Peloni: Will we see an about face in Trump’s policy in the fall as Yossi Baum indicates? Time will tell.
Yossi Baum
Announcement of Lebanese Peace Deal. Screengrab via Youtube
* That, as your faithful servant has been writing incessantly, there is a hidden aspect to Trump’s approach toward Israel in recent weeks.
Peloni: Meanwhile, Turkey uses its close association with Israel’s Azerbaijani ally to request reconsideration of the recognition of Armenian Genocide. The full Knesset vote is still pending, so we will see what comes from this request, but the govt has the means to pass this measure without any support from the opposition, which will be hard pressed to vote against it in any event. The farce of ignoring the ethnic cleansing, which is a better description than genocide, of Armenians and Greeks by the Turks is too comical to ignore. There was once a geopolitical basis for doing so in the past, but recent events have changed the context for maintaining the charade of ignorance about the events which took place over the course of a decade against these minority populations, more than a century ago.
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By Jalal Tagreeb
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, State of Israel. Photo by Chatham House – Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, State of Israel, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia
When historians assess the turbulent period between 2023 and 2026, they will inevitably grapple with Mr Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial yet consequential premiership during one of the Middle East’s most volatile chapters. As someone who grew up in Jordan, who witnessed my own grandfather’s generation struggle against colonial powers only to watch subsequent Arab leadership squander opportunities for genuine progress, and their complete defeat, I approach Mr Netanyahu’s strategic doctrine with the skepticism of experience and the honesty that comes from having abandoned ideological certainties. My journey from defending political Islam in debates I ultimately lost to embracing non Islamic rationalism has taught me that geopolitical realities matter more than rhetorical postures.
Peloni: Reports that this was a purge of Iranian aligned Islamists.
The Green Zone includes Baghdad’s parliament building, various government institutions, and embassies, with many politicians also having residences in the area.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN |
Tanks and heavy armored vehicles active in locking down the Green Zone in Bagdad while gunfire is clearly audible. Screengrab via X
Iraqi security forces carried out raids overnight in Baghdad’s storied “Green Zone” in the heart of the capital. Videos showed armored vehicles and members of the elite Iraq Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) carrying out the raids.
Avi Abelow
IDF soldiers and a tank operate in southern Lebanon on March 21, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
I won’t pretend to be happy with the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire framework brokered by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
My concern is straightforward.
By: Yigal Carmon | MEMRI | June 26, 2026
Lebanese Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief General Rodolphe Haykal visited the army headquarters in Rawalpindi and met with Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir (right). Image via MEMRI.org
“By helping Iran take a firm stance in opposition to Israel, Pakistan has not only played a fundamental role in preventing a nearly certain war from breaking out among Muslim countries but has also played a historic role on the diplomatic front by further highlighting the existing gap between the United States and Israel,” wrote Roznama Islam, an Urdu-language Pakistani daily as General Rodolphe Haykal, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, visited the army headquarters in Rawalpindi on June 9, 2026.
Peloni: We live in an age in which information is more easily weaponized than munitions, and in the war of words, we are losing. David Bedein of the Center for Near East Policy Research explains some of the battlefields on which this war is currently being lost, and how to change the dynamics so that victory on these battlefronts might also be achieved.
Israel faces not only military threats but also an increasingly sophisticated campaign of delegitimization that demands a far stronger response.
By: David Bedein | TheJ.ca | June 28, 2026
Israeli Flag. “Israel National Flag” by momo, CC BY 2.0
Israel today faces a war on multiple fronts. While much attention is understandably focused on military threats, another battle is being waged every day in the media, in academia, in international institutions, and on social media platforms around the world.
By Anthony Blair | NYP | June 28, 2026
Iranian Airborne Cruise Missile (By Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia)
Iran has “no choice” but to develop a nuclear bomb, a media outlet linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said — the latest threat to the peace deal.
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | June 28, 2026
Iran’s then Supreme Leader, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, prepares to award a medal to the late General Amir Ali Hajizadeh (L), then commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the presence of the senior IRGC leadership, in Tehran on October 6, 2024. (Image source: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
*A regime that merely changes tactics under pressure – and is not forced into foundational restructuring – is not reformed, but temporarily constrained. A durable reform away from the Ayatollah’s Islamic Republic requires more than a leadership turnover.
Peloni: This is a very important article, and it is very revealing to the truth behind the deep disconnect which exists between Trump’s description of Iran’s “non radical” leadership and its unmistakably radical behavior, which has never even paused. Iran is not deterred. They are not beaten. And they are not begging for a deal. Instead, they feel that they are in control, and that the US is being defeated. In fact, the Iranians are reading from the same script which Trump keeps referencing, where Iran is diminished and cooperating because they need a way out of their current crisis with America, only the Iranians see America in the position of weakness, frustrated by Iranian resolve, and in need of a way out of its current crisis with Iran. Not only has this emboldened the Iranians to act more aggressively, but it has simultaneously reassured them that their ideology, and their steadfast devotion to it, has brought them a great victory in which America is caving to Iran. Instead of praising the Iranian leadership as being smart, non-radical, and cooperative, Trump should use these ceasefire violations to eliminate Vahidi.
By | June 27, 202
Ahmad Vahidi. Photo by Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
And their next objective, after their smashing success against Trump, is this: “We now need to make the Americans understand that Israel is the evil force in the Middle East. That is our goal.”
Peloni: Like trying to train a rabid dog to sit, the MOU has always been destined to fail.
Tehran claims sovereignty over Hormuz, threatens ships using unauthorized routes
U.S. forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continue to trade blows and accusations of ceasefire violations over the weekend, as transit through the Strait of Hormuz remains a sticking point.
Peloni: US Strikes respond to continued Iranian agression with Trump asserting that “There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started. ” See Trump’s Truth Social Post Below Fox News Report below.
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Peloni: Security cameras to replace the presence of an armed force in a secured buffer zone. I am old enough to recall the failures of such technical safeguards on October 7. Am I the only one who sees a problem with what does appear to be the manner in which the campaign in Lebanon will be rendered the latest rendition of mowing the grass in Lebanon?
CAMERAS AND DEEP SURVEILLANCE ARE THE KEY
Jafaj.net | June 27, 2026
Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash
Summary: A senior Lebanese official with close connections to the Lebanese Prime Minister’s Office has told JAFAJ that Israeli withdrawals from Shiite villages and towns in southern Lebanon will take place under the recently signed Israel-Lebanon peace framework, but only under an extensive and highly advanced surveillance system. According to the source, cameras and other surveillance equipment will be installed throughout southern Lebanon, including Hezbollah strongholds and other sensitive areas such as the southern district of Beirut. The source said this was one of Israel’s key conditions and that implementation will be overseen through the U.S.-backed Military Coordination Group for Lebanon.
Peloni: Netanyahu describes a radical shift in his political strategy going forward, from leading a Right wing govt to heading a broad national govt. The question remains, however, if there is any more appetite today for a broad national govt in support of Netanyahu today than there has been over the past many years. The political freedom of such a possibility would be vital to his political future, but the question remains how Bibi will gain support from any of the anti-Bibi factions.
Full Engish text for the Q&A is provided below. Topics discussed:
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Translation of the Q & A session:
Peloni: Hezbollah’s show of force in the streets of Beirut threatens Lebanon’s Prime Minister from the streets of his own capital. It would be a mistake to believe that these threats are not material in nature, or that their effect will not have the desired effect of reminding both the Lebanese people and the Lebanese govt of the power which Hezbollah commands in Lebanon. Only by eliminating their masters in Tehran will this Iranian organization cease to form a basis of control in Lebanon and a consistent threat to Israel.
BREAKING: Complete chaos on the streets of Beirut, as Iran-backed terrorists riot in the streets.
Notice how they wave Hezbollah and Islamic Republic flags.
Zero Lebanese flags can be seen. pic.twitter.com/E1IYQgPTZI
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) June 27, 2026
Peloni: Khaled Hassan, Egyptian-British national security and geopolitics expert, provides some honest truths which would be best understood by Trump and his team.
“US response is actually very limited and if you ask me I would probably say it’s pathetic to be honest”
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Peloni: In recognition of the advantages which were abandoned by Trump’s preference for Peace thru Negotiation, the simple reality is that this gambit can only end in Trump entirely surrendering to Iran, or the resumption of the war which was the only basis of advantage which Trump ever had with the Iranians.
The new US-Iran memorandum offers Tehran sweeping concessions, but raises questions about whether Washington is relinquishing its leverage before securing meaningful restrictions
Janatan Sayeh
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Pres. Donald Trump. Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Travels to NC, Public Domain, Wikipedia
The odds had never been worse for the Islamic Republic than in early June 2026. Its missile infrastructure had been devastated, senior military leaders killed, nuclear facilities bombed, the repression apparatus weakened, oil exports reduced to zero, and inflation driven to its highest level since World War II. Through military action, the maximum pressure campaign, and a naval blockade, US President Donald Trump had assembled the strongest leverage ever brought to bear against Tehran.
Peloni: A truly great loss, Rael Isaac’s pro-Israel commentaries over the years served as the staple of wisdom and acuity, and they still serves as a significant guide of truth in a world once again marked by increasing fantasies of Jew Hatred. May her Memory Be a Blessing, as was her life’s work.
Remembering A Founder of Americans For a Safe Israel.
Moshe Phillips | TheJ.ca | June 25, 2026
Rael Jean Isaac. Screengrab via Youtube
Social scientist and pro-Israel author Rael Jean Isaac passed away in New York this week at the age of 93.
