As I wrote before, it wasn’t until Israel tried to take out Hamas leaders in Qatar that President Trump got serious about coming up with a plan for peace in Gaza — and hopefully for the whole Middle East. The Trump administration would argue with justification that Qatar is an important ally that allows a huge U.S. military presence on […]
Hamas made good on its part in Phase One of the ceasefire/peace pact with Israel by releasing all 20 living hostages, who were reunited with their families and loved ones in Israel — but still must receive medical evaluation and help. As for the bodies of the deceased hostages, only 4 of the 28 have so far been sent back […]
I am not sure if the ground game in Gaza is being faithfully portrayed by U.S. media, but fortunately, I have access to BBC News and to France 24 in English. Those two channels have been showing Palestinians returning to their homes — if they’re still standing — amid the rubble of a two-year battle between Israel and Hamas. Hamas, […]
Surprise, surprise, but the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded on Friday, did not go to Donald Trump, nor was he even among the finalists. The award, not undeservingly, went to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. “I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!” she said after receiving […]
We used to say, “Leave It to Beaver,” mimicking a TV show title, but now it’s: “Leave it to Trump.” Those of us who have money in the stock markets, even if just of the 401(k) and IRA variety, vividly remember the aftermath of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” on April 2, when he announced skyrocketing new tariff rates. PLAY THE […]
Out goes the established view that you have to be a D.C. Swamp Graduate to succeed at politics and diplomacy. Businessmen Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have pulled off a diplomatic coup — which is yet to unfold in reality, however — that predecessors with decades of government service never came close to achieving. Both Witkoff and Kushner were in […]
Count me among those who consider the emerging peace accord between Israel and Hamas to be one of the great achievements of the 21st Century, provided everything pans out as detailed in the Trump 20-Point Plan. Today, at a cabinet meeting in the White House, President Trump announced the successful completion of Phase One of his plan, the phase that […]
During a roundtable about countering Antifa, President Trump was interrupted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who handed him a note announcing a deal for the release of the hostages being held held in Gaza was “very close.” The note read: “You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.” Trump soone thereafter took […]
CBS News is bringing to the helm a journalist who was mocked while she worked at The New York Times for her contrarian, i.e., sometimes conservative, viewpoints. That person is Bari Weiss, founder and CEO of the website, The Free Press. CBS is also acquiring The Free Press as part of the transaction. An announcement from CBS regarding the move […]
Never to couch matters in a realistic perspective, Donald Trump is now talking of ending thousands of years of conflict between Arabs and Jews — and Persians and Jews — with a 20-point plan. Problem is, except for the United States and Israel, the other endorsing nations agreed on only a handful of the provisions: release the hostages, end the […]
