HEBRON TRIBAL INITIATIVE CHALLENGES PA LEGITIMACY – POTENTIAL REGIONAL REVERBERATIONS  

By MUDAR ZAHRAN- Secretary General of the Jordanian Opposition Coalition 

 1. Background: The Hebron-based Jaabari clan, central to the emirate initiative, remains one of the city’s most influential and numerous families. Security sources estimate the tribe maintains access to approximately 30,000 weapons, primarily assault rifles, held collectively among its members.

 2. The family has historically demonstrated a cooperative posture toward the Israeli government and the IDF. In 1967, tribal elder Mohammad al-Jaabari notably received the first Israeli military jeep to enter Hebron and subsequently hosted the Israeli Minister of Defense at his residence.

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July 8, 2025 | 6:22 pm | 2 Comments »

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Netanyahu and Trump praise opportunities for peace after Iran strikes, Gaza hostage deal still uncertain  

Netanyahu and Trump still pursuing options for voluntary migration from Gaza

By Reuters – SCMP , CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump met for dinner at the White House Monday evening amid efforts to secure a hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza and attempts by Washington to resume talks with Iran following the Israeli and U.S. strikes on nuclear sites in the Islamic Republic.

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David Wurmser discusses what to Expect from Trump-Bibi meeting  

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Houthi Terror Sites Targeted in Widespread IAF Strikes  

Massive overnight operation targets Iranian-backed threats after continued missile and drone attacks on Israel.

Israfan | July 7, 2025

In a powerful show of force and precision, the Israeli Air Force launched a major overnight offensive against Houthi terror infrastructure across Yemen. The operation, involving around 20 aircraft and over 50 precision-guided munitions, targeted strategic facilities in the ports of Al Hudaydah, Ras Isa, and Salif, as well as the Ras Kanatib power plant.

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Trump admin prosecuting one of the few doctors who honored his Hippocratic Oath to ‘Do No Harm’ during Covid madness  

Peloni:  And while Dr. Moore is being persecuted, not a single pharmacist is being charged who withheld prescribed medical treatments such as, but not limited to, ivermectin from needy patients.  Not a single person has been charged in the attempt to manipulate research to indicate hydroxychloroquine was dangerous to patients suffering from Covid.  Not a single person is being charged following the documented effort to deceive the entire world of the obvious lab leak nature of Covid origin.

Senseless policies proscribing innocuous and efficacious medicine while weaponizing and perverting scientific research led to upside down policies where men such as Dr. Moore sit in the dock facing what would be tantamount to a life sentence, while men such as Collins and Fauci roam free, with their wealth intact and their freedom unhampered.  This should serve as a grotesque commentary on both the judicial and medical standards of America in the age of Covid.  Dr. Moore should go free, and instead of charging him with conspiracy and malfeasance, he should be placed in a position of authority where he would be able to abandon the the felonious policies which threaten him with a fate he does not deserve.  The courage and resolve of men such as Dr. Moore should be harnessed to lead the future, rather than being shackled for serving the oath of ‘Do No Harm’.

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From Israel: Saved Again at the Last Minute??  

Arlene Kushner | July 6, 2025

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As I write, the news is replete with information about a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. This ceasefire was one proposed by US Envoy Steve Witkoff, with “adjustments” made by Qatar to render it more palatable to Hamas.

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If Israel Maintains a Military Presence in Gaza, Especially Along The Philadelphi Corridor, Egypt Will Likely Suspend Camp David Within the Next Six Months  

And the Script for Confrontation Is Already Being Written

Khaled Hassan, The Grand Strategy,  July 7,2025

Picture this. You’re the president of a nation on the brink. Decades of decay have hollowed out your country. The economy? A carcass picked clean. Healthcare and education? Crumbling faster than cheap plaster. For ten long years, you’ve peddled the same promise to your weary people: “Hold fast. Prosperity is just months away.” A gleaming future, you swore. A standard of living they could scarcely imagine.

Fast forward to 2025. The dream’s a nightmare.

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Can tribal leaders in Hebron bring peace with Israel?  

The fact that the Sons of Iraq or the leaders of Jordan and Iraq emerged under US and British support, illustrate that these tribal structures often require outside support.

Seth J. Frantzman

A recent article at The Jerusalem Post speaks about meeting with the top Hebron sheikh who wants to pull out of Palestinian Authority. The article claims that Sheikh Wadee’ al-Jaabari is the leader of Hebron’s most influential clan. Now “and four other leading Hebron sheikhs have signed a letter pledging peace and full recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.”

A letter has even been drafted. Jaabari has reached out to Israeli officials, the report says. Eight sheikhs are “believed to lead 204,000 local residents.”

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July 8, 2025 | 12:15 am | 4 Comments »

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Mark Levin’s July 6 Show  

Peloni:  In his opening segment Mark explores the political and cultural aspects of the recent violent protests against the American way of life.  He begins with an interview with Adam Sohn of the Network Contagion Research Institute about influence peddling in the US by foreign enemies. Sohn explains that 50% of all foreign money going to US universities over the past 40yrs, $58 billion in total, was donated in just the last 4yrs without any knowledge of how that money was spent by the universities. He explains that Qatar and China are by far the greatest sources of these donations. Notably, as Qatar funds Hamas, they have been funding US colleges, many of which have campuses in Qatar. Sohn also shares that there are a network of recognized terrorist organizations which have manipulated their way into being US non-profit organizations. Due to the rules and regulations guiding the universities being ignored, and the simultaneous infiltration of the US non-profit organizations, these terrorist groups are promoting their radical ideology among universities as well as grade schools.

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Do Not Rely on Egypt or Any Arab State to Bring Security to Gaza  

Peloni: Indeed, what the Arabs states will endure to secure their own regimes in their own lands, they will not do to secure the Jewish people in Israel.  Arab interests revolve around their own national well being, not around that of Israel.  Failing to appreciate this point will only lead to bad outcomes, once again.

by Khaled Abu Toameh  •  July 7, 2025 at 5:00 am

By turning a blind eye to the massive smuggling industry, Egypt significantly contributed to transforming the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip into a major base for Islamist terrorism, paving the way for the October 7 attack on Israel. Pictured: A large Hamas tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, beneath the Philadelphi Corridor, discovered by the Israeli military on August 4, 2024.

  • There are also concerns that the tunnels could be used to smuggle terrorists into Gaza.

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How Israel Achieved its Objectives in Iran  

Let us count the ways.

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Photo by Davidi Vardi Pikiwiki Israel, CC BY 2.5, Wikipedia

The Institute for the Study of War, a nonpartisan group based in the United States, has issued its report on Israel’s achievements in its 12-day war with Iran. Dozens of nuclear facilities were damaged by Israel, while three of them — Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow — were also attacked by the Americans, with the first two “destroyed,”and the last “severely damaged” (or, according to the administration, “totally obliterated”) on June 22. More on what the IDF accomplished in its brief war with Iran can be found here: “Israel ‘Achieved Its Objectives’ in Iran Operation, Says Leading War Studies Think Tank,” by Jack Elbaum, Algemeiner, June 26, 2025:

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Trump-Netanyahu confab to celebrate military ops against Iran, focus on reshaping Middle East  

Peloni:  Highly recommended article.  Alex Traiman provides a broad overview of the potential purposes of the coming White House visit by Netanyahu, while providing a broad 30K foot overview of where things stand in the region and how Trump and Netanyahu have been working towards an unltimate vision of remaking the Middle East into a more peaceful region which might also become more independent of the political swings emanating inside the shifting fortunes of American politics.

President Donald Trump and senior staff greet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, April 7, 2025, in the West Wing Lobby of the White House. (By The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

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The spies among us: processing the incomprehensible  

Peloni:  Crimes must be treated as criminal with penalties equivalent to the crime.  Awarding less than an equivalent penalty on such a serious and far reaching crime as treason, only serves to encourage it all the more.  Notably, there is no greater crime than to raise treason against ones own country, as it is an assault on every man, woman and child in the nation with a single act of treason, and in this time of war in Israel, the cost of such actions as would give aid and comfort to the Iranians should merit nothing less than the most severe penalties possible.

A spate of cases of has Israelis shaking their heads with disbelief and disgust. What should we do?’

'Beware of Spies' World War I propaganda poster (14603583360)The poster was used during World War I by authorities to remind people to be on their guard and to stay vigilant and report anything suspicious. The poster is from our Army Department archive collection. Archives New Zealand Reference: AD1 44/283. (Photo by Archives New Zealand from New Zealand – ‘Beware of Spies’ World War I propaganda poster, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia)

Since October 7th we have seen Israel at its best: thousands upon thousands of heroic soldiers engaged in breathtaking, unprecedented military heroism and success, supported by a resolute, resilient and in its way no less heroic homefront.

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Chikli Addresses Netanayahu on Eve of His Washington Trip  

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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CRITICISM OF SMITHSONIAN EXHIBITS  

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Image by Paul J. Scheips – This image has been extracted from another file, Public Domain, Wikipedia

I wouldn’t be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It’s become part of our culture, those characters.  Joe Mantegna

To found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.  James Smithson, Founder of the Smithsonian

President Donald Trump has expressed criticism towards Smithsonian exhibits, particularly in the context of what he and his administration perceive as promoting “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology”.

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