Will Trump Oppose Israeli Land Reform?  

Peloni:  Trump has repeatedly asserted that he will oppose the ‘annexation’ of the ‘West Bank’.  Israel has never expressed interest in annexing it’s own land, and Judea and Samaria are Israeli lands which have simply awaited the extension of Israeli law in these lands.  Hence, the double pejorative included in the rhetoric expressed in previous statements by Trump lack a clear bearing on the question of whether Jews should be precluded in buying land in the Jewish heartlands of Judea and Samaria simply because they are Jews.  Is the most pro-Israel President in history about to tell Jews that they can not buy land in Israel because they are Jews?  The land reform approved yesterday by the Security cabinet has nothing to do with annexing anything.  It simply has to do with ending antisemitic doctrines which have been left enforced in the Jewish state for decades.  Notably, among other relevant acts, Trump led the way for Jews and African Americans to join private nightclubs in exclusive Palm Beach Fl.  Recognizing this important role which Trump played in fighting for Jewish rights, something which he has been quite proud of referencing, will he now allow himself to be manipulated into fighting to restrict the rights of Jews from purchasing land parcels inside the Jewish state?  I think the clarity of this context will be distasteful to Trump and his base.  So we will see how far will Trump go to satisfy his Arab ‘partners’.

 

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Channel 14 Exclusive: Force 500 is Hamas Ploy Against Disarmament  

Peloni:  This is what comes from giving terrorists unlimited control to organize over five months and counting.   As the Peace Processors continue to apply less rationale or scrutiny than would be applied in a divorce proceeding, their attempts at social engineering a new round of ‘peace’ will only lead to more terror and greater slaughters.

Roamnrab: Just as I have been saying since day one of Trump’s Gaza Nebka!

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How history repeats itself: Lessons from Menachem Begin  

We see where the world is going and the dangers for the Jewish people.

Ronn Torossian | Feb 10, 2026

Among the many fascinating factors of maintaining offices in Metzuzat Ze’ev (Ze’ev’s Fortress) on King George Street in Tel Aviv, which has long served as the ideological and administrative headquarters of Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s movement, including Revisionist Zionism, Betar and the Herut/Likud movement, is how often Jewish history repeats itself.

The building, which started as a Betar club, was renamed the Jabotinsky Institute. As when Betar became illegal during battles to remove the British from our land, it was clear that a museum—an archives—for Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the leader of the Revisionist movement, couldn’t be removed or made illegal.

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February 10, 2026 | 7:49 pm | Comments »

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Now it’s official: Where was the Air Force on October 7?  

Yossi Baum | X Feb 8, 2026

Screengrab via Youtube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcV7yNecnJk&t=87sScreengrab via Youtube.

Netanyahu’s document officially revealed: Although Netanyahu declared war in the early morning hours of October 7, the declaration *was not implemented* until late at night (actually until October 8). The reason: The Defense Ministry and the Defense Ministry claimed – contrary to the law – that Netanyahu had no authority to declare war, so to speak.

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February 10, 2026 | 7:23 pm | Comments »

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Islamic Assassins Without Borders  

Peloni:  Anni Cyrus asks the right question, why is America dealing with terrorists.  A better question is why is America funding terrorists.  From UNRWA to the PA and likely soon to include whatever takes shape in Gaza, American dollars would be better spent at home than in the blood soaked hands of these terror groups.

The full hour length video can be seen HERE

 

February 10, 2026 | 7:04 pm | Comments »

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From Israel: The Lunacy and the Challenge!!  

Peloni:  An important look at the nuanced perspectives on why the Americans have it all wrong and are being misled.  Highly recommended reading.

Arlene Kushner | February 10, 2026Crystal Ball. Image via UnsplashCrystal Ball. Image via Unsplash
Lunacy seems a fitting term to describe the current status of the face-off between the US and Iran. The challenge for us here in Israel is to do our best to understand what is going on and what we are likely to expect moving forward. This is no small feat: it is, in fact, an undertaking of the first order.

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US praises Lebanese army for discovering Hezbollah weapons tunnel, while terror group touts its own ‘military strength’  

Peloni:  The LAF was tasked last year to disarm Hezbollah, and despite this being their objective, the US is now heralding the LAF having simply identified Hezbollah weapons depots while ignoring their mandate to disarm Hezbollah.  It isn’t that the impossibility of the LAF fulfilling their primary objective is not known to the US, it is that Lebanon’s capture by Hezbollah is treated as an inconvenient truth which is constantly ignored by the Americans who continue to confer bipartisan support (read as nearly half a billion dollars in 2024 and another quarter billion dollars in 2025) for Lebanon.

 

Hezbollah tunnel was found south of Litani, where Lebanese army claimed terror group’s presence had ended

U.S. Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper praised the Lebanese Armed Forces for discovering a massive weapons depot belonging to Hezbollah on Monday, several days after a visit of the LAF commander revealed tensions with the U.S.

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Dear Mr. President, Please Reconsider Your Policies Towards America’s Most Loyal Allies in the Middle East…  

by Gerald A. Honigman

With the various Islamist Arab and Arabized Iranian jihadi slaughter of Kurds and Iranians once again making news, along with that of black African, Druze, Assyrian and other Middle Eastern Christian victims as well, as a NPA Independent who voted for you twice, and via published articles have encouraged others to do so as well, I’d like to share some thoughts with you regarding the plight and quest for justice for the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) various peoples.

To help provide you with some credentials, my work on these topics has been placed on recommended reference lists in such places as Paris’s acclaimed Institut d’etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), and Georgetown, the American University of Beirut, Cornell, NYU, UF, Wesleyan, Penn State, Kobe University, UC-Irvine, the main library system of the Abraham Accords’s United Arab Emirates, and numerous other universities are using my published works as well.

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February 10, 2026 | 11:51 am | Comments »

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Zelensky on a Mission from God  

By Alexander G. Markovsky

Soviet POWs covering a mass grave after the Babi Yar massacre, October 1, 1941.  Photo by Johannes Hähle - http://history.kby.kiev.ua/publication/illu_b15.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107741041Soviet POWs covering a mass grave after the Babi Yar massacre, October 1, 1941. Photo by Johannes Hähle – History.kby.kiev.ua, Public Domain, Wikipedia

It’s been said that God acts in mysterious ways. In Judaism, the belief that vengeance belongs to God is rooted in the verse, “It is Mine to avenge; I will repay,” declares God (Deut. 32:35). From this perspective, it is plausible that to implement the God’s will and exact vengeance on Ukrainians for the atrocious crimes committed against Jews over the centuries, God has brought Vladimir Zelensky down to Earth and made him the President of Ukraine.

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February 10, 2026 | 7:25 am | 6 Comments »

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I DON’T RECOGNIZE MY AMERICA ANYMORE!  

By Kelleigh Nelson

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people. Roy T. Bennett, author of The Light in the Heart

Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.  Dennis Prager

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe; through kindness his throne is made secure. King Solomon

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February 10, 2026 | 5:29 am | 4 Comments »

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Groundhog Day all over again  

Peloni:  The peace processors only exert leverage on Israel, and by doing so every step forward is another step back to October 6.  The same mistakes ignore the same realities, and the result of this is the further cost in Jewish lives and regional wars.  As Moshe explains, it is time to learn from the mistakes of the past rather than reliving them all over again with different trimmings.

Opening the Rafah border crossing while Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad continue to be fully armed benefits the terrorists more than anyone.

Moshe Phillips | Feb 9, 2026

“Gaza Crossing to Egypt Reopens in Step Forward for Fragile Cease-Fire,” celebrated The New York Times on Feb. 2, Groundhog Day. And just like the 1993 Bill Murray film of the same name, it feels like we are seeing the same thing occur yet again.

Only this is real life and far from funny. It’s deadly serious. Opening the Rafah border crossing while Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad continue to be fully armed benefits the terrorists more than anyone.

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February 9, 2026 | 8:55 pm | 3 Comments »

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US To Pay United Nations Billions  

Peloni:  This was a very disappointing surrender by the Trump administration.  Required reforms at the UN must include more than simply cutting spending and waste.  There is real and substantive abuse of power wielded from the UN, from the highest echelons including the UN Secretary General, to UN envoys, to UN institutions which wield influence around the world.  Antisemitism and anti-Westernism is the hallmark of policies pushed thru by the UN to such a degree that it should be dismantled from top to bottom, or at least be left unfunded til such reforms are demonstrated as evidence that these biases have been addressed.  Instead, there seems to be not even a mention of dealing with the institutionalized systemic abuses inherent in the entire United Nations system.  Very regretful.

Mark Tanos Contributor | Daily Caller

Mike Waltz with Scott Bessent and Pete Hegseth. Photo by The White House - https://www.flickr.com/photos/202101414@N05/54350762981/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=162574382Mike Waltz with Scott Bessent and Pete Hegseth. Photo by The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia

The Trump administration will send an initial payment toward billions in overdue United Nations dues within weeks.

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February 9, 2026 | 8:14 pm | 3 Comments »

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Frank Gaffney with Rabbi Pesach Wolicki & Debbie Georgatos  

20min. Video

Peloni:  Topics discussed include Iranian Negotiations, Carlson’s claims of Christian abuse in Israel and Sharia in the US

February 9, 2026 | 7:53 pm | Comments »

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Trump has not learned the Iranian lesson  

Peloni:  Trump has one, and only one, opportunity to change the situation regarding Iran, and negotiations play no role in what is needed.  Clear Red Lines, which hold the commitment of Trump’s will to enforce them, would prove decisive in dealing with Iran.   Instead, Trump’s repeated moving goalposts only play to the strengths of the Mullahs who have slaughtered their people, expanded their missile arsenal, openly threatened Trump, his administration, and his armed forces, while holding to their demands of continuing their nuclear ambitions in one form or another.  Hence, if Trump has assembled the largest military force in the region in decades only to bluff the Mullahs into surrendering, the Mullahs have already won, even as Trump will come to claim victory for the faux wins which might be promised by the Mullahs across the negotiating table.

To date, President Trump has not truly negotiated with anyone. Instead, he has dictated his will to countries dependent on him, with one exception: Russia, over ending the war in Ukraine, negotiations that, as is well known, have gone nowhere.

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser | Published on  Feb 9, 2026

Donald Trump speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America - Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42647710Donald Trump speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

Only a few weeks ago, it appeared that the fate of the regime in Tehran was sealed. A sweeping popular protest by masses of Iranians flooded the streets, and it seemed poised to topple the Iranian regime, despite its attempts to drown the demonstrators in rivers of blood.

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February 9, 2026 | 7:17 pm | Comments »

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Banning the Moslem Brotherhood – A Good Start, But Only a First Step  

Peloni:  Western rejection of the Muslim Brotherhood must become universal and complete.  Arab govts whose stated ideology reflect not only an animus for Western values, but a goal of subjugating them through coercive, if not militant means, should gain at least an equal focus of US sanctions and criminal prosecution as those in Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon, if not more so as they are weaponizing financial support in the US towards the complete perversion of the values on which the US and the West are based.  So, as Jonathan Feldstein suggests, Trump’s initial ban is only a first step which needs to be followed with additional steps, both in the US and around the world.

Jonathan Feldstein

In a riveting conversation on the “Inspiration from Zion” from a panel of experts dissected the Moslem Brotherhood (MB)—an extremist Islamist organization whose tentacles stretch from the Middle East to the West and around the world. Featuring expert panelists Yisrael Ne’eman, a lecturer and author on Middle East nationalism and terrorism, and Mudar Zahran, a Jordanian-Palestinian politician leading the Jordanian Opposition Coalition, the discussion illuminated the MB’s origins, enduring and corrupting influence, contemporary threats, and strategies for its eradication. The catalyst for the conversation was the recent U.S. executive order (November 20205) designating MB “chapters” illegal, but asking the question why not ban all its elements. The week of the webinar the US made it official, branding MB branches in Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon as terrorist entities. This is a critical development but only a first step.

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Palestinian Authority admits UNRWA is political and needed to ‘flood Israel’ with Palestinian refugees  

By | Feb 6, 2026

UNRWA symbol.  Photo by The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, United Nations - Website and publications of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75118758Photo by The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, United Nations – Website and publications of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Public Domain, Wikipedia

UNRWA was long ago fully infiltrated by jihadists. Now comes another open admission from the Palestinian Authority. “Palestinian Authority again admits UNRWA is political,” by Ephraim D. Tepler and Itamar Marcus, Palestinian Media Watch, February 4, 2026:

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Land Acknowledgements, in the US and in Israel  

by Walter E. Block

What, pray tell, is a Land Acknowledgement? It is a public statement made by woke land owners. In such a declaration they in effect maintain that they do not really own the territory to which they have legal title. In effect, they opine that while, indeed, they hold rights to their properties, these are not really justified. Instead, in justice, in their opinion, their legally held terrain properly belongs to the descendants of those who occupied the land in question thousands, maybe tens of thousands of years ago.

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February 9, 2026 | 1:01 pm | 2 Comments »

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