From its beginnings, Hezbollah served as an extension of Iran’s revolution, a reality reflected in its early slogans such as “No East Beirut, No West Beirut—an Islamic Republic”

Posted on April 7, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

THIS IS BEIRUT
Hezbollah Emerged from Iran’s Revolution, Not “Resistance” to Israel
Hussain Abdul-Hussain
April 7, 2026

A false claim, now common in Western media and academia, portrays Hezbollah as having emerged in response to Israel’s 1982 invasion and subsequent occupation of Lebanon. In reality, Hezbollah arose in the wake of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution as part of an effort to establish an Islamic state in a Lebanon fractured by warring militias. Since Hezbollah first captured Western attention with its secretive operations and spectacular attacks, the West has produced a vast body of literature describing the group and its rise—often portraying it sympathetically as the movement of the impoverished, the downtrodden, and the victims of Israeli wars and invasions of Lebanon. This narrative is false. READ MORE

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“Since October 7th, liberal instincts and comforting myths have clouded judgment about Israel and the Jewish People”

Posted on April 6, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

A FUTURE OF JEWISH
I hope diaspora Jews have learned a thing or two.
Joshua Hoffman
April 6, 2026

A poll released one week ago by the “progressive” organization J Street reveals a stark reality: 60 percent of American Jews oppose U.S. military action against Iran, and 70 percent reject unconditional financial and military support for Israel. If you actually read the details of the report, which I did, the findings are not surprising at all. The respondents were overwhelmingly liberal, primarily Reform Jews, and mostly voted for the Democratic (liberal) presidential candidate Kamala Harris in 2024. Jim Gerstein, a Principal at GBAO Strategies, which conducted the poll, summed it up bluntly: “Jewish voters hold overwhelmingly negative views of both Trump and Netanyahu — Jewish opposition to the war and those leading it is unmistakable.” I suspect J Street wouldn’t commission a poll unless it could produce results that appear objective, yet were engineered from the outset to reflect and reinforce its own ideological agenda. READ MORE

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“Ghazali wasn’t a man driven mad by grief. He was a man who was in the family business—terrorism. He spent months researching how to harm as many Jews as possible, then attacked his American neighbors. He desperately wanted to be a martyr—like his brothers”

Posted on April 6, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

BATYA UNGAR-SARGON BLOG
The Media Cast the Michigan Synagogue Terrorist as a Grief-Stricken Victim. Actually, He Was in the Family Business: Hezbollah
March 30, 2026

…“The Michigan Synagogue Attacker Was a Quiet Restaurant Worker,” the New York Times told us the day after the attack. This is how the New York Times described a man whose dying wish was to murder Jewish babies. He was destroyed by his grief, per the Times: The article explains that Ghazali’s brothers were killed in an Israeli strike on Lebanon. But the New York Times concealed a rather important fact from its audience: Ghazali’s brothers worked for Hezbollah—in the terrorist organization’s rocket unit. This was apparently the family business. Why would the New York Times journalists keep such an important fact from their readers? Well, because you’d feel less sympathy for a man whose brothers were killed if you knew they were terrorists shooting rockets at innocent civilians. It’s much harder to portray Israel as an evil oppressor whose supporters in America deserve everything they get if the “victims” of Israel’s airstrike were, you know, terrorists. Better just to keep that information to oneself, the New York Times apparently decided. READ MORE

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“We have enough crazies of our own who were born in the United States; we don’t need to import any more”

Posted on April 5, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

MIDDLE EAST FORUM
Time to List Islamist Organizations on Applications for U.S. Citizenship
Dexter Van Zile
April 3, 2026

It’s time to make a list of Islamist organizations that will get you banned from becoming a citizen or resident of the United States of America. There is precedent. It was (and still is) illegal for Nazis and Communists to become U.S. citizens. Foreigners who hid their totalitarian affiliations when becoming citizens were subject to denaturalization and deportation. It didn’t happen very often, but it did happen…Imams who come into the U.S. on temporary religious visas have no right to promote anti-Americanism under the cover of religion. Interestingly enough, the application for religious workers who hope to live in the United States temporarily makes no inquiry into the political activities or allegiances of foreigners intent on serving as religious leaders in the U.S. That needs to change. READ MORE

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“While basking in the protection offered by America’s military capability so they can fund their bulging, barely-functioning welfare programs, when asked for support, these putative allies run for cover”

Posted on April 4, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
With Friends Like These: America and Its Fake Allies
Nils A. Haug
April 4, 2026

Some of America’s friends, purported Western allies, have shown their true colors at last. Regrettably, without shame, they have proven to be nothing but parasites. While basking in the protection offered by America’s military capability so they can fund their bulging, barely-functioning welfare programs, and taking advantage of America’s powerful economy with preferential tariffs in their favor, when asked for support, these putative allies run for cover. In naming and shaming these “fair-weather” friends – Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Greece and the United Kingdom, among others, the last might be a good place to start. READ MORE

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“Militarily, the war is going as well as could be envisioned, yet Democrats seek to turn it into another Vietnam or Afghanistan—hoping to win control of Congress at the expense of national security”

Posted on April 2, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

FREE PRESS
The War—and the War on the War
Victor Davis Hanson
April 2, 2026

…The midterms are just seven months away. Historically, they should see the incumbent administration lose seats in the House and Senate, if not control of Congress. The left seeks to create such abject chaos that it can only be alleviated by the political destruction of Donald Trump. So the anti-war hysteria follows the pattern of the left’s embrace of Tesla vandalism, violent demonstrations against ICE, the incoherent “No Kings” protests, and three government shutdowns. Such nihilism shares a common trait of offering no positive counter-agenda. Yet the Democrats’ own brand is even more unpopular. And if Trump’s war ends with a defanged Iran and light casualties, Wall Street will dramatically rebound and oil prices will fall. With record slated foreign investment, massive deregulation, likely lower interest rates, tax cuts, and more energy production, by summer the economy—the real barometer of the midterm elections—could take off. READ MORE

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“Israel’s generals claimed to have the ability not only to disable Iran’s entire air defense network, but also to take out the regime’s top military leadership. One senior Israeli war planner said Trump and his advisers were disbelieving”

Posted on April 2, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

COMMENTARY
One American-Israeli Battle After Another
Eli Lake
April 2026

….Netanyahu’s tip, which led to the righteous undoing of the man who had ruled Iran since 1989, was just one element in a mosaic of information Israel provided to Trump that demonstrated just how thoroughly it had succeeded in penetrating Iran’s closed society (and the inner workings of its proxies in Lebanon and elsewhere). Nothing in recent history can compare to Israel’s efforts to look inside Iran as though it had its enemy country in an MRI machine. The world first got some sense of this in 2024, when former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledged in an interview with CNN that the man whom Iran’s counterintelligence bureau had placed in charge of a mole hunt for Israeli spies was himself Israel’s mole. Even despite this amazing bit of detail, and despite Israel’s history of inventive operations against Iran and its proxy networks since the October 7 attacks in 2023, Trump himself was not fully aware of the extent of its capabilities until they were demonstrated in June 2025. The 12-day war Israel launched against Iran culminated in a series of devastating American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in a 37-hour mission called Operation Midnight Hammer. READ MORE

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“US first sought to seize the 650 Fifth Avenue skyscraper in 2008, after learning of the Iranian government-owned bank’s secret interest in the property”

Posted on April 2, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

JPOST
Israeli victims of Iranian terrorism among those to be compensated after sale of NYC skyscraper
Danielle Greyman-Kennard
March 26, 2026

Victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism are finally set to be compensated to the tune of $318 million after the sale of a 36-story commercial and office tower in Manhattan, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced on Monday. The United States first made efforts to begin seizing the 650 Fifth Avenue skyscraper in 2008, after learning of the Iranian government-owned bank’s secret interest in the property. After more than 17 years of litigation, hundreds of victims of Iran-sponsored terrorism will finally be paid out, following a global settlement. Those being paid out include the American victims and family members harmed by Iran’s actions in Israel, including in the 2001 bombing of a Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem, suicide bombings through the 1980s and 1990s, and the family of Rabbi Meir Kahane. READ MORE

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Financial Times: VW considering producing defense components for Israel

Posted on April 2, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

DEUTSCHE WELLE
Is VW eyeing Iron Dome parts production at German plant?
Arthur Sullivan
March 25, 2026

Volkswagen (VW) is in talks with the Israeli defense firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems over a possible collaboration which would see production switch from cars to defense equipment at a key VW plant, according to a report in the Financial Times. The exclusive report in the newspaper, quoting people familiar with the plan, says the companies plan to convert Volkswagen’s struggling Osnabrück plant into a facility which makes components for the Israeli state-owned company’s Iron Dome air defense system. In response to queries from DW, a spokesperson for Volkswagen said “the production of weapons by Volkswagen AG remains ruled out for the future, and we do not engage in speculation regarding further plans for the Osnabrück site.” However, with the Osnabrück site scheduled to phase out its current production in 2027, the spokesperson said the company “continues to explore viable options” and is talking to various “market players.” READ MORE

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“Al Jazeera publishes op-ed speaking positively of American and Israeli strategy — a remarkable shift in tone from a state-owned outlet that has historically promoted the terrorist group Hamas”

Posted on April 1, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

FDD
Has Al Jazeera Changed Its Editorial Direction?
Ahmad Sharawi and Natalie Ecanow
April 2, 2026

Veteran Al Jazeera analyst Leqaa Makki threw viewers a curveball during a recent news segment. He advocated for an escalation against Iran. A familiar face on the network since 2003, Makki argued that strategic sites, including power plants, electricity infrastructure and assets that would make ordinary Iranians “feel the impact of the war” should be hit, to potentially turn against them against the regime…Criticism of Iran has not been confined to Al Jazeera’s live coverage. Across both its English and Arabic opinion pages, a steady stream of op-eds has sharpened the case against Tehran. READ MORE

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