The Peanut Gallery

Statements, comments and forecasts that have no substance, but just might turn out to be relevant.

1.Ben-Dror Yemini: The Muslim world is undergoing a massive upheaval. Arab identity is disappearing. National identity is falling apart. The identity on the rise is Islamic, tribal and sectarian. Death and destruction have reached monumental proportions. Muslims are murdering hundreds of thousands of Muslims. None of the bloody conflicts – between Shias and Sunnis, and between Sunnis and Sunnis – have anything to do with Israel or the Palestinians. Most of those perpetrating the killings don't even know where Israel is on the map. COMMENT: A Two-State solution in today's Israel is the wishful thinking of the deranged. Truthfully I have no solution, but my priority is definite. Keep Israel safe!

2.The chairman of the left Zionist Union on his Facebook page: "I refuse to join those applauding the agreement with Iran, because the truth is it keeps me awake at night,” Cabel wrote. “President Obama promises that if the Iranians cheat, the world will know, but isn’t that exactly what the Americans promised after the agreement with North Korea?” He said that when it comes to Iran, there is no Left or Right or coalition or opposition in Israel, only Israelis. “When a crazy religious regime with a proven track record of terrorism and cheating receives permission to get that close to a nuclear bomb, I am very worried,” Cabel wrote, and then adding more criticism of Obama. “The fact that the man who is in charge of making sure the deal won’t be broken has a proven record of mocking his own redlines, makes me even more worried.” COMMENT: The Peanut Gallery agrees with every word.

3.Isis has reportedly begun beheading captives after taking over the majority of a large Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. UN officials said scenes on the ground in the Yarmouk camp just south of Damascus were “beyond inhumane”, as rebels from the so-called Islamic State and al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra vied for control of the camp, which houses around 18,000 civilians. COMMENT: Imagine if these guys took control of Ramallah. Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-accused-of-beheading-captives-in-palestinian-refugee-camp-yarmouk-as-advance-towards-syrian-capital-damascus-continues-10158061.html

4. The deal with the Iranian Caliphate is first and foremost a direct threat to western civilizations. As far as Israel is concerned, the threat is less nuclear, but more immediate. The Iranians are choking economically and are desperate for funds to continue their regional expansion. Obama is in the process of opening this gate to the joy of the celebrating Iranians, Hizbollah, Hamas, Somalia, Houthis of Yemen and Syria. So what if they discontinue their nuclear plans (which is seriously doubtful). Iran is in a win-win situation thanks to the famous Obama doctrine of appeasement.

5. “This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front lines, is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years,” Obama said in September 2014 (yeah man...only six months ago) as he outlined his strategy to degrade and destroy ISIS. COMMENT: Two failed states and the US cannot even evacuate its own citizens. Islam is imploding. The only questions left are ...Is the Obama doctrine imploding as well? Is this an imploding presidency? Why should anyone trust this man?

6.Stratfor: The Russian economy has been in steep decline for more than a year and is slipping into another recession. A constellation of factors is causing the decline, including lower oil prices, the West's sanctions, and sour Western investment attitudes because of the Ukraine crisis. This has led to massive capital flight of around $160 billion in 2014 and an estimated $80 billion in 2015; a volatile ruble that lost 40 percent of its value in late 2014; and a likely federal budget deficit of approximately $45 billion in 2015. COMMENT: The Russians are a different proposition to the weak western civilizations. They have survived much worse than this.

7.WSJ: Oil prices surged to their biggest gains in two months on signs of rising demand in both the U.S. and Asia. Light, sweet crude for May delivery rose $3, or 6.1%, to $52.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the U.S. benchmark’s biggest day of gains since Feb. 3 and its highest settlement since Feb. 17. COMMENT: take note that since the fall to $43 a barrel, the price of oil is now moving sideways.

Principle Number One: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions