Israel Shamir – The Unz Review Aug 23, 2025

President Trump just made a strong move for peace on earth, and just in the nick of time. The Doomsday clock stands a few seconds to midnight. Russians, who previously sympathised with him, are already beginning to feel disappointed. They feel that Trump submitted to the demands of the Deep State when he bombed Iran and did not stop Netanyahu massacring Palestinians. As for the Ukraine, though Trump claimed “it’s Biden’s war”, he continued to support Kiev with money and weapons. When he arranged for the Alaska Summit with President Putin, people did not know what to think and what to expect. Many Russian opinion-makers warned that the US might seize their President and throw him into the deepest cell in Guantanamo, if he was not killed outright. Indeed, Brian Krassenstein, a well-known opposition figure, publicly called for Putin’s assassination. So did senator Lindsey Graham. Instead, Putin was welcomed with the red carpet and he travelled in Trump’s personal limo. In the course of the meeting, Trump expressed support for Putin: both sides should aim for a full peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, instead of the temporary armistice demanded by Mr Zelensky and NATO.

Such a small difference in policy makes a huge difference on the world stage. The Party of War, led (as always) by Brits and Jews, had hoped to lead Russia into a lull of fighting, to allow NATO to rearm and beef-up their troops, and to start the next round of fighting with renewed strength. They do not care much for Ukrainians, who lost 1.7 million men (according to the most recent leak), but the Ukraine war was a Bonanza for the Party of War. Many billions of dollars were stolen by Mr Zelensky and his coterie; even more was stolen by US Democrats and the European Party of War, who used the Ukraine war as their laundromat. Russians allowed the West to cheat them in Minsk 1 and 2, and they were adamant to avoid a Minsk 3. Peace or war, that’s Russia’s choice, not another misleading cease-fire. The diplomatic achievements in Alaska moved the Doomsday clock back a few notches and restored Russians’ trust in Trump.

It is interesting that Trump cancelled the dinner that was planned with Putin. He also cancelled the dinner with Mr Zelensky after their quarrel in February of this year. It could be seen as a sign that meals on the US account are over. Or perhaps he decided not to expose Putin to the poison recommended by Krassenstein. Cutting the trip short was a good idea in any case – it calmed down many Russians, Chinese, and Iranians who were worried that Mr Putin might give away too much.

The Alaska Summit reserved its comedy relief moment for Washington DC, when all the European leaders came trailing after Mr Zelensky, seven unlikely Snow Whites to this one dwarf, commiserating and worrying about the prospects for their precious war. I was afraid they might convince the notoriously fickle Trump to embrace some silly notion like bringing Western troops into the Ukraine, or providing long-range missiles to this silly dwarf, something that even the very benevolent Mr Putin would be unable to swallow. Nothing is settled yet, but meanwhile it seems Mr Trump may yet pull the kicking Zelensky to the agreement table.

Russians are not over concerned with territories gained or lost. Being so big explains it all. They even sold Alaska to the US for peanuts. They are, however, worried about this newly-acquired anti-Russian attitude in the leadership of the Ukraine. Russians want to restore the right to use the Russian language in the Ukraine, which happens to be the native tongue for a majority of Ukrainians. They want to restore the churches of their traditional Orthodox church; to stop and revert the seizure of the churches by the new-fangled Ukraine Nationalist church, the OCU, established in 2019. This is important and urgent – Zelensky’s men are at this moment attempting to rob the most holy relics of the Russian saints from the ancient Kiev Laura. That’s why the Russians agreed so easily with the secession of the Ukraine in 1991 – they expected it to be a friendly neighbouring state, speaking Russian and praying the Russian way. But then the US spent billions of dollars to convince the Ukrainians to change it all.

That is amazing that human beings can be so easily convinced and re-directed. Everywhere. In the UK, there once was a very pro-peace Labour Party, and now it is some monstrous formation supporting war against Russia and celebrating Gaza massacres. All it took was removing Mr Corbyn for the fake offence of being anti-Semitic, and by purging the Party of all pro-Palestinian sentiment. The same process happened in Sweden, where the Green and Left Parties were turned into pro-Israel, pro-NATO, pro-war. It seems the Jewish/Palestinian question is instrumental in causing such great shifts. Bear in mind, the Swedish Jewish community is tiny, and British Jews were never particularly Zionist.

From my conversation with activists, I learned that in many countries there was a co-ordinated effort to influence and corrupt the parties; the right-wingers became pro-Israel, while left-wingers became pro-NATO and pro-war. I understand that something similar happened in the US, too.

In Russia, it was a bit different. Anti-Putin and pro-West opposition (mainly located abroad) became fanatically pro-Israel. You will retort that President Putin himself is quite friendly to the Jews and to Israel. True, but nothing like his opposition. Putin and Lavrov condemned the Gaza massacre unequivocally. But the opposition? Recently, a well-known Jewish lady writer Dina Roubina (or Rubina) said in an interview for the opposition on TV Dozhd that Israel has the right to defend herself, and that’s why all Palestinians of Gaza should be dissolved in acid baths, including babies and women, as there are no innocents in Gaza. And the whole Gaza strip should be converted into parking. Another of Russian self-exiled literati, Mr Makarevich, supported Dina Rubina.

Mr Ponomarev, ex-member of the Russian Parliament and an opposition leader in exile (operating out the Ukraine) published his strong support for Israel, as Israeli troops cleansed Gaza, killing thousands upon thousands of children, women and men. He also expressed his support for Israel’s assault on Iran, saying: “We express our full support for Israel in its difficult and just war. We admire the high professionalism of the Israeli security forces and the courage of their military personnel. Our hearts are filled with sympathy for the families and loved ones of the Israelis who have lost their lives. We believe in Israel’s success in combating the global threat of terrorism and support Israel’s actions as it takes responsibility for this work and its burden.”

Mr Ponomarev is the organiser of a terrorist unit called the Freedom of Russia Legion, which fights on behalf of the Kiev regime against the Russian army. He claimed credit for the terrorist murder of Dasha Dougina, a young journalist and daughter of Dr Dougin, the philosopher. He and his legion are devoted to Israel and the US.

One would think the Ukraine case is very dissimilar to the case of Palestine. Palestinians would love to be in the position of Ukrainians. Russia gives full rights to the Ukrainians, including Russian citizenship and its generous welfare system. Palestinians get nothing from their Israeli overlords – not citizenship, not freedom of movement, and definitely not equality. Russia may rule, but it will not discriminate against Ukrainians; meanwhile Israelis exterminate Palestinians without pretence. But still some supporters of the Palestinian cause attack the Russians, to get support from the Party of War.

Now we have to wait for the results – will Mr Zelensky agree to a peace settlement? It is not certain. He is totally beholden to the Party of War. He already said he won’t agree to making Russian an official language of Ukraine alongside Ukrainian. He would like a meeting with President Putin, if only to enlarge his stature. But Putin is wisely not keen to meet before the main questions are agreed upon. So the war will go on, as it was decided long ago. If the Ukrainian war comes to an end, the Party of War will be forced to start a new war in the Baltic Sea, or in Moldova, or indeed Venezuela. The world needs a Final Solution – stop wars! President Trump could try to enforce his decision on the rest of the unruly West. But will he?

Trump understands that the mainstream parties of Europe – both ruling and in opposition – are rotten, completely taken over by anti-national interests. That’s why he supports the populist parties, like the German AfD. They aren’t wonderful, but they will do, while the mainstream parties are spiritually dead. They try to self-cure a bit – in Germany far right AfD allied with leftist BSW (Sahra Wagenknecht’s party). This is a very positive shift. Our survival is on the stake, not the differences of less importance.

The mainstream parties of Europe proved they do not care for their voters. They agreed to the cabal agreement with the US, promising to pay 150 billion dollars for the US weapons for the Ukraine and for their own rearmament. No way these expenses can coexist with European system of welfare, rundown as it is. The Ukraine is a black hole, by promising to support it and its army Europe digs its own grave.

The mainstream parties of Europe claim Russia want to attack them. That’s how they explain their largesse. This is a bogus claim: Russia and the US at Alaska summit proved that Russia is not belligerent beyond guarding their interests. Russia does not seek war in Europe. But the mainstream media is supporting the mainstream parties in promoting the bogus Russian threat. Trump offers his support for alternative forces, like Orban of Hungary, and that may yet save our skins. The great power of the US in the hands of their President may yet offset the power of Deep State in Europe, if the European people will use this chance to get rid of their insane elites.

Still, the chances to escape a direct clash of giants are not too good. A Russian joke tells of two drivers facing police officer after a collision. One says: “I tried to pass him on the yellow light.” And the second retorted: “I am a driver with great experience, nobody can pass by me!” It seems that the Party of War has decided to make the world unliveable. And the Jews think it will provide them with their long-awaited Armageddon. But people may yet derail their schemes, if they take it to their heart, and remove old corrupt elites.

Edited by Paul Bennett

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