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Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. By Eytan2009 - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=161268763 [Cropped]Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. By Eytan2009 – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia [Cropped]

The IDF Chief of Staff just decided to give 1 million NIS to a senior IDF official who deserves to be in jail for the rest of her life.

I have been writing about this from the moment it broke.

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August 28, 2026 | 12:56 am | Comments »

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Democrats are waking up to American far left’s antisemitism problem  

Peloni:  How ironic that with only 4 primaries left in the Democratic party, the Democratic leadership is crawling from its hole where it sat silent while the DSA was gaining ground across the country and throughout the party.  While some might suggest that it is better late than never, it is important to counter with the reality that this should be understood to be merely part of the normal political process in which, with the primaries behind them, the Dems are now running towards the political center, hoping to salvage the support of the independent voters to help the already chosen candidates win in the general election.  Indeed, change within the Democratic party, if it is truly coming, will not be seen in this political season, as the candidates for that radicalized institution have already been chosen.

David Brody | All Israel News | Published: August 27, 2026

Hasan Piker speaking at a rally for Chris Rabb in Philadelphia, PA on 30 April 2026. By Morgan.rice.bassline.design - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=190850637Hasan Piker speaking at a rally for Chris Rabb in Philadelphia, PA on 30 April 2026. By Morgan.rice.bassline.designOwn work, CC BY 4.0, Link

For months, much of the Democratic Party seemed determined to look the other way when it came to Hasan Piker. Not anymore. He can’t avoid the spotlight now.

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August 28, 2026 | 12:43 am | Comments »

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Abdul El-Sayed’s ‘Are you circumcised?’ blunder could cost Dems — and create greater party fracture  

Peloni: Oy gevalt!  There is truly no borderline within the Democratic party which will not be broken in preference of maintaining faith between the allegiance of the Red-Green Alliance.  America must show these reprobates the political cold shoulder which they have so righteously earned, and should this fail to be the consequence for such brazen advocacy of Jew Hatred, misogyny and anti-Americanism, the world will come to be a far darker, more tragic and less vibrant place than has been the case over what has come to be known as the American century.  The future is on the line in the coming election in America, and while this is always true of every election everywhere, the coming American election in particular carries with it decisions pregnant with the legitimization of targeting of whole swaths of American society.

By  Bethany Mandel | NYP | Published Aug. 25, 2026

US Senate candidate for michigan Abdul El-Sayed meets voters at Michigan Technological University. October 22, 2025. Phot by Conlan Houston - https://www.flickr.com/photos/197161005@N08/54882386231/, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=177428646US Senate candidate for michigan Abdul El-Sayed meets voters at Michigan Technological University. October 22, 2025. Photo by Conlan Houston – Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

There are sentences one expects to hear in a United States Senate campaign.

And then there are sentences that, until Monday night, had probably never been uttered during one.

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August 27, 2026 | 11:27 pm | Comments »

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Israel orders Dutch officials to leave Gaza coordination center over ‘anti-Israel’ measures  

Peloni:  I would suggest that Sa’ar next do the same to England, but it seems that this is already under consideration due to their outrageous demand for the E1 building project to be set aside.  Likewise, Israel should send all Europeans home who share in these outrageous diplomatic catcalls and sanctions threats in support of preserving the creation of a second Palestinian state.

All Israel News Staff | Published: August 26, 2026

Secretary Marco Rubio meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Jerusalem, Israel, February 16, 2025. Photo by U.S. Department of State - https://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/54331141609/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=159860308Secretary Marco Rubio meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Jerusalem, Israel, February 16, 2025. Photo by U.S. Department of State – https://www.flickr.com/photos/9364837@N06/54331141609/, Public Domain, Link

Israel on Tuesday instructed Dutch officials to leave the U.S.-backed Gaza Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, citing what Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar described as “anti-Israel” measures by the Dutch government.

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August 27, 2026 | 10:38 pm | 3 Comments »

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US’ Leading Force-Multiplier: The Israel Factor  

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettiinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | August 27, 2026

Six Day War. An Israeli troop carrier on the east bank of the Suez Canal opposite Ismailia. By Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59600158Six Day War. An Israeli troop carrier on the east bank of the Suez Canal opposite Ismailia. By Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

According to Prof. Walter Russell Mead, a leading historian of US foreign policy, “Israel did not grow strong because it had an American alliance. It acquired an American alliance because it had grown strong.”

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August 27, 2026 | 5:53 pm | Comments »

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U.S. Sanctions Palestine Action And Masar Badil As NGO Monitor Urges Europe To Follow  

Peloni:  As is true with the sanctions on Iran, the sanctions placed on the Palestine Action must be airtight, preventing countering sanctions strategies by the organization.  Otherwise, as has been true with Iran over the years, the use of sanctions simply limits the financial capabilities rather than eliminating those capabilities.  Economic D-Day should serve as a clarification of what sanctioning by the US Treasury should mean, but not just for the Iranian regime.

See also ASFI‘s statement of support for the sanctions on Palestine Action at the bottom.

The Treasury Department says Palestine Action supported terrorist acts and Masar Badil operates on behalf of the Samidoun network linked to the PFLP.

By: TheJ.ca Staff | TheJ.ca | August 27, 2026

Facade of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. The building is a National Historic Landmark. The statue of Albert Gallatin, the first Secretary of the Treasury, is in the foreground. By AgnosticPreachersKid - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4119780Facade of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. The statue of Albert Gallatin, the first Secretary of the Treasury, is in the foreground. By AgnosticPreachersKidOwn work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Palestine Action and Masar Badil under federal counterterrorism authorities, accusing the two organizations of supporting terrorism and operating within networks linked to designated terrorist groups.

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August 27, 2026 | 5:21 pm | Comments »

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EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Sounds Alarm On The Left’s Massive Foreign Money Pipeline  

Francis Kapper Defense Reporter | Daily Caller

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A government watchdog group is urging lawmakers to crack down on foreign money flowing into U.S. nonprofits that influence American politics and public policy, according to letters exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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August 27, 2026 | 4:07 pm | Comments »

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Iran Regime Change: Why it has failed and what must happen now  

Peloni:  Dr. Michael Wise examines the multifactorial nature of dealing with the Iranian threat and considers what are the underlying elements which are needed to neutralize that threat.

The dilemma facing Washington and Jerusalem: A nuclear-capable Iran that still funds proxies from Lebanon to Yemen is not a foreign-policy result. It is a failure. What can the US do?

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Lara Trump put the question plainly: “Regime change has never been the goal, though. It’s been denuclearization. Can you have one without the other?”

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August 27, 2026 | 4:01 pm | Comments »

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An Appeal to the Right-Wing Parties: Take Responsibility for the Entire Camp  

Peloni:  The next govt will be involved in the most significant changes and dilemmas which has faced the Jewish people and the state of Israel since over a century ago when the reconstitution of the Jewish national homeland and the state of Israel was being considered on the international stage.  As was true then, these moments must be addressed with a sobering recognition that the actions taken today will be coincident with effects which will decide the fate of our people for the foreseeable future.  Hence, it falls to the leaders of national camp to act with care, integrity and responsibility so as to not prevent the majority support for Right Bloc in the nation to be represented as much as possible in the outcome of the soon to come election, as explained below by .

The number of right-wing parties is growing, and each one includes good, principled, talented people. And that is precisely the problem: you are all good – so whom should we choose?

But in the upcoming elections, the question is not only who is worthy of leading his or her party. The real question is what will happen to the entire right-wing camp.

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August 27, 2026 | 9:03 am | Comments »

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Analysis: Ethiopia and Somaliland Need Strategy – Not An Ultimatum | MEMRI  

By: Fatima El Hashimi | MEMRI | Aug 26, 2026

By Myself, created with mapchart.net - https://www.mapchart.net/index.html, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=138399724Ethiopia (highlighted in orange) and Somalia (highlighted in blue).  Image by Myself, created with mapchart.net – https://www.mapchart.net/index.html, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

The Ethiopia-Somaliland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should move forward. Somaliland’s insistence on immediate Ethiopian recognition has effectively frozen its implementation, undermining an agreement whose strategic benefits extend well beyond the two parties.[1] Ethiopia should maintain its commitment to the MoU but resist immediate recognition, while supporting behind the scenes a broader international diplomatic campaign for Somaliland’s eventual recognition.[2]

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August 27, 2026 | 12:52 am | Comments »

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Trump on Sharia Law  

Peloni:  Amid the talk about the lack of protests in Iran and the arguments about affordability in the US, Glenn Beck raised the issue of enemies inside the wire in America, and he specifically questioned Trump about pushing for a law banning Sharia Law in America.  It appeared that Trump tried to minimize things by acknowledging that Sharia Law is present within the US in “pockets,” while also noting his opposition to it, but the truth is that the “pockets” of Sharia Law are rising up across the US.  It was a very short exchange on this vital topic, and I suspect that in the coming weeks we will hear more about this topic finally breaking into the news cycle.

“I Would Absolutely Take It Out…” 

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August 26, 2026 | 10:32 pm | 2 Comments »

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How Palestinian Authority schools celebrated October 7  

Peloni:  This is how a society prepares for war, not peace.  The slaughter of our innocents begins with the corruption of their innocents.  From the cradle to the grave these resident enemies are weaponized on an hourly basis, from home, from school and from their religious interactions, to solidify the Jew Hatred psychopathy which led to both the slaughters in the Gaza envelop as well as the celebration of that demonstration of evil and savagery across the PA.  There are no mistakes being made in doing so, as this is a whole of society endeavor to see the Jewish presence in the region eradicated, from the River to the Sea.  This is being funded, supported, tolerated and promoted by the West, under the auspices of Western institutions in the faux undertaking of peaceful coexistence, and it has been so for many decades.  So there are no mistakes in all of this, it is simply careful, malicious planning of slaughters not to be limited even to the horrors of October 7.

Itamar Marcus and Ahron Shapiro| PMW |

Highlights

Oct. 7 math for Palestinian kids in 3rd grade

  • “At least 150 Israelis were killed in 1 day. What was the number killed in 9 days?”
  • “Hamas fired 150 rockets at Israel for 1 hour. How many rockets did they fire in 9 hours?”
  • “Hamas sent 150 Jihad fighters to [each of] 9 settlements in Israel. How many Jihad fighters entered [all] the settlements?”

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August 26, 2026 | 8:49 pm | 2 Comments »

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Israel Just Triggered The COMPLETE Collapse Of UNRWA [in Jerusalem]!  

Peloni:  Rabbi Pesach Wolicki describes how a 2 year old bill banning UNWRA  in Israeli controlled territory has finally cleared the judicial hurdles and how the dismantling of the last UNWRA structure in Jerusalem.  He goes on to describe the role which this inimical organization plays in both perpetuating blood libels against the Jewish people, but also subsidizing and supporting the survival of Hamas in Gaza, as well as the perpetuation of the 1948 War indefinitely.

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August 26, 2026 | 5:50 pm | Comments »

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Are We Marching Toward The Militarization Of Policing In America?  

America risks becoming no different from communist-era dictatorships, where dissenters quietly disappeared and peaceful protests were crushed by battle tanks.

Janet Levy | Am Thinker | August 26, 2026

In January 2025, customs agents at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport stopped activist Samuel Tunick upon his return from the Dominican Republic. During the search, they demanded access to his cellphone. He refused, but when pressured, he used a duress password to wipe all data and protect his privacy.

During the arrest, Tunick was not advised of his Miranda rights. He was also denied the right to call a lawyer, despite four requests. He has no criminal record, yet the FBI and DHS became involved in his case. Officers said they suspected he had child pornography on his phone, a claim later retracted. Indicted by a federal grand jury for destroying digital content to impede an investigation, he faces five years in prison.

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August 26, 2026 | 4:50 pm | 1 Comment »

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