The Saudi ‘No’  

Peloni:  The path forward on which Riyadh might restore an interest in peace is to accept that there already exists a Palestinian state, that it was created a century ago with the flip of a pen at the Cairo Conference, that this arbitrary decision by Winston Churchill to vivisect the territory which had been intended to be the Jewish Homeland was endorsed into international law by the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.  If MBS could acknowledge this fact, many things would become possible for Saudi and Israeli relations.  It would also resolve the crisis of having to deal with the Arabs described as Palestinians as if they had a formal right to Jewish lands included in the state of Israel, when the reality is that three quarters of the land which had been intended for the Jewish Homeland was instead siphoned off for the Muslims living in the area, and which did not at any time include the territory of Judea and Samaria.

by Pierre Rehov  •  Gatestone Institute  •  May 10, 2026

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  • The Abraham Accords, once touted as a breakthrough, have quietly moved, in Saudi political conversation, into the deep freeze.

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Barbara Kay: The October 7 trials are coming  

350 will be prosecuted for the pogrom

Barbara Kay | National Post | Published May 10, 2026

Prosecutor Ralph Albrecht making an address at the Nuremberg trials. Photo by United States Army Signal Corps photographer - Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13279704Prosecutor Ralph Albrecht making an address at the Nuremberg trials. Photo by United States Army Signal Corps photographer – Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University [1], Public Domain, Wikipedia

Israel’s kinetic war against Hamas has been successful. Although still defiant, Hamas is a shadow of its pre-October 7 self. The possibility of an October 7 reprisal is forever nil. But Hamas and their supporters are winning the equally important battle for hearts and minds in demonizing Israel and Jews.

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From Yamit to Gaza & Israel’s Temptation of Dangerous Illusions  

Peloni:  Another insightful analysis by Victor Satya.

Victor Satya | TOI Blog | May 8, 2026

For decades, Israel traded land for promises, restraint for applause, and strategic depth for the fantasy of “quiet.” October 7 exposed the brutal reality: Israel’s enemies were never fighting over borders alone; they were fighting over Israel’s existence itself.

There is now a diplomatic ritual so painfully predictable that one imagines it being taught in European policy schools and rehearsed annually by Brussels bureaucrats over imported wine. The world expresses horror for approximately forty-eight hours. Then Israel retaliates, and suddenly the conversation shifts from murdered Jews to “restraint,” “de-escalation,” and the urgent need to revive the peace process, that enchanted Middle Eastern unicorn perpetually sighted by diplomats and never by reality.

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PM Netanyahu: 60 Minutes Interview  

Peloni:  It is obscene that an interview with the leader of America’s greatest ally in the Middle East, if not more generally, has not been conducted in the past three years of war, conflict and attempted regime change in Israel.  As the Middle East had been discussed on 60 Minutes with numerous other guests, the central focus of these discussions revolved around the one character who was never granted a voice by CBS to defend his nation nor to answer the antisemitic cat calls from his adversaries.

The interview itself was a fair interview, granting Bibi the ability to fully answer questions without being talked over or leaving him no chance to respond.  In fact Bibi, the ever capable communicator, took full advantage of the interview and openly addressed difficult questions with candor and reflection.  From the topic of responsibility for the October 7 to the Iran War, to the potential of regime change in Iran, to the investment by the US in Israel better known as ‘aid’, Bibi openly shared fair and credible responses, many of which had previously been shared by Israel’s longest living premiere to outlets which unlike 60 Minutes were not selectively preventing their vast audience from hearing over the past several years.

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Mark Levin: Iran, Regime Change, and Trump’s Middle East Strategy  

Peloni & David Fieldstone

Mark Levin’s Show on FOX NEWS of Saturday, May 9, 2026.

He had an opening, and as guests – (1) Rebeccah Heinrich of the Hudson Institute – and (2) Christopher Rufo of the Manhattan Institute. ** See below for their Bios, etc. from the Internet.

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No, AI Won’t Make Communism Work  

The latest twist is doomed to fail even worse than Communism did before

Daniel Greenfield | May 10, 2026

Communism failed when the monopolization of industrial and political power by a totalitarian state ended up oppressing all classes while failing to compete against industrial democracies, but the advocates of the constantly failing ideology have found a great new hope in Artificial Intelligence.

Podcasters and social media influencers are selling Gen Zers on the wonders of what they call ‘Fully Automated Luxury Communism’ in which most jobs will disappear and AI controlled industries will allow everyone to enjoy a guaranteed minimum income while producing everything they could desire.

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Drums of War Sounded in a Tweet  

They will be laughing no longer!

 

TEXT:

President Trump on TruthSocial:

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If and When It Is Offered, Trump Should Turn Down the Nobel Peace Prize Part 1  

By Walter E. Block and Oded J.K. Faran

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The argument we wish to make has two distinct parts, and they point in different directions. The first establishes that Donald Trump has earned the Nobel Peace Prize by any fair reckoning of the criteria Alfred Nobel himself laid down. The second argues that, if the prize is eventually offered, Trump should refuse it. Both propositions can be true simultaneously, and understanding why they can be, reconciles the apparent paradox in the title above.

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Is Europe already dead?  

Peloni:  Dr. Mordechai Ben-Menachem, author and commentator on mid-east and world issues, joins Tamar Yonah on the Tamar Yonah Show.  Among the topics discussed is the curious distinction between European people and its elected corrupt leadership, the long term policy of Europe of supporting the killing of Jews, the demographics dependency of Europe on Muslims, Europe ability to exist without NATO, the war in Iran and the war in Lebanon. 

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The UN Tried Covering For Iran & Trump Taught Them A BRUTAL Lesson  

Peloni:  Rabbi Pesach Wolicki addresses the useless nature of the UN even while dealing with a rogue state which is bombarding its neighbors, seizing waterways, and attacking shipping.  He also raises the possibility that Trump is using this fairly obvious resolution which objects to these behaviors as a test for the viabilty of the UN going forward.

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States “Banning CAIR” Won’t Work: The Muslim Brotherhood Doesn’t Have Membership Cards  

Janet Levy:  Very important analysis!

The Muslim Brotherhood has operated in the U.S. for decades, way before 9/11.

As some MB organizations have been shut down and some individuals have been convicted, their many branches have been reorganized and rebranded, becoming new nonprofits or operating under other existing MB organizations and structures.

“Declaring the Muslim Brotherhood dangerous or threatening to designate CAIR may generate headlines, but if officials are serious, the focus must move toward investigating nonprofit operations, financial relationships, regulatory compliance, tax filings, grant structures, and institutional coordination networks already operating inside the United States.”

If Officials Were Serious, Investigations Would Already Be Underway, And Real Legislation Targeting Nonprofit Abuse Would Already Be On The Table

GlobalDisconnect | May 09, 2026

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The new U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy directly names the Muslim Brotherhood as “the root of all modern Islamist terrorism predicated on recreating the Muslim Caliphate and killing or enslaving non-Muslims.” At the same time, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation targeting Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR financing into nonprofits, while Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered a cease-and-desist against TexAM, an Islamic university accused of operating unlawfully. In both Texas and Florida, CAIR is “declared a foreign terrorist organization.” While these actions suggest that some officials are beginning to understand the scale of the problem, they still do not amount to an actual enforcement strategy.

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New U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy Spotlights Muslim Brotherhood  

Peloni:  It continues to remain an inexplicable fact that, as the Trump administration has begun moving towards dealing with the aspects of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Sudan, those chapters of the MB which are most closely associated with wielding violence and influence within the US have thus far been left unaddressed in either action or word.   Given America’s role as the world’s superpower, the ability of the MB to act without consequence or threat within the US borders, itself borders on insanity, and at the very least questionable policy sense.

Mariam Wahba & Natalie Ecanow | May 8, 2026

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Amid the war with Iran, the Trump administration has not forgotten about the Muslim Brotherhood. On May 6, the White House released its 2026 counterterrorism strategy,  identifying the Muslim Brotherhood as “the root of all modern Islamist terrorism” and promising “to crush the organization everywhere it operates.” Building on previous action taken against Muslim Brotherhood chapters in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Sudan, the administration stated that it will “soon” designate additional Brotherhood branches as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).

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Tehran issues new threats against American interests in Persian Gulf following recent attacks  

Peloni:  As Trump demonstrates the ability to project patience to the point of being mistaken as indifference, Iran is acting on Trump’s inaction, and is in fact exponentially expanding its domineering role over the region with both seizing and now taxing the Strait of Hormuz.  The radicals running Iran today mean for Trump to renew the war, and are themselves providing what would otherwise be described as a pretext, but is in fact, a very real need to eradicate the Iranian regime.  If you haven’t read the article by Yossi Baum, this would be a good moment to do so.

Iran engages in further attempts to impose sovereignty over vital international Hormuz waterway

All Israel News Staff | Published: May 10, 2026

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A cargo ship was attacked in the Persian Gulf Sunday morning, as tensions mount over access to the Strait of Hormuz, following U.S. strikes on two Iranian oil tankers on Friday and Iranian attempts to impose control over the vital waterway.

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A Virtual Discussion Between MAGA Man and Myself…  

by Gerald A. Honigman

Mr. President, I still get on average 8-10 emails and texts from you and your team each day.

Your folks have never responded to my own questions and comments.

I’ve followed your presidency very closely over the years, often with great approval.

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There’s No Education in The Second Kick of a Mule  

The Ayatollah Narco-Jihad on the US in Latin America

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettiner | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | May 10, 2026

*According to the West Point Center for Combatting Terrorism: “Iran and its proxies have spent years investing in a ‘homeland option’ in the US. In just the past five years, US authorities have disrupted at least 17 Iranian plots in the homeland…. In its 2025 Threat Assessment, the Director of National Intelligence assessed that Iran “will continue to directly threaten US persons globally and remains committed to its decade-long effort to develop surrogate networks inside the US…. The Department of Homeland Security’s 2025 Threat Assessment [and the FBI] concurred, reporting ‘we expect Iran to remain the primary sponsor of terrorism and continue its efforts to advance plots against individuals – including current and former US officials – in the US.’ Such plots have been on the rise in recent years…. In early 2024…, a network of [Iranian] individuals targeted Iranian dissidents and opposition activists [in the US] for assassination at the direction of the Iranian regime…. According to the FBI, Hezbollah has maintained a presence in the US since at least 1987.”

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Iran: The International Chess Game – Who Will Be the One to Snap the Rope  

Peloni: What will be the straw that breaks the IRGC’s back?  Stated differently, what will it take to see Trump finish the war, something which was always clearly needed.

What actually happened here on Thursday evening, and where is all this going? Analysis:

Yossi Baum | X | May 9, 2026

IRGC attack on Vessels Defying Iranian Tariffs on Strait of Hormuz. Screenshot via XIRGC attack on Vessels Defying Iranian Tariffs on Strait of Hormuz. Screenshot via X

Iran’s fate has been decided, but at the same time Trump wants to preserve his image as a man of peace, and he still desires the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Natasha Hausdorff examines legal claims against Israel in former ambassadors’ letter  

Peloni: Natasha Hausdorff responds to a call for EU sanctions by a group of former UK ambassadors in a letter to the Financial Times based on claims that Israel is “violating international law”.  Of course, the letter is based on fanciful interpretations of international law and selective use of sanctions so as to support the ongoing anti-Israel and antisemitic campaigns ongoing in the US.

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The Jew-Hatred Pandemic No Longer a Mystery  

Peloni:  Joan Swirsky once again hits the mark perfectly in the following review and analysis of the surrealistic phenomenon which seems to have warped the world in the aftermath of October 7, but was in fact simply part of the coordinated work product aimed at bringing down Western civilization, and more specifically the American Republic.

We’ve cracked the case.

Joan Swirsky | Am Thinker |  May 9, 2026

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No matter how bizarre or puzzling or impossibly complex crime scenes seemed to be, the detective Sherlock Holmes, accompanied by his friend Dr. John Watson — both fictional characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 1800s — never failed to solve them.

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