Friday, January 17, 2025

Did Trump Buy Bibi's Concession on Cease-fire with Inauguration Money?

Steve Witkoff May Have Bought Netanyahu's Agreement on Cease-fire Deal with Surplus Inauguration Money https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2025/01/steve-witkoff-may-have-bought.html

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Steve Witkoff May Have Bought Netanyahu's Agreement on Cease-fire Deal with Surplus Inauguration Money

by Scott Creighton

UPDATE: I'm sorry. It's not 170 million dollars donated by the swamp for TrumpyBear's party... it's actually $250,000,000.00. A quarter of a billion dollars for a party with no oversight on how it is spent (or used as a bribe) by anyone.

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Gee, I wonder how some unknown real estate developer, Steve Witkoff, convinced savage Zionist-for-life Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) to give into Donald Trump's request that he risk it all by accepting the cease-fire deal which he had been refusing to accept since May of 2024?

Is it the 'power of Trump' as so many suddenly sycophantic alt-left influence peddlers would have you believe?

Or...

Trump's inauguration is on Monday. The whole thing will be a scam as we know Bibi and the IDF will violate it as soon as they need to before 1 single aid truck gets into Gaza.

But why do it in the first place?

Oh wait... it's gonna start on Monday you say?

Hmmmm

Thing of Beauty: 'Merika! is Waking Up to the 'Miracle' the Oligarchs Have in Mind for Us

And I for one, love it.

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Chris Hedges: The Ceasefire Charade

by Chris Hedges from Consortium News

Israel, going back decades, has played a duplicitous game.

It signs a deal with the Palestinians that is to be implemented in phases. The first phase gives Israel what it wants — in this case the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza — but Israel habitually fails to implement subsequent phases that would lead to a just and equitable peace.

It eventually provokes the Palestinians with indiscriminate armed assaults to retaliate, defines a Palestinian response as a provocation and abrogates the ceasefire deal to reignite the slaughter.

Once More Into the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More… (archive)

(archived from May 31, 2009)

by Scott Creighton

As the forest burns and flames leap from tree to brush, the wildlife stampedes to safety ignoring the clarion call of those they left behind.  Cowardice is their only recognizable feature after their mask of courage melts away.

We who were once the few who stood against the tide of imperialist America’s baseless wars of aggression will stand alone again soon enough. The writing is clear. Our support, our colleagues, our brothers in peace have left us on the battle fields so that they may still scratch out their own secure place in the ghetto that awaits us all.

A once proud and fearless voice for revolution, now panders for “votes” and donations so to secure a seat at the corrupt table of congress… for himself.  Change the system from the “inside”?  Hardly.  “Votes” will not save this land, but may yet still save him a place as an anointed servant to the oligarchy.

It is a sad day for revolutionaries everywhere.

The Miracle of America (archived from 2007)

(archived from Oct. 5 2007)

by Scott Creighton

By every right this President and his corrupt administration should have been impeached and then incarcerated years ago. But what do you expect from a group of people that we have, by concession, allowed to steal the White House, not once… but twice?

In Chile in 1973, when Nixon and the Chicago Boys wanted to implement the Friedman Doctrine of savage capitalism as a test case, their candidate also lost the free election to Salvador Allende and therefore they had too resort to a military coup to install the Augusto Pinochet led junta.

Pinochet assumed power on Sept. 11, 1973, in a bloody coup supported by the United States that toppled the elected government of Salvador Allende, a Marxist who had pledged to lead his country "down the democratic road to socialism." Washington Post, Dec. 2006.

Chile was not simply drawn out of a hat in a random manner as the nation where this test case would take place. No, the ousted ruler (freely elected President Allende) had been in power for over two years and had been enacting sweeping social and economic reforms through-out the nation. He had nationalized the banking systems and monetary systems as well as the main national export; copper.

In 1970, Salvadore Allende became the first Marxist to be democratically elected president in the Western hemisphere. In the course of his sweeping socialist reforms, he nationalized not only the copper mines but banks and other foreign-owned assets as well.” Chile: The Laboratory Test.

The copper mines had been bought up in the 60s by vast US corporations, and of course the banking systems had been held by US interests as well. So when Nixon was elected he owed some of these multinational interests some payback and since he wasn’t about to force the Friedman economic model down the throats of the American people, having then stated “We are all Keynesians now.” he threw them Chile as a sort of consolation prize. 

Biden warns that an oligarchy is forming that threatens US democracy

(The ultra-rich oligarchs gained an additional 1.5 trillion dollars in wealth during the Biden administration.)

from Reuters

President Joe Biden said an oligarchy is forming in the U.S. that threatens democracy, issuing the bleak warning on Wednesday in his final Oval Office speech as he prepares to hand over power to Donald Trump next week.

Biden opened his speech with a familiar message - asking Americans to join together - but quickly warned about a dangerous concentration of wealth in the United States.
 
"Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that really threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedom, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead," Biden said.
 
He warned of a "tech industrial complex" that is bringing an "avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power." The free press, he added, "is crumbling."
 
Biden's farewell address, capping half a century in politics, sought to bolster a legacy that has been overshadowed by Democrats' failure to stop the Republican Trump from returning to the White House.
 
Trump, who takes office at noon (1700 GMT) on Monday, has enlisted billionaire Elon Musk, who helped his election efforts, as a special adviser charged with cutting costs from the federal government.
 
Trump has nominated a slate of cabinet members who have pledged to upend traditional American alliances and governing norms. The November 2024 election left the Democratic Party with little leverage in national politics...

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If it isn’t stopped, “Greater Israel” will become a reality

by Robert Inlakesh al Mayadeen English

Emboldened by a string of achievements, the Israeli regime is seeking to expand its territorial control into neighboring Arab Nations and is receiving little push back. While Jordan and Egypt aren’t currently facing an armed incursion, Israeli ministers and official social media pages are indicating that such takeovers could be in the books.

Upon the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria, the power vacuum left behind and a lack of any army to protect the nation permitted an immediate Israeli invasion. The Zionist Entity swiftly launched their largest ever air campaign to obliterate the Syrian Arab Army’s military equipment, then followed this up with on-and-off airstrikes throughout the country.

The Israelis have occupied the Golan Heights entirely, seized the six most important water sources in southern Syria, expelled citizens from their homes in areas surrounding Quneitra and even pushed towards Dara’a. The Israeli tanks are now positioned as far as areas like Qatana, only 20 kilometers from Damascus, while airstrikes occasionally hit targets in the Syrian Capital...

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Trump 'Promised Netanyahu He'll Support Israel If They Decide to Violate Ceasefire'

from Information Liberation

Ronen Bergman, a New York Times "journalist" who "formerly" served in Israeli intelligence, is claiming in Ynet that President-elect Donald Trump "has already promised" Benjamin Netanyahu that he will support Israel "retroactively" if they violate a ceasefire with Gaza after signing his peace deal.  

From Ynet, "Trump's Promises, and Secret Transformations: 'Going for the Nobel Peace Prize' | Behind the Deal" (as translated from Hebrew by Google):

 President Trump, according to a source familiar with the details, has already promised Netanyahu and Minister Ron Dermer that if they agree to a ceasefire and the withdrawal of IDF forces from the Gaza Strip, he will support Israel retroactively if it decides to return to fighting and violate the ceasefire. This may solve one issue for Netanyahu, but it is not certain that it is enough to calm the coalition members from the right-wing, nationalist and settler wing, who may see this as an unacceptable concession. Other sources claim that everything that is happening before the public, including the right-wing opposition, is part of the same orchestrated show. ..

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Hamas, 'Israel' officially sign deal, to take effect Monday

from al Mayadeen English

A deal between "Israel" and Hamas to release captives held in Gaza and initiate a ceasefire was formally signed by negotiators in Doha on Thursday, Axios reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. However, the Israeli government is not expected to vote on the agreement until Saturday night.

The delay in the vote will push back the start of the ceasefire and the release of the first three captives, from Sunday to at least Monday, Israeli officials stated.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly informed by the negotiating team that the agreement had been reached. His office confirmed this in a statement on Friday morning. Netanyahu has also instructed the captives coordinator to collaborate with the relevant government ministries to prepare for the hostages' release, as per the report.
 
The deal was signed by representatives from "Israel", Qatar, and Hamas, according to a source informed about the matter as reported by Axios. Brett McGurk, President Biden's top Middle East adviser, signed on behalf of the United States...

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