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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

07/27 Links Pt1: Collapse of the Blood Libels; Hamas and its two million hostages; Guterres cements ‘infamous legacy’ with second term for UN rights chief

From Ian:

Andrew Fox: Collapse of the Blood Libels
Sometimes I think I am not angry enough, but the scale of the problem is almost too huge to be angry at, collectively. Towering rage must be split into smaller rages at each of the component parts of the blood libel machine. The fantastical Lancet “studies” salivating over hundreds of thousands of imaginary dead Gazans. AirWars’ pearl-clutching reports, drawing conclusions of civilian targeting in Gaza without a tenth of the evidence needed to draw said conclusions. Amnesty, B’tselem and all the other NGOs, releasing fraudulent genocide conclusions achieved only by changing the definition and parameters of genocide. The paid media squad of hacks, twisting and distorting and murdering the truth just to get one over on the Jewish state. South Africa, ripping apart the genocide convention at Iran’s behest, making it harder to punish real genocides in future.

The whole sorry mess sickens me, and now the great indictment of Israel is coming apart, one revelation at a time. This fact is not being reported by a single damned one of the media outlets that have spent years screeching over the war in Gaza to the exclusion of almost all else. Famine, deliberate attacks on hospitals, the slaughter of journalists and children, and systematic obstruction of aid: each allegation was broadcast as settled fact and then used to prove genocidal intent. The same newsrooms and universities that thundered these charges have shown remarkably little interest in the evidence that now destroys each of these allegations.

It is incredible. There is no aspect of the genocide allegation that has not collapsed.

Start with the famine claim. In August 2025, the IPC used two ways of measuring malnutrition in children: weight compared with height, and the size of a child’s upper arm. Gaza had no local data showing how those two measures matched up, so the IPC used an estimate from elsewhere in the region. It assumed the weight-and-height measure would find about twice as many malnourished children as the arm measurement.

The first large Gaza survey to use both measures found the reverse. Of 1,335 children surveyed in 2026, 0.5% were identified as acutely malnourished by weight and height, while 1.3% were identified by upper-arm measurement. That survey cannot tell us exactly what conditions were like in 2025. The later survey cannot recreate conditions in 2025, but it exposes the rotten foundation beneath a verdict presented to the world as scientific certainty: a key assumption behind the famine declaration had never been tested in Gaza itself.

The food figures are equally awkward. Official COGAT-based data show that about 1.01 million tonnes of food entered Gaza between 7 October 2023 and 17 January 2025, against an estimated requirement of 825,000 tonnes. From the October 2025 ceasefire to 7 June 2026, 1.78 million tonnes entered, against a calculated need of roughly 643,000 tonnes.

Of course, food crossing a border does not guarantee it reaches every family. Roads were destroyed, distribution failed, aid was looted, and Israel’s two-and-a-half-month block on aid in spring 2025 was a grave error. However, those qualifications cannot rescue the claim of a continuous Israeli policy to starve Gaza. The quantities of food that entered Gaza are simply too large.

The hospital narrative has also disintegrated. American intelligence independently confirmed that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad used al-Shifa for command operations, weapons storage, and to hold hostages. Hamas accounts now describe armed men, including senior officers, sheltering inside the hospital during an Israeli siege. Hospitals remained protected, and Israel still had to obey the laws of war, but the moral fairy tale of innocent hospitals attacked by the brutal IDF is dead. There is now endless evidence in the public domain of Hamas using hospitals for military purposes.

The casualty statistics have fared no better. The claim that 70 per cent of the dead were women and children became a fixture of global coverage. OCHA’s July 2026 snapshot, based on Gaza Health Ministry figures for 71,444 identified fatalities, placed those categories at 45.2 per cent. Adult men make up over 50% of the fatalities, from a pre-war adult male percentage of approximately 25% of the population. Not all adult men can be counted as combatants, but a figure repeatedly cited as proof of indiscriminate slaughter is now shown to be false when applied to the overall toll. The “hundreds of thousands” of dead under the rubble have likewise not materialised. That number is completely implausible, given Gaza’s mechanism for reporting the missing and the financial compensation incentives to use it.
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas and its two million hostages
When I spoke out against these trends, I was attacked viciously. I realised that many in the so–called pro–Palestine movement are deeply anti–Palestinian, for they are only interested in platforming and embracing views and experiences that conform to their beliefs. That a Gazan like myself – who lost family members in the war, who is largely deaf in his left ear following an Israeli bombing in 2001 and who has been on the front lines of providing humanitarian support for Palestinians in Gaza – could be dismissed for sharing the “wrong views” was an alarming sign of the degradation of this Western–based activism.

Furthermore, large segments of the Arab and Palestinian communities in the diaspora became their own worst enemies, enforcing conformity and promulgating extreme positions. They remained silent lest they be called traitors, sell-outs or Zionists. Speaking out against Hamas was somehow viewed as supporting Israel’s war on Gaza, endorsing the horrors experienced by Palestinian civilians or adopting Netanyahu’s and Israeli talking points, or as a betrayal of the Palestinian right to resist Israeli injustices. This simplistic reductionism was picked up by Hamas, which immediately registered the support for its actions in diaspora communities, particularly in the West and in the US, where political leverage matters most. The failure to call out Hamas weakened genuine pro–Palestine advocacy, which by default became associated with celebrations of October 7, finding excuses for Hamas’s heinous acts of terror, refusal to humanise Israeli victims of the attack (including hostages) and the abandonment of political aims that are actually achievable. Instead, a form of mass psychosis took hold of activists, academics, journalists, advocates, politicians and average individuals, all blinded to Hamas’s criminality against both Gazans and Israelis.

Undeterred, I have decided to proceed with sharing my truth. I saw and experienced Hamas’s rise to power in Gaza and witnessed its tactics, strategies and manipulation of an entire people. For nearly two decades, a fascist Islamist terror organisation has been holding over two million Palestinians as hostages to its suicidal, nihilistic project.

Launching the most brutal single-day attack against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and knowing the kind of devastating and deadly retaliation that this was going to elicit, was a deliberate, reckless endangerment of the Palestinian people: a betrayal.

The decision to launch the October 7 attack destroyed Palestinian lives and aspirations, but it was not the first such terrible choice.

It was a choice to reject the Oslo peace process and the 2000 Camp David proposal; it was a choice to squander the opportunity opened in 2005 by Israel’s withdrawal of settlements on a vanity resistance project that went nowhere for two decades; it was a choice after the 2006 elections to Islamise Palestinian society and waste opportunities to establish new civic and democratic life; it was a choice to antagonise moderates in Israel with suicide bombings, turning many of them against the peace process and helping the rise of the Israeli far right.

It was a choice to align the Palestinian people of Gaza with the likes of Hezbollah, Qatar, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood – failed ideologies and regional projects – just as previous generations of Palestinians aligned themselves with Saddam Hussein, the Soviet Union and Gamal Abdel–Nasser’s pan–Arabism; it was a choice to keep Israeli hostages in Gaza for two years rather than surrendering them earlier to avert large–scale death and destruction and to save what could be saved of Gaza’s people and infrastructure.

I do not speak and have never claimed to speak on behalf of Palestinians or Gazans. No one can make this claim, for there is no single voice or entity that can capture or represent the diversity of Palestinian communities across the Middle East and the world. My account and my analysis are steeped in lived experience, connection to the land and extensive relationships with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Still, the cautionary lessons and observations that I discuss will be acknowledged by many in the Gaza Strip, and by Palestinians elsewhere, who often keep quiet.

I share my story in the spirit of seeking justice for my people. This story details Hamas’s horrendous impact on the Palestinian people’s legitimate right to freedom and independence. I experienced the tragedy of seeing my native homeland descend into chaos and disarray, a collapse that occurred in large part because of a group of Jihadi fascists who destroyed the Palestinian national project. This is why I focus on speaking out against Hamas.
Khaled Abu Toameh: Trump's Saudi Nuclear Horror Show
The [US-Saudi civilian nuclear] agreement threatens to weaken decades of US non-proliferation policy, ignite a regional arms race, embolden America's adversaries, and create security risks that future generations may be powerless to reverse.

The most controversial aspect of the proposed agreement is that it reportedly allows Saudi Arabia to develop domestic uranium enrichment capabilities under safeguards that fall short of the stringent standards previously demanded by Washington. While low-enriched uranium is used to fuel civilian nuclear reactors, the same technology can eventually produce highly enriched uranium suitable for nuclear weapons.

"[W]ithout a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible." — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, CBS News, March 15, 2018.

These words should have ended any discussion about permitting uranium enrichment on Saudi soil. They reveal that Riyadh views civilian nuclear capabilities not merely as an energy project but also as a potential strategic hedge against Iran.

[G]overnments change, regimes fall, alliances split, and today's friend -- even as a member of the Abraham Accords -- may not be tomorrow's ally.

[E]xtremist Islamist organizations continue to view the kingdom as both a battlefield and a prize. No one can predict Saudi Arabia's political landscape 20 or 30 years from now. A future period of instability, succession crisis, or regime collapse could deliver sensitive nuclear facilities, technology, or materials to actors whose goals are fundamentally hostile to the United States and its allies.

The greatest danger, therefore, is not Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman or the current Saudi leadership. The greatest danger is the uncertainty surrounding whoever may rule the kingdom decades from now. Nuclear technology lasts far longer than political regimes.

The proposed agreement also abandons the "gold standard" that has guided US civilian nuclear cooperation for decades. Under the 2009 US-United Arab Emirates (UAE) nuclear agreement, Abu Dhabi accepted strict conditions that prohibited domestic uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing while granting comprehensive international oversight. These restrictions significantly reduced proliferation dangers.

The Saudi agreement reportedly discards many of these safeguards. It also reportedly does not require Riyadh to adopt the International Atomic Energy Agency's Additional Protocol, which allows inspectors short-notice access to undeclared facilities to detect clandestine nuclear activities.

The UAE would likely seek to renegotiate its own agreement. Turkey and Egypt would almost certainly demand similar privileges. Russia and China could use the American precedent to justify weaker safeguards in their own nuclear partnerships across the Middle East and beyond.

Instead of strengthening the global non-proliferation regime, the United States would be weakening it with its own hands.

Peace with Israel is not a prize awarded by Arab or Muslim countries. It is not something that should require American bribes in the form of nuclear technology or strategic incentives.

Peace serves Saudi Arabia's own interests. It enhances regional stability, strengthens economic development, attracts foreign investment, and improves security for all parties. Arab and Muslim states should pursue peace with Israel because it benefits their own people -- not because Washington offers dangerous concessions.

The United States should not become the architect of the next Middle East nuclear arms race.




Israel: Guterres cements ‘infamous legacy’ with second term for UN rights chief
Israel’s Foreign Ministry has condemned United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for reappointing Volker Turk, his former policy chief, for a second term as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday.

Describing the move as “unprecedented and highly controversial,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it ties “the hands of his successor” and degrades the UN’s “rules-based order.”

“By extending the mandate of an OHCHR that erased the atrocities of Oct. 7, misused funds, and betrayed UN neutrality in favor of corrupt political radicalism, Guterres cements, for years to come, the deeply politicized legacy of his tenure,” the Ministry posted to X on July 24.

Guterres, who is nearing the end of his 10-year term, nominated Turk, an Austrian attorney and U.N. careerist, without public discussion. The U.N. General Assembly voted 144-10 with 13 abstentions in favor of his reappointment on Friday.

Hillel Neuer, executive director of U.N. Watch, a human rights NGO, told JNS: “The U.N.'s rubber-stamp renewal of Volker Turk for an unprecedented second four-year term was a quiet, last-minute maneuver by Secretary-General Guterres, pushed through with minimal scrutiny, no open call for candidates, and no public debate.”

“No independent human rights figures endorsed him; on the contrary. That China and so many other human rights abusers backed the extension is the clearest verdict on his record: he never spoke out with the courage the job demands,” he said.

Turk earned the ire of Israel for adopting wholesale the libels spread against it during the Gaza war.

In a Sept. 8, 2025, address to the U.N. Human Rights Council, he condemned “Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza”; its hindering of aid and “the ensuing starvation of civilians”; “its killing of journalists, U.N. staff and NGO workers;” and “its commission of war crime upon war crime.”

Just over a week later, on Sept. 16, 2025, Turk condemned Israel’s airstrike against a Hamas compound in Doha as “a shocking breach of international law, an assault on regional peace and stability, and a blow against the integrity of mediation and negotiating processes around the world.”

He then demanded that U.N. member states stop the flow of arms to Israel “that risk violating the laws of war.”

Turk’s first four-year term was to expire on Oct. 11. He will be the first in the position to serve two full terms since the post was created in 1993, the Associated Press reported.

The United States also opposed Turk’s reappointment.

“Make no mistake, if this assembly tolerates procedural overreach, backroom deals and the misuse of U.N. posts, there will be consequences,” U.S. deputy ambassador to the U.N. Jeff Bartos warned before the vote, AP reported.

“The United States will immediately reassess our engagement, participation and funding,” he said.
UN Secretary-General Guterres continues to travel around the world, and his next stop is Syria. Since October 7, his foot has not set foot in Israel.


Trump threatens ‘very strong’ strikes as ‘significant’ progress reported in Iran talks
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he paused military strikes on Iran to give diplomacy another chance, amid a report of “significant” progress in talks to end the war. But he added that he is prepared to authorize another major attack on the Islamic Republic if the talks fail.

“We are in very deep talks with Iran. If they don’t work out, we will go back to very strong military action,” Trump told the Axios news site on Monday.

Trump insisted that he is not giving much time for the talks, even though he has said that before and has then allowed Iran to drag the negotiations out further. “Either it goes fast or not at all,” he claimed.

His comments came as regional officials said that mediators have achieved progress in getting the two countries back to the table, after both sides paused attacks following a period of rapidly escalating tensions.

Neither the US nor Iran has reported carrying out any attacks for three days — a respite after about two weeks of sustained bombardments that had led to increasing fears of a return to all-out war.

Trump’s decision to hold off on strikes was widely reported to have been made due to warnings from his generals that they were no longer effective, and because the US is running out of missile interceptors. Explaining the decision, Trump told Axios, “All of the people that deal with Iran asked me: ‘Don’t fire.'”

Two regional officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door talks, said mediators led by Qatar and Pakistan were working to bridge the gap between Washington and Tehran to return to an interim ceasefire deal that collapsed.

One of the regional officials described the progress made in mediation efforts as “significant.” He said mediators are working with Iran and Oman on a mechanism for managing vessels’ transit through the Strait of Hormuz, the flashpoint for the latest strikes and counterstrikes.

On Monday, an anonymous official in the Trump administration told the Kan public broadcaster that the indirect negotiations are at a “serious stage.” The official reportedly said both sides have exchanged proposals, but that there are no agreements yet.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said during a news conference in Tehran earlier that “mediators may convey messages to us from the American side” but that there are no direct negotiations.
Oman, Iran, benefiting from lull in US strikes, approach deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Oman and Iran have accelerated talks to restart shipping through the Strait of Hormuz in what would be a short-term fix amid a slowdown in fighting between Washington and Tehran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Oman is keeping Washington informed, although the US isn't directly part of the talks.

Iran and Oman created the agreement, which would allow ships to pass safely through the waterway, over the weekend, according to the WSJ.

The talks aren’t meant to put a full stop to the conflict. However, mediators hope that a temporary agreement on a contentious issue would cool tempers and ultimately lead to more advanced talks, the report added.

Iran and Oman are still far apart on some issues, including whether to charge transit fees, the report said, citing a US official and mediators.

Trump halted attacks on Iran Friday evening following almost two weeks of strikes against Iranian maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, coastal surveillance sites, and air defense assets, according to information provided by the US Central Command (CENTCOM).

Oman sent a delegation to Tehran to begin talks Friday night, according to the report, which added that both sides have reported progress.
Netanyahu lands in US for talks with Trump on Iran, ‘expanding circle of peace’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in the US on Monday ahead of talks with US President Donald Trump in Washington, where they are expected to discuss the situation with Iran, among several other issues, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed.

Netanyahu and Trump both arrived at the same time at Joint Base Andrews, a US military facility located in Maryland, near Washington, DC. However, they did not meet.

"We will discuss all the issues on the agenda, first and foremost, Iran. Naturally, our goal is to safeguard our security and also to expand the circle of peace around us," Netanyahu said as he prepared to board Wing of Zion.

Netanyahu flew out from Nevatim Air Base instead of Ben-Gurion Airport, where he typically departs for state visits, Israeli media reported.

"From my experience as prime minister, during these complex times we must act with both great determination and great wisdom," he stated.

"I am embarking on this mission with one clear goal, to ensure the security, strength, and future of our dear State of Israel," he said.

"This will be the eighth meeting between the two leaders since Trump's election for a second term," Netanyahu said. "More than any other international leader. This is a great privilege, but it is also a great responsibility."

Netanyahu to attend funeral of Lindsey Graham
Netanyahu added that in addition to meeting with Trump, he will also attend the funeral of Lindsey Graham, who passed away on July 12 after a brief and sudden illness.
Next Israeli gov’t will declare ‘violent, antisemitic’ Qatar an enemy state, Bennett says
Israel's next government will declare Qatar an "enemy state," former prime minister and head of Together Naftali Bennett said at Israel's National Security Conference (INSS) on Monday.

“Qatar is a violent antisemitic cancer that sends metastases to the West and even to the office of the prime minister of Israel, with the aim of destroying the State of Israel,” Bennett accused at the conference.

According to Bennett, Qatar is a leading financier of Islamist terrorism, particularly of Hamas, whose hands are stained with the "blood of many Israelis who were murdered, raped, burned, and abducted" during the October 7 massacre.

Bennett: Qatar's leaders want to eliminate Israel
Bennett also said Qatar had established “a global influence machine aimed at eliminating Israel," adding that it operates and funds Al Jazeera, which has been banned in Israel over inciting hatred against the state.

"Had even the most basic commission of inquiry into October 7 been established, this would have been one of its first conclusions," Bennett affirmed. "Qatar is an enemy state, and its leaders want to eliminate Israel.”
Al-Sharaa says security framework with Israel could lead to ‘peace’
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hinted on Sunday that a security agreement with Israel is in the works, and that, were it to succeed, it could lead to normalization with the Jewish state.

“If the security agreement succeeds, and Israel commits to the security side, and Syria does as well, along with all the conditions of the agreement that may be concluded later, this would qualify for a second stage of talks about a comprehensive peace, without conceding Syria’s right to the occupied Golan [Heights],” the Syrian leader said in an interview aired on Sunday by Al Jazeera.

Israel conquered the western part of the Golan Heights in the Six-Day War in 1967, and has since applied its sovereignty over the territory. In the aftermath of the collapse of the Bashar Assad regime in December 2024, the Israel Defense Forces took over a narrow, commanding terrain of the Syrian Golan Heights as a defensive measure against rogue jihadist groups in Syria.

Whether a security arrangement with Israel includes a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Syrian Golan Heights was not clear from the interview.

Al-Sharaa further stated in the interview that he does not intend to get militarily involved in Lebanon to help secure the sovereignty of the ruling government in Beirut.

Damascus moreover seeks to maintain its non-aggression stance toward Israel, according to Al Jazeera.
Next round of Israel-Lebanon talks to take place early August in Rome, US official says
The next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon will take place in Rome from August 4-6, a senior US State Department official said on Tuesday.

The talks will focus on implementing the trilateral framework, resolving border issues, and expanding the pilot areas in southern Lebanon, in which Lebanese troops will verify that areas have been cleared of Hezbollah terrorists and weapons.

The first pilot zone represents a genuine opportunity to achieve progress on the ground by restoring the authority of the Lebanese state through the verified disarmament of terrorist organizations and building the trust needed for the next steps.

The experience gained from the initial pilot zones will help improve the model’s implementation, enabling its gradual expansion in stages.

Negotiators also plan to work towards a comprehensive peace and security agreement, according to the official.

This comes following last week’s meeting between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and US President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration is committed to the discussions, the official noted, adding that all sides are entering talks with “significant momentum" following the presidents' talks and the gradual implementation of the pilot zones.

He also stressed that the trilateral framework is the only path to achieving lasting peace and that its full implementation is clearly in the interests of both countries.


Gaza death notices show some so-called health workers were operating for terror groups
On September 8, 2025, about a month before fighting in Gaza halted, Mohammed Akram al-Kafarna was killed in an Israeli strike.

Following his death, the Palestinian Nurses and Midwives Syndicate mourned al-Kafarna as the Gaza head of the medical association.

The International Council of Nurses, a Geneva-based body that calls itself “the global voice of nursing,” wrote in a condolence letter that it was “deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Mohammed Akram al-Kafarna, one of the leaders of the Palestinian nursing profession in Gaza.”

He was “among the hundreds of nurses and healthcare workers who have tragically lost their lives during the conflict,” the ICN added, according to a copy of the letter published on Facebook.

But al-Kafarna was no Florence Nightingale. According to Hamas, alongside his medical work, al-Kafarna was also a fighter in the Nidal Nasser Battalion in Beit Hanoun, part of its Northern Gaza Brigade.

In a picture published by Hamas, al-Kafarna is seen in full military gear, holding a loaded rifle.

His name is one of scores published by Hamas and its fellow Gazan terror group, Islamic Jihad, in recent months, belatedly identifying their many fighters killed during the two years of war sparked by the October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel.

Among the names are not only those previously identified as journalists and athletes, but also healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses, and hospital employees.

The revelations that these figures had dual roles that made them legitimate military targets have cast doubt on claims that the Israel Defense Forces aimed their firepower at innocent civilians, including those in key roles that are supposed to afford them special protections.

At least 18 Gazans killed during the war who were reported to be healthcare workers — including doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other employees of Gaza hospitals or the Hamas-run Health Ministry — have since also appeared in lists published by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad identifying them as members of the groups.


IFJ Silently Removes 8 Terrorism-Linked Individuals From Slain Gazan Journalist List
Eight individuals with connections to terrorist organizations were silently removed from the International Federation of Journalists’ (IFJ) list of Palestinian media workers killed during the October 7 War, according to reviews of archived versions of the database.

The IFJ tally of slain Gazan journalists has been cited by news outlets in the narrative that the IDF was deliberately targeting journalists, often alongside the similar database maintained by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). IFJ’s documentation of slain Palestinian journalists had been cited in CPJ’s database 14 times, including eight journalists who were proven terrorist operatives.

Internet archives showed that eight names were removed from the IFJ list between June 21 and July 9 — the same time period that the CPJ announced a review of its own databases due to Palestinian terrorist organizations revealing that individuals listed were operatives. Not only were the eight individuals removed from the IFJ list, but the short notices about their deaths were also deleted from the website.

While CPJ had publicly explained that it had removed eight individuals for involvement in combat and another 7 for not meeting the definition of journalist, the 600,000-member Belgium-based IFJ did not announce that individuals were removed from its website.

Mohamed Manhal Abu Armanah in a Hamas martyr notice.

Terrorists Removed from IFJ and CPJ Lists
Those removed from the IFJ list included three terrorists who had also been removed from the CPJ list for involvement in hostilities: Mohamed Manhal Abu Armanah, Maisara Ahmed Salah, and Mustafa Bahr.

Abu Armanah was reported as a photographer for Palestine Now when he was killed in a July 2024 follow-up drone strike to the al-Mawasi attack that killed Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif. Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades announced on April 27 in martyrdom posters and videos that Abu Armanah was a member of its Rafah Brigade’s military media department.

Salah was also announced by Al-Qassam to be a member of its brigades on May 23. Initially, he was reported as just being a journalist in December 2024, when his outlet Quds News Network announced his death. QNN itself has a disputed pedigree when it comes to terrorist group affiliations. CPJ has at times described it as Hamas-affiliated and retracted the label, while the Associated Press has characterized the outlet as affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

Bahr, co-founder of Palestine Breaking News, was announced by IFJ as having been slain in a March 2024 airstrike, but just eight months later the Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades’ Tawhid Brigade announced the reporter as being a “mujahid” commander. Bahr was the brother of another individual removed from the IFJ list, Abdul Rahman Bahr, who was also described as a “mujahid” (holy warrior) in a February 2025 martyr notice published by the Jabalia City Al-Omari Mosque. His organizational affiliation was unknown, and he ostensibly worked as a photographer and camera operator for the outlet founded by his brother.


Call me Back Podcast: Iran War Part III - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal
Is a 3rd round of war with Iran now inevitable?

After two wars, a failed agreement, and months of uneasy calm, the U.S. and Iran may once again be on the brink of direct conflict. Amit Segal and Nadav Eyal join Dan to assess why the US-Iran MOU has collapsed, would Israel’s military take part in it, what a 3rd round of fighting could look like, and how elections in both Israel and the United States could shape the decisions ahead.

In this episode:
Why the US-Iran agreement collapsed
What a third war with Iran could look like
Would Netanyahu strike Iran again?
How Iran is reading Trump
Will elections change Trump's Iran strategy?
Could the West Bank erupt next?
Could another war reshape Israel's election?
Why Israelis are watching New York politics


Jonathan Sacerdoti: How Israel's LASER defence system works — Chairman of Rafael Defence Systems Yuval Steinitz explains
Israel’s laser defence technology could transform the economics, speed and fundamental logic of modern warfare.

An incoming missile may cost tens of thousands of dollars to manufacture. Intercepting it with a laser could cost only a few dollars in electricity.

This conversation explores how Israeli scientists at Rafael persisted with laser research despite years of scepticism, eventually developing an adaptive optical system capable of concentrating immense energy on fast-moving targets many kilometres away.

• ⚡ How can a beam of light destroy a missile travelling at enormous speed?
• 🎯 How does adaptive optics overcome atmospheric distortion?
• 💰 Could lasers end the ruinous economics of missile interception?
• 🧠 Why did Rafael continue developing the technology despite institutional opposition?
• 🌍 Could Israel’s breakthrough reshape defence cooperation with Britain and the United States?

“It will cost Iran or Hezbollah $20,000 to produce the missile, and it will cost us only $2 to intercept it.”

Lasers are game changing: no shells or interceptor missiles. The target is located, tracked and destroyed using concentrated light.







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