Pogroms

08/11/2024 – ז׳ במרחשוון ה׳תשפ״ה – ז׳ במרחשוון ה׳תשפ״ה – 09:42

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

Here’s why you should come to Israel


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

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

 

 

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It’s time to come home! Nefesh B’Nefesh: Live the Dream 1-866-4-ALIYAH

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

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


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

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Natalie Lisbona-tweet-10November2024-preparations to harm Israelis in UK European cities

 

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


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

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

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

 

 

Visit Holland. Feel like 1941 again.


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

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

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

 

 

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The cult of death vs the nation of life


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

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

That is the difference.

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

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

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

 

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Riots have broken out again in Amsterdam tonight

11November2024


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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

 

13November2024-After all the Israelis and Jews left Amsterdam


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

 

 

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


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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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State-Enforced Antisemitism in America? Lawfare against Jews in America

Jewish Journalist Sloan Rachmuth Arrested for Objecting to Islamic Terror Symbol in U.S. Grocery Store—A Chilling Precedent (Exclusive Interview)

Amy Mek 28February2025  https://rairfoundation.com/jewish-journalist-sloan-rachmuth-arrested-objecting-islamic-terror/

 

Jewish Journalist Sloan Rachmuth Arrested

Jewish Journalist Sloan Rachmuth Arrested

Dragged from her home in handcuffs, paraded past her neighbors, and thrown in jail on a bogus charge, Jewish journalist Sloan Rachmuth was politically targeted, humiliated, and silenced for daring to object to a U.S. grocery store employee wearing an Islamic terror symbol—exposing a shocking case of corporate complicity, police overreach, and state-enforced antisemitism.

 

Holly Springs, NC – Sloan Rachmuth, a Jewish journalist and political commentator, was arrested at her home in front of her terrified children on November 3, 2024. Her alleged crime? According to Rachmuth, she objected to a supermarket employee at Harris Teeter wearing the controversial keffiyeh, a political symbol widely associated with Hamas and its ambitions to destroy Israel and the Jewish people worldwide.

 

Rachmuth, an outspoken advocate against antisemitism and a contributor to national media outlets on Middle Eastern affairs, explained to RAIR Foundation in an exclusive interview that she was handcuffed, marched through her neighborhood, and charged with cyberstalking, posting about the troubling incident online.

 

Rachmuth explained the police never asked for her side of the story, nor investigated the credibility of the alleged victim. Her arrest was based solely on an unverified accusation, raising serious concerns about law enforcement’s complicity in this apparent retaliation.

 

Rather than uphold its corporate attire and political expression policies, Harris Teeter—a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., the largest supermarket chain in America—ignored its regulations. Indeed, Harris Teeter allowed an employee to wear a threatening symbol of Islamic and Palestinian terrorism, visibly wrapping it around her head while working with customers.

 

Rachmuth describes this as not just corporate censorship or police overreach but state-backed antisemitic persecution and the criminalization of those who publicly object to terror support and antisemitism.

 

Sloan Rachmuth

 

A Known Hamas Symbol in a U.S. Grocery Store

On October 31, 2024, Rachmuth entered Harris Teeter on Sunset Lake Road in Holly Springs, North Carolina, a store where she had shopped regularly for seven years. According to Rachmuth, as she checked out, she noticed an employee handling food while wearing a keffiyeh—a garment long associated with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and frequently worn by Hamas militants and supporters. In America, the keffiyeh has been used as a rallying icon for violence against Jews during demonstrations. Even countries like the United Arab Emirates and Egypt—both Arab nations—have banned its political use, recognizing its ties to Islamic groups.

 

Aware of its political significance, Rachmuth says she politely asked the employee, Amira M. Fattah, “It’s Halloween; are you wearing this as a costume?” Fattah replied, “No, it’s for Free Palestine,” confirming she wore the keffiyeh as a political statement rather than for religious reasons.

 

As a Jewish woman and a longtime customer, Rachmuth was deeply uncomfortable with a store employee openly supporting an ideology that symbolized the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people while handling food. While at the store, Rachmuth escalated her concerns to store manager Sheronna Irick, expecting Harris Teeter to uphold its policies against political speech in the workplace.

 

Instead of addressing the hostile work environment created by an employee wearing a symbol of Jewish oppression, Irick dismissed Rachmuth’s complaint outright and told her, “Like it or leave.”

Harris Teeter’s Failure to Act

Realizing that the store manager was indifferent to the issue, Rachmuth contacted Harris Teeter’s corporate office to inform them of what had occurred.

 

Frustrated by the store manager’s hostile response, Rachmuth turned to social media and posted about the encounter on X (formerly Twitter). She included a photo of the employee wearing the keffiyeh—showing only the employee’s profile—along with a caption questioning the corporation’s stance on political speech in the workplace.

 

Sloan Rachmuth-tweet-31October2024-HarrisTeeter-Hamas Employee

Sloan Rachmuth-tweet-31October2024-HarrisTeeter-Hamas Employee

 

The post quickly gained traction, sparking widespread debate about corporate complicity in antisemitism. Rather than address the concern, Harris Teeter’s employees escalated the situation by calling the police in what appears to be an act of retaliation against a customer.

 

According to arrest records and law enforcement, store manager Sheronna Irick played a pivotal role in facilitating this retaliation. made it clear that the Harris Teeter manager’s actions directly enabled Rachmuth’s falsely-charged arrest.

The Arrest: How Law Enforcement Was Weaponized Against a Jewish Mother

Three days later, after Rachmuth’s X post, Holly Springs Police officers—Elliott Warren, Benjamin Marino, and Edgar Hernandez—arrived at Rachmuth’s home and began pounding on her door.

 

Holly Springs Police officers-Elliott Warren, Benjamin Marino, and Edgar Hernandez

Holly Springs Police officers-Elliott Warren, Benjamin Marino, and Edgar Hernandez

 

To understand how this politically motivated arrest unfolded, examining events leading up to it is important.

A Timeline of the Political Arrest

  • October 31, 2024: Rachmuth reports that she noticed a Harris Teeter employee wearing a keffiyeh, questioned her about it, and later posted images on social media.
  • November 2, 2024: Holly Springs Police took a report from the employee and store manager, who alleged that Rachmuth called her a terrorist in the store—an accusation Rachmuth vehemently denies.
  • The incident report officially labeled the case as ‘ANTI-ISLAMIC (MUSLIM),’ suggesting that law enforcement intentionally framed the situation as a bias-motivated offense. This classification raises serious concerns about whether police exaggerated or misrepresented the nature of the allegations to justify Rachmuth’s arrest. If Rachmuth’s concern over a political symbol was rebranded as a ‘hate crime,’ does this mean that simply objecting to Hamas-affiliated imagery is now considered a criminal act? The implications of such a designation are chilling—especially given that there was no investigation into whether the allegations against her were truthful.
  • November 3, 2024: Officer Elliott Warren obtained an arrest warrant, accusing Rachmuth of using her cellphone to “harass, embarrass, or terrify” the employee.
  • Later that day: Police arrived at her home with an arrest warrant in hand, leading to what many believe was an effort to humiliate her publicly.

Rachmuth, a mother of two, says she was shocked and confused by the officers’ presence. When she demanded the reason for her arrest, Officer Benjamin Marino chillingly replied, “Something you did made her uncomfortable, all right?”

Rachmuth’s arrest video shows she was then handcuffed with no questions asked. She says the police paraded her through her neighborhood before taking her to Wake County Jail. Adding to the cruelty of the arrest, this occurred on her 17th wedding anniversary, as her terrified children, concerned husband and protective German Shepherd watched helplessly.

 

Sloan RING footage

 

Rachmuth states that despite the alleged crime being an unarrestable misdemeanor, she was forced to pay a $1,000 cash bail—a sum typically reserved for serious offenses—and was treated like a violent criminal during the booking process.

 

Democratic activists and their media swiftly circulated her mugshot and charge sheet online, weaponizing the arrest as a political smear campaign. Major left-wing outlets, including The Independent, The Intercept, MSN, Daily Mail, and other partisan publications, immediately jumped on the bandwagon, launching coordinated attacks against Rachmuth. They spread her mugshot far and wide, framing her as a villain—without even attempting to reach out to her for comment.

 

This rapid media blitz has left many questioning who contacted the media so swiftly and how they were able to mobilize coverage within hours of her arrest. Just as questions linger over who at Harris Teeter initially called the police, suspicions are growing that this was not an organic reaction but rather a carefully coordinated effort to weaponize the criminal justice system against a Jewish journalist. Many believe this was a deliberate, politically motivated attack meant to silence and intimidate her—setting a dangerous precedent for anyone daring to expose antisemitism or radical extremism in America.

A Baseless Charge Meant to Intimidate and Silence Critics

The charge against Rachmuth—cyberstalking—had no legal precedent or justification. The accusation alleged that she used her phone to take a photo with the intent to embarrass someone—an assertion unsupported by any state or federal law and one that raises serious First Amendment concerns.

 

Even Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman, a Democrat, acknowledged the blatant injustice of the case and dropped all charges the next day, stating that the alleged conduct did not meet the elements of the offense.

 

However, this charge’s legal overreach and selective enforcement remain deeply troubling. North Carolina’s cyberstalking statute, G.S. 14-196.3, requires repeated electronic communications made to a person with the intent to “annoy, threaten, or harass” an individual. Rachmuth’s single post about a store policy does not meet this legal threshold. Furthermore, legal precedents in State v. Bishop (2016) and State v. Shackelford (2019) have reinforced the principle that vague and overly broad interpretations of online speech statutes violate constitutional protections of free speech and press freedom.

 

If this charge had moved forward, it would have set a chilling precedent for journalists, activists, and citizens engaged in lawful political speech. The case raises serious questions about lawfare and the use of activist law enforcement to target political dissenters.

 

While Freeman ultimately dropped the charges, the fact that the Holly Springs Police Department pursued them in the first place—despite clear constitutional and procedural concerns—demonstrates the selective weaponization of the law to intimidate and silence individuals exposing antisemitism and Islamic radicalism. The police department has yet to acknowledge any wrongdoing in Rachmuth’s case.

 

The damage is done. Rachmuth has been publicly humiliated, smeared as an extremist, and left to deal with the lasting emotional trauma inflicted on her and her children. Left-wing media outlets quickly distributed her mugshot and charge sheet, weaponized to destroy her credibility and intimidate others from speaking out.

 

The swiftness with which the media picked up the story—without even verifying the charge’s validity—further supports the growing suspicion that this was a coordinated attack on a Jewish journalist for daring to challenge the glorification of Hamas and its genocidal ideology.

A Dangerous Precedent: How Hamas Sympathizers Exploit U.S. Institutions

Rachmuth argues that this arrest highlights a disturbing trend in America: where Jewish individuals who expose the glorification of Islamic terrorism and Hamas’s genocidal ideology are punished. At the same time, those who promote these dangerous movements face no repercussions. She asserts that the legal system has been weaponized to silence and intimidate those who speak out against radicalism, making it increasingly risky for Jewish Americans to call attention to antisemitism and extremism.

 

According to Rachmuth, her arrest raises serious concerns about how political and ideological biases impact law enforcement actions, particularly when it comes to Jewish Americans who challenge the normalization of anti-Jewish hostility.

 

Rachmuth also points to what she describes as a two-tiered justice system at play. Between 2022 and 2023, she lodged multiple detailed complaints with the Holly Springs Police Department regarding relentless harassment, cyberstalking, and threats she received for being Jewish and having an Israeli husband. Internal documents shared with RAIR show her detailed police reports of the doxxing of her family, anti-Jewish slurs, and ongoing harassment from known perpetrators were ignored by the police chief. Emails show the police declined to take action, stating that ‘no criminal North Carolina General Statutes have been violated.’

 

In a letter to Rachmuth dated January 9, 2023, the police admitted that they had thoroughly analyzed the documentation, consulted with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NC-SBI), and ultimately concluded that the harassment fell under ‘First Amendment protected speech’—even though it included threats, public exposure of personal records, and clear targeting of her family. In an email, the police chief justified inaction by citing the need to follow a chain of command before presenting charges for judicial review.

 

Yet, regarding her arrest, no such legal scrutiny or procedural delay was observed, as evidenced by the charges being dropped within 24 hours. She was promptly taken into custody without the due diligence police had claimed was necessary in previous cases. The statute requires ‘repeated’ communication directly to a person, a requirement absent from the arrest warrant. Furthermore, North Carolina courts have overturned similar cases on constitutional grounds.

 

Questions remain over who ordered her arrest. The DA was not involved in the initial decision—as later suggested when Freeman personally called her to confirm there was no case. Was this the work of a police department eager to silence her? She argues that the lack of due process in her case, compared to the meticulous legal caution used when she was the victim, speaks volumes about the selective enforcement of the law.

 

Rachmuth insists that those responsible for what she describes as her wrongful arrest, including Holly Springs Police Chief Paul Liquorie and the officers involved, must be held accountable. She warns that the decision to arrest her, despite the lack of legal grounds, sets a dangerous precedent for civil liberties, Jewish advocacy, and the ability to challenge radical ideologies without fear of state-backed retaliation.

Unanswered Questions: Who Will Be Held Responsible?

  • Is Amira M. Fattah still employed at Harris Teeter?
  • Is Sheronna Irick still working as the store manager?
  • Did Harris Teeter issue a policy clarification prohibiting political symbols in the workplace?
  • Why hasn’t Rachmuth received an apology from Harris Teeter or Holly Springs PD?
  • Who within Harris Teeter’s corporate leadership initiated the false police report?

State-Enforced Antisemitism in America?

Rachmuth argues that her arrest is a direct attack on Jewish Americans who speak out against antisemitism and radicalism. She believes that her treatment at the hands of Harris Teeter and the Holly Springs Police Department reflects a growing danger faced by Jews in the United States—where supporters of terrorism are given a platform. At the same time, those who oppose terrorism are silenced and criminalized.

 

For Rachmuth, this case is more than just corporate censorship or police overreach—it is a glaring example of how extremists manipulate the United States legal system to punish those who object to terrorism. Lawfare is a tool of intimidation and activist police departments are complicit, using their power to suppress dissent and terrorize law-abiding citizens, she says.

 

Rachmuth warns that this weaponization of law enforcement against a Jewish journalist sets a dangerous precedent for the future of free speech, religious liberty, and civil rights. She argues that if an American can be arrested simply for objecting online to pro-terrorist symbolism in a grocery store, then no one is safe from politically motivated prosecution.

 

RAIR Foundation will continue to monitor this case closely and demand full accountability from Harris Teeter, the Holly Springs Police Department, and all individuals responsible for what it describes as a blatant abuse of power.

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Sue the arresting officers, city, & police department for deprivation of Constitutional rights under the color of the law. You get to hit the city and the individual government agents in THEIR personal wallets and the state’s coffers.
42 USC § 1983
18 USC § 242

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A cheering crowd fills the streets over terror against Jews


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

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

 

 

 

You hypocritical terrorist supporters


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

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

Translated from Hebrew by

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

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

 

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


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

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

October 7? Because Jews have a country.

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

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

The Farhud? Jews “sided with the British.”

The Holocaust? Jews were “racially inferior.”

The Dreyfus Affair? Jews were “treasonous.”

The Russian pogroms? Jews “caused poverty.”

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

The Inquisitions? Jews were “undermining Christianity.”

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

The Expulsions? Jews were “heretics.”

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

The excuses change; the hate persists.

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

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Israel to dispatch rescue flights following Amsterdam pogrom

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

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

 

Riots in Amsterdam

Riots in Amsterdam

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Foreign Ministry guidelines for Israelis in Amsterdam

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

In addition, you can call the following numbers:

 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

025304358

025303287

025303644

025303401

0505074986

Embassy of Israel in the Netherlands:

+31703760570

+31642648282

+31648493297

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

Readers Comments:

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

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

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

 

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

 

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El Al announces Shabbat rescue flights from Amsterdam

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

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

 

El Al flight

El Al flight

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

EL AL mobilized to assist Israeli citizens in Amsterdam


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Following therecent violent events in Amsterdam, we mobilized to assist Israeli citizens and our country, and we will continue to do so as needed.

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 


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Onacceptabel. Als een agent geen joodse objecten wil bewaken is dat reden voor ontslag.

Translated from Dutch by

Unacceptable. If an officer does not want to guard Jewish objects, that is grounds for dismissal.
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Agenten willen geen Joodse objecten bewaken: korpsleiding heeft begrip voor ’morele bezwaren’

Translated from Dutch by

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

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Geert Wilders-tweet-1October2024-Unacceptable

 

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

The threats faced by Dutch Jews

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

A pogrom is not just “disorderly conduct.”

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

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

Jews deserve better.

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

 

 

No arrests were made on the night of the Pogrom


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In de nacht waarin tientallen Israëli’s werden aangevallen op straat in Amsterdam is geen enkele aanhouding verricht, bevestigt het OM.

Translated from Dutch by

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

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

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

 

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After Days of Antisemitic Riots the Police are taking action


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The world needs to see this. Yesterday around 11 pm pro-Palestinian protestors in Amsterdam got relocated by police to an industrial area. There they got hunted down, beaten up and hunted down again. One protestor is beat up while she’s laying on the ground. Please share!

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

 

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Amsterdam attacks

Amsterdam attacks

Amsterdam attacks

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Tomorrow we work them.”

Buurthuis group chat

Buurthuis group chat

 

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

 

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

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Buurthuis group chat-2

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The attackers responded: “Free Palestine now.”

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Others had narrow escapes.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Conference of European Rabbis conference cancelled by Sarajevo, Bosnia


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“The CER’s biannual Standing Committee meeting was due to be held at the Swisshotel in #Sarajevo, #Bosnia and Herzegovina, next week. Chief Rabbis from all over #Europe, including France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, were due to convene to discuss the most pressing issues facing European #Jewish life today and matters of freedom of religion or belief. Shockingly, the hotel has suddenly cancelled on us.”

The cancellation follows an open letter written by the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Adnan Delic and published in the Bosnian press.

“Sarajevo,” Federal Minister Delic writes, is a city of “openness and hospitality” and so should ban the European-Jewish event from its city.”

He called “on the organisers to immediately cancel the conference in Sarajevo, and on all relevant institutions to prevent its realisation, and on citizens and civil society organisations not to remain silent in the face of this attempt to morally humiliate our capital and our country.”

In his letter, he invoked harsh rhetoric against the State of Israel, declaring it a “genocidal entity” committing “shameful crimes against humanity.”

Chief Rabbi Goldschmidt continued, “No other Bosnian Government official has contacted the Conference of European Rabbis. We have been made unwelcome and this last-minute, ministerial boycott of Jewish European citizens, dedicated to purely to promoting Jewish life in Europe and furthering dialogue and democracy across the continent, is disgraceful.”

“CER events foster dialogue, boost interfaith activity, and promote public engagement. It is Sarajevo’s loss. We are delighted that the Bavarian Government will support our event’s relocation to Munich and we, as an organisation, will continue unfazed to be engaged supporting the Jewish communities of Europe.”

“However, a wider question looms. This decision to block a European-Jewish conference on European soil is not only alarming, but also revealing. It is a clear violation of EU commitments and values (The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Article 10 and 22; The European Council Declaration on Antisemitism, 2020). Bosnia and Herzegovina should certainly be cancelled and barred from accession to the European Union following this disgraceful castigation of a European faith group. Sarajevo has proclaimed itself a “city of openness and tolerance” for anyone but Jews.”

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Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt-tweet-11June2025-Conference of European Rabbis conference cancelled by Sarajevo Bosnia

 

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Mamdani Wants Cops to Stop Responding to Attacks on Jews

Zohran Mamdani is preparing to enable a new wave of antisemitic violence.

3August2025 by
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Jews are the victims of the majority of hate crimes, especially religious hate crimes, in New York City.

 

Jews were targeted in 345 hate crimes in New York City last year, more than all other minority groups combined, according to NYPD data released on Monday.

 

Anti-Jewish crimes accounted for 54% of the 641 total hate crimes reported to police in the city in 2024, the data showed.

 

Since the beginning of the year, 74 (60%) of the 123 recorded hate crimes have targeted Jews, according to the NYPD.

 

Zohran Mamdani, the radical Islamist and leftist terrorist supporter, has proposed that the NYPD not respond to hate crimes, instead that they be handled by social workers.

 

This is not simply police defunding, rather this shifts resources away from responding to attacks on Jews, moves away from having law enforcement deal with those attacks and instead has his political leftist allies ‘deal’ with them by burying them.

 

This isn’t just a pro-crime policy. It’s strategically calculated to protect members of his community who attack Jews while exposing Jews to religiously motivated assaults.

 

Zohran Mamdani is already building the infrastructure for enabling a new wave of antisemitic violence.

 

Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

 

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POGROMS IN NYC HAVE started


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POGROMS IN NYC HAVE started

Terrorists killed Zionist Wesley LePatner who was killed at a location where NYC terrorists vowed to globalize the intifada.

Wesley LePatner was a zionist visionary leader, devoted colleague, and beloved member of her community. Wesley served as Senior Managing Director at Blackstone, where she was a driving force behind the firm’s real estate and infrastructure strategies. Her integrity, intellect, and fierce dedication inspired all who had the privilege of working with her.

A proud Jewish woman, Wesley navigated her career and personal identity with strength and compassion. She was known for her nuanced voice on complex issues, including those surrounding the Jewish diaspora, Zionism, and the evolving role of Jewish identity in global affairs.

We urge Jews to evacuate nyc

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Betar Worldwide-tweet-29July2025-POGROMS IN NYC HAVE started

 

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Islamists calling for more killing of Jews on the streets in the US


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All the sick mentally ill pro Palestine Islamists based in the US are now openly calling for more killing of Jews on the streets in the US and everywhere.

This is going to become the norm and Jewish people outside Israel has better get prepared for what’s coming.

I called this many months ago, and now here we are. The next phase is going to be mass casualty massacres and terror attacks in the West.

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Cheryl E-tweet-23May2025-Islamists calling for more killing of Jews on the streets in the US

BACKGROUND

 

Murder of Israeli embassy staff Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim


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Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were planning to get engaged.

Yaron had bought a ring just this week and planned to propose on an upcoming trip to Jerusalem.

But they were gunned down in their prime. Just for being Jewish.

My heart breaks today.

May their memories forever be a blessing.

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 


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

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GB News-tweet-27November2024-Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered

 

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

 

Trend of antisemitic flyers, statements

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Why young British Jews are leaving for Israel

The vicious intolerance sweeping Europe is now impossible to ignore.

Neil Davenport

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Names have been changed in this article

 

Neil Davenport is a writer based in London.

 

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Pro-terror demonstrators in Paris


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

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

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

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

Brian Lilley
Published 27November2024

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

It’s sad and wrong but it is true.

 

blilley@postmedia.com

 

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The Jewish community in Australia is not safe.


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LABOR HAS BROUGHT SHAME ON AUSTRALIA

The Australian Labor government has brought shame on Australia.

For the first time ever the prestigious Simon Wiesenthal Center has issued a negative travel advisory on Australia for Jews the world over.

Instead of learning the principles of Never Again, the govt actions and inactions which have facilitated a violent antisemitism crisis has brought us to Never Before.

This is Labor’s legacy.

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THIS IS ANITSEMITIC TERRORISM IN AUSTRALIA

Confirmed torching of the large orthodox Jewish Adass synagogue in Melbourne.

This is the flow on from the most hostile Federal government in Australia’s history to the Jewish community and the most anti-Israel. Since 9 October 2023, our political leaders and law enforcement have betrayed us – in terror supporting policies, on university campuses, on the streets and in the media.

This attack is on an orthodox community, some might say ultra-orthodox. They are NOT known as being particularly Zionist.

Just like the Opera House riot on 9 October (before Israel made any response), these campaign have always been about a hatred of Jews.

And our governments response? Condemn Israel, give $millions to Hamas supporters locally and overseas, and import 1000s from terrorist controlled Gaza with minimal security checks.

There used to be a wonderful country called Australia. Perhaps you remember it.

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Days after a Melbourne synagogue was firebombed, a Sydney suburb was graffitied and a car torched in a neighborhood with a lot of Jewish families.

Wake up Australia. Your country is turning into a cesspool of Jew-hatred

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Genuine question. What has the jewish community in Australia done to deserve this type of hatred?

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The Fear, The Answer Aliyah


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Just landed in Israel with my family. On the way here, we stopped in France. In the airport, my son yelled, “I’m so excited to go to Israel!” My heart sank.

We got nasty stares, and looks of disgust. It was uncomfortable and sad—it didn’t used to be like that.

As soon as we got to Israel, all of that melted away. The Israeli flags everywhere, waving proud. Israeli soldiers there to protect us. And a booming country fighting multiple wars with one arm tied behind her back.

My son was expecting to walk into a war zone. To his surprise, we feel safer walking on the streets here than anywhere in the world.

It makes me proud that a people rose from the ashes of the Holocaust and built this thriving country. Nobody will ever take it from us again.

It’s so sad to see the ignorant hate this country gets, from people that have never been here before.

I invite all the keyboard warriors who get their information from TikTok to get on a plane and experience the Holy Land for themselves.

God Bless Israel.

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The Antisemitism tsunami: In defense of reality

Why Hillel Fuld Is right, and why it’s time we stop hiding behind feel-good illusions. Hillel Fuld is not spreading fear. He is sounding the alarm that far too many Jews refuse to hear. Opinion.

Avi Abelow / 5August2025, 8:37 AM (GMT+3) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412768

 

Let me be very clear: I love Chabad. I have deep respect the Rebbe zts”l and deeply appreciate the generations of shlichim who continue to inspire, educate, and awaken Jewish souls around the world.

 

But I must push back, firmly, on Rabbi Anchelle Perl’s recent critique of Hillel Fuld’s viral post warning about the rising tsunami of Jew-hating antisemitism and the existential threats facing the Jewish people in the West today.

 

Because while it’s noble to speak about light and redemption, it is dangerous to ignore darkness when it is actively trying to consume us. Hillel Fuld is not spreading fear. He is sounding the alarm that far too many Jews refuse to hear.

 

Yes, our purpose as Jews is far greater than merely surviving hatred, but let’s be honest: we are living through a global tsunami of Jew-hatred, unlike anything we’ve seen since the 1930s. What were once local blood libels whispered through medieval villages, or localized to Germany, are now broadcast in real time across the planet, trending on TikTok, justified by academics, and echoed by the so-called enlightened elites of the West.

 

Let’s stop pretending that the modern Jew-hating antisemitism we face today is just a passing storm. It is a strategically packaged, globalized blood libel, rooted in a fake national identity called “Palestine” created by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, a propaganda campaign that has hijacked human rights language to justify murder, rape, and erasure of Jews.

 

And what makes this moment different from all others in Jewish history? For the first time in 2,000 years, we’re not stuck. We are no longer helpless. The gates are open. The Jewish people can go home, to Judea, to Samaria, to Jerusalem. The time has come to stop waiting for mashiach and start actively bringing mashiach with clarity: our future is not in exile. It’s in our homeland.

 

We are not here to merely survive antisemitism. But we will not overcome it by ignoring it either. We will overcome it by returning home, standing tall, reclaiming our destiny, and acting like a light unto the nations from our homeland.

 

Rabbi Perl then claims that “this isn’t the 1930s”. Correct, this Is worse than 1930s Germany. Because This Time, We are back as sovereign in our own State

The Rebbe may have taught that we’re not in exile like we used to be. But we now live in a paradox: we have a Jewish state, and yet too many Jews are still behaving as if we don’t.

 

No, the modern State of Israel may not yet be the ideal Jewish state we’ve dreamed of — but that’s largely because, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most religious leaders chose to sit out the return to our homeland, leaving the task to secular pioneers. We handed over the wheel and then wondered why the ship wasn’t heading exactly where we wanted.

 

If you want Israel to become a truly Jewish state — not just in name, but in soul and substance — there’s only one answer: more committed, values-driven Jews must come home and help shape it. Don’t complain from afar. Come take part. That’s how we turn Israel into the Jewish state it was meant to be.

 

This Isn’t the 1930s — It’s Worse, Because This Time, We Can Come Home

Let’s be clear: this isn’t 1930s Germany. It’s worse — because this time, we have a Jewish state, and yet far too many are still choosing exile. Today, Jews aren’t trapped. There are no locked gates. The doors of our homeland are wide open — and still, millions cling to the illusion that the West will protect them as antisemitism grows louder, uglier, and more mainstream by the day.

 

And where are our rabbis and educators? Where is the leadership calling the Jewish people home — not just to escape the hate, but to fulfill our Divine mission?

 

The Torah is clear. The Prophets are clear. G-d didn’t scatter us so we could build comfortable lives in Paris, London, or Long Island. He scattered us so we would return — transformed, awakened, and ready to live as a nation in our land, bringing morality and truth to the world. That’s not a Zionist slogan — it’s the Bible.

 

For 2,000 years we survived exile because we had no choice. But now we do. Now we have a land, a language, a government, an army — and a mission. And yet too many of our rabbis keep teaching Judaism as if we’re still wandering, as if the words of Isaiah and Ezekiel were metaphors, not marching orders.

 

This moment demands clarity. We’re not meant to hide in exile and hope things get better. We’re meant to return home and make things better — for ourselves, for our children, and for all humanity.

 

Anything less is a failure of leadership.

Rabbi Perl then says that Jewish Pride Is the answer to Jewish fear. Correct. But the Rabbi is Ignoring the natural state of Jewish pride.

One can wear a kippah in New York or wave an Israeli flag in London, but true, unshakable Jewish pride is rooted in one place, the Land of Israel. Here, it’s in the air, even among a population that is largely not religious because it is a natural, effortless Jewish identity. Because this is our home, the only place on earth where being Jewish is the norm, not the exception.

 

Israel is the natural habitat for the Jew. It’s not a refuge from Jew-hating antisemitism, it’s the answer to assimilation. If you want your children to grow up proud of who they are, not apologetic or confused, then bring them home. In Israel, Jewish pride isn’t something you have to teach, it’s something they breathe.

 

Yes, light the menorah in the public square. But let’s not kid ourselves, public menorahs are not going to stop genocidal Islamonazi jihad. Acts of kindness won’t remove the growing Jew-hatred on college campuses.

 

You know what will? Jewish strength. Jewish sovereignty. Jewish leadership.

 

Hillel Fuld is right to say the world is closing in. But he’s also right to point to the solution: We need to return to who we are. Not just spiritually, but nationally. That means unapologetically asserting our rights, not in Brooklyn, Lakewood, Los Angeles or Boro Park, but in Beit El, in Hebron, in Gaza, and yes, on the Temple Mount.

 

Because the real answer to Jew-hating antisemitism is not hiding behind spiritual platitudes. The answer is Jewish power with purpose in our homeland, as ordained by Hashem himself.

 

Redemption Requires Action

Yes, Moshiach is coming. But not because we sit around and manifest it with good vibes. Moshiach comes when the Jewish people stand up, proud, sovereign, rooted in truth, and lead the world with moral clarity from Jerusalem.

 

That’s what Hillel was doing. He wasn’t predicting doom. He was warning the blind that the train is coming and that the tracks lead to Jerusalem. The only way forward is through Jewish awakening, Jewish leadership, and Jewish return.

 

So to those who dismiss the warnings because they make you uncomfortable, I say: Wake up. The world is changing. The war is here. And we can either lead or be led to slaughter.

 

Choose to lead.

 

I’ve spoken with countless rabbis who proudly tell me their role in their communities is to be the captain of the ship, to inspire their communities, to keep their Judaism alive in exile, to steady the waters. But here’s the truth: it’s no longer enough to steer the ship. It’s time to dock it. The next step, the essential step, is to guide their flock home.

 

Because the purpose of Judaism was never to survive in exile. The purpose is to return, rebuild, and fulfill the mission we were given, in the land we were promised. And any spiritual leadership that stops short of that is not leading us to our destiny. It’s time for our rabbis, and all of us, to recognize that the journey doesn’t end with Jewish pride in exile.

 

It ends in Jerusalem. It ends in sovereignty. It ends in us actively bringing redemption by coming home.

 

Am Yisrael Chai.

 

Avi Abelow heads PulseofIsrael.com /IsraelUnwired.com, Inspiring People about the Jewish People and the Land of Israel.

 

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A Jew in Hollywood, Serve your own ambition or your people?


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Few people realize Hannah Einbinder attended public school in Beverly Hills—alongside the largest community of Persian Jewish refugees in America.

Nearly 40% of Hannah’s classmates were either Persian Jewish refugees or the children of refugees who fled the Islamic Regime.

Unlike Hannah, who grew up in the nepo baby bubble of her mother’s SNL career, her Persian classmates didn’t come from privilege. Their parents, like mine, lost everything — homes, businesses, careers, even family members — all for the chance to live free as Jews.

These families had to rebuild their lives from nothing after fleeing religious persecution in Iran.

But instead of recognizing the lived experience of the refugee kids she grew up with — kids who welcomed her into their homes, shared birthdays, sat beside her in English class and laughed at her jokes at the lunch table — Hannah erased their history from the narrative altogether.

And that is what makes Hannah Einbinder such a performative fraud. To posture at the Emmys as a self-proclaimed “savior of the oppressed,” while dismissing the trauma and oppression experienced by her Persian Jewish friends — this isn’t ignorance. It’s opportunism from a morally bankrupt sellout desperate for accolades.

Because the truth is this: without Israel, most Jewish refugees, like my family, have nowhere to go. This was true in 1948, it was true when my parents fled Iran, and it remains true today. For Persian Jews, Israel is not an abstract idea — it’s the insurance policy of our continued survival.

My parents settled in America, yes. But it took years for most of my family to obtain a visa and find their way here. In fact, the vast majority of Jewish refugees fleeing Iran had nowhere to go but Israel — the same Jewish state Hannah wants to sever from Judaism itself.

And if America had closed its doors, as it did during the Holocaust? If Israel had not existed? Over 100,000 Persian Jews would still be trapped in Iran — prisoners of the Islamic Regime — with no rights, no future, and none of the freedoms Hannah so easily takes for granted.

Hannah knows this truth.

When she condemned Israel at the Emmys, she wasn’t just another misguided celebrity with a platform. She was someone who grew up in a community full of marginalized Persian Jewish refugees and chose to render them invisible. Someone who knew—firsthand—that the exile and displacement of Jewish people didn’t end with the Holocaust, yet still pushed the lie that Israel’s existence and Jewish survival are mutually exclusive.

And with that, Hannah Einbinder revealed herself as just another Hack: erasing Jewish suffering, spitting on it, cashing it in, and selling her betrayal as activism.

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Never Again, Forever!

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It is important to grasp that the expectations listed above are exclusively reserved for the Jewish people, and this fact demonstrates the subtle, and not so subtle, seduction with which the world imbibes and promotes Jew Hatred around the world.

 

Too long has Israel been locked into capitulating to these expectations, but the barbarism, brutality and betrayals which were exposed by October 7 ended this fatal addiction.  As the world pretends that Israel is the author of her own tragedies, it betrays the oath previously captured in the phrase Never Again, which is why the real guarantor of that immortal promise to the Jewish people could only be the Jewish people themselves.  In fact, the very real absurdities captured in this meme demonstrates both the basis for and the creation of the Zionist movement which led to the reconstitution of the ancient state of Israel in the Jewish heartlands on which it stands today.  While we have many friends around the world to whom we are indebted and whose friendship is both welcome and vital, the responsibility for the survival of we Jews stand with the Jews.  The agency which empowers Jews to act in their own interests is due to the existence of the Jewish state and its unified purpose of proving that ‘Never Again’ is not simply a virtue signaling slogan to be used by elitist academics on any subject they care to employ it.  Indeed, ‘Never Again’ is in fact the way of life for the Jewish people to survive and to thrive amidst the efforts we face in every generation, efforts to both destroy us and to add to the list of calamities which are recalled each year in the observance of Tisha B’av.

Never Again, forever!

Am Yisrael Chai!!!

 

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Israel moves to bolster self-sufficiency amid wave of arms embargoes

“In the whole area of munitions and spare parts, we can be much more independent,” IDF Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror told JNS.

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https://www.jns.org/israel-moves-to-bolster-self-sufficiency-amid-wave-of-arms-embargoes/

 

(9September2025 / JNS) The rise in arms embargoes due to the ongoing war in Gaza has prompted Israel’s government to establish a new “Munitions Directorate” to develop recommendations to reduce Israel’s dependency on foreign countries for military supplies.

 

“We decided, and it was part of the recommendation of a special committee which was nominated to deal with the defense budget, that Israel will minimize its dependence on others,” IDF Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, senior fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS), told JNS.

 

A former national security adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Amidror noted, “We will never produce something like F-35 fighters or submarines. But in the whole area of munitions and spare parts, we can be much more independent.”

 

IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi, founder of the Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF), told JNS: “There is a very clear understanding now that we need to be as self-sufficient and independent as possible, as much as we can and in every single respect, from advanced munitions to parts and, of course, energy.”

 

The creation of the new directorate was ordered by Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, spurred by embargo actions undertaken by countries traditionally considered its closest allies, including the United Kingdom, Canada and Italy.

 

Slovenia went further than most. In July, it became the first European Union country to implement a full embargo, banning the import and export of arms to Israel, including their transit across its territory. Spain, whose socialist government has staked out a hardline position against Israel, is deliberating a sweeping ban of its own, according to El País.

 

More serious is that Germany, which accounted for 30% of Israel’s arms imports from 2019–2023, halted any exports that “may be utilized in the Gaza Strip,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in August.

 

Arms embargoes are not new in Israel’s history. At its birth in 1948, Israel faced an arms embargo from the United States. Two decades later, on the eve of the Six-Day War, France—then Israel’s principal arms supplier—imposed its own embargo.

 

In 2014, during “Operation Protective Edge,” the Obama administration refused Israel arms. “Ten years ago, we had terrorists popping up from tunnels inside Israel. The U.S. wouldn’t give us weapons. And I remember the shock in the defense establishment,” said Avivi, noting that war wasn’t a matter of conquering Gaza, but of destroying terror tunnels, “and they still didn’t give us weapons.”

 

At the time, Avivi served as the chief auditor of the Israeli defense establishment. “I audited the ability of our industries to produce what we need,” he recalled, noting his audit painted a “terrible” situation.

 

Amidror conceded that Israel’s vulnerabilities were, in part, self-inflicted: “There were some production lines that we shut down because, economically, it was not wise to continue. But now we understand that it creates a weak point that might be exploited by other countries. So we will resume our ability to produce those in Israel.”

 

Another reason Israel’s dependency grew deeper over time was a decision by then-U.S. President Barack Obama to forbid Israel from converting U.S. aid dollars into shekels. That rule change forced Israel to move more production lines to American soil. “Our dependency grew dramatically,” said Avivi.

 

The consequences became stark in the opening days of the current war. “We were in very grave danger at the beginning with lack of munitions and parts,” said Avivi. “The industry and the minister of defense were forced to become creative in finding solutions. It affected the pace of war and our capabilities. It cost lives.”

 

For Avivi, the failure to prepare adequate supplies is as grave as the intelligence lapses that enabled Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack. “We have to ask: why didn’t we learn the lesson already in 2014? Why didn’t we invest in our industry? Why didn’t we buy more munitions?”

 

To rectify the situation is straightforward, according to Amidror. “Identify the most important elements that we needed but didn’t have enough of, or we didn’t produce, and make sure that we have enough of it,” he said. “If we can produce it in Israel, make sure that we will produce it. If we don’t produce it by ourselves, put enough of it in storage.”

 

Avivi agreed that those were the two options. Either build domestic production lines or ensure sufficient stockpiles. While he said that there was no right answer, domestic production offers advantages in terms of revenues and jobs. “Eighty percent of our industries’ military production is for export,” he noted.

 

For Avivi, the challenge is not just weapons but also energy. He pointed to the Bazan Oil Refineries in Haifa Bay, which were critical to producing numerous fuels, everything from diesel to a special formula used by drones. Bazan was continually a target of Iran during the 12-day war in June, proving its strategic importance, he said.

 

Despite this, there are still people in Israel’s government who want to close it. They want to put up houses in its place, he said. An Israel Hayom story on Monday featured residents living near the refinery calling for Bazan’s closure precisely because it is a target for missiles, as well as pollutes the area.

 

Asked whether Israel could retaliate against embargoing countries, Avivi said Israel supplies vital intelligence to these countries, which has saved them time and again from terrorist attacks. It could threaten to withhold that intelligence, he said.

 

Amidror emphasized that the new directorate’s mandate is narrowly focused: “This committee addresses the decision of Israel to be less dependent on others in the area of munitions and spare parts. Energy and diplomacy are something else. It’s not connected to this committee.”

 

“We have learned a lot,” he added. “Israel is already producing many things it didn’t produce before the embargoes.”

 

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


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

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

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Never Again will we leave our fate in the hands of others


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There was no occupation.
There was no “open air prison”.
There was no Nakba.
There is no genocide.
There is no famine.
There is no 45k “civilian casualties”.

When the evidence shows that all these accusations are false, how has half the planet allowed itself to be brainwashed so easily by the largest psychological propaganda campaign in human history? How have the very institutions entrusted to educate our children been allowed to deliberately and maliciously manipulate, invert, and destroy history and truth?
Why have so many governments knowingly ignored the truth and gone along with this charade?

Everything that has happened since October 7 has been well funded, well choreographed, well planned, well coordinated and well executed.

If history teaches us anything, it’s that however bad we think things are today after 14 months of this, this is still just the beginning. Things are going to get worse. Much worse.

When the Nazi Party first rose to power, they too tried to downplay antisemitism. Their entire propaganda machine stated that it was just anti communism. And it spread until Hitler took over as chancellor and Hindenburg died. And it’s at that point, four years later, that the real intention came out and the masks came off. But by then, it was too late. Millions were slaughtered. Millions suffered. And like today, the world stood by and watched and did nothing. The greatest human tragedy of the 20th century unfolded in front of our eyes and the world was silent.

And today, the wave of Jew hatred and propaganda is infinitely worse, more widespread, more toxic and more dangerous. And, like then, the world is watching it unfold in front of their eyes and simply stay silent.

The consequences we can’t even imagine. But what we can assure you is that it doesn’t matter what is said, what is threatened, what UN resolution is passed, or how large this wave will still grow, we as the Jewish people will never allow ourselves to simply be massacred by this hate. Things are different now in 2024 only in that we will fight to the end. We will never allow our people to meet the same fate as many of our ancestors did back in the 1930’s.

We will fight to the death, and like it or not, it won’t be our death. We will survive this as we survived every time before it. You can stand with us, or you can stand against us. But regardless, we will win this war.

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

Donny Fein. (Courtesy: Jared Bernstein)

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

Netanel Shuchner. (Courtesy: Amit Moser)

Netanel Shuchner. (Courtesy: Amit Moser)

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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You made us into the people you now resent.

Unknown Author 15April2025
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You say we run the banks. You say we run Hollywood. You say we control the media. You say we have too much influence, too much power, too much pride.

 

But you never ask why.

 

So let me tell you.

 

We were banned from owning land, so we learned to make a living with our minds. While others built legacies on soil and serfdom, we built ours in scholarship and study. We became merchants, financiers, physicians, and philosophers — not because we craved gold, but because the ground was never ours to till.

 

We were denied entry into universities, so we opened our own schools and studied twice as hard. Our emphasis on education didn’t arise from privilege; it arose from exclusion.

 

In the shtetls of Eastern Europe and the ghettos of Western Europe, the Torah was our textbook, and Talmudic reasoning became our discipline. When others mocked us for being bookish, we turned the insult into armor.

 

You pushed us into ghettos and restricted us from guilds and professions. So we turned to what was left: entertainment, garment work, trade, and storytelling. In America, barred from many “respectable” jobs, we went west and helped invent Hollywood — not to brainwash, but to dream. To create magic from nothing. To tell our stories because no one else would.

 

You say we run the banks, but we never asked for that job either. In medieval Europe, the Church banned Christians from lending money with interest, calling it a sin — usury.

 

But kings and nobles still needed loans, and someone had to do the collecting. So they turned to the Jews, already considered impure, already despised. Tax collection, moneylending, and finance were viewed as “dirty work,” so who better to assign it to than the “dirty” Jew?

 

And so we became moneylenders not by ambition, but by force. We were squeezed for every coin we could collect, and then, when the debts mounted or the crown no longer needed us, we were expelled, or worse.

 

Our financial roles were used as justification for persecution, pogroms, and blood libels. Yet we survived. We learned. We built an understanding of money because we had no other choice. And centuries later, you turned around and said, “Look how greedy they are!”

 

You say we stole the land from others — but you forget where we came from. Jews lived across the Arab and Muslim world for centuries — not as equals, but as dhimmis. Second-class citizens. Tolerated, not accepted. Protected, but humiliated.

 

We had to pay special taxes just to exist. We weren’t allowed to build homes taller than those of our Muslim neighbors. We had to step aside in the streets, lower our gaze, and never, ever forget our place.

 

Sometimes we were left in peace. Other times, our synagogues were torched, our women assaulted, our children taken, our lives uprooted. And when the State of Israel was born, nearly a million Jews were expelled or forced to flee from Arab lands — stripped of their property, their citizenship, and their dignity.

 

From Baghdad to Cairo, from Tripoli to Damascus, Jewish communities that had lasted for millennia vanished almost overnight. No United Nations agency was created for those Jewish refugees. No global “right of return” was demanded. We didn’t hang our trauma like a weapon; we used it to build.

 

Many of the Mizrahi Jews you see in Israel today are the grandchildren of those who lost everything — but finally found something greater: a home that would fight for them.

 

You say we’re tribal. But you forget that we tried to integrate. We tried to blend in. We changed our names, straightened our curls, even abandoned our faith.

 

But no matter how much we tried, you reminded us we were Jews. So we turned inward and leaned on each other. We built communities where we were locked out. Synagogues where we were barred from churches. Hospitals when we weren’t welcome in yours. Organizations to defend ourselves when no one else would.

 

You say we’re too successful. But success was our only security. When pogroms came, we needed money to flee. When quotas blocked our children, we needed influence to open doors. When no nation would have us, we built our own — Israel — so we’d never again rely on the mercy of foreign powers.

 

We are accused of dual loyalty, but loyalty to what? To a world that burned us or stood by while we burned? Our loyalty is to each other because history taught us that no one else would be.

 

You hate that Israel exists. Not because of its policies. Not because of land. You hated us before 1948, before a single border was drawn. What you hate is that the Jew now has power. A standing army. A government. A home. You preferred us weak, wandering, dependent on your pity — or your permission to live. Israel is the ultimate Jewish response to 2,000 years of homelessness, humiliation, and massacre.

 

You hate that we don’t ask permission anymore. That we don’t wait for the world’s sympathy to defend ourselves. You hate that we build, we innovate, we revive ancient languages and make deserts bloom. You hate that Jewish self-determination is real, and thriving, and permanent.

 

And here’s what scares you the most: Israel is not a reaction to the Holocaust; it is the insurance policy against the next one. It is the place where “Never Again” isn’t just a slogan; it’s a security doctrine. It’s F-16s, Iron Dome, and boys and girls in olive green who won’t go quietly.

 

You hate that Israel exists because it means the Jew is no longer at your mercy, and you hate that Israel is strong. But what did you expect? That the people you scattered, ghettoized, and slaughtered would build a weak country? That a nation born from Holocaust ashes would vow “Never Again” — and not mean it?

 

You hate that Zionism has been the most successful decolonization project, perhaps ever. While nations all over the world were casting off foreign rule, one ancient people did the impossible: We returned home after 2,000 years in exile. Not to conquer someone else’s land, but to reclaim our own.

 

Zionism was never about imperialism; it was about ending the longest colonization in history, the displacement of Jews from their indigenous homeland. We are indigenous to the Land of Israel. Our language was born there. Our prophets walked there. Our ancestors prayed there facing Jerusalem, not Paris, not Warsaw.

 

We didn’t “colonize” the land; we revived it. We built a state not on conquest, but on return. And we did it while surrounded by enemies, embargoed by the world, and mourning our murdered millions.

 

You celebrate decolonization — until the Jew does it. You want every people to rise — except us.

 

And then came October 7th. You showed us, again, exactly why we need Israel. You showed us what happens when Jews are vulnerable. What happens when we let our guard down. What happens when we believe that hatred has an expiration date.

 

On October 7th, the mask fell. Hamas didn’t target soldiers. They targeted babies. Grandmothers. Festival-goers. Peace activists. Holocaust survivors.

 

They raped, mutilated, burned, and broadcasted it to the world. And while we searched for our kidnapped children and buried our dead, the world gathered to chant, not against terror — but against us.

 

You held up signs that said, “By any means necessary.” You justified the slaughter with words like “resistance.” You turned our grief into your celebration.

 

October 7th wasn’t just a massacre; it was a revelation. It reminded us that no amount of assimilation, no level of success, no Nobel Prizes, no peace treaties, and no hashtags will protect us if we cannot protect ourselves.

 

We now live in a post- October 7th world. A world where Jews are done apologizing. Done seeking your approval. Done believing that if we just explain ourselves better, you’ll stop hating us.

 

We now know, without a doubt, that the world’s memory is short, but ours is long.

 

We are a people who carry both trauma and tenacity. We are the children of refugees who became warriors. The descendants of Holocaust survivors who became state-builders. The grandchildren of exiles who came home.

 

You tried to destroy us on October 7th. Instead, you reminded us who we are.

 

Here’s the irony you refuse to see: It was your hatred that made us this way. You forced us out of your professions, so we mastered the ones you didn’t want. You shut us out of your elite institutions, so we built better ones. You isolated us, so we built our own networks. You called us weak, so we became strong. You wanted us poor and powerless — and in trying to keep us there, you gave us every reason to rise.

 

Antisemitism didn’t stop Jewish success. It caused it. You wanted us out of your world. We built a new one. And now you complain it’s thriving.

 

So yes, we are proud. Yes, we are successful. Yes, we are influential. But none of it came easy. Every Jewish triumph stands atop centuries of exile, scapegoating, genocide, and resilience. We became strong because you gave us no other choice.

 

You made us into the people you now resent.

 

And we’re not sorry

 

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The Reason Hitler Didn’t Use the Atom Bomb – Daily Shiur by Rabbi Eliezer Berland Shlit”a

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Rabbi Eliezer Berland Shlit”a

Rabbi Eliezer Berland Shlit”a

 

Here is a summary of the Daily Shiur that was given by Moreinu HaRav Eliezer Berland shlit”a on Thursday, the night of 10 Sivan, Parashat Naso, after Ma’ariv:

In another four and a half hours, it will be midnight of Motza’ei Shabbat. We’re going to the Kotel right after Melaveh Malka. The Rav will arrive at the Kotel after a half an hour. We will recite seven Tikkun HaKlali’s from 11:30 PM to 12:30 AM. Everyone will be able to see the Rav.

 

Einstein used to study all the material during bein hazmanim (the breaks from learning season), so when classes resumed, all that was left for him to do was to throw peels at the teachers. So the principal came up with a solution: that Einstein had pneumonia and needed to travel to the Alps in Switzerland to recover. He invented the atom. You need to reduce uranium from 238 to 235. Through reduction, anything can be transformed — copper into iron, lead into gold. Chovot HaLevavot (Duties of the Heart) says: stop claiming that you can turn lead into gold. One should learn Chovot HaLevavot every day. But there were some who knew the formula to turn iron into gold — by adding protons from 23 to 59. Madame Curie really discovered the secret of the atom.

 

A woman always knows more than a man. It’s written that Bruria learned in one day what would normally take three years to study. And she learned even more: in the distance from Etzel to Etzel, 300 camels loaded with holy books that were hidden. A woman can learn in seconds what it takes a man to learn in a year.

 

If Hitler were alive today, he’d be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize — for killing the Jews. The miracle was that Hitler refused to use the atom. He said that since a Jew touched it, it was forbidden to use it. An eighth of a gram of atomic material was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and 70,000 were instantly turned to dust, 70,000 died within the following week, and over the next three years, 300,000 more died from burns, etc. So the one who discovered the atomic formula was Madame Curie. Gold is 79, copper is 82, and uranium is 92. Over 90 years, it decays down to 82. So they wanted to reduce uranium by another three so that it would be gold material — 79.

 

So, everyone is going to the Kotel on Motza’ei Shabbat. After that, everyone should return home and say Tehillim. Each person should learn Sotah 23b, and also Divrei HaYamim regarding the matter of “Goren Kidon” — whereas in Shmuel, it’s written “Goren Nachon.” Now the men aren’t sleeping.  The boys should learn ten pages of Gemara. And each person should learn with his wife about the blessing over fruit.  It comes out, based on the calculation, that if there are ten girls, the girl receives more than the boy. Girls always get double in everything.

 

Now there were 24 hostages alive. One was released — 23 remained. In the meantime, three more died, so 20 are left. We need to bring food to the hostages. And each person should learn the Gemara in Ketubot where it discusses how Moshe did not know the law that a daughter inherits. The answer is that Moshe thought [that the father] was part of Korach’s assembly, and those who were in Korach’s assembly did not receive an inheritance. This is what the daughters said, that their father was not part of Korach’s assembly — rather, he died due to his own sin.

 

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With “Progressivism First,” the ADL shows its true colors

Defending or protecting American Jews isn’t one of them. Opinion.

Douglas Altabef / 22August2025, 10:07 AM (GMT+3) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/413690

 

The recent decision by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), once seen as a vaunted protector of the American Jewish community, to add “America First” to its Glossary of Extremism and Hate is no mere exercise in sanctimony or virtue signaling.

 

This unbelievably wrong-headed, ill-considered and insensitive decision sends the worst kind of messages, especially to those with who the American Jewish community is in most need of dialog and mutual understanding: American conservatives, particularly, America First MAGA conservatives.

 

To the extent that the ADL is still viewed as a proxy for American Jewish sensibilities, this decision must be seen as an angry gauntlet thrown down, whereby Jews are challenging the very legitimacy of a movement that is attracting millions of Americans, particularly young Americans.

 

What is that attraction based on? Well actually rather little having to do with the guilt-by-association feelings of the ADL that America First harkens back to Charles Lindbergh and Father Coughlin. America First in the 1930’s was a wrapping for a racist, bigoted and xenophobic movement that mirrored much of the racial supremacy hysteria that had overtaken a great portion of Europe.

 

By contrast, America First today is a reaction to a society where the gaps between haves and have nots has grown, and where young people increasingly fear that the policies of the Federal government are leaving them behind.

 

One of the most glaring reasons to many of these disaffected Americans is the pursuit of foreign involvement by the US government, investments that inevitably, so the feeling goes, come at the expense of the average US citizen/taxpayer.

 

There is nothing inherently racist nor exclusionary in these sentiments. Of course, one can keep peeling the onion back to try to ascertain where the animosity is functionally directed: for example, illegal migrants. But these sentiments are a response to policies that themselves were truly discriminatory and were oblivious to if not downright disdainful of millions of US citizens.

 

The dangerous implication of the ADL decision is its demonization of the American Right, most particularly those who have struggled to keep afloat over the past 20 years.

 

The ADL takes Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” to a new depth. While Clinton showed her aristocratic contempt for the great unwashed, the ADL is calling them evil, hateful, loathsome.

 

Those among the MAGA crowd who are actually anti-Semitic have just been handed a great gift: validation for their hate.

 

“You see they really do hate us and hate everything we stand for and represent. We are right to hate them in return. They are just proving that everything we thought about Jews is actually true.”

 

That has to be a primary takeaway from this boneheaded decision.

 

There are of course heroic conservative voices tirelessly defending Israel and the Jewish People. What of them? Are they deluded, are they just trying to give cover and respectability to hate?

 

The inescapable takeaway from the ADL’s decision is that they have shown themselves to be wingmen to the political forces that oppose Trump and his Administration. The ADL is happy to give succor and cover to Progressive values and policies.

 

By way of support for this premise, here is the actual entry from the ADL’s Glossary:

 

“America first” is a term that references the World War Two-era “America First Committee,” and is used by extremists in antisemitic, racist and xenophobic ways. America First, in conservative circles, often refers to an ideology that was promoted by Donald Trump when he ran for office and served in office, which emphasizes American nationalism, nonintervention and anti-immigrant and anti-globalism beliefs.” (my emphasis)

 

So, the platform, the vision, the coalescing rallying cry from Trump that brought him twice into the White House, energizing millions of Americans, is actually extreme. Its interesting that “extreme” can be mainstream, that “hateful” can be the norm.

 

What is hateful about American “nationalism?” A more balanced approach would call this “patriotism.” Is “non-intervention” hateful? It might be myopic and poor policy, but “anti-globalism” isn’t hateful nor necessarily extreme.

 

And the assertion of “anti-immigrant” as a source for hate is rather disingenuous, since the negativity expressed in America First has been about illegal immigration, not immigration per se. Ironically, many of the most vocal critics are themselves legal immigrants.

 

Frighteningly and astoundingly, by adding America First to its Glossary of Extremism and Hate the ADL has politicized the support for Israel and the fight against anti-Semitism. The takeaway is inescapable: if you are for America First, you are anti-Semitic. If you support Trump, you are likely to be anti-Semitic.

 

By the way, If Not Now and Jewish Voices for Peace, which are actually quite hateful to Israel, are not in the Glossary. Neither is the Muslim CAIR, which actively opposes Israel at every point.

 

Dare one wonder if this is because these groups are “blessed” by Progressives.

 

In sum, the ADL has created a remarkable self-fulfilling prophecy whereby what they most fear, they are actually contributing to.

 

One need not be a psychotherapist to understand that if you keep telling someone that they are a certain way, at a certain point they will likely say, well then, so be it.

 

That is the great harm that the ADL is facilitating. If loving my country is anti-Semitic, then I guess I must be an anti-Semite.

 

Increasing numbers of American and Israeli Jews recognize that the ADL is no longer the all-weather stalwart defender of the Jewish People; now it is willing to temper its sentiments to fit political circumstances.

 

However, for non-Jews that still see the ADL as a shield for Jewry, the takeaway from the ADL’s vitriol is that American Jews have lined up with Progressives and disdain Trump and his supporters.

 

Count me as one who believes the ADL should its own name to its Glossary.

 

Douglas Altabef is the Chairman of the Board of Im Tirtzu and a Director of the Israel Independence Fund

 

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The political consequences of spiritual aimlessness

How is it that Jewish progressives often tolerate or rationalize the slogan “globalize the intifada,” particularly when it provides the soundtrack for violent demonstrations in which Jews are assaulted and their institutions vandalized and defiled? Opinion.

Matthew M. Hausman, J.D. / 27July2025, 1:10 AM (GMT+3) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412285

 

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According to published reports, socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani received twenty percent of the Jewish vote in the recent New York Democratic mayoral primary. Though some Jewish Democrats expressed alarm over Mamdani’s victory, others deflected when confronted with his record of anti-Israel rhetoric and signified their endorsement, including Congressional leaders from the Senate and House of Representatives. And they did so despite Mamdani’s involvement with the radical Students for Justice in Palestine (“SJP”) when he attended Bowdoin College (he co-founded the campus chapter) and his refusal to repudiate the slogan “globalize the intifada.”

 

While he finally announced he would “discourage” use of the phrase (without actually condemning it), this came only after his unwillingness to do so had become a political liability (though apparently not enough to prevent his primary win). Moreover, to date he has not renounced SJP.

 

There is no dispute that “globalize the intifada” is a call to destroy Israel and harm Jews. But if, as Islamists and their progressive allies argue, the slogan simply refers to ending the supposed occupation of a country – “Palestine” – that never existed and the liberation of a people – “the Palestinians” – who are not historically indigenous and who are oppressed only by their own leaders, why internationalize the conflict? Clearly, globalizing the intifada would endanger Jews worldwide, which is consistent with the Hamas Covenant advocating their total annihilation. Indeed, Article Seven contains the following hadith:

 

“The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, (a certain kind of tree) would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews. (Related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.) Sahih Muslim, 41:6985.”

 

Equally troubling is Mamdani’s connection to SJP, which can hardly be described as a benign human rights organization. As has been widely reported, SJP’s national body (NSJP) referred to Hamas’s atrocities on October 7th as “a historic win for Palestinian resistance” and advocated for more “armed confrontation with the oppressors,” while individual chapters praised the “action” against Jewish civilians, which included murder and kidnapping.

 

Though such stances and relationships should be disqualifying, Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin apparently thought otherwise when he stated: “There’s no candidate in this party that I agree 100% of the time with, to be honest with you. There are things that I don’t agree with Mamdani that he said, but at the end of the day, I always believe…that you win through addition.” So, using this logic, Democrats apparently can “win through [the] addition” of radicals who hurl false blood libels at Israel, disseminate classical stereotypes and conspiracy theories, or legitimize calls for violence against Jews – which essentially is what the term “globalize the intifada” means or implies.

 

Hmm.

 

Would Democrats be so magnanimous regarding candidates who incite violence against blacks, Hispanics, women, or gay people? Or who embrace the alt-right or establish local chapters of the Ku Klux Klan? Their failure to see the symmetry between hatred on the right and left bespeaks gross ignorance or moral vacuity – and an extremely high tolerance for one particular kind of prejudice.

 

As succinctly articulated by the ADL, “[globalize the intifada] is generally understood as a call for indiscriminate violence against Israel, and potentially against Jews and Jewish institutions worldwide.” The ADL also noted that “in the days following Hamas’s October 7 invasion of Israel, NSJP and many of the organization’s campus chapters explicitly endorsed the actions of Hamas and its armed attacks on Israeli civilians…”

 

So, why do Democrats fail to understand – and why do many continue to (a) tolerate radicals and Islamists for whom “globalize the intifada” is a call to violence, and (b) contextualize the abhorrent ideology of SJP? It is unnerving to see Jewish leftists chanting the slogan – along with other genocidal mantras like “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” – while falsely accusing Israel of apartheid and sacralizing the myth of Palestine.

 

If one were to associate a major political party with tolerance for antisemitism these days, it would be the Democrats, not the Republicans. Indeed, by welcoming antisemitic hatemongers into their ranks and elevating them to positions of authority, they demonstrate partisan myopia and skewed moral values.

 

There can be no doubt that slogans like “globalize the intifada” refer to the destruction of Israel and murder of Jews – just as there was no doubt about the meaning of antisemitic shibboleths from past generations. For liberal Jews familiar with the history of such rhetorical attacks over the centuries, their blindness today is all the more astounding.

 

The chant of “Hep! Hep!” for example, served as a rallying cry during the antisemitic riots in Bavaria that came in response to Jewish emancipation in 1819. The phrase was later adopted by Hitler’s SS as it tormented and murdered Jews in Nazi Germany. Some believe the slogan is an acronym for the Latin expression “Hierosolyma est Perdita,” or “Jerusalem is lost,” shouted by the Crusaders as they ravaged their way across Europe to the Land of Israel, raping and murdering Jews along the way and in Jerusalem. Regardless of etymology, the antisemitic meaning of “Hep! Hep!” is still recognized to the extent that Jews typically will not even utter the derivative expression, “hip, hip, hooray.”

 

Nobody questions the hateful meaning of terms like “Shylock,” courtesy of William Shakespeare (who never met a Jew in his life), which falsely suggests Jewish greed and venality, or “rootless cosmopolitan,” which is grounded in the soviet propaganda myth of Jews as defilers of Russian culture. Likewise, there is no dispute that the term “money lenders” was used to falsely imply a penchant for charging usurious interest to gentiles, or that “blood suckers” referred to the blood libel that sparked massacres throughout medieval Europe.

 

Even the term “Old Testament” is anti-Jewish, as it implies Christian supersessionism (i.e., replacement theology) and Church denigration of Judaism (and which coincidentally evidences fundamental ignorance of Hebrew scripture by Christians who ironically concede its truth as a matter of faith).

 

So how is it that Jewish progressives often tolerate or rationalize the slogan “globalize the intifada,” particularly when it provides the soundtrack for violent demonstrations in which Jews are assaulted and their institutions vandalized and defiled?

 

It certainly seems pathological when they espouse political dogmas that disparage traditional Judaism, demonize Israel, and glorify genocidal ideologies. Though such advocacy might stem from ignorance, it could also be attributed to self-loathing, which has plagued fringe elements of Jewish society for centuries.

 

As observed by cultural and literary historian Sander Gilman: “One of the most recent forms of Jewish self-hatred is the virulent opposition to the existence of the State of Israel.” Though Gilman wrote this in the 1990s, his words harken back to those of psychologist and author Kurt Lewin, who in the 1940s wrote that the self-hating Jew “will dislike everything specifically Jewish, for he will see in it that which keeps him away from the majority for which he is longing. He will show dislike for those Jews who are outspokenly so, and will frequently indulge in self-hatred.”

 

When I recently discussed this phenomenon with a colleague, he opined – correctly – that self-rejection is not limited to the political left, citing as proof the “Association of German National Jews” formed in Weimar Germany by assimilationists who identified as Germans first and foremost. Staunchly anticommunist and contemptuous of Jewish national identity, the association initially believed that antisemitism was a political tool that Hitler would shed upon achieving power. This group, representing a minority of German Jews, was outlawed by the Nazis in 1935, after which there was little doubt about their ultimate fate under the regime.

 

Today’s Jewish left, however, differs in the continuing support of many for radicals and Islamists who are unabashed regarding their violent antisemitic goals. Whereas ultra-nationalist German Jews were certainly delusional, they ceased rationalizing Hitler after their organization was outlawed, and its leaders arrested. In contrast, Jewish leftists today continue to justify Islamists, including Hamas, who openly preach the destruction of Israel and murder of Jews.

 

What kind of spiritual void causes some to elevate such radicalism over their ancestral beliefs, traditions, and history? It may be that post-enlightenment secularization produced successive generations that were increasingly desperate for outlets to express the passion and commitment once served by allegiance to G-d and Torah. But there is absolutely nothing noble about misdirected fervor that encourages mystical and physical self-destruction.

 

Nothing at all.

 

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The Chief Rabbi’s letter to Charlie Kirk’s family

Rabbi David Yosef says in condolence letter to the family of Charlie Kirk that he regrets never having met Kirk, praises the right-wing activist’s ‘great deeds and noble character.’

Israel National News / Published: 15September2025, 8:09 PM (GMT+3) https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/414977

 

Rabbi David Yosef, the Sefardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, wrote a letter of condolence to the family of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was

 

“To the dear family members of Charlie Kirk OBм,” Rabbi Yosef wrote. “With deep sorrow and great pain, I received the devastating news of the murder of Charlie solely because he was a clear and unwavering voice of truth.”

 

“Charlie was a true friend of the Jewish people and of the state of Israel. His great deeds and noble character made him a remarkable figure. In his modest yet firm way, he always chose to stand by truth and justice,” he said.

 

The Chief Rabbi addressed the family, writing, “To Erika, and the two young children-it is hard for me to find words of comfort in such a difficult moment, a moment when the loss is felt at every instant. Yet the greatest consolation lies in the immense legacy Charlie left behind.”

 

“I have heard much about his great work, and I regret that I did not merit to know him personally,” he added. “This vile and cruel murder deserves condemnation from every single person. From here, in Jerusalem, we send you our condolences and seek to strengthen you in these painful times. You are not alone in your mourning-many among the Jewish people grieve with you, and remember Charlie as a man who devoted his full heart and soul to making the world a better and more just place.”

 

“May G-d grant you and your family the strength to overcome this great tragedy and to continue his legacy for future generations,” Rabbi Yosef concluded his letter.

 

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News Anchor Resigns After Being Suspended Over On-Air Charlie Kirk Tribute

‘I believe I am the first to be targeted for honoring him on air,’ WICS-ABC20 News anchor Beni Harmony said.

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A WICS-ABC20 News anchor in Springfield, Illinois, has announced that she is resigning from her position after her employer suspended her for paying tribute to the late Charlie Kirk on air.

 

Beni Harmony paid an impassioned tribute to Kirk, whom she knew personally, during a Sept. 12 segment on ABC20’s Marketplace program.

 

“I want you to know that it’s OK if you feel sadness, it’s OK if you’re grieving,” the host told her TV audience.

 

“Two days ago, I lost a mentor, my first boss, the first person who made me believe in myself, that encouraged me to chase this dream that you’re watching right now, Charlie Kirk.

 

“I want to share with you one of my favourite sayings that Charlie would always tell us at the office, he would yell it from the mountain-tops, so please listen: When conversations stop happening, when individuals become wordless, that’s when violence begins. So, if you do one thing today, make it be with passion, with conviction. Stand up for your friends, stand up for your beliefs, and speak loudly, even if your voice shakes. Your words have meaning, your values have purpose. Never forget that.

 

“Thank you, CK, you changed my life.”

 

According to a post Harmony made three days later, she was suspended by her network for the tribute to her former employer, whose assassination on a Utah college campus on Sept. 10 made national headlines.
“Many in the mainstream media have been fired or punished for mocking his assassination,” Harmony wrote in a Sept. 15 post on X.

 

“I believe I am the first to be targeted for honoring him on air.

 

“Effective immediately, I have resigned from @WICS_ABC20 after being SUSPENDED for airing a non-partisan tribute to Charlie Kirk this past Friday.”

 

Explaining the reasoning behind her decision to leave the network, Harmony wrote: “My resignation is guided by values that are essential to who I am, which I refuse to set aside in order to keep a job. I choose my faith and love of country, and always will.”

 

She then thanked her community in the city of Springfield and shared a prayer for the country, Kirk, and his wife and two young children.
The Epoch Times has contacted WICS-ABC20 for comment.

 

Recent Spate of Firings

Numerous people in leadership positions have lost employment over inappropriate comments in response to the assassination of Kirk.

 

One of the more prominent early cases was the firing of MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd on Sept. 11, the day after Kirk was fatally shot.

 

Another media commentator, Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah, also said she had been fired over her comments on the assassination of the conservative influencer.

 

Several universities, including Clemson University in South Carolina, and companies, including American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, have terminated employees over their inappropriate comments on Kirk’s murder.

 

Military officials have also said they are looking into disparaging remarks made by service members about the assassination, and that actions that discredit the service will be addressed immediately.

 

Confronting Political Violence

Vice President JD Vance, who was a close friend of Kirk, hosted a special broadcast of “The Charlie Kirk Show” on Sept. 15—a show that Kirk personally hosted every day from October 2020, right up until his death on Sept. 10, 2025.

 

In the special broadcast, Vance called on his fellow Americans to confront the problem of political violence, which he said has “terrible consequences,” such as the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and the shooting of GOP leader Steve Scalise.

 

“I really do believe we can come together in this country. I believe we must. But unity, real unity, can be found only after climbing the mountain of truth, and there are difficult truths we must confront in our country,” Vance said.

 

“One truth is that 24 percent of self-described liberals believe it is acceptable to be happy about the death of a political opponent, while only 3 percent of self-described very conservatives agree. Three percent is too many, of course.

 

“Another truth is that 26 percent of young liberals believe political violence is sometimes justified, and only 7 percent of young conservatives say the same—again, too high a number.

 

“The data is clear, people on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence—this is not a both-sides problem. If both sides have a problem, one side has a much bigger and malignant problem, and that is the truth that must be told.”

 

His comments come after Kirk’s suspected assassin was identified as Tyler Robinson, who Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said had “clearly a leftist ideology.”

 

FBI Director Kash Patel said on Sept. 13 that Robinson’s father identified his son from footage released during the manhunt for the suspect.

 

Cox also confirmed that investigators are assessing writings, some with anti-fascist content, allegedly left by Robinson, who had a transgender romantic partner. Authorities have not publicly said whether this is relevant as they investigate Robinson’s motive.

 

T.J. Muscaro and Zachary Stieber contributed to this report.

 

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Why employers can fire you for personal conduct:

Leftist panic is setting in.


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Panic is setting in.
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They should’ve read personal conduct policies 1st

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Why employers can fire you for personal conduct:

Why employers can fire you for personal conduct:

 

A Complete Guide to Leftist NPC Slurs

A Complete Guide to Leftist NPC Slurs

 

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Holocaust inversion


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Let’s call the accusation of “genocide” against Israel what it is – Holocaust inversion.

You may be shocked to know the allegation isn’t new. It’s as old as the State of Israel, and it’s meant to twist the N*zi genocide of 6 million Jews to demonize the one Jewish state, the Israeli people, and Jews everywhere.

Holocaust inversion insidiously or explicitly flips the role of victims and perpetrators in the Holocaust. Jews were the victims of industrialized extermination unparalleled in human history, and now detractors of Israel – the Jews’ only refuge, their salvation, their rebirth, and their assurance the Holocaust will never happen again – accuse the world’s only Jewish state of committing humanity’s worst atrocities.

Against all evidence proving the contrary (and yes, it’s that obvious), Holocaust inversion is used to cast Jews as their N*zi oppressors.

What’s happening in Gaza is a war. It’s a brutal war being fought against the vicious medieval terror organization Hamas in urban conditions where the world has demanded Gazan civilians stay put in a war zone (the only such case in recent history), and where that same vicious terror organization demands Gazans act as human shields and be human sacrifices to further their concurrent propaganda war.

The Holocaust was a state-sanctioned, state-ordered, industrialized campaign separate from conquering war goals that was singularly focused on annihilating an entire people simply for existing even when doing so disrupted their chances of winning that war.

It’s obscene to equate the two. Doing so is unquestionably politically motivated, and it is a separate front in the war that is being fought against Israel’s very right to exist.

And therein lies the other inversion. It is those fighting Israel – be it Hamas, the Islamic Republic regime in Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis – that expressly seek the annihilation of the State of Israel and the genocide of Jews.

And too many are falling for it. This is all part of the delegitimization lawfare campaign that started even before Israel’s birth, was reorganized as “BDS” in Durban in 2001, and became an express lawfare strategy of the PA in 2015 when it joined the ICC via signing onto the Rome Statue in violation of the Oslo Accords.

But Holocaust inversion is also baked into the ideology of Palestinianism – just look at PA President Mahmoud Abbas who wrote his dissertation at a Soviet university denying the Holocaust and who was accusing Jews of causing their own annihilation by the N*zis while concurrently accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians all before the post-October 7 war even began.

Scholars, historians, lawyers, and every day decent people need to stand loudly against Holocaust inversion and the manner in which it erodes the postwar moral order and brings us closer to “Never Again” becoming “Again.” The same pre-Holocaust dehumanization of Jews that allowed industrialized murder to occur across Europe (with much help from local populations) is happening before our eyes.

Be clear, Holocaust inversion is not about justice for Palestinians, it’s about erasure of the Jewish experience and the necessity of Israel.

Holocaust inversion must be placed outside the Overton window because it is far from being just “criticism.” It is the latest version of the world’s oldest hatred disguised as morality while using the language of “human rights.”

Defend the memories of the 6 million. Defend Israel’s right to exist. Reject Holocaust inversion.

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Hezbollah War 5784-5785

25/09/2024 – כ״ג באלול ה׳תשפ״ד – כ״ג באלול ה׳תשפ״ד – 20:14

Updated 2024 words in the dictionary


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

📖 Genocide – Lost a war.

📖 Famine – War isn’t going as planned.

📖 Nakba – Starting a war that backfired.

📖 War criminal – Wins wars.

📖 Innocent civilian – Holds hostages in their home.

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

📖 Resistance – Terrorist with media backing.

📖 Diplomacy – War with a smile.

📖 Ceasefire – Losing side can regroup.

📖 Peace process – Get your ally to lose.

📖 Humanitarian aid – Smuggling weapons disguised as food.

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Israel is fighting a “milchemet mitzva”,


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

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Israel-Lebanon border after the war

Israel-Lebanon border after the war

Back to the Future

Map of the 12 Tribes of Israel

Map of the 12 Tribes of Israel

BACKGROND


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

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Say no to Biden and Hochstein


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

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A prayer for safety and protection.


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A prayer for safety and protection.

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

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

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

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A Song of Ascents

A Song of Ascents

 

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


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

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Menachem Begin ob״m would take no GARBAGE from Biden


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King Solomon said (Ecclesiastes 1:11), “There’s nothing new under the sun. History repeats itself.
Apropos the key word in today’s media #garbage, Menachem Begin ob”m would take none of it from Biden.
In June of 1982, my unit and I were on active reserves inside Lebanon. This was “Shlom Hagalil” aka the 1st Lebanon War. At the same time, Sen. Joe Biden from Delaware was threatening to cut off aid to Israel. Here’s how PM Begin responded:
“Don’t threaten us with cutting off your aid. It will not work. I am not a Jew with trembling knees. I am a proud Jew with 3,700 years of civilized history. Nobody came to our aid when we were dying in the gas chambers and ovens. Nobody came to our aid when we were striving to create our country. We paid for it. We fought for it. We died for it. We will stand by our principles. We will defend them. And, when necessary, we will die for them again, with or without your aid.”

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

 

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Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader is Dead


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

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

Insane.

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

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

 

Hezbollah chain of Command DEAD

Hezbollah chain of Command DEAD

 

 

Hezbollah hides among civilians


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

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

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

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

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

 

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Thanking God that our enemies have fallen once again


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

פתיחה סולידית לתוכנית…😜

Translated from Hebrew by

A solid opening for the program… 😜

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

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

 

 

 

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


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

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

Translated from Hebrew by

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

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

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

 

 

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Israel’s secret weapons on the Rosh Hashana table


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

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

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

 

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


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

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

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

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

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

 

 

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Hezbollah drone crashed into Haifa kindergarten


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

 


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

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

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

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

 

 

Hezbollah rockets lands on kindergarten in Acre, Israel


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

Miraculously, no kids were there

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

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

 

 

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The Plan-Hezbollah Human Shield Strategy


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

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

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

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

 

 

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

The complete Hezbollah battle plan to conquer Israel

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

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

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

 

THE “CONQUEST OF THE GALILEE” PLAN

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

THE PLAN’S HIGHLIGHTS:

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

THE OPERATIONAL PLAN:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

All this, armed and trained by Iran.

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

 

Barry Shawis at the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies.

 

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Hezbolla murdered 12 Druze children of Majdal Shams


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

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

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

@atayshalev6

#ישראל_נלחמת

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

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

 

 

 


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

Hillel Fuld-tweet-28July2024-No words

Hillel Fuld-tweet-28July2024-No words

 

 

 


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

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

Leslie Young-tweet-28July2024-DRUZE TO HEZBOLLAH

Leslie Young-tweet-28July2024-DRUZE TO HEZBOLLAH

 

 

 


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

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

Translated from Hebrew by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Bureau / 28/7/2024

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

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

 

 


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-28July2024-11 of the 12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah
Millar Maadad al-Shaar, 10

Alma Ayman Fakhr al-Din, 11

Naji Taher Halabi, 11

Yazan Naif Abu Salah, 12

Izil Nashat Ayoub, 12

Finis Adham Safadi, 12

John Wadie Ibrahim, 13

Hazem Akram Abu Salah, 15

Fajr Laith Abu Salah, 16

Amir Rabi Abu Salah, 16

Nazem Fakher Saeb

These are 11 of the 12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah yesterday.

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-28July2024-11 of the 12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-28July2024-11 of the 12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah

 

 


Aviva Klompas-tweet-27July2024-12 children who were murdered by Hezbollah
These are the 12 children and teenagers murdered by Hezbollah in Majdal Shams, northern Israel today.

Look into their eyes and remember their faces. Their deaths will not go unanswered.

Aviva Klompas-tweet-27July2024-12 children murdered by Hezbollah

Aviva Klompas-tweet-27July2024-12 children murdered by Hezbollah

 

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What the Iron Dome can do


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-25August2024-Nice sound and light show
Today’s excerpt from Midrash Lazer:
Dad: Where’s my car, son?
Son: A bully stole it from me.
Dad: Did you put up a fight?
Son: Yes, Dad. I threw a rock at him.
Dad: Not good enough, son. You didn’t get my car back.
Northern residents to IDF brass: Nice sound&light show this morning, but you didn’t get our homes back. @netanyahu @yoavgallant @IDFSpokerperson

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-25August2024-Nice sound and light show

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-25August2024-Nice sound and light show


Hillel Fuld-tweet-25August2024-What the Iron Dome can do
Hezbollah announced that their attack on Israel in response to the assassination of Fouad Shukar, a senior Hezbollah terrorist has begun!

Well, Israel had other plans.

This is some of the coolest Iron Dome footage I’ve ever seen.

Hillel Fuld-tweet-25August2024-What the Iron Dome can do

Hillel Fuld-tweet-25August2024-What the Iron Dome can do

 

 

 

There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent


Brian BJ-tweet-25August2024-There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent
There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent
Sun Tzu

An analysis of today’s attacks; Israel v Hezbollah

1. Hezbollah planned to launch a large rocket & drone assault on northern Israel (mostly on military targets), plus attacks on strategic sites in Tel Aviv area (i.e. Glilot base housing Mossad HQ & IDF Intel Unit 8200)

2. Hezbollah must have known that its preparations that take time(especially for its longer range missiles) would be seen by Israel in time and the scale on which it happened () and the sort of missiles) would likely trigger a pre emptive strike.

So why go ahead with it? i see two options:
a. attack nonetheless and claim to have won as in politics and world opinion perception is everything, not reality. As they were under pressure to act cause of the elimination of Shukr

b. Or this is not the real attack. And the launchers and rockets lost today were to give Israel a false sense of security. To make Israel underestimate hezbollah’s capabilities just like Israel’s intelligence community vastly underestimated hamas capabilities which led to the intelligence failure of oct 7th and the massacre of over 1200 Israeli’s

Which is a real possibility as the same intelligence community who failed preventing oct 7th is still largely in place now. Would 10 months of war suddenly have improved their judgement? Their blind spots is something enemies would love to exploit again.

I see many jokes going around on social media on how hezbollah hit a chicken coop and ridiculing them. But underestimating them would be a deadly mistake

Hezbollah is next level
Hezbollah is not your hamas, it is next level organised, battle hardened and outfitted.

Hezbollah has been funded with billions of dollars from Iran’s regime. Many of its terrorists have been trained by irgc instructors. Many terrorists have been battle hardened in the syrian civil war

Its stockpile of weapons is immense, it has many rocketlaunchers, and between 150-200 k rockets and drones. It has elite Radwan forces trained in infiltration of enemy territory and ground invasions.

It has vast underground tunnels and networks and facilities across southern Lebanon, the Bekaa valley and parts of Beirut to name some strongholds.

It has had years to prepare with tunnels, underground facilities under schools, hospitals and homes. And to hide their capabilities well from eyes in the sky.

So it is a dog that can not only bark but also bite hard.

3. Israel & Hezbollah are now closely watching each other, as well as the Gaza ceasefire talks, before making their next moves. Also what is decided in Tehran regarding their response to Haniyeh’s elimination will be important.

As feelings of victory are running high in Israel today it is important to prevent any sense of underestimating Hezbollah. and to keep an open mind to any realistic scenario including the possibility that today’s events were to deflect from a coming real attack.

Brian BJ-tweet-25August2024-There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent

Brian BJ-tweet-25August2024-There is no greater danger then underestimating your opponent

 

 

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The results: Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel-25August2024-Attacks Chicken Coop


Amjad Taha-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop
Let’s all condemn Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel. What’s amazing is that even Israeli chickens didn’t run away; they stood firm on their ground and survived those rockets, while Hamas terrorists in Gaza hide like rats. At least learn from an Israeli chicken. Hezbollah should pay for this.

Amjad Taha-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Amjad Taha-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

 

 

 

Top Secret military facility training special attacking chicken agents


Dr. Eli David-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop
Hezbollah claims they targeted a military facility in Israel 👇

Why so many dead chicken there? Is it a chicken coop or a top secret military facility training special attacking chicken agents? 🐓

Dr. Eli David-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Dr. Eli David-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

 

 


Joshua of Jerusalem-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Joshua of Jerusalem-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Joshua of Jerusalem-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

 

 

Revenge is a dish best served fried.


Chris-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop
Not all chickens. Revenge is a dish best served fried.

Chris-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

Chris-tweet-25August2024-Hezbollah attacks Chicken Coop

 

SEE: Calling Hezbollah


Jonathan Elkhoury-tweet-17September2024-The chicken association-explosive-pagers-for-Hezbollah-in-Lebanon
The chicken association took responsibility for the pager attack on Hezbollah terrorists. “You hit us, we’ll hit your eggs” statement said.

Jonathan Elkhoury-tweet-17September2024-The chicken association-explosive-pagers-for-Hezbollah-in-Lebanon

Jonathan Elkhoury-tweet-17September2024-The chicken association-explosive-pagers-for-Hezbollah-in-Lebanon

 

 

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Hezbollah Attacks the North 22September2024


StandWithUs-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah Attacks the North
🚨BREAKING: In the fourth barrage of rocket fire by Hezbollah terrorists from Lebanon this morning, red alert sirens sound across the Haifa region and central Galilee, in northern Israel. Details to follow.

StandWithUs-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah Attacks the North

StandWithUs-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah Attacks the North

 

 

Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik


Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik
From the Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik this morning.

Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik

Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah attack on Kiryat Bialik

 

 

 

Hezbollah hit Barn 22September2024 Kills Cows


OSINTdefender-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah hit Barn Kills Cows
A Direct Impact from a Hezbollah Rocket on a Barn in Beit She’arim, resulting in the Death of several Cows.

OSINTdefender-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah hit Barn Kills Cows

OSINTdefender-tweet-22September2024-Hezbollah hit Barn Kills Cows

 

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Calling Hezbollah

Hezbollah Pagers and Walkie-Talkies explode through out Lebanon


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-2nd wave of explosions
Beirut, this afternoon: 2nd wave of explosions, this time walkie-talkies. See Nahum, Chapter 2, for today’s news from Beirut: “The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like lightning…She is empty, and void, and wasted; her heart melts and her knees knock together in fear, and all her limbs convulse, and the faces of them are sooted in blackness.” Moshiach is coming, faster than we all can imagine. Get ready, and don’t put off until tomorrow what must be done today – teshuva!

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-2nd wave of explosions

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-2nd wave of explosions

 


The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-18September2024-5000 Hezbollah terrorists pagers exploded
If simultaneously popping 5000 pagers exclusively owned by Hezbollah terrorists causing minimal collateral damage is a war crime, then what do you call 8,500 Hezbollah randomly fired rockets killing 43 people including the 12 children who were playing soccer?

The Mossad Satirical and Awesome-tweet-18September2024-5000 Hezbollah terrorists pagers exploded

The Mossad Satirical and Awesome-tweet-18September2024-5000 Hezbollah terrorists pagers exploded

 

 


NEXTA-tweet-17September2024-More than 3,000 Hezbollah terrorists
❗️ More than 3,000 Hezbollah terrorists have been wounded in explosions of communication devices

Dozens have been killed and another 500 are dying, Lebanese media reported.

The devices that exploded were from a new shipment that Hezbollah received in recent days, according to The Wall Street Journal.

NEXTA-tweet-17September2024-More than 3,000 Hezbollah terrorists

NEXTA-tweet-17September2024-More than 3,000 Hezbollah terrorists

 

 


Im Tirtzu-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon
Lebanese media report that the explosive pagers in Lebanon have wounded some 1,000 people.

Israel allegedly hacked the communication devices used by Hezbollah, causing them to explode.

According to the reports, among the 1,000 are at least five critically wounded. There are no deaths, Lebanese media say.

Im Tirtzu-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon

Im Tirtzu-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon

 

 

 

Brian-BJ-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon
Trigger warning, very GRAPHIC:

Severely injured and dead in a Lebanese hospital. This is one of Hezbollah’s worst days since the 1980s when it was established.

Brian-BJ-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon

Brian-BJ-tweet-17September2024-explosive pagers for Hezbollah in Lebanon

 

 

 


Nioh Berg-tweet-17September2024-Hezbollah members are blowing up EVERYWHERE
🚨 There’s footage like this all across Lebanon.

Hezbollah members are blowing up EVERYWHERE.

Nioh Berg-tweet-17September2024-Hezbollah members are blowing up EVERYWHERE

Nioh Berg-tweet-17September2024-Hezbollah members are blowing up EVERYWHERE

 

 

 


The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome-tweet-19September2024-The graduating class of Beeper U so far
The graduating class of Beeper U is growing steadily.

The Mossad Satirical and Awesome-tweet-19September2024-The graduating class of Beeper U so far

The Mossad Satirical and Awesome-tweet-19September2024-The graduating class of Beeper U so far

 

 

You dared to strike at a wise and courageous people on October 7th


daniel hanukha-tweet-18September2024-Amjad Taha-political strategist and analyst from the UAE
Amjad Taha, a political strategist and analyst from the UAE, wrote:

“You dared to strike at a wise and courageous people on October 7th—committing genocide, kidnapping their children, and violating their women. You thought they would fall, but they rose again. After 11 months, they returned to correct what briefly slipped—their intelligence. Now, they will send you back 1,000 years, to an era without technology, where a ringing phone feels like a death sentence and a beep is a nightmare. You will be haunted by your own shadow, too afraid to use any technology, cut off from the advanced world.

They will defeat you—not with bullets or tanks, but with the unbreakable will of brave and intelligent people. Over a simple cup of coffee, with a decisive click, they will seal your fate and that of anyone who dares to harm their children. This is a nation the world respects.

Lebanon—Hezbollah’s beeper attacks and today’s V82 strike aren’t just military victories; they represent a triumph for the Middle East over radicalism—a victory not just for Israel, but for all who stand against terror.”

daniel hanukha-tweet-18September2024-Amjad Taha-political strategist and analyst from the UAE

daniel hanukha-tweet-18September2024-Amjad Taha-political strategist and analyst from the UAE

 

 

IDF Goals:


Baba Banaras-tweet-IDF-terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet
Israeli Chief of Staff on Lebanon attacks: “We still have many capabilities, at every stage we operate we are already 2 stages ahead. At every stage the price in Hezbollah should be high. We will make it so that terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet & even eating food.”

Baba Banaras-tweet-IDF-terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet

Baba Banaras-tweet-IDF-terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet

 

 

A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom


Olia-tweet-18September2024-A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom
A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom. According to witnesses, his last heard words were: “Sh*t!!!”

Olia-tweet-18September2024-A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom

Olia-tweet-18September2024-A Hezbollah man exploded in the bathroom

 


Vivid.-tweet-20September2024-Israel is absolutely destroying Hezbollah
Israel is absolutely destroying Hezbollah.

– 9/17: Pager’s Operation – 4,000+ injured.
– 9/18: Radio Devices Operation – 500+ injured.
– 9/19: Massive and relentless airstrikes.
– 9/20: The entire high-ranking commanders of Hezbollah’s “Radwan Force” eliminated.

Insane.

Vivid.-tweet-20September2024-Israel is absolutely destroying Hezbollah

Vivid.-tweet-20September2024-Israel is absolutely destroying Hezbollah

 

 

Wanted in Lebanon $5M reward blue-feathered bird


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19September2024-Wanted in Lebanon $5M reward blue-feathered bird
Security camera footage from Beirut has spotted a suspicious blue-feathered bird fleeing the Hadiya neighborhood. Since then, it was spotted last night in Bushehr, Iran and this afternoon in Mossad HQ in Tel Aviv. Hezbolla is offering a $5M for info leading to the bird’s arrest.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19September2024-Wanted in Lebanon $5M reward blue-feathered bird

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19September2024-Wanted in Lebanon $5M reward blue-feathered bird

 

 

A Jew invented the Pager


StopAntisemitism-tweet-17September2024-A Jew invented the Pager

StopAntisemitism-tweet-17September2024-A Jew invented the Pager

StopAntisemitism-tweet-17September2024-A Jew invented the Pager

Alfred Gross details

Alfred Gross details

 

 

Hashem sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-17September2024-Hashem sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously
If someone would have told you yesterday that Moses summoned a beeper hornet to sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously, would you have believed it? Don’t attribute this to hi-tech. It’s all Hashem. With Moshiach soon here, we all must strengthen our emuna.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-17September2024-Hashem sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-17September2024-Hashem sting 3,600 Hezbolla terrorists simultaneously

 


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-an eye for an eye
Mojtaba Amini, Iran’s minister to Lebanon, carried a Hezbolla pager in his pocket. Why? He was one of them. Only Hashem knows how many innocent Iranians he blinded. He now tastes Divine justice, literally, “an eye for an eye” (Exodus 21:24).
Kaveh Shahrooz-tweet-18September2024-Rarely is karma so perfectly exact
Per the NYT: “Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost one eye and severely injured his other eye when a pager he was carrying exploded…”

It was Iranian regime policy to shoot Woman, Life, Freedom protesters in the eye.

Rarely is karma so perfectly exact.
Emily Schrader-tweet-18September2024-The Islamic republic’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost an eye
The Islamic republic’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost an eye and injured his other eye when his Hezbollah lager exploded. 19 other IRGC terrorists in Syria were also reportedly killed when their pagers exploded.

In a poetic way, justice was served to the countless victims of the Islamic Republic who were intentionally shot in the eye during protests against the regime in the last few years…by, allegedly, Israel.

May everything the Islamic regime in Iran has done come back to haunt them for eternity.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-an eye for an eye

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-18September2024-an eye for an eye

 

Emily Schrader-tweet-18September2024-The Islamic republic’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost an eye

Emily Schrader-tweet-18September2024-The Islamic republic’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amini, lost an eye

 

 

Hashem’s protection exposing terrorists


Amjad Taha-tweet-19September2024-Hashem’s protection exposing terrorists
Is it Israel’s intelligence service, or is it God’s protection exposing terrorists? Just moments ago, Hezbollah had prepared hundreds of rockets from #Lebanon aimed at Israeli civilians, schools, and hospitals. Miraculously, just minutes before the launch, #Israel discovered the plot, struck, and successfully destroyed all the rockets.

Amjad Taha-tweet-19September2024-Hashem's protection exposing terrorists

Amjad Taha-tweet-19September2024-Hashem’s protection exposing terrorists

 

 

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Most of Hezbollah’s cash and gold reserves were destroyed


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⚡️⚡️⚡️Some really good news as we head into Yom Kippur:

Most of Hezbollah’s cash and gold reserves were destroyed in Israel’s recent strike that eliminated the Hezbollah leader at their headquarters. An estimated $1.5 billion in cash was incinerated, and 2,000 pounds of gold were melted into the earth during the attack.

Sources:

•L’Orient Today
•Al Majalla
•Kyle Bass
•The Times of Israel

Thank you Israel for helping with inflation.

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Open Source Intel-tweet-11October2024-Hezbollah cash and gold reserves destroyed

 

 

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The Revenge of Israel’s Women on Hezbollah

Dividing and taking apart an Islamic terrorist group.

3October2024 by Daniel Greenfield https://www.frontpagemag.com/the-revenge-of-israels-women-on-hezbollah/

 

Some were shocked to learn that Israel’s successful ‘Pagergeddon’ operation had been the work of a female intelligence operative under thirty. But they shouldn’t have been.

 

Israel’s digital intelligence capabilities rely on the work of young women operating in arenas like Unit 8200 which monitors enemy communications, plants surveillance devices and puts together intel data to form a bigger picture, and Unit 414, the unarmed observers on the front line, many of whose members were killed and a number captured during the Hamas invasion on Oct 7.

 

Women from 8200 and 414 had sounded early warning alerts about Hamas training drills and movements that went unheard before Oct 7. And Unit 414 had lost 27 of its own on Oct 7.

 

Unit 8200, which is 55% female, had taken some of the blame for the failures on Oct 7. The assault on Hezbollah provided a unique opportunity for Israel’s women to strike back.

 

‘Pagergeddon’ went viral on social media but it was only a piece of a bigger puzzle. The Israelis had deconstructed the lessons of Oct 7 and turned them against the Islamic terrorists. Hamas and its Iranian masterminds had wrecked Israeli battlefield communications in the initial attack. Israeli military units were slow to respond, aerial units were unable to strike and hours passed before the military leadership understood the scope of the terrorist assault on the homeland.

 

The first thing Israel came after were Hezbollah’s communications. ‘Pagergeddon’ was a crucial last step that began with Israel infiltrating Hezbollah’s landlines and then its other communications. When Hezbollah leaders fell back on the pagers and handheld radios, also favored by Hamas, that had been rigged to explode, communications were fatally scrambled.

 

Hezbollah leaders were forced to begin meeting in person and retreating to bunkers which made it all too easy to take them out. With a broken leadership and communications structure, Hezbollah lacked the ability to decisively move its forces and quickly respond. Within a week, its protectors at the UN and the White House were frantically urging a ‘ceasefire’.

 

Destroying communications and the chain of command is standard military doctrine, and Israel’s successful implementation of it within such a short time and against one of the world’s largest Islamic terrorist groups will be studied in military academies for generations, but there was also something feminine about breaking apart Hezbollah’s social bonds before a bombing campaign.

 

While misleading photos and videos of female IDF soldiers carrying rifles circulate on social media, the burden of front line combat is largely handled by men. The killing and capture of unarmed Israeli female observers from Unit 414 remains a deep moral failure. The true role of Israeli women is to act as the invisible heart and soul of the country’s national defense.

 

When Iron Dome and other interceptor systems take down incoming attacks, the odds are very good that the country’s female air defense controllers are alert and responding. And the extent to which Hezbollah’s communications were penetrated and turned against the terror group owes much to nameless female ‘keyboard warriors’ who exposed the enemy’s weaknesses.

 

Hezbollah was uniquely vulnerable to these tactics because it was in the awkward stage between terror group and terror state, too big to hide in tunnels, too small to have an effective air defense system, and too dumb to realize that tens of thousands of rockets were still no match for what a first rate air force could do to all its infrastructure and weaponry.

 

The Iranian-backed Jihadists who had taken over much of Lebanon’s power structure still thought like terrorists even as Hezbollah had grown much too big to function like one.

 

Terrorist groups start out as individual cells carrying out lone attacks, recruit more members, build militias, seize control of entire areas, transition to guerrillas and then become states. Islamic terrorists naturally adopted the same model employed by Marxist guerrillas across Asia because it was already innate to nomadic raiding culture and foundational to the rise of Islam.

 

Western militaries perform badly against terrorists and guerrillas, but very well against states.

 

Islamic armies never achieved much success against Israel, but their terrorists proved quite effective. Peace accords that turned over territory to the PLO and Hamas created safe zones for terrorists inside Israel in which the terrorists were surrounded by civilians who shared their cause of establishing Arab Islamic supremacy over Israel and the entire world.

 

Hezbollah’s position in Lebanon was much more precarious. Unlike Gaza, Lebanon is genuinely diverse. Apart from its large Christian population, Lebanon contains Arab Sunnis and groups that hate Hezbollah and resent the country turning into an Iranian and Syrian colony.

 

Mao had advocated that guerrillas should move like fish in the water among the local population. Hamas does this, Hezbollah, like its Shiite counterparts in Iraq, however built an intimidating sectarian power base by controlling entire neighborhoods and areas. Dahieh, the center of Israel’s bombing campaign, is Hezbollahs’s version of Sadr City. Rubbing shoulders with Christians and Sunni Muslims, every move Hezbollah makes is highly visible and reported to the Israelis by both allies and enemies who are eager to see the Shiite terrorist group fall.

 

Dahieh was not Rafah, it was the Green Zone in Iraq, and Hezbollah was not moving among the people like fish in the water, but like a widely resented occupying army making a lot of noise.

 

All of that allowed Israel to infiltrate its communications, track its personnel and strike decisive blows against its leaders. Hezbollah had alienated the local population, built up its forces and assumed that the sheer threat of its rocket arsenal would be enough to deter Israel, allowing it to shell Israel’s north with thousands of rockets in order to depopulate the region in preparation for its own version of the Oct 7 attack. But a rocket arsenal is a very crude tool. Like suicide bombs and other terror weapons, it’s useful for attacks carried out from hiding. But the response to a large visible terrorist group isolated in its areas launching rockets is all too obvious.

 

The inability of the Biden-Harris administration to stop the similar Houthi attacks by its sister Iranian-backed terror group out of Yemen had given Hezbollah a false sense of confidence.

 

Not only did Israel take out the Hezbollah leadership planning an invasion of the Galilee, providing a redeeming narrative for Unit 8200 after the horrors of Oct 7, but Hezbollah had made the fatal mistake of planning to invade Israel from a territory it did not actually control.

 

Everything that Hezbollah had thought was a strength, its arsenal, its power and its numbers, were actually weaknesses. Outside Iran and Dearborn, Michigan, Hezbollah has no friends.

 

Hezbollah is not only widely hated in Lebanon, but in the Arab world. Even the Sunni Arab Muslims clamoring to save Hamas had little more to offer than disdainful shrugs for Hezbollah. The wounds of the Syrian Civil War run deep and many Sunnis hate Hezbollah more than israel.

 

Israel isolated Hezbollah’s leaders and cut them out, just as it isolated the terror group.

 

Iran and Qatar had set out to divide Israel. Hamas took hostages, living or dead, while its Qatari backers pushed for rallies that demanded Israel surrender to Hamas to free them. The terrorists had hoped to fracture Israeli society into factions in order to tear it down the way they had torn apart Lebanon. But Israel turned to Lebanon to divide the terrorists and unify Israel.

 

By attacking Hezbollah, Prime Minister Netanyahu exploited the divisions among the terrorists and reunified Israel around the mission of defeating them. Syrian Sunni Arabs celebrate the downfall of Hezbollah while Shiites lash out at them. Iran is trying to pressure Syria’s dictator to bail out Hezbollah and Iraq’s Sunnis are taking issue with the Shiites dragging them into a war.

 

Behind the scenes, Israeli women had played a vital unsung role in dividing the terrorists and uniting the country just as they had done in keeping the nation and families together during the war. Countless wives and mothers had watched their husbands go off on deployment after deployment and had kept households going, sometimes from bomb shelters, and then still found time to volunteer and to pray after putting the children to bed.

 

Thousands of mothers of families displaced by Hezbollah’s rocket attacks have had to do all this without a home to come back to. As the fires burn in Hezbollah compounds, hope rises that all Israelis will be able to return home, that backyards will no longer have to give way to bomb shelters and that Israel’s families may once again know some measure of peace.

 

In the Bible, the Prophetess Devorah had predicted that “into the hand of a woman the Lord will deliver Sisera”. And in her song she described Sisera’s mother being comforted with promises that the Canaanite general and his armies were seizing women and loot. “Are they not finding and dividing the spoils? A girl or two for every man?” she imagines them saying and concludes with “So may perish all Your enemies, O Lord.” Once again history repeats itself.

 

And many a woman has repeated the same words and sentiments tonight in Israel.

 

Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

 

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This is the time to reclaim Lebanon from the sadistic Iranian regime


Fatima J-tweet-18September2024-This is the time to reclaim Lebanon
To the people of Lebanon, this is the time to reclaim our country from the sadistic Iranian regime.

This is the time to ensure there is a homeland for our future generations.

This is the time for us to remove all foreign allegiances and symbols from our country.

This is the time to pledge our loyalty to the only flag that will fly in our skies.

This is the time to shout,
!لبّيك لبنان

Fatima J-tweet-18September2024-This is the time to reclaim Lebanon

Fatima J-tweet-18September2024-This is the time to reclaim Lebanon

 

Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze


Sachin Jose-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon once had a majority Christian population
Lebanon once had a majority Christian population. According to the 1932 survey, 56 percent of the population were Christian. Once a wealthy a country, Lebanon has also become economically very unstable. The Islamist group Hezbollah has dragged the country and the peaceful Christian community into yet another conflict.

Sachin Jose-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon once had a majority Christian population

Sachin Jose-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon once had a majority Christian population

 

 

Lebanon was created by Christians

A continuous Christian presence in Lebanon since 1st Century AD


Archaeo – Histories-tweet-25September2024-A continuous Christian presence in Lebanon since 1st Century AD
Christianity was introduced to Lebanon in 1st Century AD. Tradition states that it was brought to Lebanon by St Peter and St Paul, and there has been a continuous Christian presence in the country since then.

Lebanon, then part of the Roman Empire, was one of the first places Christianity spread to in the first century AD. Sidon, on Lebanese coast, is mentioned in Acts (27:3). It is where St Paul (then a Roman prisoner) was allowed ‘to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs’, possibly indicating a very early Christian presence.

St George’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Beirut was said to have first been built by Eusebius of Nicomedia, Bishop of Berytus (modern-day Beirut), who died in 341 AD, although the current building is much later. But it’s the Maronite Church that has had the biggest influence in Lebanon and its history. In 4th Century, Maronite Christians (followers of St Maron, an aesthetic monk from Syria) moved into Lebanese mountains and began converting the population. Their monasteries in Kadisha Valley are some of oldest in the world and Maronite Church is largest Christian presence in Lebanon today.

Although part of Catholic branch of the church, it developed independently and has a unique character. Maronite community lived for many centuries in seclusion of Lebanese mountains, largely cut off from Rome (and rest of church). They and other indigenous Christian communities (Greek and Syriac Orthodox), resisted assimilation with Arab conquerors, who moved into Levant in 7th Century, and maintained a significant level of autonomy.

During 11th-12th Centuries, Crusaders briefly established Western Christian rule in region. Before they were driven out by the Muslim army, they built several churches and castles, including St John-Marc Cathedral in Byblos, and reestablished contact with Maronite church. Congregationalists and Presbyterian churches began to appear after Protestant missionaries arrived in Lebanon in around 1820s, and first Baptist congregation was founded in Beirut in 1895, but their numbers have remained small.

More significant in terms of numbers are Armenian Christians. Many fled to Lebanon during the Armenian Genocide in 1915, bringing with them their unique Christian heritage. Armenians are considered to be the world’s first Christian nation, when King Dirtad III converted to Christianity in 301 AD. By 1926 there were 75,000 Armenians in Lebanon, many concentrated around Beirut. Today this number has risen to around a quarter of a million. For much of Lebanon’s history the indigenous Christian community and larger Muslim community have lived in relative harmony. Notable exceptions being 1860 Mount Lebanon Druze-Maronite conflict and the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). Power-sharing agreements between Christians and Muslims have been part of Lebanese politics since at least 19th Century and Christians continue to play a significant role in government and culture of Lebanon today.

Today, Christians in Lebanon face an existential crisis, as their country increasingly has become controlled by Hezbollah terrorists who answer to Iran, prompting a mass exodus. Over the years, Lebanese Christians have faced multiple attacks, now they also face a new threat in the form of a rapidly declining proportion in relation to the Islamic element in the country. Many “unfortunately now feel like strangers in their own home country,” Maronite priest Jad Chlouk said in 2021. “This is negatively affecting the whole Christian community, because it is losing most of its brightest and best, and especially its young people, who are supposed to be the future of the Christians here. Hence, the number of Christians in the country is decreasing day by day, and this is badly affecting the situation and causing still more pressure for those who remain, in a situation where they might soon suffer from persecution.”

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Archaeo - Histories-tweet-25September2024-A continuous Christian presence in Lebanon since 1st Century AD

Archaeo – Histories-tweet-25September2024-A continuous Christian presence in Lebanon since 1st Century AD

 

 

The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon


Dr. Maalouf-tweet-27September2024-The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon.
The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon.

Reminder that Lebanon was created by Christians to be a safe haven for all persecuted Christians in the Middle East.

Hezbollah and other Islamic terrorists have no right to exist in Lebanon!

Dr. Maalouf-tweet-27September2024-The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon.

Dr. Maalouf-tweet-27September2024-The St. Paul Greek Catholic Basilica in Harissa, Lebanon.

 

 

Hezbollah occupied predominantly Maronite villages


Mount Levnon-tweet-25September2024-Hezbollah occupied predominantly Maronite villages

PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH THE #WORLD: IT’S VITAL TO KEEP THE #MARONITE COMMUNITY SAFE.

The claims that Israel is targeting Christian villages are entirely false.

The town of Lassa, which was recently struck by the #IDF, is indeed owned by the Maronite Endowments, but Hezbollah has occupied it for years, establishing military installations within its schools. For instance, the Mahdi School in Keserwan is also a launch site for Hezbollah missiles.

If we look at the villages surrounding Lassa, they are all predominantly Maronite, such as Aqoura, Yanouh, and Ehmej. Therefore, instead of using Shiites as human shields, Hezbollah resorts to using Maronites, knowing full well that the Maronites despise them. In doing so, Hezbollah hits two birds with one stone.

As free Maronites, we tell Israel to strike Hezbollah wherever they are, especially when they are entrenched in our villages. We do not want this occupation in our lands.

Mount Levnon-tweet-25September2024-Hezbollah occupied predominantly Maronite villages

Mount Levnon-tweet-25September2024-Hezbollah occupied predominantly Maronite villages

 

 


Dr. Maalouf-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze
Lebanon was never meant to be an Islamic country.

Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze!

F*ck Hezbollah!

Dr. Maalouf-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze

Dr. Maalouf-tweet-18September2024-Lebanon belongs to the Christians and the Druze

 

 


Hen Mazzig-tweet-18September2024-the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
Can someone please tell the American students and Squad members mourning Hezbollah terrorists that the group killed 241 U.S. service members—220 Marines, 18 sailors, and 3 soldiers—in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing?

They then, mere minutes later, detonated a second bomb and killed 58 French troops, and six Lebanese civilians.

Hezbollah is not your friend. Neither is Hamas.

Hen Mazzig-tweet-18September2024-the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing

Hen Mazzig-tweet-18September2024-the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing

 

 


Jowelle Michel Howayeck-tweet-22September2024-You cannot ask a hostage to free himself
You cannot ask a hostage to free himself.

We are hostage of the terrorists militia.

On August 4th 2020 Hizballah caused the death of 230 civilians and the injuries to more than 6000 others by storing Ammonium Nitrate in beirut port.
They have been blocking the judicial process since then.

Please check about the political assassination they are accused of.

They’re killers.

Jowelle Michel Howayeck-tweet-22September2024-You cannot ask a hostage to free himself

Jowelle Michel Howayeck-tweet-22September2024-You cannot ask a hostage to free himself

 

 

 

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Israel puts the people of Lebanon first


Fatima J-tweet-18July2024-Israel puts the people of Lebanon first
September 5-6 1972 Palestinian terrorists of the group Black September kidnapped, held hostage and killed the Israeli team that was in Munich for the Olympics. One of the terrorists Ali Hassan Salameh became Arafat’s right hand man, an asset for the CIA and husband to Miss Universe Georgina Rizk (Lebanese) He was living in Beirut, Lebanon.

October 1978 – for 6 months Operation Maveer observed the going and comings of Salameh, studying his routine and the company around him.
January 22, 1979 – Salameh left his 6 month pregnant wife’s apartment and began heading to his mothers who was also living in posh Beirut. As him and his convoy turned onto Rue Madame Curie in Beirut the terrorist was assassinated by explosives that were attached to a parked car.

It took 6 months to find the perfect time to assassinate this terrorist because Israel wanted to be certain of there would be no civilian deaths.

Lebanon was housing a terrorist. Lebanon is still housing terrorists.
Lebanon’s daughter sold herself to a terrorist. Lebanon’s sons still sell their daughters to terrorists. Lebanon was protecting a terrorist. Lebanon still protects terrorists.
It was Israel that puts Lebanon’s civilians first. It is Israel that continues to put the people of Lebanon first.
Lebanon has and continues to put herself in the devil’s hands.

I am a Lebanese Maronite and I stand with Israel.

Fatima J-tweet-18July2024-Israel puts the people of Lebanon first

Fatima J-tweet-18July2024-Israel puts the people of Lebanon first

 

 

List of massacres that the Palestinians did in Lebanon


Phalangist – Lebanese Forces-tweet-20July2024-List of massacres that the Palestinians did in Lebanon

Phalangist - Lebanese Forces-tweet-20July2024-List of massacres that the Palestinians did in Lebanon

Phalangist – Lebanese Forces-tweet-20July2024-List of massacres that the Palestinians did in Lebanon

 

 

1976 Damour Massacre, Palestinian Fighters Murder at least 582 Christian Civilians


Saffiya-tweet-25September2024-1976 Damour Massacre
Stay safe. We know the sectarian history of Lebanon. ♥✡ ✝
1976 Damour Massacre, Palestinian Fighters Murder at least 582 Christian Civilians

Saffiya-tweet-25September2024-1976 Damour Massacre

Saffiya-tweet-25September2024-1976 Damour Massacre

 

1976 Damour Massacre, Palestinian Fighters Murder at least 582 Christian Civilians

1976 Damour Massacre, Palestinian Fighters Murder at least 582 Christian Civilians

 

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“Thank you Israel.” Celebration of Israel eliminating Hezbollah leader Nasrallah


Oli London-tweet-29September2024-Thank you Israel
“Thank you Israel.”

Iranians hold a street party in Toronto and hand out cake in celebration of Israel eliminating Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in an air strike.”

Oli London-tweet-29September2024-Thank you Israel

Oli London-tweet-29September2024-Thank you Israel

 

 

 

Iranians thank the IDF for eliminating Nasrallah


Kosher-tweet-28September2024-Iranians thank the IDF for eliminating Nasrallah
🚨 HAPPENING NOW 📍

Amazing to see!

Iranians gathered outside the Israeli embassy in London to thank the Israeli army for taking out Nasrallah

Singing of the Iranian Monarchy anthem 🥂

Makes a difference to Anti-Israel Hate Marches we see in London

Kosher-tweet-28September2024-Iranians thank the IDF for eliminating Nasrallah

Kosher-tweet-28September2024-Iranians thank the IDF for eliminating Nasrallah

 

 

 

Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah


Vivid.-tweet-27September2024-Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah
Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah and called Benjamin Netanyahu a hero.

This video has gone viral on Arab social media.

Vivid.-tweet-27September2024-Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah

Vivid.-tweet-27September2024-Half of the Arab world celebrated Israel’s dominance over Hezbollah

 

 

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In Jerusalem and central Israel: Home Front Command limits gatherings on Rosh Hashanah

IDF restricts gatherings in Jerusalem and central Israel to 30 people outdoors, 300 indoors, following rocket barrage on central Israel. Central Selichot prayers at the Western Wall expected to be canceled.

Israel National News / 1October2024, 2:51 PM http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397025

 

The IDF’s Home Front Command on Tuesday updated the guidelines for a number of areas in Israel, limiting gatherings on the Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) holiday.

 

The changes affect the following areas: Hacarmel; Wadi Ara; Menashe; Samaria; the Sharon, Dan, and Yarkon areas in central Israel; the central area of the “coastal” plains; Jerusalem; and the Judean plains.

 

The IDF explained: “Following a situational assessment, it was determined that as of today, at 14:00, changes will be made to the Home Front Command Guidelines with immediate effect.”

 

“As part of the changes, it was decided to implement additional restrictions in areas throughout the country. Restriction on activities and gatherings have been put in place for the following areas: Carmel, Wadi Ara, Menashe, Samaria, Sharon, Dan, Yarkon, Shefela, Jerusalem, and Judean Shefela.

 

“The guidelines in the rest of the country remain unchanged.”

Home Front Command guidelines 1-5October2024

Home Front Command guidelines 1-5October2024

The IDF added: “The main changes are as follows: Educational activities can be held in a place where you can reach a protected space in case of an alert.”

“Gatherings and services can be held with a limit of up to 30 people in an open area and up to 300 people in closed spaces.

“Workplaces can operate in a building or place where you can reach a protected space in case of an alert.”

 

Beaches will also be closed under these guidelines. Under these guidelines, it is expected that the central Selichot prayer event at the Western Wall will also be canceled. Larger synagogues and community prayers will also be affected.

 

The IDF stressed: “The instructions published on the official Home Front Command channels must be followed. The full instructions are updated on the National Emergency Portal and the Home Front Command app.”

 

Following the Home Front Command’s update, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation responded: “The central Selichot prayers at the Western Wall will take place in a restricted format, within the Western Wall Tunnels and in accordance with the Home Front Command’s guidelines.”

 

 

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

Are precautions still necessary, if the Home Front Command removed restrictions?

The IDF’s Home Front Command removed restrictions on large gatherings for Israelis in Jerusalem and Central Israel. Here’s why you might not want to attend a large gathering.

Chana Roberts /  2October2024, 12:29 PM (GMT+3) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397079

 

The IDF’s Home Front Command on midnight Wednesday morning declared that restrictions on large gatherings in central Israel, Jerusalem, and its suburbs would be removed, following a situational assessment.

With this declaration, the Home Front Command enabled thousands of Israelis to revert to their original plans for the Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) holiday.

 

The restrictions led to the cancellation of the central Selichot prayer gathering at the Western Wall, included a limit on gatherings of more than 30 people outdoors and more than 300 people indoors. These limits forced Jews around Israel to rethink their plans for Rosh Hashanah, especially if the plans included large gatherings.

 

However, the removal does not provide any real indication of what might happen over the course of the next three-and-a-half days, until the holiday and the Shabbat (Sabbath) which immediately follows draw to an end.

 

It is for this reason that a wise Israeli (or tourist) would do well to avoid banking on attending large gatherings during the holiday, and ensure some way of receiving Home Front Command updates if they do wish to attend large gatherings.

 

The IDF’s Home Front Command is constantly updating its guidelines for Israeli civilians, and does so even in the middle of the day. Earlier this week, security sources urged Israelis to reconsider their holiday plans in light of potential security threats, and choose a synagogue from which a bomb shelter could be reached within the required amount of time and without pushing or rushing.

 

Though as of this writing the Home Front Command removed restrictions on gatherings in Jerusalem and central Israel, it is not out of the question that the restrictions will be reinstated closer to the holiday’s start, or over the course of Rosh Hashanah itself.

 

In such a case, Israelis who observe the religious requirement to turn off electronics on the Sabbath and holidays will not be alerted when the restrictions are reimposed, but will hear the air raid sirens when they sound in real time. However, in cases of large gatherings, not everyone will be able to reach shelter in time, unless the gathering is held within a bomb shelter. There is also a real danger of crushing; in the vast majority of cases, those injured during a siren are injured while running for shelter, and not by the missile or interceptions.

 

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Iran attacks Israel 1October2024

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

Iran attacks Israel with 181 ballistic missiles

Iran launches attack on the State of Israel, triggering sirens throughout the country. 181 ballistic missiles fired at the Jewish State

Israel National News /  1October2024, 7:39 PM (GMT+3)  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/397039

 

At least 181 ballistic missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel on Tuesday evening.

 

Magen David Adom reported that despite several impacts, no casualties during the attack have been reported so far.

 

United Hatzalah Deputy Spokesman Elias Romano stated, “Following the sirens throughout the country – so far no casualties have been found as a result of the missiles fired. United Hatzalah volunteers went out to scan several scenes where it was reported that there had been missile hits or shrapnel. A number of people were treated after injuring themselves following falls on their way to shelters.”

 

“United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit provided assistance to over 20 people who suffered from emotional shock.”

 

The IDF stated in a message to Israeli citizens when the attack began, “You are instructed to remain alert and precisely follow the Home Front Command’s instructions.”

 

“In the last few minutes, the Home Front Command has distributed life-saving instructions in various areas across the country. The public is asked to adhere to the Home Front Command’s guidelines. Upon hearing a siren, you must enter a protected space and remain there until further notice.

 

“The IDF is doing and will do everything necessary to protect the civilians of the State of Israel.”

In addition, IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stated in an announcement to the nation, “Dear citizens, A short time ago, missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel. You are asked to remain vigilant and follow the Home Front Command’s instructions precisely.”

 

“In the last few minutes, the Home Front Command has sent messages to mobile phones in certain areas with life-saving instructions, directing people to enter protected spaces. You must reach the safest protected space in your vicinity. Upon hearing a siren, immediately enter a protected space and remain there until further instructions are given.

 

“The air defense system is fully operational, detecting and intercepting threats wherever necessary, even at this moment. However, the defense is not hermetic, and therefore it is essential to follow the Home Front Command’s instructions. You may hear explosions, which could be the result of interceptions or impacts.

 

“Due to the variety of threats, alarms may be triggered in widespread areas. Stay updated on the instructions via the official pages of the Home Front Command and the IDF Spokesperson.

 

“Continue to act responsibly and keep calm, as you have done so far, and make sure to follow the guidelines. We are strong and can handle this event as well.

 

“The IDF is doing and will continue to do everything necessary to protect the civilians of Israel. The IDF is fully prepared for both defense and offense at peak readiness.

 

“I will continue to provide updates on all developments,” Hagari said.

Multiple explosions were heard in Jerusalem.

 

 

Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped in time for the holiday.


Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped
We have just been notified that Iran is now preparing to launch long range ballistic missiles at Israel. They could be launched at any moment, and many of us have faced the unenviable task of notifying our children of the possible alterations to the daily schedule.

Alongside this, Jewish women have been toiling for days to prepare for the momentous and powerful Rosh Hashanah holiday.

And so Iran, I would like to pass you this message, on behalf of the House of Israel:

If you knock our electricity out while our challahs are baking, so help me I will gather such a flood of Jewish women that we will come over there and tear your missile silos down with our bare manicured hands.

Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped in time for the holiday.

Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped

Malkah Fleisher-tweet-1October2024-Hell hath no fury like a million Jewish women whose challahs just flopped

 

 

Result so far: 0 Israelis killed 1 Palestinian killed 5 Iranians killed


Dr. Eli David-tweet-1October2024-Result so far: 0 Israelis killed 1 Palestinian killed 5 Iranians killed
🚨 Breaking: 5 Iranian Revolutionary Guards forces were killed and at least 12 injured in the explosion of a ballistic missile during launch.

Result so far:
🇮🇱 0 Israelis killed
🇵🇸 1 Palestinian killed
🇮🇷 5 Iranians killed

Well done Iran 🙄

Dr. Eli David-tweet-1October2024-Result so far 0 Israelis killed 1 Palestinian killed 5 Iranians killed

Dr. Eli David-tweet-1October2024-Result so far 0 Israelis killed 1 Palestinian killed 5 Iranians killed

 

 

The entire country just had air raid sirens


Im Tirtzu-tweet-1October2024-The entire country just had air raid sirens
The entire country just had air raid sirens

Im Tirtzu-tweet-1October2024-The entire country just had air raid sirens

Im Tirtzu-tweet-1October2024-The entire country just had air raid sirens

 

JerusalemCats Comments: Just Wait.

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Stop the Bravado/Operational Security (OpSec)


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-14October2024-Stop the Bravado
Hashem hates bravado; the Torah forbids it. Bravado=arrogance, the opposite of emuna. Moses and King David were the 2 most humblest people ever and therefore Hashem’s chosen leaders of Israel. The contrast – what we have today in the non-emuna “leadership”, is sick. For example:
Defense Minister Gallant: 4 days ago, crowed that Israel’s response to Iran would be, “powerful, precise, and above all – surprising. They will not understand what happened and how it happened.” Meanwhile, there hasn’t been any IDF response…
Chief of Staff Herzi: 2 days ago vaunted, “Hezbollah is trying to hide the significant harm we have inflicted on the organization in the past weeks.”
Both big bravado mouths, who can’t bring themselves to say, “B’ezrat Hashem” (with Hashem’s help) always trigger tragedies. Last night, a Hezbolla drone that was “powerful, precise, and above all – surprising” (a bravado backfire) hit an IDF base, killing 4 soldiers and wounding dozens more. Hezbolla has not yet been harmed significantly enough. Gallant and Herzi, please, engage the safety lock on your tongues.
Only a spiritually blind, deaf and dumb individual fails to see Hashem’s hand in this war. When Hashem so desires, hundreds of ballistic missiles don’t even scratch a single Jew; case in point, April 14, 2024 and October 1, 2024. But when Hashem hears bravado and the Defense Brass crediting themselves for these achievements, He withdraws His Divine Protection and one little drone does so much damage.
We don’t need American weapons for our survival. We need Hashem’s protection. We invoke it with prayer, teshuva, emuna, Torah and good deeds. Without teshuva and emuna, forget about victory. We’ve entered the Age of Moshiach, and there’s no turning back. The answer is not in the right nor the left. The answer is not Bibi or Benny. The answer is teshuva and emuna, demanded of us immediately. Also, a bit of humility and less chatter will certainly help. May Hashem have mercy on us.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-14October2024-Stop the Bravado

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-14October2024-Stop the Bravado

 

 

The IDF requests that no footage of impacts be shared for operational security (OpSec) reasons.


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The IDF requests that no footage of impacts be shared for operational security (OpSec) reasons.

Translated from Hebrew by

Important message!
You revealed the locations of falls and documentation
From areas where there are inquiries?
You helped the enemy!

Open Source Intel-tweet-2October2024-operational security

Open Source Intel-tweet-2October2024-operational security

 

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Fighting Middle Age-mindset terrorists with Middle Age technology


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Wow.

Fighting Middle Age-mindset terrorists with Middle Age technology.

The IDF soldiers built a TREBUCHET to clear foliage/bushes that Hezbollah have been hiding in and firing from.

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Kosher-tweet-13June2024-IDF-spec trebuchet

 

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Trebuchet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet
A trebuchet[nb 1] (French: trébuchet) is a type of catapult[5] that uses a rotating arm with a sling attached to the tip to launch a projectile. It was a common powerful siege engine until the advent of gunpowder. The design of a trebuchet allows it to launch projectiles of greater weights and further distances than that of a traditional catapult.

 

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We will continue to fight forever


Hillel Fuld-tweet-31October2024-We will continue to fight forever
This video makes me deeply happy and proud. No more shaking knees, world!
Transcript:
After a year of war also in the southern region, also in Judea and Samaria and now in Lebanon and for those that gave up their lives and paid the heavy price we the IDF soldiers Paratroopers in reserves Division 646 troop 466 are destroying with this a gathering village of the enemy Hezbollah. We will not allow on our watch for the enemy to challenge our free life in our precious country. We will remember those that paid with their lives. We will continue to fight forever and we will be the protectors of the land.

Hillel Fuld-tweet-31October2024-We will continue to fight forever

Hillel Fuld-tweet-31October2024-We will continue to fight forever

 

 

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UNIFIL is now SPYING for Hezbollah


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UNIFIL is compromising its neutrality, openly sharing granular battlefield intelligence in near real-time, compromising freedom of operations, and making an effective contribution to Hezbollah’s efforts. This risks their protected status under the relevant conventions (49, 77, 94) and exposes facilities and potentially UNIFIL troops to lawful targeting under IHL.
dan linnaeus-tweet-13October2024
A prime example of UNIFIL compromising its neutrality can be found in its public statement made through its social media channels at approximately 17:00 local time detailing IDF troop movements, timeframes, force composition and otherwise granular battlefield intelligence on IDF military operations.

While UNIFIL’s mandate includes its obligation to report violations of UNSCR 1701 and preserve the safety of peacekeepers, the level of detail provided about IDF activities in an active combat situation can be viewed as a manipulation of its mandate to advantage one side, compromising the IDF’s operational security and derogating from neutrality.

A. Furnishing the Enemy with Battlefield Intelligence

UNIFIL reports the observation of three IDF platoons crossing into Lebanon and notes that two IDF Merkava tanks entered its position after destroying the main gate. It also describes incidents related to logistical movement restrictions.

UNIFIL’s report could be seen as furnishing Hezbollah with real-time battlefield intelligence as it provides timely information about IDF movements, positions, and actions, which can be exploited by hostile actors to adjust their own military activities.

Reporting the movement of IDF forces compromises neutrality if details are used by Hezbollah to adjust their tactics, if they gain insights into IDF deployments or if it otherwise makes effective military contributions to Hezbollah’s efforts. Publicly detailing the movement of IDF platoons and other military actions can be viewed sharing sensitive battlefield intelligence, irrespective of intentions, by revealing IDF operational behavior in real time. Hezbollah or other adversaries can use this information to anticipate or counter IDF actions, and otherwise puts IDF troops at risk.

—— Detailed Battlefield Intelligence Provided by UNIFIL’s Public Disclosure

Troop movements — Early morning (no specific time given) on 13 October 2024.

Force composition: Three platoons of IDF soldiers observed crossing the Blue Line into Lebanon near Ramyah.

Tank entry and actions — At 4:30 a.m., two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate of a UNIFIL position and forcibly entered the base.

Duration: The tanks stayed inside the position for approximately 45 minutes before leaving after UNIFIL’s protest.

Actions: IDF personnel requested multiple times that UNIFIL turn off the lights at the base.

Artillery or smoke rounds — At 6:40 a.m., several rounds were fired 100 meters north of the UNIFIL position, emitting smoke.

Effects: Smoke caused 15 peacekeepers to suffer symptoms, including skin irritation and gastrointestinal reactions.

Logistical blockade — On 12 October 2024, IDF soldiers stopped a critical UNIFIL logistical movement near Meiss ej Jebel, preventing the movement from being completed.

,h3>B. Manipulation of UNIFIL’s Mandate

It is true that UNIFIL has an obligation to report violations of UNSCR 1701 and preserve the safety of peacekeepers. In this context, the statement may be framed as serving as a record of IDF violations of UN premises and restrictions on UNIFIL’s movement. From a peacekeeping mandate perspective, transparency is a necessary part of maintaining accountability for breaches of international law.

However, the level of detail provided about IDF activities in an active combat situation, raises the question of whether UNIFIL is maintaining its neutrality or providing one side (Hezbollah) with useful tactical information. If UNIFIL’s public reporting of IDF movements benefits Hezbollah more than it serves the transparency obligations of the UN, neutrality is compromised.

In closing, although UNIFIL is not actively participating in hostilities, granular reporting of one party’s movements in the context of an ongoing military operations in conflict tilts towards compromise of neutrality. The detailed disclosure of IDF troop movements, timeframes, force composition and specific military actions undermining UNIFIL’s neutrality.

—— The statement in full is provided below:

UNIFIL statement (13 October 2024)

Early this morning, peacekeepers at a UN position in Ramyah observed three platoons of IDF soldiers crossing the Blue Line into Lebanon.

At around 4:30 a.m., while peacekeepers were in shelters, two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the position’s main gate and forcibly entered the position. They requested multiple times that the base turn out its lights. The tanks left about 45 minutes later after UNIFIL protested through our liaison mechanism, saying that IDF presence was putting peacekeepers in danger.

At around 6:40 a.m., peacekeepers at the same position reported the firing of several rounds 100 metres north, which emitted smoke. Despite putting on protective masks, fifteen peacekeepers suffered effects, including skin irritation and gastrointestinal reactions, after the smoke entered the camp. The peacekeepers are receiving treatment.

In addition, yesterday, IDF soldiers stopped a critical UNIFIL logistical movement near Meiss ej Jebel, denying it passage. The critical movement could not be completed.

For the fourth time in as many days, we remind the IDF and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN premises at all times.

Breaching and entering a UN position is a further flagrant violation of international law and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). Any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and Resolution 1701. UNIFIL’s mandate provides for its freedom of movement in its area of operations, and any restriction on this is a violation of Resolution 1701.

We have requested an explanation from the IDF for these shocking violations.

dan linnaeus-tweet-15October2024-UNIFIL is now SPYING for Hezbollah

dan linnaeus-tweet-15October2024-UNIFIL is now SPYING for Hezbollah

dan linnaeus-tweet-13October2024-UNIFIL compromising its neutrality

dan linnaeus-tweet-13October2024-UNIFIL compromising its neutrality

JerusalemCats Comments: What should be done with UNIFIL?

Firing Squad: 'I don't have to tell you that cigarettes are bad for your health.'

Firing Squad: ‘I don’t have to tell you that cigarettes are bad for your health.’

 

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Hezbollah attacks UNIFIL


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29October2024-Hezbollah attacks UNIFIL
Earlier today, a report was received regarding damage caused to UNIFIL’s Headquarters in the area of Naqoura, southern Lebanon. An examination determined that Hezbollah launched a rocket from the Hallousiyyeh El Faouqa area which hit the @UNIFIL_ Headquarters.

UNIFIL reported a number of casualties resulting from the rocket impact on its headquarters.

The Hezbollah terrorist organization continues to systematically violate international law, endangering both Israeli civilians and international organizations operating in the region.

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29October2024-Hezbollah attacks UNIFIL

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29October2024-Hezbollah attacks UNIFIL

 

 


UNIFIL-tweet-29October2024-rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters
Statement:

This afternoon a rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura, setting a vehicle workshop on fire. Peacekeepers were not in bunkers at the time. While some peacekeepers suffered minor injuries, fortunately no one was seriously injured.

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UNIFIL-tweet-29October2024-rocket hit UNIFIL’s headquarters

 

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Hezbollah controls UNIFIL


Open Source Intel-tweet-30October2024-Hezbollah demands from unifil
JUST IN 🚨

Hezbollah demands for Germany to be booted from UNIFIL for its
‘complicity’ with Israel – TOI

I never knew Hezbollah had this authority…

Open Source Intel-tweet-30October2024-Hezbollah demands from unifil

Open Source Intel-tweet-30October2024-Hezbollah demands from unifil

 

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Article 51 of the UN Charter – the right to self-defense


Amichai Chikli-tweet-22September2024-Article 51 of the UN Charter – the right to self-defense

ידידי המשפטן דוד פטר (@ptr_dvd) הפנה אותי לנקודה חשובה מאד בעניין המלחמה בצפון, סעיף 51 למגילת האו״ם – הזכות להגנה עצמית.

1. לאחר פיגועי 9/11 מועצת הביטחון של האו”ם העבירה החלטות 1368 ו-1373 שגינו את המתקפה של אל-קעידה והבהירו שהזכות להגנה עצמית עומדת גם מול ישויות לא מדינתיות וקראו למדינות לנקוט בצעדים נגד טרור בינלאומי.

2. בעקבות הפלישה של ארה”ב לאפגניסטן התפתחה נורמה בינלאומית לפיה מדינה מותקפת זכאית להפעיל כוח נגד ארגון טרור שפועל מתוך שטח מדינה ריבונית כאשר אותה מדינה לא מסוגלת או לא מעוניינת לטפל בארגון הטרור.
כמו שאמר ג׳ורג׳ וו. בוש בנאומו כמה ימים לאחר מתקפת הטרור:
״We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them״

3. העיקרון של מדינה שלא מסוגלת או לא מעוניינת לטפל בארגון טרור שפועל משטחה אומץ גם בעניין המלחמה מול דאעש.

4. לבנון לא מקיימת אף לא סעיף אחד מהחלטה 1701 ועל שכן זוהי זכותה וחובתה של מדינת ישראל לקחת את המושכות לידיה ולעצב מחדש את המציאות הביטחונית
בגבול הצפון.

מצ״ב: צילום מסך מדו״ח מפורט של מכון קהלת בנושא.

 

Translated from Hebrew by

My friend the lawyer David Peter (@ptr_dvd) directed me to a very important point regarding the war in the north, Article 51 of the UN Charter – the right to self-defense.

1. After the 9/11 attacks, the UN Security Council passed Resolutions 1368 and 1373 that condemned the Al-Qaeda attack and clarified that the right to self-defense also applies to non-state entities and called on countries to take measures against international terrorism.

2. Following the US invasion “In Afghanistan, an international norm has developed according to which an attacked country has the right to use force against a terrorist organization that operates from the territory of a sovereign country when that country is unable or unwilling to deal with the terrorist organization. As George W said. Bush in his speech a few days after the terrorist attack: “We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them”

3. The principle of a country unable or unwilling to deal with a terrorist organization operating on its territory was also adopted in the matter of the war against ISIS.

4. Lebanon does not comply with even one clause of Resolution 1701 and moreover it is the right and duty of the State of Israel to take the reins and reshape the security reality on the northern border. Mtsev: a screenshot from a detailed report by the Ecclesiastical Institute on the subject.

Amichai Chikli-tweet-22September2024-Article 51 of the UN Charter-the right to self-defense

Amichai Chikli-tweet-22September2024-Article 51 of the UN Charter-the right to self-defense

What is Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council?

What is Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council?

What is Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council?

 

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What is Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council?

aipac-org-logo

Security Council Resolution 1701: The Diplomatic Solution the U.N. Failed to Implement

https://www.aipac.org/resources/un-1701-hezbollah

 

UNSCR 1701 Requirements

UNSCR 1701 Requirements

The failure of the Lebanese government and the international community to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701 has enabled Hezbollah to significantly expand its military capabilities, attack Israel, and push Israel and Lebanon to the brink of a devastating war.

UNSCR 1701 was a negotiated resolution to end the 2006 Second Lebanon War that Hezbollah initiated. Israel withdrew from Lebanon, but the U.N. and Lebanese government have failed to uphold three key demands that were also a part of the resolution:

  1. Disarm Hezbollah and prevent it from rearming — as well as all other armed non-state groups in Lebanon.
  2. Demilitarize southern Lebanon — except for the Lebanese military and U.N. forces.
  3. Strengthen the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) enforcement — authorizing it to use force to ensure that southern Lebanon would not be used as a terrorist safe haven for Hezbollah.

 

Unfortunately, UNIFIL and the Lebanese government have failed to enforce the resolution. As a result, Hezbollah has turned Lebanon into a military fortress from which it is attacking Israel.

 

Israelis must be able to live in peace and security without the constant threat of terror. Lebanon and Hezbollah must be brought into full compliance with UNSCR 1701.

 

Requirement: Disarm Hezbollah and prevent it from rearming.

Reality: With help from Iran, Hezbollah’s weapons stockpile has multiplied dramatically.

 

From the resolution: UNSCR 1701 “require[s] the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that […] there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese State.”

 

With Iran’s help, Hezbollah’s arsenal has grown tenfold since UNSCR 1701’s passage. In 2006, the terrorist group possessed around 15,000 rockets. Today, it has more than 150,000 missiles and rockets — many of which are capable of precisely targeting any location in Israel.

 

Since October 7, Hezbollah terrorists have launched more than 8,500 missiles, rockets and drones into Israel. More than 40 Israelis, including 26 civilians, have been killed by Hezbollah. Around 80,000 Israelis remain displaced from their homes in the north.

 

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has boasted that the group’s “weapons and rockets come from the Islamic Republic of Iran,” and that it will continue to receive Iranian arms shipments.

 

Requirement: Demilitarize southern Lebanon.

Reality: Hezbollah has entrenched its military infrastructure within civilian areas throughout Lebanon.

From the resolution: UNSCR 1701 requires “the establishment between the Blue Line [the 2000 border demarcation between Israel and Lebanon] and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL.”

 

Hezbollah has turned major Lebanese cities, including the entire area south of the Litani River, into a military fortress from which it can attack Israel — in blatant violation of UNSCR 1701. Today, many Lebanese cities are a Hezbollah maze of underground bunkers, rocket-launch sites and interconnecting tunnels, with at least one out of every four houses in some areas reportedly hosting a Hezbollah base, post, weapons depot or hideout.

 

Hezbollah has put the lives of Lebanese civilians in danger by using them as human shields and positioning its forces and weapons inside hospitals, homes and schools, in direct violation of Article 57

 

of the Geneva Conventions. Major Lebanese cities and critical infrastructure have been taken over by Hezbollah for terrorist purposes, including Lebanon’s major international airport in Beirut. In 2018, the IDF revealed six Hezbollah tunnels dug from residential Lebanese neighborhoods into northern Israel.

 

Requirement: Strengthen UNIFIL.

Reality: The U.N. force has completely failed to prevent Hezbollah’s weapons smuggling and terrorist activity.

From the resolution: UNSCR 1701 “supplement[s] and enhance[s] the [U.N.] force in numbers, equipment, mandate and scope of operations, [including] to authorize an increase in the force strength of UNIFIL to a maximum of 15,000 troops,” up from 2,000 troops. Also, authorized UNIFIL to take “all necessary action” to enforce the resolution.

 

Due to intimidation by Hezbollah and lack of cooperation from the Lebanese Armed Forces, UNIFIL’s roughly 10,000 troops do not act against Hezbollah. UNIFIL routinely fails to patrol areas known to host illicit Hezbollah weapons and neglects to report on Hezbollah violations. Hezbollah outposts are often situated mere feet from UNIFIL outposts. The U.S. has repeatedly called on UNIFIL to increase its capacity and commitment to investigating and reporting these violations.

 

Lebanon’s porous border with Syria has also allowed Hezbollah to import significant arms from both Syria and Iran. While UNSCR 1701 does allow UNIFIL to deploy along the border with Syria at the Lebanese government’s request, such a request has never been made — largely due to Hezbollah and Iranian intimidation.

The Way Forward

Hezbollah must cease all attacks on Israel and be brought into full compliance with UNSCR 1701. The international community must exert all possible pressure on the Lebanese government to compel it to take action against Hezbollah.

 

Simultaneously, America must stand by Israel as it responds to Hezbollah’s increasingly aggressive attacks and continue to ensure Israel has the weapons it needs to protect its families and destroy Hezbollah’s capabilities.

 

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Saudi Arabia does not care about Palestinians


Times Algebra-tweet-29September2024-Saudi Arabia does not care about Palestinians
BIG NEWS 🚨 Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salman tells U.S. secretary of state that he doesn’t care about Palestinians.

Hamas, Hezbollah in SHOCK !!

Liberal leader MBS ⚡- Do I care personally about the Palestinian issue? I DON’T

“70% of people in my country are younger than me. For most of them, they never really knew much about the Palestinian issue” – Mohammed Bin Salman

Times Algebra-tweet-29September2024-Saudi Arabia does not care about Palestinians

Times Algebra-tweet-29September2024-Saudi Arabia does not care about Palestinians

 

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The Cleaning Woman is now head of Hezbollah


KattaTheLemur-tweet-28September2024-The Cleaning Woman is now head of Hezbollah
This hard working woman will transform #Hezbollah into an advocacy group for working mothers in the muslim world.
More power to her!

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KattaTheLemur-tweet-28September2024-The Cleaning Woman is now head of Hezbollah

 

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ISRAEL AT WAR 5784: Time and Again

07/06/2024 – א׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״ד – א׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״ד – 12:20


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-21June2024-Shabbat Shalom
#ShabbatShalom is a bit like the Jewish version of “TGIF” but with a dash of spiritual elegance. “Shabbat Shalom” is Hebrew for “peaceful Sabbath,” and it’s a greeting used by Jews around the world to wish each other a serene and meaningful day of rest.
The expression of “Shabbat Shalom” embraces the spirit of the Sabbath. It’s our chance to unplug from the hustle and bustle of the week. Shabbat reminds us that we are souls and not robots. Shabbat replenishes the soul. Shabbat means connecting with Hashem, with family and with our own souls
So, whether you’re praying, munching on challah, sipping a glass of fine Israeli dry red wine or just taking a nap in the middle of the day, remember to spread the “Shabbat Shalom” love and enjoy a peaceful day of rest. Shabbat Shalom, cherished friends.

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-21June2024-Shabbat Shalom

 

Israeli Citizen Spokespersons’ Office

4 Hostages rescued ALIVE from Gaza

The Gaza Ceasefire Deal

This is what happens when you make peace

Israel Derangement Syndrome

Los Angeles – Pico-Robertson Pogrom 23June2024

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“If today the heads of government are unsure of their ability to withstand the nations – if they are fearful and weak – it is better that they leave the task of leadership to others.”


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-8July2024-if they are fearful and weak
Prophetic words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe osb”m, 1970: “If today the heads of government are unsure of their ability to withstand the nations – if they are fearful and weak – it is better that they leave the task of leadership to others.” Tonight, 3 Tammuz, is his 30th yahrtzeit.

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-8July2024-if they are fearful and weak

 

 

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-30July2024-Finish the job
When talking about the 1st Lebanon War in 1982, the Lubavitcher Rebbe said, “You’re fighting terrorists. Hit them before they hit you. Finish the job, swiftly and completely.” Prophetic words on deaf ears. The deafness is from a lack of emuna.
harabi_770-tweeet-30July2024-We must end the war in the north!

חייבים לסיים את המלחמה בצפון!

Translated from Hebrew by

We must end the war in the north!

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-30July2024-Finish the job

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-30July2024-Finish the job

 

 

 

You awakened us.


Cheryl E-tweet-15December2024-You awakened us
You came for our friends.
You came for our neighbors.
You came for our sons, our daughters, our mothers, our fathers, our grandparents.
You spared no life.
You cheered at their deaths.

But you made one mistake…
You awakened us.
And now, we’re coming for you.

We are the defenders of our land. Defenders of our people.

We are your worst nightmare.
There is nowhere you can hide.
We are the fighters of the IDF.
And we will find you all.
We are born ready for war.

Cheryl E-tweet-15December2024-You awakened us

Cheryl E-tweet-15December2024-You awakened us

 

 

 

Bibi, switch the horses already


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-21August2024-Bibi, switch the horses already
This tune is going viral in Israel, “Bibi, switch the horses already,” sung by Ariel Zilber, and it really makes you smile because it’s so true how the anti-emuna junta here messes things up. Enjoy – smile, don’t get angry. Hashem is doing everything for the best.

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-21August2024-Bibi, switch the horses already

 

 

 


Caroline Glick-tweet-29July2024-This is the Hatziri of the Hatzi

זאת הפצ”רית של הרצי וחונטת סיירת מטכ”ל בראשות אהוד ברק. הם האחראים הבלעדים לאסון שמחת תורה. לא נוכל לישון בשקט כל עוד הם ממשיכים לשלוט במטכ”ל.

Translated from Hebrew by

This is the Hatziri of the Hatzi and the commander of a general patrol led by Ehud Barak. They are solely responsible for the Simchat Torah disaster. We will not be able to sleep peacefully as long as they continue to control the General Staff.
Michael Ben-tweet-29July2024-

במו ידיה הגברת הזו תביא לנו את הרפורמה המשפטית.
כמה את טיפשה גברת….

Translated from Hebrew by

With her own hands this lady will bring us the legal reform.
How stupid you are lady…

Caroline Glick-tweet-29July2024-This is the Hatziri of the Hatzi

Caroline Glick-tweet-29July2024-This is the Hatziri of the Hatzi

 

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This is leadership


Hillel Fuld-tweet-24November2024-This is leadership
This is leadership. This is what good leaders do for their people. This is how a normal society functions. Too bad our enemies still haven’t gotten it.

Hillel Fuld-tweet-24November2024-This is leadership

Hillel Fuld-tweet-24November2024-This is leadership

 

 

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Netanyahu fires Gallant as Defense Minister

PM dismisses Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, citing ‘significant gaps’ and lack of trust, appoints Israel Katz in his place.

Israel National News / 5November2024, 8:16 PM (GMT+2)  https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398672

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday evening.

 

Netanyahu explained that this is the result of a crisis of trust and significant differences between the two in the management of the war.

 

“As the Prime Minister of Israel, my chief obligation is to preserve the security of Israel and to achieve our total victory. In the midst of war, more than ever, complete trust is required between the Prime Minister and the Defense Minister,” Netanyahu began.

 

“Unfortunately, even though such trust was present during the first months of the military campaign, and we had a very productive cooperation, during the past several months this trust between myself and the Defense Minister has begun to crack,” he stated.

 

Netanyahu continued, “Defense Minister Gallant and I had substantial disagreements on the management of the military campaign, disagreements which were accompanied by public statements and actions that contravened the decisions of the Government and the Security Cabinet.”

 

“I have made multiple attempts to resolve these disagreements, but they became increasingly wider. They were also brought to the knowledge of the public in an inappropriate manner, and what is even worse, they have reached the knowledge of the enemy; our enemies have taken great delight in these disagreements and have derived much benefit from them,” he added.

 

He explained that “different opinions in open debates, as anyone who knows me can attest to, are my way of holding discussions and consultations, and making decisions. Everyone knows that. However, the increasingly wide crisis of confidence between myself and the Defense Minister had become public knowledge, and that crisis is hindering the continued proper administration of the military campaign.”

 

“I am not the only one with this opinion; in both the Government and the Security Cabinet, the majority of the members of which, virtually all members, share the feeling that this state of affairs cannot continue,” he noted.

 

“In view of the above, I have decided today to remove the Defense Minister from his post. In his stead, I have decided to appoint Minister Israel Katz to this position. Israel Katz has proven his abilities and has made a contribution to national security as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of Intelligence for five years, and equally important, as a long-standing member of the State Security Cabinet,” Netanyahu declared.

 

“Israel Katz brings to the table an impressive combination of rich experience and executive capabilities. He is known as a man of action who combines responsibility with reserved decisiveness, all important qualities for driving a military campaign,” he said.

 

He further stated that former Minister Gideon Sa’ar would take Minister Katz’s place as Foreign Minister. “Also, I have spoken today with Minister Gideon Sa’ar and proposed that he join the coalition along with his faction and serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs. As a member of the Government and Security Cabinet for many years, Gideon Sa’ar will bring to the table much experience and consideration in the areas of policy and security, and will be a significant addition to our leadership team.”

 

“Gideon Saar’s addition and the addition of his faction will increase the stability of the coalition and the government, important factors at any time, and especially important in time of war. I am convinced that these steps will reinforce the Government and the Security Cabinet, transforming them into bodies that work cooperatively and harmoniously for the security of the State of Israel, for the citizens of Israel, and for our victory,” he said.

 

Gallant stated in response, “The security of the State of Israel always was, and will always remain my life’s mission.”

 

Incoming Defense Minister Israel Katz said, “I thank Prime Minister Netanyahu for the trust he placed in me in appointing me to the position of minister of defense. I accept this responsibility with a sense of mission and a deep commitment to the security of the State of Israel and its citizens.”

 

“We will work together to advance the defense establishment to victory against our enemies and to achieve the goals of the war: the return of all the hostages as the most important mission, the destruction of Hamas in Gaza, the defeat of Hezbollah in Lebanon, the curbing of Iranian aggression and the safe return of the residents of the north and south to their home,” he added.

 

The move was welcomed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who said, “The prime minister did well to remove him from his position.” Ben-Gvir claimed that “it is not possible to achieve absolute victory” with Gallant as Defense Minister.

 

On the other hand, opposition figures condemned Gallant’s firing, Democrats chairman Yair Golan called on the public to “take to the streets” in protest.

 

National Unity MK Orit Farkash Hacohen said, “A Defense Minister who announces conscription orders for thousands of Haredim is fired in the middle of a war on the eve of an [expected Iranian] attack for the sake of the evasion law.”

 

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A coup attempt in the shadow of Oct. 7

Many fingers are pointed in the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the evidence—and blame—says otherwise.

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy, Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security and Mossad chief David Barnea attend a ceremony of laying of the Israeli flags on each fallen soldier's grave at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, on May 8, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash 90.

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy, Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security and Mossad chief David Barnea attend a ceremony of laying of the Israeli flags on each fallen soldier’s grave at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, on May 8, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash 90.

 

 

Caroline B. Glick

https://www.jns.org/a-coup-attempt-in-the-shadow-of-oct-7/
Caroline B. Glick_ProfileCaroline B. Glick is the senior contributing editor of Jewish News Syndicate and host of the “Caroline Glick Show” on JNS. She is also the diplomatic commentator for Israel’s Channel 14, as well as a columnist for Newsweek. Glick is the senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Center for Security Policy in Washington and a lecturer at Israel’s College of Statesmanship. She appears regularly on U.S., British, Australian and Indian television networks, including Fox, Newsmax and CBN. She appears, as well, on the BBC, Sky News Britain and Sky News Australia, and on India’s WION News Network. She speaks regularly on nationally syndicated and major market radio shows across the English-speaking world. She is also a frequent guest on major podcasts, including the Dave Rubin Show and the Victor Davis Hanson Show.

 

 

(6December2024/ JNS) This week, Channel 11’s journalist Ayala Hasson broadcast a two-part exposé on the Israel Defense Forces’ self-investigation of the massacre at the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, which took place a kilometer from the Gaza Strip. Hasson’s reports reinforced the fact that the IDF and Shin Bet top brass are to blame for Hamas’s successful day of genocide.

 

A total of 364 people were brutally murdered at the Nova music festival and along avenues of escape. Thirty-nine were taken hostage. The rave opened on Oct. 5 with 3,800 revelers.

 

According to earlier investigative reports, the IDF intercepted Hamas’s invasion plans a year before Oct. 7. They received multiple, rapidly escalating warnings of the impending invasion from a variety of sources in the Southern Command in the months, weeks and days prior to that day. Intelligence head Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet director Ronen Bar did not share the warnings or Hamas’s intercepted invasion plans with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Instead, they repeatedly briefed him that Hamas was deterred, and Israel simply needed to provide it with more cash from Qatar and more work permits for Gazans in Israel to keep the terrorist regime fat, happy and deterred.

 

On Oct. 10, we learned that on the night between Oct. 6 and Oct. 7, Halevi, Bar, Southern Command Chief Maj. General Yaron Finkleman, Operations Directorate Chief Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk and Haliva’s assistant (Haliva was on vacation and not answering his phone), held two telephone consultations, at midnight and 4 a.m., when they discussed multiplying indications that Hamas was about to carry out its invasion, slaughter and kidnapping plan. They chose to do nothing, told no one and agreed to meet again at 8 a.m. Hamas invaded at 6:30.

 

Hasson’s reported excerpts from two-and-a-half hours of recordings of a conversation between Halevi’s representative Brig. Gen. Ido Mizrahi and police commanders in the Southern District. Halevi appointed Mizrahi to conduct the IDF’s inquiry into the slaughter at Nova.

 

The police were the heroes of the festival. By declaring that Israel was under invasion at 6:30, Southern District Commander Superintendent Amir Cohen precipitated the Ofakim police station commander’s order to disperse the concert-goers. That decision is credited with saving the lives of 90% of the party’s attendees. According to Mizrahi, about 200 people were at the party site when the Palestinian rape, murder and kidnapping gangs arrived a bit after 9 a.m.

 

Forty policemen and women died staving off the invading Palestinian terrorists from the Nova festival. IDF forces didn’t show up until after the massacre was over and the 39 hostages had been taken to Gaza. All the same, Mizrahi tried to shift the blame for the mass slaughter from the IDF onto the police, asking why there were still 200 people at the party site at 9.

 

Surprised, the police explained that they couldn’t enforce the order because they were busy fighting Hamas since the IDF didn’t arrive.

 

Mizrahi disclosed to Cohen and his officers for the first time that on nighttime telephone calls, Bar, Halevi and their associates discussed the Nova festival but opted to do nothing. The police officers noted that had they known this at 4 a.m., the slaughter would have been prevented.

 

Plugging the leaks

Hasson’s reports were a grim reminder of the IDF General Staff and the Shin Bet director’s unforgivable and arguably criminal dereliction of duty in everything related to the events of Oct. 7. They were the only ones with knowledge of Hamas’s preparations to invade. They were the only ones who knew that Hamas was taking concrete steps to invade in the hours before the invasion. And they told no one and did nothing.

 

Since Oct. 7, Halevi and Bar—and their equally culpable subordinates—have tried to deflect the blame onto Netanyahu by insisting that the reason they were unprepared was because of the prime minister’s longstanding policy of containing Hamas. But this claim is nonsensical given that Netanyahu based his policies on false information they provided him.

 

Their efforts to avoid accepting responsibility for their cataclysmic failures—and to deflect the blame onto Netanyahu whom they kept in the dark—has brought us to Israel’s current state, where by the looks of things, Halevi, Bar, their comrades in the legal system (led by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara) and the justices of the Supreme Court are engaged in an all-out effort to oust Netanyahu from power as quickly as possible.

 

Their efforts have been ongoing since the start of the war. The generals have all but openly accused Netanyahu of blocking a hostage deal. This comes despite the fact that they have known all along that Hamas has never been willing to free the hostages, whom it rightly views as its life-insurance policy. Halevi, Bar and their subordinates are assumed to be behind nearly all of the leaks to the media related to Israel’s internal discussions regarding the hostage talks. Those leaks have repeatedly been used by Hamas to justify their consistent refusal to make a deal.

 

The generals are likewise fingered as the most likely sources of real-time leaks from cabinet meetings, geared towards scuttling Netanyahu’s plans to advance military operations in Gaza and Lebanon. They have cooperated under the shadow of the Biden administration to subvert Netanyahu’s orders.

 

The leaks from the cabinet meetings are all felonies. Yet, despite Netanyahu’s repeated requests that criminal probes be opened to find the leakers, Baharav-Miara has refused.

 

Her visible determination to enable the subversion of normal workings of government by refusing to investigate the leaks is prima facie illegal. All the same, this is her policy.

 

In shocking contrast to her consistent protection of anti-government leakers, over the past six weeks, Baharav-Miara has been at the center of a bold-faced effort to criminalize any IDF officer, police officer or public servant who provides Netanyahu and his ministers with information that the IDF and Shin Bet are determined to hide from them, as they hid Hamas’s pre-Oct. 7 invasion plans from Israel’s elected leaders; or advance ministerial policies that Bar, Halevi and Baharav-Miara oppose.

 

Six weeks ago, Shin Bet officers staged dramatic bedroom arrests of two military intelligence officers and an intelligence NCO, dragging them out of their homes in the middle of the night. They also brutally arrested Eli Feldstein, a military affairs spokesman in the Prime Minister’s Office. The two officers were later released, but despite three orders from magistrates and district courts to release Feldstein and the NCO, acting on appeals from Baharav-Miara’s prosecutors, the Supreme Court has kept them behind bars. The NCO is accused of transferring classified information to Feldstein in a manner that endangers national security. Feldstein is accused of leaking classified information to Germany’s Bild newspaper in a manner that endangers national security. The cover story is that the NCO gave Feldstein a Hamas document showing that the terror group is unwilling to make a hostage deal under any conditions and is using Netanyahu’s political opposition to blame the premier for the absence of a deal.

 

This week, attorney Uri Korb, who represents the NCO, explained the actual story. Several months ago, a group of intelligence officers and NCOs were concerned because Haliva, his replacement Maj. Gen. Yossi Binder, Bar and Halevi were deliberately blocking information from Netanyahu that the officers and NCOs considered essential to the premier’s ability to make decisions related to the war. The NCO transferred this information to Feldstein to be delivered to Netanyahu. The Bild story was just one of many documents the IDF and Shin Bet were hiding from the premier. From the prosecution’s court declarations against Feldstein and the NCO, we learned last week that the NCO provided Feldstein with information about a state actor’s collusion with Hamas in perpetrating Oct. 7. The name of the state entity is blacked out in the document. But the most reasonable interpretation of the text is that it refers either to the Palestinian Authority or Egypt.

 

In both cases, blocking Netanyahu from receiving the information undermines his ability to understand the nature of the enemy. It also prevents him from developing a strategy to effectively combat hostile actors that the IDF, Shin Bet and Biden administration have been keen to shield from public scrutiny.

 

Feldstein and the NCO were denied communication with their attorneys for several weeks. Their families attest that the men have been treated as terrorists, and are in psychological and physical distress. Both have also been subjected to massive pressure to incriminate Netanyahu.

 

Rupture among law-enforcement agencies

The public persecution of Feldstein and the NCO serves two ends. First, it seeks to criminalize Netanyahu and second, it aims to deter other intelligence officers from providing the prime minister with critical information about the war.

 

In response to the two men’s plight, the Knesset is advancing a bill that would provide immunity for whistle-blowers who share classified information with the prime minister. In an act of gross insubordination, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari harshly criticized the bill in a press conference on Wednesday night.

 

The legal system, IDF General Staff and Shin Bet’s joint abuse of Feldstein and the NCO has exposed Israel’s three ruling institutions to harsh criticism for their political subversion. But they don’t care. Far from standing down, last week they upped the ante precipitously.

 

Last Monday, the Shin Bet arrested Koby Yaakobi, head of the Israeli Prison Service, at gunpoint. They similarly arrested Avishai Muallem, deputy superintendent and the head of the Serious Crimes Unit in the Samaria and Judea District. Yaakobi is suspected of informing Muallem that he was under investigation. Muallem is suspected of refusing to open investigations against Jewish Israelis in Judea and Samaria that the Shin Bet’s “Jewish Division,” has fingered as terror suspects. The Shin Bet accuses Muallem of seeking a bribe in the form of a promotion from Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir in exchange for not prosecuting Jewish Israelis.

 

In recent testimony before the Knesset, Muallem told lawmakers that most complaints filed by Palestinians and anarchists in Judea and Samaria against Israeli Jews are frivolous. Until Muallem took over the unit, its officers served as rubber stamps for the Shin Bet’s Jewish Division’s accusation against Jews.

 

The self-evident political nature of the two senior officers’ arrests and interrogations has caused a rupture of relations between the police and prison service on the one hand, and the attorney general and the Shin Bet on the other. As in the case of Feldstein and the NCO, Yaakobi and Muallem’s arrests serve a twofold goal.

 

First, the purpose is to intimidate police officers not to work with Ben-Gvir. Second, Muallem and Yaakobi are being pressured to incriminate the security minister. Last month, Baharav-Miara unsuccessfully tried to coerce Netanyahu to fire Ben-Gvir. Under extra-legal Supreme Court guidelines, if she indicts Ben-Gvir, then Netanyahu will be required to fire him. Baharav-Miara and her colleagues are convinced that if he is fired, Ben-Gvir will pull his party out of the governing coalition and precipitate its overthrow.

 

This brings us back to Oct. 7.

 

Bar, Halevi and the political left have demanded the formation of a commission of inquiry to be controlled by the Supreme Court. The government seeks the establishment of a public commission of inquiry whose members will be chosen in equal numbers by the coalition and the opposition. A judicial commission of inquiry will be chosen by radical leftist Yitzhak Amit, acting president of the Supreme Court. He is expected to appoint commission members who will protect the IDF and Shin Bet from scrutiny and place all the blame for their failure on Netanyahu.

 

If Netanyahu’s government falls and the left is able to form an alternate government in the existing Knesset, that successor government would pass a law authorizing a commission of inquiry into the Oct. 7 invasion to be appointed by Amit.

 

As the days and weeks pass, and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration draws nearer, Israel’s ruling class is becoming desperate to oust Netanyahu from power. They fear that without Biden supporting their efforts and with Trump determined to rout out their American administrative state counterparts, they will lose their grip on unchecked power. Muallem, Yaakobi, Feldstein and the NCO have become victims of their desperation.

 

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Former IDF prosecutor: Hostage deals have not worked, only encouraged Hamas

Hirsch explains that there can be no moral equivalence between someone convicted of terror offenses and an innocent civilian.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
JANUARY 16, 2025 22:28 Updated: JANUARY 17, 2025 04:24  https://www.jpost.com/podcast/article-837904

 

How Israel decides which Palestinian prisoners to release, what are the legal considerations, and how have previous hostage deals impacted the current outlook, Lt.-Gen. Maurice Hirsch, who served in the IDF Military Advocate General Corps for 19 years, explains the process to Sarah Ben-Nun, this week on The Jerusalem Post Podcast.

 

Hirsch describes the enormous difficulty and fundamental inequality of releasing convicted murderers, some serving whole life sentences, for innocent civilians.

 

“This cannot be referred to as a prisoner exchange. On the one hand, you have a genocidal terrorist organization and on the other side you have a democratic country, that’s not a prisoner exchange deal. It is extortion by a terrorist organization. There is no equality that can be drawn between the two sides.”

 

Hirsch describes how many of the terrorists released in the Gilad Shalit deal had already returned to terrorism.

 

“By 2014, 50% of those released Judea and Samaria almost immediately returned to terrorism.”

 

‘We saw a very high rate of terrorism recidivism and at rates much higher than we could show the court.”

 

Gilad Schalit released by Hamas captors as part of prisoner swap in 2011. (credit: REUTERS)

Gilad Schalit released by Hamas captors as part of prisoner swap in 2011. (credit: REUTERS)

 

Hirsch was involved in almost all prisoner release deals from 1998 until 2016, with the exception of the Shalit deal.

 

“The Palestinians celebrate 41 separate incidences where Palestinian prisoners have been released since 1998. Some of these were as part of the Oslo Accords, others were in exchange for hostages or bodies, and some are features of ‘goodwill’ from Israel for a variety of reasons such as before Ramadan.”

 

In some of these cases, specific people were requested. In other cases, Israel was given more leeway to make these decisions.

 

“There is a committee that sits in the Justice Ministry that goes through the different options, names, and cases; and then comes up with a list which is presented to the cabinet.”

 

“In many cases, the offers made during the negotiations were totally disconnected from the ability of Israel to meet those criteria.”

 

No moral equivalence

Hirsch explains that there can be no moral equivalence between someone convicted of terror offenses and an innocent civilian.

 

In the committee, headed by the director-general of the justice ministry, there are representatives of all the relevant security agencies.

 

This committee then begins going through lists and starts either choosing or eliminating from the list of possible prisoners for release.

 

The committee follows guidelines set by the government and must also ensure that releasing the prisoner will not impact other parts of the justice system, including whether they are a relevant witness or whether they have been released previously.

 

“We’ve seen releasing terrorists for hostages become part of the Israeli psyche. It’s a cycle that feeds itself, if we keep releasing terrorists in exchange for hostages they will keep taking hostages. Because there is a reward for their actions. And if we never change our approach to the situation, we’re really feeding into and feeding the flames of desire to kidnap more people. Because it brings about good results for the terrorists.”

 

Hirsch describes how creating an equivalence between Palestinian prisoners and hostages is a core part of Hamas’ tactics.

 

“I don’t believe we’ve been able to understand what the ramifications of these deals are. All these major deals have caused wide-scale destruction and murder. The Shalit deal led to the October 7 massacre. Already by November 2012, Yahya Sinwar was meeting with Qassem Solemanei in Tehran and planning October 7.”

 

Hirsch finished off by saying that there were other pathways and other leverages that Israel could be utilizing to release the hostages, and that rerunning the same old path is not going to lead to different results.

 

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What the terrorist really think about the Hostage Deals

JerusalemCats Comment: History is repeating itself. Over and Over again. They don’t learn and the simple people with Emuna have to suffer. Prayer, Emuna and Vigilance. Remember the 1st & 2nd Infitada & what the Government did & DID NOT Do. Remember the Gilad Shalit Deal. Only Trust Hashem.


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It’s like a pyramid scheme that never runs out of funds.

Elder of Ziyon-tweet-20January2025-What the terrorist really think about the Hostage Deals

Elder of Ziyon-tweet-20January2025-What the terrorist really think about the Hostage Deals

 

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Think for yourself

Finally: Prayer rally in Hevron, Sept 12th 2024

by 19August2024  https://thinkforyourselfpublishing.com/finally-prayer-rally-in-hevron-sept-12th/

 

I just got sent this:

Prayer rally in Hevron-12September2024

Prayer rally in Hevron-12September2024

 

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The Rav has called for a prayer gathering in Hevron, on Thursday September 12th, 2024, beginning at 9pm.

BH, the Rav will be coming, too.

 

Strange to say, this is a very good sign.

 

All year, I’ve been waiting for one of these prayer gatherings to be called in Hevron – because I’ve seen so many times in the past, how they literally make ‘the problem’ disappear overnight – and all year, it just hasn’t happened.

I guess we hadn’t reached the part in this massive process of awakening and teshuva where the prayer gathering would be effective.

Now, BH, I’m hopeful that the end of the nightmare situation that has been 5784 is in sight.

If, enough people show up in Hebron on September 12th.

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While I was browsing the RavBerland.com site, looking for more stuff about the concept of ‘MBY’ from the Rav, I came across something I wrote five years ago now, in 2019:

 

https://ravberland.com/5779-the-year-in-review/

It talks a lot about different prayer gatherings in Hevron that took place throughout the year of 5779 – just before the Evils unleashed the scamdemic on the world.

 

Perhaps more to the point, it reminded me of how many ‘tough times’ were going on in 5779 – and how these prayer gatherings literally turned everything around for Am Yisrael.

 

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Five years ago, it was way harder to ‘get with the Rav’, in some ways.

You had to have already figured out that the masonic media lies about everything, collaborates with the corrupt State to frame innocent people for political ends – and that the State itself is rotten to the core, morally.

That was quite an ‘ask’ five years ago.

 

But now?

This should be obvious to any awake person (awake defined as, literally, not asleep, and with two functioning brain cells.)

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So, if you can make it to Hevron on September 12th at 9pm, even with mesirut nefesh, please come and join the prayer gathering, with the Rav.

At the very least, these prayer gatherings ‘work’ to sweeten things for the people who make the effort to participate.

 

And if you only help yourself by coming – dayenu.

 

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Rabbi Lazer Brody’s predictions 28July2024


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I hope I’m wrong on both counts, but here are my predictions:
1) Israel will make a very lukewarm attack against Hezbolla, maybe killing 12 porcupines in a deserted Hezbolla base;
2) Kamala Harris will win the US Presidential Elections.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-28July2024-predictions

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-28July2024-predictions

 

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Rabbi Lazer Brody: Kibbutz Be’eri 7January2025


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In case anyone has a short memory, this is what Hamas did to the lovely south of Israel. This is one of the visible scars, still an open wound (photo from yesterday, Kibbutz Be’eri). Other scars are invisible, because they’re either buried or still captive. Why are we still feeding Hamas?

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Rabbi Lazer Brody: Relying on anyone but Hashem is a wobbly reed


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This is my new “Mamad”, bomb-proof room in its final stages of construction. The walls are 8″-thick steel-reinforced concrete. The shock-proof steel door weighs 350kg (770 ibs.). With Bibi’s war-goal promises, I thought that this room would be my home gym. But after seeing the Nukba Hamas terrorists back aboard their October 7th assault pickup trucks parading in Gaza City and in Khan Younis, my wife and I have decided to put beds in this room and not gym equipment.
That said, we live in the luxury side of southern Israel. Once the bomb-alert siren wails, we have a generous 32 seconds to take cover. Ashkelon has 22 and Sderot only 15 seconds.
Westerners and Europeans don’t understand a basic law in the Middle East: what you don’t finish today, you’ll have to finish tomorrow. Until Israel makes teshuva, the war won’t be over. Relying on anyone but Hashem was, is and always will be a wobbly reed. Even our enemies ridicule us when we trust in anyone or anything other than Hashem (see Isaiah, Ch. 36).

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Rabbi Lazer Brody: The Achashverosh of this generation


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The Achashverosh of this generation could care less about Israel. A crass horse trader, he wants legitimacy by winning the Nobel Peace Prize. For that, he forced Israel into a devastating agreement so that he can take credit for the “peace” (sic) agreement and return to the White House as a heroic statesmen. The Achashverosh of old needed legitimacy by marrying Vashti, the granddaughter of King Nebuchadnezzar, who destroyed the 1st Holy Temple in Jerusalem. History repeats itself.
Rather than giving into Hashem, Bibi gave into Trump. And rather giving into Hashem, the Haredi MKs gave into Bibi. Like Rebbe Nachman said, before Moshiach comes, emuna will be the rarest commodity on earth. We urgently need Emuna leaders, who fear no one other than Hashem.

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Chanukah did not simply happen 2200 years ago


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Chanukah did not simply happen 2200 years ago, when the leftist, assimilationist Hellenist Jews collaborated with the Greeks and Seleucids (Syrian Greeks) against those Jews who remained loyal to Hashem and to His Torah, led by a family of High Priests known as the Maccabees.
Here’s Chanukah repeating itself, which manifests itself in the current war. Maybe you don’t like conspiracy theories, but the following is simply a puzzle of facts coming together:
Chanukah, 5783 – present:
1. Collaboration and Conspiracy: The Biden administration is today’s Greece. Blinken and his Israeli counterparts – Israel’s Attorney General, Gantz et. al., the IDF Chief of Staff and Head of the Shin Bet are the collaborators, conspiring with the USA to overthrow Bibi. They are willing to enable a treacherous and treasonous act tio justify their sinister goal.
2. The Plot: To discredit and overthrow Bibi and his government by allowing a mass kidnapping event.
3. The Method: The military hid vital intel from Netanyahu. Their reports claimed that there was no threat or danger from Hamas during the High Holidays of 5784 (October, 2023). Refusing to listen to frantic on-the-spot reports from the forward observers, many of whom were capured and killed on October 7, Chief of Staff Herzi HaLevi ensured that the army would be dormant and that no forces would be mobilized to stop the invasion even when all the signs were there. His part was to prevent a response on the ground that would curtail the invasion and prevent the kidnapping.
4. Neutralizing Netanyahu: Herzi was also responsible for ensuring that Netanyahu would know nothing about what was brewing on the Gaza border. He knew that Bibi mobilize in full force the moment he would know. As such, the ShinBet and IDF top brass did everything to keep Bibi in the dark.
5. Bibi bounces back: better late than never, Bibi jumped into action as soon as the war started, but the the wicked assimilated witch from the North – the Attorney General – delayed the IDF in a bureacratic ploy demanding an official declaration of war before full mobilization. She managed to hold off the declaration for 12 critical hours during which the mass kidnapping occurred.
6. Blinken rushes to Israel: amazingly, this traitor against his people was allowed into the “pit” – highest level warroom in the Tel-Aviv Kirya (our Pentagon) to intervene in shaping the Israeli response. First, they tried to establish the narrative that Israel would not respond militarily at all, but would only negotiate under American mediation for the return of the kidnapped in exchange for a Palestinian state.
7. Israeli public outrage: when that didn’t help and they saw the public outrage in Israel, the USA and Israeli collaborators changed course and tried to lead a process in which the IDF would indeed take revenge on Hamas for a few days, but would then stop and return to negotiations. They did this by trying to dictate to the War Cabinet that the main goal of the war would be the return of the kidnapped and not the overthrow of Hamas (only a secondary goal).
8. The Perfidy – Blinken and Austin claimed that the overthrow of Hamas was not a possible goal at all, and they brought in military experts who pumped this message over and over to the War Cabinet and the General Staff. They therefore devised a plot to disarm the IDF, known as “humanitarian aid.”
9. Keeping Hamas in power: Humanitarian aid was the means to ensure that Hamas would never fall, as it has indeed done and continues to do to this day.
10. The Stooges: Gantz and Eisenkot were the collaborators of the Americans who were deliberately planted in the war cabinet, and they were the ones who were supposed to provide the goods to the Americans and make sure that Bibi did not deviate from the hostage deal (a primary goal) and did not seek to topple Hamas (a secondary goal). This is why this double-dealing duo always opposed everything that would advance the war on Hamas: they opposed ground entry, they opposed the expulsion of Gazans from the northern Gaza Strip, they opposed entry into the southern Gaza Strip, into Rafah, into the smuggling route. They also opposed entry into Lebanon.
11. Bibi alone against them all: The ground op in Gaza, the Rafiah campaign, the invasion of Lebanon and bucking the USA was all Bibi, who bucked the disloyal IDF Chief of Staff, the Americans, and Gantz. As a result, the Americans ordered Gantz to resign in order to make Netanyahu more fragile, to take away the legitimacy of the “left” from him and to leave him alone in the fight in the hope that he would fold and realize that there was no choice. This did not help either.
12. Backfire – Bibi unchained: From the moment Gantz resigned, Bibi loosened his reins and took his gloves off, leading to the elimination of Sinwar and Nasrulla, on the way to fulfilling Bibi’s strategy of “the absolute victory.”
13. So where will this go: Hashem has been giving Bibi power, otherwise there is no explanation how any human can have the strength to withstand the opposition from within and without. Bibi must now understand what the Lubavitcher Rebbe told him, that he would represent the light against a dark world. Bibi must set an example and remove the Hellenism from his own life and declare his loyalty to Hashem and His Torah. This could be the sanctification of Hashem’s Name that becomes the final catalyst of Moshiach.

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Israel hits Iran

“Operation Days of Teshuva” 26October2024


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The more the smoke clears from yesterday’s miraculous IAF strike against Iran, the more we must thank Hashem and praise His Name for giving our airmen the skill and success for accomplishing the impossible. Iran is now completely exposed, and that’s not all:
1) Satellite photos show damage on Iran’s missile production that will take 2 years to repair.
2) All four Russian supplied S300 missile defense systems were destroyed.
3) All radar defenses surrounding Tehran were destroyed.
4) 12 different ballistic-fuel mixing centers were destroyed.
5) Several weapons research centers were destroyed. One of them may have been a nuclear research center as a message to Iran: You could have been hit much worse…
Successes like this carry a pricetag. No wonder the mission was called, “Operation Days of Teshuva (Repentance)”; maybe the IDF was referring to the recent High Holidays, but Hashem is referring to the coming days, when all of us should strengthen ourselves in emuna and Torah observance. Hashem is showing us what He can do for us when we do. Let’s start with something easy – stop badmouthing other people and stay away from those who do. Unity is what Hashem wants from us.

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Thank You, Hashem, for a successful “Operation Days of Teshuva” strike against Iran, early Shabbat Breishit. Here’s what we know now:
1. Dozens of IAF F16s, F15s and support aircraft departed for Iran at about 2AM Shabbat, local time.
2. Iran’s proxy air defenses in Iraq and Syria were first neutralized.
3. Israel attacked the plant that produces Russian S300 ballistic missiles, drone-manufacturing plants and other strategic sites.
4. There was no attack against oil fields, nuclear plants or civilian centers.
5. The attack lasted for 3 hours until 5 AM.
6. All of our personnel and aircraft returned home safely, Baruch Hashem.

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19April2024 Israeli strikes on Iran


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According to @abcnews, at least 7 different #Iranian locations have been struck so far tonight by #Israeli airstrikes.

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Those who destroy you and lay (your land) in waste, come from your midst


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Why were Isaiah’s eyes red from crying? Yet why is Sinwar laughing?
Sinwar wants the address of the National Labor Union (Histadrut) head to send him a bouquet of flowers. While foreign governments, including Biden and Blinken, are condemning the Hamas savages who murdered our hostages in cold blood – Bar David, head of the leftist deep-state mafia aka Histadrut, is calling for a general strike tomorrow. While Israel’s right is busy fighting the enemy, Israel’s left is busy fighting Israel’s right. This is what brought tears to Isaiah’s eyes: מְהָרְסַיִךְ וּמַחֲרִיבַיִךְ, מִמֵּךְ יֵצֵאוּ. – “Those who destroy you and lay (your land) in waste, come from your midst (Isaiah 49:17).

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List of Cities not striking


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This is a partial list of the cities which have refused to take part in the demoralizing and highly politicized strike the labor unions decided to foist on the backs of Israelis who have already been suffering and struggling for almost a year:

Jerusalem
Ashdod
Netanya
Ramle
Dimona
Holon
Petach Tikva
Tzfat
Efrat
Ariel
Katzrin
Kiryat Yam
Kiryat Motzkin
Kiryat Bialik
Beit Shemesh
Mitzpe Ramon
Arad
Maale Adumim
Migdal Haemek
Harish
Nahal Sorek
Bnai Brak
Shlomi
Maale Tarshisha

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Who is the architect of the move designed to bring about surrender? Yoav Galant.


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ל”עסקה,” איננה סיבה למסיבה. להיפך. זה איום אסטרטגי ממעלה ראשונה. התזמון אינו מקרי. מדובר ככל הנראה במהלך מתואם עם ראשי כנופיית קפלן שמאשימים באופן בלתי נתפס, את ראש הממשלה בפשעי חמאס. הלחץ האמריקני לא מופעל כיום, ומעולם לא הופעל עד כה, על חמאס אלא רק על ישראל. והמסר שמועבר בהודעה על “הצעה סופית,” הוא, זהו יהודונים, שיחקתם מספיק. עכשיו תתקפלו! ומי מחולל את הכל כאן בפועל? מי אדריכל המהלך שנועד להביא לכניעה? יואב גלנט. כאשר ההיסטוריה של תקופה זאת תיכתב, נדמה שגלנט ייזכר שם כמולל המערכה שנועדה להביא להתפרקות של המהפכה הציונית. אם אני צודקת, אז ההתנהלות הבלתי נסלחת שלו בקבינט ביום חמישי והציוץ שלו אתמול בבוקר יתבררו כמצית של ליל גלנט השני, והאסוני ביותר. בפעם הראשונה, המעשה שלו הביא לפירוק יכולת נבחרי העם לתפוס את הגה השלטון מהפקידים הפוסט ציונים העוינים לעם ולשלטונו. בפעם השנייה, כעת, המעשה שלו עלול, חלילה, להביא לאובדן הריבונות שלנו. לא הגענו עד הלום כדי להתקפל. אסור למצמץ. אסור להתבלבל.

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The American announcement that the administration is preparing a “final offer” for a “deal,” is no cause for celebration. on the contrary. This is a strategic threat of the first order. The timing is no accident. This is apparently a coordinated move with the leaders of the Kaplan gang who unimaginably accuse the Prime Minister of Hamas crimes. The American pressure is not applied today, and has never been applied until now, on Hamas but only on Israel. And the message that is conveyed in the announcement of a “final offer,” is, this is Jews, you have played enough. Now fold up! And who creates everything here in practice? Who is the architect of the move designed to bring about surrender? Yoav Galant. When the history of this period is written, it seems that Gallant will be remembered there as the instigator of the campaign that was intended to bring about the disintegration of the Zionist revolution. If I’m right, then his inexcusable conduct in the Cabinet on Thursday and his tweet yesterday morning will turn out to be the igniter of the second, and most disastrous, Night of Gallant. For the first time, his act resulted in the dismantling of the ability of the people’s elected officials to seize the helm of power from the post-Zionist officials hostile to the people and their government. For the second time, now, his act may, God forbid, result in the loss of our sovereignty. We didn’t come this far to fold. Do not blink. Don’t get confused.

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Israel Must End The ‘Palestinian’ Charade

By Sha’i ben-Tekoa 26December2024
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/12/israel_must_end_the_palestinian_charade.html

 

It is welcome news that Sweden’s Aid Minister, Benjamin Dousa, has said that Sweden will no longer fund UNRWA, apparently satisfied with Israel’s evidence that it has been a HAMAS front. The Arabs there need not worry, though, because Sweden is going to increase the amount of its aid, only using other agencies.

 

Lucky for them. However, Israel could help itself by going further and attacking the very idea that the recipients of UNRWA largesse are “Palestinian refugees” entitled to such aid when there are virtually no refugees among them. And in any case, there is nothing Palestinian about them.

 

History explains why there is nothing “Palestinian” about these people on the UNRWA rolls. In 1948, when the armies of five surrounding Arab states attacked Israel, there were in Israel thousands of foreign, overwhelmingly unskilled, and illiterate migrant workers in the country who had come into Mandatory Palestine looking for work.

 

The Arabs Declare Holy War-a 1947 newsreel

The Arabs Declare Holy War-a 1947 newsreel

Image: Screengrab from a 1947 newsreel following the UN’s Recognition of the State of Israel. They were not “Palestinians,” and it was not a fight for their “nation.”

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These workers did not want to be caught in the middle of the fighting. Because they were migrants who did not own and did not have to worry about immovable property, they ran behind enemy lines in the belief that the Arab armies would murder all the Jews in a few days. Then, they could run back to loot all the Jews’ property and possessions. (As we saw on October 7, 2023, following the Muslim Brotherhood rapists, torturers, and arsonists, masses of unarmed Muslims followed to loot the possessions of the dead Jews.)

 

Unfortunately for the migrants, things in 1948-49 did not work out as the migrant workers had hoped. The neonate Jewish army stopped the Arab invaders, ceasefire agreements were signed, and the migrant workers were caught behind Arab enemy lines, with none of the Arab states taking responsibility for their welfare.

 

And why not? Because in the Arab mind, the war was the UN’s fault for allowing the Jews to live free of the Muslim domination that had been in place from the earliest days of Islam. It was the UN’s fault for letting the Jews have their own state. Therefore, held the Arabs, the UN was responsible for the refugees. Ergo, the creation of UNWRA.

 

And because these migrants were from all over the Middle East—Morocco, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, etc.—the UN referred to them as the “Arab refugees.” So did the whole world, including all the Arab and Muslim states. They all used the generic term “Arab refugees” because they were a mixed bag from all over Araby with absolutely nothing “Palestinian” about them.

 

And to this day, there is undoubtedly no more than a statistically microscopic percentage of current recipients on the UNWRA rolls who were refugees. After 76 years of UNRWA, there can be only a tiny number of refugees receiving benefits. A 20-year-old refugee in 1948 would today be 96 years old, and how many of them have lived that long?

 

The only reason these people are on the UNWRA rolls is the PLO’s success in foisting on the UN the notion that the status of “Palestinian refugee” adheres to that person’s children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, etc., until the “Palestinians” are allowed to reclaim their “ancient” homeland. In fact, after Israel’s War of Independence, some 150,000 Arabs became citizens, i.e., those who did have property and did not run away.

 

Since then, unlike all other refugee populations in history that assimilate into their countries of refuge and die off, the “Palestinian refugee population” is today ten times larger than in 1948-49. UNRWA is arguably the greatest welfare scam in history.

 

Ergo, the recipients of UNRWA aid are neither refugees nor Palestinians in any recognizable way—none speak any ancient Palestinian language as Jews speak Hebrew. Their principal religion is native to the Arabian Peninsula and not to Palestine. There is not one book on any shelf in any library or bookstore in any language in the world on the history of “Palestinians” in Palestine before the advent of the Zionist movement, and there never will be.

 

In 1857, American novelist Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick; or, The White Whale, visited the Holy Land and reported it was a “caked, depopulated Hell.”

 

Ten years later, his fellow great American writer Mark Twain made his pilgrimage and said the land “sits in sackcloth and ashes.”

 

Every scrap of evidence about Eretz Yisrael as it was in the 19th century before the movement to return Jews to their Promised Land tells us it was largely a barren, uninhabited wasteland. There were no roads, only animal tracks. It took Mark Twain on horseback a whole day to ride up from Tiberius on the Sea of Galilee to Mount Tabor—today a 15-minute car ride on roads the Zionists built—and he said he never saw a single person on the way.

 

In sum, the Zionists dispossessed no “Palestinian” nation from its imaginary ancient homeland. It was the Jewish people and only the Jewish people that brought the mournful, desolate country back to life.

 

When the League of Nations created Mandatory Palestine in 1922, the Grand Mufti in Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, was furious, as he had been even before the Paris Peace Conference opened for business in 1919. It was already known that the British were bent on implementing the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which process would culminate with the signing of the Palestine Mandate text “recognizing the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country,” with no mention of any “Palestinians.”

 

Haj Amin was murderously adamant that there never was such a country, and in Islamic history, he was right. Muslims never used “Palestine” to refer to the Jews’ Promised Land; only Jews and Christians did.

 

Before 1919 was out, Haj Amin began publishing a newspaper in Jerusalem to resist the League’s creation of a new jurisdiction called Palestine. He called that paper Southern Syria (Al-Suria al Janubia) This remained the Arab position for the next Biblical generation of forty years.

 

Not until 1959, in an Arab League meeting in Cairo, did Gamal Abdel Nasser, the reigning Egyptian “pharaoh” and head of the Arab League of States, propose rebranding the generic “Arab refugees” into “Palestinian refugees.” The rest is history: It’s the greatest historical hoax ever, according to which the “Palestinian people is the indigenous people of Palestine whose ancient homeland was stolen by the Zionist Jews.” For this lie, Jews are today being murdered and raped, and their synagogues burnt to the ground.

 

That is the essence of the “Palestinian cause,” and it is time for official Israel to end the charade and tell the world “Palestinian nationalism” is nothing but an antisemitic fantasy used to justify murdering and raping Jews in an unholy Muslim “holy war” to destroy Jewish freedom.

 

Sha’i ben-Tekoa’s PHANTOM NATION: Inventing the “Palestinians” as the Obstacle to Peace is available at Amazon.com in hard cover or a Kindle ebook. He podcasts on www.phantom-nation.com.

 

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Gaza Mother-There will be another October 7th


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Palestinian mother in Gaza:

“Every year, there will be another October 7th. Our children will harm you. We won’t tell you the exact date, but I swear to you, it will happen.”
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We believe her. Why doesn’t the rest of the world? When they tell you who they are, believe them. Forget the fantasy of what you “think” they are, regardless of what they say and do. Soulless ghouls and murdering machines.

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Hamas digs up the water pipes of their own people so they can make rockets


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Hamas digs up the water pipes of their own people so they can make rockets

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The Palestinian Tradition of Celebrating the Death of Jews

by Bassam Tawil
8October2024 https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20998/palestinians-celebrate-death-of-jews

 

  • Palestinians have a custom of celebrating in the streets every time Israel is attacked or a Jew is murdered by terrorists.
  • It is hard, if not impossible, to find one senior Palestinian official who is willing to criticize his own people for celebrating terrorist attacks. It is also hard, if not impossible, to find one senior Palestinian official who is willing to condemn the October 7 atrocities and massacres against Israelis. Palestinian leaders have good reason not to speak out: they are afraid of being killed by their own people.
  • Last month, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, ignored the Hamas attack and instead accused Israel of committing “massacres,” “crimes,” and “genocide” against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Needless to say, Abbas also ignored the fact that a large number of Palestinians expressed support for the Hamas-led October 7 attack and took to the streets to celebrate the brutal mass-murder of Israeli women, children and the elderly.
  • Palestinian leaders who do not have the courage, or are unwilling, to denounce terrorism will never be able to call on their people to recognize Israel’s right to exist, let alone make peace with it. Palestinians who celebrate the murder of their neighbors are not ready for a state, which will undoubtedly be used as a springboard to slaughter more Jews and to try to destroy Israel.
  • There is no excuse for celebrating murder. A society that celebrates murder will never be a partner for peace. True peace will only come when Palestinian leaders values their people’s lives more than celebrating the murder of Jews.
Palestinians celebrating in the streets

Palestinians celebrating in the streets

Palestinians have a custom of celebrating in the streets every time Israel is attacked or a Jew is murdered by terrorists, and it is hard, if not impossible, to find one senior Palestinian official who is willing to criticize his own people for celebrating terrorist attacks. Pictured: Palestinian Arabs celebrate Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel and pose, flashing the “V for victory” sign, with a piece of a downed Iranian missile that they moved to the town square of Dura (near Hebron), on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images)

 

Palestinians have a custom of celebrating in the streets every time Israel is attacked or a Jew is murdered by terrorists.

 

The latest Palestinian celebrations took place on October 1, 2024, when Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel. The celebrations occurred even though some of the missiles fell in Palestinian areas in the West Bank and the only person killed was, ironically, a Palestinian man in the city of Jericho.

 

In one West Bank village, Palestinians erected a monument from the tail of an Iranian missile to celebrate Iran’s attack on Israel.

 

Similar celebrations took place in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and in many countries when Iran launched its first direct missile and drone attack against Israel in April. According to a report by Iran’s Tehran Times:

“It was also a sleepless night in Ramallah and other cities in the occupied West Bank, that saw excited crowds of Palestinians gathering in the streets and pointing to the skies amid the visible trails of Iranian missiles flying, with a celebratory mood until the early hours of Sunday morning.”

The largest celebrations occurred a year ago, on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Iran-backed Hamas terrorists and “ordinary” Palestinians invaded Israel from the Gaza Strip and murdered 1,200 Israelis. During the attack, thousands of Israelis were raped, tortured, and burned alive, while more than 240 others were kidnapped into the Gaza Strip. A year later, 101 Israeli hostages are still being held by Hamas terrorists.

 

A video from the Qatar-owned Al-Jazeera television network titled “Palestinians overjoyed with the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation” (the name Hamas uses to describe its October 7 attack) showed celebrations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

 

The Iranian-affiliated Lebanese TV station Mayadeen aired a report about Palestinian celebrations in the West Bank, where sweets were handed out in Nablus and guns were fired in Jenin “in jubilation.” A little girl can be seen waving a rifle and a handgun in the air.

 

Palestinian activist Omar Assaf praised the Hamas attack:

“The resistance has proven today, once again, that the only option the people support is the option of resistance and confrontation, and proved, once again, that this occupation is weaker than a spider web, like [Hezbollah leader] Hassan Nasrallah said.”

In 2004, thousands of Palestinians spilled onto the streets of the Gaza Strip to celebrate a twin suicide bombing in southern Israel that killed 16 people. The Palestinians celebrating, estimated to number about 20,000, threw sweets in the air and chanted slogans in support of Hamas, which took credit for the terrorist attack.

 

The Palestinians are also happy to see Americans targeted by terrorists. While Israel declared a “national day of mourning” in solidarity with the US after the 9/11 attacks, Palestinians celebrated by handing out sweets, firing guns in the air and chanting Allahu Akbar (Allah is the greatest).

 

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has since been celebrating the 9/11 attacks with cartoons glorifying Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden or mocking and attacking the US.

 

The PA’s official media outlets made a concerted effort to bash the US by rubbing salt in its most sensitive wounds, and by depicting America as evil, while appropriating Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims as the victims.

 

In one Palestinian cartoon, bin Laden is shown forming a victory sign with his fingers, which are made up of the smoldering Twin Towers next to a plane about to fly into them.

 

In another cartoon, the PA mocked the US by portraying Uncle Sam fleeing in terror from the date “September 11.”

 

After the massacre and atrocities committed by Palestinians on October 7, a senior Palestinian official repeated the accusation that the US knew about the 9/11 attacks but wanted them to happen:

“They [Israel] knew about this [Oct. 7 attack] and were silent because they wanted that what happened would happen, just as their teacher [America] did in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.”
— Fatah Revolutionary Council member Adnan Al-Damiri, Facebook, December 20, 2023.

It is hard to forget how the Palestinians also celebrated when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein fired Scud missiles at Israel more than 30 years ago.

 

Here is what The Washington Post wrote about the celebrations back then:

“As Iraqi missiles fell on Israel’s coastal plain Friday and Saturday, Palestinian residents here huddled in rooms sealed with masking tape and bleach-soaked cloths, in case the warheads contained deadly chemical agents. Still, when they heard the thud of explosions, they cheered for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

 

“‘We were happy. A little scared, maybe, but mainly happy,’ said May, a shopkeeper, during a two-hour break today in the military curfew imposed by occupying Israeli forces. Added Amer, a 15-year-old boy who stood nearby: ‘It’s wonderful that missiles hit Tel Aviv…’

 

Two Western reporters in search of opinions were quickly surrounded by Palestinians on a downtown street. Everyone who passed by, it seemed, wanted to express admiration for Saddam. Most seemed full of emotion. ‘Saddam is winning, of course he is winning,’ said Sammy, 27, an employee in a United Nations refugee camp. ‘Why? Because he is still fighting. He is fighting 28 countries, and yet after two days he fired 11 missiles at Tel Aviv, with precision. This is a victory.'”

It is hard, if not impossible, to find one senior Palestinian official who is willing to criticize his own people for celebrating terrorist attacks. It is also hard, if not impossible, to find one senior Palestinian official who is willing to condemn the October 7 atrocities and massacres against Israelis. Palestinian leaders have good reason not to speak out: they are afraid of being killed by their own people.

 

Last month, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, ignored the Hamas attack and instead accused Israel of committing “massacres,” “crimes,” and “genocide” against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Needless to say, Abbas also ignored the fact that a large number of Palestinians expressed support for the Hamas-led October 7 attack and took to the streets to celebrate the brutal mass-murder of Israeli women, children and the elderly.

 

Palestinian leaders who do not have the courage, or are unwilling, to denounce terrorism will never be able to call on their people to recognize Israel’s right to exist, let alone make peace with it. Palestinians who celebrate the murder of their neighbors are not ready for a state, which will undoubtedly be used as a springboard to slaughter more Jews and to try to destroy Israel.

 

There is no excuse for celebrating murder. A society that celebrates murder will never be a partner for peace. True peace will only come when Palestinian leaders values their people’s lives more than celebrating the murder of Jews.

Bassam Tawil is a Muslim Arab based in the Middle East. His work is made possible through the generous donation of a couple of donors who wished to remain anonymous. Gatestone is most grateful.

 

© 2024 Gatestone Institute. All rights reserved. The articles printed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editors or of Gatestone Institute. No part of the Gatestone website or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied or modified, without the prior written consent of Gatestone Institute.

 

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JerusalemCats Comments: The Palestinians won’t be celebrating when they are Deported to some “Hell-hole”.

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

Law allowing deportations of families of terrorists approved in second and third readings

The law permits the Minister of the Interior to order the deportation of a family member of a terrorist, if it is proven that he knew in advance of his relative’s intention to commit an act of terrorism and did not make efforts to prevent the act.

Hezki Baruch / 7November2024, 3:31 AM (GMT+2) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398747

 

The Knesset plenum approved early Thursday morning the second and third readings of a law allowing the deportation of families of terrorists, proposed by MKs Hanoch Milwidsky (Likud), Eliyahu Revivo (Likud) and Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit).

 

61 MKs voted in favor of the legislation and 41 voted against it.

 

The law stipulates that the Minister of the Interior will be permitted to order the deportation of a family member of a terrorist, after a hearing, if it is proven that he knew in advance of his relative’s intention to commit an act of terrorism and did not make efforts to prevent the act.

 

In addition, the option will be given to deport a family member who expressed support or identified with the act, or published words of praise or encouragement for a terrorist act or a terrorist organization.

 

The validity of the deportation order for an Israeli citizen shall not be less than seven years and shall not exceed 15 years, and for a permanent or temporary resident – shall not be less than 10 years and shall not exceed 20 years.

 

The explanatory notes to the bill read: “In recent years, and in particular after the beginning of the Swords of Iron war, which broke out following the terrorist attack that began on October 7, 2023, the cases in which citizens and holders of a permanent residence permit in Israel incite to terrorism have increased, either by publishing direct calls to commit terrorist acts or by publishing words of praise, sympathy or encouragement for these acts, supporting them or identifying with them.”

 

The notes further states that “from various studies conducted over the years, both by the National Security Council and by the IDF related to dozens of terrorists with Israeli citizenship, it emerged that the terrorists’ only concern was what would happen to their families after the attack. There is no doubt that many terrorists will refrain from carrying out an attack, as long as they know that their families will be punished for it.”

 

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Why should Israel be responsible for providing aid to Gaza?


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U.S Senator Tom Cotton:

“Why should Israel be responsible for providing aid to Gaza? Israel is the victim. We did not provide aid to Germany and Japan in World War II.”

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Jewish Uncensored-tweet-17November2024-Why should Israel be responsible for providing aid to Gaza

 

 

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A Nova survivor is asked if Israel should provide Gaza with food


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A Nova survivor is asked if Israel should provide Gaza with food.

Her response?

“For me, Gaza should not exist. I stared death in the eyes. I was there. I came back from the dead…It doesn’t matter who you are they simply want to kill. Someone who doesn’t want that the other side lives, for me has no place in this world”

Yehuda Teitelbaum-tweet-12December2024-Nova survivor response

Yehuda Teitelbaum-tweet-12December2024-Nova survivor response

 

 

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Qatar wants Hamas to win


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Qatar wants Hamas to win. Qatar told Hamas to keep the hostages. Qatar mourned the death of Yahya Sinwar. Qatar condemned Israel on October 7. This is what the State Department calls “promoting regional peace.”
Matthew Miller-tweet-24October2024-SecBlinken in Qatar
In Doha, @SecBlinken will meet with officials to discuss seizing the moment to end the conflict in Gaza and secure the release of hostages. The U.S. is grateful for Qatar’s indispensable role in promoting regional peace.

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Daniel Rubenstein-tweet-24October2024-Qatar wants Hamas to win

 

JerusalemCats Comments Remember who is in Qatar.

Gaza’s sky is black but Qatar is always sunny

 

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Qatar expels Hamas after Trump win


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Qatar has started expelling Hamas officials, reportedly telling them, “You’re no longer welcome here” 🇶🇦🚫. This major shift comes just hours after @realDonaldTrump U.S. election win, according to @kann_news.

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Sangharsh Lokhande-tweet-8November2024-Qatar expels Hamas after Trump win

 

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Fatah demands Progroms


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Reminder, this is Fatah, the party of Mahmoud Abbas. These are the folks you wanna give a state too? They would do a pogrom every day of the week if they could!

Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-11November2024-Fatah demands Progroms

Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-11November2024-Fatah demands Progroms

 

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Dr. Einat Wilf

Episode #1 UNRWA | Deep Dive with Dr. Einat Wilf


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Introducing Episode #1 – UNRWA of the Deep Dive series with Dr. @EinatWilf

Dr. Einat Wilf is a former member of the Knesset and author of the best-selling book “The War of Return.”

#deepdive #israelicitizenspox

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IsraeliCitizenSpox-tweet-30May2024-UNRWA

 

Episode #1 UNRWA | Deep Dive with Dr. Einat Wilf

 

Episode #2 – ‘Anti Zionism’ is now live!


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Dr. @EinatWilf is back with Deep Dive!

Episode #2 – ‘Anti Zionism’ is now live!

If you like to access a free course on Zionism and Anti-Zionism taught by Dr @einatwilf
you can access the link here: https://tikvahfund.org/course/zionism-and-anti-zionism-the-history-of-two-opposing-ideas/

#israelicitizenspox #deepdive #einatwilf #antizionism

 

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IsraeliCitizenSpox-tweet-6June2024-Anti Zionism is now live

 

Episode #2 Anti-Zionism | Deep Dive with Dr. Einat Wilf

 

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Dr. Einat Wilf explains how wars should end


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FULL VIDEO: It is time to bring back words like “victory” and “defeat.” Citizen Spokeswoman Dr. @EinatWilf explains how wars should end.

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Israeli Citizen Spox-tweet-17November2024-victory and defeat

 

 

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4 Hostages rescued ALIVE from Gaza


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Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) were rescued in a special operation by the IDF, ISA and Israel Police from 2 separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat after being kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival.

They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the ‘Sheba’ Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations.

We will continue to make every effort to bring the hostages home.

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Israel Defense Forces-tweet-8June2024-4 Hostages rescued ALIVE from Gaza

 

 

Noa Argamani’s dad praying at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s holy gravesite


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Noa Argamani, taken hostage on Oct.7, was rescued yesterday in a miraculous special-forces mission in Gaza. Despite 2 rescue vehicles that broke down, Hashem made the mission succeed. The photo, from a few months ago, is her dad praying at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s holy gravesite.
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הבקשה שנענתה: יעקב ארגמני, אביה של נועה שחולצה השבת מהשבי בעזה, מעתיר בתפילה על ציונו הקדוש של הרבי לפני מספר חודשים.

Translated from Hebrew by

The request was answered: Ya’akov Argamani, the father of Noa, who was rescued on Shabbat from captivity in Gaza, petitions in prayer for the Rebbe’s holy grave a few months ago.

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-9June2024-Noa Argamani’s dad praying at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s holy gravesite

 

 

hostages return celebrations


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Just imagine the celebrations when all the hostages return!

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Im Tirtzu-tweet-8June2024-hostages return celebrations

 

 

 

If our leaders would say, “Thank You, Hashem” and “B’ezrat Hashem,” Hashem would give them many more reasons to smile


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If our leaders would say, “Thank You, Hashem” and “B’ezrat Hashem,” Hashem would give them many more reasons to smile. Before you do something, solicit Hashem’s help by saying “B’ezrat Hashem.” Once you’ve done it, say “Thank You, Hashem”. Wait and see how successful you’ll be.

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-9June2024-say-B’ezrat Hashem-Thank You Hashem

 

 

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Hamas abuses the hostages


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We are learning more about how Hamas abuses the hostages (and these are the ones held in civilian homes):

▪️Beatings “almost every day”
▪️No protein, so muscle wastage
▪️Malnutrition, periods of “almost no food whatsoever”
▪️Medical neglect
▪️No sunlight

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Eylon Levy-tweet-10June2024-Hamas abuses the hostages

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Hostages were beaten, abused ‘almost every day,’ says doctor who treated rescuees

10 June 2024, 10:05 pm https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hostages-were-beaten-abused-almost-every-day-says-doctor-who-treated-rescuees/

 

File: Itai Pessach, director of the children’s hospital at Sheba Medical Center, during a television interview (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)

File: Itai Pessach, director of the children’s hospital at Sheba Medical Center, during a television interview (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)

 

The doctor in charge of treating the hostages rescued from Gaza on Saturday tells CNN that the abductees were regularly beaten by their captors.

 

“It was a harsh, harsh experience, with a lot of abuse, almost every day,” Dr. Itai Pessach of Sheba Medical Center says. “Every hour, both physical, mental and other types, and that is something that is beyond comprehension.”

 

According to the American outlet, Pessach says the eight months the hostages spent under Hamas captivity “left a significant mark on their health,” despite them appearing outwardly to be in good shape.

 

“They had no protein, so their muscles are extremely wasted, there is damage to some other systems because of that,” he says, adding that they said the supply of food and water varied, and that they were moved a few times and dealt with different guards.

 

“There have been periods where they got almost no food whatsoever,” Pessach adds. “There were other periods where it was a little better, but all in all, the combination of the psychological stress, malnutrition or not getting enough food or not getting the right kind of food, medical neglect, being limited to space, not seeing the sun and all of the other things have [a] significant effect on health.”

 

Elaborating on the psychological strain, he says: “As time passes, hope of being released kind of decreases and you start wondering if this would ever end… losing that faith, I think, is where you get to the breaking point.”

 

 

Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov


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Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov had his hands and feet bound for 2 months during captivity.

His parents have revealed the horrific conditions he was subjected to during the 245 days he spent as a hostage.

“He told us that for two months, they were tied up by their hands and feet. In the first weeks, their hands were tied behind their backs…

In other cases, they had to relieve themselves in a bucket. The terrorists engaged in psychological abuse, constantly telling each captive, ‘Israel has forgotten you.”

Source: Ynet News

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Oli London-tweet-13June2024-Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov

 

 

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The inside story of Israel’s dramatic Gaza hostage rescue

The JC can reveal previously unknown details of the daring mission, which was the result of weeks of intelligence work culminating in a 45 minute shoot-out with Hamas terrorists

BY Elon Perry

13June2024 08:32 https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/the-inside-story-of-israels-dramatic-gaza-hostage-rescue-e2t1d8qu#:~:text=On%2012%20May%2C%20Israel%20received,to%20locate%20the%20exact%20location

 

On 12 May, Israel received intelligence about the location of four hostages in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the Gaza Strip. From that day on, every branch of Israeli intelligence was focused on the area 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to locate the exact location. A team of undercover ‘Mista’arvim’ (units that assimilate into local populations to gather intelligence) were sent there, mainly in the local market of Nuseirat.

 

Their role was not only to gather intelligence from locals but also to check information from the interrogations of captured terrorists. In addition, information was gathered by aerial observation and other sophisticated technological means.

 

After 19 days of intensive cooperative intelligence gathering work, the combined units managed to compile solid and accurate information about the location of the Israeli hostages. It was discovered that the hostages were being held in two separate buildings in the same area. Noa Argamani was held in the first floor of one and three other hostages were in another building, 800 metres away, on the third floor.

 

At the beginning of June, this information was brought to the War Cabinet, and the Chief of Staff of the IDF and head of the Shin Bet were asked to present a rescue plan. The intelligence was kept top secret. Even the other forces in Gaza, including senior commanders, were not informed about it. As the War Cabinet discussed options, the preparations and training for the operation began.

 

In order to finally verify the information and to prepare the ground for the operation, another team of undercover soldiers (including several women dressed in hijabs and long black dresses) was sent into the Nuseirat refugee camp. Pretending to be two Gazan families looking for a large house in Nuseirat, they arrived in two cheap-looking old cars loaded with domestic items characteristic of those families displaced in the Strip, such as mattresses and clothing identical to those of the locals.

 

When the residents of the Nuseirat camp asked the undercovers where they came from and what they were looking to do in Nuseirat, they replied that they had fled from Rafah due to “deadly shelling from the Israeli army”, and decided to rent a house in the area. Then they pointed to the building where Noa Argamani was being held. They showed one of the locals a large amount of cash and offered to pay three times the going rate for rent. The local agreed to help and within three hours found a large house on the very street where Argamani was held. This was only 800 metres away from where the other three hostages were held.

 

A few days later, after settling into the house and getting to know the area, including shopping at the local market, and realising that they did not arouse suspicion, the undercovers began their mission: verifying the location where the hostages were held. They split into two teams. One team consisted of two commandos, a man dressed as a typical Gazan local and a woman dressed in a long black dress and hijab. They began marching down the street towards the ‘Al-Auda’ medical centre where, in a nearby residential building 200 metres from the hospital, Noa Argamani was held. The undercovers walked with complete confidence as if they were walking down a street in Tel Aviv. To add to their authenticity, they stopped from time to time at stalls along the sides of the street, showing interest in the products while complaining about the difficult situation in Gaza. This was done in fluent Arabic with a perfect Gazan accent. Behind them, walked four more undercover men, armed to give backup in case a ‘Fauda-like’ situation occurred (Fauda in Arabic means unexpected chaos).

 

The second team consisted of four female soldiers dressed as typical Arab women (one feigning being pregnant) carrying plastic bags full of food products and vegetables. They walked in two pairs (a young Muslim woman is not allowed to walk around alone) towards a nearby residential building, where, on the third floor, the three male hostages were held. Behind them walked four more undercover men armed to give them backup.

 

Meanwhile five other members of the undercover team stayed at the house to guard it and make sure the teams had not been exposed and that no nasty surprises would await them.

 

Three hours later, at the prearranged time, the two teams came back to the rented house and began to process the information they had obtained. Now it was confirmed: the four hostages were being held in two homes of Gazan families. The force commander confirmed to Israel that the two locations were correct.

 

The cabinet decided to act. Twenty-eight fighters from the ‘Yamam’, a commando unit that specialises in fighting terrorists and rescuing hostages, began training on two specially built models that replicated the two buildings where the hostages were held. After three days of training, the commander of the force informed the IDF Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, who then informed the Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant, that they were ready to carry out the operation. After Prime Minister Netanyahu had been informed and given permission to launch the operation, it was able to proceed.

 

On Thursday night, 5 June, the undercovers were ordered to leave the area of Nuseirat refugee camp without arousing suspicion, although four remained to keep an eye on the buildings to make sure that the hostages were not transferred to another location.

 

Only at this time were senior Israeli commanders and other cabinet members informed about the operation.

On Friday morning, 6 June, the 28 commandos of the ‘Yamam’ unit began making their way in two teams towards the two buildings in Nuseirat refugee camp. To maintain the element of surprise as much as possible, the unit’s fighters travelled hiding in two trucks.

 

Just before 11 am the commandos arrived with precise timing at the two targets and awaited the order to attack. Observations and technological surveillance measures from IDF aircraft reported that the area was ‘clean’, with no suspicious movements near the two buildings. The information and live coverage of the alleys and the 800-metre-long street that separated the two target buildings were transmitted directly to the screens in two command and control rooms in Israel from which the operation was being overseen.

 

At 11.00 am exactly the commandos received the order to go ahead and stormed both buildings simultaneously in full coordination, to prevent the terrorists from endangering the hostages and the entire operation.

 

The Israeli soldiers eliminated the terrorists guarding Noa Argamani, and within six minutes had rescued her unharmed from the apartment. They then took her to a waiting helicopter that immediately flew her back to Israel.

 

But while the rescue of Argamani went smoothly, the task of rescuing the other three hostages on the third floor of the second building became complicated.

 

They were held in the home of Dr Ahmed al-Jamal, a medical doctor, who was a Hamas activist. His son, Abdullah, a journalist who had written for Al-Jazeera, was also staying in the apartment.

 

Some of the commandos used a ladder to enter directly into the room where the three hostages were held. This coincided with the entry of the rest of the force who came up the stairs from the main entrance of the building.

 

But Commander Arnon Zamora’s team, which broke into the apartment at the head of the force, encountered massive fire from around thirty Hamas terrorists in the apartment They fired with machine guns, threw grenades and some even fired rocket-propelled grenade missiles at the surprised Israelis. This is how Arnon Zamora was killed.

 

The fact of the presence of 30 terrorists in the apartment had not been known to the undercover teams who had reported the information about the hostages’ location back to Israel. It is assumed that the terrorists arrived at the apartment only that morning or the night before, to strengthen the guarding of the three hostages.

 

Nevertheless, the experienced Israeli commando fighters were not deterred by the deadly surprise and continued to fight the terrorists with determination at close range, joined by the other fighters who were waiting outside the apartment. The three hostages had to hide in the bathroom of the apartment, protected by several Israeli fighters, during the battle. There was no way to leave the apartment due to the massive unexpected gunfire as it might endanger the hostages.

 

After a long face-to-face battle, the Israelis managed to eliminate all the terrorists in the apartment. But during the shooting from dozens of guns inside a crowded two-room apartment, Arnon Zamora was hit and lay on the floor bleeding, while three medics and a doctor leant over him, under heavy fire, trying to save his life.

 

Meanwhile, dozens of terrorists emerged from the tunnels around the building and began to fire at the Israeli fighters with machine guns and RPG missiles. The Israelis started making their way out of the building (several of them carrying Arnon Zamora on a stretcher), running through smoke-filled alleys and the nearby market which was crowded with thousands of Gazans who would not have hesitated to lynch them. The Israeli forces tried, under constant fire, to get to the rescue vehicle that was waiting for them, but it was hit by two RPG missiles.

 

The commander of the operation in Israel then activated ‘Plan B’, the rescue plan that had been prepared in advance: a daring operation under massive, very close fire from the enemy, covered by Israeli fire from ground, sea and air.

 

With the help of tanks, hundreds of soldiers (from the Golani and Givati infantry brigades and paratroopers) charged on foot into the refugee camp, fighting face-to-face battles with Hamas terrorists while navy ships covered them from the west and air force helicopters from the east. Fire from the air hit the terrorists just ten metres from the Israeli soldiers.

 

The reinforcement forces and the air force managed to isolate the battle scene, providing a safe escape route for the main force escorting the three hostages.

 

At the end of an exhausting and continuous battle the Israeli fighters eliminated all the armed threats in the battle arena.

Hamas claims that during the rescue operation in the crowded streets of the refugee camp, 274 Palestinians were killed. However, the IDF says that 104 Palestinians were killed or wounded – all of whom were Hamas terrorists or armed civilians who collaborated with the terrorist organisation.

 

After the battle, the three abductees (who had kept their cool throughout) were led by the fighters to one of the Israeli helicopters waiting for them and flew them to Israel.

 

Meanwhile, the air force planes bombed the building which collapsed within seconds.

The special forces soldiers then boarded the other two helicopters that took off back to Israel. Attempts to revive Arnon Zamora continued on the short flight, but l he was pronounced dead on arrival in hospital.

 

Elon Perry is a journalist and former commando in the Golani Brigade of the IDF

 

 

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Everyone in Gaza is Hamas! There are NO Civilians.


Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-8June2024-Why did Hamas hide hostages among 30,000 people
Why are not enough people asking the question: Why did Hamas hide hostages among 30,000 people?

Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-8June2024-Why did Hamas hide hostages among 30,000 people

Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-8June2024-Why did Hamas hide hostages among 30,000 people

 

 

Hamas is intentionally involving the civilian population of Gaza in its war crimes


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We need to talk about the elephant in the room.

Many Gazan civilians participated in killing, raping, and kidnapping Israelis on October 7.

It is also reported that Gazan civilians were paid by Hamas to hold hostages captive in their homes.

Hamas is intentionally involving the civilian population of Gaza in its war crimes.

The world must condemn this in the strongest terms.

Israel Foreign Ministry-tweet-10June2024-Hamas intentionally involving Gaza civilian population

Israel Foreign Ministry-tweet-10June2024-Hamas intentionally involving Gaza civilian population

 

 

Al-Jazeera held hostages


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Al Jazeera tries to deny links to kidnapper Abdullah Aljamal, despite the fact that he is literally listed on the Al Jazeera website.

But even more telling, they call the rescued Israelis “PRISONERS” and not “HOSTAGES.”

Prisoners? What was their crime? Being Jewish?
The Persian Jewess-tweet-10June2024-Abdallah AlJamal-Al Jazeera journalist terrorist
Meet Abdallah AlJamal, Al Jazeera journalist by day, terrorist kidnapper of Jewish civilians from peace festivals by night.

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The Persian Jewess-tweet-10June2024-Al Jazeera tries to deny links to kidnapper Abdullah Aljamal

 

Abdallah AlJamal-Al Jazeera journalist terrorist

Abdallah AlJamal-Al Jazeera journalist terrorist

 


OSINTdefender-tweet-9June2024-Al-Jazeera held hostages
The Israel Defense Force has now Confirmed what was reported earlier today, which is that Abdallah Aljamal, a Photojournalist as well as Writer/Editor for Al-Jazeera and several other Palestinian New’s Organizations was a Member of Hamas and was holding several of the Hostages which were Rescued yesterday from the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, inside of his Home in the Central Gaza Strip. Both Abdallah and several Members of his Family were Killed while trying to Resist the Rescue of Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv who were all being held within the Home; with Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, the Commander of the Israeli Police’s “Yamam” National Counter-Terrorism Unit, who the Operation is now named after, being Killed while entering the House.

OSINTdefender-tweet-9June2024-Al-Jazeera held hostages

OSINTdefender-tweet-9June2024-Al-Jazeera held hostages

 

UPDATE

Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit


Oli London-tweet-9July2024-Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit
Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit The Palestine Chronicle after one of its employees held him hostage.

Almog Meir Jan was held in the home of Abdallah Aljamal, a contributor to the website The Palestine Chronicle for nearly 250 days.

His captor also worked as a spokesman for the Hamas-run labor ministry in Gaza before being killed in the rescue mission to free Almog and the other hostages.

The Palestine Chronicle is a U.S. operated non-profit, run by the tax-exempt group, the People Media Project.

Whilst Aljamal kept the Israeli man hostage, he continued to write articles for the newspaper and pushed anti-Israel propaganda.

The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Washington state alleges The Palestine Chronicle “knowingly and willfully procured and disseminated Hamas propaganda to the Palestine Chronicle’s readers in the United States,” citing reports alleging “at least six Palestine Chronicle writers and contributors have been affiliated with Iranian propaganda outlets.”

Source: Fox News

 

Oli London-tweet-9July2024-Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit

Oli London-tweet-9July2024-Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit

 

 

Hostages were held here


The Persian Jewess-tweet-9June2024-Everyone Knew about the imprisoned hostages
As a Middle Easterner, I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that there is ZERO CHANCE Abdullah Al Jamal imprisoned hostages in his home for 246 days without his neighbors, in laws, cousins, second cousins, siblings, and mother’s uncle’s cousin’s dentist knowing about it.

The Persian Jewess-tweet-9June2024-Everyone Knew about the imprisoned hostages

The Persian Jewess-tweet-9June2024-Everyone Knew about the imprisoned hostages

 


Nioh Berg-tweet-8June2024-hostages were held here
Apparently this was the location in Nuseirat where the hostages were held.

If you as a civilian agree to keep hostages imprisoned in your home, you become a combatant. Simple as that.

Nioh Berg-tweet-8June2024-hostages were held here

Nioh Berg-tweet-8June2024-hostages were held here

 

 

 

Hamas firing RPGs in a populated area


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🤷 It’s really that simple.

No one is saying Palestinian lives don’t matter. It’s about who you’re blaming and where you’re directing your anger. Hamas firing RPGs in a populated area during the IDF rescue mission tells you everything you need to know.

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HonestReporting-tweet-10June2024- Hamas firing RPGs in a populated area

 

 

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The Entebbe Rescue

IDF-tweet-4July2016-Entebbe-Rescue 40 yrs ago, the IDF rescued 102 hostages in the historic Operation Entebbe rescue mission

IDF-tweet-4July2016-Entebbe-Rescue 40 yrs ago, the IDF rescued 102 hostages in the historic Operation Entebbe rescue mission
Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by a hijacker of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO)

Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by a hijacker of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO)

Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by a hijacker of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO)

Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by a hijacker of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO)
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Operation Entebbe

This is the remarkable account of the successful completion of Operation Entebbe as Lt. Col. (res.) Avi Mor – the navigator of three of the four planes sent to rescue the hostages in Uganda – describes in detail his experience in directing 103 Jewish hostages to freedom.

02January2018
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Lt. Col. (res.) Mor knows what it means to fight for freedom. He was born in Poland and escaped to Israel with his parents and seven siblings during the Nazi regime. He enlisted in the Israel Air Force and passed the rigorous Flight Academy course. During his time as a captain in the IAF, he became a trained navigator. His talent for navigation was put to the test when, on June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked.

Evacuated Entebbe hostages

Evacuated Entebbe hostages

 

The flight, which had originated in Tel Aviv, had a scheduled layover in Athens, Greece, before it was to continue to Paris, France. Shortly after taking off from Athens, four of the new passengers hijacked the flight and demanded the release of hundreds of prisoners worldwide. The hijackers – Wilfried Böse and Brigitte Kuhlmann of the German Baader-Meinhof militant group, and two Palestinians from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – directed the hijacked flight to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, where Ugandan soldiers, under the leadership of then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada, helped support the hijackers and trap the hostages.

 

Upon arrival, the terrorists immediately separated the Jewish and Israeli hostages from the rest of the captives. “Even now, as I am telling you the process by which the terrorists selected their hostages, it hurts me to say it,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor said, recounting that “it was a similar selection process the Nazis administered when selecting who would go work and who would be sent to the gas chambers.”

Evacuated Entebbe hostages landing in Israel

Evacuated Entebbe hostages landing in Israel

 

The Israeli security establishment faced a ticking clock. Room for negotiation? None. Information about the terrorists’ plans? Minimal. Deadline for terrorists’ demands? Forty-eight hours – or else, they threatened, they would start murdering hostages.

Gathering Intelligence

With the deadline in motion and little known about the underlying motives of the hijackers, their exact whereabouts in Entebbe Airport, and their plans moving forward, Israel’s government and security officials sought to collect information about the situation as quickly as possible.

 

“One of the biggest problems we had,” recalled Lt. Col. (res.) Mor, “was that we were operating with minimal clarity throughout the entire mission, as we had no reliable source of information. And, when faced with an ultimatum, time is of the essence.”

 

In the week before the raid, Israel tried a number of political avenues to release the hostages. Faced with little choice, the Israeli government announced that it would enter into negotiations. This provided Israel with just enough time to consolidate a seemingly impossible military rescue operation, as the terrorists issued a new ultimatum for July 4.

 

Gathering intelligence took a few days and, by midday Tuesday, IDF forces were able to gather enough information about the situation to provide them with basic clarity to work desperately on a possible rescue attempt.

 

In the middle of the night on Wednesday, Lt. Col. (res.) Mor received a house visit from a friend and fellow soldier in the Israel Air Force.

 

“My wife answered the door. My friend told her ‘Norit, I suggest you go to your room and close the door,’” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor recalled. “By 6 the following morning, I was at an exercise with Sayeret Matkal.” From that moment on, every single person who was in some way relevant to the mission was in a period of intensive brainstorming for the best possible rescue scenario to present to Israel’s governing officials.

 

A few options were thrown around until, on July 1st, the mission’s main commander, Brig. Gen. (res.) Dan Shomron (later to become the IDF’s Chief­ of­ Staff), presented the rescue plan to Lt. Gen. (res.) Mordechai Gur (then Chief of Staff), Shimon Peres (then Israel’s defense minister) and Yitzhak Rabin (then prime minister) for final authorization to complete the highly secretive rescue mission.

 

One of the aircraft crews that landed at Entebbe poses with their plane after the mission.

One of the aircraft crews that landed at Entebbe poses with their plane after the mission.

 

One of the aircraft crews that landed at Entebbe poses with their plane after the mission.

Ready, Set, Don’t Fire

Out of this plane emerged two jeeps and a black Mercedes, practically identical to the car of then-Ugandan president Idi Amin Dada. Lt. Col. Netanyahu’s unit drove slowly and calmly towards the old terminal, appearing as if they were Ugandan forces in familiar vehicles. They were ordered not to shoot before reaching the old terminal and to take the terrorists by surprise. However, one of the IDF soldiers shot at a Ugandan soldier who was heavily armed and close to their vehicle. They were no longer undercover, and their plan was now altered as they had to reach the old terminal as quickly as possible.

 

The second and third Israeli planes arrived six minutes later, carrying reinforcements and troops assigned to help fight the Ugandan forces surrounding the airport. “I had the great honor of being the leading navigator for aircrafts two, three, and four,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor said proudly.

 

The fourth aircraft – the only aircraft with enough gas to fly to Entebbe and back to Israel, arrived empty, ready to evacuate the hostages and take them home. “The rest of us had no details about the first aircraft and what was going on down there. I was in the second aircraft and, whether the first was successful or not, we had to land at the airport precisely six minutes after them,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor said. “Luckily, they succeeded and, in six minutes, killed the terrorists and rescued the hostages.”

 

Within 20 minutes of their arrival, IDF soldiers began evacuating the hostages in the fourth aircraft. “Our mission was accomplished the instant the hostages had left Entebbe,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor recalled.

 

Entebbe Raid-two jeeps and a black Mercedes

Entebbe Raid-two jeeps and a black Mercedes

 

Everyone was accounted for besides one: Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, the commander of the first aircraft’s Sayeret Matkal rescue unit, who had been shot and killed while helping hostages return to the aircraft. At least five other soldiers were wounded during the escape, but the soldiers finished evacuating the hostages, loaded Lt. Col. Netanyahu’s body into one of the planes, and left Entebbe Airport only 58 minutes after their arrival. The operation was later named “Operation Yonatan” in honor of its commander and one of Israel’s greatest soldiers.

Returning Home

On the morning of July 4, 1976, the rescued hostages and their defenders landed safely in Israel, concluding one of the most daring chapters in the history of the IDF. “I did not register it then, as we were still in mission mode,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor explained, “but we landed at Ben Gurion [Airport in Israel] to a sea of Israelis swarming with pride, elated to welcome us home.”

 

Looking back, Lt. Col. (res.) Mor insists this was one of Israel’s finest moments, as its heroic actions were heard around the world. “It marked one of the best times in Israel’s history in terms of international recognition and respect,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor stated.

 

Operation Entebbe marked a dramatic victory over international terrorism, but it did not eliminate the danger. Thirty seven years later, as Israel continues to cope with the threat of terror, the rescue at Entebbe serves as a reminder that victory is worth the fight.

 

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They Criticized the Entebbe Rescue, Too

The Soviet and Chinese governments denounced what they called “the Zionist aggression.” United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim charged that Israel had committed a “serious violation of the sovereignty” of Uganda.

https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/372241/they-criticized-the-entebbe-rescue-too/

 

It may seem perplexing that anybody would criticize Israel’s rescue of four hostages from Gaza. But in 1976, there was criticism of Israel’s rescue of hostages from Entebbe, too.

 

While Israelis celebrated the June 8 rescue of hostages held by Arab terrorists and civilians in Gaza, United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese accused the Israeli commandos of “perfidiously hiding in an aid truck” in order to enter the neighborhood where the hostages were imprisoned.

 

MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin asserted that the rescuers’ tactics “raise(d) moral and ethical questions,” while former MSNBC host Krystal Ball denounced celebrations of the rescue as “depraved.”

 

In June 1976, Palestinian Arab terrorists hijacked a French plane on its way to Israel and forced it to fly to the Entebbe airport in Uganda. There they released the non-Jewish passengers, and held the remaining 106 passengers and crew hostage, demanding the release of terrorists who were imprisoned in Israel. Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was deeply sympathetic to the terrorists, and Ugandan soldiers helped the hijackers guard the hostages.

 

On July 4, Israeli commandos raided the airport and freed the hostages. All seven terrorists, and several dozen Ugandan soldiers, were killed. The only rescuer killed was the raid’s leader, Yonatan Netanyahu, brother of Israel’s current prime minister. Mrs. Dora Bloch, an elderly passenger who had been taken to a local hospital, was murdered there by Ugandan soldiers.

Most of the world celebrated the rescue raid on Entebbe. But not everybody.

 

The Organization of African Unity, consisting of several dozen African countries, accused Israel of “wanton aggression” and demanded reparations for damage to the airport. The Soviet and Chinese governments denounced what they called “the Zionist aggression.”

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim charged that Israel had committed a “serious violation of the sovereignty” of Uganda. A few years later, Waldheim’s past as a Nazi war criminal was exposed. (However, that did not prevent his election as president of Austria in 1986.)

 

The Mexican government criticized Israel’s “flagrant violation” of Ugandan sovereignty, and declared its “firm rejection of the use of armed force by any state as a means of trying to solve conflicts.”

 

The Mexican position was especially surprising because just months earlier, it had explicitly promised to refrain from anti-Israel policies. That promise was made in order to secure an end to the boycott of Mexico announced by Jewish organizations following its support of the infamous Zionism-is-racism resolution at the U.N. in 1975.

 

The French government’s response to the Entebbe rescue was particularly troubling, given the fact that it was a French plane that was hijacked, and French crew members who were held hostage. The French Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement which expressed satisfaction at the rescue, but emphasized its condemnation of the casualties, almost all of whom were the terrorists or the soldiers who assisted them.

 

A spokesperson for the Air France crew read a statement hailing President Amin for his “constant care to ensure our safety, our material comfort and even our health.” The statement appeared to have been dictated by French officials.

 

The U.S. government publicly praised the Israeli rescue mission, but it also introduced an “even-handed” resolution at the U.N. Security Council. While condemning the hijacking, the resolution also affirmed “the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all States.” The resolution did not secure enough votes to pass, so it was withdrawn.

 

At the same time — according to declassified documents — Secretary of State Henry Kissinger informed Israel’s ambassador in Washington that because the Israelis had used US equipment in the raid, “we will have to put a temporary freeze on military shipments.”

 

Ambassador Simcha Dinitz replied: “You are kidding me.” Kissinger was not kidding. “You know you have no right to do this without prior consultation,” he admonished the ambassador. Dinitz argued that the relevant U.S. law applied to “only weaponry, not equipment.” But Kissinger insisted that the U.S.-made C-130 transport planes were a “military version” of that aircraft and therefore could not be used outside Israel’s borders. Kissinger could have looked the other way; instead, his response was to penalize Israel following its miraculous rescue of the hostages.

 

Israel’s prime minister in those days was Yitzhak Rabin, and the government was ruled by the Labor Party — a reminder that whether Israel’s government is from the political left or the right, and whether its leader is named Rabin or Netanyahu, there will always be those who complain when Israel takes action to defend the lives of its citizens.

Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. His latest is “Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America,” a nonfiction graphic novel with artist Dean Motter, published by Dark Horse / Yoe Books.

 

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Gaza Ceasefire 19January2025

 


Hillel Fuld-tweet-19January2025-3 Hostages released Celebration
I don’t care about our disagreements. I don’t care who you voted for or who you think should be prime minister. I don’t care what you think about how the Israeli leadership is managing the war.

I will tell you one thing.

Tonight, all of those disagreements, all of the division, it all melted away like it was never there.

Watching news anchors, religious or secular, left wing or right wing, all crying together and saying the blessing over freeing prisoners, that reminded me what we are about.

We all prayed for this day. We all cried for these hostages. And today, we all celebrated their arrival back home.

Too often we focus on the division, but in reality, we are family and tonight, as those poor girls crossed over the border from Gaza to Israel, in that moment, I was reminded who we are and why we will win this.

When the Jewish people are united like we were today, nobody can mess with us. Nobody!

When I am having a hard day, I will remind myself of that moment. It was a magical moment. A supremely Jewish moment.

ברוך אתה ה׳ אלהינו מלך העולם מתיר אסורים.

“Blessed are you, Hashem, our God, King of universe who releases the bound”

ברוך אתה ה׳ אלהינו מלך העולם שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה.

“Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Guiding Force of the Universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.”

Today was a joyous day.

Hillel Fuld-tweet-19January2025-3 Hostages released Celebration

Hillel Fuld-tweet-19January2025-3 Hostages released Celebration

Kotel Celebration 19January2025

Kotel Celebration 19January2025

Celebration 19January2025-1

Celebration 19January2025-1

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Celebration 19January2025-2

Celebration 19January2025-3

Celebration 19January2025-3

 

 

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This is what the Hamas victory looks like


Hillel Fuld-tweet-13January2025-This is what the Hamas victory looks like
They’ll call it a victory.

This is what their “victory” looks like.

– 70% of Hamas fighters dead.
– All 24 Hamas battalions were either destroyed or severely impacted.
– Sinwar, Deif, and Haniyeh are all dead.
– 4,700 tunnel shafts destroyed.
– 40,000 Hamas positions destroyed.

Hillel Fuld-tweet-13January2025-This is what the Hamas victory looks like

Hillel Fuld-tweet-13January2025-This is what the Hamas victory looks like

 

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Hamas,You might fool the West, but you can never fool the Jewish state


Einav Avizemer-tweet-19January2025-Hamas You might fool the West
You might fool the West, but you can never fool the Jewish state

<strong>Einav Avizemer</strong>-tweet-19January2025-Hamas You might fool the West

Einav Avizemer-tweet-19January2025-Hamas You might fool the West

 

 

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Hamas executes six Palestinians in Rafah

Eitan Fischberger-tweet-23January2025-Hamas executes 6 Palestinians in Rafah-Video
⚠️Graphic: Footage from earlier today of Hamas shooting Gazans accused of “collaborating” with Israel by “stealing” aid from the terror group

Eitan Fischberger-tweet-23January2025-Hamas executes 6 Palestinians in Rafah-Video

Eitan Fischberger-tweet-23January2025-Hamas executes 6 Palestinians in Rafah-Video

 

 

 


Eitan Fischberger-tweet-23January2025-Hamas executes six Palestinians in Rafah
Breaking: Hamas executes six Palestinians in Rafah for allegedly “collaborating” with Israel.

Hamas also shot 17 others in the foot for attempting to wrestle control of aid trucks back from the terror group

Eitan Fischberger-tweet-23January2025-Hamas executes six Palestinians in Rafah

Eitan Fischberger-tweet-23January2025-Hamas executes six Palestinians in Rafah

 

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Making peace with invaders


Brett Chapman-tweet-13June2024-Land stolen from Native Americans
Native Americans didn’t simply “lose” land, it was stolen from. Important distinction.
Historic Vids-tweet-13June2024-Land stolen from Native Americans
This is a map that shows the land loss of Native Americans in the United States

Brett Chapman-tweet-13June2024-Land stolen from Native Americans

Brett Chapman-tweet-13June2024-Land stolen from Native Americans

 

 

 


Jose Muniz-tweet-11July2024-Christians kick Islam out of the Peninsula
In 722 a group of christians in the north of Spain decided that they would wake up every day for the next 800 years with just one mission. To kick Islam out of the Peninsula.
In 1492 they did it

Jose Muniz-tweet-11July2024-Christians kick Islam out of the Peninsula

Jose Muniz-tweet-11July2024-Christians kick Islam out of the Peninsula

 

 

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Israel gave up the Sinai and Southern Lebanon for what?

Remember Gush Katif, What did the “Disengagement” get you? Rockets landing in Tel Aviv!

Map of Israeli Withdrawal from Sinai

Map of Israeli Withdrawal from Sinai

South Lebanon security zoneSouth Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)

South Lebanon security zone
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)

Israel gave up land for a piece of Paper

What did the Jews of Israel get with the “Disengagement”?

Rockets from Gaza rain havoc on Israeli cities in latest war

15 Seconds in Sderot, Israel

 

An Open Letter to Critics of Israel

BLOOD CELLS EVERYWHERE: An IDF map of the locations of rockets launched from Gaza from July 8th to August 4th. (Still awaiting a map from Hamas, in case the terrorist group disagrees.)

BLOOD CELLS EVERYWHERE: An IDF map of the locations of rockets launched from Gaza from July 8th to August 4th. (Still awaiting a map from Hamas, in case the terrorist group disagrees.)

Violent Hamas Riots and Rockets summary 2018

Violent Hamas Riots and Rockets summary 2018

Friday, 11 July 2014 Miracle in Ashdod: Direct Hit on Gas Station, no Fatalities What's the war like in Ashdod?

Friday, 11 July 2014 Miracle in Ashdod: Direct Hit on Gas Station, no Fatalities What’s the war like in Ashdod?

Tel Aviv hit with rocket fire from Gaza

Tel Aviv hit with rocket fire from Gaza

LONGSHOT: At a cost of as much as $100,000 per unit, Israel’s Iron Dome, seen here in action, has a rocket-interception rate of 85-90%. But it doesn’t cover the whole country—not by a longshot.

LONGSHOT: At a cost of as much as $100,000 per unit, Israel’s Iron Dome, seen here in action, has a rocket-interception rate of 85-90%. But it doesn’t cover the whole country—not by a longshot.

 

 

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Listening to Bad Advice


Alex Traiman-tweet-20June2024-This is when momentum shifted in the war
This is when momentum shifted in the war:

When photos began to surface of Hamas terrorists and their supporters being arrested, blindfolded and stripped to their underwear, I knew the end of the war, including the release of hostages was just weeks away.

Yet almost just as quickly, the images stopped appearing, with the Biden Administration claiming the images were “disturbing.”

These images were actually benevolent, and could have saved thousands of lives.

Why? If you want to survive in the Middle East, it is critical to understand the Arab culture of honor vs shame.

These images completely humiliated Hamas. To destroy Hamas, and to make the Palestinians stop supporting them, they need to be thoroughly humiliated by the IDF.

The IDF’s killing Hamas terrorists, in the eyes of Palestinian society, is projected as an honor. Those killed are “martyrs.”

To defeat Hamas, Israel needs to create less martyrs, and create more losers.

In preventing the IDF from publishing the photos, and by Israel’s adhering to the Biden administration’s Western sensitivities and directives, the war has dragged on to the detriment of all parties.

Alex Traiman-tweet-20June2024-This is when momentum shifted in the war

Alex Traiman-tweet-20June2024-This is when momentum shifted in the war

 

 


Nioh Berg-tweet-29July2024-Israel’s most successful war was in 1967
Israel’s most successful war was in 1967.

– No significant foreign aid.
– No American terms and conditions
– Pre-emptive strike instead of responding after being attacked

Seems to me like relying heavily on US weapons and money is a recipe for failure.

SELF SUFFICIENCY NOW.

Nioh Berg-tweet-29July2024-Israel's most successful war was in 1967

Nioh Berg-tweet-29July2024-Israel’s most successful war was in 1967

 

 


Nioh Berg-tweet-29July2024-We now know
We now know:

– The US doesn’t want Israel to retaliate
– The US has been leaking Israeli attack plans to Hezbollah

Israel needs to become self sufficient, stop taking US aid, and fight wars on their own terms. Demcrats clearly are backstabbers.
Larry-tweet-29July2024-Israel has to make all their military equipment themselves.
Israel has to make all their military equipment themselves.

Nioh Berg-tweet-29July2024-We now know

Nioh Berg-tweet-29July2024-We now know

 

 

 

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https://www.jpost.com/

Israel vs. its mortal enemies: Deeper meanings of terror, violence against Jewish state – opinion

In Israel’s no-choice war against Hamas and Iran, the death and injury of Palestinian noncombatants are the legal responsibility of “perfidious” jihadist enemies.

By LOUIS RENÉ BERES
22SEPTEMBER2024 https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-821136

 

Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other jihadist foes of Israel are ultimately more focused on transcendent goals than on tactical or strategic advantages. This focus is “power over death.” How ought Israeli military planners to grasp and operationalize such an abstract notion?

 

While Israel’s attitude to counterterrorism is based on logic, science, and engineering, jihadist violence revolves around mystery, paradox, and witting self-delusion. Accordingly, a core question should now present itself in Jerusalem: In what usefully precise manner should jihadist beliefs in immortality be understood by Israel’s national security decision-makers?

 

There are pertinent particulars.

In facing jihadist ideologies that promise eternality to the faithful, Israel needs to be wary of projecting ordinary political and strategic preferences onto Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Houthis, and Iran. While enemy irrationality may not be uniform, certainly normative secular political preferences, such as self-determination, are generally secondary.

 

Though Israel’s immediate security concerns center on counterterrorism in Gaza, Judea and Samaria (West Bank), Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, direct conflict with Iran is on the near horizon. What would be the longer-term implications of such a direct war – one that could become continuous and protracted?

 

If Israel’s national decision-makers were to survey the current configuration of global jihadist terrorist organizations (Sunni and Shi’ite) from an augmented analytic standpoint, the need to acknowledge the enemy philosophy of “power over death” (the nexus between “martyrdom operations” and “life-everlasting”) would be clear.

 

Jerusalem’s national security planners could then begin to place themselves in an improved operational position to deter Islamist murderers, hostage-takers, and suicide-bombers as individual terrorist-criminals and as enemy states that support the jihadist terrorist microcosm.

 

There are corresponding elements of law to be applied in such scenarios. In law, right can never stem from wrong.

Jihadist insurgents who seek to justify barbarous attacks on Israeli noncombatants in the name of martyrdom are acting contrary to international law. Insurgents’s intentional killing or maiming of noncombatants is always defined as terrorism. It is irrelevant whether the expressed cause of the terror-violence is presumptively just. Using unjust means to fight for allegedly just ends is never permissible.

 

Sometimes, martyrdom-seeking terrorist organizations such as Hamas or Hezbollah advance a supposedly legal argument known as tu quoque. This authoritatively discredited argument stipulates that because the other side is allegedly guilty of “similar, equivalent, or greater criminality,” the terrorist side is innocent of any wrongdoing. Jurisprudentially, any such argument is invalid – especially after the landmark postwar legal judgments of the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals.

A no-choice war

In Israel’s no-choice war against Hamas and Iran, the death and injury of Palestinian noncombatants are the legal responsibility of “perfidious” jihadist enemies. Because Hamas and its Iranian state mentor place terror fighters in protected places (schools, hospitals, mosques), these places are no longer off-limits to defensive military action by Israel. For the Jewish state, enemy use of “human shields” is exculpatory of all necessary exertions of military force. In law, this is called “military necessity.”

 

Whenever an insurgent group resorts to unjust means, its actions constitute terrorism. Even if adversarial claims of a hostile controlling power could be taken as plausible, corollary claims to “any means necessary” would remain false. Recalling Hague Convention No. IV: “The right of belligerents to adopt means of injuring the enemy is not unlimited.”

 

Though Israel’s bombardments of Gaza produce Palestinian casualties, legal responsibility for these harms still lies entirely with Hamas/Iranian perfidy. While Israel-inflicted Palestinian casualties are unwanted, inadvertent, and unintentional, the killing and wounding of Israeli civilians are the verifiable result of Palestinian mens rea – criminal intent.

 

In law, there is a consequential difference between raping and murdering celebrants at a public music festival and the lethal consequences of a state’s self-defense operations. Insurgent movements that fail to meet the test of just means can never be defended as lawful or legitimate in themselves.

 

Even if relevant law was somehow to accept the argument that terror groups had fulfilled all valid criteria of “national liberation,” it would still not satisfy the equally significant legal standards of distinction, proportionality, and military necessity. These critical standards were applied to insurgent or armed sub-state organizations by the common Article 3 of the four Geneva conventions of 1949 and by the two 1977 protocols to these conventions.

 

Standards of “humanity” remain binding on all combatants by customary and conventional international law, including Article 1 of the Preamble to the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907. This rule, commonly called the Martens Clause, makes “all persons” responsible for the “laws of humanity” and associated “dictates of public conscience.” There can be no permissible exceptions to this universal responsibility.

 

Terrorist crimes mandate universal cooperation in apprehension and punishment. As punishers of “grave breaches” under international law, all states are required to “extradite or prosecute” individual terrorists. Under no circumstances are states permitted to treat terrorist “martyrs” as law-backed “freedom fighters.” International law is binding on all nations, including the United States and Israel.

 

Remarkably, legal authority for the American republic was largely derived from William Blackstone’s Commentaries, a magisterial work that owes much of its clarifying content to the principles of the Torah.

 

The writer is an emeritus professor of international law at Purdue University and the author of many books and scholarly articles on international law, nuclear strategy, nuclear war, and terrorism. His 12th and latest book is Surviving Amid Chaos: Israel’s Nuclear Strategy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016; second edition, 2018).

 

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The Supreme Court does not have sovereignty!


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Galia Hoshen, the mother of Hadar Hoshen HYD, who was murdered in Nova, cries out:

“The Supreme Court does not have sovereignty! The people are the sovereign power. The time has come for the court to stop taking powers that are not in its control and to stop deciding on matters that are not theirs to discuss!

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Im Tirtzu-tweet-28July2024-The Supreme Court does not have sovereignty

 

 

 

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https://www.fdd.org/

https://www.fdd.org/

June 19, 2024 | The Washington Times

Israel’s long war

A “ceasefire deal” won’t end it

Clifford D. May
Founder & President https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/06/19/israels-long-war-2/

 

The Nova Music Festival was billed as a celebration of “Friends, Love, and Infinite Freedom.” On Oct. 6, 2023, attendees from more than two dozen countries gathered in Israel’s Negev Desert just three miles from Hamas-ruled Gaza to sing, dance, and celebrate peace through the night.

 

At dawn the next day, Hamas terrorists used bulldozers and bombs to break through Israel’s high-tech fence that was thought to secure the border. Arriving at the festival grounds, they began slaughtering, raping, mutilating, and kidnapping concertgoers, exuberantly shouting: “Allahu Akbar!” – “God is greatest!”

 

On a visit to Israel earlier this month, I wandered through that killing field, now a makeshift memorial. Atop a small forest of poles are pictures of the more than 360 victims, most of them young, and, in these photos, smiling and full of life. Flowers and Israeli flags surround them.

 

I also toured Be’eri, a nearby kibbutz, a farming community, where the invaders from Gaza gleefully tortured, shot and burned alive men, women, children, toddlers, and babies.

 

Oct. 7 was the bloodiest day in Israeli history, the worst Jew-killing orgy since the Nazis overran Europe. Within hours, jihadists and their secular allies were blaming Israelis and/or Jews for Hamas’ crimes and atrocities.

 

Hamas, they insisted, was responding to the Israeli “occupation” – ignoring the plain fact that, in 2005, the Israelis withdrew from Gaza, a territory they’d taken from Egypt in the defensive war of 1967.

 

Hamas seized full control of the territory in 2007, after waging a brief war to oust the Palestinian Authority.

 

Hamas then began importing weapons and ammunition – provided mostly by Iran’s rulers – and constructing the expensive and elaborate subterranean fortress in which Yahya Sinwar and other Hamas honchos are believed to be ensconced, presumably surrounded by hostages in chains.

 

Aboveground, Hamas fighters have blended in with noncombatants serving as human shields.

 

That this is a key component of Hamas’ warfighting strategy was confirmed by the Wall Street Journal’s publication last week of secret messages Mr. Sinwar has sent to his compatriots outside Gaza. Dead Gazans, he told them, are “necessary sacrifices” in the long war to annihilate Israel and exterminate Israelis.

 

Israel’s many critics and enemies refuse to recognize this reality. On June 8, Israeli commandos staged a daring broad-daylight rescue of four hostages from two civilian buildings in Nuseirat, a city in central Gaza.

 

Joseph Borrell, the European Union’s foreign minister, called the operation a “massacre.” How dare Israelis return fire at those trying to kill them as they were extricating their citizens! Indeed, the leader of the Israeli mission was mortally wounded by heavily armed Hamas terrorists.

 

The Washington Post headlined: “More than 200 Palestinians killed in Israeli hostage raid in Gaza.” The Post is one of many media outlets that parrots whatever numbers Hamas provides without attempting to verify or distinguish civilians from combatants. (Israel’s military estimates about 100 Gazans were killed or wounded, most of them gunmen.)

 

BBC news anchor Helena Humphrey asked Jonathan Conricus, a former officer in the Israel Defense Forces, whether Gazans should not have been warned of the impending rescue operation. (The BBC has gone beyond parody.)

 

While the media remains focused on Gaza, there are other fronts in this war. Most significantly, since Oct. 8, Hezbollah, Tehran’s most formidable foreign legion, has been firing rockets and drones from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, the Galilee and the Golan. The attacks have sharply escalated over recent days.

 

This demonstrates – to anyone with eyes that see – that “ceasefire deals” and “peace agreements” with proxies of Tehran are useless or, worse, lethal traps.

 

Recall that Hezbollah’s last major war against Israel was in 2006. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 mandated a “full cessation of hostilities” by Israel in exchange for the establishment of a zone from Lebanon’s border with Israel to the Litani River “free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon” and U.N forces. It also called for Hezbollah’s disarmament.

 

But the 10,000 U.N. troops charged with enforcing the demilitarization of southern Lebanon merely watched as Hezbollah hid thousands of missiles in mosques, hospitals, schools, and homes. And the American-supported Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) has acted as Hezbollah’s auxiliary.

 

Hezbollah’s attacks have forced more than 60,000 Israelis to abandon their homes, farms, villages and cities. Hezbollah rockets have sparked fires that have consumed thousands of acres of forest.

 

Another full-blown war with Hezbollah would cause many deaths and much destruction in Israel. As for Lebanon, already a failing state thanks largely to Hezbollah, it might never recover.

 

But it’s hard to see how the Israelis can long allow a proxy of Tehran to turn regions of their small country into an uninhabitable free-fire zone.

 

Final note for today: On June 10, the U.N. Security Council passed an American ceasefire proposal for Gaza. Biden administration officials then pleaded for Mr. Sinwar to agree to it.

 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken observed that Gazans are “suffering every day,” adding – with determined naivety – that if Mr. Sinwar “has their interests at heart, he will come to a conclusion to bring this to a conclusion.”

 

To what should be nobody’s surprise, Mr. Sinwar rejected the proposal. He expects President Biden to pressure the Israelis to offer more concessions – or end the war as Mr. Biden ended the conflict in Afghanistan: by capitulating.

 

For now, the Israelis are continuing to battle Hamas in Gaza while preparing for the eventuality of an all-out war against Hezbollah. And, at some point, they will need to attend to unfinished business with the patron of both terrorist groups, the jihadist and genocidal regime in Tehran.

 

Clifford D. May is founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and a columnist for the Washington Times.

 

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Islamophobia


Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-19November2024-Islamophobia definition

Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-19November2024-Islamophobia definition

Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-19November2024-Islamophobia definition

 

 


Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-12June2024-Islamophobia
They can’t live peacefully with Hindus
They can’t live peacefully with Jews
They can’t live peacefully with Christians
They can’t live peacefully with Atheists
They can’t live peacefully with Buddhists
They can’t live peacefully with other sects of Islam
They can’t live peacefully with LGBT.
They don’t like Free Speech
They don’t like Religious Freedom
They don’t like free Women

But they constantly want Islamophobia criminalized.

Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-12June2024-Islamophobia

Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-12June2024-Islamophobia

 

 

This is Islam


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This is Islam

Salwan Momika-tweet-14July2024-This is Islam

Salwan Momika-tweet-14July2024-This is Islam

 

 

 


Kitty Surprise-tweet-13November2024-The optics: behead
The optics:

Kitty Surprise-tweet-13November2024-The optics behead

Kitty Surprise-tweet-13November2024-The optics behead

 


Kitty Surprise-tweet-13November2024-The optics: Rape
The optics:

Kitty Surprise-tweet-13November2024-The optics Rape

Kitty Surprise-tweet-13November2024-The optics Rape

 

Muslim Scholar Says it's OK to Rape Non-Muslim Women

Muslim Scholar Says it’s OK to Rape Non-Muslim Women

 


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Islam is a cancer in the world

The Jordan Rules-tweet-14November2024-I came to correct God's word said Satan

The Jordan Rules-tweet-14November2024-I came to correct God’s word said Satan

 

I came to correct God's word said Satan

I came to correct God’s word said Satan

 


RoyR-tweet-13November2024-Please list what can say about Islam
Please list what can say about Islam without being accused of Islamaphobia?

How can anyone be accused of such when it’s been 100% proven that Islam isn’t a religion but an idealogy cult with baseless foundations & a threat to all in society across the globe?

No racism
No hate.

RoyR-tweet-13November2024-Please list what can say about Islam

RoyR-tweet-13November2024-Please list what can say about Islam

 

Winston Churchill on Islam

Winston Churchill on Islam

 

Anglophobia

Anglophobia

 

Margaret Thatcher on Islam

Margaret Thatcher on Islam

 

Pandora's Box-Hope

Pandora’s Box-Hope

 

 


Oscar Ekman-tweet-12June2024-Freedom of religion
Freedom of religion was designed for Christian denominations or Judaism.

But it should not apply to Islam as a warfaring and conquering religion. It should only be allowed with severe and specific restrictions.

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Oscar Ekman-tweet-12June2024-Freedom of religion

 


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Famous Personalities from Different Religions

Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-12June2024-Famous Personalities from Different Religions

Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-12June2024-Famous Personalities from Different Religions

 

Famous Personalities from Different Religions

Famous Personalities from Different Religions

 


Amateur Jew-tweet-12June2024-Buddhists on Islam

Amateur Jew-tweet-12June2024-Buddhists on Islam

Amateur Jew-tweet-12June2024-Buddhists on Islam

 

Buddhists on Islam

Buddhists on Islam

 

 

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How to properly treat Islamophobia


Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-14June2024-K9 Neutralizes Terrorist
K9 Neutralizes a Terrorist that Threw an Explosive on Soldiers and then Went into Hiding.

Jihadists killed by women or dogs don’t win 72 virgins. They become unclean and lose the heavens pass.

There is no “I’ll just be a tough guy” when one of these dogs bites you. Same for all the big predators of the animal kingdom. It’s somewhat like taking pliers to your body.

Congrats! You are food. Your primal brain is now on fire.

Add to your knowledge. Jihawg ammo (You can Google)

Not only does Jihawg guarantee that all of their ammunition meets or exceeds S.A.A.M.I. standards for velocity, penetration, and accuracy, they also coat each projectile with a special ballistic paint infused with pork to make it “Haraam” or unclean to a radical Jihadist.

This makes Jihawg Ammo the only commercially available ammunition with the added deterrent factor of eternal damnation for the fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist.
Christian Hall-tweet-14June2024-ammo

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Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-14June2024-K9 Neutralizes Terrorist

 

 

 

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Back to the Future: 1948 All over Again


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“Not like Dachau, is it, herr mufti?”
I absolutely love this 1948 New York Times cartoon.
Notice that “Palestine” represents here the Zionist resisting the Nazi Islamist Mufti. At the time, when people said “free Palestine” they meant “establish a Jewish state.”

Uri Kurlianchik-tweet-18November2024-Zionist resisting the Nazi Islamist Mufti

Uri Kurlianchik-tweet-18November2024-Zionist resisting the Nazi Islamist Mufti

 

Not like Dachau, is it, herr mufti?

Not like Dachau, is it, herr mufti?

 

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Start fighting for our existence

 


The Persian Jewess-tweet-11June2024-Start fighting for our existence
Dear Jews,

We could be perfect and they would still find reasons to hate us.

It’s time to stop apologizing for existing and start fighting for our existence.

Because if we won’t do it for ourselves then why in the world would anyone else want to do it for us?

The time for silence is over. SPEAK UP!
Precious Ndlovu-tweet-11June2024-
😡☠️😎

The Persian Jewess-tweet-11June2024-Start fighting for our existence

The Persian Jewess-tweet-11June2024-Start fighting for our existence

 

 


Mossad Commentary-tweet-13November2023-Israel

Mossad Commentary-tweet-13November2023-Israel

Mossad Commentary-tweet-13November2023-Israel

 

 


Nioh Berg-tweet-29October2024-Womaan Praying in tartan skirt with M16 Gold Boots
Nothing infuriates them more than this.

Nioh Berg-tweet-29October2024-Womaan Praying in tartan skirt with M16 Gold Boots

Nioh Berg-tweet-29October2024-Womaan Praying in tartan skirt with M16 Gold Boots

 

 


Vivid-tweet-19June2024-Only in Israel
Only in Israel. 💙

Vivid-tweet-19June2024-Only in Israel

Vivid-tweet-19June2024-Only in Israel

 

 


Hillel Fuld-tweet-14March2024-Jews are able to fight back
Not something you’d see very often 6 months ago, but a pretty normal thing you’d see now.

I know that it’s inconvenient that the Jews are able to fight back but you’re just gonna have to get used to it.

💪✡️🇮🇱🙏

Hillel Fuld-tweet-14March2024-Jews are able to fight back

Hillel Fuld-tweet-14March2024-Jews are able to fight back

 

 

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Dearborn, Michigan: “We don’t have terrorists”


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Dearborn, Michigan: “We don’t have terrorists”

Also Dearborn, Michigan: “Come to the memorial of one of our neighborhood Hezbollah Martyrs”

Open Source Intel-tweet-19September2024-Dearborn Michigan

Open Source Intel-tweet-19September2024-Dearborn Michigan

 

Medical fundraiser for Hezbollah


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Following the Israeli targeting of potentially thousands of Hezbollah fighters, the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, will be holding a medical fundraiser for Lebanon on Friday.

Joe Truzman-tweet-19September2024-Medical fundraiser for Hezbollah

Joe Truzman-tweet-19September2024-Medical fundraiser for Hezbollah

 

 

 

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Muslim countries taking Palestinian refugees-No Fucking Way


Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-16June2024-Muslims taking Palestinian refugees-No Fucking Way
On auspicious Eid day, feeling charitable, 57 Muslim countries’ foreign ministers voted in a Zoom meeting, on taking Palestinian refugees.

The results are: 46 countries politely voted, “No”
11 countries voted non politely, “No Fucking Way”

Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-16June2024-Muslims taking Palestinian refugees-No Fucking Way

Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-16June2024-Muslims taking Palestinian refugees-No Fucking Way

 

 

 

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https://www.jpost.com/

Despite conflict, scores of Jews move to Israel

Despite the ongoing war and lack of safety, a new wave of Jews from the US and France choose to make aliyah, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to the State of Israel.

By VERONICA NEIFAKH/THE MEDIA LINE
JUNE 10, 2024 15:33 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-805738

 

The October 7 Hamas attack on Israel sparked an emotionally charged phenomenon: a new wave of Jews choosing to move to Israel despite the war, lack of safety, and numerous challenges.

 

For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org

 

According to Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, from the war’s onset until the end of May 2024, 1,169 new immigrants arrived from the US and 587 from France. Remarkably, the number of new Israelis from America and France has not decreased in comparison to last year. The same period last year saw 1,321 immigrants from the US and 628 from France.

 

Marc Rosenberg, vice president of Diaspora partnerships at Nefesh B’Nefesh, a nonprofit organization that promotes and facilitates aliyah from North America, told The Media Line that Americans are now mainly moving to Israel for ideological reasons, although some are also coming for practical reasons.

 

Desire for connection

“We’ve seen that a majority of North American Jews want to make their connection with Israel stronger. Therefore, those who were thinking about immigration to Israel, have sped up their plans,” Rosenberg said.

 

“People seem to be determined, despite the insecurity that’s happening here. War increases passion for Israel, they want to be a part of the story,” he continued.

 

According to Rosenberg, Nefesh B’Nefesh now sees three main groups of people who are immigrating to Israel: singles under the age of 30, who are coming to serve in the Israeli army or study in Israel; people who are 60+ and are coming to retire; and families.

 

“We see an increase of people asking about serving in the army, which is fascinating considering the danger that is involved,” Rosenberg said.

An event for Israeli immigrants. (credit: Gvahim)

An event for Israeli immigrants. (credit: Gvahim)

 

Another reason that American Jews are immigrating to Israel is antisemitism, which has increased since the war in Gaza began, asserted Rosenberg. “It’s something that people are mentioning, but usually it is not the main reason [for their move t Israel]. But surely, even a few antisemitic cases create a certain atmosphere,” he said.

 

Twenty-four-year-old Hadar Amar from California hadn’t thought about moving to Israel before last year, although her two older siblings moved to Israel six and nine years ago, respectively.

 

“I got my degree in the States and started working at a corporation. However, there was always a sense of loneliness. I just didn’t feel connected; in America, I felt like a stranger,” she told The Media Line.

 

In 2023, when Amar found herself in a romantic relationship with an Israeli, she started thinking about moving to the Jewish state. She got a job offer during the summer of 2023 and planned to make aliyah on October 18. But then the war happened.

 

“On the 7th of October, I was still in America with my family and boyfriend. He was visiting us at that time. As the war started, at first I was doubting my decision to come to Israel,” Amar explained. “Physically, I was in America, but my heart was in Israel,” she added.

 

‘My heart was in Israel’

Amar said that both her brother and boyfriend serve in the Israel Defense Forces.

 

“They were in reserves for weeks, and I decided to come to Israel and be with them. Talking to them with the difference in time zones was horrible. Being far from them was pure torture,” she said.

 

Amar came to Israel on November 6 and received Israeli citizenship on November 14. Amar’s mother decided to travel to Israel with her daughter to support her children and stayed in the country for five months.

 

“My parents understood that I wanted to be in Israel, although everyone was scared. They were trying to be as supportive as possible, but I know it was hard for them,” she shared.

 

Regarding antisemitism, Amar said that although it hasn’t affected her personally, she saw many instances of antisemitic while still in California.

 

“When the war started, I saw that a lot of people who I grew up with were sharing pro-Palestine posts on Instagram. I know that they just aren’t educated about the situation. There was nothing that personally targeted me. I did lose some friends though, but I am okay with it because now I know that they weren’t my true friends,” she said.

Jacob, Panina and Miriam Licht. (credit: Courtesy)

Jacob, Panina and Miriam Licht. (credit: Courtesy)

 

In the middle of February 2024, Jacob Licht, 50, moved to Israel from the US with his wife Panina and their daughter Miriam.

 

“One of our other daughters had already made aliyah and was serving in the Air Force in Israel. Now she is working for the year, and then she’ll start college in Israel,” Licht told The Media Line.

 

Licht explained that 22-year-old Miriam has a disability, and she gets better support in Israel than she does in the US.

 

“That’s why we had started the [immigration] process and decided that we want to move over the summer, but when October 7 happened, it accelerated the process in our minds,” he explained.

 

“Our desire was even stronger after October 7, because there was an attack on our people and our land,” Licht added.

 

Licht emphasized the importance of Jewish people having a homeland, a place to live unconditionally.

 

Working in the business side of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, Licht expressed his deep desire to help Israel develop this industry.

 

“I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and some of my work has overlapped with Israeli companies, but I’ve mostly worked in the US, Europe, and in Asia. I understood that Israel has a lot to offer, and I want to be a part of the Israeli ecosystem,” he explained.

 

“I want to be here and help companies grow through partnerships and alliances with the rest of the world,” he added.

 

Licht further shared that his niece is now finishing her first year at Columbia University.

 

“She couldn’t go to Pesach seder there as the police said that it would require protection… My daughter then said to me: ‘Isn’t it strange that we’re sitting in a restaurant in a country that’s actually at war, and it’s my cousin in America who is afraid?’” he recalled.

 

Besides the US, Israel has seen an influx of new immigrants coming from France, despite the ongoing war.

 

Leon Cohen, the head of France projects in Gvahim, an organization that facilitates the successful integration of new immigrants into the Israeli labor market, explained to The Media Line that Zionism has been one of the most important reasons for French Jews to move to Israel during the war.

 

“In their hearts, October 7 activates and embraces the thought that Israel is their place, it’s the place where they have to go,” he said.

 

According to Cohen, in his professional experience, most of the Jews in France have felt an increased desire to come to Israel since the war began.

 

“They were hurt in their hearts, as if they, themselves, were in the Kibbutz Be’eri, as if the attack happened to them. For many, it felt like something terrible was happening to their family members and they just have to be in Israel,” he said.

 

Cohen also mentioned that for some new immigrants, ordinary household situations also motivated them to leave France and come to Israel. “They divorce, or don’t like their job in France, or want to change something in life… Some people also immigrate to Israel simply because of it,” he said.

 

Conversion to Judasim

Meanwhile, Rebecca, who requested not to use her surname, immigrated to Israel from France in April 2024 with her husband Michael and their 3-year-old daughter after October 7.

 

Rebecca grew up in Morocco but felt a strong connection to Israel and the Jewish people. She converted to Judaism three years ago.

 

“I come from Sumerian parents. My path of life made me discover Judaism and feel very close to it and to the land of Israel. Conversion took years. It [the desire to convert] emerged when I was 17 years old, and I started the process when I was 21. I had to study for three years,” she explained.

 

Given that she hasn’t yet found unemployment in Israel, Rebecca said that she feels “new” to the country and as if she’s still experiencing the aliyah process.

 

Rebecca shared that although she and her husband had thought about moving to Israel before the Hamas attack on October 7, the events of that day inspired them to embark upon the immigration process faster.

 

“We felt that everything that’s happening in Israel was affecting us. We felt that for us it is better to be here,” she said.

 

Rebecca shared an example of antisemitism that she had experienced in France. Their nanny had refused to take care of her daughter once Rebecca told her that they were Jewish.

 

Another Zionist who made aliyah from France is 27-year-old Maxime Horwitz from Metz, who moved to Israel in mid-November 2023.

 

“It was planned at the beginning of mid-October. I really wanted to come but because of the situation, my parents were really afraid. We had a clash because of my departure, and I agreed to wait, but no more than one month or a few weeks,” he told The Media Line.

 

Horwitz explained that he prefers to live in a Zionist environment.

 

“I feel that there is one place for Jewish people, and it’s in Israel. I just knew that I want to live in Israel,” he shared.

 

Today, despite the difficulties of immigration and the danger of war, Israel’s new immigrants felt that living in a Jewish state was a positive experience.

 

“Being in Israel now makes me feel safe, happy and connected. I’m with my loved ones. I’m also creating the life that I have been waiting for, for years. It’s not easy, especially having the people closest to you serving in the army, but this experience helped me to realize what it’s like to be a Jew in today’s society,” concluded Amar.

 

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Trump’s Executive Orders Relating to Israel, Jews, and Palestinians 20January2025:


Eitan Fischberger-tweet-21January2025-Trump Executive Orders Israel
Trump’s Day One Executive Orders Relating to Israel, Jews, and Palestinians:

1) President Trump revoked Executive Order 14115, which had sanctioned certain Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

2) Trump restored sanctions on the International Criminal Court, reversing their cancellation under Biden.

3) A 90-day pause was placed on all U.S. foreign developmental assistance programs to review their alignment with administration policy (e.g. UNRWA).

4) Trump authorized the deportation of visa holders who support hateful ideologies, terrorism, or national security threats, such as individuals involved in pro-Hamas protests, riots, or fundraising efforts.

5) The administration lifted restrictions on arms sales to Israel, including the supply of 2,000-pound bombs, to reaffirm U.S. support for Israel’s defense.

Eitan Fischberger-tweet-21January2025-Trump Executive Orders Israel

Eitan Fischberger-tweet-21January2025-Trump Executive Orders Israel

 

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Israel Revamps Aerial Bomb Production

Defense Business Weekly News Summary

By News Desk – 3October2024 https://defense-update.com/20241003_defense-business-news-summary.html#:~:text=Elbit%20Systems%20has%20signed%20a,before%20Elbit%20Systems%20acquired%20it.

Elbit Systems has signed a 1.5-billion-shekel (approximately $400 million) contract with Israel’s Ministry of Defense to establish an aerial bomb manufacturing bombs for the Israeli Air Force. In the past, the government-owned IMI operated this factory before Elbit Systems acquired it. This strategic move aims to reduce Israel’s dependence on bomb supplies from abroad.

Elbit System’s product portfolio comprises a wide range of aerial bombs and deep penetrator bodies with precision-guided aerial weapons. Until recently, Israel’s defense companies focused more effort on the advanced, precision guidance kits rather than the explosive and bunker buster bombs used as warheads, considered by many as ‘commodities.’ The shortage of bombs and other munitions emphasized the need for Israel to maintain local supplies of ammunition. The company currently operates several production lines for manufacturing artillery and tank rounds, mortar bombs, and small-caliber ammunition. Expanding those lines is part of Israel’s broader strategy to strengthen domestic production capabilities and expand manufacturing lines within Israeli industries, as outlined by the Ministry of Defense.

 

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

NIS 2 billion deal to expand Iron Beam laser defense system signed

Defense Mistry signs landmark deal worth approximately NIS 2 billion (over $500 million) to expand serial production of Israel’s first domestically developed laser interception system, the Iron Beam, with lead developers Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems.

Israel National News / 28October2024, 6:13 PM (GMT+2)  https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398230

 

Signing of Iron Beam deal

Signing of Iron Beam deal

 

The Israel Ministry of Defense signed a landmark deal worth approximately NIS 2 billion (over $500 million) yesterday (Sunday) to expand serial production of Israel’s first domestically developed laser interception system, the Iron Beam, with lead developers Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems.

 

Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir, signed the deal at a ceremony at the Ministry’s headquarters in Tel Aviv attended by Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold, Head of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D); Yoav Tourgeman, CEO of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems; Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, CEO of Elbit Systems; Dekel Cohen, CPA, Head of the Ministry’s Finance Department; attorney Itay Ophir, Legal Advisor to the Defense Establishment; and other senior officials.

 

Iron Beam is a ground-based high-power laser air defense system designed to counter aerial threats, including rockets, mortars, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and cruise missiles. The Ministry of Defense’s (IMod) DDR&D’s R&D Unit leads the project with primary developers Rafael and Elbit Systems. The Iron Beam system represents a global technological breakthrough, with its impressive interception capabilities demonstrated through a series of successful trials. The system is expected to integrate into Israel’s multi-layered defense array as a complementary capability to the Iron Dome system. This integration will significantly enhance Israel’s defense capabilities against current and future threats while offering substantially lower operational costs.

 

Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir, Director General of the IMoD: “Since the outbreak of war, the Ministry has signed hundreds of orders worth billions of dollars to strengthen domestic production capabilities and build the IDF’s force. The Iron Beam deal is among our most significant agreements, as it heralds the beginning of a new era in warfare. The initial capability of the ground-based laser system developed through collaboration between the DDR&D, major defense industries, and startup companies is expected to enter operational service within one year. The Iron Beam deal will ensure continued and accelerated procurement of many additional laser systems.”

 

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold, Head of the DDR&D: “The Iron Beam system further demonstrates the exceptional expertise of our defense industries under DDR&D’s leadership, combining creativity, innovation, and inventiveness with effective management and execution capabilities. We have achieved a qualitative military edge and its battlefield implementation by successfully integrating defense industries and startup companies. The Iron Beam will complement the Iron Dome, and the combination of laser and missile interception will further strengthen our defense systems against rockets, missiles, UAVs, cruise missiles, and additional threats.”

 

Yoav Tourgeman, CEO of Rafael, commented: “Rafael is proud to lead the development and delivery of the world’s first advanced high-power laser system for intercepting a wide range of aerial threats. After years of research, development, and significant technological breakthroughs in laser technology at Rafael, along with an extensive series of successful trials, the Iron Beam system will soon reach maturity for operational deployment. The Iron Beam project marks a significant milestone in upgrading Israel’s air defense capabilities. Iron Beam will join Iron Dome and David’s Sling, providing optimal protection for Israeli citizens through breakthrough technologies and superior performance.”

 

Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, President & CEO of Elbit Systems: “As Israel’s global leader in high-power laser technology, Elbit Systems welcomes the significant progress in the Iron Beam project and is proud of its contribution to its success. The capabilities developed at Elbit that will be integrated into Iron Beam represent a quantum leap in future defense technology against various threats. Elbit’s management and employees take pride in contributing to Israel’s defense through groundbreaking strategic systems. The development of laser technology and its integration into a national project led by the IMoD is another significant step in maturing Elbit Systems’ diverse capabilities in transforming and advancing defense and warfare technologies.”

 

In the photo alongside the Director General of the Ministry of Defense, from right to left: Legal Advisor to the Defense Establishment, attorney Itay Ophir; President & CEO of Elbit Systems, Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis; Rafael CEO Yoav Tourgeman; Head of the DDR&D, Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Daniel Gold; and Head of the Ministry’s Finance Department, Dekel Cohen, CPA.

 

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France bans all Israeli defense companies from the Euronaval Defence Expo in Paris


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The Paris 2024 Olympics and Israeli society


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A thread on some of the Israeli delegation to #paris2024olympics. It’s also a thread on Israeli society.

Let me begin by saying to all of those who will use the incredible diversity of the team to pretend we’re not “indigenous”: you’re WRONG.
Jews, as we celebrate today with the 17 Tammuz fast, have been exiled and dispersed all over the world, that’s true. Now they’re BACK, each with what they picked during their travels.

It would have been easier, and many did it, to just forget about our roots and assimilate.

That’s why each and every Israeli Jew you see here is the scion of a family Jewish enough, and attached enough to its ancestral Land of Israel, to bear 1950 years of exile and humiliation, in the inextinguishable, stubborn waiting to go back home.

We came back from places as diverse as Ghana and Ukraine, USA and China. We’re coming home.

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Olympic Committee Announces $2 Billion in Lost Revenue: “The Games May Never Recover”

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Haredi leader Goldknopf on army draft: ‘You don’t want us and you don’t need us’

At event marking Bnei Brak centenery, UTJ chief wonders why ultra-Orthodox parties’ electoral achievements do not enable them to strike deals to avoid enlistment for their community

By ToI Staff
17 June 2024, 5:00 am https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-leader-on-army-draft-you-dont-want-us-and-you-dont-need-us/

 

Leader of the United Torah Judaism party Yitzhak Goldknopf argued Sunday night that Israel does not need or want Haredi conscripts, while wondering whether ultra-Orthodox parties’ electoral victories did not give them the right to strike deals to avoid enlistment for their community.

 

Goldknopf, speaking at an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Bnei Brak, a city whose population is mostly Haredi, said: “You still don’t understand us, why we say we live on the Torah, that without the Torah who knows where we’d be.”

 

Citing a tweet by former politician Haim Ramon, Goldknopf claimed that “four thousand Haredim asked to enlist since the beginning of the year — though that’s not good to hear — but you ruled out 3,300 of them. You don’t want us and you don’t need us. Why do you abuse us?” (Ramon in his tweet cited data from the Knesset, though he later acknowledged that some individuals had challenged the data as problematic.)

 

Goldknopf went on to ask: “Have we no worth, since we won elections? The attorney general says ‘This can’t be done, this can be done.’ It has nothing to do with her legally. Do we have no right in elections to negotiate and receive what we deserve?”

 

Israel has seen an intensifying public and legal debate over blanket ultra-Orthodox exemptions from the military draft, as the High Court of Justice considers multiple petitions demanding the immediate drafting of young Haredi men.

 

Ultra-Orthodox men of military age have been able to avoid being conscripted to the Israel Defense Forces for decades by enrolling in yeshivas for Torah study and obtaining repeated one-year service deferrals until they reach the age of military exemption. In 2017 the High Court ruled that mass exemptions to military service on a group basis are illegal and discriminatory. Successive governments have since that time tried and failed to formulate new legislation to settle the matter, while requesting repeated deferrals from the court.

 

However, justices have shown diminishing patience, and the need to fill the military’s manpower shortfalls has become far more acute since the outbreak of the war in Gaza and the threat of war on the Lebanese border.

 

The court ruled in March that the state must cease subsidizing Haredi yeshivas whose students are eligible for the draft, since the legal framework for doing so had expired. As a result, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had to deal with a severe political headache owing to the high priority Haredi political parties place on both yeshiva funding and military exemptions.

 

Lawmakers last week voted to apply “continuity” to a bill from the previous Knesset dealing with the military service of yeshiva students, reviving the contentious legislation, but it is not expected to solve the matter.

 

If eventually approved, the bill would lower the current age of exemption from mandatory service for Haredi yeshiva students from 26 to 21 and “very slowly” increase the rate of ultra-Orthodox conscription. The vote was to renew the legislative process where it left off, without having to start from scratch in the current session. The legislation will now advance to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to be prepared for the second and third readings it must pass to become law.

Netanyahu declared his support for advancing the bill last month after failing to come to an agreement with his ultra-Orthodox partners on legislation to enlist members of their community. By working to advance the legislation, Netanyahu appeared to be trying to show the High Court that he is working on the enlistment issue, which would buy him time while keeping his Haredi coalition partners on board.

 

However, deep abiding disagreements over the bill between Haredi lawmakers and Likud members mean it is highly unlikely to advance through the committee stage.

 

Meanwhile the government on Sunday gave its backing to a draft bill raising the retirement age for IDF reservists, amid widespread criticism of its recruitment policies, which many Israelis believe place unequal burdens on different segments of the population.

 

The proposal, a Defense Ministry-backed “draft Security Service Law,” calls to extend for several more months a temporary measure raising the exemption age for reserve military service from 40 to 41 for soldiers and from 45 to 46 for officers due to an ongoing manpower shortage.

 

Specialists such as doctors and air crewmen will be required to continue serving until 50, instead of 49.

The current law raising the exemption age, which was initially passed by the Knesset late last year, is set to expire at the end of the month.

 

After canceling a scheduled cabinet discussion on the measure on Sunday morning following harsh public criticism, the government referred the matter to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. The committee approved sending the legislation to the Knesset, where it must pass three readings to become law.

 

If eventually approved by the Knesset, the draft bill would mark the second extension of the measure, which was intended as a stopgap solution to prevent a mass release from the reserves of those soldiers reaching the exemption age amid ongoing combat operations in Gaza.

 

It was first extended for four months by 44-33 a Knesset vote in late February.

Despite the Defense Ministry calling to extend the measure until the end of the year, the committee only supported a three-month extension, following objections by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

 

Baharav-Miara told the government on Sunday that the bill was legally unacceptable unless an immediate effort is made to draft extra military power “from the entire population,” a reference to the tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who receive blanket exemptions from military service.

 

The government has faced harsh public backlash over extending reservists’ service while appearing to take little action to draft the ultra-Orthodox.

 

While being careful not to comment on any current legislation or wade into politics, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi also endorsed integrating the ultra-Orthodox into the army during comments released on Sunday.

 

Speaking to soldiers during a visit to Gaza over the weekend, Halevi said that there “is now a clear need” for Haredi soldiers and that every new “ultra-Orthodox battalion [the army establishes] decreases the need for the deployment of many thousands of reservists.”

 

Over the past eight months, reservists have complained of economic and familial problems brought about by their long, repeated stints in the army. In many cases, spouses were left alone to care for children — sometimes with schools and kindergartens closed due to the war, depending on the area — and were unable to work for months.

 

Jeremy Sharon contributed to this report.

 

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How the Allies in World War 2 treated German Terrorist after 1945

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Werwolf pennant with the Wolfsangel symbol

Werwolf pennant with the Wolfsangel symbol

Werwolf (pronounced [ˈveːɐ̯vɔlf], German for “werewolf“) was a Nazi plan which began development in 1944,[1] to create a resistance force which would operate behind enemy lines as the Allies advanced through Germany in parallel with the Wehrmacht fighting in front of the lines. There is some argument that the plan, and subsequent reports of guerrilla activities, were created by Joseph Goebbels through propaganda disseminated in the waning weeks of the war through his “Radio Werwolf”, something that was not connected in any way with the military unit.

Allied reprisals

According to Biddiscombe “the threat of Nazi partisan warfare had a generally unhealthy effect on broad issues of policy among the occupying powers. As well, it prompted the development of draconian reprisal measures that resulted in the destruction of much German property and the deaths of thousands of civilians and soldiers”.[52] Ian Kershaw states that fear of Werwolf activities may have motivated atrocities against German civilians by Allied troops during and immediately after the war.[53]

 

The German resistance movement was successfully suppressed in 1945.[54] However, collective punishment for acts of resistance, such as fines and curfews, was still being imposed as late as 1948.[55] Biddiscombe estimates the total death toll as a direct result of Werewolf actions and the resulting reprisals as 3,000–5,000.[56]

Soviet reprisals

In the Soviet occupation zone, thousands of youths were arrested as “Werwolves”.[57][58] Evidently, arrests were arbitrary and in part based on denunciations.[57] The arrested boys were either executed or interned in NKVD special camps.[57] [ See Below:] On 22 June 1945, Deputy Commissar of the NKVD Ivan Serov reported to the head of the NKVD Lavrentiy Beria the arrest of “more than 600” alleged Werwolf members,[59] mostly aged 15 to 17 years.[60]

 

The report, though referring to incidents where Soviet units came under fire from the woods,[59] asserts that most of the arrested had not been involved in any action against the Soviets, which Serov explained with interrogation results allegedly showing that the boys had been “waiting” for the right moment and in the meantime focused on attracting new members.[60] In October 1945, Beria reported to Joseph Stalin the “liquidation” of 359 alleged Werwolf groups.[57] Of those, 92 groups with 1,192 members were “liquidated” in Saxony alone.[57] On 5 August 1946, Soviet minister for internal affairs Sergei Nikiforovich Kruglov reported that in the Soviet occupation zone, 332 “terrorist diversion groups and underground organizations” had been disclosed and “liquidated”.[57] A total of about 10,000 youths were interned in NKVD special camps, half of whom did not return.[58] Parents as well as the East German administration and political parties, installed by the Soviets, were denied any information on the whereabouts of the arrested youths.[57] The Red Army‘s torching of Demmin, which resulted in the suicide of hundreds of people, was blamed on alleged preceding Werwolf activities by the East German regime.[61]

American reprisals

Eisenhower believed he would be faced with extensive guerrilla warfare, based on the Alpine Redoubt.[52] The fear of Werwolf activity believed to be mustering around Berchtesgaden in the Alps also led to the switch in U.S. operational targets in the middle of March 1945 away from the drive towards Berlin and instead shifted the thrust towards the south and on linking up with the Russians first.[62] An intelligence report stated “We should … be prepared to undertake operations in Southern Germany in order to overcome rapidly any organised resistance by the German Armed Forces or by guerrilla movements which may have retreated to the inner zone and to this redoubt”.[62] On March 31 Eisenhower told Roosevelt, “I am hopeful of launching operations that should partially prevent a guerrilla control of any large area such as the southern mountain bastions”.[62]

 

Eisenhower had previously also requested that the occupation directive JCS 1067 not make him responsible for maintaining living conditions in Germany under the expected circumstances; “… probably guerrilla fighting and possibly even civil war in certain districts … If conditions in Germany turn out as described, it will be utterly impossible effectively to control or save the economic structure of the country … and we feel we should not assume the responsibility for its support and control.”[52] The British were “mortified by such a suggestion”, but the War Department took considerable account of Eisenhower’s wishes.[63] In addition, civilians held by the U.S. climbed from 1,000 in late March to 30,000 in late June, and more than 100,000 by the end of 1945.[64] Conditions were often poor in the camps for civilians.[64]

British reprisals

In April 1945 Churchill announced that the Allies would incarcerate all captured German officers for as long as a guerrilla threat existed.[63] Hundreds of thousands of German last-ditch troops were kept in the makeshift Rheinwiesenlager for months, “mainly to prevent Werwolf activity”.[63]

 

Prior to the occupation SHAEF investigated the reprisal techniques the Germans had used in order to maintain control over occupied territories since they felt the Germans had had good success.[65] Directives were loosely defined and implementation of reprisal was largely left to the preferences of the various armies, with the British seeming uncomfortable with those involving bloodshed.[65] Rear-Admiral H.T. Baillie Grohman for example stated that killing hostages was “not in accordance with our usual methods”.[65] Thanks to feelings such as this, and relative light guerrilla activity in their area, relatively few reprisals took place in the UK zone of operations.[65]


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NKVD special camps in Germany 1945–1950

NKVD special camps (German: Speziallager) were NKVD-run late and post-World War II internment camps in the Soviet-occupied parts of Germany from May 1945 to January 6, 1950. They were set up by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) and run by the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).[1] On 8 August 1948, the camps were made subordinate to the Gulag.[2] Because the camp inmates were permitted no contact with the outside world, the special camps were also known as silence camps (German: Schweigelager).[3]

 

The Soviet occupation authorities did not admit to the existence of the camps until the Western press led the Soviet Union to respond with a moderate propaganda campaign of their own admitting and defending the camps’ existence.[4] No inmates were released before 1948.[2] On January 6, 1950, the camps were handed over to the East German government,[2] who tried the remaining detainees.[2] Officially, 157,837 people were detained, including 122,671 Germans and 35,166 citizens of other nations, at least 43,035 of whom did not survive.[2] The actual number of German prisoners was about 30,000 higher.[5]

Inmates

The NKVD Main Camp Administration (GULAG) controlled the special camps from Moscow. All of the camp commanders were senior Soviet military officers. and the camps were laid out to GULAG camp specifications just as in Siberia or Central Asia. The camps, however, were not slave labor camps attached to factories or collective farms. On the contrary, prisoners were not allowed to work. Strictly speaking they were not death camps such as the Nazi annihilation camps in Poland, but the death rate nevertheless was very high due to malnourishment and disease.[6]

Charges

People were arrested because of alleged ties to the Nazis, because they were hindering the establishment of Stalinism, or at random.[7] The legal basis for the arrests was the Beria-order No. 00315 of 18 April 1945, ordering the internment without prior investigation by the Soviet military of “spies, saboteurs, terrorists and active NSDAP members”, heads of Nazi organizations, people maintaining “illegal” print and broadcasting devices or weapon deposits, members of the civil administration, and journalists.[8] This was the same type of NKVD order for administrative arrest and deportation to Gulag camps in the Soviet Union used extensively by the Soviet security services where the victims had absolutely no legal recourse.[9]

 

Inmates were classified “sentenced” or “interned” depending on whether they were tried by a Soviet military tribunal (SMT) or not.[10] A decree[11] issued by the Allied Control Council on 30 October 1946 made a trial prior to internment obligatory, yet in November 1946 only 10% of the inmates were “sentenced”, this proportion rose to 55% in early 1950.[10]

 

Of the “interned”, 80% were members of the Nazi Party in early 1945, two thirds in late 1945, and less than half after February 1946.[7] Of the “sentenced”, 25% were members of the Nazi Party in 1945, 20% in 1946, 15% in 1947, just above 10% in 1948, and less than 10% since 1949.[7] A significant actual prosecution of Nazi war crimes by the SMT did not take place.[7] Among the alleged Nazis were also boys suspected to be Werwolf members:[12] About 10,000 internees were youths and children, half of whom did not return.[13]

 

Among the inmates were many supporters or members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), which the Soviet authorities sought to suppress, particularly from 1946.[14] When the Social Democratic Party was merged into the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), renamed Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), Social Democrats were interned to ensure Marxist–Leninist dominance in the party.[14] Also, people were interned as “spies” because they were suspected of opposing the authoritarian regime, e.g. for having contacts with organizations based in the Western occupation zones, on the basis of Article 58 of the Soviet penal code dealing with “anti-Soviet activities”.[14] In the Bautzen special camp, 66% of the inmates fell into this category.[14]

Isolation policy

The Soviet authorities enforced a policy of total isolation of the inmates. A decree of 27 July 1945 reads: “The primary purpose of the special camp is the total isolation of the contingent therein and the prevention of flights”, and prohibits all mail and visitors.[15] Another decree of 25 July 1946 confirmed the “total isolation from the outside world” as a primary purpose, and further reads:

[Inmates of special camps] are to be isolated from the society by special measures, they are not to be legally charged, and in contrast to the usual procedure in legal cases, their cases are not to be documented.[16]

No inmate could contact a relative, nor the other way around (with some exceptions in the early stage of the camps).[16] Relatives were not able to retrieve any information and were not even informed of inmate deaths.[17] Exceptions were not made. In one case, the chief of special camp No. 8 asked the supreme chief of the special camps, Colonel Mikhail Sviridov [ru], whether people arrested in their summer clothes were allowed to request winter clothes from their relatives, and pointed out that the situation was very urgent and that some of the inmates did not even have shoes. Sviridov forbade contact.[17]

 

In late 1947 the inmates were allowed limited access to Communist newspapers, which represented their first contact with the outside world since their arrests.[18]

First releases

A first 27,749 were released mid-1948 after a revision of 43,853 cases by a joint commission of SMAD, MGB and MVD (the successor of the NKVD).[2] Among the released were primarily people whose arrest was based on a suspected Nazi background, which was found to be of low significance by the commission.[2]

Numbers and casualties

The total number of detainees and deaths is uncertain. In 1990 the Soviet Ministry for the Interior released numbers, which were based upon a collection of data compiled after the dissolution of the camps by the last head of its administration in 1950. According to these numbers, 122,671 Germans, 34,706 citizens of the Soviet Union, and 460 foreign citizens had been received. While 40,244 detainees were deported to the Soviet Union, 45,635 were released, 786 were shot and 43,035 died. 6,680 Germans were turned over to POW camps, 128 inmates managed to escape. 14,202 German detainees were handed over to the East German Ministry of the Interior.[19] A critical examination of the data by Natalja Jeske concluded that approximately 30,000 more Germans were detained in the special camps than officially acknowledged.[5] The official number of deaths is nonetheless considered to be accurate. Older estimates, according to which 65,000 to 130,000 or between 50,000 and 80,000 interned persons had died, are too high.[20] Most people died from starvation and diseases. The death rate was particularly high from the end of 1946 to early 1947, when the already low food rations had been reduced further. The food rations for detainees did not differ significantly from the food rations in the Soviet occupation zone in general, but the prisoners were cut off from the black market.[21]

 

Among the dead were an estimated 12,000 discovered in 1990 in mass graves near the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Six thousand of the captives in Sachsenhausen were German officers sent there from Western Allied camps.[22] The major causes of death of the prisoners were starvation, disease, particularly tuberculosis and dysentery or torture and execution. Their health was completely neglected.[23]

Camps in Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD)

See also: Soviet Military Administration in Germany

A total of ten camps existed, set up in former Nazi concentration camps, former stalags, barracks, or prisons.

In addition, numerous prisons were either directly assigned to or seized by the NKVD.[10]

Prisons and camps in East Central Europe prior to May 1945

Numerous prisons and filtration camps were set prior to May 1945, in an area that is today Poland and Russia, Slovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia. The Soviet forces detained German civilians in the regions they conquered in early 1945. Some were sent for Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union and others transferred to the NKVD special camps in occupied Germany after May 1945. These temporary prisons and camps were set up according to the same Beria-doctrine as their counterparts west of the Oder-Neisse line.[24] Almost the complete male German population remaining east of Oder and Neisse, numbering several tens of thousands, was arrested as “Hitlerites” by the NKVD.[25] Only very few actual Nazis were among them.[25]

 

According to records from the Soviet archives by early May 1945 215,540 persons were interned by the Red Army on the territory of present-day Poland: 138,200 Germans, 36,660 Poles,27,880 USSR citizens and 10,800 from other countries. Amongst the 215,540 detained 148,540 were sent to the USSR, 62,000 were held in prisons in the battle area and 5,000 died [26]

As of 10 May 1945, there were NKVD camps in what is today Poland and Russia

NKVD prisons in

and NKVD camps as well as NKVD prisons in

An additional NKVD prison was in Slovak Ružomberok.[27][28]

 

A couple of weeks after the war had come to an end, the prisoners were subsequently transferred to the Soviet Occupation Zone.[29] While immediately after the Soviet occupation of that zone some people detained west of the Oder-Neisse line were transferred to Landsberg east of that line, inmates from camps east of the line who had not been deported to the Soviet Union for forced labor were transferred to camps west of the line following the Potsdam agreement.[30]

 

While the abovementioned camps and prisons were all listed in attachment 1 to the Beria-doctrine 00461, signed by Beria’s substitute Tshernyshow, there were other camps not included in this list.[28] Already on 15 December 1944, Beria had reported to Stalin and Molotov that

  • 7890 German citizens were interned in 15 camps in Romania,[31] and
  • 16804 German citizens were interned in 22 camps in Yugoslavia.[31]

These were all the people holding German citizenship remaining in these countries.[31]

 

Additional NKVD camps in Poland, which were likewise not listed in the Beria-doctrine 00461, are known from Polish sources.[32] These camps included

and others.[32]

Handover to East Germany

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union decided on 28 September 1949 to hand the camps over to the authorities of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), that was about to be formed from the Soviet occupation zone in Germany.[2] The East German republic was officially founded on 7 October 1949. On 6 January 1950, Soviet Minister of Internal Affairs Kruglov ordered[33] the handing over to the East German Ministry of Internal Affairs of 10,513 inmates for further detention and of 3,500 for trial.[2]

 

These trials were the so-called Waldheim trials [de] (German: Waldheimer Prozesse) – a series of show-trials. They took place in Waldheim prison in Saxony and handed down previously prepared and overly long sentences.[2] The trials often lasted only a few minutes, and took place behind closed doors. The judges refused to admit evidence for the accused. The sentences were based on the original NKVD arrest protocols, which often involved torture. By June 1950 over 3,000 had been condemned to various additional prison sentences. Many of the convicted had already spent over four years interned in the special camps, and more than half were emaciated and sick. The Waldheim trials introduced the vigorous use of the judicial system as an instrument of political repression of all dissident elements in the GDR.[34] Many of these sentences were revised in 1952.[2] Before the hand-over, a number of inmates were deported to Siberia – their fate remains unknown as of 2015.[13]

 

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Israel must defeat bloodthirsty Jew hating Islam


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keep seeing the same tired question being asked over and over for months now by Islamists and peaceniks and leftist delusionals – “What is the number? How many lives will it take for Israel to be satisfied and have their revenge?”

This isn’t about revenge, at all, but I’m going to answer these questions here and now as clearly and brutally honestly as humanly possible:

On October 7, between 5000 and 6000 heavily armed terrorists from Gaza, both Hamas and civilians, and even Gazan children, both broke through the fences and paraglided into Israel and raped, mutilated, burned alive and massacred 1200 innocent men, women and children in the single largest loss of life of Jews since the Holocaust. If they could have massacred 5000, 10000, 100000+ more, they would have done it in a heartbeat. They came to slaughter anyone and everyone. They did it with joy and excitement. They then kidnapped 250 more with the intention of holding them hostage in Gaza indefinitely.

Not only during the massacre, but also on their return into Gaza, they were met by the hysterical celebrations of every Gazan. They celebrated the murder of Jews.

Within minutes of the massacre beginning, thousands of Islamists and Gazans took to social media to celebrate the ongoing massacre and to cheer the terrorists on, laughing about it all. Hours after the atrocities, tens of thousands across many countries flooded on to the streets to celebrate the massacre of Jews. All this still on October 7.

The very next day with Israel still in shock and grief, Hezbollah chose to fire barrage after barrage of rockets into Israel in an unprovoked attack. Nearly a hundred thousand Israelis were evacuated from their homes in the North and still are to this day.

Just a day after that, on October 9, mass protests erupted around the world calling for a ceasefire many days before Israel even went into Gaza or fired a single airstrike. Everything was funded and choreographed months in advance. Hamas then spent a week coordinating with their friends at the UN to gather as many Gazans into pre specified locations for use as human shields in anticipation of Israel’s response. Everything was planned. The UN immediately called for Israel to not attack and even before the first airstrike, the UN inadvertently already were calling it a genocide. This was followed by the fake massacre at the hospital where it was claimed 500 civilians were killed and this was pushed by media around the world. Yet this was shortly after proven to have been a PIJ rocket that hit a car park and just 26 people died. Everything from start to finish was a lie and a sign of what was to come. The casualty rates were being thrown out by Hamas like sweets. And the media just bought it and fed it to the world.

While all this was happening, Hamas’s leaders were giving interviews from the safety of their homes in Doha where they promised this was just the beginning and that they will repeat it over and over and over again until every Jew was dead. They are the only ones wanting OUR genocide.

And for 13 months, tens of millions of people around the world have been marching openly on western streets calling for the total elimination and genocide of all Jews in Israel and the destruction of the state.

So here is my answer to all those who ask:

I don’t give a flying f*** about “the children” or the women or any of them. Our IDF have done everything humanly possible to avoid civilian deaths. Every death is on Hamas.

So what’s the number? The number is how ever many it damned well takes for the Islamists to stop murdering Jews which they have been doing with for 1400 years, and within just the land that is now Israel, since at least the 15th century. Pogrom after pogrom. In the 1930’s they even allied with Hitler and the Nazis to exterminate us. So the number is however many it takes for them to stop trying to wipe us out.

The world may not care, but when we said Never again, it means NEVER AGAIN!!!

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This is what you get when you start a War.

Bombing of Cologne in World War II By http://www.anicursor.com/colpicwar.html credited Courtesy of Kevin "The Rocketeer" via flickr-Website., Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4579919

Bombing of Cologne in World War II
By http://www.anicursor.com/colpicwar.html credited Courtesy of Kevin “The Rocketeer” via flickr-Website., Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4579919

 

For those who don't recognize it, the picture is Dresden February 1, 1945.

For those who don’t recognize it, the picture is Dresden February 1, 1945.

 

Hiroshima atomic bombing

Hiroshima atomic bombing

 

Gaza Today


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Gaza Today.

Don’t start wars you can’t win…

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New drone footage from the red. Media Gaza crew shows the scale of destruction caused by Israel’s nonstop 7-week shelling. Israel has destroyed half of all homes in Gaza, 278,000 residential units, either completely or partially.

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Irrationally anti-Israel

How is a rational person to deal with someone under the influence of Israel Derangement Syndrome? One possibility: Don’t waste your time with such a person.

By  Alan G. Futerman and Walter E. Block – Published on  04June2024 11:14 – Last modified: 04June2024 11:14 https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/irrationally-anti-israel/

 

Participants march way up Fifth Avenue in New York City during the annual Israel Day Parade on June 4, 2023 | Photo: Getty Images / Ryan Rahman

Participants march way up Fifth Avenue in New York City during the annual Israel Day Parade on June 4, 2023 | Photo: Getty Images / Ryan Rahman

 

There is a new virus that has been spreading all over the world. It is called Israel Derangement Syndrome. It is especially virulent at prestigious university campuses, newsrooms and left-wing political parties the world over. It consists of simply being unable to see any merit in the Israeli side in its present battle with Hamas, and also, to see any fault with the latter group of terrorists. As early as October 8, 2023, one day after one of the worst, most vicious attacks on civilians in all of history, those afflicted with IDS were blaming the victims.

 

Consider trying to show someone suffering from IDS the error of his ways. If you show him pictures, he’ll claim they’re fake; show him videos, he’ll claim they are created by AI; show him testimonies, he’ll say they are lies; show him documents, he’ll claim they are fabricated; show him audio, he’ll claim they are hoaxes; show him historical facts, he’ll claim they never happened or are lies; show him the videos uploaded by Hamas assassins themselves, he’ll claim that Israelis died of “friendly fire” anyway; show him that even if Israelis died as a result of “friendly fire”, this was in the course of eliminating the Hamas invaders and as a consequence of Hamas genocidal invasion, he’ll claim that in fact it was all a false flag because the border “could not have been easily overcome by Hamas” (paraphrase); show him that Hamas indeed prepared for the attack and launched its operation motivated by what they themselves say in their own Charter, he’ll claim that the Charter changed; show him that the Charter really never changed, he’ll claim that Hamas in fact was created by Israel; show him that Hamas was created by followers of the Muslim Brotherhood and is funded by Qatar, Iran and Turkey, he’ll claim that Hamas is the result of Israeli “occupation”; show him that the intent to destroy Israel preceded Israeli control of Judea, Samaria and Gaza, he’ll claim that it all began in 1948 with the ethnic cleansing of Arabs; show him that there was no ethnic cleansing of Arabs in 1948 and that the Arabs who left (most of them due to fear) or were displaced while the ongoing fighting during the War of Independence did so as a result of the war the Arab states themselves launched, he’ll claim that Arabs were dispossessed before the creation of Israel and that created the animosity against Jews; show him that Jews were attacked by Arabs in the preceding decades even before the creation of the state of Israel, he’ll claim again that this was due to dispossession; show him that Arabs sold land to Jews and Jews homesteaded a part of the land, he’ll claim that Arabs owned most of the land anyway; show him that Arabs did not own most of the land, that a great part of that which was regarded as Arab land was considered “uncultivable” and hence unhomesteaded and illegitimately owned actually as government concessions, and that most of the land was really owned by the government (Ottoman or British), he’ll claim that the Jews had no right to any land in any case and that the land was “Arab” anyway; etc. etc. etc.

 

In other words, it is impossible to convince someone who doesn’t want to be convinced. No evidence could be shown to those who are not willing to look at it in the first place. He already knows that Israel and Jews are to blame and that no good can come from Jews and no bad can come from Israel’s enemies since Israel is the source of all evil.

 

The motto of those afflicted with IDS might well be, “Don’t confuse me with the facts.” Or, “No matter what has happened, Israel is in the wrong.” Or, “No matter what are the facts, Israel is a colonist, racist, genocidal, western, evil country, unmatched by any other in all of human history.”

 

How is a rational person to deal with someone under the influence of Israel Derangement Syndrome? One possibility: don’t waste your time with such a person. Another is to keep on trying since this issue is so important, not only to Israel but to all civilized people. If Hamas can get away with its depredations, no civilized people are safe. Perhaps IDS can be overcome with patience and generosity despite the foregoing considerations.

 

We doubt it because IDS, as the Anti-Zionist mentality in general, is not motivated by reason but by hate. In any case, truth will eventually prevail.

 

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You may be Jewish, but any connection between you and Judaism is purely coincidental, you are definitely useful idiots


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You may be Jewish because you were born into Jewish families, but any connection between you and Judaism is purely coincidental. One thing’s for sure, though: you’re definitely useful idiots

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Antisemitic Zombies in Valley Village-California


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HAPPENING NOW 😡😡😡

Outside the school at Shaarey Zedek Congregation in Valley Village

Protestors yelling in loudspeaker at Jewish school: “FREE FREE PALESTINE!”
Parent: “You’re coming to our school?!”
Protestors: “Go across the street if you’re going to be an agitator!”

Parent to police: “But this is our school!”
Police to parent: “We understand but they have the right to protest.”

Is this a protest? Or is it targeted harassment of Jewish kids?

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‘They came for the Jews’: Inside the LA pogrom

Caroline B. Glick
(June 25, 2024 / JNS) A mob attacks Jews outside of a synagogue in Los Angeles; pro-Hezbollah and pro-Hamas protests crop up across America; AOC spreads antisemitic rhetoric; and a new communications hire at the White House, Tyler Cherry, has a terrible history of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric.

 

All this and more on Caroline Glick’s “In-Focus!”

 

Inside the LA Pogrom: “They came for the Jews” | Caroline Glick In-Focus

 

 


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Anti-Israel mob surrounded a synagogue in LA hosting an Israel real estate event Sunday. The mob spread out to a Jewish neighborhood & restaurant. In all locations, they were met by Jews defending themselves & pushing back after word went out that police were told to stand down.

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Jewish victim of the Palestine mob, outside of a synagogue in LA.

This is not what fighting for human rights looks like.

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What I Saw at a Terrorist Rally Outside a Synagogue

“Billions of us will come and kill you.”

25June2024 by Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/what-i-saw-at-a-terrorist-rally-outside-a-synagogue/

 

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Thirty minutes after Hamas supporters first set up their operation outside a Los Angeles synagogue, they maced their first Jew. And the Los Angeles police did nothing.

 

Not until an hour into the terrorist rally outside a synagogue, did the LAPD finally step in, pushing back masked Jihad supporters in keffiyeh terror scarves from the entrance of Congregation Adas Torah (Congregation of the Bible) which they had occupied.

 

And then the mob, chanting calls for “intifada” and the destruction of Israel, moved outward to target two smaller synagogues attended by Persian Jewish refugees from Islamic terror in Iran.

 

“Billions of us will come and kill you,” a heavily accented Middle Eastern man in a keffiyeh unprompted rasped at me as I walked up. Only dozens had actually shown up, but they made up for it with bullhorns, robotic chants, and assaults in the middle of a Jewish neighborhood.

 

The Jewish counterprotesters had come waving American and Israeli flags while the other side was a sea of terrorist flags. A man wore an Antifa cap, another had come in ski goggles during 90-degree heat, while others toted bear spray, metal bottles, and other implements of violence.

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The Jewish community members included older men and women, as well as families, while the Hamas contingent was mostly young and many were masked. A pair of rabbis led a melodic song that could hardly be heard over the harsh clatter of the hateful terror chants.

 

Despite knowing that a terrorist rally was planned outside a synagogue, the LAPD had allowed the terrorist supporters to take over the entire sidewalk leaving only a thin lane for attendees to walk through to get inside. The LAPD did little to interfere with the terrorist supporters, but did block Jewish counterprotesters from reaching their own synagogue. The police also did nothing as clumps of masked Hamas supporters broke away from the synagogue and began confronting, threatening, and attacking Jewish community members on the street.

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LAPD officers did not stir as confrontations escalated into assaults, shoving into mace and bear spray. Jewish community members rushed to provide water bottles to the affected. Only after several such incidents did the LAPD finally bring in reinforcements and push the Hamas supporters away from the synagogue entrance (dispersing them to harass and threaten two other synagogues) while also clearing Jewish families away from the other side of the street who had been peacefully waving flags near a children’s school.

 

The terrorist hate rally spread outside three synagogues, Congregation Adas Torah, Chabad Persian Youth, and Congregation Ateret Israel (Glory of Israel), and the confrontations in the center of the street continued. There were running battles along the large commercial street with violent assaults outside a Kosher luncheonette and running battles down a residential street in the Jewish neighborhood.

 

The terrorist hate rally was not an aberration, It’s become the new normal.

The terrorist hate rally was not an aberration, It’s become the new normal.

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On Thursday, Hamas supporters showed up at Congregation Shaarey Zedek (Gates of Righteousness) in the San Fernando Valley formerly attended by Ben Shapiro, yelling abuse at parents taking their children to school. Other Jewish schools have been similarly targeted.

 

Beginning with the assault on the Museum of Tolerance when it was screening a documentary on the Oct 7 massacre to the violence at UCLA, it has played out this way for 8 months.

 

The LAPD has consistently failed to secure protest zones, to separate different groups of protesters and to prevent violence, and only steps in when it escalates past a set point. That point usually comes when the Jewish counterprotesters start fighting back. And then the LAPD begins arresting both sides while politicians, including Mayor Bass, deplore the violence.

 

Media accounts, especially from the Los Angeles Times, CNN and the JTA, falsely characterize the violence as coming from the Jewish counterprotesters rather than the terrorist supporters.

 

I had previously heard first person accounts from people who were assaulted while the police and security at UCLA did nothing, but now I saw it for myself. And after 8 months of the same thing, it’s hard to believe that it’s simple incompetence or that a major urban police force has no idea how to handle the same kind of protests and is incapable of figuring out how to do so.

 

Especially when it’s been standard procedure by other urban police forces.

 

The LAPD is clearly aware of the potential for violence because it sends out offices in riot gear. But rather than engaging in proactive policing to prevent violence, they stand passively and wait for orders from higher up before taking any action. This is not normal policing during protests and counterprotests when the standard doctrine is for police to set up barriers and stand between groups of protesters before they bring out the riot gear. But the LAPD brings out the riot gear, allows the radicals free rein and waits as long as possible before taking any action.

 

Why is this happening? I previously reported that Mayon Karen Bass is a close political ally of BLM LA boss Melina Abdullah, who has backed the pro-terrorist campaign against Jews. When Jews were attacked at UCLA, Democrat members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to fund legal support for the terrorist supporters. The resolution to use taxpayer money to fund legal defenses for antisemites was put forward by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath who ‘represents’ CD3 where the synagogue hate riot was taking place. After all the antisemitic violence at UCLA, the only one facing serious charges is a Jewish student.

 

The Democrat leadership of Los Angeles does not stand with the Jewish communities being targeted by hate, but with the antisemitic mobs surrounding synagogues.

 

Behind the masks, keffiyehs and the terrorist flags is the new Democratic Party.

Behind the masks, keffiyehs and the terrorist flags is the new Democratic Party.

 

Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

 

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Fed up Canadians are leaving


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Hopefully my family and I will follow suit. Canada is a failed society. The top 5% of earners are sucked dry in order to create the parasitic Ponzi scheme known as the socialist welfare state.
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While the Liberals are destroying our economy and society, and importing the third world, fed up Canadians (including disillusioned immigrants) are leaving for greener pastures in increasing numbers.

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Hamas celebrates October 7 in New York

“Long Live October 7”


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Cover of today’s @nypost shows the mob outside the Nova Exhibit in NYC with a banner that reads “Long Live October 7”

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Hamas at Nova Exhibition in NYC


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Pro-Hamas demonstrators violently set off smoke bombs in front of the Nova Exhibition in NYC which commemorates the hundreds of Israelis murdered by Hamas at a music festival.

When people show you who they are believe them.

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OMG THESE PEOPLE HAVE LOST ALL THEIR MORALS!!!! Protesting in front of the Nova exhibit, honoring the hundreds massacred, raped and kidnapped by Hamas. Totally disgusting and shameful. My sister said she was trapped inside and could not get out. Really, 2024 in NYC and Jews are unable to leave a building!?!? I thought we had a few decent people there. On my way to a charity event I stopped to speak to a few people. We even shook hands thinking we could agree to disagree. Had a good feeling about them until they started telling me that I was a Nazi and all Zionists were Nazis. And that Hitler was a Zionist and then to F@&k off. And then another got in my face until the @nypdnews told him to back off. Wow, these are my fellow New Yorkers. Freakin scary!!!!! Well you know what, I am a Loud and Proud Zionist! And I love @Israel and America. #AmYisraelChai! @bringhomenow #BringThemHomeNow

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New York City Jewish voters are terrified of living in NYC


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Wow.

New York City Jewish voters are terrified of living in NYC.

44% has experienced personal fear about living in NYC. That’s astounding.

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Most American Jewish organizations are leftist first and foremost

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I have spent the last year angry at Jews.

What if Jews don’t wake up?

Karol Markowicz

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6October2024

 

Tragedy unites.

 

I was in New York on 9/11 and despite the pain and fear, or because of it, there was so much warmth, care and love. I know Israel had a similar occurrence, briefly, after 10/7. Buildings in Tel Aviv were lit up with the message “together, we will win.” Israeli flags were everywhere.

 

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In the diaspora, Jews attempted the same. But in America, Jews and their Jewish organizations had leaned so far into their leftist identity that this was difficult to accomplish, especially as October 7th brought the realization to many of them that their leftist friends were very much not on their side.

 

For those of us on the right, we had to be patient and watch them figure out for themselves the serious mistakes they had made over the course of decades. Some are not quite there yet and it’s been hard to watch.

 

Some Jews, you can not reach. Every Jewish society in history had people who lined up to help the enemy and ours is no different. Jewish Voices for Peace, and nonsense groups like that, are Jews who use their Judaism only to harm other Jews with it. Their stupid tallit, meant to be worn only in prayer, suddenly a shmata they wear to choke other Jews. They cry out for peace only when it’s time for Jews to fight back and never when Jews are attacked. They are best shunned and forgotten.

 

Then there are Jews who do get the moment, understand what we are up against, but have spent so long in their “we’re Democrats-first” world that they don’t know how to adjust to our current time.

 

An important Jewish teen organization held a major conference in Florida in February and one of the speakers was anti-Israel Congressman Maxwell Frost. Frost had called for a ceasefire in October. Yet he was invited to speak to Jewish youth at an organization that touts its connection to Israel. When I called the organization, with smoke coming out of my ears, they explained to me that yes, their event featured only Democratic politicians and elected officials but hey, they had Meghan McCain too. I love Meghan McCain, this is in no way a shot at her. She is an incredible friend to Jews and I’m so grateful for her voice. But the event was in Florida and they couldn’t find a single pro-Israel Republican elected official to speak? They actually had to work to locate an anti-Israel one, even among Democrats in Florida.

 

The problem is, if they could have the entire Democratic party, even the squad who openly despise them, at their event to talk to the next generation, they would. They could have prominent Republicans, who actually support them, at their event but they don’t. They seemed shocked that anyone thought they did anything wrong. They have been on the Democratic reservation so long that they openly celebrate people who punch them in the face and expect the rest of us to do the same.

 

Jews are traditionally liberals, that’s true, but we’re not traditionally stupid. We can see with our eyes who is on our side and the lack of gratitude from Jewish organizations, because they still hope that their political team will someday take them back, is abominable.

 

There were the galas, for example, thrown by many Jewish organizations. I don’t begrudge anyone pretty dresses and rubber chicken or self-congratulating awards. It was a tough year and the people who helped us get through it, standing up for Jews in general and Israel in particular, should be singled out for praise.

 

But where were the invites and awards for the conservatives who had unwaveringly stood by us? Where was Megyn Kelly? Where were Clay Travis and Buck Sexton? Dan Bongino? Xaviaer DuRousseau? Erick Erickson? Dana Loesch? Glenn Beck? Guy Benson? Sohrab Ahmari? Stephen “RedSteeze” Miller? Kurt Schlichter? Mary Katharine Ham? Pretty much everyone on Fox News? I only leave off Douglas Murray because he did get one from the country of Israel and one from the Manhattan Institute for his “unwavering defense of Western values,” which is for something even wider than just his defense of Israel and Jews, and Meghan McCain because she got one from the right-leaning magazine Algemeiner Journal. They both deserve even more.

 

My list of well-known non-Jewish conservatives, with giant platforms, who spent the year standing up for Israel and for Jews in America, could go on and on. These people went above and beyond and got no official thank you from the American Jewish community at all, not a single Jewish organization celebrated them. It’s sickening. These mensches didn’t benefit one iota from standing with Jews and with Israel. They took shots for us, they suffered abuse for us. They’ll say they don’t need the praise. They did it because it was right. But how dare we not say thank you? Throw your Tikkun Olam in the nearest trash can and learn Hakarat Hatov. And then wonder: where is the similar cadre of liberal writers and media personalities to defend you? It does not exist. Face it.

 

And that’s before we get into the moguls and the politicians. If there was a non-Jewish leftist billionaire who went to Israel, wore the dogtags, he would be headlining every major Jewish event. But it was Elon Musk so that didn’t count? Nearly every Republican politician effusively stood up for Israel and demanded the protection of American Jews. Where is Ted Cruz’s award? Ron DeSantis’s? Tom Cotton’s? Where is Donald Trump’s?

 

We know why. Most Jewish organizations are dinosaurs, committed to Democrats just as the Democrats make clear they are not at all interested in them. That’s the problem with tying your religion to a political party. The political party can tell you that your enemies, who want to destroy you and murder your children, “have a point” and you’ll just take it.

 

Then there are the Jews who do get it, who know what history has taught us about times like these, but think they can somehow duck this moment. They’ll never find out that you’re Jewish, Betsy Silverman [this is a generic Jewish-sounding name, not attacking anyone named Betsy Silverman in particular], or that you’re obviously a Zionist because that word means that you have faced the reality that Israel exists and will exist and should. You’ll stay popular at your safe job in Hollywood or Fashion. You’re one of the good ones, they’ll believe, because you’ll always highlight every single cause but your own. You couldn’t post about the hostages, because then they’d know you don’t want Jews killed or maimed and you can’t let them find out! You also couldn’t laugh with us when crotches of Hezbollah fighters exploded in supermarkets. Oh no, serious face, this might lead to escalation. As if the 80,000 people evacuated from the north of Israel because Hezbollah shoots rockets at their house daily isn’t already an escalation. You couldn’t celebrate the hostages being rescued, the fist bump between the IDF guy and Almog Meir Jan, even though you know what you felt in that moment. You have to performatively hate Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, and celebrating the successes of Israel would place you on the wrong “side.” Your politics have separated you from your people. It’s pathetic. I feel sorry for you for having to live your lie.

 

Or the actual Hollywood stars who are super Jewish when they can profit off of it but mute when it matters. Jews control Hollywood? I wish. Hollywood controls Jews and makes sure they stay quiet.

 

Even groups I should like, formed to combat antisemitism, are leftist first and foremost. They post about pride month, they celebrate the almost entirely mute Barbra Streisand. What is the point of you, I want to yell at these groups. But instead I google what they’re up to, hoping it’s something more than the nothing I see on X, and see they’ve gotten another $100 million for their…what, exactly? Ads with silly blue boxes and a hashtag that makes it sound like they’re fighting hateful Jews?

 

I’ve never been to a therapist. I know it’s the Jewy thing to do but I always felt I could ask myself the questions a therapist might. What are you mad at, really? What’s at the root of this anger?

 

It’s this: It was not hard to be a Jewish conservative my entire life because my Soviet Jewish community in Brooklyn got it. They understood what the world was really like. When I met liberal American Jews, they seemed to live in a land of make believe but I never held it against them. They were the luckiest Jews in history. I got why they prioritized other issues ahead of our collective interest. They had known nothing but security. They were unbelievably naive. I understood.

 

I no longer have that space in my heart to understand. I don’t even mean just voting right, though why not talk about the election: Donald Trump was the most pro-Israel president in my lifetime and it’s not particularly close. Other presidents said the right words, he had the actual right deeds. The American Embassy is now in the capital of Israel, in Jerusalem, where it should be, because of Donald Trump. You don’t care about that? You’re into peace? The Abraham Accords normalized relations between Israel and UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. There hadn’t been a peace agreement in nearly 30 years but Donald Trump got one done. Democrats see Israel as a problem to solve. Donald Trump sees Israel’s enemies as the problem. They are not the same.

 

But forget about Israel. You’re an American Jew and, ahem, it’s America first. Think about your kids on college campuses, think about where your family is safe and where it is not, think about the side that lets you fight back and doesn’t want you to just take it. It is not the side you’re desperately trying to find your way back to.

 

Jews are changing, I wrote even before October 7th, for the better. But what if I’m wrong? What if they don’t? What if they put all of us in peril because they have chosen a side the way a child might choose a football team and they will support that side to our collective demise?

 

Antisemitism thrives when Jews are weak. There’s a reason the glee on streets around the world was on October 8th and not when Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, not when Israel shrugged off Iranian ballistic missiles, not when Israel went into Gaza and saved hostages. People are drawn to the strong. When we cower and fear, we lose. When we’re begging to be loved, that’s when we’ll be most hated.

 

Chazak, Chazak, V’nitchazek we say on Shabbat mornings when we finish a book of the Torah. Be strong, be strong, and let us strengthen each other. When the safest Jews in the world don’t speak up, don’t fight back, don’t care about each other, it harms us all.

 

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Suicidal Jews

By Joan Swirsky 23September2024 https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/suicidal_jews.html

 

When individuals kill themselves, we look for answers in their DNA, their environments, their personal reactions to feelings of impotent rage, rejection, disappointment, heartbreak, and mental illness.

 

But how to explain group suicide?  There are numerous examples, going back to 206 B.C., and these relatively recent cases:

  • In 1943, in the final phase of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, many of the Jewish fighters besieged in the “bunker” at Miła 18 committed mass suicide by ingesting poison rather than surrender to the Nazis.
  • In 1945, about 1,000 residents of Demmin, Germany, committed mass suicide after the Red Army had sacked the town.
  • In 1978, 918 Americans — including 276 children — ingested cyanide in the Peoples Temple, after being exhorted and compelled to do so by their cult leader, Jim Jones, in Jonestown, Guyana.
  • In 1997, 39 followers of the Heaven’s Gate cult in California died in a mass suicide, believing they would travel on a spaceship that followed comet Hale — Bopp.

Clearly, some groups took their lives en masse for ideological reasons, whereas others — particularly vulnerable people in dire need of a “leader” — simply followed orders.  In all the mass suicides in recorded history, dozens, hundreds, and up to one thousand people took their own lives.

 

But today, when looking at suicidal Jews, the numbers could be in the millions!

Currently, out of a worldwide population of eight billion people, there are about 15 million Jews — approximately seven million in Israel, almost seven million in the United States, and one million throughout the world.  This is, by any measure, a few grains of sand compared to the massive total population of the world.

 

According to U.S. voting patterns, Jews are overwhelmingly liberal — up to 80 percent — which means they vote in huge numbers for leftists like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden.  These people’s staffs have comprised, almost exclusively, career antisemites, who have done everything in their power to effect anti-Israel policies like the Iran nuclear deal, knowing that the fanatical mission of the mullahs in Teheran was — and is to this day — to wipe Israel off the map and exterminate every Jew in existence.

 

As Karin McQuillan explained in “Leftist Jew Hatred Has Come to America,” “the Left began with blacklisting and boycotting conservatives.  Now American Jews are in the crosshairs, no matter how liberal their politics.”

 

But they won’t jump off the bandwagon, she wrote, because that would mean “losing your friends, being shunned at synagogue, and stunting your career[.] … [C]hanging party affiliation is such a tall cliff, it feels suicidal, that is the loss of their entire identity.”

 

McQuillan quotes the estimable Daniel Greenfield: “There is no future for Jews on the left except as collaborators in anti-Semitism.”

 

Look no farther than the full-bodied ideological and financial support that liberal — suicidal — Jews lend to virulently anti-Israel organizations, many of them founded and financed by leftist Jews, such as the Women’s March, Black Lives Matter, the fascistic Antifa, J Street, If Not Now, Americans for Peace Now, B’Tselem, Bend the Arc, Breaking the Silence, New Israel Fund, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, the newspaper The Forward (recently defunct), Michael Lerner’s Tikkun magazine, Reform Action Center, T’ruah (formerly Rabbis for Human Rights), Jewish Voice for Peace, and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, et al.

 

Why? Because it’s hard to be a Jew, and liberal Jews are simply not up to the task.  The desperate need to be liked, accepted, admired, and embraced is the historical downfall of weak Jews.

 

That is why so many Jews adored President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who stacked his administration with Court Jews and then stabbed every Jew in the world in the back, refusing refuge to the few who escaped Hitler’s murderous onslaught by turning away thousands from our shores and sending them back to their grisly deaths.  And he counted on — who else? — weak liberal Jews and a complicit leftist media — to cover for his mortal sins!

 

WHO HATES THE SUICIDAL LIBERAL JEWS?

  • Black leftists.  According to historian Rafael Medoff, “American Jews played a significant role in assisting the African-American community throughout the past century — having a central role in creating the NAACP, building more than 5,000 schools for rural African Americans from 1914 to 1932, and participating actively in the black civil-rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.”  But when the Black Power movement arose in the mid-’60s, the first people blacks irrationally turned against were the Jews.
  • The World Council of Churches, which represents 350 member churches in 110 countries, and half a billion Christians throughout the world, fully embraces the vicious Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) campaign to destroy Israel.
  • Amnesty International, which obliterates Jewish history.  The organization, as you can read here, has gone full-blown antisemitic.
  • Doctors Without Borders prides itself on its neutrality but consistently launches venomous anti-Israel political campaigns.
  • Airbnb, an American company offering short-term lodging services to lease or rent internationally, removed all listings of Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria (AKA the West Bank), although not in other disputed territories owned by Turks in Cyprus, Moroccans in the Sahara, Chinese in Tibet, or Russians in the Crimea, et al.
  • The American Friends (Quakers), who “boast” of their history of nonviolent activism, yet work to destroy the Jewish people and their ancient homeland, Israel, by inciting others to strive for Israel’s annihilation, often through violence.
  • The unhallowed halls of academia are a hotbed of virulent antisemitism throughout the country, with Columbia University leading the pack.
  • The Anti-Defamation League under the leadership of Jonathan Greenblatt, a former Soros employee and Obama official.  As Daniel Greenfield expresses, “[o]nce upon a time, the ADL was a Jewish civil rights organization.  Now it’s just another generic lefty group that pretends to care about Jewish causes only long enough to fleece some of its donors.  As the Left goes antisemitic, the ADL is becoming a threat to Jews.”
  • The United Nations, a cesspool of tin-pot dictators and antisemites on 1st Avenue in N.Y. City, which has a virtual fetish with the “Palestinian” issue, and just the other day issued a Resolution calling for the Old City of Jerusalem to be free of Jews, which passed by a 124-14 margin.
  • The heads of the Women’s March: Linda Sarsour (“nothing creepier than Zionism”), Tamika Mallory (“white Jews, as white people, uphold white supremacy”), and Carmen Perez — all ardent admirers of hate preacher and head of the Nation of Islam Louis Farrakhan (Jews are “termites”).  All of them share Ms. Mallory’s sentiment that Israel doesn’t have the right to exist, as do Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.),  Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and many others who have joined this hate fest, and let’s not leave out Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who has called these Jew- and Israel-haters “the suffragists of our time.”

We Jews are taught by our sages to accept and embrace all Jews, no matter their flaws or shortcomings.  We are a tiny people, and only by understanding the imperative for unity will we survive.  Look for the good in even the most egregious behavior of our fellow Jew — does he help the poor, take in the widow and orphan, donate generously to charity, etc.?  Then accept that Jew, embrace him, love her.

 

In Genesis 12:3, God tells Abram (before he becomes Abraham): “I will make you into a great nation[.] … I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you.”

 

Personally, I don’t embrace the quisling Jews and other antisemites who opt for the toxic American liberalism that vilifies Jews and Israel.  I curse them.  And I promise them that their determination to destroy the Jewish state — because of their rancid hatred and obsessive jealousy — will fail as thunderously as all attempts over the past 5,000 years have failed.

 

Joan Swirsky is a New York-based journalist and author.  Her website is www.joanswirsky.com, and she can be reached at joanswirsky@gmail.com.

 

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Auschwitz style selection line at Heathrow Airport

 


UK Lawyers For Israel-tweet-12June2024-Auschwitz style selection line at Heathrow Airport
Customs officers @HeathrowAirport selected all incoming passengers from El Al flight last night after seeing Israeli flag on suitcase & directed them to room on left where their bags were scanned. No other passengers selected for this treatment at the time. @UKLFI writing to HMRC. Does it remind you of anything?
Jacklondon-tweet-11June2024-the last time Jews’ luggage was segregated in Europe
@HeathrowAirport the last time Jews’ luggage was segregated in Europe:

UK Lawyers For Israel-tweet-12June2024-Auschwitz style selection line at Heathrow Airport

UK Lawyers For Israel-tweet-12June2024-Auschwitz style selection line at Heathrow Airport

 

Jacklondon-tweet-11June2024-the last time Jews’ luggage was segregated in Europe

Jacklondon-tweet-11June2024-the last time Jews’ luggage was segregated in Europe

 

 

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Heathrow accused of Harassment of Jewish and Israeli passengers as Security Staff sport Pro-Palestine Badges 

June 19, 2024  https://www.uklfi.com/heathrow-accused-of-harassment-of-jewish-and-israeli-passengers-as-security-staff-sport-pro-palestine-badges flag, Travelling

All five security staff at Heathrow Terminal 4’s Fast Track lane were sporting Palestinian Flag badges when scanning El Al passengers and their luggage.

El Al passengers who were on their way to catch their flight back to Tel Aviv last Sunday 16 June 2024 felt intimidated by this display of badges on the lanyards of the security staff.  Two of the staff were also wearing watermelon badges – these days a symbol for Palestinian solidarity and “resistance”.

 

One of the passengers remarked “The people responsible for making sure terrorists don’t blow up aeroplanes were wearing badges that identify with terrorists.”  A passenger complained and eventually the five security staff were moved and replaced by others, and their badges were taken.

 

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has written a letter of complaint to Heathrow’s services director, pointing out that not only were the staff in breach of Heathrow’s own uniform regulations by wearing political badges, they were also breaching the Equality Act 2010.

 

By wearing the badges, the security staff engaged in “unwanted conduct” relevant to a protected characteristic  (being Jewish and Israeli), and this had the purpose of creating an intimidating and hostile and offensive environment for them.

 

This show of anti-Israel feeling amongst Heathrow staff comes just a week after all the passengers from an  El Al flight were taken to one side at customs at Heathrow, whilst going through the Nothing to Declare channel, and made to have their luggage scanned. The passengers were made to feel as if they were being called out as Jews.

 

A spokesperson from UKLFI commented:  “It is obvious that if staff wear these badges it would make most Jewish, Israeli and Israel supporting passengers feel uncomfortable and unsafe, particularly in the area of security checking at Heathrow.

 

We would like to know why so many security officers were allowed to wear highly offensive, divisive and political badges attached to their Heathrow uniform, when it was a breach of Heathrow’s uniform policy.”

 

 


Canary Mission-tweet-22June2024-Heathrow Airport security staff identify with terrorists
“The people responsible for making sure terrorists don’t blow up airplanes were wearing badges that identify with terrorists.” El Al passengers called out security guards in @HeathrowAirport who had Palestinian flags pinned to the lanyards of their uniform https://www.uklfi.com/heathrow-accused-of-harassment-of-jewish-and-israeli-passengers-as-security-staff-sport-pro-palestine-badges

Canary Mission-tweet-22June2024-Heathrow Airport security staff identify with terrorists

Canary Mission-tweet-22June2024-Heathrow Airport security staff identify with terrorists

 

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IDF magical bunker busting mushrooms


Cheryl E-tweet-13July2024-IDF magical bunker busting mushrooms
Many studies on the effect of psychedelics on depression and mood have proven that they are an effective therapy to treat anxiety and depression.

Well, I can say without any doubt that these magical bunker busting mushrooms that took out Mahmoud Deif, Rafe Salame and 75+ other Hamas terrorists made me feel very very bloody happy 🤭. I can’t stop smiling and dancing.

Cheryl E-tweet-13July2024-IDF magical bunker busting mushrooms

Cheryl E-tweet-13July2024-IDF magical bunker busting mushrooms

 

 

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Houthis in Yemen attack Israel, The results.

20July2024-Israel attacks Yemen Houthis Port


Israel Nitzan-tweet-19July2024-Iranian-made Yemen Houthis UAV exploded last night in Tel Aviv
Iranian-made UAV exploded last night in Tel Aviv. The drone was launched from Yemen by the Houthis.
This attack is part of the Iranian war against Israel, using Iran’s terrorist militias in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria.
It’s not about Gaza.
It’s about Iran.

Israel Nitzan-tweet-19July2024-Iranian-made Yemen Houthis UAV exploded last night in Tel Aviv

Israel Nitzan-tweet-19July2024-Iranian-made Yemen Houthis UAV exploded last night in Tel Aviv

 

 


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-20July2024-Israel attacks Yemen Houthis Port
After 9 months of continuous aerial attacks by the Houthis in Yemen toward Israel, IAF fighter jets conducted an extensive operational strike over 1,800km away against Houthi terrorist military targets in the area of Al Hudaydah Port in Yemen. This port serves as an entryway for Iranian weapons for the Houthi terrorist regime.

The IDF is capable of operating anywhere required and will strike any force that endangers Israelis.

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-20July2024-Israel attacks Yemen Houthis Port

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-20July2024-Israel attacks Yemen Houthis Port


War Monitor-tweet-20July2024-Israel attacks Yemen Houthis Port
Big. Mistake.

War Monitor-tweet-20July2024-Israel attacks Yemen Houthis Port

War Monitor-tweet-20July2024-Israel attacks Yemen Houthis Port

 

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Visegrád 24-tweet-20July2024-largest port of Yemen is now completely engulfed in flames
BREAKING:

2 days ago, the Houthis in Yemen carried out their first ever deadly drone attack against Israel.

Now, Israel has answered with their first ever missile strikes against the Houthis.

The largest port of Yemen is now completely engulfed in flames.

Visegrád 24-tweet-20July2024-largest port of Yemen is now completely engulfed in flames

Visegrád 24-tweet-20July2024-largest port of Yemen is now completely engulfed in flames

 

 

 

Summary of the Israeli strike


Open Source Intel-tweet-20July2024-Summary of the Israeli strike
Summary of the Israeli strike according to what is known so far:

– Approximately 25 F-15 and F-35 aircraft, accompanied by refueling planes, flew about 2000 kilometers toward the city of Hodeidah in Yemen.

– The strike was carried out in 8 waves.

– The attack destroyed fuel depots, inflicted damage on the port, and destroyed a power station north of the port.

– The fire is still burning and is expected to continue for several more days.

– There is a power outage across the entire region.

– The message of the strike is clear: this is not a strike on military targets (which has been done by the coalition over the past 9 months) but an attack on the already struggling Yemeni economy, causing significant economic damage.

– The attack on the port is a direct response to the damage Yemenis have caused to the port of Eilat.

– The message to the rest of the Middle East is also clear: the Bandar Abbas port and the Kharg Island, from where most of Iran’s oil is exported, are in Israel’s sights, as well as the port of Beirut.

– Israel has decided to take off the gloves; this is not a minor strike like those in Iran.

– The Houthis are threatening to retaliate, but it is unclear what the threat entails, as they have already attacked Israel 200 times.
@orfialkov

Open Source Intel-tweet-20July2024-Summary of the Israeli strike

Open Source Intel-tweet-20July2024-Summary of the Israeli strike

 

 

29September2024-The IAF struck Houthi military targets


Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29September2024-The IAF struck Houthi military targets
⭕️BREAKING: The IAF struck military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime in Yemen in response to their recent attacks against Israel.

The targets included power plants and a seaport, which were used by the Houthis to transfer Iranian weapons to the region, in addition to military supplies and oil.

Over the past year, the Houthis have been operating under the direction and funding of Iran, and in cooperation with Iraqi militias, in order to attack the State of Israel, undermine regional stability, and disrupt global freedom of navigation.

The IDF is determined to continue operating at any distance—near or far—against all threats to the citizens of the State of Israel.

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29September2024-The IAF struck Houthi military targets

Israel Defense Forces-tweet-29September2024-The IAF struck Houthi military targets

 


V.O.H-tweet-29September2024-Yemen’s oil depots refineries power plants and airport now on fire
Yemen’s oil depots, refineries, power plants and airport controlled by Houthi terrorists are now on fire. 👇

Israel is on a roll and is sending a clear message: we will screw those who attack us. 🇮🇱THE EXPLOSION 💥 SHOWS YOU MUST OBEY OR YOU (KPAI)DIE!!

V.O.H-tweet-29September2024-Yemen's oil depots refineries power plants and airport now on fire

V.O.H-tweet-29September2024-Yemen’s oil depots refineries power plants and airport now on fire

 

 

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History is repeating again, first with President Ronald Regan in 1981 with Iran


Trump War Room-tweet-2December2024-Hostages-what will happen in 2025
🚨 🚨 🚨

Trump War Room-tweet-2December2024-Hostages-what will happen in 2025

Trump War Room-tweet-2December2024-Hostages-what will happen in 2025

 


Ash-tweet-2December2024-Here is how you get it done
Here is how you get it done.

1. Go to Qatar and demand every penny of Hamas’s money.
2. Go to Abu Mazen and demand that he intervene or he will lose 100% of his funding and you will recommend that Bibi annex Gaza + Judea & Samaria immediately.
3. Tell Iran that if they do not call off their dogs, their nation will become the largest pane of glass on planet earth.
4. All Hamas captives will face medieval torture, to be inflicted by the families of the hostages. Their family homes will be demolished, and their families will be extradited to Antarctica.

Ash-tweet-2December2024-Here is how you get it done

Ash-tweet-2December2024-Here is how you get it done

 

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The terrorists got instant karma


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-13August2024-terrorists got instant karma
This is the power of teshuva, and there was a lot of that in Israel today, TY, Hashem!
Documenting Israel-tweet-13August2024
A car bomb exploded earlier in Hebron which had terrorists in it and it was supposed to be used against Jews in Israel.

The terrorists got instant karma

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-13August2024-terrorists got instant karma

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-13August2024-terrorists got instant karma

 

 

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Thank You Hashem! Miracle in Tel Aviv


OSINTdefender-tweet-19August2024-Miracle in Tel Aviv
Israeli Police are now almost Positive that yesterday’s Explosion in Tel Aviv was the result of a Failed Terrorist Attack, which if Successful would have been First Bombing within the City in over 18 Years. The Terrorist, who is now believed to have been a Palestinian Resident of Nablus in the West Bank, was carrying the Explosive Device in a Backpack when it suffered some kind of Malfunction and Prematurely Detonated, resulting in his Death. His Intended Target is still Unknown, though he was nearby several Synagogues and Shopping Centers at the time of the Detonation, with him even being seen on CCTV Camera near multiple Large Crowds right before the Explosion. Sources with the Israeli Police have stated it is a “Miracle” that the Explosive Device suffered such a Malfunction, and that if it hadn’t the results would have been Catastrophic.

OSINTdefender-tweet-19August2024-Miracle in Tel Aviv

OSINTdefender-tweet-19August2024-Miracle in Tel Aviv

 

 


Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19August2024-Divine protection
Look what a 50lb backpack of nails & TNT did last night in S. Tel Aviv near the Rashbi shul. The terrorist was on his way to downtown, but the bomb exploded before planned on a quiet street. Only the terrorist was killed. It could be that your one mitzva, prayer or daily Gemara learning saved dozens of lives. No one – not police, IDF, Shin Bet or anyone else – thwarted this heinous crime. It was some special mitzva that someone – maybe you – did. Don’t let up!

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19August2024-Divine protection

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-19August2024-Divine protection

 

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