Lebanon Has Trump Under Their Spell

 Nadene Goldfoot                               Lebanon

According to a post from Israel on X from the Prime Minister's Office: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Acting Director of the National Security Council to send a representative on his behalf to a meeting with government-economic elements in Lebanon. 

This is an initial attempt to establish a basis for a relationship and economic cooperation between Israel and Lebanon." I feel this is in response to a new directive from Trump who thinks the terrorist sitting in Lebanon's President seat is  just the cat's pajamas;  he's so cool. 

                               President Joseph Aoun

Lebanon's present president is Joseph Aoun, who was elected by the Lebanese parliament on January 9, 2025, after more than two years of a presidential vacuum. Challenges: His presidency faces significant challenges, including a severe economic crisis and the task of asserting the state's monopoly on arms, which brings him into confrontation with the powerful armed group Hezbollah. 

                                    Nawaf Salam

The prime minister of Lebanon, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon. The prime minister is appointed by the president of Lebanon, with the consent of the plurality of the members of the Parliament of Lebanon (after the Taif Agreement, 1990). By convention, the office holder is always a Sunni Muslim.

The current prime minister is Nawaf Salam. He was tasked by President Joseph Aoun to form the new government after mandatory parliamentary consultations on 13 January 2025, having received 84 out of 128 votes.

Lebanon's attitude towards Israel  is primarily shaped by the internal power dynamics involving the state government and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, which wields significant influence and remains vehemently anti-Israel. Hezbollah, however, continues to view Israel as an enemy and maintains an armed militia, which the Lebanese army has struggled to disarm fully. Hezbollah's leaders and supporters frequently express hostility toward Israel, viewing continued resistance as essential.  The border remains a major flashpoint. Israel conducts daily strikes in Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, while warning that a failure to disarm the group could lead to a full-scale war. 

                                         Syria

Syria to join US-led coalition to defeat IS group after Trump meeting on               November 10, 2025.                                   

Jolani above:  'If you didn't have a rough past, you wouldn't have a chance', says Trump on al-Sharaa (al-Jolani).  Trump has expressed his support for al-Sharaa/Jolani, who until recently was designated a terrorist by the US government.                                   

  Abu Mohammad al-Jolani/Sharaa, born October 29, 1982, is only 43.  

Abu Mohammad al-Jolani (also known as Ahmad al-Sharaa) was a former terrorist, and still is a jihadist who was the leader of the al-Qaeda-affiliated group Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria. He later severed ties with al-Qaeda and rebranded his group to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S.. Following the toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, al-Jolani became Syria's interim president and used his birth name, Ahmad al-Sharaa, prompting the U.S. to drop the bounty on him. 

Ahmad al-Sharaa, widely known by his former nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has a complex and evolving relationship with Israel, rooted in his history as a former al-Qaeda commander but shifting dramatically since his group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), took control of Syria in late 2024. 

The United States and the United Nations previously designated al-Jolani as a global terrorist with a $10 million bounty on his head due to his leadership of Jabhat al-Nusra, the official al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria. During this period, his nom de guerre "al-Jolani" (meaning "of the Golan") was a reference to his family's origin in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a potent anti-Israel symbol. 

Syria and Lebanon have a long and complex connection defined by shared history, direct political and military intervention by Syria, and strong sectarian and political ties. Syria's influence was evident during its nearly three-decade military occupation of Lebanon and continues to affect its politics today, particularly through its alliance with Hezbollah. More recently, the Syrian civil war has led to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees entering Lebanon, and has further complicated their relationship by dividing Lebanese opinion and increasing security tensions on the border. 

Syria will join the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, marking a shift in US foreign policy in the Middle East, a senior Trump administration official has confirmed.  But this groups is to work on economic issues.  

Syria and Lebanon officially remain in a state of war with Israel, with no formal diplomatic relations. However, recent political changes, particularly in late 2024 and 2025, indicate a complex and potentially shifting dynamic, with some government factions signaling a readiness for de-escalation, while hostilities persist due to non-state actors and border disputes. 

The recent fall of the Assad regime in December 2024 has significantly altered the landscape. While Syria does not formally recognize Israel, and the two countries fought several wars, the new government, led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, appears more pragmatic and open to dialogue. (Is he just trying to soften up Netanyahu and then make hismove?).  Since becoming the de facto leader of Syria, al-Sharaa has rebranded himself as a statesman, using his birth name and actively working to distance himself and his government from his jihadist past. His current approach to Israel is characterized by caution and a focus on Syrian sovereignty rather than explicit aggression: 

The U.S. is mediating direct negotiations between Israel and Syria to de-escalate tensions and restore the 1974 ceasefire agreement.  Despite potential diplomatic shifts, the situation remains volatile. Israel has conducted frequent airstrikes in Syria to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence and to counter groups like Hezbollah. Both sides are currently engaged in military operations and skirmishes. 

Resource:

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Anti-Semite Terrorist in France Killed

Nadene Goldfoot
Last month on September 19th an anti-Semite terrorist threw a grenade into a kosher grocery shop in Sarcelles, near Paris.  Yesterday the French police found the culprit through DNA results plus past history and raided his apartment.  Jeremie Louis-Sidney, 33, fired at the police with a a.357 Magnum pistol when they entered his apartment in Strasbourg and they shot back, killing him.

The police were busy that night, raiding around Paris, Nice and Cannes and rounding up 11 suspects.  They even found a list of Paris-area Israeli associations during the raid to be used by radical Islamists who recently converted to Islam.  Jeremie had been under the police radar since last spring as he had been sentenced to prison for 2 years in 2008 for drug trafficking and converted to Islam while in jail.

The grocery attack happened last month and the poorly made anti-Islamic video's reprisals just happened recently though about 8 minutes of the video has been online for several months already.  Cartoons had been published in a French satirical magazine of centering on Islam.    These are not reasons for any reprisals other than looking into themselves in some sort of  self evaluation.  There was no reason for picking on harming Jews other than plain old anti-Semitism that still hangs on.

Resource:  Oregonian Sunday newspaper, page A9, French cops kill gunman during anti=terrorism raid by Steven Erlanger, NY Times

Anti-Tank Missile Aimed at Farmers

Nadene Goldfoot
An Israeli air force  pilot killed one terrorist Thursday in response to the many attacks on southern Israel by Hamas terrorists this past week.  The attack happened east of Gaza City.

Earlier the IDF armored corps artillery forces attacked a Hamas terror cell  that operated within Gaza.  They were ready to launch an anti-tank missile at Israeli soldiers patrolling the security fence.

On Monday, Kibbutz Yad Mordechai was targeted  by an anti-tank missile along with sniper fire aimed at a group of farmers in a field and cars including a child's infant seat that was directly targeted.  A bullet hole pierced the back of the infant's seat.  Luckily, the 7 month old wasn't in it at the time.  The kibbutz, started in 1930 by Polish Jews, relocated to its present site a few miles south of Ashkelon in 1943.  It remembers its founders fighting the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto.  In 1948 they were attacked by Egypt.

Southern Israel has endured at least 300 strikes by Gazan terrorists so far this year.  This puts all of southern Israel in jeopardy as they never know where they will land.  .

Ashkelon, Portland's sister city, is the home of Barzalai Hospital where all people, both Israelis and Arabs can come for their wounds and find medical assistance.  They've had to go underground in order to continue helping people, and that means to dig down to a lower level for protection. The  Ashkelon Marina is well known in the yachting community as a center for International rallies and regattas.  It's famous marina is large enough for 600 ships and is located between two beaches.  

    

Resource: Arutz Sheva news@israelinationalnews.com Terrorist Dead in IAF Strike on Gaza by Chana Ya'ar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yad_Mordechai
http://www.ashkelon-marina.co.il/

Isrmail Haniya's Chutzpah

Nadene GoldfootI have never read such Chutzpah from Hamas in my life as what is found in the reference below.

In 2006, Abbas was defeated in an "election" and the Hamas terrorists won in Gaza. By June 2007 they forced out Abbas who found refuge in Samaria.

Hamas terrorists are about to celebrate their 23rd anniversary of the birth of their group, said Ismail Haniya. They repeated their aim to recover all of Palestine from the Mediterranean Sea to Jordan". Ismail will accept a peace deal with Israel only if the Palestinian people approve it in a referendum, he says. However, in the same breath, he says they will cede nothing. They will not ever recognize Israel. Their intention is to make all of Jerusalem their capital of Palestine. They will have no Jewishness in Jerusalem.

As if that will ever happen, they also demand a solution to the Arab refugees. Of course he wants all of them to return and live there.

The author of this article sees a shift from never accepting a peace treaty to an acceptance of one. I say, look at his stipulation and demands. He's asking Israel to give up as if it is a beaten country. He's asking for the moon! This is not going for any sort of peace treaty, but it's a statement of absolute war! Nothing has changed Gaza's stand of attacking Israel.

Mahmud al Zahar, another Hamas terrorist leader, showed his distain and hatred of Israel by burning the Israeli flag at a rally in Gaza City. At the Jebaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, they also celebrated wildly at another rally. Masked terrorists marched in the Nusseirat refugee camp's rally in Central Gaza.

I note that these people have remained in refugee camps willingly or by the directions of their leaders since 1948. They have continued to be surviving on the assistance of the U.N. They are people on assistance for the longest time for the U.N. The aim was not to get on with their life after making such a blunder as to follow their leaders in the first place, but to remain a pitiless group used as a weapon against Israel. For 62 years these refugees have not worked, have not tried to make something out of Gaza, but have become fodder for the terrorists. Keeping them helpless and angry has been a campaign of hatred against Israel.

Now I see that the younger generation of terrorists have such radical hate for Israel without even knowing where it has come from, other than their teachings in their Koran. For it's not what Israel has done to them, but what their leaders teach them that they are completely immersed in Jihad.

http://www.demotix.com/hub/hamas-celebration
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101213/wl_mideast_afp/israelpalestiniansconflicthamasanniversary