Block, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, Moderators, protect
27,872
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 4,737:
Line 4,737: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Line 5,375:
Line 5,440: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
→Notes part III: Jan 6, 2026+
____
____
‘Growing security threat’: illegal Palestinian construction creating a stranglehold around Jerusalem.
According to new study, illegal Palestinian construction in Area C forms near-continuous ring that experts warn poses growing security threat to the capital, as state and municipal officials debate responsibility and response in wake of Oct. 7.
Gilad Cohen|01.06.26 |
North of Jerusalem, between Pisgat Ze’ev and Beit Hanina, stands the unfinished shell of King Hussein’s palace. At Tel al-Ful, the Jordanian king began building a summer palace, but construction was halted during the 1967 Six-Day War and the structure has stood abandoned ever since.
On a clear day, the hill — also identified as biblical Gibeah of Saul — offers a panoramic view of the Jerusalem hills. It is a striking vista, but one that also raises security concerns.
Standing on the roof of the deserted building and turning from north to east, east to south and south to west, one can see a continuous chain of Arab villages, towns and neighborhoods — some Palestinian, some Israeli. To the north are the tall white towers of Ramallah, with Kafr Aqab below it, a village that is partly Palestinian and partly within Jerusalem’s municipal boundaries, effectively linking Ramallah and Jerusalem.
To the east are the settlement of Adam, the Palestinian town of al-Ram and the Qalandiya refugee camp. Farther east lie Anata, al-Eizariya, Abu Dis and Jerusalem’s Sur Baher neighborhood. To the south are Jabal Mukaber, the Har Homa neighborhood, Beit Sahour and Bethlehem. To the west are Mevaseret Zion, Har Adar and the Palestinian villages of Biddu and Qubeiba.
In the early 2000s, Israel built the separation barrier from Har Adar to Gush Etzion to improve security and prevent illegal entry of Palestinians into Israel, as well as terror attacks. However, a report published last week by State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman found that the barrier around Jerusalem does not provide an adequate response to prevent the entry of undocumented Palestinians or terrorists.
Englman wrote that although the barrier was built to block and thwart infiltration, it has, for a long time, failed to deliver the required level of protection. He described this as a serious failure that endangers Israeli residents in general, and nearby neighborhoods in particular, especially in light of the events of October 7.
A study presented here for the first time, conducted by Regavim — a right-wing organization focused on land and construction issues — documents infrastructure and high-rise buildings constructed without permits on the other side of the barrier. According to the group, the construction effectively encircles Jerusalem and raises additional red flags about potential security risks to the capital.
The Regavim study is based on aerial photographs collected over the years and cross-referenced to track building trends. It identifies a sharp increase in construction around Jerusalem since 2008. According to the findings, illegal construction on the city’s outskirts has reached an estimated 40,000 structures, forming what the report describes as a near-continuous ring around Jerusalem. All of the buildings are located in Area C, which is under full Israeli civil and security control. The report says their locations allow observation and control over major access routes.
(Girl being smuggled through the West Bank security barrier, suspect arrested. Video: Israel Police).
A senior Jerusalem municipality official said that “there are things the public does not know that help ensure calm in Jerusalem. Security forces are doing sacred work so we can live safely and quietly. It is no coincidence that since October 7, there has been calm.”
Despite those reassurances, retired police commander Levi Amitai, who previously headed the Jerusalem perimeter unit in the Border Police, offered a starkly different assessment. “From a security standpoint, this is a very serious danger,” he said. “A patrol moving along a fence beneath high-rise buildings is extremely dangerous. We saw what happened along the Philadelphi Corridor — in the end they had to demolish all of Rafah just to move there. Otherwise, you are controlled from all directions. Dealing with such a phenomenon is almost impossible.”
Yehuda Noam, Regavim’s Jerusalem district director, said the construction around the city is not accidental but, in his view, part of a strategy aimed at controlling key points and “creating a stranglehold around Jerusalem.”
“This reality has created a dense civilian infrastructure that serves as perfect cover for the infiltration of undocumented Palestinians and hostile terrorist activity,” Noam said. “There is no security buffer, and the maneuvering and response capability of the security forces drops to zero.”
Referring to the state comptroller’s report, Noam added that “the comptroller dealt with the route of the fence, its design, protection and reinforcement. Terror does not start at the fence. It starts with education, with Israel’s withdrawal from the area, with enforced distance, with irrelevant agreements and with a lack of presence and enforcement.”
The office of Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion said in a statement that “the mayor and those responsible for security in the city are in close and continuous contact with security authorities and work in full coordination with them. Responsibility for security and for addressing construction issues in the Jerusalem perimeter lies with the state and the enforcement agencies.”
(Illegal construction around Jerusalem | Photos: Courtesy of the "Regavim" Association.
[https://ynet-pic1.yit.co.il/cdn-cgi/image/f=auto,w=740,q=75/picserver6/crop_images/2026/01/04/yk14635297/yk14635297_0_0_905_685_0_x-large.jpg]).
(Map Info Jerusalem Illegal Construction Wraps Buildings Houses.
[https://ynet-pic1.yit.co.il/cdn-cgi/image/f=auto,w=740,q=75/picserver6/crop_images/2026/01/04/BkK7GI00V11l/BkK7GI00V11l_0_0_851_1528_0_xx-large.jpg])
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skcq7eknbl YNet]
_____
EU-Funded NGO Backed Online Platform Targeting Jewish Businesses in Catalonia.
Ailin Vilches Arguello.
January 7, 2026.
Supporters of Hamas demonstrate outside the Israeli Embassy in Madrid, Oct. 18. Photo: Reuters/Guillermo Yllanes Gonzalez
The controversial online platform mapping Jewish-owned businesses, schools, and Israeli-linked companies in Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain, was promoted by an EU-funded non-governmental organization.
On Tuesday, NGO Monitor — an independent Jerusalem-based research institute that tracks anti-Israel bias among nongovernmental organizations — released new information showing that Engineers Without Borders – Catalonia (ESF-C) and Universities with Palestine (UAP) jointly promoted the BarcelonaZ project on social media, identifying themselves as its primary backers.
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/01/07/eu-funded-ngo-backed-online-platform-targeting-jewish-businesses-catalonia/ Algemeiner]
____
Cooper Union settles federal lawsuit brought on behalf of Jewish students.
“Settling this litigation is an important step as we move forward,” Steven McLaughlin, president of Cooper Union, told JNS.
Vita Fellig.
(Jan. 9, 2026 / JNS)
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a private school in New York City that is one of the highest ranked in the nation for arts and engineering, settled a lawsuit, which the Lawfare Project brought on behalf of 10 Jewish students who alleged antisemitic harassment and intimidation on campus after Oct. 7.
[https://www.jns.org/cooper-union-settles-federal-lawsuit-brought-on-behalf-of-jewish-students/ JNS]
_____
Published: Jan 9, 2026, 1:09 AM (GMT+2)
Published: Jan 9, 2026, 1:09 AM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420631 INN]
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420631 INN]
____
John Cleese tears into BBC over Iran bias row as actor fumes he's 'ashamed' of broadcaster: ‘It doesn’t want to offend Islamists!'.
Alex Davies, GB News, January 8, 2026.
John Cleese has joined the growing list of voices expressing their dismay at the BBC over its coverage of the ongoing protests in Iran.
The widespread civil unrest in the Islamic Republic is said to have been sparked by the country’s economic woes, which as seen inflation skyrocket to more than 42 per cent and food prices surge by 72 per cent.
However, hostilities had been threatening to boil over for months prior to the latest protests against the regime’s corruption, civil rights abuses, and critical energy shortages.
Despite the monumental moment in the country’s history, the UK’s national broadcaster has been accused of “ignoring” developments in its coverage, both online and via broadcast.
In one of the most high-profile rows, the Israeli embassy publicly slammed the BBC over its reporting on the Iran protests, with embassy spokesman Alex Gandler claiming the broadcaster has maintained “near-total silence” on the demonstrations while devoting excessive attention to Gaza.
Iranian journalist Mani Barsharzad has added to the criticism, telling GB News that many Iranians perceive the BBC as biased in its coverage of the protests.
“There is a bias there because it doesn’t fit the narrative,” she said. “The narrative, which they want to say is ‘it is their own culture’. ‘If the Islamic Republic is oppressive, it’s because the people want that.’ But this is not the reality.”
Now, Mr Cleese has joined the critics. He took to X, where he reposted criticism of the broadcaster from the likes of Sharron Davies and Jake Wallis Simons, among others taking aim at the Beeb over the supposed lack of coverage from Iran.
Mr Cleese also reacted to a post claiming the BBC was “deliberately ignoring” the protests as it “does not want to offend Islamists in the UK”.
The actor endorsed the suggestion, replying: “This is the best explanation I’ve read so far. Incredible as it seems. I am so ashamed of the BBC.”…
[https://www.gbnews.com/celebrity/john-cleese-bbc-iran-bias-controversy-coverage-x GBNews]
____
Tony Blair's sister-in-law sparks outrage after describing October 7 as 'legendary'.
17:03 EST 08 Jan 2026, updated 08:06 EST 09 Jan 2026.
By Natalie Lisbona and Miles Dilworth.
Sir Tony Blair's sister-in-law has sparked outrage after footage emerged of her describing October 7 as a 'legendary day' for Muslims.
Lauren Booth, a British-born journalist who has converted to Islam, said 'only Allah knows' how many 'millions' would pick up the Quran in the wake of the attacks, arguing that the world had reached a historic 'tipping point'.
The comments, made during an interview with Turkish media last year, have sparked outrage given that October 7 marked the deadliest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust.
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15441625/Tony-Blairs-sister-law-sparks-outrage-describing-October-7-legendary.html DailyMail]
_____
UK must stop giving millions to the corrupted fiefdom of Unrwa.
By Gideon Falter. January 8, 2026.
The West is divided into nations that recognise the dangerous reality that has crept up on them, and nations that cling onto the hope that appeasement underpinned by the mirage of international law will prolong the illusion of peace.
While Israel has been forced to confront threats on seven fronts, the West has mostly had the luxury of appeasement.
A newly assertive United States has been awakened from the “All eyes on Rafah” delusion under President Biden, which obstructed Israel’s fight against antisemitic Hamas terrorists, to siding with Israel when President Trump neutered Iran’s threats of a second Holocaust by bombing their underground nuclear facilities.
Then there is the United Kingdom, which, along with others, continues to feebly call for “restraint” every time Israel strikes a blow against common enemies who hate Jews and the West, while keenly lapping up one piece of propaganda after another.
As Israeli hostages were starving in the dungeons of Gaza, Sir Keir Starmer demanded an end to the “man-made humanitarian crisis” there while recognising a State of Palestine without even conditioning it on the return of the hostages. He handed hardened terrorists the diplomatic jackpot free of charge. So much for moral clarity.
CAA’s polling now reveals that 91 per cent of British Jews opposed the move, with barely 5 per cent in favour. This was a climax of Britain’s immoral and self-defeating foreign policy, after decades under the spell of anti-Israel propaganda. Unsurprisingly, Israel pays little heed. British calls for “an immediate ceasefire” no longer land when Israeli children have been kidnapped in the wake of Palestinian terrorists committing the worst antisemitic atrocity since the Holocaust.
Nothing demonstrates willing Western gullibility more than the United Nations. For decades, the UN has been a parody of itself. Its Human Rights Council bulges with the worst perpetrators of human wrongs. As Israel witnessed in southern Lebanon, UN peacekeepers are simply a shield behind which terrorists prepare for mass murder.
Perhaps the worst UN agency is Unrwa. Whereas all the world’s refugees fall under the remit of UNHCR, Unrwa focuses only on those designated as refugees under their own special definition in Gaza and other territories neighbouring Israel. Founded in 1949, Unrwa spends over $3 billion a year on six million people, while UNHCR spends $11 billion on 21 times that number.
Unrwa is a corrupted fiefdom within the already distorted world of the UN. Its practices have been exposed endlessly. Its educational curricula have referred to the Jewish state as the “enemy”, taught mathematics by counting “martyred” terrorists, used phrases such as “jihad is one of the doors to paradise” in grammar lessons, and more. Its facilities have been used to store munitions and as rocket launch pads in practically every conflict with Israel.
Perhaps the worst open secret has been that Unrwa teachers and officials repeatedly moonlit as terrorists. Israeli intelligence alleged that 12 of Unrwa’s staff participated in October 7, including taking hostages. UN Watch investigators claimed that 490 Unrwa staff had links to terrorist organisations. Yahya Sinwar was found carrying an allegedly fake Unrwa identification card but there was no such excuse when the leader of Hamas in Lebanon was found to have served as head of the Unrwa teachers’ union.
Hostages who made it out of Gaza alive described being held by Unrwa personnel or in Unrwa facilities, including British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari.
The importance of Unrwa to Palestinian terrorists perhaps became most blatant amid the storm that followed the establishment by the US of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which essentially briefly replaced Unrwa. Its Gazan workers were murdered by Hamas, and disinformation campaigns convinced many a credulous Western leader and journalist that Israel was massacring Gazans collecting food amid a supposed famine depicted using the emaciated figures of children suffering from congenital diseases.
In a pre-October 7, totalitarian, Hamas-run Gaza, one might argue that there was no way Unrwa could operate without becoming enmeshed with terrorist organisations using it for cover. I would agree.
It is therefore no wonder that our polling found that 89 per cent of British Jews do not want taxpayers to fund Unrwa. When the previous government suspended funding to Unrwa, it had good reason.
[https://www.thejc.com/opinion/uk-must-stop-giving-millions-to-the-corrupted-fiefdom-of-unrwa-wfh6pbh6 TheJC]
____
Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed honoured with gold menorah by Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman.
By Jamie Shapiro. January 9, 2026.
Ahmed al-Ahmed, the unarmed bystander who wrestled a weapon from one of the Bondi Beach terrorists on December 14 has been presented with a golden menorah by Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman at a Chabad awards gala in New York.
The 43-year-old Muslim shopkeeper was shot several times as he tackled one of the gunmen during the antisemitic Chanukah terror attack in which 15 people killed..
Al-Ahmed wore a kippah at the awards event, which was also attended by relatives of several of the victims as well as leading community figures.
The shopkeeper, whose arm was in a sling, was met with a standing ovation.
Presenting him with the gold menorah, inscribed with the words “light will win”, hedgefund manager Ackman was visibly moved.
'[Jews] are 0.2 per cent of the world. So seeing someone step forward on behalf of people he didn't know, to risk his own life, and the calculus of going after a guy with a gun,' he told those gathered.
“It's really one of the great acts of heroism, and I think it was very reaffirming to the Jewish community to have someone stand up on behalf of our community in the most profound, life‑affirming way.”
Explaining the meaning behind the gift, Ackman said: “The menorah represented endurance, represented courage, represented persistence and, most of all, represented life and light in the darkness. And this man deserved this.”
Al-Ahmed told reporters: "It felt like my duty as a human being, helping [keep] people safe … I’m looking at the world from the side of peace."
The injuries al-Ahmed sustained have resulted in the loss of some motion in his fingers. He said: “Honestly, there’s a pain. You know, my fingers … They’re not working, but it’ll be all right … I need time, you know, one, two months, that’s what the doctor say ... Hopefully everything will be good."
A GoFundMe page set up to raise money for al-Ahmed and to "show support and gratitude" shows the largest donation comes from "William Ackman", who contributed $99,999 (£75,000), $1 (75 pence) less than the maximum donation the platform allows for individuals.
The total fund is nearing its $3 million (£2.3 million) target.
Rabbi Yehoram Ulman of Bondi Chabad, the father-in-law of one of the victims, British-born rabbi Eli Schlanger, travelled from Australia to the US alongside al-Ahmed and also spoke at the event.
[https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/bondi-hero-ahmed-al-ahmed-honoured-with-gold-menorah-by-jewish-billionaire-bill-ackman-sc1dg0wl TheJC]
____
Employees of Popular NYC Bakery Move to Unionize Over Company’s Support for Israel, ‘Zionist Projects’.
By Shiryn Ghermezian. January 9, 2026.
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/01/09/employees-popular-nyc-bakery-move-unionize-companys-support-israel-zionist-projects/ Algemeiner]
‘We make babka,’ says NYC bakery, accused by some staff of supporting Gaza...
“We find it troubling that divisive political issues are being introduced into our workplace,” a Breads Bakery spokesman told JNS.
Anna Rahmanan.
(Jan. 9, 2026 / JNS)
A spokesman for the Israeli-owned Breads Bakery told JNS that the New York City chain “is built on love and genuine care for our team” and that it celebrates “peace and embrace people of all cultures and beliefs,” after a newly-formed union of workers at the chain accused it of supporting “genocide” in Gaza.
The group stated that management “recommended that workers refrain from speaking Arabic on the shop floor”..
[https://www.jns.org/we-make-babka-says-nyc-bakery-accused-by-some-staff-of-supporting-gaza-genocide/ JNS]
After the workers' demand: The great support for the Israeli bakery in New York.
Just days after Breads Bakery workers announced a strike and demanded to sever ties with Israel, dozens arrived at the New York branch to express support for the owner. "It's disturbing, we've never encountered a situation like this."
Mako. 01.10.26
[https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2026_q1/Article-67ccebb5987ab91026.htm?main_article=4 Mako]
____
Iran’s Leadership Draws Up Contingency Escape Plans Amid Widespread Anti-Government Protests: Reports.
January 9, 2026.
By Ailin Vilches Arguello.
As anti-government protests continue to rage and spread across Iran, the country’s leadership is reportedly preparing for a potential collapse of the regime, with senior officials said to be drawing up contingency escape plans and stockpiling resources.
On Thursday, British Conservative Member of Parliament Tom Tugendhat said intelligence reports indicate that Iranian senior officials are putting contingency measures in place, “which suggest that the regime itself is preparing for life after the fall.”
“We’re also seeing Russian cargo aircraft coming and landing in Tehran, presumably carrying weapons and ammunition, and we’re hearing reports of large amounts of gold leaving Iran,” the British lawmaker told Parliament.
Amid growing domestic unrest, the regime’s leadership has reportedly applied for French visas for their families in recent days, while also taking steps to secure assets abroad.
“In the past 24 hours, high-ranking dignitaries from the reformist clan — including the president of the Islamic Assembly — have been attempting to obtain French visas for their families via a Parisian lawyer,” Iranian-French journalist Emmanuel Razavi told the French news outlet Le Figaro.
Razavi also told the Nouvelle Revue Politique in a separate interview that the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, is one of the leaders seeking a visa. The journalist added that the nephew of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani applied for a visa to France.
There have also been reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has a backup plan to flee the country if security forces fail to suppress the protests or begin to defect.
“The ‘plan B’ is for Khamenei and his very close circle of associates and family, including his son and nominated heir apparent, Mojtaba,” an intelligence source told the British newspaper The Times.
The Iranian leader would reportedly flee to Moscow, following the path of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
However, some experts have cast doubt on reports that Khamenei, who has not left Iran for decades, plans to flee, arguing the 86-year-old leader will likely die in the country.
[https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/01/09/irans-leadership-draws-up-contingency-escape-plans-widespread-anti-government-protests-reports/ Algemeiner]
____
Insanity in Tehran: Regime Cuts Internet to 80 Million, Streams Tucker Carlson on Loop
Unbelievable.
Insanity in Tehran: Regime Cuts Internet to 80 Million, Streams Tucker Carlson on Loop
In a twist of dystopian irony, the Islamic Republic has pulled the plug on the nation’s internet and phone lines, plunging 80 million citizens into digital darkness, only to fill the void with the voice of Tucker Carlson.
Yair Kleinbaum. Jan 8, 2026.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news/t8kyt4 JFeed]
_____
Emboldened by Mamdani, Protesters in New York City Chant ‘We Support Hamas’ Outside Jewish Yeshiva. January 9, 2026.
The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has condemned an anti-Israel protest in New York City’s Queens borough on Thursday night, where demonstrators openly chanted “We support Hamas,” alongside calls for “intifada” and “people’s war,” outside a Jewish religious institution in a residential neighborhood.
[https://combatantisemitism.org/cam-news/emboldened-by-mamdani-protesters-in-new-york-city-chant-we-support-hamas-outside-jewish-yeshiva/ CAM]
‘We support Hamas here,’ protesters chant outside synagogue in Queens, NY.
“Hamas is a terrorist organization that calls for the genocide of Jews,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “No matter your political beliefs, this type of rhetoric is disgusting, it's dangerous and it has no place in New York.”
(Jan. 9, 2026 / JNS)
Anti-Israel protesters chanted pro-Hamas slogans near a synagogue in Queens, N.Y., on Thursday, in a demonstration that forced the early closure of a daycare, two elementary schools and a religious site, according to a local official.
[https://www.jns.org/we-support-hamas-here-protesters-chant-outside-synagogue-in-queens-ny/ JNS]
Zohran is quiet.
Mamdani Has Nothing to Say After Hamas Rally Outside Queens Synagogue | WATCH
200 protesters target Young Israel synagogue in Queens with pro-Hamas chants and calls for intifada. Schools dismiss early, community on edge as NYPD maintains heavy presence outside real estate event.
Jfeed Staff.
Jan 9, 2026 03:48
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/anti-israel-protests-queens-synagogue JFeed]
Pro-Hamas chants outside New York synagogue, Mayor Adams condemns: 'No place for this in our city'.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams condemned pro-Hamas chants heard during a demonstration outside a synagogue in the city, which was hosting a real estate sales event for Ma'ale Adumim, stating that "this rhetoric and these images are unacceptable and have no place in our city." The protest included chants of "intifada," "death to the IDF," and "we support Hamas." The demonstration also drew sharp condemnation from Jewish organizations, Consul Ophir Akunis and New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
Daniel Edelson, New York|01.09.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/8ixffyxyp
YNet]
____
Update on social network X: Iran flag emoji replaced with Shah's flag.
Social network X has updated the emoji of Iran's flag to the Shah's flag, which displays the lion and sun symbol in its center and was in use until the Islamic Revolution in 1979, as a gesture of solidarity with the massive wave of protests across the country. Earlier today, a user opposing the regime called for this move in a tweet to the head of the network's product department, Nikita Bier, who replied: "Give me a few hours." The flag was updated in all emoji usages across the platform, including official accounts - such as that of Tehran's Foreign Ministry.
Ynet|01.09.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/dlw8y44xv YNet]
_____
France, Britain and Germany condemn killing of protesters in Iran.
France, Britain and Germany condemned the killing of protesters in Iran. This was according to a statement released by the French presidential office. According to the statement, the three countries are "concerned about reports of violence by Iranian security forces and call on authorities to exercise restraint."
Reuters|01.09.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/chtk99p70 YNet]
____
Samoa plans to open embassy in Jerusalem, drawing praise and criticism.
Currently, seven countries have embassies in Jerusalem: the United States, Honduras, Guatemala, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Fiji.
Itamar Eichner | published: 1.9.26 05:59
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjomjprn11x YNet]
_____
Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal:
🚨🇮🇷 IRANIAN OPPOSITION JOURNALIST SAYS: “MORE DEAD THAN IN THE 12-DAY-WAR”
Opposition journalist Ilia Hashemi says Iranian security forces killed more people during last night’s protests than died in the entire 12-day war (~1,060).
His claim is based on eyewitness accounts and a direct conversation with a hospital surgeon in Tehran.
“I was in the operating room all night,” the surgeon told him, adding that the number of protesters killed in Tehran, Karaj, and Shahriar was higher than the war’s death toll.
This comes amid an internet blackout and near-total information control. No official numbers. No independent access.
Hospitals overwhelmed, cameras off, narrative sealed.
If even partly true, it reframes the moment: the deadliest violence wasn’t external war - it was internal suppression, carried out in a single night..
Source: @Osint613
Jan 9, 2026.
[https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2009605284424245713 on X]
____
Despite storm.
Israelis unite for weekly Shabbat call to bring Ran Gvili home.
Israel National News.
Jan 9, 2026, 8:46 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420669 INN]
_____
IDF responds to Hamas violation of ceasefire.
IDF responds to Hamas rocket launch, conducting targeted strikes on Hamas targets in northern and southern Gaza.
Israel National News.
Jan 9, 2026, 7:43 AM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420644 INN]
After failed projectile launch.
IDF eliminates senior Hamas terrorists.
IDF identifies senior Hamas terrorists eliminated in strikes in Gaza in the past 24 hours after a failed projectile launch toward Israel. In addition, terror infrastructure was destroyed.
Israel National News.
Jan 9, 2026, 8:07 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420668 INN]
_____
IDF thwarts terror attack.
Terror cell arrested in Hebron planned immediate terror attack, IDF reveals.
Israel National News.
Published: Jan 9, 2026, 2:42 PM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420665 INN]
______
Police charge California man with terrorist threats after firing on home with Chanukah decorations.
David Englin, of the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS that “we are grateful for the seriousness with which the Redlands Police Department conducted their investigation.”
Aaron Bandler.
(Jan. 9, 2026 / JNS)
A 23-year-old was arrested on Jan. 8 for allegedly firing a weapon at a Jewish home in Redlands, Calif., about an hour east of Los Angeles, the Redlands Police Department stated.
Police said the man, identified as Redlands resident Garrett Bailey Stater, was arrested without incident on charges of terrorizing and making terrorist threats.
[https://www.jns.org/police-charge-california-man-with-terrorist-threats-after-firing-on-home-with-chanukah-decorations/ JNS]
_____
UN school in New York investigates swastika carved in locker room.
“This is a direct result of years of the United Nations turning a blind eye toward the demonization of Israel and the Jewish people,” said Danny Danon, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations.
Jessica Russak-Hoffman.
(Jan. 9, 2026 / JNS)
An incident at the United Nations International School (UNIS) in New York is under investigation after a swastika was etched into a boys’ locker room on campus, school officials confirmed to JNS.
In a letter dated Jan. 8 to the school community that was provided to JNS, executive director Dan Brenner described the “antisemitic incident” as “deeply troubling.”
“Acts and symbols of hate have no place at UNIS,” Brenner wrote. “They cause real harm, particularly to our Jewish students, families, faculty and staff, and they run counter to the values of dignity, respect and international-mindedness that define our school.”
Brenner said the school, which educates children of diplomats and international civil servants in New York, is conducting an investigation. “There will be severe consequences for those involved,” he said, and the administration will be “taking deliberate steps to address this incident through education, dialogue and collective action.”
[https://www.jns.org/un-school-in-new-york-investigates-swastika-carved-in-locker-room/ JNS]
______
🚨 Breaking: Iran’s national TV is directly threatening that protesters will be killed 👇
“Don’t let your children go out tonight. If they do, don’t complain if they are shot.” pic.twitter.com/6Q6oQ85a23
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) January 9, 2026
[https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/2009638158636609575 on X]
_____
Goldie Ghamari | گلسا قمری
@gghamari:
🚨🚨🚨
Muslim savages from IRAQ are bragging on X about being on their way to Iran to defend Khamenei and the terrorist Islamic Republic occupying Iran from IRANIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS.
When I tell you that Iran is occupied by non-Iranian Arab Muslim savages, I'm not exaggerating.
January 9, 2026.
[https://twitter.com/gghamari/status/2009593113413857553 on X]
_____
Grand Mufti's Nazi War Crimes Exposed in Belgrade Files | Israel Hayom.
The Nazi war criminal the Arab world protected from justice.
Yugoslavia sought to prosecute Jerusalem's Grand Mufti for war crimes, but Arab pressure buried the evidence. The archived investigation reveals his direct role in Nazi atrocities across the Balkans.
By Ariel Bulshtein. 01-09-2026.
([https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/D7_90_D7_99._D7_90_D7_A3._D7_A4_D7_99-_D7_9E_D7_92_D7_96_D7_99_D7_9F-1920x960-1-750x375.png].
Adolf Hitler and Mohammed Amin al-Husseini in a meeting in Berlin in 1941 | Photo: AFP)
Stored in a protected Belgrade basement, among the tens of thousands of dusty files comprising Yugoslavia's national archives, sits a slim investigation folder documenting the crimes of Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, known throughout the region as Jerusalem's Grand Mufti. Though thin, the file's brevity reflects not a lack of evidence but rather the political forces that prevented full investigation. The Mufti's legacy includes rivers of blood flowing not only through the Land of Israel – where he orchestrated anti-Jewish pogroms throughout the 1920s and 1930s in a manner chillingly similar to the October 7 massacre – but across Nazi-occupied Europe as well.
Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia provided another stage for his lethal operations. Al-Husseini refused to limit himself to desk work – managing German propaganda, drafting pamphlets, broadcasting to the Muslim world, or developing strategies to mobilize Muslim minorities across the Soviet Union and Balkans for the Third Reich. The craving for direct action – the kind of Jewish bloodshed he had directed in the Land of Israel – compelled the Mufti to take his operations into the field, which he actively pursued.
His "field" operations centered on occupied Yugoslavia, specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina, home to a substantial Muslim population. The Mufti's efforts resulted in the formation of three Waffen-SS divisions composed entirely of local Muslims. These units perpetrated horrific war crimes – massacring Serbs and Jews, incinerating entire villages with their inhabitants still inside, carrying out systematic rape, torture, and pillage.
When World War II concluded in summer 1945, Yugoslavia's liberated government moved to investigate the Mufti's role in Nazi atrocities, formally listing him as a war criminal and petitioning a United Nations special committee for his extradition. The investigation folder apparently originated during this period, though it tragically never advanced to substantive inquiry or trial. Al-Husseini's allies throughout the Arab world unleashed tremendous pressure and threats that forced Yugoslav authorities to retreat from extradition demands. Some sources maintain that Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito himself yielded to Arab requests, striking al-Husseini's name from the wanted list – whether from concern about global Muslim backlash or fear of retaliatory violence from Yugoslavia's own Muslim population.
([https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/D7_90_D7_99._D7_90_D7_A3._D7_A4_D7_99-750x500.png].
"The first Nazi-Palestinian." Mohammed Amin al-Husseini. Photo: AFP)
Either way, although justice was not done with the Mufti, the file's documents, which were collected by Yugoslav investigators before they were ordered to stop, shed some light on the harmonious connection between the German Nazis and the Muslim Nazi, who is considered the father of the Palestinian nationalist movement, and on the way they collaborated.
In Hitler's service.
One of the most intriguing documents bears the date July 28, 1944 and was composed by Professor Gerhard von Mende, a senior and enthusiastic Nazi who was considered in the Third Reich's hierarchy an expert on Muslim minority affairs. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union, he was appointed director of the Caucasus Department of the Ministry for Occupied Eastern Territories. In practice, von Mende and al-Husseini aimed for the same goal – to recruit the Muslim world for the Reich's war effort, and it is no wonder they had much to discuss.
According to the memo, "encouraging Islam appears useful" for Nazi Germany. "The Muslim peoples are natural allies of the German Reich in the struggle against Bolshevism," von Mende quoted the Mufti, and described in detail the practical steps he proposed. Among other things, "the Grand Mufti pointed to the urgent need to strengthen general propaganda through the employment of imams and mullahs within the military units themselves." Al-Husseini went even further and proposed establishing a school for mullahs that would serve both the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS.
To this school, according to al-Husseini's vision, candidates from various nationalities were to be recruited and trained, through integrated propaganda, to advance two totalitarian doctrines – political Islam and National Socialism. The Mufti did not just talk – a similar school had already been established by him in the Muslim region of Bosnia, and its graduates had already brought the gospel of Islam and Nazism to the occupied peoples of the Balkans.
To him it was only natural to continue and deepen the alliance, not only in the field of education. He warmly recommended to von Mende establishing a Muslim religious council that would highlight Germany's friendly policy toward Islam and lead counter-propaganda efforts against the Allies. "Generally speaking, the conversation showed that the Grand Mufti is prepared to place at the Germans' disposal his influence for strengthening the fighting power of Muslim units in the Wehrmacht – provided that Muslim education is carried out in a logical and purposeful manner," von Mende summarized the conversation in a message to his superiors in the Reich capital.
Al-Husseini found common ground not only with von Mende, explains in a conversation with Israel Hayom Dr. Matthias Küntzel, a world-renowned expert on the relationship between Nazi ideology and antisemitism in the Arab world. "It is known that he was a friend of Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, head of the Gestapo, and Interior Minister of the German Reich. He had good relations with Himmler. The Mufti met Hitler only once, but with other figures in the Nazi leadership he had significant and important relationship networks."
A bottomless pit.
Reviewing the Mufti's file uncovers another facet of his character. Though his hatred toward Jews – and toward anyone he perceived as obstructing his path – was authentic and deeply felt, al-Husseini refused to serve the cause without compensation, however malicious and malevolent that cause might be. He demanded money, substantial amounts of it. Yugoslav investigators assembled invoices documenting his various expenditures (some involving trivially small, even laughable sums). He insisted the Germans reimburse every single expense, major and minor alike. His penny-pinching behavior inadvertently created a paper trail tracking his influence into territories far beyond traditional Muslim regions. One receipt documents a 2,000-mark payment covering "the Mufti's expenses in Vilnius." Another invoice from the Harem Hotel in Oybin, a German resort town, confirms that during late July 1944 the Mufti entertained numerous guests there – German Nazis and Muslim Nazis alike. Von Mende's name appears on that roster as well, the matching dates corroborating their meeting.
([https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/D7_94_D7_9E_D7_95_D7_A4_D7_AA_D7_99-750x1125.png].
Mohammed Amin al-Husseini. Photo: GPO)
Available records indicate the Mufti collected from the Germans a monthly stipend of no less than 50,000 marks, supplemented by an additional 25,000 marks in foreign currency. These reimbursements swelled those already substantial sums, filling his coffers so generously that certain Nazis likened their Arab ally to a "bottomless pit." The Germans furnished al-Husseini with young women as well. Moral integrity never numbered among the Mufti's virtues.
Al-Husseini wasn't unique in this arrangement. Former Iraqi Prime Minister Rashid Ali al-Kilani, an ardent antisemite, secured even greater compensation from the Nazis – 75,000 marks monthly, plus an additional 25,000 marks in foreign currency. The Germans possibly calculated that al-Kilani delivered superior value. In April 1941 he orchestrated a revolt in Iraq, temporarily establishing a pro-Nazi government that ultimately triggered the Farhud pogrom and massacred numerous Baghdad Jews.
Al-Husseini and al-Kilani demonstrated capacity both for cooperation toward shared objectives (in 1942 they jointly authored correspondence expressing German support, driven by ambitions to destroy the emerging Jewish homeland in Palestine; roughly a year later they journeyed together to Italy's king seeking his backing for Arab causes) and for bitter disputes – primarily concerning precedence, prestige, and finances.
Operating alongside them, financed by and serving the Nazis, were additional Arab leaders and influencers including Shakib Arslan, Kamil Marwa, Mansour Daoud, and Sherif Sharaf. Understanding this network's activities requires knowing merely that Kamil Marwa received the "distinction" during the 1930s of translating "Mein Kampf" into Arabic for serialized publication in a Lebanese newspaper.
Nevertheless, al-Husseini distinguished himself from all others. Where al-Kilani bore the designation 'Iraqi representative', al-Husseini claimed to embody the pan-Islamic movement itself – to such degree that Himmler regarded him as something resembling a 'Muslim pope'. From this elevated position, offering the Nazis his services for Muslim recruitment became straightforward. Recruitment campaigns commenced with establishing propaganda machinery and broadcasting Nazi radio programming in Arabic, then advanced toward more practical and brutal undertakings.
Al-Husseini and al-Kilani sought to formalize their Nazi alliance through official documentation, refusing to rely solely on actions. They drafted a joint German-Italian declaration intended to secure from the Third Reich formal commitment for establishing an Arab state spanning the entire Middle Eastern region. Within Article 7 of this declaration they indulged their obsession – shared enthusiastically by their German partners – stipulating that Palestine's Jewish problem would be resolved "by the same methods being implemented to solve the Jewish problem in Axis nations." In 1942, responding to their explicit request, both Arab leaders received permission to tour the Sachsenhausen concentration and extermination camp outside Berlin, personally observing the "Jewish problem's" resolution. They approved of everything they witnessed, enthusiastically preparing to execute their portion wherever across the globe opportunity presented itself.
The Mufti, incidentally, never attempted concealing his familiarity with Nazi methods and objectives. In memoirs composed during his final years at his Damascus residence, he disclosed that his friend Himmler informed him around mid-1943 that "by that point approximately 3 million Jews had been exterminated."
From Jerusalem to Jerusalem.
Was the Mufti-Nazi alliance founded solely upon their mutual hatred of Jews? Evidence suggests the common ground between these two murderous ideologies extended considerably further. "The Mufti personally catalogued what he identified as the most significant convergence points between political Islam and Nazi doctrine," explains Dr. Küntzel. "He enumerated seven elements – primarily, unified leadership and the leader's elevated status, present in both systems; secondly, the culture of obedience and discipline; thirdly, the veneration accorded to battlefield martyrs; fourth, communitarian values and collective primacy over individual rights; fifth, motherhood glorification and absolute abortion prohibition; sixth, work ethic reverence and productivity worship; and seventh, their shared posture toward Jews and warfare against Judaism."
Q: Did the Nazis reciprocate al-Husseini's enthusiasm for Nazism with equal fervor?
"I'm far from certain. Nazi ranks contained divergent perspectives and disputes regarding the Mufti. Certain officials expressed bewilderment at his demands and voracious appetite – he constantly sought additional funds, more residences, expanded household staff, and increasingly extravagant material provisions. Conversely, his Himmler friendship bolstered his standing considerably. Whether al-Husseini actually met Adolf Eichmann remains unclear. Nazi leadership assigned personnel to manage the Mufti, though their responsibilities proved challenging. Al-Husseini demonstrated difficult temperament, repeatedly disappointing his German supervisors through his conduct. He envisioned himself commanding the entire Muslim world and broadcast arrogance indiscriminately."
Dr. Matthias Küntzel, a world-renowned expert on the relationship between Nazi ideology and antisemitism in the Arab world.
Q: Didn't Nazi racial doctrine render him inferior and unacceptable by German standards?
"Hitler quotations exist suggesting the Mufti didn't appear Semitic. He possesses light hair and undoubtedly Aryan blood courses through his veins. Such rationales constructed the framework permitting him as an ally. This represented obvious nonsense, though admittedly the entire racial theory constituted accumulated nonsense."
Q: How would you evaluate his Yugoslav achievements? Did he successfully mobilize significant Balkan Muslim populations under Nazi banners?
"He enjoyed substantial fame throughout the Muslim world, amplified through his Nazi radio addresses broadcasting from Berlin. Consequently, his undertaking the mission of persuading Yugoslav Muslims to enlist in the SS represented tremendous development from the Nazi perspective. Naturally, answering the theoretical question whether Muslim unit formation would have occurred without him proves impossible, yet his role throughout this process carried undeniable importance. He journeyed to Bosnia, delivered speeches, exercised persuasion, while simultaneously guaranteeing Muslim recruits received halal-certified provisions and distinctly Muslim uniforms. He micromanaged every detail ensuring Muslims experienced comfort as SS soldiers.
"Simultaneously, he incited recruits toward ruthless violence against opponents and enemies. He orchestrated mass murder. Brutality and lethal violence served as his defining characteristics consistently – originating in 1930s Palestine. These traits never evolved. Middle Eastern populations lived in terror of the Mufti's gang operatives during the 1930s. Yugoslav populations experienced terror from his SS forces throughout World War II. And Palestinian populations confronted identical brutality and murderousness post-1945 through Israel's establishment. Extensive documentation confirms this pattern."
The Mufti's life trajectory and criminal activities spanned three continents – across all of which he left rivers of blood. Throughout the Balkans, Serbian blood flowed primarily, though Jews and Roma numbered among victims as well. Muslim-Nazi collaboration's success in occupied Yugoslavia spawned proposals replicating this model elsewhere.
"The Mufti alongside additional Muslim Nazi collaborators attempted orchestrating major initiatives connecting with Muslim populations throughout Soviet territories," Dr. Küntzel corroborates von Mende's memo details. "However, that aspect doesn't constitute the essential point – nor his encounters with senior Nazis during his German residence. My research uncovered that the period preceding his German arrival, and the period following his German stay, carried greater significance. Why? Because throughout his German phase, spanning 1941 through 1945, he operated under Nazi directives. He lacked complete autonomy. He naturally sought maximizing financial compensation, prestige, and similar benefits, yet couldn't execute everything he genuinely desired. Contrastingly, during earlier periods – specifically 1936 through 1939 – he executed a pivotal Middle Eastern role; then resumed that role from 1945 through 1948. Throughout those periods he worked preventing Jewish state establishment – and succeeded. Throughout those periods he inflicted greater damage than during his German phase."
Extermination project.
These testimonies represent merely a fraction of available evidence. The Mufti-Nazi alliance functioned and produced results even without requiring direct action. Al-Husseini's reputation and imagery preceded him everywhere. On January 30, 1942, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels documented in his diary how propaganda units distributed the Mufti's photograph throughout the Crimean Peninsula to recruit Muslim volunteers for Germany's military campaigns. This image depicting his Hitler meeting underwent duplication into tens of thousands of copies, distributed across Muslim population centers throughout Wehrmacht-conquered territories.
Bosnian soldiers of the 13th Mountain SS Division reading the pamphlet "Islam and Judaism," written by the Mufti (Screenshot: Wikipedia)
The Mufti's schemes – both realized and unrealized – should have delivered him directly to the gallows. Yet during the war's closing weeks he remained in Berlin rather than Yugoslavia. "In April 1945 al-Husseini successfully departed the besieged Reich capital by aircraft, landing in Switzerland," Dr. Küntzel discloses. "Authorities there apprehended and transferred him into French custody. Yet France accommodated him in exceptionally comfortable conditions near Paris. Even from this pleasant confinement the French facilitated his escape, whereupon he 'resurfaced' in Cairo during 1946."
This dual escape couldn't have transpired without systematic planning and assistance from sympathetic parties, Dr. Küntzel maintains. Furthermore, even amid their annihilation the Nazis envisioned continuing Jewish extermination – operating through the Mufti. "They sustained his financing even throughout the Reich's terminal days, anticipating he would persist in pursuing Jews and executing everything possible preventing Jewish state establishment in Palestine," Küntzel contends. "By 1944-45 the Nazis were already strategizing the subsequent Middle Eastern war against Jews. This explains why the Mufti received such substantial funding during the war's final period, despite its inability to influence the conflict's trajectory or conclusion. Abundant documentation confirms this.
"As early as 1942 the Nazis recognized their inability to defeat the Allied forces, yet victory against Jews remained their priority. Should Germany face death, they determined the Zionist project must perish as well. This perspective obviously didn't represent most German population sentiment – they confronted other concerns at war's end. However, specific Nazi leadership circles understood precisely why financing the Mufti mattered and why concealing weapons throughout the Middle East for imminent anti-Zionist struggle proved essential. They preplanned the Mufti's subsequent warfare steps against Jews."
Arab nationalist apologists attempting to sanitize the Mufti's record contend his Nazi assistance role shouldn't be exaggerated. How do you respond?
"The Mufti executed terrible satanic acts. This doesn't establish Mufti responsibility for Europe's Jewish 'Final Solution'. When al-Husseini reached Germany in 1941, Jewish extermination preparations were already complete. No evidence demonstrates the Mufti originated Hitler's Jewish extermination concept. This represented Hitler's and Germany's initiative, though the Mufti endorsed it enthusiastically, matching his worldview and strategic objectives. Subsequently, when Nazis considered rescuing certain Jewish children, the Mufti exerted maximum effort guaranteeing those children's murder in Poland rather than permitting their Palestine arrival."
Q: Did Mohammed Amin al-Husseini possess unusual characteristics?
"The Mufti's Jew-hatred proved extraordinary, utterly delusional. This constitutes his legacy bequeathed to Arab and Muslim populations. In 1937 he published a pamphlet titled 'Islam and Judaism'. This represents an incomparably significant document, conclusively demonstrating how Israel-hatred, Zionism-hatred, and Jew-hatred originated long preceding Israel's establishment. People erroneously assume Middle Eastern antisemitism emerged responding to Jewish state creation and its policies, yet this interpretation proves demonstrably false. The causal and chronological sequence operates in precisely opposite direction. The Mufti's pamphlet exhibits extreme antisemitism predating Israel's existence. Al-Husseini and his adherents prepared for Jewish warfare specifically to prevent their existence."
Q: How do you account for German public indifference toward these documented facts?
"The German public's unawareness proves deeply unfortunate. Despite how I and fellow researchers have exposed the connections between the Mufti's political Islam and Nazism, this information remains essentially an open secret for most individuals. Why? Because numerous 'experts' prefer attributing Middle Eastern antisemitism's existence to Israel. They characterize antisemitism as Israeli conduct's byproduct, and achieving this conclusion requires separating Nazi antisemitism – delusional even by their assessment – from Muslim antisemitism, supposedly justified. Consequently many deliberately suppress Nazi influence on 1930s and 1940s Middle Eastern developments."
[https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/09/grand-mufti-nazi-collaboration-yugoslavia-archives/ ILH]
Explosive Archives Confirm the Nazi Origins of Palestinian Terror Finance.
Files unearthed in Belgrade highlight the breadth of the Nazi–Muslim partnership and its modern-day consequences.
Gerald Posner and Trisha Posner.
Jan 09, 2026.
Archival material newly unsealed in Belgrade casts a harsh spotlight on collaboration between Nazi Germany and Islamist leadership during the Second World War. Hidden for decades in Yugoslavia’s national archives, a slim investigative file on Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, confirms both the scale of his operational role in Nazi Europe and the political suppression that later ensured the case would never be pursued.
The file [https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/09/grand-mufti-nazi-collaboration-yugoslavia-archives/] is not thin because evidence was lacking. It is thin because the investigation was stopped.
The documents reinforce a historical continuum stretching from the Mufti’s wartime collaboration with Nazi Germany to the postwar survival of Nazi capital networks that later financed the emergence of Palestinian terror organizations. This is precisely the through-line Patricia Posner and I documented in our 2024 joint investigation published by the Jewish Chronicle, Revealed: Nazi Financial Fixer Who Funded Palestinian Terror [https://www.thejc.com/opinion/headline-x-x-x-headline-x-x-x-headline-x-x-x-headline-x-x-x-cm3pu7s6]. In that exposé we traced how François Genoud, a Swiss Nazi financier, preserved Hitler’s political and financial legacy and redirected looted Nazi assets into Middle Eastern militant causes in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The Belgrade materials focus heavily on al-Husseini’s activities in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, particularly Bosnia and Herzegovina. Far from acting merely as a political intermediary or propagandist, the Mufti pushed aggressively for operational control. He helped facilitate the creation of multiple Waffen-SS divisions composed of local Muslims, units that went on to commit mass atrocities against Jews and Serbs, including village burnings, executions, rape, and systematic terror.
What emerges from the archive is not only violence, but design.
Just the Facts with Gerald Posner is a reader-supported publication. Subscriptions make this work possible.
Documents assembled by Yugoslav investigators before their work was halted reveal how deliberately the alliance between the Nazi leadership and the Mufti was constructed. A wartime memorandum authored by a senior German official responsible for Muslim minority affairs in occupied territories records extensive coordination between Nazi authorities and al-Husseini aimed at mobilizing Muslim populations for the Nazi war effort.
The Mufti was not simply endorsing Third Reich objectives. He was shaping policy. He advocated embedding religious authorities directly within German military units, arguing that imams should be used to indoctrinate and motivate Muslim soldiers serving in both the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS. He pushed for the creation of formal training institutions designed to fuse political Islam with National Socialist ideology, producing cadres capable of spreading both doctrines in tandem.
This was not theoretical. A similar religious training model had already been implemented under his direction in Bosnia. Graduates of that system were deployed across the Balkans, reinforcing Nazi control and participating directly in atrocities against civilian populations. The Belgrade files confirm that the fusion of Islamism and Nazism was neither accidental nor rhetorical. It was institutionalized.
The archives also expose another dimension of the alliance that resonates powerfully with what followed in the postwar period: money.
[https://www.justthefacts.media/p/explosive-archives-confirm-the-nazi JustTheFacts]
____
SHOCKING. Former Labour Blackburn MP Kate Hollern speaking about the ‘toxic’ general election campaign where she lost to Gaza thug Adnan Hussain MP."
At one point, I was told I was going to be beheaded...
When someone tells you, 'You are going to be beheaded', and you see a picture of yourself on social media covered in blood, of course it worries you."… [pic.twitter.com/kUtZatQC6E] — Subversive Force (@sirwg202110) January 8, 2026.
[https://twitter.com/sirwg202110/status/2009371046357479689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw on X]
____
Hengaw Human Rights Report: Nearly 2,000 Executions In Iran 2025 | MEMRI.
January 8, 2026.
Special Dispatch.
No. 12319.
Hengaw Human Rights Report For 2025: Iran Executed 1,858 Prisoners; 1,552 People Were Arrested Or Abducted By Authorities; 454 Political And Religious Activists Were Sentenced To 1,766 Years And 11 Days Of 'Discretionary' Punishment.
January 8, 2026
[https://www.memri.org/reports/hengaw-human-rights-report-2025-iran-executed-1858-prisoners-1552-people-were-arrested-or MEMRI]
____
Pro-Iran Hackers Target Opposition News Site | MEMRI.
Iraqi Militia-Linked Hackers Claim Cyberattack On Iranian Opposition Site Amid Surging Anti-Regime Protests
January 9, 2026
[https://www.memri.org/jttm/iraqi-militia-linked-hackers-claim-cyberattack-iranian-opposition-site-amid-surging-anti-regime MEMRI]
____
Ben Rhodes Heartbroken As Iranians March for Freedom.
Architect of maligned nuclear deal wants Iranians to stop protesting and 'negotiate' with their oppressors.
Andrew Stiles.
January 9, 2026.
Iranians are revolting against the despotic regime that Barack Obama worked tirelessly to legitimize, and the former president's foreign policy guru is struggling to contain his despair.
Ben Rhodes, architect of the much-maligned Iran nuclear deal, hasn't posted anything on social media to express solidarity with the protesters who have been risking their lives since late December in one of the largest mass uprisings the country has ever seen. Instead, he has repeatedly denounced Donald Trump for vowing to protect the protesters from state-sanctioned violence.
When U.S. forces apprehended Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro—one of Iran's closest allies in Latin America—Rhodes was deeply concerned that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could be next to fall. The operation took place less than 24 hours after Trump expressed support for the protesters in Iran and promised to "come to their rescue" if the regime turned violent.
"The thing that worries me is this kind of behavior can become contagious, and maybe it already has been," Rhodes said on Pod Save the World, his foreign policy podcast with former Obama bro Tommy Vietor. "It's probably not, like, entirely a coincidence that Trump is threatening Iran at the same time that he's doing this in Venezuela."
Days later, Rhodes and Vietor made fun of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) for wearing a "Make Iran Great Again" hat and saying that Trump has not "turned his back on the people of Iran" the way Obama did during the green revolution in 2009. "Cool hat, dork," Vietor quipped smugly.
Rhodes, whose hatred of Israel earned him the nickname "Hamas" in Obama's White House, proceeded to play Debbie Downer by listing off reasons why toppling the Iranian regime was actually worse than the status quo. "The problem going forward is there's no clear path to, like, what would come next," he lamented. If his good friend Khamenei were to be deposed, Rhodes contended, his other friends in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) would take control and "Trump bombing them isn't going to change that."
The Obama bro, who used to write the president's speeches, delivered a semi-coherent rant about the dangers of attacking the regime to hasten its downfall. "The question is whether or not, you know, Israel tries to take advantage of [the protests] by bombing Iran again, and see if that is like, you know, hitting a boxer who they think is about to go down," he said. "Um, I don't think that would be good because, actually, I think the more chaotic the collapse is of this regime, the more likely there's a civil war and the IRGC are the people that ... are running the place."
Rhodes continued to ramble about why the Iranian people shouldn't trust Trump and why, if they knew what was best for them, they would stop protesting and "negotiate" with their oppressors—just like he did in Obama's second term. "Like, what is in place after, like, whatever this, like," he said. "Um, can there be just some Iranian process to, like, negotiate, like, a pathway in a different direction? That will take time, but that's better than the regime collapsing and there being a civil war, or it's better than the supreme leader being ousted, but then the IRGC is in charge, right?"
On Thursday, Rhodes promoted a post from Bulwark journalist Tim Miller about how Vice President J.D. Vance was "the most appalling person in public life since segregation." That remains his most recent entry on his X feed. Meanwhile, in Iran, protesters across the country continue to risk their lives for freedom, but Rhodes has made no effort to acknowledge their courage.
Rhodes was one of several prominent Iran apologists who condemned the Israeli and U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025. Attacking Iran, he said, was an "utterly pointless, dangerous, and immoral act" that would escalate into full-blown war. (It did not.) Rhodes argued, without citing evidence, that the Middle East would be far more peaceful if Trump hadn't pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal he crafted with Obama. "Donald Trump's tearing up agreements contributed, I believe, directly to October 7, between Israel and Hamas," he said on MSNBC the day after U.S. bombers struck Iranian targets.
The inflammatory rhetoric from Rhodes and his fellow Obama bros appears to have radicalized Ryan Routh, the deranged liberal who tried to assassinate Trump in September 2024. Routh echoed the Obama bro talking points in a handwritten note outlining his motivations, denouncing Trump as unfit to be president because "he ended relations with Iran like a child and now the Middle East has unraveled."
Apart from his slavish devotion to the Iranian regime, Rhodes is best known for crying like a bitch when Hillary Clinton lost in 2016. Weeks later, he flew to Havana to attend Fidel Castro's funeral alongside his grieving comrades from Iran.
[https://freebeacon.com/democrats/ben-rhodes-heartbroken-as-iranians-march-for-freedom/ FreeBeacon]
____
Netanyahu signals Israel may phase out US military aid.
In an interview with The Economist, PM Netanyahu vows to secure Israel’s future, restore its global standing, fight “propaganda," reassess US aid, and confront threats from Iran.
Israel National News.
Published: Jan 9, 2026, 9:48 PM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420671 INN]
____
British report: Khamenei raised alert level to highest amid protests.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has raised the alert level of the country's security forces to the highest level, amid citizen protests against the regime. This was reported by the British "Telegraph," which emphasized that Khamenei instructed the Revolutionary Guards to take control of the protests, amid fears of desertions from the army and police. The newspaper further claimed that according to Iranian sources, the alert level that Iran is currently at is even higher than during the 12-day war with Israel, and that "underground missile cities are ready to deal with external threats."
Ynet|01.10.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/4nrefadar YNet]
_____
Iranian intimidation campaign: Israelis receive threatening messages.
Israelis received threatening messages as part of an Iranian intimidation campaign, which read: "We are coming. Look to the skies at midnight."
Ynet|01.10.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/c9tkvt2km YNet]
Masses of Israelis Received Threat: "We're Coming. Look at Midnight". N12. 01.10.26
The SMS Messages.. an Iranian Awareness Operation.
Or Ravid. N12.1.10.26
...Messing also claimed that the messages are being sent to "relatively high-profile" people who appear in the phone books leaked in previous hacks.
Cyber Command: "Nothing more than an attempt to create panic".
The National Cyber Command updated that these messages, sent by an unidentified party, were received in the last hour. "This is nothing more than an attempt to create panic in the public," it said. "We are not pressuring, we are not sharing, we are simply continuing with our routine. It is important to emphasize: no device or account was hacked. This is a widespread distribution of a message, similar to spam messages
[https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/2026_q1/Article-dec54115708ab91026.htm Mako]
______
'We are Hamas here,' 'long live Oct 7': chants outside NYC synagogue spark outrage.
A broad chorus of NYC politicians, from Eric Adams and Richie Torres to Alexandria Ocasio Cortez condemn the chants as antisemitic.
i24NEWS. January 10, 2026.
A pro-Hamas protesters chanted slogans in support of the jihadist group outside a New York synagogue on Thursday, in the city's latest antisemitism outrage that drew condemnation from a wide range of political figures. New York City comptroller Marc D. Levine said "there is no ambiguity here. This is support of a terrorist organization. This cannot be normalized and excused. Truly reprehensible."
[https://x.com/i/web/status/2009689761519415636]
Footage circulating on social media showed dozens of protesters chanting “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here” and "Love live October 7" outside the Young Israel synagogue in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens.
[https://x.com/i/web/status/2009694813319557546]
An extremist anti-Israeli group named Pal-Awda identified the synagogue's location on social media earlier on Thursday...
Elizabeth Pipko | i24NEWSROOM.
New York State Assemblyman Sam Berger, a Democrat who represents the area, said that local Jewish institutions voluntarily closed for the day after police notified them of the demonstration.
[https://x.com/i/web/status/2009434263067013599]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul wrote that "Hamas is a terrorist organization that calls for the genocide of Jews. No matter your political beliefs, this type of rhetoric is disgusting, it's dangerous, and it has no place in New York."
[https://x.com/i/web/status/2009634427043803539]
"Whatever the amnesia surrounding 10/7, the truth must never be forgotten: Hamas murdered, maimed, mutilated, raped, and tortured thousands of innocent Israelis. It is—and has always been—a barbaric oppressor of its own people," wrote congressman Ritchie Torres. "Support for Hamas is not an expression of empathy for Palestinians; it is an expression of antipathy toward Jews and Israelis. Hate has no place in NYC." The far-left, anti-Israel congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez joined the chorus of condemnations, thereby drawing ire from pro-Palestinian activists on social media.
[https://x.com/i/web/status/2009798285670662457]
Former NYC mayor Eric Adams wrote that "The chants heard yesterday in the heart of the Jewish community in Kew Gardens, Queens, in support of Hamas were vile and deliberate acts of intimidation meant to terrorize our Jewish community." New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a brief, carefully worded statement of condemnation on X.
[https://x.com/i/web/status/2009791597655818405]
"We're calling on the mayor to condemn this. Support for Hamas, a terrorist organization, an organization that is sworn to the destruction of Jews and Israelis around the world, that is very problematic," said Scott Richman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, demanding stronger language from Mamdani. "And he needs to be clear. He's the leader of this city, and he needs to be the leader for all Jews, for all residents of the city, and make it clear that this is unacceptable language."
[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-we-are-hamas-here-long-live-oct-7-protesters-chant-outside-nyc-synagogue i24]
_____
Former terrorist has 'reimagined' herself as an influencer.
Reality TV-loving jihadi bride who fled Britain for Syria is now influencer.
04:46 EST 10 Jan 2026, updated 06:35 EST 10 Jan 2026
By David Rivers and Jacob Dirnhuber.
She's a convicted terrorist who fled Britain with her toddler son and travelled to war-ravaged Syria to join ISIS - in the hope that the youngster would one day commit murderous atrocities.
Tareena Shakil notoriously posted sinister images on Facebook of her son wearing an Islamic State-branded balaclava along with others of her brandishing an AK47 assault rifle and a handgun beside the terror group's flag.
Now the Daily Mail can reveal that after an extraordinary transformation the former Islamic State poster girl has taken to using social media in an entirely different way.
Shakil, who earned the nickname the 'Towie jihadi' over her love of popular reality TV shows, has reinvented herself - as a jet-setting influencer.
The former hijab-wearing radical - who was jailed for six years in 2016 for joining ISIS and encouraging acts of terror on social media - now poses in an array of glamorous Western outfits and appears to aspire to a lifestyle far closer to the catwalk than the caliphate.
Her most recent Instagram postings show Shakil appeared to have travelled to Paris over Christmas after previously heading to the bright lights of London for a shopping trip - posing for pictures as she tried on outfits at a swanky Chanel store.
Earlier in the year she enjoyed a balloon ride over a desert landscape and a get-away-from-it-all escape to a paradise island in Thailand where she went on boat rides and paddled with elephants on a private beach.
[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15449323/ISIS-Reality-TV-Islamic-State-fled-Britain-terror-Syria-social-media-influencer.html DailyMail]
____
In Poland: Israeli coaches were beaten in front of boys – and the delegation was expelled.
An Israeli delegation of about 90 children and teenagers was verbally and physically attacked during a judo competition in Europe, after being subjected to anti-Semitic chants throughout the day. Two coaches were beaten, and instead of dealing with the attackers, it was decided to remove the delegation, which was forced to lock itself in a hotel for fear of its safety.
Oren Aharoni. 1/10/2026
A serious anti-Semitic incident occurred today (Saturday) in the city of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, during a judo competition for children and teenagers. A large Israeli delegation, including about 90 athletes aged 7 to 16 from three clubs from Or Akiva and Sharon, went to the competition with the aim of competing, gaining experience and representing Israel with honor, but found itself in the middle of a violent event.
According to the testimony of the delegation members, the hostile atmosphere began in the early morning hours. Throughout the day, anti-Semitic chants were heard at the athletes and coaches, including "Free Palestine" and "Here come the Jews." The children, some very young, had to deal with curses and yelling while trying to concentrate on the battles on the mat.
The climax of the incident came when two of the delegation's coaches approached the judges in an attempt to address the events and conduct in the hall. At this point, it is alleged, a group of about 12 Polish men approached them, raised their hands, and physically attacked the two coaches. The coaches were beaten in front of other participants, including young athletes, which increased the sense of fear and shock among the entire delegation.
[https://www.israelhayom.co.il/sport/other-sports/article/19646336 ILH]
____
Iranian doctors say hundreds killed in protests, hospitals in Tehran enter crisis mode - report.
Both TIME Magazine and the BBC reported hundreds of protesters killed in Iran, with several hospitals in Tehran entering crisis mode due to an overflow of wounded patients.
By Tobias Holcman. January 10, 2026
Hundreds of people were reportedly killed during the ongoing protests in Iran, according to Iranian doctors who spoke to Time magazine and the BBC.
The Time report mentioned that a doctor from Tehran, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stated that Iranian hospitals have recorded some 217 protesters killed since the protests began two weeks ago.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-882883 JPost]
____
In one day: Hamas terrorists violate ceasefire three times.
Terrorist attempts to steal IDF weapon, others threaten troops.
Israel National News.
Jan 10, 2026, 7:39 PM (GMT+2)
On Saturday, IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip identified three terrorists who crossed the Yellow Line and approached the troops, posing an immediate threat to them.
One of the terrorists attempted to steal IDF equipment and subsequently fled. Following the identification, the IAF eliminated the terrorist west of the Yellow Line in order to remove the threat.
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420679 INN]
____
London: Protester climbs Iranian Embassy to replace flag.
Protester climbs Iranian Embassy in London to replace Islamic Republic flag with pre-evolution flag; Tehran protester says 'hundreds' dead in the streets.
Israel National News.
Jan 10, 2026, 9:29 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420689 INN]
____
Watch: Dancing at a wedding - with drawn weapons.
Security forces raid event hall near Maaleh Adumim, following reports of illegal weapons at a wedding.
Israel National News.
Kan 10, 2026, 9:16 PM (GMT+2)
Security forces on Friday night raided an event hall in the village of Al-Eizariya, where a wedding was taking place, following identification and intelligence indicating the presence of illegal weapons at the site.
The operation was carried out by detectives from the Maaleh Adumim police station, together with Border Police fighters from Judea and Samaria and the Jerusalem Envelope unit.
Israel Police and Border Police forces who arrived at the location forced their way into the hall, detained those attending the celebration, and conducted a search. During the search, the forces located three weapons: two handguns - a Glock and a Jericho - and an M16 rifle.
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420681 INN]
____
____