Peloni: Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Dave Rubin to discuss the role of Jews in America and how they came to be a commodity of the Democratic party, and why the Democratic party came to turn on them.
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Avi Abelow
I know this will surprise some people.
Many are angry. Many are disappointed. Many feel betrayed by reports of a Trump-Iran deal.
Me? I want to say thank you.
Thank you, President Trump.
Peloni: It is interesting that Vance complains that Israel is reacting to reports on the news when it is Vance and the US administration which has kept the terms of the deal secret. Also, while claiming that the US has all the cards, Vance fails to explain why he is offering Iran an even sweeter deal with front loading the lifting of the embargo. The desperation being exhibited by Trump and Vance to advance this deal to negotiate a deal, at this specific time, is very clear, even as the unstated reason has yet to be revealed.
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Peloni: This video provides an important backdrop for the candidacy of Gadi Eisenkot. From the tragedy surrounding the death of his sin and two nephews to his role in the IDF to his role on the Israeli War Cabinet to his challenge against Bennett to lead the anti-Bibi opposition.
I think more time should have been spent on teasing apart Eisenkot’s actions while he was on the War Cabinet. This should be his greatest selling point, but in fact I think it is actually his greatest liability. His stern opposition to the Rafah campaign, in support of the US order of “Don’t” will be a difficult reality for him to overcome. Also I am surprised that there was no mention in this video about Eisenkot’s ambitious Aliyah reform plan.
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Peloni: Additional concerns from an early poll: Two years, out, Vance remains clear frontrunner for 2028 GOP primary
President Trump reportedly cracking down on opposition to the emerging Iran deal, and is threatening to fire any administration officials who refuse to back an interim agreement.
By World Israel News Staff | June 15, 2026
Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – J. D. Vance, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia
Vice President JD Vance has played a central role in shaping President Donald Trump’s increasingly critical view of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to an Israel Hayom report on tensions inside the White House over the emerging US-Iran agreement.
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Anti-aircraft guns (Samavat 35mm Anti Aircraft Guns (Oerlikon 35mm)) guarding Natanz Nuclear Facility, Iran by Hamed Saber, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
Hmm. What’s wrong with this picture? Trump keeps saying, and Vance dutifully echoes him, that a deal is “close” that will ensure that Iran surrenders all of its stockpile — some 140 kg. — of uranium that had been enriched to a just-below-weapons-grade of 60%. But surely, then, Iran shouldn’t be making it harder — perhaps impossibly harder — for that uranium to be retrievable.
Peloni: Israel is the model around which the Westphalian system of nation states will be revived or fail. Only thru the the active support of national identity informed and enforced around a nation’s sovereign actions will the model of nation states survive. Bravo to
Israeli flag at Masada Public Domain. Wikipedia
At a time when the West is grappling with a crisis of identity and the rise of fundamentalist Islamism, Israel is doing more than defending itself—it stands on the front line of a broader struggle for freedom, identity and democracy.
Peloni: Rabbi Pesach Wolicki describes the important context about Iran’s manipulation which Washington seems oblivious regarding Iran’s having manufactured the crisis in Beirut which ultimately brought Trump to sweetened the deal for Iran.
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Peloni: This was a very important clarification. I am glad to see Netanyahu make this stand. I only hope that he can hold up under US pressure in the coming days. As we move closer to the new deadline for the signing of the deal which has theoretically already been adopted, the pressure for him to capitulate to Washington’s demands will likely increase.
National security minister: Israel is ‘grateful to Trump, but not a banana republic’
| Published: June 15, 2026
IDF soldiers operating in Southern Lebanon area, June 11, 2026 Photo: IDF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Donald Trump that Israel is not bound by the Lebanon clause of the Iran deal, which would restrict Israel’s actions against the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
Janet Levy: It’s Not “Aid” to Israel. It’s a Long-Term Strategic Investment of Enormous Value. Here’s how.First: No other recipient of American military “assistance” provides the level of economic benefits, security, military support, innovation, and strategic returns.
Second: 74% of Israel’s allotment must be spent on American-made defense goods and services. By 2028, that percentage will reach 100%. The money does NOT leave the American economy.
1. Intelligence Cooperation
Israeli intelligence provides information on terrorist organizations, weapons proliferation networks, cyber threats, and regional developments.
Israel confronts Hezbollah, Hamas, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Iranian-backed militias, and other groups, many of the same threats the U.S. faces.
Peloni: This is a very important article. It delineates the importance and potentially disruptive power of the Kurds in any deal struck with Iran, not withstanding the fact that any deal struck with Iran will fail.
Hence, it is critical to reflect upon the possibility of a Kurdish-US alliance which might emerge in the wake of the MOU negotiating period should this period come to rendering little to recommend the deal as actually supporting Trump’s designs for the region, which seems likely.
“Kurdish YPG Fighters” by Kurdishstruggle, CC BY 2.0
JAFAJ STRATEGIC BRIEFING | 2026-06-14
THE KURDISTAN WILD CARD: WHY AMERICA’S MOST RELIABLE NON-STATE PARTNER WILL DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF ANY U.S.–IRAN AGREEMENT
By Walter E. Block
Dr. Shira Efron. Screengrab via Youtube.
This New York Times writer makes two distinct claims: “Israel’s Isolation Is Deepening Fast. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way.”
Peloni & David Fieldstone
Mark Levin’s Show on Fox News of June 13, 2026. His 2 guests were (1) 4 Star General Jack Keane, and (2) US Senator Rick Scott (R – FL)
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | June 14, 2026
Photo by Unknown author – English.khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
*While the Ayatollah’s negotiators benefit from a marathon-like state of mind – which is a prerequisite for a long term, productive outcome – Western negotiators are severely undermined by their sprint-like state of mind, which is prone to impatience and “kicking the can down the road”.
Peloni: Pay particular attention to Tina Ghazimorad‘s comments about the IRGC.
Arlene Kushner | June 14, 2026
President Trump Pointing. Screenshot via Youtube
After all of the off and on, all of the mixed messages, US President Donald Trump is on the verge of caving to Iran. The majority of US citizens are understood to be opposed to further American fighting with Iran, and so Trump, a political pragmatist, is looking for a way to stop the fighting – falling back on a “deal,” which he would undoubtedly, and maddeningly, portray as a “victory.”
Rabbi Jacob Herzog | X
The Egyptian Army for Rent, and It’s Present Here in Places You Wouldn’t Expect.
Special Intelligence Information from the Rabbi of the Arabian Island.
* Egyptian forces have entered Lebanon as part of an agreement stipulating that the contact points near southern Lebanon and the Israeli borders will be manned by Egyptian soldiers, not Lebanese soldiers, as part of the ceasefire. This means the Egyptian Army will protect Israel’s borders instead of the Lebanese Army, which we don’t trust because it contains Hezbollah elements.
Leon Kushner | Leon’s The World is Upside Down | June 13, 2026
Trump. Gage Skidmore via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Wikipedia
I won’t soon forget how almost everyone on the Left kept their mouths shut when their leaders: Clintons, Obama, Biden, Sanders, Harris, Schumer, AOC and too many others to mention, all tried and continue to try to destroy our world. When Biden was clearly suffering from dementia, the Left was either mute or denied what everyone saw and heard in plain sight. Who was running the country for 4 years? No one knows and yet no one on the Left spoke up. Not a word.
Peloni: Are these the terms of Trump’s deal with Iran? Probably not. Afterall, should we trust Iran, the masters at manipulation and negotiation which they are, to tell us the truth about anything? No, we should not. Notably, while it is in Trump’s interest to maximize the success of his deal going into the US midterm elections no matter the reality, the Iranians’ interest lie in shading the deal as a US surrender, again, no matter the reality. But such as we are hearing now, the terms are described below by Iran, and they are pretty devastatingly dispiriting. You can expect the attempt to link Lebanon to the Iran deal, which is not included in the essay below to be a major point of contention, but Netanyahu will have a difficult time accepting such linkage, and Washington should stop supporting the Iranian myth that Lebanon is Iranian territory. It isn’t, and if it is, let us drop all pretense and bring the war to Beirut in full measure.
By Parisa Hafezi | Reuters | June 14, 2026
Update: YNET reports that Trump is warning Iran that if they launch an attack on Israel which results in an Israeli attack and the peace talks being derailed that he will hold Iran responsible for the consequences which follow. They are also reporting that Trump is simultaneously condisering additional concessions to Iran if they will sign the deal today. These could include the lifting of the blockade and restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz.
Peloni: See Trump’s outrageous response to the Beirut attack at the bottom. He is once more affirming Iranian suzerainty over Lebanon, and linking Israel’s lack of freedom of action to his negotiation needs with Iran. Meanwhile Iran has committed to responding to the attack in Beirut, and Trump is simultaneously pressuring the Iranians to not respond too dramatically following which he is pressuring Bibi to not respond at all.
‘For every violation – fire’ – Ministers call for Netanyahu to respond to every Hezbollah violation
| Published: June 14, 2026
Explosion in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon, June 13, 2026. (Photo: IAF screenshot)
Following several reported ceasefire violations over the weekend, including three separate drone attacks on Israeli territory Sunday morning, the IDF conducted strikes in the southern Beirut district of Dahiyeh, a known Hezbollah stronghold.
