“Oct 7 2023”

Has the prospect of peace ever been greeted with such gloom? No sooner had President Trump unveiled his peace plan for Israel-Gaza than the opinion-forming classes were frantically sowing cynicism. The possibility that the ghastly war in Gaza will be brought to a close gave rise not to optimism but to sarcasm, suspicion, even an eerie grumpiness unbecoming of a deal that might save thousands of lives. From the BBC to Sky News to the Israelophobic swamp of social media, the cry went up: ‘It’ll never work.’

A collection of documents found in the Gaza Strip, unveiled by the Israeli Foreign Ministry on X, has sent shockwaves through diplomatic circles. The documents indicate that Hamas is directly funding and managing the upcoming the so-called Sumud flotilla, a mission that includes nearly 50 ships and climate activist Greta Thunberg.

The evidence paints a detailed picture of a sophisticated international network run by Hamas, designed to orchestrate provocations against Israel under the guise of civilian activism.

h/t XC

I’m old enough to remember when being a peacenik meant you wanted less Western meddling overseas, not more. Seems things have changed. Exhibit A: the Gaza flotilla. These smug sea-farers pose as peace activists, like Mother Teresa in a keffiyeh. Yet behind the humanitarian pantomime there lurks a brutish neo-colonial urge to rally the mighty nations of the West against the uppity little state of Israel. Some on the flotilla are openly calling on powerful states to send their warships to help ‘break’ Israel’s blockade of Gaza. You can call that ‘aid’ if you like – I call it warmongering.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Monday to a deal to end the war in Gaza that was proposed by President Donald Trump, amid a fresh push by the White House to halt two years of bitter war. The step toward peace still requires agreement by Hamas.

Trump called it “a beautiful day, potentially one of the great days ever in civilization,” speaking alongside Netanyahu following hours of meetings at the White House. The deal, which the White House published Monday, foresees hostilities ceasing immediately and hostages being released within 72 hours of both sides agreeing to the deal.

“Today is a historic day for peace,” the president said, even as he acknowledged that Hamas had not yet agreed to the deal.

That’s a BIG IF.

Air raids, Tel Aviv-style, are a peculiarly relaxed affair.

When the klaxon wailed out on a warm Thursday night, Nahalat Binyamin Street, the main destination for the coolest bars and restaurants, was heaving with immaculate women in minidresses and muscular young men in shorts and T-shirts.

But rather than sprint for cover from the Yemeni rocket attack, the revellers simply picked up their ice creams and wine glasses and, with a collective sigh, slouched into a side door of the swanky Arte gelateria. They called it a bomb shelter, but it seemed to me as if a well-aimed projectile would crush it like a matchbox.

Hamas remains unapologetic about its October 7 attacks, terror group official Ghazi Hamad told CNN in a report that was published Friday.

Hamad, who is a part of the terrorist organization’s political bureau, had survived an Israeli strike earlier this month in Doha, Qatar.

Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad just said:
“What is the benefit of October 7th?”

Then he answered his own question:
He said now he gets UN recognition.

This monster helped orchestrate the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
Now he’s sitting in a luxury suite in Doha.
On CNN… pic.twitter.com/iAYDXsrhww

— Jews Fight Back (@JewsFightBack) September 27, 2025

h/t MP

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Surrounded by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders on Friday that his nation “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war. “Western leaders may have buckled under the pressure,” he said. “And I guarantee you one thing: Israel won’t.”

Netanyahu’s speech, aimed as much at his increasingly divided domestic audience as the global one, began after dozens of delegates from multiple nations walked out of the U.N. General Assembly hall en masse Friday as he began.

Very good speech by Netanyahu pic.twitter.com/QdYI1ApqyJ

— Winston Marshall (@MrWinMarshall) September 26, 2025

Dozens of UN diplomats storm out of the General Assembly to protest Netanyahu’s speech.

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN @dannydanon took to X to slam the diplomats saying:

“Go and don't come back.
Leaving the hall is an escape from the truth. We will not remain silent! ” pic.twitter.com/A1pdlHoH4U

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) September 26, 2025

Netanyahu is right. There is no point trying to appease Israel’s enemies.

They could withdraw from Gaza even all of Israel and the Muslims with their useful idiot allies would still murder them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked the recognition of a Palestinian state by multiple Western countries during a combative speech at the UN General Assembly.

Netanyahu labelled the recognition moves a “mark of shame” that sent the message “murdering Jews pays off”.

Dozens of officials and diplomats staged a walk-out as he took to the podium, leaving large parts of the conference hall empty. Outside, protesters against Israel’s war in Gaza gathered in Times Square.

"the United Nations is a house of darkness… a swamp of antisemitic bile… It is an anti-Semitic Flat Earth Society"

Netanyahu doesn't hold back anything in his speech at the UN pic.twitter.com/USyetEX5Fl

— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) September 27, 2024

The Star is real proud – Canada not part of mass walkout when Israel PM Netanyahu spoke at UN General Assembly

Greta Thunberg’s flotilla bound for Gaza has descended into chaos after pro-Palestine activists quit the convoy when they learnt LGBTQ+ campaigners were on board, it has been claimed.

The 22-year-old Swedish eco-protestor has also reportedly left her leadership role due to disagreements among organisers, but she will stay onboard as a participant volunteer.

On September 1, around 20 vessels displaying Palestinian flags and carrying some 350 pro-Palestinian activists departed from Barcelona.

Any attempt by Israel to annex parts of the West Bank would be a red line for the US – and would represent the end of Arab-Israeli diplomatic normalisation, Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, claiming that he had been given that assurance by Donald Trump.

Macron also revealed that he had presented the US leader with a three-page plan on the future of Palestine, based on the New York Declaration, the document endorsed by more than 143 states that proposes to exclude Hamas from future rule in Gaza and the West Bank.

Speaking on France 24, Macron said the aim of his meeting with Trump on Tuesday had been to get America, Europe and the Arab states on the same page.

Who do I believe less? Macron or the Guardian?