“Those who think that Hamas, by agreeing to Trump’s “peace plan,” has abandoned its desire to eliminate Israel or has softened its position toward Israel are unfortunately dead wrong”

GATESTONE
Why Trump’s Gaza Plan is Not a Peace Deal
Khaled Abu Toameh
December 4, 2025

US President Donald J. Trump’s plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip is not a “peace plan.” In the eyes of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups, the plan is nothing but another temporary ceasefire, not different than previous ones reached between Israel and Hamas over the past two decades. It is a mistake even to call it a “peace plan”: Hamas has not yet abandoned its stated goal of destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamist state. Hamas, moreover, has never — to this day — recognized Israel’s right to exist. Instead, Hamas continues to hold onto the idea that: “The land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Muslim generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered; it, or any part of it, should not be given up. Neither a single Arab country nor all Arab countries, neither any king or president, nor all kings and presidents, neither any organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or Arab, possess the right to do that.” (Hamas Charter, Article 11). READ MORE

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“Investigators are also finding that Somali migrants have sent millions in taxpayer dollars to the African Islamic terror group known as Al-Shabaab”

BREITBART
NY Times Admits Somalis Are ‘Raised in a Culture of Stealing’ Following Massive Welfare Fraud in Minnesota
Walter Todd Huston
December 1, 2025

Even the far-left New York Times has admitted that Somalians are raised in a culture of widespread theft and graft in their country as the news of massive welfare fraud among the Somali community in Democrat Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota grows. The paper’s opening line for its Nov. 29 article gets straight to the point, reading, “The fraud scandal that rattled Minnesota was staggering in its scale and brazenness.” …One of the first such cases centered around an organization called “Feeding Our Future,” run by a group of Minneapolis-area Somali migrants. Prosecutors say that the organizers bilked $250 million from the state in child food assistance funding. In a different case, tens of millions were stolen from Minnesota’s autism treatment program, again by Somali migrants. There is also the case of more than $550 million stolen from the state’s coronavirus pandemic relief program. READ MORE

CBS NEWS Treasury investigating whether Minnesota welfare money went to Somali terror group al Shabaab, Bessent says The Trump administration is looking into whether Minnesota tax money found its way to al Shabaab, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization and al Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. Bessent wrote on X that the Treasury is “investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.”

CITY JOURNAL Chris Rufo: The Somali Fraud Story Busts Liberal Myths There is a moment when every news story either achieves lift-off or tumbles back to the earth. Having covered a few that drove national headlines, I’ve discovered there is no universal formula for which ones hit the stratosphere, and which do not. Our recent story detailing Minnesota’s Somali fraud rings has been one of the lucky ones, achieving liftoff in record time. City Journal reporter Ryan Thorpe and I summarized a decade of Somali fraud schemes that stole billions of taxpayer dollars, some of which ended up with Al-Shabaab terrorists back in Somalia. These were sophisticated criminal enterprises that exploited Minnesota’s generous welfare state, deployed accusations of racism to deter scrutiny, and looted the public treasury until local prosecutors did the hard work to bring them down.

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“Argentina has formally launched the Isaac Accords, a new initiative aimed at strengthening political, economic and cultural cooperation between Israel and Latin America”

ALGEMEINER
Israel, Argentina Strengthen Ties as Milei Plans to Open Embassy in Jerusalem, Saar Leads Diplomatic Mission
Ailin Vilches Arguello
November 26, 2025

Israel expects Argentine President Javier Milei to open his country’s embassy in Jerusalem next year, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday, as the two allies continue to strengthen their bilateral ties. “We hope to have the president in April or May to open Argentina’s embassy in Jerusalem, DC — David’s Capital,” the top Israeli diplomat said during a speech at the Israel-Argentina Business Forum in Buenos Aires. Earlier this year, the Argentine leader announced during his visit to Israel that his country plans to open its embassy in Jerusalem in 2026. READ MORE

JPOST Milei announces launch of Isaac Accords in meeting with Israel’s foreign minister Argentina positions itself as the regional driver of a new Latin America–Israel cooperation framework, modeled on the Abraham Accords and advanced in coordination with Washington.

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“The poll suggests that majorities of Hispanic, black and young male Republican voters “believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen”

JNS
Manhattan Institute poll finds 17% of GOP members are ‘anti-Jewish Republicans’
Andrew Bernard
December 2, 2025

Some 17% of GOP supporters are “anti-Jewish Republicans” with beliefs including Holocaust denial or the view that Israel is a “settler-colonial state” that drags the United States “into wars we have no business in,” according to a poll which the conservative Manhattan Institute released on Monday. The survey defined current GOP supporters as either registered Republicans or voters who backed U.S. President Donald Trump in 2024, regardless of formal party affiliation. It found that 37% of these Republicans believe the Holocaust “was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe,” with 77% of Hispanic GOP voters, 66% of black GOP voters and 54% of male GOP voters under 50-years-old holding that view. READ MORE

FORWARD Anti-BDS order will test Mamdani on day one Outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams is immediately testing his successor’s position on the boycott Israel movement as Zohran Mamdani takes office, at a moment when the city’s Jewish community remains divided over the next mayor’s priorities and his stance on Israel. On Wednesday, Adams signed an executive order barring city agencies from participating in Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions efforts, which would pre-empt any moves by city officials to divest from Israel Bonds and other Israeli investments. Mamdani, a strident critic of Israel, has pledged to end the city’s decades-long practice of investing millions in Israeli government debt securities and has said he would order the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York.

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“If approved, Nov. 30 would commemorate the expulsion of roughly 900,000 Jews from Arab countries after Israel’s founding”

JTA
Bipartisan bill in Congress would create ‘Jewish Refugee Day’
Grace Gilson
November 25, 2025

The United States would recognize Nov. 30 as “Jewish Refugee Day” under a bipartisan resolution sponsored by two Jewish members of Congress. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida Democrat, and Texas Republican Craig Goldman submitted the resolution on Friday, saying that the day would be known by both its English name and the Hebrew translation, Yom HaPlitim. “I was proud to introduce a bipartisan resolution with Rep. Craig Goldman to honor Yom Haplitim and Jewish communities forced out of North African and Middle Eastern countries where they lived for millennia after Israel became a country,” Wasserman Schultz said in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “Their resilience is inspiring and a testament to the improbable survival of Jewish people throughout history.” READ MORE

ALGEMEINER UNRWA in Gaza Has Been Replaced; It’s Time to Shutter the Agency The UN Relief and Works Agency — or UNRWA — in Gaza has been replaced by over a dozen other aid organizations. UNRWA’s decades-long monopoly on aid and services has finally been broken, presenting a rare opportunity for deradicalization and, eventually, peace. What’s more, the international community now has a model for how to replace UNRWA everywhere it operates, not just in Gaza. The UN Security Council approved President Donald Trump’s proposal to build a “Board of Peace” on November 17 that will oversee the deradicalization of Gaza and the dismantlement of Hamas’ terror state. But Trump’s vision will not succeed until UNRWA is shuttered.

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“Dutch politician Geert Wilders later said that his country’s decision was “antisemitism and disgusting Israel hatred in its purest form”

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel cleared for Eurovision 2026 in EBU vote; Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia quit
Amy Spiro
December 4, 2025

Israel will be allowed to compete in the 2026 Eurovision, following an overwhelming vote by European Broadcasting Union members to adopt a series of reforms rather than force a referendum on whether to oust the country amid anger over the war against Hamas in Gaza. Responding to the decision, the public broadcasters of Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia immediately announced that they would follow through on their threats to quit the competition in protest. The vote and decision capped a dramatic meeting of the EBU general assembly in Geneva, where members argued for and against Israel’s participation and the ramifications of either decision. Ultimately, the EBU said that “a large majority of members” was satisfied with a package of reforms to the Eurovision unveiled last month, and “agreed that there was no need for a further vote” on whether Israel could participate. READ MORE

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“Netanyahu, regardless of whether you like him as a political leader or agree with his politics, is a masterful politician and one of the smartest people on this planet”

FUTURE OF JEWISH
Netanyahu just made the craziest move of his career
Joshua Hoffman
December 2, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for a presidential pardon, submitted this past Sunday, marks one of the most consequential constitutional and political moments in Israel’s modern history. Five and a half years after his trial began (and nearly a decade after the initial investigations), Netanyahu has turned to President Isaac Herzog for intervention. For starters, Israel’s political system features a democratically elected prime minister who runs the government and makes executive decisions, as well as a president (appointed by Israel’s parliament) who serves as a largely ceremonial head of state with the power to grant pardons. Netanyahu faces three corruption cases: Case 1000, Case 2000, and Case 4000. READ MORE

AXIOS Netanyahu asked Trump for more help in pardon push During a long phone call on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked President Trump for more support in his push for a pardon from Israel’s president, two U.S. officials and one Israeli official said. In a conversation that largely focused on Gaza and Syria, the leaders also discussed Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial. Trump has repeatedly intervened in Israel’s judicial process and domestic politics to push for an end to those proceedings. Last month, Trump sent an official letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog denouncing the charges against Netanyahu as “political lawfare” and calling on Herzog to issue a pardon.

TIMES OF ISRAEL Without confession of guilt, Netanyahu’s pardon request a Hail Mary, experts say High Court precedent indicates that either a conviction or a mea culpa is needed for president to issue a free pass, but Herzog and lawyers could aim for a conditional compromise

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One of many lies repeated in the NYT piece: “The argument that President Biden gave Israel unconditional support is also false. The administration held up key arms shipments, including large diameter munitions”

URBAN WARFARE
A Response to the “This Is the Story…on Gaza” Ben Rhodes NYT Opinion piece
John Spencer
December 2, 2025

…The article [by Ben Rhodes in the New York Times]  relies on an emotionally charged but morally incoherent equivalency. It argues that if one believes a Palestinian child has equal dignity to an Israeli or American child, one cannot support the Israeli government while hiding behind platitudes about peace. This argument is appalling. It ignores the most fundamental distinction in the laws of war. There is a clear difference between a baby kidnapped by Hamas and murdered with bare hands and the tragic death of a child in urban combat who is being used as a human shield by Hamas. The laws of war do not judge outcomes alone. They judge intent, precautions, proportionality, distinction, and military necessity. Israel has taken more measures to reduce civilian harm than any military in history, including layered warnings, evacuation corridors, daily pauses, roof knocking, safe zones, and an unprecedented combination of precision fires and restrictions on ground maneuver that often put its own soldiers at greater risk to protect civilians. I have studied and documented urban warfare for decades. No other military has attempted to do what the IDF has done in Gaza. READ MORE

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Peter Beinart, Jewish anti-Zionist, forced to bend a knee to his fellow travelers in the Red-Green Alliance

NO DELUSIONS, NO DESPAIR
Peter Beinart and the trial
Benjamin Kerstein
November 30, 2025

…Like it or not, a Jew who joins an antisemitic cult, however useful, is never fully trusted. They are always watched for minor violations, possible deviations, and even the hint of sympathy for their own people. Along with this comes a silent contempt, the belief that, in betrayal, the Jew becomes a man without honor, without dignity, and without integrity. This makes the useful Jew immensely vulnerable, because he is never respected, and one who is not respected is easy enough to abuse. When Beinart spoke at TAU, he perhaps did not know that the verdict, the sentence, and the punishment would be so swift. There can be no doubt that he felt terribly threatened. That he saw the ostracization, the shunning, the loss of face, and the expulsion that might be coming his way. READ MORE

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DePaul assailant Adam Erkan sentenced to 2 years probation and 100 hours of community service

ABC7 NEWS
Man pleads guilty to battery in attack on Jewish students on DePaul Lincoln Park campus
November 25, 2025

Just over a year after two men attacked Israeli Defense Forces Reserve Staff Sgt. Max Long and his friend, Michael Kaminsky, in broad daylight on the DePaul University campus, one of the men charged pleaded guilty to a charge in the case. Adam Erkan was facing felony hate crime charges, and was being held in custody. He pleaded guilty to battery/causing bodily harm Tuesday, and was sentenced to probation for two years, along with 100 hours of community service. The other attacker remains at large…In video from a year ago, you see Long and Kaminsky approached by two masked men and beaten before the men ran off. READ MORE

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