A Primer for the Promised Land

To have the pleasure of knowing, and learning from, Peter Berkowitz, is to encounter a polymathic mind whose insightful intellect ranges across politics and the academy, law, philosophy, and history. My own experience working with Berkowitz as a member of the State Department’s Commission on Inalienable Human Rights was a true privilege for which I will be forever grateful. The range of Berkowitz’s knowledge can be found in a newly published collection of columns that are ostensibly all about one subject—the state of the State of Israel—but range across 10 years of that country’s controversies and crises, especially on the debate on the future of the Judiciary and the world after October 7.

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How Israel’s Strength Paved the Way to Peace

Two years and one day after Hamas’s barbaric sneak attack, Donald Trump announced "Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan." Hamas will return the remaining hostages and the bodies of the other murdered victims, and if the peace plan progresses, it will lose its control over Gaza.

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WATCH: Mehdi Hasan Bursts Into Laughter at ‘Joke’ About Pro-Israel Congressman’s Legs Getting Blown Off in Afghanistan

To disgraced former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, losing your legs fighting for America is a big joke. Especially if you’re a pro-Israel member of Congress.

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Trump Snub Proves The Nobel Peace Prize Is A Joke

Just one day after the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack by Hamas, it was announced that Israel and Hamas accepted the terms of President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war. It was a feat that then-President Joe Biden could not accomplish. In fact, it was a feat that no other world […]

Oops! The man they call a ‘threat to democracy’ just made peace again



After more than two years of brutal fighting in Gaza, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have begun the “first phase” of a peace plan that could finally free long-suffering hostages.

On Truth Social, Trump wrote: “This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly!”

Trump is trying to bring order abroad and at home. His enemies are trying to keep the disorder alive.

He added: “This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”

If hostages are released as early as Sunday, as Trump predicts, it would mark a major breakthrough for Middle East stability — and for his presidency. But it also raises an uncomfortable question: What happens here at home?

From peace abroad to chaos in America

When the Gaza war began two years ago, protests erupted across the United States. Many of those demonstrations, billed as calls for “peace,” quickly devolved into violent riots. Jewish Americans and police officers were assaulted. Property was destroyed. The protests became less about peace and more about rage.

So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that even Trump’s announcement of a potential peace deal triggered more unrest.

Just hours after his statement, hundreds of demonstrators flooded Boston Common for a pro-Palestinian rally that turned violent quickly. Police said the mob blocked traffic and attacked officers who tried to clear the streets.

“When officers attempted to move the group to the sidewalk to allow emergency vehicles to pass, protesters surrounded police cruisers, kicked vehicle doors, and resisted dispersal efforts,” the Boston Police Department reported. “Several officers were assaulted during this period, including one struck in the face. Protesters also ignited smoke devices and flares, further endangering officers and bystanders.”

Thirteen people were arrested. Four officers were injured.

The wider pattern of defiance

This violence echoes what’s happening in other cities like Chicago and Portland, where anti-ICE protesters have targeted federal officers. To restore order, Trump has authorized National Guard deployments in several hot spots — moves that have sparked fierce pushback from Democrat governors and mayors.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have ordered local police not to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. Their defiance has grown so extreme that Trump recently suggested their obstruction may warrant arrest.

A confrontational presidency

Since returning to office, Trump has pursued an aggressive agenda at home and abroad: expelling violent illegal aliens, curbing lawlessness in major cities, and now, moving toward peace in one of the world’s most volatile regions.

Yet his critics respond with fury — often literally. They claim he’s a threat to democracy, even as they assault police and terrorize neighborhoods in the name of “justice.”

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Have whatever opinion you want about Trump; it’s a free country. But a protest that ends with bloodied officers and burning streets isn’t a statement — it’s a tantrum.

The real test of peace

Time will tell whether the Gaza ceasefire holds or whether protests at home will fade. But the pattern is clear: Whenever Trump achieves stability, the same voices that demand peace erupt in chaos.

Trump is trying to bring order abroad and at home. They’re trying to keep the disorder alive.

You don’t have to like him. But you can’t pretend not to see the difference.

Anti-Israel Activists Who Demanded a Ceasefire for Two Years Now Oppose Trump’s Peace Plan

Democratic lawmakers, left-wing commentators, and pro-Hamas activists spent the last two years demanding Israel ink a ceasefire with the terror group and pause the war it has waged in response to the Oct. 7, 2023, massacres. Now that President Donald Trump has brokered a historic peace deal to do just that, those same voices are breathlessly criticizing the agreement, and in some cases baselessly claiming Israel is already poised to breach it.

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Hillary Clinton to Bestow Award on Journalist Who Equated Israel With Nazis and Accused Jewish Critics of Seeking ‘Money and Power’

When media publisher Maria Ressa delivered a commencement speech at Harvard University in 2024, she said her pro-Israel critics were after "money and power," prompting a rabbi affiliated with the university to walk off the dais. Now, Hillary Clinton is giving her namesake award to Ressa, the CEO of Rappler, who ran an editorial equating Israel with Nazi Germany.

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Brit Hume Says Trump ‘Should Be Shoo-In’ For Nobel Prize

'This is a big day and a big deal'

Dearborn mayor tells pastor he’s ‘not welcome’ after he criticizes street named after Hamas sympathizer



Last month, Ted Barham, a Christian pastor and longtime resident of Dearborn, Michigan — the city with the largest Arab population in the U.S. — bravely spoke out at a city council meeting about the ceremonial naming of two intersections after Osama Siblani.

Siblani is the publisher of Dearborn’s Arab American News and a prominent community leader.

Barham took issue with the city’s honoring of Siblani given his past remarks praising Hezbollah and Hamas as "freedom fighters.” At the meeting, he calmly but pointedly made his case, arguing that the city might as well have named the streets “Hamas Street” and “Hezbollah Street.”

Dearborn's Muslim mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, however, was enraged. He called Barham an "Islamophobe" unfit for the city, declaring him "not welcome here" and quipping that he would personally throw a city parade upon his departure.

On a recent episode of “LevinTV,” Mark Levin played the clip of the heated interaction.

“This is sick,” says Levin, condemning the lack of media coverage on this story.

The Arab takeover of Dearborn, he argues, mirrors the swell of Palestinians in places like Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, and Hebron, the burial site of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“It wasn't that long ago that Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, was 80% Christian. Today ... less than 15% of the population of Bethlehem is Christian. It's Palestinian,” says Levin.

“Some time ago, many [in Hebron] were slaughtered by the Palestinians. The Palestinians took over the area, so the IDF has a significant force there to protect the 85 Jewish families who are still there,” he adds.

Levin recalls traveling to Hebron with his family: “We had to go there in a vehicle with a driver. The vehicle was armored, the driver was armed, and we had to stay close.”

He then connects Dearborn’s controversy to broader historical shifts, arguing that the biblical regions of Judea and Samaria, named in the Bible for their significance to the ancient Israelites, are improperly called the West Bank of Palestine today. He rejects this modern term, asserting it erases Jewish historical ties, much like the street naming in Dearborn overlooks problematic associations.

The “Islamists” in Dearborn stand with Hezbollah and Qatar, says Levin.

That means “they want the annihilation of Israel and the Jews and the annihilation of the United States.”

To hear more of Levin’s analysis, watch the video above.

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Progressive Pals of Hasan Piker Silent on Pro-Terrorist Streamer's Animal Abuse

Pro-terrorist streamer Hasan Piker is taking heat after zapping his dog with a shock collar on a livestream, but he's found refuge from the scandal in the form of silence from his far-left allies.

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