Peloni:  The following article provides an important context to Israel’s outreach to Somaliland.  Indeed, Israel’s recent recognition of Somaliland should be understood beyond its geopolitical and security relevance, with an understanding of the largely forgotten historical grasp of Somaliland’s deep and persistent Jewish past. Long before modern diplomacy, Jewish communities lived and traded while practicing their faith across the Somali Peninsula, particularly in key port cities such as Zeila and Berbera. Positioned along vital maritime and caravan routes linking East Africa, Arabia, and the Indian Ocean, Somaliland naturally attracted Jewish merchants, especially Adeni and Yemenite Jews, who played important roles in regional commerce.

Near Hargeisa, ancient cemeteries marked with Stars of David testify to an established Jewish presence, while Berbera once had a synagogue and a Jewish quarter known as “the alley of the Jews.” By the mid-20th century, nearly all of Somaliland’s Jews emigrated to Israel as part of broader Aliyah movements.

The article also highlights the marginalized Yibir tribe, widely believed in Somali tradition to be of Jewish origin, possibly preserving traces of ancient Jewish identity despite later conversion to Islam. Ultimately, the author contends that Israel’s recognition of Somaliland reconnects two peoples with intertwined histories, broadens understanding of Jewish diaspora in Africa, and underscores Somaliland’s long role as a crossroads of cultures and faiths.

By Michael Freund | Jewish World Review | Published January 12, 2026

Click on the following Link to Read Article

https://jewishworldreview.com/0126/somaliland_jews.php

Peloni:  The designation of the FTO brings with it legal ramifications for those supporting the group being targeted, while the SDGT faces economic isolation and comprehensive asset seizure.  The targeting of only some of the Muslim Brotherhood chapters will leave others, ie Turkey and Qatar, free to continue their corrupting practices worldwide, even as they are targeting the US public. The consequences to those who support the designated groups is that under the FTO, providing material support is a criminal offense in the US, while under the SDGT, it provides the ability of US sanctions being placed on those who provide support for the relative group in question.  There are immigration consequences for the designations as well, with the FTO being directly relevant due to the criminal nature of the designation, while the SDGT designation is useful but far less so.

It was a grave mistake to not ban the Muslim Brotherhood entirely.  They are using US institutions and protections to infiltrate and expand their control over US officials and organizations.  The constitution is not a suicide pact, unless it is allowed to be interpreted as one, and allowing the Muslim Brotherhood chapters which are most relevant in the US to go un-banned in the US is an example of exactly this.  See relevant article pinned at the top.

President Donald Trump’s administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them

By Associated Press | US News & World Report | Jan. 13, 2026

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President Donald Trump’s administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them and their members in a decision that could have implications for U.S. relationships with allies Qatar and Turkey.

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Peloni:  As reports of VP Vance, Mideast Envoy Witkoff, and the US influencer Qatar have all been pressing for Trump to show restraint and negotiate with the Mullahs in the face of the Iranian protestors being savagely murdered, Trump seems to have come to a tipping point…and he seems to be tipping away from negotiations…

See below Trump tweet for macabre screengrabs of bodies of protestors being uploaded on X

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Peloni:  What is needed when dealing with the likes of the Mullahs of Iran is not a negotiator, but an idealogue who has the moral compass to distinguish between good and evil.  This is not hyperbole, just as the images of bodies from the recent crackdown in Iran is not rhetoric.  Recall too that the bodies of these protestors are but a fraction of the thousands of American dead who met their untimely fate at the hand of the regime with which Witkoff is trying to now cut a deal.  From the Beirut barracks from 1982 to the barbarism of October 7, to the thousands of American soldiers butchered on the sands of Iraq, Iran has demonstrated their desire and capabilities of exacting a high price upon the American people, a price which should not be negotiated into allowing that price to continue to increase, but should in fact create a certain demand that the regime responsible for that butchers bill should be ended at the first opportunity…and the protest movement in Iran today presents Trump with just such an opportunity.

Witkoff is Negotiating with Iran’s Mullahcracy

Stephen Bryen | Weapons & Strategy | Jan 13, 2026

Weaponizing religion as a political tool is an immoral tool – look at the hadiths that promote jihad. Opinion.

Leonard Grunstein | Jan 13, 2026

First Barbary War, Bombardment of Tripoli, August 3, 1804. US Squadron led by Commodore Edward Preble in the flagship USS Constitution, right, successfully shelling forts of the Barbary pirates at close range. During this action, Captain Stephen Decatur led a board party which captured three pirate craft. Image by Michele Felice Cornè – LC-USZC4-6409; Loc.gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia

We who live in the USA (and Israel) are blessed to live in a free and open, diverse and democratic society, where we enjoy, among other things, freedom of religion and speech, as well as equal protection under the law. In the US, the constitution provides for separation of church and state, as well as recognizing our G-d given rights and freedoms. US law expressly prohibits discrimination by reason of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, etc.

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by Ahmed Charai  •  Gatestone Institute  •  January 5, 2026

One cannot fight terrorism while empowering regressive Islamist movements that capture governing institutions. One cannot defend the Abraham Accords rhetorically while eroding their foundations in practice. The Abraham Accords can still shape the Middle East’s future, but only if those who benefited from their promise accept the cost of clarity. History will not record intentions. It will record strategic choices. Pictured from left to right: Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords in Washington, DC on September 15, 2020. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC, Public Domain, Wikipedia

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By Sha’i ben-Tekoa

United Nations General Assembly. Photo by Mojnsen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

Would you believe a 13-year-old boy 66 years ago discovered the deep corruption in this institution?

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Peloni:  This is a very important video.  Mudar Zahran addresses the concerns about those who see the Hashemites as essential to Israel’s security, the weaponization of rendering the former Jordanian citizens as stateless because they lived on the West side of the Jordan, as well as the false relevance of the ‘ban’ on the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan last year.

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Peloni:  From anti Israel protests which took place one day after October 7 to anti-National Guard protests to anti-ICE protests to pro Venezuela protests, they all lead back to one organization.

The U.S. government needs to realize that nations with a documented history of hostility toward Israel cannot credibly serve as neutral peacekeepers.

Moshe Phillips | Jan 12, 2025

Bangladesh flag. Photo by Frameofashik – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

Bangladeshi officials issued statements on Jan. 10 saying that their military should be deployed as part of the planned “International Stabilization Force” in the Gaza Strip. They also claimed that their national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, also an economist and a former U.N. official, met with members of the Trump administration in Washington and discussed the idea. News reports indicated that the U.S. State Department had no immediate comment on the Bangladeshi claims.

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Peloni:  And of course, this is not just true in Canada… Moral courage has not been weaponized against the Jewish state, used to threaten the lives and livelihoods of Diaspora Jew, while distorting the truth to dehumanize the Israeli state. All of this, and so much more which could fill an encyclopedia, are the actions of antisemites as the Old Hatred is being normalized and popularized with the help of useful idiots and the careful support of moral corruption and cowardice which resides too comfortably in political leaders around the world.

As Iran’s regime reportedly kills thousands of its own citizens, the silence from Canada’s self-styled human rights movement reveals a double standard rooted in antisemitism.

By: Ron East | TheJ.ca | Jan 12, 2025

Winnipeg — At least 2,000 protesters are believed to have been killed in Iran over just 48 hours as the Islamic Republic unleashed one of the bloodiest crackdowns in its modern history.

And in Canada, the silence has been deafening.

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Peloni:  Is antisemitism too popular to actually describe antisemites as being antisemitic, even as POTUS is announcing that there is no room for them in his movement?  As Trump initially demonstrated the moral courage needed to whisk away any support from antisemites, he refrained from addressing the antisemitism which is infiltrating its poisonous effect among his base, making his statement rejecting antisemitism no different than those shallow remarks made by Heritage Pres. Roberts or that of VP Vance.  So the masquerade of antisemites within the MAGA talking heads will continue to erode support for the most philosemitic movement in US history.  As the lack of moral clarity from the top down has already consumed the Democratic party entirely, this is an increasingly worrying sign.

President refuses to say who would be a good candidate to replace him, says Vance and Rubio ‘both doing a great job’

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 12, 2026

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Hollywood, Fla. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Public Domain, Wikipedia

U.S. President Donald Trump said that neither his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement nor the Republican Party needs people with antisemitic views.

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Jihadi Islam is the fundamental evil driving violence and oppression in the Middle East and beyond. The Jewish people and the Jewish state of Israel are the answer. 

Avi Abelow |  Jan 12, 2025

History is unfolding in Iran right now. We are witnessing a popular uprising unlike anything seen in decades, Iranians rising up against 46 years of brutal repression under the Islamic regime. For the first time, the United States is openly signaling that it may intervene if the regime shoots and massacres its own people. That alone tells you how serious this moment is.

But what many still fail to grasp is that this uprising is exposing some of the biggest lies ever sold about the Middle East.

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Peloni:  The greatest betrayal of the Iranian people would be to see them rescued from the Mullahs, only to be handed over to the MEK.  Doing so could hardly save the Iranians, and it wouldn’t safeguard the West either.

Laura Loomer | Loomered.com | January 10, 2026

Agents from the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), which leads the group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), have been appearing on pro-Trump news stations and podcasts recently to promote their vision for Iran’s future to the American people, amidst widespread anti-regime protests in Iran.

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There are few heroes and many villains. A New America? Yes. Minneapolis and Portland are dystopian leftwing hellholes! Otherwise, Observations on the Passing Scene: especially TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE!

Andrew Benjamin | Jan 11, 2026

THE SUPERHERO – ALLAH APPROVES!

Bondi Beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed honored at $1000 a seat NYC Chabad gala, calls selfless act disarming shooter his ‘duty as a human being’

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By Gerald A. Honigman

Somaliland (left) and Morocco flag (right).  Image via AI

Recent reports have announced that Israel is extending its military reach into Africa with a Morocco defense partnership. This is potentially good news.

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