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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

08/13 Links Pt1: Why Experts Torch Their Own Credibility to Smear Israel; Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor; Hamas praises Australia’s Albanese on Palestinian statehood

From Ian:

Seth Mandel: Why Experts Torch Their Own Credibility to Smear Israel
Yet another case of corrupted international standards once again raises the question: Why is it so important to the world to falsely accuse Israel of causing famine? The genocide charge falls into this category as well: Why is legitimate criticism of warfighting not enough, and why are global agencies and other institutions driven to change their own standards just to convict Israel of a crime it didn’t commit?

The latest examples come from USAID and the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the latter being a food-related coalitional enterprise under the auspices of the United Nations. The Washington Free Beacon reports that the IPC “quietly changed one of its key reporting metrics … making it easier to formally declare that there is a famine in the Hamas-controlled territory.”

For many in the media and activism spheres, this was the announcement they were long waiting for. The credentialism game was again afoot: Activists could point to “experts” who would appeal to their own authority. The IPC said let there be famine, and there it was.

As the Free Beacon pointed out, the IPC simply tailored its metrics to fit the accusation. Indeed, it is the extent of the changes that really tells you how big was the gap between what Israel was being accused of and what Israel was guilty of:

“Unlike previous IPC reports on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the July report includes a metric—known as mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)—the agency has not historically used to determine whether a famine is taking place. The report also includes a lowered threshold for the proportion of children who must be considered malnourished for the IPC to declare a famine, down to 15 percent from 30 percent.”

Those arm circumference measurements, by the way, replaced “detailed weight and height measurements to determine whether a child is suffering from acute malnutrition.”

In other words, the agency took rigorous standards and tore them to shreds. And for what? For the opportunity to accuse Israel of a crime the IPC knew it wasn’t committing.

This is an absolutely bizarre trend. Scientific agencies are blowing up their own credibility to score political points in one conflict. That credibility won’t return to them when they turn their attention to other conflicts and perhaps go back to using accurate data.
Why is flawed Gaza data in top US journal? - opinion
The journal Foreign Affairs is one of the most prestigious academic journals in the world. It is published by the Council on Foreign Relations, headquartered in New York. Articles submitted to it undergo strict peer review before publication. Recently, the journal published an article by a respected professor from the University of Chicago, Robert A. Pape, on Israel’s fighting in Gaza.

In our view, the article suffers from fundamental flaws in the professional standards required in any academic publication, especially in one so highly respected. Here we will focus only on the numerical data given by the author.

The data on which the article is based come from reports by Hamas’s health authorities. To the author’s credit, he explicitly notes this. However, he then proceeds to rely on this data without raising the obvious question of its reliability. By omitting such a statement, he sends a clear message that, in his view, these are genuine figures – as if they were reports from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The starting point of the article is the figure disseminated by Hamas, according to which the number of Palestinians dead in Gaza exceeds 61,000, and more than 145,000 have been seriously wounded. How many of them are “Hamas fighters” and how many are “uninvolved civilians”? The author acknowledges that Hamas does not make that distinction, and he follows suit.

Flawed and misleading information
The author does not bother to pose to his readers the obvious question: Why does Hamas not present a clear distinction between “combatants” and “civilians”? Are these truly “real figures”? Or is it simply convenient for Hamas to present a blurred picture, hoping that public opinion will tag them as “civilians” – just as the author of the article does?

This “implicit” message already appears in the subheadline: “Why Punishing Civilians Doesn’t Produce Strategic Gains.” Later, he explicitly states that Israel’s tactic in the war is the “punishment of civilians.”

Only with such a label can the esteemed author define Israel’s military activity in Gaza as “slaughter.” Does this approach meet the standard required of reliable academic research? To us, it seems not.
Clifford D May: America’s fair-weather friends
In an interview on Fox News last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set out the plan’s goals: “We want to liberate ourselves and liberate the people of Gaza from the awful terror of Hamas in order to assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free, and to pass it to civilian governance.”

Israelis are divided over the wisdom of the plan. Many think they’ve reached a point of diminishing returns militarily and should strategically retreat to security buffer zones.

What about Gazans? Are they divided? Or would most prefer that Hamas release the hostages and seek a truce—or at least resume negotiations that could lead to delaying Israel’s Gaza City plan?

Gazans who say such things publicly are likely to be summarily executed, with the Hamas-obedient international media giving scant coverage to either their courageous dissent or their untimely deaths.

The Trump administration’s position was clearly articulated by Vice President JD Vance last week: “Number one, we want to make it so that Hamas cannot attack innocent Israeli civilians ever again, and we think that has to come through the eradication of Hamas. Second, the president has been very moved by these terrible images of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, so we want to make sure that we solve that problem.”

I wish Germany, France and Britain were saying the same.

They’re adamant that U.S. President Donald Trump work with them to support Ukraine, a fledgling European democracy defending itself against a revanchist dictator.

Does it not follow, as a matter of principle and self-interest, that they ought to work with Trump to support a mature Middle Eastern democracy defending itself against a terrorist proxy of the Islamic Republic of Iran whose goal is openly and even proudly genocidal?

I wonder if Messrs. Merz, Starmer and Macron understand how tough they are making it for Atlanticists like me to push back against the growing number of Americans who regard West Europeans as fair-weather friends, always there for us when they need us.
Woman who worked in morgue on October 7 accuses Starmer of ‘torpedoing’ peace in Gaza
An Israeli morgue worker who witnessed the extent of Hamas’s atrocities on October 7 firsthand has accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of “torpedoing” any chance for peace or the return of hostages by recognising a Palestinian state.

Shari Mendes, 64, who, as a member of the team at Israel’s national morgue, examined the bodies of many of the women murdered and mutilated on October 7, wrote an “urgent plea” to Starmer yesterday.

“Your offer to recognise a Palestinian state has put the lives of the 20 or so living Israeli hostages in jeopardy and made it harder to recover the bodies of 30 other Israelis,” she wrote. “More significantly, it has torpedoed any chances for peace.”

She wrote that despite her being a “regular person” and not in the habit of writing to prime ministers, it is “unfathomable” to her that Jews should be starved and forced to dig their own graves again so soon after the Holocaust.

She said if Hamas is pressured to surrender then the war would end and a “true demilitarised and peaceful government in Gaza is the first step toward Israeli acceptance that real peace and security is possible.”

If Starmer issues a statement similar to the following, she claimed, he would be able to save lives of both innocent Israelis and Palestinians: “‘In order for there to be lasting peace in the Middle East I must add a condition to any offer to recognise a Palestinian state. Hamas must surrender and release all Israeli hostages they hold before any negotiations over Palestinian statehood can begin. Hamas cannot stay. They must disarm and go into exile. They must leave Gaza as the first step to ending this terrible war which they started, so that reconstruction and a chance for the citizens of Gaza and Israel to live side by side in peace, can start.’”

As part of the unit in the IDF specialising in the identification and preparation for burial of female soldiers, Mendes was invited in early 2024 to the House of Lords in London to give testimony on what she had witnessed working on the mutilated bodies of October 7 victims.


Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor, allege court has become 'branch of Hamas'
The families of three hostages currently being held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas - Avinatan Or, Eitan Mor, and Omri Miran, filed a lawsuit for NIS 20 million against International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, NGO Shurat Hadin, which is representing the families, announced on Wednesday.

The lawsuit accuses Khan of turning the court into "a branch office of the terrorist organization," Hamas.

It demands that Khan be investigated for acting against Israel under ulterior motives - namely to sideline allegedly sexual abuse allegations against him.

"The defendant not only slandered the State of Israel, not only presented false representations to the plaintiffs, but also provided services to terrorist organizations and assisted them," reads the lawsuit.

It adds that when he finally did request arrest warrants for the three chief Hamas leaders - Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh, all of whom were killed by Israel over the past two years - he coupled them with warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant. Additionally, the lawsuit notes that it took him eight months to issue the warrants.

It further notes that warrants were not issued against leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who too held hostages captive, as well as against other Hamas leaders.
Israel: UN secretary-general’s sexual violence report threat is ‘baseless’
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, issued a forceful dismissal of Secretary-General António Guterres’s warning regarding Israel’s potential inclusion in the organization’s sexual violence documentation.

Danon characterized the threat as another manifestation of systematic bias that elevates unverified accusations above addressing documented Hamas atrocities.

The diplomatic clash intensified following Guterres’s distribution of a formal warning letter placing Israel in a cautionary category ahead of possible inclusion in next year’s comprehensive report on sexual abuse patterns in conflict environments. The secretary-general’s current report articulates “serious concern” about alleged sexual violence by Israeli security personnel against Palestinians across multiple detention centers and military installations, specifically referencing Sde Teiman.

Danon’s response emphasized Israel’s commitment to lawful conduct while condemning what he described as prejudicial treatment. “The secretary-general repeatedly chooses to embrace baseless accusations word-for-word, founded on partisan publications. The U.N. must concentrate on Hamas’ devastating war crimes and securing complete hostage release. Israel remains undeterred in protecting its citizens while maintaining adherence to international legal standards,” Danon stated.
UN Watch: World Bank Official, Husband of Francesca Albanese, Scrubs Antisemitic Posts After UN Watch Exposé
After UN Watch exposed senior World Bank economist Massimiliano Cali’s Facebook page filled with antisemitism, incitement to terrorism, and anti-Western views, Cali quickly began scrubbing his page, deleting a fraction of his horrific content.

Earlier this week, UN Watch submitted an official letter to the head of the World Bank, demanding Cali’s removal over clear neutrality issues and Code of Conduct violations related to his hate speech. Cali is also the husband of UN Palestine Rapporteur Francesca Albanese who herself has been condemned by the U.S., France, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands, for Holocaust inversion, antisemitism, and/or Code of Conduct violations that disqualify her from her post.

Although Cali has attempted to hide his hate, UN Watch has documented the truth. See a compilation of the posts Cali has deleted from his page below:

U.S. Funds His Salary, But Massimiliano Cali Attacks “Amerika”
Though the United States funds his salary by virtue of being the largest donor to the World Bank, he calls it “Amerika.” (August 10, 2014)

Funded by Western Countries, Cali Says “Western Countries Support Genocide”
Cali claimed that Israel is “perpetrating a genocide,” and that Western countries “directly supported” genocide. He did so while sharing an absurdly biased UN report by his wife Francesca Albanese accusing Israel of “perpetrating a genocide in Gaza” while completely ignoring the October 7 Hamas atrocities and Israel’s rights to security and self-defense. (March 25, 2024).

Says Italy’s Democratic Party is “one of the greatest obstacles to human and political progress of Italy”

Cali promoted a panel with his wife Francesca Albanese titled “Colonialism and Apartheid in Palestine.” The text of the post accuses Israel of “committing extermination in Palestine.” He said that Italy’s Democratic Party is “one of the greatest obstacles to human and political progress of Italy.” (January 30, 2024).

Attacks U.S., German, Italian Lawmakers for “Anti-Palestinian Racism” and “Islamophobia”
Cali attacked the West for defending Israel and fighting antisemitism, while blaming Israel for the rise in antisemitism. Cali claimed that if Western politicians “really cared about antisemitism (or humanity for that matter), these politicians would do everything they could to stop Israel’s indiscriminate massacre of Palestinians.” He added that Western politicians’ defense of Israel shows that “their anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia are stronger than their desire to protect Jews and humanity.” (December 6, 2023).

Cali: Opponents of His Wife’s Claims are “Flat-Earthers”
Cali shared his wife Francesca Albanese’s RAI News 24 interview in which she talks about the “Israeli colonial and apartheid project.” He called opponents of his wife’s claims “Flat-Earthers” (May 16, 2022).

Cali Shares Petition Demanding ICC Charge Israel with War Crimes
Describing it as an “important petition” Cali used his platform to call for the International Criminal Court to charge Israeli Prime Minister “Benjamin Netanyahu & Israel for War Crimes.” (July 31, 2014).


Israel said in talks with 5 countries over taking Gazans
Israel is in talks with five countries — Indonesia, Somaliland, Uganda, South Sudan and Libya — about the potential resettlement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Channel 12 reports.

“Some of the countries are showing greater openness than before to accepting voluntary immigration from the Gaza Strip,” a diplomatic source tells the outlet, naming Indonesia and Somaliland in particular. However, no concrete decisions have reportedly been made.

Somaliland is a breakaway region of Somalia that is reportedly hoping to secure international recognition through the deal.

The report comes alongside claims from The Associated Press that Israel had discussed resettling Gazans in South Sudan — an assertion the African nation’s government has rejected as “baseless” and not reflective of its official policy.

In an interview with the i24 news channel last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support for the mass emigration of Gazans — a policy endorsed by US President Donald Trump earlier this year — saying Israel is in contact with “several countries” about absorbing displaced civilians from the war-torn territory.

“I think this is the most natural thing,” Netanyahu said. “All those who are concerned for the Palestinians and say they want to help the Palestinians should open their doors to them. What are you preaching to us for? We’re not pushing them out — we’re enabling them to leave… first of all, [leaving] combat zones, and also the Strip itself, if they want to.”


Smotrich says new E1 settlement plan will 'bury idea of a Palestinian state'
Israel is in talks with five countries — Indonesia, Somaliland, Uganda, South Sudan and Libya — about the potential resettlement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Channel 12 reports.

“Some of the countries are showing greater openness than before to accepting voluntary immigration from the Gaza Strip,” a diplomatic source tells the outlet, naming Indonesia and Somaliland in particular. However, no concrete decisions have reportedly been made.

Somaliland is a breakaway region of Somalia that is reportedly hoping to secure international recognition through the deal.

The report comes alongside claims from The Associated Press that Israel had discussed resettling Gazans in South Sudan — an assertion the African nation’s government has rejected as “baseless” and not reflective of its official policy.

In an interview with the i24 news channel last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support for the mass emigration of Gazans — a policy endorsed by US President Donald Trump earlier this year — saying Israel is in contact with “several countries” about absorbing displaced civilians from the war-torn territory.

“I think this is the most natural thing,” Netanyahu said. “All those who are concerned for the Palestinians and say they want to help the Palestinians should open their doors to them. What are you preaching to us for? We’re not pushing them out — we’re enabling them to leave… first of all, [leaving] combat zones, and also the Strip itself, if they want to.”


Israel needs to take full control of Gaza - there is no partial control, MK Halevi says
Israel needs to take full control over the Gaza Strip, Knesset Member Amit Halevi, deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, said on Wednesday in an interview with Anat Davidov and Udi Segal on 103FM.

"There’s no such thing as partial control,” he added.

“We can’t leave a single book in schools unchecked. They teach over there in textbooks how to rape Jewish women and behead people.” He stressed that Israel could not allow any form of governance in Gaza outside its control, stating, "The only candidate that should be in charge, in my opinion, is the State of Israel. Anything else means rebuilding Hamas."

Halevi’s comments came amid efforts by Egypt, Qatar, and the United States to revive a 60-day ceasefire plan aimed at ending the ongoing conflict, following the failure of talks in Doha last month and Israel's plans to assume full control over Gaza. Halevi confirmed the details during the interview.

Halevi also emphasized that partial agreements were no longer an option, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had recently stated. “I heard the Prime Minister say in an interview yesterday that a partial deal is not on the table; it’s behind us, according to his statement, and I think in general, the talks in Doha, Cairo, and Washington only pushed the hostages further away,” Halevi remarked.

“On the other hand, military actions brought the hostages closer and brought us closer to victory. This is the key to our future here. I hope that despite the IDF chief of staff’s opposition in the cabinet to this plan, it will be implemented quickly.”
German arms maker shifts production to US to sidestep Israel embargo
A few hours after announcing record orders, German defense manufacturer Renk said Wednesday it will shift production of weapons bound for Israel to the United States in response to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s decision to suspend arms deliveries to the country.

Renk, which makes tank gearboxes, said the move is designed to bypass new German restrictions. Chief executive Alexander Sagel told the Financial Times that both the company and Germany remain committed to ensuring Israel retains military superiority and deterrence capabilities, which “are not only needed in Gaza but also at other borders.”

“It is also clear that we are discussing a plan B. The plan B is that we relocate production of these specific transmissions to the U.S.,” Sagel said. He added that Israel accounts for roughly 2–3% of the company’s portfolio.

Merz announced late last week — without consulting his cabinet or party colleagues — that he was halting all arms shipments to Israel intended for use in the Gaza war. He cited concerns that the war was fueling domestic instability in Germany and other European Union countries.

The decision sparked anger within his own party and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU. Senior figures in both accused Merz of undermining Germany’s historic responsibility for Israel’s security, rewarding terrorism and ignoring the fact that Berlin relies more on Israel for security and intelligence than the other way around.


Palestinian stone-thrower shot dead by off-duty soldier in West Bank altercation
A Palestinian man was shot to death by an off-duty Israeli soldier during a clash on Wednesday near the West Bank town of Duma, according to the military and Palestinian media reports.

The Israel Defense Forces said the victim, identified by the Palestinian Authority health ministry as Thameen Dawabshe, 35, threw stones at the off-duty soldier and an Israeli civilian.

According to the IDF, the incident took place during “civilian engineering work” near Duma. “Dozens of Palestinian terrorists hurled stones at an off-duty IDF soldier and an Israeli civilian who were at the location,” the military said.

Official PA news outlet WAFA quoted Duma’s mayor saying that the clash erupted in response to earthworks on village land carried out by Israelis in recent days.

The IDF said that the soldier initially fired into the air in response to the stone-throwing. “The terrorists continued to hurl stones, and in response, the soldier responded with live fire to remove the threat. A hit was identified,” the military said.

“Following this, the terrorists attempted to snatch the soldier’s weapon,” according to the military.


Palestinian arrested after Ra’anana manhunt on suspicion of planning terror attack
A Palestinian man from the West Bank was arrested in the central district city of Ra’anana, after an extended manhunt, on suspicion that he was planning a terror attack, Israel Police said Wednesday.

Police spent several hours searching for the man, a resident of the Palestinian city of Tulkarem.

Officers eventually tracked him down at a building site in Ra’anana.

Police released a video showing officers detaining and cuffing the man at gunpoint.

He was taken in for questioning, police said.

Last month, police arrested a man suspected of carrying out a car-ramming attack in central Israel a week earlier that wounded eight IDF soldiers.


Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it has delivered 120m meals
The U.S.-funded Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said on Wednesday that it has delivered 120 million meals to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

It stated that aid distribution ran “smoothly,” helping “protect all civilians present.”

“With more than 120 million meals delivered since GHF’s launch in May, we’ve shown that even in the most challenging environment, large-scale and reliable aid distribution is possible,” stated John Acree, the interim executive director of the nonprofit.

The organization continues to urge “the humanitarian community to join us so that together, we can feed the Palestinian people and bring relief to families who are depending on us,” he said.

The agency also delivered two pallets of Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food to a distribution section for women only, in coordination with Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational, evangelical Christian disaster-relief organization that operates internationally.


“They Tried to Hide the Truth About Gaza—But It’s Now Impossible…”
In this episode, we cut through the noise and expose one of the biggest lies being pushed about the war in Gaza—that Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians. The truth is far different. The evidence is clear: Hamas is hijacking humanitarian aid, controlling distribution, and using food as a weapon against its own people. Yet global media outlets, along with their “useful idiots,” rush to amplify the false narrative before Israel even has a chance to respond. This isn’t just misinformation—it’s deliberate manipulation designed to turn world opinion against Israel.

We break down how this narrative war is being waged, why it’s so effective, and what Israel must do to take control of the conversation. The battle on the ground is only half the fight; the war for truth is just as critical. From media bias to strategic messaging, we reveal the steps Israel needs to win not just in Gaza, but in the court of global opinion.


Influencer Goes Deep Into Gaza With The IDF, This Is What He Saw There!

Ep. 8: Michael Eisenberg on AI, Abraham Accords and Why He’s Bullish about Israel's Future
In this episode, Michael Eisenberg — Co-Founder of Aleph and one of Israel’s leading venture capitalists and public thinkers — dives deep into the future of AI and national security, repairing Israel’s economy and politics, and how Israel and its Abraham Accords partners can help transform the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He shares strategies for improving Israel’s narrative in the West, and explains why leaders like Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron should take lessons from the Israeli model — or risk disaster.

Despite the challenges and tragedies Israel faces, Eisenberg explains why he remains optimistic about its future — and why he’s betting on a new generation of Israeli leaders.

In the first segment, Lahav and Asher discuss Israel’s plans for an expanded operation in Gaza, the drop in American public opinion and its implications for Israel’s war strategy, and avenues for advancing the Abraham Accords five years after UAE-Israel normalization.


Hamas praises Australia’s Albanese on Palestinian statehood
The Hamas terrorist group has welcomed Australia’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly annual general debate in September.

“We welcome Australia’s decision to recognise the state of Palestine, and consider it an important step towards achieving justice for our people and securing their legitimate rights,” Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef said in a statement to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on Wednesday.

“This position reflects political courage and a commitment to the values of justice and the right of peoples to self-determination,” the statement continued.

“We call on all countries, especially those that believe in freedom and human dignity, to follow Australia’s example and translate their positions into practical steps to support the Palestinian people and end their suffering under occupation.”

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the move on Monday, following declarations by France, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries that they will recognize a Palestinian state, although the conditions for recognition differ by country.

The premier said that Australia had received guarantees from the Palestinian Authority, which rules parts of Judea and Samaria, that there would be “no role for the terrorists of Hamas in any future Palestinian state.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar mocked Albanese after the Hamas statement, writing on X on Wednesday that the terror group loves the prime minister, along with a screenshot of an article on the Hamas praise.

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel accused Albanese of being “detached from reality,” according to the Australian Financial Review on Wednesday.


‘Morally corrupt’: Sharri Markson reacts to Hamas ‘celebrating’ Albanese’s Palestine call
Sky News host Sharri Markson says the world's “most murderous and bloodthirsty” terrorist group celebrated Anthony Albanese's decision to recognise a state of Palestine.

Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef has praised Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood, celebrating Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's "political courage".

“The group that decapitated babies, shot parents in front of their children and hunted down teenagers dancing at a music festival is on the same page as Albanese,” Ms Markson said.

“This tells you everything that is wrong with the morally corrupt and disgraceful Albanese government.”


Australia has given Hamas ‘what they want’
Former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus condemns the actions of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over the support given to Hamas after ‘giving them what they want’.

“These decisions by the UK, France, Canada, and now regretfully by Australia, these will be at the core of Hamas’ campaign to dominate the Palestinian society,” Mr Conricus said.

“Nobody should be confused or surprised. This is what Hamas will campaign on, and let me tell you, they will win.

“Hamas will say, ‘Our actions, our attack, our way of Jihad, of extremism, that is what gets results’.

“When democracies around the world, like Australia, are willing to hand that victory to Hamas, then of course they are excited and happy and hopeful about the future because they got what they want.”


"Hamas Thanks Australia for Encouraging Terrorism" | Eylon Levy on Sky News Australia (13 Aug 2025)
“Australia is rewarding Hamas for the October 7 massacre — and encouraging more terrorism,” warns former Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy. In this urgent interview, Levy blasts Australia's recognition of a Palestinian state as a dangerous move that legitimizes mass atrocities and emboldens jihadist violence.

In this explosive and politically charged interview on Sky News Australia, former Israeli national spokesman Eylon Levy explains:

Why Hamas views international recognition of Palestinian statehood as a direct reward for October 7

How Australia’s foreign policy shift is aligning it with a globally proscribed terrorist organization

Why promises by Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority are meaningless without action

The critical role Israeli security plays in preventing Hamas from taking over the West Bank

The broader consequences of Western democracies appearing to reward terrorism with diplomacy

This conversation lays bare a pivotal moral and geopolitical dilemma: are democracies signaling to terror organizations that brutal violence delivers political gains? Levy argues that rewarding atrocities like October 7 — the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust — not only betrays Israel, but dangerously incentivizes future massacres. As global opinion fractures, the world must choose between appeasement of terror and a principled stand against it.


‘Racist fruitcake’ Mahmoud Abbas has ‘played’ Anthony Albanese
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is a “racist fruitcake” who has “played” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

This comes as Mr Albanese pushes recognition of Palestinian statehood.

“Two incredible things today humiliated Anthony Albanese ... he's been totally played for an absolute sucker by terrorists,” Mr Bolt said.

“This racist fruitcake, this Abbas, this is the man that Albanese trusts to create his Palestinian state.”


‘Foreign policy at its worst’: Greg Sheridan lashes PM’s decision to recognise Palestine
The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the Labor government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state is Australian foreign policy “at its absolute worst”.

Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef has praised Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood, celebrating Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's "political courage".

This comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed Australia's decision to recognise Palestinian statehood as "meaningless".


Albanese has ‘lost the plot’ for recognising Palestine
Tech columnist and Israel advocate Hillel Fuld slams the Labor government for the lack of moral grounding and ignoring Israel's sovereignty.

“That was, from my perspective, just the beginning of the moral deterioration,” Mr Fuld said.

“Your prime minister and government have completely lost the plot, and their moral compass has completely shattered to pieces.

“These decisions lead directly to the increase of antisemitism and hatred of the Jews and Israel.”


‘Miscalculated and misguided’: Australia recognising Palestine more about ‘punishing Israel’
AIJAC Executive Manager Joel Burnie has addressed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claiming Palestinian statehood encourages Hamas.

“This is so little about the plight of the Palestinian people and so much more about anger, frustration and antagonism towards Israel,” Mr Burnie told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.

“Hamas sees this exactly what it is, and this is a punishment towards Israel as opposed to pursuing a peace between Israel and the Palestinians.”


‘Where the hell are world leaders?’: Pauline Hanson questions Palestinian recognition
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson raises concerns over Labor’s recognition of Palestine with Hamas in control.

“You lay down the ground rules first and say this is what we want, you don’t give them what they want and then hope they are going to get a democratic government,” Ms Hanson said.

“It does not work that way, you have to use your force to say, okay, we are going to set the ground rules.”




Tucker Carlson’s “Nun from Palestine” Interview Just Backfired...for a Surprising Reason
Tucker Carlson recently sat down with Mother Agapia, the “Nun from Palestine” and sister of ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, to talk about Christian persecution in the Holy Land. But as the interview unfolds, it actually reveals a completely different — and much darker — reality about life for Christians in “Palestine,” Judea, and Samaria.

In this video, we break down the key moments from the Tucker Carlson interview, fact-check Mother Agapia’s claims, and share our own first-hand experience as Christians living in the West Bank under Israeli sovereignty.






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