If one had a predilection to it, one could easily get brainwashed. If one lacked critical faculties (which is a learned skill and a virtue), one might substitute hate for thinking…

Andrew Benjamin | Jul 01, 2025

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Peloni:  Great response to Leftist idiocy founded on antisemitism!

By Joan Swirsky | Am Thinker | July 1, 2025

Not long ago, I ran into a long-lost acquaintance who always assumed — always incorrectly — that I was simpatico with her leftist leanings.  Maybe it was my long hair or dangling earrings or that I liked to listen to Joe Cocker.

Image: tomaszmichalkania via Pixabay, Pixabay License.

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Peloni:  The Palestinian Authority is an American equity, masquerading as a security enterprise which expenses its vast resources towards awarding vast sums to the families of those who slaughter innocent Jews, specifically and exclusively because their butchered victims are Jews.  Pay for Slay is a fundamental policy of the PA, and any attempt to increase their authority is a betrayal of the brutal slaughter of both American and Israeli citizens who have been murdered as a consequence of this terror organization hiding in plain view.  Expanding their authority in any respect is as poorly considered as was allowing Hamas to take over Gaza twenty some years ago.

By Moshe Phillips

“Arab states have repeatedly asserted that they will not take part in the postwar rehabilitation of Gaza absent Israeli acquiescence to the Palestinian Authority gaining a foothold in the Strip as part of a pathway to a future two-state solution,” The Times of Israel reported on June 27.

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How they did it.

by Hugh Fitzgerald | June 30, 2025

Logo of Mossad.  By Kahnew – Own work, Public Domain, via Wikipedia

It took years of planning, mainly by the Mossad, for the IDF to pull off its remarkable attack on Iran, greatly damaging or destroying nuclear facilities at Isfahan and Natanz, destroying military bases at Tabriz and Hamadan, assassinating at least a dozen of the most senior generals in both the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Iranian army, blowing up on the ground Iran’s remaining fleet of F-4 “Tomcats,” killing the nine most important nuclear scientists at the very same moment in time, even though they were spread out across Tehran. More on this planning can be found here: “Israel’s spy agency used AI and smuggled-in drones to prepare attack on Iran,” by Julia Frankel and Sam Mednick, AP, June 17, 2025:

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Peloni:  Powerful and important analysis by Megyn Kelly.

Peloni:  This is an important article!  Developing a symbiotic cooperation between Israel and the Diaspora Jewish communities can replace the sense of defenselessness and vulnerability with the independence and control over their own lives, which can be supported by alliances with and in cooperation with other organizations and institutions, thus emulating the model of the US-Israeli cooperation in the recent war in which Israel maintained control over her own defenses.

The diaspora should follow

by Adam Milstein | July 1, 2025

F-15 IAF Israel 2015 Independence Day flyover.  (Photo by Minozig – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikipedia)

On June 21, 2025, the United States and Israel deepened their historic partnership, as American warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan in a decisive blow against barbarism.

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Peloni:  There can be no ‘deal’ which does not include either the unconditional surrender [remember that phrase] of Hamas or their complete destruction by force.  These should be the terms offered to Hamas, and nothing more compromising than this.

Peloni: Arguing on behalf of preserving a nuclear threat in the hands of a terrorist regime which already has the blood of thousands of American lives on its hands isn’t anti-war.  Instead it demonstrates something between naivete and narcissism.  Like advocating on behalf of preserving the freedom of a rabid dog while ignoring the inevitability of harm which would come from such tomfoolery, those who advocate on behalf of a nuclear Iran are in fact advocating on behalf of an inevitable nuclear war.

The operation against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure wasn’t reckless. Quite the opposite: It was necessary.

Moshe Phillip

When Israel launched a precision strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 13, nearly every segment of the U.S. Jewish community rallied behind it. Zev Stub of The Times of Israel wrote, “Jewish organizations from across the spectrum came out in strong support of Israel following the launch of its preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities … .”

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Peloni:  The link on this video wasn’t working yesterday, so I am re-posting it again with the link fixed.

Peloni: In the opening of his first segment, Mark praises the resolve and ability of the US destruction of the Iranian nuclear program.  He also noted the tremendous effort and combined benefits which came from the US partnership with Israel, both in this event and in general.  Playing part of the celebration of the US army as well as the moving song of prayer for Israel’s brave warriors, Mark notes the ties of values which unite Israel and the US like no other two nations.  Playing a clip from Reagan warning terrorist that the nature of America is slow to react but resolved once action is chosen, Mark notes that this is who America is.

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By Alexander G. Markovsky | June 27, 2025

This is the story of how a small frontier territory of approximately 80,000 square kilometers — once home to the free-roaming Zaporozhian Cossacks with a population not exceeding 300,000 — transformed into the largest country in Europe after Russia in just 300 years, surpassing even France and Germany in size without a single conquest or acquisition. While the supporters of Ukraine keep manufacturing its history, they cannot escape the fact that Ukraine is a man-made nation established by some of the most notorious mass murderers in history — Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler.

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Peloni:  Al Shara is part of the problem in the Middle East.  He is not in power due to popular consent, nor due to his moderate views, but due to the strength of his armed forces which have been dedicated towards Jidhad over the past decade or more.  To display his lack of credible ‘moderation’ even more than this, one would only need to look at his co-Jihadi allies who he has surrounded himself.  Moderation, not Hudna, is what is needed for peace, and peace is what is needed for the successful pursuit of the IMEC.  Also, Rabbi Cooper’s assertion that “He [Al Shara] did say he wants peace” should be understood to be remarkably unremarkable.  Al Shara needs regional cooperation and support to help stabilize his regime before he falls prey to the very form of violent overthrow which initially brought him to power.  The Abraham Accords should eschew such transparent Jihadis as Al Shara rather than inviting them inside the wire, as it were.  No good will come from entering into the self deception needed to portray him as a moderate.

Roi Kais / KAN 11 | All Israel News | Published: June 30, 2025

Rabbi Abraham Cooper. (Photo: Screenshot)

Abraham Cooper, an American rabbi who met with Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, did not rule out the possibility of a future meeting between al-Sharaa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington. According to Cooper, the path to such a meeting has not yet been paved and depends largely on U.S President Donald Trump.

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By Andrea Widburg | Am Thinker | June 30, 2025

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat party’s candidate for mayor of New York, has attracted attention for the fact that he’s a hardcore communist. However, his religious beliefs deserve some attention, too.

First, there’s the fact that he’s a Shia Muslim who is affiliated with the Twelver Branch that drives the Iranian mullahs. Back in 2006, the late Bernard Lewis wrote about this ideology when he explained why the mullahs are not necessarily amenable to the doctrine of mutually assured destruction:

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IT’S A GOOD THING THEY’RE NOT OVERWROUGHT!

Andrew Benjamin | Jun 29, 2025

> IT’S A GOOD THING THEY’RE NOT OVERWROUGHT! < WATCH

Their hatred of Jews brings the antisemite to the brink of insanity.

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Peloni:  The Saudi commitment to peace is betrayed by actions such as this which honor and patronize the families who have slaughtered innocent Israelis for the exact reason that their family member slaughtered the relevant Israelis.  The path towards the future project of the IMEC is not paved with through the efforts of King Salman to honor the radicals in the Arab street.  Instead it lay a path towards the past, toward war, after gaining the great benefits resulting from Trump’s Gulf State tour.  In fact, while this action is a betrayal of any hope of a peaceful future, it is a direct slap in the face of recent American diplomatic efforts.

Saudi king rewards 1,000 Palestinian terrorists’ relatives with free Mecca pilgrimagehttps://t.co/n5ojNiiOQX

— World Israel News (@worldisraelnews) June 29, 2025

News of Israel’s Achievements and Heartwarming Stories from the Jewish State.

Michael Ordman | VGNI | May 25, 2025

In the 29th Jun 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Israel and the USA have made the world a safer place.
• A non-Jewish Cypriot billionaire gave free rooms to stranded Israelis.
• Israeli scientists have discovered chemicals in corals that can treat infections.
• A Druze IDF officer raced to prepare his Jewish soldiers for the Sabbath.
• An Israeli startup is enhancing the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
• Israel’s global financial status has skyrocketed.
• An Iranian missile hit an Israeli building due for demolition. 

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Peloni:  Highly recommended article.  Indeed, China may be envious of the many potentials created by the insidious public-private tag team effort to overcome constitutional norms in the US.

by Kelleigh Nelson

Arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.  Edward Snowden

We have to decide whether our fear is going to get the better of us. Once upon a time we had a standard in our country that was ‘innocent until proven guilty.’ We’ve given up on so much. Now, people are talking about a standard that is ‘if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.’ Think about it. Is that the standard we’re willing to live under?  Sen. Rand Paul

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Peloni:  Is Israel to become even more controlled by the US in the wake of the US acting in its own defense against Iran?  Should Netanyahu succumb to Trump’s demands as Trump is simultaneously pressing for the Lawfare against Netanyahu to be dismissed?  The transactional perspective with which Trump seems to assess the world is ever present and defies the history of the Middle East which has been formed in large part around Western interests while ignoring radical and regional ideologies, the result of which has been damaging in many ways, not least to the interests of both the US and Israel.  Is the deal in question connected to the grand bargain leaked to Israel Hayom in recent days?  Despite the denial of the Office of the PM, the timing of Trump’s latest tweet is quite alarming.

As IDF prepares for extensive operations against Hamas, Arabic spokesman calls for civilians to leave parts of Gaza City

All Israel News Staff | Published: June 29, 2025

President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, April 7, 2025, in the West Wing Lobby of the White House. (Photo by The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

U.S. President Donald Trump resumed his calls for a hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza, following speculation in recent days that Israel and Hamas are close to a deal following the end of Operation Rising Lion.

“MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!! DJT,” Trump posted to Truth Social early Sunday morning.

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Peloni:  Mike Doran and Gadi Taub discuss the aftermath of the 12 Day War.  Mike warns that while the war was an enormous operational victory, Iran remains as a threat, likening it to a wounded dog, questioning whether this will lead Iran towards a strategic shift or if it will simply recover and return towards achieving its previous bad behavior.  Explaining further he questions if this war is more analagous to the 6-Day war, or the Yom Kippur War, ie is the 12 Day War an operataional victory which opens the next stage in the war with Iran, or is one which brings the conflict to an end?  He explains that the answer is that there is too much left unknown at this point to accurately judge, most importantly he notes it is unknown how the war will affect the Iranian leadership.  He also warns against being too optimistic as is normal for American foreign policy experts who overwhelmingly like to believe that money rather than ideology rules the world.  Very interesting conversation in total, but focus on the 30-min following the 11min 40sec mark