“I ran Israel’s national intelligence agency from 2016 to 2021. As an agent in the 1980s, I convinced a Hezbollah terrorist to join us”

Posted on September 24, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

FREE PRESS
How I Recruited a Hezbollah Terrorist to Work with Israel
Yossi Cohen
September 19, 2025

…When I recruit a source, he does not become a member of the Mossad. He is not a friend, although I will do everything in my power to make him think that he is. The Mossad does not force anyone to work with us. You can’t threaten someone, saying, “I’ll show a video of you doing this and that with that attractive Dutch lady if you do not cooperate.” That’s for trashy movies or throwaway paperback books. And it doesn’t work. If they don’t want to, they don’t want to. Eventually, they will learn what they are doing, and who they are doing it with. You have to convince them that it is okay, that there is a future in it. Betrayal must be a conscious act. READ MORE

FREE PRESS HONESTLY Bari Weiss: Inside the Mossad Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen talks spycraft, the war in Gaza, Palestinian statehood, Iran, Qatar, Israel’s recent mind-boggling missions, and why he believes intelligence failed on 10/7.

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“American voters should remember exactly who is willing to gamble with Israel’s security—and America’s credibility—in the name of symbolism.”

Posted on September 23, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
When Senate Democrats side with Hamas over Israel
Stephen M. Flatow
September 25, 2025

At first glance, the surge of support by Democratic elected officials for recognizing Palestinian statehood seems an act of moral clarity: After decades of suffering, political displacement and human tragedy, isn’t it overdue for Palestinians to receive the diplomatic recognition so many world powers already afford them? Beneath the veneer of humanitarian concern and lofty rhetoric, however, lies a host of practical, ethical and strategic problems that Democratic politicians seem to gloss over—and that deserve a harder look from voters and policymakers alike…Their proposal may be symbolic, but symbolism carries weight. A resolution like this signals to the world that swaths of the Democratic Party are willing to bypass negotiations, downplay terrorism and demand concessions from Israel without reciprocal demands of the Palestinians. READ MORE

JEWISH INSIDER Majority of House Democrats warn Israel against West Bank, Gaza annexation A letter led by Reps. Brad Schneider and Jamie Raskin says such a move would ‘not only violate international law but undermine decades of bipartisan U.S. policy and threaten the progress of the Abraham Accords’

AXIOS Democrats in Congress are breaking with Israel like never before Some of Israel’s staunchest Democratic supporters on Capitol Hill are wavering like never before as progressives grow more emboldened in their defense of the Palestinian cause. The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza has soured U.S. public opinion on Israel, and while members of Congress have been something of a lagging indicator, they are now shifting as well.

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Tucker Carlson accused of stoking antisemitic conspiracy theory about Charlie Kirk murder at memorial service

Posted on September 22, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
Gen Z’s casual antisemitism is growing — seeded by influencers like Tucker Carlson
David Harsanyi
September 25, 2025

On Wednesday night, a Turning Point USA event at Virginia Tech honoring the late Charlie Kirk took an ugly turn. A male student stood up to ask popular podcaster Megyn Kelly if she was concerned about the growing, unseemly influence of “rich billionaire Jews” on American politics. “Did you say, ‘rich billionaire Jews’?” Kelly incredulously responded. “Yes,” the questioner said, as if this was a completely normal topic to bring up. It’s just one more example of the abnormal fixation younger Americans have on Israel and Jews. The young man seemed to be allied with the progressive left, which has long flirted with this kind of rhetoric. But similar comments are increasingly spreading on the right, as well — even in the glare of the public spotlight. READ MORE

NEW YORK POST Tucker Carlson accused of stoking antisemitic conspiracy theory about Charlie Kirk murder at memorial service Tucker Carlson has been accused by Jewish groups and Israeli media outlets of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The conservative commentator and former Fox News host evoked the death of Jesus during his address at the memorial for Kirk on Sunday, appearing to draw comparisons between the two…His comments sparked outcry from a number of Jewish groups and Israeli figures, who accused Carlson of evoking medieval “blood libel” conspiracies about Jewish people being responsible for the death of Christ.

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“My story does not end with survival – it continues with service,” said the Israeli-American who was held in Gaza for 584 days until May

Posted on September 22, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

JTA
Freed hostage Edan Alexander says he’s returning to the IDF next month
Grace Gilson
September 19, 2025

Just months after former hostage Edan Alexander was freed from 584 days in Hamas captivity, the Golani Brigade soldier has announced he will return to service. “Next month, God willing, I will return to Israel. I will once again put on the IDF uniform, and I will proudly serve alongside my brothers,” Alexander said at an FIDF event…His announcement at the FIDF gala marked his first public statements since the Trump administration negotiated his release in May. In July, he met with Trump alongside his parents at the Oval Office. Alexander, 21, joined the IDF after graduating from high school in New Jersey and was captured while serving near the Gaza border during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. READ MORE

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“The Druze stand for an alternative Syria that extremists cannot tolerate”

Posted on September 20, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
Syria: Al-Sharaa’s Campaign of Extermination against Druze, Minorities
Uzay Bulut
September 19, 2025

…The Jolani regime (HTS/al-Nusra) declares the Druze outside their narrow definition of Islam and frames its attacks on them as a jihad (holy war). The deeper reason, however, is that Sweida and the Druze community have consistently called for a secular, democratic Syria based on equal citizenship, human rights, and the rule of law. This vision directly contradicts the Islamic state government that Jolani seeks to impose. You can see it in his constitutional declaration, his loyalty-based government, and his reliance on Sharia law rather than universal legal principles.
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TIMES OF ISRAEL PM reports progress in talks with Syria as US official says security deal ‘99%’ done Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has made progress in talks with Syria that could lead to peace agreements with both Damascus and Beirut, ahead of a reported meeting to be convened on Sunday evening to discuss the issue. Shortly thereafter, a Trump administration official told The Times of Israel that an emerging security agreement between Israel and Syria is “99%” complete, and that an announcement is expected within the next two weeks. 

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Leland Vittert: “I never got invited to a birthday party or playdate. I had no friends. People made fun of me about everything.”

Posted on September 19, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

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How My Dad Helped Me Master My Autism
Leland Vittert
September 25, 2025

When I was a kid, experts didn’t have a name for what I had. Asperger’s wasn’t a term until the 1990s, and autism wasn’t understood to be a spectrum disorder. The only diagnosis they could offer was “social blindness,” or “pervasive developmental disorder,” which gave my parents little hope things could get better. In fourth grade, my school brought in a specialist to administer an IQ test. A learning disability was usually defined by a 20-point spread between the verbal and nonverbal halves. My spread was 68 points. On one end of the spectrum, I was a genius. On the other, I was considered, in the medical jargon of the 1980s, mildly retarded. Math and science came easily; social reasoning was hopeless. If they could have measured my emotional intelligence, it would have been near freezing. READ MORE

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“There are two actors in the world who believe that conquering Gaza City will bring about Hamas’ defeat and the end of the war: the first is Benjamin Netanyahu. The second, ironically, is Hamas”

Posted on September 18, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Who’s crazy?
Amit Segal
September 19, 2025

… Now, Hamas operatives are streaming into Gaza City for what they perceive as the ultimate battle. Hamas’ view is that Israel has gone mad, that Netanyahu has gone mad. Where are the Jews who used to surrender when hostages were on the other side? Where are the Jews who avoided operating in an urban zone with hundreds of thousands of civilians? Amongst Hamas’ external leadership, spirits are high after the failed assassination attempt in Doha. But in Hamas ranks inside Gaza, there’s silence in order to preserve operational security, alongside widespread hysteria ahead of the IDF’s conquest of Gaza City. And afterwards? Netanyahu believes the fall of the strip’s capital would be like the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 CE. Masada and a few other outposts would remain, but the war would be decided. READ MORE

JPOST ‘Another painful heartbreak that grips an entire nation’: Officials mourn four slain IDF soldiers Israel mourned the loss of four “heroic fighters” who died in combat in Rafah on Thursday.  The soldiers were named as Major Omri Chai Ben Moshe, 26, from Tzafriya; Lieutenant Ron Arieli, 20, from Hadera; Lieutenant Eitan Avner Ben Itzhak, 22, from Har Brakha; and Lieutenant Eran Shelem, 23, from Ramat Yohanan. They were killed in Rafah when their Hummer transport vehicle ran over an improvised explosive on Thursday morning. Three other soldiers were injured. 

TIMES OF ISRAEL Two soldiers killed by knifeman driving Gaza-bound aid truck at West Bank-Jordan crossing Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack near Allenby Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan on Thursday. The assailant was a Jordanian who had been driving a humanitarian aid truck headed for the Gaza Strip. The perpetrator arrived at Allenby Crossing from the Jordanian side at around 3 p.m., driving a truck transporting humanitarian aid intended for the Gaza Strip. Upon his arrival, he opened fire at soldiers at the crossing with a handgun, before the truck could be inspected, a preliminary military investigation found.

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“Tucker positions himself as a skeptic, who is generously open to revisionist theories and questioning, and lets his guests do the dirty work of talking about “Zionist minders””

Posted on September 18, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
Netanyahu slams ‘insane’ conspiracy theories linking Israel to Charlie Kirk’s death, says lies could be Qatari-funded
David Propper
September 18, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed wild conspiracy theories that his government was involved in Charlie Kirk’s assassination — floating the idea that the lies could be Qatari-funded. “Somebody has fabricated a monstrous big lie — that Israel had something to do with Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder,” he said in a social media video posted Wednesday morning Israeli time. “This is insane, it is false, it is outrageous. Netanyahu said Kirk loved Israel and the Jewish people, and had sent a supportive letter to the Israeli leader recently before his death. “Now, if Charlie disagreed with a policy of mine or a decision here and there, not only did I not mind, I welcomed it,” Netanyahu said. READ MORE

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The best we can say for the new Tucker is that he is not as whacked-out as Candace Owens. Candace has become the poster woman for something we might call ICI or “Internet-Caused Insanity,” the lust for more and more online notoriety until your brains explode. Every day it’s something new. Brigitte Macron is a man. Stalin is Jewish. Now it’s the Jews who killed or coerced Charlie (hard to tell with Candace who appears to be dodging another defamation suit in her phrasing—one’s enough).

TABLET MAG Op Nation: Why Tucker Carlson became America’s conspiracist-in-chief The similarities between Obama’s politics and Tucker Carlson’s hardly stop at America’s shores. Both men are suspicious of U.S. ties to Israel, and seek to position the U.S. as sympathetic to Muslim terrorists who kill Americans. Both men feel entirely comfortable doing business with tyrants like Vladimir Putin and with Holocaust-denying theocracies like Iran. Both men share a common dislike for Winston Churchill, whose bust was removed from the White House under Obama, and whom Carlson has recently painted as the chief villain of World War II. Both men use polite euphemisms like “Likudnik” and “Zionist” to license overt antisemitism among their followers.

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Israel announces operational deployment of Iron Beam, the world’s first high-energy laser defense system ready for combat

Posted on September 18, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

BREITBART
Breakthrough: Israel’s ‘Iron Beam’ Laser Defense System Operational, Intercepts Missiles at Near-Zero Cost
Joshua Klein
September 17, 2025

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Defense, confirmed completion of final development trials for the Iron Beam 450, demonstrating the ability to intercept rockets, mortars, and drones “with unmatched speed, precision, and near-zero cost per engagement.” Defense Minister Israel Katz called the achievement a “historic milestone” and emphasized its strategic significance…The economic implications are stark. Each Iron Dome interceptor costs roughly $50,000, while an Iron Beam laser shot costs around $5. READ MORE

IT’S NOON IN ISRAEL Israel Will Soon Have 100% Protection From Missiles “With a laser we destroy the target essentially by a beam of light, by rays of light that travel at 300,000 km [185,000 miles] per second,” Steinitz said. “The moment the target is seen, it is destroyed…But within five years, he believes Israel will also have a laser that can intercept ballistic missiles from Iran and Yemen.

JNS Israel becomes first nation to deploy ‘historic’ laser defense system The former strategic affairs minister said that after 60 years in which all the world powers, led by the United States and including Israel, tried to create laser weapons and failed, “there was a breakthrough at Rafael five years ago that allowed us to create the world’s first effective laser weapon.” “In the last war, both in Lebanon and in the 12 days [of fighting] against Iran, a single laser device—the smallest of our devices—shot down dozens of drones, with exceptional success rates,” he went on to say.

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“Even those who listen to the white nationalist Nick Fuente support Israel by a one-point margin, 38 to 37 percent”

Posted on September 18, 2025 by ArchitectGuy

FREE BEACON
MAGA Youth Remain Pro-Israel, Free Beacon Poll Shows
Eliana Johnson
September 16, 2025

The kids are alright: Influencers like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Nick Fuentes may be popular among young conservatives, but their anti-Israel views aren’t, a Washington Free Beacon-Echelon Insights poll found. Of the 1,000 young conservatives and Trump voters surveyed, an overwhelming majority have a positive view of Israel and support Donald Trump’s handling of the U.S.-Israel relationship. For all their fulminating against the Jewish state, 54 percent of Carlson’s listeners and 58 percent of Owens’s listeners have a favorable view of the Jewish state, suggesting that young people may be tuning in, but they aren’t being persuaded. READ MORE

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