Avi Abelow | Meta
Jared Kushner answers questions in Kiev after consultations with Zelensky and Putin. Screengrab via Youtube.
Jared Kushner says Israelis are being “a little irrational” about Gaza.
But then he admits:
The IDF on Sunday launched “Breaking Dawn 2.0,” a surprise drill designed to test the military’s ability to respond to an unexpected, large-scale, multi-front attack amid growing concerns about potential Iranian-backed aggression against Israel.
The exercise came a day after media reports emerged of plans allegedly uncovered by Israeli intelligence for an Iranian-led attack on Israel from several directions simultaneously, coordinated with the remnants of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis in Yemen and IRGC-backed Shi’ite militias in Iraq.
Peloni: Kushner previously suggested a timeline which would have Hamas disarmed within a month and yet nearly a month has passed and not a single gun has been collected. Proof lies in the proving and Kushner once again has failed to do more than offer failed promises in place of concrete actions, while distracting the public with descriptions of Israelis as being a little irrational, which risks undervaluing the work of those in Israel who are trying to help Gazans who want to leave.
Rather than promising disarmament that will never materialized, Kushner’s negotiating efforts might be better directed towards helping Gazans who want to relocate to actually do so. Indeed if the goal is to find a better future for the Gazans it would warrant US support to help move them outside of a city-wide war zone. Hence, it is worth asking why U.S. support for the movement of Gazans has been intentionally withheld. International law treats forced displacement as a war crime, but it is equally worth considering whether forcibly keeping people inside a war zone—where they are exploited by a recognized terror group as human shields—deserves the same scrutiny.
A constructive path forward would see US backing for Ben Gvir‘s proposal for voluntary emigration from Gaza, incorporating Avi Abelow‘s suggestion of shortening the timeline from seven years to as quickly as logistically possible, while also leaving Israel free to fulfill the terms of the 20-Point Plan and eliminate the still armed Hamas.
Trump envoy acknowledges extreme militarization of Gaza Strip under Hamas
| All Israel News | Published: September 7, 2026
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review the U.S. peace plan for Gaza with Jared Kushner, Monday, September 29, 2025. Photo by The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia
U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and peace envoy, Jared Kushner, said on Sunday that Israel is being “a little irrational in certain regards” over the situation in Gaza.
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | September 7, 2026
“Rosh Hashanah 5769 – The Table” by Edsel Little, CC BY-SA 2.0
More on Jewish holidays: Smashwords, Amazon
*Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year of 5787, will be launched on the evening of September 11, 2026 – at a time of severe social polarization – underscoring personal accountability andadditional critical values:
Jonathan Feldstein
Honor Killings in the West. Screengrab via Youtube.
If the Democratic Party does not remove the growing shame of the rise of Islamists within it, it will become a victim of it. And so will we all.
The US president does not want to “repeat the experiment” of another military campaign and would rather pressure Tehran through sanctions and an economic blockade. But Iran could conclude that escalation is preferable to surrender or economic collapse.
by Prof. Eyal Zisser | Sept 6, 2026
President Donald Trump thanks the crowd after remarks at the Salute to America Celebration, Thursday, July 3, 2025. Photo bBy The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Link
To outside observers, the United States’ conduct in its confrontation with Iran can appear aimless, erratic and even chaotic. President Donald Trump’s mood when he wakes up in the morning and starts posting online seems to dictate what happens on the ground: One day, the United States appears headed for an all-out offensive that would wipe Iran off the map; the next, it is pursuing an agreement; and the day after that, it is settling for an economic blockade.
Fmr Ambassador David Friedman | X
To my dear friend Mike Huckabee,
No one doubts where your heart is. Your support for Israel is unwavering and historic.
By Pamela Geller |
For more than twenty years, I—and a small handful of colleagues—have warned about the lack of education—or worse, the obfuscation and dissembling—surrounding how the events of 9/11 are taught, if they are taught at all, in American schools.
“When the confrontation begins, strike like champions who do not want to go back to this world. Shout, ‘Allahu Akbar,’ because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers. Allah said: ‘Strike above the neck, and strike at all of their extremities.’ (9/11 Muslim terrorists)
Update: Yossi Baum: “BREAKING: The green light to oust Gafni and MKLAV was given by Rabbi Hirsch already about two weeks ago.”
Peloni: Moshe Gafni and Uri Maklev are leaving the Knesset as part of a major shakeup within the United Torah Judaism party, with MK Yaakov Asher expected to replace Gafni as the leader of the Degel HaTorah faction instead of MK Yitzhak Goldknopf who is currently leading the joint list in the Knesset. Yossi Baum‘s dire predictions for the national camp follows on this news.
Yossi Baum | X
Gafni and Maklev’s departure — bad news for Netanyahu
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By Hugh Fitzgerald |
Merneptah Stele at the Cairo Egyptian Museum. By Onceinawhile – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Antisemites are in a permanent state of denial. They deny that there was ever a Holocaust. They deny that Jews have been oppressed through time and space. And now, those who hate the very idea of a Jewish state deny that Jews ever lived in the Land of Israel. But the archeological evidence tells a different story: it is full of mentions of ancient Israel, not only by Jews, but also by Egyptian pharaohs. More on the silent witnesses of the Jews’ connection to their land can be found here.
Peloni: Rabbi Pesach Wolicki joins Erin Molan and describes an important recent change in the Iranian behavior which belies a state of chaos if not panic taking place in Iran, just as Trump began calling for the Iranians return to the streets.
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By Mike Holmes mikeholmescpa@earthlink.net
and Walter E. Block wblock@loyno.edu
Many of the fears now burdening Jews emanate from their successes. These can be linked, to a great degree, to their famous ethnic performance in economic matters.
Some of that of course comes about because they were long considered outsiders and prohibited from other traditional means of economic activity. Many countries barred Jews from the professions, from owning land. They were not allowed to be farmers/herders, etc.
Peloni
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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee fell for a staged incident during a Saturday visit to the Arab village of Turmus Ayya in Binyamin, publicly accusing Israelis on a nearby farm’s security patrol of being trespassers.
Michael Ordman | VGNI | Sept 6, 2026
In the 6th Sep 2026 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
Israel’s National Security Council warned this week that the threat of violent attacks targeting Israelis and Jews abroad is rising ahead of the Jewish High Holidays and the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack.
The assessment identified Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its proxies, including Hamas, Hezbollah and other jihadist groups, as the greatest sources of danger.
Harry Liberman
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To those complaining that the economic and geopolitical war against the Iranian regime is taking too long: Your impatience betrays a fundamental ignorance of history.
Peloni: The enemy is inside the wire and they will use all means by which to subvert Western civilization into yet one more dhimmitude frontier. This must be made clear to all the potential dhimmis before their fate is made irreversible by their lack of awareness or lack of action. Recalling Trump’s call for the people to “Fight, fight, fight”, this is the most poignant battle which faces the world today, and to the victor will go the spoils of nothing less than the future fate of the world.
By Robin M. Itzler
New York City Skyline – World Trade Center. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith – This image is available from the United States Library of Congress‘s Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID highsm.12368, Public Domain, Link
September 11, 2001, was just an ordinary Tuesday. That morning at around 8:30 a.m. on the east coast, most people were either at work or on their commute. Kids were settling in at school. On the west coast, folks were likely getting ready to do the same.
Peloni: Please read this response by Amishav Mellet to being labeled as a terrorist in a X post by Ambassador Mike Huckabee. Mellet is the brother of Benayahu Mellet HY”D who was recently murdered in a terror attack while defending a group of hikers and he is currently a member of a farm near where Huckabee uploaded a scathing one-sided tweet over the weekend.
The News Desk | The Jewish Edition | Sept 9, 2026
An Open Letter to Ambassador Huckabee from the ‘Dangerous and Threating Settlers’
Peloni: Take note:
“Impoverishing Iran is not a victory. An authoritarian regime can ruin its country while retaining enough resources to protect those who keep it in power. Maximum pressure on the regime must therefore be matched by maximum support for the Iranian people.
That means preparing, before the next wave of protests, the tools needed to circumvent internet shutdowns, support independent Persian-language media, sanction those responsible for repression, and encourage defections from the security forces.”
The clock is ticking, and the economic leash is tightening around Iran, but the real threat to the regime remains to be with the will of the people of Iran. As is true of all regimes, the stability of the ruling govt requires a quiescent public, regardless of the tactics required to maintain it. Until the established balance between a fearful public and their despotic overlords is destabilized, the regime in Iran will remain. This is why Trump has been calling for the Iranian people to return to the streets. Until, and unless, they do return to the streets, US victory and a free Iran will remain elusive, with only Iran’s diminishing efforts on the Strait of Hormuz remaining to drive up energy costs to the extent they are able to do so. It is a geostrategic game of chicken in which the victor will be incredibly strengthened. America can not afford to lose this battle, but it ironically needs the support of the Iranian people to ultimately win.
Simone Rodan-Benzaquen | September 4, 2026
*This article was originally published in French
IRGC attack on Vessels Defying Iranian Tariffs on Strait of Hormuz. Screenshot via X
In Europe, and especially in France, the verdict seems to be in. The United States, we are told, has pursued a strategy toward Iran that is as brutal as it is ineffective. It is bogged down in the Strait of Hormuz, unable to force an Iranian surrender, while Europeans bear much of the bill in higher energy costs, disrupted trade, and a renewed risk of escalation.
