Monthly Archives: January 2026

“Trump’s full-time haters are incapable of considering the possibility that, like any U.S. administration, this one might get some things wrong and some things right”

FREE PRESS The Arrogance of Trump’s Foreign-Policy Critics Niall Ferguson January 25, 2026 I never cease to be amazed by the high conviction of so many journalists and academic commentators in their judgments on President Donald Trump. This has been … Continue reading

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“The invitation is about structure, power, and a deliberate attempt to reshape the global order” effectively sidelining a sclerotic United Nations, which wasn’t invited. Nor was China.

JPOST Trump’s Invitation to Putin for Board of Peace Signals a New World Order Alex Selsky January 22, 2026 To understand what US President Donald Trump’s invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to join the proposed Board of Peace for … Continue reading

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“The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln is moving closer, fighter jets have arrived in Jordan, air defense systems are on the way, and aerial refueling and transport aircraft have also been tracked heading east”

ISRAEL HAYOM ( by agreement with JNS) Inside the US military’s massive buildup ahead of possible Iran strike Dudi Kogan January 21, 2026 Amid rising tensions with Iran, the US is steadily amassing additional military forces in the region, according … Continue reading

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US official re Bibi: “If he wants us to deal with Gaza, it will have to be our way. We worked over him. Let him focus on Iran and let us deal with Gaza”

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“It’s a reminder for those who are in this country on a visa or on a green card. You are a guest in this country. Act like it.”

JNS Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria, DHS official says Mike Wagenheim January 22, 2026 The Trump administration plans to re-arrest and deport Syrian-born anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil, according to Tricia McLaughlin, assistant U.S. secretary of homeland … Continue reading

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NRO: “Kamala Harris’s Presidential Campaign Was Run by a Bunch of Lunatics”

ABC NEWS Gov. Josh Shapiro alleges in memoir that Kamala Harris’ team asked him if he had ever been an Israeli agent Oren Oppenheim January 19, 2026 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, in a forthcoming memoir, claimed that the running mate … Continue reading

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“The recent surge of antisemitism on both the left and the right suggests that we are entering a new chapter of the Jewish relationship to political power in America”

TABLET MAG Are Jews Still Welcome in the White House? Tevi Troy January 20, 2026 …Another, also unpalatable, possibility is that this fourth phase could couple rising elite and popular antisemitism with diminishing opportunities for Jews, as national politicians fear … Continue reading

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“The Iranian regime thought it signed Israel’s death warrant on 7 October 2023 – in fact, it may have signed its own”

SPIKED 7 October was the biggest mistake Iran ever made Brendan O’Neill January 12, 2026 ‘The Zionist regime is melting before the eyes of the world’, gloated Ayatollah Khamenei in the aftermath of Hamas’s pogrom of 7 October 2023. His … Continue reading

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“The situation in Iran fundamentally undermines the mainstream liberal narrative that states ‘Islam = peace and love’, and by extension the idea that anyone who rejects that framing is a weird bigot”

MAX’S NEWSLETTER Iran breaks the narrative: Note the strange silence… January 12, 2026 …It is staggering, but not surprising, to watch the people who claim to be so deeply emotionally affected by events in the Muslim world when it comes … Continue reading

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“Rising anti-Semitism means UK ‘no longer a safe place,’ Donald Trump’s personal lawyer tells The Telegraph”

JTA British Jews could be offered asylum in the US, Trump’s UK-born Jewish lawyer says Shira Li Bartov January 19, 2026 The Trump administration might be considering granting asylum to British Jews, according to Trump’s personal lawyer, who said “the … Continue reading

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