Peloni:  This is an important revelation.  RICO prosecutions should apply.

Investigation found network includes communist groups, Muslim advocacy organizations and anti-Israel coalitions

By Asra Q. Nomani , Michael Dorgan | Fox News | May 15, 2026

A global network of anti-Israel activist groups is mobilizing coordinated “Nakba 78” protests across the United States and around the world today, with organizers using the anniversary of Israel’s founding to challenge the Jewish state’s right to exist.

A Fox News Digital investigation found that about 425 organizations — including communist groups, Muslim advocacy organizations and anti-Israel activist coalitions attributed with blatant antisemitism — are working together in a coordinated transnational protest network with a combined funding footprint of about $1 billion in annual revenues.

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Jafaj.net | May 17, 2026

This is not a fringe threat. It is the formalization of confrontation between Washington and Tehran inside Iran’s political system.

In-A-Nutshell, the Core Question is this: Is Iran seriously advancing a €50 million reward tied to the assassination of Donald Trump?

What’s Actually Happening: Iranian lawmakers have publicly discussed draft legislation proposing a €50 million payment for killing Donald Trump, framed as retaliation for the 2020 killing of General Qassem Soleimani.¹

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Part I was the personal story.  Join me for Part II:  Dorraine, Barry and Dad.

The writer with Doreen Gilbert-Weiss and Dr. Darrell Temkin. Doreen, a veteran immigrant to Israel (18 years), Darrell immigrated in 2025.  Photo via author.

Three generations since the establishment of the state, there are those who doubt the eternity of Israel and whether we will even reach the centennial celebrations (in another 22 years, or almost another generation).  Allow me to tell about immigration in the current century, not only in order to encourage anyone to return or immigrate to Israel (if only, for these are especially lofty goals), but rather in order to nag those responsible to prepare, because the day will come, and Israel will have to absorb massive unplanned immigration, waves of persecuted Jews from all over the world (LA & NY included). That day is closer than we think, and the State of Israel is neither prepared nor really preparing.

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John Spencer | May 17, 2026

I see a correlation between those who believe absurd claims like dogs were trained to rape Palestinians and those who insist Israel committed genocide in Gaza.

Both claims collapse under scrutiny and under mountains of contrary evidence. One ignores biology and basic science, including the reality that dogs cannot rape humans in the way being alleged. The other disregards the legal definition of genocide, which requires demonstrable intent to destroy a people as such. That accusation runs directly against repeated public statements by Israeli political and military leaders after October 7 that the war was against Hamas, not the people of Gaza.

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The US military buildup in the Middle East continues unabated, indicating a desire to preserve the military option against Iran. It is entirely possible that the volatility in Trump’s posts is misleading. 

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser | May 17, 2026

Image via Truth Social

For many years, we have not known, in Israel, in the Middle East and indeed around the world, a situation in which so much depends on the will and decisions of one man, US President Donald Trump.

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God’s Promise Is Never Up for Negotiation

Aynaz Anni Cyrus | May 14, 2026

David Ben-Gurion (First Prime Minister of Israel) publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14 1948, Tel Aviv, Israel, beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl. Photo by Rudi Weissenstein – Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Public Domain, Wikipedia

May 14, 1948 (5 Iyar 5708) – Friday – Tel Aviv Museum

37 Jewish leaders gathered at the Dizengoff House, the Tel Aviv Museum.

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Gulf states hesitant to adopt aggressive stance against Iran amid uncertainty about US plans

All Israel News Staff | Published: May 17, 2026

Amid reports of a possible resumption of military operations in Iran, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing the United Arab Emirates to become more involved in those operations, The Telegraph reports.

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Peloni

Muslim mobs chased down Israelis following a football match on Nov. 7, 2024.  Screengrab via Youtube.

On November 7, 2024, following a football match held between Maccabi Tel Aviv & Ajax, the match ended with what could hardly be described as other than a modern day Jew Hunt on the streets of the Amsterdam.  Muslim groups across the city were chasing down and assaulting Israeli Maccabi fans resulting in stabbings, vehicle assaults, and severe physical violence throughout the evening.  More than 30 Israelis were taken to hospitals, while others remained in hotels out of fear of leaving.  The apparent organized and coordinated assault on Israelis came amid the backdrop of both the Gaza war and the pro-Hamas rallies around the world which had been ongoing for more than a year. The need for a national response to such an event in the future was patently clear.

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By Walter E. Block and Oded J.K. Faran

Nobel Peace Prize. By ProtoplasmaKid – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

See Part 1 Here

III. Just Peace and Unjust Peace

The classical liberal and natural rights traditions, from Locke through Bastiat and Mises, have consistently distinguished between the initiation of force and the defense against it.

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Peloni:  This is a really significant statement spoken by Bill Maher addressing the libels which support and expand antisemitism.  I would argue that Maher’s false portrayal of the statement by Rep. Randy Fine as being that of a bigot, rather than recognizing it as a statement regarding the intolerance which Muslims actually do have for dogs, stands out among the truths carried in this monologue.

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Peloni & David Fieldstone

Mark Levin Show of May 16, 2026. His 2 guests interviewed after his long hard to follow speech – were (1) Lawyer Mark Goldfeder, CEO and Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, Inc., who has been his guest many times. He spoke so fast to get everything in he had to say – that even aside from taking notes, he was difficult to follow. (2) The esteemed Lt. General Keith Kellogg (retired) who was the highlight of the broadcast.

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Linda Goudsmit | May 17, 2026

William Gawthrop, Ph.D. has impressive military, intelligence, and academic credentials. His 2021 dissertation in Criminal Justice from Walden College argues that crimes involving Islamic religious utterances are not conventional crimes. Titled “The Doctrinal Basis of Islamic Utterances Associated with Domestic Assaults,” the dissertation explains how these attacks are not random domestic assaults, they are examples of Jihad applied as street crime that are motivated by codified religious Islamic texts.

The ongoing intrusion, infiltration, and expansion of Islam inside America is not accidental––it is doctrinal. I am providing a sampling of Dr. Gawthrop’s extraordinary work because I believe it is impossible to solve a problem without understanding the problem. The American people have been misled––but knowledge is empowering and there is still time to save America from the creeping Islam that has engulfed Europe.

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Iran’s narrative was that some of the Gulf states hosted US forces, or in the case of the UAE and Bahrain, had signed the Abraham Accords with Israel.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MAY 14, 2026

The Persian Gulf Nations and their neighbors.  By Palosirkka, author of source file Furfur – File:Golf-Kooperationsrat.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia [Added Detail and Changed size]

The Gulf states were victims of Iranian attacks during the war that began with US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28. Iran lashed out, attacking a dozen countries in the region.

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By Jalal Tagreeb

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In a recent video that has been circulating widely across Arabic-speaking platforms, Egyptian commentator Khaled Hassan delivered what can only be described as a devastating — and unwitting — vindication of Israel’s strategic position in the Middle East. Hassan’s analysis, sharp and unapologetic, was aimed squarely at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its contradictory, fear-driven posture toward Iran. But in laying bare Riyadh’s paralysis, Hassan inadvertently stripped away the last fig leaf covering a truth that pro-Israel observers have long argued: Iran is the existential menace in this region, and Israel, far from being the aggressor, is the rational actor that much of the Arab world secretly wishes it could emulate.

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Peloni:  The future is what we make of it.  The weight of what we might settle to accept after suffering the sacrifices made by men such as Maoz Recanati will be borne on the shoulders of our children and our grand children.

Avi Abelow | Meta | May 15, 2026

Cpt. Maoz Israel Recanati, IDF Platoon Commander in Golani Brigade’s 12 Battalion was mortally wounded following a drone strike on Israeli position in Southern Lebanon. (Israel Defense Forces)

Over Shabbat, another young IDF officer, Maoz Israel Recanati, was killed in battle in Lebanon.

He was supposed to get married in just one month.

Think about that for a moment.

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Peloni:  Rabbi Pesach Wolicki offers an analysis into the attempt by the Iranian regime to win back support of key aspects of the Iranian people.

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Janet Levy

Amid a crisis of trust in America, marked by the proliferation of manufactured news, tainted AI, and apocryphal social media populated by bots (up to 50% of posts), along with purchased likes and retweets, media consumers are deeply skeptical. According to a recent poll, only 38% believe the three assassination attempts on Trump were genuine.

Believing the unbelievable about Jews is another story. When the gray lady of ill repute reports a whooper that defies belief: that Israel trained dogs to rape Palestinians, released on the very day the results of a two-year investigation into the weaponization of sex during the October 7th Massacre were published, readers believe it.

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Peloni:  Trump retreats on Iran nuclear program, from “they can NEVER have a nuclear weapon” to “twenty years is enough.” This was a devastating shift in Trump’s rhetoric, which is notably aimed at negotiating a settlement with a terrorist death cult which has NEVER adhered to any agreement into which they previously entered.  Best case scenario from such a deal would be to hand the threat which brought Trump to war with Iran to the next generation, something for which he himself has criticized every president which preceded him.

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by Majid Rafizadeh  •  May 16, 2026

In 1979, 1999, 2009, 2017-2018, 2019, 2022, late 2025 and early 2026, the Iranian people rose up in massive nationwide protests against economic collapse, repression, and governance failures. Each time, the regime responded with ruthless massacres. Millions of unarmed civilians, no matter how courageous, cannot easily overcome such force.  Pictured: Iranian protestors.  Screengrab via Youtube [Cropped] 

• In 1979, 1999, 2009, 2017-2018, 2019, 2022, late 2025 and early 2026, the Iranian people rose up in massive nationwide protests against economic collapse, repression, and governance failures. Each time, the regime responded with ruthless massacres…

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Brigitte Gabriel and TAFSIK embody a rising movement defined by urgency, courage, resilience, and an unwillingness to remain silent.

Michel Benchimol

Brigitte Gabriel. Screengrab via Youtube

On May 13, I had the distinct privilege of attending an interview and presentation by Brigitte Gabriel — a remarkable woman whose life story, courage, intellect, and extraordinary energy left a profound and lasting impression on everyone in attendance.

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