Dear Friends,
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Peloni: I have to express my great appreciation to Andrew Benjamin for sharing this analysis of the recent victory in Hungary where Israel’s long standing ally, Victor Orban, was soundly defeated. While the answers to various questions ab0ut the new Hungarian leader remain uncertain, it is clear that many concerns about this election may have been quite unfounded. As Andy explains, time will tell, something which I often note myself.
Americans have seen the results of HOPE & CHANGE. It was not pretty. Are we seeing history repeat itself, if not exactly the same way? Incidentally, have we seen this play before?
Andrew Benjamin | Apr 19, 2026
“My job here is not to advance good ideas, but to kill the bad ones.” – John Kennedy, U.S. Senator, R-Louisiana. BOOK: “How to Test for Stupid”
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AN ELECTION WENT DOWN IN HUNGARY TO PARALLEL THAT OF FOUR YEARS AGO.
Does it mean the new Supreme Leader will have a better haircut and a better fitting suit than the one worn by the exiting Supreme Leader?
by Gerald A. Honigman
https://johnkassnews.com/keep-the-kurds-out-of-the-iran-war/
Firstly, I agree with Mr. Kass’s general premise.
His analysis is generally good, but has some major flaws, especially his acceptance of Turkish and Arab views of the PKK and the Kurds in general, and designating the PKK as basically Marxist, with all of the negative implications that translates into.
Peloni: Entering into a deal with Iran goes against US interests as it perpetuates the national theme in Iran which created the threat which brought the US to war today. Existential threats can not be negotiated out of existence. They warrant and demand being ripped out of power, root, stem and leaf.
by Amir Taheri • Gatestone Institute • April 19, 2026
A reshuffling of cards that leaves Iran’s regime in place in an altered form would not change the genetics of an ideology built around the radical rejection of accepted international law. Picutured: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Screengrab via Youtube
Peloni: These are two highly recommended videos. Amb. Tom Barrack continues to be the most dangerous man in the room, in any room he enters. A year ago, Mike Doran of the Hudson Institute noted that US policy successes will hinge on Trump’s Turkey policy. Unfortunately, it appears that Trump’s Turkey policy has taken the form of Tom Barrack’s badly misguided adoration of and advocacy for Turkey over all rational explanation. The two videos below by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki describe the true context of Trump’s Turkey policy, and why these policies are so bad for both Israel and the United States.
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The growing Israeli-Turkish rivalry might soon expand to Jordan.
Andrew Korybko | Apr 15, 2026
Image via AI
Turkiye, Syria, and Jordan signed a trilateral MoU in early April on transport cooperation that followed their meeting more than half a year prior last September where they first committed to reviving the Hejaz Railway. This late-Ottoman project connected Istanbul with Medina and Mecca but collapsed during World War I. Its restoration in contemporary times would imbue Turkiye with immense economic and strategic influence that’s expected to make Israel uncomfortable.
Peloni: This story becomes more and more concerning. What strike me as being most alarming is that this report is being investigated by the US intelligence agencies after being raised by the public, rather than the other way around, raising the question of why such an alarming trend would go unnoticed at the level of the DNI if not lower in the US intelligence networks.
By Pamela Geller |
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Speculation is swirling online about a series of deaths and disappearances involving around ten individuals connected to sensitive U.S. research sites like NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Los Alamos, with some suggesting a coordinated plot targeting nuclear or space programs. President Trump has acknowledged the cases and called them “serious.”
Michael Ordman | VGNI | April 19, 2026
In the 19th Mar 26 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
Peloni: So will Iran’s hard line gain softening of Trump’s demands, or will Iran concede to Trump’s terms or will the war resume til Iran accept Trump’s demands…either way, with the IRGC still in power in Iran, it should be understood that whatever happens, it will be an Iranian victory. Unfortunately, Trump has signaled all too clearly that leaving the IRGC in power is tied to an entirely positive outcome, and that will continue to be the self owned error achieved no matter which of these paths is pursued.
White House preparing for resumption of military operations if ceasefire expires without agreement
| Published: April 19, 2026
Cargo ship transitting Strait of Hormuz. Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Waters – This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 200417-N-PI330-0057 (next), Public Domain, Wikipedia
The Strait of Hormuz continues to be the focus of tension between the United States and Iran, after the Islamic regime again closed the waterway just hours after announcing its opening.
Peloni: Add to this, the normalization of Abbas and Palestinian Authority as peace partners as well as linking UNSR 2803 to the New York Declaration’s call for Palestinian statehood.
Janet Levy
Now Trump has stopped Israel from finishing off Hezbollah in Lebanon just like he stopped the complete annihilation of Hamas with his false statement that ‘Hamas will reform and give up its weapons.’ How did that work out? He tried to enlist the aid of anti-Israel countries like Turkey to “manage” the ceasefire.
Trump interfered in Israel’s rescue of non-Muslim minorities in Syria – the Alawites, Christians, Yazidis and Kurds.
By Sha’i ben-Tekoa
Logo for the Harvard Crimson introduced in 2020. By Harvard University – Gocrimson.com, Public Domain, Wikipedia
The Trump administration announced on March 20 that it is suing Harvard University for failing to act against antisemitism in its hallowed ivy-covered halls.
by Gerald A. Honigman
The Islamic Republic just illustrated, yet again (if continued rocketing of Israel by its Hizbullah proxy was not enough, after Trump warned Israel not to defend itself from this), why it must be totally brought down to Its knees with no chance of holding the world hostage again…
When will the otherwise reasonably astute American leader realize that he needs to deal with Iran the way President Harry S. Truman dealt with genocidal Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan during and post-WWII.
Peloni & David Fieldstone
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Mark Levin raises the concern about political resolve in American to enforce any deal Trump’s establishes with the Mullahs after Trump leaves office. The Democrats won’t enforce such a deal and neither will the isolationist Conservatives. Further recognizing that China has a great deal of influence among American leadership, something which Mark did not raise, would only add to the concern that the Iranians are looking to a brighter tomorrow once Trump is gone and Iran will be allowed to return to business as usual amid the possible lack of resolve by American leadership going forward. The way to cement American interests with Iran is not thru an agreement which was achieved thru the force of arms, but thru the permanent replacement of the ideology in Iran which makes Iran inherently and existentially, a threat to America. Regime change, not negotiations, is the answer needed in Iran.
Secrets about the Middle East are only with me, the rabbi of the Arabian Island
Rabbi Jacob Herzog | April 15, 2026
* Reza Pahlavi, the former Iranian crown prince, has a very limited chance of becoming the head of a transitional phase for Iran, and I don’t see him taking power.
* My information, from sources in Washington, is that the US President is not convinced that this man should rule Iran, because the man has been out of Iran for more than 45 years and has no followers on the ground.
Peloni: I am not sure what it will take for American leadership to actually recognize this growing threat in the US and act upon it.
New Jersey Police leaders celebrate the first hijab-wearing deputy’s allegiance to Islam over the U.S. Constitution.
by | April 15, 2026
RAIR Foundation exposes the alarming conquest from within: while Americans were distracted, New Jersey’s top law enforcement leaders proudly celebrated Huda Shalabi, the first hijab-wearing Muslim sheriff’s deputy in Passaic County, whose veil is a public declaration of Sharia supremacy now embedded in the uniform sworn to defend the U.S. Constitution, the latest front in the nationwide Islamization of American policing.
The NJ.com headline gushed: “She dreamed of being the first Muslim cop who wore a hijab. She knows she won’t be the last.” NJ Law Enforcement Executive William Schievella, a self-described “Chief, University Professor, Police Academy Instructor” with nearly 7,000 posts and a blue-check LinkedIn profile, proudly shared and celebrated the article.
