Peloni & David Fieldstone
Mark Levin’s Show of Sunday, 2026 – included (1) his opening speech – another peroration (2) his first guest – back again – the brilliant Josh Hammer [who has his own podcast], and (3) Jim Hanson – back again – formerly in the US Special Force, [and now with his own company].
Peloni: The question remains why the elements of the ecosystem created by the Muslim Brotherhood which exists in the US, and those associated most intimately with Washington, ie the branches in Qatar and Turkey, have all thus far gone unaddressed. Notably, these chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood are far more dangerous to Americans, and to America’s ability to actually dismantle the metaphorical engine created by the Brotherhood. In fact, taking down the Muslim Brotherhood requires that it be dismantled at the source of its strongest aspect of power, and this is not in war torn Lebanon and Sudan, nor in Jordan and Egypt. It is in the Washington and across America where the greatest threat of the Muslim Brotherhood emanates for the world, and yet these aspects of al-Banna’s creation have thus far been left untouched, despite the damage they are doing to America, itself.
Western governments once thought the Muslim Brotherhood a firewall against jihadism, although it was one of its principal incubators. In the US, it is at last being treated as the ideological engine that helped power the jihadist century.
For decades, critics of the Muslim Brotherhood have described it as the ideological grandfather of modern jihadism: a movement that learned to operate as a religious revival, political party, social-service network, educational project, and revolutionary incubator at the same time.
Peloni: It is time for Trump to finally choose between the prospects and costs of grasping victory or accepting defeat. As Trump has noted many times over the past year while pursuing negotiations in between the two wars which were each used to pressure the Iranian regime to accept his terms, Iran can not have a nuclear weapon. The only question is whether Trump is going to follow thru on the commitment to stand behind these words, or to surrender to the resolute nature of Iran’s obstinacy. For my own thoughts, I still believe Trump will choose victory over defeat, but time will tell if this is true.
The Iranians are generating cash flow, planning for the future, and taunting Trump. It’s time for his patience to end.
Am Thinker | May 17, 2026\
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Yesterday, we published Travis Lynch’s essay suggesting that Trump needs to fish or cut bait if he is to effectuate change in Iran. Right now, Trump is in what’s becoming an unstable holding pattern that creates the appearance, at least, that Iran has the upper hand. News today, though, suggests that (a) Iran has finally gone too far and (b) Trump knows it.
Peloni: From Click Bait business models to earnestly dedicated antisemites, the indoctrination of Jew Hatred in our current age runs like an overflowing river of violence and abuse against the Jewish people.
Barry Shaw | The View from Israel | May 18, 2026
Farzana Matin brings her baggage from Bangladesh to America, discovers TikTOK and Instagram, pretties up a bit and calls herself a ‘journalist” and an “influencer.”
Hiding behind a “Naley By Nature” pseudonym, amassing nearly 900,000 followers by weaponizing the explosive growth of today’s Jew-hatred thinly disguised as dumping down on Israel by converting a Palestinian death cult, epitomised and Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, as innocent victims of nasty Jews.
Military says manpower shortage of 12,000 soldiers will increase in 2027
| Published: May 18, 2026
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly attempting to pass the IDF draft law exempting Haredi yeshivah students in a last-ditch effort to postpone the impending dissolution of the Knesset, Israeli media reports.
Peloni: After fifty years of betrayal and being used as the chit by which the West gained bargained their future away, the Iranian people deserve the support of the West. The list of those Iranians slaughtered this past January, when tens of thousands of Iranians were murdered, is still being extended today with continued executions.
By Amil Imani |
Families search for missing loved ones among the bodies of Iranian protestors following Iranian crackdown in mid January 2026. Screengrab via Youtube
As a constitutional lawyer, bestselling author, and influential broadcaster, Mark Levin has long used his platform to advocate for a robust, peace-through-strength approach to global affairs. His commentary often reflects a deeply rooted distrust of authoritarian regimes coupled with a fierce commitment to Western democratic values. Recently, Levin distilled his complex, hawkish, yet distinctly modern foreign policy philosophy into a succinct and powerful statement regarding one of America’s most enduring adversaries: the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Peloni: This is an important revelation. RICO prosecutions should apply.
Investigation found network includes communist groups, Muslim advocacy organizations and anti-Israel coalitions
Fox News | May 15, 2026
A global network of anti-Israel activist groups is mobilizing coordinated “Nakba 78” protests across the United States and around the world today, with organizers using the anniversary of Israel’s founding to challenge the Jewish state’s right to exist.
A Fox News Digital investigation found that about 425 organizations — including communist groups, Muslim advocacy organizations and anti-Israel activist coalitions attributed with blatant antisemitism — are working together in a coordinated transnational protest network with a combined funding footprint of about $1 billion in annual revenues.
Jafaj.net | May 17, 2026
This is not a fringe threat. It is the formalization of confrontation between Washington and Tehran inside Iran’s political system.
In-A-Nutshell, the Core Question is this: Is Iran seriously advancing a €50 million reward tied to the assassination of Donald Trump?
What’s Actually Happening: Iranian lawmakers have publicly discussed draft legislation proposing a €50 million payment for killing Donald Trump, framed as retaliation for the 2020 killing of General Qassem Soleimani.¹
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Part I was the personal story. Join me for Part II: Dorraine, Barry and Dad.
The writer with Doreen Gilbert-Weiss and Dr. Darrell Temkin. Doreen, a veteran immigrant to Israel (18 years), Darrell immigrated in 2025. Photo via author.
Three generations since the establishment of the state, there are those who doubt the eternity of Israel and whether we will even reach the centennial celebrations (in another 22 years, or almost another generation). Allow me to tell about immigration in the current century, not only in order to encourage anyone to return or immigrate to Israel (if only, for these are especially lofty goals), but rather in order to nag those responsible to prepare, because the day will come, and Israel will have to absorb massive unplanned immigration, waves of persecuted Jews from all over the world (LA & NY included). That day is closer than we think, and the State of Israel is neither prepared nor really preparing.
John Spencer | May 17, 2026
I see a correlation between those who believe absurd claims like dogs were trained to rape Palestinians and those who insist Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
Both claims collapse under scrutiny and under mountains of contrary evidence. One ignores biology and basic science, including the reality that dogs cannot rape humans in the way being alleged. The other disregards the legal definition of genocide, which requires demonstrable intent to destroy a people as such. That accusation runs directly against repeated public statements by Israeli political and military leaders after October 7 that the war was against Hamas, not the people of Gaza.
The US military buildup in the Middle East continues unabated, indicating a desire to preserve the military option against Iran. It is entirely possible that the volatility in Trump’s posts is misleading.
Prof. Eyal Zisser | May 17, 2026
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For many years, we have not known, in Israel, in the Middle East and indeed around the world, a situation in which so much depends on the will and decisions of one man, US President Donald Trump.
God’s Promise Is Never Up for Negotiation
Aynaz Anni Cyrus | May 14, 2026
David Ben-Gurion (First Prime Minister of Israel) publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14 1948, Tel Aviv, Israel, beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl. Photo by Rudi Weissenstein – Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Public Domain, Wikipedia
May 14, 1948 (5 Iyar 5708) – Friday – Tel Aviv Museum
37 Jewish leaders gathered at the Dizengoff House, the Tel Aviv Museum.
Gulf states hesitant to adopt aggressive stance against Iran amid uncertainty about US plans
| Published: May 17, 2026
Amid reports of a possible resumption of military operations in Iran, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing the United Arab Emirates to become more involved in those operations, The Telegraph reports.
Peloni
Muslim mobs chased down Israelis following a football match on Nov. 7, 2024. Screengrab via Youtube.
On November 7, 2024, following a football match held between Maccabi Tel Aviv & Ajax, the match ended with what could hardly be described as other than a modern day Jew Hunt on the streets of the Amsterdam. Muslim groups across the city were chasing down and assaulting Israeli Maccabi fans resulting in stabbings, vehicle assaults, and severe physical violence throughout the evening. More than 30 Israelis were taken to hospitals, while others remained in hotels out of fear of leaving. The apparent organized and coordinated assault on Israelis came amid the backdrop of both the Gaza war and the pro-Hamas rallies around the world which had been ongoing for more than a year. The need for a national response to such an event in the future was patently clear.
By Walter E. Block and Oded J.K. Faran
Nobel Peace Prize. By ProtoplasmaKid – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
See Part 1 Here
III. Just Peace and Unjust Peace
The classical liberal and natural rights traditions, from Locke through Bastiat and Mises, have consistently distinguished between the initiation of force and the defense against it.
Peloni: This is a really significant statement spoken by Bill Maher addressing the libels which support and expand antisemitism. I would argue that Maher’s false portrayal of the statement by Rep. Randy Fine as being that of a bigot, rather than recognizing it as a statement regarding the intolerance which Muslims actually do have for dogs, stands out among the truths carried in this monologue.
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Peloni & David Fieldstone
Mark Levin Show of May 16, 2026. His 2 guests interviewed after his long hard to follow speech – were (1) Lawyer Mark Goldfeder, CEO and Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, Inc., who has been his guest many times. He spoke so fast to get everything in he had to say – that even aside from taking notes, he was difficult to follow. (2) The esteemed Lt. General Keith Kellogg (retired) who was the highlight of the broadcast.
Linda Goudsmit | May 17, 2026
William Gawthrop, Ph.D. has impressive military, intelligence, and academic credentials. His 2021 dissertation in Criminal Justice from Walden College argues that crimes involving Islamic religious utterances are not conventional crimes. Titled “The Doctrinal Basis of Islamic Utterances Associated with Domestic Assaults,” the dissertation explains how these attacks are not random domestic assaults, they are examples of Jihad applied as street crime that are motivated by codified religious Islamic texts.
The ongoing intrusion, infiltration, and expansion of Islam inside America is not accidental––it is doctrinal. I am providing a sampling of Dr. Gawthrop’s extraordinary work because I believe it is impossible to solve a problem without understanding the problem. The American people have been misled––but knowledge is empowering and there is still time to save America from the creeping Islam that has engulfed Europe.
Iran’s narrative was that some of the Gulf states hosted US forces, or in the case of the UAE and Bahrain, had signed the Abraham Accords with Israel.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MAY 14, 2026
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The Gulf states were victims of Iranian attacks during the war that began with US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28. Iran lashed out, attacking a dozen countries in the region.
