Peloni:  Is this hypothesis about why the US has failed to open the Strait of Hormuz proving accurate?  Well, if Trump is about to declare victory after having not achieved victory, John Konrad’s analysis offer us some insight as to why he would choose such a course.

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John Konrad | March 18, 2026

A port view of the reflagged Kuwaiti supertanker GAS KING underway. Photo by Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 -Public Domain, Wikipedia

By Captain John Konrad (Opinion) – The Strait of Hormuz is twenty-one miles wide. Two shipping channels, each two miles across, separated by a two-mile buffer. There is no alternative. Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline to Yanbu and the UAE’s pipeline to Fujairah can handle maybe five million barrels combined. The math doesn’t work. The bottleneck is not political. It is geological and hydrographic.

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Peloni:  Very clear eyed discussion exposing the motivations for the “Settler Violence” campaign (timestamp 5min-17min).  Also note the discussion about the attempt to have President Trump intercede in Israeli politics against the Israeli Deep State using his sanctions policy (20min-26min).  And much more…

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UAE hopes for UN resolution to support Hormuz Coalition but is ready to act alone

All Israel News Staff | Published: April 1, 2026

Map of Strait of Hormuz. Image by Pascal –  Public Domain, Wikipedia

The United Arab Emirates is preparing to join potential military operations to open the Strait of Hormuz, The Wall Street Journal reported, after U.S. President Trump signaled he wants U.S. allies to deal with opening the strategic waterway.

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Sebastien: Informative detailed analysis of ongoing military preparations and Trump’s dilemma.

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Peloni:  The fundamental reform which might provide for the securing of the survival and revival of the American Republic is to deal with the issue of election fraud in the US.  While various attempts to solve this problem via legislation has failed to materialize, Trump has taken to dealing with at least the issue of Mail-in Voting via a new Executive Order.  Will the courts allow Trump’s proactive attempts of securing the will of the people to stand, or will they fail Americans once again as they did back in aftermath of the 2020 election.

Reagan Reese | White House Correspondent | Daily Caller |  March 31, 2026

Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday cracking down on mail-in voting across the country, the Daily Caller learned first.

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In the Middle East, Turkey seeks to play a key role if and when the Iran conflict winds down. Ankara will seek to grow its influence as Iran’s influence declines.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MARCH 31, 2026

Turkey’s Director of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) ?brahim Kalin. By Tahirselim2016 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

Turkey is positioning itself to play a key role when the Iran conflict winds down. The conflict has led to chaos in the region, and it remains to be seen if the US and Israel can come up with a strategy to deal with Iran or what comes next. Turkey is also thinking of its next steps. Not involving itself in the conflict enables Ankara to work with both sides. Turkey is a NATO ally and has also had amicable ties with Iran in the past.

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by Steve Kramer

US-Israel Alliance. Photo by Saifee Art on Unsplash

Which country is the staunchest ally of the US? Is it Britain, Canada, or Australia? No, it’s Israel! First of all, none of those three English-speaking countries have a strong military, especially the latter two.

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Peloni & David Fieldstone

Peloni:  As if there was any need to demonstrate that Lebanon has absolutely NO control over Iran or its proxy Hezbollah, after expelling Iran’s ambassador, he remains in place with complete impunity, even as Iran’s leadership lies in tatters, and its assets are being significantly degraded daily.  So please, let’s hear no more about the nonsensical notion that the LAF, or President Aoun will do anything to diminish, disarm, or dismantle Iran’s proxy force which occupies and controls Lebanon.  So long as the Mullahs and the IRGC control Iran, they will control Lebanon.  It is just that simple.

‘Iranian ambassador is sipping his coffee in Beirut’, mocks Israel’s FM Sa’ar

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 31, 2026

Last Sunday, the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon was supposed to leave the country after the government in Beirut declared him a “persona non grata” – but Mohammad Reza Sheibani refused to leave and is reportedly still holed up in the embassy building.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar seized on this incident to highlight the lack of authority the government is exercising in its own country, blasting Lebanon as a puppet state of the Iranian regime.

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Peloni:  The UN is complicit in the very tragedies which it was grounded upon preventing.  Its support of terrorists, internatoinal strife, and overall antithesis towards resolving conflicts should be enough for them to be shuttered, but instead, the money keeps flowing and the tragedies keep building.

The more money the UN sends, the more hostages the terrorists take.

by Daniel Greenfield | Mar 31, 2026

Every March 25th, the UN commemorates its ‘International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members’ while trying not to discuss who is kidnapping them.

The ‘International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members’ commemorates the day when Alec Collett, a UN Information Center director, was kidnapped by a Hezbollah front group on March 25th, 1985, in Lebanon. He was held hostage and then a video was released of him being hanged. His remains were eventually recovered in Lebanon in 2009.

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Peloni:  Highly recommended video.  I could not be more pleased by the passage of this long overdue legislation which provides for the execution of those convicted of terrorism.  Only in Israel do world leaders voice objections to such routine expectations of terrorists facing the death penalty.  In fact, the international objections to the execution of terrorists parallels the funding which the international community has provided for the tutelage of these terrorist under the learned auspices of UNRWA.  Indeed, the hypocrisy behind hypocritical this outcry would be obnoxious if it were so transparently intent upon preserving the psychopaths who were specifically weaponized to bring about the slaughter and mayhem which has become normative in Israel over the past decades without the polical will in Israel to end such norms.  Well, October 7 changed this, and hopefully the passage of this law will be but only the first of many such legislative changes which mark the will to institute realized justice and security in Israel.

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An independent Israel becomes a force multiplier, for America and for the entire free world.

by Avi Abelow | March 31, 2026

Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I Adir. By Source: William LewisDerivative: User:MathKnight – WikiCommons: File:230322-F-UT528-1038 – Red Flag-Nellis 23-2, 22-24 Mar, 2023.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

We are living through a moment that, just a few years ago, would have seemed unimaginable. The United States, Israel, and in many ways the entire free world are blessed to have a president like Donald Trump, someone who not only puts America’s interests first, but also clearly understands that a strong, sovereign Israel is a strategic asset to the United States, not a burden. Rarely, if ever, has there been an American president so willing to challenge failed assumptions, speak in terms of strength, and recognize the Middle East for what it is, not what US policymakers wish it to be.

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The IDF has yet to shift into a higher gear in its war against Hezbollah. It is proceeding hesitantly and inching its way slowly toward the Litani River, as though it still has not decided where it is headed, as though President Donald Trump will not soon tell us to stop.

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser | Published on  03-30-2026

Trump’s traffic light is already flashing. All that remains is to wait and see whether the green light appears, followed by the US stepping up its war against Iran, forcefully reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping and capturing Kharg Island, through which Iran exports its oil; or whether the red light appears, bringing the war to an end through an agreement that guarantees the continued rule of the ayatollah regime in Tehran.

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Peloni:  Meira K provides an important analysis of the importance, resilience and power held by the Houthis as they have succeeded in surviving after having taken on both Israel and the US and an international coalition last year.  She also explains the important consequences of that conflict and the important strategy behind their choice to enter the current war at exactly this moment.

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By Sha’i ben-Tekoa

Qom is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. By Mostafameraji – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia

Every day now in Eretz Yisrael, or so it seems, missiles and drones launched and fired by Shiite Muslims in Iran and Lebanon frighten hundreds of thousands, even millions of Jews. These projectiles manage to murder and wound some, destroy their homes and all their possessions. Scores of Jewish families in Israel are now not only homeless, they have only the clothes on their backs.

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No words are enough for fallen soldiers, who sacrifice their lives for ours.

Moshe Phillips | Mar 30, 2026

Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, from New Haven, Conn., was killed in combat in Southern Lebanon, March 28, 2026. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

“This is what a twentieth-century hero is really like. The lands of the free will need such men until the day when the last tyrannies that spawn the terrorists are faced down, and we enter the coming age of peace, the only long-range alternative to a planet of ash. … Strange, slender, but strong threads tie me to this young Jewish soldier, whom I never met, and never heard of till he died … .”
— Herman Wouk, 1980.

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What is it about Pesach that makes it so special? It brings out so much good in people!

Leonard Grunstein | Mar 31, 2026

Passover, Mathilde Hahn Meyer, Germany, late 19th or early 20th century, painting on canvas. By Center for Jewish History, NYC – Flickr, No restrictions Wikipedia

The Pesach Haggadah is a study in striking contrasts. On the one hand, we begin by bemoaning sordid origins as idol worshippers. On the other hand, we celebrate the miraculous redemption from Egypt and slavery.

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Peloni

In an important interview with JNS, Dr. Martin Sherman,  founder of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies, a member of the Israel Defense & Security Forum research team, describes the strategic view of Israel’s war with Iran, the broader regional conflict, and internal tensions within Israeli society with the Israeli Deep State. Sherman explains that Israel reached the current situation as a result of years of restraint, a growing desperation within the political opposition, and underestimating threats which might be should have been resolved long ago. In doing so, Sherman describes the October 7 attacks as a turning point which has come to strengthened Israel’s resolve to shed the previously adopted restraint while acting in its own interests, particularly while it has the means to do so under the current administration in Washington.

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