Saturday, November 01, 2025

11/01 Links: The illusion of Palestinian peace; Hamas again hands over remains that don’t belong to hostages; CENTCOM posts footage of Hamas terrorists looting aid truck

From Ian:

The Balfour Declaration is a monument to humanity in this dark age of anti-Semitism
The revival of anti-Semitism has shown in a way no Zionist arguments ever could, the need for a state with a Jewish majority where Jews can live without fear.

The Balfour Declaration contained an important proviso – “that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine”. It did not mention the national rights of Arabs, since at that time many believed that such rights were reserved for those of European origin.

All the same, “the civil and religious rights” of Arabs are better protected in Israel than in the murderous regimes and failed states which constitute much of the rest of today’s Middle East.

The early Zionists hoped for Arab acceptance. But a brief period of amity soon gave rise, inevitably no doubt, to a persistent and often violent conflict between two national claims, each backed by religion.

Balfour would not have been surprised. As chief secretary for Ireland in the 1880s, he had been accused of being unjust to Irish nationalists. “Justice” he mused, “there is not enough to go round”. And indeed in the Middle East there isn’t.

Nevertheless, Israel has become an insurance mechanism for Jews against anti-Semitism; and sadly no one can predict when or where that mechanism will be needed.

And that is why, as the diplomatic historian, Tom Otte, has argued, the Balfour Declaration stands as “one of the few monuments to humanity in the 20th century”.
The illusion of Palestinian peace
The “ecstasy” of jihad was visible on Oct. 7, in videos of young men calling their parents to boast about killing Jews with their own hands, and in the mobs cheering as kidnapped Israeli girls were paraded through Gaza’s streets.

Even academics in the West, such as Cornell’s Russell Rickford, revealed the same moral sickness when he called the massacre “exhilarating.”

Arab–Palestinian wars have always followed this script: an initial eruption of homicidal and suicidal ecstasy, followed by crushing defeat—the War of Independence (1948), the Six Day War (1967), the Intifadas, and now the war of Oct. 7. Yet from each failure, what remains in memory is the thrill of violence, not the price of it.

This mindset—rooted in the dream of expanding Dar al-Islam (the land of Islam) by erasing Dar al-Harb (the land of war)—turns every peace proposal into betrayal, and every act of terror into redemption.

Meanwhile, international institutions like the United Nations invert morality by cloaking this death cult in the language of “human rights.” The result is what the Arab intellectual Fouad Ajami called “a palace of dreams” turned into a trap of death.

The much-discussed “deradicalization” needed for a peace process is nowhere in sight. As this survey makes clear, the obstacle is not Israel’s settlements or borders—it is the culture of hatred itself.

Until that changes, peace will remain a Western illusion.
Hamas again hands over remains that don’t belong to hostages
Hamas transferred to Israel the remains of three individuals that do not belong to any of the 11 slain hostages still held by terrorist in Gaza, Israel’s broadcaster Channel 13 reported on Saturday.

The remains, which Red Cross intermediaries handed over to Israel overnight Friday, were examined by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv’s Abu Kabir neighborhood.

The Israel Defense Forces says that at least two bodies of deceased captives can be recovered immediately by the terrorist organization, while Hamas may truly not know the whereabouts of three to five others.

“We ruled out the possibility that the remains returned last night are linked to any Israeli hostage,” an Israeli official told Ynet on Saturday.

“Specifically, this incident does not constitute a violation, since from the outset we assessed with low probability that the remains belonged to hostages. We prefer that Hamas hand over findings so we can verify them. That said, Hamas continues its fundamental violation—the failure to return the bodies of the fallen,” the official added.

According to the ceasefire terms, in cases of uncertainty, remains should be transferred to Israel for verification.

However, Jerusalem believes that Hamas is deliberately slow-walking the return of the deceased hostages to avoid its disarmament, which is set to take place in the second phase of the ceasefire deal with a deployment of an international force in the Gaza Strip.

Instead, the Islamist group is buying time to reassert its control over territory from which the IDF has withdrawn, so it will have greater bargaining power in future talks regarding Gaza’s reconstruction.


Bereaved families, freed hostages demand state inquiry and return of 11 dead captives
Several rallies were held on Saturday evening calling for the return of the bodies of the 11 deceased hostages still held in Gaza amid the ongoing ceasefire-hostage deal, as well as urging the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught that started the war.

Speaking at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Eitan Horn, one of the final 20 living hostages released last month, said that for 738 days in Hamas captivity, “even when it was very difficult and frustrating, even when I was starved, even when bombs fell right next to me, I believed that I would return to my brothers, my family, my nation — you.”

Flanked by his brothers Amos and Iair — the latter of whom was freed in February as part of a previous ceasefire — Eitan Horn said it is “not yet time to sum things up.”

“I’m unwilling to go back to day-to-day life as long as 11 of my brothers are not brought back home,” he said. “A funeral and a grave are not a privilege, and we can’t wait any longer. We must bring them all back now.”

“I stand here today as a symbol of the abandonment and destruction of October 7,” he told the crowd after two years of weekly demonstrations for the hostages’ release. “I am also standing here as a symbol of your crazy power and the success of a civil struggle, maybe one of the most important in history. A struggle that will shape the future of our country.”

Yael Adar, whose son Tamir’s remains were returned by Hamas last week as part of the ceasefire — which has been billed as the “first stage” of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan — said Israel “must not proceed to the next phase of the agreement before the final hostage is returned.” Former hostage Eitan Horn speaks during a protest at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of Israelis held by Hamas, November 1, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

“That is the essence of not leaving anyone behind,” said Adar to the thousands of people gathered at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square.
In first visit to Hostages Square, Omri Miran says supporters ‘rose up’ out of trauma
Freed hostage Omri Miran made his first visit to Hostages Square on Friday, nearly three weeks after he was freed from Hamas captivity, where he was held for two years after being kidnapped from his Nahal Oz home on October 7, 2023.

“I’m here, and I know that while my nightmare and my family’s nightmare have ended, there are still eleven families living in terrible uncertainty,” Miran said. “I’ve seen and heard how much strength you gave my family during the hardest times, and now I want to give that same strength to the families whose loved ones have not yet returned. Let’s continue until the last hostage comes home.”

He also asked those gathered to stand for a moment of silence in memory of the victims from Nahal Oz, saying, “All those murdered and fallen from the kibbutz on that cursed day are etched in my heart.”

“I’m at a loss for words to explain how moved I am,” he went on. “In the two and a half weeks since I’ve been here, I’ve heard only a fraction of all that has been done. How, out of pain, devastation, and trauma, you rose up and stood beside my family. For that, I thank you deeply.”

Expressing his love for those in attendance, Miran told the crowd, “You give me hope and the knowledge that things will be good, despite everything we’ve been through. Because when these are our values, and these are our people, things will be good.”

Miran, 48, was abducted from his home in the Gaza border community of Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, sparking the war against Hamas in Gaza.


Beyond Fentanyl: The War Venezuela Is Waging in the Americas
Venezuela as a Terror Hub
Could Venezuela Crisis End Hezbollah's Presence There?

But the U.S. interests in Venezuela goes far beyond drugs. For over a decade, U.S. and regional intelligence agencies have documented Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) operations inside Venezuela. Caracas has issued Venezuelan passports and IDs to individuals from Iran, Syria, and Lebanon, including some under U.S. or Interpol investigation for links to terror organizations. This gives Iran a base of operations within flight distance of Miami.

The IRGC and Hezbollah have used Venezuela to launder money, move weapons, and coordinate with Latin American criminal groups. Intelligence reports have pointed to Hezbollah-linked training camps operating in Venezuela’s remote regions, especially in Apure and Bolívar, offering instruction in explosives, communications, and guerrilla tactics. Reports by the Center for a Secure Free Society and congressional testimony confirm that the Maduro regime enables this cooperation in exchange for funds and weapons technology.

Iran also uses Venezuela to evade sanctions, trading oil, gold, and crypto-assets through shell companies tied to PDVSA. These transactions fund IRGC and Hezbollah operations while undermining U.S. sanctions policy, making Caracas a node in Tehran’s global shadow economy.

The Migration Pressure Valve
Between 2021 and 2025, encounters of Venezuelan migrants at the U.S. border rose from about 49,000 to over 400,000. Many arrive without verifiable identity documents. Intelligence agencies report that Caracas has issued passports to nationals from the Middle East, including individuals suspected of ties to Hezbollah and Iran.

From a security standpoint, mass migration enabled by a regime with known terror connections represents a risk of infiltration and border destabilization. The administration sees this as part of a broader strategy: exporting instability through migration.

Iran, Russia, and China: The Triangular Alliance
Triad of Disinformation: How Russia, Iran, & China Ally in a Messaging War against America – Alliance For Securing Democracy

Venezuela serves as a base for America’s top three adversaries.
- Iran supplies drone technology, intelligence support, and personnel through the IRGC and Hezbollah. Venezuela’s state arms manufacturer, CAVIM, produces drones based on Iranian designs, giving Tehran a Latin American production line. Iranian proxies have trained Venezuelan forces and militias in asymmetric warfare, explosives, and surveillance.

- Russia provides mercenaries, cyber specialists, and intelligence coordination. The Wagner Group and Russian advisers have trained Venezuelan units in counterintelligence and drone warfare, while Moscow supplies radar and air-defense systems.

- China has built Venezuela’s digital surveillance infrastructure. Huawei and CEIEC operate facial-recognition and data systems used for political control and potential espionage. Chinese investments in ports, mining, and communications link Venezuela to China’s Belt and Road network in Latin America.

Venezuela’s Chinese- and Russian-built digital systems also enable espionage and influence operations across regional communications networks, potentially allowing adversarial powers to monitor movements or disrupt logistics in a crisis.
Dan Burmawi: An Open Letter to the Vice President of the United States
Dear Mr. Vice President,
Last week, Archbishop Atallah Hanna of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem sent you an open letter, claiming to speak in “the language of love, faith, and humanity.” In truth, his letter was filled with distortion, resentment, and theological hypocrisy. It had little to do with the love of the One who conquered death by His resurrection, and everything to do with the political fear that has long governed dhimmi Christianity in the Islamic world.

As someone who left Islam and served Christ across the Middle East for fifteen years, I must respond.

In 2008, after leaving Islam, I tried to contact a church in my hometown, Amman, Jordan. The first church I reached out to was the Greek Orthodox Church in Abdali, the very same institution under Archbishop Hanna’s jurisdiction. One hour before I arrived, Jordanian intelligence warned me not to approach any church. But I went anyway, longing to meet brothers and sisters in Christ, to feel that I was finally home. Instead, the priest publicly expelled me. He had been ordered by authorities not to welcome converts. That was my first encounter with the fearful, state-controlled Christianity that the Archbishop represents, a Christianity that bends its knees to tyranny instead of to Christ.

The Archbishop began his letter saying, “You will visit the Church of the Resurrection tomorrow and you will see doors open.”

But he failed to tell you that those doors are closed almost everywhere across the Islamic world, except in Israel. It is precisely because of Israel that Christians still have open churches, protected shrines, and access to the holy places of our faith, it is good to think of Aya Sophia as you read his letter.
Tucker Carlson’s new crusade against Christian Zionists
That is why this new anti-Israel rhetoric is not just a bad opinion. It is a direct attack on Christian faith. Carlson and his allies are telling millions of Christians that loyalty to the Bible means turning their backs on the descendants of the people who wrote it. They are trying to turn faith into ideology and ideology into idolatry.

And for what? To build a coalition around resentment. These people are guided by anger — anger at global elites, at the media, at “neocons,” and now at Jews. Every failed movement needs a scapegoat, and once again, they have chosen the Jewish people.

The tragedy is that many Christians don’t recognize what’s happening. They think they’re hearing a critique of foreign aid or of Israeli policy. They’re not. They’re hearing the oldest lie in the world, the one that says the Jews are the problem and that peace will come when they are put in their place.

The Christian world has heard that lie before, and it led to the worst crimes in history. That is why Christians and Jews must stand together now. We don’t have to agree on every policy in Israel or every verse of theology. But we do have to defend the basic truth that God’s covenant still stands and that our civilizations rise or fall on whether we honor it.

Carlson’s attempt to divide Christians from Jews won’t succeed if we name it for what it is. The antidote to antisemitism is not more debate but moral clarity. Christians should say clearly that the movement taking shape around Tucker Carlson and Curt Mills is not a “new right.” It is an old hatred in a new suit.

I’ve spent my life working to build understanding between Christians and Jews, and I can tell you this: that work has never been more urgent. There are people who want to burn that bridge for clicks and applause. We can’t let them. The alliance between Christians and Jews is one of the few things still holding our moral world together. It is the reason we still talk about justice, covenant, and the sanctity of life. It’s the foundation of our belief that human beings are made in the image of God.

So when Tucker Carlson sneers at Christian Zionists and calls their faith a disease, don’t take the bait. He’s telling you who he is. He’s not defending Christianity. He’s redefining it into something unrecognizable — a nationalism without love, a religion without Israel, a faith without Jews. That is not Christianity.

This is the line. If standing with Israel makes us heretics in Tucker Carlson’s world, then so be it. I’ll stand with the Bible, not with those who have so clearly never read it.


Top Michigan Dems Headline Fundraiser for Arab-American PAC Whose Leader Wants Jews Sent ‘Back to Poland’
Democratic candidates in Michigan who reject American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) donations over the Israel-Hamas war spoke at a fundraiser this week for an Arab-American PAC whose leader praises Hamas and called for Israeli Jews to be sent "back to Poland."

Lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist, running for Michigan governor, Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and Dearborn mayor Abdullah Hammoud headlined the event, hosted by the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) in Dearborn on Wednesday.

The PAC is led by Osama Siblani, a prominent Arab-American community leader who owns the Arab American News. Siblani cofounded the AAPAC in 1998 with a mission to elect Arab-American candidates and "lobby on behalf of the Arab American political causes which are of concern to the majority of the community as approved by the members of the organization."

In recent years, those causes included the demonization of Israel and support for terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. Siblani has praised the terrorist groups as "freedom fighters." At a rally last September alongside Hammoud, Siblani called late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah a "hero." Siblani, whose speech was interrupted by chants of "death to Israel," called for Israeli Jews to be sent "back to Poland."

Siblani’s anti-Israel rhetoric has alarmed Jewish groups and some Democratic lawmakers, though others, like Gilchrist and El-Sayed, have cozied up to him over the years thanks to Siblani’s influence in Michigan’s sizable Arab and Muslim communities.

The Anti-Defamation League condemned the Biden administration last year after White House officials met with Siblani in Dearborn to discuss the Israel-Hamas war. Rep. Haley Stevens (D., Mich.), who is running against El-Sayed for Senate, condemned Siblani’s statements last year and said she would refuse to meet with him.

"I will not condone or associate with this kind of relationship," said Stevens. "A grown man should not be saying, 'All Jews should go back to Poland.'"


US envoy: Lebanon a ‘failed state,’ is unlikely to be able to forcibly disarm Hezbollah
US Ambassador Tom Barrack had blunt words for Lebanon on Saturday, repeatedly calling the country a “failed state,” dubbing its leaders “dinosaurs” and saying that it probably won’t be able to comply with the central US demand that it disarm Hezbollah.

Barrack, who serves as the US envoy for Syria and the ambassador to Turkey, while also handling some diplomacy with Beirut, made the remarks in an appearance at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue, a diplomatic and security conference in Bahrain.

He also repeatedly urged Lebanon and Syria to forge accords with Israel as part of what he called a greater regional “realignment.” But tensions between Israel and Lebanon have risen as Hezbollah appears to be rearming, and Israel continues to carry out strikes in southern Lebanon, targeting what it says are ceasefire violations by the terror group.

“Lebanon is a failed state,” Barrack said near the beginning of a question-and-answer session, proceeding to enumerate problems in Lebanon’s banking sector and basic infrastructure. Near the end of the appearance, he added, “You’ve had abject chaos and war for 40 years. You’ve had four failed governments… And you’ve had six wars in the time that anybody can remember. So I’m not sure what the state is.”

“So what’s the state?” he said near the beginning of the session. “The state is Hezbollah. You go south, Hezbollah gives you water. It gives you an education, gives you a stipend, has 40,000 soldiers. The LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, has 60,000 soldiers. The only problem is that Hezbollah soldiers make $2,200 a month. The LAF soldiers make $275 a month.”

He went on to say that Hezbollah, a terror group that effectively controlled southern Lebanon for decades before being decimated in a 2023-2024 war with Israel, still holds some 15,000 to 20,000 rockets and missiles that threaten Israel. The United States has pressed the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah, and the government has committed to doing so, but Barrack said the goal was unrealistic.


CENTCOM posts footage of Hamas terrorists looting aid truck
Hamas in Gaza attacked an aid truck driver, stole the supplies and placed the driver on the side of the road, the American military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday on X, posting footage of the incident.

“The U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) observed suspected Hamas operatives looting an aid truck traveling as part of a humanitarian convoy delivering needed assistance from international partners to Gazans in northern Khan Younis,” CENTCOM tweeted.

The Command’s coordination center in the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, established in October to help monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, saw the incident via a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone flying overhead, the U.S. military said.

The driver’s current status is unknown, it added.

“Over the past week, international partners have delivered more than 600 trucks of commercial goods and aid into Gaza daily. This incident undermines these efforts,” the American military stressed.


Only Muslim soldiers to be allowed to serve as Gaza peacekeepers
The soldiers deployed to Gaza as part of a peacekeeping force will be exclusively Muslim, the Telegraph reported on Friday, citing diplomatic sources.

While the current ceasefire agreement was orchestrated by US President Donald Trump, regional countries will police the Palestinian territory and ensure adherence to the agreement.

The role of the stabilization force is still in discussion, according to the report. It is unclear if the force will be responsible for the disarmament of Hamas or simply policing Gaza once the terror group has relinquished its control.

Which countries will police Gaza?
Jordan’s King Abdullah said earlier this week that he anticipated Amman being one of several Muslim and or Arab countries to play a role in Gaza, though he did not answer whether Jordanian forces would disarm Hamas.

Israeli leadership has also flat-out rejected some nations from playing a role in Gaza, namely Turkey and Qatar, which have diplomatic ties to Hamas. Israel has argued that both Ankara and Doha were founded on the principles of the Muslim Brotherhood, the same Islamist extremist roots as Hamas.

Foreign ministers of some Muslim countries will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and next steps there, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, voicing concern over whether the ceasefire will continue.


New York deserves a mayor who unites, not divides
This pattern is not new. It is the world’s oldest prejudice, and each generation of Jew-haters wraps it in new slogans and ideologies. Today’s attacks on Zionism and Jewish identity repeat the same falsehood that Jews alone must justify our existence. Attacks on Israel’s legitimacy mirror older attacks on Jewish identity because the right of Jews to self-determination in our ancestral homeland lies at the heart of Jewish peoplehood. When leaders refuse to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist and confront that lie, hatred grows, and history is rewritten with tragic consequences.

The lesson endures: Given the real and active threats facing Jewish New Yorkers, candidates and officials must strengthen law enforcement and direct resources to protect synagogues, schools and community institutions. They must treat the defense of Jewish life as a moral duty and ensure that city agencies prosecute anti-Jewish crime so every Jewish New Yorker feels secure.

Beyond moral clarity, leadership demands competence. New York cannot afford on-the-job training.

Even The New York Times concluded that Mamdani is unfit to govern a city of this scale and complexity. The next mayor must protect every New Yorker equally. That role demands clarity, conviction and the humility to listen, as well as the courage to act. True leadership must unite, not divide. Those who inflame tension or target one community fracture the civic fabric that holds this city together and forfeit the public’s trust.

Those who aspire to lead must take responsibility for their words, reject association with anyone who traffics in hatred or glorifies terror, and confront those who spread lies about Jews. They must make their values unmistakable through action, not performance. Silence in the face of incitement signals complicity. Voters deserve leaders who rise to the moral demands of the moment.

Even in moments of isolation, we affirm life, build bridges and strengthen the shared future of New York City. Those who seek to lead must choose unity over division and responsibility over rhetoric. Political debate must never become a license for prejudice or hate.
Obama calls Mamdani, praises campaign ahead of November 4 NYC mayoral election
Former Democratic president Barack Obama called New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Saturday and offered to be a “sounding board” if the 34-year-old frontrunner wins the election. He also praised Mamdani's campaign.

The call, first reported by the New York Times, was confirmed by Mamdani’s spokesperson.

"Zohran Mamdani appreciated President Obama’s words of support and their conversation on the importance of bringing a new kind of politics to our city,” said Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec.

Mamdani, a Uganda-born state assembly member, has polled well ahead of his main rival, former New York state governor Andrew Cuomo, ahead of the November 4 general election.

Cuomo is running as an independent after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary. Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa is the Republican nominee.


UK's TfL supervisor refuses to remove pro-Palestinian graffiti, says there should be 'more'
A Transport for London (TfL) supervisor refused to remove pro-Palestinian graffiti and said there should be "more of it" following a complaint about the vandalism, according to a Friday statement by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI).

The pro-Israel organization said that the incident took place in August of this year, and that the passenger, after seeing that a “Service Information” board was covered with the words "Free Palestine," attempted to report the vandalism at Bank Station, but didn't find any staff members present.

The passenger decided to report the vandalism at Liverpool Street Station via a friend who had gone there. There, the friend was met by a TfL supervisor and another staff member, who greeted her with “hostile and confrontational” behavior. The former reportedly wore a “Palestine Solidarity” badge featuring the Palestinian flag, according to the UKLFI statement.

UKLFI added that the supervisor declined to take any action to remove the graffiti and instead said that there should be more like it.

The lawyer's group later reported the incident to TfL, noting that the supervisor's conduct was "intentionally behaved in an inappropriate, rude, insulting and hateful manner to a customer."

Orthodox Jewish man racially abused days prior
The incident with the TfL supervisor came a few days after a bus driver in London was suspended after racially abusing an Orthodox Jewish man before locking him inside the vehicle.

The victim of the abuse, David Abraham, was on his way home from synagogue in Stamford Hill, he told The Jewish Chronicle, adding that his bus card slipped from his hand and fell into the driver's cabin, with the driver refusing to return it and saying, "I don't want to see a Mossad agent in my face... I don't like Jewish people.”

TfL said that the driver's conduct was "unacceptable" and that the Metropolitan Police said the incident was reported as a hate crime, the BBC reported.


Yemen: UN staff face possible death penalty for alleged Israel cooperation
A few dozen United Nations staff detained by Yemen’s Houthis will face trial over alleged ties to the Israeli airstrikes in August that decapitated the political leadership of the terrorist group, Reuters reported on Friday.

“The steps taken by the security agencies were carried out under full judicial supervision. The public prosecution was kept informed step by step with every action taken,” acting Foreign Minister Abdulwahid Abu Ras said in an interview with the news agency.

“Therefore, as long as the prosecution is informed, it is certain that this process is moving toward its conclusion, leading to trials and the issuance of judicial rulings,” he said.

Thirty-six U.N. staff members were arrested after Israel’s attack, though it is unclear how many will stand trial, Reuters reported. At least 59 are currently detained by the Houthis.

According to Emirati state-owned daily The National, 43 U.N. personal are facing trial, most of whom are Yemeni.

The Houthi foreign minister moreover accused the U.N.’s World Food Program of involvement in Israel’s Aug. 28 attack, an accusation that the international body denies.

If found guilty, the U.N. staffers could be executed.

“We call for the immediate release of all of our U.N. colleagues who have been detained arbitrarily, as well as those from NGOs and international diplomatic missions,” U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York, according to The National.

“We will continue engaging with the Houthis, with the de facto authorities in Sana’a, as well as Member States and partners, to continue to push for the release of our colleagues,” the report added.

The U.N. distributes humanitarian aid in the war-torn country, which about 70% of the population is reliant upon, The National reported.
Iran says won’t dismantle missiles, ready for war with Israel
Iran said on Saturday that although it is prepared to engage in talks about its nuclear ambitions, its missile program is not up for discussion.

“We are ready to talk to address concerns about our nuclear program. We emphasize the peaceful nature of our nuclear program. It is possible to reach a fair agreement, but Washington has set impossible and unacceptable preconditions,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera.

He added, “There will be no negotiations on our missile program. It would be foolish if one hands over his weapons.”

The top diplomat moreover stated that his country is “prepared for any scenario” in the wake of its 12-day war with Israel in June. Tehran expects “hostile behavior from the Zionist regime. We are at the apex of preparedness at all levels. Israel will suffer another defeat in any future war,” he said.

“We have gained a lot of experience from the recent war and tested our missiles in a real battle,” Araghchi continued. “If the Zionist regime launches an attack, it will come with dire consequences for it.”

The 10-year nuclear deal between Iran and world powers expired on Oct. 18, with Tehran announcing it is no longer bound by the 2015 agreement.


Pennsylvania Catholic diocese ‘appalled’ by ‘Arbeit macht frei’ ref on its Halloween parade float
Timothy Senior, the Catholic bishop of Harrisburg, Pa., apologized on Friday for a “notorious symbol of hate” that was part of one of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg’s floats at a local Halloween parade.

“I was shocked and appalled to learn that the Halloween parade float from Saint Joseph Catholic school in Hanover included a replica of the Auschwitz concentration camp gate, bearing the words ‘Arbeit macht frei,’” the bishop stated.

“The inclusion of this image, one that represents the horrific suffering and murder of millions of innocent people, including six million Jews during the Holocaust, is profoundly offensive and unacceptable,” he stated. “While the original, approved design for this float did not contain this imagery, it does not change the fact that this highly recognizable symbol of hate was included.”

Video footage of the parade in the state capital city, which is about 100 miles west of Philadelphia and 75 miles north of Baltimore, showed a float pulled by a truck that appeared to have ghosts on a swing, a jukebox and the replica of the concentration camp gate overlooking a cemetery with gravestones.

“On behalf of the Diocese of Harrisburg, I express my sincere apology to our Jewish brothers and sisters and to all who were hurt or offended by this display. I strongly condemn the inclusion of this symbol on the float,” the bishop said.


'I hope you leave Melbourne soon': Woman denied job in Australia for being Israeli
A young Israeli woman was denied a job at a local business in Melbourne, Australia, due to her nationality, with the owner accusing her of being complicit in genocide, N12 News reported on Saturday.

“Unfortunately, the position has been filled by someone who has a semblance of humanity and who cares for plants, animals, and the environment. Good luck on your journey and I hope you leave Melbourne soon!” the message from the owner, Brett Dahan, read.

He then went on to accuse her of supporting genocide and ended the message with "Free Palestine."

The unnamed 24-year-old woman told N12 that she was frustrated by the incident.

“I’m just frustrated that they’re so unaware of reality and allow all their knowledge to be based on trends, and that’s where this disgraceful behavior comes from,” she said.




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