After calling for the elimination of Hamas and publicly defending Israel’s actions to defend itself, Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of the founder of Hamas who left his family and former ideology, arrived in Israel. Yousef was interviewed in Arabic by Prime Minister’s Arabic Media Spokesperson, Ofir Gendelman, and also toured the areas of the October 7 massacre in the Western Negev. In the interview, Mosab Hassan Yousef told about his childhood as the son of one of the founders of Hamas, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, and about his studies in an UNRWA high school in Judea and Samaria, where he…
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Dalal Saeb Iriqat an instructor in Jenin blamed Israel for ‘all the bloodshed and loss of civilians.’ Harvard University is enmeshed in another antisemitism controversy following reports that a Middle Eastern studies professor has invited Dalal Saeb Iriqat, an extreme anti-Zionist and alleged advocate of terrorism, to the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). According to The Harvard Crimson, Tarek E. Masoud, director of Harvard’s Middle East Initiative (MEI), invited Dalal Saeb Iriqat as a speaker for MEI’s “Middle East Dialogue Series,” a slate of interviews that will also include former government officials such presidential adviser Jared Kushner and former Palestinian Authority…
State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said that the Biden administration’s policy regarding recognizing a Palestinian state remains unchanged. In response to a question about a report that the Biden administration is exploring the possibility of recognizing a Palestinian state following the war in Gaza, Miller said: “We have been quite clear publicly that we support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state—with security guarantees for Israel. That’s been the policy of the United States for some time and that has been the policy of this administration.” “We look at any number of options—that’s part of the normal planning process. The…
‘We’re Jewish, we’re proud, we’re Israeli, we’re Zionists—we’re not afraid of you.’ Natan Levy, 32, is a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He has turned from the ring (or “The Octagon,” as the fighting enclosure is officially called) to teach “Jew-Jitsu” self-defense classes to help fellow Jews combat antisemitism. The UFC is a relatively new sports organization, having formed in 1993 as an entertainment venue pitting martial art combatants against each other in tournament-style fights. The sport is a mix of wrestling, boxing, and various martial arts. It…
In a remarkable defense of Israel’s military strategies in Gaza, urban warfare expert John Spencer wrote that Israel has “taken more measures to avoid needless civilian harm than virtually any other nation that’s fought an urban war in history.” Writing in a Newsweek Op-Ed, Spencer, who served two tours in Iraq and consequently studied urban warfare, claims that Israel took more precautions to protect civilians than the US did in Iraq and Afghanistan. Spencer explained that the IDF’s use of precision guided munitions (PGMs), including Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) has enabled it to target terrorists while avoiding harm to civilians…
The idea is to prevent Hamas from stealing the food and fuel, which allows it to prolong the war. The IDF may start distributing humanitarian aid directly to civilians in the Gaza Strip, Israel Hayom reported Wednesday. In the plan currently under consideration by the Israeli government, the army would work with the international bodies currently in full charge of the aid trucks passing into the coastal enclave after undergoing security inspections at Israel’s Kerem Shalom and Nitzana crossings. According to the report, two aid centers will be established, one in the northern part of the Strip and one in…
On Sunday, a video clip of an interview spread with blazing speed across social media. No, it was not Piers Morgan or Jake Tapper. The video was taken at a protest in Manchester, in solidarity with Gaza, and a sharp, adorable 13-year-old named Josh, armed with a microphone, worked the crowd like a veteran journalist, while his father, Nick, filmed the exchanges on his phone. The UK’s “Telegraph” wrote an article about Josh, the young yet masterful journalist who feels the BBC’s reporting is flawed and who is looking to conduct honest, fact-based, unbiased reporting. Brilliant interview by this young…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees fired a number of its staffers in Gaza suspected of taking part in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and other militants on southern Israel, its director said Friday, prompting the United States—the agency’s biggest donor—to temporarily halt its funding. The agency, known by its acronym UNRWA, has been the main agency providing aid for Gaza’s population amid the humanitarian disaster caused by Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza triggered by the Oct. 7 attack. UNRWA officials did comment on the impact that the U.S. halt in funding…
In a moving ceremony in Jerusalem, Samaritan’s Purse President and CEO Franklin Graham encourages the Israeli people that they are not alone ______________ Jerusalem (January 23, 2024) — Just months after 14 of Magen David Adom’s ambulances were destroyed in the October 7 terrorist attacks on southern Israel, replacement vehicles donated by Samaritan’s Purse, the American evangelical humanitarian-aid organization, were dedicated today in a moving ceremony in Jerusalem. For Magen David Adom (MDA), the ceremony also served to commemorate even more devastating losses the organization incurred during the terrorist attacks, when four of MDA’s medics were killed while actively treating…
(New York Jewish Week) — Among the 6,000 knitters descending on Times Square this week for a major fiber arts convention is a first-time attendee from Israel who hopes a shawl she made can counteract anti-Israel sentiment in the knitting community. A mother of seven and a grandmother of two, Liza Rodrig, 48, is something of a handicraft and fashion icon in her own country. She has been on Israeli television, boasts a significant social media following and has even had her work featured on a virtual runway during Tel Aviv’s Fashion Week. But Rodrig has never before been to…