Smotrich slams Trump peace plan as ‘Return to Oslo, historic mistake’
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich issued a scathing statement on Tuesday morning, expressing strong opposition to the 21-point plan presented by US President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza.
“I have much to say, and God willing I will do so after a series of consultations I will hold today,” he began, adding, “But one thing must already be said — and forgive me in advance for dampening the joy and bringing a sober view of reality: to revert, after October 7th and two years of sacrifice, heroism and devotion by a nation of lions — with painful costs and dramatic achievements in all arenas, thank God — to the old notion of outsourcing our security to foreigners and clinging to illusions that someone else will do the job for us ‘without the High Court and without B’Tselem’… to trade actual gains on the ground for diplomatic illusions and shiny ceremonies, to talk again of ‘two states’, of ‘Palestinians ruling Palestinians’, of setting up a Palestinian police force trained by Egypt and Jordan, of inserting Qatar as a central player — this whole stew is so outdated. It’s a return to the Oslo concept.”
He continued, “It is a historic missed opportunity to finally break free from the chains of Oslo — a resounding diplomatic failure, a willful blindness, and a turning of our backs on all the lessons of October 7. In my estimation, it will end in tears. Our children will once again have to fight in Gaza. This is what Einstein defined as insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
Calling it “a tragedy of leadership fleeing from its calling,” Smotrich questioned whether there was still hope: “Is there a chance that, once again, the enemy’s intransigence will save us from ourselves, as has happened so often before? That reality will compel us to return to a path of courage, victory, and taking responsibility for our destiny and our security — this time with broader international backing?”
He went on to question whether the current course was the only viable option given the circumstances: “In light of international pressure, the destructive hostage campaign, the Prime Minister’s initial refusal to conquer Gaza or adopt Trump’s original plan, military foot-dragging, the failure to bring army leadership on board, a faltering coalition, and natural fatigue after two years of war — is this the maximum achievable at this time? These are good questions. We will consult, consider, and decide, God willing.”
He concluded emphatically, “But the celebrations since yesterday are simply absurd.”
Assembly of shlemiels

A wide view of the General Assembly Hall at the start of the Assembly’s seventy-first annual general debate.
This year’s United Nations General Assembly meeting has witnessed the largest attendance of shlemiels (Yiddish for fools) ever recorded.
Michael Kuttner
If ever any proof was needed that the UN has outlived its usefulness and is living on borrowed time, this latest circus performance provided ample examples.
Malicious Monsieur Macron and his supporting cast of accompanying acolytes provided a non-stop performance, demonstrating excruciating and painfully pathetic prattle.
It was always going to be a hate-Israel fest, and so it has turned out.
As an added bonus, it was deliberately timed for Rosh Hashanah. The UN once again ignored Jewish Holy Days, which is par for the course these days.
The assembled delegations applauded as each country’s representative breathlessly announced recognition of a fake “Palestine”. Macron, acting as the ringmaster, made thumbs-up gestures and, in some instances, embraced the speaker. The session descended into a choreographed cacophony of denunciations against Israel and a mass denial of reality.
A commentator on SKY Australia made a very pertinent observation.
He remarked that each and every speech seemed to have been produced by artificial intelligence with slight variations. Without exception, the same well-worn and fallacious assertions tumbled forth from the mouths of the speakers.
According to their warped wisdom, the United Nations remained humanity’s sole hope.
History was shamelessly rewritten.
Ignored was the plain fact that the Arab representatives of Mandated Palestine had rejected any offer of statehood in 1947 and that their Arab and Islamic allies vowed to destroy Israel instead. Successive attempts to wipe out Jewish sovereignty never featured in any speech. Instead, each and every address to the assembled delegates emphasised a perceived injustice meted out to the supporters of terror.
Nobody mentioned the perfidious British decision to hack off half of the Mandate set aside for Jewish settlement and its gift of statehood to its Hashemite friends. Unsaid, because it is politically incorrect, is the reality that today this artificial creation is 75% or more “Palestinian.”
Listening to the pontificating UK Foreign Secretary, one could be under the impression that none of this actually happened and that Britain was still the mandatory power. Her unctuous utterances rewriting historical events while censuring Israel were painfully pathetic. It might play well with an increasingly militant jihadist constituency back in the UK, but it certainly will not advance her objectives one bit.
Albanese of Australia performed on cue and earned the applause of the assembled lemmings.
The Spanish Prime Minister, who had previously lamented the fact that his country does not have a nuclear bomb to compel Israel to submit, proved that past history can repeat itself. The country that gave us the Inquisition and expelled all Jews, today is a leading proponent of excluding, banning and boycotting the Jewish State.
The Irish did not disappoint and demonstrated yet again how their country has become one of the leaders in anti-Israel activities.
The Russian Foreign Minister accused Israel of wanting to “blow up” the Middle East. This insane assertion, coming from a country that is blowing up Ukraine on a daily basis, highlights the farcical depths to which the UN has descended these days.
A few gallant nations refused to join the herd as the haters exited the hall when Israel’s PM came to the podium.
Surprisingly, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister injected a note of sanity by announcing that current conditions are not conducive to Palestinian recognition. In an effort to look even-handed, he of course had to condemn Israel for the usual litany of fake “crimes.”
President Trump had no qualms in exposing the corrupt and irredeemable state of the UN, and as expected, this elicited an outpouring of scorn from the usual quarters.
Fake claims and historically warped mistruths abounded. A common theme is the portrayal of PA president for life, Abbas, as the poster boy for a reformed, democratic and enlightened “Palestine.” His acrobatic contortions over the years have won him first prize for cynical hypocrisy. His video address to the General Assembly followed a familiar pattern.
Promises to reform, democratise, hold free and fair elections, condemn terror and live in peace with Israel tripped off his tongue. The problem is that these self same promises have been made many times in the past. He knows that they will be believed by the assembled shlemiels and used against Israel. The fact that they will never be implemented is irrelevant.
As usual, Abbas accused Israel of every sin and crime. If you read his speech carefully, you will discover that the real PA agenda is the eventual dissolution of Israel and a takeover of Jerusalem. Of course, the useful idiots hailing this resurrected saviour prefer to ignore the ultimate objective.
Having failed to destroy Jewish sovereignty by terror and war, the PA and its proxies now aim to achieve the same result via diplomatic terror tactics. With the abject surrender of democracies to jihadist threats and a majority of UN members being compliant and willing accomplices, this strategy is up and running.
Those advocating for “Palestine” to be established in the heartland of Israel need to take a reality check. What does that really entail? Hamas is supposed to be defanged and have no role in any future governance. The chances of this happening are close to zero. In any fair and free election, Hamas would be the winner. If they are banned, terror will ensue.
Here are just two examples of what to expect if a two-state solution is ever implemented.
In an official Hamas response to recognition of a “Palestinian” State, they stated: “this is an important step in confirming the rights of our people to their land and holy sites and to establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. This is a gesture to the struggle, steadfastness and sacrifices of our people on the path to liberation and return. Additional steps need to be taken to lead to an immediate end to the war and annexation and Judaization plans in the West Bank and Jerusalem as well as to isolate Israel and to bring Israeli leaders to international courts.”
Does this sound as though Hamas is about to surrender authority and disarm?
What about the internationally anointed PA doves of peace who are touted as potential partners living in tolerance alongside Israel?
Here is their vision for how a two-state solution is envisaged.
Recently, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ambassador Mike Huckabee visited the Kotel together with PM Netanyahu.
The PA was incensed by this visit and published a condemnation against what they called “a crime against Islamic holy places.” They continued: “The participation in these invasions by high ranking American officials in an official capacity constitutes unacceptable collusion with the occupation’s policy and dangerous willful blindness to the daily crimes committed against the holy city, its residents and its holy places.”
In case the message was not clear enough, the PA went on to declare: “We view the invasion of these officials and the fact that they held Talmudic ceremonies at this purely Islamic site, as a provocative step that offends the feelings of our Palestinian people and constitutes a blatant violation of the historical and legal status quo in the occupied city of Jerusalem. The Western Wall is an inseparable part of the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque and it is part of the Islamic Waqf lands under Palestinian sovereignty. There is no legitimacy for any Israeli or foreign presence within it without the approval of the relevant Palestinian authorities.”
Even the most dimwitted politician should realise what a “Palestinian” state with Jerusalem as its capital would mean. Giving control of the Kotel and the Mount of Olives cemetery to “Palestine” means Jews would once again be banned from worship and burial at two of the oldest holy sites. It inevitably means the destruction again of Synagogues in the Old City, expulsion of Jews and terrorists within a stone’s throw of downtown Jerusalem. Just as the UN ignored this under Jordanian illegal occupation until 1967, so they would do so again.
No amount of made-up and fictitious history can hide the fact that Jewish sovereignty in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria predated any sort of Islamic presence.
Advocates of a “two state solution” are wittingly endorsing the elimination of a Jewish sovereign presence from the river to the sea.
The shlemiels can keep burbling their nonsense at the UN to their hearts’ content.
As history has proven, the Jewish People will endure long after the deniers, haters and delegitimizers have vanished from the scene.
Charlie Kirk wrote of his ‘deep love’ for Israel in letter to Netanyahu about how to counter rising opposition to the Jewish state in the US
WASHINGTON — Assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk advised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu how to counter “anti-Israel sentiment” among Gen Z and win the “information war” being waged against the Jewish state, according to a letter obtained by The Post.
Kirk wrote to Netanyahu in the May 2 missive that he was alarmed by “anti-Israel and anti-Semitic trends” hitting “record levels on social media” since one of his “greatest joys as a Christian is advocating for Israel and forming alliances with Jews in the fight to protect Judeo-Christian civilization.”
“My team and I have spent months analyzing these trends and debating ideas that could help you
and your country pushback [sic] against these disturbing developments,” he said in the letter, reproduced in full below for the first time. “Anti-Israel sentiment can undermine American support for Israel.”
“The purpose of this letter is to lay out our concerns and outline potential remedies. Everything written here is from a place of deep love for Israel and the Jewish people,” added Kirk, who defended Israel when speaking on college campuses as part of his duties leading Turning Point USA, one of the nation’s largest conservative youth organizations.
“I think it’s important to be brutally honest with those you love. In my opinion, Israel is losing the information war and needs a ‘communications intervention.’”
Nova Survivors Speak – New Movie by Journalist Steve Rosenberg
On Oct. 7, 2023, more than 400 people were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. These are some of the stories of those who survived, captured in interviews conducted by Steven A. Rosenberg, publisher of the Jewish Journal of Greater Boston, during the Nova Music Festival Exhibition in Boston.
The Zohran Files
This campaign is an intelligence driven, investigative process to expose Zohran as a Shia, Marxist Twelver who intends on deconstructing America’s Constitutional Judeo-Christian foundations and replace it with Islamic Doctrine and Shariah law.
Our campaign has two objectives that are connected and interrelated. First, the expose on Zohran and second, publicly supporting Israel on their final attack in Gaza City, against the HAMAS even as the world turns, more and more, against Israel.
Zohran will use this global anger to mobilize pro-HAMAS rallies all over New York City, enlisting more angry, young communist and jihadi voters.
U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Gets a New Boss: Qatar’s Ruling Family
Timmy Davis was probably America’s most enthusiastic supporter of Qatar during his 33 months as U.S. ambassador to the Middle Eastern country. “There is not anything that we do in the region that’s not enhanced by our relationship with Qatar,” Davis said in May at a conference in its capital city, Doha, just before leaving his diplomatic post. He didn’t say what he planned to do next.
The answer emerged last week—and it surprised even some people in Washington who are accustomed to the revolving door between government and the private sector. Irth Capital Management, an investment fund backed by Doha and whose co-founder and chairman is a member of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family, said that Davis has joined the firm as president and partner.
Davis has no experience in finance or on Wall Street, according to his LinkedIn profile. What he does have is a track record of publicly supporting many of Qatar’s most controversial policies, such as their financial and diplomatic backing of Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization that killed 1,200 people in Israel on October 7, 2023. Davis also said that Qatar should be the focal point through which Washington engages the Middle East.
“Timmy Davis may be a smart, accomplished, and charming guy, but the reason he’s being hired is not because of those qualities,” said Matt Boyse, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, who spent over 35 years in the Foreign Service. “It’s likely because he has connections and relationships and knowledge that is of value to the Qatari royal family.”
“This is always a problem that we’re keeping a close eye on, in terms of undue foreign influence on U.S. policymaking,” said Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, vice president of policy and government affairs at the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group. “Oftentimes, the mechanism through which a foreign entity might try to wield that influence is by dangling, or winking and nodding, to employment posts like being in government.”
Davis didn’t respond to requests for comment made through Irth, which has offices in Doha and New York, according to its website. Irth reportedly was part of a takeover offer this year for pizza chain Papa John’s International.
The Al Thanis view Davis, a former U.S. Marine who spent over 15 years in State Department posts around the world, as an important part of their efforts to expand Qatar’s financial reach.
“Timmy’s experience and strategic vision will be a tremendous asset as we continue building a global investment platform from Doha to the world,” Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulla Al Thani, Irth’s co-founder and chairman, wrote on X about Davis’s hiring.
State Department ethics rules dictate that former high-level diplomatic officials, including ambassadors, are subject to at least a one-year cooling-off period after their work for the U.S. government ends. That cooling-off period prohibits them from working on behalf of foreign governments to influence U.S. policy. But the ban doesn’t include companies such as Irth. Hedtler-Gaudette said that Davis’s new job is an example of a “big loophole” in the ethics rule book that is easily exploited.
Qatar has spent almost $100 billion over the past two decades to influence U.S. schools, universities, media, Congress, and even the White House itself, an investigation by The Free Press revealed in May. President Donald Trump’s attorney general, FBI director, chief of staff, and special Middle East envoy had lobbying, consulting, and financial deals with Qatari entities shortly before their current jobs. Robert Menendez, the former Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and New Jersey senator, began serving an 11-year prison sentence in June for taking bribes from Egyptian and Qatari interests.
Chase Untermeyer, the U.S. ambassador to Qatar from 2004 to 2007, was later founding chairman of the Qatar-America Institute, which was required to register as a foreign lobbying group under federal law. Untermeyer registered as a lobbyist in 2020 on behalf of the Embassy of Qatar, which paid him at least $15,000 a month to serve as an adviser, including by arranging trips for high-ranking Qatari officials and investments and donations from Qatari funds.
In 2022, Richard Olson, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, pleaded guilty to illegally lobbying on behalf of Qatar, including by accepting payments of up to $20,000 a month just after leaving his post in Pakistan. Olson also failed to disclose an $18,000 first-class plane ticket and a stay at a luxury London hotel.
“Every country tries to do what it can to wield influence and shape U.S. policy to its benefit,” said Hedtler-Gaudette of the Project on Government Oversight. “If you’ve got the resources the Gulf countries have, you’re just able to do it at a different level.”
Scrutiny of Qatar has surged since The Free Press’s May investigation. Qatar’s gift of a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet for use as Air Force One and then transfer to Trump’s presidential library deepened worries among Democrats and Republicans that the two countries are way too close for comfort.
Current and former U.S. officials told The Free Press that they believe Qatar could increase its lobbying and influence operations in Washington following Israel’s attack this month on Hamas’s political leadership in Doha. American and Middle East analysts had believed that the nearby Al Udeid Air Base—built and paid for by Qatar, and the Pentagon’s largest in the region—made Qatar essentially immune from such strikes. But the Israeli operation and an Iranian missile attack in June shattered that illusion.
Qatari and Trump administration officials have announced in recent days that they are discussing an enhanced security agreement that would further bind U.S. and Qatar military forces. The Israeli attack “expedites the need for a renewed strategic defense agreement between us and the United States,” said Majed al-Ansari, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman.
DOJ Launches Probe into George Soros’ Open Society Foundations Over Alleged Domestic Terrorism Funding
Every homeowner knows the frustration of pulling weeds only to watch them return weeks later, stronger than before. You can trim the leaves, spray the surface, even burn what’s visible, but until you dig deep and rip out the roots, the problem persists. For years, Americans have watched violent protests tear through their cities, wondering why the cycle never ends despite arrests and prosecutions of street-level agitators.
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University shook the nation to its core. It wasn’t just another protest that “got out of hand” – and let’s be honest, we’re all tired of that excuse anyway. It was targeted political violence, the kind we’re told doesn’t happen in America. Yet it follows a pattern we’ve seen escalate since 2020: Antifa riots, coordinated attacks on ICE facilities, “direct actions” that leave businesses destroyed and communities terrorized. Each incident is treated as isolated, spontaneous, organic. But what if they’re not? What if – and stick with me here – there’s actually a money trail?
Behind every sustained movement lies funding, organization, and protection. The street-level actors are just the visible weeds. The real question Americans should be asking isn’t who throws the Molotov cocktails, but who buys the bottles, who prints the propaganda, and who ensures the “protesters” walk free to strike again.
This week, the Trump administration decided to stop trimming leaves and start digging for roots. The Department of Justice has directed federal prosecutors across six major jurisdictions to investigate George Soros’ Open Society Foundations for potential racketeering, wire fraud, material support for terrorism, and arson charges. This isn’t political theater – it’s a serious criminal probe backed by a damning 95-page report showing that over $80 million has allegedly flowed from Soros’ network to groups the FBI defines as domestic terrorists.
From ‘The New York Times via NY Post’:
A senior Department of Justice official reportedly instructed half a dozen top federal prosecutors to probe a George Soros-founded liberal philanthropic arm for potentially funding “pro-terror groups.” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office told several US attorneys in a directive to begin looking into the viability of bringing possible arson, wire fraud, racketeering or material support for terrorism charges against entities linked to Soros’ Open Society Foundations.
Think about that number for a second. Eighty million dollars. That’s not pocket change or some rich guy’s hobby fund – that’s an operation. The scope is staggering. According to counterterrorism expert Ryan Mauro’s report, Open Society didn’t just fund peaceful protests that occasionally turned violent. They allegedly poured $23 million into seven groups that “directly assist domestic terrorism and criminality on U.S. soil,” including the Ruckus Society, which trained activists in “property destruction and sabotage” during the 2020 riots.
Another $50 million apparently went to organizations allegedly linked to foreign terrorist groups. The Movement for Black Lives, which received $18 million, co-authored a guide that “glorifies Hamas’s October 7 massacre” while instructing activists in using false IDs and economic disruption. Let me ask you – does that sound like “community organizing” to you?
These aren’t freedom fighters or civil rights champions. They’re allegedly part of what Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller calls “a vast domestic terror network” – organized cells conducting doxing campaigns, posting people’s addresses, and using messaging “designed to trigger or incite violence.” Yet for years, they’ve hidden behind the shield of “free speech” and “peaceful protest,” while their wealthy benefactors remained untouchable in their Manhattan penthouses and Swiss chalets.
Open Society’s response was predictable: they “unequivocally condemn terrorism” and claim these are “politically motivated attacks on civil society.” But here’s what kills me – notice what’s missing. Any denial of the specific funding allegations, any explanation for the money trails, any accountability for what their grant recipients actually did with those millions. When your defense is essentially “you can’t prosecute us for exercising free speech,” you’re admitting the speech happened while hoping nobody notices the buildings burning in the background. It’s like a mob lawyer crying about civil liberties while his client’s enemies keep disappearing.
This isn’t about silencing dissent or crushing political opposition. Americans have always respected genuine protest, even when we disagree with the message. But there’s a canyon-wide difference between holding a sign and holding a Molotov cocktail, between organizing voters and organizing violence. When “free speech” becomes a blank check for domestic terrorism, when “philanthropy” funds the destruction of American cities, when billionaires can allegedly orchestrate chaos while claiming charitable intentions, then the Constitution isn’t being upheld – it’s being weaponized against the very people it’s meant to protect.
For too long, the establishment told us these groups were grassroots, spontaneous, and protected. They insisted we were conspiracy theorists for following the money, extremists for demanding accountability, fascists for wanting our communities safe from organized violence. Now, finally, someone is pulling up the roots instead of just trimming the weeds. The question isn’t whether this investigation will find evidence – Mauro’s report already documented it. The question is whether America still has the courage to hold its oligarchs accountable when they allegedly fund the destruction of our Republic.
Look, this is bigger than George Soros – though I’ll admit, it’s satisfying to finally see his name in a DOJ memo. This is about whether we’re a nation of laws or a nation where billionaires can allegedly buy violence and call it charity. The garden is overrun, but for the first time in years, someone’s reaching for the root system. And when you pull the roots, the whole garden changes.












