True to familiar form by now, ‘Trump Fumes at Netanyahu’…Read this and Weep…  

by Gerald A. Honigman

https://unitedwithisrael.org/trump-fumes-at-netanyahu-over-planned-beirut-strikes/

I reluctantly voted for The Donald as a NPA Independent—both times.

He did have a very good first term regarding his foreign policy decisions—for the most part. Abraham Accords; recognition of Jerusalem as the 3,000
year old capital of Israel and moving America’s embassy there; recognition of the Golan Heights as part of sovereign Israel (was included as part of the original 1920 Mandate of Palestine, and was Biblical Bashan); defunded terror supporting UN organizations; cut off the mullahs’s oil revenues; improved the American economy and rebuilt its military; and so forth.

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June 3, 2026 | 3:21 am | 2 Comments »

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Trump Surrenders  

Peloni:  The reality is that the Iranian regime will not surrender, and will never surrender.  To force the regime from power, as indicated in the often raised analogy to the Nazis in WWII, Trump would need to commit a ground force to eliminate the regime in Tehran, as was done with the Nazi regime in 1945 Germany.  Of course, Trump could have used the Kurds, but instead chose to once again abandon such strategies which conflict with Turkey’s interests.  This leaves no such available capable armed force in the region to force the Iranian regime from power, and Trump was never going to use American warfighters in Iran despite his hyperbole and threats.  The Iranians know this, and so they persist.  Hence victory was always going to be ceded to the Iranians.  Trump’s blockade has the means to cripple the Iranians financially, but even as we speak, China and Pakistan are moving to improve the overland transit of oil from Iran to keep China’s Iranian pawn in the Middle East fed with cash, if not also with arms aplenty to use against either the Iranians or the Americans & Israelis if war returns.

The president turns on his ally to attain a false peace.

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President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Monday, July 7, 2025, at the South Portico of the White House.(Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Monday, July 7, 2025, at the South Portico of the White House.(Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Trump himself announced the betrayal on Monday:

I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi! I also had a conversation with Representatives of the Leaders of Hezbollah, and they agreed to stop shooting at Israel, and its soldiers. Likewise, Israel agreed to stop shooting at them. Let’s see how long that lasts — Hopefully it will be for ETERNITY! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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June 3, 2026 | 1:00 am | 1 Comment »

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Poisoning the Peace: How the Muslim Brotherhood’s Stranglehold on Jordan’s Schools Has Undermined Three Decades of Coexistence with Israel  

By Jalal Tagreeb

Despite the landmark 1994 Wadi Araba Peace Treaty between Jordan and Israel, which formally ended decades of hostility and promised a new era of cooperation and mutual respect, the country’s educational system has failed to reflect this peaceful accord. For over three decades, the Hashemite Kingdom’s textbooks have remained a reservoir of antisemitic incitement, a direct legacy of the pervasive influence of the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliated Islamic Action Front (IAF) on the nation’s pedagogy. This analysis examines how a network of Brotherhood-dominated unions and a government stance of appeasement have poisoned children’s education, ensuring that the peace treaty remains an empty promise on the ground.

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June 2, 2026 | 6:15 pm | Comments »

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Trump consolidates Mideast policy by appointing Special Envoy Barrack to Iraq, Syria  

Peloni:  Expanding Barrack’s role in the region, across nearly the entire region, espouses the notion that his efforts in either stabilizing Syria or instituting peace along Lebanon’s border were successful.  The reality is that the Druze continue to live under constant threat in Syria, and Israelis continue to be murdered with impunity along Israel’s northern border, and both of these very real realities are a consequence of Barrack’s pro-Turkey approach.  In fact, it seems that Trump is disposed to keeping key actors in his govt busy by expanding their roles as we have seen with Rubio and most recently with FHFA Director Bill Pulte being named to now also be Trump’s new DNI, but as the role being played by Amb. Barrack expands, it seems destined to be accompanied by the influence of Turkey over the region, and the implications of this are pregnant with disastrous effects for the future.

US Envoy Tom Barrack has played a key role in US policy in the Middle East over the past year. He was appointed Special Envoy to Syria last year. He is also the US Ambassador to Turkey.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | JUNE 1, 2026

Ambassador Tom Barrack and President Recep Erdogan. Image via AIAmbassador Tom Barrack and President Recep Erdogan. Image via AI

US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has played a key role in US policy in the Middle East over the past year. Last year, he was appointed the special envoy for Syria, and he helped shape US support for the new government of Ahmed al-Sharaa.

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Trouble at Turtle Bay  

Sarah N. Stern | June 2, 2026

Antonio Guterres at COP30 in Belem (Nov 20, 2025).  By Xuthoria - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=178830484Antonio Guterres at COP30 in Belem (Nov 20, 2025). By Xuthoria – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

Misleading claims about Israel frequently circulate at the United Nations. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, consists of 57 member states and aims to represent the voice of the Muslim world.

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Hamas Doesn’t Represent Palestinians — The Great Responsibility Laundering  

Victor Satya | TOI Blogs | May 30, 2026

Hamas terrorists carry to the Red Cross one of four coffins said to hold a body of a slain Israeli hostage, in the southern Gaza Strip’s Khan Younis, February 20, 2025. Screengrab via Youtube.

There is a peculiar rule governing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Nobody wrote it down. Nobody voted on it. Yet journalists, activists, diplomats, academics, and social media commentators appear to know it by heart.

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Iran has managed to twist Trump’s arm once again | Prof. Kobi Michael on Knesset Channel, 6/2/26  

Update:  Amit Segal reports the US agrees with strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs if Hezbollah continues to targets Israeli towns and villages.  Addionally, Segal reports that the White House has denied the derogatory comments reportedly made by Trump regarding Netanyahu and Israel.

Peloni:  Prof. Kobi Michael, Senior Researcher at the Institute of National Security Studies and the Misgav institute, reviews the actions taken by the US to countermand Israel’s announced attack on Beirut.  Trump’s preference to reaffirm his linkage of the war in Lebanon to his negotiations with Iran diminishes Israel’s position in the region, reinforces the subjugation of Lebanon under Iran’s suzerainty, and strengthens Iran’s regional and international outlook rather than diminishing it.  While the nature between the US and Israel is not that of equal powers, it is not in Washington’s interest to treat Israel with the lack of respect and influence which is inherently due to its partner in this war.

Furthermore, while Washington announced a ceasefire, this ceasefire was no more accurately termed as such than was the original ceasefire Trump imposed upon Israel on April 16, stating “Israel will not be bombing Lebanon any longer. They are PROHIBITED from doing so by the U.S.A. Enough is enough!!!”

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June 2, 2026 | 2:23 pm | 1 Comment »

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PM Carney Appoints Member of Pro-Hamas Group to Fight Antisemitism in Canada  

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By World Economic Forum - Flickr: Mark Carney - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19542924 By World Economic Forum – Flickr: Mark Carney – World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

Year after year, Toronto police have allowed Muslim pro-terrorist mobs to invade and harass the Jewish community. Now, PM Mark Carney has declared that there is a “scourge of antisemitism” and plans to combat it with a DEI council.

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June 2, 2026 | 12:40 pm | 2 Comments »

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South Korea Takes a Hard Left Turn Against America  

The radicals in charge in Seoul are pushing constitutional revisions to permit their own indefinite rule.

By Nicholas Eberstadt and Lawrence Peck | WSJ | June 1, 2026 12:56 pm

President Donald Trump greets President Lee Jae-myung of the Republic of Korea, Monday, August 25, 2025, at the West Wing entrance of the White House. By The White House - https://www.flickr.com/photos/202101414@N05/54748367371/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=173722685President Donald Trump greets President Lee Jae-myung of the Republic of Korea, Monday, August 25, 2025, at the West Wing entrance of the White House. By The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia

South Korean officials storm the command center of an American military base, seizing details about U.S. Air Force flights in the name of a domestic investigation.

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June 2, 2026 | 9:31 am | 1 Comment »

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Israel is right to defend its Gaza blockade  

Imagine how much worse the attacks on Israeli civilians would have been if Hamas had been able to import guidance systems and more sophisticated rockets.

Moshe Phillips | June 1, 2026

Israeli Navy enforcing Gaza Blockade, May 2026. Screengrrab via YoutubeIsraeli Navy enforcing Gaza Blockade, May 2026. Screengrrab via Youtube

The foreign politicians who chose last month to criticize Israel’s treatment of the extremists detained from the so-called Gaza flotilla are wrong. The flotilla participants understood the risks and consequences of deliberately challenging a lawful and necessary Israeli maritime blockade designed to protect Israeli civilians.

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June 2, 2026 | 8:47 am | 1 Comment »

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How double-dealing Oman threatens Trump’s Mideast peace  

“Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we’ll have to blow them up,” President Donald Trump declared Wednesday.

An apparently shocking statement about a nation long regarded as a key US ally.

But as a tentative deal to end the war with Iran appears to be within reach, Washington has grown increasingly frustrated by the Gulf sultanate’s quiet yet significant support for the Islamic Republic.

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June 1, 2026 | 6:45 pm | 1 Comment »

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Iran Ends All Negotiations…  

June 1, 2026 | 6:22 pm | 3 Comments »

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New York Times Tries To Cover Up Story We Broke About Terror Tied Candidate  

Peloni:  As what has historically been accepted as the leader of the Fourth Estate, the New York Times has conducted itself in an ever increasing manner of complicity in the shame of what it should otherwise be exposing due to its long held prestige among the Legacy Media.  It is unfortunate that this institutionalized state of capture continues to this day by this falsely presumed pillar of journalism which has failed to improve its preferred duplicities, the practice of which took place during WWII is well known as it acted to shield the shame of the US govt in ignoring the plight of the annihilation of the Jews of Europe.  Indeed, the shame of the Old Gray Lady persists to this day, even as the threat of its coverup is targeting Americans now rather than just Europeans.

We do the reporting. The New York Times does the cover-ups.

Daniel Greenfield | June 1, 2026

By Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA - New York Times Building - New York Times Logo, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80146855Image by Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA – New York Times Building – New York Times Logo, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

In April, Freedom Center Investigates broke the story that Hisham ‘Adam’ Hamawy, an Egyptian Muslim running for Congress in New Jersey, backed with $2M in Islamic cash, had ties to Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, an ally of Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, tied to the WTC bombing and a plot to bomb the Statue of Liberty and parts of New York City. One of our sources for the backstory was a New York Times story on Hamawy’s testimony at the time. Other outlets, the Free Beacon and FOX News, picked up the story.

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Memorial Day There (in the Heart) and Here (If at All)  

By Ari Busel

Translated by Peloni

Box of Colors. Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@leisyvidal?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Leisy Vidal</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/assorted-crayons-in-box-on-wooden-table-vJritQGOFvc?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a> Box of Colors. Photo by Leisy Vidal on Unsplash

A mix of songs surround me, songs beautiful and beloved:  I Had a Box of Colors, Let It Be, I Promise You (The Last War), What Shall I Bless Him, My Younger Brother Yehuda, … and they blend into one another, like seawaves crashing together, merging, and disappearing as though they had never been.

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Mark Levin: Iran, Ideology, and the Future of the West  

Peloni &  David Fieldstone

Report of the Mark Levin Show of Sunday, May 31, 2026 – on FOX NEWS – including his opening comments, and his interviews with (1) Ben Domenech – who has many high-end political functions, and (2) Retired 4 star General Jack Keane – who is well known in the USA and beyond.

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The deeper the investigations go, the clearer the picture becomes.  

Peloni:  It is remarkable that the overseas network of Leftist allies in America which seem to have made the extraordinary protest movements in Israel possible is being unveiled by the financial footsteps left behind by that very same overseas network of Leftist allies in America.  In fact, the need for America to free its own nation from being captured by an elitist cabal may soon require the prosecution of not only their own Leftist elites, but those with whom they worked in Israel at the expense of immense sums of US taxpayer dollars, simply to corrupt and control America’s greatest ally in the world from acting in its own self interest in establishing an independence from the corruption in Israel, which was itself tied back to the corruption in America.  I have often made the statement that what begins in America does not remain in America.  This was true of the corruption and capture of the Deep State in America, but it will also prove to be true of the process to free America from that same state of corruption and capture as we are witnessing take place currently.

Avi Abelow | June 1, 2026

Anti-government protests over judicial reform financed by US. Screengrab via YoutubeAnti-government protests over judicial reform financed by US govt under the Biden administration. Screengrab via Youtube

The deeper the investigations go, the clearer the picture becomes.

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June 1, 2026 | 3:04 pm | 2 Comments »

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