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China arms Houthis, Houthis make pact with Al-Shabab that threatens Red Sea shipping  

 

Al-Shabaab insurgents.  (Photo by Al-Kataib Media Foundation – film titled “Ambush in Bardali”, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

By | July 3, 2025

The Red Sea is a critically important route for companies that are shipping goods from Asia to Europe. It accounts for about “15% of total global sea trade.” The Houthis have been disrupting those shipping routes since early 2024, thus affecting the price of goods, which are now costing more to ship and are taking longer to arrive, as the ships have faced attacks. This translated into higher prices for Western consumers in already bad economies. Then in early May, the Iran-aligned Houthis struck a deal with Trump to stop interrupting the shipping vessels in the Red Sea and Middle East. In turn, Trump said the U.S. would stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen. The agreement, however, did not include Houthi strikes on Israel. While that deal gave a hope of reprieve for the shipping vessels at risk, a new report is now stating that the Houthis have struck what appears to be a simultaneous deal with al-Shabab.

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July 3, 2025 | 5:56 pm | 2 Comments »

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Schumer Flips on Antisemitism  

Peloni: Shame on Schumer!

by Rafael Medoff

Israeli ambassador Abba Eban was greeted by an irritating sight when he rose to speak in Harvard University’s Sanders Hall on a chilly Tuesday evening in the autumn of 1970. A group of anti-­Israel extremists in the gallery had unfurled a banner denouncing “Zionist imperialists” and tried to shout Eban down when he began to speak.

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July 3, 2025 | 3:39 pm | 5 Comments »

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White House Demands Removal of UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese  

US officials accuse Albanese of antisemitism, false legal claims and attacks on American companies.

Israfan | July 3, 2025

The United States is calling on the United Nations to immediately dismiss Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, over what it describes as “inflammatory,” antisemitic conduct and legally unfounded attacks on Israel and its allies.

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July 3, 2025 | 3:13 pm | 2 Comments »

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When silence betrays  

Peloni:  Right on!

A call to American Jewish leadership about the urgency of courage in facing antisemitism.

Rabbi Stephen Wise.  (Photo by Harris & Ewing, photographer – Library of CongressCatalog, Image downloadOriginal url, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

“You have to be an American first.”— Rabbi Stephen Wise, dismissing efforts to rescue Jews during the Holocaust.

“[Peter] Bergson is worse than Hitler.”— Rabbi Stephen Wise, attacking the Jewish Zionist leader who fought to save our people and organized the 1943 rabbi’s march in Washington to try to publicize the Nazi regime murder of Jews. FDR took Wise’s advice and would not meet with them.

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July 3, 2025 | 2:20 pm | Comments »

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For The First Time Ever, President Sisi Legitimises The “Resistance”  

Cairo’s Isolation Reaches a Tectonic Shift as President Sisi Legitimises Armed Struggle

Khaled Hassan | The Grand Strategy | Jul 01, 2025

In a televised, pre-recorded address marking the 12th anniversary of Egypt’s 30 June revolution against the Muslim Brotherhood rule of Egypt, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi crossed a red line he had steadfastly avoided for 11 years, since he assumed office in 2014: he formally legitimised armed “resistance” against Israel. But to grasp the seismic nature of this shift, we must first contextualise his desperation.

“The continuation of war and occupation won’t produce peace, but feeds a cycle of hatred, and violence, and opens the doors of vengeance and resistance which will not be shut. So, enough violence, and killing, and hatred, and enough occupation and forced relocation, and homelessness.”

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July 2, 2025 | 8:58 pm | 1 Comment »

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Here’s What The Senate Changed In The ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill  

Peloni:  Senate changes to the BBB succeeded in removing the moratorium on State level oversight of AI, but there is no mention of the land grabs, terrorist exemptions for terrorist organizations or tax on tips, so many of the worms remain which were described in  THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL HAS WORMS IN IT.  As the bill moves back to the House, it presents the opportunity for further revisions as well as additional additions…

Andi Shae Napier  | Daily Caller |
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The Senate passed President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” on Tuesday morning, but only after senators spent hours negotiating changes to the near-1,000 page sweeping budget legislation.

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July 2, 2025 | 7:35 pm | 3 Comments »

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Will US back Israeli preemptive actions?  

Will the US support Israel’s new post-October 7 doctrine of preemption and deterrence, or will Washington revert to urging Israeli restraint once ceasefires are established?

By Eric Mandel | July 1, 2025

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John Spencer, head of West Point’s Urban Warfare Institute, wrote that the US and Israel “achieved overwhelming success at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels… shatter[ing] the myth of Iran’s invulnerability.” Yet, as The Wall Street Journal observed, despite the blow to the “pillars of Iran’s theocracy, the regime remains intact – wounded but capable of regrouping in more dangerous and unpredictable ways.”

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July 2, 2025 | 4:50 pm | 4 Comments »

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The Great President Trump’s Worst, Terrible, Bad Idea Ever  

by Lawrence Kadish  •  Gatestone Institute  •  July 2, 2025

Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

  • Qatar’s job, if it is part of a consortium controlling the Gaza Strip, will be to make sure that the jihad against Israel continues.
  • If Egypt is in any way involved in securing the Gaza Strip, it is certain there will be renewed smuggling of weapons and terrorists into Israel through and under the Rafah Crossing. The weapons-and-terrorists industry has always been far too profitable and far too successful at attacking Israel just to give up.

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July 2, 2025 | 2:21 pm | 1 Comment »

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This is what Netanyahu should be saying….  

Peloni:  Avi’s recommendations to Netanyahu are a must read!  This is the path towards peace, and away from the next slaughter.  The destiny of the region will be determined by what takes place in Washington in the next few days, presuming the terms are still yet to be determined, and ignoring any aspect of the reasonable and necessary elements of stability which are detailed below will result in a crushing blow to the future.  Remember that peace thru strength means that the strong choose the terms.

Avi Abelow

SYNOPSIS – GAZA
As Prime Minister Netanyahu will be meeting President Trump next week, this is what Netanyahu should be saying….

With victory over Hamas within reach, Netanyahu must resist pressure from the defense establishment urging him to stop short and strike a deal that would keep Hamas alive.

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July 2, 2025 | 8:23 am | 3 Comments »

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President Trump says Israel agrees to ‘necessary conditions’ of 60-day Gaza ceasefire deal  

Peloni:  Open Source Intel reports that Hamas has turned down Trump Deal.  Time to rescue the Hostages and end Hamas.

Trump warns Hamas to accept the deal: ‘It won’t get better, it will only get worse’

By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

Israel has agreed to “necessary conditions” for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a post on social media early Wednesday morning.

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July 2, 2025 | 4:47 am | 2 Comments »

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PM Netanyahu set to visit White House next week amid critical discussions over future of Gaza War  

US ups pressure on Israel and Hamas, but no breakthrough in sight

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 7, for his third meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this year, Israeli and U.S. officials told media outlets.

The trip will come exactly two weeks after Israel and Iran agreed to a U.S.-mediated ceasefire to stop a 12-day Israeli air campaign, which was topped off by U.S. strikes that destroyed the Iranian nuclear program.

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July 1, 2025 | 5:05 pm | 11 Comments »

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