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PM Netanyahu set to visit White House next week amid critical discussions over future of Gaza War  

US ups pressure on Israel and Hamas, but no breakthrough in sight

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 7, for his third meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this year, Israeli and U.S. officials told media outlets.

The trip will come exactly two weeks after Israel and Iran agreed to a U.S.-mediated ceasefire to stop a 12-day Israeli air campaign, which was topped off by U.S. strikes that destroyed the Iranian nuclear program.

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July 1, 2025 | 5:05 pm | 11 Comments »

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Let’s Talk about ‘Proportionality’  

Peloni:  Great response to Leftist idiocy founded on antisemitism!

By Joan Swirsky | Am Thinker | July 1, 2025

Not long ago, I ran into a long-lost acquaintance who always assumed — always incorrectly — that I was simpatico with her leftist leanings.  Maybe it was my long hair or dangling earrings or that I liked to listen to Joe Cocker.

Image: tomaszmichalkania via PixabayPixabay License.

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July 1, 2025 | 4:18 pm | 3 Comments »

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Gaza: The Palestinian Authority Is Not the Answer    

Peloni:  The Palestinian Authority is an American equity, masquerading as a security enterprise which expenses its vast resources towards awarding vast sums to the families of those who slaughter innocent Jews, specifically and exclusively because their butchered victims are Jews.  Pay for Slay is a fundamental policy of the PA, and any attempt to increase their authority is a betrayal of the brutal slaughter of both American and Israeli citizens who have been murdered as a consequence of this terror organization hiding in plain view.  Expanding their authority in any respect is as poorly considered as was allowing Hamas to take over Gaza twenty some years ago.

By Moshe Phillips

“Arab states have repeatedly asserted that they will not take part in the postwar rehabilitation of Gaza absent Israeli acquiescence to the Palestinian Authority gaining a foothold in the Strip as part of a pathway to a future two-state solution,” The Times of Israel reported on June 27.

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July 1, 2025 | 4:11 pm | 1 Comment »

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Israeli Officials Describe a Three-Year Effort by Mossad  

How they did it.

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Logo of Mossad.  By Kahnew – Own work, Public Domain, via Wikipedia

It took years of planning, mainly by the Mossad, for the IDF to pull off its remarkable attack on Iran, greatly damaging or destroying nuclear facilities at Isfahan and Natanz, destroying military bases at Tabriz and Hamadan, assassinating at least a dozen of the most senior generals in both the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Iranian army, blowing up on the ground Iran’s remaining fleet of F-4 “Tomcats,” killing the nine most important nuclear scientists at the very same moment in time, even though they were spread out across Tehran. More on this planning can be found here: “Israel’s spy agency used AI and smuggled-in drones to prepare attack on Iran,” by Julia Frankel and Sam Mednick, AP, June 17, 2025:

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July 1, 2025 | 8:35 am | 1 Comment »

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Israel Paves a Path  

Peloni:  This is an important article!  Developing a symbiotic cooperation between Israel and the Diaspora Jewish communities can replace the sense of defenselessness and vulnerability with the independence and control over their own lives, which can be supported by alliances with and in cooperation with other organizations and institutions, thus emulating the model of the US-Israeli cooperation in the recent war in which Israel maintained control over her own defenses.

The diaspora should follow

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F-15 IAF Israel 2015 Independence Day flyover.  (Photo by Minozig – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikipedia)

On June 21, 2025, the United States and Israel deepened their historic partnership, as American warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan in a decisive blow against barbarism.

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July 1, 2025 | 8:18 am | Comments »

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J Street vs. Israel over Iran  

Peloni: Arguing on behalf of preserving a nuclear threat in the hands of a terrorist regime which already has the blood of thousands of American lives on its hands isn’t anti-war.  Instead it demonstrates something between naivete and narcissism.  Like advocating on behalf of preserving the freedom of a rabid dog while ignoring the inevitability of harm which would come from such tomfoolery, those who advocate on behalf of a nuclear Iran are in fact advocating on behalf of an inevitable nuclear war.

The operation against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure wasn’t reckless. Quite the opposite: It was necessary.

Moshe Phillip

When Israel launched a precision strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 13, nearly every segment of the U.S. Jewish community rallied behind it. Zev Stub of The Times of Israel wrote, “Jewish organizations from across the spectrum came out in strong support of Israel following the launch of its preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities … .”

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July 1, 2025 | 7:13 am | 1 Comment »

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Mark Levin: Aftermath of the 12 Day War  

Peloni: In the opening of his first segment, Mark praises the resolve and ability of the US destruction of the Iranian nuclear program.  He also noted the tremendous effort and combined benefits which came from the US partnership with Israel, both in this event and in general.  Playing part of the celebration of the US army as well as the moving song of prayer for Israel’s brave warriors, Mark notes the ties of values which unite Israel and the US like no other two nations.  Playing a clip from Reagan warning terrorist that the nature of America is slow to react but resolved once action is chosen, Mark notes that this is who America is.

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June 30, 2025 | 6:06 pm | Comments »

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Ukraine – A Nation Established by Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler  

By Alexander G. Markovsky |

 

This is the story of how a small frontier territory of approximately 80,000 square kilometers — once home to the free-roaming Zaporozhian Cossacks with a population not exceeding 300,000 — transformed into the largest country in Europe after Russia in just 300 years, surpassing even France and Germany in size without a single conquest or acquisition. While the supporters of Ukraine keep manufacturing its history, they cannot escape the fact that Ukraine is a man-made nation established by some of the most notorious mass murderers in history — Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler.

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June 30, 2025 | 5:50 pm | 1 Comment »

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American rabbi visits Syrian president, says ‘Al-Sharaa and Netanyahu could meet’  

Peloni:  Al Shara is part of the problem in the Middle East.  He is not in power due to popular consent, nor due to his moderate views, but due to the strength of his armed forces which have been dedicated towards Jidhad over the past decade or more.  To display his lack of credible ‘moderation’ even more than this, one would only need to look at his co-Jihadi allies who he has surrounded himself.  Moderation, not Hudna, is what is needed for peace, and peace is what is needed for the successful pursuit of the IMEC.  Also, Rabbi Cooper’s assertion that “He [Al Shara] did say he wants peace” should be understood to be remarkably unremarkable.  Al Shara needs regional cooperation and support to help stabilize his regime before he falls prey to the very form of violent overthrow which initially brought him to power.  The Abraham Accords should eschew such transparent Jihadis as Al Shara rather than inviting them inside the wire, as it were.  No good will come from entering into the self deception needed to portray him as a moderate.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper. (Photo: Screenshot)

Abraham Cooper, an American rabbi who met with Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, did not rule out the possibility of a future meeting between al-Sharaa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington. According to Cooper, the path to such a meeting has not yet been paved and depends largely on U.S President Donald Trump.

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June 30, 2025 | 4:34 pm | Comments »

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We’ve talked about Zohran Mamdani’s leftism; let’s talk about his Islamism now  

By Andrea Widburg | Am Thinker | June 30, 2025

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat party’s candidate for mayor of New York, has attracted attention for the fact that he’s a hardcore communist. However, his religious beliefs deserve some attention, too.

First, there’s the fact that he’s a Shia Muslim who is affiliated with the Twelver Branch that drives the Iranian mullahs. Back in 2006, the late Bernard Lewis wrote about this ideology when he explained why the mullahs are not necessarily amenable to the doctrine of mutually assured destruction:

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June 30, 2025 | 3:32 pm | 7 Comments »

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Saudi king rewards 1,000 Palestinian terrorists’ relatives with free Mecca pilgrimage  

Peloni:  The Saudi commitment to peace is betrayed by actions such as this which honor and patronize the families who have slaughtered innocent Israelis for the exact reason that their family member slaughtered the relevant Israelis.  The path towards the future project of the IMEC is not paved with through the efforts of King Salman to honor the radicals in the Arab street.  Instead it lay a path towards the past, toward war, after gaining the great benefits resulting from Trump’s Gulf State tour.  In fact, while this action is a betrayal of any hope of a peaceful future, it is a direct slap in the face of recent American diplomatic efforts.

June 30, 2025 | 2:32 pm | 3 Comments »

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Israel’s Offensive on Iran Upgrades US Economy and Defense  

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | June 29, 2025

U.S. Embassy Tel AvivA virtual landing: F-35 simulator flies high in Israel. (Photo by U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv – A virtual landing: F-35 simulator flies high in Israel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia)

*The 12-day-offensive by Israel’s Air Force against the anti-US Ayatollah regime has reenforced Israel’s strategic posture as the largest US aircraft carrier, which does not require a single American on board, cannot be sunk, and deployed in a most critical area. This area is the epicenter of anti-US Islamic terrorism, the region of 48% of global oil reserves and the intersection of critical shipping routes. This strategic posture has spared the US the need to manufacture, deploy and maintain a few more real aircraft carriers to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, along with a few ground divisions, which would have cost the US taxpayer $15bn-$20bn annually to manufacturer, deploy and maintain.

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June 30, 2025 | 1:25 am | 3 Comments »

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Israel’s Good News Newsletter to 29th Jun 25  

News of Israel’s Achievements and Heartwarming Stories from the Jewish State.

Michael Ordman | VGNI | May 25, 2025

In the 29th Jun 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

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June 30, 2025 | 1:16 am | 1 Comment »

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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU  

Peloni:  Highly recommended article.  Indeed, China may be envious of the many potentials created by the insidious public-private tag team effort to overcome constitutional norms in the US.

by Kelleigh Nelson

Arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.  Edward Snowden

We have to decide whether our fear is going to get the better of us. Once upon a time we had a standard in our country that was ‘innocent until proven guilty.’ We’ve given up on so much. Now, people are talking about a standard that is ‘if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.’ Think about it. Is that the standard we’re willing to live under?  Sen. Rand Paul

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June 30, 2025 | 12:58 am | Comments »

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