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According to the statement, flyers posted around the Community Center included “highly derogatory and concerning content targeting both the Jewish community and law enforcement.."
 
According to the statement, flyers posted around the Community Center included “highly derogatory and concerning content targeting both the Jewish community and law enforcement.."
 
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-880693 JPost]
 
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-880693 JPost]
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Pathetic PBS Ignores Islamic Connection in Australia Hanukkah Massacre.
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Clay Waters.
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December 17th, 2025 10:26 PM
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On Sunday PBS acted like the good liberal news channel it is by whitewashing the obvious Islamic roots behind the massacre of Jews at an outdoor Hannukah party at Bondi Beach in Australia. Instead the discussion clung to wholly unrelated incidents in America, like the decade-old Charlottesville march, ignoring the even more virulent anti-Semitism constantly on display at pro-Hamas marches in Australia and America alike for over two years running.
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[https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/12/17/pathetic-pbs-ignores-islamic-connection-australia-hanukkah-massacre NewsBusters]
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Palestinian Terrorism
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How ‘CNN’ sanitizes Hamas terrorism
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The word “official” is not neutral; it confers legitimacy, authority and a sense of normalcy—qualities that should never be associated with leaders of a designated terrorist organization.
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Moshe Phillips.
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(Dec. 16, 2025 / JNS)
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Recently, CNN labeled a leader of the Hamas terrorist organization “a senior official.” This begs the question: When is a terrorist not a terrorist according to mainstream media?
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Far too often, news outlets like CNN apply titles and adjectives to terrorists or mention their profession as if these are the things that matter, rather than the fact that they belong to a group pledged to commit murder.
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This proclivity is not abstract or theoretical. It plays out in real time, in real headlines, from some of the most influential news organizations in the world.
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CNN’s article was titled “Hamas willing to discuss ‘freezing or storing’ weapons, senior official says, amid concerns over ceasefire.” The word “official” connotes legitimacy that in no way should be bestowed upon leaders of an organization that led the terrorist invasion of Israel with its mass kidnappings, atrocities and sexual violence.
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That phrasing is far from incidental. The word “official” is not neutral; it confers legitimacy, authority and a sense of normalcy—qualities that should never be associated with leaders of a designated terrorist organization.
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What’s more is that the “senior official” CNN is touting is Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, who has for years used the fact that he is a physician as legitimacy.
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The problem becomes even clearer when one examines who this so-called “senior official” actually is. The media fell for Naim’s doublespeak back in 2018 in the aftermath of the shooting murders of 11 Jewish worshippers in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Headlines blared: “Hamas official condemns Pittsburgh attack,” but what Naim was really saying was that terrorists aren’t only Muslims.
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His verbatim comments were abhorrent: “As Palestinians and as victims of the Israeli terror of occupation, we know the meaning of terror and its horrific outcomes,” and “This heinous attack, especially against a place of worship, proves that terror has no religion or nation.”
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But this was not a rejection of terrorism. It was a reframing of it—one that shifted blame and relativized violence rather than condemning it outright.
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In November, Naim’s son, Mohammad, was arrested by police in the United Kingdom for receiving weapons he later transported to Vienna. “Globalize the intifada” must run the family. This context matters because terrorism is rarely an accident of circumstance. It is sustained by ideology, networks and environments, including families, which normalize or excuse violence.
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Getting back to Naim’s profession, it is past time to understand that “education” does not stop terrorism. Which brings us to a persistent and dangerous assumption: that education, professional success or intellectual achievement serves as an antidote to terror. History repeatedly disproves this belief.
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Many of the leaders of the most bloodthirsty Palestinian Arab terrorist groups have been highly educated.
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George Habash, the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was a physician. Another PFLP leader, Wadie Haddad, was also a medical doctor and founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-External Operations (PFLP-EO).
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Hanan Ashrawi, a current member of the PLO’s so-called “Executive Committee” and a leader of the Intifada Political Committee in the 1980s, has a Ph.D. in Medieval and Comparative Literature from the University of Virginia.
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Abu Nidal was a Fatah terrorist who later formed what was widely known as the Abu Nidal Organization and studied engineering at Cairo University.
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Ahmad al-Shugairi, the first chairman of the PLO, earned a law degree at the Institute of Law in Jerusalem.
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Yasser Arafat had a degree in engineering from King Fuad I University (now Cairo University) in Egypt, where he was born.
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Mahmoud Abbas, current chairman of both the PLO and Fatah, completed a law degree at the University of Damascus.
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These examples are not anomalies. They demonstrate that ideology, not ignorance, is the driving force behind terrorist movements.
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If the Allies had merely rebuilt Germany after World War II without completely changing German society, it would have been only a matter of time before the Nazis rose up and again threatened the free world. That’s why the United States insisted on complete denazification of postwar Germany.
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Ideology is the engine of terrorism. Defeating it requires more than reconstruction or economic investment—it requires cultural and institutional transformation.
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If U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza is ever to have a chance, then we know what needs to be done by looking at history: Change the schools by eliminating Jew-hatred from textbooks and curricula, ban the terrorists and eradicate the symbols of terrorism. Such a complete transformation is the only hope for Gaza.
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[https://www.jns.org/how-cnn-sanitizes-hamas-terrorism/ JNS]
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Sickening slur is levelled at the Bondi Beach hero who saved countless lives during terror attack.
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06:01 EST 18 Dec 2025, updated 07:59 EST 18 Dec 2025
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By Ashly Nickel, News Reporter, Australia l.
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Palestinians have called Ahmed al-Ahmed, the brave Syrian-Australian who risked his own life to disarm a gunman during the Bondi massacre, a 'traitor'...
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Ramallah News' post about Mr al-Ahmed was quickly spread around Arab communities, which overwhelmingly condemned him for saving Jewish lives.
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According to analysis by a senior researcher for Palestinian Media Watch, Ahron Shapiro, of the 1,000 comments left under the article - 75 per cent were unsupportive of Mr al-Ahmed, 20 per cent were supportive and five per cent were neutral...
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Other comments were just as appalling.
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'He sold himself and his life for the safety of the Jews,' one said.
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'I wish it (the bullet) hit (his) heart,' another wrote.
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Other commenters accused Mr al Ahmed, a 43-year-old Arab Muslim, of seeking money.
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'He played it right, he wants the money,' one wrote, while another said, 'He has received a million dollars in rewards … he acted 'manly' in the wrong place'.
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Some comments were even threatening towards Mr al-Ahmed.
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'By Allah we will surely chop you to pieces … we will not leave a trace of you,' one said. 'May God send you a disease,' another wrote
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[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15394733/Bondi-Beach-hero-Ahmed-traitor.html Daily Mail]
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Report: Abbas called Oct. 7 ‘the greatest day in Palestinian history’.
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The P.A. leader allegedly praised the Hamas-led massacre on the morning of the attack.
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JNS Staff.
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(Dec. 18, 2025 / JNS)
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Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas praised the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, calling it “the greatest day in Palestinian history,” Palestinian researcher Hani al-Masri said in a recent interview.
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Al-Masri, the director general of Masarat—The Palestinian Center for Policy Research and Strategic Studies—spoke when asked by Palestinian content creator Ahmad Biqawi in a YouTube interview posted on Dec. 11 how Ramallah reacted on the morning of the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel.
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“This is the ‘authority’ people want the ‘Palestinian Authority’ to be? A terror-worshiping authority,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said in an X post on Wednesday, accompanying the relevant clip from the interview. The ministry noted that al-Masri is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Yasser Arafat Foundation, saying he “knows a thing or two about the P.A.”
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Al-Masri also said that the P.A. is continuing terror payments to the families of prisoners and “martyrs,” despite commitments to the European Union and the United States to end its “pay-for-slay” policy.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar highlighted the continuation of the P.A.’s payments policy in an X post on Wednesday, accusing Abbas of once again lying about ending the practice. He added that the P.A. is disguising payments to released murderers as pensions for members of the Palestinian Security Services.
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“This is distorted. End ‘pay-for-slay’ now!” Sa’ar wrote.
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[https://www.jns.org/report-abbas-called-oct-7-the-greatest-day-in-palestinian-history/ JNS]
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Muslim hero who tackled Sydney terrorist honored with $2.5M from global supporters.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian man hailed for tackling terrorist in the Bondi Beach massacre, receives over $2.5M in donations from around the world as officials and citizens praised his bravery.
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Israel National News.
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Published: Dec 19, 2025.
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419624 INN]
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From Hamas tunnels to Disney: Former hostages reunite for healing trip in Florida theme parks.
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Some 180 released hostages and relatives were flown to Florida by Lehosheet Yad for two weeks of respite at amusement parks;  Ynet reporter finds family that was forged by tragedy now singing, grieving, healing, bound by shared pain and unspoken understanding
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Hagar Kochavi | published:12.18.25 | 13:30
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/hknbuo8zwg YNet]
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Trump Administration Imposes Sanctions on Two More ICC Judges for ‘Politicized Actions Targeting Israel’.
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By Reuters and Algemeiner Staff. December 18, 2025.
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President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court’s case against Israel, ratcheting up Washington’s pressure campaign against the war tribunal.
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[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/18/trump-administration-imposes-sanctions-two-more-icc-judges-politicized-actions-targeting-israel/ Algemeiner]
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Trump Administration Appeals Harvard Funding Ruling.
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By Dion J. Pierre. December 19, 2025.
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US President Donald Trump filed an appeal of a ruling by an Obama-appointed federal judge which restored $2.7 billion in public grants he had impounded from Harvard University over its alleged failure to address campus antisemitism along with other faults.
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The move aims to put Harvard on the back foot,  as his efforts to penalize the institution have run into repeated legal roadblocks despite that virtually every other elite institution he has targeted for reform — such as Columbia University, Brown University, and Northwestern University — decided that settling with Trump is preferable to fighting the administration.
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[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/19/trump-administration-appeals-harvard-funding-ruling/ Algemeiner]
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Lebanon-Israel Truce Committee Talks Widen as Hezbollah Disarmament Deadline Nears.
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By Reuters and Algemeiner Staff. December 19, 2025.
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The committee overseeing the Hezbollah–Israel truce in Lebanon focused on Friday on how to return displaced people to their homes, addressing civilian issues to help prevent renewed war if a year-end deadline to disarm Hezbollah is not met.
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https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/19/lebanon-israel-truce-committee-talks-widen-hezbollah-disarmament-deadline-nears/
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Israel, Germany Sign $3.1 Billion Contract. Expansion for Arrow Air Defense System.
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By Reuters and Algemeiner Staff. December 18, 2025.
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Israel and Germany signed a contract worth around $3.1 billion to expand the Arrow-3 air and missile defense system manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel‘s defense ministry said on Thursday.
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[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/18/israel-germany-sign-3-1-billion-contract-expansion-arrow-air-defense-system/ Algemeiner]
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Saudi, French, US Officials Push Hezbollah Disarmament Plan.
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By Reuters and Algemeiner Staff. December 18, 2025.
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French, Saudi Arabian, and American officials held talks with the head of the Lebanese army on Thursday in Paris aimed at finalizing a roadmap to enable a mechanism for the disarmament of the Hezbollah terrorist group, diplomats said.
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Israel and Lebanon agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire in 2024, ending more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that severely weakened the Iran-backed terrorists.
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Since then, the sides have traded accusations over violations with Israel questioning the Lebanese army’s efforts to disarm Hezbollah. Israeli warplanes have increasingly targeted Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and even in the capital.
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[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/18/saudi-french-us-officials-push-hezbollah-disarmament-plan/ Algemeiner]
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Nearly 18,000 Gather at Barclays Center for Menorah Lighting in Tribute to Sydney Hanukkah Attack Victims.
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By Shiryn Ghermezian. December 19, 2025.
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Nearly 18,000 people gathered at Barclays Center in New York City on Thursday night for a menorah lighting that honored the 15 people murdered in Sunday’s terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
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“Nets fans, tonight as we celebrate the Jewish festival of light, we ask you to help us mourn the lives of those lost in the senseless attack that took place at the Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival in Sydney, Australia on Sunday,” the Barclays announcer told the crowd. “Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the victims, their families and friends, and the worldwide community.”
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[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/19/nearly-18000-gather-barclays-center-menorah-lighting-tribute-sydney-hanukkah-attack-victims/ Algemeiner]
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Israel Charges Russian With Allegedly Spying for Iran.
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By Reuters and Algemeiner Staff. December 19, 2025.
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Israel has charged a Russian citizen with spying for Iran, including photographing Israeli ports and infrastructure under the direction of Iranian intelligence agencies, Israel‘s domestic security agency the Shin Bet said on Friday.
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The Russian individual was then paid in digital currency, the agency said in a joint statement.
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A decades-long shadow war between Israel and Iran escalated into a direct war in June when Israel struck various targets inside Iran, including through operations that relied on Mossad commandos being deployed deep inside the country.
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[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/19/israel-charges-russian-allegedly-spying-iran/ Algemeiner]
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British Police Report Jewish Children Are Requesting Armed Escorts for Hanukkah Celebrations.
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By Ailin Vilches Arguello. December 19, 2025.
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British law enforcement say they are receiving calls from Jewish children — some as young as 10 years old — requesting armed police protection for Hanukkah celebrations, as fears and threats against the UK’s Jewish community intensify in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre and a surge in antisemitic incidents.
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Speaking at the Policy Exchange think tank in London, Greater Manchester Police Chief Sir Stephen Watson said fear within the Jewish community has risen sharply after the Yom Kippur terror attack in Manchester and the deadly attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach — with even young children now asking for armed police protection to simply attend Hanukkah parties.
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“We are getting telephone calls into Greater Manchester Police day in and day out over the past few days, where you have a group of 10-year-old girls wanting to go to a Hanukkah party — where they should, frankly, be interested in balloons and bicycles — and are requesting armed police officers,” Watson said.
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“Jewish children are the only children in our country who, day to day, go to school behind large fences, guarded by armed personnel, with routine patrols around those areas,” he continued. “Our Jewish communities endure a way of life in this country that no one else has to endure.”
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“The intolerable has become normalized and is now almost accepted as the way things are,” he added.
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[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/19/british-police-report-jewish-children-are-requesting-armed-escorts-for-hanukkah-celebrations/ Algemeiner]
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Australian Teen Wounded While Shielding Children During Bondi Attack Says She Is Not a Hero.
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By Reuters and Algemeiner Staff. December 19, 2025.
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As two gunmen opened fire on hundreds celebrating Hanukkah on Sydney’s Bondi Beac
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two gunmen opened fire on hundreds celebrating Hanukkah on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, 14-year-old Chaya Dadon’s mind was clear.
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Across from where she had taken cover from the gunshots under a bench, Dadon saw two children stranded out in the open, beside their wounded parents.
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“I knew in that moment, I felt like Hashem was sitting right next to me,” she said in an interview with Reuters, using a Hebrew name for God. “He was whispering into my ear, ‘This is your mission: go save those kids.'”
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The schoolgirl left the safety of her hiding spot, pulled the children away, and jumped on top of them, covering their bodies with her own. At some point, she was shot in the thigh. But she kept shielding them, reciting the Shema, a Jewish prayer.
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“I knew I got shot, but I wasn’t even worried. I channeled all that energy that I had into strength, and I made sure that I knew I had to be there for those kids,” she said.
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“If I could give up my life saving these children, that’s what I was going to do.”
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Her father eventually found them and took her to get help. “When he found me, he told me this after, that I had the girl in this arm and the boy in this arm. And I was just kissing them.”
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[https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/19/australian-teen-wounded-shielding-children-bondi-attack-says-not-hero/ Algemeiner]
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Nova hero: I just did what needed to be done.
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Chen Moshe Mizrahi, one of the survivors of the Nova party, received a certificate of recognition for his extraordinary bravery.
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Hezki Baruch.
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Dec 19, 2025, 9:56 AM (GMT+2)
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Chen Moshe Mizrahi, who was present at the Supernova music festival in the Re'im Forest on the morning of October 7, received this week a certificate of recognition for his exceptional bravery during the terrorist attack.
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The certificate was presented to him by Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay, Raul Latorre, as an acknowledgment of "choosing hope in the midst of darkness."
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Mizrahi, who was injured during the event, helped rescue dozens of partygoers and wounded individuals under missile fire and terrorist infiltration for about seven hours
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419605 JPost]
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Operation Behind the Back: The naval raid that exposed Hezbollah's secret unit.
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Shayetet 13 commandos arrested a Hezbollah terrorist working under civilian cover to create a naval unit for the terrorist organization.
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Uzi Baruch.
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Dec 19, 2025, 2:13 PM (GMT+2)
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419614 JPost]
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Suspected kidnapping: Israeli citizen rescued safely near Jericho.
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Israeli woman abducted near Jericho and rescued unharmed by IDF forces. Authorities warn civilians against entering Area A, citing safety risks and legal restrictions.
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Israel National News.
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Published: Dec 19, 2025, 8:00 PM (GMT+2)
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419621 INN]
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Watch: Arab blows out menorah in Tel Aviv mall.
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Hijab-clad woman caught on camera blowing out candles on a menorah in Weizmann City Mall in Tel Aviv as another man applauds her. Police investigating.
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Orly Harari.
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Dec 19, 2025, 3:34 PM (GMT+2)
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The police have opened an investigation against an Arab who was captured by security cameras blowing out Hanukkah candles in Weizmann City Mall in Tel Aviv.
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In the footage, the hijab-clad woman is seen blowing out the four candles on the menorah as a man, who appears to be accompanying her, applauds her. A few moments later, the woman returns to blow out the "shamash" candle, which was not extinguished in the first attempt. The woman also appears to film the act using her cellphone.
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419617 INN]
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Peaceful Arabs?
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Outrage as Arab Woman Extinguishes Hanukkah Candles Near Ichilov; Arab Man Applauds | WATCH.
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Outrage erupted after a video showed an Arab woman putting out Hanukkah candles at the Weizmann Mall in Tel Aviv, with authorities now examining the criminal and legal aspects of the shocking act.
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Gila Isaacson. Dec 19, 2025.
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The police have launched an investigation following complaints over a video circulating on social media showing an Arab woman extinguishing Hanukkah candles at the Weizmann Mall in Tel Aviv, apparently without any provocation.
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According to security camera footage, the incident occurred yesterday at the mall near Ichilov Hospital. The woman was seen walking through the mall with her partner, approaching a Hanukkah menorah on display, and extinguishing the candles. The man accompanying her appeared to clap after the act, and the woman then returned to extinguish another candle.
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[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/hanukkah-candles-extinguished-tel-aviv JFeed]
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WATCH: Woman goes viral for blowing out Hanukkah candles at Tel Aviv mall
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Based on the number of lit candles, the incident likely occurred on Thursday.
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By Jerusalem Post Staff.
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December 19, 2025.
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A Muslim woman has gone viral after she was recorded blowing out the Hanukkah candles in the Weizmann Mall near Ichilov Hospital.
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Based on the number of lit candles, the incident likely occurred on Thursday.
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[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-880791 JPost]
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Open Source Intel @Osint613:
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WATCH: A Muslim woman was caught on camera inside a Tel Aviv shopping mall blowing out the candles of a Hanukkah menorah, smiling as she recorded the moment on her phone.
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Dec 18, 2025
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[https://x.com/Osint613/status/2001800131100971071 on X]
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Rubio:
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'No peace if Hamas retains the ability to attack Israel'.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns Hamas must fully disarm to ensure peace, as Washington seeks partners for Gaza stabilization and urges Lebanese control over Hezbollah.
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Israel National News.
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Dec 19, 2025, 8:47 PM
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419622 INN]
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Gaza borderlands: Israel's southern kibbutzim rebuild from the ruins of October 7
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Today, Kibbutz Kissufim, like other Jewish communities in the area, is still recovering from the Oct. 7 attack in 2023.
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By Seth J. Frantzman
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December 19, 2025.
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[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-880638 JPost]
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Rocket fire from Gaza has subsided, but Israelis are still on alert.
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Domestic Affairs: While a veneer of normalcy has returned, true feelings of security and trust in Israel's defense may never be the same as before the war.
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By Hannah Brown. December  19, 2025 16:34
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[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-880717 JPost]
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Bondi Beach Massacre.
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15 dead.
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This is Anthony Albanese’s Stupid Answer to Bondi Beach Massacre.
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Following the ISIS-inspired Bondi Beach attack, Anthony Albanese announced Australia’s largest gun buyback in decades, sparking outrage that he is ignoring radical preachers and antisemitic incitement.
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Gila Isaacson
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What in the world is wrong with Anthony Albanese? In the wake of the horrific antisemitic terror attack at Bondi Beach, where ISIS-inspired monsters gunned down 15 innocent people, including a child and rabbis, during a Hanukkah celebration, the Australian Prime Minister's grand solution isn't to crack down on the radical Islamic preachers fueling anti-Jewish hatred in our streets. No, it's to launch a massive gun buyback scheme to destroy hundreds of thousands of firearms from law-abiding citizens. Because apparently, the real threat isn't jihadist ideology seeping into protests, it's your grandpa's hunting rifle.
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Let's not mince words: this is cowardice wrapped in policy. The Bondi massacre on December 14 wasn't some random act of violence; it was a targeted jihad against Jews, carried out by a father-son duo waving ISIS flags in their car. And what does Albanese do? He stands up and announces the "largest" gun buyback since the Port Arthur reforms of 1996, vowing to "get more guns off our streets" and work with states on tougher laws to confiscate and destroy banned or illegal weapons.
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Australia now has more guns than three decades ago, he whines, as if that's the root cause of terrorists radicalized by global hate campaigns.
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Meanwhile, the streets of Sydney, Melbourne, and beyond have been overrun by anti-Israel marches laced with outright antisemitism—chants of "from the river to the sea," glorification of Hamas, and yes, radical preachers spewing venom that dehumanizes Jews and delegitimizes Israel. For over two years, since the October 7 Hamas atrocities, Australia has seen a surge in antisemitic incidents tied directly to these protests.
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Jewish communities live in fear, synagogues are vandalized, and schools advise kids to hide their kippahs. Warnings from groups like the Antisemitism Research Center have screamed about the rising threat of violence, yet Albanese's government has dithered, offering platitudes like a "day of reflection" for victims and vague promises of hate speech crackdowns.
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Where's the fury against the imams and activists who radicalize young minds, turning "pro-Palestine" rallies into breeding grounds for terror? Instead of deporting hate preachers or banning groups that celebrate October 7, Albanese targets everyday Aussies' firearms—as if disarming the public will stop ISIS fanatics from smuggling weapons or radicalizing online.This isn't leadership; it's a betrayal. Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, grieving and furious, called for a royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi, highlighting how governments have failed to confront the "ancient hatred" intersecting with anti-Zionism.
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Even activists are pushing back against plans to restrict rallies, but the real scandal is the silence on the radical elements within them. Australia has become an "epicenter of antisemitic violence," with Jews wondering if they're next, yet Albanese's big move is to echo the far-left playbook: blame the tools, not the ideology.
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Ed Halmagyi, the celebrity chef behind the now-closed Avner’s Bakery in Surry Hills, has expressed deep fears for the safety of Australia's Jewish community following the December 14 Bondi Beach terror attack, with sources close to the situation describing his view that further incidents are inevitable without stronger protections.
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Halmagyi, known as "Fast Ed" from his long stint on Better Homes and Gardens, announced the immediate and permanent closure of his popular Jewish-themed bagel shop on December 17, just days after the ISIS-inspired massacre that killed 15 people at a Hanukkah event.
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In interviews, Halmagyi has spoken of underestimating the rising dangers but now recognizing that motivated individuals have "many resources" beyond firearms. Reports indicate he believes the Bondi attack has made previously "unimaginable" risks a reality, and that further terror attacks targeting Jews in Australia will happen, not as a matter of 'if' but rather as one of 'when'.
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Albanese was begged to do something against the rising tide of antisemitism. But as 15 people lie dead, his bigger answer isn't to address extremism and target extremists, but rather it's to ensure that even less people will be able to repsond the next time something like this happens.
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No wonder Australia wants him gone.
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[https://www.jfeed.com/opinions/australia-gun-buyback-bondi-attack JFeed]
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Toronto trio arrested for alleged attempted abductions of Jews, women.
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The suspects were named as Waleed Khan, 26, Osman Azizov, 18, and Fahad Sadaat, 19.
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By Danielle Greyman-Kennard. December 19, 2025.
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Police in Toronto arrested three men for attempting to kidnap members of the Jewish community and women in late November, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced on Friday.
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The suspects were named as Waleed Khan, 26, Osman Azizov, 18, and Fahad Sadaat, 19.
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[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-880795 JPost]
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'Roy’s death was not in vain, he is saving people through his story'.
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'During shiva, I faced a choice: sink into darkness or carry Roy’s light forward': Tom Wasserstein, whose brother Roy died by suicide after wartime trauma, in a special column for the 'We Came to Embrace the Darkness' project by the MOSHE Movement
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Tom Wasserstein | published:12.19.20
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My brother Roy, my younger brother, was almost 25 when he died by suicide as a result of a silent war. But that is not the whole truth. The truth is that his death began long before the day our father found him.
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hjek00bx7we YNet]
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China delays renewal of UN force mandate on Syria border.
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A planned vote to renew the UNDOF mandate for another six months was pulled from the UN Security Council agenda after China unexpectedly sought changes to the text that the US opposes.
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Itamar Eichner | 12.20.25.
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The UN Security Council on Friday failed to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of UNDOF, the UN peacekeeping force along the Israel-Syria border, for another six months as planned, after China sought last-minute changes to the text.
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkuhbrx7wx YNet]
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'Biased, distorted': COGAT slams UN following claims of food insecurity in Gaza
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The United Nations IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) report on the Gaza Strip stated that even if famine conditions were alleviated, the situation "remained critical."
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(Trucks carry aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2025).
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By Tobias Holcman
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December 19, 2025.
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The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) on Friday criticized a United Nations report on Gaza that said famine had been averted but conditions “remained critical,” calling the assessment “a distorted and baseless picture of reality.”
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Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, COGAT's director, said that the claims are "a blatant, biased, and deliberate disregard for the volumes of food that entered during the ceasefire - the distorted conclusions were written in advance."
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[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-880779 JPost]
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US, Jordanian forces conduct joint strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria, Hegseth confirms.
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The attacks come after US President Donald Trump vowed to retaliate after an attack on US personnel last weekend in Syria by a suspected Islamic State terrorist.
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By Goldie Katz. December 20, 2025.
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The United States, collaborating with Jordanian forces, struck over 70 Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed.
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The series of strikes, dubbed "Operation Hawkeye Strike," targeted Islamic State infrastructure and weapons sites, according to a statement released by Hegseth on social media.
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[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-880799 JPost]
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‘Operation Hawkeye Strike’: US hits over 70 ISIS terror targets in Syria.
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CENTCOM forces used fighter jets, attack helicopters, artillery and more than 100 precision munitions.
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JNS STAFF.
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(Dec. 20, 2025 / JNS)
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U.S. Central Command launched “Operation Hawkeye Strike” against ISIS in Syria on Friday in response to last week’s deadly attack on American and partner forces in Palmyra.
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CENTCOM forces struck more than 70 targets across central Syria using fighter jets, attack helicopters and artillery, according to a statement. The operation used over 100 precision munitions to target known ISIS infrastructure and weapons sites.
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The Jordanian Armed Forces supported the operation with fighter aircraft.
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[https://www.jns.org/operation-hawkeye-strike-us-hits-over-70-isis-terror-targets-in-syria/ JNS]
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GOP Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, loyal Trump ally, ends New York governor bid, to leave politics.
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Stefanik's decision last month to challenge the re-election bid of New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul was clouded weeks by Trump ally Bruce Blakeman's own bid
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By Reuters.
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December 20, 2025.
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US Representative Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader and loyal ally of President Donald Trump, said on Friday she was bowing out of politics, including her recently announced bid for governor of New York, to spend more time with her family.
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Stefanik, 41, the fourth-ranking member of her party in the House of Representatives as House Republican Conference chair, said she was halting the gubernatorial campaign she launched in November and would not seek re-election to Congress.
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When her current term representing New York's upstate 21st congressional district expires in January 2027, she will have served 12 years in office on Capitol Hill.
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[https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-880813 JPost]
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Lion of Persia: The online warrior fighting for Iran's future, and Israeli coexistence - interview.
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Comparing Israel and Gaza before the war, Sadaghiani noted, 'So much investment, so much real estate and innovation [in Israel], and the other side is building tunnels.'
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By Isaac Marrache. December 20, 2025.
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In the fierce battle against antisemitism and the anti-Israel blood-libel mob, Younes Sadaghiani stands out boldly, defiantly, and fearlessly. A true “lion of Persia,” he is an online warrior, fighting for the future and the freedom of Iran, as well as of the United Kingdom, alongside Israel’s right to exist. He calls antisemites by their name.
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Catching up with Sadaghiani on one of his many visits to Israel, I spoke to him in my home in Jaffa, the city famous for the biblical Jonah’s – aka Younes – journey to sea. Five minutes into our conversation, the picture hanging on the wall behind him crashed to the floor, and the glass of the frame shattered. His response was, “Mazal tov; the energy of the universe is too strong.”
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[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-880551 JPost]
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‘Their souls are injured forever’: Israeli trauma team rushes to Bondi after shooting.
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Israeli emergency psychotrauma responders provided immediate support to victims and the wider community coping with shock, grief, and fear.
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Maayan Hoffman/The Media Line | 12.20.25.
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People were celebrating a holiday, enjoying themselves, when they were ambushed and shot at, and forced to run for their lives.
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“Some of them are injured, but even the people who are not injured on their bodies, their souls are injured forever,” said Hadas Rucham, clinical director of the United Hatzalah Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit. “We saw this many times on October 7, the people who escaped Nova, and now we see it here. It is very sad.”
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/h1e7r97xwg YNet]
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Turning Point Conference:
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Omer Shem Tov reveals the Psalm that helped him in captivity.
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When there was nothing else left to hold on to in the tunnels of Gaza, Omer Shem Tov found a card with a Psalm that gave him strength to survive.
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Israel National News.
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Published: Dec 20, 2025, 8:53 PM (GMT+2)
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Former Hamas hostage Omer Shem Tov, who endured 505 days in captivity after being abducted from the Supernova music festival during the October 7th massacre, spoke about his ordeal at the Turning Point USA's AmericaFest conference.
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"One moment I was dancing with my friends and the next I was at the back of a pickup truck being dragged into Gaza. I spent 505 days underground in terror tunnels. There was no fresh air, no sunlight, no sense of time. Just darkness, pitch black 24 hours a day. I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. At one point, I thought that I had gone blind."
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Shem Tov spoke of the physical and emotional toll: "The hunger was constant. I was weak, dehydrated, and starving. Many days all I had was a single cracker and few drops of salty water. But the hardest part was the loneliness. Some hostages were held together. I wasn't. For more than a year, I did not see another hostage. No voices, no faces, no human connection. Just silence, darkness, and fear."
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Omer said that he found God even in such a bleak place: "Before my captivity, I had never really spoken to God before. But alone in that darkness, I began to pray. Every day, I spoke to him. I whispered, 'God, how are you? How was your day? Are you okay?' And in that darkness, I felt His presence. I thanked Him for everything. For the food even though there was almost none. For the water even when it was salty. For my life even though it was in danger every single day."
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Although he was not rescued, he heard the IDF fighting directly above him. "About 100 days into my captivity, the IDF fought just above me. And when they moved on, they left behind books. My captors brought them to me."
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Among the discarded books, he found something that lent him strength for his ordeal: "I found a small card with Psalm 20 - 'Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will trust in the name of the Lord our God.' I didn't know it then, but while I was whispering those words in Gaza, my mother was reciting the same psalm in my bedroom in Israel, praying for my return. The psalm continues, 'Lord, answer us when we call.' God answered us. In those tunnels, I found God and He saved me."
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Omer reminded the crowd that the fight was not his, but everyone's. "What I experienced is not just my story. It is a part of a much larger fight. We have seen these same radical terrorists commit violence in Israel, in Europe, not long ago, just last week in Australia and even here in the United States, including the attack in Washington DC where two national guardsmen were shot. This is the evil we're fighting. This is not a distant conflict. These are terrorists who attack freedom wherever freedom is undefended."
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He quoted Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point: "Charlie Kirk of blessed memory once said, 'Israel is a civilized country. Hamas are savage animals.' Take it from someone who spent 505 days as their hostage. He was right. They are savage animals."
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Shem Tov reserved special thanks for President Trump: "I can tell you something else about the terrorists who held me captive. There was one man they feared the most: President Donald Trump. When he was elected, the way they treated me changed completely. They were terrified of him. And I want to state this clearly so the whole world hears it now. On behalf of the hostages, our families, and our nation, thank you, President Donald Trump, for our freedom. He fought for us. He brought us home. When he met us at the White House, he promised to bring home the remaining hostages, living and dead, in one deal. And he kept that promise. I told him he was sent by God and I thank him."
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'Don't leave my brother' behind.
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"Thank you to everyone who prayed for us, who stood for truth because this fight is between good and evil. A fight against terrorists who turn hospitals into torture chambers, schools into military bases, who murder young people at a music festival, who kill Jews because they're Jewish, and Christians because they're Christians. This evil is spreading. But when I stand here with you today, I feel strong because we're united. We are free and together we will defeat evil. I stand here not as a victim but as a witness. A witness to what faith can build, to what resilience can sustain, to what happens when a person and a nation refuse to surrender."
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419635 INN]
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IDF’s Kfir Brigade concludes mission along yellow line in southern Gaza.
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Kfir Brigade completes two months of deployment along Gaza's yellow line, dismantles underground tunnel routes in Khan Yunis area.
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Israel National News.
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Dec 20, 2025, 6:44 PM (GMT+2)
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419633 INN]
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IDF soldiers capture ISIS-affiliated suspect in southern Syria operation.
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IDF soldiers conduct operation in Rafid, southern Syria, apprehending ISIS-affiliated suspect, and seizing weapons.
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Israel National News.
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Dec 20, 2025, 8:42 PM (GMT+2)
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419641 INN]
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Trump's plan for Gaza: 'New Rafah' and skyscrapers.
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Trump administration presents plan for rebuilding Gaza, starting in southern Gaza and working northwards, to the tune of $112.1 billion.
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Israel National News.
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Dec 20, 2025, 8:01 PM (GMT+2)
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419636 INN]
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Report: Israel preparing for strike on Iran.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to brief US President Donald on need to strike Iran, offer options for him to join or assist, NBC News reports.
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Orly Harari.
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Dec 20, 2025, 5:57 PM (GMT+2)
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[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419629 INN]
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Candace Owens Loses it After Ben Shapiro’s AmericaFest Smackdown. JFeed, Dec 20, 2025;
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She also said a bunch of nonsensical and classic Jew-hating things about the Talmud, not even a week after antisemitism cost 15 Australians their lives on a Sydney Beach..
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Mahyar Tousi @MahyarTousi:
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Candace Owens has called on black Americans to wake up and fight against Jews.
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This is absolutely insane in 2025. Left wing identity politics because she’s being exposed.
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Dec 19, 2025
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Joydiana7:
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[Dec 20, 2025].
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PAY ATTENTION.
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Hey Candace, the Talmud is a 1,500-year-old collection of rabbinic debates about law, ethics, and daily life — arguments on arguments, not commandments to harm anyone. Jews don't *follow the Talmud* like a checklist, and non-Jews aren't targets in it. That claim is medieval blood-libel cosplay.
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What Owens is doing is recycling discredited antisemitic tropes once used to justify censorship, expulsions, and pogroms — now repackaged for clicks. She strips lines from their context, ignores how Judaism actually works, and sells paranoia as revelation. This isn’t courage or truth-telling. It’s ignorance weaponized — the same old lie with a new influencer voice. And it’s deranged. She’s deranged.
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Candace Owens is maintaining Neo-Nazi propaganda — knowingly, to millions..
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Responding to Ben Shapiro, Owens repeats some of the oldest antisemitic lies on record:
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🌟 that Jews “dominated” the Atlantic slave trade (false)
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🌟 that the Talmud teaches Jews to hate, deceive, exploit, or enslave non-Jews (blood libel)
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🌟 that Judaism has a “secret rulebook” governing behavior toward outsiders (Neo-Nazi mythology)
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🎥 She chants “WAKE UP” — a classic radicalization cue, signaling that listeners are being initiated into forbidden truths that “they” (Jews) don’t want you to know.
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🎥 Owens holds up 'The Talm*udic Jew' by August Rohling — a notorious Jew-hater whose work is built on mistranslation, selective quotation, and outright fabrication. This book has been used for over a century to incite hatred and justify violence against Jews.
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🎥 She invokes the “contract lords” trope — coded Neo-Nazi language implying Jews control others through everyday legal agreements. It isn’t unique. It’s demonization.
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And context matters: Owens has millions of viewers, a top-5 news podcast, and a top-10 podcast overall. This isn’t fringe ignorance. It’s antisemitism at scale, pushed for clicks, clout, and outrage.
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So the question isn’t what this is — that’s clear. The question is why:
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money? ideological collapse? simple Jew-hatred?
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What happened to the person once promoted by PragerU?
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Whatever the motive, the outcome is the same: historic hate, rebranded — and deliberately amplified. Candace has become one of the most dangerous voices on social media with doing immeasurable harm daily.
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A warning shot to Erdogan: Israel’s message to Turkey comes via Athens and Nicosia
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Commentary: Jerusalem denies joint military force plans with Greece and Cyprus, but has ordered the IDF to begin planning in signal to Ankara to shift course; existing trilateral ties already act as a counterweight to Erdogan’s rising influence with Trump.
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Ron Ben-Yishai | 12.20.25
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rksxtfexzl YNet]
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Gefen Bitton, Israeli who tried to stop Bondi Beach shooter, under coma in critical condition.
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A friend of Israeli national Gefen Bitton, who was shot three times by the Bondi Beach shooters, said that he was "currently in the ICU, after multiple surgeries, and has a long way to go.".
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By Yoav Etiel, Jerusalem Post Staff
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December 20, 2025.
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Israeli national Gefen Bitton, who ran towards the Bondi Beach shooters to try and stop them, has been hospitalized and is in a coma, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Saturday.
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Bitton was seriously wounded while trying to assist and stop the attackers. The man in his 30s works as a garage door installer. Although he had initially managed to escape the danger, he chose to return to the scene upon realising what was happening.
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"Not a mere bystander, but an absolute hero who deserves recognition,” his friend Cay Barr said, as per the Morning Herald. “He is currently in the ICU, after multiple surgeries, and has a long way to go. We are praying that in the next few days, he will be stable enough to wake up.”
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[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-880836 JPost]
    
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