by Robert Williams  •  Gatestone Institute  •  August 7, 2025 at 5:00 am

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB), mainly through Qatar, has spread extremism, instability and terrorism from the Middle East to the rest of the world. Qatar’s state television, Al-Jazeera, now a massive media empire, is the leading MB propaganda outlet. Pictured: The late Yusuf al-Qaradawi, spiritual leader of the MB, speaks while seated beside Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, at a conference held in Qaradawi’s honor that was broadcast on Al-Jazeera on July 16, 2007. (Image source: MEMRI video screenshot)

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Peloni:  Frank Gaffney provides a fact check on the Tucker Carlson/John Mearsheimer interview with Dr. David Wurmser, Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center.  A fantastic review of the fundamental mistakes which  underline Mearsheimer’s career which has been based around ignoring foreign influence in the US which can not be (incorrectly) attributed to Israel.   Well worth watching.

Peloni:  What happened to annexing Gaza?

‘WE INTEND TO’: Israeli prime minister @netanyahu tells FOX News’ @BillHemmer that Israel is aiming to take control of Gaza in order to liberate its people from the grips of Hamas and end the threat of the terror regime against his country. pic.twitter.com/lxQkYKHEB8

— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 7, 2025

Witkoff Putin Talks Very Productive Says Trump

Prime minister’s son accuses Gulf nation of fueling Jew-hatred and compares Qatari leaders to Hitler and Goebbels.

Israfan | August 6, 2025

Screengrab via Youtube [Cropped]

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Sinan Ciddi | August 7, 2025

In late July, Turkish defense contractors used the 2025 International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) to showcase the latest additions to the country’s arsenal. Headlining the event were two striking developments: the “Tayfun Block-4” hypersonic ballistic missile and the “Gazap” bunker-busting, non-nuclear thermobaric bomb. Both weapons, now within the Turkish military’s reach, are capable of striking targets well inside the territories of Israel, Greece, and Cyprus—neighbors that already view Ankara’s ambitions with deep suspicion.

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Peloni:  Highly recommended video! This video includes discussions relating to proposed strategies put forward for Israel’s future security.  It includes Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism, Adam Milstein – Israeli- American philanthropist and thought leader, and Prof. Alan Dershowitz – Renowned American jurist, Harvard Law professor emeritus, and is hosted by Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Head of JISS. 

Particular attention should be paid to Dershowitz’ statement beginning at 39min and the discussion which follows.  Dershowitz explains that the world’s return to widespread Jew Hatred is not the exception, but is the norm which has been experienced throughout world history.  He also notes that we should expect that US support for Israel will will be significantly diminished over the next decade, noting that it has already lost the support of the Democrats, and if VP Vance advances to lead the Republicans, being a member of the isolationist wing of the Republicans, support for Israel will likely be significantly scaled back.  Due to this fact, Israel must develop a self sufficient arm industry to support itself going forward.  Much more to gained in this very important conversation. 

Peloni:  Trump’s proposed plan to dramatically increase US involvement in aid distribution in Gaza is ill advised.  There is no situation which warrants the US putting boots on the ground in Israel, and that includes inside Gaza.  Additionally, the suggestion that the Sunni states should be given any role in Gaza is also misguided.   Gaza must be controlled and managed under Israel’s authority, not that of foreign powers.

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” |August 6, 2025

Does the US extend to Israel an annual foreign aid of $3.8bn, or does the US make an annual $3.8bn investment in Israel, which yields to the US a Return-on-Investment that exceeds – exponentially – the annual investment?

*The US’ power projection – in the Middle East and in the face of Russia and China – has been substantially upgraded by Israel’s battle-proven military and technological capabilities and its surging posture of deterrence. Unlike NATO, South Korea and Japan, Israel has bolstered the US’ regional and global strategic posture without US bases/troops. Israel has done it due to its stability, effectiveness and reliability (irrespective of Left or Right government); and, its pro-active military action against anti-US Islamic terrorism. Israel has contributed to the US defense and economy by acting as a cost-effective battle-tested laboratory for US defense and aerospace industries, which has contributed mega billions of dollars to the saving in research and development costs – and increased exports – of advanced US military systems (combat aircraft, etc.), and sharing innovative battle tactics with the US Armed Forces.

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By Kelleigh Nelson

May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and Figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. He also declared that the United States government “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”.  George Washington’s letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1790.

I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist and believed in blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing nations. If I were an atheist of the other sect, who believe, or pretend to believe, that all is ordered by chance, I should believe that chance had ordered the Jews to preserve and propagate to all mankind the doctrine of a supreme, intelligent, wise, Almighty Sovereign of the universe, which I believe to be the great essential principle of all morality, and consequently of all civilization. President John Adams, Letter to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, Feb. 18, 1809

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Peloni:  Fake news which didn’t even pass the test of being believable in the first place.  And yet, so many have leant credence to this fable.

Claims raise questions regarding journalistic independence in Gaza

All Israel News Staff | Published: August 6, 2025

(Photo: Screenshot)

Amidst the international outrage that followed the publication of malnourished children in Gaza, which were later revealed to be suffering from congenital diseases, and the widespread use of photos showing Gaza civilians scrambling for aid, in apparent distress while waiting to receive food, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung alleges that some of those photos were staged by a Hamas-affiliated photographer.

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Peloni:  It was very encouraging to see this change.  Despite the propaganda launched against Israel, the only institutional, systematic discrimination against the freedom of worship in Israel has been implemented against the Jew.  It is, accordingly, very welcome to see that this long held practice of discrimination is at least being partially withdrawn.  Very well done, Min. Ben Gvir!

By Hugh Fitzgerald | August 4, 2025

Photo by Guy Butavia – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia

Though Israel has been demonized by so much of the world, within that general demonization special hate has been reserved for two people, now members of the cabinet, who are inevitably described as “far right” and “lunatics” — Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. The former has just done something that the Arabs, and the world media taking its cue from them, describe as an appalling violation of previous agreements and a deliberate attempt to stir up even more trouble with the Palestinian Arabs. They are referring to Ben-Gvir’s visit, along with his supporters, to the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount, on one of the holiest of Jewish holidays, Tisha b’Av, where the Jews proceeded to sing and dance and, horribile dictu, to openly pray.

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Peloni: IDSF Head of Research  Or Yissachar and Amb. Yoram Ettinger discuss the reoccupation of Gaza, reitterinating that there is no choice but to move forward with this operation.  In doing so, Amb. Ettinger raises the key point that Israel can not off-shore its responsibility of securing Gaza to Europe, the Sunni Arabs or the US.  Gaza must be maintained and overseen by Israeli forces alone.

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Kobi Michael & Yossi Kuperwasser | INSS  | August 4, 2025

Insight No. 2020

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by Linda Goudsmit | August 5, 2025

Screengrab via Epic Times [Cropped]

Gen Z, loosely defined as Americans born between 1997 and 2012, is the first generation to grow up with full access to the Internet from pre-school onward. They are America’s digital natives and use the Internet constantly and consistently to interact socially. The seeming anonymity of the Internet has created a medium of over-sharing private information on social media, where young people’s emotional vulnerabilities are exploited by avaricious online sexual predators. The connections between social media, pornography, pedophilia, and societal collapse are positively chilling.

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Peloni:  The little discussed history of Albania during WWII is an important oversight.  At the beginning of the war, there were somewhere between 200-600 Jews living in Albania, but at the war’s end there were some 2,000.   Even after the Germans occupied Albania and demanded the list of Jews in the country, locals refused to comply and fake documents were provided to the Jews.

Visar Malaj | January 24, 2024

Holocaust memorial in Tirana, Albabua with inscriptions in Hebrew, English and Albanian.  (Photo by Bdx – Own work, CC0, Wikipedia)

Background

As a recipient of the EHRI-Conny Kristel fellowship, I spent a short research period at the Fondazione Centro Di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea (CDEC) in Milan, Italy. CDEC is an independent research institute for the study of the history and culture of Jews in Italy, with particular reference to contemporary Italy and the Nazi-fascist period. The CDEC Foundation is broadly recognized as the main institute in Italy for the history and documentation of the Shoah.² The time I spent at CDEC was fundamental for my research, which is focused on the fate of native and foreign Jews in Albania during the Holocaust. CDEC contains a significant number of documents, books, and other materials, directly and indirectly connected to the experiences of Jews in Albania before and throughout World War II (WWII).

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Peloni:  Daniel hits the nail on the head here.  The Left are trying to turn MAGA on its head.

There’s no ‘civil war’ within MAGA over Israel. There’s only leftist infiltration.

By Daniel Greenfield | August 5, 2025

President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Monday, July 7, 2025, at the South Portico of the White House.(Photo by The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikiepdia)

The media has taken to claiming that there’s a “civil war” within MAGA over Israel. In reality, 78% of Republicans supported Israel’s strikes on Iran and 71% support its war on Hamas. The “civil war” was manufactured by media hacks, hoping conservatives will adopt their support for Islamic terrorists, and social media influencers who are in the pay of Islamic interests.

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Peloni:  Maj. Gen Hacohen provides the context of  the constraints under which Israel faces in conquering Gaza, and yet he reaffirms that victory will be gained.

It is vital to recognize that these constraints exist so that an appropriate strategy can be developed to achieve victory.  In any event, however, Israel must take control of Gaza, there is just no other choice.  This is what is understood when describing Gaza as an existential threat

For Syria, Qatar’s money is power.

On July 31, the Qatar Fund for Development announced plans to fund a surge of natural gas deliveries to Syria. Deliveries began on August 2. The gas, which is flowing from Azerbaijan to a power station in Aleppo via Turkey, is expected to boost Syria’s power-generating capacity by 400 megawatts. That means hours more electricity every day for more than 5 million people.

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