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Monthly Archives: October 2025
For two dark and often hopeless years, Israelis rallied to keep the hostages in the headlines. It worked.
FREE PRESS They Are Home Matti Friedman October 13, 2025 …At Saturday night’s rally, though no hostages had actually been released yet, the atmosphere was valedictory. The Israelis who rallied over the past two years under the banner “Bring Them … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Hamas, hostages, Palestinians
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Hostage stories: “From that moment on, prayer became an inseparable part of Matan’s daily routine in the dark and dank tunnels. “As part of my routine, I prayed three times a day, morning, afternoon, and night”
ARUTZ SHEVA Account from captivity: ‘I demanded tefillin and prayer book and they gave them to me’ Dvir Amar October 15, 2025 Two days after he was released from two years of brutal torture in Hamas captivity, 22-year-old IDF tanker … Continue reading
The Arab states that screamed “genocide” at Israel were simultaneously deepening security ties with the IDF — because they all knew it was a lie
WASHINGTON POST Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show David Kenner October 11, 2025 Even as key Arab states condemned the war in the Gaza Strip, they quietly expanded security cooperation with the Israeli military, … Continue reading
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Oren: “How did a group of real-estate moguls bring peace to the Middle East?”
CLARITY How Three Businessmen Negotiated for Peace Michael Oren Oct 16, 2025 …But Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner—all adept at developing urban properties and golf resorts—seem to have succeeded where generations of aspiring peacemakers failed. How? The answer … Continue reading
“Crowds dancing in streets expose famine hoax as terrorist leaders view ceasefire only as tactical pause”
WASHINGTON TIMES Gaza celebrates while Hamas prepares for next war Clifford May October 14, 2025 Gazans are celebrating. For the past few days, large crowds of healthy, energetic men, women, and children have been cheering, dancing in the streets, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Palestinians
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“How a ceasefire snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, ensuring the terror group survives to fight another day”
MIDDLE EAST FORUM The Ghost of Gaza: How Hamas Survived Gregg Roman October 10, 2025 …The fundamental error underlying this agreement is treating Phase One and Phase Two as sequential components of a unified plan when they are incompatible frameworks … Continue reading
“While many Holocaust films focus on the atrocities committed by the Nazis, “Among Neighbors” shifts the lens to the Polish people and what occurred after the war”
JEWISH JOURNAL ‘Among Neighbors’: A Dark Secret Hidden in History Ayala Or-El October 15, 2025 “Among Neighbors,’” Yoav Potash’s new documentary, tells the story of the small Polish town of Gniewoszów and a dark secret the Polish government has been … Continue reading
On October 7, Roei Shalev and his girlfriend Mapal Adam hid under a truck and played dead for hours until Palestinian jihadists shot Mapal at close range.
I24NEWS ‘All is dead inside’: Nova massacre survivor who saw girlfriend murdered in front of him dies by suicide October 11, 2025 Roei Shalev, who survived the October 7 massacre but saw his girlfriend murdered in front of him, died … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Mapal Adam, Nova Music Festival, Roei Shalev
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“Gaza became the first true information war: where what happened online and in the “hearts and minds” of global publics was truly as important as what transpired on the ground, if not more so”
FORBES Lessons Learned From The Gaza War Ilan Berman October 14, 2025 …While Israel unquestionably dominated the military battlefield, Hamas masterfully controlled the larger narrative surrounding the conflict. The Islamist group, in the words of one expert, successfully managed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians
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“Faced with rising antisemitism and a radical would-be mayor, New York’s Jewish artists confront a once unthinkable question: Is it time to flee?”
TABLET MAG The Mamdani Exodus Yoni Weinberg October 13, 2025 … That weekend’s [WhatsApp] debate splintered the group in a way I’d never seen before. The topic: Is New York still good for the Jews, or is it time to … Continue reading
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Tagged New York City, Zohran Mamdani
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