by Gerald A. Honigman

As I was finishing this analysis, I received additional news that President Trump was going to announce that he was about to achieve “total victory” which will solely serve American interests, and especially referred to bringing oil prices down and such.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-898796

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President Donald J. Trump participates in an bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Public Domain, Wikipedia

According to senior Israeli security analyst Kobi Michael, reports of tense phone calls between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding Iran were not genuine conflicts but a calculated strategic deception designed to mislead Tehran. According to Michael, the leaks depicting a deep rift were intended to create uncertainty within Iran’s leadership about whether the US and Israel would pursue diplomacy or military action.

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Peloni:  Alliances require a certain level of understanding between the partners which respects the needs and abilities of eachother which serves to both support and to continue the partnership.  A caveat to this is that public pronouncements of disrespect and daylight should be avoided at all costs.  Trump’s behavior since entering into his mad dash for a deal in the past two months has, for some reason, come to demonstrate a growing disrespect for the partnership between himself and Bibi.  Not only has this been made clear in public, but it appears that this being made public is more and more Trump’s earnest intent.  While Bibi and Trump have alternate political objectives, it is not entirely in Trump’s interest to denigrate his partnership with Israel as he is currently in negotiations with the Arabs and the Iranians.  Since Trump can hardly be unaware of any of this, it seems there is a greater game at play than the public pronouncements might indicate…maybe…

Arlene Kushner | June 8, 2026

President Donald J. Trump participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

It was roughly 6 AM this morning, and I was sitting in my safe space because of a Home Front alert warning of an incoming Iranian missile that might be headed to Jerusalem, when my daughter, who was sitting in her mamad (safe room) in Beit Shemesh, sent me a WhatsApp message:

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Peloni:  Is Hezbollah looking for a way out of its current plight as it is caught between being squeezed out the Israeli-Lebanese negotiations and being bombed into destruction by the IDF?  Notably, Iran’s response to Israel bombing Beirut was far from impressive by any standard, so did the impotence of this response lead Hezbollah to reassess its options?  Time will tell.

Jafaj.net | June 8, 2026

Peloni:  The consequence of interacting with terrorists is that those most intimately involved in conducting that interaction face the dilemma of having to choose between their complicity with terrorists and becoming an actual casualty of the process.  Treating terrorists as if they are honest partners in any negotiation defies reality, and the resulting willful ignorance is what makes a mockery of every ‘negotiated’ ceasefire which is also ‘enforced’ by the complicity of the UN’s representatives and agencies.  The corruption begins with the logical disconnect of ‘dealing’ with terrorists as if they were statesman, and it ends with the UNIFIL acting as Hezbollah’s watchman and protector in the same moment.  So, more than just addressing UNIFIL, the international preference to preserve terrorists is what truly needs to be reconsidered, and until such time as this is done, any group acting to safeguard a ‘peace’ with Hezbollah will become its toady, as has been the case with UNIFIL.  The implications of this reality has consequences for what is also being proposed in Gaza.

Rather than serving as a stabilizing element, 13,000-strong UNIFIL is operating as a hostile entity under the guise of international diplomacy.

Moshe Phillips | June 8, 2026

An independent international investigation is needed of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, more commonly known as UNIFIL. It simply cannot be allowed to continue in its role without expert oversight. This is not just a grave concern for Israel, but for Lebanon and Syria as well.

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Peloni:  This is very encouraging news.

Yehudit Katsover & Nadia Matar, co-chairs of the Sovereignty Movement | Ribonut.co.il | June 7, 2026

Against the backdrop of the crisis between the Haredi parties and the coalition, a new poll published ahead of the Sovereignty Movement conference that took place Thursday June 4th in Jerusalem, points to especially broad support among the Haredi public for a series of measures identified with the national camp.

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Peloni:  I think this article misses an important distinction between the policies of Trump and Obama, and I think it worth highlighting this distinction, because this distinction also separates Trump’s policies from those pro-Iranian influencers such as Carlson, Kelley & Owens.  Obama’s intention was to make Iran the regional hegemon, placing the influence of Iran above that of Israel, and Trump’s efforts to undo this is what gained the support of the Carlson, etc. podcasters to break with Trump.  While Trump has taken to push Israel into adopting a second seat to Trump’s peace efforts with Iran, such as they are, he is not promoting Iran as the dominant hegemon in the region.

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Peloni:  The story of Israel spying on America’s leaders is nonsensical in the extreme.  The US-Israel alliance is what is being attacked with this “leak”, and the alliance is well described in this following sentence from the report below:

“In recent decades, intelligence sharing between both countries has been so extensive that the standard view is that there would be no need to spy on what is already being voluntarily shared by both sides.”

By Christine Douglass-Williams | June 8, 2026

The Pentagon, David B. Gleason, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

See this article which explains much about anonymous leaks: “When Cowardly Journalists Abuse Anonymous Sourcing.”

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Peloni:  Wow! It is important for democratic nations to grasp the importance of opposing antisemitism, not just because their Jewish community members are citizens and deserve the full protections of the local laws, but because the weaponization of Jew Hatred is a violation of democratic norms, and it stands as a foreboding warning for the wider non-Jewish communities of what is coming for them.  With this in mind, it is encouraging to see at least the people of Canada are responding with an ear to the assault on their values, institutions and people, even as their leadership acts quite to the contrary of this.

Organizers describe the 2026 event as the largest in the march’s history while police maintain a significant security presence amid counter-protests.

By: TheJ.ca Staff | TheJ.ca | June 7, 2026

Thousands of participants march through North York during Toronto’s 2026 Walk With Israel. Organizers estimated more than 60,000 people attended, making it the largest event in the walk’s history, while Toronto Police reported five arrests amid counter-protests. (Image: Supplied.)

More than 60,000 people took part in Toronto’s annual Walk With Israel on Sunday, according to organizers, making this year’s event the largest in the history of the longstanding pro-Israel march. The event proceeded under heavy security, with Toronto Police reporting five arrests during the day as participants and counter-protesters gathered along the route.

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Feature image: Tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Social media.

In an article by SIGNAL’s Carice Witte, “From Hormuz to Beijing: How war is recasting China’s green energy strategy – opinion”, she explains that the Iran war and Iran’s use of the vulnerability of the Strait of Hormuz highlighted the inherent risks of Beijing’s heavy reliance on imported oil and natural gas.

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Peloni:  This is the result of Trump’s Turkey policy in which Amb. Barrack has done nothing but embolded Erdogan towards resuscitating the Ottoman Empire.

‘Ottoman Empire that Erdogan dreams of has collapsed and will never return,’ charges DM Katz

All Israel News Staff | Published: June 8, 2026

The ongoing tensions between Turkey and Israel reached another high point on Sunday, after Israeli ministers reacted strongly to the suggestion of Turkey’s interior minister that Jerusalem could one day be reconquered by the successor state to the Ottoman Empire.

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Peloni & David Fieldstone

The Mark Levin Show of Sunday, June 7, 2026 for the most part – was a follow-up to his show of the day prior. It is clear that he and his first guest do not agree with how Trump is dealing with the Leaders of Iran. His second guest is an expert in – what is a lawful American – which is covered in the 14th Amendment in his learned opinion, which is ignored by many politicians and judges.

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Trump: ‘If Bibi strikes them back, it’s just gonna keep going like the last 3,000 years’

All Israel News Staff | Published: June 8, 2026

Pres. Trump gives press conference following announcement of SCOTUS ruling against his use of tariffs. Screengrab via Youtube. Wikipedia

The Israeli military launched retaliatory strikes in Iran after suffering several ballistic missile attacks on Sunday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump telling several news outlets he intended to urge Israel not to strike back in order to preserve ongoing peace talks with the regime.

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Peloni:  There can be no end to criminality when crimes are not addressed as criminal.  The rampant use of election fraud will end with the first successful prosecution.  So far, there aren’t even charges pending for what took place in 2020, so why would such a successful and lucrative scheme as is taking place in California, AGAIN, not proceed as if it were a completely legitimate process.

By Pamela Geller | June 7, 2026

Screengrab via GellerReports.com

The fraud is so blatant and brazen that the real scandal isn’t the theft itself—it’s the coordinated effort to silence, smear, and destroy anyone who dares expose it.

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Peloni:  A profoundly encompassing review the complex threats and circumstances which holds the Christian Lebanese community and its leadership captive in a sea of Islamists.  I have previously, and briefly, addressed the captured status of the Eastern Christian communities, but Harry Liberman provides an rather extensive description of the developing stranglehold in Lebanon under which the Christian community currently exists.

Harry Liberman

Bashir Gemayel With His Father Pierre. Photo by Georges Hayek – Bachir Gemayel – History In A Man, CC BY 3.0, Wikipedia

For decades, a ghost has haunted the presidential palace in Baabda: the terrifying calculus of what happens to Lebanon’s Christians if their leaders break ranks with the Arab world.

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Peloni:  The road back from anarchy requires an absolute commitment by the judiciary to act as the good arbiters of justice, and for this to be enforced, judges must be held accountable for violating standards of professional conduct and the law.  Bravo to Daniel Greenfield, Former Rep. Louis Gohmert, and the David Horowitz Freedom Center for doing the heavy lifting in restoring the groundwork of judicial accountability in America.  If only such standards of accountability for the judiciary were normative in Israel – just one of the many benefits of having an actual constitution complete with checks and balances.  The weaponization of judicial decisions based on political preferences and arbitrary standards is not justice, it is tyranny, and democratic governance can not survive the practiced exploitation of tyrannical rule.  This simple premise was the very premise upon which the judiciary was instituted in the Western world.  Fiat justitia ruat caelum, ie let justice be done though the heavens fall.

Only judicial accountability can end the judicial coup.

by Daniel Greenfield | June 8, 2026

Image by Blogtrepreneur – Legal Gavel, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

Capitol Hill was quiet when we got there. Neither house was in session yet, the hallways of office buildings that two days later would be filled with lobbyists and special interest groups were deserted, and we were on the ground seeking out the few members who were back early.

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Iranian ?? media reports: Explosions heard in Kermanshah, Urmia, Tehran, Mehrabad, Tabriz, Isfahan

— Aleph ? (@no_itsmyturn) June 8, 2026

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Peloni:  Final tweet at the bottom is chilling to read. Trump is pleading with Bibi to stand down, arguing

“Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one.”

He is wrong. This statement is so incredibly wrong I don’t know what to say. It is as if Trump has no concept of what the actual difference is between Victory and Defeat. These are not just words, and in the Middle East, these words hold power over the survival of whole civilizations.

Iran initiated an attack on Israel with no provocation, despite Trump’s suggesting the contrary.  Lebanon and Iran are not common regions, and Israel responding to attacks from Lebanon can not be allowed to be accepted as Israel provoking Iran.  Trump’s comment on this is not only damaging to Israel, but it is in complete disregard to Lebanon, a nation with which Trump is forcing Israel to hold peace talks.  Trump appears to want to have it both ways, but either Lebanon is Iranian territory, or it is not, and in fact it is NOT.

Hence, if Bibi stands down now, in the face of an unprovoked major Iranian attack on the Israeli population, it will destroy him politically, but more than this it will present Israel as weak, and a complete toady to Trump’s will, which is why it will destroy Bibi’s political future. Israel is a strong nation in a difficult region of the world, and it needs a strong leader to lead it, not an American stooge.

If Bibi capitulates to Trump after having been shelled with ballistic missiles over the period of an hour, it will send a catastrophic message to Israel’s allies as well as to its enemies, and Israel can not afford to send such a message to anyone, not for any deal.

HERE WE GO

Iranian state media: Supreme National Security Council has called an emergency session following Israel’s strike on Beirut’s Dahiyeh district.

They promised to strike israel, cancel ceasefire if Israel strikes Beirut.

We may get a strong worded statement and…

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 7, 2026

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