Trump Moves the Overton Window on Gaza

A new strategy: more land for more peace.

President Donald Trump hasn’t just shifted the Overton Window, the zone of what’s understood to be possible in politics; he’s blown it wide open. It’s now the Overton Vista. As the close Trump ally Marc Andreessen declared on January 25, “The last week has totally reset my conception of what’s possible.” Coming from a tech bro steeped in Schumpeterian disruption, that’s saying something.

Bank on it: If the conventional wisdom thinks one thing, Trump thinks something else. Case in point: Gaza. In the wake of 15 months of carnage, the familiar assumption is that there will be some sort of “peace process,” as diplomats shuttle back and forth, securing a minimally worded agreement, to which the combatants are minimally adhered. Then comes the insertion of United Nations peacekeepers, and an international consortium of foreign-aiders, contractors, and perhaps even nation-builders. 

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About mass deportations

Trump dropped a bombshell.

Was anyone in Israel paying attention?

I noticed some coverage, but then the story dissolved out of sight (excepting Arutz Sheva). For good reason, such as…ain’t never gonna happen.

Not while Israel is moving in the opposite direction…and not while some Israelis stick to fantasies.

So it was only about a week ago when Trump offered Gazans a plan, which is to forget Gaza, vacate the place, for greener pastures. Ditto Palestinian Arabs in general.

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Trump’s order targeting pro-Palestinian protests mirrors rightwing blueprint

Critics warn that a new executive order from Donald Trump’s administration purporting to “combat antisemitism”, and a corresponding fact sheet suggesting deporting international students who protest Israel, could chill political speech on campuses.

The fact sheet released before Trump signed the order on Wednesday quoted the president as saying: “To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you. I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before.”

Mirrors common sense.

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Any Deal with Iran’s Regime Is a Grave Mistake

The Iranian regime has recently demonstrated an unusual eagerness to negotiate with the Trump administration to reach a deal with the West. This sudden shift should not deceive the West, particularly the United States, into believing that Tehran’s intentions are either genuine or benign. The Iranian regime’s motivations are rooted in its desperation to ensure its survival and to advance its expansionist agenda, not in any willingness to abide by international norms or foster peace. Recognizing this is critical to preventing what could become a fatal mistake.

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Europe split over peacekeeping force for Ukraine

Britain and other European countries are divided over the viability of deploying a large-scale peacekeeping force to Ukraine, diplomats and officials have told The Times.

The UK, France and the Nordic states support the idea of a Europe-led initiative of sending tens of thousands of troops in the event of a ceasefire deal. However Germany and others are opposed, it is understood.

The Baltic states and Poland are believed to be concerned that the proposed mission could divert much-needed resources from Nato’s border states with Russia, leaving them exposed.

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Hamas Deal Puts U.S. Boots on the Ground

American soldiers are headed to Gaza.

They’re not there to fight Islamic terrorists, but to secure the disastrous Biden deal that saved Hamas by monitoring and inspecting the Gazans traveling across the “Netzarim corridor.”

One of the companies is UG Solutions, founded by a former Special Forces veteran, which hires US military vets to provide security. Hiring veterans as contractors became a common practice during the War on Terror because it allowed politicians to avoid accountability for US casualties.

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Why are ‘anti-racists’ silent about Arbel Yehud’s terrible ordeal?

Watching Arbel Yehud being freed in Gaza today, I thought to myself: this is what it must have been like at Salem. Here we had a diminutive woman being paraded through a baying mob of hollering men. They barked religious slogans at her. They shoved and jostled to get a better view of the marked woman. They thrust their mobile phones in her face to capture her terror for posterity. They’ll no doubt share the clips. ‘Look! See how scared she was!’

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Hamas releases 8 hostages from Gaza Strip in ceasefire deal

Eight more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have been released amid chaotic scenes as part of the ceasefire deal with Israel.

Three Israelis and five Thai nationals were handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas before being transferred to Israeli forces and taken to Israel.

A total of 110 Palestinians are due to be freed on Thursday. Israel delayed their release in response to the way the hostages were treated as they were handed over.

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Hamas kills Arabs? No Jews no news

In September, the bodies of six hostages kidnapped during the Hamas attack on October 7 were found at the end of a tunnel in Rafah. The conscience of the “ceasefire” and “Free Palestine” was clear: the death of the six Israelis was “the responsibility of Benjamin Netanyahu” who did not want an agreement.

This time the executioners in the video are once again wearing Hamas uniforms, but the victims are six Arabs of Gaza. Six alleged “collaborators with Israel”. They were put against a wall and shot. The video, shared by the Gaza Now channel which boasts 1.7 million followers on Telegram, is titled “The moment of punishment of the agents of the Zionist occupation”.

There are no reports of complaints from the “special rapporteur” Francesca Albanese or the International Red Cross. No Jews no news?

But they released hostages so they’re humanitarians at heart!

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Qatar’s ‘Day After’ Plan for Gaza: Keeping Hamas in Power

Why does Qatar, the largest funder and sponsor of Hamas, have such a strong desire to restore the Palestinian Authority (PA) to the Gaza Strip? To guarantee Hamas’s continued domination of the Gaza Strip.

Qatar has no problem with the PA, which was expelled from the Gaza Strip by Hamas in 2007, taking up its duties there again as long as Hamas is permitted to maintain its grasp on power and preserve its security and military forces and capabilities.

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Half of Jews have considered leaving Britain in last two years because of anti-Semitism

Half of the Jews in Britain have considered leaving the country in the past two years because of anti-Semitism, a survey has found.

Polling by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA) on Holocaust Memorial Day revealed the extent of the fear felt in recent years by British Jews.

Anti-Semitic incidents in Britain have reached a record high following the October 7 attacks and subsequent Israel-Hamas war.

Diversity makes everything worse.

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Secret complaints spark controversial CRA audit of Jewish charity

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) relied on anonymous complaints in its audit of the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a prominent Canadian charity, leading to the revocation of its charitable status last August.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the JNF claims these complaints unfairly influenced the outcome, according to newly obtained Access to Information records.

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Trump says he wants to ‘clean out Gaza’ by removing Palestinians

Donald Trump has proposed relocating as many as 1.5 million Gazans to neighbouring Jordan and Egypt in a bid to “clean out” the war-torn strip.

It comes as the US president also lifted a pause imposed by the Biden administration on 2,000-pound bombs for Israel.

Now in his second term in office, Mr Trump said on his social media app Truth Social: “A lot of things that were ordered and paid for by Israel, but have not been sent by Biden, are on their way!”

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Conrad Black: The insidious BDS campaign trying to undermine our universities

As the United States officially abandons the diversity, equity and inclusion agenda as the institutionalized bigotry that most of it is, and Harvard University has banned reasonably defined antisemitism and is incorporating the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, Canadian academia appears to be resolutely accelerating in the opposite direction. In recent months, activists from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the United Steelworkers (USW) university locals, promoting boycott, divestment and sanctions policies against Israel, have been pressuring faculty associations at the University of Toronto and other Ontario universities, demanding ”responsible investing” by the University Pension Plan (UPP), which holds $11.7 billion in assets for the 41,000 working and retired members of the plan.

The “University” is fast losing its value. Junk “studies” degrees and absurdly left indoctrination churns out incompetent young adults unable to support themselves.

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Who are the four Israeli hostages released by Hamas in latest swap?

Four female Israeli soldiers were released by Hamas on Saturday in the second hostage release of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag were handed to the Red Cross in Gaza City.

In exchange 200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel are set to be freed.

The four women were serving as observers at the Nahal Oz army base on the border with Gaza when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, 2023.

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