Who were the Barbary pirates?  

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. Photomechanical print on the artwork by Michele Felice Corne. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. This illustration was in Life Magazine, October 28, 1940. (5/8/2015). National Museum of the U.S. Navy. Photo by Michele Felice Cornè - LC-USZC4-6409; https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/99400808/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70740494 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.

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January 13, 2026 | 4:31 pm | Comments »

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The Middle East at a Moment of Strategic Choice  

by Ahmed Charai  •  Gatestone Institute  •  January 5, 2026

President Donald J. Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan signs the Abraham Accords Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. Photo bBy The White House from Washington, DC - President Trump and The First Lady Participate in an Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94136660One 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

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January 13, 2026 | 1:28 pm | Comments »

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From Israel: How Do We Call It??  

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.

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January 13, 2026 | 8:59 am | Comments »

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“It’s One Big Lie!” Mudar Zahran Exposes The Untold Story of Palestine  

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.

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January 12, 2026 | 8:04 pm | Comments »

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No postwar role for Bangladesh in Gaza  

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, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=141089930Bangladesh 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.

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January 12, 2026 | 6:33 pm | Comments »

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Theocracy of thugs  

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.

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January 12, 2026 | 6:18 pm | Comments »

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No Jews, No News: Iran’s Massacre Exposes The Moral Bankruptcy Of Canada’s Activist Class  

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.

By: Ron East | TheJ.ca | Jan 12, 2025

WinnipegAt 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.

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January 12, 2026 | 5:05 pm | Comments »

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There is no room for antisemites in MAGA movement, Trump says: ‘We don’t need them, we don’t like them’  

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.

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January 12, 2026 | 2:20 pm | 1 Comment »

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Iran’s revolution is exposing the lies about the Middle East  

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.

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January 12, 2026 | 2:15 pm | 1 Comment »

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Regime Change Yes, Terrorist Rebranding No: Why MEK Is The Wrong Answer For Iran  

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.

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January 12, 2026 | 2:14 pm | 2 Comments »

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Somaliland & Good News From Morocco…  

By Gerald A. Honigman

Somaliland (left) and Morocco flag (right).  Image via AISomaliland (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.

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January 12, 2026 | 9:37 am | Comments »

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Trump versus Haavaahd  

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.

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January 12, 2026 | 8:38 am | 2 Comments »

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The Saudi deal: PA reforms in exchange for Gaza governance  

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 HayomPublished on  01-08-2026.

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https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/08/saudi-arabia-proposes-pa-reforms-gaza-governance-rubio-meeting/

January 11, 2026 | 11:12 pm | Comments »

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Iran  

Peloni: An important essay relating the current events in the Middle East to interactions with and by relative Iranian expats in CA.  A very insightful essay.

By Ari Bussel

The former Shah of Iran and his son, Prince Pahlavi. Image created via AI

I was asked whether “perhaps this time the Iranians will succeed in emerging from the dictatorship?”
To reinforce this, it was said: “In fact, what Trump said regarding the Iranian people sounded like giving them backing.”

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January 11, 2026 | 9:24 pm | 2 Comments »

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Trump’s Jihadist ‘Board of Peace’  

Peloni:  Is this how the Trump administration foresees peace in our age might be achieved?  The insanity of treating terrorists as having any interest in peace is the lie which betrayed and underpinned the folly of Oslo.  Do we need to walk this path again, or is it possible to grasp that peace can have no partnership with terror, not alliance with belligerents, and no future which so closely mimics past mistakes.

by Uzay Bulut  •  Gatestone Institute  January 11, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4TFfqwvsWUTurkey makes no secret of its support for the Hamas terror organization. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime, through its continuous support for Hamas, has not brought a lasting peace; it has brought lasting terrorism. Erdogan’s own words reveal his intentions. Pictured: Erdogan (right) honors then Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul, Turkey on April 20, 2024. (Screengrab via Youtube)

  • “Israel is left worse off than when Hamas managed Gaza, given the sheer power of Turkey (which is increasing)…. The deployment of Turkish forces in Gaza and the sale of F-35s to Erdogan are not policy ideas but a method: regional management through personal deals and assurances rather than hard reality. Trump himself illustrated this approach when he dismissed the issue as if it were a neighborhood misunderstanding: Israel ‘will be fine’ and Turkey ‘won’t use them against you’. This is not policy; it is a dangerous assumption. In the Middle East, it does not work. — Christine Douglass-Williams, Frontpage Magazine, January 7, 2026.

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January 11, 2026 | 6:26 pm | 4 Comments »

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