Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Weisel: “By propagating lies about ‘occupation,’ ‘apartheid’ and ‘genocide,’ Mamdani helps promote antisemitism”

WALL STREET JOURNAL A Mamdani Mayoralty Threatens New York’s Jews Elisha Weisel October 21, 2025 …Mr. Mamdani’s messaging has made class war and hatred of Jews great again. Smiling, polished, articulate, Mr. Mamdani lies. He lies about Israel as easily … Continue reading

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EVENTS: StandWithUs Annual Gala Sunday November 4 + Acclaimed Nova Exhibition opens in Chicago November 4

StandWithUs Midwest Campus Champions Skokie, IL November 2, 2025 5:30 – 8:00pm Keynote Speaker: Elica Le Bon Location given upon registration Click here to register The Nova Music Festival Chicago The Nova Exhibition is an in-depth remembrance of the brutal … Continue reading

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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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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

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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

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“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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“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

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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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“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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