Iranian missile impact area at the Jerusalem old city. https://t.co/NnHppXSDc4 pic.twitter.com/iP1axkrPqr

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) March 20, 2026

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Peloni: Mike Doran and Gadi Taub discuss the current events in the war in Iran and beyond.  Mike addresses the West’s lack of competence in dealing with the Islamist threat on its own shores while also provides an interesting explanation for how there are two clocks counting down which will decide if Trump will declare victory after achieving it or in lieu of achieving it.  He also argues that while he hopes to see the fall of the IRGC, if they are not defeated in this war, there are still many important tools which can defeat them long term.  The second half of the program addresses the campaign in Lebanon and the fallout surrounding the Yemeni Fields Affair.

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Israel under heavy missile fire from Iran just ahead of Shabbat | IDF strikes 2,000 Hezbollah targets, kills 570 militants | In first, IDF launches strikes east of Tehran

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 20, 2026

17:00 – WATCH: No reports of injuries after shrapnel impact in Jerusalem’s Old City

There were no reports of injuries after the impact of a missile piece in Jerusalem’s Old City earlier.

Footage on social media shows the moment when the fragment struck Jerusalem:

16:37 – Missile piece falls 350 meters from Temple Mount in Jerusalem

After an Iranian ballistic missile was intercepted in the latest missile attack, a piece fell in the Old City of Jerusalem, hitting around 350m (1,200 feet) from the Temple Mount.

The impact hit part of a parking lot and a street in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City.

16:22 – IDF kills key Iranian Intelligence Ministry commander

The Israeli Air Force killed Mehdi Rastami Shamastan, a key commander in the Iranian Intelligence Ministry in a strike on Wednesday based on joint IDF, Shin Bet, and Mossad intelligence, the Israeli military said.

“Shamastan was considered a key figure in promoting terrorist activities against Israeli and Jewish civilians around the world. In recent years, he was responsible for advancing and executing terror attacks against key Israeli targets,” the IDF added.

“The Ministry of Intelligence is the Iranian terror regime’s primary intelligence organization and serves as one of the regime’s central mechanisms of oppression and terror. The ministry possesses advanced intelligence capabilities and acts as the regime’s central arm for surveillance, espionage, and the execution of covert operations and terror activities.”

15:52 – Trump on NATO: ‘Cowards,’ without the US they’re a ‘paper tiger’

U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his withering criticism of NATO countries for not offering support to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which the Iranian regime has kept closed throughout the war.

On Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Without the U.S.A., NATO IS A PAPER TIGER! They didn’t want to join the fight to stop a Nuclear Powered Iran. Now that fight is Militarily WON, with very little danger for them, they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver that is the single reason for the high oil prices.”

“So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

15:17 – Top Basij intelligence official killed in IDF strike

The IDF announced on Friday that it eliminated Esmail Ahmadi, head of intelligence for the IRGC’s Basij Force, in a strike targeting the force’s senior leadership earlier this week.

The attack in the heart of Tehran also killed Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani (announced earlier this week) along with several other senior commanders.

“Ahmadi played a central role in advancing and executing terror attacks carried out by Basij Forces,” the statement said, adding that “he was also responsible for enforcing public order and the regime’s values on behalf of the IRGC and leading major suppression operations during the recent internal protests in Iran.”

14:56 – Ukraine shares expertise, deploys interception units across 5 Middle East nations

Ukrainian interception units are being deployed to five Middle East countries, said Rustem Umerov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.

In a post on ?, Umerov cited meetings in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan focused on Ukrainian technology to counter aerial threats and leveraging Ukraine’s air defense experience.

According to Umerov, these efforts are part of a “long-term security cooperation” between the countries and Ukraine, addressing the need to “protect civilian and critical infrastructure” through assessments made by Ukrainian experts.

14:32 – No injuries reported after widespread Iranian, Hezbollah strikes on Israel

No injuries were reported in the latest missile barrage on Israel despite an Iranian missile breaking apart mid-air, triggering sirens nationwide as falling fragments were intercepted.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah fired about 20 rockets at northern Israel, most of which were intercepted or landed in open areas.

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Peloni:  Truly exceptional analysis by Victor Davis Hanson.

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Barry Shaw | The View from Israel | Mar 20, 2026

Iran hangs 3 people, including teen on national wrestling team.  Screengrab via Youtube.  

On the morning of March 19, three young men—Saleh Mohammadi, 19, Saeed Davoudi, 21, and Mehdi Ghasemi—who were all arrested during the January protests in Iran, were publicly hanged in Qom after being convicted of “waging war against God,” according to the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan News Agency.

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Peloni:  A city dependent upon stability and economic investment is being rocked by the rigors of war and a reluctance to do more than adopt a defensive posture.  Will Dubai survive this challenge or will they once again show themselves to be the quintessential resilient nation, which previously survived the 2008 economic crisis and the Covid shutdown?

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Kataib Hezbollah said it might pause attacks on US targets in Iraq, but its strict and unlikely conditions suggest strikes could resume soon.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MARCH 19, 2026

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Peloni:  Qatar continues to cling to its prefered position of supporting Islamist Iran, even as Iran rains down destruction on Qatar’s economic lifeline infrastructure. In a world driven by madness only rational responses are deemed to be taboo…

MEMRI

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Since the outbreak of the war against Iran on February 28, 2026, leading Qatari media outlets, chief of them Al-Jazeera, have continued to serve as mouthpieces of the Iranian regime, despite the fact that Iran has launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Gulf states, including a few at U.S. military facilities in Qatar itself. These media outlets provide Iranian officials with an open platform, without reservation or criticism; present the Iranian narrative as fact; echo and amplify Iranian conspiracy theories; and promote pro-Iranian messaging.[1]

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Peloni:  How about this turn about?  The opposition to support the US given the nominal request being made by Trump was itself rather revealing about the state of the alliance between the US and its erstwhile allies.  Even as they have come to capitulate in supporting Trump’s request, it is a remarkable distance of support and capabilities to what Israel has demonstrated in recent weeks and over the past year.  Of course, partnerships indicate common interests and like minded values.  While no two nations are a perfect match for such things, Europe in particular has demonstrated once again that it has meandered far from where it once stood in decades past, even as they were at the time far from a lock-step supporter of US leadership.  As Trump noted, there will be consequences for Europe in light of these changes, even with their move to finally acquiesce to Trump’s request.

By Pamela Geller | March 20, 2026

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Well, that was quick.

Score one for Donald Trump. European leaders—including Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron—initially rejected his request to help escort commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump responded by openly questioning America’s commitment to NATO’s collective defense, pointedly referring to these countries as “allies” in quotation marks and calling the relationship a “one-way street.” Speaking to reporters at the White House, he framed the Hormuz standoff as a “litmus test” of NATO’s reliability.

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Rabbi Jacob Herzog | Mar 20, 2026

A revolution by the tribes in Jordan may happen. The Palestinians are controlling Jordan in an unexpected way. The Gulf states are finished, except for Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. The Emir of Kuwait’s fate is unknown, and the ruling families are fleeing abroad in most Gulf states, along with dangerous strikes using weapons of mass destruction by Iran. All the details from the “Rabbi of the Arabian Peninsula.”

* Will an armed revolution or a sudden coup by the Jordanian tribes against the king occur? Everything is possible.

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Peloni:  An interesting interview by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki and Dr. David Wurmser, senior analyst at the Center for Security Policy, in which they examine the transformative shift in the Middle East following the elimination of Ali Larijani, a central figure in Iran’s regime.  Wurmser explains that Larijani was the key coordinator of Iran’s coercive security apparatus and explains how his removal brings the regime significantly closer towards collapsing. As Israel continues to systematically dismantle Iran’s leadership network, the conditions are becoming ever increasingly favorable for the Iranian people to rise up and reclaim their country.  Beyond this, the discussion expounds upon broader geopolitical realities which are emerging.  This includes an analysis of shifting alliances among Arab nations amid growing frustration with European inaction. Wurmser also explains President Trump’s sharp criticism of NATO, emphasizing how the United States continues to bear the overwhelming burden of global security, while Europe faces a deepening civilizational crisis.

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4 injured by Hezbollah rocket strike on Kiryat Shmona | Haifa oil refinery hit by Iranian missile shrapnel | El Al to launch flights from Israel to 12 major cities next week

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 19, 2026

19:04 – Fire Authority: Full control over fire at Haifa oil refinery after missile fragment impact

A fire at Haifa’s Bazan oil refinery, which was caused by the impact of falling missile fragments after the interception of an Iranian strike, was brought under control, the National Fire and Rescue Authority said.

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Peloni:  Netanyahu addresses the important role benefits coming from the partnership between Israel and America.  He also cites Trump’s independence and determination to prevent Iran gaining the means of striking the US with nuclear and conventional means.  An important point he raises is that Israel did act alone in attacking Iran’s Pars gas fields, and that they agreed in acquiescence with Trump’s request to not do so again – all while careful not to address whether the US had been aware of the attack before hand.  On this point he also argued that the future solution to dealing with choke points in the Persian Gulf will be thru the use of pipelines which go thru Israel to the Mediterranean Sea.  He also challenges the democracies of the world to wake up to the dangers facing them before it is too late, that he is hopeful but not certain that Iran will soon have a new govt, that spiking energy costs will soon come down, and that the war will end sooner than people expect, that the Iranian Caspian navy was seriously degraded, and that the Iranian people will be responsible for any regime change which might come to be.

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Update:  Joint statement from the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan on Strait of Hormuz “We express our readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait.”     – @Bret McGurk

Peloni:  The coordinated opposition to Trump’s request among allies in both Europe and Asia demonstrates the influence and threat able to be brought to bear by China as it blocks nearly all assistance for Trump in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and the price of energy around the world low.   Notably, Trump has often referred to his happy preference to repay betrayal in kind with interest, so as Stephen Bryen notes below, “One can be sure there will be a reckoning.” Arguably, this payback has already begun with Sec. Hegseth’s recent comment about arming Ukraine:

“We’re also still dealing with the environment that Joe Biden created, which was depleting those stockholds and not sending them to our own military, but to Ukraine!”

“Ultimately, we think these munitions are better spent in our OWN interests at this point, and this kind of funding bill is going to ensure that we’re properly funded going forward.”

The EU Policy is Damaging European Security

Stephen Bryen | Weapons & Strategy | Mar 17, 2026

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Along with refusing to help the United States escort oil tankers and other shipping through the Straits of Hormuz, the Europeans have also turned down President Trump’s request for minesweepers. “We defend all these countries, and then I ask them: “Do you have any minesweepers?

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Peloni:  It is interesting that while Iran continues to strike its Sunni neighboring states, they are now declaring that military options are now on the table.  The question arises as to why these options have yet to be employed, and the answer should be understood to be the same aspect of Arab society which recently drew Saudi Arabia towards its hardline position regarding Israel, namely the Arab street.  These Muslim monarchies and dictatorships have few considerations which are so dear to them as their own long term stability.  Til such time as the Arab street becomes favorably inclined towards military action in coordination with Israel against Iran, none of these countries will act against Iran, even in response to the massive attacks which they have all already faced.

UAE advisor warns regime attacks are driving Gulf toward Israel

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 19, 2026

The Gulf countries and other Arab states reacted furiously after the Iranian regime attacked energy facilities in Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in response to Israeli strikes targeting its South Pars gas field on Wednesday.

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WATCH IN AWE AS SENATOR MARCO RUBIO IN 2015 PREDICTS THE EVENTS OF 2026!- & – OBSERVATIONS ON THE PASSING SCENE – & – A JAWDROPPING 10SEC COMPARISON OF PARIS & BUDAPEST. LAUGHTER IS PERMISSIBLE …

Andrew Benjamin | Mar 18, 2026

“I WANT THIS RECORDED FOR HISTORY” – SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL) 2015

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Peloni:  Trump chooses de-escalation following the focused attacks on energy facilities around the region.  Despite Trump’s claims to the contrary, the notion that Israel made took  this move towards escalation on its own is dubious at best.  What is far more likely is that the escalatory attack on Iran’s Pars gas field was the response chosen by Trump and Netanyahu following refusal of support by US allies to open the Strait of Hormuz.  We might also glean an indication as to why Trump chose de-escalation following the attack on the Pars gas field by considering the statement from China which came shortly afterwards: “If Gulf states want to protect their oil from Iranian strikes, they must prevent the U.S. from attacking Iran and its leadership from bases within their territories. This is justice.” Recall that for Trump, this war has always truly been between the US and China.

Israeli & US officials contradict Trump: Strikes were coordinated with US beforehand

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 19, 2026

Qatar gas facilities after Iranian attack.  Screengrab via Youtube

U.S. President Donald Trump distanced himself from Israel’s first attacks on an Iranian gas facility on Wednesday, vowing that they would not be repeated unless the Iranian regime targeted Qatar’s gas facilities again.

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