By Gerald A. Honigman

This is especially true for a nation outgunned and outmanned by hundreds of millions of enemies rejecting its very right to exist, and who actively try to end that existence.

I’m referring to that 9-15 mile wide, by 1949 UN-imposed Auschwitz/armistice lines sardine can size nation, Israel, which requires a magnifying glass to locate on  a world globe.

Those lines were drawn up after Israel was immediately attacked in May 1948 by a half dozen Arab armies, including one led by Sir John Bagot Glubb and other  British officers in the Arab Legion of Transjordan, all equipped with huge quantities of allied weaponry left after the Rommel Campaign and other operations in North Africa.

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By Kelleigh Nelson

Before statehood was achieved, Syria and Egypt had their tanks and military equipment lined up to invade Tel Aviv and destroy it; but the Israelis scrambled together an air force, some of it from old Second World War Messerschmidt’s, and the invasion was halted. Steven Spielberg

And if we are honest, we have to make a distinction between a democratic Israel that wants to live in peace and the terrorists who want Israel wiped out. The Israelis were told to give up land for peace; they gave up the land, but got no peace.  J.D. Hayworth

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Peloni:  Al Julani was given an important opportunity to demonstrate that he had the power and conviction to end the sectarian violence in Syria which has plagued and defined that nation for many decades.  He failed to do so, and when his own forces defied him, he issued vague warnings that violators will be held accountable, rather than providing public displays of such accountability.  Now he is threatening Israel, no doubt to solidify his nation’s long standing sense of opposition to the Jewish state, and placing even greater pressure on those minorities which Israel has offered its support.  Syria needs to recognize the rights of its minorities, focusing upon ending the violence against these groups, not challenging their Israeli neighbors who are in fact extending support to some of these Syrian minorities while they have been attacked with impudence and barbarism under the fledgling and failing leadership of Al Julani.

Peloni:  There is an important and accurate assessment of Ukraine’s problems made by a former commander of Azov at about 37 min mark.  These facts will have an effect on whatever success does or does not come from the Alaska Summit.  Ukraine can not win, even if it will not agree to end the war.

Israeli Navy Responds to Repeated Attacks by Striking Houthi-controlled Power Plant in Yemen

FDD | August 17, 2025

Latest Developments

Israel Strikes Sana’a: The Israeli Navy conducted a long-distance strike against the Houthi-controlled Haziz power station near the Yemeni capital of Sana’a on August 17, responding to “repeated attacks by the Houthi terror regime against the State of Israel and its citizens.” Local media reported large explosions that knocked generators out of service. The Iran-backed Houthis have launched at least seven unanswered ballistic missiles and seven drones against Israel since the last time the IDF struck Houthi targets on July 21.

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Peloni:  Not just Democrats…the entire Washington establishment supports this war continuing.

By Pamela Geller – on August 18, 2025

President Donald J. Trump welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025 (By Benjamin D Applebaum – This image was released by the United States Department of Defense with the ID 250815-D-LS763-1028 (next).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. Public Domain, Wikipedia)

The party of war is apoplectic over the prospect of peace between Russia and Ukraine. The meeting was preliminary and productive, but it is soon to assess how formative it will be for an end to the war that Trump is pushing for. Roger Kimball: Trump said that he would rank their discussion as very good—”10 out of 10,” he said. He and Putin came to an agreement about a lot of issues. Some issues remained.

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Peloni:  Trump’s policy on this point was quite on point during his first administration.  There should be zero tolerance for people coming from areas which are run by terrorists or unable to vet their own citizens as being terrorists…and yet an exception is being made for Gaza, of all regions??

The correct number of Islamic terrorism supporters to be admitted into the United States should be zero. 

Daniel Greenfield | August 17, 2025

Palestinian militiamen of the Islamic resistance forces.  (Photo by Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia)

And the same is true for other Muslim terrorist states.

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Peloni:  Jordan, under new management of Mudar Zahran, is a much better choice for Gazan emigres.

Roi Kais / KAN 11 | All Israel News | Published: August 18, 2025

President Donald Trump greets the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, prior to their bilateral meeting, Sunday, May 21, 2017, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (By The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump’s Trip Abroad, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

Officials in Egypt fear that U.S. President Donald Trump has not given up on the plan to relocate Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip. This was reported this Monday morning on the program “This Morning” on Kan Reshet Bet Radio.

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The new version of the Munich betrayal (Munich Betrayal 2.0) is eerily similar to the original one. It is also promoted by the original principal players, France and the UK.

Leonard Grunstein | Aug 17, 2025

United Nations. Photo by John Samuel – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

It’s been almost 87 years since the ill-fated Munich Agreement, when the UK and France, ostensible allies and guarantors of the independence of the sovereign country Czechoslovakia, perfidiously abrogated that sacred responsibility.

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Michael Ordman | VGNI | August 17, 2025

In the 17th Aug 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Israeli hostage survivors stand with their daughter under her wedding canopy.
• Israeli researchers are training cells to destroy cancer-causing proteins.
• Religious sons of Israeli leaders join IDF combat units.
• Israeli scientists discover that plants talk and insects listen.
• See if your aircraft is being pulled by an Israeli tow-truck.
• More Israeli international sporting successes.
• Israeli missing for 27 years is reunited with his family.

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Peloni: It is no secret that as Europe is becoming a Sharia conquest, the conquest of America is likewise being planned.

A very serious video montage that America must take very seriously. @realDonaldTrump ?? ? https://t.co/03as93DGlq

— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) August 18, 2025

Peloni:  When will the expansion of Sharia Law be addressed in America?  Why has Pres. Trump not addressed this?  Why has AG Bondi not addressed this?  Where is FBI Director Patel on this subject?  Is America going to follow England, or is it going to maintain liberty over Sharia?  It give me no comfort in writing this, and in fact, the silence in the US regarding the expansion of Sharia from Michigan to Texas to Florida chills me to the bone.  Silence indicates consent, and such consent in the face of expanding Sharia Law can not be permitted.  In the wake of this silence among America’s leaders, Americans everywhere need to speak out about this looming catastrophe before them, and perhaps their leaders will come to follow the lead of the public in speaking out and acting as is already needed.

? BREAKING AMERICA

America’s First Islamic-Controlled City Enacts Sharia—Non-Muslim Arrested Over Facebook Post

This is where it begins. When a city welcomes Islam into political power, the mask comes off.

Dearborn, Michigan — now a Muslim-majority city with a Muslim mayor… pic.twitter.com/XNkY2Xl4mj

— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) August 25, 2025

Peloni: Eve Rowell is quite correct.

I think the only thing standing in the way of the Arabs having self-rule is the King of Jordan. As soon as he abdicates, @Mudar_Zahran will become President of a new Republic of Jordan. All Palestinians are already, by Jordanian law, citizens of Jordan. He will welcome all…

— Rowell Eve (@rowell80238) August 16, 2025

Years of HRC’s racism prompted the International Legal Forum, a body of more than 4,000 lawyers, to ask UN Chief Giuterres for Albanese’s resignation. SecState Rubio hammered in the final nail.

Photo by Eliran t – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia

Twenty years ago exactly, Israel began its disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Every last civilian and soldier would leave the enclave, though evidence of the Jewish communities would remain in the form of greenhouses, roads, and other infrastructure that was gifted to the Palestinians as they began their first serious experiment in independent self-rule.

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by Nils A. Haug  •  Gatestone Institute  •  August 17, 2025

A majority of Western leaders clearly refuse to exercise integrity when it concerns the Palestinian issue. Only leaders completely sold out to extremist ideologies would persist in pushing a proposal so far detached from reality and so harmful to many people — starting with the atrociously governed Palestinians — that it is almost beyond comprehension. “Are these people wicked or just very, very stupid?”, asks columnist Melanie Phillips. A valid question indeed. Pictured: 16/06/2025. Kananaskis, Canada. Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 Summit in the Kananaskis mountain lodge in Canada. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street (Photo by Number 10 – Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets French President Emmanuel Macron, OGL 3, Wikipedia)

• Only leaders completely sold out to extremist ideologies would persist in pushing a proposal so far detached from reality and so harmful to many people — starting with the atrociously governed Palestinians — that it is almost beyond comprehension.

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Avi Abelow

This morning, the most destructive protest movement in Israeli society reemerged on the streets.

What’s really going on?

Once again, a tiny group of people are causing harm to the whole country and the hostages. (See picture below)

These demonstrations, held under the banner of supporting the hostages, are in reality a left-wing political campaign aimed at toppling the government.

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