Thursday, May 29, 2025

05/29 Links Pt1: The West’s lies about Israel are falling apart; UNICEF Has Crossed a Line! – Cut All Funding NOW; Two-week old Israeli baby born after terror attack dies

From Ian:

Brendan O'Neill: The West’s lies about Israel are falling apart
Will the media elites retract their defamations? Not likely. My guess is they’ll let this story fade. They’ll subtly memory-hole it. For it heaps shame on them. It exposes them as excuse-makers for one of the most barbarous outfits on Earth. As the Jewish nation struck at the Islamo-cult that visited such apocalyptic racial violence on its people, they effectively pushed the Hamas line. They falsely said this was another bloodlusting assault by deranged Zionists on the civilian infrastructure of Gaza. As Israel faced down the genocidal terrorists that dream of destroying the Jewish homeland, they insinuated that it’s Israel that’s genocidal.

That’s the thing: the media-elite handwringing over the strike on the European Hospital was more than misinformation – it was a complete inversion of truth. It was Hamas that was using the hospital for military purposes, yet they suggested it was Israel that was doing that. It was Hamas that endangered sick kids’ lives by turning their facility into an outpost in a raging war, yet they called Israel child-killers. It is Hamas that cares so little for Palestinian life that its fascist gunmen will happily hide behind patients in a hospital, using the ill and wounded as human shields – and yet it’s Israel, always, that is accused of devaluing the humanity of Gazans. Our cultural establishment falsely charges Israel with crimes that are actually committed by Hamas. These are Kafkaesque levels of deceit and blame-shifting.

This is what has been laid bare by the reported death of Sinwar in a tunnel under a hospital: the ruthless duplicity of Hamas and the staggering gullibility of the Western commentariat. This event threatens to drag the anti-Israel activist class off that moral highground they think they occupy. For 18 months they’ve been libelling Israel as a nation in the grip of such genocidal lunacy that it desires the destruction of every life-giving facility in Gaza. They overlook, or outright deny, the reams of evidence showing that Hamas hides in hospitals, stores weapons in hospitals, uses hospitals as bases in which to torture its opponents. Now we know it even has its highest level meetings under hospitals.

The cynicism and untruths of the anti-Israel set benefit no one but Hamas. In fact they’re the only thing Hamas has going for it right now. It might be losing the physical war with Israel, but at least it’s winning the propaganda war among the deluded faux-virtuous of the Western world. What these people call Israel’s genocidal destruction of the Palestinian people is in truth a war against anti-Semitic terrorism in which thousands of militants have been killed and their leaders taken out. We should be celebrating this dismantling of neo-fascism, not turning truth on its head by calling the nation responsible for it ‘fascists’.
Arsen Ostrovsky: Why the UK must demand Karim Khan’s resignation
The grave allegations against Khan create irreparable harm to the very foundations of the ICC, established in 2002 as a “court of last resort” to end impunity for the perpetrators of the most heinous of crimes, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide - not the Orwellian circumstances of arresting Israeli leaders for responding to the pogrom of October 7.

Moreover, Khan’s actions represent not only an assault on Israel’s inalienable right to self-defence against the jihadists of Hamas, but a national security threat to the UK and every democracy fighting terror, by exposing them to spurious and unfounded charges based purely on political considerations, instead of adherence to the rule of law.

Now, the ICC’s own Appeals Chamber took the unprecedented step of reopening the question of jurisdiction regarding “Palestine”, admitting serious flaws in the original rationale that allowed the case to proceed. In addition to Israel not even being a signatory to the Rome Statute, which governs the functioning of the ICC, it is patently clear that “Palestine” fails to meet the most basic of criteria for statehood under international law that is necessary to bring proceedings, or can even legally defer criminal jurisdiction to the ICC under the Oslo Accords.

The UK, a founding architect of the post-WWII legal order, should be alarmed that, rather than upholding the principles of justice, the Court has unleashed a great injustice, morphing into a tool of lawfare – used to politically delegitimise Israel while offering impunity to true violators of international law, like Hamas and their Iranian and Qatari sponsors.

The UK cannot afford to stay on the sidelines, as the very legal order it fought to create and maintain, is being so mercilessly torn apart. If the UK truly believes in the rule of law, due process, and justice for victims of sexual violence, it cannot look the other way. To do so would be a gross abdication of moral – and legal – responsibility.

This is about more than Israel. It is about defending the integrity of the international legal system itself. To salvage it, the UK must demand Karim Khan’s resignation and reject these deeply flawed, politicised warrants.
UNICEF Has Crossed a Line! – Cut All Funding NOW
UNICEF’s latest statement accusing Israel of a “ruthless war on children” is not just disgraceful – it is malicious, dangerous, and dripping with the oldest blood libel. By peddling unverified figures, recycling already-debunked claims, and without even mentioning Hamas, UNICEF has revealed itself as nothing more than a propaganda arm of terrorist apologists.

Let’s be crystal clear: UNICEF is not speaking for children. It is speaking for terrorists.

Their so-called “statement” is riddled with lies and intentional distortions. The numbers they push – 50,000 children killed or injured – have no source, most likely comes straight from Hamas with zero transparency or independent verification. But truth clearly doesn’t matter to UNICEF – only narrative. And what is that narrative? The same one that has haunted Jews for centuries: the slanderous, vile lie that Jews kill children. This is not humanitarian advocacy. This is antisemitic incitement masquerading as concern.

The al-Najjar family report, heavily promoted by pro-Hamas sources and amplified by the UN without a shred of independent verification, is full of glaring inconsistencies. Images allegedly showing the aftermath have been exposed as either AI-generated or recycled from unrelated incidents, with some of the children pictured previously reported dead in entirely different contexts months ago. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have categorically denied any involvement in the alleged strike, and so far, not one piece of credible evidence has emerged to support the claim. Yet the narrative continues to be blindly echoed by the UN, despite its clear fabrication.

Similarly, the video of a child supposedly trapped in a burning school in Gaza City is riddled with inconsistencies. The child is seen calmly walking through flames, with no sign of panic or injury—behavior completely inconsistent with the narrative being pushed. Even more damning, the same child was later seen alive and unharmed in footage posted just minutes after the fire, casting serious doubt on the entire story. These are not mere errors—they are deliberate deceptions, and the UN’s willingness to spread such disinformation plays directly into the hands of Hamas propaganda.

Hamas released a new fatality list on May 11th. The new list revealed how 72% of combatant age deaths and 65% of teens who have died are male. Confirming the use of child combatants by Hamas and contradicting claims of indiscriminate attacks.

Where is the mention of Israeli children kidnapped, burned alive, murdered in cold blood, and ripped from their families on October 7? Where is the outrage for the babies kidnapped and murdered in Hamas tunnels? Where is the condemnation of Hamas for launching this war, for hiding behind civilians, for using schools and hospitals as military bases?


Two-week old Israeli baby born in emergency C-section after terror attack dies
A baby boy who was delivered by emergency C-section two weeks ago after his mother was shot by a terrorist has died due to injuries suffered during the attack.

Israeli media reported on Thursday morning that Ravid Chaim Gez, who was two weeks old, had passed away. He was being cared for at the Schneider children’s hospital in Petah Tikvah.

Tzeela Gez was being driven to hospital to give birth earlier this month when a Palestinian gunman opened fire on cars near the West Bank settlement of Bruchin. The 30-year old was transported to the Rabin Medical Centre in Petah Tikvah in critical condition, where the doctors performed an emergency C-section as part of efforts to save her life. While the baby boy was described at the time as being in serious but stable condition, Gez died of her injuries.

The boy was called Ravid, in accordance with his mother’s previously expressed wish, with the name Chaim – meaning ‘life’ – added, as is tradition with regards to Jewish males suffering from life-threatening conditions.

Israeli security forces confirmed last week that troops had apprehended and killed the terrorist culprit behind the attacks in the nearby Palestinian village of Bruqin. The Shin Bet identified the gunman as Nael Samara, a former Hamas member who had previously served a prison sentence for terror activity. Israeli media reported Samara had run towards troops from the Ephraim Brigade, shouting and holding a bag suspected to having been rigged with explosives, at which point they opened fire.


Slain Israeli infant Ravid Chaim Gez buried next to mother in Jerusalem
Ravid Chaim Gez, the infant son of terror victim Tzeela Gez, was buried on Thursday evening, hours after succumbing to his wounds sustained in the shooting attack that claimed his mother’s life two weeks ago.

Tzeela had been on the way to the hospital together with her husband, Hananel Gez, to deliver the baby when a terrorist opened fire on their vehicle in Samaria. Tzeela was fatally wounded, dying in the hospital shortly afterwards. The medical team managed to deliver the baby by emergency C-section, but he had suffered severe oxygen deprivation.

Despite the efforts by Schneider Children’s Medical Center, he stayed in critical condition and never regained consciousness. Ravid Chaim was buried next to his mother at Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot Cemetery.

At the funeral, Hananel demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take concrete steps to prevent Palestinian terrorist attacks.

“I ask the prime minister and the Knesset to do everything so that there will be a 100% transfer here and that this cancer that is eating us from the inside will no longer be here,” the bereaved father said, calling for the expulsion of all terrorists from the Judea and Samaria region.

“Bibi Netanyahu, you need to take command of these matters. Don’t listen to the European Union, to the whole world—not even to Trump,” Hananel added. “No country would allow these animals, who murder women on their way to the delivery room, to remain alive.”

“Stop listening to the whole world—and listen to the people who elected you to protect us,” he urged. “We need to wake up and let this be the last day that there are attacks in the Land of Israel.”

Hananel said Netanyahu should continue to expand Jewish settlements in “every inch of the country,” halt the negotiations with Hamas terrorists in Gaza and stop humanitarian aid to the coastal enclave.

“They murdered my wife because she was Jewish; that’s the first thing I shouted at the hospital at all the Arabs there after the attack—if I had married an Arab woman, this wouldn’t have happened. But I am proud of what I did, and I don’t regret anything, because even in the pain, it is God. He is the one who gave us Tzeela and Ravid alive, but chose to take them, and we will deal with that,” the mourning father told attendees.


New deal on the table: Witkoff proposal includes minor IDF withdrawal, new aid distibution
US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff has presented Israel and Hamas with a modified version of his outline for a partial hostage release-ceasefire deal, a source told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

According to the source, his modified proposal would include the release of 10 living hostages. The hostage release would take place in two rounds.

The proposal included four additional key points.

The first point is the release of 18 deceased hostages alongside the 10living ones. It was not specified when the bodies would be released. This means that in total, the proposal would see the release of 28 out of the remaining 58 hostages still in Gaza.

Additionally, both sides would agree to a 60-day ceasefire. The proposal clarifies that at the end of this period, Israel can resume fighting if it wishes, or extend the ceasefire if meaningful negotiations have been ongoing.


Full text of Witkoff’s proposal for 60-day Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

Hamas demands changes to Witkoff's new Gaza ceasefire proposal
Hamas said Thursday it does not accept the outline of US envoy Steve Witkoff’s proposed ceasefire and hostage deal at face value and demands certain changes, according to people familiar with the matter.

Hamas feels deceived by the US administration, believing it has been “screwed over” with a pro-Israel proposal that does not guarantee an end to the war, an informed source familiar told The Jerusalem Post.

The information provided by the sources conflicts with reports published in Saudi newspaper Al-Hadath, which indicated that Hamas will shortly agree to a 60 day ceasefire in exchange for the release of 10 living hostages and the bodies of 18. As part of the proposal, the report claimed that 125 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences and 1,111 prisoners arrested after October 7, would also be released, and aid would be increased to the Gaza Strip.

The proposal also requires all hostages to be returned to Israel within a week, leaving Hamas without further leverage, the source said.

Hamas said the new proposal was more biased in favor of Israel than previous proposals, and that Witkoff accepted most of the demands presented by Ron Dermer in a meeting with him on Tuesday, a source close to Hamas told Walla.

Furthermore, the new proposal does not provide a clear American guarantee that the temporary ceasefire will lead to a permanent one, the source said. The proposal does not specify that if negotiations extend beyond 60 days, the ceasefire will also continue, and Israel will not be able to unilaterally violate it as it did in March, Walla quoted the source as saying.

According to a senior Israeli official, “Contrary to reports, the Witkoff agreement proposed in recent days did not determine the new deployment line of the IDF, nor the manner in which aid would be distributed within the framework of a ceasefire.”


Israeli government approves construction of 22 West Bank settlements
The Israeli government has approved the construction of 22 new settlements in the West Bank, specifically describing one of the purposes of the move as being to “avoid the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel.”

As reported by Israeli media, Israel’s Ministry of Defence, Israel Katz, released a statement describing how the new settlement plan “constitutes an essential protective wall for the security of the large population centres in Israel and we must do everything in order to broaden and strengthen this wall of protection”.

He went on refer to it as “a strategic step to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel.”

It is understood that Israel’s Security Cabinet approved the plan two weeks ago. It includes plans to rebuild the settlements of Homesh and Sa-Nur in the northern West Bank, which were evacuated as part of Israel’s unilateral disengagement in 2005, but which have proved flashpoints in recent years as settlers have attempted to return. Four of the 22 planned settlements are intended to be built close to Israel’s border with Jordan.

In a social media post commenting on the move, Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right minister of finance, described it as a “once-in-a-generation…historic decision.”

He went on to describe how “settlement in the land of our ancestors is the protective wall of the State of Israel – today we have taken a huge step to strengthen it. The next step – sovereignty!”

Last year, the International Court of Justice issued a non-binding, advisory ruling stating that Israel’s actions in the West Bank amounted to attempts at permanent annexation, and that its settlements should be evacuated.


UK condemns Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements
The British government has attacked the Israel’s decision to approve 22 new settlements in the West Bank.

Hamish Falconer, the Middle East minister, called the move “a deliberate obstacle to Palestinian statehood”.

“The UK condemns these actions. Settlements are illegal under international law, further imperil the two state solution, and do not protect Israel”, he added in a post on social media.

According to a report by Ynet on Tuesday night, the Security Cabinet approved the move in secret around two weeks ago.

Some of the villages listed are existing outposts that had, thus far, been illegal under Israeli law, while others will be newly constructed.

Permission has been given to re-establish the Homesh and Sa-Nur, communities in the northern West Bank, which were forcibly evacuated and demolished during Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza.

Israeli campaign group Peace Now cautioned that some of the settlements are deep inside the West Bank, in areas that had been considered designated for a future Palestinian state in the event of a peace deal.
US backs Israel at UN, opposes France on Palestinian state
The United States manifested its support to Israel at the UN Security Council against France by "firmly rejecting any attempt to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state" on Thursday.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot delivered a speech on Wednesday, reiterating the country's stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, urging "the implementation of a two-state solution." Barrot also announced that France will co-host, alongside Saudi Arabia, a United Nations conference in June regarding this topic.

The American embassy argued in response that the implementation of a two-state solution would constitute a "reward for Hamas' shocking attack on Israel," in reference to the May 21st Washington shooting attack at the Jewish Museum in which Elias Rodriguez killed two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim.

"The United States will do its part to help forge this new reality alongside Israel and our Arab partners. But at the same time – the United States stands with Israel in unequivocally rejecting any effort to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state or impose conditions on Israel," the embassy stated.

In response to the French ministry, Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana said that any "recognition of a Palestinian state is a reward for Hamas for the atrocities of October 7, and a resounding message to terrorist organizations around the world to murder, burn, rape and kidnap - this is the way."


UN ‘mafia-like’ shakedown against independent aid delivery in Gaza, Israeli envoy says
As the Jewish state facilitates aid entry via the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation into the Strip, the United Nations is running a “mafia-like” shakedown and is spreading “panic” and making “declarations detached from reality,” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday.

“This is the gravest violation of the U.N.’s own principles,” he said. “It is the extortion of any well-meaning NGO that refuses to kiss the ring. A shakedown with U.N.-branding.”

Hamas knows that if it loses control over aid in Gaza, it will also lose its hold over Gazans, according to the Israeli envoy.

Danon told the Security Council that the global body removed non-governmental organizations, which are part of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, from its central system for tracking aid delivery in the Strip.

“The United Nations is using threats, intimidation and retaliation against NGOs that choose to participate in the new humanitarian mechanism,” Danon said. “A number of major international NGOs made the decision to take part in the new aid initiative. They ignored the U.N.’s calls for a boycott. They chose to act because they truly care.”

The United Nations removed those organizations “in retaliation and without any discussion or due process,” according to the Israeli mission to the United Nations. “They were frozen out,” it said.

Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, told JNS that “there are no differences between the current list and the one from before the launch of the GHF.” (JNS sought comment from the Israeli mission to the United Nations.)


‘Serious ethical concerns,’ critics say of Albanese claiming to be lawyer without passing the bar
In her Nov. 23, 2021 application to become U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, Francesca Albanese wrote in the “qualifications” section, “I am an international lawyer, with a solid knowledge of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, gained through advanced legal studies and over 17 years of experience, including fieldwork with the United Nations, academia and NGOs.”

Albanese also wrote in the application, for the position that she has held since May 2022, that she is “a human rights lawyer ‘by training and call’” and that it would be an honor to secure the role “as a lawyer, as a woman and as someone unfailingly committed to justice.” She signed her name certifying that “all of the statements made in this application are true, complete and are made in good faith.”

But despite echoing the “international lawyer” description in her official U.N. bio, on her social-media account and in her bio at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where she is an affiliated scholar, she told the Italian edition of Vanity Fair, in an interview published on Tuesday, that she never passed the bar and, thus, hasn’t been licensed to practice law.

A bolded heading in the article, per an automatic Google translation, states that “they also accuse her of calling herself a ‘lawyer’ without having taken the exam to qualify for the profession.”

“I never lie. I didn’t take the exam to become a lawyer, because I’m not a lawyer, and I never wanted to do it,” Albanese told the magazine, per the translation. “I studied law, and almost by chance, I was confused, I had just lost my father. Now I really respect lawyers in Italy who deal with human rights, but 25, 30 years ago, what I wanted to do didn’t exist here.”

“Francesca Albanese has now admitted that she never took a bar exam. Yet for years she publicly referred to herself as an ‘international lawyer,’ a title that implies having license and authority to practice law,” Hillel Neuer, the executive director of U.N. Watch, told JNS.

“In most jurisdictions, including Italy, where she lives, and in the United States, where Georgetown University lists her as an affiliate and describes her as an ‘international lawyer,’ calling yourself a lawyer without bar admission is misleading at best and unlawful at worst,” Neuer said.

“As a U.N. official tasked with upholding legal standards, Albanese’s misrepresentation of her credentials raises serious ethical concerns,” he told JNS. “It’s one more example of her utter disregard for facts and accountability.”


IDF military contractor dies in Gaza IED blast
A civilian contractor working for the Israeli Defense Ministry was killed in an IED explosion during an operation to destroy terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, the Binyamin Regional Council announced on Thursday.

David Libi, 19, from the Malachei Hashalom outpost in the Binyamin region of southern Samaria, was deployed to Gaza with the Israel Defense Forces’ Combat Engineering Corps, operating an excavator.

The IDF said that the blast occurred in Gaza’s north, with reports saying the excavator was completely destroyed and Libi was killed instantly.

Libi’s father, Eliav Libi, founded the Malachei Hashalom farming outpost, close to the more established community of Kokhav HaShahar, Binyamin Regional Council head Israel Ganz said.

“David was on the front lines of the Gaza war, demonstrating supreme dedication to the mission of defeating the enemy,” Ganz said. “Many destructions of terrorist infrastructure are credited to his name.

“On behalf of all the residents of Binyamin, I send condolences to his father, my dear friend Eliav, to his wife, Sarah, as well as to his brothers, sisters, and the entire Libi family. Thanks to your son’s heroism and sacrifice, the people of Israel will prevail!” the council leader said.

On May 20, the British government imposed sanctions on the Libis’ family business, Libi Construction and Infrastructure Ltd., accusing the firm of providing “logistical and financial support for the establishment of illegal outposts resulting in the forced displacement of Palestinians.”

The death toll among IDF troops since the start of the ground incursion in Gaza on Oct. 27, 2023, now stands at 416, and at 858 on all fronts since the Hamas-led terrorist assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.


State Department: Opening of Aid Distribution Centers is "Great News" for Gaza
State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Tuesday: "We have great news to report out of Gaza....The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, under the humanitarian principles of independence and impartiality, has commenced providing lifesaving aid to the people of Gaza who desperately need it. Approximately 8,000 food boxes have been distributed so far. Each box feeds 5.5 people for three and a half days, totaling 462,000 meals."

"Hamas has been opposed to this dynamic. They have attempted to stop the aid movement through Gaza to these distribution centers. They have failed, but they certainly tried."

"We had heard about the resistance by certain NGOs and the UN. It is unfortunate because the issue here is getting aid to Gazans, and then suddenly it moves into complaints about style or the nature of who's doing it....Being opposed to getting food and aid...because someone might feel left out is, I think, the height of hypocrisy....People who care about the nature of solving this problem are taking action and moving it forward. And that's what counts. That's what matters."


Netanyahu: The Hamas Prisoners We Captured Were Well-Fed
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the current lie is that Israel has a policy of starvation in Gaza, but "you didn't have mass starvation at all. In fact. I'll give you one simple indication of that. We take thousands of prisoners, sort them out into civilians and combatants and we photograph them. You can see those photographs, those videos."

"What's the first thing you do when you take a prisoner in Gaza? The first thing you do is you tell them, 'Take your shirt off. We want to see that there is no suicide vest.' Thousands and thousands of prisoners taking their shirt off and you don't see one, not one emaciated [person] from the beginning of the war to the present. In fact, you see quite the opposite because you don't get that much exercise, certainly not in tunnels, but you get food. And we are accused of starvation."

"We worked out a plan with our American friends to have controlled distribution sites where an American company would distribute the food to Palestinian families. It's not a truck with flour bags, it's a package of food for a family for a week. You come and you get it. It's very hard for Hamas to steal it, especially because we guard these positions. Well, we tried the first one....There was some loss of control momentarily happening. We brought it back under control."


Israel Says UN Failing to Collect Humanitarian Aid Piling Up on Gaza Border
The Israel Defense Ministry's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) has accused the UN of failing to collect more than 400 truckloads of humanitarian aid from the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing, whose contents are awaiting distribution.

"With the renewed entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, we have reached out to all humanitarian aid organizations and the international community, and called for them to take part in the distribution of aid to Gazan civilians. However, in the past few days, the UN has avoided fulfilling its role and instead continues to spread false and incorrect information regarding civilian distress," said COGAT chief Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian.

"Israel has expanded the routes and aid, and extended the times of collection. Now it's the UN's turn to act accordingly with its obligation. We call on the UN to fulfill their mission entrusted to it as a key humanitarian partner as demanded and without any further delays."


US-backed Gaza aid group delivers nearly 1 million meals on Thursday
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed independent aid distributor, said that it had delivered 997,920 meals on Thursday via three sites, including a new site that opened in Bureij, in central Gaza.

The total number of meals it has distributed to date is more than 1.8 million, the group said.

“Operations will continue scaling, with plans to build additional sites across Gaza, including in the northern region, in the weeks ahead,” it said.
White House Torches Biden’s Gaza Pier As Trump’s Aid Mission Serves A Million Meals
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the U.S.-backed organization tasked by President Donald Trump with delivering humanitarian aid to Gazans with a strategy intended to prevent Hamas from stealing it.

Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, Leavitt touted the success of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which says it distributed approximately 17,820 boxes, totaling around 1,838,182 meals, to Gazans in the past three days.

“The aid was rolled out to Gaza for the first time in many months and meals and food was given to hungry people, thanks to President Trump,” Leavitt said. “The president is the reason that aid went into Gaza. He got the Israelis to support that plan.”

Leavitt contrasted the GHF to former President Joe Biden’s attempt to build a floating pier in Gaza, which resulted in the death of one American service member and injuries to 62 more, damaging $31 million worth of military equipment in the process.

“It was the previous administration that tried to build this pier,” Leavitt said. “There been so much criticism…for this president having a humanitarian heart and giving people badly needed food and supplies.”

Leavitt added that the pier “did nothing for the people of Gaza.”

Biden announced his pier plan during his 2024 State of the Union Address, and pushed forward with the $230 million project, despite warnings against the plan from federal workers.
U.S. to Push Countries to Fund Gaza Aid Centers Once They Demonstrate Results
The Trump administration plans to renew its push for countries and international organizations to fund the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation once its new aid distribution initiative is proven successful, a U.S. official said Tuesday. "The United States is a leader in innovation and once GHF works, others will want to share in its success," the official said. The official insisted that the incident involving the overrun of one of GHF's Rafah distribution sites by thousands of Palestinians on Tuesday lasted for about 20 minutes.

A senior administration official said, "Aid is getting to the people in need, and through their secure distribution system, Israel is kept safe and Hamas empty-handed....The UN and other aid agencies were wrong to criticize. These organizations echoed Hamas talking points rather than praising those who are delivering results. GHF is a threat to Hamas's longstanding system of looting the assistance intended for the people of Gaza."


Internet Trolls Convince Themselves That Video Of Gazans Cheering U.S. Aid Is Fake
A video of Gazans cheering as American contractors distributed humanitarian aid quickly went viral this week — only for anti-Israel social media accounts to falsely claim the footage was AI-generated.

While there was no evidence that the video, shared by The Daily Wire, was AI-generated or manipulated, journalists from outlets including BBC, NBC, and Newsweek entertained the suggestion — eventually determining that the video was authentic.

The 17-second video shows a long line of Gazans behind fences cheering as a masked American contractor, working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), stands atop a hill and forms a heart with his hands toward the crowd.

Thousands of anti-Israel accounts falsely accused The Daily Wire of passing off an AI-generated video as real. Some of these posts amassed millions of views.

The video was given to The Daily Wire and several other outlets by GHF, a credible source actively on the ground in Gaza. Other videos were also provided by sources familiar with operations at GHF’s distribution sites, including one of Gazans shouting “Thank you America!”

“Any claim that our documentation is fake or generated by AI is false and irresponsible,” GHF said in a statement.

A source close to GHF operations told The Daily Wire that the video disrupts the narrative that the American-backed aid group is unpopular.


UKLFI: Natasha Hausdorff discusses the UN and Amnesty International on the Henrik Beckheim podcast
Natasha Hausdorff is a barrister and an expert on international law, including the law of armed conflict, foreign affairs and national security policy. She holds law degrees from Oxford and Tel Aviv Universities and was a Fellow in the National Security Law Programme at Columbia Law School in New York. Natasha has clerked for the President of the Israeli Supreme Court, Chief Justice Miriam Naor. She is legal director of UKLFI Charitable Trust.


UKLFI: Natasha Hausdorff in a panel debate in Norway on the legal framework of genocide.
"What is genocide?‎ - the legal framework" - panel debate moderated by Hanne Skartveit, with Natasha Hausdorff, Cecilie Hellestveit, a representative of Amnesty International Norway, Ervin Kohn and Dag Tuastad

Natasha Hausdorff is a British lawyer specialising in international law, educated at Oxford ‎and Tel Aviv University. She has worked for the Supreme Court of Israel and is the legal ‎director of UK Lawyers for Israel. She is a clear voice in the debate about Israel and ‎international law and challenges incorrect use of terms such as genocide ‎and occupation. She regularly gives lectures in parliaments and international forums and often appears in media outlets such as the BBC and CNN.

Cecilie Hellestveit is a lawyer and researcher with a PhD in international humanitarian law. ‎She is known for her work on international law of war and has written extensively on armed conflicts, including the Israel-Palestine conflict. Hellestveit is a sought-after commentator and has participated in numerous public debates on international law, morality, and war. She has ‎been affiliated with both PRIO and NUPI and teaches international law.

A representative from Amnesty International Norway, who has been involved in the work on the organisation's report on the Gaza war also participates in the roundtable discussion. The ‎report, published in December 2024, concluded that Israel's actions in Gaza amount to ‎genocide against the Palestinian people.

Ervin Kohn is a central figure in the Jewish community in Norway, having worked actively against anti-Semitism and for human rights for many years. As a former leader of the Mosaic ‎Faith Society and deputy leader of the Anti-Racist Center, he has been a clear voice in the ‎fight against hate and discrimination.

Dag Tuastad is an associate professor at the University of Oslo and an expert on Middle ‎Eastern studies. He has extensive knowledge of political movements in the region, with a ‎particular focus on Palestine and Israel. Tuastad has researched how conflict narratives are ‎formed and how they influence political action. He is a widely used commentator in the ‎Norwegian public when it comes to Middle East conflicts. His analyses are often critical of ‎both Israeli and Palestinian actors, with an emphasis on human rights and international law. ‎Tuastad has also published several articles and participated in debates that explore the dynamics between conflict and identity.‎




Shana Meyerson YOGAthletic: Melanie Philips | Judeo-Christian Civilization | Israel-Hamas War | Conversation with Shana Meyerson
In Psalm 118 Verse 22, it is stated, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.”

That builder’s stone—the one in the corner, the base, the foundation—is so often forgotten and ignored, buried below the magnificent structure that towers above it.

But there’s only one problem: if you take away that stone, the entire edifice crumbles.

Today, that stone is our Judeo-Christian values, and the castle is Western Civilization. A once towering civilization of exquisite grandeur that is now crashing down upon itself.

Melanie Phillips’ book, The Builder’s Stone, is a commentary and scathing indictment of the suicidal trajectory of a faithless, Godless Western world.

You don’t have to convert or even go to church or synagogue to adopt Judeo-Christian values. These are the values of civilized people. That’s why we call it civilization.


Yishai Fleisher: The Islamic Takeover Of The UK Is Already Happening!
News Update: Hundreds of UK street protests honed the skills of this courageous narrative warrior. Meet one of my heroes, Joseph Cohen from the Israel Advocacy Movement.


Hugh Hewitt: How bad can anti-Semitism get in America? Really, how much worse can it become?
Are we failing to even imagine the worse? Abe Greenwald of Commentary joins Hugh to talk about where we are and where we might end up.


Travelingisrael.com: There Are Two Wars Against Israel Right Now (Gaza Is Not One of Them & Israel Is LOSING)
There Are Two Wars Against Israel Right Now – And Gaza Isn’t One of Them

Everyone’s talking about Gaza. But what if I told you that Gaza is just one piece on a much larger chessboard—and not even the most dangerous one?

In this video, I break down the two real wars being waged against Israel:

The first is the military threat from Iran—a regime that has already killed close to a million Arabs and openly declares its goal of destroying Israel.

The second is a much more dangerous, sophisticated war: the soft war led by Qatar. Through media, education, and billions of dollars, Qatar is poisoning the West against Israel—and Israel doesn’t even realize it’s under attack.

This video connects the dots between Hezbollah, the fall of Assad, Western protests, Al Jazeera, American universities, and why Qatar isn’t a mediator—it’s Hamas’s landlord.




“You’re Killing Children DAILY” Piers Morgan BLASTS Israeli Ambassador | Feat Mustafa Barghouti
At several key points in the war on Hamas, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has denied that Israel would kill civilians deliberately - and denied the charge of war crimes.

He now says his country IS breaking International law and Ehud Barak, another former Prime Minister and former IDF chief of staff, says the war is now “purely for Netanyahu’s self-preservation.” Plus Yair Golan, an opposition voice and a former army deputy chief of staff, said Israel is “killing babies as a pastime” and risks “becoming a pariah state.”

Today, however, Israel announced that they've ''eliminated'' Hamas' chief in Gaza Mohammed Sinwar - the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar and the mastermind behind the deadly attack on October 7th.

But many experts believe swathes of Gaza face imminent famine caused by an 11-week Israeli blockade which is only now beginning to ease. How much longer can it go on?

Piers Morgan is joined by Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely and General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative (al-Mubadar) Mustafa Barghouti.

00:00 Piers’ monologue on Israel committing war crimes
03:20 Tzipi Hotovely interview begins
10:40 AD: Smalls
11:55 Hotovely on Israel having the strongest military in the Middle East
15:55 Piers: ‘Do you even know how many children you've killed?’
20:28 AD: Pique
21:42 Hotovely interview continues
24:41 International journalists being banned from Gaza
34:35 Mustafa Barghouti interview begins
43:45 ‘The only way out is to accept Palestinians as equal’




“You CAN’T TRUST The UN Anymore” | Hamas Propaganda Being ‘Pumped Out’ By Journalists And Officials
Julia Hartley-Brewer discusses an open letter signed by celebrities to urge the Government to end complicity in Gaza with author Jake Wallis Simons.

Famous faces like Gary Lineker and Dua Lipa have signed the letter calling for an immediate suspension of all UK arms sales to Israel.

Jake Wallis Simons points out that the UK’s arms sales to Israel are “negligible” compared to other countries.

He accuses both celebrities and UN officials of being complicit in Hamas’s ‘broad propaganda campaign’.


Israeli President ‘frustrated’ with Anthony Albanese
Sky News host Chris Kenny discusses his meeting with the President of Israel Isaac Hertzog claiming he is “very frustrated” with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s “attitude” towards Israel.

Mr Kenny described the relationship between Israel and Australia as at a “low point”.

“We spoke in detail about the challenges confronting Israel and also the way it’s getting so much criticism from the international community,” Mr Kenny told Sky News host Sharri Markson.

“It’s very clear that the President wants Anthony Albanese to come to Israel … because he thinks the criticism coming from Australia is misinformed and unproductive.

“He wants Australia to then have the knowledge and offer constructive criticism.

“I think it’s very important that people understand just how bad the Albanese Labor government in this critical time has damaged relations between Australia and Israel.”


Ireland to draft law banning trade with Israeli ‘settlements’
The Irish government has approved the drafting of legislation that would prohibit trade with Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, marking a first for a European Union member state and exacerbating already strained ties between Dublin and Jerusalem.

The proposed law, brought forward by Tánaiste (i.e. Deputy Prime Minister) and Foreign Minister Simon Harris, would ban the import of goods produced in areas Israel liberated in the 1967 Six-Day War, Globes reported on Thursday.

“The government has agreed to advance legislation prohibiting trade in goods with illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory,” a spokesperson for Ireland’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Harris said, “When this small country in Europe makes the decision …, I do hope it inspires other European countries to join us.”

The legislation is expected to be based on the Occupied Territories Bill, first introduced by Sen. Frances Black in 2018. While that measure faced legal challenges over its compatibility with E.U. trade rules, a July 19, 2024, advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice stating that Israeli “settlements” violate international law has given the initiative renewed legal grounding. The heads of the new bill will be submitted for pre-legislative scrutiny in the coming weeks.

If passed, the law could impact companies such as Airbnb, which is headquartered in Dublin and may be compelled to remove listings for properties located in the disputed areas.

“The key issue will be whether the government provides a complete boycott of all trade with settlements in Israel, including both physical goods such as dates and oranges, and products from the services sector,” an Irish NGO spokesperson told the Financial Times.
“Dad, I’ve just invested in Israel State Bonds!”
“Israel has been selling diaspora bonds for almost as long as the country has existed ...Ukraine is the most recent country to have attempted to do this, and failed. “(1)

Most countries have government bonds, Israel is no different in that regard. Pakistan, India, Ethiopia and Greece tried to float full scale bond issuances but did not succeed. Bonds are used to raise money to fund things like a new infrastructure project, such as improving a national road network. Bonds can also be used to pay down government debt.

For instance, China’s financial policymakers have agreed to issue a record amount of special treasury bonds next year, totalling 3 trillion yuan ($411 billion) to try to revive its weakening economy.

But should ethical investors buy bonds in politically-controversial countries like China, Qatar, Kuwait, Iran and the United Arab Emirates?

Financial-illiterates in governments and on social media try to whip up a financial frenzy about Israeli fiscal issues – but conveniently “forget” about other countries’ operational “sins”.

Government bonds and banks are “blind” to the people impacted by abstract policies. In most modern countries, West and East – democracies, dictatorships and theocracies all want extra money after taxes. It could be used for anything: infrastructure, migrant assistance, humanitarian relief, healthcare, or…armaments.

Since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, The Development Corporation for Israel raised $1 billion from bond sales in the United States. Executives said about $250 million of the total raised in the last month came from individual investors, large and small…’ (2)

There has been much bombastic brouhaha online about Ireland’s attempts to ban the sale of Israel State Bonds. Yesterday in the Dáil, much to the fury of Sinn Féin and the radical left, their motion failed. The Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025 was voted down by 87 votes to 75. Had it passed, the Sinn Féin bill would have given the Finance Minister the power to stop the Irish Central Bank from facilitating the sale of Israeli government bonds across the EU. (3)


Chicago cinema relents after canceling pro-Israel movie screening, then cancels it again
Soon after a Chicago theater canceled a screening of a documentary about campus antisemitism, its operators had second thoughts.

Facing a firestorm of criticism charging the theater with antisemitism, the operators of Facets Film Forum said they would work with the filmmaker, an Israeli-American Jewish rapper who goes by Kosha Dillz, to reschedule a screening of “Bring The Family Home.”

“FACETS Film Forum respects the First Amendment, its protections of free speech and the right to express views through film,” Facets said in a statement. “We regret any unintended offense our decision to cancel a privately organized, public film screening caused the filmmaker, those seeking to attend the event, and members of our community who have experienced or witnessed oppression or discrimination in any form.”

But now, without ever announcing a new showtime for “Bring The Family Home,” the theater has abandoned the plan to reschedule — citing online “harassment” from the filmmaker and a pro-Israel group that was a partner on the screening.

Shortly before a planned meeting with Kosha Dillz, whose real name is Rami Even-Esh, on Tuesday, the theater informed him that it would not be moving forward.

In a statement, Facets alleged that the Chicago Jewish Alliance, Kosha Dillz and “individuals that appear to be their supporters” had waged an email campaign against the theater. The activists, it said, were “vilifying FACETS” to donors, arts groups and others.


Jewish business in Stamford Hill targeted by Palestine Action
The Palestine Action protest group has targeted a Jewish business in Stamford Hill, claiming that it operates as landlord for an Israeli defence company.

In the attack, which took place last night, the group broke the glass storefront and sprayed red paint on both the exterior and interior of the premises – including on the Mezuzah on the doorpost.

The statement from the anti-Israel organisation claimed it had targeted “the London-based landlords of Kent’s Elbit weapons factory, Instro Precision. Instro Precision continues to export targeting gear to Israel, making both the Israeli weapons maker and its landlord, perpetrators of genocide.” The group did not provide any evidence to support their claims.

Palestine Action subsequently took issue with a national newspaper describing it as having targeted a “Jewish-owned business in London”, calling it “a pathetic headline” and claiming that “We treat all businesses which work with Israel’s biggest weapons firm equally, whether they’re ‘Jewish-owned’ or not.”

Shomrim, the Jewish neighbourhood security organisation, said: “Jewish businesses in Stamford Hill targeted overnight. Windows and doors were smashed, graffiti sprayed, and the premises left with extensive damage.”

Shomrim also shared a CCTV video of the incident, stating that “three masked males carried out the attack in the early hours of the morning” and that “Palestine Action proudly claimed responsibility for this criminal harassment of Jewish owned properties.”

The Metropolitan Police said: “On Thursday, 29 May at 07:23hrs, officers were called to two business premises on Stamford Hill, N16 which had been vandalised.

“Enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made at this stage. This incident is being treated as racially motivated criminal damage and is being investigated by specialist detectives.

“We understand the concern this may cause members of the Jewish community. Officers are working with community leaders and patrols have increased across the local area.




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