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An Open Letter to President Trump  

by Linda and Rob Goudsmit | February 11, 2026

To President Donald J. Trump:

I am writing to you because I am having trouble understanding your current foreign policy as it pertains to Iran, Hamas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. I am very confused over these negotiations especially with Iran and Hamas. Please explain why you are negotiating with Iran over a nuclear program that your B-2 bomber attack destroyed. I know that you know way more than I do, but on its face, you are missing a very important fact. The fact is that religious Islamic doctrine clearly and unequivocally states that Islam must destroy the West, kill Jews and Christians, and establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate. These are uncontested facts, Mr. President. Islamic doctrine is the unifying and guiding religious ideology for all Sunni and Shia Muslims worldwide.

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February 11, 2026 | 10:55 pm | Comments »

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Keep Out Sharia, Keep Out Radical Islam  

Peloni:  Must Read Article

The recent Sharia-Free America Caucus hearings revealed a very unsettling and growing threat.

Janet Levy | AM Thinker | February 11, 2026

Whenever patriots rise to defend America from radical Islam, liberals dismiss them as alarmist or Islamophobic. Therefore, criticism is likely to increase after the February 10th Sharia Free America hearings of the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government. But not only is the threat real, it also grows stronger from apologists who insist that Islam is a religion of peace, even though Islamist groups openly swear by its medieval tenets of world conquest.

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February 11, 2026 | 5:23 pm | Comments »

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Robert Spencer testifies before Congress about Sharia  

By | Feb 11, 2026

On Tuesday, February 10, I appeared before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government to testify about Sharia. I gave a five-minute statement and then took questions from various representatives. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Rep. Mark Harris (R-N.C.), Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), and Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Tex.) asked incisive and illuminating questions.

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February 11, 2026 | 4:38 pm | 1 Comment »

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Shapiro reviews Bannon’s Ties with Epstein  

Peloni:  Ben Shapiro reviews what has so far been revealed about the role played by Bannon and his connection to Jeffrey Epstein.  The irony written by reality begins with Bannon taking credit for derailing Trump’s China trade agreement and ends with Bannon’s producing a video attempting to reform Epstein following him producing a video trying to repair Epstein’s tainted image due to his conviction.  A very revealing 10 min. video

 

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February 11, 2026 | 2:20 pm | Comments »

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Israeli Sovereignty: The only path to stability in the Middle East  

A misunderstanding of the Middle East has led President Trump to criticize steps toward Israeli sovereignty. We must be clear: sovereignty is what will bring stability. 

By Michael Vadon - Donald Trump Sr at Citizens United Freedom Summit in Greenville South Carolina May 2015 by Michael Vadon, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72181496Photo by Michael Vadon – Donald Trump Sr at Citizens United Freedom Summit in Greenville South Carolina May 2015 by Michael Vadon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

President Trump’s opposition to applying Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria stems from a Western view that sees such a step as destabilizing. In the Middle Eastern context, however, this is a misreading of reality. Israeli sovereignty is a necessary strategic move.

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February 11, 2026 | 9:22 am | 8 Comments »

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Now it’s official: Where was the Air Force on October 7?  

Peloni:  We first reported on this story early last year, in which Yossi Baum revealed the startling findings about the trap in which PM Netanyahu found himself caught in the early hours of October 7, while the innocents in the Kibbutzim surrounding Gaza, along with the Nova Music Festival goers, were being slaughtered.  In what has been become a basis for bizarre antisemitic plot lines put forward by sensationalizing podcasters and talking heads, the mystery surrounding Israel’s nearly silent response in the early hours of October 7, which stretched through that terrible day, the reports and deductions put forward by Weiss and Baum led to the revelations that the legal fraternity in Israel held Israel’s political elites in a state of capture, delaying and compromising the possibility of a vigorous and fearsome response to the terrorist attack on October 7.  With PM Netanyahu’s statement on the events of October 7, first revealed to the State Comptroller, and now released to the public, we have eye-witness confirmation from the Prime Minister himself recounting the unbelievable tragedy which was purposefully made worse by the very legal and judicial systems which should have acted to support the gov’ts efforts in protecting the citizens of Israel and defending the nation on October 7.  No greater condemnation than this could be made of the political infighting which betrayed the nation that day, just as no greater statement of support for Judicial Reform might be construed from the institutionalized failures which aided the wholesale slaughter of so many, not to mention the more than 250 precious innocent lives who were stolen away into the hell hole terror dens in the tunnels of Gaza during the near paralysis in those precious early hours of October 7.

Notably, this is not likely to be the worst of what will be revealed in the hopefully not too distant future.

Yossi Baum | X  | Feb 8, 2026

Screengrab via Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcV7yNecnJk&t=87sScreengrab via Youtube.

In Netanyahu’s document it was officially revealed: despite the fact that Netanyahu declared war in the early morning hours of October 7, the declaration was not implemented until the late night hours (in practice, until October 8).

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February 11, 2026 | 8:45 am | 4 Comments »

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US and UK express opposition to security cabinet decision to expand Israeli control over Judea and Samaria  

Peloni:  First, there is no annexation taking place, and the land in question is actually called Judea and Samaria.  Second, the repeal of antisemitic laws should be celebrated by all descent thinking people, and this should include the leadership in the US, even if it can not include those in the British leadership.  It is no wonder that Trump has yet to be so bold as his antisemitic equal in the UK, who personally endorses antisemitic standards as an ultimate good.  Indeed, only rank depravity could find support for the continuation of the antisemitic standards such as Jordan’s Law #40 which were overturned in the Land Reform measures adopted earlier this week.

Statement by British foreign office appears to impose borders of Palestinian state in contradiction to Oslo Accords

Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Finance Minister. Screengrab via Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VCVQ726ve0Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Finance Minister. Screengrab via Youtube 

Following the announcement by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Defense Minister Israel Katz of moves designed to strengthen Israeli control over Judea and Samaria – known internationally as the West Bank – U.S. and UK authorities issued condemnations on Monday evening.

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February 11, 2026 | 8:43 am | 8 Comments »

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Launches Probe After Daily Caller’s Explosive Report On Muslim-Linked City Plans  

Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer | Daily Caller |

Texas AG Ken Paxton. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America - Ken Paxton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157306548Texas AG Ken Paxton. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Ken Paxton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikipedia

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday that his office launched a formal investigation into a proposed massive “sustainable city” development in Kaufman County, Texas.

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February 11, 2026 | 8:31 am | Comments »

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First Implementation of 2023 Citizenship Revocation Law  

Pay for Slay leads to deportation following citizenship revocation

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Coalition whip, MK Ofir Katz celebrated the initiation of enactments of his 2023 law stripping terrorists of Israeli citizenship and deporting them to either the PA controlled territories or Gaza.  Screengrab via Youtube https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mlSxxX4GlrUCoalition whip, MK Ofir Katz celebrated the initiation of enactments of his 2023 law stripping terrorists of Israeli citizenship and deporting them to either the PA controlled territories or Gaza. Screengrab via Youtube 

The first implementation of a 2023 law allowing for the revocation of citizenship from individuals convicted of terrorism was signed on February 10 by PM Netanyahu.  The signed orders strip the terrorists of Israeli citizenship following which they will be deported, having been previously convicted of deadly attacks against their fellow Israeli civilians.  This marks a historic first application of the law providing for deportation of terrorists to either the PA controlled territories or the Gaza Strip, the latter being reported as being where the two deportees will be bound

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February 11, 2026 | 7:49 am | 1 Comment »

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China’s Quest to Control the Middle East  

Mudar Zahran

Take a look at the Belt and Road Initiative. Many experts barely discuss it, yet it’s essentially China reviving the Silk Road, building new trade routes to expand influence over global commerce, especially across the Middle East.

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February 11, 2026 | 6:20 am | Comments »

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Will Trump Oppose Israeli Land Reform?  

Peloni:  Trump has repeatedly asserted that he will oppose the ‘annexation’ of the ‘West Bank’.  Israel has never expressed interest in annexing it’s own land, and Judea and Samaria are Israeli lands which have simply awaited the extension of Israeli law in these lands.  Hence, the double pejorative included in the rhetoric expressed in previous statements by Trump lack a clear bearing on the question of whether Jews should be precluded in buying land in the Jewish heartlands of Judea and Samaria simply because they are Jews.  Is the most pro-Israel President in history about to tell Jews that they can not buy land in Israel because they are Jews?  The land reform approved yesterday by the Security cabinet has nothing to do with annexing anything.  It simply has to do with ending antisemitic doctrines which have been left enforced in the Jewish state for decades.  Notably, among other relevant acts, Trump led the way for Jews and African Americans to join private nightclubs in exclusive Palm Beach, Fl.  Recognizing this important role which Trump played in fighting for Jewish rights, something which he has been quite proud of referencing, will he now allow himself to be manipulated into fighting to restrict the rights of Jews from purchasing land parcels inside the Jewish state?  I think the clarity of this context will be distasteful to Trump and his base.  So we will see how far will Trump go to satisfy his Arab ‘partners’.

 

February 10, 2026 | 8:29 pm | 6 Comments »

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Channel 14 Exclusive: Force 500 is Hamas Ploy Against Disarmament  

Peloni:  This is what comes from giving terrorists unlimited control to organize over five months and counting.   As the Peace Processors continue to apply less rationale or scrutiny than would be applied in a divorce proceeding, their attempts at social engineering a new round of ‘peace’ will only lead to more terror and greater slaughters.

Roamnrab: Just as I have been saying since day one of Trump’s Gaza Nebka!

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February 10, 2026 | 7:54 pm | Comments »

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How history repeats itself: Lessons from Menachem Begin  

We see where the world is going and the dangers for the Jewish people.

Ronn Torossian | Feb 10, 2026

Among the many fascinating factors of maintaining offices in Metzuzat Ze’ev (Ze’ev’s Fortress) on King George Street in Tel Aviv, which has long served as the ideological and administrative headquarters of Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s movement, including Revisionist Zionism, Betar and the Herut/Likud movement, is how often Jewish history repeats itself.

The building, which started as a Betar club, was renamed the Jabotinsky Institute. As when Betar became illegal during battles to remove the British from our land, it was clear that a museum—an archives—for Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the leader of the Revisionist movement, couldn’t be removed or made illegal.

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February 10, 2026 | 7:49 pm | Comments »

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Islamic Assassins Without Borders  

Peloni:  Anni Cyrus asks the right question, why is America dealing with terrorists.  A better question is why is America funding terrorists.  From UNRWA to the PA and likely soon to include whatever takes shape in Gaza, American dollars would be better spent at home than in the blood soaked hands of these terror groups.

The full hour length video can be seen HERE

 

February 10, 2026 | 7:04 pm | Comments »

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From Israel: The Lunacy and the Challenge!!  

Peloni:  An important look at the nuanced perspectives on why the Americans have it all wrong and are being misled.  Highly recommended reading.

Arlene Kushner | February 10, 2026Crystal Ball. Image via UnsplashCrystal Ball. Image via Unsplash
Lunacy seems a fitting term to describe the current status of the face-off between the US and Iran. The challenge for us here in Israel is to do our best to understand what is going on and what we are likely to expect moving forward. This is no small feat: it is, in fact, an undertaking of the first order.

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February 10, 2026 | 3:38 pm | Comments »

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US praises Lebanese army for discovering Hezbollah weapons tunnel, while terror group touts its own ‘military strength’  

Peloni:  The LAF was tasked last year to disarm Hezbollah, and despite this being their objective, the US is now heralding the LAF having simply identified Hezbollah weapons depots while ignoring their mandate to disarm Hezbollah.  It isn’t that the impossibility of the LAF fulfilling their primary objective is not known to the US, it is that Lebanon’s capture by Hezbollah is treated as an inconvenient truth which is constantly ignored by the Americans who continue to confer bipartisan support (read as nearly half a billion dollars in 2024 and another quarter billion dollars in 2025) for Lebanon.

 

Hezbollah tunnel was found south of Litani, where Lebanese army claimed terror group’s presence had ended

U.S. Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper praised the Lebanese Armed Forces for discovering a massive weapons depot belonging to Hezbollah on Monday, several days after a visit of the LAF commander revealed tensions with the U.S.

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February 10, 2026 | 3:08 pm | Comments »

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Dear Mr. President, Please Reconsider Your Policies Towards America’s Most Loyal Allies in the Middle East…  

by Gerald A. Honigman

With the various Islamist Arab and Arabized Iranian jihadi slaughter of Kurds and Iranians once again making news, along with that of black African, Druze, Assyrian and other Middle Eastern Christian victims as well, as a NPA Independent who voted for you twice, and via published articles have encouraged others to do so as well, I’d like to share some thoughts with you regarding the plight and quest for justice for the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) various peoples.

To help provide you with some credentials, my work on these topics has been placed on recommended reference lists in such places as Paris’s acclaimed Institut d’etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), and Georgetown, the American University of Beirut, Cornell, NYU, UF, Wesleyan, Penn State, Kobe University, UC-Irvine, the main library system of the Abraham Accords’s United Arab Emirates, and numerous other universities are using my published works as well.

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February 10, 2026 | 11:51 am | Comments »

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Zelensky on a Mission from God  

By Alexander G. Markovsky

Soviet POWs covering a mass grave after the Babi Yar massacre, October 1, 1941.  Photo by Johannes Hähle - http://history.kby.kiev.ua/publication/illu_b15.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107741041Soviet POWs covering a mass grave after the Babi Yar massacre, October 1, 1941. Photo by Johannes Hähle – History.kby.kiev.ua, Public Domain, Wikipedia

It’s been said that God acts in mysterious ways. In Judaism, the belief that vengeance belongs to God is rooted in the verse, “It is Mine to avenge; I will repay,” declares God (Deut. 32:35). From this perspective, it is plausible that to implement the God’s will and exact vengeance on Ukrainians for the atrocious crimes committed against Jews over the centuries, God has brought Vladimir Zelensky down to Earth and made him the President of Ukraine.

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February 10, 2026 | 7:25 am | 6 Comments »

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