Trump Pauses Iran Strikes, Believes A Deal is Imminent

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After spending the morning threatening to turn Iran’s military infrastructure into a parking lot, President Trump abruptly announced Thursday afternoon that peace was back on the menu and the whole thing was “all wrapped up,” proving once again that Middle East diplomacy now operates like a New York real estate negotiation conducted entirely through Truth Social posts.

“We have a deal,” Trump reportedly told aides moments after allegedly green-lighting, canceling, then re-green-lighting a plan to seize Iran’s Kharg Island before finally deciding he preferred making headlines instead.

“Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others.”

Sources inside Washington confirmed several Pentagon officials were informed of the cancellation only after seeing the president’s post sandwiched between advertisements for gold coins and pillows.

The agreement reportedly includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, renewed nuclear negotiations, and what experts are calling “the annual Middle East ceasefire that lasts somewhere between four hours and two weeks.”

“It’s pretty much all wrapped up,” Trump told The Post in a phone call that insiders say lasted roughly the same amount of time as one of his golf putts.

The sudden diplomatic breakthrough came just hours after Trump warned Iran he would strike them “VERY HARD TONIGHT” and floated plans to take over Kharg Island and “assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets.”

“At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela,” Trump wrote earlier Thursday morning, causing cable news producers nationwide to begin hyperventilating into paper bags.

Trump later explained that conquering the island remained his preferred option.

“We ⁠are talking ⁠to them, and all, but you know, ⁠look, my preference has always been — take ⁠Kharg Island … my preference would be that,” he said on “Fox and Friends.”

“⁠I don’t know that America has the stomach for it.”

Political analysts immediately translated the statement to mean, “Trump still wants the win, but he also remembers Americans get cranky when their sons are deployed to defend democracy in places they can’t find on a map.”

Meanwhile, Iran appeared to respond to the agreement with the traditional diplomatic strategy of denying the agreement exists at all.

“An informed source told FNA Iran has not approved any draft agreement or initial memorandum with the US, contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran agreed to a finalized text,” Iran’s Fars News Agency posted to X.

Observers noted this marks approximately the 38th time Trump has declared an Iran deal “close,” though supporters insist that unlike previous administrations, at least this time America bombed something before negotiating.

At press time, CNN was reportedly preparing a seven-part special explaining why peace in the Middle East is actually bad news for democracy.

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Trump admin may be willing to make 'significant accommodations' on sanctions relief for the terrorists

WASHINGTON—In a stunning display of 21st-century diplomacy that somehow hasn't collapsed into a mushroom cloud yet, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz now depends on "full Iranian acceptance and then compliance" with negotiated terms. Of course, trusting the ayatollahs to keep their word is like the scorpion carrying the frog across the stream, for you fable fans.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, evidently moonlighting as a Trump hype man, commended President Donald Trump for leading "extraordinary efforts to pursue peace" after a high-level multilateral phone conference that rounded up the usual suspects from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. Sources confirm the call went swimmingly, with zero participants threatening to turn anyone into a parking lot.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated on Saturday that the main U.S. objective remains preventing Tehran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon, ambitious stuff, considering Iran views "nuclear weapon" the same way a kid views a participation trophy, as in 'everyone should get one.'

President Trump, never one to undersell a deal, declared that the Iran agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz has been "largely negotiated," which in diplomatic terms means "we're basically there except for the part where they keep lying."

The U.S. may be willing to make "significant accommodations" for Iran on sanctions relief if the nation's leaders are willing to make similar accommodations to the U.S. on enriched uranium, a senior administration official told Fox News on Sunday, in what historians are already calling "the most polite game of nuclear chicken ever played."

The official downplayed reports that the deal could be signed on Sunday, saying Tehran's system "does not move fast enough."

"Our plan is to deal with all of their stockpile of the enriched material," the official said. "We see the Iranians making some serious accommodations on these questions that we didn't see before." And if you believe the Islamic Regime at their word, I have a bridge to sell you.

"If the Iranians make significant accommodations on the enrichment question then we will make significant accommodations on sanctions relief," the official continued.

"Even in the IRGC's own propaganda, they did not talk about tolling the Strait of Hormuz. Our position is quite clear. We don't think that a toll is an acceptable outcome," the official added. 

At the time of this writing, Iran was reportedly nodding along while secretly spinning more centrifuges, and Washington was pretending this time would be different.

And snakes have hips.

If the Islamic Regime of Iran is allowed to remain in power, nothing will have been accomplished and this will be a waste of blood and treasure.

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UAE tried to coordinate with Qatar and Saudi Arabia to strike Iran during recent war - report

The United Arab Emirates attempted to persuade its neighboring Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, to coordinate a military response to Iran’s barrage of missiles, rockets and drones during the recent war. When those neighbors declined, Abu Dhabi’s leadership was left frustrated, sources familiar with the matter have told Bloomberg.

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, widely known as MBZ, made several phone calls to fellow leaders, among them Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the immediate aftermath of the joint Israeli and American strikes on Iran that began on 28 February. Convinced of the strategic necessity for a unified retaliatory posture to deter Tehran, MBZ reached out in the expectation that shared peril might at last produce shared resolve.

Yet his neighbors demurred. This, they insisted, was not their war. 

The refusal has only deepened the strains already visible between the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The Trump administration, for its part, was fully aware of the Emirati proposal and lent its own weight to the effort to bring Riyadh and Doha into the fold.

MBZ sought to frame the moment in historical terms for his Gulf Cooperation Council counterparts. The GCC itself, he reminded them, had been founded in 1981 precisely in response to the threats unleashed by Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979. The argument carried the logic of self-preservation. It did not carry the day.

These revelations offer one plausible explanation for the UAE’s subsequent conduct: its withdrawal from OPEC and OPEC+ at the end of April, and its increasingly close alignment with Israel. Left without the collective shield it had sought, the Emirates acted alone. Despite the absence of Gulf support, Abu Dhabi carried out limited strikes against Iranian targets in both March and April.

Iran, for its part, repaid the region with ferocity. The UAE endured the most intense barrage of the entire conflict, with Tehran dispatching nearly 3,000 drones and hundreds of missiles toward Emirati territory before any truce took hold. Last week, Iranian forces struck the key oil port of Fujairah, hard by the Strait of Hormuz.

Saudi Arabia, having declined coordination with its neighbor, eventually struck Iran on its own terms in March. Riyadh then pivoted, assisting Pakistan’s mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran. Qatar, meanwhile, briefly contemplated retaliation after Iran targeted the vast liquefied natural gas facility at Ras Laffan, but chose instead the safer ground of de-escalation. Bahrain and Kuwait, ever aligned with Saudi caution, likewise kept their distance. Oman, bound by longstanding ties to Tehran, was never expected to join such an enterprise.

Emirati and Saudi spokespeople have not responded to requests for comment. What remains is the portrait of a region divided even in the face of a common adversary, where the clearest strategic thinking has come from the smallest and most exposed player. The UAE, at least, appears to have drawn its conclusions from the episode. Whether its neighbours will eventually be forced to do the same is the question that now hangs over the Gulf.

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He's a Blinken traitor to Israel: says recognizing a Palestinian state is a rebuke to Hamas

Antony Blinken, once America's top diplomat, has ventured into the quagmire of Middle East politics with a Wall Street Journal op-ed that attempts to thread an impossible needle. He insists that recognizing a Palestinian state is not a reward for Hamas's barbarism but a "rebuke" to it, a claim as idiotic as it is bewildering. Yet, in the same breath, he relegates this grand gesture to the back burner, behind the more pressing matters of freeing hostages, averting famine in Gaza, and ending the war. 

One might ask: if Palestinian statehood is such a noble rebuke, why not prioritize it? The answer, of course, lies in the grim realities the cowardly Blinken dares not fully confront.

"Israel long ago achieved two of its three stated objectives in Gaza," Blinken writes, nodding to the dismantling of Hamas's military machine and the elimination of those behind the October 7 massacre, a slaughter that needs no recapitulation for anyone with a pulse. But the third objective, the return of hostages, remains elusive. And here, Blinken takes aim at Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza, arguing it will only prolong the conflict and deepen the misery on both sides. 

Fair enough. Occupation is a messy business, and the optics of Israeli tanks rolling through Gaza's ruins are hardly a PR coup. But what, precisely, is the alternative when Hamas still lurks, ready to rearm and reignite? Playing footsie with Hamas will only end in becoming footless. 

Blinken's answer is a familiar diplomatic sleight of hand: dangle the carrot of Palestinian statehood, but only if it meets a laundry list of conditions. 

"No one should expect Israel to accept a Palestinian state that is led by Hamas or other terrorists, that is militarized or has independent armed militias, that aligns with Iran or others that reject Israel’s right to exist, that educates and preaches hatred of Jews or Israel."

A sensible caveat, to be sure. After all, who could argue for a state run by genocidal fanatics or Iran's proxies? Yet the conditions are so stringent they feel less like a pathway than a polite way of saying "never." Blinken suggests a three-year timeline, with the United Nations Security Council, hardly a bastion of impartiality, as the arbiter of Palestinian compliance. "America's veto would reassure Israelis," the dolt adds, as if a U.S. veto in that circus of geopolitics could calm anyone's nerves.

Meanwhile, Blinken urges Israel to play nice: address Gaza's humanitarian crisis, halt settlement expansion in the West Bank, stop demolishing Palestinian homes [that Hamas has booby-trapped], and crack down on extremist violence. Oh, and support the reform of the Palestinian Authority, that creaking relic of Oslo, rather than undermining it. 

Good advice, perhaps, but it sidesteps the inconvenient truth that the PA has been a masterclass in corruption and ineffectuality for decades, and let's not forget their cute "pay to slay" program targeting Jews of all stripes.

The deeper problem with Blinken's vision, aside from the fact that he isn't the brightest bulb in the tool shed. is its refusal to grapple with the mutual delusions at play. "Israel cannot maintain the idea that Palestinians will tolerate being a 'non-people without national rights,'" he writes, and he's not wrong. The status quo is a pressure cooker. But then he adds, "Palestinians must understand that ideas of a state 'from the river to the sea' are unfeasible." 

Here's where the diplomatic sheen cracks. That phrase isn't just a slogan; it's a call for Israel's erasure, chanted by those who see no room for a Jewish state in any configuration. 

Blinken’s response? A platitude: "No one is going anywhere, whatever the delusions of extremists on both sides." Stirring words, but they gloss over the asymmetry of those delusions, one side seeks coexistence, however imperfectly; the other, too often, seeks annihilation.

Blinken's op-ed, at best, is a study in well-meaning futility. He wants Arab states to rebuild Gaza and keep Hamas at bay, but only if there’s a "credible political path toward Palestinian self-determination." 

Saudi Arabia, eyeing normalization with Israel, might nod along, but they're not fools, they know a Palestinian state under current conditions risks becoming another Iranian satrapy. And so we’re left with a paradox: statehood as a rebuke to Hamas, but only if Hamas is already neutered; a path to peace, but only if everyone agrees to play by rules that have never held. It's a vision as earnest as it is detached from the blood-soaked realities of the region. 

One wonders if Blinken believes it himself.

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Florida dhimmies give Orlando Airport a Sharia Prayer Room: no Jews, Christians etc., allowed

Praying to someone down there

America’s airports are rolling out the red carpet for Sharia, and your tax dollars are footing the bill, as usual. While Islamic nations kill gays and throw Christians and Jews in jail for daring to pray in public, the U.S. is quietly building mosque-like prayer rooms in major airports, complete with all the trimmings of Islamic worship. 

This isn’t tolerance, it’s a one-way street to ideological surrender, and it’s happening right under our noses in a red state no less.

Back in 2016, Orlando International Airport dropped over $250,000 of taxpayer cash to build gender-segregated Islamic prayer rooms in Terminal B. We’re talking wudu stations for ritual washing, shoe racks, luggage holders, and signs pointing to Mecca like it’s a spiritual GPS. Airport brass called it "traveler comfort" for the growing number of Muslim visitors. Comfort, sure, but don’t hold your breath for a Christian chapel or Jewish synagogue with the same level of TLC.

Contrast that with the Islamic world. 

In Saudi Arabia, you can’t even whisper a Bible verse in public without risking a prison cell or a lash. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are so draconian that two Christians got hauled off in 2021 just for reading scripture in a park. And in Iran, if you convert from Islam, and you’re looking at harassment or a one-way ticket to a jail cell. Try praying as a Jew or Christian in Riyadh or Tehran, you’ll be lucky to walk away on both legs and your head where it belongs.

Yet here in the U.S., funded by taxpayers of every faith (and none), we’re building Islamic prayer complexes that scream exclusivity. No reciprocal love for other religions, no shared interfaith spaces, just Sharia-compliant setups that cater to one group while others get nothing. The hypocrisy is so thick you could cut it with a sword. Islamic nations enforce their religious supremacy with an iron grip, while we bankroll their norms in the name of "diversity" because we like to think of ourselves as goody-goodies.

Orlando was just the start. Fast forward to 2024, and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport rolled out its own Sharia-compliant complex, complete with gender-segregated rooms and ritual washing stations. [Woo-hoo for wudu.] Who’s cheering? CAIR-Houston, the same group tied to Hamas in the DOJ’s biggest terrorism-financing trial ever. 

While interfaith chapels have been a staple in U.S. airports for years, these new facilities are Islamic-only in design and purpose. Public funds are building religious infrastructure that’s neither offered to other faiths nor reciprocated by Islamic countries. Critics aren’t wrong to call this what it is: not tolerance, but a slow slide into appeasement. And, as Winston Churchill said about appeasement: "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."

America’s funding what Islamic nations ban outright, and most folks are just waking up to the double standard. How long before we stop pretending this is about "inclusion" and start asking why we’re bending over backward for a system that offers zero in return?

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Most Israelis fear this, poll finds

The Jewish people of Israel, battered yet unbowed, have spoken with unmistakable clarity. A survey by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA), conducted by Lazar Research on May 5-6, reveals a nation resolute in its rejection of any deal that would permit the barbarous Hamas to cling to power in Gaza. 

The poll, encompassing 702 souls—Jews and Arabs, aged 18 and older—paints a portrait of a people forged anew in the crucible of the October 7 massacre, that unspeakable Hamas-led atrocity which unleashed this war.

The findings, unveiled ahead of The Jerusalem Post Annual New York Conference, are a rebuke to the naive and the deluded. A commanding 66% of Israelis stand firm against the chimera of a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines, a figure unmoved since prior polls. 

Among Jewish respondents, this opposition surges to a formidable 78%, with a mere 1% offering unconditional assent to such a state. One need not be a prophet to discern why: 70% of all respondents, and a staggering 81% of Jews, live in dread of a second October 7 erupting from the West Bank. 

Contrast this with the 53% of Arab respondents who, curiously, profess no such fear.

The poll’s starkest revelation is the near-universal loathing for Hamas’s continued existence. An overwhelming 85% reject the notion of Hamas retaining a military presence in Gaza; 81% recoil at the prospect of its involvement in civilian governance. Support for Hamas in any form languishes at a pitiful 7-8%. 

This is a people who have seen the face of evil and will not abide its persistence. Even the return of evacuated Israelis to their border communities near Gaza, a homecoming one might assume instinctive, meets fierce resistance if Hamas endures. Sixty-three percent oppose such returns, with only 11% in favor.

Should Hamas persist as a military force, opposition climbs to 67%, and support dwindles to a mere 8%, evidently by suicidal Israelis,

The Palestinian Authority, often peddled as a moderate alternative, fares little better. Opposition to its role in Gaza’s post-war governance has softened, from 60% in March to 50%; yet support remains a tepid 25%. 

A growing number of respondents, adrift in political uncertainty, confess indecision. But on one point, clarity reigns: 71% of Israelis, and 82% of Jewish Israelis, endorse the Trump peace plan, a framework that dares to grapple with reality rather than indulge in fantasy.

And then we have Iran, the malevolent puppeteer looming over this tragedy. 

Sixty percent of Israelis back a military strike on its nuclear facilities—a sentiment unchanged since March. Of these, 37% prefer coordination with the United States, while 23% would see Israel act alone, undeterred by American hesitance. Israel knows that it must act preemptively in these situations in order to maintain its existence.

Dan Diker, president of the JCFA, captures the moment with precision: “The findings reflect a new security reality for Israeli society and continued public opposition to a Palestinian state that supports terrorism, even under the condition of normalization with Saudi Arabia.” He adds, “The survey also shows that the Israeli public is not willing to accept continued Hamas rule in Gaza, even when faced with the dilemma of a hostage deal with Hamas. The public understands that Israel’s security and existential threats require decisive leadership.”

Here is a nation transformed, not by choice, but by necessity. The illusions of compromise with those who seek its destruction have been shattered and reality has set in. 

Israel stands, as ever, at the edge of the abyss, yet its people refuse to blink. They demand leadership equal to their courage, and they will not settle for less.

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Hundreds of Hezbollah commanders ordered to flee Lebanon: Report

Alright, folks, strap in for another wild ride through the global circus of chaos, where the bad guys don’t take vacations—they just relocate.


According to a report on Wednesday, about 400 Hezbollah field commanders have been told to pack their bags and book it out of Lebanon for the sunny shores of South America—think Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Because nothing says “strategic retreat” like swapping Beirut for Bogotá.

A Latin American diplomatic source spilled the tea to Saudi outlet Al Hadath, claiming 200 of these commanders are already sipping café con leche in South America, with the rest set to join the party soon. Why the mass exodus? Hezbollah’s apparently sweating bullets over the Lebanese government and military potentially dismantling their military playground. So, they’re scattering like roaches when the lights come on.

Let’s not kid ourselves—Hezbollah’s no stranger to South America. They’ve already got a cozy little terrorist network down there, while back in Lebanon, they’re flexing with a force of “several tens of thousands of terrorists.” That’s not a typo; it’s just their brand of crazy.

Meanwhile, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is trying to play peacemaker, declaring Tuesday that 2025 will be the year Lebanon gets a monopoly on weapons. His plan? Disarm Hezbollah “through dialogue.” Good luck with that, buddy. 

Aoun’s out here talking about “good and direct” communication with Hezbollah, claiming “the results are evident on the ground.” Sure, if by “results” he means the Lebanese army sealing tunnels and blowing up Hezbollah’s weapons stashes. He’s even floating the idea of folding Hezbollah into the army, 1990s-militia style, where individuals get absorbed separately. 

Sounds like a plan—until you remember who you’re dealing with.

Enter senior Hezbollah honcho Mahmoud Qamati, who’s not exactly vibing with Aoun’s kumbaya approach. In a speech, he doubled down, saying, “We are committed to our weapons, we are committed to our resistance.” Then he dropped a gem from the late Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah: “Whoever reaches out to touch our weapons—their hand will be cut off.” Subtle as a sledgehammer, Mahmoud.

So, here we are: Hezbollah’s top dogs are fleeing to South America, their Lebanese fortress is under pressure, and their leaders are quoting dead guys while waving their guns. Just another day in the geopolitical dumpster fire. Stay tuned, because this mess isn’t cleaning itself up anytime soon.

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German Interior Minister doesn't know Jack Schlift about Islam

Nancy Faeser: useful idiot

The jihadi who ran his car into a crowd of Christmas shoppers in Magdeburg, Germany on Friday and later shouted "Allahu akbar!" upon his capture, is not Islamophobic. In fact, one can easily see that he is Islamophilic based not only on what he did, but on what his background shows.

Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, migrated from Saudi Arabia to Germany in 2006 and cosplayed being an ex-Muslim; he even connected with known critics of Islam and this led media outlets to present him as an "anti-Islam" terrorist.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who for years has refused to connect Islam with terrorism and went so far as to criticize critics of Islam and mass Muslim migration to Germany, calling them "Nazis," claimed that “we can only say with certainty that the perpetrator was obviously Islamophobic.”

Trying to kill as many Christmas shoppers right before the holiday is Islamophobic? How does that even make sense? It's a freaking non sequitur. After all, how many Muslims was this jihadi hoping to kill at a Christmas shopping market? Why would Abdulmohsen choose such a place?

Why did Abdulmohsen lie about being an ex-Muslim [aka, an apostate] and present himself publicly as such?

Islam has doctrines that call for deception under certain circumstances. These doctrines are known as taqiyya which allows Muslims to lie for the sake of Islam. This is not just a 'one-off,' it's part of the  foundational precepts in Islamic theology across all sects and schools of jurisprudence. 

Also, jihad groups have been calling for attacks in Germany and this attack was a perfect example of one such attack. There have been recent incidents where Muslims have marched in the streets of Germany shouting "Allahu akbar!" Using vehicles to cause death, injury and destruction has been recommended by these jihadis.

So let's be clear: Nancy Faeser is either a useful idiot or a deceptive enemy of the German people. She is either looking at the cancerous spread of Islam across Germany as a mere boo-boo, or knows what will happen if you let it grow.

The Telegraph reported that Abdulmohsen wrote: "I have to admit that I was deceived by western Leftists. I thought they welcome refugees because they care for human rights. But my experience in Germany showed me that they welcome refugees because they want to Islamise Europe." There's one thing that Faeser hates: warnings about the Islamization of Europe. The German political elites are deeply worried about the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which opposes mass Muslim migration. When incessantly calling the AfD a bunch of Nazis failed, they have even considered ways to outlaw it.

Does anyone with a functioning Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex really believe that the spread of Islam via mass migration poses no threat to Western society and our values?

For Faeser and her leftist allies, the race is on. Earlier, those who supported mass migration into Europe without worrying about Islamization used mass murderer Anders Breivik's so-called "manifesto" to discredit critics of Islam that he supposedly named. Now, Faeser and other useful idiots believe they've found this decade's Breivik in Taleb Abdulmohsen.

Nancy Faeser is a danger to herself and others.

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Oct. 7 was just the beginning Iran and Hamas warn: the plotting sickens

Sinwar before he went into hiding waving goodbye before hiding in tunnels

It's no secret Muslims are taught to hate the Jews and to distrust Christians. It's in their scripture and taught in  UNRWA-financed schools and madrassas in the Middle East. So it should come as no surprise to learn that Iran-backed jihad groups plan to turn the Islamic "holy" month of Ramadan into the "second phase of October 7" and torch the Middle East, as Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant asserted on Tuesday.

"The main goal of Hamas is to take Ramadan, with an emphasis on the Temple Mount and Jerusalem, and turn it into the second phase of their plan that began on October 7. This is the main goal of Hamas, and it is being amplified by Iran and Hezbollah,” Gallant said following a situational assessment at the Israel Defense Forces' Central Command, which is responsible for Judea and Samaria.

"We cannot let them have this, and that means we need to do everything we can to bring calm to the area," Gallant continued. "We must not give Hamas what it failed to achieve during the beginning of the war and [let it achieve] 'unity of the battlefields,'" he said, referring to the Hamasshole's attempts to spark a multi-front war.

If Hamas had its way, they would rename the month "The Ramadan Bomb-a-thon." Since starting the war with the barbaric attack on Israeli civilians [mostly], the violence continued to escalate across northwestern Negev on October 7. 

A total of 41 Israeli airstrikes have been carried out in the West Bank since the start of the war, as well as more than 200 counter-terror operations in Palestinian towns. Jews fighting back after being attacked has angered not only the Muslim communities across the globe, but also leftist students attending Islamic-funded universities in Western nations.

For example, between 2014 and 2019, over $5 billion was donated to US schools by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. We see the impact this had when observing the anti-Semitism and anti-Zionist demonstrations have been occurring in such formerly prestigious schools like Cornell ($1.2 billion), Harvard ($894 million), and MIT ($859 million), just to name a few.

Judea and Samaria  saw a dramatic rise in terrorist attacks in 2023 compared to the previous year, with shootings reaching their highest level since the Second Intifada of 2000-05, IDF data shows.

Since October 7, around 3,300 Palestinian terror suspects have been captured in arrest raids throughout the Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, including more than 1,350 who were associated with Hamas, the IDF said on Tuesday.

In the Gaza Strip, IDF forces are closing in on the position of Hamas' cowardly former leader Yahya Sinwar, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing current and former Israeli officials familiar with the intelligence. Sinwar is believed to be hiding in tunnels below Khan Younis, where he has surrounded himself with human shields comprised of hostages taken on Oct. 7 and Palestinians who have been taken in by Hamas altogether.

"It's not about locating him, it's about doing something" without risking the lives of the hostages, one senior Israeli official told the newspaper.

However, the operation in Gaza cannot conclude until Sinwar is captured, killed, or removed from power, officials stressed to The Washington Post.

Speaking at a World Zionist Organisation conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari vowed to get to Sinwar "dead or alive." 

"We are fighting Hamas from the north to the south," Hagari told attendees. "We will finish in Rafah; it is an important city – there are hostages in Rafah," Hagari was quoted as saying. The city of Rafah is the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza and could be the key to ending the war.

Our very own US Rear Adm. Rachel Levine responded with "Fighting is just so silly."

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U.S., U.K., Canada and others urge their citizens to evacuate Lebanon as Iranian terrorists escalate terror on Israel

At least ten countries are alerting their citizens in Lebanon to get out of there as fast as they can as the religion of peace worshiping Iranian organizations ramp up terror attacks on Israel's northern border. It's possible that a second front in the war could begin in Israel's war against Islamic terrorists in the region.

Israel officials worry that Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization operating out of Lebanon, is preparing to launch a full-scale attack on Israel's northern border with their 20,000 jihad terrorists. They have approximately 150,000 rockets at the ready and could easily overwhelm Israel's Iron Dome defense, a number that gets Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar moist.

Hezbollah high-ranking official Hashem Safieddine gave a speech to thousands of unwashed supporters on Wednesday, claiming that the terrorist group was “thousands of times stronger” than it was in the past, and threatening Israel and the West, warning that attacks on Hezbollah would be a “resounding” mistake, even though it would be the only reasonable thing the Jewish State would do in an existential response.

And while Hezbollah shakes its bloody fist and screams, the IDF might very well have the capability to kick its proverbial ass in battle.

Never again means never again--it doesn't mean "don't."

The countries that have told their citizens to "get out of Dodge" include the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Canada, France, Kuwait, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and Australia.

On Monday, the IDF announced that residents of 28 towns along the Israel-Lebanon border needed to immediately evacuate the area. These communities are: Ghajar, Dishon, Kfar Yuval, Margaliot, Metula, Avivim, Dovev, Ma’ayan Baruch, Bara’m, Manara, Yiftach, Malkia, Misgav Am, Yir’on, Dafna, Arab al-Aramshe, Shlomi, Netu’a, Ya’ara, Shtula, Matat, Zari’t, Shomera, Betzet, Adamit, Rosh HaNikram, Hanita and Kfar Giladi. 

Hezbollah's primary goal is the elimination of Jews and the targeting of the United States all over the world as it has operations in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. 

Thanks to former President Barack Hussein Obama (D) the terrorist organization grew quickly. He even let them smuggle in many tons of illicit drugs into the US as his weak way of appeasing the alligator known as Iran while believing they'd go along with the proposed nuclear deal. 

Can I get a WTF?

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Harvard professor suggested Hamas attack was attempt to hide Netanyahu corruption: gets outed and apologizes

Larry Tribe: professor at Saudi-funded Harvard University

Harvard professor Larry Tribe tweeted/deleted his conspiracy theory that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a war with Hamas to distract from his own government corruption. But he's now saying he's sorry for the "ill-informed" statement. X users had blasted his bull crap which is probably why he apologized.

Netanyahu responded to the Sabbath attack which initially killed about 100 Israelis by declaring that Israel is "at war" with Hamas. They have also taken military and civilian hostages, the latter being a war crime.

Tribe posted that the prime minister was "wagging the dog of war" in order to keep the focus off his own authoritarian power.

So the alternative for Netanyahu would have been to keep his mouth shut and just take it on the chin, like a good Jew and stop trying to fool the world that Israel needs to strike back. That didn't work out so well for them back in the day.

A large number of X users, even including Keith Olbermann, refused to buy the crap that Tribe was trying to sell and called the moron an "idiot" who needs to "go commit" himself somewhere. And when Olbermann attacks one of his own idiots, you know that person is an flaming idiot. He said of Tribe that his take on Netanyahu was "moronic and indefensible." 

Kudos to Olbermann.

Local Israeli media reported Sunday that at least 600 Israelis have been killed and 1,800 wounded since the Hamasshole sneak attack from Gaza on Saturday morning.

Tribe's post linked to Washington Post’s coverage of the Saturday attack in Israel after Hamas launched several thousand rockets into civilian areas of Israel, killing Israelis as they slept or on their own streets.

Tribe, who evidently thinks he's a mindreader, said that Netanyahu's motivation for war weren't simply about defending Israelis, but an attempt to keep the focus off of himself.

Dave Rubin, a conservative political commentator tweeted to Tribe: "You are a f------ idiot."

Author Ian Bremmer asked Tribe, "Are you kidding me? have you seen what’s happening on the ground? worst take I've seen this morning. and the bar is high."

Defense attorney and conservative commentator Marina Medvin wrote, "You’re a disgusting terrorist a--kisser."

Fox News reporter Julie Kelly posted: "You need to go commit yourself somewhere."

Seattle radio host Jason Rantz blasted the legal scholar, stating, "Thanks for reminding people that you’re the absolute worst person."

Israel needs to go beyond with how they have historically responded to Islamic terrorist attacks. They need to turn a deaf ear to the anti-Semitic criticism they get for responding with greater force than their enemies have meted out to them. And idiots like Tribe need to constantly be called out like this when making such ridiculous claims.

Israel needs to destroy Hamas completely and mean it when they say "Never Again."

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Don't refuse eminent domain if you live in Saudi Arabia--they will kill you if you refuse to leave

Three indigenous Saudi men were told to leave their homes to make way for NEOM, a futuristic city state that’s estimated to cost $500,000,000,000 because the Crown Prince and man who order Jamal Kashogghi to be killed and dismembered, Mohammed bin Salman, had the idea to build it and they will come.

The three men - all members of the Howeitat tribe, also known as al-Huwaitat - were handed death sentences by Saudi Arabia’s special courts on October 2nd.

The Howeitat people reside in towns and villages in the northwest of Saudi Arabia.

Shadli, Attaullah and Ibrahim al-Howeitat were first arrested in 2020 and sentenced to death weeks ago, while a month prior - in September - other Howeiti people were sentenced to 50 years in prison, according to VICE.

Their sentence was handed down by Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court, which is mainly used by the kingdom to charge dissidents and human rights activists and maybe kill them or otherwise mess them up.

In April 2020, Shadli, Attaullah and Ibrahim’s brother - Abdul Rahim - was shot and killed by Saudi special forces after he used his final social media post to criticize the compulsory eviction. They don't like it when you don't go along with the program.

Abdul Rahim said Saudi Arabia was guilty of ‘state terrorism’ and before they killed him, he had become a vocal opponent to NEOM. He is currently enjoying his death with 72 virgins sitting by the banks of a river made of wine.

The government lied that his death was the result of a ‘shootout with security forces’ and insisted Abdul Rahim had to be ‘neutralized,’ also alleging he ‘barricaded himself in his house’ and ‘threw molotov cocktails’ at security forces.

VICE also notes that his body was held for weeks by authorities before being returned to his family and the government closed his case without releasing more details, kind of like what they did with Jamal Kashogghi.

What’s more, the Saudi government offered to pay people in the community to condemn Howeitat’s actions and anyone who spoke out against the move was ‘quickly silenced,' kind of like Kashogghi.

The idea is that NEOM will be ready by 2030, although some have warned that it could take 20 years longer than that and perhaps a thousand or more "Kashogghis."

But they have oil and Biden doesn't want the US to have their own, so he's still pals with bin Salman and will overlook what the Saudis have done to the three men as they did with Kashogghi.

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Report: Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman privately mocked Biden and his mental state

"Rock, paper, scissors, match!"

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly commented on U.S. President Joe Biden's obvious mental decline that nobody in the Democratic Party is willing to acknowledge. It has been learned that the 37-year-old prince had mocked Biden in private while questioning his diminished mental state. More importantly, this comes at a time when the relationship between the two countries is being threatened after OPEC+ was asked to increase oil production just until the midterm elections are finished, but the Saudis refused and became the target of harsh criticism by American lawmakers.

According to the Wall Street Journal, a few Saudi government officials said the prince preferred former President Trump over the brain addled Biden, and were unimpressed since he was vice president. They also made fun of his inability to put a cogent sentence together without screwing up with a humorous gaffe or bald-faced lie. 

But when questioned, Prince Faisal denied Prince Mohammed had privately made fun of the old geezer or told his aides he favored Trump.

"These allegations made by anonymous sources are entirely false," Faisal said with a straight face. "The kingdom’s leaders have always held the utmost respect for U.S. presidents, based on the kingdom’s belief in the importance of having a relationship based on mutual respect."

The report didn't specify what gaffes or instances Prince Mohammed allegedly referred to when speaking about Biden, but there is so much to chose from, it basically doesn't matter.

Here's one: "Jackie are you here? Where's Jackie? She must not be here," Biden said, referring to Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) at a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Unfortunately for Jackie, she was dead--killed in a car crash along with two staffers in August.

During his campaign, Biden refused to mumble to Prince Mohammed for over a year or leave his basement. When they finally met in Jeddah in July, Biden was obviously uncomfortable being there and didn't talk policy, possible due to his lack of cue cards. Saudi officials noticed his discomfort and this came out in the report.

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The White House puppeteers said Biden wants to review whether the Saudi relationship is serving U.S. security interests, WSJ reported. Some want him to reassess the relationship between the two countries and Biden promises to get to it just as soon as his meetings with drag queens come to an end.

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Saudi prince isn't taking Biden's threat of consequences

Not a hair on a head to sniff

Saudi Prince Saud al-Shaalan, a prince related to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, isn't taking President Biden's threat to Saudi Arabia with a grain of salt. He apparently took aim at Biden's threat and warned leaders not to threaten the kingdom.

"Anybody that challenges the existence of this country and this kingdom. All of us, we are products of jihad, and martyrdom," he said in a video posted on Twitter Saturday. "That's my message to anybody that thinks that it can threaten us."

Al-Shaalan is married to a grand daughter of the late King Abdulaziz Al Saud, who founded Saudi Arabia.

The video comes at a time of unprecedented tensions between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, with the oil-rich kingdom leading an OPEC+ decision last week to cut oil production despite American requests to increase exports, (at least until the midterm elections in order to help the Democrats look as if they got the price of gasoline to drop. After the midterms, it's okay if they cut back on production again.)

Babbling Biden blasted the Saudis after that decision was made to cut production, accusing the Saudis of siding with Putin in the war with Ukraine and warning of "consequences" for the kingdom. Obama was obviously correct when he said, "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up."

"There's going to be some consequences for what they've done with Russia," Biden mush-mouthed during an interview with CNN last week.

In response, Saudi Arabia released a statement denying the decision was made in order to help Russia.

"The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would first like to express its total rejection of these statements that are not based on facts, and which are based on portraying the OPEC+ decision out of its purely economic context," the Saudi foreign ministry said.

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The current tensions have created the concern that the longstanding alliance between the US and the Saudi could be getting ready to split, but an anonymous Saudi secret source told Fox News Digital that al-Shaalan's rhetoric does not speak for the government and that there is a good chance the prince will end up "doing the Khashoggi."

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While Biden blasts MAGA Republicans, US flies 2 B-52H Stratofortresses over Middle East

As tensions increase with Iran, the world's number one sponsor of terrorism, the US flew a pair of nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortresses over the Middle East on Sunday. They were escorted by air forces from the UK, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).

President Biden forgot to talk about Iran, China, Russia and other threats to the nation in his speech last week.

Anyway, this was the fourth Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission in 2022 and if things don't change with Iran, and they keep messing with us at sea as they did with taking our sea drones, this will not be the last mission to be flown there.

During Sunday's mission, the B-52 long-distance bombers left from England and flew over the Eastern Mediterranean, Arabian Peninsula, and Red Sea.

"This Bomber Task Force is a strong, clear representation of enduring US commitment to the region," Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, 9th Air Force commander, said in a statement.

"Threats to the US and our partners will not go unanswered. Missions like this BTF showcase our ability to combine forces to deter and, if necessary, defeat our adversaries," as in blow them to smithereens. 

Dear Ayatollah: Coming to a neighborhood near you

As fighter jets from the United Kingdom, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia escorted the B-52 bombers overhead, Army Central forces simulated firepower on the ground.  This is kind of equivalent to a schoolyard tough guy grabbing his crotch just before he's ready to throw a punch.

The Biden administration has tried to negotiate with Iran for 16 months in order to revive the useless and now defunct Iran Nuclear Deal. While Iran responded to the US proposal to reopen negotiations, the State Department said that it was "not constructive."

Iran may claim that it has no intentions of building a nuclear bomb, they're about as believable as a scorpion promising a frog that it won't sting it when crossing the pond. They have already enriched 3,800 kilograms of uranium up to 60% purity, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Under the previous terms of the nuclear deal, Iran could only have 300 kilograms of uranium enriched up to 3.67%.

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Just last Monday, Iran seized an unarmed American sea drone in the Arabian Gulf and the USS Thunderbolt and MH-60S Sea Hawk chopper were dispatched to stop the seizure.

Then last Thursday, an Iranian warship seized and detained two US sea drones, but the U.S. 5th Fleet again dispatched two destroyers and a helicopter to deter them.

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BREAKING: Biden has COVID, Dementia and Incontinence NEW UPDATED INFO!

Hmmm . . . I wonder how her hair smells

UPDATE: In addition to alleged President Biden having COVID, Dementia and Incontinence, he admitted to also having asthma and cancer. POTUS has one foot on a banana peel, and the other near the edge of a cliff, metaphorically.

The White House had announced that President Joseph Robinette Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and also has dementia along with occasional bouts of incontinence when nervous.

The 79-year-old former vice president was having "very mild symptoms"  that include: misspeaking, lack of veracity, forgetfulness, disorientation to person, place and time, and confusion. He is taking Paxlovid, according to officials who wish to remain in power, and is quarantined for now and hopefully until after the midterm elections.

“This morning, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19,” White House press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said as she read from her notes. “He is fully vaccinated and twice boosted and experiencing very mild symptoms.” 

So when he claimed the vaccine will prevent the spread of COVID, he was talking out of his nether regions.

“He has been in contact with members of the White House staff by phone this morning, and will participate in his planned meetings at the White House this morning via phone and Zoom from the residence,” she added in the statement from which she read. “Consistent with White House protocol for positive COVID cases, which goes above and beyond CDC guidance, he will continue to work in isolation until he tests negative. Once he tests negative, he will return to in-person work.”

By testing negative, Jean-Pierre was not referring to his current approval rating but rather to the presence of COVID.

White House doctor Kevin O’Connor said in memo that the president is “currently experiencing mild symptoms, mostly rhinorrhea (or ‘runny nose’) and fatigue, with an occasional dry cough, which started yesterday evening.” He is also having cognitive decline but O'Connor didn't mention that fact.

First Lady Doctor Jill Biden tested negative for the illness, according to her spokesperson, which indicates the couple are likely not coupling.

Biden wrapped up a useless four-day trip to the Middle East, where he did not trip on the Air Force One stairs but met with Israeli leaders and attended a summit of Arab states, hosted by Saudi Arabia and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, [aka Mohammed bone Sawman] whom Biden fist-bumped and shot him his signature denture white smile and begged him to release oil for the US.

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Biden greeted a number of other officials during his trip with a confused look and Fauci-fist-bumps instead of hand shakes, in an effort to “minimize contact as much as possible where we can.” Notice how that worked out--much like the vaccine that is a much a vaccine as a trans woman is a woman.

As far as Biden is concerned, God love him--he's an idiot.

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Biden freed as much Saudi oil as he freed U.S. prisoners held there: zilch!

"How in God's name did your guys get him to fit inside that suitcase?"

The fist bump so-called President Biden did with Muhammed bin Salman [aka Muhammed bone-Sawman] was stupid, uncalled for and insensitive, and that was a really bad visual for him. The lack of accomplishing an oil deal, for which he went to Saudi Arabia, was also not a good look. But it was Biden's impotence or imperviousness toward the two American "hostages" in the kingdom, and his failure to even address the situation, that has angered two families of the prisoners. [H/T New York  Post]

According to these families, there are at least four Americans jailed in Saudi Arabia, but the cases are not well-known as the families chose to work quietly with the US government ahead of Biden's begging visit. 

But like everything Biden pretends to do, nothing came out of his meeting and the families are now seeking to gain the public's attention about their loved ones languishing in jail.

“I’m not a [Donald] Trump person, nor a Biden person. But if Trump was the president, these people would be home … Trump would have got it done,” said  Ali al-Ahmed, whose cousin, Dr. Bader al-Ibrahim, is not allowed to leave Saudi Arabia despite facing no criminal charges.

Al-Ibrahim is an epidemiologist who was working in Saudi Arabia. He was jailed without charges from April 2019 to February 2021, and is a Shia Muslim, a minority sect of the religion of peace.

Al-Ahmed is a U.S.-based analyst of Saudi affairs and president of the Committee for American Hostages in Saudi Arabia. "We have a saying in our country . . . it is a big prison," he said. He showed The Post before-and-after photos illustrating his cousin's severe weight loss after nearly two years in jail.

The committee has identified two additional US citizens, Salah al-Haidar and Dr Walid Fatihi who cannot leave Saudi Arabia in one piece at this time. The fourth American, a 74-year-old, remains unnamed, at the request of his family in order to avoid angering the Saudi government. He has been in jail without charges since last November.

Biden's trip to the kingdom was meant to rehabilitate the relationship between the US and the Saudis after Biden called the country a "pariah state" after killing and dismembered a journalist at the Turkey consulate. Biden was in the kingdom to plead to the "Notorious MBS" to release more oil for the US because gas prices are rising faster than Hunter Biden when he's video recording with a prostitute.

“Biden didn’t move an inch for him,” said the relative of the 74-year-old who spoke with The Post on the condition of anonymity. Al-Ibrahim’s cousin Ali al-Ahmed claimed that former President Donald Trump would have been able to get the detainees home from Saudi Arabia, which of course is true.

The family member added that they had called the White House almost every day from late May until last week to try and speak with Stephanie Hallett, the NSC’s acting senior director for the Middle East and North Africa.

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The person said they were shocked when a White House switchboard operator asked at one point: “Why do you want to talk to someone who doesn’t want to talk to you?”

Al-Ahmed said he also left messages for Hallett but also was unable to connect with her.

Do you miss Trump yet?

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Biden mocked as Saudis destroy his claims

Alleged President Joe Biden went to Saudi Arabia, head bowed, hat in hand, begging like a squeegee guy on Canal Street for a little taste of their oil. But Biden may have forgotten that he recently referred the kingdom as a "pariah" nation after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman [aka Mohammed bone Sawman] had a journalist killed, then dismembered and stuffed in suitcases for the bad press he wrote about him.

After the meeting ended and Biden emerged, it was obvious he got zilch from MBS, but tried to appear that he did.

After going to Saudi Arabia to beg them for more oil, Joe Biden says it will "begin shortly."
Not a word about American energy production. pic.twitter.com/cIH9fcRSrr
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch)

“We had a good discussion on ensuring global energy security and adequate oil supplies to support global economic growth,” Biden mush-mouthed. “That will begin shortly. And…I’m doing all I can to increase the supply for the United States of America, which I expect to happen. The Saudis share that urgency and based on our discussions today, I expect we’ll see further steps in the coming weeks.”

If Biden did all he can to increase the supply of oil for the USA, we would be drilling for our oil now and the Keystone Pipeline would be operating.

Biden's response was empty, like what's happening to our oil reserves. He isn't saying anything significant, and while his brain has morphed into oatmeal without raisins, his political brain cell is still functioning enough to evade the issue. He hopes there will be "further steps" and he has his fingers crossed.

Well, he might hope for further steps, but the Saudis stuck a pin in the hope balloon as they made it clear that there were no "further steps," meaning that Biden is like a used adult Depends.

After the event ended, a joint statement was issued and released by the Saudis. It never said anything about oil supply increases. All it said was that Saudi Arabia and the United States “renewed their commitment towards the stability of global energy markets” and that the US “welcomed the kingdom’s commitment to support balance in the global oil market.”

The Saudi reading of the Biden-MbS meeting is more circumspect. Adel Al-Jubeir, a top Saudi diplomat briefing afterward, said that Riyadh will produce more oil **if it sees a shortage** (that’s a long standing Saudi policy). And he indicated Riyadh will work via OPEC+ | #OOTT

— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) July 15, 2022

It's sad when Americans believe the Saudis over our own so-called president.

Basically, all that Biden was doing was play acting in order to convince us that he was on the case and was willing to walk back everything negative he said about the Saudis after they killed Jamal Khashoggi.

In other words, this was largely just a performance by Biden to convince us he was doing something, and he was willing to throw all his prior words about Saudi Arabia and MBS away in the process. He was even mocked by the fiancee of the late Jamal Kashoggi, but his widow had something to say about that:

Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancé reacts to Biden’s meeting with MBS. https://t.co/UJi7AA1iTd
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 15, 2022

Saudi Prince Turki Al-Faisal — who previously served as head of Saudi intelligence and an ambassador to the U.S. — told CNBC that President Biden was a “much-diminished president” compared with when he was inaugurated in January 2021.

“As an example, on energy issues, he came in with a policy to stop completely fossil fuel usage not only in the United States, but worldwide,” Prince Turki said. Now, Biden has a need for fossil fuel, “not only because of the Ukraine war, but also because of U.S. policy itself that shut down pipelines and stopped issuing….discovery of oil on U.S. soil,” Turki said.

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Wow! It looks like Joe Biden isn't getting the respect the Democrats used to think he deserves. Let's face it--he's no Donald Trump, and not certainly no Ron DeSantis.

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