Peloni:  As the world has sat back demanding to know what the day after in Gaza would bring, they should have instead been contemplating what the day after in Iran would bring.   The day in which the question regarding Iran’s future needs an answer may be fast approaching, and that answer will have reverberations most acutely affecting the regional Iranian proxies which might or might not still exist in Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen, while also affecting the entire region and much of the world.

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | April 3, 2025

*Does US policy toward Iran refrain from – or repeat – past mistakes?

*The diplomatic option (negotiation and containment) is effective when conducted between parties, which consider negotiation as a step toward peaceful coexistence. However, as evidenced by its 46-year-old rogue track record (since toppling the pro-US Shah), the Ayatollah regime – just like ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, the PLO/PA and Hezbollah – has employed negotiation as a tactic to advance its aim to topple the “apostate” Sunni regimes and bring the “infidel” West to submission.

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Peloni:  The economic upheaval surrounding the tariffs will have a depleting effect on businesses around the world, leaving govts and businesses alike looking for opportunities to avoid or at least reduce the hardship which came with Trump’s “liberation day” announcement of reciprocal tariffs against friend and foe, alike.  Such instability which is associated with such an economic policy of shock and awe as this is the worst thing for businesses, particularly for those which are struggling to remain out of the red.  Trump would be well aware of this fact, and it is no doubt part of the calculus to bring whole industries to the shores of the US, while also bringing foreign govts to influence those companies which will remain abroad to direct their trade efforts towards reducing any disparities in trade balances, as exists between Israel and the US.

Finance Minister Smotrich says he’ll ‘study Trump’s order in depth’

All Israel News Staff | Published: April 3, 2025

By The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Public Domain

The U.S. will impose a 17% tariff on Israeli imports, President Trump announced on Wednesday, as part of sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” reforms the administration declared on what it dubbed “Liberation Day.”

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By Janatan Sayeh | April 3, 2025

231019-N-GF955-1113 RED SEA (Oct. 19, 2023) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19. Carney is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)

Iran has ordered its military personnel to leave Yemen amidst the ongoing US bombing campaign in the country, The Telegraph reported on April 3. The newspaper’s source added that regime officials’ concerns over the Trump administration have eclipsed discussions on Tehran’s regional proxies, dominating every meeting and sidelining previous strategic priorities.

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How Peter Marks’ role in the COVID vaccine debacle exposed the flaws in America’s toxic health bureaucracy

Janet Levy: Norm Eisen said his good friend Supreme Court Justice John Roberts was not corrupt and that John went to the Czech Republic for a week so that they could spend time working on American rule of law issues together.

John should resign or recuse himself from all of the lawsuit cases that Norm and his partners have filed that are working their way to the SC.

Chief Justice John Roberts spent a week living at Norm Eisen’s 150-room palace in the Czech Republic where they “worked on American and European Rule of Law issues together.” Eisen was Ambassador 2011-2014. Roberts became Chief Justice in 2005. This was while Roberts ran SCOTUS. pic.twitter.com/u7YZazt7Re

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) April 3, 2025

Today, Jewish people and the Jewish story are under an unprecedented global assault, and @Wikipedia is being used as a weapon in this war.

How is this happening? @IzaTabaro lays it out. pic.twitter.com/kMIpE4orN2

— Tablet Magazine (@tabletmag) March 26, 2025

Peloni:  In the latter 2/3 of this video, IDSF Director of International Relations Elie Pieprz provides an interesting insight into both the motivation and changing nature of Trump’s policy regarding Gaza.  Pieprz explains that diabolical nature displayed by Hamas in the hostage release led Trump to recognize that any ceasefire achieved would lack any durability, which would undermine the US’ ability to claim a significant victory in claiming peace had been achieved, and which is also necessary for Trump’s broader aims in the region.  Pieprz explains that this realization led Trump to support Israel’s ability to pursue a decisive victory on the battlefield, but that the US will not be supportive of a limited effort on behalf of Israel.  He also discusses the possibilities regarding what might take place between the US and Iran.  

The plot behind Marine Le Pen’s arrest in France, and the “Rule Of Law” programs that connect judge networks. My full hit today on War Room w/ @nataliegwinters pic.twitter.com/EMCLUzLWp6

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) April 3, 2025

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From Beirut to Buenos Aires: How Hezbollah Built a Network on America’s Southern Doorstep? 

By Voice of America – YouTube – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today, Public Domain

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Peloni:  Lebanon’s failure to disarm Hezbollah was not only predictable, it was inevitable.  The Lebanese lack the independence and agency with which to unseat Iran’s dominance over them.  The way to even approach this goal is thru the destruction of the Mullahs’ powerbase in Tehran, and only then might something substantially different take form in Lebanon.  Until then, the kabuki theatrical shell game in Lebanon will continue unabated, no matter what is agreed to by anyone.

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | April 1, 2025

By Yeghishedaviti – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Lebanon is pretending to disarm Hezbollah and thinks that the world believes it. Then, when the world calls Beirut out, Lebanese officials engage in collective delusion and blame “Israeli aggression” for military escalation. Lebanon is now reneging on the ceasefire and the 1701 enforcement mechanism that it signed, in November, in which it pledged to disarm Hezbollah and, in return, get territory back from Israel.

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?The Morag axis is marked in red. The Philadelphi axis is marked in blue. The Morag axis is the dividing line between Rafah and Khan Yunis. Control of the Morag axis means that the IDF controls the entire Rafah district as a buffer zone.? https://t.co/oiklBZNOSP pic.twitter.com/gTvCtQLfhe

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) April 2, 2025

Peloni:  The road to victory is thru the united resolve of the Jewish people to defeat our enemies and to build a secure and vibrant future, none of which will be achieved if the clarion call of insurrection is answered.  These calls of perdition are the call of betrayal, heralding the victory of our enemies and the utter devastation of Israel and the Jewish people.

Landmark move expected to boost trade and lower prices ahead of Trump’s new economic plan.

Israfan | April 2, 2025

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Peloni: Caroline Glick continues to be a national treasure as she has taken to join the current govt as International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel.  The entire conversation in the attached link is important and illuminating, but the discussion below on what is commonly described as “aid” to Israel, but it is in fact an investment in Israel which provides an unequaled benefit to the American people, provides an important context to that investment.  By strengthening Israel, America itself is strengthened and is made safer.

“By showing them that the only thing that they get from being with Hamas is death and destruction and giving them an alternative, which is what the Trump plan does…you have this opportunity to build a life in a different place.” @CarolineGlickhttps://t.co/UCTdhKOen6

— Jan Jekielek (@JanJekielek) March 31, 2025