Trump weighs action in Iran at inaugural Board of Peace meeting  

Peloni:  The fantasyland depictions of peace discussed by the Board of Peace ignores the very real dilemma which the IDF faces on a daily basis in which Hamas operatives attempts to kidnap Israeli servicemen goes on unabated, all while noting that should the IDF detection of these serialized butchers fail, these barbarians will happily revisit the horrors of October 7 upon the Israeli people all over again.  Even more concerning is that among the force named to do the heavy lifting of what will be needed to achieve peace, the International Security Force, there are to be Indonesian forces who are likely capable of dealing with threats which rise against their own homeland but should never be trusted to do what is needed to secure the safety and security for Israel, a nation which Indonesia does not recognize and whose sentiments are strongly tied to support the likes of those who fill the ranks of Hamas.  This entire process is a gross disregard of everything the Israeli people have sacrificed and endured over the past two and half years, as there appears to be no expectation of peace forthcoming from the Board of Peace, just as there can be little expectation of stability forthcoming from the International Stabilization Force.

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February 19, 2026 | 7:42 pm | Comments »

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INTO THE FRAY: The deradicalization of Gaza and other myths  

Peloni:  A must read article.  The radicalization within Gaza is not something which should be left to others, but is something which only Israel can secure for herself, but for this to take place, it requires Israeli governance to return to Gaza, something which Netanyahu has divorced himself from doing since the beginning hours of the war without any sign of alteration as responsibility has been handed over the to the auspices of the Board of Peace and its varying cast of characters who all share a single fact: that none of them but Israel can enforce any security for Israelis, as their interests, even those who should be counted most closely to Israel such as the US, have a different set of interests which will qualify any attempt at peace as being something less than expected for the protection and security of the Israeli people.

By MARTIN SHERMAN

The recipe of deradicalization for Gaza is likely to prove a dangerous and unrealistic pipe dream.

Hamas 35th Anniversary Celebration, Screengrab via Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UfSMefJsqQPopular support seen during Hamas 35th Anniversary Celebration, Dec. 14, 2022.  This was just three years ago. Screengrab via Youtube

One of the most persistent—and pernicious—myths being bandied about in the debate over how to achieve some peaceable resolution to the violence induced by radical Islam in Gaza is the proposed “panacea” of “de-radicalization” of extremist Islamist elements. The rationale underlying the prescription of deradicalization is as glib as it is deceptive.

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February 19, 2026 | 7:24 pm | Comments »

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DARK WOKE  

Andrew Benjamin | Feb 18, 2026

BREAKING: Even before the Political Theater going down at Munich news conferences and the negotiating table in Doha are over, expect SHOCK & AWE in the Perisian Gulf – and what’s left of Gaza City. Actually, the gig was up last June.

REMEMBER THIS: Help is on the way, and this President keeps his promises!

The gig is also up at the now-outed leftwing Trump-Deranged antisemite podcasts of Taquar Catarlson, CON-dace Owens, and Steve Bannon.

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Reiner Fuellmich, Therapeutic Choice and the Price of Speech  

A short refresher for readers new to the case

Dr. Robert W. Malone | Feb 17, 2026

By: ICIC Law / Seba Terribilini

Dr. Reiner Fuellmich. Screengrab via Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKcQFTI9f9sDr. Reiner Fuellmich. Screengrab via Youtube

In the accounts circulated by his supporters, Dr. Reiner Fuellmich is cast as a high-profile German attorney who turned his consumer-law reputation into a public crusade during the COVID era – most visibly through the “Corona Investigative Committee,” a long-form interview platform that hosted scientists, physicians, lawyers, and dissidents from multiple countries.

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February 19, 2026 | 5:38 pm | Comments »

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Qatar Undermines US Interests  

Peloni:  Study this report carefully, and based on all of this, consider why the US govt would not specifically target the Qatari regime, much less protect them from attack or promote them throughout the world.  Such actions hardly advance an America first agenda.

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative” | February 19, 2026

USS Gerald R. Ford With 7 Warships Deploying Toward Iran. February 14, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdk4U3MYWO4USS Gerald R. Ford With 7 Warships Deploying Toward Iran. February 14, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube 

* Qatar’s strategic alliance with Iran’s Ayatollah regime has been tightened since 2017, in the face of the blockade on Qatar, which was imposed by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain. The blockade was imposed due to their accusation that Qatar was fomenting terrorism and subversion in their countries, as well as assisting Al Qaeda, Yemen’s Houthis and other terrorists.

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Iran Preparing for War With US  

Peloni:  Don’t miss final tweet at the bottom. It appears that the temperature in the region is rising fast with many expecting an imminent attack this weekend.  I still question if Trump will strike Iran during Ramadan.  Recent word of Rubio meeting with Bibi at the end of the month and US troop dispositions being ready in about three weeks time would support this conclusion, unless these are part of a disinformation op.

Pamela Geller | Feb 19, 2026

If anyone deserved a brutal ass-kicking, it’s these butchers.

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Tucker Carlson alleges mistreatment & detention by Israeli officials after spending several hours in Ben Gurion Airport for Huckabee interview  

Peloni:  The claim made that Trump is looking for a way to take the temperature down belies the fact that the rising temperature is the intentional drama being created by Carlson’s one-sided and inaccurate reports which include blood libels and false statements by radical opponents of Israel, overt antisemites and off center ‘historians’.  Consequently, the one who Trump should be specifically addressing in calling for taking down the temperature is actually Carlson.

Israeli Airport Authority and US embassy clarify: Carlson underwent routine security check

Tucker Carlson in Israel (Photo: Tucker Carlson/X) 

Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News anchor who has drawn flak for his ferocious anti-Israel activism in recent months, added more controversy on Wednesday by claiming Israeli officials detained him before his departure, which the Airport Authority and the U.S. embassy denied.

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February 19, 2026 | 3:00 pm | 2 Comments »

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IMMORAL EQUIVALENCY  

Rafael Medoff

David French speaking at the 2012 CPAC in Washington, D.C.  Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America - David French, CC BY-SA 2.0, WikipediaDavid French speaking at the 2012 CPAC in Washington, D.C.  Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – David French, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

In a New York Times op-ed this week, pundit David French denounced what he called “both the heinous massacre of Jews on Oct. 7, 2023, and the aggressive, violent expansion of settlements in the West Bank.”

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Israeli military tribunal to try Hamas terrorists involved in Oct 7 attacks  

Peloni:  Bravo!  Bring justice for the slaughtered.  For the maimed.  For the raped.  For the kidnapped.  For the violation of the state itself.  A fair judgement must be brought against the barbarians who turned a routine morning for the thousands surrounding the Gaza envelop into a state of siege where murder, mayhem, rape and wholesale slaughter was the entire goal of what took place on October 7.

Hamas shooting into bomb shelter near Supernova Festival October 7 2023.  Photo by Dashcam footage: No human authorship - https://www.nbcnews.com/video/dashcam-video-shows-hamas-gunmen-toss-grenade-into-bomb-shelter-194790469769, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=142219823Hamas shooting into bomb shelter near Supernova Festival October 7 2023. Photo by Dashcam footage: No human authorship – NBC News, Public Domain, Wikipedia

Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara announced on Monday that a military tribunal led by Military Advocate General Itay Offir will prosecute more than 300 Hamas Nukhba terrorists who took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre that killed 1,200 Israelis.

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February 19, 2026 | 1:44 am | 2 Comments »

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Peacekeepers Without Peace? Pro-Israel Group Warns Against Indonesian Troop Deployment to Gaza  

Peloni:  Including such advocates against Israel’s interests as the Indonesian forces into an organization intended to maintain the peace between Israel and the radical belligerents of Gaza demonstrates the clarity with which the so called International Stabilization Force lacks credibility to pursue much less achieve its intended mission of providing stability to the region.  Note that Indonesia has voted against Israel in 100% of the 185 resolutions raised against Israel in the UN over the past decade.  Nothing demonstrates bias more than such consistency.

By: Fern Sidman | TJV News | Feb 18, 2026

Indonesian Soldiers prepare for Bastille Day Parade July 9, 2025.  Screengrab via Youtube

As deliberations intensify over the composition of a future international stabilization presence in the Gaza Strip, a prominent pro-Israel advocacy organization has issued a stark and uncompromising warning: any deployment of foreign troops must be anchored in political realism as much as in humanitarian aspiration. Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI), one of the longest-standing pro-Israel organizations in the United States, has publicly opposed proposals to include Indonesian soldiers in a prospective “International Stabilization Force” for Gaza, arguing that states which refuse to recognize Israel’s existence cannot plausibly serve as neutral guarantors of security in a post-conflict environment.

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The ‘Other Side’ Turns Against the Jews  

Peloni:  The move towards normalizing Jew Hatred lacks decency, morality, and rationality.  It is a toxin which seeks out alliances with the worst elements of anti-Western values, which actually threatens the future stability and survival of the West in the war being waged against it by Marxists and Islamists both.  Meanwhile, those among the Right in America who have the gravitas and influence to turn this toxic movement into outcasts, seem to be demonstrating the same lack of leadership and control as was seen by the Democrats as they cravenly remained silent before joining the rising din of antisemitism after having allowed it to fester among their followers without any serious opposition.  As the likes of Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation have failed twice to act when it should have been an instantaneous response to what is being spewed by these Leftist wannabees within the Right, it is disappointing that President Trump has not taken up the slack using the bully pulpit of the presidency to describe antisemites as being antisemitic, even when they claim to be supporting him.  Contrary to the notion carried by Megyn Kelly, the Right has a duty to identify what is and is not acceptable among their own adherents, and this becomes particularly true as some of these adherents attempt to mimic the Left in damaging ways which are not limited to their embrace of antisemitism.  Recall that like the Woke Right, Obama too sought to ally with the Iranians against the interests of not just Israel but the US as well.  These charlatan Conservatives have much to explain, but they must first be challenged by someone on the Right, and no one more so than Trump would benefit from seeing this smoldering fire of division on the Right put to rest.

by Pierre Rehov  •  Gatestone Institute  •  February 18, 2026

Tucker Carlson. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America - Tucker Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134985243The newly vocal antisemitic “Right” seems to represent regress masquerading as rebellion. They do not actually speak for the “Right;” they speak for themselves and for the social media algorithms that reward outrage and sounding outrageous. Pictured: Tucker Carlson. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Tucker Carlson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

  • This chill is often dressed up as “just asking questions” or “anti-globalism”. How come there never seem to be similar “questions” about Qatar, China, Turkey, Nigeria or Pakistan?

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February 18, 2026 | 11:31 pm | Comments »

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From Israel: The Fog Seems To Be Lifting!!  

Arlene Kushner | Feb 18, 2026

Sec. of State Marco Rubio at Munich Security Conference. Screengrab via YoutubeSec. of State Marco Rubio at Munich Security Conference. Screengrab via Youtube

After weeks of confusion and mixed messages, there is now more clarity regarding what President Trump is likely to do concerning Iran.

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February 18, 2026 | 11:25 pm | 1 Comment »

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US federal investigation signals new era of accountability for campus antisemitism  

Peloni:  This is an important move by the DOJ.  Another important aspect of action by the Trump administration would be to target the Muslim Brotherhood and other foreign sources of support for college campus protest movement groups.

Martin Marks hosts Jewish leaders to a Faith Office event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on June 4th, 2025. Photo by Leo Terrell / Department of Justice - Leo Terrell in Facebook, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=169123964Martin Marks hosts Jewish leaders to a Faith Office event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on June 4th, 2025. Photo by Leo Terrell / Department of Justice – Leo Terrell in Facebook, Public Domain, Wikipedia

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee over allegations that its policies discriminate against Jewish students.

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Mark Levin: Voter ID, Democratic Power Grab & Iran Negotiations  

Peloni & David Fieldstone

Mark opens his Saturday, February 14 show: opining that the US Democratic Party is engaging in the greatest one-party power grab in US history. Explaining that Democrats are attempting to establish permanent political control at both the state and national levels, he highlights the efforts of States such as California, New York, and Illinois to erect a one-party dominance in these respective States – which they hope to replicate on a nationwide basis.

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February 18, 2026 | 2:13 pm | Comments »

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Is Persia Rising or Is It Only the Iranian Expats?  

Peloni: I long to see the hopes fulfilled of the one million protestors around the world who support a free Iran. The context of these protests are two-fold. First, there is the reality that the protests of support in the West are the voices of Iranian expats and their supporters, all of whom live in the West while looking towards a future for Iran free from oppression and able to choose a path of freedom for the Iranian people. The question is whether this represents only the perspective of those who were able to flee the tyranny of the Mullahs, or if it speaks to the hopes of the people who have lived under Iranian oppression for nearly 50yrs. Second, these protests, no matter their relevance in Iran, demonstrate a political movement in the West which might be transformed into political weight at the polling booths.  If this is accurate, it might come to be more relevant to what comes next than the first point.

February 18, 2026 | 8:57 am | 2 Comments »

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The 50th anniversary of a book that explained Israel like no other  

Reading a chronicle of the Israeli peace movement now is a fascinating reminder of how far the Labor Party and the Israeli left has drifted.

Moshe Phillips

Fighters of the Shaked Patrol. Amos Yarkoni, unit commander, sits in the Jeep commander's chair, behind the machine gun. Sinai, Six-Day War, June 1967. By Rafi Rogel (??? ????), Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12890720Fighters of the Shaked Patrol. Amos Yarkoni, unit commander, sits in the Jeep commander’s chair, behind the machine gun. Sinai, Six-Day War, June 1967. By Rafi Rogel, Attribution, Wikipedia

It didn’t make headlines when it was published, but Rael Jean Isaac’s Israel Divided: Ideological Politics in the Jewish State remains one of the most important books published in English about contemporary Israel. On the book’s 50th anniversary, it’s worth looking back at what she wrote, and what we can still learn from her.

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February 18, 2026 | 8:00 am | 1 Comment »

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What’s next after Mohammed bin Zayed’s stroke?  

Rabbi Jacob Herzog | X

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed. Screenshot via YoutubeSheikh Mansour bin Zayed, the next President of UAE?. Screenshot via Youtube

* From the Rabbi of the Arabian Peninsula, congratulations on the occasion of the blessed month of Ramadan, may God return it to us and to you with all goodness. Today’s tweet is big and its information is shocking and includes only Jordan and the UAE.

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February 18, 2026 | 3:47 am | 2 Comments »

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