Syria’s Accommodation of Foreign Jihadists Backfires
Ahmad Sharawi
Abu Muhammad al-Jolani. Photo by Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, Wikiepedia
The Syrian government’s effort to integrate foreign fighters into its armed forces may be unraveling.
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The pathology of Jewish anti-Zionism
When dissent becomes a strategy of communal self-erasure and double standards, it becomes pathology. Opinion.
Peter Beinart’s latest New York Times essay warns about the way Tucker Carlson speaks about Israel and Jewishness. Beinart himself noted that the essay appeared in the Times this week under the title “What Tucker Carlson Means When He Talks About Israel.” On the surface, the concern is not absurd. Jews should never allow antisemites, isolationists, or conspiracy theorists to define Jewish identity.
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The Islamization of the New York Attorney General’s Office
The troubling ties of the state’s top prosecutor.
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By Maryland GovPics – Swearing-In of the 119th Congressional Black Caucus, CC BY 2.0,Wikipedia
After a wave of Islamic mob attacks and riots aimed at Jewish synagogues and communities in New York City that began after the Oct 7 and many of which were titled ‘Flood’ echoing the name used by Hamas for those attacks, the state’s top prosecutor finally took action.
Against the Jews.
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Dear Mr. May and Foundation for the Defense of Democracies…
by Gerald A. Honigman
USS Gerald R. Ford With 7 Warships Deploying Toward Iran. February 14, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube
Clifford May is President of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and is a frequent guest on Fox News.
His astute insights should be required reading of all who deal with the strategic and tumultuous region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), an area of study in which I too have done extensive doctoral work in.
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May 7, 2026
Israel in 10: Iran mulls Trump deal, Radwan commander killed, Egypt’s double role | Khaled Hassan
Peloni: Is Trump about to accept a JCPOA version 2.0? Khaled Hassan addresses this possibility among other topics including the role being played by Egypt in the Lebanese ‘peace’ negotiations. He also weighs in on the role of the Muslim vote in England and the viability of England’s Jewish community in the future.
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Stabbed in Golders Green, Explained Away in Westminster
Peloni: Another must read article by Victor Satya, in which he describes the institutionalization which exists in England to strip antisemitic attacks of their violent nature and relegate it towards something altogether normative. The outlook for England Jewish minority is disturbingly grim just in regards to the exponentially dominating numbers of Jihadists which have been imported to England. Layering on top of this is the disquieting attitude of the English media and authorities which requires terrorists while caught in the midst of their terrorism be subdued with care and consideration for the would be butcher being apprehended. This presents a reality which is more than dystopian, as it is simply cognitive dissonance on a generalized authoritative level.
Victor Satya | Satya | May 4, 2026
Terror attack in Golders Green, London. April 29, 2026. Screengrab via X
On Wednesday, 29 April 2026, in that otherwise unremarkable patch of north London known as Golders Green, two Jewish men were stabbed in what the authorities swiftly identified as a terror attack.
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More Than a Socialist
Why So Many Jewish New Yorkers View Zohran Mamdani With Alarm
Michel Benchimol | May 07, 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji. Screengrab via Youtube
Everyone refers to Zohran Mamdani as a socialist, or even a communist. But for many within New York’s Jewish population, there is far more at issue than his economics. The concern is not merely about taxes, rent control, or public spending. It is about the ideological world he comes from, the political causes he has embraced, and the moral language he uses when speaking about Israel and the Jewish state.
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Georgetown Law graduation speaker backs out after students protest his ‘controversial, Zionist and harmful opinions’
Janet Levy: Georgetown Law School students petitioned against having a Jewish economist speak at their commencement – 42% of the graduating class (282/670). The speaker was replaced by a pro-Palestinian law professor who, soon after the October 7th Massacre, criticized the ADL and the Brandeis Center for Human Rights for their calls to “investigate, disband, or penalize pro-Palestinian student groups for exercising their free speech rights.”
Obviously violent protests and the intimidation of Jewish students and professors on campus does not fall under the umbrella of First Amendment protections for expressing an opinion, however odious.
This announcement follows on the heels of an event at Berkeley Law School in which students cheered a Palestinian suicide bomber who was invited to speak and a commencement speaker at the University of Michigan who praised pro-Palestinian protesters.
| Times of Israel | May 7, 2026
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Busting the Myth of Settler Violence in Judea and Samaria
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ARE SOME NAZI SYMBOLS ACCEPTABLE?
Peloni: It is an important reflection about a person’s character as to the ideologies to which they subscribe and the relative tokens which they collect over the years. While I recall not long ago the sweeping condemnation of Sen. Webb having revealed his owning a Confederate flag in his personal dwelling, it seems that the same Democratic party which found Webb’s appreciation of the Rebel flag too radical deems a similar veneration being paid to the very Nazi units which perpetrated the Holocaust by Platner is completely acceptable. I find it difficult to believe that anyone outside of the neo Nazi fringe, which of course includes their Jihadi emulators which Platner also espouses, would find it possible to support someone bearing a Totenkopf tattoo. Certainly, Schumer finds this acceptable, but as Trump has explained, Schumer has sold his court Jew status to the Pals to such a degree that he has clearly earned the moniker that Trump developed for him, Schumer the Palestinian. People bearing a moral chord, or any sense of right and wrong should be capable of finding sharp distaste in what Platner finds admirable in the celebration of Nazi symbols and modern savages…or has America changed so much as to mistake evil for good, and good for evil? I don’t believe that this is possibly true, but we will see.
by Rafael Medoff
Just days after embracing a candidate who has a Nazi symbol painted on his chest, Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) condemned the painting of Nazi symbols on several synagogues and Jewish homes in Queens, NY.
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Israel concerned Iran deal negotiated by US won’t restrict Tehran’s ability to threaten the Jewish State
Peloni: As Trump employs Chinese influence, threat of ultimate doom, and renewed deadlines, he remains fixed on having the means of declaring victory without a renewal of the war, when the truth remains that any deal struck with Iranians will never be fulfilled by the Iranians. So, when all of these moving parts come to press Iran into agreeing to Trump’s terms, he will indeed declare victory, but such victories must be understood to be Pyrrhic in nature. The one ace which might still unravel Trump’s hopes of declaring victory on the eve of his historic meeting with Xi will be the Armageddonist resolve of the Iranian regime as they continue to exclaim their control over the Strait of Hormuz and demand war reparations as demonstrations of their negotiable nature. So, is a deal with Iran possible or likely, even knowing the terms will be cheated into irrelevance in days, months or years? Time will tell…
Iran claims negotiations are only about end of war, not nuclear issue, contradicting Trump
| Published: May 7, 2026
Firing Iranian Qadr Missile from a truck launcher in Velayat-90 Naval Exercise. Photo by Mohammad Sadegh Heydari – Ypa.ir, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
Israeli defense officials are concerned that the agreement being developed between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran may not address several of Israel’s war goals and could end up allowing Iran to threaten the Jewish State, Ynet News reported Thursday.
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Lebanon is Scared…Not of the IDF, but of the Israeli Spirit
Peloni: The inevitable solution to the international communities’ resolve to preserve Hezbollaah in Lebanon has had an obvious result. There can be no peace with an unpeaceable neighbor, even if the reason Lebanon’s hostility is related to Iran having colonized it and seized control from the native people. There can be but one solution, and while Ben Gurion suggested that the Litani River should have been the northern border, it is likely that such a border would itself still be too far south.
Avi Abelow | Meta | May 6, 2026
Lebanese television recently aired a report expressing clear concern, even alarm, over a growing movement inside Israel about settling Jewish ancestral lands of the Dan and Naftali Biblical Tribes in southern Lebanon, extending the Israeli border up to the Litani River.
The idea is being discussed by some in Israel as a distinctly regional approach, and a proper Jewish response to Hezbollah’s ongoing Jihadi terror against us, one that emphasizes strong deterrence and imposing tangible consequences on Hezbollah for its genocidal aggression.
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China Looks To Ease Iran Into Resolution of War With U.S.
Peloni: Recall that America’s real opponent in Iran remain China, and the pressure being brought to bear on Iran is not coming from the US, but from Iran’s partner, China. The role being played in this war by China is complicated by the fact that China is partnered with other Gulf states, who were betrayed by China not preventing the Iranian attacks on their countries. In addition to this, US naval control of key waterways, including the Strait of Malacca thru which Chinese shipping transits, has had its own influence on China. What is more the importance of the normal flow of oil from Iran, 90% of which goes to China, remains key to China’s economy. This is the backdrop under which China is currently using its influence over Iran to bring it to the table. The last time China used its influence, of course, was during the meeting in Pakistan. So we will see if the current effort is more productive than the last one…they have one week to produce results according to the latest US deadline.
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Iranian FM Araghchi Meets Chinese FM Wang Yi in Beijing. Screengrab via Youtube
China is looking to engineer an off-ramp to end the current U.S.-Iran conflict without forcing Tehran to fold.
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Embassy Of Qatar In Washington D.C. Promotes Anti-U.S., Anti-Trump, Pro-Iran Propaganda Via Its Deputy…
By: Ahmad Ahmadi | MEMRI | May 6, 2026
Hamad Al Muftah. Screengrab via Youtube
The Embassy of Qatar in Washington, D.C., via its deputy chief of mission Hamad Al-Muftah, is promoting a Qatar-based anti-U.S., anti-Trump influencer and self-proclaimed “disruptor-strategist.” This “disruptor’s” online activity includes spreading anti-U.S. misinformation, accusing it of war crimes against Iran and depicting President Trump as a child molester and a war criminal. On his X account, Al-Muftah praised the disruptor’s “investigative work.”
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Tucker Digs Deeper
A statement about Christian and Muslim agreement is a vicious libel against Jews and Judaism.
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In his New York Times interview, Tucker Carlson purports to view the war in Gaza through the lens of an outraged moralist:
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Deep Inside The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood
A MULTI-PART SERIES ON JORDAN’S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD STRUCTURE, STATE LINKAGES, AND STRATEGIC OUTLOOK
Jafaj.net | May 6, 2026
- The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan is a structure made up of two bodies. The first is a closed organizational leadership, similar to secret groupings, that controls strategy and manages engagement with the street, the state, and external actors. The most important characteristic of this leadership is secrecy and the lack of clarity in its organizational structure to any outside observer. This means that the Muslim Brotherhood, in its outward appearance, is different from what it is internally, such that individuals and their publicly visible positions do not reflect their real influence inside. This makes it difficult for anyone trying to confront them from the outside to understand how the group actually operates. They are organized as a secret group, and this is how they manage their affairs and maintain their existence. Read more…
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May 6, 2026
Are Israel-Lebanon talks dead after IDF strikes Beirut for first time since ceasefire?
Peloni: It has been confirmed tha the leader of the Radwan forces and his deputy were successfully targeted in the strike on Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut, and that the attack was coordinated with the US.
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LOS ANGELES: Muslim Jew-Hater Who Beat Old Jewish Man To Death At Pro-Israel Rally Gets Probation
Peloni: This outrage is nearly as heartbreaking as it is enraging. America, what happened to Lady Justice? Is there truly no guarantee for just application of law for Jews in America today?
By Pamela Geller |
Image via X
Democrat run cities are running modern day pogroms against the Jews.
Backstory here: Muslim Jew-hating Professor Loay Alnaji Identified as the Killer Who Beat Old Jewish Man To Death at LA Demo
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Israel’s best friend won’t be there forever
Simply put, the strategic lesson of the Trump years is not that America can be relied upon – it is that Israel has been fortunate enough to have a true friend in the White House at a critical moment, and that it should use that fortune to make itself permanently less reliant on whoever comes next.
Ronn Torossiaan | May 4, 2026
Donald Trump speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 10, 2011. Photo by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia
America has never given Israel a friend like this in the White House. The question is what Israel does with the window before it closes.
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The Takeover of the West is Proceeding Without Resistance.
Peloni: Perfectly explained state of Muslim Conquest which is being consolidated within the Western world.
Barry Shaw | The View from Israel | May 06, 2026
Leadership, in times of crisis, is not measured by the absence of risk, but by the willingness to accept it.
In avoiding risk, the cowardly leaders of Western Europe – those that are selling-out to an increasingly antagonistic extremist electorate upon whom they are increasingly dependent for political office — are a disgrace to their nations.
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