“ChatGPT Advises Users On How To Attack A Sports Venue, Buy Nuclear Material On Dark Web, Weaponize Anthrax, Build Spyware, Bombs…”

GATESTONE
US High-Tech Companies Are Helping Terrorists to Weaponize AI
Robert Williams
December 30, 2025

Terrorist networks, not surprisingly, are focusing their efforts on weaponizing artificial intelligence (AI). A recent study by MEMRI discloses the use of artificial intelligence by Hamas, Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS), the Houthis and Hezbollah, among others…The Associated Press reported on December 15: “Such groups spread fake images two years ago of the Israel-Hamas war depicting bloodied, abandoned babies in bombed-out buildings. The images spurred outrage and polarization while obscuring the war’s actual horrors. Violent groups in the Middle East used the photos to recruit new members, as did antisemitic hate groups in the U.S. and elsewhere.” READ MORE

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“A half-century-old theory that the Jewish state deliberately attacked the USS Liberty during the Six-Day War has renewed currency”

NATIONAL REVIEW
No, the USS Liberty Attack Wasn’t Israeli Treachery
Rich Lowry
December 23, 2025

For elements of the anti-Israel right, it’s a time when everything old is becoming new again. So, a half-century-old theory that the Jewish state deliberately attacked the USS Liberty during the Six-Day War has renewed currency. Conspiratorial-minded influencers hostile to Israel, like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, have promoted the notion, and it was a topic of discussion at the recent TPUSA conference. One speaker said that the official explanation “doesn’t feel like it’s good enough,” and floated his own wild speculation (involving the complicity of LBJ). The fact is that the devastating Israeli attack on the Liberty, killing 34 and wounding 171, was a woeful case of mistaken identification. The series of faulty judgments that led to the incident is so grievous that, taken altogether, it is, indeed, nearly incomprehensible. READ MORE

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“The Defense Ministry says Iron Beam is now operational at scale, offering low-cost laser interception of drones, rockets, missiles, and mortars, and reducing reliance on costly interceptors”

JPOST
Defense Ministry rolls out Iron Beam laser air defense system across Israel
Yonah Jeremy Bob
December 28, 2025

The Iron Beam laser-based, air-defense system has been deployed in the field, the Defense Ministry reported Sunday… In June, the Defense Ministry disclosed that Israeli laser defense systems had shot down around 40 Hezbollah drones in October 2024….The announcement also means that Iron Beam batteries will be produced and dispersed around the country at scale, as opposed to serving in just one or two locations where their impact would take time to be judged. The Defense Ministry and the IDF expect Iron Beam to immediately reduce the cost of intercepting aerial threats, a major challenge for Israel during the recent war, when tens of thousands of projectiles were launched from six fronts. READ MORE

FOX NEWS Israel unveils Iron Beam laser weapon while achieving record $15B arms sales (VIDEO)

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“The concerns that caused Podhoretz to change his views more than a half century ago were basically the same as those that led his allies today to lament the resurgence of anti-Semitism and hostility to Israel after the October 7”

CITY JOURNAL
Norman Podhoretz: the Undeceived
James Piereson
December 30, 2025

… Podhoretz was widely known for his transition in the late 1960s from radicalism to conservatism, in defiance of views widely and vehemently held by those who then dominated New York’s intellectual scene. In rejecting his youthful views and, much worse, turning himself into a conservative, Podhoretz became an outcast among his former friends, as he chronicled in Ex Friends, one of his later books. But by turning in those credentials, he won a larger following not only among Jews but also among many Americans who were not Jewish and had never stepped foot in Manhattan but looked to him, and to Commentary, the magazine he edited, for guidance in cutting through the fashionable left-wing views that they encountered in schools, Hollywood movies, and television news programs. It was a response that he did not expect but certainly welcomed. READ MORE

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“Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s denials, Iran will be the central issue in his upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Iran core issue in Trump-Netanyahu meeting despite denials
Danny Zaken
December 23, 2025

…A second major topic on the agenda is Gaza and the transition to the next Phase. The Americans have been unable to assemble a multinational force due to countries’ refusal to deploy troops while Hamas remains armed. As a result, Washington is turning its attention to the civilian track. The expectation is that following the meeting or meetings, an announcement will be made on the launch of a reconstruction process through the establishment of a new governing civilian body, largely composed of Palestinians who previously worked for the Palestinian Authority. Israel Hayom has reported that lists of some of the candidates expected to assume civilian authority have been transferred to Israel for security vetting, to ensure they are not affiliated with Hamas.” READ MORE

ALGEMEINER Israeli Defense Minister Says Military to Maintain Presence in Gaza but No Plans to Resettle Enclave Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday said that the Israeli military will maintain a long-term presence in Gaza for security reasons but denied any intention to resettle the Palestinian enclave. Israel Katz, speaking at a settlement in the West Bank, said the military would never leave all of Gaza and planned to station a type of unit – Nahal – that has historically played a role in establishing Israeli communities, including settlements. After some Israeli media reported the comment as a plan to resettle Gaza, where Israel dismantled settlements in 2005, Katz issued a statement saying, “The government has no intention of establishing settlements in the Gaza Strip.”

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“The future of Israeli diplomacy will be shaped not only by alliances or declarations, but by technologies so essential that they bind nations together in ways traditional diplomacy cannot”

JPOST
Israeli technology has become the country’s most powerful diplomatic asset
Hilla Haddad Chmelnik
December 23, 2025

Over the past two years, Israeli innovation has evolved from a competitive advantage into a form of diplomatic gravity. Nowhere is this shift clearer than in the domain of air defense. What began as battlefield innovation has become a strategic asset influencing policy decisions in Europe, the Gulf, and Asia. Israel’s air-defense systems have demonstrated effectiveness under real threat, encouraging governments to preserve stable channels with Jerusalem, even during moments of political friction. Air defense is not the entire story, but it is the clearest demonstration of how technological leadership can shape international behavior. READ MORE

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“Jerusalem traded energy for leverage, tying Cairo to its fuel supplies while securing strategic calm despite ongoing violations in Sinai”

JNS
The real purpose of Israel’s gas deal with Egypt
Ariel Kahana
December 20, 2025

The signing of the massive natural gas deal with Egypt goes far beyond its $34 billion price tag. One of the main reasons for the agreement’s delay was Egypt’s problematic approach to Israel on political and security issues. According to information gathered in recent years, Egypt has deployed forces in Sinai far beyond what is permitted under the security annex of the 1979 peace treaty. It has also built tunnels deep in the peninsula for storing weapons and has suspiciously extended runways at airfields…Israeli officials believe that once gas deliveries begin, this will serve as leverage to deter Cairo from violating the peace treaty. READ MORE

WALL STREET JOURNAL Amit Segal: Selling F-35s to Turkey Could Lead to War Turkey embodies everything it accuses Israel of being. Psychologists call it “projection”: When President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accuses Israel of encroaching on its neighbors’ territory in an attempt to establish “Greater Israel,” he’s mirroring his own desire to revive the Ottoman Empire, which once ruled those same regions. When he claims that Israel has “set its sights on” Turkey, he ignores his own prayers to Allah asking for Israel’s destruction. While claiming that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians, he denies the genocide his country committed against the Armenians. When he accuses Israel of attempting to turn the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem into a Jewish temple, he ignores that he turned the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from a church into a mosque over international protests.

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“At AmericaFest, Shapiro went after Carlson for hosting Fuentes — whom he called “a Hitler apologist, Nazi-loving, anti-American piece of refuse””

JPOST
Ben Shapiro deserves support for calling out right-wing antisemitism at Turning Point USA
Steven Burg
December 24, 2025

This past weekend at Turning Point USA, Ben Shapiro took the stage and did what too few have been willing to do: he told the truth and drew a line in the sand against antisemitism in the conservative movement. His courage matters, and we all need to pay attention. Shapiro didn’t mince words. He called out Nick Fuentes as exactly what he is, a pro-Hitler racist whose venom extends far beyond Jews to include women – including the vice president’s wife – Black Americans, Asian Americans, and countless others. He confronted the troubling reality that figures like Tucker Carlson have given Fuentes a platform, attempting to mainstream his toxic ideology. He challenged Carlson’s increasingly anti-Israel rhetoric and Candace Owens’ transformation from someone who built her career with support from Israeli venture capitalists to a voice that demonizes the Jewish people. READ MORE

YOUTUBE Ben Shapiro TPUSA Speech: Truth Over Cowardice and Grifting Ben Shapiro warned Thursday night on the stage of Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest that the future of the conservative movement depends on a commitment to truth, arguing that grifters and frauds are putting both conservatism and the country at risk.

NY POST Megyn Kelly blasts Ben Shapiro, Bari Weiss, claims ‘they are making antisemites’ Megyn Kelly blasted Ben Shapiro for what she called his “betrayal” after he publicly singled her out at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest — then turned her fire on Bari Weiss for amplifying his speech as the conservative movement’s internal feud spilled onto the main stage. Kelly told Vanity Fair that Shapiro’s onstage broadside left her “flabbergasted” and accused Shapiro and Weiss of fueling antisemitism by trying to shut down criticism of Israel. “They are making antisemites,” the former Fox News primetime host said in the article published Monday.

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Have you heard the one about three guys (one of whom is the Son of Hamas) who go into a tunnel?

YISHAI FLEISHER
Under the real location of the Second Temple; What we found is astonishing
December 21, 2025

Holiday Special in secret locked areas under the Temple Mount with Knesset Member Ohad Tal, Mosab Hassan Yousef (Author, Activist AKA The Green Prince, “Son of Hamas” and me. Mosab says “The evidence is overwhelming and … this is the only way to experience truth.” You’ll learn things you never knew. Exclusive new video filmed on location by Joshua Fleisher and Shlomo Weprin. Click here to view

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VDH: The prime minister of Australia “talks as if guns were animate and murdered Jews without the aid of radical Islamic killers”

FREE PRESS
Jews Are Being Sent Back Into Hiding
David Wolpe and Deborah Lipstadt
December 15, 2025

…For decades, when American Jews traveled in a foreign country and wanted to visit a synagogue, they knew that they had to call ahead, confirm their attendance, and bring proper identification with them. If they were unsure how to find the location of the synagogue, locals would offer two prompts: “Look for men in baseball caps and suits, and follow them.” The baseball caps concealed the kippah underneath. Then, informants might add: “And if that does not avail, look up and down the street for the police cars and gendarmes with their carbines. That’s the synagogue.” That used to be the case on other continents. Now, the same instructions apply to the United States. Every synagogue has security, many featuring metal detectors and armed guards. So that people can gather and pray. In America. READ MORE

NEW YORK POST Victor Davis Hanson: We know the reasons for violence against Jews — but refuse to say them aloud  Jews celebrating Hanukkah were just slaughtered by Muslim gunmen on an Australian beach, in an imitation of the Oct. 7 massacres. An inert Europe is canceling Christmas celebrations out of fear of threats of violence from Muslim minorities. In the West, when an Islamist shoots a Jew, politicians often offer two bizarre remedies: gun control or a task force to tackle Islamophobia. Yet, our political class rarely offers data on the overwhelming preponderance of targeting Jews rather than Muslims, much less the vast disparity in Jewish-on-Muslim versus Muslim-on-Jewish violence. To catalog all the recent violence against Jews in the Western world would fill a book.

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