By Sha’i ben-Tekoa
FULL DISCLOSURE: I have been a proud Israeli citizen for decades; I have risked my life for Israel.
But I am not an Israeli because I don’t think like an Israeli, leastwise like Israel’s ruling class. I think like an American.
Kelleigh Nelson: Update: The SAVE Act passed in the House. It is being heavily promoted in the Senate and Senior Senator John Thune says it will be voted on. It is dangerous piece of legislation for American citizens.
The SAVE Act actually nullifies what Senator Jacob Howard said when he introduced the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, “Its grant of citizenship would not include persons born in the United States who are foreigners or aliens.”
I would urge everyone to reread the article from September 3, 2024. The Save Act is a precursor to the National ID.
In April the Supreme court hears the case on anchor babies and the 14th amendment. If they pass this law that negates what Sen. Howard said, will that make anchor babies automatic citizens. So what will the high court do?
By Kelleigh Nelson | Originally published September 3, 2024
People who elect corrupt politicians are not victims but accomplices. —George Orwell
Those who can make you believe absurdities; can make you commit atrocities. —Aristotle
The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks. —C. S. Lewis
Defiance, not obedience, is the American’s answer to overbearing authority. —Ayn Rand
By Amil Imani |
February 2, 2026 – The waters of the North Arabian Sea are no longer just a transit corridor; they have become the center stage for what military analysts describe as the most significant American force-generation event in over a decade. As of this week, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Carrier Strike Group has officially taken up station, marking the arrival of the “massive armada” promised by the Trump administration in response to escalating regional volatility.
Peloni: My, my, my…the Iranians believe that they have so little to discuss with the Americans…it is almost as if they have an Armageddonist-Twelver death wish…
Rubio: Iran refuses discussion about limits on missile program, support for proxies, and treatment of protesters
B-2A Spirit bombers assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing and an F-15C Eagle assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing conduct aerial operations in support of Bomber Task Force Europe 20-2 over the North Sea March 12, 2020. Photo by U.S. Air Force 148FW by Master Sgt. Matthew Plew – This image was released by the United States Air Force with the ID 200312-F-QP712-0190 (next). Public Domain, Wikipedia
The negotiations between the Iranian regime and the U.S., which had been planned for Friday, were canceled after the regime demanded changes to the format and the location of the talks, according to various media reports on Wednesday evening.
Paul Schnee: Unbelievably, in spite of being employed by, encouraged by and promoted by Dennis Prager, Ben Shapiro and the David Horowitz Freedom Center at the start of her public career Candace Owens has become one of America’s most prominent Jew-haters steadily elbowing Louis Farrakhan off his perch and taking an exalted place in the temple of disappointment.
Any time her name is mentioned in a conversation with sentient people they always scratch their heads and ask, “What on earth has happened to Candace Owens?” Nobody seems able to account for such an astonishing volte face. Most people ascribe her shabby and irrational anti-Semitism to her close association with Tucker Carlson the Svengali of conservative Jew-hatred, but it is difficult to understand why his influence would surpass what should be a deep gratitude to Prager, Shapiro and the DHFC. The closest explanation to which we can come is an old one that often poisons all human relations; we hate those we have wronged.
Posing as a champion of unassailable truth Candace manufactures her lies, libels, slanders and medieval distortions. She grievously wrongs Jewish people across the globe and insults the intelligence of everyone else. She has not only cooperated with evil but also has become evil herself. The rest of us though must keep on rowing as boats against the current.
Arlene Kushner | February 3, 2026
Iranian Airborne Cruise Missile (Photo by Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia)
This title is not a joke: it is a monumentally difficult task as matters now stand.
by Gerald A. Honigman
The Gatestone Institute recently published a good synopsis of the numerous problems associated with President Trump’s Gaza peace plan which will probably be as effective as his latest “deal” involving talking to Iran’s mullahs while thousands more Iranians are slaughtered in the streets…over a month after he encouraged them to revolt.
By Moshe Phillips
Eli Cohen (in the middle) with his friends from the Syrian army at the Golan Heights overlooking Israel. Civilians were not allowed to the Golan Heights since it had been heavily guarded military area. Cohen was case apart. Photo by Syrian military personnel – jspace.com, Public Domain, Wikipedia
In December 2025, many news outlets reported that, following the fall of Assad and the Ba’athist Party, Israel began searching for the remains of Mossad agent Eli Cohen, who was executed in Syria in 1965. Now with the recovery of Staff Sergeant Major Ran Gvili’s remains, 843 days after the Hamas-led invasion of Israel, it is well past time to demand that Syria’s leaders return Eli Cohen’s body.
Peloni: Ever focusing on strategic outcomes, Martin Sherman reiterates his policy recommendation for a strategically stable outcome in Iran via dismembering of the Iranian state into its relative ethnic regions as first espoused HERE.
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Peloni & David Fieldstone
Mark opened his Saturday, January 31 show – by explaining that recent unrest and confrontations with federal immigration authorities in the US, including the recently fatal shooting of (nurse) Alex Pretti, are clearly not spontaneous events, but rather organized efforts driven by ideological groups aligned with the Democratic Party.
Peloni: US delays in responding to Iranian threats only provides a greater motivation for those threats to increase. Noting this differently, placating terrorists only promotes greater terror attacks. Zero tolerance is how to provide maximum safety for all involved.
Escalation between US and Iran has begun:
• Iranian drone loitered near the USS Abraham Lincoln after being warned to stay clear yesterday
• Iranian gunboats surrounded the U.S. flagged tanker STENA IMPERATIVE, which is part of the U.S. Navy’s Tanker Security Program
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 3, 2026
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Peloni: Notably, the US has refrained from any mention in recent days regarding Iran’s ballistic missile program, indicating a clear retraction in the terms being demanded of them. Might this also indicate Trump’s interest in a less encompassing attack on Iran if the negotiations fail? I think that if regime change was ever on the table (which I doubt), it is clearly no longer being considered. The US, Israel and the West would all be in a so much stronger position if Trump would prove me wrong, but it looks less and less likely.
Strong agreement can’t be limited only to Iranian nuclear program, Israel argues
Photo By Unknown author – Facebook, Public Domain, Wikipedia
Israeli officials intend to present U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff with a list of principles for an agreement with the Iranian regime during his visit to Israel on Tuesday, Army Radio reported.
Peloni: This is true thus far. Still, it need not continue to be so. The sacrifices made by the Iranian people should be seen to support US interests in seeking a new regime in Iran and following thru on US overpromises and thereby rectifying US underperformance thus far.
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Trump. Gage Skidmore via Flickr, Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0. Wikipedia
President Donald Trump made a promise to support the Iranian protesters, and then did nothing as more than 36,500 of them were murdered by the regime. Now he has three possibilities: to continue to do nothing, to launch a brief attack on Iran to show that he had “done as promised,” or to launch a massive attack that could possibly lead to regime change, but also risks a furious response by the Iranian rulers, on American bases and allies in the region, including Israel, as they would no longer feel they had anything more to lose.
Janet Levy: Message from CAIR/Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in America to Muslims in the U.S.:
The 4,000 mosques in the U.S. are the launchpad for an Islamic takeover.
“Muslims will dominate journalism, law, policy and politics by 2050” – Nihad Awad
- Yasir Qadhi quotes some statistics:
- Toronto allegedly approaching 10% Muslim
- Mississauga allegedly 15% Muslim
- London allegedly 10% Muslim
- Oslo allegedly 10% Muslim
- Vienna allegedly near 10%
- Paris allegedly 17% officially, and “20–25%” unofficially
“Now let’s move to America. We are less than 1% guys… we like to inflate our numbers… no, we are less than 1% if even that.”
Peloni: Gen. Avivi reaffirms the view that a US strike is coming while acknowledging that regime change requires the targeting of the symbols of regime, which in turn requires more sophisticated types of planning and more time for relevant preparations to be made ready.
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Iran’s Fire is Consuming the Pillars of Theocracy
By Amil Imani |
![Iranian protestors. Screengrab via Youtube [Cropped] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DliDl9lP2hc](https://www.israpundit.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Screenshot-2026-01-26-120342.png)
Iranian protestors. Screengrab via Youtube [Cropped]
For those of us who fled the Islamic Republic decades ago, watching the images of mosques burning across our homeland evokes a complex, visceral cocktail of emotions. To the outside observer, a mosque in flames is a tragedy of religious intolerance. But to the Iranian people – and specifically to those of us who have lived under the suffocating veil of theocratic absolute power – these fires are not acts of “terrorism.” They are acts of exorcism.
Peloni: Israel is placing greater military pressure on seeing Hamas removed from power in Gaza, even as sorties are flown over Lebanon and the return of war with Iran stands just over the horizon.
Jafaj | Feb 1, 2026
This update is provided for situational awareness and analytical purposes and reflects reporting available at the time of writing.
SUMMARY
Paragraph 1: Israeli military operations in Gaza intensified sharply on January 31, 2026 (Saturday), marking the deadliest day since the ceasefire came into force and representing a clear post-ceasefire inflection point. The scale and tempo of Israeli strikes suggest a deliberate escalation aimed at degrading Hamas’ remaining operational, governance, and enforcement capabilities across the Strip.
Peloni: Jonathan Schanzer provides a very thorough update of recent events in the first 10min. of this 30min. video, followed by an insightful discussion with Asaf Romirowsksy on where things currently stand with UNRWA. Romirowsksy is the executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA).
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Peloni: A significant win! Well done MEF!
A Federal Judge Has Dismissed All Claims Brought by the South Florida Muslim Federation Against the Middle East Forum and Its Allies for the Second Time
News from the Middle East Forum | MEF | Jan 28, 2026
Image by Blogtrepreneur – Legal Gavel, CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia
A federal judge has dismissed all claims brought by the South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF) against the Middle East Forum (MEF) and its allies for the second time, delivering a decisive legal victory that vindicates MEF’s decades-long efforts to expose Islamist organizations operating in America.
