Segal: “If Iran maintains the ceasefire while Israel continues to strike Lebanon, then it is a sign that the terror proxy has been thrown to the wolves”

Posted on April 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

FREE PRESS
This Ceasefire Could Mark the Death of Iran’s Axis of Resistance
Amit Segal
April 9, 2026

…Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has already declared negotiations “unreasonable” under the current conditions. Furthermore, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have claimed that shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has been halted and will not resume until Israel’s attacks in Lebanon cease. Israel does not seem intent on ending its campaign, so the question becomes: Who will break first? The answer is about far more than interpretation of the ceasefire agreement; it is a fundamental question of whose strategy survived Operation Roaring Lion. If Iran breaks and leaves its proxy at the mercy of Israel, then the Axis of Resistance has officially broken. The Iranian guarantee becomes as worthless as their currency, and its proxies will have to chart their own courses, if not disintegrate altogether. Conversely, if Israel concedes, then it has surrendered its post-October 7 security doctrine: Never allow threats to build up on the borders. In the post-Roaring Lion world, only one doctrine can survive. READ MORE

JNS IDF launches largest strike on Hezbollah since start of ‘Roaring Lion’ The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday carried out its largest coordinated strikes against Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon since the start of “Operation Roaring Lion,” hitting about 100 sites across multiple areas simultaneously within 10 minutes. The large-scale wave of attacks targeted Hezbollah headquarters, military infrastructure and command-and-control centers in Beirut, the Beqaa Valley and Southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli army. The targets included intelligence command centers and central headquarters used to direct and plan attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians; infrastructure tied to Hezbollah’s rocket and naval units; and assets belonging to the Radwan Force and the Aerial (127) Unit. 

ISRAEL HAYOM Lebanon will determine the fate of the campaign On the Iranian front, Israel did everything it could, and the achievements are significant, even if not decisive. But on Israel’s northern border, it looks as though we are heading toward a historic missed opportunity. Instead of forcibly freeing the Lebanese state from Iranian control, including by targeting its leaders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu folded under pressure from the US administration, yielded to Iran and entered negotiations with Beirut’s puppet regime.

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“While the cabinet has kept the decision low-profile, the scale of the approval, jumping by 34 outposts at once, represents an unprecedented acceleration of settlement activity in the region”

Posted on April 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

i24NEWS
Israeli cabinet quietly authorizes 34 new settlements in swift move
Inon Shalom Yttach
April 9, 2026

The Israeli cabinet has quietly greenlit the construction of 34 new settlements across the West Bank. The authorization marks the largest single approval of outposts in a single step, nearly doubling the recent total from 69 to 103. What makes this expansion particularly significant is the location of the approved sites. Several are situated deep within Palestinian enclaves in the northern West Bank, while others are located in remote, rugged areas where the IDF currently maintains almost no permanent presence. Establishing civilian outposts in these “unreachable” points creates a massive new security and logistical burden for the military, which is already stretched thin. This “one-step” surge reflects a major shift in government policy, moving away from incremental approvals toward a sweeping consolidation of the Israeli presence in the most isolated regions of the territory. READ MORE

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“While basking in the protection offered by America’s military capability so they can fund their bulging, barely-functioning welfare programs, when asked for support, these putative allies run for cover”

Posted on April 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
With Friends Like These: America and Its Fake Allies
Nils A. Haug
April 4, 2026

Some of America’s friends, purported Western allies, have shown their true colors at last. Regrettably, without shame, they have proven to be nothing but parasites. While basking in the protection offered by America’s military capability so they can fund their bulging, barely-functioning welfare programs, and taking advantage of America’s powerful economy with preferential tariffs in their favor, when asked for support, these putative allies run for cover. In naming and shaming these “fair-weather” friends – Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Greece and the United Kingdom, among others, the last might be a good place to start. Somehow, somewhere along the line, leading politicians of the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer specifically, seem to have overlooked a bit of history. During World War II, Great Britain would have been destroyed by Germany but for one crucial factor – the military and economic might of the United States. READ MORE

JPOST Spain is failing the West and weakening Europe’s diplomatic hand Spain, under Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has chosen a shameful role in the confrontation between the West and the Iranian regime. In recent weeks, Madrid blocked US use of the jointly operated Rota and Moron bases for strikes connected to the Iran campaign, later closed its airspace to American military aircraft involved in that effort, and this week announced it would reopen its embassy in Tehran. At the same time, Spain intensified its pressure on Israel and called for the European Union to suspend its association agreement with the Jewish state.

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“This Isn’t Your Parents’ Democratic Party. It’s Not Even Yours Anymore”

Posted on April 8, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
It’s Never Too Late to Wake Up: A Plea to the Jewish Boomers I Love
Jaclyn S. Clark
April 6, 2026

Let’s skip the pleasantries. Jewish Americans are under siege — not in the abstract, historical, “never forget” sense that lets you nod gravely at a Yom HaShoah ceremony and then go back to brunch. Right now. Today. Synagogues operate behind blast-proof barriers. Jewish students need security escorts to get to class. “Zionist” has become the socially acceptable way to say the thing polite society won’t let people say anymore.…So hear me when I tell you: this is not a partisan hit piece. I am not here to sell you on the Republican Party. I am not asking you to love Donald Trump. I am not even asking you to like him. I’m asking you to stop letting him live rent-free in your head while your house burns down around you. I get it…The enemies are closing in from both sides. And if you can only see the threat from one direction because you’ve oriented your entire political compass around a single man you despise, you are not paying attention. You are choosing not to pay attention. And that choice has consequences that extend far beyond your voting booth. READ MORE

CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Can You Believe What Kristi Noem’s Husband (and Zohran Mamdani’s Wife) Did! I have a question for you: Which is the more important story? The husband of Kristi Noem, the former head of the Department of Homeland Security, donning fake breasts and participating in online “bimbofication” fetish forums. The wife of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani expressing antisemetic and pro-terrorist views online. Your answer, and whether you’ve heard about one, both, or neither of the stories, probably says something about your tribal affiliation. And speaking of tribal affiliation, our culture’s most influential journalists and comedians have made it clear which they regard as the more important story.

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“Ghazali wasn’t a man driven mad by grief. He was a man who was in the family business—terrorism”

Posted on April 8, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

BATYA UNGAR-SARGON BLOG
The Media Cast the Michigan Synagogue Terrorist as a Grief-Stricken Victim. Actually, He Was in the Family Business: Hezbollah
March 30, 2026

…“The Michigan Synagogue Attacker Was a Quiet Restaurant Worker,” the New York Times told us the day after the attack. This is how the New York Times described a man whose dying wish was to murder Jewish babies. He was destroyed by his grief, per the Times: The article explains that Ghazali’s brothers were killed in an Israeli strike on Lebanon. But the New York Times concealed a rather important fact from its audience: Ghazali’s brothers worked for Hezbollah—in the terrorist organization’s rocket unit. This was apparently the family business. Why would the New York Times journalists keep such an important fact from their readers? Well, because you’d feel less sympathy for a man whose brothers were killed if you knew they were terrorists shooting rockets at innocent civilians. READ MORE

NEW YORK POST NPR didn’t quote a single member of Michigan synagogue after attack — but interviewed terrorist’s pals in Lebanon NPR didn’t manage to quote a single member of the Michigan synagogue that was attacked by a crazed Hezbollah-supporting terrorist last month — but did manage to track down his pals 6,000 miles away in Lebanon, a new report reveals. Now even NPR’s public editor is criticizing the lefty broadcaster for the stunning oversight. Instead of focusing on the victims in the heinous attack, a March 14 “All Things Considered” segment sent an NPR reporter to the Lebanon hometown of Ayman Ghazali, 41, who just days earlier had rammed his truck into a Jewish preschool at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township.

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“For those willing to confront Jew-hatred, radical ideologies, and America’s future, this film is essential viewing”

Posted on April 7, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

NEWSMAX
In Wake of Oct. 7, Film Exposes West’s Shameful Moral Collapse
Ziva Dahl
April 7, 2026

In a world where barbarism masquerades as “resistance,” Gloria Z. Greenfield’s powerful documentary, “A Collective Descent into Evil: The Lethal Obsession with Jews and the Jewish State,” is a devastating exposé of moral decay. The 80-minute film from Doc Emet Productions confronts the global fallout from the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, exposing humanity’s slide into a moral abyss. For anyone wondering why parts of the West cheer savages while vilifying Jewish victims, this film demands attention. Journalist Melanie Phillips sets the stage with the thematic question: In the face of Palestinian atrocities — rape, torture, mutilation, hostage-taking, and murder — and vows to repeat them until every Jew is eradicated, did the West uphold civilized values or align with evil? READ MORE

This film will premiere in Santa Monica at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage on April 21, 2026. Click here to register.

See trailer,  A Collective Descent into Evil: The Lethal Obsession with Jews and the Jewish State

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From its beginnings, Hezbollah served as an extension of Iran’s revolution, a reality reflected in its early slogans such as “No East Beirut, No West Beirut—an Islamic Republic”

Posted on April 7, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

THIS IS BEIRUT
Hezbollah Emerged from Iran’s Revolution, Not “Resistance” to Israel
Hussain Abdul-Hussain
April 7, 2026

A false claim, now common in Western media and academia, portrays Hezbollah as having emerged in response to Israel’s 1982 invasion and subsequent occupation of Lebanon. In reality, Hezbollah arose in the wake of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution as part of an effort to establish an Islamic state in a Lebanon fractured by warring militias. Since Hezbollah first captured Western attention with its secretive operations and spectacular attacks, the West has produced a vast body of literature describing the group and its rise—often portraying it sympathetically as the movement of the impoverished, the downtrodden, and the victims of Israeli wars and invasions of Lebanon. This narrative is false. READ MORE

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“Since October 7th, liberal instincts and comforting myths have clouded judgment about Israel and the Jewish People”

Posted on April 6, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

A FUTURE OF JEWISH
I hope diaspora Jews have learned a thing or two.
Joshua Hoffman
April 6, 2026

A poll released one week ago by the “progressive” organization J Street reveals a stark reality: 60 percent of American Jews oppose U.S. military action against Iran, and 70 percent reject unconditional financial and military support for Israel. If you actually read the details of the report, which I did, the findings are not surprising at all. The respondents were overwhelmingly liberal, primarily Reform Jews, and mostly voted for the Democratic (liberal) presidential candidate Kamala Harris in 2024. Jim Gerstein, a Principal at GBAO Strategies, which conducted the poll, summed it up bluntly: “Jewish voters hold overwhelmingly negative views of both Trump and Netanyahu — Jewish opposition to the war and those leading it is unmistakable.” I suspect J Street wouldn’t commission a poll unless it could produce results that appear objective, yet were engineered from the outset to reflect and reinforce its own ideological agenda. READ MORE

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“We have enough crazies of our own who were born in the United States; we don’t need to import any more”

Posted on April 5, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

MIDDLE EAST FORUM
Time to List Islamist Organizations on Applications for U.S. Citizenship
Dexter Van Zile
April 3, 2026

It’s time to make a list of Islamist organizations that will get you banned from becoming a citizen or resident of the United States of America. There is precedent. It was (and still is) illegal for Nazis and Communists to become U.S. citizens. Foreigners who hid their totalitarian affiliations when becoming citizens were subject to denaturalization and deportation. It didn’t happen very often, but it did happen…Imams who come into the U.S. on temporary religious visas have no right to promote anti-Americanism under the cover of religion. Interestingly enough, the application for religious workers who hope to live in the United States temporarily makes no inquiry into the political activities or allegiances of foreigners intent on serving as religious leaders in the U.S. That needs to change. READ MORE

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Chicago Bail Out: “Taxpayers nationwide would pay the cost—and other mismanaged cities would get in line at the federal trough”

Posted on April 3, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

CITY JOURNAL
Bailing Out Chicago Would Send a Dangerous Message
Thomas Savidge
April 3, 2026

…At its core, Chicago’s fiscal problems are straightforward. For decades, the city has committed itself to unsustainable spending levels. While its ridership is declining, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is flush with funds thanks to sales tax and driver fees. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) expenditures keep growing despite declining student enrollment. In addition to structural budget deficits, Chicago has some of the nation’s largest unfunded pension liabilities. Meantime, residents are fleeing both Chicago and the State of Illinois. In the year ending last July 1, Illinois lost over 40,000 residents, many from Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. The Chicagoland area lost more than 35,000 residents either to other counties in Illinois or to other states. Despite an influx of 44,000 international migrants, blunting the effect of net domestic outmigration, government officials can’t conceal the city’s fiscal irresponsibility. READ MORE

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