Peloni: Mike Doran and Gadi Taub discuss many topics in this episode, including the attempt of the Israeli Left to re-imagine itself once again, the developing situation with an upset within the Judiciary, what is going on in Gaza and of course the latest trip by PM Netanyahu to Washington. You won’t want to miss this one.
Peloni: An important analysis which looks at US interests as the driving force for what should be US policy in preventing the creation of another Palestinian Arab state.
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | July 3, 2025
The US position on the proposed Palestinian state – just like on any other issue – should be driven by US interests, and not by pro-Israel or pro-Arab sentiments, nor by an honest broker state of mind.
Would a Palestinian state advance, or undermine, US interests?
One in 4 residents kidnapped or murdered – 9 remain in captivity
| Published: July 4, 2025
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Amid large protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Kibbutz Nir Oz – one of the communities hardest hit by Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre – for the first time, 636 days after the tragic attack.
Peloni: The focused effort to delegitimize the hilltop youth movement, along with recent audio recordings demonstrating the weaponization of the law against these activists, should call into question the recent rush to judgement against the hilltop youths. Prosecution, not persecution, should be the limit and expectation of the law, and nothing more or less.
There is no Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world, but there is a widespread global anti-Jewish conspiracy based on the principles of “Redemptive Antisemitism”.
We are witnessing the rebirth of Nazi era inspired “Redemptive Antisemitism” which believes that all the world’s problems are solved by exterminating and purifying humanity through annihilating Jews everywhere.
All you have to do is listen to the chants at the Glastonbury Festival, preceded by thousands of anti-Israel Jew-haters who demonstrate on the campuses of American Universities or on the streets of major urban cities everywhere in the United States. The very same slogans were shouted out by an illegal Egyptian Muslim immigrant as he attacked Jews in Boulder Colorado with flame blowers and fire bombs, one of whom died of her wounds this week, and by a leftist extremist as he shot point blank and murdered two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D. C. as they were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum.
FDD | July 2, 2025
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Photo by Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia
Max Lesser | July 1, 2025
The “Iran Hayom” network posts anti-Israel propaganda, in Hebrew and English, across X, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, and YouTube. Its name is a play on the widely read Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, which publishes in Hebrew at israelhayom[.]co[.]il and whose English website is israelhayom[.]com. The Iran Hayom logo even borrows design elements from Israel Hayom. An Israeli reader scrolling casually through their feed might even read Iran Hayom content and think the Israeli paper had posted it.
Peloni: Changes on the ground, and not just around Pokrovsk, was what fueled Putin’s refusal of Trump’s requests in a phone call on July 3. Ukraine is in a desperate position, with the territorial losses gaining steam over time, with Russia territorial advancements breaking records in June without dispute. The comment of drip, drip, flood is the only possible consequence to Urkaine’s deficits in men, munitions and morale. Adding to the territorial gains, the innovative and penalizing attacks against Russia proper has left the Russians with little interest in conceding their advantage over Ukraine.
On a visit to Ashkelon, the prime minister reaffirms Israel’s dual goal to defeat Hamas and free all hostages, while unveiling bold energy plans
Israfan | July 3, 2025
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Standing in Ashkelon, just miles from the Gaza border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a message of unambiguous resolve “There will be no more Hamas. It’s over.”
Peloni: See more here: Columbia President Claire Shipman Privately Said School Needed To Add an ‘Arab’ Board Member—and Remove a Jewish One
Amazing how @ClaireShipman manages to tokenize Arab and Middle Eastern People while simultaneously slandering a @Columbia board member using Antisemitic tropes. I expect her resignation imminently as both an alum and a parent of a current student. https://t.co/NmNqfziTUe
— Michael Rubin (@MrMichaelRubin) July 2, 2025
Peloni: Recalling the intense debate over the renewal of the FISA authorization during Trump’s first term, the far less significant conversation over the BBB’s expanding the surveillance state in America is important to note. Liberty is by nature a diminishing quality, something which must be constantly defended and tested to remain upheld. As the world looked very different in the wake of the Patriot Act, the world will look very different in the wake of the BBB. And subsequent generations will find it impossible to grasp exactly what they lost due to the current inattentiveness to maintain the liberties which are being swallowed whole in this bill. And of course, what begins in Washington never remains exclusively in Washington…
Bill allocates billions for digital tracking systems nationwide, mostly under the guise of ‘border security.’ All major state and federal highways will be monitored 24/7 in real time.
Peloni: There are many current reports on the unbelievable feats of Catherine Perez-Shakdam, but I think this one captures a greater context than most, while also raising remaining questions which linger after reading of her incredible movement into the most inner circles of the Iranian regime. In fact, the questions which are raised at the end of this video are what drew my interest in looking closer into what is known of Perez-Shakdam, but the honest truth is that there the answers to these questions remain somewhat unclear. In any event, if she was acting on behalf of the Mossad or out of a resolve to deal with the antisemitism which she grew up with, she is an amazing woman, and her reports on the inside conversations with the leadership of the Mullahs were incredibly important, even if she did not have a hand in what took place by Israel inside Iran over the past many years.
Al-Shabaab insurgents. (Photo by Al-Kataib Media Foundation – film titled “Ambush in Bardali”, Public Domain, Wikipedia)
By | July 3, 2025
The Red Sea is a critically important route for companies that are shipping goods from Asia to Europe. It accounts for about “15% of total global sea trade.” The Houthis have been disrupting those shipping routes since early 2024, thus affecting the price of goods, which are now costing more to ship and are taking longer to arrive, as the ships have faced attacks. This translated into higher prices for Western consumers in already bad economies. Then in early May, the Iran-aligned Houthis struck a deal with Trump to stop interrupting the shipping vessels in the Red Sea and Middle East. In turn, Trump said the U.S. would stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen. The agreement, however, did not include Houthi strikes on Israel. While that deal gave a hope of reprieve for the shipping vessels at risk, a new report is now stating that the Houthis have struck what appears to be a simultaneous deal with al-Shabab.
Peloni: Shame on Schumer!
by Rafael Medoff
Israeli ambassador Abba Eban was greeted by an irritating sight when he rose to speak in Harvard University’s Sanders Hall on a chilly Tuesday evening in the autumn of 1970. A group of anti-Israel extremists in the gallery had unfurled a banner denouncing “Zionist imperialists” and tried to shout Eban down when he began to speak.
US officials accuse Albanese of antisemitism, false legal claims and attacks on American companies.
Israfan | July 3, 2025
The United States is calling on the United Nations to immediately dismiss Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, over what it describes as “inflammatory,” antisemitic conduct and legally unfounded attacks on Israel and its allies.
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