Wednesday, January 21, 2026

01/21 Links Pt1: How António Guterres turned ‘international law’ into a weapon against Jews; Netanyahu accepts invite to join Trump’s Board of Peace; Iran’s coming reckoning: Regime collapse is likely — democracy is not

From Ian:

How António Guterres turned ‘international law’ into a weapon against Jews
Guterres has not merely presided over this corruption; he has normalized it, defended it, and amplified it. In doing so, he has used his position to advance an ideological agenda that singles out the Jewish state for delegitimization while shielding those who commit the most egregious human rights violations.

Anti-Zionist obsession at the United Nations has become indistinguishable from antisemitism in practice. When the world’s only Jewish state is uniquely targeted, denied the right of self-defense, and subjected to standards applied to no other nation, the conclusion is unavoidable.

Israel does not wage war against civilians. Hamas does.

Israel builds bomb shelters. Hamas builds tunnels under children’s bedrooms.

Israel warns civilians to evacuate. Hamas forces them to stay.

Any legal framework that erases these distinctions is not international law; it is propaganda.

International law was meant to restrain barbarism, not protect it; to defend human life, not terror infrastructure; to uphold truth, not political theater.

By weaponizing international law against Israel and tolerating terror in the name of false balance, Guterres has disgraced the office he holds and accelerated the United Nations’s descent into irrelevance.

The world deserves better.

The victims of terrorism deserve better.

And the Jewish people, who know all too well where institutionalized bias can lead, deserve better.

History will remember who stood for justice, and who turned law into a tool of moral inversion.
Alan Baker: Buzzwords and false allegations are Western human rights inversion - opinion
With tragedies abounding, the Western brainwashing machinery is working overtime against Israel.

Thousands murdered and brutally subjugated in Iran. Thousands of non-Arab ethnic groups butchered in Sudan. Massive death tolls in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Myanmar violently represses its Rohingya and other minorities. Mass atrocities by Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria. Extrajudicial killings of civilians in Tanzania. Massacres of Christians in churches and hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

But Western media outlets, social-media platforms, UN and human rights committees, political leaders and parliamentarians, incited university students, and ignorant show-biz celebrities spout accusations against Israel of genocide, apartheid, starvation, and disproportionate military actions.

Such paragons of humanitarian virtue claim to defend human rights and advocate for Palestinians, but glaringly ignore everyone else and deny the rights to which Israel and its citizens are entitled. They ignore genocidal violence and terror by Palestinian and Islamist fanatics, which is incited by Palestinian leadership and supported, encouraged, and financed by Iran, Qatar, and Turkey.

No less glaring is the fact that the Western world chooses to forget the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023 – the rape, torture, burning, and butchery of thousands of Israelis and foreigners; the taking of hundreds of hostages; and the use of Hamas’s own civilians as human shields.

What should be a universal moral standard of human rights has become a cynical and transparent political weapon, directed against Israel.


Netanyahu accepts invite to join Trump’s Board of Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday that the premier has accepted U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to join the Board of Peace.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he accepts the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump and will become a member of the Board of Peace, which is to be comprised of world leaders,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

A signing ceremony for the Board of Peace will be held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.

The U.S. president has said that the body will “solidify peace in the Middle East” through a “new approach to resolving global conflict.”

According to the invitation letter, which was first shared on social media by Argentine President Javier Milei on Saturday, the proposed board will be at the center of Washington’s Gaza plan and would be established as a “new international organization” to temporarily govern the enclave.

“Our effort will bring together a distinguished group of nations ready to shoulder the noble responsibility of building lasting peace,” Trump said in the missive to Milei, calling membership of the international body an “honor reserved for those prepared to lead by example” and “brilliantly invest in a secure and prosperous future for generations to come.”
8 Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, accept invite to join Board of Peace
Eight prominent Muslim countries jointly announced their decisions to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace on Wednesday, as Trump acknowledged some countries may have difficulties joining without parliamentary approval.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates will each appoint a representative to sit on the panel of world leaders, their foreign ministers announced in a joint statement.

While Egypt, Pakistan, and the UAE had already announced plans to join the Board of Peace, the other five countries had been mulling the decision. Trump badly wanted Saudi Arabia to join, publicly urging its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to do so, but Riyadh was mum until now.

The Board of Peace was given a UN Security Council mandate to oversee the postwar management of Gaza until the end of 2027, though the US is aiming to use the panel for conflict resolution around the globe.

The proposed board would be chaired for life by Trump, with member countries required to pay a $1 billion fee each to earn permanent membership.
Arab diplomat: Turkey, Qatar filling vacuum in Gaza created by Israel’s snub of PA
A senior Arab diplomat stated Wednesday that Israel’s refusal to let the Palestinian Authority play a role in the postwar management of Gaza is what led to Turkey and Qatar filling the vacuum.

Speaking to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity, the diplomat said that Arab countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had been more open to involvement and investment in the Gaza Strip.

However, they conditioned their involvement on a more prominent role for the PA, considering it essential that Ramallah gain a foothold in Gaza in order to reconnect the territory with the West Bank under a unified Palestinian leadership.

Israel has rejected any role for the PA in Gaza, likening the Ramallah-based body to Hamas and insisting that it undergo significant reforms.

The Arab diplomat said Arab countries also back reforming the PA and are chaperoning Ramallah through that process. However, he claimed that Israel’s demand for reform was “disingenuous” and a “guise” for Jerusalem to prevent a two-state solution.

According to the diplomat, there is particular anger in Riyadh over Israel’s withholding of over $4 billion in tax revenues from the PA, as Saudi Arabia has been called on to help compensate for some of those losses.
Trump: Hamas will be ‘blown away very quickly’ if it doesn’t disarm in coming weeks
If Hamas does not disarm soon, the terrorist group will be “blown away very quickly,” US President Donald Trump declared in a wide ranging speech on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“We have peace in the Middle East,” he claimed.

“There are some little situations like Hamas, and Hamas has agreed to give up their weapons,” he asserted, though the Palestinian terror organization has publicly stated it will not disarm.

“They were born with a weapon in their hand, so it’s not easy to do,” Trump said.

“That’s what they’ve agreed to, they’re going to do it,” the American leader promised. “And we’re going to know over the next two-three days, certainly the next three weeks, whether or not they’re going to do it.”

“If they don’t do it, they’ll be blown away very quickly,” he warned.

Trump reiterated his claim that many of the “59 countries” interested in participating in the yet-to-be-established International Stabilization Force in Gaza “want to come in and take out Hamas. They want to do whatever they can.”


Trump claims credit for Iron Dome and Middle East peace in sweeping Davos Speech
US President Donald Trump has made a series of bold claims regarding American involvement in the development of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system and recent peace efforts in the Middle East, in a sweeping speech at the World Economic Forum.

Trump told attendees to the Davos 2026 that he had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “stop taking credit” for the Iron Dome, asserting, “it’s our technology.”

He then continued:“But that’s nothing compared to what we have planned for the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world. We are gonna build a dome like no other. We did it for Israel, and by the way, I told Bibi, ‘Bibi, stop taking credit for the dome, that’s our technology.’”

Following Trump’s remarks, Israeli defense experts immediately pushed back on his version of events.

They noted that Iron Dome was developed solely by Israeli defense firms, with significant US funding and some American collaboration coming only after the system’s initial design and deployment.


What Iranians Want From Trump
Mostafa Saber, a Vancouver-based leader of a prominent left-wing Iranian party, does not share many political views with Akbarin but agreed with him on this point. “Regardless of what I think, many people in Iran want support from Trump,” he told me by phone. “They’d like him to hit Khamenei. This is what the people want. And if he does, this can benefit the revolution.”

Saber, too, doubts the utility of American military engagement beyond such an operation. “A broader military attack will help the Islamic Republic and hurt the revolution,” he said. “We oppose such intervention. An all-out war will surely benefit the Islamic Republic. They will militarize the atmosphere.”

He pointed to this past summer’s 12-day war with the U.S. and Israel, which paused domestic actions, such as a nationwide truck-driver strike that was then under way. “But to take out Khamenei,” as Trump did with the IRGC leader Qassem Soleimani, “is a different matter,” he said. “Khamenei’s loss will take cohesion out of the Islamic Republic and will add to the people’s morale.”

Some activists have a different view of what sort of action Trump should take, however. Ali Vakili, an activist in New York City with extensive contacts in Iran, expressed reservations about an American hit on Khamenei. The supreme leader “shouldn’t be a martyr,” Vakili told me. “The people of Iran should decide his fate themselves.”

Vakili told me that he’d rather see the U.S. hit IRGC bases, and that “U.S. jets should remain in Iranian skies for a while” so that people might feel that the United States is really behind them. Maybe such a threat could force the regime to change its behavior—or even lead it to transition Khamenei and those close to him out of power in favor of more technocratic elements.

The consensus for foreign intervention among those I spoke with was wider spread and more politically diverse than ever before, in my experience, but it was by no means unanimous. Elahe Ejbari, a student activist who fled Iran in 2022, started a counterpetition to the one that Ebadi and Akbarin signed. Ejbari’s petition supports the people’s movement against the regime but declares that “tying the destiny of Iranian popular struggles to foreign intervention is dangerous and irresponsible.”

“History shows us that foreign intervention in the global South will never lead to freedom,” she told me by phone from Germany. Even a direct hit on Khamenei, she said, “will only make the region more insecure.”

Another statement, signed by 14 luminaries including the popular journalist and scholar Alireza Rajaee, condemns both the regime’s violence and “any foreign intervention in our dear country Iran.” It warns that unless “fundamental peaceful change” is brought about by Iran’s rulers, “more difficult changes will become inevitable.”

Ultimately, Iran’s next chapter will be the outcome not only of what America does or does not do but also of the interactions among regional actors, protesters, and the regime’s web of factions. How these will unfold is all but impossible to predict.

But one thing is clear. Until a few years ago, millions of Iranians repeatedly voted in the country’s mostly unfree elections, hoping that regime insiders could pave a path for reform. They wouldn’t have dreamed of demanding change from American bombers or drones, or of asking the U.S. president to please kill the supreme leader for them.

Khamenei’s obstinate refusal to effect any meaningful change and his bloody massacre of civilians in droves have brought Iranians to this point. The grand ayatollah has brought them only death, disaster, and misery, and so they are desperately seeking a way out—by any means necessary.
Iran’s coming reckoning: Regime collapse is likely — democracy is not
What comes next — and what it depends on
The question, then, is not whether the Islamic Republic can return to the status quo ante — it cannot — but what replaces the current impasse, how long this phase lasts, and at what cost. The collapse of the regime in its present form now seems more plausible than its survival as a functioning state. Yet the emergence of a democratic Iran remains far from certain. Between these two outcomes lies a volatile and dangerous middle ground.

Much will depend on four factors.

1. Foreign intervention
Whether and how the United States and other external actors choose to intervene will shape — but not determine — Iran’s trajectory. Limited military strikes are unlikely, on their own, to bring the regime down, particularly in the absence of a broader political strategy. A ground invasion is implausible, and the United States’ record of producing democracy through force is uninspiring. Moreover, it would be a mistake to assume that Washington’s priorities align with the aspirations of the Iranian people. President Donald Trump’s decisions will be driven first by personal and political calculations, then by perceived US interests. A deal with elements of the existing regime — or with a strongman emerging from within the IRGC — in exchange for concessions on oil, regional issues, or nuclear containment remains entirely conceivable. Such a development might suit this administration but will do little for the Iranian people and so is unlikely to produce real stability.

2. The behavior of the opposition
Symbolic popularity is not the same as organizational capacity. While figures such as Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late shah and the crown prince, clearly command attention and emotional resonance among segments of the population, the opposition as a whole remains fragmented, and divided by deep mistrust. The opposition abroad, in particular, is also inexperienced in leading sustained civil resistance. Moreover, Pahlavi’s actual standing inside Iran remains unclear in the aftermath of a mobilization that ended in mass repression. Many people responded to his call to protest only to face slaughter. Whether that experience has strengthened or weakened his credibility is unknown, but the latter seems much more likely. It is also impossible to determine how many of those chanting his name did so out of genuine political conviction, and how many did so simply to amplify the loudest available opposition voice in a moment of desperation. Inside Iran — and within the diaspora as well — there exists a large constituency whose primary political position is not allegiance to a particular leader but the belief that almost anything would be preferable to the current regime.

3. Information control and connectivity
Courage without coordination cannot scale. The regime’s ability to shut down the internet, disrupt satellite communications, and sever links between cities and regions remains one of its most powerful tools. Sustained mobilization, nationwide strikes, and collective action all depend on communication. As long as the state retains near-total control over information flows, popular movements will struggle to translate outrage into durable pressure.

4. Elite dynamics within the regime itself
The Islamic Republic is not monolithic. From the inside, it resembles a patronage-based system in which factions compete primarily over resources and survival. Yet history shows that when faced with existential threat, these factions closed ranks and coordinated repression. Meaningful change will require fractures within the regime’s hard core — particularly within the security services. Such fractures are unlikely as long as insiders believe they have no exit and no future outside the system. But should those calculations change, the balance could shift rapidly.

Where the real hope for a democratic Iran lies
If Iran is to emerge from this crisis as a genuine democracy — rather than the Islamic Republic with a different leader, a military strongman, or another authoritarian arrangement — the source of that transformation matters as much as its timing.

The most credible hope for a democratic Iran lies inside the country, among its civil activists, labor organizers, students, professionals, women’s groups, and reform-minded insiders who understand how Iran actually functions. Decades of corrupt and coercive rule have turned Iran into a byzantine system to govern. Any successful democratic transition will require intimate knowledge of the country’s political economy, its elite networks, its bureaucracy, and — most critically — the ability to secure at least passive cooperation from large parts of the state and security apparatus.

That cannot be orchestrated from abroad.

While opposition figures in exile can amplify voices, mobilize international attention, and help coordinate external pressure, they lack the embedded knowledge and operational leverage required to govern such a vast and diverse country. More importantly, it is unlikely that the leaders in the diaspora will be able to command the loyalty — or even the compliance — of Iran’s bureaucracy or military on their own.

In an ideal world, democratic forces inside Iran and supporters outside the country would work in close coordination: internal actors providing legitimacy, organization, and continuity, while external actors offer resources, protection, and diplomatic leverage. Together, they could help unlock Iran’s immense political, economic, and international potential.

But Iran is still far from that point.

A dangerous interregnum
The Islamic Republic as we know it cannot endure. However, its collapse or transformation does not guarantee liberation. What Iran is entering is not a revolution’s endgame but a dangerous interregnum — one in which brutality has proven effective, legitimacy has evaporated, and the future remains profoundly contested.

The tragedy is not that Iranians lack courage. It is that courage alone is not enough.
Iran Exposed the Myth of Independent Access
An October 2025, an opinion piece published in Iran International cited a telling remark by British broadcaster Jon Snow about his reporting from Tehran. When asked how his network, Channel 4 managed to secure access to Iranian officials, he said simply, “They whistle, and we go.” That seemingly innocuous line was jumped on by journalists and critics because it revealed something about the way Western media covers authoritarian states like Iran. It was a rare moment of honesty but also representative of a deeper issue in Western journalism and a reminder that when dealing with tyrants access is not the same thing as truth.

Access as Control: How Authoritarian Power Shapes Reporting
Snow’s comment should make anyone who cares about reporting from conflict zones or closed societies sit up and take note. The problem is not just that some correspondents end up parroting the messaging of the regimes they cover. The bigger problem is that the structure of modern foreign reporting rewards access above all else. If you have a visa, if you have a fixer approved by the intelligence services, if the state can decide where you go and who you interview, then you are in. If you challenge the narrative you are shown, you risk losing that access. The idea is simple: stay onside with power and you stay in the country; challenge power and you are out. This is a kind of press freedom in name only.

This dynamic is not unique to Iran, though the Iranian case makes the point with shocking clarity. To report from Iran, Western journalists must operate under state supervision. Their fixers are often regime-approved minders who decide which families they can meet, which streets they can visit, and what stories they can tell. The price of defiance is expulsion. Most choose to stay, and so they comply. The result is journalism that reports through the regime’s lens. In this case, coverage mirrors Tehran’s narrative while ignoring its contradictions or its crimes.

The Iran International article highlighted how this kind of reporting perpetuates the illusion that “moderates” or “reformists” within the clerical regime are always on the brink of pursuing a more friendly policy toward the West, if only Washington and its partners would be more conciliatory. But they are the only ones able to meet with foreign press, for a reason. It must be acknowledged how easy it is, due to simple language barriers, for a regime like Iran to tell the West one thing, through these hyper-managed interviews, and to tell their allies or their own people something entirely different. In Iran, a younger, connected, defiant secular generation fighting for their lives to religious dictatorship. Stories about women walking unveiled in defiance of the compulsory hijab law are rarely told with the depth and persistence they deserve, even though they represent one of the most sustained grassroots challenges to the Islamic Republic.


Iran’s Invisible Dead: How Global Photo Agencies Whitewash a Massacre in Plain Sight
How Wire Services Launder Propaganda

This process does not require coordination or conspiracy. It relies on incentives.

Wire services need volume. Editors need visuals. Year-round, but especially during high-traffic news cycles, agencies prioritize images that are visually clean, technically strong, and easy to caption.

State-approved imagery meets those requirements perfectly.

Once syndicated, repetition normalizes the narrative. A pro-government rally becomes “what is happening in Iran.” A staged child becomes “public sentiment.” A billboard becomes “national mood.”

Context disappears. Responsibility diffuses. The system moves on.

Once accepted into the wire ecosystem, these images gain exponential authority through repetition. A photograph credited to “Stringer/Getty Images” or “Stringer/Reuters” appears stripped of origin, access conditions, and risk asymmetry. The absence of disclosure becomes part of the laundering process. Readers are never told why certain images exist while others cannot. What begins as a state-filtered photograph becomes, through syndication, a global proxy for reality.

What is happening in Iran is not invisible. It is being actively replaced.

Global audiences are not misinformed because images do not exist, but because the images that do exist are filtered, selected, and distributed through a system that rewards access over truth.

History shows that when mass repression is visually obscured in real time, accountability follows decades later, if at all. The absence of imagery does not diminish the crime. It delays recognition.

This is not just an Iranian story. It is a warning about who controls what the world gets to see.


WSJ publishes Iran FM's most direct threat to Trump that dismisses violent protest crackdown
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued the Islamic Republic's most direct threat to the United States in an opinion piece published by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.

"Unlike the restraint Iran showed in June 2025, our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack. This isn’t a threat, but a reality I feel I need to convey explicitly, because as a diplomat and a veteran, I abhor war," Araghchi wrote.

The foreign minister went on to repeatedly blame a potential military conflict with the US on Israel.

"An all-out confrontation will certainly be ferocious and drag on far, far longer than the fantasy timelines that Israel and its proxies are trying to peddle to the White House," he wrote. "It will certainly engulf the wider region and have an impact on ordinary people around the globe. I will do anything in my power to prevent that scenario from materializing."

He also alleged that the US and Iran were "very close to a middle-way solution during negotiations in Oman last May," but that the deal ultimately did not pan out.


JPost Edtorial: Jerusalem requires sovereignity: UNRWA dismantling gives Israel power over the land
Israel’s strongest argument is built on documents and facts. The Foreign Ministry’s position, as reported, was direct: the move reflects the implementation of Israeli legislation; Israel says it owns the compound, which does not enjoy immunity; and the action was carried out in accordance with the law. That is the argument Israel should keep repeating, and it should do it with a published legal brief that can be tested.

Reporting also highlighted a practical point that reinforces why this step was necessary. Several outlets described the compound as no longer functioning as an official UNRWA site, yet it is still occupied by squatters or unlawful parties.

The most emotionally resonant voices came from families who connect UNRWA to personal tragedy. Kobi Samerano, father of Yonatan Samerano (who was murdered on October 7, 2023), described the dismantling as a moment of justice and closure for his family, linking it to allegations about UNRWA staff involvement.

UNRWA has provided services that, for better or worse, touched daily life in parts of Jerusalem. If Israel ends an institution’s presence, it must prevent a vacuum that radicals exploit. That means naming who takes responsibility for health services, education placements, and basic welfare functions.

Israel also needs a replacement framework that credible partners can work with. Donor states, including allies, want to know where their money goes. Israel should insist on transparent staffing, vetted payrolls, oversight of facilities, and a clear ban on incitement. It should channel aid through mechanisms that do not carry UNRWA’s political baggage, while ensuring services do not collapse on the ground.

The dismantling at Ammunition Hill will be broadcast globally as a symbol. Israel should make it a symbol of governance. That means the rule of law, a credible plan for civilian needs, and language that strengthens Israel’s case instead of feeding its critics.

Jerusalem requires sovereignty. It also requires competence.


US hits Hamas nonprofit support network with sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned six Gaza-based organizations and the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad on Wednesday for what it said was their support of Hamas’s Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

“Hamas’s insidious practice of operating behind civilian organizations endangers Palestinians and undermines efforts to build a lasting and prosperous peace,” the department stated.

It accuses Hamas of operating a network of organizations in Gaza that “purport to be independent,” hiding their ties to the terror organization to raise funds from overseas donors.

“We are committed to ensuring that humanitarian aid can be delivered by reliable and safe organizations and supporting stabilization efforts for the Gaza Strip,” stated Tommy Pigott, principal deputy U.S. State Department spokesman.

The ties to Hamas were exposed by “documentary evidence taken from Hamas offices after Oct. 7, 2023,” the Treasury Department stated.

The sanctioned organizations include Gaza-based Waed Society, Al-Nur Society, Qawafil Society, Al-Falah Society, Merciful Hands and Al-Salameh Society.
IDF Discovers ‘Dozens of Weapons’ in Gaza Compound, Indicating Hamas Has No Plans To Disarm as US Begins Phase Two of Peace Plan
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday discovered a weapons cache in southern Gaza, suggesting Hamas is rearming even as the United States moves toward phase two of President Donald Trump’s peace plan—a plan that requires Hamas disarmament.

Israeli forces found "dozens of weapons" in an underground depot near the ceasefire line, "including AK-47s, RPGs, and magazines," according to the IDF. The buildup indicates that Hamas may be gearing up for a renewed offensive, a possibility the Jewish state is preparing for with plans of a spring ground operation should Hamas launch widespread attacks. Eyal Zamir, chief of the general staff of the IDF, said Monday that the Israeli military is ready "for the possibility of a surprise war."

Trump himself told reporters on Wednesday in Davos that Hamas must disarm or "be blown away very quickly."

"They agreed to it, they’ve got to do it," Trump said. "And we’re going to know over the next two or three days—certainly over the next three weeks—whether or not they’re going to do it. If they don’t do it, they’ll be blown away very quickly."

A Trump administration official told the Washington Free Beacon that Trump is not bluffing, saying, "President Trump has been very clear on what happens if Hamas decides for some reason not to disarm."

Israel, though, remains "skeptical that Hamas will disarm and that the Palestinian people want peace," a U.S. official involved in the talks acknowledged in a small briefing with reporters late last week. The next step, the official said, "will be engaging in conversations with Hamas on the next phase, which is demilitarization," and with Israel "on what amnesty program can be given to Hamas if they do this."


IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces struck and eliminated Abu Ali Salameh, a terrorist who served as a Hezbollah liaison officer in the village of Yanouh in Southern Lebanon, on Wednesday.

Ali Salameh engaged in a “cynical exploitation” of the residents of Yanouh, the IDF said, embedding terrorist infrastructure within the population.

On Dec. 13, the IDF submitted a request to the ceasefire enforcement mechanism demanding action against a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in Yanouh.

The U.S.-led International Monitoring and Implementation Mechanism is meant to supervise the November 2024 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement. According to the terms, neither Hezbollah forces nor infrastructure are permitted in the southern Litani area.

When Salameh received the request from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), he passed it to additional Hezbollah operatives. When LAF troops arrived, Hezbollah prevented them from dismantling the infrastructure by creating a gathering, giving time for the terrorists to transfer the weapons out of the property, the IDF reported.

Several “suspicious boxes” were removed from the rear door of the property, it said.

“The actions of the terrorist Abu Ali Salameh constitute a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF will continue to act to remove any threat and to defend the State of Israel,” according to the army statement.


United Nations is a 'piece of garbage’ and replacing it would be ‘phenomenal’
Filmmaker Ami Horowitz believes the Peace Board should replace the UN.

“First of all, I’m shocked it’s not called Trump’s board of peace,” Mr Horowitz told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.

“It’s a piece of garbage, and it has been for decades.

“Replacing the UN would be phenomenal.”


Israel Advocacy Movement: Palestinians Confidently Claim This Is Their Flag… Until I Tell Them It’s Sudan



Megyn’s folly
Wiping the land of Israel from the map is a key strategic element of the Muslim Brotherhood’s anti-Zionist Islamist goal. Strategically, the absence of all historical traces of Judaism and Christianity creates an essential dimension of deniability that supports the Islamist claim of Islamist superiority.

Which brings us back to Kelly.

In her refusal to condemn Fuentes and Owens, in addition to another antisemite—former Fox News host and current podcaster Tucker Carlson—Kelly projects a pulsating love of her First Amendment rights. But shortsightedly, she puzzlingly overlooks the fact that those rights she so passionately embraces are incontrovertibly plugged into the founding fathers’ sublime vision of human rights.

And that the “historical fact” (i.e., the Land of Israel) that testifies to the truths of the Judeo-Christian vision provides the foundation on which the Constitution rests. And that the nation of Israel, as the most fervent and most able caretaker of the “ark” of Judeo-Christian culture, must in no way be disempowered from doing so.

The antisemitic rants of Carlson, Owens and Fuentes that Kelly has so far refused to condemn essentially serve to empower the anti-Zionist movement. By so doing, it supports those who seek to strangle Israel diplomatically, economically, and ultimately, militarily. An imploded Israel serves only to reduce the future viability of Judeo-Christian culture.

If we are going to put “America First,” then it should be with the understanding that what has made it—and will continue to allow it—first is the boisterous vitality of the sublime vision of our founding fathers and the bonding recognition that our Constitution is rooted in this vision. As a living monument and testimony to the depth of Judeo-Christian culture, Israel’s vibrant existence is crucial.

True, nobody should be able to dictate who Megyn Kelly ought to condemn, except, if in failing to make such condemnation, she shoots a hole in the bottom of the boat that we are all floating in together.


DJ demanded Israelis say ‘Free Palestine’ before playing Tel Aviv song at London karaoke bar
The Munster Tavern in central London, where the karaoke incident took place.

Israelis were told to say “Free Palestine” before a DJ would play their song during a karaoke night at a popular London pub, according to Palestinian-American activist Ahmed Alkhatib, who witnessed the incident and challenged it at the time.

The exchange took place in the early hours of Sunday morning at the Munster Tavern, where Alkhatib had arrived with a colleague shortly after midnight.

Alkhatib told Jewish News that the song Tel Aviv Ya Habibi was repeatedly stopped within seconds of starting. At first, he said, it appeared to be a technical issue, but after the song was cut a second and third time, it became clear the interruptions had been deliberate.

When members of the group questioned what was happening, Alkhatib said he approached the DJ directly to ask why the song kept being halted.

“You know what he tells me?” Alkhatib said. “He said, ‘If one of them comes out on stage and says “Free Palestine” out loud, I’ll play it.’”

Alkhatib said he immediately objected, describing the demand as unnecessary and targeted. He said the Israeli group had been “not bothering anyone” and that the episode felt discriminatory.




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