No words are enough for fallen soldiers, who sacrifice their lives for ours.

Moshe Phillips | Mar 30, 2026

Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, from New Haven, Conn., was killed in combat in Southern Lebanon, March 28, 2026. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

“This is what a twentieth-century hero is really like. The lands of the free will need such men until the day when the last tyrannies that spawn the terrorists are faced down, and we enter the coming age of peace, the only long-range alternative to a planet of ash. … Strange, slender, but strong threads tie me to this young Jewish soldier, whom I never met, and never heard of till he died … .”
— Herman Wouk, 1980.

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What is it about Pesach that makes it so special? It brings out so much good in people!

Leonard Grunstein | Mar 31, 2026

Passover, Mathilde Hahn Meyer, Germany, late 19th or early 20th century, painting on canvas. By Center for Jewish History, NYC – Flickr, No restrictions Wikipedia

The Pesach Haggadah is a study in striking contrasts. On the one hand, we begin by bemoaning sordid origins as idol worshippers. On the other hand, we celebrate the miraculous redemption from Egypt and slavery.

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Peloni

In an important interview with JNS, Dr. Martin Sherman,  founder of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies, a member of the Israel Defense & Security Forum research team, describes the strategic view of Israel’s war with Iran, the broader regional conflict, and internal tensions within Israeli society with the Israeli Deep State. Sherman explains that Israel reached the current situation as a result of years of restraint, a growing desperation within the political opposition, and underestimating threats which might be should have been resolved long ago. In doing so, Sherman describes the October 7 attacks as a turning point which has come to strengthened Israel’s resolve to shed the previously adopted restraint while acting in its own interests, particularly while it has the means to do so under the current administration in Washington.

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President Donald Trump should say the quiet part out loud: China’s years of economic, technological and diplomatic support for Iran did not merely underwrite the regime’s malign activity. It accelerated it, financed it and made striking the Islamic Republic necessary to defend the interests of the United States and its partners around the world.

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By Hugh Fitzgerald | Mar 30, 2026

The Islamic Republic of Iran has lowered the minimum age to 12 for participation in war-related activities. No, it’s not that boys and girls will be sent off to fight. Instead, children as young as 12 will now be used to help man checkpoints, to go on patrols (presumably to watch out for saboteurs, or for signs of discontent and defeatism among the population), and to help with logistics. The Iranian state needs all the help it can get — even from its children. More on this sign of desperation can be found here: “Iran Lowers Minimum Age for War Roles to 12, Sparking Outcry Over Child Soldier Use,” by Ailin Vilches Arguello, Algemeiner, March 26, 2026:

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By Walter Block

No, the IDF should not accept women in its ranks, certainly not for combat positions (we make an exception for the case of Israeli female soldiers needed to deal with enemy prisoners on the distaff side and other such non-combat roles).

Why is this a spectacularly bad idea? Let us list some of the reasons.

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Peloni:  When facts about antisemitism doesn’t fit the antisemitic narrative, antisemites change the collection of antisemitic facts.

By Pamela Geller |  March 29, 2026

Mayor Mamdani explaining how Islam and Muhammad should inspire immigration. Screengrab via X 

Zohran Mamdani is moving so decisively in his early days and every move is anti-Jewish. It’s like a rabid Tourettes. Madness.

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Peloni:  Permanent positions should be setup within Lebanon.  This is how fundamentally changing the situation in the North might be achieved.

Netanyahu again vows to ‘fundamentally change the situation in the north’

All Israel News Staff | Published: March 30, 2026

Troops of the IDF’s 146th operating in southern Lebanon amid fighting with Hezbollah, March 29, 2026. Photo by IDF.

Israeli troops have reached the Litani River in some areas, Israeli media reported, as the IDF continues to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure across southern Lebanon. One soldier was killed and seven others were wounded to varying degrees during the fighting on Sunday.

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Peloni:  Western delusions created the menacing power in Iran.  This is the moment to reverse the Western generated reality in which a Jihadi Iran is threatening the entire region and the world is at hand.  Dismantling the Iranian regime must be a pivotal outcome of this war.

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by Rafael Medoff

Logo for the Harvard Crimson introduced in 2020. By Harvard University, Public Domain, Wikipedia

There was a time when Harvard’s “Jewish problem” was that many young Jews wanted to attend, but the university limited the number it would admit.

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Arlene Kushner | March 29, 2026

By MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC – This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2020-12-04., Public Domain, Wikpedia

Regretfully, with regard to the war on Iran it is simply not possible at this point. Read 10 analysts, and you are likely to get at least five different perspectives.

A quick catch-up:

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Peloni:  While we should applaud the increasing number of Arab voices calling for the fall of Iran’s evil regime, the question arises as to when these words of support will be transformed into deeds of action.  Indeed, the Sunnis are under a state of siege by the Iranian missile attacks, and instead of engaging the enemy as if it is a mortal threat, they are only emboldened enough to deter these missile strikes thru defensive means, leaving the dangerous action over the skies of Iran to the American and Israeli forces.  It is time for the Arab nations under assault to act as if their regimes and their people are being specifically targeted for destruction, because they are.  So while I congratulate the increasing number of Sunnis calling for an end of Iran’s regional domination, we need to see the Arab walk come to match the Arab talk by joining the fight which is saving these Arab nations from further attacks.

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David Nussbaum

There were two things that crossed my inbox in the last hour that appear consistent with something I noted last week.

First, Professor Steve Turley on a video talked about Russia and Putin, as well as the CCP and Xi abandoning the Ayatollahs. It was interesting, but not strongly supported.

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Peloni:  There has been a great deal of talk of defeatism regarding the Iran war of late.  John Spencer, a foremost expert on urban warfare, provides a serious, meticulous analysis of various paths which might lead towards victory.  In doing so, he makes this notable observation towards the end of this important essay:

“War is not a checklist. It is the alignment of ends, ways, and means under conditions of uncertainty. Options can be sequenced, layered, or applied simultaneously across domains. The United States has not run out of options. It has not even used all of them.”

Make no doubt about it.  This war is not over, and victory is closer to us than is defeat, for now in any event.

John Spencer | Urban Warfare | Mar 29, 2026

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The U.S.-Iran war has been underway for 29 days now. It is increasingly difficult to distinguish real strategic and military expertise from politicized opinion, speculation, and narrative. Too many people jump immediately from where we are today to a full-scale ground invasion. They assume the only option is for U.S. forces to seize Tehran, secure nuclear material by force, destroy a supposed million-man army, and then get pulled into another decades-long nation-building effort or fight a Maoist-style insurgency. That is not analysis. That is shallow thinking rooted in outdated and often biased mental models of war.

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?? A nuclear strike is not on the table — but the impact of this coming surprise would be nuclear in scale and duration.

?? Let’s watch and see. Trump is pushing for three main things: Iran’s unconditional surrender, and a complete end to the IRGC itself, along with full… https://t.co/dwQsQp9bsR

— Mudar Adnan Zahran ??? ????? ????? (@Mudar_Zahran) March 28, 2026

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Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | March 29, 2026

“Passover” by Arthur Szyk. Image by Center for Jewish History, NYC – Flickr, No restrictions, Wikipedia

*Passover (April 1-8, 2026) is a Jewish national liberation holiday, which features Moses and the Exodus. The legacy of Passover deeply impacted the Early Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and was essential in shaping of the US culture, in general, and the structure of the US political discourse and political system (e.g., the 3 branches of government and the separation of power), in particular. Contemporaries called George Washington an “American Moses,” while John Adams was referred to as an “American Joshua.”

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Kelleigh Nelson

… I believe that the maintenance of the rights and authority reserved to the states and to the people … are the safeguard to the continuance of a free government … whereas the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded it. ? General Robert E. Lee

Federal interference in state functions can never be justified as a permanent continuing policy… Where once the Government engages in such an enterprise, it is almost impossible to terminate its connection therewith. President Calvin Coolidge 1925

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security. President James Madison

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Efforts to deradicalize Gaza face geographical and political barriers, making lasting change unlikely.

By MARTIN SHERMAN | MARCH 28, 2026

The aspiration for deradicalizing Gaza is likely to prove itself an unattainable objective.

One of the most persistent – and pernicious – myths being bandied about in the debate over how to achieve some peaceable resolution to the violence induced by radical Islam in Gaza is the proposed “panacea” of “de-radicalization” of extremist Islamist elements. The rationale underlying the prescription of deradicalization is as deceptive as it is glib.
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This time in Lebanon.

Barry Shaw | The View from Israel | Mar 28, 2026

These are the facts to counter Sky News UK’s anti-Israel lies in Lebanon.

IDF killed a Hezbollah terrorist who shilled as a journalist.

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