Sunday, September 07, 2025

09/07 Links: Trump promises Gaza deal ‘very soon,’; With friends like these pushing to dismantle Trump's Middle East peace deal, who needs enemies?; One-fifth of British population antisemitic

From Ian:

Anne Bayefsky: With friends like these pushing to dismantle Trump's Middle East peace deal, who needs enemies?
America’s so-called allies – Britain, France, Canada, Australia and others – are about to stab President Donald Trump in the back. The goal is to lay waste to the president’s signature foreign policy success – the Abraham Accords.

The Abraham Accords denied violent Palestinian rejectionists a veto over the normalization of relations between Arab states and Israel. Now Palestinians and their band of useful idiots have launched a coup. The scheme opens by overthrowing the fundamental principle of a negotiated settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict. United Arab Emirates officials have speciously started blaming Israel for the Accords’ demise.

The staging ground for this "Et tu, Brute?" moment is the United Nations. French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sept. 3, 2025, that he, and his Saudi counterpart, have called upon world leaders to assemble at the United Nations in New York City on Sept. 22 and endorse this agenda. Formally, the substance has been committed to paper in what they are outlandishly calling "The New York Declaration."

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This means that by the time President Trump addresses the General Assembly on the following day, he will have been reduced to the guy with the broom bringing up the rear. His hopes and plans for peace in the Middle East will have already been rejected by virtually every head of state or government in attendance.

The New York Declaration first appeared at the conclusion of a confab, chaired by the French and the Saudis, at the U.N. in July of this year. The United States and Israel stayed away. The vast majority of states ignored State Department pleas to do the same.

The document weighs in at 30 pages of anti-Israel venom and attacks on American foreign affairs. It twists the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023 – when more than 1,400 Jews (and others in Israel) were murdered, raped, tortured and kidnapped – into a political win for Palestinians.

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Here are just some of the Declaration’s extraordinarily dangerous demands:
A "State of Palestine" before "mutual recognition" of the Jewish state.
A Palestinian "right of return" that would flood Israel with millions of Palestinians from the river to the sea – thus ending the Jewish state.
A fully armed Palestinian state (called a "one state, one gun policy") and an indefensible Jewish state.
An arms embargo on Israel ("ceasing the provision or transfer of Arms") cutting off the country’s ability to defend itself.
A global pogrom to arrest and prosecute Israelis in national and international courts the world over.

Abandoning the hostages and rewarding the kidnappers by conditioning their release on Israel freeing convicted Palestinian criminals and fully withdrawing from Gaza.

And here is what the Declaration does not mention: Jews. Judaism. The Jewish state. Antisemitism – the actual driver of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Even Jerusalem is only discussed in terms of Islamic and Christian rights. Jewish history is nowhere.

The Declaration represents multilateral bullying at its worst. But the United States is not powerless.
US-backed Gaza aid group slams Doctors Without Borders, accuses it of spreading 'false' claims
Following unrelenting criticism from the United Nations, the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is once again being targeted by NGOs, even as it delivered its 155 millionth meal to Gazans on Saturday.

Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, has launched ads criticizing GHF. Meta’s Ad Library shows that in August it ran several Facebook ads targeting the foundation. One ad read, "This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing." Another said, "In MSF’s 54 years, rarely have we seen such levels of systemized violence."

Both allegations are taken from an Aug. 6 article on MSF’s website in which General Director Raquel Ayora describes accounts received from patients reportedly injured around GHF sites. Ayora says aid seekers claimed to have witnessed "children shot in the chest while reaching for food. People crushed or suffocated in stampedes. Entire crowds gunned down at distribution points."

GHF spokesperson Chapin Fay called MSF's accusations, "false and disgraceful," saying that it is "amplifying a disinformation campaign orchestrated by the Hamas-linked Gaza Health Ministry. They know better. By repeating these lies, they’re not aiding civilians, they’re aiding Hamas."

"No civilians have ever been shot at any of our distribution sites," Fay told Fox News Digital.

Fay said, "Nearly every day, Nasser Hospital issues false reports to the media of civilians killed near our sites, based solely on testimony from others. Not a single MSF doctor has ever witnessed an incident near our sites. Any conflict between Israel and Hamas, sometimes several kilometers away, the Gaza Health Ministry falsely links to GHF."

In response to questions about whether MSF employees have witnessed injuries or deaths at GHF sites firsthand, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital that, "MSF has documented the impacts of violence and chaos at GHF sites in Gaza, based on firsthand accounts of our personnel and patients at two clinical sites, as well as a body of medical data."

MSF declined to respond to questions about how much money it has spent on ads targeting GHF, or whether it has advocated for medical care for Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.

The MSF spokesperson added, "For the past 22 months, humanitarian organizations working in Gaza and the West Bank have consistently faced baseless and inaccurate smear campaigns."

Though there is growing outcry about purported violence near GHF sites, reporting from the United Nations indicates that there were twice as many deaths surrounding humanitarian aid convoys (576) as there were deaths around GHF sites (259) between July 21 and Aug. 18.
Ben-Dror Yemini: As Pro-Palestinian Flotilla Heads to Gaza, Israel Should Counter by Sending Survivors, Hostage Families and Border Residents
Greetings to all those sailing on the flotilla to Gaza. We are convinced that if you truly knew the reality, the honest among you would join protests against the Islamo-Nazism that threatens you just as much as it threatens us. Hamas broadcasts have aired explicit calls "to kill all Jews and Christians to the last one."

On Hamas's children's television programs, they repeatedly teach - sometimes through a Mickey Mouse lookalike - that their ultimate vision is "the extermination of all Jews." Israel is not committing genocide; Israel is trying to prevent the genocide Hamas openly declares.

Fathi Hammad, a senior Hamas leader, admitted: "We use women and children as human shields." Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas's former leader, said: "We need the blood of women, children and the elderly." These are Hamas's stated policies. Israel regrets deeply that civilians are harmed - but they are harmed because of Hamas, not Israel.

Hamas and other jihadist groups represent Islamist imperialism that murders primarily Muslims who refuse to submit to its rule. Their vision is to impose strict sharia-based laws, which allow the total erasure of basic human rights. They themselves say, "raise the flag of Islam over the Vatican" while destroying Christianity and Christians worldwide. Is that truly the cause you want to help?

Survivors of the Nova music festival massacre, residents from Gaza border communities, families of hostages, and freed hostages should board Israeli boats to meet the flotilla, armed with their personal stories.


Trump says there will be a Gaza deal ‘very soon,’ asserts all hostages, dead or alive, will be returned
US President Donald Trump asserts that there will be a ceasefire deal reached in Gaza “very soon,” reiterating claims he has made repeatedly in recent months.

“I think we’re going to have a deal on Gaza very soon,” Trump tells reporters as he travels back to Washington from New York, without offering any details.

“It’s a hell of a problem,” he says. “It’s a problem we want to solve for the Middle East, for Israel, for everybody. It’s a problem we’re going to get done.”

Trump says that Hamas is holding hostages, “it could be a little bit less than 20 because they tend to die, even though they’re young people largely, they tend to die.”

Of the 48 hostages still being held in Gaza, Israeli authorities have declared 26 of them dead, saying it believes 20 are alive and that the fate of another two hostages is uncertain. Trump has in the past few weeks claimed that fewer than 20 hostages are still alive, alarming their families. Israeli authorities have said their assessment is unchanged.


Some pastors failed to teach the biblical case for Israel, Huckabee tells 'Post'
He calls much of the viral content “fabrications,” then asks the question he says no one can answer. “When in the history of the world has a country that is being attacked been expected to feed the territory that attacked it while the war is still going on? Name one,” he challenges.

We talk politics in the plainest way. Israel is less bipartisan than it once was, he says.

“You still have strong pro-Israel Democrats, but it is not the prevailing view.”

Republican support, in his telling, peaked under President Donald Trump. That is where the room’s mezuzah meets the moment. Huckabee argues the Iran strike mattered beyond the target set.

“We sent a message to allies that America will stand with you when it counts,” he says. “We sent an equally important message to adversaries. Do not mess with us.” He says Israelis felt it instantly. “You could feel the confidence meter go all the way over, like an electric car accelerating.”

The Israel lobby, the PR war, and what changed
Outside the embassy walls, the conversation about the “Israel lobby” has turned blunt. Trump told The Daily Caller last week that Israel was “losing the war of public relations” and that “Israel was the strongest lobby I’ve ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don’t.”

That line ricocheted through Washington and Jerusalem this week for a reason. It captures the shift Huckabee is diagnosing from the other side of the desk, where he keeps insisting the coalition is still there if Israel wins the story again.

Huckabee sees the same headlines we do, then answers them like a pastor. Social media is louder than scripture, he says, and foreign money tries to buy influence online. “People write checks if they think they can change a point of view, and they can sponsor social media influencers,” he says. “What do you influence. What do you produce?”

He hints at senior US participation at the City of David opening. Without details, he says he is “pretty sure” that “Secretary [Marco] Rubio” will be there. He also repeats that any Trump visit this fall will be about scheduling, not conditions. “He’ll come when it works in his schedule,” he says. “It’s not dependent on a ceasefire or a hostage deal.”

There is one more local note I cannot ignore. Last weekend, Huckabee paid a social visit to Efrat, joining Kabbalat Shabbat at Shirat David. Council head Col. Dovi Shefler called it a boost for the community and spoke about a “historic opportunity” to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. Huckabee has history there. Years ago, after laying a cornerstone, he joked that he might buy a home in Efrat. “Anybody with an IQ above broccoli would know I was kidding,” he laughs.

We end where we started, in a room that blends symbols with sentences. We ask him for a biblical verse before we leave, one that describes this period of time. Huckabee quotes Judges to describe the culture, “Every man did what was right in his own eyes,” then cites the Shema for the US-Israel bond. The ambassador’s closing is simple.

“Put out factual information and make sure the world hears it,” he says. “Control the message.”
Huckabee: ‘Palestine’ statehood drive has had ‘disastrous consequences’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told the BBC on Sunday that the France- and Saudi-led drive to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations later this month has had “disastrous consequences.

“I wish they would’ve thought about the implications,” Huckabee said in the interview, nothing the move would violate the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the 1990s.

“I don’t know why people don’t understand that unilaterally declaring a Palestinian state is a violation of the Oslo Accords that everybody thought would lead to a Palestinian state,” said the diplomat.

Huckabee noted that Jerusalem was considering extending its sovereignty to “more parts of Judea and Samaria” in response.

“So whatever the thought was, however noble it may have seemed, it has had disastrous consequences that have proven to do exactly opposite of what many of the European countries have thought would be a great idea,” he said.

Over the weekend, Huckabee told Israel’s Channel 14 News that the United States “has never asked Israel not to apply sovereignty” in Judea and Samaria.

Huckabee’s statement came on the backdrop of Hebrew-language reports claiming that Washington asked Jerusalem not to advance policies that could harm the Palestinian Authority’s stability.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday, “What you’re seeing with the West Bank and the annexation, that’s not a final thing—that’s something being discussed among some elements of Israeli politics.”


Huckabee: Israel in 'Battle of the Ages' | Jerusalem Dateline - September 5, 2025
UAE warns Israel and Trump: annexing parts of Judea and Samaria would threaten Abraham Accords. The IDF expands operations in Gaza city. And exclusive interview with U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee. And antisemitism rising in Europe.




Sa’ar: Recognizing Palestinian state ‘will push Israel to make unilateral decisions’
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar slammed Western countries’ plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly this month, warning on Sunday that such moves will push Israel to take reciprocal measures that he did not specify.

Speaking at a joint press conference in Jerusalem with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Sa’ar emphasized the importance of “dialogue” with Europe on regional issues, though he also decried an “anti-Israeli obsession wave in Europe today.”

And he reiterated the Israeli position that unilateral recognition of Palestine by Western countries “will be a present for Hamas,” following the terror group’s October 7, 2023, massacre that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza.

“It will push Israel also to have unilateral decisions, and that would be a grave mistake,” Sa’ar warned, urging “responsible states in Europe, including Denmark,” to push against the move.

“We still have time to prevent it,” he said, saying recognition of a State of Palestine “will not bring us closer to peace or security” and “will destabilize the region.”

Sa’ar remained vague over whether Israel plans to annex parts of the West Bank in response to recognition of a Palestinian state. He called recognition “a tremendous mistake,” saying Palestinian statehood has long been seen as one of the final status agreement issues to be determined in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

“You cannot disconnect statehood from peace, because if you do that, it will make it even harder to reach peace. A peace agreement in the future can happen only in a bilateral context,” Sa’ar argued.

Several Western countries have announced plans to recognize a State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly later this month, including France, the UK, Australia, Canada and, most recently, Belgium. Denmark has thus far refrained from doing so.

Israel and the United States have previously lambasted recognition of Palestine as a “reward for terror” in the wake of the October 7 onslaught.


3,000 warn Scotland leader his Israel stance fuels Jew-hatred
Activists against antisemitism in Scotland delivered a letter to the head of the government on Sunday signed by nearly 3,000 people warning that his anti-Israel actions and rhetoric were fanning the flames of Jew-hatred.

The letter delivered to Scottish First Minister John Swinney followed his announcement on Thursday that his government would pause new awards of public contracts to arms companies supplying Israel.

“Not one Palestinian life will be saved by these measures, but Jewish life in Scotland will be put further at risk,” Leah Benoz, founder and director of Scotland Against Antisemitism, said in a statement about the letter that her organization authored and got nearly 3,000 people to sign.

The letter noted that, in announcing the boycott, Swinney said that “in the face of genocide, there can be no business as usual.” Israel and the U.S. have roundly rejected the characterization of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza as genocide.

Scotland’s government “will pause new awards of public money to arms companies whose products or services are provided to countries where there is plausible evidence of genocide being committed by that country—that will include Israel,” Swinney said.

He also called for the recognition of a Palestinian state—something the British government has said it will do next week if Israel does not meet certain conditions, including reaching a ceasefire.

In the letter, the signatories asked Swinney to “retract inflammatory language, particularly around ‘genocide,’ engage with the Jewish community in Scotland,” and “commit to concrete measures to protect Jewish safety.”
Denmark not ready to recognize Palestinian state, FM says
Copenhagen is not prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Sunday, speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem with his Israeli counterpart.

“We are not ready yet to recognize, but our position is that we cannot allow anyone to have a de facto veto over the Danish position,” Rasmussen said during remarks alongside Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, referencing Jerusalem’s criticism of initiatives to recognize “Palestine.”

“Our position so far has been that we are ready to recognize when there’s a negotiated two-state solution,” the European diplomat continued, saying that his centrist government would never recognize a Palestinian state ruled by Hamas “or any other terrorist organization.

“It comes with a lot of preconditions,” Rasmussen said, “a disarmed Palestinian state, recognizing Israel, transparency, democracy—you can’t run for elections if you don’t recognize the sovereignty of Israel.

“That is our position and I really hope that we, in the foreseeable future, can start working together in achieving this, and make this vision more clear for people in Israel, Palestine and across the world,” he added.

The Israeli government has recently warned key European nations that any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state could prompt Jerusalem to extend its sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria.


One-fifth of British population antisemitic, study says
More than one in five Britons harbors or agrees with antisemitic views, a survey found. The numbers are the highest since similar studies began 10 years ago, The Telegraph reported on Sunday.

The findings come just before a national march by Jewish groups and their supporters in London on Sunday to protest “bigots and extremists” targeting Britain’s Jews.

The survey, conducted among a representative sample of British adults, found that 21% of the public supports four or more antisemitic statements, up from 16% last year. In 2021, that figure was 11%.

The number of British people holding antisemitic views has doubled in less than five years, to more than a fifth of the population.

The YouGov survey, commissioned by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), revealed that almost half of the population (45%) says that Israel treats Palestinian Arabs similar to the way Nazis treated Jews.

This surpasses last year’s record number of 33% who agreed with that statement.

The CAA said comparing Israel’s actions to those of the Nazis is “one of the most common antisemitic tropes that we see,” the Telegraph reported.

“It both trivializes the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were industrially slaughtered, and insultingly accuses victims of the crime committed against them of perpetrating it,” the CAA said.

Similar to a Harvard-Harris poll in the United States, the YouGov survey found that antisemitic attitudes were higher among younger people. Some 60% of young people accepted the view equating Israel with Nazis.

The study also found that of 18- to 24-year-olds, nearly half (49%) said they did not feel comfortable spending time around people who openly support Israel. Only 18% said they did feel comfortable doing so.
Anti-Israel sentiment all too often slips into crude antisemitism
The scandal over antisemitic tweets by Germany’s Die Linke party is not an isolated incident but part of a broader and troubling trend: the penetration of anti-Israel ideology into European public discourse, which, at times, slips into crude antisemitism.

The latest case reveals how ancient hatred takes on new faces under the modern guise of “human rights” and “democracy,” illustrating the challenge facing Jews and Israel today.

In July, about 52 Jewish students from France were removed from a Vueling flight in Valencia, Spain. According to initial reports, the decision came after the teenagers sang songs in Hebrew, and the pilot refused to fly with them. The incident drew widespread international media coverage and was interpreted as severe antisemitic discrimination, further evidence that even in Europe in 2025, Jews are subjected to humiliation and discriminatory treatment because of their identity.

Later, the airline and Spanish authorities claimed the group was removed for “disrespectful behavior” and violations of safety rules. Yet, the very fact that French authorities opened an investigation into suspected religious discrimination highlights the depth of the crisis and the real concern that this was a case of institutional bias. v The true uproar began when a Twitter account affiliated with Die Linke shared a report about the incident from the German-Jewish newspaper Jüdische Allgemeine, adding a chilling comment:
“We must disappoint you: The children weren’t thrown out while the plane was in the air.”

The remark was horrifying, evoking direct associations with the Holocaust and modern acts of terror. The tweet remained online for nearly three weeks before being deleted under public pressure. Yet the damage had already been done: Germany’s Jewish community – and European Jews at large – saw it as proof of the moral collapse of a party that presents itself as a pioneer of the “struggle for social justice.”
Gideon Falter: What Jews are facing today will face the whole country tomorrow
Britain’s Jews are not known for complaining. In fact, we canaries have been in tremendous health for most of my lifetime. My grandparents found refuge in this great country and built a life for my family. They taught us all to appreciate and contribute to this green and pleasant land, and be thankful for and part of its world-renowned tolerance, decency and respectful debate.

The question now is not whether Britain’s Jews will thrive, but whether they will thrive here. When Britain’s integrated and patriotic Jewish minority questions whether it has a future in the UK, that should ring alarm bells.

We are already seeing evidence that anti-Jewish hatred is spilling into anti-British hatred. For years, Palestine Action targeted Jewish-owned businesses and terrorised our community. They openly published manuals explaining how to set up a ‘cell’ structure, obtain burner phones and cause maximum damage with pickaxes. Police and politicians refused to treat them as a criminal gang.

Only when these well-organised thugs and extremists broke into Brize Norton and wrecked RAF jets were they proscribed. Were that the end of the matter, one might consider the initial inaction to be a misstep with minor consequences, but now Palestine Action’s supporters overwhelm police in mass demonstrations because they apparently want the right to sabotage our military’s equipment.

That is why anti-Semitism is so dangerous, and why its hatred never ends with Jews: it is because anti-Semitism enables one to hold deranged beliefs. This is increasingly evident amongst young people. Our YouGov polling published today by The Telegraph shows that whereas 21 per cent of British adults now hold four or more Antisemitic views (such as that Jews cannot be trusted or have too much power), that figure rises to 40 per cent of 18-to-24-year-olds. One in 10 of our young people now have a favourable view of Hamas, and 19 per cent think that the medieval rape, torture and murder of the October 7 atrocity was “justified”.

If this continues, the canaries are not going to make it, but only a fool would think that these bigoted and perverse views extend only to Jews. That is why the fight for a Britain in which Jews have a future is also the fight for Britain itself.

As Britain’s March Against Antisemitism gathers this Sunday at 1pm at Hallam Street and Weymouth Street in Marylebone, we will fly the Union Flag, demanding an end to appeasement and double standards, and a return to law enforcement. If Britain, which has given so much to humanity and to my family, continues to atrophy, it will be a tragedy for mankind. We hope that you will join us.


Chief Rabbi: UK policy on Palestine ‘strengthens extremists in our midst’
The Chief Rabbi has told thousands of demonstrators that the expected recognition of Palestine by Britain “strengthens extremists in our midst” as he stepped up his public condemnation of the move.

His comments came during Campaign Against Antisemitism’s third annual demonstration in Parliament Square, where he was joined by shadow Home Secretary Christian Philp and Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice.

The Government chose not to send a representative, leading to shouts of “traitors” from a few and the unfurling of a banner at the front of the crowd saying, “This stage has internationally been left blank.”

Sir Ephraim Mirvis said: “Right now for the Jews of the UK these are awful times. Long before 7 October, antisemitism was spiralling and once Hamas launched their horrific attack we have seen an explosion of hatred. A government-backed report recently told us antisemitism has become normalised in middle class Britain.

“The Britain we have always loved is a great country which champions tolerance for one and all. That is the beauty we want to have in the future.”

After joining an 75-minute march from Marylebone past the BBC to Westminster, told the gathered crowds that recognition while Hamas is in charge of Gaza and continues to hold hostages “achieves one thing in the UK – it strengthens the hand of the extremists in our midst”.

The Chief Rabbi said: “We pray for each innocent person in the region… we vow to continue to do whatever we can for the hostages”.

With the words ‘Stand Up For Our Values’ emblazoned on the stage, CAA chief executive Gideon Falter earlier kicked off the rally welcoming the mix of British and Israeli flags at the event and led with a minute’s silence for the victims of the Hamas atrocities.


French teen arrested for plotting attack on Israel, US embassies
French authorities have detained a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of plotting large-scale terrorist attacks against embassies and government institutions, including the Israeli embassy in Paris, sources close to the investigation told Agence France-Presse on Saturday.

The teenager was formally placed under investigation and jailed on Friday, confirming details first reported by Le Parisien.

The suspect was arrested on Monday at his parents’ home in Sarthe, western France, where he sustained minor injuries while trying to evade police.

A search uncovered a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State group, as well as a list of schools in the nearby city of Le Mans. Alongside the list was a note referencing numbers of liters, which investigators believe could relate to chemicals or incendiary materials.

The 17-year-old is suspected of considering attacks on the embassies of Israel, Britain and the United States, as well as the French Interior Ministry, media headquarters in Paris, and the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

According to one source cited by AFP, the teenager confessed to elements of the alleged plot, saying he was determined to carry out the plans, though no operational steps had yet been taken.

The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office declined to comment on the case, as did the suspect’s lawyer.

French authorities have repeatedly warned of a rise in radicalization among minors. Prosecutors said in April that 15 minors were implicated in terrorism-related cases in 2023, 18 in 2024, and 11 in the first half of 2025. With this latest arrest, at least 14 minors have been linked to terrorism investigations this year.
Man with fire bomb arrested outside Israeli embassy in Brussels
A suspicious individual carrying an incendiary device was arrested on Friday night outside the Israeli embassy in Brussels.

According to Israel’s Foreign Ministry, local security forces detained the suspect after the embassy’s security personnel identified him in the area.

No injuries were reported, and Israeli officials believe a potential attack on the embassy was thwarted, according to Ynet.

Belgian authorities have not yet confirmed the arrest, or published details about the background of the suspect currently in detention.

The incident came only three days after Belgium’s foreign minister announced that his country would be recognizing a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly this month.

“Belgium will recognize Palestine during the joint initiative of France and Saudi Arabia,” Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot tweeted on Sept. 2, calling the move a “powerful political and diplomatic signal.”

However, noting “the trauma suffered by the Israeli people as a result of the terror attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023,” Brussels’ top diplomat said that a royal decree that will formally recognize “Palestine” would only be signed after all captives are freed and Hamas is removed from power.
Israel reveals Iranian missile hit Haifa government tower in June
After more than two months under censorship, Israel confirmed on Sunday that an Iranian ballistic missile struck government offices in central Haifa during the June 13–24 aerial war with the Islamic Republic.

The 29-story Sail Tower, which is part of the District Government Center in the northern city, sustained heavy damage, along with nearby structures.

First response teams evacuated 23 people from the building, including three who sustained serious wounds. Twenty more were lightly injured.

Footage released on Sunday showed the moment of impact, with interceptor trails visible in the sky, followed by a fireball on the ground.

The June 20 attack was part of a wider barrage of 25 missiles that also targeted the Jewish state’s center and the southern city of Beersheva.

The Sail Tower remains empty due to the severity of the damage.

The 405-foot-tall building, also known as the “Missile Tower,” houses numerous Israeli government offices, including the city’s Interior Ministry’s branch.

Iranian missiles killed 30 civilians and one off-duty Israel Defense Forces soldier during the 12-day war, while wounding more than 3,000 others and displacing 13,000.


Almost half of Israelis believe Gaza op. has low chance of defeating Hamas - poll
Almost half of Israelis polled believe that the IDF's expansion of operations into Gaza City has a low chance of defeating the Hamas terror organization, according to a poll published on Saturday.

The poll found that 46% of Israelis feel this way, while 38% of those polled believe that the expanded operations will succeed in achieving this goal.

Approximately one-sixth of those polled, at 16%, were unsure.

Division over Oct. 7 investigation commission members The poll also found that over half of Israelis, at 52%, believe that a state commission of inquiry is the proper tool to investigate the failures of October 7, 2023, as opposed to a commission with members appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The poll also found that 30% support Netanyahu's proposal that the commission of inquiry should consist of members appointed by him, while 18% said they were unsure.

The poll was conducted by Lazar Research under Dr. Menachem Lazar together with the online response panel Panel4All. It surveyed 500 respondents, both Jewish and Arab, with a maximum margin of error of 4.4%.


Two injured as Houthi drone hits Ramon Airport near Eilat
A Houthi explosive drone crashed into Ramon Airport near Eilat on Sunday, shortly after the Israeli Air Force intercepted three UAVs launched from Yemen.

Video appears to show the moment of impact at the airport in southern Israel. The airspace was temporarily closed to traffic.

Less than two hours later, Ramon Airport resumed operations.

A Magen David Adom team at Ramon Airport reported two people lightly wounded who were treated on site before being transported to Yoseftal Medical Center in Eilat—a 63-year-old man in good condition with shrapnel injuries to his limbs and a 52-year-old woman in good condition after falling and sustaining limb injuries. Both worked at the airport.

Several others suffered from anxiety, according to an earlier MDA update.

“A short while ago, an additional UAV that was launched from Yemen fell in the Ramon Airport area,” the IDF said, adding that “no sirens were sounded, the incident is under review.”

The Israel Airports Authority said that the drone hit the arrivals hall and images published by Channel 12 showed extensive damage to the passenger area, both inside and outside the building.


Yair Netanyahu: Urban warfare expert explains the war in Gaza
In this episode, Yair interviews John Spencer, Executive Director of the Urban Warfare Institute and Chair of War Studies at the Madison Policy Forum, about the unique fighting conditions in Gaza — one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

They discuss how the fighting in Gaza is both similar to and different from other recent wars in terms of civilian casualties, and how the Israeli army is going to greater lengths to protect enemy civilians than any other military in history.




Mamdani, Sanders use Brooklyn College event to push pro-Palestine, anti-Israel agenda
Socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani used a Brooklyn College event hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders Saturday night to rip the City University of New York for firing and disciplining Israel-hating, pro-Palestine faculty members.

“I cannot begin my remarks this evening without first acknowledging … that no faculty member should be disciplined for supporting Palestinian human rights,” said Mamdani, shortly after being introduced as Sanders’ “special guest.”

The Democratic mayoral nominee was referring to at least four adjunct professors at Brooklyn College who claim they were canned in June – not over job performance, but over their pro-Palestine advocacy – but he failed to mention these same lecturers are also accused of enabling antisemitism at a college with a huge Jewish population.

The remarks drew huge cheers – and chants of “Free! Free Palestine!” — from a predominately lefty audience of nearly 1,800 who attended the “Fight Oligarchy” Town Hall at the college’s Leonard & Claire Tow Center.

Sanders – who briefly attended Brooklyn College in 1959-1960 — also criticized Israel, saying “we should have a foreign policy based on humanity,” and the U.S. government “should not be spending billions of dollars” supporting Israel.


Tunisia’s Gaza flotilla delayed, set to sail Wednesday
Organizers of the Tunisian contingent of an anti-Israel protest flotilla set to sail toward Gaza announced on Sunday a three-day delay in the launch of their journey for “technical and logistical reasons.”

The boats participating in the protest had planned to leave on Sunday from Tunisia to join other vessels from the Sumud anti-Israel flotilla already in the Mediterranean, but would leave on Wednesday instead due to the issues, which were “beyond management’s control,” the AFP news agency quoted organizers as saying.

The Tunisian vessels of the Sumud Flotilla had already been delayed by bad weather. Other parts of the flotilla have also faced delays due to weather and other malfunctions.

Last week, the flotilla’s main contingent set sail from Barcelona, carrying aboard anti-Israel activists Greta Thunberg of Sweden and the Irish actor Liam Cunningham of “Game of Thrones” fame, among others. It was forced to turn back on Sept. 1 due to stormy weather, organizers said, but set out some hours later.

The Global Sumud (“steadfastness” in Arabic) Flotilla aims to “break the siege” on the Gaza Strip and deliver some aid supplies, though it is largely understood to be a PR action.

Thunberg and hundreds of other anti-Israel activists departed from Spain and other countries on Sunday, in what Reuters described as the largest Gaza flotilla to date.

It is the second protest flotilla for the climate activist, who has pivoted to anti-Israel extremism since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. She is joined by far-left Portuguese parliamentarian Mariana Mortágua and activists from 44 countries, who departed from Barcelona, Sicily and Greece.


Brawl erupts at Bondi Beach after pro-Palestine protest descends on the Jewish neighbourhood
Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters have clashed at Sydney’s Bondi Beach as police were forced to intervene in several scuffles.

Anti-Israel activists descended on the prominent Jewish neighbourhood on Sunday, attempting to turn the beach into their own protest site.

Video footage from the scene showed several hundred demonstrators gathered on the sand, waving banners and chanting slogans.

Pro-Israel counter-protesters assembled on the Bondi Beach steps, draped in Israeli and Australian flags.

NSW Police established a heavy presence to keep the two groups apart, though tempers flared as the morning wore on.

Rabbi Yossi Friedman posted footage of a brawl at the beach, in which police can be seen separating protesters.

“They've come to Bondi Beach. Bondi, where there's a lot of Jewish people, specifically they've come here to cause this community to bring their hate,” Mr Friedman said.

The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) supported the counter-protest, arguing the demonstration was deliberately provocative.


‘In vain’: Police attempt to keep pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups apart at Bondi
Sky News host James Macpherson discusses the pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests at Bondi Beach on Sunday.

“Australia’s iconic Bondi Beach became the backdrop for a violent clash between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters today,” Mr Macpherson said.

“Fist fights broke out between the groups … as police tried, in vain, to keep the groups apart.”


‘Lowlife’ pro-Palestinian protestors in Bondi were ‘poking the bear’
Political commentator Camilla Bayley says the pro-Palestinian protestors on Bondi Beach on Sunday are just “poking the bear”.

“Nothing makes my blood boil more,” Ms Bayley told Sky News host Freya Leach.

“We’re seeing a whole bunch of lowlifes who need to get jobs.

“They’re going out to Bondi, where they know has a high population of Jewish people, and they’re just there to provoke.

“They’re just trying to get a reaction.”


‘In vain’: Police attempt to keep pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups apart at Bondi
Sky News host James Macpherson discusses the pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests at Bondi Beach on Sunday.

“Australia’s iconic Bondi Beach became the backdrop for a violent clash between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters today,” Mr Macpherson said.

“Fist fights broke out between the groups … as police tried, in vain, to keep the groups apart.”




WSJ vs. WSJ: A Paper at War With Its Own Reporting
Key Takeaways:
The Wall Street Journal contradicts itself – one report exposes Hamas’ “journalists,” another treats the same fact as a denial contest.
Headlines matter – leading with “Israel kills journalists” shapes perception before facts are read.
Credibility is at stake – readers must call out these contradictions if WSJ is to regain trust.

Just over one year ago, HonestReporting highlighted a striking dichotomy within The Wall Street Journal: while its opinion pages often feature robust defenses of Israel and incisive commentary on the Middle East, its news coverage has charted an increasingly troubling course.

This isn’t simply about tone. It’s about fundamental inconsistencies within the Journal’s own reporting that reveal a creeping bias — contradictions that should concern anyone who values accurate journalism. To illustrate how far its news pages have drifted, consider two stories that bookend just over 12 months of WSJ coverage. Both involve Hamas and individuals with media credentials, but the difference in framing is stark. When the Truth Was Told

In June 2024, the WSJ published a deeply reported feature, “The Hostages Next Door: Inside a Notable Gaza Family’s Dark Secret.” It revealed how an outwardly respectable family — a doctor and a journalist who contributed to Al Jazeera — held three Israeli hostages captive in their Gaza apartment at the behest of Hamas.

The Journal reported:
It was common knowledge in Nuseirat that the Al-Jamal family was close to Hamas, according to local residents who spoke to The Wall Street Journal. But they said few people… knew of the secret locked in the small, darkened room in the family’s apartment.

The hostages and Israeli security forces have said their captors included Al-Jamal’s son, 37-year-old Palestinian journalist Abdullah Al-Jamal.”

From their locked room, the hostages could hear Abdullah – a Hamas operative moonlighting as a “journalist” – going about his daily life with his family.

This echoed what HonestReporting had already exposed months earlier: numerous Gaza-based “journalists” were not neutral observers but active participants in Hamas’ terror machine, including the October 7 massacre.

Although the WSJ didn’t note it, Al Jazeera publicly denied any link to Abdullah Al-Jamal even as he appeared on their website, complete with byline and photograph. That denial, later proven false, is part of a consistent pattern: Al Jazeera repeatedly distances itself from individuals later exposed as active Hamas operatives.
‘Loud Bangs’ and ‘Armed People from Hamas’: Inside the BBC’s Disturbing News Coverage for Kids
Key takeaways:
The BBC’s Newsround downplayed Hamas’ October 7 massacre, focusing on “rockets” while ignoring Israeli victims and hostages, including repeatedly failing to mention deaths.
Gaza’s casualties and children were repeatedly highlighted, often with Hamas-supplied figures, with no comparable focus on Israeli children.
Marketed as “kids’ news,” Newsround is shaping young minds with bias presented as fact.

The BBC is not just broadcasting news to adults. It is also shaping the worldview of millions of children. Alongside its regular news coverage, the British broadcaster operates Newsround—a long-running children’s news program that began in the 1970s as part of afternoon kids’ television. Today, it appears as a weekday bulletin on CBBC, the BBC’s dedicated children’s channel, and runs as a digital platform on the BBC News website.

On the surface, Newsround markets itself as an accessible way for young audiences to understand major events, while still using the same on-the-ground reporters and journalists who deliver the BBC’s regular news broadcasts. It promises to explain complex global issues in simple terms, with “child-friendly” definitions such as: “A hostage is someone who has been taken by a group or a person to try to force another group or person into doing what they want.”

The program also features articles on “media literacy,” an Orwellian twist considering the BBC’s own track record of bias and misinformation. When the very outlet accused of slanting coverage now positions itself as the authority teaching children how to spot “fake news,” alarm bells should ring.

And ring they do. A review of Newsround’s coverage of the Israel–Hamas war since Hamas’ October 7, 2023, massacre reveals something deeply disturbing: the BBC is not simply reporting events to children. It is actively shaping how the next generation perceives Israel, Hamas, and the wider conflict—leaving out key facts, distorting context, and sanitizing terrorism.


Police investigating targeting of TWO Golders Green Synagogues in the past week
Police have described a series of antisemitic attacks in Golders Green as “revolting and appalling” and urged members of the public with information to come forward, after an unknown assailant smeared faeces on the walls and entrances of two Synagogues and one private residence.

Shomrim in North West London have managed to gather CCTV from multiple locations and have provided it to the police. The videos appear to show the same individual, a white male, carrying out the attacks on two prominent Synagogues in the Golders Green area. The first attack took place in the early hours of the morning of Wednesday 3 September, with the second attack on a synagogue happening early in the morning on Sunday 7 September. In both cases, the individual, who appears to have a close cut beard, carried out the attacks while wearing a dark hooded jumper and white shorts. Both Shomrim and the police confirmed that a private home was also targeted on a different night.

A Shomrim spokesperson described the attacks as “a deliberate and disgraceful antisemitic act targeting places of worship and members of our community. It is utterly disgusting, and those responsible must be caught and brought to justice.

“Nobody should have to face such hatred when going to pray or at their own home. Shomrim will continue to work closely with police to support the victims and to help ensure the perpetrators are found.”


Korea–Israel defense ties deepen as Rafael and Hyundai Rotem ink TROPHY APS agreement at MSPO 2025
In a move signaling the deep defense ties between Jerusalem and Seoul, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Hyundai Rotem Company (HRC) signed a strategic teaming agreement on Wednesday at the MSPO 2025 defense exhibition in Poland, paving the way for the integration of Israel’s battle-proven TROPHY Active Protection System (APS) onto South Korea’s K2 Main Battle Tank.

The agreement, signed at HRC’s booth in the presence of senior executives from both companies, will see the two cooperate on the integration, production, marketing, localization, and full life-cycle support of the TROPHY Active Protection System (APS) on HRC’s K2 Main Battle Tank and future platforms for the Republic of Korea.

“This agreement represents a shared commitment to advancing battlefield survivability for next-generation armored platforms,” said Tzvi Marmor, executive vice president and head of Rafael’s Land and Naval Systems Division. “We are proud to deepen our collaboration with Hyundai Rotem and look forward to combining Rafael’s operational combat experience with Korea’s industrial and technological strength.”

The TROPHY system, developed by Rafael and already deployed on IDF Merkava tanks and Namer APCs, has proven its effectiveness in intercepting anti-tank threats in real-time combat.

“With a strong track record on the battlefield, the Trophy APS offers a significant opportunity to enhance the protection of the K2 main battle tank,” said Hyung-Joon Jo, senior vice president and head of Hyundai Rotem’s Defense Solutions R&D Center.
Finland deploys Israeli Gabriel-5 missile, boosting Baltic naval power
The Finnish Navy has officially placed the Israeli-made Gabriel-5 anti-surface missile into operational service.

The milestone comes after a series of extensive exercises over the summer, where Finnish naval crews tested and integrated the missile into combat operations.

Designated as the Surface Defense Missile 2020 (PTO2020), the Gabriel-5 will replace the current M85 anti-ship missile and has been installed on board the Hamina-class fast-attack missile boats, significantly expanding the Finnish Navy’s strike capabilities against maritime and land targets. It will later be integrated onto the Pohjanmaa-class multi-role corvettes that are still under construction.

“The introduction of the surface defense system is a very significant step forward for the Finnish Navy and naval defense,” Rear Admiral Tuomas Tiilikainen, commander of the Finnish Navy, said in a statement, adding that “the sophisticated features and long range of the missile system contribute to ensuring the carrying out of naval defense tasks nationally or as a part of the Alliance.”

Manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, the missile has combined anti-ship and land attack capabilities with a reported range of close to 300 km. at high sub-sonic speed. It has beyond-the-line-of-sight strike capabilities and can strike both mobile and stationary targets, providing Finland with greater standoff capabilities.

Combat resistance
“By installing this system on several different platforms, we will achieve combat resistance and wide-area striking power against land and sea targets in the challenging circumstances of the modern battlefield and that of the future,” Tiilikainen said.




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