With Vice President JD Vance in Israel to head up the U.S. peacekeeping delegation, dramatic change is already at hand. News emerges that the U.S. and Israel have agreed to a plan whereby Israel will get half of Gaza to govern and Hamas the other half. the violent one. Only the Israeli half will be redeveloped. PLAY THE AUDIO BY […]
Even before today, things were looking pretty bleak for a proposed Trump-Putin summit over the war in Ukraine that the president announced last week would take place in Budapest in “a couple of weeks,” or “soon.” This morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio phoned his counterpart in Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, to discuss the summit. Lavrov informed Rubio that the […]
Secretary of Defense/War Pete Hegseth says a “review” has led the Pentagon to pause shipment of some arms to Ukraine, including air defense missiles. Russia was quick to welcome the news while claiming that U.S. arms warehouses are emptying out, or already empty, prompting the move. “As far as we understand the reason for this decision was empty warehouses, lack […]
Hamas is not only dragging its feet on returning deceased hostage bodies to Israel, but it is running a terror campaign in Gaza itself, killing rival gang members and rounding up and eliminating those believed to be Israeli informants. This not only threatens the hostage turnover aspect of Phase One of the Trump-backed peace plan, but it also threatens the […]
One of the commentators on TV today (can’t remember if it was on CNN or NewsNation) called the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit “silly,” and I would have to agree, although I would prefer the appellation “tragic.” President Trump, in the joint press conference at the close of that erstwhile summit, looked like a defeated man. Soon thereafter, he attempted to pawn […]
Ford CEO Jim Farley dd something most of us could never pull off: He ordered a Xiaomi SU7 (pictured) battery-powered automobile from China and drove it for six months. “We flew one from Shanghai to Chicago, and I’ve been driving it for six months now, and I don’t want to give it up,” Farley explained. PLAY THE AUDIO BY PUSHING […]
Sorry, Fox, and Sorry, Newsmax, though I prefer your political “slant” on news coverage, rival CNN once again proved yesterday that it is much superior at coverage of hard-hitting news. Yesterday, of course, was October 13, 2025, the day when the remaining 20 living Israeli hostages were returned home as part of a ceasefire engineered by President Trump, who preferred […]
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, […]
