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Swords of Iron: sources IIIIIIII (view source)
Revision as of 23:39, December 6, 2025
, 23:39, December 6, 2025→Notes part I: Nov-27, 2025+
The survey, conducted November 14-15 among 745 American Jews registered to JPPI’s Voice of the Jewish People panel, found that the predominant emotional response to Mamdani’s win is concern (56%). Other emotions reported included hope (13%), fear (11%), and sadness (7%); overall, 84% of respondents chose a negative emotion in response to the election.
The survey, conducted November 14-15 among 745 American Jews registered to JPPI’s Voice of the Jewish People panel, found that the predominant emotional response to Mamdani’s win is concern (56%). Other emotions reported included hope (13%), fear (11%), and sadness (7%); overall, 84% of respondents chose a negative emotion in response to the election.
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418461 INN]
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418461 INN]
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Palestinian Authority TV again denies Holocaust for second time in a month
Palestinians' "holocaust" is the real one; Jews' Holocaust has "many question marks" - Syrian journalist. Nov 27, 2025.
[https://palwatch.org/page/41735 PalWatch]
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Dec 1, 2025, 6:17 AM
Dec 1, 2025, 6:17 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418619 INN]
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418619 INN]
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The Jews provoke disgust[sic] – Palestinian Authority village council chairman.
Palestinian hatred for Israel is rooted in hatred for Jews. Nov 30, 2025
[https://palwatch.org/page/41737 PalWatch]
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Palestinian Authority keeps glorifying terrorists, contradicting Macron’s claim.
Palestinian Authority keeps promoting the same terror ideology that it has for decades.
Dec 3, 2025.
[https://palwatch.org/page/41745 PalWatch]
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Kids were born to die for Allah – child abuse by Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education
Itamar Marcus|Dec 4, 2025.
Instead of encouraging children to reach heights in education and contribute something positive in their lives, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education continues to indoctrinate children to see dying for Allah – Shahada (Martyrdom) – as the great ideal.
This child abuse was once again highlighted this week during celebrations of the UN's "International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People." The Tulkarem Directorate of Education proudly posted photos on Facebook taken at the school events of children holding signs glorifying Martyrdom. One sign portrayed Martyrs as smelling sweeter than a jasmine flower..
[https://palwatch.org/page/41750 PalWatch]
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1,100 Jewish New Yorkers brave bitter cold to rally against Jew-hatred outside targeted synagogue.
“We’re not going anywhere so fast. We can’t be erased,” one attendee told JNS. “People aren’t surrendering.”
Debra Nussbaum Cohen.
(Dec. 5, 2025 / JNS)
On a bitterly cold Thursday night last week, some 1,100 Jewish New Yorkers braved the freezing temperatures to participate in a solidarity rally outside the Orthodox synagogue which was targeted by anti-Israel protesters two weeks earlier.
At the Dec. 4 rally, the mood was one of pride and determination.
“This felt like ‘We are Jewish New Yorkers. Don’t you dare f*** with us.’ It was the necessary response to those crazy hoodlums trying to intimidate Jews. Because we’re not going to allow it,” said Shira Dicker, a writer and publicist from the Upper West Side.
On Nov. 19, Nefesh b’Nefesh held an event at Park East Synagogue promoting aliyah when demonstrators outside chanted “death to the IDF” and “globalize the intifada,” as well as “we don’t want no Zionists here.” One organizer from the Palestinian Assembly for Liberation reportedly told the 200-person crowd, “We need to make them scared.”
“I was glad to see the Jewish community organize this rally,” said participant Daniel Treiman, an attorney who lives on the Upper East Side. “It’s really important to stand up against this abominable, genuinely hateful trend of protests outside Jewish institutions in which they chant unambiguously murderous slogans.”
[https://www.jns.org/1100-jewish-new-yorkers-brave-bitter-cold-to-rally-against-jew-hatred-outside-targeted-synagogue/ JNS]
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Herzog: The fountains of American life are based on ‘biblical values’.
The Israeli president said he was following with concern the growing anti-Israel sentiments among American youth.
JNS Staff.
(Dec. 6, 2025 / JNS)
“The fountains of America, of American life, are based on biblical values, just like ours [in the Jewish state],” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Politico in a long-format interview ..
[https://www.jns.org/herzog-the-fountains-of-american-life-are-based-on-biblical-values/ JNS]
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Bibas Footprints' memorial grove opens near Kibbutz Tze’elim to honor Shiri, Ariel and Kfir.
With the Bibas family present, President Isaac Herzog joined western Negev residents to inaugurate 'Bibas Footprints,' a minimalist environmental installation near Kibbutz Tze’elim memorializing Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel and Kfir, murdered in Hamas captivity
ynet Global|Updated:12.5.25 | 17:06
An environmental memorial honoring Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, was inaugurated Thursday in a grove near Kibbutz Tze’elim, with the family, President Isaac Herzog and western Negev residents attending.
The installation, called 'Bibas Footprints,' commemorates Shiri and the children, who were kidnapped from their home in Nir Oz during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, murdered in captivity and returned for burial in February 2025. The site is located near Tze’elim, where Yarden Bibas, Shiri’s husband and the children’s father, grew up. Yarden was also abducted on October 7 and held by Hamas for 484 days before his release.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1hwvsgmze YNet]
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Bodycam footage:
IDF concludes major operation in northern Samaria
IDF forces concluded a two-week counterterrorism mission in northern Samaria, eliminating six terrorists, arresting suspects, and seizing weapons and major terror funds.
Uzi Baruch.
Dec 5, 2025, 3:32 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418882 INN]
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Last hostage’s sister:
'Do not proceed to Phase 2 until Rani is home'
Israel National News.
Dec 5, 2025, 8:59 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418884 INN]
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US praises Syria for blocking Hezbollah weapons shipments.
Elad Benari, Canada.
Dec 5, 2025, 9:32 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418885 INN]
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Despite boycott calls.
Belgium confirms Eurovision participation
Elad Benari, Canada
Dec 5, 2025, 10:07 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418886 INN]
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New York Gov. Hochul:
'Mamdani cannot arrest Netanyahu'
Elad Benari, Canada
Dec 5, 2025, 10:41 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418887 INN]
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Artificial intelligence or artificial confidence? Why blind trust in AI is the real danger.
Opinion: The problem isn’t that AI makes mistakes but that we stop making our own, Israel learned this when overconfidence in a 'smart,' automated system before Oct. 7 proved costly — a reminder of the danger in trusting technology too much.
Prof. Guy Hochman|12.6.25
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/bj00vfxwm11l YNet]
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NYC police chief apologizes after brother’s attack.
After Benjamin Tisch called mayor-elect Mamdani an ‘enemy,’ his sister apologized; Mamdani said he will serve all New Yorkers
ynet|12.6.25
[https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/hyl92vbm11l YNet]
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'The Zionists deleted my YouTube channel'.
Dozens of pro-Houthi users say their accounts vanished; Houthis blame Israel and the US; a comedian vows to open new channels
Lior Ben Ari|12.6.25
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bj13i911g11e YNet]
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Germany hails Arrow 3 as chancellor arrives in Israel to revive relations.
Days after Israel’s historic deployment of the Arrow 3 interceptor, Friedrich Merz will meet Netanyahu and Herzog to reset strained ties; German media are highlighting the system’s advantages and already discussing the potential purchase of the Arrow 4.
News Agencies|12.6.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkc00ukwfwg YNet]
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‘America First’ returns: Trump’s strategy slams Europe, signals shift on Russia and Middle East.
For the first time since returning to the White House, the administration has released Trump’s national security principles under the banner 'America First,' outlining reduced U.S. involvement in Israel and the Gulf, a reset with Putin and doubts about Europe’s strength amid migration and 'loss of national identities'.
News Agencies | published:12.6.25.
A policy paper released Friday by the Trump administration outlining a new national security strategy is expected to unsettle U.S. allies around the world, including Israel. The document formally codifies the approach President Donald Trump has long promoted — a sharp pullback from American involvement overseas, including in the Middle East — under the guiding principle of “America First.”
According to the Associated Press, despite Trump’s deep engagement in Israel’s war in Gaza, as well as in Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, and despite his extended tour of the Gulf states, the United States plans to shift its strategic focus away from the region. The stated reason is Washington’s declining dependence on Arab oil.
The paper sharply criticizes previous U.S. administrations for efforts to shape political systems in the region or judge them. It says the U.S. must abandon what it calls the “misguided experiment” of lecturing Middle Eastern governments — especially Gulf monarchies — about their traditions and forms of rule. Trump views them as ripe for economic opportunity, and therefore the U.S. should “encourage and applaud reform when and where it emerges organically, without trying to impose it.”
The document, which the administration is required by law to publish, is the first since the Republican president returned to the White House in January. Its contents mark a sharp departure from the strategy set by his predecessor, Joe Biden, who sought to rebuild alliances strained during Trump’s 2016–2020 term and counter Russia under Vladimir Putin.
Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat on the intelligence and armed services oversight committees, called the new strategy “catastrophic to America’s standing in the world,” arguing that retreating from alliances will make the world — and Americans — less safe.
Beyond its Middle East implications, the paper portrays U.S. allies in Europe as socially and economically weakened, citing migration, declining birthrates, “censorship of free speech,” “suppression of political opposition” and “loss of national identities.” As a result, the document warns, they could face “civilizational erasure.”
Consequently, the Trump administration raises doubts about the long-term reliability of European allies. At the same time, the paper states the U.S. seeks improved relations with Russia after years of hostility, saying that ending the war in Ukraine is a key American interest for restoring strategic stability with Moscow.
“Should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less,” it reads. “As such, it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies.”
The strategy also addresses the rise of far-right parties in Europe that advocate restricting immigration and halting climate legislation. “America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit,” it says. “The growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism.”
The document further states that the United States under Trump seeks to “rebalance” its relationship with China. The administration wants to prevent a war over Taiwan — the island claimed by Beijing and supported militarily by the U.S. under domestic law — and expects other regional allies to shoulder more responsibility in countering China’s pressure. “The American military cannot, and should not have to, do this alone,” it says.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rksutcwm11g YNet]
What does Trump’s National Security Strategy mean for Israel, Iran, and Gaza? - analysis.
Clearly, the White House will not welcome more wars between Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, or Iran.
By Seth J. Frantzman. December 6, 2025
The Middle East doesn’t get much attention in US President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, and that is what makes it important for Israel and the region, at large.
Much of the discussion about the strategy focuses on its view of Europe. It was already clear that the administration was skeptical of Europe and wanted to focus more domestically and on the Western Hemisphere.
The strategy doesn’t concern itself much with the Middle East. This is interesting because Trump has focused much of his doctrine in the first year of his second administration on the region. He bombed Iran and helped end the 12-day war between Jerusalem and Tehran. He pushed for the Gaza ceasefire and also worked with the UN to get a resolution supporting it. He has also worked with the Saudis and the new Syrian government.
As such, one might get the impression that the White House is intensely focused on the Middle East. For a decade, US policymakers, going back to the Obama administration, have tried to wind down the US role in the region. This is a result of a kind of hangover from the Gulf wars and the Global War on Terrorism.
“On my first day in office, we restored the sovereign borders of the United States and deployed the US military to stop the invasion of our country. We got radical gender ideology and woke lunacy out of our Armed Forces, and began strengthening our military with $1 trillion of investment,” Trump wrote in the new strategy.
What does Trump's new Mideast policy mean for Israelis?
Hamas terrorists in Beit Lahiya in the northern
“In Operation Midnight Hammer, we obliterated Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity. I declared the drug cartels and savage foreign gangs operating in our region as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. And over the course of just eight months, we settled eight raging conflicts – including between Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the [Democratic Republic of Congo] and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and ending the war in Gaza with all living hostages returned to their families. America is strong and respected again – and because of that, we are making peace all over the world.”
US wants Israel to be secure, take responsibility for its own policies.
The US wants Israel to remain secure. But it also wants Israel to be able to take responsibility for its own policies. That means the US can’t always step in to help Israel deal with Lebanon, Gaza, Syria, or Iran. The US also wants peace in the region, not more wars. Israeli leaders tend to hint at more wars with Iran, Hezbollah, or Hamas.
The new strategy says “conflict remains the Middle East’s most troublesome dynamic, but there is today less to this problem than headlines might lead one to believe. Iran – the region’s chief destabilizing force – has been greatly weakened by Israeli actions since October 7, 2023, and President Trump’s June 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer, which significantly degraded Iran’s nuclear program.”
In addition, it notes that “the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains thorny, but thanks to the ceasefire and release of hostages President Trump negotiated, progress toward a more permanent peace has been made.”
The section on Syria is interesting, calling the country a “potential problem,” which is less upbeat than Trump’s recent statements about Damascus. The strategy calls for Arab countries, Israel, and Turkey to support stabilization in Syria. The White House has not been happy with Israel’s bombing and incursions into Syria.
Overall, the administration believes that the US doesn’t have the same historic reasons to be focused on the Middle East today.
“Instead, the region will increasingly become a source and destination of international investment, and in industries well beyond oil and gas, including nuclear energy, AI, and defense technologies. We can also work with Middle East partners to advance other economic interests, from securing supply chains to bolstering opportunities to develop friendly and open markets in other parts of the world, such as Africa.”
For this to happen, conflict can’t underpin the region.
The US wants to make sure that Gulf energy supplies continue to flow and the “Strait of Hormuz remains open.” The Red Sea will also need to be free from attacks on shipping. The US wants Israel to remain secure, but the document is light on other details. “We also have a clear interest in expanding the Abraham Accords to more nations in the region and to other countries in the Muslim world,” it says.
At the end of the day, the administration doesn’t want the region to dominate the US foreign policy focus. It dominated in 2025. The administration has done much for Israel.
The White House wants to see the region flip into an area for “partnership, friendship, and investment – a trend that should be welcomed and encouraged. In fact, Trump’s ability to unite the Arab world at Sharm el-Sheikh in pursuit of peace and normalization will allow the United States to finally prioritize American interests.”
Clearly, the White House will not welcome more wars between Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, or Iran. This means that when politicians in Jerusalem talk and boast about disarming Hezbollah in another military campaign, or claiming the IDF will go back into parts of Gaza where two million people live, there is not going to be a lot of welcome for this in Washington.
The question is whether the strategy will be fulfilled as part of the “Trump Doctrine,” or whether the White House will continue to try to manage various issues in the region.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-879403 JPost]
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IDF identifies and kills terrorist approaching forces in northern Gaza
One other terrorist identified by the IDF accompanied him as the two approached Israeli forces, the military added. The other terrorist survived the strike, which was carried out by the IAF.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
December 5, 2025
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-879351 JPost]
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'There was nothing I could do': Thai family's long wait for slain Gaza hostage ends
For months, the family waited through multiple hostage releases, hoping Sudthisak would be among those freed alive. Each time brought disappointment.
By Reuters. December 6, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-879380 JPost]
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Nigel Farage told peers Jews should be ‘gassed’ and ‘Hitler was right,’ former classmates claim.
Peter Ettedgui, a Jewish BAFTA and Emmy-winning director, alleged Farage would tell him “Hitler was right” and “gas them” while sometimes simulating the sound of gas chambers.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
December 6, 2025
UK Reform Party leader Nigel Farage engaged in racist and antisemitic bullying targeting fellow students at school; over 20 school classmates and teachers of Farage’s at Dulwich College complained, according to a Friday The Guardian.
Farage dismissed the reports of racist bullying, claiming instead that he may have engaged in “banter in a playground” and suggested the accusations against him were politically motivated.
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-879375 JPost]
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Southern Gaza:
IDF eliminates terrorists who crossed yellow line
Israel National News.
Dec 6, 2025, 5:32 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418888 INN]
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Israel to mediators: Hamas knows where body of last hostage is.
Israel sends message to mediators, stressing that Hamas, Islamic Jihad, know where the body of Yasam officer Ran Gvili is located, and that Hamas can access it.
Israel National News
Dec 6, 2025, 6:49 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418892 INN]
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Gaza Power Shift.
Hamas Issues 10-Day Surrender Ultimatum to Rival Militias in Gaza After Abu Shabab's Murder
Since the October ceasefire, Hamas has ramped up its campaign against alleged collaborators, detaining or eliminating individuals accused of aiding Israel as it moves to reassert authority in areas where its control had weakened.
Gila Isaacson.
Dec 6, 2025.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/hamas-gaza-militia-surrender-ultimatum JFeed]
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Israeli tourists, Palestine protesters clash in Italy.
Videos from Brindisi show Israeli cruise passengers trading insults and gestures with demonstrators; police intervene
ynet|12.6.25
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1hpyfgfzl YNet]
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Pres. Herzog welcomes German chancellor, deepening bilateral ties.
Israel National News.
Dec 6, 2025, 11:10 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418907 INN]
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Abu Shabab's deputy speaks out after appointment: 'Why would I be afraid of Hamas?'
In an interview with N12 News, Al-Duhaini said that he fights Hamas "in the name of the people and the free individuals.”
Jerusalem Post Staff
Dec 6, 2025.
The new leader of the Abu Shabab clan, Ghassan al-Duhaini, told N12 News on Friday that his militia would continue to fight Hamas in southern Gaza with greater intensity
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-879378 JPost]
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'We want security, not your land': Israeli Amb. to US calls for partnership in address to Lebanese.
"Let us pray that next year, 2026, will become the year of Abraham Accords 2.0, and we will all live in peace and harmony," he said.
By TPS, Jerusalem Post Staff
Dec 6, 2025.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-879407 JPost]
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Terror attack thwarted in Hebron
Paratroopers eliminate two terrorists attempting to ram Israelis at police checkpoint; one Israeli suffers very light injuries.
Israel National News.
Published: Dec 6, 2025, 9:39 PM (GMT+2)
Updated: 23:25
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418903 INN]
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Israel ‘fighting ghosts,’ Syrian president says, accuses Jerusalem of exploiting Oct. 7.
Israel often brings its crises to other countries and tries to evade taking responsibility for the "horrifying massacres it committed in Gaza," Sharaa told the crowds.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-879383 JPost]
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Canada removes Syria from terror list.
Dalit Halevi.
Dec 6, 2025, 10:40 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418906 INN]
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Israel thwarts Hamas attempt to infiltrate northern towns.
IDF reveals Hamas infrastructure and plans to infiltrate Galilee towns, kidnap Israeli civilians.
Israel National News.
Dec 6, 2025, 10:27 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/418905 INN]
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Friends and family urge Israel not to advance Gaza deal until last hostage accounted for.
At an emotional gathering, relatives and fellow officers of Ran Gvili — the final hostage still missing in Gaza — press leaders in Jerusalem and Washington to halt progress on ceasefire deal until he is found, saying fallen Yasam fighter cannot be abandoned.
Ilana Curiel|12.7.25
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rysvzmfzbg YNet]
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