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| | + | US Deploying 3 Carrier Droups and 20,000 troops to Middle East Ahead of New Iran Strikes. |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026. |
| | + | [https://www.jfeed.com/latest-news/us-deploying-3-carrier-droups-and-20-000-troops-to-middle-east-ahead-of-new-iran-53146 JFeed] |
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| | + | Terrorist images found on Flydubai suspect’s social media. |
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| | + | By Abbas Al Lawati, Tal Shalev, Kylie Atwood, Isaac Yee, Avery Schmitz, Thomas Bordeaux, Teele Rebane |
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| | + | Updated: Oct. 3, 2026, 2:43 AM ET |
| | + | Published: Oct. 2, 2026, 5:54 PM ET |
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| | + | The pilot suspected of having attacked another pilot aboard a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight on Wednesday was removed from a previous job at Oman’s national airline last year following concerns about his extremist views, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. |
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| | + | The pilot is an Omani citizen named Hamam al-Hammami, according to the two sources and an Israeli official. Saudi state media also identified al-Hammami. He was born in the United Arab Emirates to an Omani father and Syrian mother and has spent several years of his life in the UAE, one of the sources added. |
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| | + | A LinkedIn profile bearing the name Hamam al-Hammami said he worked at Oman Air for seven years, leaving in February 2025, before joining Royal Air Maroc in June 2025 and departing in January 2026. The page made no mention of Flydubai. One of the sources confirmed that the profile belongs to the Flydubai pilot in Wednesday’s incident. The profile has since been deleted and CNN has reached out to LinkedIn for comment. |
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| | + | The second source, a diplomat from the region, told CNN the suspect was removed from flight training because of the concerns over his radical views and was given another role at Oman’s national airline. |
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| | + | On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the suspect was believed to have undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination.” |
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| | + | The Israeli official told CNN that al-Hammami had worked for Flydubai for only eight months. A fourth source said the alleged assailant had previously worked for Royal Air Maroc. |
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| | + | The revelations will raise concerns about the importance of background checks in aviation hiring. CNN has reached out to Oman Air, Royal Air Maroc and the Dubai government’s media office for comment. |
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| | + | Flydubai said it could not provide comment while the incident remained under investigation. |
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| | + | Threatening mutilation and death. |
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| | + | Only two posts were made to the LinkedIn profile, and both were published in quick succession on Wednesday, about nine hours after the incident. |
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| | + | It is unclear who published the posts or whether they were scheduled in advance. |
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| | + | The first post featured a series of clips filmed in the cockpits of a Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The aircraft that diverted to Saudi Arabia in Wednesday’s incident was a Flydubai 737 Max 8. |
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| | + | In one clip, which CNN geolocated to Dubai International Airport, the person filming zooms in on a plane that belongs to the Israeli airline El Al. |
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| | + | In the video, the cockpit screen showed the flight number – OMA624 – and date, October 11, 2023. The flight number corresponds to a flight that typically travels from Dubai to Muscat. The date matches the period of time he worked at Oman Air. |
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| | + | In other clips in the video, more planes from El Al, as well as one from Arkia, another Israeli airline, are shown. |
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| | + | The video ends with a photo of Ayman al-Zawahiri, who led al Qaeda after the death of Osama Bin Laden, and a photo of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who killed nine people, including seven American CIA officers and contractors, in a 2009 suicide bombing, and was loyal to al Qaeda. |
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| | + | The second post features an AI-generated image depicting Islam’s three holiest sites – in Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem – linked by a continuous glowing trail. A defiant poem recited in the background speaks of rejecting humiliation, not fearing death and defending one’s dignity. |
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| | + | Al-Hammami’s LinkedIn page said he studied at Buckinghamshire New University in England. A source at the university confirmed to CNN that a man by that name had completed a three-year distance learning course, graduating with a degree in aviation management in 2023. |
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| | + | The same two videos were posted around the same time on an Instagram account bearing the same name and pictures, before that account was also deleted. CNN has reached out to Meta for comment. |
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| | + | The nearly 3,000 deleted tweets, published between 2021 and 2022, were analyzed and sorted using an AI-powered semantic search model. |
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| | + | Investigating terror links. |
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| | + | Questions are mounting over how a citizen of Oman, which does not recognize Israel, was permitted to serve as a pilot on a flight to Tel Aviv, despite Israel’s stringent aviation security measures. |
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| | + | An Israeli official told CNN on Wednesday that several Israeli agencies – including Shin Bet, Mossad, the military and the Transportation Ministry – were investigating how the Omani pilot came to be part of the flight crew. |
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| | + | The pilot attempted to carry out a “terrorist act” by attacking his colleague with a crash axe inside the cockpit and trying to take control of the plane, the United Arab Emirates attorney general, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, said on Saturday, according to state news agency WAM. |
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| | + | UAE authorities have jurisdiction to investigate the incident because the aircraft is registered in the country, and UAE law applies to crimes committed aboard its planes even when they occur outside the country’s territory, WAM said. |
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| | + | Netanyahu told CNN’s Jim Sciutto late on Wednesday that the assailant had been interrogated in Saudi Arabia, where the plane was diverted, with Israel involved in the investigation. |
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| | + | “I spoke to the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, and he agreed that Israel would join the interrogations,” he said. |
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| | + | I can also format this as a plain-text article with no Markdown headings or bolding, if you want a version that is easier to copy into a document. |
| | + | [https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/world/flydubai-attacker-pilot-intl CNN] |
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| | + | Attempted abduction of Israeli in Samaria. |
| | + | Arab rioters attacked a Jewish teen with stones on Thursday and tried to drag him into a house in the PA city of Yassuf. |
| | + | Israel National News. |
| | + | Oct 2, 2026, 3:55 PM |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434008 INN] |
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| | + | ___ |
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| | + | Crew of hijacked flydubai plane clashed with Israeli passengers, demanded tied-up terror pilot be freed. |
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| | + | By David Spector. |
| | + | Published Oct. 3, 2026. |
| | + | |
| | + | The crew of the hijacked flydubai plane shockingly clashed with Israeli passengers who subdued the ax-wielding co-pilot after he attacked the pilot — demanding he be freed, two men who helped secure the terror suspect told The Post in exclusive interviews. |
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| | + | “They were asking us to untie the terrorist — we had no idea why,” said banking executive Tzvika Manes, one of the three civilians who took down the would-be hijacker. |
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| | + | “They were saying to free the terrorist — we got instantly suspicious of them,” said real estate professional Daniel Schlichter, who was sitting in the second row, close to the cockpit. |
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| | + | Manes, 40, was traveling with his wife and three daughters, aged 11, 7 and 6, after a family vacation in Japan, when the co-pilot, identified by _The Wall Street Journal_ as an Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, began hacking at the Indian pilot, Capt. Smit Machchhar, with a crash ax. |
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| | + | The seriously injured Machchhar managed to open the cockpit door. Manes, along with plumber Yaniv Hayoun and Asaf Rajuan, rushed to confront the attacker and overpowered him. |
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| | + | Hayoun then managed to stabilize the nosediving plane using techniques he learned from the TV show “Air Disasters.” |
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| | + | But after the three Israelis subdued the pilot and restrained him face-down with his hands tied behind his back — first with zip ties, then using headphone wires that Schlichter gathered from passengers — the situation took another turn. |
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| | + | As he was subdued, Hayoun heard the terrorist cry, “Kill me, kill me” — apparently because he failed in his jihadist mission, Manes said. |
| | + | |
| | + | Yet some crew members began demanding that he be freed. |
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| | + | An argument ensued, and the Israeli trio shot back that under no circumstances would the suspected terrorist be released. |
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| | + | “They said, ‘You are not God, you are not going to kill him,’” Manes recalled. “We didn’t want to kill him, we just wanted him not to kill us.” |
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| | + | Schlichter, 59, who was also returning from a vacation in Japan with his wife, and Manes both said that the Israelis even gave the wounded terrorist an oxygen mask. |
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| | + | “We wanted him to live so he could be investigated,” Schlichter said. |
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| | + | A power struggle ensued, with the crewmembers insisting that they were in charge of the plane and needed to remain alone in the area directly in front of the cockpit. |
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| | + | The Israelis, fearing the crew could be involved in the pilot’s plot, ordered the stewards to leave the cockpit area and take seats in the middle of the plane. |
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| | + | “We told them, ‘Now the policy is we’re in charge and you do what we say,’” Manes said. |
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| | + | “We didn’t know what to think, we were in a suspicious mode for every steward.” |
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| | + | A group of passengers, Schlichter among them, escorted the crew members to seats in the fifth or sixth row, away from the cockpit. |
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| | + | “We shouted at them and told them to sit down,” said Schlichter, who has two children and two granddaughters. |
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| | + | The trio then enlisted a “big guy” to guard the cockpit and prevent anyone from entering, Manes said. |
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| | + | Reserve pilots seated at the back of the plane had already entered the cockpit and taken over control of the aircraft. |
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| | + | After the crew was seated, they began to “understand that this was a special case,” Schlichter said, and started tending to the traumatized passengers, providing them with blankets and water. |
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| | + | The crew has not been accused of conspiring with the co-pilot. |
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| | + | When asked by The Post about the crew’s behavior, flydubai said it could not comment on a matter under investigation. |
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| | + | “We remain fully committed to supporting the ongoing investigation and are in close coordination with the relevant government authorities and regulators,” it said in a statement. |
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| | + | “I stayed with the terrorist until we landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. After that I hugged my daughters and told them they were going to be OK, and that they are heroes,” Manes said. |
| | + | |
| | + | Once the plane landed, the adrenaline began to wear off and passengers started processing what they had just survived. |
| | + | |
| | + | Some had panic attacks while others broke down crying, Manes said. |
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| | + | “They didn’t want to fly back to Israel on another flydubai flight. Many wouldn’t step foot on the plane until they were personally told by the Mossad that the pilots had been cleared,” he said. |
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| | + | The self-described “regular finance guy” never dreamed he would one day be the center of a movie-like life-or-death midair battle. |
| | + | |
| | + | His only thought was saving his family. |
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| | + | “When I heard my daughters crying ‘Father I don’t want to die’ — that was the trigger for me to run and fight, I wasn’t thinking of anything, it was just fight or flight,” Manes said. |
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| | + | The pilot fought the three men viciously. |
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| | + | “Punches were flying, we were kicking him, we didn’t know if he still had his knife, we couldn’t see it,” Manes said. “None of us were fighters or heroes, we were just normal guys who wanted to save our families.” |
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| | + | “It was sounds you only hear in a movie,” Schlichter said. |
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| | + | Manes, the CEO of Barak Capital Underwriting, Israel’s largest investment bank, said he has bruises all over his body. |
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| | + | “The G-Force was like something I never felt like in my life, it felt like everything was soaking, it was a crazy feeling,” he said. |
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| | + | Schlichter said that he was fully prepared to die as the plane nosedived 17,000 feet in moments. |
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| | + | “It was the longest minute I’ll ever have in my life, I remember everything, I remember clearly thinking about 9/11, then I thought about my children, my family, how awful it would be for them to hear what happened,” he said. |
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| | + | Both men said they were overwhelmed by the number of things that had to go right for everyone aboard to survive. |
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| | + | “Statistically this kind of miracle cannot be happening, the chance that each one of us, especially would be on the same second where they had to be, I can’t even fathom how unlikely it is,” Schlichter said. |
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| | + | “I believe that definitely we had divine protection,” Manes said. “Someone up there is watching over us.” |
| | + | [https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/us-news/crew-of-hijacked-flydubai-plane-fought-with-israeli-passengers-to-free-the-terrorist/ NY Post] |
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| | + | Flydubai passengers say: 'Flight crew asked us to release the Omani terrorist'. |
| | + | Two passengers on the Flydubai flight, Zvika Manes and Daniel Schlichter, told the New York Post that several crew members on the plane confronted them and asked them to release the Omani terrorist. Manes, who was among the passengers who neutralized the terrorist, said in an interview that "they asked us to release the terrorist, we had no idea why. They said: 'You are not God, you are not going to kill him.' We didn't want to kill him, we just wanted him not to kill us." Schlichter, who was sitting in the second row on the plane, said that "they told us to release the terrorist – and we immediately became suspicious of them." |
| | + | 10.03.26. |
| | + | [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/7i1wjg2a9 YNet] |
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| | + | Iranian diplomats ‘kicked out’ of US after ignoring order to leave: State Department. |
| | + | Oct. 3, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-war-trump-talks-strait-hormuz-oil-prices-10-03-26 Fox News]. |
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| | + | The forgotten 1929 massacre that explains the Middle East today. |
| | + | By Yardena Schwartz. |
| | + | Oct. 3, 2026. |
| | + | |
| | + | Since Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas sympathizers |
| | + | have insisted that we must understand |
| | + | the massacre in its historical context |
| | + | — that it did not happen in a vacuum. This much is true. |
| | + | |
| | + | To understand this context, |
| | + | we need to look back at a chapter of history that predates the state of Israel by two decades. That chapter is 1929. |
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| | + | On Aug. 24, 1929, more than 3 000 Muslim men armed with swords, axes and machetes marched through the ancient Jewish quarter of Hebron, then part of British Mandate Palestine. That Sabbath morning, they slaughtered 67 Jewish men, women and children, and wounded dozens more. Children watched as their parents were butchered by their neighbors. Rabbis and yeshiva students were castrated. Infants were murdered in their mothers’ arms. Young women were raped. Those who survived endured horrific cruelty, with fingers and limbs severed and eyes gouged. |
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| | + | Many victims of the Hebron massacre knew their assailants by name. Until that day, the rioters had been their friends, neighbors, coworkers and landlords. Most of Hebron’s Jews were natives of the land who spoke Hebrew and Arabic. This was the world’s oldest Jewish community, dating back to the days of Abraham and Sarah, who are believed to be buried in Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs. |
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| | + | The massacre bore striking similarities to Oct. 7. |
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| | + | But the significance of 1929 extends far beyond these parallels. This overlooked chapter of history offers a window into the forces that shape this conflict — forces that are entirely missing from contemporary accounts of its origins. |
| | + | In 1929, Jews represented 20% of a population of less than 1 million people. There was no "persecution" or "oppression" of Palestinians in 1929. To be a Palestinian was to be a Jew or an Arab living under British rule. Jews and Muslims had lived alongside one another in Hebron for generations. |
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| | + | What led thousands of Muslims in Hebron to turn on their Jewish neighbors was a campaign of disinformation initiated by the first leader of the Palestinian people: the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin Al-Husseini. He claimed that the Jews of Palestine were conspiring to destroy Al-Aqsa in order to rebuild the ancient Jewish Temple, upon whose ruins Al-Aqsa had been built. |
| | + | |
| | + | That lie crested into a wave of violence against Jews in Palestine. |
| | + | Hamas repeats the same lie today, positioning themselves as the defenders of Al-Aqsa. It is no coincidence that Hamas named the Oct. 7 attack “The Al-Aqsa Flood.” |
| | + | |
| | + | Yet the most revealing connection between 1929 and 2023 lies not in the violence but in its aftermath. In both cases, atrocities were simultaneously denied and blamed on their Jewish victims, murderers were glorified as heroes and the religious underpinnings of the violence were obscured. |
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| | + | After the riots were quelled by British troops, the Arabic press in Palestine falsely reported that Jews had initiated the riots. The international community saw through these lies at the time. Western journalists did not attempt to justify the slaughter of unarmed children. Protests against the Arab riots took place around the world. |
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| | + | And yet, the British did then what they continue to do today. Siding with the Arab majority of Palestine, the British concluded in the 1930 Shaw Commission that what sparked the riots was a peaceful Jewish demonstration at the Western Wall in mid-August 1929, on the Ninth of Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, when Jews mark the destruction of the ancient Jewish Temples. |
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| | + | In hopes of keeping the peace, the British rewarded the attackers. To appease the Arab majority, they issued quotas on Jewish immigration. There were no limits on rising Arab immigration. They also restricted Jewish land purchases. After all, land in Palestine was not being confiscated by Jews or given to them by the British. It was being sold to them by wealthy Arab landowners, at exorbitant prices. |
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| | + | So, what happens when the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is told without the context of 1929? |
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| | + | We are witnessing the consequences in real time. The 1929 Hebron massacre undermines the assumption that today’s conflict was caused by the state of Israel. |
| | + | As a journalist who reported from Israel and the Palestinian Territories from 2013 to 2023, I witnessed the ways in which history is omitted from coverage of this conflict. I began writing a book about the Hebron massacre four years before Oct. 7, hoping to shed light on this fateful period of history that so few people know about. Three years after Oct. 7, the lies which fueled violence in Palestine one century ago are no longer rejected by the international community, but sustained by it. |
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| | + | Context is only useful when it is complete. The long-forgotten story of 1929 is vital to understanding the deeper forces — of religious domination, disinformation and historical amnesia — that have shaped this conflict for the past century. They have been ignored far too long. |
| | + | Yardena Schwartz is the author of “Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict.” |
| | + | [https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/opinion/the-forgotten-1929-massacre-that-explains-the-middle-east-today/ NY Post] |
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| | + | Flydubai Co-Pilot Hamam al-Hammami Intended to Bring Jet Down Inside Israel. |
| | + | Hamam al-Hammami, 29, has told investigators he intended to crash the Flydubai jet in Israel, ABC News reports. He was flagged as a security risk in 2024. |
| | + | Gila Isaacson. |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026. |
| | + | [https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/tmcat0 JFeed] |
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| | + | Terrorist pilot admits plot to crash plane into Israel as investigators probe Iran link. |
| | + | Sources familiar with the investigation say Hamam al-Hammami underwent a process of radicalization in Syria and posted extremist content online. During questioning, he admitted intending to crash the aircraft into a target in Israel. |
| | + | By Danny Zaken. Published on 10-03-2026 22:19 Last modified: 10-03-2026 22:19 |
| | + | [https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/10/03/terrorist-pilot-admits-plot-to-crash-plane-into-israel-as-investigators-probe-iran-link/ ILH] |
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| | + | Indian Captain Tells Netanyahu: 'Pilot Asked to Pray — Then I Took a Hard Blow to the Head'. |
| | + | 10.03.26. |
| | + | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Captain Sumit Makhija, who was stabbed by the terrorist-pilot on the Fly Dubai flight and was seriously injured. The captain recounted during the conversation that "the co-pilot asked to pray, and out of respect I looked forward and not back. Suddenly I took a hard blow to the back of my head. I tried to stop him, but because of his initial blows, my vision almost disappeared. I heard people's screams. And as I told the ambassador here — I had one last fight left in me. I knew that if I didn't do it — I would die. So I used all the strength I had, walked to the door and opened it. Fortunately, people were waiting there to respond immediately and took control of the situation. |
| | + | [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/be25asref YNet] |
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| | + | ‘He prayed, then hit me’: Flydubai captain recounts cockpit attack. |
| | + | Smit Machchhar tells Netanyahu co-pilot prayed, then struck him from behind; badly wounded, he fought to open cockpit door, telling Netanyahu: ‘I had that one last fight left in me’. |
| | + | Itamar Eichner, Meir Turgeman|10.03.26 |
| | + | [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skfh360cge YNet] |
| | + | |
| | + | 'I gave everything that I had': Flydubai captain tells Netanyahu about co-pilot's hijacking attempt. |
| | + | The prime minister thanked Machchhar for his "remarkable" actions, saying that he "saved the spirit of the world." |
| | + | Aaron Glick. October 3, 2026. |
| | + | [...] |
| | + | My first thought was that there was catastrophic damage to the aircraft," he said. "But then, after that, the blows kept coming, one after the other, and that's when I realized that it's not the aircraft; it's the other guy who was in the cockpit with me." |
| | + | |
| | + | Despite Machchhar's attempts to stop him, he said the aircraft pitched sharply downward as his vision rapidly faded, noting that he managed to open the cockpit door several times even though his co-pilot kept closing it. |
| | + | |
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| | + | "My colleagues from outside were trying to pitch in the code (to open the door), but the guy was not allowing them to open the code," the captain explained. "Once I had my hand on the knob, I guess I twisted it, and I opened it." |
| | + | |
| | + | "I remember I was lying down on the cockpit floor, and I felt the aircraft and the whooshing sound and people screaming," he recalled. "Thankfully, people were waiting to pounce back, took over the controls, and the rest is what you know, sir." |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910475 JPost] |
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| | + | |
| | + | IDF targets 'Sinwar's successor'. |
| | + | Israel National News. |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026, 7:14 PM |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434024 INN] |
| | + | |
| | + | IDF targets Sinwar successor's Gaza home. |
| | + | Israeli forces demolish apartment of Mohammed al-Amudi, believed to be next Hamas leader in Gaza, as eight soldiers injured in Lebanon vehicle accident | Trump convenes security cabinet on Iran and Houthis. |
| | + | Gila Isaacson. |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/tmcc2g JFeed] |
| | + | |
| | + | IDF targets Yahya Sinwar's successor in Gaza strike, kills two PIJ commanders in Gaza City. |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026. |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-10-03/live-updates-910441 JPost] |
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| | + | Netanyahu's surprising invitation to the Indian pilot. |
| | + | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls Indian flydubai captain Smit Machchhar, praising him as 'hero to Israel, India, and the entire world,' and extending special Independence Day invitation. |
| | + | Israel National News. |
| | + | Published: Oct 3, 2026, 9:02 PM (GMT+3) |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434030 INN] |
| | + | |
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| | + | |
| | + | President Trump: |
| | + | 'Yaniv saved that flight yesterday, he did an amazing job'. |
| | + | US President Donald Trump posted a video in which he praised Yaniv, the Israeli plumber who helped save the Flydubai plane. |
| | + | Israel National News |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026, 8:37 PM |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434029 INN] |
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| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Emily Damari shares unreleased hostage photos, says surviving Hamas captivity was a miracle. |
| | + | "Three years ago at this time on Simchat Torah I was deep, deep in the Gaza Strip," Damari wrote in her post. |
| | + | |
| | + | By Jerusalem Post Staff. |
| | + | October 4, 2026. |
| | + | Emily Damari, who was kidnapped on October 7, 2023, and survived Hamas captivity in Gaza, shared previously unreleased photos from her time as a hostage on Instagram on Saturday, marking three years since her abduction on the Hebrew calendar. |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910488 JPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | Emily Damari reveals: 'It's a miracle I'm alive'. |
| | + | Three years after she was kidnapped to Gaza during the October 7 massacre, former hostage Emily Damari shares disturbing photos from Shifa Hospital in Gaza, recalling her untreated wounds, terrifying captivity, and the miracle of her survival. |
| | + | Orly Harari. Oct 3, 2026, 8:48 PM (GMT+3) |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434027 INN] |
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| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Watch: Rocket unit commander eliminated in Gaza. |
| | + | IDF eliminates two senior Islamic Jihad terrorists near Gaza City, after they worked to rebuild the group's military capabilities in violation of the ceasefire. |
| | + | Israel National News. |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026, 7:43 PM |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434025 INN] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | October 7 Footage Removed. |
| | + | TikTok Removes Kan Promo Showing Soroka Hospital on October 7, Calls It Misinformation. |
| | + | TikTok took down a promo for Kan's Zman Emet documentary on Soroka Hospital on October 7, citing its misinformation rules. Kan has asked for a review. |
| | + | Gila Isaacson. |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/tmcbs2 JFeed] |
| | + | |
| | + | ___ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | London police urge students to move October 7 march. |
| | + | Pro-Palestinian students in London are planning a march in support of Palestinians specifically on October 7. |
| | + | Nissan Tzur. |
| | + | Published: Oct 3, 2026, 11:29 PM (GMT+3) |
| | + | |
| | + | London police are urging organizers of a planned October 7 pro-Palestinian student march to change the date or location of the demonstration, warning that it could cause distress to members of the Jewish community and increase the risk of clashes. |
| | + | |
| | + | An organization calling itself the London University Coalition said hundreds of students are expected to march through London on October 7 to protest what it describes as “g... in Gaza." |
| | + | |
| | + | Deputy Police Commissioner James Helman said police do not currently have the authority to stop the march, but have asked organizers to reconsider its timing. |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434041 INN] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Four protesters face expulsion after arrest in Samaria. |
| | + | Four protesters detained in Samaria on suspicion of disturbing public order and entering a closed military zone have been transferred for a hearing on possible expulsion from Israel. |
| | + | Israel National News. |
| | + | Oct 3, 2026, 11:49 PM (GMT+3) |
| | + | |
| | + | Four protesters detained near the community of Kfar Tapuach in Samaria have been transferred to the Population and Immigration Authority ahead of a hearing on whether they should be expelled from Israel. |
| | + | |
| | + | The four were detained Friday by IDF soldiers operating in the area on suspicion of involvement in a public-order disturbance. They were subsequently taken to the Ariel police station, where police questioned them on suspicion of disturbing public order and entering a closed military zone. |
| | + | ... |
| | + | “The Israel Police will continue to act decisively, using all of its authorities and in cooperation with security bodies and law enforcement authorities, in order to prevent and thwart incidents of friction and violence that may develop against a backdrop of incitement and agitation and lead to breaches of public order," police said |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434045 INN] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Galilee residents told to stay home amid Arab protests. |
| | + | Misgav Regional Council warns residents to remain indoors during planned Arab demonstrations, at the expense of holiday celebrations. |
| | + | Israel National News. |
| | + | Published: Oct 3, 2026, 11:15 PM (GMT+3) |
| | + | |
| | + | Outrage erupted among residents of the Galilee following a notice issued by the Misgav Regional Council urging residents to avoid traveling on roads and to remain in their homes during the afternoon and evening hours, between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., due to planned demonstrations and protests in Sakhnin, Arraba, and Deir Hanna. |
| | + | |
| | + | Maayan Tal-Mor, a Galilee resident, published a strongly worded protest video in response to the instructions, stressing, "Look at the notice we received yesterday from the Misgav Regional Council, our council." |
| | + | |
| | + | "Tomorrow, on Simchat Torah, coincidentally during the hours of the hakafot (Simchat Torah celebrations - ed.), we're being told not to leave our homes because the Arabs are demonstrating." |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434038 INN] |
| | + | |
| | + | ___ |
| | + | |
| | + | Israel’s Growing Allies on the Ground—and in the Sky. |
| | + | Mike Watson. |
| | + | October 3, 2026. |
| | + | Israel’s Growing Allies on the Ground—and in the Sky. |
| | + | Israel is no stranger to diplomatic isolation, but the widespread condemnation it has received after the October 7 atrocities has been unusually strong and meritless. Last week, the dozens of delegates walking out on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations seemed to dramatize Israel's diplomatic plight. Bibi defied the well-heeled "moral cowards" of Turtle Bay and defended his policies against Iran and its terrorist minions. But even as many of Israel's friends applauded him at the rostrum, their eyes darted nervously to the swelling exodus in the aisles. |
| | + | [https://freebeacon.com/columns/israels-growing-allies-on-the-ground-and-in-the-sky/ FreeBeacon] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Tucker Carlson claims UK had no reason to join WWII, appears to defend Hitler's invasion of Poland. |
| | + | "The idea that Hitler just randomly rolled into Poland is a lie… Hitler repeatedly said, ‘I do not want to go to war with the UK,’” Tucker Carlson said in a recent interview with Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg. |
| | + | Goldie Katz. October 3, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/international/article-910455 JPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Israel’s Supreme Court overturns decision to disqualify Arab parties. |
| | + | Balad party chair Sami Abu Shehadeh, who wrote a piece lauding Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, withdrew his candidacy for the upcoming election. |
| | + | JNS Staff. Oct. 3, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/israels-supreme-court-overturns-decision-to-disqualify-arab-parties JNS] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | IDF detains 50 Palestinian terrorists in Judea and Samaria. |
| | + | Israeli troops carried out several counterterror operations during the holiday, confiscating weapons, drones and other military equipment. |
| | + | JNS Staff. Oct. 3, 2026. |
| | + | [https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/idf-detains-50-palestinian-terrorists-in-judea-and-samaria JNS] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Three years later: Recording of Noa Marciano in Hamas captivity revealed. |
| | + | Three years after October 7, Avi Marciano releases a recording of his daughter Noa, who was murdered in Gaza, filmed after just four days of captivity. |
| | + | Israel National News. |
| | + | Published: Oct 4, 2026, 12:04 AM (GMT+3) |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434044 INN] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Yemen conducts strikes against Houthi stronghold, capital city of Sanaa as conflict deepens. |
| | + | A spokesperson for Yemen's armed forces, which are aligned with the internationally recognized government, said forces were targeting what he described as "vital targets." |
| | + | Reuters. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026, 01:59 AM |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910484 JPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Irish soccer team's coach cuts press conference short after heated exchange with Israeli journalist. |
| | + | An Israeli journalist asked why Irish players allegedly called Israeli players “monkeys” during their previous match, prompting the coach to leave the press conference. |
| | + | |
| | + | By Jerusalem Post Staff. October 4, 2026. |
| | + | |
| | + | A heated exchange over allegations of racist abuse involving Irish players brought the Republic of Ireland's soccer team's pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday's Nations League game against Israel to an abrupt end on Saturday, after Irish head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson clashed with Israeli journalists. |
| | + | |
| | + | One journalist asked, “What do you say about the people that you support? Their ideology is based on murder... Just this week, one of them tried to kill 170 Israeli passengers, including 27 innocent children and thousands of others,” to which an Irish press officer said, "We are not doing any questions like this today. We are doing football questions." |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-910492 JPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Israeli players to wear October 7 memorial black armbands in Ireland soccer match. |
| | + | According to UEFA rules, black armbands require prior approval and are reserved for recognized tragedies, national mourning, or the deaths of prominent soccer figures. |
| | + | |
| | + | By Jerusalem Post Staff. |
| | + | October 4, 2026. |
| | + | |
| | + | UEFA has approved the Israel Football Association’s request for the national team to wear black armbands in Sunday's match against Ireland in memory of those murdered in the October 7 massacre, the Israel Football Association announced on X/Twitter. |
| | + | |
| | + | The decision comes amid immense friction between the two associations, as Ireland's football association, its players, and more than 160 Irish sportspeople urged a boycott of the both games over the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza. |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-910556 JPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Flydubai hijacker planned to kill pilot unnoticed, crash into Tel Aviv skyscraper - report. |
| | + | Hammami's plan was to kill the pilot, Capt. Smit Machchhar, without attracting attention, then fly along the planned route to Tel Aviv before crashing into the city's buildings. |
| | + | |
| | + | By Danya Saperstein, Amichai Stein. |
| | + | October 4, 2026. |
| | + | |
| | + | Hamam al-Hammami, the copilot accused of trying to hijack and crash a flydubai aircraft bound for Israel, planned to deliberately crash into Tel Aviv skyscrapers, Italian outlet Corriere Della Sera reported on Sunday, citing Israeli intelligence. |
| | + | |
| | + | Hammami's plan was to kill the pilot, Capt. Smit Machchhar, without attracting attention, then fly along the planned route to Tel Aviv before crashing into the city's buildings. |
| | + | |
| | + | Israeli authorities are working on the assumption that Hammami was a "lone wolf" actor who attempted to crash the plane on his own initiative, rather than acting on the orders of any terror group, a source told The Jerusalem Post. |
| | + | |
| | + | The operation was planned to be so quick that fighter jets couldn't intervene, the Italian outlet stated. |
| | + | |
| | + | Instead, after Hammami attacked Machchhar with an emergency crash axe, almost severing his arm, and attempted to crash the plane by first manipulating the control stick and then cutting both engines, Machchhar helped passengers secure Hamami and the aircraft, according to the report. |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/international/islamic-terrorism/article-910544 JPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | Israel marks 1,318 slain security personnel since Oct. 7. |
| | + | Terror attacks have also claimed 1,029 civilian lives alongside tens of thousands wounded over three years, the National Insurance Institute reported. |
| | + | JNS Staff. |
| | + | (Oct. 4, 2026 / JNS) Israel’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday that 1,318 members of Israel’s security forces have been added to the nation’s official roll of slain personnel since Oct. 7, 2023. |
| | + | The total includes Israel Defense Forces soldiers, Israel Police officers, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) personnel, Israel Prison Service and Fire and Rescue Authority members, civilian security coordinators and members of civilian rapid-response squads. |
| | + | [https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/israel-marks-1-318-slain-security-personnel-since-oct-7 JNS] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Flydubai hijacker’s hateful rants while studying at British university. |
| | + | Home Office suspends Buckinghamshire’s overseas student licence on day of Hamam al-Hammami’s arrest. |
| | + | |
| | + | Hamam al-Hammami |
| | + | A social media account believed to be linked to Hamam al-Hammami repeatedly mentions ‘stomping on’ women |
| | + | Janet Eastham Senior News Reporter. |
| | + | Lily Shanagher Foreign Breaking News Reporter. |
| | + | Published 03 October 2026 8:38pm BST. |
| | + | The Flydubai terror attack suspect advocated violence against women and called for severe religious punishments while studying aviation at a British university. |
| | + | Hamam al-Hammami, 29, the co-pilot being held in Abu Dhabi after the suspected hijacking on Wednesday, said women should be “stomped on”, and praised giving a woman a “pre-emptive slap” in social media posts made while he was enrolled at Buckinghamshire New University (BNU). |
| | + | He also appeared to praise Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. |
| | + | Mr Hammami, an Omani national, was studying for a three-year distance-learning degree in aviation management at the university in High Wycombe, graduating in 2023. He is believed to have taken part in the course remotely from Muscat. |
| | + | On the day of the attack, BNU said its licence to sponsor international students had been suspended by the Home Office over concerns about its compliance with sponsorship duties. |
| | + | Licence suspension... |
| | + | [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/03/flydubai-hijackers-hateful-rants-while-at-uk-university/ Telegraph] |
| | + | [https://archive.is/TQkf2] |
| | + | |
| | + | Accused flydubai hijacker celebrated beating women, Sharia law in sickening social media posts: ‘Stomp on her head’ |
| | + | By Anthony Blair. |
| | + | Published Oct. 4, 2026. |
| | + | Updated Oct. 4, 2026, 11:59 a.m. ET |
| | + | The accused flydubai hijacker touted violence against women and expressed hate for Jews and gay people in sickening newly revealed social media posts he made while studying to be a pilot – before he went on to allegedly attack his captain with a crash axe and attempt to down a plane. |
| | + | |
| | + | Hamam al-Hammami, 29, allegedly made the series of extreme posts while he was studying aviation management remotely at Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) in the UK, the Telegraph reported. |
| | + | |
| | + | In one exchange with a woman, he allegedly said, “I’d stomp on your head, wipe the floor with you, make you an example to others, and then divorce you,” the outlet reported, following an analysis of more than 2,000 posts published between November 2021 and August 2022 by an X account believed to be al-Hammami’s. |
| | + | [https://nypost.com/2026/10/04/world-news/accused-flydubai-hijacker-celebrated-beating-women-sharia-law-on-social-media/ NYPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | Eastern Jerusalem resident held over deadly hit-and-run. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026. |
| | + | An eastern Jerusalem resident was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of killing a woman in a hit-and-run in the capital’s Rehavia neighborhood, the Israel Police said. |
| | + | |
| | + | The suspect, a man in his 20s, allegedly struck the pedestrian with his truck, killing her, before fleeing the scene. Officers quickly located the vehicle and detained the suspect, police said. |
| | + | |
| | + | “Jerusalem District traffic accident investigators are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident,” the force stated. “The suspect was transferred for questioning.” |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a1-0656-d685-a7ad-bff720000000 JNS] |
| | + | |
| | + | _____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Israel’s ‘Kan’ to produce documentary on flydubai attack. |
| | + | Israeli public broadcaster Kan announced on Sunday that it is producing a documentary on the Sept. 30 attack aboard flydubai Flight 1073, directed by Eyal Datz, who was a passenger on the plane along with his father. |
| | + | |
| | + | The film is expected to feature passenger testimony and previously unreleased footage recorded aboard the aircraft and during the passengers’ time in Saudi Arabia, as well as new details about the circumstances surrounding the incident. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a1-0678-dcd4-a9f3-077cf7e40000 JNS] |
| | + | |
| | + | _____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | ISRAEL FA |
| | + | @ISRAELFA: |
| | + | @UEFA has approved the Israel Football Association’s request for the national team to wear black armbands in tonight’s match against @IrelandFootball in memory of those murdered in the October 7 massacre. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026. |
| | + | [https://x.com/ISRAELFA/status/2106731188740337916 on X] |
| | + | |
| | + | May their memory be a blessing. |
| | + | Israel-Ireland soccer match ends with 1-1 draw, Israeli team wears black armbands in Oct. 7 tribute. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026. |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-910556 JPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | ___ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Palestinian school principal arrested for incitement. |
| | + | Peach Benson/TPS IL. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026. |
| | + | The Israel Police overnight Saturday arrested the principal of a Palestinian school in al-Eizariya, aka Bethany, just north of Jerusalem in the Judean Desert, on suspicion of displaying materials that incite terrorism and express support for terrorists, the force said on Sunday. |
| | + | |
| | + | The arrest followed an intelligence-gathering operation in which officers identified signs and images displayed at the school that allegedly supported and glorified acts of terror. |
| | + | |
| | + | Police said they found and removed signs bearing images of Yasser Arafat and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. A map of Israel was also displayed with areas purportedly marked as “occupation zones,” alongside images of Israeli security forces, according to police. |
| | + | |
| | + | During questioning at the scene, officers asked the principal, a woman in her 50s, who was depicted in the photographs. Police said she responded, “Heroes of Palestine.” |
| | + | [https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a1-06a7-d2c8-adf7-e7ff507b0000 JNS] |
| | + | |
| | + | Incitement in classroom. |
| | + | Principal: Sinwar and Arafat are "heroes". |
| | + | |
| | + | Police raid school near Ma'ale Adumim after intelligence tip, find posters of arch-terrorists Yahya Sinwar and Yasser Arafat alongside incitement materials. The principal told officers the men were heroes of Palestine and was arrested on the spot. |
| | + | Gila Isaacson. Oct 4, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/tmdvgk JFeed] |
| | + | |
| | + | _____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | German intelligence warns of growing extremist influence in parts of pro-Palestinian movement. |
| | + | Authorities say Islamist and extremist groups are exploiting Gaza-related protests to spread propaganda and expand their networks. |
| | + | i24NEWS. |
| | + | October 04, 2026 at 07:19 AM |
| | + | [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/artc-german-intelligence-warns-of-growing-extremist-influence-in-parts-of-pro-palestinian-movement i24] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Rahm Emanuel says Democrats must ‘prove we can bring change’ amid ‘brand problem’: Full interview. |
| | + | NBC News. Oct 4, 2026. |
| | + | [...] |
| | + | KRISTEN WELKER: |
| | + | We are back with Ambassador Emanuel. I want to start this part of the conversation talking about one of the biggest discussions inside the Democratic Party as it relates to Israel. It's a discussion that's being fueled by a number of candidates, including Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who said he believes the Israeli government is committing a genocide[SIC] of Palestinians in Gaza. Do you see what is happening in Gaza as a genocide[SIC]? |
| | + | |
| | + | RAHM EMANUEL: |
| | + | So, as you know, Kristen, back in 2009, when I was President Obama's chief of staff, I confronted the prime minister directly. I didn't realize that the policies by the Israeli government would lead to perpetual conflict and also perpetual isolation. Back in June, I went to Israel to deliver a full speech about how to do peace, two-state solution, and to make sure the United States taxpayers weren't funding the State of Israel—a comprehensive approach to Israel. |
| | + | |
| | + | I believe both in the alliance, but the United States has fought two wars in that region. I don't want to fight a third war, and I believe we need to have a fundamental change in policy, that the status quo is not sustainable. I have been, unlike others, going back 18 years ago. I didn't need a war to know this was a policy that led to a perpetual conflict. This has to change for the alliance, and if you're going to keep the alliance, which I happen to think is important for our policies in the Middle East, it has to change the dynamics and the whole structure of it. |
| | + | |
| | + | I happen to also know, to the core of your question, the question of genocide is a historic question, going all the way back to Professor Lemkin in 1942, all the way back to the Nuremberg Trials. If you're going to use that term, we have to have a conversation about Sudan. We have to have a conversation about Ukraine. We have to have a conversation about the Ukrainians and Cambodia. You are politicizing a term that has huge and historic moral obligations. I have no problem having that conversation, but the fact that a questioner ignores Sudan that's happening today, ignores Ukraine that's happening today, tells me more about the questioner than what the answer will reveal. |
| | + | |
| | + | Let me ask you this, because given El-Sayed's decision, saying how complex this issue is, will you endorse— |
| | + | |
| | + | Yes. It's a complex issue. |
| | + | |
| | + | Will you endorse El-Sayed given that position? |
| | + | |
| | + | We have massive disagreements. I support the Democratic Party. I support the Democratic candidate. I'll be going to Michigan again to help the gubernatorial party... |
| | + | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IluLnr28EfE on YouTube] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | What passengers felt during Flydubai terror dive — experts. |
| | + | Terror attack mid-flight. |
| | + | "Like a vertical roller coaster" — the dive |
| | + | Aviation experts quoted by Reuters reconstruct the physical forces passengers experienced during the 30-second, 16,000-foot plunge aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 | Your body would just lift off the seat | Full details. |
| | + | |
| | + | Gila Isaacson. Oct 4, 2026. |
| | + | |
| | + | Passengers aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 experienced moments of pure terror in the air, comparable only to a freefall on a vertical roller coaster. The aircraft plunged approximately 16,000 feet (or 4,877 meters) in roughly 30 seconds, turning into a sudden nightmare for everyone on board. |
| | + | |
| | + | Flight instructor. Alberto Pedoanelli, owner of ALPA Simulation in England, recreated the dive in a flight simulator and explained the severe sensations the passengers endured. "A dive of 16,000 feet (4,877 meters) over 30 seconds would feel like you're on a very, very vertical roller coaster," Pedoanelli said. |
| | + | |
| | + | He noted that the combination of speed and angle created an extreme physical load on those aboard the aircraft. "The difference is that on a roller coaster you know what's happening," Pedoanelli explained, adding that in a sudden dive "you feel the negative |
| | + | G-force on your body." For passengers who were not buckled in, "your body would just lift off the seat." |
| | + | |
| | + | The sharp dive began after the co-pilot, an Omani national, attacked the captain with an emergency axe during the flight from Dubai to Israel. The United Arab Emirates Attorney General defined the incident as a "terror attack," following a similar declaration by Israel. Before the downward plunge began, the autopilot was disconnected and the aircraft rapidly accelerated. |
| | + | |
| | + | Disaster was averted after passengers on board acted decisively and overpowered the co-pilot. A reserve flight crew that happened to be on the aircraft then managed to level the plane and bring it to a safe landing. Pedoanelli noted that "it was nothing short of a miracle that no one was hurt except the captain, unfortunately, and that two pilots were on the plane." |
| | + | |
| | + | United States President Donald Trump also addressed the aircraft's resilience on social media. "It was an amazing display of precise and strong structural planning and design," Trump wrote, adding that the aircraft "managed to withstand G-forces and loads far beyond what it was designed and expected to handle." |
| | + | In the background of the incident, investigative authorities continue to examine to co-pilot's past. It has emerged that he underwent brief training at Royal Air Maroc in 2025 but was not hired, studied aviation management remotely in the UK, and his connections to Australia, where he previously studied at a university in Melbourne, are now also being investigated. |
| | + | [https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/tme0x4 JFeed] |
| | + | |
| | + | ___ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Iranian Army plans to increase missile range, speed. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026 |
| | + | The Islamic Republic of Iran Army is working to increase the range and speed of its missiles, spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohammad Akraminia said on Sunday,… |
| | + | [https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a1-06b7-dc8a-a5bf-76b706470000 JNS] |
| | + | |
| | + | ___ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | Israeli FM congratulates Latvian PM on election victory |
| | + | Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Sunday congratulated Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs after his United List won Saturday’s parliamentary election, taking about 35% of the vote and a projected 42 of the 100 seats. |
| | + | |
| | + | “Warm congratulations to Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs on the impressive electoral victory,” Sa’ar wrote on X, adding that he looked forward to continued cooperation between Israel and Latvia. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026 |
| | + | [https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a1-068b-d203-adb5-d69bc57c0000 JNS] |
| | + | |
| | + | ____ |
| | + | |
| | + | |
| | + | ‘There was nobody in the cockpit’: Israeli passenger reconstructs flydubai attack. |
| | + | |
| | + | “I had to shake the pilots.” “We put an Israeli guard on every crew member.” Tal reconstructs the minutes aboard the flydubai flight and what happened after passengers regained control. |
| | + | |
| | + | By Jerusalem Post Podcasts. |
| | + | October 4, 2026 |
| | + | “There was nobody in the cockpit,” Tal says, almost matter-of-factly. Then comes the next part: “I had to shake the pilots.” |
| | + | |
| | + | And after the aircraft was back under control: “We put an Israeli guard on every crew member.” |
| | + | |
| | + | Several days after the attack aboard a flydubai flight bound for Israel, those three sentences help fill in what happened inside the aircraft during the moments that remain hardest to reconstruct. |
| | + | |
| | + | Tal, an Israeli businessman who lives abroad, met with The Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein at the Carlton hotel on Tel Aviv’s beachfront, overlooking the city skyline, to walk through the sequence and review footage from inside the aircraft. |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/podcast/article-910561 JPost] |
| | + | |
| | + | ___ |
| | + | |
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| | + | Flydubai hijacker researched airlines, planned killing pilot, crash into Tel Aviv skyscraper. |
| | + | "The dream was to crash into Ben-Gurion Airport," Omani pilot Hamam al-Hammami said during interrogation, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. |
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| | + | By Idan Kweller, Danya Saperstein, Amichai Stein. October 4, 2026. |
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| | + | Hamam al-Hammami, the copilot accused of trying to hijack and crash a flydubai aircraft bound for Israel, stated during interrogation that he had researched which airlines operate routes to Tel Aviv and consequently chose flydubai, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. |
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| | + | "I tried to get hired by all the airlines. I planned the operation even before I was accepted by the company," the pilot said during interrogation. |
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| | + | "The dream was to crash into Ben-Gurion Airport," Hammami added. |
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| | + | In recent months, Hammami had been frequenting Ben-Gurion Airport in the course of his work as a pilot. |
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| | + | One of his final visits to Israel took place around July the gather intelligence and prepare to carry out the attack. |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/international/islamic-terrorism/article-910544 JPost] |
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| | + | The target: Ben Gurion Airport. |
| | + | Israeli officials say the copilot planned to strike Ben Gurion Airport’s terminal during landing; Channel 13 reports he chose Flydubai because it flew to Tel Aviv. |
| | + | Israel National News. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026, 8:31 PM |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434092 INN] |
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| | + | Fly Dubai terror plot. |
| | + | Segal: "How many were in Ben-Gurion?" |
| | + | Analyst Amit Segal responds to dramatic revelations from the interrogation of the Omani co-pilot who planned to crash a passenger jet into the terminal: How many would have died? |
| | + | Eliana Fleming. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026. |
| | + | [https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/tme9x6 JFeed] |
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| | + | Inside the Greens’ civil war over Zionism |
| | + | Ahead of vote on whether Zionism is a ‘racist ideology’, we speak to members on both sides of the debate at their annual conference. |
| | + | Pieter Snepvangers Political Reporter. |
| | + | Jack Leather. Hana Kelly in Brighton. |
| | + | Telegraph Video. |
| | + | Published 03 October 2026 7:55pm BST |
| | + | The Green Party is facing a major crisis as its members prepare to vote on a motion looking to define Zionism as a “racist[sic] ideology”. |
| | + | Vivien Lichtenstein, the chairman of the Jewish Greens, raised the alarm over alleged “entryism” by anti-Zionist activists attempting to influence party policy. |
| | + | The Telegraph spoke to members on both sides of the divide at its party conference in Brighton, including campaigners who openly suggested that Zionists needed to “change their ways” or quit the party. |
| | + | Zack Polanski has been dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism from within the party just days before he will stand in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. |
| | + | [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/10/03/green-party-conference-polanski-zionism-vote-brighton/ Telegraph] |
| | + | [https://archive.is/dJMa1] |
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| | + | UK's Greens adopt ‘Zionism is racism[sic]’ motion, become Europe’s first mainstream anti-Zionist party. |
| | + | Oct 4, 2026. |
| | + | [https://www.jpost.com/international/article-910550 JPost] |
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| | + | Watch: ‘Zionism is racism’ resolution torn to shreds outside UK Parliament. |
| | + | WZO delegation head Matan Bar Noy tore up the Green Party resolution outside Parliament, invoking Chaim Herzog’s 1975 protest against the UN’s 'Zionism is racism' vote. |
| | + | Hezki Baruch. |
| | + | Published: Oct 5, 2026, 12:12 AM (GMT+3) |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434107 INN] |
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| | + | March honoring fight against antisemitism marred by antisemitism. |
| | + | A march marking the 1936 stand against fascists in Jewish east London drew chants excluding Zionists, as Jewish groups fought to reclaim their place in its history. |
| | + | Yitz Goldberg. |
| | + | Published: Oct 4, 2026, 10:41 PM (GMT+3) |
| | + | Among the slogans heard were ... "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.". Protesters were also heard shouting "Go back home," .. |
| | + | [https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/434100 INN] |
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