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SCREAMS BEFORE SILENCE Full Video [57:00] A documentary film on the sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7th, Screams Before Silence is a documentary film led by American businesswoman Sheryl Sandberg, that explores the sexual violence by Hamas during the Hamas-led attack on Israel, on 7 October 2023, including events at the massacre at the Nova Festival and abductions to the Gaza Strip.
EXPOSED: State Dept. Report Reveals How USAID Funneled Millions To Terror-Linked Groups
February 27, 2025 Yeshiva World News – The Trump administration has completed a comprehensive review of U.S. foreign aid, identifying nearly 15,000 grants worth $60 billion for elimination, many of which, according to administration officials, were linked to organizations with questionable ties to terrorism. The findings, outlined in an internal State Department memo reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, highlight longstanding concerns about the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) financial oversight and funding priorities.
The review, which covered both State Department and USAID grants, found that USAID accounted for the vast majority of the proposed cuts. Of the 15,000 grants flagged for elimination, 5,800 originated from USAID, amounting to $54 billion—representing a 92% reduction in its multi-year grant spending.
The report follows repeated allegations that USAID funds have been misallocated to groups with links to terrorism, particularly in the Middle East. In 2022, for example, USAID awarded $78,000 to the Community Development and Continuing Education Institute, a Palestinian activist group based in the West Bank. Leaders of the organization had previously praised a terrorist who murdered a U.S. military attaché as a “hero fighter.”
Even more troublingly, just days before Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, USAID approved a grant of more than $900,000 for the Bayader Association for Environment and Development, a Gaza-based group with reported links to Hamas leadership. The organization was said to be in “close cooperation with the Hamas regime,” yet received U.S. taxpayer funds under the Biden administration’s aid policies.
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A broader pattern has emerged of USAID supporting organizations that, while ostensibly engaged in humanitarian work, have affiliations with terror groups. Watchdog groups and congressional oversight bodies have warned for years about systemic failures in vetting USAID’s grant recipients. An inspector general report from 2023 found that USAID had failed to prevent the diversion of aid to Hamas and other terrorist organizations, raising concerns about weak safeguards in the agency’s grant approval process.
While USAID has historically been a key tool of U.S. diplomacy, its funding practices have drawn bipartisan criticism. In recent years, it has supported initiatives tied to progressive social policies, such as climate activism and alternative lifestyle development programs. The Biden administration’s 2022-2030 climate strategy allocated $150 billion to global environmental projects, some of which had little or no direct connection to U.S. strategic interests.
USAID also played a role in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives abroad. In 2023, for instance, the agency allocated up to $1 million to support disabled individuals in Tajikistan as “climate leaders,” while another grant helped fund Indigenous language programs in Guatemala, despite Spanish being spoken by 95% of the population.
As the fight over USAID’s future unfolds, the State Department’s internal memo makes clear that foreign assistance will undergo fundamental reforms. “Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, must be justified with the answer to three simple questions: Does it make America safe? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?” the memo reads.
5:48 PM, 2/27/2025] +972 52-272-5969: 𝗜𝗦𝗥𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦
This evening, the IDF published a portion of the inquiries into the October 7th massacre.
The inquiries found that the IDF had misconstrued Hamas’s intentions in several ways:
* That Hamas was deterred
* That Hamas was interested in economic development, a political solution, and the good of Gaza
* That the conflict against Hamas could be contained
* That Hamas was still planning to tunnel into Israel, and could not overcome the border wall
The inquiries found that the IDF had intercepted Hamas’s exact plans years previously but had not properly prepared for them. The inquiry showed that there was an overriding belief that Israeli intelligence would alert of any planned attack in enough time to reinforce the border, leading to a reduction in standing forces at the border.
The IDF currently estimates that the misconceptions were identified by Hamas during Operation Defensive Edge in 2014, and that Yahya Sinwar used the lessons from that and subsequent conflicts to develop the plan for the massacre gradually over many years.
[Ed.: Bibi wanted to read the report before the “civilians” read it. Well, at least, before the “civilians” find out. ! He should read it. But the ‘investigation’ leads nowhere, and doesn’t lead anywhere close to prosecutions or firing squads. Too bad, no?]
Democratic Support For Israel Plummets, New Poll Finds
[Ed.: Correction to title: Democrat Support, nothing “Democratic” about it!]
February 27, 2025 Jewish Breaking News – A brand new Gallup poll has shown that Democratic support for Israel has nosedived to a pathetic 33% from 63% three years. The gap between parties is now wider than ever, with Republicans holding steady at 83% support while independents have followed Democrats off the pro-Israel cliff, with support plummeting from 71% to just 48% since 2022.
Democratic operatives are scrambling to contain the damage, with Jewish Democratic Council of America CEO Halie Soifer desperately trying to pin the blame on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government rather than acknowledge the anti-Israel sentiment festering within her party’s base.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu’s close alignment with Donald Trump has clouded the way some see Israel,” Soifer tells JTA. However, the Republican Jewish Coalition wasted no time celebrating the poll as vindication, declaring “The numbers don’t lie: there is only ONE pro-Israel party, and it is the GOP.”
The survey comes as President Trump continues to cement his reputation as Israel’s most reliable ally in Washington, recently hosting Netanyahu at the White House and giving his full-throated support to the IDF’s defensive war in Gaza.
“Sometimes you have to make a decision… it’s a rough decision,” Trump told Fox News when asked about the expiring ceasefire on Saturday. “You know, when you see what’s happening there… you just wonder about the condition of the hostages that they have. One group came in so bad, it looked like it was a concentration camp in Germany.”
PA ‘Pay-for-Slay’ Fueled 7,000 Terror Attacks Against Israel in 2024
February 27, 2025 Jewish Breaking News – Seven thousand attacks That’s how frequently Palestinian Arab terrorists attacked or attempted to attack Israelis in Judea and Samaria during 2024, according to a sobering new report from SSF Rescuers Without Borders.
The emergency aid group’s findings, released Tuesday, paint a picture of relentless violence that claimed 27 lives and left 306 wounded, all outside the more publicized conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, or within Israel proper.
Most prevalent were rock-throwing incidents with 3,668 followed by fire bombs and Molotov cocktails at 843. Innocent Israelis were shot at 179 times across Judea and Samaria and targeted with 526 bombs. Nine stabbings and 12 ramming attacks were listed as “successful” in the clinical language of the report.
Last month, three Palestinian terrorists opened fire on a bus and civilian vehicles traveling on Route 55 near the village of al-Funduq, close to Kedumim. A police officer and two Israeli civilians were killed. Hamas claimed responsibility and called the terror attack a “heroic operation.”
In another incident, a 16-year-old Arab girl from al-Midya attacked an Israeli civilian at a car wash. She stabbed him in the stomach with a knife before the owner and bystanders intervened. Israeli security forces launched a manhunt, and she was eventually transferred to Israel by Palestinian Authority security forces in a move that the Islamic Jihad condemned as dangerous “security coordination” with the Jewish State.
A particularly insidious tactic emerged in 671 reported cases where Arabs used laser devices to blind Israeli drivers leading to fatal crashes. Security experts warn that unless Israel and her allies completely choke off the PA’s notorious “pay-for-slay incentive” program, the toll of Israeli casualties will likely continue to rise in 2025.
🔴TERROR, US FUNDING HAMAS [Ed.: Funded – past tense]
February 27, 2025 ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime
( VIDEO – 8:58 – US Congress investigates sending MILLIONS per week to TERRORISTS, including Hamas, in the name of aid. )
🔪TERROR – RAMMING, STABBING – KARKUR JUNCTION – (north between Hadera and Harish) – The terrorist ran over several people at a bus stop, got out and stabbed people, re-entered, escape but then crashed into a police car.” 10 wounded, 1 critical, 2 serious, 1 moderate, 6 light. The terrorist was caught at the entrance to the Gan Shmuel complex. After being captured, the terrorist continue to try to harm police and was eliminated.
The terrorist is 53 years old – another report says 24 years old, a Palestinian originally from Silat al-Haratiya in the Jenin area, who has been residing in Israel as a refugee in recent years. He is married to an Israeli citizen residing in Umm al-Fahm and allowed to enter due to High Court rulings on family unification. An alternative report says an Israeli Arab, 24, from Ma’ale Iron.
▪️OUTGOING US AMBASSADOR SAID – “Former US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken decided to impose sanctions on IDF Intelligence Unit 504, one of the IDF’s most secret and important units, and we managed to prevent him from bringing down the hatchet at the last minute.
The US State Department has an office dedicated solely to monitoring Israel’s use of American ammunition – as it does not exist for any other country in the world.
There are a great many anti-Israelis in the State Department who have put sticks in the wheels.”
▪️US (IN)DIRECTLY FUNDED HAMAS – Details revealed yesterday in a hearing on DOGE in the House of Representatives: During the war, the US transferred $2.2 billion to Gaza, ninety percent of which went to Hamas. This, while the director of the aid agency that transferred the money claims that Israel does not have the right to self-defense. ( That’s $1,100 for every man, woman and child in Gaza, which is equivalent to the YEARLY WAGE of every worker in Gaza (per UN stats). ) [Emphasis added, not-so “(in)indirectly”!]
▪️DEF. MINISTER SAYS – “We had information that Hamas was planning to attack soldiers and communities – during the ceasefire. The Philadelphi Gaza-Egypt border corridor will remain a buffer zone just like in Lebanon and Syria. I saw with my own eyes quite a few tunnels penetrating Philadelphia, some of them were closed – and some were open.” (( WHY ARE THEY OPEN? YOU ARE IN CONTROL! ))
.. Also said: “We seized Hamas “attack files” to attack communities in Judea and Samaria and the Seam Line.”
▪️ON THE BOOMS – CONFLICTING REPORT – We previously reported the IDF responded to reports of building shaking throughout much of Israel to be from Air Force training activity, assumably sonic booms. But the “boom” was not heard, just felt. Ch. 14 now reports: per the IDF, after further investigation, it turns out that the real cause is not related to military activity.
The real cause is not stated. Possibly earthquakes? https://eq.gsi.gov.il/en/earthquake/lastEarthquakes.php
▪️ON OCT. 7 INVESTIGATIONS – State Comptroller on investigations into Oct. 7 failures: “For a year and a half now, the Chief of Staff and the head of the Shin Bet have been preventing criticism of the core of the failure.”
▪️SYRIA – Arab report: An armed group in Syria has declared its willingness to confront IDF activity in Syrian territory. Conversely, other groups have explicitly said they will NOT confront Israeli forces.
▪️HAREDI DRAFT – The first oath-taking ceremony in the ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade was held today.
🎗️Prime Minister Netanyahu has ordered the negotiating delegation to be sent to Cairo today to continue talks. That said, the terms publicly stated by Hamas are impossible for Israel to accept without putting the country at existential risk.
.. Foreign Minister Saar: “Our delegation will go to Cairo and examine whether there is common ground for extending the outline – in exchange for the return of more hostages”.
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It’s a miracle! Hamas is back from the dead with weapons from Israel! CHANANYA WEISSMAN
Also, a new dating service for maimed Jewish soldiers, and much more
FEB 26, 2025 – Here’s a headline from Captain Obvious: Military correspondent: Hamas was not defeated in the war – far from it.
According to the report, thousands of terrorists returned to northern Gaza where they rebuilt militant battalions.
That didn’t take long…but at least we got back those five zaftig actresses and got to enjoy those reality TV family reunions. (At least you did; I ignored it all.)
In addition, during the ceasefire, Hamas terrorists have collected a large amount of explosive materials from unexploded IDF explosives and used them to create new minefields.
How convenient.
Remember this?
Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.
By either count, years of sporadic bombing and the recent bombardment of Gaza have littered the area with thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance just waiting to be reused. One 750-pound bomb that fails to detonate can become hundreds of missiles or rockets.
The steady stream of huge quantities of weapons being “stolen” from IDF bases is also well documented, but citizens near the Gaza border had their personal firearms confiscated by the IDF before October 7 to keep them safe.
I spoke about this and shared devastating sources here.
Of course, all of this is COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONAL.
At the same time, the terror organization reestablished its intelligence capabilities with cameras and drones and has found rocket launchers that were not destroyed during the war and re-aimed them at Israel.
I find ten agorot in the street, they find rocket launchers and explosive material the IDF deposited for them. The same IDF that stood down on October 7.
Hamas is also preparing the tunnels that were not found by the IDF for a possible attack and is repairing tunnels that were damaged by the IDF.
Over a year in Gaza and they still missed so many tunnels, and left so many tunnels in easily repairable condition? With building materials sent from Israel?
There are commanders who the IDF and ISA were certain that they were eliminated, and returned to life.
It’s a miracle! And you were so happy when you read the fake media reports that they were killed in brilliant operations. Did they have the intelligence failure…or did you?
Who still believes this isn’t all planned and coordinated treason, and that the people cheering for more Jews to go back into Gaza death camp to “finish the job” aren’t controlled opposition stooges? Who’s willing to bet their life, their child’s life, or at least their arms and legs?
Here’s a reminder for the masses with dementia:
Netanyahu is 1st Israeli to get COVID vaccine: ‘Start of return to normal life’
Watch the Emmy-award winning performance
Tell me again that October 7 was somehow a leftist coup attempt to make Mr. Security look bad and bring down his “right-wing government”, because you clearly thought that one all the way through and it makes much more sense than all of them being in on it.
If you believe it’s a coup attempt, you need to explain how the people behind a coup can control an entire army, media, justice system, and essentially the government, but can’t bring down a single man who supposedly stands in their way (how?), or why they would even need to.
Also, you need to explain why the victims of the coup seem to have no idea about it after all this time (but you do), and you need to explain why the Prime Minister continues to support them instead of having them purged and prosecuted for treason. Why do your “right wing” heroes allow “left wing” traitors to send our people into death traps, and in fact continue to call for it?
Don’t you think they should do something about the traitors first?
Wouldn’t they, if they weren’t in on it, and just making tough “right wing” statements to keep you docile?
Trump shares “Trump Gaza” AI-video showing him and Netanyahu sunbathing, Musk eating hummus and throwing dollar bills in Gaza, and partying. This is not a Purim joke. Here’s one “Israeli right wing” media source kvelling about it.
I’m so proud that thousands of Jewish soldiers were maimed and killed in this milchemes mitzva.
Now that the media told me to be outraged that Hamas killed a baby, and that the world is on our side now, and Trump is giving us permission, and Smotrich and Ben Gvir are reciting scripted lines about destroying Hamas and total victory, I’m really pumped for kofrim and traitors to send even more Jews into Gazan death traps to get maimed and killed.
Nothing inspires me more than photos of young Jewish men with their arms and legs blown off smiling, doing rehab, and promising to rejoin their units as soon as possible, and ceremonies honoring the kedoshim who were killed.
Am Yisrael Chai!
Speaking of which, there’s FINALLY a new dating service for maimed IDF soldiers:
It’s about time! I’m glad the stock photo shows a guy who still has one hand to hold, but why are they holding hands before marriage?
“The generation of victory is seeking the love of its life. Am Yisrael Chai!”
The shidduch world has been insane for a long time, but this is downright Orwellian.
Something tells me there will be a LOT more men signing up for this than women, and men without all their arms and legs will be at a distinct disadvantage. Will they need a separate service?
Maybe after the next round in Gaza there will be enough of them to make it viable. Join the IDF today and bring a “haredi” with you to share the burden.
I really don’t think the people who allowed October 7 to happen should get to make ceremonies “honoring” the victims. But that’s just me.
Leaked IDF Report Exposes Catastrophic Failures at Nachal Oz Military Outpost on October 7
February 25, 2025 Yeshiva World News – A shocking leaked IDF probe has revealed a stunning security lapse at the Nachal Oz military outpost on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its unprecedented assault on Israel. According to the report, only one soldier was on guard duty that fateful morning, stationed at the entrance to the base—leaving the entire outpost virtually defenseless against the oncoming terrorist onslaught.
Situated less than a kilometer from the Gaza border, the Nachal Oz outpost suffered horrific losses in the attack. More than 50 soldiers were slaughtered, and 10 were taken hostage, with Hamas gunmen overrunning the base in a meticulously planned operation that had been years in the making.
The IDF probe, first reported by Israel’s Channel 12, paints a devastating picture of negligence and missed warnings. At the time of the attack, 162 soldiers were present at Nachal Oz—yet only 81 were trained combat troops, with another 9 armed but not combat-ready. That left nearly half the base unarmed and unable to defend themselves.
Compounding the tragedy, Hamas knew every detail of the base’s layout—having studied it from afar for years, according to the report. The terror group had mapped out “where every room was,” anticipating the vulnerabilities of the outpost. Even more damning, the attackers knew the base would be operating at reduced capacity due to Simchas Torah, which fell on that day. This calculated exploitation of a known weakness proved catastrophic.
The IDF investigation further reveals that Hamas began its final attack preparations on the evening of October 6, a full 12 hours before the first air-raid sirens sounded in southern Israel. Senior IDF officers were aware of unusual movement near the border but dismissed concerns, deciding against deploying troops to defensive positions.
Had the military acted on those early warning signs, “the battle picture would have looked different,” the report states—suggesting that better preparedness could have saved lives.
Adding to the devastation, the probe highlights the deadly impact of Hamas’s relentless rocket fire. With Israeli soldiers seeking shelter in bunkers, terrorists easily stormed the base and massacred groups of soldiers huddled inside, taking full advantage of the IDF’s reliance on traditional defense tactics that had never before been tested in such an overwhelming attack.
The full findings of the investigation are set to be presented to grieving families on Thursday before being officially made public. The revelations are likely to ignite intense scrutiny over Israel’s military preparedness, command failures, and the broader intelligence breakdown that allowed one of the darkest days in Israeli history to unfold unchecked.
[Ed.: “Leaked”? “Leaked”, huh! We know that game by now. We already know every detail of the who-what-where-when and why/ We know more than they can leak! I’m going to go take a leak, as we speak.
February 25, 2025 Yeshiva World News – The saga of the extremist “Lev Tahor” cult has taken yet another bizarre twist. While prominent rabbanim and askanim tirelessly work to dismantle the notorious cult—known for child abuse, forced marriages of minors as young as 13, and a slew of other crimes—three men staged a daring escape last Saturday, smuggling eight children across the border from Guatemala into Belize.
The escape was part of a broader abduction case that began roughly a month ago, when eleven children were kidnapped. Three of them were discovered early on and returned to Guatemalan welfare facilities, but the remaining eight had been hidden away, waiting for the right moment to be smuggled out of the country. That moment came on Shabbos—a time when authorities least expected an operation of this scale—allowing the captors to exploit the lapse in surveillance.
However, the high-stakes smuggling attempt quickly turned into an international manhunt. Guatemalan and Belizean authorities launched a widespread search, culminating in the arrest of two key figures: 25-year-old Chaim Tzvi Malka and 35-year-old Avraham Dinkel.
Dinkel, no stranger to controversy, was previously caught on camera assaulting a Charedi activist who had traveled to Guatemala in an effort to rescue children from the cult’s clutches.
The operation was carefully orchestrated. On Shabbos, Malka and Dinkel fled Guatemala with a group of young girls and called a third accomplice, Moshe Yehuda Leib Alter, to transport the boys separately. But their plan unraveled when Belizean police grew suspicious of their movements. While Malka and Dinkel were quickly apprehended, Alter managed to escape—along with all eight children. Now, Belizean authorities are scrambling to track them down.
Adding a layer of complexity to the crisis is the tense border dispute between Guatemala and Belize. Sources assisting in the rescue efforts claim that the two nations rarely cooperate on extraditions, and Belize’s relatively weak legal framework means there is currently no formal extradition order for the missing children.
This latest incident comes in the wake of the December 20, 2024, raid on the “Lev Tahor” compound in San Rosa, Guatemala, roughly 60 miles from the capital. Authorities, responding to reports of severe abuse and neglect, rescued at least 160 minors from a life of malnutrition, forced isolation, and physical mistreatment at the hands of cult leaders. The children remain in state care, slowly recovering from the horrors they endured.
This is far from the first time Lev Tahor has resorted to extreme measures. In 2018, under the cover of night, cult leaders orchestrated a brazen kidnapping in Woodridge, in Upstate NY. In the early hours of Shabbos, they forced two young children—who had managed to escape with their mother—into a vehicle and whisked them away. Within hours, they had fled the United States, using an obscure Pennsylvania airport near Scranton to board a flight to Mexico City.
The kidnappers went to great lengths to conceal their tracks. In a calculated move, they had purchased non-traditional clothing just days before the abduction in Lakewood, New Jersey, dressing the children in unfamiliar attire to mask their identities as kidnapped Charedi minors.
Now, the questions remain: Will Belizean officials track down Alter and his captives? Will Guatemala push for extradition? And most importantly—will these children finally escape the grasp of what is likely the most dangerous cults in modern Jewish history?
Jonathan Pollard: Will Israel’s Government Fall? [8:17]
February 24, 2025 Machon Shilo – Discussion between the head of Machon Shilo Rabbi David Bar-Hayim & Jewish hero Jonathan Pollard
[Ed.: A house built on a weak foundation cannot stand. Israel is not built on Torah. Therein lies the problem.]
Jonathan Pollard: Is Trump LOSING PATIENCE with Netanyahu? [51:23]
February 23, 2025 Machon Shilo – Discussion between the head of Machon Shilo Rabbi David Bar-Hayim & Jewish hero Jonathan Pollard.
[Ed.: These men reflect the Editorial position of Krakennews.us]
Hamas Subhumans Bring Jewish Hostages to Watch Fellow Hostages Being Released While They Plead For Their Freedom But Are Returned to Islamic Captivity By Pamela Geller
February 22, 2025 – Hamas brought additional hostages to the release location today, compelling them to witness their fellow captives being freed while they pleaded to return home. Among those hostages were Evyatar David and Guy Dalal Gilboa. They subsequently filmed a propaganda video in which they begged for help.
If you thought these Muslim terrorists couldn’t be more depraved or sink any lower in the depths of hell, you’d be wrong.
The Red Cross saw it all and did nothing.
These sadistic, subhuman terrorists just dragged two Jewish hostages, Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal, to the release point—not to set them free, but to psychologically torture them. They forced them to watch as other hostages were let go, dangling their own freedom in front of them like a sick, twisted joke. And then they filmed them begging for their lives, begging to be brought home.
This is who we are dealing with. A death cult of bloodthirsty jihadists who don’t just kidnap and kill—they get off on breaking people down and humiliating them.
This is not an enemy to negotiate with. This is an enemy that must be erased.
No mercy. No sympathy. No half-measures. Every single one of these jihadis needs to be wiped off the face of the earth.
There is no “two sides” here. There is humanity, and there is Hamas. There is civilization, and there is savagery. And anyone who still dares to defend these monsters has chosen the side of pure evil.
Israel Issues Extradition Request For Lev Tahor Leader Elazer Rompler
February 23, 2025 Yeshiva World News – Israel’s International Department of the State Prosecutor’s Office submitted an extradition request to El Salvador for Elazer Rompler, one of the leaders of the Lev Tahor cult.
Rompler fled Israel in 2020 after being indicted for severe child abuse while serving as a principal of the Lev Tahor school in Canada.
Rompler, who fled Guatemala after local authorities raided the cult’s complex about two months ago, was arrested in El Salvador as he attempted to enter the country, unaware that an international arrest warrant had been issued against him by Interpol at Israel’s request.
Another Lev Tahor leader, Jonathan Emanuel Cardona Castillo, was also arrested in El Salvador last month after Interpol issued an international arrest warrant against him.
As YWN reported last week, efforts by Rabbanim and askanim alongside authorities in Guatemala to break apart the Lev Tahor cult have produced results in recent weeks and after extensive intervention with local authorities, four families have left the cult, and a six-year-old girl was placed in the custody of her extended family in Israel.
Opportunity missed: Hundreds of thousands of murderous Hezbollah supporters scream, “Death to America! Death to Israel”. [0:24]
February 23, 2025 Yeshiva World News
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[Ed.: Today Hezbollah gathered en masse for Nazrallah’s funeral. Israel, in a ‘show of strength’ flew a squadron of bombers over their heads. But, you know how some people can’t step on the line in the sidewalk? IINO can’t pull the trigger! Our military and political (so-called) ‘Leadership’ doesn’t have the balls or the backbone to decimate our enemies. Here we had them gathered in one place, and we wasted all that jet fuel only to make some noise over their murderous heads! What a disgrace!]
🟩HAMAS COMPLAINS, SHEPHERDS STABBED
February 23, 2025 ISRAEL REALTIME – Connecting to Israel in Realtime
▪️AFTER THE ATTEMPTED BUS BOMBINGS – The US Embassy in Israel prohibits American government employees and their family members from using public transportation in Israel for two weeks, including buses and light rail.
.. Keeping in mind details are censored, “the attempted bus attacks planned in the Tel Aviv area are much more serious than previously reported.”
▪️HAMAS COMPLAINS – Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanoa: “Israel’s failure to commit to releasing the prisoners in the seventh round on the agreed date constitutes a blatant violation of the agreement. We call on the mediators and guarantors of the agreement to exert pressure on Israel to respect the ceasefire agreement and implement its provisions without delay.”
▪️HAMAS ON PHASE 2 – ( Keeping in mind yesterday the Israeli opposition parties said we should do EVERYTHING to get to phase 2 and return the hostages, living and dead…) Senior Hamas figure Mushir al-Masri is out of hiding today and giving an interview to Al Jazeera. In the interview he said: “We are ready to move on to phase two of the deal. We emphasize that we will release the captives alive only as part of a deal that will include the release of ALL Palestinian prisoners, a full IDF withdrawal from Gaza, a halt to the war, and an Israeli commitment to reconstructing the Strip and breaking the siege.”
▪️TRUMP SAYS – President Trump: “Did you see what happened with Hamas and the babies? Do you think that can be tolerated? I don’t think so. I can’t tolerate it.”
▪️ELON MUSK SAYS – “The world was more shocked and gave more media coverage to a FAKE story about me giving a Nazi salute than to the torture and murder of Jewish babies in Gaza.”
🔪JEWISH SHEPHERDS STABBED – Arab terrorists from the village of Deir Debwan carried out an organized lynching of Jewish shepherds near the village of Ma’ale Michmas in Binyamin (a few miles north east of Jerusalem). The terrorists arrived in three vehicles and stabbed one of the shepherds in the face, who fell to the ground bleeding. His friend, who tried to help him, was also beaten, and both were later taken to the hospital. No arrests have been reported yet.
▪️INTERNAL POLITICS – CHAREDIM AND THE DRAFT – The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will hold 4 discussions this week on the conscription law. Netanyahu is trying to present progress with the Charedim, but his main goal is to convince them to agree to pass the budget and only then deal with the draft (which will prevent leverage of threatening a govt. collapse).
🎗️LATEST ESTIMATE – after gathering info from freed hostages is that 21 hostages remain alive.
🔹HOUTHIS FIRE AT U.S. – Senior Pentagon officials reported that the Houthis launched surface-to-air missiles for the first time at an American F-16 aircraft.
🔹LEBANON – Congressman Joe Wilson: At Beirut airport, people step on the American flag (built into the floor) – it’s disrespectful. Since 2006, the United States has provided Lebanon with $3 billion in military aid. We must put the United States first.
( Congressman Wilson spotted in photos of ‘dignitaries’ arriving for the funeral of the evil Nasrallah that the airport path has an American flag embedded, forcing all passing to step on America – while receiving aid from America. )
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Is Israel Preparing to Strike Iran’s Nuclear Sites? Jonathan Spyer
With Iran’s Proxies Weakened and Its Air Defenses Damaged, the Time Is Ripe for Israel to Act Against Tehran’s Nuclear Program.
February 21, 2025 – In a soon-to-be-published article in Middle East Quarterly magazine, Colin Winston, a 30-year veteran of the CIA and former head of research at the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), lays out a succinct case for an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“Hezbollah and Hamas no longer pose a threat to Israel,” Winston writes. “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ lies in ruin. Both Iran’s and Syria’s air defense systems have been destroyed, and Iran’s missile capabilities decimated.
“Despite this, Iran is on the verge of producing enough weapons-grade uranium to build several bombs – so close, in fact, that relying on a timely warning from US or Israeli intelligence of Iran’s imminent ‘breakout’ may no longer be a reliable strategy.
“Now is the time for Jerusalem and Washington to take decisive military action against Iran’s nuclear program, ideally through a coordinated and joint strike.”
There is growing evidence that thinking along these lines is now prevalent at the top of Israel’s security system. Recent regional media reports suggest that there is also broad agreement between Jerusalem and Washington on this issue.
The US, the authors of these articles assert, wants to try another round of diplomacy, backed by a return to the strategy of “maximum pressure” maintained by the first Trump administration. But if efforts to induce a firm Iranian commitment to abandon its nuclear ambitions fail, then the focus is likely to return to the military option.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ lies in ruin. Both Iran’s and Syria’s air defense systems have been destroyed, and Iran’s missile capabilities decimated.
HOW ACCURATE are these reports? And is a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities likely, and perhaps imminent?
Israel’s growing willingness to entertain the possibility of military action derives from a number of factors.
Firstly, as Winston notes in the passage quoted above, Iran is currently accelerating its advance toward a nuclear weapons capability. Tehran has been increasing its enrichment of uranium to 60% in recent months, apparently in response to recent setbacks it has experienced on other fronts. The time it would require to produce sufficient uranium to produce a nuclear bomb is now weeks rather than months, according to International Atomic Energy Agency estimates.
Secondly, Iran’s ability to deter an Israeli attack declined very significantly in the latter part of 2024. The destruction of 80% of Lebanese Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal by Israel during this period, and the removal of the organization’s top echelon and a large number of its fighters, reduce in importance one of the main factors that had hitherto severely complicated any Israeli move against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Yet it should be understood that this is a perishable advantage, which will decline over time, as Iran sets about rearming Hezbollah.
In its large-scale retaliation against Iran on October 26, 2024, Israel destroyed a large part of Iran’s air defense capacity. This is also a perishable asset from the Israeli point of view. Iran’s S-300 systems may have been damaged or destroyed. But Tehran’s burgeoning alliance with Russia is likely at some stage to secure the provision of the more advanced S-400 system.
So Iran’s disadvantage cannot be assumed as a now permanent factor in the Mideast strategic picture. Rather, it is an asset that will eventually decline or even disappear, unless exploited. This increases Israeli motivation to carry out a strike.
Iran Is Still Our Most Significant Adversary
Thirdly, despite its weakened state, Iran remains the most significant adversary for Israel in the region. Contrary to some overheated Israeli media reports, Iran’s regional project has not collapsed as a result of the setbacks of 2024.
Iranian allies and assets remain in commanding positions in a number of key regional locations. In Yemen, the Tehran-aligned Ansar Allah, or Houthi movement, is in control of a large swathe of the country, including the capital, Sana’a. Its campaign against international shipping on the Gulf of Aden/Red Sea route succeeded in severely disrupting traffic along this vital trade artery.
In Iraq, the Iran-aligned Shi’ite militias retain their independent military capacity, and in their political iteration form a key element in the current government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
In Lebanon, despite its mauling at the hands of Israel in the last months of 2024, Hezbollah remains the strongest military force in the country. Despite the recent notable political changes in the country, there are no indications of any emergent willingness on the part of the current government or any other factor to challenge this supremacy.
This means that Hezbollah’s current weakness must be utilized, if it is to be utilized, within a limited available period.
The only “permanent” setback suffered by the Iranians in the last year is the loss of the Assad regime in Syria. This, without a doubt, severely weakens Tehran’s regional deployment.
But even here, it should be noted that the Sunni Islamists who now rule in Damascus have yet to impose their authority throughout the country. For the moment, Iranian smuggling networks have not been entirely cut. The recent fighting between Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Hezbollah in the area of Qusayr in western Syria attests to this.
Now is the time for Jerusalem and Washington to take decisive military action against Iran’s nuclear program, ideally through a coordinated and joint strike.
ALL THIS means Israel has the motivation, and apparently also the capacity, to strike a severe blow at the Iranian nuclear program, using its air power, and perhaps also with the involvement of its special forces. And because Iran has permanently lost only a limited part of its capabilities, any such strike needs to happen relatively soon.
The remaining element needed for a strike of this kind will be a green, or at least yellow, light from the US. A recent article by Ben Caspit, a well-connected Israeli journalist, at the al-Monitor news site, quoted an unnamed Israeli associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on this subject.
The “associate” sounded optimistic on the matter. “The gates of hell will be opened for Iran,” he told Caspit. “[US President Donald] Trump will give Netanyahu the green light, and the Americans will not stand idly by, but will help Israel with whatever it takes for such an attack to succeed.”
This last point remains very much to be seen, of course. As of now, Trump seems to have made clear that he desires to end wars, rather than support ambitious military operations.
It appears likely that the US administration will take its desire for a new, more rigorous nuclear accord with Iran seriously, rather than regard it as a failure guaranteed in advance that will serve as a mere prelude to military action.
Iran’s ability to manipulate this situation should not be ruled out. And Trump’s intentions and desires appear changeable, not subject to easy prediction.
Nevertheless, the chance of an Israeli strike to set back and severely damage Iran’s nuclear facilities appears higher now than at any time since the discovery of Iran’s secret nuclear program two decades ago.
Hamas releases 6 more Israeli hostages under ceasefire agreement By Nicholas Ballasy
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released in return
February 22, 2025 8:59 a.m. Just The News – Hamas released six more Israeli hostages on Saturday under the ceasefire deal.
More than 600 Palestinian prisoners were released in return.
According to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the hostages first released to the Red Cross and transferred over to Israel were Avera Mengistu, Tal Shoham, Omer Shem Tov, Omer Wenkert and Eliya Cohen.
The sixth hostage has not been identified publicly.
According to Israel, 59 hostages will be remaining in Gaza after the first phase of the ceasefire ends on March 2. About half of them have reportedly been killed.
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