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SCREAMS BEFORE SILENCE Full Video [57:00] A documentary film on the sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7th, Screams Before Silence is a documentary film led by American businesswoman Sheryl Sandberg, that explores the sexual violence by Hamas during the Hamas-led attack on Israel, on 7 October 2023, including events at the massacre at the Nova Festival and abductions to the Gaza Strip.
Iran’s Military Capabilities Restored by No. Korea Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger
November 1, 2025 “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”
*The June 13-20, 2025 Israeli Air Force offensive against Iran devastated Iran’s ballistic capabilities, which are Chinese, Russian and North Korean-based. Israel also destroyed much of Iran’s Air Force and neutralized Iran’s Russia and China-based air defenses, paving the road to the June 21 US bombing of Iran’s 3 major nuclear facilities, unimpeded by Iran’s Air Force and air defenses.
*The Israeli offensive, which was carried out with advance US military systems, has had global implications – economically and militarily. It eroded Russia’s, China’s and North Korea’s posture of deterrence, by exposing the critical vulnerabilities of their military systems, which are deployed throughout the globe. Thus, the Israeli offensive tilted the global balance of power in favor of the US, bolstering the strategic posture of the US, underscoring the superiority of US military systems (e.g., F-15, F-16 and F-35), inducing an increase of US export of defense and aerospace systems, and sharing with the US Armed Forces vital lessons derived from the June offensive, which was the largest and most complexed air force operation since WW2.
*Viewing the Ayatollah regime as a tool to undermine the US’ strategic posture, regionally and globally, China, North Korea and probably Russia are preoccupied 24/7 with reconstituting and upgrading Iran’s ballistic, air defense air force and nuclear capabilities. Iran’s Ayatollah regime has aligned itself, systematically, with adversaries and enemies of “The Great American Satan,” as highlighted by the FBI’s, Department of Homeland Security’s and Director of Intelligence’s Threat Assessment 2026, which underscore Iran’s collaboration with China and Russia in expanding terror sleeper cells on US soil.
*North Korea-Iran military cooperation was initiated during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War. Since then, the durable and adaptable cooperation has focused on ballistic technologies and missile components, shifting to a higher gear since the June Israel-US offensive against Iran. Thus, North Korea restores and upgrades Iran’s ballistic capabilities – including missile assembly plants – including design and production. Historically, much of Iran’s ballistic missile program has been a derivative of North Korean designs, involving intense intelligence exchange and technical cooperation in both missile and associated booster technologies, as well as missile reentry and solid-fuel technologies. In fact, Iranian missiles like the Shahab-3, Emad, and Ghadr are direct derivatives of North Korean designs such as the No Dong missile.
*One of the lessons of the June 2025 war – and Israel’s war on the fortified underground terror state of Gaza – has been the Iranian strive for fortified underground ballistic and nuclear complexes, which has been North Korea’s claim to fame, especially in the area of designing and constructing underground deep tunneling systems. Since the 1950-1953 Korean War, North Korea has fortified its own central military facilities in underground bases.
*In addition, North Korea has been heavily involved in Iran’s nuclear endeavors, as it was in the construction of Syria’s nuclear reactor, which was demolished by Israel in 2007. According to the Istanbul-based TRT World Research Center: “North Korea’s nuclear program served as a model for Iran and played an important role in advancing Iran’s nuclear capability through technology transfers…. While North Korean technology transfers have played a critical role in advancing Iran’s nuclear capability, the full extent of this cooperation remains unclear…. Iranian experts are working with North Korea not only in the missile field but also in many other military fields such as nuclear technology and cyber space. Iran is also helping Pyongyang with centrifuges and uranium enrichment facilities that North Korea uses to produce nuclear weapons. In return, North Korean experts provide Iran with their experience in uranium enrichment…. As both countries continue to defy international sanctions, their partnership undermines global non-proliferation efforts and raises the specter of further destabilization….”
*Iran and North Korea are two of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world, sharing a common interest to undermine the US global posture and to circumvent sanctions.
*North Korean cooperation (through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard) has been crucial to Iran’s reconstituting and safeguarding its ballistic and nuclear capabilities, in particular, and military infrastructure, in general.
*The 47-year-old US’ adherence to the negotiation option – occasionally toughened by economic sanctions, which are reversible and increasingly circumvented – while opposing a regime-change policy toward Iran, has backfired, serving as the major engine behind the transformation of Iran from a 2nd rate power to a global power, and from “The American Policeman of the Gulf” to the leading epicenter of anti-US global terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and wars.
*US negotiation with the Ayatollah regime has provided this rogue regime with ample opportunities to restore and upgrade its military capabilities, while rejecting peaceful-coexistence with all pro-US Arab countries, violating agreements, and adhering to its 1,400-year-old fanatical, apocalyptic vision, which transcends dramatic financial inducements. Moreover, the Ayatollah’s vision – which is embedded in Iran’s school curriculum, mosque sermons and official media – mandates the toppling of all pro-US Sunni regimes, and bringing the “Western infidel” to submission, especially “The Great American Satan”. Hence, Iran’s strategic entrenchment in Latin America, which it regards as the US’ soft underbelly, including military cooperation with Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, intensified collaboration with the drug cartels, and the proliferation of Iran-controlled sleeper cells on US soil.
*Refraining from regime-change in Iran has ignored the desire of most Iranians, yielding a robust tailwind to the ruthless anti-US Ayatollah regime, and paving the road to the first ever apocalyptic nuclear power, and its unprecedentedly catastrophic cost to humanity. Comparing regime-change in Iran to regime-change in Iraq and Afghanistan ignores the substantial differences between them, historically, ethnically, tribally, religiously and ideologically. Furthermore, the societal-cohesion of Iran’s population is much more solid than Iraq and Afghanistan, which bodes well for a post-Ayatollah regime.
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MICHELLE BACHMANN GETS IT: TRUMP’S GAZA PLAN IGNORES JIHADIST REALITY [21:22] by Avi Abelow
October 26, 2025 Israel Unwired
As the former U.S. congresswoman rightly points out, the entire plan is doomed to fail if it lets jihadi-aligned regimes—especially Qatar—walk away without consequences.
Former U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann is the only one brave enough to say what too many so-called “friends of Israel” in President Donald Trump’s camp won’t admit: the Gaza plan spearheaded by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff isn’t just flawed; it’s dangerously disconnected from reality. It risks halting Israel before it can finish the job and effectively rewards barbarism.
There’s no question that Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are working on something historic—a transformative vision for the Middle East. A new economic corridor linking the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia to India sounds incredible: a global trade realignment that places Israel at the heart of the free world and counters China? That would be amazing.
But as Bachmann, who currently serves as dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, rightly points out, the entire plan is doomed to fail if it lets jihadi-aligned regimes—especially Qatar, which bankrolled Hamas and other Islamist movements—walk away without consequences.
Hamas is only one front. Iran is the ideological engine of global jihad, but Qatar, Turkey, Egypt and Muslim Brotherhood–aligned regimes all fund, arm, inspire, and enable this war of annihilation. Egypt, in fact, has violated its peace treaty with Israel by placing tens of thousands of troops and tanks in Sinai.
On paper, Kushner’s plan looks visionary: normalization, trade routes, prosperity. But no economic deal can erase a 1,400-year-old ideology that glorifies violence, hates non-believers, and plays the long game. Economic incentives won’t extinguish jihad—they’ll give it time to regroup. And that leaves Israel and the free world even more vulnerable.
As Bachmann explains, the fatal flaw is the refusal to acknowledge the totality of the evil we face. Kushner and Witkoff treat this like a business negotiation. They believe that if you dangle enough economic carrots, sign enough agreements, and host enough summits, the jihad will just… go away. It won’t.
You cannot negotiate with a worldview that teaches children to hate Jews and glorify mass murder. You cannot normalize relations with regimes that supported and celebrated the Oct. 7, 2023, atrocities. And you cannot build a supply chain with the support of countries whose religious doctrine calls for your destruction.
The jihadists have waited 1,400 years for their opening. They’ll gladly wait out Trump’s next two years, using every moment to rebuild and rearm. Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt are already preparing for the next war. Trump’s plan gives them exactly what they need: time.
And when that time is up, Israel could face a war even more catastrophic than Oct. 7.
Bachmann understands what too many Western diplomats and Jewish leaders have forgotten: true peace only comes through victory. As she said, “The Arabs have to understand that they lost—and that only happens if they lose land.”
Exactly. That one sentence captures the entire strategic divide. Those who understand the Muslim Middle East know that deterrence comes only through defeat. History proves it. Every war ends when one side decisively wins. Israel has made the mistake of stopping short—always under international pressure—never finishing the job.
Bachmann accurately points out that Israel was just two weeks away from victory in Gaza when Kushner and Witkoff intervened, pressuring a halt. That let Hamas survive. Worse: it let them and their backers believe they’d won. The problem isn’t just Hamas. It’s Qatar, the central financier of jihadist warfare, and the entire ecosystem of regimes that must be held accountable.
Every ceasefire. Every peace process. Every “confidence-building measure.” They’ve all led to more bloodshed.
It’s time to let Israel win fully and finally. That means dismantling Hamas, destroying every tunnel, seizing every weapon, and asserting Israeli sovereignty over Gaza, Judea, and Samaria, only when the enemies of Israel see their investments in terror turn to ash will true deterrence return. Only then will the region understand that Oct. 7 was not a step forward for jihad, but a fatal strategic mistake.
Kushner and Witkoff may be talented businessmen, but this isn’t a real estate deal in Manhattan. It’s a religious war—a civilizational clash—between a culture that values life and one that sanctifies death.
When Saudi leaders grasp that Israel won’t be stopped until total victory is secured, they’ll sign onto the economic pact. It’s simply in their interest.
So yes, President Trump, thank them for their efforts, and move Kushner and Witkoff off the team.
Bring in people who genuinely understand the Middle East. People who understand the ideological and spiritual depth of this conflict. People who know that peace doesn’t come from “integration” with jihadists, but from defeating them.
If Trump wants a lasting legacy, not just a short-term deal, his plan must be grounded in truth—not illusion. Trade routes and normalization can come later.
First, Israel must be allowed to win. And Qatar must be made to lose.
Anything less isn’t peace. It’s surrender dressed up as strategy.
As Bachmann said—and as every Israeli family knows in their bones:
You cannot make peace with people who want you dead.
Let Israel finish the job!
