Slovenia does u-turn toward Israel

One of the first things Slovenia’s incoming prime minster, Janez Janša, did following the vote of confidence in his new government is completely shift his country’s official position on Israel.

The PLO flag that had flown for the past two years above the government building in Ljubljana was removed, and Janša hailed Israel as a natural partner:

“Israel is a strategic partner because it contributes to regional stability and the fight against terrorism.

“It is a democratic partner because it shares fundamental values of freedom and the rule of law with Europe."

Janša also called Israel an innovation powerhouse from which all of Europe can learn, and vowed to move Slovenia's embassy to Jerusalem.

Hamas just crushed Gaza’s “Peaceful Revolution” before it could even begin.

Arrests. Threats. Street kidnappings. Religious warnings branding dissenters as collaborators.

And still, much of the international community keeps pretending Israel is the obstacle to peace.

The truth is simpler and far more uncomfortable: ordinary Gazans need freedom from Hamas, just as Lebanese citizens need freedom from Hezbollah, and Iranians need freedom from the regime in Tehran.

But the world keeps demanding “stability” while protecting the very powers that make stability impossible.

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Israel's government has unanimously approved the recommendation of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar to officially recognize the genocide of the Armenian people by Ottoman Turkish forces during World War I.

Hezbollah supporters burned signs reading “Lebanon First” on a highway in Beirut.

Hezbollah is not going to go without a fight. Are the Lebanese authorities up to the challenge?

Erdogan is no longer merely criticizing Israeli policy. He is casting Zionism itself — the national movement of the Jewish people — as an existential threat to Turkey.

That is not diplomacy. That is ideology.

Israel answered sharply, calling out Erdogan’s record and reminding him that leaders pass, but Israel remains.

Then Jerusalem sent another message: formally recognizing the genocide committed against Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks by Ottoman Turkish forces.

For years, Israel avoided that step to preserve ties with Ankara. Erdogan may have just ended the usefulness of that restraint.

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Netanyahu: "No room for a Palestinian state"

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Jerusalem press conference that there can't be a Palestinian state together with the State of Israel between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, and that most of the Israeli public now agrees with this viewpoint.

"Before the war, the public was divided: although in my opinion most of the public was against it, a significant portion was in favor. I think that has changed."

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the recent remarks by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

"Almost no day passes without Erdogan calling for the destruction of the State of Israel - we take these words very seriously, because if we have learned one thing from the history of our people - when someone says they intend to destroy you, you must take them seriously.

“We take these matters seriously, and we will also draw the attention of our American friends to these statements. We are not ignoring them."

The IDF destroyed a massive Hezbollah underground military complex in southern Lebanon overnight.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told local media on Monday that he will work to thwart the US-brokered framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon.

The agreement “will not pass” and “will not be implemented,” Berri vowed in remarks to Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar daily.

Berri is a close ally of Hezbollah.

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday held a conference marking 1,000 days of fighting in the War of Redemption, launched in response to Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.

The meeting opened with a moment of silence for the 964 soldiers killed since the morning of Oct. 7.

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told his commanders:

“We are currently at a significant strategic crossroads in this campaign. One thousand days and one thousand nights we have been fighting in one of the longest, most complex and most demanding campaigns we have ever known.”

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The judges presiding over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial reiterated on Monday that prosecutors should consider dropping bribery charges against the premier.

“We did not intend to say this, but after hearing the prime minister’s testimony, our position, as expressed in June 2023, remains unchanged.”

Three years ago, judges urged prosecutors to consider withdrawing the bribery charge in Case 4000—the most serious and consequential of the criminal cases against Netanyahu—while leaving the lesser breach of trust charges in place across the three criminal cases.

President Isaac Herzog urged European leaders to reject calls for boycotts of Israel, speaking on the second day of a visit to Romania on Monday, saying that “threats will not advance peace. Dialogue will.”

Defense Minister Israel Katz:

"Trump prevented the removal of Hezbollah. Trump linked Iran to Lebanon because he wanted to close a deal with Tehran. This prevented us from landing a huge blow on Hezbollah in all of Lebanon.”