Sunday, November 23, 2025

11/23 Links: 700 Million Zionists and the Battle for the Free World; How Israel's Victory Strengthens America's Hand; Trump to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization

From Ian:

700 Million Zionists and the Battle for the Free World
The phenomenon of non-Jewish leaders and influencers, predominantly Christian evangelicals, openly declaring themselves Zionists is expanding. Against the backdrop of eroding values, intergenerational division, and a culture war on the West, there is a need to establish a global Zionist alliance to protect the foundations of Western civilization's bedrock principles of collective freedom and security and personal liberty.

For Christians who define themselves as Zionists, this is a declaration of resistance to Islamist, anti-Western domination and an identification of Zionism as a force leading the global struggle against the collapse of the Free World. Islamists have understood that the path to conquering the Free World would not be achieved through force, but through a systematic, long-term, and heavily-funded perception war for strategic influence. In this war of perception and influence, Zionism is marked as the West's original sin.

In this war, the West has one clear pathway to victory: to use precisely the same tools being deployed against it - building public consciousness, asserting constant aggressive presence on social media and campuses, building new grassroots organizations, and investing in education.

Some 600 to 700 million Evangelical Christians across the globe support the state and people of Israel. They are joined by other groups who identify with Zionist values. They are not merely "pro-Israel" in opinion; they are active partners in the understanding that strengthening Israel means empowering the West.
How Israel's Victory Strengthens America's Hand
The calculations of Middle Eastern regimes are based on concrete questions: who commands intelligence superiority, who can blunt Iranian power, and who remains anchored in the American security system. By those measures, Israel has become indispensable. Its performance on the battlefield and its record in covert operations have only reinforced its value to governments that prioritize their own survival and long-term modernization.

Israel's military successes against Hamas, Hizbullah, and Iran have made it a more valuable strategic partner. States that face Iranian pressure or seek technological and security upgrades are not distancing themselves from Israel, but moving closer.

CENTCOM, which coordinates U.S. military activity in the Middle East, is deepening operational coordination between the IDF and Arab armies - including those of countries that don't have formal relations with Israel. Regional leaders saw the disruption of Iranian assets in five countries, and concluded that Israeli hard power mattered much more than the opinions of Islamist preachers or Western university students.

Israel has shown itself to be the one power both capable of rolling back Iran and willing to do so. Even the American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities were made possible by Israeli intelligence and by attacks that neutralized Iran's air defenses and decapitated its military. Israel's actions matter for America, too, which needs Israel more than ever to help it keep Iran in check and to anchor its efforts to counter China in the region.
Seth Frantzman: How Israel’s 12-day war on Iran achieved remarkable military success
Another important point was how Israel’s friends helped the state during the war. Fox noted that “a consortium of like-minded nations came together and defended Israel a couple of times; once, the earlier piece: France, UK, Jordan.”

“There’s an indication that there was cooperation with some other nations in the region, and, of course, the United States. That would have been, I think, impossible without the touches within the region of Israel’s Defense Force staffers working with the US Central Command, but also becoming more integrated in the region,” he said.

“It’s just impossible, I think, to describe how remarkable that is. For those of us who spent time in the region, that might not have come out the way that it did,” Fox continued.

This means Israel’s integration into the US Central Command and joint training has been vital. Israeli F-35s, F-15s, and F-16s fighter jets, along with other platforms, were also key to the war.

One issue for Israel is that its refueler fleet is aging. “It’s been a long-standing recommendation of JINSA that the KC-46, the new tanker, be expedited to Israel. They’re on the books to get those tankers. They need them now. The ones they were using, the 707 (the RAM), are old and in need of repair and just not up to the mission,” Wald said.

Ashley agreed, “One of the challenges they did have is really an older fleet of air refuel capability. So that is a challenge that we hit in recommendations. In the way ahead, that’s something that they’re going to need to bolster as they’re going forward.”

He noted, however, that a large portion of Iran’s ballistic missiles were destroyed. “Probably more than half of the launchers were eliminated.”

The report illustrated key aspects and successes of Operation Rising Lion. Iran is weakened, but it could continue to pursue a nuclear program or try to revive its ballistic missiles.

Moving forward, many questions remain. The success of the war demonstrates what Israel can accomplish when it plans for a decisive campaign.

This is in contrast to the challenges in Gaza, where Israel has not had a clear plan and Hamas continues to run half of Gaza. And, as for Lebanon, Hezbollah has not been disarmed yet. The Houthis also remain a threat. Israel has had some tactical success, but overall strategic wins still elude Jerusalem.


Trump to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he will designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, describing the move as a long-considered step against a group he views as destabilizing the Middle East. “It will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms,” Trump told Just the News. “Final documents are being drawn.”

The announcement came days after the outlet published an investigation into the Brotherhood’s activities and after renewed internal discussions in Washington. Trump has weighed such a designation since his first administration, but the decision had stalled amid concerns about the group’s global branches and affiliates.

The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt nearly a century ago, operates political parties, religious movements and affiliated organizations across the Middle East and beyond. Several countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, have banned or designated it a terrorist organization.

State-level pressure in the United States has grown. Last week Texas Gov. Greg Abbott labeled both the Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as “foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations.” CAIR has sued the state, arguing that the designation violates constitutional property and free speech rights. Abbott later directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to “launch criminal investigations” into both groups.


The great institutions of this nation are all falling victim to anti-Semitism
A ceasefire may largely be holding in the Middle East, at least for the time being, but anti-Jew hatred in the UK very much continues, and it has infected our institutions.

Hatred of Jews is as old as the pharaohs. But history shows that when the very institutions of a state fail to protect their Jewish minority then the threat starts to apply to the future of the state itself, not just of its Jewish population. Britain is moving with frightening rapidity in this dangerous direction.

Some of the institutions that make Britain what it is and what has drawn so many from around the world to our shores to live in our tolerant and benevolent society are showing signs of this disease:
The NHS
Around 500 complaints of anti-Semitism relating to 123 doctors were submitted to the General Medical Council in the last two years, according to figures collated by Jewish News. But the even more worrying figure is that the responsible bodies simply shut down 84 per cent of these complaints at the triage stage.

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting has rightly said that medical institutions are “completely failing to protect Jewish patients”. The Prime Minister has ordered a review of anti-Semitism in the NHS from the Government’s independent adviser on anti-Semitism, saying there are too many cases “simply not being dealt with”.

Well, if the Prime Minister does not have confidence in the system how does he think Jewish patients feel?

The BBC
Thanks to Telegraph reporting we have heard a lot recently alleging doctored editing of Donald Trump. But last month, for the first time since 2009, Ofcom ordered the BBC to broadcast an on-air “statement of findings” against it after the BBC used the child of a leader of the Hamas terrorist group to narrate a “documentary”.

This was despite an earlier Ofcom reprimand in 2022 that the BBC made a “serious editorial misjudgment” at that time when it falsely reported, in a textbook “victim-blaming” incident, that Jewish students on a bus who had been subjected to racist abuse were themselves responsible for what happened.

But the fact is that it isn’t just about the reporting. Two hundred Jewish employees of the BBC and the entertainment industry wrote a letter of complaint to BBC board members in June last year about concerns over bias and anti-Semitism.
BBC headlines ‘three times more likely to hold Israel to account than Hamas’
A study of BBC News coverage published since the October 7 2023 terror attacks has found that headlines were, on average, three times more critical of Israel than of Hamas.

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (Camera) examined more than 2,500 headlines on the BBC News Israel-Gaza page, covering the war and the political fallout since the Hamas assault.

Its findings – which have been contested by the BBC – concluded that headlines on articles about Israel or Hamas were significantly more likely to hold Israel to account. The BBC has also contested Camera’s methodology of headline analysis.

According to Camera, one-third of all headlines (35 per cent) were critical of Israel, while only 11 per cent were critical of Hamas. Just over half were deemed neutral.

The study, first reported by The Telegraph on Sunday, also found that during the 24-month period, 45 headlines referenced claims of genocide, famine or starvation inside Gaza. In contrast, war crimes committed by Hamas were referenced just once.

Similarly, only one headline focused on a series of filmed public executions carried out by Hamas, compared with 33 headlines in two months promoting claims that Israeli forces killed civilians seeking food at Gaza aid sites.

The findings come as the national broadcaster faces growing pressure over alleged anti-Israel bias, particularly on its BBC Arabic channel.

Following the leaked Michael Prescott report, which also found an error in the reporting of a Donald Trump speech, three members of the BBC board will be grilled on Monday by MPs on the culture, media and sport select committee.

Danny Cohen, the former Director of BBC Television, told the Telegraph that Camera’s latest findings were “shocking but also unsurprising when you consider the influence of BBC Arabic, the BBC’s most toxic open secret.

“The absence of transparency about the BBC’s failures is deepening the anguish of British Jews and feeding the increasingly hostile atmosphere they face in this country. It is impossible to ignore the link between what dominates our news feeds and the climate on our streets.”


West Midlands Police relied on ‘false intelligence’ for Maccabi ban, say Dutch authorities
West Midlands Police relied on false intelligence to secure a ban on Israeli fans attending an away game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Aston Villa earlier this month, according to Dutch police cited in the Sunday Times.

Last week, the JC reported that the dossier from Amsterdam police used by the West Midlands force undermined the very claims used to justify the Israeli fan ban.

Now the Dutch police have alleged that a report setting out West Midlands’ reasons for the ban included exaggerated claims about violence when Maccabi played Ajax in Amsterdam last year.

The report – which was cited during a private meeting with Birmingham's Jewish community last month – claimed that Israeli fans threw “innocent members of the public into the river”, that between 500 and 600 “intentionally targeted Muslim communities” and that 5,000 police officers were deployed in response.

Now, in an interview with the Sunday Times, Sebastiaan Meijer, a spokesman for the Amsterdam police division, said he was “surprised” by the allegations of Israeli violence and many of the claims made by the West Midlands force were “not true”.

On the West Midlands’ finding that the Israelis were “highly organised, skilled fighters with a serious desire and will to fight with police and opposing groups”, Meijer said: “Amsterdam police does not recognise the claim.”


Poll: 2/3 of Brits Have Lost Patience with Anti-Israel Marches
Polling released on Nov. 20 by the More In Common think tank shows that 44% of Brits say the UK is now an unsafe place for Jews.

A poll in October by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research found that 35% of Jews feel unsafe in Britain in 2025 - compared with just 9% in 2023.

47% of British Jews now see antisemitism as a "very big" problem - up from 11% in 2012.

Such numbers are a response to reality - both a rational response to the record levels of antisemitism and an emotional response to the history of Jews that is embedded in our DNA.

In the past two years, many Jews have banged on about the hate marches, about social media, about Islamists, about misleading and incendiary reporting of the Gaza war. It has mainly felt as if we were screaming into the void.

Overwhelmingly, the feeling has been that no one really gives a damn. The marches continue. The hate spreads. The poison deepens.

Yet polling also shows that 60% say they are concerned about the rise in antisemitism and 67% have lost patience with the marches, saying that the most disruptive should be banned.

64% said they do not like hearing a musician shouting "death to the IDF" at Glastonbury, as the BBC broadcast live.
In first, IDF chief Eyal Zamir punishes commanders, generals for October 7 failures
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir issued the first official penalties to commanders over failures that occurred during Hamas’s October 7 massacre.

These penalties follow the IDF probes that were conducted by Zamir’s predecessor, Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, the results of which were published this past February, and the findings released on November 10, based on retired Maj.-Gen. Sami Turgeman’s investigation.

Notably, nearly all of the top defense officials who were in office on October 7 resigned early, from Halevi himself to former IDF intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Aharon Haliva, ex-IDF Southern Command chief Yaron Finkelman, former 8200 Unit chief Yossi Sariel, ex-intelligence analysis director Brig.-Gen. Amit Saar, and former Gaza Division chief Avi Rosenfeld.

Outset Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) director Ronen Bar, as well as many other IDF and Shin Bet officials, can also be included in this list.

In contrast, not a single political official has stepped down over October 7 – not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit), and not Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionist Party).

Nor has any other person in the political echelon resigned or hinted at a readiness to do so, with former defense minister Yoav Gallant (Likud) pushed out of office by Netanyahu in November 2024 after falling out with the prime minister over other issues.

Commanders promoted after October 7
The most significant unanswered question at some point had been the fate of Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, who had been the number two officer in the Operations Command on October 7. In August 2024, Halevi was promoting him to be the next IDF intelligence chief over objections from many due to Binder’s role on October 7.

Halevi had cleared Binder for promotion back then, saying he was set up to fail by the larger IDF intelligence let-down and could not have acted any differently.

Subsequently, Binder achieved stellar marks as the IDF intelligence chief for both Halevi and Zamir, shepherding major successes against Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran, leading Zamir to prefer keeping him in his role, even if reprimanding him for his October 7 conduct.

Given that leaning, Zamir issued only a reprimand in Binder’s file, meaning he can remain as intelligence chief, likely until August 2027. However, it also seems clear that he will then need to retire with no possibility of future promotion.

Had Binder not been reprimanded over October 7, he would have been seen as a potential future IDF chief. Still, leaving him in place is noteworthy not only because this indicates leniency toward him, but also because it empowers Binder – a key figure involved in the October 7 failure – to be the reshaper and rebuilder of the IDF’s intelligence structure.

Despite concerns about this issue, IDF sources have noted that heads rolled within IDF intelligence units after Binder entered the officer ranks. They also said that he has massively reshuffled the apparatus to be better prepared to handle surprise attacks and to be more ready to be skeptical about any single way to view a given adversary.

Three former high command members who are no longer in the IDF – Haliva, Finkelman (both of whom resigned early), and former Operations Command chief Oded Basiuk (who retired this past July after an extended service of over four years at his post) were all “expelled” from IDF reserve duty.
Hamas spent years mining IDF troops’ social media for intel on bases, tanks – report
Military investigations have reportedly revealed that Hamas spent years collecting sensitive intelligence on IDF bases and equipment, especially tanks and their operations, from soldiers’ social media activity, allowing the terror group to disable tanks and raid army bases during its October 7, 2023, onslaught in southern Israel.

Army Radio reported Sunday that a specialized Hamas intelligence unit built a detailed database over several years by piecing together thousands of social media posts by soldiers, including photos and videos, specifically focusing on the Merkava Mark 4 tank — the most advanced armored vehicle in the IDF’s arsenal.

According to the report, Hamas learned about a hidden kill switch on the tank that disables the vehicle and renders it useless, which they utilized during their attacks on IDF bases along the Gaza border on October 7, especially during their assault on the Nahal Oz base, where 53 soldiers were killed and 10 were taken hostage.

The extent of the terror group’s understanding of IDF bases and equipment was only made known to the military when soldiers found a tunnel complex in early 2024 containing a trove of intelligence data about military positions, vehicles, and units, which had largely been gathered by monitoring the social media accounts of some 100,000 Israeli soldiers, the report said.

The tunnel complex, dubbed “the Pentagon” by the IDF, was reportedly located underneath central Gaza’s refugee camps. The underground complex stored maps, intelligence reports, virtual reality simulators and full-scale models of military equipment, which Hamas accumulated over some five years of intelligence gathering.

According to the report, Hamas’s intelligence units used the facility as a headquarters for a meticulous, multi-year intelligence and training program based largely on open-source information inadvertently leaked by soldiers online.


This is how Hamas disabled tanks near Gaza on October 7th
Hamas terrorists managed to disable Merkava Mark 4 tanks in the Gaza border area using a secret button usually known only to armored crews, reporter Doron Kadosh revealed on IDF Radio.

The ability to obtain such sensitive information raised questions immediately after the attack, and the investigation found that it was an intelligence achievement built over years.

According to the report, at the beginning of 2024, during IDF operations in the massive tunnel known as “the Pentagon” in the central camps, documents and findings were discovered that explained how the terror organization obtained detailed knowledge of the tank’s systems. According to the findings, Hamas gathered intelligence on Merkava Mark 4 tanks over a long period, relying on footage posted on social media by soldiers.

The information collection included tracking tens of thousands of soldiers, continuous analysis of photos and videos, as well as materials filmed in outposts, training bases, and at the Shizafon tanks' base in the Negev - including instructional videos of soldiers demonstrating procedures inside the tank. Some of the footage was considered harmless at the time, but Hamas managed to piece it together into a full and accurate intelligence picture of the armored systems.

Based on the collected information, Hamas built an extensive training program for Nukhba terrorists. The dedicated force was trained as “tank crewmen,” used full-size models of Merkava tanks, and operated an advanced simulator that replicated the operation of a real tank. According to the investigation’s findings, the plan also included an ambitious goal: seizing tanks in the Gaza envelope and driving them into Gaza for use in combat against IDF forces.


International force for Gaza unlikely as countries refuse to deploy troops
Israeli assessments increasingly show the International Stabilization Force for Gaza, designed to disarm Hamas, will not materialize.

Establishing the force is a central element of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the war and was incorporated into Security Council Resolution 2803 approved on Nov. 17. Yet no nation has expressed readiness to have its forces directly engage Hamas terrorists.

Azerbaijan—an ally of Israel that considered joining the force several weeks ago—conveyed in recent days the message that it will not agree to endanger the lives of its soldiers in Gaza, Israel Hayom has learned. In Baku, as in other capitals, officials are discussing participation in the ISF as part of reconstruction processes and maintaining calm, but not at the stage currently required of disarming Hamas and demilitarizing the Strip.

During Thursday’s Security Cabinet session, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ministers that a fundamental agreement exists between him and Trump’s representatives: If no alternative actor emerges to eliminate Hamas, and if the organization refuses voluntary disarmament, Israel assumes the mission. Both Netanyahu and IDF representatives at the Kiryat Gat international headquarters hear explicit American commitments to Gaza demilitarization, as Trump’s plan stipulates.


Israel kills Hezbollah ‘chief of staff’ in Beirut
The IDF said Sunday it killed the Hezbollah terrorist group’s “chief of staff” in Beirut in a targeted airstrike, pledging to continue to act against its efforts to rebuild and rearm.

The military operation against the No. 2 leader in the terrorist organization—which was dubbed “Black Friday”—was the first Israeli strike on Beirut since July and came nearly a year to the day since a ceasefire entered into force.

“A short while ago, the IDF struck in the heart of Beirut the Hezbollah chief of staff, who led the terrorist organization’s military buildup and armament,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in the afternoon.

The target was identified as Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s No. 2 after Secretary-General Naim Qassem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “ordered the strike on the recommendation of the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff,” noted the statement from the premier’s office. The Jewish state is “determined to act to achieve its objectives anywhere, at any time,” the statement continued.

The PMO announcement came shortly after the IDF announced it had “conducted a precise strike targeting a key Hezbollah terrorist in Beirut.”

The IDF later confirmed the killing and said in an evening statement that Tabatabai was a “key operative and veteran in the terror organization” after joining its ranks in the 1980s and had held several senior roles, including the commander of the elite Radwan Force and head of Hezbollah’s operations in Syria.
The elimination of Tabatabai, the biggest blow to Hezbollah in over a year
At the start of the war, Tabatabai was considered one of the top three or four most dangerous Hezbollah military commanders in terms of proven experience in the field.

Israel attempted to eliminate him numerous times throughout the war, attempts he evaded.

Tabatabai founded Hezbollah's elite Radwan Unit, whose main mission was to storm into northern Israel in the original October 7 blueprint.

Yahya Sinwar basically copied Tabatabai's plan. Under his command, numerous attacks were carried out against Israeli forces in recent years.

His military expertise prompted his designation as commander of Hezbollah forces in Syria, a deployment that helped the Assad regime cling to power for years.

Following the elimination of Hassan Nasrallah on September 27, 2024, Tabatabai was summoned back to Lebanon and was tasked, along with Mohammed Haydar, who previously commanded Hezbollah forces in the Beqaa Valley, to rebuild a battered organization.

It was this reduction of Hezbollah's presence in Syria that set the conditions on the ground for Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani (who would later go by the name Ahmed Al-Sharaa) and his HTS militants to march on Damascus and overthrow Assad. That's not to say that Assad would have remained in power if Tabatabai hadn't left Syria, but his departure sure did help.


Middle East Forum: November 21, 2025 | The Forum Roundtable: Anti-Israel Bias in the Media
Anti-Israel media bias has accelerated dramatically since the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023. In this Forum Roundtable, host Lauri Regan speaks with three leading analysts—Alex Traiman, CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate; Liel Leibovitz, editor at large of Tablet Magazine and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute; and Gil Hoffman, executive director of HonestReporting.com—about how this narrative war is being waged and why it matters.

The panel examines the mechanics of bias: Hamas-controlled reporting from Gaza, the influence of Al Jazeera, the collapse of standards inside major Western newsrooms, and the rise of algorithms that amplify anti-Israel content. They also explore how independent media and watchdog groups are challenging falsehoods and what viewers can do to become more effective consumers of news.

If you want a clear, fact-driven understanding of how Israel is portrayed—and misrepresented—across the global media landscape, this discussion offers essential insight.




Emails Expose Noam Chomsky's Close Ties to Epstein
Newly released emails show that longtime MIT professor and progressive activist Noam Chomsky maintained a close friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier's 2008 conviction, a revelation fueling new scrutiny of academia's cozy relationships with disgraced elites.

The emails, released by the U.S. House Oversight Committee and reviewed by WBUR, reveal that Chomsky remained in regular contact with Epstein into at least 2017.

Epstein was convicted in 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute.

Despite that, Chomsky exchanged warm personal messages with the disgraced financier and even appears to have drafted a glowing letter of support.

The letter, addressed "To whom it may concern," praises Epstein as a "highly valued friend" with "limitless curiosity" and "penetrating insights," and recounts how Epstein could casually summon world leaders, including former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

Chomsky wrote that he and Epstein had "many long and often in-depth discussions," and noted that Epstein once phoned a top Norwegian diplomat during a conversation about the Oslo Accords.

The letter was likely written in 2017 or later, after Chomsky took a position at the University of Arizona.

WBUR also reviewed emails showing Chomsky's wife, Valeria, maintained extensive communication with Epstein.

In one message, she apologized for missing Epstein's birthday and said she and Chomsky hoped to "have a toast" with him soon.


Major "American" Anti-Israel Accounts on X Exposed as Foreign Agitprop
The user location feature on X, which was unveiled yesterday on the platform, has exposed dozens of ostensibly conservative American accounts as foreign influence operations. The accounts, which collectively reach millions of users and often present themselves as American, are actually based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Philippines, and North Africa — in what appears to be a large-scale effort to turn American public opinion against Israel and sow discord within the United States.

The platform’s rollout of “Based in” labels, designed to improve transparency during major geopolitical events, has inadvertently revealed what researchers describe as a disinformation network exploiting America’s domestic political divisions.

The following accounts demonstrate how foreign operators adopt American personas to weaponize anti-Israel narratives and sow discord within the conservative political movement. Major “American” Anti-Israel Accounts

The Filipino “Torah Jew”
TorahJudaism claims to bring “the voice of Peace from Torah Jewish Anti-Zionist organization” while listing New York, NY as its location. The account regularly references “tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews” who share it’s beliefs and posts statements like “Every Jew has the right to resist Zionism’s false claim that Israel equals ‘home.’”

The account posted, “Not in the name of American Torah Jews: this display does not reflect our beliefs or values” in response to a Times Square display about the history of the Star of David.

The Saudi “American Patriot”
The account @xIsraelExposedx, which was revealed to be based in Saudi Arabia, regularly posts variations of “We should deport you” and “we will deport the zionists,” using collective “we” to suggest American identity. The account has written iterations of this message more than ten times about “zionists”.

The account amplifies Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes, recently quoting Fuentes stating, “Sanction Israels economy. Ban their visas. Ban their tourists. Ban their passports. Ban them from our universities. Deport Israelis.”

The account shares ‘historical’ documents about “Jewish terrorism,” references JFK correspondence, and promotes conspiracy theories about Israeli intelligence operations, including insinuating that President Trump is involved.


Controversial Canadian influencer with an army of 3million followers is banned from Australia on the eve of speaking tour over 'sickening' comments
Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler welcomed the decision to cancel Alshurafa's visa.

'Under no circumstances should he have been allowed to come into our country and have a platform to spread hatred, anti-Semitism, and division within our community,' he told The Herald Sun.

'It is truly sickening that this individual posted content online with Hamas terrorists boasting about shooting Israelis in the head on October 7.'

It's been reported Alshurafa had his visa revoked after the controversial influencer made comments supporting Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Hamas murdered 1,200 people and kidnapped hundreds more during deadly surprise raids on a peaceful music festival and nearby community.

Alshurafa later posted a video to his X account which depicted a Hamas terrorist boasting about 'trampling on the heads of Israelis and shooting their skulls with bullets'.

The graphic footage depicted an elderly Israeli woman lying on a bed while another woman kneels on the floor as the Hamas terrorist proclaims they 'spared women, children, and the elderly'.

'In this video the Palestinian Resistance shows how they are following and abiding by the rules of war set by #sharia and the prophet Muhammad pbuh,' Alshurafa posted.

'They entered an Israeli soldier's home and killed him but spared the older lady, the young lady, and the child.'

Alshurafa also posted on X that Hamas were 'freedom fighters'.
Former Labour MP ‘pleased’ Greens believe Israel’s army is terror organisation after joining party
A former Labour politician who has left to join the Greens has said he is “pleased” the Zack Polanski-led party believes the Israeli army should be considered to be a terrorist organisation.

Lloyd Russell-Moyle – who was suspended by Labour as an MP ahead of the last election over what he called a “vexatious and politically motivated complaint” against – also told a press conference announcing his move to the Greens that “many Jewish people in this country are very critical of Zionism, and it should not be treated as a fait accompli”.

Seated next to leader Polanski, the 39-year-old said: “I’m pleased that the Green Party has said that the IDF should be considered a terrorist organisation.

“I think it is exactly the right kind of line that we should be taking. And clearly, anyone who is active in those actions of the IDF, most recently or in command, must face justice in international courts. ”

The former Brighton Kemptown MP, who was criticised by the Board of Deputies in 2019 for hosting a Stop The War Coalition meeting in parliament to which a representative of the Yemeni Houthi group, Ahmed Alshami, was invited, also used his latest media appearance to offer his view of the situation in the Middle East, and on Israel and Palestine.


London police move anti-Israel demonstrators
Police in London on Sunday moved an anti-Israel protest rally away from the central synagogue where the demonstrators had gathered.

Dozens of protesters outside St. John’s Wood Synagogue were resituated while “their ‘protest’ continued around the corner. Once again, a red line has been crossed in Britain,” wrote the Campaign Against Antisemitism group in a statement about the incident, which reportedly involved Jewish and non-Jewish anti-Israel protesters.

Earlier on Sunday, the police issued a statement that “there is no legal mechanism to ban the protest from taking place; however, we have used Public Order Act conditions to prevent disorder and disruption. Anyone participating in the protest must not enter” an area directly outside the synagogue.

A counterprotest by another protest—Stop the Hate—was also banned from approaching the synagogue, police said.

The police’s intervention followed calls by the Campaign Against Antisemitism and other Jewish community groups to impose restrictions on the anti-Israel protesters after their mobilization was revealed on Sunday.

“It is profoundly alarming that ‘Free Palestine’ groups have called on their followers to make sure that they look ‘visibly Jewish’ and protest at a synagogue filled with families and children attending various events, including an early evening choral concert,” the Campaign Against Antisemitism wrote in a statement. “Were it not for the actions of the police, the synagogue would have been the scene of a confrontational protest at its gates.”

Protesting at a synagogue, and encouraging protesters to look “visibly Jewish,” must “be a red line,” the statement read. “This performative intimidation has no impact on events thousands of miles away but has an immense impact on British Jews at a time when we are still reeling from the murder of Jews at Heaton Park Synagogue just a few weeks ago on Yom Kippur.”


David Albright: Iran Has Made Minimal Progress on Reconstituting Its Destroyed Nuclear Sites
Five months after the 12-day war, our assessment is that the overall damage caused by airstrikes to numerous nuclear sites was extensive and, in many cases, catastrophic. Iran has since undertaken efforts to conduct clean up work at several sites. The main nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan were largely destroyed and have seen little significant activity since the war. A major exception is at the Esfahan mountain complex, where Iran has access to at least one of the three tunnel entrances.

Overall, satellite imagery indicates that Iran does not appear able to enrich uranium in any significant manner or make gas centrifuges in significant numbers. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities, its facility to produce uranium hexafluoride (UF6), and its centrifuge manufacturing and research and development facilities remain severely damaged or destroyed. Iran appears to have made minimal progress on reconstituting its destroyed capabilities.
Iran’s missile surge: Posturing for leverage or preparing for war?
In recent months, several indicators have suggested that Iran is in the midst of a mass push to reconstitute its ballistic missile arsenal.

Western intelligence services have identified a sharp increase in the flow of dual-use materials into the country, most notably sodium perchlorate, a chemical that can be converted into ammonium perchlorate, the oxidizer used in solid-fuel ballistic missiles. CNN investigators have tracked 10 to 12 recent shipments from Chinese ports to Bandar Abbas, a central node in Iran’s missile production architecture, totaling more than 2,000 tons of fuel material. These transfers represent one of the largest documented movements of dual-use materials into Iran in recent years.

Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, Calif., assessed that the scale of these shipments reflects Tehran’s desire to rapidly rebuild its production base. “Iran needs much more sodium perchlorate now to replace the missiles expended in the war and to increase production,” he told CNN in a recent interview, adding that he expects additional deliveries as Iran seeks to rearm.

According to Lewis, 2,000 tons of sodium perchlorate would be enough for roughly 500 missiles, significant, but still short of what Iran requires to restore its pre-war goal of producing about 200 missiles per month.

However, Maj. (res.) Alexander Grinberg, a former officer in the IDF Military Intelligence research department and an Iran expert at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, said that the reports of dual-use chemical shipments were misleading and overinterpreted the significance of the influx.

“The shipment of the dual-use materials is a hint that they are rebuilding, but there is a lack of precise information, and Iranian agents have an interest in making it seem like the significance of this sort of shipment is greater than it is in reality,” Grinberg told JNS. “There is a long way from these chemicals to full ballistic missiles; it doesn’t mean in any way that war is imminent.”
“The Far Left Is Exploiting Israel’s Suffering to Legitimize Antisemitism in France.”
The city of Paris, together with the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), hosted the European Summit of Mayors Against Antisemitism last Thursday and Friday, at a time when fundamental freedoms, democratic cohesion, and the security of Jewish communities are being weakened across the continent.

The event was attended by French Government Ministers, senior European officials, ambassadors and over 100 mayors and municipal leaders from more than 130 cities across 30 European nations

“We are facing political forces, in France, from the far left, that have instrumentalized the violence being caused, the suffering of the Israeli people, to mislead the French population, to give a kind of foreign legitimacy to antisemitism, and to bring this conflict into our society for political gain,” said French Minister Delegate for Europe Benjamin Haddad. “And this is something we have to constantly fight with the same democratic, republican, universal values that bind us together.”

Minister Haddad also spoke out about the lack of oversight across Europe in funding anti-Semitic NGOs.

“I want to be very clear about an initiative I launched recently with some of my colleagues at the European Council which is that every single cent of the European Commission needs to be accounted for,” said Minister Haddad at the opening of the Summit. “When we have money going to NGOs or associations that can be tied, in any way, to anti-Semitic speech then of course we have to check the nature of that relationship. Today, we are still in a situation with too much opacity and too little control over the funding that comes from the European Union to NGOs or organizations.”

“So, we are calling on European institutions, and France is very upfront and forceful about this, to strengthen their oversight and make it very clear that no cent of European money can go to organizations that do not respect European values.”

The event was co-organized with the CRIF, the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions, the AEPJ, and the European Jewish Congress (EJC), the Summit brought together the participants to develop a common European strategy.

“A little more than a year ago, my grandfather passed away. He was a survivor of the Holocaust. He saw his father, my great-grandfather, sent to the gas chambers, and when he died, I felt ashamed,” said CAM CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa. “I felt ashamed to look him in the eyes, as a Jew and as a European citizen, that we didn’t keep our promise of ‘Never Again’, because it looks like it has started happening again.”

“I felt ashamed that he had to witness 1,200 Jews murdered on October 7, that Holocaust survivors lived to see such horror again, that six months before he died he saw our great-grandmother’s grave in Belgium defaced with swastikas, that he saw soldiers guarding our synagogues and schools, that my sister hid her Jewish symbols out of fear on the streets of Brussels, and that I spent his final year in bomb shelters with my three children. But I also have hope, hope inspired by this room, by the leaders who stand up and show up, and I want to be able to tell my grandparents that we fixed this, and that Jews can once again live in peace in Europe and around the world.”


Israeli motorcyclist wins Bajas World Cup in Dubai
Israeli rally athlete and extreme motorsport enthusiast Alona Ben Natan finished first in the 2025 FIM Bajas World Cup’s female category after racing in Dubai on Sunday. This year’s World Cup consisted of seven races (an additional round in Hungary was canceled after the season started), and in Dubai, motorcyclist Ben Natan covered 842 kilometers (523 miles) in two-and-a-half days.

“I am really proud of myself and very excited. My plan was to finish first, and I did it. I am well prepared and can now compete in bigger rallies next year. I’m ready for the next level, which is to race in the biggest international rallies so they can prepare me for the finish line—which for me is Dakar 2027,” Ben Natan told JNS on Sunday.

“I want to thank everyone who followed and motivated me, including my family, friends and the riders who competed alongside me. When I see myself racing next to these superstars, it shows me that I am capable of being on the same stage and in the same events, and that I have the strength to do it,” she continued.

“Three years ago, I wasn’t even thinking about world championships. I couldn’t have imagined saying that I am a world champion. I am really happy and have big plans for next year,” she added.

In 2022, Ben Natan became the first Israeli rider to compete in Dubai and, later that year, the first Israeli woman to participate in the Aicha des Gazelles rally in Morocco.




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