ISRAEL (IINO) 4/14/25
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.
NO BOUNDARIES: Leftists Spread Chometz Outside Home Of Likud Minister
April 14, 2025 Yeshiva World News – Leftist protesters held a “chometz protest” outside the home of Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman (Likud) on Monday morning, the first day of Chol HaMoed in Israel, spreading dozens of pitas outside her home.
The leftists, who engaged in the same type of anti-religious protests before October 7, feigned concern over the hostages by tying the protest to their plight, writing “one pita a day” with the pitas as a reference to the starvation rations the hostages receive in Gaza.
Silman, formerly a Yamina MK, brought down the Bennett-Lapid government three years ago over the Health Minister’s order to allow chometz into hospitals on Pesach in violation of Israel’s religious status quo.
Silman responded to the provocation by stating: “Pesach, a street with mostly religious and mesorati people. These scum come have come to spread pitas on the street., It’s not for the sake of the hostages, it’s not for the sake of democracy, it’s not even for politics.”
“It’s only because they are despicable people who lack basic human values. Zero consideration for others, zero respect for Judaism, and zero culture. Absolute zeros. The vast majority of the Am is disgusted by them. Chag Sameach!”
HAMAS REJECTS EGYPTIAN CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL OVER DEMAND TO DISARM
April 14, 2025 Israel Realtime
Hamas has rejected a ceasefire proposal presented by Egypt, which included a key condition that the terror organization lay down its weapons. According to Al Jazeera, Egyptian officials informed Hamas that “there will be no agreement to cease the war without negotiations on Hamas’s disarmament.” In response, a senior Hamas official declared that “the weapons of resistance are not subject to negotiation and are a basic right of the Palestinian people.”
The Egyptian proposal reportedly outlined a 45-day temporary truce that would involve the release of half of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas during the first week, along with increased humanitarian aid entering Gaza. However, Hamas stated that it was “surprised” to find a clause requiring the dismantling of its armed capabilities — a demand it completely rejects.
Hamas informed Egypt that the starting point for any agreement must be an immediate cessation of fighting and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Disarmament, Hamas emphasized, is non-negotiable. The organization reaffirmed its stance, stating: “The weapons of resistance are not open for discussion, and disarmament is an unacceptable condition.”
The rejection of Egypt’s plan significantly undermines current diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire and negotiate the release of hostages. With Hamas refusing to disarm and insisting on the withdrawal of Israeli forces as a precondition, talks remain deadlocked, and the humanitarian and security crises continue to deepen.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated that the country’s approach to Hezbollah’s weapons will be based on dialogue, not confrontation.
“The decision to restrict arms to the state has been made and will be implemented through dialogue, not force,” Aoun emphasized. He added that any discussion on monopolizing arms will take place directly between the Presidency and Hezbollah, not through external pressure or unilateral actions.
This announcement comes amid growing internal and international calls for Lebanon to assert full sovereignty by disarming non-state actors like Hezbollah, which operates both politically and militarily within the country.
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‘National treasure’ Yaakov Kirschen, Dry Bones cartoonist, dies at 87 By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
The famed cartoonist, known for Dry Bones, has been published by many leading newspapers in both Israel and the Diaspora.
APRIL 14, 2025 16:51 Jerusalem Post – Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen passed away on Monday at 87 at the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, following a lengthy illness.
The famed cartoonist, known for Dry Bones, has been published by many leading newspapers in both Israel and the Diaspora – including The Jerusalem Post, which was the first to enjoy publishing Kirschen’s work in January of 1973.
“Bones, as his friends and colleagues called him, was a wonderful artist and satirist who always hit the nail on the head with his cartoons,” former Post editor-in-chief Steve Linde shared. “He really was a national treasure.”
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Hirsh Goodman, The Jerusalem Report‘s founder and former Editor-in-Chief, shared: “Kirschen, as ‘Bones’ as we called him after his iconic cartoon, was one of the most diversely creative people I have known. In addition to being able to sum up complicated situations of the day in a small box with few words, he created computer games before many had even heard of the word, a timeless book named Trees still relevant today, years later, and a wonderful rendition of the Haggadah, word perfect and faithful to the original text, but unique in its approach and illustration.
“While some, including myself, were not always aligned politically with his thinking, there was never any doubting his deep intelligence and creativity. As a friend, colleague, and astute observer, he will be deeply missed.”
Yaakov Kirschen at work, and one of his Dry Bones classic cartoons. (credit: SALI ARIEL)
A long and successful career
The artist had received much recognition for his works, including the Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Award and The Golden Pencil Award.
He studied art at Queens College and became a cartoonist after he graduated in 1961.
Beyond his extensive works published by Jewish and Israeli newspapers and syndicates, Kirschen had drawn for the controversial men’s lifestyle Playboy magazine before he made aliyah from Brooklyn in 1971.
Beyond being a talented artist, Kirschen was deeply passionate about Jewish activism. In 2010, the world-renowned Yale University published his article entitled “Memetics and the Viral Spread of Antisemitism through ‘Coded Images in Political Cartoons.'”
“At the beginning of the study, it became apparent that the cartoons that are the most undeniably antisemitic can be recognized even if they are in a language that the observer cannot read,” he prefaced his work with. “The graphic images themselves speak clearly without the words of the cartoon, as many of the same powerfully communicative images appear over and over again in the work of different cartoonists. They are like a familiar cast of characters.”
“For more than forty years, I have been putting ideas into people’s heads. It is what I do. I am a political cartoonist,” he wrote. “Some of my cartoonist colleagues define the purpose of our work as showing the ‘truth,’ others as ‘expressing our opinion,’ but the fact is that what we do is to attempt to put our own ideas into other people’s heads… and we use cartoons to do it.”
Kirschen is survived by his artist wife, Sali Ariel.
[Ed.: All my life, I enjoyed, and learned from his cartoons. His memory and art will remain as a blessing, Z”L. Here is the most recent one he posted (I think) yesterday:
The battle over the World Zionist Congress
Progressive Left-Wing groups push to take control of Israel’s national institutions
Apr 9, 2025, 6:15 PM (GMT+3) In collaboration with ZOA – The battle over the World Zionist Organization is heating up, with progressive left-wing groups attempting to control national institutions in Israel. Yaakov Hagoel, one of the leaders of the World Likud–ZOA 15 coalition, says: “I call on the national camp to vote and help shape the future of the State of Israel and the Jewish people”.
With elections for the World Zionist Congress set for the end of the year, a fight for control is heating up. Left-wing organizations—including the Reform Movement, Brothers in Arms, Meretz, and an affiliate of Yesh Atid—are pouring tens of millions of shekels into a campaign aimed at shifting control of Zionist institutions to the left.
One of the central institutions at stake is the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), where the ongoing political struggle has pitted right-leaning and left-leaning representatives against each other. The left has tried to block KKL’s support of the settlements beyond the Green Line. One recent example: at the start of the war, left-wing groups attempted to prevent KKL from funding emergency defense units in Jewish communities across Judea and Samaria. That attempt was ultimately blocked thanks to the persistence of current KKL chair Ifat Ovadia-Luski, a Likud representative in the national institutions.
While left-wing organizations have, even during wartime, staged protests abroad against the Prime Minister, lobbied the Biden administration to sanction Israeli citizens, and in some cases even supported protests against the war itself, the ZOA-15 coalition stands in stark contrast. Led by World Likud and represented by Yaakov Hagoel—currently serving as Chairman of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization—the ZOA-15 coalition has been rallying support in the U.S. for the State of Israel, the Israeli government, the IDF, and Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria.
Recently, left-wing representatives also opposed the Israeli government’s request for help from the World Zionist Organization in supporting the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which provides aid and support for released hostages and their families. Their opposition failed due to strong pushback from the right-wing coalition.
“These elections, taking place during a time of war, are critical for Israel and the Jewish people”, Yaakov Hagoel says. “They will determine the direction we take, whether it’s the national path that I and my colleagues in World Likud–ZOA 15 champion, or the path of the progressive left”.
He added: “Every Jew over 18 in the U.S. is eligible to vote. The process is entirely online. You fill out a form, pay five dollars—what we call the ‘Zionist shekel’—and confirm you’re a real person. You also sign a declaration that you believe in the principles of Zionism, didn’t vote in the last Israeli election, and are a Jew over 18. We’re asking voters to support party number 15, ZOA—a respected, long-standing, experienced, and ideological organization working on behalf of the Jewish people and the State of Israel”.
Click here to vote in the World Zionist Congress elections in the USA, vote 15 for ZOA>>
‘He could go jump in a lake’: New recording of Shin Bet Jewish Department chief emerges
In a newly exposed recording from a conversation with the commander of the Judea and Samaria Police Central Unit, the head of the Shin Bet Jewish Department could be heard disparaging a court judge.
Apr 14, 2025, 6:14 PM (GMT+3) Israel National News – Another recording was published on Monday of A., the head of the Jewish Department in the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), this time making disparaging remarks about a court judge.
The recording, which will be published later in the day by Kan News, is of part of a conversation with Cmdr. Avishai Moalem, the commander of the Judea and Samaria Police Central Unit. Besides criticizing the court’s request to review the Shin Bet materials, A. chose to make abnormal remarks about the judge in the case.
In the recording, Moalem is heard saying about one of the judges: “He saw materials – he says he wants to see the Shin Bet’s paraphrase, the Shin Bet’s raw materials.” A. is then heard responding: “He won’t see it, he could go jump in a lake, who does he think he is?”
Last week, a recording was exposed in which A. is heard disparaging detainees and even expressing his intentions to keep them in custody without evidence.
Last week, after the first recording was exposed, A. announced that he was suspending himself from his position until an internal investigation into the remarks concludes.
In an internal statement to department staff, he wrote: “I am sorry from the depths of my heart for the style of the things that were said, which do not characterize how I deal with the many other bodies with whom we collaborate.”
He added: “I totally discredit the attempt to create an appearance of work that violates the law or the values of restraint of power and statesmanship. I misspoke in a way that does not match the agency’s values and my own, and therefore, to allow for a thorough examination and through my dedication to leading by example, I suspend myself from my position as the head of the department until the completion of the thorough examination of the issue.”
In the first recording, A. referred to suspects in Judea and Samaria as ‘Shmucks’ and stated that they can be detained even without evidence for a few days. In the recorded conversation with Moalem, the two discussed was to deal with Jewish terror suspects in Judea and Samaria, and A. stated: “Put them in detention cells, with mice.”
During the conversation, the ISA official added, “We always want to arrest them for interrogation, as much as possible. See how ISA conducts investigations with them. We arrest those shmucks even without evidence for a few days.”
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[Ed.: Why would the Israel Security Agency need to have a Jewish Department in the ‘Jewish Homeland’? To take care of the Jews, of course!]
Khamenei warned: Iran will be attacked an the regime will fall
During a meeting with Iranian officials, the Supreme Leader was warned that if he avoided negotiations with the Americans, it may lead to the end of his regime.
Apr 11, 2025 Israel National News – The New York Times is reporting that last month, a closed meeting was held in Tehran between Iranian officials and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to two sources who were present during the conversation, Khamenei was warned about the future of the nuclear program.
The sources claimed that Khamenei received a clear message that he should consider dialogue- even direct – with the United States regarding the nuclear issue. They further warned him that avoiding such a move could lead to strikes on nuclear sites and harm the regime’s stability.
The meeting was held amid internal debates in Tehran regarding a response to US President Donald Trump’s offer to renew negotiations on a new nuclear deal. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, as well as the heads of the judicial and legislative branches, were among those present at the meeting. The Supreme Leader himself has, in the past, strongly opposed any contact with Washington.
US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to arrive in Oman over the weekend, ahead of talks with Iranian representatives. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Bakaai discussed the talks and wrote that Tehran is seriously examining the American side’s intentions and is interested in negotiations that could lead to a deal.
An Iranian source quoted by Arab media said that the Iranian delegation is expected to arrive in Muskat with extensive authority, and clarified that Iran did not accept a demand to stop the enrichment of unranium. He noted that there is willingness to advance an agreement but not at the price of an American threat or pressure.
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