Vance’s Hidden Conversation at the RJC  

Peloni:  It seems as if Vance, while recognizing that he has a problem with the Jewish vote, rather than actually dealing with this matter as if it needs or warrants handling, is instead going to minimize and ignore this glaring political hangnail.  Notably, this was the effect, if not the reason, he tried to keep his remarks at the RJC off the record, and in doing so, Vance purposefully missed an important opportunity to reach out to the Jewish and Zionist voters who have expressed serious doubts about Vance’s electoral candidacy.  The fact that he is treating the breach between Jewish/Zionist voters as if it does not exist, does indicate a bit of clarity that either he is politically tone deaf, or that he has little doubt that the tension he has created with these voters will affect his election chances.

What is more telling is that Vance failed to address any of the many previous faux pas which he has made in addressing Israel, Jews and Zionism over the past many months, while digging the hole a little bit deeper by suggesting the real problem with antisemitism lies in immigration.Notably, as I have stated before, Trump’s MAGA movement is the most philosemitic movement in US history.  Vance’s attempt to take the reins of that movement while ignoring the fact that he stand on the contrasting side of that ideological divide should not be ignored, but he has in fact done exactly that in this conversation, something which was only highlighted by Vance requesting the conversation not be recorded at an event in which the recordings are the greater point of the RNJ Summit being held.

Click Photo to Hear Vance Interview at the Republican Jewish Coalition National Leadership Summit which was restricted from being aired.

Vice President JD Vance Hosting The Charlie Kirk Show. Photo by The White House - YouTube: VP Vance Hosts the Charlie Kirk Show – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=175184993Vice President JD Vance. Photo by The White House – YouTube, Public Domain, Wikipedia

September 1, 2026 | 3:35 pm | 1 Comment »

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Into the fray: How Bibi ruined Israel  

The impressive post-October 7th achievements of the current government are often overlooked and undervalued.

PM Netanyahu’s Remarks at the Start of Today’s Government Meeting. Screengrab via X. https://x.com/GPOIsrael/status/2023039426314580052/video/1PM Netanyahu offers remarks at Cabinet meeting. Screengrab via X.

One of the most recurring refrains that resonates in the Bibiphobic echo chamber that overhangs much of the political debate in Israel is the allegation that “Bibi has ruined the country.”

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September 1, 2026 | 10:21 am | 5 Comments »

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Victory Requires Leadership & That Task Is Not Yet Completed  

Amir Avivi | X | Aug 29, 2026

In perspective and historical comparison to World War II, Netanyahu is the Churchill of the 21st century, and in this sense, the commandership he has demonstrated so far in the war is required even after the elections to ensure a strategic victory and lead Israel to a golden age.

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September 1, 2026 | 8:26 am | 1 Comment »

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Never Again Is Not Enough: Israel Must Never Forget  

Victor Satya

“Never again.”

For Israelis, “Never again” has never been merely a historical slogan.

And October 7, 2023, made that painfully clear. For much of the Jewish world, the Holocaust had become something that belonged to history books, museums and memorial ceremonies. The images were black and white. The survivors were growing older. The perpetrators were dead.

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September 1, 2026 | 3:32 am | 4 Comments »

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Radcliffe’s Offer, Ukraine and NATO’s Future  

Stephen Bryen | Weapons & Strategy | Aug 31, 2026

Mystery continues about the strange Ratcliffe visit to Moscow, flying there in a massive C-17 Globemaster, a military airlifter. While the Globemaster has a specially designed secure roll off and roll on module for top officials, keeping them harnessed to Washington and the President, the choice of aircraft, instead of a much smaller VIP aircraft, helps us understand this was a highly sensitive but visible, urgent mission.

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September 1, 2026 | 3:30 am | 1 Comment »

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Iran Attacks US Forces in Jordan after American Strikes on Missile Launchers  

Peloni:  Opportunity is knocking.  The US economic war on Iran needs a kinetic component focused on the personnel and installations which provide internal security in Iran.  Trump should take his foot off the brakes and release the full force of US and Israeli strikes to facilitate the destabilization of the Iranian regime.  If his economic war plan is going to be successful, this subsequent corollary will be needed for regime change to take place.

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Iran attacking U.S. forces in Jordan on Sunday following U.S. strikes on Iranian missile launchers, which happened on Larak Island, according to several reports.

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August 31, 2026 | 6:11 pm | Comments »

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Poll: Majority of Americans say antisemitism is on the rise  

Of those who believe antisemitism is on the rise, 29% say it has increased a lot, while 27% think it has increased “somewhat.”

The polling results are supported by recent data from the Anti-Defamation League, citing FBI stats showing antisemitic crimes remained high as 2025 marked the “third highest year on record” for hate crimes targeting Jewish people.

Results from The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll (TCS-VVP), August 2026. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: The Center Square Voters’ Voice PollDownload imageCreated with Datawrapper

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August 31, 2026 | 5:55 pm | Comments »

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Are Israel and Turkey heading for a military clash?  

The strike in Syria and the public exchange of threats mark an unprecedented escalation in tensions with Ankara. Since the Oct. 7 massacre, Erdogan has cast aside the restraints of the past. Now, as Turkey sets its sights on Syria and Israel’s gas reserves, a military flare-up, potentially triggered by miscalculation or misunderstanding, is no longer an unthinkable scenario.

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser | Aug 30, 2026

The Israeli airstrike in Syria two weeks ago, aimed at preventing the deployment of Turkish forces at the Abu al-Duhur airbase in the country’s north, along with the public broadsides and even threats exchanged by the leaders of Turkey and Israel since then, mark an unprecedented escalation in the confrontation between the two countries. That confrontation has steadily intensified since the Oct. 7 massacre, fueled and inflamed with appalling irresponsibility by Turkey’s leaders.

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August 31, 2026 | 10:06 am | 2 Comments »

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The Naïve, Misguided, and Hypocritical Penchant for Blaming Israel and Jews for Everything  

As hostility toward Israel and Jews gains political legitimacy across the West, selective outrage, abandoned commitments, and tolerance of extremism are eroding the credibility of democratic governments and international institutions.

Amb. Alan Baker | JCFA | Aug 25, 2026

There is something deeply troubling about the manner in which Israel and the Jewish people have once again become the focus of an extraordinary campaign of political condemnation, public vilification, and international hostility.

When public figures such as Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, and Zohran Mamdani feel able to malign Israel and Jews in sweeping, inflammatory and often baseless terms – and to do so with the apparent confidence that social media will provide them with millions of receptive followers – one is entitled to ask a fundamental question: is something seriously wrong with the political and social discourse in America?

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August 31, 2026 | 8:42 am | Comments »

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THE SERPENT, THE VOICE OF TEMPTATION  

Diane Bederman

Red Serpent. Image created via AIRed Serpent. Image created via AI

Today we are witnessing the amalgamation of Nazism with Islam, all over the world. I am sharing Chapter 2 of my book THE SERPENT AND THE RED THREAD: The Definitive Biography of Evil. The book is included in the library  collection of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem and the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.

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August 31, 2026 | 3:32 am | 1 Comment »

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Finland Cuts Off UNRWA After 100+ Employees Took Part in Hamas’ October 7 Atrocities—More Nations Set to Follow  

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Long past due.

Ville Tavio, Finland’s minister for foreign trade and development, announced that the country’s support agreement with United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will end.

“The multi-year support agreement made between Finland and UNRWA during the previous Sdp government ends, and I have not granted it an extension,” Tavio said in a post on X.

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August 31, 2026 | 12:59 am | 1 Comment »

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The Ben-Gvir Controversy: A Provocateur Who Delivered Meaningful Reforms  

Peloni

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Ben-Gvir - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=147610606National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Ben-Gvir – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia

In a highly recommended recent interview on TOV Channel, Dr. Pini Yehezkeli, a retired Deputy Commissioner in the Israeli Police, shares some important reflections on the achievements and limitations of Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir.  Yehezkeli’s comments are particularly relevant in light of the recent ascorbic diatribe penned by Amit Segal castigating Ben Gvir as being “A Threat to Israel”.  In that essay, which I encourage people to read and consider, Segal argues that Ben-Gvir has had some successes, but that his greatest achievement has been in his ability to market those achievements beyond a fair recounting.

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August 30, 2026 | 11:11 pm | 15 Comments »

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