Vice President Vance meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog to discuss the Gaza Peace Deal. Photo by JD Vance – X, Public Domain, Wikipedia
The latest on a long list of problems the American VP has with both Jews and Israel is described below and involved his confrontation with some Israeli cabinet members who refused to bend down and kiss his derrière regarding the various conflicts their beleaguered nation, by no choice of its own, is forced to fight merely to prevent its own innocents from being slaughtered…
Peloni: This will have a permanent effect of diminishing Israeli dominance in the region at the expense of promoting Turkey ever higher over the region. Why is the Trump administration so motivated to purposefully empower the Muslim Brotherhood led Turkey to such a position of influence in the region?
Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot and commander performs a high-speed pass during the Oregon International Airshow Sept. 21, 2019 in McMinnville, OR. Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Cook – Media.defense.gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia
Israel and Greece have consistently opposed the possibility of Turkey acquiring the stealth fighters, arguing that such a move would harm their technological edge and alter the regional balance of power. Greece has already ordered F-35s, while the Israeli Air Force operates a unique version of the aircraft, which has taken part in operations in Lebanon, Syria and Iran.
Peloni: Rabbi Pesach Wolicki dives into the relationship between Saudi Arabia and America, and how this is being manipulated by China, and how it impacts Israel.
Peloni: The more that Judicial Reform is blocked, the greater the support for its passage becomes, specifically because of the public recognition of this need only grows stronger with each passing day and each subsequent ruling based on arbitrary standards and the promotion of anti-Israel positions from the courts. There can only be one standard of justice in any democratic govt, and yet, in the only democracy in the Middle East, a two-tiered policy is weaponized to promote one standard which maintains the influence and agenda of the Leftist bureaucracy.
Avi Abelow | Meta | July 3, 2026
Screengrab via Meta
While left-wing Kaplan protesters blocked major highways night after night for hours on end in the judicial reform protests, bringing life in Israel to a standstill, the police often stood by, sometimes even joining them. Leaders of those protests faced no serious consequences, even after burning tires in the middle of major highways. Violence during those daily blockades? Rarely punished. The message was loud and clear: certain protests are protected.
Peloni: Misgav Institute’s Noa Lazimi provides context for the ever deteriorating situation between Israel and Turkey. It is notable that Mike Doran of the Hoover Institute challenged that the greatest dilemma for Trump’s policies in the Middle East was to help mollify if not improve the relationship between Israel and Turkey. Instead, Trump’s policies of promoting Turkey and expanding its dominance in the region has been the harbinger of the collapsing situation between these two nations.
Peloni: The UN must be dismantled, its policies must be undone, and its leadership must be prosecuted for supporting the very acts which that institution was fabled to have been established to prevent.
Ben Cohen
A panorama of the United Nations General Assembly taken in October 2012. Photo by Spiff – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia
A smirk laid bare the United Nations’ unremitting hostility toward the state of Israel and its people.
Peloni: A single point of hope stemming from the ignominious 20 Point Plan which was to see the security threat from Gaza permanently neutralized. Balancing the elimination of UNWRA in Gaza while preventing the elimination of Hamas and its control in Gaza fundamentally distorts the provisions of Trump’s infamous 20 Point Plan in a way which entirely ignores Israel security needs. Hamas must be destroyed, and UNWRA must be dismantled everywhere, not just in Gaza.
Hamas refuses to give up weapons located in tunnels and weapon depots
Security camera footage capturing two Hamas terrorists, who were also UNRWA employees, as they loaded the body of a murdered Israeli civilian onto a truck on October 7. Screengrab via X
The U.S.-backed Gaza Board of Peace (BoP) declared on Wednesday that UNRWA, the controversial UN aid body for Palestinian refugees, has “no place in the new Gaza” against the background of the annual Pledging Conference for the agency.
Cartoon in Qatari daily: Trump raises white flag in Iran (Al-Arabi Al-Jadid, London, June 25, 2026). Image via MEMRI.org
Amid criticism across the Arab world—particularly in the Gulf states—of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) recently signed by the U.S. and Iran to end the war,[1] and against the backdrop of concerns over potential Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz,[2] Qatar, which played a role in drafting the MOU, is expressing satisfaction with the agreement and portraying it as a clear victory for Iran and defeat and humiliation for the U.S.
*The US defense, aerospace and commercial high-tech industries, as well as the US Armed Forces, have leveraged Israel’s stature as the world’s most militarily and technologically challenged society, which has been forced to develop ground-breaking, time and cost-effective solutions, moving swiftly from concept to fully operational capabilities.
PART II: IS THERE A LEGITIMATE REASON FOR AMERICA TO WAGE WAR ON IRAN? IS IT REASONABLE TO EXPECT WARS TO GO EASY? DO TRUMP’S CRITICS LIVE IN A FANTASY WORLD? IS THERE A JOKE IN HERE SOMEWHERE?
THIS IS A STORY THAT YOU CANNOT READ ANYWHERE ELSE – INCLUDING THE TOP SECRET REPORT ABOUT IRAQI WMD YOU CANNOT UNREAD – DECLASSIFIED HERE…
PART II
The Qatarlsonites tell us Iran was unfairly targeted by those mean Zionists from “that shitty little country” (the words of a French ambassador to describe THE INNOVATION NATION that happens not to be France).
The Hashemite regime has placed the Muslim Brotherhood throughout the security services, the intelligence agencies, and even the military itself, turning Ali Baba, the “King” of Jordan, into the man who has made Jordan a breeding ground for extremism. Israel is preparing for the worst.
Pres. Trump, VP Vance and Sec. State Rubio. Screengrab via Youtube
The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding tells Iran that Hezbollah survives and Israel leaves. The Trilateral Framework says that Hezbollah disarms and that, until it does, Israel stays in Lebanon.
A new Channel 14 poll released Thursday suggests Israel’s governing coalition would retain its Knesset majority if elections were held today, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continuing to outperform his political rivals and expanding his lead on the question of suitability for prime minister.
Peloni: The Saudis refuse to accept that they no longer control Washington policy as significantly as it once did. The real dynamic which must be considered is to what degree Washington is being manipulated towards empowering Turkey against the interests of all others. The real concern for Israel and the Saudis both will be in the context of what terms Trump will pursue in making the peace once the war with Iran is finally ended. It seems that Turkey is routinely the winner of Trump’s Middle East policies, no matter the context, and with Trump advancing the Turkish sycophant Tom Barrack with ever greater authority in his administration, it is little mystery why that is so.
Peloni: Guest host Dan Shueftan** joins Gadi Taub discuss the Lebanon Deal in light of the MOU. Their conversation leads to the conclusion that history offers a clear lesson: when the West mistakes ideological radicalism for ordinary statecraft, deterrence gives way to appeasement, and the costs in the region only grows. Their discussion covers a sweeping review of the history of American policy which has too often repeated the same strategic errors with the same conclusion: Israel’s security is dependent upon resisting these errors rather than accommodating them.
Nitzan Alon’s Attack on “Total Victory” Exposes the Left’s Defeatist Mentality – While Gal Hirsch Delivered Results
Almost three years into this grueling war, with our Iranian backed enemies devastated on every front, all the hostages miraculously returned home and rebuilding their lives, the political left in Israel refuses to give Prime Minister Netanyahu even a shred of recognition for these historic achievements—instead, they attack him with conscious, vicious, visceral hatred, as I personally witnessed last night when crowds booed him at the Maccabiah Games opening ceremony.
For years, Israel warned that Hamas had infiltrated UNRWA. Now, UNRWA has dismissed 70 Gaza employees linked to terrorist organizations—validating those warnings. No terrorist belongs on the UN payroll. Ever. There’s no excuse.
Peloni: As a strong independent Israel makes for an even stronger, more independent America. This was true in the past, and it will be true in the future. The leash which holds Israel at bay restrains its ability to not only act in ways which benefit and protect the Israeli people, but which would benefit and protect the American people as well. Recall that if not for an unrestrained Israel in 1981, America would have been facing a nuclear Iraq when it chose to face down Saddam Hussein in 1990.
Harry Liberman
PM Menachem Begin meets with Ambassador Samuel Lewis shortly after his appointment on June 21, 1977. Screengrab via Youtube
For over half a century, the foreign policy establishments in both Washington and Jerusalem have maintained a polite geopolitical fiction: that Israel is a strategic charity case, permanently indebted to the United States for its survival. This narrative is a calculated lie. Israel was never “saved” by America. Historically, the inverse is truer. When Israel stood on the precipice of total, landscape-altering victories, Washington systematically used its leverage to halt operations mid-battle to protect its own diplomatic equities.
Peloni: Moshe Phillips captures the real context of the political divide in Israel, ie Hawks and Doves. Indeed, this Israeli reality stands as a stark contrast to the socio-economic issues which dominate most of the rest of the world’s political divides. Notably, Trump’s move to quash a war in Iran to deal with rising energy costs at home demonstrates this distinction which again contrasts with Bibi having no such interest in prioritizing economics over security matters. Notably, in Israel the issue of land settlement joins the two issues of security and economics together as one. The actions under the current govt has demonstrated an acknowledgement in moving towards this goal in measurable but cautious ways, even as it was elected by a pre-October 7 electorate while being spurned to act by the post-October 7 realities. So, with this in mind, what might we expect the next govt to do, ie one chosen by an electorate wisened by the tragedies of the past three years. The possibilities are quite encouraging.
The history of the right vs. left ideological divide in Israel has taken a strange turn in the aftermath of October 7, after it was the mostly left-leaning kibbutzim who were invaded.
Moshe Phillips |
Rael Jean Isaac. Screengrab via Youtube
Social scientist and pro-Israel author Rael Jean Isaac passed away in New York late last month at the age of 93. Together with her late husband, Erich Isaac, and their colleague Edward Alexander, Dr. Isaac was a central figure in a group of activist intellectuals who were at the forefront of pro-Israel advocacy for many decades with much of this work being done through Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI), of which she was a founder.
Vice President Vance meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog to discuss the Gaza Peace Deal. Photo by JD Vance – X, Public Domain, Wikipedia
PM Menachem Begin meets with Ambassador Samuel Lewis shortly after his appointment on June 21, 1977. Screengrab via Youtube
