Israel and Greece ‘on alert’ after Trump’s $700,000,000 sale of F-35’s to Turkey; efforts underway to block sale  

Peloni:  This will have a permanent effect of diminishing Israeli dominance in the region at the expense of promoting Turkey ever higher over the region. Why is the Trump administration so motivated to purposefully empower the Muslim Brotherhood led Turkey to such a position of influence in the region?

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Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot and commander performs a high-speed pass during the Oregon International Airshow Sept. 21, 2019 in McMinnville, OR. The F-35 Demo Team co-headlined the show with the Royal Air Force Red Arrows. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook) By Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Cook - https://media.defense.gov/2019/Sep/25/2002186916/-1/-1/0/190921-F-BQ566-1004A.JPG, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=133855399Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot and commander performs a high-speed pass during the Oregon International Airshow Sept. 21, 2019 in McMinnville, OR. Photo by Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Cook – Media.defense.gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia

Jihad Watch reported that “Both Republicans and Democrats oppose Trump’s mad plan to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.” According to YNet News

Israel and Greece have consistently opposed the possibility of Turkey acquiring the stealth fighters, arguing that such a move would harm their technological edge and alter the regional balance of power. Greece has already ordered F-35s, while the Israeli Air Force operates a unique version of the aircraft, which has taken part in operations in Lebanon, Syria and Iran.

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The Two-Tiered Justice System That Is Tearing Israel Apart  

Peloni:  The more that Judicial Reform is blocked, the greater the support for its passage becomes, specifically because of the public recognition of this need only grows stronger with each passing day and each subsequent ruling based on arbitrary standards and the promotion of anti-Israel positions from the courts.  There can only be one standard of justice in any democratic govt, and yet, in the only democracy in the Middle East, a two-tiered policy is weaponized to promote one standard which maintains the influence and agenda of the Leftist bureaucracy.

Avi Abelow | Meta | July 3, 2026

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While left-wing Kaplan protesters blocked major highways night after night for hours on end in the judicial reform protests, bringing life in Israel to a standstill, the police often stood by, sometimes even joining them. Leaders of those protests faced no serious consequences, even after burning tires in the middle of major highways. Violence during those daily blockades? Rarely punished. The message was loud and clear: certain protests are protected.

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IDSF: Hamas Commanders in Turkey: NATO Ally Waging War on Israel  

Peloni:  Misgav Institute’s Noa Lazimi provides context for the ever deteriorating situation between Israel and Turkey.  It is notable that Mike Doran of the Hoover Institute challenged that the greatest dilemma for Trump’s policies in the Middle East was to help mollify if not improve the relationship between Israel and Turkey.  Instead, Trump’s policies of promoting Turkey and expanding its dominance in the region has been the harbinger of the collapsing situation between these two nations.

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The UN’s crusade against Israel is fueling the pro-Hamas left  

Peloni:  The UN must be dismantled, its policies must be undone, and its leadership must be prosecuted for supporting the very acts which that institution was fabled to have been established to prevent.

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A panorama of the United Nations General Assembly taken in October 2012. Photo by Spiff - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137962580A panorama of the United Nations General Assembly taken in October 2012. Photo by Spiff – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia

A smirk laid bare the United Nations’ unremitting hostility toward the state of Israel and its people.

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‘No place for UNRWA in new Gaza,’ declares Board of Peace as ‘technocratic’ gov’t touts postwar plans  

Peloni:  A single point of hope stemming from the ignominious 20 Point Plan which was to see the security threat from Gaza permanently neutralized. Balancing the elimination of UNWRA in Gaza while preventing the elimination of Hamas and its control in Gaza fundamentally distorts the provisions of Trump’s infamous 20 Point Plan in a way which entirely ignores Israel security needs.  Hamas must be destroyed, and UNWRA must be dismantled everywhere, not just in Gaza.

Hamas refuses to give up weapons located in tunnels and weapon depots

Hanan Lischinsky | All Israel News | Published: July 2, 2026

Security camera footage capturing two Hamas terrorists, who were also UNRWA employees, as they loaded the body of a murdered Israeli civilian onto a truck on October 7.  Screengrab via XSecurity camera footage capturing two Hamas terrorists, who were also UNRWA employees, as they loaded the body of a murdered Israeli civilian onto a truck on October 7. Screengrab via X

The U.S.-backed Gaza Board of Peace (BoP) declared on Wednesday that UNRWA, the controversial UN aid body for Palestinian refugees, has “no place in the new Gaza” against the background of the annual Pledging Conference for the agency.

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Qatar’s Ongoing Pro-Iran Anti-US Direction  

By: Yigal Carmon | MEMRI | July 2, 2026

Cartoon in Qatari daily: Trump raises white flag in Iran (Al-Arabi Al-Jadid, London, June 25, 2026).  Image via MEMRI.orgCartoon in Qatari daily: Trump raises white flag in Iran (Al-Arabi Al-Jadid, London, June 25, 2026). Image via MEMRI.org

Amid criticism across the Arab world—particularly in the Gulf states—of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) recently signed by the U.S. and Iran to end the war,[1] and against the backdrop of concerns over potential Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz,[2] Qatar, which played a role in drafting the MOU, is expressing satisfaction with the agreement and portraying it as a clear victory for Iran and defeat and humiliation for the U.S.

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US “Aid” to Israel: Windfall, Not Burden, for US Taxpayers  

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | July 3, 2026

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*The US defense, aerospace and commercial high-tech industries, as well as the US Armed Forces, have leveraged Israel’s stature as the world’s most militarily and technologically challenged society, which has been forced to develop ground-breaking, time and cost-effective solutions, moving swiftly from concept to fully operational capabilities.

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DONALD TRUMP blows up the Woke Reich & Pins the Tinfoil Cap on the GOP’s Malcontents!  

PART II: IS THERE A LEGITIMATE REASON FOR AMERICA TO WAGE WAR ON IRAN?  IS IT REASONABLE TO EXPECT WARS TO GO EASY?  DO TRUMP’S CRITICS LIVE IN A FANTASY WORLD? IS THERE A JOKE IN HERE SOMEWHERE?

Andrew Benjamin | Jun 30, 2026

THIS IS A STORY THAT YOU CANNOT READ ANYWHERE ELSE – INCLUDING THE TOP SECRET REPORT ABOUT IRAQI WMD YOU CANNOT UNREAD – DECLASSIFIED HERE…

PART II

The Qatarlsonites tell us Iran was unfairly targeted by those mean Zionists from “that shitty little country” (the words of a French ambassador to describe THE INNOVATION NATION that happens not to be France).

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US and Saudis reportedly at odds over Hormuz security  

Peloni:  The Saudis refuse to accept that they no longer control Washington policy as significantly as it once did.  The real dynamic which must be considered is to what degree Washington is being manipulated towards empowering Turkey against the interests of all others.  The real concern for Israel and the Saudis both will be in the context of what terms Trump will pursue in making the peace once the war with Iran is finally ended.  It seems that Turkey is routinely the winner of Trump’s Middle East policies, no matter the context, and with Trump advancing the Turkish sycophant Tom Barrack with ever greater authority in his administration, it is little mystery why that is so.

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Israel Update: Can Israel Save The US From Its Mistakes?  

Peloni:  Guest host Dan Shueftan** joins Gadi Taub discuss the Lebanon Deal in light of the MOU.  Their conversation leads to the conclusion that history offers a clear lesson: when the West mistakes ideological radicalism for ordinary statecraft, deterrence gives way to appeasement, and the costs in the region only grows. Their discussion covers a sweeping review of the history of American policy which has too often repeated the same strategic errors with the same conclusion: Israel’s security is dependent upon resisting these errors rather than accommodating them.

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Learning the Lessons of “Total Victory”  

Avi Abelow | Meta | July 2, 2026

Nitzan Alon’s Attack on “Total Victory” Exposes the Left’s Defeatist Mentality – While Gal Hirsch Delivered Results

Almost three years into this grueling war, with our Iranian backed enemies devastated on every front, all the hostages miraculously returned home and rebuilding their lives, the political left in Israel refuses to give Prime Minister Netanyahu even a shred of recognition for these historic achievements—instead, they attack him with conscious, vicious, visceral hatred, as I personally witnessed last night when crowds booed him at the Maccabiah Games opening ceremony.

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Inside the “Subsidy Scam”: Why It’s Time to Break the U.S.-Israel Aid Leash  

Peloni:  As a strong independent Israel makes for an even stronger, more independent America.  This was true in the past, and it will be true in the future.  The leash which holds Israel at bay restrains its ability to not only act in ways which benefit and protect the Israeli people, but which would benefit and protect the American people as well.  Recall that if not for an unrestrained Israel in 1981, America would have been facing a nuclear Iraq when it chose to face down Saddam Hussein in 1990.

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PM Menachem Begin meets with Ambassador Samuel Lewis shortly after his appointment on June 21, 1977. Screengrab via YoutubePM Menachem Begin meets with Ambassador Samuel Lewis shortly after his appointment on June 21, 1977. Screengrab via Youtube

For over half a century, the foreign policy establishments in both Washington and Jerusalem have maintained a polite geopolitical fiction: that Israel is a strategic charity case, permanently indebted to the United States for its survival. This narrative is a calculated lie. Israel was never “saved” by America. Historically, the inverse is truer. When Israel stood on the precipice of total, landscape-altering victories, Washington systematically used its leverage to halt operations mid-battle to protect its own diplomatic equities.

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Israel divided: Ideological politics in the Jewish State  

Peloni:  Moshe Phillips captures the real context of the political divide in Israel, ie Hawks and Doves.  Indeed, this Israeli reality stands as a stark contrast to the socio-economic issues which dominate most of the rest of the world’s political divides.  Notably, Trump’s move to quash a war in Iran to deal with rising energy costs at home demonstrates this distinction which again contrasts with Bibi having no such interest in prioritizing economics over security matters.  Notably, in Israel the issue of land settlement joins the two issues of security and economics together as one.  The actions under the current govt has demonstrated an acknowledgement in moving towards this goal in measurable but cautious ways, even as it was elected by a pre-October 7 electorate while being spurned to act by the post-October 7 realities.  So, with this in mind, what might we expect the next govt to do, ie one chosen by an electorate wisened by the tragedies of the past three years.  The possibilities are quite encouraging.

The history of the right vs. left ideological divide in Israel has taken a strange turn in the aftermath of October 7, after it was the mostly left-leaning kibbutzim who were invaded. 

Rael Jean Isaac. Screengrab via YoutubeRael Jean Isaac. Screengrab via Youtube

Social scientist and pro-Israel author Rael Jean Isaac passed away in New York late last month at the age of 93.  Together with her late husband, Erich Isaac, and their colleague Edward Alexander, Dr. Isaac was a central figure in a group of activist intellectuals who were at the forefront of pro-Israel advocacy for many decades with much of this work being done through Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI), of which she was a founder.

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Congress Should Not Seat America’s Enemies  

Peloni:  Will the US Congress seat as members who call for the death of America to that august body?

The constitutional case for keeping Democratic Socialists of America members out of office.

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 Victor Berger, Socialist Congressman of Wisconsin at White House. Photo by Harris & Ewing, photographer - Library of CongressCatalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2016891838Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/hec/42500/42592v.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016891838/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67875417 Victor Berger, Socialist Congressman of Wisconsin at White House. Photo by Harris & Ewing, photographer – Library of CongressCatalog. Image download: cdn.loc.gov Original url: www.loc.gov, Public Domain, Wikipedia

After the New York and New Jersey Democratic primaries, it now seems likely that the next freshman class of the House will include Dariazila Avila Chevalier, a Muslim convert who co-founded an organization that tweeted “Death to America” and who bragged, “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag” as well as Hisham ‘Adam’ Hamawy: an associate of the Blind Sheikh terrorist leader who testified on his behalf at his terror trial.

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Netanyahu won’t rule out Gaza settlements, addresses US aid, Iran threats & Turkey  

Peloni:  When PM Netanyahu states that “I am expanding the national camp,” it is an acknowledgement that the national camp has expanded.  The opposition to the national camp has weakened and today even Lapid dares not embrace the specter of the Two State Solution, even as the Americans continue to harbor such eventualities.   The question arises then, which candidate will actually be capable of telling the Americans no when such an eventuality comes to be once again realize.

‘I think Erdogan forgot that the rule of the Ottoman Empire ended’

All Israel News Staff | Published: July 1, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Channel 14 show “The Patriots” (Photo: Screenshot)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night declined to rule out plans for what he described as “voluntary emigration” of residents from Gaza, during a wide-reaching interview on Israel’s Channel 14 News that touched on Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey and relations with the U.S.

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