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Monday, September 29, 2025

09/29 Links Pt1: Is the war against Hamas worth it? ; Trump, Netanyahu unveil 20-point plan to end war in Gaza, release hostages within 72 hours

From Ian:

Is the war against Hamas worth it?
Israel understands that the battle with Hamas is not just ideological. It is also a religious war that is not susceptible to a negotiated accommodation. Those who say otherwise are, sadly, kidding themselves.

As the Allies did in ending World War II with Germany and Japan, Israel recognizes that it must dismember and replace the extant Gazan leadership – Hamas – with a political and religious leadership, which, while not loving us, nevertheless harbors no genocidal fantasies toward us.

It is all too tempting to say that in the name of releasing the remaining hostages, Israel should lay down its arms and agree to stop fighting, for months or even indefinitely. It is tempting but also self-destructive. It will ensure that those tunnels are cleaned out, those weapons are somehow replenished, and a new generation of genocidal leaders is allowed to emerge.

We will not only dishonor the sacrifice of our incredible soldiers, but we will also be setting the groundwork for a reprise of the October 7, 2023, nightmare.

This war is akin to a war of independence because it begs the question of what we are going to do in the name of being a sovereign, independent state.

Those who condemn us stand guilty of not putting themselves into our shoes. We cannot afford to do the same. We cannot afford to ignore the reality of what we are facing. In that sense, we are showing the world, whether they like it or not, what a sovereign state is willing to do to project and protect itself.

We did not ask for this war. We did not ask for genocidal neighbors, masters of brutality on an unprecedented scale. Still, nations usually do not get to pick their neighbors. They are required to play the geopolitical hand that they are dealt.

Our war with Hamas is a nightmare, but not to take on that challenge would lead to a far greater nightmare.
Seth Frantzman: How the Second Intifada built the walls that failed on October 7
The Second Intifada was a break with the past. It was much bloodier than the First Intifada. It led to the creation of the separation fence. It also led to almost complete separation from Palestinians in the West Bank.

The Second Intifada buried any chance at coexistence. The lesson was that separation was the only option. The walls and fences grew, and Israel left Gaza in 2005.

As we all know, Hamas took over Gaza in 2007. Palestinian elections didn’t produce democracy and peace. Instead, they led to cementing the aging Fatah leadership in power.

These bureaucrats, who looked like late Soviet henchmen, promised the Palestinians nothing more than corruption and failure. Hamas promised war.

As such, what we all got from 2005 at the end of the Second Intifada until the October 7 massacre was a status quo. Israel managed the conflict by “mowing the grass” via raids in the West Bank and flare-ups in Gaza.

Israel became arrogant and complacent sitting behind walls defended by Iron Dome interceptors and hi-tech.

Like the French in 1940, or the Americans before the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, or Custer wandering into the Little Bighorn, Israel assumed all was fine.

The October 7 massacre closed the door on the end of the Second Intifada. The lesson of Defense Shield was that tanks and muscle could end the insurgency.

But all that was forgotten – replaced with hi-tech and arrogance.

Then, with more than 1,000 dead and 250 taken hostage – with Jews carted off like it was the Kishinev pogrom, or massacre, in the 1880s in what is today Moldova – Israel went back into Gaza.

One thing can be said about the Second Intifada: No matter how much Israel suffered, it never became as weak as it was on October 7, 2023. The resulting war in Gaza, which has spread mass destruction, looks different than Defensive Shield largely because of the reaction.

Unlike the Second Intifada, Israel let its enemies on all fronts become far too strong after 2005.

Many of the paradigms gifted to Israel by its leaders in the 1990s and early 2000s have now been tossed out. Today, Israel is grasping for a new doctrine.


Trump, Netanyahu unveil 20-point plan to end war in Gaza, release hostages within 72 hours
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan to end the war in Gaza, with a 72-hour deadline, which begins when Israel accepts the agreement, for Hamas to return the hostages whom it holds in Gaza.

Speaking at a press conference after the White House released the plan, Trump said that Hamas has not agreed to the proposal but that Arab and Muslim countries are negotiating with the terrorist group.

“We’re relying on the countries that I named and others to deal with Hamas, and I’m hearing that Hamas wants to get this done, too,” Trump said.

Trump said that if Hamas rejects the proposal, he will continue to support Israel’s war effort.

“If Hamas rejects the deal, which is always possible—they’re the only one left, everyone else has accepted it—but I have a feeling that we’re going to have a positive answer,” Trump said. “If not, as you know, Bibi, you’d have my full backing to do what you would have to do.”

The plan calls for an immediate ceasefire, phased Israeli withdrawal from most of Gaza, Hamas releasing Israeli hostages in exchange for the Jewish state releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, amnesty for Hamas members who lay down arms and creating a “technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee” to govern Gaza on a transitional basis.

It largely conforms to prior media reports about the proposal, except that it does not include an Israeli pledge to refrain from carrying out airstrikes against Qatar. Netanyahu made that promise orally in a phone call with Qatar’s prime minister earlier on Monday, in which he also apologized for violating Qatari sovereignty in the Sept. 9 bombing, according to a White House readout of the call.

‘UNRWA can’t come back’
Richard Goldberg, senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS that the plan includes both things that would occur quickly and concretely—like releasing the hostages within 72 hours—and longer-term items, like reforming the Palestinian Authority.

“The top-line principles of the deal are exactly in line with Israel’s stated war goals, demands, priorities and interests,” Goldberg said. “How does it actually all happen? There are a million ways this could all go bad.”

“How do you actually deradicalize the Gaza Strip?” he said. “How do you actually ensure that it becomes a terror-free zone long term? Who will be participating in this international security force?”

Other questions include “how will you ensure the United Nations is not continuing to provide services, money, aid, equipment to members of Hamas or other terror organizations that are not recognized as terror organizations by the United Nations?” Goldberg said. “How do you deradicalize if the Qataris are at the table, having been longtime sponsors, financiers of Muslim Brotherhood ideology and the radicalization that obviously has already taken place?”

“These are all important questions that we’re going to have to address,” he told JNS.

The plan calls for aid distribution in Gaza via the United Nations “and its agencies” to “proceed without interference.” It does not say what role, if any, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency—the U.N. Palestinian aid agency that Israel banned in January over its alleged ties to Hamas—will play in a future Gaza.

Goldberg told JNS that UNRWA continuing to have a role in Gaza would undermine efforts to deradicalize the Palestinian enclave.

“UNRWA can’t come back,” he said. “What does it mean to have the United Nations in some sort of leading role in the delivery of aid and services, and how does that align with the stated objective of a Gaza that is self-sufficient for the Gazan people who would also de-radicalize? UNRWA cannot deliver on either of those.”
Trump and Netanyahu Agree: Hamas Must Accept Peace Plan or Israel Will ‘Finish the Job’
President Donald Trump unveiled an ambitious Gaza peace plan—with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side—that starts with disarming Hamas. Should the terror group and Arab states refuse to take the deal, Trump said, the United States will grant Israel its "full backing" to "finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas."

Trump unveiled his 20-point peace plan Monday during a press conference at the White House, where he and Netanyahu outlined their vision for a regional accord that will bring an end to Israel’s war against Hamas, bring home the 48 remaining hostages, eliminate the terrorist threat, and set the stage for further Arab relations with the Jewish state. The proposal—which has the endorsements of Israel and, according to Trump, leading Arab nations—mandates Gaza become a "deradicalized terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors," according to a copy of the draft plan provided by the White House.

"Everyone understands that the ultimate result must be the elimination of any danger posed in the region, and that danger is caused by Hamas," Trump said. "If they're unable to do so, then Israel would have the absolute right, and actually our full backing," to destroy Hamas on the battlefield.

Trump announced the plan just three days after Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly Israel will never accept a Palestinian state created through international pressure and without preconditions on both Hamas and the West Bank’s Palestinian Authority (PA).

"We will not commit national suicide because you don't have the guts to face down a hostile media and anti-Semitic mobs demanding Israel's blood," the Israeli prime minister said on Friday at the United Nations.

The Trump administration’s proposal, by contrast, "achieves our war aims," Netanyahu said at the White House press conference.

"I support your plan to end the war in Gaza," he added. "It will bring back to Israel all our hostages, dismantle Hamas military capabilities and its political rule, and ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel."
The White House: President Donald J. Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict


‘The closest we’ve ever come’: Full text of Trump, Netanyahu statements on deal to end Gaza war

Full text: Trump’s 20-point ‘comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict’

Netanyahu apologizes to Qatar at White House meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday amid predictions that the leaders might announce a proposal for ending the war in Gaza.

During the meeting, Netanyahu and Trump called Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is also Qatar’s foreign affairs minister, and the Israeli premier apologized for violating the Gulf state’s sovereignty when Israel killed five Hamas members and a Qatari security guard in a Sept. 9 airstrike in Doha.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu expressed his deep regret that Israel’s missile strike against Hamas targets in Qatar unintentionally killed a Qatari serviceman,” per a White House readout of the call. “He further expressed regret that, in targeting Hamas leadership during hostage negotiations, Israel violated Qatari sovereignty and affirmed that Israel will not conduct such an attack again in the future.”

The three leaders agreed to establish a “trilateral mechanism to enhance coordination, improve communication, resolve mutual grievances and strengthen collective efforts to prevent threats,” the White House said.

The three also “discussed a proposal for ending the war in Gaza,” according to the White House, but it was unclear from the U.S. readout if the three leaders agreed to a proposal during the call.

After the apology was reported, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s minister of national security, stated in Hebrew that the airstrike was “important, just and supremely moral.”

“Whoever sends monsters to burn babies, rape women and abduct elderly women must know that there is no place in the world where he is safe,” he stated. “It is time to tell the world the truth: Qatar is a state that supports terrorism, funds terrorism and incites terrorism.”


Hamas official: We’re ready to release all hostages, living and dead, at end of war; won’t disarm
Tahir al-Nono, a senior Hamas official, tells the Qatari channel Al-Arabi that the terror group is ready to release hostages upon the end of the war, in response to a question whether Hamas would agree to release all the captives within 48 hours, as reported to be part of the American plan.

“The presence of the prisoners with Hamas is connected to ending the war and the withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip. Whether this happens in the first days [of the agreement], in the middle, or gradually — this will be part of the discussion. We are ready to release all the prisoners we hold, both the living and the dead. Their presence is temporary until the end of the war and a dignified exchange [of prisoners],” he says.

He adds: “There are prisoners [hostages] who have died, and equipment is required to retrieve their bodies. This takes time, and we have already said this during the negotiations. We are ready to release them all as part of a comprehensive agreement to end the war and secure the withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip.”

Al-Nono stresses: “Regarding the latest plan — we have not received it, and we are not part of the negotiations on it, neither directly nor indirectly. Once we receive the plan officially and the organization’s leadership studies it, we will announce our clear position.”

Al-Nono adds that Hamas is ready for an agreement with the Palestinian Authority [regarding the day after], saying: “From day one, we have said that we are interested in a technocratic government to rule both Gaza and the West Bank. The problem is not between us and the Authority.”

He reiterates Hamas’s stance that it refuses to disarm: “Our position [Hamas’s] regarding this [disarmament] is clear — armed resistance is the right of the Palestinian people as long as there is occupation. If the Palestinian people are liberated and the Palestinian state is established, then there will be no need for resistance and weapons, and this will be part of the Palestinian entity.”


ICC filing seeks arrest warrants for Iran’s leaders over Bibas family murders
Lawyers in the United States have filed a case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) demanding arrest warrants for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commander Esmail Qaani, over their alleged role in the 7 October massacre that claimed the lives of Shiri Bibas and her young sons Ariel, 4, and Kfir, just nine months old.

The filing, submitted in The Hague by human rights attorney Elliot M. Malin and former US Justice Department war crimes prosecutor Eli M. Rosenbaum, cites FBI intelligence linking Tehran to Hamas’s atrocities. It accuses Iran of providing weapons, training and direction to Hamas, enabling the group to commit genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The lawyers acted on behalf of Maurice Shnaider, whose relatives were murdered and abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz. His sister Margit Shnaider Silberman and her husband Josรฉ Luis were killed when their home was torched. Their daughter Shiri Bibas and her children Ariel and Kfir were kidnapped to Gaza and later killed.

“My family had multiple generations tortured and murdered at the hands of those who persecute people of Jewish heritage,” Shnaider said. “First by the Nazis during the Holocaust, and then again on 7 October. ‘Never Again’ was supposed to mean something, so today we demand justice for my lost and affected family, and so many others.”

Malin said: “‘Justice, justice, you shall pursue’ is taught to us in the Bible (Deuteronomy 16:20), and justice we plan to pursue for Mr Shnaider and his entire family.”

Rosenbaum added: “Given that the ICC’s Prosecutor asserted nearly two years ago that the Court possesses jurisdiction over the 7 October Hamas atrocities and their aftermath, it is long past time to act to hold accountable Hamas’s main accomplices in Tehran.”


Seth Frantzman: The Battle for Gaza City
The IDF has had to retake a bunch of ground in northern Gaza to get to the gates of Gaza City, completed in Operation “Gideon’s Chariots” that began in May 2025. But Israeli divisions have repeatedly conquered areas and then mostly given them back.

Gaza City is a key example. It was surrounded and parts of its outlying neighborhoods were captured in October and November 2023. In October and November 2024, the IDF once again went into northern Gaza and largely destroyed Beit Lahiya and Jabaliya. However, Hamas continued to recruit. For instance, Beit Hanoun, a town in northern Gaza, had to be completely destroyed during Gideon’s Chariots in summer 2025. The IDF has retaken Zeitoun for the sixth time.

The weapons the IDF is finding are mostly old or in bad condition, according to some recent photos. It doesn’t appear Hamas has much of its armory left. Nevertheless, the terrorist group continues to inflict casualties. On September 25, the IDF named Staff Sgt. Chalachew Shimon Demalash, an Ethiopian Jew from Beersheva, as the latest casualty.

The other remaining Hamas stronghold is the Central Camps. This is the name for the city of Deir al-Balah and three adjacent refugee camps that have evolved into built-up urban areas over the years. This area has largely been spared heavy fighting and now some two million Gazans reside in either the Central Camps or Mawasi, with the latter designated initially as a safe zone in Gaza, though Hamas fighters have established there and attracted IDF attention. Hamas may continue to rebuild some capabilities by controlling the civilians in these two areas.

Hamas is weakened but still seeks to control the 2.1 million people in Gaza. Meanwhile, IDF reservists, the bulk of the forces, have done an unprecedented amount of duty; reports over the last six months portray units as fatigued with fewer people showing up for reserve unit call-ups. Still, the great majority of reservists continue to serve when needed.

With Hamas refusing to surrender, an open question is whether its remaining units can simply melt away from Gaza City and re-emerge in the Central Camps, to fight another day. If so, then the Gaza City operation now underway will not lead to PM Netanyahu’s goal of total victory over Hamas.


Ex-hostage Eliya Cohen responds to death of his Hamas captor
The IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Sunday the elimination of the terrorist who abducted Eliya Cohen from a shelter on Highway 232, in the Re'im area, on October 7.

Cohen responded to the news alongside his fiancรฉe, Ziv Abud, a survivor of the Nova music festival.

The two had sought refuge in a shelter now known as the “death bunker.” Of those who hid there, 16 were killed by terrorists, four were taken hostage, and seven were rescued by Israeli forces.

The two responded to the full circle moment in a video on Sunday.

The happiest person in the world
"Wow, I think I'm the happiest person in the world right now," said Ziv. "Whoever kidnapped Eliya, who pulled him out from among all the bodies and loaded him into a pickup truck like a sack of potatoes and took him to Gaza in a pickup truck, the IDF took him down."

Abud then turned the camera to Eliya and asked, "What do you have to say about that?"

Eliya responded, "First of all, thank God, thank you, Father."

"Now the next in line are the triangle, the circle, and the square," he said, alluding to the code names the hostages gave the Hamas members holding them captive.

Earlier, Eliya spoke with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon at an event for community leaders, where he told his personal story and sang a song of praise for the killing of his captor.
IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas deputy commander who participated in hostage release parades
Hamas terrorist Musa Shaldan was killed in Gaza City last week, the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) confirmed in a joint statement on Monday.

Shaldan, a deputy commander of Hamas's Zeitun Battalion, participated in the October 7 massacre, as well as taking part in the hostage release parades Hamas arranged earlier this year.

He also carried out numerous attacks on IDF soldiers operating in Gaza, including sniper and anti-tank fire.

IAF kills Hamas Nukhba company commander
The Israel Air Force killed Nukhba company commander Hasan Mahmoud Hasan Hussein in a strike in Gaza City on Sunday.

The IDF stated that Hussein also took part in abducting Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023, and the massacre of several Israeli civilians when he threw a grenade into a bomb shelter in Re'im, near Route 232.


The Al-Qassam Brigades [Hamas] has released its footage of the August 20 battle with the IDF near Khan Yunis.
The Al-Qassam Brigades [Hamas] has released its footage of the August 20 battle with the IDF near Khan Yunis.

In this thread, I will be geolocating video clips released by the group, as well as showcasing additional footage previously unseen, provided by @orfialkov (thank you!)

Firstly, the video starts off with a militant climbing out of a tunnel and showcasing the area around, one can see old cell towers along Salah Al Din road. The POV is located approximately here (see tunnel in quoted tweet)

Temporary encampment that is set up by the Al- Qassam Brigades [Hamas], which is used as a staging

Al-Qassam [Hamas] terrorists moving along the main road and into a nearby house.

Al-Qassam [Hamas] terrorists shooting into a house, a crane is also visible in the footage likely used as a surveilance site by the IDF.

In the last geolocatable clip of the video, we see Al-Qassam [Hamas] terrorists retreating after being repelled by IDF forces.


Stand with us, ex-Mossad chief begs Britain as he reveals REAL reason Starmer ‘rewarded terror’
Britain must join the fight against Hamas and not reward terror by recognising a Palestinian state, the former chief of Mossad has said.

Veteran Israeli spy Yossi Cohen vowed to eradicate every last enemy fighter in Gaza - as he fumed that Israel is "doing the world's job alone".

Mr Cohen demanded to know why Britain and other countries were not helping Israel after joining previous fights against other terror groups.

Sitting down with The Sun, he said: "The big question is, will you join us?


Europe sides with Hamas: How will Israel respond next?
What does it really mean when countries like France, Britain, and Australia “recognize” a Palestinian state, and how could it impact Israel’s sovereignty, diplomacy, and security? In this episode of Basic Law, hosted by Aylana Meisel, Executive Director at the Israel Law and Liberty Forum, we take a deep dive into one of the most consequential debates shaping Israel’s future.

Joining the discussion is International law expert Eugene Kontorovich, who explains why symbolic recognitions may seem hollow but could open the door to dangerous precedents at the United Nations, sanctions campaigns modeled on South Africa and pressure to erode Israel’s control over its own borders.

Together, they discuss:
Why recognition does not create a Palestinian state under international law.
How European powers like Britain and France, both members of the U.N. Security Council, could set the stage for future resolutions against Israel.
The implications of a shifting U.S. administration on Security Council vetoes.
The legal and strategic meaning of applying Israeli civil law in Judea and Samaria.
The growing threats of “lawfare,” from sanctions to ICC warrants targeting Israeli leaders.
The controversy surrounding the so-called “Gaza flotilla” and the legality of Israel’s blockade.

Chapters
0:00 – Introduction: Palestinian state recognition debate
2:15 – What recognition actually means under international law
6:42 – Why Britain and France matter as Security Council members
10:30 – Could a future U.S. administration allow statehood?
14:05 – Risks of South Africa–style sanctions and boycotts
18:50 – Dependence of a Palestinian state on Israel’s economy and utilities
23:40 – Symbolism of applying Israeli civil law in Judea & Samaria
28:55 – The rise of lawfare: sanctions, ICC warrants, and boycotts
34:12 – Closing foreign consulates in Jerusalem as a response
38:40 – The Gaza flotilla: legality of Israel’s blockade explained
44:10 – Boats, activists, and international PR battles
49:25 – Remedies under international law: seizure of ships and enforcement
53:50 – What comes next: Israel’s choices in diplomacy and law
57:20 – Conclusion and closing thoughts


It’s now thinkable that Carney and co. don’t want Israel to win
No military in history has been as careful as Israel to minimize civilian casualties in war. And no country has been criticized for it like Israel has — including by Canada. That’s the assessment of guests Richard Kemp and John Spencer, former military men and two of the highest authorities on urban warfare. They explain to Brian the groundbreaking lengths the IDF goes to in Gaza to mitigate harm, and wholeheartedly reject claims against Israel by Prime Minister Mark Carney and his confederates in the U.K., France and Australia who last week recognized a Palestinian state. The antagonism of Canada and co. suggests they don’t really want Israel to succeed, helping Hamas to prolong the war. The West, they say, has “blood on its hands.”


"Crunch Time" For Longest War In Israel's History
Julia Hartley-Brewer is joined by former Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy to discuss the significance of a meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, focusing on a 21-point peace plan aimed at ending the Israel-Hamas war.

The plan involves either Hamas dismantling itself, or Israel continuing military operations and handing Gaza over to a transnational authority.

There is discussion about the reluctance of neighbouring countries (Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia) to take responsibility for Gaza.

Eylon Levy criticises Western governments, particularly the UK and France, for pressuring Israel to end the war while Hamas remains in power, arguing this could lead to future conflicts.

They also touch on the role of Qatar as a state sponsor of Hamas and the perceived double standards in international responses to the conflict.

Julia and Eylon discuss the walkout by Muslim nations during Netanyahu’s UN speech, criticising the United Nations and the behaviour of diplomats.


GAME OVER! Could this be the end of Hamas? [Trump's Gaza plan]
Is Trump about to end the Gaza war? Or is his so-called “peace plan” just another media stunt?

Israeli innovation envoy Fleur Hassan-Nahoum is joined by human rights activist and journalist Emily Schrader, Chochmat Nashim founder Shoshana Keats-Jaskoll, and senior contributing editor at JNS and “Israel Undiplomatic” host Ruthie Blum to break down the biggest developments shaking Israel and the Middle East.

The show opens with Trump’s dramatic 21-point proposal, a deal said to include hostage release, demilitarization of Gaza and political restructuring backed by Qatar. But is Hamas really on board? And can Israel afford to trust anyone at the table? The hosts debate whether this is a historic turning point or just another illusion.

Also on the table: Netanyahu’s speech at the UN. While powerful in tone, the panel blasts Israel’s years-long failure in public diplomacy, especially the delayed release of October 7, 2023 atrocity footage.

From internal infighting in government ministries to Israel’s missed opportunities abroad, this is a candid look at the dysfunction behind the headlines. The panel also exposes antisemitism inside the UK’s NHS, slams Tucker Carlson’s “blood libel” Jesus comments, mocks the collapsing Gaza flotilla and calls out the Western media’s silence on the genocide of Christians in Nigeria.


What Israelis REALLY think of Palestinian state recognition
We hit Tel Aviv Beach to hear what everyday Israelis think after Australia, Britain and Canada recognised a Palestinian state.




Michael Rapaport says he was ‘shocked and hurt’ by US citizens' ‘celebration’ of October 7
Actor Michael Rapaport says he was shocked by the “celebration and elation” of October 7, 2023, "while bodies and massacres were still being sorted out" in Israel.

Since the October 7 attacks on Israel, Michael Rapaport has been an outspoken advocate against antisemitism. He’s one of the few Hollywood celebrities courageous enough to speak out against the explosion in antisemitic attacks.

“I was very shocked, I was very surprised, I was very hurt by the immediate antisemitism in the United States, specifically in New York,” Mr Rapaport told Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus.

“People’s behaviour in your country [Australia], people’s behaviour all over my country [USA] was similar to the behaviour of the ‘innocent’ civilians of Gaza celebrating … an orgasmic elation.”


Hamas admits to ‘losing contact’ with Israeli hostages and calls for halt to air strikes
Sky News host Danica De Giorgio discusses Hamas admitting to losing contact with two Israeli hostages during IDF operations in Gaza.

“The terror group is demanding a halt to air strikes so it can search for them,” Ms De Giorgio said.

“Is it outrageous that Hamas, a terrorist organisation, kidnaps innocent Israelis and turns around and says, oh, we’ve actually lost them.”


travelingisrael: Why Israel Wants the World to Hate It – Gaza’s Child Victims (China & the Conflict)
A Chinese professor claims Israel is “sacrificing children” in Gaza to unite Jews and bring about the end of the world. This video exposes how ancient blood libels get recycled as modern propaganda — with Beijing’s fingerprints all over it.

From TikTok to academia, here’s how China weaponizes lies about Israel to weaken the West.




Zohran Mamdani refuses to denounce Hamas after Netanyahu vows to eradicate terrorists
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani refused to denounce Hamas after he was asked to back Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to wipe out the terrorists and secure the release of all remaining hostages.

Mamdani stopped short of condemning the militant group after Netanyahu used his defiant address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to declare that Israel must “finish the job” in its war against Hamas.

“I am not going to echo the words of Benjamin Netanyahu,” the mayoral nominee told reporters when asked point-blank later Friday if he agreed with the Israeli PM’s stance that Hamas is a terrorist group that needs to be destroyed.

“I can, however, share my own words and say them right here, which is that my politics is built on a universality. I can think of no better illustration of that than from the words of the hostage families themselves: Everyone for everyone,” he added.

“What has been so infuriating to me and so many New Yorkers, frankly, is Benjamin Netanyahu’s use of the hostages as a justification to continue a war that has only continued to endanger the lives of those very hostages, as well as of so many Palestinians,” Mamdani said.

It comes after Netanyahu had earlier warned that Hamas would only “repeat the atrocities” of Oct. 7, 2023, if the terror group wasn’t eradicated and as he rejected recognition of a Palestinian state, which several US allies did ahead of the General Assembly.


Germany's largest ever pro-Gaza protest: Up to 100,000 take to Berlin to call for end to 'genocide'
Between 60,000 and 100,000 protesters took to the streets of Berlin in what is believed to be the largest ever pro-Gaza demonstration in Germany to date.

Among other things, the protesters on Saturday called for an end to the “genocide,” a stop to German arms supplies to Israel, and unhindered access to humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza. The demonstration ended in a solidarity event at the Victory Column, named “All Eyes on Gaza – Stop the Genocide,” which featured political speeches and musical contributions.

According to TAZ, protester rules were read out in Arabic and German before speeches were given at the Victory Column. Protesters were told it was forbidden to burn flags, propagate the destruction of Israel, spread hateful messages against ethnic groups, or display symbols, flags, or stickers of Hezbollah, the PFLP, and Islamist organizations.

Left Party leader Ines Schwerdtner said, “What we have experienced today is impressive: More than 100,000 citizens have come to Berlin to show solidarity with Palestine, peacefully and vigorously.”

She expressed “solidarity with the people – in Palestine as well as in Israel – who oppose the extreme right-wing government.”

German Jewish musician Michael Barenboim also spoke. He claimed Israel’s “genocidal intent has been visible to the whole world” and accused Germany of “having made the genocide possible in the first place through the continued support of Israel.”

The organizing groups, including Amnesty, Oxfam’s German branches, and Medico International, said that over 100,000 people took part, but the police estimated the number at about 60,000. Regardless, the number surpassed the largest German Gaza demonstration to date, which saw 50,000 people march through Berlin.

A police spokeswoman told German media that the protest was “mostly very peaceful,” with a couple of issues relating to graffiti and property damage.
Labour conference votes in support of Israel genocide motion that ‘neglects to mention 7 Oct’
Labour Party conference has voted in support of a trade union-backed motion that accuses Israel of committing a genocide in Gaza and calls for a full arms sale ban by the UK government.

The result provoked a furious response from the Jewish Labour Movement, which said the motion, proposed by the public service union Unison and seconded by Aslef, the train drivers’ union, “barely pays lip service to the 48 hostages held by terrorists in Gaza” and “neglects to mention October 7.”

In a vote on Tuesday, delegates rejected a motion that was seen as being more supportive of the leadership position on the conflict under Keir Starmer’s leadership in favour of a motion the caled for the government to “employ all means reasonably available to it to prevent the commission of genocide in Gaza”, “fully suspend the arms trade with Israel and the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement”, and “accept the findings of the UN commission of inquiry”.

With all the trade unions supporting the more hardline motion, and carrying 50% of the total vote, emergency motion number 2 easily passed on a show of hands in the conference hall in Liverpool.

In a statement after the result, Ella Rose-Jacobs, National Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement said:” JLM are hugely disappointed to see that, thanks to union votes, Labour Party Conference has voted for a motion on Israel-Palestine that neglects to mention October 7th or Hamas and barely pays lip service to the 48 hostages held by terrorists in Gaza.

“This emergency, non-binding, motion is not the route to the two state solution our Labour government is working towards.

“Whilst the debate itself was conducted with civility, the outcome is not what we’d expect to see from a Party of government.

“We urge the government to continue to pursue a path of peace for all Israelis and Palestinians.”


Britain was wrong to let Jews settle in Palestine and is responsible for decades of ethnic violence including the Gaza war, Labour conference told
Britain should not have let Jews settle in Palestine and is responsible for decades of ethnic violence that followed in the Middle East, the Labour Party conference heard today.

Dr Victor Kattan claimed that the current bloody conflict in Gaza was 'made in Britain' as he campaigned for the UK to apologise and make 'reparations' to Palestinian Arabs.

At a fringe event attended by left-wing Labour MPs and peers he said that the period of British rule between 1917 and 1948 before Israel was created had witnessed policies of 'occupation, repression and partition'.

The Labour politicians, who include Jeremy Corbyn ally John McDonald, are supporting the campaign, 'Britain owes Palestine', which demands the UK take responsibility for 'serial international law violations' including alleged war crimes committed during what was known as the British Mandate.

It also criticises the UK for the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which set out support for 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people'.

Dr Kattan told the event in Liverpool that British control of the Middle East 'violated the legal standards of the time', with policies that included 'large-scale demographic engineering, involving the mass immigration of Jewish persons to Palestine, a country which, when Britain occupied it in 1917, was more than 93 per cent Palestinian Arab'.

He added: 'When the British government, British armed forces left Palestine, the Jewish population constituted 33 per cent of the total population, having grown from less than 5 per cent of the population when Britain had arrived.

'Throughout those years Britain denied self-government to the Arab majority, suppressed opposition to Zionism violently and then abandoned the country in the summer of 1948 leaving Palestine in a state of chaos and anarchy.'




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