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Hypocrisy and double standards over the massacre of the Druze.
Melanie Phillips.
(JNS / July 17, 2025).
Yet this slaughter elicited no condemnation from those who, day in and day out, signal their own supposed virtue by falsely accusing Israel of war crimes. Faced with the evidence of a horrific attempt to exterminate the Druze, demonstrators who have been screaming about Israel’s “genocide” for the past 21 months were conspicuously absent from the streets and campuses.
The likes of Amnesty and Human Rights Watch were silent. Al-Julani’s troops reportedly slaughtered the entire staff at Suweida’s hospital along with their patients. Yet from those who falsely accuse Israel of targeting hospitals in Gaza in order to kill patients and staff—and who wickedly ignore the fact that Hamas has turned them into terrorist hubs and thus made them into legitimate military targets—there was only silence.
Astoundingly, these people instead blamed Israel—the only country that went to the aid of the Druze—for attacking Syria. António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, posted on X that he condemned the killing of any civilians, omitted to place responsibility on al-Julani’s forces and instead blamed Israel for defending the Druze.
Various media outlets reported these atrocities as “tit for tat” skirmishes between the Druze and Bedouin tribes. Even the Trump administration bafflingly described what happened as a “misunderstanding” between Israel and Syria that had somehow gotten out of hand.
The perversity of all this reaction was hardly surprising. Much of it was wrapped up in a deep animus against Israel and the Jewish people, which is its own dark and terrifying story.
Something else, however, was at work here—and that was the rush that took place to embrace al-Julani, a former member of Al-Qaeda and ISIS who had been imprisoned by the Americans from 2006 to 2011, as a force for good.
[https://www.jns.org/hypocrisy-and-double-standards-over-the-massacre-of-the-druze/ JNS]
What’s Really Going On Between Israel and Syria.
by Seth Mandel.
Israel Rescues Syria’s Druze.
To understand what set off the latest round of sectarian conflict in southern Syria, I suggest reading this very brief and useful summary by Carmit Valensi and Amal Hayek. The two note that, as in previous rounds of fighting, “internal pressure from the Druze community in Israel spurred Israeli military involvement.” But Amit Segal argues that this incident was different from its predecessors:
[T]he Druze area acts as a buffer for Israel. It’s like a shield against Syria, which is essentially [part of] a Turkish empire, something that deeply disturbs Israel. But there’s one more thing that’s changed in recent months. Israel is acting as a regional power for the first time, and only history will judge if this was wise or a mistake.
When Israel sees situations such as what’s happening in Syria, it intervenes. This has never happened before. Israel says it’s not just about immediate interests, but also about allies.
There is also here a moral element, that goes beyond what some see as Jerusalem caving to domestic pressure from its Druze citizens. After all, no other country has lifted a finger to protect Middle Eastern minorities from slaughter.
Seth Mandel writes:
It has not gone unnoticed that Israel is striking the government forces of a country with which it is also negotiating mutual recognition. But there is no contradiction there: peace is the goal, and recognition is worthless without it. Israel wants recognition because it wants coexistence, not the other way around. And the Jewish state is unwilling to sell out its values to get it: “Israel is committed to preventing harm being inflicted on the Druze in Syria, owing to the deep covenant of blood with our Druze citizens in Israel and their historical and familial link to the Druze in Syria,” Prime Minister Netanyahu explained.
[https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2025/07/israel-rescues-syrias-druze Mosaic Magazine]
[https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/whats-really-going-on-between-israel-and-syria/ Commentary]
Syria Troops Quit Druze Heartland After Violence Leaves Nearly 600 Dead.
By Shadi al-Dubaisi with Acil Tabbara in Damascus.
July 17, 2025, 1:26 am EDT
[...]
The UN's humanitarian agency, OCHA, said that "nearly 2,000 families have been displaced" by the violence across the province.
[https://www.barrons.com/news/syria-says-local-factions-to-secure-violence-hit-sweida-6ad1354c Barrons]
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'We’ve seen this movie with Hamas': Druze Spiritual leader speaks out after violence in Syria.
The Israeli Druze leader added that he believed that thousands of people were injured, and that hundreds are dead.
By Walla!
July 17, 2025 11:08
Druze leader Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif said on Thursday that Israeli Druze are distrustful of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
"It was a mistake to lift the sanctions; he hasn’t changed his stripes," Tarif noted.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-861336 JPost]
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“Julani Is A Murderer:” Druze MK Entered Syria With IDF Soldiers.
July 17, 2025
5:45 pm
Druze MK Hamad Amar of Yisrael Beytenu crossed the border into Syria on Wednesday and spoke about what he saw in an interview with Kan Reshet Bet on Thursday.
“I returned tonight from Syria after we took young people out of there. I entered with the IDF at the request of IDF officers to prevent danger to the young Druze and to help bring them back.”
“Am Yisrael needs to understand what is happening in Syria,” Amar said. “Monsters murdered and raped little girls. They are raging there under the auspices of Julani, who himself murdered people with his own hands.”
“What is happening there is a religious war. Whoever is Druze is murdered. The world is raising a monster. Trump says: ‘Julani is nice, handsome!’ This handsome man murdered and raped women. He is behind these events. These are his soldiers and this is his belief. We are all in danger if this monster continues to operate in Syria.”
When Amar was asked about the fact that Julani condemned the atrocities in Sweida, Amar replied that Julani also condemned the murder of the Alawites in Syria. “He is behind these actions,” Amar said. “These are the actions of his people. These are his tanks, the soldiers are his soldiers, and the armed, extremist groups—it’s all his. This is his belief. He imbibed extremism from the age of zero. We are in danger within Israel if this monster continues to grow there in Syria.”
When Amar was asked if Israel needs to protect the Druze residents of Syria, he replied: “My brother’s brother is my brother, just as for me every Jew is a brother, and I am willing to fight for every Jew everywhere. We, as Druze and Jews have a covenant. Yes, you know, they often say a blood covenant. But it’s beyond that: as human beings, we need to intervene.”
[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2426477/julani-is-a-murderer-druze-mk-entered-syria-with-idf-soldiers.html YWN]
(Related;
Israel Must Help Druze Achieve Self-Determination in Syria | Opinion.
Published Mar 07, 2025 at 7:00 AM EST.
By Bradley Martin
Executive Director, Near East Center for Strategic Studies.
There is no reason to believe that the situation of Druze and other minorities will improve following the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
[..]
Druze in Israel have forged what is often referred to as “a covenant of blood” with the Jewish state. Jethro—the biblical prophet Moses’ father-in-law—is the most important prophet in the Druze religion and the ancestor of all Druze. Alongside the Jewish majority, the Druze in Israel are the only religious community that is required by law to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (at the request of Druze religious and communal leaders).
[https://www.newsweek.com/israel-must-help-druze-achieve-self-determination-syria-opinion-2040739 Newsweek])
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A slight majority of Americans support strikes against Iran, poll says.
A Harvard-Harris poll also found that 87% of Republicans supported the strikes while 33% of Democrats did.
(July 17, 2025 / JNS)
A slight majority of Americans approve of the Trump administration’s military actions in mid-June that bombed three of Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to a recent poll.
The Harvard CAPS Harris poll, released on July 14, found that 58% of Americans supported “Operation Midnight Hammer,” while 42% opposed. Some 54% said they considered the strikes a major military accomplishment, while 46% said it was minor.
Among partisan lines, 87% of Republicans supported the strikes, compared to 33% of Democrats and 52% of Independents.
Additionally, 54% of Americans said the airstrikes “restored American deterrence,” while 46% did not. A total of 51% said that the strike did “severe damage” to Iran’s nuclear facilities, while 49% said it did not.
Further, 61% of Americans said that the United States should defend Israel if Iran retaliates against it over the military action, while 39% said it should not.
A whopping 86% overall said Iran should not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.
The poll also found that 56% of Americans believe that Israel should only make a deal to get the hostages back from Hamas if the terror organization leaves the Gaza Strip entirely. Some 77% said they supported Israel over Hamas, a minor increase from 75% in June.
[https://www.jns.org/a-slight-majority-of-americans-support-strikes-against-iran-poll-says/ JNS]
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COMMANDER COWARD: IDF Unveils New Photo of Hamas’ Gaza Leader Hiding in Disguise.
July 17, 2025
12:35 pm
The IDF on Thursday released new images of Izz al-Din Haddad, the de facto head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, revealing a dramatically altered appearance as he continues to evade Israeli forces.
Haddad, who commands Hamas’ Gaza City Brigade, assumed leadership of the terror organization in the enclave following the death of Muhammad Sinwar in May. The photo was reportedly discovered by Israeli troops inside a Hamas tunnel running beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis — the same location where Muhammad Sinwar was killed.
The IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Col. Avichay Adraee, posted the photo on X, highlighting a “drastic change” in Haddad’s appearance. Adraee suggested the transformation signaled “deep fear and a desire to disguise and disappear.”
[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2426350/commander-coward-idf-unveils-new-photo-of-hamas-gaza-leader-hiding-in-disguise.html YWN]
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Shai Golden Attacks: Israelis Should Be Banned From Interviewing With Piers Morgan
Be Smart, Not Dumb.
Shai Golden Attacks: Israelis Should Be Banned From Interviewing With Piers Morgan
Shai Golden calls for legislation to ban Israelis from being interviewed by Piers Morgan, claiming he presents Israel as "bloodthirsty." In his opinion, recent interviews - like the one with Daniella Weiss - cause "enormous damage" to public diplomacy efforts.
JFeed Staff.
Jul 17, 2025 19:17
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/shai-golden-calls-for-banning-israeli-interviews JFeed]
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If at first you don't succeed.
Ted Cruz Targets Muslim Brotherhood: “Hamas Is Just the Start”.
Senator Ted Cruz’s latest bill seeks to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, citing its ties to Hamas, while critics warn the move could strain U.S. alliances and oversimplify the group’s complex role. The legislation, backed by GOP senators and pro-Israel groups, aims to impose sanctions and disrupt funding for the global Islamist movement amid escalating Middle East tensions.
Gila Isaacson.
Jul 17, 2025 17:37
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/ted-cruz-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-designation JFeed]
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Israeli envoy condemns ‘glaring silence’ from UN agencies.
“These children were victims of an evil that this council seems unwilling to address or condemn: Hamas,” Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly said.
Mike Wagenheim.
(July 17, 2025 / JNS)
Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly, political coordinator for the Israeli mission to the United Nations, criticized several U.N. agencies during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which she said “has continued to abandon all semblance of neutrality and impartiality.”
[https://www.jns.org/israeli-envoy-condemns-glaring-silence-from-un-agencies/ JNS]
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Member of antisemitic hate group arrested for alleged assault of Jewish man in Tennessee.
“Our police department will not let stand hatred that translates into criminal conduct,” the Metro Nashville police chief said.
(July 17, 2025 / JNS)
Louis Edward Dunn, 43, a member of the Goyim Defense League, is expected to be returned to Tennessee to face a grand jury indictment charging him with civil rights intimidation and assault, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department announced on Thursday.
Dunn, who was visiting Nashville when the alleged altercation took place on July 13, 2024, is currently being held as a fugitive in the Maricopa County Jail in Phoenix, Ariz., following his arrest on Sunday at the request of the MNPD’s Specialized Investigations Division.
Dunn, with accomplice Ryan Scott McCann, 30, are charged with assaulting and intimidating a 20-year-old Jewish man, according to the division’s investigation. Police stated that members of the GDL antagonized and taunted the man when McCann attempted to strike.
As the victim attempted to flee, Dunn allegedly grabbed and pinned him against a truck with McCann in pursuit. The victim said “he was struck in the neck and legs during the altercation,” according to the investigation.
[https://www.jns.org/member-of-antisemitic-hate-group-arrested-for-alleged-assault-of-jewish-man-in-tennessee/ JNS]
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Army vet, who posted Jew-hatred online, sentenced to two years for illegal guns
"You not only illegally possessed extremely dangerous firearms, but you bragged about it and put on firearms trainings for others while doing so," the district judge said at trial.
JNS Staff.
(July 17, 2025 / JNS)
Kyle Christopher Benton, 29, was sentenced in district court to two years in prison for illegally possessing guns and using those weapons “to further his standing with various racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist groups and groups espousing white supremacy,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington stated on Thursday.
[https://www.jns.org/army-vet-who-posted-jew-hatred-online-sentenced-to-two-years-for-illegal-guns/ JNS]
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Campus Antisemitism.
Online Jew-hatred surges, violent incidents decline on campus in 2024-25, Hillel reports
In total, the number of instances rose from 1,853 to 2,334, according to collected data.
(July 17, 2025 / JNS)
Online incidents of Jew-hatred surged on college campuses in the past academic year while violent incidents declined, according to data released on Thursday by Hillel International.
Data found that online incidents surged by almost 185% from the 2023-24 academic year as compared with the 2024-25 academic year, while violent incidents, which included threats, graffiti and vandalism, declined from 964 incidents to 752 in that same timeframe.
A closer look at the violent incidents data shows that assaults decreased from 50 to 32, and graffiti and vandalism declined by nearly 55%, according to Hillel.
Disruptions of university commencement ceremonies also increased from 31 to 37, while anti-Israel encampments declined by 92%.
In total, the number of instances rose from 1,853 to 2,334, per Hillel data.
[https://www.jns.org/online-jew-hatred-surges-violent-incidents-decline-on-campus-in-2024-25-hillel-reports/ JNS]
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Israel ‘deeply impressed’ by Queens College response to Jew-hatred.
Ofir Akunis, Israeli consul general in New York, thanked the public school's president “for not remaining silent and for standing up for truth and facts.”
JNS Staff.
(July 17, 2025 / JNS)
Ofir Akunis, consul general of Israel in New York, said on Thursday that he is “deeply impressed” by the support and commitment that Queens College has shown to Israeli students on campus.
[https://www.jns.org/israel-deeply-impressed-by-queens-college-response-to-jew-hatred/ JNS]
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Pittsburgh-area man indicted for telling official ‘go back to Israel or better yet, exterminate yourself’.
Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 29, faces up to five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
JNS Staff.
(July 17, 2025 / JNS)
A federal grand jury indicted Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 29, of Elizabeth, Pa., in the Pittsburgh area, for making an antisemitic threat to harm a public official and making false statements to federal agents, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania said on Thursday.
[https://www.jns.org/pittsburgh-area-man-indicted-for-telling-official-go-back-to-israel-or-better-yet-exterminate-yourself/ JNS]
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IDF eliminates Hamas commanders who participated in massacre.
[https://2.a7.org/files/pictures/000/1194596.jpg]
IDF and Shin Bet reveal that they eliminated Jabaliya Battalion Iyad Nasr, as well as two other terrorists who infiltrated Israel and participated in Hamas’ brutal massacre on October 7th.
Israel National News.
Jul 17, 2025, 7:30 PM
The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed on Thursday that on July 10, 2025, they struck and eliminated the terrorist Iyad Nasr, who served as the Deputy Commander of Hamas’ Jabaliya Battalion, and infiltrated Israel during the brutal October 7th massacre...
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411833 INN]
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Socialist Zohran Mamdani called for ‘abolition of private property,’ resurfaced video shows.
July 17, 2025. [https://nypost.com/2025/07/17/us-news/republican-party-slams-zohran-mamdanis-support-for-abolition-of-private-property/ NYPost]
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Doron Steinbrecher: 'The terrorists shot the bed, bullet missed my head'.
Survivor of captivity from Kfar Aza recalls her kidnapping on October 7 and how she was nearly killed while hiding under a bed.
Israel National News.
Jul 17, 2025, 7:39 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411834 INN]
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The massacre of the Druze.
If you shout "Allahu Akbar," you have a license to kill. Opinion.
Giulio Meotti. Jul 17, 2025, 7:27 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411832 INN]
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Defense Minister: 'We don't trust al-Julani, we trust only G-d and the IDF'.
Defense Minister Israel Katz meets with Senator Ted Cruz, emphasizing Israel's unwavering policy to defend Druze and ensure security in the Golan Heights. 'IDF's presence in southern Syria is guarantee for Israel's security.'
[https://2.a7.org/files/pictures/781x439/1194603.jpg]
Israel National News.
Jul 17, 2025, 9:25 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411841 INN]
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Netanyahu mourns victims of Gaza church attack, IDF investigates.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expresses deep regret over missile hitting Gaza's H. Family Church, leading to casualties, stressing Israel’s commitment to protecting civilians and h. sites.
Israel National News.
Published: Jul 17, 2025, 10:21 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411846 INN]
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‘Israel must win, not apologize,’ says US lawyer Alan Dershowitz.
Dershowitz voices strong support for Netanyahu’s legal battle and Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza in interview, condemning global double standards and rising anti-Israel bias.
Ynetnews|07.18.25 | 00:39
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ryzkdul8eg YNet]
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422-6.
House rejects MTG bill slashing $500 million to Israel.
Gary Willig.
Jul 18, 2025, 9:08 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411868 INN]
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Saving 5 lives.
Commander refused to use vehicle with malfunctioning system.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 9:46 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411871 INN]
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Will NYC Collapse? The Alarming Vision of Mamdani’s Socialist Agenda.
Gregory Lyakhov gives a sobering warning about the future of NYC if radical Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and his brand of socialism prevail and exposes the stark reality behind Mamdani’s rhetoric.
By R' Daniel Schonbuch. Jul 18, 2025, 10:22 AM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411866 INN]
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Bipartisan reps introduce resolution to censure use of ‘globalize the intifada’.
“Words like these incite violence, fuel hate and put Jewish families at risk,” said New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer.
(July 18, 2025 / JNS)
Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Rudy Yakym (R-Ind.) introduced a bipartisan resolution on Thursday condemning the use of the phrase “globalize the intifada.” The resolution clarifies this as a “call to violence against Israeli and Jewish people across the world,” and urges national, state and local leaders to ban it.
“There should be no ambiguity—‘globalize the intifada’ is hate speech, plain and simple,” said Gottheimer. “‘The intifada’ refers to a horrific wave of terror attacks that killed thousands of Jews. Globalizing it is a direct call for violence against Jews, and it must be condemned.”
He added that “words like these incite violence, fuel hate and put Jewish families at risk. At a time when antisemitic violence is at record highs, we must stand united to condemn this antisemitic hate speech and take meaningful action to combat rising Jew-hatred.”
[https://www.jns.org/bipartisan-reps-introduce-resolution-to-censure-use-of-globalize-the-intifada/ JNS]
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Following Damascus Church Bombing, Syrian Christians Slam Ahmad Al-Sharaa Regime: It Allows Extremism To Spread In Society; Syria's Christians Need Protection.
July 18, 2025 | By O. Peri*.
[https://www.memri.org/reports/following-damascus-church-bombing-syrian-christians-slam-ahmad-al-sharaa-regime-it-allows Memri]
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A Cry For Humanity: The Druze People Amid The Tragedy In Syria.
July 18, 2025 | By Sheikh Dr. Kasem Bader*
Syria | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 812
In the heart of Syria, a quiet and resilient community is being silenced – again. The Druze, a peaceful religious minority known for their deep-rooted traditions of tolerance, loyalty, and spiritual wisdom, are facing a new chapter of pain. Innocent families, women, and children have fallen victim to horrific acts of violence. Entire villages have been assaulted. Elders who stood for dignity were humiliated. Children who once dreamed of peace now live in fear – or worse, are no longer with us.
[https://www.memri.org/reports/cry-humanity-druze-people-amid-tragedy-syria MEMRI]
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Three police officers injured in explosion in Jaljulia.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 11:41 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411875 INN]
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Disturbing figures:
Spike in IDF soldier suicides in 2025.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 12:46 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411877 INN]
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Israel allows limited entry of Syrian forces in Druze region.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 1:28 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411880 INN]
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Three Hamas terrorists to be charged with murder of mother and newborn.
Military prosecution to indict three Hamas terrorists for murder of Tze'ela Gez and her baby son, Ravid Chaim.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 1:39 PM (GMT+3)
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The attack occurred in May during the evening hours, when the Gez couple was driving from the Barkan Junction towards the Peduel Interchange on their way to the delivery room. Gunfire was opened at their vehicle, killing Tzala at the scene. Her baby, Ravid Chaim, was delivered at the site but later died in the hospital.
Three days after the attack, Hamas-affiliated terrorists from the area were arrested. The investigation revealed that the terrorist who carried out the shooting was eliminated in an operational IDF and Shin Bet mission...
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411881 INN]
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IDF commander bans face coverings in Judea and Samaria.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 2:03 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411882 INN]
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Blatant contempt for law.
Regavim files petition to demolish illegal Palestinian structure.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 2:18 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411884 INN]
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Netanyahu calls Pope following damage to Gaza church.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 2:58 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411888 INN]
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Israel's battle-tested air defenses 'exceeded expectations' in Iran war, missile defense chief says.
MILITARY AFFAIRS: Iron Dome, Arrow, and David's Sling got their 'combat proven' stamp during the war with Iran. Now, the director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization explains what's next.
By Dean Shmuel Elmas/Globes/TNS
July 18, 2025 17:40
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-861419 JPost]
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On this day in history: Hezbollah terror cell bombs AMIA building in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Argentina's AMIA building was bombed by terrorists 31 years ago today. The attack and the absence of real justice to this day are still open wounds in Argentina.
([https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/673262].
Rescue workers search for survivors and victims in the rubble left after a powerful car bomb destroyed the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), in this July 18, 1994.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
July 18, 2025 19:58
On this day, 31 years ago, Argentinians woke up with the news that one of the biggest terror attacks to date had happened in their beloved Buenos Aires: The AMIA bombing of 1994.
At 9:53 a.m., an explosion shook the streets of Buenos Aires. Just two years earlier, a similar scene unfolded with the terror bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, which killed 22 people and wounded hundreds.
[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-861491 JPost]
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Soldier who fought — and earned his doctorate.
Captain (Res.) Dr. S., an IDF doctor who balanced medical studies with 320 days of reserve duty, shares how frontline unity and swift medical care in Gaza saved lives once thought beyond hope.
Yoni Kempinski. Jul 18, 2025, 3:01 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411889 INN]
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IDF/Shin Bet eliminate key PIJ operative responsible for funding terror.
The IDF and ISA eliminated a key Islamic Jihad terrorist, who managed transferring funds to terrorist organizations in Judea and Samaria.
Israel National News.
Published: Jul 18, 2025, 5:00 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411895 INN]
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Russia jails 135 over mass anti-Israel airport protest in Dagestan.
Russian courts sentence 135 individuals to prison for their roles in an October 2023 anti-Israel protest at Makhachkala airport in Dagestan. Three alleged organizers remain at large.
Elad Benari, Canada.
Published: Jul 18, 2025, 9:49 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411902 INN]
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Diplomatic source: Hamas hindering hostage deal progress.
Senior Israeli diplomatic source says significant progress made in hostage deal efforts, but Hamas continues to create obstacles.
Israel National News.
Published: Jul 18, 2025, 8:07 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411900 INN]
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Report.
Mossad chief sought US help in relocating Gazans.
Axios reports that Mossad Director David Barnea met US envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington to seek American support in persuading Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya to accept hundreds of thousands of displaced Gazans.
Israel National News.
Jul 18, 2025, 8:50 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411901 INN]
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Biden admin let $900m in federal funds go to terror, anti-Netanyahu protests, House panel says.
The House Judiciary committee released a memo based on 380 documents that it received in a probe of six nonprofits.
JNS Staff.
(Samantha Power, the USAID administrator, at a World Food Program warehouse in Amman, Jordan, being used to prepare aid for shipment to Gaza on Feb. 26, 2024).
(July 18, 2025 / JNS)
The U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. State Department and other federal agencies under the Biden administration failed to prevent nonprofits from using more than $900 million in taxpayer funds to oppose Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to support terror groups, according to the House Judiciary Committee.
On Thursday, the committee released a memo based on 380 documents it received in a probe of six nonprofits: Blue White Future, Movement for Quality Government in Israel, PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Jewish Communal Fund, Middle East Peace Dialogue Network and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
[https://www.jns.org/biden-admin-let-900m-in-federal-funds-go-to-terror-anti-netanyahu-protests-house-panel-says/ JNS]
Biden Administration Gave Anti-Netanyahu Group Almost A Billion Dollars.
According to an ongoing investigation by the Republican-held House, the Biden White House sent over $800 billion to Blue and White Future, an NGO with deep ties to the anti-Netanyahu camp in Israel.
Avi Woolf.
Jul 18, 2025 23:13
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/biden-administration-funded-anti-netanyahu-group JFeed]
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French court frees terrorist behind murder of Israeli, US diplomats.
"Such terrorists, enemies of the free world, should spend their lives in prison," the Israeli embassy in Paris said.
David Isaac.
(July 18, 2025 / JNS)
Israel, through its embassy in Paris, expressed its “regret” over the decision of a French appeals court on Thursday to release Lebanese terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, 74, who served 40 years of a life sentence for his role in the murder of Israeli and American diplomats in 1982.
Abdallah is a “terrorist responsible for the murders of the Israeli diplomat Yaacov Barsiman-Tov, killed in front of his wife and daughter, and the American diplomat Charles Ray. Such terrorists, enemies of the free world, should spend their lives in prison,” the embassy said.
[https://www.jns.org/french-court-orders-release-of-terrorist-behind-murder-of-israeli-us-diplomats/ JNS]
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Israel to reconnect Gaza to grid four months after cutting it off.
The move came at the orders of the Cabinet, an official told JNS.
Akiva Van Koningsveld.
(July 18, 2025 / JNS)
Israel is preparing to reactivate one power line to the Gaza Strip four months after cutting the flow of electricity to the enclave, the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit confirmed in a statement to JNS on Thursday.
[https://www.jns.org/israel-to-reconnect-gaza-to-grid-four-months-after-cutting-it-off/ JNS]
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'Gideon’s Chariot': IDF kills key Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
Barhoum Shahin and Asham Tzartzur enforced the terrorist group's rule through repression and violence against the Strip's civilian population.
Charles Bybelezer.
(July 18, 2025 / JNS)
The Israel Defense Forces killed three senior Hamas operatives in targeted strikes carried out this week in the Gaza Strip, the military said on Friday.
Among those killed were Barhoum Shahin, head of the Western Gaza District for Hamas’s General Security Apparatus, and Asham Tzartzur, who led the terrorist group’s Government Emergency Committee in eastern Gaza.
According to the IDF, both men played key roles in Hamas’s internal security and governance efforts, including supporting the terrorist group’s “military” wing and enforcing its rule through repression and violence against Gaza’s civilian population.
[https://www.jns.org/gideons-chariot-idf-kills-key-hamas-terrorists-in-gaza/ JNS]
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Jews excel in global sports, defying stereotypes.
From Matt Turner’s World Cup goalkeeping to Amit Elor’s Olympic wrestling gold, these athletes showcase talent across soccer, tennis, baseball, basketball and more, in worldwide inspiration.
Yair Kattan|07.18.25.
Jews, like all communities, have a deep passion for sports despite persistent stereotypes that suggest otherwise. From soccer fields to wrestling mats, Jewish athletes continue to excel and make their mark globally. Highlighting ten standout athletes—many not representing Israel but carrying Jewish heritage or identity—demonstrates the community’s diverse athletic talent.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/hja87clule YNet]
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IDF intercepts missile fired from Yemen as sirens send millions to shelters.
Missile launched from Yemen intercepted by Israeli forces, triggering sirens across central Israel and briefly disrupting air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport.
Yoav Zitun, Iris Lifshitz-Klieger|07.18.25.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjb6jqouxl YNet]
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Got Another One.
IDF Eliminates October 7th terrorist.
The IDF announced that it successfully eliminated Muhammad Uthayn, a prominent Hamas terrorist who participated in October 7.
Avi Woolf.
Jul 18, 2025 22:32
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/idf-eliminates-hamas-terrorist-october-7th JFeed]
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Captivity survivor Arbel Yehud: Physically, I’m back - but I’m still there.
Arbel Yehud, held captive in Gaza for 482 days, speaks to Channel 12 News about fear, memory, disappointment with leaders, and her tireless campaign to free her boyfriend, Ariel Cunio.
Israel National News.
Published: Jul 19, 2025, 1:58 AM (GMT+3)
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The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 28, July 18, 2025.
July 18, 2025 | By Yigal Carmon*
Qatar | Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1860.
Circled: Former Congressman Jim Moran at House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing on Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology.
1. MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 12073, Two Palestinian Authority Police Officers, Trained At Qatar Police Academy, Perpetrated A Stabbing And Shooting Attack In Which An Israeli Was Murdered, July 14, 2025.
2. Al-Jazeera Balkans Officially Shuts Down After 14 Years Of Broadcasting, Sarajevo Times, July 12, 2025.
3. MAGA podcaster and activist Laura Loomer alleged that Rep. Lisa McClain, a Michigan Republican who was elected House Republican Chairwoman last year, had leaked the agenda of a Congressional hearing on antisemitism to the Embassy of Qatar, The Daily Beast, July 15, 2025.
4. "Georgetown University Interim President Robert M. Groves addressed questions about alleged antisemitism from faculty and speakers, as well as the university's connections to the Qatar Foundation, a government-supported educational nonprofit that operates Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q)." During Congressional Testimony, Groves Strikes A Middle Ground On Questions Of Antisemitism, Qatari Influence, The Hoya, July 17, 2025.
4a. Georgetown University, Already Under Scrutiny, To Face Questions Over Qatar Ties, Inaction Against Extremism: A recent Middle East Forum report alleges that the school's Alwaleed Center was established and funded by the terror-linked Safa Network. Jewish Insider, July 15, 2025.
4b. According to Swedish counterterrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp, former Congressman Jim Moran sat behind Georgetown University President Robert M. Groves at the House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing on Antisemitism in Higher Education: Examining the Role of Faculty, Funding, and Ideology. Ranstorp wrote: Why is former Congressman Jim Moran (white haired man on right), Qatar's chief Washington lobbyist, sitting behind Georgetown interim president? When is Qatar's influence on Georgetown and the Bridge initiative covered in the congressional hearing? Magnus Ranstorp on X, July 15, 2025.
5. In response to Israel's military strikes against Syrian Islamist forces to stop their massacre of Syrian Druze, Qatar condemned Israel. Doha News, July 17, 2025. https://dohanews.co/qatar-condemns-israels-airstrikes-on-syria/
6. Reckoning Needed Between Terror-Sponsoring Qatar And United States, FFD, July 13, 2025.
7. Keep Qatari Money Out Of Post-War Gaza, FFD, July 10, 2025.
8. Trump Announces Qatar Military Deal Worth $42 Billion – THAAD, Boeing Pegasus, SkyGuardian Drone –YouTube, May 15, 2025.
[https://www.memri.org/reports/qatar-weekly-update-qwu-%E2%80%93-part-qatar-monitor-project-qmp-%E2%80%93-no-28-july-18-2025 Memri]
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Israeli Harvard grad sues university, alleging assault cover-up and systemic antisemitism.
Former student claims school shielded students who attacked him during a 2023 campus protest and enabled a broader pattern of antisemitic harassment; federal lawsuit accuses Harvard of civil rights violations, obstructing justice and fostering a hostile environment.
Daniel Edelson, New York|07.18.25
[https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/hjfn3goigx YNet]
Harvard obstructed investigations, rewarded Jewish student’s attackers, lawsuit alleges.
The student is suing “Harvard not only for failing to protect him and other Jewish students, but for defending and rewarding antisemitism,” his lawyer told JNS.
Aaron Bandler.
(July 18, 2025 / JNS)
After Yoav Segev was attacked on Harvard University’s campus in October 2023, shortly after the Oct. 7 attacks, the university further victimized him, according to a new lawsuit which the Jewish student filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
[https://www.jns.org/harvard-obstructed-investigations-rewarded-jewish-students-attackers-lawsuit-alleges/ JNS]
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Syria to deploy troops to south; Druze say Sweida hospital has become a mass grave.
Fighting rages on as Druze in Sweida plead for global help; over 400 bodies brought to city’s only hospital, where staff describe horrific scenes and corpses left in the streets; Syrian presidency vows troop deployment, saying it won’t 'respond to chaos with chaos'.
Lior Ben Ari|07.19.25
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1lcxe00lgg YNet]
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Israel and Syria agree to ceasefire, Damascus thought it had 'green light' to send forces south.
A Syrian military official said correspondence with the US had led Damascus to believe it could deploy forces to Sweida without Israel confronting them.
By Reuters.
July 19, 2025.
US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan, and neighbors.
On Wednesday, Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus, while also hitting government forces in the south, demanding they withdraw and saying that Israel aimed to protect Syrian Druze - part of a small but influential minority that also has followers in Lebanon and Israel.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-861502 JPost]
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IDF slays key Hamas, PIJ terrorists as troops press ahead in Gaza.
(July 19, 2025 / JNS)
[https://www.jns.org/idf-kills-key-hamas-pij-terrorists-as-troops-press-ahead-in-gaza/ JNS]
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Gideon Sa'ar accuses Syrian president of supporting jihadists.
MK Gideon Sa'ar criticizes Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa for supporting jihadist attackers and blaming victims, urging international community to protect Syria’s minority groups.
Israel National News.
Published: Jul 19, 2025, 11:35 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411924 INN]
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Overrun Sweida hospital now a 'mass grave’; Israel mobilizes emergency medical supplies
Death toll in Syria’s Druze stronghold climbs past 940 as ceasefire falters; with bodies filling Sweida hospital, Israel to send life-saving aid via IDF; Health Minister Buso: 'The brotherhood between Israel and the Druze community is strong'.
Or Hadar|06.19.25 | 23:43
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skkahuyuxx YNet]
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Disengagement commander: Expulsion from Gush Katif created potential for Oct. 7 massacre.
Major General (res.) Gershon Hacohen, who commanded the 2005 Disengagement, admits that if the communities of Gush Katif had not been evacuated, the October 7th massacre would not have happened.
Israel National News.
Published: Jul 20, 2025, 12:17 AM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411926 INN]
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Fierce fighting on ongoing in Syria's Suweida despite declaration of ceasefire.
Jul 19, 2025.
[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/levant-turkey/artc-fierce-fighting-on-ongoing-in-syria-s-suweida-despite-declarations-of-ceasefire i24]
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Kyle Orton @KyleWOrton:
A "pro-Palestine" protest in Umeå, in northern #Sweden, staged a Nazi-style display of Jews hanging while wearing the striped unforms of Auschwitz and other concentration camp inmates. They even put prisoner numbers on the mannequins. [https://jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-861518]
Jul 19, 2025.
[https://x.com/KyleWOrton/status/1946544643690168557 on X]
Shock in Sweden: Protestors hang effigies in concentration camp uniforms.
A pro-Palestinian group in Sweden sparked outrage after setting up a protest display featuring mannequins hanging on a gallows dressed in Nazi concentration camp prisoner uniforms.
Israel National News.
Published: Jul 19, 2025, 11:41 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411925 INN]
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'Hezbollah wanted to slaughter us and rape our women—we’re too merciful to them'.
In rare frontline interview, IDF colonel admits he is 'ashamed' over Hezbollah’s buildup on Israel's border, blasts pre-October 7 failures and warns of new escalation in the near future.
Yair Kraus|06.20.25 01:22
One day after the ceasefire between the IDF and Hezbollah took effect last November, Col. Avi (Avraham) Marciano, the outgoing commander of the 769th Hiram Brigade, responsible for security along the eastern sector of the Lebanon border, set out to ensure that “we’re not going backward."
[https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/sk98bxdqll YNet]
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We will not be silent:
Maghrebi Rabbis against Druze massacre in Syria.
Dvir Amar.
Jul 20, 2025, 12:41 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/411945 INN]
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IDF warns Gazans to evacuate Deir al-Balah ahead of a ground offensive
Military says it is expanding operations to areas not yet infiltrated by troops, anticipating it needs two months to eliminate the local Hamas battalion; families of hostages shaken and demand explanation how loved ones held captive would be protected.
Yoav Zitun, Einav Halabi|06.20.25 10:18
The IDF Arabic language spokesperson Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation order for all residents in several blocks in the southwestern area of Deir al-Balah in Gaza warning of expanded military operations, in areas where the military had not operated before.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyt82eqixl YNet]
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