Scott Bessent Skimps On Details In Big ‘Economic D-Day’ Iran Sanctions Announcement  

Peloni:  The conditional and delayed aspects of this declaration holds a very pregnant pause on yet one more very large and yet to be realized threat against Iran, but the threat to friend and foes of the US is now the greater prize in this current line being drawn in the sand by the US.  In fact, US allies such as Qatar among other would find themselves in the crosshairs of this Economic D-Day if it or when it were ever to materialize, in addition to such peer competitors as China.  So is this latest threat, as large and encompassing as it stands as stated, be understood to be more compelling to Iran than Trump’s multiple, and numerous, threats to rain down hell on them which came to very little when ignored by Iran over the last several months?  Notably, the Iranians appear to be taking this current threat from the US with more concern than previous warnings, but that is because the threat is not just focused on Iran alone.

The real question which remains to be seen is whether Trump truly enforce the policy of “With Us or Against US” which has at its core a much larger paradigm than just dealing Iran a devastating blow.

Jack McGeever Business Reporter | Daily Caller | 

Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent. Screeenshot via Youtube.Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent. Screeenshot via Youtube.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provided few specifics Monday during his highly-anticipated announcement about sanctions against Iran.

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August 25, 2026 | 5:01 pm | Comments »

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Americans For A Safe Israel Partners With ZionismU To Expand Zionist Education  

AFSI says the new partnership will promote free videos and curriculum resources designed to counter misinformation about Zionism and Israel ahead of the new school year.

By: TheJ.ca Staff | TheJ.ca | Aug 25, 2026

Americans For a Safe Israel has announced a new partnership with ZionismU aimed at expanding access to educational material about Zionism and countering what the organization describes as growing misinformation and hostility toward the Zionist movement since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

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August 25, 2026 | 4:36 pm | Comments »

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NAKED SPACE ALIENS FOR GAZA  

Peloni:  The AstroTurf campaign supporting Jihadists in the West is as misled as the Western obsession with creating a Jihadist second Palestinian state out of the heartlands of Israel.  While the memes of chickens protesting on behalf of the fox in the henhouse seems innocent enough, the policies which might follow such untethered political campaigns as Gays for Gaza, if successful, could only secure misery, hardships and horror as their end goals.  It is a sad indictment of the failure of the West to secure their education and agencies against the willing intrigues being bought by foreign and enemy forces, and if continued to be left unchecked, these forces will oversee the fall of the West as well as its subjugation to Communist/Islamist forces.

by Rafael Medoff

Philadelphia was the site last weekend of a “Naked Bike Ride,” in which “protesters” rode their bicycles through the city stark naked.

What were they protesting? According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the participants painted their bodies with slogans about “immigrants, calling for a freed Palestine, and demanding enhanced bicycle safety measures.”

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August 25, 2026 | 4:01 pm | Comments »

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Amb. Tom Barrack Called Back to Washington for “Consultations”  

Peloni:  Barrack should be fired so he can openly serve the real master whose views he promotes, and that is clearly not POTUS.

August 25, 2026 | 9:07 am | 2 Comments »

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Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump’s mail-in voting order  

Peloni:  The question remains as to whether this 11th hour stay on the injunction interfering with the coming election will ultimately see Trump’s Executive Order overseeing mail in voting come into effect in the next 3 months.

Supreme Court Building at dusk in Washington, D.C. Photo by Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16959908By Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16959908Supreme Court Building at dusk in Washington, D.C. Photo by Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily allowed the Trump administration to maintain an order placing restrictions on mail-in voting.

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August 25, 2026 | 1:30 am | 1 Comment »

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How a Palestinian multi-millionaire allegedly aided Hamas in Gaza and is avoiding justice.  

An unnamed senior US government official has pressured the families of victims of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terror invasion to drop a lawsuit against a prominent Palestinian-American businessman who is accused of allowing the terror group to use his properties, according to a court filing last month.

The businessman, Bashar Masri, denies all allegations of wrongdoing.

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August 24, 2026 | 7:00 pm | 2 Comments »

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EU demands Israel cancel planned construction near Jerusalem  

Peloni:  EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called on Israel to withdraw a tender for 1,234 homes in the E1 area between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, saying the project threatens the prospects of a two-state solution by dividing the West Bank and isolating East Jerusalem. Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Norway and other governments have also criticized the plans.  Israeli officials rejected the pressure. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar defended Jewish residency throughout the Land of Israel, while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Israel would not accept foreign dictates and described E1 construction as a means of preventing a Palestinian state. The United States did not directly oppose the tender but reiterated its opposition to Israeli annexation of Judea and Samaria.  The tender is also facing an internal Israeli legal challenge from Peace Now, Ir Amim, Bimkom and Palestinian Bedouin residents, with the state ordered to respond by September 1.  While the US is not blocking the E1 project moving forward, the hurdle of the High Court still looms in the distance.  This remains the most concerning aspect of this pivotal project being realized.

EU demands Israel cancel planned construction near Jerusalem

August 24, 2026 | 6:35 pm | 1 Comment »

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The Wreck of the Altalena Located  

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Tel Aviv Altlana Description: The ship Altlana catches fire off the coast of Tel Aviv. WikipediaTel Aviv Altlana Description: The ship Altlana catches fire off the coast of Tel Aviv. Wikipedia

The Altalena was a 1948 French arms ship destined to support the fledgling IDF under the orders of PM Ben Gurion, specifically under the command of Yitzak Rabin, due to the shipment having been arranged with Ben Gurion’s arch enemy, the Irgun’s Menachem Begin.  Presumably, Ben Gurion demanded Begin surrender the ship due to his fears of the Irgun   

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August 24, 2026 | 6:27 pm | 2 Comments »

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Partnership Launched To Further Zionist Education  

Americans For A Safe Israel Announces Landmark Partnership with ZionismU to Combat Misinformation and Expand Educational Reach 

ASFI | Aug 24, 2026

Since the tragic events of October 7, Zionism has been extremely misunderstood and has been under vicious attack online. In response to this unprecedented wave of digital hostility and misinformation, Americans For a Safe Israel-AFSI is proud to announce a new partnership with ZionismU (ZionismU.com), a Zionist education website. This collaboration aims to provide clear, accessible, and historically accurate resources to communities nationwide.

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August 24, 2026 | 5:41 pm | Comments »

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Morton Klein’s USA Today Op-Ed — Israel Was Right to Reject the Dangerous 15-Point Plan  

Morton Klein | ZOA in the newsAugust 24, 2026

Israel was right to reject the latest 15-point plan. Not negotiate it away. Not soften it. Reject it. Israel has every right to decide what terms it will accept when its security and survival are at stake.

It is also about America’s credibility, President Donald Trump’s legacy and whether the United States still has the power to make agreements that mean something. Trump has made extraordinary and courageous decisions and we know this historic visionary president will continue to do so.

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August 24, 2026 | 3:36 pm | 1 Comment »

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The New Nazis: The Jews Learned to Shoot Back, So the Haters Learned to Outsource  

The methods changed, the language evolved, and the uniforms disappeared—but the ancient hatred found new proxies to do what its predecessors once did openly

Victor Satya | Aug 21, 2026

There is one crucial difference between the antisemitism of the past and the antisemitism of the present.

The old antisemites could do the killing themselves.
The new ones need subcontractors.

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August 24, 2026 | 11:27 am | Comments »

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Trump’s economic D-Day: Can he bankrupt Iran into regime collapse?  

Peloni:  It is hard to contemplate that the IRGC will implode on its own due to economics alone.  There needs to be simultaneous targeted strikes on the IRGC and Basij, their infrastructure and their personnel.  Of course, perhaps the Iranians, themselves, will provoke such a response.

David Brody | All Israel News | Published: August 23, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has tried bombs, blockades and diplomacy against Iran. Now comes a potentially devastating new weapon: economic D-Day. There are already signs it may be working. More on that in a moment.

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August 24, 2026 | 11:00 am | Comments »

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Bessent’s Formal Declaration of Economic War on Iranian Regime and All Who Might Enable Its Survival  

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Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent.  Screeenshot via Youtube.Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent. Screeenshot via Youtube.

In an op-ed in the Financial Times, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent describes Washington’s current Iran strategy as an “economic D-Day,” detailing a direct comparison to the 1943 Tehran Conference during WWII when Allied leaders planned the Normandy invasion so as to maximize pressure on Nazi Germany. While noting that military action thus far taken has significantly degraded Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities, Bessent characterizes what he describes as this final phase of the war as a comprehensive financial offensive specifically designed to completely isolate the regime. 

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August 24, 2026 | 10:46 am | 1 Comment »

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Muslim Terrorists Slaughter and Kidnap Dozens for ‘Not Practicing the True Teachings of Islam’ During Friday Prayer  

Peloni:  The only slaughter of innocents which the international community sees it the slaughter which is not taking place in Gaza.  The only famine which is still daily cited on news reports around the world is in Gaza where there is and never was any famine.  The only war which occupies the world is the war to eliminate terrorists who document, celebrate and continue attempted replications of actual slaughters of innocents simply because they are Jews.  The world has no shame and they have no dignity.  They are complicit in the crimes of Hamas, the perpetuation of terror across the region and the globe, and in the silence surrounding a very real Christian genocide taking place across Africa and the very real famine taking place within Sudan.  The foul sickness of Jew Hatred fuels this warped obsession and distorted perspectives associated with all matters relating to Israel and Jews.  Of course, you don’t have to be a Jew to recognize this fact as factual, as all that is necessary is the tiniest bit of common decency and a good bit of honesty.

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The silence by the international community is devastating just endless condemnation of the Jewish nation defending itself against this very thing – jihad terror.

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August 24, 2026 | 9:56 am | 1 Comment »

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Mark Levin: Iran, Regime Change, and the Struggle for Middle East Dominance  

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Mark opens his Saturday, August 23  show with a look at the state of America and presents a positive outlook going into the midterms.  He ends his show with an interview with John Woo, the former clerk for SCOTUS Justice Thomas, about the open assault on the constitution of the United States.  Yet, Mark’s interview with his first guest, Dr. Sheila Nazarian was perhaps the more compelling segment of the show.

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August 23, 2026 | 10:22 pm | 1 Comment »

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An India-Israel Corridor Is the Biggest Middle East Story Nobody Is Talking About  

Janet Levy:  There are antisemitic overtones here – “if Israel plays it smart” as if it failed to do so up to this point post October 7th AND “if the Israelis elect a moderate government,” as if Bibi needs to be replaced, perhaps for someone who doesn’t hold Israel’s security needs as such a high priority.

Peloni:  Focusing on security and military dominance, not trade, is what will perpetuate Israel into the future.  In fact, electing a ‘moderate govt’ willing to support concessions in pursuit of the IMEC will lead to regional instabilities which will see the IMEC fail in any event.  Note that the reason that the war precipitated the establishment of the IMEC in the past three years is precisely due to successive govts willing to make and live with security concessions.  Israel doesn’t need a moderate govt.  It needs a capable one, and if this is achieved, whatever comes next, Israel’s presence and regional dominance will leave it with a position of strength and capabilities which will see Israel isolated, but as an integral component of the region.

By Dan Perry, Guest Contributor | Jewish Times |August 19, 2026

Opinion: An India-Israel Corridor Is the Biggest Middle East Story Nobody Is Talking About

August 23, 2026 | 10:00 pm | 1 Comment »

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