Monday, May 19, 2025
Elder of Ziyon
The dozens of ambassadors to the United Nations, who marched among released hostages and their families, injured soldiers and other supporters of the Jewish state, sent “a clear message,” according to Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations. “The people of Israel are not alone.”“We are in pain. We are thinking about the hostages,” Danon stated. “But we know that we will prevail. We will win this war. We will bring back all the hostages.”
Freed hostages face waves of online abuse after Gaza captivity
Former hostages have faced a wave of online abuse since returning home, a report said.Analysts have found that most of the hate is spread not by bots but by real users, and that this phenomenon is growing, according to N12’s report from Sunday.
New York Times Pumps Out Al-Jazeera-Style Anti-Israel Videos for TikTok
Some of the most-viewed recently posted videos on the Times TikTok account, which has 1.8 million followers, feature dramatic images — with credit omitted — and language describing Israel as an aggressor.“Israel bombarded a large tent encampment for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, causing a deadly fire,” is a headline on one Times TikTok video that has been viewed more than 110,000 times.“Families desperate for food gathered at distribution sites in Gaza as Israel’s halt on humanitarian aid surpassed 60 days,” is the headline on another video, viewed more than 100,000 times. There’s no transparency in the TikTok video of what journalist captured the video and conducted the interviews, or under what conditions or terms — it is simply credited to “The New York Times.”
Spanish officials, whose contestant finished in 24th place with only 10 audience points, argue that public voting is unduly influenced by political and security situations. They specifically cited Ukraine and Israel as examples of countries engaged in prolonged military conflicts that "profit" from audience sympathy votes.The European Broadcasting Union has not yet responded to Spain's request, according to local media reports, which also indicate that additional countries are expected to join Spain's appeal for voting reform.To conclude with Yuval Raphael's own sentiment – Am Yisrael Chai.
In the regional arena, Israel has already won the war that started on October 7, 2023. While the fighting is not over yet, a confrontation with Iran is potentially dangerous and there is no sustainable “solution” available in Gaza, the balance of power in the Middle East shifted dramatically in favour of the Jewish state and its de-facto Arab allies.The radicals have never been more humiliated, isolated, vulnerable and intimidated and the moderate, stability-seeking Arab regimes have only rarely felt more self-assured and surreptitiously grateful for the Israeli resolve in fighting their common enemies.
In the eyes of Iran and the Houthis, Trump's separate peace deal that excluded Israel is a captivating green light to continue their attacks on "The Little Satan", while obligingly halting their assaults on vessels in the Red Sea.Trump's deal with the Houthis sent everyone in the Middle East the message that the Trump administration has finally thrown Israel under the bus.Worse, Trump's agreement does not require the Houthis to abandon their jihad (holy war) against either the US or Israel."[The Palestinians are] ecstatic that their employer, Qatar, just "purchased" the US presidency with a $400 million 747 jet and a Golf Course...." — Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Palestinian political analyst, X, May 11, 2025.
Media outlets in Gaza report that Israeli special forces entered Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip earlier this morning and killed a senior member of the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, Ahmad Sarhan.According to the reports, the force entered into the heart of the Palestinian city in disguise, including some troops dressed as women.During the operation, Sarhan’s wife and children were apprehended, the reports claim.
The World Food Program (WFP) warned Sunday that families in Gaza are starving while food trucks pile up at the border, calling the situation “a race against time.” The organization urged the international community to take immediate action to restore aid flows into the Strip.While these allegations dominate political speeches and media headlines, the reality in Gaza appears more complex.Though some markets in Gaza have been photographed empty, residents have also shared images and videos showing bustling food stalls, especially in Gaza City’s Al-Zawiya market. Despite war-related shortages and disruptions, food remains available in many areas, albeit at high prices.
Catholic-Jewish dialogue is “very precious” and must continue, Pope Leo XIV said at an audience with leaders of other religions on Monday, according to Italian news wire ANSA.“Because of the Jewish roots of Christianity, all Christians have a special relationship with Judaism,” the pope said. “Theological dialogue between Christians and Jews remains always important and is very close to my heart.”A day after his inauguration ceremony in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV spoke positively of Nostra Aetate, an official declaration made in 1965 that instituted a less adversarial approach by the church to Judaism.That document, he said, “underlines the greatness of the spiritual heritage common to Christians and Jews, encouraging mutual knowledge and esteem.”
Israel has come under fire, including from our own Government, for preventing aid from entering. Many have claimed this is a breach of international law, citing Article 23 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which requires essential aid to be allowed into enemy territory. They conveniently ignore the proviso that this need not be done if there are “serious reasons for fearing that the consignments may be diverted from their destination”. The IDF is clear that aid has been hijacked and looted by Hamas. Numerous videos and eyewitness reports have shown that same picture.Hamas’s control of aid distribution is also the most powerful tool it has to retain a stranglehold over the Gaza population. The new US-Israel initiative, co-ordinated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, aims to put a stop to that. The idea is to establish secure aid posts inside the Strip from where those in need would collect food under strict control.Enter the UN crying foul, predictably joined by a chorus of so-called humanitarian NGOs. You might think those who claim to have the Gazans’ welfare at heart would welcome a plan that gets aid to where it’s needed without impediment from Hamas terrorists. If so, you haven’t been paying attention to what seems to be the real agenda of many of these groups, including UNRWA, the UN Human Rights Council, international courts, and various human rights charities. Their missions apparently focus on twisting the facts on the ground (not to mention international law) into weapons to stick into Israel.
AleXsandro Palombo’s Holocaust mural at the Shoah Memorial in Milan was completely defaced in an act of “antisemitic fury” on Sunday, the artist told The Jerusalem Post.The work, The Jewish Simpsons Deported to Auschwitz, which depicts the famous cartoon family as deportees to Auschwitz, received international recognition after its unveiling in January 2023.Now, however, there is very little left of the original artwork. The paintwork was stripped off, and the remaining image was daubed with the words “Free Pal” in red paint.“Little remains of the iconic work: only a grave antisemitic defacement, which has transformed a tribute to memory into an expression of hatred,” Palombo said.
The Department of Justice's long-awaited reckoning for UNRWA has arrived
The Department of Justice (DOJ) last month took a potentially giant step in the effort to combat the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas by asserting that UNRWA, unlike other UN agencies, is not immune from U.S. criminal and civil law. The decision may not just open the door for victims of October 7 to sue UNRWA for damages, it may enable the Treasury Department to impose terrorism sanctions and shut down a significant terror-financing threat.
Arab Israelis stand with their country — and reject the rage of Hamas
The college students erupting in anti-Israel protests on campuses across the United States, and the marchers at Thursday’s “All Out for Gaza” demonstration in New York City, repeatedly echo the talking points issued by the terrorists of Hamas.
But inside Israel, a very different story is unfolding: Millions of Arab citizens are rejecting Hamas and standing with the Jewish state.
The ‘nakba’ is not our problem
We need to stop thinking about the nakba as a Palestinian narrative of pain deserving of empathy by exposing it for what it is—another tool in the arsenal of groups whose goal is to bring about the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state.
How a Hidden Dutch Village Saved Jews during the Holocaust
Two Dutch families risked everything to create a hidden village and save as many lives as possible from Nazi persecution.
One of the Netherlands’ tourist attractions is a village hidden deep in the woods, between Vierhouten and Nunspeet. Built in 1943 by members of the Dutch resistance, the village provided shelter to more than a hundred people, most of them Jews.
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