Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | March 29, 2026

“Passover” by Arthur Szyk. Image by Center for Jewish History, NYC – Flickr, No restrictions, Wikipedia

*Passover (April 1-8, 2026) is a Jewish national liberation holiday, which features Moses and the Exodus. The legacy of Passover deeply impacted the Early Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and was essential in shaping of the US culture, in general, and the structure of the US political discourse and political system (e.g., the 3 branches of government and the separation of power), in particular. Contemporaries called George Washington an “American Moses,” while John Adams was referred to as an “American Joshua.”

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… I believe that the maintenance of the rights and authority reserved to the states and to the people … are the safeguard to the continuance of a free government … whereas the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded it. ? General Robert E. Lee

Federal interference in state functions can never be justified as a permanent continuing policy… Where once the Government engages in such an enterprise, it is almost impossible to terminate its connection therewith. President Calvin Coolidge 1925

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security. President James Madison

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Efforts to deradicalize Gaza face geographical and political barriers, making lasting change unlikely.

By MARTIN SHERMAN | MARCH 28, 2026

The aspiration for deradicalizing Gaza is likely to prove itself an unattainable objective.

One of the most persistent – and pernicious – myths being bandied about in the debate over how to achieve some peaceable resolution to the violence induced by radical Islam in Gaza is the proposed “panacea” of “de-radicalization” of extremist Islamist elements. The rationale underlying the prescription of deradicalization is as deceptive as it is glib.
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This time in Lebanon.

Barry Shaw | The View from Israel | Mar 28, 2026

These are the facts to counter Sky News UK’s anti-Israel lies in Lebanon.

IDF killed a Hezbollah terrorist who shilled as a journalist.

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Peloni:  This Republicans should make this THE policy debate of the 2026 mid-terms and the 2028 election.

David Brody | All Israel News | Published: March 28, 2026

“Don’t Sharia My Texas” Panel at CPAC 2026 (Photo: Screenshot)

This week at CPAC 2026, the big conservative confab being held near Dallas, Texas, conservatives didn’t just talk about cultural flashpoints – they codified one. In a sweeping and highly charged resolution, CPAC formally condemned Sharia law, elevating the issue from a talking point to an actual movement plank.

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Peloni:  Having the means of self defense, and the will to execute such self defense, the ability to project this to those who would attack our communities around the world is how these communities will be made safe.

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Michael Ordman | VGNI | Mar 29, 2026

In the 29th Mar 26 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

• Defenders of the Jewish State now include children of foreign workers.
• Israeli researchers have found genetic links to skin diseases and aging.
• Israel provided ambulances and medical treatment to Syrian civilians.
• Israel is using underground technology to build new railway lines.
• Huge demand for Israeli bonds and startups.
• Israelis make history at basketball and judoka.
• The number of Israeli weddings has soared. 

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Peloni: Exactly!

By Conrad Black | Mar 28, 2026

Cargo vessel in the Persian Gulf. Photo by Adam Stone – originally posted to Flickr as A big ass boatUploaded using F2ComButton, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia

The Iran war was unleashed so suddenly and has proceeded so swiftly that some of its principal objectives and consequences have scarcely been noticed. A few commentators have recognized the pattern of the Trump administration’s removal of Venezuela and soon Cuba and by the actions of Israel, Syria, as well as Iran, as Russo-Chinese allies. But the real background to the status of the Strait of Hormuz as a conduit for 20 per cent of the world’s oil exports has not been seriously publicly explored. There is no doubt that the United States could force the Strait open and it has substantially prepared to do that by obliterating the missile firing capability on the southern Iranian coast and by severely reducing the number of potential interoceptive Iranian warships and swift boats.

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by Majid Rafizadeh  •  Gatestone Institute  •  March 28, 2026

This is the moment when the United States and Israel could make greatest strategic mistake in the Iran war: stopping halfway while leaving “moderate” extremists still in place. Pictured: Iran holds state funeral for IRGC spokesman in Tehran. Screengrab via Youtube

• This is precisely the moment when the greatest strategic mistake could be made: stopping halfway while leaving “moderate” extremists still in place.

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Peloni:  I am glad to see the UAE and Saudi Arabia becoming motivated towards dealing with the Iranian regime’s attacks on their countries, but it was not so long ago that these nations failed to appreciate the plight of the Israeli people who faced in excess of some 19,000 missiles in just the first 9 months following the October 7 slaughter.  Unlike their support for dealing with the source of the unprovoked missile attacks today, they desperately fought to limit Israel’s response against those nations attacking the Israeli population with impunity.  Well, it seems that the worm turns as a fresh reality has come to motivate these nations towards eliminating those who menace their neighbors with unprovoked and indiscriminate missile fire.  It is heartening to see this new resolve among the moderate Arab states, but will this resolve now allow them to finally support the eradication of Hamas?

By Christine Douglass-Williams | Mar 27, 2026

Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Lana_Zaki Nusseibeh. Photo by © European Union, 2026, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

There’s obviously more going on with Iran than what Western observers have been privy to. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been attacking its Gulf neighbors, and not only to take aim at American interests.

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Peloni:  This is what Unconditional Surrender means.  It is more than a motivating slogan, as it recognizes that an existential threat only partially diminished will rise up again in the future.

Yigal Carmon | MEMRI | Mar 27, 2026

A 1947 photo of the Führerbunker, the last headquarters Hitler used during WWII. Photo by Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-V04744 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikipedia

President Trump is struggling with the Iranian regime’s rejection of negotiations, despite his threats that he will “unleash hell”[1] if its leaders do not make a deal. He has called the regime’s leaders “lunatics” and “madmen,”[2] and said that the “Iranian negotiators are very different and ‘strange'” and that “they better get serious soon,”[3] suggesting that they have not been serious up to now. He has alternatively also said that “they’re lousy fighters but great negotiators.”[4]

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Peloni:  Leopards don’t change their spots, nor do terror supporting organizations such as the United Nations.  Indeed, the international movement to ignore the role of United Nations in supporting the Jihad against Israel and the West should surprise none of us.  At best the UN wastes precious resources while pretending to address international crises, but their true villainy is apparent in their use of precious resources to exacerbate and support an international agenda to bring down the free world, and which is most acutely and obviously focused on Israel.  Organizations caught being complicit in the support, toleration, and obfuscation of terrorism and the slaughter of innocents would not be offered a chance of reform.  Their leadership would be incarcerated for crimes against humanity, and their resources would be seized, and the organization itself would be immediately shuttered.  This is the just fate which should await the United Nations and its leadership.

By Pamela Geller | March 28, 2026

Screengrab via X

Israeli naval commandos just raided a school in Khiam, Lebanon and uncovered hundreds of Hezbollah weapons, missiles, explosives, and rifles.

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Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf. Photo by Seyed Shahabbodin, Vajedi – Akkasemosalman.ir , CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia 

The apparent eagerness of Trump to make a deal with Iran, leaving in place the current regime, has left many Iranians feeling deceived and disappointed. They are particularly alarmed that his mediators have been talking to the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. More on Ghalibaf can be found here: “Iranians feel ‘deceived, abandoned’ as Trump weighs striking deal with Iran’s old guard,” by Omid Habibinia, The Media Line, March 25, 2026:

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Peloni:  New front opens in stark contrast to Trump’s negotiation efforts, demonstrating once again that efforts to de-escalate are perceived as weakness by Iran.

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