Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Guide for the Perplexed, 2026  

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | September 17, 2026

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*Modeled on Yom Kippur and other Biblical fast days, the Early Pilgrims’ and Founding Fathers’ “Day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer” suspended business to confess collective wrongdoing and petition for mercy through soul-searching.

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September 19, 2026 | 10:52 am | Comments »

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Trump: U.S. has entered into agreement with Denmark and Greenland that gives us permanent control over security, all other needs in Greenland — NO COST to U.S.  

OAN Staff Brooke Mallory | OAN | Sept 18, 2026

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President Donald Trump revealed on Truth Social that the United States has finalized a strategic agreement with the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland, granting Washington permanent authority over the Arctic island’s defense, security, and related operational needs.

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From Israel: By All Means, Note This Too!!  

Arlene Kushner | September 17, 2026

Netanyahu Visiting IDF position in South Lebanon. Screengrab via Youtube.Netanyahu Visiting IDF position in South Lebanon. Screengrab via Youtube.

It is a rare occurrence when a topic is closed and finished after I have addressed it in just one posting. And so it is, with regard to the horrendous NAZA “documentary” – the focus of my last posting – that there is a good deal more to consider…

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September 19, 2026 | 9:51 am | Comments »

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Recalling the Yom Kippur War’s Impact  

By Moshe Phillips

This year, as we remember the Yom Kippur War, far too many of us cannot help but feel disconnected from it because it happened so long ago—even as we stand just three years away from the October 7th Hamas-led attack. What can we do to mark the anniversary of the 1973 war in a meaningful way?

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September 19, 2026 | 5:49 am | Comments »

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They are an enemy!!!  

PELONI:  Bravo Avi Abelow

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First, the good news!!! The Trump administration just barred Mahmoud Abbas from New York for the second year, so he can’t attend the United Nations General Assembly.

The State Department did not dress it up. The PA and the PLO, it said, are still internationalizing the war against Israel at the international institutions of the ICC and the ICJ, still chasing unilateral statehood, still paying stipends to terrorists’ families, still glorifying killers in speeches and school textbooks, and still refusing the reforms they promised Washington.

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September 18, 2026 | 6:16 pm | 1 Comment »

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Crisis At the Bab Al-Mandeb Straight  

Pelon:  The key to the Saudis dealing with the crisis in the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait is thru the coordination with the very nations which Saudi Arabia has recently alienated over the past months.  The US needs to act as a bridge by which these interests come to be perfectly aligned, but without the costs previously demanded by Riyadh including the creation of a second Palestinian state.  The situational cost of having lost control over this vital waterway has placed the Saudis in an impossible situation, but it will only remain impossible so long as they cling to networking with Islamists such as Turkey and Qatar and Somalia in place of Israel, the UAE and Somaliland.   It’s time for Saudi Arabia to make some important changes.

Al Bienenfeld

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There is a not well-known Asian proverb that says, “Every Problem Brings with It a Gift.” That is particularly true here. These are the important takeaways from the Bab Al-Mandeb Crisis.

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September 18, 2026 | 5:50 pm | 1 Comment »

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The truth of Yom Kippur, the lies of the Foreign Ministers  

The dream of a return to Zion and the Holy Temple is the engine that created the momentum harnessed by the modern Zionism of Herzl’s time and used to create the modern State of Israel.

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Earlier this month the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, under the apparent instigation and leadership of UK Foreign Secretary is Ed Miliband, issued a joint statement to “confirm their intention to introduce national and/or support European restrictions on trade in goods with settlements which are illegal under international law” and called for a “two-State solution”

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September 18, 2026 | 5:26 pm | 2 Comments »

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Secret War Summit on Iran & the Next October 7  

Peloni:  Gen. Amir Avivi discusses the recent Middle East Summit which included the US, Israel and the Arab states, and the subject was focused on Iran.  He also warns that the next October 7 will be inside Israel, not on the borders, and what steps must be pursued to deal with this threat if not prevent it.

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September 18, 2026 | 5:23 pm | Comments »

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When Celebrities Endorsed a Different “Free Palestine”  

When many of America’s leading celebrities called for a “Free Palestine” eighty years ago this week, they were talking about freeing Palestine from British occupation, in order to establish a Jewish state.

Rafael Medoff

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The rapper Macklemore is not the first cultural celebrity to champion the cause of “Free Palestine.” But when many of America’s leading celebrities called for a “Free Palestine” eighty years ago this week, they were talking about freeing Palestine from British occupation, in order to establish a Jewish state.

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Must Liberty Be Sacrificed to Achieve AI Dominance  

The Data Center Debate in Three Contrasting Views

Peloni

Data center infrastructure in the United States. By DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Public Domain, WikipediaData center infrastructure in the United States. By DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Public Domain, Wikipedia

In addition to the two articles below by Daniel Greenfield and Jefferey Tucker, take to heart the arguments presented by Janet Levy in her recent article.  Greenfield’s concluding comment, particularly the second half, bears highlighting because it really captures the key point in this debate: “AI is not a threat, except in the wrong hands, people looking to control us are the real threat.

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September 18, 2026 | 12:15 pm | Comments »

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Kuwait Quietly Moves Toward Israel Amid Iran threat  

PELONI:  Take note that a marriage of convenience has to be rooted in more than the needs of the current crisis, or it will not survive beyond that crisis. So we must grasp that until proven otherwise, any emerging alliance which might be forthcoming in their hour of need between these Arab nations and Israel is not seeking peace for the sake of peace but for the sake of their survival, and once that is secured, so too will be the celebrated peace which we might see in the coming weeks or months.  The fundamental lesson of the AA which  must be understood and cherished by all is that a strong independent Israel is what won the support of the first tranche of Abraham Accords signatories, and it will also be what wins the support of any further Arab nations coming to join the AA in the near or distant future.  Hence, the rule which should be the measure of supporting the participation of these Arab states in any expansion of the AA should remain grounded on their joining without any concessions by Israel.  Peace for peace, and nothing more.

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President Trump brokered the historic Abraham Accords. Enabling Israel to normalize relations with the UAE, Bahrain, and later Morocco. Tragically, when President Biden came into office he appeased the Islamic Republican of Iran and the Palestinian Authority. Thereby halting the Abraham Accords. With President Trump in office, we will likely see the Abraham Accords get back on track. Kuwait may be the next country to join, and don’t be surprised if Saudi Arabia does the same before President Trump leaves office.

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September 18, 2026 | 12:13 pm | 1 Comment »

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Anger in Trump administration, Board of Peace over Israeli claim that Hamas will not be disarmed via peace plan  

PELONI: The Trump administration has no basis for being angered over the situation in Gaza.  They have set up the entire situation with a sliding deadline to have Hamas disarmed entirely, only to change the entire situation so that Hamas will be disarmed piecemeal, which was in turn changed a month ago to Hamas being disarmed within a month’s time which is being delayed further while blaming Israel fundamental failures existing in the 20 Point Plan.  Notably, the ineffectual manner in which this substantive aspect of Trump’s 20 Point Plan, which is literally Point #1 to be implemented in the plan, has only served to demonstrate that Trump’s plan lacks the means by which to force Hamas to be disarmed.  Hence, it is Hamas which has earned the anger which Kushner and the Trump administration are instead aiming at Netanyahu, as if he were responsible for the failing principles included in the Trump’s own 20 Point plan, when the truth, according to Kushner, is that this flawed plan was forced on Netanyahu as a consequence for the Qatar strike on Hamas.

BoP source claims assassinations of Hamas leaders ‘will not get rid of Hamas’

J. Micah HancockAll Israel News | Published: September 17, 2026

The current Israeli strategy of targeted assassinations of Hamas commanders and terrorists involved in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks “will not lead to the elimination of the organization,” a source close to the Board of Peace (BoP) says.

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September 18, 2026 | 12:05 pm | 1 Comment »

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THE FOUNDERS: How Christianity and Islam Appropriated Judaism  

Harry Liberman

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If you look strictly at recorded modern data of non-war terrorist incidents over the last 50 years where a religious title or slogan was actively used by the perpetrator to execute an attack, the documented death toll stands between 250,000 and 300,000 people globally.

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September 18, 2026 | 8:38 am | 2 Comments »

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October 7: A Deliberate Strategic Plan?  

PELONI:   The questions are known, and so long as the answers are ignored simple deductions will be drawn with or without a good basis.  While many complain that Bibi is at fault for the inquiries going unpursued, there have been two inquiries undertaken already with Bibi’s full compliance.  The reason that these inquiries were not completed and released to the public is due to orders from the military and the judiciary.  In the wake of the Sde Teiman affair in which the Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi who spread a blood libel againt the IDF, we are left to ponder as suggested below by Alexander Maistrovoy that “this was not merely an intelligence failure, but a calculated plot orchestrated by factions within the country’s own military and intelligence establishment.”  The corrosive effect of such conclusions makes the need all the more immediate for a careful, detailed and full investigation of the October 7 attack to be implemented with the interests and inquiries of all parties being included.  This is what the national camp has been pursuing, but it is so far blocked with the support of the opposition parties, placing this topic squarely on the ballot in October’s election.

For more on this topic, please read Avi Abelow’s recent report.

Alexander Maistrovoy | TOI Blogs | Sept 17, 2026

Pictured: Hamas gunmen capturing civilian hostages from Kibbutz Beéri on October 7 2023. Photo by Bodycam footage: No human authorship - WSJ, Public Domain, WikipediaPictured: Hamas gunmen capturing civilian hostages from Kibbutz Beéri on October 7 2023. Photo by Bodycam footage: No human authorship – WSJ, Public Domain, Wikipedia

On July 26, Dr. Avi Perry published an article titled ?”Was Haniyeh the double-agent behind October 7?”. Dr. Perry presents a convincing argument suggesting that ?Ismail Haniyeh may have acted as a double agent, successfully misleading Israeli intelligence regarding Hamas’s true strategic intentions. It is very possible that he is right.

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September 18, 2026 | 6:37 am | Comments »

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Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, the Ideology That Struck Us Is Winning  

By Adam Milstein | Sept

September 11 attacks in New York City: View of the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty.  Photo by National Park Service - Public Domain, LinkSeptember 11 attacks in New York City: View of the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty.  Photo by National Park Service – Public Domain, Link

Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, the Ideology That Struck Us Is Winning

On October 12, 2000, radical Islamist suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole off the coast of Yemen, killing 17 American sailors and wounding another 37. The Navy destroyer nearly sank.

A year later, twenty-five years ago, America woke up to a nightmare on our soil: nineteen terrorists, driven by the same radical Islamist ideology, had hijacked four airplanes and murdered nearly 3,000 people and injured another 6,000.

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September 18, 2026 | 12:04 am | Comments »

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Israel expands domestic ammunition production as uncertainty grows over US bomb supply  

Peloni: It is telling that the top Democrat in the US House of Representatives was forced to once again promote an antisemitic blood libel as the basis of his opposition to the latest arms sales to Israel.  As VP Vance is promoting his own libels against Israel, albeit he does so while suggesting Israel still has some value to the US, and Vance’s admittedly close friend Tucker Carlson continues to support noxious libels against Israel, it is important that Israel adopt a greater sense of independence from the US regarding its armaments.  In doing so, it will actually make the alliance between these two nations stronger, more vibrant, more reliable and more equitable.

All Israel News Staff | All Israel News | Published: September 17, 2026

27th Adir F35 arrival at Nevatim, August 2020. Photo by U.S. Embassy Jerusalem - DSC_0863SM, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9419461427th Adir F35 arrival at Nevatim, August 2020. Photo by U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – DSC_0863SM, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

Israel is expanding its ability to field domestically produced precision munitions as Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Lockheed Martin accelerate the integration of Rafael’s SPICE 1000 precision-guided weapon onto Israel’s F-35 fighter jets.

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Saudi Arabia increasingly threatened by Houthis’ advance  

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | Sept 16, 2026

satellite image shows smoke rising from the Saudi Aramco distribution centre after suffering Houthi attack. Screengrab via Youtube.Satellite image shows smoke rising from the Saudi Aramco distribution centre after suffering Houthi attack. Screengrab via Youtube.

A Houthi drone was destroyed before entering Mecca’s airspace around sunset on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia reported. It was the latest attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis against Saudi Arabia and indicates their intention to continue escalating the situation.

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