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Last weekend, twenty masked Hamas men dragged my father away. His crime? He refused to brainwash his people with their politics.

THE FREE PRESS My Father Is an Imam in Gaza. Hamas Kidnapped Him for Refusing to Be Their Puppet. Ala Mohammed Mustaha January 4, 2024 On Saturday, December 30, our front door was busted down, and twenty masked men barged … Continue reading

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Biden administration “dragging its feet on the prosecution of Hamas sympathizers across the country”

FREE BEACON Biden Admin Not Investigating Violence and Vandalism by Hamas Supporters, Complaint Alleges Adam Kredo January 4, 2024 The Justice Department has effectively issued a “stand-down order” to federal law enforcement and U.S. attorneys to stop them from investigating … Continue reading

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“You’ve seen the movie ‘The Shawshank Redemption’? That’s what these young men did at first: They dug and put the dirt in their pockets”

NEW YORK POST Extremist Jewish teens secretly ‘hired migrants’ to dig covert Brooklyn synagogue tunnel ‘Shawshank’-style Isabel Vincent January 11, 2024 Extremist students from an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic group secretly hired migrant laborers to help them build a controversial tunnel at the … Continue reading

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“The Anne Frank Gift Shop” is joltingly, infectiously funny thanks to a dry humor-filled script by Rapkin, a seasoned journalist and writer who wrote “Pitch Perfect”

KVELLER Dark Comedy ‘The Anne Frank Gift Shop’ Is a Must Watch Lior Zaltzman January 5, 2024 The first time Mickey Rapkin went into the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam was a religious experience. “You can’t believe you’re there,” he … Continue reading

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After the war: “It is unclear how Israel will select Gazans who are truly disconnected from Hamas after the terror group’s 16-year rule, but Gallant is confident that groups can be found or formed”

JPOST Israel-Hamas War: IDF plans for post-war Gaza revealed in war cabinet Yonah Jeremy Bob January 5, 2024 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday presented his plan to the War Cabinet and the State Security Cabinet for Israel’s security status … Continue reading

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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh: Arouri’s killing is “terrorist act,” violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and an expansion of Israel’s hostility against Palestinians

REUTERS Israeli drone kills deputy Hamas chief in Beirut January 3, 2024 Deputy Hamas chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of the allied Lebanese militant … Continue reading

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New York Times uncovers new information, devastating testimony, on systemic targeting of women and girls, use of sexual assault and mutilation during savage Hamas onslaught in Israel

TIMES OF ISRAEL In harrowing detail, NYT reports on weaponization of rape, sexual violence on Oct. 7 December 29, 2023 In a comprehensive, horrifying exposé published on Thursday, The New York Times detailed the systematic sexual violence against Israeli women … Continue reading

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Why an historic massacre of Jews, even before the Israeli response got underway, triggered a powerful wave of hostility not toward the attackers—but toward Jews

THE FREE PRESS The Wisdom of Hamas Matti Friedman December 28, 2023 In the days after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on October 7, triggering the current war in Gaza, many believed that Hamas had erred. The word “miscalculation” recurred in … Continue reading

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When the kids call, I have no sage parental wisdom to impart about their experiences because I have never been there or done any of that.

JPOST Israel-Hamas War: What can we tell the kids? Herb Keinon December 30, 2023 …It’s not the first time we’ve had a son fighting in Gaza. The Lad, our oldest, was there during his regular service in 2008-2009 during Operation … Continue reading

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After 2023, surely no one will deny that Western civilisation is under threat from without and within

SPIKED ONLINE The unholy alliance between wokeism and barbarism Brendan O’Neill December 29, 2023 My favourite story about Spinoza concerns the time he lost his cool. A philosopher, a Jew and history’s finest defender of Enlightenment, Spinoza was normally a … Continue reading

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