From Israel: A Moment to Breathe!!  

Arlene Kushner | September 3, 2026

Director General of the Israel Ministry of Defense Maj. Gen (Res.) Amir Baram(L) and his Greek counterpart, Ioannis Bouras.  Image via gov.il

The posting I sent last, which catalogued obscene and vile lessons taught in PA schools after October 7, as well as solid evidence of the dangerous military build-up of the PA, was indeed enough to make one’s blood run cold. This is information everyone certainly needs to have. Nor is what I have already written the end of the story. There is a good deal more I want to address.

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September 4, 2026 | 2:01 am | Comments »

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Nothing Spontaneous About Anti-Israel Protests  

Terror Links, Foreign Funding and Highly Coordinated Activism

by Robert Williams  •  Gatestone Institute  •  September 2, 2026

  • “Today’s anti-Western influence networks are global, coordinated, top-down, well-funded and sanitised. Viewed graphically, they resemble a series of concentric circles. At their centre sit hostile state actors (Iran, China, Russia, Qatar), terrorist organisations (Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda), and extremist religious-political movements (Muslim Brotherhood).

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September 4, 2026 | 1:31 am | Comments »

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“It is time to admit it: Gandhi was right.”  

Peloni:  Every plan can be improved upon, and Avi Abelow offers his insights on how Ben Gvir’s Disengagement 710 plan might be changed for the better.  Unfortunately, it must be noted that US influence over Egypt failed to even push Egypt to withdraw their military forces from the Sinai, and rather than US pressure being applied to Sisi to do so, US pressure was instead applied to Bibi to let the Israeli-Egypt gas deal go thru without any concession from Sisi at all.  And the problem of Trump’s 20 Point Plan being watered down to the Egypt-brokered, pro-Hamas version of the 15 point roadmap remains in place, for the moment.  While it is highly likely that this version will ultimately fail as well, when it does, will Trump be open to reconsidering an emigration plan for Gaza, be it that of Trump, Ben-Gvir or Abelow?

Avi Abelow

Rehavam Ze'evi. By Dan Hadani collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=142415294Rehavam “Gandhi” Ze’evi Hy”d was assassinated by the PFLP on October 17, 2001 while serving as the Minister of Tourism, the only Israeli govt minister to be executed by Arab terrorists.  Most people will remember Gandhi for his call for Arab population transfer.  By Dan Hadani collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, CC BY 4.0, Link [Cropped, Resized]

“It is time to admit it: Gandhi was right.”

That is what National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said this evening as he announced a Gaza emigration plan on the table.

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September 4, 2026 | 12:51 am | 1 Comment »

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Ben-Gvir’s Gaza Exit Strategy  

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led 4200 Israelis to pray on the Temple Mount on July 23, 2026.  Screengrab via YoutubeNational Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led 4200 Israelis to pray on the Temple Mount on July 23, 2026.  Screengrab via Youtube

On Thursday, National Security Minister and Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir formally unveiled a policy plan to encourage Gaza Strip residents to emigrate voluntarily to countries willing to receive them.  The policy measure is titled “Disengagement 710.” 

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September 3, 2026 | 10:10 pm | 15 Comments »

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My Grandfather Fought America’s Nazis Before America Did  

Abraham Levy risked his livelihood and his life confronting the German American Bund while American authorities and much of the Jewish establishment remained reluctant to act.

By David Bedein | TheJ.ca | Aug 31, 2026

I recently watched a documentary about the campaign to oppose the German American Bund rally held at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 20, 1939.

The film brought back memories of my grandfather, Abraham Levy, and the price he paid for confronting America’s Nazi movement before the United States government was prepared to act.

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September 3, 2026 | 9:10 pm | 1 Comment »

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US Sanctions Can’t Force Moderation in Iran  

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | September 3, 2026

*The assumption that “D-Day” like economic sanctions can force the collapse – or a dramatic moderation – of the Ayatollah regime, overlooks the centrality of theological fanaticism in the shaping of the Ayatollah’s vision, strategy, policy and education system, as well as its 47-year-war on the US. The Ayatollah’s war against the USA has been conducted – unrelated to Israel’s existence – in the Middle East, Latin America and on US soil.

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September 3, 2026 | 4:53 pm | Comments »

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Blame?  

by Joan Swirsky ©2026 | thepostemail.com | September 3, 2026

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Quite a few years ago, I co-wrote a book about the serial murderer on Long Island, Joel Rifkin, who savagely murdered 17 young women without an ounce of remorse––earning him the grim distinction of being the most prolific serial killer in New York’s history.

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September 3, 2026 | 4:52 pm | Comments »

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“Expel Two Million.” Eighteen Months. Zero Flights.  

Peloni: The failure to see the gates of Gaza opened, even as the US is taking on the new controlling authority there as Trump personally heads the Board of Peace, portrays a serious implication for the future.  Regardless of whether the number of people wanting to leave Gaza is 80% or merely 8%, it remains intolerable that the US would not facilitate the movement of these people outside of a city sized war zone.   As the world’s super power stand as the gatekeeper on not only holding the Gazans in place but also seeing that Hamas stands ever more entrenched over them, one might honestly ask exactly what excuse might support doing so which does not place the US in a very bad light.  As the sentiments out of Washington are routinely echoing false narratives on behalf of suffering Gazans, why might Washington prefer to hold the Gazans in this Gaza sized cage with a Hamas sized taskmaster, even as there are nations which would accept.

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September 3, 2026 | 3:50 pm | Comments »

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The Islamic Republic’s Illusion of Power – The Meridian  

Peloni:  Zineb Riboua makes an important case arguing that the IRGC is facing a choice of what sacrifices it must make to survive, and how far it might be capable of stretching its resources to maintain the fascade of strength as the effects of Economic D-Day increasingly mount by the day.  Keep in mind that the US midterms are just two months away, and the balance of power in the US Congress between allies of Trump and those of Iran will be decided in that coming contest.  To be certain Iran is keeping this in mind, and yet, all the same, two months would seem to be an eternity when the value of Iranian currency dropped about 10% in just one week.

Iran’s Strength Was Always Conditional

Zineb Riboua | Aug 31, 2026

Iranian missiles launched against US bases in Jordan on Sept 1, 2026.  Screengrab via Youtube.Iranian missiles launched against US bases in Jordan on Sept 1, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube.

or months, I have made the same argument: the IRGC is weak and will lose. The numbers have taken longer to surface than the strategic reality, but they are now increasingly difficult to dismiss. More interesting is why recognition took so long. Part of the answer lies in the effectiveness of the Islamic Republic’s propaganda. Another part lies in assumptions about Iran and the Middle East that have remained remarkably resistant to evidence.

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September 3, 2026 | 2:37 pm | Comments »

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Saudi Arabia & The UAE: The Gulf’s Quiet Power Struggle  

Two of America’s most important Gulf partners are no longer pursuing identical regional interests. Their competition is reshaping oil policy, Yemen, Red Sea security, investment and the future balance of power in the Arab Gulf.

Jafaj | Sept 2, 20026

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KEY JUDGMENT

The Saudi-UAE relationship is not collapsing. It is changing.

For much of the past decade, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were treated as the core of a new Gulf partnership: closely aligned on Iran, hostile to political Islam, active in Yemen, supportive of regional normalization with Israel, and determined to reduce dependence on Western security guarantees.

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September 3, 2026 | 2:07 pm | Comments »

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Israel’s Enemies are Positioning for the Next War – Why is Trump Helping Them?  

Peloni:  Since his return to the White House in his second term in office, Pres. Trump has taken many hard positions relative to Israel in apparent deference to his Arab partners, positions which are hard to explain or ignore, some of which Al Bienenfeld shares below.  This being stated, Trump’s policies on whole have benefited Israel in various and significant ways, not the least of which was the support for Israel having targeted the Iranian regime with extreme prejudice.  This fact hasn’t been changed by Trump’s subsequent actions which included the reported scuttling of the potential coup de grâce in the form of a Kurdish ground assault, nor by the quizzical attempt to charm the charmless IRGC into accepting the hopefully now defunct MOU.  Also, in recent months, the tensions between Trump and Netanyahu have been evident, but still limited, revealing what is difficult to ignore reality that Trump wants Bibi to agree to something which is either beyond his ability or his conscience to agree.

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September 3, 2026 | 2:25 am | 1 Comment »

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Shame on You Mamdani!  

Peloni: Bravo to Stephanie Benshimol!  This is the reception all of New York City should be sharing with their Jew Hating mayor.

September 3, 2026 | 12:39 am | Comments »

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Trump Blasts “Luddites” For Opposing Data Centers  

Janet Levy:  Remember, this was announced on Day 2 of the Trump presidency with Stargate and the globalists in tow. Local governments are being destroyed to make way for the technocracy.

As local communities object to massive data centers with extensive water and energy demands and noise and environmental pollution, Trump derides them as Luddites that are “aiding” Communist China.

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The Utah Data Center located in Bluffdale, Utah. Photo by Swilsonmc - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, WikipediaThe Utah Data Center located in Bluffdale, Utah. Photo by Swilsonmc – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia

On Monday, the President of the United States told the people of Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, Arizona, and every other state now fighting hyperscale data centers exactly what he thinks of them. “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backward and poor,” he wrote on Truth Social. “If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.” And then the warning: “If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame.”

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September 2, 2026 | 9:04 pm | Comments »

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First Jordan, then Egypt: Xi Jinping’s search for a new MO in the Middle East  

Peloni: SIGNAL’s Carice Witte offers an interesting look at China’s attempts to deal with the dichotomy which exists between Beijing’s dependency which comes from being the dominant trading partner in the Middle East without the means by which to either control its erstwhile partners or the ability to dominate the region militarily.  It appears that instead of looking to its old partners in the region, China is instead attempting to engage a new strategy thru interactions with Egypt and Jordan.

Carice Witte | JNS | Aug 31, 2026

Flag of the People's Republic of China. Photo by Reinhold Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107325534Flag of the People’s Republic of China. Photo by Reinhold Möller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

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September 2, 2026 | 7:17 pm | Comments »

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“Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism.” Oh, yeah?  

Peloni:  Sha’i Ben Tekoa provides a clarity belying the fact that anti-Zionism is antisemitism cloaked in an alternate terminology so as to pretend that it is not the same old foul sickness which rises in every age to face off against the Jewish people.

Sha’i ben-Tekoa

Photo by Cole Keister on UnsplashPhoto by Cole Keister on Unsplash

How common it is now in this generation for Jew-haters to claim they are not antisemites because they have nothing against the Jewish religion. They say they are against Zionism, which is a political ideology and policy.

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September 2, 2026 | 4:56 pm | 8 Comments »

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Why Remember Munich  

Jonathan Feldstein

A member of the Arab terrorists which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team in 1972. Photo by AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf (? – 2014) - https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-entertainment-sports-munich-f14bab3397569badf8e4cca273c9af66, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160470235A member of the Arab terrorists which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team in 1972. Photo by AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf (? – 2014) –APnews.com, Public Domain, Link

Several years ago, I was flying through the Munich airport making a connection on the way home to Israel. For some reason I was selected for additional and what felt like particularly obnoxious screening inside the airport. Admittedly, until that point, passing through the Munich airport was the closest I had ever been to “visiting” Germany, a place that I never really wanted to go, and where I was uncomfortable being at all.

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September 2, 2026 | 4:40 pm | 1 Comment »

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Israel Update: A Trojan Horse on the Right?  

Peloni:  Mike Doran and Gadi Taub take a look at the choices and complications facing the Right wing Bloc as the rising tide of small parties persists.  Gadi specifically addresses the implications of Ofer Winter’s new Party and how he might come to play a role in establishing a Left wing govt under the auspices of Avigdor Lieberman.  They also address Prof. Dan Schueftan’s highly antisemitic comments from their previous show and end with a look at the state of play with regards to Economic D-Day and the ever widening of traffic thru the Strait of Hormuz.

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