Peloni:  This is an important article which details the quiet but significant Jihadi goals being pursued by Erdogan in its efforts to save the Mullahs from their well deserved and hopefully soon eradication.

By Christine Douglass-Williams | Mar 9, 2026

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Screengrab via Youtube

In the face of the current war on Iran, Turkey has been unusually quiet. Beyond calling for an immediate end to the war, along with China and Russia, it intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile over its territory on March 4, and merely echoed unavailing calls for “diplomacy” rather than joining in the long-overdue strike on Iran aimed at crippling its advanced military capabilities. But now comes a more realistic report about Turkey, reflective of its identity. “Turkey’s Iran strategy: Preserve the mullah regime — or ensure its successor remains anti-Western,” by Abdullah Bozkurt, Nordic Monitor, March 8, 2026:

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Peloni:  In fact, the apparent desperation which might lead the mischaracterization of Muhammad Baqr Qalibaf as being a reformer speaks of the clear lack of ‘reform’ candidates available from within the IRGC hierarchy.  This gains ever greater concern for Washington’s policy to pursue regime transformation as recently described by Mike Doran, as opposed to pursuing what might be a wiser path of choosing a new leader for Iran who is altogether unsoiled by any connection to the existing regime.

David Wurmser | Center for Security Policy | Mar 6, 2026

Muhammad Baqr Qalibaf, the former mayor of Tehran. Screengrab via Youtube 

Over the last few days, the name of Muhammad Baqr Qalibaf, the former mayor of Tehran, keeps bubbling up as some sort of “Delcy Rodriguez” type figure, namely a relatively “moderate” regime figure with whom we might be able to do business were the government to fall to his control. Moreover, there are voices in Iran itself maneuvering to install Qalibaf instead of Mojtada Khamenei, son of the late, Ali Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader.

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By Sha’i ben-Tekoa 

What follows is drawn from a piece that ran on Israpundit on February 13. Added at the end are some fresh words on how to deal with the menace of Islam invading liberal democracies.

First, there was the disconcerting news of a Muslim-only community being built in East Plano, Texas, and then Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office had launched a formal investigation into a similar project for a sharia compliant city for 20,000 foreign nationals in rural Kaufman County, backed with Saudi money.

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Claims that Zionism is aligned with antisemitism or white supremacy distort history, endanger Jews, and revive some of the oldest libels ever used against the Jewish people.

By: Ron East | The J.ca | Mar 9, 2026

Israeli flag at Masada Public Domain. 

In an era of rising antisemitism and ideological extremism, it is no small matter when organizations claiming to speak in the name of justice recycle accusations that place Jews and Jewish self-determination at the center of global evil. Recent claims by Jewish Voices for Peace that Zionism is aligned with white supremacy, Christian nationalism, and fascism are not only false but also echo classic antisemitic tropes that have endangered Jews for centuries.

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Rabbi Jacob Herzog | X | Mar 8, 2026

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Breaking news from the Rabbi of the Arabian Peninsula

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By Pamela Geller | March 8, 2026

New York City was rocked today when two Muslim terrorists —Amir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Nick, 19— threw a homemade explosive device filled with nails, bolts, and screws toward a crowd of protesters while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The incident has reignited concerns about Islamic violence and public safety in a city that once set the standard for law and order. For many residents, the question is no longer whether authorities are aware of the threat—but whether they are willing to confront it head-on.

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Police are investigating a string of shootings at synagogues in the Toronto area, while Montreal police are probing antisemitic vandalism after swastikas were painted on several Saint-Laurent business windows.

By: TheJ.ca Staff | Mar 7, 2026

Three synogogues were hit with gunfire in the Toronto area with two shooting taking place on Mar 7, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube

Police are investigating three separate synagogue shootings in the Toronto area within less than a week, including two overnight attacks on Saturday, while Montreal police are separately probing antisemitic vandalism after swastikas were painted on the windows of several businesses in Saint-Laurent. The incidents have intensified concern over anti-Jewish violence in Canada at a time of already heightened security anxiety in Jewish communities.

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Peloni:  The war widens, new targets are struck, and new forces are responding over the skies of Iran.

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by Con Coughlin  •  Gatestone Institute  •  March 8, 2026

Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan meets Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Screengrab via Youtube. Source: Turkey’s Pres. Erdogan meets Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Screengrab via Youtube.

• Now, following the demise of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as scores of other prominent members of the regime, countries that have previously tried to maintain cordial relations with the ayatollahs face a stark choice: do they want to maintain their ties with known Islamist extremists, or forge closer ties with the US and its allies?

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Avi Abelow

Unbelievable!!!

For decades, the geopolitical logic of the Middle East seemed simple.

Israel had no natural resources.
The surrounding Arab and Muslim countries had oil.

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Peloni:  Brilliant!  

by Linda Goudsmit | March 8, 2026

Before September 11, 2001, most Americans had little knowledge of Islam and its history of violent expansionism. Most Americans were stunned and confused by the lethal attack on our homeland that killed 3,000 innocents at the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City. Knowledge is power, and our lack of knowledge about Islam made it easy for many Americans to believe the first and second colossal political lies of the 21st-century: Islam is a religion of peace, and Islam is a religion like any other. It isn’t.

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Peloni:  Good interview with FM Sa’ar covering Iran, Lebanon, India and the Iranian people.

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21:41 – Seventh US soldier dies from wounds after strike in Saudi Arabia

A seventh U.S. service member succumbed to wounds sustained in an Iranian strike in Saudi Arabia, U.S. Central Command announced.

“Last night, a U.S. service member passed away from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East. The service member was seriously wounded at the scene of an attack on U.S. troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 1.”

“This is the seventh service member killed in action during Operation Epic Fury. Major combat operations continue. The identity of the fallen warrior will be withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification.”

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Peloni:  This concurs with Netanyahu stating that he wants Iran free and united, indicating no support for the separatist movements in Iran such as the that of the Kurds.  And as always, the Kurds are left without support for their own state.

“I don’t want to see the Kurds get hurt and killed. And we’ve had a good relationship. They’re willing to go in. But we really, I’ve told them I don’t want them to go in,” the US president said.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | MARCH 8, 2026

Flag of Kurdistan (Kurdish Flag). Photo by Sarchia Khursheed – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

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Peloni:  This is a good summary of the yesterdays events in the war.  It is in Hebrew but is auto dubbed so let me know what everyone thinks about this.

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We cover “There was no Imminent Threat?” from the same retrogrades who told us “There was no WMD in Iraq.” Actually, there was! And there was an imminent threat too!

WHACK-A-MOLE!

As with HAMAS, as with HEZBOLLAH, we killed the leaders. Then we killed the replacements for the leaders. And then we killed the replacements for the replacements. Next, we will kill the replacements of the replacements of the replacements. Taquar Qatarlson calls it Replacement Ideology.

Winning a war means totally subjugating your enemy.

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Peloni:  Powerful speech by Netanyahu.  He addresses the war in Iran and announces support for a united Iran under the control of the Iranian people.  He also notes that there is a plan for what is coming with many surprises yet to be unveiled.

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Peloni:  Great interview between Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, and Natasha Hausdorff, a leading British barrister and international law expert, where they discuss the international legal implications of the current war in Iran.  Amid the discussion Natasha explains the significant distinction which exists between a “resort to force” and an “ongoing armed conflict” under international law.  They also address the doctrine of preemptive self-defense in the context of nuclear proliferation threats as well as how UN agencies are being employed to propagate pro-Iranian propaganda. Beyond this, topics discuss include the “aggression” narrative used to delegitimize support for the US-Israel attack, the multi layered basis for the attack on Iran, and the reality that international humanitarian law is intended aimed at intentions rather than outcomes, and much more.

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