Janet Levy:

• The Oct. 7 massacre exposed an international jihadist network that threatens Western security. European law enforcement has been uncovering a disturbing reality: Hamas spent years building a transnational terror infrastructure that extends from Copenhagen to Venezuela, positioning the organization as a global threat that Western governments can no longer afford to dismiss.
• Hamas operatives had established weapons caches across multiple European countries years before Oct. 7, including small arms stashed in Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, and Denmark – part of deliberate planning for potential attacks in Europe. Hamas has never successfully executed a terrorist attack outside Israel, the West Bank, or Gaza, but as its capabilities in Gaza face decimation, European and Israeli officials increasingly fear that Hamas will go global.

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??The US is seeking an Egyptian-Israeli summit. However, reports indicate that for it to begin, Israel must first approve the gas deal. This is despite Israel’s demands that make its approval conditional on a reduction of Egyptian military presence in Sinai.

In essence, the US… https://t.co/XjxiYG74al

— Khaled Hassan (@Khaledhzakariah) December 8, 2025

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Peloni:  Designations are important, but as is true with many laws already on the books in the US while gathering dust, the question is when these laws and designations will be turned into actionable prosecutions.  Such declarations are important, but until or unless someone is charged with something, the declarations are meaningless.

Breaking – the state of Florida designates both the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organziations.

Thank you @GovRonDeSantis and your administration ? https://t.co/Ndruq6Ned6

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) December 9, 2025

FDD | Dec 8, 2025

Latest Developments

• Prime Minister Says Second Phase Warrants Caution: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump later this month to discuss the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire. Netanyahu asserted that it was critical for Hamas to uphold the ceasefire and follow through on “their commitment” to Trump’s 20-point truce, which requires the full disarmament of the terrorist organization as well as the demilitarization of Gaza. The Israeli prime minister also stressed the importance of clarifying the role of the proposed International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza. “What will be the timeline? What are the forces that are coming in? Will we have international forces? If not, what are the alternatives? These are all topics that are being discussed,” Netanyahu said.

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“What is the definition of terrorism or a terrorist?”

by Daniel Greenfield | July 7, 2025

Abu Muhammad al-Jolani. Photo by Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

Qatar’s Islamist regime showed off its global power at its ‘Doha’ summit attracting everyone from Bill Gates to Tucker Carlson to current Syrian leader and former Al Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gviry ?? ????? – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia

On December 8, 2025, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir sparked national controversy by wearing a yellow noose-shaped lapel pin during a Knesset National Security Committee hearing on a bill proposing the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism. The pin, matching the color of those worn in solidarity with Gaza hostages, symbolized his commitment to executing terrorists. Alongside his Otzma Yehudit party members, he declared that methods such as hanging, the electric chair, lethal injection, and the guillotine were all under consideration. Ben Gvir claimed to have received over 100 offers from doctors volunteering to assist in executions, thus contradicting claims that the medical community would refuse to support Ben-Gvir’s proposal.

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Janet Levy:
On September 9th, Israel conducted a precise airstrike in Doha targeting senior Hamas leaders responsible for the October 7th Massacre. News reports claimed they were in the terrorist financing hub to discuss the Trump-backed “ceasefire” proposal.

Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, launched the strike because they had evidence that Hamas was about to attack Israel.

Twenty days later, on September 29th, two significant events took place at Trump’s direction.

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by Rafael Medoff | Dec 7 ,2025

MARWAN BARGUTI CAPTURED BY IDF SOLDIERS IN RAMALLAH, DURING OPERATION “DEFENCE SHIELD”. By IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia [Cropped]

Does Paul Simon have a soft spot for killers?

The iconic singer-songwriter this week signed a petition demanding freedom for the Palestinian Arab terrorist Marwan Barghouti, a convicted multiple-murderer.

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Peloni:  You can read Trump’s new National Security Strategy HERE.  The section on the Middle East stands at about a paltry page and half out of   Despite it consuming the first year of his second term, Trump is pivoting away from the Middle East (and Europe too), and he is leaving in such a way as to simultaneously strengthen and caution the two Arab poles of Turkey/Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as what should be clearly understood to be the MB and anti-MB camps, neither of which should be misconstrued as being Western camps. Each of these camp will have access to f35s(unless something changes, it appears this is almost certainly coming for Turkey too), while Qatar and SA will each has US umbrella protections as being newly deemed to be MNNA (Major Non-Nato Allies). Meanwhile Trump is incentivizing each camp to not make war on one another with stakes in princely financial deals which are dependent on Middle Eastern Arab leaders to act like New York land magnates.  In the same moment, Trump has indicated that keeping Israel secure still remails a core US interest, without any elaboration on this point.

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Peloni:  See also the dispute between Netanyahu and the IDF Chief Zamir: “IDF chief says Gaza ceasefire line is ‘new border’ – but PM Netanyahu says Phase 2 will begin ‘shortly’”

‘Phase 1 is almost there, one more deceased hostage to return,’ says Netanyahu

All Israel News Staff | Published: December 7, 2025

By Hudson Institute – Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at a conference of Israeli ambassadors and diplomats from the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, where he addressed contacts with Syria, the security situation in the Gaza Strip, and the rising tide of global antisemitism.

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We translate the headlines underlying the stories – in other words, we become the Department of Translation that DOGE had reduced to just one employee, this writer, cutting government dramatically…

Andrew Benjamin | Dec 07, 2025

IN TOTAL DISARRAY, LOOKING TO WIN NEXT ELECTION, DEMOCRATS FINALLY FIND A WORTHY CAUSE TO CHAMPION BESIDES TRANNIES & PEDOPHILES IN YOUR DAUGHTER’S CHANGING ROOMS, and ISIS, HAMAS, AND ISLAMIC JIHAD: THEY NOW CHAMPION, DRUMROLL PLEASE…

VENEZUALAN & MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS AND WOMEN & CHILD TRAFFICKERS

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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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