Peloni: Herein lies the consequences of the failed US Turkey policy which has come to embolden an already too emboldened Erdogan as he looks to fulfill his nation’s long held hopes of rebuilding the long lost empire of the Ottomans.

By Hugh Fitzgerald | Dec 21, 2025

Flags of Israel, Greece and Cyprus. Image via AI

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus share a common enemy, Turkey, that has been projecting its power in the eastern Mediterranean by establishing military outposts in Syria. Turkey has also made large claims about the extent of its own territorial waters, no doubt hoping there is oil and gas under them.

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Peloni:  The silence surrounding the butchery of Christians described in this latest report on the plight of Christians in Africa continues to evade the world’s interest, just as it should be monopolized over the continued fake news being promoted to demonize Israel.

by Raymond Ibrahim  •  Gatestone Institute  •  December 21, 2025

• The assaults resulted in the beheading of 30 Christians, widespread arson, and the destruction of at least five churches and 100 homes. Many other Christians — including women and their daughters — were herded away. — Daily Express, Ocotber 8 2025, Mozambique.
• [S]ince Boko Haram’s terrorist insurgency began in 2009, jihadist groups have torched and destroyed 19,100 churches, averaging nearly 100 each month. In that time, 125,009 Christians were slaughtered, as well as “60,000 Liberal Muslims… unless urgent action is taken, within the next 50 years Christianity in Nigeria is set to disappear.” — International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, August 10, 2o25, Nigeria.

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Diane Bederman

By Anatoly Demanov – Own work- Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

Our love is greater than their hate.

That is the sign I received after Oct 7-from a Jewish organization.

This was their response to the barbaric attack by civilian Muslims on Jews who had provided work and healthcare to them in the name of peace and love.

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Peloni: This marks the first indication of the Trump administration’s intention to deal with the rising threat of Islamization in the US.  It is well overdue after months of calls for action to be taken regarding such Islamization campaigns taking place in TX, FL, MI and elsewhere in the US, not to mention the election of the Islamist allied mayor of NYC.  It will be interesting to see how Trump deals with the moral and practical conflicts which exist in any attempt to create carveouts for the Islamists ideology in Qatar and Turkey will  any calls to deal the rising threat of Islamization in the US today.  The two policies are mutually exclusive and directly relatable.

More specific to Gabbard herself, it is important to watch her speech here and recall that she has been almost uniquely wrong on the issue of Islamists going back to her opposition of blocking the JCPOA, her advocacy of the Islamist project of the creating a second Muslim Palestinian state, and her co-sponsoring a bill which legitimized the anti-Israel BDS campaign.  While she is today the head of the US intelligence services, at the time of her gross incompetence listed above, which was a very abbreviated list of her misguided preference for Islamist causes, she held security clearances which should have informed her well enough then to be stating what she is saying today.

Peloni:  The barbarians are inside the gate.

By Robert Spencer | Dec 21, 2025

It was not, as National Post describes it, a “hate” plot. The primary motivation wasn’t hate. The primary motivation was seeking to please Allah and gain pleasure in the process, through the sexual use of infidel women that Allah calls for in the Qur’an (see 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, and 70:30). The National Post is simply continuing the intense willful ignorance of the Western political and media establishment regarding the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat.

“Three men accused of hunting women and Jews on Toronto streets as part of hate plot,” by Adrian Humphreys, National Post, December 19, 2025:

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Even in Australia, the government expelled Iran’s ambassador last August, arguing that Tehran was behind the wave of antisemitism that has swept the country.

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser | Dec 21, 2025

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The massacre of Jewish revelers who gathered to celebrate Hanukkah in Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia, is yet another link in a long chain of attacks against Jews driven by hatred of Israel, hatred of the Jewish people and, in its updated and more sophisticated form, hatred of the State of Israel, the nation-state of the Jewish people.

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Roamnrab:  This is the Real Spirit of how to Protest all those who seek our demise:

More Mitzvos. More Pride. And More UNITY!

By Shiryn Ghermezian, The Algemeiner | Dec 20, 2025

Nearly 18,000 gather at Barclays Center for menorah lighting in tribute to Sydney Chanukah attack victims

Peloni:  Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg speaks at the funeral of the victims of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah Massacre where PM Albanese didn’t even make an appearance.  Frydenberg provides an articulate and impassioned description of the war on Australia, her values, and her people.

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Avi Abelow | X

Forces of the 401st Special Operations Command and the Givati ??Brigade, as part of the operation, achieved operational control of the Rafah Crossing on the Gaza side, east of Rafah, May 2024. Photo by IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia

Let’s be clear: we are still at war, attacking terrorists almost every day in Gaza and Lebanon.

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Peloni:  The US-Israeli partnership has been an important asset to both nations over the years, culminating in the seamless joint attack on Iran this year.  Importantly, however, there are reasons why this relationship has taken on a nature which distinguishes a lack of equal respect by the US for Israel, upon whom it has used Israel’s partnership and dependency with the US to manipulate the Jewish state against its own interests.   The below proposal makes mention of the potential of including Israel in a similar arrangement with Riyadh.  There is a problem here, and that problem is that the more integrated or integral Israel becomes to the US, the less freedom of action she can have in determining and pursuing her own national interests.  The complications would be even more difficult in such a marshal relationship with a nation such as Saudi Arabia whose national interest rides on Israel agreeing to the creation of an existential threat in the form of a second Palestinian state.  As I have noted before, many things with SA become easier if Riyadh would accept that the second Palestinian state would be understood to in fact be the original Muslim Palestinian state of Jordan.  This however would not erase the dilemma of Israel’s dependency on either the US or SA, something which recent and past events have demonstrated a need for Israel to extricate herself from being manipulated against her own interests.

Bradley Bowman | Dec 19, 2025

27th Adir F35 arrival at Nevatim, August 2020. Photo by U.S. Embassy Jerusalem – DSC_0863SM, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

In one’s personal life and in the life of a nation, it is good to have friends. It is even better to have capable and motivated friends, especially when one confronts increasingly formidable enemies who cooperate with one another. The Trump administration may publish its new National Defense Strategy soon, and its lines of effort will include “increasing burden-sharing with U.S. allies” and “supercharging the U.S. defense industrial base,” according to a December 6 speech by Secretary Pete Hegseth previewing the strategy.

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Peloni:  Some believe that Netanyahu’s trip to Washinton represents a redo on Operation Narnia.  The problem with this premise is that Trump has already certified that the nuclear threat from Iranian has been neutralized and that he has achieved peace in the Middle East, and most importantly, he is taking responsibility for the midterm elections.  So take this into consideration when considering that we are potentially on the road to Narnia a second time.

Reports of a rift between PM Netanyahu and President Trump mask preparations for Israeli campaign

All Israel News Staff | Published: December 19, 2025

President Donald J. Trump meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. (By The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

A Washington Post report stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump began planning their joint strikes on Iranian nuclear sites during Netanyahu’s February visit to the White House.

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Peloni:  Don’t miss at the bottom, Rubio’s comment about making announcement on Muslim Brotherhood next week

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Peloni:  This is an important article.  The distinction being made here is based on the issue of the inclusivity in the West of an ideology which advocates for the colonization and conquest of the West.   Please note that the argument which Tucker Carlson is making on behalf of Islamists is the same argument made by his fellow Leftists, while the argument being made by Daniel Greenfield (and Charlie Kirk) is the same argument made by Carlson less than a decade ago.

Charlie Kirk: “Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.”

by Daniel Greenfield | Dec 19, 2025

Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Tucker Carlson & Charlie Kirk, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

Charlie Kirk was a brave warrior who was never afraid to challenge the Muslim persecution of Christians. One of his tweets that outraged leftists was that, “Islam is the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America.”

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by Nils A. Haug  •  Gatestone Institute  •  December 16, 2025

Police approaching Bondi Beach Massacre. Screengrab via Youtube

• The situation could have been worse but for the actions of Sydney’s police force and the quick work of a very brave unarmed bystander, Ahmed El-Ahmed, a Muslim man who tackled and disarmed one of the terrorists.

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Peloni:  It is interesting that Stefanik was first past over for a role in the Trump administration as UN Ambassador only to next be overlooked for an endorsement for the governors race.  Currently, she stands as the chair of the House Republican Conference and has held that position from 2021 to 2025 as the fourth-ranking House Republican.  She entered the congress back in 2015 when she was initially an open critic of Trump’s presidential candidacy, only to later become one of his greatest champions while giving daily press briefings alongside Rep. Jim Jordan during the Russia Hoax as well as during Trump’s first impeachment.  Despite all of this, Stefanik rose to near celebrity familiarity during the televised hearings on antisemitism on US campuses.  Her role in questioning Harvard President Gay on whether the calls for genocide of Jews was might violate Harvard’s regulations importantly led to Gay’s subsequent resignation.  Last year, during her visit to Israel, Stefanik made the unabashed statement that the perpetrators of October 7 should be wiped from the earth.  As Stefanik’s meteoric rise within the Republican party is now coming to an abruptly sharp end, I can only offer my own regrets in seeing America lose a leader who had the courage, honesty and temerity to unequivocally ask hard questions of evil institutions while speaking frankly against the greatest atrocities of our age.  Such qualities are hard to find in general, and infinitely less reliable among politicians.  Her absence on the US political scene will be greatly missed.

ELISE STEFANIK | X

Photo by Office of Representative Elise Stefanik – Facebook, Public Domain, Wikipedia

While spending precious time with my family this Christmas season, I have made the decision to suspend my campaign for Governor and will not seek re-election to Congress. I did not come to this decision lightly for our family.

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Peloni:  A clear eyed analysis on the acceptance and rejection of antisemitism.

by Gerald A. Honigman

Cal Thomas vs Judge Andrew P. Napolitano. Image created by AI

Two op-eds in the December 18, 2025 Washington Times dealt with Jewish issues, one openly, and the other in disguise—with no mention of the word “Jew.” Yet it was obvious to anyone keeping up with the news regarding a growing resurgence of antisemitism emanating from the far-right, that Jews were involved…

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Peloni:  Since when is fighting terrorism out of season?  America has a poor appetite for eliminating those who kill their citizens.  This is why so many members of Hezbollah who were eliminated by Israel over the past two years had outstanding warrants for their involvement in the 1982 Beirut Bombing which killed 241 Americans back in 1983.  Barbarians such as these should not be allowed to grow old, and if they do grow old, they should not be allowed to die from old age.  I recall Trump’s first term was marked for calls of an end to tolerating state sponsored terrorism.  It appears his second term is to be marked for a reversal of this standard.  What changed?

By Hugh Fitzgerald | Dec 18, 2025

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The other day, the IDF killed Ra’ad Sa’ad, one of the chief architects of the atrocities that Hamas carried out on October 7, 2023, and the last of the senior planners still alive. He was deeply involved with rearming Hamas in violation of the Trump Peace Plan. Ever since the ceasefire went into effect, Hamas has been intermittently attacking Israeli targets. Most recently, an IED laid by Hamas operatives wounded two IDF soldiers. This was the proximate cause for the IDF to take out Sa’ad, which it did with a pinpoint strike that hit only the car he was riding in, killing him and two of his guards, but did no other damage.

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Peloni:  The butchers of October 7, like all terrorists, should be understood to be a threat to society, and this is actually the very basis of their calling.  Providing them with the means to pursue their goals thru manipulation of legal nuances which always have an international influence is far too great a gift to offer them.  I recall the term “Victor’s Justice” which has gained an unpopular and illicit connotation, but the reality is that this is what the butchers of October 7 earned, it was what the Nazi’s at Nuremberg earned, and it is what Adolf Eichmann earned.  As we grant terrorists and war criminals the garbs of criminal redress, we offer them a platform to which they are unwarranted and which only empowers those who should instead be shown to have no power at all.  The use of civilian niceties in dealing with war criminals disguises the fact that the war criminals have no right to claim civilian defenses, no right to juris prudence, and no basis upon which to appeal to the sensitivities of those they would massacre.  Pretenses of the civilized world needing to extend legal protections to mass murderers whose aim is the overthrow of society only permits these aims to be further advanced.

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