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Article argued that Democrats would use the issue of settler violence to portray Jews rather than the large Palestinian terrorists [causing fatalities].as aggressors in the territories and use that issue to weaken the U.S.-Israel alliance. | Article argued that Democrats would use the issue of settler violence to portray Jews rather than the large Palestinian terrorists [causing fatalities].as aggressors in the territories and use that issue to weaken the U.S.-Israel alliance. | ||
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| + | Abbas’ adviser Nabil al-Habbash described the October 7 war as legal resistance, jihad, and self-defense. He expressed no objection to the massacre, torture, rape, burning alive, and killing of more than 1,200 Israelis. | ||
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| − | Major international media outlets initially described the Flydubai incident as a "fight" or "altercation" between the pilots, prompting strong criticism. The co-pilot stabbed the captain, and the aircraft descended nearly 14,000 feet in 30 seconds. Passengers and crew members entered the cockpit, subdued the co-pilot, and enabled the aircraft to regain control before diverting to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The Associated Press reported that the co-pilot appeared to be attempting to crash the plane, while Israeli authorities sent fighter jets because of fears of a hijacking. The BBC initially called the incident a physical altercation and later added details about the stabbing, passenger intervention, and apparent attempt to bring down the aircraft. The BBC also mistakenly referred to Ben Gurion Airport as “Ben Gvir Airport.” The New York Times described the diversion as following a confrontation between the pilot and co-pilot, while the Guardian called it an apparent brawl and said Israeli officials were investigating whether it was an attempted terror attack. The Guardian said it was publishing only verified information and updated its coverage as more details became available. Passengers described the aircraft plunging toward the ground, people being thrown around the cabin, and a desperate effort to reach the cockpit. The co-pilot's motive remains under investigation, but the incident involved a stabbing, a dramatic as an attempt to crash the aircraft. He said the co-pilot repeatedly stabbed the captain, attempted to take control of the aircraft, and tried to crash it. Passengers and a crew member broke into the cockpit and subdued him, while an off-duty pilot helped operate the aircraft and a doctor treated the wounded captain. Shapiro praised the captain for resisting the attacker and opening the cockpit door. He said the aircraft carried 174 people, including children, and that the presence of many Israeli passengers increased the likelihood that people with military experience and medical training could respond quickly. He said the passengers' actions prevented an international crisis involving Israel, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, and other countries in the region. He criticized descriptions of the incident as a cockpit scuffle and said the political motivation remained unknown, including whether there had been outside coordination. The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, and the passengers later returned to Israel on another passenger broke into the cockpit and pulled him away, while crew members restrained him with headset cords and later plastic ties. The attacker shouted, “Kill me, kill me,” while restrained descent of an aircraft carrying 174 people, and passengers intervening to help regain control. | + | Major international media outlets initially described the Flydubai incident as a "fight" or "altercation" between the pilots, prompting strong criticism. The co-pilot stabbed the captain, and the aircraft descended nearly 14,000 feet in 30 seconds. Passengers and crew members entered the cockpit, subdued the co-pilot, and enabled the aircraft to regain control before diverting to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The Associated Press reported that the co-pilot appeared to be attempting to crash the plane, while Israeli authorities sent fighter jets because of fears of a hijacking. The BBC initially called the incident a physical altercation and later added details about the stabbing, passenger intervention, and apparent attempt to bring down the aircraft. |
| + | The BBC also mistakenly referred to Ben Gurion Airport as “Ben Gvir Airport.” The New York Times described the diversion as following a confrontation between the pilot and co-pilot, while the Guardian called it an apparent brawl and said Israeli officials were investigating whether it was an attempted terror attack. The Guardian said it was publishing only verified information and updated its coverage as more details became available. Passengers described the aircraft plunging toward the ground, people being thrown around the cabin, and a desperate effort to reach the cockpit. The co-pilot's motive remains under investigation, but the incident involved a stabbing, a dramatic as an attempt to crash the aircraft. He said the co-pilot repeatedly stabbed the captain, attempted to take control of the aircraft, and tried to crash it. | ||
| + | Passengers and a crew member broke into the cockpit and subdued him, while an off-duty pilot helped operate the aircraft and a doctor treated the wounded captain. Shapiro praised the captain for resisting the attacker and opening the cockpit door. He said the aircraft carried 174 people, including children, and that the presence of many Israeli passengers increased the likelihood that people with military experience and medical training could respond quickly. He said the passengers' actions prevented an international crisis involving Israel, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, and other countries in the region. He criticized descriptions of the incident as a cockpit scuffle and said the political motivation remained unknown, including whether there had been outside coordination. The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, and the passengers later returned to Israel on another passenger broke into the cockpit and pulled him away, while crew members restrained him with headset cords and later plastic ties. The attacker shouted, “Kill me, kill me,” while restrained descent of an aircraft carrying 174 people, and passengers intervening to help regain control. | ||
Ben Shapiro reviewed the Flydubai incident and praised the passengers and crew members who stopped what he described as an attempt to crash the aircraft. He said the co-pilot repeatedly stabbed the captain, attempted to take control of the aircraft, and tried to crash it. Passengers and a crew member broke into the cockpit and subdued him, while an off-duty pilot helped operate the aircraft and a doctor treated the wounded captain. Shapiro praised the captain for resisting the attacker and opening the cockpit door. He said the aircraft carried 174 people, including children, and that the presence of many Israeli passengers increased the likelihood that people with military experience and medical training could respond quickly. He said the passengers' actions prevented an international crisis involving Israel, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, and other countries in the region. He criticized descriptions of the incident as a cockpit scuffle and said the political motivation remained unknown, including whether there had been outside coordination. The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, and the passengers later returned to Israel on another Flydubai aircraft. | Ben Shapiro reviewed the Flydubai incident and praised the passengers and crew members who stopped what he described as an attempt to crash the aircraft. He said the co-pilot repeatedly stabbed the captain, attempted to take control of the aircraft, and tried to crash it. Passengers and a crew member broke into the cockpit and subdued him, while an off-duty pilot helped operate the aircraft and a doctor treated the wounded captain. Shapiro praised the captain for resisting the attacker and opening the cockpit door. He said the aircraft carried 174 people, including children, and that the presence of many Israeli passengers increased the likelihood that people with military experience and medical training could respond quickly. He said the passengers' actions prevented an international crisis involving Israel, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, and other countries in the region. He criticized descriptions of the incident as a cockpit scuffle and said the political motivation remained unknown, including whether there had been outside coordination. The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, and the passengers later returned to Israel on another Flydubai aircraft. | ||
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| − | The IDF rejected the propaganda film “Naza” (by Hamas' Euro-Med befriended Yuval Abraham since 2019) and said it presents a distorted and unrealistic account of how strikes in Gaza are planned, approved, and assessed. The IDF said its procedures distinguish between terrorists and civilians, prohibit attacks directed at civilians, and require commanders to minimize civilian casualties. It denied planning or conducting an attack in which 500 civilians or anything close to that number were expected to be killed. It also denied that artificial intelligence independently selects targets. Intelligence officers identify targets, professional bodies plan strikes, and operational commanders decide whether to carry them out. The IDF rejected the idea that predetermined civilian-casualty numbers automatically authorize strikes. It said Lavender assists intelligence researchers and is not a database of approved targets. Evacuation warnings do not authorize attacks on areas while disregarding civilians who remain there. The IDF said it examines strike results and unintended civilian harm, process involving operational planners, legal advisers, civilian-harm specialists, and commanders who approve or reject strikes. It said some interviewees presented assumptions without factual support and that the filmmakers omitted officials involved in reducing civilian harm and approving attacks. The IDF said the film also omitted the circumstances surrounding the war following the October 7 Hamas attack and what it described as Hamas's strategy of operating among civilians. It listed measures used to reduce civilian casualties, including warnings, weapon selection, changes to strike plans, humanitarian assistance, requests for civilian harm from an attack. Commanders use the assessment to determine whether a strike is lawful and whether additional precautions, changes, or cancellation are necessary. The IDF said the film portrayed these assessments as evidence of indifference to civilian life even though the assessments are required under international law. It acknowledged that soldiers and commanders face a significant moral burden when making decisions that could result in civilian deaths. It said this moral burden reflects the seriousness of those decisions rather than demonstrating that the decisions were unlawful or that discussion of civilian casualties requires an accurate account of how military decisions are made. It characterized the film as a simplistic manifesto driven by a clear agenda and said it used omissions, emotional manipulation, and dramatic effects to portray the IDF as inhumane. The IDF said it remains open to legitimate criticism, follows international humanitarian law, and uses procedures and dedicated mechanisms to reduce civilian harm. It acknowledged that mistakes and failures have occurred during the war and said suspected violations of international law or military orders are investigated and can result in disciplinary or criminal proceedings. The IDF also criticized the filmmakers for not submitting their material to the military for review before publication and for not providing the film afterward despite a request. The more limited legislation concerning Jewish and other religious observances. The criticism focused on what was characterized as unequal treatment of religious holidays and connected of miracles aided by divine assistance. Speaking at a Torah study session in the Knesset sukkah, he said the tradition of Jewish heroism tips the scales. The event included and that these assessments have led to hundreds of investigations and operational lessons. | + | The IDF rejected the propaganda film “Naza” (by Hamas' Euro-Med befriended Yuval Abraham since 2019) and said it presents a distorted and unrealistic account of how strikes in Gaza are planned, approved, and assessed. The IDF said its procedures distinguish between terrorists and civilians, prohibit attacks directed at civilians, and require commanders to minimize civilian casualties. It denied planning or conducting an attack in which 500 civilians or anything close to that number were expected to be killed. It also denied that artificial intelligence independently selects targets. Intelligence officers identify targets, professional bodies plan strikes, and operational commanders decide whether to carry them out. The IDF rejected the idea that predetermined civilian-casualty numbers automatically authorize strikes. It said Lavender assists intelligence researchers and is not a database of approved targets. Evacuation warnings do not authorize attacks on areas while disregarding civilians who remain there. The IDF said it examines strike results and unintended civilian harm, process involving operational planners, legal advisers, civilian-harm specialists, and commanders who approve or reject strikes. It said some interviewees presented assumptions without factual support and that the filmmakers omitted officials involved in reducing civilian harm and approving attacks. The IDF said the film also omitted the circumstances surrounding the war following the October 7 Hamas attack and what it described as Hamas's strategy of operating among civilians. |
| + | It listed measures used to reduce civilian casualties, including warnings, weapon selection, changes to strike plans, humanitarian assistance, requests for civilian harm from an attack. Commanders use the assessment to determine whether a strike is lawful and whether additional precautions, changes, or cancellation are necessary. The IDF said the film portrayed these assessments as evidence of indifference to civilian life even though the assessments are required under international law. It acknowledged that soldiers and commanders face a significant moral burden when making decisions that could result in civilian deaths. It said this moral burden reflects the seriousness of those decisions rather than demonstrating that the decisions were unlawful or that discussion of civilian casualties requires an accurate account of how military decisions are made. | ||
| + | It characterized the film as a simplistic manifesto driven by a clear agenda and said it used omissions, emotional manipulation, and dramatic effects to portray the IDF as inhumane. The IDF said it remains open to legitimate criticism, follows international humanitarian law, and uses procedures and dedicated mechanisms to reduce civilian harm. It acknowledged that mistakes and failures have occurred during the war and said suspected violations of international law or military orders are investigated and can result in disciplinary or criminal proceedings. The IDF also criticized the filmmakers for not submitting their material to the military for review before publication and for not providing the film afterward despite a request. The more limited legislation concerning Jewish and other religious observances. The criticism focused on what was characterized as unequal treatment of religious holidays and connected of miracles aided by divine assistance. Speaking at a Torah study session in the Knesset sukkah, he said the tradition of Jewish heroism tips the scales. The event included and that these assessments have led to hundreds of investigations and operational lessons. | ||
The film omitted important parts of the targeting process. It said many interviewees discussed only preliminary intelligence stages rather than the broader process involving operational planners, legal advisers, civilian-harm specialists, and commanders who approve or reject strikes. It said some interviewees presented assumptions without factual support and that the filmmakers omitted officials involved in reducing civilian harm and approving attacks. The IDF said the film also omitted the circumstances surrounding the war following the October 7 Hamas attack and what it described as Hamas's strategy of operating among civilians. It listed measures used to reduce civilian casualties, including warnings, weapon selection, changes to strike plans, humanitarian assistance, requests for additional intelligence, cancellation of strikes, and abandonment of military opportunities when civilian danger was considered too high. | The film omitted important parts of the targeting process. It said many interviewees discussed only preliminary intelligence stages rather than the broader process involving operational planners, legal advisers, civilian-harm specialists, and commanders who approve or reject strikes. It said some interviewees presented assumptions without factual support and that the filmmakers omitted officials involved in reducing civilian harm and approving attacks. The IDF said the film also omitted the circumstances surrounding the war following the October 7 Hamas attack and what it described as Hamas's strategy of operating among civilians. It listed measures used to reduce civilian casualties, including warnings, weapon selection, changes to strike plans, humanitarian assistance, requests for additional intelligence, cancellation of strikes, and abandonment of military opportunities when civilian danger was considered too high. | ||
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The media coverage of the flydubai attack minimized or omitted key details of the incident. The copilot stabbed the pilot, who sent distress signals indicating a hijacking while the plane rapidly descended. Many Western outlets used terms such as “clash,” “altercation,” “cockpit incident,” “brawl,” or “fight,” while some omitted the stabbing entirely. | The media coverage of the flydubai attack minimized or omitted key details of the incident. The copilot stabbed the pilot, who sent distress signals indicating a hijacking while the plane rapidly descended. Many Western outlets used terms such as “clash,” “altercation,” “cockpit incident,” “brawl,” or “fight,” while some omitted the stabbing entirely. | ||
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An eastern Jerusalem Arab resident in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in a hit-and-run in Rehavia. The suspect allegedly struck the pedestrian with a truck and fled. Police quickly found the vehicle and detained him. Traffic investigators continued examining the circumstances, and the suspect was taken for questioning. | An eastern Jerusalem Arab resident in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in a hit-and-run in Rehavia. The suspect allegedly struck the pedestrian with a truck and fled. Police quickly found the vehicle and detained him. Traffic investigators continued examining the circumstances, and the suspect was taken for questioning. | ||
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| + | Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon’s Muslim social media campaign manager Sara Mahmoud had a social media history containing calls for “white Jews” to die. Her social media name included “intifada,” referring to a Muslim terrorist campaign, and her posts expressed homicidal hatred. The Democratic Socialists of America is normalizing calls for killing Jews | ||
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Satellite imagery showed increased activity at a secret [[Iran]]ian [[nuclear]] site that Israel struck in March. The imagery showed increased traffic and continuing earthmoving activity at the facility. | Satellite imagery showed increased activity at a secret [[Iran]]ian [[nuclear]] site that Israel struck in March. The imagery showed increased traffic and continuing earthmoving activity at the facility. | ||
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| + | Pro-Palestine, pro-Hamas, and “resistance” groups in the United States, Canada, and Australia planned events celebrating and commemorating the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks and honoring Hamas “martyrs.” | ||
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| + | Haverford College president Lori Lowenthal Raymond expressed anger over antisemitism after associate professor Guangtian Ha was arrested for online harassment and intimidation of a Jewish Israeli professor. The arrest was described as connecting verbal harassment of Jews with actionable violence. | ||
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| + | Italy expelled two [apparent Muslim] men accused of assaulting a rabbi in Milan. The men were accused of joining a third suspect in approaching and surrounding the rabbi at a bus stop, mocking him by taking his hat, and kicking him from behind after he began recording. Police identified all three suspects. One was arrested and ordered to report to authorities twice a week, and all three were barred from Milan for one year. The arrested suspect is due to face charges of propaganda and incitement to racial hatred. | ||
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| + | The [[CIA]] gave Israel a list of five to ten senior Iranian officials who should not be targeted for assassination. Washington considers these officials potential key figures in a future Iranian government. | ||
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| + | [[Brazil]]’s presidential election is heading to a runoff after Flavio Bolsonaro defeated Lula da Silva in the first round by several million votes. Bolsonaro’s victory places Brazil at the center of a broader political shift in Latin America that could strengthen ties with Israel. | ||
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| + | [[PIJ]] Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziad al-Nakhala said more than 2,000 Al-Quds Brigades operatives were killed during the war in Gaza, along with dozens in the West Bank and more than 80 in Lebanon and Syria while fighting alongside Hezbollah. Israeli strikes also targeted Islamic Jihad headquarters in Syria and Lebanon. | ||
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| + | [[United Airlines]] Islamic bigot pilot Ibrahim Mossallam, who praised Hamas’s October 7 attack as "resistance" and said it was not unprovoked, continues flying for United Airlines. He was temporarily removed from flying duties after his statements caused outrage but later returned to the cockpit. The pilots’ union blocked his firing. | ||
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| + | French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] commemorated the October 7 attacks, saying Hamas’s terrorist attacks killed more than 1,200 people, including 51 French citizens. He expressed solidarity with Israel and the bereaved families and said the victims’ names and faces would not be forgotten. | ||
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| + | A ranch owner in Binyamin shot a jihadist and stopped an arson attack. | ||
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| + | [[Texas]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]] ordered U.S. and Texas flags lowered to half-staff to honor victims of the October 7 massacre. | ||
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| + | A 20-year-old shepherd near Sebastia was struck in the head by an Arab'sconcrete block thrown near the Brit Avraham ranch and was hospitalized in moderate condition. | ||
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| + | U.S. senators and state legislators from six states toured new settlements in the Shomron. They pledged legislation recognizing [[Judea and Samaria]] and opposing [[BDS]]. Yossi Dagan said support for the Shomron crosses party lines in America. | ||
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| + | IDF forces from the Northern Brigade and Division 99 destroyed a 1.5-kilometer tunnel east of the expanded Yellow Line in Gaza. | ||
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| + | Israeli President Isaac Herzog marked the third anniversary of the Hamas attack by lighting a memorial candle at 6:29 a.m., the time the terror invasion began. | ||
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| + | Israel marked the October 7 anniversary at the United Nations and emphasized that the events could never be erased. | ||
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| + | Paris dedicated a path in Parc Monceau to Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel and Kfir. The family was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz and the children were murdered in Hamas captivity. Shiri and her sons were commemorated in Paris three years after the October 7 massacre. | ||
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| + | Anat Meir is raising her three-year-old son Shaked after the death of her husband David. She is building a life for herself and her son while living with the consequences of his death. | ||
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| + | Three years after October 7, Israel is still dealing with the consequences of the massacre. The hostages are home and a ceasefire is in place, but the questions left by the massacre remain unresolved. | ||
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| + | Israeli singer Mor Revivo honored her close friend and stylist Amit Buskila, who was murdered while fleeing the Nova festival and whose body was taken to Gaza. | ||
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| + | U.S. Ambassador [[Mike Huckabee]] emphasized shared values between Israel and the United States in opposition to shared enemies. | ||
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| + | German Chancellor [[Friedrich Merz]] pledged that Germany would stand firmly with Israel, defend its right to exist, and fight antisemitism. | ||
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| + | London Islamic Mayor Sadiq Khan’s October 7 statement mourned the victims while criticizing Israel’s government. | ||
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| + | Former hostage Yosef Haim Ohana, who spent 738 days in Gaza, released footage showing the first moments of his abduction and discussed his captivity, survival, and efforts to regain control of his life. | ||
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| + | Yarden Bibas shared a message dedicated to his wife Shiri and sons Ariel and Kfir, who were abducted from Nir Oz. | ||
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| + | Former Hamas hostage Luis Har was freed from Gaza captivity in an Israeli military operation 129 days after his abduction during the October 7 massacre. He said that being alive was the most important thing in the world. | ||
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| + | Israel’s Compensation Fund processed 1.17 million claims totaling $12.5 billion for direct property damage and indirect business losses resulting from the war. | ||
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| + | An Arab terror rock attack in Samaria left a 25-year-old man moderately injured and four others lightly injured. | ||
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| + | Six heroes of a Dubai flight are set to receive a Presidential Award. | ||
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| + | U.S. House Speaker [[Mike Johnson]] said Iran is an untrustworthy negotiating partner and said some Iranians justify deceiving non-Muslims as part of their religion. [Taqiyya]. | ||
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| + | Flavio Bolsonaro pledged to restore Brazil’s ties with Israel, move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem, and visit Israel early in his term if elected. | ||
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| + | Orphans of October 7 described recovery as a continuing process three years after the massacre. | ||
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| + | Ordinary Israeli women faced extraordinary circumstances on October 7 as thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel from Gaza with the purpose of killing and kidnapping as many people as possible. | ||
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| + | Jew-hating radicals are celebrating the horrors of October 7 and organizing parades celebrating the attacks. (Especially noticeable. [[SJP]]). | ||
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| + | Gal-Hed is a project commemorating those killed in the [[Swords of Iron]] war. It allows people to learn about their personal stories, share them, and contribute their own memories. | ||
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| + | U.S. Secretary of State [[Marco Rubio]] commemorated the October 7 massacre and reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to defending civilization. | ||
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| + | House Speaker [[Mike Johnson]] commemorated October 7, described the attack as the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and said Hamas terrorists funded by Iran raped, mutilated, and murdered more than 1,200 people and kidnapped 251. | ||
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| + | Isaac Herzog met with more than 1,000 Christian leaders and influencers from 117 countries who came to Jerusalem for a Friends of Zion summit. He thanked them for their support of Israel. | ||
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| + | Israeli, American, and Jewish officials condemned New York City Mayor, Islamic bigot [[Zohran Mamdani]]’s October 7 statement for turning the (genocidal Islamic) massacres into an attack on Israel. | ||
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| + | [[Iran]] sent [[Hezbollah]] $200 million despite U.S. pressure. | ||
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| + | B’nai Brith [[Canada]] called on government and college leaders to investigate groups promoting extremism on the October 7 anniversary. | ||
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| + | Thousands demonstrated in London, and Israeli Arab activist Yoseph Haddad confronted the demonstrators. | ||
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| + | [[San Diego]] adopted an official definition of Islamophobia --vlby Islamist lobby CAIR-- that raised concerns that criticism of terrorism could be treated as "Islamophobic." | ||
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| + | More than 75 retired U.S. generals, admirals, and military lawyers rejected the "genocide" regarding Gaza. They said genocide requires intent to destroy a protected national, ethnic, racial, or religious group and that Israel neither intended to destroy Palestinians as a group nor did so. They said civilian deaths during combat do not by themselves establish genocidal intent. | ||
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| + | The retired military leaders said Israeli forces used extensive measures to reduce civilian casualties, including warnings, evacuation instructions, protected corridors, tactical pauses, and legal review of targets. They also cited Israeli provision of food, medical supplies, baby food, desalinated water, vaccinations, and medical evacuations as evidence of efforts to protect civilians. | ||
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| + | The signatories said inflammatory statements by Israeli political officials should be condemned but do not demonstrate the conduct of IDF operations when those officials are not involved in military decision-making. They warned that distorting the laws of war to make false genocide charges could affect the conditions under which American forces fight in the future. | ||
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| + | Haverford College canceled a Young Democratic Socialists of America October 7 “art campaign in solidarity with Palestine” after a professor was arrested for antisemitic cyberstalking. The college president said the timing of the event caused serious concern among members of the community. Student organizers declined to move the event to another date. | ||
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| + | London police arrested five masked anti-Israel protesters outside the Board of Deputies of British Jews for inciting racial hatred. The protesters chanted about “intifada” and harassed neighbors. | ||
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| + | Rabbi Kalmanson recited Kaddish at an October 7 memorial for national unity. | ||
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| + | Donald Trump marked the third anniversary of [[Oct 7 War|October 7]] and said it would never be forgotten. | ||
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| + | The [[FBI]] arrested 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud for plotting a mass shooting at the Mall of America in the name of ISIS. He obtained an AK-47, ammunition, and magazines from an undercover FBI agent and planned to kill 30 to 60 people at the mall. He was charged with knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition to commit an act of terrorism. | ||
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| + | Mohamud discussed traveling overseas to fight for al-Shabaab and later said he wanted to join ISIS. He also expressed support for a terrorist who killed 14 people by driving a truck into a crowd in New Orleans. He planned the Mall of America attack for an event scheduled for October 24 and targeted the mall because he believed its owners were Jewish and wanted to kill non-Muslims. | ||
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Revision as of 04:03, October 8, 2026
This is Part 2 of Continued operations on Islamic Republic of Iran, proxies , May 4 2026+
See sources: Continued operations on Islamic Republic of Iran, proxies , May 4 2026+ - sources (Archived 1, 2).
Part 1
- Sep 26, 2026:
IDF and Shin Bet announced that they had killed Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr, who was documented abducting Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or from the Nova festival on October 7. The IDF released close-up footage of the strike that killed the terrorist who abducted Noa Argamani and brought her to Gaza on October 7. Sakr was affiliated with global jihadist organizations and had supplied weapons to Hamas and advanced attacks against Israeli troops responsibility for October 7 because he was prime minister. He also called stories about warnings from Qatar and Egypt among the biggest operations after a fatal crash.
The IDF released footage showing a terrorist using a child to transfer weapons into a civilian home in central Gaza. The military said the child was being used as a human shield and stated that it refrained from striking after identifying the child's presence. Separately, the IDF and Shin Bet announced that they had killed Saher Nidal Latfi Sakr, who was documented abducting Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or from the Nova festival on October 7. Sakr was affiliated with global jihadist organizations and had supplied weapons to Hamas and advanced attacks against Israeli troops and civilians.
An open letter criticized the Irish football team for planning to wear black armbands during its match against Israel in Debrecen. The letter compared the team's actions with Ireland's historical interactions with Nazi Germany, highlighted the destruction of Debrecen's Jewish community during the Holocaust, and accused the team of ignoring the October 7 massacre and Israeli footballers who were killed. It characterized the planned protest as hypocritical and directed againstained from striking after identifying the child's presence.
Five men were arrested after three suspicious vans were seen heading toward RAF Fairford in Britain. Counter-terrorism police are investigating a possible Iranian-linked terrorist plot targeting the U.S. Air Force base.
A poll found that most Israelis support disqualifying Arab parties (following pro terror outbursts by some).
Netherlands, Maastricht University suspended am Arab Palestinian student after he pointed at Hamas terrorists and said that they represented him.
Israel revoked the diplomatic status of Dutch representatives in Ramallah and ordered them to return their diplomatic documentation. The action followed the Netherlands' ban on imports from Judea and Samaria.
The Netherlands began enforcing its ban on imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Israeli passengers reported thorough searches of their luggage at Dutch airports.
Netanyahu released an AI-edited video marking the second anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's death. The video included pager-attack footage and F-15 strikes and displayed the phrase “Happy beeper day!”
Chagai Segal, the father of political analyst Amit Segal, said Netanyahu bears responsibility for October 7 because he was prime minister. He also called stories about warnings from Qatar and Egypt among the biggest fabrications in Israeli media history.
Israel is preparing an international legal case against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan focused on his treatment of the Kurds and his ties to Hamas.
Netanyahu secretly traveled to Abu Dhabi to meet UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed for talks. The Prime Minister's Office did not comment.
The IDF grounded all drone operations after a fatal crash.
Houthis blaming Saudi Arabia for a strike on a market in Taiz.
For security: Israeli restrictions on Palestinian movement in the West Bank during Sukkot.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran is prepared for a “doomsday war” with the United States while remaining willing to pursue diplomacy.
- Sep 27, 2026:
Pro-Israel protesters gathered outside Lincoln Center during the North American premiere of the propaganda "documentary" “NAZA.” Israeli flags and pro-Israel signs were displayed while trucks with mobile LED screens showed footage from the October 7 Hamas attack, including raw videos captured by Hamas terrorists and the IDF. The screens also showed material challenging accusations against Israel made in the documentary. Protesters displayed images from the attack and messages urging people to learn the facts and know the truth. The rally was organized by the Israeli-American Council.
Israel’s newest and most advanced submarine, INS Drakon, weighs 3,000 tons and is presented as a warning to Iran and Turkey.
- Sep 28, 2026:
Israeli forces increased security along Gaza’s Yellow Line after intelligence indicated that Hamas might attempt to kidnap an Israeli soldier. Two Gaza divisions were placed on heightened alert, and senior commanders were instructed to remain in the area. The suspected objective was to create another Gilad Shalit before elections in Israel and the United States.
Israeli forces and the Shin Bet raised the alert level in Gaza after receiving intelligence about a possible kidnapping attempt. The territorial division and 99th Division were deployed in the Gaza Strip, and senior commanders were instructed not to leave the area.
Five British suspects connected to a foiled terror plot targeting RAF Fairford were released. Iran rejected speculation about the plot, while British police identified five suspects and continued pursuing leads.
A two-year-old racehorse won its debut in the United States but was ordered to change its name after the Jockey Club determined that “Austrian Painter” referred to Adolf Hitler. The horse’s owner said the name honored Gustav Klimt, but had previously proposed “My Struggle” and another name referring to Hitler’s birthplace. The horse’s sister, New Order, also lost her registered name.
A Palestinian security officer in Qalqilya is suspected of involvement in digging a 25-meter-deep shaft where weapons were found. A military court extended the detention of two suspects, including a suspected officer in the Palestinian Preventive Security force with a rank equivalent to chief superintendent in the Israel Police. Two other suspects also remained in custody. Police and the IDF disagreed over whether the shaft was part of a tunnel.
An Israeli civilian intelligence officer identified about 150 armed Hamas terrorists traveling in pickup trucks in southern Gaza shortly before a ceasefire. He passed their coordinates to Southern Command, but the strike came too late and the targets scattered.
Former hostage Noa Argamani announced that she had joined Israeli venture capital firm Vine Ventures. She expressed excitement and gratitude about continuing her life after her captivity by Hamas.
Debunking both Pallyeid buzzwords:
"Israel not conducting genocide, not guilty of apartheid, new academic study shows " A new academic study examines accusations that Israel is an apartheid state, a settler-colonial project, or guilty of genocide. It concludes that apartheid and genocide are not established and that settler colonialism is an inadequate overall classification.
The study was written by Philippe Karpe, a Senior Researcher and International Expert at CIRAD, and Gunther Jikeli, an Associate Professor at Indiana University Bloomington. It focuses on legal and historical analysis of the three accusations.
Regarding the West Bank, the study identifies the prolonged occupation, settlements, and unequal administrative arrangements as the strongest basis for the apartheid accusation. It concludes that the evidence does not establish the required purpose or intent to maintain systematic racial domination and oppression.
The study explains that the West Bank’s administrative divisions originated in the Oslo Accords. Palestinian non-citizenship and Palestinian Authority jurisdiction provide a national-territorial explanation for some of the legal differences. Gaza’s separate internal governance and subsequent military actions are also distinguished from an institutionalized racial regime.
The study examines settler colonialism through pre-state settlement, the displacement surrounding the 1947 to 1949 period, and the post-1967 settlement enterprise in the West Bank.
The study finds that the settler-colonial framework helps explain aspects of land acquisition and settlement expansion but does not adequately account for Zionism’s national and refugee character, Jewish historical attachment, or the absence of a conventional or equivalent metropole.
Within the West Bank, different territorial strategies and negotiations over withdrawal make it difficult to characterize the process as one continuous project of permanent incorporation.
The survival and incorporation of approximately 160,000 Arabs who remained inside Israel after the 1948 war also complicate the idea that state formation was based on a comprehensive plan for Indigenous removal.
Regarding genocide, the study examines conditions in Gaza under Article II of the Genocide Convention, focusing on deliberately imposing conditions of life calculated to cause physical destruction and on measures intended to prevent births.
The study analyzes data from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories showing at least 1,341,904 tons of food associated with 63,191 truckloads entering through land and maritime routes. It concludes that this evidence weakens the inference that deprivation resulted from a policy designed to cause the physical destruction of the population.
The study examines the suspension of aid from March to May 2025 and concludes that the suspension itself does not establish an intent to physically destroy the population. The broader record supports the inference that the restrictions served military or operational purposes.
Regarding the destruction of the Al-Basma IVF clinic, the study notes that the strike involved a large-caliber projectile, most probably a shell fired from an Israeli security forces tank, and relied on the precision of the strike. It concludes that an intent to destroy a clinic or reproductive material does not by itself establish an intent to prevent births in a way that contributes to the physical or biological destruction of the protected group.
The researchers emphasize legal and historical precision in evaluating the three accusations.
The study also examines how the three accusations interact in public discourse. It concludes that expansive definitions and selective evidence can cause the accusations to reinforce one another, shift the burden of proof, and weaken the distinctions between them. In their broadest forms, the accusations become instruments for stigmatizing and delegitimizing Israel as a whole rather than descriptions of specific wrongdoing.
Karpe and Jikeli state that their analysis concerns legal and historical precision and the way the three accusations are combined in public discourse. Apartheid and genocide are legal classifications with specific elements, including requirements concerning purpose or intent. Settler colonialism is a historical-comparative framework. The study therefore evaluates each accusation separately rather than allowing the labels to reinforce one another.
The authors conclude that the evidence does not establish apartheid or genocide and that settler colonialism does not adequately classify Zionism and Israel as a whole. They also examine what happens when the categories are separated from their limiting criteria and presented as mutually reinforcing descriptions. In that form, the categories can stop distinguishing particular conduct, periods, and legal questions and become part of a broader account and how the claims interact in contemporary discourse rather than replace one narrative with another. They emphasize distinguishing legal findings from historical interpretation and distinguishing of Israel and the conflict.
The authors state that their broader concern is to examine the claims being made, the evidence supporting them, and how the claims interact in contemporary discourse rather than replace one narrative with another. They emphasize distinguishing legal findings from historical interpretation and distinguishing both from moral or political judgment in order to understand the issues without reducing them to competing labels.
“Eleven Ways NAZA Misleads Viewers” — Yair Miron:
The documentary conflates several distinct stages of the IDF targeting process: intelligence gathering, target validation, civilian-harm assessment, strike planning, approval, and execution. Identifying a person as a military target does not itself authorize an attack. Different personnel and review stages can alter or halt a proposed strike. The film also treats collateral-damage figures in ways that blur the distinction between estimates, ceilings, and actual casualties. A NAZA estimate is an advance assessment of potential civilian harm, while a collateral-damage ceiling represents an upper limit considered during the review of a proposed strike. Neither constitutes an actual death toll or automatic authorization to cause that level of harm. Further review can change the initial assessment. Three concepts are distinguished: **NAZA**, an advance estimate of potential civilian harm; **target validation**, the process of determining whether a person or location qualifies as a military target; and **battle damage assessment (BDA)**, the evaluation of the results and damage caused by a strike. The film's eleven disputed claims concern an alleged approval of a strike with an expected toll of 500 civilians, the movement of Palestinians southward, the assessment of casualties after strikes, attacks on buildings where civilians remained, the claimed accuracy of targeting systems, the meaning of “NAZA 20,” home-tracking technology, Hamas's use of civilian areas, internal scrutiny of strikes, the bombing of an entire neighborhood to target one person, and Unit 8200's role in identifying and authorizing targets. The piece also notes that some potentially relevant information remains classified and has therefore been excluded from the discussion.
“‘NAZA’ Documentary Fails to Show IDF Efforts to Prevent Civilian Casualties, former officer says”.
The documentary presents an incomplete picture of the procedures used to assess and reduce civilian harm during military strikes. Intelligence-based targets undergo evaluation according to their nature, the potential for collateral damage, and the appropriate level of command approval. Civilian-harm assessments take into account factors such as the size and characteristics of a building and the estimated number of people inside or nearby. When the potential harm is substantial, planners can consider different munitions, alternative methods, warnings, timing, and the personnel or circumstances involved in an attack. The assessment can also be conducted again after a decision to strike has been made. Civilian-warning procedures encompass determining what should be evacuated, how warnings should be communicated, when they should be issued, and whether people have actually moved out of the affected area. Methods can include leaflets, telephone messages, and social media. Population movements can also be monitored and information about conditions on the ground transmitted to command-and-control systems. Efforts to reduce civilian casualties involve multiple parts of the military structure, including intelligence, operational, artillery, and air-force personnel. Warning procedures were developed over time and applied in both Gaza and Lebanon.
“NAZA’s Claims About IDF Conduct in Gaza Are Grave. So Are the Film’s Journalistic Flaws”.
The documentary draws on interviews with 24 alleged whistleblowers while presenting a broader narrative that the Israeli military disregarded civilian deaths. The film's treatment of its sources and evidence, as well as the way different sequences are assembled, forms a significant part of the piece's criticism. The opening sections address the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, in which approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 were abducted to Gaza. The film connects the Israeli public's experience of the attack with the subsequent war and with the spread of the belief that there were “no innocents in Gaza,” including within parts of the military. The documentary also portrays Intelligence Corps personnel in broad terms, depicting them as predominantly elite, left-wing figures while connecting them to alleged war crimes. A later section concerns a unit described as “Bibi's department” and its alleged efforts to pursue Palestinians who brought cases against Israel at The Hague. The film provides limited information about the unit's organizational status, structure, and role. The documentary also introduces historical material concerning colonialism, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, and the displacement of Palestinians during Israel's 1948 War of Independence. Some present-day Gazans were displaced from the Tel Aviv area, while most originated from southern parts of Mandatory Palestine, according to UN documents. The connection between this historical material and the film's examination of civilian-casualty assessments in Gaza is not clearly established. Other sequences juxtapose ordinary life in Israel with destruction in Gaza. The film also invokes Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, including a comparison between Israelis' ability to continue daily life after bombings and the ability of Germans to live with the consequences of their actions. It subsequently shows Israelis observing Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Regavim published a photography book featuring 100 privately owned Palestinian villas and estates across the West Bank. The properties include swimming pools, fountains, marble staircases and landscaped grounds. The book seeks to challenge selective portrayals of Palestinian life in the West Bank, and Regavim said its field coordinators photographed all the properties in a single day. [Apartheid-pallyweid].
More than 40 countries boycotted a United Nations event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Durban Conference, exceeding the previous boycott record. Israel’s Foreign Ministry led a diplomatic campaign encouraging countries to avoid the event. The 2001 Durban conference, held under U.N. auspices to address racism and related intolerance, drew criticism over anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric at a parallel nongovernmental forum. The United States withdrew, citing hateful language, the revival of the “Zionism equals racism” formulation, claims that Israel practiced apartheid, and the singling out of Israel for condemnation. B’nai B’rith International and the American Jewish Committee said the conference had turned the fight against racism into a platform for demonizing Israel and Jews and warned against repeating that legacy.
Two anti-Israel protesters accused of disrupting a public safety symposium at a Los Angeles synagogue were able to enter the event after registering without their surnames. Masked demonstrators blocked entrances, while others disrupted the event inside. One defendant smashed a glass vase and charged toward Israel’s consul general before security stopped him.
Infamous U.N. special rapporteur [la fascista] Francesca Albanese, decided, at last to apologize for saying that Jews in Nazi camps were called “Muslims.” She said she had misunderstood the term “Muselmann,” which referred to prisoners at the brink of death, and had wrongly concluded that “antisemitism” originally meant hatred of all Semitic peoples. She acknowledged that the term was specifically coined to mean hatred of Jews.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband rants against Israel at the Labour conference and pledged sanctions targeting Israeli communities and services in Judea and Samaria.
Three Israeli airlines will begin direct flights to Morocco as ties between Israel and Morocco grow.
Israel summoned Spain’s chargé d’affaires to protest remarks by Spanish Minister of Youth and Children, liberal Sira Abed Rego (born in Valencia to a Spanish mother and a Palestinian father). The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Rego claimed that the Spanish public supports a Palestinian state “from the river to the sea,” a phrase long viewed by Israel as a call for Israel’s destruction.
CENTCOM rejected Iran’s claim that Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz.
LA city Jewish librarian traumatized after hearing she’s named in lawsuit for helping cancel ‘Palestine week’.
Tina Lerno, a librarian for the Los Angeles Public Library, learned about a lawsuit against the city over the cancellation of a “Read Palestine Week” event when a reporter contacted her for comment. She said the news triggered a panic attack, and she later sat at her desk crying.
Rabbis demand action, as families pull out of public schools in heavily Jewish Maryland county.
Rabbis are demanding action as families withdraw from public schools in a heavily Jewish Maryland county. One signatory said Zionism is a sensitive issue but is also a fundamental part of Jewish identity, and that most Jews in Montgomery County and beyond consider Israel central to their Jewish identity.
Grim video shows [[Hamas using child as human shield to carry weapons into Gaza home.
A video shows Hamas using a child as a human shield while carrying weapons into a home in Gaza.
- Sep 29, 2026:
Critical condition after terror attack. Neriya Leiter was critically wounded in the Route 443 ramming attack. His family is urgently asking the public to increase prayers and recitation of Tehillim for his recovery.
In the ICU: Neria Leiter's mother: 'A time of uncertainty' Neria Leiter remains in intensive care after being critically wounded by Arab terror attack last week, and his mother described the situation as a time of uncertainty.
Netanyahu condemns Shomron riots.
Benjamin Netanyahu strongly condemned violent clashes in Jalud after more than 100 rioters attacked IDF and Border Police forces attempting to restore a Palestinian family to its home. Three soldiers were lightly wounded.
The events in Binyamin: The settlers' version: We prevented a security danger with our bodies. Hundreds of residents from Gush Shiloh went to Givat Tzambarim near Esh Kodesh to prevent the return of an Arab family to a strategic dome overlooking the settlement. The residents said they physically blocked the move because they believed it posed an immediate security threat to homes in Esh Kodesh and that the site was a critical control point from which attacks had previously been carried out. The IDF said disturbances developed, including stone-throwing, and three Border Guard soldiers were injured. Netanyahu condemned the violence.
Rabbi Kenneth Brander: ‘There is nothing Jewish about terrorizing innocent people'. Settlers revered Rabbi Kenneth Brander condemned the attack on Jalud and called for those responsible to be investigated and held accountable. He said the incident was especially troubling because it occurred during Sukkot, whose traditions emphasize honoring other nations, welcoming guests, generosity, and responsibility toward others. He said terrorizing innocent people and taking the law into one’s own hands are not Jewish, and that extremism should not be answered with more extremism. Security, integrity, and the rule of law must apply to everyone.
Hamas official's arrest in Gaza gave Israel intelligence surge to kill top terrorists.
The capture of senior Hamas security official Mu'in al-Arabid in Gaza provided Israel with a surge of intelligence. Three Hamas brigade commanders have been killed since the capture.
IDF will keep killing Hamas commanders as long as terror group keeps controlling Gaza.
Hamas continues to control Gaza’s roughly two million civilians and does not need to recruit large numbers of people to maintain about 10,000 fighters. Israel needs to separate civilians from terrorists. The IDF has recently killed several Hamas commanders, including Izz al-Din Bik, commander of the Northern Gaza Brigade. Continued strikes on commanders indicate that Hamas is appointing replacements and rebuilding its forces. Most Hamas commanders who were alive on October 7, 2023, have been killed, while Hamas units that were previously declared defeated have continued to operate.
Netanyahu: Israel's enemies may attack in the run up to the election, 'don't mess with us'.
Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel’s enemies could attack as the election approaches and said Israel would respond by reaching its enemies anywhere and at any time.
A discrimination lawsuit accuses Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop of widespread antisemitism and suppressing dissent over a boycott of Israel. The title highlights support for terror Hamas's Yahya al-Sinwar as an example of the conduct at issue.
Connecticut man sentenced to over seven-and-a-half years for trying to support ISIS.
Ahmad Khalil Elshazly was sentenced to more than seven and a half years for attempting to support ISIS. His attorneys asked the court to treat him with compassion, saying this would show Muslims that the United States is not an enemy of Islam.
Racist Arab Suspect Arrested for Sukkah Arson in Jerusalem.
A 52-year-old Jerusalem resident from the Old City was arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a sukkah near Agrippas Street during Sukkos. Police said the attack was racially motivated and planned to seek an extension of his detention.
New film reveals previously undisclosed details of Mossad's Hezbollah pager operation.
A new film, Paging Hezbollah, reveals previously undisclosed details of the Mossad operation involving explosive pagers used against Hezbollah in 2024. The operation killed or wounded about 3,500 Hezbollah operatives. Newly lifted censorship restrictions have allowed additional details of the covert mission to be published.
Attorney-General pushes for Israel's Supreme Court to ban leader of Arab party Balad from election.
Israel’s Attorney-General is supporting a petition asking the Supreme Court to uphold the disqualification of Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh from the Knesset election. The Supreme Court is reviewing the Central Elections Committee’s decision to disqualify him.
Isr. AG and State Attorney back disqualification of Arab candidate.
The Attorney-General and State Attorney support Sami Abu Shehadeh’s disqualification from the Knesset. They argued that he supported terrorism against Israel, including in connection with the October 7 massacre, and cited an article he published after the Hamas attack as evidence.
Labour? Friends of Israel? Burnham’s cabinet to skip pro-Israel reception.
No members of Andy Burnham’s cabinet are expected to attend a Labour Friends of Israel reception. The absence comes shortly after Ed Miliband addressed a Palestinian event.
Clip: Police dog finds hidden gun near Arab city
Police from the Um al-Fahm station used a police dog to locate a gun buried deep in the ground.
Clip: Thousands sing and dance in Hebron.
About 10,000 worshipers led by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu prayed, sang, and danced at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
Didn't survive this time.
Hamas Northern Gaza Brigade commander Izz al-Din Bik was killed in a targeted airstrike in western Gaza City. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed his elimination.
Defense Minister threatens Hamas leaders abroad.
Israel Katz said Israel would continue pursuing Hamas’s senior leaders following the killing of the Northern Gaza Brigade commander. He warned Hamas leaders abroad that they would also be pursued.
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UK targets IDF: Blocks over 80 export licences. Britain has suspended or rejected more than 80 export licences for equipment that could potentially be used by the IDF in Gaza. About 30 licences were suspended under the original restrictions, and more than 50 later applications were rejected. Additional measures further restricted British arms exports to Israel and required applications to undergo review under two separate considerations.
Hamas’ enemy turns partner: Dahlan-Hamas rapprochement signals battle for post-Abbas era.
A rapprochement between Mohammed Dahlan and Hamas signals a struggle over the political future of the Palestinian leadership after Mahmoud Abbas.
Bipartisan report calls for targeted responses to Jew-hatred while protecting free speech, academic freedom.
A bipartisan report calls for targeted measures against antisemitism while protecting free speech and academic freedom. It emphasizes preserving the constitutional freedoms that are fundamental to educational institutions and democracy.
Dem, GOP senators demand answers from Meta on Jew-hating bot networks.
Senators from both parties are demanding answers from Meta about networks of bots spreading antisemitic content. They said foreign agents and extremists are using American social media platforms to spread hate and create discord in the United States and around the world.
ADL blasts Mamdani's antisemitism plan.
The Anti-Defamation League criticized New York City Mayor , Islamo-socialist Mamdani’s newly announced strategy for combating antisemitism. It cited the lack of a formal definition and accused him of prioritizing an anti-Israel agenda.
Article describes Arab-Palestinian TikTok influencer, Abu Wadee, who supported a militant group and called for the slaughter of Jewish people. After serving a jail sentence for illegally attempting to enter Britain, he cannot currently be deported to Gaza. He said he had been forced to speak against Jewish people while in Gaza.
Sweden, Germany, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Italy and France asked their citizens to leave Iran immediately
Ex-Haaretz journalist on his shift from left to right.
Benny Tziper, a former senior Haaretz journalist, criticized the Israeli left for trying to distance the public from tradition and Jewish identity. He said the left remains attached to an outdated worldview and does not understand that Israeli demographics have changed and that society has returned to its traditional identity.
- Sep 30, 2026:
Flydubai Flight 1073 incident:
The Israeli assessment is that the Flydubai incident was a terror attack. The co-pilot is suspected of repeatedly stabbing the captain and trying to take control of the aircraft before passengers and crew intervened.
The co-pilot stabbed the captain on a flight bound for Israel, causing the aircraft to plunge about 18,000 feet. The incident was treated as an attempted hijacking and an attempt to crash the plane.
The Omani co-pilot is accused of stabbing the captain and attempting to crash the Flydubai aircraft carrying about 150 Israelis. The incident was compared to the September 11 attacks.
Israeli passengers helped crew members restrain the attacker after the pilot allegedly tried to hijack the aircraft. Passengers prayed while helping subdue him.
A Flydubai aircraft traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv diverted to Saudi Arabia after an altercation between the pilots. An Israeli official said a major disaster was narrowly avoided because additional crew members and Israeli passengers subdued the pilot and restored control of the aircraft.
Israel’s defense minister called the incident a jihadist terrorist attack attempt. The co-pilot stabbed the captain and attempted to crash the aircraft. Israeli passengers entered the cockpit, overpowered him, and helped another flight crew regain control.
Passengers who survived the attempted jihadist attack arrived at Ben Gurion Airport. The co-pilot had tried to crash the aircraft, and the passengers returned to Israel after the emergency landing.
Israeli passengers landed in Israel after the hijacking attempt and were welcomed with singing and applause.
Israel declared the Flydubai incident a jihadist terror attack. Early intelligence indicated that the co-pilot planned to crash the aircraft and kill everyone aboard.
Benjamin Netanyahu met Yaniv, an Israeli passenger who helped subdue the co-pilot. Yaniv said he helped pull the aircraft out of its dive after entering the cockpit.
Netanyahu met and praised the passenger who helped stop the hijacker. He also met the passenger’s family and praised his courage.
A doctor aboard the Flydubai flight treated the wounded captain during the attack. Yaniv pulled the assailant from the cockpit and secured the flight deck while the doctor worked to stop severe bleeding from the captain’s head and arms. The attack began when someone entered the cockpit and attacked the pilot, after which the aircraft began banking violently experienced hours of anxiety during the incident. Their account describes the passengers’ fear and the events they and pulled him from the cockpit. He then returned to the controls and pulled them back until another pilot took over. He said the attacker was trying to destroy the aircraft’s instruments and systems. Hayun believes the wounded captain and losing control.
A family with two children and a grandchild aboard the flight experienced hours of anxiety during the incident. Their account describes the passengers’ fear and the events they learned about after the plane landed.
Yaniv Hayun grabbed the suspected attacker, put him in a chokehold, and pulled him from the cockpit. He then returned to the controls and pulled them back until another pilot took over. He said the attacker was trying to destroy the aircraft’s instruments and systems. Hayun believes the wounded captain opened the cockpit door before collapsing, allowing passengers to enter.
Passengers rushed toward the cockpit after hearing screams. Dentist Shota Musaev helped restrain the suspect and then treated the badly bleeding captain. The suspect was tied at his hands and legs after continuing to struggle. The aircraft rapidly lost altitude before another flight crew regained control and diverted it to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. All 174 passengers, including 27 children, identified the attacker, and remained conscious long enough for passengers to intervene. Passengers, including dentist Shota Musayev, provided first aid restrained the suspect and operated the controls, Zvika Manes and Assaf Rajuan helped overpower him, and dentist Shota Musaev treated the wounded captain. Passengers believed Captain Smit Machchhar opened the cockpit door before cables from the flight’s multimedia headphones. He saw the aircraft plunge rapidly while passengers screamed. He said the co-pilot was trying to fly the aircraft toward the ground. his head and hands. Musaev stopped the bleeding and kept the captain stable until landing. The captain remained able to communicate and said he was 39 and had two children. Musaev said the suspect stopped the pilot from sending the Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX toward the ground. Other passengers joined him in subduing the co-pilot. The fight lasted at least 20 minutes, and the co-pilot was arrested for a suspected terrorist act. The incident came close to causing, 16, said the plane began moving violently and he heard that the captain had been stabbed. He saw the ground as the aircraft fell and prayed for forgiveness and heaven. Mothers tried passengers survived an attempt by the co-pilot to crash the aircraft after passengers and crew entered the cockpit and subdued him. Two off-duty Flydubai pilots happened to be aboard and took control of the plunging aircraft. The plane descended and spun out of control for about 17,000 feet and landed with part of its rudder missing. Saudi Arabia received the passengers, protected them, and helped said Iran was involved in the RAF Fairford incident. Andy Burnham said this was the first official British confirmation of Iranian involvement in what was described as an attack on British soil. Donald Trump criticized the decision Gaza entered southern Israeli communities and IDF bases, murdered civilians and soldiers, burned and looted homes, attacked women, children and elderly people, and kidnapped 251 people to Gaza. The two students addressed Gaza as, later returned to Israel on another Flydubai aircraft.
The co-pilot stabbed the captain aboard the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight. The captain fought back and alerted passengers and crew before collapsing. Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker while off-duty pilots took control. The aircraft diverted to Saudi Arabia and landed safely with both pilots injured. The co-pilot was arrested.
Captain Smit Machchhar underwent surgery after being stabbed in the cockpit and was in stable condition. Flydubai and Indian authorities remained in contact with his family.
The wounded captain unlocked the cockpit, identified the attacker, and remained conscious long enough for passengers to intervene. Passengers, including dentist Shota Musayev, provided first aid and kept him alive until he was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia.
The Omani co-pilot who attacked the captain and attempted to crash the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight became the focus of an investigation. Israel also began examining whether the use of crew members from countries without diplomatic relations with Israel violated the UAE-Israel aviation agreement.
An online post described the Muslim co-pilot as stabbing the pilot and trying to bring down the aircraft with about 180 passengers.
Israel’s foreign ministry briefed ambassadors and mission heads about the Flydubai attack. The briefing stressed that Israelis, the UAE, and the Abraham Accords were the targets.
The wounded Flydubai captain unlocked the cockpit door before losing consciousness. Yaniv Hayoun said the captain was close to the door, making it difficult to open, and that he appeared to have opened it for the passengers before collapsing.
Four Israeli passengers helped save the 174 people aboard the Flydubai flight. Yaniv Hayun restrained the suspect and operated the controls, Zvika Manes and Assaf Rajuan helped overpower him, and dentist Shota Musaev treated the wounded captain. Passengers believed Captain Smit Machchhar opened the cockpit door before collapsing.
Hayun said he found the Omani co-pilot inside the cockpit trying to destroy the aircraft’s instruments. He choked the attacker and pulled him from the cockpit, then returned to the controls and pulled them back until another pilot took over. Two pilots traveling as passengers then assumed control and landed the aircraft safely.
Rajuan heard screams near the restroom and realized something had gone wrong with the aircraft. He saw the cockpit filled with blood and joined other passengers in overpowering the attacker. Passengers and crew kept the attacker restrained for about 50 minutes until the aircraft landed in Saudi Arabia.
Manes rushed toward the cockpit and helped restrain the attacker with cables from the flight’s multimedia headphones. He saw the aircraft plunge rapidly while passengers screamed. He said the co-pilot was trying to fly the aircraft toward the ground. Passengers eventually tied him up while a doctor and nurse treated the wounded captain.
Musaev initially rushed forward to fight the attacker. After the suspect was restrained, he treated the captain, who had severe bleeding from his head and hands. Musaev stopped the bleeding and kept the captain stable until landing. The captain remained able to communicate and said he was 39 and had two children. Musaev said the suspect continued trying to break free until passengers tied his hands and legs several times.
Captain Smit Machchhar remained hospitalized in Saudi Arabia in serious condition but was out of immediate danger. He had not publicly given his account of the incident. Passengers believed that, despite being wounded, he left the cockpit accessible before collapsing, allowing them to enter, overpower the attacker, and make way for another flight crew to take control.
The actions of the crew and passengers prevented a 9/11-scale disaster on the Flydubai flight. Benjamin Netanyahu said an investigation would determine whether Iran was involved.
Yaniv Hayoun forced his way into the cockpit during the fight and stopped the pilot from sending the Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX toward the ground. Other passengers joined him in subduing the co-pilot. The fight lasted at least 20 minutes, and the co-pilot was arrested for a suspected terrorist act. The incident came close to causing a mass-casualty disaster involving 174 passengers and crew, most of them Jewish.
Children aboard the Flydubai flight described the terror caused by the aircraft’s sudden loss of altitude after the captain was stabbed. Omer Shalom’s father said a woman near the cockpit heard the captain screaming and alerted her husband, Yaniv Hayun, who rushed to the cockpit and helped overpower the attacker.
Peleg Itali, 16, said the plane began moving violently and he heard that the captain had been stabbed. He saw the ground as the aircraft fell and prayed for forgiveness and heaven. Mothers tried to calm frightened children as passengers heard screams without knowing what was happening.
Eight-year-old Omer said she was terrified because she thought the plane would crash. Her mother explained after the attacker was subdued that the aircraft was making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The plane landed safely in Tabuk, where Saudi authorities received about 180 Israeli passengers, provided food and medical assistance, and helped arrange their return to Israel on a replacement Flydubai flight.
The Flydubai passengers survived an attempt by the co-pilot to crash the aircraft after passengers and crew entered the cockpit and subdued him. Two off-duty Flydubai pilots happened to be aboard and took control of the plunging aircraft. The plane descended and spun out of control for about 17,000 feet and landed with part of its rudder missing. Saudi Arabia received the passengers, protected them, and helped them board a replacement aircraft to Tel Aviv.
The United States offered investigative and intelligence assistance to Israel, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia if requested. The offer followed the thwarted hijacking, as intelligence agencies investigated the motives and possible state-backed terror networks connected to the Omani first officer’s assault.
U.S. special envoy thanked Saudi authorities for their rapid response in assisting the rescued Flydubai passengers. The cooperation between countries was presented as an example of countries working together to protect people.
Images of victims of October 7 were displayed in Times Square.
Britain said Iran was involved in the RAF Fairford incident. Andy Burnham said this was the first official British confirmation of Iranian involvement in what was described as an attack on British soil. Donald Trump criticized the decision to release suspects on bail.
Three years after the October 7 massacre, two Jerusalem students marked the occasion by speaking in Arabic directly to Gaza. On October 7, 2023, thousands of terrorists from Gaza entered southern Israeli communities and IDF bases, murdered civilians and soldiers, burned and looted homes, attacked women, children and elderly people, and kidnapped 251 people to Gaza. Donkeys are better than Sinwar, Deif, Nasrallah... The two students addressed Gaza as well as Lebanon, Iran, and others involved in the campaign against Israel.
A New York City Council member said a new City Hall plan addressing antisemitism does not address hateful rhetoric or violence against Jewish New Yorkers that she said was being fueled by the Islamo-socialist mayor and opposition from the Anti-Defamation League to the mayor’s plan.
Another report covered antisemitic graffiti at a Chicago city hall and playground.
Article argued that Democrats would use the issue of settler violence to portray Jews rather than the large Palestinian terrorists [causing fatalities].as aggressors in the territories and use that issue to weaken the U.S.-Israel alliance.
Abbas’ adviser Nabil al-Habbash described the October 7 war as legal resistance, jihad, and self-defense. He expressed no objection to the massacre, torture, rape, burning alive, and killing of more than 1,200 Israelis.
A House panel called for removing the tax exemption of a charity with alleged ties to Palestinian terrorism.
Pro terror violent Palestine Action US was founded in October 2023 by James Cox “Fergie” Chambers. A network established by Chambers helped fund and develop media outlets that promoted its messaging and extended into organizations connected to Iranian state media. Palestine Action was founded in the UK in 2020 and was proscribed there in 2025 after being designated a terrorist organization. Before its proscription, it carried out vandalism and destruction targeting defense factories, companies, and Israel-linked institutions. The U.S. branch describes itself as a direct-action network and has not been designated, while the UK organization was designated and sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in August 2026. Chambers faces extradition from Spain to the United States over Hamas financing and support.
The network established by Chambers helped fund and develop media outlets that promoted its messaging and extended into organizations connected to Iranian state media. Palestine Action was founded in the UK in 2020 and was proscribed there in 2025 after being designated a terrorist organization. Before its proscription, it carried out vandalism and destruction targeting defense factories, companies, and Israel-linked institutions. The U.S. branch describes itself as a direct-action network and has not been designated, while the UK organization was designated and sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in August 2026. Chambers faces extradition
- Oct 1, 2026:
Tens of thousands of worshippers attended the traditional Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall during Sukkot. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz led prayers of thanksgiving for the safe rescue of passengers from the Flydubai flight incident, while also calling for prayers for IDF and security forces and for Jewish unity and peace. Nearly one million people had visited the Western Wall Plaza during the holiday. The holiday's two Priestly Blessing ceremonies included former hostages and bereaved families. The traditional Hakafot Shniyot ceremony is scheduled for Saturday night, with music and prayers of thanksgiving dedicated to the miracles that occurred.
Thousands of Israelis gathered at Joseph's Tomb to offer prayers of thanksgiving for the safe return of everyone aboard the Flydubai flight.
Major international media outlets initially described the Flydubai incident as a "fight" or "altercation" between the pilots, prompting strong criticism. The co-pilot stabbed the captain, and the aircraft descended nearly 14,000 feet in 30 seconds. Passengers and crew members entered the cockpit, subdued the co-pilot, and enabled the aircraft to regain control before diverting to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The Associated Press reported that the co-pilot appeared to be attempting to crash the plane, while Israeli authorities sent fighter jets because of fears of a hijacking. The BBC initially called the incident a physical altercation and later added details about the stabbing, passenger intervention, and apparent attempt to bring down the aircraft.
The BBC also mistakenly referred to Ben Gurion Airport as “Ben Gvir Airport.” The New York Times described the diversion as following a confrontation between the pilot and co-pilot, while the Guardian called it an apparent brawl and said Israeli officials were investigating whether it was an attempted terror attack. The Guardian said it was publishing only verified information and updated its coverage as more details became available. Passengers described the aircraft plunging toward the ground, people being thrown around the cabin, and a desperate effort to reach the cockpit. The co-pilot's motive remains under investigation, but the incident involved a stabbing, a dramatic as an attempt to crash the aircraft. He said the co-pilot repeatedly stabbed the captain, attempted to take control of the aircraft, and tried to crash it.
Passengers and a crew member broke into the cockpit and subdued him, while an off-duty pilot helped operate the aircraft and a doctor treated the wounded captain. Shapiro praised the captain for resisting the attacker and opening the cockpit door. He said the aircraft carried 174 people, including children, and that the presence of many Israeli passengers increased the likelihood that people with military experience and medical training could respond quickly. He said the passengers' actions prevented an international crisis involving Israel, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, and other countries in the region. He criticized descriptions of the incident as a cockpit scuffle and said the political motivation remained unknown, including whether there had been outside coordination. The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, and the passengers later returned to Israel on another passenger broke into the cockpit and pulled him away, while crew members restrained him with headset cords and later plastic ties. The attacker shouted, “Kill me, kill me,” while restrained descent of an aircraft carrying 174 people, and passengers intervening to help regain control.
Ben Shapiro reviewed the Flydubai incident and praised the passengers and crew members who stopped what he described as an attempt to crash the aircraft. He said the co-pilot repeatedly stabbed the captain, attempted to take control of the aircraft, and tried to crash it. Passengers and a crew member broke into the cockpit and subdued him, while an off-duty pilot helped operate the aircraft and a doctor treated the wounded captain. Shapiro praised the captain for resisting the attacker and opening the cockpit door. He said the aircraft carried 174 people, including children, and that the presence of many Israeli passengers increased the likelihood that people with military experience and medical training could respond quickly. He said the passengers' actions prevented an international crisis involving Israel, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, India, and other countries in the region. He criticized descriptions of the incident as a cockpit scuffle and said the political motivation remained unknown, including whether there had been outside coordination. The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, and the passengers later returned to Israel on another Flydubai aircraft.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Flydubai co-pilot had undergone radical Islamist indoctrination. He said the co-pilot left his seat, interfered with the aircraft's controls, and attempted to force the plane down. An Israeli passenger broke into the cockpit and pulled him away, while crew members restrained him with headset cords and later plastic ties. The attacker shouted, “Kill me, kill me,” while restrained. Netanyahu said early indications pointed to a prevented suicidal terror attack, and investigations were continuing.
Netanyahu said the Flydubai co-pilot had undergone Islamist radicalization. He said Israeli authorities expected to determine within days whether the co-pilot had connections to Iran. The flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia after the cockpit incident, both pilots were injured, and all passengers were safe.
The IDF rejected the propaganda film “Naza” (by Hamas' Euro-Med befriended Yuval Abraham since 2019) and said it presents a distorted and unrealistic account of how strikes in Gaza are planned, approved, and assessed. The IDF said its procedures distinguish between terrorists and civilians, prohibit attacks directed at civilians, and require commanders to minimize civilian casualties. It denied planning or conducting an attack in which 500 civilians or anything close to that number were expected to be killed. It also denied that artificial intelligence independently selects targets. Intelligence officers identify targets, professional bodies plan strikes, and operational commanders decide whether to carry them out. The IDF rejected the idea that predetermined civilian-casualty numbers automatically authorize strikes. It said Lavender assists intelligence researchers and is not a database of approved targets. Evacuation warnings do not authorize attacks on areas while disregarding civilians who remain there. The IDF said it examines strike results and unintended civilian harm, process involving operational planners, legal advisers, civilian-harm specialists, and commanders who approve or reject strikes. It said some interviewees presented assumptions without factual support and that the filmmakers omitted officials involved in reducing civilian harm and approving attacks. The IDF said the film also omitted the circumstances surrounding the war following the October 7 Hamas attack and what it described as Hamas's strategy of operating among civilians.
It listed measures used to reduce civilian casualties, including warnings, weapon selection, changes to strike plans, humanitarian assistance, requests for civilian harm from an attack. Commanders use the assessment to determine whether a strike is lawful and whether additional precautions, changes, or cancellation are necessary. The IDF said the film portrayed these assessments as evidence of indifference to civilian life even though the assessments are required under international law. It acknowledged that soldiers and commanders face a significant moral burden when making decisions that could result in civilian deaths. It said this moral burden reflects the seriousness of those decisions rather than demonstrating that the decisions were unlawful or that discussion of civilian casualties requires an accurate account of how military decisions are made.
It characterized the film as a simplistic manifesto driven by a clear agenda and said it used omissions, emotional manipulation, and dramatic effects to portray the IDF as inhumane. The IDF said it remains open to legitimate criticism, follows international humanitarian law, and uses procedures and dedicated mechanisms to reduce civilian harm. It acknowledged that mistakes and failures have occurred during the war and said suspected violations of international law or military orders are investigated and can result in disciplinary or criminal proceedings. The IDF also criticized the filmmakers for not submitting their material to the military for review before publication and for not providing the film afterward despite a request. The more limited legislation concerning Jewish and other religious observances. The criticism focused on what was characterized as unequal treatment of religious holidays and connected of miracles aided by divine assistance. Speaking at a Torah study session in the Knesset sukkah, he said the tradition of Jewish heroism tips the scales. The event included and that these assessments have led to hundreds of investigations and operational lessons.
The film omitted important parts of the targeting process. It said many interviewees discussed only preliminary intelligence stages rather than the broader process involving operational planners, legal advisers, civilian-harm specialists, and commanders who approve or reject strikes. It said some interviewees presented assumptions without factual support and that the filmmakers omitted officials involved in reducing civilian harm and approving attacks. The IDF said the film also omitted the circumstances surrounding the war following the October 7 Hamas attack and what it described as Hamas's strategy of operating among civilians. It listed measures used to reduce civilian casualties, including warnings, weapon selection, changes to strike plans, humanitarian assistance, requests for additional intelligence, cancellation of strikes, and abandonment of military opportunities when civilian danger was considered too high.
The IDF explained “collateral damage” refers to a legal assessment of expected civilian harm from an attack. Commanders use the assessment to determine whether a strike is lawful and whether additional precautions, changes, or cancellation are necessary. The IDF said the film portrayed these assessments as evidence of indifference to civilian life even though the assessments are required under international law. It acknowledged that soldiers and commanders face a significant moral burden when making decisions that could result in civilian deaths. It said this moral burden reflects the seriousness of those decisions rather than demonstrating that the decisions were unlawful or indifferent to civilian life.
The IDF reminded war's tragic consequences do not justify distorting facts and that discussion of civilian casualties requires an accurate account of how military decisions are made. It characterized the film as a simplistic manifesto driven by a clear agenda and said it used omissions, emotional manipulation, and dramatic effects to portray the IDF as inhumane. The IDF said it remains open to legitimate criticism, follows international humanitarian law, and uses procedures and dedicated mechanisms to reduce civilian harm. It acknowledged that mistakes and failures have occurred during the war and said suspected violations of international law or military orders are investigated and can result in disciplinary or criminal proceedings. The IDF also criticized the filmmakers for not submitting their material to the military for review before publication and for not providing the film afterward despite a request. The military therefore reviewed the film using information from a representative who attended a public screening and other publicly available descriptions.
One year after his release from Hamas captivity, Bar Kuperstein visited the sukkah of MK Yaakov Asher with his parents and spoke about the faith he discovered while held in the tunnels.
Sabine Taasa, whose family was killed by Hamas, disrupted the European premiere of “Naza” (propaganda film) in the Netherlands and confronted the filmmakers about their portrayal of the war. Audience members responded that they did not care.
Following a court proposal, Balad decided that Sami Abu Shehadeh (who expressed pro terrorism after Oct 7) would withdraw.
California Governor Gavin Newsom drew criticism for signing a broader Muslim holiday bill before more limited legislation concerning Jewish and other religious observances. The criticism focused on what was characterized as unequal treatment of religious holidays and connected the decision to Newsom's potential 2028 presidential ambitions.
Sadly: a federal judge dismissed a complaint against anti-Israel groups that had protested outside a synagogue in New Jersey.
[Pennsylvania]] state lawmakers held a hearing concerning Jew-hatred in public schools.
British police arrested a British-[Iran]]ian dual national in connection with an incident at RAF Fairford.
The Israeli military named 170 Palestinians it said were terrorists who had also posed as journalists during the war. The military said journalists are expected to report unbiased truth and that these individuals concealed their roles in terrorist organizations' military wings. International journalist organizations changed their figures concerning reporters they accused Israel of targeting after Palestinian terrorist organizations identified dozens of the reporters as martyrs who had belonged to Hamas and other groups. Israel denied targeting journalists.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the rescue of the Flydubai passengers as a chain of miracles aided by divine assistance. Speaking at a Torah study session in the Knesset sukkah, he said the tradition of Jewish heroism tips the scales. The event included Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, senior defense officials, wounded IDF soldiers, reservists' wives, and cadets from the Tavor Pre-Military Academy.
A review of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) list of journalists killed in Gaza left more than half of the listed names still connected to terrorist organizations. The organization spent months reviewing the list but made few substantial changes.
Netanyahu: Iran renewing progress on nuclear program.
The media coverage of the flydubai attack minimized or omitted key details of the incident. The copilot stabbed the pilot, who sent distress signals indicating a hijacking while the plane rapidly descended. Many Western outlets used terms such as “clash,” “altercation,” “cockpit incident,” “brawl,” or “fight,” while some omitted the stabbing entirely.
Abbas and Palestinian Authority television glorify Palestinian mass murderers and a terrorist plane hijacker. Palestinian terrorists normalized plane hijackings and remain heroes of the Palestinian Authority.
Revealed: Hamas commander held 15 Israeli hostages.
- Oct 2, 2026:
Saudi Arabia helped receive and assist the Israeli passengers from the flydubai flight but did not fully cooperate with Israel during the attempted hijacking investigation.
The Omani copilot, al-Hammama, who stabbed the flydubai pilot had social media posts discussing killing Jews and showing signs of jihadist radicalization. He also asked Emirati crew members to kill him. Israeli officials believe he may have intended to crash the plane and said Israel would participate in the investigation while conducting its own security review.
Authorities were investigating the anti-Jewish [racist and jihadi] motives in connection with his terror act.
Attempted Palestinian abduction of Israeli in Samaria. 'Arab rioters attacked a Jewish teen with stones' Oct/1 'and tried to drag him into a house in the PA city of Yassuf.'
Article: 'Trump must close this Turkish loophole that allows Iran to skirt sanctions.' "Turkey is among worst offenders."
Islamo-socialist Abdul El-Sayed charged county taxpayers $9,000 per month in consulting fees while running for the Senate.
Two Louisiana Arab brothers were arrested in connection with a scheme that raised money for Hamas while presenting it as "humanitarian aid" for Gaza. Abdel Adhami allegedly sent more than $83,000 to Hamas, while his brother Omar allegedly sent $6,000. Abdel also allegedly used Snapchat accounts to distribute Hamas propaganda and solicit funds.
U.S. authorities charged a Hamas operative in Gaza (Alzaq) and three Americans in a fundraising network that collected more than $1.7 million while presenting the campaigns as humanitarian aid for Palestinian families. At least $626,000 came from U.S. donors. The fundraising operated across the United States and France, with organizers allegedly concealing Hamas’s involvement and instructing donors not to use references to Hamas in payment messages.
Saleem Alzaq told an undercover NYPD officer that he relied on a network of young Palestinians in New York.
The United States imposed sanctions on a Hamas financial network involving a military operative, France-based fundraisers, and entities accused of transferring more than $2 million to Hamas.
The injured flydubai captain, Smit Machchhar, described fighting to open the cockpit door despite being stabbed. His actions allowed Israeli passengers to enter the cockpit and help stop the attack.
Passengers and crew members who stopped the attempted flydubai hijacking became widely celebrated in Israel. President Isaac Herzog planned to recommend Yaniv Hayun, Tzvika Manes, Asaf Rajuan, and dentist Shota Musayev for the Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism. Herzog also praised Tali Manes for first alerting the crew. A widely shared online joke depicted Israeli passengers as a premium security option.
Thousands of people, including bereaved families, survivors, and wounded soldiers, gathered at the Nova massacre site in Re’im for Hallel led by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu.
The Isr. Supreme Court ruled that Cassif, the Joint List, and Ra’am can participate in elections.
An Israeli Arab was arrested on suspicion of carrying out tasks for Iran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Neriyah Leiter at Shaare Zedek Medical Center. Neriyah remained sedated and on a ventilator after being seriously wounded in a Palestinian car-ramming attack at the Maccabim checkpoint. His condition had stabilized, but he remained in serious danger after undergoing two brain surgeries.
Ambassador Yechiel Leiter wrote an emotional message from the bedside of his critically wounded son, Neriyah, before Simchat Torah. He said the fight against the ideology of killing must continue.
Two Iranian nationals were charged in Britain with preparing or assisting a terrorist attack against Manchester’s Jewish community. Police said the men had been in contact with an overseas third party who might be in Iran.
U.S. Energy Department employee Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy was arrested on charges of trying to provide material support to the Houthis. He faces up to 20 years in prison. He allegedly used his specialized expertise overseas to assist the Iranian-backed group.
Israeli legal scholar Cochav Elkayam-Levy said the period surrounding the third anniversary of October 7 is highly triggering for survivors. She said documenting the crimes moved public discussion from whether the crimes occurred to their consequences.
President Donald Trump warned that Iran would face a very hard response if investigators determine that Tehran was responsible for the attempted crash of the Israel-bound flydubai flight.
The G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel following pressure from Trump.
John Anthony Proia III was indicted on charges of cyberstalking a former Republican political adviser. He allegedly contacted her more than 40 times using multiple phone numbers and sent messages attacking her husband, whom he called a “Jewish Nazi” and “white supremacist.”
The European Jewish Congress commemorated the first anniversary of the Yom Kippur terrorist attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester. The attack killed Jewish worshipper Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, who was fatally struck by police gunfire while helping barricade the synagogue doors.
Israeli security forces killed Hamas sniper Tamer Hamaida in Khan Yunis. He had advanced plans to carry out shooting and other attacks against Israeli troops and civilians.
UAE official Anwar Gargash called the flydubai incident a dangerous terrorist act and praised captain Smit Machchhar for fighting back against the attacking copilot and enabling passengers and crew to intervene. The aircraft landed safely in Saudi Arabia with its passengers and crew.
Australian aviation expert Byron Bailey was cut off during a News24 interview while discussing the Islamic religious motive for the flydubai attack.
Three Israeli filmmakers released 'NAZA: The Real Story' as a direct counter-documentary to NAZA propaganda (by Hamas' Euro-Med's buddy Yuval). The film uses declassified IDF recordings, combat footage, captured intelligence, and interviews with intelligence officers and military commanders to rebut accusations of systematic Israeli military misconduct in Gaza. Withbreal udentified witnesses (unlike NAZA propaganda). It focuses on Hamas’s use of civilian areas, the operational restrictions created by hostages, and security risks surrounding humanitarian aid.
Israeli officials were preparing to question the co-pilot Al-Hammami in the flydubai attack.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said the investigation was examining whether the Islamist-radicalized copilot acted on behalf of another party. He said whoever sent the terrorist would pay.
An imam in Dearborn, Michigan, Usama Abdulghani, said in a video that the September 11 attacks were fabricated and called them a “big lie.” He urged congregants to research the attacks rather than accept the official account and encouraged them to embrace the supremacy of Islam. The discussion also connects his remarks to broader political and religious controversies in Dearborn, including demonstrations involving Hamas and Hezbollah, anti-American and anti-Israel chants, criticism of Israel by Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, and a lawsuit accusing the mayor’s administration of promoting Islam while treating Christian and Jewish holidays differently.
Saudi Arabia planned an assault against the Houthis to break their control over the Red Sea.
"Palestinian" activist Riyad Albustanji, imprisoned in Italy on accusations of financing Hamas, delivered a sermon from his high-security prison cell in Sardinia praising Gaza fighters. His language resembled terminology used by terrorist groups.
The United States was deploying three carrier groups and 20,000 troops to the Middle East ahead of new strikes against Iran.
Flydubai copilot Hamam al-Hammami had previously worked for Oman Air and was removed from flight training because of concerns about his extremist views. He later worked for Royal Air Maroc before joining flydubai. His social media activity included material threatening death and mutilation, videos showing Israeli aircraft, images of al-Qaeda figures, and content expressing opposition to humiliation and fear of death.
Two posts appeared on a LinkedIn account bearing al-Hammami’s name shortly after the flydubai incident. One showed cockpit footage, including Israeli El Al aircraft, and ended with images of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who carried out a deadly suicide bombing against U.S. personnel. Another showed an AI-generated image connecting Islam’s three holiest sites and accompanied a poem about rejecting humiliation, accepting death, and defending dignity. The same videos appeared on an Instagram account with the same name before it was deleted.
Al-Hammami studied aviation management through a three-year distance-learning course at Buckinghamshire New University and graduated in 2023.
Nearly 3,000 deleted tweets from 2021 and 2022 were analyzed using an AI-powered semantic search system.
A Hamas-backing professor is scheduled to speak at a liberal UC Berkeley event organized with a pro-palestinian student group on the eve of the October 7 anniversary.
A Wikipedia bigoted editor added a description of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) to Robert Kraft’s biography calling it an organization that “denied Israel’s genocide[sic] in Gaza” and linked the phrase to a page about Gaza genocide denial. The wording closely followed an Intercept article discussing Kraft’s donations to organizations. The description was later removed and replaced with information about a CAMERA donation marked as supporting the fight against antisemitism. A separate characterization of CAMERA as “right-wing” was also removed after concerns about editorializing and reliance on the Intercept’s framing. CAMERA’s chair said the edits reflected an effort by anti-Israel activists to use Wikipedia to promote the false “genocide” accusation. Wikipedia co-founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger have criticized the neutrality of Wikipedia’s Gaza genocide coverage. University of Haifa researcher Shlomit Lir said the wording was biased because it treated genocide as established fact and characterized those disputing it as deniers, creating parallels with the moral implications of Holocaust denial. She said the episode showed how contested terminology in biographical entries can promote an ideological position and discredit people for their philanthropic choices. Writer raises alarm at the attempt of treating debunking the "genocude" opinion as trying to compare it to denying true genocide of the Holocaust.
First line of Wikipedia Oct. 7 entry says Hamas terrorists came from ‘blockaded’ Gaza, seeming to justify attacks. (Islamic editor inserted it on Feb 22, 2026). “It’s yet another example of the Wikipedia editors’ anti-Israel bias,” Alyza Lewin of the Combat Antisemitism Movement told . The Wikipedia user who launched the formal discussion stated that “Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip is a defining feature of this topic and necessary context for a non-specialist reader” and that the highest-quality sources support using the word “blockaded” in a neutral voice in the opening sentence. The editor cited Rashid Khalidi, whom the editor called the “preeminent expert in modern Palestinian history,” to support using the term. Jonathan Schanzer, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has noted that Khalidi was a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization when the PLO was a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. Khalidi has denied that. The Wikipedia user compared saying Hamas came from a “blockaded” place to noting that the Warsaw Ghetto uprising opposed an oppressive regime. “We must not create an exception to obfuscate through omission here,” the person wrote.
Islamo-socialist Zohran Mamdani’s antisemitism plan is presented is in fact political warfare rather than Jewish protection. Concerns are raised about whether New York can protect Jews while maintaining their connection to Israel. Mamdani responded three times after Benjamin Netanyahu called him “the antisemitic mayor of New York” during a UN General Assembly speech.
Donald Trump mocked LGBTQ activists involved in the "pro-Palestinian" movement over the treatment of gay people in parts of the Middle East. At a campaign rally in Alabama, he referred to the movement as “Gays for Palestine,” said activists should be sent to negotiate in the region, and joked that they would not return because of what would happen to them.
Who checks the NGOs?
Former Human Rights Watch senior editor Danielle Haas discusses how reports are produced inside the organization and the broader human rights NGO sector. She describes last-minute reviews, limited spot-checking, internal pressure to adopt positions, ideological influences, and a lack of external scrutiny over published claims. She argues for independent reporting channels for staff, an external review board, and measurable standards for published claims. The discussion also covers Amnesty International’s dispute with J.K. Rowling, the Antoinette Lattouf case, internal political dynamics, donor influence, social media..
Israeli authorities were investigating how the Omani citizen was permitted to serve on a flight to Tel Aviv despite Israel’s aviation security measures. The UAE attorney general said the copilot attacked the other pilot with a crash axe and tried to take control of the plane, calling it a terrorist act. UAE authorities have jurisdiction because the aircraft is registered there and UAE law applies to crimes committed aboard its aircraft. Netanyahu said the suspect was interrogated in Saudi Arabia and that Israel would participate in the investigation.
- Oct 3, 2026:
The crew of the hijacked flydubai plane clashed with Israeli passengers who had subdued the co-pilot after he attacked the captain. Several crew members demanded that the restrained attacker be released, which made the Israeli passengers suspicious. The passengers refused, saying they wanted him alive so he could be investigated. They also gave him oxygen.
The Israeli passengers took control of the area around the cockpit, ordered the crew away from it, and had passengers escort crew members to seats farther back. Reserve pilots then took control of the aircraft. The crew subsequently cared for traumatized passengers by providing blankets and water. The crew was not accused of conspiring with the co-pilot.
The attack began when the co-pilot, an Omani national, attacked the Indian captain with a crash axe. The injured captain opened the cockpit door, allowing three Israeli passengers to overpower the attacker and restrain him. One of the passengers then stabilized the rapidly descending aircraft using techniques learned from a television program. The attacker cried for death after being restrained.
Passengers described the struggle as violent and chaotic. They fought the attacker while trying to determine whether he still had a weapon. They acted primarily to protect their families. One passenger said hearing his daughters crying that they did not want to die triggered him to fight.
The passengers experienced extreme physical and psychological stress during the incident. One described severe bruising and intense G-forces. Another believed he was going to die as the aircraft rapidly descended and thought about his family and the September 11 attacks. After landing safely in Saudi Arabia, passengers experienced panic attacks and emotional breakdowns. Some were unwilling to board another flydubai flight until they received confirmation that the pilots had been cleared.
The passengers viewed survival of everyone aboard as extraordinarily unlikely and attributed their survival to divine protection.
The flydubai co-pilot planned to kill the captain without attracting attention, continue along the scheduled route to Tel Aviv and crash the aircraft into skyscrapers. He attacked the captain with a crash axe, nearly severing his arm, manipulated the controls and cut both engines in an attempt to bring down the aircraft.
Israeli authorities considered the co-pilot a lone actor who attempted the attack on his own initiative rather than under orders from a terrorist organization. The plan was intended to happen quickly enough to prevent fighter jets from intervening. The captain ultimately opened the cockpit door, allowing passengers to restrain the attacker and take control of the aircraft.
The flydubai co-pilot intended to crash the aircraft in Israel. He had previously been flagged as a security risk.
Investigators found that the co-pilot underwent radicalization in Syria and posted extremist material online. During questioning, he admitted that he intended to crash the aircraft into a target in Israel, while investigators examined a possible to reach and open the cockpit door. Passengers immediately entered itself had suffered catastrophic damage. He then realized that the co-pilot was attacking him. Despite the co-pilot repeatedly trying to close the cockpit door, the captain managed to open it
The Indian captain told Netanyahu that the co-pilot asked to pray before striking him from behind. The captain suffered severe injuries and nearly lost his vision but fought to reach and open the cockpit door. Passengers immediately entered, subdued the attacker and took control of the aircraft.
The captain said he initially thought the aircraft itself had suffered catastrophic damage. He then realized that the co-pilot was attacking him. Despite the co-pilot repeatedly trying to close the cockpit door, the captain managed to open it and allow others to enter and take control.
Accused flydubai hijacker celebrated beating women, Sharia law in sickening social media posts: ‘Stomp on her head’
By Anthony Blair.
Al-Hammami touted violence against women and expressed hate for Jews 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.
Donald Trump praised Yaniv Hayoun, the Israeli plumber who helped subdue the hijacker and stabilize the aircraft, saying that Yaniv saved the flight and did an amazing job.
Israeli forces targeted the home of Mohammed al-Amudi, who was believed to be a successor to Yahya Sinwar and a potential next Hamas leader in Gaza. Israeli forces also killed two senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza City.
Iranian diplomats were expelled from the United States after ignoring an order to leave.
The 1929 Hebron massacre involved more than 3,000 armed Muslim men attacking the Jewish community of Hebron under British rule. They killed 67 Jewish men, women and children, wounded dozens, and subjected survivors to severe physical and sexual violence. Many of the victims knew their attackers as friends, neighbors, coworkers or landlords.
Jews made up about one-fifth of the population in Palestine at the time, and Jews and Muslims had lived together in Hebron for generations. The violence followed a disinformation campaign by Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin Al-H spread beyond Hebron. Hamas repeats the same accusation about Al-Aqsa and named its October 7 attack “The Al-Aqsa the attackers and suppression of the religious motivations behind the violence. The Arab press falsely said Jews had started the riots. The British later Jewish immigration and Jewish land purchases while imposing no equivalent limits on Arab immigration. Jewish land 1929 massacre challenges the view that the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict was caused by the establishment of Israel. The history of religious dominationusseini, who accused Jews of plotting to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque and rebuild the Jewish Temple.
The violence spread beyond Hebron. Hamas repeats the same accusation about Al-Aqsa and named its October 7 attack “The Al-Aqsa Flood.”
The aftermath of the 1929 massacre included denial of the atrocities, blaming Jewish victims, glorification of the attackers and suppression of the religious motivations behind the violence. The Arab press falsely said Jews had started the riots. The British later concluded that a peaceful Jewish demonstration at the Western Wall had helped spark the violence.
The British responded by restricting Jewish immigration and Jewish land purchases while imposing no equivalent limits on Arab immigration. Jewish land purchases were made from Arab landowners who sold the property for high prices.
The 1929 massacre challenges the view that the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict was caused by the establishment of Israel. The history of religious domination, disinformation and historical amnesia is presented as essential to understanding the conflict.
Emily Damari released previously unpublished photographs from her captivity in Gaza. She said her survival was a miracle and recalled being held in Gaza after her abduction on October 7, 2023. The photographs included images from Shifa Hospital showing her untreated injuries and the conditions surrounding her captivity.
Israeli forces eliminated two senior Islamic Jihad members near Gaza City after they worked to rebuild the organization's military capabilities in violation of the ceasefire.
Anger: TikTok removed a promotional video for a Kan documentary about Soroka Hospital on October 7, citing its misinformation rules. Kan requested that TikTok review the decision.
London police asked organizers of a planned pro-Palestinian student march to change its date or location because holding it on October 7 could cause distress to members of the Jewish community and increase the risk of clashes. Police said they did not currently have authority to stop the demonstration.
Four protesters detained near Kfar Tapuach in Samaria were transferred to the Population and Immigration Authority for a hearing on possible expulsion from Israel. They were detained over suspected public-order violations and entering a closed military zone.
The Misgav Regional Council told Galilee residents to remain at home and avoid traveling on roads during planned demonstrations in Sakhnin, Arraba and Deir Hanna. The restrictions coincided with Simchat Torah celebrations and prompted protests from local residents.
Israel faced strong international condemnation after October 7, including a large number of delegates leaving Netanyahu's United Nations speech. Israel's supporters continued backing its policies toward Iran and Iranian-backed terrorist groups despite the diplomatic isolation.
Extremist bigot Tucker Carlson claimed Britain had no reason to enter World War II and said the idea that Hitler randomly invaded Poland was false. He emphasized Hitler's repeated statements that he did not want war with Britain.
Israel's Supreme Court overturned a decision to disqualify Arab political parties.
Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh, who had praised Hamas's October 7 attack, withdrew his candidacy for the upcoming election.
Confrontation between Irish soccer officials and Israeli journalists ended Ireland's pre-match press conference early. An Israeli journalist asked about accusations that racist Irish players had called Israeli players “monkeys” and raised the attempted hijacking of the flydubai aircraft. Why would he support such ideology willing to massacre 170.
An Irish press officer said questions on thosembands during its match against Ireland in memory of people murdered on October 7. The decision came amid severe tensions between the Israeli and Irish football associations.
(Historic IRA-PLO alliance plus deep antisemitism is at the root of Israelophobia in Ireland as a whole.
'IRA-PLO cooperation: A long, cozy relationship. The Jerusalem Post. Apr 7, 2009 — IRA-PLO cooperation: A long, cozy relationship Israel is continually delegitimized and demonized in Republican demonstrations and publications.' [1]
Typically antisemites at an Irish bar explained its Pro-Palestine because of Jew hatred:
'Watch: Anti-Semitic tirade at Irish bar. Israel National News. Apr 16, 2019 — An anti-Semitic tirade in a Northern Ireland bar filmed by Jewish director and author Tuvia Tenenbom is being investigated by police.' [2])
UEFA approved Israel's request for its national soccer team to wear black armbands during its match against Ireland in memory of people murdered on October 7. The decision came amid severe tensions between the Israeli and Irish football associations and calls from Irish sports figures to boycott the matches over the Israel-Hamas war.
Israeli troops detained 50 Arab Palestinian terrorists in Judea and Samaria during counterterror operations. They also confiscated weapons, drones and other military equipment.
Avi Marciano released a recording of his daughter Noa Marciano from her captivity in Gaza. The recording was made four days after her abduction; Noa was later murdered in Gaza.
Yemeni forces aligned with the internationally recognized government carried out strikes against Houthi positions in Sanaa and other areas as the conflict intensified. The forces targeted what they called vital targets.
Israel's official list of security personnel killed since October 7 reached 1,318. The total includes members of the military, police, Shin Bet, Prison Service, Fire and Rescue Authority, civilian security coordinators and civilian rapid-response squads. Terror attacks also killed 1,029 civilians and wounded tens of thousands.
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The Flydubai hijacker planned to kill the pilot without attracting attention, continue toward Tel Aviv, and crash the aircraft into skyscrapers. The plan was intended to happen quickly enough to prevent fighter jets from intervening. He attacked the captain with an emergency crash axe and then tried to crash the plane by manipulating the controls and cutting both engines, but the captain and passengers overpowered him and secured the aircraft.
While studying aviation at Buckinghamshire New University, Hamam al-Hammami made social-media posts advocating violence against women and severe religious punishments. He said women should be “stomped on” and praised the idea of giving a woman a “pre-emptive slap.” He also appeared to praise Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Hammami studied aviation management remotely from Muscat and graduated in 2023. On the day of the Flydubai attack, the Home Office suspended the university’s licence to sponsor international students over concerns about its compliance with sponsorship duties.
Hammam al-Hammami expressed hatred toward Jews and gay people and promoted violence against women in social-media posts made while studying aviation management remotely at Buckinghamshire New University. One post threatened a woman with violence, including stomping on her head and using her as an example to others. The posts were identified through an examination of more than 2,000 posts from an account believed to belong to him.
An eastern Jerusalem Arab resident in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of killing a woman in a hit-and-run in Rehavia. The suspect allegedly struck the pedestrian with a truck and fled. Police quickly found the vehicle and detained him. Traffic investigators continued examining the circumstances, and the suspect was taken for questioning.
Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon’s Muslim social media campaign manager Sara Mahmoud had a social media history containing calls for “white Jews” to die. Her social media name included “intifada,” referring to a Muslim terrorist campaign, and her posts expressed homicidal hatred. The Democratic Socialists of America is normalizing calls for killing Jews
Israel’s public broadcaster Kan is producing a documentary about the Flydubai attack. Eyal Datz, who was a passenger on the flight with his father, is directing the film. It will include passenger testimony, previously unreleased footage from the aircraft and from the passengers’ time in Saudi Arabia, and new details about the incident.
UEFA approved the Israel Football Association’s request for the Israeli national team to wear black armbands during its match against Ireland to honor people killed in the October 7 massacre. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with the Israeli players wearing the armbands.
Israeli police arrested the principal of a Palestinian school in al-Eizariya after finding materials that supported and glorified terrorism. Officers removed signs featuring Yasser Arafat and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, along with a map of Israel marked with areas identified as “occupation zones” and images of Israeli security forces. When asked who the people in the photographs were, the principal, a woman in her 50s, answered, “Heroes of Palestine.”
Police raided a school near Ma’ale Adumim after receiving intelligence about incitement materials. They found posters of Yahya Sinwar and Yasser Arafat alongside other materials promoting incitement. The principal told officers that Sinwar and Arafat were heroes of Palestine and was arrested at the scene.
German intelligence warned that Islamist and extremist groups were gaining influence within parts of the pro-Palestinian movement. The groups were using protests connected to Gaza to spread propaganda and expand their networks.
Rahm Emanuel said the Democratic Party needs a fundamental change in its policy toward Israel because the current approach is unsustainable. He said the United States should maintain its alliance with Israel while changing the dynamics and structure of the relationship. He opposed entering another war in the Middle East. On the question of whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute so-called genocide (peddled by el Sayed), he slamned the question by NBC's Kristen Welker:
"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."
Passengers aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 experienced an approximately 16,000-foot plunge over about 30 seconds, producing intense physical forces comparable to a very steep roller coaster. The sudden dive created negative G-forces that could lift unrestrained passengers from their seats. The autopilot was disconnected and the aircraft rapidly accelerated before the plunge. Passengers overpowered the co-pilot after he attacked the captain, and reserve crew members aboard the aircraft leveled the plane and landed it safely. The aircraft endured forces far beyond its normal design expectations without suffering a catastrophic structural failure. Investigators are also examining Hammami’s background, including his aviation training in Morocco and his previous studies in Australia.
The Iranian Army is working to increase the range and speed of its missiles.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar congratulated Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs after Kulbergs’s United List won Latvia’s parliamentary election. Sa’ar said he looked forward to continued cooperation between Israel and Latvia.
An Israeli passenger named Tal reconstructed the Flydubai attack and the events that followed. During the incident, there was nobody in the cockpit, and Tal had to shake the pilots to wake them. After passengers regained control of the aircraft, they placed an Israeli guard with every crew member. Tal later reviewed footage from inside the aircraft while recounting the sequence of events.
Hammam al-Hammami researched airlines operating routes to Tel Aviv before choosing Flydubai for the planned attack. He said he had planned the operation before being hired by the airline and wanted to crash the aircraft into Ben-Gurion Airport. He had frequently visited Ben-Gurion Airport as part of his work as a pilot, including a visit around July that was used to gather information and prepare for the attack.
Israeli officials said Hammami planned to strike the Ben-Gurion Airport terminal during landing and chose Flydubai because it operated flights to Tel Aviv. The planned attack raised questions about how many people could have been killed at the airport.
Green party UK.
After increasingly being impacted by Islamic bigots' influence post Oct 7: Green Party members in England and Wales passed a hardline “Zionism is racism[sic]” motion and rejected an amendment intended to protect Jewish members who attend Zionist synagogues and other organizations. The motion defines Zionism as support for an ethno-nationalist Jewish state and commits the party to a single democratic Palestinian state throughout historic Palestine. The amendment protecting Jewish members from accusations of racism was defeated. The decision shifts the party away from its previous position that Israelis and Palestinians should determine a peaceful solution themselves and establishes an explicitly anti-Zionist party position.
The Green Party faced an internal conflict over Zionism as members prepared to vote on defining Zionism as a racist[sic] ideology. Vivien Lichtenstein, chairman of the Jewish Greens, warned about anti-Zionist activists entering the party to influence its policies. Party members on opposing sides of the dispute expressed sharply different views, including calls for Zionists to change their positions or leave the party. Zack Polanski faced accusations of antisemitism within the party before the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
The UK Green Party adopted a motion defining Zionism as racism, becoming Europe’s first mainstream anti-Zionist party.
Outside the UK Parliament, World Zionist Organization delegation head Matan Bar Noy tore up the Green Party’s resolution defining Zionism as racism. He invoked Chaim Herzog’s 1975 protest against the United Nations resolution equating Zionism with racism.
A march commemorating the 1936 fight against fascists in Jewish east London was disrupted by antisemitic chants. Some protesters used slogans excluding Zionists and called for people to “go back home.” The march included the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Jewish groups sought to reclaim their place in the history being commemorated.
Nicole Lampert describes the Green Party’s adoption of the “Zionism is racism[sic]” motion as open antisemitism and hostility toward Jewish self-determination. She argues that the party’s support for a single Palestinian state amounts to opposition to Israel’s continued existence and says the party is applying people’s national liberation movement and the basis for their right to a state and national home in the Land of Israel. Other responses say British Jews should not have to reject Jewish self-determination to avoid being labeled racist and warn that the Green Party’s decision the Green Party as openly anti-Jewish because it adopted the “Zionism is racism[sic]” motion and formally embraced an anti-Zionist position.
Isaac Herzog says the “Zionism is racism[sic]” accusation is an antisemitic lie that endangers Jews and Israelis. He defines Zionism as the Jewish people’s national liberation movement and the basis for their right to a state and national home in the Land of Israel. Other responses say British Jews should not have to reject Jewish self-determination to avoid being labeled racist and warn that the Green Party’s decision threatens Jewish people and religious freedom. The Labour Against Antisemitism statements specifically criticize the rejection of protections for Jewish members who attend Zionist religious institutions.
Brendan O’Neill describes the Green Party as openly anti-Jewish because it adopted the “Zionism is racism[sic]” motion and formally embraced an anti-Zionist position. He focuses especially on the rejection of an amendment protecting Jewish Greens who attend Zionist synagogues and community institutions. He argues that the decision permits discrimination against Jewish members based on their religious affiliations and represents an unprecedented hostility toward Jewish national self-determination. He alobartes that it's not just against Israel.
Micha Danzig reminds that labeling Israel’s actions in Gaza “genocide” carries serious consequences for Jews worldwide. He contrasts the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the Khmer Rouge killings with Israel’s provision of vaccinations, food aid, evacuation corridors, leaflets, and warnings to civilians. Slamming Abdul El-Sayed’s statement (appearing as a vibe) that the power of the word genocide lies in naming it before the crime becomes that severe as treating the term as useful regardless of whether it is accurate. He also challenges the reported Gaza death toll by noting that Hamas’s Health Ministry does not distinguish combatants from civilians and has included natural deaths, and that demands to end the war rarely include Hamas surrendering and returning the hostages.
NBC's Kristen Welker repeatedly pressed Rahm Emanuel to endorse (Islamic bigot) Abdul El-Sayed after Emanuel discussed the meaning of genocide and distinguished Gaza from historical genocides. Emanuel initially said he was traveling to Michigan to support gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson rather than El-Sayed. After five rounds of questioning, he endorsed El-Sayed, citing the need to restore Democratic control of the Supreme Court. The exchange is presented as an example of elite media pressure to obtain political conformity during a pivotal election.
Honest Reporting says asking Mahmoud Khalel whether he condemns Hamas is not a trivial question and adds that refusing to condemn the October 7 massacre undermines confidence that his vision of a free Palestine includes peaceful coexistence between Jews and Palestinians.
A commentator criticizes musician Zach Bryan for wearing a “Free Palestine” shirt and portrays the slogan as support for an anti-Western movement. [[[TMZ]] explained on Oct 5, that Robert Kraft made a point specifically against Macklemore because ifvhis Abrusenituc history. That Kraft has been very active against antisemitism, with ADL etc.].
A social-media post accuses antisemitic Ana Kasparian of blaming Israel for Islamic riots in France. It says the rioters are predominantly North Africans and attributes the unrest to Muslims rather than the wars in the Middle East, while accusing Kasparian of directing attention toward Israel and away from Muslim responsibility.
Nirit Shalev-Khalifa and the Yad Ben-Zvi team are preserving thousands of objects from communities near Gaza that were devastated during the Hamas massacre. The objects are being preserved as historical testimony for future generations.
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The IDF says it killed Saqr Nabil Musa Qaisi, whom it identifies as a Hamas Nukhba Force terrorist who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 massacre. The IDF also identifies him as a director of the Turkish humanitarian organization Deniz Feneri and says he used his position to employ Hamas operatives and provide financial support to Hamas. The military says the organization maintains ties with senior Hamas figures.
Israel’s foreign minister says the Abraham Accords will not be damaged by the flydubai attack.
Israel lowered its flags to half-staff and began national commemorations honoring soldiers and civilians killed during the October 7, 2023 attack. The memorial observances mark the victims and the national trauma caused by the assault.
Israel’s foreign minister barred British Green Party leader radical Zack Polanski from entering Israel after the party adopted its anti-Zionist resolution.
Nigel Farage told Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar that a future Reform UK government would reverse measures taken by the Labour government. Sa’ar said this after speaking with Farage.
The Community Security Trust (CST) warned that British Jews continue to face terrorist threats after two men were charged over a plot targeting Manchester’s Jewish community.
Netanyahu ordered a security review of foreign flights to Israel. [Following the attempted jihadi terror on Flydubai Sep. 30].
Gideon Sa’ar congratulated Milorad Dodik, Željka Cvijanović, and the SNSD after the party’s strong showing in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s general election.
Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man who filmed himself dumping sewage into streams in Judea and Samaria and said he was doing so to harm Israeli residents and Israeli territory. Three Palestinian Arabs were arrested in related operations on suspicion of pollution, weapons possession, and terrorism offenses. The suspect also posted videos boasting about the sewage dumping and expressed pride in the actions.
Military Intelligence Directorate chief Shlomi Binder told the Cabinet that 4,000 of the 6,000 terrorists who participated in the [Oct 7 War|October 7]] massacre have been eliminated. The search for the remaining terrorists continues.
Former hostage Romi Gonen released footage showing her abduction and described the experience as remaining with her in her dreams, from waking in the morning through going to sleep at night.
Israel’s police chief mourned the 72 police officers killed since October 7.
Former senior Shin Bet official Micha Kobi discussed intelligence available before the Hamas attack and the decisions made within the security establishment. He said the Shin Bet knew about Hamas exercises involving the capture of military divisions and Israeli communities, including exercises using Hebrew signs. He described the intelligence as containing information about Hamas’s preparations, timing, and other details but dusnissed them in 'concepzia' (- a term which describes the before/after Oct 7 assumptions/conclusions). Kobi also criticized the failure to act decisively on the intelligence and recalled the brutality of the October 7 attack.
The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem brought Christian visitors to Judea and Samaria during Sukkot and promoted purchases from local businesses as part of a campaign opposing anti-Israel boycotts.
UK Jewish groups warned the Green Party’s “Zionism is racism[sic]” motion encourages hatred amid a series of attacks on the Jewish community. The British government and other political parties condemned the policy, while at least three of the Green Party’s five MPs opposed it. [Green Party also became heavily Muslim baked post Oct 7th].
An Arab-Palestinian terrorist set fire to a vehicle at Hananya Farm in the Binyamin region of Samaria and threatened residents with a knife. Police neutralized the attacker, and the incident ended without casualties. Video footage showed the attack and the subsequent pursuit.
Abdullah Albadri, a Kuwaiti Arab who attempted to breach the perimeter of Israel’s embassy in London while carrying two knives and a “martyrdom note,” received a life sentence.
Urban warfare expert John Spencer sharply criticized the propaganda NAZA, that it's worse than Hamas propaganda. He focused on its statement that Israel had killed more than 73,000 Palestinians in Gaza, reminding that the figure attributed every Gaza death since October 7 to Israel and exceeded the number provided by Hamas. In fact, Hamas has also killed Gazans, fighting has occurred between Hamas and anti-Hamas clans, and rockets fired from Gaza have fallen inside Gaza. Hamas reporting has included natural deaths and argued that it is false to attribute every death in Gaza to Israel. He said the casualty figure was one of numerous problems in the documentary and plans a more extensive analysis.
The IDF arrested a Palestinian weapons traffickers in Nablus and killed a would-be infiltrator in southern Syria. The military also announced an intelligence overhaul. Middle Eastern crude oil exports have exceeded prewar levels, while the United States withdrew all bombers from RAF Fairford after an alleged Iranian plot threatened the base.
A Jerusalem mural honors brothers Ori and Hersh (sports rivals and brothers in captivity), who were held captive.
Poland’s chargé d’affaires demanded that extremist, bigoted Tucker Carlson retract and apologize for statements about the outbreak of World War II. He objected to Carlson’s statement that Hitler had justified Germany’s invasion of Poland by pointing to German territory and Germans in Poland, and to Carlson’s statement that Britain had nothing to do with the outbreak of the war. The letter states that Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland was a planned war of aggression aimed at destroying the Polish state and population and that Hitler and Stalin collaborated on the partition of Poland through the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. It emphasizes the destruction caused by Nazi Germany and demands that Carlson retract what the letter calls false statements and apologize for insulting the victims of Nazism and those who fought against it.
New documentaries mourn all that was lost on October 7.
The article highlights documentaries examining the October 7 attacks, focusing on victims, survivors, and the human loss experienced by Israelis.
Marking the third anniversary of October 7, 2023, remembering those killed and the hostages taken by Hamas. The post emphasizes remembrance of the victims and concludes with “Am Yisrael Chai” and the hashtag #UNFORGO7TEN.
The recent attempted hijacking [Flydubai, Sep/30) could have become another 9/11-style attack in Israel, with children and other passengers potentially carrying psychological trauma for years. It also says Jews and Israelis are being targeted for murder weekly and criticizes Have I Got News For You for its response.
Post highlights an article by Greg Sheridan in 'The Australian' addressing antisemitism, describing its central message as the idea that antisemitism represents a profound societal failure.
Following Chris Murphey's interview, post criticizes Qatar-linked programs and institutions at Georgetown and Northwestern, focusing on statements and events concerning antisemitism, October 7, Hamas, Zionism, and the Israel-Hamas war. It points to comments about antisemitism, the October 7 attack and sexual violence, criticism of Israeli policies, and the hosting of extremistbl Norman Finkelstein. The post concludes by characterizing these practices as contrary to American values and connecting them to the Muslim Brotherhood and Qatar.
Post focuses on October 7 commemorations and campus activism. It says some pro-Palestinian groups use the date while presenting the events primarily through the subsequent Gaza war, with references to genocide, martyrs, and resistance rather than Hamas, the Israeli victims, or the hostages. It describes this as an effort to redefine the meaning of October 7 and says the Combat Antisemitism Movement is tracking related events and organizers.
NGOmonitor describes a fundraising setback for Palestine Action. It says the group previously raised more than £300,000 through CrowdJustice to challenge the UK's ban on it, while CrowdJustice subsequently declined to host another fundraiser after Stripe said it could not process donations benefiting the group.
A lawsuit involving a New York City teacher. The post says the lawsuit describes the teacher praising Yahya Sinwar in a Park Slope Food Coop group chat and quotes the phrase “Long live Yahya Al-Sinwar.”
HonestReporting — October 5, 2026.
Criticizes a CNN Turkish affiliate report concerning student riots in France. The post says the broadcast attributed Israel's ability to influence events in France to “Jewish lobbies,” economic power, and intelligence capabilities, and argues that this framing presents a conspiracy theory about Jewish influence under the CNN brand.
Ed Miliband’s silence on the crimes of Palestinians speaks volumes.
The article criticizes UK politician Ed Miliband is slammed for lack of acknowledgment of Palestinian crimes and attacks against Israelis.
Mosque praised by Andy Burnham held funeral for Taliban terrorist.
The report examines a Manchester mosque's connection to the funeral of a Taliban figure and questions its previous public praise from Andy Burnham.
Mamdani’s plan to supposedly fight antisemitism includes increased funds for anti-Israel group.
The New York Post reports on Zohran Mamdani’s proposed antisemitism initiative and controversy surrounding funding for an organization criticized for its anti-Israel positions.
Video shows Abdul El-Sayed stating he has dual citizenship in Egypt and US.
The Free Beacon reports on video in which Abdul El-Sayed discusses holding Egyptian and U.S. citizenship, presenting the issue as relevant to his political background.
Sadly: Hundreds of anti-Israel protests planned around October 7 anniversary worldwide.
The Times of Israel reports on demonstrations planned internationally around the October 7 anniversary, including protests critical of Israel.
Jewish Australians prepare to mark October 7 anniversary as pro-Palestinian vigils are planned.
The article describes Jewish Australians preparing commemorations while pro-Palestinian events are planned for the same day, generating controversy and backlash.
ASA Chicago, Zionism, America, PFLP, ICE, Gaza and Palestinian terror.
The article examines controversy surrounding an American Studies Association event involving anti-Israel activism and the terrorist PFLP.
Jewish kids fleeing public schools amid growing antisemitism.
The New York Post reports on Jewish families moving children out of public schools because of concerns about antisemitism, including allegations involving a teacher sympathetic to Hamas.
Scottish teacher reported to police after appearing in video urging children to play ‘Zio’ game.
The Jewish Chronicle reports on a Scottish teacher who allegedly appeared in a video encouraging children to play an antisemitic game, prompting a police report. "Zio" is known as a slur.
Nika Soon-Shiong and the LA Times Israeli advert controversy
The article reports on Nika Soon-Shiong criticizing the Los Angeles Times --owned by father-- over an Israeli tourism advertisement and the controversy that followed.
Amb. Kaploun: More Latin American countries plan to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism.
Jewish Insider reports that additional Latin American countries are considering adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.
TMZ founder Harvey Levin explained that Robert Kraft opposed Macklemore’s antisemitic history, not expressions of support for (Arab) "Palestinians". Kraft has been involved in combating hate and supporting the Anti-Defamation League, and he took a stand against antisemitism.
Selma Blair announced that she is making a documentary about antisemitism called “Hineni,” meaning “Here I am.” She said the film grew out of her experience of being erased and facing fallout in Hollywood after comments following the October 7 Hamas attacks. The documentary will examine antisemitism, Israel, and disagreements over the conflict, including perspectives that differ from Blair’s. It will include filming in Israel to show why the land is personally significant to Jewish people.
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Tucker Carlson’s outrageous utterness in interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg over World War II, Britain’s decision to fight Hitler, and whether Britain could have remained outside the war - continue to get backlash. Victor Davis Hanson: "Tucker Carlson’s Rewriting of WWII History Is Dangerous." And "Almost everything Carlson said in the interview was false."
New intelligence uncovered an Iranian plan to use drones to attack 12 B-1 bombers and hundreds of US personnel at RAF Fairford. The B-1 bombers were abruptly withdrawn from Britain and returned to the United States.
Bigoted SJP Students for Justice in Palestine at Columbia University is organizing a rally supporting Hamas to commemorate October 7. The event includes the Arabic phrases “Glory to the martyrs” and “resistance until victory.”
Students at Birzeit University in Ramallah held a rally after the IDF demolished a martyrs’ monument on campus. The students rebuilt the monument with a whiteboard and placed wreaths of flowers at the site.
Twelve tankers were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz within a single week.
Israel’s National Security Council issued a travel warning about an increased terror threat around the October 7 anniversary. Israelis in Israel and abroad were survivors continue to honor Capt. Elay Adany, a Maglan commander who gave his life while rescuing them during the October 7 Hamas massacre. His final actions remain central to the families of those was no concrete intelligence indicating that such an attack was being planned. Sources close to Katz said his position was based on an IDF presentation about preparing for extreme scenarios. Katz argued that October 7 itself was an extreme scenario and warned of a heightened risk of copycat attacks inspired by the massacre and urged to remain vigilant.
The National Security Council warned of an increased risk of attacks against Israelis and Jews abroad around the third anniversary of the massacre and called for heightened vigilance.
August Hanning, who headed Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service until 2005, is suspected of acting as an agent for a foreign intelligence service.
A Biden administration envoy said there was no warning before the October 7 massacre.
Hate crimes and Islamic mayor Mamdani: Jewish New Yorkers were the targets of 53% of hate crimes recorded in New York City so far that year. The NYPD chief called the figure deeply concerning.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that 4,000 of the 6,000 Gazans who entered Israel on October 7, 2023, had been eliminated. He vowed to eliminate the remaining 2,000.
Families of Kfar Aza survivors continue to honor Capt. Elay Adany, a Maglan commander who gave his life while rescuing them during the October 7 Hamas led massacre. His final actions remain central to the families of those he saved.
A seventh man was arrested in a British terrorism investigation involving an incident at an air force base.
TikTok removed 45,000 election-related videos because of an Iran-linked influence network.
Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of Israel’s Druze community, warned Israel against making a deal with the Syrian regime. He compared crimes committed by Damascus with the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023.
Paris banned an October 7 protest because of security concerns.
Biden aide Brett McGurk said Washington had received no warning before October 7\. He described how the war affected the White House and recounted a meeting with hostage families in which a woman learned during the meeting that her loved one had been confirmed dead.
Isr. Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened an all-out war against the Palestinian Authority based on the possibility that PA security forces could turn their weapons against Israel. IDF sources said there was no concrete intelligence indicating that such an attack was being planned. Sources close to Katz said his position was based on an IDF presentation about preparing for extreme scenarios. Katz argued that October 7 itself was an extreme scenario and that the military had previously failed to take such possibilities seriously enough.
European Parliament member Arab-Palestinian born Rima Hassan removed an Israeli flag from an exhibition commemorating the victims of October 7. The European Union flag attached to the same stand also fell when the stand became unbalanced. Hassan said neither flag was stepped on or damaged. She confronted Israeli artist Yaron Bob, accused the exhibition of presenting a one-sided account of the October 7 atrocities, and said officials, the Israeli foreign minister, and the European Jewish Congress also condemned the incident. Hassan defended removing the Israeli flag, objected to its presence in the EU Parliament loss of her daily allowance. She has repeatedly attracted controversy for anti-Israel activism and has faced investigations in France involving accusations of three years since October 7. Hundreds of participants, ambassadors, and senior diplomats attended. Eliya Cohen and Ziv Abud shared their experiences from the Nova music festival massacre. Cohen was abducted to Gaza and held captive by “Israel doesn’t exist” after he identified himself as Israeli.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola condemned Hassan’s actions and said the Parliament must be a safe place for Europe’s Jewish community. Other European officials, the Israeli foreign minister, and the European Jewish Congress also condemned the incident. Hassan defended removing the Israeli flag, objected to its presence in the EU Parliament, and compared it to displaying a Russian flag during Russia’s war against Ukraine. She accused Metsola of making factually false statements.
Hassan could face parliamentary disciplinary measures, including a reprimand, temporary suspension, or loss of her daily allowance. She has repeatedly attracted controversy for anti-Israel activism and has faced investigations in France involving accusations of promoting hateful speech and supporting terrorism. She was previously expelled from Israel after being arrested while attempting to reach Gaza aboard the vessel Madleen.
Hamas captivity survivor Avinatan Or revealed that a terrorist gave him a message shortly before his release promising another October 7. Or described the terrorist’s message and his own response.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered US and Texas flags lowered to half-staff to honor victims of the October 7 Hamas massacre.
Israel’s Mission to the United Nations held an event at UN headquarters in New York marking three years since October 7. Hundreds of participants, ambassadors, and senior diplomats attended. Eliya Cohen and Ziv Abud shared their experiences from the Nova music festival massacre. Cohen was abducted to Gaza and held captive by Hamas for 505 days, while Abud survived and worked to secure Cohen’s release. Cohen learned only after returning from captivity that Abud had survived.
One thousand Christian leaders arrived in Israel for the Friends of Zion summit.
US Central Command denied Iranian reports that a US Navy helicopter had been shot down in the Red Sea.
Satellite imagery showed increased activity at a secret Iranian nuclear site that Israel struck in March. The imagery showed increased traffic and continuing earthmoving activity at the facility.
Pro-Palestine, pro-Hamas, and “resistance” groups in the United States, Canada, and Australia planned events celebrating and commemorating the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks and honoring Hamas “martyrs.”
Haverford College president Lori Lowenthal Raymond expressed anger over antisemitism after associate professor Guangtian Ha was arrested for online harassment and intimidation of a Jewish Israeli professor. The arrest was described as connecting verbal harassment of Jews with actionable violence.
Italy expelled two [apparent Muslim] men accused of assaulting a rabbi in Milan. The men were accused of joining a third suspect in approaching and surrounding the rabbi at a bus stop, mocking him by taking his hat, and kicking him from behind after he began recording. Police identified all three suspects. One was arrested and ordered to report to authorities twice a week, and all three were barred from Milan for one year. The arrested suspect is due to face charges of propaganda and incitement to racial hatred.
The CIA gave Israel a list of five to ten senior Iranian officials who should not be targeted for assassination. Washington considers these officials potential key figures in a future Iranian government.
Brazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff after Flavio Bolsonaro defeated Lula da Silva in the first round by several million votes. Bolsonaro’s victory places Brazil at the center of a broader political shift in Latin America that could strengthen ties with Israel.
PIJ Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziad al-Nakhala said more than 2,000 Al-Quds Brigades operatives were killed during the war in Gaza, along with dozens in the West Bank and more than 80 in Lebanon and Syria while fighting alongside Hezbollah. Israeli strikes also targeted Islamic Jihad headquarters in Syria and Lebanon.
United Airlines Islamic bigot pilot Ibrahim Mossallam, who praised Hamas’s October 7 attack as "resistance" and said it was not unprovoked, continues flying for United Airlines. He was temporarily removed from flying duties after his statements caused outrage but later returned to the cockpit. The pilots’ union blocked his firing.
French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated the October 7 attacks, saying Hamas’s terrorist attacks killed more than 1,200 people, including 51 French citizens. He expressed solidarity with Israel and the bereaved families and said the victims’ names and faces would not be forgotten.
A ranch owner in Binyamin shot a jihadist and stopped an arson attack.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered U.S. and Texas flags lowered to half-staff to honor victims of the October 7 massacre.
A 20-year-old shepherd near Sebastia was struck in the head by an Arab'sconcrete block thrown near the Brit Avraham ranch and was hospitalized in moderate condition.
U.S. senators and state legislators from six states toured new settlements in the Shomron. They pledged legislation recognizing Judea and Samaria and opposing BDS. Yossi Dagan said support for the Shomron crosses party lines in America.
IDF forces from the Northern Brigade and Division 99 destroyed a 1.5-kilometer tunnel east of the expanded Yellow Line in Gaza.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog marked the third anniversary of the Hamas attack by lighting a memorial candle at 6:29 a.m., the time the terror invasion began.
Israel marked the October 7 anniversary at the United Nations and emphasized that the events could never be erased.
Paris dedicated a path in Parc Monceau to Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel and Kfir. The family was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz and the children were murdered in Hamas captivity. Shiri and her sons were commemorated in Paris three years after the October 7 massacre.
Anat Meir is raising her three-year-old son Shaked after the death of her husband David. She is building a life for herself and her son while living with the consequences of his death.
Three years after October 7, Israel is still dealing with the consequences of the massacre. The hostages are home and a ceasefire is in place, but the questions left by the massacre remain unresolved.
Israeli singer Mor Revivo honored her close friend and stylist Amit Buskila, who was murdered while fleeing the Nova festival and whose body was taken to Gaza.
U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee emphasized shared values between Israel and the United States in opposition to shared enemies.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged that Germany would stand firmly with Israel, defend its right to exist, and fight antisemitism.
London Islamic Mayor Sadiq Khan’s October 7 statement mourned the victims while criticizing Israel’s government.
Former hostage Yosef Haim Ohana, who spent 738 days in Gaza, released footage showing the first moments of his abduction and discussed his captivity, survival, and efforts to regain control of his life.
Yarden Bibas shared a message dedicated to his wife Shiri and sons Ariel and Kfir, who were abducted from Nir Oz.
Former Hamas hostage Luis Har was freed from Gaza captivity in an Israeli military operation 129 days after his abduction during the October 7 massacre. He said that being alive was the most important thing in the world.
Israel’s Compensation Fund processed 1.17 million claims totaling $12.5 billion for direct property damage and indirect business losses resulting from the war.
An Arab terror rock attack in Samaria left a 25-year-old man moderately injured and four others lightly injured.
Six heroes of a Dubai flight are set to receive a Presidential Award.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Iran is an untrustworthy negotiating partner and said some Iranians justify deceiving non-Muslims as part of their religion. [Taqiyya].
Flavio Bolsonaro pledged to restore Brazil’s ties with Israel, move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem, and visit Israel early in his term if elected.
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Orphans of October 7 described recovery as a continuing process three years after the massacre.
Ordinary Israeli women faced extraordinary circumstances on October 7 as thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel from Gaza with the purpose of killing and kidnapping as many people as possible.
Jew-hating radicals are celebrating the horrors of October 7 and organizing parades celebrating the attacks. (Especially noticeable. SJP).
Gal-Hed is a project commemorating those killed in the Swords of Iron war. It allows people to learn about their personal stories, share them, and contribute their own memories.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio commemorated the October 7 massacre and reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to defending civilization.
House Speaker Mike Johnson commemorated October 7, described the attack as the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and said Hamas terrorists funded by Iran raped, mutilated, and murdered more than 1,200 people and kidnapped 251.
Isaac Herzog met with more than 1,000 Christian leaders and influencers from 117 countries who came to Jerusalem for a Friends of Zion summit. He thanked them for their support of Israel.
The IDF chief said the military must always remain prepared for a surprise war.
Israeli, American, and Jewish officials condemned New York City Mayor, Islamic bigot Zohran Mamdani’s October 7 statement for turning the (genocidal Islamic) massacres into an attack on Israel.
Iran sent Hezbollah $200 million despite U.S. pressure.
B’nai Brith Canada called on government and college leaders to investigate groups promoting extremism on the October 7 anniversary.
Thousands demonstrated in London, and Israeli Arab activist Yoseph Haddad confronted the demonstrators.
San Diego adopted an official definition of Islamophobia --vlby Islamist lobby CAIR-- that raised concerns that criticism of terrorism could be treated as "Islamophobic."
More than 75 retired U.S. generals, admirals, and military lawyers rejected the "genocide" regarding Gaza. They said genocide requires intent to destroy a protected national, ethnic, racial, or religious group and that Israel neither intended to destroy Palestinians as a group nor did so. They said civilian deaths during combat do not by themselves establish genocidal intent.
The retired military leaders said Israeli forces used extensive measures to reduce civilian casualties, including warnings, evacuation instructions, protected corridors, tactical pauses, and legal review of targets. They also cited Israeli provision of food, medical supplies, baby food, desalinated water, vaccinations, and medical evacuations as evidence of efforts to protect civilians.
The signatories said inflammatory statements by Israeli political officials should be condemned but do not demonstrate the conduct of IDF operations when those officials are not involved in military decision-making. They warned that distorting the laws of war to make false genocide charges could affect the conditions under which American forces fight in the future.
Haverford College canceled a Young Democratic Socialists of America October 7 “art campaign in solidarity with Palestine” after a professor was arrested for antisemitic cyberstalking. The college president said the timing of the event caused serious concern among members of the community. Student organizers declined to move the event to another date.
London police arrested five masked anti-Israel protesters outside the Board of Deputies of British Jews for inciting racial hatred. The protesters chanted about “intifada” and harassed neighbors.
Rabbi Kalmanson recited Kaddish at an October 7 memorial for national unity.
Donald Trump marked the third anniversary of October 7 and said it would never be forgotten.
The FBI arrested 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud for plotting a mass shooting at the Mall of America in the name of ISIS. He obtained an AK-47, ammunition, and magazines from an undercover FBI agent and planned to kill 30 to 60 people at the mall. He was charged with knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition to commit an act of terrorism.
Mohamud discussed traveling overseas to fight for al-Shabaab and later said he wanted to join ISIS. He also expressed support for a terrorist who killed 14 people by driving a truck into a crowd in New Orleans. He planned the Mall of America attack for an event scheduled for October 24 and targeted the mall because he believed its owners were Jewish and wanted to kill non-Muslims.