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==Arab-Islamist "Palestinian" attack, atrocities==

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[[File:IMG-20251010-WA0004.jpg|thumb|Five armed "Palestinian" groups joined Hamas in the deadly 7 October attack on Israel after training together in military-style exercises from 2020 onwards]]

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[[File:Tiny Israel - David VS Goliath - map.jpg|thumb|Tiny Israel - David VS Goliath - map]]

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Beginning in the morning of Oct 7, 2023:

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Hamas' Muhammad Deif called on Israeli Arabs to join in any way, that "this is your chance."

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[[File:Islamic "Palestinian" full depravity.jpg|thumb|Islamic "Palestinian" full depravity]]

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{{quotebox-float|Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families.

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Among the mutilated and butchered bodies of young women slaughtered on October 7, it was their colourful, polished nails that many of the morgue staff remember.

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Bright, beautiful, shiny, pink manicures glistening amid the pervasive 'grey and green' of death were often the only reminder of who these girls had been just hours earlier.

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Because Hamas-led terrorists had not just executed these women. They had 'deliberately and systematically' defiled them, as the most comprehensive account of the atrocity released by The Civil Commission today shows.

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The terrorists shot their eyes, their faces and their breasts, and even targeted their most intimate parts, to destroy their beauty and rob their loved ones of a final goodbye.

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Women were stripped, bound, stabbed, shot and burned. They were executed both during and after rape amid an orgy of violence in which 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage.

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Heads were decapitated. Pelvic bones shattered. Even after death, sexual assault continued.

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A grotesque, medieval obsession with sexual organs pervaded the crime scenes at the Nova Festival and in the Kibbutzim near Gaza.

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At Kibbutz Be'eri, nails, sharp objects, and pieces of metal and plastic were similarly embedded in a woman whose body was discovered naked and bound. On another victim, grenades were used.

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While ordinarily newspapers censor the full horrors of such accounts, today, as hard as it is, over 430 witnesses, survivors, experts and medical staff ask that you do not look away.

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For over two years they have given evidence to The Civil Commission, an independent Israeli women's rights NGO established in the wake of October 7, 2023, in response to the failure of international institutions to address the sexual violence committed that day.

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The Daily Mail was the first British newspaper granted advance access to the report, fittingly titled 'Silenced No More', which is released today.

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It shows it was not just women who were degraded as a 'deliberate tool of terror, humiliation, and control'. Men were also sexually abused and in at least one case gang raped.

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Victims were mutilated, with body parts cut off used to create depraved scenes gleefully concocted to traumatise those who discovered them.

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‘The purpose was humiliation, not victory,' first responder Eran Masas, who came across one such barbaric arrangement, told The Civil Commission.

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Those taken hostage were assaulted in front of loved ones and young relatives forced to commit sex acts on each other, an intentional, premeditated strategy of kinocide to destroy family units even after release from captivity.

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The report runs to over 180 pages of utterly harrowing evidence, which collates and corroborates previous testimonies - as well as revealing disturbing new accounts.

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The extensive, graphic testimonies are unflinching and seriously distressing.

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But, sadly, it is also necessary that they are published in full to finally extinguish perverse doubts that remain over what happened that day.

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<ref>[https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15807431/Full-depravity-Hamas-October-7-revealed-time-New-report-details-terrorists-performed-unimaginable-horrors-Israeli-families.html Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families]. ''Daily Mail'', May 12, 2026</ref>}}

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‘Gang rape, forced stripping and humiliation’: report documents 10,000 findings on Oct. 7 sexual crimes.

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<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyf00rqljmx ‘Gang rape, forced stripping and humiliation’: New report documents 10,000 findings on Oct. 7 sexual crimes].

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"A new report by Israel’s Civil Commission on Hamas crimes documents systematic sexual violence during the Oct. 7 massacre and captivity in Gaza, citing survivor testimony, forensic evidence and accounts from body identification teams at Shura base."

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Shira Kadari-Ovadia, ''YNet'', May 12, 2026</ref>

[[File:Hamas human shields Oct 2023 a.jpg|thumb|Hamas human shields - Oct 2023]]

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Teens made to commit sexual acts on each other; horrors of Hamas captivity in report to UN. Physical abuse, torture, psychological terror, starvation, in Israel's report to the UN; teens beaten in their genitals, suffering burns; hostages witness others being murdered.

"Teenagers were forced to commit sexual acts on each other, most women were sexually assaulted": This was described in the harrowing report spread over eight pages, that includes horrific testimony of hostages who were freed from Hamas captivity.

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==Hamas specific cruel orders in 2022==

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A digitalized copy of former Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s six-page handwritten memo, explicitly called for the terrorist group to target Israeli civilians ahead of the October 7 invasion.

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The letter, dated August 24, 2022, included directives written in Arabic to target both military and civilian targets.

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Sinwar instructed Hamas to broadcast October 7 atrocities.

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After viewing the letter, the NYT reported that Hamas was instructed to purposely broadcast the atrocities it was committing during the massacre to evoke fear and a feeling of instability across the Jewish state.

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“It needs to be affirmed to the unit commanders to undertake these actions intentionally, film them, and broadcast images of them as fast as possible,” the memo read.

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“Document the scenes of horror, now, and broadcast them across TV channels for the whole world to see,” a Hamas commander from Gaza City called Abu al-Baraa instructed his operatives in the area of Kibbutz Sa’ad, according to a message intercepted by Israel.

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“Slaughter them. End the children of Israel.”<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-870091 Target civilians, record carnage: What Yahya Sinwar wrote in his 2022 October 7 memo – NYT]. ''Jerusalem Post'', October 11, 2025</ref>

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==Oct 7 morning letter Hamas sent to Hezbollah on its attempted genocide==

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Revealed<ref>[https://www.jfeed.com/news/hamas-letter-nasrallah-october-7-plan Hamas Leaders' Chilling Letter to Nasrallah on October 7 Morning]. JFeed, May 15, 2026</ref>: captured letter Hamas sent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on the morning of October 7, 2023. The document was signed by senior Hamas leaders Mohammed Deif, Yahya Sinwar, and Marwan Issa.

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Key points from the article:

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The letter described the launch of the October 7 attacks, saying thousands of Hamas fighters were breaching the Gaza border, attacking Israeli military and civilian targets, and taking hostages.

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Hamas apologized to Hezbollah for keeping the operation secret, claiming secrecy was necessary to preserve surprise and avoid Israeli intelligence detection.

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The document urged Hezbollah to open a northern front against Israel from Lebanon, proposing heavy rocket barrages and a coordinated ground assault to overwhelm Israeli defenses.

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The letter framed the attack as connected to allegations over the Al-Aqsa Mosque and repeated inflammatory libels intended to rally regional support.

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It also discussed messaging strategy, reportedly advising allies to publicly frame their goals in terms of international law rather than openly calling for Israel’s destruction in order to avoid broader international opposition.

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The article shows the document demonstrates premeditation and coordination among Iran-aligned militant groups, and links it to later Israeli military actions in Gaza and Lebanon.

==Biting the hand that feeds them==

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[[File:Oct 7 2023- pro-Hamas, pro-Islamic Jihad Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) started organizing as the massacre and rapes were still going on..jpeg|thumb| Oct 7 2023: pro-Hamas, pro-Islamic Jihad Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) started organizing as the massacre and rapes were still going on]]

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Also CUAD and WOL cheered the attacks.

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Such as at Columbia U.<ref>Sharon Otterman, "Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs ‘Armed Resistance’ by Hamas," ''NYT'', Oct 9. 2023</ref>

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IDF Spokeperson: 'Hezbollah working to escalate tensions on the northern border.' One Israeli killed by Hezbollah.

Hamas stopping crossing, preventing Palestimian-Americans to leave.

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Expers call Hamas attacks, genocide.<ref>Stuart Winer, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-actions-are-war-crimes-could-constitute-genocide-international-law-experts/ Hamas actions are war crimes, could constitute genocide – international law experts]. ''TOI'', Oct 15, 2023</ref>

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Hezbollah rocket slams into home in Kiryat Shmona, no casualties reported.

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===Oct 17, 2024 - ~~Oct 27~~, ~~2024~~===

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===Part 2: Oct 7, 2024-Feb 10, 2025 (Hamas’s suspension of hostage releases: seeing global raction to released starved hostages / Trump's ultimatum), Part 4 (Aug 7, 2025+)===

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* Oct 17, 2024:

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*[[Swords_of_Iron_Part_2|Swords of Iron Part 2]].

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~~IDF downs drone over Mediterranean as UAV ‘from the east’ enters southern Israel~~.

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*[[Swords_of_Iron_Part_3|Swords of Iron Part 3]].

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*[[Swords_of_Iron_Part_4|Swords of Iron Part 4]].

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~~Military says ‘incident over’~~ in ~~south after sirens sound in communities near Jordanian border, further westward.~~

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==Taking in "Palestinians"==

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[[Trump]] and [[Ron DeSantis]] both vowed not to let any of them in, Progressives such as [[Jamaal Bowman]] member of the Socialist-Democratic

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"Squad" called to take in Arab Palestinian refugees. The latter has since been ousted anyway.

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~~Syrian state media reports Israeli strike on port city of Latakia~~.

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==Further reading / watching==

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*[https://www.warinisrael.org/ Israel War Portal]

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*[https://oct7map.com/ Mapping the Massacres].

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~~Sirens sound across northern Israel, woman hurt after falling while rushing to shelter~~.

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* [https://hamal.miraheze.org/wiki/The_victims_of_Hamas%27_brutality Victims of Hamas' brutality - Iron Swords]

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*[https://www.memri.org/reports/special-announcement-%E2%80%93-hamas-atrocities-documentation-center-hadc Special Announcement – The Hamas Atrocities Documentation Center (HADC)] (''MEMRI'').

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~~Despite threats and blacklist, play based on word-for-word Oct~~. ~~7 testimony tours US~~

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*[https://www.remember710.com Testimonials from the War in Israel, Oct 23].

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~~Irish husband-wife duo Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney felt impelled to pen ‘Oct~~. ~~7: In Their Own Words’ – but soon found themselves producing it~~ in ~~a hostile environment~~.

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*[https://www.october7.org/ Eyewitness & Survivor Stories from the Massacre].

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~~The quiet after the bloodshed~~: ~~Photographer captures nature in the aftermath of Oct~~. 7

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*[https://www.hamas-massacre.net/ Hamas Massacre].

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~~Gaston Zvi Ickowicz brings his views and angles of the devastated Gaza border area landscape to ‘Field,’ his solo exhibit at Jerusalem’s Israel Museum~~.

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*[https://www.hamas.com/ Hamas.com warning, graphic!] [https://web.archive.org/web/20231125160836/https://www.hamas.com/].

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~~Northern~~ Israel ~~including Haifa, Acre, under rocket fire~~.

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(*[https://som.yale.edu/story/2023/list-companies-have-condemned-hamas-terrorist-attack-israel List of Companies That Have Condemned Hamas' Terrorist Attack on Israel]).

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*[https://saturday-october-seven.com/ Oct. 7 2023, Hamas Massacre: Documentation of "Crimes Against Humanity”] (Graphic).

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NY: ~~Pro-palestinian radical breaches Trump Secret Service perimeter~~.

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*"The Children of October 7."

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[https://www.tiktok.com/@montanatucker/video/7423811884920442154]

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[https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1108612863960477&id=100044353213055]

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[https://www.instagram.com/montanatucker/reel/DBbj8T8PHi5/]

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[https://motj.org.il/en/events-en/children-of-october-7/ Giving a Voice to the Children of October 7], ''motj'',

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December 2, 2024.<blockquote>

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Montana Tucker and President Herzog attended the Museum’s emotional screening of a documentary about that tragic day told through the perspective of child survivors.</blockquote>

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~~Egypt replaces spy chief who played key role in now-stalled hostage-ceasefire talks~~.

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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU8vfOmsbus Montana Tucker’s Oct. 7 documentary shares young victims’ ‘resilience’ | Vargas Reports].

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~~Sissi appoints Hassan Rashad to replace Abbas Kamel~~, ~~who is moved to become a special advisor~~, ~~as Iran’s FM makes a rare visit to Egypt as part~~ of ~~Middle East tour~~.

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''NewsNation'', Nov 15, 2024.

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Influencer and artist Montana Tucker’s film, “The Children of October 7,” documents what some of the Oct. 7 attacks’ youngest victims went through on that day. She tells “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” that showcasing survivors’ strength and calling for hostage releases must be the focus moving forward.

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[https://www.jns.org/from-los-angeles-to-the-gaza-border-montana-tuckers-oct-7-documentary-premieres-in-jerusalem/ From Los Angeles to the Gaza border: Montana Tucker’s Oct. 7 documentary premieres in Jerusalem].

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Etgar Lefkovits, ''JNS'', Dec. 3, 2024.<blockquote>“The Children of October 7” tells the stories of eight Israelis between the ages of 10-16 who survived Hamas’s massacre.</blockquote>

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~~Leaders~~ of US, ~~Germany~~, ~~France~~, ~~Britain to meet~~ in ~~Berlin on Friday~~.

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[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/ryyk2onxjl Those who watch ‘The Children of October 7’ won’t be able to deny the massacre].Tigal Nasie, ''YNet'', Dec 3, 2024.<blockquote>

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Documentary features interviews conducted by social media influencer Montana Tucker with children who survived the horrors of that fateful Saturday; Among them is Ella Shani from Kibbutz Be’eri, whose father was murdered in his home, while several of her neighbors remain held hostage by Hamas.</blockquote>

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==Sources Part I==

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For sources published before Jan 7, 2024 - three months since Oct 7: [[Swords of Iron: sources|Swords of Iron: sources]] [https://archive.is/F8Tuf], Jan 7 - May 7, 2024 at: [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_II|Part 2]] [https://archive.md/8GMgC], May 7 - Sep 23 at: [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_III|Part 3]] [https://archive.is/oUSmz], Sep 23, 2024 - Jan 17, 2025+ at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIII|Part 4]] [https://archive.ph/gqf6l], Jan 17, 2025 + at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIII|Part 5]] [https://archive.ph/f2Aay], May 4, 2025 + at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIIII|Part 6]] [https://archive.is/dPk4b], Aug 23, 2025+ at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIIIII| Part 7]] [https://archive.is/AUYbI], Nov 27 - Dec 22, 2025 at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIIIIII|Part 8]] [https://archive.is/QJmrH], Dec 22, 2025+ at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIIIIIII|Part 9]].

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~~Germany's Scholz: we will help Israel defend itself with weapons.~~

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==Sources Part II==

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~~German UNIFIL warship downs drone off Lebanon coast.~~

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~~IDF kills Hezbollah commander.~~

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~~PM says military found ‘state-of-the-art’ Russian arms in Hezbollah bases.~~

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== See also==

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*[[United_Nations#Swords_of_Iron|United Nations: Swords of Iron]], [[United_Nations#Swords_of_Iron_.2F_Guterres_.2B|United Nations: Swords of Iron / Guterres]]

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*[[Use of human shields by terrorists]]

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*[[Guardian of Walls]]

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*[[Dogs of Hamas]]

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*[[Loay Alnaji]]

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*[[Hesham A. Ayyad]]

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*[[Mufid Fawaz Alkhader]]

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*[[Columbia Untisemity]]

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*[[Kidnapping of the Bibas family]]

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*[[Arab-Islamist "Palestinian" regime mistreatment of its hostages]]

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*[[Swastika palestine activism]]

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*Operation [[Lucky Drop]]

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*[[Mahmoud Afana: "I Killed Ten Jews"]]

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*[[Ramot Junction Shooting Massacre (2025)]]

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*[[Operation Summit Of Fire]]

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*[[Mahmoud Amin Ya’Qub Al-Muhtadi]]

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~~Blasts in Beqaa Valley after army called on village~~ to evacuate (to a distabce of 500 metre) in order to avoid harming civilians. For the first time: the residents of Tyre and the Lebanon Valley received notices of high-rise buildings that were converted into military warehouses were bombed, documentation shows secondary explosions from weapons stored: How the IDF operates in the heart of the ~~Hezbollah stronghold.~~

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*[[Celebrating evil: Reactions to the Islamic Palestinian October 7 Attacks]]

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*[[Gaza GenoLIE]]

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~~Iran-backed Iraqi group launches drone at Eilat.~~

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~~U.S. B-2 stealth bombers strike Yemen in message to Iran. US Defense Secretary Austin says op shows ability to target enemies’ facilities that are seemingly out of reach.~~

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~~Assad restricts pro-Iran militias in Syria, Strike on Latakia, said to target weapons depot, attributed to Israel.~~

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~~IDF eliminates Hezbollah battalion commander in southern Lebanon, continues.~~

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~~Hussein Muhammed Awada was responsible for rocket fire from a number of villages in the Bint Jbeil area to Israeli territory.~~

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~~Hezbollah MP says Israel has not captured any villages in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~France says conditions of citizens held in Iran unacceptable.~~

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~~Qatar's Al Jazeera says Beirut office evacuated after warnings.~~

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~~Russia tells Israel to not even consider attacking Iranian nuclear facilities, TASS says.~~

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~~UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of Afghans migrating to Iran.~~

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~~US offering some Lebanese nationals protected status amid war, DHS says.~~

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'Less than two months after a federal judge ordered the University of California / UCLA to ensure equal access to all parts of campus for Jewish students, radical students at UC Berkeley are launching a new encampment and blocking Jewish students from entering areas of campus.'

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'New Paltz Students For Palestine encouraged donations to Hamas fundraiser. Last week, on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre, @newpaltzstudentsforpalestine posted a link to a fundraiser for the "Municipality of Gaza." ICYMI, the government of Gaza — including on the local government level — is run by Hamas.

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~~US announces additional sanctions on Houthi shipping networks following Yemen strike.~~

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~~IDF confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza on thevm previous day Oct/16. There were no signs of hostages in the vicinity. Sinwar’s body identified by dental records.~~

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~~Defense Minister Yoav Gallant quoted Leviticus 26:7: "And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword."~~

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~~(The IDF knew he was in the area, and have ioerated afainst terrorists, at the end he was killed by just like any ither terrorist there).~~

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~~AJC: 5 Things to Know About Hamas Terror Leader Yahya Sinwar, ‘The Architect of October 7’:~~

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~~-Founding Role in Hamas.~~

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~~-The Butcher of Khan Younis.~~

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~~-The Eyes of a Murderer.~~

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~~-The Architect of the October 7 Massacre.~~

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~~-Palestinian Civilians are “Necessary Sacrifices”.~~

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~~The top terrorists who have been eliminated, so far, since October 7th, Israel has settled the score with several of the massacre's leading architects:~~

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-On October 17th, 2023, an IDF airstrike eliminated Ayman Nofel, who served as the commander of Hamas' Central Camps Brigade and had in the past served as the organization's intelligence commander. Israel considered him to be one of the organization's "aces."

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-On November 26th, 2023, Israel settled the score with another Hamas "ace" - Ahmed Ghandour. He served as the commander of the Northern Gaza Brigade and oversaw all terror operations in the northern Gaza Strip.

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~~-On January 2nd, 2024, Saleh al-Arouri, the organization's deputy leader and one of the architects of the massacre, met his end in an airstrike in the Dahieh suburb of Lebanon.~~

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-On March 26th, 2024, the IDF confirmed that it eliminated Marwan Issa, the deputy to the commander of Hamas' militant wing, Mohammed Deif. Issa was considered Hamas' chief of staff. He was one of the planners of October 7th and was even part of the command over it. Together with him, the IDF also eliminated Razi Abu Tama'ah who served in senior positions in the militant wing.

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-On July 13, 2024, an IAF airstrike eliminated Mohammed Deif, the commander of the Hamas militant wing and one of the organization's symbols. For years, Deif managed to escape assassination attempts and continued to direct deadly terror attacks.

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~~-On July 31st, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was eliminated in Tehran. In the final years of his life, he lived in Qatar where he continued to direct terror operations.~~

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-On October 3rd, the IDF confirmed that senior Hamas official Rawhi Mushtaha, who was known as Sinwar's right hand, was eliminated in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. Mushtaha was eliminated during the summer, but the official announcement only came once Israel was able to confirm.

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~~Netanyahu: Oct. 7 architect ‘was eliminated when he fled in panic’ from IDF; tells those holding hostages to put down their weapons and they can live; says war is not yet finished.~~

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In a long and historic speech, Prime Minister Netanyahu officially announced the elimination of the master murderer Yahya Sinwar and said: "I stand before you today to inform you that Yahya Sinwar has been eliminated. The one who committed the most terrible massacre in our nation's history since the Holocaust, the master murderer who murdered thousands of Israelis and kidnapped hundreds of our citizens, has been eliminated", then he made an offer to the terrorists who hold the hostages as well as to the peoples of the area.

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"Citizens of Israel," Netanyahu began and said: "A year ago we celebrated Sukkot. At that exact time, Yahya Sinwar was engaged in final preparations for the Ooctober 7th massacre...m The person who committed the most terrible massacre in the history of our nation since the Holocaust, the mass murderer who murdered thousands of Israelis and kidnapped hundreds of our citizens, was eliminated today by our heroic soldiers.

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~~"And today," the prime minister added, saying: "As we promised to do, we have come to terms with him. Today evil has suffered a severe blow, but the task before us is not yet complete."~~

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"To the dear families of the abductees I say," Netanyahu addressed the families and said: "This is an important moment in the war. We will continue with all our strength until the return home of all your loved ones, who are our loved ones. This is our highest obligation. This is my highest obligation."

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"I say to the residents of Gaza," said the Prime Minister: "Sinwar ruined your lives. He told you he was a lion, but in reality he was hiding in a dark den - and he was killed when he fled in panic from our soldiers. His death is an important milestone in the downfall of the evil rule of Hamas."

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"I would like to say again," Netanyahu said to the camera: "In the clearest form: Hamas will no longer rule Gaza. This is the beginning of the day after Hamas, and this is an opportunity for you, the residents of Gaza, to finally be freed from its tyranny. To the terrorists of Hamas, I say: Your leaders are fleeing and they will be eliminated,

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The prime minister also said: "I call on everyone who holds our hostages: Whoever lays down his weapon and returns our hostages - we will allow him to leave and live. And in the same way I say: whoever harms our hostages - blood on his head. We will come to terms with him. The return of our hostages is an opportunity to achieve all our goals and it is brings the end of the war closer."

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He added: "To the people of the region I say: in Gaza, in Beirut, throughout the entire region - the darkness recedes and the light rises. Deif, Haniya, Sinwar, Nasrallah, Mohsen (Shukr), Akil and many of their partners - are gone. I call to you, people of the region: we have a great opportunity before us To curb the axis of evil and create a different future. A future of peace, a future of prosperity in the entire region. Together we can repel the curse and promote the blessing."

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"Now," Netanyahu explained, "it is clear to everyone, in Israel and in the world, why we insisted on not ending the war. Why, in the face of all the pressures, we did insist on entering Rafah, the fortified stronghold of Hamas where Sinouar and many of the murderers hid. I wish to express my deep appreciation to my fighters The IDF and the Shin Bet and their commanders, for their determined and courageous action. There are no better than them."

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"Today," he added, "once again we made it clear what happens to those who harm us. Today we once again showed the world the victory of good over evil. But the war, my dears, is not over yet. It is hard, and it exacts a heavy price from us. I wish to express my condolences from the bottom of my heart To the families who lost their loved ones, I would like to embrace the families of our fallen heroes, including in recent days, bringing us closer to victory...

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~~As King David said: 'I will hunt down my enemies and destroy them, and I will not return until they are all.' And with God's help - together we will win."~~

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~~(So far, no response regarding Netanyahu's generous offer of free pass for those laying out their weapons, free the hostages).~~

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~~MK Tali Gottlieb in an unusual appeal to the residents of Gaza: "This is your only chance~~

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~~created after the assassination of Sinwar and to assist in the return of the abductees: "Residents of Gaza, this is one and only golden opportunity for you!"~~

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She revealed that the Israeli government offers a financial incentive to anyone who will assist in the return of live abductees: 2 million shekels in cash for every live abductee returned to the IDF. In addition, the Israeli government will also pay a million shekels for the bodies of abductees.

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She also stated that Gazans who return abductees to the IDF will not be harmed, and may even leave for a third country if necessary, while promising to maintain their freedom. "You have the opportunity to buy your freedom," Gottlieb stressed.

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"The Israeli government will not let up, and will continue to attack Gaza until all of its abductees are returned," Gottlieb added, and ended by blessing the IDF fighters: "God bless our brave fighters on the various fronts, who restore security and deterrence to the State of Israel."

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~~A United Nations employee, UNRWA teacher was among Yahya Sinwar’s bodyguards.~~

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~~IDF recovered Sinwar’s DNA in tunnel complex where 6 hostages were executed.~~

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~~Wounded and alone: Drone footage of Sinwar's final moments. IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari published drone footage showing mass murderer Yahya Sinwar moments before his elimination.~~

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~~Hostage Families Forum: 'We commend killing of Sinwar, but deeply concerned for hostages'~~

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~~No US role in Israel operation that killed Hamas leader, Pentagon says.~~

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~~US security adviser: Work still needed to ensure Hamas is dealt long-term blow.~~

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~~Israel said to view Sinwar’s death as singular opportunity to advance hostage deal.~~

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~~US to kickstart Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar's death, says State Department.~~

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~~Biden, Harris, other US leaders cheer death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Biden: 'Sinwar is dead, this is a good day for the world'.~~

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~~World leaders welcome Sinwar’s death, hope it will precipitate hostage deal, end to war.~~

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~~US Secretary of State Austin briefed on Sinwar assassination, discuses hostages with Gallant.~~

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~~Israeli leaders rejoice in Sinwar’s death; PM: ‘The beginning of the day after Hamas’.~~

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~~Several officials: 'Somewhere in hell' he wishes he made a deal.~~

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~~Cheers erupt in Israel after death of Hamas leader Yaya Sinwar.~~

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~~European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: "His death is certainly significantly weakening Hamas," said .~~

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~~Article: 'Death of a fascist. The elimination of Yahya Sinwar is a great moment for Israelis and Palestinians alike.'~~

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Dozens of Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists targeted in airstrike. Terrorists involved in rocket fire and planning terror attacks targeted during meeting inside a command and control center embedded inside a compound that previously served as the 'Abu Hassan' School in northern Gaza.

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~~Macron urges Israel to halt Lebanon operations.~~

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~~5 soldiers killed, several more hurt amid fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.~~

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* Oct 18, 2024:

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~~[[File:"Rat in the hole." Sinwar.jpg|thumb|NYPost: 10.18.24: :"Rat in the hole"]]~~

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~~[[File:La Stampa- 10.18.24.jpg|thumb|: "Da Mussolini a Yahya I Corpi de Male" [From Mussolini to Yahya The Bodies of Evil]]]~~

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~~NYT- 10.18.24.jpg||NYT: 10.18.24~~

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~~NY Daily News- 10.18.24.jpg|NY Daily News: 10.18.24~~

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~~WaPo- 10.18.24.jpg|WaPo: 10.18.24~~

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~~WSJ- 10.18.24.jpg|WSJ: 10.18.24~~

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~~Boston Globe- 10.18.24.jpg|Boston Globe: 10.18.24~~

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~~IMG-20241019-WA0004.jpg|Arizona Republic: 10.18.24~~

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~~Star Tribune- 10.18.24.jpg|Star Tribune: 10.18.24~~

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~~USA Today- 10.18.24.jpg|USA Today: 10.18.24~~

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~~The Times- 10.18.24.jpg|The Times: 10.18.24~~

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~~Daily Telegraph- 10.18.24.jpg|Daily Telegraph- 10.18.24~~

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~~The Guardian- 10.18.24.jpg|The Guardian: 10.18.24~~

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~~FT 10.18.24.jpg|Financial Times: 10.18.24~~

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~~The Australian- 10.18.24.jpg|The Australian: 10.18.24~~

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~~Globe And Mail- 10.18.24.jpg|Globe And Mail: 10.18.24~~

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~~National Post- 10.18.24.jpg|National Post: 10.18.24.jpg~~

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~~The Nighty Edition (Sydney) 10.18.24.jpg|The Nighty Edition (Sydney): 10.18.24~~

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~~Le Figaro 10.18.24.jpg|Le Figaro 10.18.24~~

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~~Liberation- 10.18.24.jpg|Liberation: 10.18.24.~~

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~~Bild- 10.18.24.jpg|Bild: 10.18.24~~

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~~El Pais- 10.18.24.jpg|El Pais- 10.18.24~~

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~~'Death of a Fascist' - "Palestine" Islamist Hamas - Sinwar.jpg|'Death of a Fascist' - "Palestine" Islamist Hamas - Sinwar~~

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~~</gallery>~~

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~~NY Post cover: 'Rat in a hole.'~~

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~~La Stampa: "Da Mussolini a Yahya I Corpi de Male"~~

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~~Forensic pathologist Dr. Chen Kugel: Sinwar has been dying for a few hours. What killed him was a bullet that entered his head.~~

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The director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir who dissected Sinwar's body said: "It is not standard to dissect such a person. It's only when you go outside and think about who this man is that you realize that even monsters can look like normal people."

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The primary cause of Sinwar's death appears to be a long-range gunshot wound to the head, executed with sniper-like precision. He was first wounded by shrapnel, notes he tried to use makeshift tourniquet but ‘it wasn’t strong enough, and his forearm was smashed’.

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'Surprisingly, despite the harsh conditions of underground warfare, Sinwar's body showed no signs of malnourishment. Weighing in at 152 pounds, it appears that even while orchestrating operations from hidden tunnels, the Hamas leader maintained access to adequate nutrition.'

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~~Although the encounter itself in Sinwar was random, the southern command assumed that something was happening there - and decided to use a ruse like they did with Muhammad Deif.~~

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~~Time magazine features elimination of Sinwar on cover.~~

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~~The soldiers hung a sign on the house where Sinwar was taken down:~~

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~~'Am Yisrael (Jewish people! / People of Israel ed.)!~~

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~~The Bislah Brigade, the Gaza Division, and the entire IDF are proud to give you the mouse's head as a holiday gift.~~

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~~"Let sinners cease out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more.Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!" Psalms 104:35.'~~

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~~Contrary to US and global newspapers' frontpages splashing the plotter of Oct 7, the 'LA Times ' was the only weird one to add the word "alleged".~~

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~~Op-ed: 'Too lazy to work? Join UNIFIL and get paid for doing nothing.'~~

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~~Some 15 rockets fired at northern Israel from Lebanon.~~

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~~Hezbollah rocket impacts in open area in northern Israel, no sirens sound.~~

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~~Avenging Hamas: Jerusalem Arab planned terror attack on hostage families protest.~~

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~~Ibrahim Al Ramadi, 22, from Sheikh Jarrah, contacted terror operatives in the West Bank with intent to kill demonstrators at weekly Tel Aviv rally, was arrested September 17.~~

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Harvard sees biggest downtrend in donations in a decade. Donations to the prestigious Ivy League institute nosedive 15% in the last year against the backdrop of pro-Palestinian protests and president's resignation.

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~~Trump accuses Biden of trying to ‘hold back’ Netanyahu after Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Adding that Netanyahu is "doing a great job."~~

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~~Rabbi's chilling prophecy fulfilled: Hamas leader Sinwar killed in surprise IDF strike.~~

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~~The rabbi predicted that Sinwar and his associates would meet a gruesome end akin to the hanging of Haman, the enemy of the Jews in the story of Purim.~~

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In what many are now calling a prophetic statement, Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi, known for his bold and controversial predictions, foretold the fate of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a video posted eight months ago.

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~~In letters to 10-year-old son, Sinwar sought to install a hatred for Israel — report.~~

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~~Lebanese PM says he rejects Iranian interference in a Lebanese matter.~~

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~~IDF issues evacuation warnings to several southern Lebanon villages.~~

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~~Berlin pushes for ceasefire after death of Hamas leader Sinwar.~~

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~~Foreign Min.: UN chief didn't welcome Sinwar's death.~~

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Terrorists in disguise infiltrate Israel from Jordan. Multiple terrorists disguised as army personnel cross into Israel from Jordan, open fire at Jewish town near Dead Sea. Two terrorists eliminated, two Israelis moderately injured.

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~~'They Praised Hamas and Defended 9/11. Now They’re Headlining Taxpayer-Funded Group’s ‘Arab Health’ Summit. Biden-Harris admin has given $24 million to anti-Israel group.'~~

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~~U.S. charges 2 in connection with Oct. 7 cyberattack on Iron Dome, siren system.~~

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For the first time in history, prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for cyber crimes of bothers Ahmed and Alaa Omer who were arrested and charged with disabling critical alert systems in Israel; their group Anonymous Sudan is designated by US prosecutors as 'most dangerous cyber group in the world'.

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~~IDF issues evacuation warnings to several southern Lebanon villages.~~

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~~Iran says open to working with France on truce in Lebanon; Beirut slams ‘interference’.~~

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~~Iraqi security forces kill four ISIS terrorists, including senior leader in strike~~

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~~IDF's 188th Brigade destroys underground Hezbollah command center.~~

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~~[[File:Arab-Muslim immigrants' Palestine encampment in Krakow- "Gas (sic) the Jews".jpg|thumb|Arab-Muslim immigrants' Palestine encampment in Krakow- "Gas (sic) the Jews"]]~~

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A shocking placard calling to gas Jews appeared in a "free Palestine" protest camp set up by some students of the philosophy faculty of the Jagiellonian University, one of Poland's largest and most prestigious.

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The placard appeared on the outer fence of the camp, on one of Krakow's main and most tourist-frequented streets, a short walk from the former Jewish quarter which attracts tourists from all over the world. Krakow is also the nearest large city to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, to which Jews were sent to the gas chambers.

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(Arab Muslim "palestine" demonstration there began already on Oct 13, 2024, with hateful WW2 comparisons: "Many participants in Kraków came from Poland’s Muslim community, which has grown in recent years amid record levels of immigration..").

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~~IDF chief: 1,500 Hezbollah operatives eliminated, others surrender as morale plummets.~~

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~~Putin: Palestinian leader Abbas invited to BRICS summit in Russia next week.~~

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~~Israel's High Court tells state to draw up formal procedure for Gaza medical evacuations.~~

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~~Around 30 humanitarian aid trucks enter the northern Gaza Strip on Friday.~~

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~~Five soldiers seriously wounded fighting in Gaza, southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Iranian-backed militias in Iraq claim to attack Israeli targets - report.~~

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~~Hamas announces Tel al-Sultan Battalion commander killed alongside Yahya Sinwar.~~

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~~Biden: Possible to work towards ceasefire in Lebanon, Gaza will be harder.~~

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~~IAF intercepts three projectiles launched from Lebanon towards Haifa, Upper Galilee~~

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~~Netanyahu orders increase in Gaza aid to 250 humanitarian aid trucks per day - report.~~

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~~IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target approaching Israel from Syria.~~

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~~In response to the killing of Sinwar "Day of Rage" in East Jerusalem, by Arab group organization.~~

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~~Turkish foreign minister expresses condolences to Hamas over Sinwar's death. (Not surprising).~~

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~~Trump says Sinwar death makes peace easier, adds he'll speak soon to Netanyahu.~~

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~~[[File:Fawzia, a Yazidi girl kidnapped by ISIS from Iraq and taken to Gaza .jpg|thumb|Fawzia, a Yazidi girl kidnapped by ISIS from Iraq and taken to Gaza]]~~

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~~The Yazidi girl who was rescued from Gaza speaks for the first time: "There is no difference between Hamas and ISIS".~~

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The Yazidi girl, who was rescued from the Gaza Strip in an Israeli-American operation after 10 years of captivity, speaks for the first time: "Everything Hamas says is a lie. All the hospitals in the Gaza Strip were terrorist bases full of weapons".

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* Oct 19, 2024:

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~~A clip shows Sinwar and family transporting supplies into tunnel before attack on southern Israel. 'Hamas leaders prioritize their own survival over the lives of Gaza’s residents.'~~

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~~Supporters of Iraqi militia group ransack Saudi's MBC office over 'terrorist' label of commander.~~

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~~Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei calls Yahya Sinwar 'heroic' (sic) after being 'martyred' (sic).~~

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~~Drone launched towards Caesarea intended to hit Netanyahu's residence - report.~~

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~~Wife not home. No one hurt.~~

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Netanyahu says he is undeterred after drone targets his home: "Iran's proxies, who today tried to assassinate my wife and me, have made a serious mistake," he said. "This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing the war of renewal against our enemies, in order to ensure our security for generations to come."

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~~Netanyahu spoke with Trump, British Prime Minister Starmer and the Speaker of the US House of Representatives. The three expressed shock at the assassination attempt on the prime minister.~~

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~~Iranian FM warns: 'Those who know how Israel will attack Iran should be held accountable for casualties'.~~

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~~IAF kills Hezbollah deputy commander Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid in Lebanon.~~

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~~Study: Nova survivors who drank alcohol before Hamas attack more likely to suffer PTSD.~~

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~~Hezbollah drone targets Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea; PM, wife not home, no injuries.~~

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~~Former PM Naftali Bennett fumes over ‘sell out’ ultra-Orthodox [Haredim] draft exemption bill.~~

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~~Iran’s supreme leader vows ‘Hamas is alive’ despite Sinwar’s death.~~

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~~'The Iranian Embassy in the United Nations has officially announced that it denies any connection to the UAV that Hezbollah launched this morning towards Netanyahu's house in Caesarea.'~~

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One murdered when rockets strike near Acre. Alexei Poupov, 51, killed by shrapnel amid non-stop Hezbollah rocket barrages on northern Israel: at Tzfat, the Haifa region, and the Upper and Western Galilee on Shabbat, one of them tragically finding its mark.

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~~2 hurt in rocket attack near Haifa.~~

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~~IDF hits Beirut after man killed, several hurt in rocket barrages on northern Israel.~~

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~~IAF fighter jets strike Dahiyeh following IDF Arabic spox. issuing evacuation warnings - report.~~

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~~Clip: terrorist ram into police car in West Bank attack, eliminated.~~

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~~Using over 100 tons of explosives:~~

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~~Central Hezbollah (elite) 'Radwan Force' tunnel route destroyed.~~

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~~IDF: Ofer and Elishai fell in northern Gaza.~~

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~~Yishai, injured in southern Lebanon dies of his wounds.~~

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~~RPGs and weapons located in a school in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~'I celebrate God in a different way': Michael Rapaport says ‘more proud’ to be Jewish since October 7.~~

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~~Over 10,000 humanitarian aid packages airdropped to Gaza by 13 countries in recent months.~~

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~~Pentagon serious breach: Israel's attack plans leaked, US investigating~~

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~~Documents dated October 15-16 make rounds on the internet, US investigating who had access to top-secret Pentagon document. 'Depending on how this was leaked that trust could be eroded.'~~

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~~Scholz, Erdogan clash over Mideast war as they progress on sale of fighter jets.~~

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~~German chancellor rejects Turkish [Islamist] leader’s claim Israel committing (o-called) "genocide" in Gaza, asserts Jewish state has right to defend itself, calls for ceasefire-hostage deal.~~

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~~Former Sodastream CEO offers Gazans $100K for living hostages.~~

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[[File:Hitler, Saddam, Zarqawi, Bin Laden and Sinwar- Palestinian Arabs supported all of them at their height..jpg|thumb|Hitler, Saddam, Zarqawi, Bin Laden and Sinwar: Palestinian Arabs supported all of them at their height]]

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~~Hitler, Saddam, Zarqawi, Bin Laden and Sinwar: Palestinian Arabs supported all of them at their height.~~

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'Reject the genocide (sic) accusation against Israel'. Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee , calls on Democratic presidential candidate to more forcefully denounce the claim that Israel is committing “genocide”[sic].

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* Oct 20, 2024:

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~~IAF eliminates three Hezbollah terrorists, destroys Beirut intelligence HQ~~

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~~Iranian woman killed in Lebanon strike, Iranian embassy claims.~~

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~~Netanyahu told Trump Israel will make decisions based on its interests, his office says.~~

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~~Reports: Chance of hostage deal still low after Sinwar’s death despite public US optimism.~~

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~~Lebanese Armed Forces: Three soldiers killed by Israeli strike in south Lebanon.~~

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~~Rabbi: Heaven protected Netanyahu.~~

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Vivid sculptures displayed in ancient Jerusalem citadel reflect post-Oct. 7 life cycle. London-based Israeli artist Zadok Ben-David brings his singular metalworks to the Tower of David Museum: ‘Shows how quickly but gradually things change’.

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~~IDF hits Hezbollah installations in Beirut as terrorists fire more than 170 rockets.~~

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~~US Secretary of State Blinken expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday.~~

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~~Katz: Israel to begin legal action against French decision to block Israel from arms show.~~

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~~Analysis: A ceasefire would have saved Sinwar and guaranteed another war.~~

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~~House Speaker calls leak of Israeli plans 'deeply concerning'.~~

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~~IDF shoots down drone smuggling weapons from Egypt into Israel.~~

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~~Defense Minister: 'We've moved from defeating the enemy, to destroying it'.~~

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~~At the site of Sinwar’s elimination, IDF commander says incident was ‘not a fluke’.~~

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~~IDF strikes Hamas target in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, rejects Palestinian casualty claims.~~

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~~Trump claims Netanyahu disregarded. Biden’s advice on war, was right to do so.~~

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~~Shin Bet head Ronen Bar meets with Egyptian Intelligence Head to discuss hostage deal.~~

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~~Commander of IDF's 401st Brigade fell in Gaza.~~

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~~Daliyat al-Karmel Council head announces death of 401st Brigade commander, Colonel Ehsan Daxa, in Jabaliya. 'A hero, brave, and a fighter who became a legend.'~~

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~~US House speaker confirms probe into intelligence leak on Israel’s Iran attack plan.~~

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~~Six slain hostages were likely Sinwar’s shields, lived for months on energy bars.~~

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~~IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target above Haifa maritime territory.~~

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~~Hamas interested in returning all Palestinian bodies to Gaza, Sinwar's included, says official.~~

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~~Multiple rocket sirens sound in Western Galilee.~~

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~~IAF eliminates three Hezbollah terrorists, destroys Beirut intelligence HQ.~~

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~~Fear of assassination? Report: Nasrallah's deputy fled to Tehran.~~

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~~Footage: IDF strikes Hezbollah intelligence headquarters command center in Beirut.~~

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~~IAF conducted an intelligence-based strike on a command center of Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters and an underground weapons workshop in Beirut.~~

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~~Thousands attend Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall. The traditional priestly blessing ceremony is expected to draw thousands including the families of hostages held in Gaza.~~

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'UNIFIL has commented on the IDF finding Hezbollah’s terror tunnels right next to UNIFIL bases in southern Lebanon. They say they knew about the tunnels but aren’t allowed to conduct searches on private territory.'

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~~FM vows legal action against Macron for banning Israeli firms from Paris arms fair.~~

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~~Six slain hostages were likely Sinwar’s shields, lived for months on energy bars.~~

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~~Harris campaign says she did not agree with protester ["pallyweid" heckler] (Oct/17) "accusing" Israel of "genocide[sic]."~~

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Replied to infamous Francesca Albanese after sharing horrible post which included blaming Israel for 9/11, predicting death of US 'must read' accompanied with a vile image: "How do you have a job at the UN? The UN has an anti-Semitism problem."

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~~Israel conducts airstrikes in Dahieh, southern Beirut - report.~~

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~~American THAAD system operational in Israel - report.~~

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~~IDF targeting al-Qard al-Hassan in its Lebanon strikes: report.~~

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~~IDF to target 'different branches' of Hezbollah financing organization al-Qard al-Hassan, Lebanese civilians urged to stay 500 meters away from target sites.~~

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~~IAF intercept hostile drone over Syria.~~

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~~Shin Bet chief heads to Cairo as Israel said seeking to end Gaza war with hostage deal.~~

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~~IDF targets Hezbollah's financial institutions.~~

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~~The Military spokesperson says Israel will reveal how Iran funds Hezbollah and its terror activities; IDF planes strike banks in Beirut's Dahieh and elsewhere around the country.~~

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What is Al-Qard al-Hassan association, now a target of IDF? Bank provides Hezbollah with money laundering services and is one of the terror group's main financial assets; A 2021 data breach shows how it violated sanctions imposed in 2016, through ties with other financial institutions.

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~~IDF arrest terrorist after throwing Molotov cocktails at West Bank settlement.~~

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~~Israel facilitates delivery of health aid to Gaza ahead of winter. This humanitarian effort comes as the United States has issued a stark ultimatum to Israel regarding the escalating crisis in Gaza.~~

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~~Saudi channel suspended by Iraq for calling Hamas terrorists.~~

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~~[[File:ICC's Karim Khan acused of sexual harassment.jpg|thumb|ICC's Karim Khan acused of sexual harassment]]~~

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ICC prosecutor, controversial Islamic Karim Khan, accused of sexual harassment, report. Woman working as a secretary in the International Criminal Court said to be brought to tears by Karim Khan's conduct but refuses to file official complaint; internal probe recommends undisclosed measures; Khan denies allegations.

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~~[[File:Shirel Golan RIP.png|thumb|Nova massacre survivor, Shirel Golan, takes own life.~~

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~~Shirel Golan, is found dead on her 22nd birthday]]~~

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~~Nova massacre survivor, takes own life.~~

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~~Shirel Golan, is found dead on her 22nd birthday, suffering from post-trauma. Her brother calls for government action to prevent similar tragedies amid grief and mourning.~~

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* Oct 21, 2024:

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~~[[File:Hamas is shooting Gazan civilians who try to evacuate Jabaliya, IDF paramedic says..jpg|thumb|File:Hamas is shooting Gazan civilians who try to evacuate Jabaliya, IDF paramedic says]]~~

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Murdering their own: Hamas Shooting civilians trying to evacuate Northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian civilians attempting to flee the intense fighting in the northern Gaza Strip are reportedly being shot at by Hamas terrorists trying to stop their escape.

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Hamas is shooting Gazan civilians who try to evacuate Jabaliya, IDF paramedic says. Cpl. Shai Gilboa photographed providing medical assistance to a Palestinian woman injured in the face by Hamas gunfire while trying to get to a designated safe zone.

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~~IAF intercept hostile drone over Syria.~~

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Israel states demands for Lebanon cease-fire, report. U. S. special Mideast envoy Amos Hochstein due to visit Beirut to discuss cease-fire; Israeli demands include IDF forces being able to operate against Hezbollah along the Lebanon-Israel border and use its airspace for attacks.

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~~Israel tells US conditions for end of war with Hezbollah - report.~~

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Trump: October 7 happened because they have no respect for Biden. Former US President slams Biden administration for failing to prevent bloody conflicts: Iran had no money, and Biden allowed them to have $300 billion.

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~~UN’s Francesca Albanese failed to disclose Antisemitic husband worked for PLO Ministry.~~

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~~What’s behind the ICC sexual scandal and Kamala’s radical pandering?~~

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'It’s been revealed that Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, was accused of sexually harassing one of his employees a few weeks before he requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.'

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~~Wikipedia's page on Zionism is partly edited by an anti-Zionist - investigation.~~

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~~The Post found that DMH223344 was suspended on 9 October 2024 from editing the Zionism page, "for violating the one-revert rule at Zionism."~~

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~~Operations in Lebanon and Gaza.~~

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~~Hezbollah cell that launched missiles into Israel eliminated.~~

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~~IDF intercepts drone in Jordan Valley.~~

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~~Home Front Command conducts siren tests on Monday morning in various West Bank communities.~~

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~~[[File:Dramatic testimony suggests UN peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah.jpg|thumb|Dramatic testimony suggests UN peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah]]~~

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~~Dramatic testimony suggests UN peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah~~

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Captured terrorists confirm they paid UNIFIL to use their outposts against Israel and even using their surveillance cameras. This is in violation of its mandate. Hezbollah operatives captured during recent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ground operations in southern Lebanon have disclosed during interrogations that the organization paid off UNIFIL personnel to use their positions in the region.

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~~UNIFIL denies it.~~

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~~IDF intercepts Hezbollah rocket barrage aimed at northern Israel.~~

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~~THAAD anti-missile system 'in place' in Israel, US says.~~

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~~Report: Sinwar received offer to leave Gaza at the start of the war.~~

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In wake of Oct. 7, some US Jews in swing states rethink longtime support of Democrats. Some Jewish Americans see Israel’s survival in new light after Hamas attack and amid fears of rising antisemitism; may resort to voting for Republican candidate Donald Trump.

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~~Iran's Araqchi to travel to Bahrain and Kuwait on Monday.~~

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~~Iran says it has warned UN nuclear watchdog about Israeli threats against its nuclear sites.~~

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Reports: Hours before Oct. 7 assault, Shin Bet warned Hamas seemed readying to attack. Alert was reportedly sent to Mossad, National Security Council and Israel Police; noted suspicious activity indicating possible assault but did not give estimate of nature or scale.

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah launchers aimed at northern Israeli communities.~~

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~~Expensive war on Hamas and Hezbollah could force tough economic choices.~~

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~~Military spending balloons to $4.7b; economic output shrinks amid widespread call-ups, hard-hit tourism industry; credit downgrade likely to cause public service cuts, higher taxes.~~

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~~After Lebanese PM fumed at Iranian official who expressed openness to negotiating Lebanon truce, Iran "rejects."~~

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~~IDF intercepts five rockets launched from Lebanon.~~

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~~The target: Sensitive IDF bases~~

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Seven Israelis worked as Iranian agents during the war. Interior Minister Arbel ordered to examine the denial of citizenship of the seven Israelis who acted as agents under the auspices of Iran during the war: "Israel will work to vomit and denounce closely those who work against it".

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~~British Airways to cancel all flights to Israel until end of March next year.~~

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~~Streaming site Twitch accused of unchecked antisemitism, anti-Israel bias.~~

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~~After a slew of complaints, platform acknowledges blocking Israel-based users post-Oct. 7 ‘to prevent uploads of graphic material,’ doesn’t address lifting ban on antisemitic users.~~

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~~Iran complains to UN watchdog, alleging Israeli threats to hit its nuclear sites.~~

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~~In letter to International Atomic Energy Agency, foreign ministry argues striking such facilities is against global body’s resolutions and should be condemned~~

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~~Lebanon’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan: US-sanctioned Hezbollah cash source~~

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~~The financial institution is the latest target of IDF airstrikes as Israel seeks to degrade the terror group’s ability to fund its war on the Jewish state.~~

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Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites. Elishai Young, 19, who fell in Gaza, had not yet completed the 18 months of active duty needed for him, his mother, and his special needs brother to obtain Israeli citizenship.

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5 UAVs launched at Israel intercepted over Mediterranean Sea. Air traffic halted for half-hour at Ben Gurion Airport, likely due to UAV attack. The drones were intercepted before they reached Israeli airspace.

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~~Explosion heard in Tel Aviv. Projectile from Lebanon strikes open area in central Israel.~~

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~~IDF: Hezbollah down to 30% of its firepower.~~

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~~PM's birthday warning to Iran: 'Our people will repel the danger that threatens their existence'~~

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~~Ex-UN soldier exposes Hezbollah dominance in southern Lebanon, highlighting UN failure.~~

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~~Michael, a Danish soldier who served in Lebanon a decade ago, describes UN's inability to act against Hezbollah, says 'reported daily violations of Resolution 1701, but nothing happened'.~~

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~~Nasrallah's money bunker beneath Al-Sahel Hospital. IDF reveals Hezbollah cash bunker beneath Beirut hospital, housing over $500 million.~~

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Following airstrikes targeting terror group's financial network, army unveils secret money bunker, located underneath Al-Sahel Hospital in heart of Lebanese capital; 'Funds stored here could have been used to rebuild Lebanon, but instead, they are used to rebuild Hezbollah'.

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~~White House calls on all parties to cooperate on aid distribution in Gaza.~~

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~~ISA: Ceasefire in exchange for a few hostages~~

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~~Heavy strike heard near Beirut's southern suburbs - witnesses.~~

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~~Iran tells UN: Biden has signaled US approval, support for attack on Iran.~~

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~~Some 170 Hezbollah rockets crossed into Israel on Monday (Oct/21), IDF says~~

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~~Report: Sinwar received offer to leave Gaza at the start of the war.~~

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In wake of Oct. 7, some US Jews in swing states rethink longtime support of Democrats. Some Jewish Americans see Israel’s survival in new light after Hamas attack and amid fears of rising antisemitism; may resort to voting for Republican candidate Donald Trump.

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~~Iran's Araqchi to travel to Bahrain and Kuwait on Monday.~~

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~~Iran says it has warned UN nuclear watchdog about Israeli threats against its nuclear sites.~~

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Reports: Hours before Oct. 7 assault, Shin Bet warned Hamas seemed readying to attack. Alert was reportedly sent to Mossad, National Security Council and Israel Police; noted suspicious activity indicating possible assault but did not give estimate of nature or scale.

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah launchers aimed at northern Israeli communities.~~

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~~Expensive war on Hamas and Hezbollah could force tough economic choices.~~

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~~Military spending balloons to $4.7b; economic output shrinks amid widespread call-ups, hard-hit tourism industry; credit downgrade likely to cause public service cuts, higher taxes.~~

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~~After Lebanese PM fumed at Iranian official who expressed openness to negotiating Lebanon truce, Iran "rejects."~~

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~~IDF intercepts five rockets launched from Lebanon.~~

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~~The target: Sensitive IDF bases~~

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Seven Israelis worked as Iranian agents during the war. Interior Minister Arbel ordered to examine the denial of citizenship of the seven Israelis who acted as agents under the auspices of Iran during the war: "Israel will work to vomit and denounce closely those who work against it".

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~~British Airways to cancel all flights to Israel until end of March next year.~~

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~~Streaming site Twitch accused of unchecked antisemitism, anti-Israel bias.~~

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~~After a slew of complaints, platform acknowledges blocking Israel-based users post-Oct. 7 ‘to prevent uploads of graphic material,’ doesn’t address lifting ban on antisemitic users.~~

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~~Iran complains to UN watchdog, alleging Israeli threats to hit its nuclear sites.~~

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~~In letter to International Atomic Energy Agency, foreign ministry argues striking such facilities is against global body’s resolutions and should be condemned~~

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~~Lebanon’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan: US-sanctioned Hezbollah cash source~~

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~~The financial institution is the latest target of IDF airstrikes as Israel seeks to degrade the terror group’s ability to fund its war on the Jewish state.~~

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Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites. Elishai Young, 19, who fell in Gaza, had not yet completed the 18 months of active duty needed for him, his mother, and his special needs brother to obtain Israeli citizenship.

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5 UAVs launched at Israel intercepted over Mediterranean Sea. Air traffic halted for half-hour at Ben Gurion Airport, likely due to UAV attack. The drones were intercepted before they reached Israeli airspace.

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~~Explosion heard in Tel Aviv. Projectile from Lebanon strikes open area in central Israel.~~

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~~IDF: Hezbollah down to 30% of its firepower.~~

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~~PM's birthday warning to Iran: 'Our people will repel the danger that threatens their existence'~~

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~~Ex-UN soldier exposes Hezbollah dominance in southern Lebanon, highlighting UN failure.~~

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~~Michael, a Danish soldier who served in Lebanon a decade ago, describes UN's inability to act against Hezbollah, says 'reported daily violations of Resolution 1701, but nothing happened'.~~

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~~Nasrallah's money bunker beneath Al-Sahel Hospital. IDF reveals Hezbollah cash bunker beneath Beirut hospital, housing over $500 million.~~

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Following airstrikes targeting terror group's financial network, army unveils secret money bunker, located underneath Al-Sahel Hospital in heart of Lebanese capital; 'Funds stored here could have been used to rebuild Lebanon, but instead, they are used to rebuild Hezbollah'.

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~~White House calls on all parties to cooperate on aid distribution in Gaza.~~

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~~ISA: Ceasefire in exchange for a few hostages~~

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~~Heavy strike heard near Beirut's southern suburbs - witnesses.~~

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~~Iran tells UN: Biden has signaled US approval, support for attack on Iran.~~

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~~Some 170 Hezbollah rockets crossed into Israel on Monday (Oct/21), IDF says~~

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~~IDF says it killed top Hezbollah money man in Syria strike, promises more attacks on terror group’s financial network.~~

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~~Hezbollah generates funds for activities under the guise of a non-profit: Israeli officials.Al-Qard Al-Hasan is registered as a non-profit in Lebanon.~~

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'I thought we could make peace with our enemies, but the hatred is deeply ingrained in them'. Israeli filmmaker Ronit Ifergan recounts terrifying events of October 7 in Kfar Aza, shares message of her new film Shattered Paradise, and explains why she no longer believes peace with Palestinians achievable, a dream she once held.

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Shattered Paradise isn't the first film by director Ronit Ifergan about life in Kfar Aza. After October 7, the community, along with the kibbutz itself, was evacuated to the Shefayim Hotel and will soon move to temporary housing in Kibbutz Ruhama.

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"In 2009, I began filming Life on the Border, intending to tell the story of people like me who move to live on the border. How do you acclimate to it, and can you truly adapt and plant roots? After Operation Protective Edge, I realized I had more to say beyond how unfortunate we are."

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Afticle: 'The PA is at work while Israel fights in Lebanon and Gaza. Palestinian Arabs continue to destroy Jewish archaelogy as the war goes on in order to cleanse all evidence of Jewish history in the region - in most cases with money and equipment provided by the EU, which funds illegal building in Area C at the same time.'

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~~IDF: Hezbollah hiding $500 million in gold, cash in bunker under Beirut hospital.~~

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~~Amid operation against group’s finances, military spokesman calls on Lebanon and international groups to prevent use of money to fund terror.~~

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~~White House 'Biden deeply concerned about leak of Israel’s plans'.~~

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Doug Emhoff, Ritchie Torres reassure Michigan Jewish voters Harris supports Israel. At mini-rally, second gentlemen questions how Jews can vote for Trump: ‘He foments antisemitism everywhere he goes’; NY rep tells private event VP is a pro-Israel stalwart.

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~~Fire breaks out in Syria's Homs refinery, state TV says.~~

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~~Anti-Israel US campus groups radicalize, with no one to stop them, experts warn.~~

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~~Former security officials say increasingly violent rhetoric mimics that of 1960s students who pivoted to domestic terror. It’s going unhindered as students point to First Amendment.~~

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~~IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target that crossed from Lebanon.~~

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* Oct 22, 2024:

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~~Five rocket sirens sound in Haifa, Carmel area.~~

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~~Air Force pounds Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold after civilians told to evacuate area.~~

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~~IDF evacuates Israeli civilians visiting Joseph's Tomb in West Bank without prior coordination.~~

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~~Potential first gentleman? Doug Emhoff 'vexed' by Jews who think differently than himself.~~

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~~Before attacking in Leahia: The IDF distributes flyers instructing evacuees to leave - report.~~

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~~IDF Arabic spokesperson issues urgent warning to Al-Hosh residents in Lebanon.~~

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~~Yishai Mann fell while serving near Gaza.~~

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~~Islamic State commander for Iraq killed, premier says.~~

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~~Hezbollah takes responsibility for drone strike on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home.~~

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7 Arab East Jerusalem men arrested in Iran spy plot, including bid to kill nuclear scientist. Ring of suspects aged 19-23, almost all Israeli citizens, marks fifth Iranian spy case revealed since September, and first to profess a desire to hurt Israel as the main motivation.

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~~'They didn't do it for the money - solely to harm Israel'.~~

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~~UNRWA partners with org. named after terrorist arms smuggler.~~

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~~UNICEF continues to fabricate 6,000 imaginary dead children in Gaza based on nothing but Hamas press releases.~~

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~~Al-Azhar - Sunni Islam's respected religious authority eulogizes Sinwar. Egyptian activist: Al-Azhar's mourning of Sinwar is a threat to Egypt's national security.~~

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~~Iran unveils ‘No hostage will be released’ blood-splattered mural in Tehran.~~

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~~Journalist: 'Accused sexual predator -- ICC's Islamic Karim Khan-- Deflects by blaming the Jews.'~~

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A video of Israeli missile demolishing a Hezbollah building is worth more than a thousand words. It shows Israel's unsurpassed morality in waging war. Normally, when a building is demolished in a controlled implosion, it takes a team of structural engineers to study it ahead of time and to strategically place many explosives throughout the building to minimize damage.

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Here, the IDF clearly had enough intel to know exactly how the building was built, and they used single missile shot exactly at the right place to take it down - not topple it but have it pancake straight down - with practically no damage to the buildings right next to it.

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~~Of course, Israel gave warning beforehand because it was targeting a Hezbollah weapons depot, not people. No one was injured.~~

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~~Article: 'How Iran-Hamas’ deadly alliance was born — in America.~~

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Over the last few days, Israel has shared a cache of secret Hamas documents that detail Hamas meetings with a member of the Iranian regime in the months leading up to the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

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~~The documents indicate Iran had advance knowledge of Hamas’ plans.~~

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Communications between Hamas and Iran regarding terrorist attacks on Israel should come as no surprise as Hamas and Iran solidified their alliance and commitment to destroy Israel more than 30 years ago.

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~~But what many may not realize is the very first Hamas meetings with Iran were led by a man whose rise within Hamas began on American soil.~~

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~~College activist.~~

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~~Mousa Abu Marzook, the current deputy chief of the Hamas political bureau, led the first meetings with the Iranian regime while he was a student at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, La.~~

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Marzook was born in Rafah, in 1951. He was educated in Egypt prior to traveling to the United States on a student visa in the 1980s, where he first attended Colorado State University, then sought his post-graduate degree at Louisiana Tech...'

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~~Remembering the fallen on Simchat Torah.~~

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~~'Bombs don't scare us'. Hezbollah spokesman runs away in middle of press conference.~~

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~~Cleared for publication: Hezbollah UAV (Saturday Oct/19) scored direct hit on Netanyahu's home in Caesarea.~~

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~~Revolutionary Guards commander cited saying Iran does not expect significant Israeli retaliation.~~

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~~Turkey's Halkbank not immune from US prosecution in Iran sanctions case.~~

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~~Report: Senior Pentagon employee behind leak of Israeli strike plans.~~

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~~Foreign actors stoke divisions ahead of US elections, spy agencies say.~~

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~~Bodycam footage: The war in Lebanon from the soldier's point of view.~~

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An unbelievable journey with Hersh, we miss and love him. Special Sukkot interview with Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh who was murdered in captivity. 'There's a time to mourn, to weep, and there's a time for joy - we need to be sensitive.'

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Millions rush to shelters as drones launched in Lebanon head south. IDF choppers and jets pursuit the hostile aircraft and the military urged the public to adhere to the guidelines of the Home Front Command; earlier a drone is shot down off the coast of Acre; IDF gives the all clear after over an hour.

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~~Blinken, with Netanyahu, pushes efforts on hostages, Gaza aid.~~

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~~US charges IRGC official, others in Iran-backed plot to assassinate journalist.~~

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~~Over 230 trucks with humanitarian aid transferred into northern Gaza Strip.~~

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Jewish members of New York co-op health food store file complaint over antisemitism. Jewish and Israeli members of Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop allege anti-Jewish, anti-Israel harassment commonplace, say no action taken against member who performed Nazi salute.

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~~US urges Israel to moderate response in Iran, expedite end of Lebanon operations - report.~~

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~~IDF drone crashes in southern Lebanon after being struck.~~

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~~UN Watch to publish 60-page exposé on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.~~

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~~Lebanon's southern suburbs called to evacuate ahead of IDF strikes.~~

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~~Blinken to travel to Saudi Arabia instead of Jordan on Wednesday.~~

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~~[[File:Hashem Safieddine eliminated.jpg|thumb|Hashem Safieddine eliminated]]~~

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~~Body of Nasrallah's successor found in Beirut.~~

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~~Hezbollah leader's successor, Hashem Safieddine, was eliminated in a strike in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut about three weeks ago, along with the intelligence chief of Hezbollah.~~

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~~Blinken meets PM, pushes Israel to publicly say it’s not aiming to besiege north Gaza.~~

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~~Netanyahu and secretary of state discuss hostage deal possibilities in wake of Sinwar’s death; US official says premier demurred when asked to publicly reject ‘General’s Plan’.~~

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~~IDF names battalion deputy commander killed in southern Lebanon clash. Major (res.) Aviram Hariv, 42, survived by his wife and six children. Bringing IDF toll to 752.~~

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* Oct 23, 2024:

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~~IDF intercepts two UAVS near Eilat.~~

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'Time stood still': Gaza hostages' last holiday at home. Idan saw his mother, who flew in from US, before being abducted on Simchat Torah; Chaim shared his Yom Kippur War story day before massacre; Guy promised to help dismantle sukkah after Nova festival; hostage families recount final moments with loved ones before being taken to Gaza.

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~~Article: "How the ‘Grey Lady’ cover of Sinwar's elimination ran true to form.~~

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The New York Times motto means the paper’s business is bias. Truth is an after-thought. And if it takes bias to grow the bottom line, and satisfy investors, editorial staff are at liberty to lie through their teeth.

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What fool would take a motto at face value. One for cornflakes – possibly. The motto of a paper for elites educated on bedrocks of progressive dogma is as likely to speak truth as their debacle-plagued campaigner for the White House.

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The New York Times, commonly known as 'The Grey Lady', coined a motto in 1897, and there it is today, on the masthead. The gullible are free to believe in “All the news that’s fit to print,” though let them beware: the media is in the business of bias. On top of which “fit to print” means ...What? Fit for subscribers? Fit for shareholders? The answer requires journeying to the deceiving heart of the Grey Lady gargoyle.

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“On the run.” “Hurt.” “Alone.” “Defiant.” Such adjectives could suitably apply to the titanic last stand of Boer War General Christiaan de Wet, saddled on his noble horse as he surrenders to Lord Kitchener’s juggernaut, the pride of King and countrymen. But guess what. The Times used those words when it was reporting the demise of Islam’s Hitler trapped like a rat in ruins of his own devise.

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That was just the headline. Beneath its flights of fancy, embedded phraseology soars into outer space. The special talents of Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda guru, were not superior by much. It does not stop there.

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A confirmation trial: what is amiss about making Yahya Sinwar a “militant leader”? Nothing, if you kept consistent. Consistency would require the Democrat’s bible to posthumously bestow the honorific, “Militant” on the Commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, so no one can nitpick the Times engraving “Militant” on Sinwar the baddy’s gravestone.

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How equivalent were the pair? Time Magazine has treated them pretty much as club buddies. It bid Sinwar goodbye with the iconic ‘Red X’ it used to mark the demise of affiliated monsters, Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Of Sinwar we might say that he more than earned his club colours. Höss probably also had toddlers roasted alive, heaping their grey ash onto that from their moms and dads. Though perhaps on two metrics Yahya the “militant” out-performed Rudolf. Decapitation and necrophilia seemed to have been a bridge too far, in Auschwitz even.

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~~At what language trickery would the Grey Lady go so far and no further?~~

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By selecting “attack” to describe the barbarity of Oct 7, editors hadn’t breached the borderline of bias. They had not done with sick equivalents. A time warp alert: the Russian Civil war produced untold pogroms in Ukraine. A most gruesome one was committed in the town of Tetiiv where the Jews were burnt alive inside a locked synagogue. The estimated toll of 1,127 is eerily reminiscent of Oct 7. Had the Times reported this pogrom it would have used the word “attack” it chose for its Sinwar tribute..'

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~~A coordination by a group of some 40 Pro-Hamas Wikipedia editors have rewritten the Israel-Palestine Narrative Arab lobbyists, backed and covered by radical administrators (auch as Zero0000).~~

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~~Also, Wikipedia editors place a near total ban on calling Gaza Health Ministry “Hamas-run”.~~

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~~Germany, Qatar see need for more diplomatic efforts in the Middle East.~~

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Nobody can force us out': The unbreakable spirit of Kiryat Shmona. "Nobody can force us out of here," David Strul, who manages a moving company called Super Hovalot said. He spoke to us while checking on a friend's apartment, damaged by a nearby rocket.

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~~'Islamic "Resistance"' in Iraq claims responsibility for drone attack on Israel's Golan Heights.~~

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Blinken urges Israel to use opportunity for strategic result in Gaza. ‘Friendly and productive’ 2.5 hour meeting with Blinken in Jerusalem, Netanyahu says. “The two sides discussed the issue of the governing framework in Gaza on the day after the war,” according to Netanyahu’s office.

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~~Indictment filed against seven Jerusalem residents for attempting to kill Israeli scientist.~~

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~~Lufthansa suspends flights to Beirut, Tehran until early 2025.~~

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Missiles, RPG found in southern Lebanon mosque. Soldiers from the 205th Reserve Brigade located a weapons storage facility containing grenade launchers, shoulder-fired missiles, RPGs, combat vests, Kornet missiles, and other weapons that were hidden in a mosque in the heart of a civilian neighborhood.

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~~US Secretary of State Blinken to meet Arab leaders in Britain this week.~~

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~~Hamas official arrives in Moscow, set to meet Russian officials - RIA.~~

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~~Rocket strikes near Acre and Haifa~~

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~~The rockets struck direct hits on industrial buildings but caused no injuries.~~

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~~Israelis in Sri Lanka called to evacuate immediately following terror threat at tourist beaches.~~

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~~Israel's security forces operate in West Bank to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons.~~

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~~Two soldiers buried, neither one Jewish, both minorities.~~

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Hezbollah targets central and northern Israel, as IDF expands Lebanon strikes to Tyre. Two long-range rockets intercepted as terror group says it targeted Glilot base near Tel Aviv; IDF strikes weapons caches in Beirut area, ground troops destroy tunnels near border.

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The Arab East Jerusalem spy ring indicted; prosecutors say leader received $7,000 from Iran..Suspects aged 19-23, almost all of them Israeli citizens, are accused of plotting to assassinate an Israeli nuclear scientist as well as a city mayor.

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~~Gallant at IAF base: After we strike in Iran, world will understand all our training~~

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~~Defense minister says those who dreamed of destroying Israel last year have paid ‘heavy price’; Austin says employees of his office not being probed for leak of Israeli prep for strike.~~

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~~[[File:Exposes six Al Jazeera journalists as Gazan terrorists.jpg|thumb|Exposes six Al Jazeera journalists as Gazan terrorists. Oct/24]]~~

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IDF exposes six Al Jazeera journalists as Gazan terrorists. Hamas or Islamic Jihad. Named are: Anas Jamal Mahmoud Al-Sharif, Alaa Abdul Aziz Muhammad Salama, Hossam Basel Abdul Karim Shabat, Ashraf Sami Ashour Saraj, Ismail Farid Muhammad Abu Omar and Talal Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Aruki.

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Gaza documents prove the 6 Al Jazeera journalists are Hamas, PIJ operatives. Army shares personnel spreadsheets, lists of training courses and salary papers uncovered in Strip, following denials by Qatari network that its employees are involved in terror.

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Ex-hostage tells UN she was sexually assaulted by Hamas guard ‘in most horrifying way’. Amit Soussana assails ‘overwhelming silence, even denial’ of atrocities in speech to Security Council; Mia Schem: Captor ‘constantly reminded me he saw me without underwear’. "I was not allowed to cry" or show being sad, after rape act was over.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham is demanding answers on reporting that British International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan was accused of misconduct at the same time he was pursuing criminal charges against Israeli officials.

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"Public reports indicate that allegations of harassment surfaced in early May – just a few days before Prosecutor Khan applied for arrest warrants against the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Israel for alleged violations of law during the defensive Israeli-Hamas War," Graham, R-S.C., wrote in a letter. "The timing of the allegations is troubling, and only compounds the other strong legal, jurisdictional, and prudential objections I have expressed regarding the Prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants."

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On May 20, Khan requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif. All three Hamas leaders have been killed in the past year.

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~~Khan’s application was unprecedented – the first time the criminal court had sought arrests for Western-allied officials.~~

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Prior to Khan’s warrants, he along with a group of senators was working to urge Khan to "adhere to the Rome Statute" and have a dialogue with Israeli officials before moving forward with their prosecution.

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On that very day, Khan was set to travel to Israel to meet with officials before deciding whether to move forward with the warrant requests. But he never showed up. He publicly announced his warrant requests without any warning to the Israelis who had planned to make their case against them.

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"It has now come to my attention through media reports that Prosecutor Khan was facing allegations of misconduct around the same time, and the resolution of this matter remains a mystery," the senator wrote in the letter. "The abrupt decision to cancel this visit to Israel, along with these contemporaneous allegations needs to be explained, and I request full transparency on the matter to ensure there is no conflict of interest."

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Graham said he was "shocked" to learn Khan never showed up for his trip to Israel. "It was a complete change of what we were told that was going to happen, and we never really understood what happened – never made sense to me."

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But last week, the Mail reported that around the same time, a female employee with the court informed senior managers about harassment claims made by another female employee against Khan. The woman "was so upset she was in tears."

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Report: Warrants for Israeli leaders a smokescreen for ICC prosecutor's sex scandal. Wall Street Journal report says Karim Khan, when confronted with sexual harassment allegations, initially said he'd 'have to resign' but instead allegedly threatened victim and witnesses; days later, he announced warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Also: 'Anti-Israel animus is sufficient to explain Mr. Khan’s pursuit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant—especially while leaving untouched their political rival, Benny Gantz, who was the final member of Israel’s war cabinet and also signed off on its decisions.'

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~~Poll: Gaza war ranks low on priority list for average American voter.~~

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~~Report: 'The Terrorists who cite Francesca Albanese.~~

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Francesca Albanese knowingly supports Hamas and other terrorist groups. In November 2022, Albanese participated in an official conference of Hamas, a designated terrorist group in the U.S., Canada, European Union, Australia and other countries. Speaking by video, she told the assembled terrorists, “You have a right to resist this occupation.” She added: “Israel says ‘resistance equals terrorism,’ but an occupation requires violence and generates violence.”

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Albanese participated in the Hamas conference together with Ghazi Hamad, former Hamas Deputy Foreign Minister; Abd al-Latif al-Qanu, Hamas spokesperson; Ahmad al-Mudallal, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader; Khadr Habib, PIJ leader in Gaza; as well as Basem Naim and Isam al-Da’alis from Hamas. (November 2022).

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~~Likewise, Albanese is well aware that her reports and statements are regularly used and relied upon by terrorist groups and their sponsors to justify terrorist attacks against Israelis and Jews.'~~

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~~Article: 'On Simchat Torah, We Mourn — But Also Hope..~~

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In his 2016 book Essays on Ethics, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote, “A people that can know insecurity and still feel joy is one that can never be defeated, for its spirit can never be broken nor its hope destroyed.”

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This year, as Simchat Torah draws near, we are painfully reminded that joy and suffering often coexist. While it is a staple of the human condition for Jews, this paradox echoes relentlessly throughout our history.

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In the Diaspora, we will feel this contrast differently. Shmini Atzeret — a day marked by solemnity with Yizkor and the prayer for rain — falls on the anniversary of October 7th. Only the second evening transitions into the joy of Simchat Torah.

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In Israel, however, the two days merge into one, with the solemnity of Shmini Atzeret intertwined with the joy of Simchat Torah. This year, embracing the usual high spirits will be incredibly challenging for Israelis. The weight of national grief hangs heavy; indeed, no Simchat Torah will ever be the same again.

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When we danced with the Torahs last year, despite knowing that a terrible attack was unfolding, the full extent of the horror was not yet clear. It was only after Simchat Torah ended that the devastating truth began to emerge: 1,200 people tortured, murdered, and mutilated; families torn apart; and hostages dragged into Gaza.

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In the months since, every painful detail has come to light, making it nearly impossible to embrace the unrestrained joy that typically defines Simchat Torah. How can we celebrate when every smile is shadowed by memory, and every song tinged with sorrow?

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~~And yet, my late mother’s story comes to mind — her first Simchat Torah after the Holocaust, celebrated in the city of her birth: Rotterdam, Holland. It offers a profound lesson for us today.~~

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~~My mother was born in 1941, a year after my grandparents married during the Nazi occupation. The Nazis invaded Holland in May 1940, and began deporting Jews to concentration camps in 1942.~~

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Fearing for their lives, my grandparents went into hiding, spending more than two years in a cramped space behind a closet in the home of a gentile friend. My grandfather, active in the Dutch resistance, emerged only at night to carry out covert missions against the Nazis — knowing the risks but refusing to submit to despair.

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~~Meanwhile, my mother was taken in by a Christian couple who raised her as their own, shielding her from the terrors outside. After the war, they returned her to her parents.~~

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When the Nazis were defeated by the Allies in May 1945, Jewish life in Rotterdam began to re-emerge, although only a fraction of the community remained — 75% of Dutch Jewry, more than 100,000 people, had perished in Auschwitz, Sobibor, and other camps.

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That fall, the synagogue reopened, and Simchat Torah was celebrated once more. The Torah scrolls my grandfather had hidden with gentile friends were retrieved. Miraculously, Rabbi Levie “Lou” Vorst, who had survived Bergen-Belsen and the infamous “Lost Train,” stood at the helm of the diminished community.

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But the celebration was bittersweet. Almost everyone in the synagogue had lost parents, siblings, spouses, or children. My grandparents had lost their parents, siblings, and their second child, my uncle Yitzchak, who had died of malnutrition during the war.

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And yet, they danced. Survivors — many without homes or families — clung to the Torah scrolls as if their lives depended on it. My mother, only four years old, stood quietly in the synagogue, receiving candy from weeping survivors. With each piece placed in her open mouth, the message was clear: the future must be sweet, even when the past has been unbearably bitter...'

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Article: 'Simchat Torah 5785: Sinwar will not take the holiday from us again. Sinwar robbed us of our lives, but we must not let him rob us of our holidays, the source of our strength as a nation. This year, we all have to dance twice as hard and make up for the joy that was taken from us last year.'

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~~Germany’s Eurovision contestant calls out ‘So Much Hate’ against Israeli singer Eden Golan during competition.~~

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~~Hezbollah fires 85 rockets at Israel in lead up to Simchat Torah.~~

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~~Khamenei praises late Nasrallah and Sinwar, calling them key figures in regional resistance.~~

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~~IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Tyre.~~

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~~Hezbollah confirms Hashem Safieddine, heir apparent to Nasrallah, killed in Israeli attack.~~

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~~IDF strikes Gaza school being used as Hamas compound.~~

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~~Four rockets from Lebanon cause sirens across central Israel.~~

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~~Hezbollah affiliated media station building struck in Beirut - report.~~

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~~Nasrallah's replacement died three days after the attack - report.~~

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~~Hezbollah fired over 135 projectiles into Israeli territory on Wednesday.~~

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Christian Zionists defy war to stand with Israel. Many fewer Christians attended the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem event than in previous years, but those who did express how powerful it was to pray for Jerusalem while in the city itself. Dozens of vibrant flags adorned the gates of Jerusalem’s Tower of David courtyard on Sunday, marking the arrival of one of the largest and most international delegations of Israel supporters since the October 7 massacre last year. Over 500 Christian Zionist delegates from nearly 60 countries arrived in Israel last week for the annual event organized by the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem (ICEJ). The event marks the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, known by Christians as the Feast of Tabernacles.

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~~Israeli manufacturers petition French court to overturn naval expo ban on firms.~~

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Some 20,000 have left Gaza’s Jabaliya, 150 terrorists detained in latest op. Palestinians say 42 killed in past day, as airstrike hits former school in Gaza City used as Hamas command post; second round of polio vaccine drive completed.

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IDF targets Beirut's Dahieh after rocket volley to central Israel. Lebanese media reports wave of airstrikes in Hezbollah's stronghold in the country after terror group fired four rockets toward Tel Aviv and surrounding area.

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~~Americans, British strike Hodeidah, Yemen, Houthi aligned media says - report.~~

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* Oct 24, 2024:

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~~Explosion heard over Syria's Damascus, state news agency says.~~

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Arab report reveals Sinwar's instructions for holding the hostages. notes written by former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar with instructions, names, and locations of over 70 hostages. That "they are an important card" in freeing terrorists. And he quoted from Quran.

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~~US Senator Graham says Israel-Saudi deal possible before year-end.~~

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~~IDF arrests terror suspects in West Bank cities Nablus and Hebron.~~

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"Close cooperation": The IDF reveals - this is how the relationship between Hamas and the Al-Jazeera channel was conducted. In the documents revealed by the IDF spokesman in Arabic, it is possible to see how Hamas directed the media coverage in favor of its own interests.

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After the involvement in terrorism of 6 Al-Jazeera channel journalists was revealed, now the IDF is revealing additional documents that indicate close cooperation between Hamas and the channel. Among the findings that were revealed are a ban on the channel from criticizing the organization, through hiding cases of failed rockets to the establishment of a line Secure communication between Hamas and Al Jazeera.

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~~US, Qatari negotiators to meet Israeli team in Doha for hostage talks ‘in coming days’.~~

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~~In Doha, Blinken announces another $135m. aid for Palestinians.~~

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Harris says Trump ‘is a fascist’ after ex-aide said he wanted generals like Hitler’s. Vice president calls her rival ‘a danger to the well-being and security’ of US, saying his reported suggestion the Nazi leader ‘did some good things’ shows who he ‘really is’.

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Task force says UCLA let antisemitism fester amid pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests. Report says Jewish and Israeli students, faculty and staff were assaulted and threatened; panel says administrators should have taken more action against campus rules violations.

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3 arrested in Sri Lanka over threats to Israelis; Chabad House named as potential target. One of the terror suspects is reportedly based in Iraq; intelligence said to have been provided from India; police spokesman says security increased in Arugam Bay surf resort area.

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Israel said to have delayed Iran strike after US intel leak of attack plans. Report by UK’s Times says Israel has developed an alternative course of action but must war-game it before proceeding due to the need to ‘change certain strategies and components’.

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~~Ex-foes Iran and Saudi Arabia hold joint naval exercise in Sea of Oman.~~

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~~More than 125 missiles to North:~~

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~~Two moderately and three lightly injured on Simchat Torah.~~

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~~Hezbollah drone operative killed in south Lebanon.~~

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~~Lebanese army says 3 troops killed in Israeli strike; IDF says Hezbollah building hit.~~

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~~Intense barrage of 50 rockets from Lebanon wounds 3 in northern Israel.~~

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~~2 moderately hurt and one sustains light injuries from shrapnel near Nahariya.~~

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~~Israeli jets target Hezbollah military sites in Beirut's Dahieh; 'Another example of terror group's cynical exploitation of Lebanese civilians and facilities,.'~~

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Israeli music guru Yoav Kutner says artists are muzzled over fears of political fallout. The media man’s tumultuous life, which includes losing his memory and a bout with cancer, didn’t strip him of his optimism even as he fears for Israel and bemoans conformist artists.

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~~3 soldiers fall in battle in Lebanon.~~

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~~Lod Mayor, Binyamin Regional Council, and Samaria Regional Council announce that Mordechai Amoyel, Aviad Neiman, and Shuval Ben Natan fell in battle in Lebanon.~~

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~~Chief of Staff: 'Sinwar's elimination wasn't planned, but it wasn't by chance'.~~

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~~Harris dodges q. of whether she'd be more pro-Israel than Trump.~~

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~~Donald Trump: 'Iranian regime ‘wouldn’t have to’ end if I was president'.~~

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~~Donald Trump: 'Had Israel followed Biden advice, they'd be waiting for a bomb'.~~

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~~Iranian Islamic scholar Masoud Aali: 'If we conquer Israel, we will be able to conquer the West.'~~

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IDF has seized 3,200 explosives, 2,500 missiles in Lebanon. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari says, 'In the past month alone, we have struck more than 3,200 targets in southern Lebanon, including approximately 350 weapons storage facilities.'

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~~Hezbollah's "plan to occupy the Galilee" massacres which they have built for years - is being revealed.~~

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Hezbollah converted villages in southern Lebanon to command centers, IDF says. IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari says Hezbollah built underground command centers for the Radwan unit, with entrances intentionally placed beneath residential buildings.

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IDF names 5 fallen soldiers in southern Lebanon battles. The incident occurred as the forces approached a Shiite village in the western sector of southern Lebanon and were attacked by terrorists who emerged from a tunnel shaft.

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'Biden-Harris White House just promoted suspected Iranian spy. Ariane Tabatabai, founding member of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Iran Experts Initiative and subject of multiple congressional inquiries, was promoted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.'

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IDF eliminates Hamas terrorist, employee of UNRWA involved in Oct. 7 attack. IDF says Mohammad Abu Itiwi and the terrorists under his command threw grenades into the shelter where partygoers from the Nova music festival were hiding; also directed multiple terror operations against IDF forces operating in Gaza.

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UNRWA confirms Hamas Nukhba force commander killed in IDF strike was a staff member. Muhammad Abu Attawi, was eliminated by an Israeli strike in Gaza the day before, after Israel named him as a Hamas Nukbha force commander.

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The IDF and Shin Bet said that Muhammad Abu Attawi, who led the killing and kidnapping of Israelis from a roadside bomb shelter near Kibbutz Re’im on October 7 last year, had been employed by UNRWA since July 2022 while serving as a Nukbha commander in Hamas’s Bureij Battalion.

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~~Blinken, while in Qatar calls for 'careful' investigation into (Qatari) Al Jazeera journalists linked to Hamas.~~

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~~Sen. Tom Cotton: 'Biden's support for UNRWA funds terrorism, prolongs war'.~~

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~~Republican Senator writes to President Biden urging him to impose terrorism sanctions on UNRWA over its extensive ties to Hamas and to enforce legislation passed by Congress against UNRWA.~~

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Israel requests urgent UN investigation for UNRWA employee involvement on October 7. It requested urgent clarification from senior UN officials regarding UNWRA employee involvement in the October 7 Hamas attack. In addition, the IDF called for an "urgent investigation" into the UNWRA employees.

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UN Watch calls for sanctions against Francesca Albanese over antisemitism and terrorism support. UN Watch report exposes Francesca Albanese's antisemitism, support for terrorism, and financial misconduct.

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A report by United Nations Watch on Wednesday is urging democratic nations to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, accusing her of promoting antisemitism, supporting terrorism, and spreading misinformation.

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~~Titled "Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Why Democracies Should Sanction UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese," the report was presented to the UN Human Rights Council on October 23, 2024.~~

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The report calls for Albanese's removal, citing a series of statements and actions that violate UN impartiality standards and promote hatred against Israel and the Jewish people. UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights group, demands swift action to terminate her mandate.

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The report identifies numerous instances in which Albanese has been accused of using antisemitic rhetoric. In a 2014 Facebook post, Albanese claimed, “America is subjugated by the Jewish Lobby,” a classic antisemitic trope suggesting Jewish control of governments. In another incident from February 2024, she downplayed the atrocities of the October 7 Hamas massacre, dismissing it as a “reaction to Israel’s oppression,” even after Hamas targeted Jewish civilians in the deadliest attack against Jews since the Holocaust. France called her remarks "scandalous" and "a disgrace," while Germany condemned them as "appalling."

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The report also cites Albanese’s frequent comparisons of Israel to Nazi Germany. In July 2024, she reportedly compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. In another instance, she described Gaza as “the largest and most shameful concentration camp of the 21st century,” which UN Watch notes is a textbook case of antisemitism under the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition.

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield condemned Albanese, declaring, “It is clear she is not fit for this or any position at the UN.” The US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, also called out her statements as “blatant antisemitic rhetoric.”

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In addition to her antisemitic rhetoric, Albanese has openly supported terrorism, the report states. At a 2022 Hamas conference, she told the audience, “You have a right to resist,” an endorsement of violent resistance, according to the report. She has repeatedly justified Hamas rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, framing them as legitimate responses to Israel’s actions. Albanese is quoted in the report as saying, “The Palestinians have no other room for dissent than violence.”

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* Oct 25, 2024:

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One Year of War: 1,590 bereaved parents, 306 widows, 645 orphans. More than 5,200 family members have been bereaved, including approximately 1,590 bereaved parents, 306 widows, 645 orphans, and over 2,730 bereaved siblings.

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~~Sinwar's instructions for holding the hostages revealed. Arabic media publishes notes written by former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar with instructions, names, and locations of over 70 hostages.~~

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~~IDF eliminates Abbas Adnan Moslem, Radwan Force Aitaroun commander. Moslem was responsible for conducting terror activities against Israel's North and IDF troops, the military added.~~

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~~US calls on citizens to avoid protests near US, Israeli 'facilities' worldwide.~~

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The US State Department published a statement on its website on Friday warning its citizens to avoid protests near US and Israeli "facilities" worldwide, following social media posts calling for such events to take place.

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~~IDF intercepts drone that crossed into Israel from Syria.~~

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Lebanon grey-listed by financial watchdog FATF, two sources say. Lebanon has been placed on a grey list of countries under special scrutiny by financial crime watchdog FATF, two financial sources said.

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~~Two underground terrorist compounds destroyed in Lebanon. Among the compounds was a weapons storehouse intended to equip Hezbollah forces invading Israel.~~

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~~Hopeful for UK’s Conservative Party leadership runs on a firmly pro-Israel platform.~~

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~~Israel set to pass laws Monday that will heavily restrict UNRWA in Gaza, West Bank.~~

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2 dead, dozens wounded in rocket fire to Galilee. Hassan Suad, 21, and Arjwan Manaa, 35, were killed by rocket shrapnel following a Hezbollah rocket barrage on -- Druze town -- Majd al-Krum; IDF says barrage included some 30 rockets.

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~~Senior Hamas "official" rejects reported partial deal for Gaza. Osama Hamdan says Israel attempts to work around basic demands to withdraw its troops and end the war.~~

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~~ICC chief seeking arrest warrant for Netanyahu facing sexual misconduct accusations.~~

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~~Resolutely rooted war-time farmers work together to douse Hezbollah rocket flames.~~

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~~TikToker charged for tearing down Greek flags she thought were Israeli at NJ eatery.~~

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~~IDF names 3 fallen soldier in northern Gaza Strip battles.~~

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~~ICC replaces on health grounds judge mulling request for Netanyahu arrest warrant.~~

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~~Mandela’s grandson denied UK visa over his support for Hamas.~~

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~~NYC's Mayor Adams refutes Kamala Harris, says Trump is not a fascist as he urges Dems to ‘dial down the temperature’~~

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~~[[File:Israel's precise strikes on Iran military targets. 10.26.24.jpg|thumb|File:Israel's precise strikes on Iran military targets. 10.26.24]]~~

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~~Oct 26, around 2:15 AM Israel time:~~

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A little over a year (on the Hebrew calendar) since the Oct 7 attack on Simchat Torah: Israel strikes Iranian precise military targets in hours-long waves of attacks. Responding to its aggression. Zero interceptions by Iran.

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~~IDF says in a statement that Israel's defensive capabilities are fully mobilized.~~

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~~The IDF said Israel began was conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran.~~

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"The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7th – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian soil. Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond," the military said in a statement. "Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized. We will do whatever necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel.

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~~'Israeli strikes attempt to reestablish deterrence but not provoke war.'~~

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Explosions were also heard in the Damascus countryside and central region, according to Syrian state TV. The UK-based Syrian opposition site Observatory for Human rights said Israeli planes were seen in the sky over Damascus and Homs, targeting air defenses.

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~~Tehran downplays Israeli strike~~

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~~This could be seen as an effort to avoid the need to retaliate.~~

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~~Amos Hochstein to visit Tel Aviv for ceasefire talks, may visit Beirut.~~

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Biden-Harris Admin Sued for Stonewalling Investigation Into Iran-Tied Pentagon Official. Lawsuit 'should shine useful light' on role that 'pro-Iranian apologists' have played in admin, official says. America First Legal, a nonprofit oversight group run by former Trump administration officials, filed its lawsuit against the Pentagon on Tuesday, accusing the agency of stonewalling its probe into Tabatabai and other senior U.S. officials for the past year.

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~~Trump: "I rebuilt our military, I rebuilt our nuclear.. I got to realize how powerful that nuclear is... one bomb, Israel is gone. Forget it. One bonb could take out the entire east coast."~~

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'The worst thing I've ever heard': Holocaust survivor blasts Harris for comparing Trump to Hitler. 'She owes my parents and everybody else who was murdered by Hitler an apology,' the Auschwitz survivor says in a clip advertised by Trump ad.

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~~Johnson and McConnell: Harris calling Trump ‘fascist’ could invite assassination attempt.~~

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* Oct 26, 2024:

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~~20 different targets were hit, though Tehran downplayed the situation in the morning, given warnings they received from the U.S. against a possible response.~~

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Israeli precise strikes on Iran completed. It went on for over 3 hours, across three separate waves, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets and aircraft targeted military complexes, air defense systems - first, S-300 air defense battery at Tehran airport, then missile production facilities, and surface-to-surface missile launchers in Tehran, as well as in the Khuzestan and Ilam provinces in western Iran. In all 20 targets were hit. At least 3 IRGC missile bases targeted; Israeli drones attacked secret Parchin military base, at least one hit. On NYT reported from IRGC Israeli attack on Parchin base in Iran, aside from developing missile & suicide drone tech, site was also used for nuclear work; bombing Parchin could disrupt Iran’s ability to carry out nuclear tests.

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~~The Islamic Republic, after first downplaying it, it then decided to threaten retaliation.~~

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~~Named op.: 'Days of Repentance':~~

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~~US was notified ahead of op.~~

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~~IRGC reportedly also targeted.~~

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About missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles. "These missiles posed a direct and immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel." Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel's aerial freedom of operation in Iran.

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~~Israel avoided attacking targets that could drag the region into an all-out war including Iran's oil production and nuclear sites.~~

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~~Mission accomplished all returned without harm.~~

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~~Israel warned Iran before the attack: "Do not respond."~~

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~~After overnight strikes, IDF warns Iran (again) not to ‘make mistake’ of further escalating.~~

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~~A source for Sky News Arabia: "Russia provided Iran with intelligence information about the military operations of Israel and the United States..."~~

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~~A White House official expressed hope that Iran would not retaliate for the Israeli strike and threatened "consequences" if it does. This should be the end of the direct exchange.~~

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~~Report: Israel designed attack so Iran could 'deny major damage'.~~

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~~Timeline:~~

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About 900 miles from Israel, in the early hours of Saturday, precisely 25 days after Iran's ballistic missile attack, reports of explosions in Iran began to emerge at 2:00 AM - Israel time, signaling the start of Israel's counterattack.

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-The first wave began, as mentioned, at 2:00 AM (Israeli time) with reports of explosions in Tehran, as well as in Syria and Iraq, leading to the closure of their airspace. Reports indicated that this wave primarily targeted air defense systems in all three countries, likely to allow Israeli Air Force aircraft the freedom to proceed with their strikes. However, at the time, the situation was unclear: with the sound of explosions, frightened residents in Iran took to the streets, fearing that airports in the Iranian capital might have been hit.

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-Shortly afterward, around 2:30 AM, the IDF spokesperson officially confirmed: "The IDF is carrying out precise military strikes in Iran, in response to the ongoing attacks by the Iranian regime against the State of Israel in recent months, in accordance with the directive of the political echelon."

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IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stated in an English-language declaration to the foreign media that Israel "has the right and obligation to respond" to Iran, "like any other sovereign country in the world." He noted the strike is a response to months of Iranian actions against Israel since October 7, including those by its proxies.

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At this stage, the Iranians focused on downplaying the events, with reports from the country stating that the source of the explosion sounds was the air defense systems intercepting the IDF attack. BBC noted shortly afterward that it was unclear which sites were hit in Iran, as Tehran claimed that routine life continued, and Israel did not disclose what it was targeting other than "military targets."

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-Around 3:00 AM, it was reported that President Joe Biden was "closely updated" on the developments. About half an hour later, the Pentagon clarified that the U.S. was not involved in the strike in Iran, although it was informed about it. Israel, in fact, shared with the U.S. what it planned to do and did not surprise it despite Pentagon document leaks.

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~~-At 4:15 AM, further reports indicated that President Biden and Vice President Harris were updated on the attack.~~

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~~Documenting the damage south of Tehran~~

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Despite this, until almost 4:00 AM, global media continued to report it was still unclear what was hit and where, also noting Syria reported Israeli airstrikes hitting military sites in its center and south. Then, reports of another wave of attacks in Iran surfaced, along with footage of interception attempts in the skies.

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In this wave, Israel hit Iranian surface-to-surface missile production facilities, with an informed Israeli source stating, "The intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Directorate in this event is science fiction beyond all imagination. The hit on factories producing surface-to-surface missiles was precise, to ensure significant impact. This is 16-digit precise intelligence (full coordinates) on an irreplaceable factory, with a precise Air Force strike, neither near nor approximate."

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~~As pilots were still in enemy territory, offices of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant began releasing photos of them in the Operations Directorate's command bunker.~~

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NYT reported that the strikes in the additional wave concluded about half an hour after they began, around 5:00 AM, targeting air defense systems, missile production facilities, UAVs, and launch sites.

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~~"If Iran makes a mistake - we will respond."~~

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-At 6:00 AM, IDF announced that the Air Force jets had returned safely to the country after striking air defense systems and surface-to-surface missiles in Iran, stating that the operation was named "Days of Repentance."

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"Air Force jets attacked, with intelligence guidance, missile production means that Iran launched toward the State of Israel in the past year. Simultaneously, surface-to-air missile arrays and additional aerial capabilities of Iran were attacked, which were intended to limit Israel's aerial freedom of action in Iran. IDF has many offensive operational capabilities, some of which were carried out today in striking strategic arrays deep within Iran. The State of Israel reserves the right and duty to protect its citizens if the Iranian regime continues its attacks against Israel and its citizens."

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"The extent of the damages and results will be revealed later, but already there is broader freedom of action for the IDF," they said. "We are focused on the objectives of the war in Lebanon and Gaza, and Iran is pushing for regional escalation. We are at peak readiness in defense and offense, with no change in the Home Front Command instructions at the moment. We are in ongoing intelligence and operational assessment. We have proven that we can strike at any point in the Middle East."

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-About 20 minutes after the IDF's announcement, in a conversation with reporters, a senior White House official stated the U.S. fully backs Israel and warns Iran of "consequences" if it responds to the IDF strike — which was defined as "self-defense." According to the official, "We deployed a missile battery and acted to strengthen Israel's air defense systems in anticipation of tonight's response. President Biden and Vice President Harris have clearly demonstrated that we will always help protect Israel from Iran and its terrorist organizations."

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-After attempting throughout the night to downplay the results of the strikes, at 6:30 AM, it decided to admit for the first time that "minimal damage" (sic) was caused at several sites, but falsely claimed that its air defense systems supposedly "succeded" in confronting "Israeli aggression (sic)."

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~~Yet, Iran admitted two soldiers killed, including an officer equivalent to the rank of major.~~

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~~Israel targeted 'critical component' of missile manufacturing.~~

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Israel hit an important factory that is used for the production of Iranian ballistic missiles. A factory for the production of solid fuel that is used to propel the Khaibar and Qasem ballistic missiles, which were launched at Israel in the Iranian attack on October 1.

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~~Four women participated in the Israel attack on Iran.~~

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After Israeli strikes, West urges Iran to stand down as Muslim nations slam Jerusalem. Washington says Islamic Republic must end ‘cycle of fighting,’ as official signals approval of Jerusalem’s ‘targeted and proportional’ response to Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack.

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~~Opposition in Israel pans failure to exact ‘heavy price’ from Iran - Liberman dismisses ‘PR actions', "we have returned to the concept" (of Oct 6), "buying quiet for the short term".~~

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US welcomes limited strike. Gantz congratulates, Lapid says not attacking strategic and economic targets ‘was wrong,’ Yair Golan lauds military, White House for persuading government to hold back.

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~~At least 8 injured, 2 critically in Druze town Majd al-Krum after Hezbollah rocket attack.~~

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~~Iran reopens airspace following Israeli strike.~~

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Israeli forces kill Hamas operative in Tulkarem plotting ‘imminent’ attack. Islam Odeh planned ‘major terror attack’ for Oct. 7 anniversary with other members of terror group; troops find bomb parts in his car.

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~~Under a Lebanese border village, IDF finds huge Hezbollah base primed for invasion.~~

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~~In southern Lebanon: IDF destroys tunnel using 400 tons of explosives.~~

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~~Israel under fire: Hezbollah fires some 80 projectiles into Israeli territory.~~

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~~In southern Lebanon: IDF destroyed 130 launchers over the past week.~~

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~~Within less than an hour, the IDF struck the launcher which was used in the rocket strike on Majd al-Krum, avenging the deaths of two citizens and the injury of seven others.~~

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[[File:Iran - Hezbollah Hussein Ahmad Karaki - behind massacre and bombing in the 1990s Agentina.jpg.jpg|thumb|Iran - Hezbollah Hussein Ahmad Karaki - behind massacre and bombing in the 1990s Agentina]]

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Revealed: Hussein Ahmad Karaki, the head of the Hezbollah operations in Latin America, is the man behind the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, and the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in the city.

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~~'Hamas-Al-Jazeera-Qatar ties exposed.'~~

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'Following the exposure of the involvement of six Al Jazeera correspondents who took part in Hamas’s terrorist activities, the IDF spokesperson in Arabic, Col. Avichay Adraee, revealed a series of documents that point to the depth of the close cooperation between Hamas and the Qatari channel, including Hamas’s directive to prevent any mention of criticism of the terrorist organization, through covering up failed rocket launches, and even the establishment of a secure communication line between Hamas and Al Jazeera.'

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~~===Oct 27, 2024 - Jan 7, 2025===~~

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* Oct 27, 2024:

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~~IDF intercepts two drones crossing from Lebanon into Israel.~~

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~~Mossad chief to travel to Doha to renew hostage deal talks.~~

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~~IDF's 162nd Division kills some 40 terrorists in Jabalya, northern Gaza.~~

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~~American planes were ready to rescue Israeli pilots in case of emergency during operation - report.~~

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~~If Israel proceeds in severing UNRWA ties, it may be suspended from UN, FM officials warn.~~

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~~Attempted Arab terror ramming attack in West Bank, attacker thwarted.~~

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~~Israel urges residents of 14 Lebanese villages to move north of Awali River.~~

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~~Gallant: Hamas, Hezbollah no longer effective proxies for Iran.~~

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~~Some 75 rockets cross into Israel from Lebanon, three wounded.~~

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~~Israel's defense minister briefs US's Austin over Iran strikes.~~

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~~[State's official Oct 7 Memorial]~~

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~~Herzog to Oct.7 bereaved families: As president I apologize.~~

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~~'I apologize for our failure to protect your loved ones'.~~

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~~He addressed the State Memorial Ceremony for Civilian Victims of Terror in the current conflict and highlighted the tragic stories of the victims as well as the stories of heroism.~~

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~~Netanyahu honors October 7 victims during Israeli Parliament memorial.~~

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~~"We are not giving up on our quest for victory, securing the return of all hostages is a crucial part of that mission," says PM Netanyahu.~~

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~~Building in Nahariya damaged following rocket barrage.~~

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Afula’s largest high school marks official day of mourning with somber yet hopeful ceremony. With a nod to the Hebrew calendar, schools around Israel hold official events marking one year since the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war.

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~~'I hope I survive, if not - I love you'.~~

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~~Iris, whose son Yotam Haim, was abducted by Hamas terrorists and accidentally killed by IDF soldiers in Gaza, shared the last sign of life she received from him.~~

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Post-Oct. 7 return home of 3 Gaza border towns further delayed by still-ongoing war. Residents of Sufa, Nir Yitzhak and Netiv Ha’asara are now scheduled to return at the end of the year; state will continue funding temporary accommodation.

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Haunting: ZAKA volunteers read Kaddish prayer in home of slaughtered family in Nir Oz. The volunteers read the Kaddish prayer at the home of the Siman Tov family, where Tamar and Johnny were murdered together with their three children five-year-olds Arbel and Shahar, and two and a half-year-old Omer.

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R' Avi Goldberg's children recite Kaddish, Avi was R' of Himmelfarb High School in Jerusalem who fell in battle in Lebanon, was laid to rest and no eye remained dry when his children recited the Kaddish prayer in his memory.

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Hero Aner Shapira's father: 'Think about the hundreds of heroes whose stories are unknown'. Moshe, whose son Aner was killed while protecting others near the site of the Supernova Music Festival, tells Arutz Sheva that there were many heroes, and 'and we need to come together and think about them, even those whose stories were not told.'

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~~Netanyahu honors October 7 victims during Israeli Parliament memorial.~~

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~~"We are not giving up on our quest for victory, securing the return of all hostages is a crucial part of that mission," says PM Netanyahu.~~

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~~Massive 75-rocket salvo injures 1 in Arab town. Hezbollah fires one of its largest volleys on the Galilee area resulting in injuries in Arab town of Tamra in northern Israel.~~

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~~Glilot, Arab terror ramming attack, murdering one, injuring 35. Victims mostly senior citizens. Eyewitness: "We got off the bus - then a truck rammed into us with all its force".~~

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~~"There was a pile of crushed people under the truck," screams.~~

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~~He had a knife in his hand and and tried to get off, but was eliminated.~~

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~~Hamas praises Glilot ramming attack.~~

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~~Terrorist from today's attack, Rami Nasrallah Natur from Qalansawe, had been convicted of theft, but released~~

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~~The Magistrate Court judge convicted Rami Natur of stealing a truck but decided not to send him to prison: "Placing him behind bars at present could cause great harm both to him and his family."~~

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~~Israeli strike reported near Sidon in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~UN Security Council expected to meet Monday over Israel's strike on Iran, diplomats say.~~

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Weakened by Israel, Iran seeks to save face without sparking a war it will likely lose. With its air defenses shaken, Tehran can’t afford a flare-up but doesn’t want to seem frail before its battered terror proxies, analysts say, noting the standoff is uncharted territory.

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~~Kamala Harris says she is not concerned about Trump's talks with Netanyahu.~~

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Norway’s Storebrand divests from Palantir over use of its software by Israeli forces. Norwegian asset management firm pulls its investment from US provider of AI data platform deployed by Israeli authorities for surveillance and security in West Bank and Gaza. (It's sizable Arab immigrants are very active).

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Satellite images show damage at two secretive Iranian bases after Israeli strikes. Attack damaged Parchin military base, linked to previous push for nuclear weapons, and Khojir base, believed to hold missile production sites; UN watchdog: Nuclear sites untouched.

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Biden and Harris decry rise of antisemitism in the US since Oct. 7 attack. Marking 6 years since Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, US president slams ‘appalling’ trend, pledges funding for Jewish security, prosecution of hate crimes.

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Report: ICC prosecutor tried to suppress misconduct claims. The Guardian reports that ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan responded to a formal complaint of misconduct by attempting to persuade the complainant to deny her claims.

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~~Iraq complains to UN over Israel's use of its airspace in Iran strike. (Obviously pressured by Iran).~~

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~~Chicago Jewish man shot en route to synagogue. Islamist gunman fires at police, allegedly yelling 'Allahu Akbar'; Jewish community criticizes authorities for omitting victim’s faith.~~

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~~Qatar money behind France’s anti-Israel policy. Analysis: Flurry of anti-Israel decisions and neo-colonial strife to 'protect' Lebanon fueled by purely economic reasons.~~

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* Oct 28, 2024:

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~~Arab terrorist opens fire in West Bank, no injuries reported.~~

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~~Government meeting to change location due to security considerations.~~

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~~Radar systems in Iran breached prior to Israel's Saturday counter-strike - report.~~

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~~Satellite photos show Israel’s Iran strike likely hit key IRGC missile production base.~~

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~~Two Likud MKs threaten to vote against haredi exemption bill.~~

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~~Ambulance driver admits to Hamas's use of Gaza hospital 'We've had enough': After IDF operation, Gazan ambulance driver says Hamas embeds in hospitals.~~

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~~Following operations, troops arrested some 100 terrorists, including some who had tried to flee during the evacuation of civilians from the area.~~

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~~New legislation prevents family visits to imprisoned terrorists until hostages released.~~

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~~Netanyahu: Two-day ceasefire deal doesn't exist, I would have accepted if it did.~~

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~~Maritime security firm receives report of explosions near merchant vessel off Yemen's Al Dhubab.~~

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~~PMO: Mossad chief has returned from talks with CIA, Qatari PM in Doha.~~

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~~Iran executes Iranian-German national after terrorism [sic] conviction, state media says.~~

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~~IDF troops dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure in Kfarkela.~~

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~~Clip: Chief of Staff tours Hezbollah's bunker.~~

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Report: These are Israel's conditions for ending Lebanon operation. US and Israel are working on a deal in which Israel would end its military operation in Lebanon in exchange for American support for steps to ensure Hezbollah does not rearm and reform.

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~~Trump rally in NYC (Oct/27) draws many Jews, as well as criticism of antisemitism.~~

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Knesset passes law barring UNRWA from operating in Israel. 92 out pf 120 MKs vote in favor of bill barring UNRWA from operating in Israel after it was proven to have employed multiple Hamas terrorists, including terrorists who participated in the 10/7 massacre.

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~~The legislation, which the U.S. and E.U. oppose, follows revelations about the U.N. agency's complicity in Palestinian terrorism.~~

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~~US warns Iran at UN of 'severe consequences' if further attacks.~~

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~~UK FM David Lammy claims: FM Katz assured me Lebanon operation will end shortly.~~

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~~IDF clears out Hamas terror base in northern Gaza hospital.~~

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~~IDF launches fresh strikes on Tyre as Hezbollah rockets rain down on north.~~

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~~IDF troops dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure in Kfarkela, which has embedded in the area, including inside civilian homes and infrastructure, over the course of many years.~~

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~~IDF announces fallen soldier Guy Yaacov Nezri succumbs to wounds from combat in Gaza.~~

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~~Netanyahu says Israel’s strikes on Iran destroyed ‘industrial factories of death’.~~

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Stunning: No hate crime charges for Islamic (illegal immigrant from NW Africa) man, Idi Mohamed Abdellahi, shouting “Allah Akbar” who shot Jewish man in Chicago on the Sabbath when in his way to pray.

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~~Mia Schem in New York: 'My heart remains hostage in Gaza'.~~

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'They’re still there, tortured and abused': freed hostage Mia recounts captivity in New York event. She speaks in an event held by Israel's New York consulate and tells of the moments after her kidnapping when she was held inside a cage with five other women who remain captives in Gaza.

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~~Says she was kept in cage with 5 other women still in Gaza.~~

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* Oct 29, 2024:

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50 rockets launched. One dead, at least thirteen injured in northern Israel rocket strike. 24-year-old Mohammed Naim in rocket strike on Ma'alot. Drones hit Ashkelon and Nahariya; none hurt; IDF probing failure to intercept projectiles.

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~~Staff Sergeant Aviv Gilboa fell in battle in Gaza.~~

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Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new chief - currently in Iran. He served as the terror group's deputy secretary general since 1991. Commenting on Qassem’s appointment, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, "Temporary appointment.."

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Arab Israeli arrested for swearing allegiance to ISIS. The suspect, Abdel Rahman Mohammed Ibrahim Mahajna, 19, a resident of Umm al-Fahm, had taken part in the racist riots during Operation Guardian of the Walls and was planning to carry out attacks in Israel.

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Four killed in battle in northern Gaza, military says. IDF names Captain Yehonatan (Joni) Keren, Staff Sergeant Nisim Meytal, Staff Sergeant Aviv Gilboa and Staff Sergeant Naor Haimov; since the start of the war 766 IDF soldiers have been killed.

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~~Germany recalls ambassador from Iran, protesting execution of Iranian-German prisoner.~~

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~~'UNRWA, the anti-human rights, anti-life organization, must go.'~~

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~~Ministry of Defense Spokesperson:~~

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~~Israel and Germany launch agreement for tank protection system.~~

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~~Amb. Danon to UN Sec. Gen: 'You had the audacity to condemn death of Hamas kidnapper'.~~

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~~Gallant: 'Hezbollah down to just 20% of its rocket capabilities'.~~

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~~Hezbollah’s Radwan force planned to invade Israel from this village; now the IDF controls it.~~

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~~Satellite photos show Israel’s Iran strike likely hit key IRGC missile production base.~~

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~~5,000-year-old site near Beit Shemesh offers clues to how cities developed in Israel.~~

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~~Defense Ministry reports 12,000 soldiers injured since start of Gaza war.~~

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~~[Macron and Iran/Hezbollah]. While Israel barred from Paris tradeshow French companies supply IRGC.~~

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~~Hezbollah rocket strikes UNIFIL HQ.~~

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~~US short on interceptor missiles amid Gaza war. Missile stockpile depleting after a year of aiding Israel; This raises concerns about US military readiness.~~

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~~Friends launch wedding fund for 10 orphans of fallen IDF teacher.~~

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~~Israel's Netanyahu to hold discussion with ministers regarding settlement to end Lebanon war.~~

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~~Defense Minister Yoav Gallant estimates Hezbollah's remaining missile, rocket capacity to be at 20%.~~

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~~Hamas official says terror group open to discuss end to Gaza war, complete IDF withdrawal.~~

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~~Halevi: If Iran attacks we will hit back with capabilities that we did not even use last time.~~

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~~IDF arrests Hezbollah commander of Ayta ash Shab.~~

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~~Watch: Wounded soldiers evacuated from Lebanon and Gaza.~~

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~~IDF says 30 projectiles were fired towards Israeli territory from Lebanon.~~

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~~Pentagon confirms NK forces in Russia; Biden: Ukraine should strike back if NK troops enter.~~

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~~Germany: Plot to attack Jewish site foiled.~~

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~~Nissan Tzur.~~

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~~CENTCOM commander Michael Korilla to visit Israel.~~

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~~Nikki Haley: 'We stopped giving UNRWA money, Biden-Harris gave it back'.~~

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~~Former US Ambassador to the UN says UNRWA's anti-Israel activities were known long before October 7: America and Israel will suffer the consequences if Kamala Harris is elected.~~

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Article: 'How America Benefits from Its Security Partnership with Israel. In the Middle East, America's most reliable, capable and motivated ally is Israel. Years ago, a U.S. military colonel assigned as an attache to the Israeli military told me that we Americans get far more than we give in the relationship with Israel...'

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~~Operated in humanitarian area:~~

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~~IAF strikes Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists in Khan Yunis.~~

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~~Egypt proposes: A two-week ceasefire and release of four hostages.~~

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From Lebanon, a close look at Hezbollah’s attack strategy. The village of Kila was a strategic hub in Hezbollah’s plan to infiltrate northern Israeli communities; IDF soldiers have dismantled terror infrastructures there; Our reporter is on the ground with troops in southern Lebanon.

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~~12 hours of antisemitic incidents in the news.All of these were reported during the day on Tuesday Oct/29. Noticeable Islamic.~~

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At ‘emergency session’ on Israel’s attack on Iran, UN Security Council splits along traditional fault lines. The U.S. envoy to the global body demanded that Tehran “stop pouring gasoline on the fire of regional conflict.”

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~~Staggering Numbers: 12,000 IDF Soldiers Treated Since October 7, Nearly Half with PTSD.~~

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~~Beyond UNRWA: How does Israel plan to coordinate Palestinian aid now?~~

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~~UN officials and foreign leaders condemned Israel’s plan to ban the UN’s Palestinian refugee organization, but Israeli politicians say that doing say is necessary for the country’s security.~~

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Report: Green Party VP candidate celebrated October 7 massacre. Rudolph 'Butch' Ware, Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s running mate, celebrated the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, compared the massacre to slave revolts, report says.

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Ware is also part of a hip-hop duo, Slum Prophecy, that over the summer released an 11-track album titled “Aqsa Flood,” a variation on Hamas’ name for the Oct. 7 attacks, Jewish Insider reported on Monday.

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Ware has removed links to the album, which had songs titled “Intifada” and “Kill Shot (Pick Them Off),” from social media sites, the news outlet reported. The songs are still available to stream on Spotify, where each has been played several thousand times. The album art features an inverted red triangle, the symbol Hamas used to mark Israeli targets in videos of the attack that has since been adopted by pro-Palestinian protesters.

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Stein has sought to capitalize on disillusion among Arab and Muslim Americans with Harris’ support for Israel in its war against Hamas, campaigning in Michigan, a critical swing state. The Democratic Party is concerned enough about her campaign that it has targeted Stein with an ad playing up the endorsement she got from David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan who is one of the country’s most prominent antisemites and who reviles Israel. Stein has disavowed Duke’s endorsement.

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* Oct 30, 2024:

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~~Hezbollah missile targets central Israel's Sharon Plains, north.~~

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~~US Marines complete first-ever training integrating Iron Dome.~~

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~~Near Metula: Two farmers injured in rocket strike, no siren sounded.~~

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~~IDF issues evacuation warning for residents of Baalbek, Lebanon.~~

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Israel disables most of Iran's air defenses, official says. It destroys key S-300 missile systems and radar sites; Satellite images reveal extensive damage to the Shahrud Space Center, a pivotal Revolutionary Guards facility used for satellite launches and missile production.

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~~It left it ‘essentially naked’ – report.~~

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~~Hezbollah’s military is weakened, but its civil branches are deeply embedded in Lebanon~~

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Deadly Gaza strike, Oct 29- Beit Lahyia, targeted spotter, wasn’t aimed at felling structure. IDF says it did not know it was being used as a shelter. In fact, "Beit Lahiya area had been given an evacuation order earlier this month as the IDF launched a new offensive in northern Gaza. Israel says its campaign aims to destroy Hamas, whose terror operatives had returned to the area in the yearlong war. The military has repeatedly emphasized the area is a combat zone."

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~~Hamas headquarters with hundreds of terrorists espin Hospital and mass evacuation: the raid on Jabaliya.~~

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~~After Sinwar's death, the 'barrier of fear,' has been breached, less afraid of Hamas preventing evacuation.~~

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~~'The UN regularly hires private contractors for security in war zones - so why don't they do that in Gaza? Because they prefer slamming Israel than helping Gazans.'~~

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~~Israel police unearth ten-meter-long tunnel in Salem, Jezreel Valley.~~

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~~Some 15 rockets from Lebanon fired at Haifa's bayside suburbs~~

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~~Hezbollah rocket shrapnel wounds one in Upper Galilee.~~

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~~Gallant from Rafah, Gaza: 'Return of the hostages is our most important goal'.~~

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~~France's Foreign Ministry condemns 'likely' -- that very carefully worded statement in a pattern of cozing up to the terror org. -- Hezbollah attack on UNIFIL headquarters.~~

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~~Multiple UAVs infiltrate Israel, sirens sound across northwest.~~

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~~After the collapse of the defense systems, voices in Iran are blaming: "Russia is treacherous".~~

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~~UK Gov’t accused of covering up alleged terror ties of Southport suspect.~~

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah fuel depots in Lebanon.~~

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~~Ceasefire in Lebanon could be reached in next 1-2 weeks, Cypriot president says.~~

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~~Givati Brigade soldier severely wounded in northern Gaza, IDF says.~~

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~~White House: Iran should not respond to Israel's retaliation.~~

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~~IDF establishing new division to defend Israel's eastern border.~~

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~~Russia tells UN: Cooperation with North Korea doesn't violate international law.~~

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~~Los Angeles: Singer Aviv Geffen detained after holding up sign supporting hostage release.~~

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~~Footage from Lebanon: IDF forces eliminate terrorists, destroy rocket launchers.~~

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~~Key Hamas operative eliminated in Tulkarm.~~

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~~Countering boycott, over 1,000 reject attempt ‘to scapegoat Jewish and Israeli authors’~~

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~~At Columbia’s Barnard, UN expert with history of antisemitic remarks justifies Oct. 7.~~

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~~Chicago school board president faces calls to resign over antisemitic, anti-Israel Facebook posts.~~

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Less than a week since Mayor Brandon Johnsons' handpicked school board president Rev. Mitchell Johnson was sworn in to his new position as school board president, and there are already calls for his resignation over the posts on his Facebook page.

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~~Under the cover of the olive harvest: Arabs prepared an attack against Israeli soldiers.~~

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~~Radiohead frontman confronts ‘coward’ anti-Israel heckler at Melbourne concert.~~

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~~‘You wanna piss on everyone’s night?’ Thom Yorke responds to protester yelling about Gaza death toll before storming off stage; he then returns for final song, ‘Karma Police’.~~

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* Oct 31, 2024:

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~~IDF, Shin Bet eliminate Hamas terrorist Hussam Mallah in overnight op.~~

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~~Germany, France, UK call for urgent renewal of Israeli-West Bank banking services~~

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~~Ministries call to cut ties with Haaretz after publisher, Amos Shocken calls terrorists 'freedom fighters'. [Haaretzism]. He then issued a weak "apology."~~

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Chicago mayor condemns shooting of Jewish man but omits religious identity, drawing ire. He is accused of 'abdication of civic duty'. Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Chief Government Affairs Officer Lisa Katz condemns Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson refusal to treat shooting of Jewish man walking to synagogue as an antisemitic hate crime.

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~~Russia says upcoming treaty with Iran includes closer defense cooperation.~~

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~~IDF issues evacuation order for Lebanon's Baalbek city for second day in a row.~~

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~~Hamas rejects proposal for hostage deal, one-month pause - report.~~

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~~Five killed in barrage on Metula.~~

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~~Hezbollah rocket strikes on agricultural field in northern Israel leave five dead, one seriously injured.~~

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~~Chareidi MK: “There’s No Shortage Of Manpower In The IDF”.~~

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~~Three police officers injured, six people arrested at haredi anti-draft protest in Jerusalem.~~

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~~Germany to close Iranian consulates after execution of dual national.~~

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~~Netanyahu: Top goal is preventing nuclear weapons from Iran.~~

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~~Israel works to fortify settlements as West Bank reaches boiling point~~

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~~Infuriating: Terrorists who burned family alive complete studies in prison.~~

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Mahmoud Abu Khraesh and Juma'ah Adam, who murdered Rachel Weiss, her three children, and an IDF soldier in a firebomb attack in 1988 have since completed high school and two university degrees in prison.

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~~Footage: Illegal Arab infiltrators found hiding in a refrigerator.~~

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Bloody Thursday: Mother and son murdered in missile barrage on Haifa Bay Area. A woman in her 60s and a man in his 20s were killed on Thursday by a rocket strike during a barrage in the Haifa Bay Area.

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~~IDF did not destroy UNRWA offices in Nur Shams in West Bank, military says.~~

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~~'Hitler was onto something'. Antisemite harasses customers at kosher restaurant in Brooklyn.~~

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~~US special envoy Amos Hochstein will not travel to Beirut, is returning to Washington - report.~~

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~~Egypt denies reports about receiving vessel carrying military supplies for Israel.~~

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~~Progress made on requirements for implementation of UNSC 1701 in Lebanon, Blinken says.~~

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~~IDF issues evacuation warnings to residents of Nabatiya, southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei ordered preparations for attack on Israel.~~

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~~Israeli intelligence is estimating that Iran may launch a large number of drones and ballistic missiles from Iraqi territory at Israel.~~

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~~May 2023 video of Hezbollah practicing invading Israel, taking hostages.~~

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As the war in Lebanon heats up, people forget that Hezbollah was not just a threat because of its huge rocket and guided missile arsenal, but also because it was planning to invade Israel in a October 7 style pogrom.

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~~IDF report Hezbollah damage statistics.~~

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~~It confirms: Approximately 70 percent of Hezbollah's drones have been destroyed.~~

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~~Israel's real life horror movie released. (Graphic).~~

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~~Stumping for Harris, Bill Clinton notes Jews were in Holy Land prior to advent of Islam.~~

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~~Chicago cops --finally-- add terror and hate crimes charges to counts facing (Islamic) man who shot Jew.~~

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~~Antisemitism on campus: The disturbing truth revealed In scathing Congressional Report.~~

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Father and son kicked out of Arab "Palestinian" -- Abdulrahim Harara-- owned Oakland cafe over Star of David hat. Once outside, Harara walked out and was shouting at the son that, “Your dad’s a b****.”…

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Article: 'Sally Rooney’s (longtime) anti-Israel intolerance. This boycott of Israeli publishers reveals the ignorance and hypocrisy of the literati.' Clearly, Israeli cultural institutions are held to a different standard to all others around the world.

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Impunity runs wild as Germany roiled by antisemitism scandals. A wide array of political figures and NGOs in Germany have voiced or endorsed extremist anti-Israeli positions, including Holocaust inversion.

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Germany’s governing left-wing coalition and a number of the country’s elite institutions have been rocked by antisemitism scandals involving stripping Israel of its right to exist and promotion of Hamas and Hezbollah.

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Islamic Turkish-German Aydan Ozoguz (- her brothers Yavuz Özoğuz and Gürhan Özoğuz, both staunch and avid admirers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah, run an Islamist site), vice president of the Bundestag and member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), shared, in October, a post from the US-based antisemitic group Jewish Voice for Peace (which was already exposed as SJP's "Palestinian" Islamist Hatem Bazian's influenced group) CDU had demanded her resignation.

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* Nov 1, 2024:

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~~IDF says it intercepted a UAV in Syrian territory that was launched towards Israel.~~

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~~Footage: Terrorists smuggle weapons in Tulkarm hospital compound. In Nur Shams antiterror operation, Israeli security forces eliminate three terrorists in airstrikes and close-quarters combat.~~

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~~IDF destroys rocket launcher used to fire at Haifa Bay area.~~

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~~Security forces kill key terrorists, dismantle explosives in joint West Bank operation.~~

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~~Captain Yarden Zakay, injured in Gaza, dies of his wounds.~~

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Iraq tries to avoid regional fight as militias fire at Israel. Country is working to avoid being drawn into the growing regional conflict as Iran-backed terror groups launch attacks on Israel from Iraqi soil.

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~~Chicago school board president resigns amid backlash over his antisemitic posts.~~

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~~After Oct. 7, Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson turned his back on positive ties with Jewish community, called Hamas massacre ‘resistance against oppression,’ compared Zionism to..~~

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Memphis Imam Yassir Fazaga praises slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as ‘beautiful (sic) leader’ and brave hero (sic), who ‘walked the walk’ and sacrificed (sic) himself 'to please (sic), Allah.'

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~~The influencers standing strong for Israel.~~

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~~Despite losing followers, partnerships and facing threats, these international influencers stay steadfast in their advocacy.~~

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~~Despite economic strain, Israeli tech sees surge in huge fundraising round~~

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War, economic pressures and budget cuts haven’t slowed Israeli high-tech; recent fundraising shows sector's resilience, with new and smaller investors stepping in as major funds pull back; experts project 2024 investments could reach $10 bln.

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~~Alleged synagogue vandals in Pennsylvania praised Rep. Lee’s anti-Israel advocacy.~~

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~~[Notorious bigot] Francesca Albanese "report" slammed as ‘gross perversion of history,’ ‘weaponizing Holocaust comparisons’.~~

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~~Israel stands alone with US against UNGA resolution on Cuba embargo.~~

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~~Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar Hashemi is set to visit Havana next week~~

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[[File:Nazi flag, Hitler figure, swastikas in Lebanon in civilian homes exploited by Hezbollah.jpg|thumb|Nazi flag, Hitler figure, swastikas in Lebanon in civilian homes exploited by Hezbollah (Oct/2024]]

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~~IDF discovers Nazi flag, Hitler figure, swastikas in Southern Lebanon.~~

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~~It’s no coincidence these were found in civilian homes exploited by Hezbollah,” the Israeli military said.~~

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~~On campaign trail for Harris in Michigan, Bill Clinton defends Israel’s war in Gaza.~~

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Recalling efforts to broker peace during his own presidency, Clinton urges voters in crucial swing state to think ‘what you would do if it was your family’ killed on October 7. Reminds that Jews were in the Holy Land before Islam.

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~~Germans should leave Iran or risk being held hostage, says Berlin.~~

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~~Iran's Araqchi says German closure of Iran's consulates is 'sanction' on Iranians.~~

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~~Alexandroni Brigade in Lebanon:~~

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~~'People fell, but we raised our heads again'.~~

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~~[[File:IDF eliminates senior Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab.jpg|thumb|IDF eliminates senior Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab]]~~

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IDF eliminates senior Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab. IAF eliminates terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab, who was a member of Hamas' political bureau, and was responsible for national relations within the organization.

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~~Two men leave explosives at Berlin station, forget phone at the scene.~~

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~~Rocket injures at least 9, one seriously, in Galilee. Emergency services paramedics arrive on scene in olive orchard in Arab town of Sha'ab where the rocket hit, injuring residents.~~

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~~IDF strikes 200 terror targets in Gaza and Lebanon in one day. Military spokesperson says troops eliminated terrorists alongside precise airstrikes on Hezbollah and Hamas military complexes.~~

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~~2nd round of polio vaccinations for Gazan children to kick off on Saturday.~~

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~~IDF commanders lightly wounded in vehicle accident in south Lebanon.~~

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~~Lebanon-Syria border crossing temporarily closed following Israeli strike - report.~~

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* Nov 2, 2024:

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~~19 wounded in relentless rocket barrage from Lebanon in central and northern Israel.~~

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~~Khamenei threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ to Israel’s airstrikes.~~

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~~UK Conservative Party picks pro-Israel Kemi Badenoch as new leader.~~

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~~Hostage families to rally, saying deal to free all captives would be ‘glorious victory’.~~

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~~140 kilometers from the border:~~

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~~Israeli special forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in high-stakes northern Lebanon operation.~~

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~~Lebanese reports say the official taken captive was Imad Amhaz, a Lebanese Navy officer.~~

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~~More than 10 SIM cards and a passport from Panama were found in the room of the Hizbullah official captured by Shayetet 13 in northern Lebanon | These items were not taken by the IDF force.~~

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~~Clip: IDF helicopter intercepts Hezbollah drone over northern Israel.~~

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~~130 rockets, 10 drones fired at Israel Saturday; helicopter downs drone south of Haifa.~~

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~~Two soldiers killed in north Gaza.~~

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~~IDF says 900 terror operatives dead in Jabalia op.~~

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~~[[File:Jaafar Khader Faour, commander of the Hezbollah Nasser Unit's weapos.jpg|thumb|IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorist responsible for deadly rocket strikes.~~

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~~IDF eliminates Jaafar Khader Faour, commander of the Hezbollah Nasser Unit's Missiles and Rockets Array. (11.2.24)]]~~

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~~IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorist responsible for deadly rocket strikes.~~

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~~IDF eliminates Jaafar Khader Faour, commander of the Hezbollah Nasser Unit's Missiles and Rockets Array.~~

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~~The preparations for the Iranian attack - and Israel's message in the Red Sea. The US has sent another reinforcement of fighter jets and strategic bombers to the Middle East.~~

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~~US Warns Iran: “We Won’t be Able To Hold Israel Back”.~~

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~~Far-right MK kicked out of IDF reserves over photo of ‘office’ in Lebanon home~~

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John Bolton: 'Israel missed its chance to srike Iran's nuclear sites'. Former National Security Advisor John Bolton explains the consequences of not targeting the Iranian nuclear weapons program along with its air defense sites.

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* Nov 3, 2024:

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~~Israel Estimates: 51 hostages still alive.~~

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~~So far, the deaths of 37 of the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza have been announced. It is estimated that at least another 13 are dead but unconfirmed.~~

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~~Historic resolution. German parliament to vote on resolution to combat antisemitism.~~

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~~German government advances law banning BDS. Draft legislation calls for no funding of any group that spreads antisemitism, questions Israel's right to exist, calls for a boycott.~~

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~~White suprenacist Richard Spencer: Kamala Harris is the “best manager of the American empire” because she seems unlikely to support Israel.~~

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~~Self-described 'Hamas operative' arrested in Pittsburgh.~~

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Nukhba terrorist who attacked Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 eliminated. The IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Raafat Ibrahim Mahmoud Akdeih, a Nukhba terrorist who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the brutal October 7th terrorist attack.

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~~Hezbollah targets northern Israel with rockets, drones.~~

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New details on abduction of Hezbollah operative in Lebanon (days earlier). According to reports in the Lebanese press, the raid lasts no more than four minutes carried out by a 20-man team including 2 in civilian wear; IDF remotely erases some CCTV footage to mask details.

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Last Be'eri residents leave the hotels they were evacuated to. Dozens of residents of Kibbutz Be'eri relocate to new temporary housing near Kibbutz Hatzerim after 13 months in Dead Sea hotels as they prepare to return to their homes.

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Clip: Dolls found next to RPGs in Lebanese house. During overnight intelligence-based operations by the 769th Brigade in a village in southern Lebanon, the soldiers conducted targeted raids on several buildings. In one of the buildings, the troops located numerous weapons stored in both the kitchen and children's room, including RPGs, rocket launchers, rockets, grenades, and AK-47 rifles.

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~~'Look them in the eyes': Former hostage shares new photos from captivity.~~

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~~Agam Goldstein-Almog abducted with her mother and younger siblings after her father and sister are murdered takes to social media to slam the government's inaction to free hostages.~~

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~~Netanyahu extends congratulations to new leader of UK Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch.~~

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Edward Slolov succumbs to his wounds two weeks after being hit by shrapnel. Slolov, 57 from Nahariya, was hit by shrapnel from an interceptor while walking on the city's boardwalk. He was known in the city to be a kind fisherman who jumped into the sea to save two drowning children.

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IDF troops detain Iranian operative IRGC in Syrian territory. Soldiers of the Egoz Unit together with field interrogators from Unit 504 operated in Syrian territory to detain Ali Soleiman al-Assi, a Syrian citizen who worked as an Iranian terror network operative.

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'She's one of our own.' British football fans chant for hostage's release. Tottenham Hotspurs fans gathered outside the club's stadium before the match to call for the release of Emily Damari, a British citizen and fan of the club who is being held hostage by Hamas.

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~~Hezbollah reveals its new underground rocket launcher.~~

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~~Netanyahu: Israel committed to Hezbollah’s removal ‘with or without’ deal.~~

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~~"The key is to distance Hezbollah beyond the Litani and to respond firmly against any action against us,” Netanyahu said on a visit to the north.~~

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Lebanese article: Israel's unprecedented determination to avoid civilian casualties is "like science fiction". Immediately before an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah commander on a highway in Lebanon on October 19, the IDF called up the person driving the car behind him and warned her to pull over.

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Article: 'Amos Schocken’s lies, Bill Clinton’s truths. The "Haaretz" publisher calls Palestinian terrorists “freedom fighters,” while the former U.S. president highlights their history of rejectionism.'

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Article: 'Amos Shoken's unconvincing apology. The case of the scandalous statement of Haaretz publisher Amos Schoken is not an isolated case but part of the wind blowing through the corridors of Haaretz newspaper

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An unusual event in the Israeli media landscape revealed what many already knew. Amos Schoken, the publisher of Haaretz, gave a "compliment" to the Palestinian murderers in his lecture in London, calling them 'freedom fighters'. His recorded words caused a great storm, with over a thousand angry reactions from readers, most of them under pseudonyms, who announced their intention to stop the bloodshed. The subscription - the payment for receiving the newspaper to their home every morning.

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And me? Contrary to many, I believe that Schoken's thin apology deserves a "pardon", as thin and modest in its wording as it may be. Ordinary readers are not aware of the mood behind the scenes of the media on its various sectors. They don't know how rare it is that publishers and journalists are forced to apologize for their statements. Only under duress, with restraint and obvious reluctance, are they willing to admit the "errors" they published.

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The angry commenters emphasize, and rightly so, the seriousness of the timing - in the middle of a war. Some even demanded that he be prosecuted. But I, personally, was not at all surprised by Schoken's words. How can one be surprised when every publisher, in the so-called "freedom of the press", steers the ideological line of his newspaper? And the wind blowing from the pages of "Haaretz" has long reflected blatant sympathy for the harassed Palestinian side - and this is not an exaggeration - for the steadfastness of the state.'

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~~The editorial line in the newspaper reveals a systematic "trend" of softening and even "understanding" of Palestinian attacks....'~~

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~~AG files indictment against taxi company owner who illegally brought Jaffa terrorists into Israel.~~

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~~IDF shoots down drone flying over Haifa Bay, Carmel areas after 40 minutes.~~

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~~IDF eliminates key Hezbollah air unit commander in strikes on Lebanon.~~

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~~IDF considering forming anti-tank unit from captured Hezbollah weaponry - report.~~

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~~NYC Marathon stands with the hostages.~~

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Meters from hospital: Explosive device detonated near humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza. Gazan terrorist organizations detonate explosive device on a humanitarian convoy, causing damage to a nearby hospital and injuring six people.

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'The agreement with UNRWA has been cancelled'. Foreign Minister Israel Katz officially announces the cancellation of the agreement between Israel and UNRWA, after the Knesset approved a law banning UNRWA's activities in Israel.

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The IDF said over 450 UNRWA staffers are military operatives in terror organizations. Israel's Foreign Ministry said more than 2000 UNRWA employees belong to terror groups. But Reuters Al-Mughrabi said Israel cited "a few."

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~~IDF eyes forming anti-tank units using Hezbollah materiel.~~

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~~Wikipedia in Arabic: A hotbead for bigotry, misinformation not just bias.~~

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~~IDF strikes Hamas terrorists who operated from an ambulance. Hamas terrorist cell was identified using an ambulance. IDF aircraft struck and neutralized the terrorists.~~

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* Nov 4, 2024:

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~~IDF eyes forming anti-tank units using Hezbollah materiel.~~

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Food vendor in Rome tells Jewish customer 'Hitler was right'. Video captures disturbing incident where food stall operator praised Hitler and told Jewish customer, "You are the shame of the world" before being removed by organizers.

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~~Turkey replaces pro-Kurdish mayors with state officials in southeast.~~

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~~Two Revolutionary Guards died in gyroplane crash in Iran, Fars reports.~~

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~~Russia to launch two Iranian satellites on Nov. 5, Tehran's Moscow envoy says.~~

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~~MDA paramedics head for area of reported rocket strikes following sirens in North.~~

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~~Two wounded from rock-throwing in Jerusalem area.~~

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~~Over 35,000 Palestinian civilians vaccinated as Gaza polio campaign intensifies.~~

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~~Givati combat soldier seriously wounded in Gaza Strip.~~

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~~Iranian Jew executed in 'street brawl' case. Arvin Netanel Ghahremani's relatives claim he did not receive adequate defense.~~

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~~IAF strike kills terrorist who took part in Kfar Aza massacre. Palestinian Islamic Jihad member Ahmed al-Dalu was part of the group's Military Intelligence Unit.~~

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~~Top Hezbollah commander Abu Ali Rida 'eliminated' in air strike, says Israel.~~

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~~He was responsible for planning and carrying out rocket and anti-tank missile attacks on IDF troops and commanded terror activities by Hezbollah operatives in that area.~~

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~~Binyamin region: Terrorists attack Jewish youth. Two teens from the Tzur Harel hilltop community were hurt after they were ambushed by a mob of Arabs from the village of Burqa.~~

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~~"There was almost a murder here": the two Jews were injured following a brutal lynching.~~

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~~Israel strikes Hezbollah intelligence HQ near Damascus. The site in Sayyidah Zaynab area - about six miles south of Damascus, erved as "Hezbollah’s central intelligence body.~~

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~~[[File:The anti-Israel industry of lies- Video clip makes IDF soldiers out to be murderers.jpg|thumb|The anti-Israel industry of lies: Video clip makes IDF soldiers out to be murderers]]~~

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In Other News... The anti-Israel industry of lies: Video clip makes IDF soldiers out to be murderers. Palllywood. Social media footage exposes another anti-Israel protest, which makes it seem as if IDF soldiers are woman-killers.

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~~Ayatollah Ali Sistani: Weapon possession must be restricted to the Iraqi state - report.~~

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~~US, Saudi discussing security agreement without Israel component, Axios reports.~~

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~~Israel can count on US support no matter who's in leadership positions, Harris campaign tells Post.~~

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~~Rocket shrapnel found in Kadita, no injuries reported.~~

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~~Danon blasts [Islamic] Turkey for asking UN for Israel arms embargo: Driven by malice~~

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~~Turkish soccer club moves home game against Maccabi Tel Aviv to ‘neutral country’.~~

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~~US officials warn Iran, Russia behind spread of disinformation on eve of election.~~

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~~Senior Likud MK says he won’t back daycare subsidies bill for Haredi draft-evaders [Haredom by-in-large are against the draft [conscientious objectors].~~

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~~Hamas nixes Cairo’s proposal for brief Gaza ceasefire in exchange for 4 hostages.~~

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~~Blinken: 'Hamas refused to release even a limited number of hostages'.~~

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IDF strikes Hezbollah’s intelligence unit in Syria, issues rare confirmation. Attack said to kill 2 members of terror group, as 3 more commanders killed in Lebanon; 5 drones, some 60 rockets fired at north, most intercepted, while troops in Lebanon press on.

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Beyond Trump and Harris: Seven congressional and governor’s races Jews should watch. Downticket races includes candidates vying for Hasidic votes, a centrist Jew opposite a ‘black NAZI,’ and a Soviet Jewish whistleblower facing a Republican who faked a family.

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Three indicted for anti-Israel vandalism of Brooklyn Museum officials’ homes. ‘These are not protests; they are hate crimes’: Vandals charged with terroristic threat, criminal mischief for smearing red paint on homes of officials with Jewish-sounding names.

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~~It was during a wave of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests in the early morning hours of June 12 (2024).~~

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~~Calls to dismantle Munich uni Palestine camp after Hamas contact claims.~~

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* Nov 5, 2024:

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~~Soldier from Nahal Brigade seriously injured.~~

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~~Oct. 7 investigation: There was no betrayal, soldiers were victim to cyberattacks.~~

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Footage: Descendants of Nazis sing 'Am Israel Chai'. Descendants of Nazis and participants in the March of Life movement stand by their Jewish friends during a wave of antisemitism worldwide, spontaneously create a video to show support for the Jewish nation. Watch.

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~~Genocide now! Kill the Zionists “do not leave even one,” on official PA TV‎.~~

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~~Top PA religious officials continue to call for murder of Jews.~~

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~~Tel Aviv University: Arab students demand to bar IDF reservists from carrying weapons. 'An infuriating and audacious demand.'~~

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~~'The Guardian censors a mention of an Israeli whisky. How stupid is that?'~~

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~~Jewish boy assaulted on way to school in Brooklyn. 13-year-old boy slapped in the face in random attack in Crown Heights.~~

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~~Police seize 1 million shekels of suspected terror funds from West Bank Arab man.~~

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~~Over 60 PFLP members arrested in extensive IDF, Shin Bet operation in the West Bank.~~

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~~Over 100 patients to be evacuated from Gaza, WHO says.~~

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~~Iran says two French detainees held in good conditions.~~

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~~Iranian-German Sharmahd died before his execution, Iran judiciary says.~~

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~~Irish textbooks claim Jesus was "Palestinian", downplay Auschwitz. [The most anti Israel country in Eurioe, and with a very active Arab immigrants' propaganda].~~

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The Washington Post map that proves Israel is targeting Hezbollah targets, not Lebanese buildings. On Oct 21, 2024, the Washington Post published this map showing different municipalities in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel and what percentage of buildings in each town have been destroyed.

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~~Trump: Kamala will start WW3, get millions of Muslims killed.~~

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~~39 rockets , UAVs fired from Lebanon so far today.~~

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~~Netanyahu instructs to remove daycare bill (for Haredim evading draft) from Knesset's Wednesday agenda.~~

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~~Report: Netanyahu to offer $5 million for each hostage released.~~

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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.~~

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Hostage families say firing of Israeli defense minister creates opportunity for ‘strategic change’. "We thank Minister Galant for his work for Israel's security and for the attempts to return our loved ones," the Tikvah Forum said.

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~~US: Gallant was important partner, we’ll work collaboratively with Katz.~~

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~~Israeli strike on Lebanon town of Barja kills 15, Lebanese health ministry says.~~

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~~[[File:Miriam Adelson with Trump.jpg|thumb|Miriam Adelson with Trump]]~~

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~~Miriam Adelson encourages voters to Back Donald Trump. (She donated the largest donation to him).~~

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~~Islamic Resistance in Iraq says they fired drone towards Eilat area.~~

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~~Israeli strike on Lebanon town of Barja kills 15, Lebanese health ministry says.~~

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~~IDF intercepts two drones fired by Islamic Resistance in Iraq toward Eilat.~~

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~~Netanyahu speaks with IDF chief, Shin Bet and Mossad heads after Gallant's firing.~~

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~~Qatar passes referendum, replaces Shura Council elections with appointments, state TV says.~~

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~~[[File:Teloshima-700x400.jpeg|thumb|Islamic Republic genocide threat: Teloshima"]]~~

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~~Genocidal Islamic Republic of Iran: A giant billboard threatens Israel with nuclear annihilation, says ‘Teloshima,’ i.e. ‘Tel Aviv’ and ‘Hiroshima.’~~

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~~Anti-Israel [Arab lobby's] Pro-"Palestine" protesters block street outside White House as votes roll in.~~

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~~Ben Shapiro: Turning point of election was when Trump visited Hassidic Rabbi's grave.~~

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~~Josh Stein beats ‘Black NAZI’ to become North Carolina’s first Jewish governor~~

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~~Disgraced GOP candidate Mark Robinson, who has history of incendiary remarks about Jews, concedes gubernatorial race in key US swing state, which the AP calls for Trump.~~

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~~Craig Goldman elected as third Jewish Republican member of the House.~~

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~~Goldman’s victory “grows Jewish GOP representation in the House of Representatives to its largest presence in over 30 years,” Matt Brooks, of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said.~~

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~~Record six yarmulke wearing Jews elected to the New York State legislature.~~

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Mike Lawler defeats progressive Mondaire Jones in NY-17 House race [with help from orthodox Jews' votes]. Lawler’s win underscores his appeal in a district where Democrats hold a numerical advantage. His campaign focused on local issues such as economic development and public safety, as well as his staunchly pro-Israel positions, resonating with a broad spectrum of voters. Jones, who previously represented the district, sought to reclaim the seat by emphasizing progressive policies and his prior legislative experience.

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* Nov 6, 2024:

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~~US warns Iraq: 'Don't let Iran attack from your soil, Israel could retaliate'.~~

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~~Hezbollah’s Khiam region commander eliminated.~~

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Bernie Marcus, Home Depot cofounder who gave to Republicans and Israel, dies at 95. Movement for Quality Government asks AG to investigate move, saying PM prioritized politics at expense of war effort; Minister Karhi urges PM to boot AG next.

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~~[[File:NYPost- Nov 6, 2024 - He's DON it again.jpg|thumb|NYPost: Nov 6, 2024 - He's DON it again]]~~

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~~[[File:Trump w Netanyahu.jpg|thumb|Trump with Netanyahu]]~~

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~~Trump, Netanyahu speak, discuss US-Israel relations and Iran.~~

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~~Israeli PM is among the first to speak with the US President-Elect following his reelection. The two discussed the Iranian threat during their 20-minute conversation.~~

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~~MK Rothman says prayer for Donald Trump's success. Simcha Rothman, opened Constitution Committee session with wishes and congratulations to Donald Trump, on winning the 2024 US presidential elections.~~

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~~[[File:Teloshima-700x400.jpeg|thumb|Islamic Republic genocide threat: Teloshima"]]~~

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[[File:Followers of Jewish Hasidic movement say president-elect approached visit to revered NY gravesite with deep respect.jpg|thumb|Followers of Jewish Hasidic movement say president-elect approached visit to revered NY gravesite with deep respect]]

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Chabad credits Trump win to prayers at Rebbe's grave. Followers of Jewish Hasidic movement say president-elect approached visit to revered New York gravesite with deep respect; 'Prayers at the Rebbe’s grave don’t go unanswered'.

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Jewish Voters Desert Democratic Party Over the Left’s ‘Anti-Israel Fanaticism,’ Pro-Israel Democratic Representative Says. President Trump gained significant electoral support from Jewish voters in several key states like Florida, Arizona, Nevada, and New York, early exit polls show.

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~~Trump sees 50% boost in New York’s Jewish vote compared to 2020.~~

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~~[[File:Huge billboard congratulating Trump in Tel Aviv|thumb|Huge billboard congratulating Trump in Tel Aviv]]~~

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~~Footage: Huge billboard congratulating Trump in Tel Aviv.~~

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Iran’s currency tanks to all-time low as Trump clinches US presidency. While Tehran downplays impact of result, locals fear president-elect will increase US sanctions; ‘our economy and social situation will surely get worse,’ says Iranian student.

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~~Initial report: 4 wounded, some seriously, in Hezbollah rocket strike in Avivim in north..~~

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~~Two civilians lightly hurt in Arab ramming and stabbing attack in West Bank.~~

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~~Terrorist shot dead by local civilian carrying handgun; medics also treat several people at scene suffering from acute anxiety.~~

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~~Antisemitism in USA: Jewish businesses vandalized in Pico-Robertson, LA.~~

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~~Iran sentences 4 people to death on supposed "charges of spying" for Israel.~~

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~~Three defendants accused of aiding alleged Israeli assassination of nuclear scientist in 2020; fourth involved in unspecified "espionage" case.~~

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~~Hezbollah fires rockets at central Israel, with one hitting Ben Gurion Airport area~~

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~~Terror group claims it targeted Tzrifin base; IDF soldier hurt in southern Lebanon fighting Monday; military confirms it struck in Syria, targeting Hezbollah weapons depots~~

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~~Israeli team set to attend UN climate confab in Azerbaijan under tight security.~~

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~~Delegation of over 100 will be subject to restrictions on movement given country’s proximity to Iran; Israeli pavilion to hold dozens of events, with 20 companies exhibiting.~~

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~~In LORD's mercies, miraculously: Hezbollah's shrapnel penetrates roof of kindergarten in Kfar Chabad, no Injuries.~~

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~~Hezbollah targets struck in Beirut.~~

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~~Foreign worker likely killed in Hezbollah rocket attack.~~

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~~Freed hostage tells UN: 'No one at the UN lifted a finger to free my friends'.~~

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~~Families of American hostages implore Trump to work to free them.~~

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~~18-year-old Israeli killed in rocket strike in Masarik.~~

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~~Samaria Council head invited to Trump's inauguration.~~

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~~In southern Lebanon: IAF strikes Hezbollah command centers and storage facilities.~~

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* Nov 7, 2024:

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~~Terror squad targeted in IAF strike in Tulkarm~~

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah targets in Beirut.~~

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~~Ayatollah Khamenei says 'resistance' will emerge victorious - report.~~

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~~Police conducts emergency operational response exercise in North.~~

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~~IDF intercepts rocket fired from Gaza Strip.~~

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~~Hezbollah does not pin ceasefire hopes on any US administration, lawmaker says.~~

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~~Jewish students assaulted at DePaul University.~~

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UCSF suspends professor over social media posts accusing Israel of genocide, targeting Israeli student. Dr. Rupa Marya writes students 'concerned that a first year student from Israel is in their class'; Israeli consulate in San Francisco condemns remarks, accuses her of 'harassing and potentially inciting' against student 'based on their Israeli national origin'.

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~~Eric Trump Lauds Orthodox Jewish town New Square for unprecedented support in Trump victory~~

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~~Israeli Parliament approves law to deport terrorists' families.~~

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~~In private committee meetings, Shin Bet representatives cautioned that expelling family members of terrorists could escalate security tensions.~~

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~~Jewish man brutally beaten in attempted robbery in Crown Heights.~~

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~~Hasidic man in his 50s reportedly hospitalized, suffering severe injuries; attack follows 3 other reported antisemitic incidents in Brooklyn neighborhood over past week, sparking concern among locals.~~

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The assailants, one wearing an orange bandana and the other a black one, demanded to know: “What type of phone do you have?” When the victim attempted to walk away, the attackers grabbed a wooden stick, demanding his phone. Before he could respond or flee, they repeatedly struck him with such force that the stick broke in two.

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~~On election day, Biden-Harris admin quietly waived terrorism sanctions on Palestinian government, docs show.~~

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Hezbollah launches continuous rocket barrages on Israel's north. Over 100 rockets launched in three barrages over less than two hours Thursday afternoon, striking the Galilee, Haifa, and Haifa Bay area; Rocket scored direct hit on vehicle next to a house in Kiryat Yam, and a kindergarten in Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk was damaged.

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~~Footage: The battle in which 5 soldiers fell in Lebanon.~~

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Israel should take out Iran's nukes - as Trump himself said. Caroline Glick discusses former US Pres. Donald Trump's re-election, what the Biden administration might do, and what Israel's next steps in the war should be.

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~~Israeli strikes deep in Lebanon kill 60 Hezbollah terrorists.~~

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah target at Beirut Airport~~

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~~IDF soldier, Israeli civilian killed in separate Hezbollah rocket attacks.~~

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~~Lebanese media reports uncle of slain Hezbollah leader killed in Southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Over 300 trucks containing humanitarian aid from UAE to enter Gaza.~~

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~~IDF kills seven terrorists, destroy explosives laboratories in West Bank operations.~~

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~~Two Magen David Adom ambulances hit by shrapnel in Haifa's bayside suburbs.~~

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~~Netanyahu to appoint new US ambassador, replacing Michael Herzog, PMO announces.~~

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~~IAF targets Hezbollah command, military infrastructure in Lebanon.~~

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~~Clip: IDF destroys extensive terror tunnels in Gaza.~~

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~~Scapegoating Israel, white progressive projection: Ritchie Torres slams liberal anti-Israel Peter Beinart op-ed.~~

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~~The pro-Israel N.Y. congressman denounced Beinart’s op-ed “Democrats ignored Gaza and brought down their party.”~~

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Hezbollah operates from heritage sites in Lebanon, but Israel gets blamed for targeting them. Lebanon turns to UNESCO claiming Israel is trying to 'erase' the country's cultural heritage; Hezbollah uses the ancient sites to store weapons and launch rocket attacks on Israel.

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~~IAF targets Hezbollah command, military infrastructure in Lebanon.~~

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~~IDF to demolish house of terrorist Mahand Al-Sauda.~~

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Approved in the Knesset: Israel Katz as Defense Minister, Gideon Sa'ar as Foreign Minister. Knesset approves new appointments in the government. 58 Knesset members support the move, with no opponents or abstentions. Opposition skips the vote.

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~~[[File:Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game.jpg|thumb|Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game. Ansterdam, Nov 2024]]~~

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~~Amsterdam pogrom: Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game.~~

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Hundreds of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans report being attacked by Arabs as they left the stadium where Maccabi's game against AFC Ajax took place. At least 10 fans injured, two people unaccounted for. An Israeli who was present at the scene: "The police only arrived after half an hour."

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~~Arab thugs mercilessly hunt down Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, beating them senseless.~~

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~~Litetally 100’s of Israelis were attacked overnight, at least 10 hospitalized, multiple reported missing- with Dutch authorities calling it a possible hostage situation.~~

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~~Wide condemnation of the antisemitism. Dutch King: 'We failed the Jews in WW2, last night we failed again.'~~

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* Nov 8, 2024:

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~~More on 'Amsterdam pogrom' by Arabs, Muslims:~~

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~~They walked out of a soccer game and were brutally attacked.~~

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The "Brothers for the Symbol" organization of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans updated what was happening from Holland and wrote: "To think about what happened in the Holocaust and other historical days and realize that nothing has changed. The Amsterdam police abandoned us to a planned ambush of 1,000 anti-Semitic Arabs who attacked us on a nationalistic basis. Women, children, adults Everyone was hurt."

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~~‘They came in masses,’ ‘attacked us all’: Maccabi Tel Aviv fans describe Amsterdam horrors~~

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Outrage, focus on Muslim migrants after Amsterdam ‘pogrom’. Some Dutch officials said that the attacks were due to unchecked immigration from the Middle East, while others avoided the subject of the attackers' identity.

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Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s incoming foreign minister, and Amir Ohana, the Knesset chair, flew to Amsterdam on Friday to help the embassy coordinate efforts to evacuate Israelis who decided to cut their stays short in the Netherlands.

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~~A journalist asked at Friday’s joint press conference about the alleged provocations. “There can be no excuse for what happened,” the mayor said.~~

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The incidents, which followed a match between the Ajax soccer club and Maccabi Tel Aviv, also drew a response from French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country is home to Europe’s largest Jewish community. France has also experienced a lot of antisemitism in recent months, and Israeli companies were banned recently from a defense fair in the country.

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“The violence against Israeli citizens in Amsterdam recalls history’s darkest hours,” Macron stated. “I strongly condemn it and express my sympathy for the injured. France will relentlessly continue to fight against heinous antisemitism.”

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~~Dick Schoof, the Dutch prime minister, called the incidents “utterly outrageous and abhorrent antisemitic attacks on Israeli citizens in Amsterdam.”~~

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Christians for Israel, an international organization based in the Netherlands, lowered the large Israeli flag, which flies atop its Nijkerk headquarters, to half-mast in solidarity with those attacked.

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“Last night’s attack chillingly echoes the events of Kristallnacht,” wrote Frank van Oordt, the group’s director. “That such a violent hunt for Jews could occur again in 2024 in our capital city is both incomprehensible and unacceptable.”

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~~Halsema, the Amsterdam mayor, said that “we have seen an outburst of antisemitism tonight, and it is very unlike Amsterdam.”~~

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~~“Telegram groups where a Jew-hunt is being discussed,” she said. “It’s so shocking. I am furious and I’m expressing, in the city’s name, the harshest condemnations over what happened.”~~

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~~“I’m ashamed of the behavior of rioters and criminals,” she added.~~

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~~A journalist asked at the press conference if Halsema had a comment on the accounts of victims, who said that all of the perpetrators looked Middle Eastern.~~

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“This is an issue that needs to be researched. The background and ethnicity of people, that’s not something I can comment on right now, nor do I want to,” she said. (Halsema is a former leader of D66, a pro-immigration, left-leaning party.)

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~~Geert Wilders, leader of the largest political party in the Netherlands, the Party for Freedom, which is right-leaning, showed no such reservations.~~

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~~In a series of furious posts on social media, Wilders, a strident critic of immigration and Islam, referenced the alleged ethnicity of the perpetrators repeatedly.~~

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

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~~“We weren’t allowed to speak of Islam as the source of antisemitism, and they didn’t deport criminals. Now we have Jew hunts in Amsterdam,” he added in another post.~~

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~~Wilders, a passionate supporter of Israel whose party is a senior coalition member, called for the perpetrators to be deported.~~

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~~The incident, which happened shortly before the anniversary of the Nov. 9-10, 1938 Nazi pogrom called Kristallnacht, comes amid polarizing debate in Europe about Muslim immigration.~~

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~~In September, Marjolein Faber, the minister of asylum and migration who is part of Wilder’s party, unveiled a plan that she called “the strictest asylum policy ever.”~~

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~~“We need to change course,” she said. “We are taking measures to make the Netherlands as unattractive as possible for asylum seekers.”~~

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~~The Party for Freedom received the highest number of vote in the 2023 elections, amid widespread dissatisfaction with mass immigration, primarily from Muslim countries.~~

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~~The incidents in Amsterdam prompted a slew of condemnations from Jewish organizations.~~

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~~Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, expressed “profound concern and solidarity with the victims of~~

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~~last night’s unprovoked attack on Jews.”~~

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“Antisemitism cannot be thwarted by words alone,” stated Dani Dayan, Yad Vashem’s chair. “We call upon world leaders to recognize and take immediate and decisive action to fight against antisemitism and hate before the disease metastasizes to catastrophic proportions. History has shown us that we cannot afford to be complacent in the face of antisemitism.”

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Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, stated that the “unprovoked violence—resulting in serious injuries and reports of missing persons—has not only shaken the Israeli and Dutch Jewish communities but underscores the global resurgence of antisemitism that continues to metastasize across societies worldwide.”

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“We are horrified by the organized and vicious antisemitic attack on Israelis in Amsterdam,” the Orthodox Union stated. “Coming days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, it is time for world leaders and individuals of conscience to recognize that brazen attacks against Jews is what protestors are calling for when they chant ‘globalize the intifada.'”

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The Jewish Federations of North America stated that it is “horrified and outraged at the hate-filled antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam, in which anti-Israel mobs terrorized and beat Israelis and Jews trying to enjoy a soccer game.”

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“This modern-day pogrom, just two days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, should make it clear that the entire world must act now to condemn and prosecute to the fullest all the perpetrators and take every necessary step to protect the Jewish community,” the Federations said. ” We are in close contact with our partners in Israel and The Jewish Agency for Israel as we continue our commitment to the security of Jewish communities around the world.”

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~~The Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, called for “concrete measures” to be taken to prevent such events from recurring.~~

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The Combat Antisemitism Movement warned that tolerating such incidents would cause Jews to leave Europe. “Europe should remember this: Jews won’t wait around like they did in 1939. They’ll leave, leaving you to deal with the extremism that has been allowed to fester,” Sacha Roytman Dratwa, the group’s CEO, wrote.

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~~All the injured have been released from the hospitals.~~

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~~Only ten out of 62 suspects still in custody.~~

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Amsterdam Chief Public Prosecutor says that of the 62 suspects arrested after the violent attacks on Israelis in the city, only 10 are still in custody. The suspects are in custody for 'public violence against individuals and groups.'

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~~Israeli dog handlers to protect Jews in Europe.~~

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~~National Insurance Institute: Amsterdam pogrom will be recognized as terror.~~

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~~The fans who were present and affected in the event will receive immediate assistance upon their arrival in Israel by the National Insurance Institute as victims of terrorist acts.~~

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~~Israel to help citizens leave Amsterdam without passports if necessary.~~

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~~Amsterdam mayor says extent of violence against Israeli soccer fans still being ascertained.~~

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~~Dutch Jewish group says tough measures needed after attacks on Israeli soccer fans.~~

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~~Amsterdam Police: We are investigating possible hostage situation~~

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~~Foreign Ministry confirm all Israelis in Amsterdam have been contacted.~~

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~~Mossad warned of a threat in the Netherlands ahead of the pogrom - report.~~

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~~Amsterdam's 'black night': Dutch admit they failed the Jewish community after attacks by 'migrant mobs' on Israeli football fans.~~

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~~'A terrible antisemitic attack, we will not tolerate it'.~~

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~~Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof condemns violence against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam: I'm deeply ashamed that this could happen in the Netherlands.~~

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~~Dutch PM: Amsterdam attack on Jews a 'turning point'. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, discussing rising antisemitism and delegitimization of Israel.~~

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~~Article: 'The real Nazis stand up.~~

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Hours after the Netherlands officially commemorated the Kristallnacht pogrom, the Nazis’ heirs staged a new Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht pogrom, the Nazis’ heirs staged a new Kristallnacht. And the police took their time.'

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Canadian PM: Amsterdam pogrom 'dark moment for our world'.'The news out of Amsterdam last night is horrifying. This is a dark moment for our world — and one we have seen before,' Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau writes.

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~~Amsterdam casino staffer was in co hoots with pro-Palestine rioters, report.~~

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~~Former Chelsea midfielder, the Arab, Hakim Ziyech mocks Israeli supporters attacked in Amsterdam.~~

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~~Article: 'What does the ‘Jew hunt’ in Amsterdam spell out for local leadership?'~~

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~~IDF preparing opening of Kissufim crossing for transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza.~~

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~~National Security Council advises Israelis to avoid attending the Maccabi Tel Aviv match in Italy.~~

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~~El Al Workers' Committee Chairman: El Al employees are being called up on emergency duty.~~

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~~Police, IDF, Shin Bet arrest man suspected of planning terror attack in Israel.~~

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~~Trump son-in-law Kushner rules out joining next administration, FT says.~~

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~~Manchester bombing survivors awarded damages for harassment by conspiracy theorist.~~

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~~Widespread strikes seen in Tyre, Lebanon - report.~~

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~~The Mossad warned of a threat in the Netherlands ahead of the pogrom - report.~~

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~~Netanyahu taps former official, settlement activist Yechiel Leiter as next US ambassador.~~

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~~Widespread strikes seen in Tyre, Lebanon - report.~~

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~~Today marks 111 years since the hate poem in ‘Falastin’ by Islamofascist Sheikh Suleiman al-Taji al-Faouqi [سليمان التاجي] Nov/8/1913 .~~

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~~3 charged in Iran-linked plot to assassinate Donald Trump: Sources. Two of the individuals are now in custody.~~

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~~Three people charged over plot to assassinate Trump.~~

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~~US Justice Department announces federal charges against three people in thwarted Iranian plot to kill president-elect Donald Trump before the election.~~

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In addition, an Iranian critic in Brooklyn, NY (with a $100,000 promise to assassinate one) and 2 Jews (with a promise to pay $500,000), were targeted also by IRGC (Fathad Shakeri). It was a year long plot. It picked up on Oct 7.

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~~Report in US: Qatar set to kick Hamas leadership out.~~

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~~Qatar later denied it.~~

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~~Amsterdam bans protests after antisemitic squads attack Israeli soccer fans.~~

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~~IDF Arabic spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee issues evacuation notices to residents in Beirut suburb.~~

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~~Trump to Hochstein: 'Make a deal with Lebanon' - report.~~

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~~Blinken spoke with UAE FM about reaching diplomatic solutions in Gaza, Lebanon.~~

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~~Pentagon chief speaks with new Israeli defense minister.~~

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~~Explosion heard in countryside of Aleppo, Syria, Sana state news agency.~~

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~~Local media identifies the man working at the Holland Casino, where some victims of the violence sought refuge; Dutch justice minister says the Israelis were targeted because they were Jews.~~

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* Nov 9, 2024:

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~~Security expert: Iranians are on a ‘revenge mission’. Interview with former MK Ksenia Svetlova; 'Israel has to be very smart and strong about it,' she says .~~

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~~ICC to probe chief prosecutor sexual misconduct. Court launches an external investigation into the allegations against chief prosecutor Karim Khan; calls for him to step down while inquiry ongoing.~~

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Anti-Israel protester C. Husary, charged with hate crime for threatening Jewish man on NY subway (on June 10, 2024). Manhattan DA says suspect called Jewish passenger a ‘Zionist’ and warned ‘we’ll find you and there will be consequences,’ around time of widely decried rally against Nova exhibit.

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Trump plans radical revamp of US higher education. Incoming president says pro-Palestinian foreign students participating in protests to be deported; says will go after Woke agenda and promote "American tradition," Western civilization' through funding and accreditation process.

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~~Jewish Democrat in Florida, Jared Moskowitz, says suspected assassin arrested with antisemitic manifesto.~~

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~~Footage: IDF 'Mountain Unit' operates in southern Lebanon~~

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~~Amsterdam pogrom:~~

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~~Footage: Israelis, allies gather to sing in Amsterdam after Thursday night attacks.~~

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~~[[File:How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’.jpeg|thumb|Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’ across Amsterdam]]~~

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~~The Telegraph reveals the messages of the pre-planned attack and pogrom of Jews in Amsterdam: “Tomorrow we will work them”~~

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~~“Who can get fireworks”~~

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~~“Come in this group tomorrow over here”~~

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~~“Tomorrow after the game, at night, part 2 of the Jew Hunt. Tomorrow we work them.”~~

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~~The Arab networks are publishing a collection of videos from the pogrom, edited by the military wing of Hamas.~~

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~~At the beginning of the recording, chants of "Allah Akbar" are heard before the attack by the Israelis, followed by cursing and attacking.~~

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~~Amsterdam Arabic speakers on Jews: :"beat him to kill".~~

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~~Israeli-Druze soccer fan spoke in Arabic & saved Jewish friends.~~

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~~"Gaza of Europe": the messages embracing the State of Israel.~~

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~~Israel facilitates entry of more aid trucks into northern Gaza.~~

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~~Gideon Sa'ar welcomes German ban on 'From the river to the sea' pro-Palestinian chant.~~

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~~IDF Chief of Staff Halevi sends a message to Hamas during assessment in Jabalya.~~

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~~50,000 liters of fuel, 180 units of blood: IDF brings aid to Gaza.~~

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* Nov 10, 2024:

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~~86 years after Kristallnacht:~~

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~~96% of European Jews experience antisemitism.~~

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~~3 wounded in Hebzollah rocket barrage on northern Israel. 2 moderately hurt, 1 lightly hurt, after rocket strike on avocado farm in the area of Moshav Ben Ami near Nahariya.~~

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~~Clip: Binyamin Governor saves Palestinian Authority man's life.~~

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~~Captured Hamas films show terrorists torturing Palestinians.~~

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~~Shackled and whipped: IDF releases harrowing Hamas torture videos in Gaza.~~

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Military posts 46-minute video allegedly showing Palestinian detainees enduring severe abuse at Hamas base in Jabaliya; IDF says footage, reportedly obtained during Israeli raid in Gaza, serves as evidence of Hamas’ oppressive governance tactics.

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~~Shin Bet arrests 17-year-old Negev resident over Hamas ties, alleged terror attack plot.~~

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~~Drone crosses into Israel from Lebanon, incident has concluded, IDF says.~~

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~~US says Hamas is standing in the way of a Gaza ceasefire.~~

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~~Freedom of the press? Facebook bans Arutz Sheva due to news reports.~~

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~~Southern Lebanon. Watch: Terror tunnel found under cemetery.~~

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Clip: What Gazans think about Hamas after a year of war. Channel 12 News reporter Ohad Hemo spoke to Gazans and was surprised to learn what they really think about Hamas after a year of war: 'I was glad when you killed Sinwar, who destroyed and killed our children'.

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~~National Security Council issues warnings, including concealing Israeli, Jewish identifiers abroad.~~

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~~Hezbollah may agree to disarm, leaving arms control to Lebanese army, UNIFIL - report.~~

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~~Macron to attend France-Israel soccer game in sign of solidarity, Elysee says.~~

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~~Qatar tells Israel not to target senior Hamas officials in Qatar - report.~~

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~~Terrorist attempts to stab woman in the West Bank - report.~~

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~~IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi approves expansion of Lebanon ground operations - report.~~

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~~Two IDF officers seriously wounded during combat in northern Gaza.~~

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~~[[File:Muhammad Abu Sakhil (Eliminated 11.10.24).jpg|thumb|Islamic Jihad head of operations in Gaza - Muhammad Abu Sakhil (Eliminated 11.10.24)]]~~

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IDF eliminates Islamic Jihad head of operations in Gaza. Muhammad Abu Sakhil was a significant figure for the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in the planning and execution of terrorist activities and coordinating attacks with Hamas against Israeli civilians and IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip.

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~~Dozens of ("pro-Palestine") anti-Israel protesters demonstrating during President Isaac Herzog's New York visit.~~

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[[File:Google News 11.10.24.jpg|thumb|Google News shows a typical evolving "report" from Gaza about casualties. First, it's Gaza 'officials,' though that it's Hamas wasn't mentioned. Then it's "medics," also ignoring the fact thst Hamas controls the 'health' system, then someone came up with the drama: "rescuers." Finally, Anti-Israel Arab "journalist" at NYT - Hiba Yazbek using the screaming term "emergency services."]]

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~~Google News shows a typical evolving "report" from Gaza about casualties.~~

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First, it's Gaza 'officials,' though that it's Hamas wasn't mentioned. Then it's "medics," also ignoring the fact thst Hamas controls the 'health' system, then someone came up with the drama: "rescuers." Finally, Anti-Israel Arab "journalist" at NYT - Hiba Yazbek using the screaming term "emergency services."

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~~Biden to meet Israeli, Indonesian presidents on Tuesday, White House says.~~

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* Nov 11, 2024:

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~~Airstrikes target two Yemeni governorates, Houthi-backed Al-Masirah TV says.~~

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~~IAF intercepts rocket launched from Yemen.~~

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~~UK defence minister: We expect Trump to remain committed to Ukraine and NATO.~~

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~~Initial reports of Israeli attack on Syria's Homs countryside, Syrian state news agency reports.~~

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~~Israeli FM claims progress in Lebanon ceasefire talks; Hezbollah says no proposals were received.~~

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~~Former UK soldier accused of helping Iran pleads guilty to prison escape.~~

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~~Three injured in rocket barrage near Carmiel. Massive barrage on northern Israel. Woman moderately injured, two others lightly injured, after at least 50 rockets were fired towards Carmiel.~~

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~~Gazans as human shields: Rafah: IDF locates weapons near a mosque and hospital.~~

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~~IDI poll reveals: Most Arabs think Israel's response to Iran attack was too weak.~~

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~~BBC News promote yet another Hamas ‘doctor.' Fadel Naim. 'The question: how is it the BBC consistently platform witnesses who are publicly aligned with Hamas.'~~

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~~[[File:Racist Arab-Muslim youth in Europe target Jews - Belgium.jpg|thumb|Racist Arab-Muslim youth in Europe target Jews - Belgium. Nov.2024]]~~

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~~Belgium: Teens attack Jews to free Palestine.~~

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~~Muslim "youth" in Europe continue to attack Jews under the guise of antizionism.~~

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Footage published on social media shows youth in Antwerp, Belgium, violently harassing and assaulting a young orthodox Jew [alll know Haredi Jews in Israel mostly refuse to serve in the IDF, that is even per fake exvuses] on the street.

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~~The video appears together with the hashtag "#FreePalestine."~~

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The video of the antisemitic assault in Belgium surfaced just two days after the anniversary of Kristallnacht and after the incident in the neighboring Netherlands, during which mobs of rioters violently attacked Israeli soccer fans as they left a match in Amsterdam.

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~~Footage: Motorcyclists knock off Jewish man's kippah in Staten Island.~~

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~~Watch: Unusual stockpile of weapons discovered in northern Israel.~~

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~~UN rapporteur appears to blame victims for Amsterdam pogrom.~~

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~~90 rockets: 4 injured in heavy rocket barrage on Haifa area.~~

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~~Swiss will not serve Tel Aviv until December 15.~~

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~~Major (Res.) Itamar Levin Fridman fell in combat in northern Gaza.~~

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~~Ammunition found in Gaza convoy along humanitarian aid route.~~

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~~Sa'ar: 'Establishment of Palestinian state today would be Hamas state'.~~

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~~Arab affairs correspondent.~~

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~~'Europe at point of no return'.~~

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~~Arab affairs correspondent, Tzvi Yehezkeli: 'Europe at point of no return'~~

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~~'Antisemitic incidents in Europe prevent women from walking in certain areas, citizens feel insecure,' says Zvi Yehezkeli on pogrom in Amsterdam.~~

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~~Mahmoud Abbas:~~

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~~PA leader calls for suspension of Israel's membership in UN.~~

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~~Katz: Iran is more vulnerable than ever, now is the time to target their nuclear facilities.~~

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~~Min. of Defense to IDF General Staff: 'Iran more exposed to damage to nuclear facilities'.~~

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~~Defense Minister, Israel Katz, at first meeting with IDF General Staff: 'There will be no ceasefire and no respite in Lebanon until the goals of war have been achieved'~~

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~~The Maccabi Tel Aviv fan who fought back in Amsterdam.~~

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~~Dan Kopla, a soccer fan who was present in Amsterdam for the riots, shares his harrowing experiences and what they taught him.~~

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~~ICC confirms probe into alleged misconduct by "war crimes" prosecutor.~~

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~~Israeli air force intercepts two Hezbollah drones in northern Israel.~~

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~~Amsterdam pogrom:~~

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~~Former UNRWA teacher, Ayman Nejmeh, helped prganize Islamo-Arab Amsterdam pogrom by PGNL - Hamas-affiliated network in the Netherlands.~~

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~~Days later, Anti-Semitic Arab-Islamic riots resume in Amsterdam.~~

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~~Footage: Moment Amsterdam tram goes up in flames after yob hurls firework inside following 'Jew hunt'.~~

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~~'Pro-Palestinians' hold "Anti-Veterans Day" at Columbia.~~

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~~Footage: 'Moment Amsterdam tram goes up in flames after yob hurls firework inside following 'Jew hunt'.'~~

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Schools & Higher Education. USC president to step down after criticism of handling campus (anti-Israel bigoted) protests. “I offer our deep appreciation of Carol Folt, as well as our admiration for her exceptional tenure,” stated Suzanne Nora Johnson, chair of the school’s Board of Trustees.

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~~Two Israelis hurt in Judea car-ramming~~

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~~The terrorist fled and the Israel Defense Forces launched a manhunt.~~

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~~They don't stop: Antisemitic [Arab Islamic] rioters torch trains, wreak havoc in Amsterdam following Pogrom.~~

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~~UAV crashes next to preschool, none injured. 'The preschool teacher brings the children into the shelter whenever there's a siren nearby, they were in the bomb shelter even before the UAV hit.'~~

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* Nov 12, 2024:

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~~[[File:Anti-Israel group calls attack on Jewish students on DePaul campus 'justice'.jpg|thumb|Anti-Israel group calls attack on Jewish students on DePaul campus 'justice' Nov.2024]]~~

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~~Anti-Israel group calls attack on Jewish students on DePaul campus 'justice'.~~

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~~An anti-Israel organization published a 'wanted' poster of a Jewish student who was hospitalized and suffered a concussion in an antisemitic attack last week, calls for further escalation.~~

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Intimidating Jews on campus by Arab led "activists": Images are emerging from the University of Rochester of "Wanted" posters being plastered on the walls. The wanted individuals? The University's Jewish faculty. So, what are students meant to do when they find the people on these signs?'

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~~Netanyahu to Iranian people:~~

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~~'The thing Iran fears more than Israel is you'.~~

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~~Mike Huckabee will be the next US Ambassador to Israel. Former Arkansas Governor and friend of Israel named as the next US Ambassador to the Jewish State. [He said Israel should control West Bank].~~

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~~Ziv Belfer and Shimon Najm murdered by rocket in Nahariya.~~

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~~IDF: Majority of Hezbollah missile sites in Dahieh destroyed.~~

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~~Attorney General: 'Send 7,000 draft orders to haredim'.~~

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~~Kissufim crossing opens to deliver aid to Gaza.~~

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~~Afghanistan’s last Jew arrives in Israel three years after fleeing Taliban rule.~~

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~~PM Netanyahu looking to establish probe to head off Oct. 7 commission of inquiry — report.~~

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~~Google, Amazon set to compete in tender for Israel’s AI supercomputing platform.~~

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~~Netanyahu to Iranians: Another attack on Israel would ‘cripple’ Iran’s economy.~~

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~~Amsterdam mayor condemns the ‘antisemitism, hooliganism’ behind attacks on Israelis.~~

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~~Seeking deeper ties, group brings Gaza-area security squads into American homes.~~

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~~Two men killed in Hezbollah rocket attack on Nahariya, IDF pounds southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Attempted stabbing in West Bank, terrorist neutralized.~~

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~~Trump picks settlement backer Mike Huckabee as next US ambassador to Israel.~~

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~~US House set to vote on bill targeting nonprofits accused of supporting terrorism.~~

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~~US envoy for Lebanon says ‘there is a shot’ to get Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire soon.~~

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~~Masked neo-Nazi protesters target Michigan production of ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ play.~~

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Israeli liberal woman whom media used as example of how Jewish-Muslim couples could live together, reveals the shocking truth: Her Arab husband was actually using her to get an Israeli ID card, and beat her.

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~~Pallywood debunked: in fact Arab Cab drivers were attacking Israelis in Amsterdam the night before Ajax vs Maccabi Tel Aviv. Pre Islamo-Arab pogrom.~~

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~~‘Joseph strengthened Israel’: Herzog hails Biden in last Oval Office visit with US president.~~

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~~Blinken speaks to Israel's Dermer about humanitarian situation in Gaza.~~

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~~IDF spokesperson in Arabic calls for urgent evacuation in Dahiyeh.~~

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~~US military says it strikes Iran-backed terror facility in Syria.~~

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~~Biden to meet with hostage families, speak with Trump on hostage issue.~~

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* Nov 13, 2024:

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~~Newly appointed Mike Huckabee: Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria during Trump's term? Of course!~~

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~~Ambassador-to-be Mike Huckabee, on option for applying sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, says, 'Of course, but the president will decide.'~~

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~~CIA official charged for leaking info on Israeli strike on Iran. FBI arrests CIA agent in Pentagon leak scandal, report says.~~

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Suspect in classified document leak detailing Israel's preparations for attack on Iran identified as Asif William Rahman, CIA operative with top-secret clearance; Rahman arrested in Cambodia and expected to appear before judge in Guam

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~~Home Front Command chief visits Nesher kindergarten targeted by Hezbollah drone on Tuesday (Nov 12).~~

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~~Hezbollah fires 40 rockets towards Israeli territory as of 4:30 p.m. (on Wednesday Nov 13).~~

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~~National Security Council says it received no warning prior Oct. 7.~~

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~~Students, teachers protest in the Netherlands canceled due to fears of pro-Palestine violence - post Arab-Islamic pogrom.~~

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~~Rocket launched from Gaza triggers alerts in Nir Am, falls inside Gaza Strip.~~

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~~Two terrorists eliminated in Tulkarm, one defined as 'senior terrorist' - report.~~

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~~Alleged Israeli attack target Syria's Qusayr, Syrian state media says.~~

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~~IDF issues evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in southern Beirut.~~

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~~Drone intrusion sirens sound in Eilat, Israeli Navy intercepts drone from East.~~

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~~IAF fighter jets strike Syrian smuggling routes used to move weapons to Hezbollah from Iran.~~

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~~Trump picks former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.~~

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~~Ambassador Danon to UNRWA chief:~~

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~~'Look hostage's mother in the eye and ask for forgiveness'.~~

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~~Footage: US strikes Houthi facilities and weapons systems.~~

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~~After PIJ hostage vid. Family relieved to see sign of life, but worried over condition.~~

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~~Trump officially nominates Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.~~

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~~Two IDF soldiers wounded in ramming attack near Modi'in.~~

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Six Israeli soldiers killed in fighting with Hezbollah as IDF pushes deeper into Lebanon. IDF says troops died during gun battle with terror group members; air force hits Hezbollah in Beirut as Iran-backed group claims to target army's HQ; Syria claims bombed by Israel.

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~~In humanitarian area:~~

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~~IAF dismantles loaded launcher in southern Gaza.~~

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~~Trump won Jewish neighborhoods across America.~~

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~~Despite the push polls from liberal Jewish organizations and dubious exit polls, actual precinct data from the largest Jewish neighborhoods in the country shows Jews voted for Trump.~~

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* Nov 14, 2024:

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~~Southern Lebanon: IDF commandos raid new Hezbollah targets.~~

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~~IAF strikes in Dahieh - as a plane prepares to take off nearby.~~

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~~Gazan Cleric: October 7th massacre contravened rules of Jihad.~~

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~~Gazan cleric Dr. Salman al-Dahi recently issued a fatwa stating that Hamas's attack went against Islamic law and jihad.~~

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~~Counterterror officers eliminate terror chief in Tulkarm.~~

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Heroes of Samaria: First-person footage of the battle for Kfar Aza. As part of a series of interviews about the war heroes from Samaria, Arutz Sheva spoke with Sharona Ran, the mother of Captain Or Yosef Ran, who was killed in action on October 7th.

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~~Indictment filed against Arab terrorist who murdered 7 in Tel Aviv.~~

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~~Iran tells IAEA will negotiate, not under pressure.~~

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~~Israel strikes Damascus during Iranian official's visit.~~

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Opposition site says IDF targeted an apartment in the Al Masseh quarter of the capital killing at least three people and wounding at least nine others; official Syrian news agency says two building hit in strike.

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~~Jake Sullivan: 'There's room for cooperation with Trump team on hostage deal.'~~

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~~Iranian-backed militias in Iraq launch daily drone attacks on Israel.~~

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~~US targets Syrian company with sanctions over IRGC, Houthi funding.~~

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~~After IDF Attack: Iran is building a “defensive tunnel” linking metro stations to hospital.~~

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~~IDF tracks suspicious aerial targets as drone intrusion alerts ring in northern Israel.~~

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~~After 40-minute chase, Lebanon drone strike wounds 2 IDF soldiers in northern Israel.~~

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~~US submits Israel-Lebanon cease-fire draft. as pressure on Hezbollah intensifies.~~

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~~Senate Republican Whip reaffirms US commitment to Israel.~~

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~~'We stand with Israel'. Senate Republican Leader John Thune speaks to Netanyahu.~~

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~~Pro-Hamas groups planting seeds of domestic terrorism in US, New Report Says. PSC & QUAD are noicebals in anti-Israel rael activities, SJP leads.~~

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~~Book celebrating Oct. 7 presented at University of Milan. The guerrillas of Gaza on gliders ... created an immortal picture of joy that no Palestinian can forget," the text reads.~~

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If we continue like this, Amsterdam is around the corner,” Davide Romano, the director of the Jewish Brigade Museum in Milan, wrote in a statement about the presentation of the book titled “La rivoluzione palestinese del 7 ottobre,” which translates as “The Palestinian Revolution of Oct. 7,” at the University of Milan, colloquially referred to as La Statale. Romano was referencing the Nov. 7 assaults of Israelis by Muslims in the Dutch capital.

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~~Biden Administration sent over $2,000,000,000 to ‘Palestinians’ since Oct. 7.~~

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~~Two soldiers injured by explosion near Alikim.~~

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~~Trump says Musk's efficiency panel will issue reports.~~

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~~Further explosions heard in Syria, country's state media claims.~~

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~~Elon Musk met with Iran’s UN ambassador, New York Times reports.~~

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~~Trump's first promise to Israel.~~

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President-elect Trump's associates have delivered an explicit promise that as soon as he enters the White House, he will remove all restrictions on the supply of military equipment and ammunition to Israel.

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~~'F--k you!' Ilhan Omar uses expletive against pro-Israel protesters.~~

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~~Minnesota lawmaker uses expletive in response to pro-Israel protesters on Capitol Hill who called her out for her refusal to condemn Hamas and demanded that she “go to Gaza.”~~

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Huckabee: There is no 'occupation', it is the 'promised land'. Soon-to-be US Amb. to Israel in special interview: "I oppose the two state solution, that's a position that Trump has held and I expect that he will continue to."

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* Nov 15, 2024:

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~~One wounded from barrage in northern Israel, IDF says five rocket launches identified.~~

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~~Israel (in its Oct/25 op.) destroyed top-secret nuclear research facility at Parchin.~~

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~~Police arrest two Palestinians suspected of distributing inciting terrorism content.~~

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~~IAF intercepts three drones launched from Lebanon.~~

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~~Blinken, Sa'ar discuss wars in Gaza, Lebanon and humanitarian aid to Gaza.~~

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~~Hezbollah bombardments take heavy toll on nature in northern Israel.~~

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~~Report: Jared Kushner to be pivotal to Trump admin’s Middle East efforts.~~

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~~Over Amsterdam pogrom. Report: Dutch government could fall.~~

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~~Dutch government says it needs ‘more time’ to implement antisemitism strategy.~~

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~~It teeters over handling of antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans.~~

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~~France: Terrorist who murdered US and Israeli diplomats to be released.~~

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~~Small N. Italian hotel refuses reservation from Israelis.~~

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah targets in Dahieh.~~

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah command centers, weapons storage facilities, and additional terrorist infrastructure sites in four rounds of strikes on Hezbollah stronghold.~~

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~~Trump approves outline of pending cease-fire deal in Lebanon, report.~~

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~~Incoming president hopes agreement would be implemented before he takes office; officials in Washington and Jerusalem await Lebanon's response to the outline of the deal.~~

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~~Hamas urges Trump to pressure Israel to end Gaza war.~~

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~~French court orders release of Lebanese terrorist, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who killed Israeli, US diplomats.~~

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~~Gazan workers: Hamas has taken us back 200 Years. "This is the result of having bad Islamists in power for years."~~

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~~Arab led "activists" Pro-Palestinian vandals invade home of University of Washington president, carve Hamas symbols and "free palestine".~~

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~~US pilots receive Silver Stars for heroic drone interceptions during Iranian attack on Israel.~~

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~~South African Imam [Riyadh Walls] glorifies early massacre of Jews: "Khaybar!"~~

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~~Iran and Qatar behind South Africa’s World Court case against Israel, report claims.~~

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Report alleges foreign financial and political support in 'genocide[sic]' case against Israel; ruling ANC, near bankruptcy, reportedly received major donation from foreign states after filing claim in December.

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A new report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) alleges financial and political involvement by Iran and Qatar in South Africa’s December 2023 case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.

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* Nov 16, 2024:

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~~35 rockets fired toward Haifa suburbs following barrage on Nahariya; drone strikes home.~~

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~~IDF plans to re-demolish home of deadly West Bank attack gunman after it was rebuilt.~~

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~~Grandmother of US-Israeli held in Gaza urges Biden, Trump to cooperate on hostage deal.~~

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~~Poland condemns vandalism after Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial sprayed with red paint.~~

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“This isn’t the first act of anti-Semitic vandalism here. Only determined action will put an end to it"... [Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. Six million Poles died, including three million Jews. Up to around 450,000 Jews were crowded into the Warsaw ghetto, an area of around three square kilometers (one square mile). When Nazi forces began deporting Jews to death camps, some of those in Warsaw put up armed resistance on April 19, 1943].

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~~"Palestinian" Arab rapper in US thanks Muslim migrants in Amsterdam Pogrom for hunting down Jews.~~

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~~Four killings within 24 hours rock Arab community, raising year’s death toll to 209.~~

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~~Rocket hits Haifa synagogue after Hezbollah salvo. Only some of the munitions were intercepted with at least 10 being launched; fall causes damages, injury as a result of running for shelter.~~

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~~Miracle In Haifa synagogue: 'There was a huge explosion, it's a miracle no one was there'.~~

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~~Sergeant Ori Nisanovich, 21 from Jerusalem, fell in combat in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Some at ICC said to question integrity of UN inquiry into top prosecutor Karim Khan.~~

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~~UK medical staff treated Jews while wearing Free Palestine pins.~~

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~~President Herzog cancels trip to Baku climate conference, citing security concerns.~~

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~~Report: Iran has secretly chosen the next Supreme Leader.~~

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~~Metula declared closed military zone.~~

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~~IDF conducts intelligence-based strikes on Hezbollah targets in Tyre, Dahiyeh.~~

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* Nov 17, 2024:

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~~IDF Arabic spox. calls for evacuation of Beirut areas.~~

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~~IAF intercepts rockets from Lebanon, others fall in open areas.~~

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~~Mossad chief to present hostage deal plan at urgent Sunday evening (11/17) discussion.~~

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~~Trump's win for Jews 'shifts political landscape'. R' Moshe Hauer says growing concerns of antisemitism call for decisive action from incoming administration.~~

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~~Senior Hamas official: 'Foreign leadership maintained ties with "military" in Gaza'.~~

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~~Hamas political leaders have left Qatar and have moved to Turkey, following reports earlier this month that Qatar has ordered Hamas leaders to leave the country.~~

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~~Air Force Commander in Gaza:~~

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~~Operating wing-to-shoulder with the brave soldiers on the ground.~~

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~~Great-grandmother eulogizes:~~

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~~'The worst punishment is to bury a great-grandson'.~~

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~~3rd loss in a year: Captain Yogev Pazy is a nephew of MK Eisenkot.~~

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~~The Palestinian Authority: Trump is a ‘racist,’ but ‘if we act wisely and cleverly,’ we can manipulate him for us.~~

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~~'Positive response'. Hezbollah delivers response to ceasefire proposal. (Terror group proves, it's overwhelmingly weakened and seeks survival).~~

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~~[[File:Hezbollah propaganda chief Mohammed Afif - eliminated 11.17.24.jpg|thumb|Hezbollah propaganda chief Mohammed Afif - eliminated 11.17.24]]~~

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~~IDF eliminates Hezbollah's propaganda chief.~~

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~~IDF, Hezbollah confirm that the group's Media Relations Officer Mohammed Afif was eliminated in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, in rare strike in heart of Beirut.~~

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~~Airstrike on Beirut apartment, vehicle targets Hezbollah leader, one dead - report.~~

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~~'Wing-to-shoulder’: Air Force Chief Tomer Bar visits Jabalya, Gaza.~~

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~~Scenes of destruction following escalation: Hezbollah destroys synagogue in Haifa (11/16).~~

−

~~Israeli security chiefs warn hostages fate sealed if deal not made.~~

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Shin, Bet, Mossad, IDF heads say without Israeli concessions talks of a deal cannot restart; Netanyahu summons ministers including far-right opponents of any deal that would end the war, for consultations.

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~~Interceptor falls in Eilat area following drone interception coming from east.~~

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'Look me in the eyes': Ex-Hamas hostage leaves pro-Palestinian activist speechless. Newly surfaced debate video shows. Moran Stela Yanai, abducted by Hamas on October 7 and later released, sharing her story to pro-Palestinian activist; 'I respected them even when they abused me,' she said of her captors.' Dewolf - was never in Gaza nor in Israel, but he organizes pro falestine encampment in UCLA.

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He couldn't answer what is a "Palestinian." But since he is fed Pallywood lies, he has no idea that Jews and Arabs are actual neighbors inside Israeli equal democracy. And of course he doesn't (or want to) know that the brunt victims of Oct 7 were peacenicks and had Arab 'friends..' Yet, when they were captured, everyone, 100% of Gazans rejoiced to their pain. Whoever was around abused them, this woman was cut by 13 Arabs. They told her there, their Oct 7 plan was to slaughter as many as possible - genocide.

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~~Families of American victims from Oct. 7 sue Iran for supporting Hamas attack.~~

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~~The lawsuit aims to highlight Iran’s role in the attack that killed about 1,200 people as well as its support for Hamas and other terrorist groups.~~

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~~Yahya Sinwar, then the leader of the group in Gaza, requested an additional $7 million a month from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fund the attack on Oct. 7, known as the “big project.”~~

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* Nov 18, 2024:

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~~US envoy Hochstein will be in Beirut on Tuesday (11/19) - Lebanese source.~~

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~~'They'll fight the wars of G-d'. Attorney warns against drafting haredim.~~

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~~EU needs to keep up dialog with Israel, Dutch foreign minister says on Borrell proposal.~~

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~~'Pogrom - Israeli[sic] propaganda[sic]'~~

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~~Amsterdam Mayor makes outrageous statement. [Pandering to its Arab immigrants].~~

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~~Highway sign slams A-G: PM's blood will be on your hands.~~

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~~Northern Arrows: This is what the US ceasefire proposal looks like.~~

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~~New ceasefire agreement will include removal of Hezbollah's military capabilities north as well as south of the Litani River, report reveals.~~

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~~Canadian opposition leader:~~

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~~'The Jews are a true indigenous people.'~~

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In a speech that has been circling the web, Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre condemns antisemitism and states: 'The Jewish people are the only people I know of who in the same language, worship the same faith, on the same land, in the same country, as they did 3000 years ago. That is a true indigenous people.'

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~~Swastika sent to Jewish students, labelled non-hate crime by UK police in Cambridgeshire.~~

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~~As ceasefire talks continue: Heavy missile barrage towards Nahariya and nearby areas.~~

−

~~Israeli forces locate seven weapons lathes in Hebron.~~

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~~Benny Gantz: 'If the Lebanese government fails, the IDF must act forcefully'~~

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Dutch Arab-Muslim official resigns over post-pogrom ‘polarization’. Ex-undersecretary Nora Achahbar, who was born in Morocco, quit after right-wing pol Geert Wilders called for the deportation of those behind the Nov. 7 assaults, "most of whom" were Moroccan.

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~~The official resigned on Friday due to what she said were “polarizing attitudes” connected to the recent mass assaults by Arabs on Israelis in Amsterdam.~~

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~~It underlined how the Nov. 7 assaults are widening pre-existing divisions on immigration and the rule of law between rightists and centrists in the country’s ruling coalition.~~

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~~Israel will not allow Hamas to govern Gaza again, Netanyahu vows. About half of the 101 hostages held by the terrorists remain alive, the prime minister reportedly told lawmakers.~~

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~~Large Gaza food convoy violently looted, UNRWA says.~~

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~~Biden to announce 'historic' pledge to World Bank fund for poorest countries, advisor says.~~

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~~Hostage's father to AG: IDF must defeat Hamas, bring back hostages.~~

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~~Clip: Inside a Hezbollah tunnel.~~

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~~Troops from the 226th Reserve Brigade located multi-barrel launchers, mortars, rocket caches, and military equipment used in Hezbollah's attacks against Israel over the past year.~~

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~~IDF strikes six Hezbollah military targets in the Dahiyeh area.~~

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~~EU targets Iranian shipping firms in new sanctions.~~

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~~IDF thwarts West Bank terror ramming attack.~~

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~~UK sanctions Iran airline, shipping group and Russian vessel.~~

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~~Shin Bet chief visited Turkey amid hostage deal talks - report.~~

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~~Shfar'am: Deadly rocket strike against occupied apartment building.~~

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~~'Iran plotted to kill ex-Canadian justice minister.' Canadian authorities say foiled plot against human rights and anti-IRGC advocate Irwin Cotler.~~

−

~~Berlin police warns: 'City is dangerous for Jews'. (Per Arab Islamists).~~

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~~Saudi festival, J.Lo show criticized amid Gaza war. As Gaza war rages, Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season faces backlash; J.Lo’s revealing performance accused of defying cultural values.~~

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~~Iran's proxy Houthis E-Mail threats to EU shipping companies.~~

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The libelous UN report "70% of Gaza dead are women and children" is an absurd, easily provable lie This was the BBC headline last week: "Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says." The BBC is lying, and the UN is twisting numbers. The UN is only counting what they call "verified" deaths, which is only 8,119 Gazans - not the 40,000+ that the health ministry claims. They are saying that among those "verified" deaths, 70% are women and children. That's far higher than even the Gaza health ministry claims.

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~~UNRWA Hires Palestinian Terrorists, Glorifies Violence And Terrorism.~~

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~~Bassam Tawil, November 18, 2024.~~

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~~According to Israeli intelligence, more than 450 terrorists belonging to terrorist organizations in Gaza, mainly Hamas, are also employed by UNRWA.~~

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~~EU worried by reports of Iran, North Korea, China supplying weapons to Russia.~~

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~~Lebanon submits written response to US truce proposal, Lebanese official and local media say.~~

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~~Danon at UN: 'Ceasefire without returning hostages is abandoning them in hell.'~~

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~~Hezbollah rocket sparks air raid sirens, fire in central Israel; 5 hurt, 1 seriously.~~

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~~Shelter-in-place alerts issued for Tel Aviv, Netanya, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Holon and dozens of other localities; fire erupts in Ramat Gan after interception debris hits power pole.~~

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* Nov 19, 2024:

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~~'Israel finds large troves of Russian arms in Hezbollah’s hands. Some of the weapons in Lebanon, which include modern antitank missiles, have come from Russian stockpiles in neighboring Syria.'~~

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~~Hezbollah rockets hit United Nations posts Tmtwice in one day.~~

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~~Shin Bet chief's secret visit to Turkey amid Hamas developments.~~

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~~Hochstein says there is a real opportunity for cease-fire.~~

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~~Bodycam footage reveals:~~

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~~Weapons stockpiles in Lebanese schoolyard.~~

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~~IDF reservist killed by Hezbollah drone strike in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~2 wounded Israelis extracted from Arab town after being attacked by dozens of Arabs when they entered the village of Deir [Deyr] Ballut in Samaria.~~

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~~Republicans for settlements: New GOP lawmakers ready to make West Bank official part of Israel.~~

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~~Jewish patients reportedly ‘hiding their identity’ at University of California.~~

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~~Faculty at the state school’s San Francisco medical school said that advocacy workshops for students “betrayed a breathtaking lack of professionalism.”~~

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Media watchdog: Some of major Western news agencies continue to employ journalists in Gaza who have been exposed for their links to terror Hamas. Worse still, those journalists have been given awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, for their coverage of the Gaza war that depicts the IDF soldiers as war criminals.

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~~Qatar confirms departure of Hamas leaders, says group’s Doha mission may remain.~~

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~~Israeli troops kill three Islamic Jihad gunmen in West Bank gunbattle.~~

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~~Iran offers to cap enriched uranium stock if UN watchdog scraps censure.~~

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~~Huckabee: Biden administration 'put far~~

−

~~Terrorists throw stones at home of Rabbi Dov Lior.~~

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~~US envoy says Lebanon ceasefire ‘within grasp’ as soldier killed in drone strike.~~

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~~Senate Maj. Leader-Elect:~~

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~~'My message to Israel: Reinforcements are on the way.'~~

−

~~Touring Gaza, PM vows Hamas won’t return to power, offers $5 million for hostages.~~

−

~~Knesset approves: Denial of benefits to convicted terrorists.~~

−

~~Erdogan admits to blocking Herzog’s flight to COP29 from using Turkish airspace.~~

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~~Amsterdam mayor lambasted for saying she regrets calling violent attacks against Israeli soccer fans a ‘Pogrom.'~~

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~~For calling a spade a spade~~

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~~UN refuses to blame Hezbollah for attacking peacekeepers [UNIFIL] in Lebanon.~~

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~~Watchdog launches campaign to warn of Pro-Hamas faculty groups fueling campus Antisemitism.~~

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~~UN refuses to blame Hezbollah for attacking peacekeepers in Lebanon.~~

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* Nov 20, 2024:

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~~Explosive device found beneath car in Be'er Ya'acov, bomb squad defuses device.~~

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~~Rocket launched from Lebanon crashes into building in Kiryat Shmona, police searching area.~~

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~~US envoy Amos Hochstein to arrive in Israel on Wednesday evening.~~

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~~Dramatic footage: Undercover officers eliminate terrorists, bring down building.~~

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~~Border Police officers document elimination of terrorists hiding in building during antiterror operation near Jenin.~~

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Haredi minister slams: Judiciary holds a double standard (Haredi Jews vs Arab terrorists). 'Terrorists receive stipends until a special law is passed, but a yeshiva student loses stipends in a single day,' Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush tells Knesset plenum.

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~~IDF announces: Two Hezbollah commanders responsible for strikes eliminated.~~

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~~800th fallen soldier: Sergeant First Class (res.) Roi Sasson fell in battle in Gaza.~~

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~~IDF establishes new defensive positions on Lebanon border as cease-fire remains uncertain.~~

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~~New curriculum to highlight Druze community and its ties to the state, ministry says.~~

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~~US warns Iraq: Israel may attack Shiite militias.~~

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~~IPS chief: 'Prisons with Nuhkba terrorists another front in the war.'~~

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~~Murdered peace activist Vivian Silver remembered with new prize.~~

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~~IAF strikes terror cell in Jenin.~~

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~~Jordan sentences lawmaker to 10 years in prison for smuggling weapons into West Bank.~~

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~~Biden: What's happening in Gaza 'is not genocide.' The president emphasized his backing of Israel, aiming to quell frustrations he’d conditioned aid.~~

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'On terrorists using schools and lying Bernie Sanders, among his tirade, he complained about "bombing schools." Is Sanders saying that schools are functioning in Gaza at the war? Or is he denying that Hamas / PIJ use schools? It's just a pallwyood type to make a false link between targeting terrorists and kids.'

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US vetoes UN resolution demanding unconditional ceasefire. 14 countries vote in favor of Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire irrespective of the fate of the hostages, resolution defeated thanks to US veto.

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~~"Palestine" Hamas loots aid convoy, UN official claims it’s Israel’s responsibility to provide aid and protect it from jihadofascists.~~

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~~Gallant: IDF ‘securing aid distribution’ is a ‘euphemism’ for military rule in Gaza.~~

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~~Onstage, Bill Clinton tells Billy Crystal he thinks about failed Oslo Accords ‘every day.’~~

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~~As "Witnesses testify on hate crimes before Senate Judiciary Committee" ,(11.20.24):~~

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'On May the 2nd, 2024, all Republicans wrote a letter to Chairman Durbin, implore you to promptly hold a judiciary hearing to confront the flagrant civil rights violations targeting Jewish students on college campuses across America and exposed radical Islamic ideology infiltrating our universities.

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The goal was to have a hearing about why it's so hard to go to schoolful you're Jewish, and it is really hard to go to these schools if you're Jewish, you're being knocked down, being spat on. It is just completely out of control. This is not the hearing we're getting. So we'll work with what we've got. The House has had ten hearings focused on anti-Semitism on the rise like it was in the '30s, in my view, we're we're not talking about fringe elements within any one group, fringe elements, or crazy people. They exist throughout society. What happened to the 6-year-old is just horrible. The man will get whatever comes his way, and to me, it's not enough. I am trying to focus on the systematic problem. America has a systematic problem on college campuses. it is being funded, the DNI says, not by Qatar but by Iran. So we have to deal with this. This committee should act not just in general but specifically about what it's like to be Jewish in America in 2024, and it is not a good story. So I want to introduce into the record the original request, if I may, and also introduce into the record a letter I have from the Union of Jewish congregation of Americans. If I may introduce both letters Mr. chairman, without objection, now the problem is really unnerving. 2.4% of Americans are Jewish. 60% of all religious-based hate crimes have been directly against the Jewish people.'

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* Nov 21, 2024:

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~~Turkey decries Houthi missile attack on Turkish-owned vessel in Red Sea.~~

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~~Yesterday (Nov/20): Senate motions blocking arms sales to Israel fail, but pick up Democrat support.~~

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Bipartisanship will prevail despite Dem support for Israel embargo, senators say. “If they want to go down in flames, then that’s their choice,” Sen. John Fetterman said regarding Democratic colleagues who voted against Israel.

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Israel-bashers lose votes but gain ground among Democrats. An election post-mortem should mean confronting rather than appeasing progressive antisemites. The future of a bipartisan pro-Israel consensus hangs in the balance.

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~~Jewish groups laud Senate’s rejection of Sanders’s bid to block Israel aid.~~

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~~Israel puts sanctions on dozens of clients of Hezbollah-linked financial group.~~

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~~Three Arab Palestinians charged in plot to kill Ben-Gvir, son.~~

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~~Slain West Bank historian Zeev Erlich (71), mourned as questions swirl around research trip into Lebanon.~~

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~~Nine Palestinian gunmen killed during two-day raid in Jenin area.~~

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~~IAF intercepts Gaza rocket fired at Kerem Shalom.~~

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~~Hezbollah rocket kills one in Nahariya.~~

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~~Douglas Murray, Ben Shapiro in J’lem: You are ‘tip of the spear in a civilizational battle.’~~

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~~Stefanik vows to fight Jew-hatred at UN.~~

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~~Australia bars visit by Israel’s former justice minister Ayelet Shaked. A right-wing former politician who is ideologically to the left of several current cabinet ministers in Israel’s government.~~

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~~After Amsterdam pogrom, Dutch lawmakers vote to close antisemitic mosques.~~

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~~ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant.~~

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~~US rejects ICC's Netanyahu warrant, Hamas celebrates as reactions pour in.~~

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~~Biden: 'Arrest warrants against Israeli leaders are outrageous.'~~

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~~A-G condemns ICC decision:~~

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~~'Israel is considering its next legal steps'.~~

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~~'You Can Expect a Strong Response': Republicans, Weeks Away From a Trifecta, Ready ICC Sanctions Following Bibi Arrest Warrant.~~

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~~'A modern Dreyfus trial’: Israel assails ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant.~~

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~~Gallant: Court legitimizes 'the murder of babies, the rape of women,' sets 'dangerous precedent against right to self-defense'; politicians across spectrum slam 'antisemitic' move.~~

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~~Hungary, Argentina blast ICC decision; Italy says it’s still reviewing it; Turkey hails arrest warrants.~~

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~~'A dark day for justice.' IHF denounces ICC's arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.~~

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~~'Boycott the ICC, and anyone who cooperates with it.' Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon says~~

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~~Bernard-Henri Lévy : There Is No ‘Genocide’ in Gaza.~~

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I have “studied” these subjects in depth. I have seen genocides in Srebrenica and Darfur with my own eyes. I have filmed those tortured by Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and the bodies burned alive, thrown from rooftops, beheaded, by ISIS at Mosul. I have documented, on the ground, the indiscriminate killings by Russia in Ukraine.

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I covered, long before that, the carnage of the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria, from which the French writer Kamel Daoud escaped. I have borne witness to those survivors in the Christian villages of the Middle Belt of Nigeria, their lives decimated by the Islamist Fulani.

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In short, I know what it means to be promised death. I have seen skeletons exploited to their last strength and, when that strength expired, thrown into a pit. In other words, I know what genocide and crimes against humanity mean.

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The world has willingly forgotten that, in this war of Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its puppets, the IDF is the first army in the world to take so many measures, sometimes to its strategic detriment, to ensure that as few innocent civilians as possible are caught in the furnace of battles. Thus, myths are forged.'

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'ICC 2023/4: Perpetrators and its defenders seek "justice" against its victims. Genocidal Islamic Fascist Republic of Iran, heavily involved in Oct 7 atrocities campaign and Hamas/PIJ activities throughout, together with Hamas’ host Qatar (who also propagates for Hamas via its: Al Jazeera, TheNewArab, Middle East Eye) have been bribing broke S. Africa to be its unofficial emissary to peddle Pallyweid “charges” within weeks of Israel's response to Iran/Palestinian attacks.

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The bitter and very bloody irony of the “justice” sought by (one of) the very perpetrator of it all, including aiding in Gaza regime (who also controls its Ministry of Health) usage of it's civilians as cannon fodders.

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Material of the fake “crimes” assembled by the likes of notorious antisemite [fascista] Francesca Albanese who already used the G slur in 2014. So nothing new. The Arab Amal Cloony also assisted in composition, the “moderate” dictatorship Palestinian Authority was also instrumental. That very “moderate” system that has been glorifying racist Arab-Islamic terror and paying bloody money ‘pay for slay.’

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Let's be clear, had it not been for IDF’s high morality, the only side careful as much as it can not to hit noncombatants, then the war initiated by “Palestine,” followed by other Iran proxies, including Hezbollah, could have been over in days. At least in the Gaza front.

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~~Islamic bigot Karim Khan, nervous afrer his sexual offense, rushing to Amanpour to announce against Netanyahu and Galant.~~

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ICC staff feeling frustrated after the above and in light of sweeping Trump victory in the US, in desperation, calls to arrest. Among the first to hail it is the other host of Hamas: Islamist Turkey under Erdogan. Eu's Josep Borrell - (As well as Arab immigrants in Ireland , etc. Have much influence too) has been biased all along. He is slamming the door on the way out. Next one, the lady from Estonia [Kallas] much more pro understanding of Israel's plight.

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~~Though not a part of UN, the OIC’s occupied UN's influence is great.'~~

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~~The bitter joke of the transparent political ICC who added Mohamed Deif to conceal its cynical agenda: ''Can't determine Deif has been killed': ICC's charges against former Hamas head killed by IDF."~~

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~~The Wall Street Journal: Biden broke his promise, Israel exceeded its aid obligations.~~

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~~In an op-ed, the Wall Street Journal details how the International Criminal Court is targeting Israel, warns precedent will be used against the US later on.~~

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It published an editorial warning that the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant could negatively impact all democracies.

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~~"This legal assault isn’t only against Israel," the editorial began. "The precedent will harm the ability of all democracies to defend themselves against terror groups or states."~~

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That White House may have been able to prevent the arrest warrants from being issued in the first place: In June, the US House passed a bipartisan bill sanctioning the ICC. However, on instructions from US President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer held up Sanctions in the Senate.

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~~"This is the same Sen. Schumer who loves to tell Jewish audiences that he’s their shomer, or guardian, in Congress.:~~

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"On Israel, the ICC has twisted the law and the facts," the editorial notes that the ICC prosecutor "changed the course" of his investigation into Israel just "days" after learning that he himself was accused of possible sexual harassment.

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ICC has jurisdiction only over member states: Israel is not a member state, and Gaza is not a member state - just like the US is not a member state. But the ICC created an entity which it named the "State of Palestine," determined its borders as including Gaza, and then allowed for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to sign for the area, even though the PA has not been involved in Gaza since Hamas took control in 2007.

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~~"International 'law' is malleable when it targets Israel," WSJ concluded.~~

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~~It also noted that the IDF "may have achieved the lowest ratio of civilian-to-combatant deaths in the history of urban warfare."~~

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The goal of these arrest warrants, then, is "to disarm any Western democracy that is responding to atrocities from terrorists and rogue states. This precedent will be used against the US, which, like Israel, never joined the ICC."

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~~Regarding the accusations that Israel is starving Gazans, WSJ points out that the "politicized" arrest warrants do not include MK Benny Gantz, Netanyahu's chief rival for the Prime Minister's Office.~~

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~~The ICC also "conveniently waited" for the lame duck period to issue the arrest warrants, WSJ noted.~~

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It added: "The charge of deliberate starvation is absurd. Israel has facilitated the transfer of more than 57,000 aid trucks and 1.1 million tons of aid, even though Hamas’s rampant theft means Israel is provisioning its battlefield enemy, something the law can’t require."

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~~"This is why President Biden said on Oct. 18, 2023, that if Hamas steals the aid, 'it will end.' The President broke that promise, and Israel has exceeded its aid obligations."~~

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Additionally, the international Famine Review Committee on June 30 concluded that famine is not occurring in Gaza; even the Hamas terror group attributes just 41 deaths out of thousands to have been due to malnutrition.

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~~The Hells Angel with a Hitler tattoo, suitcases stuffed full of dollars... and the chilling inside story of how Iran is using a network of criminal thugs to spread terror to Britain - and the world.~~

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~~California Jewish families sue school district over antisemitic incidents.~~

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~~3000% spike in campus antisemitism post-Oct. 7.~~

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~~Senior defense official:~~

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~~Hamas gave up on a major demand, it wants a deal.~~

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* Nov 22, 2024:

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~~Report: Trump team already preparing measures against ICC.~~

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~~IAF destroys 45 Hezbollah launchers in southern Lebanon over past week.~~

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~~Israel unwilling to have France involved in Lebanon agreement - report.~~

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~~German position on weapons deliveries to Israel 'unchanged' after ICC warrants.~~

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~~US probes JPMorgan's links with Iranian hedge fund, Bloomberg News reports.~~

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~~Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) schools (Hamas apologetic) Code Pink activists for wearing 'Terrorist' Durag 'You should be ashamed'.~~

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~~France dampens response to ICC Israel warrants, takes note of decision.~~

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~~French MP: 'International institutions shine with their anti-Israelism.'~~

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~~Nahal officer wounded in Gaza combat.~~

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~~Barrage of nearly 30 rockets launched toward Israel from Lebanon.~~

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~~Argentina withdraws from UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.~~

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~~[[File:Masked man performs Nazi salute at pro-Palestinian protest in Montreal.jpg|thumb|Masked man performs Nazi salute at pro-Palestinian protest in Montreal. (Nov/2024)]]~~

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[[File:Palestine's Mai Abdulhadi, Nazi salute, shouting at Jews "final solution coming your way”.jpg|thumb|Palestine's Mai Abdulhadi, Nazi salute, shouting at Jews "final solution coming your way”. Nov.2024]]

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Montreal organized mayhem (Nov 22/23): Thousands of Arab, Muslim, anarchists and radicals students march, some breaking doors and windows and hundreds of "Palestine" activists call for 'final solution' and wave Nazi Hitler salute reminded the ICC (politically) announcement. Palestinian Youth Movement's Montreal bracket wrote on Instagram "Glory to our people resisting the ... We will not stop until Palestine is fully liberated, from the Jordan river, to the Mediterranean Sea."

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~~IAF intercepts a suspicious aerial target from Lebanon.~~

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~~In southern Lebanon. IAF strikes Hezbollah Aziz unit in the area of Tyre.~~

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~~UN Watch's Hillel Neuer to testify at Swiss motion meeting on withdrawing UNRWA funds.~~

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Terms of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire taking shape. While critical details about implementation and enforcement remain unresolved, officials quoted in The New York Times express cautious optimism that an agreement on a ceasefire could be reached.

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~~After IAEA resolution. Iran to launch 'new and advanced' centrifuges.~~

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~~Four UNIFIL peacekeepers injured from Hezbollah rockets.~~

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~~Drone crosses into Israeli territory, falls in the western Galilee.~~

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~~Germany: Holocaust denier 'Nazi grandma' dies at 96.~~

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~~IDF Arabic spox. calls for evacuation of Beirut neighborhoods.~~

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~~1/3 of Oct 7 casualties were in critical condition. New report finds large majority of individuals harmed by Hamas underwent at least one surgery.~~

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~~Hezbollah fires over 80 rockets at Israeli territory on Friday (11/22).~~

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~~Canada's Justin Trudeau accused of fiddling as Jew-haters burn Montreal in riot.~~

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~~'Appalling antisemitism.' Canadian politicians condemn anti-Israel protest in Montreal (Nov-21-22).~~

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~~Israel ponders giving aid distribution management in Gaza to US private firm.~~

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~~IDF eliminates five Hamas terrorists who participated in October 7 attack.~~

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~~Charges dropped against keffiyeh-clad protester for violating NY county’s mask ban.~~

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~~Roa, who faced up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor charge, was the first protester arrested under the ban.~~

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~~The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was very much against the law [of course].~~

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'Nassau County police said Roa had been attempting to conceal his identity as he led others in pro-Palestinian chants. They also said he told officers he was wearing the scarf in solidarity with Palestinians and not for exempted medical or religious purposes.

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~~In videos showing some of the arrest, Roa wears the keffiyeh around his neck as he’s led away in handcuffs.'~~

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~~Montreal Nov 22/23: Thousands of Arab, Muslim, anarchists and radicals students~~

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march, some breaking doors and windows and hundreds of "Palestine" activists call for 'final solution' and wave Naxi Hitler salute rrmonded the UCC (politically) announcement. Palestinian Youth Movement's Montreal bracket wrote on Instagram "Glory to our people resisting the ... We will not stop until Palestine is fully liberated, from the Jordan river, to the Mediterranean Sea."

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* Nov 23, 2024:

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~~IDF killed Syria-based Hezbollah officer, Ali Mussa Daqduq, behind 2007 massacre of US troops — report.~~

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~~Israeli air force strikes Hezbollah terror targets in Beirut’s Dahieh.~~

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~~Defense minister declares end to administrative detention against West Bank settlers.~~

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~~Aiming to enable return of displaced Israelis, IDF pushes deeper into south Lebanon.~~

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~~Iran set to launch ‘advanced centrifuges’ after IAEA censure for noncooperation.~~

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Trump’s AG nominee Pam Bondi has called for FBI to question pro-Hamas campus protesters. “The thing that really was troubling to me, these students in universities in our country — whether they’re here as Americans or if they’re here on student visas — and they’re out there saying, ‘I support Hamas,’” she said in the October 23, 2023, interview. “Frankly, they need to be taken out of our country, or the FBI needs to be interviewing them right away when they’re saying, ‘I support Hamas. I am Hamas.’ That’s not saying I support all these poor Palestinians who are trapped in Gaza.”

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The Republican Party platform, released in July, calls for the deportation of noncitizens who back Hamas and terrorism, and pledges to “make our college campuses safe and patriotic again.” Trump and his advisers have also called for deporting foreign students who organize pro-Hamas protests.

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The platform does not recommend the investigation of Americans who express rhetorical support for the terrorist group, as Bondi did in her interview, a path that could trigger First Amendment challengesBondi, one of Trump’s earliest and most steadfast backers in his bid for the presidency, advised him during his first impeachment proceedings. She has a record of pro-Israel statements, lining her up with most of Trump’s other cabinet picks, though she has also lobbied for Qatar’s government, according to Semafor.

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Some Jewish Republicans were wary of Gaetz because he voted earlier this year against emergency defense assistance for Israel and also opposed a bill that would codify an official definition of antisemitism, and invited a Holocaust denier to the State of the Union address.

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~~Scotland's liberal Green Party evicts member calling Hamas, Hezbollah 'Terrorists.' The Scottish Greens have long campaigned to remove Hamas from the list of designated terrorist organizations.~~

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~~These young people from the Diaspora felt the call after Oct. 7 and joined the IDF.~~

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~~Why one of Australia’s best-known Aboriginal activists is taking a stand on Israel.~~

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'Nova Peris is an Olympic gold medalist, former parliamentarian, and well-known advocate for her people’s equality – and she’s bucking many on the left to support the Jewish state. While Peris has long been a prominent advocate for Aboriginal Australians, the recent conflict in Israel has added a new dimension to her activism. On October 14, 2023 — exactly one week after Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped 251 to the Gaza Strip — Australia held a referendum to change the country’s constitution.

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The referendum proposed establishing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which would advise on policies affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Despite widespread public debate, the referendum was resoundingly defeated, with 60% of Australians voting against it. Peris, as one of the highest-profile faces of the advocacy campaign, was devastated.

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~~“I cried for weeks after the referendum, and until today I am still trying to process how 60% of the country could turn their back on Aboriginal people,” Peris told The Times of Israel.~~

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As she processed the loss of the historic referendum, Peris turned her attention toward the Jewish state. “I saw some of the imagery that Hamas had recorded [on October 7] and I thought it was unbelievably shocking, beyond evil. So jarring,” she said.

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“I began to think: How do I sit back comfortably in Australia, where so many people voted in a referendum to silence Aboriginal people and have not seen our struggle which is so real, but where the people who have supported us so strongly are Jewish Australians,” she said, listing prominent Jewish lawyers who have won seminal cases on behalf of Aboriginal land rights such as Jeffrey Sher and Ron Castan.

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“I thought, all these people that have been there for us, supporting us with litigation, and now Jewish people are being kicked to the curb. I said, let me get my head around what’s happened to our Jewish friends,” said Peris.

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~~Peris was horrified by the infamous protest, just two days after October 7, outside the Sydney Opera House, where a mob chanted “F#ck the Jews” and burned an Israeli flag...~~

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Since October 7, Jewish people in Australia have experienced an alarming increase in antisemitism, including assaults, graffiti, threats, doxing, and boycotts of Jewish-owned businesses. Peris thinks the police could be doing more.'

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“How do people say that Jews are the colonizers?” she said when reflecting on her trip. “I saw Hebrew written 3,000 years ago in the City of David. Truth is fundamental to [Jewish] existence; I couldn’t sit silent on this in my capacity as someone who has a voice in Australia — particularly as an Indigenous person.”

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~~Meeting with the families of hostages, some of whom are still in Gaza, made a big impact on Peris. Peris showed a bracelet that she has worn every day since her trip, more than seven months on.~~

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~~‘Winter has come’: Rallies to highlight risk to remaining hostages’ health.~~

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In front of a large screen reading 'What about the hostages?' Jimmy Miller, cousin of hostage Shiri Bibas, leads the crowd in chants of 'Everyone -- now!' during a rally at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square. (Nov/16).

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~~IAF intercepts two rockets from area of Khan Yunis in Gaza.~~

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~~Pentagon chief Austin speaks with Israeli defense minister Katz.~~

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~~Mossad investigating disappearance of Chabad emissary in Abu Dhabi - report.~~

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~~The suspicion: Kogan was kidnapped from Dubai and murdered by a squad directed by Iran and tertor cell managed to escape to Turkey.~~

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* Nov 24, 2024:

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~~IAF monitoring ongoing aerial threat incident in the Galilee.~~

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~~IDF warns Lebanese civilians to evacuate to north of the Awali River.~~

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Honeymoon over: Abraham Accords tested as antisemitism resurges in Gulf - analysis. Jews have understood over the last few years that when it comes to the West’s enforcement of “hate crimes,” Jews are usually the one group that doesn’t get protection.

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~~Murderers of Rabbi Zvi Kogan arrested.~~

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The Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates says that three suspects were arrested for the murder of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan. The Ministry did not mention the identity or the nationality of the suspects.

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah weapons-smuggling infrastructure near Syrian border.~~

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~~National Security Council releases new travel recommendations after Israeli murdered in UAE.~~

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~~Jordan army says it thwarts border infiltration across Syria, one killed.~~

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~~Parents disrupt hearing:~~

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~~'The enemy gets aid, what about the hostages?'~~

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~~Report: Israel prevented Iranian plane from landing in Damascus.~~

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Israel has let 900,000 tons of food into Gaza, data show. The statistics were released following a decision to issue international arrest warrants against Netanyahu for allegedly for "starving" Arab Palestinians.

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~~Non-stop barrages, sirens sound in central Israel for a 2nd time.~~

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~~Mainstream media still employs Hamas-linked Gazan ‘Journalists.’~~

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~~Hamas steals 28% of Gazans' salaries. Will the ICC blame Israel?~~

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~~Hamas also controls the aid to Gaza exclusively.~~

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Illegal Muslim immigrant suspect who shot Jewish man in Chicago (October 26), planned attack on synagogue. Authorities say data from Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi’s phone reveals antisemitic motives, including synagogue locations marked days before attack, searches for 'Jewish community center' and 'gun store' and over 100 antisemitic and pro-Hamas images and videos.

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~~Votes on to crown the 2024 Antisemite of the Year! Some nominees might even be proud to make this infamous list.~~

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~~Last year, Rashida Tlaib swept the vote.~~

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~~This year, 10 new Jew-haters are competing for the dishonor:~~

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~~Hasan Piker, Cory Bush, Jackson Hinkle, Greta Thunberg, John Cusack, Candace Owen, Dan Bilzerian, Jess Natale, Jake Shields, Bassem Youssef.~~

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~~150 Hezbollah targets raided, dozens of terrorists killed.~~

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~~Bennett: 'I will not hand the Palestinians another state.'~~

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~~Footage: Anti-Israel protesters reenact Sinwar's last moments.~~

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~~Second Cup shuts café over Nazi salute, 'Final Solution is Coming' chant. At oro Palestine riots Nov 22/23.~~

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~~'A horrific crime.' White House condemns murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan.~~

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~~UAE Ambassador to the US condemns murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan.~~

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~~UAE Ambassador to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba, condemns murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan: It was an attack on our homeland, on our values and on our vision.~~

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Israeli gov’t votes to cut all ties with ‘Haaretz.’ The Cabinet move came in response to "numerous articles that harmed the legitimacy of the State of Israel in the world and its right to self-defense." (Haaretzism).

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* Nov 25, 2024:

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~~Why are we not surprised?~~

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~~Disgraceful NYT report: Murdered Jewish Rabbi 'disappeared' and was 'found dead'~~

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~~It's far from the first time that the New York Times has posted antisemitic content or content skewed by its antisemitic reporters.~~

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The New York Times faced sharp criticism for its initial coverage of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan's murder in the UAE, where the paper characterized the targeted killing as merely a case of someone who "disappeared" and was "found dead."

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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo led the backlash: "Call it what it is - a Jewish man was hunted down and murdered because he was Jewish," he posted on social media. Senator Ritchie Torres echoed the sentiment, condemning what he called "soft-pedaling of antisemitic violence."

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) shot itself in the foot when smearing a former employee, it is now forced to open its books. It will be forced to open its books and reveal its sources of funding after a defamation suit it filed against a former employee completely backfired.

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US Magistrate Judge David Schultz ruled Monday that CAIR’s donors, funding sources — potentially including foreign ones — and any assets owned by the group are all within the “scope of permissible discovery” as part of former chapter leader Lori Saroya’s lawsuit against the controversial Muslim rights group.

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What happened was that Saroya was a senior member of CAIR and even a member of its board of directors. She resigned from CAIR in 2018 and then started posting about how awful the organization is, accusing it of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, union busting, financial mismanagement, lack of board oversight, board incompetence, creating a hostile work environment, negatively portraying Muslims, making mistakes on legal cases, receiving foreign funding, and withholding money it owed her.

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~~CAIR sued her for defamation. When the judge asked CAIR to amend the lawsuit to specify what she said that damaged the organization, CAIR dropped the case.~~

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~~New study indicates that DEI training can turn people into bigots. Imagine what anti-Israel slanders can do.~~

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~~Drone intrusion sirens sound in Nahariya, northern Israeli communities.~~

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~~Pope Francis clarifies so-called "genocide" comment - taken out of context.~~

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~~Ben-Gvir criticizes potential Lebanon ceasefire, Yesh Atid calls him a 'TikTok clown.'~~

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~~Lahav 433 investigating suspects for committing fraud over Bit money transfer app - report.~~

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~~Rocket fired from northern Gaza falls in open area.~~

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~~Security forces eliminate two terrorists, arrest nine wanted individuals in the West Bank.~~

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~~IDF and police thwart smuggling of dozens of pistols and weapon parts in Jordan Valley.~~

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Not all heroes wear capes ... WATCH: Brave IDF medics save life of wounded IDF soldiers under fire. Footage is taken directly from the body camera of an IDF medic, who provides medical attention to a seriously wounded soldier during his evacuation from an active combat zone.

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~~Home Front Command updates guidelines.~~

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~~Rabbi Zvi Kogan's funeral began at 6 p.m. in Kfar Chabad, Jerusalem.~~

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~~DM Katz to promote construction of fence on Israel-Jordan border to combat threats.~~

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~~High Court approves three more months of haredi daycare subsidy~~

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~~After murder of Rabbi Kogan:~~

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~~Jared Kushner donates $1 million to UAE Chabad. Then, his brother matched that amount too.~~

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~~Thousands mourn Chabad rabbi killed in UAE. Crowds brave rain to bury Rabbi Zvi Kogan, murdered after abduction in Dubai, at Jerusalem's Mount of Olives~~

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~~Danon to Algerian Ambassador:~~

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~~How dare you talk about human rights with situation in Algeria?~~

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Women in her 70s seriously injured in barrage on Nahariya. Two injured people were treated at the scene of a fallen rocket, one in serious condition and the other, a man in his 80s, in light condition.

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~~Woollahra, Australia: Arab Muslim, Mohommed [Mohamned] Farhat, with Hizballah tattoo vandalizes cars and buildings with anti-Israel graffiti, sets a car on fire.~~

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~~Hezbollah’s terror army will rebuild—Israel’s test lies in first breach.~~

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Commentary: As Lebanon cease-fire nears, questions linger: Will Hezbollah bypass restrictions, and can the enforcement mechanism deliver? IDF braces for border test that could turn the deal into a real solution—or a repeat of failed Resolution 1701.

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* Nov 26, 2024:

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~~Israel says agreement with Lebanon will maintain its freedom of operation.~~

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~~Israel will show zero tolerance to any infraction of Lebanon ceasefire, defense minister says.~~

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~~Hezbollah to remain active after ceasefire, lawmaker says.~~

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~~Hezbollah’s terror army will rebuild—Israel’s test lies in first breach.~~

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Commentary: As Lebanon cease-fire nears, questions linger: Will Hezbollah bypass restrictions, and can the enforcement mechanism deliver? IDF braces for border test that could turn the deal into a real solution—or a repeat of failed Resolution 1701.

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~~Northern mayors livid about possible ceasefire.~~

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Northern evacuees question whether a ceasefire deal is enough to see them home. While some officials and residents express dismay at a continued lack of security plans for their communities, others dream of returning to their fields — or at least ‘normal’ life.

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~~Officials hope Lebanon truce will isolate Hamas, pave way to deal in Gaza.~~

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~~Israeli and Palestinian sources signal they believe ceasefire deal may cause terror group to soften its hardline stance, given it will no longer have Hezbollah’s military support.~~

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The Wall Street Journal published an editorial about the UN’s refusal to renew the contract of Alice Wairimu Nderitu as Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide. The reason being, she had concluded that Israel’s conduct in Gaza did not constitute so-called “genocide.”

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Germany charges Hamas operatives who helped plan attacks on Israeli embassy, US airbase. The four Arab-Muslim suspects "held important positions within the organization with direct ties to senior officials in the military wing."

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~~London's Metropolitan Police arrest suspected perpetrator of US embassy bomb hoax.~~

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~~IAF intercepts a drone crossing from the East.~~

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~~IDF issues evacuation warnings for some buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs.~~

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~~IDF details yearslong efforts against Hezbollah arms smuggling outfit in Syria.~~

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~~Military confirms it has been attacking Iran-backed Lebanese terror group’s Unit 4400, which is tasked with weapons delivery.~~

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~~Police arrest Arab-Israeli woman smuggling weapons to West Bank.~~

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~~Israel announces preliminary work on fence along entire border with Jordan.~~

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~~Defense Ministry ordered by Katz to begin engineering planning, including environmental survey and installation of surveillance infrastructure, along 309-kilometer border.~~

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~~IDF soldier seriously wounded after Hezbollah drone crashes in Hermon area.~~

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~~In first since 2000: IDF ground forces operating near Litani River.~~

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~~IDF confirms: Ahmad Sabhi, Hezbollah operations commander, eliminated in strike.~~

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~~Israel issues evacuation warning for Beirut suburbs.~~

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~~SA Chief Rabbi:~~

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~~It's time to establish the 'United Nations of the Free World.'~~

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~~Widow of Rabbi Avi Goldberg:~~

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~~'He connected hearts, we are continuing in his way.'~~

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~~IDF striking Beirut on a 'large scale.'~~

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~~Im Tirtzu head to PM:~~

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~~'Don't act like Lapid, allow Knesset to approve ceasefire.'~~

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~~With looming ceasefire:~~

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IAF strikes 20 Hezbollah sites in Beirut in 2 minutes. It strikes 20 terror targets in the area of Beirut, including an aerial defense unit center, an intelligence center, command centers, weapons storage facilities, an operations room, an artillery storage facility, and terrorist infrastructure sites.

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~~Commando Brigade eliminates Hezbollah regional commander.~~

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~~Lebanon’s Shiites increasingly reject role of scapegoat in Hezbollah’s war on Israel.~~

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~~Over 1.4 million Lebanese from Hezbollah’s support base have fled their homes. And while the terror group attempts to retain their loyalty, some are calling for its demise.~~

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~~Killed in Lebanon researcher Ze'ev Erlich's brother: They feared he would find Jewish items in the Lebanese mosque.~~

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Protesters vandalize Netherlands office of pro-Israel Christian group. Activists at demonstration led by Extinction Rebellion and other groups daub slogans on premises of Christians for Israel, intimidate staff arriving for work with (fake) ‘genocide[sic]’ claims.

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~~Antisemitic attack in London. 16-year-old Jewish girl hospitalized with head injury.~~

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Jewish schoolgirls attacked by man hurling glass bottles in London, one badly wounded. The attack took place in Stamford Hill, which has a large Orthodox Jewish population. "Evidence suggests the perpetrator had prepared the bottles and plates in advance, deliberately targeting the girls due to their visibly Jewish appearance," Shomrim continued. "Shattered glass was found as far as the school’s front gate, highlighting the force and intent of the attack."

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~~Palestinian Authority: ICC arrest warrants are the PA's achievement. It continues to brag about ICC despite violating US funding conditions.~~

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Man pleads guilty to threatening to bomb Massachusetts synagogues. John Reardon, 59, made threarning phone calls to local synagogues, Jewish community organization in January, using "palestinians" excuse.

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~~IDF operating near Litani, two soldiers injured in Gaza & Lebanon.~~

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~~WJC head: Alleged dismissal of UN official over Israel deeply disturbing.~~

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World Jewish Congress Pres. Amb. Ronald S. Lauder called the non-renewal of Alice Wairimu Nderitu as the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide after she declared that the war against Hamas does not meet the qualifications for genocide "disturbing."

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~~OIC - Islamic lobby total dictation of the UN, exposed again.~~

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~~Full agreement between Israel and Lebanon.~~

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~~Netanyahu: 'If Hezbollah doesn't follow the agreement, we'll attack.'~~

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~~Israel-Lebanon permanent ceasefire has been accepted, Biden says.~~

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He says Israel has right to self-defense ‘if Hezbollah or anyone else breaks deal.' “What is left of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed to threaten the security of Israel again.”

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Over the next 60 days, the Lebanese army and state security forces will deploy and take control of their own territory in southern Lebanon, Biden says, reiterating that Hezbollah will not be allowed to rebuild its terror infrastructure. During this 60-day period, Israel will gradually withdraw its troops from Lebanon.

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~~The deal will allow civilians on both sides of the Blue Line to return to their homes and rebuild their communities.~~

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~~The US, along with France, is committed to ensuring that the deal is fully implemented, while stressing that this will not require any American troops on the ground.~~

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“If Hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and pose a direct threat to Israel, Israel retains the right to self-defense, consistent with international law — just like any country when facing a terrorist group pledged to that country’s destruction."

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~~Smotrich: This ceasefire may secure Israel's security forever.~~

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~~UAV intercepted in Golan hours before ceasefire.~~

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~~Cars begin heading to south Lebanon after ceasefire comes into force, Reuters witnesses say~~

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~~'What, exactly, does the Lebanon cease fire agreement say? The text, Netanyahu, Biden and Hezbollah all disagree with each other.'~~

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~~The cease-fire deal doesn't prevent Hezbollah's regeneration, says Foundation for Defense of Democracies' David Daoud.~~

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* Nov 27, 2024:

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~~1st violation: Hezbollah terrorists approach border, IDF fires warning.~~

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~~IDF soldiers fire warning shots at Hezbollah terrorists nearing Kfarkela, which overlooks Metula.~~

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~~Report: Hamas ready for break in Gaza war - afrer the Lebanese cease-fire came about (feeling isolaged).~~

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~~How Quickly Things Change: Hamas Says It Wants A Ceasefire In Gaza After Hezbollah Truce.~~

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~~Cyprus speaks to Lebanese PM, offers to assist on ceasefire.~~

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~~Adolf Eichmann executioner, Shalom Nagar, passes away aged 86.~~

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~~Qatar's theatre of the absurd under the auspices of the UN: A corrupt sponsor of terror pretends to fight corruption and terrorism.~~

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~~Greece rejects ICC arrest warrants for top Israeli officials.~~

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~~France may ignore ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, FM indicates - report.~~

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~~Clip: Lebanese citizens return to homes near Israeli border~~

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~~Forces nab Iran arms smuggled for West Bank terror.~~

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'The Red Line': New cease-fire terms aim to keep Hezbollah at bay. New cease-fire with Lebanon broadens restrictions on Hezbollah fighters, differing from 2006’s Resolution 1701; IDF ready to enforce deal and warns of possible escalations; US mediator Hochstein details his messages to both sides.

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~~IDF urges Lebanese civilians to stay north of the Litani River at night.~~

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~~IDF arrests four Hezbollah operatives who approached IDF troops in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~IDF issues curfew in southern Lebanon from 5 p.m. until 7 a.m.~~

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~~Home Front Command: Golan schools allowed to reopen.~~

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~~PA head Mahmoud Abbas to announce his replacement, 'if the position becomes vacant' - report.~~

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~~Hagari: We will kill or capture any armed person near the border.~~

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~~Lebanon's Hezbollah says it will continue resistance (sic) after ceasefire deal.~~

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~~IDF downs arms-smuggling drone on Egyptian border.~~

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~~Israel destroyed Hezbollah strategic missile site near Syria.~~

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'Your fight inspired so many' | Heartbreaking: Yona's mother says her final goodbye. Hazel Brief, whose son Yona succumbed to his wounds over a year after being wounded during the October 7th Massacre, parted from her son and looked back on the long fight for his life.

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IDF foiled Hezbollah attempt to develop chemical weapons. According to the unsourced report, the weapons were meant to be used by Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force during an invasion of Israeli territory.

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IDF had hit Hezbollah’s largest precision missile production site hours before truce. Military says underground complex that stretched for 1.4 kilometers was terror group’s most strategically significant weapons-making site.

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Uruguay’s new president-elect is left wing, yet not anti-Israel. Unlike his South American counterparts who have been vehemently critical of the Jewish state, Yamandu Orsi says he could consider himself a Zionist.

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~~Media amplifies “video” used to excuse Amsterdam Pogrom— Does it exist?~~

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After last week’s “Jew hunt” in Amsterdam, anti-Israel activists rushed to excuse the brutal assaults. If Israelis and Jews across the city were beaten down and kicked while lying defenseless and unconscious, the focus, they insisted, should be on Jewish behavior. The media soon joined in.

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Trump appointees targeted by bomb threats, including with pro-Palestinian messaging. Lee Zeldin says his home was sent a pipe bomb with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message,’ as threats and swatting attacks target Stefanik, Gaetz and others; FBI probing.

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~~Secret ‘Iranian clause’ included in US Lebanon- deal guarantees~~

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~~“If Israel decides to act [against Tehran], it will notify the United States as soon as possible," is allegedly among America's stipulations.~~

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~~BBC staff quit union after being told to wear colors of Palestinian flag, keffiyeh.~~

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~~The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) alongside the Trades Union Congress (TUC) reportedly sent out messages asking workers to “wear something red, green, black or a Palestinian keffiyeh”.~~

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~~Dutch FM Caspar Veldkamp hosts Iranian counterpart, days after announcing boycott of Netanyahu. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss "de-escalation in the Middle East," according to Dutch media.~~

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~~IDF found chemicals, gas masks in Hezbollah bases. The materials may have been part of an attempt by the elite Radwan Force to use or develop chemical weapons.~~

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~~Israel will appeal to ICC against arrest warrants. Israel rejects the authority of the International Criminal Court and the legitimacy of the arrest warrants it has issued.~~

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~~Major defeat for ICC: Serving its own interests, France says it will not heed arrest warrants.~~

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~~Presidential envoy Amos Hochstein: Delinking Lebanon, Gaza conflicts ‘key’ to securing ceasefire deal.~~

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~~There was no realistic agreement that included an Israeli-controlled buffer zone in Southern Lebanon, he says.~~

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~~Hezbollah can only claim Pyrrhic victory, the real one is Israel's~~

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~~IDF says destroyed 'most strategic' Hezbollah missile production site.~~

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~~Military says underground facility in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley used to produce precision-guided missiles with Iranian support; site, near Syrian border, hit before cease-fire took effect~~

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~~Envoy Hochstein: Netanyahu sought Lebanon cease-fire deal in October.~~

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~~Biden told Netanyahu: Let’s get the hostages - report.~~

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~~Less than 12 hours in, Hezbollah violates ceasefire - twice.~~

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~~US envoy dismisses ‘fantasy’ of deal that would include IDF buffer zone in Lebanon.~~

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~~Amos Hochstein says Lebanon would never agree to Israel occupying country’s south, making ceasefire impossible and thereby keeping Israel’s north in danger~~

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~~Report: Egyptian team set to arrive in Israel with ‘comprehensive vision’ for Gaza deal. Plan said to call for truce that will initially last a few weeks and will see gradual release of hostages.~~

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~~IDF said to have killed as many as 4,000 Hezbollah fighters in ops over past year.~~

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~~Egyptian delegation expected to arrive in Israel Thursday for hostage deal talks -~~

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~~Bipartisan effort: New US bill: No aid for colleges that support BDS.~~

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'Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered': Leaflets distributed in London Jewish neighbourhood. That “every Zionist needs to leave Britain or be slaughtered” were found spread around the streets of Hendon. The threatening message was written in broken Google-translate Hebrew, and the leaflet also stated in English “Zionist Free Zone.” It also read “Ha, made you pick up litter you zia#azi freak.”… Residents: “Whoever made these should feel the full force of the law for the safety of our Jewish communities.”

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~~This incident comes after the neighbourhood was also targeted in October, when antisemitic messages were left at Hendon Golf Club.~~

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~~Swastikas and messages reading “f*** the Jews” and “Heil Hitler” were raked into bunkers on the golf course right before the start of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.~~

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~~IDF forces arrest four terrorists in Tulkarm.~~

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~~Fatah calls to unite for terror: “Fatah, Hamas, [Islamic] Jihad…are one unit”.~~

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~~Abbas Zaki affirms unity with Hamas and Jihad, advocating terror; Palestinian Authority figures endorse 'all means' "resistance" against Israel.~~

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~~Lebanese Minister: 'We'll be in dangerous territory if Hezbollah violates ceasefire.'~~

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* Nov 28, 2024:

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~~IDF warns residents of southern Lebanon to not return to towns.~~

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Last straw: Amsterdam ‘Jew hunt’ triggers push for Dutch Jewish migration to Israel. Reeling from anti-Zionism on the left and increasingly violent Arab and Muslim antisemitism, some local Jews flee amid fears the government is unwilling or unable to protect them.

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~~US says it will block recognition of PA state at UNSC.~~

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~~Northern Israelis enraged at ceasefire agreement.~~

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~~IRGC chief to Hezbollah leader: Ceasefire is 'strategic defeat' for Israel.~~

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~~New Zealand bars Candace Owens after Australia ban for Holocaust denial.~~

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~~Wellington follows suit after she denied entry by Canberra over denial of Nazi experiments in camps, though promoter still hawking tickets for pundit’s speaking tour.~~

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~~17-year-old arrested in Nov/22 murder of British–Israeli man in Tennessee.~~

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Family of 21-year-old Aviv Broeck, a locksmith, says murder is related to calls to 'globalize the Intifada' as police arrest teen suspect who allegedly lured the victim for a locksmith job before shooting and robbing him.

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~~China tells ICC to be 'just and fair' after it sought warrant for Myanmar junta chief.~~

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~~Kuwait International Book Fair features lots of antisemitic titles. The International Jew, translated to Arabic.~~

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~~Iranian-backed militias in Iraq to continue attacks on Israel despite Lebanon ceasefire - report.~~

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~~Maccabi Tel Aviv to face Turkish soccer team in empty Hungarian stadium.~~

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~~Turkey’s Besiktas asked to move match to ‘neutral ground’ over security concerns, Hungarian authorities demand game be held behind closed doors after attacks on fans in Amsterdam.~~

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~~Syrian rebels' operation expanded after government forces left positions, Turkish sources say.~~

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~~Mass arrests at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as anti-Israel protesters block path in front of Ronald McDonald.~~

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~~They’re parading straight into custody.~~

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~~Moody's: Geopolitical risks in Israel appear to have partially diminished.~~

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Moody's issues update on Israel’s credit rating, says it is too early to determine whether the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah has "significantly and sustainably" mitigated the risks that led to the downgrading of Israel's credit rating.

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~~Despite Hamas ban, Switzerland opts not to ban Hezbollah.~~

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~~'I'll never be the same kid I was': Munder family's lives one year after release from captivity.~~

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~~In Aleppo countryside, the opposition turns the tables on the Syrian regime.~~

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Report: Prosecutors won’t defend administrative detention for Palestinians only. For now, Katz’s decision to cancel controversial measure only for settlers said defensible since it’s just politics; if that changes, State Attorney’s Office will object.

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~~N. London, UK: Teen thugs attack and board JFS school buses while shouting ‘f**k Israel’ at children. Police called after attackers threw rocks at buses carrying children returning from school.~~

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~~The long arm of the Iranian octopus.~~

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A French drug dealer who recruited a hitman to assassinate Jewish community leaders, the "Kurdish Fox" who was activated from prison in Iran in exchange for his release, and a Pakistani al-Qaeda man sent to eliminate an Israeli in Tbilisi: The Revolutionary Guards and terrorist organizations recruit criminals to carry out attacks. The Mossad managed to thwart dozens of them, until the murder of a Chabad emissary in Dubai broke the chain. This is how the Iranian assassination industry works.

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~~Estonia's Kallas succeeds anti-Israel EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.~~

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Poll: Netanyahu’s Likud drops slightly with Hezbollah truce; Bennett would win if he ran. New survey finds Likud would win 24 seats, with coalition parties getting 51, opposition 59; but if former prime minister were to run, poll says he could lead majority bloc.

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* Nov 29, 2024:

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Editorial 'The Australian': Anti-Semitism at heart of the UN. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s ‘purge’ of a senior official who refused to smear Israel’s war against Hamas as ‘genocide’ is a disgrace that leaves no doubt about the gross anti-Semitism at the heart of the world body.

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~~Pro-"Palestinian" group in NYC vows support for armed resistance against U.S., Israel. Speaker: "Our rifles will be pointed at the US Government."~~

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The “anti-capitalism” Bronx Anti-War Coalition amplified their message on social media, sharing a video of Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida denouncing sectarianism, as well as a speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassam streamed from Iran’s Press TV.

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Kenneth Roth calls need to liberate hostages 'utter irrelevancy.' Former Human Rights Watch director defends ICC warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant by calling the hostages and Israel's right to self defense "utter irrelevancies." [This reminds how he turned this group against Israrl for so long. He was accused of plain antisemitism on the past].

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~~IDF summarizes 'Operation Northern Arrows.' During Operation Northern Arrows, 2,500 senior Hezbollah members were eliminated and most of its launch capabilities were eliminated.~~

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Maccabi Tel Aviv beats Turkish soccer team as match passes without incident in Hungary. With no fans in the stadium and under heavy security, club plays for first time in Europe since widespread violence against its supporters in Amsterdam.

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Increasingly flexible Hamas said open to temporary IDF presence at Gaza-Egypt border. As long-moribund ceasefire talks ramp up, New York Times says terror group may give up core demands after ‘reality started to sink in’ following Sinwar’s death and truce in Lebanon.

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~~IDF says Lebanese civilians prohibited from moving south to over 60 villages.~~

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Iran, European countries set to hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump’s return to office. Negotiatiors said aiming to build momentum before expected resumption of US president-elect’s ‘maximum pressure’ policy; Netanyahu pledges to do ‘everything’ to keep Tehran from bomb.

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~~Iran expects "tough and serious" talks.~~

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~~As fresh truce holds, IDF says over 12,500 Hezbollah targets hit in 14 months of war~~

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~~Military publishes data after fragile Lebanon ceasefire takes effect; some 25,000 weapons seized, 2,500-3,500 Hezbollah operatives killed; IDF also says it killed 14 top terrorists.~~

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~~IDF says closure orders remain for open areas near some border communities in North.~~

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Montreal: Man enters Jewish business, screams 'We're gonna kill you 1 by 1.' Described as Arab threatened to kill the business's owners, a video posted to social media shows. He is seen opening the front door to the store and yells that he knows what the owners did before declaring, "We're gonna kill you one by one." He then went on an expletive-laden tirade against Jews and Israel. "Forget you own everything. You take your f-ing baggage, we go to f-ing Israel..."

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~~Arab-Israeli indicted for joining ISIS. Muhammad Amash, a 24-year-old Israeli citizen and a student at The Technological College of Beer-Sheva.~~

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~~IDF Northern Command head: We'll aggressively enforce ceasefire, won't let Hezbollah return.~~

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~~Arab terrorist opens fire on Israeli bus near West Bank city. At least 8 injured, 3 seriously. Attack targeted civilian bus at a junction near Ariel. One terrorist shot dead.~~

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~~Dutch highest court advised to uphold ruling on export ban of F-35 components to Israel.~~

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~~Syria's military reports heavy losses on militant groups in northern Syria.~~

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~~Germany indicts Turkish national for spying on alleged Gulen activists.~~

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~~Israeli air force strikes Hezbollah terrorists, rocket launcher in southern Lebanon.~~

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Ministers to discuss law barring ‘terror-supporting’ Qatar from mediating with Hamas. Bill, proposed by MKs from Likud and far-right parties, says Doha is ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’; 2nd bill would let defense minister sanction workers in ‘terror-supporting’ groups.

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~~Netanyahu holds assessment on Syria as jihadists enter Aleppo in lightning assault~~

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~~Alliance led by Al-Qaeda’s former Syria branch takes control of some 50 towns and villages, in Assad regime’s biggest loss of territory in years.~~

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~~Security forces operate at house of terrorist who carried out shooting attack near Ariel earlier.~~

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~~Pro-"Palestinian" group in NYC vows support for armed resistance against U.S., Israel. Speaker: "Our rifles will be pointed at the US Government."~~

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The “anti-capitalism” Bronx Anti-War Coalition amplified their message on social media, sharing a video of Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida denouncing sectarianism, as well as a speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassam streamed from Iran’s Press TV.

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British, French spy chiefs express concern over Iran nuclear program: ‘Threatens us all.’ Head of France’s intelligence service says Tehran’s nuclear proliferation ‘critical threat’ in coming months as UK, France, Germany and Iran vow to continue dialogue 'in near future.'

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~~Hamas-terror group's delegation to arrive in Cairo on Saturday, official says.~~

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~~Syrian authorities closed Aleppo airport and canceled all flights, its military source says.~~

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ICC's Khan recommends rejecting Israel's appeal. Karim Khan recommended rejecting Israel's request on Netanyahu and Gallant, calling the decision procedural. Reminder, this is the Islamic prosecutor who rushed to announce decision to Amanpour as victim's account of his sexual sexual against him came about.

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~~The plan to aid northern residents' return home. IDF Northern Command chief says rebuilding can begin in damaged border communities. Report details financial incentives to entice evacuees home.~~

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~~Evacuated residents return February 1 with grants; Government will aid in rebuilding and revitalizing affected communities.~~

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~~Biden seen parading around with former PLO Rashid Khalidi rewriting history book that demonizes the existence of Israel. Unclear if it was given to him.~~

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'Obama Signals He Controls Biden and He’s Coming for Israel. Bad news for America and Israel. One of Obama’s little pseudointellectal gimmicks was very visibly holding topical books to send a signal ahead of a policy intifada. One of those infamous moments came when he was showing off Fareed Zakaria’s “The Post-American World”.

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~~That’s not something Biden does.~~

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Biden’s not much of a reader and he hasn’t bothered with that kind of posturing before, but then shortly after forcing a ceasefire on Israel using an arms embargo, he was photographed while ‘pulling an Obama’.

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President Biden was photographed exiting the Nantucket Bookworks bookstore in Massachusetts with a copy of an anti-Israel screed by Obama’s old pal Rashid Khalidi who had been a terrorist spokesman. Was Biden really planning to read through ‘The Hundred-Year War on Palestine: A History of Colonialism and Resistance’ which slurs Israel as an ‘apartheid state’ and describes Islamic terrorism against Jews as ‘resistance’?

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~~After the Oct 7 attacks, Khalidi defended Hamas, claimed that its members really wanted peace and that Hamas had opened “a door that the United States, Europe and Israel slammed shut”.~~

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~~“If you can’t go to the International Criminal Court or do a BDS,” Khalidi argued, “then you pick up a gun.”~~

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~~Khalidi was so toxic that the Los Angeles Times had permanently buried a video of Obama’s toast for the former terror spokesman.'~~

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~~Israeli military says Hezbollah is smuggling weapons into Lebanon during ceasefire. IDF confiscates Hezbollah combat equipment inside mosque in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Military carries out strike on medium-range Hezbollah rocket launcher, says it’s operating against ceasefire violations.~~

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* Nov 30, 2024:

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~~IDF strikes Hezbollah, citing cease-fire violations. Military says Hezbollah vehicle carrying missiles struck from air, armed Hezbollah terrorists, rocket launchers also attacked.~~

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~~Israel must be alert to a Sunni Jihadist threat as insurgents take on Assad.~~

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Analysis: Pffensive launched with aid of Turkey, on Assad and his Shiite militias is likely a result of the cease-fire deal in Lebanon and leaves Damascus without Hezbollah, Iran and the Russian help it previously enjoyed.

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~~IDF intercept aerial target from the east.~~

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~~IDF issues movement restriction in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Israel Navy missile boat intercepts drone from East, no siren activated.~~

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~~IDF strikes World Central Kitchen employee doubling as Hamas terrorist.~~

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~~It struck a vehicle containing terrorist and World Central Kitchen (WCK) employee Ahed Azmi Qudeih, who took part in the murderous October 7 massacre.~~

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~~The terrorist was monitored for a while by IDF intelligence and was struck following credible information regarding his real-time location.~~

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~~The IDF emphasized that it was a civilian unmarked vehicle, and its movement on the route was not coordinated for transporting aid.~~

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Following this incident, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) representatives demanded immediate clarification and an investigation from international community leaders and WCK as to why the organization employed an individual who participated in the October 7 massacre and was involved in terrorist activities.

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~~For hostage’s dad, cooking dinners for other families offers brief respite.~~

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~~Dani Miran, father of captive Omri Miran, hasn’t lived at home since Oct. 7: ‘Most of the time everything feels black, and if I can chop and sauté a little, that’s better’~~

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Northerners are wary of returning to border communities: ‘The ceasefire is rubbish’. Many residents of battered border kibbutz communities no longer have homes, others are fearful that Hezbollah will return to threaten them.

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~~After 421 days: Hamas publishes a sign of life from hostage Idan Alexander.~~

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~~Idan Alexander, an immigrant from New Jersey, was kidnapped from the Kissufim Crossing by Hamas terrorists, and has been held captive in Gaza ever since.~~

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~~Revealed: Hezbollah terrorists concealed weapons in a mosque. Over the past day, IDF forces in southern Lebanon discovered, confiscated, Hezbollah weapons hidden in a mosque in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Family of (yesterday's Nov/29) shooting victim: 'We never expected him to be hurt like this.'~~

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~~Iraqi MP, Habib Al-Halawi, talks Jihad: "We will kill Americans like flies."~~

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~~Turkish, Russian, Qatari foreign ministers discuss Syria in phone call.~~

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~~Syrian rebels closing in on city of Hama - report. They make significant gains in Aleppo.~~

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~~The rebels fighting the Iranian axis in Syria: An uneasy alliance of groups is behind the Assad regime's recent defeat in Aleppo.~~

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~~IDF's Home Front Command loosens guidelines in North following ceasefire with Hezbollah.~~

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~~Police arrest Arab-Israeli east Jerusalem resident for aiding in (Nov/29) Friday's terror attack (bear Ariel).~~

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~~Israeli air force strikes rocket launcher in humanitarian zone in Gaza.~~

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~~Staff Sergeant Zamir Burke, 20, a squad commander in the 601st Battalion, 401st Brigade, fell in battle in northern Gaza.~~

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~~Russia says air force struck rebels in support of Syrian army -agencies report.~~

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~~Iraqi MP talks Jihad: "We will kill Americans like flies."~~

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~~Donald Trump appoints Charles Kushner ambassador to France.~~

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~~NYC Mayor’s staffer, Nallah Sutherland, suspended without pay after being caught tearing down flyers of hostages.~~

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~~Mother of British hostage: 'UN resolution would've been a death sentence for our loved ones.'~~

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~~Egypt optimistic about ending war in Gaza.~~

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~~White House: War in Gaza would end tomorrow if Hamas released hostages.~~

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~~US blames Assad's reliance on Russia, Iran for loss of Aleppo control.~~

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~~White House National Security Council spokesperson says US had nothing to do with Hayat Tahir Al Shams (HTS) offensive; Russia vows support for Damascus regime.~~

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Druze Express Solidarity with Rebels: "Good News". Members of the Druze community in Syria responded to the progress of the rebels against Assad and were recorded celebrating the capture of Aleppo. The leader of the community in Syria: "Emphasizes the absolute support for the right of the landowners to return to it". In northern Lebanon, solidarity was also expressed with the rebels.

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* Dec 1, 2024:

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~~Gallant: Moshe Ya'alon 'Ya'alon's lies aid the enemy'.~~

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~~Atty. Nitzana Darshan-Leitner: Ya'alon endangers the entire IDF and Israel. (His politicaly motivated radical rhetoric)~~

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~~Trump picks in-law Massad Boulos as Arab and Mideast adviser. Massad Boulos, Lebanese-American businessman.~~

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~~UNRWA chief says aid delivery through Kerem Shalom halted after looting of trucks.~~

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~~Jordan says events in Syria are a 'cause of concern'.~~

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~~UK maritime agency reports incident south of Yemen's Aden.~~

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~~Syria and Russia step up airstrikes on Syrian rebels, TASS says, citing Syrian army.~~

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~~Syrian rebels take over Kuweires military airport in Aleppo area - report.~~

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~~Syrian president Assad vows to defeat insurgents by force.~~

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~~Syrian rebels offer Kurdish and Regime forces safe withdrawal from Aleppo.~~

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~~French Defense Minister to arrive in Lebanon for ceasefire discussions - report.~~

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Netanyahu to hold special discussion on hostages; US national secuity adviser on deal: 'We are not there yet'. Discussion will also focus on developments in Syria, and the possibility of reaching a deal after cease-fire in north; National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says video of American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander is a 'cruel reminder of Hamas' brutality'

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~~[[File:GdwfxuPWAAAl1rw.jpeg|thumb|President-elect Donald Trump dines with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara.jpg]]~~

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~~President-elect Donald Trump dines with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara.~~

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~~Egypt hosts Hamas in new Gaza ceasefire push.~~

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~~IDF kills terrorists in southern Lebanon located near church who 'violated ceasefire agreement'.~~

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~~Iran foreign minister says situation in Syria is 'difficult.'~~

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~~IDF forces Iranian plane to turn around~~

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~~Iranian Mahan Air plane - suspected of carrying weapons for Hezbollah and destined for Syria - confronted by fighter jets.~~

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~~Houthi missile falls in Jerusalem-area playground. Missile fragment launched from Yemen struck a playground in Tzur Hadassah, near Jerusalem; No siren was activated.~~

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~~Over a thousand rally in New York, demanding action for hostages.~~

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~~Car explodes in downtown Haifa, police investigation launched.~~

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~~IDF plans to demolish homes of two terrorists who carried out Beit Lid junction attack.~~

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New footage of 11/29 Samaria shooting attack. It shows how the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack that injured 9 Israelis stops his car, gets out and opens fire at bus that was parked at the bus stop.

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Despite cease-fire, Houthi rockets threaten Israel. While north remains quiet, alarms in central Israel warning of missile launch from Yemen are a reminder that other fronts remain active, and Israel lacks an exit strategy; Iran’s proxies in Yemen and Iraq may be keeping a lower profile, but their threats persist.

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* Dec 2, 2024:

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~~US left facing a difficult situation in Syria as rebels make massive advances against Assad regime. Not crying over dictator Assad being beaten but the ideology of islamists is known.~~

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~~Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias enter Syria to aid beleaguered Syrian army.~~

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~~Iran's military consultants to remain in Syria, foreign ministry says.~~

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~~Three charged in Sweden with preparation of IS-linked terrorist crime.~~

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~~Deputy Chief of Staff Baram: IDF is operating on 'seven fronts,' expansion of ranks required.~~

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IDF soldiers accuse UN peacekeepers of enabling Hezbollah terrorists amid increasing cease-fire violations. ‘If we leave these villages for UNIFIL to manage, it will all revert to how it was before - nothing will change,' says Israeli soldier.

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~~Putin discussed Syria situation with Iran's Pezeshkian by phone, says Kremlin.~~

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~~Hezbollah not intending to send fighters to back Assad in Syria for now, three sources say.~~

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200 Iranian phishing attacks against Israelis uncovered.Shin Bet uncovers Iranian plot to gain access to personal information of Israelis, including senior officials, to set up terrorist attacks against the victims.

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~~Hezbollah fires 2 rockets at N. Israel for first time since the ceasefire went into effect on Wednesday. No casualties reported.~~

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~~IDF warns Iran against weapons smuggling into Syria amid rebel fighting.~~

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~~[[File:Trump's ultimatum to Palestine Gaza re hostages.12.2.24.jpg|thumb|Trump's ultimatum to Palestine Gaza re hostages.12.2.24]]~~

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~~Trump: Release hostages or face 'ALL HELL TO PAY'. US president-elect vows 'Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit' in US history.~~

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~~IDF confirms death of hostage Omer Neutra, a Long Island-born natural leader~~

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~~Tank commander’s body was abducted to Gaza on October 7.~~

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~~IDF launches wave of strikes on Lebanon .~~

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~~Military says conducted widespread strikes on Hezbollah terrorists, dozens of rocket launchers and other terrorist sites.~~

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'Iranians reject regime’s anti-Israel policies.IDF launches wave of strikes on Lebanon.Opinion: Once allies, Iran and Israel now face deep hostility due to the Islamic Republic’s anti-Israel stance; many Iranians, frustrated with the regime’s oppression and failed policies, view Israel as a natural ally, embracing shared interests and historic bonds.'

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* Dec 3, 2024:

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~~'The way to bring the hostages home': Israeli leaders praise Trump's tough talk on Hamas and hostages.~~

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~~Israel Defense Forces: '13 months later, we are still eliminating terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre.~~

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~~During ongoing operations in Central Gaza, our troops eliminated several terrorists through targeted strikes, including 7 who participated in the massacre.'~~

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~~The Oct. 7 perpetrators: Abd al-Razzeq, Marzouk al-Hur, Maaz al-Hur, Abd Abu-Awad Yusri, Omar Abu-Abdallah, Ahmed Zahid and Maad Abu-Garboua.~~

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~~IDF warns southern Lebanon residents against moving past ceasefire safety line.~~

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~~Israel warns it will go after Lebanon directly if cease-fire with Hezbollah collapses.~~

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~~Israel takes 'zero tolerance' approach to cease-fire collapse with Hezbollah.~~

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~~Israeli delegation to head to Cairo for hostage deal talks - report.~~

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~~Defense Ministry purchases advanced drones, autonomous defense systems.~~

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~~Canada adds Houthis to list of terrorist organizations.~~

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~~Israel didn't respond to Hezbollah attack on Mt. Dov due to US pressure - report.~~

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~~Conservative Tikva Forum calls on PM, security establishment to take responsibility over Gaza humanitarian aid.~~

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~~IDF drone strikes terror cell in Jordan Valley.~~

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~~Russia conducts military drills involving hypersonic missiles in Mediterranean Sea.~~

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~~Netanyahu says Lebanon ceasefire does not mean war is over.~~

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~~Israel is determined to enforce ceasefire, respond to violations.~~

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~~New US Iran-related sanctions target oil tankers, shipping, Treasury website shows.~~

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~~Iran considers sending troops to Syria if Damascus requests, minister says.~~

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~~Turkish Airlines restarts flights to Beirut, Anadolu reports.~~

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~~A year after 10/7: Yehudit and Shmulik Weiss buried in Kibbutz Beeri.~~

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~~US carried out strike in self defense in Syria's Deir al-Zor, official says.~~

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~~Slain Israeli-American hostage remembered as ‘hero of Israel’ at NY memorial service.~~

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~~Hundreds pack synagogue where Omer Neutra had bar mitzvah to pay respects. Omer's parents share their grief.~~

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Hundreds gathering New York as thousands came to Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, a day after IDF announced hostage's death. Brother Daniel vows to work for release of all captives in his honor; grandmother speaks at Tel Aviv event.

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~~Chabad memorializes murdered rabbi at annual conference.~~

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~~IDF conducts patrol of southern Lebanon in situational assessment.~~

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~~IDF Chief in south Lebanon: Mission is to ensure area doesn't revert to terror infrastructure.~~

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~~Trump offers billionaire Steve Feinberg deputy defense secretary job, Washington Post reports.~~

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~~Knesset Speaker: Paraguay to reopen Jerusalem embassy next week.~~

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~~Report: Trump's message to Hamas: 'Here I come.'~~

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3 gunmen planning ‘imminent terror attack’ killed in West Bank drone strike. Suspects, all of them Hamas members, targeted near Palestinian village of Aqabah; troops raid scene, seize weapons following strike.

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From Los Angeles to the Gaza border: Montana Tucker’s Oct. 7 documentary premieres in Jerusalem. “The Children of October 7" tells the stories of eight Israelis between the ages of 10-16 who survived Hamas's massacre.

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~~Those who watch 'The Children of October 7' won't be able to deny the massacre.~~

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Documentary features interviews conducted by social media influencer Montana Tucker with children who survived the horrors of that fateful Saturday; Among them is Ella Shani from Kibbutz Be’eri, whose father was murdered in his home, while several of her neighbors remain held hostage by Hamas.

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~~'The Children of October 7' relive the experience.~~

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Tucker: 'The children of October 7th are incredible and strong.' Montana Tucker tells Arutz Sheva that hearing about the massacre directly from children will change people's minds, help everyone understand what happened and says: 'Every visit to Israel inspires and motivates me to speak out'.

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~~8 countries voted against.~~

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~~UN passes resolution for conference on 'two-state solution.'~~

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~~Report: Iranian regime change likely to be focus of Trump Middle East policy~~

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~~According to the Middle East Forum, “the cornerstone of U.S. Middle East policy must address Iran’s expanding regional influence and its network of proxy forces.”~~

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~~Dec 4, 2024: ~~

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~~Article: 'Trump voices the moral clarity on hostages the world needed.~~

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~~The president-elect’s threat—“There will be all Hell to pay in the Middle East”—if Hamas didn’t release its captives before his inauguration sent a message to Iran.~~

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We don’t know yet what impact President-elect Donald Trump’s bombshell statement about the fate of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas will be. But in one post on his Truth Social site, he neatly summarized what has been lacking in terms of American leadership when it comes to the fight against Iranian-funded Islamist terrorism for the past four years.

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Trump’s post—with its characteristic bombastic tone and use of capital letters for emphasis—was very different from the public statements of the Biden administration foreign-policy team in recent months on the same topic or that of any other world leader. The United States has condemned Hamas, but in the last year has been primarily focused on pressuring Israel to give up its campaign to eliminate the terrorists and agree to a ceasefire with only a partial release of the hostages. That would effectively hand the perpetrators an undeserved victory for the massacre of 1,200 men, women and children in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.'

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~~Trump considers replacing Hegseth with DeSantis to run Pentagon.~~

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Heartbreaking discovery. The six Israeli hostages -- found dwad in August-- were executed by Hamas following an Israeli airstrike. Israeli military officials have informed the families of six hostages that their loved ones - Haim Peri, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, Yagev Buchshtav, Alex Dancyg, and Avraham Munder - were killed by their captors in Gaza.

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~~FM Sa'ar to meet with Blinken, EU FM at OSCE conference.~~

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~~CENTCOM destroys weapon systems in Syria posing 'imminent threat' to forces.~~

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~~Police arrest three from east Jerusalem on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails.~~

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~~UK's David Lammy: hand of Russia seen in many world conflicts at present.~~

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~~Year after Oct 7, ½ of women fear sexual assault. Israeli conference reveals alarming data on sexual trauma treatment for hostages after Hamas atrocities on October 7.~~

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~~IDF returns terrorists bodies to Jordan.~~

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~~Two terrorists killed after infiltrating across Jordan border, opening fire on forces.~~

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~~Article: 'From science to statehood: Celebrating Chaim Weizmann’s 150th birthday~~

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Israel’s first president was not only a statesman but also the chemist who discovered how to harness bacteria to produce acetone; Chaim Weizmann skillfully leveraged his scientific achievements and prestige to advance the founding of the State of Israel.

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Some people choose a scientific career, dedicating their time to studying, researching, and publishing their findings to advance human knowledge and improve our quality of life. Others pursue a career in politics, channeling their energy into leading processes that promote their vision and serve the public.

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Rarely, however, does one individual achieve greatness in both arenas, leaving a legacy etched into the annals of history. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who became one of the foremost leaders of the Jewish nation during the 20th century, was such an extraordinary figure. Born 150 years ago, Weizmann’s life is a fascinating story of science, leadership, Zionism, and the interplay between them.

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~~A double life.~~

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November holds special significance in the life of Chaim Weizmann. He was born on November 27, 1874, into a simple, large Jewish family in the small town of Motol, located in the Pale of Settlement — the region of the Russian Empire where Jews were allowed to reside at the time. On November 2, 1917, Lord Arthur James Balfour issued the famous Balfour Declaration, largely thanks to Weizmann’s influence and involvement.

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Exactly 32 years later, on November 2, 1949, after the establishment of the State of Israel, the Weizmann Institute of Science, his namesake, was dedicated in an impressive ceremony marking his 75th birthday. Three years later, on November 9, 1952, Weizmann passed away at his estate in Rehovot.

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Chaim Weizmann was a man of dual identity, a kind of superhero by today’s standards. On one hand, he was a scientist—a biochemist focused on developing methods to produce materials for various applications, from meat substitutes to chemical additives for the automotive paint industry.'

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Katz optimistic on possible hostage deal amid renewed efforts. PDefense minister says Hamas facing immense pressure to end Gaza fighting; Trump team reportedly probes hostage issue as Israel awaits truce offer response

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~~Actor Guri Alfi returns to the US for new episodes of ‘The New Jew’. Veteran comic speaks to Columbia and Harvard students, the parents of Omer Neutra, and Israelis living in the US.~~

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~~Israeli delegation to head to Egypt for hostage negotiations.~~

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~~Syria conflict shows Assad's backers are distracted, says Blinken.~~

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~~Isr. Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer to meet with Trump adviser Mike Waltz - report.~~

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~~He wrote the history of Jews in comics. Now he’s making Jewish comics history.~~

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Actor Guri Alfi returns to the US for new episodes of ‘The New Jew’. At the annual JewCE con in Manhattan, Arie Kaplan, who exposed the industry’s Jewish roots, discusses the rise of overtly Jewish characters and what an Oct. 7 comic might look like.

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~~European lawmakers renew push to list the IRGC as terror group.~~

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Isolated Hamas faces collapsing negotiating stance after drastic Trump threat. Terror group pinned hopes of salvation on the Iranian axis and world pressure on Israel, but now has just a few weeks until an unpredictable and angry US president returns.

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~~Body of hostage Itay Svirsky recovered from Gaza. He was kidnapped on October 7.~~

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~~'You were a big brother,' former hostage Noa Argamani parts from Itay Svirsky.~~

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~~IDF Spokesman reveals: The inhumane conditions in which murdered hostages' were kept.~~

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~~'We’re just functioning, not living': Young hostages still returning to life after Hamas captivity.~~

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~~Dec 5, 2024: ~~

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Children from Israel's north are not all right. A study of the war's impact on children and teens found that most are grappling with significant emotional challenges, exacerbated by a lack of proper guidance from adults; 'My daughter cries at night, my son runs to the shelter from any noise'.

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~~A million bulbs in Jerusalem light sculpture show. Not flying abroad? Enjoy capital's Winter Dream Light Sculpture exhibit that puts European Christmas markets to shame~~

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~~'We’re just functioning, not living': Young hostages still returning to life after Hamas captivity.~~

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USA intelligence believes Iran's proxy Hezbollah is rebuilding. Hezbollah is attempting to restore its capabilities and rebuild stockpiles following the severe damage from Israeli attacks. It begins rebuilding militarily, financially.

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~~Amnesty Israel rejects (longtime Israelophobic) parent group’s so-called genocide allegations.~~

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Foreign Min. slams Amnesty Int'l: Genocidal massacre carried out by Hamas against Israelis. It responds to Amnesty International propaganda, noting genocide attempt by Hamas terrorists on October 7. 'Israel defending itself, acting fully in accordance with international law.'

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~~Article: 'Hamas: A pure, incorruptible form of evil~~

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~~Pure evil exists. Its name is Hamas. And it must be utterly destroyed.~~

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~~What is pure evil? Pure evil is the kind of evil embodied by Hamas. An evil incorruptible by greed, by self-preservation, or any other factor.~~

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During World War Two, German industrialist Oskar Schindler was able to save over a thousand innocent Jews from being sent to the death camps or executed by bribing Nazi officials. This was a case where bribery and corruption were a good thing and served to mitigate the evil of the Nazis and save many innocent lives.

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The terrorists of Hamas have recently been offered a similar bribe. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised that anyone who frees a hostage they are currently holding would be given five million dollars and safe passage out of Gaza.

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Five million dollars. With exactly 100 hostages left in Gaza, both living and dead, that comes out to $500 million in total. And yet, not a single person in Gaza has taken Israel’s offer. Not a single hostage holder has come forward.'

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~~Arab racist suspect who pulled Haredi passerby's sidelocks & cursed at him in Jerusalem, arrested.~~

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~~Israeli airstrike near Khan Yunis targeted senior Hamas official Osama Ghani - report.~~

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~~Third terrorist responsible for murder of Yonatan Deutsch detained in Nablus by Shin Bet, Yamam.~~

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~~Police arrest illegal resident from West Bank after stealing a car in Ramat Gan.~~

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~~Police arrest east Jerusalem man for physically assaulting, spitting at religious Jew.~~

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~~Turkey says it is coordinating with regional counterparts on Syria.~~

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~~IDF rules out possible infiltration through Israel-Jordan border after investigating.~~

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~~Syrian rebel commander says hundreds of inmates freed from Hama central prison.~~

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~~5, 6, 7~~

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~~Rescued hostage Luis Har: My viewers have completely changed since I was kidnapped.~~

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Sharren Haskel: 'Amnesty International thinks you're stupid'. Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel responds to Amnesty International's allegations accusing Israel of 'genocide' in war against Hamas. 'They altered the legal terms, definition of genocide, because Israel doesn't meet the criteria.'

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~~FM Sa'ar, Blinken meet to discuss Lebanon, Syria, Gaza developments.~~

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~~Defense Ministry, US officials discuss Israel's ongoing purchase of US weapons.~~

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~~Israeli defense purchases from US during war total $10 billion.~~

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~~Communications stopped in Syria's Aleppo due to attacks, state media says.~~

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~~Two men charged over attack on British-based Iranian journalist.~~

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~~UN food agency says fighting in Syria's northwest displaced more than 280,000 people.~~

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~~Herzog: 'Intensive negotiations' are ongoing to reach a deal for the release of hostages - report.~~

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~~Iranian-born activist confronts hate at Pro-Palestinian protests in Berlin.~~

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~~From Iran to Berlin: Iman Spati's Inspiring Fight Against Antisemitism.~~

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~~Iranian-born activist confronts hate at Pro-Palestinian protests in Berlin~~

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Iman Spati, a 38-year-old Iranian-born Muslim activist, has made it his mission to attend every pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin since October 7, despite facing life-threatening risks. He has participated in over 140 protests, not as a journalist, but as a concerned citizen armed with a video camera to document what he sees as Germany’s alarming descent into antisemitism and violence.

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~~Herzog hosts Muslim leaders, Influential Imams in Arab society.~~

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IDF confirms killing senior Hamas terrorist that tortured Gazans. Israel Air Force jets killed several terrorists in the humanitarian zone of Khan Yunis on Wednesday, including a senior official in the internal security apparatus of Hamas, the IDF confirmed Thursday evening. Osama Ghanim was involved in suppressing Gaza residents and was responsible for identifying "threats" against Hamas within Gaza.

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~~IDF says top commander in Hamas internal security forces killed in south Gaza airstrike~~

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~~More than 18,000 Palestinian civilians said evacuated from Beit Lahiya in the past day as troops raided shelters, detaining some 100 terror suspects.~~

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~~Israeli official: Egypt has proposed hostage deal with extended truce, not end to war.~~

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~~Official says Israel open to discussing outline that has been handed to Hamas, in which ‘humanitarian’ category of hostages would be released, reportedly over 60 days.~~

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More combat engineers, mechanized infantry: IDF Ground Forces lays out future plans. Drawing on lessons from the latest conflicts, the military begins to arm female surveillance soldiers, move their war rooms away from borders; infantry to get explosives training.

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Bill introduced in US Congress to ban the use of the term 'West Bank'. The bill introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton would require all official US documents and materials to use the historically accurate term 'Judea and Samaria instead of the 'West Bank.'

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~~Bill Clinton: Young Americans shocked to learn Arafat turned down Palestinian state.~~

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~~If ‘you walk away from once in a lifetime peace opportunities, you can’t complain 25 years later when the doors aren’t all still open,’ says former US president.~~

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~~Katz and Halevi hold situation assessment on developments in Syria.~~

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~~France warns Assad against using chemical weapons in Syria at UNSC.~~

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~~Israel’s defense chiefs discuss Syria fighting as rebel advance said to exceed expectations~~

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~~Official says it’s in Jerusalem’s interest both sides fight, weaken each other, stresses Israel not getting involved; Hezbollah chief vows terror group to stand by Assad regime.~~

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~~Qatari Government Dailies Continue To Praise Hamas' October 7 Attack On Israel: It Was A Historic, Heroic Act That Saved The Muslim Nation.~~

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Palestinian security forces battle gunmen in Jenin after PA vehicles stolen. Palestinian Authority deploys troops around camp in northern West Bank, vows to recover the vehicles that armed men waving Islamic Jihad flags paraded through the streets.

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~~Raids on Nahariya and Tiberias.~~

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~~New details on Hezbollah's plan to invade northern Israel, imitating Oct 7.~~

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~~Racist masked arsonists set ablaze Haredi synagogue in Melbourne Australia, in a pre-dawn attack Friday, sparking widespread condemnation.~~

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The fire broke out at 4:10 am (1710 GMT Thursday) in the Adass Israel Synagogue when some congregants were already inside, police said, gutting much of the building in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea.

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~~Worshippers were forced to flee an Australian synagogue after it was set on fire in what the prime minister condemned as an "act of hate".~~

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~~Dec 6, 2024: ~~

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~~More on: Australian synagogue set on fire in arson attack. Communal leaders fear the incident, which took place during morning prayers, is the latest escalation in antisemitism in the country.~~

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Antisemitism blamed for arson attack on synagogue in Australia. [Cars and buildings across the country have been vandalised and torched in protests against the war between Israel and Hamas, which began in October last year].

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~~Synagogue severely damaged in Antisemitic arson attack.~~

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~~Condemned as clear act of antisemitism as police search for suspects.~~

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Australian Jewish community leaders say "no-one should be surprised" following the arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue on Friday morning, and urged politicians to do more to address anti-Semitism they called a "stain on [the] nation".

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~~Widespread condemnation and shock after fire at Melbourne synagogue.~~

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~~"Act of hate': Leaders condemn 'horrendous' firebombing attack on synagogue.~~

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~~'There is outrage from around the world.'~~

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~~CCCAV Condemns the Arson Attack on a Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne.~~

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~~Pres. Herzog to world leaders: 'Condemn vile act of terror,' urges leaders to condemn 'vile act of terror, combat the intolerable rise of anti-Jewish racism worldwide.'~~

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~~Israel hostages: (PM) 'Anthony Albanese needs to examine his conscience.'~~

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~~Police still hunt for the 2 suspects in the devastating arson.~~

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Australia's Jewish community, numbering just over 116,000, remains in shock following the arson attack on the Adass synagogue. The assault, seen as a direct attack on a Jewish symbol, marks the peak of a 14-month period during which pro-Palestinian demonstrations across Australia frequently escalated into anti-Jewish protests.

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~~Australian presenter rips PM following synagogue arson: It is on his watch!~~

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~~Jewish Australian presenter rips PM following synagogue arson: It is on his watch!~~

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Sky News host Sharri Markson blasts Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after Melbourne synagogue was targeted in an arson attack: It is on his watch. He hasn't shown leadership or strength and that's why we end up in this situation right now where a synagogue is firebombed.

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Netanyahu ties Melbourne synagogue attack to Labor government’s ‘extreme anti-Israelism’. Incidents of Jew-hatred have surged in Australia since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

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Author: 'The arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne feels painfully reminiscent of Kristallnacht. Who would have thought we would once again see synagogues set ablaze? Accusing Israel of genocide is modern-day blood libel.'

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ICC prosecutor to stay on as UN investigates alleged sexual misconduct. Sources say they want probe completed quickly to minimize impact on major cases; Karim Khan has sought war crimes warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant.

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British Jews, pro-Israel supporters to rally (Dec 8) in London against hate. Weekly protests against Israel have made parts of London a “no-go” zone for Jews, according to the Campaign Against Antisemitism.

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~~IDF strikes Syria-Lebanon border crossings used by Hezbollah to smuggle arms.~~

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~~Arida Crossing put out of service while other routes damaged in overnight attack; sirens sound in northern Israel, but army says it was a false alarm.~~

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~~Teaching Terror On Campus. The Freedom Center's new ebook exposes the Hamas Loyalist professors who are preaching Jew-hatred to the next generation.~~

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Five Israelis killed in Morocco car crash en route to pilgrimage site. Safed mayor confirms some victims were city residents; Israelis were reportedly part of a group of Hasidic pilgrims visiting rabbis’ gravesites.

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~~Amnesty International’s antisemitic agenda~~

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~~To back up its ludicrous lies, the “human rights” organization relies on sources aligned with the Islamic Republic’s aim of wiping the Jewish state off the map.~~

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It released its latest broadside against Israel on Thursday, accusing the Jewish state of committing genocide in Gaza. The nearly 300-page report—“‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman[SIC]’: Israel’s Genocide[SIC] Against Palestinians in Gaza”—is typically mendacious.

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'Laden with hyperbolic hostility and “proof” gleaned from bogus Hamas data, it portrays Israel’s defensive war against the Iran-backed terrorists as the deliberate attempt by a villainous regime in Jerusalem to annihilate a whole population of Palestinians.'

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~~Germany joins US in rejecting Amnesty’s ‘genocide’[sic] accusation against Israel.~~

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~~German foreign ministry spokesman says Israel acting defensively, notes that Hamas started war; still repeats call for Israel to ‘adjust’ its operations to protect civilians better.~~

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~~Article: 'How Amnesty International Became a Joke.~~

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“This week, Amnesty International released a 296-page report, accusing Israel of committing ‘genocide’in Gaza…To be sure, this report, written under the guise of international law and human rights, is utterly baseless, replete with malicious lies and gross distortions of fact, as well as wholesale fabrications of law.״

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“Israeli leaders are directing military policy in accordance with the decisions of the War Cabinet, and Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Defense Minister, and the IDF Chief of Staff have been unequivocal: The intent of the operation in Gaza following October 7 is to eliminate Hamas by destroying its military and governing capabilities and to rescue the hostages. These are both entirely legitimate military objectives under the laws of armed conflict.”

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“That there have been civilian casualties in Gaza is tragic, but it is also the inevitable consequence of Hamas using its own people as human shields and embedding its military operations in schools, hospitals, kindergartens, and homes. Notwithstanding the complex challenge of operating in such difficult environment, the IDF has gone to extraordinary lengths, not seen in modern warfare, to abide by the principles of International humanitarian law and avoid harm to civilians in Gaza. This has included implementing historic measures to prevent civilian harm, such as advanced alerts to provide early warning and temporary evacuations, daily pauses of fighting, distributing maps to civilians, using precision weapons, as well are facilitating daily provision of aid.”

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~~Islamic Antisemitic Boston city councilor, Tania Fernandes Anderson, arrested on fraud and theft charges.~~

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Iran claims successful satellite launch said to improve Tehran’s ballistic missiles. Tehran’s Simorgh program is a satellite-carrying rocket that could be used to deliver nuclear payloads; no immediate independent confirmation of success of the launch.

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IAEA chief: Iran poised to ‘dramatically’ increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium. ‘If they really make them turn — all of them — it’s going to be a huge jump,’ says Grossi as Tehran begins feeding new centrifuges and enriching uranium to 60%.

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~~Arida border crossing out of service due to Israeli attack, Syrian state news agency says.~~

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~~IDF to hold military training exercise in Jordan Valley, Golan Heights.~~

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~~Footage from the fighting: Truck connected to rocket launcher found in Lebanon.~~

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~~Netanyahu blames Australian Labor Party's anti-Israel rhetoric for Melbourne synagogue attack.~~

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~~Jordan has closed border crossing with Syria, ministry says.~~

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~~Syrian rebel commander urges top Syrian officers to defect.~~

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~~Nahal Brigade clears Hamas cell, booby-trapped terror tunnel in Rafah.~~

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~~COGAT accuses UN of allowing Gaza aid to pile up undelivered at Kerem Shalom Crossing.~~

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~~US-backed Syrian Kurds seize control of Syria's Deir el-Zor, sources say.~~

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~~Houthis attack British merchant ship near Hodediah.~~

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~~Syrian opposition fighters seize main army base in southern Daraa province - report.~~

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~~Three killed in clashes between Druze militias and Syrian security forces in Sweida.~~

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~~Russia encourages its citizens to leave Syria.~~

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~~Defense Minister Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Halevi hold security assessment on Syria.~~

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~~Syrian rebel commander urges Israel to support uprising, strike Iran-backed forces~~

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~~In interview, a Free Syrian Army officer expresses hope for friendly relations with Jewish state, warns of Iranian militias propping up Assad: ‘They will come for Israel, too.’~~

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Head of Hamas' Aerial Unit in Gaza City eliminated. IDF and Shin Bet confirm that Nidal Al-Najar, head of Hamas' Aerial Unit in Gaza City and one of the organizers of the aerial infiltration into Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, was eliminated on December 3.

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IDF eliminates Hamas Commander who led murderous onslaught on Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Oct 7. Israeli air strikes took out several top Hamas commanders this week, including Majdi Aqilan, deputy commander of a battalion responsible for the Oct. 7 massacre at Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Mamdouh Mehna, a senior figure in Hamas’s tunneling operations who was also involved in the massacre at Nahal Oz, was killed as well, said a joint statement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet security agency. 'Nahal Oz was among the Gaza border communities hit the hardest in the Hamas-led attack, which represents the single worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.'

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~~US probing Spain’s denials of cargo ships carrying arms to Israel.~~

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~~Footage: Terrorists drive through West Bank after stealing Palestinian Authority vehicles.~~

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~~US closely monitoring developments in Syria - White House.~~

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Thousands of attacks a day: Inside Israel's cyber war against Iran and Hezbollah. As the cannons fall silent, a parallel covert war rages—sophisticated, relentless and equally perilous; welcome to the battlefield of cyberwarfare.

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* Dec 7, 2024:

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~~IAF intercepts missile from Yemen before it reaches Israel.~~

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~~Jordan denies WSJ report it encouraged Assad to rule Syria in exile.~~

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~~Attempted terror attack at Qalandiya checkpoint thwarted, assailant neutralized - report.~~

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~~IDF calls up additional soldiers for defensive missions in the Golan Heights.~~

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~~Palestinian charged for planning revenge attack on police station after IDF Tulkarm strike.~~

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~~Jordan calls on its citizens to leave Syria as soon as possible.~~

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~~PLO votes against forming Gaza support committee - report.~~

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~~Situation in Syria creating new weakness for Hezbollah, Iran, says US envoy Hochstein.~~

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~~Druze militias seize army bases in Syria's Suweida, militia sources say.~~

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~~Germany takes necessary action on antisemitism. Analysis - Germany’s new resolution aims to combat rising antisemitism, addressing Islamist influences.~~

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~~Israeli campaign accuses UNRWA of terrorism. Foreign Ministry launches a global campaign accusing UNRWA of ties to terrorism, sparking UN condemnation.~~

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On Israel's doorstep: Sunni rebels capture Quneitra in southern Syria. Sources confirm HTS have taken over Quneitra province in southern Syria, a stone throw away from the Israeli border; IDF is 'calling up additional forces for defensive missions in the Golan Heights area.'

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~~In first: Israel intervenes in Syrian conflict.~~

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~~IDF uses artillery fire to help United Nations forces repel rebel attack near Hader, opposite Israel's Majdal Shams; reports say rebels have taken the Syria-Israel border area.~~

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Developments in Syria favor Israel, but the tide could turn on a dime. Commentary: Rebels near Israel’s border are local villagers with past ties to Israel, while Kurdish militias disrupt Iran’s arms route to Lebanon; with US curbing Erdoğan’s ambitions, Israel readies for potential threats, incl. jihadists nearing Golan border.

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~~Psychological terror: Hamas releases Video of hostage Matan Zangauker.~~

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~~Israel's national security cabinet will meet this evening to discuss the situation in Syria after Islamist rebels took control over the Quneitra and Daraa area on the Israeli border.~~

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~~Arab report: Hamas attempting to locate living hostages.~~

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~~Shefaram Arab man planned attack on police station.~~

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~~Captain Avraham Ben Pinchas fell in battle~~

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~~Binyamin Regional Council announces: Captain Avraham Ben Pinchas, resident of Harasha, fell in battle in Gaza.~~

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~~IDF soldier seriously injured in ramming attack near Hebron.~~

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~~Trump: Syria is not our fight.~~

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~~Moving closer to the US? Syrian President Assad to distance himself from Iran-Russia axis.~~

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Developments in Syria favor Israel, but the tide could turn on a dime. Commentary: Rebels near Israel’s border are local villagers with past ties to Israel, while Kurdish militias disrupt Iran’s arms route to Lebanon; with US curbing Erdoğan’s ambitions, Israel readies for potential threats, incl. jihadists nearing Golan border.

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* Dec 8, 2024:

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~~Syrian rebels say they have no intention to use chemical weapons 'under any circumstances.'~~

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~~Dozens of elite Hezbollah fighters flee Syria's Homs, Syrian army officer says.~~

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~~UK's Starmer to push for stronger ties with UAE, Saudi Arabia in first Gulf visit.~~

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~~Explosions heard in central Israel following IDF strikes in Gaza.~~

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~~Lebanese army sends forces to Hermel area near Syrian border.~~

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~~US alleges China hacked calls of 'very senior' political figures, official says.~~

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~~Explosions heard in central Israel following IDF strikes in Gaza.~~

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~~Syrian rebels topple statue of Assad's brother in Homs.~~

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~~Israeli forces attack along Lebanon-Syria border.~~

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~~Intense sounds of shooting heard in center of Syrian capital Damascus, two residents say.~~

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~~Rebels announce: We have toppled the Assad regime.~~

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~~Biden monitoring 'extraordinary' Syrian situation, talking to regional leaders, White House says.~~

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~~IAF intercepts missile from Yemen.~~

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~~Fall of the Assad regime:~~

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~~IDF enters Golan Heights demilitarized zone.~~

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~~Syrian televised report announces Damascus freed, Assad regime ousted.~~

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~~Jordan affirms importance of preserving stability and security of Syria, state news agency says.~~

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~~Final image of the Assad regime:~~

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~~Syrian PM leaves home to transfer power to the rebels~~

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~~Trump: 'Iran is weakened by Israel's fighting and success.'~~

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~~Months before his fall, Assad was offered by the US, Israel and the UAE to exit the 'Axis of evil' with Iran. He refused.~~

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~~Palestinianism / Palestinization on campus: Anti-Israel convention in Chicago suburb instructs students how to 'make your campus Palestinian': Report.~~

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Israel captures Syrian Hermon; Netanyahu: 'This is a historic day.' IDF forces seize control of Jabal al-Sheikh outpost on Syrian side of Mount Hermon following withdrawal of Assad army forces; PM: 'The Assad regime has fallen as a direct result of the blows we delivered to Iran and Hezbollah.'

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Assad flees to Moscow with family, Kremlin confirms. Ousted Syrian dictator arrives in Moscow with his family and granted humanitarian asylum, Kremlin source says; Russia, Assad’s main patron, claimes he 'resigned' hours after rebels swiftly advanced into Damascus and toppled his regime.

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~~Putin's deal with the rebels: Russiabs say Syria rebels guarantee security of its facilities there.~~

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~~IDF issues 'stay home' notices for five Syrian border towns.~~

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~~Syrian flag removed from Moscow embassy, TASS reports.~~

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‘Break in the chain’: Fall of Assad deals blow to Iran’s global ‘Axis of Resistance.’ With Hamas and Hezbollah seriously weakened by Israel over the past year, the ousting of Syria’s president leaves Tehran’s bid for regional hegemony on shakier ground.

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~~Analysis: 'Assad falls and Iran weakens, Qatar gains influence across Middle East."~~

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While Iran may appear cornered, there are still many wheels in motion in the region. Qatar will benefit from Iran’s weakness because it gives Doha even more influence and sponsorship space – the one Iran lost – over groups such as Hamas or the new emerging rulers in Damascus.

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The system works like this: Over the past few years, Iran backed various regional groups, positioning itself in the role of hollowing out the countries these groups are based in, weakening them, and filling that space with militias.In Iraq and Lebanon, the militias are Shi’ite – like the Iranian regime; in Yemen, they also are a local sect.

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In Syria, the Assad family is Alawite, a minority group. That means Iran fed off working with non-Sunni groups in the region.The exception to that rule was Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. By sponsoring these groups, Iran gained significant influence over Palestinians, enabling it to escape what was partly a sectarian ghetto.

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Qatar is a different story. Doha backed the Muslim Brotherhood for years all across the region, a group rooted in Sunni Islamic politics, meaning that Doha has often found influence in civil conflicts and has been on a different path than Iran.

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This was the case in Libya, Syria, and with Hamas. Qatar lost out at times, like when the Muslim Brotherhood was overthrown in Egypt in 2013. It even suffered some isolation when Saudi Arabia led several Arab countries to break ties in 2017.

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Qatar and Turkey have formed an iron bond, however, and both have reached out to Iran. Turkey, Iran, and Russia were all part of the Astana process that aimed to end the Syrian civil war, and all three, along with Qatar, support Hamas.

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While Israel will gain from Iran’s weakness, it is not a complete victory because Hamas continues to control Gaza, is angling for influence in the West Bank, and is holding 100 hostages. The Iranian threat was only one part of the deadly chessboard in this region, and a new threat will emerge soon.

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Israel has always faced new threats. In the 1950s and 1960s, they were led by Arab nationalist regimes. Later, they were replaced by the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. Turkey, whose leading Justice and Development Party (AKP) has roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, is one of the most vicious foes of Israel.

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Make no mistake, the end of the Assad regime will not likely solve all of Israel’s challenges. Qatar is angling to make itself more important, and its historic hosting of Hamas presents a challenge to Israel’s security.

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On October 7, 2023, more Jews were massacred in one day than at any time since the Holocaust. So, while Iran and its axis continued to be a threat, they could not massacre 1,200 people and kidnap 251. Israel prevented Iran and its allies from such activities.

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~~The key issue right now is preventing Hamas and its backers in Ankara and Doha from exploiting the situation in Syria for their own ends."~~

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IDF deploying to buffer zone with Syria after regime’s collapse. "The army will continue to operate as long as necessary in order to preserve the buffer zone and defend Israel and its civilians," the military said.

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~~Biden: 'Iran made a historic mistake when it launched a war on Israel.'~~

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~~IDF finishes counter-terror operation in Gaza’s Jabalia. Soldiers dismantled "dozens" of tunnels in the north Gaza area—some of which were booby-trapped.~~

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‘Shattered’: Melbourne synagogue arson leaves community feeling furious, and vulnerable. Many feel betrayed by the Australian government, citing inaction in the face of a surge of antisemitic incidents and an anti-Israel stance; suspects still at large.

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Australia designates Melbourne synagogue arson as ‘terror’; police seeking 3 suspects. Australian Police confirm that the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne is being officially treated as an act of terrorism.

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~~IAF strikes Hezbollah terrorists operating in weapons storage facility in south Lebanon.~~

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~~US military says it carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria.~~

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~~Geert Wilders lands in Israel, to tour Knesset, West Bank Monday (Dec/9).~~

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~~As Assad falls, Israeli jets destroy his deadly arsenals before they fall to rebels.~~

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~~Multiple IAF strikes target missile depots, air defenses, chemical sites amid fears advanced arms could fall into hands of hostile groups; IDF seizes buffer zone, in first since 1974.~~

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~~IDF lifts some restrictions in the Golan Heights.~~

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~~Netanyahu tells hostage families fall of Assad regime could advance negotiations~~

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~~Trump says he believes there are ‘far fewer hostages’ alive than thought; senior Biden official says Syria situation has ‘dramatically changed balance of power’ and could help deal.~~

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~~NYT: Documents show top administrators at UNRWA schools were Hamas fighters.~~

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~~Terror group’s internal records identify 24 school employees as operatives, half of whom were issued rifles, grenades; one principal was known to wear Hamas fatigues after school.~~

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~~US Under Secretary of State to travel to Jordan.~~

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~~Soccer-Syrian soccer federation changes kit color as Assad toppled.~~

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~~As Syrian regime falls next door, Golan town of Katzrin keeps calm and carries on~~

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~~Residents of ‘The Capital of the Golan’ went about their business on Sunday, but some expressed uncertainty about the historical changes taking place a short car ride away.~~

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~~Jubilant Syrians across Europe barely able to contain their joy at Assad’s downfall.~~

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~~In cities including Berlin, London, Istanbul and Athens, opposition supporters take to the streets to celebrate: ‘We’re happy. The dictatorship is over. Assad has gone’~~

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~~Sinwar’s Al-Aqsa Flood washed Iran’s axis away, but new groups could reach Israel.~~

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~~Hamas, Hezbollah and Assad’s Syria no longer pose real threat to Israel, but Iran will eventually look for a new way to harm Jewish state, and Turkey is filling the vacuum.~~

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~~US official: 'We're monitoring the status of Syria's chemical weapons.'~~

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Suspects in Amsterdam pogrom will not be facing terrorism charges. Dutch Chief Public Prosecutor says that seven suspects in the attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam will be facing charges that include violence and public insult but not terrorism charges: From a legal standpoint, there was no terrorism involved.

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* Dec 9, 2024:

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~~IDF takes control of additional sites in Syria.~~

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~~Defense Minister Israel Katz orders IDF to destroy terror infrastructure, heavy weapons in southern Syria- including in the area beyond the partition zone.~~

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~~Report: Hamas passes Israel names, medical condition, of hostages.~~

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~~IDF warns southern Lebanon residents against moving past ceasefire safety line.~~

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~~IDF intelligence chief meets with head of Druze community.~~

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~~Syrian opposition groups take control of Manbij from US-backed SDF, Turkish source says~~

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~~France to support Syria transition, French foreign minister says.~~

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~~Antisemitism in NYC: Man terrorizing NYC and ripping down Israeli hostage posters.~~

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~~A man, known as an Israel-hating dog walker, is terrorizing the Upper West Side, ripping down Israeli hostage posters and allegedly assaulting anyone who dares get in his way.~~

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Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel, Mackenzie Watson, AKA “MackNazi” by many of his neighbors , has waged a one-man war on anyone posting hostage flyers or removing pro-Palestine stickers, according to court records and some of his alleged victims.

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~~“He really just hates Jews,” said a 48-year-old resident who estimates that at least 100 residents of the Upper West Side “have had bad encounters with him.”~~

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~~3 IDF soldiers fell in battle in Gaza. Staff Sergeant Ido Zano, Staff Sergeant Barak Daniel Halpern, and Sergeant Omri Cohen, were killed in battle in northern Gaza.~~

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~~To combat antisemitism: Israel creates new registration process for foreign NGOs.~~

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~~'Death to [sic] Jews': Inside the home of 2 SJP leaders at George Mason University, police find guns, ammo, and terrorist flags.~~

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~~Jeremy Corbyn still won't condemn Assad.~~

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~~'BBC News is openly deceiving its public.~~

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~~There are far too many occasions where a piece hides a central truth from the audience. The only logical conclusion is that there are BBC journos out there who are deliberately skewing the news.'~~

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~~South Africa: Bomb found outside Cape Town Jewish center..~~

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Study finds UN's HR Chief, Volker Türk, turned blind eye to Human Rights abuse. 'Türk for the past two years was completely silent on gross and systematic violations of human rights committed by the regimes of Cuba, North Korea, Algeria, Eritrea, Mauritania, Lebanon, and Qatar. At the same time, he had no trouble criticizing democracies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, and France.'

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* Dec 10, 2024:

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~~Clashes, as Turkey hits Kurds in Syria.~~

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It signaled an intensification of a long-running conflict between Turkey and its proxies, and Kurdish forces. The fighting had centered on the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij, not far from the Turkish border. Turkish-backed forces captured the city on Monday, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and pushed north toward Kobani, less than 40 miles away.

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~~Turkey aims to weaken Kurdish forces, which it calls terrorists, putting it at odds with the United States, even though both countries are NATO allies.~~

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~~Horros: "Walk on all fours and bark": Assad's morbid torture methods.~~

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~~What happened inside Assad's prisons where thousands suffered 72 types of torture and 157,000 people have vanished: As new horrors are revealed by the hour, atrocity on staggering scale.~~

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~~He called himself Hitler and loved to put on ‘entertainments’. To amuse his dinner guests, he would force the prisoners in his charge to act as dogs, donkeys, cats or other animals.~~

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Those who failed to play their part would be beaten. ‘The dog has to bark, the cat meow, the rooster crow,’ recalled a former inmate. ‘Hitler tries to tame them. When he pets one dog the other dog should act jealous.’

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~~‘Hitler’ was a guard at a prison at the Mezze Air Base in Damascus and his sadism was unyielding even by the standards of Assad’s Syria.~~

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~~At Mezze, guards would regularly hang prisoners from a fence naked and spray water on them during cold nights. The New York Times described how one prisoner there was crammed into a tyre and beaten.~~

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~~He said an officer once told him that a screaming woman also in the prison but out of sight was his mother. He counted 19 cellmates who died from disease, torture or neglect in a single month.~~

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Since Assad’s fall, my social media feeds have swelled with images of rebels storming prisons, of bewildered prisoners stumbling through opened doors, of crying women blinking in daylight, and a toddler wandering out of an open cell door.

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~~There are scenes of men drilling into steel plates to reveal layers of prisoners wedged into the earth in hidden underground cells.~~

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In one video, a male figure sits upright on a bed, one foot manacled to its end. So motionless is he that, after watching it over a dozen times, one still genuinely cannot tell if he is a human or a mannequin.

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More than 157,000 Syrian citizens have been arrested or disappeared since the outbreak of the revolution in 2011 – including 10,000 women and 5,200 children. According to reports by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), a human rights organization that has monitored the situation in Syria over the years, more than 15,000 people have died as a result of torture during this period.

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The regime agents used more than 70 different torture methods, including: electrocuting genitals, hanging weights from genitals, burning with boiling oil, steel rods, gunpowder, and various chemicals, crushing heads between cell doors and walls, inserting needles and pins into various parts of the body, confiscating clothing, and preventing access to showers and toilets.

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~~Shin Bet chief, IDF Chief of Staff visit Cairo amid hostage deal talks - report.~~

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~~Germany arrests three suspected Islamist extremists over attack plot. 'Serious act of violence'.~~

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~~UN Syria envoy downplays HTS's terrorist designation.~~

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~~Mohamed al-Bashir [with links to both, Islamist HTS and Assad] appointed caretaker Syrian PM for transitional government.~~

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~~FM Gideon Sa'ar: Attacks on Kurds must stop.~~

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~~Stabbing attack in Karmiel police deemed suspected [Arab].terror attack.~~

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~~Turkey hits military supplies under Kurdish control in north Syria, security source says.~~

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~~Operation Bashan Arrow: 320 targets struck, 80% of Syrian military capabilities destroyed.~~

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~~Gallant meets with US Middle East envoy McGurk at White House.~~

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~~Netanyahu's warning to Syria:~~

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~~'We want good relations but will respond strongly to threats'.~~

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~~Parents of Omer Neutra: 'Now that we've learned he is gone, our struggle isn't over'.~~

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~~Hamas provides Egypt with list of hostages in hands of terror group - report.~~

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US indicts 2 Assad regime officials for torture, war crimes. Following fall of the Assad regime, US announces indictment of former Syrian Air Force intelligence officers Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud for the torture of prisoners, including US citizens.

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~~Pittsburgh man (Jack Danaher Molloy - dual Irish-American citizen) ‘idolized’ anti-Jewish violence, tried to join Hezbollah, US says.~~

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~~‘No reason to question’ Israeli claim of interim presence on Syrian side of Golan, US says.~~

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~~Trump meets Judith Raanan in Florida, first hostage released by Hamas terrorist-regime in October 2023.~~

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~~Iranian ambassador to Syria blames Israel for Assad's fall.~~

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~~In meeting with Jake Sullivan:~~

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~~Hostages' families stress need for coordination with Trump’s team.~~

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~~Houthi-launched weapon destroyed over Gulf by US Navy.~~

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~~Syrian rebels say forces completely took control over Syria's Deir el-Zor.~~

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~~In first contacts, US officials urge Syrian rebels to support inclusive government.~~

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~~Syrian democratic forces, rebels reach US-brokered ceasefire agreement in Manbij SDF commander says.~~

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~~Trump picks Colony Capital founder Tom Barrack as ambassador to Turkey.~~

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~~Russia transported Assad in 'most secured way,' Russian Deputy FM tells.~~

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~~'I think we are closer than ever to a new deal,' Israeli Consul in New York says.~~

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Antisemitism in Australia: Vandals burn car, spray anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney suburb. [Misspelled. It seems by Arab immigrants]. Car set on fire and two properties vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney suburb of Woollahra. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemns the incident, calling it an "outrage."

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~~Over suspected terror ties: WCK (World Central Kitchen) fires 62 Palestinian Arab staff members.~~

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~~Russian official: 'Russia securely transported Assad to its territory'.~~

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~~Ambassador Danon on MSNBC: 'Israel will take all necessary steps to neutralize threats'.~~

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* Dec 11, 2024:

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~~Amsterdam pogrom attackers to stand trial today, Israelis victims flying to testify.~~

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~~3 Jews shot by Arabs in Shechem on the way to Joseph's tomb.~~

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~~One lightly injured in Bnei Brak terror attack. The suspected assailant was arrested following a police pursuit after allegedly intentionally driving into a pedestrian.~~

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~~US and Egypt pushing Israel to withdraw from Philadelphi Corridor in hostage negotiations.~~

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~~Article. Israel’s Syria strikes: A post-Oct 7 security shift. 'Israel’s Syria strikes signal shift in doctrine, dismantling threats and learning from past failures to ensure future security.'~~

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'You're responsible for your territory': Israel’s direct messages to Assad before his fall. Arab outlet publishes files found following Assad's fall and detailing alleged messages sent by agent who warned regime of cooperation with Iran and Hezbollah.

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~~Australian police special operation probes increased antisemitic attacks.~~

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~~String of incidents, including the torching of a synagogue in Melbourne, prompt authorities to launch dedicated investigation into assaults on Jews.~~

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~~IDF: Nukhba terrorist who led Oct. 7 attack on IDF outpost eliminated.~~

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~~Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather attacked by anti-Israel [Muslim] mob in London.~~

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~~Undefeated boxing champion and Israel supporter rushed out of store while shopping in London by security as mob attempts to strike him while screaming racial slurs, witnesses say.~~

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~~Israel fears PA will collapse following Assad regime example.~~

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~~Russia: Lengthy jail sentences for rioters who targeted Jews at airport.~~

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~~Min. Katz to Sec. Austin: 'Chance now for deal to return all hostages, including Americans.'~~

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~~US CENTCOM chief arrives in Israel to talk to meet with Halevi on Syria.~~

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~~BBC reporter implies Jews still live in Syria in large numbers.~~

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~~Hamas rearming, partially rehabilitated in northern and central Gaza - report.~~

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~~Woman haunts infamous Syrian prison, scouring for signs of missing relatives~~

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~~Hayat al-Turki has searched the notorious Sednaya prison for four days, finding list of over 7,000 prisoners, wonders if discarded belongings were used by her brother.~~

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~~Report: Rebels in Syria avoiding confrontation with Israel.~~

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~~How Russian agents smuggled Assad out of Syria. Deposed Syrian dictator told to board jet, disable transponder and fly to Russian base before heading to Moscow.~~

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~~Australian PM: Synagogue firebombing ‘vile.’ Facing criticism over rising antisemitism, Anthony Albanese writes in Sydney Morning Herald after synagogue arson visit.~~

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~~France calls on Israel to exit Syria buffer zone as Spain, Germany urge restraint.~~

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~~Paris says IDF presence violates 1974 truce deal, Berlin calls on Syria’s neighbors not to ‘jeopardize’ transition and Madrid stresses need to avoid ‘further escalation(sic)’ in region.~~

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~~Incoming US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to meet families of American hostages.~~

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~~Culture minister threatens to cut funding of arthouse theater over ‘extremist’ films~~

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~~Miki Zohar asks finance minister to examine grounds for denying funds to Tel Aviv Cinematheque after it showed pro-Palestinian films at Solidarity Festival.~~

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~~Palestinian Islamic Jihad says delegation in Cairo to discuss hostages for prisoners deal.~~

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~~UN General Assembly, unsurprisingly, overwhelmingly demands immediate Gaza ceasefire.~~

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~~Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration, CBS News reports.~~

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~~Europeans tell UN ready to 'snap back' Iran sanctions if needed.~~

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CIA Islamic analyst accused of leaking Israeli plan to attack Iran ordered held pending trial. Prosecutor says Asif Rahman — whose actions posed a ‘danger to human life’ — was motivated by ideology, and had a to-do list with categories labeled ‘contingencies’ and ‘run.’

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~~IDF confirms withdrawal from southern Lebanon’s Khiam in accordance with ceasefire. Lebanese army says it’s deploying in town in coordination with UNIFIL following Israeli exit.~~

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~~Terror in Binyamin region: Arabs torch three vehicles in Oz Tzion.~~

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~~IDF troops encircling Bethlehem in hunt for terrorist who shot up bus in deadly attack.~~

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~~Pentagon says Austin urged ‘close consultation’ between Israel and US on Syria during call with Katz.~~

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~~Trump considers ex-intelligence chief Richard Grenell for Iran position, sources say.~~

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At Harvard, US academics compare notes on a year of post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism. Jewish Studies faculty from around the United States convene in Cambridge this week to dissect an ongoing period of unprecedented hostility.

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~~Funds for US-Israel cooperation~~

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~~House approves annual defense bill.~~

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Biden signs law that could bring US Jewish history museum under Smithsonian umbrella. Legislation, which was unanimously approved by Congress, calls for establishing body to examine whether the Weitzman museum in Philadelphia can join the Smithsonian Institution.

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* Dec 12, 2024:

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Terrorist opens fire (with 23 bullets) on bus near Jerusalem, 12-year-old killed. Boy murdered in attack was traveling home to Jerusalem with his family. He was critically wounded, later succumbing to injuries in hospital; woman moderately wounded, two others lightly hurt by shrapnel; attacker flees, security forces encircle Bethlehem amid manhunt.

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~~In meeting with hostages' families~~

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~~House Speaker Johnson stresses critical need to free the hostages.~~

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~~Time magazine to name Trump 'Person of the Year.'~~

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~~Quebec man arrested for antisemitic social media posts.~~

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~~Australian man arrested for threats against Victoria Jewish community center.~~

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~~Amsterdam soccer pogrom:~~

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~~Prosecutor claims violence was not influenced by antisemitism. [This despite overwhelming condemnation of its antisemitism and documented 'Jew hunt' calls ahead of planned pogron].~~

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Syrian rebel chief says working with int’l groups to secure potential chemical arms sites. Pentagon welcomes remarks by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader, but stresses ‘actions have to meet words as well’; US defense chief urges ‘close consultation’ with Israel on Syria.

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~~Mossad chief, Qatari PM meet in Doha to discuss Gaza hostage deal.~~

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The spokesperson for Hamas’s military wing, Abu Ubaida, issued a written statement on his Telegram channel, praising the attack on a bus, carried out last night by a terrorist near the Tunnel Checkpoint (whivh killed a boy and injured several others).

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~~Netanyahu affirms Israel's commitment to Druze in meeting with leader.~~

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~~Turkish intelligence chief Kalin is in Damascus, say two sources with knowledge.~~

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~~Netanyahu to top Biden aide: Israel must protect itself from ‘any threat’ from Syria.~~

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~~Meanwhile, visiting Jordan, Blinken promises US support for Syria’s neighbors during ‘period of transition,’ says DC will work to ensure country is not ‘used as base for terrorism.’~~

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~~Syria's ruling body will suspend constitution and parliament, Syrian source says.~~

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~~IDF to increase protection of communities in West Bank, Katz announces.~~

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~~Trump to TIME: 'There are ideas other than a two-state solution.'~~

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Faculty survey reveals fear, self-censorship at US universities, especially about Israel. Newly released study polled 6,269 instructors at 55 major colleges and universities; four times as many report toning down their opinions compared to the McCarthy era.

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~~Antisemitic, anti-black graffiti found at Pittsburgh's Riverfront Park.~~

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FBI under fire for recognizing “State of Palestine” at graduation ceremony. FBI Director Christopher Wray personally handed a diploma to a graduate from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, identified as hailing from “Ramallah, state of Palestine.” The incident, which occurred on December 12, has sparked outrage and renewed accusations that the FBI is undermining U.S. policy and emboldening anti-Israel sentiments. Husham Abu-Aisha, the graduate in question, was identified as a member of the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Organization. Troubling details emerged shortly after, with Front Page Magazine reporting that Abu-Aisha had previously “liked” a video praising Saddam Hussein on social media. In a stinging rebuke, the outlet wrote: “The FBI used to fight terrorists. Now it seems to aid and abet them.” The United States does not officially recognize a “state of Palestine,” making the FBI’s actions not only baffling but deeply problematic.'Disgusting: Chris Wray, the FBI Director, handed an FBI National Academy diploma to a foreign student in the Quantico program. Wray announces the student is from “Ramallah, the State of Palestine.” January 20th could not come sooner.'

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~~Hammer-wielding man threatens Australian Jewish bakery patrons. .AJA blamed the Labor Party-led government as high-profile antisemitic violent incidents continued to occur in the country.~~

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~~North Carolina home vandalized with Nazi swastikas.~~

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~~IDF asks Gaza residents to take shelter ahead of IAF strikes on terrorists.~~

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Hamas Manufacturing Headquarters leader eliminated. Army eliminated a Department Head in Hamas’ Manufacturing Headquarters and a Company Commander in the Zeitoun Battalion in a Hamas command and control center that previously served as the "Al-Hurriya" School in Gaza City.

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~~Drone swarm from Yemen: 2 downed near southern border, third suspected as false alarm.~~

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~~American man freed from Syrian prison~~

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~~Travis Timmerman disappeared from Hungary 7 months ago and was freed this week from a Syrian prison by rebel forces.~~

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Sky News Australia's host who spoke in favor of Israel. It has fired Erin Molan, who along with anchor Sharri Markson has repeatedly expressed solidarity with Israel over the past year; No details have been provided at this time regarding the official reason for her dismissal .

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~~‘We are with you’: Visiting president reopens Paraguay’s embassy in Jerusalem.~~

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~~Presiding over ceremony in capital, Santiago Peña reverses decision by former administration to move embassy back to Tel Aviv, saying it was 'driven mostly by internal revenge.'~~

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~~Israel rejects French call to withdraw from Syria buffer: ‘Necessary for defense.’~~

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~~‘Limited and temporary’ takeover of demilitarized buffer zone is response to entry of armed militants after Assad’s fall, in violation of 1974 agreement, Foreign Ministry says.~~

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~~Air Force concludes operations on northern border, readies mission against Iran's nukes.~~

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~~Officials present impressive military data on fighting against Hezbollah and make preparations for a possible strike on Iranian soil following Assad's fall and Trump's return to Washington.~~

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~~IDF northern commander visits soldiers in Syria buffer zone.~~

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~~Trump, asked about chances of war with Iran, says 'anything can happen.'~~

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~~Russia in contact with Syrian rebels, hopes to keep military bases, Interfax reports.~~

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~~Netanyahu to the people of Iran:~~

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'The billions your oppressors stole from you went up in smoke.' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a message to the people of Iran attacking the regime's support of failed terror organizations and regimes. 'You know what this regime is truly terrified of? It's terrified of you, the people of Iran.'

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~~US considering removing HTS from list of terror groups - report.~~

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~~IAF kills Hezbollah terrorists who violated ceasefire agreement.~~

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~~North American Jewish doctors consider their futures amid post- Oct. 7 antisemitism.~~

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~~39% of US Jewish healthcare professionals say they experience antisemitism at work after the Hamas massacre and subsequent war in Gaza, with similar numbers reported in Canada.~~

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~~‘Moral failure,’ Israeli mission in New York says of votes in United Nations.~~

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The United Nations is "voting itself into utter irrelevance," human-rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky told JNS. The U.N. General Assembly voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to support two non-binding resolutions, one that demands that Israel end its war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip and the other allowing the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to continue to operate in the Jewish state. 'To stand by UNRWA is to stand by Hamas.'

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~~SJP protest ‘intentionally targeting members of our community,’ NYU says.~~

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NYU. Campus antisemitism: 8 arrested during SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) protest at New York University during which access was blocked to the university's main library. NYU: We reject claims that this is a peaceful protest.

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* Dec 13, 2024:

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NYPD treating attack on Columbia student as a hate crime. The incident in question occurred on Monday, when a 22-year-old man made antisemitic remarks and grabbed an Israeli flag from the victim. Columbia University confirms the assailant was not affiliated with the school.

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~~Paris: Six months on probation for man who wore 'anti-Jewish' jersey.~~

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'No one is coming to rescue Hamas.' White House National Security Communications Adviser says the toppling of the Assad regime should send a signal to Hamas that it needs to move forward with a hostage release deal: Given where they are and how weakened they are, this is the moment to make this deal.

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~~Circulating the web: Syrian Druze ask to be annexed to Israel's Golan Heights.~~

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~~Could US defense pact have stopped Oct 7 attack? Michael Makovsky says it would have been a signal of an American commitment to come to Israel's defense.~~

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~~Israel steps up bid to recover Eli Cohen’s remains. It seeks info on legendary spy's grave and aid to transfer remains for burial, Hezbollah-linked media says.~~

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~~PA security forces kill Islamic Jihad commander, sparking clashes in Jenin.~~

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~~Amid larger crackdown against terror groups in West Bank, PA general says his forces ‘thwarted a disaster’ by stopping car bombing aimed at Palestinian civilians and PA forces.~~

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~~IDF says rockets fired at south on Friday were launched from aid warehouse area~~

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~~Rocket launchers were placed 50 meters from aid sites, army says; terror cell targeted at former Gaza City school, with Palestinian medics reporting 7 dead.~~

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* Dec 14, 2024:

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~~'Hamas inflated Gaza casualties to blame Israel.' Report asserts Hamas systematically misclassifies victims to tarnish Israel; IDF reveals fresh Hamas prison abuse footage.~~

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Gazan civilian death toll exaggerated to vilify Israel. Study by the Henry Jackson Society think tank finds the number of civilians reported killed in the Gaza conflict has been manipulated by Hamas-run authorities in Gaza for propaganda purposes, with international media often repeating the claims without scrutiny.

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Syrian rebel leader Golani: 'No excuse for Israeli involvement in Syria.'Golani says his forces won’t enter conflict with Israel, claiming it has no justification in Syria after Iran’s exit; Syria’s interim government urges UN Security Council to demand Israel withdraw from Golan buffer zone and halt airstrikes in Syria.

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~~IAF strikes terror cell preparing to attack Israel.~~

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~~Israeli air force strikes 20 targets across Syria - Arab report.~~

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~~Hezbollah violates ceasefire: Israel Air Force strikes ready-to-use launcher aimed at Israel - IDF.~~

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~~Syrian currency firms against US dollar, Damascus currency exchangers say.~~

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~~Egypt's Sisi discusses Gaza ceasefire efforts, hostages with top US officials.~~

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~~Israeli drone targets vehicle in southern Lebanon, one killed - report.~~

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~~Iranian president to attend D-8 conference in Egypt in coming days - report.~~

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~~IAF strikes Hamas terrorist Imad Jaro, who served as Mayor of Deir-al-Balah in Gaza.~~

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~~IDF releases footage showing Hamas' brutal treatment of prisoners.~~

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~~Israel National News.~~

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~~US has had direct contact with main Syrian rebel faction, says Blinken.~~

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~~After firing by Sky News Australia, pro-Israel TV host says she’s ‘not done’~~

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~~Erin Molan does not share reasons for her dismissal or plans for the future but says she won’t stop defending Israel in its war against Hamas.~~

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~~Israel opposes release of archterrorist Marwan Barghouti. Arab reports say Israel refuses to include archterrorist Marwan Barghouti in prisoner swap deal with Hamas. 'Israel has alternative lists.'~~

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~~Egypt, Jordan say Israel must pull out of demilitarized zone in Syria.~~

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~~Turkish Islamic Party encourages Jihad in China.~~

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~~Syria's new de facto leader HTS' al-Julani: Sharia will be imposed by force.~~

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~~Footage from Lebanon: IDF destroys ready-to-use rocket launcher aimed at Israel.~~

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~~Hamas publishes video of unidentified hostage.~~

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~~Al-Julani: We don't want conflict with Israel.~~

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~~Hamas 'ready for any ceasefire plan with Israel.'~~

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~~One rocket fired from central Gaza into Israel, falls in open area.~~

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~~'Seize the opportunity': Families of hostages rally across Israel to call for hostage deal.~~

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~~Iranian court jails Iranian-American journalist for 10 years, lawyer says.~~

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~~'We have no intention of managing Syria,' IDF Chief of Staff says during situational assessment.~~

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~~Former Syrian prisoners return to ‘death dormitory’ in Assad’s notorious jail~~

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~~Freed inmates describe systematic torture at prisons; ‘one to three people would die inside every day,’ says one released man.~~

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~~U of Michigan fires DEI official over purported antisemitic comments.~~

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~~U of Michigan fires Rachel Dawson, director of an office for multicultural initiatives, over alleged antisemitic comments made in private.~~

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Dawson had privately remarked in March that “the university is controlled by wealthy Jews”; ... and “silence” students from the Middle East and North Africa; and and that “Jewish people have no genetic DNA that would connect them to the land of Israel."...

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~~Rebel leader says insurgents began planning assault on Assad a year ago.~~

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~~In interview with The Guardian, HTS’s Abu Hassan al-Hamwi says group unified factions, overhauled military forces and developed modern doctrine when planning devastating offensive.~~

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~~Pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act~~

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~~Fighting antisemitism requires a formal definition. The US Congress approved the bill — why has Chuck Schumer failed to bring a Senate vote?~~

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~~Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum. The ancient artifact, which dates to the 9th century BCE, is on view through January 5.~~

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As evil as Assad: IDF recovers footage of brutal Hamas torture, abuse from Gaza prison. The videos were discovered by security forces and show Hamas prison guards torturing prisoners and detaining them in harsh conditions.

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~~Al-Julani: Syria will be a country of Sharia Law.~~

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~~TikTok loses federal case against forced sale~~

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Critical blow: Hezbollah leader admits terror group lost weapons supply route. Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem says his group was 'victorious' and will continue on, but admits that it lost its weapons supply route, which ran from Iran to Lebanon via Syria.

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~~After Assad’s fall, Russia pulling some, but not all, of its forces out of Syria.~~

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~~Moscow says it will maintain presence at two main Syrian bases; attitude of new regime toward Russian presence is still unclear.~~

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Hezbollah chief says supply route via Syria cut, hopes rebels won’t have ties with Israel. Naim Qassem expects rebel leadership that ousted Assad will consider Israel an enemy, allow arms flow to resume.

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~~By Agencies and ToI Staff.~~

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Article: Debunking the myth of a historic 'Palestinian state'. How misleading info leads to false claims of a historic 'Palestinian state.' Despite historical realities, Palestinians, with the support of Arab states, have succeeded in promoting the narrative that Arabs have always lived in the land, thus delegitimizing the Jewish state.

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~~Trump picks Richard Grenell as envoy for special mission.~~

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Top officials said to visit Jordan to discuss Iran smuggling threat after Assad ouster. Heads of Shin Bet, IDF intel reportedly also discuss option of extremists trying to topple Jordan’s rulers too.

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* Dec 15, 2024:

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~~Amid antisemitism: Switzerland preparing to ban public displays of Nazi symbols.~~

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Iran currency slips to new lows amid tensions with West. Rial drops to 756,000 against US dollar amid standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program and fears Trump will reimpose sanctions when he enters White House.

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~~'Kanye 2024:' Attacker of Jewish, Asian New Yorkers sentenced to prison.~~

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In 2022 a Jewish man noticed Perin Jacobcuk, 34, performing a Roman salute and proclaiming "Kanye [West] 2024." Jacobchuk hurled antisemitic remarks at the walker, including "kill the..." A year prior, Jacobcuk harassed a couple of Asian descent. As they walked by, Jacobcuk told them to "go back to China." He reportedly ran up behind the woman, grabbed her shoulders, and shoved her to the ground...

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~~Netanyahu government approves plan to expand settlements in the Golan Heights.~~

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~~IDF dismantles over 300 Hezbollah sites in large-scale operations.~~

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~~Hamas official admits: October 7 'ruined us.'~~

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~~Palestinian Authority calls for "Islamic awakening" to cleanse "filth" (sic) of Israel.~~

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~~Candace Owens named Antisemite of the Year. (She questioned the Holocaust horrors among other dreadful rhetoric).~~

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~~Netanyahu: 'I spoke to Trump about the need to complete Israel's victory.'~~

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~~Qatar to re-open its embassy in Syria.~~

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Trump to focus on Iran threat, Israeli sovereignty not on agenda. Israeli media reports than US President-Elect told PM Netanyahu and Republicans have told Israeli officials that the application of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria is not a priority for the incoming administration.

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~~Report: US begs Israel to approve military aid for Palestinian Authority.~~

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~~IDF eliminates terrorists, including senior PIJ terrorist in Gaza.~~

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~~IDF in pursuit: Terrorist fires at Israeli car in Samaria.~~

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~~IDF pursues terrorist who opened fire at vehicles in West Bank, none injured.~~

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~~US tells UK it will back 'accountable' and 'representative' Syrian government.~~

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Sa’ar orders closure of Israel’s embassy in Ireland. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar ordered the Israeli embassy in Dublin shuttered amid Ireland’s hostile stance toward the Jewish state. Also, Sa’ar ordered the opening of an Israeli embassy in Moldova.

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* Dec 16, 2024:

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~~Greta Thunberg: from media darling to muslim sister. She has revealed herself as a tragic figure who is being exploited by unscrupulous powers to propagate their sinister agenda. Op-ed.~~

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~~Pilot draws ribbons in Israel's sky in support of hostages' release.~~

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~~Israel pushes back on Cindy McCain: 847 WFP trucks, not ‘Tltwo,’ entered Gaza in November.~~

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~~More recruits enlisting in IDF combat units.~~

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~~Military highlights high motivation among recruits, with turnout surpassing projections, reinforcing readiness of units.~~

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~~US deploys USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group to MidEast.~~

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~~Hamas insisting on release of fewer hostages.~~

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~~Missile from Yemen sets off sirens throughout central Israel. IDF downs Houthi missile launched at central Israel from Yemen. Earlier on Monday, a drone was launched at Israel from Yemen.~~

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FM Sa’ar defends Dublin embassy closure, brands Irish premier an antisemite. 'Acting sensibly against persecutors of Israel saves lives'. He says Irish govt. crossed line into 'antisemitism based on the delegitimization and dehumanization of Israel and double standards towards Israel.' He accuses Ireland of having ‘encouraged’ Jew hatred, slams it for backing ‘politicized proceedings’ against Israel at ICC.

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~~Col. (res.) Hezi Nehama: 'Hamas recovering forces and regaining control on the ground.'~~

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~~Iranian activists dedicate ‘Netanyahu Street’ in Tehran. The makeshift street sign described the Israeli prime minister as "the purifier of evil."~~

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~~Kurdish political prisoner faces execution for helping injured.~~

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'Euphoria in Syria could turn to fear.' Israeli Amb. to the UN tells Arutz Sheva 'the world should thank us' for preventing Assad's weapons from falling into the wrong hands, slams Guterres for fighting to save UNRWA despite its corruption by Hamas.

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~~Israeli Anchor Hails Erin Molan as a 'Role Model.' 'Your courage and unwavering commitment to presenting the realities of this region are truly inspiring.'~~

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~~PA forces gain ground in Jenin refugee camp~~

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~~Forces, aiming to regain control of terror. hotbed after nearly a decade, secure key sites, incl. Jenin Brigade’s main ops center.~~

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~~IDF preps for winter ops in Syria and Lebanon. Military equips troops with with cold-weather gear, shelters and logistics, ensuring readiness in harsh terrain.~~

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Leading US private school association apologizes for antisemitism at conference. National Association of Independent Schools expresses ‘profound remorse’ for event that called Israel disparaging definitions.

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~~Gush Etzion: Palestinian banquet hall at site where terror attack took place.~~

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~~Trump says he’s ‘trying to help very strongly’ to bring hostages home.~~

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~~Reiterates his ‘hell breaking out’ threat if captives not released by Jan. 20; Israeli team arrives in Doha; PM says he seeks to maximize number of living hostages freed, meets Trump envoy.~~

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Russia still has a military presence in post-Assad Syria — for now. After years of backing now-toppled regime, Moscow is pulling back from some areas of Syria, but still has troops at primary base in Latakia, saying it is in talks with new leaders.

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Israel working via Russia to find Eli Cohen’s remains in Syria, say Palestinian sources. Following Assad’s fall, Palestinian officials tell AFP that mediators also contacted them about locating body of a soldier who has been missing since 1982 battle.

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~~As Houthi attacks continue, CENTCOM strikes Houthi facility in Sanaa.~~

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Israel weighs response to Yemen as escalating Houthi attacks test its patience. Houthis continue attacks even as other fronts have quieted, warning, 'What’s coming will be worse'; millions of Israelis forced into shelters once again, while officials in Jerusalem vow, 'We will not show restraint.'

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~~Trump warns again: "all hell’s going to break out" if hostages aren’t freed by Hamas.~~

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~~Otzma Yehudit: We are no longer bound by the coalition.~~

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~~Extremism, Russia and Iran have no place in Syria’s future, says EU's Kallas.~~

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~~IDF confiscates weapons depots, rocket launchers from Lebanon.~~

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~~UK officials to meet Syria's interim authorities, foreign minister says.~~

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~~Division 98 prepares for combat in Gaza after three months in Lebanon.~~

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~~Israeli delegation travels to Qatar for further talks on hostage deal.~~

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~~US government has had more than one communication with HTS over the past week, State Dept says.~~

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~~Netanyahu meets with Trump's envoy for hostage affairs.~~

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~~Syrian rebel leader slams Israel's expansion of buffer zone.~~

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~~US charges 2 people over fatal drone strike in Jordan linked to Iran.~~

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~~CENTCOM strikes Houthis in Yemen.~~

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~~At least 100,000 bodies in Syrian mass grave, US advocacy group head says.~~

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~~'I will not stop until every hostage is home,' Biden says.~~

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Syria's Yarmouk reveals how Arabs and Iranian proxies cynically claim to be pro-Palestinian while killing and raping them. Yarmouk was a "refugee camp" near (now within) Damascus that used to house some 150,000 Palestinians. It was destroyed during the Syrian civil war, even though all sides claim to care so much about Palestinians and the residents tried to remain neutral.

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Columbia Arab professor who praised Hamas massacre to teach course on Zionism. Joseph Massad will be teaching an undergraduate course History of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskala) in 19th century Europe and the development of Zionism. Columbia University responded to the controversy surrounding a course on Zionism being taught by a professor who praised Hamas's October 7 attacks, saying in a statement on Tuesday that it didn't support his remarks but was committed to free speech. The statements of Professor Joseph Massad, who described Hamas's October 7 operations as “astounding” and retaliatory, "created pain for many in our community and contributed to the deep controversy on our campus," said Columbia's Office of Public Affairs.

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~~'Jews are going to die': Kippah knocked off head of 11-year-old son of Jewish activist.~~

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~~"I want to protect him but know I can’t," Shai Albrecht said. "It’s what nightmares are made of."~~

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* Dec 17, 2024.

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~~Rocket sirens sound in Netiv Ha’asara, Gaza border area.~~

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~~Suspect in 2021 bombing of Nazareth Health Ministry office brought to Israel~~

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~~Syrian Islamist leader says rebel groups to be disbanded, minority rights protected~~

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~~Chief of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that ousted the Assad regime, condemns IDF actions in Syria, calls for HTS to be removed from terror lists and sanctions to be lifted.~~

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Report: Syrian border villagers and rebels collecting weapons and handing them to IDF. Video from inside Syria shows crateloads of weapons and ammunition being loaded into trucks; IDF soldier says some contain ‘chemical warfare material’

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Virtual museum recreates Jewish enclaves in Iran and Morocco. Universal Israelite Alliance, a Paris-based Jewish educational organization, shows the width and breadth of its institutions across several centuries.

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~~Palestinians in Syria flock to cemetery ravaged and made off-limits under Assad~~

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~~Relatives strive to locate graves amid piles of rubble and smashed tombstones left in Yarmouk burial ground outside Damascus.~~

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~~Iran awaiting ‘necessary conditions’ to reopen vandalized Syria embassy~~

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~~Foreign Ministry says safety of staff must be ensured before it can reestablish its mission, which was ransacked when rebels ousted allied Assad regime.~~

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Syria’s new rulers step up engagement with world as nations urge humanitarian future. France and Germany send delegations to Damascus, UN humanitarian chief is also in the Syrian capital; EU says it will reopen its embassy.

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~~US officials fear: Turkish invasion of northern Syria imminent.~~

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~~Jerusalemite who planned terror attack arrested. The ISA and police arrested a resident of Jerusalem who carried out tasks for an Iranian agent and planned to carry out a terror attack for pay.~~

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~~Operations in Jabaliya: IDF locates and destroys tunnel where terrorists were hiding.~~

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~~Cleared for publication: Two IDF soldiers killed in building collapse in southern Gaza.~~

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~~Swiss parliament overwhelmingly votes to ban Hezbollah, despite government opposition.~~

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~~919 female soldiers wounded since Oct. 7, PTSD rates rising, Knesset panel says.~~

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More extremism: Irish President Michael Higgins ridiculously claims: 'Netanyahu would like to have settlement in Egypt. 'Higgins "refuted" charges by the Israeli government, calling their accusations being antisemitic a “gross defamation” and “deep slander.” [All the while, coming up with aforementioned weird but dangerous accusation].

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Netanyahu denies the report in Haaretz: "Complete lie." Netanyahu denies the report in Haaretz, which claims he agreed to a type of Palestinian state in exchange for normalization with Saudi Arabia: "Prime Minister Netanyahu has acted and continues to act against the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel's security."

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~~London venue cancels Benny Friedman concert over Pro-Israel stance.~~

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EU foreign ministers agree to resume Association Council meetings with Israel. The summit will be followed by the first high-level dialogue with the Palestinian Authority. The European Union Foreign Affairs Council has decided to resume its Association Council meetings with Israel, new E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said after meeting European foreign ministers.

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~~Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz: Israel to maintain security control in Gaza after war.~~

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~~He clarified his position following a report that he had privately told a U.S. official Jerusalem was not interested in controlling Gaza after the war.~~

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Tikvah Fund event draws 1,000, makes case for ‘Jewish fight for America.’ “We Jews are the blue and white in the red, white and blue,” the Yiddish scholar Ruth Wisse told attendees of the Jewish Leadership Conference. Eric Cohen, executive director of the Tikvah Fund, delivered some of the most powerful remarks of the fund’s Jewish Leadership Conference at the beginning of the event on Dec. 8 in Manhattan. Only after reading them did he reveal that he was quoting Norman Podhoretz’s 1982 Commentary article “J’Accuse.”

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~~Netanyahu is on the way to Cairo for hostage deal negotiations - report.~~

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~~Israel will remain at Hermon until 'another arrangement is found,' Netanyahu says during assessment.~~

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~~Strikes reported at the port city of Hodeidah in Yemen - report.~~

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~~Ceasefire between Turkey and US-backed rebels extended to end of this week, State Dept says.~~

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~~Former Sayeret Matkal commander appointed to hostage negotiation team - report.~~

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IAF strikes Hezbollah terrorist loading vehicle with weapons. It strikes Hezbollah weapons transport in Southern Lebanon. A terrorist was loading a car in violation of the current ceasefire between Beirut and Jerusalem.

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~~Two men arrested in London over attack on British-Iranian journalist.~~

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The Kingpin's Downfall. Assad's drug empire: Billions at stake as rebels target captagon trade. Syrian rebels vow to dismantle the regime's billion-dollar narcotics network fueling regional chaos and Hezbollah coffers.

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~~Some Republican senators reluctant on Gabbard for spy chief.~~

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~~Iran's Khamenei: Israel is 'gravely mistaken' about Syria.~~

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* Dec 18, 2024:

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Israel and US voice security suspicions about Elon Musk. Nine countries in Europe and the Middle East, including Israel, are questioning the credibility of entrepreneur Elon Musk, and fear sharing of sensitive information.

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Isr. Supreme Court urges state to respond to family of killed hostage. It requests extension to file decision on recognition of Hamas hostage Alon Shamriz as fallen IDF soldier; Supreme Court urges State to expedite decision.

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~~Communications Min.: News and current affairs won't be funded by the public.~~

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~~'Revoke budget from dance troupe that raised Palestinian flag'.~~

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~~Report: 'Israel has taken control of almost entire Quneitra province in Syria.'~~

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The Russian news agency Sputnik reported on Wedensday, citing sources in Syria, that "Israeli forces are stationed on all strategic hills and military posts in the Quneitra province." According to the report, the IDF has taken control of 95% of the province. The Lebanese network Al-Mayadeen, affiliated with Hezbollah, claimed that Israel had occupied about 440 square kilometers of Syrian territory. It was also reported that in the past week the IDF carried out 450 airstrikes targeting about 50 military sites in Syria.

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~~Macron, Erdogan discuss Syria transition, need to include all communities.~~

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~~Michigan Imam Abdou Zindani: No peace until Israel is eliminated.~~

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~~Weapons cache found inside Lebanon Mosque.~~

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~~Toronto Islamic Conference features prominent Anti-Semites.~~

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~~Iranian arms shipments fuel civil war in the Sudan.~~

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~~IDF issues seize and demolish orders for homes of two West Bank terrorists.~~

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~~Footage from Lebanon. IDF destroys underground Hezbollah headquarters.~~

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~~US Supreme Court to consider TikTok bid to halt ban.~~

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~~France says sanctions, reconstruction aid in Syria will be conditional.~~

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Hostage's brother to UNSC: 'Your silence is deafening, your inaction is suffocating.' Michael Levy, brother of Or Levy, becomes first family member of a hostage held in Gaza to address the UN Security Council, criticizes UN for failing to act to bring the hostages home.

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~~Iranian rial sinks to lowest level ever following Trump's victory.~~

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~~IDF engineers dismantle terror tunnel in southern Lebanon, confiscate weapons inside mosque.~~

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~~Chief of Staff in Rafah:~~

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~~'We're pressuring Hamas every day to return the hostages'. He holds situational assessment in Gaza, says communities near Gaza are 'coming back to life.'~~

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~~Amb. Danon to Iranian people:~~

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~~Don't miss historic opportunity, People of Israel stand with you.~~

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~~Minister Chikli: 'Kurds must be granted independence, Turkey expelled from NATO.'~~

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~~Massive defense bill passes Congress.~~

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~~Trump’s pick for top US diplomat Rubio met Blinken on Wednesday, says State Dept.~~

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~~Congressional press conference calls for release of hostages.~~

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~~Montreal synagogue firebombed in suspected hate Crime.~~

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~~Initiative: Caucus promotes law to prevent Palestinian state.~~

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~~Be'er Sheva fears violent revenge by Arab [sport fans] Sakhnin.~~

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~~Erdoğan: 'Turkey is bigger than Turkey, we can't limit ourselves.'~~

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As part of hostage deal, Hamas demands release of Israel’s most notorious terror prisoners. As hostage negotiations gain momentum, reports suggest terror group will demand exile of convicted mass murderers from Israeli prisons to third countries; here are the high-profile prisoners likely to be on the list.

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~~Smotrich warns: 'Releasing hundreds of terrorists will rehabilitate Hamas.'~~

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* Dec 19, 2024:

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Israel strikes Yemen after Houthi missile intercepted over central Israel. Katz threatens Houthi leaders; Missile shot down by Arrow air defense system, fragments fall on Ramat Efal school; dozens of Israeli fighter jets hit Houthi ports, oil facilities and power stations in first strikes since September.

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~~Sirens sounded in towns across central Israel following a missile launch from Yemen. IDF says missile was intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory. Fragment falls in Ramat Efal.~~

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~~Hagari on Yemen strikes: 'We will continue to act against anyone that threatens Israel.'~~

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~~IDF chief: Relentless pressure on Hamas aims to free hostages. "We are exerting pressure on Hamas daily, driving it into greater distress, to ensure the return of the 100 hostages."~~

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~~Interceptor fragments found outside of the Knesset Jerusalem.~~

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~~NYPD seek antisemitic man who attacked Jewish school's bus.~~

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~~Media watchdog Camera, video: The Amsterdam Pogrom – how bad journalism fueled lies.'~~

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~~Report details "unique brutality" of Ansar Allah in Yemen.~~

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~~Israel Air Force carries out anti-terror strike in Tulkarm, West Bank.~~

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~~Partially intercepted Houthi missile warhead crashed into Ramat Gan school, IDF finds.~~

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Sydney man arrested for violent online threats against Jewish nursing home. The 48-year-old Harris Park man was arrested and charged with publicly threatening violence on grounds of religion and using carriage service to menace, said NSW police, allegedly for posting "a threatening and offensive comment on a social media platform directed towards an aged-care facility in Randwick."

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Jewish groups worried by spate of San Francisco antisemitic graffiti. "The Bay Area has been experiencing a surge of anti-Israel and antisemitic graffiti," the Israeli Consulate General for the Pacific Northwest noted on social media on Tuesday (Dec/17). The NGO Stop Antisemitism reported on Tuesday that in Oakland, a star of David was graffitied next to the words "kill them all." The consulate noted that the incident occurred after the December 9 vandalism of the Hillel House at San Francisco State University with the word “Khaybar" -- a reference to a Saudi Arabian oasis where Mohammed led his followers in a war against Jews that ultimately resulted in massacres and expulsions.

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~~‘Astounding’ government failures, House GOP report on Jew-hatred says.~~

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“It’s our intent to take this report, its recommendations, and act,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson stated. The Republican staff report, which is based on seven months of committee investigations, describes “astounding” failures on the part of federal government departments and agencies. The report, which was released on Thursday, states that universities across the country likely violated the civil rights of Jews in their handling of anti-Israel campus protests.

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“It’s our intent to take this report, its recommendations, and act,” Johnson stated. “We’ll use what’s in here to continue protecting our Jewish brothers and sisters from discrimination and violence. But make no mistake, we will continue these efforts in the next Congress, and anytime antisemitism rears its ugly head, the House will shine a light on it and take action.”

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The report’s conclusions focus largely on the failures of universities to respond to anti-Israel campus protests which began after Oct. 7 but that turned into a nationwide wave of tent encampments. That wave followed students occupying Columbia University’s South Lawn ahead of Minouche Shafik’s testimony before the House Education and Workforce Committee. (Shafik resigned as the Columbia president in August.)

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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), who chairs the House committee, stated that the reputation of U.S. higher education institutions has been in “free fall” over their failure to address antisemitism on campus.

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“Stopping that free fall comes down to one word: accountability,” Foxx said. “We need accountability because without it, we cannot guarantee that Jewish students have the safe learning environment they deserve.”

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One of the problems highlighted in the report is that universities chose to treat the congressional investigations into Jew-hatred on campus as a public relations problem rather than as a potential violation of the civil rights of Jewish students.

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That attitude led to administrators at the University of Pennsylvania “trying to orchestrate media coverage depicting members of Congress as ‘bullying and grandstanding’ and Columbia board of trustees leaders dismissing congressional oversight on campus antisemitism as ‘capital [sic] hill nonsense’ and expressing hope Democrats would win the House and spare them from further oversight,” per the report.

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The report also accuses the Biden administration of failing to properly use executive power to protect Jewish students, although Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discriminating on the basis of race, color and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.

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~~“The Biden-Harris administration failed to hold universities accountable for Title~~

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VI violations,” the report says. “The Department of Education has not imposed real consequences for noncompliant institutions, initiated proactive compliance reviews or directed investigations as called for by its own procedures, nor has it issued a promised rulemaking implementing President Trump’s December 2019 Executive Order on Combating Antisemitism.”

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The Republican staffers make 11 recommendations for universities, the executive branch and Congress to consider in response to these alleged failures, including recognizing that “discrimination against ‘Zionists’ is an unacceptable antisemitic civil rights violation” and that “congress should pass legislation removing Title IV eligibility from any university that boycotts or divests from Israel.”

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~~IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target in Mediterranean Sea.~~

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~~Syrian interim government to release list of names of wanted former Assad regime officials.~~

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~~Suspicious envelope arrives at Foreign Ministry, Police on scene.~~

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~~Halevi, IDF officials to conclude Oct. 7 eve military probe on Friday.~~

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~~Stabbing of Jerusalem of eldery Jewish resident at her home being investigated as suspected Arab terror attack.~~

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~~Defense minister halts promotions of IDF brass until all Oct. 7 probes handed over~~

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~~Israel Katz tells IDF chief Halevi that senior officers cannot advance until there is clarity over their actions during the Hamas onslaught, in move hailed by far right.~~

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Putin says Israel ‘main beneficiary’ of Syrian rebels’ ousting of Assad. Russian president tells reporters he hopes IDF troops leave buffer zone, but ‘I have the impression that not only are they not going to leave, but they’re going to reinforce.’

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After Yemen strikes, Netanyahu says Israel hitting Houthis on behalf of 'entire world.' He says group is last Iranian proxy still standing; Katz warns rebels ‘the long arm of Israel will reach you.’

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~~IDF, Shin Bet eliminate Tulkarm terrorist network head in earlier drone strike.~~

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~~Six Arab Palestinians said killed in IDF anti-terror drone strike, raid in West Bank.~~

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~~IDF investigating reports that an 80-year-old woman was killed during clashes in Nablus.~~

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~~IDF estimates: Iran will attempt to increase terror in Judea and Samaria.~~

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An interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, published In the Wall Street Journal. At three key moments since October 7, 2023, Netanyahu was given advice by the Biden administration on the conduct of the war against Hamas, and then on the war against Hezbollah. In all three cases, Netanyahu ignored that advice and went ahead with what turned out to be moves essential to the IDF’s success.

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CAIR leader, Arab "Palestinian" Nihad Awad, who praised October 7 attacks, is still in charge of CAIR. Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli reminds that CAIR had ties to Hamas and 'outrageously antisemtic.'

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~~Paraguayan Pres. to Israeli radio:~~

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~~I want to raise my voice that we're going to stand next to Israel.~~

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~~Iraq sends nearly 2,000 Syrian soldiers back home.~~

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~~For 1st time: Ex-Mossad agents to reveal Hezbollah beeper secrets on 60 Minutes.~~

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~~The IDF released footage of the extensive attack on Houthi targets in Yemen.~~

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~~Northern Project Coordinator: Timeline for return of northern evacuees is March 1.~~

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IDF says it supports bolstering PA forces to combat West Bank terror. Army says government backs decision to strengthen Palestinians, despite opposition from some ministers; Jewish terrorism numbers down over past year, but incidents still serious.

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~~Houthi leader: 'We are in a state of war and open confrontation with Israel.'~~

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~~UNGA passes resolution asking ICJ (headed by longtimer anti-Israel Arab Lebanese Nawaf Salam) to force Israel to save UNRWA.~~

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~~Pakistan developing missiles that eventually could hit US, top US official says.~~

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~~PMO Hostage Admin. on deal progress: Conditions have improved, we're hoping for a breakthough.~~

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~~Top US diplomat Barbara Leaf to head to Damascus - report.~~

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A 14-year-old flew to Israel to film a documentary about Oct. 7. It premieres on Sunday. NJ teen Hillel found magnitude of Hamas atrocities so incomprehensible that he created the film ‘Forces of Resilience’ to process them.

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At Cairo summit, Muslim leaders express "envision" Syria free[sic] of ethnic tensions, and of Israel At D-8 conference of Muslim nations, Iran’s Pezeshkian blames Israel for regional turmoil, PA’s Abbas demands Jerusalem be ‘held accountable[sic] and punished’ for actions across region.

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~~US troops in Syria are more than twice as many as stated, Pentagon acknowledges.~~

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Revealed: Wall Street Journal report exposes Biden’s Presidency as a managed facade. It unveiled the extraordinary lengths to which President Joe Biden’s team went to manage his presidency, confirming longstanding criticisms about his ability to effectively lead. The report, based on interviews with nearly 50 insiders, portrays a presidency tightly controlled by a protective inner circle, shielding the oldest president in U.S. history from challenges that would test his stamina and cognitive acuity.

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From the beginning of his presidency, Biden’s staff took pains to adjust the White House operations to accommodate his limitations. Meetings with cabinet members, lawmakers, and key advisers were infrequent and tightly scripted. Instructions to visitors were clear: keep interactions short and focused. If Biden was having an “off day,” meetings were sometimes canceled altogether, according to former aides. One national security official explained to a colleague, “He has good days and bad days, and today was a bad day.”

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~~Analysis: Iraq to disarm militias – Houthis will remain Iran's last proxy.~~

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* Dec 20, 2024:

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~~Iraqi foreign minister: 'ISIS is expanding its areas of control.'~~

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~~Sweden will no longer fund UNRWA aid agency, minister says.~~

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~~Kurds fear resurgence of Islamic State group in Syria. 'Danger of IS resurgence has doubled' - Syria's Kurds warn of group's comeback~~

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~~Large-scale refugee returns could overwhelm Syria, UN migration agency chief warns.~~

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~~IDF confiscates weapons, arrests four wanted people in West Bank op.~~

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~~Eastern Jerusalem Arab resident arrested in stabbing of 74-year-old woman.~~

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~~Suspicion that home invasion and stabbing (Dec/19) that left an elderly woman in serious condition had nationalist motives grows.~~

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~~'National unity is my obligation to my daughter.' Meirav Leshem Gonen, mother of hostage Romi, tells Arutz Sheva about her work trying to bridge the gaps in the approaches to hostage negotiations.~~

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~~Sappers detonate rocket remnant in Galilee.~~

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~~IDF destroys three 7.5 km long tunnels in Gaza.~~

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~~Toronto Jewish girls’ school fired at for third time this year. Building damaged but students still able to attend classes on Friday; condemning antisemitism, mayor says ‘enough is enough.’~~

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~~Canada launches new national forum to combat Jew-hatred. "The safety of our community is under attack," CIJA said, "and so too are the values and way of life that define us as Canadians."~~

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~~IDF announces two demolitions of apartments belonging to terrorists.~~

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~~US diplomats meet Syria's Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chiefs in Damascus, the first in-person contact with new rulers~~

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~~State Department says officials discussed ‘transition principles’ and battling ISIS with members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is pushing for terror designation to be lifted.~~

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~~Post meeting: US decides to lift $10 million bounty on Syrian HTS leader al-Julani.~~

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US charges Iran Revolutionary Guards officer for 2022 murder of American in Baghdad. Mohammad Reza Nouri indicted for multiple terrorism- and murder-related offenses over killing of Stephen Troell; suspect being held in Iraq, where he has already been convicted.

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With Syrian regime’s collapse, Turkey gains the upper hand in rivalry with Russia. Despite mutual respect, Putin and Erdogan find themselves on opposing sides of conflicts across the globe, with the score now ‘Sultans 1 and Czars 0’ after Assad ousted.

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~~Turkey tells Germany Kurdish militant groups must lay down arms.~~

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~~Elon Musk endorses far-right German party after government’s collapse.~~

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~~Trump ally states that only the AfD, some of whose politicians have downplayed the Holocaust, ‘can save Germany.’~~

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~~IDF struggles to finalize probe into Oct 7 failures. Senior officers review only intel portion of Oct 7 probe, with issues like Air Force and Southern Command's roles pending.~~

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~~Diplomatic ties with Syria unlikely, analyst says. Jonathan Conricus: Syrian rebels 'are just one notch away from full jihadi extremism in the forms of ISIS and Al Qaeda.'~~

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Civil rights probe finds Philly school district failed to tackle antisemitic harassment. US Education Department faults authorities for not doing enough to protect Jewish students despite ‘repeated, extensive notice’ they faced bigotry from peers, teachers and staff.

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~~Slovenian broadcaster calls for Israel to be barred from Eurovision 2025. [Anti-Israel expressions in Slovenia has been extensive in that country ever since Oct 7 war began].~~

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Actress Patricia Heaton says 'got to see the beauty of Israel' after visit. She recently visited Israel on a brief but impactful trip, where she met Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son Hirsh was murdered by Hamas in Gaza; 'I got to see firsthand the importance of Israel,' she says.

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~~Islamic Driver kills at least two after ramming into crowd at German Xmas market. Over 60 reported injured; local official says driver is a doctor from Saudi Arabia who was acting alone.~~

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~~French court convicts 8 people of involvement in the Oct 2020 Islamic beheading of geography teacher Samuel Paty. Lies were spread online. There was a hate campaign against the teacher.~~

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Amnesty --in order to appear, after the fact, somehow "balanced"-- decided, late in the 'game,' to say that Hezbollah attacks on civilians must be investigated as war crimes. Group previously, as exoected, accused Israel of war crimes[sic] in Lebanon and Gaza as well.

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~~U.S. kills top ISIS commander as group tries to free operatives held in Syria.~~

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~~Terrorist prisoner Marwan Barghouti's family in Qatar to discuss possibility of his release to Turkey.~~

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~~Talks on hostage deal. Israel demands that 'heavy' freed terrorists be expelled abroad.~~

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* Dec 21, 2024:

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~~Houthi ballistic missile strike in Tel Aviv: 16 lightly hurt, mostly by shattered glass.~~

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~~Two days after missile strike on central Israel and air raid on Houthi stronghold Sanaa, missile strikes playground between residential buildings in southern Tel Aviv, causing heavy damage.~~

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Millions of Israelis raced Saturday morning to bomb shelters as sirens sounded in central Israel. Military confirms ‘attempted interceptions did not succeed.’ Following strike, Houthi official says ‘heart of enemy no longer secure.’

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~~Lebanese army takes control of PFLP command site in Lebanon - report.~~

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~~Initial report: 20 Palestinians try to infiltrate Israel in northern West Bank - report.~~

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~~Iranian embassy worker killed after Damascus shooting last week, foreign ministry says.~~

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~~Movement of Houthi leaders restricted due to fear of Israeli retaliation - report.~~

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~~Syria's new rulers name Asaad al-Shibani as foreign minister, state news agency says.~~

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~~IDF establishes military positions in Quneitra governate, southern Syria - report.~~

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~~IAF intercepts drone near Gaza border communities.~~

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~~'Air defense is not impenetrable': IDF investigates failed interception of missile from Yemen.~~

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~~Crackdown on Hamas money man in Italy only first step to cut its financial lifelines.~~

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Analysis: US Treasury Department sanctions against Mohammad Hannoun and other key Hamas actors in Europe require European authorities to take immediate action in order to cut all financial support to terror group.

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~~Netanyahu: 'I will not agree to a deal that will end the war.'~~

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~~US-backed SDF say five of its fighters killed after Turkish-backed forces strike Manbij.~~

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~~Despite rumors, Marwan Barghouti will not be released in hostage deal, officials say.~~

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~~Syrian authorities appoint an HTS commander as defense minister, source says.~~

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US: We struck Houthi missile storage facility in Sana'a. Yemeni TV channel reports strike in Sana'a, capital of Yemen CENTCOM confirms strike on Houthi missile storage facility, command-and-control facility.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Jews of supposedly "attacking" the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 invasion of Ukraine. 'But has anyone seen them in a synagogue? I don't think so,' he added in a weird rant.

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~~Foreign Ministry to Pope Francis:~~

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~~'Cruelty is holding 100 hostages for 442 days.'~~

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Israeli military operation in Syria ‘wise and correct,’ Druze leader says. ‘Proud Israeli’ Majdal Shams Mayor Dolan Abu Saleh: 'I love to be part of society in the State of Israel… we want this feeling to be mutual and not one-sided.'

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Most Australians support Israel but they are quiet. "I didn't understand until now what your people are going through": Interview with the Australian presenter who supports Israel. Journalist Erin Molan has been in the field for two decades, but nothing prepared her for the past year • Since 10/7, she has taken a clear pro-Israel stance and spoken out against Hamas • However, she is forced to pay a price: her show on Sky was canceled and she even received threats on her life • In a conversation with Weekend News, Mullen spoke about what is happening in Australian public discourse, shared her concerns and revealed: "I am about to get a much broader platform."

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US: We struck Houthi missile storage facility in Sana'a. The Yemeni channel Al-Masirah, affiliated with the Houthi rebel group, reported a strike in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen. According to reports, the international coalition is behind the strike.

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* Dec 22, 2024:

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~~Amid Houthi conflict: US Navy pilots shot down in Red Sea friendly fire incident.~~

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~~IDF to conduct military exercise in Jordan Valley area on Sunday (Dec/22).~~

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~~Minister says Qatar will stop EU gas sales if fined under due diligence law, FT reports.~~

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Amid ruins of Damascus camp-city, Palestinian refugees recall horrors of Assad’s regime. Mahmud Khaled Ajaj describes torture he faced in Syrian prison while Haitham Hassan al-Nada recounts being shot, left for dead as a deserter for not wanting to fight in Syrian army.

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~~Senior government official:The hostage deal is partial - unclear if it will continue.~~

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~~Hamas terror "official" Muhammad Abu Askar killed in Jabalya strike - report.~~

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~~Border Police officers arrest 413 individuals residing illegally in Israel.~~

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~~50 years later: Part of crashed IDF helicopter found on Mt. Hermon.~~

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~~Arabs from Jerusalem charged with assisting Hezbollah.~~

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DM: 'If Hezbollah breaches ceasefire, we'll crush it.' Israel Katz visited southern Lebanon in preparation for the next stages of implementing the ceasefire agreement. 'We have hit Hezbollah with unprecedented strength. We have removed the fangs of the snake.'

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Antisemitism in Norway at highest level since World War II. A sharp rise in antisemitic incidents has been reported in Norway since October 2023, with 69% of the Jewish community personally experiencing hostility related to their Jewish identity. [Arab immigrants have long been very active there].

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~~UK Hamas supporter who threatened Starmer, called for jihad jailed for a year~~

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~~Mohammed Nafees Ahmed pleads guilty to eight charges of supporting a proscribed terrorism organization over anti-Zionist, antisemitic posts on X.~~

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As Turkey moves in following Assad’s fall, Syria’s Kurds are on the defensive. After rebels sweep to power in Damascus, Syrian Kurdish leader asks Trump to prevent northern incursion by Ankara — which views Kurdish factions as a supposed "national security threat."

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~~Security cabinet to meet in North on Sunday (Dec/22).~~

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IDF introduces new security measures to protect Gaza aid trucks. Improved routes have significantly reduced hijackings by armed groups in Gaza, according to the Israeli military, but international organizations still struggle to clear the backlog.

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~~Clip: IDF destroys Hezbollah long-term terrorist hideout.~~

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~~Former prisoner of Zion, anti-Soviet dissident Eduard Kuznetsov dies at 85~~

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~~Refusenik was one of the leaders of Operation Wedding, a failed attempt to hijack an empty civilian plane to escape Soviet Russia and head to Israel.~~

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Report: Israel demands 11 male hostages be among those freed in first stage of deal. Egyptian TV network says Hamas demanding ‘special consideration’ in exchange; Palestinian official tells BBC 90% of negotiations are done, but Philadelphi remains sticking point.

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~~Turkey's foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus, Ankara says.~~

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~~Bill would bar teachers who studied in PA from teaching in Israel.~~

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Netanyahu: 'As we acted against Iran's proxies, so we will against Houthis.' PM convenes Security Cabinet at the northern border, says the 'result will be the same' against the Houthis as against Hamas and Hezbollah.

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Article: 'Tehran must be defeated before Sanaa. Waking up in the middle of the night to sirens warning of a Houthi missile is unnerving, but we must not take our eye off the real problem; The Iranian regime continues to feed the Yemeni threat, and unless we cut it off at its source we're looking at many more Israeli, American and British airstrikes on Sanaa that are unlikely to grant anything more than momentary relief.'

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~~Fear in Bnei Brak: After tracking their schedule, Arabs violently break into elderly couple’s home.~~

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Gunmen in the streets, snipers on the rooftops, shooting all the time: Arab-Palestinians fight Arab-Palestinians in Jenin. Clash between Palestinian Authority security forces and the armed Jenin Brigades in the West Bank city as observed by the Washington Post; The PA hints at a similar model in Gaza.

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~~Permissible to kidnap soldiers? Police investigate [Arab] MK Ahmed Tibi for incitement.~~

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Mossad chief: Go after Iran directly, not the Houthis. Mossad chief David Barnea recommends that Israel "go after the head" in response to recent ballistic missile attacks by the Houthis in Yemen rather than strike back at the Houthis.

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~~IAF strikes Hamas terrorist operating in humanitarian area of Khan Yunis.~~

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~~IDF reservist seriously wounded in combat in Gaza.~~

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Iran said to be fearing Israeli attack in near-term. “We need to act against the head of the snake, which is the Iranian regime itself.... And that’s what we will do,” Israeli Finance Minister says.

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Israel warns rebel leader it won’t accept jihadist groups in southern Syria. In its message to HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, Israel reportedly stressed that it is prepared to keep troops in the Golan Heights buffer zone as long as is necessary, but would consider transferring control to a stable and accountable Syrian government.

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Mossad agents reveal: This is how Hezbollah walkie-talkies and pagers exploded (Sep/2024). Two retired Mossad agents reveal to CBS' "60 Minutes" details of the September operation in which thousands of walkie-talkies and pagers belonging to Hezbollah terrorists exploded: "This was the tipping point of the war."

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~~'The pager attack revolutionized the northern arena.'~~

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* Dec 23, 2024:

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~~Report: Iranian-backed militias in Iraq halt attacks on Israel.~~

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~~10/7 inquiries: Commanders misunderstood reports of suspicious movement.~~

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~~'Lighting up the north.' Missiles that ended lives transformed into a menorah.~~

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~~Formet Australia's SkyNews' Erin Molan to Pres. Herzog: 'I assure you the vast majority of Australians stand with you.'~~

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~~Official source denies: Israel won't agree to withdraw from 'most' of Philadephi Corridor.~~

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~~Russian delegation arrives in Iran for meeting with president, TASS reports.~~

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~~Nigerian governor advises Christians to avoid going on pilgrimage to Israel.~~

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~~Security forces arrest nine wanted persons in West Bank.~~

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~~Tax relief proposed in Lebanon for Israeli attack-damaged properties.~~

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~~Senior Qatari foreign ministry official arrives on first Syria visit since Assad's fall.~~

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~~Knife-wielding Arab assailant neutralized at Jerusalem Hizma checkpoint. There were no immediate reports of injuries.~~

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~~Security wall to be built allowing function of Sderot-Ashkelon train line.~~

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~~IDF troops unearth over 100 explosives, 20 launchers in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~Some gaps have narrowed in elusive Gaza ceasefire deal, sides say.~~

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3 Arab suspects throwing rocks border guard officers killed in West Bank. Border Guard officers shot and killed three suspects in a violent disturbance in Qalandiya in the West Bank, during which the suspects threw stones and cinderblocks at the force.

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~~PIJ terrorist arrested on suspicion of setting up weapons manufacturing facility in Kalkilya.~~

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~~Syria's de facto leader: Qatar wants to invest in Syrian sectors including energy.~~

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~~Israeli air force intercepts drone heading toward Israeli territory from Yemen.~~

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~~Hamas has Hanukkah in Jerusalem in its sights. A senior Hamas official is calling on the Muslim public to come to the al-Aqsa Mosque and sacrifice themselves for it.~~

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~~Head of Hamas National Security Directorate eliminated.~~

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~~Deputy FM displays Houthi missile strike to ambassadors~~

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~~Two Negev residents arrested for gun smuggling at Sinai border.~~

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~~IDF agrees to provide bereaved families with Nahal Oz observer recordings.~~

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~~Police neutralize two grenades used by Hamas in Oct 7 massacre.~~

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~~Erdogan says Turkey in close dialogue with Syria's de facto leader.~~

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~~Ilay Atedgi, Netanel Pessach, Hillel Diener fell in Gaza. 3 soldiers from Kfir Brigade killed in combat in northern Gaza.~~

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~~Palestinian Authority bans Al Jazeera in West Bank over terror crackdown coverage.~~

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~~UK: Recent Islam convert, Jordan Richardson, 'Islamic State supporter’ accused of plotting mustard gas terror attack (arrested on Dec/19).~~

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~~Iran recruiting children to carry out attacks on Israeli targets in Nordic nations: report.~~

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~~Turkey Erdogan Gov’t whitewashed human smuggling network.~~

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~~Netherlands and Sweden First EU States to Defund UNRWA.~~

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British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis slams Met police for permitting Anti-Israel "protests" near synagogues. He said the force had fallen short in its duty to ensure Jews feel safe going to synagogue on Shabbat.

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~~Police neutralize two grenades used by Hamas in Oct 7 massacre.~~

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~~Erdogan says Turkey in close dialogue with Syria's de facto leader.~~

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~~US urges Israel to form ties with Syrian rebel leader; Israel fears he’s a ‘Wolf in sheep’s clothing.’~~

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* Dec 24, 2024:

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~~Knesset plenum approves extending state of emergency in Israel for additional year, budget expansion to pay for wartime costs.~~

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~~Russian cargo ship sank in Mediterranean Sea with two crew missing, Russian Foreign Ministry says.~~

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~~Quaking in their turbans: Iran reportedly terrified that Israel is about to attack them directly.~~

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Dutch court sentences 5 in Amsterdam Lynch ‘Jew hunt,’ topping out at 6 months in prison. Prosecutors have said at least some of the violence against Israeli soccer fans was motivated by ‘the situation in Gaza,’ not antisemitism; 6 more suspects yet to appear at court.

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~~Yet, worst “Jew Hunt” offender sentenced to only 6 months. (Capitulation).~~

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Amb. Lew: Report on northern Gaza irresponsible, inaccurate. 'Report issued on Gaza by FEWS NET relies on data that is outdated and inaccurate; at a time when inaccurate information is causing confusion and accusations, it is irresponsible to issue a report like this,' US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew says.

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Report suggests IDF logistics road in north Gaza may become new corridor, buffer zone. Israel says path cutting through urban areas is temporary, aimed at providing supplies and cutting area off from Gaza City terror operatives.

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~~Woman critically hurt in Tel Aviv during Houthi missile attack. The missile was intercepted outside of Israeli territory, according to the IDF.~~

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~~Defense Minister: We'll deal with the Houthi leaders in Sana'a and in all of Yemen.~~

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Syria’s new leadership to consolidate all armed rebel factions into defense ministry. Ahmed al-Sharaa says no weapons to be allowed in Syria outside of state control, including among Kurdish groups in north; US said encouraging Israel to develop ties with new leaders.

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~~Syrian rebel groups agree to dissolve to join government.~~

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IDF conducts targeted raid against terrorists operating at northern Gaza hospital. For the first time since last December the IDF operated at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza. Over the past month, terrorists carried out attacks against IDF troops from the area of the hospital," patients and staff were evacuated in coordination with the IDF. It was a limited operation against terrorists and terror infrastructure in the area of Jabalya's Indonesian Hospital. In addition, terrorists had planted explosive devices and booby traps in the area surrounding the hospital’s compound. At least five gunmen were killed and several more were arrested, including a terrorist who participated in the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

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~~Kurdish-led forces launch counterattack.~~

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~~The Women’s Protection Unit, an all-female militia, has joined fighting against Turkish-backed Syrian rebels.~~

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~~Father of former hostage won't return to Ireland. Thomas Hand, whose daughter was released after 50 days in Hamas captivity, says Ireland 'rewarded' Hamas after October 7.~~

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~~IDF aircraft targets armed terrorists during operation in Nur Shams.~~

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Two Arab Palestinians killed in West Bank op. as IDF says it eliminated terrorist. IDF operation in Tulkarem comes after two Palestinian Authority security officers were killed in unprecedented crackdown on terror in West Bank.

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~~Fascist salutes after soccer goal by Mussolini’s great-grandson to be probed~~

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~~Fans of club Juve Stabia give outstretched arm gesture to celebrate winning goal by Romano Floriani Mussolini; Italian soccer federation opens investigation.~~

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~~Israel vows to target Houthi leaders, ratcheting up threat after missile fire~~

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~~Defense Minister Katz says Houthi chiefs will share fate of slain Hamas, Hezbollah leaders; Foreign Minister Sa’ar seeks European designation of Houthis as terror group.~~

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Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, highest number in decades – rights groups Some of them were put to death for drug smuggling, non-lethal terrorism, despite Mohammed bin Salman’s assertion that executions are only for lethal crimes.

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~~ISIS, protests, cybercrime: US Jewish security group warns of holiday threats.~~

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~~No known concrete dangers for American Jews during Hanukkah, but calls for attacks by extremist groups raise concerns~~

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~~Two-thirds of Palestinians want Hamas in new Gaza government, survey finds.~~

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~~Marwan Barghouti, a convicted terrorist murderer, received the most support of all possible candidates for Palestinian Authority leader.~~

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~~PMO announces return of Israeli hostage deal negotiation team from Qatar.~~

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~~Israel’s Defense Minister orders full release of Gaza observation recordings to bereaved Families.~~

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* Dec 25, 2024:

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~~Walmart under fire for hosting T-Shirts glorifying Yahye Sinwar and Hassan Nasrallah. Following uproar, it removes at least 4 such shirts .~~

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~~Police dace off with Haredi demonstrators as Anti-Draft fury paralyzes Bnei Brak.~~

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~~Israel’s Defense Minister irders full release of Gaza observation recordings to bereaved families.~~

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~~IDF aircraft targets armed terrorists during operation in Nur Shams.~~

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~~Home Front Command completes investigation on Yemen missile incident in Jaffa.~~

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~~IAF strikes Hamas launch site embedded near UN compound in northern Gaza Strip.~~

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~~Hostage and Missing Families Forum urges deal after probe into murder of six hostages.~~

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~~Syria's new foreign minister warns Iran of spreading chaos in Syria.~~

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~~IAF aircraft strikes terror cell in the northern West Bank.~~

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~~IAF strikes Hamas terrorist operating in humanitarian area of Khan Yunis.~~

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~~IAF aircraft strikes terror cell in the northern West Bank.~~

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~~In Tulkarm Menashe Regional Brigade Commander lightly injured by explosive.~~

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~~Yemeni armed forces to make 'an important statement.'~~

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Sirens in central Israel due to a rocket launched from Yemen. IDF confirms one rocket was intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory. Debris from interception falls in Be'er Ya'akov Israeli cities face sleepless nights of alarms amid Houthi missile threat. Nearly half of Israelis awoke to alarms overnight, the fourth time this week amid Houthi missile attacks; interceptor fragments damage Be’er Ya’akov home and found in Modiin; UN Security Council to meet on Houthi attacks: 'Hold Iran accountable.' In less than a week, half of Israel’s population has been jolted awake four times by alarms triggered by Houthi missile launches from Yemen, marking what appears to be a new campaign of attrition.

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We heard a loud boom, large piece of shrapnel fell by our window. 'A piece of shrapnel fell in our garden and we saw the damage it caused to our property scared to think what it could do to people,' says Mor Steinberg-Golan, from Be'er Yaakov.

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~~9 People were wounded on their way to the protected area.~~

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~~The Commander of the Menashe Brigade was slightly injured in an IED explosion in Tulkarm. Col. Ayub Kayuf was taken to the Hospital.~~

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~~The IDF Published the Findings of the Investigation into the Missile Launched by the Houthis on Friday (Dec/20) That Hit Jaffa.~~

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Analysis: This is what is stressing the Houthis - and this is what Israel should be attacking. The move that could make the Houthis worry - and stop. In a surprising move, the Houthi leadership in Yemen is seeking to send a delegation of their intelligence chiefs to Cairo to try to reach a compromise with the Egyptians. The Houthis are aware that Egypt has lost $6 billion due to the attacks they are carrying out in the Red Sea, which have significantly reduced shipping through the Suez Canal. It seems that the Houthis are very interested in ensuring that Egypt sticks to its current course and distances itself from any involvement in the struggle over navigation in the Bab el-Mandab Strait. The Egyptians, for example, are refraining from condemning the missile and drone launches from Yemen to Israel, and have refused to take part in the international coalition working to secure ships in the Red Sea. Furthermore, Egypt is also concerned about leaking that it has refused to share with Israel the findings of its radar systems. However, the Houthis were recently put on notice after President al-Sisi decided to send a military force to join the African peacekeeping force operating against the "Shabab" insurgency in Somalia. It should be recalled that the Houthis are maintaining increasing contacts through secret channels with the leaders of the Somali rebels.

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~~UN fakes Gaza famine by refusing to deliver food. Then blames Israel and demands Hamas protection.~~

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~~Delay in hostage deal negotiations due to Hamas foot-dragging.~~

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~~Turkish military kills 21 Kurdish "militants" [sic] in northern Syria and Iraq, ministry says.~~

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~~'Most European Jews consider leaving.'~~

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~~Conference in Vienna brings together local community leaders to warn of growing antisemitic sentiment and find solutions.~~

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~~IDF responds to Syrian protesters with warning fire after they approached the troops.~~

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~~Herzi Halevi calls to accelerate timeline of investigation into October 7 attacks.~~

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~~DM Katz says security control over Philadelphi Corridor will remain in IDF hands.~~

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~~In Jenin area. Palestinian Authority arrests armed terrorists.~~

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~~Watch: Gwyneth Paltrow joins Noa Tishby to light the menorah.~~

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~~New York: Taxi cab hits pedestrians in Herald Square, injuring six.~~

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Freed hostage in Washington: 'We need them to stop suffering underneath the ground in Gaza.' Aviva Siegel, who was freed from captivity and whose husband Keith remains in Hamas captivity, speaks at National Menorah Lighting: I was a hostage in Gaza. I felt it, I saw it. We need to bring them home now!

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~~Biden on Hanukkah: 'May the light shine from menorahs around the world.'~~

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~~Bereaved father warns: 'Releasing terrorists will result in the deaths of more Israelis.'~~

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Holocaust survivor Yosef Viner, z’l, who suffered the brutal murder of three of his grandchildren in the Hamas assault on October 7, passed away on Tuesday at age 98. He wrote a viral post about murder of his grandkids.

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“I am Yosef Viner, 97 years old. I survived the fire of the Nazi beasts; my entire family perished. Disconnected from my roots, I dedicated myself to their memory. Exhausted and despairing, I held onto the land and moved to Israel.

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“I married Aviva, and we raised two wonderful children, Ofer and Nurit. From Ofer and Michal, we had four grandchildren, all born in Kfar Aza. From Nurit and Miki, we had six grandchildren, all born in Kfar Aza. I achieved a deeply rooted family tree planted in the homeland’s soil that bore fruit.”

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“But then, on October 7, 2023, we encountered pure evil. The horrifying sights of fire and ash, murder, and the ruthless killing of innocent people struck me once again. My beloved grandson Yahav, H’yd, was murdered while protecting his wife, Shai-Li, and their one-month-old daughter, Shiya. My dear granddaughter Hadar, H’yd, and her husband Itay, H’yd, were murdered while protecting their 10-month-old twin sons, Roi and Guy.”

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~~“Once again, I am utterly exhausted, in despair, drowning. And now, I have no land left to cling to.”~~

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Article: 'Chanukah Over Syria. Miracles can still happen here. On this Chanukah, menorahs will be lit not only in the land of Israel, from Jerusalem to Gaza, but in Lebanon and on the heights of Mt. Hermon overlooking Syria. Vacationing families will visit the waterfalls of the Hermon Stream in the Golan Heights from which the Syrian Greek armies had descended thousands of years ago to conquer Israel leading to the events of. Chanukah.'

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~~One menorah per hostage: Danny Danon shames the UN.~~

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~~Netanyahu at candle-lighting: The Houthis will learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, and others understood.~~

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IDF strikes Hamas terrorists in Gaza City area. The military identified the terrorists it killed as Qusai Amin Ibrahim Oqasha, a senior terrorist in the Tulkarm terrorist network. Oqasha replaced the terrorist Tarek Doush, who was eliminated last week in a joint IDF and Shin Bet aerial strike. Along with Oqasha, the terrorists Jomaa Salam Ubaid and Imran Harun, another senior terrorist in the network, were reportedly killed. The IDF added that its soldiers killed two additional terrorists during "close-quarter encounters." The forces also "dismantled dozens of improvised explosive devices hidden beneath roads, apprehended a number of suspects, and confiscated weapons."

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Not just Hamas: The PA makes up Gaza casualty numbers as well. The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education issued an infographic that claims that some 12,700[sic] students have been killed in Gaza.

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Israel: A protector of minorities in the Middle East. The Druze and Kurds are looking for allyship with Israel after the fall of Syria. Given the Jewish people’s two millenniums of wandering without access to their homeland, it’s only natural for Israelis to empathize with the Kurdish people and their desire for a state of their own. In past conflicts between Turkey and the Kurds, such as in the fall of 2019, Jerusalem declared its support of the Kurdish people. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Facebook that October, “Israel strongly condemns the Turkish invasion of the Kurdish areas in Syria and warns against the ethnic cleansing of the Kurds by Turkey and its proxies. Israel is prepared to extend humanitarian assistance to the gallant Kurdish people.” Just last month, the newly installed Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, emphasized the importance of forging a “natural alliance” with the Kurdish nation.

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IDF displays thousands of Hezbollah weapons, shares details on pager operation Israeli forces killed some 3,800 Hezbollah fighters plus some 44 amid ceasefire, army says, citing terror group’s violations; military to erect temporary posts in Syria buffer zone.

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~~Ireland Wants to Redefine ‘Genocide’~~

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~~So it can charge a certain country.~~

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Report: Mossad chief believes Israel should target Iran to get at Houthis; PM disagrees. At Hanukkah candle-lighting, Netanyahu vows rebel group will suffer same fate as other enemies in region; officials said doubtful Israel can stop Houthis without help of US.

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While extremists rise, German Jews expect pro-Israel voices to prevail in Feb. election. The local community enjoys wider political support than in most other Western European countries, but hostile voices on the far right and left raise concerns for the future.

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* Dec 26, 2024:

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~~IDF strike kills five staffers of Islamic Jihad-affiliated TV station in Gaza Strip.~~

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~~Military says strike in central Gaza’s Nuseirat hit PIJ terror cell; baby dies of hypothermia in humanitarian zone, said to be third within days.~~

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Report details how hostages rescued from Gaza suffered: Starved, burned, beaten, hair pulled out. Draft report by Health Ministry, based on testimonies from hostages who were released or rescued from Gaza, describes the difficult time they spent in captivity and the consequences; Immune system weakened by lack of food, deterioration of mental state due to the abuse.

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Rare oil lamp with Temple menorah found from time when Romans barred Jews from Jerusalem. Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives and will go on display in Jerusalem for the first time.

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Water desalination quietly returns to Gaza, after work by Israel and PA. Repair of Deir al-Balah plant, connected to Israel’s power grid, seen as potential roadmap for Palestinian Authority’s involvement in postwar Gaza.

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Article: 'When it comes to the Jews, the Vatican's sickening silence is nothing new. Today's Vatican may speak of brotherhood and reconciliation, but its response to October 7th suggests old habits die hard. Just as the Church took centuries to acknowledge its role in promoting antisemitism, perhaps it will take centuries more before it can truly stand unequivocally against Jewish persecution.'

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~~Was the Golan Heights in Biblical Israel?~~

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Most maps of the Twelve Tribes during the Biblical period do not include the Golan, even though it was meant to be part of the Promised Land in Deuteronomy - for most of the Biblical period it was not conquered.

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~~However, the Golan Heights came under Jewish rule in the first century BCE.~~

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~~Claudine Dauphin wrote in Palestine Exploration Quarterly in 1982:~~

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'The name 'Golan' is first mentioned in Deuteronomy 4.43 as a settlement in the region of the Bashan, that fell in the territory allocated to the tribe of Manasseh. It is referred to as a free city in Joshua 20. 8, and appears again as a Levitical city in IChronicles 6.7 I. The settlement in question is thought to be Sahem ed-Qjolan, beyond the eastern border formed by the river Rukkad. The name of the entire area is believed to be derived from this, according to FlaviusJosephus (Ant. IV, 5, 3: VIII, 2, 3; XIII, 15,4; BJ, 11,20,6; III, 3, 1-5; III, 10, 10; IV, I, I). His works allow one to retrace in detail the history of the province of Gaulanitis from Hellenistic times. The Golan fortresses of Gamala, Seleucia and Hippos, held by the Hellenistic Empires, were captured by Alexander J anneus in 83-8I B.C.E. and the area was annexed to the Hasmonean Kingdom (Ant. XIII, 15,3). This opened the way for increased Jewish settlement of the hitherto predominantly pagan area. It then seems to have become the scene of disturbances and violence, created by bands of robbers and political rebels who sought refuge on the wild rocky terrain of the Golan Heights (Ant. XVI, 9, 2). The Roman Emperor Augustus sought to contain this source of unrest by annexing the neighbouring districts of Batanea, Trachonitis and Auranitis. These he placed under Herod's administration in 23 B.C.E., and in 20 B.C.E. he added the area of Gaulanitis itself, the city of Pane as and the Ulatha Valley, all of which had until then been ruled by the kingdom of Iturea. To implement this new rule and maintain the peace, Herod initiated an extensive programme of paramilitary settlement. He transferred 3,000 Idumeans to the area of Trachonitis and 500 families of Jewish soldiers to Batanea, rewarding them by exemption from taxation (Ant. XVII, 2, 1-3). The intensity and extent of Jewish settlement in the Golan and surrounding districts, which reached in the north as far as Damascus and in the east to Naveh, is reflected in the baraita discussing the boundaries of 'Eretz- Yisrael', defined as the 'territory occupied by those who came back from Babylon' (Tosephta, Sheviiit IV; Jerusalem Talmud, Shevieit VI and Demai 11).'

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Clearly the idea that the Golan is part of halachic Israel has been around far longer than 1967. Dauphin's paper shows some of the artifacts found as of 1982 that were clearly Jewish in al-Farj in the eastern Golan. However, they probably came after the destruction of the Temple.

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~~Far more synagogues and other evidence of Jewish settlement has been found since then, especially in Tel Dan, which shows Biblical-era finds, including an Israelite-style four horned altar.~~

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In the end, Israel's claim to the Golan is not Biblical but practical. It must hold the high ground for security reasons in the absence of a trustworthy government in Syria. That was the entire reason Israel allowed the buffer zone of land it conquered after suffering major losses in 1973 to be controlled by the UN for 50 years. But to say that Jews have no historic claim on the land is simply false.

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~~5 Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives killed in Gaza strike were ‘posing as journalists.~~

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~~Shwekey and Shlomi Shabbat sing for the return of the hostages.~~

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~~IDF soldier killed in action in Gaza; 822 wartime death toll.~~

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~~20 die in clashes between new regime, Assad loyalists in Syria.~~

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~~Canada-based pro al-Qaeda cleric, Tariq Abdelhaleem, calls on HTS for mass slaughter of Syrian Alawites.~~

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In the crosshairs: The children of Hamas officials who were assassinated. Since the outbreak of the war, Israel has intensified its focus on targeting the children of senior Hamas officials, many of whom hold significant roles within the terror organization; this strategy has reportedly escalated in recent weeks.

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~~Israel eliminates senior West Bank terrorists in two-day operation.~~

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~~FM Sa'ar discusses regional issues, Gaza war, hostages with Japanese FM Takeshi Iwaya.~~

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~~Merriam-Webster selects 'menorah' as Word of the Day.~~

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~~Hochul directs police to investigate Long Island Nazi Swastikas.~~

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~~Police investigating antisemitic graffiti in Chambersburg, PA.~~

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~~Two Jewish Brits nominated to be Labour peers in House of Lords.~~

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~~In broad daylight: IAF hits Houthi terror sites across Yemen, including airport in Sanaa. The strikes came during a televised address by Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.~~

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The targets included the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations, in addition to terror infrastructure in the Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Kanatib ports. Tight US coordination in Israel’s largest Yemen strike.

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“These military targets were used by the Houthi terrorist regime to smuggle Iranian weapons into the region and for the entry of senior Iranian officials. This is a further example of the Houthis’ exploitation of civilian infrastructure for military purposes,” the IDF said.

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“The Houthi terrorist regime is a central part of the Iranian axis of terror, and their attacks on international shipping vessels and routes continue to destabilize the region and the wider world. … The IDF will not hesitate to operate at any distance against any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens,” added the statement.

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~~'No Houthi leader will escape Israel’s reach,' DM Katz says.~~

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~~Col. Richard Kemp: '10/7 attack required far more aggressive military policy.'~~

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~~9-year-old Tzur's heartbreaking Kaddish prayer.~~

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* Dec 27, 2024:

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~~IDF strikes terror infrastructure on Syria-Lebanon border.~~

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~~Arab MK admits: 'We need to dismantle Palestinian Authority.'~~

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~~IDF evacuates civilians near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza ahead of anti-terror Op.~~

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It launches new raid on the north Gaza hospital, saying Hamas operatives returned. Kamal Adwan Hospital director says five staff members killed in Israeli strike on facility, which military says is ‘terrorist stronghold’; IDF says officer died Thursday in clash.

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Ludmilla Lipovsky, 83, Holocaust survivor, murdered in Herzliya terror attack by 28 Arab Palestinian Ibrahim Shalhoub from Tulkarem. The attacker who stabbed Ludmila outside her nursing home, was neutralized by a civilian, who shot and injured the assailant.

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"Ludmila Lipovsky was an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor who was waiting outside her nursing home in Herzliya for her daughter to take her to a doctor appointment. A Palestinian [Arab] terrorist shouted “Allahu Akbar” before repeatedly stabbing her, murdering her in cold blood. Ludmila survived the Holocaust only to be murdered this morning in an act motivated by the same vicious hatred of Jews. She was an elderly woman—an unarmed civilian. Her only crime was being Jewish. May Ludmila’s family be comforted. Her holy soul should be elevated directly to the heavens."

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~~Israeli, US officials: Chances of reaching deal before Trump's inauguration are slim.~~

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'Visiting Ramallah in the West Bank, Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel asks UNRWA representatives why their textbooks for Palestinian school kids are full of antisemitism and terrorism glorification. He holds one of the books in his hands but get no response from UNRWA.'

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~~Syrian government eliminate high ranking Assadist officer in Homs countryside - report.~~

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~~Arab Palestinian Security Services officer killed in Jenin amid clashes with terrorists.~~

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~~Jerusalem DA withdraws terrorism charges against four east Jerusalem residents.~~

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~~IDF warns public of risk of unexploded ordnance in northern Israel.~~

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~~IDF operating against terrorists in Jabalya's Kamal Adwan Hospital.~~

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~~Italian journalist Cecilia Sala arrested in Iran, Italy says.~~

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~~'Israel remains vigilant': A month into cease-fire agreement with Hezbollah.~~

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~~Military officials recount Hezbollah violations treated by the IDF and stress forces are ready to act against terror group if needed; US enforcement mechanism aids in easing tensions.~~

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~~IDF warns public of risk of unexploded ordnance in northern Israel.~~

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~~Yair Netanyahu: 'Those accused of firing bombs at PM's home were released by an Arab judge. Shame.'~~

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~~Sirens sound in Nir Am, on Gaza border after projectile crosses from Gaza to Israeli territory.~~

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~~Investigation reveals that Capt. (res.) Amit Levi was killed battling terrorists in Gaza.~~

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~~Bashar al-Assad's uncle Rifaat flew from Beirut to Dubai, Lebanese officials say.~~

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~~Israel reportedly to pursue a broader campaign against Houthis - report.~~

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~~Jewish Florida Rep. Hilary Cassel switches to Republicans citing Israel support, terror condemnation.~~

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Damascus governor says new Syrian regime wants peace: ‘Our problem is not with Israel.’ Apparently speaking on behalf of al-Sharaa, official says they ‘don’t want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel’s security,’ and Jerusalem’s concern over new regime is ‘natural.’

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As coalition falls into line, law maintaining Haredi exemption from IDF service will pass. Defense Minister Katz is working tirelessly to ensure majority support for a law to keep most ultra-Orthodox males out of the army, and keep the ultra-Orthodox parties in government.

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Nearly half of ultra-Orthodox Jews in US know victims of post-Oct. 7 antisemitism — poll. Poll comparing Haredi Jews to former members of community finds that both experience discrimination, although rate is slightly lower among members of the latter group.

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In first, US THAAD system deployed in Israel assists in Houthi missile interception. Iran-backed rebels say fresh air strikes hit Yemeni capital, several hours after terrorists launch ballistic missile at Israel for 5th time in eight nights.

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~~Mossad chief was set to meet Assad in 2019 in bid to cut Syria-Iran ties — report.~~

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~~Strongman backed out at the last moment from Kremlin sit-down with Yossi Cohen, according to report, which quotes IDF intelligence unit’s years-long WhatsApp messages to Damascus.~~

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* Dec 28, 2024:

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'Come see the archaeological treasures of the Mirsham Farmhouse, buried for 2,600 years. 33 kilometers north of Beersheba lies a First Temple-era site whose significance was known to Gen. Yigael Yadin, but whose artifacts have only recently begun to be excavated.'

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Israel denies Hamas libel that troops set fire to north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital. Military says ‘small fire in an empty building’ unrelated to troop activity; Arab states rush to condemn operations; hospital director said detained.

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IDF downs missile from Yemen as sirens blare in Jerusalem, Dead Sea area. Latest Houthi attack sends large numbers of Israelis running for shelter in the middle of night again; IDF says missile intercepted before entering Israeli airspace.

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~~Two of Assad’s relatives arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say~~

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~~Wife, daughter of Duraid al-Assad, ex-president’s cousin and son of ‘Butcher of Hama’ Rifaat, said to have been smuggled into Lebanon and sought to reach Egypt with fake documents.~~

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In Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, IDF establishes temporary bases for an indefinite stay. The army has vastly expanded zone it controls bisecting the Strip, from where it launches raids against Hamas; everything can be taken down quickly, but there’s no sign that will happen.

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~~‘They’re all humanitarian’: Weekly rallies to demand comprehensive hostage deal~~

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~~In Hanukkah-themed protest, hostage families urge ‘action, not miracles,’ amid declining optimism for deal.~~

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~~Another PA security services officer killed in clashes with Jenin terrorists.~~

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~~US, UK strike Houthi targets in Yemen - report.~~

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~~Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border communities.~~

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~~Article: 'AI – The good, the biased, and the unethical. The rise of AI brings groundbreaking advancements but also dangerous pitfalls, spreading misinformation everywhere.'~~

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Cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah on verge of collapse? Hezbollah "accuses" Israel... as Israeli forces continue targeting southern Lebanon's terror infrastructure; Amid rising tensions, Lebanon warns of the agreement's collapse while Hezbollah hints it may intervene if Israeli operations persist, threatening renewed conflict in the region.

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~~IDF arrests over 240 terror suspects in raid on northern Gaza hospital.~~

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~~Military says forces encountered resistance, including anti-tank fire from terrorists, during targeted operation against Hamas command center located inside Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya.~~

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'Terrorists posing as patients': Inside the IDF's largest Gaza raid yet. 401st Brigade encircles Kamal Adwan Hospital in an hour, arresting over 240 terrorists, including hospital director; some suspects try fleeing in ambulances; Unit 504 interrogations on-site leads to capture of additional Hamas and PIJ operatives.

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Exposing Qatar: The truth behind its global influence. Digital marketing expert began countering anti-Israel narratives after October 7, launching a viral Hamas-ISIS campaign; she now exposes misinformation, highlighting Qatar’s influence as both Western cultural investor and sponsor of terror.

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She witnessed a wave of misinformation on social media, with prominent accounts denying the atrocities or circulating videos of hostages. 'Exposing Qatar’s role: Kenan recently launched a viral campaign aimed at exposing Qatar’s dual role as a cultural and financial influencer in the West and as a sponsor of groups like Hamas. "They are invested in billions in education in the West from the age of 6 until the end of university when people are 22. They're the biggest donors to elite Ivy League universities in the U.S., and they demand to control what is being taught and who is the staff that teaches that. Apart from that, they're purchasing cultural assets of the West," she said.

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She accused Qatar of using its wealth to silence criticism of its support for organizations such as Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and even ISIS. "In the Israeli case, when we look at their efforts to mediate between Hamas and Israel regarding the hostage deal. This is not a mediator that says, 'there are two sides and I'm here to mitigate between them.' This is a country that puts on its buildings the flags of Palestine, Hamas, Sinwar and Haniyeh on a weekly basis and portrays them as heroes. They're also the owners of Al Jazeera, whose Arabic, English and its version to Gen Z on social media, AJ+, are inciting against Israel," she added, citing Qatar’s funding of international institutions like the International Court of Justice.'

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~~From darkness to light:~~

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~~Menorah made of missile fragments displayed in Hostages Square.~~

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~~Palestinian journalist demands end to war.~~

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~~Health Min. to present report on hostages to the United Nations.~~

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~~Iranian plot to abduct Israeli journalist foiled. An IRGC plot to kidnap the Israeli journalist Babak Itzhaki was foiled by noncooperation from an agent.~~

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~~Qatari PM meets with Hamas delegation headed by leader Khalil al-Hayya, claiming to discuss deal to end war.~~

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~~Over 68,000 displaced Israelis to receive housing extension through Feb. 2025.~~

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~~Syria's head of intelligence says security institution to be restructured.~~

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~~IDF Operational Recap: Hamas Center in the Kamal Adwan Hospital, Gaza:~~

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~~'240+ Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists and other operatives suspected of terrorist activities were apprehended, some of whom attempted to pose as patients or flee using ambulances.~~

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Despite repeated calls to refrain from allowing terrorists to exploit hospitals for military activities, terrorists were once again using the Kamal Adwan Hospital as a command center for its military operations in Jabaliya.

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~~Approx. 15 terrorists who infiltrated Israel during the Oct. 7 massacre as well as Hamas engineering and anti-tank missile operatives were taken in for questioning.~~

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~~The director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, who is suspected of being a Hamas terrorist operative, was also taken in for questioning.~~

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~~IDF special forces conducted precise activities inside the hospital locating and confiscating weapons in the area, including grenades, guns, munitions, and military equipment.~~

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Notwithstanding the threat of terror, prior to the beginning of the targeted operation, 350 patients, as well as caregivers and medical personnel, were evacuated from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in coordination with COGAT in recent weeks. Tens of thousands of liters of fuel, food, and medical supplies for the essential functioning of the hospital were also delivered to the Kamal Adwan Hospital over this period.

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During the course of the targeted operation, an additional 95 patients, caregivers, and medical personnel were evacuated to the Indonesian Hospital in coordination with local officials in the health authorities. 5,000 liters of fuel, two generators, and medical equipment were delivered to the Indonesian Hospital in order to maintain and operate essential systems in the hospital. Additionally, hundreds of civilians were able to move away from the area for their own safety via defined evacuation routes.

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In short, it was Hamas and senior officials from Kamal Adwan, who turned the Hospital into a terrorist command center, and therefore a legitimate military target under international law, including Art.19 of the 4th Geneva Convention, Art. 8(2) of the Rome Statute and Article 52(2) of the 1st Protocol to the Geneva

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~~Convention of 1949.~~

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~~Furthermore, the IDF discharged their obligations in full compliance with IHL, including principles of precaution, distinction, necessity and proportionality.'~~

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~~'This is what you probably won’t hear about what happened before and during our operation in the Hamas command center embedded in the Kamal Adwan Hospital:~~

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~~Before IDF operations inside the hospital, 350 patients, as well as caregivers and medical personnel, were evacuated to other hospitals, in coordination with COGAT.~~

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~~Tens of thousands of liters of fuel, food, and medical supplies for the essential functioning of the hospital were also delivered to the Hospital over this period.~~

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~~Once operations began 95 patients, caregivers, and medical personnel were evacuated to the Indonesian Hospital in coordination with local officials in the health authorities.~~

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5,000 liters of fuel, two generators, and medical equipment were delivered to the Indonesian Hospital. Additionally, hundreds of civilians were able to move away from the area for their own safety via defined evacuation routes.

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These are just some of the humanitarian efforts led by the IDF during this complex operation in which over 240 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were apprehended and munitions including grenades, guns, and military equipment were found inside the hospital.'

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* Dec 29, 2024:

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~~Footage from Gaza, how the IDF conducted a raid on a Jabaliya hospital.~~

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IDF: 19 terrorists, no known civilians, killed in Gaza hospital raid; Hamas said 50 dead. Israel says 240 suspects arrested at Kamal Adwan — including its director and 15 participants in Oct. 7 onslaught; 700 civilians evacuated; IDF nears end of Jabalia operation.

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~~Israel arrests Gaza "Kamal Adwan' hospital director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who wrote for New York Times, accuses him of being a Hamas terrorist.~~

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~~Five rockets launched towards Sderot, two intercepted.~~

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~~IDF seized 85,000 Hezbollah weapons in Lebanon.~~

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~~Man on the inside? Details of Haniyeh assassination in the heart of Tehran revealed.~~

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~~Nasrallah underestimated Israel’s willingness to assassinate him. A "New York Times" investigation shows how deeply compromised Hezbollah was after decades of Israeli espionage.~~

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~~Clip: Infiltrator attempting to escape police officers caught by drone.~~

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~~Staff Sergeant Yuval Shoham, 22, fell in battle in Gaza. Yuval Shoham, 22 years old from Jerusalem, served in the 401st Brigade and fell in combat in northern Gaza.~~

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~~Palestinian woman killed in Hamas, PA crossfire. Hamas accuses Palestinian Authority security forces of killing Shatha al-Sabbagh, whose brother was member of armed wing.~~

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Houthis make arrests fearing 'Israeli infiltration', report says. Arabic-language news outlet claims Iran-backed terror group fears Israeli intelligence operations that could lead to targeted assassinations against its leadership; Arrests come days after Houthis claimed to have supposedly uncovered a spy network in Yemen led by the CIA and Mossad.

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~~IDF identifies approximately five projectiles fired from northern Gaza into Israel.~~

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~~IDF issues evacuation order for Gaza areas before Israeli strike.~~

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~~IDF Chief Halevi: To achieve victory against Hezbollah, northern residents must return home.~~

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~~'Zionists must not sleep': Houthi terrorist posts in Hebrew. [Of course, the movement has been against Jews, and its slogan calling for death, refers to Jews].~~

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~~Former Ambassador Friedman: 'The consequences of this war are solely on Hamas.'~~

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Ritchie Torress condemns 'The Columbia Intifada.' Democratic Congressman calls for 'a revolution of the responsible against the Intifada idiocy of the far left' after anti-Israel campus group publishes newspaper filled with anti-Israel screeds.

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~~It was reported earlier this month that the Students for Justice in Palestine organization printed and gave out approximately 1,000 copies of the hate-filled publication.~~

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~~Hoard of coins of Hasmonean king discovered in Jordan Valley.~~

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Teens made to commit sexual acts on each other; horrors of Hamas captivity in report to UN. Physical abuse, torture, psychological terror, starvation, in Israel's report to the UN; teens beaten in their genitals, suffering burns; hostages witness others being murdered.

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"Teenagers were forced to commit sexual acts on each other, most women were sexually assaulted": This was described in the harrowing report spread over eight pages, that includes horrific testimony of hostages who were freed from Hamas captivity.

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The report that was prepared by the Health Ministry was submitted to the UN last week. It describes neglect, abuse, torture and humiliation that the hostages endured. The report begins with a description of the massacre of October 7, 2023, in the communities near the Gaza border. "The abduction of children, women, men, and the elderly from their homes is a traumatic event, often occurring after the murder of family members or close friends. In some cases, children were taken without their parents or after their parents' murder. The terrorists caused widespread destruction, with hostages witnessing their homes burning, acts of rape and looting which took place in their communities. The captives were transported to Gaza in open vehicles, often alongside the bodies of those murdered. They endured beatings, humiliation, and verbal, physical, and sexual violence during the journey.

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* Dec 30, 2024:

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Combat officer severely injured in northern Gaza. Combat officer in the Tzabar Battalion, Givati Brigade, was severely injured on Sunday during combat in northern Gaza. The soldier was evacuated to a hospital to receive medical treatment.

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~~Hamas seeking international pressure to force ceasefire.~~

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~~IDF officer severely injured in northern Gaza.~~

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~~Syrian foreign minister "accepts" invitation to visit Saudi Arabia on first trip abroad.~~

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~~Mother of Slain Hostage: 'Hannukah will always be Yotam's holiday.'~~

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~~Israel Police criticizes Finance Ministry for freezing budget directed for Counterterrorism Unit.~~

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~~Kuwaiti foreign minister, GCC secretary-general arrive in Syria.~~

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~~IDF Chief of Staff lights Hanukkah candles with injured soldiers at Sheba Hospital.~~

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~~UNSC --finally-- convenes emergency session on Houthi attacks on Israel.~~

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~~Amb. Danon at UN: 'The Houthis will suffer the same fate as Hamas and Hezbollah.'~~

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~~After anti-Israel pressure.~~

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~~Israeli athletes banned from international bowls competition.~~

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~~Hamas fires one rocket from central Gaza toward Kissufim, no casualties reported.~~

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~~IAF intercepts two rockets from northern Gaza as sirens sound in Gaza border area.~~

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~~'I have to feel like I'm a hostage'~~

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~~Chief Rabbi lights Hanukkah candles at Hostages Square.~~

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Palestinian Authority: Hamas is using hospitals for military purposes. The Palestinian Authority itself has revealed that Hamas turns hospitals into military interrogation facilities. As proof, on Facebook, the PA posted a summons issued by Hamas to a Gazan to report to Nasser Hospital to be interrogated by Hamas' military intelligence. The post was made by the former official spokesman of the PA Security Forces, Adnan Al-Damiri. Moreover, Al-Damiri criticized Hamas for continuing to use hospitals for "summonses, interrogations, and extortions."

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~~Clip: Hamas footage shows terrorists planting explosives near hospital.~~

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~~'No politics' rules to be enforced for Eurovision. Rule comes after last year’s disqualification of Israel’s Eurovision entry and Eden Golan's somewhat contentious participation.~~

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~~Sergeant Uriel Peretz, 23, killed in northern Gaza. He is the 825th IDF casualty since the start of the war in Gaza; 7 oterh soldiers were injured, 3 seriouisly by anti-tank missile.~~

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~~Pro-Iran militias in Iraq halt attacks on Israel Iraqi militias halt attacks on Israel following pressure from the Iraqi government, U.S., and Iran; Syria’s instability also an issue.~~

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Soldiers stationed on Mount Hermon face dangerous conditions. IDF soldiers on the Syrian Golan face unclear strategic goals as rising tensions with local residents sparks concern; Commanders question the mission’s necessity as troops balance defense, humanitarian efforts, and extreme conditions in a volatile and complex environment.

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~~IAF intercepts missile fired from Yemen.~~

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~~At least two of Syria’s nine Jews keep Kosher.~~

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~~IAF intercepts two rockets from northern Gaza as sirens sound in Gaza border area.~~

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~~IAF intercepts missile fired from Yemen.~~

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~~Sirens activated in dozens of cities in central Israel after missile launched from Yemen. Fragments from interception found in Beit Shemesh. The sirens followed US and British strikes in Yemen.~~

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~~Iraq keen on returning diplomatic mission to Damascus, says foreign minister.~~

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~~Threat on Arab channel: 'We will assassinate Netanyahu, the Chief of Staff and Ben Gvir.'~~

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Carter’s legacy: A misguided trip to meet Assad and Hamas in 2009 - analysis. Carter had a chance to speak truth to power to these regimes. He was a much more harsh critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority than of Hamas and Assad.

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How little Israelis care about Haaretz's reporting. Haaretz headlines are pretty much clickbait. They are designed to outrage and get you to read the vapid analysis and obsessive hate. Haaretz's newspaper circulation is tiny in Israel. In 2009, it was at 7.1%, in 2022 it was down to 4.7% exposure rate.

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~~But what about online? Most people get their news from online sources, not physical newspapers - maybe Haaretz has an outsized influence there?~~

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~~An April report on online media usage in Israel from the Israel Democracy Institute asked people which Internet site was their primary source of news.~~

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~~It divided up the results by people who identify as left, center or right:~~

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~~Nobody on the Right uses Haaretz as their news source. Only about 1% of the center do, and a mere 8% of the Left use Haaretz as their news source.~~

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In recent years, however, the number of Israelis who identify as Left has dwindled as well. It is now only 16%. So according to this poll, only about 1% of Israelis use Haaretz online as their news source.

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~~That is practically nothing.~~

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Haaretz says it has over 100,000 digital subscribers. I would love to know a breakdown of how many are in Hebrew and how many are in English, how many are in Israel and how many outside. My guess is that the bulk of their readership is not even Israeli.

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~~Haaretz is the number one primary source of anti-Israel propaganda. It represents a minuscule number of Israelis.~~

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~~Haaretz's very existence proves how free the Israeli press is. Its numbers prove how irrelevant it is to the average Israeli.~~

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The same people who redefine "genocide" also redefine "hospital destroyed" as many Gaza hospitals miraculously treat patients after destruction. We've seen how Israel haters change the definition of terms like "genocide" and "apartheid" just to be able to accuse Israel of those crimes.

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~~Another one is "hospital destroyed."~~

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~~It seems obvious that when a hospital is destroyed, it can no longer function without being rebuilt. No construction materials are being brought into Gaza.~~

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~~Yet hospitals that Hamas, the media and NGOs report as "destroyed" by Israel somehow keep treating patients.~~

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~~The Kamal Adwan Hospital that Israel is now falsely being accused of "burning" was called "destroyed" a year ago. And the source was none other than the respected World Health Organization.~~

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~~AFP reported it had been reduced to "rubble."~~

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~~Yet it was functioning earlier this month. Perhaps between the pieces of rubble.~~

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~~Don't forget that the Al Ahli hospital was "destroyed" by Israel in October 2023 before it was discovered not to even have been attacked.~~

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~~Al Jazeera also reported in November 2023 that Indonesian Hospital was in "ruins."~~

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~~That hospital was also the "only functioning hospital in northern Gaza" over the summer according to the same Al Jazeera. It's a miracle!~~

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~~In March, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that the Al Amal Hospital was "destroyed." In April, it was seeing patients.~~

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In the new vernacular, the words "damaged" and "closed" have been replaced with "destroyed." This redefinition is happening consistently and deliberately. So when Hamas terrorists hide in hospitals, fire at Israeli troops from hospitals, and the IDF fires back at those specific locations from which they were attacked, the media and UN and NGOs are quick to describe the entire hospitals as "destroyed."

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~~"Destroyed" hospitals cannot function. Damaged hospitals can. And the reason for damage is that terrorists use them as their base for operations.~~

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Israel (and others) have provided lots of documented evidence that these hospitals are being used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad - yet the same media and NGOs never mention that, only blaming Israel for the damage to the hospitals and claiming that Israel has no valid reason to attack.

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~~Words themselves are being weaponized against Israel.~~

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In "Greater Israel," Arabs would outnumber Jews 20 to 1. Why exactly would Jews want all the land from the Nile to the Euphrates again? Antisemites are convinced that Israel plans to expand its borders from the Nile to the Euphrates.

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~~There are various maps that purport to show this "Greater Israel" that Israel has been planning. Here is one of the more popular ones.~~

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~~Footage: Cindy Crawford and Noa Tishby light Hanukkah candles.~~

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~~Ford social media account displays anti-Israel messages.~~

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* Dec 31, 2024:

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~~Report: US expressed concern over violent attacks in Syria.~~

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~~Blossoming romance between Moscow and Tehran puts Israel and US on edge.~~

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As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, Russia and Iran are finalizing a strategic partnership agreement that will strengthen ties in defense and nuclear technology; Israeli officials fear the deal could significantly accelerate Iran’s progress toward nuclear weapons capability.

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~~Senior Fatah leader: 'Trump will destroy Iran and weaken Hamas.'~~

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~~IDF, Shin Bet eliminate PIJ northern sector rocket unit commander.~~

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~~The target: Islamic Jihad rocket commander, Anas Muhammad Saadi Masri, served as the commander of the northern Gaza sector in Islamic Jihad’s rocket division, according to the military.~~

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~~Masri was considered by the military to be a prominent commander in Islamic Jihad, responsible for numerous attacks on Israel and IDF troops.~~

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On the October 7, 2023, onslaught and during the war, Masri was responsible for Islamic Jihad’s rocket fire from the northern Gaza Strip at Israeli border communities and for commanding the operatives who carried out the attacks, the army says.

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~~It took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike at the beginning of December.~~

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~~Iran security chief says ‘new resistance’ against Israel to emerge in Syria.~~

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Hamas said willing to free only 22 of 34 living hostages demanded by Israel in deal. Issue of who would go free in proposed first phase continues to stall agreement; PM said to alarm negotiators with comments on determination to resume war after any deal completed.

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* Dec 31, 2024:

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The fall of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia (Dec/27) symbolizes the collapse of Hamas in northern Gaza. Anesthetic injection: The IDF's deception exercise at the Jabalia hospital has been repealed.

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~~Gaza terrorists in hospitals use wheelchairs, crutches and sick babies as props to try to disguise as civilians.~~

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~~1,000 bereaved families, survivors sign letter for state Oct. 7 investigation committee.~~

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~~World Central Kitchen complies with Israeli security checks of its employees.~~

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~~Hostage deal stalls: Hamas rejects demand for release of 34 living hostages – offers just 22 and 12 bodies.~~

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~~While Hamas has refused to release all the requested 34 living hostages, the terror group has reportedly upped the number of security prisoners it demands released.~~

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~~'Meet the 2025 members of the U.N. Human Rights Council.~~

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~~57% are serial abusers of human rights, including: Cuba, Qatar, China, Sudan, Algeria, Bolivia, Kuwait, Burundi, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo.'~~

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Islamist rebel commander tapped as acting Syrian defense chief. Head of HTS armed wing Murhaf Abu Qasra gets nod as new rulers look to transform insurgents, including foreign jihadi fighters, into army.

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~~US court rejects Pentagon chief’s bid to throw out plea deal for 9/11 mastermind~~

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~~Military appeals court rules against Lloyd Austin’s attempt to revoke agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants that would spare them the death penalty.~~

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~~IDF: Troops discover large cache of Hezbollah weapons in south Lebanon.~~

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~~A month before Israeli forces are slated to fully withdraw, French foreign and defense minister visit Lebanon for talks on ceasefire implementation.~~

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~~First in Knesset history: Hanukkah candles lit on Knesset floor~~

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~~Ishay Ribo’s sold out separate seating event in NYC.~~

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~~Shin Bet says it foiled 1,040 major terror attacks in West Bank, Jerusalem in 2024~~

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~~Security agency releases audio from rescue of hostage in Gaza as part of report summarizing its operations; also highlights involvement in killing dozens of terror commanders.~~

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Ford apologizes for X post declaring ‘Israel is a terrorist[sic] state.’ [Radical Arab stronghold area] Dearborn-based carmaker says account was ‘briefly compromised,’ investigation underway into pro-Palestinian statements against Israel.

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~~Following backlash: Organizers reverse decision to ban Israelis from competition.~~

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~~World Bowls Tour says it added ‘significant’ security to upcoming indoor championship, acknowledges ‘difficult time for all involved’ following banning of 3 bowlers.~~

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IAF eliminates Nukhba commander --Abd al-Hadi Sabah of the Western Khan Yunis Brigade-- who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7. Abd al-Hadi Sabah was one of the terrorist leaders who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 and, throughout the war, led numerous terror attacks against IDF soldiers.

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~~US hits targets across Yemen as Israel seeks global coalition to confront Houthis~~

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~~Strikes come amid repeated attacks by Iran-backed rebels targeting Israel, ships in Red Sea; Houthi spokesman rails at America’s ‘blatant support for Israel.’~~

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US slaps sanctions on groups in Iran, Russia for election interference. Treasury targets group subordinate to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, saying it ‘sought to divide the American people through targeted disinformation campaigns.’

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~~Palestinian Authority demands control of Gaza Strip.~~

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~~Report: Netanyahu considering seizing powers from Ben-Gvir.~~

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~~World Central Kitchen complies with Israeli security checks of its employees.~~

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Hamas proposal: Week-long ceasefire in exchange for list of hostages. The terrorist organization is not making the ceasefire conditional on the withdrawal of IDF forces from the Gaza Strip or the return of Gaza residents to their homes, claims it needs time to put together a list of 'humanitarian cases' of hostages.

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~~Survey: Public support for conscripting ultra-Orthodox has surged throughout war~~

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~~With IDF strapped for personnel amid grueling multifront conflict, 84.5% of poll respondents back drafting Haredim, compared to 67% in January 2024.~~

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~~Trump: 'They better let the hostages come back soon.' US President-elect reiterates his warning to Hamas about returning all the hostages that it is holding in the Gaza Strip.~~

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~~US Jewish leaders to Pope: 'Refrain from making incendiary comments against Israel.'~~

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~~Footage: IDF eliminates terrorists smuggling weapons in Lebanon.~~

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* Jan 1, 2025:

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~~‘Kinocide’ report: Hamas systematically targeted families on Oct. 7. The document coins a harrowing new term and describes how "Hamas struck at the heart of the Jewish community: the family unit."~~

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The Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children released a groundbreaking report this week. Titled “Kinocide: The Weaponization of Families,” its key findings demonstrate the systematic and widespread targeting of families “aimed at terrorizing and breaking the spirit of kins and entire communities.”

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~~Footage: Muslim preschooler practices mortar-launching skills~~

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~~Senior IDF officer: Key positions in Lebanon vital to safeguarding border.~~

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~~Israel plans to build an advanced border barrier to protect against Hezbollah attacks.~~

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~~Hamas rings in year '25 with rocket fire on Israel. Israeli air defenses intercepted one of the rockets, with the other striking an open field.~~

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~~Shoah survivor lights menorah at Berlin icon. Berlin-born Margot Friedlander, 103, lights a Hanukkah menorah celebrating light's victory over darkness.~~

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~~'Dangerous and daring' New details about Israel's commando. mission deep in Syria.~~

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~~Spain: Israeli flag burned outside Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball game~~

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Increase in terror incitement complaints in Israeli academia. In the past academic year, 180 complaints were filed with the disciplinary committees at Israel's universities demanding investigations into incitement and support for terrorism by students.

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~~UK ex-Minister: 'Trump's decision led to fall of Assad.'~~

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~~Chief of Staff to reservists: 'We are making efforts to reward you.'~~

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FBI probing car ramming in New Orleans, that killed 10 and injured swceral including 2 Israelis, as terror attack. The terrorist, an Army veteran, Shamsud Din Jabbar, "hell-bent" on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around barricades and plowed his vehicle through a crowd, carried ISIS flag in truck. Explosives found in vehicle were placed by 3 men and a woman.

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~~Palestinian Authority pursuing West Bank terrorists to impress Trump, analysts say.~~

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~~Semi-autonomous body wishes to show US president-elect it is capable of governing a post-war Gaza; 11 people killed in last month’s clashes between PA forces and terror groups.~~

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Minister Ben Gvir orders arrest of Arab Israeli McDonald’s employee who accosted soldiers. Video shows employee throwing things at two soldiers, witness says employee got irate after the soldiers started filming him.

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~~After weeks of hope, hostage talks hit impasse with no clear path forward.~~

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~~No Israeli negotiators are in Cairo or Doha, as officials blame Hamas for refusing to provide names of living hostages; cabinet meeting canceled as PM recovers.~~

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~~Herzog to Be’eri residents:~~

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~~'We pray the 8th Hanukkah candle will bring wonderful news.'~~

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~~Minister Katz: 'If Hamas doesn't promptly release hostages, it will suffer unprecedented blows.'~~

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~~New Jersey officials angered after Nazi swastika graffiti found in Fair Lawn school.~~

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~~Saudi Arabia executes Iranians for drugs smuggling, Tehran protests~~

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~~Iran's Khamenei tweets al-Aqsa Mosque is greatest in Muslim world.~~

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~~Palestinian Authority freezes Al Jazeera operations in West Bank.~~

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~~Syrians protest to demand justice and accountability for disappeared activists.~~

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Israel on guard: The complex puzzle of Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa. Commentary: The fate of Syria, the future of women in the country and the relations with Israel depend heavily on when one listens to the rebel leader — and how much fear he evokes.

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~~Iran bots resurface, sowing discord in Israel. Iranian-backed network uses fake profiles, AI to incite and divide on Israeli social media; exposed accounts keep reappearing.~~

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~~Syrian foreign minister arrives in Saudi Arabia with delegation, optimistic about stronger ties with Saudi Arabia.~~

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~~Hundreds of "pro-palestine" march for ‘Intifada’ in NYC blocking Sixth Avenue in Manhattan just hours after a terror attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, and an explosion in Las Vegas, Nevada.~~

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~~Report: Netanyahu demanding release of all living hostages at once.~~

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~~'The suspect was inspired by ISIS.'~~

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~~US President says authorities are investigating whether there is any possible connection between the New Orleans attack and the explosion of a Tesla truck outside Trump hotel in Vegas.~~

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~~Antisemitism in Ukraine: Firebomb thrown at Chabad synagogue in Mykolaiv.~~

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* Jan 2, 2024:

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~~IAF kills (overnight) Hamas Internal Security chief in Khan Yunis. Hassam Shahwan coordinated intelligence assessments to plan and execute attacks on the IDF in the Gaza Strip.~~

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~~Security forces demolish home of terrorist responsible for death of soldier.~~

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~~Iran plans on transferring millions to Hezbollah on Thursday (Jan/2) - report.~~

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~~IAF intercepts rocket launched at Israel from Gaza.~~

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~~On January 13: Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, Britain, and Germany.~~

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Ben Gvir: Is there one law for synagogues and another for mosques? Enforcement chief claims illegal Arab construction not demolished due to 'lack of interest to the public,' National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir demands explanations.

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~~IDF publishes casualty statistics for Swords of Iron. It has published a report on the number of fallen soldiers since the war broke out, including nearly nine hundred dead and thousands injured.~~

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~~IDF supports decision: R&R day in Gaza for non-combat soldiers met with criticism.~~

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100 Shaldag soldiers raided, dismantled Syrian missile factory. In September, troops from the Shaldag Unit raided and destroyed an underground compound for manufacturing precision missiles in the Masyaf area, deep in Syrian territory.

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'The bond between Jews in Israel and around the world in the face of war and antisemitism strengthens us': Hundreds of thousands lit a candle in the world’s largest digital menorah. Nicole and Roee Haddad, immigrants to Israel, celebrated the first night of Hanukkah by welcoming their newborn daughter after the father came back from reserve duty; Ilan Goldman, who lost a childhood friend at the Nova music festival and has been supporting survivors and Kibbutz Carmia in southern Israel, lit a candle in the US; Linat Karmisi was able to return home this year and light a candle in Kibbutz Eilon; Together with hundreds of thousands of Jews from Israel and around the world, they participated in the "Global Glow" initiative, The Jewish Agency's digital menorah, creating a display of Jewish light.

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~~Who is 'Hamas doctor' Hussam Abu Safiya? Kamal Adwan Hospital is classified as a military hospital under Hamas's Military Medical Services Directorate.~~

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~~IAF jets destroy Hezbollah launch pads posing threat to Israeli civilians, soldiers.~~

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MSCI seems to remove anti-Israel ratings of Motorola, Caterpillar. “If states like Florida, New Jersey or New York now open their own investigations, the remaining BDS controversies would magically disappear soon too,” Richard Goldberg, of FDD, told JNS.

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~~Hezbollah launches 'reconstruction campaign' with Iranian backing.~~

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Terror group announces start of official efforts to fix war damages in southern Lebanon while thanking Tehran for its extensive funding of the project; Iraq and Yemen also provided support; Among the benefits: $400 for each displaced family, $8,000 for furniture, and an annual allowance for rent.

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Article: 'Why Russia Has Skewed Its Population Against Israel..Vladimir Putin’s second presidential term (2004–2008) was marked by Moscow’s obvious desire to regain its status as a global superpower, which had been lost by the Soviet Union as a result of its defeat in the Cold War...'

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~~Minister Avi Dichter: 'Turkey is becoming the new Iran in Syria.'~~

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~~UN finally criticizes PA, for suspending Al Jazeera. [The power of Qatar].~~

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Biden presented with options for attack on Iran nuclear program. Outgoing US President presented with plans for potential attack on Iran's nuclear program if Iran makes major moves towards development of nuclear weapons before January 20.

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~~Reports in Syria: Israel struck defense facilities east of Aleppo.~~

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'The ground trembled': IDF reveals details of heroic commando raid in Syria. With heavy aerial cover and amid intense danger, 100 IDF commandos landed in Syria in order to dismantle an Iranian missile production facility that was on the verge of becoming operational.

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~~Experts uncover 2nd Temple mikveh in Jerusalem. Israeli archeologists say private ritual bath was a luxury few Jews could afford during the Early Roman period.~~

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~~Police arrest two racist Arab "Palestinian" men from Burka, in the West Bank, for assaulting Jews (Jan/1) with clubs and stones. One jeeded medical attention.~~

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~~Israeli injured after terrorists threw rocks at civilian bus.~~

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~~So Israel has been delivering aid to Gaza all along and the U.N. hasn't distributed it.~~

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~~Dec 3, 2024: ~~

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~~Houthi threat persists with 3 A.M. sirens in Israel. Commentary: The Houthi problem is not just Israel’s problem, the U.S., U.K. and others should get involved.~~

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UNRWA preparing to cease operations in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria. UN officials say agency that employed numerous Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists prepping for implementation of new Israeli law barring its operations.

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~~Missile from Yemen intercepted~~

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~~Sirens in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Gush Dan and Shfela.~~

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Mosque in (Jan/1 New Orleans ramming) terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Houston community urges members to avoid speaking with the media and to refer any potential FBI inquiries to the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Masjid Bilal sounded the alarm to congregants in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday addressing Jabbar’s heinous attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left 14 people dead. “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond,” the mosque, located within walking distance of Jabbar’s dilapidated trailer, wrote in an announcement. “If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH.”

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Friday sermon at Houston mosque where New Orleans terrorist worshiped: The Jews created havoc[sic] wherever they went on the face of this earth; Allah turned some of them into ...This is the mosque that told its worshippers not to talk to law enforcement.

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~~Military commentator:~~

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~~A race against time: Hamas is recovering - and the IDF prefers not to take risks.~~

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~~40 Hamas gathering points and command centers struck in last day.~~

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~~General Eli Marom: 'Deal in the north was a mistake.'~~

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~~Report: Israel demanding captured soldiers in first stage of hostage deal.~~

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~~Sirens in Kibbutz Be'eri set off as precautionary measure after Hamas terrorists launched missile towards IAF helicopter, IDF explains.~~

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~~Take me, al Golani: New Syrian leader wooed by many countries, leaders.~~

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~~Ahmad al-Sharaa is least likely to align himself with Russia, and he needs legitimacy and funding from the West including the lifting of sanctions to allow trade and foreign investments.~~

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~~Syria's [Islamic] new curriculum: Jews are 'damned and have gone astray'. Syria’s newly formed government under fire following proposed changes to the school curriculum.~~

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~~Israeli injured after terrorists threw rocks at civilian bus.~~

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~~So Israel has been delivering aid to Gaza all along and the U.N. hasn't distributed it.~~

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* Jan 3, 2025:

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~~Houthi threat persists with 3 A.M. sirens in Israel. Commentary: The Houthi problem is not just Israel’s problem, the U.S., U.K. and others should get involved.~~

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~~'The ground trembled': IDF reveals details of heroic commando raid in Syria | Watch.~~

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~~With heavy aerial cover and amid intense danger, 100 IDF commandos landed in Syria in order to dismantle an Iranian missile production facility that was on the verge of becoming operational.~~

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UNRWA preparing to cease operations in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria. UN officials say agency that employed numerous Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists prepping for implementation of new Israeli law barring its operations.

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~~Missile from Yemen intercepted~~

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~~Sirens in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Gush Dan and Shfela.~~

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Mosque in (Jan/1 New Orleans ramming) terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Houston community urges members to avoid speaking with the media and to refer any potential FBI inquiries to the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Masjid Bilal sounded the alarm to congregants in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday addressing Jabbar’s heinous attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left 14 people dead. “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond,” the mosque, located within walking distance of Jabbar’s dilapidated trailer, wrote in an announcement. “If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH.”

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At New Orleans terrorist's local mosque (masjid Bilal), Imam says Hitler killed Jews 'because [sic] of the economy thing, that Jews 'have many problems, but that's one of the main problems—they like to take control of the economy,' propagated racist Eiad Soudan during a Nov. 17, 2023 event.

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~~40 Hamas gathering points and command centers struck in last day.~~

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~~General Eli Marom: 'Deal in the north [ceasefire with Hezbollah] was a mistake.'~~

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~~Report: Israel demanding captured soldiers in first stage of hostage deal.~~

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~~Sirens in Kibbutz Be'eri set off as precautionary measure after Hamas terrorists launched missile towards IAF helicopter, IDF explains.~~

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~~Man accused in I-85 (in SC) bomb threat appears in bond court: 28-year-old Arab immigrant from Jordan, Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi, of Oak Lawn, Illinois.~~

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~~Take me, al Golani: New Syrian leader wooed by many countries, leaders.~~

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~~Ahmad al-Sharaa is least likely to align himself with Russia, and he needs legitimacy and funding from the West including the lifting of sanctions to allow trade and foreign investments.~~

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~~The ISIS threat never left.~~

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~~Column: Why victories abroad are crucial for securing America's homeland.~~

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'A Bogus Claim': Columbia racist Arab Islamic "professor," who praised Oct. 7 massacres, claims Jews not (sic) descendants of ancient Hebrews. This Joseph Massad, is set to teach an upcoming course on Zionism at the Ivy League school.

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~~Security forces arrest 42 suspects across Central Command region.~~

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~~40 Hamas gathering points and command centers struck in last day.~~

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~~Report: Israel demanding captured soldiers in first stage of hostage deal.~~

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~~Sirens in Kibbutz Be'eri caused by shoulder-fired missile. Sirens in Kibbutz Be'eri set off as precautionary measure after Hamas terrorists launched missile towards IAF helicopter, IDF explains.~~

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Take me, al Golani: New Syrian leader wooed by many countries, leaders. Ahmad al-Sharaa is least likely to align himself with Russia, and he needs legitimacy and funding from the West including the lifting of sanctions to allow trade and foreign investments.

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~~US law enforcement worried about copycat vehicle-ramming attacks - intelligence bulletin.~~

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3 Palestinians killed amid Jenin clashes between PA forces, terror groups in West Bank. PA says ‘lawless individuals’ responsible for death of 44-year-old and his son, which took place in different location from where security forces are operating.

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~~State Department approves potential sale of lightweight torpedoes to Saudi Arabia, Pentagon says.~~

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~~US said preparing $8 billion arms package for Israel, including heavy bombs~~

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Israeli negotiating team wraps up first day of renewed hostage talks in Doha. Gaps between Israel and Hamas reportedly remain on almost all issues being negotiated; Israel said considering reducing Gaza aid after Trump’s inauguration to squeeze Hamas further

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Meet Valerie Hamaty, the Christian Arab leading the race to sing for Israel at Eurovision. She duetted with the son of an Oct. 7 victim, sang lyrics from the Shema, has performed at Memorial Day events. ‘The sane majority has shown her nothing but love,’ says her father.

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Trump appoints Ortagus as deputy Mideast envoy, but admits he’s not excited about it. In making announcement, US president-elect appears to reference the ex-State Department spokesperson’s previous criticism of him, warns that he expects results soon.

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~~Footage: US Navy launches missiles at Houthi weapon production and storage facilities.~~

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* Jan 4, 2025:

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~~Syria's Damascus airport to start operating international flights from Jan 7.~~

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~~Two rockets from Gaza launched at Israel, one falls near border.~~

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Hamas releases video showing sign of life from hostage Liri Albag who was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military base during the October 7 massacre. Terror group releases clip as attempts at psychological warfare after previous footage of the IDF lookout was released in May; 'this is not the same daughter and sister we know,' family says.

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~~Freed teen hostage: 'Liri's video gave me flashbacks to having rifle pointed at me.~~

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~~Yigal Yaakov, who was just 13 when he and his brother were captured from Nir Oz, commented on the sign of life released from hostage.~~

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~~PM Netanyahu speaks with hostage Liri Albag's parents after Hamas video publication.~~

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~~Albag family responds to video: 'It tore our hearts to pieces.'~~

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~~Two Israelis arrested by IDF after driving across border into Syria.~~

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Hezbollah chief: 'Our patience may run out before the cease-fire ends'. Terror group's Secretary-General Naim Qassem warns in speech organization is ready to resume hostilities if cease-fire conditions aren't upheld including IDF withdrawal from Lebanon.

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~~UNIFIL’s collapse: Tragic incidents and failures. Analysis: As the war unfolds, it's becoming clearer that UNIFIL’s mission has failed and its presence serves no purpose.~~

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~~IDF forces clash with armed terrorists in Shechem.~~

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~~IDF destroys terror tunnel & underground weapons production site.~~

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~~Report: 6,000 Arab terrorists took part in October 7th massacre.~~

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US' Blinken reveals: Whose fault is it that there is no deal? In an interview with The New York Times, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says a deal could've been reached, questions, 'Where is the world, why hasn't Hamas been pushed to put down its weapons, give up the hostages, and surrender?'

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In New Orleans, the chickens have come home to roost. Tulane University and local officials have complicity in taking funding from Qatar and taking sides with the crowd that openly calls for jihad and intifada. And it happened - in their own city.

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~~IDF: Hamas missile fired from Gaza lands near aid truck compound.~~

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* Jan 5, 2025:

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~~Missile fired from Islamists-Houthis in Yemen successfully intercepted.~~

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~~Four airstrikes target Saada, Yemen - report.~~

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Confirmed: Stabbing of 74-year-old in Jerusalem home (on Koresh Street) last month (Dec.19.2024) is terror attack; Stabbed man – 60-year-old Arab from Silwan. The stabbing man was employed as a cleaner in the woman’s apartment building, and she asked him to fix things in her home. He revealed in the investigation that he had already decided to carry out an attack that day. The next day, he entered the woman's house and began strangling her forcefully until he believed she was dead, then started to walk towards the door to escape. His interrogation revealed that he believed he had succeeded in strangling her to death, but then stabbed her several times and fled with jewelry from her home.

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Over the weekend, the IDF and the Shin Bet carried out 100 attacks in the Gaza Strip, of which more than 50 were targeted assassinations following intelligence provided by the Shin Bet. The attacks are focused on the governance capabilities that Hamas is trying to restore in the Gaza Strip, mainly against military intelligence operatives and violent enforcement units that take over humanitarian aid, which ultimately reaches Hamas instead of the population in the Gaza Strip. The security establishment says that the intelligence for the foiling comes from intensive work by field coordinators and Shin Bet intelligence personnel who work together to reach those operatives who are helping Hamas reestablish its grip on the Gaza Strip and its residents.

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Israel understands that Hamas is successful in recruiting terrorists to its ranks after it controls the supply of humanitarian supplies to the population. The ability to control the supply of water and bread gives Hamas the power to rebuild its military wing.

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~~Blinken’s stunning confession. Whenever there has been public daylight between the U.S. and Israel, Hamas has pulled back from a ceasefire and release of hostages, the secretary said.~~

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~~'A direct threat': Lions' Den terror flag waved near pro-Hamas rally in Toronto.~~

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~~B’nai Brith Canada said that this was the first time a Lions’ Den flag had been spotted in Canada.~~

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~~Iranian foreign minister warns of ‘large-scale war’ if Israel attacks again.~~

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Relying on the Lebanese army to deter Hezbollah delays IDF withdrawal. Analysis - IDF remains in southern Lebanon as it works to dismantle Hezbollah’s hidden infrastructure; A cease-fire agreement notwithstanding, progress is hindered by the Lebanese Army’s insufficient enforcement.

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Israel reportedly planning to prolong stay in Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement and the Lebanese Armed Forces’ slow deployment to the region have raised concerns in Jerusalem.

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~~Trump administration plans crippling sanctions on ICC. President-elect signals immediate action against the international court over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.~~

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~~Nova massacre survivor flees (liberal anti-Israel government Lula Sa Silva's) Brazil amid war crimes[sic] probe.~~

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~~20 pistols found in vehicle in Samaria.~~

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~~Petitions rejected: Supreme Court allows State to hold bodies of terrorists.~~

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~~IDF destroys weapons caches in the Syrian Hermon.~~

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~~Trump administration plans crippling sanctions on ICC. President-elect signals immediate action against the international court over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.~~

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Report: Israel considering Hamas proposal for 1-week ceasefire. Israel is reportedly considering responding to Hamas's offer for a week-long ceasefire in exchange for a list of hostages in light of the expected visit tomorrow by Mossad chief Barnea to Qatar.

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~~Red Cross says locating missing Syrians after Assad’s downfall likely to take years.~~

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~~Police arrested individual suspected of smuggling women in east Jerusalem.~~

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~~Infiltration detected at Jerusalem's Central Command base - report.~~

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~~Tzabar Battalion soldier severely wounded in northern Gaza.~~

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~~Footage: PIJ terrorists eliminated and surrender to IDF forces.~~

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~~IDF soldier in Jabaliya: 'We fight for the love of our land, not for hate of our enemy.'~~

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~~Hamas claims to have approved list of 34 hostages. Jerusalem denies a report that mediators succeeded in bridging gaps with Hamas and that Israel has now to respond if it agrees to the deal.~~

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~~Actress Gal Gadot shares photo of hostage Liri Albag to 108m followers.~~

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~~Israeli hospitals treat 60 Hamas, PIJ terrorists after Kamal Adwan Hospital raid.~~

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'We went back to Jabaliya to ensure this will be the last time.' Captain Tal Aricha, company commander in Brigade 401, speaks about his injury in Jabaliya last week and his insistence on returning to combat service, to ensure security for the Gaza envelope.

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~~IDF eliminates PIJ commander who invaded Israel on October 7.~~

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~~Sa’ed Saeed Zaki Dahnoun, a PIJ commander who invaded Israel and participated in the October 7 massacre, was eliminated by the IDF [last week].~~

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~~IDF eliminates Hamas terrorists who were operating in the humanitarian area in Khan Yunis, as well as a PIJ terrorist who was conducting terrorist attacks from the humanitarian area in Dier al-Balah.~~

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US to ease aid restrictions for Syria in limited show of support for new government, WSJ reports. The Biden administration plans to announce Monday that it will ease restrictions on humanitarian aid for Syria, speeding delivery of basic supplies without lifting sanctions that restrict other assistance to the new government in Damascus, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The step, approved by the administration over the weekend, authorizes the Treasury Department to issue waivers to aid groups and companies providing essentials such as water, electricity and other humanitarian supplies, the WSJ reported citing officials.

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~~Israeli hospitals treat 60 Hamas, PIJ terrorists after Kamal Adwan Hospital raid - report.~~

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Taboo no more: One in five Golan Druze now holds Israeli citizenship. Requests for naturalization hit an all-time high as communities warm to the idea. While future trends are unpredictable, developments in Syria will have a huge impact.

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* Jan 6, 2024:

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~~Anti-Jewish message spray-painted on car in Sydney, Australia, drawing condemnation from Australian PM.~~

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~~Jewish community leaders speak out against what they say is a rising tide of attacks; unlike previous incidents, graffiti not couched as criticism of Israel~~

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~~Antony Blinken: 'We want to end negotiations within two weeks'.~~

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~~Not certain who's alive: Hamas hostage list reportedly includes Bibas children.~~

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Passenger argues with American Airlines flight attendant who was wearing a Palestinian pin. Jewish American Airlines passenger has heated argument with flight attendant for wearing pro-Palestinian pin, against company regulations. A viral video shows a Jewish American Airlines passenger holding a heated argument with a flight attendant and calling her “antisemitic,” because she was wearing a watermelon pin, which has become a symbol for Palestinian solidarity.

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~~At least four hurt in West Bank shooting attack by Arab terrorists in the West Bank, when shots were fired at a public bus and a private car on rout 55 near the Kedumim.~~

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~~Clip: Terrorist exits vehicle and begins shooting.~~

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~~Horrifying: 8-Year-Old Watched His Father Get Murdered In Terror Attack.~~

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Samaria leader: 'Bring back the checkpoints, fight terror'. New footage of a Samaria shooting attack reveals the terrorists stood on the road, fired from point blank. 'If the security checkpoints had been operating, the terror attack may not have happened.'

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~~Yesha Council CEO: 'We must act quickly and decisively.'~~

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~~Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades welcome Samaria terror attack.~~

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~~PM after Samaria shooting:~~

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~~'We'll settle accounts with killers, none will get away'.~~

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~~3 rockets fired crim Gaza at Sderot, 1 explodes inside city. Building sustains direct hit.~~

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~~Turkey says eradication of Kurdish YPG militia in Syria 'imminent'.~~

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~~Syrian finance minister says foreign debt is around $20 billion-$23 billion.~~

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~~Druze Likud member Afif Abed enters Knesset, following Gallant's resignation.~~

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~~US issues Syria-related general license, Treasury Dept website shows.~~

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~~Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with Paraguay, for recognizing the opposition.~~

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~~2 soldiers killed in northern Gaza battle.~~

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~~'A man of truth and humility': Cpt. Eitan Shiknazi from Eli, killed by anti-tank missile in Beit Hanoun; IDF fatalities reach 827.~~

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~~Israel blocks incoming UN Middle East envoy. Israel rejects nomination of Finland’s Pekka Haavisto as Middle East envoy, citing concerns over bias, 2-state solution support.~~

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~~US says anti-ISIS operation in Iraq kills coalition soldier.~~

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Two weeks before inauguration, Trump warns of ‘hell’ over hostages, slams Biden. US president-elect reiterates ultimatum to Hamas; criticizing Biden for inaction, Trump promised decisive measures to secure their release.

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~~Venezuela arrests 125, labeling them 'foreign mercenaries[sic]', including one Israeli accusing for working for US.~~

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Americans sue Venezuela's Maduro for anguish caused by imprisonment, alleged torture. A former U.S. Marine and a Florida man who were imprisoned in Venezuela have sued President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly heading a vast “criminal enterprise” that uses American citizens as bargaining chips in negotiations with the U.S. The complaint filed Monday in Miami federal court by Matthew Heath and Osman Khan is similar to a slew of lawsuits that have resulted in major judgments for Americans imprisoned in Venezuela.

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~~Deal being advanced would leave most hostages in Gaza forever, families warn.~~

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~~Following reports of Hamas approving list of 34 captives to be released in temporary ceasefire, relatives call on Netanyahu to strive for comprehensive deal that would free all 100.~~

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~~Linkedin bans Jewish CPA for reporting antisemitic content. Tech giant faces million-dollar lawsuit after banning Jewish CPA who reported death threats and Hitler praise.~~

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~~New Orleans attack: Condition of injured Israelis improves.~~

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~~IAF strikes squad of armed terrorist in the northern West Bank.~~

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~~US Army targets ISIS in Iraq and Syria.~~

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~~===Jan 7, 2025 - Jan 19, 2025===~~

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* Jan 7, 2025:

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~~IAF strikes squad of armed terrorist in the northern West Bank.~~

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~~France says fate of citizens held in Iran worsening.~~

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~~Hind Rajab Foundation claims it filed legal case against IDF soldier who fled Brazil.~~

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~~Israeli foreign ministry official says Hamas is only obstacle to release of hostages.~~

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~~Gal Hirsch to meet with US, European counterparts to discuss hostages.~~

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~~US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees, WSJ reports.~~

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~~Hamas stands by demand for end to Gaza war under hostage deal, as Trump deadline approaches.~~

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~~Police arrest parents on suspicion of purposefully harming their baby.~~

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~~Netanyahu appoints Miri Regev to lead Independence Day torch-lighting.~~

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~~Damascus airport receives first int'l commercial flight since Assad's deposition.~~

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~~Clip: Captured Hamas terrorist admits using hospitals as safe havens.~~

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~~Staff Sergeant Ido Samiach from Ganei Tikva fell in battle in Gaza. He served as a squad sergeant in the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Nahal Brigade.~~

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~~Deputy head of US CENTCOM visits Israel.~~

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~~Pres. Herzog meets international task force for hostages.~~

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~~NYC: Antisemitic Hate Crimes Exploded In 2024 – Outnumber All Other Hate Attacks Combined.~~

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~~Bereaved mother: 'Flatten the shopping street that is dripping with Jewish blood'.~~

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~~Footage: Kfir Brigade finishes operating in three terrorist strongholds.~~

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Anti-Israel protesters in NY: We don’t want no Zionists here. "Pro-Palestinian" Arab demonstrators gather outside NYU Tisch Hospital, demand release of Gaza doctor arrested by IDF over Hamas ties, while chanting slogans against Israel and holding signs with anti-Israel messages.

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~~The Arab demonstrators assembled outside NYU Tisch Hospital on Monday, chanting slogans against Israel and holding signs with anti-Israel messages.~~

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~~The demonstration was organized by Nerden Kiswani's Within Our Lifetime organization.~~

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~~Biden administration says Sudan’s rebel forces committing genocide, sanctions leader.~~

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~~Iran infiltrate Israeli social media, spreading propaganda under new identities.~~

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~~Defanged but still dangerous, Hezbollah will try to regain its bite, experts predict.~~

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Mass. man arrested for incitement to shoot synagogue worshippers, threats to rape Jewish women. Mathew Scouras, 34, was arraigned Monday for posting on an internet image board threats against Jewish people. 'I have so much ammo': Massachusetts man threatened Jews. Local police raid Scouras' home finds Nazi flag and weapons.

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~~Article in NYT: 'Disaster by the Numbers: The Crisis in Sudan.~~

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~~The United States just formally declared that genocide has taken place in the northeast African nation, but the calamity there dates back decades.~~

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A civil war in Sudan that has killed 150,000 people and forced more than 11 million others from their homes, by some estimates, prompted the U.S. government on Tuesday to declare that a genocide had been perpetrated by one of the war’s main antagonists, the ethnic Arab militia known as the Rapid Support Forces.

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The war, which has drawn in foreign countries and a host of armed groups, now threatens to spill over Sudan’s borders. After 21 months of fighting, thousands have been killed in a campaign of ethnic cleansing, countless women and girls have been subjected to sexual violence, and millions are hungry, in the world’s first officially declared famine since 2020.

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So many people have been uprooted that the United Nations says Sudan is now home to the world’s largest displacement crisis — a “living nightmare,” in the words of Amy Pope, director general of the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration.

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~~Genocide Old and New...'~~

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In a year of war, investment in Israeli cyber startups more than doubles to $4 billion. Fundraising in 2024 was led by Israeli cyber firms that develop technology to protect the cloud and artificial intelligence threats, according to a report by YL Ventures.

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~~Inside the Lebanon-border closed military zone, kibbutz members prepare to start over.~~

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~~Foreign Ministry: No foreign court has issued warrants for reservists over Gaza war.~~

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* Jan 8, 2025:

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~~Some Israeli hostages may never come home. Experts explain why the odds of rescuing all 100 hostages still held in Gaza are slim.~~

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IDF scrambles to combat flood of weapons into the West Bank. Troops stationed there face difficulties in capturing armed terrorists and stopping their suppliers, who smuggle weapons from Iran via Jordan; Regular infantry battalions will return from Gaza to the West Bank for the first time since October 7.

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US Department of Education opens antisemitism probe at Sarah Lawrence College. Move comes following rare complaint by campus Hillel chapter that school fostered a hostile environment for Jewish students; college says reviewing request for data on incidents. Hillel pres.:

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~~'Environment at Sarah Lawrence among the worst we’ve seen.'~~

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Top asset management firm stops rating human rights risk in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After scrutiny from pro-Israel groups, Morningstar says situation too complicated, won’t advise on any ‘contiguous territorial disputes’; watchdogs, investors pan ‘mystifying’ move.

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~~Netanyahu: Reports of six-week ceasefire 'absolutely false'.~~

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~~Foreign Ministry: No foreign court has issued warrants for reservists over Gaza war.~~

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~~Israel Demands FIFA ban Jew-Hating Palestinian Official – Here's what to know~~

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As world soccer's governing body remains silent on Jibril Rajoub's praise for October 7 terrorists and calls for more violence against civilians, Israel's Sports Minister demands action against a man who once said Jews deserved the Holocaust and threatens his country with nuclear annihilation while holding a prestigious position in international sports.

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~~Israel in Arabic post on X (Jan/6):~~

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~~Did you know that the Kingdom of Israel existed for 3,000 years?~~

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The first king to rule for 40 years was King Saul (1050-1010) BC. He was followed by King David, who ruled for approximately 40 years (1010-970) BC. He was followed by King Solomon, who also ruled for 40 years in the period (970-931) BC.

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The rule of the three kings lasted 120 years, an important period of time in the history of Israel. These years witnessed development in Jewish life in various fields, including culture, religion, and the economy.

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After the death of King Solomon, the kingdom was divided in 931 BC into two parts: the Kingdom of Israel in the north and the Kingdom of Judah in the south, following internal conflicts due to heavy tax burdens and the centralized policies he imposed on the tribes.

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King Jeroboam ben Nevat [son of Nebat] ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Israel in the north (pictured in yellow). Then he established two centers of worship in Dan and Beit El to establish a separate identity from the kingdom of Rehoboam, son of Solomon, in the south, who preferred to raise taxes on the people, at a time when they were suffering from them.

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~~The rule of the Kingdom of Israel in the north continued for about 209 years until its fall at the hands of the Assyrians in 722 BC.~~

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~~As for the southern Kingdom of Judah (in green), it continued for about 345 years until its fall at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, Emperor of Babylon in 568 BC.~~

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This division led to political conflicts throughout the history of the people of Israel, and its effects continued for hundreds of years. However, the Jewish people in the diaspora continued to aspire to the renaissance of their strength and capabilities and to rebuild their state, which was declared in the State of Israel in 1948 to become the only democracy in the Middle East.'

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What followed after the illustrated ancient map which covers areas occupied hy Arabs today, was anger from Palestinian Authority and Jordan - whose population's majority is "Palestinian." They used hyperbolic wording [as usual].

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~~Hundreds of flags. Thousands accompany fallen soldier Ido on his last journey.~~

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US hails Lebanese army’s implementation of truce, even as Israel views it as inadequate. Report says IDF Northern Command chief doubts ceasefire’s initial phase will be fulfilled at all; cabinet sources reportedly say IDF may not leave Lebanon ‘for many years’.

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~~AI helps veteran Israeli TV reporter return to the air after disease took his voice.~~

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~~Channel 12’s Moshe Nussbaum was diagnosed with ALS two years ago, which made him unable to speak clearly and seemingly ended his decades-long career; now he is making a comeback.~~

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Connecting a hostage deal to a ‘day after’ Gaza mechanism. What’s needed, to state the obvious, is an arrangement under which the hostages can be freed without Hamas leveraging their release to enable its survival.

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IDF recovers body of hostage Youssef al-Ziyadne. The IDF wrote in a statement that the IDF and ISA recovered the body of Youssef al-Ziyadne from a tunnel in the Rafah area. During the recovery operation, the troops found findings connected to Youssef's son, Hamza and there is great concern for his life.

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~~Lebanon: Candidate favored by Hezbollah drops out of presidential race.~~

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~~A day before the parliament is scheduled to select the next president, Suleiman Frangieh, who Hezbollah sought to elect, announces his withdrawal from the race.~~

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~~State tells High Court all eligible Haredi men can be drafted into IDF from 2026.~~

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~~Defense Minister Katz reported to have tried to excise IDF’s position from state’s response, as coalition continued to work on legislation exempting most of community from service.~~

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~~Standing firm: Just 388 out of 10,000+ Haredim sent draft orders since July have joined the IDF.~~

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~~Families of US hostages to attend Trump's inauguration.~~

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~~American family fights for Gaza hostage's return. 30 days after learning of their son’s Oct. 7 death, Omer Neutra's family continues their fight, urging leaders to secure his return.~~

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~~Report: How deep are UNRWA’s ties to Hamas? UN Watch accuses UNRWA of collaborating with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, influencing policies and operations.~~

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~~'No IDF pullback without Lebanon army action'. Operations in Lebanon tied to cease-fire compliance; officials warn of escalation as concerns mount over Lebanese Army's role.~~

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Three soldiers fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Staff Sergeant Matityahu Ya’akov Perel, Staff Sergeant Kanaoo Kasa, and a third soldier who has yet to be named fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.

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~~'Zero dopes’ protesting genocide in Sudan, Sen. John Fetterman says. "South Africa engaged the International Court of Justice over Gaza, but not for an actual genocide on their own continent?"~~

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~~After US exemption, UN says more significant Syria sanctions work needed.~~

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~~IDF: From now on, nearly all soldiers will be blurred in media interviews.~~

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~~Clip: Undercover police arrest terror suspect in under a minute.~~

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* Jan 9, 2024:

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~~Grandmother of hostage whose body is held in Gaza passes away. Varda Nehushtan, grandmother of murdered hostage Inbar Hayman whose body is being held by Hamas in Gaza, passes away.~~

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Trend reversal: Poll shows most Israelis oppose Palestinian state. Previous surveys consistently showed a declining but steady support for the idea among all Israelis, including Jews. For the first time in nearly 18 years, a majority of Israeli Jews now oppose the establishment of any Palestinian state, according to an opinion poll published on Jan 6.

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~~Hamas sells aid to Gazans, uses profits to pay operatives. The terror group systematically intercepts aid shipments and resells essential supplies at premium prices to the local population.~~

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~~Polish prez calls for ICC immunity for Netanyahu during Auschwitz event.~~

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~~President Andrzej Duda reportedly asked the Polish premier to guarantee that a visit would be "unhindered" by the ICC's arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister.~~

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[Following the political cynical abuse of ICC against Israel, for the first time, the ceremony might be lacking major appearances of symbolic association with victims. But Poles, Germans and countries - at WW2, major ccomplices of the Holocaust, will attend].

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~~Islamist bigot Ilhan Omar to replace co-chair of caucus on defense budget reduction.~~

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~~Attempted Attack: Islamic terrorist tried to murder soldier 'to die as a martyr'.~~

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Israeli Arab, Kabul in the Western Galilee, nabbed for planning bombings. Mahmoud Hussein Muhammad Bushkar, 37, researched how to make bombs, purchased equipment, conducted tests and tried to recruit accomplices, according to Israeli security forces.

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~~Turkey's Erdogan discusses Syria with NATO chief.~~

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~~US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces says six fighters killed in Manbij.~~

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~~Hamas armed wing claims responsibility for Monday West Bank shooting, statement says.~~

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~~US, Britain launch raids on Yemeni Al-Luhayyah district, Houthi media says - report.~~

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~~Ali Nur al-Din a-Nassan appointed chief of Syrian military - report.~~

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~~Israel intensifies push to free hostage held in Iraq. Elizabeth Tsurkov’s family meets hostage coordinators as Israel enlists 3rd-parties to pressure Iraq amid US leadership change.~~

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[[File:Eliminated - Osama Abu Namos directed Hamas terrorist activity against Israeli citizens and attacks on IDF troops.jpg|thumb|Eliminated - Osama Abu Namos directed Hamas terrorist activity against Israeli citizens and attacks on IDF troops. Jan.2025]].

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~~IDF eliminates commander of Hamas's Sabra Battalion. Osama Abu Namos directed Hamas terrorist activity against Israeli citizens and attacks on IDF troops in the area of Netzarim Corridor.~~

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Footage: IDF intercepts dozens of Houthi missiles and over 100 UAVs. Most of the 40 missiles and 100 of the 320 UAVs launched by Houthis at Israel in recent months have been intercepted, IDF announces.

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~~Families of murdered hostages:~~

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~~'Don't miss this chance! Make deal now to bring everyone home!'~~

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[[File:Swastika, Allah Akbar, pro Hitler pro Palestine.jpeg|thumb|Two Arab-Muslims defaced synagogue, in Allawah, South Sydney, with swastikas and hateful graffiti, including messages glorifying Adolf Hitler. Slogans, such as “Hitler on top,” the Arabic phrase “Allah hu Akbar,” “Free Palestine,” “F**k Israel” and “Jew do_s,” were spray-painted on the building’s exterior walls.]]

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A synagogue in Allawah, South Sydney, targeted in antisemitic attack. Two Arab-Muslims defaced it with swastikas and hateful graffiti, including messages glorifying Adolf Hitler. Slogans, such as “Hitler on top,” the Arabic phrase “Allah hu Akbar,” “Free Palestine,” “F**k Israel” and “Jew do_s,” were spray-painted on the building’s exterior walls.

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~~With more support from Dems, House passes bill to sanction Hague court~~

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~~“It’s a dadgum sham court is what it is,” said Rep. Tim Burchett. “These decisions by the ICC are reckless and they not only put Israel at risk, they put Americans at risk as well.”~~

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday instructing the president to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court in The Hague over its issue of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the former defense minister.

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~~The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act passed with bipartisan support as one of the first measures of the new Congress.~~

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) welcomed its passage. “The House of Representatives will not tolerate rogue actors, who circumvent international law in an effort to attack Israel and threaten America,” he stated. “America has returned to a position of strength and once again supports Israel without equivocation.”

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The legislation passed 243-140, with 45 Democrats joining all but one Republican in voting for the measure. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a libertarian who frequently opposes bills related to foreign policy, voted present.

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~~The bipartisan support for the bill marks an increase from its passage in June in the previous Congress when it won the support of 42 Democrats.~~

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New “yea” votes from Democrats included Reps. Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) and George Latimer (D-N.Y.), who defeated former Congress members Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman in the Democratic primaries in the last election. Bush and Bowman were members of the so-called “Squad” of left-wing progressives, who are among the most vocal critics of Israel in Congress.

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~~18,000 terrorist attacks in Israel in 2024.~~

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Israeli civilians were attacked on seven fronts last year—Iran, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Iraq, Yemen and from within Israeli territory. Terrorists attacked the Jewish state no fewer than 18,000 times in 2024, killing 134 innocent people and wounding another 1,277, according to data the National Public Diplomacy Directorate in the Prime Minister’s Office released on Jan/9.

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Israeli civilians were attacked from seven fronts—Iran, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Iraq, Yemen and from within Israeli territory—18,365 times last year, revealed the report, which combined data from all security agencies and the country’s emergency response groups.

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Some 16,400 rockets and missiles were fired into Israel, of which approximately 15,400 were launched by Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon and 700 from the Gaza Strip. October saw the most launches, with more than 6,900 attacks reported.

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~~At the same time, terrorists sent at least 399 drones toward Israeli territory, the vast majority of which came from Lebanon.~~

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Seventy-one people, including 14 children, were murdered in aerial assaults, and 892 more people sustained wounds. In addition, the rocket, missile and drone attacks sparked more than 600 wildfires, burning 92,417 acres managed by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and more than 42,749 acres of grazing land.

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An additional 1,900 terrorist incidents were reported in 2024, including stone-throwing, Molotov cocktails, car rammings, shootings, stabbings and bombings. November was the quietest month, with 109 terrorist incidents reported, while July saw the most violence in Israel—37 people were murdered and another 394 were wounded that month.

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The most common type of terrorist attack recorded in 2024 was stone-throwing, with 1,248 incidents reported, followed by “throwing objects, arson and tire burning” (162), attacks with Molotov cocktails (14), shootings (132) and the use of explosive devices (89).

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~~According to the annual report published by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Dec. 31, Jerusalem thwarted more than 1,000 significant terrorist attacks in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem in 2024.~~

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~~Most of the attacks involved firearms (689) and explosive devices (326), with others being stabbings, rammings, bombings and abductions.~~

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~~An open letter to Ireland’s Archbishop Eamon Martin.~~

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~~Is it worth it to negotiate with Hamas about hostages?~~

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~~'Academia today: Censor Homer, laud Hamas.'~~

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~~Within minutes of each other: IDF intercepts three drones from Yemen.~~

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~~ISIS touts credit for New Orleans terror attack.~~

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~~IDF and ISA confirm: Body of hostage Hamza al-Ziyadne positively identified. [After his father was confirmed dead].~~

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~~High Court to State: Submit answers regarding implementation of haredi draft.~~

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~~Turkey detains pro-Kurdish mayor in southern district, police and party say.~~

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~~IDF soldiers operate in Judea and Samaria.~~

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~~Lebanese caretaker PM says country to begin disarming south Litani to ensure state presence.~~

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~~Minister Katz instructs IDF to present plan for complete defeat of Hamas.~~

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Carleton U. no longer employing prof. convicted of terror bombing of French synagogue - report. Dr Hassan Diab, a Lebanese terrorist convicted by a French court for his involvement in a 1980 bombing that killed four people and injured 46 outside a synagogue in Paris, is no longer employed by Ottawa's Carleton University, B'nai Brith Canada reported on Jan/7.

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~~France summons Iranian ambassador over hostages.~~

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* Jan 10, 2025:

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US, UK, and Israel launch coordinated attacks against Houthis. Israel strikes Yemeni port and power station, reports say. Israel struck the port city of Hodeidah and the Haziz power station near Sanaa, Houthi-aligned Yemeni media reported Friday. According to the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah network, six strikes were carried out in the Hodeidah area in western Yemen.

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IAF strikes Hezbollah vehicle in southern Lebanon, report. The IDF spokesperson stated that the Air Force had attacked a Hezbollah vehicle in southern Lebanon which was carrying armed terrorists. "The IDF continues to be committed to the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon and will remove any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens," he said. Earlier, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported that two people were killed and two people were injured in a drone attack near Tyre.

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Iran Increases Military Presence In Venezuela With Drone Factory As Maduro Claims New Term In Office Despite Condemnation. Iranian officials and military personnel are residing in the South American country, with some members being offered political asylum should they need it.

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US warns new Syrian government against appointing jihadists to military. According to Reuters, American, French, and German envoys have warned the new Syrian government against appointing foreign jihadists to senior military positions, saying it would pose a security concern for them. Reuters cited two sources familiar with the matter. According to the report, a senior official told the Syrians that these appointments will not help their relations with the U.S.

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~~'We will let the missiles' speak for us, Houthi official threatens in Hebrew.~~

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~~Trump envoy meets Qatar PM for Gaza ceasefire, hostage talks.~~

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Counterterrorism operation near Jenin: 8 wanted terrorists arrested, homes of Funduq terrorists mapped. After 12 hours, IDF, Border Police, and Shin Bet conclude counterterrorism operation in the Palestinian Arab village of Qabatiya.

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Six CUNY professors ask Supreme Court to let them leave ‘highly antisemitic’ faculty union. “Though they are not union members, our clients must still accept the union’s representation,” a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide on Friday whether to hear the case of six professors at City University of New York—five of them Jewish—who want to sever ties with the public university’s faculty union, which they say is antisemitic.

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‘Illegitimate’ power grab, US says as Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president. “Israel expresses concern over the political persecution and arbitrary arrests by the regime,” stated Israeli minister Gideon Sa’ar.

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* Jan 11, 2025:

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~~From combat to the classroom: Nahal soldiers rebuild lives along Gaza border.~~

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After the October 7 attacks, Nahal soldiers who fought in Gaza have transitioned to rebuilding border communities; Now part of the Education Corps, they mentor youth, strengthen resilience, and share firsthand experiences of war to inspire meaningful combat service

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~~Iran's IRGC claims to disband "spy" network - report.~~

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~~IAF strikes terrorists leaving Hezbollah compound in southern Lebanon.~~

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~~IAF strikes Hamas command center embedded within school in Jabaliya.~~

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~~From the combat in Jabaliya: IDF reveals footage from drone and helmet cam. IDF forces eliminate armed terrorists attempting to fire at Givati Brigade troops. Clip.~~

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~~Hamas condemns Palestinian Authority for shooting at West Bank terrorists.~~

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~~Israeli drone targets car in Kounine, southern Lebanon - report.~~

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~~American-Israeli settlers sanctioned by US sue Biden administration.~~

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~~Syrian intelligence says it foiled Islamic State attempt to target Damascus shrine.~~

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~~Lebanon's new president to make first official visit to Saudi Arabia.~~

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Synagogue that survived Palisades fire becomes a ‘refuge’ for many who lost homes. ‘At least this home is standing for so many people,’ says rabbi at Kehillat Israel, hundreds of whose members’ houses were destroyed in the blazes ravaging Los Angeles.

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~~Israeli official denies ‘significant progress’ on hostages talks in Qatar.~~

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Netanyahu to meet Trump's Mideast envoy amid hostage negotiation developments. Witkoff arrives in Israel on surprise visit with optimism deal could be soon finalized; sources say agreement 90% complete, but disagreements persist over transitioning from humanitarian stage to subsequent phases of deal.

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~~Netanyahu dispatches top negotiators to Doha talks amid push to seal hostage deal.~~

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Sydney synagogue defaced with red swastikas, day after another synagogue vandalized by 2 Arabs. Home in city also daubed with antisemitic graffiti, police say they’re probing offensive comments on street poster; Australian PM: Abhorrent graffiti needs to stop immediately.

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~~PM Anthony Albanese:~~

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~~'The vile graffiti we’ve seen overnight, including at the Newtown Synagogue, is abhorrent and needs to stop immediately.~~

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~~Australia is a better place than this.~~

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~~We made it illegal to use Nazi and other hate symbols because there’s no place in Australia for antisemitism.~~

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~~The people that committed these crimes should face the full force of the law.'~~

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London cops ask pro-Palestinian group to move anti-Israel rally away from synagogue. Palestine Solidarity Campaign rejects police request, as dozens of British lawmakers warn ‘that many Jewish families have been intimidated’ by the weekly marches.

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~~Parents of hostage Liri Albag say ‘she’s not the same girl’ in Hamas video. Obviously malnourished.~~

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~~Shira and Eli Albag say their daughter’s own words peek out from Hamas’s script, say that they are dismayed members of the coalition have chosen not to watch the clip.~~

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Four members of anti-Israel Dagestan airport mob sentenced to decade in penal colony Punishment said to be harshest yet in connection to riot at Makhachkala Int’l Airport after the arrival of a plane carrying ‘unclean’ passengers from Tel Aviv, 3 weeks after Oct. 7 (10/29/23).

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~~IDF says rocket fired from Gaza at border area intercepted; no injuries or damage.~~

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~~Over 30 rockets fired from Strip at Israel in past month; military releases footage of drone strike on cell of terror operatives during operations in northern Gaza’s Jabalia.~~

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~~Report: IDF to withdraw from southern Lebanon within two weeks.~~

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~~Terrorists exploit mosques in Jenin, Tulkarm. Since the start of the war, the IAF has carried out 110 attacks in Judea and Samaria, eliminating at least 165 armed terrorists, IDF reveals.~~

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~~This country is considered the world's least antisemitic. Interview with Taiwanese representative in Israel Ya-Ping (Abby) Lee: ‘A lot of Taiwanese see a reflection in Israel’.~~

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~~Iran reveals underground missile base | watch. Base located in the mountains and missiles kept there used to attack Israel, Iranian news agency says.~~

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Alexander, Danila, Yahav, and Eliav fell in battle in Gaza. Three soldiers from the 931st Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, and one soldier from the 79th Battalion of 14th 'Machatz' Brigade, fell in battle in Gaza.

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~~Israel Air Force strikes three suspects near Mount Dov advancing toward Israel.~~

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Kedumim Council head: Closure of stores in Al Funduq to continue. He promises the security situation in the area will not return to what it used to be, community won't get used to waiting for the next terror attack. The move follows a terror attack near Al-Funduq earlier this week, in which three people were murdered and six were wounded when terrorists opened fire from a passing vehicle at a bus and a car on Highway 55 between Karnei Shomron and Kedumim in Samaria Monday morning Jan/6.

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~~Fury as councils and universities urged to boycott Holocaust Memorial Day by Iran-linked Islamic-Antisemitic group IRHC.~~

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* Jan 12, 2025:

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~~IDF issues evacuation warning in Nuseirat area of Gaza Strip.~~

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~~Regional conference on Syria to begin in Riyadh on Sunday with Western and Arab participation.~~

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~~USCENTCOM Commander Visits the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.~~

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~~Minister Katz in the West Bank: 'Anyone who deals in Gaza-style terror will be dealt with like in Gaza'.~~

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~~Lapid discusses hostages with Qatari delegation.~~

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~~Israeli Druze leader travels to US to rally support for Syrian Druze protection.~~

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~~NYC: Hundreds gather to mourn loss of Israeli hostages.~~

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~~Hostage's father: 'Trump knows - barbarians only understand power'.~~

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~~Jourmalist Caroline Glick's message to the US: 'Give us the tools and we'll finish the job'.~~

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~~Woman injured in Arab rock attack in Samaria.~~

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~~Hezbollah offered man whose home was damaged only $194 on compensation.~~

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~~Incoming National Security Adviser warns Hamas: Hostage deal terms will tighten under Trump.~~

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~~FM Sa'ar to British counterpart:~~

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~~'We want a deal, we'll soon know if Hamas does too'.~~

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IDF strikes Hezbollah targets across Lebanon. IDF stresses that the strikes were ordered after the threat posed by the targets was presented to the monitoring mechanism of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon, but was not addressed.

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~~Clip: Israel strikes 'targets posing threat to Israeli home front' deep within Lebanon.~~

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Meet the ardent terror Hamas and Hezbollah supporters, Lebanese born Arabs in Belgium, founders of Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF): hunting for Israel's soldiers worldwide. Dyab Abou Jahjah and Karim Hassoun both bigots whobhave also abused Holocaust memory before.

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Dyab Abou Jahjah, born in Hanin, southern Lebanon, joined Hezbollah in his youth and underwent military training. He became a Belgian citizen in 1996 and founded the Arab European League (AEL) in 2000 to promote Arab nationalism, anti-Zionism and Nasserism. While the league claimed to support the integration of Muslims in Europe, it faced legal challenges, including a 2010 Dutch court ruling against it for publishing antisemitic content. Known for his extreme views, he was barred from entering the UK in 2003 and has frequently expressed support for Hamas and Hezbollah. During the Gaza war, he encouraged followers to identify IDF soldiers with European citizenship to facilitate legal action.

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In a 2003 New York Times article, he claimed he had joined Hezbollah against Israel and declared, “I had some military training, I’m still very proud of that.” In a eulogy for Nassan Nasrallah, Jahjah claimed he met the Hezbollah leader in 2001.

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In 2001, Jahjah founded the Arab European League (AEL). AEL was fined for “publishing a Holocaust Denial cartoon on its website in 2006” when Jahjah was the head of the organization. AEL was dissolved in 2007.

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Jahjah described the 9/11 attacks as “sweet revenge,” and stated Europe made “the cult of the Holocaust and Jew-worshiping[sic] its alternative religion.” He questioned the existence of the Nazi gas chambers and labeled gays “AIDS spreading faggots.”

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~~In 2008, Jahjah joined the “Iranian-run International Union of Parliamentarians for Palestine (IUPFP)” and served as its director.~~

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On October 17, 2024, following the elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Jahjah tweeted: “You can kill resistance leaders; Their death is a testimony against you. For history will write: they stood up, they said no, they showed the way. Millions will follow their path, hundreds of millions. Your power will fade, your dominion will end, and so will you. It is fated.”

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~~On October 18, 2024, Jahjah posted: “I cannot bear to hear what they call the Hebrew language. Its sound grates on my ears, like a discordant noise. ....”~~

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On September 25, 2024, Jahjah stated that “in 2009, as director of the International Union of Parliamentarians for Palestine, I organized visits for Hezbollah’s political leadership to several European countries, including the UK… We met with various prominent figures in the UK, including an important Conservative MP representing Shadow Foreign Secretary at the time, William Hague.”

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~~On October 7, 2023, Jahjah posted: “These Palestinian resistance fighters entering these settlements are all refugees whose parents were .. from these villages in 1948/1967. ...”~~

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~~In an October 21, 2024 Facebook post, Jahjah referred to Amos Hochstein, Deputy Assistant to President Biden, as an “Israeli soldier posing as an envoy.”~~

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~~Karim Hassoun.~~

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Also Lebanese-born and a Belgian resident, has chaired the AEL since 2005. In 2009, he dismissed any possibility of recognizing Israel, comparing such an outcome to Osama Bin Laden becoming U.S. president. Following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Hassoun controversially defended the actions of Hamas and criticized them for not taking more hostages.

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Hassoun was elected to the Willebroek city council in Antwerp province but was barred from serving due to pressure from local Jewish groups. The European Jewish Agency (EJA) praised the decision, citing his open support for Hamas and Hezbollah. He was later removed from his political party to facilitate the formation of the city council coalition...

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In 2016, Karim Hassoun honored a slain Hezbollah terrorist outside the Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights in Mechelen, the site of the transit camp from where Jews and Romani in Belgium were sent to Auschwitz.

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On October 8, 2023, Hassoun posted: “The Palestinians have not ‘invaded’ Israel… They are simply returning home and reclaiming their properties… A ‘small’ but very important nuance, I would say….”

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~~The Diaspora Affairs Ministry has described both founders as active in spreading antisemitism and inciting anti-Israel sentiment across Europe.~~

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This terror supporter got Karim Hassoun, co-founder of the Hind Rajab Foundation, got excluded from participation in the municipal coalition in Belgium. The center-right New Flemish Alliance refused to govern alongside Hassoun, who called for Hamas to take more Israeli hostages.

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* Jan 13, 2025:

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~~Nahariya resident dies of wounds from Nov. 26 Hezbollah attack.~~

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~~Tamar Edri's apartment was hit by a terrorist rocket mere hours before a ceasefire went into effect.~~

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Settler leaders to attend Trump’s inauguration. The group will attend as official guests at the inauguration ceremony and spearhead various side events in Washington. An official Yesha Council delegation has been invited to participate in U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday in Washington. The delegation comprises Yesha Council chairman and Benjamin Regional Council Head Israel Ganz, Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan, Oranit Council Head Or Piron-Zomer and Yesha Council CEO Omer Rahamim.

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Palestinian Authority's ruling party: California fires are Allah’s punishment of Trump. Fatah cartoon says Trump’s statement on Middle East caused California infernos: Hatred of US, Western Democracies & Its Leaders.

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Ultra-Orthodox coalition members say hostage deal a 'moral duty'. The ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel, a member of the coalition, said on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must disregard political considerations and agree to a cease-fire deal. "It is an undisputed moral and national duty to return the hostages home," the party said.

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Palestinian child soldiers are fighting against the Palestinian Authority. PASF spokesman: Children conduct surveillance, move ammunition, and throw bombs. Fatah relations with terror organizations is extensive.

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Israeli companies to suffer under new US restrictions on semiconductor sales. Latest Diffusion AI bill puts cap on semiconductor and advanced technology exports for Israel and others in same tier while Japan, European countries and other allies would have no limitation on acquisitions; Bill aimed at blocking advanced tech from China, Russia and North Korea

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~~Spanish far left moves to bar Israeli champions.~~

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~~'Russia and Iran to sign strategic pact on Jan. 17'.~~

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~~Auschwitz survivors ask 'never forget us'.~~

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~~Indictment filed against terrorist who tried to stab soldier.~~

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~~Mike Huckabee:'I hope to return to Judea and Samaria'.~~

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~~Human Rights Expert: 'Francesca Albanese is the 21st-century Joseph Goebbels'.~~

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~~Families of hostages: 'Deal betrays hostages who are left behind'.~~

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~~'Leave no hostage behind'.~~

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~~33 hostages to be released in 1st stage.~~

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Source tells Arutz Sheva IDF to remain in the Philadelphi Corridor during 1st stage of 42-day ceasefire, not withdraw until all hostages are released, and hundreds of terrorists will be released in exchange for the hostages.

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5 IDF soldiers killed in northern Gaza, 8 severely wounded. CPT Yair Yakov Shushan, SST Yahav Hadar, SST Guy Karmiel, SST Yoav Feffer and SST Aviel Wiseman of Nahal Brigade's elite reconnaissance unit killed in combat.

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~~IDF deploys 162nd Division to Beit Hanoun. Decision follows intense combat in northern Gaza, where IDF forces defeated one of Hamas' remaining battalions early in war.~~

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~~Houthis fire missile at Israel as hostage deal looms.~~

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~~Toronto synagogue arsonist (of July 31, 2024) who set signs on fire arrested.~~

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* Jan 14, 2025.

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Kosher eatery vandalized in latest antisemitic attack in Canada. The office of La Briut was vandalized and sprayed with antisemitic graffiti, while its restaurant in Toronto was broken into and money was stolen.

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~~‘The American arms embargo endangered IDF soldiers,’ says Israeli minister.~~

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~~Soldiers killed in Beit Hanoun may have been caused by IDF weapons explosion.~~

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~~Police find fragments of Houthi missile on roof of home in Jerusalem area.~~

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Hardened terrorists that Hamas demands in exchange of hostages. Terror group names some of the most notorious Palestinian terrorists serving sentences in Israel that must be released when a deal is agreed.

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~~First Temple-period ritual structure uncovered in Jerusalem.~~

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~~Ben-Gvir to Smotrich: 'Let's leave the government together if deal goes through'.~~

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Warning: Iranians bait Israeli civilians abroad, to kidnap them. The National Security Council reveals Iranian officials reach out to Israeli, hoping to lure him to Dubai and abduct him; following investigation, NSC concludes Iran plans to harm Israelis abroad.

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~~Smotrich to meet with Netanyahu amid hostage deal talks.~~

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~~Chief Rabbi of Turkey, Rabbi Ishak Haleva, passed away at 84.~~

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~~Minister Katz outlines Hareidi draft law: Sanctions on Torah learners, 50% of Bnei Yeshiva students drafted within 7 Years.~~

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'Hamas changed its position - not Israel'..A source familiar with the negotiations responded to Minister Ben-Gvir's concerns regarding the emerging deal, saying that new pressures had forced Hamas to compromise.

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~~'What Katz did was selektion'. Hostages' families attack Defense Minister over emerging deal.~~

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~~Dep. Foreign Minister: We'll see whether other side is really interested in an agreement.~~

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~~Arab terrorists throw Molotov cocktails at Israel vehicles near Ariel.~~

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~~Strong words, feeble reporting: “60 Minutes” on U.S. support for Israel.~~

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A "60 Minutes" segment on Gaza platforming disgruntled former State Department officials was packed with strong words standing in for strong arguments. Blaming Arab terrorism targeting Americans on U.S. support for Israel is nothing more than toxic and tired extremist Arab propaganda.

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On January 12, 2025, CBS News’ hit investigative program 60 Minutes aired a 13-minute segment on three former U.S. State Department officials who resigned from their posts in response to American support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza following the October 7 atrocities.

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While the departure of State Department employees in protest of American foreign policy is newsworthy, this segment presents its audience with an imbalanced report by omitting certain salient facts about its interviewees, obscuring important information about Israel’s conduct during the war, and injecting subtle notes of bias throughout the presentation.

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~~Produced by Ayesha A Sidiqqi.~~

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'Josh Paul now works for DAWNmenaorg, whose chairman is Nihad Awad, the head of CAIR who infamously praised the Oct. 7 massacre. Which means Josh Paul and Hala Rharrit—two former State Dept. officials who were just platformed by 60 Minutes—have ties to CAIR. Not a coincidence.'

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Biden frees Al-Qaeda terrorist who had ‘foreknowledge of 9/11’. Even after New Orleans attack, Biden frees 11 Al Qaeda terrorists. “I am studying airplanes!” Abd al Salam al Hilah told Osama bin Laden’s top Italian operative in the summer of 2000. “We are focusing on the air alone… It will leave them stunned… Remember, the danger at the airports. If it comes off, it will be reported in all the world’s papers..."

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Netanyahu coalition member urges Trump to reject current Hamas deal. Ohad Tal, who chairs the Religious Zionism Party's Knesset faction, made the comment at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

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Blinken says deal closer than ever, ball in Hamas' court as preparations appear to begin. U.S. secretary of state says if Hamas accepts the deal it is ready to be implemented, and he believes a cease-fire will be reached; Meanwhile, Islamic Jihad delegation arriving in Doha, and Saudi report says Red Cross preparing for transfer.

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~~Health Ministry ready to treat returning hostages. 'A completely different reality': Ministry's Public Health head says lass deal taught staff much, but now after year as hostage.~~

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ICC vengeful Islamic prosecutor tells court to reject Israeli appeal. After Israel suggests conflict of interest by Karim Khan, the ICC prosecutor responds to the Israeli objections of his investigation.

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Major shift at ICJ as understanding-Israel's-plight judge poised for presidency. Judge Julia Sebutinde made headlines for her rejection of South Africa's fictitious "genocide" claims against Israel. Replacing the Arab Lebanese longtimer Israelophobe Nawaf Salam.

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~~Holocaust survivor, 93, who fled Berlin at 7 gets German Order of Merit. The 93-year-old is also slated to take part in the annual International March of the Living in Poland on April 24.~~

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Harsh report: This is what the lives of the abductees are expected to look like after their return from captivity. A year after a deal to return them, a worrying report by the Abductees Headquarters reveals the serious medical and mental health of the returnees, and predicts what the condition of those still languishing in Gaza is likely to be.

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~~Maariv report by Eyal Ofer sheds light on the details of the hostage release/ceasefire deal, which will allow Hamas to rehabilitate itself in Gaza and encourages further abductions in the region.~~

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The report states: “Instead of giving Hamas and the Gazans the big prize only at the end of the deal, after all our hostages return home, the Gazans receive their achievement already during Stage A of the deal: all the tent cities of the displaced will be dismantled, a million people—men, women, and children—will head north along the coastal route to Gaza City without any restrictions. At the same time, about 300,000 Gazans will return south to what remains of the destroyed city of Rafah. The only Israeli demand is that the returning cars be inspected. There is no restriction on the movement of those returning on foot.”

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“Formally, the words ‘end of hostilities’ do not appear in Part A of the agreement. The formal end is reserved for Stage B—of which it is unknown if and when it will be implemented. Essentially, the IDF will withdraw from all populated areas where our forces are currently located in the northern Gaza Strip, in Jabalia, in the areas of the city of Rafah (except for the Philadelphi Corridor). The Gazan population that returns to these cities will prevent the future possibility of returning to battle in Gaza. The reason we evacuated the Gazans from these areas is precisely so we can fight there.”

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“The population in Gaza City and northern Gaza will suddenly grow to almost one and a half million people, including all the senior Hamas officials and military commanders who will blend in with the crowd…This large population will require Israel to increase by five times the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza City. Additionally, such a large number of returning displaced persons will certainly require significant infrastructure repair: roads, water systems, electrical systems, communication, and medical services. The rehabilitation of this infrastructure will necessitate additional convoys of aid that will need to be inspected at the Kerem Shalom crossing and move north through the Netzarim Corridor. The Israeli government already decided to expand the Kerem Shalom Crossing for this purpose – so that it can accommodate 1,000 aid trucks per day (up from 500 today).”

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“The Netzarim Corridor itself, which until now has been our main asset in the Strip for the IDF because it prevented the return of displaced Gazans northward, will be transformed into a burden: IDF soldiers will find themselves directing aid convoys and essentially being caught between Hamas rule and the unaddressed Hamas squads in central Gaza and the large number of civilians returning to Gaza City.”

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“This is a huge achievement for Hamas. Hamas insisted on this throughout the negotiation period and got exactly what it wanted – already at the beginning of Phase A. The issue that has always been secondary for Hamas is the Philadelphi Corridor. Hamas understands that Israel cannot remain in Philadelphi forever – because the implication of surrounding the entire Strip with IDF forces is that we are responsible for everyone inside it.”

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“Israel’s presence in Philadelphi does not change anything in the short term for Hamas. They have no intention of starting smuggling immediately. First, they need to secure the funds for civilian reconstruction of the Strip, and only later, when Hamas takes its long-awaited cut from the tens of billions of dollars in aid resources, it will rebuild its military strength. To this end, they may agree to accept an international force or some other façade that could ostensibly stand in public and be the governing body receiving the aid funds (just as crime organizations sometimes register their business in the name of a person without a criminal record).”

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“The overall summary of this deal from Hamas’s perspective is excellent. After the displaced individuals return to their homes, they will also gain hundreds or more of their terrorists who will return home from Israeli prisons. Hamas’s control over the Gazan population remains untouched, resources will flow into Gaza at an increased pace, and Hamas retains all Israeli men under the age of 50 as hostages for continued leverage. Essentially, Hamas keeps a significant number of captives, whom it will claim are ‘prisoners of war,’ and will demand the highest prices for them: both the release of murderers and guarantees for the continued flow of funds and materials necessary for rebuilding everything destroyed in the war.

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“Such a dream deal will undoubtedly go down in the organization’s history as Hamas’s ‘absolute victory’ over Israel. It will resonate for many years, especially across the Middle East — particularly for the Palestinians in the Shomron, where the difference will become clear: the Houthis, Hezbollah, the Syrians, and even the Iranians failed to defeat Israel. Hamas, on the other hand, achieves all its goals via hostages. When Israel demonstrates to them what the path to victory looks like, it cannot be assumed that this will be the last abduction.”

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Shimon Or, uncle of the kidnapped Avinatan Or: "The Prime Minister admitted that he is making this deal because Trump is pressuring him. A person like this who gives in to pressure is willing to surrender to the murder of the other kidnapped people in this deal".

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~~Republicans in Israel Chair:~~

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~~'Netanyahu should politely tell Trump 'no''.~~

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~~Report: Iran tried to murder leading Jewish figure in Azerbaijan.~~

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~~ICJ shakeup: Could Lebanon's new PM signal changes in Israel's favor?~~

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~~Yossi Dagan at Mar-a-Lago: 'Increasing Jewish communities is correct response to terrorism'.~~

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~~Demonstration in Jerusalem: 'Do not agree to deal that endangers Israel's security'.~~

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~~PIJ sends delegation to Qatar to discuss final deal details - report.~~

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~~Canadian conference to create Islamic caliphate cancelled.~~

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~~French President Macron will travel to Lebanon on January 17.~~

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~~Gallant calls for proposed deal to be passed at Hostages' Square.~~

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~~Rabbinic org: Halachic arguments can support both sides of Israel-Hamas hostage deal.~~

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~~Houthi spokesman claims group launched missile at Eilat power station - report.~~

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~~Lebanon's PM designate, ardent anti-Israel Nawaf Salam, resigns as member of International Court of Justice.~~

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~~US to lift designation of Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism, AP reports.~~

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~~Egypt's Sisi, Biden discuss Gaza ceasefire, hostages-for-prisoners swap deal, Egypt presidency says.~~

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~~Sen. Tom Cotton: Code Pink is a 'Chinese communist front group'.~~

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~~Israeli foreign minister says we must see real change among Palestinians to achieve peace.~~

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~~Gov't secretary: 'The only factor that thwarted the deal is Hamas'.~~

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~~IDF launches airstrike on Jenin in West Bank~~

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~~Israeli Air Force aircraft attacked terrorist stronghold, a month after PA security forces operated against Islamic Jihad there. 6 terrorists eliminated.~~

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~~Biden, Sisi to coordinate closely in 'coming hours' amid Gaza deal talks.~~

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~~Engineer could flee to Iran to avoid drone strike trial, US says.~~

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Yeshiva University president to give Trump inaugural benedictions. Rabbi Ari Berman, head of Yeshiva University, wrote that it is a privilege to “offer a prayer of unity and hope” at this momentous event.

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~~Contradictory: Trump inauguration to feature Yeshiva University President on one hand – and a pro-Hezbollah terror imam on the other.~~

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An imam who refused to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Imam Husham Al-Husainy of the Karbalaa Islamic Center in Dearborn, Mich., will take the podium back to back immediately following Trump’s speech.

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Hegseth: ‘I support Israel destroying, killing every last member of Hamas’. President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee faced tough questions from Democrats in the more than four-hour confirmation hearing.

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~~Iranian VP claims: 'Israel planted explosives in our centrifuge technology'.~~

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How Israel has prepared for return of hostages. Israeli authorities already briefed social workers on the support process, with special emphasis on addressing sexual assault cases; Health Ministry will focus on psychological care, while Justice Ministry will handle prisoner releases and petitions to High Cour to stop them, while Israel Prison Service will prevent victory displays such as those seen during the 2011 Shalit deal.

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The steps, the numbers and the conditions. This is the emerging deal as negotiations continue. 33 hostages, including the two Bibas children, will be released in first phase of cease-fire deal, while Israel will release about 1,300 terrorists; The IDF will remain on the Philadelphi Corridor and withdraw in phases to a buffer zone, and will leave Netzarim Corridor as displaced persons return to northern Gaza.

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~~Artificial cornea, slowing aging, "Iron Dome" for wildfires - Israel saving the world again and again. Just a few recent stories of incredible Israeli innovations.~~

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~~ADL antisemitism global survey shows Muslim countries are still the most antisemitic - and getting worse~~

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~~The ADL released its survey of global attitudes towards Jews in most (but far from all) countries.~~

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* Jan 15, 2025:

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~~Hostages symbol against a full moonrise in Gaza sky.~~

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~~Bezalel Smotrich: 'Our most important goals are victory and bringing hostages home'.~~

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~~IDF announces intention to demolish home of Nir Zvi terrorist Muhammed Shahab, who carried out the ramming attack near Nir Zvi in July, 2024.~~

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~~Reminder. Ben Gurion: 'Israel's northern border is the Litani River'~~

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~~Tanks, intelligence documents, and weapons seized in Syria.~~

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~~Netanyahu meets with Katz, Smotrich amid hostage deal talks.~~

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~~German prosecutor charges Syrian with war crimes against Yazidis.~~

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Breakthrough achieved, were preparing for deal to be signed soon..After a day of Hamas' foot-dragging, Wall Street Journal report says Hamas leader in Gaza Mohammed Sinwar has given his approval in principle.

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~~Smotrich: We won't topple government if Halevi is replaced & Hamas defeated.~~

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~~Congressman Ritchie Torres: 'Scandal that (NY's) Gov. Hochul not even trying to combat antisemitism'.~~

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~~Bibas family on reports: 'Nothing final until our loved ones cross the border'.~~

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~~What Trump’s economic agenda means for world. Opinion: Israel will have to tread carefully to balance US-China tensions and leverage opportunities from Trump’s policies.~~

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~~Fury over Ireland's Higgins speech on Holocaust Day. Irish Jewish leaders say it is inappropriate to invite the president who denies antisemitism; 'His words would ring hollow'.~~

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The producer of the anti-Israel propaganda on CBS 60 minutes Jan 12, 2025, Pakistani immigrant Ayesha A Siddiqi, days later posted this: "people keep talking about American electoralism as if this is a legitimate nation with a legitimate governing body… flat earthers have more dignity."

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~~She also seems to be promoting the genocidal: "from the river to the sea."~~

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~~Tough on China, inapologetic for being America first and pro Israel: Confirmation hearing for Trump's secretary of state pick Marco Rubio. He said:~~

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~~'ICC warrants against Israel test-run for warrants against US'.~~

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"You can’t coexist with savages... Hamas sent a bunch of savages into Israel with the express and explicit purpose of targeting civilians,” Rubio said, referencing the Oct. 7 massacre. “How can any nation state on the planet coexist side-by-side with a group of savages like Hamas?”

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In addition to addressing Hamas’ influence in Gaza, Rubio called for strict measures to prevent supporters of the group from entering or remaining in the United States. “If you can not come in because you’re a supporter of Hamas, you should not be able to stay on a visa if you’re a supporter of Hamas,” Rubio sad. “I think that’s just an issue of common sense, and we intend to be very forceful."

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IDF has seized more than 3,000 weapons in Syria since Dec. 8. Among the equipment seized were anti-tank missiles and RPG systems, mortar shells, explosive devices, observation equipment and two tanks, according to the IDF.

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~~Defense Ministry, IDF receive instructions to prepare for implementation of hostage deal - report.~~

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~~Report: UN chief called Francesca Albanese a 'horrible person'.~~

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~~Op-ed: Is this the best deal they could come up with?~~

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~~Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar cuts Europe visit short amid hostage deal. negotiations.~~

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~~Israeli airstrikes target Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza~~

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~~More than 50 targets were hit in Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the IDF.~~

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Hostage deal reached - after a last minute crisis: 30 terrorists for every hostage, 50 for every female soldier. First phase to last six weeks will see 33 hostages, among them, the two Bibas children, freed including all women, children, men over 50. Israel will also free all Palestinian Arab women held in prison and children under the age of 19 for terrir charges, and all those arrested since October 7, 2023 in the first phase.

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~~Trump claims his election brought about ceasefire, vows Gaza will “Never Again” become terrorist safe haven.~~

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~~Israel to complete withdrawal from Philadelphi corridor no later than day 50, copy of deal shows, per Reuters.~~

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~~Smotrich: 'I will only remain in gov't if the war continues after ceasefire'.~~

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The Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed by Israel Hayom correspondent Ariel Kahana, titled, “Trump Forced Netanyahu to Make a Deal with the Devil.” Kahana argued that while some hostages may return home, Hamas will endure, increasing the likelihood of further Israeli and American casualties.

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Kahana suggested that a better deal could have been secured if Jerusalem and Mar-a-Lago had waited just a few more days, but President-elect Trump’s insistence on finalizing an agreement before his January 20 inauguration pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into accepting the current framework.

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The WSJ editorial board noted: “When a President elects to use it, American power is something to behold. That’s one lesson from the Israel-Hamas hostage deal reached Wednesday, with only days to spare before Donald Trump’s inauguration. It’s an echo of the U.S. hostages freed from Iran in the Reagan Presidency’s first minutes.”

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It’s unclear whether Netanyahu attempted to persuade Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, to delay for a more favorable deal, but it’s evident that waiting would likely have led to better terms, Kahana wrote.

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“Under the agreement, Hamas will be able to replenish its depleted ranks,” Kahana stated. “Seven hundred or more terrorists will go straight from Israeli prisons to the streets of Gaza. Many are sadistic killers who have spent their years behind bars dreaming of a return to the battlefield.”

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Kahana also pointed out that the agreement reached on Wednesday would allow goods and fuel to flow into Gaza, which could help Hamas rebuild both its military and financial capacities. Hamas is known for using such resources to dig tunnels and carry out operations against IDF soldiers. The fuel provided could be used to enhance its underground network, preparing for future conflicts.

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While the cease-fire is in effect and the IDF withdraws, Hamas is likely to rebuild quickly and resume its cross-border activities, using foreign aid to fund its operations, including recruiting young fighters.

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“Many Israelis hoped that Mr. Trump would stop the madness and give Mr. Netanyahu the green light to crush Hamas once and for all. Instead, Mr. Trump pushed Mr. Netanyahu to accept a deal with the devil,” Kahana noted, concluding, “The Israeli prime minister should never have done it.”

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[[File:We are Mohammad Deif's men"- Arab Palestinians celebrate hostage deal - and mass murderer.jpg|thumb|"We are Mohammad Deif's men"- Arab Palestinians celebrate hostage deal - and mass murderer. 1.15.25]]

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"We are Mohammad Deif's men": Arab Palestinians celebrate hostage deal - and mass murderer. A video showing Palestinians celebrating the hostage deal as well as arch-terrorist Mohammad Deif has been posted on social media.

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~~Red Cross: We are ready to facilitate hostage deal.~~

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~~IDF announce first airstrike in Gaza Strip since ceasefire announcement.~~

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~~Netanyahu will issue statement once details of agreement are finalized, PMO says.~~

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* Jan 16, 2025:

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~~PM's Office: Hamas trying to back down from hostage deal.~~

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~~Gov't approval of hostage deal delayed until afternoon at the earliest.~~

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~~Netanyahu: 'Gov't wont meet until Hamas stops trying to change deal'.~~

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~~IDF building protective walls in Gaza border region.~~

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~~At the last minute: Hamas demanding to cancel Israel's right to veto.~~

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~~Police and ISA reveal: Minor planned to join ISIS, began making explosives. Bedouin Arab minor, age 16, arrested for planning to join ISIS, preparing explosives for use in terror attacks~~

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~~Gaza Fatality Final Estimates:~~

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~~51,600 total deaths broken down as follows:~~

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~~22,600 civilians.~~

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~~20,000 combatants.~~

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~~7,000 natural deaths.~~

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~~2,000 deaths caused by Hamas.~~

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~~Civilian/combatant ratio: ~1:1~~

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~~Ten IDF soldiers injured after rocket explodes at base.~~

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~~Senior diplomatic source: Israel isn't exiting the Philadelphi Corridor.~~

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~~PMO: IDF will remain in Philadelphi Corridor for first phase of deal.~~

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~~Denmark to send 10 million dollars in aid to Gaza.~~

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~~Airlines including Lufthansa cautiously plan to resume some Middle East flights.~~

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~~Singer appeals for unity as deal draws closer.~~

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~~Qatar's PM arrives in Damascus to meet with de facto ruler Sharaa.~~

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~~Hospitals prepare to receive hostages.~~

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~~EU's von der Leyen promises Europe will fund Palestinians to tune of €120 million in 2025.~~

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Hostage deal is painful, but is not a full-scale surrender. Daily Wire co-founder tells Arutz Sheva he does not believe Trump would pressure Israel into allowing Hamas to remain in power and speaks about the special musical he created with his father, 'We Will Rise.'

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~~Hamas backtracking at eleventh hour? Is anyone surprised?~~

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~~'This is a deal with the devil': Omer Neutra's parents talk ceasefire~~

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~~'We're dealing with the worst terrorist group’: Parents of American-Israeli hostage killed by Hamas.~~

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~~Hamas uses bodies as 'negotiation chips,' says father of American hostage in Gaza~~

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~~Orna Neutra was asked about the high price Israel pays, releasing terrorists with blood on their hands. She replied, it is a very high price, but we [are a society that] care and stick for each other.~~

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The security establishment warns: the release of the hundreds of prisoners who are expected to arrive in Israel is a shot of encouragement to terrorism. A large part of them will certainly return to engage in terrorist activities.

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~~Syria's de facto leader says country ready to welcome UN forces in buffer zone with Israel~~

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~~Spanish citizen kidnapped by jihadist group in Algeria.~~

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~~Qatar to supply Syria with 200 megawatts of electricity, PM says.~~

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~~Contradictory: Trump Inauguration To Feature Yeshiva University President – And A Pro-Hezbollah Imam.~~

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Hamas deal: IDF withdrawals, release of over 1,000 terrorists. The agreement includes Israeli withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border and the return of hundreds of thousands to northern Gaza.

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Ilana Gritsewsky: When you hear in captivity that there is a deal and then you back down - it's hard. The survivor of captivity referred to the deal and the fact that her partner Matan Zangauker is not expected to be released in it: "It breaks me". She said about captivity: "I threw up every day and fainted, the terrorists laughed".

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Aryeh Deri: All obstacles were overcome, the deal is underway. A diplomatic source confirmed that the Security Cabinet will convene most probably on Friday, followed by the Cabinet to approve the deal.

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~~At the last-minute Hamas' demanded for release of 'symbolic' murderous terrorists; Now, officials say, 'The deal is irreversible'.~~

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~~Gaza ceasefire should take pressure off Israel’s credit rating, Fitch agency says~~

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~~Analyst at 2nd firm says lasting ceasefire would have an ‘overwhelmingly positive’ impact on Israel’s economy after war led to rating downgrade by multiple major agencies.~~

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A mother’s anguish: One son to be freed from Gaza, another left behind. Ruth Strom’s son Iair Horn among 33 hostages to be released in deal’s first phase, suggests he is unwell, while Eitan Horn is to remain in Gaza for now

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Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza, killing Oct. 7 terrorist as sides finalize deal. Hamas member who participated in Nova festival massacre killed in overnight airstrike, IDF says, amid dozens of attacks across enclave.

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~~Ben-Gvir: If Gaza ceasefire is implemented, Otzma Yehudit will leave gov't.~~

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~~Arena briefly closed ahead of Paris v Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball game.~~

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~~Smotrich met with Netanyahu to discuss hostage deal.~~

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"Correcting the [The New York Times] record on the IDF and lethal targeting." A must read article by two distinguished experts highlighting how the NYT article on IDF bombing "rules" lacked basic understanding of the laws of war and the impacts of changes in military context between pre-Oct 7 and after October 7.

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John Spencer: “Not only is the devil in the details, this is a deal with the devil, but Israel is willing to do that… Hamas took a 9 month old baby and Israel is willing to exchange hundreds of convicted terrorists who are serving life sentence for the body, hopefully a living, of a baby…we are not talking about what is Hamas saying about the deal, the billionaire negotiator, the head of Hamas’s political wing in Qatar did a press conference after the deal…and said not only do we celebrate October 7th, we’re going to do it again…the biggest obstacle to peace is Hamas…Israelis, the entire Biden administration, the incoming Trump administration, says Hamas will have no role in Gaza after the peace deal.”

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~~[[File:Hamas' bragging re human shields- 'our people served as an 'impenetrable shield''.jpg|thumb|Hamas' bragging re human shields: 'our people served as an 'impenetrable shield' (1.16.25)]]~~

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~~Senior Hamas Khalil Al-Hayya upon signing ceasefire agreement: 'October 7 will continue to be a source of pride; Our people served as an 'impenetrable shield' for the resistance.'~~

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~~Suspected terror ramming in West Bank.~~

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~~Hostage release deal signed in Doha.~~

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~~Representatives of Israel, Hamas terror group, the US and Qatar officially sign the hostage deal in Doha. Security Cabinet expected to convene in the morning to vote on the agreement.~~

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~~Palestinian Authority TV: Hostage-taking will continue to release more terrorists.~~

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~~CAIR celebrates Hamas surrender deal.~~

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~~Thousands protest in Jerusalem against deal: "Releasing terrorists will bring another massacre."~~

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~~Arab Palestinian Mother: "Every year, there will be another October 7th. Our children will do everything to make sure every year is October 7th. I swear to you, it will happen." [Islam Bader].~~

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~~Arab teens massacred the Fogel family– Now they could be going free [GRAPHIC].~~

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"You can't fix one tragedy with another," says the bereaved brother of Ruth Fogel, as Israel considers releasing the perpetrators of one of the nation's most horrific terror attacks. The prospect of releasing the perpetrators of one of Israel's most brutal terrorist attacks has reignited trauma for survivors and relatives of the Fogel family massacre. Elihai Ben Yishai, brother of murdered Ruth Fogel, expressed outrage at reports that his sister's killers might be included in a broader prisoner exchange deal with Hamas. The 2011 Fogel family massacre stands as one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in Israel's recent history. On the night of March 11, 2011, two Palestinian terrorists infiltrated (the settlement of) Itamar, breaking into the Fogel family home during Shabbat. The attackers murdered five members of the family in their sleep: Ehud (36) and Ruth Fogel (35), along with three of their children - Yoav (11), Elad (4), and three-month-old Hadas. The brutal nature of the killings, which included the throat-slitting of an infant, shocked the nation and drew international condemnation.

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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham: I don't doubt Bibi. Most Israelis understand that the deal was necessary. Relations between the Trump administration and Israel will be strong and solid, and that the agreement to the hostage deal did not stem from pressure from Trump on Netanyahu.

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~~PMO: First hostages expected to be released on Sunday.~~

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~~Trump: 'Hostage deal better be done before I take the oath of office'.~~

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~~[[File:These are the 33 hostages who are expected to be released on 1.19.25.jpg|thumb|These are the 33 hostages who are expected to be released on 1.19.25]]~~

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~~These are the 33 hostages who are expected to be released.~~

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~~The list does not indicate the conditions of the hostages or which of them are still alive.~~

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~~The hostages who are expected to be released include Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Ohad Ben Ami, the four members of the Bibas family, Yarden, Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir, Agam Berger, and Romi Gonen.~~

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In addition, Daniella Gilboa, Emily Damari, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Yair Horn, Omer Wenkert, Alexander Troufanov, Arbel Yehud, Ohad Yahalomi, Eliya Cohen, Or Levy, Naama Levy, Oded Lifshitz, Gadi Moshe Mozes, Avera Mengistu, Shlomo Mansour, Keith Samuel Siegel, Tsahi Idan, Ofer Calderon, Tal Shoham, Doron Steinbrecher, Omer Shem-Tov, Itzik Elgarat, Hisham al-Sayed, and Eli Sharabi are expected to be freed during the first phase.

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~~Israel's Security Cabinet to convene to approve hostage deal.~~

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~~US military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen - report.~~

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~~Macron to travel to Lebanon on Friday.~~

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~~[[File:Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them.jpg|thumb|Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them]]~~

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~~Bibas family marks Kfir's second birthday in captivity.~~

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Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them. Two small children who have become a symbol of Oct. 7 are to be brought back under the agreement, but it is unclear they are alive.

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For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists. Supporters of the Gaza accord often acknowledge it is a ‘bad deal,’ yet one they vehemently believe Israel must accept in order to be true to its values

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Guidelines for hospitals set to receive hostages include STD checks, pregnancy tests. Ministry official says new protocols differ ‘significantly’ from November 2023 hostage release, as captives to return from over 15 months in captivity.

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~~'We are dealing with the devil'. Col. (ret.) Amit Assa on the hostage-for-ceasefire deal: 'You can't deal with the devil if you want to kill him'.~~

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~~Hostage's father: This deal comes too late for my son.~~

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~~Hamas claims these are the achievements of the 10/7 massacre.~~

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~~'Significant progress' in talks between Netanyahu, Smotrich regarding hostage deal.~~

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~~'Operation Way of the Land'. Israel Prison Service prepares to release thousands of terrorists.~~

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~~Hostage deal: Murderers to be released into Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.~~

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~~Former National Security Adviser: 'The war will continue even during the ceasefire'.~~

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~~Security Cabinet approves hostage deal~~

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Security Cabinet has recommended that the Government approve the proposed hostage deal framework. Minister of Culture Miki Zohar stated: "After I learned the details of the deal, I was convinced that Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump insisted on the fundamental principles critical to Israel's security and more is unknown than is known."

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~~President Herzog: 'I harbor no illusions - the deal will bring challenges'.~~

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~~Netanyahu seeks US visit, Trump promises on Iran. Incoming US president says PM will be among first to visit him, during which Netanyahu will try to secure best cooperation.~~

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~~Lack of moderates among Palestinian Islamo-Arabs [Sodom?] - forced humane Israel into a dangerous hostage deal.~~

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~~This is about the agreement to a bad deal in principle, forced by the situation, though the pressed on a date [per US politics, optics on Jan/20 inauguration] probably made a bad deal, worse.~~

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~~IDF begins proceedings against haredim who did not report for draft.~~

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Minister Katz cancels administrative detention orders against residents "settlers" in the West Bank ties it to Palestinians’ release.‘It is better for the families of Jewish settlers to be happy than the families of freed terrorists,’ defense minister says ahead of Gaza deal.

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~~Iranian president arrives in Moscow for treaty signing with Putin, TASS says.~~

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~~Iran and Russia can finalize nuclear plant agreements, Pezeshkian tells Putin.~~

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~~In latest antisemitic attack in Australia, cars and home vandalized in Sydney.~~

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~~Vehicles painted with anti-Jewish slurs, as former house of Jewish community leader is defaced; police minister vows to ‘hunt’ down perpetrators.~~

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~~ICC prosecutor, Islamic Karim Khan, meets with Syria's de facto ruler in Damascus, SANA says.~~

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~~Human Rights Watch ignores international law in condemning Israeli attack on Houthi installations.~~

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~~Syria claims to thwart weapons smuggling attempt into Lebanon.~~

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~~Justice Ministry releases names of Palestinian terrorists to be released in deal.~~

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~~Israel expands war objectives to address West Bank security.~~

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24 in favor, 8 opposed: Israeli government approves ceasefire deal. After over seven hours of discussions, Israeli government approves deal to release around 2,000 terrorists, over 100 of whom are serving life sentences for mass murders; 33 living or dead hostages to be released in first stage of deal.

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Lack of moderates among Palestinian Islamo-Arabs [Sodom] - forced humane Israel into a dangerous hostage deal. This is about the agreement to a bad deal in principle, forced by the situation, though the pressed on a date [per US politics, optics on Jan/20 inauguration] probably made a bad deal, worse.

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Critically injured soldier: A mother’s struggle for support and recovery. For over a year, Inbal Nechmad has fought for her son Ido, a soldier critically injured by a sniper in Gaza; As he lies unconscious, family dedicates their lives to his recovery, advocating for support and singling out one member of Knesset for praise.

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~~Photos: Female Cabinet ministers, PMO employees light Shabbat candles.~~

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As the Cabinet meeting discussing the hostage deal continued into Shabbat, female ministers left the meeting for the lighting of Shabbat candles, along with the employees of the Prime Minister's office.

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~~G7 condemns Kremlin-funded Russian 'global disinformation and influence campaigns'.~~

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~~US imposes sanctions on Yemen Kuwait Bank, accused of financing Houthis, saying Houthis exploit Yemeni banking sector to launder money and transfer funds to Hezbollah, facilitate Iran oil sales.~~

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UN chief: UNIFIL found 100 Hezbollah arms caches in south Lebanon since truce began. Only peacekeepers, Lebanese military should be in the area, says Guterres; Macron, Aoun also demand IDF withdraw, as Jan. 26 deadline looms.

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CIA Islamic employee pleads guilty to leaking classified intel on Israel’s plans to strike Iran. Asif William Rahman admits he illegally downloaded, printed and distributed classified information on several occasions; sentencing is scheduled for May.

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~~Russia, Iran deepen defense ties as Putin and Pezeshkian sign 20-year pact.~~

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~~While agreement doesn’t specify arms transfers between the two sanctioned countries, Putin offers aid to Tehran’s nuclear program.~~

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While Tehran has previously expressed its hope for accelerated cooperation in the North-South Corridor and the Russia-Iran gas transfer project – there has been little progress on Iran becoming an energy hub for Russian gas.

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~~As several analysts have noted, the pact’s timing is a sign that Moscow and Tehran are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House this month.~~

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Hanna Notte, expert in arms control, security, and Russian foreign policy, said in a thread on X, that both countries have emerged as “losers” in the post-October 7,2023 Middle East, referring to the weakening of Iran's "axis of resistance" due to Israeli-led attacks and the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a key ally to Russia and Iran.

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~~“Both Russia & Iran see some utility in signaling the robustness of their partnership at this time - and that Trump won't be able to drive a wedge between them,” Notte wrote.~~

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Nearly three years on, Russia's war on Ukraine continues, with Iran playing a key role as Moscow's ally in supplying drones and missiles. Iranian-made drones, including the Shahed series, have been crucial in Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. Reports also suggest that Tehran provided ballistic missiles to enhance Russia's military capabilities.

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Advisers to Trump, who takes office next Monday, are reportedly crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the coming months while at the same time squeezing Iran, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

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~~Trump Appoints Mel Gibson, with Antisemitic past, pro-Israel actor Jon Voight as Hollywood Ambassadors.~~

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~~Ireland Adopts IHRA definition of Antisemitism amid row with Israel.~~

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‘Selective indignation’: Rome’s chief rabbi criticizes Pope Francis over Israel remarks. Speaking Catholic-Jewish dialogue event, Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni accuses the pope of of unfairly focusing on Israel, while ignoring other world conflicts.

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‘Shalom, friends’: US Jews on TikTok brace for app’s ban after Supreme Court ruling. With the platform possibly set to be barred in the US as soon as Sunday, Jewish creators credit it for their success even as others blame it for allowing viral antisemitic content.

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Israel to free up to 1,904 Arab Palestinian terrorists in 1st stage of hostage deal, including killers. Among those slated for release is notorious Fatah terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi - former head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Jenin who escaped from Gilboa Prison in 2021,, convicted murderers from Hamas and Islamic Jihad responsible for the murder of dozens. Figures comprises 737 jailed Arab Palestinians, 1,167 Gazans detained in ground op.

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Notable prisoners to be released (asides from aforementioned Zubeidi) include Iyad Jradat, convicted of involvement in a 2003 terror attack; Mahmoud Atallah, serving a life sentence for murder; and Mahmud Abu Varda, who is serving 48 life sentences for orchestrating multiple attacks.

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Among those to be released are prisoners convicted in the murders of Malachi Rosenfeld, the Henkin couple, Ari Fuld, and other attacks. The notable releases include Zakaria Zubeidi, Wael Qassem, leader of the Silwan cell responsible for attacks that killed 35 Israelis, including bombings at Moment Cafe and Hebrew University.

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The releases include those convicted in attacks at Jerusalem bus lines, the Stage Club bombing, Sharon Mall attack, and Hillel Cafe attack, the murder of Dvir Sorek, and multiple suicide bombings in Jerusalem and other cities during the Second Intifada.

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~~Terrorist infiltration sirens sound in West Bank community.~~

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~~Houthi missile intercepted after sirens sound in central Israel, Jerusalem.~~

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IDF says aerial defenses shot down the missile; Ben-Gurion International Airport suspends flights to ensure no damage is caused to the runway; Royal Jordanian flight from Chicago to Amman diverted away from Israeli airspace amid the attack.

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~~US CENTCOM commander meets SDF commander-in-chief in northern Syria.~~

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 ==Arab-Islamist "Palestinian" attack, atrocities==
+[[File:IMG-20251010-WA0004.jpg|thumb|Five armed "Palestinian" groups joined Hamas in the deadly 7 October attack on Israel after training together in military-style exercises from 2020 onwards]]
+[[File:Tiny Israel - David VS Goliath - map.jpg|thumb|Tiny Israel - David VS Goliath - map]]
 Beginning in the morning of Oct 7, 2023:
@@ Line 214: / Line 218: @@
 NYT - Brutality of Hamas' attacks in Israel becomes apparent.jpg
 WP - Inside an Israeli Tmtown destroyed by Hamas.jpg
-Daily Telegraph - Hamas massacress babies and children.jpg
-Metro - '40 Babies Murdered by Hamas'.jpg
 Palestinian Islamist beheaded babies - confirmed.jpg
 </gallery>
@@ Line 360: / Line 362: @@
 Hamas' Muhammad Deif called on Israeli Arabs to join in any way, that "this is your chance."
+[[File:Islamic "Palestinian" full depravity.jpg|thumb|Islamic "Palestinian" full depravity]]
+{{quotebox-float|Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families.
+Among the mutilated and butchered bodies of young women slaughtered on October 7, it was their colourful, polished nails that many of the morgue staff remember.
+Bright, beautiful, shiny, pink manicures glistening amid the pervasive 'grey and green' of death were often the only reminder of who these girls had been just hours earlier.
+Because Hamas-led terrorists had not just executed these women. They had 'deliberately and systematically' defiled them, as the most comprehensive account of the atrocity released by The Civil Commission today shows.
+The terrorists shot their eyes, their faces and their breasts, and even targeted their most intimate parts, to destroy their beauty and rob their loved ones of a final goodbye.
+Women were stripped, bound, stabbed, shot and burned. They were executed both during and after rape amid an orgy of violence in which 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage.
+Heads were decapitated. Pelvic bones shattered. Even after death, sexual assault continued.
+A grotesque, medieval obsession with sexual organs pervaded the crime scenes at the Nova Festival and in the Kibbutzim near Gaza.
+At Kibbutz Be'eri, nails, sharp objects, and pieces of metal and plastic were similarly embedded in a woman whose body was discovered naked and bound. On another victim, grenades were used.
+While ordinarily newspapers censor the full horrors of such accounts, today, as hard as it is, over 430 witnesses, survivors, experts and medical staff ask that you do not look away.
+For over two years they have given evidence to The Civil Commission, an independent Israeli women's rights NGO established in the wake of October 7, 2023, in response to the failure of international institutions to address the sexual violence committed that day.
+The Daily Mail was the first British newspaper granted advance access to the report, fittingly titled 'Silenced No More', which is released today.
+It shows it was not just women who were degraded as a 'deliberate tool of terror, humiliation, and control'. Men were also sexually abused and in at least one case gang raped.
+Victims were mutilated, with body parts cut off used to create depraved scenes gleefully concocted to traumatise those who discovered them.
+‘The purpose was humiliation, not victory,' first responder Eran Masas, who came across one such barbaric arrangement, told The Civil Commission.
+Those taken hostage were assaulted in front of loved ones and young relatives forced to commit sex acts on each other, an intentional, premeditated strategy of kinocide to destroy family units even after release from captivity.
+The report runs to over 180 pages of utterly harrowing evidence, which collates and corroborates previous testimonies - as well as revealing disturbing new accounts.
+The extensive, graphic testimonies are unflinching and seriously distressing.
+But, sadly, it is also necessary that they are published in full to finally extinguish perverse doubts that remain over what happened that day.
+<ref>[https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15807431/Full-depravity-Hamas-October-7-revealed-time-New-report-details-terrorists-performed-unimaginable-horrors-Israeli-families.html Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families]. ''Daily Mail'', May 12, 2026</ref>}}
+‘Gang rape, forced stripping and humiliation’: report documents 10,000 findings on Oct. 7 sexual crimes.
+<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyf00rqljmx ‘Gang rape, forced stripping and humiliation’: New report documents 10,000 findings on Oct. 7 sexual crimes].
+"A new report by Israel’s Civil Commission on Hamas crimes documents systematic sexual violence during the Oct. 7 massacre and captivity in Gaza, citing survivor testimony, forensic evidence and accounts from body identification teams at Shura base."
+Shira Kadari-Ovadia, ''YNet'', May 12, 2026</ref>
 [[File:Hamas human shields Oct 2023 a.jpg|thumb|Hamas human shields - Oct 2023]]
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 Teens made to commit sexual acts on each other; horrors of Hamas captivity in report to UN. Physical abuse, torture, psychological terror, starvation, in Israel's report to the UN; teens beaten in their genitals, suffering burns; hostages witness others being murdered.
 "Teenagers were forced to commit sexual acts on each other, most women were sexually assaulted": This was described in the harrowing report spread over eight pages, that includes horrific testimony of hostages who were freed from Hamas captivity.
+==Hamas specific cruel orders in 2022==
+A digitalized copy of former Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s six-page handwritten memo, explicitly called for the terrorist group to target Israeli civilians ahead of the October 7 invasion.
+The letter, dated August 24, 2022, included directives written in Arabic to target both military and civilian targets.
+Sinwar instructed Hamas to broadcast October 7 atrocities.
+After viewing the letter, the NYT reported that Hamas was instructed to purposely broadcast the atrocities it was committing during the massacre to evoke fear and a feeling of instability across the Jewish state.
+“It needs to be affirmed to the unit commanders to undertake these actions intentionally, film them, and broadcast images of them as fast as possible,” the memo read.
+“Document the scenes of horror, now, and broadcast them across TV channels for the whole world to see,” a Hamas commander from Gaza City called Abu al-Baraa instructed his operatives in the area of Kibbutz Sa’ad, according to a message intercepted by Israel.
+“Slaughter them. End the children of Israel.”<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-870091 Target civilians, record carnage: What Yahya Sinwar wrote in his 2022 October 7 memo – NYT]. ''Jerusalem Post'', October 11, 2025</ref>
+==Oct 7 morning letter Hamas sent to Hezbollah on its attempted genocide==
+Revealed<ref>[https://www.jfeed.com/news/hamas-letter-nasrallah-october-7-plan Hamas Leaders' Chilling Letter to Nasrallah on October 7 Morning]. JFeed, May 15, 2026</ref>: captured letter Hamas sent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on the morning of October 7, 2023. The document was signed by senior Hamas leaders Mohammed Deif, Yahya Sinwar, and Marwan Issa.
+Key points from the article:
+The letter described the launch of the October 7 attacks, saying thousands of Hamas fighters were breaching the Gaza border, attacking Israeli military and civilian targets, and taking hostages.
+Hamas apologized to Hezbollah for keeping the operation secret, claiming secrecy was necessary to preserve surprise and avoid Israeli intelligence detection.
+The document urged Hezbollah to open a northern front against Israel from Lebanon, proposing heavy rocket barrages and a coordinated ground assault to overwhelm Israeli defenses.
+The letter framed the attack as connected to allegations over the Al-Aqsa Mosque and repeated inflammatory libels intended to rally regional support.
+It also discussed messaging strategy, reportedly advising allies to publicly frame their goals in terms of international law rather than openly calling for Israel’s destruction in order to avoid broader international opposition.
+The article shows the document demonstrates premeditation and coordination among Iran-aligned militant groups, and links it to later Israeli military actions in Gaza and Lebanon.
 ==Biting the hand that feeds them==
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 [[File:Oct 7 2023- pro-Hamas, pro-Islamic Jihad Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) started organizing as the massacre and rapes were still going on..jpeg|thumb| Oct 7 2023: pro-Hamas, pro-Islamic Jihad Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) started organizing as the massacre and rapes were still going on]]
+Also CUAD and WOL cheered the attacks.
+Such as at Columbia U.<ref>Sharon Otterman, "Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs ‘Armed Resistance’ by Hamas," ''NYT'', Oct 9. 2023</ref>
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 IDF Spokeperson: 'Hezbollah working to escalate tensions on the northern border.' One Israeli killed by Hezbollah.
 Hamas stopping crossing, preventing Palestimian-Americans to leave.
+Expers call Hamas attacks, genocide.<ref>Stuart Winer, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-actions-are-war-crimes-could-constitute-genocide-international-law-experts/ Hamas actions are war crimes, could constitute genocide – international law experts]. ''TOI'', Oct 15, 2023</ref>
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 Hezbollah rocket slams into home in Kiryat Shmona, no casualties reported.
-===Oct 17, 2024 - Oct 27, 2024===
+===Part 2: Oct 7, 2024-Feb 10, 2025 (Hamas’s suspension of hostage releases: seeing global raction to released starved hostages /  Trump's ultimatum), Part 4 (Aug 7, 2025+)===
-* Oct 17, 2024:<br>
+*[[Swords_of_Iron_Part_2|Swords of Iron Part 2]].
-IDF downs drone over Mediterranean as UAV ‘from the east’ enters southern Israel.
+*[[Swords_of_Iron_Part_3|Swords of Iron Part 3]].
+*[[Swords_of_Iron_Part_4|Swords of Iron Part 4]].
-Military says ‘incident over’ in south after sirens sound in communities near Jordanian border, further westward.
+==Taking in "Palestinians"==
+[[Trump]] and [[Ron DeSantis]] both vowed not to let any of them in, Progressives such as [[Jamaal Bowman]] member of the Socialist-Democratic
+"Squad" called to take in Arab Palestinian refugees. The latter has since been ousted anyway.
-Syrian state media reports Israeli strike on port city of Latakia.
+==Further reading / watching==
+*[https://www.warinisrael.org/ Israel War Portal]
+*[https://oct7map.com/ Mapping the Massacres].
-Sirens sound across northern Israel, woman hurt after falling while rushing to shelter.
+* [https://hamal.miraheze.org/wiki/The_victims_of_Hamas%27_brutality Victims of Hamas' brutality - Iron Swords]
+*[https://www.memri.org/reports/special-announcement-%E2%80%93-hamas-atrocities-documentation-center-hadc Special Announcement – The Hamas Atrocities Documentation Center (HADC)] (''MEMRI'').
-Despite threats and blacklist, play based on word-for-word Oct. 7 testimony tours US
+*[https://www.remember710.com Testimonials from the War in Israel, Oct 23].
-Irish husband-wife duo Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney felt impelled to pen ‘Oct. 7: In Their Own Words’ – but soon found themselves producing it in a hostile environment.
+*[https://www.october7.org/ Eyewitness & Survivor Stories from the Massacre].
-The quiet after the bloodshed: Photographer captures nature in the aftermath of Oct. 7
+*[https://www.hamas-massacre.net/ Hamas Massacre].
-Gaston Zvi Ickowicz brings his views and angles of the devastated Gaza border area landscape to ‘Field,’ his solo exhibit at Jerusalem’s Israel Museum.
+*[https://www.hamas.com/ Hamas.com warning, graphic!] [https://web.archive.org/web/20231125160836/https://www.hamas.com/].
-Northern Israel including Haifa, Acre, under rocket fire.
+(*[https://som.yale.edu/story/2023/list-companies-have-condemned-hamas-terrorist-attack-israel List of Companies That Have Condemned Hamas' Terrorist Attack on Israel]).
+*[https://saturday-october-seven.com/ Oct. 7 2023, Hamas Massacre: Documentation of "Crimes Against Humanity”] (Graphic).
-NY: Pro-palestinian radical breaches Trump Secret Service perimeter.
+*"The Children of October 7."
+[https://www.tiktok.com/@montanatucker/video/7423811884920442154]
+[https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1108612863960477&id=100044353213055]
+[https://www.instagram.com/montanatucker/reel/DBbj8T8PHi5/]
+[https://motj.org.il/en/events-en/children-of-october-7/ Giving a Voice to the Children of October 7], ''motj'',
+December 2, 2024.<blockquote>
+<small>Montana Tucker and President Herzog attended the Museum’s emotional screening of a documentary about that tragic day told through the perspective of child survivors.</small></blockquote>
-Egypt replaces spy chief who played key role in now-stalled hostage-ceasefire talks.
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU8vfOmsbus Montana Tucker’s Oct. 7 documentary shares young victims’ ‘resilience’ | Vargas Reports].
-Sissi appoints Hassan Rashad to replace Abbas Kamel, who is moved to become a special advisor, as Iran’s FM makes a rare visit to Egypt as part of Middle East tour.
+''NewsNation'', Nov 15, 2024.
+<blockquote><small>
+Influencer and artist Montana Tucker’s film, “The Children of October 7,” documents what some of the Oct. 7 attacks’ youngest victims went through on that day. She tells “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” that showcasing survivors’ strength and calling for hostage releases must be the focus moving forward.
+[https://www.jns.org/from-los-angeles-to-the-gaza-border-montana-tuckers-oct-7-documentary-premieres-in-jerusalem/ From Los Angeles to the Gaza border: Montana Tucker’s Oct. 7 documentary premieres in Jerusalem].
+Etgar Lefkovits, ''JNS'', Dec. 3, 2024.<blockquote><small>“The Children of October 7” tells the stories of eight Israelis between the ages of 10-16 who survived Hamas’s massacre.</small></blockquote>
-Leaders of US, Germany, France, Britain to meet in Berlin on Friday.
+[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/ryyk2onxjl Those who watch ‘The Children of October 7’ won’t be able to deny the massacre].Tigal Nasie, ''YNet'', Dec 3, 2024.<blockquote><small>
+Documentary features interviews conducted by social media influencer Montana Tucker with children who survived the horrors of that fateful Saturday; Among them is Ella Shani from Kibbutz Be’eri, whose father was murdered in his home, while several of her neighbors remain held hostage by Hamas.</small></blockquote>
+==Sources Part I==
+For sources published before Jan 7, 2024 - three months since Oct 7: [[Swords of Iron: sources|Swords of Iron: sources]] [https://archive.is/F8Tuf], Jan 7 - May 7, 2024 at: [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_II|Part 2]] [https://archive.md/8GMgC],  May 7 - Sep 23 at: [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_III|Part 3]] [https://archive.is/oUSmz], Sep 23, 2024 - Jan 17, 2025+ at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIII|Part 4]] [https://archive.ph/gqf6l], Jan 17, 2025 + at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIII|Part 5]] [https://archive.ph/f2Aay], May 4, 2025 + at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIIII|Part 6]] [https://archive.is/dPk4b], Aug 23, 2025+ at  [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIIIII| Part 7]] [https://archive.is/AUYbI], Nov 27 - Dec 22, 2025 at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIIIIII|Part 8]] [https://archive.is/QJmrH], Dec 22, 2025+ at [[Swords_of_Iron:_sources_IIIIIIIII|Part 9]].
-Germany's Scholz: we will help Israel defend itself with weapons.
+==Sources  Part II==
+{{Reflist}}
-German UNIFIL warship downs drone off Lebanon coast.
-IDF kills Hezbollah commander.
-PM says military found ‘state-of-the-art’ Russian arms in Hezbollah bases.
+== See also==
+*[[United_Nations#Swords_of_Iron|United Nations: Swords of Iron]], [[United_Nations#Swords_of_Iron_.2F_Guterres_.2B|United Nations: Swords of Iron / Guterres]]
+*[[Use of human shields by terrorists]]
+*[[Guardian of Walls]]
+*[[Dogs of Hamas]]
+*[[Loay Alnaji]]
+*[[Hesham A. Ayyad]]
+*[[Mufid Fawaz Alkhader]]
+*[[Columbia Untisemity]]
+*[[Kidnapping of the Bibas family]]
+*[[Arab-Islamist "Palestinian" regime mistreatment of its hostages]]
+*[[Swastika palestine activism]]
+*Operation [[Lucky Drop]]
+*[[Mahmoud Afana: "I Killed Ten Jews"]]
+*[[Ramot Junction Shooting Massacre (2025)]]
+*[[Operation Summit Of Fire]]
+*[[Mahmoud Amin Ya’Qub Al-Muhtadi]]
-Blasts in Beqaa Valley after army called on village to evacuate (to a distabce of 500 metre) in order to avoid harming civilians. For the first time: the residents of Tyre and the Lebanon Valley received notices of high-rise buildings that were converted into military warehouses were bombed, documentation shows secondary explosions from weapons stored: How the IDF operates in the heart of the Hezbollah stronghold.
+*[[Celebrating evil: Reactions to the Islamic Palestinian October 7 Attacks]]
+*[[Gaza GenoLIE]]
-Iran-backed Iraqi group launches drone at Eilat.
-U.S. B-2 stealth bombers strike Yemen in message to Iran. US Defense Secretary Austin says op shows ability to target enemies’ facilities that are seemingly out of reach.
-Assad restricts pro-Iran militias in Syria, Strike on Latakia, said to target weapons depot, attributed to Israel.
-IDF eliminates Hezbollah battalion commander in southern Lebanon, continues.
-Hussein Muhammed Awada was responsible for rocket fire from a number of villages in the Bint Jbeil area to Israeli territory.
-Hezbollah MP says Israel has not captured any villages in southern Lebanon.
-France says conditions of citizens held in Iran unacceptable.
-Qatar's Al Jazeera says Beirut office evacuated after warnings.
-Russia tells Israel to not even consider attacking Iranian nuclear facilities, TASS says.
-UN seeks probe into reported mass killing of Afghans migrating to Iran.
-US offering some Lebanese nationals protected status amid war, DHS says.
-'Less than two months after a federal judge ordered the University of California / UCLA to ensure equal access to all parts of campus for Jewish students, radical students at UC Berkeley are launching a new encampment and blocking Jewish students from entering areas of campus.'
-'New Paltz Students For Palestine encouraged donations to Hamas fundraiser. Last week, on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre, @newpaltzstudentsforpalestine posted a link to a fundraiser for the "Municipality of Gaza." ICYMI, the government of Gaza — including on the local government level — is run by Hamas.
-US announces additional sanctions on Houthi shipping networks following Yemen strike.
-IDF confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza on thevm previous day Oct/16. There were no signs of hostages in the vicinity. Sinwar’s body identified by dental records.
-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant quoted Leviticus 26:7: "And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword."
-(The IDF knew he was in the area, and have ioerated afainst terrorists, at the end he was killed by just like any ither terrorist there).
-AJC: 5 Things to Know About Hamas Terror Leader Yahya Sinwar, ‘The Architect of October 7’:
--Founding Role in Hamas.
--The Butcher of Khan Younis.
--The Eyes of a Murderer.
--The Architect of the October 7 Massacre.
--Palestinian Civilians are “Necessary Sacrifices”.
-The top terrorists who have been eliminated, so far, since October 7th, Israel has settled the score with several of the massacre's leading architects:
--On October 17th, 2023, an IDF airstrike eliminated Ayman Nofel, who served as the commander of Hamas' Central Camps Brigade and had in the past served as the organization's intelligence commander. Israel considered him to be one of the organization's "aces."
--On November 26th, 2023, Israel settled the score with another Hamas "ace" - Ahmed Ghandour. He served as the commander of the Northern Gaza Brigade and oversaw all terror operations in the northern Gaza Strip.
--On January 2nd, 2024, Saleh al-Arouri, the organization's deputy leader and one of the architects of the massacre, met his end in an airstrike in the Dahieh suburb of Lebanon.
--On March 26th, 2024, the IDF confirmed that it eliminated Marwan Issa, the deputy to the commander of Hamas' militant wing, Mohammed Deif. Issa was considered Hamas' chief of staff. He was one of the planners of October 7th and was even part of the command over it. Together with him, the IDF also eliminated Razi Abu Tama'ah who served in senior positions in the militant wing.
--On July 13, 2024, an IAF airstrike eliminated Mohammed Deif, the commander of the Hamas militant wing and one of the organization's symbols. For years, Deif managed to escape assassination attempts and continued to direct deadly terror attacks.
--On July 31st, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was eliminated in Tehran. In the final years of his life, he lived in Qatar where he continued to direct terror operations.
--On October 3rd, the IDF confirmed that senior Hamas official Rawhi Mushtaha, who was known as Sinwar's right hand, was eliminated in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. Mushtaha was eliminated during the summer, but the official announcement only came once Israel was able to confirm.
-Netanyahu: Oct. 7 architect ‘was eliminated when he fled in panic’ from IDF; tells those holding hostages to put down their weapons and they can live; says war is not yet finished.
-In a long and historic speech, Prime Minister Netanyahu officially announced the elimination of the master murderer Yahya Sinwar and said: "I stand before you today to inform you that Yahya Sinwar has been eliminated. The one who committed the most terrible massacre in our nation's history since the Holocaust, the master murderer who murdered thousands of Israelis and kidnapped hundreds of our citizens, has been eliminated", then he made an offer to the terrorists who hold the hostages as well as to the peoples of the area.
-"Citizens of Israel," Netanyahu began and said: "A year ago we celebrated Sukkot.  At that exact time, Yahya Sinwar was engaged in final preparations for the Ooctober 7th massacre...m  The person who committed the most terrible massacre in the history of our nation since the Holocaust, the mass murderer who murdered thousands of Israelis and kidnapped hundreds of our citizens, was eliminated today by our heroic soldiers.
-"And today," the prime minister added, saying: "As we promised to do, we have come to terms with him. Today evil has suffered a severe blow, but the task before us is not yet complete."
-"To the dear families of the abductees I say," Netanyahu addressed the families and said: "This is an important moment in the war. We will continue with all our strength until the return home of all your loved ones, who are our loved ones. This is our highest obligation. This is my highest obligation."
-"I say to the residents of Gaza," said the Prime Minister: "Sinwar ruined your lives. He told you he was a lion, but in reality he was hiding in a dark den - and he was killed when he fled in panic from our soldiers. His death is an important milestone in the downfall of the evil rule of Hamas."
-"I would like to say again," Netanyahu said to the camera: "In the clearest form: Hamas will no longer rule Gaza. This is the beginning of the day after Hamas, and this is an opportunity for you, the residents of Gaza, to finally be freed from its tyranny. To the terrorists of Hamas, I say: Your leaders are fleeing and they  will be eliminated,
-The prime minister also said: "I call on everyone who holds our hostages: Whoever lays down his weapon and returns our hostages - we will allow him to leave and live. And in the same way I say: whoever harms our hostages - blood on his head. We will come to terms with him. The return of our hostages is an opportunity to achieve all our goals and it is  brings the end of the war closer."
-He added: "To the people of the region I say: in Gaza, in Beirut, throughout the entire region - the darkness recedes and the light rises. Deif, Haniya, Sinwar, Nasrallah, Mohsen (Shukr), Akil and many of their partners - are gone. I call to you, people of the region: we have a great opportunity before us  To curb the axis of evil and create a different future. A future of peace, a future of prosperity in the entire region. Together we can repel the curse and promote the blessing."
-"Now," Netanyahu explained, "it is clear to everyone, in Israel and in the world, why we insisted on not ending the war. Why, in the face of all the pressures, we did insist on entering Rafah, the fortified stronghold of Hamas where Sinouar and many of the murderers hid. I wish to express my deep appreciation to my fighters  The IDF and the Shin Bet and their commanders, for their determined and courageous action. There are no better than them."
-"Today," he added, "once again we made it clear what happens to those who harm us. Today we once again showed the world the victory of good over evil. But the war, my dears, is not over yet. It is hard, and it exacts a heavy price from us. I wish to express my condolences from the bottom of my heart  To the families who lost their loved ones, I would like to embrace the families of our fallen heroes, including in recent days, bringing us closer to victory...
-As King David said: 'I will hunt down my enemies and destroy them, and I will not return until they are all.'  And with God's help - together we will win."
-(So far, no response regarding Netanyahu's generous offer of free pass for those laying out their weapons, free the hostages).
-MK Tali Gottlieb in an unusual appeal to the residents of Gaza: "This is your only chance
-created after the assassination of Sinwar and to assist in the return of the abductees: "Residents of Gaza, this is one and only golden opportunity for you!"
-She revealed that the Israeli government offers a financial incentive to anyone who will assist in the return of live abductees: 2 million shekels in cash for every live abductee returned to the IDF.  In addition, the Israeli government will also pay a million shekels for the bodies of abductees.
-She also stated that Gazans who return abductees to the IDF will not be harmed, and may even leave for a third country if necessary, while promising to maintain their freedom.  "You have the opportunity to buy your freedom," Gottlieb stressed.
-"The Israeli government will not let up, and will continue to attack Gaza until all of its abductees are returned," Gottlieb added, and ended by blessing the IDF fighters: "God bless our brave fighters on the various fronts, who restore security and deterrence to the State of Israel."
-A United Nations employee, UNRWA teacher was among Yahya Sinwar’s bodyguards.
-IDF recovered Sinwar’s DNA in tunnel complex where 6 hostages were executed.
-Wounded and alone: Drone footage of Sinwar's final moments. IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari published drone footage showing mass murderer Yahya Sinwar moments before his elimination.
-Hostage Families Forum: 'We commend killing of Sinwar, but deeply concerned for hostages'
-No US role in Israel operation that killed Hamas leader, Pentagon says.
-US security adviser: Work still needed to ensure Hamas is dealt long-term blow.
-Israel said to view Sinwar’s death as singular opportunity to advance hostage deal.
-US to kickstart Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar's death, says State Department.
-Biden, Harris, other US leaders cheer death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Biden: 'Sinwar is dead, this is a good day for the world'.
-World leaders welcome Sinwar’s death, hope it will precipitate hostage deal, end to war.
-US Secretary of State Austin briefed on Sinwar assassination, discuses hostages with Gallant.
-Israeli leaders rejoice in Sinwar’s death; PM: ‘The beginning of the day after Hamas’.
-Several officials: 'Somewhere in hell' he wishes he made a deal.
-Cheers erupt in Israel after death of Hamas leader Yaya Sinwar.
-European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: "His death is certainly significantly weakening Hamas," said .
-Article: 'Death of a fascist. The elimination of Yahya Sinwar is a great moment for Israelis and Palestinians alike.'
-Dozens of Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists targeted in airstrike. Terrorists involved in rocket fire and planning terror attacks targeted during meeting inside a command and control center embedded inside a compound that previously served as the 'Abu Hassan' School in northern Gaza.
-Macron urges Israel to halt Lebanon operations.
-soldiers killed, several more hurt amid fighting with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
-* Oct 18, 2024:<br>
-[[File:"Rat in the hole." Sinwar.jpg|thumb|NYPost: 10.18.24: :"Rat in the hole"]]
-[[File:La Stampa- 10.18.24.jpg|thumb|: "Da Mussolini a Yahya I Corpi de Male" [From Mussolini to Yahya The Bodies of Evil]]]
-<gallery>
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-Star Tribune- 10.18.24.jpg|Star Tribune: 10.18.24
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-The Times- 10.18.24.jpg|The Times: 10.18.24
-Daily Telegraph- 10.18.24.jpg|Daily Telegraph- 10.18.24
-The Guardian- 10.18.24.jpg|The Guardian: 10.18.24
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-Globe And Mail- 10.18.24.jpg|Globe And Mail: 10.18.24
-National Post- 10.18.24.jpg|National Post: 10.18.24.jpg
-The Nighty Edition (Sydney) 10.18.24.jpg|The Nighty Edition (Sydney): 10.18.24
-Le Figaro 10.18.24.jpg|Le Figaro 10.18.24
-Liberation- 10.18.24.jpg|Liberation: 10.18.24.
-Bild- 10.18.24.jpg|Bild: 10.18.24
-El Pais- 10.18.24.jpg|El Pais- 10.18.24
-'Death of a Fascist' - "Palestine" Islamist Hamas - Sinwar.jpg|'Death of a Fascist' - "Palestine" Islamist Hamas - Sinwar
-</gallery>
-NY Post cover: 'Rat in a hole.'
-La Stampa: "Da Mussolini a Yahya I Corpi de Male"
-Forensic pathologist Dr. Chen Kugel: Sinwar has been dying for a few hours.  What killed him was a bullet that entered his head.
-The director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir who dissected Sinwar's body said: "It is not standard to dissect such a person.  It's only when you go outside and think about who this man is that you realize that even monsters can look like normal people."
-The primary cause of Sinwar's death appears to be a long-range gunshot wound to the head, executed with sniper-like precision. He was first wounded by shrapnel, notes he tried to use makeshift tourniquet but ‘it wasn’t strong enough, and his forearm was smashed’.
-'Surprisingly, despite the harsh conditions of underground warfare, Sinwar's body showed no signs of malnourishment. Weighing in at 152 pounds, it appears that even while orchestrating operations from hidden tunnels, the Hamas leader maintained access to adequate nutrition.'
-Although the encounter itself in Sinwar was random, the southern command assumed that something was happening there - and decided to use a ruse like they did with Muhammad Deif.
-Time magazine features elimination of Sinwar on cover.
-The soldiers hung a sign on the house where Sinwar was taken down:
-'Am Yisrael (Jewish people! / People of Israel ed.)!
-The Bislah Brigade, the Gaza Division, and the entire IDF are proud to give you the mouse's head as a holiday gift.
-"Let sinners cease out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more.Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!" Psalms 104:35.'
-Contrary to US and global newspapers' frontpages splashing the plotter of Oct 7,  the 'LA Times ' was the only weird one to add the word "alleged".
-Op-ed: 'Too lazy to work? Join UNIFIL and get paid for doing nothing.'
-Some 15 rockets fired at northern Israel from Lebanon.
-Hezbollah rocket impacts in open area in northern Israel, no sirens sound.
-Avenging Hamas: Jerusalem Arab planned terror attack on hostage families protest.
-Ibrahim Al Ramadi, 22, from Sheikh Jarrah, contacted terror operatives in the West Bank with intent to kill demonstrators at weekly Tel Aviv rally, was arrested September 17.
-Harvard sees biggest downtrend in donations in a decade. Donations to the prestigious Ivy League institute nosedive 15% in the last year against the backdrop of pro-Palestinian protests and president's resignation.
-Trump accuses Biden of trying to ‘hold back’ Netanyahu after Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Adding that Netanyahu is "doing a great job."
-Rabbi's chilling prophecy fulfilled: Hamas leader Sinwar killed in surprise IDF strike.
-The rabbi predicted that Sinwar and his associates would meet a gruesome end akin to the hanging of Haman, the enemy of the Jews in the story of Purim.
-In what many are now calling a prophetic statement, Rabbi Nir Ben Artzi, known for his bold and controversial predictions, foretold the fate of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a video posted eight months ago.
-In letters to 10-year-old son, Sinwar sought to install a hatred for Israel — report.
-Lebanese PM says he rejects Iranian interference in a Lebanese matter.
-IDF issues evacuation warnings to several southern Lebanon villages.
-Berlin pushes for ceasefire after death of Hamas leader Sinwar.
-Foreign Min.: UN chief didn't welcome Sinwar's death.
-Terrorists in disguise infiltrate Israel from Jordan. Multiple terrorists disguised as army personnel cross into Israel from Jordan, open fire at Jewish town near Dead Sea. Two terrorists eliminated, two Israelis moderately injured.
-'They Praised Hamas and Defended 9/11. Now They’re Headlining Taxpayer-Funded Group’s ‘Arab Health’ Summit. Biden-Harris admin has given $24 million to anti-Israel group.'
-U.S. charges 2 in connection with Oct. 7 cyberattack on Iron Dome, siren system.
-For the first time in history, prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for cyber crimes of bothers Ahmed and Alaa Omer who were arrested and charged with disabling critical alert systems in Israel; their group Anonymous Sudan is designated by US prosecutors as 'most dangerous cyber group in the world'.
-IDF issues evacuation warnings to several southern Lebanon villages.
-Iran says open to working with France on truce in Lebanon; Beirut slams ‘interference’.
-Iraqi security forces kill four ISIS terrorists, including senior leader in strike
-IDF's 188th Brigade destroys underground Hezbollah command center.
-[[File:Arab-Muslim immigrants' Palestine encampment in Krakow- "Gas (sic) the Jews".jpg|thumb|Arab-Muslim immigrants' Palestine encampment in Krakow- "Gas (sic) the Jews"]]
-A shocking placard calling to gas Jews appeared in a "free Palestine" protest camp set up by some students of the philosophy faculty of the Jagiellonian University, one of Poland's largest and most prestigious.
-The placard appeared on the outer fence of the camp, on one of Krakow's main and most tourist-frequented streets, a short walk from the former Jewish quarter which attracts tourists from all over the world. Krakow is also the nearest large city to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, to which Jews were sent to the gas chambers.
-(Arab Muslim "palestine" demonstration there began already on Oct 13, 2024, with hateful WW2 comparisons: "Many participants in Kraków came from Poland’s Muslim community, which has grown in recent years amid record levels of immigration..").
-IDF chief: 1,500 Hezbollah operatives eliminated, others surrender as morale plummets.
-Putin: Palestinian leader Abbas invited to BRICS summit in Russia next week.
-Israel's High Court tells state to draw up formal procedure for Gaza medical evacuations.
-Around 30 humanitarian aid trucks enter the northern Gaza Strip on Friday.
-Five soldiers seriously wounded fighting in Gaza, southern Lebanon.
-Iranian-backed militias in Iraq claim to attack Israeli targets - report.
-Hamas announces Tel al-Sultan Battalion commander killed alongside Yahya Sinwar.
-Biden: Possible to work towards ceasefire in Lebanon, Gaza will be harder.
-IAF intercepts three projectiles launched from Lebanon towards Haifa, Upper Galilee
-Netanyahu orders increase in Gaza aid to 250 humanitarian aid trucks per day - report.
-IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target approaching Israel from Syria.
-In response to the killing of Sinwar "Day of Rage" in East Jerusalem, by Arab group organization.
-Turkish foreign minister expresses condolences to Hamas over Sinwar's death. (Not surprising).
-Trump says Sinwar death makes peace easier, adds he'll speak soon to Netanyahu.
-[[File:Fawzia, a Yazidi girl kidnapped by ISIS from Iraq and taken to Gaza .jpg|thumb|Fawzia, a Yazidi girl kidnapped by ISIS from Iraq and taken to Gaza]]
-The Yazidi girl who was rescued from Gaza speaks for the first time: "There is no difference between Hamas and ISIS".
-The Yazidi girl, who was rescued from the Gaza Strip in an Israeli-American operation after 10 years of captivity, speaks for the first time: "Everything Hamas says is a lie. All the hospitals in the Gaza Strip were terrorist bases full of weapons".
-* Oct 19, 2024:<br>
-A clip shows Sinwar and family transporting supplies into tunnel before attack on southern Israel. 'Hamas leaders prioritize their own survival over the lives of Gaza’s residents.'
-Supporters of Iraqi militia group ransack Saudi's MBC office over 'terrorist' label of commander.
-Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei calls Yahya Sinwar 'heroic' (sic) after being 'martyred' (sic).
-Drone launched towards Caesarea intended to hit Netanyahu's residence - report.
-Wife not home. No one hurt.
-Netanyahu says he is undeterred after drone targets his home: "Iran's proxies, who today tried to assassinate my wife and me, have made a serious mistake," he said. "This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing the war of renewal against our enemies, in order to ensure our security for generations to come."
-Netanyahu spoke with Trump, British Prime Minister Starmer and the Speaker of the US House of Representatives. The three expressed shock at the assassination attempt on the prime minister.
-Iranian FM warns: 'Those who know how Israel will attack Iran should be held accountable for casualties'.
-IAF kills Hezbollah deputy commander Naser Abed al-Aziz Rashid in Lebanon.
-Study: Nova survivors who drank alcohol before Hamas attack more likely to suffer PTSD.
-Hezbollah drone targets Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea; PM, wife not home, no injuries.
-Former PM Naftali Bennett fumes over ‘sell out’ ultra-Orthodox [Haredim] draft exemption bill.
-Iran’s supreme leader vows ‘Hamas is alive’ despite Sinwar’s death.
-'The Iranian Embassy in the United Nations has officially announced that it denies any connection to the UAV that Hezbollah launched this morning towards Netanyahu's house in Caesarea.'
-One murdered when rockets strike near Acre. Alexei Poupov, 51, killed by shrapnel amid non-stop Hezbollah rocket barrages on northern Israel: at Tzfat, the Haifa region, and the Upper and Western Galilee on Shabbat, one of them tragically finding its mark.
-hurt in rocket attack near Haifa.
-IDF hits Beirut after man killed, several hurt in rocket barrages on northern Israel.
-IAF fighter jets strike Dahiyeh following IDF Arabic spox. issuing evacuation warnings - report.
-Clip: terrorist ram into police car in West Bank attack, eliminated.
-Using over 100 tons of explosives:
-Central Hezbollah (elite) 'Radwan Force' tunnel route destroyed.
-IDF: Ofer and Elishai fell in northern Gaza.
-Yishai, injured in southern Lebanon dies of his wounds.
-RPGs and weapons located in a school in southern Lebanon.
-'I celebrate God in a different way': Michael Rapaport says ‘more proud’ to be Jewish since October 7.
-Over 10,000 humanitarian aid packages airdropped to Gaza by 13 countries in recent months.
-Pentagon serious breach: Israel's attack plans leaked, US investigating
-Documents dated October 15-16 make rounds on the internet, US investigating who had access to top-secret Pentagon document. 'Depending on how this was leaked that trust could be eroded.'
-Scholz, Erdogan clash over Mideast war as they progress on sale of fighter jets.
-German chancellor rejects Turkish [Islamist] leader’s claim Israel committing (o-called) "genocide" in Gaza, asserts Jewish state has right to defend itself, calls for ceasefire-hostage deal.
-Former Sodastream CEO offers Gazans $100K for living hostages.
-[[File:Hitler, Saddam, Zarqawi, Bin Laden and Sinwar- Palestinian Arabs supported all of them at their height..jpg|thumb|Hitler, Saddam, Zarqawi, Bin Laden and Sinwar: Palestinian Arabs supported all of them at their height]]
-Hitler, Saddam, Zarqawi, Bin Laden and Sinwar: Palestinian Arabs supported all of them at their height.
-'Reject the genocide (sic) accusation against Israel'. Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee , calls on Democratic presidential candidate to more forcefully denounce the claim that Israel is committing “genocide”[sic].
-* Oct 20, 2024:<br>
-IAF eliminates three Hezbollah terrorists, destroys Beirut intelligence HQ
-Iranian woman killed in Lebanon strike, Iranian embassy claims.
-Netanyahu told Trump Israel will make decisions based on its interests, his office says.
-Reports: Chance of hostage deal still low after Sinwar’s death despite public US optimism.
-Lebanese Armed Forces: Three soldiers killed by Israeli strike in south Lebanon.
-Rabbi: Heaven protected Netanyahu.
-Vivid sculptures displayed in ancient Jerusalem citadel reflect post-Oct. 7 life cycle. London-based Israeli artist Zadok Ben-David brings his singular metalworks to the Tower of David Museum: ‘Shows how quickly but gradually things change’.
-IDF hits Hezbollah installations in Beirut as terrorists fire more than 170 rockets.
-US Secretary of State Blinken expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday.
-Katz: Israel to begin legal action against French decision to block Israel from arms show.
-Analysis: A ceasefire would have saved Sinwar and guaranteed another war.
-House Speaker calls leak of Israeli plans 'deeply concerning'.
-IDF shoots down drone smuggling weapons from Egypt into Israel.
-Defense Minister: 'We've moved from defeating the enemy, to destroying it'.
-At the site of Sinwar’s elimination, IDF commander says incident was ‘not a fluke’.
-IDF strikes Hamas target in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, rejects Palestinian casualty claims.
-Trump claims Netanyahu disregarded. Biden’s advice on war, was right to do so.
-Shin Bet head Ronen Bar meets with Egyptian Intelligence Head to discuss hostage deal.
-Commander of IDF's 401st Brigade fell in Gaza.
-Daliyat al-Karmel Council head announces death of 401st Brigade commander, Colonel Ehsan Daxa, in Jabaliya. 'A hero, brave, and a fighter who became a legend.'
-US House speaker confirms probe into intelligence leak on Israel’s Iran attack plan.
-Six slain hostages were likely Sinwar’s shields, lived for months on energy bars.
-IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target above Haifa maritime territory.
-Hamas interested in returning all Palestinian bodies to Gaza, Sinwar's included, says official.
-Multiple rocket sirens sound in Western Galilee.
-IAF eliminates three Hezbollah terrorists, destroys Beirut intelligence HQ.
-Fear of assassination? Report: Nasrallah's deputy fled to Tehran.
-Footage: IDF strikes Hezbollah intelligence headquarters command center in Beirut.
-IAF conducted an intelligence-based strike on a command center of Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters and an underground weapons workshop in Beirut.
-Thousands attend Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall. The traditional priestly blessing ceremony is expected to draw thousands including the families of hostages held in Gaza.
-'UNIFIL has commented on the IDF finding Hezbollah’s terror tunnels right next to UNIFIL bases in southern Lebanon. They say they knew about the tunnels but aren’t allowed to conduct searches on private territory.'
-FM vows legal action against Macron for banning Israeli firms from Paris arms fair.
-Six slain hostages were likely Sinwar’s shields, lived for months on energy bars.
-Harris campaign says she did not agree with protester ["pallyweid" heckler] (Oct/17) "accusing" Israel of "genocide[sic]."
-Replied to infamous Francesca Albanese after sharing horrible post which included blaming Israel for 9/11, predicting death of US 'must read' accompanied with a vile image: "How do you have a job at the UN? The UN has an anti-Semitism problem."
-Israel conducts airstrikes in Dahieh, southern Beirut - report.
-American THAAD system operational in Israel - report.
-IDF targeting al-Qard al-Hassan in its Lebanon strikes: report.
-IDF to target 'different branches' of Hezbollah financing organization al-Qard al-Hassan, Lebanese civilians urged to stay 500 meters away from target sites.
-IAF intercept hostile drone over Syria.
-Shin Bet chief heads to Cairo as Israel said seeking to end Gaza war with hostage deal.
-IDF targets Hezbollah's financial institutions.
-The Military spokesperson says Israel will reveal how Iran funds Hezbollah and its terror activities; IDF planes strike banks in Beirut's Dahieh and elsewhere around the country.
-What is Al-Qard al-Hassan association, now a target of IDF? Bank provides Hezbollah with money laundering services and is one of the terror group's main financial assets; A 2021 data breach shows how it violated sanctions imposed in 2016, through ties with other financial institutions.
-IDF arrest terrorist after throwing Molotov cocktails at West Bank settlement.
-Israel facilitates delivery of health aid to Gaza ahead of winter. This humanitarian effort comes as the United States has issued a stark ultimatum to Israel regarding the escalating crisis in Gaza.
-Saudi channel suspended by Iraq for calling Hamas terrorists.
-[[File:ICC's Karim Khan acused of sexual harassment.jpg|thumb|ICC's Karim Khan acused of sexual harassment]]
-ICC prosecutor, controversial Islamic Karim Khan, accused of sexual harassment, report. Woman working as a secretary in the International Criminal Court said to be brought to tears by Karim Khan's conduct but refuses to file official complaint; internal probe recommends undisclosed measures; Khan denies allegations.
-[[File:Shirel Golan RIP.png|thumb|Nova massacre survivor, Shirel Golan, takes own life.
-Shirel Golan, is found dead on her 22nd birthday]]
-Nova massacre survivor, takes own life.
-Shirel Golan, is found dead on her 22nd birthday, suffering from post-trauma. Her brother calls for government action to prevent similar tragedies amid grief and mourning.
-* Oct 21, 2024:<br>
-[[File:Hamas is shooting Gazan civilians who try to evacuate Jabaliya, IDF paramedic says..jpg|thumb|File:Hamas is shooting Gazan civilians who try to evacuate Jabaliya, IDF paramedic says]]
-Murdering their own: Hamas Shooting civilians trying to evacuate Northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian civilians attempting to flee the intense fighting in the northern Gaza Strip are reportedly being shot at by Hamas terrorists trying to stop their escape.
-Hamas is shooting Gazan civilians who try to evacuate Jabaliya, IDF paramedic says. Cpl. Shai Gilboa photographed providing medical assistance to a Palestinian woman injured in the face by Hamas gunfire while trying to get to a designated safe zone.
-IAF intercept hostile drone over Syria.
-Israel states demands for Lebanon cease-fire, report. U. S. special Mideast envoy Amos Hochstein due to visit Beirut to discuss cease-fire; Israeli demands include IDF forces being able to operate against Hezbollah along the Lebanon-Israel border and use its airspace for attacks.
-Israel tells US conditions for end of war with Hezbollah - report.
-Trump: October 7 happened because they have no respect for Biden. Former US President slams Biden administration for failing to prevent bloody conflicts: Iran had no money, and Biden allowed them to have $300 billion.
-UN’s Francesca Albanese failed to disclose Antisemitic husband worked for PLO Ministry.
-What’s behind the ICC sexual scandal and Kamala’s radical pandering?
-'It’s been revealed that Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, was accused of sexually harassing one of his employees a few weeks before he requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.'
-Wikipedia's page on Zionism is partly edited by an anti-Zionist - investigation.
-The Post found that DMH223344 was suspended on 9 October 2024 from editing the Zionism page, "for violating the one-revert rule at Zionism."
-Operations in Lebanon and Gaza.
-Hezbollah cell that launched missiles into Israel eliminated.
-IDF intercepts drone in Jordan Valley.
-Home Front Command conducts siren tests on Monday morning in various West Bank communities.
-[[File:Dramatic testimony suggests UN peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah.jpg|thumb|Dramatic testimony suggests UN peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah]]
-Dramatic testimony suggests UN peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah
-Captured terrorists confirm they paid UNIFIL to use their outposts against Israel and even using their surveillance cameras. This is in violation of its mandate. Hezbollah operatives captured during recent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ground operations in southern Lebanon have disclosed during interrogations that the organization paid off UNIFIL personnel to use their positions in the region.
-UNIFIL denies it.
-IDF intercepts Hezbollah rocket barrage aimed at northern Israel.
-THAAD anti-missile system 'in place' in Israel, US says.
-Report: Sinwar received offer to leave Gaza at the start of the war.
-In wake of Oct. 7, some US Jews in swing states rethink longtime support of Democrats. Some Jewish Americans see Israel’s survival in new light after Hamas attack and amid fears of rising antisemitism; may resort to voting for Republican candidate Donald Trump.
-Iran's Araqchi to travel to Bahrain and Kuwait on Monday.
-Iran says it has warned UN nuclear watchdog about Israeli threats against its nuclear sites.
-Reports: Hours before Oct. 7 assault, Shin Bet warned Hamas seemed readying to attack. Alert was reportedly sent to Mossad, National Security Council and Israel Police; noted suspicious activity indicating possible assault but did not give estimate of nature or scale.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah launchers aimed at northern Israeli communities.
-Expensive war on Hamas and Hezbollah could force tough economic choices.
-Military spending balloons to $4.7b; economic output shrinks amid widespread call-ups, hard-hit tourism industry; credit downgrade likely to cause public service cuts, higher taxes.
-After Lebanese PM fumed at Iranian official who expressed openness to negotiating Lebanon truce, Iran "rejects."
-IDF intercepts five rockets launched from Lebanon.
-The target: Sensitive IDF bases
-Seven Israelis worked as Iranian agents during the war. Interior Minister Arbel ordered to examine the denial of citizenship of the seven Israelis who acted as agents under the auspices of Iran during the war: "Israel will work to vomit and denounce closely those who work against it".
-British Airways to cancel all flights to Israel until end of March next year.
-Streaming site Twitch accused of unchecked antisemitism, anti-Israel bias.
-After a slew of complaints, platform acknowledges blocking Israel-based users post-Oct. 7 ‘to prevent uploads of graphic material,’ doesn’t address lifting ban on antisemitic users.
-Iran complains to UN watchdog, alleging Israeli threats to hit its nuclear sites.
-In letter to International Atomic Energy Agency, foreign ministry argues striking such facilities is against global body’s resolutions and should be condemned
-Lebanon’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan: US-sanctioned Hezbollah cash source
-The financial institution is the latest target of IDF airstrikes as Israel seeks to degrade the terror group’s ability to fund its war on the Jewish state.
-Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites. Elishai Young, 19, who fell in Gaza, had not yet completed the 18 months of active duty needed for him, his mother, and his special needs brother to obtain Israeli citizenship.
-UAVs launched at Israel intercepted over Mediterranean Sea. Air traffic halted for half-hour at Ben Gurion Airport, likely due to UAV attack. The drones were intercepted before they reached Israeli airspace.
-Explosion heard in Tel Aviv. Projectile from Lebanon strikes open area in central Israel.
-IDF: Hezbollah down to 30% of its firepower.
-PM's birthday warning to Iran: 'Our people will repel the danger that threatens their existence'
-Ex-UN soldier exposes Hezbollah dominance in southern Lebanon, highlighting UN failure.
-Michael, a Danish soldier who served in Lebanon a decade ago, describes UN's inability to act against Hezbollah, says 'reported daily violations of Resolution 1701, but nothing happened'.
-Nasrallah's money bunker beneath Al-Sahel Hospital. IDF reveals Hezbollah cash bunker beneath Beirut hospital, housing over $500 million.
-Following airstrikes targeting terror group's financial network, army unveils secret money bunker, located underneath Al-Sahel Hospital in heart of Lebanese capital; 'Funds stored here could have been used to rebuild Lebanon, but instead, they are used to rebuild Hezbollah'.
-White House calls on all parties to cooperate on aid distribution in Gaza.
-ISA: Ceasefire in exchange for a few hostages
-Heavy strike heard near Beirut's southern suburbs - witnesses.
-Iran tells UN: Biden has signaled US approval, support for attack on Iran.
-Some 170 Hezbollah rockets crossed into Israel on Monday (Oct/21), IDF says
-Report: Sinwar received offer to leave Gaza at the start of the war.
-In wake of Oct. 7, some US Jews in swing states rethink longtime support of Democrats. Some Jewish Americans see Israel’s survival in new light after Hamas attack and amid fears of rising antisemitism; may resort to voting for Republican candidate Donald Trump.
-Iran's Araqchi to travel to Bahrain and Kuwait on Monday.
-Iran says it has warned UN nuclear watchdog about Israeli threats against its nuclear sites.
-Reports: Hours before Oct. 7 assault, Shin Bet warned Hamas seemed readying to attack. Alert was reportedly sent to Mossad, National Security Council and Israel Police; noted suspicious activity indicating possible assault but did not give estimate of nature or scale.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah launchers aimed at northern Israeli communities.
-Expensive war on Hamas and Hezbollah could force tough economic choices.
-Military spending balloons to $4.7b; economic output shrinks amid widespread call-ups, hard-hit tourism industry; credit downgrade likely to cause public service cuts, higher taxes.
-After Lebanese PM fumed at Iranian official who expressed openness to negotiating Lebanon truce, Iran "rejects."
-IDF intercepts five rockets launched from Lebanon.
-The target: Sensitive IDF bases
-Seven Israelis worked as Iranian agents during the war. Interior Minister Arbel ordered to examine the denial of citizenship of the seven Israelis who acted as agents under the auspices of Iran during the war: "Israel will work to vomit and denounce closely those who work against it".
-British Airways to cancel all flights to Israel until end of March next year.
-Streaming site Twitch accused of unchecked antisemitism, anti-Israel bias.
-After a slew of complaints, platform acknowledges blocking Israel-based users post-Oct. 7 ‘to prevent uploads of graphic material,’ doesn’t address lifting ban on antisemitic users.
-Iran complains to UN watchdog, alleging Israeli threats to hit its nuclear sites.
-In letter to International Atomic Energy Agency, foreign ministry argues striking such facilities is against global body’s resolutions and should be condemned
-Lebanon’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan: US-sanctioned Hezbollah cash source
-The financial institution is the latest target of IDF airstrikes as Israel seeks to degrade the terror group’s ability to fund its war on the Jewish state.
-Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites. Elishai Young, 19, who fell in Gaza, had not yet completed the 18 months of active duty needed for him, his mother, and his special needs brother to obtain Israeli citizenship.
-UAVs launched at Israel intercepted over Mediterranean Sea. Air traffic halted for half-hour at Ben Gurion Airport, likely due to UAV attack. The drones were intercepted before they reached Israeli airspace.
-Explosion heard in Tel Aviv. Projectile from Lebanon strikes open area in central Israel.
-IDF: Hezbollah down to 30% of its firepower.
-PM's birthday warning to Iran: 'Our people will repel the danger that threatens their existence'
-Ex-UN soldier exposes Hezbollah dominance in southern Lebanon, highlighting UN failure.
-Michael, a Danish soldier who served in Lebanon a decade ago, describes UN's inability to act against Hezbollah, says 'reported daily violations of Resolution 1701, but nothing happened'.
-Nasrallah's money bunker beneath Al-Sahel Hospital. IDF reveals Hezbollah cash bunker beneath Beirut hospital, housing over $500 million.
-Following airstrikes targeting terror group's financial network, army unveils secret money bunker, located underneath Al-Sahel Hospital in heart of Lebanese capital; 'Funds stored here could have been used to rebuild Lebanon, but instead, they are used to rebuild Hezbollah'.
-White House calls on all parties to cooperate on aid distribution in Gaza.
-ISA: Ceasefire in exchange for a few hostages
-Heavy strike heard near Beirut's southern suburbs - witnesses.
-Iran tells UN: Biden has signaled US approval, support for attack on Iran.
-Some 170 Hezbollah rockets crossed into Israel on Monday (Oct/21), IDF says
-IDF says it killed top Hezbollah money man in Syria strike, promises more attacks on terror group’s financial network.
-Hezbollah generates funds for activities under the guise of a non-profit: Israeli officials.Al-Qard Al-Hasan is registered as a non-profit in Lebanon.
-'I thought we could make peace with our enemies, but the hatred is deeply ingrained in them'. Israeli filmmaker Ronit Ifergan recounts terrifying events of October 7 in Kfar Aza, shares message of her new film Shattered Paradise, and explains why she no longer believes peace with Palestinians achievable, a dream she once held.
-Shattered Paradise isn't the first film by director Ronit Ifergan about life in Kfar Aza. After October 7, the community, along with the kibbutz itself, was evacuated to the Shefayim Hotel and will soon move to temporary housing in Kibbutz Ruhama.
-"In 2009, I began filming Life on the Border, intending to tell the story of people like me who move to live on the border. How do you acclimate to it, and can you truly adapt and plant roots? After Operation Protective Edge, I realized I had more to say beyond how unfortunate we are."
-Afticle: 'The PA is at work while Israel fights in Lebanon and Gaza. Palestinian Arabs continue to destroy Jewish archaelogy as the war goes on in order to cleanse all evidence of Jewish history in the region - in most cases with money and equipment provided by the EU, which funds illegal building in Area C at the same time.'
-IDF: Hezbollah hiding $500 million in gold, cash in bunker under Beirut hospital.
-Amid operation against group’s finances, military spokesman calls on Lebanon and international groups to prevent use of money to fund terror.
-White House 'Biden deeply concerned about leak of Israel’s plans'.
-Doug Emhoff, Ritchie Torres reassure Michigan Jewish voters Harris supports Israel. At mini-rally, second gentlemen questions how Jews can vote for Trump: ‘He foments antisemitism everywhere he goes’; NY rep tells private event VP is a pro-Israel stalwart.
-Fire breaks out in Syria's Homs refinery, state TV says.
-Anti-Israel US campus groups radicalize, with no one to stop them, experts warn.
-Former security officials say increasingly violent rhetoric mimics that of 1960s students who pivoted to domestic terror. It’s going unhindered as students point to First Amendment.
-IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target that crossed from Lebanon.
-* Oct 22, 2024:<br>
-Five rocket sirens sound in Haifa, Carmel area.
-Air Force pounds Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold after civilians told to evacuate area.
-IDF evacuates Israeli civilians visiting Joseph's Tomb in West Bank without prior coordination.
-Potential first gentleman? Doug Emhoff 'vexed' by Jews who think differently than himself.
-Before attacking in Leahia: The IDF distributes flyers instructing evacuees to leave - report.
-IDF Arabic spokesperson issues urgent warning to Al-Hosh residents in Lebanon.
-Yishai Mann fell while serving near Gaza.
-Islamic State commander for Iraq killed, premier says.
-Hezbollah takes responsibility for drone strike on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home.
-Arab East Jerusalem men arrested in Iran spy plot, including bid to kill nuclear scientist. Ring of suspects aged 19-23, almost all Israeli citizens, marks fifth Iranian spy case revealed since September, and first to profess a desire to hurt Israel as the main motivation.
-'They didn't do it for the money - solely to harm Israel'.
-UNRWA partners with org. named after terrorist arms smuggler.
-UNICEF continues to fabricate 6,000 imaginary dead children in Gaza based on nothing but Hamas press releases.
-Al-Azhar - Sunni Islam's respected religious authority eulogizes Sinwar. Egyptian activist: Al-Azhar's mourning of Sinwar is a threat to Egypt's national security.
-Iran unveils ‘No hostage will be released’ blood-splattered mural in Tehran.
-Journalist: 'Accused sexual predator -- ICC's Islamic Karim Khan-- Deflects by blaming the Jews.'
-A video of Israeli missile demolishing a Hezbollah building is worth more than a thousand words. It shows Israel's unsurpassed morality in waging war. Normally, when a building is demolished in a controlled implosion, it takes a team of structural engineers to study it ahead of time and to strategically place many explosives  throughout the building to minimize damage.
-Here, the IDF clearly had enough intel to know exactly how the building was built, and they used  single missile shot exactly at the right place to take it down - not topple it but have it pancake straight down -  with practically no damage to the buildings right next to it.
-Of course, Israel gave warning beforehand because it was targeting a Hezbollah weapons depot, not people.  No one was injured.
-Article: 'How Iran-Hamas’ deadly alliance was born — in America.
-Over the last few days, Israel has shared a cache of secret Hamas documents that detail Hamas meetings with a member of the Iranian regime in the months leading up to the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
-The documents indicate Iran had advance knowledge of Hamas’ plans.
-Communications between Hamas and Iran regarding terrorist attacks on Israel should come as no surprise as Hamas and Iran solidified their alliance and commitment to destroy Israel more than 30 years ago.
-But what many may not realize is the very first Hamas meetings with Iran were led by a man whose rise within Hamas began on American soil.
-College activist.
-Mousa Abu Marzook, the current deputy chief of the Hamas political bureau, led the first meetings with the Iranian regime while he was a student at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, La.
-Marzook was born in Rafah, in 1951. He was educated in Egypt prior to traveling to the United States on a student visa in the 1980s, where he first attended Colorado State University, then sought his post-graduate degree at Louisiana Tech...'
-Remembering the fallen on Simchat Torah.
-'Bombs don't scare us'. Hezbollah spokesman runs away in middle of press conference.
-Cleared for publication: Hezbollah UAV (Saturday Oct/19) scored direct hit on Netanyahu's home in Caesarea.
-Revolutionary Guards commander cited saying Iran does not expect significant Israeli retaliation.
-Turkey's Halkbank not immune from US prosecution in Iran sanctions case.
-Report: Senior Pentagon employee behind leak of Israeli strike plans.
-Foreign actors stoke divisions ahead of US elections, spy agencies say.
-Bodycam footage: The war in Lebanon from the soldier's point of view.
-An unbelievable journey with Hersh, we miss and love him. Special Sukkot interview with Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh who was murdered in captivity. 'There's a time to mourn, to weep, and there's a time for joy - we need to be sensitive.'
-Millions rush to shelters as drones launched in Lebanon head south. IDF choppers and jets pursuit the hostile aircraft and the military urged the public to adhere to the guidelines of the Home Front Command; earlier a drone is shot down off the coast of Acre; IDF gives the all clear after over an hour.
-Blinken, with Netanyahu, pushes efforts on hostages, Gaza aid.
-US charges IRGC official, others in Iran-backed plot to assassinate journalist.
-Over 230 trucks with humanitarian aid transferred into northern Gaza Strip.
-Jewish members of New York co-op health food store file complaint over antisemitism. Jewish and Israeli members of Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop allege anti-Jewish, anti-Israel harassment commonplace, say no action taken against member who performed Nazi salute.
-US urges Israel to moderate response in Iran, expedite end of Lebanon operations - report.
-IDF drone crashes in southern Lebanon after being struck.
-UN Watch to publish 60-page exposé on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
-Lebanon's southern suburbs called to evacuate ahead of IDF strikes.
-Blinken to travel to Saudi Arabia instead of Jordan on Wednesday.
-[[File:Hashem Safieddine eliminated.jpg|thumb|Hashem Safieddine eliminated]]
-Body of Nasrallah's successor found in Beirut.
-Hezbollah leader's successor, Hashem Safieddine, was eliminated in a strike in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut about three weeks ago, along with the intelligence chief of Hezbollah.
-Blinken meets PM, pushes Israel to publicly say it’s not aiming to besiege north Gaza.
-Netanyahu and secretary of state discuss hostage deal possibilities in wake of Sinwar’s death; US official says premier demurred when asked to publicly reject ‘General’s Plan’.
-IDF names battalion deputy commander killed in southern Lebanon clash. Major (res.) Aviram Hariv, 42, survived by his wife and six children. Bringing IDF toll to 752.
-* Oct 23, 2024:<br>
-IDF intercepts two UAVS near Eilat.
-'Time stood still': Gaza hostages' last holiday at home. Idan saw his mother, who flew in from US, before being abducted on Simchat Torah; Chaim shared his Yom Kippur War story day before massacre; Guy promised to help dismantle sukkah after Nova festival; hostage families recount final moments with loved ones before being taken to Gaza.
-Article: "How the ‘Grey Lady’ cover of Sinwar's elimination ran true to form.
-The New York Times motto means the paper’s business is bias. Truth is an after-thought. And if it takes bias to grow the bottom line, and satisfy investors, editorial staff are at liberty to lie through their teeth.
-What fool would take a motto at face value. One for cornflakes – possibly. The motto of a paper for elites educated on bedrocks of progressive dogma is as likely to speak truth as their debacle-plagued campaigner for the White House.
-The New York Times, commonly known as 'The Grey Lady', coined a motto in 1897, and there it is today, on the masthead. The gullible are free to believe in “All the news that’s fit to print,” though let them beware: the media is in the business of bias. On top of which “fit to print” means ...What? Fit for subscribers? Fit for shareholders? The answer requires journeying to the deceiving heart of the Grey Lady gargoyle.
-“On the run.” “Hurt.” “Alone.” “Defiant.” Such adjectives could suitably apply to the titanic last stand of Boer War General Christiaan de Wet, saddled on his noble horse as he surrenders to Lord Kitchener’s juggernaut, the pride of King and countrymen. But guess what. The Times used those words when it was reporting the demise of Islam’s Hitler trapped like a rat in ruins of his own devise.
-That was just the headline. Beneath its flights of fancy, embedded phraseology soars into outer space. The special talents of Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda guru, were not superior by much. It does not stop there.
-A confirmation trial: what is amiss about making Yahya Sinwar a “militant leader”? Nothing, if you kept consistent. Consistency would require the Democrat’s bible to posthumously bestow the honorific, “Militant” on the Commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, so no one can nitpick the Times engraving “Militant” on Sinwar the baddy’s gravestone.
-How equivalent were the pair? Time Magazine has treated them pretty much as club buddies. It bid Sinwar goodbye with the iconic ‘Red X’ it used to mark the demise of affiliated monsters, Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Of Sinwar we might say that he more than earned his club colours. Höss probably also had toddlers roasted alive, heaping their grey ash onto that from their moms and dads. Though perhaps on two metrics Yahya the “militant” out-performed Rudolf. Decapitation and necrophilia seemed to have been a bridge too far, in Auschwitz even.
-At what language trickery would the Grey Lady go so far and no further?
-By selecting “attack” to describe the barbarity of Oct 7, editors hadn’t breached the borderline of bias. They had not done with sick equivalents. A time warp alert: the Russian Civil war produced untold pogroms in Ukraine. A most gruesome one was committed in the town of Tetiiv where the Jews were burnt alive inside a locked synagogue. The estimated toll of 1,127 is eerily reminiscent of Oct 7. Had the Times reported this pogrom it would have used the word “attack” it chose for its Sinwar tribute..'
-A coordination by a group of some 40 Pro-Hamas Wikipedia editors have rewritten the Israel-Palestine Narrative Arab lobbyists, backed and covered by radical administrators (auch as Zero0000).
-Also, Wikipedia editors place a near total ban on calling Gaza Health Ministry “Hamas-run”.
-Germany, Qatar see need for more diplomatic efforts in the Middle East.
-Nobody can force us out': The unbreakable spirit of Kiryat Shmona. "Nobody can force us out of here," David Strul, who manages a moving company called Super Hovalot said. He spoke to us while checking on a friend's apartment, damaged by a nearby rocket.
-'Islamic "Resistance"' in Iraq claims responsibility for drone attack on Israel's Golan Heights.
-Blinken urges Israel to use opportunity for strategic result in Gaza. ‘Friendly and productive’ 2.5 hour meeting with Blinken in Jerusalem, Netanyahu says. “The two sides discussed the issue of the governing framework in Gaza on the day after the war,” according to Netanyahu’s office.
-Indictment filed against seven Jerusalem residents for attempting to kill Israeli scientist.
-Lufthansa suspends flights to Beirut, Tehran until early 2025.
-Missiles, RPG found in southern Lebanon mosque. Soldiers from the 205th Reserve Brigade located a weapons storage facility containing grenade launchers, shoulder-fired missiles, RPGs, combat vests, Kornet missiles, and other weapons that were hidden in a mosque in the heart of a civilian neighborhood.
-US Secretary of State Blinken to meet Arab leaders in Britain this week.
-Hamas official arrives in Moscow, set to meet Russian officials - RIA.
-Rocket strikes near Acre and Haifa
-The rockets struck direct hits on industrial buildings but caused no injuries.
-Israelis in Sri Lanka called to evacuate immediately following terror threat at tourist beaches.
-Israel's security forces operate in West Bank to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons.
-Two soldiers buried, neither one Jewish, both minorities.
-Hezbollah targets central and northern Israel, as IDF expands Lebanon strikes to Tyre. Two long-range rockets intercepted as terror group says it targeted Glilot base near Tel Aviv; IDF strikes weapons caches in Beirut area, ground troops destroy tunnels near border.
-The Arab East Jerusalem spy ring indicted; prosecutors say leader received $7,000 from Iran..Suspects aged 19-23, almost all of them Israeli citizens, are accused of plotting to assassinate an Israeli nuclear scientist as well as a city mayor.
-Gallant at IAF base: After we strike in Iran, world will understand all our training
-Defense minister says those who dreamed of destroying Israel last year have paid ‘heavy price’; Austin says employees of his office not being probed for leak of Israeli prep for strike.
-[[File:Exposes six Al Jazeera journalists as Gazan terrorists.jpg|thumb|Exposes six Al Jazeera journalists as Gazan terrorists. Oct/24]]
-IDF exposes six Al Jazeera journalists as Gazan terrorists. Hamas or Islamic Jihad. Named are:  Anas Jamal Mahmoud Al-Sharif, Alaa Abdul Aziz Muhammad Salama, Hossam Basel Abdul Karim Shabat, Ashraf Sami Ashour Saraj, Ismail Farid Muhammad Abu Omar and Talal Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Aruki.
-Gaza documents prove the 6 Al Jazeera journalists are Hamas, PIJ operatives. Army shares personnel spreadsheets, lists of training courses and salary papers uncovered in Strip, following denials by Qatari network that its employees are involved in terror.
-Ex-hostage tells UN she was sexually assaulted by Hamas guard ‘in most horrifying way’. Amit Soussana assails ‘overwhelming silence, even denial’ of atrocities in speech to Security Council; Mia Schem: Captor ‘constantly reminded me he saw me without underwear’. "I was not allowed to cry" or show being sad, after rape act was over.
-Sen. Lindsey Graham is demanding answers on reporting that British International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan was accused of misconduct at the same time he was pursuing criminal charges against Israeli officials.
-"Public reports indicate that allegations of harassment surfaced in early May – just a few days before Prosecutor Khan applied for arrest warrants against the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Israel for alleged violations of law during the defensive Israeli-Hamas War," Graham, R-S.C., wrote in a letter. "The timing of the allegations is troubling, and only compounds the other strong legal, jurisdictional, and prudential objections I have expressed regarding the Prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants."
-On May 20, Khan requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif. All three Hamas leaders have been killed in the past year.
-Khan’s application was unprecedented – the first time the criminal court had sought arrests for Western-allied officials.
-Prior to Khan’s warrants, he along with a group of senators was working to urge Khan to "adhere to the Rome Statute" and have a dialogue with Israeli officials before moving forward with their prosecution.
-On that very day, Khan was set to travel to Israel to meet with officials before deciding whether to move forward with the warrant requests.  But he never showed up. He publicly announced his warrant requests without any warning to the Israelis who had planned to make their case against them.
-"It has now come to my attention through media reports that Prosecutor Khan was facing allegations of misconduct around the same time, and the resolution of this matter remains a mystery," the senator wrote in the letter.  "The abrupt decision to cancel this visit to Israel, along with these contemporaneous allegations needs to be explained, and I request full transparency on the matter to ensure there is no conflict of interest."
-Graham said he was "shocked" to learn Khan never showed up for his trip to Israel.  "It was a complete change of what we were told that was going to happen, and we never really understood what happened – never made sense to me."
-But last week, the Mail reported that around the same time, a female employee with the court informed senior managers about harassment claims made by another female employee against Khan. The woman "was so upset she was in tears."
-Report: Warrants for Israeli leaders a smokescreen for ICC prosecutor's sex scandal. Wall Street Journal report says Karim Khan, when confronted with sexual harassment allegations, initially said he'd 'have to resign' but instead allegedly threatened victim and witnesses; days later, he announced warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Also:  'Anti-Israel animus is sufficient to explain Mr. Khan’s pursuit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant—especially while leaving untouched their political rival, Benny Gantz, who was the final member of Israel’s war cabinet and also signed off on its decisions.'
-Poll: Gaza war ranks low on priority list for average American voter.
-Report: 'The Terrorists who cite Francesca Albanese.
-Francesca Albanese knowingly supports Hamas and other terrorist groups. In November 2022, Albanese participated in an official conference of Hamas, a designated terrorist group in the U.S., Canada, European Union, Australia and other countries. Speaking by video, she told the assembled terrorists, “You have a right to resist this occupation.” She added: “Israel says ‘resistance equals terrorism,’ but an occupation requires violence and generates violence.”
-Albanese participated in the Hamas conference together with Ghazi Hamad, former Hamas Deputy Foreign Minister; Abd al-Latif al-Qanu, Hamas spokesperson; Ahmad al-Mudallal, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader; Khadr Habib, PIJ leader in Gaza; as well as Basem Naim and Isam al-Da’alis from Hamas. (November 2022).
-Likewise, Albanese is well aware that her reports and statements are regularly used and relied upon by terrorist groups and their sponsors to justify terrorist attacks against Israelis and Jews.'
-Article: 'On Simchat Torah, We Mourn — But Also Hope..
-In his 2016 book Essays on Ethics, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote, “A people that can know insecurity and still feel joy is one that can never be defeated, for its spirit can never be broken nor its hope destroyed.”
-This year, as Simchat Torah draws near, we are painfully reminded that joy and suffering often coexist. While it is a staple of the human condition for Jews, this paradox echoes relentlessly throughout our history.
-In the Diaspora, we will feel this contrast differently. Shmini Atzeret — a day marked by solemnity with Yizkor and the prayer for rain — falls on the anniversary of October 7th. Only the second evening transitions into the joy of Simchat Torah.
-In Israel, however, the two days merge into one, with the solemnity of Shmini Atzeret intertwined with the joy of Simchat Torah. This year, embracing the usual high spirits will be incredibly challenging for Israelis. The weight of national grief hangs heavy; indeed, no Simchat Torah will ever be the same again.
-When we danced with the Torahs last year, despite knowing that a terrible attack was unfolding, the full extent of the horror was not yet clear. It was only after Simchat Torah ended that the devastating truth began to emerge: 1,200 people tortured, murdered, and mutilated; families torn apart; and hostages dragged into Gaza.
-In the months since, every painful detail has come to light, making it nearly impossible to embrace the unrestrained joy that typically defines Simchat Torah. How can we celebrate when every smile is shadowed by memory, and every song tinged with sorrow?
-And yet, my late mother’s story comes to mind — her first Simchat Torah after the Holocaust, celebrated in the city of her birth: Rotterdam, Holland. It offers a profound lesson for us today.
-My mother was born in 1941, a year after my grandparents married during the Nazi occupation. The Nazis invaded Holland in May 1940, and began deporting Jews to concentration camps in 1942.
-Fearing for their lives, my grandparents went into hiding, spending more than two years in a cramped space behind a closet in the home of a gentile friend. My grandfather, active in the Dutch resistance, emerged only at night to carry out covert missions against the Nazis — knowing the risks but refusing to submit to despair.
-Meanwhile, my mother was taken in by a Christian couple who raised her as their own, shielding her from the terrors outside. After the war, they returned her to her parents.
-When the Nazis were defeated by the Allies in May 1945, Jewish life in Rotterdam began to re-emerge, although only a fraction of the community remained — 75% of Dutch Jewry, more than 100,000 people, had perished in Auschwitz, Sobibor, and other camps.
-That fall, the synagogue reopened, and Simchat Torah was celebrated once more. The Torah scrolls my grandfather had hidden with gentile friends were retrieved. Miraculously, Rabbi Levie “Lou” Vorst, who had survived Bergen-Belsen and the infamous “Lost Train,” stood at the helm of the diminished community.
-But the celebration was bittersweet. Almost everyone in the synagogue had lost parents, siblings, spouses, or children. My grandparents had lost their parents, siblings, and their second child, my uncle Yitzchak, who had died of malnutrition during the war.
-And yet, they danced. Survivors — many without homes or families — clung to the Torah scrolls as if their lives depended on it. My mother, only four years old, stood quietly in the synagogue, receiving candy from weeping survivors. With each piece placed in her open mouth, the message was clear: the future must be sweet, even when the past has been unbearably bitter...'
-Article: 'Simchat Torah 5785: Sinwar will not take the holiday from us again. Sinwar robbed us of our lives, but we must not let him rob us of our holidays, the source of our strength as a nation.  This year, we all have to dance twice as hard and make up for the joy that was taken from us last year.'
-Germany’s Eurovision contestant calls out ‘So Much Hate’ against Israeli singer Eden Golan during competition.
-Hezbollah fires 85 rockets at Israel in lead up to Simchat Torah.
-Khamenei praises late Nasrallah and Sinwar, calling them key figures in regional resistance.
-IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Tyre.
-Hezbollah confirms Hashem Safieddine, heir apparent to Nasrallah, killed in Israeli attack.
-IDF strikes Gaza school being used as Hamas compound.
-Four rockets from Lebanon cause sirens across central Israel.
-Hezbollah affiliated media station building struck in Beirut - report.
-Nasrallah's replacement died three days after the attack - report.
-Hezbollah fired over 135 projectiles into Israeli territory on Wednesday.
-Christian Zionists defy war to stand with Israel. Many fewer Christians attended the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem event than in previous years, but those who did express how powerful it was to pray for Jerusalem while in the city itself. Dozens of vibrant flags adorned the gates of Jerusalem’s Tower of David courtyard on Sunday, marking the arrival of one of the largest and most international delegations of Israel supporters since the October 7 massacre last year. Over 500 Christian Zionist delegates from nearly 60 countries arrived in Israel last week for the annual event organized by the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem (ICEJ). The event marks the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, known by Christians as the Feast of Tabernacles.
-Israeli manufacturers petition French court to overturn naval expo ban on firms.
-Some 20,000 have left Gaza’s Jabaliya, 150 terrorists detained in latest op. Palestinians say 42 killed in past day, as airstrike hits former school in Gaza City used as Hamas command post; second round of polio vaccine drive completed.
-IDF targets Beirut's Dahieh after rocket volley to central Israel. Lebanese media reports wave of airstrikes in Hezbollah's stronghold in the country after terror group fired four rockets toward Tel Aviv and surrounding area.
-Americans, British strike Hodeidah, Yemen, Houthi aligned media says - report.
-* Oct 24, 2024:<br>
-Explosion heard over Syria's Damascus, state news agency says.
-Arab report reveals Sinwar's instructions for holding the hostages. notes written by former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar with instructions, names, and locations of over 70 hostages. That "they are an important card" in freeing terrorists. And he quoted from Quran.
-US Senator Graham says Israel-Saudi deal possible before year-end.
-IDF arrests terror suspects in West Bank cities Nablus and Hebron.
-"Close cooperation": The IDF reveals - this is how the relationship between Hamas and the Al-Jazeera channel was conducted. In the documents revealed by the IDF spokesman in Arabic, it is possible to see how Hamas directed the media coverage in favor of its own interests.
-After the involvement in terrorism of 6 Al-Jazeera channel journalists was revealed, now the IDF is revealing additional documents that indicate close cooperation between Hamas and the channel. Among the findings that were revealed are a ban on the channel from criticizing the organization, through hiding cases of failed rockets to the establishment of a line Secure communication between Hamas and Al Jazeera.
-US, Qatari negotiators to meet Israeli team in Doha for hostage talks ‘in coming days’.
-In Doha, Blinken announces another $135m. aid for Palestinians.
-Harris says Trump ‘is a fascist’ after ex-aide said he wanted generals like Hitler’s. Vice president calls her rival ‘a danger to the well-being and security’ of US, saying his reported suggestion the Nazi leader ‘did some good things’ shows who he ‘really is’.
-Task force says UCLA let antisemitism fester amid pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests. Report says Jewish and Israeli students, faculty and staff were assaulted and threatened; panel says administrators should have taken more action against campus rules violations.
-arrested in Sri Lanka over threats to Israelis; Chabad House named as potential target. One of the terror suspects is reportedly based in Iraq; intelligence said to have been provided from India; police spokesman says security increased in Arugam Bay surf resort area.
-Israel said to have delayed Iran strike after US intel leak of attack plans. Report by UK’s Times says Israel has developed an alternative course of action but must war-game it before proceeding due to the need to ‘change certain strategies and components’.
-Ex-foes Iran and Saudi Arabia hold joint naval exercise in Sea of Oman.
-More than 125 missiles to North:
-Two moderately and three lightly injured on Simchat Torah.
-Hezbollah drone operative killed in south Lebanon.
-Lebanese army says 3 troops killed in Israeli strike; IDF says Hezbollah building hit.
-Intense barrage of 50 rockets from Lebanon wounds 3 in northern Israel.
-moderately hurt and one sustains light injuries from shrapnel near Nahariya.
-Israeli jets target Hezbollah military sites in Beirut's Dahieh; 'Another example of terror group's cynical exploitation of Lebanese civilians and facilities,.'
-Israeli music guru Yoav Kutner says artists are muzzled over fears of political fallout. The media man’s tumultuous life, which includes losing his memory and a bout with cancer, didn’t strip him of his optimism even as he fears for Israel and bemoans conformist artists.
-soldiers fall in battle in Lebanon.
-Lod Mayor, Binyamin Regional Council, and Samaria Regional Council announce that Mordechai Amoyel, Aviad Neiman, and Shuval Ben Natan fell in battle in Lebanon.
-Chief of Staff: 'Sinwar's elimination wasn't planned, but it wasn't by chance'.
-Harris dodges q. of whether she'd be more pro-Israel than Trump.
-Donald Trump: 'Iranian regime ‘wouldn’t have to’ end if I was president'.
-Donald Trump: 'Had Israel followed Biden advice, they'd be waiting for a bomb'.
-Iranian Islamic scholar Masoud Aali: 'If we conquer Israel, we will be able to conquer the West.'
-IDF has seized 3,200 explosives, 2,500 missiles in Lebanon. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari says, 'In the past month alone, we have struck more than 3,200 targets in southern Lebanon, including approximately 350 weapons storage facilities.'
-Hezbollah's "plan to occupy the Galilee" massacres which they have built for years - is being revealed.
-Hezbollah converted villages in southern Lebanon to command centers, IDF says. IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari says Hezbollah built underground command centers for the Radwan unit, with entrances intentionally placed beneath residential buildings.
-IDF names 5 fallen soldiers in southern Lebanon battles. The incident occurred as the forces approached a Shiite village in the western sector of southern Lebanon and were attacked by terrorists who emerged from a tunnel shaft.
-'Biden-Harris White House just promoted  suspected Iranian spy. Ariane Tabatabai, founding member of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Iran Experts Initiative and subject of multiple congressional inquiries, was promoted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.'
-IDF eliminates Hamas terrorist, employee of UNRWA involved in Oct. 7 attack. IDF says Mohammad Abu Itiwi and the terrorists under his command threw grenades into the shelter where partygoers from the Nova music festival were hiding; also directed multiple terror operations against IDF forces operating in Gaza.
-UNRWA confirms Hamas Nukhba force commander killed in IDF strike was a staff member. Muhammad Abu Attawi, was eliminated by an Israeli strike in Gaza the day before, after Israel named him as a Hamas Nukbha force commander.
-The IDF and Shin Bet said that Muhammad Abu Attawi, who led the killing and kidnapping of Israelis from a roadside bomb shelter near Kibbutz Re’im on October 7 last year, had been employed by UNRWA since July 2022 while serving as a Nukbha commander in Hamas’s Bureij Battalion.
-Blinken, while in Qatar calls for 'careful' investigation into (Qatari) Al Jazeera journalists linked to Hamas.
-Sen. Tom Cotton: 'Biden's support for UNRWA funds terrorism, prolongs war'.
-Republican Senator writes to President Biden urging him to impose terrorism sanctions on UNRWA over its extensive ties to Hamas and to enforce legislation passed by Congress against UNRWA.
-Israel requests urgent UN investigation for UNRWA employee involvement on October 7. It requested urgent clarification from senior UN officials regarding UNWRA employee involvement in the October 7 Hamas attack. In addition, the IDF called for an "urgent investigation" into the UNWRA employees.
-UN Watch calls for sanctions against Francesca Albanese over antisemitism and terrorism support. UN Watch report exposes Francesca Albanese's antisemitism, support for terrorism, and financial misconduct.
-A report by United Nations Watch on Wednesday is urging democratic nations to impose sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, accusing her of promoting antisemitism, supporting terrorism, and spreading misinformation.
-Titled "Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Why Democracies Should Sanction UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese," the report was presented to the UN Human Rights Council on October 23, 2024.
-The report calls for Albanese's removal, citing a series of statements and actions that violate UN impartiality standards and promote hatred against Israel and the Jewish people. UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights group, demands swift action to terminate her mandate.
-The report identifies numerous instances in which Albanese has been accused of using antisemitic rhetoric. In a 2014 Facebook post, Albanese claimed, “America is subjugated by the Jewish Lobby,” a classic antisemitic trope suggesting Jewish control of governments. In another incident from February 2024, she downplayed the atrocities of the October 7 Hamas massacre, dismissing it as a “reaction to Israel’s oppression,” even after Hamas targeted Jewish civilians in the deadliest attack against Jews since the Holocaust. France called her remarks "scandalous" and "a disgrace," while Germany condemned them as "appalling."
-The report also cites Albanese’s frequent comparisons of Israel to Nazi Germany. In July 2024, she reportedly compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. In another instance, she described Gaza as “the largest and most shameful concentration camp of the 21st century,” which UN Watch notes is a textbook case of antisemitism under the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition.
-US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield condemned Albanese, declaring, “It is clear she is not fit for this or any position at the UN.” The US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, also called out her statements as “blatant antisemitic rhetoric.”
-In addition to her antisemitic rhetoric, Albanese has openly supported terrorism, the report states. At a 2022 Hamas conference, she told the audience, “You have a right to resist,” an endorsement of violent resistance, according to the report. She has repeatedly justified Hamas rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, framing them as legitimate responses to Israel’s actions. Albanese is quoted in the report as saying, “The Palestinians have no other room for dissent than violence.”
-* Oct 25, 2024:<br>
-One Year of War: 1,590 bereaved parents, 306 widows, 645 orphans. More than 5,200 family members have been bereaved, including approximately 1,590 bereaved parents, 306 widows, 645 orphans, and over 2,730 bereaved siblings.
-Sinwar's instructions for holding the hostages revealed. Arabic media publishes notes written by former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar with instructions, names, and locations of over 70 hostages.
-IDF eliminates Abbas Adnan Moslem, Radwan Force Aitaroun commander. Moslem was responsible for conducting terror activities against Israel's North and IDF troops, the military added.
-US calls on citizens to avoid protests near US, Israeli 'facilities' worldwide.
-The US State Department published a statement on its website on Friday warning its citizens to avoid protests near US and Israeli "facilities" worldwide, following social media posts calling for such events to take place.
-IDF intercepts drone that crossed into Israel from Syria.
-Lebanon grey-listed by financial watchdog FATF, two sources say. Lebanon has been placed on a grey list of countries under special scrutiny by financial crime watchdog FATF, two financial sources said.
-Two underground terrorist compounds destroyed in Lebanon. Among the compounds was a weapons storehouse intended to equip Hezbollah forces invading Israel.
-Hopeful for UK’s Conservative Party leadership runs on a firmly pro-Israel platform.
-Israel set to pass laws Monday that will heavily restrict UNRWA in Gaza, West Bank.
-dead, dozens wounded in rocket fire to Galilee. Hassan Suad, 21, and Arjwan Manaa, 35, were killed by rocket shrapnel following a Hezbollah rocket barrage on -- Druze town -- Majd al-Krum; IDF says barrage included some 30 rockets.
-Senior Hamas "official" rejects reported partial deal for Gaza. Osama Hamdan says Israel attempts to work around basic demands to withdraw its troops and end the war.
-ICC chief seeking arrest warrant for Netanyahu facing sexual misconduct accusations.
-Resolutely rooted war-time farmers work together to douse Hezbollah rocket flames.
-TikToker charged for tearing down Greek flags she thought were Israeli at NJ eatery.
-IDF names 3 fallen soldier in northern Gaza Strip battles.
-ICC replaces on health grounds judge mulling request for Netanyahu arrest warrant.
-Mandela’s grandson denied UK visa over his support for Hamas.
-NYC's Mayor Adams refutes Kamala Harris, says Trump is not a fascist as he urges Dems to ‘dial down the temperature’
-[[File:Israel's precise strikes on Iran military targets. 10.26.24.jpg|thumb|File:Israel's precise strikes on Iran military targets. 10.26.24]]
-Oct 26, around 2:15 AM  Israel time:
-A little over a year (on the Hebrew calendar) since the  Oct 7 attack on Simchat Torah: Israel strikes Iranian precise military targets in hours-long waves of attacks. Responding to its aggression. Zero interceptions by Iran.
-IDF says in a statement that Israel's defensive capabilities are fully mobilized.
-The IDF said Israel began was conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran.
-"The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7th – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian soil. Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond," the military said in a statement. "Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized. We will do whatever necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel.
-'Israeli strikes attempt to reestablish deterrence but not provoke war.'
-Explosions were also heard in the Damascus countryside and central region, according to Syrian state TV. The UK-based Syrian opposition site Observatory for Human rights said Israeli planes were seen in the sky over Damascus and Homs, targeting air defenses.
-Tehran downplays Israeli strike
-This could be seen as an effort to avoid the need to retaliate.
-Amos Hochstein to visit Tel Aviv for ceasefire talks, may visit Beirut.
-Biden-Harris Admin Sued for Stonewalling Investigation Into Iran-Tied Pentagon Official. Lawsuit 'should shine useful light' on role that 'pro-Iranian apologists' have played in admin, official says. America First Legal, a nonprofit oversight group run by former Trump administration officials, filed its lawsuit against the Pentagon on Tuesday, accusing the agency of stonewalling its probe into Tabatabai and other senior U.S. officials for the past year.
-Trump: "I rebuilt our military, I rebuilt our nuclear.. I got to realize how powerful that nuclear is... one bomb, Israel is gone. Forget it. One bonb could take out the entire east coast."
-'The worst thing I've ever heard': Holocaust survivor blasts Harris for comparing Trump to Hitler. 'She owes my parents and everybody else who was murdered by Hitler an apology,' the Auschwitz survivor says in a clip advertised by Trump ad.
-Johnson and McConnell: Harris calling Trump ‘fascist’ could invite assassination attempt.
-* Oct 26, 2024:<br>
-different targets were hit, though Tehran downplayed the situation in the morning, given warnings they received from the U.S. against a possible response.
-Israeli precise strikes on Iran completed.  It went on for over 3 hours, across three separate waves, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets and aircraft targeted military complexes, air defense systems - first, S-300 air defense battery at Tehran airport, then missile production facilities, and surface-to-surface missile launchers in Tehran, as well as in the Khuzestan and Ilam provinces in western Iran. In all 20 targets were hit. At least 3 IRGC missile bases targeted; Israeli drones attacked secret Parchin military base, at least one hit. On NYT reported from IRGC Israeli attack on Parchin base in Iran, aside from developing missile & suicide drone tech, site was also used for nuclear work; bombing Parchin could disrupt Iran’s ability to carry out nuclear tests.
-The Islamic Republic, after first downplaying it, it then decided to threaten retaliation.
-Named op.: 'Days of Repentance':
-US was notified ahead of op.
-IRGC reportedly also targeted.
-About missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles. "These missiles posed a direct and immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel." Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel's aerial freedom of operation in Iran.
-Israel avoided attacking targets that could drag the region into an all-out war including Iran's oil production and nuclear sites.
-Mission accomplished all returned without harm.
-Israel warned Iran before the attack: "Do not respond."
-After overnight strikes, IDF warns Iran (again) not to ‘make mistake’ of further escalating.
-A source for Sky News Arabia: "Russia provided Iran with intelligence information about the military operations of Israel and the United States..."
-A White House official expressed hope that Iran would not retaliate for the Israeli strike and threatened "consequences" if it does. This should be the end of the direct exchange.
-Report: Israel designed attack so Iran could 'deny major damage'.
-Timeline:
-About 900 miles from Israel, in the early hours of Saturday, precisely 25 days after Iran's ballistic missile attack, reports of explosions in Iran began to emerge at 2:00 AM - Israel time, signaling the start of Israel's counterattack.
--The first wave began, as mentioned, at 2:00 AM (Israeli time) with reports of explosions in Tehran, as well as in Syria and Iraq, leading to the closure of their airspace. Reports indicated that this wave primarily targeted air defense systems in all three countries, likely to allow Israeli Air Force aircraft the freedom to proceed with their strikes. However, at the time, the situation was unclear: with the sound of explosions, frightened residents in Iran took to the streets, fearing that airports in the Iranian capital might have been hit.
--Shortly afterward, around 2:30 AM, the IDF spokesperson officially confirmed: "The IDF is carrying out precise military strikes in Iran, in response to the ongoing attacks by the Iranian regime against the State of Israel in recent months, in accordance with the directive of the political echelon."
-IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stated in an English-language declaration to the foreign media that Israel "has the right and obligation to respond" to Iran, "like any other sovereign country in the world." He noted the strike is a response to months of Iranian actions against Israel since October 7, including those by its proxies.
-At this stage, the Iranians focused on downplaying the events, with reports from the country stating that the source of the explosion sounds was the air defense systems intercepting the IDF attack. BBC noted shortly afterward that it was unclear which sites were hit in Iran, as Tehran claimed that routine life continued, and Israel did not disclose what it was targeting other than "military targets."
--Around 3:00 AM, it was reported that President Joe Biden was "closely updated" on the developments. About half an hour later, the Pentagon clarified that the U.S. was not involved in the strike in Iran, although it was informed about it. Israel, in fact, shared with the U.S. what it planned to do and did not surprise it despite Pentagon document leaks.
--At 4:15 AM, further reports indicated that President Biden and Vice President Harris were updated on the attack.
-Documenting the damage south of Tehran
-Despite this, until almost 4:00 AM, global media continued to report it was still unclear what was hit and where, also noting Syria reported Israeli airstrikes hitting military sites in its center and south. Then, reports of another wave of attacks in Iran surfaced, along with footage of interception attempts in the skies.
-In this wave, Israel hit Iranian surface-to-surface missile production facilities, with an informed Israeli source stating, "The intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Directorate in this event is science fiction beyond all imagination. The hit on factories producing surface-to-surface missiles was precise, to ensure significant impact. This is 16-digit precise intelligence (full coordinates) on an irreplaceable factory, with a precise Air Force strike, neither near nor approximate."
-As pilots were still in enemy territory, offices of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant began releasing photos of them in the Operations Directorate's command bunker.
-NYT reported that the strikes in the additional wave concluded about half an hour after they began, around 5:00 AM, targeting air defense systems, missile production facilities, UAVs, and launch sites.
-"If Iran makes a mistake - we will respond."
--At 6:00 AM, IDF announced that the Air Force jets had returned safely to the country after striking air defense systems and surface-to-surface missiles in Iran, stating that the operation was named "Days of Repentance."
-"Air Force jets attacked, with intelligence guidance, missile production means that Iran launched toward the State of Israel in the past year. Simultaneously, surface-to-air missile arrays and additional aerial capabilities of Iran were attacked, which were intended to limit Israel's aerial freedom of action in Iran. IDF has many offensive operational capabilities, some of which were carried out today in striking strategic arrays deep within Iran. The State of Israel reserves the right and duty to protect its citizens if the Iranian regime continues its attacks against Israel and its citizens."
-"The extent of the damages and results will be revealed later, but already there is broader freedom of action for the IDF," they said. "We are focused on the objectives of the war in Lebanon and Gaza, and Iran is pushing for regional escalation. We are at peak readiness in defense and offense, with no change in the Home Front Command instructions at the moment. We are in ongoing intelligence and operational assessment. We have proven that we can strike at any point in the Middle East."
--About 20 minutes after the IDF's announcement, in a conversation with reporters, a senior White House official stated the U.S. fully backs Israel and warns Iran of "consequences" if it responds to the IDF strike — which was defined as "self-defense." According to the official, "We deployed a missile battery and acted to strengthen Israel's air defense systems in anticipation of tonight's response. President Biden and Vice President Harris have clearly demonstrated that we will always help protect Israel from Iran and its terrorist organizations."
--After attempting throughout the night to downplay the results of the strikes, at 6:30 AM, it decided to admit for the first time that "minimal damage" (sic) was caused at several sites, but falsely claimed that its air defense systems supposedly "succeded" in confronting "Israeli aggression (sic)."
-Yet, Iran admitted two soldiers killed, including an officer equivalent to the rank of major.
-Israel targeted 'critical component' of missile manufacturing.
-Israel hit an important factory that is used for the production of Iranian ballistic missiles.  A factory for the production of solid fuel that is used to propel the Khaibar and Qasem ballistic missiles, which were launched at Israel in the Iranian attack on October 1.
-Four women participated in the Israel attack on Iran.
-After Israeli strikes, West urges Iran to stand down as Muslim nations slam Jerusalem. Washington says Islamic Republic must end ‘cycle of fighting,’ as official signals approval of Jerusalem’s ‘targeted and proportional’ response to Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack.
-Opposition in Israel pans failure to exact ‘heavy price’ from Iran - Liberman dismisses ‘PR actions', "we have returned to the concept" (of Oct 6), "buying quiet for the short term".
-US welcomes limited strike. Gantz congratulates, Lapid says not attacking strategic and economic targets ‘was wrong,’  Yair Golan lauds military, White House for persuading government to hold back.
-At least 8 injured, 2 critically in Druze town Majd al-Krum after Hezbollah rocket attack.
-Iran reopens airspace following Israeli strike.
-Israeli forces kill Hamas operative in Tulkarem plotting ‘imminent’ attack. Islam Odeh planned ‘major terror attack’ for Oct. 7 anniversary with other members of terror group; troops find bomb parts in his car.
-Under a Lebanese border village, IDF finds huge Hezbollah base primed for invasion.
-In southern Lebanon: IDF destroys tunnel using 400 tons of explosives.
-Israel under fire: Hezbollah fires some 80 projectiles into Israeli territory.
-In southern Lebanon: IDF destroyed 130 launchers over the past week.
-Within less than an hour, the IDF struck the launcher which was used in the rocket strike on Majd al-Krum, avenging the deaths of two citizens and the injury of seven others.
-[[File:Iran - Hezbollah Hussein Ahmad Karaki - behind massacre and bombing in the 1990s Agentina.jpg.jpg|thumb|Iran - Hezbollah Hussein Ahmad Karaki - behind massacre and bombing in the 1990s Agentina]]
-Revealed: Hussein Ahmad Karaki, the head of the Hezbollah operations in Latin America, is the man behind the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, and the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in the city.
-'Hamas-Al-Jazeera-Qatar ties exposed.'
-'Following the exposure of the involvement of six Al Jazeera correspondents who took part in Hamas’s terrorist activities, the IDF spokesperson in Arabic, Col. Avichay Adraee, revealed a series of documents that point to the depth of the close cooperation between Hamas and the Qatari channel, including Hamas’s directive to prevent any mention of criticism of the terrorist organization, through covering up failed rocket launches, and even the establishment of a secure communication line between Hamas and Al Jazeera.'
-===Oct 27, 2024 - Jan 7, 2025===
-* Oct 27, 2024:<br>
-IDF intercepts two drones crossing from Lebanon into Israel.
-Mossad chief to travel to Doha to renew hostage deal talks.
-IDF's 162nd Division kills some 40 terrorists in Jabalya, northern Gaza.
-American planes were ready to rescue Israeli pilots in case of emergency during operation - report.
-If Israel proceeds in severing UNRWA ties, it may be suspended from UN, FM officials warn.
-Attempted Arab terror ramming attack in West Bank, attacker thwarted.
-Israel urges residents of 14 Lebanese villages to move north of Awali River.
-Gallant: Hamas, Hezbollah no longer effective proxies for Iran.
-Some 75 rockets cross into Israel from Lebanon, three wounded.
-Israel's defense minister briefs US's Austin over Iran strikes.
-[State's official Oct 7 Memorial]
-Herzog to Oct.7 bereaved families: As president I apologize.
-'I apologize for our failure to protect your loved ones'.
-He addressed the State Memorial Ceremony for Civilian Victims of Terror in the current conflict and highlighted the tragic stories of the victims as well as the stories of heroism.
-Netanyahu honors October 7 victims during Israeli Parliament memorial.
-"We are not giving up on our quest for victory, securing the return of all hostages is a crucial part of that mission," says PM Netanyahu.
-Building in Nahariya damaged following rocket barrage.
-Afula’s largest high school marks official day of mourning with somber yet hopeful ceremony. With a nod to the Hebrew calendar, schools around Israel hold official events marking one year since the Hamas onslaught on southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war.
-'I hope I survive, if not - I love you'.
-Iris, whose son Yotam Haim, was abducted by Hamas terrorists and accidentally killed by IDF soldiers in Gaza, shared the last sign of life she received from him.
-Post-Oct. 7 return home of 3 Gaza border towns further delayed by still-ongoing war. Residents of Sufa, Nir Yitzhak and Netiv Ha’asara are now scheduled to return at the end of the year; state will continue funding temporary accommodation.
-Haunting: ZAKA volunteers read Kaddish prayer in home of slaughtered family in Nir Oz. The volunteers read the Kaddish prayer at the home of the Siman Tov family, where Tamar and Johnny were murdered together with their three children five-year-olds Arbel and Shahar, and two and a half-year-old Omer.
-R' Avi Goldberg's children recite Kaddish, Avi was R' of Himmelfarb High School in Jerusalem who fell in battle in Lebanon, was laid to rest and no eye remained dry when his children recited the Kaddish prayer in his memory.
-Hero Aner Shapira's father: 'Think about the hundreds of heroes whose stories are unknown'. Moshe, whose son Aner was killed while protecting others near the site of the Supernova Music Festival, tells Arutz Sheva that there were many heroes, and 'and we need to come together and think about them, even those whose stories were not told.'
-Netanyahu honors October 7 victims during Israeli Parliament memorial.
-"We are not giving up on our quest for victory, securing the return of all hostages is a crucial part of that mission," says PM Netanyahu.
-Massive 75-rocket salvo injures 1 in Arab town. Hezbollah fires one of its largest volleys on the Galilee area resulting in injuries in Arab town of Tamra in northern Israel.
-Glilot, Arab terror ramming attack, murdering one, injuring 35. Victims mostly senior citizens. Eyewitness: "We got off the bus - then a truck rammed into us with all its force".
-"There was a pile of crushed people under the truck," screams.
-He had a knife in his hand and and tried to get off, but was eliminated.
-Hamas praises Glilot ramming attack.
-Terrorist from today's attack, Rami Nasrallah Natur from Qalansawe, had been convicted of theft, but released
-The Magistrate Court judge convicted Rami Natur of stealing a truck but decided not to send him to prison: "Placing him behind bars at present could cause great harm both to him and his family."
-Israeli strike reported near Sidon in southern Lebanon.
-UN Security Council expected to meet Monday over Israel's strike on Iran, diplomats say.
-Weakened by Israel, Iran seeks to save face without sparking a war it will likely lose. With its air defenses shaken, Tehran can’t afford a flare-up but doesn’t want to seem frail before its battered terror proxies, analysts say, noting the standoff is uncharted territory.
-Kamala Harris says she is not concerned about Trump's talks with Netanyahu.
-Norway’s Storebrand divests from Palantir over use of its software by Israeli forces. Norwegian asset management firm pulls its investment from US provider of AI data platform deployed by Israeli authorities for surveillance and security in West Bank and Gaza. (It's sizable Arab immigrants are very active).
-Satellite images show damage at two secretive Iranian bases after Israeli strikes. Attack damaged Parchin military base, linked to previous push for nuclear weapons, and Khojir base, believed to hold missile production sites; UN watchdog: Nuclear sites untouched.
-Biden and Harris decry rise of antisemitism in the US since Oct. 7 attack. Marking 6 years since Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, US president slams ‘appalling’ trend, pledges funding for Jewish security, prosecution of hate crimes.
-Report: ICC prosecutor tried to suppress misconduct claims. The Guardian reports that ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan responded to a formal complaint of misconduct by attempting to persuade the complainant to deny her claims.
-Iraq complains to UN over Israel's use of its airspace in Iran strike. (Obviously pressured by Iran).
-Chicago Jewish man shot en route to synagogue. Islamist gunman fires at police, allegedly yelling 'Allahu Akbar'; Jewish community criticizes authorities for omitting victim’s faith.
-Qatar money behind France’s anti-Israel policy. Analysis: Flurry of anti-Israel decisions and neo-colonial strife to 'protect' Lebanon fueled by purely economic reasons.
-* Oct 28, 2024:<br>
-Arab terrorist opens fire in West Bank, no injuries reported.
-Government meeting to change location due to security considerations.
-Radar systems in Iran breached prior to Israel's Saturday counter-strike - report.
-Satellite photos show Israel’s Iran strike likely hit key IRGC missile production base.
-Two Likud MKs threaten to vote against haredi exemption bill.
-Ambulance driver admits to Hamas's use of Gaza hospital  'We've had enough': After IDF operation, Gazan ambulance driver says Hamas embeds in hospitals.
-Following operations, troops arrested some 100 terrorists, including some who had tried to flee during the evacuation of civilians from the area.
-New legislation prevents family visits to imprisoned terrorists until hostages released.
-Netanyahu: Two-day ceasefire deal doesn't exist, I would have accepted if it did.
-Maritime security firm receives report of explosions near merchant vessel off Yemen's Al Dhubab.
-PMO: Mossad chief has returned from talks with CIA, Qatari PM in Doha.
-Iran executes Iranian-German national after terrorism [sic] conviction, state media says.
-IDF troops dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure in Kfarkela.
-Clip: Chief of Staff tours Hezbollah's bunker.
-Report: These are Israel's conditions for ending Lebanon operation. US and Israel are working on a deal in which Israel would end its military operation in Lebanon in exchange for American support for steps to ensure Hezbollah does not rearm and reform.
-Trump rally in NYC (Oct/27) draws many Jews, as well as criticism of antisemitism.
-Knesset passes law barring UNRWA from operating in Israel. 92 out pf 120 MKs vote in favor of bill barring UNRWA from operating in Israel after it was proven to have employed multiple Hamas terrorists, including terrorists who participated in the 10/7 massacre.
-The legislation, which the U.S. and E.U. oppose, follows revelations about the U.N. agency's complicity in Palestinian terrorism.
-US warns Iran at UN of 'severe consequences' if further attacks.
-UK FM David Lammy claims: FM Katz assured me Lebanon operation will end shortly.
-IDF clears out Hamas terror base in northern Gaza hospital.
-IDF launches fresh strikes on Tyre as Hezbollah rockets rain down on north.
-IDF troops dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure in Kfarkela, which has embedded in the area, including inside civilian homes and infrastructure, over the course of many years.
-IDF announces fallen soldier Guy Yaacov Nezri succumbs to wounds from combat in Gaza.
-Netanyahu says Israel’s strikes on Iran destroyed ‘industrial factories of death’.
-Stunning: No hate crime charges for Islamic (illegal immigrant from NW Africa) man, Idi Mohamed Abdellahi, shouting “Allah Akbar” who shot Jewish man in Chicago on the Sabbath when in his way to pray.
-Mia Schem in New York: 'My heart remains hostage in Gaza'.
-'They’re still there, tortured and abused': freed hostage Mia recounts captivity in New York event. She speaks in an event held by Israel's New York consulate and tells of the moments after her kidnapping when she was held inside a cage with five other women who remain captives in Gaza.
-Says she was kept in cage with 5 other women still in Gaza.
-* Oct 29, 2024:<br>
-rockets launched. One dead, at least thirteen injured in northern Israel rocket strike. 24-year-old Mohammed Naim in rocket strike on Ma'alot. Drones hit Ashkelon and Nahariya; none hurt; IDF probing failure to intercept projectiles.
-Staff Sergeant Aviv Gilboa fell in battle in Gaza.
-Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new chief - currently in Iran. He served as the terror group's deputy secretary general since 1991. Commenting on Qassem’s appointment, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, "Temporary appointment.."
-Arab Israeli arrested for swearing allegiance to ISIS. The suspect, Abdel Rahman Mohammed Ibrahim Mahajna, 19, a resident of Umm al-Fahm, had taken part in the racist riots during Operation Guardian of the Walls and was planning to carry out attacks in Israel.
-Four killed in battle in northern Gaza, military says. IDF names Captain Yehonatan (Joni) Keren, Staff Sergeant Nisim Meytal, Staff Sergeant Aviv Gilboa and Staff Sergeant Naor Haimov; since the start of the war 766 IDF soldiers have been killed.
-Germany recalls ambassador from Iran, protesting execution of Iranian-German prisoner.
-'UNRWA, the anti-human rights, anti-life organization, must go.'
-Ministry of Defense Spokesperson:
-Israel and Germany launch agreement for tank protection system.
-Amb. Danon to UN Sec. Gen: 'You had the audacity to condemn death of Hamas kidnapper'.
-Gallant: 'Hezbollah down to just 20% of its rocket capabilities'.
-Hezbollah’s Radwan force planned to invade Israel from this village; now the IDF controls it.
-Satellite photos show Israel’s Iran strike likely hit key IRGC missile production base.
-,000-year-old site near Beit Shemesh offers clues to how cities developed in Israel.
-Defense Ministry reports 12,000 soldiers injured since start of Gaza war.
-[Macron and Iran/Hezbollah]. While Israel barred from Paris tradeshow French companies supply IRGC.
-Hezbollah rocket strikes UNIFIL HQ.
-US short on interceptor missiles amid Gaza war. Missile stockpile depleting after a year of aiding Israel; This raises concerns about US military readiness.
-Friends launch wedding fund for 10 orphans of fallen IDF teacher.
-Israel's Netanyahu to hold discussion with ministers regarding settlement to end Lebanon war.
-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant estimates Hezbollah's remaining missile, rocket capacity to be at 20%.
-Hamas official says terror group open to discuss end to Gaza war, complete IDF withdrawal.
-Halevi: If Iran attacks we will hit back with capabilities that we did not even use last time.
-IDF arrests Hezbollah commander of Ayta ash Shab.
-Watch: Wounded soldiers evacuated from Lebanon and Gaza.
-IDF says 30 projectiles were fired towards Israeli territory from Lebanon.
-Pentagon confirms NK forces in Russia; Biden: Ukraine should strike back if NK troops enter.
-Germany: Plot to attack Jewish site foiled.
-Nissan Tzur.
-CENTCOM commander Michael Korilla to visit Israel.
-Nikki Haley: 'We stopped giving UNRWA money, Biden-Harris gave it back'.
-Former US Ambassador to the UN says UNRWA's anti-Israel activities were known long before October 7: America and Israel will suffer the consequences if Kamala Harris is elected.
-Article: 'How America Benefits from Its Security Partnership with Israel. In the Middle East, America's most reliable, capable and motivated ally is Israel. Years ago, a U.S. military colonel assigned as an attache to the Israeli military told me that we Americans get far more than we give in the relationship with Israel...'
-Operated in humanitarian area:
-IAF strikes Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists in Khan Yunis.
-Egypt proposes: A two-week ceasefire and release of four hostages.
-From Lebanon, a close look at Hezbollah’s attack strategy. The village of Kila was a strategic hub in Hezbollah’s plan to infiltrate northern Israeli communities; IDF soldiers have dismantled terror infrastructures there; Our reporter is on the ground with troops in southern Lebanon.
-hours of antisemitic incidents in the news.All of these were reported during the day on Tuesday Oct/29. Noticeable Islamic.
-At ‘emergency session’ on Israel’s attack on Iran, UN Security Council splits along traditional fault lines. The U.S. envoy to the global body demanded that Tehran “stop pouring gasoline on the fire of regional conflict.”
-Staggering Numbers: 12,000 IDF Soldiers Treated Since October 7, Nearly Half with PTSD.
-Beyond UNRWA: How does Israel plan to coordinate Palestinian aid now?
-UN officials and foreign leaders condemned Israel’s plan to ban the UN’s Palestinian refugee organization, but Israeli politicians say that doing say is necessary for the country’s security.
-Report: Green Party VP candidate celebrated October 7 massacre. Rudolph 'Butch' Ware, Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s running mate, celebrated the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, compared the massacre to slave revolts, report says.
-Ware is also part of a hip-hop duo, Slum Prophecy, that over the summer released an 11-track album titled “Aqsa Flood,” a variation on Hamas’ name for the Oct. 7 attacks, Jewish Insider reported on Monday.
-Ware has removed links to the album, which had songs titled “Intifada” and “Kill Shot (Pick Them Off),” from social media sites, the news outlet reported. The songs are still available to stream on Spotify, where each has been played several thousand times. The album art features an inverted red triangle, the symbol Hamas used to mark Israeli targets in videos of the attack that has since been adopted by pro-Palestinian protesters.
-Stein has sought to capitalize on disillusion among Arab and Muslim Americans with Harris’ support for Israel in its war against Hamas, campaigning in Michigan, a critical swing state. The Democratic Party is concerned enough about her campaign that it has targeted Stein with an ad playing up the endorsement she got from David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan who is one of the country’s most prominent antisemites and who reviles Israel. Stein has disavowed Duke’s endorsement.
-* Oct 30, 2024:<br>
-Hezbollah missile targets central Israel's Sharon Plains, north.
-US Marines complete first-ever training integrating Iron Dome.
-Near Metula: Two farmers injured in rocket strike, no siren sounded.
-IDF issues evacuation warning for residents of Baalbek, Lebanon.
-Israel disables most of Iran's air defenses, official says. It destroys key S-300 missile systems and radar sites; Satellite images reveal extensive damage to the Shahrud Space Center, a pivotal Revolutionary Guards facility used for satellite launches and missile production.
-It left it ‘essentially naked’ – report.
-Hezbollah’s military is weakened, but its civil branches are deeply embedded in Lebanon
-Deadly Gaza strike, Oct 29- Beit Lahyia,  targeted spotter, wasn’t aimed at felling structure. IDF says it did not know it was being used as a shelter. In fact, "Beit Lahiya area had been given an evacuation order earlier this month as the IDF launched a new offensive in northern Gaza. Israel says its campaign aims to destroy Hamas, whose terror operatives had returned to the area in the yearlong war. The military has repeatedly emphasized the area is a combat zone."
-Hamas headquarters with hundreds of terrorists espin Hospital and mass evacuation: the raid on Jabaliya.
-After Sinwar's death, the 'barrier of fear,' has been breached, less afraid of Hamas preventing evacuation.
-'The UN regularly hires private contractors for security in war zones - so why don't they do that in Gaza? Because they prefer slamming Israel than helping Gazans.'
-Israel police unearth ten-meter-long tunnel in Salem, Jezreel Valley.
-Some 15 rockets from Lebanon fired at Haifa's bayside suburbs
-Hezbollah rocket shrapnel wounds one in Upper Galilee.
-Gallant from Rafah, Gaza: 'Return of the hostages is our most important goal'.
-France's Foreign Ministry condemns 'likely' -- that very carefully worded statement in a pattern of cozing up to the terror org. -- Hezbollah attack on UNIFIL headquarters.
-Multiple UAVs infiltrate Israel, sirens sound across northwest.
-After the collapse of the defense systems, voices in Iran are blaming: "Russia is treacherous".
-UK Gov’t accused of covering up alleged terror ties of Southport suspect.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah fuel depots in Lebanon.
-Ceasefire in Lebanon could be reached in next 1-2 weeks, Cypriot president says.
-Givati Brigade soldier severely wounded in northern Gaza, IDF says.
-White House: Iran should not respond to Israel's retaliation.
-IDF establishing new division to defend Israel's eastern border.
-Russia tells UN: Cooperation with North Korea doesn't violate international law.
-Los Angeles: Singer Aviv Geffen detained after holding up sign supporting hostage release.
-Footage from Lebanon: IDF forces eliminate terrorists, destroy rocket launchers.
-Key Hamas operative eliminated in Tulkarm.
-Countering boycott, over 1,000 reject attempt ‘to scapegoat Jewish and Israeli authors’
-At Columbia’s Barnard, UN expert with history of antisemitic remarks justifies Oct. 7.
-Chicago school board president faces calls to resign over antisemitic, anti-Israel Facebook posts.
-Less than a week since Mayor Brandon Johnsons' handpicked school board president Rev. Mitchell Johnson was sworn in to his new position as school board president, and there are already calls for his resignation over the posts on his Facebook page.
-Under the cover of the olive harvest: Arabs prepared an attack against Israeli soldiers.
-Radiohead frontman confronts ‘coward’ anti-Israel heckler at Melbourne concert.
-‘You wanna piss on everyone’s night?’ Thom Yorke responds to protester yelling about Gaza death toll before storming off stage; he then returns for final song, ‘Karma Police’.
-* Oct 31, 2024:<br>
-IDF, Shin Bet eliminate Hamas terrorist Hussam Mallah in overnight op.
-Germany, France, UK call for urgent renewal of Israeli-West Bank banking services
-Ministries call to cut ties with Haaretz after publisher, Amos Shocken calls terrorists 'freedom fighters'. [Haaretzism]. He then issued a weak "apology."
-Chicago mayor condemns shooting of Jewish man but omits religious identity, drawing ire. He is accused of 'abdication of civic duty'. Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Chief Government Affairs Officer Lisa Katz condemns Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson refusal to treat shooting of Jewish man walking to synagogue as an antisemitic hate crime.
-Russia says upcoming treaty with Iran includes closer defense cooperation.
-IDF issues evacuation order for Lebanon's Baalbek city for second day in a row.
-Hamas rejects proposal for hostage deal, one-month pause - report.
-Five killed in barrage on Metula.
-Hezbollah rocket strikes on agricultural field in northern Israel leave five dead, one seriously injured.
-Chareidi MK: “There’s No Shortage Of Manpower In The IDF”.
-Three police officers injured, six people arrested at haredi anti-draft protest in Jerusalem.
-Germany to close Iranian consulates after execution of dual national.
-Netanyahu: Top goal is preventing nuclear weapons from Iran.
-Israel works to fortify settlements as West Bank reaches boiling point
-Infuriating: Terrorists who burned family alive complete studies in prison.
-Mahmoud Abu Khraesh and Juma'ah Adam, who murdered Rachel Weiss, her three children, and an IDF soldier in a firebomb attack in 1988 have since completed high school and two university degrees in prison.
-Footage: Illegal Arab infiltrators found hiding in a refrigerator.
-Bloody Thursday: Mother and son murdered in missile barrage on Haifa Bay Area. A woman in her 60s and a man in his 20s were killed on Thursday by a rocket strike during a barrage in the Haifa Bay Area.
-IDF did not destroy UNRWA offices in Nur Shams in West Bank, military says.
-'Hitler was onto something'. Antisemite harasses customers at kosher restaurant in Brooklyn.
-US special envoy Amos Hochstein will not travel to Beirut, is returning to Washington - report.
-Egypt denies reports about receiving vessel carrying military supplies for Israel.
-Progress made on requirements for implementation of UNSC 1701 in Lebanon, Blinken says.
-IDF issues evacuation warnings to residents of Nabatiya, southern Lebanon.
-Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei ordered preparations for attack on Israel.
-Israeli intelligence is estimating that Iran may launch a large number of drones and ballistic missiles from Iraqi territory at Israel.
-May 2023 video of Hezbollah practicing invading Israel, taking hostages.
-As the war in Lebanon heats up, people forget that Hezbollah was not just a threat because of its huge rocket and guided missile arsenal, but also because it was planning to invade Israel in a October 7 style pogrom.
-IDF report Hezbollah damage statistics.
-It confirms: Approximately 70 percent of Hezbollah's drones have been destroyed.
-Israel's real life horror movie released. (Graphic).
-Stumping for Harris, Bill Clinton notes Jews were in Holy Land prior to advent of Islam.
-Chicago cops --finally-- add terror and hate crimes charges to counts facing (Islamic) man who shot Jew.
-Antisemitism on campus: The disturbing truth revealed In scathing Congressional Report.
-Father and son kicked out of Arab "Palestinian" -- Abdulrahim Harara-- owned Oakland cafe over Star of David hat. Once outside, Harara walked out and was shouting at the son that, “Your dad’s a b****.”…
-Article: 'Sally Rooney’s (longtime) anti-Israel intolerance. This boycott of Israeli publishers reveals the ignorance and hypocrisy of the literati.' Clearly, Israeli cultural institutions are held to a different standard to all others around the world.
-Impunity runs wild as Germany roiled by antisemitism scandals. A wide array of political figures and NGOs in Germany have voiced or endorsed extremist anti-Israeli positions, including Holocaust inversion.
-Germany’s governing left-wing coalition and a number of the country’s elite institutions have been rocked by antisemitism scandals involving stripping Israel of its right to exist and promotion of Hamas and Hezbollah.
-Islamic Turkish-German Aydan Ozoguz (- her brothers Yavuz Özoğuz and Gürhan Özoğuz, both staunch and avid admirers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah, run an Islamist site), vice president of the Bundestag and member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), shared, in October, a post from the US-based antisemitic group Jewish Voice for Peace (which was already exposed as SJP's "Palestinian" Islamist Hatem Bazian's influenced group) CDU had demanded her resignation.
-* Nov 1, 2024:<br>
-IDF says it intercepted a UAV in Syrian territory that was launched towards Israel.
-Footage: Terrorists smuggle weapons in Tulkarm hospital compound. In Nur Shams antiterror operation, Israeli security forces eliminate three terrorists in airstrikes and close-quarters combat.
-IDF destroys rocket launcher used to fire at Haifa Bay area.
-Security forces kill key terrorists, dismantle explosives in joint West Bank operation.
-Captain Yarden Zakay, injured in Gaza, dies of his wounds.
-Iraq tries to avoid regional fight as militias fire at Israel. Country is working to avoid being drawn into the growing regional conflict as Iran-backed terror groups launch attacks on Israel from Iraqi soil.
-Chicago school board president resigns amid backlash over his antisemitic posts.
-After Oct. 7, Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson turned his back on positive ties with Jewish community, called Hamas massacre ‘resistance against oppression,’ compared Zionism to..
-Memphis Imam Yassir Fazaga praises slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as ‘beautiful (sic) leader’ and brave hero (sic), who ‘walked the walk’ and sacrificed (sic) himself 'to please (sic), Allah.'
-The influencers standing strong for Israel.
-Despite losing followers, partnerships and facing threats, these international influencers stay steadfast in their advocacy.
-Despite economic strain, Israeli tech sees surge in huge fundraising round
-War, economic pressures and budget cuts haven’t slowed Israeli high-tech; recent fundraising shows sector's resilience, with new and smaller investors stepping in as major funds pull back; experts project 2024 investments could reach $10 bln.
-Alleged synagogue vandals in Pennsylvania praised Rep. Lee’s anti-Israel advocacy.
-[Notorious bigot] Francesca Albanese "report" slammed as ‘gross perversion of history,’ ‘weaponizing Holocaust comparisons’.
-Israel stands alone with US against UNGA resolution on Cuba embargo.
-Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar Hashemi is set to visit Havana next week
-[[File:Nazi flag, Hitler figure, swastikas in Lebanon in civilian homes exploited by Hezbollah.jpg|thumb|Nazi flag, Hitler figure, swastikas in Lebanon in civilian homes exploited by Hezbollah (Oct/2024]]
-IDF discovers Nazi flag, Hitler figure, swastikas in Southern Lebanon.
-It’s no coincidence these were found in civilian homes exploited by Hezbollah,” the Israeli military said.
-On campaign trail for Harris in Michigan, Bill Clinton defends Israel’s war in Gaza.
-Recalling efforts to broker peace during his own presidency, Clinton urges voters in crucial swing state to think ‘what you would do if it was your family’ killed on October 7. Reminds that Jews were in the Holy Land before Islam.
-Germans should leave Iran or risk being held hostage, says Berlin.
-Iran's Araqchi says German closure of Iran's consulates is 'sanction' on Iranians.
-Alexandroni Brigade in Lebanon:
-'People fell, but we raised our heads again'.
-[[File:IDF eliminates senior Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab.jpg|thumb|IDF eliminates senior Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab]]
-IDF eliminates senior Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab. IAF eliminates terrorist Izz al-Din Kassab, who was a member of Hamas' political bureau, and was responsible for national relations within the organization.
-Two men leave explosives at Berlin station, forget phone at the scene.
-Rocket injures at least 9, one seriously, in Galilee. Emergency services paramedics arrive on scene in olive orchard in Arab town of Sha'ab where the rocket hit, injuring residents.
-IDF strikes 200 terror targets in Gaza and Lebanon in one day. Military spokesperson says troops eliminated terrorists alongside precise airstrikes on Hezbollah and Hamas military complexes.
-nd round of polio vaccinations for Gazan children to kick off on Saturday.
-IDF commanders lightly wounded in vehicle accident in south Lebanon.
-Lebanon-Syria border crossing temporarily closed following Israeli strike - report.
-* Nov 2, 2024:<br>
-wounded in relentless rocket barrage from Lebanon in central and northern Israel.
-Khamenei threatens Israel and US with ‘a crushing response’ to Israel’s airstrikes.
-UK Conservative Party picks pro-Israel Kemi Badenoch as new leader.
-Hostage families to rally, saying deal to free all captives would be ‘glorious victory’.
-kilometers from the border:
-Israeli special forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in high-stakes northern Lebanon operation.
-Lebanese reports say the official taken captive was Imad Amhaz, a Lebanese Navy officer.
-More than 10 SIM cards and a passport from Panama were found in the room of the Hizbullah official captured by Shayetet 13 in northern Lebanon |  These items were not taken by the IDF force.
-Clip: IDF helicopter intercepts Hezbollah drone over northern Israel.
-rockets, 10 drones fired at Israel Saturday; helicopter downs drone south of Haifa.
-Two soldiers killed in north Gaza.
-IDF says 900 terror operatives dead in Jabalia op.
-[[File:Jaafar Khader Faour, commander of the Hezbollah Nasser Unit's weapos.jpg|thumb|IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorist responsible for deadly rocket strikes.
-IDF eliminates Jaafar Khader Faour, commander of the Hezbollah Nasser Unit's Missiles and Rockets Array. (11.2.24)]]
-IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorist responsible for deadly rocket strikes.
-IDF eliminates Jaafar Khader Faour, commander of the Hezbollah Nasser Unit's Missiles and Rockets Array.
-The preparations for the Iranian attack - and Israel's message in the Red Sea. The US has sent another reinforcement of fighter jets and strategic bombers to the Middle East.
-US Warns Iran: “We Won’t be Able To Hold Israel Back”.
-Far-right MK kicked out of IDF reserves over photo of ‘office’ in Lebanon home
-John Bolton: 'Israel missed its chance to srike Iran's nuclear sites'. Former National Security Advisor John Bolton explains the consequences of not targeting the Iranian nuclear weapons program along with its air defense sites.
-* Nov 3, 2024:<br>
-Israel Estimates: 51 hostages still alive.
-So far, the deaths of 37 of the hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza have been announced. It is estimated that at least another 13 are dead but unconfirmed.
-Historic resolution. German parliament to vote on resolution to combat antisemitism.
-German government advances law banning BDS. Draft legislation calls for no funding of any group that spreads antisemitism, questions Israel's right to exist, calls for a boycott.
-White suprenacist Richard Spencer: Kamala Harris is the “best manager of the American empire” because she seems unlikely to support Israel.
-Self-described 'Hamas operative' arrested in Pittsburgh.
-Nukhba terrorist who attacked Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 eliminated. The IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Raafat Ibrahim Mahmoud Akdeih, a Nukhba terrorist who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the brutal October 7th terrorist attack.
-Hezbollah targets northern Israel with rockets, drones.
-New details on abduction of Hezbollah operative in Lebanon (days earlier). According to reports in the Lebanese press, the raid lasts no more than four minutes carried out by a 20-man team including 2 in civilian wear; IDF remotely erases some CCTV footage to mask details.
-Last Be'eri residents leave the hotels they were evacuated to. Dozens of residents of Kibbutz Be'eri relocate to new temporary housing near Kibbutz Hatzerim after 13 months in Dead Sea hotels as they prepare to return to their homes.
-Clip: Dolls found next to RPGs in Lebanese house. During overnight intelligence-based operations by the 769th Brigade in a village in southern Lebanon, the soldiers conducted targeted raids on several buildings. In one of the buildings, the troops located numerous weapons stored in both the kitchen and children's room, including RPGs, rocket launchers, rockets, grenades, and AK-47 rifles.
-'Look them in the eyes': Former hostage shares new photos from captivity.
-Agam Goldstein-Almog abducted with her mother and younger siblings after her father and sister are murdered takes to social media to slam the government's inaction to free hostages.
-Netanyahu extends congratulations to new leader of UK Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch.
-Edward Slolov succumbs to his wounds two weeks after being hit by shrapnel. Slolov, 57 from Nahariya, was hit by shrapnel from an interceptor while walking on the city's boardwalk. He was known in the city to be a kind fisherman who jumped into the sea to save two drowning children.
-IDF troops detain Iranian operative IRGC in Syrian territory. Soldiers of the Egoz Unit together with field interrogators from Unit 504 operated in Syrian territory to detain Ali Soleiman al-Assi, a Syrian citizen who worked as an Iranian terror network operative.
-'She's one of our own.' British football fans chant for hostage's release. Tottenham Hotspurs fans gathered outside the club's stadium before the match to call for the release of Emily Damari, a British citizen and fan of the club who is being held hostage by Hamas.
-Hezbollah reveals its new underground rocket launcher.
-Netanyahu: Israel committed to Hezbollah’s removal ‘with or without’ deal.
-"The key is to distance Hezbollah beyond the Litani and to respond firmly against any action against us,” Netanyahu said on a visit to the north.
-Lebanese article: Israel's unprecedented determination to avoid civilian casualties is "like science fiction". Immediately before an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah commander on a highway in Lebanon on October 19, the IDF called up the person driving the car behind him and warned her to pull over.
-Article: 'Amos Schocken’s lies, Bill Clinton’s truths. The "Haaretz" publisher calls Palestinian terrorists “freedom fighters,” while the former U.S. president highlights their history of rejectionism.'
-Article: 'Amos Shoken's unconvincing apology. The case of the scandalous statement of Haaretz publisher Amos Schoken is not an isolated case but part of the wind blowing through the corridors of Haaretz newspaper
-An unusual event in the Israeli media landscape revealed what many already knew.  Amos Schoken, the publisher of Haaretz, gave a "compliment" to the Palestinian murderers in his lecture in London, calling them 'freedom fighters'. His recorded words caused a great storm, with over a thousand angry reactions from readers, most of them under pseudonyms, who announced their intention to stop the bloodshed.  The subscription - the payment for receiving the newspaper to their home every morning.
-And me?  Contrary to many, I believe that Schoken's thin apology deserves a "pardon", as thin and modest in its wording as it may be.  Ordinary readers are not aware of the mood behind the scenes of the media on its various sectors.  They don't know how rare it is that publishers and journalists are forced to apologize for their statements. Only under duress, with restraint and obvious reluctance, are they willing to admit the "errors" they published.
-The angry commenters emphasize, and rightly so, the seriousness of the timing - in the middle of a war.  Some even demanded that he be prosecuted.  But I, personally, was not at all surprised by Schoken's words.  How can one be surprised when every publisher, in the so-called "freedom of the press", steers the ideological line of his newspaper? And the wind blowing from the pages of "Haaretz" has long reflected blatant sympathy for the harassed Palestinian side - and this is not an exaggeration - for the steadfastness of the state.'
-The editorial line in the newspaper reveals a systematic "trend" of softening and even "understanding" of Palestinian attacks....'
-AG files indictment against taxi company owner who illegally brought Jaffa terrorists into Israel.
-IDF shoots down drone flying over Haifa Bay, Carmel areas after 40 minutes.
-IDF eliminates key Hezbollah air unit commander in strikes on Lebanon.
-IDF considering forming anti-tank unit from captured Hezbollah weaponry - report.
-NYC Marathon stands with the hostages.
-Meters from hospital: Explosive device detonated near humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza. Gazan terrorist organizations detonate explosive device on a humanitarian convoy, causing damage to a nearby hospital and injuring six people.
-'The agreement with UNRWA has been cancelled'. Foreign Minister Israel Katz officially announces the cancellation of the agreement between Israel and UNRWA, after the Knesset approved a law banning UNRWA's activities in Israel.
-The IDF said over 450 UNRWA staffers are military operatives in terror organizations. Israel's Foreign Ministry said more than 2000 UNRWA employees belong to terror groups. But Reuters Al-Mughrabi said Israel cited "a few."
-IDF eyes forming anti-tank units using Hezbollah materiel.
-Wikipedia in Arabic: A hotbead for bigotry, misinformation not just bias.
-IDF strikes Hamas terrorists who operated from an ambulance. Hamas terrorist cell was identified using an ambulance. IDF aircraft struck and neutralized the terrorists.
-* Nov 4, 2024:
-IDF eyes forming anti-tank units using Hezbollah materiel.
-Food vendor in Rome tells Jewish customer 'Hitler was right'. Video captures disturbing incident where food stall operator praised Hitler and told Jewish customer, "You are the shame of the world" before being removed by organizers.
-Turkey replaces pro-Kurdish mayors with state officials in southeast.
-Two Revolutionary Guards died in gyroplane crash in Iran, Fars reports.
-Russia to launch two Iranian satellites on Nov. 5, Tehran's Moscow envoy says.
-MDA paramedics head for area of reported rocket strikes following sirens in North.
-Two wounded from rock-throwing in Jerusalem area.
-Over 35,000 Palestinian civilians vaccinated as Gaza polio campaign intensifies.
-Givati combat soldier seriously wounded in Gaza Strip.
-Iranian Jew executed in 'street brawl' case. Arvin Netanel Ghahremani's relatives claim he did not receive adequate defense.
-IAF strike kills terrorist who took part in Kfar Aza massacre. Palestinian Islamic Jihad member Ahmed al-Dalu was part of the group's Military Intelligence Unit.
-Top Hezbollah commander Abu Ali Rida 'eliminated' in air strike, says Israel.
-He was responsible for planning and carrying out rocket and anti-tank missile attacks on IDF troops and commanded terror activities by Hezbollah operatives in that area.
-Binyamin region: Terrorists attack Jewish youth. Two teens from the Tzur Harel hilltop community were hurt after they were ambushed by a mob of Arabs from the village of Burqa.
-"There was almost a murder here": the two Jews were injured following a brutal lynching.
-Israel strikes Hezbollah intelligence HQ near Damascus. The site in Sayyidah Zaynab area - about six miles south of Damascus, erved as "Hezbollah’s central intelligence body.
-[[File:The anti-Israel industry of lies- Video clip makes IDF soldiers out to be murderers.jpg|thumb|The anti-Israel industry of lies: Video clip makes IDF soldiers out to be murderers]]
-In Other News... The anti-Israel industry of lies: Video clip makes IDF soldiers out to be murderers. Palllywood. Social media footage exposes another anti-Israel protest, which makes it seem as if IDF soldiers are woman-killers.
-Ayatollah Ali Sistani: Weapon possession must be restricted to the Iraqi state - report.
-US, Saudi discussing security agreement without Israel component, Axios reports.
-Israel can count on US support no matter who's in leadership positions, Harris campaign tells Post.
-Rocket shrapnel found in Kadita, no injuries reported.
-Danon blasts [Islamic] Turkey for asking UN for Israel arms embargo: Driven by malice
-Turkish soccer club moves home game against Maccabi Tel Aviv to ‘neutral country’.
-US officials warn Iran, Russia behind spread of disinformation on eve of election.
-Senior Likud MK says he won’t back daycare subsidies bill for Haredi draft-evaders [Haredom by-in-large are against the draft [conscientious objectors].
-Hamas nixes Cairo’s proposal for brief Gaza ceasefire in exchange for 4 hostages.
-Blinken: 'Hamas refused to release even a limited number of hostages'.
-IDF strikes Hezbollah’s intelligence unit in Syria, issues rare confirmation. Attack said to kill 2 members of terror group, as 3 more commanders killed in Lebanon; 5 drones, some 60 rockets fired at north, most intercepted, while troops in Lebanon press on.
-Beyond Trump and Harris: Seven congressional and governor’s races Jews should watch. Downticket races includes candidates vying for Hasidic votes, a centrist Jew opposite a ‘black NAZI,’ and a Soviet Jewish whistleblower facing a Republican who faked a family.
-Three indicted for anti-Israel vandalism of Brooklyn Museum officials’ homes. ‘These are not protests; they are hate crimes’: Vandals charged with terroristic threat, criminal mischief for smearing red paint on homes of officials with Jewish-sounding names.
-It was during a wave of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests in the early morning hours of June 12 (2024).
-Calls to dismantle Munich uni Palestine camp after Hamas contact claims.
-* Nov 5, 2024:<br>
-Soldier from Nahal Brigade seriously injured.
-Oct. 7 investigation: There was no betrayal, soldiers were victim to cyberattacks.
-Footage: Descendants of Nazis sing 'Am Israel Chai'. Descendants of Nazis and participants in the March of Life movement stand by their Jewish friends during a wave of antisemitism worldwide, spontaneously create a video to show support for the Jewish nation. Watch.
-Genocide now! Kill the Zionists “do not leave even one,” on official PA TV‎.
-Top PA religious officials continue to call for murder of Jews.
-Tel Aviv University: Arab students demand to bar IDF reservists from carrying weapons. 'An infuriating and audacious demand.'
-'The Guardian censors a mention of an Israeli whisky. How stupid is that?'
-Jewish boy assaulted on way to school in Brooklyn. 13-year-old boy slapped in the face in random attack in Crown Heights.
-Police seize 1 million shekels of suspected terror funds from West Bank Arab man.
-Over 60 PFLP members arrested in extensive IDF, Shin Bet operation in the West Bank.
-Over 100 patients to be evacuated from Gaza, WHO says.
-Iran says two French detainees held in good conditions.
-Iranian-German Sharmahd died before his execution, Iran judiciary says.
-Irish textbooks claim Jesus was "Palestinian", downplay Auschwitz. [The most anti Israel country in Eurioe, and with a very active Arab immigrants' propaganda].
-.
-The Washington Post map that proves Israel is targeting Hezbollah targets, not Lebanese buildings. On Oct 21, 2024, the Washington Post published this map showing different municipalities in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel and what percentage of buildings in each town have been destroyed.
-Trump: Kamala will start WW3, get millions of Muslims killed.
-rockets , UAVs fired from Lebanon so far today.
-Netanyahu instructs to remove daycare bill (for Haredim evading draft) from Knesset's Wednesday agenda.
-Report: Netanyahu to offer $5 million for each hostage released.
-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.
-Hostage families say firing of Israeli defense minister creates opportunity for ‘strategic change’. "We thank Minister Galant for his work for Israel's security and for the attempts to return our loved ones," the Tikvah Forum said.
-US: Gallant was important partner, we’ll work collaboratively with Katz.
-Israeli strike on Lebanon town of Barja kills 15, Lebanese health ministry says.
-[[File:Miriam Adelson with Trump.jpg|thumb|Miriam Adelson with Trump]]
-Miriam Adelson encourages voters to Back Donald Trump. (She donated the largest donation to him).
-Islamic Resistance in Iraq says they fired drone towards Eilat area.
-Israeli strike on Lebanon town of Barja kills 15, Lebanese health ministry says.
-IDF intercepts two drones fired by Islamic Resistance in Iraq toward Eilat.
-Netanyahu speaks with IDF chief, Shin Bet and Mossad heads after Gallant's firing.
-Qatar passes referendum, replaces Shura Council elections with appointments, state TV says.
-[[File:Teloshima-700x400.jpeg|thumb|Islamic Republic genocide threat: Teloshima"]]
-Genocidal Islamic Republic of Iran: A giant billboard threatens Israel with nuclear annihilation, says ‘Teloshima,’ i.e. ‘Tel Aviv’ and ‘Hiroshima.’
-Anti-Israel [Arab lobby's] Pro-"Palestine" protesters block street outside White House as votes roll in.
-Ben Shapiro: Turning point of election was when Trump visited Hassidic Rabbi's grave.
-Josh Stein beats ‘Black NAZI’ to become North Carolina’s first Jewish governor
-Disgraced GOP candidate Mark Robinson, who has history of incendiary remarks about Jews, concedes gubernatorial race in key US swing state, which the AP calls for Trump.
-Craig Goldman elected as third Jewish Republican member of the House.
-Goldman’s victory “grows Jewish GOP representation in the House of Representatives to its largest presence in over 30 years,” Matt Brooks, of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said.
-Record six yarmulke wearing Jews elected to the New York State legislature.
-Mike Lawler defeats progressive Mondaire Jones in NY-17 House race [with help from orthodox Jews' votes]. Lawler’s win underscores his appeal in a district where Democrats hold a numerical advantage. His campaign focused on local issues such as economic development and public safety, as well as his staunchly pro-Israel positions, resonating with a broad spectrum of voters. Jones, who previously represented the district, sought to reclaim the seat by emphasizing progressive policies and his prior legislative experience.
-* Nov 6, 2024:<br>
-US warns Iraq: 'Don't let Iran attack from your soil, Israel could retaliate'.
-Hezbollah’s Khiam region commander eliminated.
-Bernie Marcus, Home Depot cofounder who gave to Republicans and Israel, dies at 95. Movement for Quality Government asks AG to investigate move, saying PM prioritized politics at expense of war effort; Minister Karhi urges PM to boot AG next.
-[[File:NYPost- Nov 6, 2024 - He's DON it again.jpg|thumb|NYPost: Nov 6, 2024 - He's DON it again]]
-[[File:Trump w Netanyahu.jpg|thumb|Trump with Netanyahu]]
-Trump, Netanyahu speak, discuss US-Israel relations and Iran.
-Israeli PM is among the first to speak with the US President-Elect following his reelection. The two discussed the Iranian threat during their 20-minute conversation.
-MK Rothman says prayer for Donald Trump's success. Simcha Rothman, opened Constitution Committee session with wishes and congratulations to Donald Trump, on winning the 2024 US presidential elections.
-[[File:Teloshima-700x400.jpeg|thumb|Islamic Republic genocide threat: Teloshima"]]
-[[File:Followers of Jewish Hasidic movement say president-elect approached visit to revered NY gravesite with deep respect.jpg|thumb|Followers of Jewish Hasidic movement say president-elect approached visit to revered NY gravesite with deep respect]]
-Chabad credits Trump win to prayers at Rebbe's grave. Followers of Jewish Hasidic movement say president-elect approached visit to revered New York gravesite with deep respect; 'Prayers at the Rebbe’s grave don’t go unanswered'.
-Jewish Voters Desert Democratic Party Over the Left’s ‘Anti-Israel Fanaticism,’ Pro-Israel Democratic Representative Says. President Trump gained significant electoral support from Jewish voters in several key states like Florida, Arizona, Nevada, and New York, early exit polls show.
-Trump sees 50% boost in New York’s Jewish vote compared to 2020.
-[[File:Huge billboard congratulating Trump in Tel Aviv|thumb|Huge billboard congratulating Trump in Tel Aviv]]
-Footage: Huge billboard congratulating Trump in Tel Aviv.
-Iran’s currency tanks to all-time low as Trump clinches US presidency. While Tehran downplays impact of result, locals fear president-elect will increase US sanctions; ‘our economy and social situation will surely get worse,’ says Iranian student.
-Initial report: 4 wounded, some seriously, in Hezbollah rocket strike in Avivim in north..
-Two civilians lightly hurt in Arab ramming and stabbing attack in West Bank.
-Terrorist shot dead by local civilian carrying handgun; medics also treat several people at scene suffering from acute anxiety.
-Antisemitism in USA: Jewish businesses vandalized in Pico-Robertson, LA.
-Iran sentences 4 people to death on supposed "charges of spying" for Israel.
-Three defendants accused of aiding alleged Israeli assassination of nuclear scientist in 2020; fourth involved in unspecified "espionage" case.
-Hezbollah fires rockets at central Israel, with one hitting Ben Gurion Airport area
-Terror group claims it targeted Tzrifin base; IDF soldier hurt in southern Lebanon fighting Monday; military confirms it struck in Syria, targeting Hezbollah weapons depots
-Israeli team set to attend UN climate confab in Azerbaijan under tight security.
-Delegation of over 100 will be subject to restrictions on movement given country’s proximity to Iran; Israeli pavilion to hold dozens of events, with 20 companies exhibiting.
-In LORD's mercies, miraculously: Hezbollah's shrapnel penetrates roof of kindergarten in Kfar Chabad, no Injuries.
-Hezbollah targets struck in Beirut.
-Foreign worker likely killed in Hezbollah rocket attack.
-Freed hostage tells UN: 'No one at the UN lifted a finger to free my friends'.
-Families of American hostages implore Trump to work to free them.
--year-old Israeli killed in rocket strike in Masarik.
-Samaria Council head invited to Trump's inauguration.
-In southern Lebanon: IAF strikes Hezbollah command centers and storage facilities.
-* Nov 7, 2024:<br>
-Terror squad targeted in IAF strike in Tulkarm
-IAF strikes Hezbollah targets in Beirut.
-Ayatollah Khamenei says 'resistance' will emerge victorious - report.
-Police conducts emergency operational response exercise in North.
-IDF intercepts rocket fired from Gaza Strip.
-Hezbollah does not pin ceasefire hopes on any US administration, lawmaker says.
-Jewish students assaulted at DePaul University.
-UCSF suspends professor over social media posts accusing Israel of genocide, targeting Israeli student. Dr. Rupa Marya writes students 'concerned that a first year student from Israel is in their class'; Israeli consulate in San Francisco condemns remarks, accuses her of 'harassing and potentially inciting' against student 'based on their Israeli national origin'.
-Eric Trump Lauds Orthodox Jewish town New Square for unprecedented support in Trump victory
-Israeli Parliament approves law to deport terrorists' families.
-In private committee meetings, Shin Bet representatives cautioned that expelling family members of terrorists could escalate security tensions.
-Jewish man brutally beaten in attempted robbery in Crown Heights.
-Hasidic man in his 50s reportedly hospitalized, suffering severe injuries; attack follows 3 other reported antisemitic incidents in Brooklyn neighborhood over past week, sparking concern among locals.
-The assailants, one wearing an orange bandana and the other a black one, demanded to know: “What type of phone do you have?” When the victim attempted to walk away, the attackers grabbed a wooden stick, demanding his phone. Before he could respond or flee, they repeatedly struck him with such force that the stick broke in two.
-On election day, Biden-Harris admin quietly waived terrorism sanctions on Palestinian government, docs show.
-Hezbollah launches continuous rocket barrages on Israel's north. Over 100 rockets launched in three barrages over less than two hours Thursday afternoon, striking the Galilee, Haifa, and Haifa Bay area; Rocket scored direct hit on vehicle next to a house in Kiryat Yam, and a kindergarten in Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk was damaged.
-Footage: The battle in which 5 soldiers fell in Lebanon.
-Israel should take out Iran's nukes - as Trump himself said. Caroline Glick discusses former US Pres. Donald Trump's re-election, what the Biden administration might do, and what Israel's next steps in the war should be.
-Israeli strikes deep in Lebanon kill 60 Hezbollah terrorists.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah target at Beirut Airport
-IDF soldier, Israeli civilian killed in separate Hezbollah rocket attacks.
-Lebanese media reports uncle of slain Hezbollah leader killed in Southern Lebanon.
-Over 300 trucks containing humanitarian aid from UAE to enter Gaza.
-IDF kills seven terrorists, destroy explosives laboratories in West Bank operations.
-Two Magen David Adom ambulances hit by shrapnel in Haifa's bayside suburbs.
-Netanyahu to appoint new US ambassador, replacing Michael Herzog, PMO announces.
-IAF targets Hezbollah command, military infrastructure in Lebanon.
-Clip: IDF destroys extensive terror tunnels in Gaza.
-Scapegoating Israel, white progressive projection: Ritchie Torres slams liberal anti-Israel Peter Beinart op-ed.
-The pro-Israel N.Y. congressman denounced Beinart’s op-ed “Democrats ignored Gaza and brought down their party.”
-Hezbollah operates from heritage sites in Lebanon, but Israel gets blamed for targeting them. Lebanon turns to UNESCO claiming Israel is trying to 'erase' the country's cultural heritage; Hezbollah uses the ancient sites to store weapons and launch rocket attacks on Israel.
-IAF targets Hezbollah command, military infrastructure in Lebanon.
-IDF to demolish house of terrorist Mahand Al-Sauda.
-Approved in the Knesset: Israel Katz as Defense Minister, Gideon Sa'ar as Foreign Minister. Knesset approves new appointments in the government. 58 Knesset members support the move, with no opponents or abstentions. Opposition skips the vote.
-[[File:Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game.jpg|thumb|Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game. Ansterdam, Nov 2024]]
-Amsterdam pogrom: Racist Arab Muslim mob attacks Israelis post soccer game.
-Hundreds of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans report being attacked by Arabs as they left the stadium where Maccabi's game against AFC Ajax took place. At least 10 fans injured, two people unaccounted for. An Israeli who was present at the scene: "The police only arrived after half an hour."
-Arab thugs mercilessly hunt down Israeli football fans in Amsterdam, beating them senseless.
-Litetally 100’s of Israelis were attacked overnight, at least 10 hospitalized, multiple reported missing- with Dutch authorities calling it a possible hostage situation.
-Wide condemnation of the antisemitism. Dutch King: 'We failed the Jews in WW2, last night we failed again.'
-* Nov 8, 2024:
-More on 'Amsterdam pogrom' by Arabs, Muslims:
-They walked out of a soccer game and were brutally attacked.
-The "Brothers for the Symbol" organization of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans updated what was happening from Holland and wrote: "To think about what happened in the Holocaust and other historical days and realize that nothing has changed. The Amsterdam police abandoned us to a planned ambush of 1,000 anti-Semitic Arabs who attacked us on a nationalistic basis. Women, children, adults  Everyone was hurt."
-‘They came in masses,’ ‘attacked us all’: Maccabi Tel Aviv fans describe Amsterdam horrors
-Outrage, focus on Muslim migrants after Amsterdam ‘pogrom’. Some Dutch officials said that the attacks were due to unchecked immigration from the Middle East, while others avoided the subject of the attackers' identity.
-Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s incoming foreign minister, and Amir Ohana, the Knesset chair, flew to Amsterdam on Friday to help the embassy coordinate efforts to evacuate Israelis who decided to cut their stays short in the Netherlands.
-A journalist asked at Friday’s joint press conference about the alleged provocations. “There can be no excuse for what happened,” the mayor said.
-The incidents, which followed a match between the Ajax soccer club and Maccabi Tel Aviv, also drew a response from French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country is home to Europe’s largest Jewish community. France has also experienced a lot of antisemitism in recent months, and Israeli companies were banned recently from a defense fair in the country.
-“The violence against Israeli citizens in Amsterdam recalls history’s darkest hours,” Macron stated. “I strongly condemn it and express my sympathy for the injured. France will relentlessly continue to fight against heinous antisemitism.”
-Dick Schoof, the Dutch prime minister, called the incidents “utterly outrageous and abhorrent antisemitic attacks on Israeli citizens in Amsterdam.”
-Christians for Israel, an international organization based in the Netherlands, lowered the large Israeli flag, which flies atop its Nijkerk headquarters, to half-mast in solidarity with those attacked.
-“Last night’s attack chillingly echoes the events of Kristallnacht,” wrote Frank van Oordt, the group’s director. “That such a violent hunt for Jews could occur again in 2024 in our capital city is both incomprehensible and unacceptable.”
-Halsema, the Amsterdam mayor, said that “we have seen an outburst of antisemitism tonight, and it is very unlike Amsterdam.”
-“Telegram groups where a Jew-hunt is being discussed,” she said. “It’s so shocking. I am furious and I’m expressing, in the city’s name, the harshest condemnations over what happened.”
-“I’m ashamed of the behavior of rioters and criminals,” she added.
-A journalist asked at the press conference if Halsema had a comment on the accounts of victims, who said that all of the perpetrators looked Middle Eastern.
-“This is an issue that needs to be researched. The background and ethnicity of people, that’s not something I can comment on right now, nor do I want to,” she said. (Halsema is a former leader of D66, a pro-immigration, left-leaning party.)
-Geert Wilders, leader of the largest political party in the Netherlands, the Party for Freedom, which is right-leaning, showed no such reservations.
-In a series of furious posts on social media, Wilders, a strident critic of immigration and Islam, referenced the alleged ethnicity of the perpetrators repeatedly.
-“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,” he wrote. “The authorities will be held accountable for their failure to protect the Israeli citizens. Never again.”
-“We weren’t allowed to speak of Islam as the source of antisemitism, and they didn’t deport criminals. Now we have Jew hunts in Amsterdam,” he added in another post.
-Wilders, a passionate supporter of Israel whose party is a senior coalition member, called for the perpetrators to be deported.
-The incident, which happened shortly before the anniversary of the Nov. 9-10, 1938 Nazi pogrom called Kristallnacht, comes amid polarizing debate in Europe about Muslim immigration.
-In September, Marjolein Faber, the minister of asylum and migration who is part of Wilder’s party, unveiled a plan that she called “the strictest asylum policy ever.”
-“We need to change course,” she said. “We are taking measures to make the Netherlands as unattractive as possible for asylum seekers.”
-The Party for Freedom received the highest number of vote in the 2023 elections, amid widespread dissatisfaction with mass immigration, primarily from Muslim countries.
-The incidents in Amsterdam prompted a slew of condemnations from Jewish organizations.
-Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, expressed “profound concern and solidarity with the victims of
-last night’s unprovoked attack on Jews.”
-“Antisemitism cannot be thwarted by words alone,” stated Dani Dayan, Yad Vashem’s chair. “We call upon world leaders to recognize and take immediate and decisive action to fight against antisemitism and hate before the disease metastasizes to catastrophic proportions. History has shown us that we cannot afford to be complacent in the face of antisemitism.”
-Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, stated that the “unprovoked violence—resulting in serious injuries and reports of missing persons—has not only shaken the Israeli and Dutch Jewish communities but underscores the global resurgence of antisemitism that continues to metastasize across societies worldwide.”
-“We are horrified by the organized and vicious antisemitic attack on Israelis in Amsterdam,” the Orthodox Union stated. “Coming days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, it is time for world leaders and individuals of conscience to recognize that brazen attacks against Jews is what protestors are calling for when they chant ‘globalize the intifada.'”
-The Jewish Federations of North America stated that it is “horrified and outraged at the hate-filled antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam, in which anti-Israel mobs terrorized and beat Israelis and Jews trying to enjoy a soccer game.”
-“This modern-day pogrom, just two days before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, should make it clear that the entire world must act now to condemn and prosecute to the fullest all the perpetrators and take every necessary step to protect the Jewish community,” the Federations said. ” We are in close contact with our partners in Israel and The Jewish Agency for Israel as we continue our commitment to the security of Jewish communities around the world.”
-The Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, called for “concrete measures” to be taken to prevent such events from recurring.
-The Combat Antisemitism Movement warned that tolerating such incidents would cause Jews to leave Europe. “Europe should remember this: Jews won’t wait around like they did in 1939. They’ll leave, leaving you to deal with the extremism that has been allowed to fester,” Sacha Roytman Dratwa, the group’s CEO, wrote.
-All the injured have been released from the hospitals.
-Only ten out of 62 suspects still in custody.
-Amsterdam Chief Public Prosecutor says that of the 62 suspects arrested after the violent attacks on Israelis in the city, only 10 are still in custody. The suspects are in custody for 'public violence against individuals and groups.'
-Israeli dog handlers to protect Jews in Europe.
-National Insurance Institute: Amsterdam pogrom will be recognized as terror.
-The fans who were present and affected in the event will receive immediate assistance upon their arrival in Israel by the National Insurance Institute as victims of terrorist acts.
-Israel to help citizens leave Amsterdam without passports if necessary.
-Amsterdam mayor says extent of violence against Israeli soccer fans still being ascertained.
-Dutch Jewish group says tough measures needed after attacks on Israeli soccer fans.
-Amsterdam Police: We are investigating possible hostage situation
-Foreign Ministry confirm all Israelis in Amsterdam have been contacted.
-Mossad warned of a threat in the Netherlands ahead of the pogrom - report.
-Amsterdam's 'black night': Dutch admit they failed the Jewish community after attacks by 'migrant mobs' on Israeli football fans.
-'A terrible antisemitic attack, we will not tolerate it'.
-Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof condemns violence against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam: I'm deeply ashamed that this could happen in the Netherlands.
-Dutch PM: Amsterdam attack on Jews a 'turning point'. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, discussing rising antisemitism and delegitimization of Israel.
-Article: 'The real Nazis stand up.
-Hours after the Netherlands officially commemorated the Kristallnacht pogrom, the Nazis’ heirs staged a new Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht pogrom, the Nazis’ heirs staged a new Kristallnacht. And the police took their time.'
-Canadian PM: Amsterdam pogrom 'dark moment for our world'.'The news out of Amsterdam last night is horrifying. This is a dark moment for our world — and one we have seen before,' Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau writes.
-Amsterdam casino staffer was in co hoots with pro-Palestine rioters, report.
-Former Chelsea midfielder, the Arab, Hakim Ziyech mocks Israeli supporters attacked in Amsterdam.
-Article: 'What does the ‘Jew hunt’ in Amsterdam spell out for local leadership?'
-IDF preparing opening of Kissufim crossing for transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza.
-National Security Council advises Israelis to avoid attending the Maccabi Tel Aviv match in Italy.
-El Al Workers' Committee Chairman: El Al employees are being called up on emergency duty.
-Police, IDF, Shin Bet arrest man suspected of planning terror attack in Israel.
-Trump son-in-law Kushner rules out joining next administration, FT says.
-Manchester bombing survivors awarded damages for harassment by conspiracy theorist.
-Widespread strikes seen in Tyre, Lebanon - report.
-The Mossad warned of a threat in the Netherlands ahead of the pogrom - report.
-Netanyahu taps former official, settlement activist Yechiel Leiter as next US ambassador.
-Widespread strikes seen in Tyre, Lebanon - report.
-Today marks 111 years since the hate poem in ‘Falastin’ by Islamofascist Sheikh Suleiman al-Taji al-Faouqi [سليمان التاجي] Nov/8/1913 .
-charged in Iran-linked plot to assassinate Donald Trump: Sources. Two of the individuals are now in custody.
-Three people charged over plot to assassinate Trump.
-US Justice Department announces federal charges against three people in thwarted Iranian plot to kill president-elect Donald Trump before the election.
-In addition, an Iranian critic in Brooklyn, NY (with a $100,000 promise to assassinate one) and 2 Jews (with a promise to pay $500,000), were targeted also by IRGC (Fathad Shakeri). It was a year long plot. It picked up on Oct 7.
-Report in US: Qatar set to kick Hamas leadership out.
-Qatar later denied it.
-Amsterdam bans protests after antisemitic squads attack Israeli soccer fans.
-IDF Arabic spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee issues evacuation notices to residents in Beirut suburb.
-Trump to Hochstein: 'Make a deal with Lebanon' - report.
-Blinken spoke with UAE FM about reaching diplomatic solutions in Gaza, Lebanon.
-Pentagon chief speaks with new Israeli defense minister.
-Explosion heard in countryside of Aleppo, Syria, Sana state news agency.
-Local media identifies the man working at the Holland Casino, where some victims of the violence sought refuge; Dutch justice minister says the Israelis were targeted because they were Jews.
-* Nov 9, 2024:<br>
-Security expert: Iranians are on a ‘revenge mission’. Interview with former MK Ksenia Svetlova; 'Israel has to be very smart and strong about it,' she says .
-ICC to probe chief prosecutor sexual misconduct. Court launches an external investigation into the allegations against chief prosecutor Karim Khan; calls for him to step down while inquiry ongoing.
-Anti-Israel protester C. Husary, charged with hate crime for threatening Jewish man on NY subway (on June 10, 2024). Manhattan DA says suspect called Jewish passenger a ‘Zionist’ and warned ‘we’ll find you and there will be consequences,’ around time of widely decried rally against Nova exhibit.
-Trump plans radical revamp of US higher education. Incoming president says pro-Palestinian foreign students participating in protests to be deported; says will go after Woke agenda and promote "American tradition," Western civilization' through funding and accreditation process.
-Jewish Democrat in Florida, Jared Moskowitz, says suspected assassin arrested with antisemitic manifesto.
-Footage: IDF 'Mountain Unit' operates in southern Lebanon
-Amsterdam pogrom:
-Footage: Israelis, allies gather to sing in Amsterdam after Thursday night attacks.
-[[File:How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’.jpeg|thumb|Revealed: How Pro-Palestinian mob organised via WhatsApp to ‘Hunt Jews’ across Amsterdam]]
-The Telegraph reveals the messages of the pre-planned attack and pogrom of Jews in Amsterdam: “Tomorrow we will work them”
-“Who can get fireworks”
-“Come in this group tomorrow over here”
-“Tomorrow after the game, at night, part 2 of the Jew Hunt. Tomorrow we work them.”
-The Arab networks are publishing a collection of videos from the pogrom, edited by the military wing of Hamas.
-At the beginning of the recording, chants of "Allah Akbar" are heard before the attack by the Israelis, followed by cursing and attacking.
-Amsterdam Arabic speakers on Jews: :"beat him to kill".
-Israeli-Druze soccer fan spoke in Arabic & saved Jewish friends.
-"Gaza of Europe": the messages embracing the State of Israel.
-Israel facilitates entry of more aid trucks into northern Gaza.
-Gideon Sa'ar welcomes German ban on 'From the river to the sea' pro-Palestinian chant.
-IDF Chief of Staff Halevi sends a message to Hamas during assessment in Jabalya.
-,000 liters of fuel, 180 units of blood: IDF brings aid to Gaza.
-* Nov 10, 2024:<br>
-years after Kristallnacht:
-% of European Jews experience antisemitism.
-wounded in Hebzollah rocket barrage on northern Israel. 2 moderately hurt, 1 lightly hurt, after rocket strike on avocado farm in the area of Moshav Ben Ami near Nahariya.
-Clip: Binyamin Governor saves Palestinian  Authority man's life.
-Captured Hamas films show terrorists torturing Palestinians.
-Shackled and whipped: IDF releases harrowing Hamas torture videos in Gaza.
-Military posts 46-minute video allegedly showing Palestinian detainees enduring severe abuse at Hamas base in Jabaliya; IDF says footage, reportedly obtained during Israeli raid in Gaza, serves as evidence of Hamas’ oppressive governance tactics.
-Shin Bet arrests 17-year-old Negev resident over Hamas ties, alleged terror attack plot.
-Drone crosses into Israel from Lebanon, incident has concluded, IDF says.
-US says Hamas is standing in the way of a Gaza ceasefire.
-Freedom of the press? Facebook bans Arutz Sheva due to news reports.
-Southern Lebanon. Watch: Terror tunnel found under cemetery.
-Clip: What Gazans think about Hamas after a year of war. Channel 12 News reporter Ohad Hemo spoke to Gazans and was surprised to learn what they really think about Hamas after a year of war: 'I was glad when you killed Sinwar, who destroyed and killed our children'.
-National Security Council issues warnings, including concealing Israeli, Jewish identifiers abroad.
-Hezbollah may agree to disarm, leaving arms control to Lebanese army, UNIFIL - report.
-Macron to attend France-Israel soccer game in sign of solidarity, Elysee says.
-Qatar tells Israel not to target senior Hamas officials in Qatar - report.
-Terrorist attempts to stab woman in the West Bank - report.
-IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi approves expansion of Lebanon ground operations - report.
-Two IDF officers seriously wounded during combat in northern Gaza.
-[[File:Muhammad Abu Sakhil (Eliminated 11.10.24).jpg|thumb|Islamic Jihad head of operations in Gaza - Muhammad Abu Sakhil (Eliminated 11.10.24)]]
-IDF eliminates Islamic Jihad head of operations in Gaza. Muhammad Abu Sakhil was a significant figure for the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in the planning and execution of terrorist activities and coordinating attacks with Hamas against Israeli civilians and IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip.
-Dozens of ("pro-Palestine") anti-Israel protesters demonstrating during President Isaac Herzog's New York visit.
-[[File:Google News 11.10.24.jpg|thumb|Google News shows a typical evolving "report" from Gaza about casualties. First, it's Gaza 'officials,' though that it's Hamas wasn't mentioned. Then it's "medics," also ignoring the fact thst Hamas controls the 'health' system, then someone came up with the drama: "rescuers." Finally, Anti-Israel Arab "journalist" at NYT - Hiba Yazbek using the screaming term "emergency services."]]
-Google News shows a typical evolving "report" from Gaza about casualties.
-First, it's Gaza 'officials,' though that it's Hamas wasn't mentioned. Then it's "medics," also ignoring the fact thst Hamas controls the 'health' system, then someone came up with the drama: "rescuers." Finally, Anti-Israel Arab "journalist" at NYT - Hiba Yazbek using the screaming term "emergency services."
-Biden to meet Israeli, Indonesian presidents on Tuesday, White House says.
-* Nov 11, 2024:<br>
-Airstrikes target two Yemeni governorates, Houthi-backed Al-Masirah TV says.
-IAF intercepts rocket launched from Yemen.
-UK defence minister: We expect Trump to remain committed to Ukraine and NATO.
-Initial reports of Israeli attack on Syria's Homs countryside, Syrian state news agency reports.
-Israeli FM claims progress in Lebanon ceasefire talks; Hezbollah says no proposals were received.
-Former UK soldier accused of helping Iran pleads guilty to prison escape.
-Three injured in rocket barrage near Carmiel. Massive barrage on northern Israel. Woman moderately injured, two others lightly injured, after at least 50 rockets were fired towards Carmiel.
-Gazans as human shields: Rafah: IDF locates weapons near a mosque and hospital.
-IDI poll reveals: Most Arabs think Israel's response to Iran attack was too weak.
-BBC News promote yet another Hamas ‘doctor.' Fadel Naim. 'The question: how is it the BBC consistently platform witnesses who are publicly aligned with Hamas.'
-[[File:Racist Arab-Muslim youth in Europe target Jews - Belgium.jpg|thumb|Racist Arab-Muslim youth in Europe target Jews - Belgium. Nov.2024]]
-Belgium: Teens attack Jews to free Palestine.
-Muslim "youth" in Europe continue to attack Jews under the guise of antizionism.
-Footage published on social media shows youth in Antwerp, Belgium, violently harassing and assaulting a young orthodox Jew [alll know Haredi Jews in Israel mostly refuse to serve in the IDF, that is even per fake exvuses] on the street.
-The video appears together with the hashtag "#FreePalestine."
-The video of the antisemitic assault in Belgium surfaced just two days after the anniversary of Kristallnacht and after the incident in the neighboring Netherlands, during which mobs of rioters violently attacked Israeli soccer fans as they left a match in Amsterdam.
-Footage: Motorcyclists knock off Jewish man's kippah in Staten Island.
-Watch: Unusual stockpile of weapons discovered in northern Israel.
-UN rapporteur appears to blame victims for Amsterdam pogrom.
-rockets: 4 injured in heavy rocket barrage on Haifa area.
-Swiss will not serve Tel Aviv until December 15.
-Major (Res.) Itamar Levin Fridman fell in combat in northern Gaza.
-Ammunition found in Gaza convoy along humanitarian aid route.
-Sa'ar: 'Establishment of Palestinian state today would be Hamas state'.
-Arab affairs correspondent.
-'Europe at point of no return'.
-Arab affairs correspondent, Tzvi Yehezkeli: 'Europe at point of no return'
-'Antisemitic incidents in Europe prevent women from walking in certain areas, citizens feel insecure,' says Zvi Yehezkeli on pogrom in Amsterdam.
-Mahmoud Abbas:
-PA leader calls for suspension of Israel's membership in UN.
-Katz: Iran is more vulnerable than ever, now is the time to target their nuclear facilities.
-Min. of Defense to IDF General Staff: 'Iran more exposed to damage to nuclear facilities'.
-Defense Minister, Israel Katz, at first meeting with IDF General Staff: 'There will be no ceasefire and no respite in Lebanon until the goals of war have been achieved'
-The Maccabi Tel Aviv fan who fought back in Amsterdam.
-Dan Kopla, a soccer fan who was present in Amsterdam for the riots, shares his harrowing experiences and what they taught him.
-ICC confirms probe into alleged misconduct by "war crimes" prosecutor.
-Israeli air force intercepts two Hezbollah drones in northern Israel.
-Amsterdam pogrom:
-Former UNRWA teacher, Ayman Nejmeh, helped prganize Islamo-Arab Amsterdam pogrom by PGNL -  Hamas-affiliated network in the Netherlands.
-Days later, Anti-Semitic Arab-Islamic riots resume in Amsterdam.
-Footage: Moment Amsterdam tram goes up in flames after yob hurls firework inside following 'Jew hunt'.
-'Pro-Palestinians' hold "Anti-Veterans Day" at Columbia.
-Footage: 'Moment Amsterdam tram goes up in flames after yob hurls firework inside following 'Jew hunt'.'
-Schools & Higher Education. USC president to step down after criticism of handling campus (anti-Israel bigoted) protests. “I offer our deep appreciation of Carol Folt, as well as our admiration for her exceptional tenure,” stated Suzanne Nora Johnson, chair of the school’s Board of Trustees.
-Two Israelis hurt in Judea car-ramming
-The terrorist fled and the Israel Defense Forces launched a manhunt.
-They don't stop: Antisemitic [Arab Islamic] rioters torch trains, wreak havoc in Amsterdam following Pogrom.
-UAV crashes next to preschool, none injured. 'The preschool teacher brings the children into the shelter whenever there's a siren nearby, they were in the bomb shelter even before the UAV hit.'
-* Nov 12, 2024:<br>
-[[File:Anti-Israel group calls attack on Jewish students on DePaul campus 'justice'.jpg|thumb|Anti-Israel group calls attack on Jewish students on DePaul campus 'justice' Nov.2024]]
-Anti-Israel group calls attack on Jewish students on DePaul campus 'justice'.
-An anti-Israel organization published a 'wanted' poster of a Jewish student who was hospitalized and suffered a concussion in an antisemitic attack last week, calls for further escalation.
-Intimidating Jews on campus by Arab led "activists": Images are emerging from the University of Rochester of "Wanted" posters being plastered on the walls. The wanted individuals? The University's Jewish faculty. So, what are students meant to do when they find the people on these signs?'
-Netanyahu to Iranian people:
-'The thing Iran fears more than Israel is you'.
-Mike Huckabee will be the next US Ambassador to Israel. Former Arkansas Governor and friend of Israel named as the next US Ambassador to the Jewish State. [He said Israel should control West Bank].
-Ziv Belfer and Shimon Najm murdered by rocket in Nahariya.
-IDF: Majority of Hezbollah missile sites in Dahieh destroyed.
-Attorney General: 'Send 7,000 draft orders to haredim'.
-Kissufim crossing opens to deliver aid to Gaza.
-Afghanistan’s last Jew arrives in Israel three years after fleeing Taliban rule.
-PM Netanyahu looking to establish probe to head off Oct. 7 commission of inquiry — report.
-Google, Amazon set to compete in tender for Israel’s AI supercomputing platform.
-Netanyahu to Iranians: Another attack on Israel would ‘cripple’ Iran’s economy.
-Amsterdam mayor condemns the ‘antisemitism, hooliganism’ behind attacks on Israelis.
-Seeking deeper ties, group brings Gaza-area security squads into American homes.
-Two men killed in Hezbollah rocket attack on Nahariya, IDF pounds southern Lebanon.
-Attempted stabbing in West Bank, terrorist neutralized.
-Trump picks settlement backer Mike Huckabee as next US ambassador to Israel.
-US House set to vote on bill targeting nonprofits accused of supporting terrorism.
-US envoy for Lebanon says ‘there is a shot’ to get Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire soon.
-Masked neo-Nazi protesters target Michigan production of ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ play.
-Israeli liberal woman whom media used as example of how Jewish-Muslim couples could live together, reveals the shocking truth: Her Arab husband was actually using her to get an Israeli ID card, and beat her.
-Pallywood debunked: in fact Arab Cab drivers were attacking Israelis in Amsterdam the night before Ajax vs Maccabi Tel Aviv. Pre Islamo-Arab pogrom.
-‘Joseph strengthened Israel’: Herzog hails Biden in last Oval Office visit with US president.
-Blinken speaks to Israel's Dermer about humanitarian situation in Gaza.
-IDF spokesperson in Arabic calls for urgent evacuation in Dahiyeh.
-US military says it strikes Iran-backed terror facility in Syria.
-Biden to meet with hostage families, speak with Trump on hostage issue.
-* Nov 13, 2024:<br>
-Newly appointed Mike Huckabee: Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria during Trump's term? Of course!
-Ambassador-to-be Mike Huckabee, on option for applying sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, says, 'Of course, but the president will decide.'
-CIA official charged for leaking info on Israeli strike on Iran. FBI arrests CIA agent in Pentagon leak scandal, report says.
-Suspect in classified document leak detailing Israel's preparations for attack on Iran identified as Asif William Rahman, CIA operative with top-secret clearance; Rahman arrested in Cambodia and expected to appear before judge in Guam
-Home Front Command chief visits Nesher kindergarten targeted by Hezbollah drone on Tuesday (Nov 12).
-Hezbollah fires 40 rockets towards Israeli territory as of 4:30 p.m. (on Wednesday Nov 13).
-National Security Council says it received no warning prior Oct. 7.
-Students, teachers protest in the Netherlands canceled due to fears of pro-Palestine violence - post Arab-Islamic pogrom.
-Rocket launched from Gaza triggers alerts in Nir Am, falls inside Gaza Strip.
-Two terrorists eliminated in Tulkarm, one defined as 'senior terrorist' - report.
-Alleged Israeli attack target Syria's Qusayr, Syrian state media says.
-IDF issues evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in southern Beirut.
-Drone intrusion sirens sound in Eilat, Israeli Navy intercepts drone from East.
-IAF fighter jets strike Syrian smuggling routes used to move weapons to Hezbollah from Iran.
-Trump picks former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.
-Ambassador Danon to UNRWA chief:
-'Look hostage's mother in the eye and ask for forgiveness'.
-Footage: US strikes Houthi facilities and weapons systems.
-After PIJ hostage vid. Family relieved to see sign of life, but worried over condition.
-Trump officially nominates Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.
-Two IDF soldiers wounded in ramming attack near Modi'in.
-Six Israeli soldiers killed in fighting with Hezbollah as IDF pushes deeper into Lebanon. IDF says troops died during gun battle with terror group members; air force hits Hezbollah in Beirut as Iran-backed group claims to target army's HQ; Syria claims bombed by Israel.
-In humanitarian area:
-IAF dismantles loaded launcher in southern Gaza.
-Trump won Jewish neighborhoods across America.
-Despite the push polls from liberal Jewish organizations and dubious exit polls, actual precinct data from the largest Jewish neighborhoods in the country shows Jews voted for Trump.
-* Nov 14, 2024:<br>
-Southern Lebanon: IDF commandos raid new Hezbollah targets.
-IAF strikes in Dahieh - as a plane prepares to take off nearby.
-Gazan Cleric: October 7th massacre contravened rules of Jihad.
-Gazan cleric Dr. Salman al-Dahi recently issued a fatwa stating that Hamas's attack went against Islamic law and jihad.
-Counterterror officers eliminate terror chief in Tulkarm.
-Heroes of Samaria: First-person footage of the battle for Kfar Aza. As part of a series of interviews about the war heroes from Samaria, Arutz Sheva spoke with Sharona Ran, the mother of Captain Or Yosef Ran, who was killed in action on October 7th.
-Indictment filed against Arab terrorist who murdered 7 in Tel Aviv.
-Iran tells IAEA will negotiate, not under pressure.
-Israel strikes Damascus during Iranian official's visit.
-Opposition site says IDF targeted an apartment in the Al Masseh quarter of the capital killing at least three people and wounding at least nine others; official Syrian news agency says two building hit in strike.
-Jake Sullivan: 'There's room for cooperation with Trump team on hostage deal.'
-Iranian-backed militias in Iraq launch daily drone attacks on Israel.
-US targets Syrian company with sanctions over IRGC, Houthi funding.
-After IDF Attack: Iran is building a “defensive tunnel” linking metro stations to hospital.
-IDF tracks suspicious aerial targets as drone intrusion alerts ring in northern Israel.
-After 40-minute chase, Lebanon drone strike wounds 2 IDF soldiers in northern Israel.
-US submits Israel-Lebanon cease-fire draft. as pressure on Hezbollah intensifies.
-Senate Republican Whip reaffirms US commitment to Israel.
-'We stand with Israel'. Senate Republican Leader John Thune speaks to Netanyahu.
-Pro-Hamas groups planting seeds of domestic terrorism in US, New Report Says. PSC & QUAD are noicebals in anti-Israel rael activities,  SJP leads.
-Book celebrating Oct. 7 presented at University of Milan. The guerrillas of Gaza on gliders ... created an immortal picture of joy that no Palestinian can forget," the text reads.
-If we continue like this, Amsterdam is around the corner,” Davide Romano, the director of the Jewish Brigade Museum in Milan, wrote in a statement about the presentation of the book titled “La rivoluzione palestinese del 7 ottobre,” which translates as “The Palestinian Revolution of Oct. 7,” at the University of Milan, colloquially referred to as La Statale. Romano was referencing the Nov. 7 assaults of Israelis by Muslims in the Dutch capital.
-Biden Administration sent over $2,000,000,000 to ‘Palestinians’ since Oct. 7.
-Two soldiers injured by explosion near Alikim.
-Trump says Musk's efficiency panel will issue reports.
-Further explosions heard in Syria, country's state media claims.
-Elon Musk met with Iran’s UN ambassador, New York Times reports.
-Trump's first promise to Israel.
-President-elect Trump's associates have delivered an explicit promise that as soon as he enters the White House, he will remove all restrictions on the supply of military equipment and ammunition to Israel.
-'F--k you!' Ilhan Omar uses expletive against pro-Israel protesters.
-Minnesota lawmaker uses expletive in response to pro-Israel protesters on Capitol Hill who called her out for her refusal to condemn Hamas and demanded that she “go to Gaza.”
-Huckabee: There is no 'occupation', it is the 'promised land'. Soon-to-be US Amb. to Israel in special interview: "I oppose the two state solution, that's a position that Trump has held and I expect that he will continue to."
-* Nov 15, 2024:<br>
-One wounded from barrage in northern Israel, IDF says five rocket launches identified.
-Israel (in its Oct/25 op.) destroyed top-secret nuclear research facility at Parchin.
-Police arrest two Palestinians suspected of distributing inciting terrorism content.
-IAF intercepts three drones launched from Lebanon.
-Blinken, Sa'ar discuss wars in Gaza, Lebanon and humanitarian aid to Gaza.
-Hezbollah bombardments take heavy toll on nature in northern Israel.
-Report: Jared Kushner to be pivotal to Trump admin’s Middle East efforts.
-Over Amsterdam pogrom. Report: Dutch government could fall.
-Dutch government says it needs ‘more time’ to implement antisemitism strategy.
-It teeters over handling of antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans.
-France: Terrorist who murdered US and Israeli diplomats to be released.
-Small N. Italian hotel refuses reservation from Israelis.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah targets in Dahieh.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah command centers, weapons storage facilities, and additional terrorist infrastructure sites in four rounds of strikes on Hezbollah stronghold.
-Trump approves outline of pending cease-fire deal in Lebanon, report.
-Incoming president hopes agreement would be implemented before he takes office; officials in Washington and Jerusalem await Lebanon's response to the outline of the deal.
-Hamas urges Trump to pressure Israel to end Gaza war.
-French court orders release of Lebanese terrorist, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who killed Israeli, US diplomats.
-Gazan workers: Hamas has taken us back 200 Years. "This is the result of having bad Islamists in power for years."
-Arab led "activists" Pro-Palestinian vandals invade home of University of Washington president, carve Hamas symbols and "free palestine".
-US pilots receive Silver Stars for heroic drone interceptions during Iranian attack on Israel.
-South African Imam [Riyadh Walls] glorifies early massacre of Jews: "Khaybar!"
-Iran and Qatar behind South Africa’s World Court case against Israel, report claims.
-Report alleges foreign financial and political support in 'genocide[sic]' case against Israel; ruling ANC, near bankruptcy, reportedly received major donation from foreign states after filing claim in December.
-A new report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) alleges financial and political involvement by Iran and Qatar in South Africa’s December 2023 case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
-* Nov 16, 2024:<br>
-rockets fired toward Haifa suburbs following barrage on Nahariya; drone strikes home.
-IDF plans to re-demolish home of deadly West Bank attack gunman after it was rebuilt.
-Grandmother of US-Israeli held in Gaza urges Biden, Trump to cooperate on hostage deal.
-Poland condemns vandalism after Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial sprayed with red paint.
-“This isn’t the first act of anti-Semitic vandalism here. Only determined action will put an end to it"... [Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. Six million Poles died, including three million Jews. Up to around 450,000 Jews were crowded into the Warsaw ghetto, an area of around three square kilometers (one square mile). When Nazi forces began deporting Jews to death camps, some of those in Warsaw put up armed resistance on April 19, 1943].
-"Palestinian" Arab rapper in US thanks Muslim migrants in Amsterdam Pogrom for hunting down Jews.
-Four killings within 24 hours rock Arab community, raising year’s death toll to 209.
-Rocket hits Haifa synagogue after Hezbollah salvo. Only some of the munitions were intercepted with at least 10 being launched; fall causes damages, injury as a result of running for shelter.
-Miracle In Haifa synagogue: 'There was a huge explosion, it's a miracle no one was there'.
-Sergeant Ori Nisanovich, 21 from Jerusalem, fell in combat in southern Lebanon.
-Some at ICC said to question integrity of UN inquiry into top prosecutor Karim Khan.
-UK medical staff treated Jews while wearing Free Palestine pins.
-President Herzog cancels trip to Baku climate conference, citing security concerns.
-Report: Iran has secretly chosen the next Supreme Leader.
-Metula declared closed military zone.
-IDF conducts intelligence-based strikes on Hezbollah targets in Tyre, Dahiyeh.
-* Nov 17, 2024:<br>
-IDF Arabic spox. calls for evacuation of Beirut areas.
-IAF intercepts rockets from Lebanon, others fall in open areas.
-Mossad chief to present hostage deal plan at urgent Sunday evening (11/17) discussion.
-Trump's win for Jews 'shifts political landscape'. R' Moshe Hauer says growing concerns of antisemitism call for decisive action from incoming administration.
-Senior Hamas official: 'Foreign leadership maintained ties with "military" in Gaza'.
-Hamas political leaders have left Qatar and have moved to Turkey, following reports earlier this month that Qatar has ordered Hamas leaders to leave the country.
-Air Force Commander in Gaza:
-Operating wing-to-shoulder with the brave soldiers on the ground.
-Great-grandmother eulogizes:
-'The worst punishment is to bury a great-grandson'.
-rd loss in a year: Captain Yogev Pazy is a nephew of MK Eisenkot.
-The Palestinian Authority: Trump is a ‘racist,’ but ‘if we act wisely and cleverly,’ we can manipulate him for us.
-'Positive response'. Hezbollah delivers response to ceasefire proposal. (Terror group proves, it's overwhelmingly weakened and seeks survival).
-[[File:Hezbollah propaganda chief Mohammed Afif - eliminated 11.17.24.jpg|thumb|Hezbollah propaganda chief Mohammed Afif - eliminated 11.17.24]]
-IDF eliminates Hezbollah's propaganda chief.
-IDF, Hezbollah confirm that the group's Media Relations Officer Mohammed Afif was eliminated in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, in rare strike in heart of Beirut.
-Airstrike on Beirut apartment, vehicle targets Hezbollah leader, one dead - report.
-'Wing-to-shoulder’: Air Force Chief Tomer Bar visits Jabalya, Gaza.
-Scenes of destruction following escalation: Hezbollah destroys synagogue in Haifa (11/16).
-Israeli security chiefs warn hostages fate sealed if deal not made.
-Shin, Bet, Mossad, IDF heads say without Israeli concessions talks of a deal cannot restart; Netanyahu summons ministers including far-right opponents of any deal that would end the war, for consultations.
-Interceptor falls in Eilat area following drone interception coming from east.
-'Look me in the eyes': Ex-Hamas hostage leaves pro-Palestinian activist speechless. Newly surfaced debate video shows. Moran Stela Yanai, abducted by Hamas on October 7 and later released, sharing her story to pro-Palestinian activist; 'I respected them even when they abused me,' she said of her captors.' Dewolf - was never in Gaza nor in Israel, but he organizes pro falestine encampment in UCLA.
-He couldn't answer what is a "Palestinian." But since he is fed Pallywood lies, he has no idea that Jews and Arabs are actual neighbors inside Israeli equal democracy. And of course he doesn't (or want to) know that the brunt victims of Oct 7 were peacenicks and had Arab 'friends..' Yet, when they were captured, everyone, 100% of Gazans rejoiced to their pain. Whoever was around abused them, this woman was cut by 13 Arabs. They told her there, their Oct 7 plan was to slaughter as many as possible - genocide.
-Families of American victims from Oct. 7 sue Iran for supporting Hamas attack.
-The lawsuit aims to highlight Iran’s role in the attack that killed about 1,200 people as well as its support for Hamas and other terrorist groups.
-Yahya Sinwar, then the leader of the group in Gaza, requested an additional $7 million a month from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to fund the attack on Oct. 7, known as the “big project.”
-* Nov 18, 2024:<br>
-US envoy Hochstein will be in Beirut on Tuesday (11/19) - Lebanese source.
-'They'll fight the wars of G-d'. Attorney warns against drafting haredim.
-EU needs to keep up dialog with Israel, Dutch foreign minister says on Borrell proposal.
-'Pogrom - Israeli[sic] propaganda[sic]'
-Amsterdam Mayor makes outrageous statement. [Pandering to its Arab immigrants].
-Highway sign slams A-G: PM's blood will be on your hands.
-Northern Arrows: This is what the US ceasefire proposal looks like.
-New ceasefire agreement will include removal of Hezbollah's military capabilities north as well as south of the Litani River, report reveals.
-Canadian opposition leader:
-'The Jews are a true indigenous people.'
-In a speech that has been circling the web, Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre condemns antisemitism and states: 'The Jewish people are the only people I know of who in the same language, worship the same faith, on the same land, in the same country, as they did 3000 years ago. That is a true indigenous people.'
-Swastika sent to Jewish students, labelled non-hate crime by UK police in Cambridgeshire.
-As ceasefire talks continue: Heavy missile barrage towards Nahariya and nearby areas.
-Israeli forces locate seven weapons lathes in Hebron.
-Benny Gantz: 'If the Lebanese government fails, the IDF must act forcefully'
-Dutch Arab-Muslim official resigns over post-pogrom ‘polarization’. Ex-undersecretary Nora Achahbar, who was born in Morocco, quit after right-wing pol Geert Wilders called for the deportation of those behind the Nov. 7 assaults, "most of whom" were Moroccan.
-The official resigned on Friday due to what she said were “polarizing attitudes” connected to the recent mass assaults by Arabs on Israelis in Amsterdam.
-It underlined how the Nov. 7 assaults are widening pre-existing divisions on immigration and the rule of law between rightists and centrists in the country’s ruling coalition.
-Israel will not allow Hamas to govern Gaza again, Netanyahu vows. About half of the 101 hostages held by the terrorists remain alive, the prime minister reportedly told lawmakers.
-Large Gaza food convoy violently looted, UNRWA says.
-Biden to announce 'historic' pledge to World Bank fund for poorest countries, advisor says.
-Hostage's father to AG: IDF must defeat Hamas, bring back hostages.
-Clip: Inside a Hezbollah tunnel.
-Troops from the 226th Reserve Brigade located multi-barrel launchers, mortars, rocket caches, and military equipment used in Hezbollah's attacks against Israel over the past year.
-IDF strikes six Hezbollah military targets in the Dahiyeh area.
-EU targets Iranian shipping firms in new sanctions.
-IDF thwarts West Bank terror ramming attack.
-UK sanctions Iran airline, shipping group and Russian vessel.
-Shin Bet chief visited Turkey amid hostage deal talks - report.
-Shfar'am: Deadly rocket strike against occupied apartment building.
-'Iran plotted to kill ex-Canadian justice minister.' Canadian authorities say foiled plot against human rights and anti-IRGC advocate Irwin Cotler.
-Berlin police warns: 'City is dangerous for Jews'. (Per Arab Islamists).
-Saudi festival, J.Lo show criticized amid Gaza war. As Gaza war rages, Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season faces backlash; J.Lo’s revealing performance accused of defying cultural values.
-Iran's proxy Houthis E-Mail threats to EU shipping companies.
-The libelous UN report "70% of Gaza dead are women and children" is an absurd, easily provable lie This was the BBC headline last week: "Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says." The BBC is lying, and the UN is twisting numbers. The UN is only counting what they call "verified" deaths, which is only 8,119 Gazans - not the 40,000+ that the health ministry claims. They are saying that among those "verified" deaths, 70% are women and children. That's far higher than even the Gaza health ministry claims.
-UNRWA Hires Palestinian Terrorists, Glorifies Violence And Terrorism.
-Bassam Tawil, November 18, 2024.
-According to Israeli intelligence, more than 450 terrorists belonging to terrorist organizations in Gaza, mainly Hamas, are also employed by UNRWA.
-EU worried by reports of Iran, North Korea, China supplying weapons to Russia.
-Lebanon submits written response to US truce proposal, Lebanese official and local media say.
-Danon at UN: 'Ceasefire without returning hostages is abandoning them in hell.'
-Hezbollah rocket sparks air raid sirens, fire in central Israel; 5 hurt, 1 seriously.
-Shelter-in-place alerts issued for Tel Aviv, Netanya, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Holon and dozens of other localities; fire erupts in Ramat Gan after interception debris hits power pole.
-* Nov 19, 2024:<br>
-'Israel finds large troves of Russian arms in Hezbollah’s hands. Some of the weapons in Lebanon, which include modern antitank missiles, have come from Russian stockpiles in neighboring Syria.'
-Hezbollah rockets hit United Nations posts Tmtwice in one day.
-Shin Bet chief's secret visit to Turkey amid Hamas developments.
-Hochstein says there is a real opportunity for cease-fire.
-Bodycam footage reveals:
-Weapons stockpiles in Lebanese schoolyard.
-IDF reservist killed by Hezbollah drone strike in southern Lebanon.
-wounded Israelis extracted from Arab town after being attacked by dozens of Arabs when they entered the village of Deir [Deyr] Ballut in Samaria.
-Republicans for settlements: New GOP lawmakers ready to make West Bank official part of Israel.
-Jewish patients reportedly ‘hiding their identity’ at University of California.
-Faculty at the state school’s San Francisco medical school said that advocacy workshops for students “betrayed a breathtaking lack of professionalism.”
-Media watchdog: Some of major Western news agencies continue to employ journalists in Gaza who have been exposed for their links to terror Hamas. Worse still, those journalists have been given awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, for their coverage of the Gaza war that depicts the IDF soldiers as war criminals.
-Qatar confirms departure of Hamas leaders, says group’s Doha mission may remain.
-Israeli troops kill three Islamic Jihad gunmen in West Bank gunbattle.
-Iran offers to cap enriched uranium stock if UN watchdog scraps censure.
-Huckabee: Biden administration 'put far
-Terrorists throw stones at home of Rabbi Dov Lior.
-US envoy says Lebanon ceasefire ‘within grasp’ as soldier killed in drone strike.
-Senate Maj. Leader-Elect:
-'My message to Israel: Reinforcements are on the way.'
-Touring Gaza, PM vows Hamas won’t return to power, offers $5 million for hostages.
-Knesset approves: Denial of benefits to convicted terrorists.
-Erdogan admits to blocking Herzog’s flight to COP29 from using Turkish airspace.
-Amsterdam mayor lambasted for saying she regrets calling violent attacks against Israeli soccer fans a ‘Pogrom.'
-For calling a spade a spade
-UN refuses to blame Hezbollah for attacking peacekeepers [UNIFIL] in Lebanon.
-Watchdog launches campaign to warn of Pro-Hamas faculty groups fueling campus Antisemitism.
-UN refuses to blame Hezbollah for attacking peacekeepers in Lebanon.
-* Nov 20, 2024:<br>
-Explosive device found beneath car in Be'er Ya'acov, bomb squad defuses device.
-Rocket launched from Lebanon crashes into building in Kiryat Shmona, police searching area.
-US envoy Amos Hochstein to arrive in Israel on Wednesday evening.
-Dramatic footage: Undercover officers eliminate terrorists, bring down building.
-Border Police officers document elimination of terrorists hiding in building during antiterror operation near Jenin.
-Haredi minister slams: Judiciary holds a double standard (Haredi Jews vs Arab terrorists). 'Terrorists receive stipends until a special law is passed, but a yeshiva student loses stipends in a single day,' Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush tells Knesset plenum.
-IDF announces: Two Hezbollah commanders responsible for strikes eliminated.
-th fallen soldier: Sergeant First Class (res.) Roi Sasson fell in battle in Gaza.
-IDF establishes new defensive positions on Lebanon border as cease-fire remains uncertain.
-New curriculum to highlight Druze community and its ties to the state, ministry says.
-US warns Iraq: Israel may attack Shiite militias.
-IPS chief: 'Prisons with Nuhkba terrorists another front in the war.'
-Murdered peace activist Vivian Silver remembered with new prize.
-IAF strikes terror cell in Jenin.
-Jordan sentences lawmaker to 10 years in prison for smuggling weapons into West Bank.
-Biden: What's happening in Gaza 'is not genocide.' The president emphasized his backing of Israel, aiming to quell frustrations he’d conditioned aid.
-'On terrorists using schools and lying Bernie Sanders, among his tirade, he complained about "bombing schools." Is Sanders saying that schools are functioning in Gaza at the war? Or is he denying that Hamas / PIJ use schools? It's just a pallwyood type to make a false link between targeting terrorists and kids.'
-US vetoes UN resolution demanding unconditional ceasefire. 14 countries vote in favor of Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire irrespective of the fate of the hostages, resolution defeated thanks to US veto.
-"Palestine" Hamas loots aid convoy, UN official claims it’s Israel’s responsibility to provide aid and protect it from jihadofascists.
-Gallant: IDF ‘securing aid distribution’ is a ‘euphemism’ for military rule in Gaza.
-Onstage, Bill Clinton tells Billy Crystal he thinks about failed Oslo Accords ‘every day.’
-As "Witnesses testify on hate crimes before Senate Judiciary Committee" ,(11.20.24):
-'On May the 2nd, 2024, all Republicans wrote a letter to Chairman Durbin, implore you to promptly hold a judiciary hearing to confront the flagrant civil rights violations targeting Jewish students on college campuses across America and exposed radical Islamic ideology infiltrating our universities.
-The goal was to have a hearing about why it's so hard to go to schoolful you're Jewish, and it is really hard to go to these schools if you're Jewish, you're being knocked down, being spat on. It is just completely out of control. This is not the hearing we're getting. So we'll work with what we've got. The House has had ten hearings focused on anti-Semitism on the rise like it was in the '30s, in my view, we're we're not talking about fringe elements within any one group, fringe elements, or crazy people. They exist throughout society. What happened to the 6-year-old is just horrible. The man will get whatever comes his way, and to me, it's not enough. I am trying to focus on the systematic problem. America has a systematic problem on college campuses. it is being funded, the DNI says, not by Qatar but by Iran. So we have to deal with this. This committee should act not just in general but specifically about what it's like to be Jewish in America in 2024, and it is not a good story. So I want to introduce into the record the original request, if I may, and also introduce into the record a letter I have from the Union of Jewish congregation of Americans. If I may introduce both letters Mr. chairman, without objection, now the problem is really unnerving. 2.4% of Americans are Jewish. 60% of all religious-based hate crimes have been directly against the Jewish people.'
-* Nov 21, 2024:<br>
-Turkey decries Houthi missile attack on Turkish-owned vessel in Red Sea.
-Yesterday (Nov/20): Senate motions blocking arms sales to Israel fail, but pick up Democrat support.
-Bipartisanship will prevail despite Dem support for Israel embargo, senators say. “If they want to go down in flames, then that’s their choice,” Sen. John Fetterman said regarding Democratic colleagues who voted against Israel.
-Israel-bashers lose votes but gain ground among Democrats. An election post-mortem should mean confronting rather than appeasing progressive antisemites. The future of a bipartisan pro-Israel consensus hangs in the balance.
-Jewish groups laud Senate’s rejection of Sanders’s bid to block Israel aid.
-Israel puts sanctions on dozens of clients of Hezbollah-linked financial group.
-Three Arab Palestinians charged in plot to kill Ben-Gvir, son.
-Slain West Bank historian Zeev Erlich (71), mourned as questions swirl around research trip into Lebanon.
-Nine Palestinian gunmen killed during two-day raid in Jenin area.
-IAF intercepts Gaza rocket fired at Kerem Shalom.
-Hezbollah rocket kills one in Nahariya.
-Douglas Murray, Ben Shapiro in J’lem: You are ‘tip of the spear in a civilizational battle.’
-Stefanik vows to fight Jew-hatred at UN.
-Australia bars visit by Israel’s former justice minister Ayelet Shaked. A right-wing former politician who is ideologically to the left of several current cabinet ministers in Israel’s government.
-After Amsterdam pogrom, Dutch lawmakers vote to close antisemitic mosques.
-ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant.
-US rejects ICC's Netanyahu warrant, Hamas celebrates as reactions pour in.
-Biden:  'Arrest warrants against Israeli leaders are outrageous.'
-A-G condemns ICC decision:
-'Israel is considering its next legal steps'.
-'You Can Expect a Strong Response': Republicans, Weeks Away From a Trifecta, Ready ICC Sanctions Following Bibi Arrest Warrant.
-'A modern Dreyfus trial’: Israel assails ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant.
-Gallant: Court legitimizes 'the murder of babies, the rape of women,' sets 'dangerous precedent against right to self-defense'; politicians across spectrum slam 'antisemitic' move.
-Hungary, Argentina blast ICC decision; Italy says it’s still reviewing it; Turkey hails arrest warrants.
-'A dark day for justice.' IHF denounces ICC's arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
-'Boycott the ICC, and anyone who cooperates with it.' Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon says
-Bernard-Henri Lévy : There Is No ‘Genocide’ in Gaza.
-I have “studied” these subjects in depth. I have seen genocides in Srebrenica and Darfur with my own eyes. I have filmed those tortured by Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and the bodies burned alive, thrown from rooftops, beheaded, by ISIS at Mosul. I have documented, on the ground, the indiscriminate killings by Russia in Ukraine.
-I covered, long before that, the carnage of the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria, from which the French writer Kamel Daoud escaped. I have borne witness to those survivors in the Christian villages of the Middle Belt of Nigeria, their lives decimated by the Islamist Fulani.
-In short, I know what it means to be promised death. I have seen skeletons exploited to their last strength and, when that strength expired, thrown into a pit. In other words, I know what genocide and crimes against humanity mean.
-The world has willingly forgotten that, in this war of Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its puppets, the IDF is the first army in the world to take so many measures, sometimes to its strategic detriment, to ensure that as few innocent civilians as possible are caught in the furnace of battles. Thus, myths are forged.'
-'ICC 2023/4: Perpetrators and its defenders seek "justice" against its victims. Genocidal Islamic Fascist Republic of Iran, heavily involved in Oct 7 atrocities campaign and Hamas/PIJ activities throughout, together with Hamas’ host Qatar (who also propagates for Hamas via its: Al Jazeera, TheNewArab, Middle East Eye) have been bribing broke S. Africa to be its unofficial emissary to peddle Pallyweid “charges” within weeks of Israel's response to Iran/Palestinian attacks.
-The bitter and very bloody irony of the “justice” sought by (one of) the very perpetrator of it all, including aiding in Gaza regime (who also controls its Ministry of Health) usage of it's civilians as cannon fodders.
-Material of the fake “crimes” assembled by the likes of notorious antisemite [fascista] Francesca Albanese who already used the G slur in 2014. So nothing new. The Arab Amal Cloony also assisted in composition, the “moderate” dictatorship Palestinian Authority was also instrumental. That very “moderate” system that has been glorifying racist Arab-Islamic terror and paying bloody money ‘pay for slay.’
-Let's be clear, had it not been for IDF’s high morality, the only side careful as much as it can not to hit noncombatants, then the war initiated by “Palestine,” followed by other Iran proxies, including Hezbollah, could have been over in days. At least in the Gaza front.
-Islamic bigot Karim Khan, nervous afrer his sexual offense, rushing to Amanpour to announce against Netanyahu and Galant.
-ICC staff feeling frustrated after the above and in light of sweeping Trump victory in the US, in desperation, calls to arrest. Among the first to hail it is the other host of Hamas: Islamist Turkey under Erdogan. Eu's Josep Borrell - (As well as Arab immigrants in Ireland , etc. Have much influence too) has been biased all along. He is slamming the door on the way out. Next one, the lady from Estonia [Kallas] much more pro understanding of Israel's plight.
-Though not a part of UN, the OIC’s occupied UN's influence is great.'
-The bitter joke of the transparent political ICC who added Mohamed Deif to conceal its cynical agenda: ''Can't determine Deif has been killed': ICC's charges against former Hamas head killed by IDF."
-The Wall Street Journal: Biden broke his promise, Israel exceeded its aid obligations.
-In an op-ed, the Wall Street Journal details how the International Criminal Court is targeting Israel, warns precedent will be used against the US later on.
-It published an editorial warning that the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant could negatively impact all democracies.
-"This legal assault isn’t only against Israel," the editorial began. "The precedent will harm the ability of all democracies to defend themselves against terror groups or states."
-That White House may have been able to prevent the arrest warrants from being issued in the first place: In June, the US House passed a bipartisan bill sanctioning the ICC. However, on instructions from US President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer held up Sanctions in the Senate.
-"This is the same Sen. Schumer who loves to tell Jewish audiences that he’s their shomer, or guardian, in Congress.:
-"On Israel, the ICC has twisted the law and the facts," the editorial notes that the ICC prosecutor "changed the course" of his investigation into Israel just "days" after learning that he himself was accused of possible sexual harassment.
-ICC has jurisdiction only over member states: Israel is not a member state, and Gaza is not a member state - just like the US is not a member state. But the ICC created an entity which it named the "State of Palestine," determined its borders as including Gaza, and then allowed for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to sign for the area, even though the PA has not been involved in Gaza since Hamas took control in 2007.
-"International 'law' is malleable when it targets Israel," WSJ concluded.
-It also noted that the IDF "may have achieved the lowest ratio of civilian-to-combatant deaths in the history of urban warfare."
-The goal of these arrest warrants, then, is "to disarm any Western democracy that is responding to atrocities from terrorists and rogue states. This precedent will be used against the US, which, like Israel, never joined the ICC."
-Regarding the accusations that Israel is starving Gazans, WSJ points out that the "politicized" arrest warrants do not include MK Benny Gantz, Netanyahu's chief rival for the Prime Minister's Office.
-The ICC also "conveniently waited" for the lame duck period to issue the arrest warrants, WSJ noted.
-It added: "The charge of deliberate starvation is absurd. Israel has facilitated the transfer of more than 57,000 aid trucks and 1.1 million tons of aid, even though Hamas’s rampant theft means Israel is provisioning its battlefield enemy, something the law can’t require."
-"This is why President Biden said on Oct. 18, 2023, that if Hamas steals the aid, 'it will end.' The President broke that promise, and Israel has exceeded its aid obligations."
-Additionally, the international Famine Review Committee on June 30 concluded that famine is not occurring in Gaza; even the Hamas terror group attributes just 41 deaths out of thousands to have been due to malnutrition.
-The Hells Angel with a Hitler tattoo, suitcases stuffed full of dollars... and the chilling inside story of how Iran is using a network of criminal thugs to spread terror to Britain - and the world.
-California Jewish families sue school district over antisemitic incidents.
-% spike in campus antisemitism post-Oct. 7.
-Senior defense official:
-Hamas gave up on a major demand, it wants a deal.
-* Nov 22, 2024:<br>
-Report: Trump team already preparing measures against ICC.
-IAF destroys 45 Hezbollah launchers in southern Lebanon over past week.
-Israel unwilling to have France involved in Lebanon agreement - report.
-German position on weapons deliveries to Israel 'unchanged' after ICC warrants.
-US probes JPMorgan's links with Iranian hedge fund, Bloomberg News reports.
-Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) schools (Hamas apologetic) Code Pink activists for wearing 'Terrorist' Durag 'You should be ashamed'.
-France dampens response to ICC Israel warrants, takes note of decision.
-French MP: 'International institutions shine with their anti-Israelism.'
-Nahal officer wounded in Gaza combat.
-Barrage of nearly 30 rockets launched toward Israel from Lebanon.
-Argentina withdraws from UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
-[[File:Masked man performs Nazi salute at pro-Palestinian protest in Montreal.jpg|thumb|Masked man performs Nazi salute at pro-Palestinian protest in Montreal. (Nov/2024)]]
-[[File:Palestine's Mai Abdulhadi, Nazi salute, shouting at Jews "final solution coming your way”.jpg|thumb|Palestine's Mai Abdulhadi, Nazi salute, shouting at Jews "final solution coming your way”. Nov.2024]]
-Montreal organized mayhem (Nov 22/23): Thousands of Arab, Muslim, anarchists and radicals students march, some breaking doors and windows and hundreds of "Palestine" activists call for 'final solution' and wave Nazi Hitler salute reminded the ICC (politically) announcement. Palestinian Youth Movement's Montreal bracket wrote on Instagram "Glory to our people resisting the ... We will not stop until Palestine is fully liberated, from the Jordan river, to the Mediterranean Sea."
-IAF intercepts a suspicious aerial target from Lebanon.
-In southern Lebanon. IAF strikes Hezbollah Aziz unit in the area of Tyre.
-UN Watch's Hillel Neuer to testify at Swiss motion meeting on withdrawing UNRWA funds.
-Terms of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire taking shape. While critical details about implementation and enforcement remain unresolved, officials quoted in The New York Times express cautious optimism that an agreement on a ceasefire could be reached.
-After IAEA resolution. Iran to launch 'new and advanced' centrifuges.
-Four UNIFIL peacekeepers injured from Hezbollah rockets.
-Drone crosses into Israeli territory, falls in the western Galilee.
-Germany: Holocaust denier 'Nazi grandma' dies at 96.
-IDF Arabic spox. calls for evacuation of Beirut neighborhoods.
-/3 of Oct 7 casualties were in critical condition. New report finds large majority of individuals harmed by Hamas underwent at least one surgery.
-Hezbollah fires over 80 rockets at Israeli territory on Friday (11/22).
-Canada's Justin Trudeau accused of fiddling as Jew-haters burn Montreal in riot.
-'Appalling antisemitism.' Canadian politicians condemn anti-Israel protest in Montreal (Nov-21-22).
-Israel ponders giving aid distribution management in Gaza to US private firm.
-IDF eliminates five Hamas terrorists who participated in October 7 attack.
-Charges dropped against keffiyeh-clad protester for violating NY county’s mask ban.
-Roa, who faced up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor charge, was the first protester arrested under the ban.
-The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was very much against the law [of course].
-'Nassau County police said Roa had been attempting to conceal his identity as he led others in pro-Palestinian chants. They also said he told officers he was wearing the scarf in solidarity with Palestinians and not for exempted medical or religious purposes.
-In videos showing some of the arrest, Roa wears the keffiyeh around his neck as he’s led away in handcuffs.'
-Montreal Nov 22/23: Thousands of Arab, Muslim, anarchists and radicals students
-march, some breaking doors and windows and hundreds of "Palestine" activists call for 'final solution' and wave Naxi Hitler salute rrmonded the UCC (politically) announcement. Palestinian Youth Movement's Montreal bracket wrote on Instagram "Glory to our people resisting the ... We will not stop until Palestine is fully liberated, from the Jordan river, to the Mediterranean Sea."
-* Nov 23, 2024:<br>
-IDF killed Syria-based Hezbollah officer, Ali Mussa Daqduq, behind 2007 massacre of US troops — report.
-Israeli air force strikes Hezbollah terror targets in Beirut’s Dahieh.
-Defense minister declares end to administrative detention against West Bank settlers.
-Aiming to enable return of displaced Israelis, IDF pushes deeper into south Lebanon.
-Iran set to launch ‘advanced centrifuges’ after IAEA censure for noncooperation.
-Trump’s AG nominee Pam Bondi has called for FBI to question pro-Hamas campus protesters. “The thing that really was troubling to me, these students in universities in our country — whether they’re here as Americans or if they’re here on student visas — and they’re out there saying, ‘I support Hamas,’” she said in the October 23, 2023, interview. “Frankly, they need to be taken out of our country, or the FBI needs to be interviewing them right away when they’re saying, ‘I support Hamas. I am Hamas.’ That’s not saying I support all these poor Palestinians who are trapped in Gaza.”
-The Republican Party platform, released in July, calls for the deportation of noncitizens who back Hamas and terrorism, and pledges to “make our college campuses safe and patriotic again.” Trump and his advisers have also called for deporting foreign students who organize pro-Hamas protests.
-The platform does not recommend the investigation of Americans who express rhetorical support for the terrorist group, as Bondi did in her interview, a path that could trigger First Amendment challengesBondi, one of Trump’s earliest and most steadfast backers in his bid for the presidency, advised him during his first impeachment proceedings. She has a record of pro-Israel statements, lining her up with most of Trump’s other cabinet picks, though she has also lobbied for Qatar’s government, according to Semafor.
-Some Jewish Republicans were wary of Gaetz because he voted earlier this year against emergency defense assistance for Israel and also opposed a bill that would codify an official definition of antisemitism, and invited a Holocaust denier to the State of the Union address.
-Scotland's liberal Green Party evicts member calling Hamas, Hezbollah 'Terrorists.' The Scottish Greens have long campaigned to remove Hamas from the list of designated terrorist organizations.
-These young people from the Diaspora felt the call after Oct. 7 and joined the IDF.
-Why one of Australia’s best-known Aboriginal activists is taking a stand on Israel.
-'Nova Peris is an Olympic gold medalist, former parliamentarian, and well-known advocate for her people’s equality – and she’s bucking many on the left to support the Jewish state. While Peris has long been a prominent advocate for Aboriginal Australians, the recent conflict in Israel has added a new dimension to her activism. On October 14, 2023 — exactly one week after Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped 251 to the Gaza Strip — Australia held a referendum to change the country’s constitution.
-The referendum proposed establishing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which would advise on policies affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Despite widespread public debate, the referendum was resoundingly defeated, with 60% of Australians voting against it. Peris, as one of the highest-profile faces of the advocacy campaign, was devastated.
-“I cried for weeks after the referendum, and until today I am still trying to process how 60% of the country could turn their back on Aboriginal people,” Peris told The Times of Israel.
-As she processed the loss of the historic referendum, Peris turned her attention toward the Jewish state. “I saw some of the imagery that Hamas had recorded [on October 7] and I thought it was unbelievably shocking, beyond evil. So jarring,” she said.
-“I began to think: How do I sit back comfortably in Australia, where so many people voted in a referendum to silence Aboriginal people and have not seen our struggle which is so real, but where the people who have supported us so strongly are Jewish Australians,” she said, listing prominent Jewish lawyers who have won seminal cases on behalf of Aboriginal land rights such as Jeffrey Sher and Ron Castan.
-“I thought, all these people that have been there for us, supporting us with litigation, and now Jewish people are being kicked to the curb. I said, let me get my head around what’s happened to our Jewish friends,” said Peris.
-Peris was horrified by the infamous protest, just two days after October 7, outside the Sydney Opera House, where a mob chanted “F#ck the Jews” and burned an Israeli flag...
-Since October 7, Jewish people in Australia have experienced an alarming increase in antisemitism, including assaults, graffiti, threats, doxing, and boycotts of Jewish-owned businesses. Peris thinks the police could be doing more.'
-“How do people say that Jews are the colonizers?” she said when reflecting on her trip. “I saw Hebrew written 3,000 years ago in the City of David. Truth is fundamental to [Jewish] existence; I couldn’t sit silent on this in my capacity as someone who has a voice in Australia — particularly as an Indigenous person.”
-Meeting with the families of hostages, some of whom are still in Gaza, made a big impact on Peris. Peris showed a bracelet that she has worn every day since her trip, more than seven months on.
-‘Winter has come’: Rallies to highlight risk to remaining hostages’ health.
-In front of a large screen reading 'What about the hostages?' Jimmy Miller, cousin of hostage Shiri Bibas, leads the crowd in chants of 'Everyone -- now!' during a rally at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square. (Nov/16).
-IAF intercepts two rockets from area of Khan Yunis in Gaza.
-Pentagon chief Austin speaks with Israeli defense minister Katz.
-Mossad investigating disappearance of Chabad emissary in Abu Dhabi - report.
-The suspicion: Kogan was kidnapped from Dubai and murdered by a squad directed by Iran and tertor cell managed to escape to Turkey.
-* Nov 24, 2024:<br>
-IAF monitoring ongoing aerial threat incident in the Galilee.
-IDF warns Lebanese civilians to evacuate to north of the Awali River.
-Honeymoon over: Abraham Accords tested as antisemitism resurges in Gulf - analysis. Jews have understood over the last few years that when it comes to the West’s enforcement of “hate crimes,” Jews are usually the one group that doesn’t get protection.
-Murderers of Rabbi Zvi Kogan arrested.
-The Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates says that three suspects were arrested for the murder of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan. The Ministry did not mention the identity or the nationality of the suspects.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah weapons-smuggling infrastructure near Syrian border.
-National Security Council releases new travel recommendations after Israeli murdered in UAE.
-Jordan army says it thwarts border infiltration across Syria, one killed.
-Parents disrupt hearing:
-'The enemy gets aid, what about the hostages?'
-Report: Israel prevented Iranian plane from landing in Damascus.
-Israel has let 900,000 tons of food into Gaza, data show. The statistics were released following a decision to issue international arrest warrants against Netanyahu for allegedly for "starving" Arab Palestinians.
-Non-stop barrages, sirens sound in central Israel for a 2nd time.
-Mainstream media still employs Hamas-linked Gazan ‘Journalists.’
-Hamas steals 28% of Gazans' salaries. Will the ICC blame Israel?
-Hamas also controls the aid to Gaza exclusively.
-Illegal Muslim immigrant suspect who shot Jewish man in Chicago (October 26), planned attack on synagogue. Authorities say data from Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi’s phone reveals antisemitic motives, including synagogue locations marked days before attack, searches for 'Jewish community center' and 'gun store' and over 100 antisemitic and pro-Hamas images and videos.
-Votes on to crown the 2024 Antisemite of the Year! Some nominees might even be proud to make this infamous list.
-Last year, Rashida Tlaib swept the vote.
-This year, 10 new Jew-haters are competing for the dishonor:
-Hasan Piker, Cory Bush, Jackson Hinkle, Greta Thunberg, John Cusack, Candace Owen, Dan Bilzerian, Jess Natale, Jake Shields, Bassem Youssef.
-Hezbollah targets raided, dozens of terrorists killed.
-Bennett: 'I will not hand the Palestinians another state.'
-Footage: Anti-Israel protesters reenact Sinwar's last moments.
-Second Cup shuts café over Nazi salute, 'Final Solution is Coming' chant. At oro Palestine riots Nov 22/23.
-'A horrific crime.' White House condemns murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan.
-UAE Ambassador to the US condemns murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan.
-UAE Ambassador to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba, condemns murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan: It was an attack on our homeland, on our values and on our vision.
-Israeli gov’t votes to cut all ties with ‘Haaretz.’ The Cabinet move came in response to "numerous articles that harmed the legitimacy of the State of Israel in the world and its right to self-defense." (Haaretzism).
-* Nov 25, 2024:<br>
-Why are we not surprised?
-Disgraceful NYT report: Murdered Jewish Rabbi 'disappeared' and was 'found dead'
-It's far from the first time that the New York Times has posted antisemitic content or content skewed by its antisemitic reporters.
-The New York Times faced sharp criticism for its initial coverage of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan's murder in the UAE, where the paper characterized the targeted killing as merely a case of someone who "disappeared" and was "found dead."
-Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo led the backlash: "Call it what it is - a Jewish man was hunted down and murdered because he was Jewish," he posted on social media. Senator Ritchie Torres echoed the sentiment, condemning what he called "soft-pedaling of antisemitic violence."
-The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) shot itself in the foot when smearing a former employee, it is now forced to open its books. It will be forced to open its books and reveal its sources of funding after a defamation suit it filed against a former employee completely backfired.
-US Magistrate Judge David Schultz ruled Monday that CAIR’s donors, funding sources — potentially including foreign ones — and any assets owned by the group are all within the “scope of permissible discovery” as part of former chapter leader Lori Saroya’s lawsuit against the controversial Muslim rights group.
-What happened was that Saroya was a senior member of CAIR and even a member of its board of directors. She resigned from CAIR in 2018 and then started posting about how awful the organization is, accusing it of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, union busting, financial mismanagement, lack of board oversight, board incompetence, creating a hostile work environment, negatively portraying Muslims, making mistakes on legal cases, receiving foreign funding, and withholding money it owed her.
-CAIR sued her for defamation. When the judge asked CAIR to amend the lawsuit to specify what she said that damaged the organization, CAIR dropped the case.
-New study indicates that DEI training can turn people into bigots. Imagine what anti-Israel slanders can do.
-Drone intrusion sirens sound in Nahariya, northern Israeli communities.
-Pope Francis clarifies so-called "genocide" comment - taken out of context.
-Ben-Gvir criticizes potential Lebanon ceasefire, Yesh Atid calls him a 'TikTok clown.'
-Lahav 433 investigating suspects for committing fraud over Bit money transfer app - report.
-Rocket fired from northern Gaza falls in open area.
-Security forces eliminate two terrorists, arrest nine wanted individuals in the West Bank.
-IDF and police thwart smuggling of dozens of pistols and weapon parts in Jordan Valley.
-Not all heroes wear capes ...  WATCH: Brave IDF medics save life of wounded IDF soldiers under fire. Footage is taken directly from the body camera of an IDF medic, who provides medical attention to a seriously wounded soldier during his evacuation from an active combat zone.
-Home Front Command updates guidelines.
-Rabbi Zvi Kogan's funeral began at 6 p.m. in Kfar Chabad, Jerusalem.
-DM Katz to promote construction of fence on Israel-Jordan border to combat threats.
-High Court approves three more months of haredi daycare subsidy
-After murder of Rabbi Kogan:
-Jared Kushner donates $1 million to UAE Chabad. Then, his brother matched that amount too.
-Thousands mourn Chabad rabbi killed in UAE. Crowds brave rain to bury Rabbi Zvi Kogan, murdered after abduction in Dubai, at Jerusalem's Mount of Olives
-Danon to Algerian Ambassador:
-How dare you talk about human rights with situation in Algeria?
-Women in her 70s seriously injured in barrage on Nahariya. Two injured people were treated at the scene of a fallen rocket, one in serious condition and the other, a man in his 80s, in light condition.
-Woollahra, Australia: Arab Muslim, Mohommed [Mohamned] Farhat, with Hizballah tattoo vandalizes cars and buildings with anti-Israel graffiti, sets a car on fire.
-Hezbollah’s terror army will rebuild—Israel’s test lies in first breach.
-Commentary: As Lebanon cease-fire nears, questions linger: Will Hezbollah bypass restrictions, and can the enforcement mechanism deliver? IDF braces for border test that could turn the deal into a real solution—or a repeat of failed Resolution 1701.
-* Nov 26, 2024:<br>
-Israel says agreement with Lebanon will maintain its freedom of operation.
-Israel will show zero tolerance to any infraction of Lebanon ceasefire, defense minister says.
-Hezbollah to remain active after ceasefire, lawmaker says.
-Hezbollah’s terror army will rebuild—Israel’s test lies in first breach.
-Commentary: As Lebanon cease-fire nears, questions linger: Will Hezbollah bypass restrictions, and can the enforcement mechanism deliver? IDF braces for border test that could turn the deal into a real solution—or a repeat of failed Resolution 1701.
-Northern mayors livid about possible ceasefire.
-Northern evacuees question whether a ceasefire deal is enough to see them home. While some officials and residents express dismay at a continued lack of security plans for their communities, others dream of returning to their fields — or at least ‘normal’ life.
-Officials hope Lebanon truce will isolate Hamas, pave way to deal in Gaza.
-Israeli and Palestinian sources signal they believe ceasefire deal may cause terror group to soften its hardline stance, given it will no longer have Hezbollah’s military support.
-The Wall Street Journal published an editorial about the UN’s refusal to renew the contract of Alice Wairimu Nderitu as Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide. The reason being, she had concluded that Israel’s conduct in Gaza did not constitute so-called “genocide.”
-Germany charges Hamas operatives who helped plan attacks on Israeli embassy, US airbase. The four Arab-Muslim suspects "held important positions within the organization with direct ties to senior officials in the military wing."
-London's Metropolitan Police arrest suspected perpetrator of US embassy bomb hoax.
-IAF intercepts a drone crossing from the East.
-IDF issues evacuation warnings for some buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs.
-IDF details yearslong efforts against Hezbollah arms smuggling outfit in Syria.
-Military confirms it has been attacking Iran-backed Lebanese terror group’s Unit 4400, which is tasked with weapons delivery.
-Police arrest Arab-Israeli woman smuggling weapons to West Bank.
-Israel announces preliminary work on fence along entire border with Jordan.
-Defense Ministry ordered by Katz to begin engineering planning, including environmental survey and installation of surveillance infrastructure, along 309-kilometer border.
-IDF soldier seriously wounded after Hezbollah drone crashes in Hermon area.
-In first since 2000: IDF ground forces operating near Litani River.
-IDF confirms: Ahmad Sabhi, Hezbollah operations commander, eliminated in strike.
-Israel issues evacuation warning for Beirut suburbs.
-SA Chief Rabbi:
-It's time to establish the 'United Nations of the Free World.'
-Widow of Rabbi Avi Goldberg:
-'He connected hearts, we are continuing in his way.'
-IDF striking Beirut on a 'large scale.'
-Im Tirtzu head to PM:
-'Don't act like Lapid, allow Knesset to approve ceasefire.'
-With looming ceasefire:
-IAF strikes 20 Hezbollah sites in Beirut in 2 minutes. It strikes 20 terror targets in the area of Beirut, including an aerial defense unit center, an intelligence center, command centers, weapons storage facilities, an operations room, an artillery storage facility, and terrorist infrastructure sites.
-Commando Brigade eliminates Hezbollah regional commander.
-Lebanon’s Shiites increasingly reject role of scapegoat in Hezbollah’s war on Israel.
-Over 1.4 million Lebanese from Hezbollah’s support base have fled their homes. And while the terror group attempts to retain their loyalty, some are calling for its demise.
-Killed in Lebanon researcher Ze'ev Erlich's brother: They feared he would find Jewish items in the Lebanese mosque.
-Protesters vandalize Netherlands office of pro-Israel Christian group. Activists at demonstration led by Extinction Rebellion and other groups daub slogans on premises of Christians for Israel, intimidate staff arriving for work with (fake) ‘genocide[sic]’ claims.
-Antisemitic attack in London. 16-year-old Jewish girl hospitalized with head injury.
-Jewish schoolgirls attacked by man hurling glass bottles in London, one badly wounded. The attack took place in Stamford Hill, which has a large Orthodox Jewish population. "Evidence suggests the perpetrator had prepared the bottles and plates in advance, deliberately targeting the girls due to their visibly Jewish appearance," Shomrim continued. "Shattered glass was found as far as the school’s front gate, highlighting the force and intent of the attack."
-Palestinian Authority: ICC arrest warrants are the PA's achievement. It continues to brag about ICC despite violating US funding conditions.
-Man pleads guilty to threatening to bomb Massachusetts synagogues. John Reardon, 59, made threarning phone calls to local synagogues, Jewish community organization in January, using "palestinians" excuse.
-IDF operating near Litani, two soldiers injured in Gaza & Lebanon.
-WJC head: Alleged dismissal of UN official over Israel deeply disturbing.
-World Jewish Congress Pres. Amb. Ronald S. Lauder called the non-renewal of Alice Wairimu Nderitu as the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide after she declared that the war against Hamas does not meet the qualifications for genocide "disturbing."
-OIC - Islamic lobby total dictation of the UN, exposed again.
-Full agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
-Netanyahu: 'If Hezbollah doesn't follow the agreement, we'll attack.'
-Israel-Lebanon permanent ceasefire has been accepted, Biden says.
-He says Israel has right to self-defense ‘if Hezbollah or anyone else breaks deal.' “What is left of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed to threaten the security of Israel again.”
-Over the next 60 days, the Lebanese army and state security forces will deploy and take control of their own territory in southern Lebanon, Biden says, reiterating that Hezbollah will not be allowed to rebuild its terror infrastructure. During this 60-day period, Israel will gradually withdraw its troops from Lebanon.
-The deal will allow civilians on both sides of the Blue Line to return to their homes and rebuild their communities.
-The US, along with France, is committed to ensuring that the deal is fully implemented, while stressing that this will not require any American troops on the ground.
-“If Hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and pose a direct threat to Israel, Israel retains the right to self-defense, consistent with international law — just like any country when facing a terrorist group pledged to that country’s destruction."
-Smotrich: This ceasefire may secure Israel's security forever.
-UAV intercepted in Golan hours before ceasefire.
-Cars begin heading to south Lebanon after ceasefire comes into force, Reuters witnesses say
-'What, exactly, does the Lebanon cease fire agreement say? The text, Netanyahu, Biden and Hezbollah all disagree with each other.'
-The cease-fire deal doesn't prevent Hezbollah's regeneration, says Foundation for Defense of Democracies' David Daoud.
-* Nov 27, 2024:<br>
-st violation: Hezbollah terrorists approach border, IDF fires warning.
-IDF soldiers fire warning shots at Hezbollah terrorists nearing Kfarkela, which overlooks Metula.
-Report: Hamas ready for break in Gaza war - afrer the Lebanese cease-fire came about (feeling isolaged).
-How Quickly Things Change: Hamas Says It Wants A Ceasefire In Gaza After Hezbollah Truce.
-Cyprus speaks to Lebanese PM, offers to assist on ceasefire.
-Adolf Eichmann executioner, Shalom Nagar, passes away aged 86.
-Qatar's theatre of the absurd under the auspices of the UN: A corrupt sponsor of terror pretends to fight corruption and terrorism.
-Greece rejects ICC arrest warrants for top Israeli officials.
-France may ignore ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, FM indicates - report.
-Clip: Lebanese citizens return to homes near Israeli border
-Forces nab Iran arms smuggled for West Bank terror.
-'The Red Line': New cease-fire terms aim to keep Hezbollah at bay. New cease-fire with Lebanon broadens restrictions on Hezbollah fighters, differing from 2006’s Resolution 1701; IDF ready to enforce deal and warns of possible escalations; US mediator Hochstein details his messages to both sides.
-IDF urges Lebanese civilians to stay north of the Litani River at night.
-IDF arrests four Hezbollah operatives who approached IDF troops in southern Lebanon.
-IDF issues curfew in southern Lebanon from 5 p.m. until 7 a.m.
-Home Front Command: Golan schools allowed to reopen.
-PA head Mahmoud Abbas to announce his replacement, 'if the position becomes vacant' - report.
-Hagari: We will kill or capture any armed person near the border.
-Lebanon's Hezbollah says it will continue resistance (sic) after ceasefire deal.
-IDF downs arms-smuggling drone on Egyptian border.
-Israel destroyed Hezbollah strategic missile site near Syria.
-'Your fight inspired so many' | Heartbreaking: Yona's mother says her final goodbye. Hazel Brief, whose son Yona succumbed to his wounds over a year after being wounded during the October 7th Massacre, parted from her son and looked back on the long fight for his life.
-IDF foiled Hezbollah attempt to develop chemical weapons. According to the unsourced report, the weapons were meant to be used by Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force during an invasion of Israeli territory.
-IDF had hit Hezbollah’s largest precision missile production site hours before truce. Military says underground complex that stretched for 1.4 kilometers was terror group’s most strategically significant weapons-making site.
-Uruguay’s new president-elect is left wing, yet not anti-Israel. Unlike his South American counterparts who have been vehemently critical of the Jewish state, Yamandu Orsi says he could consider himself a Zionist.
-Media amplifies “video” used to excuse Amsterdam Pogrom— Does it exist?
-After last week’s “Jew hunt” in Amsterdam, anti-Israel activists rushed to excuse the brutal assaults. If Israelis and Jews across the city were beaten down and kicked while lying defenseless and unconscious, the focus, they insisted, should be on Jewish behavior. The media soon joined in.
-Trump appointees targeted by bomb threats, including with pro-Palestinian messaging. Lee Zeldin says his home was sent a pipe bomb with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message,’ as threats and swatting attacks target Stefanik, Gaetz and others; FBI probing.
-Secret ‘Iranian clause’ included in US Lebanon- deal guarantees
-“If Israel decides to act [against Tehran], it will notify the United States as soon as possible," is allegedly among America's stipulations.
-BBC staff quit union after being told to wear colors of Palestinian flag, keffiyeh.
-The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) alongside the Trades Union Congress (TUC) reportedly sent out messages asking workers to “wear something red, green, black or a Palestinian keffiyeh”.
-Dutch FM Caspar Veldkamp hosts Iranian counterpart, days after announcing boycott of Netanyahu. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss "de-escalation in the Middle East," according to Dutch media.
-IDF found chemicals, gas masks in Hezbollah bases. The materials may have been part of an attempt by the elite Radwan Force to use or develop chemical weapons.
-Israel will appeal to ICC against arrest warrants. Israel rejects the authority of the International Criminal Court and the legitimacy of the arrest warrants it has issued.
-Major defeat for ICC: Serving its own interests, France says it will not heed arrest warrants.
-Presidential envoy Amos Hochstein: Delinking Lebanon, Gaza conflicts ‘key’ to securing ceasefire deal.
-There was no realistic agreement that included an Israeli-controlled buffer zone in Southern Lebanon, he says.
-Hezbollah can only claim Pyrrhic victory, the real one is Israel's
-IDF says destroyed 'most strategic' Hezbollah missile production site.
-Military says underground facility in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley used to produce precision-guided missiles with Iranian support; site, near Syrian border, hit before cease-fire took effect
-Envoy Hochstein: Netanyahu sought Lebanon cease-fire deal in October.
-Biden told Netanyahu: Let’s get the hostages - report.
-Less than 12 hours in, Hezbollah violates ceasefire - twice.
-US envoy dismisses ‘fantasy’ of deal that would include IDF buffer zone in Lebanon.
-Amos Hochstein says Lebanon would never agree to Israel occupying country’s south, making ceasefire impossible and thereby keeping Israel’s north in danger
-Report: Egyptian team set to arrive in Israel with ‘comprehensive vision’ for Gaza deal. Plan said to call for truce that will initially last a few weeks and will see gradual release of hostages.
-IDF said to have killed as many as 4,000 Hezbollah fighters in ops over past year.
-Egyptian delegation expected to arrive in Israel Thursday for hostage deal talks -
-Bipartisan effort: New US bill: No aid for colleges that support BDS.
-'Zionists leave Britain or be slaughtered': Leaflets distributed in London Jewish neighbourhood. That “every Zionist needs to leave Britain or be slaughtered” were found spread around the streets of Hendon. The threatening message was written in broken Google-translate Hebrew, and the leaflet also stated in English “Zionist Free Zone.” It also read “Ha, made you pick up litter you zia#azi freak.”… Residents: “Whoever made these should feel the full force of the law for the safety of our Jewish communities.”
-This incident comes after the neighbourhood was also targeted in October, when antisemitic messages were left at Hendon Golf Club.
-Swastikas and messages reading “f*** the Jews” and “Heil Hitler” were raked into bunkers on the golf course right before the start of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
-IDF forces arrest four terrorists in Tulkarm.
-Fatah calls to unite for terror: “Fatah, Hamas, [Islamic] Jihad…are one unit”.
-Abbas Zaki affirms unity with Hamas and Jihad, advocating terror; Palestinian Authority figures endorse 'all means' "resistance" against Israel.
-Lebanese Minister: 'We'll be in dangerous territory if Hezbollah violates ceasefire.'
-* Nov 28, 2024:<br>
-IDF warns residents of southern Lebanon to not return to towns.
-Last straw: Amsterdam ‘Jew hunt’ triggers push for Dutch Jewish migration to Israel. Reeling from anti-Zionism on the left and increasingly violent Arab and Muslim antisemitism, some local Jews flee amid fears the government is unwilling or unable to protect them.
-US says it will block recognition of PA state at UNSC.
-Northern Israelis enraged at ceasefire agreement.
-IRGC chief to Hezbollah leader: Ceasefire is 'strategic defeat' for Israel.
-New Zealand bars Candace Owens after Australia ban for Holocaust denial.
-Wellington follows suit after she denied entry by Canberra over denial of Nazi experiments in camps, though promoter still hawking tickets for pundit’s speaking tour.
--year-old arrested in Nov/22 murder of British–Israeli man in Tennessee.
-Family of 21-year-old Aviv Broeck, a locksmith, says murder is related to calls to 'globalize the Intifada' as police arrest teen suspect who allegedly lured the victim for a locksmith job before shooting and robbing him.
-China tells ICC to be 'just and fair' after it sought warrant for Myanmar junta chief.
-Kuwait International Book Fair features lots of antisemitic titles. The International Jew, translated to Arabic.
-Iranian-backed militias in Iraq to continue attacks on Israel despite Lebanon ceasefire - report.
-Maccabi Tel Aviv to face Turkish soccer team in empty Hungarian stadium.
-Turkey’s Besiktas asked to move match to ‘neutral ground’ over security concerns, Hungarian authorities demand game be held behind closed doors after attacks on fans in Amsterdam.
-Syrian rebels' operation expanded after government forces left positions, Turkish sources say.
-Mass arrests at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as anti-Israel protesters block path in front of Ronald McDonald.
-They’re parading straight into custody.
-Moody's: Geopolitical risks in Israel appear to have partially diminished.
-Moody's issues update on Israel’s credit rating, says it is too early to determine whether the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah has "significantly and sustainably" mitigated the risks that led to the downgrading of Israel's credit rating.
-Despite Hamas ban, Switzerland opts not to ban Hezbollah.
-'I'll never be the same kid I was': Munder family's lives one year after release from captivity.
-In Aleppo countryside, the opposition turns the tables on the Syrian regime.
-Report: Prosecutors won’t defend administrative detention for Palestinians only. For now, Katz’s decision to cancel controversial measure only for settlers said defensible since it’s just politics; if that changes, State Attorney’s Office will object.
-N. London, UK: Teen thugs attack and board JFS school buses while shouting ‘f**k Israel’ at children. Police called after attackers threw rocks at buses carrying children returning from school.
-The long arm of the Iranian octopus.
-A French drug dealer who recruited a hitman to assassinate Jewish community leaders, the "Kurdish Fox" who was activated from prison in Iran in exchange for his release, and a Pakistani al-Qaeda man sent to eliminate an Israeli in Tbilisi: The Revolutionary Guards and terrorist organizations recruit criminals to carry out attacks. The Mossad managed to thwart dozens of them, until the murder of a Chabad emissary in Dubai broke the chain. This is how the Iranian assassination industry works.
-Estonia's Kallas succeeds anti-Israel EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
-Poll: Netanyahu’s Likud drops slightly with Hezbollah truce; Bennett would win if he ran. New survey finds Likud would win 24 seats, with coalition parties getting 51, opposition 59; but if former prime minister were to run, poll says he could lead majority bloc.
-* Nov 29, 2024:<br>
-Editorial 'The Australian': Anti-Semitism at heart of the UN. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s ‘purge’ of a senior official who refused to smear Israel’s war against Hamas as ‘genocide’ is a disgrace that leaves no doubt about the gross anti-Semitism at the heart of the world body.
-Pro-"Palestinian" group in NYC vows support for armed resistance against U.S., Israel. Speaker: "Our rifles will be pointed at the US Government."
-The “anti-capitalism” Bronx Anti-War Coalition amplified their message on social media, sharing a video of Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida denouncing sectarianism, as well as a speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassam streamed from Iran’s Press TV.
-Kenneth Roth calls need to liberate hostages 'utter irrelevancy.' Former Human Rights Watch director defends ICC warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant by calling the hostages and Israel's right to self defense "utter irrelevancies." [This reminds how he turned this group against Israrl for so long. He was accused of plain antisemitism on the past].
-IDF summarizes 'Operation Northern Arrows.' During Operation Northern Arrows, 2,500 senior Hezbollah members were eliminated and most of its launch capabilities were eliminated.
-Maccabi Tel Aviv beats Turkish soccer team as match passes without incident in Hungary. With no fans in the stadium and under heavy security, club plays for first time in Europe since widespread violence against its supporters in Amsterdam.
-Increasingly flexible Hamas said open to temporary IDF presence at Gaza-Egypt border. As long-moribund ceasefire talks ramp up, New York Times says terror group may give up core demands after ‘reality started to sink in’ following Sinwar’s death and truce in Lebanon.
-IDF says Lebanese civilians prohibited from moving south to over 60 villages.
-Iran, European countries set to hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump’s return to office. Negotiatiors said aiming to build momentum before expected resumption of US president-elect’s ‘maximum pressure’ policy; Netanyahu pledges to do ‘everything’ to keep Tehran from bomb.
-Iran expects "tough and serious" talks.
-As fresh truce holds, IDF says over 12,500 Hezbollah targets hit in 14 months of war
-Military publishes data after fragile Lebanon ceasefire takes effect; some 25,000 weapons seized, 2,500-3,500 Hezbollah operatives killed; IDF also says it killed 14 top terrorists.
-IDF says closure orders remain for open areas near some border communities in North.
-Montreal: Man enters Jewish business, screams 'We're gonna kill you 1 by 1.' Described as Arab threatened to kill the business's owners, a video posted to social media shows. He is seen opening the front door to the store and yells that he knows what the owners did before declaring, "We're gonna kill you one by one." He then went on an expletive-laden tirade against Jews and Israel. "Forget you own everything. You take your f-ing baggage, we go to f-ing Israel..."
-Arab-Israeli indicted for joining ISIS. Muhammad Amash, a 24-year-old Israeli citizen and a student at The Technological College of Beer-Sheva.
-IDF Northern Command head: We'll aggressively enforce ceasefire, won't let Hezbollah return.
-Arab terrorist opens fire on Israeli bus near West Bank city. At least 8 injured, 3 seriously. Attack targeted civilian bus at a junction near Ariel. One terrorist shot dead.
-Dutch highest court advised to uphold ruling on export ban of F-35 components to Israel.
-Syria's military reports heavy losses on militant groups in northern Syria.
-Germany indicts Turkish national for spying on alleged Gulen activists.
-Israeli air force strikes Hezbollah terrorists, rocket launcher in southern Lebanon.
-Ministers to discuss law barring ‘terror-supporting’ Qatar from mediating with Hamas. Bill, proposed by MKs from Likud and far-right parties, says Doha is ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’; 2nd bill would let defense minister sanction workers in ‘terror-supporting’ groups.
-Netanyahu holds assessment on Syria as jihadists enter Aleppo in lightning assault
-Alliance led by Al-Qaeda’s former Syria branch takes control of some 50 towns and villages, in Assad regime’s biggest loss of territory in years.
-Security forces operate at house of terrorist who carried out shooting attack near Ariel earlier.
-Pro-"Palestinian" group in NYC vows support for armed resistance against U.S., Israel. Speaker: "Our rifles will be pointed at the US Government."
-The “anti-capitalism” Bronx Anti-War Coalition amplified their message on social media, sharing a video of Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida denouncing sectarianism, as well as a speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassam streamed from Iran’s Press TV.
-British, French spy chiefs express concern over Iran nuclear program: ‘Threatens us all.’ Head of France’s intelligence service says Tehran’s nuclear proliferation ‘critical threat’ in coming months as UK, France, Germany and Iran vow to continue dialogue 'in near future.'
-Hamas-terror group's delegation to arrive in Cairo on Saturday, official says.
-Syrian authorities closed Aleppo airport and canceled all flights, its military source says.
-ICC's Khan recommends rejecting Israel's appeal. Karim Khan recommended rejecting Israel's request on Netanyahu and Gallant, calling the decision procedural. Reminder, this is the Islamic prosecutor who rushed to announce decision to Amanpour as victim's account of his sexual sexual against him came about.
-The plan to aid northern residents' return home. IDF Northern Command chief says rebuilding can begin in damaged border communities. Report details financial incentives to entice evacuees home.
-Evacuated residents return February 1 with grants; Government will aid in rebuilding and revitalizing affected communities.
-Biden seen parading around with former PLO Rashid Khalidi rewriting history book that demonizes the existence of Israel. Unclear if it was given to him.
-'Obama Signals He Controls Biden and He’s Coming for Israel. Bad news for America and Israel. One of Obama’s little pseudointellectal gimmicks was very visibly holding topical books to send a signal ahead of a policy intifada. One of those infamous moments came when he was showing off Fareed Zakaria’s “The Post-American World”.
-That’s not something Biden does.
-Biden’s not much of a reader and he hasn’t bothered with that kind of posturing before, but then shortly after forcing a ceasefire on Israel using an arms embargo, he was photographed while ‘pulling an Obama’.
-President Biden was photographed exiting the Nantucket Bookworks bookstore in Massachusetts with a copy of an anti-Israel screed by Obama’s old pal Rashid Khalidi who had been a terrorist spokesman. Was Biden really planning to read through ‘The Hundred-Year War on Palestine: A History of Colonialism and Resistance’ which slurs Israel as an ‘apartheid state’ and describes Islamic terrorism against Jews as ‘resistance’?
-After the Oct 7 attacks, Khalidi defended Hamas, claimed that its members really wanted peace and that Hamas had opened “a door that the United States, Europe and Israel slammed shut”.
-“If you can’t go to the International Criminal Court or do a BDS,” Khalidi argued, “then you pick up a gun.”
-Khalidi was so toxic that the Los Angeles Times had permanently buried a video of Obama’s toast for the former terror spokesman.'
-Israeli military says Hezbollah is smuggling weapons into Lebanon during ceasefire. IDF confiscates Hezbollah combat equipment inside mosque in southern Lebanon.
-Military carries out strike on medium-range Hezbollah rocket launcher, says it’s operating against ceasefire violations.
-* Nov 30, 2024:<br>
-IDF strikes Hezbollah, citing cease-fire violations. Military says Hezbollah vehicle carrying missiles struck from air, armed Hezbollah terrorists, rocket launchers also attacked.
-Israel must be alert to a Sunni Jihadist threat as insurgents take on Assad.
-Analysis: Pffensive launched with  aid of Turkey, on Assad and his Shiite militias is likely a result of the cease-fire deal in Lebanon and leaves Damascus without Hezbollah, Iran and the Russian help it previously enjoyed.
-IDF intercept aerial target from the east.
-IDF issues movement restriction in southern Lebanon.
-Israel Navy missile boat intercepts drone from East, no siren activated.
-IDF strikes World Central Kitchen employee doubling as Hamas terrorist.
-It struck a vehicle containing terrorist and World Central Kitchen (WCK) employee Ahed Azmi Qudeih, who took part in the murderous October 7 massacre.
-The terrorist was monitored for a while by IDF intelligence and was struck following credible information regarding his real-time location.
-The IDF emphasized that it was a civilian unmarked vehicle, and its movement on the route was not coordinated for transporting aid.
-Following this incident, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) representatives demanded immediate clarification and an investigation from international community leaders and WCK as to why the organization employed an individual who participated in the October 7 massacre and was involved in terrorist activities.
-For hostage’s dad, cooking dinners for other families offers brief respite.
-Dani Miran, father of captive Omri Miran, hasn’t lived at home since Oct. 7: ‘Most of the time everything feels black, and if I can chop and sauté a little, that’s better’
-Northerners are wary of returning to border communities: ‘The ceasefire is rubbish’. Many residents of battered border kibbutz communities no longer have homes, others are fearful that Hezbollah will return to threaten them.
-After 421 days: Hamas publishes a sign of life from hostage Idan Alexander.
-Idan Alexander, an immigrant from New Jersey, was kidnapped from the Kissufim Crossing by Hamas terrorists, and has been held captive in Gaza ever since.
-Revealed: Hezbollah terrorists concealed weapons in a mosque. Over the past day, IDF forces in southern Lebanon discovered, confiscated, Hezbollah weapons hidden in a mosque in southern Lebanon.
-Family of (yesterday's Nov/29) shooting victim: 'We never expected him to be hurt like this.'
-Iraqi MP, Habib Al-Halawi, talks Jihad: "We will kill Americans like flies."
-Turkish, Russian, Qatari foreign ministers discuss Syria in phone call.
-Syrian rebels closing in on city of Hama - report. They make significant gains in Aleppo.
-The rebels fighting the Iranian axis in Syria: An uneasy alliance of groups is behind the Assad regime's recent defeat in Aleppo.
-IDF's Home Front Command loosens guidelines in North following ceasefire with Hezbollah.
-Police arrest Arab-Israeli east Jerusalem resident for aiding in (Nov/29) Friday's terror attack (bear Ariel).
-Israeli air force strikes rocket launcher in humanitarian zone in Gaza.
-Staff Sergeant Zamir Burke, 20, a squad commander in the 601st Battalion, 401st Brigade, fell in battle in northern Gaza.
-Russia says air force struck rebels in support of Syrian army -agencies report.
-Iraqi MP talks Jihad: "We will kill Americans like flies."
-Donald Trump appoints Charles Kushner ambassador to France.
-NYC Mayor’s staffer, Nallah Sutherland, suspended without pay after being caught tearing down flyers of hostages.
-Mother of British hostage: 'UN resolution would've been a death sentence for our loved ones.'
-Egypt optimistic about ending war in Gaza.
-White House: War in Gaza would end tomorrow if Hamas released hostages.
-US blames Assad's reliance on Russia, Iran for loss of Aleppo control.
-White House National Security Council spokesperson says US had nothing to do with Hayat Tahir Al Shams (HTS) offensive; Russia vows support for Damascus regime.
-Druze Express Solidarity with Rebels: "Good News". Members of the Druze community in Syria responded to the progress of the rebels against Assad and were recorded celebrating the capture of Aleppo. The leader of the community in Syria: "Emphasizes the absolute support for the right of the landowners to return to it". In northern Lebanon, solidarity was also expressed with the rebels.
-* Dec 1, 2024:<br>
-Gallant: Moshe Ya'alon 'Ya'alon's lies aid the enemy'.
-Atty. Nitzana Darshan-Leitner: Ya'alon endangers the entire IDF and Israel. (His politicaly motivated radical rhetoric)
-Trump picks in-law Massad Boulos as Arab and Mideast adviser. Massad Boulos, Lebanese-American businessman.
-UNRWA chief says aid delivery through Kerem Shalom halted after looting of trucks.
-Jordan says events in Syria are a 'cause of concern'.
-UK maritime agency reports incident south of Yemen's Aden.
-Syria and Russia step up airstrikes on Syrian rebels, TASS says, citing Syrian army.
-Syrian rebels take over Kuweires military airport in Aleppo area - report.
-Syrian president Assad vows to defeat insurgents by force.
-Syrian rebels offer Kurdish and Regime forces safe withdrawal from Aleppo.
-French Defense Minister to arrive in Lebanon for ceasefire discussions - report.
-Netanyahu to hold special discussion on hostages; US national secuity adviser on deal: 'We are not there yet'. Discussion will also focus on developments in Syria, and the possibility of reaching a deal after cease-fire in north; National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says video of American Israeli hostage Edan Alexander is a 'cruel reminder of Hamas' brutality'
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-President-elect Donald Trump dines with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara.
-Egypt hosts Hamas in new Gaza ceasefire push.
-IDF kills terrorists in southern Lebanon located near church who 'violated ceasefire agreement'.
-Iran foreign minister says situation in Syria is 'difficult.'
-IDF forces Iranian plane to turn around
-Iranian Mahan Air plane - suspected of carrying weapons for Hezbollah and destined for Syria - confronted by fighter jets.
-Houthi missile falls in Jerusalem-area playground. Missile fragment launched from Yemen struck a playground in Tzur Hadassah, near Jerusalem; No siren was activated.
-Over a thousand rally in New York, demanding action for hostages.
-Car explodes in downtown Haifa, police investigation launched.
-IDF plans to demolish homes of two terrorists who carried out Beit Lid junction attack.
-New footage of 11/29 Samaria shooting attack. It shows how the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack that injured 9 Israelis stops his car, gets out and opens fire at bus that was parked at the bus stop.
-Despite cease-fire, Houthi rockets  threaten Israel. While north remains quiet, alarms in central Israel warning of missile launch from Yemen are a reminder that other fronts remain active, and Israel lacks an exit strategy; Iran’s proxies in Yemen and Iraq may be keeping a lower profile, but their threats persist.
-* Dec 2, 2024:<br>
-US left facing a difficult situation in Syria as rebels make massive advances against Assad regime. Not crying over dictator Assad being beaten but the ideology of islamists is known.
-Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias enter Syria to aid beleaguered Syrian army.
-Iran's military consultants to remain in Syria, foreign ministry says.
-Three charged in Sweden with preparation of IS-linked terrorist crime.
-Deputy Chief of Staff Baram: IDF is operating on 'seven fronts,' expansion of ranks required.
-IDF soldiers accuse UN peacekeepers of enabling Hezbollah terrorists amid increasing cease-fire violations. ‘If we leave these villages for UNIFIL to manage, it will all revert to how it was before - nothing will change,' says Israeli soldier.
-Putin discussed Syria situation with Iran's Pezeshkian by phone, says Kremlin.
-Hezbollah not intending to send fighters to back Assad in Syria for now, three sources say.
-Iranian phishing attacks against Israelis uncovered.Shin Bet uncovers Iranian plot to gain access to personal information of Israelis, including senior officials, to set up terrorist attacks against the victims.
-Hezbollah fires 2 rockets at  N. Israel for first time since the ceasefire went into effect on Wednesday. No casualties reported.
-IDF warns Iran against weapons smuggling into Syria amid rebel fighting.
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-Trump: Release hostages or face 'ALL HELL TO PAY'. US president-elect vows 'Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit' in US history.
-IDF confirms death of hostage Omer Neutra, a Long Island-born natural leader
-Tank commander’s body was abducted to Gaza on October 7.
-IDF launches wave of strikes on Lebanon .
-Military says conducted widespread strikes on Hezbollah terrorists, dozens of rocket launchers and other terrorist sites.
-'Iranians reject regime’s anti-Israel policies.IDF launches wave of strikes on Lebanon.Opinion: Once allies, Iran and Israel now face deep hostility due to the Islamic Republic’s anti-Israel stance; many Iranians, frustrated with the regime’s oppression and failed policies, view Israel as a natural ally, embracing shared interests and historic bonds.'
-* Dec 3, 2024:<br>
-'The way to bring the hostages home': Israeli leaders praise Trump's tough talk on Hamas and hostages.
-Israel Defense Forces: '13 months later, we are still eliminating terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre.
-During ongoing operations in Central Gaza, our troops eliminated several terrorists through targeted strikes, including 7 who participated in the massacre.'
-The Oct. 7 perpetrators: Abd al-Razzeq, Marzouk al-Hur, Maaz al-Hur, Abd Abu-Awad Yusri, Omar Abu-Abdallah, Ahmed Zahid and Maad Abu-Garboua.
-IDF warns southern Lebanon residents against moving past ceasefire safety line.
-Israel warns it will go after Lebanon directly if cease-fire with Hezbollah collapses.
-Israel takes 'zero tolerance' approach to cease-fire collapse with Hezbollah.
-Israeli delegation to head to Cairo for hostage deal talks - report.
-Defense Ministry purchases advanced drones, autonomous defense systems.
-Canada adds Houthis to list of terrorist organizations.
-Israel didn't respond to Hezbollah attack on Mt. Dov due to US pressure - report.
-Conservative Tikva Forum calls on PM, security establishment to take responsibility over Gaza humanitarian aid.
-IDF drone strikes terror cell in Jordan Valley.
-Russia conducts military drills involving hypersonic missiles in Mediterranean Sea.
-Netanyahu says Lebanon ceasefire does not mean war is over.
-Israel is determined to enforce ceasefire, respond to violations.
-New US Iran-related sanctions target oil tankers, shipping, Treasury website shows.
-Iran considers sending troops to Syria if Damascus requests, minister says.
-Turkish Airlines restarts flights to Beirut, Anadolu reports.
-A year after 10/7: Yehudit and Shmulik Weiss buried in Kibbutz Beeri.
-US carried out strike in self defense in Syria's Deir al-Zor, official says.
-Slain Israeli-American hostage remembered as ‘hero of Israel’ at NY memorial service.
-Hundreds pack synagogue where Omer Neutra had bar mitzvah to pay respects. Omer's parents share their grief.
-Hundreds gathering New York as thousands came to Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, a day after IDF announced hostage's death. Brother Daniel vows to work for release of all captives in his honor; grandmother speaks at Tel Aviv event.
-Chabad memorializes murdered rabbi at annual conference.
-IDF conducts patrol of southern Lebanon in situational assessment.
-IDF Chief in south Lebanon: Mission is to ensure area doesn't revert to terror infrastructure.
-Trump offers billionaire Steve Feinberg deputy defense secretary job, Washington Post reports.
-Knesset Speaker: Paraguay to reopen Jerusalem embassy next week.
-Report: Trump's message to Hamas: 'Here I come.'
-gunmen planning ‘imminent terror attack’ killed in West Bank drone strike. Suspects, all of them Hamas members, targeted near Palestinian village of Aqabah; troops raid scene, seize weapons following strike.
-From Los Angeles to the Gaza border: Montana Tucker’s Oct. 7 documentary premieres in Jerusalem. “The Children of October 7" tells the stories of eight Israelis between the ages of 10-16 who survived Hamas's massacre.
-Those who watch 'The Children of October 7' won't be able to deny the massacre.
-Documentary features interviews conducted by social media influencer Montana Tucker with children who survived the horrors of that fateful Saturday; Among them is Ella Shani from Kibbutz Be’eri, whose father was murdered in his home, while several of her neighbors remain held hostage by Hamas.
-'The Children of October 7' relive the experience.
-Tucker: 'The children of October 7th are incredible and strong.' Montana Tucker tells Arutz Sheva that hearing about the massacre directly from children will change people's minds, help everyone understand what happened and says: 'Every visit to Israel inspires and motivates me to speak out'.
-countries voted against.
-UN passes resolution for conference on 'two-state solution.'
-Report: Iranian regime change likely to be focus of Trump Middle East policy
-According to the Middle East Forum, “the cornerstone of U.S. Middle East policy must address Iran’s expanding regional influence and its network of proxy forces.”
-Dec 4, 2024:<br>
-Article: 'Trump voices the moral clarity on hostages the world needed.
-The president-elect’s threat—“There will be all Hell to pay in the Middle East”—if Hamas didn’t release its captives before his inauguration sent a message to Iran.
-We don’t know yet what impact President-elect Donald Trump’s bombshell statement about the fate of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas will be. But in one post on his Truth Social site, he neatly summarized what has been lacking in terms of American leadership when it comes to the fight against Iranian-funded Islamist terrorism for the past four years.
-Trump’s post—with its characteristic bombastic tone and use of capital letters for emphasis—was very different from the public statements of the Biden administration foreign-policy team in recent months on the same topic or that of any other world leader. The United States has condemned Hamas, but in the last year has been primarily focused on pressuring Israel to give up its campaign to eliminate the terrorists and agree to a ceasefire with only a partial release of the hostages. That would effectively hand the perpetrators an undeserved victory for the massacre of 1,200 men, women and children in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.'
-Trump considers replacing Hegseth with DeSantis to run Pentagon.
-Heartbreaking discovery. The six Israeli hostages -- found dwad in August-- were executed by Hamas following an Israeli airstrike. Israeli military officials have informed the families of six hostages that their loved ones - Haim Peri, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, Yagev Buchshtav, Alex Dancyg, and Avraham Munder - were killed by their captors in Gaza.
-FM Sa'ar to meet with Blinken, EU FM at OSCE conference.
-CENTCOM destroys weapon systems in Syria posing 'imminent threat' to forces.
-Police arrest three from east Jerusalem on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails.
-UK's David Lammy: hand of Russia seen in many world conflicts at present.
-Year after Oct 7, ½ of women fear sexual assault. Israeli conference reveals alarming data on sexual trauma treatment for hostages after Hamas atrocities on October 7.
-IDF returns terrorists bodies to Jordan.
-Two terrorists killed after infiltrating across Jordan border, opening fire on forces.
-Article: 'From science to statehood: Celebrating Chaim Weizmann’s 150th birthday
-Israel’s first president was not only a statesman but also the chemist who discovered how to harness bacteria to produce acetone; Chaim Weizmann skillfully leveraged his scientific achievements and prestige to advance the founding of the State of Israel.
-Some people choose a scientific career, dedicating their time to studying, researching, and publishing their findings to advance human knowledge and improve our quality of life. Others pursue a career in politics, channeling their energy into leading processes that promote their vision and serve the public.
-Rarely, however, does one individual achieve greatness in both arenas, leaving a legacy etched into the annals of history. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who became one of the foremost leaders of the Jewish nation during the 20th century, was such an extraordinary figure. Born 150 years ago, Weizmann’s life is a fascinating story of science, leadership, Zionism, and the interplay between them.
-A double life.
-November holds special significance in the life of Chaim Weizmann. He was born on November 27, 1874, into a simple, large Jewish family in the small town of Motol, located in the Pale of Settlement — the region of the Russian Empire where Jews were allowed to reside at the time. On November 2, 1917, Lord Arthur James Balfour issued the famous Balfour Declaration, largely thanks to Weizmann’s influence and involvement.
-Exactly 32 years later, on November 2, 1949, after the establishment of the State of Israel, the Weizmann Institute of Science, his namesake, was dedicated in an impressive ceremony marking his 75th birthday. Three years later, on November 9, 1952, Weizmann passed away at his estate in Rehovot.
-Chaim Weizmann was a man of dual identity, a kind of superhero by today’s standards. On one hand, he was a scientist—a biochemist focused on developing methods to produce materials for various applications, from meat substitutes to chemical additives for the automotive paint industry.'
-Katz optimistic on possible hostage deal amid renewed efforts. PDefense minister says Hamas facing immense pressure to end Gaza fighting; Trump team reportedly probes hostage issue as Israel awaits truce offer response
-Actor Guri Alfi returns to the US for new episodes of ‘The New Jew’. Veteran comic speaks to Columbia and Harvard students, the parents of Omer Neutra, and Israelis living in the US.
-Israeli delegation to head to Egypt for hostage negotiations.
-Syria conflict shows Assad's backers are distracted, says Blinken.
-Isr. Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer to meet with Trump adviser Mike Waltz - report.
-He wrote the history of Jews in comics. Now he’s making Jewish comics history.
-Actor Guri Alfi returns to the US for new episodes of ‘The New Jew’. At the annual JewCE con in Manhattan, Arie Kaplan, who exposed the industry’s Jewish roots, discusses the rise of overtly Jewish characters and what an Oct. 7 comic might look like.
-European lawmakers renew push to list the IRGC as terror group.
-Isolated Hamas faces collapsing negotiating stance after drastic Trump threat. Terror group pinned hopes of salvation on the Iranian axis and world pressure on Israel, but now has just a few weeks until an unpredictable and angry US president returns.
-Body of hostage Itay Svirsky recovered from Gaza. He was kidnapped on October 7.
-'You were a big brother,' former hostage Noa Argamani parts from Itay Svirsky.
-IDF Spokesman reveals: The inhumane conditions in which murdered hostages' were kept.
-'We’re just functioning, not living': Young hostages still returning to life after Hamas captivity.
-Dec 5, 2024:<br>
-Children from Israel's north are not all right. A study of the war's impact on children and teens found that most are grappling with significant emotional challenges, exacerbated by a lack of proper guidance from adults;  'My daughter cries at night, my son runs to the shelter from any noise'.
-A million bulbs in Jerusalem light sculpture show. Not flying abroad? Enjoy capital's Winter Dream Light Sculpture exhibit that puts European Christmas markets to shame
-'We’re just functioning, not living': Young hostages still returning to life after Hamas captivity.
-USA intelligence believes Iran's proxy  Hezbollah is rebuilding. Hezbollah is attempting to restore its capabilities and rebuild stockpiles following the severe damage from Israeli attacks. It begins rebuilding militarily, financially.
-Amnesty Israel rejects (longtime Israelophobic)  parent group’s so-called genocide allegations.
-Foreign Min. slams Amnesty Int'l: Genocidal massacre carried out by Hamas against Israelis. It responds to Amnesty International propaganda, noting genocide attempt by Hamas terrorists on October 7. 'Israel defending itself, acting fully in accordance with international law.'
-Article: 'Hamas: A pure, incorruptible form of evil
-Pure evil exists. Its name is Hamas. And it must be utterly destroyed.
-What is pure evil? Pure evil is the kind of evil embodied by Hamas. An evil incorruptible by greed, by self-preservation, or any other factor.
-During World War Two, German industrialist Oskar Schindler was able to save over a thousand innocent Jews from being sent to the death camps or executed by bribing Nazi officials. This was a case where bribery and corruption were a good thing and served to mitigate the evil of the Nazis and save many innocent lives.
-The terrorists of Hamas have recently been offered a similar bribe. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised that anyone who frees a hostage they are currently holding would be given five million dollars and safe passage out of Gaza.
-Five million dollars. With exactly 100 hostages left in Gaza, both living and dead, that comes out to $500 million in total. And yet, not a single person in Gaza has taken Israel’s offer. Not a single hostage holder has come forward.'
-Arab racist suspect who pulled Haredi passerby's sidelocks & cursed at him in Jerusalem, arrested.
-Israeli airstrike near Khan Yunis targeted senior Hamas official Osama Ghani - report.
-Third terrorist responsible for murder of Yonatan Deutsch detained in Nablus by Shin Bet, Yamam.
-Police arrest illegal resident from West Bank after stealing a car in Ramat Gan.
-Police arrest east Jerusalem man for physically assaulting, spitting at religious Jew.
-Turkey says it is coordinating with regional counterparts on Syria.
-IDF rules out possible infiltration through Israel-Jordan border after investigating.
-Syrian rebel commander says hundreds of inmates freed from Hama central prison.
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-Rescued hostage Luis Har: My viewers have completely changed since I was kidnapped.
-Sharren Haskel: 'Amnesty International thinks you're stupid'. Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel responds to Amnesty International's allegations accusing Israel of 'genocide' in war against Hamas. 'They altered the legal terms, definition of genocide, because Israel doesn't meet the criteria.'
-FM Sa'ar, Blinken meet to discuss Lebanon, Syria, Gaza developments.
-Defense Ministry, US officials discuss Israel's ongoing purchase of US weapons.
-Israeli defense purchases from US during war total $10 billion.
-Communications stopped in Syria's Aleppo due to attacks, state media says.
-Two men charged over attack on British-based Iranian journalist.
-UN food agency says fighting in Syria's northwest displaced more than 280,000 people.
-Herzog: 'Intensive negotiations' are ongoing to reach a deal for the release of hostages - report.
-Iranian-born activist confronts hate at Pro-Palestinian protests in Berlin.
-From Iran to Berlin: Iman Spati's Inspiring Fight Against Antisemitism.
-Iranian-born activist confronts hate at Pro-Palestinian protests in Berlin
-Iman Spati, a 38-year-old Iranian-born Muslim activist, has made it his mission to attend every pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin since October 7, despite facing life-threatening risks. He has participated in over 140 protests, not as a journalist, but as a concerned citizen armed with a video camera to document what he sees as Germany’s alarming descent into antisemitism and violence.
-Herzog hosts Muslim leaders, Influential Imams in Arab society.
-IDF confirms killing senior Hamas terrorist that tortured Gazans. Israel Air Force jets killed several terrorists in the humanitarian zone of Khan Yunis on Wednesday, including a senior official in the internal security apparatus of Hamas, the IDF confirmed Thursday evening. Osama Ghanim was involved in suppressing Gaza residents and was responsible for identifying "threats" against Hamas within Gaza.
-IDF says top commander in Hamas internal security forces killed in south Gaza airstrike
-More than 18,000 Palestinian civilians said evacuated from Beit Lahiya in the past day as troops raided shelters, detaining some 100 terror suspects.
-Israeli official: Egypt has proposed hostage deal with extended truce, not end to war.
-Official says Israel open to discussing outline that has been handed to Hamas, in which ‘humanitarian’ category of hostages would be released, reportedly over 60 days.
-More combat engineers, mechanized infantry: IDF Ground Forces lays out future plans. Drawing on lessons from the latest conflicts, the military begins to arm female surveillance soldiers, move their war rooms away from borders; infantry to get explosives training.
-Bill introduced in US Congress to ban the use of the term 'West Bank'. The bill introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton would require all official US documents and materials to use the historically accurate term 'Judea and Samaria instead of the 'West Bank.'
-Bill Clinton: Young Americans shocked to learn Arafat turned down Palestinian state.
-If ‘you walk away from once in a lifetime peace opportunities, you can’t complain 25 years later when the doors aren’t all still open,’ says former US president.
-Katz and Halevi hold situation assessment on developments in Syria.
-France warns Assad against using chemical weapons in Syria at UNSC.
-Israel’s defense chiefs discuss Syria fighting as rebel advance said to exceed expectations
-Official says it’s in Jerusalem’s interest both sides fight, weaken each other, stresses Israel not getting involved; Hezbollah chief vows terror group to stand by Assad regime.
-Qatari Government Dailies Continue To Praise Hamas' October 7 Attack On Israel: It Was A Historic, Heroic Act That Saved The Muslim Nation.
-Palestinian security forces battle gunmen in Jenin after PA vehicles stolen. Palestinian Authority deploys troops around camp in northern West Bank, vows to recover the vehicles that armed men waving Islamic Jihad flags paraded through the streets.
-Raids on Nahariya and Tiberias.
-New details on Hezbollah's plan to invade northern Israel, imitating Oct 7.
-Racist masked arsonists set ablaze Haredi  synagogue in Melbourne Australia, in a pre-dawn attack Friday, sparking widespread condemnation.
-The fire broke out at 4:10 am (1710 GMT Thursday) in the Adass Israel Synagogue when some congregants were already inside, police said, gutting much of the building in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea.
-Worshippers were forced to flee an Australian synagogue after it was set on fire in what the prime minister condemned as an "act of hate".
-Dec 6, 2024:<br>
-More on: Australian synagogue set on fire in arson attack. Communal leaders fear the incident, which took place during morning prayers, is the latest escalation in antisemitism in the country.
-Antisemitism blamed for arson attack on synagogue in Australia. [Cars and buildings across the country have been vandalised and torched in protests against the war between Israel and Hamas, which began in October last year].
-Synagogue severely damaged in Antisemitic arson attack.
-Condemned as clear act of antisemitism as police search for suspects.
-Australian Jewish community leaders say "no-one should be surprised" following the arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue on Friday morning, and urged politicians to do more to address anti-Semitism they called a "stain on [the] nation".
-Widespread condemnation and shock after fire at Melbourne synagogue.
-"Act of hate': Leaders condemn 'horrendous' firebombing attack on synagogue.
-'There is outrage from around the world.'
-CCCAV Condemns the Arson Attack on a Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne.
-Pres. Herzog to world leaders: 'Condemn vile act of terror,' urges leaders to condemn 'vile act of terror, combat the intolerable rise of anti-Jewish racism worldwide.'
-Israel hostages: (PM) 'Anthony Albanese needs to examine his conscience.'
-Police still hunt for the 2 suspects in the devastating arson.
-Australia's Jewish community, numbering just over 116,000, remains in shock following the arson attack on the Adass synagogue. The assault, seen as a direct attack on a Jewish symbol, marks the peak of a 14-month period during which pro-Palestinian demonstrations across Australia frequently escalated into anti-Jewish protests.
-Australian presenter rips PM following synagogue arson: It is on his watch!
-Jewish Australian presenter rips PM following synagogue arson: It is on his watch!
-Sky News host Sharri Markson blasts Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after Melbourne synagogue was targeted in an arson attack: It is on his watch. He hasn't shown leadership or strength and that's why we end up in this situation right now where a synagogue is firebombed.
-Netanyahu ties Melbourne synagogue attack to Labor government’s ‘extreme anti-Israelism’. Incidents of Jew-hatred have surged in Australia since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
-Author: 'The arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne feels painfully reminiscent of Kristallnacht. Who would have thought we would once again see synagogues set ablaze? Accusing Israel of genocide is modern-day blood libel.'
-ICC prosecutor to stay on as UN investigates alleged sexual misconduct. Sources say they want probe completed quickly to minimize impact on major cases; Karim Khan has sought war crimes warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant.
-British Jews, pro-Israel supporters to rally (Dec 8) in London against hate. Weekly protests against Israel have made parts of London a “no-go” zone for Jews, according to the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
-IDF strikes Syria-Lebanon border crossings used by Hezbollah to smuggle arms.
-Arida Crossing put out of service while other routes damaged in overnight attack; sirens sound in northern Israel, but army says it was a false alarm.
-Teaching Terror On Campus. The Freedom Center's new ebook exposes the Hamas Loyalist professors who are preaching Jew-hatred to the next generation.
-Five Israelis killed in Morocco car crash en route to pilgrimage site. Safed mayor confirms some victims were city residents; Israelis were reportedly part of a group of Hasidic pilgrims visiting rabbis’ gravesites.
-Amnesty International’s antisemitic agenda
-To back up its ludicrous lies, the “human rights” organization relies on sources aligned with the Islamic Republic’s aim of wiping the Jewish state off the map.
-It released its latest broadside against Israel on Thursday, accusing the Jewish state of committing genocide in Gaza. The nearly 300-page report—“‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman[SIC]’: Israel’s Genocide[SIC] Against Palestinians in Gaza”—is typically mendacious.
-'Laden with hyperbolic hostility and “proof” gleaned from bogus Hamas data, it portrays Israel’s defensive war against the Iran-backed terrorists as the deliberate attempt by a villainous regime in Jerusalem to annihilate a whole population of Palestinians.'
-Germany joins US in rejecting Amnesty’s ‘genocide’[sic] accusation against Israel.
-German foreign ministry spokesman says Israel acting defensively, notes that Hamas started war; still repeats call for Israel to ‘adjust’ its operations to protect civilians better.
-Article: 'How Amnesty International Became a Joke.
-“This week, Amnesty International released a 296-page report, accusing Israel of committing ‘genocide’in Gaza…To be sure, this report, written under the guise of international law and human rights, is utterly baseless, replete with malicious lies and gross distortions of fact, as well as wholesale fabrications of law.״
-“Israeli leaders are directing military policy in accordance with the decisions of the War Cabinet, and Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Defense Minister, and the IDF Chief of Staff have been unequivocal: The intent of the operation in Gaza following October 7 is to eliminate Hamas by destroying its military and governing capabilities and to rescue the hostages. These are both entirely legitimate military objectives under the laws of armed conflict.”
-“That there have been civilian casualties in Gaza is tragic, but it is also the inevitable consequence of Hamas using its own people as human shields and embedding its military operations in schools, hospitals, kindergartens, and homes. Notwithstanding the complex challenge of operating in such difficult environment, the IDF has gone to extraordinary lengths, not seen in modern warfare, to abide by the principles of International humanitarian law and avoid harm to civilians in Gaza. This has included implementing historic measures to prevent civilian harm, such as advanced alerts to provide early warning and temporary evacuations, daily pauses of fighting, distributing maps to civilians, using precision weapons, as well are facilitating daily provision of aid.”
-Islamic Antisemitic Boston city councilor, Tania Fernandes Anderson,  arrested on fraud and theft charges.
-Iran claims successful satellite launch said to improve Tehran’s ballistic missiles. Tehran’s Simorgh program is a satellite-carrying rocket that could be used to deliver nuclear payloads; no immediate independent confirmation of success of the launch.
-IAEA chief: Iran poised to ‘dramatically’ increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium. ‘If they really make them turn — all of them — it’s going to be a huge jump,’ says Grossi as Tehran begins feeding new centrifuges and enriching uranium to 60%.
-Arida border crossing out of service due to Israeli attack, Syrian state news agency says.
-IDF to hold military training exercise in Jordan Valley, Golan Heights.
-Footage from the fighting: Truck connected to rocket launcher found in Lebanon.
-Netanyahu blames Australian Labor Party's anti-Israel rhetoric for Melbourne synagogue attack.
-Jordan has closed border crossing with Syria, ministry says.
-Syrian rebel commander urges top Syrian officers to defect.
-Nahal Brigade clears Hamas cell, booby-trapped terror tunnel in Rafah.
-COGAT accuses UN of allowing Gaza aid to pile up undelivered at Kerem Shalom Crossing.
-US-backed Syrian Kurds seize control of Syria's Deir el-Zor, sources say.
-Houthis attack British merchant ship near Hodediah.
-Syrian opposition fighters seize main army base in southern Daraa province - report.
-Three killed in clashes between Druze militias and Syrian security forces in Sweida.
-Russia encourages its citizens to leave Syria.
-Defense Minister Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Halevi hold security assessment on Syria.
-Syrian rebel commander urges Israel to support uprising, strike Iran-backed forces
-In interview, a Free Syrian Army officer expresses hope for friendly relations with Jewish state, warns of Iranian militias propping up Assad: ‘They will come for Israel, too.’
-Head of Hamas' Aerial Unit in Gaza City eliminated. IDF and Shin Bet confirm that Nidal Al-Najar, head of Hamas' Aerial Unit in Gaza City and one of the organizers of the aerial infiltration into Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, was eliminated on December 3.
-IDF eliminates Hamas Commander who led murderous onslaught on Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Oct 7. Israeli air strikes took out several top Hamas commanders this week, including Majdi Aqilan, deputy commander of a battalion responsible for the Oct. 7 massacre at Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Mamdouh Mehna, a senior figure in Hamas’s tunneling operations who was also involved in the massacre at Nahal Oz, was killed as well, said a joint statement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet security agency. 'Nahal Oz was among the Gaza border communities hit the hardest in the Hamas-led attack, which represents the single worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.'
-US probing Spain’s denials of cargo ships carrying arms to Israel.
-Footage: Terrorists drive through West Bank after stealing Palestinian Authority vehicles.
-US closely monitoring developments in Syria - White House.
-Thousands of attacks a day: Inside Israel's cyber war against Iran and Hezbollah. As the cannons fall silent, a parallel covert war rages—sophisticated, relentless and equally perilous; welcome to the battlefield of cyberwarfare.
-* Dec 7, 2024:<br>
-IAF intercepts missile from Yemen before it reaches Israel.
-Jordan denies WSJ report it encouraged Assad to rule Syria in exile.
-Attempted terror attack at Qalandiya checkpoint thwarted, assailant neutralized - report.
-IDF calls up additional soldiers for defensive missions in the Golan Heights.
-Palestinian charged for planning revenge attack on police station after IDF Tulkarm strike.
-Jordan calls on its citizens to leave Syria as soon as possible.
-PLO votes against forming Gaza support committee - report.
-Situation in Syria creating new weakness for Hezbollah, Iran, says US envoy Hochstein.
-Druze militias seize army bases in Syria's Suweida, militia sources say.
-Germany takes necessary action on antisemitism. Analysis - Germany’s new resolution aims to combat rising antisemitism, addressing Islamist influences.
-Israeli campaign accuses UNRWA of terrorism. Foreign Ministry launches a global campaign accusing UNRWA of ties to terrorism, sparking UN condemnation.
-On Israel's doorstep: Sunni rebels capture Quneitra in southern Syria. Sources confirm HTS have taken over Quneitra province in southern Syria, a stone throw away from the Israeli border; IDF is 'calling up additional forces for defensive missions in the Golan Heights area.'
-In first: Israel intervenes in Syrian conflict.
-IDF uses artillery fire to help United Nations forces repel rebel attack near Hader, opposite Israel's Majdal Shams; reports say rebels have taken the Syria-Israel border area.
-Developments in Syria favor Israel, but the tide could turn on a dime. Commentary: Rebels near Israel’s border are local villagers with past ties to Israel, while Kurdish militias disrupt Iran’s arms route to Lebanon; with US curbing Erdoğan’s ambitions, Israel readies for potential threats, incl. jihadists nearing Golan border.
-Psychological terror: Hamas releases Video of hostage Matan Zangauker.
-Israel's national security cabinet will meet this evening to discuss the situation in Syria after Islamist rebels took control over the Quneitra and Daraa area on the Israeli border.
-Arab report: Hamas attempting to locate living hostages.
-Shefaram Arab man planned attack on police station.
-Captain Avraham Ben Pinchas fell in battle
-Binyamin Regional Council announces: Captain Avraham Ben Pinchas, resident of Harasha, fell in battle in Gaza.
-IDF soldier seriously injured in ramming attack near Hebron.
-Trump: Syria is not our fight.
-Moving closer to the US? Syrian President Assad to distance himself from Iran-Russia axis.
-Developments in Syria favor Israel, but the tide could turn on a dime. Commentary: Rebels near Israel’s border are local villagers with past ties to Israel, while Kurdish militias disrupt Iran’s arms route to Lebanon; with US curbing Erdoğan’s ambitions, Israel readies for potential threats, incl. jihadists nearing Golan border.
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-Syrian rebels say they have no intention to use chemical weapons 'under any circumstances.'
-Dozens of elite Hezbollah fighters flee Syria's Homs, Syrian army officer says.
-UK's Starmer to push for stronger ties with UAE, Saudi Arabia in first Gulf visit.
-Explosions heard in central Israel following IDF strikes in Gaza.
-Lebanese army sends forces to Hermel area near Syrian border.
-US alleges China hacked calls of 'very senior' political figures, official says.
-Explosions heard in central Israel following IDF strikes in Gaza.
-Syrian rebels topple statue of Assad's brother in Homs.
-Israeli forces attack along Lebanon-Syria border.
-Intense sounds of shooting heard in center of Syrian capital Damascus, two residents say.
-Rebels announce: We have toppled the Assad regime.
-Biden monitoring 'extraordinary' Syrian situation, talking to regional leaders, White House says.
-IAF intercepts missile from Yemen.
-Fall of the Assad regime:
-IDF enters Golan Heights demilitarized zone.
-Syrian televised report announces Damascus freed, Assad regime ousted.
-Jordan affirms importance of preserving stability and security of Syria, state news agency says.
-Final image of the Assad regime:
-Syrian PM leaves home to transfer power to the rebels
-Trump: 'Iran is weakened by Israel's fighting and success.'
-Months before his fall, Assad was offered by the US, Israel and the UAE to exit the 'Axis of evil' with Iran. He refused.
-Palestinianism / Palestinization  on campus: Anti-Israel convention in Chicago suburb instructs students how to 'make your campus Palestinian': Report.
-Israel captures Syrian Hermon; Netanyahu: 'This is a historic day.' IDF forces seize control of Jabal al-Sheikh outpost on Syrian side of Mount Hermon following withdrawal of Assad army forces; PM: 'The Assad regime has fallen as a direct result of the blows we delivered to Iran and Hezbollah.'
-Assad flees to Moscow with family, Kremlin confirms. Ousted Syrian dictator arrives in Moscow with his family and granted humanitarian asylum, Kremlin source says; Russia, Assad’s main patron, claimes he 'resigned' hours after rebels swiftly advanced into Damascus and toppled his regime.
-Putin's deal with the rebels: Russiabs say Syria rebels guarantee security of its facilities there.
-IDF issues 'stay home' notices for five Syrian border towns.
-Syrian flag removed from Moscow embassy, TASS reports.
-‘Break in the chain’: Fall of Assad deals blow to Iran’s global ‘Axis of Resistance.’ With Hamas and Hezbollah seriously weakened by Israel over the past year, the ousting of Syria’s president leaves Tehran’s bid for regional hegemony on shakier ground.
-Analysis: 'Assad falls and Iran weakens, Qatar gains influence across Middle East."
-While Iran may appear cornered, there are still many wheels in motion in the region. Qatar will benefit from Iran’s weakness because it gives Doha even more influence and sponsorship space – the one Iran lost – over groups such as Hamas or the new emerging rulers in Damascus.
-The system works like this: Over the past few years, Iran backed various regional groups, positioning itself in the role of hollowing out the countries these groups are based in, weakening them, and filling that space with militias.In Iraq and Lebanon, the militias are Shi’ite – like the Iranian regime; in Yemen, they also are a local sect.
-In Syria, the Assad family is Alawite, a minority group. That means Iran fed off working with non-Sunni groups in the region.The exception to that rule was Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. By sponsoring these groups, Iran gained significant influence over Palestinians, enabling it to escape what was partly a sectarian ghetto.
-Qatar is a different story. Doha backed the Muslim Brotherhood for years all across the region, a group rooted in Sunni Islamic politics, meaning that Doha has often found influence in civil conflicts and has been on a different path than Iran.
-This was the case in Libya, Syria, and with Hamas. Qatar lost out at times, like when the Muslim Brotherhood was overthrown in Egypt in 2013. It even suffered some isolation when Saudi Arabia led several Arab countries to break ties in 2017.
-Qatar and Turkey have formed an iron bond, however, and both have reached out to Iran. Turkey, Iran, and Russia were all part of the Astana process that aimed to end the Syrian civil war, and all three, along with Qatar, support Hamas.
-While Israel will gain from Iran’s weakness, it is not a complete victory because Hamas continues to control Gaza, is angling for influence in the West Bank, and is holding 100 hostages. The Iranian threat was only one part of the deadly chessboard in this region, and a new threat will emerge soon.
-Israel has always faced new threats. In the 1950s and 1960s, they were led by Arab nationalist regimes. Later, they were replaced by the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. Turkey, whose leading Justice and Development Party (AKP) has roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, is one of the most vicious foes of Israel.
-Make no mistake, the end of the Assad regime will not likely solve all of Israel’s challenges. Qatar is angling to make itself more important, and its historic hosting of Hamas presents a challenge to Israel’s security.
-On October 7, 2023, more Jews were massacred in one day than at any time since the Holocaust. So, while Iran and its axis continued to be a threat, they could not massacre 1,200 people and kidnap 251. Israel prevented Iran and its allies from such activities.
-The key issue right now is preventing Hamas and its backers in Ankara and Doha from exploiting the situation in Syria for their own ends."
-IDF deploying to buffer zone with Syria after regime’s collapse. "The army will continue to operate as long as necessary in order to preserve the buffer zone and defend Israel and its civilians," the military said.
-Biden: 'Iran made a historic mistake when it launched a war on Israel.'
-IDF finishes counter-terror operation in Gaza’s Jabalia. Soldiers dismantled "dozens" of tunnels in the north Gaza area—some of which were booby-trapped.
-‘Shattered’: Melbourne synagogue arson leaves community feeling furious, and vulnerable. Many feel betrayed by the Australian government, citing inaction in the face of a surge of antisemitic incidents and an anti-Israel stance; suspects still at large.
-Australia designates Melbourne synagogue arson as ‘terror’; police seeking 3 suspects. Australian Police confirm that the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne is being officially treated as an act of terrorism.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah terrorists operating in weapons storage facility in south Lebanon.
-US military says it carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria.
-Geert Wilders lands in Israel, to tour Knesset, West Bank Monday (Dec/9).
-As Assad falls, Israeli jets destroy his deadly arsenals before they fall to rebels.
-Multiple IAF strikes target missile depots, air defenses, chemical sites amid fears advanced arms could fall into hands of hostile groups; IDF seizes buffer zone, in first since 1974.
-IDF lifts some restrictions in the Golan Heights.
-Netanyahu tells hostage families fall of Assad regime could advance negotiations
-Trump says he believes there are ‘far fewer hostages’ alive than thought; senior Biden official says Syria situation has ‘dramatically changed balance of power’ and could help deal.
-NYT: Documents show top administrators at UNRWA schools were Hamas fighters.
-Terror group’s internal records identify 24 school employees as operatives, half of whom were issued rifles, grenades; one principal was known to wear Hamas fatigues after school.
-US Under Secretary of State to travel to Jordan.
-Soccer-Syrian soccer federation changes kit color as Assad toppled.
-As Syrian regime falls next door, Golan town of Katzrin keeps calm and carries on
-Residents of ‘The Capital of the Golan’ went about their business on Sunday, but some expressed uncertainty about the historical changes taking place a short car ride away.
-Jubilant Syrians across Europe barely able to contain their joy at Assad’s downfall.
-In cities including Berlin, London, Istanbul and Athens, opposition supporters take to the streets to celebrate: ‘We’re happy. The dictatorship is over. Assad has gone’
-Sinwar’s Al-Aqsa Flood washed Iran’s axis away, but new groups could reach Israel.
-Hamas, Hezbollah and Assad’s Syria no longer pose real threat to Israel, but Iran will eventually look for a new way to harm Jewish state, and Turkey is filling the vacuum.
-US official: 'We're monitoring the status of Syria's chemical weapons.'
-Suspects in Amsterdam pogrom will not be facing terrorism charges. Dutch Chief Public Prosecutor says that seven suspects in the attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam will be facing charges that include violence and public insult but not terrorism charges: From a legal standpoint, there was no terrorism involved.
-* Dec 9, 2024:<br>
-IDF takes control of additional sites in Syria.
-Defense Minister Israel Katz orders IDF to destroy terror infrastructure, heavy weapons in southern Syria- including in the area beyond the partition zone.
-Report: Hamas passes Israel names, medical condition, of hostages.
-IDF warns southern Lebanon residents against moving past ceasefire safety line.
-IDF intelligence chief meets with head of Druze community.
-Syrian opposition groups take control of Manbij from US-backed SDF, Turkish source says
-France to support Syria transition, French foreign minister says.
-Antisemitism in NYC: Man terrorizing NYC and ripping down Israeli hostage posters.
-A man, known as an Israel-hating dog walker, is terrorizing the Upper West Side, ripping down Israeli hostage posters and allegedly assaulting anyone who dares get in his way.
-Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel, Mackenzie Watson, AKA “MackNazi” by many of his neighbors , has waged a one-man war on anyone posting hostage flyers or removing pro-Palestine stickers, according to court records and some of his alleged victims.
-“He really just hates Jews,” said a 48-year-old resident who estimates that at least 100 residents of the Upper West Side “have had bad encounters with him.”
-IDF soldiers fell in battle in Gaza. Staff Sergeant Ido Zano, Staff Sergeant Barak Daniel Halpern, and Sergeant Omri Cohen, were killed in battle in northern Gaza.
-To combat antisemitism: Israel creates new registration process for foreign NGOs.
-'Death to [sic] Jews': Inside the home of 2 SJP leaders at George Mason University, police find guns, ammo, and terrorist flags.
-Jeremy Corbyn still won't condemn Assad.
-'BBC News is openly deceiving its public.
-There are far too many occasions where a piece hides a central truth from the audience. The only logical conclusion is that there are BBC journos out there who are deliberately skewing the news.'
-South Africa: Bomb found outside Cape Town Jewish center..
-Study finds UN's HR Chief, Volker Türk, turned blind eye to Human Rights abuse. 'Türk for the past two years was completely silent on gross and systematic violations of human rights committed by the regimes of Cuba, North Korea, Algeria, Eritrea, Mauritania, Lebanon, and Qatar. At the same time, he had no trouble criticizing democracies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, and France.'
-* Dec 10, 2024:<br>
-Clashes, as Turkey hits Kurds in Syria.
-It signaled an intensification of a long-running conflict between Turkey and its proxies, and Kurdish forces. The fighting had centered on the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij, not far from the Turkish border. Turkish-backed forces captured the city on Monday, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, and pushed north toward Kobani, less than 40 miles away.
-Turkey aims to weaken Kurdish forces, which it calls terrorists, putting it at odds with the United States, even though both countries are NATO allies.
-Horros: "Walk on all fours and bark": Assad's morbid torture methods.
-What happened inside Assad's prisons where thousands suffered 72 types of torture and 157,000 people have vanished: As new horrors are revealed by the hour, atrocity on staggering scale.
-He called himself Hitler and loved to put on ‘entertainments’. To amuse his dinner guests, he would force the prisoners in his charge to act as dogs, donkeys, cats or other animals.
-Those who failed to play their part would be beaten. ‘The dog has to bark, the cat meow, the rooster crow,’ recalled a former inmate. ‘Hitler tries to tame them. When he pets one dog the other dog should act jealous.’
-‘Hitler’ was a guard at a prison at the Mezze Air Base in Damascus and his sadism was unyielding even by the standards of Assad’s Syria.
-At Mezze, guards would regularly hang prisoners from a fence naked and spray water on them during cold nights. The New York Times described how one prisoner there was crammed into a tyre and beaten.
-He said an officer once told him that a screaming woman also in the prison but out of sight was his mother. He counted 19 cellmates who died from disease, torture or neglect in a single month.
-Since Assad’s fall, my social media feeds have swelled with images of rebels storming prisons, of bewildered prisoners stumbling through opened doors, of crying women blinking in daylight, and a toddler wandering out of an open cell door.
-There are scenes of men drilling into steel plates to reveal layers of prisoners wedged into the earth in hidden underground cells.
-In one video, a male figure sits upright on a bed, one foot manacled to its end. So motionless is he that, after watching it over a dozen times, one still genuinely cannot tell if he is a human or a mannequin.
-More than 157,000 Syrian citizens have been arrested or disappeared since the outbreak of the revolution in 2011 – including 10,000 women and 5,200 children. According to reports by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), a human rights organization that has monitored the situation in Syria over the years, more than 15,000 people have died as a result of torture during this period.
-The regime agents used more than 70 different torture methods, including: electrocuting genitals, hanging weights from genitals, burning with boiling oil, steel rods, gunpowder, and various chemicals, crushing heads between cell doors and walls, inserting needles and pins into various parts of the body, confiscating clothing, and preventing access to showers and toilets.
-Shin Bet chief, IDF Chief of Staff visit Cairo amid hostage deal talks - report.
-Germany arrests three suspected Islamist extremists over attack plot. 'Serious act of violence'.
-UN Syria envoy downplays HTS's terrorist designation.
-Mohamed al-Bashir [with links to both, Islamist HTS and Assad] appointed caretaker Syrian PM for transitional government.
-FM Gideon Sa'ar: Attacks on Kurds must stop.
-Stabbing attack in Karmiel police deemed suspected [Arab].terror attack.
-Turkey hits military supplies under Kurdish control in north Syria, security source says.
-Operation Bashan Arrow: 320 targets struck, 80% of Syrian military capabilities destroyed.
-Gallant meets with US Middle East envoy McGurk at White House.
-Netanyahu's warning to Syria:
-'We want good relations but will respond strongly to threats'.
-Parents of Omer Neutra: 'Now that we've learned he is gone, our struggle isn't over'.
-Hamas provides Egypt with list of hostages in hands of terror group - report.
-US indicts 2 Assad regime officials for torture, war crimes. Following fall of the Assad regime, US announces indictment of former Syrian Air Force intelligence officers Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud for the torture of prisoners, including US citizens.
-Pittsburgh man (Jack Danaher Molloy - dual Irish-American citizen) ‘idolized’ anti-Jewish violence, tried to join Hezbollah, US says.
-‘No reason to question’ Israeli claim of interim presence on Syrian side of Golan, US says.
-Trump meets Judith Raanan in Florida, first hostage released by Hamas terrorist-regime in October 2023.
-Iranian ambassador to Syria blames Israel for Assad's fall.
-In meeting with Jake Sullivan:
-Hostages' families stress need for coordination with Trump’s team.
-Houthi-launched weapon destroyed over Gulf by US Navy.
-Syrian rebels say forces completely took control over Syria's Deir el-Zor.
-In first contacts, US officials urge Syrian rebels to support inclusive government.
-Syrian democratic forces, rebels reach US-brokered ceasefire agreement in Manbij SDF commander says.
-Trump picks Colony Capital founder Tom Barrack as ambassador to Turkey.
-Russia transported Assad in 'most secured way,' Russian Deputy FM tells.
-'I think we are closer than ever to a new deal,' Israeli Consul in New York says.
-Antisemitism in Australia: Vandals burn car, spray anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney suburb. [Misspelled. It seems by Arab immigrants]. Car set on fire and two properties vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney suburb of Woollahra. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemns the incident, calling it an "outrage."
-Over suspected terror ties: WCK (World Central Kitchen) fires 62 Palestinian Arab staff members.
-Russian official: 'Russia securely transported Assad to its territory'.
-Ambassador Danon on MSNBC: 'Israel will take all necessary steps to neutralize threats'.
-* Dec 11, 2024:
-<br>
-Amsterdam pogrom attackers to stand trial today, Israelis victims flying to testify.
-Jews shot by Arabs in Shechem on the way to Joseph's tomb.
-One lightly injured in Bnei Brak terror attack. The suspected assailant was arrested following a police pursuit after allegedly intentionally driving into a pedestrian.
-US and Egypt pushing Israel to withdraw from Philadelphi Corridor in hostage negotiations.
-Article. Israel’s Syria strikes: A post-Oct 7 security shift. 'Israel’s Syria strikes signal shift in doctrine, dismantling threats and learning from past failures to ensure future security.'
-'You're responsible for your territory': Israel’s direct messages to Assad before his fall. Arab outlet publishes files found following Assad's fall and detailing alleged messages sent by agent who warned regime of cooperation with Iran and Hezbollah.
-Australian police special operation probes increased antisemitic attacks.
-String of incidents, including the torching of a synagogue in Melbourne, prompt authorities to launch dedicated investigation into assaults on Jews.
-IDF: Nukhba terrorist who led Oct. 7 attack on IDF outpost eliminated.
-Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather attacked by anti-Israel [Muslim] mob in London.
-Undefeated boxing champion and Israel supporter rushed out of store while shopping in London by security as mob attempts to strike him while screaming racial slurs, witnesses say.
-Israel fears PA will collapse following Assad regime example.
-Russia: Lengthy jail sentences for rioters who targeted Jews at airport.
-Min. Katz to Sec. Austin: 'Chance now for deal to return all hostages, including Americans.'
-US CENTCOM chief arrives in Israel to talk to meet with Halevi on Syria.
-BBC reporter implies Jews still live in Syria in large numbers.
-Hamas rearming, partially rehabilitated in northern and central Gaza - report.
-Woman haunts infamous Syrian prison, scouring for signs of missing relatives
-Hayat al-Turki has searched the notorious Sednaya prison for four days, finding list of over 7,000 prisoners, wonders if discarded belongings were used by her brother.
-Report: Rebels in Syria avoiding confrontation with Israel.
-How Russian agents smuggled Assad out of Syria. Deposed Syrian dictator told to board jet, disable transponder and fly to Russian base before heading to Moscow.
-Australian PM: Synagogue firebombing ‘vile.’ Facing criticism over rising antisemitism, Anthony Albanese writes in Sydney Morning Herald after synagogue arson visit.
-France calls on Israel to exit Syria buffer zone as Spain, Germany urge restraint.
-Paris says IDF presence violates 1974 truce deal, Berlin calls on Syria’s neighbors not to ‘jeopardize’ transition and Madrid stresses need to avoid ‘further escalation(sic)’ in region.
-Incoming US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz to meet families of American hostages.
-Culture minister threatens to cut funding of arthouse theater over ‘extremist’ films
-Miki Zohar asks finance minister to examine grounds for denying funds to Tel Aviv Cinematheque after it showed pro-Palestinian films at Solidarity Festival.
-Palestinian Islamic Jihad says delegation in Cairo to discuss hostages for prisoners deal.
-UN General Assembly, unsurprisingly, overwhelmingly demands immediate Gaza ceasefire.
-Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration, CBS News reports.
-Europeans tell UN ready to 'snap back' Iran sanctions if needed.
-CIA Islamic analyst accused of leaking Israeli plan to attack Iran ordered held pending trial. Prosecutor says Asif Rahman — whose actions posed a ‘danger to human life’ — was motivated by ideology, and had a to-do list with categories labeled ‘contingencies’ and ‘run.’
-IDF confirms withdrawal from southern Lebanon’s Khiam in accordance with ceasefire. Lebanese army says it’s deploying in town in coordination with UNIFIL following Israeli exit.
-Terror in Binyamin region: Arabs torch three vehicles in Oz Tzion.
-IDF troops encircling Bethlehem in hunt for terrorist who shot up bus in deadly attack.
-Pentagon says Austin urged ‘close consultation’ between Israel and US on Syria during call with Katz.
-Trump considers ex-intelligence chief Richard Grenell for Iran position, sources say.
-At Harvard, US academics compare notes on a year of post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism. Jewish Studies faculty from around the United States convene in Cambridge this week to dissect an ongoing period of unprecedented hostility.
-Funds for US-Israel cooperation
-House approves annual defense bill.
-Biden signs law that could bring US Jewish history museum under Smithsonian umbrella. Legislation, which was unanimously approved by Congress, calls for establishing body to examine whether the Weitzman museum in Philadelphia can join the Smithsonian Institution.
-* Dec 12, 2024:
-Terrorist opens fire (with 23 bullets) on bus near Jerusalem, 12-year-old killed. Boy murdered in attack was traveling home to Jerusalem with his family. He was critically wounded, later succumbing to injuries in hospital; woman moderately wounded, two others lightly hurt by shrapnel; attacker flees, security forces encircle Bethlehem amid manhunt.
-In meeting with hostages' families
-House Speaker Johnson stresses critical need to free the hostages.
-Time magazine to name Trump 'Person of the Year.'
-Quebec man arrested for antisemitic social media posts.
-Australian man arrested for threats against Victoria Jewish community center.
-Amsterdam soccer pogrom:
-Prosecutor claims violence was not influenced by antisemitism. [This despite overwhelming condemnation of its antisemitism and documented 'Jew hunt' calls ahead of planned pogron].
-Syrian rebel chief says working with int’l groups to secure potential chemical arms sites. Pentagon welcomes remarks by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader, but stresses ‘actions have to meet words as well’; US defense chief urges ‘close consultation’ with Israel on Syria.
-Mossad chief, Qatari PM meet in Doha to discuss Gaza hostage deal.
-The spokesperson for Hamas’s military wing, Abu Ubaida, issued a written statement on his Telegram channel, praising the attack on a bus, carried out last night by a terrorist near the Tunnel Checkpoint (whivh killed a boy and injured several others).
-Netanyahu affirms Israel's commitment to Druze in meeting with leader.
-Turkish intelligence chief Kalin is in Damascus, say two sources with knowledge.
-Netanyahu to top Biden aide: Israel must protect itself from ‘any threat’ from Syria.
-Meanwhile, visiting Jordan, Blinken promises US support for Syria’s neighbors during ‘period of transition,’ says DC will work to ensure country is not ‘used as base for terrorism.’
-Syria's ruling body will suspend constitution and parliament, Syrian source says.
-IDF to increase protection of communities in West Bank, Katz announces.
-Trump to TIME: 'There are ideas other than a two-state solution.'
-Faculty survey reveals fear, self-censorship at US universities, especially about Israel. Newly released study polled 6,269 instructors at 55 major colleges and universities; four times as many report toning down their opinions compared to the McCarthy era.
-Antisemitic, anti-black graffiti found at Pittsburgh's Riverfront Park.
-FBI under fire for recognizing “State of Palestine” at graduation ceremony. FBI Director Christopher Wray personally handed a diploma to a graduate from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, identified as hailing from “Ramallah, state of Palestine.” The incident, which occurred on December 12, has sparked outrage and renewed accusations that the FBI is undermining U.S. policy and emboldening anti-Israel sentiments. Husham Abu-Aisha, the graduate in question, was identified as a member of the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Organization. Troubling details emerged shortly after, with Front Page Magazine reporting that Abu-Aisha had previously “liked” a video praising Saddam Hussein on social media. In a stinging rebuke, the outlet wrote: “The FBI used to fight terrorists. Now it seems to aid and abet them.” The United States does not officially recognize a “state of Palestine,” making the FBI’s actions not only baffling but deeply problematic.'Disgusting: Chris Wray, the FBI Director, handed an FBI National Academy diploma to a foreign student in the Quantico program. Wray announces the student is from “Ramallah, the State of Palestine.” January 20th could not come sooner.'
-Hammer-wielding man threatens Australian Jewish bakery patrons. .AJA blamed the Labor Party-led government as high-profile antisemitic violent incidents continued to occur in the country.
-North Carolina home vandalized with Nazi swastikas.
-IDF asks Gaza residents to take shelter ahead of IAF strikes on terrorists.
-[[File:Hamas Manufacturing Headquarters leader eliminated..jpg|thumb|File:Hamas Manufacturing Headquarters leader eliminated..jpg]]
-Hamas Manufacturing Headquarters leader eliminated. Army eliminated a Department Head in Hamas’ Manufacturing Headquarters and a Company Commander in the Zeitoun Battalion in a Hamas command and control center that previously served as the "Al-Hurriya" School in Gaza City.
-Drone swarm from Yemen: 2 downed near southern border, third suspected as false alarm.
-American man freed from Syrian prison
-Travis Timmerman disappeared from Hungary 7 months ago and was freed this week from a Syrian prison by rebel forces.
-Sky News Australia's host who spoke in favor of Israel. It has fired Erin Molan, who along with anchor Sharri Markson has repeatedly expressed solidarity with Israel over the past year; No details have been provided at this time regarding the official reason for her dismissal .
-‘We are with you’: Visiting president reopens Paraguay’s embassy in Jerusalem.
-Presiding over ceremony in capital, Santiago Peña reverses decision by former administration to move embassy back to Tel Aviv, saying it was 'driven mostly by internal revenge.'
-Israel rejects French call to withdraw from Syria buffer: ‘Necessary for defense.’
-‘Limited and temporary’ takeover of demilitarized buffer zone is response to entry of armed militants after Assad’s fall, in violation of 1974 agreement, Foreign Ministry says.
-Air Force concludes operations on northern border, readies mission against Iran's nukes.
-Officials present impressive military data on fighting against Hezbollah and make preparations for a possible strike on Iranian soil following Assad's fall and Trump's return to Washington.
-IDF northern commander visits soldiers in Syria buffer zone.
-Trump, asked about chances of war with Iran, says 'anything can happen.'
-Russia in contact with Syrian rebels, hopes to keep military bases, Interfax reports.
-Netanyahu to the people of Iran:
-'The billions your oppressors stole from you went up in smoke.' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a message to the people of Iran attacking the regime's support of failed terror organizations and regimes. 'You know what this regime is truly terrified of? It's terrified of you, the people of Iran.'
-US considering removing HTS from list of terror groups - report.
-IAF kills Hezbollah terrorists who violated ceasefire agreement.
-North American Jewish doctors consider their futures amid post- Oct. 7 antisemitism.
-% of US Jewish healthcare professionals say they experience antisemitism at work after the Hamas massacre and subsequent war in Gaza, with similar numbers reported in Canada.
-‘Moral failure,’ Israeli mission in New York says of votes in United Nations.
-The United Nations is "voting itself into utter irrelevance," human-rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky told JNS. The U.N. General Assembly voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to support two non-binding resolutions, one that demands that Israel end its war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip and the other allowing the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to continue to operate in the Jewish state. 'To stand by UNRWA is to stand by Hamas.'
-SJP protest ‘intentionally targeting members of our community,’ NYU says.
-NYU. Campus antisemitism: 8 arrested during SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) protest at New York University  during which access was blocked to the university's main library. NYU: We reject claims that this is a peaceful protest.
-* Dec 13, 2024:
-NYPD treating attack on Columbia student as a hate crime. The incident in question occurred on Monday, when a 22-year-old man made antisemitic remarks and grabbed an Israeli flag from the victim. Columbia University confirms the assailant was not affiliated with the school.
-Paris: Six months on probation for man who wore 'anti-Jewish' jersey.
-'No one is coming to rescue Hamas.' White House National Security Communications Adviser says the toppling of the Assad regime should send a signal to Hamas that it needs to move forward with a hostage release deal: Given where they are and how weakened they are, this is the moment to make this deal.
-Circulating the web: Syrian Druze ask to be annexed to Israel's Golan Heights.
-Could US defense pact have stopped Oct 7 attack? Michael Makovsky says it would have been a signal of an American commitment to come to Israel's defense.
-Israel steps up bid to recover Eli Cohen’s remains. It seeks info on legendary spy's grave and aid to transfer remains for burial, Hezbollah-linked media says.
-PA security forces kill Islamic Jihad commander, sparking clashes in Jenin.
-Amid larger crackdown against terror groups in West Bank, PA general says his forces ‘thwarted a disaster’ by stopping car bombing aimed at Palestinian civilians and PA forces.
-IDF says rockets fired at south on Friday were launched from aid warehouse area
-Rocket launchers were placed 50 meters from aid sites, army says; terror cell targeted at former Gaza City school, with Palestinian medics reporting 7 dead.
-* Dec 14, 2024:<br>
-'Hamas inflated Gaza casualties to blame Israel.' Report asserts Hamas systematically misclassifies victims to tarnish Israel; IDF reveals fresh Hamas prison abuse footage.
-Gazan civilian death toll exaggerated to vilify Israel. Study by the Henry Jackson Society think tank finds the number of civilians reported killed in the Gaza conflict has been manipulated by Hamas-run authorities in Gaza for propaganda purposes, with international media often repeating the claims without scrutiny.
-Syrian rebel leader Golani: 'No excuse for Israeli involvement in Syria.'Golani says his forces won’t enter conflict with Israel, claiming it has no justification in Syria after Iran’s exit; Syria’s interim government urges UN Security Council to demand Israel withdraw from Golan buffer zone and halt airstrikes in Syria.
-IAF strikes terror cell preparing to attack Israel.
-Israeli air force strikes 20 targets across Syria - Arab report.
-Hezbollah violates ceasefire: Israel Air Force strikes ready-to-use launcher aimed at Israel - IDF.
-Syrian currency firms against US dollar, Damascus currency exchangers say.
-Egypt's Sisi discusses Gaza ceasefire efforts, hostages with top US officials.
-Israeli drone targets vehicle in southern Lebanon, one killed - report.
-Iranian president to attend D-8 conference in Egypt in coming days - report.
-IAF strikes Hamas terrorist Imad Jaro, who served as Mayor of Deir-al-Balah in Gaza.
-IDF releases footage showing Hamas' brutal treatment of prisoners.
-Israel National News.
-US has had direct contact with main Syrian rebel faction, says Blinken.
-After firing by Sky News Australia, pro-Israel TV host says she’s ‘not done’
-Erin Molan does not share reasons for her dismissal or plans for the future but says she won’t stop defending Israel in its war against Hamas.
-Israel opposes release of archterrorist Marwan Barghouti. Arab reports say Israel refuses to include archterrorist Marwan Barghouti in prisoner swap deal with Hamas. 'Israel has alternative lists.'
-Egypt, Jordan say Israel must pull out of demilitarized zone in Syria.
-Turkish Islamic Party encourages Jihad in China.
-Syria's new de facto leader HTS' al-Julani: Sharia will be imposed by force.
-Footage from Lebanon: IDF destroys ready-to-use rocket launcher aimed at Israel.
-Hamas publishes video of unidentified hostage.
-Al-Julani: We don't want conflict with Israel.
-Hamas 'ready for any ceasefire plan with Israel.'
-One rocket fired from central Gaza into Israel, falls in open area.
-'Seize the opportunity': Families of hostages rally across Israel to call for hostage deal.
-Iranian court jails Iranian-American journalist for 10 years, lawyer says.
-'We have no intention of managing Syria,' IDF Chief of Staff says during situational assessment.
-Former Syrian prisoners return to ‘death dormitory’ in Assad’s notorious jail
-Freed inmates describe systematic torture at prisons; ‘one to three people would die inside every day,’ says one released man.
-U of Michigan fires DEI official over purported antisemitic comments.
-U of Michigan fires Rachel Dawson, director of an office for multicultural initiatives, over alleged antisemitic comments made in private.
-Dawson had privately remarked in March that “the university is controlled by wealthy Jews”; ... and “silence” students from the Middle East and North Africa; and and that “Jewish people have no genetic DNA that would connect them to the land of Israel."...
-Rebel leader says insurgents began planning assault on Assad a year ago.
-In interview with The Guardian, HTS’s Abu Hassan al-Hamwi says group unified factions, overhauled military forces and developed modern doctrine when planning devastating offensive.
-Pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act
-Fighting antisemitism requires a formal definition. The US Congress approved the bill — why has Chuck Schumer failed to bring a Senate vote?
-Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum. The ancient artifact, which dates to the 9th century BCE, is on view through January 5.
-As evil as Assad: IDF recovers footage of brutal Hamas torture, abuse from Gaza prison. The videos were discovered by security forces and show Hamas prison guards torturing prisoners and detaining them in harsh conditions.
-Al-Julani: Syria will be a country of Sharia Law.
-TikTok loses federal case against forced sale
-Critical  blow: Hezbollah leader admits terror group lost weapons supply route. Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem says his group was 'victorious' and will continue on, but admits that it lost its weapons supply route, which ran from Iran to Lebanon via Syria.
-After Assad’s fall, Russia pulling some, but not all, of its forces out of Syria.
-Moscow says it will maintain presence at two main Syrian bases; attitude of new regime toward Russian presence is still unclear.
-Hezbollah chief says supply route via Syria cut, hopes rebels won’t have ties with Israel. Naim Qassem expects rebel leadership that ousted Assad will consider Israel an enemy, allow arms flow to resume.
-By Agencies and ToI Staff.
-Article: Debunking the myth of a historic 'Palestinian state'. How misleading info leads to false claims of a historic 'Palestinian state.' Despite historical realities, Palestinians, with the support of Arab states, have succeeded in promoting the narrative that Arabs have always lived in the land, thus delegitimizing the Jewish state.
-Trump picks Richard Grenell as envoy for special mission.
-Top officials said to visit Jordan to discuss Iran smuggling threat after Assad ouster. Heads of Shin Bet, IDF intel reportedly also discuss option of extremists trying to topple Jordan’s rulers too.
-* Dec 15, 2024:<br>
-Amid antisemitism: Switzerland preparing to ban public displays of Nazi symbols.
-Iran currency slips to new lows amid tensions with West. Rial drops to 756,000 against US dollar amid standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program and fears Trump will reimpose sanctions when he enters White House.
-'Kanye 2024:' Attacker of Jewish, Asian New Yorkers sentenced to prison.
-In 2022 a Jewish man noticed Perin Jacobcuk, 34, performing a Roman salute and proclaiming "Kanye [West] 2024." Jacobchuk hurled antisemitic remarks at the walker, including "kill the..." A year prior, Jacobcuk harassed a couple of Asian descent. As they walked by, Jacobcuk told them to "go back to China." He reportedly ran up behind the woman, grabbed her shoulders, and shoved her to the ground...
-Netanyahu government approves plan to expand settlements in the Golan Heights.
-IDF dismantles over 300 Hezbollah sites in large-scale operations.
-Hamas official admits: October 7 'ruined us.'
-Palestinian Authority calls for "Islamic awakening" to cleanse "filth" (sic) of Israel.
-Candace Owens named Antisemite of the Year. (She questioned the Holocaust horrors among other dreadful rhetoric).
-Netanyahu: 'I spoke to Trump about the need to complete Israel's victory.'
-Qatar to re-open its embassy in Syria.
-Trump to focus on Iran threat, Israeli sovereignty not on agenda. Israeli media reports than US President-Elect told PM Netanyahu and Republicans have told Israeli officials that the application of Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria is not a priority for the incoming administration.
-Report: US begs Israel to approve military aid for Palestinian Authority.
-IDF eliminates terrorists, including senior PIJ terrorist in Gaza.
-IDF in pursuit: Terrorist fires at Israeli car in Samaria.
-IDF pursues terrorist who opened fire at vehicles in West Bank, none injured.
-US tells UK it will back 'accountable' and 'representative' Syrian government.
-Sa’ar orders closure of Israel’s embassy in Ireland. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar ordered the Israeli embassy in Dublin shuttered amid Ireland’s hostile stance toward the Jewish state. Also, Sa’ar ordered the opening of an Israeli embassy in Moldova.
-* Dec 16, 2024:<br>
-Greta Thunberg: from media darling to muslim sister. She has revealed herself as a tragic figure who is being exploited by unscrupulous powers to propagate their sinister agenda. Op-ed.
-Pilot draws ribbons in Israel's sky in support of hostages' release.
-Israel pushes back on Cindy McCain: 847 WFP trucks, not ‘Tltwo,’ entered Gaza in November.
-More recruits enlisting in IDF combat units.
-Military highlights high motivation among recruits, with turnout surpassing projections, reinforcing readiness of units.
-US deploys USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group to MidEast.
-Hamas insisting on release of fewer hostages.
-Missile from Yemen sets off sirens throughout central Israel. IDF downs Houthi missile launched at central Israel from Yemen. Earlier on Monday, a drone was launched at Israel from Yemen.
-FM Sa’ar defends Dublin embassy closure, brands Irish premier an antisemite. 'Acting sensibly against persecutors of Israel saves lives'. He says Irish govt. crossed line into 'antisemitism based on the delegitimization and dehumanization of Israel and double standards towards Israel.' He accuses Ireland of having ‘encouraged’ Jew hatred, slams it for backing ‘politicized proceedings’ against Israel at ICC.
-Col. (res.) Hezi Nehama: 'Hamas recovering forces and regaining control on the ground.'
-Iranian activists dedicate ‘Netanyahu Street’ in Tehran. The makeshift street sign described the Israeli prime minister as "the purifier of evil."
-Kurdish political prisoner faces execution for helping injured.
-'Euphoria in Syria could turn to fear.' Israeli Amb. to the UN tells Arutz Sheva 'the world should thank us' for preventing Assad's weapons from falling into the wrong hands, slams Guterres for fighting to save UNRWA despite its corruption by Hamas.
-Israeli Anchor Hails Erin Molan as a 'Role Model.' 'Your courage and unwavering commitment to presenting the realities of this region are truly inspiring.'
-PA forces gain ground in Jenin refugee camp
-Forces, aiming to regain control of terror. hotbed after nearly a decade, secure key sites, incl. Jenin Brigade’s main ops center.
-IDF preps for winter ops in Syria and Lebanon. Military equips troops with with cold-weather gear, shelters and logistics, ensuring readiness in harsh terrain.
-Leading US private school association apologizes for antisemitism at conference. National Association of Independent Schools expresses ‘profound remorse’ for event that called Israel disparaging definitions.
-Gush Etzion: Palestinian banquet hall at site where terror attack took place.
-Trump says he’s ‘trying to help very strongly’ to bring hostages home.
-Reiterates his ‘hell breaking out’ threat if captives not released by Jan. 20; Israeli team arrives in Doha; PM says he seeks to maximize number of living hostages freed, meets Trump envoy.
-Russia still has a military presence in post-Assad Syria — for now. After years of backing now-toppled regime, Moscow is pulling back from some areas of Syria, but still has troops at primary base in Latakia, saying it is in talks with new leaders.
-Israel working via Russia to find Eli Cohen’s remains in Syria, say Palestinian sources. Following Assad’s fall, Palestinian officials tell AFP that mediators also contacted them about locating body of a soldier who has been missing since 1982 battle.
-As Houthi attacks continue, CENTCOM strikes Houthi facility in Sanaa.
-Israel weighs response to Yemen as escalating Houthi attacks test its patience. Houthis continue attacks even as other fronts have quieted, warning, 'What’s coming will be worse'; millions of Israelis forced into shelters once again, while officials in Jerusalem vow, 'We will not show restraint.'
-Trump warns again: "all hell’s going to break out" if hostages aren’t freed by Hamas.
-Otzma Yehudit: We are no longer bound by the coalition.
-Extremism, Russia and Iran have no place in Syria’s future, says EU's Kallas.
-IDF confiscates weapons depots, rocket launchers from Lebanon.
-UK officials to meet Syria's interim authorities, foreign minister says.
-Division 98 prepares for combat in Gaza after three months in Lebanon.
-Israeli delegation travels to Qatar for further talks on hostage deal.
-US government has had more than one communication with HTS over the past week, State Dept says.
-Netanyahu meets with Trump's envoy for hostage affairs.
-Syrian rebel leader slams Israel's expansion of buffer zone.
-US charges 2 people over fatal drone strike in Jordan linked to Iran.
-CENTCOM strikes Houthis in Yemen.
-At least 100,000 bodies in Syrian mass grave, US advocacy group head says.
-'I will not stop until every hostage is home,' Biden says.
-Syria's Yarmouk reveals how Arabs and Iranian proxies cynically claim to be pro-Palestinian while killing and raping them. Yarmouk was a "refugee camp" near (now within) Damascus that used to house some 150,000 Palestinians.  It was destroyed during the Syrian civil war, even though all sides claim to care so much about Palestinians and the residents tried to remain neutral.
-Columbia Arab professor who praised Hamas massacre to teach course on Zionism. Joseph Massad will be teaching an undergraduate course History of the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskala) in 19th century Europe and the development of Zionism.  Columbia University responded to the controversy surrounding a course on Zionism being taught by a professor who praised Hamas's October 7 attacks, saying in a statement on Tuesday that it didn't support his remarks but was committed to free speech. The statements of Professor Joseph Massad, who described Hamas's October 7 operations as “astounding” and retaliatory, "created pain for many in our community and contributed to the deep controversy on our campus," said Columbia's Office of Public Affairs.
-'Jews are going to die': Kippah knocked off head of 11-year-old son of Jewish activist.
-"I want to protect him but know I can’t," Shai Albrecht said. "It’s what nightmares are made of."
-* Dec 17, 2024.
-Rocket sirens sound in Netiv Ha’asara, Gaza border area.
-Suspect in 2021 bombing of Nazareth Health Ministry office brought to Israel
-Syrian Islamist leader says rebel groups to be disbanded, minority rights protected
-Chief of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that ousted the Assad regime, condemns IDF actions in Syria, calls for HTS to be removed from terror lists and sanctions to be lifted.
-Report: Syrian border villagers and rebels collecting weapons and handing them to IDF. Video from inside Syria shows crateloads of weapons and ammunition being loaded into trucks; IDF soldier says some contain ‘chemical warfare material’
-Virtual museum recreates Jewish enclaves in Iran and Morocco. Universal Israelite Alliance, a Paris-based Jewish educational organization, shows the width and breadth of its institutions across several centuries.
-Palestinians in Syria flock to cemetery ravaged and made off-limits under Assad
-Relatives strive to locate graves amid piles of rubble and smashed tombstones left in Yarmouk burial ground outside Damascus.
-Iran awaiting ‘necessary conditions’ to reopen vandalized Syria embassy
-Foreign Ministry says safety of staff must be ensured before it can reestablish its mission, which was ransacked when rebels ousted allied Assad regime.
-Syria’s new rulers step up engagement with world as nations urge humanitarian future. France and Germany send delegations to Damascus, UN humanitarian chief is also in the Syrian capital; EU says it will reopen its embassy.
-US officials fear: Turkish invasion of northern Syria imminent.
-Jerusalemite who planned terror attack arrested. The ISA and police arrested a resident of Jerusalem who carried out tasks for an Iranian agent and planned to carry out a terror attack for pay.
-Operations in Jabaliya: IDF locates and destroys tunnel where terrorists were hiding.
-Cleared for publication: Two IDF soldiers killed in building collapse in southern Gaza.
-Swiss parliament overwhelmingly votes to ban Hezbollah, despite government opposition.
-female soldiers wounded since Oct. 7, PTSD rates rising, Knesset panel says.
-More extremism: Irish President Michael Higgins ridiculously claims: 'Netanyahu would like to have settlement in Egypt. 'Higgins "refuted" charges by the Israeli government, calling their accusations being antisemitic a “gross defamation” and “deep slander.” [All the while, coming up with aforementioned weird but dangerous accusation].
-Netanyahu denies the report in Haaretz: "Complete lie." Netanyahu denies the report in Haaretz, which claims he agreed to a type of Palestinian state in exchange for normalization with Saudi Arabia: "Prime Minister Netanyahu has acted and continues to act against the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel's security."
-London venue cancels Benny Friedman concert over Pro-Israel stance.
-EU foreign ministers agree to resume Association Council meetings with Israel. The summit will be followed by the first high-level dialogue with the Palestinian Authority. The European Union Foreign Affairs Council has decided to resume its Association Council meetings with Israel, new E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said after meeting European foreign ministers.
-Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz: Israel to maintain security control in Gaza after war.
-He clarified his position following a report that he had privately told a U.S. official Jerusalem was not interested in controlling Gaza after the war.
-Tikvah Fund event draws 1,000, makes case for ‘Jewish fight for America.’ “We Jews are the blue and white in the red, white and blue,” the Yiddish scholar Ruth Wisse told attendees of the Jewish Leadership Conference. Eric Cohen, executive director of the Tikvah Fund, delivered some of the most powerful remarks of the fund’s Jewish Leadership Conference at the beginning of the event on Dec. 8 in Manhattan. Only after reading them did he reveal that he was quoting Norman Podhoretz’s 1982 Commentary article “J’Accuse.”
-Netanyahu is on the way to Cairo for hostage deal negotiations - report.
-Israel will remain at Hermon until 'another arrangement is found,' Netanyahu says during assessment.
-Strikes reported at the port city of Hodeidah in Yemen - report.
-Ceasefire between Turkey and US-backed rebels extended to end of this week, State Dept says.
-Former Sayeret Matkal commander appointed to hostage negotiation team - report.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah terrorist loading vehicle with weapons. It strikes Hezbollah weapons transport in Southern Lebanon. A terrorist was loading a car in violation of the current ceasefire between Beirut and Jerusalem.
-Two men arrested in London over attack on British-Iranian journalist.
-The Kingpin's Downfall. Assad's drug empire: Billions at stake as rebels target captagon trade. Syrian rebels vow to dismantle the regime's billion-dollar narcotics network fueling regional chaos and Hezbollah coffers.
-Some Republican senators reluctant on Gabbard for spy chief.
-Iran's Khamenei: Israel is 'gravely mistaken' about Syria.
-* Dec 18, 2024:<br>
-Israel and US voice security suspicions about Elon Musk. Nine countries in Europe and the Middle East, including Israel, are questioning the credibility of entrepreneur Elon Musk, and fear sharing of sensitive information.
-Isr. Supreme Court urges state to respond to family of killed hostage. It requests extension to file decision on recognition of Hamas hostage Alon Shamriz as fallen IDF soldier; Supreme Court urges State to expedite decision.
-Communications Min.: News and current affairs won't be funded by the public.
-'Revoke budget from dance troupe that raised Palestinian flag'.
-Report: 'Israel has taken control of almost entire Quneitra province in Syria.'
-The Russian news agency Sputnik reported on Wedensday, citing sources in Syria, that "Israeli forces are stationed on all strategic hills and military posts in the Quneitra province." According to the report, the IDF has taken control of 95% of the province. The Lebanese network Al-Mayadeen, affiliated with Hezbollah, claimed that Israel had occupied about 440 square kilometers of Syrian territory. It was also reported that in the past week the IDF carried out 450 airstrikes targeting about 50 military sites in Syria.
-Macron, Erdogan discuss Syria transition, need to include all communities.
-Michigan Imam Abdou Zindani: No peace until Israel is eliminated.
-Weapons cache found inside Lebanon Mosque.
-Toronto Islamic Conference features prominent Anti-Semites.
-Iranian arms shipments fuel civil war in the Sudan.
-IDF issues seize and demolish orders for homes of two West Bank terrorists.
-Footage from Lebanon. IDF destroys underground Hezbollah headquarters.
-US Supreme Court to consider TikTok bid to halt ban.
-France says sanctions, reconstruction aid in Syria will be conditional.
-Hostage's brother to UNSC: 'Your silence is deafening, your inaction is suffocating.' Michael Levy, brother of Or Levy, becomes first family member of a hostage held in Gaza to address the UN Security Council, criticizes UN for failing to act to bring the hostages home.
-Iranian rial sinks to lowest level ever following Trump's victory.
-IDF engineers dismantle terror tunnel in southern Lebanon, confiscate weapons inside mosque.
-Chief of Staff in Rafah:
-'We're pressuring Hamas every day to return the hostages'. He holds situational assessment in Gaza, says communities near Gaza are 'coming back to life.'
-Amb. Danon to Iranian people:
-Don't miss historic opportunity, People of Israel stand with you.
-Minister Chikli: 'Kurds must be granted independence, Turkey expelled from NATO.'
-Massive defense bill passes Congress.
-Trump’s pick for top US diplomat Rubio met Blinken on Wednesday, says State Dept.
-Congressional press conference calls for release of hostages.
-Montreal synagogue firebombed in suspected hate Crime.
-Initiative: Caucus promotes law to prevent Palestinian state.
-Be'er Sheva fears violent revenge by Arab [sport fans] Sakhnin.
-Erdoğan: 'Turkey is bigger than Turkey, we can't limit ourselves.'
-As part of hostage deal, Hamas demands release of Israel’s most notorious terror prisoners. As hostage negotiations gain momentum, reports suggest terror group will demand exile of convicted mass murderers from Israeli prisons to third countries; here are the high-profile prisoners likely to be on the list.
-Smotrich warns: 'Releasing hundreds of terrorists will rehabilitate Hamas.'
-* Dec 19, 2024:<br>
-Israel strikes Yemen after Houthi missile intercepted over central Israel. Katz threatens Houthi leaders; Missile shot down by Arrow air defense system, fragments fall on Ramat Efal school; dozens of Israeli fighter jets hit Houthi ports, oil facilities and power stations in first strikes since September.
-Sirens sounded in towns across central Israel following a missile launch from Yemen. IDF says missile was intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory. Fragment falls in Ramat Efal.
-Hagari on Yemen strikes: 'We will continue to act against anyone that threatens Israel.'
-IDF chief: Relentless pressure on Hamas aims to free hostages. "We are exerting pressure on Hamas daily, driving it into greater distress, to ensure the return of the 100 hostages."
-Interceptor fragments found outside of the Knesset Jerusalem.
-NYPD seek antisemitic man who attacked Jewish school's bus.
-Media watchdog Camera, video: The Amsterdam Pogrom – how bad journalism fueled lies.'
-Report details "unique brutality" of Ansar Allah in Yemen.
-Israel Air Force carries out anti-terror strike in Tulkarm, West Bank.
-Partially intercepted Houthi missile warhead crashed into Ramat Gan school, IDF finds.
-Sydney man arrested for violent online threats  against Jewish nursing home. The 48-year-old Harris Park man was arrested and charged with publicly threatening violence on grounds of religion and using carriage service to menace, said NSW police, allegedly for posting "a threatening and offensive comment on a social media platform directed towards an aged-care facility in Randwick."
-Jewish groups worried by spate of San Francisco antisemitic graffiti. "The Bay Area has been experiencing a surge of anti-Israel and antisemitic graffiti," the Israeli Consulate General for the Pacific Northwest noted on social media on Tuesday (Dec/17). The NGO Stop Antisemitism reported on Tuesday that in Oakland, a star of David was graffitied next to the words "kill them all." The consulate noted that the incident occurred after the December 9 vandalism of the  Hillel House at San Francisco State University with the word “Khaybar" -- a reference to a Saudi Arabian oasis where Mohammed led his followers in a war against Jews that ultimately resulted in massacres and expulsions.
-‘Astounding’ government failures, House GOP report on Jew-hatred says.
-“It’s our intent to take this report, its recommendations, and act,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson stated. The Republican staff report, which is based on seven months of committee investigations, describes “astounding” failures on the part of federal government departments and agencies. The report, which was released on Thursday, states that universities across the country likely violated the civil rights of Jews in their handling of anti-Israel campus protests.
-“It’s our intent to take this report, its recommendations, and act,” Johnson stated. “We’ll use what’s in here to continue protecting our Jewish brothers and sisters from discrimination and violence. But make no mistake, we will continue these efforts in the next Congress, and anytime antisemitism rears its ugly head, the House will shine a light on it and take action.”
-The report’s conclusions focus largely on the failures of universities to respond to anti-Israel campus protests which began after Oct. 7 but that turned into a nationwide wave of tent encampments. That wave followed students occupying Columbia University’s South Lawn ahead of Minouche Shafik’s testimony before the House Education and Workforce Committee. (Shafik resigned as the Columbia president in August.)
-Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), who chairs the House committee, stated that the reputation of U.S. higher education institutions has been in “free fall” over their failure to address antisemitism on campus.
-“Stopping that free fall comes down to one word: accountability,” Foxx said. “We need accountability because without it, we cannot guarantee that Jewish students have the safe learning environment they deserve.”
-One of the problems highlighted in the report is that universities chose to treat the congressional investigations into Jew-hatred on campus as a public relations problem rather than as a potential violation of the civil rights of Jewish students.
-That attitude led to administrators at the University of Pennsylvania “trying to orchestrate media coverage depicting members of Congress as ‘bullying and grandstanding’ and Columbia board of trustees leaders dismissing congressional oversight on campus antisemitism as ‘capital [sic] hill nonsense’ and expressing hope Democrats would win the House and spare them from further oversight,” per the report.
-The report also accuses the Biden administration of failing to properly use executive power to protect Jewish students, although Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discriminating on the basis of race, color and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
-“The Biden-Harris administration failed to hold universities accountable for Title
-VI violations,” the report says. “The Department of Education has not imposed real consequences for noncompliant institutions, initiated proactive compliance reviews or directed investigations as called for by its own procedures, nor has it issued a promised rulemaking implementing President Trump’s December 2019 Executive Order on Combating Antisemitism.”
-The Republican staffers make 11 recommendations for universities, the executive branch and Congress to consider in response to these alleged failures, including recognizing that “discrimination against ‘Zionists’ is an unacceptable antisemitic civil rights violation” and that “congress should pass legislation removing Title IV eligibility from any university that boycotts or divests from Israel.”
-IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target in Mediterranean Sea.
-Syrian interim government to release list of names of wanted former Assad regime officials.
-Suspicious envelope arrives at Foreign Ministry, Police on scene.
-Halevi, IDF officials to conclude Oct. 7 eve military probe on Friday.
-Stabbing of Jerusalem of eldery Jewish resident at her home being investigated as suspected Arab terror attack.
-Defense minister halts promotions of IDF brass until all Oct. 7 probes handed over
-Israel Katz tells IDF chief Halevi that senior officers cannot advance until there is clarity over their actions during the Hamas onslaught, in move hailed by far right.
-Putin says Israel ‘main beneficiary’ of Syrian rebels’ ousting of Assad. Russian president tells reporters he hopes IDF troops leave buffer zone, but ‘I have the impression that not only are they not going to leave, but they’re going to reinforce.’
-After Yemen strikes, Netanyahu says Israel hitting Houthis on behalf of 'entire world.' He says group is last Iranian proxy still standing; Katz warns rebels ‘the long arm of Israel will reach you.’
-IDF, Shin Bet eliminate Tulkarm terrorist network head in earlier drone strike.
-Six Arab Palestinians said killed in IDF anti-terror drone strike, raid in West Bank.
-IDF investigating reports that an 80-year-old woman was killed during clashes in Nablus.
-IDF estimates: Iran will attempt to increase terror in Judea and Samaria.
-An interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, published In the Wall Street Journal. At three key moments since October 7, 2023, Netanyahu was given advice by the Biden administration on the conduct of the war against Hamas, and then on the war against Hezbollah. In all three cases, Netanyahu ignored that advice and went ahead with what turned out to be moves essential to the IDF’s success.
-CAIR leader, Arab "Palestinian" Nihad Awad, who praised October 7 attacks, is still in charge of CAIR. Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli reminds that CAIR had ties to Hamas and 'outrageously antisemtic.'
-Paraguayan Pres. to Israeli radio:
-I want to raise my voice that we're going to stand next to Israel.
-Iraq sends nearly 2,000 Syrian soldiers back home.
-For 1st time: Ex-Mossad agents to reveal Hezbollah beeper secrets on 60 Minutes.
-The IDF released footage of the extensive attack on Houthi targets in Yemen.
-Northern Project Coordinator: Timeline for return of northern evacuees is March 1.
-IDF says it supports bolstering PA forces to combat West Bank terror. Army says government backs decision to strengthen Palestinians, despite opposition from some ministers; Jewish terrorism numbers down over past year, but incidents still serious.
-Houthi leader: 'We are in a state of war and open confrontation with Israel.'
-UNGA passes resolution asking ICJ (headed by longtimer anti-Israel Arab Lebanese Nawaf Salam) to force Israel to save UNRWA.
-Pakistan developing missiles that eventually could hit US, top US official says.
-PMO Hostage Admin. on deal progress: Conditions have improved, we're hoping for a breakthough.
-Top US diplomat Barbara Leaf to head to Damascus - report.
-A 14-year-old flew to Israel to film a documentary about Oct. 7. It premieres on Sunday. NJ teen Hillel found magnitude of Hamas atrocities so incomprehensible that he created the film ‘Forces of Resilience’ to process them.
-At Cairo summit, Muslim leaders express "envision" Syria free[sic] of ethnic tensions, and of Israel At D-8 conference of Muslim nations, Iran’s Pezeshkian blames Israel for regional turmoil, PA’s Abbas demands Jerusalem be ‘held accountable[sic] and punished’ for actions across region.
-US troops in Syria are more than twice as many as stated, Pentagon acknowledges.
-Revealed: Wall Street Journal report exposes Biden’s Presidency as a managed facade. It unveiled the extraordinary lengths to which President Joe Biden’s team went to manage his presidency, confirming longstanding criticisms about his ability to effectively lead. The report, based on interviews with nearly 50 insiders, portrays a presidency tightly controlled by a protective inner circle, shielding the oldest president in U.S. history from challenges that would test his stamina and cognitive acuity.
-From the beginning of his presidency, Biden’s staff took pains to adjust the White House operations to accommodate his limitations. Meetings with cabinet members, lawmakers, and key advisers were infrequent and tightly scripted. Instructions to visitors were clear: keep interactions short and focused. If Biden was having an “off day,” meetings were sometimes canceled altogether, according to former aides. One national security official explained to a colleague, “He has good days and bad days, and today was a bad day.”
-Analysis: Iraq to disarm militias – Houthis will remain Iran's last proxy.
-* Dec 20, 2024:<br>
-Iraqi foreign minister: 'ISIS is expanding its areas of control.'
-Sweden will no longer fund UNRWA aid agency, minister says.
-Kurds fear resurgence of Islamic State group in Syria. 'Danger of IS resurgence has doubled' - Syria's Kurds warn of group's comeback
-Large-scale refugee returns could overwhelm Syria, UN migration agency chief warns.
-IDF confiscates weapons, arrests four wanted people in West Bank op.
-Eastern Jerusalem Arab resident arrested in stabbing of 74-year-old woman.
-Suspicion that home invasion and stabbing (Dec/19) that left an elderly woman in serious condition had nationalist motives grows.
-'National unity is my obligation to my daughter.' Meirav Leshem Gonen, mother of hostage Romi, tells Arutz Sheva about her work trying to bridge the gaps in the approaches to hostage negotiations.
-Sappers detonate rocket remnant in Galilee.
-IDF destroys three 7.5 km long tunnels in Gaza.
-Toronto Jewish girls’ school fired at for third time this year. Building damaged but students still able to attend classes on Friday; condemning antisemitism, mayor says ‘enough is enough.’
-Canada launches new national forum to combat Jew-hatred. "The safety of our community is under attack," CIJA said, "and so too are the values and way of life that define us as Canadians."
-IDF announces two demolitions of apartments belonging to terrorists.
-US diplomats meet Syria's Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) chiefs in Damascus, the first in-person contact with new rulers
-State Department says officials discussed ‘transition principles’ and battling ISIS with members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is pushing for terror designation to be lifted.
-Post meeting: US decides to lift $10 million bounty on Syrian HTS leader al-Julani.
-US charges Iran Revolutionary Guards officer for 2022 murder of American in Baghdad. Mohammad Reza Nouri indicted for multiple terrorism- and murder-related offenses over killing of Stephen Troell; suspect being held in Iraq, where he has already been convicted.
-With Syrian regime’s collapse, Turkey gains the upper hand in rivalry with Russia. Despite mutual respect, Putin and Erdogan find themselves on opposing sides of conflicts across the globe, with the score now ‘Sultans 1 and Czars 0’ after Assad ousted.
-Turkey tells Germany Kurdish militant groups must lay down arms.
-Elon Musk endorses far-right German party after government’s collapse.
-Trump ally states that only the AfD, some of whose politicians have downplayed the Holocaust, ‘can save Germany.’
-IDF struggles to finalize probe into Oct 7 failures. Senior officers review only intel portion of Oct 7 probe, with issues like Air Force and Southern Command's roles pending.
-Diplomatic ties with Syria unlikely, analyst says. Jonathan Conricus: Syrian rebels 'are just one notch away from full jihadi extremism in the forms of ISIS and Al Qaeda.'
-Civil rights probe finds Philly school district failed to tackle antisemitic harassment. US Education Department faults authorities for not doing enough to protect Jewish students despite ‘repeated, extensive notice’ they faced bigotry from peers, teachers and staff.
-Slovenian broadcaster calls for Israel to be barred from Eurovision 2025. [Anti-Israel expressions in Slovenia has been extensive in that country ever since Oct 7 war began].
-Actress Patricia Heaton says 'got to see the beauty of Israel' after visit. She recently visited Israel on a brief but impactful trip, where she met Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son Hirsh was murdered by Hamas in Gaza; 'I got to see firsthand the importance of Israel,' she says.
-Islamic Driver kills at least two after ramming into crowd at German Xmas market. Over 60 reported injured; local official says driver is a doctor from Saudi Arabia who was acting alone.
-French court convicts 8 people of involvement in the Oct 2020 Islamic beheading of geography teacher Samuel Paty. Lies were spread online. There was a hate campaign against the teacher.
-Amnesty --in order to appear, after the fact, somehow "balanced"-- decided, late in the 'game,' to say that Hezbollah attacks on civilians must be investigated as war crimes. Group previously, as exoected, accused Israel of war crimes[sic] in Lebanon and Gaza as well.
-U.S. kills top ISIS commander as group tries to free operatives held in Syria.
-Terrorist prisoner Marwan Barghouti's family in Qatar to discuss possibility of his release to Turkey.
-Talks on hostage deal. Israel demands that 'heavy' freed terrorists be expelled abroad.
-* Dec 21, 2024:<br>
-Houthi ballistic missile strike in Tel Aviv: 16 lightly hurt, mostly by shattered glass.
-Two days after missile strike on central Israel and air raid on Houthi stronghold Sanaa, missile strikes playground between residential buildings in southern Tel Aviv, causing heavy damage.
-Millions of Israelis raced Saturday morning to bomb shelters as sirens sounded in central Israel. Military confirms ‘attempted interceptions did not succeed.’ Following strike, Houthi official says ‘heart of enemy no longer secure.’
-Lebanese army takes control of PFLP command site in Lebanon - report.
-Initial report: 20 Palestinians try to infiltrate Israel in northern West Bank - report.
-Iranian embassy worker killed after Damascus shooting last week, foreign ministry says.
-Movement of Houthi leaders restricted due to fear of Israeli retaliation - report.
-Syria's new rulers name Asaad al-Shibani as foreign minister, state news agency says.
-IDF establishes military positions in Quneitra governate, southern Syria - report.
-IAF intercepts drone near Gaza border communities.
-'Air defense is not impenetrable': IDF investigates failed interception of missile from Yemen.
-Crackdown on Hamas money man in Italy only first step to cut its financial lifelines.
-Analysis: US Treasury Department sanctions against Mohammad Hannoun and other key Hamas actors in Europe require European authorities to take immediate action in order to cut all financial support to terror group.
-Netanyahu: 'I will not agree to a deal that will end the war.'
-US-backed SDF say five of its fighters killed after Turkish-backed forces strike Manbij.
-Despite rumors, Marwan Barghouti will not be released in hostage deal, officials say.
-Syrian authorities appoint an HTS commander as defense minister, source says.
-US: We struck Houthi missile storage facility in Sana'a. Yemeni TV channel reports strike in Sana'a, capital of Yemen CENTCOM confirms strike on Houthi missile storage facility, command-and-control facility.
-Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Jews of supposedly "attacking" the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 invasion of Ukraine. 'But has anyone seen them in a synagogue? I don't think so,' he added in a weird rant.
-Foreign Ministry to Pope Francis:
-'Cruelty is holding 100 hostages for 442 days.'
-Israeli military operation in Syria ‘wise and correct,’ Druze leader says. ‘Proud Israeli’ Majdal Shams Mayor Dolan Abu Saleh: 'I love to be part of society in the State of Israel… we want this feeling to be mutual and not one-sided.'
-Most Australians support Israel but they are quiet. "I didn't understand until now what your people are going through": Interview with the Australian presenter who supports Israel. Journalist Erin Molan has been in the field for two decades, but nothing prepared her for the past year • Since 10/7, she has taken a clear pro-Israel stance and spoken out against Hamas • However, she is forced to pay a price: her show on Sky was canceled and she even received threats on her life • In a conversation with Weekend News, Mullen spoke about what is happening in Australian public discourse, shared her concerns and revealed: "I am about to get a much broader platform."
-US: We struck Houthi missile storage facility in Sana'a. The Yemeni channel Al-Masirah, affiliated with the Houthi rebel group, reported a strike in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen. According to reports, the international coalition is behind the strike.
-* Dec 22, 2024:<br>
-Amid Houthi conflict: US Navy pilots shot down in Red Sea friendly fire incident.
-IDF to conduct military exercise in Jordan Valley area on Sunday (Dec/22).
-Minister says Qatar will stop EU gas sales if fined under due diligence law, FT reports.
-Amid ruins of Damascus camp-city, Palestinian refugees recall horrors of Assad’s regime. Mahmud Khaled Ajaj describes torture he faced in Syrian prison while Haitham Hassan al-Nada recounts being shot, left for dead as a deserter for not wanting to fight in Syrian army.
-Senior government official:The hostage deal is partial - unclear if it will continue.
-Hamas terror "official" Muhammad Abu Askar killed in Jabalya strike - report.
-Border Police officers arrest 413 individuals residing illegally in Israel.
-years later: Part of crashed IDF helicopter found on Mt. Hermon.
-Arabs from Jerusalem charged with assisting Hezbollah.
-DM: 'If Hezbollah breaches ceasefire, we'll crush it.' Israel Katz visited southern Lebanon in preparation for the next stages of implementing the ceasefire agreement. 'We have hit Hezbollah with unprecedented strength. We have removed the fangs of the snake.'
-Antisemitism in Norway at highest level since World War II. A sharp rise in antisemitic incidents has been reported in Norway since October 2023, with 69% of the Jewish community personally experiencing hostility related to their Jewish identity. [Arab immigrants have long been very active there].
-UK Hamas supporter who threatened Starmer, called for jihad jailed for a year
-Mohammed Nafees Ahmed pleads guilty to eight charges of supporting a proscribed terrorism organization over anti-Zionist, antisemitic posts on X.
-As Turkey moves in following Assad’s fall, Syria’s Kurds are on the defensive. After rebels sweep to power in Damascus, Syrian Kurdish leader asks Trump to prevent northern incursion by Ankara — which views Kurdish factions as a supposed "national security threat."
-Security cabinet to meet in North on Sunday (Dec/22).
-IDF introduces new security measures to protect Gaza aid trucks. Improved routes have significantly reduced hijackings by armed groups in Gaza, according to the Israeli military, but international organizations still struggle to clear the backlog.
-Clip: IDF destroys Hezbollah long-term terrorist hideout.
-Former prisoner of Zion, anti-Soviet dissident Eduard Kuznetsov dies at 85
-Refusenik was one of the leaders of Operation Wedding, a failed attempt to hijack an empty civilian plane to escape Soviet Russia and head to Israel.
-Report: Israel demands 11 male hostages be among those freed in first stage of deal. Egyptian TV network says Hamas demanding ‘special consideration’ in exchange; Palestinian official tells BBC 90% of negotiations are done, but Philadelphi remains sticking point.
-Turkey's foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus, Ankara says.
-Bill would bar teachers who studied in PA from teaching in Israel.
-Netanyahu: 'As we acted against Iran's proxies, so we will against Houthis.' PM convenes Security Cabinet at the northern border, says the 'result will be the same' against the Houthis as against Hamas and Hezbollah.
-Article: 'Tehran must be defeated before Sanaa. Waking up in the middle of the night to sirens warning of a Houthi missile is unnerving, but we must not take our eye off the real problem; The Iranian regime continues to feed the Yemeni threat, and unless we cut it off at its source we're looking at many more Israeli, American and British airstrikes on Sanaa that are unlikely to grant anything more than momentary relief.'
-Fear in Bnei Brak: After tracking their schedule, Arabs violently break into elderly couple’s home.
-Gunmen in the streets, snipers on the rooftops, shooting all the time: Arab-Palestinians fight Arab-Palestinians in Jenin. Clash between Palestinian Authority security forces and the armed Jenin Brigades in the West Bank city as observed by the Washington Post; The PA hints at a similar model in Gaza.
-Permissible to kidnap soldiers? Police investigate [Arab] MK Ahmed Tibi for incitement.
-Mossad chief: Go after Iran directly, not the Houthis. Mossad chief David Barnea recommends that Israel "go after the head" in response to recent ballistic missile attacks by the Houthis in Yemen rather than strike back at the Houthis.
-IAF strikes Hamas terrorist operating in humanitarian area of Khan Yunis.
-IDF reservist seriously wounded in combat in Gaza.
-Iran said to be fearing Israeli attack in near-term. “We need to act against the head of the snake, which is the Iranian regime itself.... And that’s what we will do,” Israeli Finance Minister says.
-Israel warns rebel leader it won’t accept jihadist groups in southern Syria. In its message to HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, Israel reportedly stressed that it is prepared to keep troops in the Golan Heights buffer zone as long as is necessary, but would consider transferring control to a stable and accountable Syrian government.
-Mossad agents reveal: This is how Hezbollah walkie-talkies and pagers exploded (Sep/2024). Two retired Mossad agents reveal to CBS' "60 Minutes" details of the September operation in which thousands of walkie-talkies and pagers belonging to Hezbollah terrorists exploded: "This was the tipping point of the war."
-'The pager attack revolutionized the northern arena.'
-* Dec 23, 2024:<br>
-Report: Iranian-backed militias in Iraq halt attacks on Israel.
-/7 inquiries: Commanders misunderstood reports of suspicious movement.
-'Lighting up the north.' Missiles that ended lives transformed into a menorah.
-Formet Australia's SkyNews' Erin Molan to Pres. Herzog: 'I assure you the vast majority of Australians stand with you.'
-Official source denies: Israel won't agree to withdraw from 'most' of Philadephi Corridor.
-Russian delegation arrives in Iran for meeting with president, TASS reports.
-Nigerian governor advises Christians to avoid going on pilgrimage to Israel.
-Security forces arrest nine wanted persons in West Bank.
-Tax relief proposed in Lebanon for Israeli attack-damaged properties.
-Senior Qatari foreign ministry official arrives on first Syria visit since Assad's fall.
-Knife-wielding Arab assailant neutralized at Jerusalem Hizma checkpoint. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
-Security wall to be built allowing function of Sderot-Ashkelon train line.
-IDF troops unearth over 100 explosives, 20 launchers in southern Lebanon.
-Some gaps have narrowed in elusive Gaza ceasefire deal, sides say.
-Arab suspects throwing rocks border guard officers killed in West Bank. Border Guard officers shot and killed three suspects in a violent disturbance in Qalandiya in the West Bank, during which the suspects threw stones and cinderblocks at the force.
-PIJ terrorist arrested on suspicion of setting up weapons manufacturing facility in Kalkilya.
-Syria's de facto leader: Qatar wants to invest in Syrian sectors including energy.
-Israeli air force intercepts drone heading toward Israeli territory from Yemen.
-Hamas has Hanukkah in Jerusalem in its sights. A senior Hamas official is calling on the Muslim public to come to the al-Aqsa Mosque and sacrifice themselves for it.
-Head of Hamas National Security Directorate eliminated.
-Deputy FM displays Houthi missile strike to ambassadors
-Two Negev residents arrested for gun smuggling at Sinai border.
-IDF agrees to provide bereaved families with Nahal Oz observer recordings.
-Police neutralize two grenades used by Hamas in Oct 7 massacre.
-Erdogan says Turkey in close dialogue with Syria's de facto leader.
-Ilay Atedgi, Netanel Pessach, Hillel Diener fell in Gaza. 3 soldiers from Kfir Brigade killed in combat in northern Gaza.
-Palestinian Authority bans Al Jazeera in West Bank over terror crackdown coverage.
-UK: Recent Islam convert, Jordan Richardson, 'Islamic State supporter’ accused of plotting mustard gas terror attack (arrested on Dec/19).
-Iran recruiting children to carry out attacks on Israeli targets in Nordic nations: report.
-Turkey Erdogan Gov’t whitewashed human smuggling network.
-Netherlands and Sweden First EU States to Defund UNRWA.
-British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis slams Met police for permitting Anti-Israel "protests" near synagogues. He said the force had fallen short in its duty to ensure Jews feel safe going to synagogue on Shabbat.
-Police neutralize two grenades used by Hamas in Oct 7 massacre.
-Erdogan says Turkey in close dialogue with Syria's de facto leader.
-US urges Israel to form ties with Syrian rebel leader; Israel fears he’s a ‘Wolf in sheep’s clothing.’
-* Dec 24, 2024:<br>
-Knesset plenum approves extending state of emergency in Israel for additional year, budget expansion to pay for wartime costs.
-Russian cargo ship sank in Mediterranean Sea with two crew missing, Russian Foreign Ministry says.
-Quaking in their turbans: Iran reportedly terrified that Israel is about to attack them directly.
-Dutch court sentences 5 in Amsterdam Lynch ‘Jew hunt,’ topping out at 6 months in prison. Prosecutors have said at least some of the violence against Israeli soccer fans was motivated by ‘the situation in Gaza,’ not antisemitism; 6 more suspects yet to appear at court.
-Yet, worst “Jew Hunt” offender sentenced to only 6 months. (Capitulation).
-Amb. Lew: Report on northern Gaza irresponsible, inaccurate. 'Report issued on Gaza by FEWS NET relies on data that is outdated and inaccurate; at a time when inaccurate information is causing confusion and accusations, it is irresponsible to issue a report like this,' US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew says.
-Report suggests IDF logistics road in north Gaza may become new corridor, buffer zone. Israel says path cutting through urban areas is temporary, aimed at providing supplies and cutting area off from Gaza City terror operatives.
-Woman critically hurt in Tel Aviv during Houthi missile attack. The missile was intercepted outside of Israeli territory, according to the IDF.
-Defense Minister: We'll deal with the Houthi leaders in Sana'a and in all of Yemen.
-Syria’s new leadership to consolidate all armed rebel factions into defense ministry. Ahmed al-Sharaa says no weapons to be allowed in Syria outside of state control, including among Kurdish groups in north; US said encouraging Israel to develop ties with new leaders.
-Syrian rebel groups agree to dissolve to join government.
-IDF conducts targeted raid against terrorists operating at northern Gaza hospital. For the first time since last December the IDF operated at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza. Over the past month, terrorists carried out attacks against IDF troops from the area of the hospital," patients and staff were evacuated in coordination with the IDF. It was a limited operation against terrorists and terror infrastructure in the area of Jabalya's Indonesian Hospital. In addition, terrorists had planted explosive devices and booby traps in the area surrounding the hospital’s compound. At least five gunmen were killed and several more were arrested, including a terrorist who participated in the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
-Kurdish-led forces launch counterattack.
-The Women’s Protection Unit, an all-female militia, has joined fighting against Turkish-backed Syrian rebels.
-Father of former hostage won't return to Ireland. Thomas Hand, whose daughter was released after 50 days in Hamas captivity, says Ireland 'rewarded' Hamas after October 7.
-IDF aircraft targets armed terrorists during operation in Nur Shams.
-Two Arab Palestinians killed in West Bank op. as IDF says it eliminated terrorist. IDF operation in Tulkarem comes after two Palestinian Authority security officers were killed in unprecedented crackdown on terror in West Bank.
-Fascist salutes after soccer goal by Mussolini’s great-grandson to be probed
-Fans of club Juve Stabia give outstretched arm gesture to celebrate winning goal by Romano Floriani Mussolini; Italian soccer federation opens investigation.
-Israel vows to target Houthi leaders, ratcheting up threat after missile fire
-Defense Minister Katz says Houthi chiefs will share fate of slain Hamas, Hezbollah leaders; Foreign Minister Sa’ar seeks European designation of Houthis as terror group.
-Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, highest number in decades – rights groups Some of them were put to death for drug smuggling, non-lethal terrorism, despite Mohammed bin Salman’s assertion that executions are only for lethal crimes.
-ISIS, protests, cybercrime: US Jewish security group warns of holiday threats.
-No known concrete dangers for American Jews during Hanukkah, but calls for attacks by extremist groups raise concerns
-Two-thirds of Palestinians want Hamas in new Gaza government, survey finds.
-Marwan Barghouti, a convicted terrorist murderer, received the most support of all possible candidates for Palestinian Authority leader.
-PMO announces return of Israeli hostage deal negotiation team from Qatar.
-Israel’s Defense Minister orders full release of Gaza observation recordings to bereaved Families.
-* Dec 25, 2024:<br>
-Walmart under fire for hosting T-Shirts glorifying Yahye Sinwar and Hassan Nasrallah. Following uproar, it removes at least 4 such shirts .
-Police dace off with Haredi demonstrators as Anti-Draft fury paralyzes Bnei Brak.
-Israel’s Defense Minister irders full release of Gaza observation recordings to bereaved families.
-IDF aircraft targets armed terrorists during operation in Nur Shams.
-Home Front Command completes investigation on Yemen missile incident in Jaffa.
-IAF strikes Hamas launch site embedded near UN compound in northern Gaza Strip.
-Hostage and Missing Families Forum urges deal after probe into murder of six hostages.
-Syria's new foreign minister warns Iran of spreading chaos in Syria.
-IAF aircraft strikes terror cell in the northern West Bank.
-IAF strikes Hamas terrorist operating in humanitarian area of Khan Yunis.
-IAF aircraft strikes terror cell in the northern West Bank.
-In Tulkarm Menashe Regional Brigade Commander lightly injured by explosive.
-Yemeni armed forces to make 'an important statement.'
-Sirens in central Israel due to a rocket launched from Yemen. IDF confirms one rocket was intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory. Debris from interception falls in Be'er Ya'akov  Israeli cities face sleepless nights of alarms amid Houthi missile threat. Nearly half of Israelis awoke to alarms overnight, the fourth time this week amid Houthi missile attacks; interceptor fragments damage Be’er Ya’akov home and found in Modiin; UN Security Council to meet on Houthi attacks: 'Hold Iran accountable.' In less than a week, half of Israel’s population has been jolted awake four times by alarms triggered by Houthi missile launches from Yemen, marking what appears to be a new campaign of attrition.
-We heard a loud boom, large piece of shrapnel fell by our window. 'A piece of shrapnel fell in our garden and we saw the damage it caused to our property scared to think what it could do to people,' says Mor Steinberg-Golan, from Be'er Yaakov.
-People were wounded on their way to the protected area.
-The Commander of the Menashe Brigade was slightly injured in an IED explosion in Tulkarm. Col. Ayub Kayuf was taken to the Hospital.
-The IDF Published the Findings of the Investigation into the Missile Launched by the Houthis on Friday (Dec/20) That Hit Jaffa.
-Analysis: This is what is stressing the Houthis - and this is what Israel should be attacking. The move that could make the Houthis worry - and stop. In a surprising move, the Houthi leadership in Yemen is seeking to send a delegation of their intelligence chiefs to Cairo to try to reach a compromise with the Egyptians. The Houthis are aware that Egypt has lost $6 billion due to the attacks they are carrying out in the Red Sea, which have significantly reduced shipping through the Suez Canal. It seems that the Houthis are very interested in ensuring that Egypt sticks to its current course and distances itself from any involvement in the struggle over navigation in the Bab el-Mandab Strait. The Egyptians, for example, are refraining from condemning the missile and drone launches from Yemen to Israel, and have refused to take part in the international coalition working to secure ships in the Red Sea. Furthermore, Egypt is also concerned about leaking that it has refused to share with Israel the findings of its radar systems.  However, the Houthis were recently put on notice after President al-Sisi decided to send a military force to join the African peacekeeping force operating against the "Shabab" insurgency in Somalia. It should be recalled that the Houthis are maintaining increasing contacts through secret channels with the leaders of the Somali rebels.
-UN fakes Gaza famine by refusing to deliver food. Then blames Israel and demands Hamas protection.
-Delay in hostage deal negotiations due to Hamas foot-dragging.
-Turkish military kills 21 Kurdish "militants" [sic] in northern Syria and Iraq, ministry says.
-'Most European Jews consider leaving.'
-Conference in Vienna brings together local community leaders to warn of growing antisemitic sentiment and find solutions.
-IDF responds to Syrian protesters with warning fire after they approached the troops.
-Herzi Halevi calls to accelerate timeline of investigation into October 7 attacks.
-DM Katz says security control over Philadelphi Corridor will remain in IDF hands.
-In Jenin area. Palestinian Authority arrests armed terrorists.
-Watch: Gwyneth Paltrow joins Noa Tishby to light the menorah.
-New York: Taxi cab hits pedestrians in Herald Square, injuring six.
-Freed hostage in Washington: 'We need them to stop suffering underneath the ground in Gaza.' Aviva Siegel, who was freed from captivity and whose husband Keith remains in Hamas captivity, speaks at National Menorah Lighting: I was a hostage in Gaza. I felt it, I saw it. We need to bring them home now!
-Biden on Hanukkah: 'May the light shine from menorahs around the world.'
-Bereaved father warns: 'Releasing terrorists will result in the deaths of more Israelis.'
-Holocaust survivor Yosef Viner, z’l, who suffered the brutal murder of three of his grandchildren in the Hamas assault on October 7, passed away on Tuesday at age 98. He wrote a viral post about murder of his grandkids.
-“I am Yosef Viner, 97 years old. I survived the fire of the Nazi beasts; my entire family perished. Disconnected from my roots, I dedicated myself to their memory. Exhausted and despairing, I held onto the land and moved to Israel.
-“I married Aviva, and we raised two wonderful children, Ofer and Nurit. From Ofer and Michal, we had four grandchildren, all born in Kfar Aza. From Nurit and Miki, we had six grandchildren, all born in Kfar Aza. I achieved a deeply rooted family tree planted in the homeland’s soil that bore fruit.”
-“But then, on October 7, 2023, we encountered pure evil. The horrifying sights of fire and ash, murder, and the ruthless killing of innocent people struck me once again. My beloved grandson Yahav, H’yd, was murdered while protecting his wife, Shai-Li, and their one-month-old daughter, Shiya. My dear granddaughter Hadar, H’yd, and her husband Itay, H’yd, were murdered while protecting their 10-month-old twin sons, Roi and Guy.”
-“Once again, I am utterly exhausted, in despair, drowning. And now, I have no land left to cling to.”
-Article: 'Chanukah Over Syria. Miracles can still happen here.  On this Chanukah, menorahs will be lit not only in the land of Israel, from Jerusalem to Gaza, but in Lebanon and on the heights of Mt. Hermon overlooking Syria. Vacationing families will visit the waterfalls of the Hermon Stream in the Golan Heights from which the Syrian Greek armies had descended thousands of years ago to conquer Israel leading to the events of. Chanukah.'
-One menorah per hostage: Danny Danon shames the UN.
-Netanyahu at candle-lighting: The Houthis will learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, and others understood.
-IDF strikes Hamas terrorists in Gaza City area. The military identified the terrorists it killed as Qusai Amin Ibrahim Oqasha, a senior terrorist in the Tulkarm terrorist network. Oqasha replaced the terrorist Tarek Doush, who was eliminated last week in a joint IDF and Shin Bet aerial strike. Along with Oqasha, the terrorists Jomaa Salam Ubaid and Imran Harun, another senior terrorist in the network, were reportedly killed. The IDF added that its soldiers killed two additional terrorists during "close-quarter encounters." The forces also "dismantled dozens of improvised explosive devices hidden beneath roads, apprehended a number of suspects, and confiscated weapons."
-Not just Hamas: The PA makes up Gaza casualty numbers as well. The Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education issued an infographic that claims that some 12,700[sic] students have been killed in Gaza.
-Israel: A protector of minorities in the Middle East. The Druze and Kurds are looking for allyship with Israel after the fall of Syria. Given the Jewish people’s two millenniums of wandering without access to their homeland, it’s only natural for Israelis to empathize with the Kurdish people and their desire for a state of their own. In past conflicts between Turkey and the Kurds, such as in the fall of 2019, Jerusalem declared its support of the Kurdish people. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Facebook that October, “Israel strongly condemns the Turkish invasion of the Kurdish areas in Syria and warns against the ethnic cleansing of the Kurds by Turkey and its proxies. Israel is prepared to extend humanitarian assistance to the gallant Kurdish people.” Just last month, the newly installed Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, emphasized the importance of forging a “natural alliance” with the Kurdish nation.
-IDF displays thousands of Hezbollah weapons, shares details on pager operation Israeli forces killed some 3,800 Hezbollah fighters plus some 44 amid ceasefire, army says, citing terror group’s violations; military to erect temporary posts in Syria buffer zone.
-Ireland Wants to Redefine ‘Genocide’
-So it can charge a certain country.
-Report: Mossad chief believes Israel should target Iran to get at Houthis; PM disagrees. At Hanukkah candle-lighting, Netanyahu vows rebel group will suffer same fate as other enemies in region; officials said doubtful Israel can stop Houthis without help of US.
-While extremists rise, German Jews expect pro-Israel voices to prevail in Feb. election. The local community enjoys wider political support than in most other Western European countries, but hostile voices on the far right and left raise concerns for the future.
-* Dec 26, 2024:<br>
-IDF strike kills five staffers of Islamic Jihad-affiliated TV station in Gaza Strip.
-Military says strike in central Gaza’s Nuseirat hit PIJ terror cell; baby dies of hypothermia in humanitarian zone, said to be third within days.
-Report details how  hostages rescued from Gaza suffered: Starved, burned, beaten, hair pulled out. Draft report by Health Ministry, based on testimonies from hostages who were released or rescued from Gaza, describes the difficult time they spent in captivity and the consequences; Immune system weakened by lack of food, deterioration of mental state due to the abuse.
-Rare oil lamp with Temple menorah found from time when Romans barred Jews from Jerusalem. Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives and will go on display in Jerusalem for the first time.
-Water desalination quietly returns to Gaza, after work by Israel and PA. Repair of Deir al-Balah plant, connected to Israel’s power grid, seen as potential roadmap for Palestinian Authority’s involvement in postwar Gaza.
-Article: 'When it comes to the Jews, the Vatican's sickening silence is nothing new. Today's Vatican may speak of brotherhood and reconciliation, but its response to October 7th suggests old habits die hard. Just as the Church took centuries to acknowledge its role in promoting antisemitism, perhaps it will take centuries more before it can truly stand unequivocally against Jewish persecution.'
-Was the Golan Heights in Biblical Israel?
-Most maps of the Twelve Tribes during the Biblical period do not include the Golan, even though it was meant to be part of the Promised Land in Deuteronomy - for most of the Biblical period it was not conquered.
-However, the Golan Heights came under Jewish rule in the first century BCE.
-Claudine Dauphin wrote in Palestine Exploration Quarterly in 1982:
-'The name 'Golan' is first mentioned in Deuteronomy 4.43 as a settlement in the region of the Bashan, that fell in the territory allocated to the tribe of Manasseh. It is referred to as a free city in Joshua 20. 8, and appears again as a Levitical city in IChronicles 6.7 I. The settlement in question is thought to be Sahem ed-Qjolan, beyond the eastern border formed by the river Rukkad. The name of the entire area is believed to be derived from this, according to FlaviusJosephus (Ant. IV, 5, 3: VIII, 2, 3; XIII, 15,4; BJ, 11,20,6; III, 3, 1-5; III, 10, 10; IV, I, I). His works allow one to retrace in detail the history of the province of Gaulanitis from Hellenistic times. The Golan fortresses of Gamala, Seleucia and Hippos, held by the Hellenistic Empires, were captured by Alexander J anneus in 83-8I B.C.E. and the area was annexed to the Hasmonean Kingdom (Ant. XIII, 15,3). This opened the way for increased Jewish settlement of the hitherto predominantly pagan area. It then seems to have become the scene of disturbances and violence, created by bands of robbers and political rebels who sought refuge on the wild rocky terrain of the Golan Heights (Ant. XVI, 9, 2). The Roman Emperor Augustus sought to contain this source of unrest by annexing the neighbouring districts of Batanea, Trachonitis and Auranitis. These he placed under Herod's administration in 23 B.C.E., and in 20 B.C.E. he added the area of Gaulanitis itself, the city of Pane as and the Ulatha Valley, all of which had until then been ruled by the kingdom of Iturea. To implement this new rule and maintain the peace, Herod initiated an extensive programme of paramilitary settlement. He transferred 3,000 Idumeans to the area of Trachonitis and 500 families of Jewish soldiers to Batanea, rewarding them by exemption from taxation (Ant. XVII, 2, 1-3). The intensity and extent of Jewish settlement in the Golan and surrounding districts, which reached in the north as far as Damascus and in the east to Naveh, is reflected in the baraita discussing the boundaries of 'Eretz- Yisrael', defined as the 'territory occupied by those who came back from Babylon' (Tosephta, Sheviiit IV; Jerusalem Talmud, Shevieit VI and Demai 11).'
-Clearly the idea that the Golan is part of halachic Israel has been around far longer than 1967. Dauphin's paper shows some of the artifacts found as of 1982 that were clearly Jewish in al-Farj in the eastern Golan.  However, they probably came after the destruction of the Temple.
-Far more synagogues and other evidence of Jewish settlement has been found since then, especially in Tel Dan, which shows Biblical-era finds, including an Israelite-style four horned altar.
-In the end, Israel's claim to the Golan is not Biblical but practical. It must hold the high ground for security reasons in the absence of a trustworthy government in Syria. That was the entire reason Israel allowed the buffer zone of land it conquered after suffering major losses in 1973 to be controlled by the UN for 50 years.  But to say that Jews have no historic claim on the land is simply false.
-Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives killed in Gaza strike were ‘posing as journalists.
-Shwekey and Shlomi Shabbat sing for the return of the hostages.
-IDF soldier killed in action in Gaza; 822 wartime death toll.
-die in clashes between new regime, Assad loyalists in Syria.
-Canada-based pro al-Qaeda cleric, Tariq Abdelhaleem, calls on HTS for mass slaughter of Syrian Alawites.
-In the crosshairs: The children of Hamas officials who were assassinated. Since the outbreak of the war, Israel has intensified its focus on targeting the children of senior Hamas officials, many of whom hold significant roles within the terror organization; this strategy has reportedly escalated in recent weeks.
-Israel eliminates senior West Bank terrorists in two-day operation.
-FM Sa'ar discusses regional issues, Gaza war, hostages with Japanese FM Takeshi Iwaya.
-Merriam-Webster selects 'menorah' as Word of the Day.
-Hochul directs police to investigate Long Island Nazi Swastikas.
-Police investigating antisemitic graffiti in Chambersburg, PA.
-Two Jewish Brits nominated to be Labour peers in House of Lords.
-In broad daylight: IAF hits Houthi terror sites across Yemen, including airport in Sanaa. The strikes came during a televised address by Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi.
-The targets included the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations, in addition to terror infrastructure in the Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Kanatib ports. Tight US coordination in Israel’s largest Yemen strike.
-“These military targets were used by the Houthi terrorist regime to smuggle Iranian weapons into the region and for the entry of senior Iranian officials. This is a further example of the Houthis’ exploitation of civilian infrastructure for military purposes,” the IDF said.
-“The Houthi terrorist regime is a central part of the Iranian axis of terror, and their attacks on international shipping vessels and routes continue to destabilize the region and the wider world. … The IDF will not hesitate to operate at any distance against any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens,” added the statement.
-'No Houthi leader will escape Israel’s reach,' DM Katz says.
-Col. Richard Kemp: '10/7 attack required far more aggressive military policy.'
--year-old Tzur's heartbreaking Kaddish prayer.
-* Dec 27, 2024:<br>
-IDF strikes terror infrastructure on Syria-Lebanon border.
-Arab MK admits: 'We need to dismantle Palestinian Authority.'
-IDF evacuates civilians near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza ahead of anti-terror Op.
-It launches new raid on the north Gaza hospital, saying Hamas operatives returned. Kamal Adwan Hospital director says five staff members killed in Israeli strike on facility, which military says is ‘terrorist stronghold’; IDF says officer died Thursday in clash.
-Ludmilla Lipovsky, 83, Holocaust survivor, murdered in Herzliya terror attack by 28 Arab Palestinian Ibrahim Shalhoub from Tulkarem. The attacker who stabbed Ludmila outside her nursing home, was  neutralized by a civilian, who shot and injured the assailant.
-"Ludmila Lipovsky was an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor who was waiting outside her nursing home in Herzliya for her daughter to take her to a doctor appointment.  A Palestinian [Arab] terrorist shouted “Allahu Akbar” before repeatedly stabbing her, murdering her in cold blood.  Ludmila survived the Holocaust only to be murdered this morning in an act motivated by the same vicious hatred of Jews. She was an elderly woman—an unarmed civilian. Her only crime was being Jewish. May Ludmila’s family be comforted. Her holy soul should be elevated directly to the heavens."
-Israeli, US officials: Chances of reaching deal before Trump's inauguration are slim.
-'Visiting Ramallah in the West Bank, Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel asks UNRWA representatives why their textbooks for Palestinian school kids are full of antisemitism and terrorism glorification. He holds one of the books in his hands but get no response from UNRWA.'
-Syrian government eliminate high ranking Assadist officer in Homs countryside - report.
-Arab Palestinian Security Services officer killed in Jenin amid clashes with terrorists.
-Jerusalem DA withdraws terrorism charges against four east Jerusalem residents.
-IDF warns public of risk of unexploded ordnance in northern Israel.
-IDF operating against terrorists in Jabalya's Kamal Adwan Hospital.
-Italian journalist Cecilia Sala arrested in Iran, Italy says.
-'Israel remains vigilant': A month into cease-fire agreement with Hezbollah.
-Military officials recount Hezbollah violations treated by the IDF and stress forces are ready to act against terror group if needed; US enforcement mechanism aids in easing tensions.
-IDF warns public of risk of unexploded ordnance in northern Israel.
-Yair Netanyahu: 'Those accused of firing bombs at PM's home were released by an Arab judge. Shame.'
-Sirens sound in Nir Am, on Gaza border after projectile crosses from Gaza to Israeli territory.
-Investigation reveals that Capt. (res.) Amit Levi was killed battling terrorists in Gaza.
-Bashar al-Assad's uncle Rifaat flew from Beirut to Dubai, Lebanese officials say.
-Israel reportedly to pursue a broader campaign against Houthis - report.
-Jewish Florida Rep. Hilary Cassel switches to Republicans citing Israel support, terror condemnation.
-Damascus governor says new Syrian regime wants peace: ‘Our problem is not with Israel.’ Apparently speaking on behalf of al-Sharaa, official says they ‘don’t want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel’s security,’ and Jerusalem’s concern over new regime is ‘natural.’
-As coalition falls into line, law maintaining Haredi exemption from IDF service will pass. Defense Minister Katz is working tirelessly to ensure majority support for a law to keep most ultra-Orthodox males out of the army, and keep the ultra-Orthodox parties in government.
-Nearly half of ultra-Orthodox Jews in US know victims of post-Oct. 7 antisemitism — poll. Poll comparing Haredi Jews to former members of community finds that both experience discrimination, although rate is slightly lower among members of the latter group.
-In first, US THAAD system deployed in Israel assists in Houthi missile interception. Iran-backed rebels say fresh air strikes hit Yemeni capital, several hours after terrorists launch ballistic missile at Israel for 5th time in eight nights.
-Mossad chief was set to meet Assad in 2019 in bid to cut Syria-Iran ties — report.
-Strongman backed out at the last moment from Kremlin sit-down with Yossi Cohen, according to report, which quotes IDF intelligence unit’s years-long WhatsApp messages to Damascus.
-* Dec 28, 2024:<br>
-'Come see the archaeological treasures of the Mirsham Farmhouse, buried for 2,600 years. 33 kilometers north of Beersheba lies a First Temple-era site whose significance was known to Gen. Yigael Yadin, but whose artifacts have only recently begun to be excavated.'
-Israel denies Hamas libel that troops set fire to north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital. Military says ‘small fire in an empty building’ unrelated to troop activity; Arab states rush to condemn operations; hospital director said detained.
-IDF downs missile from Yemen as sirens blare in Jerusalem, Dead Sea area. Latest Houthi attack sends large numbers of Israelis running for shelter in the middle of night again; IDF says missile intercepted before entering Israeli airspace.
-Two of Assad’s relatives arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
-Wife, daughter of Duraid al-Assad, ex-president’s cousin and son of ‘Butcher of Hama’ Rifaat, said to have been smuggled into Lebanon and sought to reach Egypt with fake documents.
-In Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, IDF establishes temporary bases for an indefinite stay. The army has vastly expanded zone it controls bisecting the Strip, from where it launches raids against Hamas; everything can be taken down quickly, but there’s no sign that will happen.
-‘They’re all humanitarian’: Weekly rallies to demand comprehensive hostage deal
-In Hanukkah-themed protest, hostage families urge ‘action, not miracles,’ amid declining optimism for deal.
-Another PA security services officer killed in clashes with Jenin terrorists.
-US, UK strike Houthi targets in Yemen - report.
-Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border communities.
-Article: 'AI – The good, the biased, and the unethical. The rise of AI brings groundbreaking advancements but also dangerous pitfalls, spreading misinformation everywhere.'
-Cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah on verge of collapse? Hezbollah "accuses" Israel... as Israeli forces continue targeting southern Lebanon's terror infrastructure; Amid rising tensions, Lebanon warns of the agreement's collapse while Hezbollah hints it may intervene if Israeli operations persist, threatening renewed conflict in the region.
-IDF arrests over 240 terror suspects in raid on northern Gaza hospital.
-Military says forces encountered resistance, including anti-tank fire from terrorists, during targeted operation against Hamas command center located inside Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya.
-'Terrorists posing as patients': Inside the IDF's largest Gaza raid yet. 401st Brigade encircles Kamal Adwan Hospital in an hour, arresting over 240 terrorists, including hospital director; some suspects try fleeing in ambulances; Unit 504 interrogations on-site leads to capture of additional Hamas and PIJ operatives.
-Exposing Qatar: The truth behind its global influence. Digital marketing expert began countering anti-Israel narratives after October 7, launching a viral Hamas-ISIS campaign; she now exposes misinformation, highlighting Qatar’s influence as both Western cultural investor and sponsor of terror.
-She witnessed a wave of misinformation on social media, with prominent accounts denying the atrocities or circulating videos of hostages. 'Exposing Qatar’s role: Kenan recently launched a viral campaign aimed at exposing Qatar’s dual role as a cultural and financial influencer in the West and as a sponsor of groups like Hamas. "They are invested in billions in education in the West from the age of 6 until the end of university when people are 22. They're the biggest donors to elite Ivy League universities in the U.S., and they demand to control what is being taught and who is the staff that teaches that. Apart from that, they're purchasing cultural assets of the West," she said.
-She accused Qatar of using its wealth to silence criticism of its support for organizations such as Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and even ISIS. "In the Israeli case, when we look at their efforts to mediate between Hamas and Israel regarding the hostage deal. This is not a mediator that says, 'there are two sides and I'm here to mitigate between them.' This is a country that puts on its buildings the flags of Palestine, Hamas, Sinwar and Haniyeh on a weekly basis and portrays them as heroes. They're also the owners of Al Jazeera, whose Arabic, English and its version to Gen Z on social media, AJ+, are inciting against Israel," she added, citing Qatar’s funding of international institutions like the International Court of Justice.'
-From darkness to light:
-Menorah made of missile fragments displayed in Hostages Square.
-Palestinian journalist demands end to war.
-Health Min. to present report on hostages to the United Nations.
-Iranian plot to abduct Israeli journalist foiled. An IRGC plot to kidnap the Israeli journalist Babak Itzhaki was foiled by noncooperation from an agent.
-Qatari PM meets with Hamas delegation headed by leader Khalil al-Hayya, claiming to discuss deal to end war.
-Over 68,000 displaced Israelis to receive housing extension through Feb. 2025.
-Syria's head of intelligence says security institution to be restructured.
-IDF Operational Recap: Hamas Center in the Kamal Adwan Hospital, Gaza:
-'240+ Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists and other operatives suspected of terrorist activities were apprehended, some of whom attempted to pose as patients or flee using ambulances.
-Despite repeated calls to refrain from allowing terrorists to exploit hospitals for military activities, terrorists were once again using the Kamal Adwan Hospital as a command center for its military operations in Jabaliya.
-Approx. 15 terrorists who infiltrated Israel during the Oct. 7 massacre as well as Hamas engineering and anti-tank missile operatives were taken in for questioning.
-The director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, who is suspected of being a Hamas terrorist operative, was also taken in for questioning.
-IDF special forces conducted precise activities inside the hospital locating and confiscating weapons in the area, including grenades, guns, munitions, and military equipment.
-Notwithstanding the threat of terror, prior to the beginning of the targeted operation, 350 patients, as well as caregivers and medical personnel, were evacuated from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in coordination with COGAT in recent weeks. Tens of thousands of liters of fuel, food, and medical supplies for the essential functioning of the hospital were also delivered to the Kamal Adwan Hospital over this period.
-During the course of the targeted operation, an additional 95 patients, caregivers, and medical personnel were evacuated to the Indonesian Hospital in coordination with local officials in the health authorities. 5,000 liters of fuel, two generators, and medical equipment were delivered to the Indonesian Hospital in order to maintain and operate essential systems in the hospital. Additionally, hundreds of civilians were able to move away from the area for their own safety via defined evacuation routes.
-In short, it was Hamas and senior officials from Kamal Adwan, who turned the Hospital into a terrorist command center, and therefore a legitimate military target under international law, including Art.19 of the 4th Geneva Convention, Art. 8(2) of the Rome Statute and Article 52(2) of the 1st Protocol to the Geneva
-Convention of 1949.
-Furthermore, the IDF discharged their obligations in full compliance with IHL, including principles of precaution, distinction, necessity and proportionality.'
-'This is what you probably won’t hear about what happened before and during our operation in the Hamas command center embedded in the Kamal Adwan Hospital:
-Before IDF operations inside the hospital, 350 patients, as well as caregivers and medical personnel, were evacuated to other hospitals, in coordination with COGAT.
-Tens of thousands of liters of fuel, food, and medical supplies for the essential functioning of the hospital were also delivered to the Hospital over this period.
-Once operations began 95 patients, caregivers, and medical personnel were evacuated to the Indonesian Hospital in coordination with local officials in the health authorities.
-,000 liters of fuel, two generators, and medical equipment were delivered to the Indonesian Hospital. Additionally, hundreds of civilians were able to move away from the area for their own safety via defined evacuation routes.
-These are just some of the humanitarian efforts led by the IDF during this complex operation in which over 240 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were apprehended and munitions including grenades, guns, and military equipment were found inside the hospital.'
-* Dec 29, 2024:
-Footage from Gaza, how the IDF conducted a raid on a Jabaliya hospital.
-IDF: 19 terrorists, no known civilians, killed in Gaza hospital raid; Hamas said 50 dead. Israel says 240 suspects arrested at Kamal Adwan — including its director and 15 participants in Oct. 7 onslaught; 700 civilians evacuated; IDF nears end of Jabalia operation.
-Israel arrests Gaza "Kamal Adwan' hospital director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who wrote for New York Times, accuses him of being a Hamas terrorist.
-Five rockets launched towards Sderot, two intercepted.
-IDF seized 85,000 Hezbollah weapons in Lebanon.
-Man on the inside? Details of Haniyeh assassination in the heart of Tehran revealed.
-Nasrallah underestimated Israel’s willingness to assassinate him. A "New York Times" investigation shows how deeply compromised Hezbollah was after decades of Israeli espionage.
-Clip: Infiltrator attempting to escape police officers caught by drone.
-Staff Sergeant Yuval Shoham, 22, fell in battle in Gaza. Yuval Shoham, 22 years old from Jerusalem, served in the 401st Brigade and fell in combat in northern Gaza.
-Palestinian woman killed in Hamas, PA crossfire. Hamas accuses Palestinian Authority security forces of killing Shatha al-Sabbagh, whose brother was member of armed wing.
-Houthis make arrests fearing 'Israeli infiltration', report says. Arabic-language news outlet claims Iran-backed terror group fears Israeli intelligence operations that could lead to targeted assassinations against its leadership; Arrests come days after Houthis claimed to have supposedly uncovered a spy network in Yemen led by the CIA and Mossad.
-IDF identifies approximately five projectiles fired from northern Gaza into Israel.
-IDF issues evacuation order for Gaza areas before Israeli strike.
-IDF Chief Halevi: To achieve victory against Hezbollah, northern residents must return home.
-'Zionists must not sleep': Houthi terrorist posts in Hebrew. [Of course, the movement has been against Jews, and its slogan calling for death, refers to Jews].
-Former Ambassador Friedman: 'The consequences of this war are solely on Hamas.'
-Ritchie Torress condemns 'The Columbia Intifada.' Democratic Congressman calls for 'a revolution of the responsible against the Intifada idiocy of the far left' after anti-Israel campus group publishes newspaper filled with anti-Israel screeds.
-It was reported earlier this month that the Students for Justice in Palestine organization printed and gave out approximately 1,000 copies of the hate-filled publication.
-Hoard of coins of Hasmonean king discovered in Jordan Valley.
-Teens made to commit sexual acts on each other; horrors of Hamas captivity in report to UN. Physical abuse, torture, psychological terror, starvation, in Israel's report to the UN; teens beaten in their genitals, suffering burns; hostages witness others being murdered.
-"Teenagers were forced to commit sexual acts on each other, most women were sexually assaulted": This was described in the harrowing report spread over eight pages, that includes horrific testimony of hostages who were freed from Hamas captivity.
-The report that was prepared by the Health Ministry was submitted to the UN last week. It describes neglect, abuse, torture and humiliation that the hostages endured.  The report begins with a description of the massacre of October 7, 2023, in the communities near the Gaza border. "The abduction of children, women, men, and the elderly from their homes is a traumatic event, often occurring after the murder of family members or close friends. In some cases, children were taken without their parents or after their parents' murder. The terrorists caused widespread destruction, with hostages witnessing their homes burning, acts of rape and looting which took place in their communities. The captives were transported to Gaza in open vehicles, often alongside the bodies of those murdered. They endured beatings, humiliation, and verbal, physical, and sexual violence during the journey.
-* Dec 30, 2024:<br>
-Combat officer severely injured in northern Gaza. Combat officer in the Tzabar Battalion, Givati Brigade, was severely injured on Sunday during combat in northern Gaza. The soldier was evacuated to a hospital to receive medical treatment.
-Hamas seeking international pressure to force ceasefire.
-IDF officer severely injured in northern Gaza.
-Syrian foreign minister "accepts" invitation to visit Saudi Arabia on first trip abroad.
-Mother of Slain Hostage: 'Hannukah will always be Yotam's holiday.'
-Israel Police criticizes Finance Ministry for freezing budget directed for Counterterrorism Unit.
-Kuwaiti foreign minister, GCC secretary-general arrive in Syria.
-IDF Chief of Staff lights Hanukkah candles with injured soldiers at Sheba Hospital.
-UNSC --finally-- convenes emergency session on Houthi attacks on Israel.
-Amb. Danon at UN: 'The Houthis will suffer the same fate as Hamas and Hezbollah.'
-After anti-Israel pressure.
-Israeli athletes banned from international bowls competition.
-Hamas fires one rocket from central Gaza toward Kissufim, no casualties reported.
-IAF intercepts two rockets from northern Gaza as sirens sound in Gaza border area.
-'I have to feel like I'm a hostage'
-Chief Rabbi lights Hanukkah candles at Hostages Square.
-Palestinian Authority: Hamas is using hospitals for military purposes. The Palestinian Authority itself has revealed that Hamas turns hospitals into military interrogation facilities. As proof, on Facebook, the PA posted a summons issued by Hamas to a Gazan to report to Nasser Hospital to be interrogated by Hamas' military intelligence. The post was made by the former official spokesman of the PA Security Forces, Adnan Al-Damiri. Moreover, Al-Damiri criticized Hamas for continuing to use hospitals for "summonses, interrogations, and extortions."
-Clip: Hamas footage shows terrorists planting explosives near hospital.
-'No politics' rules to be enforced for Eurovision. Rule comes after last year’s disqualification of Israel’s Eurovision entry and Eden Golan's somewhat contentious participation.
-Sergeant Uriel Peretz, 23, killed in northern Gaza. He is the 825th IDF casualty since the start of the war in Gaza; 7 oterh soldiers were injured, 3 seriouisly by anti-tank missile.
-Pro-Iran militias in Iraq halt attacks on Israel   Iraqi militias halt attacks on Israel following pressure from the Iraqi government, U.S., and Iran; Syria’s instability also an issue.
-Soldiers stationed on Mount Hermon face dangerous conditions. IDF soldiers on the Syrian Golan face unclear strategic goals as rising tensions with local residents sparks concern; Commanders question the mission’s necessity as troops balance defense, humanitarian efforts, and extreme conditions in a volatile and complex environment.
-IAF intercepts missile fired from Yemen.
-At least two of Syria’s nine Jews keep Kosher.
-IAF intercepts two rockets from northern Gaza as sirens sound in Gaza border area.
-IAF intercepts missile fired from Yemen.
-Sirens activated in dozens of cities in central Israel after missile launched from Yemen. Fragments from interception found in Beit Shemesh. The sirens followed US and British strikes in Yemen.
-Iraq keen on returning diplomatic mission to Damascus, says foreign minister.
-Threat on Arab channel: 'We will assassinate Netanyahu, the Chief of Staff and Ben Gvir.'
-Carter’s legacy: A misguided trip to meet Assad and Hamas in 2009 - analysis. Carter had a chance to speak truth to power to these regimes. He was a much more harsh critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority than of Hamas and Assad.
-How little Israelis care about Haaretz's reporting. Haaretz headlines are pretty much clickbait. They are designed to outrage and get you to read the vapid analysis and obsessive hate. Haaretz's newspaper circulation is tiny in Israel. In 2009, it was at 7.1%, in 2022 it was down to 4.7% exposure rate.
-But what about online? Most people get their news from online sources, not physical newspapers - maybe Haaretz has an outsized influence there?
-An April report on online media usage in Israel from the Israel Democracy Institute asked people which Internet site was their primary source of news.
-It divided up the results by people who identify as left, center or right:
-Nobody on the Right uses Haaretz as their news source. Only about 1% of the center do, and a mere 8% of the Left use Haaretz as their news source.
-In recent years, however, the number of Israelis who identify as Left has dwindled as well. It is now only 16%. So according to this poll, only about 1% of Israelis use Haaretz online as their news source.
-That is practically nothing.
-Haaretz says it has over 100,000 digital subscribers. I would love to know a breakdown of how many are in Hebrew and how many are in English, how many are in Israel and how many outside. My guess is that the bulk of their readership is not even Israeli.
-Haaretz is the number one primary source of anti-Israel propaganda. It represents a minuscule number of Israelis.
-Haaretz's very existence proves how free the Israeli press is. Its numbers prove how irrelevant it is to the average Israeli.
-The same people who redefine "genocide" also redefine "hospital destroyed" as many Gaza hospitals miraculously treat patients after destruction. We've seen how Israel haters change the definition of terms like "genocide"  and "apartheid" just to be able to accuse Israel of those crimes.
-Another one is "hospital destroyed."
-It seems obvious that when a hospital is destroyed, it can no longer function without being rebuilt. No construction materials are being brought into Gaza.
-Yet hospitals that Hamas, the media and NGOs report as "destroyed" by Israel somehow keep treating patients.
-The Kamal Adwan Hospital that Israel is now falsely being accused of "burning" was called "destroyed" a year ago. And the source was none other than the respected World Health Organization.
-AFP reported it had been reduced to "rubble."
-Yet it was functioning earlier this month. Perhaps between the pieces of rubble.
-Don't forget that the Al Ahli hospital was "destroyed" by Israel in October 2023 before it was discovered not to even have been attacked.
-Al Jazeera also reported in November 2023 that Indonesian Hospital was in "ruins."
-That hospital was also the "only functioning hospital in northern Gaza" over the summer according to the same Al Jazeera. It's a miracle!
-In March, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society announced that the Al Amal Hospital was "destroyed." In April, it was seeing patients.
-In the new vernacular, the words "damaged" and "closed" have been replaced with "destroyed." This redefinition is happening consistently and deliberately. So when Hamas terrorists hide in hospitals, fire at Israeli troops from hospitals, and the IDF fires back at those specific locations from which they were attacked, the media and UN and NGOs are quick to describe the entire hospitals as "destroyed."
-"Destroyed" hospitals cannot function. Damaged hospitals can. And the reason for damage is that terrorists use them as their base for operations.
-Israel (and others) have provided lots of documented evidence that these hospitals are being used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad - yet the same media and NGOs never mention that, only blaming Israel for the damage to the hospitals and claiming that Israel has no valid reason to attack.
-Words themselves are being weaponized against Israel.
-In "Greater Israel," Arabs would outnumber Jews 20 to 1. Why exactly would Jews want all the land from the Nile to the Euphrates again? Antisemites are convinced that Israel plans to expand its borders from the Nile to the Euphrates.
-There are various maps that purport to show this "Greater Israel" that Israel has been planning. Here is one of the more popular ones.
-Footage: Cindy Crawford and Noa Tishby light Hanukkah candles.
-Ford social media account displays anti-Israel messages.
-* Dec 31, 2024:<br>
-Report: US expressed concern over violent attacks in Syria.
-Blossoming romance between Moscow and Tehran puts Israel and US on edge.
-As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, Russia and Iran are finalizing a strategic partnership agreement that will strengthen ties in defense and nuclear technology; Israeli officials fear the deal could significantly accelerate Iran’s progress toward nuclear weapons capability.
-Senior Fatah leader: 'Trump will destroy Iran and weaken Hamas.'
-IDF, Shin Bet eliminate PIJ northern sector rocket unit commander.
-The target: Islamic Jihad rocket commander, Anas Muhammad Saadi Masri, served as the commander of the northern Gaza sector in Islamic Jihad’s rocket division, according to the military.
-Masri was considered by the military to be a prominent commander in Islamic Jihad, responsible for numerous attacks on Israel and IDF troops.
-On the October 7, 2023, onslaught and during the war, Masri was responsible for Islamic Jihad’s rocket fire from the northern Gaza Strip at Israeli border communities and for commanding the operatives who carried out the attacks, the army says.
-It took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike at the beginning of December.
-Iran security chief says ‘new resistance’ against Israel to emerge in Syria.
-Hamas said willing to free only 22 of 34 living hostages demanded by Israel in deal. Issue of who would go free in proposed first phase continues to stall agreement; PM said to alarm negotiators with comments on determination to resume war after any deal completed.
-* Dec 31, 2024:<br>
-The fall of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia (Dec/27) symbolizes the collapse of Hamas in northern Gaza. Anesthetic injection: The IDF's deception exercise at the Jabalia hospital has been repealed.
-Gaza terrorists in hospitals use wheelchairs, crutches and sick babies as props to try to disguise as civilians.
-,000 bereaved families, survivors sign letter for state Oct. 7 investigation committee.
-World Central Kitchen complies with Israeli security checks of its employees.
-Hostage deal stalls: Hamas rejects demand for release of 34 living hostages – offers just 22 and 12 bodies.
-While Hamas has refused to release all the requested 34 living hostages, the terror group has reportedly upped the number of security prisoners it demands released.
-'Meet the 2025 members of the U.N. Human Rights Council.
-% are serial abusers of human rights, including: Cuba, Qatar, China, Sudan,  Algeria, Bolivia, Kuwait, Burundi, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo.'
-Islamist rebel commander tapped as acting Syrian defense chief. Head of HTS armed wing Murhaf Abu Qasra gets nod as new rulers look to transform insurgents, including foreign jihadi fighters, into army.
-US court rejects Pentagon chief’s bid to throw out plea deal for 9/11 mastermind
-Military appeals court rules against Lloyd Austin’s attempt to revoke agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants that would spare them the death penalty.
-IDF: Troops discover large cache of Hezbollah weapons in south Lebanon.
-A month before Israeli forces are slated to fully withdraw, French foreign and defense minister visit Lebanon for talks on ceasefire implementation.
-First in Knesset history: Hanukkah candles lit on Knesset floor
-Ishay Ribo’s sold out separate seating event in NYC.
-Shin Bet says it foiled 1,040 major terror attacks in West Bank, Jerusalem in 2024
-Security agency releases audio from rescue of hostage in Gaza as part of report summarizing its operations; also highlights involvement in killing dozens of terror commanders.
-Ford apologizes for X post declaring ‘Israel is a terrorist[sic] state.’ [Radical Arab stronghold area] Dearborn-based carmaker says account was ‘briefly compromised,’ investigation underway into pro-Palestinian statements against Israel.
-Following backlash: Organizers reverse decision to ban Israelis from competition.
-World Bowls Tour says it added ‘significant’ security to upcoming indoor championship, acknowledges ‘difficult time for all involved’ following banning of 3 bowlers.
-IAF eliminates Nukhba commander --Abd al-Hadi Sabah of the Western Khan Yunis Brigade-- who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7. Abd al-Hadi Sabah was one of the terrorist leaders who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 and, throughout the war, led numerous terror attacks against IDF soldiers.
-US hits targets across Yemen as Israel seeks global coalition to confront Houthis
-Strikes come amid repeated attacks by Iran-backed rebels targeting Israel, ships in Red Sea; Houthi spokesman rails at America’s ‘blatant support for Israel.’
-US slaps sanctions on groups in Iran, Russia for election interference. Treasury targets group subordinate to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, saying it ‘sought to divide the American people through targeted disinformation campaigns.’
-Palestinian Authority demands control of Gaza Strip.
-Report: Netanyahu considering seizing powers from Ben-Gvir.
-World Central Kitchen complies with Israeli security checks of its employees.
-Hamas proposal: Week-long ceasefire in exchange for list of hostages. The terrorist organization is not making the ceasefire conditional on the withdrawal of IDF forces from the Gaza Strip or the return of Gaza residents to their homes, claims it needs time to put together a list of 'humanitarian cases' of hostages.
-Survey: Public support for conscripting ultra-Orthodox has surged throughout war
-With IDF strapped for personnel amid grueling multifront conflict, 84.5% of poll respondents back drafting Haredim, compared to 67% in January 2024.
-Trump: 'They better let the hostages come back soon.' US President-elect reiterates his warning to Hamas about returning all the hostages that it is holding in the Gaza Strip.
-US Jewish leaders to Pope: 'Refrain from making incendiary comments against Israel.'
-Footage: IDF eliminates terrorists smuggling weapons in Lebanon.
-* Jan 1, 2025:<br>
-‘Kinocide’ report: Hamas systematically targeted families on Oct. 7. The document coins a harrowing new term and describes how "Hamas struck at the heart of the Jewish community: the family unit."
-The Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children released a groundbreaking report this week. Titled “Kinocide: The Weaponization of Families,” its key findings demonstrate the systematic and widespread targeting of families “aimed at terrorizing and breaking the spirit of kins and entire communities.”
-Footage: Muslim preschooler practices mortar-launching skills
-Senior IDF officer: Key positions in Lebanon vital to safeguarding border.
-Israel plans to build an advanced border barrier to protect against Hezbollah attacks.
-Hamas rings in year '25 with rocket fire on Israel. Israeli air defenses intercepted one of the rockets, with the other striking an open field.
-Shoah survivor lights menorah at Berlin icon. Berlin-born Margot Friedlander, 103, lights a Hanukkah menorah celebrating light's victory over darkness.
-'Dangerous and daring' New details about Israel's commando. mission deep in Syria.
-Spain: Israeli flag burned outside Hapoel Tel Aviv basketball game
-Increase in terror incitement complaints in Israeli academia. In the past academic year, 180 complaints were filed with the disciplinary committees at Israel's universities demanding investigations into incitement and support for terrorism by students.
-UK ex-Minister: 'Trump's decision led to fall of Assad.'
-Chief of Staff to reservists: 'We are making efforts to reward you.'
-FBI probing car ramming in New Orleans, that killed 10 and injured swceral including 2 Israelis, as terror attack. The terrorist, an Army veteran, Shamsud Din Jabbar, "hell-bent" on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around barricades and plowed his vehicle through a crowd, carried ISIS flag in truck. Explosives found in vehicle were placed by 3 men and a woman.
-Palestinian Authority pursuing West Bank terrorists to impress Trump, analysts say.
-Semi-autonomous body wishes to show US president-elect it is capable of governing a post-war Gaza; 11 people killed in last month’s clashes between PA forces and terror groups.
-Minister Ben Gvir orders arrest of Arab Israeli McDonald’s employee who accosted soldiers. Video shows employee throwing things at two soldiers, witness says employee got irate after the soldiers started filming him.
-After weeks of hope, hostage talks hit impasse with no clear path forward.
-No Israeli negotiators are in Cairo or Doha, as officials blame Hamas for refusing to provide names of living hostages; cabinet meeting canceled as PM recovers.
-Herzog to Be’eri residents:
-'We pray the 8th Hanukkah candle will bring wonderful news.'
-Minister Katz: 'If Hamas doesn't promptly release hostages, it will suffer unprecedented blows.'
-New Jersey officials angered after Nazi swastika graffiti found in Fair Lawn school.
-Saudi Arabia executes Iranians for drugs smuggling, Tehran protests
-Iran's Khamenei tweets al-Aqsa Mosque is greatest in Muslim world.
-Palestinian Authority freezes Al Jazeera operations in West Bank.
-Syrians protest to demand justice and accountability for disappeared activists.
-Israel on guard: The complex puzzle of Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa. Commentary: The fate of Syria, the future of women in the country and the relations with Israel depend heavily on when one listens to the rebel leader — and how much fear he evokes.
-Iran bots resurface, sowing discord in Israel. Iranian-backed network uses fake profiles, AI to incite and divide on Israeli social media; exposed accounts keep reappearing.
-Syrian foreign minister arrives in Saudi Arabia with delegation, optimistic about stronger ties with Saudi Arabia.
-Hundreds of "pro-palestine" march for ‘Intifada’ in NYC  blocking Sixth Avenue in Manhattan just hours after a terror attack in New Orleans, Louisiana, and an explosion in Las Vegas, Nevada.
-Report: Netanyahu demanding release of all living hostages at once.
-'The suspect was inspired by ISIS.'
-US President says authorities are investigating whether there is any possible connection between the New Orleans attack and the explosion of a Tesla truck outside Trump hotel in Vegas.
-Antisemitism in Ukraine: Firebomb thrown at Chabad synagogue in Mykolaiv.
-* Jan 2, 2024:<br>
-IAF kills (overnight) Hamas Internal Security chief in Khan Yunis. Hassam Shahwan coordinated intelligence assessments to plan and execute attacks on the IDF in the Gaza Strip.
-Security forces demolish home of terrorist responsible for death of soldier.
-Iran plans on transferring millions to Hezbollah on Thursday (Jan/2) - report.
-IAF intercepts rocket launched at Israel from Gaza.
-On January 13: Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, Britain, and Germany.
-Ben Gvir: Is there one law for synagogues and another for mosques? Enforcement chief claims illegal Arab construction not demolished due to 'lack of interest to the public,' National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir demands explanations.
-IDF publishes casualty statistics for Swords of Iron. It has published a report on the number of fallen soldiers since the war broke out, including nearly nine hundred dead and thousands injured.
-IDF supports decision: R&R day in Gaza for non-combat soldiers met with criticism.
-Shaldag soldiers raided, dismantled Syrian missile factory. In September, troops from the Shaldag Unit raided and destroyed an underground compound for manufacturing precision missiles in the Masyaf area, deep in Syrian territory.
-'The bond between Jews in Israel and around the world in the face of war and antisemitism strengthens us': Hundreds of thousands lit a candle in the world’s largest digital menorah. Nicole and Roee Haddad, immigrants to Israel, celebrated the first night of Hanukkah by welcoming their newborn daughter after the father came back from reserve duty; Ilan Goldman, who lost a childhood friend at the Nova music festival and has been supporting survivors and Kibbutz Carmia in southern Israel, lit a candle in the US; Linat Karmisi was able to return home this year and light a candle in Kibbutz Eilon; Together with hundreds of thousands of Jews from Israel and around the world, they participated in the "Global Glow" initiative, The Jewish Agency's digital menorah, creating a display of Jewish light.
-Who is 'Hamas doctor' Hussam Abu Safiya? Kamal Adwan Hospital is classified as a military hospital under Hamas's Military Medical Services Directorate.
-IAF jets destroy Hezbollah launch pads posing threat to Israeli civilians, soldiers.
-MSCI seems to remove anti-Israel ratings of Motorola, Caterpillar. “If states like Florida, New Jersey or New York now open their own investigations, the remaining BDS controversies would magically disappear soon too,” Richard Goldberg, of FDD, told JNS.
-Hezbollah launches 'reconstruction campaign' with Iranian backing.
-Terror group announces start of official efforts to fix war damages in southern Lebanon while thanking Tehran for its extensive funding of the project; Iraq and Yemen also provided support; Among the benefits: $400 for each displaced family, $8,000 for furniture, and an annual allowance for rent.
-Article: 'Why Russia Has Skewed Its Population Against Israel..Vladimir Putin’s second presidential term (2004–2008) was marked by Moscow’s obvious desire to regain its status as a global superpower, which had been lost by the Soviet Union as a result of its defeat in the Cold War...'
-Minister Avi Dichter: 'Turkey is becoming the new Iran in Syria.'
-UN finally criticizes PA, for suspending Al Jazeera. [The power of Qatar].
-Biden presented with options for attack on Iran nuclear program. Outgoing US President presented with plans for potential attack on Iran's nuclear program if Iran makes major moves towards development of nuclear weapons before January 20.
-Reports in Syria: Israel struck defense facilities east of Aleppo.
-'The ground trembled': IDF reveals details of heroic commando raid in Syria. With heavy aerial cover and amid intense danger, 100 IDF commandos landed in Syria in order to dismantle an Iranian missile production facility that was on the verge of becoming operational.
-Experts uncover 2nd Temple mikveh in Jerusalem. Israeli archeologists say private ritual bath was a luxury few Jews could afford during the Early Roman period.
-Police arrest two racist Arab "Palestinian" men from Burka, in the West Bank, for assaulting Jews (Jan/1) with clubs and stones. One jeeded medical attention.
-Israeli injured after terrorists threw rocks at civilian bus.
-So Israel has been delivering aid to Gaza all along and the U.N. hasn't distributed it.
-Dec 3, 2024:<br>
-Houthi threat persists with 3 A.M. sirens in Israel. Commentary: The Houthi problem is not just Israel’s problem, the U.S., U.K. and others should get involved.
-UNRWA preparing to cease operations in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria. UN officials say agency that employed numerous Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists prepping for implementation of new Israeli law barring its operations.
-Missile from Yemen intercepted
-Sirens in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Gush Dan and Shfela.
-Mosque in (Jan/1 New Orleans ramming) terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Houston community urges members to avoid speaking with the media and to refer any potential FBI inquiries to the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Masjid Bilal sounded the alarm to congregants in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday addressing Jabbar’s heinous attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left 14 people dead. “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond,” the mosque, located within walking distance of Jabbar’s dilapidated trailer, wrote in an announcement. “If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH.”
-Friday sermon at Houston mosque where New Orleans terrorist worshiped: The Jews created havoc[sic] wherever they went on the face of this earth; Allah turned some of them into ...This is the mosque that told its worshippers not to talk to law enforcement.
-Military commentator:
-A race against time: Hamas is recovering - and the IDF prefers not to take risks.
-Hamas gathering points and command centers struck in last day.
-General Eli Marom: 'Deal in the north was a mistake.'
-Report: Israel demanding captured soldiers in first stage of hostage deal.
-Sirens in Kibbutz Be'eri set off as precautionary measure after Hamas terrorists launched missile towards IAF helicopter, IDF explains.
-Take me, al Golani: New Syrian leader wooed by many countries, leaders.
-Ahmad al-Sharaa is least likely to align himself with Russia, and he needs legitimacy and funding from the West including the lifting of sanctions to allow trade and foreign investments.
-Syria's [Islamic] new curriculum: Jews are 'damned and have gone astray'. Syria’s newly formed government under fire following proposed changes to the school curriculum.
-Israeli injured after terrorists threw rocks at civilian bus.
-So Israel has been delivering aid to Gaza all along and the U.N. hasn't distributed it.
-* Jan 3, 2025:<br>
-Houthi threat persists with 3 A.M. sirens in Israel. Commentary: The Houthi problem is not just Israel’s problem, the U.S., U.K. and others should get involved.
-'The ground trembled': IDF reveals details of heroic commando raid in Syria | Watch.
-With heavy aerial cover and amid intense danger, 100 IDF commandos landed in Syria in order to dismantle an Iranian missile production facility that was on the verge of becoming operational.
-UNRWA preparing to cease operations in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria. UN officials say agency that employed numerous Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists prepping for implementation of new Israeli law barring its operations.
-Missile from Yemen intercepted
-Sirens in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Gush Dan and Shfela.
-Mosque in (Jan/1 New Orleans ramming) terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Houston community urges members to avoid speaking with the media and to refer any potential FBI inquiries to the controversial Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Masjid Bilal sounded the alarm to congregants in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday addressing Jabbar’s heinous attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left 14 people dead. “If anyone is contacted by the media, it is very important that you do not respond,” the mosque, located within walking distance of Jabbar’s dilapidated trailer, wrote in an announcement. “If approached by the FBI and a response is necessary, please refer to CAIR and ISGH.”
-At New Orleans terrorist's local mosque (masjid Bilal), Imam says Hitler killed Jews 'because [sic] of the economy thing, that Jews 'have many problems, but that's one of the main problems—they like to take control of the economy,' propagated racist Eiad Soudan during a Nov. 17, 2023 event.
-Hamas gathering points and command centers struck in last day.
-General Eli Marom: 'Deal in the north [ceasefire with Hezbollah] was a mistake.'
-Report: Israel demanding captured soldiers in first stage of hostage deal.
-Sirens in Kibbutz Be'eri set off as precautionary measure after Hamas terrorists launched missile towards IAF helicopter, IDF explains.
-Man accused in I-85 (in SC) bomb threat appears in bond court: 28-year-old Arab immigrant from Jordan, Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi, of Oak Lawn, Illinois.
-Take me, al Golani: New Syrian leader wooed by many countries, leaders.
-Ahmad al-Sharaa is least likely to align himself with Russia, and he needs legitimacy and funding from the West including the lifting of sanctions to allow trade and foreign investments.
-The ISIS threat never left.
-Column: Why victories abroad are crucial for securing America's homeland.
-'A Bogus Claim': Columbia racist Arab Islamic "professor," who praised Oct. 7 massacres, claims Jews not (sic) descendants of ancient Hebrews. This Joseph Massad, is set to teach an upcoming course on Zionism at the Ivy League school.
-Security forces arrest 42 suspects across Central Command region.
-Hamas gathering points and command centers struck in last day.
-Report: Israel demanding captured soldiers in first stage of hostage deal.
-Sirens in Kibbutz Be'eri caused by shoulder-fired missile. Sirens in Kibbutz Be'eri set off as precautionary measure after Hamas terrorists launched missile towards IAF helicopter, IDF explains.
-Take me, al Golani: New Syrian leader wooed by many countries, leaders. Ahmad al-Sharaa is least likely to align himself with Russia, and he needs legitimacy and funding from the West including the lifting of sanctions to allow trade and foreign investments.
-US law enforcement worried about copycat vehicle-ramming attacks - intelligence bulletin.
-Palestinians killed amid Jenin clashes between PA forces, terror groups in West Bank. PA says ‘lawless individuals’ responsible for death of 44-year-old and his son, which took place in different location from where security forces are operating.
-State Department approves potential sale of lightweight torpedoes to Saudi Arabia, Pentagon says.
-US said preparing $8 billion arms package for Israel, including heavy bombs
-Israeli negotiating team wraps up first day of renewed hostage talks in Doha. Gaps between Israel and Hamas reportedly remain on almost all issues being negotiated; Israel said considering reducing Gaza aid after Trump’s inauguration to squeeze Hamas further
-Meet Valerie Hamaty, the Christian Arab leading the race to sing for Israel at Eurovision. She duetted with the son of an Oct. 7 victim, sang lyrics from the Shema, has performed at Memorial Day events. ‘The sane majority has shown her nothing but love,’ says her father.
-Trump appoints Ortagus as deputy Mideast envoy, but admits he’s not excited about it. In making announcement, US president-elect appears to reference the ex-State Department spokesperson’s previous criticism of him, warns that he expects results soon.
-Footage: US Navy launches missiles at Houthi weapon production and storage facilities.
-* Jan 4, 2025:<br>
-Syria's Damascus airport to start operating international flights from Jan 7.
-Two rockets from Gaza launched at Israel, one falls near border.
-Hamas releases video showing sign of life from hostage Liri Albag who was kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military base during the October 7 massacre. Terror group releases clip as attempts at psychological warfare after previous footage of the IDF lookout was released in May; 'this is not the same daughter and sister we know,' family says.
-Freed teen hostage: 'Liri's video gave me flashbacks to having rifle pointed at me.
-Yigal Yaakov, who was just 13 when he and his brother were captured from Nir Oz, commented on the sign of life released from hostage.
-PM Netanyahu speaks with hostage Liri Albag's parents after Hamas video publication.
-Albag family responds to video: 'It tore our hearts to pieces.'
-Two Israelis arrested by IDF after driving across border into Syria.
-Hezbollah chief: 'Our patience may run out before the cease-fire ends'. Terror group's Secretary-General Naim Qassem warns in speech organization is ready to resume hostilities if cease-fire conditions aren't upheld including IDF withdrawal from Lebanon.
-UNIFIL’s collapse: Tragic incidents and failures. Analysis: As the war unfolds, it's becoming clearer that UNIFIL’s mission has failed and its presence serves no purpose.
-IDF forces clash with armed terrorists in Shechem.
-IDF destroys terror tunnel & underground weapons production site.
-Report: 6,000 Arab terrorists took part in October 7th massacre.
-US' Blinken reveals: Whose fault is it that there is no deal? In an interview with The New York Times, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says a deal could've been reached, questions, 'Where is the world, why hasn't Hamas been pushed to put down its weapons, give up the hostages, and surrender?'
-In New Orleans, the chickens have come home to roost. Tulane University and local officials have complicity in taking funding from Qatar and taking sides with the crowd that openly calls for jihad and intifada. And it happened - in their own city.
-IDF: Hamas missile fired from Gaza lands near aid truck compound.
-* Jan 5, 2025:<br>
-Missile fired from Islamists-Houthis in Yemen successfully intercepted.
-Four airstrikes target Saada, Yemen - report.
-Confirmed: Stabbing of 74-year-old in Jerusalem home (on Koresh Street) last month (Dec.19.2024) is terror attack; Stabbed man – 60-year-old Arab from Silwan. The stabbing man was employed as a cleaner in the woman’s apartment building, and she asked him to fix things in her home. He revealed in the investigation that he had already decided to carry out an attack that day. The next day, he entered the woman's house and began strangling her forcefully until he believed she was dead, then started to walk towards the door to escape. His interrogation revealed that he believed he had succeeded in strangling her to death, but then stabbed her several times and fled with jewelry from her home.
-Over the weekend, the IDF and the Shin Bet carried out 100 attacks in the Gaza Strip, of which more than 50 were targeted assassinations following intelligence provided by the Shin Bet. The attacks are focused on the governance capabilities that Hamas is trying to restore in the Gaza Strip, mainly against military intelligence operatives and violent enforcement units that take over humanitarian aid, which ultimately reaches Hamas instead of the population in the Gaza Strip.  The security establishment says that the intelligence for the foiling comes from intensive work by field coordinators and Shin Bet intelligence personnel who work together to reach those operatives who are helping Hamas reestablish its grip on the Gaza Strip and its residents.
-Israel understands that Hamas is successful in recruiting terrorists to its ranks after it controls the supply of humanitarian supplies to the population. The ability to control the supply of water and bread gives Hamas the power to rebuild its military wing.
-Blinken’s stunning confession. Whenever there has been public daylight between the U.S. and Israel, Hamas has pulled back from a ceasefire and release of hostages, the secretary said.
-'A direct threat': Lions' Den terror flag waved near pro-Hamas rally in Toronto.
-B’nai Brith Canada said that this was the first time a Lions’ Den flag had been spotted in Canada.
-Iranian foreign minister warns of ‘large-scale war’ if Israel attacks again.
-Relying on the Lebanese army to deter Hezbollah delays IDF withdrawal. Analysis - IDF remains in southern Lebanon as it works to dismantle Hezbollah’s hidden infrastructure; A cease-fire agreement notwithstanding, progress is hindered by the Lebanese Army’s insufficient enforcement.
-Israel reportedly planning to prolong stay in Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement and the Lebanese Armed Forces’ slow deployment to the region have raised concerns in Jerusalem.
-Trump administration plans crippling sanctions on ICC. President-elect signals immediate action against the international court over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
-Nova massacre survivor flees (liberal anti-Israel government Lula Sa Silva's) Brazil amid war crimes[sic] probe.
-pistols found in vehicle in Samaria.
-Petitions rejected: Supreme Court allows State to hold bodies of terrorists.
-IDF destroys weapons caches in the Syrian Hermon.
-Trump administration plans crippling sanctions on ICC. President-elect signals immediate action against the international court over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
-Report: Israel considering Hamas proposal for 1-week ceasefire. Israel is reportedly considering responding to Hamas's offer for a week-long ceasefire in exchange for a list of hostages in light of the expected visit tomorrow by Mossad chief Barnea to Qatar.
-Red Cross says locating missing Syrians after Assad’s downfall likely to take years.
-Police arrested individual suspected of smuggling women in east Jerusalem.
-Infiltration detected at Jerusalem's Central Command base - report.
-Tzabar Battalion soldier severely wounded in northern Gaza.
-Footage: PIJ terrorists eliminated and surrender to IDF forces.
-IDF soldier in Jabaliya: 'We fight for the love of our land, not for hate of our enemy.'
-Hamas claims to have approved list of 34 hostages. Jerusalem denies a report that mediators succeeded in bridging gaps with Hamas and that Israel has now to respond if it agrees to the deal.
-Actress Gal Gadot shares photo of hostage Liri Albag to 108m followers.
-Israeli hospitals treat 60 Hamas, PIJ terrorists after Kamal Adwan Hospital raid.
-'We went back to Jabaliya to ensure this will be the last time.' Captain Tal Aricha, company commander in Brigade 401, speaks about his injury in Jabaliya last week and his insistence on returning to combat service, to ensure security for the Gaza envelope.
-IDF eliminates PIJ commander who invaded Israel on October 7.
-Sa’ed Saeed Zaki Dahnoun, a PIJ commander who invaded Israel and participated in the October 7 massacre, was eliminated by the IDF [last week].
-IDF eliminates Hamas terrorists who were operating in the humanitarian area in Khan Yunis, as well as a PIJ terrorist who was conducting terrorist attacks from the humanitarian area in Dier al-Balah.
-US to ease aid restrictions for Syria in limited show of support for new government, WSJ reports. The Biden administration plans to announce Monday that it will ease restrictions on humanitarian aid for Syria, speeding delivery of basic supplies without lifting sanctions that restrict other assistance to the new government in Damascus, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The step, approved by the administration over the weekend, authorizes the Treasury Department to issue waivers to aid groups and companies providing essentials such as water, electricity and other humanitarian supplies, the WSJ reported citing officials.
-Israeli hospitals treat 60 Hamas, PIJ terrorists after Kamal Adwan Hospital raid - report.
-Taboo no more: One in five Golan Druze now holds Israeli citizenship. Requests for naturalization hit an all-time high as communities warm to the idea. While future trends are unpredictable, developments in Syria will have a huge impact.
-* Jan 6, 2024:<br>
-Anti-Jewish message spray-painted on car in Sydney, Australia, drawing condemnation from Australian PM.
-Jewish community leaders speak out against what they say is a rising tide of attacks; unlike previous incidents, graffiti not couched as criticism of Israel
-Antony Blinken: 'We want to end negotiations within two weeks'.
-Not certain who's alive: Hamas hostage list reportedly includes Bibas children.
-Passenger argues with American Airlines flight attendant who was wearing a Palestinian pin. Jewish American Airlines passenger has heated argument with flight attendant for wearing pro-Palestinian pin, against company regulations. A viral video shows a Jewish American Airlines passenger holding a heated argument with a flight attendant and calling her “antisemitic,” because she was wearing a watermelon pin, which has become a symbol for Palestinian solidarity.
-At least four hurt in West Bank shooting attack by Arab terrorists in the West Bank, when shots were fired at a public bus and a private car on rout 55 near the Kedumim.
-Clip: Terrorist exits vehicle and begins shooting.
-Horrifying: 8-Year-Old Watched His Father Get Murdered In Terror Attack.
-Samaria leader: 'Bring back the checkpoints, fight terror'. New footage of a Samaria shooting attack reveals the terrorists stood on the road, fired from point blank. 'If the security checkpoints had been operating, the terror attack may not have happened.'
-Yesha Council CEO: 'We must act quickly and decisively.'
-Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades welcome Samaria terror attack.
-PM after Samaria shooting:
-'We'll settle accounts with killers, none will get away'.
-rockets fired crim Gaza at Sderot, 1 explodes inside city. Building sustains direct hit.
-Turkey says eradication of Kurdish YPG militia in Syria 'imminent'.
-Syrian finance minister says foreign debt is around $20 billion-$23 billion.
-Druze Likud member Afif Abed enters Knesset, following Gallant's resignation.
-US issues Syria-related general license, Treasury Dept website shows.
-Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with Paraguay, for recognizing the opposition.
-soldiers killed in northern Gaza battle.
-'A man of truth and humility': Cpt. Eitan Shiknazi from Eli, killed by anti-tank missile in Beit Hanoun; IDF fatalities reach 827.
-Israel blocks incoming UN Middle East envoy. Israel rejects nomination of Finland’s Pekka Haavisto as Middle East envoy, citing concerns over bias, 2-state solution support.
-US says anti-ISIS operation in Iraq kills coalition soldier.
-Two weeks before inauguration, Trump warns of ‘hell’ over hostages, slams Biden. US president-elect reiterates ultimatum to Hamas; criticizing Biden for inaction, Trump promised decisive measures to secure their release.
-Venezuela arrests 125, labeling them 'foreign mercenaries[sic]', including one Israeli accusing for working for US.
-Americans sue Venezuela's Maduro for anguish caused by imprisonment, alleged torture. A former U.S. Marine and a Florida man who were imprisoned in Venezuela have sued President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly heading a vast “criminal enterprise” that uses American citizens as bargaining chips in negotiations with the U.S. The complaint filed Monday in Miami federal court by Matthew Heath and Osman Khan is similar to a slew of lawsuits that have resulted in major judgments for Americans imprisoned in Venezuela.
-Deal being advanced would leave most hostages in Gaza forever, families warn.
-Following reports of Hamas approving list of 34 captives to be released in temporary ceasefire, relatives call on Netanyahu to strive for comprehensive deal that would free all 100.
-Linkedin bans Jewish CPA for reporting antisemitic content. Tech giant faces million-dollar lawsuit after banning Jewish CPA who reported death threats and Hitler praise.
-New Orleans attack: Condition of injured Israelis improves.
-IAF strikes squad of armed terrorist in the northern West Bank.
-US Army targets ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
-===Jan 7, 2025 - Jan 19, 2025===
-* Jan 7, 2025:<br>
-IAF strikes squad of armed terrorist in the northern West Bank.
-France says fate of citizens held in Iran worsening.
-Hind Rajab Foundation claims it filed legal case against IDF soldier who fled Brazil.
-Israeli foreign ministry official says Hamas is only obstacle to release of hostages.
-Gal Hirsch to meet with US, European counterparts to discuss hostages.
-US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees, WSJ reports.
-Hamas stands by demand for end to Gaza war under hostage deal, as Trump deadline approaches.
-Police arrest parents on suspicion of purposefully harming their baby.
-Netanyahu appoints Miri Regev to lead Independence Day torch-lighting.
-Damascus airport receives first int'l commercial flight since Assad's deposition.
-Clip: Captured Hamas terrorist admits using hospitals as safe havens.
-Staff Sergeant Ido Samiach from Ganei Tikva fell in battle in Gaza. He served as a squad sergeant in the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Nahal Brigade.
-Deputy head of US CENTCOM visits Israel.
-Pres. Herzog meets international task force for hostages.
-NYC: Antisemitic Hate Crimes Exploded In 2024 – Outnumber All Other Hate Attacks Combined.
-Bereaved mother: 'Flatten the shopping street that is dripping with Jewish blood'.
-Footage: Kfir Brigade finishes operating in three terrorist strongholds.
-Anti-Israel protesters in NY: We don’t want no Zionists here. "Pro-Palestinian" Arab demonstrators gather outside NYU Tisch Hospital, demand release of Gaza doctor arrested by IDF over Hamas ties, while chanting slogans against Israel and holding signs with anti-Israel messages.
-The Arab demonstrators assembled outside NYU Tisch Hospital on Monday, chanting slogans against Israel and holding signs with anti-Israel messages.
-The demonstration was organized by Nerden Kiswani's Within Our Lifetime organization.
-Biden administration says Sudan’s rebel forces committing genocide, sanctions leader.
-Iran infiltrate Israeli social media, spreading propaganda under new identities.
-Defanged but still dangerous, Hezbollah will try to regain its bite, experts predict.
-Mass. man arrested for incitement to shoot synagogue worshippers, threats to rape Jewish women. Mathew Scouras, 34, was arraigned Monday for posting on an internet image board threats against Jewish people. 'I have so much ammo': Massachusetts man threatened Jews. Local police raid Scouras' home finds Nazi flag and weapons.
-Article in NYT: 'Disaster by the Numbers: The Crisis in Sudan.
-The United States just formally declared that genocide has taken place in the northeast African nation, but the calamity there dates back decades.
-A civil war in Sudan that has killed 150,000 people and forced more than 11 million others from their homes, by some estimates, prompted the U.S. government on Tuesday to declare that a genocide had been perpetrated by one of the war’s main antagonists, the ethnic Arab militia known as the Rapid Support Forces.
-The war, which has drawn in foreign countries and a host of armed groups, now threatens to spill over Sudan’s borders. After 21 months of fighting, thousands have been killed in a campaign of ethnic cleansing, countless women and girls have been subjected to sexual violence, and millions are hungry, in the world’s first officially declared famine since 2020.
-So many people have been uprooted that the United Nations says Sudan is now home to the world’s largest displacement crisis — a “living nightmare,” in the words of Amy Pope, director general of the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration.
-Genocide Old and New...'
-In a year of war, investment in Israeli cyber startups more than doubles to $4 billion. Fundraising in 2024 was led by Israeli cyber firms that develop technology to protect the cloud and artificial intelligence threats, according to a report by YL Ventures.
-Inside the Lebanon-border closed military zone, kibbutz members prepare to start over.
-Foreign Ministry: No foreign court has issued warrants for reservists over Gaza war.
-* Jan 8, 2025:<br>
-Some Israeli hostages may never come home. Experts explain why the odds of rescuing all 100 hostages still held in Gaza are slim.
-IDF scrambles to combat flood of weapons into the West Bank. Troops stationed there face difficulties in capturing armed terrorists and stopping their suppliers, who smuggle weapons from Iran via Jordan; Regular infantry battalions will return from Gaza to the West Bank for the first time since October 7.
-US Department of Education opens antisemitism probe at Sarah Lawrence College. Move comes following rare complaint by campus Hillel chapter that school fostered a hostile environment for Jewish students; college says reviewing request for data on incidents. Hillel pres.:
-'Environment at Sarah Lawrence among the worst we’ve seen.'
-Top asset management firm stops rating human rights risk in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After scrutiny from pro-Israel groups, Morningstar says situation too complicated, won’t advise on any ‘contiguous territorial disputes’; watchdogs, investors pan ‘mystifying’ move.
-Netanyahu: Reports of six-week ceasefire 'absolutely false'.
-Foreign Ministry: No foreign court has issued warrants for reservists over Gaza war.
-Israel Demands FIFA ban Jew-Hating Palestinian Official – Here's what to know
-As world soccer's governing body remains silent on Jibril Rajoub's praise for October 7 terrorists and calls for more violence against civilians, Israel's Sports Minister demands action against a man who once said Jews deserved the Holocaust and threatens his country with nuclear annihilation while holding a prestigious position in international sports.
-Israel in Arabic post on X (Jan/6):
-Did you know that the Kingdom of Israel existed for 3,000 years?
-The first king to rule for 40 years was King Saul (1050-1010) BC. He was followed by King David, who ruled for approximately 40 years (1010-970) BC. He was followed by King Solomon, who also ruled for 40 years in the period (970-931) BC.
-The rule of the three kings lasted 120 years, an important period of time in the history of Israel. These years witnessed development in Jewish life in various fields, including culture, religion, and the economy.
-After the death of King Solomon, the kingdom was divided in 931 BC into two parts: the Kingdom of Israel in the north and the Kingdom of Judah in the south, following internal conflicts due to heavy tax burdens and the centralized policies he imposed on the tribes.
-King Jeroboam ben Nevat [son of Nebat] ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Israel in the north (pictured in yellow).  Then he established two centers of worship in Dan and Beit El to establish a separate identity from the kingdom of Rehoboam, son of Solomon, in the south, who preferred to raise taxes on the people, at a time when they were suffering from them.
-The rule of the Kingdom of Israel in the north continued for about 209 years until its fall at the hands of the Assyrians in 722 BC.
-As for the southern Kingdom of Judah (in green), it continued for about 345 years until its fall at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, Emperor of Babylon in 568 BC.
-This division led to political conflicts throughout the history of the people of Israel, and its effects continued for hundreds of years. However, the Jewish people in the diaspora continued to aspire to the renaissance of their strength and capabilities and to rebuild their state, which was declared in the State of Israel in 1948 to become the only democracy in the Middle East.'
-What followed after the illustrated ancient map which covers areas occupied hy Arabs today, was anger from Palestinian Authority and Jordan - whose population's majority is "Palestinian." They used hyperbolic wording [as usual].
-Hundreds of flags. Thousands accompany fallen soldier Ido on his last journey.
-US hails Lebanese army’s implementation of truce, even as Israel views it as inadequate. Report says IDF Northern Command chief doubts ceasefire’s initial phase will be fulfilled at all; cabinet sources reportedly say IDF may not leave Lebanon ‘for many years’.
-AI helps veteran Israeli TV reporter return to the air after disease took his voice.
-Channel 12’s Moshe Nussbaum was diagnosed with ALS two years ago, which made him unable to speak clearly and seemingly ended his decades-long career; now he is making a comeback.
-Connecting a hostage deal to a ‘day after’ Gaza mechanism. What’s needed, to state the obvious, is an arrangement under which the hostages can be freed without Hamas leveraging their release to enable its survival.
-IDF recovers body of hostage Youssef al-Ziyadne. The IDF wrote in a statement that the IDF and ISA recovered the body of Youssef al-Ziyadne from a tunnel in the Rafah area. During the recovery operation, the troops found findings connected to Youssef's son, Hamza and there is great concern for his life.
-Lebanon: Candidate favored by Hezbollah drops out of presidential race.
-A day before the parliament is scheduled to select the next president, Suleiman Frangieh, who Hezbollah sought to elect, announces his withdrawal from the race.
-State tells High Court all eligible Haredi men can be drafted into IDF from 2026.
-Defense Minister Katz reported to have tried to excise IDF’s position from state’s response, as coalition continued to work on legislation exempting most of community from service.
-Standing firm: Just 388 out of 10,000+ Haredim sent draft orders since July have joined the IDF.
-Families of US hostages to attend Trump's inauguration.
-American family fights for Gaza hostage's return. 30 days after learning of their son’s Oct. 7 death, Omer Neutra's family continues their fight, urging leaders to secure his return.
-Report: How deep are UNRWA’s ties to Hamas?  UN Watch accuses UNRWA of collaborating with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, influencing policies and operations.
-'No IDF pullback without Lebanon army action'. Operations in Lebanon tied to cease-fire compliance; officials warn of escalation as concerns mount over Lebanese Army's role.
-Three soldiers fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip. Staff Sergeant Matityahu Ya’akov Perel, Staff Sergeant Kanaoo Kasa, and a third soldier who has yet to be named fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
-'Zero dopes’ protesting genocide in Sudan, Sen. John Fetterman says. "South Africa engaged the International Court of Justice over Gaza, but not for an actual genocide on their own continent?"
-After US exemption, UN says more significant Syria sanctions work needed.
-IDF: From now on, nearly all soldiers will be blurred in media interviews.
-Clip: Undercover police arrest terror suspect in under a minute.
-* Jan 9, 2024:<br>
-Grandmother of hostage whose body is held in Gaza passes away. Varda Nehushtan, grandmother of murdered hostage Inbar Hayman whose body is being held by Hamas in Gaza, passes away.
-Trend reversal: Poll shows most Israelis oppose Palestinian state. Previous surveys consistently showed a declining but steady support for the idea among all Israelis, including Jews. For the first time in nearly 18 years, a majority of Israeli Jews now oppose the establishment of any Palestinian state, according to an opinion poll published on Jan 6.
-Hamas sells aid to Gazans, uses profits to pay operatives. The terror group systematically intercepts aid shipments and resells essential supplies at premium prices to the local population.
-Polish prez calls for ICC immunity for Netanyahu during Auschwitz event.
-President Andrzej Duda reportedly asked the Polish premier to guarantee that a visit would be "unhindered" by the ICC's arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister.
-[Following the political cynical abuse of ICC against Israel, for the first time, the ceremony might be lacking major appearances of symbolic association with victims. But Poles, Germans and countries - at WW2, major ccomplices of the Holocaust, will attend].
-Islamist bigot Ilhan Omar to replace co-chair of caucus on defense budget reduction.
-Attempted Attack: Islamic terrorist tried to murder soldier 'to die as a martyr'.
-Israeli Arab, Kabul in the Western Galilee, nabbed for planning bombings. Mahmoud Hussein Muhammad Bushkar, 37, researched how to make bombs, purchased equipment, conducted tests and tried to recruit accomplices, according to Israeli security forces.
-Turkey's Erdogan discusses Syria with NATO chief.
-US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces says six fighters killed in Manbij.
-Hamas armed wing claims responsibility for Monday West Bank shooting, statement says.
-US, Britain launch raids on Yemeni Al-Luhayyah district, Houthi media says - report.
-Ali Nur al-Din a-Nassan appointed chief of Syrian military - report.
-Israel intensifies push to free hostage held in Iraq. Elizabeth Tsurkov’s family meets hostage coordinators as Israel enlists 3rd-parties to pressure Iraq amid US leadership change.
-[[File:Eliminated - Osama Abu Namos directed Hamas terrorist activity against Israeli citizens and attacks on IDF troops.jpg|thumb|Eliminated - Osama Abu Namos directed Hamas terrorist activity against Israeli citizens and attacks on IDF troops. Jan.2025]].
-IDF eliminates commander of Hamas's Sabra Battalion. Osama Abu Namos directed Hamas terrorist activity against Israeli citizens and attacks on IDF troops in the area of Netzarim Corridor.
-Footage: IDF intercepts dozens of Houthi missiles and over 100 UAVs. Most of the 40 missiles and 100 of the 320 UAVs launched by Houthis at Israel in recent months have been intercepted, IDF announces.
-Families of murdered hostages:
-'Don't miss this chance! Make deal now to bring everyone home!'
-[[File:Swastika, Allah Akbar, pro Hitler pro Palestine.jpeg|thumb|Two Arab-Muslims defaced synagogue, in Allawah, South Sydney, with swastikas and hateful graffiti, including messages glorifying Adolf Hitler. Slogans, such as “Hitler on top,” the Arabic phrase “Allah hu Akbar,” “Free Palestine,” “F**k Israel” and “Jew do_s,” were spray-painted on the building’s exterior walls.]]
-A synagogue in Allawah, South Sydney, targeted in antisemitic attack. Two Arab-Muslims defaced it with swastikas and hateful graffiti, including messages glorifying Adolf Hitler. Slogans, such as “Hitler on top,” the Arabic phrase “Allah hu Akbar,” “Free Palestine,” “F**k Israel” and “Jew do_s,” were spray-painted on the building’s exterior walls.
-With more support from Dems, House passes bill to sanction Hague court
-“It’s a dadgum sham court is what it is,” said Rep. Tim Burchett. “These decisions by the ICC are reckless and they not only put Israel at risk, they put Americans at risk as well.”
-The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday instructing the president to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court in The Hague over its issue of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the former defense minister.
-The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act passed with bipartisan support as one of the first measures of the new Congress.
-House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) welcomed its passage. “The House of Representatives will not tolerate rogue actors, who circumvent international law in an effort to attack Israel and threaten America,” he stated. “America has returned to a position of strength and once again supports Israel without equivocation.”
-The legislation passed 243-140, with 45 Democrats joining all but one Republican in voting for the measure. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a libertarian who frequently opposes bills related to foreign policy, voted present.
-The bipartisan support for the bill marks an increase from its passage in June in the previous Congress when it won the support of 42 Democrats.
-New “yea” votes from Democrats included Reps. Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) and George Latimer (D-N.Y.), who defeated former Congress members Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman in the Democratic primaries in the last election. Bush and Bowman were members of the so-called “Squad” of left-wing progressives, who are among the most vocal critics of Israel in Congress.
-,000 terrorist attacks in Israel in 2024.
-Israeli civilians were attacked on seven fronts last year—Iran, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Iraq, Yemen and from within Israeli territory. Terrorists attacked the Jewish state no fewer than 18,000 times in 2024, killing 134 innocent people and wounding another 1,277, according to data the National Public Diplomacy Directorate in the Prime Minister’s Office released on Jan/9.
-Israeli civilians were attacked from seven fronts—Iran, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Iraq, Yemen and from within Israeli territory—18,365 times last year, revealed the report, which combined data from all security agencies and the country’s emergency response groups.
-Some 16,400 rockets and missiles were fired into Israel, of which approximately 15,400 were launched by Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon and 700 from the Gaza Strip. October saw the most launches, with more than 6,900 attacks reported.
-At the same time, terrorists sent at least 399 drones toward Israeli territory, the vast majority of which came from Lebanon.
-Seventy-one people, including 14 children, were murdered in aerial assaults, and 892 more people sustained wounds. In addition, the rocket, missile and drone attacks sparked more than 600 wildfires, burning 92,417 acres managed by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and more than 42,749 acres of grazing land.
-An additional 1,900 terrorist incidents were reported in 2024, including stone-throwing, Molotov cocktails, car rammings, shootings, stabbings and bombings. November was the quietest month, with 109 terrorist incidents reported, while July saw the most violence in Israel—37 people were murdered and another 394 were wounded that month.
-The most common type of terrorist attack recorded in 2024 was stone-throwing, with 1,248 incidents reported, followed by “throwing objects, arson and tire burning” (162), attacks with Molotov cocktails (14), shootings (132) and the use of explosive devices (89).
-According to the annual report published by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on Dec. 31, Jerusalem thwarted more than 1,000 significant terrorist attacks in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem in 2024.
-Most of the attacks involved firearms (689) and explosive devices (326), with others being stabbings, rammings, bombings and abductions.
-An open letter to Ireland’s Archbishop Eamon Martin.
-Is it worth it to negotiate with Hamas about hostages?
-'Academia today: Censor Homer, laud Hamas.'
-Within minutes of each other: IDF intercepts three drones from Yemen.
-ISIS touts credit for New Orleans terror attack.
-IDF and ISA confirm: Body of hostage Hamza al-Ziyadne positively identified. [After his father was confirmed dead].
-High Court to State: Submit answers regarding implementation of haredi draft.
-Turkey detains pro-Kurdish mayor in southern district, police and party say.
-IDF soldiers operate in Judea and Samaria.
-Lebanese caretaker PM says country to begin disarming south Litani to ensure state presence.
-Minister Katz instructs IDF to present plan for complete defeat of Hamas.
-Carleton U. no longer employing prof. convicted of terror bombing of French synagogue - report. Dr Hassan Diab, a Lebanese terrorist convicted by a French court for his involvement in a 1980 bombing that killed four people and injured 46 outside a synagogue in Paris, is no longer employed by Ottawa's Carleton University, B'nai Brith Canada reported on Jan/7.
-France summons Iranian ambassador over hostages.
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-US, UK, and Israel launch coordinated attacks against Houthis. Israel strikes Yemeni port and power station, reports say. Israel struck the port city of Hodeidah and the Haziz power station near Sanaa, Houthi-aligned Yemeni media reported Friday. According to the Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah network, six strikes were carried out in the Hodeidah area in western Yemen.
-IAF strikes Hezbollah vehicle in southern Lebanon, report. The IDF spokesperson stated that the Air Force had attacked a Hezbollah vehicle in southern Lebanon which was carrying armed terrorists. "The IDF continues to be committed to the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon and will remove any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens," he said. Earlier, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported that two people were killed and two people were injured in a drone attack near Tyre.
-Iran Increases Military Presence In Venezuela With Drone Factory As Maduro Claims New Term In Office Despite Condemnation. Iranian officials and military personnel are residing in the South American country, with some members being offered political asylum should they need it.
-US warns new Syrian government against appointing jihadists to military. According to Reuters, American, French, and German envoys have warned the new Syrian government against appointing foreign jihadists to senior military positions, saying it would pose a security concern for them. Reuters cited two sources familiar with the matter. According to the report, a senior official told the Syrians that these appointments will not help their relations with the U.S.
-'We will let the missiles' speak for us, Houthi official threatens in Hebrew.
-Trump envoy meets Qatar PM for Gaza ceasefire, hostage talks.
-Counterterrorism operation near Jenin: 8 wanted terrorists arrested, homes of Funduq terrorists mapped. After 12 hours, IDF, Border Police, and Shin Bet conclude counterterrorism operation in the Palestinian Arab village of Qabatiya.
-Six CUNY professors ask Supreme Court to let them leave ‘highly antisemitic’ faculty union. “Though they are not union members, our clients must still accept the union’s representation,” a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide on Friday whether to hear the case of six professors at City University of New York—five of them Jewish—who want to sever ties with the public university’s faculty union, which they say is antisemitic.
-‘Illegitimate’ power grab, US says as Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president. “Israel expresses concern over the political persecution and arbitrary arrests by the regime,” stated Israeli minister Gideon Sa’ar.
-* Jan 11, 2025:<br>
-From combat to the classroom: Nahal soldiers rebuild lives along Gaza border.
-After the October 7 attacks, Nahal soldiers who fought in Gaza have transitioned to rebuilding border communities; Now part of the Education Corps, they mentor youth, strengthen resilience, and share firsthand experiences of war to inspire meaningful combat service
-Iran's IRGC claims to disband "spy" network - report.
-IAF strikes terrorists leaving Hezbollah compound in southern Lebanon.
-IAF strikes Hamas command center embedded within school in Jabaliya.
-From the combat in Jabaliya: IDF reveals footage from drone and helmet cam. IDF forces eliminate armed terrorists attempting to fire at Givati Brigade troops. Clip.
-Hamas condemns Palestinian Authority for shooting at West Bank terrorists.
-Israeli drone targets car in Kounine, southern Lebanon - report.
-American-Israeli settlers sanctioned by US sue Biden administration.
-Syrian intelligence says it foiled Islamic State attempt to target Damascus shrine.
-Lebanon's new president to make first official visit to Saudi Arabia.
-Synagogue that survived Palisades fire becomes a ‘refuge’ for many who lost homes. ‘At least this home is standing for so many people,’ says rabbi at Kehillat Israel, hundreds of whose members’ houses were destroyed in the blazes ravaging Los Angeles.
-Israeli official denies ‘significant progress’ on hostages talks in Qatar.
-Netanyahu to meet Trump's Mideast envoy amid hostage negotiation developments. Witkoff arrives in Israel on surprise visit with optimism deal could be soon finalized; sources say agreement 90% complete, but disagreements persist over transitioning from humanitarian stage to subsequent phases of deal.
-Netanyahu dispatches top negotiators to Doha talks amid push to seal hostage deal.
-Sydney synagogue defaced with red swastikas, day after another synagogue vandalized  by 2 Arabs. Home in city also daubed with antisemitic graffiti, police say they’re probing offensive comments on street poster; Australian PM: Abhorrent graffiti needs to stop immediately.
-PM Anthony Albanese:
-'The vile graffiti we’ve seen overnight, including at the Newtown Synagogue, is abhorrent and needs to stop immediately.
-Australia is a better place than this.
-We made it illegal to use Nazi and other hate symbols because there’s no place in Australia for antisemitism.
-The people that committed these crimes should face the full force of the law.'
-London cops ask pro-Palestinian group to move anti-Israel rally away from synagogue. Palestine Solidarity Campaign rejects police request, as dozens of British lawmakers warn ‘that many Jewish families have been intimidated’ by the weekly marches.
-Parents of hostage Liri Albag say ‘she’s not the same girl’ in Hamas video. Obviously malnourished.
-Shira and Eli Albag say their daughter’s own words peek out from Hamas’s script, say that they are dismayed members of the coalition have chosen not to watch the  clip.
-Four members of anti-Israel Dagestan airport mob sentenced to decade in penal colony Punishment said to be harshest yet in connection to riot at Makhachkala Int’l Airport after the arrival of a plane carrying ‘unclean’ passengers from Tel Aviv, 3 weeks after Oct. 7 (10/29/23).
-IDF says rocket fired from Gaza at border area intercepted; no injuries or damage.
-Over 30 rockets fired from Strip at Israel in past month; military releases footage of drone strike on cell of terror operatives during operations in northern Gaza’s Jabalia.
-Report: IDF to withdraw from southern Lebanon within two weeks.
-Terrorists exploit mosques in Jenin, Tulkarm. Since the start of the war, the IAF has carried out 110 attacks in Judea and Samaria, eliminating at least 165 armed terrorists, IDF reveals.
-This country is considered the world's least antisemitic. Interview with Taiwanese representative in Israel Ya-Ping (Abby) Lee: ‘A lot of Taiwanese see a reflection in Israel’.
-Iran reveals underground missile base | watch. Base located in the mountains and missiles kept there used to attack Israel, Iranian news agency says.
-Alexander, Danila, Yahav, and Eliav fell in battle in Gaza. Three soldiers from the 931st Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, and one soldier from the 79th Battalion of 14th 'Machatz' Brigade, fell in battle in Gaza.
-Israel Air Force strikes three suspects near Mount Dov advancing toward Israel.
-Kedumim Council head: Closure of stores in Al Funduq to continue. He promises the security situation in the area will not return to what it used to be, community won't get used to waiting for the next terror attack. The move follows a terror attack near Al-Funduq earlier this week, in which three people were murdered and six were wounded when terrorists opened fire from a passing vehicle at a bus and a car on Highway 55 between Karnei Shomron and Kedumim in Samaria Monday morning Jan/6.
-Fury as councils and universities urged to boycott Holocaust Memorial Day by Iran-linked Islamic-Antisemitic group IRHC.
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-IDF issues evacuation warning in Nuseirat area of Gaza Strip.
-Regional conference on Syria to begin in Riyadh on Sunday with Western and Arab participation.
-USCENTCOM Commander Visits the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
-Minister Katz in the West Bank: 'Anyone who deals in Gaza-style terror will be dealt with like in Gaza'.
-Lapid discusses hostages with Qatari delegation.
-Israeli Druze leader travels to US to rally support for Syrian Druze protection.
-NYC: Hundreds gather to mourn loss of Israeli hostages.
-Hostage's father: 'Trump knows - barbarians only understand power'.
-Jourmalist Caroline Glick's message to the US: 'Give us the tools and we'll finish the job'.
-Woman injured in Arab rock attack in Samaria.
-Hezbollah offered man whose home was damaged only $194 on compensation.
-Incoming National Security Adviser warns Hamas: Hostage deal terms will tighten under Trump.
-FM Sa'ar to British counterpart:
-'We want a deal, we'll soon know if Hamas does too'.
-IDF strikes Hezbollah targets across Lebanon. IDF stresses that the strikes were ordered after the threat posed by the targets was presented to the monitoring mechanism of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon, but was not addressed.
-Clip: Israel strikes 'targets posing threat to Israeli home front' deep within Lebanon.
-Meet the ardent terror Hamas and Hezbollah supporters,  Lebanese born Arabs in Belgium, founders of Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF): hunting for Israel's soldiers worldwide. Dyab Abou Jahjah and Karim Hassoun both bigots whobhave also abused Holocaust memory before.
-Dyab Abou Jahjah, born in Hanin, southern Lebanon, joined Hezbollah in his youth and underwent military training. He became a Belgian citizen in 1996 and founded the Arab European League (AEL) in 2000 to promote Arab nationalism, anti-Zionism and Nasserism. While the league claimed to support the integration of Muslims in Europe, it faced legal challenges, including a 2010 Dutch court ruling against it for publishing antisemitic content. Known for his extreme views, he was barred from entering the UK in 2003 and has frequently expressed support for Hamas and Hezbollah. During the Gaza war, he encouraged followers to identify IDF soldiers with European citizenship to facilitate legal action.
-In a 2003 New York Times article, he claimed he had joined Hezbollah against Israel and declared, “I had some military training, I’m still very proud of that.” In a eulogy for Nassan Nasrallah, Jahjah claimed he met the Hezbollah leader in 2001.
-In 2001, Jahjah founded the Arab European League (AEL). AEL was fined for “publishing a Holocaust Denial cartoon on its website in 2006” when Jahjah was the head of the organization. AEL was dissolved in 2007.
-Jahjah described the 9/11 attacks as “sweet revenge,” and stated Europe made “the cult of the Holocaust and Jew-worshiping[sic] its alternative religion.” He questioned the existence of the Nazi gas chambers and labeled gays “AIDS spreading faggots.”
-In 2008, Jahjah joined the “Iranian-run International Union of Parliamentarians for Palestine (IUPFP)” and served as its director.
-On October 17, 2024, following the elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Jahjah tweeted: “You can kill resistance leaders; Their death is a testimony against you. For history will write: they stood up, they said no, they showed the way. Millions will follow their path, hundreds of millions. Your power will fade, your dominion will end, and so will you. It is fated.”
-On October 18, 2024, Jahjah posted: “I cannot bear to hear what they call the Hebrew language. Its sound grates on my ears, like a discordant noise. ....”
-On September 25, 2024, Jahjah stated that “in 2009, as director of the International Union of Parliamentarians for Palestine, I organized visits for Hezbollah’s political leadership to several European countries, including the UK… We met with various prominent figures in the UK, including an important Conservative MP representing Shadow Foreign Secretary at the time, William Hague.”
-On October 7, 2023, Jahjah posted: “These Palestinian resistance fighters entering these settlements are all refugees whose parents were .. from these villages in 1948/1967. ...”
-In an October 21, 2024 Facebook post, Jahjah referred to Amos Hochstein, Deputy Assistant to President Biden, as an “Israeli soldier posing as an envoy.”
-Karim Hassoun.
-Also Lebanese-born and a Belgian resident, has chaired the AEL since 2005. In 2009, he dismissed any possibility of recognizing Israel, comparing such an outcome to Osama Bin Laden becoming U.S. president. Following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, Hassoun controversially defended the actions of Hamas and criticized them for not taking more hostages.
-Hassoun was elected to the Willebroek city council in Antwerp province but was barred from serving due to pressure from local Jewish groups. The European Jewish Agency (EJA) praised the decision, citing his open support for Hamas and Hezbollah. He was later removed from his political party to facilitate the formation of the city council coalition...
-In 2016, Karim Hassoun honored a slain Hezbollah terrorist outside the Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights in Mechelen, the site of the transit camp from where Jews and Romani in Belgium were sent to Auschwitz.
-On October 8, 2023, Hassoun posted: “The Palestinians have not ‘invaded’ Israel… They are simply returning home and reclaiming their properties… A ‘small’ but very important nuance, I would say….”
-The Diaspora Affairs Ministry has described both founders as active in spreading antisemitism and inciting anti-Israel sentiment across Europe.
-This terror supporter got Karim Hassoun, co-founder of the Hind Rajab Foundation, got excluded from participation in the municipal coalition in Belgium. The center-right New Flemish Alliance refused to govern alongside Hassoun, who called for Hamas to take more Israeli hostages.
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-Nahariya resident dies of wounds from Nov. 26 Hezbollah attack.
-Tamar Edri's apartment was hit by a terrorist rocket mere hours before a ceasefire went into effect.
-Settler leaders to attend Trump’s inauguration. The group will attend as official guests at the inauguration ceremony and spearhead various side events in Washington. An official Yesha Council delegation has been invited to participate in U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday in Washington. The delegation comprises Yesha Council chairman and Benjamin Regional Council Head Israel Ganz, Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan, Oranit Council Head Or Piron-Zomer and Yesha Council CEO Omer Rahamim.
-Palestinian Authority's ruling party: California fires are Allah’s punishment of Trump. Fatah cartoon says Trump’s statement on Middle East caused California infernos: Hatred of US, Western Democracies & Its Leaders.
-Ultra-Orthodox coalition members say hostage deal a 'moral duty'. The ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel, a member of the coalition, said on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must disregard political considerations and agree to a cease-fire deal. "It is an undisputed moral and national duty to return the hostages home," the party said.
-Palestinian child soldiers are fighting against the Palestinian Authority. PASF spokesman: Children conduct surveillance, move ammunition, and throw bombs. Fatah relations with terror organizations is extensive.
-Israeli companies to suffer under new US restrictions on semiconductor sales. Latest Diffusion AI bill puts cap on semiconductor and advanced technology exports for Israel and others in same tier while Japan, European countries and other allies would have no limitation on acquisitions; Bill aimed at blocking advanced tech from China, Russia and North Korea
-Spanish far left moves to bar Israeli champions.
-'Russia and Iran to sign strategic pact on Jan. 17'.
-Auschwitz survivors ask 'never forget us'.
-Indictment filed against terrorist who tried to stab soldier.
-Mike Huckabee:'I hope to return to Judea and Samaria'.
-Human Rights Expert: 'Francesca Albanese is the 21st-century Joseph Goebbels'.
-Families of hostages: 'Deal betrays hostages who are left behind'.
-'Leave no hostage behind'.
-hostages to be released in 1st stage.
-Source tells Arutz Sheva IDF to remain in the Philadelphi Corridor during 1st stage of 42-day ceasefire, not withdraw until all hostages are released, and hundreds of terrorists will be released in exchange for the hostages.
-IDF soldiers killed in northern Gaza, 8 severely wounded. CPT Yair Yakov Shushan, SST Yahav Hadar, SST Guy Karmiel, SST Yoav Feffer and SST Aviel Wiseman of Nahal Brigade's elite reconnaissance unit killed in combat.
-IDF deploys 162nd Division to Beit Hanoun. Decision follows intense combat in northern Gaza, where IDF forces defeated one of Hamas' remaining battalions early in war.
-Houthis fire missile at Israel as hostage deal looms.
-Toronto synagogue arsonist (of July 31, 2024) who set signs on fire arrested.
-* Jan 14, 2025.<br>
-Kosher eatery vandalized in latest antisemitic attack in Canada. The office of La Briut was vandalized and sprayed with antisemitic graffiti, while its restaurant in Toronto was broken into and money was stolen.
-‘The American arms embargo endangered IDF soldiers,’ says Israeli minister.
-Soldiers killed in Beit Hanoun may have been caused by IDF weapons explosion.
-Police find fragments of Houthi missile on roof of home in Jerusalem area.
-Hardened terrorists that Hamas demands in exchange of hostages. Terror group names some of the most notorious Palestinian terrorists serving sentences in Israel that must be released when a deal is agreed.
-First Temple-period ritual structure uncovered in Jerusalem.
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-Ben-Gvir to Smotrich: 'Let's leave the government together if deal goes through'.
-Warning: Iranians bait Israeli civilians abroad, to kidnap them. The National Security Council reveals Iranian officials reach out to Israeli, hoping to lure him to Dubai and abduct him; following investigation, NSC concludes Iran plans to harm Israelis abroad.
-Smotrich to meet with Netanyahu amid hostage deal talks.
-Chief Rabbi of Turkey,  Rabbi Ishak Haleva, passed away at 84.
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-Minister Katz outlines Hareidi draft law: Sanctions on Torah learners, 50% of Bnei Yeshiva students drafted within 7 Years.
-'Hamas changed its position - not Israel'..A source familiar with the negotiations responded to Minister Ben-Gvir's concerns regarding the emerging deal, saying that new pressures had forced Hamas to compromise.
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-'What Katz did was selektion'. Hostages' families attack Defense Minister over emerging deal.
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-Dep. Foreign Minister: We'll see whether other side is really interested in an agreement.
-Arab terrorists throw Molotov cocktails at Israel vehicles near Ariel.
-Strong words, feeble reporting: “60 Minutes” on U.S. support for Israel.
-A "60 Minutes" segment on Gaza platforming disgruntled former State Department officials was packed with strong words standing in for strong arguments. Blaming Arab terrorism targeting Americans on U.S. support for Israel is nothing more than toxic and tired extremist Arab propaganda.
-On January 12, 2025, CBS News’ hit investigative program 60 Minutes aired a 13-minute segment on three former U.S. State Department officials who resigned from their posts in response to American support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza following the October 7 atrocities.
-While the departure of State Department employees in protest of American foreign policy is newsworthy, this segment presents its audience with an imbalanced report by omitting certain salient facts about its interviewees, obscuring important information about Israel’s conduct during the war, and injecting subtle notes of bias throughout the presentation.
-Produced by Ayesha A Sidiqqi.
-'Josh Paul now works for DAWNmenaorg, whose chairman is Nihad Awad, the head of CAIR who infamously praised the Oct. 7 massacre. Which means Josh Paul and Hala Rharrit—two former State Dept. officials who were just platformed by 60 Minutes—have ties to CAIR. Not a coincidence.'
-Biden frees Al-Qaeda terrorist who had ‘foreknowledge of 9/11’. Even after New Orleans attack, Biden frees 11 Al Qaeda terrorists. “I am studying airplanes!” Abd al Salam al Hilah told Osama bin Laden’s top Italian operative in the summer of 2000. “We are focusing on the air alone… It will leave them stunned… Remember, the danger at the airports. If it comes off, it will be reported in all the world’s papers..."
-Netanyahu coalition member urges Trump to reject current Hamas deal. Ohad Tal, who chairs the Religious Zionism Party's Knesset faction, made the comment at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
-Blinken says deal closer than ever, ball in Hamas' court as preparations appear to begin. U.S. secretary of state says if Hamas accepts the deal it is ready to be implemented, and he believes a cease-fire will be reached; Meanwhile, Islamic Jihad delegation arriving in Doha,  and Saudi report says Red Cross preparing for transfer.
-Health Ministry ready to treat returning hostages. 'A completely different reality': Ministry's Public Health head says lass deal taught staff much, but now after year as hostage.
-ICC vengeful Islamic prosecutor tells court to reject Israeli appeal. After Israel suggests conflict of interest by Karim Khan, the ICC prosecutor responds to the Israeli objections of his investigation.
-Major shift at ICJ as understanding-Israel's-plight judge poised for presidency. Judge Julia Sebutinde made headlines for her rejection of South Africa's fictitious "genocide" claims against Israel. Replacing the Arab Lebanese longtimer Israelophobe Nawaf Salam.
-Holocaust survivor, 93, who fled Berlin at 7 gets German Order of Merit. The 93-year-old is also slated to take part in the annual International March of the Living in Poland on April 24.
-Harsh report: This is what the lives of the abductees are expected to look like after their return from captivity. A year after a deal to return them, a worrying report by the Abductees Headquarters reveals the serious medical and mental health of the returnees, and predicts what the condition of those still languishing in Gaza is likely to be.
-Maariv report by Eyal Ofer sheds light on the details of the hostage release/ceasefire deal, which will allow Hamas to rehabilitate itself in Gaza and encourages further abductions in the region.
-The report states: “Instead of giving Hamas and the Gazans the big prize only at the end of the deal, after all our hostages return home, the Gazans receive their achievement already during Stage A of the deal: all the tent cities of the displaced will be dismantled, a million people—men, women, and children—will head north along the coastal route to Gaza City without any restrictions. At the same time, about 300,000 Gazans will return south to what remains of the destroyed city of Rafah. The only Israeli demand is that the returning cars be inspected. There is no restriction on the movement of those returning on foot.”
-“Formally, the words ‘end of hostilities’ do not appear in Part A of the agreement. The formal end is reserved for Stage B—of which it is unknown if and when it will be implemented. Essentially, the IDF will withdraw from all populated areas where our forces are currently located in the northern Gaza Strip, in Jabalia, in the areas of the city of Rafah (except for the Philadelphi Corridor). The Gazan population that returns to these cities will prevent the future possibility of returning to battle in Gaza. The reason we evacuated the Gazans from these areas is precisely so we can fight there.”
-“The population in Gaza City and northern Gaza will suddenly grow to almost one and a half million people, including all the senior Hamas officials and military commanders who will blend in with the crowd…This large population will require Israel to increase by five times the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza City. Additionally, such a large number of returning displaced persons will certainly require significant infrastructure repair: roads, water systems, electrical systems, communication, and medical services. The rehabilitation of this infrastructure will necessitate additional convoys of aid that will need to be inspected at the Kerem Shalom crossing and move north through the Netzarim Corridor. The Israeli government already decided to expand the Kerem Shalom Crossing for this purpose – so that it can accommodate 1,000 aid trucks per day (up from 500 today).”
-“The Netzarim Corridor itself, which until now has been our main asset in the Strip for the IDF because it prevented the return of displaced Gazans northward, will be transformed into a burden: IDF soldiers will find themselves directing aid convoys and essentially being caught between Hamas rule and the unaddressed Hamas squads in central Gaza and the large number of civilians returning to Gaza City.”
-“This is a huge achievement for Hamas. Hamas insisted on this throughout the negotiation period and got exactly what it wanted – already at the beginning of Phase A. The issue that has always been secondary for Hamas is the Philadelphi Corridor. Hamas understands that Israel cannot remain in Philadelphi forever – because the implication of surrounding the entire Strip with IDF forces is that we are responsible for everyone inside it.”
-“Israel’s presence in Philadelphi does not change anything in the short term for Hamas. They have no intention of starting smuggling immediately. First, they need to secure the funds for civilian reconstruction of the Strip, and only later, when Hamas takes its long-awaited cut from the tens of billions of dollars in aid resources, it will rebuild its military strength. To this end, they may agree to accept an international force or some other façade that could ostensibly stand in public and be the governing body receiving the aid funds (just as crime organizations sometimes register their business in the name of a person without a criminal record).”
-“The overall summary of this deal from Hamas’s perspective is excellent. After the displaced individuals return to their homes, they will also gain hundreds or more of their terrorists who will return home from Israeli prisons. Hamas’s control over the Gazan population remains untouched, resources will flow into Gaza at an increased pace, and Hamas retains all Israeli men under the age of 50 as hostages for continued leverage. Essentially, Hamas keeps a significant number of captives, whom it will claim are ‘prisoners of war,’ and will demand the highest prices for them: both the release of murderers and guarantees for the continued flow of funds and materials necessary for rebuilding everything destroyed in the war.
-“Such a dream deal will undoubtedly go down in the organization’s history as Hamas’s ‘absolute victory’ over Israel. It will resonate for many years, especially across the Middle East — particularly for the Palestinians in the Shomron, where the difference will become clear: the Houthis, Hezbollah, the Syrians, and even the Iranians failed to defeat Israel. Hamas, on the other hand, achieves all its goals via hostages. When Israel demonstrates to them what the path to victory looks like, it cannot be assumed that this will be the last abduction.”
-Shimon Or, uncle of the kidnapped Avinatan Or: "The Prime Minister admitted that he is making this deal because Trump is pressuring him. A person like this who gives in to pressure is willing to surrender to the murder of the other kidnapped people in this deal".
-Republicans in Israel Chair:
-'Netanyahu should politely tell Trump 'no''.
-Report: Iran tried to murder leading Jewish figure in Azerbaijan.
-ICJ shakeup: Could Lebanon's new PM signal changes in Israel's favor?
-Yossi Dagan at Mar-a-Lago: 'Increasing Jewish communities is correct response to terrorism'.
-Demonstration in Jerusalem: 'Do not agree to deal that endangers Israel's security'.
-PIJ sends delegation to Qatar to discuss final deal details - report.
-Canadian conference to create Islamic caliphate cancelled.
-French President Macron will travel to Lebanon on January 17.
-Gallant calls for proposed deal to be passed at Hostages' Square.
-Rabbinic org: Halachic arguments can support both sides of Israel-Hamas hostage deal.
-Houthi spokesman claims group launched missile at Eilat power station - report.
-Lebanon's PM designate, ardent anti-Israel Nawaf Salam, resigns as member of International Court of Justice.
-US to lift designation of Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism, AP reports.
-Egypt's Sisi, Biden discuss Gaza ceasefire, hostages-for-prisoners swap deal, Egypt presidency says.
-Sen. Tom Cotton: Code Pink is a 'Chinese communist front group'.
-Israeli foreign minister says we must see real change among Palestinians to achieve peace.
-Gov't secretary: 'The only factor that thwarted the deal is Hamas'.
-IDF launches airstrike on Jenin in West Bank
-Israeli Air Force aircraft attacked terrorist stronghold, a month after PA security forces operated against Islamic Jihad there. 6 terrorists eliminated.
-Biden, Sisi to coordinate closely in 'coming hours' amid Gaza deal talks.
-Engineer could flee to Iran to avoid drone strike trial, US says.
-Yeshiva University president to give Trump inaugural benedictions. Rabbi Ari Berman, head of Yeshiva University, wrote that it is a privilege to “offer a prayer of unity and hope” at this momentous event.
-Contradictory: Trump inauguration to feature Yeshiva University President on one hand – and a pro-Hezbollah terror imam on the other.
-An imam who refused to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Imam Husham Al-Husainy of the Karbalaa Islamic Center in Dearborn, Mich., will take the podium back to back immediately following Trump’s speech.
-Hegseth: ‘I support Israel destroying, killing every last member of Hamas’. President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee faced tough questions from Democrats in the more than four-hour confirmation hearing.
-Iranian VP claims: 'Israel planted explosives in our centrifuge technology'.
-How Israel has prepared for return of hostages. Israeli authorities already briefed social workers on the support process, with special emphasis on addressing sexual assault cases; Health Ministry will focus on psychological care, while Justice Ministry will handle prisoner releases and petitions to High Cour to stop them, while Israel Prison Service will prevent victory displays such as those seen during the 2011 Shalit deal.
-The steps, the numbers and the conditions. This is the emerging deal as negotiations continue. 33 hostages, including the two Bibas children, will be released in first phase of cease-fire deal, while Israel will release about 1,300 terrorists; The IDF will remain on the Philadelphi Corridor and withdraw in phases to a buffer zone, and will leave Netzarim Corridor as displaced persons return to northern Gaza.
-Artificial cornea, slowing aging, "Iron Dome" for wildfires - Israel saving the world again and again. Just a few recent stories of incredible Israeli innovations.
-ADL antisemitism global survey shows Muslim countries are still the most antisemitic - and getting worse
-The ADL released its survey of global attitudes towards Jews in most (but far from all) countries.
-* Jan 15, 2025:<br>
-Hostages symbol against a full moonrise in Gaza sky.
-Bezalel Smotrich: 'Our most important goals are victory and bringing hostages home'.
-IDF announces intention to demolish home of Nir Zvi terrorist Muhammed Shahab, who carried out the ramming attack near Nir Zvi in July, 2024.
-Reminder. Ben Gurion: 'Israel's northern border is the Litani River'
-Tanks, intelligence documents, and weapons seized in Syria.
-Netanyahu meets with Katz, Smotrich amid hostage deal talks.
-German prosecutor charges Syrian with war crimes against Yazidis.
-Breakthrough achieved, were preparing for deal to be signed soon..After a day of Hamas' foot-dragging, Wall Street Journal report says Hamas leader in Gaza Mohammed Sinwar has given his approval in principle.
-Smotrich: We won't topple government if Halevi is replaced & Hamas defeated.
-Congressman Ritchie Torres: 'Scandal that (NY's) Gov. Hochul not even trying to combat antisemitism'.
-Bibas family on reports: 'Nothing final until our loved ones cross the border'.
-What Trump’s economic agenda means for world. Opinion: Israel will have to tread carefully to balance US-China tensions and leverage opportunities from Trump’s policies.
-Fury over Ireland's Higgins speech on Holocaust Day. Irish Jewish leaders say it is inappropriate to invite the president who denies antisemitism; 'His words would ring hollow'.
-The producer of the anti-Israel propaganda on CBS 60 minutes Jan 12, 2025, Pakistani immigrant Ayesha A Siddiqi, days later posted this: "people keep talking about American electoralism as if this is a legitimate nation with a legitimate governing body… flat earthers have more dignity."
-She also seems to be promoting the genocidal: "from the river to the sea."
-Tough on China, inapologetic for being America first and pro Israel: Confirmation hearing for Trump's secretary of state pick Marco Rubio. He said:
-'ICC warrants against Israel test-run for warrants against US'.
-"You can’t coexist with savages... Hamas sent a bunch of savages into Israel with the express and explicit purpose of targeting civilians,” Rubio said, referencing the Oct. 7 massacre. “How can any nation state on the planet coexist side-by-side with a group of savages like Hamas?”
-In addition to addressing Hamas’ influence in Gaza, Rubio called for strict measures to prevent supporters of the group from entering or remaining in the United States. “If you can not come in because you’re a supporter of Hamas, you should not be able to stay on a visa if you’re a supporter of Hamas,” Rubio sad. “I think that’s just an issue of common sense, and we intend to be very forceful."
-IDF has seized more than 3,000 weapons in Syria since Dec. 8. Among the equipment seized were anti-tank missiles and RPG systems, mortar shells, explosive devices, observation equipment and two tanks, according to the IDF.
-Defense Ministry, IDF receive instructions to prepare for implementation of hostage deal - report.
-Report: UN chief called Francesca Albanese a 'horrible person'.
-Op-ed: Is this the best deal they could come up with?
-Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar cuts Europe visit short amid hostage deal. negotiations.
-Israeli airstrikes target Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza
-More than 50 targets were hit in Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the IDF.
-Hostage deal reached - after a last minute crisis: 30 terrorists for every hostage, 50 for every female soldier. First phase to last six weeks will see 33 hostages, among them, the two Bibas children, freed including all women, children, men over 50. Israel will also free all Palestinian Arab women held in prison and children under the age of 19 for terrir charges, and all those arrested since October 7, 2023 in the first phase.
-Trump claims his election brought about ceasefire, vows Gaza will “Never Again” become terrorist safe haven.
-Israel to complete withdrawal from Philadelphi corridor no later than day 50, copy of deal shows, per Reuters.
-Smotrich: 'I will only remain in gov't if the war continues after ceasefire'.
-The Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed by Israel Hayom correspondent Ariel Kahana, titled, “Trump Forced Netanyahu to Make a Deal with the Devil.” Kahana argued that while some hostages may return home, Hamas will endure, increasing the likelihood of further Israeli and American casualties.
-Kahana suggested that a better deal could have been secured if Jerusalem and Mar-a-Lago had waited just a few more days, but President-elect Trump’s insistence on finalizing an agreement before his January 20 inauguration pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into accepting the current framework.
-The WSJ editorial board noted: “When a President elects to use it, American power is something to behold. That’s one lesson from the Israel-Hamas hostage deal reached Wednesday, with only days to spare before Donald Trump’s inauguration. It’s an echo of the U.S. hostages freed from Iran in the Reagan Presidency’s first minutes.”
-It’s unclear whether Netanyahu attempted to persuade Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, to delay for a more favorable deal, but it’s evident that waiting would likely have led to better terms, Kahana wrote.
-“Under the agreement, Hamas will be able to replenish its depleted ranks,” Kahana stated. “Seven hundred or more terrorists will go straight from Israeli prisons to the streets of Gaza. Many are sadistic killers who have spent their years behind bars dreaming of a return to the battlefield.”
-Kahana also pointed out that the agreement reached on Wednesday would allow goods and fuel to flow into Gaza, which could help Hamas rebuild both its military and financial capacities. Hamas is known for using such resources to dig tunnels and carry out operations against IDF soldiers. The fuel provided could be used to enhance its underground network, preparing for future conflicts.
-While the cease-fire is in effect and the IDF withdraws, Hamas is likely to rebuild quickly and resume its cross-border activities, using foreign aid to fund its operations, including recruiting young fighters.
-“Many Israelis hoped that Mr. Trump would stop the madness and give Mr. Netanyahu the green light to crush Hamas once and for all. Instead, Mr. Trump pushed Mr. Netanyahu to accept a deal with the devil,” Kahana noted, concluding, “The Israeli prime minister should never have done it.”
-[[File:We are Mohammad Deif's men"- Arab Palestinians celebrate hostage deal - and mass murderer.jpg|thumb|"We are Mohammad Deif's men"- Arab Palestinians celebrate hostage deal - and mass murderer. 1.15.25]]
-"We are Mohammad Deif's men": Arab Palestinians celebrate hostage deal - and mass murderer. A video showing Palestinians celebrating the hostage deal as well as arch-terrorist Mohammad Deif has been posted on social media.
-Red Cross: We are ready to facilitate hostage deal.
-IDF announce first airstrike in Gaza Strip since ceasefire announcement.
-Netanyahu will issue statement once details of agreement are finalized, PMO says.
-* Jan 16, 2025:<br>
-PM's Office: Hamas trying to back down from hostage deal.
-Gov't approval of hostage deal delayed until afternoon at the earliest.
-Netanyahu: 'Gov't wont meet until Hamas stops trying to change deal'.
-IDF building protective walls in Gaza border region.
-At the last minute: Hamas demanding to cancel Israel's right to veto.
-Police and ISA reveal: Minor planned to join ISIS, began making explosives. Bedouin Arab minor, age 16, arrested for planning to join ISIS, preparing explosives for use in terror attacks
-Gaza Fatality Final Estimates:
-,600 total deaths broken down as follows:
-,600 civilians.
-,000 combatants.
-,000 natural deaths.
-,000 deaths caused by Hamas.
-Civilian/combatant ratio: ~1:1
-Ten IDF soldiers injured after rocket explodes at base.
-Senior diplomatic source: Israel isn't exiting the Philadelphi Corridor.
-PMO: IDF will remain in Philadelphi Corridor for first phase of deal.
-Denmark to send 10 million dollars in aid to Gaza.
-Airlines including Lufthansa cautiously plan to resume some Middle East flights.
-Singer appeals for unity as deal draws closer.
-Qatar's PM arrives in Damascus to meet with de facto ruler Sharaa.
-Hospitals prepare to receive hostages.
-EU's von der Leyen promises Europe will fund Palestinians to tune of €120 million in 2025.
-Hostage deal is painful, but is not a full-scale surrender. Daily Wire co-founder tells Arutz Sheva he does not believe Trump would pressure Israel into allowing Hamas to remain in power and speaks about the special musical he created with his father, 'We Will Rise.'
-Hamas backtracking at eleventh hour? Is anyone surprised?
-'This is a deal with the devil': Omer Neutra's parents talk ceasefire
-'We're dealing with the worst terrorist group’: Parents of American-Israeli hostage killed by Hamas.
-Hamas uses bodies as 'negotiation chips,' says father of American hostage in Gaza
-Orna Neutra was asked about the high price Israel pays, releasing terrorists with blood on their hands. She replied, it is a very high price, but we [are a society that] care and stick for each other.
-The security establishment warns: the release of the hundreds of prisoners who are expected to arrive in Israel is a shot of encouragement to terrorism.  A large part of them will certainly return to engage in terrorist activities.
-Syria's de facto leader says country ready to welcome UN forces in buffer zone with Israel
-Spanish citizen kidnapped by jihadist group in Algeria.
-Qatar to supply Syria with 200 megawatts of electricity, PM says.
-Contradictory: Trump Inauguration To Feature Yeshiva University President – And A Pro-Hezbollah Imam.
-Hamas deal: IDF withdrawals, release of over 1,000 terrorists. The agreement includes Israeli withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border and the return of hundreds of thousands to northern Gaza.
-Ilana Gritsewsky: When you hear in captivity that there is a deal and then you back down - it's hard. The survivor of captivity referred to the deal and the fact that her partner Matan Zangauker is not expected to be released in it: "It breaks me". She said about captivity: "I threw up every day and fainted, the terrorists laughed".
-Aryeh Deri: All obstacles were overcome, the deal is underway. A diplomatic source confirmed that the Security Cabinet will convene most probably on Friday, followed by the Cabinet to approve the deal.
-At the last-minute Hamas' demanded for release of 'symbolic' murderous terrorists; Now, officials say, 'The deal is irreversible'.
-Gaza ceasefire should take pressure off Israel’s credit rating, Fitch agency says
-Analyst at 2nd firm says lasting ceasefire would have an ‘overwhelmingly positive’ impact on Israel’s economy after war led to rating downgrade by multiple major agencies.
-A mother’s anguish: One son to be freed from Gaza, another left behind. Ruth Strom’s son Iair Horn among 33 hostages to be released in deal’s first phase, suggests he is unwell, while Eitan Horn is to remain in Gaza for now
-Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza, killing Oct. 7 terrorist as sides finalize deal. Hamas member who participated in Nova festival massacre killed in overnight airstrike, IDF says, amid dozens of attacks across enclave.
-Ben-Gvir: If Gaza ceasefire is implemented, Otzma Yehudit will leave gov't.
-Arena briefly closed ahead of Paris v Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball game.
-Smotrich met with Netanyahu to discuss hostage deal.
-"Correcting the [The New York Times] record on the IDF and lethal targeting." A must read article by two distinguished experts highlighting how the NYT article on IDF bombing "rules" lacked basic understanding of the laws of war and the impacts of changes in military context between pre-Oct 7 and after October 7.
-John Spencer: “Not only is the devil in the details, this is a deal with the devil, but Israel is willing to do that… Hamas took a 9 month old baby and Israel is willing to exchange hundreds of convicted terrorists who are serving life sentence for the body, hopefully a living, of a baby…we are not talking about what is Hamas saying about the deal, the billionaire negotiator, the head of Hamas’s political wing in Qatar did a press conference after the deal…and said not only do we celebrate October 7th, we’re going to do it again…the biggest obstacle to peace is Hamas…Israelis, the entire Biden administration, the incoming Trump administration, says Hamas will have no role in Gaza after the peace deal.”
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-Senior Hamas Khalil Al-Hayya upon signing ceasefire agreement: 'October 7 will continue to be a source of pride; Our people served as an 'impenetrable shield' for the resistance.'
-Suspected terror ramming in West Bank.
-Hostage release deal signed in Doha.
-Representatives of Israel, Hamas terror group, the US and Qatar officially sign the hostage deal in Doha. Security Cabinet expected to convene in the morning to vote on the agreement.
-Palestinian Authority TV: Hostage-taking will continue to release more terrorists.
-CAIR celebrates Hamas surrender deal.
-Thousands protest in Jerusalem against deal: "Releasing terrorists will bring another massacre."
-Arab Palestinian Mother: "Every year, there will be another October 7th. Our children will do everything to make sure every year is October 7th. I swear to you, it will happen." [Islam Bader].
-Arab teens massacred the Fogel family– Now they could be going free [GRAPHIC].
-"You can't fix one tragedy with another," says the bereaved brother of Ruth Fogel, as Israel considers releasing the perpetrators of one of the nation's most horrific terror attacks. The prospect of releasing the perpetrators of one of Israel's most brutal terrorist attacks has reignited trauma for survivors and relatives of the Fogel family massacre. Elihai Ben Yishai, brother of murdered Ruth Fogel, expressed outrage at reports that his sister's killers might be included in a broader prisoner exchange deal with Hamas. The 2011 Fogel family massacre stands as one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in Israel's recent history. On the night of March 11, 2011, two Palestinian terrorists infiltrated (the settlement of) Itamar, breaking into the Fogel family home during Shabbat. The attackers murdered five members of the family in their sleep: Ehud (36) and Ruth Fogel (35), along with three of their children - Yoav (11), Elad (4), and three-month-old Hadas. The brutal nature of the killings, which included the throat-slitting of an infant, shocked the nation and drew international condemnation.
-Republican Senator Lindsey Graham: I don't doubt Bibi. Most Israelis understand that the deal was necessary. Relations between the Trump administration and Israel will be strong and solid, and that the agreement to the hostage deal did not stem from pressure from Trump on Netanyahu.
-* Jan 17, 2025:<br>
-PMO: First hostages expected to be released on Sunday.
-Trump: 'Hostage deal better be done before I take the oath of office'.
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-These are the 33 hostages who are expected to be released.
-The list does not indicate the conditions of the hostages or which of them are still alive.
-The hostages who are expected to be released include Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Ohad Ben Ami, the four members of the Bibas family, Yarden, Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir, Agam Berger, and Romi Gonen.
-In addition, Daniella Gilboa, Emily Damari, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Yair Horn, Omer Wenkert, Alexander Troufanov, Arbel Yehud, Ohad Yahalomi, Eliya Cohen, Or Levy, Naama Levy, Oded Lifshitz, Gadi Moshe Mozes, Avera Mengistu, Shlomo Mansour, Keith Samuel Siegel, Tsahi Idan, Ofer Calderon, Tal Shoham, Doron Steinbrecher, Omer Shem-Tov, Itzik Elgarat, Hisham al-Sayed, and Eli Sharabi are expected to be freed during the first phase.
-Israel's Security Cabinet to convene to approve hostage deal.
-US military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen - report.
-Macron to travel to Lebanon on Friday.
-[[File:Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them.jpg|thumb|Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them]]
-Bibas family marks Kfir's second birthday in captivity.
-Fate of Bibas kids, Gaza’s youngest hostages, grips Israel as deal set to return them. Two small children who have become a symbol of Oct. 7 are to be brought back under the agreement, but it is unclear they are alive.
-For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists. Supporters of the Gaza accord often acknowledge it is a ‘bad deal,’ yet one they vehemently believe Israel must accept in order to be true to its values
-Guidelines for hospitals set to receive hostages include STD checks, pregnancy tests. Ministry official says new protocols differ ‘significantly’ from November 2023 hostage release, as captives to return from over 15 months in captivity.
-'We are dealing with the devil'. Col. (ret.) Amit Assa on the hostage-for-ceasefire deal: 'You can't deal with the devil if you want to kill him'.
-Hostage's father: This deal comes too late for my son.
-Hamas claims these are the achievements of the 10/7 massacre.
-'Significant progress' in talks between Netanyahu, Smotrich regarding hostage deal.
-'Operation Way of the Land'. Israel Prison Service prepares to release thousands of terrorists.
-Hostage deal: Murderers to be released into Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.
-Former National Security Adviser: 'The war will continue even during the ceasefire'.
-Security Cabinet approves hostage deal
-Security Cabinet has recommended that the Government approve the proposed hostage deal framework. Minister of Culture Miki Zohar stated: "After I learned the details of the deal, I was convinced that Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump insisted on the fundamental principles critical to Israel's security and more is unknown than is known."
-President Herzog: 'I harbor no illusions - the deal will bring challenges'.
-Netanyahu seeks US visit, Trump promises on Iran. Incoming US president says PM will be among first to visit him, during which Netanyahu will try to secure best cooperation.
-Lack of moderates among Palestinian Islamo-Arabs [Sodom?] - forced humane Israel into a dangerous hostage deal.
-This is about the agreement to a bad deal in principle, forced by the situation, though the pressed on a date [per US politics, optics on Jan/20 inauguration] probably made a bad deal, worse.
-IDF begins proceedings against haredim who did not report for draft.
-Minister Katz cancels administrative detention orders against residents "settlers" in the West Bank  ties it to Palestinians’ release.‘It is better for the families of Jewish settlers to be happy than the families of freed terrorists,’ defense minister says ahead of Gaza deal.
-Iranian president arrives in Moscow for treaty signing with Putin, TASS says.
-Iran and Russia can finalize nuclear plant agreements, Pezeshkian tells Putin.
-In latest antisemitic attack in Australia, cars and home vandalized in Sydney.
-Vehicles painted with anti-Jewish slurs, as former house of Jewish community leader is defaced; police minister vows to ‘hunt’ down perpetrators.
-ICC prosecutor, Islamic Karim Khan,  meets with Syria's de facto ruler in Damascus, SANA says.
-Human Rights Watch ignores international law in condemning Israeli attack on Houthi installations.
-Syria claims to thwart weapons smuggling attempt into Lebanon.
-Justice Ministry releases names of Palestinian terrorists to be released in deal.
-Israel expands war objectives to address West Bank security.
-in favor, 8 opposed: Israeli government approves ceasefire deal. After over seven hours of discussions, Israeli government approves deal to release around 2,000 terrorists, over 100 of whom are serving life sentences for mass murders; 33 living or dead hostages to be released in first stage of deal.
-Lack of moderates among Palestinian Islamo-Arabs [Sodom] - forced humane Israel into a dangerous hostage deal. This is about the agreement to a bad deal in principle, forced by the situation, though the pressed on a date [per US politics, optics on Jan/20 inauguration] probably made a bad deal, worse.
-Critically injured soldier: A mother’s struggle for support and recovery. For over a year, Inbal Nechmad has fought for her son Ido, a soldier critically injured by a sniper in Gaza; As he lies unconscious, family dedicates their lives to his recovery, advocating for support and singling out one member of Knesset for praise.
-Photos: Female Cabinet ministers, PMO employees light Shabbat candles.
-As the Cabinet meeting discussing the hostage deal continued into Shabbat, female ministers left the meeting for the lighting of Shabbat candles, along with the employees of the Prime Minister's office.
-G7 condemns Kremlin-funded Russian 'global disinformation and influence campaigns'.
-US imposes sanctions on Yemen Kuwait Bank, accused of financing Houthis, saying Houthis exploit Yemeni banking sector to launder money and transfer funds to Hezbollah, facilitate Iran oil sales.
-UN chief: UNIFIL found 100 Hezbollah arms caches in south Lebanon since truce began. Only peacekeepers, Lebanese military should be in the area, says Guterres; Macron, Aoun also demand IDF withdraw, as Jan. 26 deadline looms.
-CIA Islamic employee pleads guilty to leaking classified intel on Israel’s plans to strike Iran. Asif William Rahman admits he illegally downloaded, printed and distributed classified information on several occasions; sentencing is scheduled for May.
-Russia, Iran deepen defense ties as Putin and Pezeshkian sign 20-year pact.
-While agreement doesn’t specify arms transfers between the two sanctioned countries, Putin offers aid to Tehran’s nuclear program.
-While Tehran has previously expressed its hope for accelerated cooperation in the North-South Corridor and the Russia-Iran gas transfer project – there has been little progress on Iran becoming an energy hub for Russian gas.
-As several analysts have noted, the pact’s timing is a sign that Moscow and Tehran are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House this month.
-Hanna Notte, expert in arms control, security, and Russian foreign policy, said in a thread on X, that both countries have emerged as “losers” in the post-October 7,2023 Middle East, referring to the weakening of Iran's "axis of resistance" due to Israeli-led attacks and the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a key ally to Russia and Iran.
-“Both Russia & Iran see some utility in signaling the robustness of their partnership at this time - and that Trump won't be able to drive a wedge between them,” Notte wrote.
-Nearly three years on, Russia's war on Ukraine continues, with Iran playing a key role as Moscow's ally in supplying drones and missiles. Iranian-made drones, including the Shahed series, have been crucial in Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. Reports also suggest that Tehran provided ballistic missiles to enhance Russia's military capabilities.
-Advisers to Trump, who takes office next Monday, are reportedly crafting a wide-ranging sanctions strategy to facilitate a Russia-Ukraine diplomatic accord in the coming months while at the same time squeezing Iran, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
-Trump Appoints Mel Gibson, with Antisemitic past, pro-Israel actor Jon Voight as Hollywood Ambassadors.
-Ireland Adopts IHRA definition of Antisemitism amid row with Israel.
-‘Selective indignation’: Rome’s chief rabbi criticizes Pope Francis over Israel remarks. Speaking Catholic-Jewish dialogue event, Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni accuses the pope of of unfairly focusing on Israel, while ignoring other world conflicts.
-‘Shalom, friends’: US Jews on TikTok brace for app’s ban after Supreme Court ruling. With the platform possibly set to be barred in the US as soon as Sunday, Jewish creators credit it for their success even as others blame it for allowing viral antisemitic content.
-* Jan 18, 2025:<br>
-Israel to free up to 1,904 Arab Palestinian terrorists in 1st stage of hostage deal, including killers. Among those slated for release is notorious Fatah terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi - former head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Jenin who escaped from Gilboa Prison in 2021,, convicted murderers from Hamas and Islamic Jihad responsible for the murder of dozens. Figures comprises 737 jailed Arab Palestinians, 1,167 Gazans detained in ground op.
-Notable prisoners to be released (asides from aforementioned Zubeidi) include Iyad Jradat, convicted of involvement in a 2003 terror attack; Mahmoud Atallah, serving a life sentence for murder; and Mahmud Abu Varda, who is serving 48 life sentences for orchestrating multiple attacks.
-Among those to be released are prisoners convicted in the murders of Malachi Rosenfeld, the Henkin couple, Ari Fuld, and other attacks. The notable releases include Zakaria Zubeidi, Wael Qassem, leader of the Silwan cell responsible for attacks that killed 35 Israelis, including bombings at Moment Cafe and Hebrew University.
-The releases include those convicted in attacks at Jerusalem bus lines, the Stage Club bombing, Sharon Mall attack, and Hillel Cafe attack, the murder of Dvir Sorek, and multiple suicide bombings in Jerusalem and other cities during the Second Intifada.
-Terrorist infiltration sirens sound in West Bank community.
-Houthi missile intercepted after sirens sound in central Israel, Jerusalem.
-IDF says aerial defenses shot down the missile; Ben-Gurion International Airport suspends flights to ensure no damage is caused to the runway; Royal Jordanian flight from Chicago to Amman diverted away from Israeli airspace amid the attack.
-US CENTCOM commander meets SDF commander-in-chief in northern Syria.