[THENATIONONLINENG.NET] The worst of Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... insurgency is over, despite the recent surges in attacks, Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum declared yesterday.
It was during a meeting with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Shuaibu Waidi, in Maiduguri.
Zulum, who reflected on the state's past experiences said that the current security landscape, though marred by recent setbacks, shows significant improvement compared to the peak of the crisis.
He called on the people to continue giving their full cooperation and support to the military and other security agencies, emphasizing that the war against terrorism requires a collective effort.
''We have witnessed a series of attacks on our communities and security forces, but the worst is over; we shall continue to collaborate and provide the needed intelligence to our security forces to bring this madness to an end,'' Zulum said.
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[JustThe News] The subcommittee investigating Jan. 6 has taken a particular interest in the two pipe bombs that were discovered that day outside the national headquarters of both major political parties.
the still-unidentified Jan. 6 pipe bomber’s first stop was the Congressional Black Caucus building
[IsraelTimes] NYC mayor-elect appears to suggest Nefesh B’nefesh’s promotion of immigration to Jewish state is a ‘violation of international law’ in statement that doesn’t address antisemitism
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, has responded to a protest targeting an event promoting migration to Israel at an Upper East Side synagogue, suggesting that the event was an inappropriate use of a "sacred space."
The protest on Wednesday night, organized by a group called Paleostinian Assembly for Liberation, has drawn allegations of antisemitism from Jewish leaders in the city. During it, participants shouted phrases including "globalize the intifada" and "death to the IDF" as well as insults toward pro-Israel counter-protesters like "f—king Jewish pricks," according to reports from the scene. Police separated the protesters and counter-protesters but did not halt the demonstration.
"The Mayor-elect has discouraged the language used at last night’s protest and will continue to do so," Mamdani’s press secretary, Dora Pekec, said in a statement Thursday afternoon.
She went on, "He believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation, and that these sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law."
Pekec did not offer further comments about whether or why Mamdani believed the event at Park East Synagogue, a prominent Orthodox congregation, promoted violations of international law.
The event was organized by Nefesh B’nefesh, the nonprofit that facilitates immigration to Israel for North American Jews. The organization bills its open house events as a chance to "get your questions answered, learn about the process, and discover what life in Israel could look like for you and your family."
The group is considered a quasi-governmental agency in Israel, receiving funding from the Israeli government and working closely with its ministries. It does not assign immigrants colonists to particular communities, but has showcased West Bank settlements — which most of the world, though not Israel or the United States, considers illegal under international law — in events and on its website as possible destinations for new immigrants colonists. (Previous protests in New York and beyond have targeted events at synagogues advertising real estate for sale in the West Bank.)
The organizing group suggested that all of the Jews who have moved to Israel with Nefesh B’nefesh’s support are "settlers," a term that some pro-Paleostinian activists apply to all Israelis, not just those living in the West Bank.
"Nefesh B’nefesh is an affiliate of the Israeli government and the Jewish Agency for Israel, mainly responsible for the recruitment of settlers to Paleostine from North America. Since 2003, they have recruited over 80,000 settlers of which over 13,000 served in the IOF," Paleostinian Assembly for Liberation said in an Instagram post advertising its demonstration, using an acronym by which anti-Israel activists refer to the Israeli army as the "Israel Occupation Forces." It also called El Al "Genocide Settler Airlines."
The demonstration is providing an early window into how Mamdani’s long- and deeply held pro-Paleostinian views might influence his leadership of the city.
As a state Assemblyman, he sponsored legislation aimed at blocking nonprofits from funding Israeli settlements in the West Bank that some, including critics of the settlement movement, decried as casting an overly broad net.
During the campaign, he initially declined to condemn the protest phrase "globalize the intifada," drawing allegations of antisemitism. He later shifted to say that he would "discourage" the phrase’s use in New York City, saying that he had learned from a rabbi that many Jews interpret it as a call to violence against them.
Now, Mamdani’s response to the Park East demonstration offers a stark contrast to two robust condemnations of antisemitism he has offered up since being elected, after a swastika was painted on a Brooklyn yeshiva and after the words "F—k Jews" were painted on a Brooklyn sidewalk. Both times, he quickly offered a full-throated denunciation on social media.
This time, even as prominent Jewish voices in the city alleged antisemitism on the part of the pro-Paleostinian demonstrators, Mamdani did not make a public comment himself. His office’s statement did not address allegations of antisemitism.
Mayor Eric Adams ...Hizonner da Mare of Noo Yawk. As a Manchurian candidate, Hizonner was all in favor of law and order and that kind of stuff. Once in office, a bunch of his friends found cushy jobs with the city, the windows kept getting broken, and Soros-funded DA Alvin Bragg remained right where he was. Most people comfort themselves with the thought that he's not Bill di Blasio but that's pretty small comfort with kids who actually go to school getting bumped off while standing in front of them. But he's a Dem, so the rubes will vote for him next election too, so he's what they deserve... , who is in Uzbekistan following a visit to Israel this week, said in a statement that he planned to visit Park East upon his return to the city. Calling the rhetoric shouted there "desecration," he suggested that the protest augured a grim future for the city under Mamdani.
"Today it’s a synagogue. Tomorrow it’s a church or a mosque. They come for me today and you tomorrow," Adams tweeted. "We cannot hand this city over to radicals."
The event came on the same day that Mamdani announced that Adams’ police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, would stay on once he becomes mayor. Tisch, who is Jewish, has previously criticized the conduct of pro-Paleostinian protesters in the city.
Rabbi Marc Schneier, who has been staunchly critical of Mamdani and whose father is the longtime senior rabbi at Park East Synagogue, said he was distressed by how the police allowed the confrontation to unfold.
"What I find most disturbing is that the police, who knew about this protest a day in advance, did not arrange for the protesters to be moved to either Third or Lexington Avenues," he said. "Instead, they allowed the protesters to be right in front of the synagogue, which put members of the community at risk."
One of the demonstrators repeatedly shouted about the Nefesh B’nefesh event attendees, "We need to make them scared," according to video from the scene.
"This kind of intimidation of Jewish New Yorkers is reprehensible and unacceptable," tweeted Mark Levine, the Jewish comptroller-elect. "No house of worship, of any faith, should be subjected to this."
Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, decried the demonstration as "reprehensible."
"It is not a violation of any law, international or otherwise, for Jews to gather in a synagogue or immigrate to Israel," he said.
"Using violent mostly peaceful rhetoric and hurling antisemitic insults in front of a crowded synagogue was a direct threat to our community’s safety," he added. "JCRC-NY reached out to city officials and we have confidence that the NYPD will thoroughly investigate this serious matter. No one should ever have to fear entering or leaving their house of worship and that includes our Jewish neighbors. We stand with the Park East community and with all New Yorkers who reject hate."
In a statement from a spokesperson, UJA-Federation New York said they were "outraged by the demonstration outside Park East Synagogue."
"We’ve been in contact with our partners at the NYPD, and they are taking this matter very seriously," the statement reads. "Calls to ’globalize the intifada’ and ’death to the IDF’ are not political statements — they are incitements to violence against Jewish people. Every leader must denounce this heinous language, and the choice to target a house of worship makes it especially vile."
The protest was led by the anti-Israel activist group Pal-Awda NY/NJ group, which advertised the event as “No settlers on stolen land” and “Protest to stop the settler recruiting fair.”
Videos show NYPD officers at the scene separating the two groups behind a metal barricade, but no arrests were reported, according to the department.
Pal-Awda NY/NJ, which spearheaded the rally, regularly spews anti-Israel comments on social media and even hailed the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel on the second anniversary of the deadly sneak assault by Hamas.
“Two years ago today, the Palestinian Resistance broke the gates of the world’s largest open-air prison, disrupting the norm of decades of dispossession and apartheid imposed by ‘Israel,’” the group wrote on Twitter this year.
The Park East Synagogue has been at its location since 1890.
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Given the events unfolding in the USA Metro's.
It seems there is a growing number of Prepper's and LMOE's. That have quit wasting money paying bills, and property (rental) taxes. Dumped the house, loaded up with Food, Med's, Ammo, weapons and gone remote?
Here in the GA area we are seeing more have chosen to be homeless. They are living nomad style, out of older large SUV's and delivery vans.
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Where you at in Ga? We got homeless here in Marietta but they usually trying to get a cig or a beer.
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I travel the state between the CSRA to parts of Atlanta a lot. week. I am today in the I-75 area Exit 2## area for the 4th time this month.
Like I use to see in and around the Newark Penn station or Wash DC years ago. I am seeing the real street corner homeless being replaced more and more by the semi-pro's with a neat cardboard sign and a vehicle a quick walk hidden nearby.
I am seeing vacated shopping centers with no commercial tenants, being used for "overnight" parking/camping. Some "travelers" are using the still hot outside Electrical power plugs resourcefully.
I am seeing increases in daytime parking and camping at Wally World's and big shopping ctr or large vacant retail parking areas.tc.
Electronic Deposit makes a lot of things possible.
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Travelers have been around for quite a while. never-finished "Roof repairs", "house cleaning" including of family heirlooms, preying on elderly. POS
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LAWFARE: The Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling overturned Obama-appointed Judge Boasberg and confirmed Trump can use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport illegals. pic.twitter.com/PsG0ryhS8w
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The Judicial Review Board needs to start meeting weekly. As it is clear we have judges not ruling,based on the law, but on their position appointers political party agenda.
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"Even though a majority of the Court has ruled the President bees the President and is therefore entitled to do Presidenting stuff, I still don' like it."
-- not from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent
#6
Long past time for the Congress to regain consciousness and use its Constitutional authority to regulate all federal courts below the level of the USSC.
[PJMEDIA] President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... 's border czar, Tom Homan, a Catholic, fired off a scathing response to a recent letter from U.S. Catholic bishops after they put out a ''special pastoral letter'' that slammed the administration for its deportation policies and operations following their yearly fall meeting last week. More Catholics need to push back against the ridiculous and unhealthy political views liberal clergy keep pushing. Every nation has the right to protect itself and its borders, a principle that, until recent years, didn't spark much controversy.
Popular Catholic personality Bishop Robert Barron has previously stated that Catholic social teaching supports a nation's right to define and defend its borders, noting that good moral reasons justify such action. The United States doesn't have endless resources. We don't have enough money to support mass illegal immigration, nor do we have enough medical professionals or adequate housing for those who cross the border without legal permission.
A lot of the U.S. bishops simply don't seem to grasp this. They condemn deportation operations even though they don't carry the responsibility of financially supporting and caring for the same individuals they defend. Their stance dumps an unfair tax burden on those who work and contribute to society, taking what these families earn and making it harder for them to provide for themselves. That is immoral.
Homan, a Catholic, stood outside the White House on Friday and fired back at the bishops for their letter, saying, ''A secure border saves lives. We're going to enforce the law, and by doing that, we save a lot of lives.''
He delivered that statement in direct response to the bishops, who denounced what they called the Trump administration's complicity in causing a ''climate of fear and anxiety'' in immigrant communities. If you're here legally, you have nothing to fear. If you aren't, then yes — you should feel concerned. You're not supposed to be here, and crossing illegally shows you're disregarding the rule of law in the very country you want to call home.
Imagine breaking into someone's house, eating their food without permission, and then panicking when the homeowner calls the police to boot you out. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Yet that's exactly what we're dealing with on a national level.
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The United States doesn't have endless resources
But we do have more resources than where the immigrants are coming from, so from the Bishops' position it is our Christian duty to provide for them, the same as for any other poor.
[NYPOST] Gov. Kathy Hochul has spent $66 million of taxpayer money on grants to radical left-wing groups that conduct overt political operations to defund the police, close prisons, abolish ICE, decriminalize prostitution, promote open borders, target minors with transgender ideology, promote anti-Israel extremism, impose crippling climate mandates on new housing — and increase taxation to pay for it all.
An examination of 13,000 grants since Hochul took office in 2021 shows a massive investment in far-left causes, with $66 million paid so far and almost $50 million promised for a total contract value of $113 million.
''Our tax dollars should go towards fighting criminals, not helping them,'' says Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), the leading GOP candidate in the 2026 gubernatorial race, who has been steadily gaining ground on the unpopular Hochul in recent polls.
''Kathy Hochul is just another Defund the Police Democrat like her puppet master [New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
''Hochul will have plenty more time on her hands to support radical nonprofits after we defeat her next year to save New York.''
The largest chunk of leftist grant money has been funneled to open-borders and anti-law enforcement organizations that are agitating to defund the police and abolish US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while lobbying the state to strengthen existing sanctuary policies that shield illegal migrants from federal law.
[NYPOST] A federal judge ordered President Trump to bring his months long deployment of National Guard troops in the nation's capital to an end.
US District Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, approved Washington, DC's request for a preliminary injunction on Trump's deployment of troops to the city after concluding the nation's capital will likely prevail suit against the president.
Cobb put her decision on hold until Dec. 11, giving the Trump administration time to appeal.
Since Aug. 11, Trump has dispatched over 2,000 National Guard troops as
''While the President certainly may have some Article II powers to protect federal functioning and property, including in the District, such powers cannot justify the deployment of the DCNG [DC National Guard] in this case,'' Cobb wrote in a lengthy opinion.
Trump also briefly federalized DC's Metropolitan Police Department and surged federal law enforcement personnel in the city, who, unlike the National Guard, have the power to arrest.
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This is an issue that should be a lithmus test for the right / woke right in the US.
True supporters of libertarian and isolationist principles would support the Texas government's attempt to stop the usurpation of government power by an alien oppressive ideology.
Will Tucker Carlson et al support these measures or side with the MB?
Will the pro Qatar faction in the Trump 47 administration weigh in?
[IsraelTimes] Group includes 17 of the 20 hostages released last month; ex-captives thank US president, urge him to continue pressuring Hamas to return the remaining three bodies held in Strip
US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... hosted a delegation at the White House on Thursday of nearly all the hostages freed through as part of the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... ceasefire deal he brokered last month.
"You’re not a hostage anymore... today you’re heroes," Trump told the former hostages and their families in a brief portion of his prepared remarks that were filmed and released by the White House.
The Israeli delegation was made up of 26 former hostages, including 17 of the 20 living captives who were released in the deal that took force in October.
Among those 17 was Matan Angrest, who Trump singled out for praise.
"Because of his service in the IDF, Matan was subjected to severe beatings, even at times losing consciousness. Alone and under special guard, he went through hell," Trump said in another short video posted by the Hostages Families Forum.
"Matan never broke, and today he’s a living testimony to the toughness, heart, and faith of the Jewish people. I’m telling you, you’re a great inspiration to everybody," Trump added.
Addressing all of the hostages, Trump said, "It’s an honor to get to know all of you. I know some of you already. I know some of the previous hostages that we got out very well. We love you all, and our country loves you all... you’re amazing people."
Trump also handed each member of the delegation a special presidential coin.
A number of the former hostages brought gifts for the US president to express their gratitude. Twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman brought a mezuzah that had survived the fire that Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... -led snuffies had set in their Kfar Aza home during the October 7, 2023, attack that started the Gaza war.
The twins recovered the mezuzah last week during their first visit back to Kfar Aza since they were freed on October 13.
In interviews ahead of the White House visit, the former hostages said they were planning to use the opportunity to thank Trump for securing their release, while urging him to continue pressuring Hamas to free the remaining three bodies of deceased hostages still held in Gaza.
Thursday’s reception marked the third time that Trump has hosted delegations of hostages whose release he helped secure in two separate deals this year, the first of which was sealed in January when he was president-elect.
Trump campaigned on securing the release of the hostages and ending the war in Gaza. The January 2025 deal fell apart after its six-week first phase, leading to another eight months of war before the October ceasefire.
The Israeli delegation arrived in the US on Tuesday and was hosted on Wednesday by a bipartisan group of congressional politicians on Capitol Hill.
"To our great hostages who now carry a weight, a story and experience that you never asked for... We will be your friends for life. We will be your advocates for life. We will continue to wear our pins, and we will continue to tell your story," Democratic Representative Haley Stevens said during the meeting, according to a readout from the Israeli embassy.
"Today we were able to bring both sides of the House, Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... and Republicans, together into one room," said Danny Miran, the father of recently released hostage Omri Miran, who was also part of the delegation. "This is an opportunity to thank you, American Jewry, and all those who took the trouble and labored and made efforts to bring these wonderful children home. In less than a month, we will be celebrating Hanukkah — the Festival of Lights — thank you very much for all these lights you have lit for us."
[IsraelTimes] PM says Rubio assured him Washington will maintain Israel’s regional advantage, in contrast to military’s position, which has warned air superiority could be eroded
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Considering that these computer based jets undoubtedly include a remote 'off' command, I don't see it as an issue.
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The F-35 is an interesting machine. Not only does it have the usual fly-by-wire systems, but it is also designed to function in a heavily networked environment.
There is nothing in the manual about it, but according to unreliable sources, if you send a packet to the CRM 114 Network Discriminator containing the ASCII bytes 'POE', the avionics shutdown entirely.
[IsraelTimes] Thousands of bodies remain trapped under ruins of destroyed buildings, according to Hamas authorities; residents say they are trying to extract deceased relatives by themselves.
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will reopen the Rafah border crossing after it receives the three remaining deceased hostages from Gaza, adding that Israel is “very close to completing” the process.
“We agreed that we will open the crossing after we receive all our hostages. We are very close to completing this process — it’s set to happen — and once that is completed, we will open the crossing,” the premier says in his interview with the Abu Ali Express Telegram channel published this evening.
The remains of three hostages — Dror Or, Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak — are still being held in Gaza.
Netanyahu adds that, once all the hostages are returned and the crossing is reopened, he “will be very happy to see Egypt allowing any Gazan who wants to leave [through the crossing] to do so — because that has not happened until today.”
“Any Gazan who wants to leave should be able to, and that right has been denied to them,” he continues, adding that Washington’s 20-point plan for Gaza “included that right: it sets out the principle that any Gazan who wants to leave can leave. You’re not expelling anyone, but if a person wants to leave, let them leave. If Egypt accepts that — I think that’s very positive.”
The Palestinian embassy in Egypt has pushed for the reopening of the crossing, which has been largely closed since Israeli forces entered Rafah in May 2024, to allow Palestinians residing in Egypt to return to Gaza. Egypt has repeatedly vowed to block any “displacement” of Gazans from the wartorn Gaza Strip, calling it a “red line” for Cairo.
[IsraelTimes] Hamas is deliberately delaying efforts to locate and return the three remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza, amid growing internal assessments in Israel that the terror group is rattled by the recent UN Security Council decision outlining a postwar interim administration for the Strip, Channel 12 reports.
According to the network, Israeli officials believe Hamas views the UN plan — which envisions Gaza being overseen by an International Stabilization Force (ISF) — as a direct threat to its future control of the territory. Messages passed by Hamas to mediators in recent days indicate the group sees the resolution as “the beginning of the end” for its rule in Gaza, the report says.
In response, Hamas is said to be working to lower its profile and project compliance with the ceasefire framework set by US President Donald Trump, while avoiding large-scale attacks on IDF troops. Still, sporadic incidents continue, such as repeated instances in recent days of Hamas operatives crossing into the Israeli side of the Yellow Line in Gaza.
Channel 12 says Israeli assessments indicate Hamas suspects Israel could collapse the ceasefire at any moment, and is therefore intentionally dragging out the hostage release process despite having, at times, “significant” indications of the slain captives’ whereabouts.
Footage circulated by the group of purported search operations — including images from the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City earlier today — is often merely a “façade,” the report alleges.
Israeli officials believe the real aim is to stall for time as Hamas grapples with the expectation that it will be removed from Gaza in the next phase of the internationally backed plan.
The remains of three hostages — Dror Or, Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak are still being held in Gaza.
Last month, the IDF published a drone video showing Hamas terror operatives staging the recovery of the partial remains of slain hostage Ofir Tzarfati in front of the Red Cross.
[IsraelTimes] In interview with Telegram channel, PM says border deal with Syria ’preferable’ but won’t budge on security demands; Israel to boost arms industry to ease reliance on US
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that there will not be a Paleostinian state, even at the cost of normalization with Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... , during an interview aired on Thursday evening.
"There will not be a Paleostinian state. It’s very simple: it will not be established," the premier said in the wide-ranging interview with Abu Ali Express, a popular local Telegram channel.
Asked by the interviewer if his opposition holds even if it jeopardizes normalization with Riyadh — which insists on a credible pathway to Paleostinian statehood in exchange for such ties — Netanyahu said: "The answer is: a Paleostinian state will not be established. It is an existential threat to Israel."
Asked about what has prevented normalization with the Saudis, Netanyahu said the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... strained progress, but that "the conditions could develop" now that the war is winding down.
"But the conditions must be acceptable to both sides — terms that are good for both sides," he said. "I know how to stand firm on our essential conditions and not endanger our security. And if this process ripens later on, excellent. And if not, we will safeguard our vital interests."
Earlier in the week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince and modernizer of Saudi Arabia as of 2016. The Turks hate him, so he must be all right, despite the occasional brutal murder of Qatar-owned journalists... said that Riyadh wants to join the Abraham Accords, but called for the need to secure a path toward a two-state solution, while meeting US President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... at the White House.
Turning to the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu told the channel that Israel will reopen the Rafah border crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border after it receives the three remaining deceased hostages from Hamas ..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... , adding that Israel is "very close to completing" the process.
"We agreed that we will open the crossing after we receive all our hostages. We are very close to completing this process — it’s set to happen — and once that is completed, we will open the crossing," the premier said.
Netanyahu added that, once all the hostages are returned and the crossing is reopened, he "will be very happy to see Egypt allowing any Gazook who wants to leave [through the crossing] to do so — because that has not happened until today."
"Any Gazook who wants to leave should be able to, and that right has been denied to them," he continued, adding that Washington’s 20-point plan for Gaza "included that right: it sets out the principle that any Gazook who wants to leave can leave. You’re not expelling anyone, but if a person wants to leave, let them leave. If Egypt accepts that — I think that’s very positive."
The Paleostinian Authority embassy in Egypt has pushed for the reopening of the crossing, which has been largely closed since Israeli forces entered Rafah in May 2024, to allow Paleostinians residing in Egypt to return to Gaza. Egypt has repeatedly vowed to block any "displacement" of Gazooks from the war-torn Gaza Strip, calling it a "red line" for Cairo.
DEAL WITH SYRIA ’PREFERABLE,’ BUT BORDER DEFENSE WILL HOLD ’WITH OR WITHOUT AGREEMENT’
A day after visiting an outpost in the IDF-held buffer zone in southern Syria, Netanyahu said that a security agreement with Damascus was his favored option but that Israel won’t compromise on border security and protecting minorities in the neighboring country.
"I believe Syria has an interest — no less than Israel, and perhaps even more — in reaching a security agreement with us," the premier said.
Asked about Syrian President Al Sharaa’s interest in such an arrangement, which has been under US-mediated negotiation, Netanyahu said that "there are various conditions involved — I won’t get into that."
"But the important point is this: Israel is a very strong country. Israel is very determined. We will not allow threats to develop against us from southwest Syria, and we are also determined to protect our Druze allies" in the country, he said.
"Whether Syria wants to do this through an agreement — that is a separate question. In my view, an agreement is preferable. But the principles of defending our borders and defending our allies will be upheld in any case — with or without an agreement," he said.
Israel also wants to reach an arrangement with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... , Netanyahu said, but can’t rule out the country becoming a threat to the Jewish state.
"I hope that threat doesn’t materialize, but we can’t rule it out," Netanyahu told the Abu Ali Express.
Relations between the two countries — formerly close allies — collapsed once again during the two-year war in Gaza, as Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... praised the Hamas terror group and accused Israel of committing genocide.
"We prefer a modus vivendi with Turkey," Netanyahu continued. "They’re very stubborn and speak in an extreme way, and we push back on it. But in practice, we prevented their entry into southern Syria. They wanted to come in near our border — I said this will not happen. We also didn’t want them entering central Syria at the T-4 base — and we even struck that airfield."
At the same time, Netanyahu said, Israel "maintains dialogue beyond the headlines, telling them there’s mutual interest in avoiding confrontation."
Despite the attempts by Israel to find ways to reduce tensions, Israel’s military force design moving forward will be affected by what capabilities Turkey develops, he said.
"We do not intend to relinquish our military superiority," Netanyahu stressed.
"We’re not seeking enemies, but we won’t let any country in the region threaten us."
Asked about the possibility of Turkey receiving the F-35 from the US after Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu said, "That possibility is extremely distant, if it even exists at all."
ISRAEL AIMS TO BUILD INDEPENDENT ARMS PRODUCTION TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON US
Netanyahu also said he is working on an initiative to develop Israel’s independent munitions production with minimal dependence on the US — Israel’s primary defense partner and arms supplier — in the coming decade.
"I’m currently holding discussions — including a very serious four-hour meeting yesterday — on our armament plans for the coming decade, and there are several components involved," Netanyahu told Abu Ali Express.
"The most important thing is that we want to strengthen our independent capabilities... the central point is that I want to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce, our dependence on external supplies — even from very good and truly loyal friends like the United States. I want us to be as self-reliant as possible," the premier continued.
Netanyahu said he wants the IDF’s combat capabilities to continue "surpassing every other actor in the region," saying this "requires a complex reorganization — significant resources and many decisions."
"We need to signal to every actor in the region — friendly, less friendly, and hostile — that Israel is the strongest country here... That is the policy. It’s called peace through strength," he said.
[IsraelTimes] While hunger was still rampant, new malnutrition numbers indicate starvation did not meet IPC’s own levels for declaring famine, casting doubt over finding that fed anti-Israel sentiment
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[REGNUM] On November 19, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Syria – but with a twist.
He visited the so-called "buffer zone" in the southern part of the country, which has been under Israeli military control for about a year. Netanyahu was accompanied on his trip by Defense and Foreign Ministers Israel Katz and Gideon Saar, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and Counterintelligence Chief David Zini.
The trip to the buffer zone marked the first time such a large delegation of high-ranking Israeli officials had visited Syrian territory. And it conveyed a clear message: Israel is here for the long haul.
"BUFFER" VISIT
The high-ranking delegation arrived in southern Syria in the morning, causing great surprise among the local contingent – such a large number of senior officials had never been seen there at one time before.
Only Zamir and Katz regularly visited the contact zone (and they traveled separately to complete official tasks). For Saar and Zini, this was their first trip since assuming their new positions.
And Netanyahu’s appearance among the guests created a real sensation.
The last time the prime minister personally traveled to the front lines was in November 2023, during the initial stages of the war with Hamas, to encourage Israeli fighters and give them encouragement before the offensive.
However, in 2024, when the Israeli army crossed the border with Syria and established a buffer zone in the south, the prime minister limited himself to observing maneuvers from a permanent command post near Safed.
Speaking to the military, Netanyahu did not mince words and said bluntly that the Israeli army would remain in the south “as long as the situation requires.”
Similar assessments were made to the command staff. During a security meeting with the force's command, the Israeli prime minister set the task of "maintaining readiness to deploy" and, among other things, preparing for a potential expansion of the zone of presence "if the situation requires it."
Netanyahu, however, did not meet with the leaders of the local Druze communities, under the pretext of protecting whom Israel entered Syrian territory in the winter of 2024. At least not publicly. This was done deliberately, to avoid further provoking Damascus into further ethnic cleansing.
On the other hand, the presence in the delegation of Zini, who oversees relations with national minorities through counterintelligence, hinted that work with the loyalists had indeed been carried out and that they had received assurances of support from Tel Aviv.
OPEN SIGNAL
Netanyahu's "sudden" appearance in the contact zone can be seen as a response to the recent behind-the-scenes maneuvers of official Damascus.
During negotiations with the United States in Washington in early November, transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa tried to secure the White House's support for eliminating the buffer zone in southern Syria, or at least reducing its size, but found no understanding.
Both Donald Trump and his confidants chose not to promise anything, but instead proposed that Damascus normalize relations with Tel Aviv within the framework of the Abraham Accords.
And al-Sharaa did indeed agree to such a step: throughout November, the parties held several closed technical consultations, which were supposed to culminate in a meeting between the Syrian interim leader and the Israeli prime minister.
However, with each round, disagreements only grew: Tel Aviv refused to dismantle checkpoints in southern Syria until Damascus completed the democratization process, disarmed illegal armed groups, and guaranteed equal rights and freedoms for Syrian minorities.
At the same time, any demands put forward by representatives of the al-Sharaa cabinet to Israel (for example, the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Golan Heights) were rejected as “not related to the topic of the meeting.”
One does not demand during negotiations, but suggest. Unless, of course, one is in a much stronger position. Syria is not.
Moreover, Tel Aviv demanded that Damascus fully normalize relations, rather than sign more flexible security guarantees that the Syrians had prepared on Washington's recommendation.
Unsurprisingly, the negotiations quickly reached a dead end and the reset of relations was postponed indefinitely.
DISTRACT ATTENTION
It is noteworthy that the press service of the Prime Minister's Office published the news of his trip to the south just a few hours before the start of the UN Security Council meeting dedicated to resolving the situation in Syria.
As a result, the meeting, which was planned to discuss a range of economic and legal issues, including the status of national and religious minorities, turned into a squabble between Damascus and Tel Aviv.
Both sides stood their ground: Syrian UN Ambassador Ibrahim al-Alabi accused Israel of violating sovereignty and "creeping expansion" beyond the Golan Heights. In response, Israeli Permanent Representative Danny Danon, in his usual manner, criticized the "new Syria," noting, among other things, that it was "no different from the old" and remained a threat to Israeli interests in the region.
Attempts by other meeting participants, including those representing the Security Council Five, to calm the enraged disputants were futile: the meeting was adjourned without a clear outcome.
Oh no — the outcome was very clear: despite promises to President Trump, “interim” ruler al-Sharaa is not anywhere near ready for an Abraham Accord of his very own. Whether he is capable of it is a separate question, to which we anticipate the answer, dear Reader.
Discussion of the agenda items was postponed until next week.
Israel benefits from keeping the "new Syria" in limbo for as long as possible. And it's not just about securing the borders and gradually building a "loyal stratum" among the local population. Far more important for Tel Aviv is to starve Damascus out of existence.
Internal tensions are rising in Syria. The rapid reforms promised by al-Shara's transitional cabinet upon assuming power are being delayed or are being implemented only partially. This is creating unrest among the former armed opposition and creating new cliques hostile to the interim government in Damascus.
The risk of a new round of civil war is growing, with the current authorities forced to defend themselves. And amid all the turmoil, no one is likely to immediately notice that Israel's temporary presence in southern Syria has become permanent.
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[IsraelTimes] Researchers tied to ADL train chatbot to challenge users who subscribe to antisemitic theories, find they view Jews more favorably even a month after engaging with program.
[IsraelTimes] Amid economic woes, Pezeshkian wrote to Saudi crown prince that he wants issue resolved peacefully; Iran has so far rejected West’s demands to stop enrichment, curb missile program.
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If I'm not mistaken, aren't they enemies?
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[IsraelTimes] Iranian FM rejects negotiations with US on its missile program, saying ‘there is no greater betrayal than this,’ while also dismissing talks with Europeans as ‘no longer useful’ Then shut the f up and quit
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the UN’s nuclear watchdog would not be given access to Iranian nuclear sites attacked during its recent war with Israel without a concrete deal being agreed.
"The facilities that were attacked have their own story, and until a decision is made and a conclusion is reached between us, the IAEA and others, cooperation is not possible," he said in an interview posted to his Telegram channel on Thursday, without elaborating on what such an agreement would entail.
The interview with the Khabar Online news agency was conducted before the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a resolution Thursday demanding access to the sites.
In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, triggering a 12-day war that the United States briefly joined with strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities.
In the aftermath, Tehran suspended its cooperation with the IAEA and restricted the watchdog’s inspectors from accessing the bombed sites, accusing it of bias and failing to condemn the strikes.
"The fact that they came and attacked and left... and now the agency comes to prepare a report for them on where (was attacked) and what happened and how much damage was done is not possible, it is clearly not wise," he added.
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The war derailed high-level nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington that had begun in April, during which the two sides were at odds over Iran’s right to enrich uranium, which Tehran defends as "undeniable".
Since the war, Iran has repeatedly said it is open to restarting talks, but only if they take place on "equal footing."
During the interview, Araghchi said that the US demands remain "detrimental to our national interests," ruling out any talks on its missile program or other "defense capabilities."
"Negotiating about missiles, for example, to reduce them, to reduce their range, to reduce their number, there is no greater betrayal than this," he said.
He added talks with European governments were "no longer useful" after they triggered the snapback sanctions.
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[RIA] Iran needs to move its capital from Tehran, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated at a public meeting in Qazvin Province, IRNA reports.
"Today's reality is that we no longer have a choice; moving the capital is a necessity," he said.
The reason for this, according to the head of state, is significant problems with the water supply, which, coupled with the growing urban population, could create a humanitarian catastrophe.
In March, Iranian authorities faced a serious water crisis in four provinces at once – Khorasan Razavi, Yazd, Isfahan and Tehran – caused by long years of drought in these areas.
The main problem facing the Iranian government in these regions is the drying up of rivers, marshes and reservoirs and the declining efficiency of dams.
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[NYPOST] A federal judge ordered President Trump to bring his months long deployment of National Guard troops in the nation's capital to an end.
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