Peloni:  Libels, half truths, and misdirections…

Note the final paragraph  of the TOI article which includes the suggestion that some of Carlson’s statement were reminiscent of the far left in the US, which should be have come at the beginning of the column as it is the focus of Carlson to do what the far left can not, ie legitimize Jew Hatred in the eyes of Trump’s base, split Trump’s party and defeat Trump in the coming midterms while providing protective rhetoric to both Qatar and Iran.

Debate requires honest reporting and substantiated factual bases of what is discussed, which is why this debate with an cloaked Obama-lyte commentator should not have taken place, and why US conservatives should not continue providing Carlson a prominent position on the Right. Instead, they should recognize their opposition when they see it.  Failing to do so only advances the demise of the America First agenda as the Iranian menace is left in place to become an even more radical and far more dangerous threat to America and the West than North Korea will ever be

In program including interview with Huckabee, right-wing commentator launches litany of unsubstantiated claims echoing antisemitic tropes, falsely says Herzog visited Epstein island

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff | TOI | Feb 21, 2026

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In a program released Friday following his brief visit to Israel, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson claimed the Israeli government targeted his family, called the Jewish state “probably the most violent country on earth” and falsely said President Isaac Herzog had visited Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous island, apparently citing a fake AI-generated image that had circulated online.

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Peloni:  The possibility of any US strike to be used to push the Mullahs to agree to Trump’s terms rather than  is a serious mistake would be a waste of good amunition which should instead be tarteted at bringing this Iranian regime to an end.

By Hugh Fitzgerald | Feb 21, 2026

Donald Trump speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Donald Trump, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

Those hoping for a massive attack on Iran to destroy what remains of its nuclear program, to devastate its store of 1,500-2,000 ballistic missiles, and to get Iran to agree to stop giving support to its proxies, the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah, may well be disappointed. Though every other day President Donald Trump changes his mind as to what he may, or may not, do in Iran, at the moment, his aides have let it be understood that he is now planning a limited strike that would leave the supreme leader’s regime in place, but sufficiently chastened so that he will be more willing to accept American demands for a complete end to Iran’s nuclear program. More on Trump’s latest plan can be found here: “Trump says ‘considering’ limited strike on Iran to coax it into accepting deal on his terms,” Times of Israel, February 20, 2026:

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By Arlene Bridges Samuels | CBN | Feb 19, 2026

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The world’s population now exceeds eight billion and continues to grow. In the Middle East alone, seventeen Arab nations account for more than 515 million people. By contrast, Israel has just reached a population of about ten million, including a Jewish majority of slightly more than seven million.

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By Pamela Geller | February 21, 2026

Iranian protests January 2026. Screengrab via Youtube

Tehran’s university students have poured out of their campuses and into the streets for the first time since the massacre — and what they are chanting marks a seismic shift. Long regarded as the most left-leaning demographic in Iran, students are no longer rallying around vague slogans like “death to the dictator.” Instead, massive crowds are openly denouncing leftism and chanting “Javid Shah,” signaling a dramatic ideological turn. This is not symbolic nuance — it is a profound evolution.

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Peloni:  Why is Trump’s America First policy standing in line behind China?

by Gordon G. Chang  •  Gatestone Institute  •  February 20, 2026

The U.S. Department of Commerce has decided to allow American data centers to buy Chinese equipment, thereby permitting Beijing to steal as much as it wants and perhaps remotely control or take down these critical facilities. Commerce has also decided not to impose a ban on the U.S. operations of Chinese state-owned China Telecom.  Photo by NANSZEIQ HAZEIW 500 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia

• The U.S. Department of Commerce has decided to allow American data centers to buy Chinese equipment, thereby permitting Beijing to steal as much as it wants and perhaps remotely control or take down these critical facilities. Moreover, Commerce recently has not implemented a number of other obviously needed restrictions on Chinese technology and Chinese companies.

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Mudar Zahran

Map showcasing the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine (Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan) in 1923. Photo by Shuaaa2 – Own work, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia

The Simple Truth: Jordan did not gain independence in 1946. It officially and legally remained part of the British Mandate for Palestine until the morning the Mandate ended on 15 May 1948. All Mandate laws and international conventions applied to it as part of the British Mandate for Palestine until the British departure, not as the regime claims that a “kingdom was established” in 1946.

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Peloni:  Trump emonstrating that there more than one way to get a job done.

Harold Hutchison Media Reporter | Daily Caller | February 20, 2026

Pres. Trump gives press conference following announcement of SCOTUS ruling against his use of IEEPA. Screengrab via Youtube. 

President Donald Trump announced Friday he was using different legal authorities to continue tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down his use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

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Peloni:  Ben Shapiro warns against missing the opportunity to literally make the world a safer place to live.

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Peloni:  FM Sa’ar gives a great speech at the UN

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Peloni:  I worried about this possibility when the Saudi’s came to Washington and did an about face on their objections regarding any attack on Iran.  Saudi Arabia know how to obtain what they want, and once again, it appears that they have come to bring Washington to support Saudi interests rather than the reverse – a long accepted practice between Riyadh and Washington over the years.  This time, however, marks an altogether new level of concern as the Trump administration has dropped the requirements for guardrails preventing nuclear enrichment and the SNAP inspections to ensure compliance.

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Peloni:  Coordination between state security services to lock down citizens is a frightening and emerging feature of totalitarianism, but the quashing of dissent is not exclusively a feature of regimes such as China and Iran.  We are all of us old enough to recall when stolen elections were deemed to be a feature of such regimes as Iran, but the practice of employing electoral selection rather than political elections failed to remain outside the realm of Western democracies, did it…

Inside the Infrastructure That Silenced a Nation

Aynaz Anni Cyrus | Feb 18, 2026

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Iran’s protest suppression is no longer a purely domestic operation. It is now reinforced by Chinese technology, security doctrine, and training infrastructure.

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Jonathan Feldstein

Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking with attendees at the 2021 AmericaFest in Phoenix AZ. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Marjorie Taylor Greene, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

It’s said that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes truth. Sadly, that was displayed recently by someone with whom I was once friendly and who hosted me multiple times on his radio program, enthusiastic about my work building bridges between Jews and Christians in support of Israel.

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Peloni:  Deradicalization is an important step in dealing with the threat from Gaza, but let us be clear that only Israel has the interest in implementing a program which will silence the radicals in the Arab street.  While the UAE has made remarkable strides towards doing so within their own borders, is it reasonable to believe that they would do the same in Gaza when the UAE was among those who called on Israel not to invade Gaza at the beginning of the war and for Israel not to neutralize Hamas at the end of the war?  The radicals in Gaza are an Israeli problem and it requires an Israeli solution.

Peloni:  Dr. David Wurmser discusses Trump’s Board of Peace.

Peloni:  Videos don’t lie, but people do.

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Peloni:  As I have noted many times, the US has PLENTY of laws which might be used to target those who support and carry out terrorist attacks, and it is only a lack of political will which prevents serious penalties from being exacted for those who violate the laws described below, which go on being violated on a daily basis.  The failure to fully employ these laws as they were intended to be applied has cost many American lives, among many others, and this will continue to be true so long as evil is left to fester unabated while being fed millions of US dollars every year.

The U.S. secretary of state should consider designating the Palestinian Authority, PLO and their associated proxies as Foreign Terrorist Organizations due to active concealment of their violations.

Leonard Grunstein | Feb 19, 2026

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The Taylor Force Act (22 USC 2378c-1) was named in memory of Taylor Force, a U.S. veteran and graduate student who was visiting Israel and was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist. The Palestinian Authority awarded the terrorist’s family a stipend for his homicidal efforts, under its longtime “pay for slay” program.

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Peloni:  Oy vey…

Peloni:  Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (JISS President; former DG of Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs) and Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Amnon Sofrin (former Mossad Intelligence Directorate Chief) provide an important analysis of Trump’s initiative with the Board of Peace and its likely lack of success.  

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