Peloni:  We are 5 months now waiting for Trump to allow the ‘hard way’ to proceed as Hamas rearms and resupplies itself.  The concern that is being expressed for the Gazans should have pushed the ‘hard way’ forward one day after Hamas failed to do as they were obligated to do under the terms of the Trump plan.  The only one being leveraged to keep to the terms of that plan is Israel, and that is still true today as we are mysteriously in Phase 1 and 2 at the same time, as the head technocrat invents “Israeli violations” while ignoring the very real violations being daily exhibited by all parties other than Israel.  The technocrat has shown his true nature, but we will see more of it, much more no doubt.

Itamar Margalit / KAN 11 | All Israel News | Published: January 16, 2026

Trump giving press conference on Air Force One.  Screengrab via Youtube

U.S. President Donald Trump announced the establishment of a Board of Peace that will govern the Gaza Strip last night.

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by Gerald A. Honigman 

Port at Bandar Abbas. Screengrab via Youtube

Recent reports relate that the fall of the strategically important port of Bandar Abbas and oil rich Khuzestan/“Arabistan” province  centered in Ahwaz is underway.

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Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa “affirmed that the injustices witnessed in Syria during the decades of the deposed regime’s rule affected all segments of the Syrian population without exception.”

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN | JANUARY 15, 2026

Syria’s transitional government is trying to do outreach to Kurds as it appears to prepare a new offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces.
The SDF is backed by the US and is composed mostly of Kurds, controlling eastern Syria.

Syrian security forces recently ejected Kurdish fighters from two neighborhoods in Aleppo, raising concerns about Damascus abusing the rights of Kurds. US officials, who back the new Syrian government, are concerned about attacks on the SDF.

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The Tina Peters case.

by Daniel Greenfield | Jan 15, 2025

Judge Matthew Barrett chuckles as he sentences Tina Peters. Screengrab via Youtube

“Election denial” was really hot 5 years ago. The ‘Election Denial’ moral panic led to mass censorship and claims that anyone denying an election result was a dangerous insurrectionist who needed to be locked up and posed a threat to democracy.

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Peloni:  Did Trump really abandon the Iranian protestors after urging them into the streets where thousands were gunned down by the Mullahs?  I don’t believe this is likely.  Rather, I agree with the summation of this article, namely that a limited but significant strike raised against Iran will be the most likely outcome in Iran.  I don’t think Trump is looking for regime change, and I don’t think his attack will be the deciding factor in what successes might be made by the protests.  Time will tell of course.

Joel C. Rosenberg | All Israel News | Published: January 15, 2026

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The lead headline on The New York Times website as of 11 p.m. Israel time said, “Israel and Arab Nations Urge Trump to Postpone Attack on Iran.”

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Peloni:  What goes unstated in this article is that the death penalty provides justice, irreversible by future acts of terror which have been used over the past 70 years to inevitably leverage the lives of Jew Ransomed innocents against the release of those who should never be released.  Let these butchers know that their sentence will be final, that they will have no hope of freedom, and that a final justice at the end of a noose will be the consequence of their barbarity.  Be not kind to the cruel so as to not be cruel to the kind.  Simply hang them.

Revised proposal seeks faster implementation and stronger deterrence as Israel confronts ongoing terror threats.

Israfan | Jan 15, 2025

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia

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By Robert Spencer | Jan 15, 2025

BREAKING: Trump:

We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, it has stopped.

There is no plan for executions. I have been told that, we will find out about it. pic.twitter.com/TnJMgP2Dfp

— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 14, 2026

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Peloni:  As Likud moves to support Trump’s ban on Israeli sovereignty, who will pick up the banner supporting sovereignty, and will it result in material vote swings in the next election?

An historic missed opportunity that will cost at the ballot box. 

Yehudit Katsover & Nadia Matar, co-chairs of the Sovereignty Movement | Ribonut.co.il | |   Jan 15, 2026

Photo by Hudson Institute – Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

Recent reports indicate that the Sovereignty Law, approved by the Knesset plenum two months ago, has been effectively blocked. Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz transferred the bill from the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to the Knesset Committee, which he chairs- reportedly following instruction from the Prime Minister. The law is now frozen without debate or formal decision. This is not a minor procedural matter; it represents a significant national opportunity that has been lost, unless it is overturned.

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Peloni:  A federalized Syria with autonomous zones or a divided Syria with independent statelets are the only paths towards peace in Syria.

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Peloni: As the world waits to see what will materialize from Trump’s promise to the Iranians that help was coming, the internet access in Iran continues to be jammed.  If there are no more killings, and Iran has control over the country, why is it that no one outside of the Iranian curtain of silence is allowed to confirm this so called fact.

Regime confirms that planned execution was halted, no further hangings of protesters planned

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 15, 2026

Bodies of murdered protestors being loaded onto a truck.  Screengrab via X

Amid a flurry of reports suggesting that the broader Middle East is expecting U.S. strikes against the Iranian regime, U.S. President Donald Trump caused general confusion when he suggested that the regime’s bloody crackdown against the protesters had “stopped” on Wednesday evening.

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“President Trump is well aware that Tehran obliterated his red line like a nuclear site under a Beautiful B-2. He’s well aware how fragile the regime is right now. He’s well aware that Xi and Putin would look at this moment and wonder whether he got cold feet. So, we’ll see.”

– Richard Goldberg

Is this an Obama 2.0 redline moment or a smart Trump head fake? https://t.co/bJPdo4CYTk

— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) January 14, 2026

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Arlene Kushner | January 13, 2026

UGC

The numbers of Iranian citizens who have been killed by the regime is horrifying. As communication coming out of Iran is erratic, it is impossible to confirm the statistics; from different sources I’m seeing somewhere between 6,000 and 20,000. Horrifying indeed.

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Peloni:  Why does every Red Line drawn by the US ultimately become a new line of negotiations after it is crossed.  Is victory the aim of the negotiations or is it actually the negotiations themselves that are the desired aim, so as to pretend that the outcome of the negotiations have not failed as the declared Red Lines are simply crossed over and new ones are chosen it their place.  Indeed, Phase 2 was to begin after the disarmament or destruction of Hamas as well as the complete return of the hostages.  Neither of these demands have been met, but US impatience has once again simply made new threats while ignoring past threats which failed to materialize, as if the new threats will be deemed more useful for anyone as Phase 2 is pushed forward with Phase 1 still incomplete in gross and significant ways.

Israeli groups decry transition to next phase without return of last Israeli hostage

All Israel News Staff | Published: January 14, 2026

Steve Witkoff (Photo By Unknown author – https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHouse45/videos/white-house-opioids-summit/1598737246880669/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152740717)

White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday announced the launch of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza in a post on ?.

“Today, on behalf of President Trump, we are announcing the launch of Phase Two of the President’s 20-Point Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, moving from ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction,” Witkoff declared.

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Initial $2 billion in aid through UN will go to Ukraine, Syria and Haiti

Daniel Greenfield | Jan 13, 2025

United Nations General Assembly. Photo by Mojnsen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

A few days before New Year’s Eve, when hardly anyone was paying attention, State Department officials visited Geneva and signed a $2 billion aid deal with the UN.

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