Peloni:  Will China and Russia acquiesce to Trump’s warning?  How will Trump respond when they don’t?

By Sarah Roderick-Fitch | The Center Square | July 24, 2026

President Donald Trump speaks with members of the press at the White House, Sept. 15, 2025. Harrison Koeppel / Official White House Photo via Flickr / United States Government Work

Following another round of ramped-up strikes against Iran for the 13th consecutive night, President Donald Trump warned China and Russia Friday not to assist Iran as he is reportedly weighing options to escalate strikes.

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Peloni: Gaza is Jewish land, by history, war and international law.  The 2005 Expulsion from Gaza was a crime against the Jewish people, not unrelated to the crime of empowering the Arabs over the most precious site in all of Judaism by Dayan in 1967.  These acts of self-betrayal have come to oversee the creation of theseeds of slaughter which have continued to grow into fruition in both the terror wars between wars, as well as actual wars themselves.  The resulting preference of creating frozen conflicts from thin air is neither a healthy nor a sustainable mission.  When the victors cede the fruits of victory to their defeated enemies they make a mockery of the mortal costs which were spent in achieving that victory.  These lands are our land. We need to recognize this fact, and credit the same international binding charters which also recognize nations as far away as Europe, but also that den of deception and duplicity known today as Jordan.  The recognition of the reconstitution of the State of Israel was the same mandate from which the recognition of the creation of the state of Jordan (originally Transjordan) was created.  The League of Nations for the Mandate of Palestine was adopted by the League of Nations in 1922, confirmed by the US govt in 1924, and affirmed by the United Nations in 1945.  These are facts which need to be referenced by Israel’s leadership, as Sha’i ben-Tekoa notes, in every speech, every press conference, and every interview they hold.  Til such time as we accept that our own rights are legitimate and make clear the international basis upon which these rights stand, the narrative wars will continue and the butcher’s bill for such an act of self-betrayal as was adopted by Sharon and Dayan will continue to grow as well.

By Sha’i ben-Tekoa

A few days after Israel entered the old city of Jerusalem in the Six Days War it cleared the most sacred Jewish place – the Western Wall of the Temple. Photo by Yehuda Greenberg, Pikiwiki Israel, CC BY 2.5, Wikipedia

The Six-Day War began on Sunday, June 5, 1967 and on Wednesday, June 7, Israeli soldiers conquered the Temple Mount, some of them scaling to the top of the war memorial of the Muslims over the Jews – i.e. the golden Dome of the Rock intentionally, symbolically built on the site of the Jews’ ancient temples.

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Peloni:  Bravo Senator Sheehy!  The vile Iranian regime which has made war against America and the West for the past half century will either be destroyed in this current presidency or it will grow more powerful, more emboldened, and more capable of fulfilling its mission of Jihad against America.  Sen. Sheehy captures the tone of American resilience which will save the Republic from such a fate, and if his words have any purchase, it will simultaneously save the entire Western world in the same moment.

Senator Sheehy U.S. Senate Floor Speech – July 23, 2026 :

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UPDATE: A second Israeli fatality has been announced in this terror attack  near Havat Gilad.  The fatalities in this attack were Benayahu Melet, of blessed memory, and Maj. Yuval Ezra, 27, from Herzliya.

Peloni:  Speculation is being raised online that the cause of this attack was due to fears of being arrested by the armed security forces if they had opened fire to disperse the Arab mob.  This, in turn, led to the security team having to confront the terrorists directly which is when the Arab mob disarmed the security officer and was then able to carry out the terror attack.

Civilian and soldier were wounded in separate attacks earlier Thursday

Hanan Lischinsky | All Israel News | Published: July 24, 2026

Moment that a rifle was pulled from the arms of a civilian security officer while confronting an Arab mob attacking Jewish hikers in Shomron. Screengrab via Social Media

An Israeli was killed, and three others were wounded when a terrorist opened fire with a weapon stolen from a security man in the area near Havat Gilad, in the greater Nablus area, early on Friday morning.

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Bibi in the city. pic.twitter.com/RJaFw0WtBq

— Lotz of Facts ?? (@AgentLotz) July 23, 2026

Peloni:  As usual, Daniel Greenfield strikes the perfect pitch in his analysis.  One point to add to this is that in the coming election Bibi Derangement will play pivotal part in the Left’s strategy of pulling votes from the national camp.

14% identify as far right and 0% as far left

Daniel Greenfield | July 24, 2026

1. As I’ve noted in the past, American Jewish liberalism is an outlier globally. Jews in the UK, Canada and Australia have been drifting center-right, and even further right in France.

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by Kenneth Levin •  Gatestone Institute  •  July 23, 2026

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recently released map of ethnic enclaves in the city provides unintentional but instructive insight into the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Pictured: Zohran Mamdani getting sworn in as mayor by Bernie Sanders. Photo by NYC Mayor’s Office, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

• [Mamdani’s map of ethnic enclaves in New York City] labels neighborhoods as “Little Palestine,” “Little Egypt,” and “Little Pakistan,” along with other ethnic identities. But absent is any acknowledgment of, for example, the city’s prominent and historic Italian, Irish, Jewish or Puerto Rican neighborhoods. Their history and prominence are simply erased.

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Peloni:  What is the real point of recent focuses on Pixaxe Mountain?  Rabbi Pesach Wolicki offers some interesting conclusions.  Is this anticipation of unveiling a political or military strategy?

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Peloni:  This is an important and insightful analysis by Khaled Hassan.  Israel should ignore the elusive pursuit of peace, which if sincere would include the recognition of Israel as described in international law and documented in the San Remo Declaration.  Instead, the Arabs will continue to trade hudnas and hints of hudnas in place of sincere treaties of peace.  The Abraham Accords are instead being manipulated to now offer a Sunni dictators a presumptive vote in Israeli politics. As Saudi control over Washington has waned in recent years, MBS is now looking for a new method by which to return the diplomatic capital it once had prior to America becoming energy independent.  So, this adept game of peace charades is being used to leverage America against Israel, and Israel’s electorate against its own govt, thus seeing both America and Israel surrender their own interests and returning Riyadh to a position of import rather than the isolation which they are better deserving for their actions.

The best way to find peace is thru victory in war.  If peace is possible, it will come of its own accord, and chasing it only makes it all the less possible, as is seen with the dubious antics being adopted by the Saudi Prince.

Inside the Saudi campaign to oust Netanyahu while pretending to seek peace

Khaled Hassan | The Grand Strategy | Jul 23, 2026

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Around 14 July, reports of a deliberate leak began circulating. The method was classic deniable statecraft—tactical silence, the understanding that what is said in private can be easily denied in public.

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan is turning his back on Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s legacy not only regarding Turkey’s secular character, but also in foreign policy. The country’s focus on Europe is giving way to an embrace of the Islamic world. 

by  Prof. Eyal Zisser  | July 21, 2026

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Following the October 7 catastrophe, relations between Israel and Turkey collapsed to the point that some believe they are beyond repair. In recent months, fears have also grown that the hostility and rivalry between Israel and Turkey could deteriorate into an open military confrontation. Those concerns were reflected in remarks by US President Donald Trump, who said Turkey had been on the verge of entering the war against Israel during the conflict with Iran and had refrained from doing so only because of his intervention.

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Peloni:  Barry Shaw provides a highly granular look at the collapsing West as it seeks to uproot its own identity in preference of the very image of Medieval barbarism.

A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE.

Barry Shaw | The View from Israel | Jul 24, 2026

The leaders in each failing Western country can only find one item they need to radically change. It’s not their obsessive Socialist, Communist, Islamic politics. It’s Israel.

As they tear up the roots of what made their countries great the symptoms of their newly planted rot can already be clearly seen. They detest the system that once made their countries great and instead adjusting he levers to improve the conditions for their indigenous populations they have been drowning them out with mass migrations of peoples, cultures, languages, norms unknown to the West who have creating economic and cultural stress to their societies and are deaf to the complaints of their own people.

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by Gerald A. Honigman

A thought provoking editorial appeared in the July 17, 2026 Washington Jewish Week which posed the dilemma which exists today due to the emergence of popular podcast and You Tube media personalities, such as E. Michael Jones, Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens, who now compete with traditional Catholic authorities to distort and negate the hard won progress made in Catholic-Jewish relations which really did not occur, because of millennially ingrained and indoctrinated antisemitic teachings inculcated into countless millions of people, especially since the Roman Emperor Constantine became converted to the Church of Rome…

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An interesting revelation comes hours after Trump’s Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, formally signs the agreement with Saudi Arabia supporting their development of a ‘civilian’ nuclear program.  Amid claims by Sec. State Marco Rubio that the program will not lead to a military application with a nuclear bomb spin-off, Trump announced on Thursday via Trump Social (see below) that deal is now contingent upon Saudi joining of the Abraham Accords.

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Peloni:  There will be a consequence for this.  As Jordan’s king quietly leaves his own country in the aftermath of this debacle, we are left to ponder what those consequences might be.

Jordan Accused of Enabling Deadly Iranian Attack on American Personnel

Jafaj.net | 2026-07-22

Muwaffaq Salti at Azraq, a Jordanian run installation, hosts thousands of American soldiers and a large collection of coalition jets, was struck on July 19. killing 3 US Servicemen. Screengrab via X.

Summary:

On 20 July 2026, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly issued a public statement thanking unnamed “Jordanians” whom it claimed provided intelligence that directly assisted Iranian attacks against U.S. military targets in Jordan. On 21 July 2026, Iraqi television channel Al-Ghadeer broadcast an interview with former Iraqi Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, who alleged that Jordanian military officers leaked military information to Iran. Khalaf claimed that the leaked intelligence contributed to attacks resulting in the deaths of U.S. service members and damage to U.S. military facilities in Jordan.

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Peloni:  Focus on the section following 34 minute mark when Mudar Zahran addresses Jordan’s alliance with Iran and Muslim Brotherhood, role of Jordanian Intelligence in attacks on American forces.  Of note in the earlier part of the video, Zahran discusses the case of an American woman murdered by a Jordanian national.  Beyond discussing the fate of the suspect in this case, he addresses European migration practices, motivations for European conversion to Islam, and the two tier justice system in Jordan among other topics.  See full list of topics at bottom.

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We are happy to inform you that Just Tell Me You’re Alive, the new documentary from Moral Edge is now available to watch.

Unlike most films about October 7th, this documentary is not about the horrors of that day. It is about what came after.

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Peloni:  Michel Benchimol provides a very careful and very thoughtful analysis of JD Vance’s worrying potential as the GOP’s next leader.

America Needs a Conservative Successor Built on Consistency, Experience, and Independent Judgment

Michel Benchimol

VP Vance during Trump meeting with Lebanon Pres. Aoun.  Screenshot via Youtube. 

WHY I NO LONGER BELIEVE J.D. VANCE SHOULD BECOME PRESIDENT

Trust, Judgment, and the Qualities America Should Demand From Its Next Conservative Leader

There was a time when I believed J.D. Vance might very well become one of the brightest stars in the Republican Party.

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