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- Isis inspired attack in NY Foiled
- From Israel: The Ghastly Bungle That Is Gaza!!
- Is Trump pressuring Bibi to give Hamas a chance?-Ken Abramowitz/Talkline With Zev Brenner
- Oh My God, I’m Still SHAKEN by What I Just Discovered…
- Welcome News From Saudi Arabia
- Qatar & the PA are Playing the Trump Administration With the “Settler Violence” Blood Libel
- Will Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Campaign Against ‘Any Country’ That Supports Iran Include Qatar, Iran’s Ally (Not America’s)? – Part I
- You Are With Us Or Without Us
- U.S. Missile Stockpiles Are Low. Fine. Now Draw the Right Conclusion.
- Nadia Matar: “I have a real solution for Gaza and Judea and Samaria and all the Arabs of the region”
- Fake News ‘Journalists’ Love the Deep State
- Hating Israel Fatigue
- China Erases Its Jewish Past
- October 7: The Judea and Samaria Edition
- Israel will not tolerate threats to its security
- The I.D.F, Hezbollah and the Lebanese Armed Forces
August 21, 2026
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From Israel: The Ghastly Bungle That Is Gaza!!
Arlene Kushner | August 21, 2026
Khalil al-Hayya in 2022. Photo by Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
This past Sunday, Jared Kushner, Trump’s trusted advisor and son-in-law, met in Egypt with Khalil al-Hayya (pictured), the Hamas political bureau chief replacing Sinwar. Jared was accompanied by Nickolay Mladenov and Tony Blair, of the Board of Peace, as well as diplomats from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey (all identified as “mediator” states).
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Is Trump pressuring Bibi to give Hamas a chance?-Ken Abramowitz/Talkline With Zev Brenner
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Oh My God, I’m Still SHAKEN by What I Just Discovered…
Peloni: Rabbi Pesach Wolicki discusses the returning remains of Yehuda Katz after 44 years being held by terrorists. Wolicki also discusses the devasting battle in which Katz and Zachary Baumel and Zvi Feldman were all taken captive, as well as how this all relates to Wolicki himself when he first made Aliyah to Israel.
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Welcome News From Saudi Arabia
Peloni: Regardless of MBS’ refusal to join the Abraham Accords, this is how peace might be achieved. The great failure of those who are so interested in chasing peace is that they are looking for instant gratification on a subject which will take generations to actually support. As I have noted before, maintaining security preparations and military capabilities far beyond that of the neighboring feifdoms is how the visage of peace might be achieved, but changing the long held stance of weaponizing education is how the outlook of the people might change to that visage in a substantive way. So, Bravo to the Prince of Arabia, and may he sometime find the strength to pursue the peace which today he is creating an actual foundation on which to see such a peace be erected upon. Even in the absence of peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia, this change within the Kingdom will see many positive outcomes in the region far more likely. But first the Saudis need to find the means by which to set aside their proclivity for supporting Muslim Brotherhood objectives outside their borders.
By | Aug 20, 2026
The official portrait of His Royal Highness Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Press Agency (Saudi Press Agency), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
It seems that the Saudis have rewritten their textbooks to squeeze out every last drop of antisemitism. I don’t know why the Saudis are doing this, though I will speculate below on possible reasons. I’m sure the religious establishment is furious with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, the onlie begetter of this change, but in Saudi Arabia, MbS calls the shots, and this good news deserves to be disseminated. More on this change can be found here: “Saudi Arabia Removes Virtually All Antisemitism From School Curricula, New Report Finds,” by Dion J. Pierre, Algemeiner, August 17, 2026:
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Qatar & the PA are Playing the Trump Administration With the “Settler Violence” Blood Libel
Peloni: Is it America’s Muslim Brotherhood allies which blind them to the truth about the faux narrative of “Settler Violence”, or is it an excuse to renew the Two State Solution?
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Will Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Campaign Against ‘Any Country’ That Supports Iran Include Qatar, Iran’s Ally (Not America’s)? – Part I
Peloni: The answer to this question will determine a great deal about Trump’s success in the region, not just in Iran.
By: Yigal Carmon | MEMRI | Aug 20, 2026
On August 19, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on TruthSocial:
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You Are With Us Or Without Us
Peloni: This should have been the policy pursued since the outset of the war, and of the subsequent period of negotiations over the past several months.
? BREAKING: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just DROPPED this chilling line on Iran
“WE ARE GOING TO COLLAPSE THIS REGIME.” ?
“This is going to be the greatest coordinated economic isolation in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD.”
“You are with us or against us. You want this m*rderous… pic.twitter.com/Q0Tmvq67mG
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 20, 2026
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U.S. Missile Stockpiles Are Low. Fine. Now Draw the Right Conclusion.
John Spencer | Aug 20, 2026
Nobody outside a small circle in the U.S. government knows the size of America’s missile stockpiles. The numbers are classified for a reason. Anyone claiming to know the exact totals is either using leaked classified information, inventing a number from incomplete public data and analysis, such as comparing every missile launched to two interceptors, or dismissing every statement from the Trump administration as false. None of that is a sound basis for military analysis. I hate the potential for leaking operational secrets the most. It doesn’t “speak truth to power.” It hands adversaries information that can put American service members at risk.
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Nadia Matar: “I have a real solution for Gaza and Judea and Samaria and all the Arabs of the region”
Peloni: Prof. Francisco Gil-White interviews Sovereignty Movement’s Nadia Matar, and this is an interview you won’t want to miss.
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Fake News ‘Journalists’ Love the Deep State
The Fourth Estate is constitutionally illiterate.
Am Thinker | August 19, 2026
On Sunday morning’s Meet the Press, NBC News hack Kristen Welker pressed newly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche to “pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House.” The fake “journalist” performed this bit of moralizing theater with her “very serious” face, as if to suggest that the nation’s survival depended upon Blanche’s answer. Blanche calmly swatted Welker’s solicitation away, while pointing out that no competent, law-abiding attorney general should ever make such an absurd pledge.
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Hating Israel Fatigue
For those who want to understand what has happened since October 7, this is a worthy read.
Thank you, Victor Davis Hanson, for the moral clarity in your important article. https://t.co/hhV1IBI3pK
— Benjamin Netanyahu – ?????? ?????? (@netanyahu) August 20, 2026
Victor Davis Hanson | Aug 18, 2026
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China Erases Its Jewish Past
Jews have lived in Kaifeng for a millennium. It took Xi Jinping only a decade to bring them to the brink.
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August 20, 2026
October 7: The Judea and Samaria Edition
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The following interview provides a deep dive into the threat that has been rising in the Palestinian Authority as it systematically builds the territorial, military, and ideological foundations vital for the establishment of a Palestinian state. In this report, Channel 14’s Judea and Samaria Correspondent Eliya Aviv describes this threat in interviews with members of the Regavim movement as well as Captain (Res.) Binyahu Mellet, HY”D. It should be recalled that Mellet was recently murdered by a terrorist who utilized training that enabled him to steal a weapon from a member of the Jewish defense forces after the defender hesitated to fire while being attacked.
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Israel will not tolerate threats to its security
Peloni: Avi Abelow provides an important context to the Israeli strike on Syria to prevent Turkish expansion southwards towards Israel. Israel established a Red Line regarding Turkey directly expanding and incorporating Syria. Unlike the Red Lines established so often by others in the region, Netanyahu acted to demonstrate that there was in fact absolutely NO flexibility on this Red Line. His comment warning Erdogan “Don’t” served to make this point even more clear, and not just to Turkey. I am honestly impressed with the strength and earnestness with which Netanyahu responded in Syria, and as Abelow explains below, it gives me great hope for the future, as this is the model by which Israel must respond when its stated Red Lines are tested. Erdogan knew full well what he was doing when he made plans to take over the base in Syria, but what he failed to appreciate is that October 7 changed everything, including how Israel might respond when being challenged on stated Red Lines. The fact that Erdogan felt at ease in crossing that Red Line was in no small part due to the American effort by Amb. Tom Barrak and others to embolden Turkey and its Muslim Brotherhood chieftain Erdogan. So a deconfliction mechanism will now be established to prevent similar challenges in the future. It is concerning that such a mechanism was not already considered a necessity by Washington given the raising rhetorical threats coming from Turkey and increasing in tone and significance even in recent weeks. I only hope that when the deconfliction mechanism is soon to be tested that someone more impartial to the advancement of Turkey in the region answers the phone in Washington or things could quickly spiral out of control.
Avi Abelow
Ambassador Tom Barrack and President Recep Erdogan. Image via AI
Israel just did something in Syria that represents one of the most positive and important changes in Israeli national-security policy since October 7.
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The I.D.F, Hezbollah and the Lebanese Armed Forces
Professor Walid Phares, an international expert on terrorism, discusses the situation in Israel’s north with Hezbollah and the LAF with EMET’s Sarah Stern
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Trump Wants The Strait Of Hormuz As A U.S. Territory. IMEC Is Why.
Peloni: Is Trump’s real motivation in Iran really about seizing the Strait of Hormuz with the ultimate goal of forming a global technocracy rather than stopping Iran from becoming a nuclear power?
Patrick Woods | Technocracy News & Trends | Aug 17, 2026
![Map of Strait of Hormuz. Image by Pascal - This image is a derivative work of [1]http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/hormuz_80.jpg from [2] http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east.html, which was created by the w:Central Intelligence Agency in 1980 and hence is PD-US-Gov, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79202](https://www.israpundit.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/500px-Strait_of_Hormuz-300x184.jpg)
Map of Strait of Hormuz. Image by Pascal – This image is a derivative work of [1]Lib.utexas from [2] Lib.utexas, which was created by the w:Central Intelligence Agency in 1980 and hence is PD-US-Gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia
On August 14, 2026, President Donald Trump stood in front of a law-enforcement crowd at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City, Long Island. Trump told them that after “defeating Iran” he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States. Wait for it… The Strait of America?
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Natasha Hausdorff on unravelling Gaza starvation claims & misinformation about Judea & Samaria
Peloni: This is an important video. Natasha Hausdorff discusses the recently revealed evidence provided by UNICEF exposing the truth that there is NO famine or malnutrition crisis in Gaza. She goes further to note that this supports the evidence she and others have been emphasizing since the onset of the malicious blood libel agaist Israel, that the evidence when weighed honestly and carefully has ALWAYS demonstrated the UNICEF findings.
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Is Israel Winning or losing? Ruthie Blum/Talkline With Zev Brenner
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The Primaries – A Major Victory for Netanyahu: An Extensive Analysis
Peloni: It was a major victory for Netanyahu being able to isolate Nir Barkat from significant party support during the Likud primaries as Barkat was pushed from 7th place to 16th. The animus between Barkat and Netanyahu extends from the role Barkat played in trying to unseat Netanyahu in the days following October 7. The attempted coup was quickly set aside once it was brought to Netanyahu’s attention, but as the adage goes, if you are coming to topple the king, don’t miss. Well, Barkat missed, and his tumbling support in the Likud lists was his reward for doing so. Nonetheless, while Barkat sits at the lower end of likely candidates to initially enter the Knesset, it should be noted that, as Yossi Baum indicates below, due to the **Norwegian system [see below], Barkat and many listed below him will enter the Knesset as MKs if Likud forms a govt following October’s elections.
Meanwhile it was great to see Almog Cohen place so high in the list after recently joining Likud, having previously been part of Otzma Yehudit. While in the Knesset, Cohen served as an important source of leaks surrounding many of the reports surrounding the Israeli Deep State which were under judicial gag order. Last year, Cohen served an Netanyau’s Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister. On October 7 he spontaneously acted to come to the defense of Ofakim from attack, having previously been a militia leader in the Negev. I look forward to seeing Cohen rise to even greater heights in Likud in the future, perhaps much higher in fact.
Yossi Baum | X
Photo by Hudson Institute – Benjamin Netanyahu Receives Hudson’s Herman Kahn Award, CC BY 2.0, Link
Netanyahu was focused on weakening Gottlieb, Barkat, and Bitan, and he won on all three fronts. In addition, he supported Almog Cohen, Erez Tadmor, Lerner, Shuki Ohana, Bismuth, and Osnat Zohar. Here too, he won. And for the details at length:
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