King Abdullah II of Jordan told President Trump at the White House on Tuesday that his country would give refuge to 2,000 children from Gaza who are sick with cancer or other illnesses. “One of the things that we can do right away is take 2,000 children that are either cancer children or in very ill-state to Jordan as quickly as possible,” the Jordanian king said. “And, then wait for the Egyptians to present their plan on how we can work with president.” In response to the king’s announcement, Trump described it as a “beautiful gesture.” The king’s offer to take in 2,000 sick children from the Gaza Strip comes as the Egyptian and Jordanian governments have previously rejected taking in displaced refugees from Gaza. Amir Tsarfati: The Truth About Gaza, Hostage Deal, and Trump's Plan Revealed: [Almost one hour] Snippets from Amir's email newsletter: The Continuing Hostage Saga There was one person upon whom those pictures had a profound effect, and that was U.S. President Donald Trump. Already iffy on the whole “a few hostages at a time” agreement, his viewing of Ami, Sharabi, and Levy pushed him over the edge. Trump demanded that Hamas release all the remaining hostages by noon this coming Saturday or “all hell will break loose.” I am so grateful for this statement, because Hamas has been playing games with the 59 remaining hostages. The Israeli cabinet also recognizes this and has voted to affirm Trump’s threat. This could be a very interesting weekend. But more probably, it won’t. Hamas is drunk with success. The ceasefire has forced the IDF from the Netzarim corridor, so now Hamas has free rein to move back into the north. Meanwhile, the worst of the Hamas prisoners being held by Israel have been sent home in return for innocent hostages, so the terrorists have gotten all they want. Already, they have begun training and planning for the next October 7 attack. The one element of this whole equation that Hamas doesn’t seem to get is the Trump factor. Unlike other politicians, he will carry out his threats. When he says that he is going to remove Palestinians from Gaza, he will remove Palestinians from Gaza. And King Abdullah II of Jordan and President El-Sisi of Egypt are slowly learning that when Trump says that he expects their countries to open their borders for some Palestinian settlements in return for the billion-plus dollars in aid that America sends their way, they better unlock the gates.... A Decision for Iran This is the type of hard-thinking, line-in-the-sand strategy that is understood in the Middle East. If you are wishy-washy, you will be taken advantage of. However, if it is understood that you will follow through with your “or else”, you may be hated but you will be respected and listened to. The choice is clear for Iran. Already there are anti-regime protests in the streets of numerous cities, and just yesterday all schools, banks, and government offices in Tehran were closed to save electricity and gas. They are not in a position to fight a war. Their reign of terror is at an end. USAID “This morning I woke up to a WhatsApp message on my phone which said, “Make Gaza great again, what a great idea!” Now that was not from a MAGA farmer in Alabama, it was from my friend in Gaza who’s currently in Gaza city,” said commentator and author of “Israelophobia," Jake Wallis Simons. In an interview on Britain’s Talk TV, he said that he has been told many Gazans are in favor of Trump’s plans. Wallis Simons shared some of his conversation with his friend in Gaza, saying, “I spoke to him on the phone and he said that he and everybody he knows are fully behind Trump’s proposals because they don’t want to live in rubble for the 20 years it will take to rebuild their houses. They don’t want to live in tents, they don’t want to see their children have to rely on aid handouts. We have so many millions of refugees around the world… yet the Palestinians are meant to put up with horrendous conditions brought upon their heads by Hamas.” One man called out from the rubble around him, saying to the camera, “I want to leave because there’s no life left here. Life here has gone. I mean just look around you. We simply can’t live here. I’m asking Trump himself to relocate us as he suggested, and I’ll be the first to go.” Another man pleads to the countries Trump has suggested should give refuge for the people of Gaza, saying: “To our brotherly Egyptian and Jordanian – and King Abdullah: We hope they open the crossings for the youth who are leaving, for the wounded, for the sick, the elderly who need treatment.” A third man expresses the indignity of their situation and the plight that ordinary Gazan people are now in. He indicates that Gazan people will most likely go along with Trump’s plan in the absence of any viable alternative. “In the end people will face reality,” he said, continuing, “They’ll emigrate because they want to live. They want to live in a country that protects them and supports them, meaning, a country where you can hold your head up high. If our country isn’t looking out for us, where should we go?” “Hamas is shooting people in the legs. Their feet are amputated as a result of this gunfire. And that’s it, the person is finished. So long as Hamas remains on the scene, this will keep on happening. Every day we’ll have new killings. After every battle they say they’re victorious. But what is this victory? In a similar video presented by commentator Yishai Fleisher, a Gazan man assures Trump, “All you have to do is open the border, and leave the rest to us.” https://allisrael.com/despairing-gazans-ask-to-leave-for-borders-to-open Calling the impossible into existence seems to be one of the secret ingredients to Trump’s art of the deal, because after he voiced the idea for Gazans to evacuate the place they once called home, in order to resurrect it from its uninhabitable condition, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz wasted no time instructing the IDF to “prepare a plan allowing for Gazans wishing to leave the Gaza Strip voluntarily.” While Trump’s intended relocation plan is directed to the neighboring countries of Jordan and Egypt, both have flatly refused entrance to Gazans. Nonetheless, Trump somehow got Jordan’s King Abdullah to agree to take in 2,000 sick children, and that’s just the beginning. When pressed on the matter by reporters, the king said he’d have to hear further, wanting to allow Egypt to weigh in on the matter. That doesn’t sound like a hard “no.” “The U.S. is Jordan’s single-largest aid provider, sending the Hashemite Kingdom 1.45 billion every year in bilateral foreign assistance. Egypt, for its part, received $1.3 billion in miliary aid in 2024. U.S. military support for Cairo rose steeply after the country signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, amounting to more than $50 billion in total since then.” What would happen if that assistance were to be conditioned upon helping to facilitate the peace which Trump so desperately wants, in his quest to end the perpetual strife which has plagued the Middle East for as long as anyone can remember? We actually might find out pretty soon, because the American president has already said that he might withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt if they don’t take in Palestinians. How would that bode for Jordan and Egypt? ... maybe Trump, in trying to entice Jordan and Egypt, should repeat the words he often used in his first campaign, when trying to appeal to voters, “What do you have to lose? https://allisrael.com/blog/will-trump-be-able-to-pull-off-the-impossible The PA’s ‘Pay For Slay’ Program Showcases The Palestinians Perpetual Hatred For God’s Chosen People: Are terrorists released from Israeli prisons coming home to millions courtesy of the Palestinian Authority? The Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) highlighted a recent report from Palestinian Media Watch, which “posted a list of all 734 terrorists scheduled for release from Israeli prisons in the first phase of the hostages-for-ceasefire agreement with Hamas, together with their ‘salaries’—the dollar amounts each terrorist received from the Palestinian Authority’s so-called Martyrs’ Fund while incarcerated.” “In total,” JNS underscored, “the terrorists received $141,837,087, or more than half a billion shekels. Of those, 316, or nearly half, received more than a million shekels.” Itamar Marcus, the founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch, told JNS that this report “signals to Palestinians that these terrorists weren’t working in a vacuum, but were acting in the name of the P.A.” He further explained that “the wealth places the terrorists in an honored position in Palestinian society, in fact, Palestinian terrorists are the most honored people in Palestinian society.” “In another society, if a criminal goes to jail for murdering someone, he’s ashamed about it,” Marcus explained. “In the Palestinian Authority, they go around with a crown on their heads.” JNS further reported that the decree by the Palestinian Authority on Monday “that it has restructured its terrorist payment program has been widely misrepresented as signaling the end of its pay-for-slay program.” Marcus underscored that the PA has no intention of ending its ‘Pay For Slay’ program: “The full news states that the salaries of the martyrs and printers have not and will not be affected, as all families that previously benefited from the law, regulations and systems will continue to be subject to the same standards.” “Translation: the P.A. continues to fund and reward terrorism,” he warned. Let me reiterate: “Palestinian terrorists are the most honored people in Palestinian Society.” Yet, this is who the world is forcing Israel to make peace with. That’s not only wrong, it’s downright disgusting and evil. Saudi Arabia will host an Arab summit on President Donald Trump's plan for the US to take control of Gaza, according to a source close to the Saudi government. The leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are expected to attend the summit on February 20, a week before a meeting in the Arab League in Cairo on February 27 on the same theme. According to another source, the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, will also attend the meeting. Trump's proposal for the US to take over Gaza and for over two million Palestinians to be forced to move from there has met with fierce international resistance. https://swedenherald.com/article/source-new-top-meeting-on-trumps-gaza-plan Amir Tsarfati, Feb 17: [One hour] Amir Tsarfati, Feb. 18: Israel is bracing for a very tough week as 4 bodies of dead hostages will be handed over on Thursday. So, why is Hamas, which just last Monday threatened to cancel the hostage exchange, now suddenly eager to accelerate the process and push forward with the final phase of the ceasefire deal? I see real pressure on Hamas. They don’t care about the people of Gaza, but beyond Al Jazeera’s “victory” footage and Hamas’s power displays, the reality is that northern Gaza is unlivable. Hamas desperately needs the temporary housing units to enter the Strip. There’s significant criticism and outrage toward Hamas within Gaza, but it rarely makes the headlines. Israel, using intelligence information, located this route and threatened Lebanon that its main airport would be bombed. In response, Lebanon banned the landing of Iranian planes, which led to riots by Hezbollah members outside the airport and attacks on UNIFIL personnel. But Shiite Iran has found a surprising ally: Sunni Erdogan, who has placed the airport in Istanbul at its disposal. Now, the crates of dollars are landing in Turkey, and from there they are flown via alternative routes to Lebanon. Iran is trying to operate smuggling routes through additional countries, some of which Israel is managing to thwart through intelligence activity and intensive diplomatic activity by Foreign Minister Saar and Foreign Ministry officials. Despite this, estimates are that tens of millions of dollars have already reached Hezbollah through the Turkish route....
King of Jordan Tells Trump He Will Take In 2,000 Sick Gaza Children:
When I first made comparisons between the October 7 slaughter and the Holocaust, some people said, “Exaggeration!” I equated the torture and rape and brutalization of that horrible day in 2023 with what was seen in the Third Reich, but there were those who accused me of hyperbole and clickbait. Then, on Saturday, the emaciated figures of Ohad Ben Ami (56), Eli Sharabi (52), and Or Levy (34) were paraded on a Palestinian stage, forced to read anti-Israel statements, and then manhandled to their freedom. Before and after captivity pictures were circulated of these men, and comparisons of their starved bodies were juxtaposed with those of German death camp survivors. My hope is that finally in the minds of some of the naysayers, they’ll say, “I finally get it.” The only differences between Hamas and the Nazis are time and location.
Sadly, I still see Israel once again choosing to push through with the shameful ceasefire agreement. Why? The guilt felt by our nation and its leaders regarding the hostages, and the duty to release as many of them as possible while they are still alive, trumps all other considerations.
...they are now faced with a choice – either the U.S. and Israel destroys their nuclear capabilities or they do it themselves.
I am not an American, so I don’t want to step deeply into the USAID scandal. It’s not my country; it’s not my business. Instead, I will just say that from what I have read about USAID, the way it has used its money is a macrocosm of everything that is wrong in culture, media, international relations, and politics. Despairing Gazans plead to leave, for borders to open:
Will Trump be able to pull off the impossible? (Opinion)
Source: New Top Meeting on Trump's Gaza Plan:
CONNECT Round Table – Living in the Days of Birth Pangs:
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Report: Trump's ultimatum to the Lebanese government
The Trump administration has demanded the deployment of Lebanese army forces and the disarmament of the militias, led by Hezbollah. If this is not done, international forces will be sent to implement UN resolutions.
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In a surprise to absolutely no one, a new report exposes that the humanitarian aid that entered the Gaza Strip at the beginning of 2024 reached Hamas leaders instead of Gaza citizens.
The recordings revealed the close connection between Hamas and UNWRA.
US-Russia talks begin in Riyadh.
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Report: The Israeli security cabinet that met last night decided to advance the Israeli proposal to bring mobile homes and engineering equipment into the Gaza Strip in exchange for the return of the 6 alive hostages this coming Saturday and the expansion of phase one of the deal.
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US-Russia talks begin in Riyadh.
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Political source:
Prime Minister Netanyahu is making great efforts to release all six remaining living hostages in Phase A, as well as four hostages who are no longer alive.
In the outline for the release of the hostages, Israel has committed to allowing mobile homes and heavy engineering equipment into the Gaza Strip after strict inspection.
Within the framework of the negotiations, and subject to Hamas's adherence to the agreement, Israel will begin to allow this in a controlled and gradual manner.
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After the US, Paraguay, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo and Papua New Guinea, Fiji has decided to open an embassy in Jerusalem.
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Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, issues urgent warning:
Turkey is collaborating with Iran in efforts to rebuild Hezbollah.
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The Prime Minister's Office now officially announces:
In negotiations in Cairo, understandings were reached under which the six living hostages from Phase I will be released on Saturday.
Four dead hostages will be handed over to Israel this Thursday. In accordance with the agreement, four additional dead hostages are expected to be handed over to Israel next week.
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The US military announced that two B-52 bombers flew over the Middle East yesterday, accompanied by F-15 jets, and that the flight included refueling and dropping live ammunition.
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The families of the hostages included in the agreement have been updated.
6 families are joyful.
8 families are devastated.
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CAN YOU SPOT THE CHANGE?
What’s unique about this time around , is that this time, the names of the hostages were declared by Khalil al-Hayya rather than by Hamas’s military wing or Abu Ubaida.
Khalil Al Haya stated he is willing to give back all the 59 remaining hostages in one day.
This exposes a weakness we’ve always known but often ignored: the key to Hamas’s downfall lies in the hands of the Gazan population.
(Voice from the East on X)
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Once all of our hostages are back - Gaza should turn into a parking lot.
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This is how Turkey is helping Iran finance and rehabilitate Hezbollah.
Since the victorious blow that the IDF struck against the Shiite terrorist organization, Iran has been wasting no time in trying to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in cash to Hezbollah. The smuggling route was based on planes from the Iranian company Mahan Air, which took off from Iran and landed at Beirut airport.
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Let's stop saying "Hamas."
Shiri Bibas and her children were taken hostage by Palestinian civilians on October 7—not Hamas operatives! Civilians!!! After those same civilians murdered Shiri's parents and even killed their dog. She was last seen in Gaza, barefoot, wading through the streets while holding her 9-month-old baby, Kfir, and her 4-year-old son, Ariel—surrounded by Palestinian civilians.
70% of the Palestinians who entered Israel on October 7 were civilians. They murdered, raped, looted, and burned lives... Let's not perpetuate the absolute lie that all of this was "Hamas." Hamas is just the tip of the iceberg.
This image must remain with each and every one of you… until the end of time.
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Despite the war, Israel's GDP grew by 1% in 2024, above initial forecasts, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics' first assessment.
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