Peloni:  This is an important video.  Rabbi Pesach Wolicki addresses the likely conclusion that Mojtaba Khameini is dead, what should be concluded from US regional partners paying homage to the former Ayahtollah Khameini, the rising threat and its relevance of Turkey, and the failing relevance of the MOU.  Of particular note is Wolicki’s comments on Turkey which begin at about the 15min. mark.  As I have noted previously, Erdogan will not gain access to the F-35, but the threat he poses is still significant, though not entirely unchecked at this point even within the halls of power in Turkey, something which the Hoover Institute’s Mike Doran has noted previously.

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Reform Movement President, Rick Jacobs, speaks for radical American Ashkenazis, not the entire Jewish People. He sits on the board of the New Israel Fund and on the rabbinic cabinet of J Street, both antagonistic to the Jewish State.

Ronn Torossian | July 8, 22026

Reform Movement President, Rick Jacobs. Screengrab via Youtube.

Reform Movement President, Rick Jacobs, came to Israel this week to tell Israelis what’s wrong with Israel. The leader of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) warned on Ynet that Knesset legislation is pushing American Jews away, that bipartisan support for Israel is fraying, that restoring it may be “enormous, perhaps impossible.” Jacobs is right that bipartisan support is fraying, and he could have added that Reform Movement support for the Jewish state has always been ambivalent.

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Peloni:  Mike Doran and Gadi Taub are back together again on Israel Update to take a closer look at the building constitutional crisis in Israel, and they also address whose predictions on the MOU proved more accurate.

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Peloni:  The strikes from Iran and on Iran have continued thru the day.  Will the emboldened Iranians break Trump’s efforts to save them from themselves, even thru the summer?   It looks like that might be the case, but we will see.

Reports of explosions in Lavan Island, Iran.

— ME24 – Middle East 24 (@MiddleEast_24) July 8, 2026

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Peloni:  The loss of the Altalena and all of its arms, as well as the future potential of additional secret shipments from France under Operation Bid, was a devastating and heartbreaking cost of the War of Independence.  Recalling the role which Yitzak Rabin played in that battle, targeting the men on the Altalena, demonstrates the scourge which remains the greatest threat to Israel’s survival to this day.  Notably, the massive arms supply still on the Altalena at the time of its sinking could have turned the tide in retaking the Old Jewish Quarter.  Ben Gurion’s ambition, as fulfilled by Rabin’s calumny, unfortunately sank all hope of forcing Abdullah’s British-led, British-armed, British-funded, and British-officered Arab Legion from its illegal seizure of lands which are still today waiting to be fully recognized using Israeli law.  The entire nature of the conflict in the region changed because of the Sinat Hinam which instead demanded the instantaneous surrender of the priceless means by which our heritage could have been secured and fully recognized in 1948, instead of being rescued in 1967 only to be qualified as disputed lands ever since.  This was the terrible price paid to secure the ambitions and poor judgements of men in power such as Ben Gurion and that butcher Rabin, and if not for the wisdom and selfless regard of Menachem Begin, this price would have been far greater.  Nonetheless, we remain as  the greatest threat to our people, our nation and our survival with modern day equivalents to the struggle which led to the loss of the Altalena, as well as the challenge to the stabilization of the Jewish State under the control of the Jewish people.

“Sinat hinam,” baseless hatred, was the cause of the destruction of the Second Temple, and remains our great vulnerability and challenge.

Douglas Altabef | July 7, 2026

Tel Aviv Altlana Description: The ship Altlana catches fire off the coast of Tel Aviv. Wikipedia

One of the most searing, frightening but ultimately instructive events in the creation of the nascent State of Israel was the attempted landing, leading to the attack and the sinking of the Altalena beginning on June 20, 1948. The ship was carrying weaponry that was going to be used by Revisionist Irgun forces as well as the newly configured IDF.

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Peloni:  This is an important point to raise.  It was noted during Mamdani’s campaign for Mayor of NYC that he was the fusion candidate of Islamists and Communists, but many preferred to describe the real threat from Mamdani was from the fact that he was a Communist, when greater clarity, both before his successful election and afterwards demonstrates the real threat he raises is from his Islamist rather than communist leanings.  Even so, I don’t believe Trump ever attacked Mamdani based on his Islamist views.  These are important failings when dealing with such an enveloping threat as Jihad rising within the wire, as it were.

By Sha’i ben-Tekoa

On July 4th, 250 years after the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, President Trump delivered two, barn-burning, patriotic “proud to be an American” speeches, praising America as the No.1 country in the world, while rehearsing the deeds of one American war hero after another.

Only, today America’s most dangerous enemy is not a military threat at all.

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Peloni:  In this press conference Trump addresses his being targeted for assassination at least twice and dodges explanations about why he is no longer flying the Qatari plane more than once by incredulously explaining that the plane will be going to US bases in Europe for the soldiers to see.  He also explains that his previous description of the ‘rational’ new leaders in Iran was found to be in error after he came “to know them”.  He also suggest that “We can play games, but I’m not sure I want to make a deal. I’ll just finished the job.”  Article below discusses this in detail.  He goes on to state that while he hasn’t decided about giving the F-35 to Turkey, he is inclined to do so even as he acknowledges that Erodgan is not a ‘fan’ of Netanyahu or Israel. 

In looking at all that has taken shape since the MOU came to replaced the war, it must be recalled that Trump’s acknowledged reason for entertaining the MOU was to calm energy markets.  This was achieved, but Iran’s incessantly petulant nature has come to recurrently threaten this basis for continuing the MOU.  So are we back to war now?  Well, we will see, but as I have noted previously, the situation in Iran can only end with the clear capitulation of America or Iran, and I still don’t believe that Trump is going to make his legacy that of capitulating to Iran, but we will see.

Regarding the F-35s going to Turkey, it isn’t going to happen.  Too many vested political interests in the US would need to support this change in US policy, and the current political environment is not suitable to support such a change, no matter what Trump decides.

Full Press Conference at Bottom

By Andrew Rice | The Center Square | July 8, 2026

Pres. Trump, Sec. of State Rubio, Sec. of Treasury Bessent, and Sec. of War Hegseth during a press conference at Ankara, Turkey. Screengrab via Youtube

President Donald Trump said the United States will “probably” strike Iran again on Wednesday night, after casting doubt on the ceasefire between the two countries.

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Peloni:  This is an important move by the govt to assert the limitation of the High Court.  It also has important applications as a standing precedent for the govt to act in a similar manner going into the future.  Notably, the Opposition Parties are pressing to support the insanity of having an unlimited authority of the judiciary while diminishing the authority of the govt which was empowered by the same democratic election process which empowered the Opposition Parties to have any voice in what they are supporting.  The laws must be enforced, and the courts should be used to measure and consider laws, but the whole cloth effort by the High Court to deem that it has the power to either write its own legislation or to ignore long existing and enforced legislation (as is the case in the matter at hand), exposes the extra judicial nature of the power which the High Court is employing, and in which the Opposition Parties are supporting that they do.  What the High Court and its allies are advocating is not democracy.  It is tyranny.

by Nils A. Haug  •  Gatestone Institute  •  July 8, 2026

• Well, it finally happened. The executive branch – Israel’s government – has apparently had enough of the activist, self-selected Supreme Court endeavoring to micro-manage policy decisions that have nothing to do with it.

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Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger | “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” | July 8, 2026

inFOCUS Magazine, Summer 2026

Israeli Air Force members wait for F-35I Adirs to launch for a Red Flag-Nellis 23-2 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 16, 2023. Photo by Airman 1st Class Trevor Bell – Dvidshub.net, Public Domain, Wikipedia

In the arena of US alliances, no relationship delivers the outsized return for the American taxpayer as does the US-Israel partnership.

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Peloni:  Additional reporting below Pamela Geller’s report.

US Bombing Iran

By Pamela Geller | July 7, 2026

US responds to Iranian attacks on shipping in Strait of Hormuz, July 7, 2026. Screengrab via Youtube

U.S. Central Command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway. The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire.

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by Gerald A. Honigman

Harry S. Truman holding the Chicago Daily Tribune with the erroneous headline, “Dewey Defeats Truman”, at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 4, 1948, after winning the 1948 United States presidential election. Photo by Byron H. Rollins – Originally distributed by the Associated Press and published in numerous newspapers on November 5, 1948., Public Domain, Wikipedia

https://nypost.com/2026/07/06/world-news/iran-fires-missiles-at-commercial-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz/

The latest news above showcasing the surviving Iranian mullahs’s bravado is beyond depressing…

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Update: Im Tirtu:  Officials in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan are being forced to consider the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Israel (which were downgraded by Jordan after October 7) following the expiration of Israel’s 2021 agreement to double its 50 million cubic meter annual water commitments to the Hashemite Kingdom, according to a Kan News report.

Israel still supplies the initial 50 million annual cubic meters of water to Jordan mandated in their 1994 peace agreement, with Energy Minister Eli Cohen holding steadfast against renewing the 2021 doubling of water provisions until full diplomatic relations are restored.

All Israel News Staff | Published: July 7, 2026

Mujib Dam and reservoir at the head of Wadi Mujib, Jordan. (Photo: Daniel Case/Wikimedia Commons)

Israel and Jordan are at odds over a longstanding water-sharing agreement, with Jerusalem signaling it intends to reduce water exports to its eastern neighbor unless diplomatic relations improve – a dispute that is testing one of Israel’s most important regional partnerships.

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Peloni:  Actually, those responsible for the weaponizing of psychopathy under the tuteledge of UNWRA are guilty of War Crimes, great slaughters, and the psychological abuse of generations of children while significantly profitting from these miseries, tortures and savageries. Such high crimes committed at the societal level should warrant a sentence of death, not prison.

Those who took $1 billion a year from Western taxpayers to poison the minds of Palestinian children need to be held accountable. Someone needs to go to prison. https://t.co/hVFm445oof

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 7, 2026

By Michel Benchimol

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Minister Anita Anand. Photo bBy The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia [Cropped]

An Open Letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Foreign Minister Anita Anand

Prime Minister Carney. Minister Anand.

I accuse you.

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By Moshe Phillips

Ali Khamenei’s Funeral.  Screengrab via Youtube

The spotlight on the funeral events for Iran’s late leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran has exposed some of the most rabid anti-American and anti-Israel extremists for what they truly are.

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Peloni:  Iran is doing that Iran thing again.  No surprises as this should have been expected by everyone.  The question remains as to how Trump will respond.  So we will see.

Valerie Locke | Israel365 | July 6, 2026

“Public Domain: WWII: Atom Bomb, Nagasaki, August 1945 (HD-SN-99-02901 DOD/NARA)” by pingnews.com is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

Satellite imagery reviewed by a Washington nuclear watchdog shows continued construction at Iran’s most secretive nuclear site even as Tehran sits across the table from American negotiators, raising the question of whether the regime is preparing a hedge against the very diplomacy it claims to be pursuing in good faith.

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Peloni:  The war continues, even as we are being told that negotiations are proceeding.  The end of the war will only come from a surrender by the US or by Iran, so we will see what comes next, but I don’t anticipate the US surrendering, and Iran will not allow such a surrender to be ambiguous or inconsequential.  This is why I have been stating that this war is not over, and so far events have not changed my view in stating this, and in fact, the Iranian burial of their previous leadership has only made this conclusion all the more likely.

IRGC warns ships to use route closer to Iranian coast

Peloni:  One way or another, let us hope so.

Yossi Baum | X | July 6, 2026

President Donald Trump meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a dinner with NATO Summit leaders at the Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (By The White House – Flickr, Public Domain, Wikipedia

I see concerns in the feed about the warming of relations between Trump and Erdogan, supposedly, the upcoming sale of F-35s to Turkey.

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by Rafael Medoff

Dame Sarah Mullally. Photo by Roger Harris – https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/4696/Portrait?cropType=ThreeTwoGallery: Members.parliament.uk, CC BY 3.0, Wikipedia

Why would England’s most important Christian religious leader embrace supporters of a terrorist group that slaughtered seventeen American Christians?

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