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  • The Meaning of Kfir Bibas (youngest hostage of Hamas)

    02/19/2025 9:57:12 AM PST · by PghBaldy · 5 replies
    Commentary ^ | 18 February 2025 | Seth Mandel
    If Hamas’s statement is true, this week will bring a tragic, though not unexpected, close to a painful episode: the fate of the rest of the Bibas family. Yarden Bibas was released this month by Hamas after nearly 500 days in captivity, and the terror group is claiming it will soon deliver the bodies of his wife, Shiri, and two sons, Ariel and Kfir. Ariel was four when he was taken on Oct. 7, 2023, and Kfir was nine months old.
  • What’s behind Arab rejection of Trump’s plan for Gaza

    It is clearly evident that in rejecting President Trump’s plan for the transformation of the Gaza Strip, the Arab world is, first and foremost, rejecting the rehabilitation of the refugee camps. To understand the deeper meaning of the Arab states’ rejection, one must understand that the Palestinian refugees from the 1948 War of Independence were the cherished political weapon against the Jewish state. Seventy-seven years since that war, and the Arab states are still determined to preserve the refugee camps rather than integrate the refugees into their states. The Palestinian-Arab refugees from 1948 and 1967 speak the same language as...
  • England's top judge condemns Starmer and Badenoch comments on Gaza family coming to UK on Ukraine scheme

    02/18/2025 10:07:32 AM PST · by RandFan · 11 replies
    Sky News ^ | Feb 18 | Alix Culbertson
    England's most senior judge says she is "deeply troubled" by Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch's exchange about a Gazan family coming to the UK under the Ukraine scheme. The Lady Chief Justice voiced her concern after the prime minister said a judge had made the "wrong decision" by letting a family of six from Gaza settle in the UK under a Ukrainian refugee scheme. The prime minister pledged to close the "loophole"... Baroness Carr said on Tuesday: "Both question and the answer were unacceptable. "It is for the government visibly to respect and protect the independence of the judiciary....
  • “We Will CONQUER Tel Aviv In One Day,” Sr. Egypt Official THREATENS Israel

    02/18/2025 9:08:36 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 43 replies
    TBN Israel ^ | 18/2/25 | Yair Pinto
    TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Hamas War. Pinto reports on rising tensions as Egypt issues an unusual threat as the IDF prepares for renewed fighting in Gaza, and Hezbollah faces growing internal pressure in Lebanon. Meanwhile, new U.S. weapon shipments arrive in Israel, negotiations over hostages hang in the balance, and the IDF intensifies operations in northern Samaria. As the regional conflict evolves, Israel navigates complex diplomacy and military strategy to secure its borders and defend its people. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments here on TBN Israel. .....
  • Hamas official says bodies of Bibas family will return to Israel on Thursday

    02/18/2025 8:20:00 AM PST · by Miami Rebel · 15 replies
    Jewish Telegraphic Agency ^ | 2/18/2024 | Ben Sales
    A Hamas official has announced that the terror group will return the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, among them the Bibas family. Hamas is also due to release six living hostages on Saturday. The return of the bodies of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas would mark a tragic end to 16 months of activism, protest and prayer on behalf of the family, who more than anyone else became symbols of the Israeli hostages’ plight. Kfir and Ariel’s father, Shiri’s husband Yarden, was also taken hostage and held separately. He was released earlier this month. An image of Shiri...
  • Iran: US and Israel ‘cannot do a damn thing’ against us

    02/17/2025 10:43:36 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 44 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/2/25 | Elad Benari
    Iran condemned US and Israeli threats on Monday, calling them a blatant violation of international law and insisting that neither country could "do a damn thing" to harm Tehran, Reuters reported. The remarks followed a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem on Sunday, during which they reaffirmed their commitment to countering Iran's nuclear ambitions and regional influence. Netanyahu stated during the meeting with Rubio that Israel had inflicted a "mighty blow" on Iran since the outbreak of the Gaza war and, with the backing of US President Donald Trump, expressed confidence...
  • Midwife sends message to Hamas terrorists: 500 days; 8910 newborn babies Marking 500 days of the war, a midwife at Assuta Hospital in Ashdod, sends a message to Hamas in Arabic.

    02/17/2025 9:54:22 AM PST · by Words Matter · 16 replies
    INN ^ | 2.17.25
    Marking 500 days since Hamas launched a war against Israel, Ella Yechiel, a midwife at the Assuta public hospital in Ashdod, sends a message to Hamas in Arabic. In a video filmed in the delivery rooms at the hospital, Yechiel sent a message to Hamas noting that since October 7th, 2023, 8,910 babies have been born at Assuta in Ashdod – new lives born in the face of the destruction and devastation that the terrorist organization tried to wreak. She ended her message in Hebrew: "Am Yisrael Chai."
  • Do the Jewish People Know That Our People Never Actually Left the Land of Israel?

    02/17/2025 4:49:38 AM PST · by Texas Fossil · 31 replies
    The Algemeiner ^ | Feb 13, 2025 | Jacob Sivak
    Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, describes how anti-Zionists in academia have systematically challenged the moral basis of the Jewish/Zionist story. He exhorts us, the Jews of the world, to mount a credible defense of our story. But do we Jews know our own story? Edward Robinson, a prominent American archeologist of the 1800s, did not think so. Robinson was the first to identify the archeological ruins of Bar’am, a site in northern Galilee near the Lebanese border, as synagogues. The primary structure, built in the third century CE, was still in use in the 13th...
  • Far Right MK calls on Elon Musk to investigate US funds improperly used in Israeli affairs

    02/16/2025 1:15:21 PM PST · by Eli Kopter · 25 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | February 16, 2025 | Staff
    Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer wrote to Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on Sunday, asking to investigate how American funds had been used to "exert improper influence in Israeli affairs." "It is evident that American funds have been improperly allocated in Israel, throughout the Middle East, and indeed across the globe," Kreuzer stated, adding that he requests access to available information regarding subsidies and grants to non-governmental organizations, media outlets, and individual journalists operating in Israel." "Publicly available sources already indicate that USAID and other government agencies have allocated millions of dollars to these entities within...
  • Chaos In Lebanon As IRGC Hezbollah Target UN Forces

    02/16/2025 4:11:39 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 10 replies
    Tousi TV ^ | 15/2/25 | Mahyar Tousi
    Lebanese government wouldn't let IRGC plane land at Beirut International, because it was carrying hardware to resume hostilitities with Israel. IRGC and Hezbollah attacked UNIFIL forces protecting the airport. Lebanese armed forces were caught flat-footed by the attack, which was ongoing as of yesterday. Mahyar has footage from phone cameras on scene. Transcript linked below video.
  • LIVE | Hamas Hands Over Israeli Hostages In Front Of Thousands In Khan Younis | Red Cross

    02/15/2025 9:53:44 AM PST · by ShadowAce · 34 replies
    Youtube ^ | 15 February 2025 | Times of India
    Amid a charged atmosphere in Gaza's Khan Younis, Hamas staged a public release of Israeli hostages in front of thousands. The crowd erupted with chants and banners targeting Trump’s controversial Gaza plan, while masked militants stood guard. Watch live coverage
  • Israel-Hamas ceasefire: 3 hostages set free in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians

    02/15/2025 2:42:22 AM PST · by TigerClaws · 11 replies
    What we know Freed hostages Sagui Dekel-Chen, Sasha Alexander Troufanov and Iair Horn have crossed into Israeli territory after Hamas transferred them to Red Cross custody in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip More than 300 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were set to be freed during this the sixth exchange under the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. Before today, a total of 16 Israeli and five Thai hostages had been released from Gaza, and hundreds of Palestinians set free from Israeli detention. Earlier this week, the truce appeared close to breaking down after Hamas said it was suspending today’s...
  • US Iron Dome needs to be 'far more complex' to deal with 'near-peer threats,' expert says

    02/16/2025 7:01:54 AM PST · by RoosterRedux · 43 replies
    Fox News ^ | Agustin Hays
    "So let me tell you at the outset, the president is using the term ‘Iron Dome’ as a metaphor," rocket scientist Ari Sacher said during an interview on FOX Business' "Mornings with Maria" Monday. "It's perfect for defending Israel from Gaza, Lebanon, it is not something that the United States needs very much." In President Trump's first few weeks in office, he signed a slew of executive orders, with one focused on the construction of an American Iron Dome. The order addressed the need for the implementation of a next-generation missile defense shield to protect the homeland "against ballistic, hypersonic,...
  • Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ against Iran with support from Trump

    02/16/2025 5:45:53 AM PST · by McGruff · 18 replies
    CNN ^ | Feb 16, 2025 | Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman, Irene Nasser, Jennifer Hansler and Mostafa Salem
    Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to “finish the job” against Iran with the support of US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu was speaking alongside US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is visiting Israel in his first official trip to the region since assuming the role. “Over the last 16 months, Israel has dealt a mighty blow to Iran’s terror axis. Under the strong leadership of President Trump… I have no doubt that we can and will finish the job,” Netanyahu said. Rubio said that there “could never be a nuclear Iran.”
  • Houthis Threaten Attacks on U.S., Demand Ethnic Cleansing of Israel

    02/14/2025 5:39:20 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 30 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/14/2025 | FRANCES MARTEL
    The leader of Ansarallah, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, threatened “military intervention” on Thursday against America if President Donald Trump goes ahead with his plan to rehabilitate the war-torn Gaza Strip. Houthi, the leader of the Yemeni jihadist terror organization commonly referred to as the Houthis, aggressively opposed Trump’s call to allow Palestinian civilians trapped in Gaza to seek refuge in neighboring countries, instead supporting fellow terrorist organization Hamas, which is the governing body of Gaza, in its quest to continue controlling the territory’s population. Translations of Houthi’s remarks this week indicate that he suggested to Washington to ethnically cleanse Israel, forcing its...
  • 14-year-old boy killed as rocket fired in the Gaza Strip

    02/14/2025 4:46:52 PM PST · by Cronos · 13 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 13th February 2025
    Despite a ceasefire in place between Israel and the Islamist Hamas, a rocket has been fired into the Gaza Strip. The projectile fell within the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said on Thursday. According to hospital information, a 14-year-old boy was killed in the impact in the Nuseirat refugee camp. The circumstances surrounding the incident were initially unclear. An Israeli army spokesman said that "in clear violation of the ceasefire agreement, Hamas fired a rocket a short while ago that fell inside Gaza." "We are aware of reports of casualties in central Gaza due to this rocket," the spokesman added....
  • US imposes sanctions on ICC [Islamist] Prosecutor Karim Khan.

    02/13/2025 10:35:45 AM PST · by Words Matter · 9 replies
    INN ^ | 2.13.25 | Yitz Goldberg.
    Following President Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on the ICC, the Treasury has added the court's prosecutor to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.
  • Hamas Reverses Course on Released Hostages After Trump Threatens to 'Let Hell Break Out'

    02/13/2025 10:04:41 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    Townhall ^ | 02/13/2025 | Jeff Charles
    It appears President Donald Trump’s threat against Hamas might have worked. The terrorist group announced on Thursday that it would free Israeli hostages on Saturday, as was originally planned in an earlier ceasefire agreement. The announcement came after President Trump indicated he was losing his patience with Hamas and that there would be consequences if they did not adhere to the agreement. While discussing the matter with reporters on Sunday, he commented on an earlier hostage release, saying Hamas’ prisoners “look like the old pictures of Holocaust survivors.” At some point we're going to lose our patience when I see...
  • Iranian Lawmakers Demand Nuke to Stop Trump

    02/12/2025 4:29:09 PM PST · by bimboeruption · 17 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 2-12-25 | John Hayward
    Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, a member of the National Security Committee in the Iranian parliament, said on Wednesday that some of his fellow lawmakers are urging the Iranian regime to rapidly develop nuclear weapons to halt President Donald Trump’s agenda for the Middle East. “A few months before Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, several experts said that Iran needed to build a nuclear bomb,” Ardestani told an Iranian news website. “In this context, several members of the Majles wrote to the Supreme National Security Council, and also a number of clergy and government members appealed to the supreme leader...
  • ‘Calling Card’ for US Democrat Party Found Along with Missiles, Rifles in Terrorist Weapons Cache

    02/13/2025 9:47:52 AM PST · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | February 13, 2025 | Staff
    Packages from the United States Agency for International Development were found last year in a cache of weapons owned by the terrorist group Hezbollah, according to new reports. The reports come at a time when USAID’s funding is under attack and the agency is being defended by Democrats such as Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, who called USAID “smart power,” according to Fox News. The packages were found in Lebanon, an Israel Defense Forces soldier said, according to the New York Post. “From the American taxpayer to Hezbollah, with love,” Asher Fredman, formerly with the IDF and currently currently...