Defense Minister Israel Katz: “Citizens of the Gaza Strip will be able to leave through land crossings, and special arrangements will be given for leaving by sea and air”

Posted on February 6, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

I24NEWS
Israel Katz orders IDF to prepare ‘voluntary exit’ plan for Gazans
Inon Shalom Yttach
February 6, 2025

Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF on Thursday to prepare a plan for residents of the Gaza Strip to leave voluntarily. “I have instructed the IDF to prepare a plan that will allow any resident of Gaza who wishes to leave to do so, to any country willing to receive them,” he said in an X post. Katz praised US President Donald Trump’s “bold initiative, which can create extensive opportunities for those in Gaza who wish to leave, assist them in resettling in host countries, and support long-term reconstruction efforts in a demilitarized, threat-free Gaza after Hamas—an effort that will take many years.”…”Countries such as Spain, Ireland, Norway, and others, which have falsely accused Israel over its actions in Gaza, are legally obligated to allow Gazans to enter their territory. Their hypocrisy will be exposed if they refuse,” Katz said. READ MORE

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Michael Oren: For decades, American policy makers have insisted that the core problem in the region is the absence of a Palestinian state. The president says: nonsense.

Posted on February 5, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG
The End of ‘Palestine’
Lee Smith
February 5, 2025

Yesterday, President Donald Trump single-handedly collapsed the most destructive idea of the last hundred years—Palestine. During meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israel officials, Trump said he was going to move 1.7 million Palestinians out of Gaza. And just like that, he broke the long spell that had captured generations of world leaders, peace activists and Middle East terror-masters alike, who had paradoxically come to regard the repeated failure and haunting secondary consequences of the idea of joint Arab Muslim and Jewish statehood in the same small piece of land as proof of its necessity. Palestine was an misshapen idea from the beginning, engendered by an act of pure negation. The Arabs could have gone along with the UN’s partition plan like the Jews did, and chosen to build whatever version of Switzerland or Belgium on the Eastern Med in 1948. Instead, they resoundingly chose war. READ MORE

FREE PRESS Michael Oren: Trump Takes a Wrecking Ball to the Middle East Status Quo A diplomatic coup de main or more Trumpian madness? A strategic move like Trump’s threatened tariffs for Canada and Mexico-or a sincere proposal to take over a strip in the Middle East? Depending on who you ask, President Trump’s pronouncements on the Middle East, made in the presence of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, could be described either way. To review his breathtaking remarks: the President of the United States said that his country “will take over the Gaza Strip,” clear rubble and unexploded ordnance, and “develop it” into an Eastern Mediterranean Riviera.

FDD Mark Dubowitz: ‘Outside the Box’: Trump Proposes Permanent Resettlement of Gazans For centuries, millions of people have crossed borders and continents to make a better life for themselves and their children. Yet when President Trump suggests giving the people of Gaza the same opportunity — with the added benefit of international support and aid — it’s widely condemned. What stood out at Trump’s joint press conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu was his genuine compassion for the Gazans and his determination to improve their lives through a plan that would permit many of them to return once Gaza is rebuilt. Those who oppose this idea are the same people — the United Nations, the pro-Hamas solidarity movement, and many EU governments — committed to keeping the Palestinians in misery in order to wage a continued war against Israel’s legitimacy that is couched in the language of humanitarianism. Thanks to Trump, that mask has now fallen, and the opportunity to reshape the Middle East’s priorities has arisen.

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AG Pam Bondi launches Joint Task Force October 7 to prosecute Hamas operatives, disrupt terror financing and combat antisemitic crimes in US

Posted on February 4, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

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US attorney general establishes October 7 task force to prosecute Hamas
February 6, 2025

On her first day as U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi on Thursday established Joint Task Force October 7 (JTF 10-7) to seek justice for victims of the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel, combat Hamas-linked terrorism and address rising antisemitic crimes in the United States. According to a Justice Department memorandum released Thursday, JTF 10-7 will pursue criminal charges against those responsible for the attack, assist victims and hostage families, investigate U.S.-based Hamas supporters and funders and collaborate with federal agencies and Israel to counter the terror group… JTF 10-7 will operate under the Deputy Attorney General’s Office with involvement from the National Security Division, the FBI, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, coordinating with the Department of Defense and the Treasury Department. READ MORE

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Trump to UNHRC and UNRWA: “You’re fired”

Posted on February 4, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

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UN ‘Not Living up to Potential’: Trump Signs Executive Order Withdrawing From UN Human Rights Council and Defunding UNRWA
February 4, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 4 that withdraws the United States from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and prevents funding from going to UNRWA, the UN’s [perpetual] agency for the descendants of Palestinian refugees…The Trump administration previously withdrew from the UNHRC in 2018 because of the council’s anti-Israel bias and failure “to prevent the world’s worst human rights abusers from gaining … membership.” The Biden administration rejoined the council as a full member in 2022. The council maintains a permanent agenda item focusing on Israel — the only permanent agenda item focusing on a single nation — and an open-ended commission of inquiry into Israel. READ MORE

JNS Trump sanctions Hague court over Israel probe President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Thursday over its investigation of Israel for alleged “war crimes” in Gaza and its decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The order includes a declaration of a national emergency to respond to what it describes as the court’s “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”

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Starting March 15…“United has a longstanding commitment to serving Tel Aviv, and this return will make United the first U.S. airline to resume service this year”

Posted on February 4, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

THE HILL
United resumes flights from US to Israel
Sarah Fortinsky
February 4, 2025

United Airlines announced on Tuesday it plans to restart flights to Israel next month, making it the first major U.S. airline to do so this year. On March 15, United will resume service from Newark to Tel Aviv, and it will add a second daily flight starting March 29, the airline said in a statement. United Airlines announced on Tuesday it plans to restart flights to Israel next month, making it the first major U.S. airline to do so this year. On March 15, United will resume service from Newark to Tel Aviv, and it will add a second daily flight starting March 29, the airline said in a statement. READ MORE

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“Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouq tells Russian news agency: We are ready for contact and talks with the Trump administration”

Posted on February 4, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

ARUTZ SHEVA
Hamas official: We are ready for contact with Trump administration
Elad Benari
February 5, 2025

The Hamas terrorist organization has expressed willingness to engage in dialogue with the administration of US President Donald Trump, according to a report by Russia’s RIA state news agency published on Tuesday night. “We are ready for contact and talks with the Trump administration,” RIA quoted senior Hamas Politburo member Mousa Abu Marzouq as saying…It remains unclear when Marzouq’s interview with RIA took place, but his comments were published after Trump stated, during a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that the US intends to take control of the Gaza Strip after relocating its residents and focusing on its economic development. READ MORE

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“We still remember 1972 and know its tragic story, but now that October 7 has been repackaged by certain elements of the media as ‘resistance,’ it’s especially important that ‘September 5’ be seen”

Posted on February 3, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

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‘September 5’ relives the ’72 Munich massacre
Hannah Brown
February 2, 2025

The gripping movie, September 5, which opened around Israel on January 30, depicts how a group of journalists from ABC Sports covered the terror attack against the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics. No one could have predicted when they were making the film that it would be released when Israel was reeling from another terror attack. The Munich Olympics massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches carried out by the Palestinian Black September terrorist group was the first terror attack broadcast live on television around the world…It seems that a pretty direct line can be drawn from the 1972 massacre to the 2023 one, and September 5 marks one of the first moments that terrorists were playing for the camera. That fact gives the movie special relevance. READ MORE

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“The report concludes that the October 7th attack was a dress rehearsal for much grander and more lethal attacks that will be orchestrated by these groups in Europe and the US homeland in the future”

Posted on February 2, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

FIRST POST
How US unknowingly funded Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel
Abhinav Pandya
January 26, 2025

…Amidst the flurry of diplomatic and military developments in West Asia, the critical investigation of the conspiracy behind the Hamas attacks has remained elusive. Former CIA official, author of Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy, and counter-terrorism expert, Sarah Adams, has made some startling observations in her investigative report, October 7th: Know Thy Enemy. Sarah’s findings suggest that the Hamas attacks resulted from a highly layered, planned, and complex conspiracy planned over a year and a half by Al Qaeda (AQ), the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Hamas. READ MORE

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Welch’s post came in response to reports that the White House directed the Pentagon to approve shipments of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, reversing a partial arms blockade implemented by the former Biden administration.

Posted on February 2, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

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US Senator Peter Welch Slams White House for Lifting Arms Restrictions on Israel
Corey Walker
January 31, 2025

US Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) slammed the Trump administration this week for lifting restrictions on arms transfers to Israel, insisting that the Jewish state be forced to broker a “peace” with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. “America shouldn’t give Israel 2,000-pound bombs to drop on one of the most densely populated areas in the world. We should help bring the remaining hostages home, surge aid for civilians in need, and create a lasting peace,” Welch posted on X/Twitter on Tuesday…Last November, Welch joined a chorus of left-wing progressives in calling for the Biden administration to place an arms embargo on Israel, arguing that the Jewish state has violated “international humanitarian law” during its war against Hamas. READ MORE

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“If you oppose the deal because it endangers future Israelis, you are right. And if you support the deal because we owe a duty to these hostages and their families, you are also right”

Posted on February 1, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
The angst of the ‘ceasefire’ in Israel
Micha Danzig
January 31, 2025

Many, particularly those not well-versed in Israeli history, are surprised that for most Israelis, me included, this deal was met with a mix of joy, dread, and concern. Joy—because every Israeli wants our hostages back. Dread—because every Israeli wants every one of our hostages to come home, and this deal doesn’t do that. Concern—because most Israelis know that many terrorists exchanged for hostages (on average, over 40 convicted terrorists for each hostage) will return to killing Jews, and because of the danger of Hamas reconstituting itself and once again using Gaza as a launching pad for mass murder, rape, and kidnappings. READ MORE

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