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“Netanyahu gave Mossad this secret assignment several weeks ago”

AXIOS Israeli Mossad asks African countries to take Palestinians from Gaza Barak Ravid March 28, 2025 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu tasked Israel’s Mossad foreign intelligence agency with finding countries that would agree to receive large numbers of Palestinians displaced from … Continue reading

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“Eric Levine said Witkoff ‘should do the honorable thing and resign’ and ‘failing that, he should be summarily fired”

JEWISH INSIDER RJC board member calls for Witkoff’s dismissal over ‘his utter incompetence’ Matthew Kassel March 26, 2025 Eric Levine, a top GOP fundraiser and a board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition, is calling for Steve Witkoff’s dismissal over … Continue reading

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After the war resumed on March 18, Gazans began voicing their frustration with Hamas on social media, rallying around the hashtag “Hamas, stop the war.”

FDD Palestinians in Gaza Protest Against Hamas Rule Ahmad Sharawi March 27, 2025 Hundreds of Palestinians have taken to the streets of Gaza in a rare and direct display of anger against Hamas, blaming the Iran-backed group for plunging the territory … Continue reading

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“Humanitarian groups and several Arab nations, including US-allied Saudi Arabia, have claimed that the relocation of Gazans would be illegal and would amount to ethnic cleansing”

JEWISH CHRONICLE (by agreement with JNS) Israel creates new military body to encourage ‘voluntary emigration’ from Gaza Joshua Marks March 23, 2025 Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved Defence Minister Israel Katz’s proposal to establish a new directorate within the ministry … Continue reading

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“There is no massacre of Christians happening in Syria. But that lie took hold for a reason—and grasping it is the key to understanding something important about American domestic politics”

TABLET MAG The Right’s Sectarian Moment Tony Badran March 24, 2025 Many Americans, particularly those who get their information from popular right-wing social media accounts [eg Candace Owens] and podcasters [eg Tucker Carlson], now take it as an article of … Continue reading

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As it unfurls, the saga of Mahmoud Khalil—the Columbia agitator picked up by immigration enforcement last week—looks less like a complicated immigration-law dispute and more like something out of a John le Carré novel.

CITY JOURNAL Who Are the Shadowy Figures Defending Mahmoud Khalil? Liel Leibovitz, Asaf Romirowsky March 19, 2025 …Similarly, it is troubling that those who argue, against all available evidence, that Mahmoud Khalil is a martyr on the altar of free … Continue reading

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Hirsi, a far-left activist, anti-Israel agitator, and Barnard College senior, hosts online Mahmoud Khalil fundraiser

FREE BEACON Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Promotes Fundraiser For Pro-Hamas Activist in ICE Custody Jessica Costescu March 12, 2025 Isra Hirsi, the daughter of “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), championed a fundraiser supporting Mahmoud Khalil, the student activist and … Continue reading

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Three sources said the Trump administration’s hostage envoy has already been pulled off of the Hamas hostage file

JEWISH INSIDER Adam Boehler sidelined from Hamas negotiations after media blitz, sources say Emily Jacobs March 13, 2025 Republicans on Capitol Hill are privately frustrated by Adam Boehler, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for hostage affairs, over his behavior during … Continue reading

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“Witkoff’s treatment of Netanyahu was effective but it was also cartoonishly performative”

COMMENTARY MAG What Trump’s Tough-Guy Diplomacy Means for Israel Seth Mandel March 13, 2025 Israelis may be relieved that U.S. envoy Adam Boehler has been sidelined from Hamas talks after his disastrous foray into hostage diplomacy, but they should remember … Continue reading

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“US hostage envoy Adam Boehler reportedly engaged in the first direct talks between the US and Hamas in decades over the remaining American hostages and chances for a deal to end the war”

ARUTZ SHEVA Trump Admin. holding secret direct talks with Hamas over hostages March 5, 2025 The Trump Administration has been engaged in direct talks with the Hamas terrorist organization in an effort to release the American citizens who are still … Continue reading

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