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South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune on Sunday threatened to slap the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions if it did not drop its application for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Thune — who was selected Wednesday to be the next Senate Majority Leader once the GOP takes the upper chamber come January 2025 — warned that if the current Democratic leader does not take on the international court, he will. “If the ICC and its prosecutor do not reverse their outrageous and unlawful actions to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli officials, the Senate should immediately...

The first song this week was something I heard because Jimmy Buffett's music... "The Liberal Capitalists whipped The..." Not that people but the election came out this way... October 7th, 2023 changed a lot in this world... Here's something to think about is there anyone or anything in this world that can keep Benjamin "Machiavelli" Netanyahu in check? Insider Thomas Friedman who works for the New York Times and the "Deep State" IMHO had this to say... Behind "Democracy" There Is "Hierarchy"... "I do not believe that God created an egalitarian world. I believe the authority of parent over child,...

We’ve known for months that there is no love lost between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his now former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant. But this year, there have been reports of stand-up rows and shouting matches between the two men over Israel’s war strategy. Gallant has vastly more military experience than Netanyahu. He began his career as a navy commando in 1977 and rose to be a major general in Israel’s Southern Command, overseeing two wars in Gaza between 2005 and 2010. The suspicion is that Gallant’s military superiority and respect from within the armed forces grated with his...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the leading candidate for his state’s Senate seat, said he would advise Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strike Iranian ballistic missile factories. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Schiff said such a response would be “proportionate” after Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles last week aimed at Israel. “If I were advising the Prime Minister of Israel, I would say, go after those ballistic missile factories storage areas,” Schiff said. “That would be proportionate, in my view,” Schiff continued. “But it would also help degrade Iran’s capacity.”

Hezbollah’s new leader Naim Qassem brazenly threatened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. How will the Jewish State respond? On top of that, the fanatical regime in Tehran is vowing a “painful” response to the IDF’s strike against Iran. Is this simply saber rattling, or should Israel be expecting a devastating attack?

Hezbollah's new Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, delivered his first speech in his new position today (Wednesday), but his remarks were cut off mid-speech. At the same time, a cyber attack was reported in Lebanon. Later, Hezbollah managed to restore the broadcast of the speech. "The question that is being asked is - what is the leader's plan of action?" Qassem said. "My plan is the continuation of Nasrallah's plan in all respects - political, cultural, and jihad. We will continue to carry out the war plan that we decided on together with the organization's leadership, we will stay on the war...

Netanyahu's actions have neutralized more Western adversaries responsible for decades of bloodshed than NATO, the CIA, FBI, or Interpol, combined, yet he’s often met with rebuke rather than gratitude. OrdealAfter the October 7 massacres, the obituaries of the long political career of Benjamin Netanyahu, published both in Israel and in the West, became orthodox. He was considered as politically inert as Donald Trump once was after January 6, 2021. The conventional wisdom speculated not if, but only when he would be forced out of office. Western leaders and the Israeli left, and indeed even the Israeli non-left, as well as...

Electricity in Ecuador now being cut 14 hours a day... CNN reporting that hackers linked to the Chinese government have targeted phone data of both Donald Trump... Syrian government media reporting Israeli air attacks... Israel Attacking Targets In Iran Early Saturday Morning...More than 100 Israeli warplanes said to have been involved... Joe Biden was interrupted by a Pro-Palestinian protester... pre-election appearance in Arizona... Washington Post owner Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos deciding that the newspaper will not endorse a presidential candidate... In the UK Anti-Islamization activist Tommy Robinson pre-emptively arrested...under provisions of the "Terrorism Act"... The International Criminal Court replacing a...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump expressed support for Israel’s offensives against Hamas and Hezbollah in a recent call with the country’s prime minister — a position that could complicate his campaign’s outreach to Arab Americans claiming he opposes the war. Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu in one call this month, “Do what you have to do,” according to six people familiar with the conversation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive and confidential information. Trump has said publicly that the two have spoken at least twice in October, with one call as recently as Oct. 19. “He didn’t...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both failed to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after an Iranian-backed assassination attempt by Hezbollah on Saturday when a drone hit his private residence. As Breitbart News reported, Hezbollah launched three drones at Israel. Two were downed, but a third reached the personal home of Netanyahu and his wife. They were not home at the time and there were no injuries as a result.

A weakened Hurricane Milton coming shore south of Tampa Bay... Israel attacking two targets in Syria late tonight... Joe Biden's decision to pull out of a major summit to support Ukraine...President Volodymyr Zelensky scrambling... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirming that the Israeli Prime Minister spoke with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump... "Our attack will be deadly, precise and above all surprising" Some of what Israel's Defense Minister... A conversation between Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussing Israel's retaliation against Iran... The Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman says her country has evidence linking the United States and... A...

There are short-term jobs, and then there are really short-term jobs. It would seem that being the leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah falls into the latter category. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Tuesday that the Israel Defense Forces eliminated the replacement of former Hezbollah boss Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in late September, as well as another possible successor to the top job. Netanyahu appeared on television to speak directly to the Lebanese people: "Today, Hezbollah is weaker than it has been for many, many years," Netanyahu said in a message tailored directly to the "people of...

On Tuesday, ABC News Reporter Patrick Reevell said that it’s “very dangerous” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call on people in Lebanon “to try and push out Hezbollah and sideline them.” Even if communities in Lebanon “may have very difficult relationships with” the terror group. Reevell said, “[T]his, of course, I think is worth noting, what Prime Minister Netanyahu in his speech announcing the likely killing of Safieddine, he said that — he called, basically, on the people of Lebanon now that they have a chance to, essentially, overthrow Hezbollah and try and take their country back is...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that Hezbollah’s intended replacement of former leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed last month, has been eliminated as well. “Today, Hezbollah is weaker than it has been for many, many years,” Netanyahu said in a message tailored directly to the “people of Lebanon.” “We’ve degraded Hezbollah’s capabilities, we took out thousands of terrorists, including [former Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah himself, and Nasrallah’s replacement, and the replacement of his replacement.” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Hashem Safieddine, a relative of Nasrallah who was about to officially replace him, likely died in...

President Joe Biden privately referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "son of a bitch," among other profane insults, over Israel's military actions against the terrorist group Hamas inside Gaza, according to a new Bob Woodward book. In addition, Biden called Netanyahu a "bad guy," according to CNN, citing an advance copy of Woodward's book titled "War" ahead of its Oct. 15 release. Woodward's book gives a behind-the-scenes account of Biden's thinking and reactions to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, his selection of Merrick Garland as attorney general, and his criticism of former President Barack Obama's handling of Russian...

President Biden was furious after the elimination of a Hezbollah leader who had a $5 million bounty on his head from the US for his role in killing hundreds of American servicemen. Conversations from the past year between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden were revealed today (Tuesday) in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward, 'War,' an advanced copy of which was obtained by CNN. According to Woodward, after the elimination of Hezbollah's second-highest ranking figure Fuad Shukr, Biden was furious with Netanyahu and told him: "Bibi, what the f-?" Biden added, “You know the...

Exactly one year after the barbarous October 7th massacre, Israel continues to be mercilessly bombed on all sides, from the likes of Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis. Meanwhile, as the Jewish State fights for its very existence, some Western leaders, like France’s Emmanuel Macron, double down on an outrageous call to embargo arms for the IDF. What will be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s next move in this exploding war against Iranian terror? Watch now.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron over his call to halt arms deliveries to Israel to use in Gaza. Macron told France Inter radio that "the priority is what we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza."... Netanyahu responded: "Shame on them", referring to Macron and other Western leaders who have called...

A general policy speech this week from new Prime Minister Michel Barnier covered a wide range of matter but the financial condition of France's government was front and center... On social issues Barnier saying he supports the right to abortion and marriage for all. He also made it a point to mention "Anti-Semitism" alongside "Racism" saying his government has no tolerance for either. Marine Le Pen spoke of a 'crisis" in public finances... New Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau...promising a policy to control immigration...both legal and illegal means of immigrating into France will be targeted... On Friday 192 New Popular Front...

Israeli war cabinet promises 'harsh response' to Iranian ballistic missile barrage.. Israel's war cabinet met Wednesday to plot its "harsh response" to Iran's recent ballistic missile barrage, all but solidifying an impending—and significant—retaliatory strike on Tehran. The Jewish state, under pressure from the Biden-Harris administration, refrained from executing such a strike in the wake of Iran's April attack. This time, it will not be deterred, a U.S. official briefed on the matter told the Washington Free Beacon. "We see indications that Israel will likely not be deterred from an appropriate response this time around," the official said. "The Biden-Harris administration...