Peloni:  Does Curt Sliwa have what it takes to defeat Mamdani?  He thinks so.  What do others think?

Peloni:  Prof. Zisser’s analysis provides the context for grasping the full context of Trump’s Turkey policy.  As Israel stands today in Syria, will Trump require that Syrian minorities now being supported by Israeli air power be abandoned to the Jihadi clutches of Al Jolani?  Or will he require the Syrian nation be shared between the relevant spheres of influence of these two regional super powers?  Or will Syria instead be allowed to be split among its many minorities in the relevant areas to become nations, capable of expressing their own unfettered identities, practicing their own religions without dhimmitude or oppression, and ultimately to pursue their own destinies?

In the newly reshaped Middle East, as in the past, the road to Washington once again runs through Jerusalem. Only countries that pursue policies of stability and peace – including peace with Israel, such as Syria under Abu Mohammad al-Julani – will be able to advance their security and bolster their regional and international standing.

 by  Prof. Eyal Zisser | 07-13-202

The 12-day war – or perhaps the First Iran War – did not entirely eliminate the Iranian cancer threatening to metastasize across the region. But the blows Israel, with US backing, dealt Tehran have, for now, halted Iran’s nuclear race and delivered a major setback to its ambition of establishing a zone of influence stretching from its borders through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon and the shores of Gaza. From this corridor, the Iranians sought to advance their vision of destroying the State of Israel, a vision that inspired Yahya Sinwar to conceive and execute the deadly October 7 terrorist assault.

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Peloni:  AG Bondi, amid a mini-civil war with the MAGA base over the recent dismissal of the Epstein case, finally followed thru on something she should have seen to doing on the first day she was in office, or certainly very shortly afterwards – she dropped malicious politicized legal charges against an innocent man.  Recalling my recent call for Dr. Moore to go free, I was much relieved to see that justice has finally been done today as Dr. Moore is now a free man.  What remains to be acknowledged is that ending this travesty of justice comes months later than was possible, begging the question of what the delay might have been?  Certainly, it wasn’t being delayed by the supposedly nonexistent Epstein files which  also took months before being dismissed as fiction.  In any event, the dismissal of the lawfare charges on behalf of the medical autocracy demonstrated a return of reason, while also providing a twin victory over the perversion of legal and medical norms against a man of such integrity and resolve as characterized the persecution of Dr. Kirk Moore.  Very well done!

Peloni:  In any relationship, it is important for each party to acknowledge the relative support being gained from the relationship in question.  Amb. Ettinger provides a detailed analysis of just one aspect of the relationship between Israel and the US, specifically in regards to the advances provided by Israel in regards to the US F-35 program and how the investment in the US-Israeli relationship has come to significantly advantage the US in great and impactful ways, again specifically in regards to the F-35 program.

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | July 13, 2025

Israeli Air Force members wait for F-35I Adirs to launch for a Red Flag-Nellis 23-2 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 16, 2023. Red Flag is an opportunity to build on the success of JUNIPER OAK 23-2, JUNIPER FALCON and additional combined exercises to enhance interoperability with Israel, strengthen bilateral cooperation, and improve capabilities in ways that enhance and promote regional stability and reinforce the United States’ enduring commitment to Israel’s security. (By Airman 1st Class Trevor Bell – dvidhubs.net, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

Does the US extend to Israel an annual military foreign aid, or does the US make an annual investment in Israel, which yields to the US taxpayer an annual Return-on-Investment (R-o-I) of a few hundred percent?

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By Pamela Geller | July 11, 2025

I don’t have a link for this. The intrepid Paul Schnee sent this on after seeing it on his Facebook page. It’s very good.

Related: ‘Zohran Mamdani intern calls for JIHAD against America‘

THE HARBINGER – ZOHRAN MAMDANI AND THE NORMALIZATION OF JEW-HATRED

By Sam Abady:

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Peloni:  The question remains what crimes might Brennan be charged with that are not outside of the statute of limitations.  I am told that he was very careful in his latest testimony, and prosecution of him making false statements there will likely fail.   Also, all other charges related to the Russia Hoax and other past calumnies in which he was involved are beyond the statute of limitations.   So what might the FBI be considering to charge him?

Landmark investment pact strengthens semiconductor, defense, and energy cooperation while reshaping global trade alignments.

Israfan | July 11, 2025

Peloni:  The October 6 mentality lingers…

Qatar is poised to make a comeback in Gaza. On July 10, Israeli media reported that Israel “tentatively agreed” to allow Qatar to help fund Gaza’s reconstruction once a future ceasefire comes into effect. Qatar’s participation in postwar reconstruction reportedly came at Hamas’s request, but Israeli negotiators stipulated that Qatar should not be the sole donor. If true, the emerging ceasefire would see Qatar reprise its role as Gaza’s benefactor, returning to an arrangement that enabled Hamas to strike in the first place.

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Peloni:  While complaints of both Americans and world leaders have argued against the US being the world’s policeman, the Trump Doctrine has called for regional partners who have the capacity and aligned ideology to promote US interests without US involvement.  This was clearly the role played by Israel in the 12 Day War, even ending that war as declared by the US, and even dropping its final attack regardless of the yet to be met timed deadline due to Trump’s public demand that they do so.  Israel has been likewise playing a similar role with Yemen, having taken over the attacks on the Houthis after attacking internatioinal shipping and is now seeking to assemble an international coalition to end the Houthi menace, much as Mike Doran informed us in a recent podcast that Israel would be doing so.  This is the Trump Doctrine in action. 

FDD | July 11, 2025

Latest Developments

• Israel Seeks Coalition: Israel is reportedly seeking to build a coalition of U.S. and partner forces to launch renewed strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen after the terrorist organization’s attacks intensified in recent weeks. According to reports on July 10, Jerusalem believes that the Houthi threat “can no longer remain solely an Israeli problem” and that “a renewal of American attacks and the formation of a coalition including additional countries” is necessary to put an end to the Red Sea terrorism. Israel last launched strikes against the Houthis on July 7, striking the Houthi-controlled ports of Hodeidah, Ras Issa, and Al-Salif, as well as the Ras Kanatib power station north of Hodeidah.

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Peloni:  This is a very concerning report.  Mamdani alone has a base motivated to turn out to vote for him, and his opposition is splitting what might be the only chance to defeat him.  While Len Grunstein was correct in calling for a fusion candidate to face Mamdani, it will take one candidate, not four, and one which has at least some public appeal to match and defeat that of Mamdani.  New York City stands upon the precipice of even greater destruction in this race.

By Daniel Greenfield | July 8, 2025

Photo by Bingjiefu He – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

46% of New Yorkers would never vote for Mamdani, or the other candidates…

I know it’s fashionable in certain circles to sneer or cheer that a Muslim Communist is the Dem nominee for Mayor of New York City, but if you remember 9/11 or the BLM riots, you know that what happens in big cities doesn’t stay in them.

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Peloni:  See Report of Bongino possibly to quit over Epstein mishandling by Bondi at the bottom.

Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi addressed the missing minute in Jeffrey Epstein’s jailhouse footage at a Trump Cabinet meeting Tuesday, sparking renewed scrutiny from MAGA.

Bondi fielded several questions from a reporter regarding the memo’s release, Epstein’s possible ties to intelligence and missing footage from the jailhouse video. (RELATED: Dershowitz Claims He Saw Full Epstein Client List While Defending Himself In Giuffre Case)

“Your memo released yesterday on Jeffrey Epstein left some lingering mysteries. One of the biggest ones is whether he ever worked for an American or foreign intelligence agency.”

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Peloni:  Geopolitical expert, Dr. Daniela Giulia Traub, describes the basis on which the Middle East is being retooled in such a way as to include Israel rather than against it.  In pursuit of a shift away from an old alliance system which isolated and attacked Israel, a new paradigm is being structured such that oil based economies are transitioning into knowledge based economy.  Traub offers an important context for this ultimate goal, explaining that nations such as Syria, Egypt and Jordan have been obstacles to such a visionary move, and nations such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia, in an on again/off again approach (based on political/geopolitical concerns) are reshaping these problematic, smaller Sunni states, by these moderate Sunni nations making key investments in vital economic elements within these smaller, problematic states. 

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Peloni:  There was a time when democracy represented rule by consent of the people, but now it is increasingly accepted as being the fiat of some fop in black robes.

by Drieu Godefridi  •  Gatestone Institute  •  July 8, 2025

In the West, it is not the executive that threatens the separation of powers. It is faceless judges lacking democratic legitimacy who legislate on the pretext of judging. The torrents of universal rules and requirements deriving from articles of the European Convention on Human Rights (e.g. privacy, dignity), and the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (pictured) are probably the worst modern example of tyrannical judicial imperialism.  (Photo by Adrian Grycuk – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, Wikipedia)

• In the West, it is not the executive that threatens the separation of powers. It is faceless judges lacking democratic legitimacy who legislate on the pretext of judging…. [T]his judicial imperialism… [has] become a judicial tyranny….

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