Is Iran Preparing to Break Deal With US Before It Starts…Again  

Israel-Alma | May 7, 2025

As the White House seeks a nuclear deal, the Iranian regime may already be making preparations to break any such agreement before it even starts. This was exactly the case with the 2015 nuclear deal and the Arak Nuclear Complex known as IR-40, when Iran kept a spare calandria to keep their weapons-grade plutonium production.

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May 8, 2025 | 5:27 pm | 2 Comments »

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Netanyahu blindsided by Trump’s Houthi ceasefire? ‘Israel will defend itself by itself,’ PM says  

DM Katz warns Iran: ‘Era of proxies is over, and the axis of evil has collapsed’

(Phot by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Public Domain)

Israel will continue to defend itself by itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, one day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement of a ceasefire with the Houthi terror group.

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May 8, 2025 | 5:08 pm | 4 Comments »

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Yom Yerushalayim: From Ethiopia To Jerusalem  

By Moshe Phillips

A montage of 9 prominent Ethiopian Jews in Israel. (Photo by A derivative work by WikiJunkie, from a variety of images credited above., Public Domain)

“We’ve been dreaming of Jerusalem for many years. We’re the generation that fulfilled that dream. It shows the sacrifice that was there—the risks that were taken—the desire to get to Jerusalem at all costs.”

— Shay Yasso, an Israeli born in Ethiopia, rescued by the Mossad as a child

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May 8, 2025 | 4:33 pm | 1 Comment »

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Elon Musk now admits: AI will replace bloated, inefficient federal government  

Peloni:  Rule by AI is the ultimate consequence of the tyranny of experts, but democracy should restored such that rule of the corrupt will be replaced with the rule of the governed, not to the rule of AI.

Large swaths of federal workers being terminated does not mean the end of government involvement in our lives. It just means you’ll no longer have humans making decisions that affect your life.

Leo Hohmann |May 06, 2025

(Photo by Office of Speaker Mike Johnson – X.com, Public Domain) [Cropped]

Many of us voiced concerns when Elon Musk said he was going to eliminate large numbers of federal workers.

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May 8, 2025 | 12:58 pm | 38 Comments »

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Trump Taps MAHA-Favorite Doctor Casey Means To Replace Surgeon General Nominee  

Peloni:  It is interesting that Trump pulled Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination one day before her confirmation hearings were to begin.  So now that we have seen the confirmation of the former advocate of mRNA shots halted, might we soon see the Covid shots themselves halted, as they currently remain on the mandatory child vaccination schedule?

Also, something shared in other reports regarding Dr. Means is that she was significantly involved in the negotiated alliance between Trump and RFK during the last election season.

Robert McGreevy | Daily Caller |

Casey Means (Photo by The Plant Yourself Podcast – YouTube, CC BY 3.0)

President Donald Trump is nominating Dr. Casey Means for the position of surgeon general after pulling Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination, Trump announced on his Truth Social account Wednesday.

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May 8, 2025 | 11:50 am | 6 Comments »

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IDF Operations in Judea and Samaria  

Peloni:  The victories in Judea & Samaria have been largely overshadowed by the successes in other fronts of this war, but they have been significant.

May 8, 2025 | 11:24 am | Comments »

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Houthi rebels clarify that ceasefire with US does not include Israel, will continue to act in support of Gaza  

Peloni:  Freedom of the seas for all but Israel?  Trump said the Houthis had “capitulated”, but this doesn’t this sound like capitulation.  The Houthis are in fact taking a victory dance as they explain that it has been the US rather than they who have conceded.

Houthis demonstration in Yemen, Sana’a. (Photo by Unknown author – VOA News, Public Domain)

The Houthi rebel group was quick to note that the ceasefire deal between it and the United States does not include Israel.

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May 8, 2025 | 11:17 am | 1 Comment »

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Israel Plans Shift from US Aid to Strategic Investment Partnership  

Peloni:  Such a change in policy is long overdue.  Sovereignty, respect, and innovation have each been sacrificed on the alter of US investment in Israel, mislabeled as ‘aid’.  While this investment has had a force multiplying benefit for the US, the investment has been weaponized against Israel on many levels and at many key moments over the years.

New initiative aims to replace traditional military aid with joint innovation, equal footing, and long-term independence.

Israfan | May 7, 2025

In a bold move to redefine its relationship with the United States, Israel is preparing to phase out traditional foreign aid and instead embrace a new strategic model centered around joint investments and innovation. The effort, spearheaded by Likud MK Amit Halevi, seeks to move Israel from dependency to partnership replacing aid with mutual benefit and sovereign control.

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May 8, 2025 | 10:54 am | 1 Comment »

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Bring them home, but not at any cost  

Peloni:  Honickman addresses the matter of the crisis surrounding the hostage crisis in the most accurate fashion possible.  The simple reality is that while the tragedy surrounding the hostages can never be ignored, it can not be allowed to dictate national strategy.  The attempt to manipulate Israeli strategy based around the fate of these victims was in fact the very reason why they were taken in the first place, and thus far, this fact has hobbled Israel’s response to the October 7 slaughter and the months long missile attacks from Gaza.  While including the return of the hostages as one of the war aims was inevitable, it nevertheless should never have been made the primary war aim.  It is time to end the war, not thru negotiations, and not in surrender, but in an overwhelming effort to effect a final victory over Hamas.

The hostage dilemma we can’t keep avoiding. We are doing everything we can to bring  them home — and we must continue to do so. But we cannot destroy Israel in the name of saving it. Opinion.

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May 8, 2025 | 10:11 am | 2 Comments »

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So Let Me Get This Straight…  

by Gerald A. Honigman 

A friend and fellow author sent me, unfortunately, some current disturbing news that I had a bad feeling earlier was going to happen.

So let me get this straight as I’m seeing this unfold:

Houthis give Western and other shipping nations guarantees of no attack, but it continues to remain ok to blast Israel.

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May 7, 2025 | 6:17 pm | 9 Comments »

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The Ayatollah Regime – a Clear and Present Threat to the US  

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | May 7, 2025

Is the Ayatollah regime a threat to the US?

*It has been claimed that Iran’s Ayatollah regime does not pose a threat to the US, nor would a nuclear Iran. Moreover, it has been suggested that just like a nuclear India, Pakistan and North Korea, a nuclear Iran may be a regional threat (e.g., North Korea), but not a global threat to the US.

*However, unlike India, Pakistan, North Korea, Russia and China, a nuclear Ayatollah regime would be the first ever apocalyptically megalomaniacal regime.

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May 7, 2025 | 2:05 pm | 1 Comment »

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Iran’s cautious game: Balancing US nuclear talks, Yemen policy  

Peloni: Iranian hudna begins as they attempt to wait out the Trump administration.

Iran wants a deal with the US, and it wants to have amicable relations with Europe today.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MAY 7, 2025

(Photo by http://farsi.khamenei.ir – https://farsi.khamenei.ir/photo-album?id=57798#i, CC0) [Cropped]

Iran has paid close attention to the decision by the Houthis to come to an agreement with the US. Oman helped mediate this agreement. Iran is watching the plans by US President Donald Trump to visit the region, and it is seeking to continue talks with the US.

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May 7, 2025 | 1:58 pm | 2 Comments »

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PART 3: IS TRUMP FOR REAL? Does Trump want an Iranian nuclear bomb dropped on Israel?  

Peloni:  So is Prof. Gil-White’s conclusion correct?  Are we being deceived by Trump commitment to deal with the Iranian menace?  Or is he the real deal?  And if the latter is true, how do we square the facts raised by Gil-White with reality?

Francisco Gil-White | An MOR series |May 06, 2025

Is Trump for real?

In other words, is Donald Trump, as his supporters claim, a politically honest revolutionary who fights the entrenched Establishment and—most importantly—the Deep State?

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May 7, 2025 | 12:31 am | 3 Comments »

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After Israel attacks Yemen’s airport, Trump announces Houthis have agreed to stop terror attacks, so US will stop bombing  

Peloni:  So begins Iran’s effort for the Mullahs and their proxies to outlast Trump.

By Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0

U.S. President Donald J. Trump just announced in the Oval Office that the Houthi terrorists in Yemen have told American officials that they will stop all of their attacks, including on international shipping in and around the Red Sea.

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May 7, 2025 | 12:10 am | Comments »

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