Had Ed Miliband attended Yom Kippur services late last month, he would have stood alongside millions of Jews worldwide and proclaimed the ancient prayer at the conclusion of Neilah: ‘L’Shanah Haba’ah B’Yerushalayim’-‘Next Year in Jerusalem!’ One city.

Moshe Phillips |   Oct 12, 2026

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Death, taxes, and vicious anti-Israel statements from the UK’s Foreign Office may pretty much be the only three constants in this world. Nonetheless, there are some lessons to be learned from the latest screed issued by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband.

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Janet Levy

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The COVID plandemic was a convenient excuse to suspend our constitutional rights. Free speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly were curtailed for the “general welfare.” It’s was absurd to hear automatons glibly utter “stay safe” at every farewell.

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PELONI:  The Houthi war with the Saudis is becoming an increasing focus of non-Saudi actors forming up a complicated array of partners and interested parties complete with contrary interests across four main geographical flashpoints.

This potentially important development comes as Pakistan and Turkey may also be deploying forces to Saudi Arabia to support the Kingdom’s defenses against the Houthis.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN | October 11, 2026

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Egyptian technical military teams, including advisors, trainers, and officers, are reportedly preparing for the deployment of troops to Somalia, in the first such move since the signing of a joint military cooperation agreement between the two sides in 2024, The New Arab reported on Friday.

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by Bassam Tawil  •  Gatestone Institute  •  October 12, 2026 at 5:00 am

The question is no longer simply what Washington and Jerusalem have achieved together. It is whether they can turn those achievements into lasting security. Pictured: President Donald J. Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. (By The White House, Public Domain, Wikipedia)

• The Middle East… remains far from stable. Hamas continues to resist disarmament, Iran remains a major threat, and Hezbollah’s armed presence in Lebanon continues to undermine the authority of the Lebanese state. The future of Gaza, including who will govern it and who will control its weapons, stands unresolved.

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By Christine Douglass-Williams | Oct 12, 2026

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Jihadists always try to find ways to manipulate any infidel system, and often succeed. Following federal crackdowns and legal actions against Palestine Committee-linked groups, former members of those networks formed American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). Go HERE to view the vast network of Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Palestinian Networks operating within America, including numerous organizations that were designated unindicted coconspirators in a Hamas jihad terror funding case. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is doing what every responsible Western leader should be doing, given the large amount of irrefutable evidence connecting these entities to the global jihad.

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PELONI: This deeply personal reflection by Nikki Goldstein explores the ancient covenant, enduring connection, extraordinary resilience, and hard-won refuge translates the connection with the lands of Israel as being far more than a distant locality on a map: for Jews around the world, it is a home that history could not erase and a an answer to the promise of “Never Again”.  Goldstein explores what it mean to feel at home in a country you’ve never visited – and why that feeling has taken on a sense of urgency for Jews since October 7, Bondi, and the rising tide of antisemitism.

Nikki Goldstein

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Yesterday, a man boarded a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv carrying an axe, or a knife (at the time of writing the weapon is not yet confirmed) and a murderous intent. But by the time the passengers had wrestled him to the floor of the cabin, the only thing that had changed in most people’s lives was a headline they scrolled past. Flydubai Flight FZ1073, diverted, the attacker restrained, everyone walked off that plane alive. A good news story, by all accounts.

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PELONI: President Trump’s pledge to hold off on striking Iran until after the U.S. midterm elections has not calmed Tehran, but rather, it has had the effect of encouraging Iranian hardliners to escalate before the election deadline passes. Rabbi Pesach Wolicki examines Iran’s rhetoric and reports to demonstrate growing tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, and examines the regime’s remaining military capabilities regarding its ability to draw the region back to war in the coming weeks.

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PELONI:  Presuming that these polling numbers are accurate, and judging by past election cycles they are probably elevating the Leftist faction at the cost of the national camp, it really does come down to a question of whether you would prefer a government led by Netanyahu or a govt supported by the anti-Zionist Arab parties.  All other considerations serve as distractions to this fundamental choice in this election, so choose wisely.

Netanyahu and Ofer Winter continue intra-bloc feud

Hanan Lischinsky | All Israel News | Published: October 11, 2026

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With less than three weeks before the Israeli elections, polls last week showed a steady rise in support for the bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, though most polls showed a close race, with neither bloc securing the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority.

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As elections approach in Israel and the United States, longstanding questions about the PLO charter, Palestinian Authority funding, UNRWA education, and security cooperation demand greater public scrutiny.

David Bedein | TheJ.ca | Oct 11, 2026

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More than 50 years ago, I had the honour of studying with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz at the newly established Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies.

Rabbi Steinsaltz, renowned for his groundbreaking translation and commentary on the Talmud in modern Hebrew, championed an idea that has stayed with me for decades.

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PELONI:  The coordination of efforts to undermine Netanyahu’s credibility as a choice in the next election is both quite impressive just as it is also quite manufactured.   I have made the same suggestion as described below by Avi Abelow, namely that the post October 7 era has demonstrated that of all the likely contenders for PM in the next election, Netanyahu alone has demonstrated the ability to make good judgements regarding the war, and in times of great aversity, to resist the Americans demands as needed.

Avi Abelow | October 12, 2026

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There is a massive election campaign underway to make Netanyahu responsible for Oct. 7 and turn that accusation into a reason to vote him out.

I agree on one thing: Oct. 7 should absolutely be a defining election issue.

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PELONI:  As expected, the Peace Processors will have their way, no matter the coming costs in Jewish blood.

The US-backed Board of Peace is reportedly preparing to dramatically increase efforts to implement its Gaza plan after the upcoming Knesset election and American midterm elections.

By World Israel News Staff | Oct 12, 2026

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President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is preparing to intensify efforts to implement its Gaza reconstruction and governance plan after the upcoming elections in Israel and the United States, according to a new report published by The Telegraph, following months of preparations that have yet to produce major changes on the ground.

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Victor Satya | October 11, 2026

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One Israel wants to be loved. The other would settle for being left alive. It is a difference in priorities that becomes rather important when your neighbours have organizations that regard your disappearance as a political objective.

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PELONI: What need does a terrorist chieftain need with elections.  These terrorists live in a tribal society conducting tribal rituals guided by tribal rules.  The concept of egalitarianism is as foreign to them as it is to many in the West who steal elections, support violent protests, and support terror regimes such as that of Mahmoud Abbas who has been kept afloat over the years by billions of European Euros and US dollars.  Foreign funding for these terrorists and their terror armies must be ended, along with any pretense that an election will ever be held by any terrorist for which the electoral outcome is not already made certain before the first ballot is cast.

This is what the international community is subsidizing.

by Daniel Greenfield | October 11, 2026

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France’s Macron, Canada’s Carney and UK’s Burnham are among the leaders who have recognized an Islamic terror state headed by the PLO. Meanwhile the 90-year-old terror boss (above) heading up the terror state will celebrate 20 years of postponing elections.

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PELONI:  Riyadh has a very big problem, and if they continue to prove that they are incapable of solving it, the House of Saud will lose everything – this is the way of things in the Middle East where paper tigers, no matter how large or wealthy, can not survive repeated demonstrations of failure.

New Solutions Needed

Stephen Bryen | Weapons & Strategy | October 11, 2026

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The successful attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was an intelligence and operational failure that led to at least 12 dead and more than 300 wounded, some critically. Despite Saudi Arabia spending hundreds of billions and building an integrated air defense system, the Houthi attacks were remarkably successful. It is increasingly clear that even the best air defense systems based on current technology do not protect key assets from damage or destruction.

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As Hamas rebuilds in Gaza and Egypt expands its military presence in Sinai, Jonathan Pollard warns that Israel risks facing a devastating new threat on its southern border.

By Jonathan Pollard | World Israel News | October 11, 2026

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The shock reverberating through the Israeli public following reports that the IDF allowed a major daylight Hamas military exercise to proceed in Gaza without targeting it has exposed a deeply troubling reality.

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PELONI:  A must read article by Harry Liberman in which he reviews the plight of a collapsing Europe and the rise of the sovereign nation of Israel.

 A sovereign nation that surrenders its demographic borders and its historical identity will eventually face internal partition

Harry Liberman

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From Hadrian’s revisions to Glubb Pasha’s ethnic cleansing,

There is a terrifying, poetic precision to the way history balances its ledgers. 

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