Mark Notelovitz

[daniel hanuka📟 🇮🇱 @LionsOfZion_ORG]

If the U.S.-Iran agreement is a deception — history will judge it differently.

But if it is real, if Washington has moved from guaranteeing free navigation in the Strait of Hormuz to negotiating with the Islamic Republic over if the sea may reopen, it is not just a bad deal.

It is a historic mistake.

Empires do not begin to fall only when they lose cities.
They begin to fall when they can no longer guarantee the arteries of trade.

Athens lost its navy, then lost its ability to project power, protect trade and survive.

Persia came against Greece with a massive army, but at Salamis its fleet was crushed. Once Persia lost control at sea, even its giant land army became limited.

At Actium, Rome did not merely decide a rivalry between Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra. It decided who controlled the Mediterranean — and whoever controlled it controlled Rome.

In 1588, Spain sent the Armada to break England. Spain lost at sea. Its monopoly cracked, and Britain’s rise began.

In 1805, Napoleon dominated Europe on land. But at Trafalgar he lost the sea. He could conquer capitals, but not control global trade.

In 1905, Russia’s defeat by Japan at Tsushima showed the world that the Russian Empire could not project power across distance. The myth of Russian strength cracked.

In 1956, Britain and France still imagined themselves as great powers. Then came Suez. Once the world saw they could not control their own imperial artery without American and Soviet pressure, British imperial power was over.

In World War II, Japan looked terrifying while it expanded. But once it began losing control of the sea, it began shrinking.

Even the Mongols conquered across continents — but failed to conquer Japan because projecting power across the sea is a different test.

That is why Hormuz matters.

The Strait of Hormuz is not just a line on a map or a clause in a ceasefire.
It is a pressure point of the global economy.

Roughly one-fifth of the world’s petroleum liquids consumption moves through that chokepoint.

So the real question is not: “Is Hormuz open?”
The real question is: “Who decides whether Hormuz is open?”

If the answer is the United States, America still guarantees the global order.

But if the answer is the Islamic Republic — if Tehran closes the sea, shakes the market, pressures the world, then receives negotiations, sanctions relief, oil access, frozen assets, legitimacy and time — the message is clear:

Take global trade hostage. Threaten oil. Use proxies. Fire on America’s allies. Create a crisis. Then sell the end of the crisis back to Washington as “peace.”

That is not diplomacy.
That is strategic blackmail.

The most dangerous part: Iran is not doing this from strength. The Islamic Republic is pressured, isolated, wounded, exposed and hated by millions of its own people.

If Washington rewards it now, it is not stabilizing the region.
It is giving oxygen to a regime already struggling to breathe.

History is full of empires that confused temporary quiet with victory.
The sea exposes the truth.

A superpower is not measured by speeches or flags.
It is measured by whether a weaker enemy can hold a global trade route hostage — and walk away with a prize.

If America is still the guarantor of the free world, Hormuz should be open because America says it is open.
Not because the Islamic Republic grants permission.

That difference is everything.

Britain did not disappear the day after Suez.
Russia did not collapse the day after Tsushima.
Spain did not vanish after the Armada.
Napoleon did not fall the day after Trafalgar.

But in each case, the world saw something it could never unsee:

The aura cracked.
The fear weakened.
The sea was no longer theirs.

If this agreement is real, Hormuz may become America’s Suez moment.

Not because Iran is strong.

But because America may have shown the world that a wounded dictatorship can grab the throat of global commerce — and force Washington to negotiate for air.

[Howard Feldman @HowardFeldman]

There is a profound sense of disbelief among many of those who have stood firmly with both Israel and the United States throughout this conflict. In conversations with listeners, analysts, commentators and ordinary supporters, I have struggled to find anyone who can clearly articulate the strategic victory in the deal Trump has chosen to pursue.

The overwhelming sentiment is disappointment. For many, it feels less like the successful conclusion of a campaign and more like the abandonment of one.

Trump entered this confrontation with enormous goodwill from Israel and from those who believed he understood the nature of the Iranian regime. He was prepared to take risks, to project strength, and to stand alongside a close ally in confronting one of the world's leading sponsors of terror. That is why the way this has ended feels so jarring.

In the process, he has not only shaken the confidence of one of America's most loyal partners, but has also handed a propaganda victory to a regime that has spent decades exporting terror, suppressing its own people and destabilising the region.

Perhaps most painful of all is the message this sends to the millions of Iranians who looked to America as a source of hope. To those who believed that the world had finally recognised the nature of the regime under which they live, this feels less like support and more like abandonment.

Of course, the story is not over. The chapter has not yet been written. Iran has spent decades proving that it cannot be trusted. If history is any guide, reality will eventually collide with optimism.

And if that happens, Trump may discover that winning back trust is far more difficult than losing it

[Robyn Curnow @RobynCurnow]

So many people I know have been murdered back home in South Africa - or if they’re ‘lucky’ just attacked or robbed.

But this one is utterly senseless.

I grew up with Bruce in Johannesburg. He wouldn’t have hurt a fly. Violence has become so gut-wrenchingly commonplace -but that this genuinely good and kind man was beaten to death in his own home is very very very hard to comprehend.

Unfathomable. Heartbreaking. Utterly shameful

[Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט @naftalibennett]

הגיעה השעה למהפכה:
להפסיק לממן בתי ספר חרדים שמחנכים נגד המדינה, נגד הצבא ונגד כולנו.
 **
המדינה הזדעזעה כשהמונים תקפו חיילות בלב בני ברק.
הציבור גם רותח מזעם בגלל שצעירים חרדים לא משרתים ולא נכנסים תחת האלונקה.
כולם דורשים גיוס מלא ומיידי של צעירים חרדים.
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אבל האמת היא ששורש כל הבעיות הללו הוא החינוך:
ישראל מממנת מערכת חינוך חרדית שמחנכת את התלמידים להיות נגד צה״ל, נגד הציונות ונגד ערכי מדינת ישראל.
זו הנקודה.
 **
עובדה ראשונה:
שליש מתלמידי כיתה א' היהודים בישראל לומדים בבתי ספר חרדים המסיתים נגד הציונות ונגד השירות.
התוצאה: ״נמות ולא נתגייס״.

עובדה שנייה:
תלמידי החינוך החרדים אינם לומדים אנגלית, מתמטיקה, פיזיקה וכימיה. התוצאה – אין להם את הכלים הנדרשים להשתלב בעולם של המאה ה-21.

עובדה שלישית:
את תלמידי החינוך החרדי מלמדים לקדש את הערך של אי יציאה לעבודה.
התוצאה: המוני חרדים שאינם עובדים, אינם משלמים מסים, ואינם תורמים לכלכלה.
הם חיים על חשבוננו, פשוטו כמשמעו.

העיוות המטורף הזה הרסני לילדים החרדים: הוא גוזר עליהם חיים של עוני, בורות, תלות בקצבאות, איבה לצה"ל, שנאה למדינה וניתוק מהחיים הישראלים.
זה כל כך לא הוגן כלפיהם!

העיוות המטורף הזה הרסני לכלל הישראלים: הוא גוזר עלינו נטל מס גבוה מאד, נטל שירות גבוה והידרדרות מתמדת של השירותים שאנחנו מקבלים מהמדינה.

העיוות המטורף הזה יוצר ״מדינה-בתוך-מדינה״ אשר לה חוקים משלה.

היא לא משרתת את הטוב הכללי והיא מנצלת את משאביה של המדינה כדי להרוס את המדינה.

ובקיצור: ישראל מתאבדת.

המדיניות שאותה הממשלה הנוכחית מקדמת היא בלתי שפויה והיא מובילה לאסון בלתי נמנע.
הטיטאניק שטה לעבר הקרחון שיטביע אותה.
 **
למה כל זה קורה?
נתניהו הרי לא מטומטם.
הוא מבין מצוין את הבעיה.
אבל שרידותו הפוליטית קודמת אצלו לטובת המדינה.
מכיוון שהוא תלוי לחלוטין במפלגות החרדיות, הוא נכנע להן ומקדם מדיניות אנטי לאומית ואנטי ציונית אשר ההשלכות שלה ידועות, ברורות וקטסטרופליות.
 **
מה עושים? מה אני אעשה בחודש הראשון שלי כראש ממשלה?

אפסיק לממן בתי ספר שמחנכים נגד השירות בצה"ל ונגד המדינה, או שמונעים קבלת תלמידים בני עדות המזרח.

לא אתן שקל למוסדות חינוך שמונעים מהילדים את מקצועות היסוד הנדרשים לאזרח תורם בישראל.

אפתח עוד ועוד בתי ספר מעולים של חינוך ממלכתי-חרדי (ממ״ח) אשר מכבד את ערכי התורה אבל מלמד גם אנגלית, מדעים, מתמטיקה ואזרחות.

ילדי ישראל ילמדו גם איינשטיין וגם הרמב״ם.

אושיט יד לחרדים שמבקשים להשתלב בחברה, בכלכלה, במדינה ובעולם.

אוודא שתלמידי ישיבות מחוננים יוכלו ללמוד ברווחה וכבוד.

אשמור מכל משמר על התורה ועל זהותה היהודית של ישראל.

לא אשנא ולא אדכא את אחינו החרדים.
כן אדרוש מהם ללמוד, לעבוד ולשרת. כמו כולנו.
להשתלב.

אוביל מדיניות אחראית ונכונה אשר תהפוך את הקהילה החרדית לחלק בלתי נפרד מהעם המופלא שלנו.

דמיינו את זה: מעין ״עלייה לישראל״ של מיליון חרדים.
איזו צמיחה ופריחה תהיה כאן!

אפרק את ה״מדינה-בתוך-מדינה״ המורדת וההרסנית שהמימסד החרדי בנה,
ואגרום לכך שתהיה כאן מדינה יהודית אחת, דמוקרטית, משגשגת וחזקה.

כך נשוב להיות עם אחד.

[i24NEWS English @i24NEWS_EN]

Israel issues strong words for Kurds, but action remains uncertain

“It is meaningful to us that Israel is the only country openly supporting the Kurds,” says a Kurdish activist, warning that Syria’s al-Sharaa could become “a second Hamas” on Israel’s border

✍️ @Y_Pobegailova
https://t.co/Tofc8eHlTW

[Mark Notelovitz @marknotelovitz]

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[Mark Notelovitz @marknotelovitz]

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[Jeremy Stephenson @AmbercommOne]

I dont care about Starlink. I don't want concessions, policy exceptions, or workarounds. I want the repeal of all laws that discriminate on the basis of race.
ALL OF THEM

[Mufasa007 @Mufasa0062]

Interesting find…
“So, as John Steenhuisen MP was present, as a "token white" delegate member brought to the Whitehouse to correct President Trump, in The White House on his interpretation of farm murders in South Africa.

In his address to President Trump, he framed farm murders as part of a broader security and political crisis, linking rural safety to the fight against extremist political movements.

The repeated theme was that white farmers (or white people) are not disproportionately affected by crime since there is crime everywhere in any event. Basically, they told President Trump that he was wrong - this while another delegate (Retief Goosen) verified that his parents' friends had been murdered, that they fear for their safety every time they go out, that they live behind electric fences, and that they have also been attacked twice, in their homes, already.

Then we have the following history that contradicts all of their futile efforts to minimize the fear of white South Africans:

"Steenhuisen: Farm murders show ANC’s failure on rural safety"
Daily Maverick – February 15, 2024
https://t.co/cXZ8GV0aBJ

"DA leader demands Ramaphosa declare farm murders a priority crime"
News24 – January 22, 2024
https://t.co/W1d7BD5P1y

"Steenhuisen slams police inaction after latest farm attack"
IOL – November 5, 2023
https://t.co/0uBytpN6dD

"DA calls for rural safety plan as farm murders rise"
BusinessDay – July 18, 2023
https://t.co/fEAJXckdur

"Steenhuisen challenges Cele over farm murder stats"
TimesLIVE – October 10, 2022
https://t.co/iqrQHxewgf

"ANC ignoring farm killings, says DA leader"
The Sowetan – May 5, 2022
https://t.co/QgTEsEsOUH

"Steenhuisen demands rural safety summit after farm attacks"
EWN – August 12, 2021
https://t.co/FarjKrN4LP

"DA leader accuses ANC of downplaying farm murders"
PoliticsWeb – March 3, 2021
https://t.co/wS8UXZg7JR

"Steenhuisen: SAPS must prioritize farm murders"
News24 – November 9, 2020
https://t.co/fCCodzfN1M

"DA calls for urgent debate on farm killings"
IOL – February 18, 2020
https://t.co/2eLBpjeXBl

[Malkah Fleisher 🕎 @MalkahFleisher]

Meet Oded.

A journalist for a far-left Israeli socialist newspaper, Oded was a fluent Arabic speaker and vociferous advocate for Gazan rights.

So much so that he volunteered for a decade with "Road to Recovery" to personally transport children from Gaza (where there were 36 hospitals) to Israel for the best medical care.

Tomorrow, he's coming home from Gaza in a body bag, betrayed and murdered by the very people he fought so ardently for.

May his memory be a blessing. And a lesson.

[Yisrael official 🕎 @YisraelOfficial]

❗️🤬❗️🤬❗️🤬❗️

[Robert Barzelay 🇮🇱 🇳🇱 @18PigsDontFly]

After a photograph of a terrorist holding the body of Shani Luc, who was kidnapped into Gaza on October 7, won a prestigious award in an international photo competition, Shani Nicole's grandmother responded:

"My dead granddaughter has been featured in a photograph that won a prestigious photo contest,
and the world is silent!!!

My granddaughter's body, after she was brutally murdered and taken to Gaza as a symbol of victory, is being displayed for public viewing.
And the world is silent!!!

My granddaughter's body, after vile killers broke her bones to force her into a van—a body that was full of life, love, and light just hours before—was thrown like a victory trophy to terrorists and vile photographers.
And the world is silent!!!

My beautiful, dead granddaughter, surrounded by three bloodthirsty assassins. This is the "heroic" photo that won first place in a prestigious photo contest.
And the world is silent.

And I am screaming—are you???

When, in the history of photography, has a photo of a corpse won a prize?
How much more pain can we endure?

Three people shouting "Allahu Akbar," one despicable photographer, and my crushed granddaughter.
And the world is silent.
And the world is silent.
And the world is silent."

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

Eden Nimri bravely fought Hamas on October 7th on her own, still in her pajamas, as she stood at the entrance of a bomb shelter to protect those inside.

Hamas threw grenades, and she shielded the others, saving 11 girls.

Eden was only 22. Her bravery will never be forgotten.

[Eli Afriat 🇮🇱 @EliAfriatISR]

🕯Amit Mann, (22), was murdered in the clinic of Kibbutz Be’eri where she was treating the wounded from the devastating attack on October 7.

This is her last photo.

May her memory be blessed.💔

[Ambassador Idit Rosenzweig-Abu @IditAbu]

I was a student at Hebrew U when the cafeteria exploded. I remember us frantically looking for our friends and the images of blood and body parts on the floor and walls

The terrorist from that attack was released today and western useful idiots call him a “Palestinian hostage”🤮

[Israeli Heart @Isr_Heart]

Don't stop talking about our brothers! 🎗️💔

[armandoparlati_history teaches🇮🇹 ☮️ @armandoparlati]

We are counting the days, soon we will also count the hours and minutes.
We are waiting for you, dear girl.
Hold on a little longer
Arbel Yehud
🙏🫂🤍🕊️🎗️
@Bring_Daughters

[Israeli Heart @Isr_Heart]

LET THE BIBAS FAMILY GO! 💔🎗️

[Eli Afriat 🇮🇱 @EliAfriatISR]

This is Bar Tomer.

Bar attended the Nova music festival on October 7th. She was only 25 years old.

Hamas mercilessly murdered her, alongside hundreds of others, turning the joyful event into a massacre and bloodshed.

Never forget why Israel is at war.