pointed to allegations that his political campaign had accepted illicit contributions from China as ample reason to doubt the president’s motives.  Still, Clinton got what he wanted, and China became a member of the WTO the very next year.

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By Walter E. Block

By Micha Brikman, CC BY-SA 3.0

What is “poetic justice?” It is more than merely a fitting punishment, one that fully “fits” the crime. In addition it “is the highest justice, the most satisfying justice … meaning punishment unique to the crime that has been committed.” It constitutes a chastisement such that even the friends and family of the criminals must admit, even against their will, that justice has truly been done.

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Peloni:  The use of legal practices to disadvantage the Right is disgusting, and the building evidence demonstrating the degree to which this has been leveraged against the Right, and more specifically the settlers in J&S, is an indictment extending from the use of Lawfare to falsely employ criminal indictments against the PM to gain a political outcome.  The abuse of the legal code in such a fashion is itself illegal, against both the PM and the settlers alike.  The momentum behind these recent revelations are quite important, and are in fact resulting in an important effect on the people.  Today, the Yesha Council is calling for the disbandment of the Shin Bet’s Jewish Division.

Benjamin Netanyahu | X

This evening, additional shocking recordings of blackmail and threats by the deputy head of the Shin Bet’s Jewish division against police officer Avishai Mualem were revealed.

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The first use by Arabs of the name “Palestine” to refer to themselves didn’t occur until the 1960s. The choice of the name is almost comical considering that the Arabic language lacks the letter “P.”

Sam Hilt

“Virtual Palestine” proclaims its ubiquitous presence through the promotion of the Palestinian “brand” in the form of distinctive clothing, slogans, and artifacts. By Matt Brown Flikr, CC BY 2.0 [Cropped]

Today, the mass media has replaced book culture as the dominant force creating the imagery we associate with various countries and their peoples.

Mention an “Italian vacation” and someone pictures the Coliseum or the Trevi Fountain and Gina Lollobrigida on the back of a cherry-red Vespa, rather than, say, the smoke-filled kitchen of a peasant family negotiating their sharecropping contract with the landowner.

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Peloni:  In his opening remarks, Mark explains that Trump’s proposals are the most pro-growth attempt in American history.  Reform of the size of govt, regulations, the tax code, and more is all structured around manufacturing and job growth in the US.  He argues further that the use of tariffs will re-industrialize America.  Additionally, Mark explains that this growth is not just helpful to the economic future of the average American, but it is addressing the geopolitical need for America to re-establish a national manufacturing core which could be tapped should war with a peer power ever come to be.  The combination of tax cuts with the applied tariff policy will have the twin effect of boosting domestic prosperity and addressing the problems associated with the monetizing of excessive spending of previous administrations, particularly those of the Obiden years.  Mark also discusses the current state of affairs ongoing in China with Gordan Chang, and the issue of deporting college campus terror advocates with Mark Goldfeder.

April 5:

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Israel Katz | X 

During my visit today to the IDF intelligence unit, I revealed a classified document found in senior Hamas tunnels in Gaza. It proves direct ties between Iran and Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif — and Iran’s support for Hamas’s plan to destroy Israel and for the October 7 massacre.

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Peloni:  Very Important Interview.  Business abhors uncertainty.  Clarity about the purpose and permanence of the new US tariffs would have gone a long way towards supporting business interests around the world while coping with the announcement of Trump’s tariffs.  Peter Navarro provides some of this clarity in stating that it is the “non-tariff cheating [currency manipulation, fake agricultural standards, export subsidies, etc] that matters the most”.  Making it clear that this issue is THE ISSUE long before the tariff announcement would have been useful, but it is being made clear now in any event.