Peloni:  Mike Doran and Gadi Taub discuss many topics in this episode, including the attempt of the Israeli Left to re-imagine itself once again, the developing situation with an upset within the Judiciary, what is going on in Gaza and of course the latest trip by PM Netanyahu to Washington.   You won’t want to miss this one.

Peloni:  An important analysis which looks at US interests as the driving force for what should be US policy in preventing the creation of another Palestinian Arab state.

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | July 3, 2025

The US position on the proposed Palestinian state – just like on any other issue – should be driven by US interests, and not by pro-Israel or pro-Arab sentiments, nor by an honest broker state of mind.

Would a Palestinian state advance, or undermine, US interests?

One in 4 residents kidnapped or murdered – 9 remain in captivity

All Israel News Staff | Published: July 4, 2025

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Amid large protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Kibbutz Nir Oz – one of the communities hardest hit by Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre – for the first time, 636 days after the tragic attack.

Peloni:  The focused effort to delegitimize the hilltop youth movement, along with recent audio recordings demonstrating the weaponization of the law against these activists, should call into question the recent rush to judgement against the hilltop youths.  Prosecution, not persecution, should be the limit and expectation of the law, and nothing more or less.

There is no Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world, but there is a widespread global anti-Jewish conspiracy based on the principles of “Redemptive Antisemitism”.

Ron Jager |   Jul 3, 2025

We are witnessing the rebirth of Nazi era inspired “Redemptive Antisemitism” which believes that all the world’s problems are solved by exterminating and purifying humanity through annihilating Jews everywhere.

All you have to do is listen to the chants at the Glastonbury Festival, preceded by thousands of anti-Israel Jew-haters who demonstrate on the campuses of American Universities or on the streets of major urban cities everywhere in the United States. The very same slogans were shouted out by an illegal Egyptian Muslim immigrant as he attacked Jews in Boulder Colorado with flame blowers and fire bombs, one of whom died of her wounds this week, and by a leftist extremist as he shot point blank and murdered two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D. C. as they were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum.

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Peloni:  Al Jolani proposes that Israel return either 1/3 or 2/3 of Golan for peace deal.  Israel should counter this offer with a proposal of Syria giving Israel 1/3 of Syria, in deference to the Syrian minorities which Israel is protecting from being annihilated by Jolani’s forces.

FDD | July 2, 2025

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• Billions of Dollars in Damage Prevented: The Israeli Defense Ministry reported that its aerial defenses successfully intercepted 86 percent of ballistic missiles launched by Iran during the conflict in June. In a newly released assessment, the ministry estimated that the interception rate prevented more than $15 billion in potential property damage and saved countless lives. Twenty-eight civilians were killed during the strikes, with hundreds wounded as well.

Max Lesser | July 1, 2025

The “Iran Hayom” network posts anti-Israel propaganda, in Hebrew and English, across X, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, and YouTube. Its name is a play on the widely read Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, which publishes in Hebrew at israelhayom[.]co[.]il and whose English website is israelhayom[.]com. The Iran Hayom logo even borrows design elements from Israel Hayom. An Israeli reader scrolling casually through their feed might even read Iran Hayom content and think the Israeli paper had posted it.

Peloni:  Changes on the ground, and not just around Pokrovsk, was what fueled Putin’s refusal of Trump’s requests in a phone call on July 3.  Ukraine is in a desperate position, with the territorial losses gaining steam over time, with Russia territorial advancements breaking records in June without dispute.  The comment of drip, drip, flood is the only possible consequence to Urkaine’s deficits in men, munitions and morale.  Adding to the territorial gains, the innovative and penalizing attacks against Russia proper has left the Russians with little interest in conceding their advantage over Ukraine.