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Sunday, March 09, 2025

03/09 Links: The Global Feminist Betrayal of Israeli Victims; Time to talk about Ramadan's violent roots; Qatar, The ATM of Global Jihad; U.S. Backs Gaza Aid Freeze

From Ian:

The man who called for action before Oct. 7 explains how to solve Gaza, Iran
In July 2023, former IDF intelligence analysis chief Yossi Kuperwasser called to invade Gaza and said Hamas was being given far too much space to threaten Israel.

Nearly the entire defense establishment believed that Hamas was deterred, and many viewed Kuperwasser as an alarmist, a warmonger, or as detached from the far more limited practical security options under consideration.

It turns out that Kuperwasser was one of the only officials who saw Gaza and Hamas clear through the fog, with all of the military probes essentially acknowledging that he was right (though they did not mention him by name). In recent weeks, he took over as head of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS).

Given that he got so many things right on issues that many other smart intelligence officers wildly missed, how would he assess the current challenges relating to Gaza and Iran?

Regarding Gaza, he told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that his starting point would be: “We want to get the hostages back without paying too large a price.Enlrage image

“It is hard to deal with the challenges, but we can use our achievements and assets, given that we have weakened Hamas, to try to obtain the new reality we want,” he argued, saying that Israel has five new advantages.

“It is hard to deal with the challenges, but we can use our achievements and assets, given that we have weakened Hamas, to try to obtain the new reality we want.” Israel has five new advantages, he said.

“We have many cards to play and they only have the hostages. Reality has changed. There were so many parties in the Middle East who tried to help Hamas to demand a large price and to stay in control of Gaza,” he said.

“Now, most parties are not actively standing up for Hamas. Not Iran, not Hezbollah, not Iraq, not the Palestinians in the West Bank, and not Israeli-Arabs,” he said.
The Israeli Disillusionment with Palestinians
In the three decades since the Oslo process began, Jewish-Israeli society has undergone a disillusionment regarding Palestinians. Disillusionment began in the early 2000s with the outbreak of the Second Intifada, when it became clear that the Oslo process had not brought hoped-for peace. The Palestinian refusal at the Camp David summit to accept Israeli proposals that promised Palestinians a state in almost all areas of the West Bank and Gaza, and the outbreak of the violent campaign that Palestinians launched against the Jewish state, made it clear to Jewish society in Israel that peace would not come.

Following the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, it became clear to the Jewish public in Israel that the conflict with the Palestinians could no longer be managed and that they could not be allowed to establish a semi-state terrorist entity. As of late 2024, only 35% of Jews in Israel express support for a diplomatic process with the PA, while 88% do not believe negotiations will lead to a peace agreement. Only 25% support the two-state idea.
American Jewry's Moment of Reckoning and Renewal
Since Oct. 7, the Jewish people has faced an unprecedented reckoning. The barbaric attack by Hamas, which took the lives of 1,200 innocents and led to the kidnapping of more than 250 into Gaza, shook us to our core. The reverberations continue, along with a surge of antisemitism worldwide.

Yet, amid this darkness, extraordinary resilience has emerged. The Jewish people - across Israel and the Diaspora - has united in unprecedented ways. American Jewry stands unwavering in its commitment to Israel's security and sovereignty. The U.S. and Israel share a moral foundation built on democracy, freedom, and the pursuit of peace.

Today, the threats to Israel remain existential. The war in Gaza extends beyond Hamas; it seeks to ensure that Israel's children do not grow up under the constant threat of rocket fire. It aims to prevent Iran's proxies from tightening their stranglehold on the region. It reinforces the principle that no nation should be forced to tolerate the kind of terror inflicted on Israel on Oct. 7. When it comes to Israel's right to defend itself, there can be no equivocation.
When Documentaries Become Propaganda: The Case for Rescinding the ‘No Other Land’ Oscar
This kind of selective storytelling isn’t just dishonest; it’s dangerous. By omitting key facts and context, the filmmakers have crossed the line from advocacy into outright deception and demonization. The Academy’s willingness to reward such a film raises a disturbing question: is the goal of the Best Documentary award to honor truth, or merely to signal political virtue?

The documentary branch of the Academy has faced scandals before—infamously awarding “Bowling for Columbine” despite clear evidence of manipulative editing and deceptive statistics. But this is different. This is not about a filmmaker stretching the truth to make a point; this is about outright fabrications being rewarded with the industry’s highest honor. If the Academy refuses to act, it sends a clear message: that as long as the politics are correct, the facts don’t matter.

For further evidence of the rot, look no further than the recent scandal of the BBC pulling “Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone” due to revelations that the film was rife with inaccuracies and unverified claims. Or the disgraceful Emmy handed to Bisan Owda for “reporting” that was little more than a mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda. That the Academy could watch “No Other Land”—a film that shares the same DNA of deception—and respond with applause rather than outrage is a scandal in itself.

Some might argue that rescinding an Oscar would set a dangerous precedent. Nonsense. If anything, it would set exactly the right precedent: that documentary filmmakers are not free to manufacture facts without consequence. The Academy has done it before, quietly revoking the Oscar for 1969’s “Young Americans” when it was discovered the film had been released in a previous year. This situation is far worse; it’s not a matter of timing but of truth. To do nothing now would not only call the Academy’s integrity into question but risk turning the Best Documentary award into a punchline.

The problem runs deeper than one film. By awarding an Oscar to “No Other Land,” the Academy has aligned itself with a growing trend of documentaries that present one-sided narratives as gospel truth, leveraging emotional manipulation and selective editing to push political agendas. The consequences of this are dire. Documentaries, once a vital tool for uncovering uncomfortable truths, are fast becoming instruments of propaganda, eroding public trust not just in the filmmakers but in the entire journalistic enterprise.

It is not too late for the Academy to do the right thing. A full investigation into the film’s claims and its eligibility under the Documentary Branch’s bylaws is the bare minimum required. If, as the evidence suggests, the film was indeed a grotesque distortion of reality, the Oscar should be revoked publicly and unapologetically.

This article is not meant to be a direct and detailed refutation of the documentary, though should the Academy launch such an investigation into the film’s veracity, we are available to provide evidence and documentation to back up these claims.

Failing to act would not only embolden more filmmakers to abandon journalistic standards in favor of propaganda but would make the Academy complicit, cementing its reputation as a partisan echo chamber. At a time when public trust in media is at an all-time low, that’s a risk they cannot afford to take.

There was a time when the Oscar for Best Documentary was more than a political statement; it was a recognition of the courage to tell uncomfortable truths. If the Academy wants to reclaim that legacy, it must start by sending a clear message: propaganda has no place at the Oscars, and those who indulge in it should not be rewarded but exposed.


Hamas Says Talks with US Focused on Release of American Hostage in Gaza
Meetings between Hamas leaders and U.S. hostage negotiator Adam Boehler in recent days have focused on the release of an American-Israeli dual national being held by the terrorist group in Gaza, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday.

Taher Al-Nono, political adviser to the leader of the Palestinian group, confirmed the unprecedented, direct talks with Washington, saying the discussions had taken place in the Qatari capital over the past week.

“Several meetings have already taken place in Doha, focusing on releasing one of the dual-nationality prisoners. We have dealt positively and flexibly, in a way that serves the interests of the Palestinian people,” Nono said.

He added that the two sides had also discussed how to see through the implementation of the phased agreement aimed at ending the Israel-Hamas war.

“We informed the American delegation that we don’t oppose the release of the prisoner within the framework of these talks,” Nono told Reuters.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff told reporters at the White House last week that gaining the release of Edan Alexander, the 21-year-old man from New Jersey believed to be the last living American hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, was a “top priority for us.”

Alexander served as a soldier with the Israeli military.

Israel and Hamas signaled on Saturday they were preparing for the next phase of ceasefire negotiations, as mediators pushed ahead with talks to extend the fragile 42-day truce that began in January.

A Hamas delegation met in the past two days with Egyptian mediators and reaffirmed its readiness to negotiate the implementation of the deal’s second phase.

Israel also said it was sending negotiators to Doha on Monday for ceasefire talks.
Adam Boehler touts direct negotiations with Hamas, acknowledges Israel’s concerns
Adam Boehler, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, said on Sunday that recent direct talks between the U.S. and Hamas on continuing the cease-fire and hostage-release deal with Israel were “very productive.”

Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Boehler said negotiators had “very productive talks” and that Hamas “provided some very interesting views.”

Boehler said, in addition to discussing the release of hostages, the parties “discussed what the end [of the war] might look like” and Hamas “did orient toward a long-term truce … where they would be disarmed, a truce where they would not be part of the political policy, and a truce where we would ensure that they are in a place where they can’t hurt Israel.”

“Those kinds of dialogues are very important to the president because, as he constantly says, he doesn’t want war,” Boehler continued. “War is a last resort. He wants a peaceful world.”

Boehler confirmed that he had spoken with Ron Dermer, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs who is leading Jerusalem in hostage negotiations, who “raised some concerns … And quite frankly it’s totally fair for Israel to have concerns if we’re having direct contacts with Hamas.” But, Boehler said, he believed he was able to “put [Dermer] at ease” and affirmed, “There’s no question in my mind that our greatest ally is Israel.”

On a more hawkish note, Boehler also appeared to indicate that the U.S. would get behind partnering with Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear program. Making the point that Trump would execute on his threats, noting the first Trump administration’s killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in his first term, Boehler said, “It’s not so hard for us to partner with Israel and take out that nuclear capability, which we probably should do.”

Addressing reports that the Israelis are concerned that the U.S. is only interested in returning the remaining American hostages, Boehler emphasized that the recent negotiations were focused on all of the hostages, regardless of nationality: “My job is to get all hostages home because the job was given to me by the president. I take my orders from the president of the United States.”


Ruthie Blum: International Women’s Day, antisemitism and left-wing hypocrisy
International Women’s Day is an annual farce that was adopted by the United Nations in 1975 and devoted to causes that do nothing to ameliorate the torment of truly subjugated females. In light of the mass sexual abuse perpetrated by Hamas during and after the invasion of southern Israel in 2023, the theme of last year’s IWD—“Inspire Inclusion”—took the absurdity to new heights.

The title of the current intersectionality fest, “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment”—self-described as “emphasizing the urgency to expedite progress toward gender parity”—is no less worthy of disdain.

If anything, it highlights the hypocrisy of “feminist” activists, politicians and academics around the world who’ve been tight-lipped at best and dismissive at worst about the atrocities committed against their Israeli counterparts on that Black Sabbath 17 months ago. And that’s after hearing the stories from massacre survivors and released hostages.

Some “progressives” have ignored the testimonies, including when forensic evidence collected from hundreds of the victims who didn’t live to recount their tales of rape confirmed the brutality. Others have gone as far as to justify the horrors on the grounds that the Israeli “occupation” of Palestinians is the real culprit.

Such attitudes cannot be chalked up to ignorance or a lack of proper Israeli public relations. They are expressions of antisemitism against the collective Jew, pure and simple.

Yet, in an interview with JNS on Friday, the wife of Israeli President Isaac Herzog opted to skirt the particularity of the phenomenon. Asked about the silence from women abroad—something she had written about in Newsweek a few weeks after the massacre—Michal Herzog opted to convey a more general message.

“We have to keep talking about it not only from an Israeli point of view but from a universal perspective, protecting women in the world, because this is bound to happen in another conflict,” she said. “From what we’ve seen throughout and from professionals in the field, I know that Oct. 7 was a new level in violence against women and the tendency is unfortunately in the next conflicts around the world for things to go even further.”

She reiterated, “We speak not only for Israeli women but for women everywhere, and we must prevent the use of sexual violence in the next conflict to come.”
No Woman Left Behind: The Global Feminist Betrayal of Israeli Victims
More disturbing is the fact that taxpayer money from democracies, including the United States and European countries, support and enable many of the NGOs and U.N. agencies that have been whitewashing these crimes.

For example, EU-funded Palestinian NGO MIFTAH has continued to deny the systematic rapes of Israeli women on Oct. 7, referring to them as “Israeli allegations and misinformation, used to justify this genocide.” And Mustafa Barghouti, president of the the Swedish-funded Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS), has tweeted: “The Israeli establishment and government are conducting a black media campaign spreading the false propaganda about rape of Israeli women on the 7th of October to justify the horrific war crimes they are committing in Gaza.” Ultimately, governments are enabling these falsehoods, shielding perpetrators from accountability.

Similar patterns were seen among U.N. agencies, which receive U.S. and European funding. The U.N.’s “Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory” demonstrated an immoral double standard in its reporting. While it acknowledged “patterns indicative of sexual violence” committed by Hamas, it absurdly claimed there was no evidence that militants were ordered to commit such crimes.

In an absurd attempt at “balance,” in the same report, the Commission asserted — purely on the speculative and baseless allegations of anti-Israel propaganda groups — that IDF strip searches of detainees were “intended to humiliate and degrade Palestinians.” This blatant bias delegitimizes real victims and erodes the credibility of international human rights institutions.

Hypocrisy of the Feminist Movement If Shiri Bibas had been a mother from any other country or of any other background, if her children had been anyone else’s, all of these groups would have reacted differently.

For decades, women’s rights organizations have prided themselves on championing justice for all victims of sexual violence, regardless of nationality, race, or creed. In contrast, their selective outrage about the Gaza war reveals an ugly truth: their advocacy is not about universal human rights but political convenience. The same organizations that demanded “believe all women” during the #MeToo movement still refuse to believe Israeli women, despite overwhelming forensic, testimonial, and visual evidence.

Adding to the disgrace, many of the NGOs that deny Hamas’s crimes receive funding from Western democracies. This means taxpayer money is directly supporting organizations that erase the suffering of Israeli women. This is unacceptable. Governments must immediately reassess and change their funding policies to defund any group that engages in rape denial.

This International Women’s Day, it is imperative that advocacy groups — and the governments and organizations that fund them — hold accountable the institutions that have failed Israelis. True feminism does not cherry-pick which victims deserve justice. If the international community truly cares about gender-based violence, it must accelerate action by demanding accountability from global women’s organizations, defund NGOs that refuse to recognize Israeli victims, and hold the U.N. to account for its double standards.
Violin that survived Holocaust finds new life with freed Gaza hostage Agam Berger
A 130-year-old violin that survived the Holocaust has found its way to freed hostage Agam Berger, who played it for the first time on Saturday night.

Tzachi Beck, who restored and preserved the violin — originally built in the Czech Republic and once owned by a Jewish musician who was killed in the Holocaust — gifted it to Berger, a survivor of Hamas captivity in Gaza.

Beck had acquired the violin years ago, recognizing its historical significance. "Hearing its sounds come to life again in Agam Berger’s skilled hands was an emotional moment," he told Ynet.

According to Beck, Berger was eager to learn about the violin’s original owner, a musician in a Polish orchestra who was murdered in the Holocaust. "Agam is a true survivor," he said. "She told me she would practice on it and take it to the March of the Living to play there. That will be a real moment of closure."

The violin’s journey also ties back to Yitzhak Bering, 76, from Petah Tikva. His father, Motel Bering, born in 1909, survived the Holocaust and arrived in Israel via Iraq after the Nazis killed his wife and two children. Motel later remarried and had four more children before his death in 1972. Yitzhak safeguarded the violin for years before passing it on to his friend, Beck.

"When I heard the violin playing again, I felt like its original owner — the orchestra musician — was coming back to life," Yitzhak said. He recalled how his father had carried the violin throughout his journey to Israel, determined to preserve it. Beck was equally certain that the instrument belonged with Berger. "As soon as I heard she played the violin, I knew it had to go to her," he said. "From the moment she returned to Israel, I did everything I could to reach her."


Erin Molan: Happy International Women’s Day (YAWN) 🙄 Erin Molan’s tribute 😉🥱



Israel Draws Up New War Plans to Pressure Hamas
Israel has drafted plans for a series of escalatory steps to ratchet up pressure on Hamas now that talks to extend a seven-week ceasefire have stalled, plans that could lead to a resumption of hostilities in the 16-month war in Gaza. The steps kicked off in the past week with Israel blocking the entry of goods and supplies into Gaza. Ultimately, Israel could re-invade Gaza with far more military power than it has deployed so far while it attacks the remnants of Hamas.

"There's a determination to go back in and finish Hamas no matter what happens," said former Pentagon official Michael Makovsky, now president of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America in Washington. "I think Israel will go in tougher and stronger."

Israel wants Hamas to release the dozens of hostages it still holds, something Hamas has said it would do only if there is a permanent end to the fighting, which Israel won't agree to. Israel also wants Hamas to relinquish power and disarm, which the U.S.-designated terrorist group refuses to do. Hamas is insisting on opening talks about an end to the war and refuses to discuss disarming.

Israeli security analysts say the country is in a much better position to go into Gaza than it was at the beginning of the war. Its ammunition stores are replenished, the limits and pressure imposed on it by the Biden administration have been lifted, and it no longer needs to keep large numbers of troops pinned down on its northern border to guard against an attack by Hizbullah.
Time to talk about Ramadan's violent roots
If the writings of Islamic religious scholars are too tiresome for you, and if the works of Muslim historians documenting early Islamic violence are not accessible, then turn to more recent history, which demonstrates the modern-day interpretation that some of Muhammad's followers give to his teachings. Look at the murder of Ehud and Ruth Fogel and three of their children (including their infant daughter, Hadas, just three months old), whose bodies were desecrated. Look at Ori Ansbacher, whom Arafat Irfaiya tortured, raped, and murdered. Look at the early days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at the 1929 Hebron massacre, whose photographic evidence was censored and hidden from us for many years in an attempt to shield us from images we were ultimately forced to confront a century later on October 7.

The writing was on the wall back then in Hebron. The Jews believed that "mutual interests would prevail." Even then, we refused to believe that the worst was approaching. The Jews did nothing with the intelligence information they had received, even when incitement about their supposed intent to "seize and destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque" spread from Jerusalem to Hebron.

Ze'ev Jabotinsky's personal secretary, the Jewish writer Arthur Koestler, whose words I have quoted here before, vividly described the behavior of Muslim clerics and their influence on the masses. Until October 7, such descriptions might have been considered politically incorrect. Now, they are a massive understatement.

Koestler referred to the numerous attacks against Jews in the 1920s. "The Muslim clerics of my time," Koestler wrote, "would, on average, call for a holy bloodbath twice a year. A kind and peaceful Arab landlord would joke with his Jewish tenants during the month of Ramadan, then head to the mosque, listen to the preacher's sermon, and afterward rush home to slaughter the tenant, his wife, and their children with a kitchen knife… Never have I felt so close to divinity and yet so far from it."

The terrorist attacks and attempted attacks on the eve of Ramadan 2025 and at its onset draw inspiration from the ancient and brutal killing sprees of early Islam and Muhammad. Even the scholars of Egypt's Al-Azhar, who are influenced by this tradition, recently clarified that "Israel, the malignant disease at the heart of the Arab Islamic nation, will meet its end in destruction."

Yet we will prevail. Light, goodness, and justice will triumph. But we, too, must recognize the roots of "Ramadam" - the distortion that has perverted Ramadan.
Iranian Subversion in Jordan and the West Bank Post-October 7, 2023
While Iran has suffered significant blows in the past year with Hizbullah, in Syria and Gaza, and in Iran itself with targeted Israeli attacks on air defense systems and military assets, Tehran has not abandoned its long-term vision of jihadist expansion.

The regime does not view these setbacks as a turning point but as temporary tactical challenges that must be navigated before resuming their broader objectives. Iran remains committed to its ideological war against Israel and the West.

Iran's strategic doctrine has long emphasized patience in achieving its objectives. Wherever Iran detects societal fissures, political fragility, or governance failures, it moves in to cultivate influence from the ground up, establishing deeply embedded networks that subvert sovereign authority and advance its long-term regional ambitions.

Iran is exploiting regional vulnerabilities to destabilize Jordan's pro-Western monarchy and establish a contiguous anti-Israel network. In the wake of the October 7 attacks, Iran has intensified its use of Iraqi militias to infiltrate Jordan, often under the guise of religious pilgrimages or commercial activity. Iranian-backed operatives have established logistical hubs in Jordanian cities.

Tehran is also bolstering Palestinian factions, including small extremist groups in Jordan and Judea and Samaria, with weapons, financial support, and tactical training. Iran is reactivating dormant Islamist groups within Jordan, particularly factions of the Muslim Brotherhood, to weaken the government's authority.

Intelligence suggests that Iranian-backed operatives have contemplated operations against Jordanian leadership, including potential threats to King Abdullah II. Jordanian security forces have intercepted numerous Iranian-backed weapons shipments destined for Judea and Samaria.
Targeting Iran’s Agents of Influence
That brings into the frame some of the worst enemies of the British Jewish community, like the former Parliament members George Galloway and Chris Williamson. Having been turfed out of the ruling Labour Party, the two men now lead what is functionally a national socialist organization calling itself the Workers Party of Britain. Both are regular contributors to the Iranian state propaganda outlet Press TV—a wholly owned subsidiary of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)—where Williamson anchors a sinister discussion show pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories titled “Palestine Declassified.”

His sidekick on the show is a failed Scottish academic named David Miller, who was fired from the University of Bristol over his continued harassment of Jewish students. It’s easy to dismiss Miller as the clown who sent the distinguished historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore, the author of a recent book on Jerusalem, a page from Wikipedia intended to counter his argument about Jewish indigeneity, accompanied by an “Aha! Gotcha!” post on X. Sadly, there are those who take Miller seriously and listen to his arguments, which become more screechingly antisemitic with every post, every broadcast appearance and every article.

One of Miller’s obsessions is the contention that Jewish anti-Zionists are really Zionists. He asks preposterously, “[H]ow many Jewish martyrs have there been in the past 140 on the path to liberate Palestine from Zionism? How many Jews have engaged in military action against Zionist targets in that period?” Another is his repeated characterization of the Chabad-Lubavitch religious movement, which is regarded with affection by observant and non-observant Jews alike, as a “genocidal cult.” Moreover, Miller’s adoration of the Palestinians and their murderous cause is mirrored by his contempt for genuinely persecuted populations, like the Kurds, whom he denies constitute a nationality, and the Ukrainians, whose plight under constant Russian bombardment elicits a teenage cheerleader’s enthusiasm from him.

Miller also attended Nasrallah’s funeral, posing as a “journalist,” and was duly questioned by the British police on his return from Beirut. His actual reportage was limited to fawning posts on X and appearances on Press TV because it’s pretty much the only broadcaster willing to platform his ravings.

The new rules in the United Kingdom will, it is to be hoped, remove the veneer of “independence” shrouding Miller and his co-thinkers—who include Asa Winstanley, an antisemitic propagandist for the U.S. outlet “Electronic Intifada”—and reveal them for what they are: assets of the Iranian mullahs. They also provide a road map for further moves to curb both Iran’s propaganda agents and hired thugs, like the two Romanians who one year ago stabbed an Iranian opposition journalist outside his home in London, who carry out the regime’s orders on foreign soil.

But if any of that is to happen, then the British government must follow through on enforcement. If Miller fails to register as an Iranian agent, then he should be arrested and charged accordingly. Even without incarceration, there is a case to be made for shuttering his channels of communication, such as his website and his social-media presence, with the outside world. Free speech does not extend to treason and never has, including in the United States, where the First Amendment affords protections that don’t exist in Europe. Nor does it include incitement to violence. When Miller talks about “liquidating” or “dismantling” Zionism, as he does frequently, one has to remember that his Iranian sponsors regard that phrase as a license for terrorist actions against Jewish targets around the world.

Ultimately, the United Kingdom has to decide whether it will tolerate Iranian state media outlets exploiting their presence as “journalists” to spread misinformation and propaganda on behalf of Tehran. Press TV operated a London office for nearly 15 years before dissolving as a limited company under British law in 2021, according to the country’s own records. Yet it still operates a studio there, where Williamson and Miller record their programming. Press TV’s broadcasts are still available on some cable networks or through an app that can be freely downloaded. As an enemy broadcaster and one designated by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Press TV should be blocked online and removed from all social-media platforms, including X, which is owned by the same individual, Elon Musk, tasked with flushing out the U.S. government’s bureaucracy.

Such inconsistencies are harmful to us and readily exploited by them. As we deliberate whether we are technically at war with Iran, Iran eagerly wages war on us through its media channels, its regional proxies, and through—as the two aerial attacks on Israel last year demonstrated—its own armed forces. Our response must be sharp and merciless at all levels.
Qatar, The ATM of Global Jihad
For years, Qatar has masterfully played both sides of the geopolitical chessboard—projecting an image of a modern, progressive Gulf state while serving as the primary financial hub for global jihadist movements. From Hamas to Al-Qaeda, the Taliban to the Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar has bankrolled, harbored, and facilitated extremist groups, all while maintaining close ties with Western powers. Despite the overwhelming evidence of its role in financing terrorism, world leaders continue to turn a blind eye as Doha leverages its vast wealth to manipulate conflicts, spread radical ideologies, and undermine global stability.

Qatar: The Top Spender on Buying Western Influence
Qatar isn’t just the largest state sponsor of jihad—it is also the largest foreign spender on lobbying in the U.S., surpassing all other nations. Reports show that Qatar spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on lobbying, public relations campaigns, and political influence operations in Washington, D.C. Its financial reach extends to think tanks, universities, and media organizations, and even targeting the K-12 public education system, ensuring that its crimes remain hidden while it cultivates a favorable image. Sending over $6 billion dollars into our elite universities, the same universities today chanting “Death to America” and “Globalize the Intifada”

Billions Flowing to Terrorism

Qatar has long been the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, funneling billions of dollars into jihadist groups under the guise of humanitarian aid. Some of the most damning evidence includes:
Hamas: Qatar is Hamas’ largest financial backer, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the terrorist organization. In 2021 alone, Doha pledged $500 million to Gaza, much of which ended up funding Hamas’ terror tunnels, weapons stockpiles, and military operations against Israel. In 2023, Qatari officials admitted to sending $30 million per month to Hamas.
Al-Qaeda & Affiliates: Reports have exposed Qatar’s financial links to Al-Qaeda, harboring those behind the 9/11 attacks. While pretending to support "moderate" Syrian opposition, Qatar ensured extremist factions remained well-funded and operational.
The Taliban: Qatar played a key role in the Taliban’s resurgence, hosting its political office in Doha while financing the group for years. After the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, Qatar facilitated its global diplomatic rehabilitation.
Muslim Brotherhood: Qatar is the primary financial and ideological backer of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement responsible for destabilization in Egypt, Tunisia, and other Arab nations. Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera serves as a propaganda arm for the Brotherhood’s radical messaging. Qatar’s Role as a Safe Haven for Terrorists

Qatar doesn’t just fund terrorism—it provides sanctuary for some of the world’s most notorious jihadists:
Hamas Leadership: Khaled Mashal, Ismail Haniyeh, and other Hamas leaders live in luxury in Doha while directing terror attacks.
Al-Qaeda Financiers: The U.S. Treasury has repeatedly named Qatar-based individuals as key funders of Al-Qaeda, yet Doha refuses to act against them.
Taliban Leaders: While NATO forces were fighting the Taliban, Qatar was already hosting its leadership, paving the way for their return to power.

Why the West Lets Qatar Get Away With It

Despite overwhelming evidence, Qatar continues to enjoy privileged ties with the West. The reasons are clear:
U.S. Military Presence: The U.S. maintains its largest Middle Eastern airbase, Al Udeid, in Qatar, making Washington reluctant to hold Doha accountable.
European Gas Dependence: With Europe seeking alternatives to Russian gas, Qatar has become an essential energy supplier, further insulating it from scrutiny.
Lobbying & Bribery: Qatar is the top foreign spender on lobbying in the U.S., funding think tanks, paying off former government officials, and infiltrating universities to shape narratives in its favor.
Sportswashing: Qatar spent billions hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup and acquiring Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) to enhance its global image and distract from its terror ties.
Israel to halt supply of electricity to Gaza
Israel will stop supplying electricity to the Gaza Strip, Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday.

“I have signed an order to immediately cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip. Enough talk, it’s time for action!'” Cohen wrote in a post to X.

Last Sunday, the Israeli government announced the suspension of all humanitarian aid to Gaza after Hamas rejected the ceasefire extension proposed by U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that no goods or supplies would enter Gaza until further notice.

Since the ceasefire took effect on Jan. 19, more than 25,000 aid trucks carrying food, water and medicine have entered Gaza, alongside more than half a million tents and 2,100 fuel tankers. Israeli officials estimate that Hamas has stockpiled supplies sufficient for four to six months.

“There is no shortage of essential products in the Strip whatsoever,” said Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, in response to a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the E3—France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

“We call on the Government of Israel to abide by its international obligations to ensure full, rapid, safe and unhindered provision of humanitarian assistance to the population in Gaza,” the E3 said on March 5.

The Foreign Ministry had quoted former U.S. President Joe Biden, who said on Oct. 18, 2023, that if Hamas “diverts or steals” the aid, then “it will stop the international community from being able to provide” it.

“Aid that goes to Hamas is not humanitarian. Enabling the enemy to resupply itself so it can regroup and attack you again is not humanitarian—it is suicidal and will not be allowed,” the Foreign Ministry said.


Trump administration ends Iraq’s waiver to buy Iranian electricity
The Trump administration has let a waiver allowing Iraq to pay Iran for electricity lapse, a State Department spokesperson says, adding Washington will not allow Tehran any degree of economic or financial relief.

“The President’s maximum pressure campaign is designed to end Iran’s nuclear threat, curtail its ballistic missile program, and stop it from supporting terrorist groups,” the spokesperson says.

“We urge the Iraqi government to eliminate its dependence on Iranian sources of energy as soon as possible.”

The waiver expired on Saturday.


U.S. Backs Gaza Aid Freeze
State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on March 6 that Gaza "aid can only be delivered in a safe framework; so as long as it is something that is unsafe or we can't guarantee the safety of something moving in, that is going to be stopped."

"The President certainly has been tweeting about certain situations with Hamas and the nature of what was expected, and has been repeated continually, that all the hostages have got to be released. They need to be released now. The bodies they are holding, everything, everyone needs to be released. And without doing that, there is no path forward."

"Secretary Rubio has made clear that as long as Hamas...are a factor in Gaza and exist, there is no way forward. It is an impossible situation. It is monsters who are controlling and destroying Gazan lives and the lives of people around the region."

"It has to be a new approach, and that is what President Trump has said from the beginning, that we've got to think differently....But one thing stays the same and is unmovable here, and it is [that with] the existence of Hamas as a factor on the ground in that region, it will be impossible to continue."
Israel’s legal obligations to aid the Gazan enemy w/Natasha Hausdorff | Basic Law
Welcome to Basic Law, your weekly deep dive into the legal arguments shaping Israel’s future. Hosted by Aylana Meisel, Deputy Director of Tikvah Israel, this show brings expert legal analysis to the biggest challenges Israel faces on the world stage. This week, British barrister and international law expert Natasha Hausdorff joins us to break down:
✅ Israel’s Legal Obligations in War: Does international law require Israel to supply aid to Gaza?
✅ Occupation and Effective Control: Why claims that Israel occupies Gaza don’t hold up under real legal scrutiny.
✅ The ICJ and ICC Cases Against Israel: Are charges of “genocide” and “war crimes” legitimate, or is international law being weaponized?
✅ Hamas and Aid Diversion: Why international aid fuels terror, and how Israel's legal position justifies its policies.
✅ The Deep Bias in Global Courts: How international institutions manipulate law to undermine Israel and Western values.
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Israel's Drone Unit Eliminated over 700 Hamas, Hizbullah Terrorists
The IDF Sky Rider drone unit has evolved into one of the military's most lethal forces, responsible for eliminating more than 700 Hamas and Hizbullah terrorists since the start of the war.

Once primarily reliant on small surveillance drones, the unit now operates advanced attack drones, providing precision strikes to support ground forces while eliminating the need to wait for air force drones or attack helicopters working from remote bases.

The unit is now preparing to deploy an upgraded version of Elbit's Skylark drone, featuring vertical takeoff and high-speed horizontal flight.

The unit now includes five all-female teams, in addition to mixed-gender teams.


British law chief bringing war crimes case against Israel 'pressed alleged victim to deny sexual assault claims'
The British chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court repeatedly bombarded his alleged victim with calls urging her to deny the claims of sexual assault she had made against him, The Mail on Sunday understands.

Karim Khan KC, the controversial barrister bringing a war crimes case against Israel, is said to have spent more than five months pressuring and asking - sometimes multiple times in one day - his female colleague to retract serious allegations of sexual misconduct against him.

In one instance, which took place just three days before this newspaper revealed in October that he was facing the allegations, Mr Khan told the alleged victim the issue could be 'contained' to avoid a 'feeding frenzy' in the press, according to court sources.

He allegedly suggested that she write a letter disavowing her claims, which she did not do.

Instead, it is understood that later that day she left the Netherlands and since then has not returned, fearing continued pressure from both the prosecutor and internally at the court in The Hague.

Last night a well-placed source said: 'She couldn't take it anymore. She was so distressed and left in such a hurry that her car is still parked at the airport nearly five months later.'

They added that the female official has not seen her immediate family since that day in October.
Candace Owens Says Blackmail, Jeffrey Epstein Behind Close US-Israel Relationship
Political commentator Candance Owens claimed on a popular podcast on Wednesday that the United States has a close relationship with Israel due to Israeli “blackmail.”

While appearing on the podcast “This Past Weekend,” Owens was asked by host Theo Von, a popular comedian, why she believed there was such a strong relationship between the United States and Israel.

Owens initially responded with a one-word answer: “Blackmail.”

She then went on to explain she believes “this is the reason we don’t get to open the Epstein files, we don’t get to open the JFK files.” She claimed its “a form of gaslighting” to pretend that Israel is a “special friend and ally” of the US.

Owens argued that Israel is not only blackmailing the United States into support, but that actually Israel is behind many other sketchy developments happening in the world.

“If you investigate anything Israel will start to come up,” said Owens, who made the unsubstantiated claim that Brigette Macron, the wife of French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron, was born a male, accusing Israel of being involved with that as well.

Owens then focused on Jeffrey Epstein, claiming his criminal sex ring was intended to act as a tool of blackmail on behalf of the Israeli government, that “the whole Mossad attended his funeral,” and that even Zionists acknowledge that he was an American-Israeli intelligence asset.

Within only two days of the episode airing on YouTube, it has already garnered more than 1.5 million views.

Owens did not mention several facts that could alternatively explain the close alliance between the US and Israel, such as shared values and strategic interests, nor did she mention that the relationship goes back decades before Epstein. US President Harry Truman recognized Israel 11 minutes after it was established, for example, and one of his successors, US President John F. Kennedy said in 1962, “The United States has a special relationship with Israel in the Middle East, really comparable only to that which it has with Britain over a wide range of world affairs.”


Xaviaer’s brutally honest response to Jew-hate from Woke Right and Left w/Xaviaer DuRousseau
In this electrifying episode of The Quad, host Fleur Hassan-Nahoum sits down with Xaviaer DuRousseau, PragerU personality, activist and host of Respectfully, Xaviaer. They break down the war on truth, the fight against woke culture and how conservatives can win the narrative battle.
👀 Topics Covered in This Must-Watch Episode:
✅ Hollywood Hypocrisy and the Oscars Controversy: Why did an anti-Israel film win?
✅ Woke Indoctrination on College Campuses: Xaviaer infiltrated a UCLA protest & reveals the shocking truth.
✅ The Left’s Identity Politics Playbook: How every cause gets hijacked to attack Israel.
✅ The Shift Among Black and Latino Conservatives: Why Trump’s support is growing in unexpected places.
✅ China, Fentanyl and the War on America: The hidden agenda behind the crisis.
✅ The "Woke Right" and Tucker/Candace Controversy: Should conservatives be worried?
✅ Faith, Community and the Culture War: Is America experiencing a spiritual comeback?
🎤 Xaviaer brings his fearless energy and viral takes to expose the lies behind the anti-Israel movement and the destruction of Western values. If you’re sick of the mainstream narrative and ready for bold, unfiltered truth this episode is for you!




Just wait for gun-toting Abu Wadee to use the Human Rights Act to stay here for good
It is the stuff of nightmares.

A gun-toting Palestinian from war-torn Gaza with murky links to a militant terror group, whose social media is replete with pictures of him posing with a Kalashnikov, an artillery shell and a menacing posse of masked men.

Abu Wadee should send a shiver down the spine of every one of us. How has it come to this, that a man with all the hallmarks of a terrorist has been allowed to enter this country after making his way here illegally?

Sometimes I wonder if there is a television in the Home Office.

Have officials not seen the atrocious acts of terrorism meted out almost monthly by one radicalised migrant or another in Germany or France or Belgium or Austria?

Only a few weeks ago, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd in Munich, injuring at least 30 people.

I suppose we should be thankful for Wadee’s malign bravado, for at least we know his background and where his loyalties lie.

But the awful truth is that there will be more arrivals like him, only they will keep their terrorist sympathies a secret.

Clearly, Wadee fancies his chances of staying in Britain, despite his hateful social media posts. He must know too well that there is little likelihood of him being detained.

He will be accommodated – in a four-star hotel if he’s lucky – given £40 a week pocket money and allowed to come and go as he pleases.

Even if his case for asylum is rejected at first, he is unlikely to be removed from Britain.


Welcomed to the UK: Palestinian asylum seeker gunman who called on God to 'kill all Jews', boasted about terrorising Israel and posed proudly with cache of weapons
As his dinghy is picked up in the Channel, Palestinian Abu Wadee makes a victory sign and declares: 'Thank God, we arrived in Britain.'

However Wadee is no innocent fleeing the horrors of Gaza, but a militant who has called for the slaughter of all Jews and posed menacingly with AK-47s, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The migrant is a former key member of a group that has terrorised Israel. He has filmed himself chanting about killing Jews and has posted a string of pictures depicting running battles with the Israeli Defence Forces.

In one sickening video, posted on his Facebook page last September, he is filmed calling for Allah to 'punish [Jews] completely'.

'Allah, it is upon you to [deal with] the Jews and those loyal to them,' he said, according to a translation for this newspaper by research organisation Camera.

'Allah, kill them one by one, and don't leave a single one. Allah, destroy them completely, disperse them completely and make the earth fall from under their feet.'

The Home Office last night refused to say whether they were aware of Wadee's militant background or whether he was free to roam the streets. Kent Police said they were unaware of any arrests related to the case.

Senior politicians and security experts have reacted with horror at our revelations and demanded Wadee's immediate arrest.


UKLFI: International Booker Prize tainted by Judges who openly boycott Israeli authors
The International Booker Prize has breached its own guidelines by appointing all five judges with strongly held anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian views.

Three of the judges, Max Porter, Sana Goyal and Anton Hur, have signed letters vowing to boycott Israeli institutions unless they agree that Israel has committed genocide and ethnic cleansing, and accept “the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people” (effectively meaning the destruction of the State of Israel).

The fourth judge, Caleb Femi, has signed a letter accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and genocide. The fifth judge, Beth Orton narrated for Voice for Gaza, calling for a permanent ceasefire in March 2024.

UKLFI has written to Gaby Wood, the CEO of the Booker Prize Foundation (BPF) questioning the impartiality of the five judges of the International Booker Prize and calling for their replacement.

UKLFI pointed out that the BPF has failed to follow its own guidelines since
(a) there is no “diversity” of views,
(b) there has been a failure to follow rules to avoid bias,
(c) harm will be caused by association with the judges’ views, which may be viewed as antisemitic, and
(d) the judges are exposed to criticism and campaigns.

UKLFI further pointed out that the appointment of these judges is contrary to Charity Commission guidance, by promoting breaches of the Equality Act and denigration of Jews and Israelis.
Jewish Groups Slam Major Body of University Professors Over Anti-Israel Event
A cohort of Jewish civil rights and nonprofit groups issued on Thursday a joint letter expressing concerns about the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) holding a webinar which promoted false claims about Israel’s conduct in the war with Hamas in Gaza.

Titled “Scholasticide in Palestine,” the virtual event held on Thursday accused Israel of “scholasticide” and “exterminationist” tactics of war. Such accusations cite damages sustained by education institutions and loss of life in Gaza, but rather than describing those misfortunes as inevitable consequences of a protracted war that Hamas started by launching a surprise massacre of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, those leading the AAUP event argued that Israel’s aim was to murder educators and erase Palestinian history and culture.

Thursday’s letter — signed by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Academic Engagement Network (AEN), American Jewish Committee (AJC), Hillel International, and the Jewish Federations of North America — said that presenting such a biased portrayal of Israel without allowing for an opposing viewpoint was destructive and undermining of the AAUP’s mission to promote scholarship which fosters enlightenment and truth.

“While we fully support academic freedom, open inquiry, and the right to discuss a range of complex geopolitical issues, we are troubled by the framing of and publicity surrounding this event, which promotes a one sided narrative demonizing Israel, and perpetuates falsehoods that have no place within a scholarly association,” the letter said, noting that “there is no evidence of any intent by Israel to ‘systematically destroy’ the education system in Gaza or elsewhere.”

After proceeding to criticize the event for not including a discussion of the deadly Oct. 7 massacre which precipitated the war, the letter went on to argue that it alienated Jewish AAUP members and ultimately damaged the organization’s stature.
Israel's UK ambassador accuses London university of giving 'a platform for Hamas propaganda' with book launch set to go ahead amid Home Office warnings
A furious diplomatic row has erupted after one of Britain's top universities was accused of providing a platform for Hamas propaganda through a book set to be launched amid Home Office warnings.

Israel's ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely, has demanded that the London School of Economics (LSE) immediately cancel the event promoting a book that she warns will 'grow support' for the terrorist organisation among students.

The book, Understanding Hamas: And Why It Matters, is due to be launched at LSE on Monday and describes the Palestinian militant group - a proscribed organisation in Britain since 2021 - as a 'misunderstood movement'.

Critics say the book seeks to whitewash Hamas's brutal atrocities, including the massacre of 1,200 people in Israel on October 7.

In a letter to LSE president Larry Kramer, Ms Hotovely accused the institution of 'giving legitimacy to Hamas propaganda', warning that allowing the book launch to go ahead would put Jewish and Israeli students in danger.

'I worry that by promoting such a book, which sympathises with and justifies the survival and existence of Hamas, LSE will only serve to fuel support for a brutal terror organisation,' she wrote.

She added that Jewish students were already feeling 'anxious and fearful' amid rising anti-Semitism on UK campuses, and pleaded with university bosses to 'reconsider allowing the event to go ahead'.

The Home Office has already issued a stark warning to speakers at the event, making clear that anyone praising Hamas could face the full force of the law under the Terrorism Act 2000.


Columbia Student Activist in ICE Custody After Trump Admin Revokes Visa
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate student who served as lead negotiator for the student group behind the illegal encampments that plagued campus last spring, is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody after the Trump administration revoked his visa, a senior State Department official confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon.

Khalil's attorney said federal immigration authorities detained Khalil on Saturday night at his university-owned apartment in execution of a State Department order to revoke his student visa. A public ICE database lists Khalil as being held in an Elizabeth, N.J., detention center. A senior State Department official confirmed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the visa revocation.

"This should serve as a warning to foreign students on temporary status in America—under this administration, if you support terror groups, we will deport you," the official told the Free Beacon. It was an apparent reference to a statement from the Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) group Khalil belongs to that endorsed Hamas's "armed resistance."

"We support liberation by any means necessary, including armed resistance," the group wrote on Oct. 8. One day earlier, on the anniversary of Hamas's Oct. 7 , 2023, attack on Israel, CUAD lauded the "Al-Aqsa Flood"—Hamas's name for the terror spree—as a "moral, military and political victory."

"The Palestinian resistance is moving their struggle to a new phase of escalation and it is our duty to meet them there. It is our duty to fight for our freedom!"

Khalil was one of the CUAD student leaders who organized the encampments. He led negotiations with the school as they unfolded, demanding divestment from Israel. Khalil pledged further unrest in the buildup to the fall semester, telling the Hill he would continue to push Columbia to divest from Israel by "any available means necessary." Video footage placed him at a more recent illegal protest at Barnard College that took place on Wednesday.


Cartoon of Israeli Hostage Trampling Bloody Arab Bodies Is Sanitized by New York Times
“After He Ran a Cartoon on the War in Gaza, Gannett Fired Him,” is the headline the New York Times put over its recent report about the Palm Beach Post firing an editorial page editor.

The headline, sympathetic to the ousted editor, set the tone for the whole article. The Times dispatch, though delivered in the disguise of an objective news article, sided clearly with the fired editor instead of with the local Jewish community or the newspaper’s ownership. A more accurate headline might have been, “After He Ran an Antisemitic Cartoon Depicting a Released Israeli Hostage as Trampling on the Bloody Corpses of ‘Over 40,000 Palestinians,’ Gannett Fired Him.”

The Times article was by Benjamin Mullin, a reporter who covers the media industry. Had the Times chosen to assign the piece to a reporter on the Israel beat, or one who covers antisemitism (which would be a worthwhile beat for the Times to establish, and especially timely since there’s a new Trump administration and the newspaper has a previous pattern of suddenly discovering a new concern about antisemitism when Republicans are in power), the result might have been different.

The headline was just one of many ways in which the Times signaled its slant on this story.

The article referred to “a local Jewish group that claimed the cartoon was antisemitic.” It wasn’t just “a local Jewish group.” It was the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, which is the central umbrella institution of the local organized Jewish community. “Claimed” is a loaded verb. Even the Times‘ own stylebook acknowledges that “claim is not a neutral synonym for say. It means assert a right or contend something that may be open to question.”

Nor was it only the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County that called the cartoon antisemitic. The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis also described the cartoon as antisemitic, noting that it “trivialized the plight of Israeli hostages and promoted antisemitic tropes of Israeli bloodlust.”
Reuters still using work of Gaza photographer kissed by Sinwar
The Reuters news agency continues to distribute the work of a Palestinian photojournalist who was fired by the Associated Press and the CNN TV network following an international uproar over his ties to the Hamas terrorist organization, a media watchdog group said on Sunday.

HonestReporting noted that Hassan Eslaiah’s material is still being offered through the international British news agency, even though he was exposed for his connection to Hamas in the wake of the massacre of 1,200 people on Oct. 7, 2023. A picture of him being kissed by Yahya Sinwar, the assassinated Hamas terror chief and mastermind of the attack, went viral the next month.

Stock photo agency Getty Images, which also distributed his material, has removed a video from another Gaza cameraman who cheered on the attack in the wake of the watchdog’s latest exposure last week.

“Reuters has chosen financial gain over ethics,” HonestReporting executive director Gil Hoffman told JNS Sunday. “The [U.S.] attorney-general who is cracking down on terror should probe Reuters.”

The media watchdog revealed that the wire service is distributing the “tainted content” of Eslaiah and other “compromised photojournalists” in Gaza in collaboration with the state-run Turkish news agency Anadolu for profit without liability.

The Gaza-based photographer documented the scene of the massacre at Kibbutz Kfar Aza in the early hours of the morning on Oct. 7. He was later given a ride back to Gaza on a motorcycle together with a terrorist with a grenade in hand.


Meta blocks Gazan influencer Saleh Al Jafarawi's Instagram account
Meta blocked Gazan influencer Saleh Al Jafarawi's -- known on the internet as 'Mr. FAFO' -- Instagram account on Saturday.

Following the Meta ban, Jafarawi reportedly opened a new Instagram account.

Jafarawi quickly gained popularity after videos of his praising the October 7 massacre quickly turned into crying, saying he feared for his life as Israel began to retaliate, leading to his nickname, which stands for ‘F– around, find out.’

Previous posts
Since October 7, Jafarawi has been seen in many Gazan propaganda “Pallywood” videos, posing as a foster father, a surgeon, a ‘freedom fighter,’ a suspiciously moving corpse, and more.

Despite his consistent presence on social media, Jafarawi has been listed as a martyr on the site ourgaza, though his date of death is missing.

On the site, he is listed as a journalist, with his obituary suggesting he was killed after an Israeli raid in Al-Shifa hospital.

In a January post on X/Twitter, he shared a photo of himself sitting on a couch, with the caption, "I am proud that I had the honor of sitting on the same couch on which Al-Sinwar was martyred."


Over 1,300 Killed in Syria as New Regime Accused of Massacring Civilians
Over 1,300 people were killed in two days of fighting in Syria between security forces under the new Syrian Islamist leaders and fighters from ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect on the other hand, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday.

Since Thursday, 1,311 people had been killed, according to the Observatory, including 830 civilians, mainly Alawites, 231 Syrian government security personnel, and 250 Assad loyalists.

The intense fighting broke out late last week as the Alawite militias launched an offensive against the new government’s fighters in the coastal region of the country, prompting a massive deployment ordered by new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

“We must preserve national unity and civil peace as much as possible and… we will be able to live together in this country,” al-Sharaa said, as quoted in the BBC.

The death toll represents the most severe escalations since Assad was ousted late last year, and is one of the most costly in terms of human lives since the civil war began in 2011.

The counter-offensive launched by al-Sharaa’s forces was marked by reported revenge killings and atrocities in the Latakia region, a stronghold of the Alawite minority in the country.
Israeli FM condemns atrocities in Syria under new regime
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday strongly condemned atrocities in Syria allegedly committed by forces loyal to the country’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

In an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper, Sa’ar criticized European leaders for their engagement with al-Sharaa.

“Europeans flocked to Damascus in recent months to shake his hand, but he and his men were jihadists and have remained so, even if they now wear suits,” Sa’ar said.

The massacres taking place in Syria have reignited concerns over the Sunni Islamist government that overthrew Bashar Assad in December. More than a thousand people were killed in the coastal provinces of Tartus and Latakia, with some 700 civilians executed at close range, according to reports.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 745 civilians, 125 government security force members and 148 militants from armed groups affiliated with the Assad regime had been killed.

Sa’ar dismissed al-Sharaa’s assurances of inclusivity as a façade, referring to him by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani: “This weekend, the masks fell. Al-Jolani’s men mercilessly massacred their own people—the citizens of the so-called ‘New Syria.'”
New Iran-Backed Group Emerges in Syria to Confront Israel
An armed organization calling itself the “Islamic Resistance Front in Syria” has demanded that Israeli forces withdraw from southern Syria and the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights, claiming responsibility for several recent attacks against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

The Iran-backed group, formerly known as the “Southern Liberation Front,” has emerged as a new force to oppose Israel, which borders Syria’s southern region. On Tuesday, the nascent militant organization announced that it has become a permanent front aimed at countering attempts at “division and displacement.”

According to its statement, the “resistance” group seeks to be a “unifying force for all segments of Syrian society,” regardless of religion, while prioritizing the protection of the country’s security and territorial integrity, Iraqi-based Shafaq News reported.

The group said its formation was a response to “the systematic and coordinated Zionist-Turkish-American transfer plan, backed by Arab support, to divide Syria following the end of the era of the resistant and defiant Syrian regime [of long-time Syrian President Bashar al-Assad], which had been the backbone of all resistance and liberation movements worldwide from 1970 until the end of 2024.”

“The front emerged from the Syrian people to confront any attempts to undermine the country’s security, amid the absence of the political and social forces that previously governed Syria,” the statement read.

In late January, Ahmed al-Sharaa became Damascus’s transitional president after leading a rebel campaign that ousted Assad, whose Iran-backed rule had strained ties with the Arab world during the nearly 14-year Syrian war.


No negotiations before total Iranian nuclear rollback
For years, Iran has systematically violated international agreements, deceived inspectors, and developed nuclear capabilities under the cover of diplomacy. A nuclear deal that merely attempts to improve on the JCPOA—without addressing Iran’s fundamental nuclear infrastructure—will lead to another disaster.

Any agreement must comprehensively dismantle all three pillars of Iran’s nuclear program: fissile material production – Iran must completely eliminate its stockpiles of enriched uranium, destroy its centrifuges, and shut down all conversion and enrichment facilities; weaponization – Iran must halt all weapon design and development activities, fully disclose past work, and dismantle research centers working on nuclear warhead technology; and delivery systems– Iran’s ballistic missile program, which is designed for nuclear payloads, must be stopped, with clear restrictions and verifiable enforcement mechanisms.

Critically, Iran must not be allowed to retain any nuclear capabilities on its soil. The world made this mistake once with the JCPOA, granting Tehran legitimacy while it continued developing its weapons program in secret. The only acceptable outcome is Iran’s complete nuclear rollback, enforced by intrusive inspections. Tehran can have a civilian nuclear energy program without uranium enrichment, advanced centrifuges or plutonium reprocessing. It can buy fuel rods from abroad like over 20 other countries do to power its existing nuclear reactor and any additional others it plans to build. But all must be fully proliferation proof.

Given the high likelihood that Iran will reject such preconditions to start a negotiation process, Israel must prepare for a large-scale campaign to neutralize the Iranian nuclear threat. This should ideally be done in full cooperation with the United States. The strategic priority must be clear: First, eliminate Iran’s weaponization activities and its stockpiled enriched uranium. Then, enrichment facilities like Natanz and Fordow will be dismantled and destroyed.

Destroying nuclear sites without addressing weaponization would be a mistake. Iran’s extensive work on warhead design, combined with its existing uranium stockpile and advanced centrifuges, would enable it to recover quickly—even demand international legitimacy for its program after an attack.

The responsibility of countering Iran’s nuclear ambitions now falls on Israel’s 24th Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir. He carries the weight of ensuring that Iran’s nuclear threat is neutralized before it reaches the point of no return. The Israeli people stand behind him, and the government must ensure that he has all the necessary resources to carry out this mission effectively.

At the same time, full cooperation with the United States is essential. While Israel must be prepared to act alone, if necessary, an American-Israeli partnership significantly strengthens deterrence and operational capabilities. Washington and Jerusalem must work together to remove the most dangerous threat to Israel’s existence.

The time for diplomacy ended the moment Iran violated its commitments and raced toward nuclear breakout. The last thing President Trump should want is to be compared to Barack Obama, whose nuclear deal enabled Iran’s nuclear and regional aggression. The lesson from 2015 is clear: No more half-measures, no more bad deals, and no negotiations until Iran commits to completely dismantling its nuclear program.
Qatar’s Hypocritical Call for Israel’s Nuclear Facilities to Be Placed Under International Oversight and Why This Demand Will Go Nowhere
Qatar is at it again. This time, its ambassador to the United Nations is demanding that Israel place its nuclear facilities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear state. The demand comes from the same Qatar that bankrolls Hamas, shelters its leaders, and facilitates its hostage-taking operations—all while presenting itself as a "neutral mediator."

The hypocrisy of Qatar’s demand is staggering. It is a known state sponsor of terrorism, pumping millions into Hamas while playing both sides with the West. It hosts some of the world’s most dangerous terror leaders, including Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, who openly plotted the October 7 massacre from Doha. Yet Qatar is calling for Israel—a democratic nation facing existential threats—to surrender what is widely believed to be its strategic nuclear deterrent.

A Familiar Demand by Israel’s Enemies
This isn’t the first time a country hostile to Israel has tried to push this agenda. For decades, various Arab and Muslim-majority nations have pushed resolutions in the UN calling for Israel to join the NPT and submit to IAEA oversight. Egypt and Iran have historically led such efforts, often using the UN General Assembly as a platform to isolate Israel.

In 2013, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution A/RES/68/65 calling on Israel to allow inspections of its nuclear sites, but it was purely symbolic. More significantly, in 2015, an Egyptian-led proposal at the NPT Review Conference to force Israel into the NPT framework was blocked when the United States, the UK, and Canada prevented consensus, effectively vetoing the measure. Similar attempts were made through IAEA resolutions, including a failed 2010 attempt that did not gain enough support.

Additionally, the UN Security Council has addressed Israel’s nuclear activities in the past. Following Israel's 1981 airstrike on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor (Operation Opera), the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 487. This resolution condemned the attack and called upon Israel to place its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards. However, the resolution did not mandate that Israel join the NPT, and Israel has continued its policy of nuclear ambiguity.

The pattern is clear: these demands come not from a genuine concern for non-proliferation but as part of a broader campaign to weaken Israel strategically.
Attack on Iran’s atomic sites would contaminate Gulf water supply, Qatar PM says
Qatar’s prime minister has warned that an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would “entirely contaminate” the waters of the Gulf and threaten life in Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait.

The three desert states, facing Iran on the opposite side of the Persian Gulf, have minimal natural water reserves and are home to more than 18 million people whose only supply of potable water is desalinated water drawn from the Gulf.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani warned Friday that an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites would leave the Gulf with “no water, no fish, nothing… no life,” in an interview with US conservative media personality Tucker Carlson.

Al-Thani’s warnings were made the same day that US President Donald Trump sent a letter to Iranian leadership suggesting the two countries begin negotiations toward a nuclear deal.

“There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal,” Trump said to Fox Business News. “I would prefer to make a deal, because I’m not looking to hurt Iran. They’re great people.”

Upon taking office, Trump reinstated the “maximum pressure” campaign that was applied during his first term as president to isolate Iran from the global economy and drive its oil exports to zero.

Alluding to military action, Trump said he would “rather see a peace deal” but that “the other will solve the problem.”


Almost a third of Western terrorist attacks motivated by antisemitic, anti-Israel hatred
Israel was the eighth most terrorism impacted country in 2024, according to the Institute for Economics and Peace 2025 Global Terrorism Index, which noted that almost a third of Western terrorist attacks were motivated by antisemitic or anti-Israel sentiment.

The Jewish state fell from No. 2 in the think tank’s 2024 terrorism index, with Israel experiencing the greatest decrease in terrorism-related deaths from 2023 to 2024. The IEP report said this is because the previous year was weighted by the October 7 massacre, which was the largest terrorist attack since 9/11 and since the inception of the index in 2007.

The October 7 massacre also resulted in 13% more global terrorism deaths in 2023 than in 2024, but according to the report, when adjusted for the Hamas-led pogrom, 2024 would have been the year with the highest number of recorded deaths since 2017.

There would also have been an 8% increase in global incidents in 2024, if not for an 85% decrease in terrorist activity in Myanmar. The number of countries experiencing at least one terrorist incident increased from 58 to 66, the most impacted in a year since 2018. 2024 also saw 45 countries deteriorate, with only 34 showing an improvement in affliction from terrorism. Burkina Faso most impacted by terrorism

The IEP assessed that over the last two decades, the epicenter of terrorism has shifted from the Middle East and North Africa to the Sahel region. Burkina Faso was the country most impacted by terrorism for the second consecutive year, followed in the 2024 index by Pakistan, Syria, Mali, and Niger.

Burkina Faso was responsible for a fifth of all global terrorism deaths, though deaths and attacks declined by 21% and 57%, respectively. Niger and Pakistan saw the largest increases in terrorism deaths, with the former seeing a 94% increase and the latter seeing a 45% increase.

The most deadly terrorist attack in 2024 occurred in Niger on July 21, with 237 soldiers slain in Tankademi. The second most deadly attack was the slaughter of 200 civilians in Barsalogho on August 24.
Canadian Jewish groups underwhelmed by national forum for combatting antisemitism
At a National Forum on Combatting Antisemitism Thursday, the Canadian government pledged to take steps to ramp up its fight against anti-Jewish violence and rhetoric, including adding CAD $10 million ($7 million) to a program aimed at helping community groups counter hatred and violent extremism.

However, Jewish groups in the country were unimpressed, saying the measures were too little, too late in the face of rising violence.

In December, following a series of high-profile attacks on Jewish institutions around Canada, including the firebombing of a synagogue in Montreal and a shooting at a Jewish elementary school in Toronto, the government announced it would hold a forum on combating antisemitism as a response to “a troubling rise in antisemitic incidents, threats and hate crimes.”

The forum, originally scheduled for February, concluded with representatives of federal, provincial and municipal governments reaffirming their commitments to address hate crimes that target the Jewish community through strengthened law enforcement and prosecution efforts.

Commitments included up to $10 million to help the Community Resilience Fund (CRF) fight hate crimes, $26.8 million over four years to provide training to police colleges and $1.4 million for Holocaust remembrance initiatives.

However, as Canada’s ruling Liberal party prepares to hold elections next week to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with national elections expected soon after, it is unclear whether even these commitments will be fulfilled, critics noted.

Jewish organizations, long complaining that the government has not done enough to fight antisemitism, expressed skepticism at the forum’s conclusions.

“Though we welcome the commitments put forward today, it is imperative that the Canadian government engages immediately in the heavy lifting that is needed to combat antisemitism,” B’nai Brith Canada said on social media following the forum’s conclusion. “The time for platitudes has long passed. Combating antisemitism requires our leaders to practice what they preach.”
As war brings spikes in airfare and antisemitism, cruise ships see a new wave of Israelis
Jerusalem resident Jessica Feldman and her family were looking to take a vacation and meet up with relatives from the UK last summer, as most foreign airlines suspended routes to and from Israel amid the ongoing war with the Hamas terror group.

Nearby Greece sounded like a practical option. But the few, mainly Israeli, airlines — including the country’s flagship carrier El Al — serving the route were charging around $5,000 for a family of four to fly to Greece in the peak month of August, more than three times the price of typical August fares.

Unable to find a less expensive option and looking for a reliable getaway from the war, Feldman instead decided to book a five-day cruise to Rhodes and Crete that left from the Haifa port in Israel’s north.

“We decided it was a good idea because you don’t know what’s going to happen with flights during the war and booking El AL tickets is so expensive,” Feldman, a mother of three, told The Times of Israel.

“On the ship, there were lots of activities for kids all around, a pool with a water slide, entertainment, and great kosher food — it was a much easier and cheaper option to travel into Europe, and as a religious family we didn’t have to feel awkward about what to eat,” she said. “Everything is provided, the kids could do what they wanted so there was freedom to be yourself, to relax, or sit on the balcony and just watch the water.”

Sky-high airfares and limited flight availability had many Israelis stranded at home or abroad over the past 17 months of war sparked by the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, which saw some 1,200 people brutally murdered in southern Israel and 251 kidnapped to the Gaza Strip. Adding to this, the war in Gaza has ignited a new wave of anti-Israel sentiment and antisemitism worldwide, causing more Israelis to worry about traveling overseas and outwardly displaying signs of being Jewish or Israeli on foreign streets.
Leeds man appears in court charged with terror offences
Cameron Gloria De Almeida, 21, of Garnet Place in Beeston, Leeds, spoke to confirm his personal details when he appeared via videolink at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.

De Almeida is charged with six counts of disseminating terrorist publications, which is understood to relate to so-called Islamic State and al Qaida material.

He is also charged with one count of possessing a document containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

The hearing for all the terror charges was adjourned to March 14, when he will appear in custody at the same court.

De Almeida was also ordered to appear in custody at Leeds Crown Court, on a separate charge of conspiracy to commit robbery, on April 4.

Counter Terrorism Policing North East said he was arrested on March 1 and charged on Friday.


U.S. Army Integrates Israeli Spike Missile on Apache Helicopter
On March 5, 2025, the U.S. Army's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) successfully piloted an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter integrated with Spike Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) missiles, setting the stage for future operational combat use of the system.

The U.S. Army's decision to adopt the Israeli-made Spike missile system in 2020 significantly bolstered the firepower and operational flexibility of its Apache helicopters.

This extends the attack helicopter's operational range to up to 32 km., allowing Apache pilots to neutralize high-value targets at distances far greater than traditional missiles and reducing the risk of exposure to enemy air defenses.
Israel-raised pioneer’s Safe Superintelligence startup raises $2b
Artificial intelligence researcher Ilya Sutskever, 38, has become the primary reason venture capitalists are investing approximately $2 billion into his secretive company Safe Superintelligence (SSI), based in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto, Calif., The Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter.

The new funding round values SSI at $30 billion, placing it among the world’s most valuable AI startups.

Sutskever, who gained prominence as chief scientist at the San Fransico-based OpenAI artificial intelligence research organization, where he helped develop the technology behind ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, departed the company last year following a significant conflict with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, according to the Journal.

His new venture operates with extreme secrecy from offices in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv.

Unlike competitors such as Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, SSI has stated it won’t release any products until it develops superintelligence—an industry term for AI that can outperform experts across nearly all fields, the Journal reported.

While other companies release consumer chatbots and business applications to generate revenue, Sutskever is pursuing a different approach entirely.

Sutskever has informed associates that he isn’t developing advanced AI using the same methods employed at OpenAI, telling them he has identified a “different mountain to climb” that shows early signs of promise, according to people close to the company cited in the report.

“Everyone is curious about exactly what he’s pushing and exactly what the insight is,” said James Cham, a partner at San Francisco-based venture firm Bloomberg Beta, which hasn’t invested in SSI. “It’s super-high risk, and if it works out, maybe you have the potential to be part of someone who is changing the world.”




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