Israel War UPDATE

Israel seizes Gaza border crossing as cease-fire and hostage deal hangs in the balance

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Alex and Alastair tackle some big topics this week including the ploy used by Hamas to dupe the world when it announced it had accepted a deal that wasn’t even on the table. They explain how numerous stories are being conflated in the media and used to paint Israel in a bad light, and why this tactic helps whitewash Hamas’s crimes. They also discuss the false accusations of 'genocide' against Israel and how the International Court of Justice (ICJ) itself has dispelled the lie, saying it did NOT rule that Israel was committing a "plausible genocide,” something that is being wrongly spread by the media. This episode counters numerous anti-Israel narratives and reveals the truth about Israel.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO JEWISH COLLEGE STUDENTS
ARI JOSEPH KHAYTSER
I was a Jewish activist on campus who stood up to anti-Israel protesters. Here are a few essential points Jewish students should keep in mind.

In the past two weeks, university campuses all over the U.S. have seen the rise of anti-Israel protests and “encampments” by students. Unfortunately, many of these protests have involved antisemitic chants, flags, outspoken support of Hamas, Hezbollah and other radical terrorist groups, and sometimes even violence against Jewish students.

I graduated from New York University last semester in the winter of 2024. I was involved with several Jewish and pro-Israel organizations on campus and saw the outbreak of these anti-Israel protests when the Israel-Hamas war started after October 7th. I was appalled by my school’s lack of response to the antisemitism at these protests and tried to stand up to it on my own. Protestors spat on me, called me Jewish slurs and other names, and attempted to assault me. I was forced to defend myself against a protester who tried to steal my Israeli flag. They falsely accused me of intimidation and harassment, and as a result I had to attend student conduct meetings and faced potential sanctions from the school, until video evidence clearly proved I had done nothing wrong.

A calm moment at NYU

I am very fortunate to now be in Israel and away from all of that. But reading the news about the current situation on university campuses in the U.S. makes me worried that many Jewish students are currently experiencing what I went through or worse. Here are a few essential points Jewish students should keep in mind as the college semester wraps up:

Find a Community
It’s easy to feel like you are alone and unwelcome when facing such an environment on campus, but you are not. Finding and getting involved with Jewish and pro-Israel communities on campus such as SSI (Students Supporting Israel), Olami, Meor, Hillel, etc. will give you social and emotional support during difficult times. These programs have chapters in schools all over the country. They run events discussing the current political situation and providing opportunities to help support Israel through fundraisers, volunteering, outreach, and other means. If you are interested in counter-protesting the antisemitism on your campus, doing so in an organized group through these communities is a much safer and more productive way to do so.

Do Not Concede the Narrative
With the crisis at Columbia that has taken over the news in recent weeks, some Jewish leaders have come out urging all Jewish students to stay off the campus. I disagree. I believe cowering to extremists and conceding control of the narrative is how we have gotten to this point. Continuing to do so will only embolden them further.

It may be hard to believe, but the majority of students do not oppose the existence of Israel. The perception exists because the extreme minority is the most vocal. We need to have those of us on the side of humanity pushing back against them to prevent the window from shifting further. Of course, all Jewish students should protect their own safety and not put themselves in situations where they can be harmed. At the same time, I would argue for all Jewish students to do whatever they can to speak out publicly in support of Israel. This can be through social media, participating in volunteering and fundraisers, or attending organized counter-protests.

Fight Darkness with Light
In my experiences participating in counter-protests, I’ve seen Jewish students be verbally abused and taunted by their classmates and outside agitators. Seeing this, it’s easy to let anger control you and pull you into shouting matches and name-calling, or even situations that can escalate into violence. These types of encounters only serve to help the antisemites who would love nothing more than to shout insults without having to ponder their own indefensible ideology.

Instead, we should fight darkness with light. One of my favorite moments was when we played songs of peace and unity over the shouts from the anti-Israel crowd. You will never change the mind of those extreme enough to attend protests with chants calling for Israel’s complete destruction, but those watching from a third-person perspective can see the difference between those guided by humanity and those by hate.

Protect Yourself and Limit Your Consumption of the News
Ari Joseph Khaytser
During the start of the Israel-Hamas war, after seeing the rise of anti-Israel protests at my school, I found myself constantly reading the news about it and engaging with antisemitic activists on social media and in person at my campus. While it may be disheartening to see antisemitism spreading on your campus, it’s important to not let this deteriorate your mental and emotional well-being. This is not to say you shouldn’t be informed on the matters happening at your campus, as resigning in the fight for student life is not an option. However, there are often more productive ways to stand up to antisemitism with less exposure to it which can leave you feeling overwhelmed or powerless. A lot of Jews disconnect from the craziness of the external world every Shabbat and let God run the world for a day. I suggest keeping this principle in mind next time you feel the need to read about the latest developments.

Compile Evidence of Any Antisemitism
Keep a record of any antisemitic activity on your campus. Take videos when you see an incident and try to identify anyone in the videos who is participating in the activity. For university administrations to take allegations of antisemitism on their campuses seriously, we need a compilation of evidence to show a repeated pattern of student actions targeting Jewish students. Report any incidents to the anti-bias or student conduct lines at your school. If the event crosses into any potential criminal activity like battery, theft, or harassment, report the incident to law enforcement as well.

It may feel useless, but administrations do respond to pressure. Working to document and report antisemitic behavior with a pro-Israel group at my school, we were able to create cases against dozens of students who faced sanctions, including multiple who were suspended from the university.

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AFTER ADIR MESIKA WAS MURDERED BY HAMAS
SARAH PACHTER
His father, Alon, an Israeli jeweler, has given away 84 diamond rings to soldiers who want to propose, to help build Jewish homes that his son never had a chance to. On October 6th, Alon Mesika and his family enjoyed a beautiful outdoor Friday night dinner. Alon and his wife Sheerie enjoyed having all of their children together for Shabbat dinner. They said Kiddush over wine, laughed, and ate a delicious festive meal as they watched the sun cast its last rays over the horizon. They had no idea it would be their last dinner all together.

After dinner, friends of their son, Adir, picked him up to head out to the Nova festival. His girlfriend Yuli and other friends Selah, Matan, and Ilay brought tents and mattresses, and they began loading the car.

Adir Mesika, of blessed memory

Sheerie stopped Adir and said, “Hey! Where are you going without giving me a kiss?” Alon said in an Aish.com interview, “That was the last kiss for her and Adir and his friends left for the party.”

At daybreak, Hamas terrorists unleashed their murderous rampage. Adir was killed at the Nova festival. Alon reflected. “The crazy thing is that I always leave my phone on the charger in my bedroom. But that night was different. I randomly left my phone downstairs.” Choking up, Alon explained, “He called me twice and I missed the calls. I only saw them after.”
At 6 AM their second son, Leran (21), a soldier, left with his girlfriend for a trip up North. One hour later, Adir was hiding in the shelters near the festival. At 7:01 Adir sent a text message to the family group on Whatsapp:
“I am next to Re’im in a shelter. Everything is ok.”
A few minutes later Leran called Sheerie. “Mom! Wake up dad! They are shooting at Adir.”
Alon jumped from the bed and asked “What’s going on?!” Leran did not have much information to share as he was only getting sporadic texts from Adir.
At 7:21am Adir wrote on the family chat, “I love you all so much.”
“That was his last message to the family chat,” Alon said A few minutes later Leran shared a text that he received from Adir: “Selah is dead, Matan is dead, I don't think I will be able to get out of here. I love you.”
Leran encouraged him to hide but Adir would not hear of it.

“Adir was a fighter,” Alon explained. “He wasn’t going to wait for a terrorist to get into the shelter and start shooting.” As soon as they saw the leg of the terrorist coming into the shelter, Adir and Ilay pushed him out and began fighting with their bare hands against the terrorist who had guns and grenades. Their act of bravery saved his girlfriend Yuli and two other girls in the shelter. Although Adir thought Selah had died from the four bullets that penetrated his chest, Selah survived.

On Tuesday evening, the Israeli army came to the house to officially inform the Mesika family of their son's death. “At the time, there were about 100-300 people at our house visiting. I was outside talking to someone and suddenly there was total silence in my home. I understood. There were three people that came together. I asked them, ‘That’s it?’ When she said ‘yes.’ I just said ‘ok.’ I gave them a hug.”
Yuli and her friends were rescued by the Israeli army.
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Whose Land? is hosted by Colonel Richard Kemp CBE, written, directed & produced by award-winning filmmaker Hugh Kitson.

"Whose Land? dismantles the lies that have been told about Israel since 1948. In so doing it mounts a defense of Israeli legitimacy through masterly presentation from Colonel Richard Kemp and other experts. They adduce fact after fact to show that Israel, far from violating international law, is upholding it. Words like "occupation" and "settlements" have become popular smears against Israel, but they have no legal basis whatsoever. Hugh Kitson has directed a production that exposes these specious legal arguments for what they are: vicious anti-Israel propaganda. I would recommend Whose Land? to anyone seeking the truth about Israel and the wider Middle East."
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https://www.israelunwired.com/rightwing-issues-bibi-new-ultimatum-over-hostage-deal/?
RIGHTWING ISSUES BIBI NEW ULTIMATUM OVER HOSTAGE DEAL
written by Micha Gefen April 28, 2024 570 views
On the eve of the seventh day of Pesach, Prime Minister Netanyahu received an ultimatum from Betzalel Smotrich over the pending “hostage deal” Egypt is pressing Hamas to accept.

Smotrich spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu in a videotaped message and said, “Mr. Prime Minister, all Egyptian mediation agreements that ended previous “rounds” of violence, leaving Hamas alive and kicking and enabling it to strengthen itself again and again, and massacre Israeli citizens in a way that has not happened since the Holocaust, is exactly what you have led to in the last two decades, and that is exactly, but exactly, what we have all promised not to do again.”

“Agreeing to the Egyptian deal is a humiliating surrender and existential danger. this deal grants victory to the Nazis despite the sacrifice of the hundreds of heroic IDF soldiers who fell in battle, it imposes a death sentence on the hostages who are not included in the deal, and above all – it poses an immediate existential danger to the State of Israel,” Smotrich stated.

He threatened the government’s integrity. “If you decide to wave a white flag and retract the order to immediately occupy Rafah, to complete the mission of destroying Hamas and restoring security to the residents of the south and the citizens of Israel and returning all our abducted brothers and sisters to their homes – your government will have no right to exist.”

“This is a critical moment for the people of Israel. The decision is in your hands. Take strength and courage from the story of the Exodus from Egypt and from Jewish history. From Moses and Nachshon ben Aminadav that tonight, 3,365 years ago, stood at the Red Sea, overcame the weaknesses that were displayed by parts of the nation, and determined the history of the Jewish people. Speak to the people of Israel and tell them to go to Rafah now. Go with all their might. Maybe now is the time for you, Mr. Prime Minister, to show your strength,” concluded Minister Smotrich.

Sinwar Has Left His Tunnel
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At Least 35 Rockets Fired Towards Tzfat, Sinwar Has Left His Tunnel
April 26, 2024 Newsletter Edition
At Least 35 Rockets Fired Towards Tzfat, Sinwar Has Left His Tunnel
Discover the latest developments in Israel as tensions rise and the nation prepares to enter Rafah in Gaza.

This comprehensive update covers military operations, diplomatic efforts, and social unrest. From the ongoing hostage situation to past failed prophecies, get insights into the complex landscape of Israeli affairs.

Join us as we delve into the significance of recent events, including anti-Israel protests on university campuses and legislative actions impacting the region.

Stay informed and engaged with the multifaceted dynamics shaping Israel's present and future."

#Rafah #Passover #Diplomacy #Columbiauniversity
BARRY SEGAL
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IDF Says They Are Prepared For Rafah - Waiting for Green Light
https://www.israelunwired.com/idf-says-they-are-prepared-for-rafah-waiting-for-green-light/?

The IDF announced yesterday that all preparations are ready for it to enter and conquer Rafah. The army is only waiting for a the go ahead from the government to start the operation.

https://www.israelunwired.com/hezbollah-slams-israels-north-idf-hits-back-hard/?
HEZBOLLAH SLAMS ISRAEL’S NORTH, IDF HITS BACK HARD
written by Micha Gefen April 24, 2024 3.5K views
Hezbollah launched a barrage of missiles, ATGMs, and UAVs at Israel’s north yesterday and this morning. In one attack, Hezbollah fired into the northern village of Margolliot, damaging the electrical grid and knocking out power in neighboring Kiryat Shemona. 

Hezbollah has continued to attack today, sending rockets into the Western and Northern Galilee. Residents in the Mediterranean city of Nahariya and Akko ran into bomb shelters as rockets and UAVs were fired at them and the surrounding areas. ATGMs and UAVs were launched at the Northern Galilee communities of Avivim and Yir’on, as well as near Netu’a and Shlomi.

https://www.israelunwired.com/hezbollah-slams-israels-north-idf-hits-back-hard/?
HEZBOLLAH SLAMS ISRAEL’S NORTH, IDF HITS BACK HARD
written by Micha Gefen April 24, 2024 3.5K views
Hezbollah launched a barrage of missiles, ATGMs, and UAVs at Israel’s north yesterday and this morning. In one attack, Hezbollah fired into the northern village of Margolliot, damaging the electrical grid and knocking out power in neighboring Kiryat Shemona. 

Hezbollah has continued to attack today, sending rockets into the Western and Northern Galilee. Residents in the Mediterranean city of Nahariya and Akko ran into bomb shelters as rockets and UAVs were fired at them and the surrounding areas. ATGMs and UAVs were launched at the Northern Galilee communities of Avivim and Yir’on, as well as near Netu’a and Shlomi.

https://www.israelunwired.com/bombs-away-israel-hits-iran/?
BOMBS AWAY – ISRAEL HITS IRAN
written by David Mark April 20, 2024 557 views

Israel allegedly bombed the Iranian air defenses In Isfahan, near the Natanz nuclear site Thursday-Friday in an overnight mission.


While details are still coming out, it seems that Israel that the target of the Israeli attack was a military base and radar statio in Isfahan near the Natanz nuclear facility, but not the nuclear facility itself. Althought it was only one site that was attacked, the site was attacked several times.

Israel used radar evading missiles seemingly launched from inside Iraq (probably Kurdistan) and UAVs launched either Iranian Kurdistan or Azeri areas in northwest Iran.

While the Israeli attack was not designed to start a direct shooting war with Iran, it was a clear retaliation for Iran’s attack on Israel. Besides that the attack accomplished a few things. Firstly, it proved that the Russian-made air defense systems in place do not work. Secondly, it showed that Israel can take out Iran’s nuclear facilities at any time. Thirdly, and perhaps the most important, Iran’s Islamic regime does not have the grip over Iran they want everyone to believe.

By enlisting the Kurds and Azeris both in neighboring Iraq and inside Iran itself to attack the Mullahs, Israel has revealed that it too has proxies and those proxies have real teeth. The attack was carried out on the Ayatollah’s 85th birthday - the ultimate gift to the aging despot.

With the retaliation out of the way, the IDF can focus on strengthening its control over Gaza, conquering Rafah, and preparing for an all out war with Hezbollah, Syria, and the Shiite militias.


AZERISIRANISFAHANKURDISTANNATANZ

Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett on the SHIFA HOSPITAL OPERATION:

“Amazing battlefield achievement.

The IDF has just completed a 2 week operation on a Hamas command center that Hamas embedded within the Shifa Medical Center.

Hamas used staff and patients as human shields in order to cause maximum civilian casualties as to create more criticism and pressure on Israel.

The results are remarkable:

- 6,000 civilians were evacuated by the IDF to keep them safe.
- 200 Hamas terrorists were killed.
- 500 Hamas terrorists have been captured.
- *No civilian was killed*. Not one.

This is unprecedented in urban warfare.
Our military is learning and improving by the day.

These results undermine the false claim that the IDF is targeting civilians.

If we didn’t care about innocent lives, we’d have simply bombed the whole complex, without risking lives of our own fighters.

Israel will continue until we remove Hamas and bring the hostages home.

I’m proud to be Israeli and proud of the IDF, a beacon of light.”

This photo was taken at the shiva of my late brother.

BATTLE OVER SHIFA HOSPITAL CONTINUES
written by Micha Gefen March 31, 2024 1.1K views
IDF and Shin Bet forces continue the targeted fighting in the area of ​​Shifa Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. The combat teams of the 401st Brigade, the Nahal Brigade and the 13th Fleet under the command of the 162nd Division continue to conduct battles in the area, while avoiding harm to civilians, patients and medical teams.


During the last day, the fighters eliminated at close range terrorists who had fortified themselves in the area and located weapons in the area of ​​the hospital. As part of the activities of the 215th Fire Brigade in the north of the Gaza Strip, Air Force aircraft attacked several buildings in the area of ​​the Rimal neighborhood, from which anti-tank missiles were launched yesterday and sniping attempts were made at IDF forces.

As part of the activities of the fighters of the Nahal Brigade’s combat team in the center of the Gaza Strip, the fighters eliminated over 15 terrorists throughout the last day. In one of the forces’ activities, the brigade’s fire complex detected a terrorist squad coming out of a tunnel shaft and moving towards a military structure near the forces, a fighter jet attacked and eliminated it.

In another activity, two snipers from the combat team identified and eliminated through precise shooting, a terrorist squad that was moving near the forces in the area. During the last day, the Air Force attacked about 80 targets throughout the Gaza Strip. Among the targets that were attacked, military buildings and other military infrastructures in the Gaza Strip.

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MELANIE PHILLIPS
MAR 26

Queue for rationed food in Jerusalem under siege, Israel War of Independence 1948


I am sending this out again because the previous version contained an error about the UK’s vote. Apologies.


In my article here last week, I wrote that America was abandoning Israel. Today, the Biden administration wrote its name in the annals of infamy by openly joining the axis of evil against those defending civilisation.


The UN Security Council has passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the remainder of Ramadan, and the immediate and unconditional release of Israeli hostages.


Breaking with its historic policy by vetoing hostile resolutions at the UNSC to protect Israel against those working for its destruction and the defeat of the west, the US abstained today and so the resolution was passed.


Even more appallingly (if that’s possible) the UK, the Biden administration’s poodle and whose Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron, has been threatening Israel with an end to arms sales unless it does what he and the US State Department are demanding, actually voted for the resolution.


So both the US and UK are now aligned with the west’s foes Russia and China against Israel, the sole defender of the west in the Middle East. What a disgrace.


The resolution is obnoxious because it fails to condition a ceasefire on the release of the hostages, thus destroying the chances of the latter actually occurring.


Last Friday, the US brought forward a draft resolution which said the UNSC “unequivocally supports ongoing international diplomatic efforts to secure such a ceasefire in connection with the release of all remaining hostages” (my emphasis). That resolution’s linkage between a ceasefire and the release of the hostages was the reason it was vetoed by China and Russia. On that occasion, America’s ambassador to the UN ambassador declared:


We should not move forward with any resolution that jeopardises the ongoing [hostage] negotiations.


What a difference three days make. Today, the US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby claimed that America’s abstention on today’s UNSC resolution didn’t amount to a shift in the US requirement that a ceasefire must be obtained through a hostage deal. “We have been consistent in our support for a ceasefire as part of a hostage deal,” he told reporters.


But today’s resolution does not make a ceasefire dependent on the release of the hostages. It says instead that the UNSC “demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan respected by all parties leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, and also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages”.


Either Kirby doesn’t understand the meaning of language, or he is lying.


The US and UK have thus now voted for Israel to lose the war and for the hostages to remain in captivity. An immediate ceasefire would mean Hamas is able to regroup and fight on. America’s now open opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza means that Hamas has zero incentive to agree to the hostage deal currently under negotiation. As if to underscore the point, Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Ashdod today after a lull of two months.


The UN has lost all credibility as a dispassionate world body committed to peace and justice. It stands revealed instead as a front for Hamas and an enemy of the Jewish people. Its Secretary-General, António Guterres, blamed the October 7 Hamas pogrom on Israel’s behaviour. More than five months on, the UN has still failed to condemn those mass atrocities perpetrated against Israeli civilians. In stark contrast, the UNSC immediately condemned Friday’s deadly terror attack at a Russian concert hall.


Despite the discovery that every hospital in Gaza has been used as a Hamas base, and despite the hundreds of Hamas terrorists arrested or killed these past few days in Gaza’s Shifa hospital — from whose emergency room and burns unit, no less, they were firing at Israeli troops — the UN has failed to condemn any of these abuses of medical facilities as the war crimes they indubitably are.


Instead, thousands of its own UNWRA employees have been revealed to be Hamas members or supporters. And the UN has been parroting as reliable the Hamas death totals of Gaza civilians, even though these are patently ridiculous.


The Biden administration and the UK have not only failed to push back against the UN’s Hamas ties and lies; they have themselves bought into Hamas propaganda. Refusing to acknowledge that most of the aid they’ve been pushing into Gaza has been stolen by Hamas for its own ends, the US and UK have been falsely blaming Israel for blocking aid supplies.


On the basis of the ludicrous Gaza death numbers dreamed up by Hamas, the UK and US have been accusing Israel of causing a humanitarian catastrophe. Yet as Professor John Spencer of West Point military academy and the former British army commander Richard Kemp have both observed, with an estimated ratio of 1.5 civilians for every one combatant killed Israel has achieved a lower total of civilians killed in war than any other army in world history.


By endorsing the demonisation of Israel based on the lies told by genocidal fanatics and their panders in the UN, Cameron and the Biden administration are not just exhibiting a malevolence they display towards no other country on earth. They are also fanning the flames of the antisemitism roaring out of control in their own countries and over which they so falsely wring their hands.


America has turned against Israel in this way because the Biden administration is determined that the IDF should not bombard Rafah. The fact that Israel cannot defeat Hamas unless it destroys the four remaining Hamas battalions hunkered down in the tunnels beneath Rafah is dismissed. The fact that if Israel doesn’t defeat Hamas more Israelis will face being butchered and taken hostage as they were on October 7 is of no concern to the Biden administration. It doesn’t care if Hamas survives to slaughter more Israelis. What concerns it is Israel’s refusal to lose this war in the way the US wants it to.


America is punishing Israel for a catastrophe that the Biden administration itself facilitated. The atrocities of October 7 that started the war took place because Hamas’s patron, Iran, correctly perceived that America would ultimately abandon Israel rather than itself get stuck in. If the Biden administration hadn’t shown such weakness in defending the interests of the free world from Afghanistan to Yemen and Iraq and Ukraine, Hamas would not have been unleashed on October 7.


After the war started, despite the two aircraft carriers the US dispatched to the region, the Biden administration responded to continued attacks by Iranian proxies — even against its own interests — with a mere limp wrist. It has done nothing to deter Iran’s proxy army Hezbollah from bombarding northern Israel from Lebanon with hundreds of rockets and anti-tank missiles.


It could have stopped the war in its tracks by telling Hamas’s protector Qatar that, unless it instructed Hamas to release the hostages and surrender, the US would end its profitable relationship and treat Qatar instead as a global pariah. Instead, the US is not only feeding Israel to its mortal enemies; by failing to use its muscle to end this war, it is also facilitating Hamas’s war crimes against the civilians of Gaza by using snuff movies of their distress to incite hysterical hatred of Israel in the west.


Biden and Cameron fail to acknowledge that Israel is fighting in this manner because it has no choice. With Hamas almost entirely underground, Israel cannot get at it in any other way. If it doesn’t defeat Hamas, Israel will continue to face genocidal attack. Only by defeating Hamas and killing or capturing its Gaza leader, Yahya Sinwar, does Israel have any chance of getting any of the hostages back. Only by defeating Hamas does Israel have any chance of avoiding an infinitely more terrible all-out war with Hezbollah.


This is the rupture with America that some of us have seen coming for a very long time. But the US and UK don’t realise what they have now done. This isn’t just about Israel. It’s also about them.


The October 7 pogrom was a clear inflection point for the west. Would it support Israel in the battle for civilisation against barbarism? Now we have the answer.


But there’s a deeper question. The UK is busily destroying itself by making a bonfire of its historic culture and values. Its public administration has all but collapsed, its indigenous people are dying out and it has lost control of its borders.


In the US vicious culture wars are raging, there are unbridgeable political and social divisions, its elites have torn up its historic global mission of exceptionalism — and it has also lost control of its border.


Do the US and UK actually want to survive, or are they now in a death spiral?


Throughout centuries of persecution, the Jewish people have survived against impossible odds — while every civilisation that has tried to destroy them has disappeared. Whatever horrors lie ahead, Israel will survive. The same certainty cannot apply to Britain and America. Today has demonstrated that they don’t even know how to do so.


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https://pulseofisrael.com/2024/03/31/protests-netanyahu/
Once again, the media is not reporting the truth about what is going on in Israel, not about the recent, escalated protest movement in the name of the “captives”, and not regarding the Ultra-Orthodox IDF draft bill. As always, stick with me to understand the truth about what is going on, beyond the agenda driven headlines of the media. Most importantly, do not despair. The majority of the Jewish people are more united than ever, and this destructive, divisive protest movement will not change that.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCBFQViOU70&t=25s

The other day, terrorists tried to kill innocent Jewish kids traveling to their school in the Jordan Valley. Miraculously, the attack failed. However, two Israeli civilians were injured in that same attack. The sad irony is that they are anti-Israel Israeli activists who help the terrorists, and work against their own Israeli brethren.

WATCH https://pulseofisrael.com/2024/03/30/jewish-children-saved/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s9n8eBpAcw

Shalom Zahara, Please enjoy today's Daily Inspiration from Israel.

On that day Hashem made a covenant with Avram, saying, "To your offspring I assign this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כָּרַת יְהֹוָה אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּרִית לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת
Genesis 15:18 (The Israel Bible)
ba-YOM ha-HU ka-RAT a-do-NAI et av-RAM b'-REET lay-MOR l'-zar-a-KHA na-TA-tee et ha-A-retz ha-ZOT
The Two State Delusion
By Sara Lamm
Here’s a phrase that’ll fill your "Conflict in the Middle East Bingo Card":

The Two-State Solution.

Have you ever wondered what the Two-State Solution truly entails and why it spells trouble for Israel's security and harmony? Bingo! You’re in the right spot.

Far from a peace pathway, the current Two-State Solution has stumbled between endless hurdles and rejections, most recently from Hamas and its allies.

So much so that Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, in his new TV Segment Eyes on Israel featured on The Real American Voice, brilliantly referred to it as "The Two-State Delusion". Speaking of which, if you haven’t caught up on his latest episodes, I highly suggest you take a look.

But here's the kicker: the roots of Israel's statehood and its territorial integrity are woven into the Hebrew Bible itself.
Ready to dive deeper into why history and scripture align against the Two-State narrative? Let's unravel the story.
https://theisraelbible.com/the-two-state-delusion/?

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DAY 174 OF THE WAR
Dear Elaine,

It's hard to believe we are now almost six months into the war. The conflict has brought unimaginable challenges and heartbreak. Just yesterday, a heavy barrage of 30 rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into the North tragically resulted in the death of a 25-year-old man in the Golan Heights and left two others wounded.

Meanwhile, more hostages have been coming forward with deeply disturbing accounts of their treatment while in captivity. Testimonials include reports of sexual violence, physical abuse, and inhumane conditions. Currently, 19 women are still held by Hamas, as Israel is fighting to rescue all hostages, and obliterate Hamas.

The overall situation across the region remains fraught with uncertainty, as Israel grapples with threats from both Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, alongside mounting political pressure. In these trying times, the work of Zaka Tel-Aviv has never been more vital. Our volunteers provide essential support and assistance to those affected by the conflict, offering a glimmer of hope amidst the darkness.

https://pulseofisrael.com/2024/03/27/jews-fighting-for-existence/
During my last trip to South Florida I was blessed to hear a fabulous talk given by Prof. David Berkowitz, Dean Emeritus of Palm Beach State College, about Warsaw, Masada and the growing antisemitism today. I had to interview him!
Join me for this eye-opening talk with Prof Berkowitz as he dives into explaining how Israel’s fight to exist today is the fight of every Jew to exist today.
This is an interview that you do not want to miss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLwBElT1lDw&t=94s

https://www.israelunwired.com/idf-continues-to-take-down-hamas-control-over-shifa-hospital/?
IDF CONTINUES TO TAKE DOWN HAMAS’ CONTROL OVER SHIFA HOSPITAL
written by Micha Gefen March 27, 2024 351 views
The IDF’s operation against Hamas at Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital continues, with the military saying troops killed dozens of gunmen and captured weapons over the past day.
The raid at Shifa, which began early March 18, is being carried out by the Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit, the 401st Armored Brigade, and Nahal Infantry Brigade. Hundreds of members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been captured so far, according to the IDF.

The IDF says more Hamas operatives were killed during operations over the past day in southern Gaza’s al-Qarara and the al-Amal neighbourhood of Khan Younis, where troops of the Commando Brigade, Givati Brigade and 7th Armored Brigade also captured caches of weapons.

The Israeli Air Force also targeted dozens of sites across the Gaza Strip, largely in support of forces maneuvering on the ground, the IDF says.

The IDF says the sites included tunnels, buildings used by Hamas, gunmen, and other infrastructure.

In central Gaza, the IDF says the Nahal Brigade killed several gunmen over the past day, including by calling in airstrikes.
IDFSHIFA HOSPITAL

https://www.israelunwired.com/bidens-coup-against-bibi-goes-into-full-swing/?
BIDEN’S COUP AGAINST BIBI GOES INTO FULL SWING
written by David Mark March 14, 2024 9.8K views
From the beginning of the Hamas war against Israel, blame for the security and intelligence failure has been directed at Netanyahu’s government. The American government was quick to offer support and surprisingly had an aircraft carrier nearby. The carrier was sent over as if it was already placed there by design.
WATCH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcb4fZeCqkI

Is Biden Trying To Topple Netanyahu?
The woke leftwing pro-arabist Biden administration has never liked Netanyahu. They see him as a block to their grand design to place a leftwing globalist at the helm in Jerusalem. Why do they want this? With Netanyahu and his government out of the way then the left’s dream of establishing a “palestinian” state in Judea and Samaria and Gaza would become a reality.

After all how else would these same leftists and marxist ideologues realize the rectification of the “mistake” they consider Israel if they didn’t put the “palestinians” in control of territory that would allow them to destroy the State of Israel.

There has always been one problem on the way to making a “palestinian” terror entity in Israel – Netanyahu. With his win last year, the Biden team had little chance to topple him – even after the judicial reform protests. This is where the Qatari funded advisors on Biden’s team become important. While Hamas had been planning October 7th for years, the terror group needed inside info on the bases, wall, and they needed someone to jam the coms in order to delay the IDF’s response. It’s true Russia could have helped, but the USA makes far more sense. The USA had recently upgraded Qatar’s standing to that of being equal to Israel’s and Qatar itself has heavily anchored itself inside the Biden administration.

WHY OCTOBER 7TH?
The Biden administration along with their willing helpers here in Israel believed and still do believe that only an event like October 7th that would be blamed on Netanyahu and the right would be enough to take them down - paving the way for a “palestinian” street.

Pro-palestinian advisors like Hady Amr and Maher Bitar who are also backed by Qatar continue to have access to sensitive intelligence data. They also have the ability to steer policy from the inside. October 7th was no surprise to them – they without a doubt knew Hamas planning something as did the general staff of the IDF who are no friends of Netanyahu and conveniently withheld intelligence from him.


Gantz’s trip, Ehud Barak’s call for ousting Netanyahu and Biden singling out Bibi as the main obstacle seem way to orchestrated at a time when Israelis are waking up to the pressure Biden is placing on the government.

Kamala Harris has hinted that Netanyahu has to go and today Chuck Schumer himself said it. Why Bibi? Because that is the only way their delusional vision of “true peace” will come. Yes, the Biden team is trying to create a similar color revolution as Obama did in Ukraine in 2014 and they believe it will work.

This is why Rafah must be invaded and decimated by the IDF. Netanyahu must end the charade and the games the deep state in Israel has been playing for decades as well as pushing back on Israel’s enemies in the United States. By conquering the city Biden does not want us to touch, the administration’s influence will erode. Only then will Israel rid itself of faux friends who only pretend to like us and finish our enemies that surround us.
BIBI NETANYAHUCOUPHADY AMRHAMASJOE BIDENKAMALA HARRIS

Cousin of  Abducted Bibas family
Hamas abducts families | Eyes on Israel
“Eyes on Israel with Rabbi Pesach Wolicki”
Israel is a prime target of America's anti-Western enemies. In this era of fake news and false narratives,is your weekly dose of truth about what is really happening in the Middle East.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djNsyZBmIjs&t=153s

BIBI TELLS BLINKEN: “WE WILL GO INTO RAFAH WITH OR WITHOUT THE USA”
written by Micha Gefen March 23, 2024 530 views
https://www.israelunwired.com/bibi-tells-blinken-we-will-go-into-rafah-with-or-without-the-usa/?
Netanyahu told the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken that Israel will go it alone into Rafah if need be.


There is no question that Israel is a different place after October 7th and there really i no going back to before. The US has always pushed Israel’s government to do what the US wanted, but no more. With one last Gazan city to take over, the IDF is standing by and ready to invade Rafah.

Bibi has insisted that Israel will go into Rafah - no matter what.

Blinken has been trying to push Israel into accepting a mild precision based attack, but Israel’s government isn’t having it

Recent News
Mar. 20, 2024, 2:16 AM ET (AP)
During the Israel-Hamas war, Jews will soon celebrate Purim — one of their most joyous holidays
Purim, a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the survival of the Jews who, in the 5th century BCE, were marked for death by their Persian rulers. The story is related in the biblical Book of Esther.

Understanding the story of Purim
Purim commemorates the survival of a Jewish community marked for death in ancient Persia.
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Haman, chief minister of King Ahasuerus, incensed that Mordecai, a Jew, held him in disdain and refused obeisance, convinced the king that the Jews living under Persian rule were rebellious and should be slaughtered. With the king’s consent, Haman set a date for the execution (the 13th day of the month of Adar) by casting lots and built a gallows for Mordecai.

Jerusalem: Western Wall, Temple Mount
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Judaism: Minor festivals: Hanukkah and Purim
When word of the planned massacre reached Esther, beloved Jewish queen of Ahasuerus and adopted daughter of Mordecai, she risked her life by going uninvited to the king to suggest a banquet that Haman would attend. At the meal she pleaded for the Jews and accused “this wicked Haman” of plotting the annihilation of her people. Upset, the king stepped out into the palace gardens. On returning, he found Haman “falling on the couch where Esther was.” The king mistook Haman’s frantic pleas for mercy as an attack upon the queen. The outraged king ordered that Haman be hanged and that Mordecai be named to his position. Esther and Mordecai then obtained a royal edict allowing Jews throughout the empire to attack their enemies on Adar 13. After an exhilarating victory, they declared the following day a holiday and (alluding to the lots Haman had cast) named it Purim.

The historical reality of this biblical episode has often been questioned, and the actual origins of the Purim festival, which was already long established by the 2nd century CE, remain unknown. The ritual observance of Purim begins with a day of fasting, Taʿanit Esther (Fast of Esther) on Adar 13, the day preceding the actual holiday. The most distinctive aspect of the synagogue service is the reading of the Book of Esther. On Purim Jews are also enjoined to exchange gifts and make donations to the poor. Through the years many nonreligious customs have come to be associated with the festival, among them the baking of the three-cornered pastries called hamantaschen (from Yiddish homentash, literally “Haman’s pocket”) or oznei Haman (Hebrew: literally, “Haman’s ears”). Purim plays, which became popular during the 17th century, contribute to the carnival atmosphere especially enjoyed by children.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

https://pulseofisrael.com/2024/03/19/biden-punishing-heroes/
The Biden administration just announced additional sanctions on more Jewish farmers in Judea & Samaria. Not on the terror-supporting Islamic state of Iran. Not on the terror-supporting state of Qatar. Not on the bank accounts of Hamas or Palestinian Authority accounts or of their terrorists. No. Biden has placed sanctions on Jewish farmers in Judea & Samaria. Now hear the whole story on why they are modern Jewish heroes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sodcBGErdEA&t=41s

Stand Up for the Jewish People
STANDING UP FOR TRUTH
Powerful Talk
On my recent trip to Florida, I had the privilege of being a scholar of residence at Rabbi Vigler’s synagogue.

Rabbi Vigler’s sermon on Shabbat morning, partly inspired by my first talk on Friday night, was on fire. I had to interview him to capture his talk on camera to share with the world.

Enjoy this fabulous Torah talk with Rabbi Vigler. And follow his youtube account for daily Torah videos: https://www.youtube.
https://pulseofisrael.com/2024/03/20/torah-talk/