Peloni: William Wolf of the Middle East Radio Forum talks with Eileen Toplansky about her recent article on Jew Hatred in the medical world.

Peloni:  MBS had an important opportunity to form a coalition against the Houthis with UAE several months ago, and instead they chose to literally bomb the UAE out of Yemen.  It was a significant self owned error for which Riyahd is now facing a war with the Houthis with limited choices.  As Christine Douglass-Williams notes below, the Saudis have a history of being at war with the Houthis, and it is a humiliating tale of defeat followed by defeat.  It will be interesting to see if Riyadh is capable of changing that trend in the coming conflict.

By Christine Douglass-Williams | Aug 3, 2026

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

The Houthi are also now working alongside Iran to “charge ships to transit the Bab el-Mandeb in the Red Sea, threatening another waterway after Tehran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.”

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Avi Abelow

Montreal Kosher Restaurant Burned in Suspected Arson

Recently, I walked through two beautiful European cities with ancient Jewish histories.t

Today, both communities are only a shadow of what they once were.

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Israel has conveyed “serious security concerns” to the White House over the proposed US-backed Hamas disarmament agreement, saying it will not withdraw troops from Gaza until the militant group fully surrenders its weapons.

FP News Desk | Aug 03, 2026

Debris from Israeli target attack in Gaza. Screengrab via Youtube.

Israel has informed the White House that it has “serious security concerns” about the proposed US-backed Hamas disarmament agreement, arguing that the militant group could rebuild its military capabilities if Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza too soon.

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The removal of US Patriot systems could leave Iraqi Kurdistan more vulnerable after nearly 1,000 missiles and drones targeted the region since February.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | AUGUST 2, 2026

The autonomous Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq has been attacked by around 1,000 missiles and drones since February, when the US and Israeli war on Iran began on February 28.

This has impacted the Kurdistan region greatly, leading to deaths and injuries of dozens of people and causing energy companies to suspend operations. Now the region faces a potential new challenge as US forces may be reducing their presence.

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Peloni:  The focus on ending the fighting while announcing peace in our time solves nothing but a return to mowing the grass policies which led to October 7.  A real achievement would come from enacting Trump’s emigration policy and from Israel settlement and permanent control of Gaza.  This current plan is so far from achieving peace that it seems not to bother the Peace Processors in the slightest that the latest proposal which they are now considering to the already adopted UNSC Resolution 2803 is a complete abandonment and reversal of the substantive aspects of the plan enshrined in 2803.  While noting that Resolution 2803 had no chance of achieving the peace it was claimed to bring about, it is clear that the latest crop of Peace Processors are as anxious as the previous Peace Processors in simply wanting something on which to stake a claim of victory, while the actual terms of the agreement are significantly less relevant.

Mosab Hassan Yousef | X

Board of Peace Charter Announcement and Signing Ceremony January 2026. By President.az, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

Trump thinks Hamas disarming would solve the problem in Gaza.

Here’s what he needs to understand.

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Peloni:  This continues to be a shocking betrayal of justice, in which an unrepentant terrorist inspires future slaughters of innocents while celebrating her past success in the Sbarro Pizza Massacre while literally only lamenting that the slaughter had not been more than the list of 15 dead and 130 wounded.  This craven butcheress needs to be brought to justice.  The Jordanian govt which historically receives the largest economic assistance from the US, is today only outdistanced by Ukraine in this respect.  America also provides a significant source of security and economic benefit of multiple bases in Jordan.

It should be recalled that in May 2020, Rubio was particularly vocal while joining a group of Republican members of Congress while sending a formal request to the Jordanian Ambassador to the United States demanding the extradition of Tamimi, warning that Jordan’s refusal to comply with the 1995 extradition treaty could trigger US sanctions. Rubio also backed linking US economic aid to Jordan’s cooperation on extradition, and was particularly vocal in threatening concrete consequences like sanctions.  As the Secretary of State, Rubio now has the authority to enforce the very consequences which he has previously advanced, and it is well past time that such actions as these be taken to bring Tamimi to justice.

Please consider signing the petition demanding justice for the victims of the Sbarro Pizza Massacre and see the interview of Malki Roths father

Malki Roth. Courtesy of the Roth Family

This week is the 25^th anniversary of one of the most horrific terror attacks in Israel during what is referred to as the Second Intifada. During the period from late 2000 through the first half of 2005, more than 1000 Israelis were killed and several thousand wounded as a result of countless Palestinian Arab suicide bombings, shootings, stabbings, and more. While hardly a week went by without some such terror attack, the August 9, 2001 bombing of the Sbarro pizza restaurant in central Jerusalem remains one of the most vivid and vulgar, still today.

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Jafaj.net | 2026-08-02

Egyptian Tanks Massing on Israel Border. February 2, 2025. Screengrab via Youtube.

1. A Washington source has confirmed to JAFAJ that Israel can no longer rule out the possibility of a war with Egypt within the next few years. According to the source, Israeli officials have already shared their concerns extensively with the Trump administration.

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By Ari Busel
Translated by Peloni

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For three and a half years, Israel went through five rounds of elections, each time with the same result as the others. Yet most ironically, the final outcome was one of the most stable governments the State of Israel has had in recent decades—a government that completed its full term.

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Dr. David Wurmser provides an assessment of recent developments surrounding the latest proposed Gaza agreement, broader regional diplomacy, and the strategic balance in the Middle East.

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Peloni:  Min. Chikli speaks to a matter that I have been warning about for some time.  The parties on the Right are risking the potential loss of many seats, something that contrasts significantly with how the Right approached the election lists in the last election.  If precautions are not put in place to conserve national camp votes, there will be no landslide victory for the right, even if the public vote for one.

Israel Minister of Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli | X |Aug 2, 2026

The event surrounding the small parties on the right is becoming very, very dangerous for the national camp.

To the whole group warming up on the sidelines, I strongly recommend learning the lessons of the Zehut party and the New Right party, not to mention the lessons of the 1992 elections with the Tehiya party, whose failure to pass the electoral threshold paved the way for the Oslo catastrophe.

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Peloni:  Is there really no part of America which is being Islamized?

By Pamela Geller | August 2, 2026

Congressman Randy Fine: They lecture us about “separation of church and state” while funneling your tax dollars into a Muslim-only DEI commission.

No religious group gets preferential treatment with our money.

Not now. Not ever.

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Peloni:  Rabbi Pesach Wolicki takes us thru a careful comparison of what was originally included in Trump’s 20 Point Plan, and what is now being proposed to replace it, and this new proposal is replacing Trump’s original plan not implementing it, and the distinguishing aspects of the former and the latter are significant. See a list of the changes below.

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• Sequential requirements changed to simultaneous implementation
  • The original plan required Hamas to fulfill obligations before Israel or other parties moved to later stages.
  • The roadmap changes many of these requirements into parallel, simultaneous, and negotiated processes rather than strict prerequisites.

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Peloni:  This article provides a deep dive into the antagonism between Trump and Erdogan, as well as Trump’s eerily kind words praising the Turkish president despite the contrasting outlooks which both nations have in the region.

Erdogan stands as a regional threat to stability, and this includes his opposition to both his Arab neighbors, Israel, and America.  While Trump’s rhetoric paints a different picture, the reality is that it was Trump’s own State Dept which blocked the sale of F-35s to Turkey, and in doing so, he made clear his recognition of the threat which would come from expanding Erdogan’s power in the region.  As to his call to have Turkish troops included in the ISF in Gaza, this was never a real point of discussion because of the political impossibility which would come from such a move for Bibi.  Hence, Bibi was never going to agree to any force from or associated with Turkey.

Who is in political and militazry confrontation with Israel, Greece, and Cyprus in an attempt to re-establish the Ottoman Empire and hegemony in the Middle East.

By: Yigal Carmon | MEMRI.org | July 31, 2026

Trump meets Erdogan at the White House. Screengrab via BBC.

At a June 11, 2026 White House press conference, a reporter asked U.S. President Donald Trump to comment on the possibility of tensions arising between Israel and Turkey. Referring to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, President Trump replied that he “is a good friend of mine, and we’ve worked very well together, I like him a lot – I’m not supposed to say that because now the press will say ‘oh, he likes Erdo?an.’ Now he’s a hell of a leader, and a strong person – very strong person… I don’t think that will happen with Turkey, not as long as I’m president, because he respects me and I respect him, but beyond that, we have a good friendship, so you know, we’ll see.”[1]

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While Tehran recognizes Washington’s desire to avoid a confrontation, Israel is still waiting for American protection. The conclusion: Israel must prepare for the day after the US president.

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser

President Donald Trump speaks with members of the press at the White House, Sept. 15, 2025. Harrison Koeppel / Official White House Photo via Flickr / United States Government Work

Anyone with eyes in their head, and the Iranians have both eyes and a head on their shoulders, understands that US President Donald Trump does not want to resume the war against Iran. Trump has already forgotten why he went to war in the first place.

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Peloni:  This is an important  article in which Jonathan Tobin addresses a letter sent to President Donald Trump by 550 retired Israeli military and intelligence officers from Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS), which is a political document rather than an objective security assessment. Tobin clarifies that the well reported epidemic of “settler violence” is exaggerated towards the purpose of applying pressure to the Israeli government, weaken Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of elections, and revive support for policies associated with the Oslo era and a two-state solution, ie, the creation of a second Palestinian state.

Tobin notes that the campaign has gained traction among many American Jews and commentators despite overlooking the Palestinian Authority’s continued financial support for terrorism and the broader context of persistent Arab attacks against Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.  He further explains that many incidents categorized as “settler violence” include actually lawful activities, acts of self-defense, or counterterrorism operations, while genuine criminal acts by a small minority face prosecution under Israeli laws.

Tobin notes that the “Settler Violence” canard is being manipulated to delegitimize Jewish communities beyond the Green Line, encourage U.S. pressure on Israel, and undermine Netanyahu’s coalition. In closing, Tobin concludes that retired military officials are far from politically neutral, and warns against accepting their accusations without critical analysis.  He also argues that reviving the “land for peace” policies would result in simultaneously reviving the repeat mistakes that contributed to past violence, which we need only look back to what came in the aftermath of Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.

When Israelis ask Washington to take action against Jews in Judea and Samaria, followed by Bret Stephens and the WSJ, they are ignoring the context of Arab terrorism and attempting an end run around democracy for political reasons

Jonathan S. Tobin | Published: Aug 2, 2026

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/431108

UPDATE: The IRGC news group Fars News is reporting that “no agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the waterway will remain closed as long as the U.S. continues what it described as hostile actions.”

Peloni:  Should we laugh or cry on what seems to be the latest retelling of an all too familiar and recurring story of threats of war being cancelled on promises of a future deal with only the US, and not Iran, describing the Iranians as having agreed to the latest hudna under consideration.  We will see what comes from this, but in truth we have seen this story several times now over the past many months, and it is nearly identical in every way, not least with an American ‘partner’ desperately acting as Iran’s spokesman while Iran remains as mute as ever on any concessions which they are willing to make. Prepare for two weeks of more negotiations which is only addressing what had already been negotiated back in June.  Gen. Jack Keane has noted that the US negotiation strategy is not working, a fact which could hardly be missed by the most unobservant of analysts, but the fact that we are back to square one in arguing over the underlying basis of the MOU all over again only serves to suggest that something more substantiveis taking place while these unproductive negotiations continue to be at least the public focus of Trump’s efforts.

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Following several days of anticipation of a resumption of U.S. military action in Iran, President Donald Trump announced early Sunday morning that the U.S. would “hold off any attack,” saying the parameters of a deal have been reached.

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Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | August 2, 2026

*The 47, -year-war launched against the US by the Ayatollah regime, since 1979, predates – and is independent of – any specific US President or policy, as demonstrated during the Administrations of Carter and Reagan, Obama and Bush, Biden and Trump. 

*The 47-year-track record of the Ayatollah regime – as underscored in its Constitution, school curriculum and mosque sermons – provides a body of evidence that the regime’s core Shiite orientation highlights anti-Americanism as a foundational pillar of identity, rather than a temporary foreign policy.

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