Here is an alternate view of the Witkoff-Kushner interview…  

Peloni: I am shocked by the notion that Israel could launch an attack on Qatar without the US being aware of it, and in fact, I do not believe this is possible.  Recall that Centcom monitors the region in coordination with Israel.  Hence, the part of the American tale presented by Witkoff/Kushner does not pass either the laugh test nor the logic test.

Yossi Baum | X

I had several thoughts in understanding what’s going on here, but at the end of the day it seems that the correct possibility is that Witkoff and Kushner are lying here. And here’s why:

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October 20, 2025 | 12:48 am | 2 Comments »

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Israel’s Good News Newsletter to 19th Oct 25  

Michael Goodman | VGNI | October 19, 2025

In the 19th Oct 25 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

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October 20, 2025 | 12:40 am | Comments »

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Analysis: Iran threatens nuclear weaponization ambitions  

Peloni:  There is little reason to talk with the Mullahs.  The mutually exclusive positions which exist between that of the mullahs and the West relative to Iran’s pursuit of further enrichment could not be made more clear.  It only remains to see to what degree the West has the resolve to enforce their opposition to Iran’s nuclear program.

By Janatan Sayeh | October 18, 2025

Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri, the president of Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University and one of the Islamic Republic’s prominent nuclear scientists, offered a rare glimpse into Tehran’s calculus behind weaponization.

During an October 16 interview, he stated that the regime “has the capability and capacity to build a nuclear bomb” and added that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s religious declaration [against nuclear weapons] can change.” When asked whether Iranian officials and nuclear scientists had ever considered building a nuclear weapon, he replied, “Certainly,” explaining that the idea had crossed the minds of all scientists.

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October 20, 2025 | 12:15 am | 2 Comments »

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Witkoff/Kushner share Trump’s reaction to setback in hostage deal  

Peloni:  Witkoff and Kushner share their sense of betrayal by Israel as they describe how essential they estimate Qatar to be to peace in the Middle East.  There is an important historical corollary to their inexplicable attempt to pursue peace by over valuing relationships of those who have little interest in actually achieving peace.  Ted Belman, obm, described something very similar to the overselling of America’s relationship with KSA during the early 2000’s in his important essay,  “Saudi Arabia and the Peace Process”.  In this essay, Ted recalls how America was manipulated by their dependency on the Saudis to upend US Mideast policy.  The result was not peace, but rather the 2005 Expulsion of Jews from Gaza, which ultimately lead to the 2023 October 7 Massacre.  The relevant section in this essay is shared below along with my further comments.

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October 19, 2025 | 8:12 pm | 4 Comments »

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Mamdani Will Unleash Violence Against Women  

NYC is experiencing a sex crime wave. Mamdani will make it worse.

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By Bingjiefu He - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=166035777 Photo by Bingjiefu He – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

There have been over 1,600 rapes, 2,000 sexual assaults with penetration and over 4,300 sex crimes as part of a staggering wave of assaults so far this year in New York City.

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October 19, 2025 | 7:30 pm | 2 Comments »

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Terrorism as religious sacrifice: What the Trump deal ignored  

Peloni:  The same lack of clairvoyance among Trump’s peace processors, who were apparently surprised by Hamas’ return to the practice of Jihadi values of slaughter and public executions, will provide poor guidance in establishing a board of peace or its attempt to bring peace to Gaza or the region.  This insanity is due to the folly of pretending that the lack of peace in the region is due to a lack of economic potential, rather than the presence of Jihadi tribal values which are endemic in both the social and religious establishments of Gaza and the region, and neither of these real sources of Jihadism are recognized or addressed in the 20Point plan.

In essence, for Hamas, terror is a form of sacred violence oriented toward the “sacrifice” of enemies and martyrs.

Hamas 25th Anniversary celebration.  Photo by Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

The problem is straightforward. President Donald Trump’s 20-Point plan for peace is drawn from verifiably false premises. Even now, in the midst of steadily escalating Hamas violations, supporters of the agreement refuse to understand the core motivators of Palestinian Arab terrorism.

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October 19, 2025 | 7:23 pm | 1 Comment »

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Wearing A Jewish Star Deemed Criminal in Jihadi-friendly England  

Peloni: For more on this see HERE

This is not the first example of such tactics. Recall when Ezra Levant was arrested for attending a pro Hamas rally.  Being Jewish is a crime in Jihadi culture… but so too is being Christian.  First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people…

October 19, 2025 | 6:39 pm | 2 Comments »

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Israel On Alert, Egypt On Radar: Arms-Smuggling Drones Infiltrating Border| ’90 Shootdowns Per Week’  

Peloni:The strategy of arms delivery by drone carrier pigeons presents both an existential crisis and a significant escalation in Egypt’s violation of the peace, taking Israel and Egypt ever closer to a point of potential conflict.  Egypt must be made to demilitarize the Sinai and end its continued military shipments to Hamas.

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October 19, 2025 | 2:19 pm | Comments »

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POST SHABBAT GAZA UPDATE  

Peloni:  Hamas should never have been given the freedom or ability to retake control of the landbase which they hold.  They should never have been ignored as they conducted public executions, no matter who they were murdering.  And they should never have been given the freedom to challenge the US with impunity and without consequences.  Point #17 provides for Hamas stalling, delaying or rejecting their obligation to both disarm and to free all the hostages. If they are unwilling or uncapable, and it doesn’t matter which, of fulfilling their stated obligations, their is no agreement, only a one sided surrender.  While Trump has returned to evoking threats, such words hold no power over Hamas.  The relationships and sense of power in the Middle East are each determined, not by words, but by actions.  It is time to return to action, and leave such actions to speak the threats which Trump would prefer to utter instead.

Avi Abelow

Following Trump’s Gaza peace deal, many people believe there’s calm in Gaza right now. That there’s a ceasefire. That maybe, just maybe, the Gaza nightmare is ending.

I wish that were true.

However, the truth is that we have right now isn’t peace. It isn’t even de-escalation. It’s a tactical pause, and our Islamonaz*I enemies, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Hamas and Iran, are using it exactly how terrorists always do: to rearm, regroup, to one day strike again.

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October 19, 2025 | 10:45 am | 6 Comments »

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Wrong use of the ‘P word.’  

By Victor Sharpe

Throughout the Arab, and most of the Muslim world, the territory between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea has been called Palestine, while the name, Israel, is blotted out.

The so-called Palestinian Authority displays a wall map behind the desk of its terrorist leader, Mahmoud Abbas, shows the State of Israel in its entirety but falsely named Palestine.

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October 19, 2025 | 3:42 am | 2 Comments »

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Greater context of the Trump New Deal of the Century  

Peloni:  Do recall that the greater US interest remains with China, and it is in this context that everything taking place today must be understood.  India remains a key element in what comes next, and yet India is resistant to giving up its preferred status as an non-aligned nation.

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October 18, 2025 | 5:17 pm | 1 Comment »

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Israeli MK EXPOSES Bad Gaza “Peace” Deal As a Victory for Hamas  

Peloni:  MK Amit HaLevy, who is on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, provides the reality of costs which have been paid in accepting the current plan.  It is difficult to ignore the importance of rescuing the hostages, but the reality is that they were not rescued.  They were bought, and at an incredibly difficult price.

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October 18, 2025 | 5:00 pm | 1 Comment »

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Mamdani Flaunts Friendship with Designated Terrorist Organization  

Peloni:  See Laura Loomer’s Tweet at the bottome

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Zohran Mamdani shares photos from a Jummah prayer at NYPD designated terrorism organization, Masjid At-Taqwa, and his “pleasure” meeting with terror supporter Imam Siraj Wahhaj—the Bed-Stuy community leader since 1981, who was named as unindicted coconspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

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October 18, 2025 | 4:22 pm | Comments »

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The Momentum In War, President Trump, & forcing Israel to Relinquish this Important Military Advantage…  

by Gerald A. Honigman

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak privately in the Vermeil Room before a dinner, Monday, July 7, 2025, at the White House. (Photo by The White House - https://www.flickr.com/photos/202101414@N05/54640976283/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=169447371)President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak privately in the Vermeil Room before a dinner, Monday, July 7, 2025, at the White House. (Photo by The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

Question: What is the only nation and people throughout modern history which have repeatedly been denied victory over not just their enemies, but genocidal, maniacal ones at that?

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October 18, 2025 | 1:54 pm | Comments »

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