Peloni:  This is a very important article, detailing the path of solidifying Israeli support in the region, something which was once Israel’s focus prior to its rising dependency upon the establishment of the US-Israeli alliance.  America was not always an ally of Israel, and was initially very supportive of the arms embargo which left Israel’s enemies with a significant advantage over the nascent Jewish state for the first 20yrs following its re-establishment.  While Israel should not ignore the support of its relationship with the US, it should not be constrained to exclusively depend upon it either.

Strengthening ties with Somaliland is not detached from the broader picture, which centers on establishing a system of cooperation between Israel and its neighbors, first and foremost Greece and Cyprus.

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser  | Jan 4, 2025

Flag of Somaliland National Republic. Photo by Yeahwaffles – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia

Most Israelis have never heard of Somaliland, and many would struggle to locate it on a map. The same appears to be true of President Donald Trump, who reportedly dismissed Israel’s recognition of the entity and admitted he had no idea what this “Somaliland” was. But that is hardly a reason to underestimate the strategic importance of strengthening ties between Israel and Somaliland, a state in the making that is moderate, pro-Western, stable and prosperous, and has functioned as a de facto independent country for nearly four decades, even if it remains unrecognized by the international community.

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Peloni:  Trump listed a number of Americans who have been the victims of the Maduro regime’s exploitation of America with its support of drug trade and terrorist groups in America.  Such existential threats are important to both recognize and to eliminate.  Hopefully, this action alongside his recent embrace of Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago marks a change in US policy which saw Trump ordering Israeli planes home, preserving the threat from Iran in place.  As Trump has eliminated the threat from Venezuela for Americans, Israel should encouraged to end the existential threats which emanate against the Israeli people from Iran and her proxies.  The neutralization of the Iranian threat could have been ended early last summer, and the threat from Hamas could have been ended long ago.  As was true with Maduro, negotiations with Iran and Hamas have only serve to preserve terrorists in power, and only resolved actions against these terrorists can serve to remove the threats that they pose, a threat which is not pointed exclusively at Israel but also at Americans as well.

J.B. Shurk | American Thinker | January 4, 2026

Gage Skidmore via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Early Saturday morning, details emerged of a U.S. military operation in Venezuela that effected the successful capture and extradition of Venezuela’s illegitimate president, Nicolás Maduro, to the United States.  Delta Force operators executed a daring mission in Caracas while combat pilots led the effort to destroy key military installations on the ground.  The narcoterrorist Maduro will no longer wield power over the Venezuelan people or serve as a conduit for America’s enemies to poison Americans and wage hybrid warfare against the United States.  Maduro was blindfolded aboard the USS Iwo Jima as he began his journey toward becoming a criminal defendant in New York (maybe he’ll feel at home with fellow communist Zohran Mamdani at the helm in NYC).

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Peloni: Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, discusses the likely coming war between Israel and Iran.  In the discussion he makes reference to the fact that in the Middle East, it is actions rather than words which are the source of intimidation and deterrence. Trump has a history of making threats which fail to materialize, but his attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the seizure of Maduro from his palace should give the Iranians pause before dismissing Trump’s threats.  This being stated, the most recent statement from Khamenei is “We will not back down before the enemy, we will bring them to their knees” demonstrating the simple fact that Iran is not responding as if deterred, but rather the opposite is true.  Action, not just words, are needed.

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Peloni:  Trump’s refusal to recognize and oppose Turkish expansionism in the region has been and remains a disturbing aspect of his Middle East policies which undermines any potential for peace in the region.

By Christine Douglass-Williams | Jan 2, 2025

Photo by kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

Shay Gal is a senior strategic advisor and analyst specializing in international security, defense policy, geopolitical crisis management, and strategic communications. Jihad Watch ran an article in July: “Is Turkey ‘the new Iran’? A top Israeli strategic analyst thinks so,” based on Turkey’s consistent actions (as Jihad Watch has covered for years), and on the case that Gal makes that Turkey has indeed evolved into “the new Iran.”

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Peloni:  It is a worrying reality that so many of the Republican establishment have moved to close ranks around Tucker Carlson as his campaign of promoting the normalization of Jew Hatred has had so much success.  Yet, while political talking heads on the Right are in large numbers failing to directly chastise Carlson’s antisemitism, for VP Vance to adopt such a reckless and inexcusable position is a far more threatening reality, as he is not only a very significant contender for the 2028 Republican primary, but he also stands only one heartbeat away from the presidency in his current position as vice president.  America has developed a very serious antisemitism problem, both within the youth, but also within the leadership of both sides of the political aisle.  While it has become commonplace and systemic throughout the Left, Jew Hatred speaks through the talking heads of the likes of Carlson on the Right and has a growing presence, normalizing Jew Hatred as was once the situation on the now entirely rabid Jew Hating Left.  Only by addressing this problem openly, directly, courageously and without condition might the Right rid itself of this rank cancer which is growing among its adherents.  Failing to do exactly this, something which Vance has yet to do himself, will see the poison of Jew Hatred continue to consume the American Right as it did with the Left.  The lack of credible leadership failed the American Left due to their lack of moral fortitude.  Is this to be paralleled within the American Right as well?

by Joan Swirsky | The Post Email | ©2025

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At one time in my life, I was an operating-room nurse, both participating in and witnessing the things that just about every person on earth can’t stand to think about.

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Peloni:  Regime change of obviously bad actors who harbor terrorists, facilitate drug trade in the US, and are recognized as rogue state, should be understood as an obvious and exercisable stratagem in the US toolbox of statecraft.  The problem arises when such tools are weaponized against domestic political enemies or against clearly allied nations.  These latter two are the backdrop under which Trump laid down a policy restricting the use of regime change under his watch, but his absolute rejection of such tactics has clearly been amended to allow the arrest and prosecution of Nicholas Maduro.  Given the literally thousands of Americans, soldiers and civilians, who have been butchered by the Iranian Mullahs over decades, along with their proxy Hezbollah’s significant role in facilitating the drug trade towards the US, would it not be wise for Trump to next focus the use of regime change tactics against the oppressive and menacing Mullahs in Iran?

By Samuel Ben-Ur | January 3, 2026

Poster in which the DEA offers more than 15 million dollars for Nicolás Maduro. Photo by DEA – DEA.gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia

On January 3, at around 2 am, the United States military began a wave of airstrikes on military targets in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and surrounding areas. Shortly afterward, at around 4:30 am, US. President Donald Trump wrote that “The United States of America successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country.”

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Will Netanyahu leverage this deal to force Egypt to honor its peace commitments, or will he allow the deal to shield Egypt from accountability?

By AVI ABELOW | JANUARY 1, 2026

Netanyahu speaks before UN General Assembly. Image via Youtube

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Peloni:  Where was VP Vance during this press conference?  Was his absence a statement of opposition to Trump’s nighttime raid effectively regime changing Venezuela?  Surely, he could have made time to be present, and certainly he should have been present, right?

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By Hugh Fitzgerald | Jan 2, 2025

By Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

Israeli defense officials are concerned that the Iranian regime might, as it feels itself sinking under the weight of widespread demonstrations, lash out at the Jewish state.

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Peloni:  This action will have reverberations across the globe.  Most notably, China has lost a key ally in America’s backyard.  So too has Qatar and Hezbollah.  Additionally, this will reopen the door to Venezuela for US companies whose assets were seized decades ago without compensation.  This was a very big win for the US in many ways.

Thomas Wong | Weekend editor | Daily Caller | Jan 3, 2025

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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social early Saturday morning to announce the capture and removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during “a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader” by U.S. forces.

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Peloni:  The preservation of our heritage has always been a national interest as well as an obligation to the record and understanding of our own ancestry.  In an age of disinformation in which we live today, the best evidence of our association with the land beyond our own historical presence here, is the archaeological record which has been left unguarded and defenseless against those who mean to erase us from this land, including our historical ties.  Hence, the defense which is finally being placed around these sites is a welcome, if tardy, sight to see come to fruition.

Coalition bill seeks new Israeli Antiquities Authority to oversee Judea and Samaria sites

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 2, 2026

Coalition lawmakers are working on a bill designed to extend Israeli authority over archaeological and heritage sites in Judea and Samaria, including sites located in Palestinian-controlled Areas A and B under the Oslo Accords, according to the latest draft uploaded to the Knesset website on Wednesday.

The draft bill is not yet ready for voting in the Education and Culture Committee, where it was submitted, and still includes notes and annotations indicating items that need to be clarified ahead of a committee vote.

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Peloni:  Deep Dive with Gen. Amir Avivi.

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Peloni:  Natasha Hausdorff offers insights into Israel’s recent recognition of Somaliland.  She directly addresses the topic of state recognition and rights under international law, while also describing the criteria for statehood, all of which have been met by Somaliland.  She further addresses the hypocritical international reactions to Israel’s recognion, drawing specific attention to the criticism over the recognition of Somaliland, which fulfills all of the cited criteria for statehood, contrasts entirely with the recent recognition of Palestine, which fulfills none of these criteria.  She also addresses the attempt to bring Israel’s recognition of Somaliland before the UN Security Council and briefly references the building choas in Iran.  10 minute video.

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Ex-TSA agent confirms $1 BILLION in cash left Minneapolis airport over 5 years by groups of Somali men with suitcases.

Along with cash, was suitcases full of brand new passports being smuggled out too.

Federal sources say it funded Al-Shabaab terrorists.

Tim Walz & Ilhan Omar… pic.twitter.com/vY1Vmjw7Nl

— Bridgett Fertig (@LightOnLiberty) December 29, 2025

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Peloni:  The threat of Islamist in the US is real.  It has far reaching and societal reshaping goals which, if not blocked, will see America transformed into the latest victim of Jihad over the West and its inhabitants will be relegated to the status of dhimmis.  With minutes on the job, Mamdani attacks Jews with a marginalized re-defining of Jew Hatred while simultaneously using this Alinsky tactic to legalize the launch of further attacks of economic isolation against Israel.

New NYC mayor revokes IHRA antisemitism definition and anti-boycott orders, sparking deep concern among Jewish leaders.

Israfan | Jan 2, 2025

Zohran Mamdani getting sworn in as mayor by Bernie Sanders. Photo by NYC Mayor’s Office, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

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Peloni:  So desperate is the Deep State in extricating itself from any oversight.  In addition to this,they seek to marginalize any support for Ben Gvir’s faction by labeling him as a criminal as elections are looming.

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 2, 2026

Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the High Court of Justice on Thursday evening to require Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to explain why he has not dismissed National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, according to Kan News.

Baharav-Miara wrote, “Minister Ben Gvir is abusing his position to improperly influence the activities of the Israel Police in the most sensitive areas of law enforcement and investigations, thereby harming basic democratic principles.”

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ALL ABOUT MELANIN PRIVILEGE, FRAUDS, GRIFTS, AND SCAMS

Andrew Benjamin | Jan 01, 2026

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Before we delve into the leftwing grifters ripping off honest Americans in the largest scam in world history not reported much by the legacy media that shamefully lobbies for their leftwing candidates, we also expose the grifters and conmen in our own midst – the evildoers who are splitting MAGA while kneecapping the effort to make America greater.

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By Hugh Fitzgerald | Dec 31, 2025

The nine billion dollars that a network of nearly a hundred Somali-Americans in Minneapolis stole from American taxpayers is the largest fraud — forget about the Yazoo Land and the Teapot Dome scandals — in American history. The investigation is still going on, and still more frauds may be discovered, and other Somalis may emerge as participants. But it’s not too early for a summing up, at this stage, of the story so far, which you can find here: “Minnesota’s Somali-linked scams drain US taxpayers of a sum rivaling Somalia’s GDP: Read how the welfare system was gamed in a multi-billion-dollar fraud,” by Rukma Rathore, OpIndia, December 30, 2025:

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Peloni:  Trump offers support to the protestors.  What form would that take?  He could carry out strikes against the regime, which would include targeting the IRGC or the Basij which is responsible for political enforcement by regime on the people. This would have an immediate effect on the stability of the regime and it would lead to direct support of the protest movement.  Alternatively, he could pursue an economic response in the form of enforcing his yet to be enforced trade limits on the sale of Iranian oil which is being exceeded by 20-fold or more.  This would have a slightly delayed but profound effect on the regime’s ability to pay its security and armed forces, though it would run afoul of Iran’s largest customer of its oil, China.  Ultimately, Trump’s previous statement opposing regime change stands as a contrasting element to his claim to now ‘rescue’ the protestors.  So is this a further attempt to apply pressure for the Mullahs to negotiate, or is it a sincere statement of support which the Iranian people can rely upon?