Peloni: As reports of VP Vance, Mideast Envoy Witkoff, and the US influencer Qatar have all been pressing for Trump to show restraint and negotiate with the Mullahs in the face of the Iranian protestors being savagely murdered, Trump seems to have come to a tipping point…and he seems to be tipping away from negotiations…
See below Trump tweet for macabre screengrabs of bodies of protestors being uploaded on X
Peloni: What is needed when dealing with the likes of the Mullahs of Iran is not a negotiator, but an idealogue who has the moral compass to distinguish between good and evil. This is not hyperbole, just as the images of bodies from the recent crackdown in Iran is not rhetoric. Recall too that the bodies of these protestors are but a fraction of the thousands of American dead who met their untimely fate at the hand of the regime with which Witkoff is trying to now cut a deal. From the Beirut barracks from 1982 to the barbarism of October 7, to the thousands of American soldiers butchered on the sands of Iraq, Iran has demonstrated their desire and capabilities of exacting a high price upon the American people, a price which should not be negotiated into allowing that price to continue to increase, but should in fact create a certain demand that the regime responsible for that butchers bill should be ended at the first opportunity…and the protest movement in Iran today presents Trump with just such an opportunity.
Witkoff is Negotiating with Iran’s Mullahcracy
Stephen Bryen | Weapons & Strategy | Jan 13, 2026
Putin-Witkoff meeting. Screengrab via Youtube
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s fixer, has entered the Iran mess and is now talking to Iran’s leaders. This is a very bad sign for the Iranian revolution, because Witkoff’s approach is to fix “problems.” The Iranian revolution is not a problem: it is an unprecedented opportunity. By deflecting any US response to the ongoing crisis, whether intentionally or not, Witkoff could hand the Mullah’s a victory against the people of Iran.
Peloni: A truly marvelous article exposing the weaponization of Jew Hatred in the history and practice of the Hadith driven Jihadists. People will often suggest that the threat of the Islamists began about a century ago, yet the truth, explained so vividly here, is that the threat of the Jihadist conquests is far older than a century, and this fact is far more relevant to what we are facing today than such opinion would have us believe.
Weaponizing religion as a political tool is an immoral tool – look at the hadiths that promote jihad.
First Barbary War, Bombardment of Tripoli, August 3, 1804. US Squadron led by Commodore Edward Preble in the flagship USS Constitution, right, successfully shelling forts of the Barbary pirates at close range. During this action, Captain Stephen Decatur led a board party which captured three pirate craft. Image by Michele Felice Cornè – LC-USZC4-6409; Loc.gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia
We who live in the USA (and Israel) are blessed to live in a free and open, diverse and democratic society, where we enjoy, among other things, freedom of religion and speech, as well as equal protection under the law. In the US, the constitution provides for separation of church and state, as well as recognizing our G-d given rights and freedoms. US law expressly prohibits discrimination by reason of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, etc.
by Ahmed Charai • Gatestone Institute • January 5, 2026
One cannot fight terrorism while empowering regressive Islamist movements that capture governing institutions. One cannot defend the Abraham Accords rhetorically while eroding their foundations in practice. The Abraham Accords can still shape the Middle East’s future, but only if those who benefited from their promise accept the cost of clarity. History will not record intentions. It will record strategic choices. Pictured from left to right: Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords in Washington, DC on September 15, 2020. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC, Public Domain, Wikipedia
Arlene Kushner | January 12, 2026
Owen Jones
Along with the rest of Israel, I have been tracking the situation in Iran, holding on to the hope that the regime might fall and the world might change. What this would mean for us is enormous: Not only would the threat of Iranian missiles be gone, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis would lose their patronage and support.
By Sha’i ben-Tekoa
United Nations General Assembly. Photo by Mojnsen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
Would you believe a 13-year-old boy 66 years ago discovered the deep corruption in this institution?
Peloni: This is a very important video. Mudar Zahran addresses the concerns about those who see the Hashemites as essential to Israel’s security, the weaponization of rendering the former Jordanian citizens as stateless because they lived on the West side of the Jordan, as well as the false relevance of the ‘ban’ on the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan last year.
Peloni: From anti Israel protests which took place one day after October 7 to anti-National Guard protests to anti-ICE protests to pro Venezuela protests, they all lead back to one organization.
The U.S. government needs to realize that nations with a documented history of hostility toward Israel cannot credibly serve as neutral peacekeepers.
Moshe Phillips | Jan 12, 2025
Bangladesh flag. Photo by Frameofashik – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
Bangladeshi officials issued statements on Jan. 10 saying that their military should be deployed as part of the planned “International Stabilization Force” in the Gaza Strip. They also claimed that their national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, also an economist and a former U.N. official, met with members of the Trump administration in Washington and discussed the idea. News reports indicated that the U.S. State Department had no immediate comment on the Bangladeshi claims.
Peloni: The more things change, they eerily remain the same in various and important ways, as demonstrated in this article below. Geoffrey Clarfield wrote this article some 17yrs ago, yet it describes both a similar situation today as well as what might be hoped to be the result of todays ongoing protests even as it failed to be the result of the protests which took place 17yrs ago.
Geoffrey Clarfield | National Post | June 24, 2009
During the last few weeks, much ink, as well as some blood, has been spilled over the Iranian election. The competition between the two contenders has inadvertently triggered a youth-led expression of frustration directed at the middle-aged and elderly men at the helm of the Islamic regime — men ruling with an iron fist over a generation of Iranians who were born after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and who desire greater personal freedom.
Peloni: And of course, this is not just true in Canada… Moral courage has not been weaponized against the Jewish state, used to threaten the lives and livelihoods of Diaspora Jew, while distorting the truth to dehumanize the Israeli state. All of this, and so much more which could fill an encyclopedia, are the actions of antisemites as the Old Hatred is being normalized and popularized with the help of useful idiots and the careful support of moral corruption and cowardice which resides too comfortably in political leaders around the world.
As Iran’s regime reportedly kills thousands of its own citizens, the silence from Canada’s self-styled human rights movement reveals a double standard rooted in antisemitism.
Ron East | TheJ.ca | Jan 12, 2025
Winnipeg — At least 2,000 protesters are believed to have been killed in Iran over just 48 hours as the Islamic Republic unleashed one of the bloodiest crackdowns in its modern history.
And in Canada, the silence has been deafening.
Peloni: Is antisemitism too popular to actually describe antisemites as being antisemitic, even as POTUS is announcing that there is no room for them in his movement? As Trump initially demonstrated the moral courage needed to whisk away any support from antisemites, he refrained from addressing the antisemitism which is infiltrating its poisonous effect among his base, making his statement rejecting antisemitism no different than those shallow remarks made by Heritage Pres. Roberts or that of VP Vance. So the masquerade of antisemites within the MAGA talking heads will continue to erode support for the most philosemitic movement in US history. As the lack of moral clarity from the top down has already consumed the Democratic party entirely, this is an increasingly worrying sign.
President refuses to say who would be a good candidate to replace him, says Vance and Rubio ‘both doing a great job’
President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Israeli American Council National Summit Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Hollywood, Fla. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump at the Israeli American Council National Summit, Public Domain, Wikipedia
U.S. President Donald Trump said that neither his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement nor the Republican Party needs people with antisemitic views.
Jihadi Islam is the fundamental evil driving violence and oppression in the Middle East and beyond. The Jewish people and the Jewish state of Israel are the answer.
Avi Abelow | Jan 12, 2025
History is unfolding in Iran right now. We are witnessing a popular uprising unlike anything seen in decades, Iranians rising up against 46 years of brutal repression under the Islamic regime. For the first time, the United States is openly signaling that it may intervene if the regime shoots and massacres its own people. That alone tells you how serious this moment is.
But what many still fail to grasp is that this uprising is exposing some of the biggest lies ever sold about the Middle East.
Peloni: The greatest betrayal of the Iranian people would be to see them rescued from the Mullahs, only to be handed over to the MEK. Doing so could hardly save the Iranians, and it wouldn’t safeguard the West either.
Laura Loomer | Loomered.com | January 10, 2026
Agents from the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), which leads the group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), have been appearing on pro-Trump news stations and podcasts recently to promote their vision for Iran’s future to the American people, amidst widespread anti-regime protests in Iran.
There are few heroes and many villains. A New America? Yes. Minneapolis and Portland are dystopian leftwing hellholes! Otherwise, Observations on the Passing Scene: especially TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE!
Andrew Benjamin | Jan 11, 2026
THE SUPERHERO – ALLAH APPROVES!
Bondi Beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed honored at $1000 a seat NYC Chabad gala, calls selfless act disarming shooter his ‘duty as a human being’
By Gerald A. Honigman
Somaliland (left) and Morocco flag (right). Image via AI
Recent reports have announced that Israel is extending its military reach into Africa with a Morocco defense partnership. This is potentially good news.
By Walter E. Block
Libertarians favor the legalization of all drugs, including not just marijuana, but also cocaine, opium, heroin, fentanyl, for adults only, of course. Ignorant critics deduce from this stance that we support their actual use, and indulge. God forbid. Libertarians favor the legalization of prostitution, pornography, sado-masochistic relationships between consenting adults. Malicious detractors claim that we all engage in every one of these activities and urge others to do so. Ditto.
Peloni: This is a must read article. Saudi Arabia is renewing its engagement on Gaza by proposing that it be allowed to supervise reforms within the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a step toward future governance of the Strip. Offering its support to ensure anti-corruption measures, administrative restructuring, de-radicalization, while also ending terrorist stipends, required benchmarks demanded by Israel, the US, and Gulf states, the Saudis are calling for the release of withheld tax revenues and offer to include Saudi financial incentives. While the Saudis argue that this is intended to end the Gaza war and advance the Trump plan and Abraham Accords, Israel remains opposed to premature PA entry into Gaza, while the UAE doubts reform credibility. Hence, once again, we stand at the brink of offering terrorists cash to behave rather than finding some alternative to the American equity of the terrorist PA, which has a history of absorbing cash like a financial black hole while ignoring the demands which are associated with payments. Radicals have no end of appetite for cash, no limit of pretense in role-playing hudnas and no possibility of being deradicalized following a life built upon the structural application of radicalization. While the PA celebrated October 7 longer than did their cousins in Gaza, we are to trust that they will not only be reformed, but that they will be reformed while being granted access to authority in Gaza for which they should NEVER have any access ever. This is pure madness…and we can expect that Washington is going to put the full weight of its inscrutable support behind it.
After months of signaling disengagement, Riyadh has presented Washington with a plan to oversee comprehensive reforms within the Palestinian Authority – a move designed to pave the way for Ramallah’s return to power in Gaza.
by Danny Zaken | Israel Hayom | 01-08-2026.
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