It is shocking that Qatar has not voluntarily turned over Meshaal to US custody. He was indicted by the US Justice Department (DOJ) for, among other things, terrorism and murder conspiracy.

Leonard Grunstein |   Feb 13, 2026

Likenesses of Khaled Meshaal and Ahlam Tamimi. Image via AI

Khaled Meshaal was indicted by the US Justice Department (DOJ) for, among other things, terrorism and murder conspiracy. He has yet to face justice and remains free in Qatar.

The charges, unsealed on September 3, 2024, included those relating to his central role, together with the other defendants, in planning, supporting and perpetrating the October 7th atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists, who were led by Meshaal and his fellow defendants. The Attorney General at the time, Merrick Garland, stated nearly 1,200 people, including over 40 Americans were murdered and hundreds of others were kidnapped. It should be noted that the kidnapped also included Americans, who were held hostage. Many of those hostages were murdered, including American Hersh Goldberg-Polin Z”L and HY”D.

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By Sha’i ben-Tekoa 

First there was the disconcerting news of a Muslim-only community being built in East Plano, Texas, and now Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced his office has launched a formal investigation into a similar project for a sharia compliant city for 20,000 foreign nationals in rural Kaufman County, backed with Saudi money.

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Peloni:  A truly insightful bit of advice for Trump on Iran, Gaza, and the important role of history in forming informed and useful statecraft stratagems for a better future.

From Cato the Elder, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Machiavelli

Clifford D. May | Feb 11, 2026

Cato the Elder.  By Unknown author – Bildarchivaustria.at, Public Domain, Wikipedia

“Carthago delenda est!” 

In case your Latin is rusty, that means “Carthage must be destroyed!” Cato the Elder would repeat the demand in every speech he gave in the Roman Senate.

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Peloni:  A powerful rebuke which portrays the stark absurdity and callous nature with which the selective use of Oslo has been manipulated and weaponized against Israel.

by Rafael Medoff

Mahmoud Abbas meets with Norway PM Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Screengrab via Youtube. 

The Norwegian capital of Oslo, where the accords between Israel and the Palestinian Arab leadership were negotiated thirty-three years ago, this week became their burial site.

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It’s going to be a tough four years.

by Hugh Fitzgerald | Feb 11, 2026

Mayor Mamdani explaining how Islam and Muhammad should inspire immigration. Screengrab via X 

The new mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, is consumed with anti-Israel animus. He refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. He will not denounce the chant “from the river to the sea/Palestine will be free,” which means that Israel should disappear, and be replaced by a twenty-third Arab state. He has not denounced the call to “globalize the Intifada,” which means to kill Jews not just in Israel, but everywhere. And he is a supporter of the BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanction) Movement, that aims to damage Israel economically.

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Peloni:  As the MAGA talking heads led by Tucker Carlson libel Israel with invented crimes against Christians, the blasphemy laws in US allied nations remain outside the limit of their interest, even as they might visit those nations as Tucker Carlson just recently visited Jordan.  Interestingly enough, World Population Review lists nations around the world where Christians face persecution and rank them accordingly with a score (higher indicates greater persecution).  Notably, Jordan ranks 65 on this scale, just below Egypt (ranked 65), which was itself just below Qatar (tied with Turkey with a ranking of 67), a country which Carlson has described as a place he would like to live among their “good people”.  Saudi Arabia earned a notably alarming rank of 91.  The spotlight needs to be shined upon the practices of America’s allies who truly do persecute Christians, particularly in light of those would be American leaders who falsely chastise the only country in the Middle East where Christians are actually thriving, and that nation is Israel.

“America’s commitment to defending persecuted Christians will ultimately be judged by whether allies are allowed to violate that principle without consequence.”

Mariam Wahba

Seal of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Photo by U.S. Government – Extracted from PDF version of the 2006 USCIRF annual report (direct PDF URL [1]), Public Domain, Wikipedia

Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to hold accountable those who persecute Christians around the world, American allies continue to test the administration’s resolve.

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By Hugh Fitzgerald | Feb 12, 2026

While for years the Israelis have focused to the need to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, their major concern now is the threat posed by Iran’s ballistic missile program. The Trump administration, alas, continues to focus on Iran’s nuclear program, apparently not convinced that the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missiles are a much more immediate problem. More on those missiles can be found here: “Iran expert: This is why Iran will never give up its ballistic missile program,” 103FM, February 9, 2026:

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Peloni:  Prof. Francisco Gil-White interviews Dr. Mudar Zahran in a hard hitting interview which centers around a detail discussion of Trump’s Muslim Brotherhood policy in the Middle East.  A very interesting conversation.

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Peloni:  Political analyst and former Epoch Times producer, Karys Rhea, discusses the rise of the New Red-Green alliance which comprises the likes of Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens with the Muslim Brotherhood Islamists.  She warns of an alarming trend in the traditional pro-Israel, pro-Jewish Evangelical Republican base which reports of alarming voices aligning with Owens and Carlson.  She also discusses the recent event in a US organization which had been assembled to discuss how to fight antisemitism, only to find one its members promoting antisemitism during the committee’s meeting.

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Peloni:  The dominant role which Trump placed in Tom Barrack hands when he raised him to such a prominent position in the Middle East has always belied a serious warning sign for Trump’s Middle East policy.  Turkey is an expansionist power, and has taken advantage of Trump’s pro Turkey posture on two occasions to expand its acquisitions.  The first was in 2018 and the second was over the past year, but both occasions relate to Turkey’s rising expansion in Syria.  This, however, is not the limit of his expansionist aims, even as he now has control over part of Crete and is looking to increase his control in Libya.

Barack plays a key role as US ambassador to Turkey, Special Envoy to Syria, and one of the key figures in American policy in the Levant, while also keeping constant dialogues with Gulf state actors.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | FEBRUARY 11, 2026 16:22

Tom Barrack met with Ahmed al-Sharaa. Photo by Ambassador Tom Barrack – X, Public Domain, Wikipedia

US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, who is also the ambassador to Turkey, is playing a key role in US policy in the northern Levant.

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While the Prime Minister is in Washington fighting for Israel’s survival, it is crucial to remember that the Jewish people’s attachment to its tiny land was continuous, documented, and unmatched by any competing national claim. It was also legally recognized.

Dr. Alex Grobman | Published: Feb 11, 2026

Masada. Photo by Jean & Nathalie – Masada, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

One of the oldest and most dishonest arguments used to deny Jewish rights in the Land of Israel is the claim that Jews are not a people-only a religion. This falsehood resurfaces whenever Israel asserts itself as a Jewish state and whenever Jews insist on their right to national self-determination.

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James Zumwalt

Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. Photo by PHC W. Mason, United States Navy – History.navy.mil, Public Domain, Wikipedia

While most people in history know when they achieve a “first,” some never learn so while still alive.

So goes the story of a “first” accomplished by my late father, Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt, Jr. At age 49, in 1970, he had accomplished a first in the US Navy about which he was well aware.

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Janet Levy:  Does the Trump Administration Support Israel?

Qatar funds Hamas, making them the “author” of the October 7th massacre.

After Israel retaliated by attacking Hamas senior operatives being sheltered in Doha, Trump did the following:

1.  Forced Israel to stop the operation,
2.  Made Netanyahu apologize to his good friend, Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar,
3.  Issued an Executive Order that stated that “an attack on Qatar will be viewed as an attack on the U.S.,”
4. Announced that the U.S. will train the Qatari Air Force.

American Firsters fail to see this as a special paean to Qatar.  So much for America First!  Or perhaps prioritizing Israel is verboten but aiding the terrorist state of Qatar is copacetic.

Does America First mean the U.S. should protect Qatar, a jihadi state allied with the Muslim Brotherhood which will mean “Death to America.”

It seems logical to support Israel as they are at the forefront of stopping the jihadis who want to destroy Western civilization.

Francisco Gil-White | MOR | Feb 10, 2026

There has been increasing noise in some segments of the US political right against what they see as ‘too much’ US support for Israel. This is presented as an ‘America First’ argument.

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In an interview with Israel Channel 14, Mark Levin discusses the escalating tensions with Iran and suggests that the significant U.S. naval presence in and around the Middle East likely signals preparation for more than mere leverage.

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Between The Hammer Of European Conditions For Economic Aid And The Anvil of Commitment to Nationalistic-Islamic Indoctrination.

Y. Yehoshua | MEMRI | Feb 11, 2026

The issue of incitement in the Palestinian school curricula places the Palestinian Authority (PA)  in a bind that threatens its economic and its political stability. On the one hand, its economic survival depends on reform of the school curricula: On May 7, 2025, the European Parliament voted to freeze its education budgets until a comprehensive reform is carried out to bring the curricula up to UNESCO standards – that is, until antisemitism, incitement to violence, and glorification of terrorism are completely removed from them. The demand for curricular reform was also included in the August 4, 2025 New York Declaration promoting the two-state solution, and found expression in PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s personal commitment to French President Emmanuel Macron.[1]

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Peloni:  Is Trump really ready to regime change Iran?  I believe a strike against Iran will ultimately be inevitable, but I still argue that it is unlikely that Trump will focus any attack around regime change in Tehran.  Time will tell of course.

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FDD | Feb 11, 2026

Latest Developments

• Trump-Netanyahu White House Meeting: President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 11, covering topics ranging from the ceasefire in Gaza to the ongoing negotiations with Iran.

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by Linda and Rob Goudsmit | February 11, 2026

To President Donald J. Trump:

I am writing to you because I am having trouble understanding your current foreign policy as it pertains to Iran, Hamas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. I am very confused over these negotiations especially with Iran and Hamas. Please explain why you are negotiating with Iran over a nuclear program that your B-2 bomber attack destroyed. I know that you know way more than I do, but on its face, you are missing a very important fact. The fact is that religious Islamic doctrine clearly and unequivocally states that Islam must destroy the West, kill Jews and Christians, and establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate. These are uncontested facts, Mr. President. Islamic doctrine is the unifying and guiding religious ideology for all Sunni and Shia Muslims worldwide.

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