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We’ve had enemies before.

But the light of our menorahs will continue to shine. Always.

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You may recognise the famous picture of below of a Menorah on a window ledge against a backdrop of a building across the road decorated with Nazi flags.

Here’s what many people don’t know: The Menorah’s owners, Rachel and Dr. Akiva Posner, saw the writing on the wall and escaped Germany in 1933, arriving in Eretz Yisrael (pre-state Israel) in 1934. Their iconic Menorah survived the war, and was subsequently donated to the Yav Vashem Holocaust museum.

Each year, the Posner family make sure to take the Menorah and use it.

Last night, the Menorah was lit in the heart of Gaza by one of the descendants of the Posner family.

No longer shall Jews be powerless in the face of their tormentors. Wherever there is darkness, we will fight back with light.

🇮🇱 Am Yisrael Chai 🕎

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A bit more about the Posners:

Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner, Doctor of Philosophy from Halle-Wittenberg University, served as the last Rabbi of the community of Kiel, Germany before the Holocaust.

After Rabbi Posner publicized a protest letter in the local press expressing indignation at the posters that had appeared in the city: “Entrance to Jews Forbidden”, he was summoned by the chairman of the local branch of the Nazi party to participate in a public debate. The event took place under heavy police guard and was reported by the local press.

When the tension and violence in the city intensified, the Rabbi responded to the pleas of his community to flee with his wife Rachel and their three children and make their way to Eretz Israel. Before their departure, Rabbi Posner was able to convince many of his congregants to leave as well and indeed most managed to leave for Eretz Israel or the United States. The Posner family left Germany in 1933 and arrived in Eretz Israel in 1934.

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For those that are not living in Israel, you have no idea how wonderful Hanukah is in Jerusalem. The wonderful taste of the “Classic Israeli Sufganiyot” with the “Red Jelly”. Praying at the Kotel. Seeing all the Giant Street Menorahs.


Caroline Glick The American Jewish Community’s Moment to Choose

There is a total lack of Jewish Education in America, when Jews can’t even remember the words to Hava Nagila and the “rabbi” does not even know what a bracha (blessing over something you eat, smell or see) is and why you thank Hashem (G-d). In America, did the Greeks win in Hanukkah?

According to Pew, August 29, 2018 (The Religious Typology – A new way to categorize Americans by religion) 42% of American Jews have completely abandoned their tradition. They have reject Judaism, God, ritual, prayer and religion, 25% called themselves Solidly Secular (What Israeli call Hiloni).
“For the purposes of this analysis, Jews are defined as people who identify their religion as Judaism – what sociologists call “Jews by religion” – and not those who say they have no religion but identify as Jewish in other ways, such as culturally or ethnically.” Meaning, those Jewish respondents reject Judaism, God, ritual, prayer and religion, but still defined themselves as Jewish in terms of their religion.

Sophia’s the pomeranian’s Bark Mitzvah w/Lee Day & Rabbi Otis on Nat Geo Wild Spoiled Rotten Pets

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Comment: Have the reform gone to the Dogs?

  • If a Dog or Cat has a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, then he or she can have an Aliyah (being called up to the Torah).
  • If they can have an Aliyah, then they can be counted in a Minyan (Prayer quorum).
  • If they can be counted in a Minyan, then they can lead the Prayers.
  • If they can lead the Prayers, then they can hold other functions such as Temple President.
  • If they can be Temple President, then they can be “Temple rabbi”.
  • If a Cat or Dog can be “Temple rabbi”, then why not a Robot?
  • If a Robot can be “Temple rabbi”, then why not a Pig?
  • If a Pig can be a “temple rabbi”, then they can conduct a Jewish Wedding.

Idgie’s Cat Mitzvah – Hava Nagila

To the BDS Crowd: Look at the Hanukah Geography of Israel in the “West Bank” of the Jordan River. Realize that the Jewish Maccabees fought the Hellenized Jews and the Syrian-Greek Empire and WON. Where were your Arab “Palestinians”?

 


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“The ‘Bots Are Coming For The Priests”

Tyler Durden 17September2019 – 17:45 https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/bots-are-coming-priests

Via Global Macro Monitor,

Good, God!

  • A mechanical ‘priest’ has recently begun conducting Buddhist prayers in Japan. It is not the first attempt to deliver religious teachings and advice through the use of a programmed machine.

Japan’s buddhist robot preacher | DW Stories

  • And Catholic Christians may soon find spiritual advice from a tiny 40-cm robot SanTO, developed by Gabriele Trovato, a roboticist and assistant professor at Japan’s Waseda University, after Trovato finishes perfecting his device in Peru.

4K KYOTO [viewTV-99] 高台寺 アンドロイド観音 マインダー ”Android Kannon Mindar in Kodaiji Temple

  • In Germany, there is a BlessU-2 robot that looks like a hybrid between an ATM terminal and US comic Jeff Dunham’s puppet of Ahmed the Dead Terrorist. The robot is reportedly designed to engage in philosophical debates about the future of religion and the potential of artificial intelligence. – Sputnik International

BlessU-2 Robot Priest

Just think of the coming spike in moral dilemmata.

Here’s one, for example.

  1. Does confessing sins of adultery with a sex robot to a robotic priest absolve you of sin?
  2. Is the affair with the robot adultery?

 


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Our Holiday, Our Land

How do you describe the simple pleasure of celebrating Chanukah in a place where everyone is also rushing home to light their menorah? Our holiday, our land…

Natalie Kovan | Posted on 09October2023 | https://breslev.com/366335/

 

Our Holiday, Our Land by Natalie Kovan

Our Holiday, Our Land by Natalie Kovan

I can’t believe we’ve been here for a few years. Even so, when it comes to Chanukah, I still feel that same excitement I felt the first time we celebrated it as new olim (immigrants) in our homeland. I didn’t realize just how deep the disconnection with all things secular in America was until a recent conversation with my Mom. As she described my brother’s vacation on the 23rd and 24th of December, I asked her if it was a holiday or something.

 

Silence.

 

“It’s X-mas!” my mother piped up, in total disbelief. Like, only the entire world knows what holiday falls on those dates! What my mother forgets is that here in our Blessed Land we are not constantly bombarded or reminded since the end of October when the pumpkins are just being put away, and the Jack-o lanterns are beginning to rot. My mailbox is not overflowing with ‘holiday’ themed catalogs, and red and green trees are not to be seen. The flora and fauna around me don’t suddenly sprout colorful blinking lights. Reindeer (especially those sporting red noses) are basically extinct.  In short—Gan Eden! And after five plus years of breathing in the kedusha (holiness) of Eretz Yisrael, the 23rd and 24th of December became just that—two regular days in the Gregorian calendar.

 

The first and most obvious pleasure of being in Israel this time of year is that the only men you see with long white beards are those who are wearing black coats. No man in the red suit in sight. No flashing-colored lights. No green and red plastered on any store fronts. Not a one. Here, we are absolutely oblivious on what day the ‘big day’ actually falls. Yes, there is actually a place on this earth where the big arm of the catalog behemoth does not reach, and we are blessed to be totally clueless about the latest twenty-eight-inch Bob Sponge whatever –his-name-is who dances and sings and twirls in a 360-degree pirouette with accompanying ukulele accoutrements—all for the low price of $28.99!

 

Sufganiyot at Mahane Yehuda shuk

Sufganiyot at Mahane Yehuda shuk

Here we have been overdosing on suffganyot (fried doughnuts filled with jelly—or caramel as the case may be) since Simchat Torah. Supermarkets display an endless supply of menorahs, chocolate covered Chanukah gelt (“money”), candles, oil—you name it. The entire nation puts aside their differences for eight days, as they wish each other a Chanukah sameach (Happy Chanukah!). Everything shuts down early—so that everyone can light their menorahs with their loved ones. As you stand on the street after dark, you see menorah upon menorah—lights upon lights—lights belonging to us, bridging century upon century of Jews keeping the fires of Yiddishkeit burning, living—in our Land.

 

Even the dreidel—a simple dreidel brings home the knowledge that living in Israel is, well—miraculous. Our son, looking at an Israeli dreidel for the first time, suddenly burst out, “hey—there’s no ‘Shin’ on this dreidel!’. Upon closer inspection, we found a ‘Pey’ where the shin should have been. In the rest of the world, the letters ‘Nun, Gimmel, Hay, Shin’ (נ ג ה ש) for “a big miracle happened THERE’. But for us living in Eretz Israel, it’s “Nun, Gimmel, Hay, Pey’ (נ ג ה פ) “— a big miracle happened HERE’. Here. In our backyard (almost literally—Modiin is but a drive away). Here. Not there, but here. Jews all over the world light menorahs and celebrate a miracle that happened not too far away from our living room, in a place that is still seeing miracles to this very day.

 

How do you describe the simple pleasure of celebrating Chanukah in a place where everyone is also rushing home to light their menorah? It’s a communal event, where every single one of your neighbors is celebrating with you. Our holiday. Our land. Here we don’t take second place as ‘the consolation holiday ‘. Here, our holiday is THE holiday. Here everything stops for Chanukah. Everything revolves around lighting the menorah, not the other way around. No jingles in the supermarket overloading your subconscious. In their stead, Jewish children walk around singing Chanukah songs, filling the air with their pure words.  How does one grasp it? Here it is a tangible. You are enveloped in it day and night, not just as you huddle with your family around the menorah. I can’t describe how wonderful it is not to have to endure another “Merry (insert name of holiday here)”, while internally screaming, “But I’m Jewish!” No generic “Happy holiday” greetings either. Here, your taxi driver wishes you a “Chanukah sameach,” and your soul responds, because it feels right. That’s the magic of living in Israel.

 

The other major difference is that Chanukah in Israel is not so much about the presents—it’s about the miracle. When you live in a country that exists because of one long continuous miracle sustained by Hashem—it’s the miracle that counts. When a sonic boom breaks the silence of the night sky, as army planes ‘do their job’ up North—and the realization that this little country with a spirit which is too big to fill its borders—is being guarded by Hashem and His emissaries because we have a right to be here—then the miracle that is Israel—that is Chanukah—takes on a whole new meaning.

 

As we read about the battles fought by Judah Maccabee and his army, the mind can’t help but marvel at the fact that not much has changed since those days, except for the fact that technologically, warfare has evolved drastically, to say the least. We are still the few against the many. A small nation surrounded by those who would love nothing more than to see our destruction. The story of Chanukah is not a quaint and inspiring story that we celebrate as part of our past—it is also the story of our present.

 

I remember two years ago, during Operation Cast Lead, as we lit our menorahs with the backdrop of a war going on at several of our borders. Stories of soldiers requesting tzitzit before they would go into battle streamed out to the public. And that is what Chanukah is about. Keeping our identity separate and whole from the rest of the nations as we do spiritual and physical battle with our adversaries. Looking at our uniqueness not as an impairment, but an asset to be celebrated and protected at all costs. For when we act like Jews, proud in ourselves, our Land and our Torah—then defeating our enemies becomes a reality, with the help of our Creator.

 

It is only by the benevolence of Hashem that Israel and the Jewish people exist. Without the Land of Israel, there is no nation, and vice versa. It is here that the plans for Am Israel took root, and it is here where they will culminate when Mashiach comes (may it be speedily in our days). Even though we wandered for centuries without a ‘home’, Hashem has gifted us in the last 60 years with concrete borders to come home to. A Kotel to pray at. Land to be populated and bring back to life. He is setting the stage for our ultimate return and Redemption (may it be His will). To be here and call this home—despite the hardships—is a miracle. As painful as it is to be so far from loved ones, friends and all things familiar—there is nothing like the miracle of finally coming home. Home where the soul and body are finally in alignment for the very first time. That is a miracle all its own.

 

Even as I write, it is impossible to describe in mere words the enormity of living here. Sometimes it’s a struggle, sometimes it’s a cultural shock, sometimes it’s just plain hard. And sometimes, while standing at the top of a hill, looking out at the valley, and at cities that were not here that long ago, brimming with Jews—and the eyes fill at the intensity of the knowledge that you are home—finally—then you say, “Thank You, Hashem, for the miracle that is Israel.  Thank You for bringing me home.”

 



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Jewish soldiers of the British Army who liberated the Land of Israel at Passover Seder in Jerusalem, 1919.

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Jews are Indigenous to Israel.

Palestinians are Arabs who rebranded their “ethnicity” in 1964.

“Palestinians” have ZERO historical, religious or anthropological ties to Israel, Gaza or the West Bank.

#StandWithIsrael

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Excerpted from The Chanukah Scroll by Hagi Ben Artzi:
[When Antiochus sent a demand for the return of captured ‘Greek cities’ in Eretz Yisrael] …Shimon rebuffed these demands…, and responded in resolute and firm terms:

“We didn’t take a foreign land and we didn’t exist on the spoils of other nations, but on the lands of our fathers that through the years was illegally seized by our enemies. We, when we had the opportunity, restored our birthright.” – Shimon Maccabee to the Greek Antiochus 2158 year ago. 3626 -136BCE

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Those Inspiring Maccabees!

 

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Following is a sampling of inspiring speeches made by the Maccabean leaders which aroused the Jewish neshamahs of their followers to greatness in the Name of Hashem. Excerpted from The Chanukah Scroll by Hagi Ben Artzi:

 

[To the Greek officer who bid him come and sacrifice a pig on the altar to Zeus,]…Matityahu’s response was delivered in a loud and confident voice, and was clearly heard throughout the city square. Matityahu said: “Even if all the nations in the Kingdom of Antiochus hearken to him and abandon their traditions and customs and follow the paths of the Greeks, I, and my sons and my brothers will continue to walk in the ways of our Forefathers, and will not betray the covenant of our God. We dare not leave our Torah and our national tradition! We will not follow and will not hearken to the words of King Antiochus, for the God Who dwells in Heaven is our King.”

 

…”Jews, we are going out to war! Whoever is zealous for the Torah, whoever is loyal to the covenant with our God, follow me to fight for our faith and our Torah!”

 

[Even from his deathbed, Matityahu persevered]…”My sons, be zealous for the Torah; give your very souls for the sake of the covenant of your Forefathers. Remember the actions of your fathers, how they gave their lives and brought salvation to their nation. Remember Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov; remember Moshe and Pinchas; remember Yehoshua and Calev; remember David and Eliyahu; remember Daniel, Chanayah, Mishael and Azaryah.

 

Carefully reflect on the previous generations; learn from them that one need not fear an evil man, even if he is strong and threatening. Our fathers trusted in God, and He came to their salvation. You, as well: Believe in God, and become strong with Torah – for only this way will bring you pride. In your war with the enemies of our nation, Yehuda will be your Chief of Staff and commander, and Shimon will be your advisor and father. Gather to you all those who uphold the Torah, and avenge the honor of your people. Give the Gentiles what they deserve, and hold fast on to the Torah’s commandments.”

 

With these words, Matityahu passed away….

 

…when Yehuda’s few men saw the great Syrian army marching towards them, great fear fell upon them. They called to their commander Yehuda: “We are few and weak; how will we be able to fight this great camp?” Yehuda then gathered all the men together, and strengthened their spirit with words of faith.

 

Thus he said to them: “Nothing can prevent God from saving us, whether we are few or many. It is not great numbers of soldiers or heavy weaponry that brings victory in war. It is rather a spirit of valor, one that stems from true faith. We are fighting for our nation and our Torah, whereas they are coming upon us with haughtiness and evil, to destroy us, our wives and our children, and to take our property. The God of our fathers will not abandon us; He will smite them before us.

 

Arise, my brothers! Go out and fight without fear!”

 

When Yehuda finished speaking, a spirit of valor overtook his men, and they fell upon their enemies with great force.

 

[When the war had continued many years, Shimon, the last of the Maccabees] …gathered a large crowd in the courtyard of the Temple in Jerusalem, and encouraged them and raised their spirits. He said to them: “You know that which we have done – I, my brothers, and my father’s house – on behalf of the Torah and the Temple. All my brothers died in the great war, in which they gave their lives for their people; I, alone, remain. Do not fear that their deaths have caused  me to be afraid or to seek my own personal safety, for I know that I am no better than my brothers. Just as they did, I will continue to lead you in the way of the Torah and to fight the wars of God.”

 

[When Antiochus sent a demand for the return of captured ‘Greek cities’ in Eretz Yisrael] …Shimon rebuffed these demands…, and responded in resolute and firm terms: 

“Not foreign land did we take, and not over property of foreigners did we take control. We have returned to the inheritance of our forefathers, from which we were unjustly banished by our enemies. And now, with the help of our God, we have returned to the inheritance of our fathers.”

 

AMEN AND AMEN!!

 

And the Spirit of the Maccabees lives on…

 

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The “Progressive” Culture?

Many in our society proclaim to be “progressive”, “modern”, and in favor of social justice. Yet, they are quick to justify murderers and terrorists! How can such a dichotomy exist within the same person? The Kalever Rebbe explains

Kalever Rebbe | Posted on 24December2023 | https://breslev.com/4079445/

The Progressive Culture by Kalever Rebbe

The Progressive Culture by Kalever Rebbe

 

There are many institutions, universities and charitable organizations that proclaim themselves to be “progressive” or “modern”. They assert that they vehemently believe in and epitomize a philosophy that unwaveringly supports the spreading of mercy and kindness throughout the world. And, yet, these same “champions of justice and equality” are quick to dismiss and justify the acts of murderers and terrorists. Worse, they defend and try to protect them.

 

The reason is simple: their desire to promote equality and social justice is self-serving and insincere. Their motivations are selfish. Their efforts are for self-gratification and glorification. For example, they may want to be celebrated by others, satisfying the drive of their egos. They want to receive accolades for their efforts. Or, they want to be respected as humanitarians. All they care about is their own self-promotion. Therefore, when they can gain even more respect and glory by abandoning the values of kindness and generosity, they are more than willing to do so even if it means supporting causes that logically are opposed to these values.

 

In these moments we see the truth; we see how the secular world values social justice and equal rights. Their morals are on full display.

 

The Yetzer Harah is powerful. It knows that Yidden are, by nature, generous, kind and merciful. And, it looks to feed and misdirect those emotions by convincing you that the non-Jews are seeking justice, are fighting for equal rights, and are also concerned about the welfare of others. The Yetzer Harah wants you to admire these organizations and universities. He wants the Yidden to get involved in these causes misdirecting their benevolence. Thereby, distracting the Yidden from studying Torah and keeping mitzvot. But, in the end, the truth will be shown.

A Bloody History

Roughly 200 years ago, there was a period of rapid advances in science and technology. The world thought that these advances would usher in an era of world peace, democracy, and freedom; a time of global understanding and prosperity for all peoples in all places. Murder, conflict, and war would be eradicated permanently.

 

However, the exact opposite was true. The 20th century saw murder, destruction, societal collapse, and wars on an unparalleled level. And the Germans, who were one of the world’s most civilized and advanced societies, showed that they could behave just like the cruelest animals.

 

Hitler, may his name be erased, fashioned himself as trying to teach people how to behave properly. Stalin, may his name be erased, claimed that the spread of Communism would make the world a better place. Yet, their seemingly “altruistic” motivations lead to a war that wreaked havoc on the world and the slaughter of millions of people. The world had not yet witnessed such cruelty in all of its history.

 

During the Holocaust, the Hungarian Jewish community tried to raise funds for the Rescue Committee responsible for trying to save the Yidden in Poland, which had already fallen to the Germans. R’ Aharon of Belz, zt”l, issued the following Halachic ruling: Even though Chazal taught (Gittin 45a) captives are only redeemed for their value, that was when capacity was not so inhuman. However, in the 20th century, the treatment of captives and the mechanisms for mass slaughter have reached a level of cruelty never seen. Now, there is an obligation to redeem captives at all costs.

True Compassion

The Yidden are never cruel. True mercy and compassion are naturally ingrained in their hearts. As Chazal taught (Yerushalmi Gitin 42b) that at Har Sinai Hashem provided the tremendous gifts that all of the Jews would always be compassionate.

 

The Klausenberger Rebbe, zt”l, who witnessed firsthand the brutality of the Germans, shared a beautiful insight. During the Al HaNisim prayer we say during Chanukah, it says, ואתה ברחמיך הרבים עמדת להם בעת צרתם- “You, with Your abundant mercy, stood by them in their time of distress“… When the Yidden rose to wage war against the Greeks, there was a tremendous accusation in the Heavenly Courts against the Yidden, claiming that they were not worthy of a victory. Many of the Jews had assimilated and adopted a Hellenistic lifestyle, forgetting Torah and mitzvot. However, Hashem saw the attribute of compassion that He has instilled in the Jews. And, this “stood by them in their time of distress.” This compassion stood as an undeniable and inescapable differentiator between the Jews and the Greeks.

 

No matter how distant the Jews had become from the righteous path, regardless of how they tried to live their lives like the Greeks, they were still compassionate people that were the offspring of a compassionate people. A true compassion that was a gift from Hashem. A compassion that ensured that no matter how much they assimilated, real Jews could never behave with even an iota of the Greeks’ cruelty.

War According to Torah Values

If this is true of any random Jew, even more so, a Yid who studies Torah and learns what a truly refined character means. For, Torah is the source of understanding how to define and express good middot.

 

Even many benevolent laws of some non-Jewish nations trace their roots back to Torah values. Such laws did not exist prior to the receiving of the Torah.

 

This mercy even finds its expression in the way Yidden go to war. Typically, war brings rage and violence. The Ramban explains (Devarim 23:10) that this is why there is an added warning for soldiers to “guard yourself from anything evil.” However, as the Or HaChaim (Devarim 13:18) writes, when the Yidden go to war, they have the unique bracha of “and give yourself mercy.”

 

The Torah is teaching us, that even when you have to go to war, you cannot be cruel. For example, you must first offer a peaceful resolution. And, when you besiege a city, you need to surround it from only three sides, leaving an escape path for all those who want to flee.

In Hands of Those Who Study

In Al HaNisim we praise Hashem for the victory of the war with the Greeks saying, זדים ביד עוסקי תורתך- “and insolent [sinners] into the hands of diligent students of Your Torah”

 

What is this adding to the miracle?

The “advanced” Greeks were “insolent”. They enjoyed seeing bloodshed. They built stadiums and amphitheaters to watch captives fight for their lives against wild animals. They cheered as captives were slaughtered for sport. They didn’t really value human life. Therefore, they were merciless in war. They intentionally and indiscriminately murdered women and children.

 

The Chasmona’im, on the other hand, were “diligent students of Your Torah.” They were the Yidden who studied the Torah and were careful to preserve their attribute of compassion. They were cautious during war to only kill those who fought against them.

 

This was an aspect of the miracle. Even though the war was made more challenging because it was waged by those “engrossed in Torah study” who were more meticulous to exert mercy and compassion. They, nevertheless, were victorious.

 

Therefore, Al HaNisim continues and says, ולך עשית שם גדול וקדוש בעולמך- “And You made Yourself a great and sanctified name in Your world”… The war was a tremendous Kiddush Hashem in the world. The entire world witnessed the refined character, the attributes that truly differentiated the Jews who were students of the Torah, as distinctly different from the Greeks.

 

As a result, the Jews no longer admired Greek culture. They didn’t want to study in the Greek universities any more and be a part of Greek society. They recommitted themselves anew to Torah, so that they could acquire true good values that permeate and are reflected in their character, and brings a real good life in This World and in the World to Come.

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The Kalever Rebbe is the seventh Rebbe of the Kaalov Chasidic dynasty, begun by his ancestor who was born to his previously childless parents after receiving a blessing from the Baal Shem Tov zy”a, and later learned under the Maggid of Mezeritch zt”l. The Rebbe has been involved in outreach for more than 30 years and writes weekly emails on understanding current issues through the Torah. Sign up at www.kaalov.org

 

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Spiritual Murderers

The Zohar predicted that the darkness of Hellenism would return in the days before Mashiach. How clearly we can see the darkness of assimilation in our day! The Kalever Rebbe explains how to drive out our personal darkness.

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Spiritual Murderers by Kalever Rebbe

Spiritual Murderers by Kalever Rebbe

Spiritual Threats Are More Dangerous

You need to know your enemies. Understand them and never underestimate their drive to accomplish their mission.

 

In the physical world, for example, if a person is surrounded by murderers, he needs to keep his guard up, even during periods of relative peace and tranquility. For, these murderers have not changed their ways. They are just waiting for the right time to launch their attack.

 

This is even more critical in the realm of spirituality. A person must recognize and protect himself vigilantly from people who try to sway him away from Torah and mitzvot. These are “spiritual murderers”, and they are an even greater threat than the physical ones.

 

As Chazal taught (Sifri, Parshat Tzeitzei 42), that the Ammonites and Moabites who tried to make Bnei Yisroel sin, were worse than the people of Edom who waged a war against them. Our spiritual enemies are a greater threat and can do more damage than our physical enemies. When someone falls in battle, etc., he can still enjoy the eternal experience of the World to Come. However, if someone sins, his fate is worse than death, as he has destroyed the everlasting pleasure of the world to come for a temporary and empty experience in this world.

 

Napoleon was on a conquest to conquer the Russian nation and he found himself in a difficult and brutal war with the Russians who would not give up so easily. During this war, the Baal HaTanya, zt”l, said that the yidden should pray and do everything they can to help ensure Napoleon’s defeat. For, as the Rebbe explained, even though Czar Nicholas and the Russian presented a very real threat, it was merely physical. Napoleon, on the other hand, would try to destroy the Jews’ spirituality, which is far worse.

 

When a yid cannot recognize the magnitude of the damage a sin does to a person and this world, it is a sign that he has already fallen into the yetzer harah’s trap. He is held captive by the physical desires of this world, by the impurity of his sins, and his eyes been blinded from seeing the truth.

 

R’ Simcha Bunim of Pshischa said: “You need to imagine that the Yetzer Harah is like an executioner standing over you with his axe held high just waiting to decapitate you. If that imagery is hard for you, if you cannot see it, then your head has already been chopped off!”

The Greek Holocaust

During the time of the Greek occupation, assimilation was rampant. The impure and depraved Greek culture has seeped into Jewish life. The Greeks, more than anything else, wanted to eliminate the defining character traits that defined the Jews spiritually. They brought in their greatest philosophers and professors from Athens to help influence the Jews to abandon their connection to Torah and mitzvot on a spiritual level.

 

The Greeks had one motivation: the complete destruction of the Jews’ spiritual connection to Hashem. This was a spiritual Holocaust.

 

The Tanna Nitai, the Arbelite, who lived during the time of the Greeks, warned (Pirkei Avot 1:7): “Distance yourself from a bad neighbor, do not cleave to a wicked person, and do not abandon belief in retribution”.

 

His intention was clear: do not befriend the Greeks and those who would try to harm you spiritually through their impure influences. Even when it seems benign and harmless, know that in the end, there will inevitably be retribution.

 

The Greeks were a propaganda machine. They designed marketing campaigns to proliferate their culture and ideas, all aimed at driving evil indulgence and supporting the pursuit of physical pleasure. And it worked. The yidden became unable to recognize the destruction and damage being done to them spiritually. As Chazal taught (Bereishit Rabba 2:4), ” ‘Darkness’ refers to the Greek exile who darkened the eyes of Israel.”

 

The Zohar (Volume III 279) teaches that this darkness of the Greeks would return to the world in the days before Mashiach’s arrival.

 

We can see that that darkness has indeed returned.

The Darkness

The Greeks invented a culture that was defined by promiscuity, living freely without consequence, and indulgence in every forbidden pleasure. To achieve this, they tried to eradicate the three things that would prevent someone from sinking into such a depraved lifestyle:

  1. Recognizing there is a Creator
  2. Respecting the guidance of rabbinic leadership
  3. The sense of embarrassment and shame one would feel from their behavior

To eradicate these three ideas from the Jewish culture, they attempted to erase three mitzvot: Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, and Brit Milah.

Shabbat

Shabbat declares that Hashem created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. Shabbat is an expression of one’s belief that Hashem created the world.

 

The Greeks did not prescribe to this idea. Instead, they conjured up all kinds of explanations for the world’s creation.

 

They ignored the fact that despite the efforts of their most brilliant minds, however, they were never able to understand and explain the very first cause, the action that led to every other reaction. They could never explain how such a beautiful and complex world came into existence by chance.

Rosh Chodesh

The process of sanctifying the months is dependent on the Jewish judicial system. It is an expression of rabbinic authority.

 

The Greeks wanted people to think that they could act any way they wanted. They disregarded the authority and guidance of the rabbinate. Greek culture was completely dismissive of authority figures. They believed in a distorted democratization of the judicial process. There was even a period when they instituted a system of governance in Athens, where every civic question was brought before all the people. As a result, the masses who were mostly unaware of the complexities of the case and who lacked the competency would be making these decisions.

 

They ignored the importance of expertise. Therefore, they wanted the Jews to ignore and neglect the value of rabbinic guidance. The Greeks wanted the Jews to devalue the extensive knowledge of the leaders and rabbis, the “doctors for the soul”.

Brit Mila

The Brit Milah weakens physical desires and lust.

 

The Greeks felt that no desire should be curtailed and suppressed. They were confident that everyone could indulge in their temptations responsibly without harming others. They also argued that these were just desires that a person was born with, and they could not be controlled or changed. A person could not master these desires. This was simply part of being human. Therefore, they encouraged people to pursue these pleasures, but not only in their homes. They wanted to be unashamed. They tried to make people fill the obscenest lusts with arrogance and pride – to do them publicly and without shame.

 

They denied that Hashem created each person with the power of free will to choose not to indulge in these illicit behaviors. The Greeks wanted people to forget that they can overpower these natural tendencies, to choose pure over impurity, good over evil.

Today’s Greeks

This behavior and depraved culture would eventually be the Greeks’ undoing. It would lead to the destruction of their empire. And, over time, the world would reset and never again live as extremely as the Greeks.

 

However, their darkness has returned. We can see those same ideas and ideals trickling into today’s culture. There are countless organizations that try to uproot religious beliefs. They mislead rabbis and want the Jews to assimilate into a culture that is defined by spiritual starvation.

 

This is what Chazal taught (Sotah 49b) – that before Mashiach arrives, three things will happen: Firstly, governments will be overtaken by heretics. Secondly, the culture will be brazen. And finally, promiscuity will run rampant.

Today’s Hasmoneans

As we once again face the darkness of the Greeks, we need to learn the lessons taught to us by the Hasmoneans. They did not allow themselves to be influenced by the Greeks. They stood firm and proud as they distanced themselves from the Greek culture.

 

The Hasmoneans repaired the holes that the Greeks made in the latticed wall that was near the Beis HaMikdash. This wall stood as a reminder to everyone that the non-Jews were not allowed to enter beyond that point. The Greeks were trying to infiltrate the Jewish society; to corrupt them with friendship and to inspire them with new and impure ideas. The Hasmoneans rectified these “holes” in the fabric of the Jewish society.

 

Therefore, the holiday was called “Chanukah”, to remember the consecration of the Beis HaMikdash which was restored, as a reminder and differentiator between the Jewish and nations of the world.

 

This can also explain why the Greeks decreed that the Jews should write the words “We have no part in the God of Israel” precisely on the bull’s horn. We see that Yosef is represented by an ox (Devarim 33:17). Yosef was challenged beyond measure by Potiphar’s wife. She tried to convince Yosef to sin. Yet, Yosef withstood the temptation, literally fleeing from it. Every Jew must have this trait of Yosef to flee from the influences that are trying to pull him away from Torah and mitzvot. This Greek decree was an effort to separate the Jews from this lesson of Yosef.

 

Therefore, on Chanukah it is appropriate for everyone to strengthen themselves in this area. They need to distance themselves from evil influences, from associations with people who behave improperly and try to sway them away from Torah and mitzvot, and to make fences and caveats that will protect their soul from the spiritual murderers that are lurking throughout society, and most brazenly on the internet, and especially on social media.

 

In this merit, you will have an enlightened and blessed life.

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The Kalever Rebbe is the seventh Rebbe of the Kaalov Chasidic dynasty, begun by his ancestor who was born to his previously childless parents after receiving a blessing from the Baal Shem Tov zy”a, and later learned under the Maggid of Mezeritch zt”l. The Rebbe has been involved in outreach for more than 30 years and writes weekly emails on understanding current issues through the Torah. Sign up at www.kaalov.org

 

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The war against Amalek

13December2022  https://rivkalevy.com/the-war-against-amalek/

Here’s part of a shiur about the war against Amalek, from the English Shuvu Banim group.

Reprinted with permission.

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Likkutei Halachot – Orach Chayyim – Halachot Shabbat 5

Rabbi Nachman states that the war against Amalek is in every generation.

 

This is a spiritual war and it is happening now just as much as it has been happening in the past.

 

The main power we have to fight against Amalek and to destroy his name and his memory from the world is through the aspect of Shabbat; the Tzaddik.

This war is against the name of Hashem and the True Tzaddik of the generation.

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The True Tzaddik is the beauty, the wonder, and the true grace of the entire world.

 

He is from the aspect of the river coming out of Gan Eden. The Tzaddik is the Foundation (Yesod) of the world. And all the other rivers come out from him. All of the life force in the world comes from this Tzaddik.

 

Whoever is unified with the true name of this Tzaddik merits to do Teshuva.

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When the Tzaddik is revealed in the whole world, and the world comes close to him; the whole world will be rectified.

When they truly come close to him. He has the power to rectify the entire world, if they [the other side] wouldn’t be hiding him.

 

The goal of Amalek in this war is to hide and conceal the True Tzaddik; this is the aspect of the war of Amalek.

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The whole war is against this True Tzaddik.

Just this one person – that is all that Amalek cares about. They know that if they only fight against this one True Tzaddik, that all the spiritual sustenance in the world will be threatened.

 

Amalek is the Rosh, i.e. the head/leader of the other side (the Sitra Achra). The Tzaddik is the Rosh/Head of the world/Chief/Leader of the opposing force for good which is Hashem. Rosh Bayit…Head of the House.

 

Amalek is only interested in fighting against, and opposing the True Tzaddik of the generation. The True Tzaddik is the Head of the House and runs the world.

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Amalek knows that the power of this Tzaddik is so strong, and that he cannot possibly win this war.

There is no chance of winning, he has no power against the Tzaddik. In every generation the Tzaddik has destroyed him.

 

Amalek know that the True Tzaddik destroys all the bad character traits and lusts (Ta’avot). The True Tzaddik is able to remove all the poison (Zuhama) of the snake (Nachash), which is the cause of all evil and pain in the world and of the exile.

 

The true Tzaddik completely cancels in himself all the poison of the Nachash, and nullifies it (bitul).

 

The Tzaddik sacrifices his soul every day for Hashem, and takes upon himself suffering worse than death itself, he does all this for the Jewish people.

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Amalek causes opposition and controversy around the Tzaddik, in order to distance the Jewish people from the Tzaddik so that they can not be saved and get back to Hashem.

The aim of this evil Klipah, called Haman-Amalek with all of his very sly trickery, is only to conceal the True Tzaddik. This Klipa of Amalek, is very cunning, and knows that not all people will necessarily listen, if it says the Tzaddik is a bad person (a rasha).

 

So he encourages the Jewish people to come close to other Tzaddikim to distract them from the True Tzaddik, as long as they do not come close to the One True Tzaddik. This is the working of the snake.

 

This distracts them from the True Tzaddik who has the power to bring the Redemption.

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Amalek promotes alternative Tzaddikim and Philosophers, and Epicorsus, as alternatives on the other side; making them appealing and attractive.

In big, fancy synagogues, with comfortable cushioned seats, Amalek promotes these leaders who are heretics to mislead and confuse the world and uproot them from their source.

 

Even if the alternative Tzaddikim are great, they may still have a speck of impurity (evil); and they cannot take Israel out of the evil (Ra) to the good (Tov). This is because they have not completely perfected their own character traits (midot).

 

These Tzaddikim do not have the power to rectify the world, i.e. take it out of the (Ra) and into good (Tov).

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The war of the Klipa of Amalek is to hide the name of the true leader and Tzaddik of the generation, who has no trace of evil impurity; the only one who can bring all of Israel to Hashem.

Only the True Tzaddik, the “One in the Generation” can bring all of Israel to Hashem; to rectify the world.

 

Amalek is very smart and promotes and elevates alternative Tzaddikim in the world and on YouTube etc; great Torah scholars; they are pure and beautiful, but they are being promoted by the side of Tumah (impurity).

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Amalek can take a genuine Tzaddik and put in his heart and motivate him to go against the True Tzaddik of the world.

All Torah scholars would then listen to this Tzaddik.

 

He promotes other Tzaddikim, he will go that far and tricks people by promoting and raising up these other Tzaddkim. All the publicity and greatness of these tzaddikim are really coming from the side of impurity.

 

Amalek’s motive is to distance the Jewish people from the True Tzaddik who can rectify all of the souls of Israel, and all the worlds depend only on this one True Tzaddik. Amalek is happy to get people to follow any other Tzaddik, except for the One that counts.

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This True Tzaddik is the Rosh, the leader and the other Tzaddikim are the aspect of the tail.

It is better to be the tail of the true Tzaddik rather than the head of somewhere else. There will be much confusion in these end days. Amalek takes tails and turns them into heads to cause confusion.

 

Rav Succot said in this last Thursday’s chaburah that the greatest gift is the gift of failure, because then you realize that you can do nothing on your own and you need the Tzaddik. And the greatest punishment is to feel you are a great leader; that you are great by yourself and you do not need the True Tzaddik.

 

The truth is that even if you are attached to the True Tzaddik by just the aspect of a tail, then you ARE attached and you will be made pure. When people think they are great they oppose the True Tzaddik.

 

The Gemara Says: Be a tail to Lions and do not be the head of the fox.

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The war against Amalek is in every generation, and the controversy is against the Tzaddik who has the soul of Mashiach.

In every generation the Geulah is possible through the soul of Mashiach who is only in one Tzaddik.

 

Sometimes we get impatient with our lacking and may ask a different Tzaddik for a blessing (Beracha) or advice (Atzah).

 

The alternative Tzaddik may even perform miracles – Be careful, as that may be Amalek! That miracle may come from Amalek who is trying to entice you to forget about the True Tzaddik.

 

Even if you feel that you are not receiving your desired rectification when staying with the True Tzaddik, that is only for your benefit. And if you stick with it, eventually you will receive your ultimate rectification.

Everything will be fixed.

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Hanukkah: A Celebration of Civil War?

28 Kislev 5784 11December2023 http://palmtreeofdeborah.blogspot.com/2020/12/hanukkah-celebration-of-civil-war.html
4th Candle of Hanukkah

 

The Maccabees and the Hellenists 
Hanukkah as Jewish civil war
By James Ponet

 

…Read in its historical context,…the Hanukkah story is really about a revolt against the Hellenized Jews who had fallen madly in love with the sophisticated, globalizing superculture of their day. The Apocrypha’s texts make it clear that the battle against Hellenization was, in fact, a kulturkampf among the Jews themselves. Here is how the first Book of the Maccabees describes Jerusalem on the eve of civil war and revolt in the time of Antiochus (translation by Nicholas de Lange):

 

At that time there were some evil-doers in Israel who tried to win popularity for a policy of integration with the surrounding nations. It was because the Jews had kept themselves aloof for so long, they claimed, that so many hardships had befallen them. They acquired a following and applied to Antiochus, who authorized them to introduce the Greek way of life. They built a Greek gymnasium in Jerusalem and even had themselves uncircumcised.

 

Uncircumcision as the price of admission to the Jerusalem gym! When they were eight days old, the “sign of the covenant” had been carved in their flesh; now as young men, these Jews risked health and sacrificed sexual pleasure to “become one flesh” with the regnant beauty culture. In Judea, then, there were Jews choosing to die rather than publicly profane Jewish law—and there were Jews risking death to free themselves from the parochial constraints of that law. The historic Jewish passion to merge and disappear confronted the attested Jewish will to stand apart and persist.

 

That’s the clash of Hanukkah. Armed Hasmonean priests and their comrades from the rural town of Modi’in attacked urban Jews, priests and laity alike, who supported Greek reform, like the gymnasium and new rules for governing commerce. The Hasmoneans imposed, at sword’s edge, traditional observance. After years of protracted warfare, the priests established a Hasmonean state that never ceased fighting Jews who disagreed with its rule….

And this battle is still going on today.  The Torah-true Jews who cherish their uniqueness and guard against foreign intrusion are an extreme minority.  It is also very noteworthy that every trouble we have ever had with foreign rulers was due to reshaim who wanted to assimilate.

 

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Zot Chanukah

Zot Chanukah – the 8th Chanukah light. When compared to the “ohr ein sof” that burns in the Chanukah candles, the so-called “light” of enlightenment and modern philosophy is utter darkness…

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Zot Chanukah by Pinney Wolman

 

Zot Chanukah is a funny day. It gets me every year. Besides the few hours that the Chanukah menorah actually burns with the flames of all 8 lit candles, for most of the day – the holiest, strongest day of Chanukah – it sits in silence. It’s still Chanukah, but where is the light? I struggle to remember that it is still Chanukah, even with no presents to look forward to, no candle lighting tonight, no more doughnuts, more dreidel, and no more “Chanukah gelt”.

 

I was thinking about this today and suddenly it hit me – the light that burns in the Chanukah candles is the ohr ein sof  – the unending light of Creation. Using it you can see from one end of the world to the other. The day of Zot Chanukah, the lights burn brightest because it is the connection between the first 7 days when they burn physically and the rest of the year, when they burn only spiritually. And how can we spread this light to the rest of the year?

 

LIGHT OF TORAH WISDOM

The Torah is also the ohr ein sof – using the Torah it is possible to see all of Creation, to know everything, if only one knows how to mine the Torah for that information. Rabbi Lazer Brody told a story about how the Chazon Ish spoke with a neurosurgeon who came to him not knowing how to approach a patient’s life-threatening brain tumor without killing the patient. The Chazon Ish, using information from tractate Chulin in the Gomorrah, suggested a surgical approach that was much safer. Many such stories abound in fact. Rabbi Brody loves reminding people that you can learn all of geometry through the laws of Sukkah in the Gemara. It is possible to know everything through the Torah.

 

This comes with an important aside. We must recognize the principle importance of the Torah!!! I hear from people all the time, and even used to believe myself, that the Torah is “added to by the wisdom of the world around us” and the like. Why, we should be worldly Jews, right? NO!!! That is what Chanukah is all about. It gets me every year that as a child in public school I learned all about Greek culture and its likes. The “beautiful democratic” society we were taught to love and admire – THAT society is exactly the society that is against the Jews and Judaism. That is the society whom we fought in the Chanukah story, and whose victory over that same society we celebrate every year. That is the society that tried to make us deny the Torah and forbid us from keeping some of its most important commandments, such as Rosh Chodesh, Shabbat, and brit milah (circumcision).

 

And that’s what Chanukah comes to remind us about, year after year. Sure the wisdom of the non-Jews, Greek philosophy, and everything else, looks great. It’s all diamonds – looks nice and shiny but on the inside it is empty – really it is DARKNESS. Compared to the light of the Torah, which is the Truth of Hashem and which contains the ohr ein sof, the wisdom of the non-Jews is utter darkness and confusion. Their wisdom is borne out of their own lusts, their desire to fulfill them, and their philosophies that enable them to do that. Consequently, every single nation refused to accept the Torah – each nation wanted their lust and desire, their sin, and didn’t want to keep a Torah that told them to change. It is also the primary reason why accepting the Torah upon ourselves is so difficult according to Rebbe Nachman as he explains in Likutei Moharan. The Torah tells us to curb some lust or desire that we have (for instance, our innate desire to please and act like the non-Jews around us) and we don’t want to listen, we don’t want to be challenged to change, we don’t want to give up that forbidden thing. So we deny the Torah, or we change the Torah (really they are the same thing) in order to keep our lusts and desires.

 

LIGHT OF THE TZADDIK

Even more, Chanukah is all about belief in the tzaddik. We aren’t celebrating the Jews who became Hellenists and acted like Greeks. We celebrate “Matityahu Kohen Gadol and his sons” – the tzaddik of the generation – who recognized that for Judaism to survive, he had to stand against Greek culture and its subversion. And Hashem helped him. Similarly, our survival at Purim was in the merit of Mordechai, the tzaddik of that generation. So BOTH of the holidays of “exile” are celebrations of the Tzaddik of the generation, and the Jews who followed him.

 

OUR LIGHT TODAY

So what about us in this generation?! Can we survive without following the tzaddik? To celebrate Chanukah and Purim IS to recognize that the only way to make it through exile is to follow everything they say, even if they say fight the mighty Greek empire! Fight the mighty Persian empire! Don’t go to the feast of the non-Jews, even if it’s 100% glatt kosher! Whose side do we want to be on today? Whose side do you think Jews of the future are going to celebrate – those who followed the tzaddik and had true emunat tzaddikim (belief in the true tzaddikim), or those who didn’t?!

 

Don’t worry that it’s dark outside now and Chanukah is over. We still have the light of the Torah, and the light of the true Tzaddikim, lighting up the way for us – IF ONLY WE CONNECT TO THEM, BELIEVE IN THEM, AND FOLLOW THEM NO MATTER WHAT – even and especially when that means leaving behind the ways, dress, jobs, lands, and opinions of the non-Jews.

 

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Unconditional Resistance

The words of the true tzaddikim are relevant and timely always, as we see in the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s amazing Chanuka message from over 50 years ago…

By: the Lubavitcher Rebbe Update date: 2 December 2018 https://breslev.com/389373/

Chanuka, 5716 (1955)

Chanuka recalls the rededication of the Holy Temple which had been defiled by the heathen rulers of the Holy Land and their assimilationist collaborators.

 

The miracle of Chanuka was brought about by the self-sacrificing resistance begun by the Hasmoneans despite the overwhelming odds against them.

 

In applying the lessons of Chanuka to today, insofar as the daily life of the Jewish individual and community is concerned — and this, after all, is the purpose of all of our festivals — several aspects are especially noteworthy.

 

Firstly, that even so holy a place as the Holy Temple can be defiled under certain circumstances, though outwardly remaining intact.

 

Secondly, that in such a case, as the events of Chanuka clearly emphasize, cleansing and rededication of the Sanctuary can only be attained through mesirat nefesh, that is, a self-sacrificing determination to resist the forces of darkness without entering into any calculations whatsoever as to what the odds are in the struggle.

 

For, since there can be no compromise with an enemy bent on defiling that which is most sacred in Jewish life, the only Jewish answer can be “unconditional resistance,” leaving the final outcome to the Divine Will.

 

Where such an attitude of mesirat nefesh exists, the outcome cannot really be in doubt, for such is the perennial lesson of Jewish history.

 

Furthermore, as is always the case in Jewish life, material welfare is likened to the spiritual.

Thus in the case of Chanuka, too, although the persecution started in those days with an effort “to make them forget your Torah and transgress Your statutes,” it was followed by a policy of robbing the Jews also of their material wealth, and of their children.

 

However, when under the leadership of the handful of Hasmoneans the Jews resisted assimilation with steadfast faith, the Almighty helped them to completely vanquish the enemy, thus saving not only their souls, but also their wealth and their children.

 

Nowadays, as often before, Jews who want to remain loyal to the heritage of their fathers find themselves outnumbered and endangered by the forces of darkness that threaten to engulf the world, and the Jewish world in particular.

 

The Jewish home, yeshiva and synagogue are the Sanctuaries of G-d which are not immune from defilement, G-d forbid; it still requires the same kind of Hasmonean determination to preserve their purity and holiness.

 

But although the odds may seem overwhelming, the reward is more than commensurate, for with G-d’s help, the outcome is certain to be miraculous and the victory complete, spiritually as well as materially, as in those days at this season.

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Rabbi Lazer’s Chanukah Message: Mattatyahu’s Courage

07 December 2018 https://www.lazerbrody.net/lazer_beams/2018/12/mattatyahus-courage.html
Happy Chanuka!

 

Mattatyahu Cohen HaGadol, whom we remember every time we say the “Al HaNissim” prayer during Chanuka, is buried in a cave in a forest, about a kilometer north of Highway 443 near Mevo Modiin, which Hashem enabled me to visit yesterday.

 

Mattatyahu and his sons fought a double war – not only against the Syrian Greeks, but against the 95% of the Jewish people who had become assimilated Hellenists. But because of his steadfast, unwavering and uncompromising commitment to Hashem, to his emuna, to the Torah and to his homeland, he was able to overcome all obstacles and instill the fire of emuna and total dedication in the hearts of his brave sons and daughter.

 

Where did he get his strength and courage from?

Nothing gives a person strength like clarification of the truth. A person who knows the truth and who lives according to the truth is as fierce as a lion. He is not willing to live a lie; so, if you take the truth away from him, he’ll no longer regard his life as worth living. That’s why our ancestors in every generation all the way back to our forefather Abraham were willing to sacrifice their last breath and heartbeat for our faith in Hashem and our Torah.

 

Mattatyahu and his sons Yehuda, Elazar, Shimon, Yochanan and Yonatan knew the truth. For a servant of Hashem, life is worthless without Torah, emuna, and holiness. The Hellenists fooled themselves while trying to dilute the truth and appease the Syrian Greeks, but the latter wanted to destroy it altogether and to substitute it with a life of pursuing bodily amenities.

 

Did Hashem send our souls down to this lowly earth just for another piece of steak, another fling with the opposite sex, or another NBA game? Those who waste their lives in the pursuit of material appetites are neither happy nor fulfilled. What’s worse, they haven’t devoted a single minute to clarifying the truth.

 

21″ biceps won’t give you courage. Truth and emuna will.

If the Prime Minister of Israel would clarify the truth, no foreign pressure in the world would sway him a single millimeter. If a teenager would clarify the truth, then he’d say no to the stupid things that his peers are doing. If a woman knew the truth, she wouldn’t care if her neighbors called her “nebby” or “yachna” for dressing the way Hashem wants her to dress. If a man would be honest with himself, he’d realize how contemptible it would be to sacrifice one’s entire family for a few moments of illicit thrills.

 

Mattatyahu and his sons were masters at truth clarification. They weren’t willing to live for two minutes without the truth. That’s where they derived the courage to fight a virtually impossible war. And that’s why they won.

 

While we’re basking in the holy light of the Chanuka candles, let’s ponder the real meaning of this beautiful festival that commemorates the miracle of the few prevailing over many, the pure prevailing over the impure, and the light prevailing over darkness. Let’s remember the dedication and commitment of Mattatyahu and his sons. Let’s strengthen ourselves and carry their torch of Torah and truth, no matter what the odds. We can do it. All we need is emuna. Blessings for a wonderful Shabbat Chanuka!

 

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Classic Kahane: “Down With Chanukah”

 

27 Kislev 5784 10December2023 http://palmtreeofdeborah.blogspot.com/2023/12/classic-kahane-down-with-chanukah.html
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DOWN WITH CHANUKAH

by Rabbi Meir Kahane
December 15, 1972

 

If I were a Reform rabbi; if I were a leader of the Establishment whose money and prestige have succeeded in capturing for him the leadership and voice of American Jewry; if I were one of the members of the Israeli Government’s ruling group; if I were an enlightened sophisticated, modern Jewish intellectual, I would climb the barricades and join in battle against the most dangerous of all Jewish holidays – Chanukah.

 

It is a measure of the total ignorance of the world Jewish community that there is no holiday that is more universally celebrated than the “Feast of Lights”, and it is an equal measure of the intellectual dishonesty and of Jewish leadership that it plays along with the lie. For if ever there was a holiday that stands for everything that the mass of world Jewry and their leadership has rejected – it is this one. If one would find an event that is truly rooted in everything that Jews of our times and their leaders have rejected and, indeed, attacked – it is this one. If there is any holiday that is more “unJewish” in the sense of our modern beliefs and practices – I do not know of it.

 

The Chanukah that has erupted unto the world Jewish scene in all its childishness, asininity, shallowness, ignorance and fraud – is not the Chanukah of reality. The Chanukah that came into vogue because of Jewish parents – in their vapidness – needed something to counteract Christmas; that exploded in a show of “we-can-have-lights-just-as-our-goyish-neighbors” and in an effort to reward our spoiled children with eight gifts instead of the poor Christian one; the Chanukah that the Temple, under its captive rabbi, turned into a school pageant so that the beaming parents might think that the Religious School is really successful instead of the tragic joke and waste that it really is; the Chanukah that speaks of Jewish Patrick Henrys giving-me-liberty-or death and the pictures of Maccabees as great liberal saviors who fought so that the kibbutzim might continue to be free to preach their Marx and eat their ham, that the split-level dwellers of suburbia might be allowed to violate their Sabbath in perfect freedom and the Reform and Conservative Temples continue the fight for civil rights for Blacks, Puerto Ricans and Jane Fonda, is not remotely connected with reality.

 

This is NOT the Chanukah of our ancestors, of the generations of Jews of Eastern Europe and Yemen and Morocco and the crusades and Spain and Babylon. It is surely not the Chanukah for which the Maccabees themselves died. Truly, could those whom we honor so munificently, return and see what Chanukah has become, they might very well begin a second Maccabean revolt. For the life that we Jews lead today was the very cause, the REAL reason for the revolt of the Jews “in those days in our times.”

 

What happened in that era more than 2000 years ago? What led a handful of Jews to rise up in violence against the enemy? And precisely who WAS the enemy? What were they fighting FOR and who were they fighting AGAINST?

 

For years, the people of Judea had been the vassals of Greece. True independence as a state had been unknown for all those decades and, yet, the Jews did not rise up in revolt. It was only when the Greek policy shifted from mere political control to one that attempted to suppress the Jewish religion that the revolt erupted in all its bloodiness. It was not mere liberty that led to the Maccabean uprising that we so passionately applaud. What we are really cheering is a brave group of Jews who fought and plunged Judea into a bloodbath for the right to observe the Sabbath, to follow the laws of kashruth, to obey the laws of the Torah. IN A WORD EVERYTHING ABOUT CHANUKAH THAT WE COMMEMORATE AND TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO COMMEMORATE ARE THINGS WE CONSIDER TO BE OUTMODED, MEDIEVAL AND CHILDISH!

 

At best, then, those who fought and died for Chanukah were naïve and obscurantist. Had we lived in those days we would certainly not have done what they did for everyone knows that the laws of the Torah are not really Divine but only the products of evolution and men (do not the Reform, Reconstructionist and large parts of the Conservative movements write this daily?) Surely we would not have fought for that which we violate every day of our lives! No, at best Chanukah emerges as a needless holiday if not a foolish one. Poor Hannah and her seven children; poor Mattathias and Judah; poor well meaning chaps all but hopelessly backward and utterly unnecessary sacrifices.

 

But there is more. Not only is Chanukah really a foolish and unnecessary holiday, it is also one that is dangerously fanatical and illiberal. The first act of rebellion, the first enemy who fell at the hands of the brave Jewish heroes whom our delightful children portray so cleverly in their Sunday and religious school pageants, was NOT a Greek. He was a Jew.

 

When the enemy sent its troops into the town of Modiin to set up an idol and demand its worship, it was a Jew who decided to exercise his freedom of pagan worship and who approached the altar to worship Zeus (after all, what business was it of anyone what this fellow worshipped?) And it was this Jew, this apostate, this religious traitor who was struck down by the brave, glorious, courageous (are these not the words all our Sunday schools use to describe him?) Mattathias, as he shouted: “Whoever is for G-d, follow me!”

 

What have we here? What kind of religious intolerance and bigotry? What kind of a man is this for the anti-religious of Hashomer Hatzair, the graceful temples of suburbia, the sophisticated intellectuals, the liberal open-minded Jews and all the drones who have wearied us unto death with the concept of Judaism as a humanistic, open-minded, undogmatic, liberal, universalistic (if not Marxist) religion, to honor? What kind of nationalism is this for David-Ben-Gurion (he who rejects the Galut and speaks of the proud, free Jew of ancient Judea and Israel)?

 

And to crush us even more (we who know that Judaism is a faith of peace which deplores violence), what kind of Jews were these who reacted to oppression with FORCE? Surely we who so properly have deplored Jewish violence as fascistic, immoral and (above all!) UN-JEWISH, stand in horror as we contemplate Jews who declined to picket the Syrian Greeks to death and who rejected quiet diplomacy for the sword, spear and arrow (had there been bombs in those days, who can tell what they might have done?) and “descended to the level of evil,” thus rejecting the ethical and moral concepts of Judaism.

 

Is this the kind of a holiday we wish to propagate? Are these the kinds of men we want our moral and humanistic children to honor? Is this the kind of Judaism that we wish to observe and pass on to our children?

 

Where shall we find the man of courage the one voice, in the wilderness to cry out against Chanukah and the Judaism that it represents-the Judaism of our grandparents and ancestors? Where shall we find the man of honesty and integrity to attack the Judaism of Medievalism and outdated foolishness; the Judaism of bigotry that strikes down Jews who refuse to observe the law; the Judaism of violence that calls for Jewish force and might against the enemy? When shall we find the courage to proudly eat our Chinese food and violate our Sabbaths and reject all the separateness, nationalism and religious maximalism that Chanukah so ignobly represents? …Down with Chanukah! It is a regressive holiday that merely symbolizes the Judaism that always was; the Judaism that was handed down to us from Sinai; the Judaism that made our ancestors ready to give their lives for the L-rd; the Judaism that young people instinctively know is true and great and real. Such Judaism is dangerous for us and our leaders. We must do all in our power to bury it.

 

~ HAPPY HANUKKAH ~
and
~ SHAVUA TOV ~

 

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How to celebrate and understand Hanukkah: Chabad, Breslov

Healthy Hanukkah
From Rabbi Lazer Brody:

A Healthy Hanukkah

Tradition is not supposed to harm good health. Isn’t there an alternative to deep-fried white-flour donuts doused in powdered white sugar and filled with sugary jam?

By: Rabbi Lazer Brody  Update date: 26November 2018,  https://breslev.com/486029/

 

Some people roll their eyes in delight as they bite into their bakery or store-bought Hanukkah-delicacy deep-fried donut. Sure, it’s a tradition to eat foods during the eight days of Hanukkah that contain or have been prepared with oil. Today, the two most popular ones are potato pancakes (latkes), fried in lots of oil, and those notorious deep-fried jelly-filled donuts (sufganiyot), smothered in powdered sugar.

 

Tradition is not supposed to harm good health, much less make a person sick. The Rambam, whose health and nutritional advice are uncontested to this day, outlasting all the diet and nutritional fads that come and go, would undoubtedly shudder at the thought of a deep-fried donut doused in powdered white sugar and filled with sugary jam. Why?

 

White sugar is poison for the body. So is white flour. Both are empty carbohydrates with no nutritional value other than calories that overwork the pancreas and liver by increasing blood sugar and demanding more insulin from the body. These two culprits are not only the key to the obesity epidemic but to Type 2 diabetes as well.

 

Traditionally, at many synagogues, the donuts are served with Cola and sugary liqueurs. What a nightmare…

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healthy oil

Do you know what’s in that jelly-filled donut?

 

An average sized jelly-filled, powder-sugared donut contains between 320-350 calories and between 20-25 grams of sugar. It’ll zap your body with 35-45 grams of carbohydrates, empty ones at that, which will send your blood sugar through the roof and simply make you hunger for more donuts. And, if the oil used is commercial and the bakery or the home has fried repeated batches in the same oil, the free radicals will also wreak havoc on your whole body.

 

Look what the body must do to burn the calories of one average-sized donut: if you’re a person of average height and weight, you’ll need to do 75 minutes of brisk walking at 3mph or 30 minutes of no-nonsense jogging at 6mph. Yes, that’s for one donut. Worth it?

So what about tradition?

Tradition doesn’t tell you to deep fry in commercial oils. It doesn’t tell you to ingest sugar, either.

 

The type of oils that most people fry in are soy, corn and canola, all of which have high Omega-6 contents and low or no Omega 3. Even if you do fry, why use them, especially during Hanukkah?

 

Olive oil was the star performer in the miracle of Hanukkah. It’s one of the three healthiest oils and therefore should be the oil of choice for Hanukkah.

 

Oddly, the Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Aruch) doesn’t even mention eating oil and/or oil-fried foods during Hanukkah, but it does mention eating cheese and dairy, since the heroic Yehudit fed the despotic Greek Seleucid King salty cheese and a lot of wine before killing him with his own sword.[1]

 

In Judaism, we don’t argue with tradition, but we do argue with things that destroy our health.

Try this for a healthy Hanukkah alternative and a complete fulfillment of tradition, even commemorating our victory over the Greeks:

Eat a Greek Salad that includes

  • Romaine lettuce
  • tomatoes,
  • cucumber,
  • sweet peppers,
  • with your favorite olives and chunks of feta or other goat cheese.
  • Season with Himalaya salt, black pepper, oregano and thyme, or the Middle-East spice mix known as zatar. Sprinkle cold-pressed olive oil liberally over the whole salad, and you’re good to go. Now you’ll have a healthy Hanukkah with no heartburn, indigestion or weight gain.

No Fry Baked Potato Latkes

Ingredients

8 grated potatoes
    2 cooked potatoes, peeled and mashed
    2 onions sauteed in 2 tbsp oil
    Salt and pepper to taste
1). Cook  2 potatoes in water until soft,  drain the water and mash.
2). Combine all ingredients: Grated potatoes, mashed potatoes, sauteed onions, salt, and pepper.
3). Arrange patties on an oiled parchment paper, spray some oil on top and bake on 375 for 25 minutes,  flip once and bake for another 10-15 minutes.
4). Sprinkle some salt and serve immediately!

For a Hanukkah to be a really happy one, it has to be healthy too. Just ask Judah Maccabee and his brothers.

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From: The Neighborly Cookbook

Cooking with the Supernatural World

Greek style feta and spinach salad

Greek style feta and spinach salad

Greek Salad

  • 1 bunch washed and dried spinach
  • 1 head romaine lettuce
  • 3 medium green onions
  • 3 medium Persian cucumber
  • 3 medium tomatoes
  • 6 oz. can black olives
  • 1 cup feta cheese crumbled

Thoroughly wash and dry spinach and lettuce, chop up the onions and cucumber and tomatoes.  Mix all with the olives and crumbled cheese and serve with Lemon dressing

Authored by Suzanne Schulman/Butterfield

ISBN/EAN13: 1495436284 / 9781495436284

Get it at Amazon Great for a Hanukkah gift.

The Neighborly Cookbook, Cooking with the Supernatural World combines a real life useful cookbook with excellent recipes and tips while juxtaposed fantasy characters, the supernatural world and your Fairy godmother. Trolls, Halflings, Elves, Mermaids, Centaurs and Fairies: a real blast! Suzanne exceeds herself in creating a compilation of world wide favorite recipes to choose from much enjoyed by her family and friends alongside superb paintings and ink drawings.

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Vegan Tofu Feta Cheese

  • Author: Simple Vegan Blog https://simpleveganblog.com/vegan-tofu-feta-cheese/
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 15 mins
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Vegan Cheese
  • Cuisine: Vegan, Gluten Free, Greek

This vegan tofu feta cheese has almost no fat and is cholesterol-free. I love to use it in salads. It’s fresh and really easy to make.

Ingredients

  • 9.7 ounces firm tofu (275 g)
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice (60 ml)
  • 1/2 cup water (125 ml)
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar (125 ml)
  • 1 tbsp oregano

Instructions

  1. Press the tofu. To make the tofu feta you need to press the tofu, it’s so easy! Take the tofu out of the package and drain off the water. Place a towel, a dishcloth or a paper towel on a flat surface (I usually use a cutting board or a dish), put the tofu on top and put another towel, clean dish cloth or paper towel on top of the tofu. Place something heavy on top, such as a bowl, 2 or 3 cans or whatever. Let the tofu sit for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Cut the tofu into cubes.
  3. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a bowl or a container (the lemon juice, water, apple cider vinegar and oregano), add the tofu, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. It will taste better 2 or 3 days later. I love this marinade, it’s very simple and tastes amazing, but you can use other ingredients. You can use another kind of vinegar or even you can add miso or tamari or soy sauce or other spices. You can also use only vinegar or only lemon juice, there are so many choices!

If the cheese is not salty enough for you, feel free to add some salt to taste.


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Yehudit And The Miracle Of Chanukah

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson- 1 Tevet 5775 – December 22, 2014 http://www.jewishpress.com/sections/jewess-press/impact-women-history/yehudit-and-the-miracle-of-chanukah/2014/12/22/

 

Do you know why women are obligated to participate in kindling the Chanukah lights while they are freed from all other time-bound mitzvot? In the words of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, its because “the miracle of Chanukah was accomplished by a woman.”

 

Who was that woman and what is her place in Jewish history?
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According to one version, Yehudit was the daughter of Yochanan Kohen Gadol, and a young, virtuous widow of great beauty and wisdom. She lived alone in Bet-Aliah on the northern tip of the Hills of Shomron. The Greco-Syrian forces led by Antiochus’ general, Holofernes, in their victorious sweep towards Yerushalayim, found Bet-Aliah to be an obstacle to their ferocious advance. They decided to place the town under siege and cut off the town’s water supply.

 

Under the deleterious impact of a severe water shortage the town elders resolved to surrender to the enemy. Yehudit approached them and asked that they hold off for one more day.

 

Later that evening, dressed in her finery, Yehudit approached the enemy camp and asked to see the general. Holofernes was so bedazzled by her beauty that he honored her with an invitation to a feast in his tent.

 

According to the Midrash, during the banquet Yehudit served him and his attendants salted cheese which caused them to be excessively thirsty. They promptly made use of the heavily intoxicating beverages she offered them. Having succeeded in luring Holofernes and his attendants into a drunken stupor, Yehudit assassinated her people’s enemy. She approached Holofernes and, with a sword concealed under her robe, severed his head. Then she departed swiftly from the camp, carrying the severed head of Israel’s archenemy back to her own people.

 

On the ramparts of Bet-Aliah, Yehudit and her trophy were greeted with great jubilance.

 

The following dawn when Holofernes’ forces beheld the severed head of their general triumphantly displayed above the gate of the Jewish city, they fled in panic. Bet-Aliah, the Shomron and the Judean approaches to Yerushalayim were safe, and Yehudit, whose extraordinary wisdom and sheer courage accomplished this, entered the pages of not only Jewish history but world literature and art as a role model in heroism.

 

There is a custom widespread among Jewish communities the world over to eat dairy dishes on Chanukah to commemorate Yehudit’s act of feeding cheese to the enemy and thereby reminding us of her incredible daring and self-sacrifice.

And now something for an American Hanukkah.

Just a reminder: You DO NOT give presents on Hanukkah or have a Hanukkah bush.

Just a reminder: You DO NOT give presents on Hanukkah or have a Hanukkah bush.

Cookbook:Deep Fried Mars Bar

A deep-fried Mars bar is an ordinary Mars bar normally fried in a type of batter commonly used for deep-frying fish, sausages, and other battered products. The chocolate bar is typically chilled before battering to prevent it from melting into the frying fat, though a cold Mars bar can fracture when heated.

The dish originated at chip shops in Scotland as a novelty item, but was never mainstream. Since various mass media have reported on the practice since the mid-1990s, in part as a commentary on urban Scotland’s notoriously unhealthy diet,[1] the popularity of the dish has spread. The product has not received support from Mars, Inc who said “deep-frying one of our products would go against our commitment to promoting healthy, active lifestyles.”[2]

This recipe for the deep fried Mars bar illustrates a typical procedure. The ingredients in the dish’s variations may vary indefinitely, but the procedure will remain more or less the same. For authentic flavor, fry the treat in beef drippings rather than vegetable oil (it is worth noting the high saturated fat content this method of cooking involves).

Ingredients

Scottish Deep-Fried Candy Bar

1 UK or Canadian Mars Bar or 1 US Milky Way Bar
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 egg
Enough oil to fill the pot or fryer you are using (oil or fat can be used as well as suet for authenticity)

Procedure

Chill, but do not freeze, the Mars bar by leaving it in a fridge, or freezer, for a short while.
Mix the milk, flour and egg in a bowl.
Whisk together to create a creamy batter.
Heat the oil.
Coat the Mars bar completely in batter.
Lower into hot oil (around 350-375 degrees Fahrenheit, 175-190 Celsius) and fry until batter is golden brown. (Note: be careful to lower it gently; otherwise the batter may come off)
Serve.

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Strawberry Mango Sufganiyot

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Strawberry Mango Sufganiyot

Strawberry Mango Sufganiyot

*I’m adding this comment on November 25, 2013 – I decided to shoot a ‘how-to’ video for this recipe. Apparently, I’ve simplified things a bit over the years and put the dough together as I do my challah and yeasted sweet dough. Dry ingredients in the bowl and then add the liquids. Since I make these without dairy, I don’t heat the soy milk on the stove thinking soy milk probably doesn’t need to be scalded. (NOTE: in the video, I say “milk” and I should have said “soy milk”) So, I melt the margarine in the microwave, add the soy milk to cool it to an appropriate temperature (125′ for rapid dry yeast) and just mix it into the dry ingredients. Watch the video and you’ll see what I mean!)

Sufganiyot are the coveted sweet for Chanukah. We never made them commercially at the bakery as I feared how many sufganiyot would be ordered….and, feared my staff’s reaction if I asked them to make thousands. Another reason we didn’t make them is that I’m a purest. I love these fresh out of the oil. I usually have my fill eating the duds; the blobs of dough dropped into the oil to test the temperature. As with many things I make, my pleasure is in watching others eat something I know they can’t get anywhere else.

Program director and students at Cafe Levine, Hillel UW.
Many recipes are similar so I opted to use one from my 1963 copy of McCall’s Cook Book"" . It is the bible of cookbooks in my family. My mother, four sisters, BFF (Best Friends Forever), daughter and niece all have this book. Vintage early 1960’s is the best. I have multiple copies; each successive find at Goodwill as thrilling as I imagine winning the lottery would be. Of course, sufganiyot are “Jelly Filled Donuts” or even “Bismarks” in the index. The World of Jewish Entertaining"" by Gil Marks has a similar recipe with good tips. This is another must have cookbook I frequently reference.

In my recipe steps, I’ve inserted many pictures to demystify the process; don’t be frightened! Ultimately, these are easy to make.  Have the kids help knead and roll the dough, and cut them out. You do the frying. Offer an assortment of fillings; I’ve used a gourmet jam here. But, a chocolate hazelnut spread or whipped marshmallow filling sound great to me! That is a perfect Chanukah party.

Kosher Status: Parve
Number of servings: 15
Main Ingredient(s): Flour – Unbleached All Purpose
Preparation Time: 01:00
Cooking Time: 00:10
Skill Level: 3 (1 Easy – 5 Hard)
Estimated POINT value:
Average Rating: 5/5


Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup soy milk (or milk for dairy version)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup margarine (or butter for dairy version)
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 2 packages active dry yeast (4 teaspoons)
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • Oil for frying (canola or grapeseed)
  • Strawberry – mango jam

Steps:

Sufganiyot-Step 1 Heat milk

Sufganiyot-Step 1 Heat milk

Heat milk in small saucepan until bubbles form around the edge of pan; remove from heat. Add sugar, salt, and butter; stir until butter is melted. Let cool to lukewarm or,  130′ if using instant yeast.

Sufganiyot Step 2

Sufganiyot Step 2

Combine 2 cups of flour, yeast, nutmeg in a large bowl. Add the milk mixture, eggs and the water. Beat until smooth, about 2 minutes.

Sufganiyot Step 3

Sufganiyot Step 3

Add most of the remaining flour, mixing by hand to form a soft dough. Add flour as necessary so dough is not sticky.

Sufganiyot Step 4

Sufganiyot Step 4

Put dough on work surface and knead until smooth, just a couple of minutes.

Sufganiyot Step 5

Sufganiyot Step 5

Cover with a towel and let rise in warm place until double in bulk, about 1 hour. When you press 2 fingers into the dough and it keeps the indentation, the dough is ready.

Sufganiyot Step 6

Sufganiyot Step 6

After dough has risen, punch down and knead for 2 minutes. Invert the bowl over the dough and let the dough rest for 10 minutes.

Sufganiyot Step 7

Sufganiyot Step 7

Roll out the dough into 1/2″ thickness. If the dough resists being rolled, cover and let rest for a minute or so. Continue to roll to an even thickness.

Sufganiyot Step 8

Sufganiyot Step 8

Cut out donuts using a 2 1/2″ round cutter. Reroll the trimmings, letting dough rest if necessary. Cut out additional donuts. Cover with towel and let rise for another hour until double in thickness.

Sufganiyot Step 9

Sufganiyot Step 9

Slowly heat 2″ – 3″ of frying oil in a heavy skillet to 375 degrees. I use a flatbottomed wok on the gas range. Drop 3 – 4 donuts into the heated oil. They will sink, bubbles will form and the donut will rise to the top. Let it cook for about 1 1/2 minutes and then gently turn them over using a slotted spoon. Let cook about 1 1/2 minutes longer. The correct oil temperature is important. Too hot, the donut browns to quickly and will be raw in the middle. Too low, the donut will absorb too much oil and be heavy.

Sufganiyot Step 10

Sufganiyot Step 10

Gently remove from oil and drain on papertowels.

Sufganiyot Step 11

Sufganiyot Step 11

Fill pastry bag fitted with 1/4″ round tip with jam of preference. I’m using Strawberry Mango.

Sufganiyot Step 12

Sufganiyot Step 12

With a small paring knife, cut a slit about 1 1/4″ long into the center of the donut. Insert the tip of pastry bag and squirt in about 1 teaspoon jam.

Sufganiyot Step 13

Sufganiyot Step 13

Dust with granulated or powdered sugar. Enjoy!

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Sephardic Hanukkah foods

by Dec 11, 2012 http://www.sheknows.com/food-and-recipes/articles/978717/sephardic-hanukkah-food-recipes

Beyond latkes

In the U.S., Ashkenazic Jewish foods (like gefilte fish, matzo ball soup and latkes) are the most well known. This Hanukkah, look to Sephardic Jewish traditions to revitalize your holiday menu.
Sephardic Jews are originally from the Mediterranean and Iberian Peninsula, hailing from places like Greece and Spain. After the Spanish Inquisition, Jews were expelled from Spain, and so the Sephardic community was dispersed and many ended up in Turkey, and as far as Africa. Where Ashkenazic Jews traditionally spoke Yiddish, Sephardic Jews spoke Ladino, a hybrid of Spanish, Hebrew and a number of other languages.

Sephardic foods differ greatly from their Ashkenazic cousins, reflecting their Mediterranean heritage. For Hanukkah, Sephardic Jews also celebrate with menorahs and fried foods, but the recipes differ. Here are a few favorites to inspire you this Hanukkah.

Sephardic keftes de prasas (leek patties) recipe

Keftes de prasas

Whereas kofte, popular in Turkey and the Middle East, are meatballs, Sephardic keftes (also known as keftikes) are more like patties and very often do not contain meat. Keftes de prasas, or leek patties, are one of the most popular varieties and are eaten at Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah and Passover (for Passover substitute matzo meal for the breadcrumbs). Recipe below.

Serves 6

Ingredients:

  • 2 pounds leeks, trimmed and cleaned
  • 1 egg
  • Salt
  • 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
  • Vegetable oil

Directions:

  1. Put the leeks in a pot of water, cover and cook over medium-low heat until very soft. Drain and cool.
  2. Put the leeks in a food processor and blend until smooth.
  3. Mix in the egg, salt and breadcrumbs. The mixture should be quite soft but just firm enough to form into patties.
  4. Put about 1/2-inch of oil in a pan over medium heat.
  5. Form the leek mixture into small, flat patties and drop in the oil. Fry until evenly browned and crispy on both sides.
  6. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and serve immediately (or keep warm in a 200 degree F oven).

Exotic Hanukkah Foods

Try something a little different – and very yummy!

by http://www.aish.com/h/c/r/Exotic-Hanukkah-Foods.html

Sephardic Latkes or Svinge

Svinge is the Sephardic answer to latkes, light and crunchy eaten sprinkled with confectioners’ sugar.

Rabbi Maimon the son of Yosef, the father of the Rambam (Maimonides) says that eating svinge is integral to the Hanukkah celebration. For a small batch – enough for six people combine

  • 11/2 cups of flour
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1 t instant yeast
  • 7/8 cup of warm water

Mix these into a batter.

Let the batter sit for three hours until it has doubled or tripled in size. Then heat oil in a frying pan – this is another deep fry dish. Wet your hands. Tear off plum-sized pieces of the dough. Stretch them a bit and form a hole in the middle and fry on both sides. Drain on paper towels, Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar and eat right away.

Fried Fish Balls

Fried foods to recall the miracle of the flask of oil and fish is a traditional Shabbat food – so it’s a perfect Shabbat Hanukkah dish. In the UK, these fish balls are featured at all Jewish celebrations and for good reason – they are absolutely delicious and easy to make.

Defrost one roll of gefilte fish.

Add matzah meal one handful at a time, just enough to form the fish into walnut-sized balls. Deep fry about six minutes until browned on all sides.

(optional: add 1/4 t black pepper to the fish mix for a spicier fish ball)

Eat hot or cold. Yum!

Kuku Sabzi

This is a Persian frittata traditionally eaten on Hanukkah. Very healthy and very yummy.

  • 2-3 eggs.
  • Half a bunch of fresh coriander
  • Half a bunch of fresh parsley
  • Quarter of a bunch of fresh dill
  • Half an onion or three scallions

Chop all the vegies fine.

Lightly grease a ceramic nonstick frying pan (2 tablespoons of vegetable oil or ghee).

Lightly beat the eggs.

Add spices, salt, pepper, turmeric to taste.

Chop the herbs and onions or scallions are finely as you can – use fresh or frozen, never dried. You can also substitute fresh spinach leaves for the herbs.

Combine the herbs with eggs.

Pour the mixture into a heated greased frying pan. Fry until lightly browned, then flip over.

Cut the kuku into wedges and served with yogurt and rice or crusty bread and feta cheese too.

Serves three. You can freeze this!

Lasagna

We eat dairy foods on Hanukkah to remember the bravery of Judith, the valiant Maccabee woman who slew the wicked Syrian Greek general Holofernes by first feeding him cheese to stimulate thirst and then wine to get him drunk. After that she beheaded him. The sight of his skull rolling through his tent frightened the Syrian Greeks so much that they ran away and the Maccabees won the war.

I love this recipe. You don’t precook the noodles or the sauce. You just layer everything and it all bakes together until a tinfoil blanket. Easy and delicious.

  • 1 large can of crushed tomatoes (800g or 19 oz)
  • 1 large can of tomato paste (not sauce) also 19 oz.
  • Combine and add 1/2 t garlic powder
  • 2 t oregano
  • 1 t basil
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1/4 t black pepper

Thin the sauce with a little bit of water. Don’t cook this, just mix ingredients in a separate bowl.

Combine 16 oz or 750 grams of cottage cheese, ricotta cheese or white cheese (or any combination of the three – three Israeli cottage cheese packages are okay) with one egg.

Layer sauce, noodles, cottage cheese, two big handfuls of grated cheese (I use low fat mozzarella). REPEAT. Last layer is noodles and sauce.

Bake in a 9×12 inch pan covered well with tin foil for one hour at medium heat (350F or 180C).

For the last 10 minutes of baking, uncover and add two handfuls of grated cheese to the top so the cheese can melt and look pretty.

Latkes

Here’s a cooking lesson cast in rhyme
So your latkes can rock at Chanukah time.

Latkes are a part of our history
I’m going to unlock the mystery

Of how to make them crisp and light
For your guests to eat on Chanukah night.

Rule #1 – don’t skimp on oil
¼ inch in the pan, bring it close to boil

Rule #2 – make your latkes of equal dimension
Don’t crowd them in the pan
They need personal attention

Rule #3 – when they’re brown then flip
Fry other side, and then place on towel to drip

Rule #4 – eat right away
Your latkes will be soggy if you wait another day.

Rule #5 – don’t forget to smile
Let the Chanukah light shine on you for a while.

My Latkes Recipe

Using the grating attachment on your food processor, grate together

  • 1 small onion,
  • 4 large potatoes,
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup matzah meal.
  • Add 1/8 t black pepper and 1 teaspoon salt.

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed skillet. Make sure the entire skillet is covered with oil 1/4 inch or more deep.

Drop in a tiny bit of batter. If it browns then you’re ready to fry.

Spoon in latkes. Don’t crowd.

Fry three minutes on each side. Remove, place on paper towel to drain excess oil and serve ASAP!!

You can reheat in a low oven and serve later ,or if you really have to freeze, but nothing tastes as good as fresh.

Safety note: turn frying pan handles inward and never leave a frying pan full of hot oil alone even for a minute. Also don’t let the oil smoke because that will spoil your latkes.

Bimuelos

Probably the most traditional Sephardic Hanukkah food, bimuelos are fried dough puffs. As Claudia Roden writes in The Book of Jewish Food, “Bimuelos is the Judeo-Spanish name for the little flour-and-yeast fritters. In Egypt, where they were sold on the street, they were called ‘zalabia,’ and in Iraq, Persia and India they were ‘zengoula.’ All over the Middle East they were eaten at Hanukkah.” Whatever you want to call them, these sweet dumplings will steal the show at any meal.

Doughnuts

Dough:

  • 1 cup water
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange zest (optional)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 4 eggs

For frying:
Mild flavored oil

For dusting:
Granulated sugar, or a blend of sugar and cinnamon

OR
For filling:
Orange marmalade at room temperature, with or without toasted chopped walnuts

For syrup:

  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup honey (optional)

Directions

1. Sift together the flour and baking powder and set aside.

2. Put the water, butter, sugar and salt (and orange zest, if using) into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Add all the flour at once and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon, just until the ingredients are blended and the dough pulls away from the sides of the pot, then STOP! Set the pot aside for two minutes.

3. Pour oil to a depth of three inches into a heavy gauge saucepan. Heat the oil to 375°F. Unless you have a deep fryer, I strongly advise using a candy thermometer to monitor the oil temperature, which will fluctuate rapidly and wildly as you cook. Too hot and the oil will burn, burning the bimuelos with it. Too cold  – anything lower than 350°F – and they won’t expand properly or cook thoroughly inside without overbrowning.

4. Add the eggs to the still-warm dough one at a time, blending each in thoroughly with a wooden spoon before adding the next. The dough will be very shiny and sticky, but there should be no runny egg left.

5. Dip two soupspoons into the hot oil. Scoop up a tablespoon of dough with one, use the other to nudge the dough into a globe shape, and slip it into the hot oil. Cook no more bimuelos at one time than can float freely without crowding, in a single layer in the oil. At first they’ll sink like a stone, then float up to the surface. Leave them to cook on one side, until medium golden. When they’re cooked on one side, bimuelos usually roll over by themselves, but might not if the pot is crowded. If they don’t, coax them with tongs, and finish browning on the other side.

6. Remove them with tongs as they are done. They will not need draining on paper. If you’re not filling them, roll immediately in a bowl of sugar, or sugar and cinnamon. If you’re going to fill them, set them aside to cool slightly, then gently prod open like a clamshell, spoon in the filling and shut them again.

7. To make the syrup, bring the water to a boil, add the sugar, and reduce until slightly thick but still runny. Blend in the honey off the stove, if using, without letting it boil.

Serve the bimuelos soaked in syrup, or pour the syrup in small bowls for dipping.

Fried Zucchini

Recipe created by SheKnows on May 30, 2011

Prep: 10 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Serving: 4-6 servings

A tasty parmesan breaded zucchini patty side dish.
Ingredients

  • 3 large zucchini, grated
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 tube round, buttery crackers, crushed
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions

Combine the ingredients in a bowl and season with the salt and pepper.
Drop spoonfuls of batter into a skillet with oil. Fry for 15 minutes, until browned on both sides.

Precipizi

In addition to pollo fritto, Italian Jews also celebrate Hanukkah with precipizi. These lightly sweetened dough balls are fried and dipped in honey that hardens to create a satisfying and sticky exterior. Get the recipe below!
Precipizi (Italian fried dough balls) recipe

Makes 20-24 dough balls
Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1-3/4 cups flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons rum or other clear spirit
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • Powdered sugar (optional)

Instructions:

In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, flour, sugar, olive oil and rum. Knead until you get a smooth, soft dough.
Shape into 20-24 small balls about the size of olives.
Heat the vegetable oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pan over high heat.
Add the dough balls and fry until golden on all sides, working in batches if necessary (do not crowd the pan). Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate as they finish cooking.
Carefully wipe the pan clean with a paper towel and add the honey.
When the honey is hot, add the dough balls back into the pan and stir to coat.
Pour onto a baking sheet and allow to cool. As they cool the honey will harden slightly.
To serve, arrange however you’d like (they make a pretty tower) and top with powdered sugar, if desired.

Cheese Bourekas

Recipe by: GCBENEZRA
“Middle-Eastern style puff pastry pockets filled with cheese. Great served as an appetizer or the traditional Israeli way for breakfast with salad, olives, cheese, and plain yogurt. Could also be filled with leftover mashed potatoes, or a spinach and feta mixture.”
Ingredients
12 servings 294 cals

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • 1 pinch garlic powder
  • 1 pinch onion powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 1 (17.5 ounce) package frozen puff pastry
  • 2 teaspoons water
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Add all ingredients to list
Directions
Prep 30 m
Cook 30 m
Ready In 1 h
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
Beat 1 egg in a medium bowl, and mix in the cheese. Season with parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
On a lightly floured surface, cut each sheet of puff pastry into 6 equal squares to give 12 squares in total. Beat the remaining egg with water in small bowl. Brush edges of each square lightly with egg wash. Place a heaping tablespoon of the cheese mixture in the center of each square. Fold pastry over the filling, and seal edges with a fork. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet, brush with remaining egg wash and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve immediately.

From the OU

Fried Macaroni & Cheese

Andrea Reynaldo | Dairy https://oukosher.org/recipes/fried-macaroni-cheese-dairy/
Ready In: 11 hours Prep Time: 35 minutes
Wait Time: 10 hours
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 6 servings

A totally over the top recipe but my friend swears it’s amazing

  • Ingredients
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon salt (divided)
  • 2 cups elbow macaroni
  • ½ cup milk
  • 12 oz. processed cheese
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • Black pepper
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups crackers
  • ½ cup cornmeal
  • Pot of oil

Instructions

Grease a 9×13-inch pan.
In large saucepan, bring water and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to boil. Add pasta and cook 6 to 8 minutes, drain well.
In a large bowl, combine hot pasta, 1/2 cup milk, cheeses, 1/2 tsp salt, and pepper. Stir until cheese is melted and then spoon the mixture into prepared baking dish.
Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or until firm.
Scoop out large Tablespoons of the mixture and roll into 1” balls and place them on a baking sheet, freeze for 2 hours.
In a small bowl, whisk together eggs and remaining milk.
In a separate bowl combine crushed crackers and corn meal.
Dip the macaroni balls into the egg mixture, and then roll them in the crumb mixture.
Heat about 2 to 3 inches of oil in a deep fryer or sauce pan. Fry the macaroni and cheese balls for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.


Hanukkah – In Those Days, at This Time.

‘You All Come from Israel,’ Netanyahu Tells Olim

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IMTI (Im Tirtzu) Who We Are

The Modern-Day Miracle of Hanukkah

 

Syria

THANK YOU, HASHEM, FOR THE MIRACLES


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-10December2024-THANK YOU, HASHEM, FOR THE MIRACLES
Israel missed the opportunity of doing mass teshuva after the miracles of the 6-Day War in 1967. History is repeating itself. Miracles in real-time right now:
1. The IDF is working overtime destroying the Syrian AF and sophisticated weaponry on the ground.
2. The Hermon has been liberated as well as strategic territory in the Golan.
3. Iran has left Syria with its tail between its legs.
4. Russia has retreated from most of Syria, confined to their AF and naval base on the Mediterranean.
5. Hezbolla is fleeing from Syria, chased by the rebels who seek revenge against them.
6. The leftist media here had doomsday predictions of hundreds of thousands of Hezbolla missiles raining all over Israel, Heaven forbid. None of it happened.
7. Civil Defense warned that we’d be for at least 3 days without electricity and water. None of it happened.
There are 100’s (1000’s) more pre-Moshiach miracles that I’m not even mentioning, such the liquidation of our enemies one-by-one and President Trump’s election victory…
All of Israel should be doing teshuva. At least, has anyone thanked Hashem? I will. Right now. If you also want to thank Hashem, repost this do give your followers a chance to thank Hashem. THANK YOU, HASHEM, FOR THE MIRACLES. The more we thank Hashem, the more reasons He’ll give us to thank Him.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-10December2024-THANK YOU, HASHEM, FOR THE MIRACLES

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“The G-d of vengeance has appeared” (Psalm 94:1)


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Pay close attention to Hashem’s timing: We are now in Kislev, the miracle month of Chanukah, and the week of “Vayishlach”, when we read Ovadiah’s prophecy of Hashem’s vengeace on our enemies.
Syria has always been our most dangerous enemy:
1. In 2007, Syria had North-Korean designed and built nuclear complex, a copy of the one in Yongbyon, NK, which produced plutonium for nuclear bombs. This was in the Syrian desert at Al Khibar, well isolated, concealed and heavily guarded. With Hashem’s help, Israel destroyed it in a daring “Operation Orchard,” the night of Sept. 5-6, 2007, the Syrians were only a few weeks away from producing bomb-grade radioactive materials.
2. The Syrians have had poison gas and chemical weapons for decades, along with at least 4 production facilities and dozens of stockpiles. Assad used them against his own people in the Ghouta attack of 2013. This too has always been a covert threat against Israel. Those of us who served on the Syrian border underwent special training how to protect ourselves from these nasty death agents. With Hashem’s help, this week, Israel destroyed at least 3 of the 4 production facilities as well as the stockpiles.
3. Sign of Moshiach: Hashem, with the IDF as His messenger, this week has destroyed this cruel enemy without a war. The cherry on top is Mount Hermon, which He has given us also.
4. Many of our young readers never heard of masterspy Eli Cohen, navigator Ron Arad and the valiant Golani soldiers atop Mount Hermon on Yom Kippur of 1973, wounded in battle and executed by the sadistic Syrians. Hashem doesn’t forget and He takes His revenge at the time He deems fit. In the case of Assad’s Syria, it has been this week.
Thank You, Hashem. In King David’s words, “The G-d of vengeance has appeared” (Psalm 94:1). And, in the words of Deborah, Judge and Prophetess, “Thus shall perish all Your enemies, Hashem” (Judges 5:31).
Anyone who can’t smell Moshiach on the way should schedule an appointment with an ear, nose and throat specialist.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-12December2024-The G-d of vengeance has appeared

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-12December2024-The G-d of vengeance has appeared

 

Operation Orchard

Operation Orchard

 

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Syria:The collapse of the Assad regime, great opportunity, significant dangers


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This is a historic day for the Middle East. The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus, offers great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers.

We send a hand of peace to all those beyond our border in Syria: to the Druze, to the Kurds, to the Christians, and to the Muslims who want to live in peace with Israel.

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Benjamin Netanyahu-tweet-8December2024-syria-great opportunity-significant dangers

 

 

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Syria has fallen! Israel Attacks Syrian Military Assets.


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-10December2024-the IDF struck strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria
⭕ In 48 hours, the IDF struck most of the strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorist elements. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻:

⚓ Naval Operations: Israeli Navy missile ships struck 2 Syrian Navy facilities simultaneously: the Al-Bayda port and the Latakia port, where 15 Syrian naval vessels were docked.

🌊 Naval Targets: Dozens of sea-to-sea missiles with ranges of 80–190 km were destroyed. Each missile carried significant explosive payloads, posing threats to civilian and military maritime vessels in the area.

✈️ Air Force Operations: Manned aircraft flew hundreds of hours over Syrian airspace, conducting 350+ aerial strikes.

🎯 Targets Struck: A wide range of targets, including anti-aircraft batteries, Syrian Air Force airfields, and dozens of weapons production sites in Damascus, Homs, Tartus, Latakia, and Palmyra.

❌ Assets Neutralized: Numerous strategic assets, including Scud missiles, cruise missiles, surface-to-sea, surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles, UAVs, fighter jets, attack helicopters, radars, tanks, hangars, and more.

🪖 Ground Operations: The IDF conducted air strikes on 130 assets in Syria, including weapons depots, military structures, launchers, and firing positions.

🎥This footage is from the perspective of the munitions that were sent to strike these targets.

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Israel Defense Forces-tweet-10December2024-the IDF struck strategic weapons stockpiles in Syria

 

 


 


Open Source Intel-tweet-8December2024-Israel Attacks Syrian Military Assets
JUST IN 🚨

The Israeli Air Force describes one of the heaviest attack days in Syria since the Yom Kippur War. Dozens of aircraft carried out nearly 100 strikes against Syrian army targets in rapid succession, focusing primarily on weapons, Assad’s Air Force, including aircraft.

Open Source Intel-tweet-8December2024-Israel Attacks Syrian Military Assets

Open Source Intel-tweet-8December2024-Israel Attacks Syrian Military Assets

 


 

Israel destroying chemical weapons plants in Syria


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-8December2024-Israel destroying chemical weapons plants in Syria
In addition to Israel’s capturing the Syrian Hermon and buffer zone to keep the Jihadis away from our border, our sources say that Israel has done a great service to humanity by today destroying the chemical weapons plants in Massyaf (w. of Hama) and Dummar (s. of Damascus).

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-8December2024-Israel destroying chemical weapons plants in Syria

 


 

IDF strikes on a Assad weapons warehouse last night


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UNBELIEVABLE FOOTAGE🚨

Insane footage of IDF strikes on a Assad weapons warehouse last night.

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Open Source Intel-tweet-10December2024-IDF strikes on a Assad weapons warehouse last night

 

 


 

Israel obliterated Syria’s remaining chemical weapons stockpile, air-defense systems, and air force


JoeHoo-tweet-9December2024-Israel obliterated Syria chemical weapons stockpile air-defense systems and air force
0vernight Israel obliterated Syria’s remaining chemical weapons stockpile, air-defense systems, and air force, including Iranian military positions.

And approximately $20 billion worth of Iranian supplied weapons

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JoeHoo-tweet-9December2024-Israel obliterated Syria chemical weapons stockpile air-defense systems and air force

 

 


 

Strategic masterstroke by Israel


Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Kᴇᴍᴘ ⋁-tweet-10December2024-Strategic masterstroke by Israel
Strategic masterstroke by Israel. In perhaps the most intensive bombing campaign in its history, Israel has destroyed the Syrian air force, air defences, navy & army assets plus defence industries & C2I. Looks also like chemical weapons neutralised/seized. IDF ground forces secured defence lines inside Syria. This eliminates a significant threat to Israel & further degrades & neutralises the remnants of Hizballah. It is also yet another hammer blow to Iran.

Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Kᴇᴍᴘ ⋁-tweet-10December2024-Strategic masterstroke by Israel

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Israeli hamantashen destroys Syrian MIG-29 Fleet


Hashem-tweet-10December2024-Israeli hamantashen destroys Syrian MIG-29 Fleet
Syria 🇸🇾 has a large fleet of MiG-29 aircraft.

*had💥

There are none left.
JerusalemCats Comments: That triangle is a hamantashen

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Israel is destroying Assad’s navy


Eylon Levy-tweet-10December2024-Israel is destroying Assad’s navy
Israel is destroying Assad’s navy to prevent it falling in the hands of the Al Qaeda spinoff that just seized Syria.

Israel keeps the world safe.

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Eylon Levy-tweet-10December2024-Israel is destroying Assad’s navy

 

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Islamic terrorists are capturing and torturing Christians in Syria


Cheryl E-tweet-9December2024-
It doesn’t ever matter which Islamists run a country… the end result is always the same. And as always, the entire world will watch and do nothing.
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BREAKING:

Islamic terrorists are capturing and torturing Christians in Syria.

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REAL JEW-tweet-9December2024-Islamic terrorists are capturing and torturing Christians in Syria

 

 

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The Syrian Druze of Mt. Hermon request officially to be annexed to Israel

6 Syrian Druze villages in the Suweida governate in southern Syria request to be annexed to Golan, Israel.
They fear the Islamists now controlling Damascus “They (HTS) will come for our women and daughters…”.


Deνiουs-tweet-13December2024-The Syrian Druze of Mt Hermon request officially to be annexed to Israel
The Druze of Mt. Hermon(Jabal Al Sheikh) request officially to be annexed to Israel.
“They (HTS) will come for our women and daughters…”.

Deνiουs-tweet-13December2024-The Syrian Druze of Mt Hermon request officially to be annexed to Israel

Deνiουs-tweet-13December2024-The Syrian Druze of Mt Hermon request officially to be annexed to Israel

 

 

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Elder of Ziyon logo http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/

Elder of Ziyon logo http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/

Let’s compare how much Syrian territory Israel controls with how much Turkey illegally occupies

Elder of Ziyon 10December2024

 

Lots of antisemites are looking at Israel going into the former buffer zone in Syria to help defend Israel from any threats. They are saying that this is evidence of the “greater Israel” plan, of Israel’s ast expansionist desires to eventually control the entire region from the Nile to the Euphrates.

 

Let’s look at how much land Israel is now occupying. (Most maps from Critical Threats.)

 

Opposition Advances in Southwest Syria 9December2024

Opposition Advances in Southwest Syria 9December2024

 

It is the little patch of blue next to the much larger Golan Heights.

 

Now let’s zoom out and look at who is controlling all of Syria today.<

 

Reported Control of Terrain in Syria-9December2024

Reported Control of Terrain in Syria-9December2024

 

You can hardly see the blue area.

 

But look at the light yellow areas in northern Syria.

 

Those are controlled by the “Syrian National Army.” The SNA is a Turkish proxy – essentially, Turkey’s “Hezbollah.” It is funded by Turkey, armed by Turkey and all of its military decisions are made by Turkey.

 

Turkey controls 22 times the area Israel controls – 8,835 square kilometers.

 

And the Turkish presence is not only in the yellow sections. As of 2021, one think-tank counted 113 Turkish military bases and outposts in Syria: within 5 governorates: 55 in Aleppo, 43 in Idlib, 9 in Raqqa, 4 in Al-Hasaka and 2 in Lattakia.

 

Map of Turkey's bases and posts in Syria

Map of Turkey’s bases and posts in Syria

 

Unlike the Russian and Iranian bases in Syria, the Turkish bases are in no danger of being taken over by the rebels.

 

This has been going on for many years, and there are probably fewer articles about Turkish occupation of vast parts of Syria in the past decade than on Israel taking over tiny parts of Syria in the past couple of days.

 

But that is not the only thing that Western media has been downplaying about these areas.

 

Turkey considers a 20-30 km wide swatch of Syrian territory along its borders to be a “safe zone” – which is a buffer zone that it controls or intends to control. And within that zone are illegal settlements.

 

You see, Turkey has been expelling hundreds of thousands of Kurds from these territories – building settlements, and forcibly populating them with Sunni Muslim Syrian refugees who fled to Turkey. They are changing the demography of the area with settlements that almost no one talks about.

 

Turkey’s policy of occupation, ethnic cleansing and settlement enterprise in parts of Syria violates international law. Almost no one discusses this and European governments, fearful of Turkish reactions and threats to send millions of refugees their way, are reluctant to emphasize this – but no one outside Turkey disputes this.

 

How many Syrians has Israel displaced? From all accounts – zero.

 

Here is a great example where the main story is true – Israel did indeed take over 400 square kilometers of Syrian territory, as a temporary measure until there is a dependable government or other arrangements that can guarantee Israel’s security. But when you compare that to the entire size of Syria and the amount of land controlled by other foreign nations, the real story turns out to be the one that everyone is ignoring.

 

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Pogroms

History is repeating itself. Remember 30November. Don’t Be A Statistic!

Here’s why you should come to Israel


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-12November2024-Here’s why you should come to Israel
If a person’s only motivation to come to Israel is refuge from anti-Semitism, he or she won’t be happy. On a material level, it’s far from comfort zone here. But for the soul, the Land of Israel is paradise. Miracles are natural in the Land of Emuna. Here’s why you should come:

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-12November2024-Here’s why you should come to Israel

 

 

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Better yet. Make Aliyah! Have them call Jewish Agency to start the formal application on 0800-085-2105 / 0800-051-8227 or email gci-en@jafi.org https://www.jewishagency.org/aliyah/

10November2024 Preparations to harm Israelis in major cities in the UK, and several European cities.


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BREAKING NEWS:
Note from the Israeli National security council says they have uncovered preparations to harm Israelis in major cities in the UK, and several European cities.
“In the past few days, there have been calls among pro-Palestinian/terrorist-supporter groups to harm Israelis and Jews, under the pretense of demonstrations and protests, taking advantage of mass gatherings (sports and cultural events) to maximize the damage and the media coverage”

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Jews are attacked by violent mobs in Europe, America and beyond who scream “Free Palestine!”


Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-Jews are attacked by violent mobs who scream Free Palestine
Every day, Jews are attacked by violent mobs in Europe, America and beyond who scream “Free Palestine!”
“Free Palestine,” is the current way of saying “Death to the Jews.”
Everyone knows it. But in our world of lies, bigots in suits get away with insisting that “anti-Zionism” isn’t Jew hatred, thus proving two things:
1. They hate Jews and want to see us harmed.
2. Israel is the only place where Jews are defended. That is, Zionism remains not only the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, but that without Israel, there would be no Jewish people.

Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-Jews are attacked by violent mobs who scream Free Palestine

Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-Jews are attacked by violent mobs who scream Free Palestine

 


 

Visit Holland. Feel like 1941 again.


Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-The Palestinian flag is today’s swastika
Let’s remember that today, in Holland, anti-Semites are trying Israel for genocide in one kangaroo court, and deliberating over whether to issue arrest warrants against our leaders in another kangaroo court.
The “Palestinian” flag is today’s swastika.
The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-8November2024-Visit Holland. Feel like 1941 again.
Visit Holland. Feel like 1941 again.

Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-The Palestinian flag is today's swastika

Caroline Glick-tweet-8November2024-The Palestinian flag is today’s swastika

 

 

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The cult of death vs the nation of life


Cheryl E-tweet-28November2024-The cult of death vs the nation of life
The red triangle 🔺 on the Palestine 🇵🇸 flag represents the tip of a sword stained with blood. It represents death.

The Star of David ✡️ on the Israel 🇮🇱 flag is the Shield of David… it protects life and represents the sanctity of life.

That is the difference.

This entire war is the cult of death vs the nation of life.

Cheryl E-tweet-28November2024-The cult of death vs the nation of life

Cheryl E-tweet-28November2024-The cult of death vs the nation of life

 

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Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight

11November2024


Hen Mazzig-tweet-11November2024-Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight
Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight. Rioters are damaging property and shouting “Kankerjoden,” which means “Cancer Jews.”

To Amsterdam’s Jews, please stay safe. Don’t go outside.

To the rest of the world, look at what you’ve done.

You can deny it all you want, but as these horrible attacks continue to happen, know it is your fault. You have enabled it, you have defended it, and, deep down, you were probably hoping it would happen again.

Hen Mazzig-tweet-11November2024-Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight

Hen Mazzig-tweet-11November2024-Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight

 

 


 

13November2024-After all the Israelis and Jews left Amsterdam


Dr. Maalouf-tweet-13November2024-After all the Israelis and Jews left Amsterdam
⚠️After all the Israelis and Jews left Amsterdam, the Islamist rioters are now attacking native Dutch citizens.

 

 

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“Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland’s Jews; it was Dutch police and Austrians”


Herb Glatter-tweet-8November2024-Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland’s Jews
A plaque on the wall of the anne frank house museum in Amsterdam reads:
“Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland’s Jews; it was Dutch police and Austrians”

Herb Glatter-tweet-8November2024-Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland's Jews

Herb Glatter-tweet-8November2024-Not one German was involved in rounding up and deporting Holland’s Jews

 

The law is not a moral compass. The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law. The people who killed her were following it. The next time someone screams Israel is violating “International Law”, show them this meme and ask, “What did your group or country do to actively save the Jews from the Holocaust, Pogrom or Terrorist Attack?” The list of Jew haters will be very, very long. For the US Democrats, let’s start with FDR closing the gates to Jewish immigration to the US in the 1930s and 1940s and not bombing the Death Camps. The British closed the gates to Eretz Israel. Germany, France and the rest of Europe along with the Arabs; aiding and abetting the Nazis in murdering 6 Million Jew along with Arab Pogroms against the Jews because they were Jews.

The law is not a moral compass. The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law. The people who killed her were following it. The next time someone screams Israel is violating “International Law”, show them this meme and ask, “What did your group or country do to actively save the Jews from the Holocaust, Pogrom or Terrorist Attack?” The list of Jew haters will be very, very long. For the US Democrats, let’s start with FDR closing the gates to Jewish immigration to the US in the 1930s and 1940s and not bombing the Death Camps. The British closed the gates to Eretz Israel. Germany, France and the rest of Europe along with the Arabs; aiding and abetting the Nazis in murdering 6 Million Jew along with Arab Pogroms against the Jews because they were Jews.

 

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A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews


Im Tirtzu-tweet-8November2024-A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews
A day after a pogrom, a cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews.
You don’t understand one thing, you blonde, European, useful idiots.
#thewestisnext

Im Tirtzu-tweet-8November2024-A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews

Im Tirtzu-tweet-8November2024-A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews

 

 


 

You hypocritical terrorist supporters


Yoseph Haddad-tweet-8November2024-You hypocritical terrorist supporters

תזכרו שאתם הבאים בתור ועוד קצת זמן החיוכים שלכם יתחלפו בבכי כשאתם תהפכו למטרה של אותם המחבלים מהמזרח התיכון יא אהבלים תומכי טרור צבועים! הסרטון הזה שרץ ברשת הוא מסתבר לא מהיום אחרי הפרוגרום אלא מלפני כמה שבועות- אבל לא תראו את אותם תומכי טרור מגנים או מתנערים מהפרוגרום אלא שמחים ומברכים עליו. והמסר הוא אותו מסר- מי שתומך בטרור של אותם מחבלים שהיגרו מהמזרח התיכון יהיה מי שיבכה כשיהפוך למטרה הבאה שלהם!

Translated from Hebrew by

Remember that you are next in line and in a little while your smiles will turn to tears when you become the target of those terrorists from the Middle East, you hypocritical terrorist supporters! This video that is running on the net is apparently not from the day after the program but from a few weeks ago – but you will not see those supporters of terrorism condemning or rejecting the program but rather happy and congratulating it. And the message is the same message – whoever supports the terrorism of those terrorists who immigrated from the Middle East will be the one who will cry when he becomes their next

Yoseph Haddad-tweet-8November2024-You hypocritical terrorist supporters

Yoseph Haddad-tweet-8November2024-You hypocritical terrorist supporters

 

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Every time in history, The excuses change; the hate persists.


The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-9November2024-Every time in history
Every time in history there’s been an antisemitic attack, people have found ways to defend the attackers and justify the violence.

Remember Amsterdam? Jews were mobbed because “Israelis were rowdy.”

October 7? Because Jews have a country.

The Tree of Life massacre? Because Jews “helped migrants.”

The Har Nof massacre? Because Jews “threatened al Aqsa.”

The Farhud? Jews “sided with the British.”

The Holocaust? Jews were “racially inferior.”

The Dreyfus Affair? Jews were “treasonous.”

The Russian pogroms? Jews “caused poverty.”

The Chmielnicki Massacres? Jews “colluded with Polish nobility.”

The Inquisitions? Jews were “undermining Christianity.”

The Black Death pogroms? Jews “poisoned the wells.”

The Expulsions? Jews were “heretics.”

The Second Temple’s destruction? Jews “defied Rome.”

The excuses change; the hate persists.

The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-9November2024-Every time in history

The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-9November2024-Every time in history

 

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Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Israel to dispatch rescue flights following Amsterdam pogrom

Both civilian and military planes will be sent to bring Israeli emergency teams to Holland and bring Jews back to Israel.

Israel National News / 8November2024, 7:48 AM (GMT+2) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398825

 

Riots in Amsterdam

Riots in Amsterdam

 

The Ministry of Transportation has announced that in accordance with the directive of the Minister of Transportation, three additional flights have been added to rescue Israelis from Amsterdam by the three Israeli companies in addition to the three existing flights.

 

“In the wake of the lynching and pogrom against Israelis that took place in Amsterdam, the Minister of Transportation instructed the Civil Aviation Authority and the Airports Authority to contact the Israeli airlines in order to reinforce the flights from Amsterdam to Israel, in order to evacuate the Israelis from Amsterdam.”

 

It was further reported that “the Ministry of Transportation has been in constant contact since the beginning of the incident with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council and is prepared in addition to the three existing flights to add three additional flights of Israair, Arkia and El Al in order to rescue the Israeli soccer fans who were attacked in Amsterdam.”

 

The Minister of Culture has instructed all the Ministry’s agencies to provide any possible assistance in order to rescue the Israelis and return them home.

 

Additionally, the IDF will send a contingent of Home Front Command rescue personnel in IAF cargo planes to assist in treating and evacuating the victims. The mission has been coordinated with the Dutch authorities.

 

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Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Foreign Ministry guidelines for Israelis in Amsterdam

Israelis in Amsterdam advised to avoid displaying Jewish symbols, fly back to Israel as quickly as possible following antisemitic pogrom.

Israel National News / 8November2024, 9:18 AM (GMT+2)  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398831

 

The Israeli Foreign Ministry and National Security Council published new instructions at 9:05 a.m. Israeli time for Israelis staying in Amsterdam following the antisemitic pogrom committed in the city overnight.

1. The local security forces have been deployed in the area and those who wish to get from the hotel to the airport – this is possible and you can go out and use local transportation.

2. The local police must be informed immediately of any incident of threat or attack and the local Israeli consulate must be informed by phone 0031646312161. You can also call the situation center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02-5303155.

 

In addition, you can call the following numbers:

 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

025304358

025303287

025303644

025303401

0505074986

Embassy of Israel in the Netherlands:

+31703760570

+31642648282

+31648493297

3. One should avoid walking around the streets while wearing visible Israeli/Jewish symbols.

4. Those who can, should advance their flight back to Israel.

5. Israelis staying in Amsterdam are advised to install the Home Front Command application where targeted updates about the situation will be transmitted.

6. A number of Israeli planes are expected to arrive in Amsterdam in the coming hours, more details about flights back to Israel will be published later.

 

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, MK Sharren Haskel (National Right Party) stated, “The antisemitic pogrom in Amsterdam is an unimaginable event. This incident is one of the extremes that have occurred recently and echoes the events of Kristallnacht, which took place exactly 80 years ago. I spoke with the ambassador and the embassy staff, and rescue and medical teams are on their way to the Netherlands.”

 

“Radical Islam is spreading terror and hatred everywhere. Europe is no longer safe for Jews, and if it will not wake up, it will soon no longer be safe for anyone,” Haskel said. She also urged any Israeli who requires assistance or guidance to call the above numbers

Readers Comments:

Rationilst Jew8November2024
Jews not living in Israel – Remember once strong and true statement

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. It is only a waiting game. America is no promised land -Try to see if you can Remember Crown Heights!

The only reason it is called the promised land – is the “promise” sooner or later it happen here again in larges scales. An economic breakdown leading to a strong depression and try to guess what happens? Don’t delude yourself you are safe!

 

Guest 8November2024
They just reinforced the case for the State of Israel’s existence. Weren’t no planes coming to rescue Jews after Kristallnacht

 

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Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

El Al announces Shabbat rescue flights from Amsterdam

Israeli airline announces it will run free last-minute flights to bring Israelis home from Amsterdam today, even on Shabbat, following the pogrom against Israeli soccer fans.

Israel National News / 8November2024, 10:25 AM (GMT+2) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398838

 

El Al flight

El Al flight

 

Following last night’s antisemitic pogrom in Amsterdam, El Al announced that it will operate rescue flights from the destination to Tel Aviv at short notice, including on Shabbat. The flights will be free of charge, the first flight will take off from Amsterdam at 2:00 p.m. (local time), and is expected to land back in Tel Aviv later today.

 

Hundreds of fans of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team reported that they were attacked overnight Thursday by Arabs in Amsterdam, as they left the stadium following Maccabi’s game against AFC Ajax.

 

The fans testified that an ambush had been prepared for them in advance at various points outside the stadium.

 

Disturbing footage from the city, which was posted to social media, fans are seen being violently attacked, beaten and even run over. One of the fans was forced to say “Free Palestine” before he was let go. Some of the fans barricaded themselves in shops and other places in the city. The local police escorted some of the Israelis back to their hotels.

 

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that ten fans were injured and that three people are unaccounted for, and efforts to get in touch with them are ongoing.

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning spoke with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof following the pogrom.

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu said that he views with utmost gravity the planned antisemitic attack against Israeli citizens and requested that security be increased for the Dutch Jewish community.

 

The Prime Minister thanked his Dutch counterpart for expressing shock over last night’s events and for saying that it was an extraordinary and antisemitic event.

 

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s directive, Israeli planes are now en route to the Netherlands to bring back the [Israeli] citizens, including the wounded.

 

Dutch right-wing leader Geert Wilders condemned the violence and wrote on X, “Looks like a Jew hunt in the streets of Amsterdam. Arrest and deport the multicultural scum that attacked Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters in our streets. Ashamed that this can happen in The Netherlands. Totally unacceptable.”

 

He later posted again about the incident and wrote, “A pogrom in the streets of Amsterdam. We have become the Gaza of Europe. Muslims with Palestinian flags hunting down Jews. I will NOT accept that. NEVER.”

 

“The authorities will be held accountable for their failure to protect the Israeli citizens. Never again,” he added.

 


 

EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam


EL AL USA-tweet-10November2024-EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam
Following therecent violent events in Amsterdam, we mobilized to assist Israeli citizens and our country, and we will continue to do so as needed.

We operated a total of eight flights from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv – six flights on Friday and two additional flights on Saturday, with all evacuation flights operated on wide-body aircraft. We flew a total of approximately 2,000 passengers back home.

These evacuation flights, which cost millions of shekels, were fully funded by EL AL and were free for passengers.

Additionally, we responded to over 10,000 inquiries received by our customer service center.

We are proud to be a pillar for Israelis, even in difficult times.

EL AL USA-tweet-10November2024-EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam

EL AL USA-tweet-10November2024-EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam

 

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https://www.jpost.com/

Dutch police refuse to guard Jewish sites over ‘moral dilemmas,’ officers say

Marcel de Weerd and Michel Theeboom, from the Jewish Police Network, claimed ““There are colleagues who no longer want to protect Jewish targets or events.”
By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
OCTOBER 4, 2024 12:32 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-823171

 

Officers in the Dutch police force have been refusing to protect Jewish targets, two officers told Nieuw Israëlisch Weekblad earlier this week.

 

Marcel de Weerd and Michel Theeboom, representing the Jewish Police Network, expressed concerns over changes they were seeing in the force.

 

“There are colleagues who no longer want to protect Jewish targets or events. They talk about ‘moral dilemmas,’ and I see a tendency emerging to give in to that. That would truly mark the beginning of the end. I’m concerned about that,” Theeboom said.

 

Adding to Theeboom’s claims, De Weerd said, “We see that leadership is struggling with this. Especially now, with the conflict in the Middle East, we risk drifting away from what we should stand for as a collective. We need to keep discussing this with each other.”

 

De Weerd also claimed that many of the younger officers he had encountered were ignorant of the country’s history, including the police’s role in World War II.

 

The officers later spoke with De Telegraaf, where they said that some members of the police expressed they didn’t want to be deployed at the Dutch National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam and refused food and drinks from the venue.

 

Mireille Beentjes, the police force’s spokeswoman, told De Telegraaf she had heard of officers making moral objections, admitting there were “no strict policies.”

 

“We take moral objections into account when creating schedules. But if there’s an urgent task, you will be deployed, whether you want to or not,” she said. “You are expected to behave professionally. Others shouldn’t notice anything.”

 

Beentjies claimed officers had been made to guard institutes and events that they found morally objectionable in other circumstances.

 

“It pains them when the Quran is burned, but at the same time, they still have to protect the people who do it,” Beentjes stressed.

 

According to the Brussels Signal, Commissioner of the Dutch National Police Janny Knol claimed, “Police officers are human beings and have the right to their own opinions and emotions.” However, he stressed, “But when it comes to people’s safety, that is our top priority. We are here for everyone. That is the foundation of our work as police officers.”

 

Nine Kooiman, President of the Dutch National Police Union, reportedly added, “If you keep giving in to everyone, there’s no end to it. You are in service of society and must be able to distance yourself from your personal considerations and emotions. A professional attitude.”

 

Koen Simmers, another official at the union, said, “It is unacceptable that there are police officers who refuse to carry out tasks and orders, such as protecting Jewish, Christian, Islamic institutions, demonstrations, or social events.

 

“The police are there for everyone. Moral objections may exist and are expressed, but if you are not prepared to protect everyone, then you have chosen the wrong job.”

 

Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders condemned officers refusing to guard Jewish institutes.

 


Geert Wilders-tweet-1October2024-Unacceptable
Onacceptabel. Als een agent geen joodse objecten wil bewaken is dat reden voor ontslag.

Translated from Dutch by

Unacceptable. If an officer does not want to guard Jewish objects, that is grounds for dismissal.
De Telegraaf-tweet-1October2024-Police officers do not want to guard Jewish objects
Agenten willen geen Joodse objecten bewaken: korpsleiding heeft begrip voor ’morele bezwaren’

Translated from Dutch by

Police officers do not want to guard Jewish objects: police leadership understands ‘moral objections’

Geert Wilders-tweet-1October2024-Unacceptable

Geert Wilders-tweet-1October2024-Unacceptable

 

“Unacceptable. If an officer does not want to guard Jewish objects, that is grounds for dismissal,” Wilders wrote on X/Twitter.

The threats faced by Dutch Jews

In the Netherlands, much like the rest of the Diaspora, antisemitic incidents significantly increased after Hamas’s October 7 attacks – an increase of over 800%, according to the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel.

 

In March, pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside the opening of a Holocaust museum in Amsterdam. President Isaac Herzog had attended the opening.

 

In April, a former hostage released from Hamas captivity was verbally abused by Dutch airport staff. In the same month, Dutch Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heintz told The Jerusalem Post that he was violently assaulted in an antisemitic incident in Utrecht.

 

More recently, Germany arrested a teenager being groomed to carry out an attack on Dutch Jews while on a school trip to Holland.

 

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Police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom


Hen Mazzig-tweet-9November2024-disorderly conduct
BREAKING: Dutch police released 52 of 62 detained assailants, merely fining 40 for “disorderly conduct” & “violating public order.”

A pogrom is not just “disorderly conduct.”

It’s no wonder Jews only feel safe in the country created to protect us from this sort of injustice.
Hen Mazzig-tweet-9November2024-Police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom
UPDATE: Contrary to original Dutch police reports, the 62 arrests were made before/during the match, and police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom after.

The handling of this attack only becomes worse by the hour.

Jews deserve better.

Hen Mazzig-tweet-9November2024-Police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom

Hen Mazzig-tweet-9November2024-Police did not arrest a SINGLE assailant who participated in the pogrom

 


 

No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom


De Telegraaf-tweet-9November2024-No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom
In de nacht waarin tientallen Israëli’s werden aangevallen op straat in Amsterdam is geen enkele aanhouding verricht, bevestigt het OM.

Translated from Dutch by

No arrests were made on the night when dozens of Israelis were attacked on the streets of Amsterdam, the Public Prosecution Service confirmed.

De Telegraaf-tweet-9November2024-No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom

De Telegraaf-tweet-9November2024-No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom

Source: https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1428164439/om-bevestigt-geen-arrestaties-in-amsterdamse-nacht-vol-geweld

 

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After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action


Jazie Veldhuyzen-tweet-14November2024-After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action
The world needs to see this. Yesterday around 11 pm pro-Palestinian protestors in Amsterdam got relocated by police to an industrial area. There they got hunted down, beaten up and hunted down again. One protestor is beat up while she’s laying on the ground. Please share!

Jazie Veldhuyzen-tweet-14November2024-After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action

Jazie Veldhuyzen-tweet-14November2024-After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action

 

 

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The Telegraph logo

Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’ across Amsterdam

Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv attacked before and after their team’s Europa League match against Ajax

Dutch police detain a man in Amsterdam after he had allegedly provoked Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters Credit: JEROEN JUMELET/Shutterstock

Dutch police detain a man in Amsterdam after he had allegedly provoked Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters Credit: JEROEN JUMELET/Shutterstock

Gordon Rayner Associate Editor. Connor Stringer Senior reporter
08 November 2024 5:45pm GMT https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/11/08/jewish-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-attacked-in-amsterdam/#Echobox=1731143020-1

 

The most famous and revered stop on Amsterdam’s tourist trail is the four-storey house on the Prinsengracht canal where the diarist Anne Frank lived in hiding for two years.

 

Now a museum, it is one of Europe’s most powerful reminders of the Holocaust, with a near-sacred status as a memorial to Jews like Anne who were exterminated by the Nazis.

 

On Thursday night, a terrible echo of the “Jew hunts” that took place during the German occupation played out just a few hundred yards from Anne Frank’s House as Israeli football fans were pursued through the streets and attacked.

 

The parallels were too obvious to ignore, prompting the Dutch king to say his country had failed Jewish people just as it did during the Second World War.

 

A pro-Palestinian demonstration had coincided with a European football match between the Maccabi Tel Aviv, the Israeli side, and Ajax, the local team whose fans refer to themselves as the “Super Jews”. The result was as shaming as it was foreseeable.


Amsterdam attacks

Amsterdam attacks

Amsterdam attacks

 

Videos posted on social media showed fans of the two teams being punched, kicked and humiliated as pro-Palestinian marchers shouted anti-Semitic slurs at them.

 

Now it has emerged that the attacks on the Jewish football fans were planned in advance and co-ordinated using WhatsApp and Telegram.

 

The Telegraph has seen messages from a group chat called Buurthuis, a Dutch word for a type of community centre, which were posted on Wednesday, the day before the match.

 

One message says: “Tomorrow after the game, at night, part 2 of the Jew Hunt.

 

“Tomorrow we work them.”

Buurthuis group chat

Buurthuis group chat

 

Another member of the group says: “Who can sort fireworks?” adding, “We need a lot of fireworks”. Participants refer to “cancer dogs”, a particularly vile insult in the Netherlands.

 

The previous day had some skirmishes, which the Jewish fans escaped by going into a local casino. One of the messages sent by the pro-Palestinians said: “They won’t go to the casino any more.”

Buurthuis group chat-2

Buurthuis group chat-2

 

Tensions had been running high before the match because Amsterdam was in the midst of a week of pro-Palestinian protests.

 

The demonstrators had wanted to protest at the Johan Cruyff Arena, home of Ajax, but Femke Halsema, the city’s mayor, ordered police to keep them a kilometre away from the stadium.

 

Some demonstrators tried to get to the stadium anyway but were stopped.

 

Police were given stop-and-search powers within areas deemed a security risk and riot police patrolled the streets. Yet, they failed to prevent violence that has attracted condemnations from around the world.

 

One piece of footage posted online shows a man who had jumped into a canal in a desperate attempt to escape his attackers.

 

As he thrashes around in the water, a pursuer shouts: “Say Free Palestine, and we’ll let you go,” and spits out a vile Dutch phrase that means “Cancer Jew”.

 

The person who posted the video on X commented: “This coward jumped into the canal, afraid of getting beaten.” It was accompanied by “crying with laughter” emojis.

 

Another video shows a man who appears unconscious on the street being repeatedly kicked as he lies in the fetal position.

 

A third film shows a young Israeli football fan cornered in a narrow alley where he ends up crouching on the floor. He begs for mercy but his assailants knock him out with a punch to the head.

 

There is little wonder why one Israeli diplomat described it as “a pogrom”.

 

Ben Myers, a British-Israeli living in Amsterdam, said injured football fans were rushed to safe houses by a group of Israeli men and women who mobilised on WhatsApp groups.

 

Mr Myers, who helped coordinate the rapid response, said the Jewish community had been failed by the Dutch police.

 

He added: “It really was a testament to the power of the women, organising a mini Dunkirk and getting Israelis to safety.

 

“There were definitely people being pushed into canals. They must have known it was going to kick off. One of the biggest gripes was the lack of police action. A lot of Israelis were saying they didn’t see police for hours.

 

“Even when they did, they were driving nonchalantly by. It was definitely a failure by the Dutch police to protect the football fans.”

 

Two Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, Aviv and Harel, told the Kan public broadcaster: “There was a police force standing on the side, not doing too much when there was some kind of protest. Each of us had been to the Netherlands four times; we had never felt like this before.”

 

Violence flared when a group gathered at the National Monument in Dam Square – the country’s cenotaph – started chanting pro-Palestinian slogans at passing Israeli fans.

 

One Maccabi Tel Aviv fan dressed in a blue and yellow dressing gown gestured at the protestors and shouted “f— you” and others joined in by shouting “f— you Palestine”.

 

Maccabi fans descending into the Amsterdam metro sang: “Let the IDF win, we will f—* the Arabs” and “f— you Palestine.”

 

What appeared to be a visiting fan was filmed being hoisted up to a first-floor window where he grabbed a Palestinian flag and tore it down.

 

Soon the football fans were being chased through the streets by locals.

 

The victims included a man wearing the yellow strip of Tel Aviv crouching on the ground as his attackers kicked him and shouted: “It’s for the children motherf——.”

 

“Please take all my money,” he responded in desperation, in a video posted on social media.

 

The attackers responded: “Free Palestine now.”

 

Further video footage showed a man being kicked to the ground as fireworks went off around him.

 

He was dragged along the street and then tried to escape as a pro-Palestinian assailant filmed the scene and said: “Now you know how it feels.”

 

He shouted: “That’s Gaza. That’s Palestine. That’s Gaza motherf—–.”

 

Others had narrow escapes.

 

Amit Amira, a Maccabi fan, said: “Three people approached me on the street and asked where I was from. I said, ‘Greece.’ One of them grabbed my hand and told me to show my ID. I pushed him away and went into the casino.

 

“We stood at the entrance to the casino, and no one wanted to help us. They told us, ‘Why did you come here?’ In the end, an Arab Israeli helped us. He said, ‘No one will mess with you. You’re with me.’ He ordered two taxis for us, and we escaped.”

 

Amsterdam was known as the Jerusalem of the West before the war because of its thriving Jewish population, many of whom supported Ajax, whose stadium was close to the Jewish quarter. Giant Israeli flags are a common sight at Ajax home games.

 

Today, Amsterdam also has a large Arab population, including more than 77,000 Moroccans who live in the Dutch capital.

 

In the aftermath of the attacks, many shaken and traumatised Maccabi fans said they were the victim of what some said were pre-planned attacks that could have ended in fatalities as they sought to leave the Netherlands on the first available flight.

 

One shaken Israeli woman who spoke to Dutch media NOS from Amsterdam’s Schipol airport: “It seems like it was organised. There were a lot of people. They saw everyone in yellow.

 

“They jumped on us. They stabbed people. They beat them. They did horrible things. We hid in the hotel until it was safe outside.”

 

Others said they would not return to Amsterdam and were even scared to take taxis to the airport for fear of being attacked by drivers, some of whom apparently took part in the clashes.

 

In all, five people were hospitalised and 62 were arrested, according to local police.

 

Rescue flights were sent to Amsterdam to get the Tel Aviv fans home safely. As one flight waited on the runway, passengers posted social media videos of everyone on the plane punching the air and shouting with relief.

 

Dozens of armed police officers stood guard at the check-in desk, cornered off passengers travelling on the last flight from Schiphol airport to Tel Aviv on Friday evening.

 

Outside, still wearing his navy Maccabi Tel Aviv tracksuit, Ofek Ziv’s voice begins to break as he recalls being ambushed by the pro-Palestinian mob.

 

The 27-year-old financial advisor was hit by a rock as he and other fans were attacked by a gang of ski-masked men.

 

He told The Telegraph: “We have been let down by the police and the country. They did nothing. I was frightened, I was in shock. It was a very intense moment because you don’t expect to get attacked in this country – they accept all cultures.”

 

The ambush echoed that of October 7, in which he lost a close friend, he said.

 

He added: “My friend was killed in Nova on October 7. It’s the same feeling today – you see all these people attacked without any help and you can do nothing.”

 

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‘Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered’: Antisemitic flyers spread in London Jewish neighborhood

The incident, which saw antisemitic leaflets dispersed in a London Jewish neighborhood, was reported to Stand With Us.

By COREY TUSAK
28NOVEMBER2024 12:41 Updated: 28NOVEMBER2024 14:01  https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-831132<

 

An Israeli flag flies below the Union Jack at Hendon Town Hall in London, Britain, October 9, 2023. (photo credit: Anna Gordon/REUTERS)

An Israeli flag flies below the Union Jack at Hendon Town Hall in London, Britain, October 9, 2023. (photo credit: Anna Gordon/REUTERS)

 

Antisemitic leaflets reading “Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered” were recently dispersed in a London Jewish neighborhood, GB News reported on Wednesday.

 

“Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered” was written in Hebrew on flyers that were distributed in Hendon, a highly Jewish-populated neighborhood, GBN reported.

 

Also reportedly written on the flyer was the phrase “Zionist free zone” in English.

 

“We are witnessing a troubling trend of red lines being repeatedly crossed,” Isaac Zarfati, the executive director of Stand With Us UK, told GBN. “This is not just another wave that will pass if we remain passive.”

 


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‘Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered’: Leaflets distributed in London Jewish neighbourhood

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“We must take those threats and statements seriously because one day they will turn into actions, and decisive steps are needed to combat this alarming phenomenon,” Zarfati added.

 

Trend of antisemitic flyers, statements

A similar incident occurred close by before Yom Kippur with statements like “F*** the Jew” and “Heil Hitler” as well as the swastika symbol being raked into bunkers (sand dunes) on the golf course of the Heldon Golf Club, GBN reported.

 

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, commented on the golf course incident, stating that he was “sickened by the rise in antisemitism in our city. Hate crime is a criminal offense and has no place in London.” The GBN quoted the mayor.

 

The number of antisemitic hate crimes in London has more than doubled in the space of a year, according to figures put out by the London Metropolitan Police.

 

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Why young British Jews are leaving for Israel

The vicious intolerance sweeping Europe is now impossible to ignore.

Neil Davenport

8December2024 https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/12/08/why-young-british-jews-are-leaving-for-israel/

 

For most British teenagers in their final year of A-levels, thoughts are now turning to choosing universities, attending open days and organising accommodation. But for a growing number of young British Jews, these familiar rites of passage are being replaced by more urgent concerns: joining the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) or volunteering in Israel.

 

The change in the priorities of young British Jews shows how much their world has changed since 7 October last year. First, Hamas’s brutal slaughter of civilians in Israel provided a horrifying wake-up call. And then the subsequent surge in anti-Semitism in Britain and Europe made it clear that many supposedly tolerant institutions are anything but.

 

‘I had always intended to join the IDF’, 17-year-old Thalia Cohen tells me. ‘But the events of 7 October solidified my decision. I want to help Israel defend itself and make sure something like that never happens again.’

 

Orli Miller completed her sixth-form studies this year. Visiting British university campuses since 7 October has transformed her view of the UK. ‘I visited one of the universities I’d applied to, and I was deeply unsettled by what I saw’, she recalls:

 

‘Posters of hostages taken by Hamas had been torn down. I realised this wasn’t an environment where I’d feel comfortable or supported. As a Zionist, I knew I’d be much happier in Israel, where I can align my actions with my beliefs without fear of judgement.’

 

Orli initially applied to serve in the IDF but was turned down on medical grounds. But rather than return to a university campus in the UK riddled with anti-Semitism, she chose to sign up for Sherut Leumi, Israel’s alternative national-service programme. Participants get to work in a wide range of areas, including healthcare, nursing homes and in disadvantaged communities.

 

That increasing numbers of young British Jews are now turning their backs on the UK university system provides a damning indictment of the vicious intolerance washing over campuses today. Universities were once regarded as sanctuaries of free thought and inclusivity. They have now become breeding grounds for hostility towards Jews. For Thalia and Orli, the message sent by universities is clear: all racism is condemned, apart from anti-Semitism.

 

Thalia has refused to shrink away. ‘People tell us to hide our religious symbols’, she says. ‘I take the opposite view – we should display them proudly. We should stand tall, proud of our religion, and proud of Israel.’

 

Both Thalia and Orli stress that Israel’s existence as a refuge for Jews is not merely symbolic – it’s also essential for their survival. ‘One of the tragic reasons so many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust was the absence of a place to escape to’, Orli tells me. ‘That’s why Israel matters. It’s the one place where Jews can find security, even though it’s constantly under threat. The need for a Jewish homeland has never been more urgent.’

 

Thalia agrees. Her family and friends support her decision to join the IDF, and some of her relatives are already serving as reservists. ‘I feel Jews should make this self-sacrifice – it is vital for Israel’s survival’, she says, before adding, ‘but it depends on how connected you are to Israel’.

 

Their sense of urgency is palpable. ‘Israel is under constant threat from terrorist groups that aim to destroy it’, says Orli. ‘Their weapons are becoming more sophisticated, and they are overwhelming our defence systems. To survive, we must fight back – and fight hard.’

 

The fallout from the 7 October atrocities has left scars. Orli lost friends, and one was kidnapped. Thalia describes the tense atmosphere in Israel:

 

‘When I visited in the summer, people were more nervous. You have to think about where to shelter if something happens. But there’s also a deep sense of unity. People are coming together to help each other.’

 

Recent attacks on Israeli Jews in Amsterdam have only added to their anxiety. It’s a grim reminder that Israel is not a ‘settler-colonial’ state – it is a refuge, a nation born from the ashes of persecution in Europe and the Middle East. For Israel to remain a safe haven, Jews must defend it – a stark reality that young people like Thalia and Orli understand all too well.

 

But this fight cannot fall solely on the shoulders of Jews. The growing anti-Semitism across Britain demands a response from those who claim to oppose bigotry in all its forms. Now is the time to send a clear message: Jews are not alone.

 

Names have been changed in this article

 

Neil Davenport is a writer based in London.

 

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BREAKING: Pro-terror demonstrators in Paris completely destroyed a McDonalds and Starbucks.

Families were eating inside as these domestic terrorists smashed the windows and climbed onto the building. These terror supporters are destroying the West.

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LILLEY: Canadian officials make it clear, Jews not welcome here

There’s are different set of rules for Jews in Canada

Brian Lilley
Published 27November2024

 

Are Jews being treated differently in Canada? Absolutely, and not in a good way.

 

From local police to the federal government, Jews are clearly not the chosen people of Canadian government officials.

 

Take the case of Rabbi Adam Scheier who was asked by police to leave downtown Montreal because he looked too Jewish and there was a pro-Hamas protest coming.

 

“The only thing I am guilty of is shopping in downtown Montreal … while wearing a kippah,” Scheier wrote in a Facebook post.

 

“The policeman explained to me that he was fearful of a ‘fire starting between the two sides.’ Apparently, my presence is deemed a sufficient provocation for removal, while their hateful chants are allowed to continue.”

 

Shouldn’t it be the job of the police to ensure the people who march through the streets belting out genocidal chants don’t start getting violent?

 

Nah, easier to make sure the guy who looks Jewish just leaves.

 

In Toronto, police have been protecting the pro-Hamas protests since they started their marches immediately after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. They have allowed them to take over city streets at will without permits to block traffic and block street cars. At times they have even shut down major roads to pray in the middle of the street.Last Sunday, as a group of pro-Hamas types gathered at Bathurst St. and Sheppard Ave. W. – a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood – it was a Jew who was arrested.

 

When Ezra Levant of Rebel News tried to take his cameras to interview the folks waving placards celebrating Hamas – a protest that included a guy dressed like Yahya Sinwar, the recently killed mastermind of the terror attacks on Israel – it was Levant who was arrested.

 

Though released, Levant had been arrested for disturbing the peace. The people actually disturbing the peace by bringing a message that celebrated the killing of Jews into a Jewish neighbourhood were left alone.

 

There is even a photo of Toronto Police Staff-Sgt. Jeffery MacDuff sharing a chuckle with Ahmad Jarrar Hajahmad, a key organizer of many of the protests in the city and a backer of the encampments that took over university campuses in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa last spring.

 

The message is clear, there are different rules for Jews in Canada.

 

Take the example of the Jewish National Fund, a charitable organization in Canada for over a century that had their charitable status revoked this past summer. The revocation came after an audit started in 2014 for charitable works that had taken place in 2011-12 and which had never been an issue in the past.

 

However, a sustained campaign against the group by anti-Israel, anti-Jewish activists pushed the Canada Revenue Agency to reconsider what was approved. Rather than working with JNF, which had never failed an audit before, the CRA pulled the organization’s status, and the issue is now being challenged in court.

 

It’s very different approach from the one taken by CRA after their audit of the Muslim Association of Canada determined the organization was working with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Syria. While the Muslim Brotherhood is not considered a terrorist group in Canada, documents obtained and reported on by Le Journal de Montreal show there was real concern.

 

CRA found that the Syrian group had asked MAC for financial assistance, including for weapons. The Brotherhood in Egypt has been tied to political violence.

 

“Even entities that are not considered terrorist in Canada can put a charity’s resources at risk of terrorist abuse if those entities are linked to violent ideologies,” say CRA documents obtained by Le Journal.

 

The reaction of CRA to these revelations and several others was simply to ask MAC to take corrective action and not associate with people or groups that may have links to terrorism or violent ideologies.

 

The difference in treatment could not be more stark and, like the police action, the message to Canada’s Jewish community from government officials could not be clearer. Add to that the attack on Kosher meat by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after hundreds of years of being allowed in this country and you really see what is going on.

 

Canadian officials are making it clear, Jews aren’t welcome in Canada and they will harass you until you get the picture.

 

It’s sad and wrong but it is true.

 

blilley@postmedia.com

 

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Israel will always be the safest place on earth for a Jew


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Interviewing “Kaplanist*” at a demonstration: “We’re fed up here. We’re moving to Europe.” OK, bro, if you don’t want our holy homeland, here’s what’s waiting for you in Europe…
Israel will always be the safest place on earth for a Jew. Shabbat Shalom!
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#BREAKING: New footage of a mob of antisemites attacking Jewish soccer fans in Amsterdam

*Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street is known the world over these days as the weekly meeting place of the mass movement fighting the Netanyahu government’s judicial overhaul

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Fueled by fear and fraternity, foreigners start buying up Israeli homes, just in case

With antisemitism on the rise and many wanting to be more involved in Israel, property acquisitions by non-residents are surging, especially in Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem

By Shoshanna Solomon
6 December 2024, 10:35 am  https://www.timesofisrael.com/fueled-by-fear-and-fraternity-foreigners-start-buying-up-israeli-homes-just-in-case/

 

Children wave Israeli flags outside of a car as members of the Jewish community gather at Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Children wave Israeli flags outside of a car as members of the Jewish community gather at Simon Wiesenthal Center on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

 

Earlier this year, with the country still at war in Gaza and recovering from the shock of the October 7 attack, Marc and Yael Azran bought an apartment in Beit Shemesh, a city of some 175,000 situated in the hill country about 30 kilometers (18.5 miles) west of Jerusalem.

 

The Azrans, who live in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC, closed the deal in March. Since then the family has spent the Passover and Sukkot holidays in their second home, despite the continuing threat of rocket and missile attacks on Israel from Iran-backed groups in Gaza, Lebanon and around the region.

 

Buying a property in Israel was always a dream for the Azrans. Both had spent time in Israel on youth programs as teenagers, and when they married, they lived in Israel for a while. The idea was to someday return, said Marc Azran.

 

The push came after the October 7 events, he said, because the couple felt the need to “be connected” and support Israel, he said. Though they continue to live in the US, they now have a home to visit in Israel, and hope to eventually move there.

 

“I feel like it’s time for the Jewish people to be in Israel, and I want to be part of that destiny, and I want my children to be part of that destiny,” Azran said over the phone as he drove to his job where he works as an anesthesiologist. “I do not feel that there is a bright future for Jews in America and in Europe, in the long term.”

 

According to official figures, the Azrans are just one of hundreds of foreign residents who have snapped up homes in Israel since the start of fighting some 15 months ago. By all appearances, the trend is being driven by Jewish buyers who want to enhance their connection with the Jewish state, and by fears of rising antisemitism around the globe, which outweigh concerns about the threat of war or terrorist violence.

 

Marc Azran, left, Yael Azran, second left, and their three children at their second home in Beit Shemesh in October 2024. (Courtesy: Jeff Kalwerisky.)

Marc Azran, left, Yael Azran, second left, and their three children at their second home in Beit Shemesh in October 2024. (Courtesy: Jeff Kalwerisky.)

Antisemitic incidents have surged around the world since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in which terrorists from the Gaza Strip invaded and killed some 1,200 people, took 251 hostages and triggered the ongoing war there.

 

According to data published in November by the Finance Ministry, foreign residents in September acquired 254 apartments in Israel, a sharp increase of 119 percent compared to September last year, and the highest level of acquisitions since July 2022, when the market was infused with post-COVID optimism and a lower tax rate.

 

Home purchases by foreigners dropped steeply in October 2023 in the wake of the attack and war, official figures show, but quickly rebounded, reaching pre-war levels by December. They mostly continued to rise throughout the year before the September surge.

 

“After October 7, for one month, there was nothing…. It was dead, nobody was calling,” said Donny Fein, a real estate agent who owns the Elite Israel Realty firm which focuses on the Beit Shemesh area. “It took about three or four weeks, [and then] the phones did not stop ringing.”

 

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

Fein should know, Beit Shemesh and the larger Jerusalem area are ground zero for the resurgent foreign buyer phenomenon, making up over half the properties purchased by foreigners in September. In Beit Shemesh alone, 87 apartments were purchased by non-residents in September, outstripping even the capital despite being less than a fifth of its size.

 

A Brooklyn native who immigrated to Israel, Fein said some customers had bought homes in Israel without ever visiting them in person. The buyers aren’t necessarily looking for their dream home, but rather to have a safe haven in their back pocket should trouble strike and they need to flee, he said. Until then, the foreign owners generally rent out their units on short-term leases of two years or less, to keep their options open.

 

“They call it the Mashiach clause,” Fein said, making joking reference to the messianic yearning for Israel deeply ingrained in Jewish Orthodox theology. While standard contracts in Israel contain no such clause accounting for the possibility of divine salvation, it’s an idea in the back of many buyers’ minds, according to Fein.

 

Illustrative: Students protest on the street after police close the student plaza during an anti-Israel demonstration over the war in Gaza at the George Washington University in Washington, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Illustrative: Students protest on the street after police close the student plaza during an anti-Israel demonstration over the war in Gaza at the George Washington University in Washington, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

“They know that they’re not making Aliyah anytime soon, but if they have to, if the Nazis come knocking on the door, they have a place to go,” he said. “This is not 1939 anymore. We have a home in Israel, and we have a place to come to. This is what they say.”

 

Foreign home purchases in Israel are nothing new, and even with the surge in September, levels remain far below their 2005 high, when some 1,400 homes were sold to foreigners in a single fiscal quarter. But many in Israel also see the purchases as a scourge, taking properties off a market where demand already exceeds supply and driving prices higher. Foreign acquisitions in luxury complexes are also often kept as vacation homes rather than being rented out, turning whole buildings in prime locations into dimly lit shells for much of the year.

 

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

Builders working on the Mamilla luxury apartments, situated across from David’s Village, both considered to be part of Jerusalem’s “ghost apartments.” (photo credit: Rebecca Zeffert/Flash 90)

But since October 7, experts believe the purchases are being fueled by the same antisemitism fears driving immigration to Israel even as war rages.

 

According to data published by the Aliyah and Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency, some 31,000 new immigrants came to Israel from around the world between September 2023 and September 2024. Most of the immigrants were from Russia, North America, France, Ukraine, Belarus and Britain, the figures show.

 

The city that absorbed the most immigrants was Netanya, followed by Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Bat Yam, and Ashdod.

 

New immigrants from France arrive on a special “Aliyah Flight” at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel on August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

New immigrants from France arrive on a special “Aliyah Flight” at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel on August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

According to the Finance Ministry, foreign purchases of homes in Tel Aviv remain near record-low levels. But Netanel Shuchner, the CEO of real estate firm RMA-ET, said his company has seen a sharp rise in demand from foreign residents for homes in Israel, mainly in Tel Aviv and Ra’anana.

 

Many of the prospective buyers are from the US and France, and Shuchner predicted even more people would also begin looking for homes in Israel following a wave of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel violence that rocked Amsterdam when the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team visited for a match.

 

“Following the recent events in Amsterdam I expect we will see a further rise in demand,” said Shuchner, who is also a lecturer in economics and real estate valuations at the College of Management Academic Studies.

 

Netanel Shuchner. (Courtesy: Amit Moser)

Netanel Shuchner. (Courtesy: Amit Moser)

A Times of Israel report on November 28 pointed to “unprecedented” interest in immigration to Israel among Dutch Jews following the attacks on Israeli fans and others.

 

David, a Jewish lawyer who lives in West Hempstead, New York, with his family, also acquired a home in Beit Shemesh some six months ago.

 

The house is rented for two years, and the idea is to eventually use it as a vacation home, said David, who asked that his real name not be used because of privacy concerns.

 

“We are not moving yet,” he added, though it could happen in a couple of years.

 

The timing of the acquisition was related to the outbreak of the war, David said, although the family had been planning to buy something in Israel for a long time.

 

A construction site in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh on September 5, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

A construction site in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh on September 5, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

“The war made us feel like it’s time to buy something,” he said by phone. While rising antisemitism in the US was not a driving factor, he admitted it may have played a role as he and his wife decided on the purchase. “It is not a conscious thing, but it definitely was in the back of our minds.”

 

Whatever the pull, it is strong enough to motivate buyers to pay above-market prices in order to have a home in Israel rather than anywhere else, Fein noted. He called it an “emotional premium.”

 

“People always said to me it’s not safe in Israel, but I always said at least in Israel we know who your enemies are,” he said. “In America, you could be walking down some random street and some crazy guy who hates Jews can literally just knock you out.”

 

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I asked Grok to draw picture of Zionist Twitter and a pro-palestine Twitter


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I asked Grok to draw a picture of pro-palestine Twitter

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Updated 2024 words in the dictionary


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As it will be one year since the October 7th massacre, I want to provide you with the updated 2024 words in the dictionary.

📖 Genocide – Lost a war.

📖 Famine – War isn’t going as planned.

📖 Nakba – Starting a war that backfired.

📖 War criminal – Wins wars.

📖 Innocent civilian – Holds hostages in their home.

📖 Occupation – Started a war with no plan and lost.

📖 Resistance – Terrorist with media backing.

📖 Diplomacy – War with a smile.

📖 Ceasefire – Losing side can regroup.

📖 Peace process – Get your ally to lose.

📖 Humanitarian aid – Smuggling weapons disguised as food.

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Israel is fighting a “milchemet mitzva”,


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Terrorist aggression from Hamas, Hezbolla and Iran forced a war on us that we certainly did not seek. If our enemies are now crying about getting burned, they shouldn’t have played with fire.
Israel is fighting a “milchemet mitzva”, a war that’s a mitzva. How? Living in Israel is a mitzva. As to the north, Hezbolla has caused nearly 100K residents to uproot. Unfortunately, only in recent days did our govt. list the return of the displaced to their homes as a war goal. An emuna-oriented Govt. would have done that 11 months ago.
The Govt & IDF brass seem to be adopting the same unimaginative tactics in Lebanon as the did in Gaza – politically correct ones, to meet Blinken’s approval. Massive bombing and populistic eliminations, but no victory. That must change now.
We live in a tough neighborhood and our neighbors only understand the language of force.
As long ar our people are displaced, Hezbolla and Iran are winners. Their whole goal is to uproot us. Therefore, we need a new strategy up north that’s completely different from the last 11+ months in Gaza. This is a Torah-based strategy:
1) To enable our northern residents to come home, we need, with Hashem’s help, to assure their security. Therefore, all Lebanese citizens south of Litani must evacuate to the north.
2) The Litani River, which is the geographic northern border of the Galilee, must become Israel’s new northern border. All Lebanese remaining there currently, Hezbolla or otherwise, must evacuate to Lebanon north of the Litani.
3) After steps #1 and #2 have been implemented, any Lebanese individual found south of the Litani should be considered a terrorist and a threat to be dealt with accordingly. As such, all the current bridges over the Litani must be destroyed.
4) The Lebanese govt. must be responsible for any long-range missiles fired from north of the Litani, and suffer the consequences thereof.
If the current Israeli govt. won’t take these 3 steps, Moshiach will. Soon, speedily and in our days. Blessings for an inscription in the Book of Life for a wonderful New Year 5785. Ein Od Milvado. Am Yisrael Chai. Don’t ever forget.

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Israel-Lebanon border after the war

Israel-Lebanon border after the war

Back to the Future

Map of the 12 Tribes of Israel

Map of the 12 Tribes of Israel


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A little history on how imperialism has destroyed Lebanon. It is in fact dual imperialism – both from the PLO out of Palestinian Territories and Hezbollah out of the Islamic regime in Iran. This tag team of imperialist forces have crippled Lebanon, using it as a base to attack Israel and drawing it into unwanted wars. Lebanon showed so much promise from its founding, as the “Paris of the Middle East.” The Lebanese people deserve their sovereignty free from imperialist forces. This is why I say I blame the jihadists for every death, and I stand in solidarity with the Lebanese people to be free from the consequences of death, destruction, and war that the jihadists bring with them on their coattails wherever they go.

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Say no to Biden and Hochstein


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Time and again, our anti-emuna leaders sell our future and security for meanlingless promises and a few months of sidewalk-cafe quiet. The same Biden who right now has us in a weapons embargo does not have our security at heart. Only Hashem does.
A Biden-Hochstein brokered agreement with Lebanon is a lifesaver for Hezbolla, who like any other cancer, will grow back even more lethal. Bibi, you have no right to sell the security of our children and grandchildren. Say no to Biden and Hochstein, and throw a KO punch to Hezbolla. This is the Middle East – speak the language that our neighbors understand; but first, come back to Hashem.

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A prayer for safety and protection.


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A prayer for safety and protection.

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, as all eyes turn to the Holy Land, take a moment to say a special prayer for the safety and protection of our brothers and sisters in the land of Israel!

1 A song for ascents. I shall raise my eyes to the mountains, from where will my help come?
2 My help is from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to falter; Your Guardian will not slumber.
4 Behold the Guardian of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your Guardian; the Lord is your shadow; [He is] by your right hand.
6 By day, the sun will not smite you, nor will the moon at night.
7 The Lord will guard you from all evil; He will guard your soul.
8 The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in from now and to eternity

א שִׁ֗יר לַֽמַּֽ֫עֲל֥וֹת אֶשָּׂ֣א עֵ֖ינַי אֶל־הֶֽהָרִ֑ים מֵ֜אַ֗יִן יָבֹ֥א עֶזְרִֽי:
ב עֶזְרִי מֵעִ֣ם יי עֹ֜שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ:
ג אַל־יִתֵּ֣ן לַמּ֣וֹט רַגְלֶ֑ךָ אַל־יָ֜נ֗וּם שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ:
ד הִנֵּ֚ה לֹ֣א יָ֖נוּם וְלֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן שׁ֜וֹמֵ֗ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל:
ה יי שֹֽׁמְרֶ֑ךָ יי צִ֜לְּךָ֗ עַל־יַ֥ד יְמִינֶֽךָ:
ו יוֹמָ֗ם הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹֽא־יַ֜כֶּ֗כָּה וְיָרֵ֥חַ בַּלָּֽיְלָה:
ז יי יִשְׁמָרְךָ֥ מִכָּל־רָ֑ע יִ֜שְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ:
ח יי יִשְׁמָר־צֵֽאתְךָ֥ וּבוֹאֶ֑ךָ מֵֽ֜עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם:

Chabad.org-tweet-1October2024-A prayer for safety and protection

Chabad.org-tweet-1October2024-A prayer for safety and protection

 

A Song of Ascents

A Song of Ascents

 

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“With Hashem’s help, together, we shall win.”


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-29September2024-With Hashem’s help together we shall win
Last night in his address to the nation following the fall of Sayyed Haman Nasrulla, og”r (of good riddance), Bibi’s concluding 4 words were the 4 most important words he ever said. Translated, “With Hashem’s help, together, we shall win.”

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-29September2024-With Hashem's help together we shall win

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-29September2024-With Hashem’s help together we shall win

 

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Menachem Begin ob״m would take no GARBAGE from Biden


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-30October2024-Menachem Begin no GARBAGE from Biden
King Solomon said (Ecclesiastes 1:11), “There’s nothing new under the sun. History repeats itself.
Apropos the key word in today’s media #garbage, Menachem Begin ob”m would take none of it from Biden.
In June of 1982, my unit and I were on active reserves inside Lebanon. This was “Shlom Hagalil” aka the 1st Lebanon War. At the same time, Sen. Joe Biden from Delaware was threatening to cut off aid to Israel. Here’s how PM Begin responded:
“Don’t threaten us with cutting off your aid. It will not work. I am not a Jew with trembling knees. I am a proud Jew with 3,700 years of civilized history. Nobody came to our aid when we were dying in the gas chambers and ovens. Nobody came to our aid when we were striving to create our country. We paid for it. We fought for it. We died for it. We will stand by our principles. We will defend them. And, when necessary, we will die for them again, with or without your aid.”

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-30October2024-Menachem Begin no GARBAGE from Biden

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-30October2024-Menachem Begin no GARBAGE from Biden

 

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Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader is Dead


Israel-tweet-28September2024-Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader is Dead
The Israeli @IDF confirms that Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and one of its founders, was eliminated yesterday, together with Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, and additional Hezbollah commanders.

Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.
Vivid.-tweet-28September2024-The entire top-chain command of Hezbollah in 10 days
The entire top-chain command of Hezbollah in 10 days.

Insane.

Israel-tweet-28September2024-Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah leader is Dead

Israel-tweet-28September2024-Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah leader is Dead

 

Hezbollah chain of Command DEAD

Hezbollah chain of Command DEAD

 


 

Hezbollah hides among civilians


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29September2024-Hezbollah hides among civilians
53 meters. That’s the distance between a @UN school and Hezbollah’s underground headquarters where Hassan Nasrallah was eliminated alongside 20+ additional terrorists.

The terrorists were in Hezbollah’s central headquarters, located in the heart of Beirut, embedded beneath civilian buildings.

This unequivocally proves that Hezbollah hides among civilians, endangering the lives of the people of Lebanon.

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29September2024-Hezbollah hides among civilians

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29September2024-Hezbollah hides among civilians

 

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Thanking God that our enemies have fallen once again


Yishai Fleisher-tweet-28September2024-celebration and thanking God
This is how a major Israeli news show began tonight – with celebration and thanking God that our enemies have fallen once again:
il7217-tweet-28September2024-A solid opening for the program

פתיחה סולידית לתוכנית…😜

Translated from Hebrew by

A solid opening for the program… 😜

Yishai Fleisher-tweet-28September2024-celebration and thanking God

Yishai Fleisher-tweet-28September2024-celebration and thanking God

 

 


 

The elimination of the oppressor is celebrated with baklava and a toast.


Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-The elimination of the oppressor is celebrated
itamarbengvir-tweet-29September2024

חוגגים עם בקלאוות והרמת כוסית את חיסולו של הצורר. לחיים!

Translated from Hebrew by

The elimination of the oppressor is celebrated with baklava and a toast. Cheers!

Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-The elimination of the oppressor is celebrated

Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-The elimination of the oppressor is celebrated

 

 

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Israel’s secret weapons on the Rosh Hashana table


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-2October2024-Israel’s secret weapons on the Rosh Hashana table
Iran’s attack against us was badly timed. Tonight, we retaliate. You’ll find our secret weapons on the Rosh Hashana table. Leeks in Hebrew are “Carti” – they destroy our enemies. Beets in Hebrew are “Selek” – they cause our enemies to disappear. My leeks turn into a rocket launcher and my beets into bunker busters. Bye-bye Bushehr* and Happy New Year! (*site of Iran’s nuclear reactor; if you believe that Nasrulla and Haniya are no longer with us, then believe that Bushehr will soon be a sand dune). Thank You, Hashem for all of last night’s miracles and for all the miracles on the way!

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-2October2024-Israel's secret weapons on the Rosh Hashana table

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-2October2024-Israel’s secret weapons on the Rosh Hashana table

 

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Hezbollah is now massively bombing the city of Safed in northern Israel.


Megatron-tweet-24September2024-Hezbollah is now massively bombing Safed
BREAKING:

🇮🇱🇱🇧 Hezbollah is now massively bombing the city of Safed in northern Israel.

Israeli media reports that the Iron Dome is no longer operational.

Megatron-tweet-24September2024-Hezbollah is now massively bombing Safed

Megatron-tweet-24September2024-Hezbollah is now massively bombing Safed

 

 

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Hezbollah drone crashed into Haifa kindergarten


Malkah Fleisher-tweet-12November2024-Hezbollah drone crashed into Haifa kindergarten
MIRACLE IN ISRAEL:

A kindergarten teacher in Haifa heard the faint wail of warning sirens in nearby Kiryat Ata and decided to take her little students to the bomb shelter, even though their local siren hadn’t been activated.

Moments later, a Hezbollah drone crashed into her yard, shattering glass everywhere.

In this video, you can see the little backpacks of these sweet little people, still hanging on their hooks.

This cautious, caring teacher SAVED THE LIVES OF HER CHILDREN.

May Hashem bless her, and may He help us to eradicate the monsters who did this.

Malkah Fleisher-tweet-12November2024-Hezbollah drone crashed into Haifa kindergarten

Malkah Fleisher-tweet-12November2024-Hezbollah drone crashed into Haifa kindergarten

 

 

 


Raylan Givens-tweet-12November2024-Israeli kindergarten teacher Sarah Yassour Menesher
🚨 This is the Israeli kindergarten teacher Sarah Yassour Menesher. A whole country should salute her this morning.

With her resourcefulness and wisdom, she saved the kindergarten children and the entire country from what could have been one of the most shocking mornings in the country’s history.

Raylan Givens-tweet-12November2024-Israeli kindergarten teacher Sarah Yassour Menesher

Raylan Givens-tweet-12November2024-Israeli kindergarten teacher Sarah Yassour Menesher

 


 

Hezbollah rockets lands on kindergarten in Acre, Israel


Open Source Intel-tweet-20November2024-Hezbollah rockets lands on kindergarten in Acre
Crazy footage: Hezbollah rockets lands on kindergarten in Acre, Israel today.

Miraculously, no kids were there

Open Source Intel-tweet-20November2024-Hezbollah rockets lands on kindergarten in Acre

Open Source Intel-tweet-20November2024-Hezbollah rockets lands on kindergarten in Acre

 

 

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The Plan-Hezbollah Human Shield Strategy


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-26September2024-The Plan-Hezbollah Human Shield Strategy
Hezbollah doesn’t want you to watch this video.

And they really don’t want you to share it.

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-26September2024-The Plan-Hezbollah Human Shield Strategy

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-26September2024-The Plan-Hezbollah Human Shield Strategy

 

 

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Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

The complete Hezbollah battle plan to conquer Israel

Revealed for the first time, this was the Hezbollah battle plan for the invasion of the Zionist State (Israel).

Barry Shaw / 24September2024 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/396650

These are the stages of the Hezbollah battle plan for the invasion of the Zionist State (Israel).

 

THE “CONQUEST OF THE GALILEE” PLAN

 

One of the main lessons Hezbollah learned from the Lebanon War was the need to change the goals of the next war against Israel.

 

Hezbollah sought to develop offensive capabilities that would enable it to conduct a war within Israeli territory.

 

Imad Mughniyeh, the architect of the plan, determined that in the next war, Hezbollah would invade, capture territories and take hostages in the Galilee (North Israel).

 

Hezbollah targeted areas where it had topographical superiority compared to Israel’s topographical disadvantage near the border.

 

THE PLAN’S HIGHLIGHTS:

 

• Training Hezbollah’s special forces to take control of isolated Israeli towns along the northern border.

In Hezbollah’s terminology, this was referred to as the “Conquest of the Galilee.”

• Digging tunnels penetrating Israeli territory near Israeli settlements. These tunnels were intended for the passage of hundreds of fighters, not for the abduction of soldiers or civilians.

 

Mughniyeh’s model was the North Korean infiltration tunnels, which Iranian instructors had studied closely.

• Hezbollah’s operational plan also involved building a massive missile-launching capability targeting population centers and strategic sites from the Haifa area in the north, through Tel Aviv in the center, down to Dimona in the south.

 

Hezbollah’s concept was that this situation would attract all of Israel’s military attention, allowing Hezbollah’s special forces to execute the “Conquest of the Galilee” plan.

 

THE OPERATIONAL PLAN:

 

The source reported that Hezbollah’s operational plan, developed in coordination with senior Iranian strategic experts, is based on deploying a force of 5,000 fighters, recently trained in Iran specifically for this purpose. In another report, it was stated that Hezbollah forces recently completed intensive training in Iran and were deployed in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa.

 

It was also reported that in the Maydon area in western Beqaa, Hezbollah engineering units finished excavation work and position improvements, and Iranian Army engineering units mined areas in eastern Beqaa, marked as potential landing zones for Israeli special forces, whose goal would be to strike Hezbollah’s missile and artillery arrays.

 

• The 1st brigade will take control of the city of Nahariya, or parts of it, after crossing the border in the Rosh HaNikra area. According to Hezbollah’s information, the defenses in this area are minimal, the distance is short (7 km), and there are no special military or topographical features that would delay the brigade from achieving its objective.

 

At the same time, a force of 150 fighters from the first brigade will reach Nahariya by sea using speedboats that Hezbollah already possesses. The mission assigned to this force is to take as many hostages as possible to prevent Israel from bombing Hezbollah forces in this sector.

 

• The 2nd brigade will take control of the town of Shlomi, which has a population of 6,500 and is located about 300 meters from the border. The goal is to sever the IDF’s supply lines and force it to send reinforcements from the east to areas in North Israel, where a large number of military forces are located.

 

• The 3rd brigade was instructed to reach the city of Karmiel and take control of areas south of it in order to block movement from Acre on the Mediterranean coast to Safed.

 

• The 4th brigade will take control of the the towns: Malkia, Ramot Naftali, and Yiftach to prevent the IDF from producing fire from these areas toward southern Lebanon.

 

•The 5th brigade will serve as a strategic reserve force assigned to special missions.

The Hezbollah-affiliated source reported that Hezbollah’s fighting force will consist of 5 brigades, each composed of 1,000 fighters. Each brigade has been assigned a defined combat zone in Israel to take control of. Therefore, each brigade is familiar with the structure and topographical conditions of its zone and has trained for its conquest.

 

This is the major attack planned against Israel that the IDF is currently destroying in Lebanon.

All this, armed and trained by Iran.

Furthermore, Hezbollah has thousands more forces trained and prepared to attack Israel which are stationed in Syria and in Iraq.

 

Barry Shawis at the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies.

 

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Hezbolla murdered 12 Druze children of Majdal Shams


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-28July2024-Hezbolla murdered 12 Druze children of Majdal Shams
Precedent: On 24.11.22, Pally terrorists in Jenin killed Tiran Fero, a 17 yr-old Druze lad from Daliat al Karmel. The Druze gave Jenin 12 hours to return Tiran’s body. Meanwhile, they abducted 3 Pallys and threatened to level Jenin. The body was returned pronto.
Now, the Druze of Majdal Shams, agonized over the fresh graves of their 12 murdered children, have given an ultimatum: “Bibi, you have 72 hours to level Hezbolla. The blood of Majdal Shams is just as red as the blood of Tel Aviv. For one Tel Aviv fatality, you levelled a port town in Yemen. You are now being tested. If you don’t take action, we shall!”
The Druze have fierce emuna. They fight for what they believe in and make no compromises. There’s no such thing as political correctness or empty threats. They are loyal brothers in arms and you can believe what they say. They speak the language of our neighborhood.
If our Druzi brothers would have led the IDF and the government, the hostages in Gaza would have been returned within a week – maximum – and the war would have been over in a month. Hashem didn’t let that happen because He wants us to be disgusted by the defeatist concepts of the hedonistic, anti-emuna deep state that controls (temporarily) our beloved homeland. Moshiach now!
Now14Israel-tweet-28July2024-

שי גולדן מגיב לריאיון שובר הלב עם עד הראייה סמיר חלבי שזעק מדם ליבו על הטבח הרצחני: “דין מג’דל שמס כדין תל אביב, גבעתיים, נהריה, ראש פינה וכל מקום אחר שבו נהרגים יהודים! נתניהו, אתם במבחן ואנחנו מסתכלים עליכם”

לריאיון המלא – https://now14.co.il/?p=986661

@atayshalev6

#ישראל_נלחמת

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-28July2024-Hezbolla murdered 12 Druze children of Majdal Shams

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-28July2024-Hezbolla murdered 12 Druze children of Majdal Shams

 

 


 


Hillel Fuld-tweet-28July2024-No words
No words. Just tears.

Hillel Fuld-tweet-28July2024-No words

Hillel Fuld-tweet-28July2024-No words

 

 


 


Leslie Young-tweet-28July2024-DRUZE TO HEZBOLLAH
DRUZE TO HEZBOLLAH:

Druze communities in northern Israel have released a video warning ‘Hezbollah, you have opened the gates of Hell on yourselves.’

Leslie Young-tweet-28July2024-DRUZE TO HEZBOLLAH

Leslie Young-tweet-28July2024-DRUZE TO HEZBOLLAH

 

 


 


Caroline Glick-tweet-28July2024-The Druze in Syria have declared war on Hezbollah

הדרוזים בסוריה הכריזו מלחמה על חיזבאללה. מניחה שיהיו לכך השלכות (חיוביות מבחינתנו) גם בלבנון. אין לנו זכות קיום אם לא נפעל כעת באופן שמסיר מעל כולנו את איום איראן/חיזבאללה אחת ולתמיד.

Translated from Hebrew by

The Druze in Syria have declared war on Hezbollah. I assume that this will have consequences (positive from our point of view) in Lebanon as well. We have no right to exist if we do not act now in a way that removes the threat of Iran/Hezbollah from all of us once and for all.

The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome-tweet-27July2024-Druze militia in Syria Announcement
Announcement from the Syrian Flag Brigade, a Druze militia in Syria.

The terrorist Hezbollah committed a {war crime} against our people in Majdal Shams… Public Statement:
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
The horrific crime committed by the terrorist Hezbollah against our people in Majdal Shams clearly and explicitly indicates Hezbollah’s insistence on pressuring the Druze community and dragging them into the ongoing war in the Middle East.

In recent months, Iran, along with Hezbollah, has imposed a military siege on the province of Suwayda, taking control of all airports and military units surrounding the province. They have begun to exert pressure in various ways and directions on the people of the province, who oppose the Iranian presence in southern Syria.

Previously, Iran and Hezbollah played a major role in spreading drugs and supporting ISIS in the Suwayda desert to threaten the province.

The terrorist crime committed by Hezbollah today will contribute to the expansion of the war and puts Suwayda at risk due to Iran and the Syrian regime’s attempts to invade and control the province from within.

The escalation in the Middle East is becoming more dangerous, and Hezbollah is a partner to all terrorist organizations in the Middle East in spreading the ideology of terrorism and extremism, targeting the Druze community and all Syrians who reject its presence.

We consider what happened today a clear and public declaration of war by the terrorist Hezbollah and Iran against the Druze community, an act of criminal pressure aimed at dragging them into the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Mercy to the souls of the martyrs of Majdal Shams and a speedy recovery to the wounded.

Political Bureau / 28/7/2024

Caroline Glick-tweet-28July2024-The Druze in Syria have declared war on Hezbollah

Caroline Glick-tweet-28July2024-The Druze in Syria have declared war on Hezbollah

 


 


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-28July2024-11 of the 12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah
Millar Maadad al-Shaar, 10

Alma Ayman Fakhr al-Din, 11

Naji Taher Halabi, 11

Yazan Naif Abu Salah, 12

Izil Nashat Ayoub, 12

Finis Adham Safadi, 12

John Wadie Ibrahim, 13

Hazem Akram Abu Salah, 15

Fajr Laith Abu Salah, 16

Amir Rabi Abu Salah, 16

Nazem Fakher Saeb

These are 11 of the 12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah yesterday.

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-28July2024-11 of the 12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-28July2024-11 of the 12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah

 


 


Aviva Klompas-tweet-27July2024-12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah
These are the 12 children and teenagers murdered by Hezbollah in Majdal Shams, northern Israel today.

Look into their eyes and remember their faces. Their deaths will not go unanswered.

Aviva Klompas-tweet-27July2024-12 children murdered by Hezbollah

Aviva Klompas-tweet-27July2024-12 children murdered by Hezbollah

 

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What the Iron Dome can do


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-25August2024-Nice sound and light show
Today’s excerpt from Midrash Lazer:
Dad: Where’s my car, son?
Son: A bully stole it from me.
Dad: Did you put up a fight?
Son: Yes, Dad. I threw a rock at him.
Dad: Not good enough, son. You didn’t get my car back.
Northern residents to IDF brass: Nice sound&light show this morning, but you didn’t get our homes back. @netanyahu @yoavgallant @IDFSpokerperson

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-25August2024-Nice sound and light show

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-25August2024-Nice sound and light show


Hillel Fuld-tweet-25August2024-What the Iron Dome can do
Hezbollah announced that their attack on Israel in response to the assassination of Fouad Shukar, a senior Hezbollah terrorist has begun!

Well, Israel had other plans.

This is some of the coolest Iron Dome footage I’ve ever seen.

Hillel Fuld-tweet-25August2024-What the Iron Dome can do

Hillel Fuld-tweet-25August2024-What the Iron Dome can do

 

 


 

There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent


Brian BJ-tweet-25August2024-There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent
There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent
Sun Tzu

An analysis of today’s attacks; Israel v Hezbollah

1. Hezbollah planned to launch a large rocket & drone assault on northern Israel (mostly on military targets), plus attacks on strategic sites in Tel Aviv area (i.e. Glilot base housing Mossad HQ & IDF Intel Unit 8200)

2. Hezbollah must have known that its preparations that take time(especially for its longer range missiles) would be seen by Israel in time and the scale on which it happened () and the sort of missiles) would likely trigger a pre emptive strike.

So why go ahead with it? i see two options:
a. attack nonetheless and claim to have won as in politics and world opinion perception is everything, not reality. As they were under pressure to act cause of the elimination of Shukr

b. Or this is not the real attack. And the launchers and rockets lost today were to give Israel a false sense of security. To make Israel underestimate hezbollah’s capabilities just like Israel’s intelligence community vastly underestimated hamas capabilities which led to the intelligence failure of oct 7th and the massacre of over 1200 Israeli’s

Which is a real possibility as the same intelligence community who failed preventing oct 7th is still largely in place now. Would 10 months of war suddenly have improved their judgement? Their blind spots is something enemies would love to exploit again.

I see many jokes going around on social media on how hezbollah hit a chicken coop and ridiculing them. But underestimating them would be a deadly mistake

Hezbollah is next level
Hezbollah is not your hamas, it is next level organised, battle hardened and outfitted.

Hezbollah has been funded with billions of dollars from Iran’s regime. Many of its terrorists have been trained by irgc instructors. Many terrorists have been battle hardened in the syrian civil war

Its stockpile of weapons is immense, it has many rocketlaunchers, and between 150-200 k rockets and drones. It has elite Radwan forces trained in infiltration of enemy territory and ground invasions.

It has vast underground tunnels and networks and facilities across southern Lebanon, the Bekaa valley and parts of Beirut to name some strongholds.

It has had years to prepare with tunnels, underground facilities under schools, hospitals and homes. And to hide their capabilities well from eyes in the sky.

So it is a dog that can not only bark but also bite hard.

3. Israel & Hezbollah are now closely watching each other, as well as the Gaza ceasefire talks, before making their next moves. Also what is decided in Tehran regarding their response to Haniyeh’s elimination will be important.

As feelings of victory are running high in Israel today it is important to prevent any sense of underestimating Hezbollah. and to keep an open mind to any realistic scenario including the possibility that today’s events were to deflect from a coming real attack.

Brian BJ-tweet-25August2024-There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent

Brian BJ-tweet-25August2024-There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent

 


 

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The results: Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel-25August2024-Attacks Chicken Coop


Amjad Taha-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop
Let’s all condemn Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel. What’s amazing is that even Israeli chickens didn’t run away; they stood firm on their ground and survived those rockets, while Hamas terrorists in Gaza hide like rats. At least learn from an Israeli chicken. Hezbollah should pay for this.

Amjad Taha-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Amjad Taha-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

 

 

 

Top Secret military facility training special attacking chicken agents


Dr. Eli David-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop
Hezbollah claims they targeted a military facility in Israel 👇

Why so many dead chicken there? Is it a chicken coop or a top secret military facility training special attacking chicken agents? 🐓

Dr. Eli David-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Dr. Eli David-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

 


 


Joshua of Jerusalem-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Joshua of Jerusalem-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Joshua of Jerusalem-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

 


 

Revenge is a dish best served fried.


Chris-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop
Not all chickens. Revenge is a dish best served fried.

Chris-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Chris-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

 

SEE: Calling Hezbollah


Jonathan Elkhoury-tweet-17September2024-The chicken association-explosive-pagers-for-Hezbollah-in-Lebanon
The chicken association took responsibility for the pager attack on Hezbollah terrorists. “You hit us, we’ll hit your eggs” statement said.

Jonathan Elkhoury-tweet-17September2024-The chicken association-explosive-pagers-for-Hezbollah-in-Lebanon

Jonathan Elkhoury-tweet-17September2024-The chicken association-explosive-pagers-for-Hezbollah-in-Lebanon

 

 

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Hezbollah Attacks the North 22September2024


StandWithUs-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah Attacks the North
🚨BREAKING: In the fourth barrage of rocket fire by Hezbollah terrorists from Lebanon this morning, red alert sirens sound across the Haifa region and central Galilee, in northern Israel. Details to follow.

StandWithUs-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah Attacks the North

StandWithUs-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah Attacks the North

 


 

Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik


Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik
From the Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik this morning.

Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik

Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik

 

 


 

Hezbollah hit Barn 22September2024 Kills Cows


OSINTdefender-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah hit Barn Kills Cows
A Direct Impact from a Hezbollah Rocket on a Barn in Beit She’arim, resulting in the Death of several Cows.

OSINTdefender-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah hit Barn Kills Cows

OSINTdefender-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah hit Barn Kills Cows

 

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Calling Hezbollah

Hezbollah Pagers and Walkie-Talkies explode through out Lebanon


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-2nd wave of explosions
Beirut, this afternoon: 2nd wave of explosions, this time walkie-talkies. See Nahum, Chapter 2, for today’s news from Beirut: “The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like lightning…She is empty, and void, and wasted; her heart melts and her knees knock together in fear, and all her limbs convulse, and the faces of them are sooted in blackness.” Moshiach is coming, faster than we all can imagine. Get ready, and don’t put off until tomorrow what must be done today – teshuva!

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-2nd wave of explosions

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-2nd wave of explosions

 


The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-18September2024-5000 Hezbollah terrorists pagers exploded
If simultaneously popping 5000 pagers exclusively owned by Hezbollah terrorists causing minimal collateral damage is a war crime, then what do you call 8,500 Hezbollah randomly fired rockets killing 43 people including the 12 children who were playing soccer?

The Mossad Satirical and Awesome-tweet-18September2024-5000 Hezbollah terrorists pagers exploded

The Mossad Satirical and Awesome-tweet-18September2024-5000 Hezbollah terrorists pagers exploded

 


 


NEXTA-tweet-17September2024-More than 3,000 Hezbollah terrorists
❗️ More than 3,000 Hezbollah terrorists have been wounded in explosions of communication devices

Dozens have been killed and another 500 are dying, Lebanese media reported.

The devices that exploded were from a new shipment that Hezbollah received in recent days, according to The Wall Street Journal.

NEXTA-tweet-17September2024-More than 3,000 Hezbollah terrorists

NEXTA-tweet-17September2024-More than 3,000 Hezbollah terrorists

 


 


Im Tirtzu-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon
Lebanese media report that the explosive pagers in Lebanon have wounded some 1,000 people.

Israel allegedly hacked the communication devices used by Hezbollah, causing them to explode.

According to the reports, among the 1,000 are at least five critically wounded. There are no deaths, Lebanese media say.

Im Tirtzu-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon

Im Tirtzu-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon

 

 


 

Brian-BJ-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon
Trigger warning, very GRAPHIC:

Severely injured and dead in a Lebanese hospital. This is one of Hezbollah’s worst days since the 1980s when it was established.

Brian-BJ-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon

Brian-BJ-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon

 

 


 


Nioh Berg-tweet-17September2024-Hezbollah members are blowing up EVERYWHERE
🚨 There’s footage like this all across Lebanon.

Hezbollah members are blowing up EVERYWHERE.

Nioh Berg-tweet-17September2024-Hezbollah members are blowing up EVERYWHERE

Nioh Berg-tweet-17September2024-Hezbollah members are blowing up EVERYWHERE

 

 


 


The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-19September2024-The graduating class of Beeper U so far
The graduating class of Beeper U is growing steadily.

The Mossad Satirical and Awesome-tweet-19September2024-The graduating class of Beeper U so far

The Mossad Satirical and Awesome-tweet-19September2024-The graduating class of Beeper U so far

 


 

You dared to strike at a wise and courageous people on October 7th


daniel hanukha-tweet-18September2024-Amjad Taha-political strategist and analyst from the UAE
Amjad Taha, a political strategist and analyst from the UAE, wrote:

“You dared to strike at a wise and courageous people on October 7th—committing genocide, kidnapping their children, and violating their women. You thought they would fall, but they rose again. After 11 months, they returned to correct what briefly slipped—their intelligence. Now, they will send you back 1,000 years, to an era without technology, where a ringing phone feels like a death sentence and a beep is a nightmare. You will be haunted by your own shadow, too afraid to use any technology, cut off from the advanced world.

They will defeat you—not with bullets or tanks, but with the unbreakable will of brave and intelligent people. Over a simple cup of coffee, with a decisive click, they will seal your fate and that of anyone who dares to harm their children. This is a nation the world respects.

Lebanon—Hezbollah’s beeper attacks and today’s V82 strike aren’t just military victories; they represent a triumph for the Middle East over radicalism—a victory not just for Israel, but for all who stand against terror.”

daniel hanukha-tweet-18September2024-Amjad Taha-political strategist and analyst from the UAE

daniel hanukha-tweet-18September2024-Amjad Taha-political strategist and analyst from the UAE

 


 

IDF Goals:


Baba Banaras-tweet-IDF-terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet
Israeli Chief of Staff on Lebanon attacks: “We still have many capabilities, at every stage we operate we are already 2 stages ahead. At every stage the price in Hezbollah should be high. We will make it so that terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet & even eating food.”

Baba Banaras-tweet-IDF-terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet

Baba Banaras-tweet-IDF-terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet

 

 

A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom


Olia-tweet-18September2024-A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom
A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom. According to witnesses, his last heard words were: “Sh*t!!!”

Olia-tweet-18September2024-A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom

Olia-tweet-18September2024-A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom

 


Vivid.-tweet-20September2024-Israel is absolutely destroying Hezbollah
Israel is absolutely destroying Hezbollah.

– 9/17: Pager’s Operation – 4,000+ injured.
– 9/18: Radio Devices Operation – 500+ injured.
– 9/19: Massive and relentless airstrikes.
– 9/20: The entire high-ranking commanders of Hezbollah’s “Radwan Force” eliminated.

Insane.

Vivid.-tweet-20September2024-Israel is absolutely destroying Hezbollah

Vivid.-tweet-20September2024-Israel is absolutely destroying Hezbollah

 


 

Wanted in Lebanon $5M reward blue-feathered bird


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19September2024-Wanted in Lebanon $5M reward blue-feathered bird
Security camera footage from Beirut has spotted a suspicious blue-feathered bird fleeing the Hadiya neighborhood. Since then, it was spotted last night in Bushehr, Iran and this afternoon in Mossad HQ in Tel Aviv. Hezbolla is offering a $5M for info leading to the bird’s arrest.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19September2024-Wanted in Lebanon $5M reward blue-feathered bird

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19September2024-Wanted in Lebanon $5M reward blue-feathered bird

 


 

A Jew invented the Pager


StopAntisemitism-tweet-17September2024-A Jew invented the Pager

StopAntisemitism-tweet-17September2024-A Jew invented the Pager

StopAntisemitism-tweet-17September2024-A Jew invented the Pager

Alfred Gross details

Alfred Gross details

 


 

Hashem sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-17September2024-Hashem sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously
If someone would have told you yesterday that Moses summoned a beeper hornet to sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously, would you have believed it? Don’t attribute this to hi-tech. It’s all Hashem. With Moshiach soon here, we all must strengthen our emuna.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-17September2024-Hashem sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-17September2024-Hashem sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously

 


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-an eye for an eye
Mojtaba Amini, Iran’s minister to Lebanon, carried a Hezbolla pager in his pocket. Why? He was one of them. Only Hashem knows how many innocent Iranians he blinded. He now tastes Divine justice, literally, “an eye for an eye” (Exodus 21:24).
Kaveh Shahrooz-tweet-18September2024-Rarely is karma so perfectly exact
Per the NYT: “Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost one eye and severely injured his other eye when a pager he was carrying exploded…”

It was Iranian regime policy to shoot Woman, Life, Freedom protesters in the eye.

Rarely is karma so perfectly exact.
Emily Schrader-tweet-18September2024-The Islamic republic’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost an eye
The Islamic republic’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost an eye and injured his other eye when his Hezbollah lager exploded. 19 other IRGC terrorists in Syria were also reportedly killed when their pagers exploded.

In a poetic way, justice was served to the countless victims of the Islamic Republic who were intentionally shot in the eye during protests against the regime in the last few years…by, allegedly, Israel.

May everything the Islamic regime in Iran has done come back to haunt them for eternity.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-an eye for an eye

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-an eye for an eye

 

Emily Schrader-tweet-18September2024-The Islamic republic’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost an eye

Emily Schrader-tweet-18September2024-The Islamic republic’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost an eye

 


 

Hashem’s protection exposing terrorists


Amjad Taha-tweet-19September2024-Hashem’s protection exposing terrorists
Is it Israel’s intelligence service, or is it God’s protection exposing terrorists? Just moments ago, Hezbollah had prepared hundreds of rockets from #Lebanon aimed at Israeli civilians, schools, and hospitals. Miraculously, just minutes before the launch, #Israel discovered the plot, struck, and successfully destroyed all the rockets.

Amjad Taha-tweet-19September2024-Hashem's protection exposing terrorists

Amjad Taha-tweet-19September2024-Hashem’s protection exposing terrorists

 

 

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Most of Hezbollah’s cash and gold reserves were destroyed


Open Source Intel-tweet-11October2024-Hezbollah cash and gold reserves destroyed
⚡️⚡️⚡️Some really good news as we head into Yom Kippur:

Most of Hezbollah’s cash and gold reserves were destroyed in Israel’s recent strike that eliminated the Hezbollah leader at their headquarters. An estimated $1.5 billion in cash was incinerated, and 2,000 pounds of gold were melted into the earth during the attack.

Sources:

•L’Orient Today
•Al Majalla
•Kyle Bass
•The Times of Israel

Thank you Israel for helping with inflation.

Open Source Intel-tweet-11October2024-Hezbollah cash and gold reserves destroyed

Open Source Intel-tweet-11October2024-Hezbollah cash and gold reserves destroyed

 

 

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The Revenge of Israel’s Women on Hezbollah

Dividing and taking apart an Islamic terrorist group.

3October2024 by Daniel Greenfield https://www.frontpagemag.com/the-revenge-of-israels-women-on-hezbollah/

 

Some were shocked to learn that Israel’s successful ‘Pagergeddon’ operation had been the work of a female intelligence operative under thirty. But they shouldn’t have been.

 

Israel’s digital intelligence capabilities rely on the work of young women operating in arenas like Unit 8200 which monitors enemy communications, plants surveillance devices and puts together intel data to form a bigger picture, and Unit 414, the unarmed observers on the front line, many of whose members were killed and a number captured during the Hamas invasion on Oct 7.

 

Women from 8200 and 414 had sounded early warning alerts about Hamas training drills and movements that went unheard before Oct 7. And Unit 414 had lost 27 of its own on Oct 7.

 

Unit 8200, which is 55% female, had taken some of the blame for the failures on Oct 7. The assault on Hezbollah provided a unique opportunity for Israel’s women to strike back.

 

‘Pagergeddon’ went viral on social media but it was only a piece of a bigger puzzle. The Israelis had deconstructed the lessons of Oct 7 and turned them against the Islamic terrorists. Hamas and its Iranian masterminds had wrecked Israeli battlefield communications in the initial attack. Israeli military units were slow to respond, aerial units were unable to strike and hours passed before the military leadership understood the scope of the terrorist assault on the homeland.

 

The first thing Israel came after were Hezbollah’s communications. ‘Pagergeddon’ was a crucial last step that began with Israel infiltrating Hezbollah’s landlines and then its other communications. When Hezbollah leaders fell back on the pagers and handheld radios, also favored by Hamas, that had been rigged to explode, communications were fatally scrambled.

 

Hezbollah leaders were forced to begin meeting in person and retreating to bunkers which made it all too easy to take them out. With a broken leadership and communications structure, Hezbollah lacked the ability to decisively move its forces and quickly respond. Within a week, its protectors at the UN and the White House were frantically urging a ‘ceasefire’.

 

Destroying communications and the chain of command is standard military doctrine, and Israel’s successful implementation of it within such a short time and against one of the world’s largest Islamic terrorist groups will be studied in military academies for generations, but there was also something feminine about breaking apart Hezbollah’s social bonds before a bombing campaign.

 

While misleading photos and videos of female IDF soldiers carrying rifles circulate on social media, the burden of front line combat is largely handled by men. The killing and capture of unarmed Israeli female observers from Unit 414 remains a deep moral failure. The true role of Israeli women is to act as the invisible heart and soul of the country’s national defense.

 

When Iron Dome and other interceptor systems take down incoming attacks, the odds are very good that the country’s female air defense controllers are alert and responding. And the extent to which Hezbollah’s communications were penetrated and turned against the terror group owes much to nameless female ‘keyboard warriors’ who exposed the enemy’s weaknesses.

 

Hezbollah was uniquely vulnerable to these tactics because it was in the awkward stage between terror group and terror state, too big to hide in tunnels, too small to have an effective air defense system, and too dumb to realize that tens of thousands of rockets were still no match for what a first rate air force could do to all its infrastructure and weaponry.

 

The Iranian-backed Jihadists who had taken over much of Lebanon’s power structure still thought like terrorists even as Hezbollah had grown much too big to function like one.

 

Terrorist groups start out as individual cells carrying out lone attacks, recruit more members, build militias, seize control of entire areas, transition to guerrillas and then become states. Islamic terrorists naturally adopted the same model employed by Marxist guerrillas across Asia because it was already innate to nomadic raiding culture and foundational to the rise of Islam.

 

Western militaries perform badly against terrorists and guerrillas, but very well against states.

 

Islamic armies never achieved much success against Israel, but their terrorists proved quite effective. Peace accords that turned over territory to the PLO and Hamas created safe zones for terrorists inside Israel in which the terrorists were surrounded by civilians who shared their cause of establishing Arab Islamic supremacy over Israel and the entire world.

 

Hezbollah’s position in Lebanon was much more precarious. Unlike Gaza, Lebanon is genuinely diverse. Apart from its large Christian population, Lebanon contains Arab Sunnis and groups that hate Hezbollah and resent the country turning into an Iranian and Syrian colony.

 

Mao had advocated that guerrillas should move like fish in the water among the local population. Hamas does this, Hezbollah, like its Shiite counterparts in Iraq, however built an intimidating sectarian power base by controlling entire neighborhoods and areas. Dahieh, the center of Israel’s bombing campaign, is Hezbollahs’s version of Sadr City. Rubbing shoulders with Christians and Sunni Muslims, every move Hezbollah makes is highly visible and reported to the Israelis by both allies and enemies who are eager to see the Shiite terrorist group fall.

 

Dahieh was not Rafah, it was the Green Zone in Iraq, and Hezbollah was not moving among the people like fish in the water, but like a widely resented occupying army making a lot of noise.

 

All of that allowed Israel to infiltrate its communications, track its personnel and strike decisive blows against its leaders. Hezbollah had alienated the local population, built up its forces and assumed that the sheer threat of its rocket arsenal would be enough to deter Israel, allowing it to shell Israel’s north with thousands of rockets in order to depopulate the region in preparation for its own version of the Oct 7 attack. But a rocket arsenal is a very crude tool. Like suicide bombs and other terror weapons, it’s useful for attacks carried out from hiding. But the response to a large visible terrorist group isolated in its areas launching rockets is all too obvious.

 

The inability of the Biden-Harris administration to stop the similar Houthi attacks by its sister Iranian-backed terror group out of Yemen had given Hezbollah a false sense of confidence.

 

Not only did Israel take out the Hezbollah leadership planning an invasion of the Galilee, providing a redeeming narrative for Unit 8200 after the horrors of Oct 7, but Hezbollah had made the fatal mistake of planning to invade Israel from a territory it did not actually control.

 

Everything that Hezbollah had thought was a strength, its arsenal, its power and its numbers, were actually weaknesses. Outside Iran and Dearborn, Michigan, Hezbollah has no friends.

 

Hezbollah is not only widely hated in Lebanon, but in the Arab world. Even the Sunni Arab Muslims clamoring to save Hamas had little more to offer than disdainful shrugs for Hezbollah. The wounds of the Syrian Civil War run deep and many Sunnis hate Hezbollah more than israel.

 

Israel isolated Hezbollah’s leaders and cut them out, just as it isolated the terror group.

 

Iran and Qatar had set out to divide Israel. Hamas took hostages, living or dead, while its Qatari backers pushed for rallies that demanded Israel surrender to Hamas to free them. The terrorists had hoped to fracture Israeli society into factions in order to tear it down the way they had torn apart Lebanon. But Israel turned to Lebanon to divide the terrorists and unify Israel.

 

By attacking Hezbollah, Prime Minister Netanyahu exploited the divisions among the terrorists and reunified Israel around the mission of defeating them. Syrian Sunni Arabs celebrate the downfall of Hezbollah while Shiites lash out at them. Iran is trying to pressure Syria’s dictator to bail out Hezbollah and Iraq’s Sunnis are taking issue with the Shiites dragging them into a war.

 

Behind the scenes, Israeli women had played a vital unsung role in dividing the terrorists and uniting the country just as they had done in keeping the nation and families together during the war. Countless wives and mothers had watched their husbands go off on deployment after deployment and had kept households going, sometimes from bomb shelters, and then still found time to volunteer and to pray after putting the children to bed.

 

Thousands of mothers of families displaced by Hezbollah’s rocket attacks have had to do all this without a home to come back to. As the fires burn in Hezbollah compounds, hope rises that all Israelis will be able to return home, that backyards will no longer have to give way to bomb shelters and that Israel’s families may once again know some measure of peace.

 

In the Bible, the Prophetess Devorah had predicted that “into the hand of a woman the Lord will deliver Sisera”. And in her song she described Sisera’s mother being comforted with promises that the Canaanite general and his armies were seizing women and loot. “Are they not finding and dividing the spoils? A girl or two for every man?” she imagines them saying and concludes with “So may perish all Your enemies, O Lord.” Once again history repeats itself.

 

And many a woman has repeated the same words and sentiments tonight in Israel.

 

Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

 

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This is the time to reclaim Lebanon from the sadistic Iranian regime


Fatima J-tweet-18September2024-This is the time to reclaim Lebanon
To the people of Lebanon, this is the time to reclaim our country from the sadistic Iranian regime.

This is the time to ensure there is a homeland for our future generations.

This is the time for us to remove all foreign allegiances and symbols from our country.

This is the time to pledge our loyalty to the only flag that will fly in our skies.

This is the time to shout,
!لبّيك لبنان

Fatima J-tweet-18September2024-This is the time to reclaim Lebanon

Fatima J-tweet-18September2024-This is the time to reclaim Lebanon

 

Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze


Sachin Jose-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon once had a majority Christian population
Lebanon once had a majority Christian population. According to the 1932 survey, 56 percent of the population were Christian. Once a wealthy a country, Lebanon has also become economically very unstable. The Islamist group Hezbollah has dragged the country and the peaceful Christian community into yet another conflict.

Sachin Jose-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon once had a majority Christian population

Sachin Jose-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon once had a majority Christian population

 


 

Lebanon was created by Christians

A continuous Christian presence in Lebanon since 1st Century AD


Archaeo – Histories-tweet-25September2024-A continuous Christian presence in Lebanon since 1st Century AD
Christianity was introduced to Lebanon in 1st Century AD. Tradition states that it was brought to Lebanon by St Peter and St Paul, and there has been a continuous Christian presence in the country since then.

Lebanon, then part of the Roman Empire, was one of the first places Christianity spread to in the first century AD. Sidon, on Lebanese coast, is mentioned in Acts (27:3). It is where St Paul (then a Roman prisoner) was allowed ‘to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs’, possibly indicating a very early Christian presence.

St George’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Beirut was said to have first been built by Eusebius of Nicomedia, Bishop of Berytus (modern-day Beirut), who died in 341 AD, although the current building is much later. But it’s the Maronite Church that has had the biggest influence in Lebanon and its history. In 4th Century, Maronite Christians (followers of St Maron, an aesthetic monk from Syria) moved into Lebanese mountains and began converting the population. Their monasteries in Kadisha Valley are some of oldest in the world and Maronite Church is largest Christian presence in Lebanon today.

Although part of Catholic branch of the church, it developed independently and has a unique character. Maronite community lived for many centuries in seclusion of Lebanese mountains, largely cut off from Rome (and rest of church). They and other indigenous Christian communities (Greek and Syriac Orthodox), resisted assimilation with Arab conquerors, who moved into Levant in 7th Century, and maintained a significant level of autonomy.

During 11th-12th Centuries, Crusaders briefly established Western Christian rule in region. Before they were driven out by the Muslim army, they built several churches and castles, including St John-Marc Cathedral in Byblos, and reestablished contact with Maronite church. Congregationalists and Presbyterian churches began to appear after Protestant missionaries arrived in Lebanon in around 1820s, and first Baptist congregation was founded in Beirut in 1895, but their numbers have remained small.

More significant in terms of numbers are Armenian Christians. Many fled to Lebanon during the Armenian Genocide in 1915, bringing with them their unique Christian heritage. Armenians are considered to be the world’s first Christian nation, when King Dirtad III converted to Christianity in 301 AD. By 1926 there were 75,000 Armenians in Lebanon, many concentrated around Beirut. Today this number has risen to around a quarter of a million. For much of Lebanon’s history the indigenous Christian community and larger Muslim community have lived in relative harmony. Notable exceptions being 1860 Mount Lebanon Druze-Maronite conflict and the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). Power-sharing agreements between Christians and Muslims have been part of Lebanese politics since at least 19th Century and Christians continue to play a significant role in government and culture of Lebanon today.

Today, Christians in Lebanon face an existential crisis, as their country increasingly has become controlled by Hezbollah terrorists who answer to Iran, prompting a mass exodus. Over the years, Lebanese Christians have faced multiple attacks, now they also face a new threat in the form of a rapidly declining proportion in relation to the Islamic element in the country. Many “unfortunately now feel like strangers in their own home country,” Maronite priest Jad Chlouk said in 2021. “This is negatively affecting the whole Christian community, because it is losing most of its brightest and best, and especially its young people, who are supposed to be the future of the Christians here. Hence, the number of Christians in the country is decreasing day by day, and this is badly affecting the situation and causing still more pressure for those who remain, in a situation where they might soon suffer from persecution.”

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Archaeo - Histories-tweet-25September2024-A continuous Christian presence in Lebanon since 1st Century AD

Archaeo – Histories-tweet-25September2024-A continuous Christian presence in Lebanon since 1st Century AD

 

 

The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon


Dr. Maalouf-tweet-27September2024-The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon.
The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon.

Reminder that Lebanon was created by Christians to be a safe haven for all persecuted Christians in the Middle East.

Hezbollah and other Islamic terrorists have no right to exist in Lebanon!

Dr. Maalouf-tweet-27September2024-The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon.

Dr. Maalouf-tweet-27September2024-The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon.

 

 

Hezbollah occupied predominantly Maronite villages


Mount Levnon-tweet-25September2024-Hezbollah occupied predominantly Maronite villages

PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH THE #WORLD: IT’S VITAL TO KEEP THE #MARONITE COMMUNITY SAFE.

The claims that Israel is targeting Christian villages are entirely false.

The town of Lassa, which was recently struck by the #IDF, is indeed owned by the Maronite Endowments, but Hezbollah has occupied it for years, establishing military installations within its schools. For instance, the Mahdi School in Keserwan is also a launch site for Hezbollah missiles.

If we look at the villages surrounding Lassa, they are all predominantly Maronite, such as Aqoura, Yanouh, and Ehmej. Therefore, instead of using Shiites as human shields, Hezbollah resorts to using Maronites, knowing full well that the Maronites despise them. In doing so, Hezbollah hits two birds with one stone.

As free Maronites, we tell Israel to strike Hezbollah wherever they are, especially when they are entrenched in our villages. We do not want this occupation in our lands.

Mount Levnon-tweet-25September2024-Hezbollah occupied predominantly Maronite villages

Mount Levnon-tweet-25September2024-Hezbollah occupied predominantly Maronite villages

 


 


Dr. Maalouf-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze
Lebanon was never meant to be an Islamic country.

Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze!

F*ck Hezbollah!

Dr. Maalouf-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze

Dr. Maalouf-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze

 


 


Hen Mazzig-tweet-18September2024-the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
Can someone please tell the American students and Squad members mourning Hezbollah terrorists that the group killed 241 U.S. service members—220 Marines, 18 sailors, and 3 soldiers—in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing?

They then, mere minutes later, detonated a second bomb and killed 58 French troops, and six Lebanese civilians.

Hezbollah is not your friend. Neither is Hamas.

Hen Mazzig-tweet-18September2024-the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing

Hen Mazzig-tweet-18September2024-the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing

 


 


Jowelle Michel Howayeck-tweet-22September2024-You cannot ask a hostage to free himself
You cannot ask a hostage to free himself.

We are hostage of the terrorists militia.

On August 4th 2020 Hizballah caused the death of 230 civilians and the injuries to more than 6000 others by storing Ammonium Nitrate in beirut port.
They have been blocking the judicial process since then.

Please check about the political assassination they are accused of.

They’re killers.

Jowelle Michel Howayeck-tweet-22September2024-You cannot ask a hostage to free himself

Jowelle Michel Howayeck-tweet-22September2024-You cannot ask a hostage to free himself

 


 

 

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Israel puts the people of Lebanon first


Fatima J-tweet-18July2024-Israel puts the people of Lebanon first
September 5-6 1972 Palestinian terrorists of the group Black September kidnapped, held hostage and killed the Israeli team that was in Munich for the Olympics. One of the terrorists Ali Hassan Salameh became Arafat’s right hand man, an asset for the CIA and husband to Miss Universe Georgina Rizk (Lebanese) He was living in Beirut, Lebanon.

October 1978 – for 6 months Operation Maveer observed the going and comings of Salameh, studying his routine and the company around him.
January 22, 1979 – Salameh left his 6 month pregnant wife’s apartment and began heading to his mothers who was also living in posh Beirut. As him and his convoy turned onto Rue Madame Curie in Beirut the terrorist was assassinated by explosives that were attached to a parked car.

It took 6 months to find the perfect time to assassinate this terrorist because Israel wanted to be certain of there would be no civilian deaths.

Lebanon was housing a terrorist. Lebanon is still housing terrorists.
Lebanon’s daughter sold herself to a terrorist. Lebanon’s sons still sell their daughters to terrorists. Lebanon was protecting a terrorist. Lebanon still protects terrorists.
It was Israel that puts Lebanon’s civilians first. It is Israel that continues to put the people of Lebanon first.
Lebanon has and continues to put herself in the devil’s hands.

I am a Lebanese Maronite and I stand with Israel.

Fatima J-tweet-18July2024-Israel puts the people of Lebanon first

Fatima J-tweet-18July2024-Israel puts the people of Lebanon first

 


 

List of massacres that the Palestinians did in Lebanon


Phalangist – Lebanese Forces-tweet-20July2024-List of massacres that the Palestinians did in Lebanon

Phalangist - Lebanese Forces-tweet-20July2024-List of massacres that the Palestinians did in Lebanon

Phalangist – Lebanese Forces-tweet-20July2024-List of massacres that the Palestinians did in Lebanon

 


 

1976 Damour Massacre, Palestinian Fighters Murder at least 582 Christian Civilians


Saffiya-tweet-25September2024-1976 Damour Massacre
Stay safe. We know the sectarian history of Lebanon. ♥✡ ✝
1976 Damour Massacre, Palestinian Fighters Murder at least 582 Christian Civilians

Saffiya-tweet-25September2024-1976 Damour Massacre

Saffiya-tweet-25September2024-1976 Damour Massacre

 

1976 Damour Massacre, Palestinian Fighters Murder at least 582 Christian Civilians

1976 Damour Massacre, Palestinian Fighters Murder at least 582 Christian Civilians

 

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“Thank you Israel.” Celebration of Israel eliminating Hezbollah leader Nasrallah


Oli London-tweet-29September2024-Thank you Israel
“Thank you Israel.”

Iranians hold a street party in Toronto and hand out cake in celebration of Israel eliminating Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in an air strike.”

Oli London-tweet-29September2024-Thank you Israel

Oli London-tweet-29September2024-Thank you Israel

 

 


 

Iranians thank the IDF for eliminating Nasrallah


Kosher-tweet-28September2024-Iranians thank the IDF for eliminating Nasrallah
🚨 HAPPENING NOW 📍

Amazing to see!

Iranians gathered outside the Israeli embassy in London to thank the Israeli army for taking out Nasrallah

Singing of the Iranian Monarchy anthem 🥂

Makes a difference to Anti-Israel Hate Marches we see in London

Kosher-tweet-28September2024-Iranians thank the IDF for eliminating Nasrallah

Kosher-tweet-28September2024-Iranians thank the IDF for eliminating Nasrallah

 

 


 

Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah


Vivid.-tweet-27September2024-Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah
Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah and called Benjamin Netanyahu a hero.

This video has gone viral on Arab social media.

Vivid.-tweet-27September2024-Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah

Vivid.-tweet-27September2024-Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah

 

 

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Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

In Jerusalem and central Israel: Home Front Command limits gatherings on Rosh Hashanah

IDF restricts gatherings in Jerusalem and central Israel to 30 people outdoors, 300 indoors, following rocket barrage on central Israel. Central Selichot prayers at the Western Wall expected to be canceled.

Israel National News / 1October2024, 2:51 PM http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397025


 

The IDF’s Home Front Command on Tuesday updated the guidelines for a number of areas in Israel, limiting gatherings on the Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) holiday.

 

The changes affect the following areas: Hacarmel; Wadi Ara; Menashe; Samaria; the Sharon, Dan, and Yarkon areas in central Israel; the central area of the “coastal” plains; Jerusalem; and the Judean plains.

 

The IDF explained: “Following a situational assessment, it was determined that as of today, at 14:00, changes will be made to the Home Front Command Guidelines with immediate effect.”

 

“As part of the changes, it was decided to implement additional restrictions in areas throughout the country. Restriction on activities and gatherings have been put in place for the following areas: Carmel, Wadi Ara, Menashe, Samaria, Sharon, Dan, Yarkon, Shefela, Jerusalem, and Judean Shefela.

 

“The guidelines in the rest of the country remain unchanged.”

Home Front Command guidelines 1-5October2024

Home Front Command guidelines 1-5October2024

The IDF added: “The main changes are as follows: Educational activities can be held in a place where you can reach a protected space in case of an alert.”

“Gatherings and services can be held with a limit of up to 30 people in an open area and up to 300 people in closed spaces.

“Workplaces can operate in a building or place where you can reach a protected space in case of an alert.”

 

Beaches will also be closed under these guidelines. Under these guidelines, it is expected that the central Selichot prayer event at the Western Wall will also be canceled. Larger synagogues and community prayers will also be affected.

 

The IDF stressed: “The instructions published on the official Home Front Command channels must be followed. The full instructions are updated on the National Emergency Portal and the Home Front Command app.”

 

Following the Home Front Command’s update, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation responded: “The central Selichot prayers at the Western Wall will take place in a restricted format, within the Western Wall Tunnels and in accordance with the Home Front Command’s guidelines.”

 


 

Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Are precautions still necessary, if the Home Front Command removed restrictions?

The IDF’s Home Front Command removed restrictions on large gatherings for Israelis in Jerusalem and Central Israel. Here’s why you might not want to attend a large gathering.

Chana Roberts /  2October2024, 12:29 PM (GMT+3) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397079

 

The IDF’s Home Front Command on midnight Wednesday morning declared that restrictions on large gatherings in central Israel, Jerusalem, and its suburbs would be removed, following a situational assessment.

With this declaration, the Home Front Command enabled thousands of Israelis to revert to their original plans for the Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) holiday.

 

The restrictions led to the cancellation of the central Selichot prayer gathering at the Western Wall, included a limit on gatherings of more than 30 people outdoors and more than 300 people indoors. These limits forced Jews around Israel to rethink their plans for Rosh Hashanah, especially if the plans included large gatherings.

 

However, the removal does not provide any real indication of what might happen over the course of the next three-and-a-half days, until the holiday and the Shabbat (Sabbath) which immediately follows draw to an end.

 

It is for this reason that a wise Israeli (or tourist) would do well to avoid banking on attending large gatherings during the holiday, and ensure some way of receiving Home Front Command updates if they do wish to attend large gatherings.

 

The IDF’s Home Front Command is constantly updating its guidelines for Israeli civilians, and does so even in the middle of the day. Earlier this week, security sources urged Israelis to reconsider their holiday plans in light of potential security threats, and choose a synagogue from which a bomb shelter could be reached within the required amount of time and without pushing or rushing.

 

Though as of this writing the Home Front Command removed restrictions on gatherings in Jerusalem and central Israel, it is not out of the question that the restrictions will be reinstated closer to the holiday’s start, or over the course of Rosh Hashanah itself.

 

In such a case, Israelis who observe the religious requirement to turn off electronics on the Sabbath and holidays will not be alerted when the restrictions are reimposed, but will hear the air raid sirens when they sound in real time. However, in cases of large gatherings, not everyone will be able to reach shelter in time, unless the gathering is held within a bomb shelter. There is also a real danger of crushing; in the vast majority of cases, those injured during a siren are injured while running for shelter, and not by the missile or interceptions.

 

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Iran attacks Israel 1October2024

Arutz Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

Iran attacks Israel with 181 ballistic missiles

Iran launches attack on the State of Israel, triggering sirens throughout the country. 181 ballistic missiles fired at the Jewish State

Israel National News /  1October2024, 7:39 PM (GMT+3)  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397039

 

At least 181 ballistic missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel on Tuesday evening.

 

Magen David Adom reported that despite several impacts, no casualties during the attack have been reported so far.

 

United Hatzalah Deputy Spokesman Elias Romano stated, “Following the sirens throughout the country – so far no casualties have been found as a result of the missiles fired. United Hatzalah volunteers went out to scan several scenes where it was reported that there had been missile hits or shrapnel. A number of people were treated after injuring themselves following falls on their way to shelters.”

 

“United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit provided assistance to over 20 people who suffered from emotional shock.”

 

The IDF stated in a message to Israeli citizens when the attack began, “You are instructed to remain alert and precisely follow the Home Front Command’s instructions.”

 

“In the last few minutes, the Home Front Command has distributed life-saving instructions in various areas across the country. The public is asked to adhere to the Home Front Command’s guidelines. Upon hearing a siren, you must enter a protected space and remain there until further notice.

 

“The IDF is doing and will do everything necessary to protect the civilians of the State of Israel.”

In addition, IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stated in an announcement to the nation, “Dear citizens, A short time ago, missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel. You are asked to remain vigilant and follow the Home Front Command’s instructions precisely.”

 

“In the last few minutes, the Home Front Command has sent messages to mobile phones in certain areas with life-saving instructions, directing people to enter protected spaces. You must reach the safest protected space in your vicinity. Upon hearing a siren, immediately enter a protected space and remain there until further instructions are given.

 

“The air defense system is fully operational, detecting and intercepting threats wherever necessary, even at this moment. However, the defense is not hermetic, and therefore it is essential to follow the Home Front Command’s instructions. You may hear explosions, which could be the result of interceptions or impacts.

 

“Due to the variety of threats, alarms may be triggered in widespread areas. Stay updated on the instructions via the official pages of the Home Front Command and the IDF Spokesperson.

 

“Continue to act responsibly and keep calm, as you have done so far, and make sure to follow the guidelines. We are strong and can handle this event as well.

 

“The IDF is doing and will continue to do everything necessary to protect the civilians of Israel. The IDF is fully prepared for both defense and offense at peak readiness.

 

“I will continue to provide updates on all developments,” Hagari said.

Multiple explosions were heard in Jerusalem.

 


 

Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped in time for the holiday.


Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped
We have just been notified that Iran is now preparing to launch long range ballistic missiles at Israel. They could be launched at any moment, and many of us have faced the unenviable task of notifying our children of the possible alterations to the daily schedule.

Alongside this, Jewish women have been toiling for days to prepare for the momentous and powerful Rosh Hashanah holiday.

And so Iran, I would like to pass you this message, on behalf of the House of Israel:

If you knock our electricity out while our challahs are baking, so help me I will gather such a flood of Jewish women that we will come over there and tear your missile silos down with our bare manicured hands.

Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped in time for the holiday.

Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped

Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped

 


 

Result so far: 0 Israelis killed 1 Palestinian killed 5 Iranians killed


Dr. Eli David-tweet-1October2024-Result so far: 0 Israelis killed 1 Palestinian killed 5 Iranians killed
🚨 Breaking: 5 Iranian Revolutionary Guards forces were killed and at least 12 injured in the explosion of a ballistic missile during launch.

Result so far:
🇮🇱 0 Israelis killed
🇵🇸 1 Palestinian killed
🇮🇷 5 Iranians killed

Well done Iran 🙄

Dr. Eli David-tweet-1October2024-Result so far 0 Israelis killed 1 Palestinian killed 5 Iranians killed

Dr. Eli David-tweet-1October2024-Result so far 0 Israelis killed 1 Palestinian killed 5 Iranians killed

 


 

The entire country just had air raid sirens


Im Tirtzu-tweet-1October2024-The entire country just had air raid sirens
The entire country just had air raid sirens

Im Tirtzu-tweet-1October2024-The entire country just had air raid sirens

Im Tirtzu-tweet-1October2024-The entire country just had air raid sirens

 

JerusalemCats Comments: Just Wait.

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Stop the Bravado/Operational Security (OpSec)


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-14October2024-Stop the Bravado
Hashem hates bravado; the Torah forbids it. Bravado=arrogance, the opposite of emuna. Moses and King David were the 2 most humblest people ever and therefore Hashem’s chosen leaders of Israel. The contrast – what we have today in the non-emuna “leadership”, is sick. For example:
Defense Minister Gallant: 4 days ago, crowed that Israel’s response to Iran would be, “powerful, precise, and above all – surprising. They will not understand what happened and how it happened.” Meanwhile, there hasn’t been any IDF response…
Chief of Staff Herzi: 2 days ago vaunted, “Hezbollah is trying to hide the significant harm we have inflicted on the organization in the past weeks.”
Both big bravado mouths, who can’t bring themselves to say, “B’ezrat Hashem” (with Hashem’s help) always trigger tragedies. Last night, a Hezbolla drone that was “powerful, precise, and above all – surprising” (a bravado backfire) hit an IDF base, killing 4 soldiers and wounding dozens more. Hezbolla has not yet been harmed significantly enough. Gallant and Herzi, please, engage the safety lock on your tongues.
Only a spiritually blind, deaf and dumb individual fails to see Hashem’s hand in this war. When Hashem so desires, hundreds of ballistic missiles don’t even scratch a single Jew; case in point, April 14, 2024 and October 1, 2024. But when Hashem hears bravado and the Defense Brass crediting themselves for these achievements, He withdraws His Divine Protection and one little drone does so much damage.
We don’t need American weapons for our survival. We need Hashem’s protection. We invoke it with prayer, teshuva, emuna, Torah and good deeds. Without teshuva and emuna, forget about victory. We’ve entered the Age of Moshiach, and there’s no turning back. The answer is not in the right nor the left. The answer is not Bibi or Benny. The answer is teshuva and emuna, demanded of us immediately. Also, a bit of humility and less chatter will certainly help. May Hashem have mercy on us.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-14October2024-Stop the Bravado

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-14October2024-Stop the Bravado

 


 

The IDF requests that no footage of impacts be shared for operational security (OpSec) reasons.


Open Source Intel-tweet-2October2024-operational security
The IDF requests that no footage of impacts be shared for operational security (OpSec) reasons.

Translated from Hebrew by

Important message!
You revealed the locations of falls and documentation
From areas where there are inquiries?
You helped the enemy!

Open Source Intel-tweet-2October2024-operational security

Open Source Intel-tweet-2October2024-operational security

 

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Fighting Middle Age-mindset terrorists with Middle Age technology


Kosher-tweet-13June2024-IDF-spec trebuchet
Wow.

Fighting Middle Age-mindset terrorists with Middle Age technology.

The IDF soldiers built a TREBUCHET to clear foliage/bushes that Hezbollah have been hiding in and firing from.

Kosher-tweet-13June2024-IDF-spec trebuchet

Kosher-tweet-13June2024-IDF-spec trebuchet

 

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Trebuchet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet
A trebuchet[nb 1] (French: trébuchet) is a type of catapult[5] that uses a rotating arm with a sling attached to the tip to launch a projectile. It was a common powerful siege engine until the advent of gunpowder. The design of a trebuchet allows it to launch projectiles of greater weights and further distances than that of a traditional catapult.

 

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We will continue to fight forever


Hillel Fuld-tweet-31October2024-We will continue to fight forever
This video makes me deeply happy and proud. No more shaking knees, world!
Transcript:
After a year of war also in the southern region, also in Judea and Samaria and now in Lebanon and for those that gave up their lives and paid the heavy price we the IDF soldiers Paratroopers in reserves Division 646 troop 466 are destroying with this a gathering village of the enemy Hezbollah. We will not allow on our watch for the enemy to challenge our free life in our precious country. We will remember those that paid with their lives. We will continue to fight forever and we will be the protectors of the land.

Hillel Fuld-tweet-31October2024-We will continue to fight forever

Hillel Fuld-tweet-31October2024-We will continue to fight forever

 

 

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UNIFIL is now SPYING for Hezbollah


dan linnaeus-tweet-15October2024-UNIFIL is now SPYING for Hezbollah
UNIFIL is compromising its neutrality, openly sharing granular battlefield intelligence in near real-time, compromising freedom of operations, and making an effective contribution to Hezbollah’s efforts. This risks their protected status under the relevant conventions (49, 77, 94) and exposes facilities and potentially UNIFIL troops to lawful targeting under IHL.
dan linnaeus-tweet-13October2024
A prime example of UNIFIL compromising its neutrality can be found in its public statement made through its social media channels at approximately 17:00 local time detailing IDF troop movements, timeframes, force composition and otherwise granular battlefield intelligence on IDF military operations.

While UNIFIL’s mandate includes its obligation to report violations of UNSCR 1701 and preserve the safety of peacekeepers, the level of detail provided about IDF activities in an active combat situation can be viewed as a manipulation of its mandate to advantage one side, compromising the IDF’s operational security and derogating from neutrality.

A. Furnishing the Enemy with Battlefield Intelligence

UNIFIL reports the observation of three IDF platoons crossing into Lebanon and notes that two IDF Merkava tanks entered its position after destroying the main gate. It also describes incidents related to logistical movement restrictions.

UNIFIL’s report could be seen as furnishing Hezbollah with real-time battlefield intelligence as it provides timely information about IDF movements, positions, and actions, which can be exploited by hostile actors to adjust their own military activities.

Reporting the movement of IDF forces compromises neutrality if details are used by Hezbollah to adjust their tactics, if they gain insights into IDF deployments or if it otherwise makes effective military contributions to Hezbollah’s efforts. Publicly detailing the movement of IDF platoons and other military actions can be viewed sharing sensitive battlefield intelligence, irrespective of intentions, by revealing IDF operational behavior in real time. Hezbollah or other adversaries can use this information to anticipate or counter IDF actions, and otherwise puts IDF troops at risk.

—— Detailed Battlefield Intelligence Provided by UNIFIL’s Public Disclosure

Troop movements — Early morning (no specific time given) on 13 October 2024.

Force composition: Three platoons of IDF soldiers observed crossing the Blue Line into Lebanon near Ramyah.

Tank entry and actions — At 4:30 a.m., two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate of a UNIFIL position and forcibly entered the base.

Duration: The tanks stayed inside the position for approximately 45 minutes before leaving after UNIFIL’s protest.

Actions: IDF personnel requested multiple times that UNIFIL turn off the lights at the base.

Artillery or smoke rounds — At 6:40 a.m., several rounds were fired 100 meters north of the UNIFIL position, emitting smoke.

Effects: Smoke caused 15 peacekeepers to suffer symptoms, including skin irritation and gastrointestinal reactions.

Logistical blockade — On 12 October 2024, IDF soldiers stopped a critical UNIFIL logistical movement near Meiss ej Jebel, preventing the movement from being completed.

,h3>B. Manipulation of UNIFIL’s Mandate

It is true that UNIFIL has an obligation to report violations of UNSCR 1701 and preserve the safety of peacekeepers. In this context, the statement may be framed as serving as a record of IDF violations of UN premises and restrictions on UNIFIL’s movement. From a peacekeeping mandate perspective, transparency is a necessary part of maintaining accountability for breaches of international law.

However, the level of detail provided about IDF activities in an active combat situation, raises the question of whether UNIFIL is maintaining its neutrality or providing one side (Hezbollah) with useful tactical information. If UNIFIL’s public reporting of IDF movements benefits Hezbollah more than it serves the transparency obligations of the UN, neutrality is compromised.

In closing, although UNIFIL is not actively participating in hostilities, granular reporting of one party’s movements in the context of an ongoing military operations in conflict tilts towards compromise of neutrality. The detailed disclosure of IDF troop movements, timeframes, force composition and specific military actions undermining UNIFIL’s neutrality.

—— The statement in full is provided below:

UNIFIL statement (13 October 2024)

Early this morning, peacekeepers at a UN position in Ramyah observed three platoons of IDF soldiers crossing the Blue Line into Lebanon.

At around 4:30 a.m., while peacekeepers were in shelters, two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the position’s main gate and forcibly entered the position. They requested multiple times that the base turn out its lights. The tanks left about 45 minutes later after UNIFIL protested through our liaison mechanism, saying that IDF presence was putting peacekeepers in danger.

At around 6:40 a.m., peacekeepers at the same position reported the firing of several rounds 100 metres north, which emitted smoke. Despite putting on protective masks, fifteen peacekeepers suffered effects, including skin irritation and gastrointestinal reactions, after the smoke entered the camp. The peacekeepers are receiving treatment.

In addition, yesterday, IDF soldiers stopped a critical UNIFIL logistical movement near Meiss ej Jebel, denying it passage. The critical movement could not be completed.

For the fourth time in as many days, we remind the IDF and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN premises at all times.

Breaching and entering a UN position is a further flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). Any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and Resolution 1701. UNIFIL’s mandate provides for its freedom of movement in its area of operations, and any restriction on this is a violation of Resolution 1701.

We have requested an explanation from the IDF for these shocking violations.

dan linnaeus-tweet-15October2024-UNIFIL is now SPYING for Hezbollah

dan linnaeus-tweet-15October2024-UNIFIL is now SPYING for Hezbollah

dan linnaeus-tweet-13October2024-UNIFIL compromising its neutrality

dan linnaeus-tweet-13October2024-UNIFIL compromising its neutrality

JerusalemCats Comments: What should be done with UNIFIL?

Firing Squad: 'I don't have to tell you that cigarettes are bad for your health.'

Firing Squad: ‘I don’t have to tell you that cigarettes are bad for your health.’

 

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Hezbollah attacks UNIFIL


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29October2024-Hezbollah attacks UNIFIL
Earlier today, a report was received regarding damage caused to UNIFIL’s Headquarters in the area of Naqoura, southern Lebanon. An examination determined that Hezbollah launched a rocket from the Hallousiyyeh El Faouqa area which hit the @UNIFIL_ Headquarters.

UNIFIL reported a number of casualties resulting from the rocket impact on its headquarters.

The Hezbollah terrorist organization continues to systematically violate international law, endangering both Israeli civilians and international organizations operating in the region.

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29October2024-Hezbollah attacks UNIFIL

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29October2024-Hezbollah attacks UNIFIL

 


 


UNIFIL-tweet-29October2024-rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters
Statement:

This afternoon a rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura, setting a vehicle workshop on fire. Peacekeepers were not in bunkers at the time. While some peacekeepers suffered minor injuries, fortunately no one was seriously injured.

UNIFIL-tweet-29October2024-rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters

UNIFIL-tweet-29October2024-rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters

 

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Hezbollah controls UNIFIL


Open Source Intel-tweet-30October2024-Hezbollah demands from unifil
JUST IN 🚨

Hezbollah demands for Germany to be booted from UNIFIL for its
‘complicity’ with Israel – TOI

I never knew Hezbollah had this authority…

Open Source Intel-tweet-30October2024-Hezbollah demands from unifil

Open Source Intel-tweet-30October2024-Hezbollah demands from unifil

 

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Article 51 of the UN Charter – the right to self-defense


Amichai Chikli-tweet-22September2024-Article 51 of the UN Charter – the right to self-defense

ידידי המשפטן דוד פטר (@ptr_dvd) הפנה אותי לנקודה חשובה מאד בעניין המלחמה בצפון, סעיף 51 למגילת האו״ם – הזכות להגנה עצמית.

1. לאחר פיגועי 9/11 מועצת הביטחון של האו”ם העבירה החלטות 1368 ו-1373 שגינו את המתקפה של אל-קעידה והבהירו שהזכות להגנה עצמית עומדת גם מול ישויות לא מדינתיות וקראו למדינות לנקוט בצעדים נגד טרור בינלאומי.

2. בעקבות הפלישה של ארה”ב לאפגניסטן התפתחה נורמה בינלאומית לפיה מדינה מותקפת זכאית להפעיל כוח נגד ארגון טרור שפועל מתוך שטח מדינה ריבונית כאשר אותה מדינה לא מסוגלת או לא מעוניינת לטפל בארגון הטרור.
כמו שאמר ג׳ורג׳ וו. בוש בנאומו כמה ימים לאחר מתקפת הטרור:
״We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them״

3. העיקרון של מדינה שלא מסוגלת או לא מעוניינת לטפל בארגון טרור שפועל משטחה אומץ גם בעניין המלחמה מול דאעש.

4. לבנון לא מקיימת אף לא סעיף אחד מהחלטה 1701 ועל שכן זוהי זכותה וחובתה של מדינת ישראל לקחת את המושכות לידיה ולעצב מחדש את המציאות הביטחונית
בגבול הצפון.

מצ״ב: צילום מסך מדו״ח מפורט של מכון קהלת בנושא.

 

Translated from Hebrew by

My friend the lawyer David Peter (@ptr_dvd) directed me to a very important point regarding the war in the north, Article 51 of the UN Charter – the right to self-defense.

1. After the 9/11 attacks, the UN Security Council passed Resolutions 1368 and 1373 that condemned the Al-Qaeda attack and clarified that the right to self-defense also applies to non-state entities and called on countries to take measures against international terrorism.

2. Following the US invasion “In Afghanistan, an international norm has developed according to which an attacked country has the right to use force against a terrorist organization that operates from the territory of a sovereign country when that country is unable or unwilling to deal with the terrorist organization. As George W said. Bush in his speech a few days after the terrorist attack: “We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them”

3. The principle of a country unable or unwilling to deal with a terrorist organization operating on its territory was also adopted in the matter of the war against ISIS.

4. Lebanon does not comply with even one clause of Resolution 1701 and moreover it is the right and duty of the State of Israel to take the reins and reshape the security reality on the northern border. Mtsev: a screenshot from a detailed report by the Ecclesiastical Institute on the subject.

Amichai Chikli-tweet-22September2024-Article 51 of the UN Charter-the right to self-defense

Amichai Chikli-tweet-22September2024-Article 51 of the UN Charter-the right to self-defense

What is Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council?

What is Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council?

What is Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council?

 

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What is Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council?

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Security Council Resolution 1701: The Diplomatic Solution the U.N. Failed to Implement

https://www.aipac.org/resources/un-1701-hezbollah

 

UNSCR 1701 Requirements

UNSCR 1701 Requirements

The failure of the Lebanese government and the international community to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701 has enabled Hezbollah to significantly expand its military capabilities, attack Israel, and push Israel and Lebanon to the brink of a devastating war.

UNSCR 1701 was a negotiated resolution to end the 2006 Second Lebanon War that Hezbollah initiated. Israel withdrew from Lebanon, but the U.N. and Lebanese government have failed to uphold three key demands that were also a part of the resolution:

  1. Disarm Hezbollah and prevent it from rearming — as well as all other armed non-state groups in Lebanon.
  2. Demilitarize southern Lebanon — except for the Lebanese military and U.N. forces.
  3. Strengthen the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) enforcement — authorizing it to use force to ensure that southern Lebanon would not be used as a terrorist safe haven for Hezbollah.

 

Unfortunately, UNIFIL and the Lebanese government have failed to enforce the resolution. As a result, Hezbollah has turned Lebanon into a military fortress from which it is attacking Israel.

 

Israelis must be able to live in peace and security without the constant threat of terror. Lebanon and Hezbollah must be brought into full compliance with UNSCR 1701.

 

Requirement: Disarm Hezbollah and prevent it from rearming.

Reality: With help from Iran, Hezbollah’s weapons stockpile has multiplied dramatically.

 

From the resolution: UNSCR 1701 “require[s] the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that […] there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese State.”

 

With Iran’s help, Hezbollah’s arsenal has grown tenfold since UNSCR 1701’s passage. In 2006, the terrorist group possessed around 15,000 rockets. Today, it has more than 150,000 missiles and rockets — many of which are capable of precisely targeting any location in Israel.

 

Since October 7, Hezbollah terrorists have launched more than 8,500 missiles, rockets and drones into Israel. More than 40 Israelis, including 26 civilians, have been killed by Hezbollah. Around 80,000 Israelis remain displaced from their homes in the north.

 

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has boasted that the group’s “weapons and rockets come from the Islamic Republic of Iran,” and that it will continue to receive Iranian arms shipments.

 

Requirement: Demilitarize southern Lebanon.

Reality: Hezbollah has entrenched its military infrastructure within civilian areas throughout Lebanon.

From the resolution: UNSCR 1701 requires “the establishment between the Blue Line [the 2000 border demarcation between Israel and Lebanon] and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL.”

 

Hezbollah has turned major Lebanese cities, including the entire area south of the Litani River, into a military fortress from which it can attack Israel — in blatant violation of UNSCR 1701. Today, many Lebanese cities are a Hezbollah maze of underground bunkers, rocket-launch sites and interconnecting tunnels, with at least one out of every four houses in some areas reportedly hosting a Hezbollah base, post, weapons depot or hideout.

 

Hezbollah has put the lives of Lebanese civilians in danger by using them as human shields and positioning its forces and weapons inside hospitals, homes and schools, in direct violation of Article 57

 

of the Geneva Conventions. Major Lebanese cities and critical infrastructure have been taken over by Hezbollah for terrorist purposes, including Lebanon’s major international airport in Beirut. In 2018, the IDF revealed six Hezbollah tunnels dug from residential Lebanese neighborhoods into northern Israel.

 

Requirement: Strengthen UNIFIL.

Reality: The U.N. force has completely failed to prevent Hezbollah’s weapons smuggling and terrorist activity.

From the resolution: UNSCR 1701 “supplement[s] and enhance[s] the [U.N.] force in numbers, equipment, mandate and scope of operations, [including] to authorize an increase in the force strength of UNIFIL to a maximum of 15,000 troops,” up from 2,000 troops. Also, authorized UNIFIL to take “all necessary action” to enforce the resolution.

 

Due to intimidation by Hezbollah and lack of cooperation from the Lebanese Armed Forces, UNIFIL’s roughly 10,000 troops do not act against Hezbollah. UNIFIL routinely fails to patrol areas known to host illicit Hezbollah weapons and neglects to report on Hezbollah violations. Hezbollah outposts are often situated mere feet from UNIFIL outposts. The U.S. has repeatedly called on UNIFIL to increase its capacity and commitment to investigating and reporting these violations.

 

Lebanon’s porous border with Syria has also allowed Hezbollah to import significant arms from both Syria and Iran. While UNSCR 1701 does allow UNIFIL to deploy along the border with Syria at the Lebanese government’s request, such a request has never been made — largely due to Hezbollah and Iranian intimidation.

The Way Forward

Hezbollah must cease all attacks on Israel and be brought into full compliance with UNSCR 1701. The international community must exert all possible pressure on the Lebanese government to compel it to take action against Hezbollah.

 

Simultaneously, America must stand by Israel as it responds to Hezbollah’s increasingly aggressive attacks and continue to ensure Israel has the weapons it needs to protect its families and destroy Hezbollah’s capabilities.

 

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Saudi Arabia does not care about Palestinians


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Hamas, Hezbollah in SHOCK !!

Liberal leader MBS ⚡- Do I care personally about the Palestinian issue? I DON’T

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The Cleaning Woman is now head of Hezbollah


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This hard working woman will transform #Hezbollah into an advocacy group for working mothers in the muslim world.
More power to her!

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