Seth Mandel: Terrible Ideas Have Terrible Consequences
On April 22, Islamic terrorists stormed across a tourist spot in Jammu and Kashmir and killed 26 people, often confirming the victims were Hindu before executing them in front of their families.MEMRI: Following Pahalgam Terror Attack In Jammu & Kashmir, India, The International Community Must Take Concrete Action To Rein In The Rogue Behavior Of Pakistan
The reaction from a range of anti-Semitic influencers and campus groups was instantaneous: They took a brief holiday from Jew-baiting to justify the Muslim slaughter of Hindus under the blood-soaked catchall of decolonization. Some blamed Israel directly, in classic Protocols of the Elders of Zion fashion, others reveled in the fact that both Jews and Indians have shed blood at the hands of Islamists. A chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, one of the more extreme and violent campus groups, attacked Indian students for objecting to the massacre of Hindus.
In general, as some commentators noticed, the pattern followed Oct. 7 step-for-step, as left-leaning activists celebrated the mass murder of innocents and then immediately began protesting against the victims.
Welcome to the world made and sustained in no small part by Western academia.
Oct. 7 exposed the broad support for Hamas’s genocidal mission among university administrations, students and faculty. The intellectual scaffolding for this bloodlust was the barbaric pseudo-discipline of decolonization/anticolonialism, an extremely violent blood-and-soil nationalism cobbled together into a circus freakshow of discredited grifters.
Decolonization or settler-colonial “studies” is the political arm of a global death cult, with universities providing some connective tissue to otherwise disparate terrorist gangs.
“For the field called settler colonial studies,” Adam Kirsch notes in On Settler Colonialism, “the goal of learning about settlement in America and elsewhere is not to understand it, as a historian would, but to combat it.” In this view of the world, there is no such thing as an immigrant, strictly speaking: “Because settlement is not a past event but a present structure, every inhabitant of a settler colonial society who is not descended from the original indigenous population is, and always will be, a settler.” Therefore, “Settler, in this view, is not a description of the actions of an individual but a heritable identity.”
The result is a firm belief that lots and lots and lots of people must be murdered. That’s how you get the shocking results of a poll conducted after Oct. 7, which found that of those aged 18-24, 66 percent said Hamas’s slaughter could be characterized as “genocidal in nature” but 60 percent said it “can be justified by the grievances of the Palestinians.” As Kirsch notes, this means “more than half of college-age Americans seem to believe that it would be justified for Palestinians to commit a genocide of Israeli Jews.”
In the afternoon of April 22, 2025, a heinous jihadi terror attack took place in Pahalgam, a popular tourist destination in Jammu & Kashmir, India. The terrorists singled out their victims based on their religion. The main target were Hindu men. In certain cases, the terrorists even stripped some of their victims to ascertain their religion. The victims were also asked to recite the Kalma, or Shahada, which is the foundational declaration of faith in Islam.MEMRI: Senior Saudi Journalist Mamdouh Al-Muhaini: The Muslim Brotherhood, Like Nazism And Fascism, Must Be Defeated On The Security, Cultural And Economic Fronts
In the attack, at least 26 people were killed and many were wounded. The armed terrorists executed their victims at gun point. The male victims were executed in front of their families, in many cases newlyweds. The attack was claimed by the Resistance Force (TRF), which is a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based Salafi-jihadi organization and UN-proscribed terror outfit. The TRF and its alias Peoples' Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) are acknowledged as a rebranding of the LeT to evade the sanctions imposed on the latter. This has been standard practice by the Pakistani establishment for plausible deniability for its involvement with terror entities and to safeguard them from international scrutiny and sanctions.
The Pahalgam attack is perhaps the biggest terror attack in Kashmir since August 5, 2019, when India quashed Article 370 of the Constitution, which accorded greater autonomy to Jammu & Kashmir.[1] After India abrogated Article 370, there was a concerted effort by Pakistan to rebrand the established terror outfits such as LeT and Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM; a Pakistan-based Deobandi Islamist militant group) in order to present these new outfits as indigenous resistance groups active in India.
Meanwhile, tensions are growing between India and Pakistan. The Indian media outlet The Hindu reported that Pakistani troops are continuing to violate the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) by resorting to unprovoked firing in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch and Kupwara districts.[2] As tensions flare, Pakistan Minister Hanif Abbasi threatened India with nuclear retaliation, stating that Pakistan's 130 nuclear warheads have been kept "only for India."[3]
In an April 25, 2025 article, Saudi media figure Mamdouh Al-Muhaini, director-general of the Saudi Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath television channels, welcomed Jordan's decision to ban the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement, which, he said, has for years incited against the Jordanian state and stirred unrest within the kingdom. He noted, however, that the MB is an idea, and that a legal ban is never enough to eliminate an idea that has become deeply entrenched in society.
Al-Muhaini argued that there are several reasons that the MB and its extremist ideology have persisted and flourished for decades. First, because regimes failed to confront it, using it instead to gain religious legitimacy and to mobilize their people against their rivals. Second, because regime corruption and economic mismanagement, leading to poverty, allowed the MB to present itself as an alternative and gain considerable support among the people. And third, because the regimes failed to fight the MB intellectually, but instead allowed it to dominate the education system and the religious establishment and turn them into a tool for spreading extremism and hate within society.
However, said Al-Muhaini, extremist ideas can be effectively fought and eliminated – by defeating them on all fronts at once: security, cultural, and economic. This is evident from the example of Nazism in Germany after World War II. The victors didn’t just defeat the Nazis militarily and ban their ideology, but also presented a successful economic and cultural alternative that rendered Nazism obsolete. This, he argued, "is exactly what must happen with the Muslim Brotherhood’s ideology, which has lasted far longer than it should have."
The following is the English version of his article as published on the Al-Arabiya website.[1]
"The Jordanian government had long shown patience and tolerance toward the Muslim Brotherhood, giving it ample time. Since October 7, 2023, there has been a continuous [Muslim Brotherhood] campaign of incitement [against the Jordanian state, which involved] questioning its legitimacy, attacking its symbols, and stirring unrest to push society toward turning against the state. So, it’s no surprise that extremist groups have intensely targeted Jordan for years – both Sunni and Shia Islamist groups – trying to turn it into another chaotic arena for weapons smuggling, clandestine cells, and logistical support.
"Jordan is closing an important chapter in its history. But the question remains: Will the idea of the Muslim Brotherhood die after the ban? The Muslim Brotherhood is not just a political organization – it’s also an ideological and doctrinal one. Defenders of extremist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood argue that such ideas don’t die and instead are passed down from generation to generation. And they’re not entirely wrong. The Muslim Brotherhood is a concept that began nearly 100 years ago when Hassan al-Banna founded it in 1928, and it has persisted until today. Why? For several reasons.
Herzog: The 2005 disengagement from Gaza was a mistake
Israeli President Isaac Herzog believes the 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip was a strategic error, he told Israel Hayom in an interview, an excerpt from which was published on Monday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses JNS International Policy Summit
“It is clear to me now that the disengagement was a mistake. Not the desire to separate from two million Palestinians—that was logical—but the act itself, which, due to the Palestinian Authority’s weakness, led to a Hamas takeover in Gaza,” said the president.
Ahead of Israel’s 77th Independence Day, Herzog finds himself caught in the middle.
“I’ve been called ‘the Kaplanist president’ and ‘the Bibist president’—which perhaps shows that I am maintaining balance. I take great care to remain balanced and act responsibly,” he said. “The President’s Residence is one of the few places where everyone is still willing to come and talk. That is my role: not to take sides, but to help heal the divide.”
On the issue of the hostages held by Hamas, Herzog remained cautious.
“The war has two objectives—the defeat of Hamas and the return of the hostages. It doesn’t have to be an either-or situation; there is room for actions that could achieve both. We can change the reality while also bringing the hostages home,” he said.
“Certain statements, especially from the president, could harm efforts. When a president says certain things, it might drive up the price [of negotiations], so there are things I will not say,” he added.
Herzog also spoke about his efforts to mediate discussions regarding the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the events leading up to the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.
“Even among those opposing the commission, there is agreement that there must be an investigation. The debate is about how the commission should be formed. I believe the Commission of Inquiry Law is the right tool, but it allows flexibility that must be used wisely,” he explained. “I met with the president of the Supreme Court [Yitzhak Amit], and he, in his nobility, said, ‘Okay, I will forgo my honor and consult with my deputy [Justice Noam Sohlberg], whose legal school of thought is different, so we can create trust.'”
Addressing the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear: Israel will only accept a nuclear deal with Iran that completely eliminates Tehran’s uranium enrichment capabilities.
In his address, Netanyahu emphasized that dismantling all of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure is the only way to prevent them from developing a nuclear weapon — anything less, he warned, would be "unacceptable." He reiterated that a "bad deal is worse than no deal," calling for an agreement similar to the Libya model that removed all nuclear capabilities.
Netanyahu also stressed the need to address Iran’s ballistic missile program and affirmed that, one way or another, "Iran will not have nuclear weapons."
Glick: Israel must redeem itself and reject two-state illusions
Caroline Glick, international affairs adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, delivered a powerful keynote address on Monday at the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, urging a return to unapologetic Jewish sovereignty and a total rejection of the “dangerous illusions” surrounding the failed two-state solution.Israel erred in negotiating with Hamas via Doha, says Chikli
Glick, a former senior contributing editor at the Jewish News Syndicate and host of “The Caroline Glick Show” on JNS TV, told the audience it was “so strange” yet “like coming home” to be visiting JNS, calling the truth “the best item you can ever try to sell,” and praising the “amazing truth to tell with the Jewish people.”
Speaking during what she called a uniquely significant moment in the Jewish and Israeli calendar—the second “10 days of awe” between Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day—Glick said these days serve as a guidepost for national reflection.
“We start by remembering that we once lacked the capacity to defend ourselves,” she said. “Antisemitism is eternal hatred. Zionism was never about ending antisemitism—it was about eradicating the ability of antisemites to carry out genocide against the Jewish people.”
Glick framed the current war in Gaza as a “war of redemption”—both to redeem the remaining Israeli hostages and to redeem the nation’s clarity of purpose. She warned that basing national policy on “forgetting the lessons of these 10 days of awe”—as occurred with the Oslo Accords—nearly led to catastrophe.
“The point of Zionism is to prevent the eradication of the Jewish people at the hands of antisemites,” she said, sharply criticizing the decades-long policy of appeasing the Palestinian Authority. “The two-state solution is dead,” Glick declared. “The end-state of a Palestinian state is genocide.”
Glick pointed to Gaza as the “control group,” where Palestinian self-rule turned into a terror machine. “After the 2005 disengagement, Gaza became Afghanistan,” she said. “We saw the tunnels, the terror, and on Oct. 7, we saw the consequences.”
Key to Israel’s redemption, she emphasized, is reclaiming its narrative unapologetically: “We are done making excuses for people who want to kill our children,” Glick said. “We are done.”
Israel made a grave mistake by allowing Qatar to mediate negotiations with Hamas and should no longer rely on the Gulf state, which is spearheading the spread of global Jew-hatred, Amichai Chikli, Israel’s minister for diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, said on Monday.Israeli FM: Guterres ‘personally accountable’ for UNRWA crimes
“We made a terrible mistake to negotiate with Qatar and to bring Qatar as negotiators,” Chikli said at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, offering rare public criticism of government policy. “Qatar is an enemy and a core part of the Muslim Brotherhood ideology.”
Chikli pointed to the Qatari-funded satellite network Al Jazeera, calling it “the greatest PR engine of antisemitic ideology in the world,” one that promotes jihadist organizations across the Middle East. Israel recently banned Al Jazeera from broadcasting domestically due to its pro-Hamas coverage of the war in Gaza.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has at times criticized Qatar, his government has continued talks through Qatari mediation under pressure from the United States.
Chikli, a hawkish member of the Cabinet, also emphasized that fostering a strong Zionist identity among young Jews worldwide is essential to fighting antisemitism.
“We need proud young Zionists,” he stated.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar went on the offensive on Monday against the U.N., accusing it of antisemitism, complicity in terrorism, and anti-Israel bias with its legal action against Jerusalem over the UNRWA aid agency for Palestinians.
Sa’ar did this in a fiery speech at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, where he elaborated on his decision, communicated Sunday at the JNS International Policy Summit, to have Israel sit out hearings this week at a U.N. tribunal on the legality of Israel’s decision to stop cooperating with UNRWA and ban its activity on Israeli territory.
Presenting evidence that 25% of UNRWA’s staff in Gaza were implicated in terrorist activity before Oct. 7, 2023, Sa’ar said: “The U.N. must answer for these crimes. Secretary-General [António] Guterres is personally accountable. He knew what was going on in UNRWA. He knew very well and he knows very well. Israel repeatedly warned him. He did nothing. He went out of his way to whitewash UNRWA.”
Israel, Sa’ar said, “refuses to sit on the bench of the accused in the U.N.’s political side,” the foreign minister said of the tribunal, the International Court of Justice in The Hague. “No country in this position would. It is the U.N. and UNRWA that should be on trial today, not Israel,” Sa’ar said.
The U.N. “has become a rotten, anti-Israel and antisemitic body. Clear evidence shows that under the U.N. and its secretary-general, UNRWA employed terrorists who took an active part in the Oct. 7 massacre. It then covered it up,” Sa’ar said. “We will not grant any legitimacy to this farce if the ICJ continues to be abused like the ICC [International Criminal Court] for antisemitic purposes.
Sa’ar went on to reference Émile Zola’s iconic “J’Accuse…!” letter of 1898, in which he drew international attention to the antisemitic prosecution of army officer Alfred Dreyfus on false charges of treason.
“I accuse UNRWA, I accuse the U.N., I accuse the secretary general, and I accuse all those that weaponized international law and its institutions in order to deprive the most attacked country in the world, Israel, of its most basic right to defend itself,” said Sa’ar, who spoke next to a large banner with the word “J’Accuse” on it next to portraits of Guterres and UNRWA’s chief officer, Philippe Lazzarini.
I accuse.
— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) April 28, 2025
I accuse UNRWA.
I accuse the UN.
I accuse the Secretary-General.
I accuse all those that weaponize international law and its institutions in order to deprive the most attacked country in the world — Israel — of its most basic right to defend itself. pic.twitter.com/AfdHe7ymj3
Israel rejects 5-year ceasefire, hostage-release deal without Hamas disarming
Israel will not accept a proposed five-year ceasefire and hostage-release deal, because it does not require Hamas to disarm, a senior Israeli official said in a briefing to journalists on Monday.
A Hamas official said on Saturday the terrorist organization would release in one go all of the remaining hostages in Gaza — 59 total, including at least 21 living — in exchange for a five-year ceasefire.
Hamas would not, however, agree to disarming and would only enter an agreement to end the current war in Gaza, rejecting a 45-day ceasefire and hostage deal proposal proffered by Israel earlier this month.
The Israeli official said that the five-year proposal has been “going around some Arab states.”
“There is no chance we will agree to a ceasefire with Hamas that will only allow it to rearm, recover and continue its war against Israel,” he said.
Regarding a recent report that Qatar encouraged Hamas to harden its stance in the negotiations, the official said that “the Qataris had a negative influence in the current negotiations.”
The official said that the reason Israel has been fighting at a lower intensity in Gaza since the last ceasefire ended on March 18 was to give hostage negotiations a chance.
”We want to exhaust the effort to return the hostages and that influences our patterns of action,” he said.
However, the official added, “our patience is not endless,” indicating that the war could increase in its intensity in the coming weeks.
🚨 Ambassador Huckabee was asked about Israel preventing medicine and food from Gaza residents. This is his answer. pic.twitter.com/rSviaXN5BP
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) April 28, 2025
🚨Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is also the daughter of the new US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, signed a first-of-its-kind state law last night, requiring state authorities to use the term "Judea and Samaria" when referring to the areas often described… pic.twitter.com/oY67NyPABa
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) April 28, 2025
Starmer hosts talks with Palestinian PM at Downing Street
Keir Starmer has welcomed the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Mohammad Mustafa to Downing Street for a bilateral meeting.
Monday’s talks, the first by Palestinian leaders in London since 2021, included an announcement of a £101million package of humanitarian relief and support for Palestinian economic development, in addition to strengthening Palestinian Authority governance and reform.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy also attended the meeting with Mustafa, a US-educated economist and former senior World Bank official, who was appointed PA president in March 2024.
Lammy and the Palestinkiam leader signed a “landmark Memorandum of Understanding enshrining their commitment to advancing Palestinian statehood as part of a two-state solution.”
“It will also stress that the Palestinian Authority is the only legitimate governing entity in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and underlines the importance of reunifying Gaza and the West Bank under its authority,” added a Foreign Office press release ahead of the meeting.
“The MoU will also underscore the commitment of the Palestinian Authority to deliver its reform agenda as a matter of priority.”
No.10 confirmed that talks involves the vital steps needed for an end to conflict in the region and for a two-state solution.
But Starmer’s spokesperson said there had been no change to the UK position on recognition of a Palestinian state “in the future” and as “a contribution” to an eventual two state solution.
£101 million from @Keir_Starmer and @DavidLammy to the corrupt Palestinian Authority, led by a Holocaust revisionist currently in the 20th year of a 4 year term.
— Joo🎗️ (@JoosyJew) April 28, 2025
Cough up, British taxpayers. That rebranded “Pay to Slay” policy won’t fund itself. pic.twitter.com/tsBeqkRUTX
France just alleged that Israel was carrying out a "massacre" in Gaza. I can think of 11 billion reasons why Monsieur @EmmanuelMacron said that ... pic.twitter.com/3xyzmehNLd
— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) April 28, 2025
Dear Secretary-General @antonioguterres: This is legal notice that the purported renewal of Francesca Albanese as “Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories” was unlawful, and is therefore null and void. Her terms ends Wednesday: https://t.co/4fXw24OFYs 🧵 pic.twitter.com/AwA6oyNoT2
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 28, 2025
3/ As you are aware, a formal submission with a 56-page dossier documenting Ms. Albanese’s gross and systematic violations of that Code—including breaches of impartiality, integrity, and restraint—was submitted by United Nations Watch to the President of the Council on 26 March…
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 28, 2025
5/ Finally, we note that the President’s decision, as recounted in the UNHRC Bureau Minutes of 1 April 2025, to instead divert the complaint letters to the Coordination Committee, was a flagrant attempt to bypass the Council and its Member States. In doing so, the President—with…
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 28, 2025
7/ Please note that as of that date, Ms. Albanese will no longer benefit from any privileges or immunities under the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, or any other source of international legal protection afforded to mandate-holders acting in…
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 28, 2025
— Eugene Kontorovich (@EVKontorovich) April 28, 2025
Israel's Remembrance Day to honor 5,229 terror victims and 25,417 fallen soldiers
A total of 5,229 civilians have been murdered in terror attacks in Israel since 1851, with 79 of them since Remembrance Day last year, the Israel National Insurance Institute confirmed on Friday. Out of the 5,229 victims of hostilities, 934 of them have been killed since October 7, 2023.
Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars will be observed from the evening of Tuesday, April 29, 2025 (1st of Iyar 5775) till the evening of Wednesday, April 30, 2025, which marks the start of Israel's Independence Day.
Every year, the National Insurance Institute publishes the number of civilians murdered in hostilities since 1851, from the establishment of the Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel to the present day. The number of civilian casualties stands at 5,229. A total of 800 children and teenagers under the age of 18 have been killed in such attacks. In addition, 211 foreign nationals have been killed in terrorist attacks over the years.
Among the victims of hostilities are 615 men and 319 women, including 58 children under the age of 18 and 76 foreign citizens. Since 1851, terrorist attacks and hostilities have left behind 4,753 orphans, 1,058 widows and widowers, 6,155 brothers and sisters, and 2,346 bereaved parents.
The Defense Ministry revealed that the number of Israeli military casualties from 1860 to today is 25,417.
Since Remembrance Day 2024, 316 more soldiers have been killed, along with 61 disabled veterans who passed away due to their wounds and were recognized as fallen soldiers during the year.
As Israel approaches Yom HaZikaron, the Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror, please check out @TimesofIsrael’s Those We Have Lost project, with entries on over 1,100 individuals killed by Hamas-led terrorists on Oct.7, 2023. pic.twitter.com/rUjLudXUV0
— David Horovitz (@davidhorovitz) April 28, 2025
Breaking: Hamas' Internal Security Force threatened Dr. Tawfiq Abu Jarad—a lecturer and journalist in north Gaza—and barred him from covering the anti-Hamas protest yesterday.
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) April 28, 2025
Yet another stark reminder that most real journalists in Gaza are violently suppressed pic.twitter.com/SqULBZ84GR
Proof of Hamas Terror Presence Inside Nasser Hospital ⬇️
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) April 28, 2025
According to @AbuAliEnglishB1, Gazan sources today published a summons issued by Hamas' Ministry of Interior — the body that oversees Hamas' security apparatus — to a resident of Gaza, ordering him to appear for… pic.twitter.com/yRaWfEtYGG
Palestinian “doctor” and jihad fighter Mahmoud Rafiq Abu Amsha was eliminated earlier this month in northern Gaza.
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 28, 2025
As a mujahid, he was an active fighter of the terror “resistance.”
These doctors in Gaza 🤦🏻♂️ @MiddleEastBuka pic.twitter.com/tZ2PdU73x9
🚨 MUST READ: Netanyahu's interesting revelation about the Pager Operation: “We destroyed a scanner that was supposed to arrive from Iran to Lebanon and check the pagers. Then we learned that they were sending the pagers for testing in Iran. I asked, 'How soon will they have an…
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) April 27, 2025
WATCH 🔴
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 28, 2025
The IDF announced its first operational use of the new Bar rockets in Gaza. Developed by Elbit, the Bar rockets offer rapid, precise strikes and will replace the aging Romach rockets. pic.twitter.com/DOhMjNLiB6
Palestinian journalists tried to disrupt IDF operations at the Al-Ain refugee camp in Nablus. They were quickly pushed back. pic.twitter.com/EGcyULm9wl
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 28, 2025
🚨 The IDF spokesman publishes documentation of yesterday's attack in Beirut. Note that the fireball is marked with a circle; it can also be seen in the video taken by a Beirut resident yesterday. This indicates the presence of missiles at the scene. pic.twitter.com/nNIMXE9K0V
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) April 28, 2025
US says it hit 800 targets in Yemen since March 15, killed hundreds of Houthis
The United States has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of Houthi rebel fighters, including members of the group’s leadership, the US military said Sunday.Trump Slaps Sanctions on International Shipping Ring Generating Illicit Revenue for Houthi Terrorists
Washington’s forces have hammered the Houthis with near-daily airstrikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed “Rough Rider,” seeking to end the threat they pose to vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and reestablish US regional “deterrence.”
“Since the start of Operation Rough Rider, USCENTCOM has struck over 800 targets. These strikes have killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders,” the military command responsible for the Middle East said in a statement that provided its most detailed accounting of the operation so far.
“The strikes have destroyed multiple command-and-control facilities, air defense systems, advanced weapons manufacturing facilities, and advanced weapons storage locations,” CENTCOM said.
Despite the strikes, the Houthis — who control large swaths of Yemen and have been at war with a Saudi-led coalition backing the internationally recognized government since 2015 — have continued to claim attacks against both US vessels and Israel.
CENTCOM said that “while the Houthis have continued to attack our vessels, our operations have degraded the pace and effectiveness of their attacks. Ballistic missile launches have dropped by 69 percent. Additionally, attacks from one-way attack drones have decreased by 55%.”
“Iran undoubtedly continues to provide support to the Houthis. The Houthis can only continue to attack our forces with the backing of the Iranian regime,” the military command said.
“We will continue to ratchet up the pressure until the objective is met, which remains the restoration of freedom of navigation and American deterrence in the region,” it added.
The Trump administration unveiled fresh sanctions Monday on a Houthi procurement network, targeting three shipping companies and their owners for helping the Iran-backed terror group smuggle millions of dollars in illicit oil products.
One of the companies, Zaas Shipping and Trading Co., transports oil and gas on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, generating revenue for the Islamic regime that in turn funds the Houthis and other terror proxies. The other two companies, Great Success Shipping Co. and Bagsak Shipping Inc., are known to dump oil and gas into a Houthi-controlled port in Yemen, violating separate sanctions on the terror entity and providing much-needed cash for its operations.
The sanctions come as the United States targets the Houthis with rounds of airstrikes aimed at ending the terror organization's attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea. Those strikes have hit more than 800 targets in Yemen, according to the U.S. military, including stockpiles of ballistic missiles and drones. The Houthis have hit back in some cases—last week, U.S. military officials confirmed that the Houthis had successfully downed at least seven American Reaper drones over the past month and a half.
By cutting off the terror group’s chief revenue sources, the Trump administration hopes to deny the Houthis the ability to source advanced weapons used to conduct these offensive operations. Shortly after President Donald Trump took office, he returned the Houthis to the U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organizations list, which enabled the Treasury Department to issue the new sanctions.
"Today’s action underscores our commitment to disrupt the Houthis’ efforts to fund their dangerous and destabilizing attacks in the region," Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender said in a statement. "Treasury will continue to leverage our tools and authorities to target those who seek to enable the Houthis’ ability to exploit the people of Yemen and continue their campaign of violence."
The Houthis currently control three key Red Sea ports located along Yemen’s coastline: Hudaydah, Ras Isa, and As-Salif. The terror group takes in "millions of dollars derived from port revenue and the seizure of refined petroleum products imported through these ports to fund their reckless attack campaign against U.S. interests and those of our allies in the region," according to the Treasury Department.
"The group sells refined petroleum products delivered through these ports at exorbitant prices on Yemen’s black market, which enables Houthi operatives to purchase military materials, creates an artificial shortage of essential goods for average Yemenis, and fuels rampant corruption among Houthi leaders," the Treasury Department said in its fact sheet.
American military forces have targeted both the Ras Isa and As-Salif ports in recent months, destroying infrastructure and fuel supplies that help the Houthis generate cash. Monday’s sanctions are meant to complement the military action and send a warning message to those who are still willing to do business with the terror group.
BREAKING
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 28, 2025
CNN reports that the U.S. aircraft carrier Harry S Truman lost an F-18 jet which fell overboard in Red Sea today when the aircraft carrier had to take a hard turn to avoid a Houthi projectile
If confirmed, the incident will raise questions about the layered air defense pic.twitter.com/y3xS5qj8Nw
Ask Haviv Anything: Episode 11: Iran is imploding - A conversation with Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi
As the Trump administration tries to strike a deal curtailing Iran's nuclear program, I turned to Dr. Sharona Mazalian Levi, an Iran expert and proud Persian Jew, to try to take us past the headlines and political elites to the conditions and hopes of ordinary Iranians.
Dr. Mazalian paints a dire picture. Desperate shortages of clean water, electricity and gas, a collapsed currency, a third of the population under the poverty line, an oppressive religious police, the highest rate of executions in the world, severe air pollution and environmental degradation -- and a regime more interested in exporting its "revolution" than tackling any of these problems.
Iran, one of the most energy-rich places on Earth, is "a poor nation in a rich country."
Orthodox Conundrum: Inside the Real Rules of War: Colonel John Spencer vs. Media Myths About Israel and Hamas
Colonel John Spencer, one of the world's leading experts on urban warfare, joins me for a wide-ranging conversation about Israel’s war against Hamas. We dive deep into the realities of modern combat, the strict standards of international law, and the false accusations of "genocide" being leveled against Israel. Colonel Spencer also shares insights from his recent high-profile debate alongside Dave Smith on Piers Morgan Uncensored, where he pushed back against the misinformation dominating media narratives.
We talk about the dangers of influencer-driven disinformation, the moral challenges Israel faces on the battlefield, and what the world gets wrong about the rules of war. We also discuss whether Israel is succeeding in its stated goals, and how the war can conclude without turning into an endless quagmire.
Amid relentless misinformation about Israel, one voice stood strong: @SpencerGuard.
— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) April 28, 2025
🔵 Urban warfare expert
🔵 25-year U.S. Army veteran
🔵 Fearless truth-teller
While others distorted reality, he set the record straight. Proud to honor him with the AJC Moral Courage Award. pic.twitter.com/voRkSdU5mK
UKLFI: Natasha Hausdorff on "The UN and International Courts: Law, Legitimacy and Bias"
Natasha Hausdorff, UKLFI Charitable Trust Legal Director, addresses the inaugural International Policy Summit of the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem on Sunday, 27 April 2025, on "The UN and International Courts: Law, Legitimacy and Bias".
UKLFI: Natasha Hausdorff discusses lawfare against Israel with Ariella Noveck at JNS conference
Natasha Hausdorff, UKLFI Charitable Trust Legal Director, discusses the misinformation underlying lawfare against Israel with Ariella Noveck at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on 27 April 2025.
Israel: State of a Nation with Eylon Levy: Disinformation Apocalypse | David Keyes Reveals All
What does it really take to win the war of narratives in today’s chaotic information battlefield? In this must-watch episode of Israel: State of a Nation, Eylon Levy sits down with David Keyes, former international spokesperson for Prime Minister Netanyahu, for a raw conversation about strategic communications, narrative warfare, and the shocking reality behind Israel’s media strategy.
🎙️ In This Episode:
🔹 How Israel's media approach evolved during crises
🔹 Inside stories from the Mossad’s Iran archive operation
🔹 Why legacy media is dead—and why Israel must adapt fast
🔹 The AI-driven "disinformation apocalypse" now reshaping global opinion
🔹 Secrets behind viral communication strategies that changed public opinion
🚨 Learn why narrative warfare is the new front line—and how Israel is fighting to survive it.
00:00 - The Coming Disinformation Apocalypse
01:32 - Inside Netanyahu’s War Room
10:37 - Narrative Warfare: How Israel Tried to Fight Back
19:59 - What Went Wrong Before October 7th
34:51 - How to Create Viral Messages
47:39 - Building a Manhattan Project for Narrative Warfare
travelingisrael.com: Everyone Accuses. No One Proves. The Jews Never Stole Land.
Was Israel really built on stolen Arab land? In this video, I challenge one of the biggest lies about the Israeli-Arab conflict with simple logic and hard facts.
Most comments were angry, but none could answer a simple question: Name one settlement built on stolen land before 1947.
Please watch and share if you think truth still matters.
0:00 Introduction: The Challenge No One Could Meet
1:40 1 Million Views, 16,000 Comments — Still No Proof
3:00 Free Speech and Why I Don't Delete Comments
4:00 Who Actually Stole Land? (Examples From Hebron, Gaza, Jerusalem)
7:00 How the Arabs Lost Land (Wars They Started)
9:00 No Palestinians Before 1960? Historical Context
11:00 If You Start a War and Lose — You're Not a Victim
14:00 Forgotten Refugees: Jews From Muslim Lands
16:30 Why So Much Hatred Against the Jews?
18:30 Responding to Hate Comments (Part 1)
22:00 Responding to Hate Comments (Part 2)
26:00 Conclusion: Spread the Truth and Join Brightmind
Israel Advocacy Movement: Israeli Goes on Omegle… It Gets Ugly Fast
— Jake Donnelly (@RedWhiteBlueJew) April 27, 2025
CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME!
— Jake Donnelly (@RedWhiteBlueJew) April 28, 2025
People like @ComicDaveSmith, @jimmy_dore and all those who support the Palestinians are genocidal monsters who want to genocide the Palestinians.
Genocide is all about INTENT.
Israel has the ability. But it no way has the intent. That’s what… https://t.co/Yd2jtXly9u pic.twitter.com/VGcFpfArf7
This Merav Ceren woman sounds awesome.
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) April 28, 2025
Fine, crazy China lobby lady, you sold her to me.pic.twitter.com/mERWYHHNQ4
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Meanwhile, Saint @PeterBeinart — paragon of virtue — has spent the last 18 months smearing the +90% of Jews who disagree with him as murderous, genocidal maniacs.
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) April 28, 2025
Spare us your pearls, Peter. pic.twitter.com/PFQYmjvRCO
An intriguing observation, given state practice accepted as law creates customary international law – not “public opinion”. https://t.co/KIavNpO24o
— Ori Pomson (@OriPomson) April 28, 2025
PETER DUTTON SLAMS LABOR FOR MAKING DEALS WITH ANTISEMITES
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) April 28, 2025
“I won’t take a lecture from the Prime Minister who has a relationship with the Greens, is accepting preferences from the Greens in his own seat, he is preferencing a Green number two.
“This is an anti-Semitic… pic.twitter.com/u7JkX2xpXS
Here's what ChatGPT had to say pic.twitter.com/H84elnJQ7V
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) April 28, 2025
🚨 The TRUTH about this Greens candidate should ALARM all Aussies
— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) April 27, 2025
Meet Avery Howard — the Greens’ pick for Fowler.
A self-proclaimed 'transgender activist for Palestine' who openly shows contempt for Australia.
Help us shine a light: https://t.co/wNeBUVYIkI pic.twitter.com/suoZ9Csvmi
Imagine defacing a poster of the most anti-Israel Prime Minister in Australian history because he's not anti-Israel enough.
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) April 28, 2025
At this stage it appears there is something mentally not right with the 'Free Palestine' crowd or they just enjoy vandalising things.
What do you think? pic.twitter.com/fIgMqR46Pv
Australia is rapidly changing
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) April 28, 2025
How would you describe the contribution of the 'Muslim Votes' movement to Australian life? pic.twitter.com/ubQmEKFCO2
“This is the combination of years of hard work by the Muslim Vote.”
— Starmer Sycophant (@sirwg202110) April 28, 2025
The fundamentalist infrastructure built is paying off… pic.twitter.com/SVZQWunL4X
Of course, the Greens are endorsed where there is no certified ‘Muslim Vote’ candidate and are nearly aligned on the ‘critical issues.’ pic.twitter.com/yzbYrRdXhU
— Starmer Sycophant (@sirwg202110) April 28, 2025
Despite Greens’ anti-discrimination stance, Muslim Vote bloc backs them in key seats for Palestine, Islamophobia focus. ‘Religious freedom’ takes a backseat but remains a sore point. Shame on The Greens—do better with LGB discrimination!
— Starmer Sycophant (@sirwg202110) April 28, 2025
This Muslim Vote advocate is a real charmer—good luck Australia! pic.twitter.com/qMlLDdOtaJ
— Starmer Sycophant (@sirwg202110) April 28, 2025
Can you make 29k a month on TikTok by being antisemitic? Apparently so.
— liv (@livlayne_) April 27, 2025
I'm Christian. I've been to Israel over 10 times. Advocacy has been my work for about four years now. Caleb, after beginning to post his content about Israel, recently traveled to Israel, visited the… pic.twitter.com/v5zBci8Cpl
Note her fury about Arabs who don't join Hamas.
— habibi (@habibi_uk) April 28, 2025
This is the trend in UK extremism, We are now a home for some of the most virulent haters on the planet.
No "Hamas out, out!" for her. Those terrible traitorous Gazans, eh. pic.twitter.com/amdnkw44O8
After blaming Israel for the Islamist terrorist attack in India, pro-Palestinians are not blaming Israel for the power outage in Spain and Portugal.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 28, 2025
These people are truly mentally ill. pic.twitter.com/LGwCnQKrtv
If this is who the pro-Palestinian movement wants to make their poster child of people who have been "convinced," by all means, they can have him.https://t.co/goENOHBwcV
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 28, 2025
READ MORE: https://t.co/UdZ832uRXJ
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) April 28, 2025
🧵 1/ The @nytimes just profiled Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, nephew of Young Turks founder Cenk Uygur. Apparently antisemitism runs in the family—not that you'd know it from this glowing piece labeling him a "progressive." Yes, the guy who called Hamas massacres "resistance." pic.twitter.com/qHn9hJgPXj
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) April 28, 2025
3/ NYT calls Piker’s antisemitism mere "diatribes against the Zionist movement"—an absurdly tame way to describe a man who excused Hamas's rape and murder spree on Oct 7, saying "Palestinian resistance is not perfect." Apparently mass rape is a minor misstep to NYT’s new darling. pic.twitter.com/6c3rpxY5Yk
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) April 28, 2025
5/ Piker openly supports Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis—all terror groups. But the Times reduces this to mere opposition to the "war in Gaza." Hasan Piker is a vile antisemite who cheers America's enemies, but hey, he lifts weights, so the NYT is smitten.…
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) April 28, 2025
Some quotes from Hasan, featured by the @nytimes
— Emily Austin (@emilyraustin) April 28, 2025
“America deserved 9/11”
“It doesn’t matter if f—ing rapes happened on October 7.”
“Hassan Nasrallah is a pretty brilliant person.”
I unsubscribed from @nytimes, I urge everyone to do the same. pic.twitter.com/a2TB1OVxOz
Your Hasan Piker puff piece included a photo, where a chatter wrote: "I'd phuck this IDF bitch to death".
— Gabe Hoffman (@GabeHoff) April 28, 2025
You also failed to mention that Piker has recently promoted a Houthi terrorist on stream, showed a ship hijacking, and said "want to stop Medicaid fraud, kill Rick Scott". https://t.co/GBPC3x7eCj pic.twitter.com/WOHuGuj8bw
Hasan implores his audience to not “yield” when people ask them if they love Hamas
— yeet (@Awk20000) April 26, 2025
Worries that AOC would “100%” fall into the trap of condemning the organization
“I’m afraid that she would offer a major victory…that basically says I’m sorry for ever criticizing Israel” pic.twitter.com/qo9uhqxWo0
For 18 months Eric Adams @NYCMayor has allowed pro-Hamas thugs to run wild across New York city, to harass, assault & to commit hate crimes .
— Ellie Cohanim (@EllieCohanim) April 28, 2025
Now he has the nerve to blame the victims: the Jewish community. Shame on you Eric Adams. https://t.co/xbdzh4bqA8
"Hate Has A Place In NYC"
— Shirion Collective (@ShirionOrg) April 28, 2025
Mayor Eric Adams has a cut-and-paste response to violence, unless it's for the pro-terror hate group.
So the team @Mr_Meowshe_Katz made this video just for you. @NYCMayor
Reminder:
Jews - 13% of the population.
Jews - 65% of the hate crimes. pic.twitter.com/lTKs3qHwhi
An affiliate group of Within Our Lifetime posted calls for Black New Yorkers to attack Jewish "monsters," spreading classic antisemitic lies.
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) April 28, 2025
WOL’s founder, Nerdeen Kiswani - who failed for years to pass the NY Bar - has abandoned law to incite violence in NYC and now faces a… pic.twitter.com/VSkPVOSmev
Here are Palestinian terrorist supporters openly calling for violence against the Jewish community in New York because of whatever excuse they just made up to motivate them.
— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) April 28, 2025
This is what we warned you about for years. Jews are being hunted. pic.twitter.com/3iMulHf2Lx
🚨 BREAKING: Terrorists in New York are planning to flood Crown Heights to harass Jews. They are instructing their followers to bring terrorist flags and keffiyeh terror rags. pic.twitter.com/ZgqjsaFjM7
— Awesome Jew (@Awesome_Jew_) April 28, 2025
Islamic jihadists spotted donning keffiyehs on their way to harass Jews at the pogrom today in Brooklyn, NY.pic.twitter.com/WGHlBzHRdo
— Awesome Jew (@Awesome_Jew_) April 28, 2025
WATCH: A single Jew drives away multiple jihadists who came to harass Jews outside a synagogue.pic.twitter.com/BUqR73q7nD
— Awesome Jew (@Awesome_Jew_) April 28, 2025
"He's an Anti-Zionist Too!" cartoon book (December 2024) PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism (February 2022) |
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