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1500 year old Jericho synagogue named “Shalom al Yisrael”, Peace upon Israel 1500 year old Jericho synagogue mosaic |
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God’s Level of Morality, Not Man’sFor ages, spiritual movements reshaped themselves to match human appetite. Only Judaism was bound to G-d Who demanded we confront these appetites. He dares us to fight our lowly human natures and rise higher.David Ben Horin | Posted on 03February2026 | https://breslev.com/5205718/  God’s Level of Morality, Not Man’s by David Ben Horin
For more than 1,300 years, the banner of jihad or “holy war” has been used to justify an unbroken trail of bloodshed. The Sunni–Shia feud that started in the first generation after Muhammad evolved into a centuries-long cycle of massacres, reprisals, and “holy” score-settling.
The same script played out in Lebanon and Syria, where entire cities were dragged into wars fought less for God and more for power dressed in “holy” clothing.
On October 7, that same ideology tore through our own communities, transforming homes and families into targets.
And in Iran, tens of thousands of men and women—people who dared to push for something as simple as human freedom—were eliminated under the pious marketing slogan of “religious duty.” Thousands more face the death penalty after being branded “enemies of god” for wanting their own taste of what Judeo-Christian values label “God-given freedoms.”
A religion made to validate and even accommodate their darkest impulses.
Although Christianity is far less egregious in its blanket permissions for evil such as murder, it still falls far short of pushing mankind to the highest levels of morality, honesty, and refined behavior.
A Covenant That Elevates Rather Than AccommodatesJudaism, on the other hand, demands as the basis of Jewish law or halacha the highest, exacting standards of honesty and morality. Even jealousy, which is a normal human emotion in a particular set of circumstances – is banned – as one of the Ten Commandments! Jewish law demands 10% of income be tithed to the poor, demands honest weights and measures and honesty in business, demands lost items be returned and not taken as “finders keepers,” and so much more. There is no “well, I’m not evil so I’m good” in Judaism. Goodness, honesty and morality are demanded as the most basic level of keeping Jewish law!
An excellent example of this requirement not just to be OK, but to be moral and honest to the highest degree, is found in the story of the young rabbi who bought a desk, and discovered $98,000 cash that had been hidden by the owner, and the recipient of his inheritance didn’t know was there. He asked his rabbi who confirmed that the money had to be returned since the owner didn’t intend to include it in the sale of the desk. The Los Angeles Times titled the article on this story “The Most Honest Man in America?”1 The answer is that any Jew who follows Jewish law would have done the exact same thing, because this is the standard of honesty and morality that G-d demands and Judaism does not water it down for the desires of humans!
This is what makes the covenant, or Brit, between Hashem and the Jewish People so extraordinary. It isn’t shaped to suit our whims or comforts. Instead, God invites us to rise, to grow, to refine ourselves so we can live in alignment with Him.
It begins on the eighth day of life, with a moment that signals something profound: our journey toward discipline, holiness, and purpose. It extends by controlling the desires attached to the organ we circumcise.
What the ancient Romans dismissed as strange, and what later cultures would never dare attempt, becomes for us a declaration of devotion. It is not an act against others, but an act of commitment — a reminder that our path starts with transforming ourselves.
God doesn’t shape His Torah to match our impulses. He gives us the Torah as a blueprint for reshaping who we are. He asks us to mold our lives, our desires, and our choices toward Him — not the other way around.
The Brit is a lifelong pledge to elevate our instincts, to channel the strongest human drives toward something higher, something sacred. From the eighth day onward, we carry a sign that our bodies, our passions, and our purpose are meant to serve something far greater than ourselves.
It is the beginning of a life lived with intention, direction, and holiness — a covenant that lifts us toward God every single day.
Walking the Straight Path to God Under FireWe stand in the days of Shovevim — our season of intensity, commitment, and spiritual fire.
This is the time when we’re called to go all-in, to awaken every ounce of discipline, drive, and conviction inside us. Not to unleash violence on the world, but to unleash force on ourselves — on the impulses that pull us away from God.
What are our Jewish fantasies?
To wage war on our own yetzer hara with the same relentless determination that empires used on their enemies. To confront our desires head-on and overpower them with the ferocity of a soldier who refuses to surrender his ground.
Loyalty to Hashem means guarding every doorway into the soul — from the phone, the screen, the bar, the office, the street — and shutting down temptation the way an IDF defender shuts down a Hamas terrorist.
🔥This is our battlefield. Every victory is carved inside the heart long before it appears in the world.
The name “Israel” means Yashar Kel — the straight path to God. Walking that path demands that we move toward Him, not toward comfort or indulgence. It means choosing His will over our wants, His discipline over our impulses, His direction over our distractions.
🔥This is our war — the only war that matters. Every act of resistance against the pull away from the path God commands us is a step closer to His mercy, His compassion, and His wrath against those trying to destroy us.
God is great. He calls us to greatness.
Editor’s Notes: 1 Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2013
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Quiet megillah readings: Combat veterans, loud sounds and firecrackers can cause traumatic flashbacks
Rabbinical Organization: Skip the Noisemakers This Purim for IDF VeteransTzohar calls on communities to avoid loud noisemakers during Megillah readings, citing trauma triggers for veterans and war-affected Israelis.25February2026, 7:34 PM (GMT+2) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422982
Ahead of the upcoming Purim holiday, the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization is issuing a call to communities across Israel to show consideration for individuals suffering from PTSD and other war-related emotional challenges by refraining from the traditional use of loud noisemakers as part of the Megillah reading.
The call comes amidst a growing number of combat veterans reporting how loud sounds and firecrackers can cause traumatic flashbacks. Tzohar is therefore urging relevant congregations to embrace “quiet megillah readings”.
“Many communities are home to heroes who have returned from the battlefield. Our brothers and sisters continue to suffer the emotional impacts of combat, and it is therefore critical that everyone, children and adults alike, be sensitive to those challenges. For these individuals, the sudden loud sounds that are traditionally part of the Megillah reading are not innocent or fun, but can be painful triggers bringing them back to the traumas of war. While we know that the widely accepted custom of blotting out Haman’s name through noisemaking is an important one, there is no doubt that respecting the sacrifices of these IDF heroes is paramount, and we therefore suggest that in settings where these individuals might be present, such loud sounds should be avoided.”
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Director of the Tzohar Center for Jewish Ethics, recorded a public awareness video on this issue where he explained, “On Purim, we are accustomed to the sounds being noisy and including firecrackers and explosions… chaotic noise. But for the next few years, we have no choice but to abstain from all that. Because among us are many people for whom these things cause a real sense of horror.”
The call comes amidst planning for Tzohar’s annual Megillah B’Kehilah program, where an estimated 100,000 people will be gathering at over 600 different sites for megillah readings presented by Tzohar rabbis and volunteers. With the goal of making the readings accessible and enjoyable to as many people as possible, the readings include explanations of the Purim story and its relevance for Jewish tradition and identity, with a focus on communal responsibility, unity, joy, and hope even in the face of dangerous threats.
Rabbi David Stav, Chair and Founder of Tzohar, explained the program saying, “Purim is in essence a communal holiday, characterized by friendship and social responsibility where we can display our inherent caring for one another. Particularly in these days where we are dealing with so many internal and external threats and challenges, these programs give us the opportunity to unite in spaces that are infused with light, joy, and a sense of common purpose and camaraderie. Megillat Esther is an annual reminder that our strength as a people lies in our unity. Through the tens of thousands of people who we are blessed to welcome to these programs, we are able to share this critical and eternal message.”
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Proud Israeli Jews Producing and Selling Ben and Jerry’s Israel Milk and Honey Ice Cream גלידת בן וג’ריס חלב ודבש in Eretz Israel
Ben & Jerry’s launches ‘Israel flavour’ ice cream – with Star of David fudgeThe latest offering is called, appropriately, Milk and HoneyJune 23, 2026 15:32 https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/new-ben-and-jerrys-ice-cream-israel-milk-honey-israeli-flavour-dk7arxto  Ben & Jerry’s new Milk and Honey By JC Reporter
Ben & Jerry’s Israel has launched an ice cream that it is billing as “the most Israeli flavour there is” – milk and honey.
In a case of “it does what it says on the tub”, the ice cream combines milk, cream and honey, and it also contains chocolate fudge pieces shaped like Stars of David.
All of the ingredients are sourced from produce grown in collaboration with farmers, local businesses, and social organisations from the south of Israel and the Gaza envelope.
Unveiling the new flavour, the business said: “In the wake of the events of October 7, as a company based in the south that employs hundreds of workers from the region, we at Ben & Jerry’s Israel felt a responsibility to play an active role in the region’s recovery process.
“The idea for Milk and Honey – an Israeli ice cream that symbolises positive action and regional reconstruction – was born out of a sense of resilience and a desire for renewal.”
It continued: “Hundreds of employees at our factory in Be’er Tuvia took part in the development and production, driven by a desire to help rebuild the community, to provide strength and sweetness even in difficult times, and by a shared belief in hope and in our ability to build a better future together.”
The brand has high hopes for Milk and Honey beyond satisfying the cravings of sweet-toothed Israelis: “Our aspiration is that, beyond being a sweet and exceptionally delicious ice cream, Milk and Honey will also serve as a symbol of hope, recovery, and positive action for the community,” it said.
Royalties from sales will be donated to support recovery initiatives and community and educational projects in the south and the Gaza envelope, in partnership with the Ayalim Association, a non-profit organisation helping to build student communities across the Negev and Galilee.
Ben and Jerry’s Israel is run as an entirely separate entity from the global Ben & Jerry’s brand and the latter’s parent company, consumer goods giant Unilever.
The division stems from a major corporate dispute that arose in 2021 when Ben & Jerry’s global board announced its intention to halt sales “in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)” – meaning the West Bank, (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza strip – because selling there was “inconsistent” with the brand’s values. It noted at the time that the decision reflected the concerns of its “fans and trusted partners”.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield – both of whom are Jewish – wrote in an opinion piece for The New York Times: “The company’s stated decision to more fully align its operations with its values is not a rejection of Israel. It is a rejection of Israeli policy, which perpetuates an illegal occupation that is a barrier to peace and violates the basic human rights of the Palestinian people who live under the occupation. As Jewish supporters of the State of Israel, we fundamentally reject the notion that it is antisemitic to question the policies of the State of Israel.”
They added: “We believe this act can and should be seen as advancing the concepts of justice and human rights, core tenets of Judaism.”
The following year, however, Unilever sold its Ben & Jerry’s ice cream business in Israel and the West Bank to its long-term local licensee.
“The new arrangement means Ben & Jerry’s will be sold under its Hebrew and Arabic names throughout Israel and the West Bank under the full ownership of its current licensee,” Unilever said at the time.
Last September, Greenfield resigned from Ben & Jerry’s after nearly 50 years.
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HELL you wanted and HELL you will get!
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Israel imposes the ultimate justice on the October 7 killersSlowly but steadily, Israel is ensuring that the people who crossed its borders with murder on their minds face an appropriate consequence.
Andrea Widburg | 14July2026 https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/israel-imposes-the-ultimate-justice-on-the-october-7-killers/
“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.” — Proverbs 21:3 “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made He man.” — Genesis 9:6
Israel may be a leftist country, but it’s still one that was founded on the Bible—and the Jewish Bible is about the rule of law and the necessity for justice. That’s why it was good to learn that a special Israeli unit is bringing justice to the October 7 attackers.
On October 7, 2023, an estimated 6,000 men from Gaza entered Israel. Of that number, around 3,800 were official Hamas fighters, while another 2,200 or so were civilian men excited to have the opportunity to participate in a violent, often sexual massacre.
When the blood orgy ended, 1,200 Israelis and guest workers were dead, around 5,400 were physically wounded (the psychological wounds are uncountable), and 251 were kidnapped, of whom only 166 made it home. Most of the invaders were caught on camera—many, indeed, filming themselves.
To understand the immensity of the attack given Israel’s tiny population, if this had happened in America, it would have been equivalent to a neighboring country (not naming names) crossing our borders, and in a single day, brutally killing 41,000 people, wounding 185,000, and kidnapping 8,600, only 5,700 of whom returned home alive.
America would have done two things, and no one would have challenged it: It would have invaded that neighboring country because the neighbor would obviously be harboring a toxic ideological pathogen that must be destroyed if America is to survive, and it would have brought justice to the actual killers.
Everyone knows that Israel did the first thing—and, unlike any other country in the world, was viciously attacked for daring to try to erase a genocidal militia living on its borders.
But what few know is that Israel has also been engaged in the second activity, relentlessly hunting down every single person who crossed into Israel on October 7 and participated in the rapes and slaughter.
Israel’s low-key justice tour shouldn’t be a surprise. Many of us remember that, after the terrorist attack against Israel during the 1972 Munich Olympics, Israel embarked upon Operation Wrath of God to identify and execute the terrorists involved.
Indeed, Steven Spielberg even made a movie about it, though it was an insult. It was based on a book of dubious accuracy and written by at least one hard-left, anti-Israel activist (Tony Kushner). It created a moral equivalence between the PLO and Israel and humanized the murderers. In other words, typical leftist garbage.
Given Israel’s history, it comes as no surprise that Israel would ensure that the October 7 attackers were brought to justice. After all, as the quotations at the head of this essay show, Judaism is about justice—and it is a religion based on law. (Just read the Torah, that is, the first five books of the Bible, if you doubt me.) Allowing killers to roam free because they are outside of Israel’s borders cannot stand—and it isn’t standing.
Streiff at RedState summarizes Israel’s activities, which are currently aimed at the official Hamas members who entered Israel on October 7:
It helps, adds Streiff, that the massacre’s perpetrators do not have a “bro code” that sees them protect their comrades from Israel’s righteous vengeance. Instead, they seem to have a different attitude, one that can be summed up as “If I’m going to suffer, he should suffer, too.” So, once caught, they’re happy to squeal.
This isn’t surprising. As those who have witnessed Arab warfare for over a century know, they are beyond vicious when they feel they are ascendant and craven when finally caught. Just think of Saddam Hussein hiding in a hole…
There are still a lot more killers to go, so I wish Israel luck in its hunt. Justice matters, and what happened on October 7 was an epic injustice that needs to be addressed.
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Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: This is why fewer Arabs visit Temple MountRabbi Shmuel Eliyahu says number of Arabs visiting Temple Mount has dropped by half – and shares why.6February2026, 1:23 PM (GMT+2) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422052
Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu has offered an explanation for the decline in the number of Arabs ascending the Temple Mount.
According to Rabbi Eliyahu, the number of Arabs visiting the Temple Mount is now down by half.
Sharing a conversation that one of his friends had with a senior Arab official on the Temple Mount, Rabbi Eliyahu said that the Arab official claimed that Jews bowing on the ground on on the Temple Mount caused less Arabs to visit the site.
Rabbi Eliyahu quoted the Arab as saying to his friend, “The reason is that you started bowing on the ground to the Holy One, Blessed Be He. When we see you bowing, we are afraid of you, because you humble yourselves before G-d. If you humble yourselves before G-d, who can stand against you? So, we don’t come anymore.”
The Temple Mount Yeshiva issued a statement: “Blessings to Minister Ben-Gvir for restoring governance and honor to the Temple Mount, the holiest and most important place for the People of Israel. Since Ben-Gvir took office, the Temple Mount has returned to being a holy and pleasant place, and instead of chants inciting the murder of Jews, we now hear wedding songs, prayers, and Torah lessons. It is moving to witness the awakening of the rabbis ascending, and the bowing which is growing stronger. The People of Israel have returned to the Temple Mount.”
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Prayer gathering called in Hevron for Dec 22ndRivka Levy / 19December2025 https://thinkforyourselfpublishing.com/prayer-gathering-called-in-hevron-for-dec-22nd/ More details when I have them, but Rav Berland is calling for a prayer gathering in Hevron on December 22nd.The time: Starting 8pm. The reason: Your guess is as good as mine, but I have lost count of the number of times the Rav has called prayer gatherings to ‘ward off’ some bad decree before we even know about it. And, exactly as he said, it stopped to the day.==== What was interesting is that the Rav barely called for any prayer gatherings during the Gaza War. I guess he already knew that was a massive decree, a tikkun, that would take the time it took, prayer gatherings or no. So instead, he asked for a special Torah scroll to be written, and told us that the day the Torah scroll was ready and given to him, the war in Gaza would stop.Again, to the day, that’s what happened. Or faking ‘history’, right from the start… ==== So, it looks like something ‘big’ is brewing again, in my opinion, and the Rav is trying to ward it off.The natural-resource-gobbling Evils have their eye on the oil fields in the Golan Heights now, as they had their eye on the gas fields off the Gaza coast. Remember, we said years ago that Trump and his team of ‘businessmen’ had an eye on the Golan resources (remember ‘Trump Heights’?) and the Gaza gas fields.They are just seeing which of their ‘puppet politicians’ will find it easier to sell their own people out and deliver the goods, without anyone noticing. ==== So, 8pm, December 22nd, 2025, at Hevron.That is this coming Monday night. (Mamash, ask anyone who knows anything about crowdfunding, and they will explain to you just how very unusual all this is… And BTW, it’s also a super-great way of laundering funds, to make sure no one knows where exactly all that cash is coming from…) Just a simple link, on a very simple site that has been under attack, in so many senses of the word, for years and years, which you can access here:https://ravberland.com/en/donate ==== PS: Here’s a bit more about Ahmed Al Ahmed ‘Go Fund Me’ campaign, screenshot from HERE:  Ahmed Al Ahmed ‘Go Fund Me’ campaign
Tom Traynor starting things off with a $50k donation… then Bill Ackerman (yes, that Bill Ackerman) joined in with $99.99k – the most you can give, apparently. And then, Greg and Anna Brockman of Open AI joined in with another almost $40k… Deep, deep sigh. ==== Meanwhile, look at this:  One Mitzvah for Bondi Screenshot-2025-12-19 ICA
==== I went looking for this, and here is the OFFICIAL New South Wales government website for this project:One Mitzvah for Bondi | NSW Government  One Mitzvah for Bondi Screenshot-2025-12-19
==== Here’s the text (screenshot):  One Mitzvah for Bondi Screenshot-2025-12-19 text
==== Here is a headline from the JC, 2024, for comparison: https://www.thejc.com/community/interfaith-action-is-at-the-heart-of-mitzvah-day-2024-o5co4pmq ==== And here is the page from ‘badd outreach, again, just for comparison: ==== Great, how all these billionaires and interfaith people are jumping on the bandwagon, here.Pushing that idea that ‘we’re all just one big, happy family’… ==== Tov.
Don’t forget, if you want an authentic Jewish response to the madness going on in the world, that really will make a positive difference for the very difficult situation we currently find ourselves in, join in, however you can, with the Rav’s prayer rally on Monday, December 22nd. It feels like a lot is hanging in the balance again.
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22 wounded as Houthi drone from Yemen hits EilatMagen David Adom medics treated victims at the scene and evacuated them—including two in serious condition—to Yoseftal Hospital.Charles Bybelezerhttps://www.jns.org/five-injured-as-houthi-drone-from-yemen-strikes-eilat/
 Israeli security forces at the scene of a Houthi drone strike in Eilat, Sept. 24, 2025. Photo by Yehuda Ben Itach/Flash90.
(24September2025 / JNS) Twenty-two people were injured on Wednesday evening when a drone launched by Houthi terrorists in Yemen struck the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
Magen David Adom said its medics treated victims at the scene and evacuated them—including two in serious condition—to the city’s Yoseftal Hospital.
Video circulating online showed people scrambling for cover as air-raid sirens sounded, with the UAV appearing to strike near a major shopping center adjacent to Eilat’s main boardwalk.
The Israel Defense Forces said interception attempts were made, and that search-and-rescue teams were operating at the impact site.
The Israeli Air Force opened an investigation after the two Iron Dome interceptor missiles failed to down the UAV.
דיווח ראשוני על נפילת כטב”ם חותי באילת , שני בתוך שבוע  Itay Blumental-tweet-24September2025-Houthi UAV in Eilat
The Israel Police urged residents to stay away from the crash site and avoid touching debris, warning it may contain explosives.
The military urged the public to continue adhering to Home Front Command guidelines.
Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday night wished a full recovery to those injured in Eilat.
“The Houthi terrorists refuse to learn from Iran, Lebanon and Gaza—and they will learn the hard way,” Katz said, adding, “Those who attack Israel will be struck back sevenfold.”  Israeli security forces at the scene of a Houthi drone strike in Eilat, Sept. 24, 2025. Credit: Israel Police.
Last Thursday, an unmanned aerial vehicle that was launched toward Israel “from the east” impacted in the courtyard of a hotel in Eilat. No injuries were reported.
A second drone was intercepted by the Israeli Air Force minutes later, the IDF said.
The term “from the east” is typically used by the IDF to refer to attacks by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.
Approximately an hour later, the Houthis fired a ballistic missile that triggered air-raid alerts across central Israel, sending millions of civilians to bomb shelters.
On Sept. 16, the IDF struck Hudaydah Port in Houthi-controlled Yemen, accusing the terrorist group of using the facility to transfer Iranian-supplied weapons for attacks on Israel and its allies.
The strike targeted a “military infrastructure site,” with the IDF saying it was “in response to the repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist regime against the State of Israel, including the launch of UAVs and surface-to-surface missiles.”
The Houthis have carried out missile and drone attacks on the Jewish state—including a direct missile hit near Ben-Gurion International Airport on May 4—since the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
A Houthi explosive drone crashed into Ramon Airport near Eilat on Sept. 7, shortly after the IAF intercepted three UAVs launched from Yemen.
Jerusalem has conducted several rounds of strikes against the Houthis, including an Aug. 28 operation that killed their “prime minister” and several other Cabinet officials.
Defense Minister Katz said on Friday that Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of the Houthis, and his government would be sent to “the depths of hell.”
“Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, your time will come,” Katz said, adding that he and his subordinates will meet “all the envoys of the Axis of Evil.”
The slogan “Death to Israel, curse upon the Jews,” written on the Houthi flag, Katz added, “will be replaced by the blue-and-white Israeli flag that will fly in the capital of united Yemen.”
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Israeli forces kill two PIJ terrorists in SamariaAlaa Ga’udat Bani Ouda and Mohammad Qassem Suleiman were part of a cell planning an imminent attack.JNS Staffhttps://www.jns.org/israeli-forces-kill-two-pij-terrorists-in-samaria/
(25September2025 / JNS) Israeli forces operating overnight Wednesday in the Palestinian town of Tammun, eight miles northeast of Nablus in Samaria, neutralized a terrorist cell planning an imminent attack.
Acting on intelligence, the forces located members of the cell affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad, including Alaa Ga’udat Bani Ouda and Mohammad Qassem Suleiman, both armed operatives involved in planning shooting and explosive attacks.
During the operation, forces encircled the building where the terrorists had barricaded themselves, engaged them with precise fire, and killed them.
During Israeli operations on Wednesday in the Anzah area, near Jenin in northern Samaria, a terrorist hurled an explosive device at soldiers. The troops returned fire, killing the assailant. No IDF injuries were reported.
A day earlier, Israeli forces identified a rocket in the Palestinian city of Tulkarem, in western Samaria. The Israel Defense Forces said the rocket was neutralized by Border Police sappers, while troops scanned the area. The military has opened an investigation into the incident.
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Nile Crocodiles to be stationed outside security prisonsBookmouse Comments: All you can eat buffet, just like Pechanga (Pechanga Resort Casino Pechanga Indian Reservation adjacent to the city of Temecula, California), California.
Work begins on crocodile barrier pilot at Ketziot PrisonExcavation work began Wednesday at Ketziot Prison in the Negev to construct channels intended for a proposed crocodile barrier, part of a pilot project promoted by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for a wing housing security prisoners.Israel National News / 22July2026, 3:00 PM (GMT+3) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430577
Excavation work began Wednesday at Ketziot Prison in the Negev to construct channels intended for a proposed crocodile barrier, part of a pilot project promoted by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for a wing housing security prisoners.
The National Security Ministry confirmed that preparations are underway. In a statement, Ben Gvir’s office said, “Those who slaughtered, whoever raped, whoever murdered and behaved like an animal deserve to have an animal like him watching over him.”
According to a source in the Regional Council, the excavation is taking place inside the prison compound around one of its special wings. The channel is approximately 170 meters (560 feet) long and is not visible from outside the facility. The source told Ynet that it remains unclear whether crocodiles will ultimately be introduced, but said the infrastructure is being prepared in advance.
The work follows a decision last week by Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman to classify the Nile crocodile as a “domesticated wildlife animal.” The change, made at Ben Gvir’s request, allows security agencies, including the Israel Prison Service, to pursue a pilot program for keeping crocodiles on their premises, provided appropriate welfare standards for the animals are maintained.
The proposal was first raised by Ben Gvir about six months ago as part of a plan to surround a prison housing security prisoners with crocodile-filled channels. Since then, the Israel Prison Service has conducted feasibility studies, including consultations with professionals and visits to zoos. Officials concluded that such a system could potentially reduce security costs while serving as an additional deterrent against escape attempts.
Until now, the Nile crocodile had been classified as a protected wild animal, limiting its captivity to licensed zoos. The revised legal status allows authorized security bodies to move forward with the proposed pilot project..  חקמת גזרת תנינים קציעות מנהלת 3000
Move toward allowing crocodiles to be stationed outside security prisonsThe Minister of Environmental Protection has signed a declaration that will allow a pilot program to examine the use of crocodiles around prisons housing Nukhba terrorists.Israel National News / Published: 16July2026, 9:20 PM (GMT+3) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430295
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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is continuing to advance his plan to use crocodiles around prisons holding security prisoners.
Following Ben Gvir’s request, Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman signed a declaration today (Thursday) classifying crocodiles as a “domesticated wild animal.” The official designation means that security agencies such as the Israel Prison Service (IPS) will be able to launch a pilot program to keep crocodiles on their premises, while ensuring their welfare and providing appropriate living conditions.
The move comes about six months after Ben Gvir proposed adopting President Donald Trump’s model of a prison surrounded by crocodiles and establishing such a system around a security prison housing Nukhba terrorists.
The Israel Prison Service embraced the idea and began extensive planning on the project, including a series of studies and professional visits to zoos. According to the IPS, the findings indicated that constructing a prison surrounded by moats containing crocodiles would significantly reduce ongoing security costs while also creating a strong deterrent against escape attempts by security prisoners.
After Minister Ben Gvir approved moving forward with a practical pilot program-which includes construction planning and the creation of appropriate safety and environmental conditions for keeping the crocodiles-the initiative encountered a legal obstacle. Under existing law, the Nile crocodile is classified as a protected wild animal, a designation that prohibits it from being kept outside licensed zoos.
To overcome the legal hurdle, officials developed a solution based on classifying the crocodile as a “domesticated wild animal,” a legal status that permits it to be kept for commercial purposes.
Such a designation existed under Israeli law until 2013 and allowed crocodiles to be bred and killed for commercial use. It has now been adapted to meet Israel’s security needs, with the new declaration limiting the designation solely to the keeping of crocodiles and only by authorized security agencies.
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BACKGROUND: What Israel has to deal with. Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf in ArabicMein Kampf in Arabic in Gaza
IDF forces found a copy of Hitler’s antisemitic work “Mein Kampf” in a child’s room of a home in Gaza used by Hamas as a terrorism hub. The terrorist highlighted portions of the book and included his own notes. It starts with words. It ends with Jewish blood in the streets.  Israel-tweet-12November2023-Mein Kampf in Gaza
They found “Mein Kampf” in every second house in Gaza
How much more proof do you need that lying comes as naturally to them as breathing?  Dr. Simon Goddek-tweet-16October2025-They found Mein Kampf in every second house in Gaza
Mein Kampf in Arabic in Judea and Samaria
This is a school textbook based on Hitler’s “Mein Camp”, on the extermination of the Jewish people, with additions, upgrades and streamlining suggestions for the jihadist Muslims known as “Palestinians”. We fight monsters. #AINewsIL #MuslimInvaders #TheWestIsNext  Rubi Yona-tweet-15October2024-Mein Kampf in Arabic in Judea and Samaria
Mein Kampf sold at many Palestinian storesSEE: From 9January2014 Sales Of Hitler’s Mein Kampf Are Surging
When you hear how many Palestinians talk about Hitler, you quickly understand why. Listen to Yussuf from Bethlehem.  Eli Kowaz-tweet-4January2024-Mein Kampf sold at many Palestinian stores
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Who’s afraid of diplomatic isolation?There is no Palestinian state not only because Israel maintains full control over the territory, but also because of the Palestinian Authority’s failure to establish functioning governing institutions, and Hamas’ dominance.by Prof. Eyal Zisser – Published on 09-28-2025 10:05 – Last modified: 09-28September2025 10:15 https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/whos-afraid-of-diplomatic-isolation/
On December 13, 1949, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel and ordered the transfer of state institutions there from Tel Aviv. In the UN Partition Plan of November 1947, Jerusalem was not included in the Jewish state’s territory. During and after the 1948 War of Independence, proposals were even raised internationally to place the city under international rule, or to hand it over to Jordan. Israel effectively set its capital in Tel Aviv, where the president, government, Knesset and other state institutions sat.
Ben-Gurion’s announcement came, naturally, as the UN General Assembly was meeting in New York to debate the Middle East. At the time, Israel was waging a tough diplomatic battle to preserve the gains of the War of Independence, against most of the world, which demanded territorial concessions and the return of Palestinian refugees as the only path to peace.
But Ben-Gurion did not back down and decided to move the capital to Jerusalem. As expected, the world erupted in protest, condemned Israel harshly, and threatened retaliatory steps. Leading the opposition, as usual, were European countries, joined by the United States, whose ties with Israel in those years were cool and even hostile. But the die was cast, and Jerusalem became the capital. Inside Israel, too, many opposed the move. Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett even submitted his resignation to Ben-Gurion, perhaps as protest, having warned that the step would bring disaster, or perhaps, as he later claimed, because he had not foreseen the diplomatic tsunami that swept over Israel.
Today we are once again warned that Israel is on the verge of diplomatic isolation, highlighted by the recognition of a Palestinian state by Britain, France and other Western countries. But such warnings should be taken with a grain of salt. First, most of the world, 147 of the UN’s 193 member states, has already recognized a Palestinian state for years, yet it has not come into being nor is it likely to in the near future. Second, a Palestinian state has not emerged not only because Israel controls the territory, but also because of the Palestinian Authority’s ongoing failure to maintain functioning institutions and, above all, because of the looming threat of Hamas, which could seize control of any area handed over to the Palestinians.
In 1955, as Israel battled waves of terrorist attacks while being urged to exercise restraint out of fear of international criticism, Ben-Gurion declared: Only the courage of the Jews established the state, not some ‘UN-shmun’ decision… Our future depends not on what the nations say, but on what the Jews do. Still, Ben-Gurion was mindful of limits and the need for alliances. He launched the 1956 Sinai Campaign only after securing French backing, which for a time provided Israel with political cover and military aid.
The historical lesson is clear. A country like Israel, facing existential security challenges in a complex and hostile regional and global arena, cannot base its actions solely on how the world will respond.
The decision by some European states and others to recognize a Palestinian state stems from political calculations, appeasing the radical left and Muslim immigrant communities. It carries no real weight or meaning and will ultimately fade into history. Yet Israel must know what it seeks and can achieve, what is worth fighting for, and where to show flexibility. With all due respect to Gaza, it is not Jerusalem. As Menachem Begin once put it: Learn from Masada how not to reach it, and from Modiin how to build it.
The real question we must keep in sight is how to preserve cohesion and unity within Israeli society, and around what shared principles and goals to forge broad national consensus.
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Politicians Are Speaking Out! A Massive Awakening is Happening in Israel…Posted 28September2025 JNS-TV: Most people outside of Israel probably don’t realize what’s happening right now. In the middle of a war, with the country on edge, one unexpected name has suddenly been thrust into the spotlight: David Zini. He’s not a politician or a public figure, but a career IDF general who has just been appointed to head Israel’s most powerful security agency, the Shin Bet. In this episode, we break down who he is, why this move surprised so many, and how his sudden rise is already sparking political battles inside Israel.
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CABINET APPROVES MAJOR STEPS TO EXPAND ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA
Just before Prime Minister Netanyahu’s departure on an official flight, the cabinet approved a series of dramatic policy decisions affecting land policy in Judea and Samaria, led by Ministers Israel Katz and Bezalel Smotrich, according to reports. Key elements of the decisions reportedly include: The moves are described as deepening de facto Israeli sovereignty in the region and could have major legal and diplomatic implications. Some analysts say the decisions may conflict with understandings from the 1997 Hebron Agreement, part of the Oslo-era framework. Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil.  Mossad Commentary-tweet-8February2026-EXPAND ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA
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FIRST U.S. EMBASSY CONSULAR SERVICE IN JUDEA
The town of Efrat in Gush Etzion is set to host the first U.S. Embassy consular service branch in Judea, part of the embassy’s “Outreach Program.” The new office, expected to open in the coming weeks, will provide passport renewals, birth registration, and other consular services for American citizens, eliminating the need to travel to Jerusalem. With a large English-speaking population and many American residents, Efrat was seen as a natural location for expanded U.S. services. Local leaders are calling the move both a practical improvement for residents and a symbolic milestone in U.S.–Israel relations in Judea and Samaria. Source: The Jewish Edition Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil  Mossad Commentary-tweet-8February2026-FIRST U.S. EMBASSY CONSULAR SERVICE IN JUDEA
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Gush Etzion restaurant serves cholent and sovereigntyA new Cholent restaurant was opened at the Oz Vegaon reserve in Gush Etzion with two goals – serving customers and bringing more Jewish identity to Judea and Samaria.Evyatar Moshe / 15March2026 / , 2:47 PM (GMT+2) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423967<  Cholent at Oz veGaon – Arutz Sheva
Over the weekend, Yehudit Katzover and Nadia Matar, leaders of the Sovereignty Movement, inaugurated a new Cholent restaurant at the Oz veGaon Nature Reserve in Gush Etzion. The site is operated by Ephraim and Yoni Rozen and serves cholent, the traditional beef-and-grain stew widely associated with Jewish Shabbat meals and often eaten late at night before or after Shabbat. In many communities the dish is also known as hamin.
The opening event was attended by Knesset member Ohad Tal of the Religious Zionist Party.
Katzover and Matar explained that the initiative aims to combine a culinary experience with Jewish tradition. “Efi and Yoni wanted to do something good for the soul and for the reserve, and decided to open a cholent spot – something deeply Jewish, a traditional food enjoyed by Jewish communities everywhere,” they said.
At the launch, visitors were served Ashkenazi-style cholent. The organizers added that additional varieties are planned, including Moroccan-style hamin with wheat.
According to the organizers, the evening took place in a festive atmosphere. “It was tasty, pleasant, and warm – another night of Jewish presence filled with joy over the victories and miracles we experience every day and night,” they said.
They also addressed the significance of the location. “People asked how this is connected to sovereignty,” they said. “The answer is that the owners chose to open specifically in Judea and Samaria to express Jewish identity. There is nothing more associated with Jews around the world than cholent.”
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1500 year old Jericho synagogue named “Shalom al Yisrael”, Peace upon Israel
A menorah, a palm branch, and a Shofar. Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel.  Rabbi Poupko-tweet-12March2026-1500 year old Jericho synagogue
1500 year old Jericho synagogue mosaic
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Gaza, A collection of memories from the Gaza Strip, BOOM
Have a Good night.  Eli Afriat-tweet-27November2025-Gaza-A collection of memories from the Gaza Strip
Bye bye Gaza
 REAL JEW-tweet-5February2025-Bye-bye Gaza
Boom morning Gaza-For the children’s sake keep going
 daniel hanuka-tweet-14April2025-Boom morning Gaza
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 SOVEREIGNTY-logo https://www.ribonut.co.il/  Enough with the Blood Libels – There Is No Settler Violence Enough with the Blood Libels – There Is No “Settler Violence”They are trying to manipulate your consciousness through the blood libel known as “settler violence.” Do not be dragged into this false discourse. Before you condemn, stop and think for a moment…Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar28December2025 https://www.ribonut.co.il/BlogPostID.aspx?BlogPostId=1010
Once again, we are witnessing videos that serve the “settler violence” campaign—a campaign that raises its head whenever the left identifies an opportunity for diplomatic pressure that could lead to further Israeli withdrawals.
The purpose of the blood-libel campaign against the Jews living in Judea and Samaria (labeled in English “settlers” but really should be called “inheritors of the land”) is to serve as a tool in the hands of those demanding their uprooting and expulsion from Judea and Samaria and the establishment of an Arab terror state in the heart of our land. It is entirely possible that the current timing of the renewed push of the false and libelous “settler violence” campaign was chosen due to the Prime Minister’s visit to the White House and the left’s hopes for American pressure to force Israel’s willingness to establish a Palestinian state.
In the face of this campaign of lies and defamation, we must stand firm with a decisive response whose headline is clear: there is no settler violence! To clarify this, we will begin with the obvious—unlike what occurs among the Arab enemy, where education toward hatred of Jews and the aspiration to kill Jews begins even before kindergarten and only intensifies over time, among Jews there are no people who wake up in the morning burning with a desire to attack Arabs for no reason. Jewish lives revolve around a normative daily routine of work, study, and family life.
Because this fact is well known, clear, and self-evident, when we are exposed in the media or on social networks to a widely circulated video showing a Jew who supposedly attacks an Arab, before rushing to condemn and defame, stop for a moment, take a deep breath, use your brain, and ask the necessary question: if a Jew arrived at such a situation, it is entirely possible that this is a completely different event—that it is part of a broader story deliberately not presented to us. Someone is trying to manipulate our consciousness in order to weaken the people of Israel and the State of Israel.
In these lines we wish to present one incident that occurred several months ago—one example that illustrates many others:
One day we received an agitated phone call. On the other end of the line was a distressed friend who told us how shocked she was by a video she had seen showing a Jew attacking an Arab and stealing his mobile phone. “Settler violence is shocking,” she concluded.
As we listened to her shock, it was already clear that this was a biased video backed by “consciousness engineers” and experts at manipulating the minds of innocent viewers. Nevertheless, we needed to present this friend with verified facts to prove that she too had fallen victim to the illusions of blood libels. The facts indeed arrived after an inquiry that took a little over a day. The story, as we suspected, was completely different:
It involved two young Jewish shepherds grazing their flock on pastureland belonging to a nearby Jewish community. A group of Arabs arrived at the scene and began throwing stones at them. One of the stones struck the head of one of the Jewish shepherds, who fell to the ground bleeding. The injured shepherd’s friend pulled out his phone and began filming the Arab attackers. When they realized they were being filmed, they attacked him, beat him, stole his phone, and began fleeing toward the Arab village from which they had come.
The shepherd did not give up and bravely pursued the fleeing rioters. He reached the village, entered a building where one of the rioters was hiding with the phone, struggled with him, and extracted the device from his hands. Friends of that rioter (in other words, a terrorist) filmed the struggle and the moment when the shepherd reclaimed the phone that had been stolen from him, and immediately distributed the end of the story detached from everything that had occurred beforehand. Thus, we are presented with an entirely different spectacle: a Jew beating someone and stealing a phone, instead of the true story of a Jew fighting to recover his phone, which contained footage of rioters who had attacked him and his friend.
Such incidents occur again and again throughout Judea and Samaria. There is no settler violence here, but rather straightforward self-defense.
Another incident occurred just in recent days, in which footage was circulated showing a reservist allegedly running over a praying Arab. Knowing the Jewish population of Judea and Samaria, we know full well that no one simply gets on a tractoron and runs over Arabs during prayer. However, the quick tendency to react from the gut without thinking lead to condemnations and rejection. Therefore, once again, the recommendation is to pause, breathe, and think before responding.
In this most recent incident, the truth became clear the following day. Once again, it was an attack on Jewish shepherds. This time, after the shepherds called for help, that same reservist arrived at the scene and, alone, managed to drive away the Arab rioters. Instead of being praised for his swift action in defending the shepherds and for his effective activity without fear, even as one man facing the rioters, he was met with condemnation, attacks, and accusations. After the true circumstances of the event became clear, did any of those who condemned and defamed him apologize?
Defamation of this kind has been repeatedly directed in recent years at hilltop youth and at the residents of the farms—noble-spirited and idealistic people who abandoned comfortable bourgeois lives and invest all their strength, resources, and energy in the people of Israel and the Land of Israel. Yet the day will come when we all look back, remember their deeds, and thank them for safeguarding national lands and maintaining a presence on the ground.
In summary, the next time you encounter a supposedly “shocking” video, do not fall into the trap of blood libels and consciousness manipulation. Do not rush to condemn. Do not become a plaything in the “settler violence” campaign, whose goal is to turn the residents of Judea and Samaria into a cruel demon that must be fought and expelled from its land—our G-dgiven Biblical heartland. At a time when settlement is developing and discourse about sovereignty is returning to the table, do not be dragged into the places the radical left is trying to pull us toward.
Say it clearly and loudly: there is no settler violence. There is self-defense by Jews living in their land.
 Beware! Blood Libel ahead
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SOVEREIGNTY-logo https://www.ribonut.co.il/ Israel is the West’s Last Line of DefenseMeir elipurThe US supporting the Jewish state is not merely an expression of friendship or a strategic alliance; it is an investment in safeguarding its own future and the values upon which Western civilization itself depends Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar-SOVEREIGNTY Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
At a time when the West is grappling with a crisis of identity and the rise of fundamentalist Islamism, Israel is doing more than defending itself—it stands on the front line of a broader struggle for freedom, identity, and democracy.
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar, The Sovereignty Movement
The global order that has shaped the past several decades is increasingly showing signs of strain. The world’s two leading powers, the United States and Russia, have both struggled to achieve decisive victories and secure their strategic objectives. Russia has failed to subdue Ukraine despite years of fighting, while the United States has repeatedly discovered that military, technological, and economic superiority does not guarantee success in a complex and rapidly changing world.
Yet the defining challenge of the twenty-first century is not primarily military, economic, or diplomatic. It runs much deeper.
We are living through an era of ideological reckoning – an age in which humanity is being compelled to revisit fundamental questions: What is our purpose? Which values should guide the future? And how do we build a better society for generations to come?
Across the Western world, a growing sense of uncertainty has emerged. Values once regarded as self-evident- family, community, nationhood, tradition, civic responsibility, and a sense of belonging – are constantly being reassessed. There is nothing inherently wrong with self-examination; free societies must be willing to question themselves. But when criticism evolves into a persistent doubt about every foundation upon which a society rests, that society risks losing confidence in itself and its ability to articulate a shared vision.
By contrast, the fundamentalist Islamist world projects a very different picture. It operates from a clear sense of identity, deep conviction, and well-defined goals. Its influence grows when it confronts societies that are no longer certain of their own direction.
At the same time, humility is essential. The West cannot present itself as having discovered the perfect formula for improving humanity. History tells a different story. It was, after all, in the heart of enlightened, educated, and advanced Europe that the Holocaust emerged. One of the greatest crimes in human history did not arise in distant deserts but at the center of European civilization. It serves as a painful reminder that technology, education, and progress do not guarantee morality, and that even the most sophisticated cultures can lose their way.
The real question, therefore, is not which side is stronger, but which worldview is capable of leading humanity toward a better future. Is it a world stripped of identity and roots? A world governed by religious or ideological coercion? Or is there another path – one that succeeds in reconciling values that often appear to be in conflict?
This is where Israel’s uniqueness stands out.
Israel is a remarkable human laboratory: a young and innovative nation with ancient roots; a modern democracy grounded in a profound historical and spiritual heritage. It is a society in which secular and religious Jews, traditional and ultra-Orthodox communities, new immigrants and veteran citizens, Jews and diverse minorities all live side by side. The encounter is not always easy, and at times it can be turbulent and deeply challenging. Yet it is precisely within this complexity that a distinctive model continues to evolve.
Israeli society is far from perfect, but it repeatedly strives to find a balance between freedom and responsibility, rights and obligations, identity and openness, tradition and renewal. In a world increasingly drawn toward extremes, Israel demonstrates that another way is possible.
For that reason, Israel’s role extends far beyond its borders. It is not only a center of innovation or a significant military power. It is also a nation wrestling with some of the most fundamental questions facing humanity’s future. How can a society preserve its identity without sacrificing democracy? How can an ancient heritage be integrated with technological progress? How can a people remain faithful to its roots without fearing renewal and change?
The world needs more than power. It needs direction. It needs vision. It needs a renewed understanding of meaning, responsibility, and purpose.
That is why the United States and the nations of Europe should do more than observe Israel’s experience from afar. They should recognize that the struggle Israel is engaged in is also their own. Today, Israel stands on the front line in defending the values of freedom, identity, and democracy against forces seeking to undermine them. Supporting Israel is not merely an expression of friendship or a strategic alliance; it is an investment in safeguarding their own future and the values upon which Western civilization itself depends.
This is the great challenge of our generation—and also its greatest opportunity.
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Foreign Aid to Israel: A Bonanza for US TaxpayersYoram Ettinger • Summer 2026 https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2026/07/07/foreign-aid-to-israel-a-bonanza-for-us-taxpayers/
In the arena of US alliances, no relationship delivers the outsized return for the American taxpayer that the US-Israel partnership does.
Conventional wisdom often frames the annual $3.8 billion US credit to Israel (spent on the acquisition of military systems only in the United States) as solely foreign aid – a one-way handout at the expense of American taxpayers. Formally, it is foreign aid. However, due diligence reveals that this is a low/no-risk, high-return investment for the United States.
Since 1967, Israel has functioned as Washington’s premier dollar and defense multiplier, the most effective battle-tested laboratory, the most sophisticated commercial and defense research and development center (for over 250 US high-tech giants and the US defense and aerospace industries), a unique intelligence powerhouse, and a geopolitical force amplifier with no American military bases on its soil.
The Two-Way StreetIn fact, US-Israel cooperation has been mutually beneficial, generating an annual Return-on-investment (RoI) of more than 1,000 percent on Washington’s foreign aid to Israel. This has yielded the United States billions of dollars in research and development savings, bolstered economic output and export, expanded employment, increased tax revenues, technological edge, and enhanced US national and homeland security. No other ally can deliver such benefits.
At the heart of this multiplier effect lies Israel’s role as a real-time, combat-proven showroom and innovation hub for the US defense and aerospace industries. For example, in 2018, Israel was the first country to receive the F-35 combat aircraft for operational use. At the time, leading US experts considered it a failed program.
However, by 2019, the combat-experienced Israeli Air Force, together with Lockheed-Martin, had solved practically all software/technical and hardware/mechanical glitches. This transformed the F-35 into the flagship of the US Air Force’s future fighter fleet and the premier project of the US aerospace industry. The Israeli experience and resulting upgrades have been shared daily with the US manufacturer, saving 10 to 20 years of research and development and perhaps tens of billions of dollars. These battle-tested refinements have dramatically enhanced the aircraft’s reliability, maintainability, electronic warfare capabilities, weapons integration, and survivability. As a result, since 2019, the uniquely intense use of the F-35 by the Israeli “showroom” has yielded a surge in global demand. More than 1,200 F-35s have been exported since 2019 to US allies, including Britain, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, and others. By late 2025, Lockheed-Martin reported a staggering $173 billion to $179 billion backlog and $72 billion in annual US economic output, including $40 billion in exports.
Currently, the F-35 project supports 290,000 jobs (a 35 percent expansion since 2019). It contributes about $3 billion in annual corporate and personal income tax revenues to the US Treasury. This almost completely offsets the $3.8 billion annual investment in Israel from this single platform alone.
This role of Israel as a unique dollar and defense multiplier for the US applies to dozens of advanced military systems, enhancing the fortunes of American US defense and aerospace industries, which employ 2.5 million people. For instance, Boeing’s Apache attack helicopter and Lockheed Martin’s Black Hawk utility helicopter have benefited from Israel’s intense operational tempo since the 1990s. Israeli combat use has resulted in upgraded avionics, survivability features (including advanced missile warning, electronic warfare, and countermeasures), and combat networking for the helicopters.
These improvements, validated in real-world conditions rather than simulations, have slashed research and development timelines and costs. For the Apache the figure is $16 billion; for the Black Hawk, $21 billion in today’s dollars. Moreover, Israel’s track record has propelled American exports, such as recent Apache deals with Poland, South Korea, Britain, and others, in excess of $20 billion. Black Hawk sales to Greece, Australia, Sweden, Brazil, and others totaled $8 billion to $10 billion for 2023–2026 alone. Similar dividends flowed from F-16 and F-15 combat aircraft, and from US-made precision munitions, drones, and air defenses.
Israeli InnovationBeyond hardware, Israel serves as the US armed forces’ premier innovation center for battle tactics and training. Israeli operational lessons—drawn from thousands of hours in high-intensity, do-or-die environments—have reshaped US doctrine in air-to-air combat, radar suppression, urban warfare, counter-IED (improvised explosive devices) operations, special forces raids, and hostage rescue. In addition, US Special Operations battalions on their way to Iraq and other countries spend a few weeks in Israel, trained by Israeli experts in facing car bombs, suicide bombers, and the deadly IEDs.
US urban warfare units have adopted a training program based on the Israeli daily experience in facing Islamic terrorism in Lebanon, Syria, Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, the 1976 Entebbe (Jonathan) Operation directly inspired US counter-terrorism in general and creation of the Delta Force in particular. The 1982 “Operation Mole Cricket 19” destroyed 20 advanced Soviet surface-to-air missile batteries (which were perceived by the US to be impregnable) and downed 82 Syrian (Soviet) MiGs without Israeli losses, remains a cornerstone of US Air Force training programs and battle tactics.
More recently, Israel’s systematic sharing of maintenance, repair, and performance data on the F-35, F-16, and F-15 in the war against Iran has provided the Pentagon with priceless insights into the vulnerabilities of Chinese and Russian air defenses, aircraft, and ballistic missiles, which are deployed throughout the globe. These insights have impacted the global balance of power by eroding China’s and Russia’s deterrence posture, while bolstering the US’s own deterrence. No other ally provides the US with such an intensive, high-quality volume of national and homeland security support.
Intelligence CooperationIntelligence cooperation delivers a most staggering RoI due to Israel’s demography, which includes many people who could easily blend into every Muslim country, as well as Israel’s daring, innovative, can-do, defiance of odds, and out-of-the-box state of mind. Former US Air Force Intelligence Chief, General George Keegan, stated in an interview with the New York Times that the scope of intelligence provided by Israel would require the US to maintain “5 CIAs.” The annual budget of one CIA is around $15 billion, which amounts to a 400 percent annual RoI on the $3.8 billion annual investment, and probably three to five times as much. Senator Daniel Inouye, who served as the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, assessed that Israel shares with the US more critical intelligence on enemy and rival military systems and counterterrorism than all NATO countries combined.
For example, in 2017, Israeli human and signal intelligence exposed a Syrian ISIS unit, which developed the means to insert explosives into laptops, bypassing US civic airport security. Upon receiving the information from Israel, the US upgraded its airport security systems, which prevented a catastrophic loss of human lives, severe cost to US airliners, and a grave blow to public morale and the US’s deterrent posture. Israeli tracking aided the elimination of key Shiite and Sunni Islamic terrorists.
Moreover, Israel has delivered Soviet-era advanced military hardware, such as the MiG-21 and MiG-23, the T-72 tank, the SA-6 missile, and the P-12 radar to the US. These were leveraged for reverse-engineering, radar-jamming techniques, and battle-tactic refinements that tilted the Cold War balance of power. Recent contributions include detailed profiles of Iranian drones, North Korean ballistic missiles, and Hezbollah networks in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and on US soil. This directly enhances US homeland security, the safety of US installations in the Middle East and worldwide, and the stability of all pro-US Latin American and Arab regimes.
Strategic ValueStrategically, Israel serves as the largest US military beachhead with no American troops on the ground. This is equivalent to several unsinkable aircraft carriers and multiple ground divisions in the Mediterranean-Red Sea-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf theater. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, who served as Chief of Naval Operations, and General Alexander Haig, who served as NATO Supreme Commander and US Secretary of State, contended that Israel’s experience and potential replaced the need to manufacture and deploy a few more aircraft carriers to the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea and deploy a few ground divisions to the Middle East. The cost of one advanced aircraft carrier is $10-$13 billion (more than 300 percent RoI), and the cost of deploying one ground division to the Middle East is $1 billion.
This region serves as the source of 48 percent of global oil reserves, the intersection of critical shipping lanes between the Far East and the West, and the epicenter of global anti-US Islamic terrorism. Israel’s deterrent posture has minimized the instability of pro-US Arab regimes (especially Jordan), facilitated six Israeli-Arab peace treaties, and constrained the maneuverability of Russia, China, and anti-US Sunni and Shiite Islamic terrorists. Contrast this with the $35 billion annual cost of US military bases in Western Europe, in addition to 80,000 US servicemen stationed there.
Historical PrecedentsIsrael’s 1967 victory aborted the Soviet-backed Egyptian offensive to assume pan-Arab leadership, while toppling all pro-US Arab oil-producing regimes. That would have dealt the United States a historic economic and national security setback, while boosting the global strategic stature of the US. In 1970, pro-Soviet Syria invaded Jordan, aiming to topple the pro-US Hashemite regime and trigger ripple effects, toppling pro-US Arab Gulf regimes. This was averted by Israel’s deployment of military forces to the Golan Heights (the tri-border area of Israel, Syria, and Jordan) at a time when the US was bogged down in Southeast Asia. The 1973 Yom Kippur War victory convinced Egypt to realign itself from pro-Soviet to pro-US. The 1981 Israeli destruction of Iraq’s nuclear reactor snatched all pro-US Arab oil producers from the jaws of pro-Soviet Saddam Hussein, and spared the US a potential nuclear confrontation during the 1991 First Gulf War.
Israel’s 2007 destruction of Syria’s nuclear reactor averted the first civil war in a country possessing nuclear weapons, (Syria). The 2024 Israeli offensives against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon sparked the toppling of Syria’s Assad regime. That in turn opened the door for the US to replace Russia as Syria’s major influencer. The June 2025 Israeli air offensive against Iran’s Islamic revolutionary regime devastated Tehran’s air defenses and air force, enabling the US air force to bomb the three leading Iranian nuclear sites unimpeded. This exposed the vulnerabilities of Chinese and Russian air defenses and tilted the global balance of power in favor of the US.
Israel’s ReliabilityIsrael presents zero “zig-zag” risk, unlike other allies of the US, like regimes in Iran, Libya, Egypt, Iraq, and Yemen, which have flipped from pro-US to anti-US overnight due to coups, revolutions, or ideological shifts. Qatar hosts the massive Al Udeid base, yet bankrolls Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, anti-US Sunni terrorists, while on-again off-again cozying up to Iran’s anti-US regime. European allies’ support of US action is often conditioned upon domestic politics or multilateral approval, earning the quip “NATO = No Action Talk Only.” Realistically, Western Europe is not willing to flex a muscle against Islamic terrorism and additional threats, if – given shrunken military establishments – there is substantial muscle left. Israel, by contrast, maintains a rock-solid, cross-spectrum pro-US domestic consensus (Left and Right, secular and religious, hawks and doves). It does not wish US bases on its soil; it almost fully funds and fully mans its own military forces, and acts preemptively against mutual threats. Since joining the CENTCOM (Central Command) in 2021, operational integration has surged dramatically, enhancing CENTCOM’s preparedness and battle tactics.
Israel’s multiplier-effect extends beyond defense into commercial high-tech. More than 250 US firms such as Google, Intel, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, John Deere, Johnson & Johnson, and General Electric maintain R&D centers in Israel, leveraging its brainpower, defiance-of-odds culture, and frontier mentality to pioneer dual-use breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, cyber, communications, medicine, agriculture, irrigation, and financial technology. These innovations sustain US global technological supremacy, boost exports, and create high-value jobs.
The Bottom LineIsrael is to the US what Michael Jordan was to Nike—a transformative global ambassador and performance enhancer—but on a vastly larger, strategic scale. It is a self-funded, battle-hardened, democratic partner whose contributions to the US economy, national and homeland security, and power projection dwarf the annual investment (misperceived as “foreign aid”) of $3.8 billion.
In an era of peer competition and persistent threats, this mutually beneficial alliance remains indispensable. Elected officials and constituents alike would do well to recognize it as one of Americas most astute investments—delivering the American taxpayer unmatched financial and defense returns that help secure freedom, prosperity, and deterrence
In a world of costly uncertainty, a compact, capable ally that translates battlefield lessons into market-ready solutions is not merely valuable—it is indispensable.
Amb. Yoram Ettinger (ret.), served as Israeli consul-general in Houston, Texas and chief congressional liaison at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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The first brick in Israel’s ‘deep state’ wall has fallenMaj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi must be stripped of her rank and face jail time for the damage she did to IDF soldiers and the State of Israel.Avi Abelowhttps://www.jns.org/the-first-brick-in-israels-deep-state-wall-has-fallen/
(2November2025 / JNS) In a disturbing revelation this past week, Israel’s Military Advocate General (MAG) Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi admitted to personally authorizing not just the release, but the amplification of a fabricated video accusing IDF soldiers of committing sexual atrocities against Hamas prisoners.
The individual entrusted with defending our military instead became the mouthpiece for a lie so grotesque it painted our defenders as monsters and helped fuel anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations, branding them as rapists.
In doing so, this senior legal official created the worst blood libel in all of Jewish history, with billions of people around the world seeing that doctored video and believing the outrageous charges.
It only came to light because of an internal Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) report that surfaced, showing that officials admitted the MAG authorized sending the fabricated video to the media. Not because of the attorney general (AG). Not because of the Supreme Court. And certainly not because of the mainstream media.
They all covered up this scandal for a year and a half while some of them screamed for a proper investigation. The explosive piece of intelligence did not emerge by chance. It was escalated thanks to the courage and integrity of the new head of the Shin Bet, David Zini. Remember his name.
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Zini for the Shin Bet position, the legal establishment and its mainstream media allies launched an all-out smear and legal campaign to destroy his appointment. They called him “unqualified,” “dangerous,” and “politicized” because he is a religious man with 11 children!
Now we know why. Zini represents a serious threat to the political Left deep state, not to Israel’s security, but to their deep state’s control of the running of the country. They were right to fear his appointment.
Had someone from the deep state’s approved list been appointed instead of Zini, this whole scandal would have stayed hidden. Their approval always comes with a price, loyalty to their cover-ups.
Zini took office because Netanyahu stood firm through a year of legal warfare and smear campaigns, and the truth finally broke through their wall of silence. The first brick of Israel’s deep state has fallen, and now the decay underneath is being exposed for all to see.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara appointed the same MAG who opposed his appointment to investigate the scandal, despite the conflict of interest, since only someone in her office could have escalated the fabricated video.
When that decision was challenged in the Supreme Court, justices sided with her, approving an arrangement that would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. It’s like letting the arsonist lead the fire investigation, with one corrupt legal official covering for another.
For years, many of us have warned that senior figures in Israel’s legal system operate as a self-protecting, ideologically driven network. This deep state shields its own and crushes dissent. And every time we spoke out, we were called conspiracy theorists or extremists.
• The MAG caught approving a fabricated attack on IDF soldiers. • The AG blocking accountability and covering for her. • The Supreme Court signing off on the cover-up. • The mainstream media cheering them on and ignoring any factual investigative reporting on this huge scandal.
Yet despite it all, Zini and the brave people inside the Shin Bet who refused to stay silent changed everything
The political Left, which never stops preaching about “democracy” and “rule of law,” has been defending a system that subverts both, a system that protects corrupt insiders while targeting the patriots who defend this country.
This scandal is a turning point. The mask has fallen. The wall of lies and power that has propped up Israel’s deep state for decades is starting to crack.
Tomer-Yerushalmi must be stripped of her rank and face jail time for what she did to IDF soldiers and for the diplomatic damage she did to the State of Israel.
And that’s only the beginning. We must demand true, comprehensive judicial reform to dismantle the unelected fortress that has hijacked Israel’s democracy, betrayed its soldiers and manipulated the public for years.
Israel belongs to its people, not to the legal elites, not to the mainstream media and not to the deep state. The first brick has fallen. Now it’s time to bring down the entire wall.
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Only about 1% of Israelis use Haaretz online as their news source. Elder of Ziyon logo http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/ Here’s how little Israelis care about Haaretz’s reporting30December2024
Every day I browse through Haaretz’s headlines. Its obsessive hate of Netanyahu and most Israelis still surprise me after all these years.
It occurs to me that Haaretz headlines are pretty much clickbait. They are designed to outrage and get you to read the vapid analysis and obsessive hate.
Haaretz’s newspaper circulation is tiny in Israel. In 2009, it was at 7.1%, in 2022 it was down to 4.7% exposure rate.
But what about online? Most people get their news from online sources, not physical newspapers – maybe Haaretz has an outsized influence there?
I found an April report on online media usage in Israel from the Israel Democracy Institute. It asked people which Internet site was their primary source of news.
It divided up the results by people who identify as left, center or right:
 Israel Democracy Institute online media usage in Israel poll
Nobody on the Right uses Haaretz as their news source. Only about 1% of the center do, and a mere 8% of the Left use Haaretz as their news source.
In recent years, however, the number of Israelis who identify as Left has dwindled as well. It is now only 16%. So according to this poll, only about 1% of Israelis use Haaretz online as their news source.
That is practically nothing.
Haaretz says it has over 100,000 digital subscribers. I would love to know a breakdown of how many are in Hebrew and how many are in English, how many are in Israel and how many outside. My guess is that the bulk of their readership is not even Israeli.
Haaretz is the number one primary source of anti-Israel propaganda. It represents a minuscule number of Israelis.
Haaretz’s very existence proves how free the Israeli press is. Its numbers prove how irrelevant it is to the average Israeli.
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Haaretz dismisses Chaim Levinson for taking NIS 200,000 from Qatargate suspectBetween 2019 and 2024, Surlik Einhorn’s company Perception transferred the money to a company that Levinson owned, the Israeli daily paper reported.By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli journalist Chaim Levinson was dismissed from Haaretz due to allegations that he received at least 200,000 NIS from the Qatargate and leaked document affair suspect Yisrael “Srulik” Einhorn’s company, Haaretz reported on Thursday.
Between 2019 and 2024, Srulik Einhorn’s company Perception transferred the money to a company that Levinson owned, the Israeli daily paper reported.
Levinson, a host on Channel 12 news and former Haaretz political correspondent, denied any connection to Qatar, but confirmed that he worked with Perception, and added that he was unaware that Einhorn was working for Qatar.
He further alleged that the money transferred to him was payment for campaigns he had ghostwritten for Einhorn in eastern Europe.
Haaretz’s Editor-in-Chief Aluf Benn terminated Levinson’s position at the newspaper.
Levinson also admitted that he and Einhorn had been friends for many years.  A poster reading ”Qatar sponsored the massacre and Netanyahu’s office”, seen in Tel Aviv. April 20, 2025. (credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90) Einhorn’s role in Qatargate, leaked document affair
Einhorn is suspected of fraudulently receiving funds from Qatar as part of a public relations campaign to improve the state’s image.
He also reportedly acted as a liaison between the Prime Minister’s Office and Bild, a German tabloid that published classified documents reportedly leaked from within Israel’s security establishment. Einhorn is further suspected of harassing Shlomo Filber, a state witness in Case 4000.
He was deposed in Serbia in July by both Israeli and Serbian investigators, according to Channel 13.
In September, Einhorn addressed the allegations against him for the first time, claiming that his work had been entirely legal.
“Hamas is a Nazi terrorist organization. Israel must eliminate it. Hamas leaders are in Doha because Israel and the United States asked Qatar to gather them there, to enable a monitoring and communication channel,” he added. “The alternative would have been Beirut or Tehran.”
“We worked together with Jay Footlik and Eli Feldstein to present the reality to the public, even if it’s uncomfortable to hear. Footlik approached us in an attempt to help with the release of hostages, endorsed with a legal opinion from attorney Gilad Sher,” he continued.
Sarah Ben-Nun contributed to this report.
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Israeli union leader detained in major bribery, fraud probeOver 350 people were reportedly questioned Monday following a raid on the Histadrut’s Tel Aviv offices.JNS Staffhttps://www.jns.org/israeli-union-leader-detained-in-major-bribery-fraud-probe/
(3November2025 / JNS) Arnon Bar-David, who heads the Histadrut, Israel’s most powerful trade union, was detained for questioning by police alongside his wife on Monday morning as part of a major probe into bribery and fraud.
According to Israel’s Channel 12 News, over 350 people were questioned Monday, including several mayors and “very senior” players in the Israeli economy, following a raid on the Histadrut’s Tel Aviv offices.
The affair, dubbed “Hand Shaking Hand” by police, is “one of the most serious cases we have encountered,” Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levi said in remarks to fellow officers cited by the channel.
“There is a link between businesspeople and senior figures in the economy, including labor union officials, involving the creation of electoral and promotional connections in parallel,” Levi stated.
“We will act with determination and without fear of investigating senior officials in order to uncover the truth,” he vowed.
A prominent businessperson from Israel’s insurance sector, described as a close associate of Bar-David, allegedly leveraged his Histadrut ties to secure lucrative jobs and install allies in key union and board positions with local authorities, state-owned enterprises and major companies.
Police allege the businessman used his connections to obtain insurance contracts with labor unions and municipalities, offering senior roles in return, including positions at Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) and Israel Railways. Police also allege that the suspect spent illicit funds on luxury dining, travel and personal expenses.
The arrests followed a two-year undercover probe led by the police’s Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit, which led to the wave of coordinated raids at 50-plus homes and municipal offices of six local authorities.
Authorities said that the arrested suspects are under investigation for bribery, fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and tax offenses.
Lahav 433 head Meni Binyamin said the probe revealed “a pattern of quid-pro-quo relationships between businesspeople and public-sector officials,” emphasizing that the unit “will continue its uncompromising fight against public corruption with professionalism and integrity.”
The investigation is being conducted under the supervision of the Economic Department in the Office of the State Attorney, which is reportedly preparing indictments against key suspects in the case.
In a statement cited by Ynet, the Histadrut said it would fully cooperate with the investigation: “The Histadrut, its traditions, and its people are committed to transparency and law enforcement.” It added, “We are confident the probe will prove that no wrongdoing was committed.”
In September 2024, an Israeli labor court cut short a strike called by the Histadrut in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government’s failure to secure a truce deal with Hamas terrorists.
It came after the military announced that the bodies of six hostages had been found in a tunnel in southern Gaza, sparking anti-government protests and calls by left-wing political leaders for a general strike.
Judge Hadas Yahlom, president of the Labor Court in Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, said in her decision that “the strike is political; there is no connection between the killing of the hostages and the economy.”
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Military Advocate General
Top IDF lawyer faces criminal probe after admitting to misleading High CourtMaj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s abrupt departure and confession come amid a criminal probe into alleged obstruction and false statements to the High Court, deepening a scandal that has shaken the military and sparked fierce political backlashTova Zimuky, Yoav Zitun, Yuval Karni | 31October2025 | 14:51 | https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1njr7zywx
The resignation of Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer‑Yerushalmi on Friday and her admission that she authorized the leak of the video depicting alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman base have marked a major turning point in the investigation rocking the IDF.
The focus of the inquiry is now shifting from who leaked the video to whether Tomer‑Yerushalmi obstructed justice by providing false information to the State Prosecution’s High Court department and other legal bodies, and whether she deliberately misled the courts.
The leak in question involved footage that allegedly showed reservists abusing a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman. It sparked a High Court petition demanding an investigation into the source of the leak and questions over whether the clip was edited with bias.
Tomer‑Yerushalmi had previously told the court that an internal investigation failed to identify the responsible party—but in her resignation, she wrote that she bore “full responsibility” for the release of the material.
Among those who weighed in, former defense minister Yoav Gallant said Tomer‑Yerushalmi had lied to him when he asked why the leaker had not been found. “Her resignation letter is a mockery,” he said, adding that the matter must be fully investigated.
In the wake of her departure, Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir announced they would jointly seek to bring immediate stability to the Military Advocate General’s Office, with the chief of staff compiling a list of candidates for a successor and the minister to approve the final choice.
The probe’s outcome could carry significant implications for the IDF’s legal and operational procedures during the war in Gaza and for the military’s public standing.
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Police arrest Military Advocate General and former Chief Military ProsecutorPolice arrest Military Advocate General, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, along with the former Chief Military Prosecutor. Both are being questioned on suspicion of obstruction of investigative proceedings and breach of trust.Israel National News / Published: 3November2025, 12:49 AM (GMT+2) Updated: 1:07 / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/417197
Police arrested the Military Advocate General, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, along with the former Chief Military Prosecutor, early Monday morning.
Both are being questioned on suspicion of obstruction of investigative proceedings and breach of trust, partly in connection with the disappearance of Tomer-Yerushalmi’s mobile phone.
The Israel Police spokesperson said, “Following inquiries from reporters, we update that as part of the ongoing investigation conducted by a special team within the Israel Police – on suspicion of leaking and other serious criminal offenses – it was recently decided to arrest two key individuals involved in the case.”
The statement noted, “Depending on the progress of the investigation, the two are expected to be brought tomorrow for a remand hearing at the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court.”
On Sunday evening, police announced that Tomer-Yerushalmi had been found safe and sound after being declared missing with serious concern for her life. She contacted her husband, who immediately informed the police.
Despite being found safe and sound, police continue to search for her mobile phone, which has not yet been found and is currently believed to be turned off.
Tomer-Yerushalmi was scheduled to be questioned in the coming days on suspicion of obstruction of investigative proceedings, unauthorized disclosure of classified materials, and submitting a false affidavit.
She is currently at the center of a public storm after it was revealed that she was behind the leak of a video from the Sde Teman base, in which soldiers were allegedly seen assaulting a Hamas terrorist.
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 https://www.oref.org.il/eng Home Front Command alerts during Shabbat and the holidaySilent wave during Shabbat and the holidayDuring Shabbat and the holidays, you can receive Home Front Command alerts via the Silent Wave frequencieshttps://www.oref.org.il/eng/articles/haredim/rockets-missles/4401
Radio Stations operating in “Silent Wave” format, providing preliminary guidelines, alerts, and end-of-event notifications; the National Emergency Portal on your computer; and the Home Front Command app—this is how you can receive the alerts in your area on Shabbat and Holidays.
Shabbat and Holidays observant citizens can receive the alerts and guidelines through the following means: Silent Wave on Radio StationsThe following radio stations cease broadcasting on Shabbat and holidays and provide preliminary guidelines, alerts, and notifications regarding the end of an event and exiting the protected space. Starting on the first day of Passover, on every Shabbat and holiday, the “Silent Wave” will broadcast the guidance area on every preliminary guideline and end-of-event notification.:
Please note: During Operation “Roaring Lion”, you can also receive Radio Kol Chai and Kol BaRama in the Northern region:
Leave the radio device turned on to one of these frequencies to receive only instructions and alerts during Shabbat and holiday.
To find the name of the guidance area for your town – enter the site homepage and enter the name of your town into the box at the top of the page. National Emergency PortalYou can connect to the National Emergency Portal (this website) before Shabbat, approve the activation of voice alerts in the pop-up window on the homepage, then go to the “Alerts” tab and define your location. The computer must be left active during Shabbat (it is important to disable “Sleep Mode” in the computer settings so the screen remains on). If rocket or missile fire occurs in your defined area, an alert will be received via sound and an on-screen display. Home Front Command AppIf you have a smartphone—you can receive alerts on the Home Front Command app if a threat is posed to your location (location services must be enabled) as well as for 10 areas of interest of your choice. On iPhone—ensure the device is not on “Silent” mode. People with hearing disabilities can set the alert to a 10-second vibration (on Android—set this in the app’s settings page; on iPhone—set the vibration in the device’s system settings). Additionally, the alert can be received accompanied by the flashlight flickering.  Home Front Command Quiet Wave on Shabbat
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https://www.oref.org.il/eng This is How You Prepare for Shabbat in an EmergencyUsing a few simple actions you can prepare for Shabbat in emergency situations, while following the Home Front Command guidelines and observing Shabbathttps://www.oref.org.il/eng/articles/haredim/rockets-missles/4400
The State of Israel is in the midst of a war in the south and in the north. During a war, even when there is a temporary respite, you are still in a time of emergency that does not stop on Shabbat, so people who observe Shabbat must prepare and make the necessary adjustments before Shabbat, by following a number of simple steps.
This preparation is important and essential to enable you to follow the Home Front Command guidelines in full, even during Shabbat, while keeping both life-saving guidelines and the Shabbat.
Receiving alerts during Shabbat:To guarantee that you continue to receive alerts during Shabbat, you must connect before Shabbat to the Home Front Command’s means of alert. Click here for information on receiving alerts on Shabbat and holidays.
Preparing the protected space before ShabbatAt this time, we must be prepared and have the protected space ready in case an alert is received. This is even more significant before Shabbat, to make sure the protected space can serve us as needed during Shabbat. Therefore, it is important to perform the following actions before Shabbat begins: • Make sure the light in the protected space and on the way to it is switched on, so we can safely reach the protected room and avoid tripping in the room or on the way to it. • Remove any Mukze items that may interfere with the arrival and stay in the protected space. • Make sure that before Shabbat starts you leave some useful items in the protected room: bottles of water, a radio operating on the silent wave, a siddur, toys for the children, etc.
Spending the Shabbat away from home?• Make sure you hosts have a protected space that is suitable for your needs and those of your family. • Find out what is the time available to reach shelter in the location where you will be spending the Shabbat. • Prepare the protected space in the place where you will be staying before Shabbat starts and according to guidelines.
Preparing for emergencies in ShulOn Shabbat and holidays, it is customary to go to Shul with the children and the women’s gallery is also fuller than on ordinary days. Therefore, it is important to know and remind the members of the family of the behavioral guidelines at the Shul.
Even outdoors, the Home Front Command guidelines save livesNaturally, many families go on Shabbat with the children for walks in the neighborhood, to play in the park and visit extended family and friends. Therefore, it is important to know and to remind the children of the behavioral guidelines when receiving al alert on rocket and missile fire outdoors, according to the following: • In a built-up area – enter a shelter or a stairwell in a nearby building for 10 minutes. Stay away from the entrance area. • In an open area – lie on the ground and protect your head with your hands.
A special letter from the Chief RabbisWhen the Iron Swords War erupted, the Chief Rabbis, The Rishon Lezion Rabbi Izhak Yossef Shalita (שליט”א) and the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi David Lao Shalita (שליט”א), issued a letter with specific Halacha rulings for behavior in Shabbat during a war, along with Halachot referring to the behavior in time of war on normal days. These are the main points in the letter: 1. You must follow all Home Front Command guidelines and recommendations to the letter. When the guideline is to remain at home, do not leave the home at all, even not to pray, say your prayers alone. 2. Pray only in Shuls that have protected space or are close to protected spaces. If an alert is received, go to the protected space immediately until the danger passes. People who are ill and walk slowly should pray in their homes, unless the Shul is in a shelter. 3. If you receive an alert during Amida, you must stop immediately and walk silently to the protected space, and then return and pray. If the delay was no more than five or six minutes, continue where you left off, if it was more than five or six minutes, start over from the beginning of Amida. If an alert is received in the middle of reading from the Torah, close the scroll immediately and place a cloth over it and then go to the protected space, even if the Torah is left unguarded. When you return, continue the reading where you left off. 4. In every Shul, leave a mobile phone that is switched on before Shabbat, so it can be used to call emergency services in case of need. A mobile phone can be kept in your pocket on vibration mode. 5. Those who have a licensed weapon, should carry the weapon also on Shabbat, even if you do not usually trust the Eruv. It is important to make sure that in every Shul there is at least one person who is armed. Walk with your weapon covered by your clothes. 6. Leave the radio on, tuned to the silent wave, to make sure you receive the Home Front alerts. 7. In all prayers, include the Avinu Malkenu prayer, including on Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh (omitting the “Katvenu” part and in Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh omitting Chatanu Lefanecha), when opening the Heichal, repeat 12 times “Leolam Hashem Dvarech Nitzav Bashamaim” and the Psalms 20, 100, 121, 230, 242 as well as the special prayer we issued for this time. 8. For matters relating to Tvila and Tahara, consult your local rabbis. 9. Simchas such as weddings, Briths and such like must be conducted according to the Home Front Command guidelines. ויהי רצון שלא ישמע עוד שוד ושבר בגבולנו, ושב יעקב ושקט ושאנן ואין מחריד, ובא לציון גואל במהרה בימינו אמן. Shabbat Shalom Venishmartem Meod Lenafshotechem, with G-D’s help, together, we shall win!
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Nearly 50,000 Jews celebrate Sukkot in HebronFifty percent more worshippers than last year visited Judaism’s second-holiest site during the first days of the Feast of Booths.JNS Staffhttps://www.jns.org/nearly-50000-jews-celebrate-sukkot-in-hebron/
 Israel flags decorate the 2,000-year-old Cave of the Patriarchs complex in Hebron in anticipation of Independence Day, May 2018. The same Herodian masonry is used for the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo by Yishai Fleisher
( 12October2025 / JNS) Almost 50,000 Jews visited the Cave of the Patriarchs in the Judea city of Hebron Octoberduring the first two days of the joyous Sukkot festival on Oct. 7-8, according to Israel Defense Forces data.
A total of 47,000 Jews visited Judaism’s second-holiest city during the first two days of the weeklong Feast of Booths—1.5 times as many worshippers as last year, the data cited by Arutz 7 on Sunday indicated.
The Cave of the Patriarchs (“Mearat Hamachpela“) is the burial place of the Jewish patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca and Leah. According to the biblical account, the cave was purchased by Abraham from Ephron the Hittite more than 3,000 years ago.
Hebron is home to some 800 Jewish residents—there is a waiting list to move there—who live surrounded by some 200,000 Arabs.
At dawn on Wednesday, thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the Cave of the Patriarchs for a traditional Hallel prayer led by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Safed in the Upper Galilee, and Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Schwartz, the chief rabbi of Hebron-Kiryat Arba.
Among those attending the service were bereaved Israeli families, IDF troops and their relatives, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu and other senior officials.
Eliyahu told attendees at the prayer service, “The Zohar [book of Jewish mysticism] teaches that in the future, the enemies of Israel throughout generations will reappear in the enemies of today. At the same time, the patriarchs themselves are revealed through the righteous of our time.”
He added that this includes “all the righteous and soldiers who risk their lives not just to save one soul, but to save an entire people—and through them, an entire world.”
Also on Wednesday, Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, declaring victory at the holiest site in Judaism two years after the Hamas-led Palestinian terrorist invasion of the northwestern Negev.
“We are two years after the terrible massacre—here at the Temple Mount there is victory, in every house in Gaza there is a picture of the Temple Mount, and we today, two years later, are victorious at the Temple Mount,” the leader of the Oztma Yehudit Party exclaimed.
Almost 70,000 Jews ascended the Mount in the Hebrew year 5785, a 22% increase compared to the previous year and a modern-day record, the Beyadenu—Returning to the Temple Mount group stated on Sept. 24.
According to the Israeli advocacy group, 68,429 Jewish worshippers entered Judaism’s holiest site since the previous Rosh Hashanah, or Jewish New Year, on Oct. 2, 2024. In 5784, 56,057 visited the site.
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Michael Eisenberg: ‘Aliyah is about growth, not just integration’Speaking with Arutz Sheva at the Ministry of Immigration’s conference, Michael Eisenberg called on Israeli companies to lead a ‘million Olim’ initiative to boost growth.Israel National News / Published: 22October2025, 10:13 PM (GMT+3) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/416663
Aleph Venture Capital Co-founder and General Partner Michael Eisenberg stopped by the Arutz Sheva-Israel National News broadcast booth at a special conference organized by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration titled ‘Aliyah as a Growth Engine for the Israeli Economy,’ and spoke about the vital role of Israeli industry and the private sector in supporting new Olim and strengthening Israel’s economy.
Eisenberg emphasized that Aliyah should not be viewed merely as an integration process, but as a key driver of national growth. “This is about growth. This is about economic growth. Olim, with the talent that they bring to Israel, are an incredibly rare asset, and one that we need here to grow our economy,” he said. “A strong Israel, both from a defense perspective and from an economic perspective, is what will enable us to be safe in this area.”
He cited remarks by President Trump in the Knesset, saying, “You are a small country, and that is a problem. You know how we can become a big country? In three ways: innovation, a strong economy, and Aliyah – and of course, having babies. We do that well. Now we need immigration to increase, and particularly bring talent that grows the economy.”
When asked about the role of Israeli companies in the process, Eisenberg stressed that Zionism itself includes building a sustainable economy. “This is Zionism. When Herzl writes Altneuland, he talks about the economy too, a uniquely Israeli economy. This is Zionism. Zionism is building this country. They built railroads. They built roads. They built hospitals. They built a labor union that we’re still stuck with. It always needs to build the economy,” he said.
Eisenberg highlighted that the government alone cannot carry the responsibility for absorbing new immigrants. “The world is moving so fast, the government cannot do this on its own. I question whether it can do it at all. They can kind of point the direction and clear the bureaucracy. Citizens need to take responsibility for this. Businesses need to take responsibility for this. High-tech entrepreneurs need to take responsibility for this. We can do this. We can bring one million Olim in the next 10 years.”
Asked what should happen next, Eisenberg called for a shift in mindset and an appreciation of Israel’s achievements. “There’s a tendency sometimes in Israel to look at the glass half empty. The glass is not only half full, it’s very full. It’s been a very difficult two years, but also very inspiring. We have the greatest citizens in the world. This is the greatest place in the world to raise a family. This is one of the most innovative economies in the world, top three. This is an incredible place to live. And we need to say that openly to people. Come here. This is the best place to raise a family on planet Earth.”
He urged company leaders to take practical steps and personally reach out to potential immigrants. “I told 150 people in there, leaders of companies: get on a plane. You take Australia, you take France, you take the UK, you take the United States, you take Argentina – get on there. Tell them there’s economic opportunity here. Tell them you can help them. Be their best friend. Because when you land here, look, I’m an immigrant, you’re an immigrant. I came 32 years ago. I still have an accent in Hebrew. There are still things I don’t understand. I struggle to read my bank statement. People need help when they come here.”
Eisenberg concluded with a call for collective responsibility: “When they land here, you actually encounter the reality and the bureaucracy, and everyone needs help. We have to help these people. We have to stand by their side. Before the end of the plane and when they get here, everyone needs to take responsibility for an Oleh.”
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Netanyahu Says IDF Losses Due to Ammunition Shortage Before Trump InterventionIsraeli prime minister vows no reconstruction or Palestinian state in Gaza before full demilitarization.28January2026 https://israfan.com/p/netanyahu-idf-losses-gaza-trump-ammunition
In a powerful joint press conference with Hostage Coordinator Gal Hirsch, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that IDF soldiers who fell in Gaza did so, in part, due to an ammunition shortage one he claims was corrected after U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office.
“Our soldiers fell [in Gaza] because we didn’t have enough ammunition,” Netanyahu said on Tuesday evening. “That changed when Trump took office.” The statement marked a sharp reflection on recent military challenges and underscored the importance of strong international partnerships.
Netanyahu and Hirsch stood before the nation with a bittersweet announcement: for the first time in over a decade, no Israeli hostages remain in the Gaza Strip. The return of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili’s remains, after he was killed defending Israeli civilians on October 7, completed what both leaders called a sacred mission.
“One hundred and sixty-eight hostages were returned alive. Eighty-seven were returned dead,” Hirsch said emotionally. “I remember each name and face.”
“This was the most difficult task of my life,” he added, visibly moved by the weight of the mission.
Netanyahu declared that Israel had achieved what many thought impossible, bringing all hostages home. But the mission is far from over. The prime minister reiterated his unwavering objective: the total dismantling and disarmament of Hamas and the Gaza Strip.
“There are only two ways to disarm Gaza the easy way or the hard way,” Netanyahu said, echoing prior statements made in coordination with President Trump.
He dismissed any speculation about rebuilding Gaza before it is demilitarized. “That won’t happen,” Netanyahu asserted. “I’m also hearing that we will bring Turkish and Qatari soldiers into Gaza. That won’t happen. I’m hearing that I will allow the establishment of a Palestinian state in Gaza. That hasn’t happened, and it won’t happen.”
The prime minister also issued a stark warning to Iran. “If Iran makes the grave mistake of attacking Israel, we will respond with a force that Iran has never seen before.”
Netanyahu acknowledged that while Israel and the U.S. may take different tactical approaches to Tehran, both nations remain in close communication. “I don’t want to dictate to President Trump what he will or will not do,” he said, “but we report fully to one another on Iran.”
Tuesday’s press conference followed the recovery of Sgt. Ran Gvili’s body from northern Gaza, where he fell heroically protecting civilians during the October 7 terror assault. His return symbolizes not only national closure, but renewed resolve.
Israel’s defense and future cannot depend on others’ permission. The path ahead is clear: no reconstruction before disarmament, no surrender to terror, and no tolerance for threats to Jewish sovereignty.
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Israel will build ‘Independent Arms Industry’ amid worry of international constraints: NetanyahuPosted 25September2025 The Economic Times: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday (September 16) that Israel will create an “independent arms industry” that can “withstand international constraints”. In his address, Netanyahu spoke about the Israeli economy and that it withheld through two economic crisis, the COVID and the two year war on Gaza. He also added that President of the United States, Donald Trump had invited him to the White House in two weeks, after his speech at the U.N.
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Israel investing over $100 billion in homegrown arms production, Netanyahu revealsPremier says country will build an independent munitions industry over the next decade, ‘reduce dependence on all players’ after threat of arms embargoes, boycotts during Gaza warBy Lazar Berman
Israel is working to gain as much independence as possible in its weapons production, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday, in a development he said was the result of the lessons learned during the past two years of war on multiple fronts.
“I approved, along with the defense minister and finance minister, a sum of NIS 350 billion [$108 billion] over the next decade to build an independent Israeli munitions industry,” Netanyahu said in an address at a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots.
The move, he said, stemmed from a desire to “reduce our dependence on all players, including friends,” after allies including the US, UK, and Germany all imposed various restrictions on weapons sales to Israel since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack.
Still, he noted, many countries around the world, including Germany, “want to buy from us more and more systems.”
The premier has long been calling for Israel to develop its own self-reliant military industry, and in January 2024 announced that the government would invest in a “multi-year plan to free Israel from dependence on external purchases.”
The matter returned to the public eye earlier this year as Jerusalem’s European allies began to grow impatient with Israel’s conduct in Gaza, with some calling for arms embargoes and sanctions.  People march behind a banner reading “Against Genocide Let’s block everything” during a nationwide strike in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and calling for a halt to arms shipments to Israel, in Rome on September 22, 2025. (Andreas SOLARO / AFP) In that light, Netanyahu briefly caused an uproar in September when he admitted that Israel was facing increased isolation on the world stage and that, to combat that, it would have to become a more self-reliant “super-Sparta” in the years to come.
The remarks sparked outrage and spooked the markets, forcing him to clarify them in a follow-up press conference the next day, when he insisted that he had been referring only to the defense ministry rather than the overall Israeli economy.
In his speech on Wednesday, Netanyahu also addressed Israel’s aerial superiority, in what appeared to be a thinly veiled reference to Turkey’s quest to receive F-35 fighter jets from the US.
Israel will “prevent whoever must be prevented from receiving these instruments,” the premier promised, adding that the Jewish state’s “aerial superiority in the Middle East is a cornerstone of our national security.”
Maintaining this, he said, rests on Israel’s skilled pilots and “the best aircraft in the world.”
Israel is currently the only country in the Middle East with F-35s in its arsenal, currently operating 45 of the aircraft with another 30 units on order.
During US President Donald Trump’s first term, Washington removed Turkey, a NATO ally, from its flagship F-35 fighter jet program, after Ankara purchased the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia.
But now, anxious to bolster its air power, Turkey has proposed to European partners and the US ways it could swiftly obtain the fighter jets as it seeks to make up ground versus regional rivals such as Israel.
Turkey is one of the world’s most outspoken critics of Israel, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan often accusing Israel of genocide over the past two years, and praising Hamas.
Further bolstering Israel’s fears, Trump recently announced the sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia, although US officials and defense experts told Reuters that the jets to be sold to the Saudis will be less advanced than those used by the IDF.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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Amid embargoes, how independent can Israel’s defense industry be?Analysts agree with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel could become more self-sufficient, but there are clear limits to the push.By Seth J. Frantzman on September 30, 2025 12:43 pm https://breakingdefense.com/2025/09/amid-embargoes-how-independent-can-israels-defense-industry-be/
JERUSALEM — Facing foreign arms embargoes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently called for Israel to become far more self-reliant on homegrown defense products, describing his vision of the Middle Eastern power as a “super Sparta.”
But analysts told Breaking Defense that while it would be in Jerusalem’s interest to build more defense components and platforms at home, there are clear limits to what the defense industry is capable of on its own.
“Israel will not be totally independent,” Yaakov Amidror, who served as Netanyahu’s national security advisor between 2011 and 2013, told Breaking Defense. “It will not produce F-35s or submarines, for example, but Israel can be and should be less dependent on others regarding munitions and spare parts.”
In a speech on Sept. 15 Netanyahu acknowledged that economically Israel is “in a sort of isolation.”
“I am a believer in the free market, but we may find ourselves in a situation where our arms industries are blocked. We will need to develop arms industries here — not only research and development, but also the ability to produce what we need,” he said. After the comments sparked a vocal backlash, Netanyahu clarified that the defense industry was already “soaring,” but reiterated Israel needed to “achieve security independence.” (Days later, scores of delegates walked out ahead of Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly.)
Eran Lerman, a former deputy for foreign policy and international affairs at the national security council in the Israeli prime minister’s office, noted “there is a reason Netanyahu quickly walked back his earlier comment about becoming generally self-reliant — it simply cannot work in an economy fully geared towards export.” Lerman, who is vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, added that in more narrow terms relating to military supplies, “it does make sense to generate alternatives to the occasionally problematic chains of supply. But to wrap this in the red battle cloak of Sparta was an obvious mistake.”
Yaakov Katz, author of Shadow Strike, a book about Israel’s raid on Syria’s nuclear program and a fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute, said that Netanyahu was right regarding Israel’s need to be more self-reliant in terms of weapons production. However, he agreed with Amidror that when it comes to major platforms like warplanes, it won’t be possible.
“Take the Air Force as an example: All of the IAF’s aircraft except the trainer aircraft are US made. [These] are F-15s, F-16s, F-35s and so much more. Without spare parts, maintenance and more from the US, Israel will not be able to fly and hence, will not be able to fight. So while independence is important, so is ensuring we have bipartisan support in the US for decades to come.”
While some European nations have announced embargoes on arms sales to Israel over its conduct in Gaza, Washington has maintained its close relationship with Jerusalem, even if President Donald Trump appears at times to have been frustrated with Netanyahu. The Israeli prime minister concluded a visit to the White House on Monday, after which Trump presented a 20-point plan to end the conflict in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli defense firms have been logging record export sales, despite the ongoing war against Hamas. Israel has also been plowing funds into local defense contracts, which Israel’s Ministry of Defense says is part of an attempt to invest in what are called “blue and white” local industries to create “manufacturing independence.” This has included everything from manufacturing munitions to repairing and producing tanks.
One way Israel is responding to the new self-reliance drive is to establish a National Armament Council. Israel Ministry of Defense Director General Amir Baram said on Sept. 15 that the new council would “accelerate our preparedness for third- and fourth-tier threats dramatically. This comprehensive body will unite all stakeholders around a unified table: the defense establishment, Treasury officials, the Ministry’s R&D directorate, defense industries, and additional relevant entities.”
Speaking that day — a day before Netanyahu’s controversial comments — about Israel’s outlook, Baram noted that “security and economic strength are inextricably linked, particularly in Israel. Fundamental security is a cornerstone of national security — alongside robust economics, social cohesion, and cutting-edge technology.”
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EU Approves Sanctions on Israel
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The European Union approved a new round of sanctions targeting Israeli settlers and organizations connected to the targets of the Settler Violence campaign in Israel. According to the reports, EU foreign ministers agreed to the measures on May 11, just days after Hungary’s block on the sanctions was lifted as part of the consequence of Orban having recently lost his election. The timing is such that it appears that this was one of Peter Magyar’s first moves upon taking power only two days ago. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc approved sanctions on Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar responded by condemning the sanctions, highlighting their “arbitrary” and “political” nature. He rejected what he described as a moral equivalence.
Of course, this latest attack on Israel by its European antagonists is the end goal of the maliciously manufactured ‘Settler Violence’ campaign recently described by Naomi Kahn.
This is likely just the first shot across the bow by Europe’s unified opposition to Israel, but Europe is not invulnerable. It has a need of Israeli arms and Israeli gas. These commodities are important to Israel’s economy, but they fill an important need for Europe’s opposition to Russia. The threat and abuse from Europe will only grow if the limit of Israel’s responce is verbal. Sources https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/426904 The Reality
Information circulating through diplomatic channels indicates that the sanctions list (the contents of which have also not been disclosed) includes individuals and organizations that have no connection whatsoever to violence or criminal activity. The European Union’s rhetoric is about sanctions against “settler violence.” The practice, apparently, is sanctions against political views that don’t conform with the EU’s own views.  Israel Foreign Ministry-tweet-11May2026-EU Approves Sanctions on Israel
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Failed leftist Jewish leadership is causing needless antisemitismBy Seth Grossman 21October2025 https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/10/failed_leftist_jewish_leadership_is_causing_needless_antisemitism.html
A new and vicious antisemitism has become fashionable for many young Americans on both the left and, sadly, the right. Conversations praising Hitler and joking about “a so-called Holocaust” are all over X, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Most Jews of my “Boomer” generation know nothing about this.
We grew up in an America where it was normal for Jews to live safe and comfortable lives. We laughed at Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah Song because it seemed like almost everyone in public life had a Jewish connection. American Jews generously funded the ADL, AIPAC, and countless Jewish Federations and other organizations to protect Jews and fight antisemitism.
What happened?
The short answer is that America today is no longer the “goldene medina” (golden land) it was for us Boomers, our parents, and our grandparents. It is quickly becoming like the “Old Country” that our parents and grandparents left.
To make things worse, the “best and brightest” of American Jews—that is, the ones lauded and given power with the Democrat party and further left—openly and loudly promoted and cheered that “fundamental transformation” and advanced many of the worst tropes.
We need to talk. We cannot blame Netanyahu. We saw this antisemitism on October 8, 2023. That was months before Israel attacked Gaza.
Until recently, there was very little antisemitism from conservatives. Most hatred and deadly attacks against Jews came from Blacks, Muslims, and “woke” activists on the left.
Notably, in 2017, “Unite the Right” could bring only a hundred Tiki Torch boys to Charlottesville, Virginia, from all over America. Many were undercover police agents or as fake as Jussie Smollett. The media made them important headline news for weeks to embarrass President Trump. They chanted “Jews will not replace us.”. This was after the ADL joined President Obama’s lawsuit to stop Arizona from enforcing immigration laws. It was after Jewish charities like HIAS resettled thousands of Muslim “refugees” throughout America.
Leftist Jewish elites—and it’s very important here to distinguish between religious Jews and those whose creed is variations of Marxism—created similar hatred against Jews in America. Here are seven examples:
1. Openly and proudly supported socialist and left-wing causes and politicians. This included “Diversity Equity and Inclusion” programs and the transgender madness that put men into women’s sports.
2. Attacked and ridiculed Christian and American values and traditions in the media, Hollywood, and TV pop culture, and in schools and colleges.
3. Openly supported, defended, and advised politicians who got rich and powerful from massive government spending, debt, bureaucracies, and Wall Street bailouts that crushed the middle class.
4. Falsely accused Bible-based Christians who supported and defended Jews and Israel of being “far-right” and “white-supremacists.”
5. Taught a narrative that falsely blamed irrational “hate” and the “far-right” for the Holocaust while avoiding the obvious cause—National Socialism. (Goetz Aly explained this in his book Why the Germans, Why the Jews?).
6. Openly and proudly supported massive legal and illegal immigration to America of Muslims and others who hate Christians and Jews and basic American values.
7. “Built bridges” with Muslims while snubbing Hindus and Christians whose families were persecuted and murdered by Muslims in Africa and Bangladesh.
For the past fifty years, nonreligious or superficially religious American Jews within the Democrat party enabled and supported our worst enemies. At the same time, they insulted and attacked our best friends. Now we are hated by both sides. We need to talk.
Seth Grossman is a retired attorney in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was active in Republican politics for many years. He was a member of the city council and county commissioners during the 1980s. He was the Republican nominee for the House of Representatives in 2018 and was narrowly defeated by the “Blue Wave” that defeated most Republicans then. He is the Executive Director of Liberty and Prosperity. That is a New Jersey organization that has promoted American liberty and constitutional government since 2003.
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Biased media fuels American Jewish opposition to IsraelA poll shows that liberals and those who think being Jewish is unimportant are more likely to believe Hamas propaganda that the mainstream press reports as facts.https://www.jns.org/biased-media-fuels-american-jewish-opposition-to-israel/
Jonathan S. Tobin
(10October2025 / JNS) The data is staggering. No matter how you look at it, a Washington Post poll conducted last month showing that 61% of American Jews believe that Israel has committed “war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza” is shocking for those who worry about declining Jewish support for Israel. The same survey shows that 39% of American Jewry believes that Israel is committing “genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”
The headline on the article discussing the results characterized them as demonstrating that “many American Jews are sharply critical of Israel on Gaza.” It fits with the results that showed them disapproving of Israel’s war in Gaza by a slender but still telling 48% to 46% margin.
The ‘genocide’ blood libelThe answers to the questions about “war crimes” and “genocide” demonstrate that—at least as far as the respondents in question—the state of American Jewish opinion about Israel has gone far beyond criticism. It’s one thing for Jewish liberals living in the United States to think ill of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as his coalition of nationalist and religious parties, whose supporters have very different worldviews about a variety of topics, not the least of which is their support for U.S. President Donald Trump.
But if a critical mass of those who self-identify as Jewish is willing to swallow blood libels that allege that Israelis are attempting to wipe out an entire people, then clearly something is very wrong. That’s the sort of news that should be enough to send Jewish leaders and organizations into a state of panic, as well as worry Israelis, many of whom have already begun to conclude that their Jewish brethren are far less reliable supporters of their right to live in peace and security than evangelical Christians.
This data will, like many other surveys over the years that have provided results that demonstrate a decline in Jewish support for Israel, provoke discussions and plans for more projects aimed at reversing this trend. While efforts along these lines are, in principle, praiseworthy, those friends of Israel who are panicking about this particular poll—and those antisemites and other enemies of Israel that are rejoicing over it—need to place it in perspective.
It tells us a lot more about the state of American Jewry in 2025 than it does about Israel’s conduct of the post-Oct. 7 war against Hamas in Gaza.
Just as important, the survey answers are in large measure a direct result of the biased coverage of Israel and the war in the Gaza Strip that has been provided by corporate legacy press outlets like The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN and MSNBC. So, as much as anything else, what the Post is revealing in this poll is that people who depend on mainstream liberal media for their information are frankly ignorant of the truth about the war, believing what the misleading and often downright lying coverage about Israelis and the Palestinian Arabs tells them. No wonder they believe the misinformation they are being fed about the Jewish state committing “war crimes” and “genocide.”
The survey’s breakdown of their respondents’ beliefs helps us understand why they are so “critical” of Israel.
Decline in Jewish peoplehoodLike more detailed studies of American Jewry, the Post’s sample showed that a significant portion of those who identify as Jewish don’t consider their identity to be very important to them, with 29% saying it meant little or nothing to them and 24% saying they did not consider Judaism to be their religion. Some 42% of them said they had little or nothing in common with Israelis, and 44% said they were not emotionally attached to the Jewish state. If you drill down further into the numbers, you see that those who are not “Jewish by religion” are much more likely to blame Israel for the suffering in Gaza than those who do claim Judaism as their faith.
The point being that those who are either more likely to be religious or deeply connected to Israel—or are politically conservative and reject the toxic leftist myths of critical race theory, intersectionality and settler-colonialism that claim Israelis and Jews are “white” oppressors—are more likely to have alternate sources of information about the war and Israel. As a result, they are also less likely to believe the Hamas blood libels about Israeli war crimes and genocide that have been normalized and mainstreamed by international media.
Not all the results in the poll are bad news for the U.S.-Israel relationship. A whopping 76% of the respondents say that Israel’s existence is vital to the future of the Jewish people, although considering that about half of the world’s Jews live there, that’s a fairly obvious truth. More of them believe that Hamas—the side that started the war with unspeakable atrocities on Oct. 7, 2023—is more responsible for the war than those who blame the Israelis, who were attacked in the early-morning hours that Saturday, and their leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
But most of the results simply reflect what anyone who depends on liberal media like the Post for information, with otherwise little knowledge about the conflict, would be expected to think.
It’s also true that the way the questions were framed and the sequencing of them were designed to produce “both sides are bad” answers that inflated the number of those who supported the most egregious accusations against Israel.
Yet at its heart, the poll is a reflection of not so much failures in Israel’s information policy and the success of Hamas propaganda (or even genuine evaluations of the shortcomings of Netanyahu’s government) as it is American Jewish demography.
As Jews assimilate, drop Judaism as a religion, and even more importantly, lose a sense of Jewish peoplehood in which they identify with and feel responsible for the safety of other Jews and Israel, it stands to reason that fewer of them are supportive of a Jewish state under fire. For these reasons, it’s not surprising that so many of them are willing to believe the outrageous lies about Israel that have gone viral amid a worldwide surge of antisemitism primarily aimed at demonizing the one Jewish state on the planet and its supporters.
But their lack of a sense of Jewish peoplehood and the left-leaning tilt of the majority of American Jews also makes them more likely to be consumers of anti-Israel mainstream media, rather than the few independent and/or Jewish news outlets, like JNS, that reject the pro-Hamas spin, and whose coverage tells the truth about the care Israeli forces take to avoid civilian casualties and the way the Palestinian terrorists seek to sacrifice as many of their civilians as possible.
Biased coverage influences opinionsIt’s simply a matter of “garbage in—garbage out” as with any system. If people are fed biased coverage produced by a generation of liberal editors and writers more interested in activism than journalism, and who have already been indoctrinated to believe that Zionism is racism, then why be surprised that a demographic slice of their most loyal readers and viewers—liberal Jews—have been heavily influenced by their efforts?<
So, what should be the response of the Jewish community to these troubling results?
While an increased campaign to combat anti-Israel disinformation on social media is important, let’s not kid ourselves. Clever use of the tools of modern communication certainly can help. Still, no matter how much effort is put in, it wouldn’t be enough to counteract belief systems that are the result of choices about identity, religion and politics that predispose people on the left to think that Israel is always wrong and the Palestinians are right, no matter what either of them actually does.
Encouraging more Jews to care about Israel, and to be willing to listen to the truth and disregard blatant falsehoods about it, involves investments in education and Jewish experiences like schools, summer camps and trips to the Jewish state, not hiring influencers to post on TikTok. And if you want to put them in touch with accurate information about what actual Israelis and Palestinians do and believe, then you have to invest in alternatives to a corrupt and biased mainstream media that is more interested in producing work that conforms to their ideological prejudices about intersectional victims than in telling the truth.
It is awful that so many people who claim some sort of Jewish identity are willing to believe the lies spread about Israel. That they do so even while telling pollsters that they feel less safe because of the increase in antisemitism fueled by such coverage is not so much ironic as indicative of the problem posed by the spread of disinformation about Israeli “genocide.”
Support alternative voicesThe good news is that outlets like the Post, which lie at the heart of the problem in Jewish disaffection, are declining in influence. Even as the liberal-leaning plurality sinks further into assimilation and a willingness to believe smears of Israel as being true, alternatives to mainstream thinking are proliferating. Outlets like JNS, The Free Press, Tablet and a host of non-leftist foundations and educational institutions are gaining in strength and growing both their reach and support. That’s the real story of Jewish revival that papers like The Washington Post and The New York Times ignore while they highlight the activities of anti-Israel and even antisemitic organizations that claim to be Jewish.
As this poll shows, much of American Jewry is abandoning its heritage and drifting toward the acceptance of antisemitic blood libels to stay in sync with liberal fashion. We have all witnessed the way antisemitic propaganda has been promoted by the political left, as well as by a loud but influential minority on the political right.
But the battle for the soul of America and American Jewry is not lost. Those Jews who understand that their safety—and that of Israel—is bound up with a struggle to defend Western civilization against toxic leftist doctrines, and the bizarre red-green alliance of Marxists and Islamists, are not giving up. More to the point, they are on the same side as the majority of Americans who, with good reason, don’t believe what the liberal press tells them about any topic. The triumph of woke progressivism that is integral to the turn against Israel reached its peak during the Black Lives Matter summer of 2020 and then during the Biden administration. It is now in retreat.
As sobering as some of the recent samples of public opinion about Israel may be, we should not be too discouraged. The majority of Americans, and even most Jews, still stand by Israel. Poll results notwithstanding, Jewish backers of Israel are still on the right side of history.
Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate). Follow him: @jonathans_tobin.
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Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll findsMost Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.Updated 6October2025 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/06/jewish-americans-israel-poll-gaza/
By Naftali Bendavid, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin
Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians, according to a Washington Post poll.
The findings are striking given the long-standing ties between the U.S. Jewish community and Israel, suggesting the potential for a historic breach over the Gaza war. Two years after Hamas militants poured into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostage, Israel’s retaliatory incursion has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry — which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians but says the majority of the dead are women and children — displaced many more, and led to widespread hunger in the territory.
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes against Palestinians
American Jews are particularly unhappy with the current Israeli government. Sixty-eight percent give negative marks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership of Israel, with 48 percent rating it “poor” — a 20-percentage-point jump from a Pew Research Center poll five years ago. But Jews also overwhelmingly blame Hamas, with 94 percent saying Hamas has committed war crimes against Israelis.
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 American Jews are much more critical of Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership than in 2020
Jews in the poll are almost evenly divided over Israel’s actions in Gaza, with 46 percent approving and 48 percent opposing. That remains more supportive than many other groups: Among all Americans, 32 percent approved of Israel’s actions and 60 percent disapproved, according to a July Gallup poll.
Many of those who spoke to The Post in follow-up interviews said they supported Israel’s military incursion at first, given the brutality of the Hamas attack and the need to respond. But as the war has dragged on, with reports of atrocities accumulating and little evident progress, they have recoiled at Israel’s actions.
“Initially, Israel in a sense had no choice. You can’t let your national security be threatened that way,” said Julia Seidman, 42, a writer from Issaquah, Washington. “But in no way does that justify what is happening now, two years later. The amount of human suffering that we are seeing now … I’m just disgusted.”
Still, the poll finds that many American Jews retain strong emotional, cultural and political bonds with Israel and its identity as a Jewish state. About three-quarters, 76 percent, believe Israel’s existence is vital for the future of the Jewish people, and 58 percent say they have some or a lot in common with Israeli Jews.
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 How connected American Jews feel to Israel
“When things get tough, the first suspects and therefore the first victims are Jews, so I think the existence of Israel is very important to the Jewish people,” said Bob Haas, 71, a business consultant in Devon, Pennsylvania, whose grandfather fled to the United States to escape pogroms in Poland. “But the way the Netanyahu government has conducted itself does nothing to safeguard Jews, in Israel or around the world.”
The poll reflects a community in deep turmoil, with multifaceted and sometimes conflicting feelings about the Jewish state 77 years after its founding. The Gaza war in a sense accelerated trends that were already underway, as a relatively liberal U.S. Jewish community has for years been edging away from an increasingly militant and conservative Israeli leadership.
The Gaza war has also torn apart the population of Israel itself, with tens of thousands of Israelis regularly taking to the streets to protest policies that are isolating the country globally. Many Israelis say Netanyahu is prolonging the war for his own political benefit, hoping to postpone his corruption trial and an inquiry into the security failures of Oct. 7.
The growing divide between American Jews and Israel may have consequences for U.S. politics as well. Top Democrats, including Jewish lawmakers, are far more critical of Israel than in the past, and they arguably face less risk of a backlash from Jewish voters deeply skeptical of Netanyahu.
When the Senate in July voted on two resolutions to block the sale of arms to Israel, most Democrats voted yes, although the resolutions failed in the face of Republican opposition. The resolutions were offered by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), who is both a prominent Jewish politician and a leading voice urging consequences for Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Also in July, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) and other Jewish senators, including California’s Adam Schiff and Hawaii’s Brian Schatz, led a call for a major expansion of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Schumer last year called for Netanyahu to step down and allow new elections.
The mix of emotions among many Jews — concern for Israel combined with abhorrence at its behavior — has yielded complicated feelings about how much America should keep supporting the Jewish state, the poll suggests. Most American Jews, about 6 in 10, say they want the U.S. to keep sending military aid for Israel’s fight against Hamas.
But when the merits of the U.S.-Israel alliance are divorced from the Gaza war, 47 percent say U.S. support for Israel is at about the right level, with 32 percent — about a third — saying the U.S. is too supportive of Israel and 20 percent saying it is not supportive enough. The share saying the U.S. supports Israel too much is up 10 points since 2020 and 21 points since 2013 compared with Pew surveys conducted those years.
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 Share of American Jews saying the U.S. is too supportive of Israel
Max Parke, 38, a software engineer in Brooklyn, said the fastest way to improve conditions in Gaza is for the U.S. to restrict aid to Israel or impose conditions on it.
“Jewish principles would say we need to respect everyone’s humanity,” he said. “In Israel, that is not the case; it privileges Jewishness in countless policies, without following actual Jewish principles.”
President Donald Trump, unlike many Democrats, has strongly embraced Netanyahu’s prosecution of the war in Gaza. Still, his pro-Israel message sometimes appears aimed more at his conservative and evangelical Christian supporters than at American Jews, who he has complained are insufficiently appreciative of his positions on the Middle East.
Trump and Netanyahu met at the White House on Monday, and Trump put forward a multipart peace deal for Gaza that Netanyahu said he accepted.
But with 22 hostages remaining in captivity, many complications remain. Hamas said on Friday that it would accept the deal to release all the hostages, but with unstated conditions and a call for continued negotiations over many of the details.
Among the poll’s most striking findings is the relatively large minority of American Jews who believe that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
The term genocide was introduced in 1944, amid revelations of the Nazis’ killing of millions of Jews and a sense that a new word was needed to describe the enormity of trying to wipe out an ethnic group. The state of Israel, born four years later, was seen by many Zionist leaders as a safeguard against anything like the Holocaust happening again.
The accusation that Israel itself is committing genocide — reiterated by a team of United Nations experts last month — has prompted furious reactions. Netanyahu’s government sharply denounced it, saying it mischaracterizes a war aimed at defeating a terrorist group after a savage attack.
Yet a significant minority of American Jews agree with the U.N. panel’s conclusion.
In the poll, respondents were told that the United Nations defines genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.” Asked whether they thought Israel had committed genocide in Gaza, 39 percent said yes, 51 percent said no, and 10 percent had no opinion.
Dana Witten, 59, who lives in Boston, was among those respondents who rejected the genocide allegation. The Israelis are clearly not trying to eliminate all Palestinians the way the Nazis sought to erase every Jew, he said.
“To call it a genocide is a false equivalence to in some ways demean the Jews, because they should know better or something,” Witten said. “I don’t understand that. And it’s harmful to the discourse. It’s craziness to say it’s genocide.”
In an illustration of how the genocide question has split the Jewish community, Seidman, the writer from Washington state, said she and her husband have had “repeated disagreements” about it. Seidman said she is not an expert on the definition of genocide but is open to the possibility that it is occurring.
“He believes you shouldn’t use the word unless it absolutely meets the textbook definition,” Seidman said. “It’s not because he thinks what is going on is excusable; it’s certainly not. But if we muddy the waters by calling it genocide when it’s not, he thinks we risk losing the moral authority. I am much less certain about that.”
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 More than twice as many American Jews blame Hamas than Israel
The Post poll also revealed a generational divide. While 56 percent of Jewish Americans overall say they are emotionally attached to Israel, among those ages 18 to 34, that drops to 36 percent. But that share rises steadily for older groups, jumping to 68 percent for those over 65. Younger Jews are also more likely to say Israel has committed genocide, with 50 percent of those ages 18 to 34 saying so and the number hovering in the 30s among older groups.
On other issues, the generations are far more aligned. More than 80 percent of Jews of all ages said they are concerned about civilian deaths in Gaza and Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas. And majorities across age groups say they are concerned about the safety of Israeli soldiers in Gaza and the threat Hamas poses to Israel.
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 Most American Jews voice concern over Israeli hostages
Jewish Americans’ views of the war also split sharply by partisanship, gender and education. More than 8 in 10 Jewish Republicans support Israel’s military actions in Gaza, compared with about half of independents and roughly 3 in 10 Democrats. A 56 percent majority of men approve, while 55 percent of Jewish women disapprove. And although 54 percent of Jews with some college education or less approve of Israel’s actions, that falls to 47 percent among those with bachelor’s degrees and 36 percent of postgraduates.
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 American Jews are split on whether they approve or disapprove of the military action Israel
Overall, American Jews’ view of the situation unfolding in Gaza appears to be that everyone involved bears some culpability. Asked who is responsible for the war’s continuation, 91 percent say Hamas bears responsibility, 80 percent say Israel does and 86 percent say Netanyahu bears responsibility. A 61 percent majority holds the U.S. responsible.
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 Most American Jews say Hamas and Netanyahu bear a great deal of responsibility
But as reports of hunger and starvation multiply, 59 percent of American Jews say Israel is not doing enough to allow food into the territory, while 30 percent say it is doing enough. Israel has denied that people are starving in Gaza, questioning international organizations that say otherwise and insisting it has made efforts to improve the humanitarian conditions.
Despite the bleak assessment, many Jews remain optimistic that Israelis and Palestinians can ultimately reach a peace agreement. The poll finds that 59 percent say a way can be found for Israel and an independent Palestine to coexist peacefully, while 41 percent disagree.washingtonpost poll 9-2025 A majority of American Jews say Israel and an independent Palestinian state
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 A majority of American Jews say Israel and an independent Palestinian state
Yet challenges are apparent even in this modestly hopeful outlook.
Sixty-two percent of American Jews say it would be acceptable for Gaza to be governed by an elected Palestinian government, and only 4 percent say it would be acceptable for it to be governed by Hamas. Yet when elections were held in the Palestinian territories in 2006, it was Hamas that emerged victorious.
 washingtonpost poll 9-2025 Most American Jews accept Gazans being governed by leaders of their choice but reject Hamas
For many Jews, the rise in antisemitism has only bolstered the sense that a Jewish state is necessary.
“I think that it’s the only place they can call home,” Witten said. “It’s certainly the only place that can feel, you can’t say safe, but at least they have a place they can defend. It’s hard. When there is antisemitism running rampant in Europe and our own country, at the highest levels of academia, what does a Jew do?”
But for Jews like Parke, Israel has forfeited any claim to represent the Jewish people. He said he has taken to distinguishing between Israel as a nation, a land and a state.
“As a nation, the Jewish people around the world, that is a connection I feel,” Parke said. “Israel as a place, a land where we have history, that is a connection I could see myself having. But Israel the state — even though it has the same name as the land and the people, it does not speak for me.”
The Washington Post poll was conducted Sept. 2-9, among a random national sample of 815 Jewish Americans drawn through SSRS’s Opinion Panel, an ongoing survey panel recruited through random sampling of U.S. households. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.
The sample includes adults who identify as Jewish by religion as well as those who identify as adults with no religious affiliation but Jewish ethnically, culturally or through their family background — and either were raised Jewish or have a parent who is Jewish.
In all, 76 percent of the sample was Jewish by religion and 24 percent was Jewish without a religious affiliation.
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Sept. 2-9, 2025, Washington Post Jewish Americans pollResults from a nationwide survey of Jewish Americans on views of Israel, Gaza and other topics.6October2025
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Gaza ‘Doctor’ Murdered Hostage Noa Marciano, 19, as She Begged For Mercy
Shocking: Father of Noa Marciano reveals how she was murderedAvi Marciano, the father of IDF lookout Noa Marciano, who was abducted from the shelter at the Nahal Oz outpost on October 7, recounts for the first time how his daughter was murdered in Hamas captivity.Israel National News / 11December2025, 12:07 AM (GMT+2) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419132
Avi Marciano, the father of IDF lookout Noa Marciano, who was abducted from the shelter at the Nahal Oz outpost on October 7, appeared in a video posted on Instagram by pro-Israel activist Shai DeLuca, where he revealed for the first time how his daughter was murdered in Hamas captivity.
In a recording sent to him, Noa described the airstrikes in the area and pleaded for her distress to be conveyed: “They’re bombing us,” she said in the video. She made a desperate request: “Stop the bombings because you might hit us.”
Later, as IDF forces approached the area, Hamas terrorists attempted to move Noa into central Gaza City. On the way, the car she was in was struck, and Noa sustained injuries to her leg and head, though they were not life-threatening. She was evacuated to Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
Her father recounted that one of the medical staff at the hospital decided to murder her. “He injected air into her vein,” he said. Marciano received confirmation of Noa’s death through another video sent to him, in which his daughter is seen begging for her life. At the end of the footage, she appears to be sweating but lifeless.
Afterward, Hamas terrorists attempted to smuggle Noa’s body out of the hospital, but IDF forces prevented this. Ultimately, she was brought to Israel for burial.
“What I went through is the greatest nightmare I know,” Avi Marciano said tearfully. “Noa was my eldest daughter. She was so loved, and there isn’t a moment in the day when I don’t miss her.”
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A warning shot to Erdogan: Israel’s message to Turkey comes via Athens and NicosiaCommentary: Jerusalem denies joint military force plans with Greece and Cyprus, but has ordered the IDF to begin planning in signal to Ankara to shift course; existing trilateral ties already act as a counterweight to Erdogan’s rising influence with TrumpRon Ben-Yishai | 20December2025 | 22:57 | https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rksxtfexzl
Security cooperation between Israel, Greece and Cyprus, including joint air, land and naval exercises, has been ongoing for several years. While Israeli officials have denied a Greek news report claiming the three countries intend to form a “joint intervention force,” ynet has learned that the political echelon has already informed the IDF of such a plan and even issued instructions to begin preliminary planning.
However, no concrete steps have been taken, and military planners in Tel Aviv are awaiting further directives from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. For now, the government has instructed the IDF not to move beyond the initial planning stage.
The caution is understandable. If established, the main mission of a Greek-Israeli-Cypriot intervention force would likely be to counter Turkish activity in the eastern Mediterranean basin.
The envisioned force would protect the economic and strategic interests of Israel, Greece, Cyprus and potentially Egypt in the region. This includes defending offshore natural gas and oil production zones and fishing rights in areas claimed by Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a self-declared entity created following Turkey’s 1974 invasion of the island.
It would also involve safeguarding Israel’s proposed gas pipeline to Europe, which Turkey opposes, and could extend to territorial disputes between Greece and Turkey over sovereignty claims to several Aegean islands.
Although both Greece and Turkey are NATO members, their decades-long hostility, centered in large part on the Cyprus dispute, remains unresolved and could ignite at any moment. Turkey’s military, particularly its navy and ground forces, is larger, stronger and more modern than Greece’s. Ankara also holds a clear edge in defense manufacturing, thanks to Turkey’s rapidly developing military industry.
However, Turkey’s air force is relatively weak. Israeli security officials believe that if Israel joins forces with Greece and Greek Cyprus, contributing the IDF’s aerial and intelligence capabilities, it could significantly shift the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean, potentially deterring President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from escalating tensions with Athens under such conditions.
Still, Israel’s primary strategic objective in pursuing this alliance is not to confront Turkey directly, but rather to create a flanking deterrent. The aim is to contain Erdoğan’s growing military presence along Israel’s northern and southern borders.
Since the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, Turkey has worked aggressively to expand its military and political foothold in the country. This includes deploying early-warning radar systems and air defense batteries that could dramatically restrict Israel’s aerial freedom of operation over Syria, Iraq and even Iran, narrowing the IDF’s strategic options and its ability to pose a credible threat to Turkey itself in the event of a future conflict, fueled by Erdoğan’s increasingly hostile posture toward Israel.
The possible inclusion of Turkish troops in the proposed International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza, as outlined in U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan, is viewed in Jerusalem as a direct threat. Israel strongly opposes Turkey’s participation in the ISF, arguing it would limit the IDF’s operational freedom to prevent Hamas from rebuilding its military infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Erdoğan’s open support for Hamas has further deepened Israeli concerns.
If Turkey were permitted to contribute forces to the ISF, expected to be a brigade-sized deployment of 1,000 or more personnel, Israeli officials warn it could facilitate weapons smuggling into Gaza or aid in rearming Hamas through the transfer of dual-use materials.
This may be one of the reasons Erdoğan is lobbying Trump to allow Turkish involvement, despite Israel’s firm objections. In response, Israel appears to be signaling its own potential counter-move: advancing the idea of a joint intervention force with Greece and Cyprus. Such an alliance would present a political and military counterweight to the threats and hostility Israel perceives from Turkey on both its northern and southern fronts.
Israel has no desire for direct military conflict with Turkey. However, given Erdoğan’s policies and his close ties to Trump, Israeli officials see a need to send a clear warning, strategic and symbolic, by aligning with Turkey’s historical (and predominantly Christian) rivals in the region.
However, the proposed joint intervention force remains at the conceptual stage. While preliminary planning is underway at IDF headquarters, no concrete steps have been taken. So far, the idea exists mainly through regional media reports, particularly in Greece, intended, it seems, to signal to Ankara that the option is on the table and to pressure Erdoğan and his foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, to reconsider their approach.
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Israel’s new foothold on the Red Sea to fight the Houthis
– Berbera Airport: longest runway in Africa A strategic corridor carrying: Let’s forge security ties and mutual prosperity. 🤝  REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND-tweet-12March2026-Israel at Berbera Somaliland fight Houthi
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Since 1947, one truth has never changed: Israel chooses peace. Arab leaders chose war
But Israel still says YES.  Israel Foreign Ministry-tweet-28November2025-Israel chooses peace-Arabs chose war
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Palestinian Authority is preparing a Trojan Horse for IsraelPalestinian Authority possesses an armed force three times larger than that agreed upon in the Oslo Accords, elite units, and offensive weapons. ‘No one can say they were not warned,’ says MK Avigdor Liberman.Israel National News / 22March2026, 6:31 PM (GMT+2) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424379
On Sunday former Defense Minister and MK Avigdor Lieberman sharply attacked reports about the Palestinian Authority’s “shadow army.”
Lieberman warned that the conduct of the Palestinian forces indicates preparation for a widespread attack against Israel, similar to the events of the October 7th (2023) massacre.
“The Palestinian Authority is preparing a Trojan Horse for Israel. No one can say they were not warned,” Lieberman wrote. According to him, the danger from the forces in Judea and Samaria and in the center of the country is real, and he called on the political echelon not to ignore the PA’s military buildup.
“Everything we experienced on October 7 in the Gaza Envelope could be repeated in Judea and Samaria, only this time by the ‘security apparatuses’ of the Palestinian Authority,” he wrote.
ieberman’s remarks came following an investigation by the Regavim movement into the Palestinian Authority’s “shadow army,” which presents a picture of the building of an offensive military force in the heart of Judea and Samaria.
According to the findings, the Authority currently has more than 60,000 terrorists – three times the number stipulated in the Oslo Accords – equipped with rocket launchers, machine guns and armored vehicles.
The investigation reveals that the fighters belonging to the PA undergo advanced military training abroad, including armor and artillery training in Pakistan, officer training in Russia and tactical parachuting in Italy and Egypt. Training bases in Jordan and Jericho are conducting infantry and combat training in built-up areas, capabilities clearly intended for offensive activity rather than civilian law enforcement.
Among the elite units exposed are the 101st Commando Unit, which has about 2,000 fighters, the SAT Unit, which is intended for deep-cover raids, and the secret intelligence “Atalef” unit. The investigation shows that in the Palestinian Authority there are 19 armed men for every thousand people, a ratio seven times higher than that existing in the Israeli police.
Regavim representatives emphasize: “This unusual figure shows that the forces do not function as a standard civilian police, but are also intended to constitute a full-fledged army, with one armed man for every 53 citizens. The clear conclusion from the findings and testimonies on the ground is that the forces have begun practical preparations for raid and occupation scenarios, similar to the events of the October 7th massacre.”
The organization called on the government not to rely on the Palestinian Authority as a security partner in Judea and Samaria or in plans for the “day after” in the Gaza Strip, as this is, in their opinion, a dangerous misrepresentation that threatens the security of the state. “Israel’s security must rely solely on its strength and sovereignty.”
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Palestinian Authority banks to expedite 4.5-billion-shekel transfer to Bank of Israel, sources tell JNSThe announcement comes as Israeli banks are expected to end correspondent banking services to Palestinian counterparts.Akiva Van Koningsveld https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/palestinian-authority-banks-to-expedite-4-5-billion-shekel-transfer-to-bank-of-israel-sources-tell-jns
(Aug. 6, 2026 / JNS) The Bank of Israel on Thursday declined to comment on a Palestinian Authority announcement that Israeli authorities had agreed to bring forward the transfer of some 4.5 billion shekels ($1.5 billion) in surplus cash accumulated in P.A. banks.
P.A. monetary chief Yahya Shunnar said on Tuesday that the decision moves up the fourth-quarter shipment of excess shekels to the Bank of Israel, crediting “intensive interventions” by the P.A. leadership in coordination with “international partners,” the P.A.’s official Wafa news agency reported.
The decision will “ease pressures resulting from the accumulation of excess shekels, improve banks’ ability to manage liquidity, support the needs of citizens and the private sector for banking services and enhance financial market stability during the current period,” he added, per Wafa.
Israeli officials have not publicly confirmed the decision to expedite the transfer, which sources told JNS was approved in recent days.
The P.A. announcement came as two Israeli banks are expected to end correspondent banking services provided to their Palestinian counterparts in the coming weeks, a move expected to cut Palestinian banks in Judea and Samaria off from the shekel-clearing system and disrupt cross-border payments and access to international banking channels.
Shunnar in the Wafa report described the expedited shekel transfer as an “urgent measure” rather than a fix, saying it underscored the need to reduce reliance on the shekel and expand the use of electronic payment methods.
Under agreements signed with Israel, Palestinian banks have no direct access to the Jewish state’s payment system and cannot clear shekel transactions on their own. They rely on the Bank of Israel to take in surplus banknotes and credit their accounts, and on Israel Discount Bank and Bank Hapoalim for correspondent clearing and cross-border payments.
The Bank of Israel accepts up to 18 billion shekels a year in notes, while an economist who has advised the P.A. told the Associated Press last month Palestinian banks take in an estimated 30 billion annually. The rest sits in vaults, earning nothing and unavailable for loans, transfers or paying Israeli suppliers.
The 4.5 billion approved for transfer this week is one quarter’s worth of that 18 billion ceiling and does not represent an increase or an additional transfer beyond it.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has repeatedly vowed to collapse the P.A. financially over Ramallah’s “pay for slay” policy that rewards terrorism against Israelis and its actions against the Jewish state in international fora. Asked by JNS whether he would seek to block the early transfer, a spokesperson for Smotrich’s office did not respond by time of publication.
Israel Discount Bank and Bank Hapoalim provide correspondent services to Palestinian banks under a Finance Ministry indemnity that shields them from liability stemming from Israeli terror-financing law.
Last year, Smotrich ordered then-Accountant General Yali Rothenberg to cancel the indemnity waiver, citing what he described as the P.A.’s “delegitimization campaign” against the Jewish state.
However, amid reported pressure from the Trump administration, Smotrich reportedly extended the indemnity through the end of 2026.
Nevertheless, Israel Discount Bank notified its Palestinian counterparts in July that it would end correspondent banking services starting Sept. 1, with Bank Hapoalim following on Oct. 1, with the former citing elevated risk due to the absence of a permanent solution.
Israel Discount Bank told local media it had provided the services “on a temporary basis” for years while waiting on an official arrangement the state had failed to deliver.
Successive governments have pointed to the Company for Correspondence Services, a state body established under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019, as the permanent solution. However, it has never begun operating because the Knesset has not passed the legislation required for it to do so, and with parliament dissolved ahead of the Oct. 27 elections, that legislation is unlikely to pass in the coming months.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment to JNS on Thursday on the progress regarding a permanent solution that would allow the Palestinian Authority continued access to the Israeli financial system.
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Israel again withholds over $200 million in PA tax revenues“We will not transfer funds that ultimately reach terrorists who harm Israeli civilians,” said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.27April2026  Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads the Religious Zionism Party’s faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Jan. 5, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
( Apr. 27, 2026 / JNS ) Jerusalem has again withheld the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority this month, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday, citing Ramallah’s support for terrorism.
In a statement cited by Arutz 7, the Finance Ministry said that of more than 740 million shekels ($200 million), some 590 million shekels were deducted to cover debts owed by the P.A. to the Israel Electric Corporation, as well as to “water and environmental corporations.” The ministry said deductions were also made for funds that Ramallah intended to transfer to terrorist elements.
The remaining balance has been frozen in line with a policy implemented by Smotrich over the past year, under which the Jewish state has stopped transfers to the Palestinian Authority over the P.A.’s actions against Israel in international forums and its support for terror.
“We will not transfer funds that ultimately reach terrorists who harm Israeli civilians,” said Smotrich. “Our policy is clear: every shekel intended to encourage terrorism or hostile activity will be offset and stopped. At the same time, we are acting responsibly to ensure that the funds are directed toward safeguarding the vital interests of the State of Israel.”
He added, “Whoever chooses to fight the State of Israel in the international arena and to support terrorism will bear the price.”
P.A. Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa on Sunday accused Jerusalem of imposing an “economic occupation” on his organization, which has a level of self-governance in parts of Judea and Samaria.
Mustafa told reporters at a press conference in the Samaria city of al-Bireh that he was working with the international community to pressure Israel to release the funds, Xinhua News Agency, China’s official state-run outlet, reported.
“We are living without our income from customs and taxes collected by Israel on our behalf,” the Palestinian politician confirmed.
Jerusalem collects 600 million-700 million shekels ($160 million-$190 million) in tax funds on behalf of the P.A. every month under the terms of the Oslo Accords, signed with the PLO in the 1990s.
The Protocol on Economic Relations, aka the Paris Protocol, was signed in April 1994 and incorporated with minor changes into the Oslo II Accord of September 1995.
In 2018, lawmakers from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party initiated and promoted legislation to offset the sum to put pressure on the Palestinian Authority to stop rewarding terrorism.
Around one billion shekels ($270 million) in yearly tax revenue that Israel collects on behalf of the P.A. goes towards its “pay for slay” policy, under which it disburses monthly stipends to terrorists and their relatives.
Smotrich’s decision to withhold the funds is part of a series of steps taken by the finance minister to punish the Palestinian Authority for its support of terrorism and diplomatic measures against the Jewish state.
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The true face of the Palestinian Authority
When will the West see it too?  Regavim-tweet-6April2026-The true face of the Palestinian Authority
Palestinian Authority We will return
Every Friday – “Juma Mubaraka” (Blessed Friday) – Palestinian Authority official media, mosques, and social channels flood with a consistent message: Jaffa is ours. Haifa is ours. Beer Sheva is ours. We will return. This isn’t Hamas. This is the PA. The entity the international community keeps calling “moderate” and wants to run a future Palestinian state. Here’s what people who make that claim need to reckon with: 1. Official PA television repeatedly broadcasts songs declaring “Jaffa, Acre, Haifa and Nazareth are ours” – naming cities deep inside sovereign Israel, not in the West Bank. 2. Senior Fatah officials say it plainly. Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi stated on Lebanese TV: “Don’t you dare think there is even a single Palestinian who would agree that Haifa, Jaffa and Acre are not Palestinian. No. Haifa, Jaffa, Acre and Nazareth are Palestinian, despite the Americans and the Israelis.” 3. PA children’s programming tells kids that all of Israel is “the ’48 lands” and that “all of this land belongs to us… and will return to us.” This isn’t fringe content. This is the official PA children’s show. 4. PA textbooks (2025-2026) still show maps where Israel simply does not exist. The entire area from the river to the sea is labeled “Palestine.” Tel Aviv doesn’t appear. Israel is referred to as “the Zionist entity.” A 10th-grade Islamic education textbook asks students: “Under what circumstances is jihad to liberate Palestine considered a personal duty for every Muslim?” 5. Even crossword puzzles in PA newspapers list Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Tiberias, and Haifa as “Palestinian cities.” 6. PA sports coaches tell young athletes that “today we are Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa and Acre… today we are the Palestinian entirety.” This is not about the West Bank. This is not about settlements. This is about Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beer Sheva – cities within Israel’s pre-1967 borders. The PA signed a letter of intent with the EU in 2024 promising curriculum reform. The EU sent over 400 million euros based on that promise. An independent review found that as of late 2025, zero reforms had been implemented. So the next time someone tells you the PA is a moderate peace partner that just wants a state alongside Israel – ask them a simple question: If that’s true, why does every piece of their own media, education, and political messaging tell their people they’re coming back to Jaffa? The difference between Hamas and the PA isn’t the goal. It’s the timetable.  Ahmed Al-Khalidi-tweet-6April2026-Palestinian Authority We will return
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🚨 REGAVIM: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PERSONEL LINKED TO TERROR
According to a recently released report by @RegavimEng, members of the Palestinian Authority’s own security forces have been directly LINKED TO TERROR. The report details cases where individuals serving within official PA security structures were involved in attacks against Jews. This directly challenges the widely accepted view that the Palestinian Authority is moderate. Full Report in the Comments. Click to download PDF file: Regavim-The Writing on the Wall of Jericho Mossad Commentary-tweet-13April2026- PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PERSONEL LINKED TO TERROR
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BREAKING: HAMAS ALREADY PLANNING THE NEXT MASSACRE
A newly uncovered internal Hamas document, exposed by @Adkaneng, reveals preparations for a coordinated, multi front attack involving Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and Lebanon. According to Gilad Ach, Hamas views October 7 as a success, not a failure, and believes the next round will be even larger. Key takeaways from the document: Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil  Mossad Commentary-tweet-30December2025-HAMAS ALREADY PLANNING THE NEXT MASSACRE
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HEBRON OCT 7 STYLE ATTACK AVERTED
Security forces launched a large-scale counterterrorism operation overnight in the Jabal Johar area of Hebron. • Led by the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet and dismantle terror infrastruct and seize illegal weapons Security officials say the move follows intelligence warning of planned Hamas-style raids on communities in Judea and Samaria, similar to October 7 tactics. Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil  Mossad Commentary-tweet-19January2026-HEBRON OCT 7 STYLE ATTACK AVERTED
IDF operating in Hebron
The operation is expected to continue for several days, and increased movement of IDF forces will be noticeable in the area.  IDF-tweet-19January2026-IDF operating in Hebron
IDF SEALS ROADS OUT OF HEBRON
IDF engineering units are closing all roads leading out of Hebron as part of an ongoing counterterrorism operation. Security forces say the move is intended to restrict movement and prevent the escape of suspects as the operation continues. Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil  Mossad Commentary-tweet-19January2026-IDF SEALS ROADS OUT OF HEBRON
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Battalion Commander: ‘We don’t buy calm in Judea and Samaria, we make it nightly’Lt. Col. Yossi Levi, commander of Battalion 21, tells Arutz Sheva about his unit’s rapid shift from Gaza to Judea and Samaria.Nitzan Kedar / Published: 11March2026, 12:54 PM (GMT+2) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423753
Lt. Col. (res.) Yossi Levi is widely known for his civilian role as CEO of the Netzah Yehuda association, which works to integrate haredi soldiers into the IDF through support for the Netzah Yehuda Battalion. At the same time, he serves as the commander of Battalion 21, currently operating in Judea and Samaria during the ongoing war.
“Until the week of October 7, promoting haredi enlistment was the main focus of my civilian life alongside my military role,” Levi said. “Since then, everything has changed.”
Following the outbreak of the war, Levi joined intense combat operations beyond the Judea and Samaria sector. He fought alongside the 450th Battalion in heavy fighting in Khan Younis and Rafah in Gaza. That unit later took part in the operation that eliminated Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. After completing those combat rotations, Levi returned to command Battalion 21 in the Binyamin and Etzion areas.
Today, the battalion is responsible for security in the Beitar Illit sector and nearby villages, including sensitive seam-line areas. According to Levi, the unit maintains constant offensive activity designed to prevent terrorism from gaining momentum.
“We are a very offensive battalion,” he explained. “We operate in the villages every night with significant operations, and that’s what brings calm to the sector. We don’t buy quiet. Quiet doesn’t fool us. There is calm because we are constantly working to maintain it.”
Levi says the strategy adopted by the Etzion Brigade during the war has made it one of the most aggressive formations in the Judea and Samaria Division.
“There is a brigade commander here who constantly thinks about how to generate more offensive activity and how to truly create calm,” he said. “That’s what brings stability. The quiet can be very deceptive. Judea and Samaria didn’t suddenly become peaceful – it only appears that way. Our role as the army is to make sure that calm continues.”
Much of that work takes place at night and largely out of public view. According to Levi, these operations are essential to preventing another front from erupting in the center of the country.
“There isn’t a house we don’t map or intelligence detail we don’t identify,” he said. “Every night we rethink how to reach more places and prevent attacks before they happen. Our goal is that residents of Judea and Samaria and all citizens of Israel can feel safe in their homes. It’s a challenge, but we constantly think creatively about how to reach anyone planning to cause harm long before they can carry it out.”
As the war continues, one of the major concerns facing the IDF is the strain on the reserve system. Still, Levi says he remains repeatedly impressed by the dedication of his soldiers.
“Reserve fatigue is no secret,” he said. “But what surprises me each time is the turnout. Despite the fatigue and the personal and financial pressures, the response rates remain very high.”
Levi believes the real strength of the IDF in this war comes from the unique mindset that reservists bring from civilian life.
“The creativity among reservists is something you won’t find anywhere else,” he said. “There is the army, and there is the regular army that sustains it – but the army itself is the reservists. You can’t ignore that reality during a war. As reservists, we bring a civilian mindset that allows us to think more creatively and less rigidly. That flexibility helps us reach solutions and places that would otherwise be impossible.”
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Netanyahu’s rivals secretly promised EU to weaken Israeli control in Judea, Samaria – report16July2026 – https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahus-rivals-secretly-promised-eu-to-weaken-israeli-control-in-judea-samaria-report/
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot reportedly told European leaders they would reverse steps taken by the Netanyahu government strengthening Israeli control over Judea and Samaria. By World Israel News Staff
Associates of former prime minister Naftali Bennett and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot have told European officials that a future Israeli government would reverse major steps taken in Judea and Samaria by the current coalition, according to a report which both opposition leaders’ parties denied.
Channel 14 reported Wednesday that people close to Bennett and Eisenkot, working alongside left-wing research organizations, had recently held discussions with government officials from several European countries, including Britain and France.
According to the report, the associates sought to reassure European officials that a new government would roll back settlement policies adopted during the past three years and restore international and Israeli political legitimacy to the Palestinian Authority.
The alleged commitments included reversing the establishment of newly recognized communities and removing existing agricultural farms and outposts, Channel 14 said.
The broadcaster did not identify the associates, research organizations or European officials involved in the reported discussions. It also did not publish documents or recordings supporting the allegation. Neither the British nor French government has publicly confirmed that such commitments were presented.
Eisenkot’s Yashar! party categorically rejected the report.
“Lies and falsehood,” the party said. “No messages on this subject were conveyed between Eisenkot’s circle and any party, domestic or international. Channel 14, in a panic, publishes false reports as a method and chooses its familiar path — inventing news.”
Bennett’s Together party issued a similarly forceful denial, calling the story “a complete lie” with “no connection whatsoever to reality.”
“Former prime minister Naftali Bennett will not hand over a piece of land, will not evacuate Jewish communities built legally and will not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state — as he has done until now,” the party said.
Bennett’s response specifically rejected the suggestion that he would dismantle legally established communities. His publicly stated position, however, distinguishes between authorized settlement activity and construction erected without legal approval.
During an interview with the Kan public broadcaster in June, Bennett said he supported Jewish construction on state land in Area C but believed unauthorized structures and outposts should be removed.
“As far as I am concerned, legal construction in Area C, on state land that is not privately owned Palestinian land, is welcome,” Bennett said. “Construction that is illegal, outside Area C or on private land is not legitimate.”
“What is not legal will not exist,” he added when asked whether unauthorized outposts would be evacuated.
Bennett also said Area C should ultimately become part of Israel, while Areas A and B would remain under Palestinian autonomy. He has repeatedly declared his opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Those positions differ from Channel 14’s broader claim that Bennett’s associates promised a wholesale reversal of the government’s settlement policies and the removal of farms regardless of their individual legal status.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has made the government’s expansion of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria a central component of his campaign ahead of the October 27 election. Israel’s security cabinet this week approved approximately NIS 1.3 billion for the establishment of 34 new communities, along with an additional NIS 1.075 billion for roads and related infrastructure.
Smotrich said the new approvals would bring the number of communities initiated during his four-year term to 103.
“We are strengthening the security of the State of Israel, killing the idea of establishing a terrorist state in the heart of the country and strengthening our hold on the homeland in Judea and Samaria,” he said.
The current government has also approved changes to land-registration and purchasing procedures in Area C, expanded the recognition of previously unauthorized communities and transferred additional administrative authority over the territory to Israeli civilian bodies.
European governments have increased pressure on Israel over the issue. European Union foreign ministers discussed proposals this week to restrict commerce with Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria through tariffs, import-licensing requirements or a full trade ban.
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Judea and Samaria: Plan to pave safe access roads takes offGovernment expected to approve over 1b NIS to pave security and access roads to dozens of new towns in Judea and Samaria.Hezki Baruch / Published: 10July2026, 1:00 PM (GMT+3) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/429945
The Israeli government is expected to approve on Sunday a NIS 1.075 billion budget plan to build transportation and security infrastructure for dozens of new communities in Judea and Samaria.
The initiative is being led by Finance Minister and Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich, following approximately two months of planning by a professional team in the Settlement Administration.
The funding is designated for the construction of access roads and security routes to communities approved by the Security Cabinet during the war. Among these communities are four northern Samaria towns evacuated under the 2005 Disengagement Plan – Homesh, Sa-Nur, Ganim, and Kadim – as well as a number of additional new communities slated to be established in the coming years.
Government officials said the decision is intended to address the immediate need for secure access and security roads for the new communities, noting that such projects cannot be financed through the standard infrastructure costs associated with land development. To that end, the Transportation Ministry, in cooperation with the Settlement Administration in the Defense Ministry and the Finance Ministry, formulated a detailed multi-year plan.
Under the proposal, the budget will be spread over three years and allocated to the Transportation and Defense ministries. The plan includes designing and paving new access roads, upgrading existing roads, and completing connecting road segments between communities where needed. Security components will also be incorporated as an integral part of the infrastructure planning for communities throughout Judea and Samaria.
The proposal further stipulates that if the government approves additional communities in Judea and Samaria in the future, or normalizes existing communities, these will automatically be incorporated into the multi-year infrastructure plan and receive funding under the program.
Smotrich welcomed the initiative, saying: “The historic decision we approved will enable the establishment of dozens of communities at strategic locations in Judea and Samaria. We are leading a settlement and security revolution, with more than 100 communities and 160 farms strengthening the security of the State of Israel and putting an end to the dangerous idea of establishing a terrorist state in the very heart of the State of Israel.”
“Faced with plans by an [MK Gadi] Eisenkot[-led] government to evacuate the new communities we have established, the multi-year program we are advancing will ensure the planning and construction of new access roads, the upgrading of existing routes, and connections between communities, alongside the integration of critical security components. We are working with determination alongside all government ministries to remove obstacles and obtain the necessary approvals to guarantee safe and orderly access for the new communities.”
The government said the initiative forms part of its broader policy of expanding Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, with the infrastructure investment intended to facilitate the population of the new communities and integrate them into the regional transportation network while addressing the area’s security needs.
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IDF prepares to seize another Judea and Samaria ‘refugee’ campDefense Minister Israel Katz ordered the IDF to expand counterterror operations and prepare to take control of another terrorist stronghold in Judea and Samaria.Uzi Baruch / Published: 28July2026, 1:39 PM (GMT+3) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/430880
Minister of Defense Israel Katz held a security meeting on Monday attended by IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, to discuss Judea and Samaria.
The heads of the Operations Directorate and Intelligence Directorate, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the commander of the Judea and Samaria District Police, the Defense Minister’s Military Secretary, BG Hisham Ibrahim, and Shin Bet and defense establishment officials.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Katz ordered the IDF to expand its offensive operations against Palestinian terror, which, according to him, “Is trying to lift its head again,” and to prepare to take control of an additional “refugee” camp.
The directive is to follow the model implemented in the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur a-Shams terror camps, which were evacuated, cleared of terrorist infrastructure, and constantly occupied by IDF forces.
The Defense Minister’s office noted that Katz directed the policy upon taking office with the support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The office further stated that, according to defense establishment figures, these operations led to an 80% decress in terrorist activity in 2025, with the trend continuing into 2026.
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Anwar Ahmed Abd El Khalek Hamed, currently 18 years old, an illiterate resident of Rafah, was previously involved in drug trafficking and use. He is affiliated with the Abu Rish faction of the Fatah and was apprehended on his way to perpetrate a suicide attack when he was 16.5 years old. He confessed during questioning that he was on his way to carry out a suicide attack against a convoy of IDF soldiers along the Gaza coastal road. The attack was planned and directed by Mohammed Sinwar, a senior military operative in the Hamas terror organization in the Gaza Strip. In addition, Anwar confessed that PFLP activists had proposed that he perpetrate a terrorist attack in the community of Morag during the month of Ramadan.
Hoshana Rabbah 5786 13October2025 – 20 Hostages freed
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah – Now We Dance!
To get 20 Hostages back Israel surrenders
Now the result:
Israel left Gaza on Tisha B’Av 5765! What did the Jews of Israel get with the “Disengagement”? Gush Katif and Hurricane Katrina
7 Hostages Released
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After 738 days in captivity in Gaza, Matan, Gali, Ziv, Alon, Eitan, Omri and Guy are coming home. 🇮🇱
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13 Hostages Released
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It’s official: There are no more living Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity.
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28October2025-Lift the IDF restrictions in the Israeli communities near Gaza
Israel Defense Forces-tweet-28October2025-lift the IDF restrictions in the Israeli communities near Gaza
Following a situational assessment and the approval of the Minister of Defense Israel Katz, it was decided to lift the IDF restrictions in the Israeli communities near Gaza as of today.
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To get 20 Hostages back Israel surrenders
The Sovereignty Movement responds to the signing of the agreement
https://www.israpundit.org/the-sovereignty-movement-responds-to-the-signing-of-the-agreement/
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar 9October2025
The Sovereignty Movement responds to the signing of the agreement Alongside the joy — together with all the P????? of Israel — at the return of all the hostages, we must clarify that although the full details of the agreement are not yet known, if the agreement indeed includes those same 21 points that were published previously, then this is a defeat and a humiliation for the honor of Israel. The only response that would have been appropriate toward Gaza after the October 7 massacre was its erasure from the face of the earth, just as the Almighty taught us by overturning Sodom and Gomorrah. That is true justice; that is the necessary rectification.
If the agreement is indeed subject to those 21 points and limitations, then its implementation will increase and strengthen the evil in the world and the confusion between good and evil.
Gaza is an inseparable part of the Land of Israel, and by our withdrawing from it again, for the second time, we inflict a blow to our national honor, and conversely we return to the Arab enemy the hope — G-d forbid — of taking the whole Land of Israel into his hands.
In order to restore our national honor, to cut off the enemy’s hopes, to deliver a decisive crushing blow to our enemies and to return to true justice and morality, we must choose the path of sovereignty and apply it over all of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.
Here we must add and emphasize that there is no difference between the Arabs of Gaza and the Arabs of Judea and Samaria. The same ideology, vision and hopes drive both groups, and now they are receiving validation for the success of their way and encouragement to continue that cruel and murderous path in the future in order to reach the goal they declare again and again: the destruction of the State of Israel.
The people of Israel were given a role and a destiny that fill it with meaning — to distinguish between light and darkness, between life and death, between meaning and morality and distortion and trampling of justice — yet we repeatedly betray our mission and adopt distorted, illogical moral rules.
In two years of war the people of Israel have taken significant steps toward clarifying their identity and their connection to it, but the completion of the task remains.
We are confident that the destiny of the people of Israel will be fulfilled in the future, for that is why we were created as a people.
Our hope is that the next opportunity to return to our selfhood and our identity will not include much more painful and heavy prices.
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
The Sovereignty Movement
https://linktr.ee/sovereignty.il
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Hoshana Rabbah – The captives return
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Hoshana Rabbah-the captives return
7 Hostages Released
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After 738 days in captivity in Gaza, Matan, Gali, Ziv, Alon, Eitan, Omri and Guy are coming home. 🇮🇱
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13 Hostages Released
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It’s official: There are no more living Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity.
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Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah – Now We Dance!
Simchat Torah at the Nova Festival venue
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Simchat Torah at the Nova Festival venue.🇮🇱
We’re dancing again.💛
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Simchat Torah Tel Aviv
Melissa Chen-tweet-13October2025-Simchat Torah Tel Aviv
It’s hard to capture the pure joy and jubilation on the streets of Tel Aviv tonight.
We were having a late al fresco dinner when throngs of people would come by at regular intervals, singing and chanting merrily.
They carried Torah scrolls like they were Stanley Cup trophies, hoisting them into the air and dancing around it. They have many reasons to celebrate today.
The hostages are home, war is over, and it’s Simchat Torah – the happiest day of the Jewish holiday season where they celebrate and honor God’s Word.
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The Story of the Fox in the Temple
Hillel Fuld-tweet-28July2026-The Story of the Fox in the Temple
Why am I so hopeful and optimistic about the future of the Jewish people?
I’ll tell you why. It’s because of a story in the Talmud.
The story goes as follows.
Four rabbis made their way to Jerusalem.
The rabbis were Rabban Gamliel, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria, Rabbi Joshua and Rabbi Akiva.
When they reached Mt. Scopus, they tore their garments out of mourning.
When they reached the Temple Mount, they saw a fox emerging from the place of the Holy of Holies. Three of them started weeping; Rabbi Akiva laughed.
The three rabbis asked Rabbi Akiva: “Why are you laughing?”
He answered them with a question: “Why are you weeping?”
What do you mean?, they asked him.
This is our holiest place and now there are wild animals walking here! That’s a terrible tragedy.
He replied to them. “That is exactly why I am laughing.
We knew this was going to happen. It is literally written in the prophecies.
The prophets predicted this was going to happen. It literally says “And foxes will walk there (the place of the temple.)”
So long as that prophecy didn’t come to fruition, I feared that the good prophecies won’t either. Now that I see this fox walking here, now that I see that prophecy come true, I know the rest will also come true.”
They replied to him: “Akiva, you have consoled us! Akiva, you have consoled us!”
So why does this story make me so optimistic?
Because what we are seeing today should not come as a surprise to someone who studied the Torah and the Talmud.
We knew the nations of the world will turn against Israel. It is literally written in our sources. As long as that didn’t come true, I didn’t know that the rest, the good prophecies, would come true.
Now that I see the world turn on us, now that I see how backward our world is, I know that, just as the Talmud says, we are close to the days of Mashiach.
In other words, we know how this ends and if you don’t, allow me to tell you.
Those people, those countries that are now turning on the Jews, scapegoating us, and persecuting us? They will join the many empires that came after us and disappeared into the footnotes of history books.
This ends well for us, the Jewish people. Not so much for our enemies.
When we say Am Yisrael Chai, that is not some empty phrase. It is a historical reality that the Jewish people live on, while those who came after us disappeared.
Sure, things are rough now. Things are scary. Foxes are walking all over us, but just like we have this promise, now we can know that the rest of the promises will also come true.
But all of that also leads me to have another thought.
Since this is indeed prophesized, that means it was inevitable. That means that those who are part of that prophecy, those who are hating on us now? They are just tools who were destined by God to be the miserable human beings that they are.
These people and their memes of Jews with big noses, their blood libels, and their Jew-hating marches? They think they’re so special.
They think it’s them making the decision to hate Jews, but it is not. They are just tools at the hands of God and they are also tools by which the Mashiach will ultimately arrive and redeem the Jews.
So, you foolish tools, keep hating on us. All you’re doing is bringing the Mashiach faster. All you’re doing is making Jews worldwide more “Jew-y” as we are promised will happen.
The prophecy says that all Jews will come back to Israel. Just a few years ago that would have been impossible to imagine. But now, thanks to Mamdani and friends, Jews are beginning to realize they need to come home.
A few years ago, I could never have imagined so many Jews returning to their heritage. Now it’s happening daily because of these fools.
All you low lives responsible for making our world so upside down and backward, thank you for following the script. The Talmud promised us that right before Mashiach comes, the world’s moral compass will break.
Just like God hardened Pharoah’s heart and made him refuse to let the Israelites go and was then punished, God is doing the same thing with you right now.
He has hardened your hearts to hate the Jews so that, just like in Egypt, He will redeem and rescue us, and you, my friends (We’re not friends, it’s an expression.) you will disappear and become a footnote in the history books children will one day study.
And as they do, as they learn about your pathetic existence, they will remember you like the world today remembers the mustache man in Germany.
History will shame you for eternity, so just keep it up.
Mashiach is on the way and for that, we owe you a huge thank you.
Am Yisrael Chai Vekayam, you morons.
You chose the wrong team! 🇮🇱✡️💪❤️🙏
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Survey: War spurs religious, political shift among young Israelis
New data reveals Israeli youth are adopting more religious practices, increasing prayer and belief in God, as right-wing political identification also rises.
JNS Staff
https://www.jns.org/survey-war-spurs-religious-political-shift-among-young-israelis/
(19November2025 / JNS) Israel’s war has significantly strengthened religious observance and conservative political views among young Israelis, according to a new survey by the Jewish People Policy Institute.
The study found 33% of Jewish Israelis ages 25 and under report observing more religious traditions since the war began, compared to 27% of the general Jewish population. Among young Jews who identify as “traditional, somewhat religious,” 51% said they’ve increased religious practices.
Prayer has risen most notably, with 38% of Jewish youth reporting they pray more frequently. Other increases include Bible reading (26%), synagogue attendance (14%) and Shabbat candle lighting (14%).
Jewish men gather at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem on May 10, 2021, as Israel marks “Jerusalem Day.” Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images.
Faith has also strengthened, with 35% of young Jews saying they believe in God more than before the war, compared to 28% of Jewish adults overall.
Politically, the war has pushed Israelis rightward. The share of Jews identifying as “hard right” jumped from 11% to 19%, while those identifying as “right” increased from 24% to 28%. The shift spans the political spectrum, with even half of self-identified leftists reporting a rightward move.
The JPPI survey found an opposite pattern among secular Jews compared to the general trend in Jewish Israeli society. While many young and traditional Jews reported increased religious observance and belief since the war, secular Jews actually showed a decline in both religious practices and faith.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish soldiers from the Hasmonean Brigade take part in a beret march after completing seven months of basic and advanced training, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old city on Aug. 6, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
The survey also included Israel’s Arab population and found notable, though somewhat less pronounced, increases in religious practice since the outbreak of the war. About 23% of Arab respondents reported strengthenings in their observance of traditional customs during the conflict. Specific increases were recorded in prayer (32%), more modest dress (12%) and participation in religious services at churches or mosques (10%), while 37% of Arabs reported a strengthened faith in God—higher than the increase seen among Jewish respondents.
JPPI CEO Shuki Friedman noted it remains unclear whether these changes represent a temporary wartime phenomenon or a lasting transformation.
“The data reflects what we sensed on the ground: many in Israel — especially among the young — feel that the war has connected them more deeply to tradition and to Jewish identity. Not necessarily in a halachic way, but in ways that are more salient in their lives and across the public sphere,” said Friedman.
“Israel after the war is more traditional and more right-leaning. At this stage, it is impossible to know whether this is a passing trend, or a deeper and longer-term change,” he added.
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What a grenade in Bint Jbeil can teach us about the Jewish state
Rabbi Yigal Levinstein traces a national awakening from the battlefield to the halls of power and explains what Israel must demand of itself.
Ruthie Blum https://www.jns.org/opinion/column/ruthie-blum/what-a-grenade-in-bint-jbeil-can-teach-us-about-the-jewish-state
Rabbi Yigal Levinstein addresses the third “Right-Wing Summit,” Tel Aviv, July 16, 2026. Credit: Courtesy.
(July 20, 2026 / JNS) During the 2006 Second Lebanon War, Israel Defense Forces deputy battalion commander Maj. Roi Klein threw himself on a grenade in the Southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, absorbing the blast with his own body so that his soldiers would live. As he did, he cried out the words that Jews have uttered morning and night for millennia: “Shema Yisrael, adonai eloheinu, adonai echad” (“Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one.”)
Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, co-founder of the Bnei David pre-military yeshivah academy in the Samaria community of Eli, recounted this story of Israeli heroism during his keynote address on July 16 at Tekuma’s third “Right-Wing Summit” at Expo Tel Aviv.
The conference, organized by political strategist and communications consultant Berale Crombie, brought together public figures and thought leaders to discuss Israel’s future in the wake of the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, and the seven-front war that’s been going on since then.
“Twenty years ago, one man changed the face of young Israeli fighters,” Levinstein said of Klein. But the rabbi wasn’t merely conveying a moving anecdote; he was laying the groundwork for a broader argument about what a Jewish state ought to demand of itself.
“For 20 years, [Klein] was singular in his invoking of the ‘Shema,’” Levinstein clarified. “In the current war, every battalion, before entering Gaza and Lebanon, stands together and [recites it].”
He noted that the ritual wasn’t universally embraced. One commander who attempted to formalize it, he said in reference to Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter, was pushed out of the army.
However, he stressed, the phenomenon can no longer be stopped. In other words, according to Levinstein, Klein’s final appeal to God didn’t remain in Bint Jbeil; it’s become a normal part of the troops’ routine.
This, he said, is evidence of something far bigger than a battlefield custom. Among many other things, it illustrates the blossoming of a grassroots Jewish and national awakening among Israel’s younger generation, emerging simultaneously from two very different directions.
On one side are secular Israelis gravitating toward their Jewish identity, stirred not by external coercion, he explained, but by an internal search.
On the other side are the Haredim, members of what some dub the “ultra-Orthodox,” whose shift Levinstein described as an equally remarkable development: a growing nationalist and Zionist consciousness within a sector long ambivalent about, even suspicious of, both. Eight Haredi yeshivahs, he said, sent rabbis and students to his mechina (preparatory school) over the past two years to study “how Zionism, nationalism and Torah connect.”
He cited the commander of a company in the Hasmonean Brigade, one of the mechina‘s own rabbis, who took a two-year leave of absence to lead a battalion of Haredi soldiers in Lebanon. Levinstein recalled the officer’s words before deployment: “In this Haredi battalion, there’s no reason we can’t carry out any mission in Lebanon in the best possible way.”
Compulsion to serve in the IDF, he argued, would only alienate such young men; what’s drawing them forward is something they’ve chosen freely.
Levinstein sees this societal change from very different directions as an “authentic life movement driving the Jewish people to its identity, its purpose, its Jewishness.”
Here he raised the issue of what it means for a state, not an individual, to be Jewish. Since, as he pointed out, a state doesn’t lay tefillin (phylacteries) or wear tzitzit (ritual fringe), what does Jewish statecraft actually look like?
His answer was that Israel currently functions almost exclusively according to two principles—individual rights and equality—while neglecting a third: nationhood.
“If those are the only two values governing decisions,” Levinstein said, “then any decision made for the sake of other values will be rejected.”
A country, he contended, must also weigh collective and national interests, even when they conflict with individual ones. His examples ranged from settlement policy to the way the war has been fought.
He maintained that measures Jewish law would readily permit were abandoned out of concern for the civil rights of the enemy, at the expense of Israeli men and women in uniform.
“In the IDF Code of Ethics [“The Spirit of the Israel Defense Forces”], the individual rights of the enemy outweigh the value of victory, to the point where there were even efforts to remove [victory], to erase it, from the code entirely,” Levinstein stated. “[Yet] the value of victory should be at the top of the military’s ethical code.”
He rooted his assertion in the Rambam’s (Maimonides’s) “Laws of Kings,” which identifies the state’s foremost obligation as providing external and internal security—harshly put by the 12th-century scholar as “breaking the arm of the wicked.”
He went on to posit that Judaism operates on two separate planes, one private and the other public. The former involves an individual’s level of observance of mitzvot (commandments), which is and must remain a matter of personal choice. The latter encompasses the values that guide national decision-making.
Confusing the two, he said, reflects a fundamental misunderstanding and ignorance of the Jewish religion.
“The secret of Judaism,” he emphasized, “is freedom for the individual in Jewish practice, while the state should adopt and internalize Jewish values in its national decisions. That’s the meaning of a Jewish state.”
As such, Levinstein argued, the state shouldn’t hesitate to incorporate Jewish and national values into its decision-making process alongside—and, at times, above—the individual-rights framework that currently dominates public policy, including that governing warfare.
Professor Asa Kasher, who headed the committee that crafted the IDF Code of Ethics—familiarly known as Israel’s “purity of arms” doctrine—should have been in the audience to receive a sorely needed education on the damage that he and his ilk have wrought on what is already the world’s most moral army.
But he’s been too busy vilifying the government to listen to reason, let alone pearls of wisdom, certainly not from a respected rabbi.
At a rally during the height of the war in Gaza, for instance, he bemoaned the death of a soldier who had fought bravely against Hamas by asserting that young man had fallen “in vain.”
As if that weren’t sufficiently outrageous, not to mention false and deeply hurtful to the boy’s family, he turned on Jewish national hero Joseph Trumpeldor. Killed in 1920 while defending the settlement of Tel Hai, Trumpeldor allegedly announced, before succumbing to his wounds, “It’s good to die for our homeland [country].”
Kasher called the legendary statement “stupid,” declaring that it’s actually “bad to die for our country.” This shouldn’t have come as a surprise, given his comments several years ago about none other than Roi Klein himself.
Interviewed on a podcast in 2016, a decade after Klein’s memorable act of selfless courage, Kasher cast aspersions on the event and its aftermath.
Was jumping on the grenade “the right reaction to the circumstances?” Kasher asked rhetorically. His reply was even worse.
“It cost him his life, and it raises a lot of emotions and thoughts,” he opined. “[But] perhaps there was something else he could have done that would have served as a better example? There is a tendency to gravitate toward the extreme in public discourse, to describe things as extremely positive or extremely negative. We only have part of the full picture but that is enough for people to crown heroes.”
If Levinstein is correct in his assessment about a renaissance of Jewish identity and patriotism, which he clearly is, Kasher and his ilk have an anachronistic view of Israel and its animating principles. Indeed, from now on, it should be the likes of Levinstein, not Kasher (whose name, ironically, is Hebrew for “kosher”), charged with formulating the IDF’s rules of engagement.
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JEWISH ACCESS TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT EXPANDS DURING RAMADAN
Mossad Commentary-tweet-18February2026-JEWISH ACCESS TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT EXPANDS
JEWISH ACCESS TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT EXPANDS DURING RAMADAN
For the first time, visiting hours for Jews ascending the Temple Mount will be extended throughout the month of Ramadan.
Under the new arrangement, Jewish visitors will be allowed on the Mount from 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., expanding the morning window while maintaining the afternoon closure.
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For context: Even though Israel controls the Temple Mount, administrative authority was left with the Jordanian Waqf after 1967. If it were up to them, Jews would not be allowed there at all. For decades, Jewish access to Judaism’s holiest site has been restricted to limited “visiting hours.”
During Ramadan in particular, Jewish visiting hours were often reduced to avoid violence and riots, which historically increase during the month.
This year is different. Instead of shrinking Jewish access, Israel expanded it. A clear signal of sovereignty and of the Jewish people’s unbreakable connection to the Temple Mount.
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Trump’s Gaza Deal: A Win for Islamic Jihad
Posted 10October2025 Avi Abelow:
Trump’s Gaza Deal may look like a diplomatic victory on paper for Israel with the hopeful return of all the remaining hostages, but in reality, it hands the Sunni and Shia jihadis exactly what they want – legitimacy, survival, and time. Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt agreed to sacrifice Hamas to regroup and attack Israel in the future in some other constellation.
Instead of a deal that deals a crushing blow to the Qatari-led jihad that financed the Oct. 7th massacre, it rewards it, signaling to every Islamist movement that terror and kidnapping Israelis pays.
It is about time that the Western world understands the Islamic jihad enemy we are up against and what motivates them, not their lives or their homes or cities.
With it all, this is the best agreement Netanyahu was able to achieve under the circumstances.
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Jerusalem Humiliated
The Sovereignty Movement to the Prime Minister: Your role is to protect the dignity of the people of Israel, even when facing a friendly American president. There is no place for threats, condescension, or disrespect between allies. Sovereignty is a necessity.
Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
23October2025 https://ribonut.co.il/BlogPostID.aspx?BlogPostId=993&lang=2
J.D. Vance feels “offended” and it’s really not clear about what or why. The ones who are truly offended are actually us, in light of the blunt and threatening tone of the American president toward the government of Israel, toward the Israeli parliament, toward the people of Israel, toward the Jewish people as a whole, when he tells us that if Israel applies sovereignty to the heart of our land it will lose all American support.
The ear hears his words and the heart contracts. Is this the friendly, sympathetic and supportive president? He is the one who speaks about us with such contempt?
With all due respect to the President of the United States, and with all gratitude for his contribution and assistance, we cannot accept such a tone and remain silent. American aid in wartime is not meant to be m golden handcuffs on Israel’s hands. Israel is not a star on the American flag. The assistance we received from the Trump administration helped the U.S. in its efforts to show it stands on the moral, good and just side of history. Israel granted the United States the privilege to take part in the defeat of evil. Israel and the U.S. are partners and as such they assist one another in different ways. There is no place for a condescending discourse full of arrogance and lordliness between partners.
We did not hear President Trump or any of his people speak in such a way toward the Arabs, despite violations of agreements.
A purely democratic process took place in the Knesset of Israel. The prime minister was supposed to defend the Knesset. As the leader of the greatest democratic power in the world, the American president ought to understand the meaning of democratic discourse, understand the right to express a position — even one he does not agree with — and act in a parliamentary democratic manner to promote a principled, ideological worldview. In a democracy there is no place for threats and intimidation.
The one who should and is obliged to respond to this blunt style is the prime minister of Israel as the representative of the Jewish people, yet to our regret and shame he apologizes and chooses to reprimand the coalitionembers who acted according to the dictates of their conscience and values.
Mr. Prime Minister, by your response you weaken us in the eyes of the nations. They detect weakness and smell slackness. The October massacre was such a moment when weakness and slackness were detected in Israel. The results were disastrous.
The issue of sovereignty is an existential necessity for Israel. Regional normalization can and should occur, but not at the price of harming the sovereignty, security and future of the State of Israel. Stability will come to Israel only when Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Bashan are officially defined as an integral part of the State of Israel. Only then will these areas not become nests of terror.
Mr. Prime Minister, we recall the rabbinic ruling: a king who relinquishes his honor has no honor. His honor is the honor of the people.
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Muslims Murdering Jews since 628 CE
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Muslims are right. It didn’t start October 7 2023.
It started in 628 CE.
What do you think they mean when they chant “Khaybar Khaybar Ya Yahud?”
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“Khaybar Khaybar ya yahud” is the first verse of an antisemitic chant used to massacre the Jewish population in the Khaybar Oasis of modern-day Saudi Arabia in 628 CE. The full verse is: “Khaybar Khaybar ya yahud, jaish Muhammad soufa ya’oud.” It translates to “Khaybar Khaybar oh Jews, the army of Muhammad will return.”
Elder of Ziyon-tweet-6December2024-Muslims Murdering Jews since 628 CE
“Khaybar Khaybar ya yahud” is the first verse of an antisemitic chant used to massacre the Jewish population in the Khaybar Oasis of modern-day Saudi Arabia in 628 CE. The full verse is: “Khaybar Khaybar ya yahud, jaish Muhammad soufa ya’oud.” It translates to “Khaybar Khaybar oh Jews, the army of Muhammad will return.”
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The Bomber was a Muslim
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Truth is not subject to opinion polls.
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9/11 Twin tower attack
7 July 2005, four British Islamist men detonated four bombs—three in quick succession aboard London Underground trains across the city and, later, a fourth on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. As well as the four bombers, 52 civilians were killed and over 700 more were injured in the attacks, the United Kingdom’s worst terrorist incident since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing as well as the country’s first ever suicide attack.
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You’re average Palestinian family
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You’re average 🇵🇸 family
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You’re average Palestinian family
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October 7, Only full sovereignty will prevent the next massacre
“The Next October 7 — Even More Horrific — Is Closer Than We Think”
Kobi Gideon, GPO
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of Israel Once someone who believed that if only Arabs had a better future and economy they wouldn’t want to kill us, Aviyad Bachar, a resident of Be’eri, has become convinced that only full sovereignty over the entire Land, cleansed of the enemy, will prevent the next massacre — which, he warns, could be far worse.
2October2025
The interview first appeared in Issue 19 of Ribonut (Sovereignty).
The name Aviyad Bachar, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri who lost his wife Dana and son Carmel in the October 7th massacre, has become a symbol of the painful and rapid awakening that many in Israel have experienced. Since witnessing the murder of his wife and son before his and his daughter’s eyes, he has taken it upon himself to share his story and the insights it burned into him — insights that, in truth, have been seared into the heart of an entire nation.
On a visit to Samaria hosted by Yossi Dagan, head of the regional council, Bechar declared: “There must be full sovereignty here. If that doesn’t happen, another October 7 is just a matter of time. Sovereignty is what will give us maximum security.”
In an interview with Sovereignty, he expands on his message, sharpens it — and makes it even more severe.
“I Don’t Believe Anyone — Another October 7 Is Coming”
Bachar flatly rejects the common reassurances that a massacre like October 7 won’t happen again, because the security establishment is now better prepared and experienced: “I don’t believe anyone. There’s no such thing as ‘it won’t happen again.’ The next October 7 is coming, and we don’t know how soon — but it’s coming, and it’ll be much worse. It will come simultaneously from Metula, from Jenin toward Afula, and toward Kfar Saba. There will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead.”
This apocalyptic scenario comes not from fearmongering, but from a cold, rational analysis based on what he and his family experienced.
“I realize we were actually lucky on October 7… If they had been a bit more coordinated, and attacked from four or five fronts at once, we wouldn’t have had 1,200 dead — we’d have had 200,000, and we wouldn’t have regained control in 36 hours — it would’ve taken two weeks. I understand that the day will come again when we’re not prepared. I don’t know exactly when it will happen, but I do know it will happen. That’s why, if we want to prevent it, the enemy in Judea and Samaria and Gaza must disappear. As long as they’re there, they’re motivated to kill me.”
“I No Longer Believe They’ll Protect Me”
To those who try to reassure the public by claiming that Hamas has “learned a lesson” after the IDF’s blow to Gaza, Bechar reminds them that even the so-called experts — military, political, and civilian — admit that it could happen again. “They say, ‘we’ll do everything to make sure it doesn’t,’ but I no longer believe they’ll protect me.”
“What’s holding them back is a mindset — they tell themselves, ‘we can’t act.’ They understand the solution and agree with me, but then they add three words: ‘I can’t do it.’ And that paralyzes them. I, on the other hand, say I can do anything. Whatever we choose, we can carry out. The choice won’t always be easy — but I can do it. So removing them is an option I can implement — and it’s necessary if we want a future for the Jewish people for generations to come.”
“The Only Border Is the Jordan River”
“When natural disasters kill people, we bow to nature and say it’s stronger than us — a decree of fate. But when people destroy you, that’s not fate — it’s a choice. You’re choosing to let them slaughter you,” says Bachar, who believes fears of global reactions are exaggerated and baseless. “We give too much importance to other nations. They don’t care what happens in Israel. They won’t care if the enemy kills 10 million Israelis. So if we do what needs to be done, no one will really care.”
“Our only option for survival in Israel — for generations — is if they’re no longer here. What should we do with them? I would send them to sovereign states like Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. And when we present the world with the other option — that they die — we’ll see how quickly the world prepares to receive them.”
He adds: “When I used to tell Carmel, my son, not to play on his phone, he could tell by my tone whether I was serious or not. We need to speak with the world firmly and seriously. Tell them: ‘If by tomorrow the hostages aren’t in Israel, we’re annexing the territory and destroying everything there.’ And then we’ll see that the hostages come back faster than we think. But instead, we keep saying, ‘We can’t do that. Who knows what the world will do to us?’These are fictional stories we invent in our own heads — and we believe them.”
“Take Down the Fence — This Is the Whole Land of Israel”
As for the future of Judea and Samaria, Bechar’s stance is firm and clear: “Tear down the fence. The fence is the Jordan River. There are no more fences. This is the whole Land of Israel, and there are no longer any non-citizens here.”
When asked to reflect on his views from two and a half years ago, before the personal and national tragedy, he replies: “Back then, I thought that if I just loved and embraced the Palestinians, if I gave them money and a future — they wouldn’t want to kill me. But I’ve come to understand that they want to kill me because I’m sitting on land they think is theirs. That’s what the war is about — and once we take the land, it will be resolved.”
“This Realization Came Later — Through Rational Thought”
Bachar explains that this transformation of consciousness didn’t happen in the bomb shelter surrounded by dozens of terrorists trying to kill him and his family — it happened later, when he rationally processed the events and data. “Some people go through trauma and crash. Others rise. Those who can take their feelings and translate them into simple words — to make sense of what happened — can move forward in life. But those who remain stuck in emotion will collapse.”
“So I began analyzing everything: What is bereavement? Suddenly you’re a widower. Your son is listed as ‘of blessed memory’ in your ID card. You begin to understand why you were killed, what the solution is, and what love means after losing your wife.” “I also ask: What is victory? And what is total victory?” “To e, total victory is when Israel is a sovereign state, bordered by four other sovereign countries who are responsible for their own citizens. Any entity that is not sovereign — has no responsibilities. It’s a terror organization with only one goal: to kill you because of the land. That’s my understanding.”
“There’s No Such Thing as ‘I Can’t’”
Bechar says that this shift — both ideological and political — has been shared by many of his acquaintances. “But they say, ‘I can’t.’ Everyone’s stuck on those words. They tell me: ‘Aviyad, if there were a button to press to implement your solution, we’d do it — but we can’t.’That’s the problem. They give too much weight to the world, to liberalism, to human rights.” “My true life mission is to say: There’s no such thing as ‘I can’t.’
Anything we choose — we can do. And ultimately, I understand that if I want to survive, I have no choice. With any other option, I’m not sure Israel will even reach 100 years old — and I want to talk about generations upon generations of a future for the Jewish people.”
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Hamas Attacks Israeli Positions Amid Ceasefire Announcement, IDF Concerned About Kidnapping Attempts
9October2025 https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/10/09/hamas-attacks-israeli-positions-amid-ceasefire-announcement-idf-concerned-about-kidnapping-attempts/
Latest Developments
FDD Expert Response
“It should surprise no one that Hamas may be attempting a last-ditch effort to earn a battlefield victory by either exacting additional IDF casualties or abducting a soldier. Israel learned a valuable lesson following Hamas’s abduction of IDF soldier Hadar Goldin during a ceasefire period in the 2014 war. Furthermore, renewed rocket fire toward Israeli communities remains a distinct possibility, as Hamas and its allies might seek to prove that — despite the damage inflicted by the IDF — they continue to have operational capacity to strike the Jewish state.” — Joe Truzman, Senior Research Analyst and Editor at FDD’s Long War Journal
“This is not the first time Hamas has tried to abduct Israeli soldiers during ceasefire negotiations. They attempted the same tactic in July to shape the narrative in their favor and have the last word. This serves as a testament that, despite the positive news that the hostages will return home, allowing Hamas to operate as it did before October 7, 2023, would mean that it will remain a threat to Israel in the future. That is why Hamas must be disarmed and prevented from ruling the Gaza Strip.” — Ahmad Sharawi, Research Analyst
FDD Background and Analysis
“Israel and Hamas Agree to First Phase of Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza,” FDD Flash Brief
“Hamasniks in fox holes,” by Clifford D. May
“How Israel Can Defend Itself in the Future,” by Jonathan Schanzer
“Releasing All Hostages at Once Essential to Success of U.S. Peace Plan,” by Aaron Goren
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To Preserve the Gaza Deal, Keep Qatar at Arm’s Length
Natalie Ecanow
Senior Research Analyst
22October2025 https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/10/22/to-preserve-the-gaza-deal-keep-qatar-at-arms-length/
Qatar is already backsliding just days after pressuring Hamas to clinch a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel. During his annual address to Qatar’s legislative body on October 21, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani accused Israel of “continued breaches of the ceasefire in Gaza” without blaming Hamas for provoking Israeli action. At no point did Al-Thani mention Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 people, which dragged Israel into war two years ago. Rather than working with the United States to facilitate Hamas’s disarmament, Doha appears to be signaling a return to obstruction, with the apparent goal of securing Hamas’s position in Gaza.
Qatar’s Ongoing Relationship With Hamas
Qatar’s relationship with Hamas predates the current war and even Hamas’s reign over Gaza. Qatar offered sanctuary to Hamas leaders in 1999, when Jordan expelled the group from its soil. At that point, Hamas chose to relocate to Syria, but the relationship between Hamas and Doha continued and intensified after the terrorist group seized control of Gaza in 2007. In 2012, former Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani was the first world leader to visit Gaza under Hamas rule. He pledged $400 million in assistance to the enclave. The same year, Hamas opened a political office in Doha.
Qatar has since pumped approximately $1.8 billion into Gaza as Hamas leaders amassed personal fortunes in Doha. Additionally, Israeli troops have uncovered documents in Gaza indicating that a “discreet” funding channel existed between Qatar and Hamas. One of them, a 2021 communique between Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, suggests that Qatar’s emir had “agreed in principle” to fund Hamas’s military operations and that $11 million had already “been raised from the emir.”
A Deal Gets Done
In the lead-up to the October 10 ceasefire deal, there were indications that Qatar was prepared to take a step back from Hamas, its longtime client. In July, Qatar did an about-face and signed a declaration condemning Hamas’s October 7 massacre and calling for Hamas to disarm and “end its rule in Gaza.” Previously, Qatar’s prime minister told Israeli media in January 2025 that Doha would support Hamas returning to power in Gaza so long as that was the “decision” of the Palestinian people. After Israel’s September 9 strike on Hamas operatives in Doha, Qatar appeared to pick up the pace, turning the screws on Hamas, and ultimately helping push a deal across the finish line.
Moving forward, Qatar is expected to play a role in ensuring that Donald Trump’s 20-point plan is implemented, beginning with the release of the remaining hostages’ bodies, the disarmament of Hamas, and the end of the group’s Gaza reign.
Beware of Qatar’s Role in Postwar Gaza
Qatar may have compelled Hamas to accept Trump’s plan, but, if Al-Thani’s October 21 speech is any indication, the emirate is slumping back into its old, unproductive ways. Israeli and Arab officials are now warning against a serious Qatari role in postwar Gaza, and Washington should take heed. On October 20, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for involving “Qatar and Turkey, who now influence Gaza.” Earlier, a Saudi diplomat told Israel Hayom that, “Excessive Qatari involvement in the next stages of the plan and Gaza’s reconstruction will cause Trump’s plan to collapse” because Qatar “will undermine deradicalization efforts and try to ensure that Hamas remains in the picture and returns to power in the not-so-distant future.”
Trump said on October 21 that, “There is still hope that Hamas will do what is right,” but, “If they do not, an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL.” Allowing Qatar into Gaza is more likely to lead to Hamas’s survival than its destruction. To see his Gaza peace plan through, Trump should keep Qatar at arm’s length from the enclave.
Natalie Ecanow is a senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). For more analysis from Natalie and FDD, please subscribe HERE. Follow Natalie on X @NatalieEcanow. Follow FDD on X @FDD. FDD is a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan research institute focusing on foreign policy and national security.
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BARRY’s Newsletter
The New Trump-Blair Gaza is Frightening.
Read this, and then the GITA Summary.
BARRY SHAW
11October2025 https://barryshaw.substack.com/p/the-new-trump-blair-gaza-is-frightening
I have read the Confidential Summary of the proposed Gaza Transitional Authority (GITA) Institutional Structure.
This is the body to be led by Tony Blair and is a gift to a Palestinian leadership that has proven its Ramallah-based authoritarian corrupt violent anti-Israel record since 2007, unless, of coure, Hamas does a Hezbollah by gradually exerting its administrative power in Gaza.
Nowhere in this report does it ban Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad from participating in this new Trump-Blair Gaza.
To say the 21 page summary is an eye opener to the dangerous shallowness of the intent of this future governance of Gaza is to put it mildly.
It designates that “all mayors and senior municipal administrators are nominated by the Palestinian Executive Authority.” What could possibly go wrong with that? Well, which unelected people will sit on this nominating PEA?
Obviously, there is no democratic elections by the people to decide who rules over them.
Then we come to a strange section on Page 14 that talks about “gender inclusion” in its public health promotion, but a serious and dangerous omission in that there is zero mention of the necessity to cancel indoctrination in the GITA’s educational system. In other words, unless this section is amended, the new Palestinian flagship of a future Gaza can continue to indoctrinate its children and its youth in its education system to a world without Israel and the holy order to kill all Jews where ever you find them.
This then is the proposed Palestinian Gaza entity that Tony Blair will govern with his central Middle East partners – Qatar and Turkey.
What possibly could go wrong?
For Israel, an awful lot.
Barry Shaw,
Israel Institute for Strategic Studies.
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New York, New Jersey Declare State of Emergency as Region Braces for Nor’easter
High winds and flooding are expected for the region.
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Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent & Joseph Lord
12October2025 | Updated: 12October2025
New York and New Jersey have both declared a state of emergency as the region braces for a nor’easter bringing high winds and heavy flooding.
Earlier, New Jersey declared a state of emergency to be in effect until Oct. 13.
After initially urging residents to “stay alert,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul followed suit on Oct. 12.
The declaration, which affects Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York, includes a coastal flooding advisory until 8 p.m. on Monday, and a high wind warning lasting until 6 p.m. on Monday.
Wind gusts exceeded 30 mph on Oct. 12 and were expected to pick up further as the storm hits the East Coast. The National Weather Service (NWS) has also issued a coastal flood warning and wind advisory, with winds potentially reaching 50 mph. Water is projected to reach two to three feet of inundation above ground level in areas near shorelines and waterways.
“At this level, flooding may become severe enough to cause structural damage along with widespread roadway flooding in coastal and bayside communities, and near inland tidal waterways,” the NWS stated in an Oct. 12 advisory.
“At this level, widespread roadway flooding occurs in coastal and bayside communities and along inland tidal waterways. Many roads become impassable.”
In a statement, Hochul’s office said it expected between 1 1/2 inches and three inches of rainfall downstate, with beach erosion likely.
New York City Emergency Management stated in an X post that New York City was under a flood warning and wind advisory through the afternoon of Oct. 13.
“Stay safe: secure outdoor items, avoid flooded areas, and check on neighbors,” it posted on Oct. 12.
In a statement, the New Jersey governor’s office said the state could face sustained winds of up to 60 mph and localized precipitation of up to five inches.
“In preparation for this storm, I am issuing a State of Emergency for all 21 counties out of an abundance of caution, authorizing our state’s emergency services personnel to activate as necessary,” said New Jersey Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way, serving in the capacity of acting governor in Gov. Phil Murphy’s absence.
“I urge all New Jerseyans to exercise caution, monitor local weather forecasts and warnings, stay informed on evacuation protocols, and remain off the roads unless absolutely necessary.”
In her executive order, Way said that “serious weather conditions could make it difficult or impossible for residents to obtain the necessities of life, as well as essential services such as police, fire, and first aid.”
The order authorizes multiple offices within the state government to respond to the storm. It also permits the state director of emergency management to use facilities as shelter for residents.
The storm is working its way up the coast after hitting the mid-Atlantic region with flooding. NWS meteorologist Bob Oravec said, “The greatest effects are going to be the coastal flooding potential, especially for areas from northeastern North Carolina northward to much of the New Jersey coast.”
Flight delays have been issued in airports from Washington to Boston. High winds have prompted New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority to prohibit empty tractor-trailers and tandem trucks from using certain bridges on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13.
The Associated Press and T.J. Muscaro contributed to this report.
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Hamas won’t give up arms or Gaza control — despite agreeing to Trump deal, spokesman says
By Ronny Reyes
Published 14October2025 Updated 14October2025, 12:18 p.m. ET https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/world-news/hamas-wont-give-up-arms-gaza-control-despite-agreeing-to-trump-deal-spokesman-says/
Hamas appeared to renege on key demands of President Trump’s cease-fire deal just hours after the world celebrated the end of the Gaza war — with a top official saying the terror group will not give up its arms or control over the Gaza Strip.
Spokesman Hazem Qassem claimed Monday that Hamas has no need to abide by every word of Trump’s 20-point peace plan, including calls for the terror group to lay down its arms.
“We do not need to limit ourselves to the Israeli terms and definitions related to weapons,” Qassem told the Al-Arabiya news channel.
“We will not be captives to Israeli terms or demands,” he added. “This is one of the focal points of the struggle in the next stage, after the cessation of aggression in the Gaza Strip.”
Qassem echoed Hamas’ long-standing position that it will neither give up its weapons nor cede governance over the Gaza Strip until a path is laid out for Palestinian statehood.
Trump’s plan, which saw all 20 living hostages freed on Monday, provides for how Gaza should be governed after Hamas cedes control.
However, the details of how and when that will happen have not yet been agreed upon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected any and all deals that would see a Palestinian state form.
Netanyahu’s administration has also made it clear that Hamas must disarm for the cease-fire to go through, warning that the military will not allow the terror group to continue posing a threat to the Jewish state.
One of the stated aims of Hamas is the destruction of Israel.
Qassem also appeared to suggest that Hamas would not completely abandon its role as the de facto governors of the Gaza Strip.
The Hamas spokesman claimed Hamas should remain as part of the “administrative arrangements” in the Strip, but he did not specify to what extent.
Qassem claimed that Hamas was open to allowing Palestinian technocrats to lead the management of the enclave, as laid out in Trump’s cease-fire deal.
Hamas was also open to allowing the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank to play an active role in governance despite accusing the group of standing by and doing nothing during the two years of war.
“Despite all our criticism, we do believe that it (the PA) is one of the national addresses, and we are ready to open a new page with it or for it to open a new page with the residents of Gaza and with the political forces and to be truly sincere in its intention to reach shared political understandings,” Qassem said.
Along with laying out his stance, Qassem also accused Israel of violating the cease-fire on Tuesday after five Palestinians were shot and killed in Gaza City.
The IDF claimed the suspects were the ones violating the deal after they allegedly crossed a “yellow line” and approached IDF troops operating in the Strip.
“After multiple attempts to distance them, the suspects refused to comply, prompting troops to open fire to remove the threat,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
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Hamas executes Gazans amid fierce clashes with local clans
The terrorist group reportedly killed 32 “gang” members in Gaza City.
JNS Staff
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( 15October2025 / JNS) Hamas terrorists have executed 32 Palestinians amid fierce clashes in recent days with militia groups opposed to the Islamist group, Reuters reported on Monday.
The news agency cited a “Palestinian security source” as saying that they belonged to a Gaza City “gang.” The official also said that six Hamas terrorists were killed in the violence, claiming it was a targeted operation against members of a “dangerous gang affiliated with a family in Gaza City.” Twenty-four people were arrested and 30 others were wounded, the official said.
Video circulating on social media Tuesday appeared to show masked Hamas gunmen publicly executing men in what CNN reported was the Sabra neighborhood in western Gaza City, in an incident that likely took place after the ceasefire with Israel entered into force last Friday.
Radaa, a Hamas-affiliated security force, said in a statement that it carried out a “precise operation” in central Gaza City that killed several wanted men and suspected criminals.
Palestinian NGO the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights termed it the “extrajudicial execution of citizens,” CNN reported, calling for an investigation into the incident and for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
The office of Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas condemned the killings as “heinous crimes” and “a blatant violation of human rights,” according to the official P.A. news agency Wafa.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry tweeted the execution video Tuesday, writing: “The ceasefire isn’t 100 hours old yet. Hamas is killing Palestinians. The terror group rules through fear—executing civilians, torturing dissenters, shooting those who dare protest. Palestinians seeking food or freedom are met with bullets, not compassion. It’s not resistance—It’s tyranny. Hamas must go.”
Asked about his message for Hamas after the reports that the terrorist group is rearming and reinstituting itself as a police force and shooting rival clans, Trump said Monday on Air Force One that “they do want to stop the problems and they’ve been open about it. We gave them approval for a period of time. You have to understand. They’ve lost probably 60,000 people. That’s a lot of retribution …, and the ones that are living right now were in many cases very young when this all started, and we are having them watch that there’s not going to be big crime, some of the problems that you have.
“When you have areas like this that have been literally demolished. You have two million people, probably it will be less than that, but you have two million people going back to buildings that have been demolished, and a lot of bad things can happen. We want it to be safe. I think it’s going to be fine. Who knows for sure, Katie [the reporter who asked the question], but I think it’s going to be fine.”
Trump later said he will hold Hamas to its pledge to disarm and accused the terrorist group of misrepresenting the number of dead hostages it holds.
Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, the president said his “people” were told by Hamas that it would disarm, as is called for in the Israel-Hamas peace plan that Trump put together with mediation from key Arab leaders.
Israel and Hamas both agreed to the plan, setting into motion the ceasefire and the subsequent exchange of hostages and Palestinian security prisoners.
“I spoke to Hamas, and I said, ‘You’re going to disarm, right?’ ‘Yes, sir. We’re going to disarm.’ That’s what they told me,” Trump told reporters, initially describing it as a direct conversation.
“We have told them we want them to disarm, and they will disarm. And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them, and it’ll happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm,” Trump said.
He later explained that Hamas’s affirmed pledge to disarm was delivered to him not by the terrorist group directly, but by “people,” likely referring to U.S. peace deal negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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Terrified Gazans fear Hamas won’t disarm as terrorists massacre Palestinians: ‘Punishing families’
By Caitlin Doornbos
Published 14october2025 Updated 14october2025, 6:40 p.m. ET https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/world-news/terrified-gazans-fear-hamas-wont-disarm-as-terrorists-massacre-palestinians/
The war in Gaza has stopped — but the killing hasn’t.
Palestinians are scared for their lives as many fear Hamas has no plans to saddle up for “phase two” of President Trump’s peace deal and will continue to slaughter civilians who stand up against the terror group.
“From the first moment the Israeli planes disappeared from the sky, Hamas began punishing the families,” one Gazan activist in the war-torn land told The Post.
“They accused people of collaborating with Israel — but that’s not true. They just opposed Hamas during the war.”
The resident described grisly scenes of men dragged from homes and shot in the street without trials.
“Hamas executed civilians in front of people’s eyes,” said the activist, who asked not to be named for security reasons. “No names, no confessions — nothing. Just death.”
Activist Amin Abed — who fled Gaza after Hamas tortured and nearly beat him to death over his opposition to the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel — said the terror group was using the executions as a show of force and has no intentions of relinquishing power or giving up its weapons.
“Hamas is much stronger than any family or civilian group,” Abed said. “They can crush anyone who stands against them. What we’re seeing now is Hamas waging a war against its own people.
He added that most Gazans oppose Hamas and long for peace — but feel powerless.
“We couldn’t stop Oct. 7, and we can’t stop Hamas now,” he said. “The world needs to understand that Gazans are not Hamas. We want peace, not war. But every time we speak out, Hamas kills us first.
“We see Hamas restoring its full strength. They’re everywhere again — as police, as militia, as security,” he said. “We are deeply concerned about the return of Hamas to power and the continuation of the violence under Hamas in Gaza and exposing us again to the same injustice that we experienced for the last 17 years.”
If Hamas remains in power, Abed warned that the “cycle of violence between Israel and Hamas will emerge again sometime soon.”
“We are afraid that the bloody war would be back and Hamas will wage another Oct. 7 attack,” he said. “We believe the world will forget about us, and Hamas will rule us with an iron fist for many more years.”
The source in Gaza predicted Hamas would next try to convince Trump and his allies that only the group can maintain “security and stability” in Gaza as a strategy to stay in power.
“Trump and Netanyahu must pressure Hamas and its backers — Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey — to truly implement the terms of the peace deal,” the activist said. “If Hamas keeps even some weapons, it means they keep everything. They’ll never leave Gaza.”
While some analysts have speculated that a civil war could break out among the factions in Gaza, the activist in Gaza said it would not be possible — because Hamas is simply too powerful.
Risking his life by speaking to The Post from Gaza, his over-arching message to the world was simple — and desperate.
“Don’t leave us to Hamas again.”
The domestic bloodshed comes as Trump on Tuesday said phase two of the peace agreement — which calls for the disarmament of Hamas and establishment of a new governing body — had begun.
“… A big burden has been lifted, but the job IS NOT DONE,” Trump posted to Truth Social on Tuesday, referencing the return of the living Israelis Hamas took hostage on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Hamas is secretly working to circumvent Trump’s peace plan
Israel War Room-tweet-21October2025-Hamas is secretly working to circumvent Trump’s peace plan
‼️BREAKING: Hamas is secretly working to circumvent @POTUS
Trump’s peace plan by embedding loyalists in Gaza’s future technocratic government, @eliorlevy
reports.
🚨KEY DETAILS:
1. Despite U.S. conditions requiring Hamas have no role—“directly, indirectly, or in any form”—in Gaza’s governance, the terror group is participating in secret in forming the next governing body, with full knowledge of Arab mediators.
2. Hamas reportedly selected half of the proposed technocratic cabinet—individuals who back Hamas’s ideology, even if not openly affiliated.
3. Egyptian mediators presented the full list to Hamas for approval, to “reassure” the group.
4. The other half of the cabinet was chosen by the Palestinian Authority, which is reportedly turning a blind eye to Hamas’s involvement.
5. This maneuver effectively grants Hamas continued control over Gaza through the back door—a direct violation of the peace framework.
Hamas is once again trying to preserve power and influence in Gaza—despite the bloodshed it caused—by manipulating postwar arrangements in violation of international understandings.
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HAMAS DOUBLES DOWN, GIVE TRUMP THE FINGER
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🚨 HAMAS DOUBLES DOWN, GIVE TRUMP THE FINGER 🚨
In an interview tonight, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said:
“Hamas’ weapons are legitimate weapons for the defense of the Palestinian people… The main problem is the weapons in the hands of the occupation (Israel)… Raising the issue of Hamas’ weapons is intended to cover up the crimes of the Israeli enemy, supported by the USA.”
Let that sink in.
While Western diplomats talk about “reconstruction,” “technocratic governments,” and “postwar governance,” Hamas is openly declaring, again, that it will never disarm.
• Trump reminds everyone daily that disarmament was supposed to be the first step.
• Hamas reminds everyone daily that it never will be.
Hamas seeks to HUMILIATE the Trump administration.
Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil.
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Hamas gunmen took over the headquarters of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-22October2025-Hamas gunmen took over the headquarters of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
Last week Hamas gunmen took over the headquarters of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme — a Palestinian NGO partnered with the UN’s WHO and UNICEF — and evicted its staff. Hamas operatives and their families have been living there ever since.
It took them a week just to find the courage to make this announcement.
The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-22October2025-
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https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1238984114925925&id=100064430452060&rdid=lEmnN6acxq9BGaYT
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Hamas terrorists barricaded inside Rafah’s tunnel network are defying the ceasefire
Israel War Room-tweet-17November2025-Hamas terrorists barricaded inside tunnel network are defying the ceasefire
🚨BREAKING: Hamas terrorists barricaded inside Rafah’s tunnel network are defying the ceasefire and refusing to surrender, a Palestinian source tells @kann_news — even though the agreement requires every tunnel destroyed and Hamas disarmed.
Hamas’s defiance lays bare yet another calculated violation of the @POTUS
peace plan: a genocidal terror army clinging to its weapons, determined to survive underground so it can repeat the October 7 massacre.
The source says around 100 Hamas terrorists are holed up in the tunnel system, a mix of veteran fighters and new recruits. Their commander — a Hamas battalion or deputy-battalion officer — has ordered them to reject any plan that forces them out unless it lets them “leave with honor.”
Israel cannot allow Hamas to rebuild or rearm under the guise of a ceasefire. A return to a pre–Oct. 7 reality is impossible — and leaving Hamas armed guarantees another massacre.
Every tunnel must be eliminated. Every terrorist unit must be dismantled.
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Israel left Gaza on Tisha B’Av 5765! What did the Jews of Israel get with the “Disengagement”? Gush Katif and Hurricane Katrina
Hamas Rise to Power: Short History of Hamas in Gaza
25January2018
IDF Editorial Team https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/hamas/hamas-rise-to-power-short-history-of-hamas-in-gaza/
In 2005, Israel withdrew from Gaza, uprooting all communities and military installations within Gaza. This allowed the PA (Palestinian Authority) full control of the area and the Rafah land crossing to Egypt.
In January 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian Parliamentary election (although it did not win the presidential election in 2005).
Following the election, the International Quartet (United States, Russia, the United Nations, and the European Union) declared that in order for the then Hamas-run Palestinian government to continue to receive foreign aid, it must recognize the State of Israel, end terrorist activities, and adhere to all previous agreements. Hamas rejected these terms, and international aid was halted.
Over the years, Hamas has challenged the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, causing conflicts between the sides, culminating in June 2007 with Hamas’s violent takeover of the Gaza Strip and the suppression of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority members. Ever since, the rift between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority has grown.
The Hamas terrorist organization and their leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. It has both a political and a military organization. Hamas refuses to recognize the State of Israel and vows to fight until Israel is destroyed. The Hamas charter calls for the death of all Jews. The US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Israel all recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization.
In June 2007, Hamas violently took power over the Gaza Strip. Within a few days, Hamas executed dozens of its opponents and went as far as pushing them out of building windows.
Hamas’s fight against its enemy, Fatah, has cost the lives of 600 Palestinians, killed 188 people in one week in June 2007. Numerous Palestinians threatened with death, took refuge in Israel.
Hamas puts its political interests above those of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, of which they are responsible. Hamas’ actions deprive Gazans of their rights and basic needs.
Since then, the Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and imposes its totalitarian ideology. Hamas controls what Gazan civilians say, what their children learn, and spreads propaganda and hatred through TV, especially on children’s programs.
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Diaspora Affairs Minister draws a direct line from 2005 Gaza pullout to Oct. 7
“We betrayed the land of Israel when we withdrew from Gaza, and the land of Israel did not forget,” Amichai Chikli, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, said at a conference on Judea and Samaria.
Etgar Lefkovits
https://www.jns.org/diaspora-affairs-minister-draws-a-direct-line-from-2005-gaza-pullout-to-oct-7/
(29October2025 / JNS) The Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, can be traced back to Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2005, Amichai Chikli, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, stated on Wednesday evening.
“There is a direct line between the withdrawal from Gaza to the disaster of Oct. 7,” Chikli said in remarks at “The Future of Judea and Samaria” conference at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, sponsored by the American Friends of Judea & Samaria and the Jewish News Syndicate.
He noted that because of the dismantling of Israeli communities within the Palestinian enclave as part of the Gaza disengagement plan under Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a buffer zone was lost. The southern Israeli border communities that were overrun two years ago were practically a sitting duck for terror.
“We betrayed the land of Israel when we withdrew from Gaza, and the land of Israel did not forget,” he said.
The hawkish minister stated that the international “demonization” of Israeli residents of the biblical heartland, spearheaded by “so-called” Israeli entities such as B’Tselem and Breaking the Silence—primarily foreign-funded, he noted—is part of an attempt to replicate an “irrational and delusional” withdrawal, this time from Judea and Samaria.
Still, Chikli said he is optimistic that in the aftermath of Oct. 7, more people now understand that Judaism and Zionism are synonymous.
“Being a proud Jew is being a proud Zionist,” he said. “The greatest threat is when Jews walk away from their identity.”
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The EXTREME DANGER of social media
Rabbi Shalom Arush – Breslev English-tweet-20October2025-the-extreme-danger-of-social-media
This post is a perfect example of the EXTREME DANGER of social media
The Evil Inclination often tries to dress up a sin as a “mitzvah” a good thing
Rabbi Natan of Breslev said – “I don’t want any of these “mitzvot”
SIMPLE RULE:
I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW, HEAR OR SPEAK ABOUT ANY JEW!
Social media creates terrible opportunities to spread lashon hara – evil speech which is true – against Jews. If there is no specific “toelet” purpose, which has a number of requirements, even spreading true bad speech about Jews is FORBIDDEN
But even worse is OUTRIGHT SLANDER. So much of what is said – and spread – is lies. If even a small detail is added or embellished, the entire story is now labeled SLANDER – LIES AGAINST JEWS.
The Gemara says the punishment for lashon hara is WORSE than the punishment for murder, sexual immorality and idol worship – COMBINED!!!
https://x.com/i/grok/share/AvmTIGaIHCs6TkQCrvdRLwRqk
This is a very big conflagration – one no one wants to get anywhere close to. And this is true if it is said about ONE SINGLE JEW
Now, spread a lie about a group of Jews? Oy oy oy. A separate sin against each and every one. That’s more than 500,000 sins in this post
https://x.com/i/grok/share/TBEmNJQeChb5uvuBRl8DD5TWU
NOW add on spreading Chillul Hashem – desecrating God’s Name – which is called on the Jewish people. Saying His people are doing terrible things also desecrates God’s name. This also has a terrible punishment.
AND you are helping our enemies by saying that this is real – while they scream that they need a “State” in order to “protect themselves from the Jews”!!!
DELETE THE POST NOW!
And everyone be warned – think twice and three times before posting or commenting on social media!!!
Hen Mazzig-tweet-19October2025
There’s no excuse for this sort of violence. It doesn’t matter who the perpetrators are.
I have zero tolerance to any kind of extremism and it must be condemned because it’s not who we are.
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In the Gym-May Their Village Burn
Ounka-tweet-18December2025-In the Gym-May Their Village Burn
Israeli TikToker Hen Ben Moha (189k followers) posted a workout video set to the song “May Their Village Burn.”
They are using it for workout motivation. Their society isn’t just sick—it’s genocidal who celebrating mass murder as a lifestyle.
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The 24th of Tishrei will be observed in Israel as the national remembrance day for the events of the October 7 Disaster and the Swords of Iron War.
the Jewish Virtual Library. logo https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
Remembrance Day for the October 7 Disaster and the Swords of Iron War
Or Shaked, May 9, 2024
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/remembrance-day-for-the-october-7-disaster-and-the-swords-of-iron-war
Establishment of the Holiday
The Remembrance Day for the October 7 Disaster and the Swords of Iron War (Heb. יום זיכרון לאומי במדינת ישראל לאירועי ה-7 באוקטובר 2023 ומלחמת חרבות ברזל) is the day Israel commemorates the tragic events and the victims of October 7th, 2023, and its aftermath, including those who fell in the war and civilians who were murdered in acts of terrorism.
The Knesset adopted a resolution on March 17, 2024, to remember the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023. Although such a tragic event would normally be commemorated on the day it occurred on the Gregorian calendar (even the name of the memorial day refers to October 7, 2023), the Knesset decided the Remembrance Day should be observed on the 24th of Tishrei (כ”ד בתשרי), consistent with Israel’s usual practice of marking holidays on Hebrew dates. In this case, because the attacks occurred during the holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, which fall on the 22nd and 23rd (abroad) of Tishrei, the next day on the calendar was chosen for the memorial day.
The decision was controversial because October 7 is the date most people remember and therefore was considered more appropriate.
In addition to the annual national remembrance day marked on the Hebrew date, a state ceremony will also be held, but only on the first anniversary, on October 7, 2024. In subsequent years, the 24th of Tishrei will be observed in Israel as the national remembrance day for the events of the October 7 Disaster and the Swords of Iron War.
Sources: “Government Unanimously Approves National Remembrance Day for October 7 Disaster and the Swords of Iron War,“ Israel Prime Minister’s Office, (March 17, 2024).
“Establishing the annual national memorial events to commemorate the Swords of Iron War (provisional name) and amending a government decision,“ Israel Prime Minister’s Office, (March 17, 2024) [Hebrew].
Ben Sales, “Israel establishes an annual commemoration of the Oct. 7 attack — but not on Oct. 7,“ The Jerusalem Post, (March 18, 2024).
16October2025-Today marks the National Remembrance Day for the October 7 massacre
Israel-tweet-16October2025-Today marks the National Remembrance Day for the October 7 massacre
Today marks the National Remembrance Day for the October 7 massacre.
We remember and honor the fallen.
We continue to wait for the hostages whose bodies remain in captivity — to be brought home and laid to rest with dignity. 🇮🇱🕯️
Israel-tweet-16October2025-Today marks the National Remembrance Day for the October 7 massacre
Knesset marks National Memorial Day for the October 7 Disaster and Swords of Iron War
The Knesset-tweet-16October2025-Knesset marks National Memorial Day for the October 7 Disaster and Swords of Iron War
Knesset marks National Memorial Day for the October 7 Disaster and Swords of Iron War:
Knesset Speaker MK Ohana lights memorial candle and lays wreath, flags in Knesset Plaza lowered to half-mast
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October 7, 2023 – a day that changed us forever.
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October 7, 2023 – a day that changed us forever.
Palestinian Hamas terrorists murdered over 1,200 people and took 251 hostages into Gaza.
We remember how it began – and we will never stop bearing witness.
But Israel stands tall – for life, for freedom, against terror.
#RememberOctober7 🕯️🎗️
Israel-tweet-7October2025-7October2023-a day that changed us forever
Israel faced the darkest day in its history
Israel Foreign Ministry-tweet-7October2025-Israel faced the darkest day in its history
🕯️ At this very moment, two years ago, Israel faced the darkest day in its history.
On October 7th, Palestinian Hamas jihadists invaded our land — murdering, burning, and kidnapping innocent men, women, and children.
Two years later, we remember October 7th — we remember the victims, we pray for the return of the hostages still held in Gaza, and we stand united against terror. Hamas must be dismantled to end this war.
We remain committed to our values, now more than ever.
Light will rise over darkness.
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US Treasury sanctions entities for supporting Hamas
By Joe Truzman | 22January2026 | @JoeTruzman
The United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on January 21 that it sanctioned a network of organizations it says are covertly controlled by Hamas. The move aims to limit the Islamist group’s ability to raise funds while improving international mechanisms for supporting legitimate Palestinian civil and humanitarian needs.
OFAC said the sanctions targeted entities that raised funds for Hamas, which is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and other countries, through sham charities and organizations that claimed to have supported Palestinian causes.
Among the entities designated were the Gaza-based Waed Society, the Al Nur Society, the Qawafil Society, the Al Falah Society, Merciful Hands, and the Al Salameh Society.
According to OFAC, members of Hamas’s internal security forces were formally assigned to work inside several of the organizations, including the Waed Society and Al Salameh Society. Treasury said documentary evidence seized from Hamas after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel showed the group provided fighters with detailed instructions on how to navigate Hamas’s internal bureaucracy to request projects and services from affiliated charities.
OFAC said that the Waed Society received direct funding from Hamas to carry out projects in Gaza and was tasked by the terrorist group with advocating on behalf of Hamas fighters captured while fighting Israeli forces. The department said that the Al Nur Society and the Al Falah Society were “similarly funded” and had transferred funds to Hamas’s military apparatus.
Funds from Al Nur were used to pay Hamas members and provide services to fighters, OFAC said. Al Falah, it added, transferred more than $2.5 million to Hamas over a recent three-year period. Merciful Hands was also controlled by Hamas’s so-called military wing, OFAC detailed, with some of its funding and operational instructions coming directly from the terrorist group.
The Al Salameh Society and the Qawafil Society were likewise tasked and financed by Hamas to support the organization and execute projects intended to benefit its operations.
OFAC said that the Waed Society, the Al Nur Society, the Qawafil Society, and the Al Falah Society were designated under Executive Order 13224 “for materially assisting, sponsoring or providing financial, material or technological support to Hamas.” OFAC designated Merciful Hands and the Al Salameh Society under Executive Order 13224 “for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Hamas.”
OFAC also sanctioned the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA), which it said serves as a political front for Hamas. OFAC designated the PCPA under the same provisions as Merciful Hands and the Al Salameh Society. PCPA’s founder, Zaher Birawi, was also listed among OFAC’s designations under Executive Order 13324 for “having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, the PCPA.”
Hamas issued a statement on January 22 condemning the designations, saying that it considered the decisions to be “unjust and oppressive, built upon incitement by the criminal Zionist entity.”
Joe Truzman is an editor and senior research analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal focused primarily on Palestinian armed groups and non-state actors in the Middle East.
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Appeals court reinstates $656M judgment against the PLO and Palestinian Authority
Updated 10:36 PM GMT+3, 5April2026 https://apnews.com/article/plo-lawsuit-antiterrorism-act-courts-7da5e766d7dd4333d67dc3f6ea8ac3db
NEW YORK (AP) — A $656 million judgment against Palestinian authorities has been reinstated by appeals judges, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel.
The decision from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes a decade after it first tossed out a verdict against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority on the grounds that U.S. courts couldn’t consider lawsuits against foreign groups over overseas attacks that were not aimed at the United States.
But the appeals court reinstated the judgment in light of a Supreme Court ruling last June upholding a 2019 law enacted by Congress to allow the victims’ lawsuits to go forward against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.
“We conclude that the original judgment for the plaintiffs should be reinstated. That conclusion is consistent with the plain import of the Supreme Court’s decision,” the judges said in a decision dated March 30.
“Our client families are very relieved that the court has reinstated the judgment without requiring a new trial. They have been waiting for a very long time for justice to be done,” attorney Kent Yalowitz said in an email.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, another attorney for the plaintiffs, said she was pleased with the decision after 22 years of litigation.
The victims had sued under the Anti-Terrorism Act, which was signed into law in 1992 to open U.S. courts to victims of international terror attacks.
The victims and their families assert that Palestinian agents either were involved in the attacks or incited them.
The Palestinians have consistently argued that the cases shouldn’t be allowed in American courts.
Emails seeking comment were sent to attorneys for the defendants on Sunday.
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Terror tunnel found just a few hundred meters from Israel
IDF forces from the Kfir Brigade and Yahalom unit dismantled a one-kilometer Hamas tunnel east of the Yellow Line in Gaza, containing weapons and hideouts just hundreds of meters from Israel.
Israel National News / Published: 22January2026, 6:18 PM (GMT+2) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/421321
Troops from the Kfir Brigade, under the command of the Gaza Division, have been operating east of the Yellow Line in order to dismantle terrorist infrastructure.
During their activity, the troops, together with the Yahalom Unit, located and dismantled an underground tunnel route.
The route, which was approximately one kilometer long, was located in the area of the central camps, only a few hundreds of meters from the Israeli border.
The tunnel route contained weapons and three hideouts used by terrorists from the Hamas terrorist organization.
The operation was carried out by the Kfir Brigade combat team in cooperation with fighters from the Yahalom unit, under the command of the Gaza Division (143). The forces operated in the area for several weeks in order to clear the sector of threats.
This is one route among many. In recent weeks, additional tunnels have been exposed in the field along the “yellow line,” which is under IDF control.
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IDF completes year-long effort to destroy southern Gaza terror tunnel route
The tunnel was located in territory where the IDF remains deployed under the U.S.-brokered truce.
JNS Staff
https://www.jns.org/idf-completes-year-long-effort-to-destroy-southern-gaza-terror-tunnel-route/
(25January2026 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces has completed a year-long operation to demolish a 2.5-mile long tunnel east of the Yellow Line in southern Gaza, where the IDF remains deployed under the U.S.-brokered truce deal, the military said on Sunday.
The 7th Brigade’s combat team, operating under the command of the Gaza Division, worked together with the IDF’s elite Yahalom combat engineering unit to destroy the tunnel, which contained sleeping quarters and arms depots, according to the statement.
The Yellow Line is a demarcation established by the IDF as part of the U.S.-brokered truce deal with Hamas that went into effect in October.
Concrete barriers topped with a yellow-painted post mark the area to which the IDF has withdrawn. The Yellow Line leaves Jerusalem in control of approximately half of the Palestinian coastal enclave.
The IDF remains “deployed in the area in accordance with the ceasefire outline and continues to act to remove any immediate threat,” it stated.
Last week, following an exchange of fire in which six terrorists were killed, troops found combat equipment and weapons, including explosives, ammunition and instructions for preparing bombs.
During additional raids, the soldiers located five “inactive” rocket launchers and several weapons, according to Sunday’s statement.
Washington’s ceasefire proposal stipulated that its second phase, which includes the demilitarization of Gaza along with reconstruction, would commence only after all hostages, living and dead, return to Israel.
The truce went into effect on Oct. 10, after which over the course of several weeks all the remaining abductees returned home, except for the remains of Israel Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, who was killed and whose body was taken hostage by terrorists during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel.
Gvili’s family raised concerns over the weekend amid reports that U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Board of Peace member Jared Kushner were pressuring Jerusalem into opening the Rafah Crossing with Egypt.
“Pressure should not be on the Israeli government to continue fulfilling its part of the deal while Hamas deceives the entire world and refuses to return the last hostage in accordance with the agreement it signed,” according to a statement put out by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
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Israel is arming at least 4 anti Hamas militias in Gaza
Open Source Intel-tweet-19October2025-Israel is arming at least 4 anti Hamas militias in Gaza
Israel is arming at least 4 anti Hamas militias in Gaza.
They are all protected behind the Israel held yellow line in Gaza.
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19October2025-Hamas fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire at IDF
Israel Defense Forces-tweet-19October2025-Hamas fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire at IDF
⭕️ Earlier today, terrorists fired an anti-tank missile and gunfire toward IDF troops operating to dismantle terrorist infrastructure in the Rafah area, in southern Gaza, in accordance with the ceasefire agreement.
In response, the IDF has begun striking in the area to eliminate the threat and dismantle tunnel shafts and military structures used for terrorist activity.
These terrorist actions constitute a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, and the IDF will respond firmly.
Matthew Bell-tweet-19October2025
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19October2025-Hamas violates ceasefire
Israel Defense Forces-tweet-19October2025-Hamas violates ceasefire
⭕️In response to Hamas’ blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement this morning, the IDF struck dozens of Hamas terror targets across Gaza.
The strikes targeted weapons storage facilities, firing posts, terrorist cells and additional Hamas terror infrastructure.
In addition, the IDF struck and dismantled ~6 km of underground terrorist infrastructure, used to advance attacks against Israel, using over 120 munitions.
Israel Defense Forces-tweet-19October2025-Hamas violates ceasefire
Hamas approaching IDF forces
Israel Defense Forces-tweet-19October2025-Hamas approaching IDF forces
🎥WATCH: Several armed terrorists identified approaching IDF forces operating in the Beit Lahia area behind the yellow line, posing an immediate threat to the troops.
In accordance with the ceasefire agreement, the terrorists were struck after crossing the yellow line.
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28October2025-Hamas are lying about our hostages
Israel Defense Forces-tweet-28October2025-Hamas are lying about our hostages
Hamas are lying about our hostages and here’s the proof:
Yesterday, Hamas terrorists were filmed removing body remains from a prepared structure and re-burying them nearby, before summoning Red Cross representatives to stage a false “discovery” for photographers.
Despite claiming difficulty locating the bodies of deceased hostages, Hamas continues to hold and manipulate the remains it refuses to release under the agreement.
Hamas’ claims of lacking engineering equipment are baseless, such tools are unnecessary for the transfer of remains and do not prevent the return of the deceased hostages.
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What do you call 200 Hamas terrorists trapped in a tunnel?
The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-10November2025-What do you call 200 Hamas terrorists trapped in a tunnel
What do you call 200 Hamas terrorists trapped in a tunnel?
NP-tweet-10November2025-And Now-We Wait
And Now. We Wait…..
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The IDF’s K-9 Unit-Oketz Unit
Robin-tweet-20June2024-trained Israeli dog finds Hamas terrorists
The moment a trained Israeli dog finds Hamas terrorists in an underground tunnel, Hamas terrorists are like rats
Robin-tweet-20June2024-trained Israeli dog finds Hamas terrorists
The IDF Oketz Unit
Finn McCool-tweet-11June2024-Oketz Unit
Oketz Unit
These beautiful animals are wonderful
COMRADES in the IDF
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More Pictures
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I will leave this post for 48 hours.
Make a sign if you support the IDF & The K9 Unit.
Like , Reply & Share !
Show some Love & Respect ❤️
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‘Fake News’: US Confirms Aid Is Flowing Into Gaza, Contradicting Hamas Propaganda
US officials told the Free Beacon that Hamas’s claims of Israel blocking food and medical supplies are an attempt to distract from the terror group looting aid trucks
A truck loaded with humanitarian aid moves into the Gaza Strip (Amir Levy/Getty Images)
Adam Kredo
9November2025
The United States and Israel are moving an average of 674 humanitarian aid trucks through Gaza each day, delivering more than 15,000 loads of commercial goods and medicine since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10, according to figures compiled by the U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center, the multinational body running the operations, and shared with the Washington Free Beacon. They contradict Hamas claims that Israel has hampered aid distribution in Gaza—and reports from anti-Israel media outlets relying on the terror outfit to make the same argument.
According to U.S. officials on the ground in Gaza, more than one million Gazans have received food parcels since Oct. 10, while meal production in the strip has increased by 82 percent since late September. Access to clean drinking water and medical services has also increased since the ceasefire. Gazans received 143,000 medical consultations, 900 emergency surgeries, and more than 45 trauma referrals between the date of the ceasefire and Oct. 31. Aid workers are delivering approximately 17,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day, increasing the supply of potable water in Gaza by 130 percent in October alone.
Specific products that had been absent from Gaza for months are now available in the territory, as well. Eggs arrived on Gazan shelves last week for the first time since February, according to U.S. government information on aid efforts reviewed by the Free Beacon. More than 840 pallets of medical supplies—which include maternal and neonatal health equipment—have entered Gaza in recent weeks.
The figures paint a different picture than those alleged by Hamas. The terror group said this week that “only 4,453 trucks have entered Gaza out of 15,600 that should have entered since the start of the ceasefire,” which comes out to 171 trucks per day. The terror group’s media office said on Thursday that Israel has “continue[d] to pursue a policy of suffocation, starvation, and political blackmail against more than 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza,” stating that Israel has kept products like eggs—which are available in Gaza—out of Palestinians’ hands.
The discrepancy between U.S. statistics and those Hamas has produced suggests the terror group is attempting to undermine the ceasefire and distract from its rampant looting of humanitarian aid convoys. The U.S. numbers also contradict claims from anti-Israel outlets like Drop Site News that the Jewish state has not held up its end of the aid bargain.
“The reality is that Hamas leadership has no control over its followers, and looting of humanitarian aid trucks continues to be a problem,” said one senior administration official, who described the Gazan media office’s figures as “fake news.”
Federal investigators are looking into evidence that Hamas systematically steals U.N. aid in Gaza, including instances in which the terror group “commandeered U.N. aid trucks” and ensured humanitarian goods were “directly delivered to Hamas officials.”
U.S. Central Command lent credence to these reports in late October when it announced that one of its drones had captured Hamas members looting an aid convoy on camera.
Another administration official, White House spokesman Dylan Johnson, told the Free Beacon that the U.S.-compiled numbers show the aid effort is working.
“These figures show that the Trump administration is serious about treating the people of Gaza with dignity and respect,” Johnson said. “The United States is leading a historic effort to address the critical needs of Gazans right now.”
Hamas has employed a similar playbook since igniting its war with Israel two years ago with its Oct. 7 terror spree. Gaza’s Hamas-controlled health authorities have routinely published exaggerated claims about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, prompting both the United Nations and Biden administration to accuse Israel of stirring a famine that never materialized. It has also inflated the number of women and children killed during the war to create the appearance of Israel targeting civilians.
“Hamas continues to spread lies through false stats to paint a false picture of starvation to undermine the ceasefire and peace efforts,” a U.S. official who works on Middle Eastern issues told the Free Beacon. “Sadly, many in the media remain useful idiots by publishing these Hamas talking points.”
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Regev: Transportation Ministry implementing ‘de facto sovereignty’ in Judea and Samaria
“If you walk around there, you’ll see the number of roads, bypass roads and lighting that we are installing and constructing,” said Transportation Minister Miri Regev.
JNS Staff
https://www.jns.org/regev-transportation-ministry-implementing-de-facto-sovereignty-in-judea-and-samaria/
(9November2025 / JNS) Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety is implementing a plan for “de facto sovereignty” in Judea and Samaria, Transportation Minister Miri Regev revealed in an interview with Channel 12 News on Friday.
“If you walk around there, you’ll see the number of roads, bypass roads and lighting that we are installing and constructing,” she said.
However, Regev stressed, Jerusalem should formally declare full legal sovereignty over the territories captured during the 1967 Six-Day War.
“I believe that in the end, there will be [sovereignty],” the senior minister told Channel 12. Even the U.S. administration understands that there is no other way,” she added. “Unfortunately, it’s not time yet, but there will be sovereignty.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has led an unprecedented drive to expand control of Judea and Samaria, approving some 50,00 housing units and over 50 new Jewish communities since late 2022.
However, last month, the premier blasted opposition parties, as well as a fellow member of his ruling Likud faction, after the Knesset voted to advance two bills to apply formal sovereignty to Judea and Samaria.
The Oct. 22 Knesset votes were “a deliberate political provocation by the opposition to sow discord” during U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s three-day visit to the Jewish state, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
The votes, which came on the second day of Vance’s visit to Israel, were condemned by the vice president and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“That’s not something we can be supportive of right now,” Rubio told reporters before leaving for Israel as part of Washington’s efforts to promote the ceasefire with Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
Vance told reporters as he concluded his visit, “If it was a political stunt, it was a very stupid political stunt and I personally take some insult.”
“The West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel. The policy of the Trump administration is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel,” he declared at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport.
Previously, in an Oct. 15 interview with Time magazine, President Donald Trump also expressed his opposition to Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, saying “I gave my word to the Arab countries. Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened.”
On Feb. 21, 2024, the Knesset voted 99-11 to reject unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria. All coalition lawmakers and most Knesset members from Zionist opposition parties voted against “international diktats regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians.”
Nearly 70% of Israelis want Jerusalem to extend full legal sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, according to a poll conducted on Jan. 29.
Meanwhile, 58% of Israeli Jews believe that the civilian communities in Judea and Samaria contribute to national security, according to a poll the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) published on March 11.
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The Year of Aliyah
28April2026 https://www.israpundit.org/the-year-of-aliyah/
A major financial opening for Diaspora Jews has arrived, signed in the Knesset on March 30. Read about it below along with a message for decision makers.
Ronn Torossian | Apr 27, 2026
Homecoming index map. Ronn Torossian
Homecoming index map.
I am writing from my home in Israel, a New Yorker living in Israel.
Last year, 21,900 olim arrived in Israel from 105 different countries – the broadest geographic spread in modern Aliyah history. France grew 45 percent year-over-year. Australia 67 percent. Germany 34 percent. The United Kingdom 19 percent. North America held steady. Russia, the historic top source, dropped 57 percent as the Ukraine-war wave normalizes. For the first time in thirty-five years, the center of gravity of global Aliyah has shifted from East to West. And the door has just opened wider than it has ever been.
Zero percent income tax.
On March 30, the Knesset signed into law the most generous immigration tax package the State of Israel has ever offered. New olim arriving between November 5, 2025 and December 31, 2030 will pay zero Israeli tax on all foreign-source income for ten years – salary, rental income, dividends, capital gains, interest, retirement distributions, profits from a foreign-domiciled business. No cap. They will also pay zero Israeli tax on Israeli-source earned income up to roughly ?3.1 million cumulative over five years. And as of February, American olim no longer double-pay national insurance if they are paying U.S. Social Security. A major financial opening for Diaspora Jews has arrived.
It is also worth saying clearly: Israel today is the strongest economy of its size in the world. AI usage in Israel is the highest per capita on earth – Anthropic’s Claude is being adopted across Israeli enterprise faster than in almost any other market. The startup nation is still the startup nation, and the work coming out of Tel Aviv, Herzliya, and Be’er Sheva is among the most interesting in the world right now.
The professional opportunities are vast, the universities are world-class, the medical system is excellent – and on top of all of that, you wake up in a Jewish country, on Jewish time, surrounded by Jewish neighbors. Our grandparents would have given anything for the circumstances under which Diaspora Jews are now choosing to come home.
The room for growth is enormous. A Jerusalem Post report last summer found that 38 percent of French Jews – roughly 200,000 people – are actively considering Aliyah. In 2025, 3,300 of them came. Jewish Agency Chairman Doron Almog has set a public five-year target of 300,000 new olim. Given current trajectories, that target is achievable.
Where do these olim land?
Jerusalem leads. Tel Aviv follows. The proven Anglo absorption corridor – Beit Shemesh, Ra’anana, Modi’in, Netanya, Herzliya – continues to receive disproportionate volume because it works. Shared language, established communities, anchor employers, English-language schools and synagogues. Retention in those cities runs measurably higher than in scattered placements.
Aliya destinations. Ronn Torossian
Aliya destinations. Ronn Torossian
The strategic priority for the next five years is the periphery. The Negev. The Galilee. The Golan. The “Go Beyond” program already steered 1,505 North American olim to those regions in 2025; the next step is to multiply that number by ten, with concentrated tax incentives, real infrastructure, and proper anchor employers built around new arrivals.
A few practical priorities will turn this moment into a generation-defining wave.
Tell the tax story. Most Diaspora Jews still have no idea about the new ten-year exemption. Shuls, men’s clubs, day schools, Federations, congregations, Jewish media, and family WhatsApps need to be saturated with the actual numbers. This is the lowest-cost, highest-leverage intervention available right now.
Match olim to Israeli employers before they board the plane. Income certainty is the single most-cited barrier among prospective olim who choose not to move. This is not primarily a government function. It is a job for a focused private non-profit, and there is real philanthropic appetite for it.
Bring back the 125,000 Israelis who left between 2022 and 2024. Native Hebrew, existing networks, military service complete, family ties intact. These are the easiest cohort in the world to win back. The Aliyah Ministry has begun this work; it deserves first-tier resources.
Keep building the community clusters that work. Anglo, Francophone, and Spanish-speaking olim concentrated into the proven Beit Shemesh / Ra’anana / Modi’in / Netanya pattern retain at materially higher rates than scattered placements. This isn’t new knowledge – it is unevenly applied.
One more detail, less talked about than it should be: Israel has now drilled for a possible mass-arrival scenario – an emergency Aliyah of thousands of Jews in a single week. That is not a fantasy. That is a country actively preparing to absorb its people.
And it should be: when the mayor of New York rescinds the IHRA definition of antisemitism on his first day in office, vetoes legislation to protect Jewish students at schools within his first four months, and his administration confirms it has no codified definition of antisemitism at all, American Jews are paying attention. So is Paris. So is London. So is Sydney. The Diaspora is reading the room.
For the first time since the 1990s, every Western Diaspora is contributing meaningful numbers. For the first time, the financial math is structurally on the side of moving home. For the first time, the question facing Israel is not how to attract olim but how to absorb them at the scale they are now ready to come.
That is not a problem to manage. That is a future to build. The door is open wider than it has ever been. Come home.
Ronn Torossian is an American-Israeli public relations, author and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) expert.
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0% TAX FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS
Hillel Fuld-tweet-6November2025-0 tax for new immigrants
That’s it. Game over. You’re coming home!
BREAKING NEWS!!
0% TAX FOR NEW IMMIGRANTS 🇮🇱
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Aliyah Minister Ofir Sofer just unveiled a revolutionary plan:
New olim and returning residents will pay 0% income tax through 2027.
Gradual rise: 10% in 2028, 20% in 2029, 30% in 2030.
Applies to income up to ₪1 million per year, plus the existing 10-year exemption on foreign income.
It’s the biggest incentive for Aliyah in decades, signaling a national push to bring Jews home.
“This is a data-based process that aims to ensure optimal integration for new immigrants, create a real opportunity for them to integrate into Israeli society, and at the same time contribute to the growth of the Israeli economy,” Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer said.
I could not possibly love this more.
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Aliyah Soars Despite Hamas War
North American Jews demonstrate unwavering commitment to Israel, embracing Aliyah even amid conflict.
31March2026 https://israfan.com/p/aliyah-soars-despite-hamas-war
Defying Fear, Embracing Zion
The air raid sirens wail, a stark reminder of the ever-present threat. Yet, even as rockets streak across the Israeli sky and the echoes of war reverberate, a powerful testament to the enduring spirit of Zionism unfolds: North American Jews are continuing to make Aliyah, immigrating to Israel in numbers that defy the anxieties of the moment. This isn’t simply a relocation; it’s a profound statement of faith, resilience, and an unshakeable belief in the future of the Jewish homeland.
While some might assume that the recent conflict would deter potential immigrants, the reality is far more nuanced. Yes, there is apprehension, a natural human response to danger. But for many North American Jews, the desire to be part of the Israeli story, to contribute to its growth and security, outweighs the perceived risks. The shared sense of purpose, the feeling of belonging to a nation fighting for its survival, has become a powerful magnet.
“We are seeing a continued interest in Aliyah, and in some cases, even an increase,” says Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, Executive Director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization that facilitates Aliyah from North America. “People understand that Israel is not just a place, but a people, and they want to be a part of that people, especially during challenging times.”
The Pull of Shared Destiny
Several factors contribute to this unwavering commitment. Firstly, the deep-rooted connection to Jewish history and heritage remains a powerful motivator. For generations, Jews have yearned to return to their ancestral land, and the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 fulfilled a centuries-old dream. This historical imperative continues to resonate strongly, inspiring many to make the move, regardless of the current security situation. According to a 2023 Pew Research Center study, 82% of American Jews feel at least some connection to Israel, with a significant percentage feeling very attached. This emotional bond transcends geopolitical considerations.
Secondly, the rise of antisemitism in North America and Europe is undeniably a contributing factor. A recent report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) revealed a staggering 388% increase in antisemitic incidents in the United States following the October 7th attacks. This alarming trend has left many Jews feeling vulnerable and exposed in their diaspora communities, prompting them to seek refuge and security in Israel, where they believe they will be safer and more accepted.
Furthermore, the strong sense of community and mutual support within Israel is a significant draw. New immigrants often speak of the warmth and acceptance they experience upon arrival, the feeling of being surrounded by people who understand their values and share their aspirations. This sense of belonging is particularly important during times of crisis, when the support of family, friends, and neighbors can make all the difference. Organizations like Nefesh B’Nefesh and the Jewish Agency for Israel provide comprehensive support to new immigrants, helping them navigate the complexities of settling in a new country and building a new life.
Beyond the Headlines: The Real Stories
The statistics tell one story, but the individual narratives paint an even more compelling picture. Consider the story of Sarah and David, a young couple from Toronto who had been planning their Aliyah for years. When the war broke out, their families urged them to reconsider, fearing for their safety. But Sarah and David were resolute. They felt a deep sense of responsibility to be in Israel during this difficult time, to stand in solidarity with their fellow Jews. They arrived in Tel Aviv just weeks after the attacks, determined to contribute to the war effort and build a life in their new homeland. Sarah, a trained nurse, volunteered at a local hospital, while David, an engineer, joined a team working on developing new defense technologies.
Then there’s the story of elderly Holocaust survivor, Ruth, who had always dreamed of making Aliyah but felt it was too late in her life. However, the recent surge in antisemitism and the events of October 7th rekindled her desire to return to the land of her ancestors. With the help of her grandchildren and Nefesh B’Nefesh, she finally made the move, finding solace and comfort in being surrounded by other Jews who understood her history and shared her hopes for the future. Ruth now lives in a retirement community in Jerusalem, where she spends her days sharing her story and connecting with younger generations.
These are just two examples of the many inspiring stories of North American Jews who are choosing to make Aliyah despite the challenges. Their courage, determination, and unwavering commitment to Israel are a testament to the enduring power of Zionism.
Economic Realities and Future Prospects
Beyond the emotional and spiritual factors, economic considerations also play a role in the decision to make Aliyah. While the cost of living in Israel can be high, particularly in major cities like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, there are also significant economic opportunities, especially in the tech sector. Israel is a global hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, attracting talent from around the world. Many North American Jews, particularly those with skills and experience in high-tech industries, see Aliyah as a chance to advance their careers and build a better future for their families. A 2022 study by the Israel Innovation Authority found that approximately 25% of Israeli startups were founded by immigrants.
Furthermore, the Israeli government offers a range of financial incentives and support programs to encourage Aliyah. These include tax breaks, housing subsidies, and assistance with finding employment. These programs can make a significant difference in the financial viability of Aliyah, particularly for those who are starting from scratch. In 2023, the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration allocated over 1.5 billion shekels to support new immigrants, demonstrating the government’s commitment to facilitating Aliyah.
The long-term economic impact of Aliyah is also significant. New immigrants bring with them valuable skills, knowledge, and experience, which contribute to the growth and development of the Israeli economy. They also create jobs and stimulate demand for goods and services. A 2019 study by the Bank of Israel estimated that each new immigrant contributes an average of 200,000 shekels to the Israeli economy over their lifetime.
Challenges and Adaptations
Of course, Aliyah is not without its challenges. Adapting to a new culture, learning a new language, and navigating a different bureaucracy can be daunting. New immigrants often face difficulties finding suitable housing, securing employment, and integrating into Israeli society. The language barrier can be particularly challenging, especially for those who do not speak Hebrew fluently. However, with the help of support organizations and the willingness to embrace new experiences, these challenges can be overcome.
Moreover, the ongoing security situation in Israel presents unique challenges for new immigrants. The threat of rocket attacks, terrorist attacks, and regional conflicts can be unsettling, particularly for those who are not accustomed to living in a conflict zone. However, Israelis have developed a remarkable resilience in the face of adversity, and new immigrants quickly learn to adapt to the security realities of life in Israel. They also find comfort and support in the strong sense of community and mutual aid that exists within Israeli society.
“We are committed to providing new immigrants with the support they need to overcome these challenges and build successful lives in Israel,” says Rabbi Fass. “We believe that Aliyah is not just good for the individual, but also good for the State of Israel.”
A Future Forged in Unity
The decision to make Aliyah is a deeply personal one, driven by a complex mix of motivations. But for North American Jews, the current conflict has served to underscore the importance of solidarity and shared destiny. As rockets fall and tensions rise, they are choosing to stand with Israel, not just in spirit, but in person. Their presence reinforces the strength and resilience of the Jewish state, sending a clear message that despite the challenges, the dream of a secure and prosperous homeland for the Jewish people will endure. The current war has led to a 12% increase in Aliyah inquiries compared to the same period last year, demonstrating the growing desire to connect with Israel during times of crisis.
In the face of adversity, the unwavering commitment of North American Jews to Aliyah serves as a beacon of hope and a testament to the enduring power of the Zionist dream. It’s a story of courage, resilience, and an unshakeable belief in the future of Israel. As Israel navigates these turbulent times, the influx of new immigrants brings not only fresh perspectives and skills but also a renewed sense of purpose and determination. The act of making Aliyah during wartime is a powerful statement of solidarity, a declaration that the Jewish people will continue to build and thrive in their ancestral homeland, no matter the challenges they face. The future of Israel is being forged not only on the battlefield but also in the hearts and minds of those who choose to make it their home.
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The Yevsektsiya, the “Jewish Section” of the Soviet Communist Party
Matthew Feinberg-tweet-19October2025-The Yevsektsiya the Jewish Section of the Soviet Communist Party
Few people today know the story of the Yevsektsiya, the “Jewish Section” of the Soviet Communist Party.
Formed in 1918, it was made up almost entirely of Jews whose mission was to eradicate Judaism, Zionism, and Jewish identity from within.
The Yevsektsiya saw Jewish religion and nationhood as “bourgeois relics.”
They shut down synagogues, banned Hebrew, outlawed Zionist groups, and persecuted rabbis.
They infiltrated Jewish communities, dismantled Jewish schools, and replaced them with Soviet Yiddish institutions stripped of any connection to Jewish faith or Israel.
These weren’t outsiders attacking us. They were Jews who believed loyalty to ideology came before loyalty to their people.
They thought they were modernizing Judaism, making it fit into a new political order.
In truth, they were dismantling 3,000 years of Jewish continuity to please a regime that despised them.
By the 1930s, Stalin had no more use for them.
The Yevsektsiya was disbanded, its members imprisoned or executed.
They helped destroy their own heritage and were destroyed by the very system they served.
History has a way of repeating itself in different costumes.
Today, there are Jews who distance themselves from Israel, believing that rejecting Zionism aligns them with justice or progress.
But like the Yevsektsiya, they risk confusing moral virtue with self-erasure.
When Jews deny the right of our own people to self-determination, they aren’t breaking new ground. They are walking an old and tragic path.
The lesson of the Yevsektsiya is not about blame, but about memory.
Every time Jews try to cut themselves off from their people to gain acceptance from powerful movements, it ends the same way.
The movements move on. The Jewish people endure.
Am Yisrael lives. Ideologies fade.
We survive because we remember who we are, and we refuse to let others define us.
Gary Goldstein-tweet-20October2025-
At least the Odessa Council of Rabbis in 1918 excommunicated Leon Trotsky, Gregory Zinoviev and other Jewish Bolsheviks.
Matthew Feinberg-tweet-19October2025-The Yevsektsiya the Jewish Section of the Soviet Communist Party
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Katz nixes reserve duty of protest leader who urged refusal to serve over judicial overhaul
Defense minister says Eyal Naveh, a leader of Brothers in Arms and reservist commander in elite unit, is not fit to train soldiers; opposition MKs pan move as politicization of IDF
By Stuart Winer
2December2024, 10:04 am https://www.timesofisrael.com/katz-nixes-reserve-duty-of-protest-leader-who-urged-refusal-to-serve-over-judicial-overhaul/
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that he was suspending the army reserve service of a leader of a prominent protest group who had called for reservists not to show up for their military duty in 2023 as the government advanced its controversial judicial overhaul.
Eyal Naveh, a former member of the Sayeret Matkal commando unit, is a leader of the Brothers in Arms movement, which arose to protest the government’s plans for far-reaching changes to the judiciary that critics said would erode the democratic nature of the country.
Brothers in Arms called on army reservists to refuse to volunteer for service if the required legislation was advanced, with Naveh saying in July 2023 that “we’ve tried everything, This is where we draw the line. We pledged to serve the kingdom and not the king. We are determined, we are fighters, we love this country and we will not give up on it.”
At one point the group claimed that 10,000 reservists had committed to not showing up, among them pilots and others in key military roles.
In a statement Katz said: “Anyone who calls for mass absences and refusal to serve is not suitable to train the next generation of IDF fighters.”
“The same law must be applied to all,” he added in an apparent reference to the pausing of reserve duty last month of another Brother in Arms leader, Ron Sharaf, who also served in Sayeret Matkal.
Sharaf was serving in the reserves as commander of the selection test to join elite commando unit Sayeret Matkal and after his suspension, Naveh was installed as his replacement, Channel 12 reported.
Sources told Haaretz that Naveh does not currently have an active call-up for reserve duty, and that the selection tests for the unit were held last week.
Naveh responded in a statement that Katz is a “malleable and cowardly defense minister” and urged that the minister issue call-up orders to tens of thousands of members of the ultra-Orthodox community who do not serve in the army, calling them “the real service refusers.”
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi of the Likud party congratulated Katz on “stopping the impertinence, the audaciousness, and the contempt of a group that tried to destroy the army and nearly managed to.”
MK Almog Cohen of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party claimed that Naveh “traded in the safety of our children” and that his views “seriously harmed the cohesion and security of the country, and were a catalyst for the events of October 7,” when the Palestinian terror group Hamas led a devastating cross-border attack on Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
Head of the opposition Democrats political party Yair Golan slammed Katz’s move, also referring to legislation in the works to preserve the exemptions Haredi men receive from military service.
“Anyone who was appointed to be defense minister to pass the ‘evasion law’ should not preach to those who really serve, and to those who saved the country when the failed government wasn’t functioning,” he said, referring to the action taken by Brothers in Arms on October 7 to save people in the south, and the massive civil society operation it built in the following months.
MK Gilad Kariv, also of the Democrats party, accused Katz of “grossly interfering” in military matters that are not his responsibility.
“This is a dangerous campaign to cleanse and politicize the army,” he said.
The judicial overhaul plan provoked mass demonstrations for months in 2023. It was eventually put on hold, and then dropped from the agenda after the Hamas attack, though coalition members have recently talked of restarting the process.
Katz was recently appointed defense minister after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his predecessor Yoav Gallant amid differences over handling the war and the ultra-Orthodox draft bill. Netanyahu had previously fired Gallant in 2023 when the latter called to freeze the judicial overhaul but was forced to reinstate him amid public outcry.
In the wake of the Hamas attack, Brothers in Arms diverted its resources to become a civilian relief and support organization, though its leaders have also participated in protests calling on the government to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza that would secure the release of hostages who were abducted during the October 7 assault.
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Katz signed order banning Red Cross visits to terrorists
Open Source Intel-tweet-29October2025-Katz signed order banning Red Cross visits to terrorists
BREAKING 🔴
Israeli Defense Minister Katz signed an order banning visits by Red Cross to terrorists imprisoned in Israel
“Based on the information presented to me, it is clear without a doubt that Red Cross visits to terrorists will seriously harm national security.”
Open Source Intel-tweet-29October2025-Katz signed order banning Red Cross visits to terrorists
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Israel will execute Hamas prisoners
LionsOfZion_ official-tweet-18March2025-Israel will execute Hamas prisoners
Unprecedented:
Rumors say Hamas threatened to execute hostages.
In return, they got a list of senior Hamas prisoners in Israeli jails who will be executed if Hamas dares to act.
And the formula? It’s not 1 for 1.
The games are over.
Bibi has started speaking Arabic. 🚨🔥
LionsOfZion_ official-tweet-18March2025-Game Changer
Game Changer: 🚨
Insiders say this message is mild.
What Hamas actually received shook them just as much as last night’s attack.
And the message? It didn’t come from Bibi alone.
This is a new era. The rules have changed.
LionsOfZion_ official-tweet-18March2025-Military tribunals
So how is this legally possible?
In the past, Israel avoided the death penalty for terrorists—but after October 7, the rules have changed.
🔹 Military tribunals – Israeli military courts now have the authority to impose the death penalty for severe terrorism and war crimes.
🔹 Emergency legislation – The Knesset has the power to enable capital punishment for mass atrocities.
🔹 Laws of war – When facing an enemy that disregards international law, Israel can take stronger deterrent measures.
🔹 Judicial review – Courts and legal advisors oversee these actions, but the current reality justifies a new precedent.
The message is clear: Those who once acted without consequence now face an unprecedented response.
LionsOfZion_ official-tweet-18March2025-Israel will execute Hamas prisoners
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Terrorists who murder Jews get lethal injection. Executions within 90 days
Mossad Commentary-tweet-18November2025-Israel terrorist death penalty law
🚨 JUST IN — NEW PRINCIPLES OF ISRAEL’S TERRORIST DEATH PENALTY LAW 🚨
According to the published framework, the law will apply exclusively to terrorists who murder Jews — and the sentence will be non-appealable.
Executions would be carried out within 90 days, by lethal injection.
A major shift in Israel’s counter-terror policy and one that will disrupt future plans for hostage exchanges.
Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil.
Mossad Commentary-tweet-18November2025-Israel terrorist death penalty law
JerusalemCats Comments: A guillotine is even faster, easier and very permanent.
A guillotine is even faster. Just in case lethal injection does not work just have next to the lethal injection bed, or have it as Step 2 just to be sure.
Why does the US government need 30,000 Guillotines and over 600 Million rounds of hollow point bullets?
Naila Ayad🇵🇸-tweet-7December2025-IV of Pepsi
“Can you boycott this from now on?”
JerusalemCats-tweet-8December2025-Death by Pepsi
Death by Pepsi. Better then Lethal Injection. Who needs Live Embalming with Formaldehyde when you have Pepsi. Same results.
JerusalemCats-tweet-8December2025-Death by Pepsi
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Death penalty for Palestinian terrorists takes effect in Judea and Samaria
“A terrorist who murders Jews must know that the outcome will not be a prisoner release deal,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said.
18May2026
JNS Staff
https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/death-penalty-for-palestinian-terrorists-takes-effect-in-judea-and-samaria
( May 18, 2026 / JNS ) The law providing capital punishment for convicted terrorist murderers took effect in Judea and Samaria on Sunday after the head of the Israel Defense Forces Central Command signed a military order implementing the measure.
“At the instruction of Defense Minister Israel Katz, OC Central Command Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth signed an amendment … enabling the application of the death penalty to terrorists in Judea and Samaria in accordance with the provisions of the law,” Katz’s office said in a joint statement with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The announcement followed the Knesset’s March 30 approval of legislation mandating the death penalty for non-Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria convicted of carrying out deadly terrorist attacks, unless a military court determines that special circumstances warrant life imprisonment instead.
The bill was sponsored by Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech, who was seriously wounded in a 2003 Palestinian attack in which her husband was killed.
“I congratulate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz and the head of Central Command for advancing and implementing this important policy,” Ben-Gvir, who heads the Otzma Yehudit Party, stated on Sunday.
“We promised and we delivered. A terrorist who murders Jews must know that the outcome will not be a prisoner release deal, but the death penalty,” he said. “After Oct. 7, [2023], the State of Israel is changing the equation. In the face of murderous terrorism, we do not retreat and we do not contain—we prevail.”
Katz said that “terrorists who murder Jews will not sit in prison under comfortable conditions, will not wait for deals and will not dream of release—they will pay the heaviest price.
“Our message to every terrorist is clear: Whoever raises a hand against a Jew, whoever harms IDF soldiers or Israeli civilians, the State of Israel will pursue him, reach him and exhaust the law against him to the fullest extent,” he added.
Though Israeli law has long allowed for the death penalty for murder committed by the Nazis and their helpers, as well as for treason, it has only been used twice.
IDF officer Meir Tobianski was executed in 1948 on treason charges. He was later exonerated. SS officer and Nazi Party official Adolf Eichmann was executed in Jerusalem in 1962 for his role in the Holocaust.
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Always remember… Lies are spread by Palestinians repeated by fools and accepted by idiots.
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Israel has to deal with Liars that will say ANYTHING to frame Israel as “evil”. They will call Israel every name in the Book. They are INSANE.Logic and reason will not help with narcissists.Always remember. Lies are spread by Palestinians repeated by fools and accepted by idiots.
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From clinics to command centers: When doctors and professors lead terror
They heal patients and teach students to gain legitimacy – then send other people’s children to die. They are the ultimate professional hypocrites. They do not need welfare, they need defeat. Like the Nazi doctors. Opinion.
Stephen M. Flatow / Published: 24November2025, 3:07 PM (GMT+2) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418275
Nazi Doctors From Hell
Stephen M. Flatow is President of the Religious Zionists of America (RZA) He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995 and the author of A Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against Iranian Terror. Note: The RZA is not affiliated with any American or Israeli political party.
Israelis have long noticed something disturbing about the men who mastermind jihad against us: many are not the poor and uneducated villagers that Western analysts love to imagine. Some of the most violent figures in Palestinian Arab terrorism – and beyond – are not only highly educated, but they are also doctors, professors, and university scientists. They were trained to save lives and educate in their fields. Instead, they devoted themselves to ending lives.
Take Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Look beyond the masks and rifles, and you find a surprising concentration of white-collar professionals.
Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, a pediatric specialist and university lecturer, served as Hamas’s de facto leader in Gaza. He could diagnose childhood diseases – and then calmly justify the murder of Israeli children.
Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar, another Gaza physician and surgeon, co-founded Hamas. He performed surgery in the morning and helped direct suicide bombings at night.
Dr. Fathi Shaqaqi, founder of PIJ, was also an MD. A man who treated infants created an organization dedicated to blowing up buses in Israel including the one in which my daughter Alisa was riding.
Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, a Cairo-educated surgeon, became the successor to Osama bin Laden, treating global jihad like a clinical procedure.
And the movement has its American academic wing:
Professor Sami Al-Arian, a PhD in computer engineering, tenured at the University of South Florida, founded the think-tank WISE, and later pled guilty to conspiring to provide services to PIJ. Today he is still quoted as a respected “speaker on Palestinian rights” in anti-Israel media – a case study in how academia launders extremist legitimacy.
Nor was Al-Arian just a fringe academic.
His think-tank recruited Ramadan Shallah, a PhD in economics from the University of Durham in the U.K. Shallah taught economics in Florida – and then took over PIJ after Shaqaqi’s assassination, directing suicide bombings and thousands of rocket attacks while claiming to be a “scholar of resistance.” From the faculty lounge to terror leadership, his transition stunned Americans – but not Israelis.
These men were not driven by desperation or lack of opportunity. They were educated enough to earn degrees, practice professions, gain status, and live comfortable lives. Instead, they chose to weaponize their intellect and prestige to lead others to kill.
The idea that terrorism grows out of poverty has always been a comforting Western fiction. It absolves ideology and implies that “more aid” is the solution. Yet Hamas and PIJ leadership show the opposite reality: terrorism thrives in universities, not refugee camps.
Hamas’s founders did not radicalize in Gaza’s alleyways. They graduated from medical schools in Cairo, Alexandria, and Beirut. They collected credentials, not bread rations. Universities confer leadership, networks, confidence, and technical skills. They train organizers, not merely fighters. That is why Hamas builds tunnels with engineering precision and designs rockets in underground labs. Terror needs brains before it needs fists.
Why do doctors and professors appear so often among terror leaders?
Because their calling gives them credibility. In much of the Arab world, doctors and academics carry social authority, a presumption of moral seriousness. When a respected professor or physician preaches jihad, his title becomes a weapon. People assume that someone trained to heal and someone trained to teach must “know what they’re talking about.”
They weaponize trust. They heal patients and teach students to gain legitimacy – then send other people’s children to die. They are the ultimate professional hypocrites.
This profile matters today more than ever, especially in universities and medical associations abroad where polite professors and activists quietly excuse terrorist ideology and call it “resistance.”
The soft-spoken academic who justifies violence is far more dangerous than the masked rioter. One recruits; the other merely riots.
Israel has warned the world for decades: this is not a struggle of poverty. It is not a misunderstanding. It is not a cry of the oppressed. It is an ideological movement led by educated elites who could have cured disease, educated children, or built economies – but chose to spread death.
The world keeps treating terrorism like a social illness. Israel and every world leader not wearing blinders knows better. It is a moral illness – one deliberately cultivated by brilliant men who chose darkness. Until the world recognizes that terrorists do not need jobs or houses, but defeat, it will keep being fooled by men in white coats with blood on their hands.
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Lawfare: The Benjamin Netanyahu trial
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פוסט חשוב שכתב אלי ציפורי. תקראו:
הדרמה היום במשפט נתניהו:
🔴החוקר דובי שרצר חשף את שם החוקר שפנה למח”ש בזמן אמת כדי להתלונן על מעשים פסולים בחקירות תיקי נתניהו – מדובר בסגן ניצב בדימוס צחי חבקין שהיה מעורב בתיק 1000, 2000 ו-4000. תלונתו של חבקין מעולם לא נבדקה כיוון שקרן בר מנחם, ראשת מח”ש, דרשה שיכתוב את שמו ואת דרגתו ואילו חבקין רצה לשמור על אנונימיות. חבקין החל להעיד היום, למרות שהפרקליטות ניסתה לדחות את עדותו, ומנה שורה ארוכה של אירועים שמצביעים לשיטתו על התנהלות “לא תקינה” או “חריגה” בתיקי נתניהו.
🔴החוקרים חרגו מאישור מנדלבליט בתחילת החקירה בתיק 1000: חבקין הודה שמנדלבליט תחם את האישור רק לשימוש בדירת ג’יימס פאקר במלון רויאל ביץ’ אך צוות החקירה התעלם מכך, חרג מהאישור ושאל על מתנות לבני הזוג נתניהו – “אמרתי רגע, זה משהו שחרגנו. שאלנו שאלות רחבות בשלבים מוקדמים”.
🔴מנדלבליט לא איפשר לחקור את יוסי כהן, לשעבר ראש מוסד, על שימוש בדירת פאקר במלון רויאל ביץ’, אבל אישר לחקור את יאיר נתניהו למרות שאינו עובד ציבור: חבקין הודה שראה בשימוש של יוסי כהן בדירה כעבירה – “חשבתי שנכון וצריך לפתוח בחקירה, או לכל הפחות בבדיקה. מנדלבליט הנחה שנעשה הפרדה מלאה של החומרים והאירוע של יוסי כהן ייחקר בהמשך בנפרד. עד שאני עזבתי הוא לא נחקר”.
🔴 החוקרים ידעו בזמן אמת שגרסת פילבר על פגישת ההנחייה, עליה התבסס כתב האישום בתיק 4000, אינה מתיישבת עם הראיות: חבקין הודה שכבר בזמן אמת ידע צוות החקירה שמועד תאריך פגישת ההנחייה על פי עדות פילבר אינו תואם את האיכונים ושאר הראיות – “זה נושא שדובר ביחידה”.
🔴 אילן ישועה לא נחקר באזהרה למרות שהיה שותף לשיטתו לעבירות: חבקין הודה שלא הבין למה אילן ישועה אינו נחקר באזהרה למרות שסיפר בעדותו שהוא בפועל שותף לעבירות כביכול – “ישועה סיפר מרצונו שהוא חלק מהעבירה. שאלתי למה לא נחקר באזהרה, אמרו זה מה שהיועץ מנדלבליט הנחה וזה מה שעשו”.
🔴 מוטיבציית שיא בחקירות תיקי נתניהו: חבקין הודה שהייתה מוטיבציית שיא אצל היחידות החוקרות בתיקי נתניהו – “עשינו מאמצי על, יחידות החקירה יעשו הכל כדי להצליח”.
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An important post written by Eli Tzipori. Read it:
The drama today in the Netanyahu trial:
🔴 Investigator Dubi Shertzer revealed the name of the investigator who approached the Department of Investigation of Police Officers (Machash) in real time to complain about improper conduct in the investigations of the Netanyahu cases – it is retired Deputy Superintendent Tsahi Havkin, who was involved in Cases 1000, 2000, and 4000. Havkin’s complaint was never investigated because Karen Bar Menachem, head of Machash, demanded that he provide his name and rank, while Havkin wanted to remain anonymous.
Havkin began testifying today, despite the prosecution’s attempts to delay his testimony, and listed a long series of events that, in his view, indicate “improper” or “irregular” conduct in the Netanyahu cases.
🔴 The investigators exceeded Mandelblit’s authorization at the start of the Case 1000 investigation: Havkin admitted that Mandelblit had limited the authorization to only the use of James Packer’s apartment at the Royal Beach Hotel, but the investigation team ignored this, exceeded the authorization, and asked about gifts to the Netanyahu couple – “I said, wait a minute, this is something we went beyond. We asked broad questions in the early stages.”
🔴 Mandelblit did not allow the investigation of Yossi Cohen, former Mossad chief, regarding the use of Packer’s apartment at the Royal Beach Hotel, but permitted the investigation of Yair Netanyahu despite him not being a public official: Havkin admitted that he viewed Yossi Cohen’s use of the apartment as an offense – “I thought it was right and necessary to open an investigation, or at the very least a review. Mandelblit instructed that the materials be completely separated, and the Yossi Cohen incident would be investigated separately later. Until I left, it was not investigated.”
🔴 The investigators knew in real time that Filber’s version of the guidance meeting, on which the indictment in Case 4000 was based, did not align with the evidence: Havkin admitted that the investigation team already knew in real time that the date of the guidance meeting according to Filber’s testimony did not match the location data and other evidence – “This was a matter discussed in the unit.”
🔴 Ilan Yeshua was not investigated under caution despite being a partner, according to him, in the offenses: Havkin admitted that he did not understand why Ilan Yeshua was not investigated under caution despite testifying that he was actually a partner in the alleged offenses – “Yeshua voluntarily said he was part of the offense. I asked why he wasn’t investigated under caution, and they said that’s what the Attorney General Mandelblit instructed, and that’s what was done.”
🔴 Peak motivation in the investigations of the Netanyahu cases: Havkin admitted that there was peak motivation among the investigating units in the Netanyahu cases – “We made extraordinary efforts, the investigation units would do everything to succeed.”
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Netanyahu on trial: Case 4000 unravels as witness exposes alleged suppression of exculpatory evidence
This is no longer merely a trial of a prime minister. It has become a trial of the system that brought him to the dock.
https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-on-trial-case-4000-unravels-as-witness-exposes-alleged-suppression-of-exculpatory-evidence/
(25December2025 / JNS) Case 4000—the most serious and consequential of the criminal cases against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—has long been portrayed by prosecutors as the centerpiece of their corruption allegations. Yet testimony heard this week in the Jerusalem District Court has intensified claims by Netanyahu’s allies that the case is not merely weak, but compromised by investigative misconduct.
According to Likud spokesman Guy Levy, testimony delivered on Tuesday by Ron Solomon, a serving senior investigator in the Israel Police’s signals intelligence (SIGINT) unit, revealed evidence of intentional suppression of exculpatory material, alteration of professional findings and continued investigative activity even after indictments were filed—all in service of sustaining a narrative that was unraveling under its own weight.
The flagship case—and why it mattered most
Among the three cases against Netanyahu—Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000—Case 4000 has always been regarded by prosecutors as the most severe. Unlike the others, it alleged a direct quid pro quo: that Netanyahu, while serving as communications minister, advanced regulatory decisions favorable to Bezeq, Israel’s largest telecom company, owned by Shaul Elovitch, in exchange for favorable coverage on the Walla news site.
Central to that theory is an alleged meeting between Netanyahu and Filber during the latter’s first week in office. The prime minister has consistently denied that such a conversation ever took place.
On the witness stand, Solomon testified that cell phone location data never placed Filber together with Netanyahu at the time of the alleged meeting. According to his testimony, the police had assembled a detailed chronology early in the investigation demonstrating that the meeting did not occur.
That data, Solomon said, was transferred to the prosecution.
According to Levy, the significance is unmistakable: The prosecution allegedly knew that the foundational claim of the meeting was false, yet indicted Netanyahu anyway—while withholding the contradictory location evidence from the defense and the court.
If correct, this would amount to concealment of exculpatory material, misrepresentation to the court and the filing of indictments based on claims known to be untrue.
From “favorable coverage” to “exceptional responsiveness”
Solomon’s testimony also addressed the prosecution’s shifting theory regarding media coverage.
Initially, prosecutors alleged that Netanyahu received positive coverage from Walla. During pre-indictment hearings before then–Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, the defense demonstrated that the coverage was frequently hostile, inconsistent and often negative.
Faced with that reality, the prosecution rebranded the allegation as “exceptional responsiveness” or unusually preferential treatment.
Solomon testified that he was tasked with reviewing Walla’s coverage of Netanyahu’s controversial Election Day 2015 statement warning that Arab voters were turning out “in droves.”
His findings contradicted the prosecution’s narrative. Walla was the third outlet to report the statement, later published a follow-up article debunking Netanyahu’s claim, and framed its coverage in a sharply hostile tone, including accusations of racism from opposition leaders.
Solomon testified that he had submitted these findings to the commander of the police’s financial crimes unit—only to be instructed to delete the information supporting Netanyahu’s position.
According to Solomon, the directive came from above, under guidance from the prosecution.
The big picture
The developments in Case 4000 come against the backdrop of the other cases against Netanyahu, each of which the defense and Likud officials describe as increasingly tenuous.
In Case 1000, prosecutors allege that Netanyahu and his family received gifts—including cigars, champagne and even a Bugs Bunny doll—valued at approximately $230,000 over many years from wealthy acquaintances. The prosecution concedes there was no specific quid pro quo, arguing instead that accepting gifts constituted a breach of trust because it might have compromised Netanyahu at some undefined future point.
In Case 2000, Netanyahu is accused of discussing a possible quid pro quo with Arnon “Noni” Mozes, publisher of Yedioth Ahronoth, under which Netanyahu would advance legislation restricting the free distribution of the pro-Netanyahu daily Israel Hayom in exchange for more favorable coverage. The prosecution openly acknowledges that the quid pro quo never occurred, yet argues that the mere conversation constitutes a criminal breach of trust.
A broader pattern alleged misconduct
Likud spokesman Levy argues that when viewed together, the cases reflect an unprecedented legal theory: criminal liability without demonstrated corruption, benefit or outcome. The picture that emerges is not of an investigation following evidence, but of evidence being reshaped to fit a predetermined conclusion.
Likud officials further allege that evidence in the cases was illegally collected and then selectively leaked to the media during consecutive election cycles, shaping public opinion and influencing electoral outcomes. They also point to the use of state witnesses who, they claim, were subjected to intense pressure and threatened with severe consequences unless they provided testimony aligning with the prosecution’s theory.
These claims remain contested, but Solomon’s testimony, Levy argues, lends new credibility to longstanding allegations of investigative overreach.
The pardon question
Against this backdrop, Netanyahu recently requested a presidential pardon from Isaac Herzog, who possesses the constitutional authority to bring the proceedings to an end.
Supporters of the move argue that after years of political paralysis, repeated elections and deep social division, a pardon would serve the national interest regardless of one’s view of Netanyahu himself.
The issue gained international attention after President Donald Trump sent a letter to Herzog urging him to grant a pardon, describing the case as politically driven and destabilizing.
Whether Herzog will act remains unclear. But after Solomon’s testimony, pressure on the prosecution—and on Israel’s political leadership—to address the legitimacy of the proceedings is likely to intensify.
A case on trial
Ultimately, the court will determine the weight of Solomon’s testimony and the credibility of the allegations surrounding it. Yet one conclusion is already evident: the case once billed as the prosecution’s strongest is now the one most visibly unraveling.
As Levy put it, Case 4000 is no longer merely a trial of a prime minister. It has become a trial of the system that brought him to the dock.
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Knesset passes Basic Law declaring Torah study ‘foundational’ state value
Israel does not have a formal written constitution and Basic Laws have quasi-constitutional status.
JNS Staff
https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/knesset-passes-basic-law-declaring-torah-study-foundational-state-value
(July 14, 2026 / JNS) Israel’s parliament on Monday night gave final approval to a new Basic Law declaring Torah study a foundational value of the Jewish state.
The 120-member Knesset passed the Basic Law: Torah Study in its second and third readings by a vote of 63-52.
While Israel does not have a formal written constitution, the set of Basic Laws passed since the country’s founding in 1948 have quasi-constitutional status.
The legislation, sponsored by lawmakers Yaakov Asher and Moshe Gafni of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, states that “Torah study is a foundational value in the heritage of the Jewish people and the State of Israel.”
The final version of the legislation no longer recognizes long-term Torah study as a “significant service” to the state, after some lawmakers in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party objected to the provision.
However, opposition lawmakers said the measure was intended to preserve broad exemptions for Haredi yeshivah students from compulsory military service by enshrining Torah study as a fundamental state value, making it more difficult for the High Court of Justice to strike down the arrangement.
Israel’s outgoing coalition government in March moved to pass the 2026 state budget without a highly debated draft-exemption law, which was temporarily shelved.
“We are now putting aside controversial issues that are not suitable for wartime,” said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, citing both the legislation that would exempt yeshivah students from Israel Defense Forces service, as well as several unspecified proposed reforms.
The enlistment bill that was under consideration reflected Netanyahu’s attempt to forge a compromise with his ultra-Orthodox political partners.
However, in April, the Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, ordered the government to take a series of measures against draft dodgers, in response to petitions accusing the state of contempt of court for failing to enforce existing conscription laws.
The decision came in the wake of a November ruling ordering the state to formulate sanctions to enforce military conscription, stressing that state benefits should not be granted to those evading service.
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox sector generally considers national service a distraction from Torah study and a threat to their way of life. However, Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught on Israel and the ensuing War of Redemption have heightened demands by the general public that Haredim contribute to the Jewish nation’s defense.
Since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel, more than 1,000 Haredim have voluntarily enlisted, and a similar number has volunteered for civilian national service. An estimated 80,000 Haredi men eligible for military service have not enlisted.
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The Western Wall: Defending Jewish identity against Reformism
Heritage Minister Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu issues strong critique of the Reform movement’s stance on Israel and the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, highlighting the ongoing battle to protect Jewish identity and the sanctity of the Western Wall. Op-ed.
Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu / Published: 20February2026, 1:04 PM (GMT+2) / https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422725
The riots at the Western Wall
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While our sons are risking their lives on the frontlines, jumping on grenades, shielding civilians in bomb shelters with their own bodies, and paying the ultimate price so this country can continue to exist, there are those sitting in air-conditioned rooms in the United States, sipping lattes, and spitting in their faces. And then they demand a prize for it at the Western Wall.
What hides beneath the whitewashed words of “pluralism” and “inclusion”?
In May 2021, when Israel was burning during Operation Guardian of the Walls, when millions of Israelis, children and the elderly, sat day and night in shelters under barrages of Hamas rockets – over 90 rabbinical students of the Reform movement published a public letter. The future generation of their leadership. What did they write there? Did they condemn the terror? Did they send strength to their brethren under attack? Absolutely not. They accused the State of Israel of “apartheid,” called to halt military aid to the IDF, and cried crocodile tears over the suffering in Gaza.
This is not a one-time slip. This is a movement from which vast sections are today providing a tailwind, funding, and legitimacy to radical left-wing organizations on US campuses. Organizations that promote BDS, that call for boycotting Israeli products, and that persecute Jewish students who dare to support Zionism. As far as they are concerned, Judaism is universal, global, one that embraces everyone – except for the Israeli Jew fighting for his life.
This disdain for everything related to our nationalism comes from the highest levels. Listen to what happens at their “rabbinical” ordination ceremony (Hebrew Union College). The keynote speaker who takes the stage, to the sound of applause, doesn’t speak about the eternity of Israel. On the contrary. He stands there and trashes the IDF. He describes our presence here as “walls made from the bodies of teenage soldiers.” Do you understand? Those 19-year-old heroes standing on the firing line to prevent the next massacre are to him just pawns of an occupation protecting a “ghetto of zealots.”
And more than that – he explains to their prospective clergy that there is no problem whatsoever, and it is even desirable, for the Jewish people to disappear and assimilate. He calls on them to tear down the “walls” of Judaism, preaches that intermarriage is the right path, and declares that if Judaism disappears from the world in favor of some enlightened “global tribe” – that is completely fine. For two thousand years, Jews sacrificed their lives so as not to assimilate, to preserve our heritage and our unique identity, and today, on their main stage, they celebrate the erasure of the Jewish people.
And here is the numerical absurdity that simply cries out to high heaven:
Out of about 12,000 synagogues in Israel, the Reform movement holds barely 50 congregations. That is less than half a percent. A marginal group that barely exists on the ground in Israel. It is exactly like one person, within a congregation of 300 worshippers, standing up in his audacity and demanding to expropriate a quarter of the synagogue for himself and his friends from abroad. Not just expropriate – but to bring loudspeakers there, change the prayer arrangements, and conduct ceremonies that trample on the tradition of the 299 other worshippers. In any normal place in the world, they would show him the door.
But then comes the Supreme Court.
Last night, in a decision that proves once again how disconnected the Supreme Court justices are from Jewish identity – excuse me, they are not disconnected. They are actively working against it.
Against tradition, against Judaism, and against the majority of the Israeli public, they decided to hand this movement a victory. In the name of those empty words of “equality,” the Supreme Court is forcing the State of Israel to grant an official allocation and space at the Western Wall – the beating heart of the Jewish people – to those same people who despise us from afar.
They don’t come to the Kotel (Western Wall) to pray. The Kotel doesn’t really interest someone who dreams of becoming a citizen of the world and views our nationalism as a crime. They come to the Kotel as a battering ram. They want a foothold in our holiest place in order to gain political recognition, to poke a finger in the eye of traditional Judaism, and to undermine the Jewish identity of the state from within.
It is time that we, the sane majority in Israel, stop apologizing and stop bowing our heads to these manipulators.
The Western Wall is not real estate to be divided, nor is it playdough that can be molded according to the political whims of the Supreme Court. It belongs to a nation that is proud of its Judaism, that preserves its heritage, and that loves its soldiers. Whoever dreams of a world without a Jewish people – should not look for an estate at our Kotel.
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Protect the status quo of the Kotel: Reading the ‘Writing on the Wall’
We must do whatever is in our power to protect the status quo of the Kotel, thus protecting the status quo of halakhic decisions that come under the purview of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. Opinion.
Sara Lehmann / Published: 28March2026, 11:26 PM (GMT+3) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424721
The day after the Iran War broke out, I shelved an op-ed I had started to write. It centered on the combustible issue of the Kotel status quo that had burst back in the news in late February. Although the Kotel is always of paramount importance, I did not think a piece on its sanctity would get the attention it deserves within days after the war.
The Kotel issue had reemerged around a week before the war began, after lying dormant for some time. In a ruling widely cheered by diaspora’s non-Orthodox Jews, the Israeli High Court of Justice ordered the government to advance the upgrade of the egalitarian prayer section at the Kotel, demanding that the multimillion-dollar construction be completed within ten months.
In response, Avi Maoz of the Noam Party introduced the “Western Wall Bill”. The bill is an unambiguous amendment to the existing 1967 law concerning the Kotel, which places control of prayer arrangements under the authority of the Chief Rabbinate. Maoz’s legislation essentially criminalizes egalitarian prayer at the Kotel by classifying any failure to comply with rulings of the Chief Rabbinate as a “desecration”, punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Maoz’s bill passed its initial presentation on February 25th by a 56-47 vote. While it needs to pass future readings, Maoz was joined by Hareidi and Orthodox politicians in calling the bill a “victory for tradition, Jewish law and Judaism.”
Predictably, the Reform Movement put out a statement unequivocally condemning “this alarming proposal”. The statement urged “our Reform and Conservative partners worldwide in calling on Israeli leaders and diplomats to halt this dangerous legislation.”
Three days later, America and Israel jointly attacked Iran. The Kotel issue stalled again.
But protecting the holiness of the Kotel is not a subject that ever goes away. As the last standing vestige of the Beit Hamikdash, the kedusha of the Kotel is a symbol of the kedusha permeating all precepts of Jewish life. War or no war, the topic may temporarily recede in the background but its relevance remains ubiquitous.
Certainly, the Reform movement did not put the issue on the back burner. An action alert regarding “Defending Egalitarian Prayer at the Kotel” that appeared before the war still runs on their website’s homepage. It provides directives and resources to block the bill, including email links to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Just like we understand that adherence to halakha is what undergirds Eretz Yisrael, the Reform understand it too. From the opposite point of view.
According to the Reform, “This proposal risks setting a broader precedent. If codified, it could embolden efforts to restrict recognition of non-Orthodox conversions, limit public funding for pluralistic institutions, and expand rabbinic court jurisdiction in ways that further erode religious freedom.”
This is precisely why we must do whatever is in our power to protect the status quo of the Kotel, thus protecting the status quo of halakhic decisions that come under the purview of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate.
To that end, Am Echad and the Coalition for Jewish Values put out an ad in late February warning that, “This is not about prayer. It is about the future of the state. A small but radical minority among Diaspora Jews is attempting to overturn a 3,000-year tradition at the Western Wall by establishing a ‘Reform section’ at this holy site.”
Two weeks into the war, Rabbi Pesach Lerner from Eretz HaKodesh, a movement representing Orthodox communities in the diaspora, assisted by Esther Jacobs, who facilitated the enormously consequential Am Echad Kotel petition campaign several years ago, sent a letter to Israel’s Ambassador to Washington Yechiel Leiter. Rabbi Lerner proposed meeting with Ambassador Leiter to “express our unwavering support for the current actions of the Israeli government in her quest to eliminate the threat of Iran, and her proxies; and to discuss the Kotel issue.”
A zoom meeting took place on March 18 with Ambassador Leiter that included rabbis and lay leaders that ran the gamut from Ashkenaz, Sephardic, Chassidic, Chabad, Russian, Syrian, Bucharian and other communities.
Ambassador Leiter spoke of the war and the threat of delegitimization that Israel faces, and he called for unity among Jews to combat the scourge of antisemitism. However, he was unwilling to discuss the topic of the Kotel when, as one of the participants, I broached it.
I asked why Israel would acknowledge grievances by non-Orthodox diaspora denominations when they often partner with progressive groups like the New Israel Fund and J Street. These groups oppose the Iran War, promote the two-state solution and deny the IHRA definition of antisemitism, thereby endangering the State of Israel and Jews worldwide.
While Ambassador Leiter did state that he was the first ambassador to officially announce that J Street was outside of the tent, it was clear he did not want to touch the hot button Kotel issue. He said that he did not think it was time to make an issue of Kotel legislation in the midst of a war nor did he think there was an assault on the Kotel. The time for both sides to debate the issue, he said, is after the war.
The ambassador is doing a superb job representing the State of Israel during wartime and the pressures on him must be enormous. But perhaps fog of war obscured the fact that the Knesset itself went back to business two days before our zoom meeting.
On March 16, the Knesset convened a more expanded legislative framework. Bills were scheduled, including the Western Wall Bill, which thankfully advanced.
On cue, the non-Orthodox shried gevalt again. Anna Kislanski, CEO of the Israeli Movement for Progressive Judaism, slammed the advancement as an afront to non-Orthodox Jews “in the midst of a war”. It was a refrain that other groups, like Women of the Wall, used too.
When is the time to tackle the issue? In four weeks? Eight weeks? When the war is over?
Spiritual battles don’t have a time line. Or a deadline. While the non-Orthodox continue to push against the Western Wall Bill during the war, the Orthodox need to be as vociferous in pushing for it.
Furthermore, there can be no place for debate here. There are no two legitimate sides to this issue, when one side is pro-halakha and the other side is anti-halakha.
It’s not surprising to hear the outrage of the non-Orthodox, considering how desperately their leadership tries to hold on to fading relevance amidst dwindling membership and an intermarriage rate of over 70%.
After October 7th, Israeli Jews have been moving towards tradition rather than away from it. During the debate for the Western Wall Bill, Israeli Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich referenced the miniscule Reform presence in Israel, saying that there are only “three and a half Reform Jews in Israel, out of eight million Jews.”
In the diaspora, there is the growing phenomena of the October 8th Jew – the unaffiliated Jew eager to learn about his heritage after having it thrust on him in the form of Jew-hatred.
Even the ADL, long associated with progressive groups that now shun Jews, seems to be doing tshuva of sorts upon being confronted with a devastating volume of antisemitic attacks. At their recent Never is Now Summit in NYC, there was an Orthodox presence in attendance and among speakers that is new and growing. Even their meals were strictly Cholov Yisrael.
The heads of the conservative and reform denominations have been busy publishing articles, raising awareness and urging their constituents to contact Netanyahu and “demand that members of his coalition reject this bill and respect Jewish pluralism.”
Orthodox Jewry must respond in kind. We must also educate Orthodox diaspora Jews on the issue, partner with groups that promote the Kotel’s sanctity and contact Israeli politicians to support the Western Wall Bill.
This year, as we recite “bechol dor va’dor” at the Pesach seder, the words take on a singular immediacy. And we should be mindful that one kind of threat to the Jewish people sometimes, sadly, comes from within.
As this article goes to print, we do not know when the war will end. But we do know that protecting Kedushat Hakotel can only be a zechut for us as we beseech Hashem to vanquish the enemies of the Jews and the Jewish State.
Sara Lehmann is an award-winning New York based writer. For more of her writings please visit saralehmann.com.
A version of this article first appeared in Hamodia.
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