Daily Shmutz | ISRAEL / (IINO) | 5/1/25

ISRAEL / (IINO)

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.

 

Iran Executes 34-Year-Old Accused Of Spying for Israel

May 1, 2024  Israel Breaking News – Iranian authorities executed a 34-year-old political prisoner on Wednesday following his conviction on charges of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency.

Iranian security forces allege Mohsen Langarneshin was turned by Israeli intelligence in late 2020, holding secret meetings with Mossad operatives in Georgia and Nepal. The charges against him included gathering intelligence on senior officials, mapping targeted locations, and acquiring operational tools to assist in the May 2022 assassination of IRGC officer Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, who was shot by gunmen on motorcycles outside his Tehran home.

According to Iran International, Langarneshin’s family contested the allegations, asserting his confession was coerced through physical and psychological torture. Despite three appeals for a retrial, Iranian courts rejected their requests.

In a voice message recorded from prison before his execution, Langarneshin described being threatened during interrogations: “They put me under so much pressure. They said they would arrest every member of my family and keep them until I no longer recognize them.”

He maintained he was “forced into making false confessions, including to buying a motorcycle equipped with a camera and transporting explosive materials.”

Since the Islamic Republic’s founding in 1979, international observers have cataloged widespread abuse of political detainees in Iranian prisons, frequently causing lasting physical trauma or death.

“The Islamic Republic has used televised confessions as a propaganda tool aimed at creating fear and justifying the heavy sentences handed down to its political opponents and activists since its inception in 1979,” stated Iran Human Rights Watch. “Such confessions are extracted after physical and/or psychological torture, lengthy solitary confinement, threats or promises of reduction in the gravity of sentences and threats against family members.”

 

The IDF Death Cult and Smart Fires  [39:13 fast-forward to 19:49 for Smart Fires]   Chananya Weissman

May 1, 2025 – Thanks to a reader for sharing this map of the fires. Quite a coincidence that they are all in the same places where “Yemenite rockets” magically land…never in Caesarea.

Fires have really gotten smart.

People, not so much.

Do you really believe a few Arabs from East Jerusalem are responsible for all this? Have a look at this:

[Ed.:  He is referring to ‘Directed Energy’ caused fires as we saw in Lahaina and Los Angeles.  18 or 36 musloid terrorist arsonists (and there were that sort,) couldn’t have perpetrated all of that! They didn’t have to be paid stooges – they do it for free.]

[Ed.:  The fire retardant chemicals that they are spraying are EXTREMELY Carcinogenic!!!!]

 

Tortured and Killed: Israeli-American Held Hostage for Hours and Beaten to Death in Los Angeles

Initial investigations suggest that the break in was a deliberate and planned act involving kidnapping and severe violence.

Alexander Modvadze, a well-known figure in the Los Angeles Israeli-American community. Modvadze, who had lived in Woodland Hills for the past 15 years, was a respected businessman in the local Israeli-American community. Neighbors described him as sociable and friendly, noting he had no visible conflicts.

Woodland Hills is considered an upscale and generally safe neighborhood with low crime rates. “This is usually a very peaceful area. You almost never see police activity here, let alone hear about a murder,” said a local resident.

Two Israeli Men murdered in Los Angeles within 24 hours; Possible link under investigation

Two Israeli men were found murdered in separate incidents in Los Angeles within a 24-hour span, sparking parallel homicide investigations. Authorities are probing potential links between the cases while urging the public to remain vigilant as suspects remain at large in one of the killings.

BY:Eliana Fleming, JFeed, April 30. 2025:

Los Angeles authorities are investigating two separate murders of Israeli men that occurred within 24 hours of each other, raising concerns and questions within the community. Though investigators have yet to establish a connection between the two cases, both incidents have prompted heightened police activity and public alert.

The first victim, Alexander Modvedze, a 47-year-old Israeli-American entrepreneur, was killed during a violent home invasion at his Woodland Hills residence. According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), three suspects, identified as Georgian nationals Fata Kochiashvili, 38; Zaza Otarashvili, 46; and Besiki Khotsishvili, 52, forcibly entered Modvedze’s home, held him captive for several hours, and subjected him to a brutal assault that ultimately led to his death. The assailants fled the scene with stolen valuables. With the assistance of the FBI, LAPD officers swiftly apprehended the suspects: Kochiashvili was arrested in Van Nuys, while Otarashvili and Khotsishvili were located in Glendale. All three are currently being held on $2 million bail each.
Authorities indicated that Modvedze appeared to have been deliberately targeted, as neighbors reported unfamiliar individuals entering his home late at night. Modvedze, who had lived in the Woodland Hills area for approximately 15 years, was well-regarded within the local Israeli community and described by neighbors as personable and friendly.

Later that same day, LAPD officers discovered the body of Manny Haidra, a well-known businessman and the brother of Lieutenant Gondar Moshe Haidra, director of Israel’s Nitzan Detention Center. Haidra was found dead in his Valley Village apartment on Riverside Drive after family members, concerned about his lack of communication, requested a welfare check. Responding officers found Haidra unresponsive, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, and no suspects have yet been identified.

An LAPD spokesperson emphasized that although no immediate danger to the public has been identified, the suspect or suspects in Haidra’s case should be considered armed and dangerous. Authorities continue to investigate both murders and are actively exploring any potential links between the two incidents. As of now, no concrete evidence connects the cases.

 

Israeli PM’s International Affairs Adviser Caroline Glick addresses JNS International Policy Summit  [20:19]

April 29, 2025  JNS TV   https://www.youtube.com/@JNS_TV – Watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s International Affairs Adviser Caroline Glick’s address at the JNS International Policy Summit. This landmark convention convened the most influential leaders and decision-makers to address the critical issues shaping Israel’s future and its role in the global arena.

Caroline B. Glick is an Israeli-American journalist and author who was appointed as International Affairs Adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in early 2025. She is a senior contributing editor at the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) and has been a prominent voice on Israeli security and foreign policy issues.

 

“Genocidal” Neighborhood bully

 

⚠️ARSON TERROR, INSTRUCTIONS TO BURN, EVENTS CANCELLED, SYRIA HEATS UP  

April 30, 2025   Israel Realtime

🇮🇱 ISRAEL MEMORIAL DAY – in memory of the many who gave their lives so that we could live.

( VIDEO – One of many serious forest fires in Israel this afternoon. )

❗️DUE TO THE DANGERS and emergency resources – ALL NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENTS CANCELLED.  Local events continuing in some cities, including Nahariya and Acre.

.. Hostage Rally planned for Tel Aviv cancelled.

.. ALL EVENTS that would normally require fire / rescue coverage instructed to cancel, as all fire & rescue resources going towards the fires.

❗️HADASSAH EIN KEREM EMERGENCY MESSAGE – Hadassah Ein Kerem: We ask the public not to come to us unless absolutely necessary – due to the expected change in wind direction. The hospital staff has already begun evacuating patients who do not need to be hospitalized.  Of course, the hospital will accept urgent cases.

🔥ROAD UPDATES – Update from Israel Highways:

.. Highway 1 in both directions is closed from the Anaba Interchange to the Shaar Hagai Interchange.

.. Highway 3 in both directions is closed from the Latrun Interchange to the Nachshon Interchange

.. Highway 38 north is closed at the Shaar Hagai Interchange to turn onto Highway 1 West.

.. Highway 424 in both directions is closed from the Nesharim Interchange to the Hativa Sheva Interchange.

.. Highway 444 in both directions is closed from the Givat Ka’ah Interchange to the Migdal Afek Interchange.

.. Highway 44 in both directions is closed from the Shimshon Interchange to the Nachshon Interchange.

…. BULLDOZERS breeching the concrete highway separation barriers on Highway 1 to allow cars to turn around.

🔥WILDFIRE UPDATES – arson terror building!

.. Greece & Italy sending fire aid.

.. EVACs – front line residents (meaning facing fields or forests) in Elad, Beit Meir, Eshtaol.

.. Fires at the entrance to Sderot.

.. Fire near Tiberias.

.. Fire started near Abu Gosh.

.. Fire started in Afula.

.. Wadi Ya’ara Road, Ben Arara to Umm al-Fahm – fire started.

.. Fire started by the village of Warburg, near Kiryat Malachi – the village is now being evacuated.

.. FAKE MESSAGE about evac of Rishon L’Ziyon.  FAKE.

🔥FIRE AND EVAC MAP – https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=19Y_F59D_xOkF5BW90ozO8w0VMuoER1E&g_ep=CAESBzI1LjE3LjAYACDdYip1LDk0MjY4NDM5LDk0MjIzMjk5LDk0MjE2NDEzLDk0MjEyNDk2LDk0MjA3Mzk0LDk0MjA3NTA2LDk0MjA4NTA2LDk0MjE3NTIzLDk0MjE4NjUzLDk0MjI5ODM5LDQ3MDg0MzkzLDk0MjEzMjAwLDk0MjU4MzE5QgJJTA%3D%3D&skid=9f331b8e-9891-438b-a14e-1a712a90795a&shorturl=1&ll=32.18370671278926%2C34.9325291&z=9

⚠️EXTREME WINDS expected tonight. After 8:00 PM, the winds will strengthen from the west.  Expected wind speed – up to 80 km/h in the Jerusalem mountains. EXTREME FIRE SPREAD DANGER.

.. Outdoor areas should remove anything that can fly away.

.. Heavy dust and smoke levels, keep windows closed and use A/C if possible.

❗️HAMAS INSTRUCTS TO ATTACK – “People of the Ayash Bank (named after the arch-terrorist, “the engineer” Yahya Ayash)… It’s time to get weapons.  Go out towards your enemy, kill some of them and take others captive.”

❗️ARAB CHANNELS INSTRUCT TO LIGHT FIRES – a forum of Israeli Arabs: “light a fire everywhere, set fires near IDF bases.”  [Emphasis added]

.. The Jenin Suspicions Channel on Telegram urges its followers to set fires in order to ‘Destroy the Zionist Entity’.

🔹SYRIA HEATS UP – Syrian regime soldiers have been attacking the Druze in the last few days.  The IDF carried out a warning (bombing) operation in Syrian territory.  Reports from Syria this morning show fighter jets flying over Syrian territory, warning against attacking the Druze.  16 Druze killed.

Druze and regime fighters clashed near Damascus.  Druze captured regime fighters in Sakhaniya, with Druze reinforcements headed into the city.

Regime forces + Salafi terrorist groups, including some from Uzbekistan, are the ones who are waging the war on the Druze.

Reports from Syria: The IDF Air Force attacked the Jarmana area in Damascus.

Reports of aerial activity by IDF drones. At the same time, there are initial reports of anti-aircraft missiles being launched at those drones in the Damascus area.

Heating up fast.

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[Ed.:  IINO’s “innocent civilian” musloid arab population has succeeded in shutting the entire country down in flames!  They must be celebrating at home, drinking Arak, and feeling like good shahids.  They had to do this on Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day).  I wonder what they have in store for us tomorrow on Independence Day?  Yet Israel still classifies Meir Kahane was a terrorist, and his political party is illegal!  Go figure...]

 

77 Things You Might Not Know About Israel

In time for the Jewish state’s 77th birthday on Thursday, enjoy this list of lesser-known facts about Israeli history, places, culture, and society.

APR 30, 2025   Future of Jewish

Whether you’re a Zionist, a curious traveler, or someone who’s seen the headlines but never the heart of our amazing country, here’s your crash course in the miracle, complexity, and culture of Israel.

🕍 Zionism, Jewish History, and the Road to Independence

1. The word Zion refers to a hill in ancient Jerusalem and became a symbol for the entire Land of Israel in Jewish tradition.
2. Long before political Zionism gained traction in Europe, Yemenite Jews began immigrating to the Land of Israel in the late 1800s, motivated by deep religious longing and messianic belief. Known as the “First Yemenite Aliyah,” many walked on foot across deserts — through Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan — to reach Jerusalem and Hebron.
3. There are five main types of Zionism, each with its own ideology, priorities, and vision for the Jewish state: Political Zionism, Labor Zionism (Socialist Zionism), Revisionist Zionism, Religious Zionism, and Cultural Zionism.
4. Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Political Zionism, tried to pitch a Jewish state to the Ottoman Sultan, the German Kaiser, and the Pope.
5. Herzl first proposed a Jewish homeland in … Uganda.
6. In the 1940s, the American Jewish mob helped funnel millions of dollars to buy weapons for the Haganah — the Jewish underground army in what became the State of Israel. Some of these funds were collected through Jewish community groups, but others came from off-the-books casino profits, smuggling operations, and “donations” extracted with persuasion.
7. The Declaration of Independence was signed in Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem, because Jerusalem was under siege at the time.
8. David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s founding Prime Minister, declared independence in a modest art museum hall. His home on Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Boulevard was tiny, cluttered with books in dozens of languages, and perfectly preserved today.
9. More than 3,000 Jews from 43 countries in the Diaspora came to help Israel fight its War of Independence beginning in 1948 — many from the United States, Canada, South Africa, Britain, and other countries. These volunteers were known in Hebrew by the acronym Machal (“volunteers from abroad”). World War II veterans brought experience Israel lacked; pilots, mechanics, and medics helped build the infant Israeli Air Force from scratch; and some smuggled arms and planes through loopholes in embargo laws.
10. 10.Ben-Gurion believed the Negev desert was Israel’s future — so he moved there himself. Ben-Gurion is buried next to his wife Paula overlooking the Negev desert — not in Jerusalem or in a grand cemetery.
11. 11.Israel is the only country that revived an ancient land and an ancient people at the same time.

🧠 Hebrew: The Revived Language

1. 12.Hebrew is the only dead language ever revived as a spoken national language. It went from liturgical use only to millions of native speakers in less than 150 years. Before the 20th century, Hebrew was mostly heard in synagogues, read in Torah scrolls, and studied in yeshivot — not shouted at bus drivers or muttered over morning coffee.
2. 13.Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, known as the “father of modern Hebrew,” moved to Jerusalem in the late 1800s and insisted his family speak only Hebrew. His son Itamar Ben-Avi became the first native speaker of modern Hebrew in over 2,000 years.
3. 14.Modern Hebrew includes ancient biblical words, modern inventions, and even slang from Arabic, Yiddish, English, and Russian. The first modern Hebrew speakers had to invent everyday words — like “ice cream” (glidah) and “tomato” (agvania).
4. 15.Israel is the only country in the world where children speak the language their ancestors spoke 3,000 years ago. Mark Twain once joked that Hebrew was the only language that hadn’t had a conversation in 2,000 years.

🛡 National Security

1. 16.Israel has no military academies. Everyone trains on the job; soldiers learn by doing, while commanders often rise from the ranks, not military colleges.
2. 17.Israel is the only country in the world that drafts 18-year-old women into combat.
3. 18.The IDF has a unit made entirely of ultra-Orthodox soldiers, who train and fight while keeping kosher and praying.
4. 19.France (not the U.S.) was Israel’s first real ally. Hence, the French played a pivotal role in helping Israel develop its nuclear capability during the 1950s and early 1960s. Today it is rumored that Israel has some 400 nuclear weapons.
5. 20.The 1967 Six-Day War resulted in Israel regaining control of Jerusalem for the first time in nearly 2,000 years. During this conflict, Israel destroyed the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in under six hours. It was called Operation Focus — and it changed the region overnight.
6. 21.Unit 8200, Israel’s elite cyber-intelligence unit, has produced many of the country’s top tech entrepreneurs. Alumni went on to found Waze, Check Point, Wiz, and Mobileye. Some say serving in Unit 8200 is better than an Ivy League degree.
7. 22.Israel is believed to have carried out more assassinations than any other Western country since World War II. The message is simple: If you harm a Jew, we will hunt you down.
8. 23.Israel once smuggled Iraqi Jewish children out of Baghdad … hidden inside suitcases. This was part of Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, which airlifted over 100,000 Iraqi Jews in the early 1950s.
9. 24.The IDF invented “roof knocking” — a tactic that warns civilians before striking terrorist targets embedded within civilian infrastructure. A small, non-lethal warning is fired at a building to give civilians time to evacuate before a precision strike.
10. 25.In 1960, the Mossad kidnapped Adolf Eichmann — one of the architects of the Holocaust — in Argentina and brought him to trial in Jerusalem. They tracked him, disguised themselves as airline crew, and sedated him before flying him to Israel.
11. 26.Israel is the only country in history to have airlifted Africans to safety because they were Jews — Ethiopian Jews in Operations Moses, Joshua, and Solomon.
12. 27.The Mossad once used a fake diving resort in Sudan as a front to smuggle Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Yes, a real hotel staffed by Mossad agents.
    This was part of Operation Brothers, which inspired the Netflix film, “The Red Sea Diving Resort.”
13. 28.In 1976, Israel pulled off the boldest hostage rescue in history — Operation Entebbe. Israeli commandos flew 2,500 miles to Uganda to rescue Jewish hostages held by Palestinian and German terrorists. Over 100 hostages rescued. The only Israeli soldier killed? Yonatan Netanyahu, the brother of Benjamin Netanyahu.
14. 29.The Mossad has posed as tourists, journalists, diplomats — and in one case, a Canadian birdwatcher — to conduct spy ops. They have even launched fake companies as covers for global missions, such as the ingenious beeper attack against Hezbollah last year. Once, Israel’s intelligence services created a fake psychic hotline to track terrorists. They claimed to be fortune-tellers to trick suspects into revealing info on themselves or their relatives.
15. 30.Beneath a kibbutz laundry and bakery in Rehovot, a secret underground factory known as the Ayalon Institute produced over 2 million bullets for the Jewish underground — right under the noses of the British. Operated by young Haganah¹ members in their teens and twenties, the factory ran in total secrecy from 1945 to 1948, with noise and heat masked by the aboveground bakery machines. Workers sunbathed on the roof to avoid suspicion from looking too pale. Even British soldiers unknowingly dropped off laundry at the site, never realizing they were helping cover up Israel’s first covert munitions operation.
16. 31.The IDF has a specific soldier role called the “snack sergeant.” During long missions or operations, some units assign a soldier to manage morale … with Bamba, Bisli, and chocolate.

🗺 Jerusalem of Gold

1. 32.Jerusalem is over 3,000 years old and has been destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, captured and recaptured 44 times. And yet, it’s still here. Alive. Holy. (And constantly under renovation.)
2. 33.The Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE and the Romans in 70 CE — both on the same Hebrew date: the 9th of Av. Coincidence? Jews say: not likely.
3. 34.Jerusalem is mentioned over 600 times in the Hebrew Bible — but not once in the Quran. And yet, it is considered the third holiest city in Islam after Mecca and Medina.
4. 35.The Old City of Jerusalem is only 1 square kilometer (0.35 square miles), but contains the holiest sites for Judaism (Western Wall), Christianity (Church of the Holy Sepulchre), and Islam (Al-Aqsa Mosque). Basically, it’s the world’s most sacred traffic jam.
5. 36.Over 1 million notes are placed into the Western Wall each year — and yes, they’re collected and buried respectfully. You can even send one via email or WhatsApp, and a rabbi will stick it in for you.

🌇 Other Israeli Cities and Sites

1. 37.The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth and one of the saltiest bodies of water, while the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) is actually a freshwater lake, and the lowest such lake in the world.
2. 38.Tel Aviv has more bars per capita than most major European cities. And more dogs per capita than children.
3. 39.Haifa is home to the stunning Bahá’í Gardens — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most symmetrical places on Earth.
4. 40.The Israel National Trail stretches the entire length of Israel — from the Lebanese border in the north to the Red Sea in the south. National Geographic named it one of the “World’s Best Hikes” — right up there with the Appalachian Trail and Machu Picchu. There’s a secret, informal network of “trail angels” who host hikers for free. Israelis open their homes for showers, laundry, meals — or even just a backyard to pitch a tent.
5. 41.In the heart of Jaffa’s historic port lies the Na Laga’at Center, a groundbreaking cultural institution that redefines the boundaries of performance art. Established in 2002, Na Laga’at (which means “Please Touch” in Hebrew) houses the world’s only professional theater ensemble composed of deafblind actors. These performers, many of whom have Usher syndrome (a condition leading to congenital deafness and progressive blindness), communicate through tactile sign language, touch, and movement, crafting performances that are both poignant and profoundly human.

🏫 Politics and Government

1. 42.No party ever “wins” an Israeli national election; they just build a coalition. Israel has no winner-take-all system. It uses proportional representation, which means parties win seats based on their share of the national vote. No single party has ever won a majority — so forming a government always means cutting deals with smaller parties, from socialists to ultra-Orthodox to Arab nationalists.
2. 43.You can start a political party with just a few friends and a name. To run for Knesset (parliament), you don’t need a big political machine; you just need a few hundred signatures, a filing fee, and a list of candidates. Dozens of parties register for every election; most don’t pass the 3.25 percent electoral threshold, but they still get campaign airtime and a shot at influencing the discourse.
3. 44.Instead of a single codified constitution, Israel is governed by a set of “Basic Laws” that function like constitutional principles. This allows for flexibility — and also for enormous legal debates, especially about the balance between “Jewish” and “democratic.”
4. 45.Shimon Peres, former president and prime minister, served in the Knesset until the age of 94 — making him one of the oldest elected officials in any democracy, anywhere.

💡 Innovation and Technology

1. 46.Israeli cows are the world’s most productive, with an average yield of approximately 12,265 kilograms (about 27,000 pounds) per cow annually. This remarkable productivity is achieved through a combination of factors, including advanced genetics, innovative farm management, and cooperative agricultural models.
2. 47.Modern kibbutzim run multi-million-dollar factories, exporting irrigation systems, medical devices, plastics, and software. For example, Netafim, the global leader in drip irrigation, was born on Kibbutz Hatzerim. So were international companies like Caesarstone, Maytronics, Albaad, Tnuva, and Palram Industries.
3. 48.Israel recycles about 90 percent of its wastewater, the highest rate in the world. Israel is helping solve global water crises through desalination and water reuse technologies.
4. 49.Despite having limited water and arable land, Israel produces at least 80 percent of its own food needs, including a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, dairy, and even wine. Through a combination of drip irrigation (invented in Israel!), advanced greenhouses, water recycling, and desert agriculture, Israel turned barren land into fertile farms — especially in the Negev.
5. 50.The world’s first lab-grown steak was developed in Israel.
6. 51.Israel is one of only 13 countries in the world (and the only in the Middle East) with the ability to launch satellites into space using its own technology and launch site.
7. 52.As a percentage of GDP, Israel spends more on research and development than any other country, reflecting its deep prioritization of innovation across industries.

Caesarstone, a NASDAQ-listed company that produces quartz surfaces used for kitchen countertops, vanity tops, flooring, wall cladding, and general interior design, originated on Kibbutz Sdot Yam.

✡️ Holidays, Spirit, and Symbols

1. 53.The national anthem, Hatikvah (“The Hope”), was written in the 1870s, over 70 years before Israel’s founding, by a Galician Jew named Naftali Herz Imber. It was a poem called Tikvatenu (“Our Hope”), expressing the yearning for a return to Zion. The original poem had nine stanzas; only one made it into the anthem. Jewish prisoners in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, would secretly sing Hatikvah as a quiet act of defiance and hope.
2. 54.Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day) are purposely observed on back-to-back days — Jewish symbolism of transitioning from grief to celebration. The mourning-to-joy whiplash reflects the deep Israeli understanding that national celebration is only possible because of those who sacrificed.
3. 55.Yom Kippur in Israel is like a national pause button: no TV, no cars, no open stores. Highways become eerily empty — and thousands of kids turn them into bike highways. It’s the quietest day of the year, even in secular Tel Aviv.
4. 56.In the weeks before Passover, many Israeli grocery stores switch to kosher-for-Passover-only products — covering up entire aisles, changing labels, and even closing bakeries. Cleaning crews deep-clean homes, offices, and school cafeterias with near-OCD levels of detail. In observant cities, you’ll find “kosher-for-Passover” pizza made with potato starch crusts. McDonald’s in Israel even rolls out a matzah-bun burger.
5. 57.The menorah on Israel’s national emblem is modeled after the one in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem.
6. 58.Blue and white were chosen for Israel’s flag because of the traditional Jewish prayer shawl, the tallit.
7. 59.In many apartment buildings and hotels across Israel, you’ll find Shabbat elevators — special elevators programmed to automatically stop at every floor so observant Jews don’t have to press buttons, which is considered a form of prohibited “work” on Shabbat. While a time-saver they are not, they’re a uniquely Israeli solution to blending halacha (Jewish law) with modern convenience — and a frequent source of accidental frustration for clueless tourists.

🎶 Arts, Music, and Pop Culture

1. 60.Many Israeli bands start in the army. The IDF has official entertainment units, and many Israeli musicians (like Shlomo Artzi, Yehudit Ravitz, Netta Barzilai) got their start performing in army bands.
2. 61.The Hula Valley Bird Festival is a premier event for bird enthusiasts, held annually in northern Israel’s Hula Valley. This region serves as a critical stopover for migratory birds traveling between Europe, Asia, and Africa, with over 500 million birds passing through each migration season.
3. 62.Despite its small size, Israel has won 14 Olympic medals — and half are in judo. Athletes like Yael Arad and Arik Ze’evi are national icons.
4. 63.Israeli film director and screenwriter Ari Folman’s “Waltz with Bashir” (2008) was the first animated documentary ever nominated for an Academy Award. It explores the trauma of Israeli soldiers in the 1982 Lebanon War — through surreal, haunting animation.
5. 64.Israel’s Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) communities maintain a completely separate media ecosystem, including daily newspapers. These papers are tailored to religious values, meaning no immodest content, no secular celebrity gossip — and almost always no photos of women, even prominent ones. In fact, some will blur or crop out women entirely to comply with modesty standards.
6. 65.Piyyutim — ancient Hebrew liturgical poems — are being revived in modern Israeli music today.
7. 66.🌍 Culture and Society
8. 67.Israel holds the distinction of having the highest number of museums per capita in the world. With over 200 museums serving a population of approximately 10 million, this equates to more than one museum for every 50,000 residents. These museums encompass a vast array of subjects including art, history, science, technology, and culture.
9. 68.Jews in Israel come from over 100 countries, including Yemen, Morocco, Russia, Ethiopia, Iran, France, South Africa, Canada, India, Cuba, and the United States.
10. 69.Israel ranks among the top countries in global happiness and life expectancy.
11. 70.Israeli women average 2.9 children, nearly double the OECD average of 1.5. Even secular Jewish women have higher fertility rates than their counterparts in other developed countries.
12. 71.Israel has more vegans per capita than anywhere else in the world. Tel Aviv is often ranked the vegan capital of the world.
13. 72.Established in 1919, and now with some 80,000 members between the ages of 9 and 18, the Israeli Scouts is the largest youth movement in Israel. It is also famously known as the world’s first egalitarian scouting movement, where boys and girls participate together on an equal basis.
14. 73.Israelis live on two calendars at once. Every Israeli has to juggle both the Gregorian calendar and the Hebrew calendar — for birthdays, holidays, deaths, and even government paperwork.
15. 74.Before “Startup Nation,” there was the Jaffa orange — a sweet, seedless citrus exported worldwide as early as the 19th century. Cultivated by both Arab and Jewish farmers, it became a symbol of the Zionist agricultural revival and Israel’s early economy. The name “Jaffa” became an international trademark, and crates with Hebrew and Arabic labels were shipped across Europe. Fun fact: the original Jaffa orange variety was so popular, it helped finance the establishment of early Zionist settlements.
16. 75.While much of the Western world starts work on Monday, Israelis head to work on Sunday — the first day of the Hebrew week. Friday is often a short day or fully off, as businesses close early in preparation for Shabbat. This makes Thursday night the de facto start of the weekend.
17. 76.There is no single “Israeli cuisine.” It’s a culinary mashup of over 100 diasporas. From Yemenite jachnun, to Austrian schnitzel, Iraqi kubbeh, Ethiopian injera, and Bukharan osh plov, Israeli food is a cultural fusion of Jews from across the globe — all layered atop a Middle Eastern base.
18. 77.Israel has one of the highest rates of female entrepreneurship and startup founders in the world. Israeli women are raising kids, commanding troops, and raising capital — sometimes all before lunch.
19. 78.Bamba, a peanut butter-flavored puffed snack, is Israel’s unofficial national food. Over 90 percent of Israeli toddlers eat it regularly. Fun fact: Kids who eat Bamba have a lower incidence of peanut allergies.

Bonus: Under Israel’s Law of Return, passed in 1950, any Jew anywhere in the world — along with their children, grandchildren, and spouses — has the right to immigrate to Israel and receive automatic citizenship. It’s not just policy — it’s a statement of refuge and belonging, written into the DNA of the state just five years after the Holocaust. No other country has a standing offer of safe haven for an entire people.

 

🔥EXTREME WILDFIRES & EXTREME WIND CONDITIONS

April 30, 2025  Israel Realtime

🇮🇱 ISRAEL MEMORIAL DAY – in memory of the many who gave their lives so that we could live.

( VIDEO – fire by the roadside Route 1 )

🔥LARGE WILDFIRES – Route 38, Beit Shemesh area, Latrun, Route 1 Highway, Route 3, Yad Binyamin, Highway 444 Elad.

.. Highway Route 1 BLOCKED by wildfires – both directions – around Latrun and Route 38 (Beit Shemesh).  Fires along the sides of the road, people abandon their cars and buses and run for their lives.

.. A number of people taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation, including 2 babies.  Hundreds evacuated off the highway.

.. LIKELY FIRE TERRORISM, fires popping up with very dry conditions nationwide.

.. Nationwide BAN on lighting fires (including BBQ grills) outdoors!

.. Nat. Sec. Minister calls on IDF rescue unit 669 to assist in evacuating Route 1 and other highways with trapped drivers (by helicopter).

.. Neighborhood evacuated in Beit Shemesh due to fire coming up to homes and smoke conditions.

.. The fire in the Eshtaol Forest near a classified base that, according to foreign sources, might be where Israel stores atomic bombs (that they do not say they have).

.. Parks in the Beit Shemesh area, such as Park Canada, closed and evacuated.

.. EVACUATED : Neve Shalom and Latrun, prepared for the evacuation, Nachshon, Beko, Mesilat Zion, Tarom and Taoz.

.. Israel requests fire plane assistance, Greece, Croatia, Italy and Cyprus responding.

⚠️EXTREME WINDS expected tonight, extreme fire spread danger.

⚠️WIND DANGER – In light of the weather changes and increasing winds, and in accordance with the Meteorological Service’s assessments, the Families, Commemoration and Heritage Division at the Ministry of Defense recommends that the public avoid visiting cemeteries across the country for fear of shade poles and measures erected for Memorial Day ceremonies falling.

.. Torchlight ceremony CANCELLED due to weather / wind conditions.

.. Outdoor areas should remove anything that can fly away.

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[Ed.:  These misnamed ‘wildfires’ are an annual event perpetrated in the same areas by the same musloid arabs, who shouldn’t be there in the first place.  Meir Kahane was right all along when he prophetically said “They must go!”]

 

SUICIDE DRONE!  SUSPICIOUS ENVELOPE AT THE PM

April 30, 2025  Israel Realtime

🇮🇱 ISRAEL MEMORIAL DAY – in memory of the many who gave their lives so that we could live.

⭕HOUTHIS FIRED SUICIDE DRONE at ISRAEL, intercepted before entering Israeli airspace.

⚠️SURPRISE HEATWAVE – Sharav conditions (hot, dry, high air dust) today, possible rain in the evening.  Watch your hydration if involved in outdoor Memorial Day activities.

▪️SUSPICIOUS ENVELOPE – A suspicious envelope was delivered to the Prime Minister’s Office, the same as was sent to over 20 members of the Knesset.  Police and hazardous materials squad called.  The Shin Bet previously responded: no info on source so far.

▪️THE 1 MILLION “PALESTINIANS” WHO AREN’T – Demographer Yoram Ettinger presents data on the distortions in the Palestinian census: Counting ‘immigrants, their children and children’s children, where the accepted method is an immigrant for 1 year.  Counting Jerusalem Arabs, twice. Counting ‘family unification’, then continuing to count them and all their descendants.

Conclusion: there are less than 2 million “Palestinian” residents instead of the 3 million commonly reported.

▪️AND MISCOUNTING EMIGRANTS – some months ago there were headlines about Israelis leaving Israel.  A review of those statistics found the majority were Ukrainian and Russian war immigrants, the majority of which were up-to-3rd-generation-Jewish descendants, who stopped over in Israel, received some immigration benefits and new passport, and headed on to other Western countries.

But in addition, the Central Bureau of Statistics CHANGED the definition of “moving away”, from being gone a-year-and-a-day to begin gone for 275 days.

▪️UN GEN. SECRETARY SAYS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the issue of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, saying that for almost two months, Israel has blocked the entry of food, fuel, medicine and commercial goods into the Strip, thereby depriving more than two million people of life-saving aid.  He wrote that aid is non-negotiable and that Israel must protect civilians and implement aid plans.

▪️PROTEST BY BEREAVED FAMILIES IN KIRYAT GAT – prevented United Torah Judaism minister Goldknopf from attending Memorial Day ceremonies at the Kiryat Gat military cemetery.  He will go to ceremonies at the Western Wall instead.

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ℹ️BACKGROUNDER – THE ISRAELI POLITICAL SYSTEM

[Ed.:  Jews have a special word in Yiddish for ‘FUCKED’ and that is ‘Fakakta’.  There is no Constitution.  The elected officials are not accountable to the electorate, and the government is ruled by a deep-state, globalist female (post menopausal) who runs the ruling Judicial Oligarchy.  Such is the modern state of Israel’s system of governance which guarantees that everything is (and I’m quoting):  “Impossible”!  … I’m fermished  and Verklempt.  Read it, and weep!]

April 28, 2025  Israel Realtime 

A few people wrote, and asked during a recent interview: can you explain the Israeli political system & parties?  I will attempt to do so, as we say in Hebrew, while standing on 1 leg (super briefly):.. Israel has a parliament with 120 seats or members. .. Elections are held every 4 years, or sooner if the parliament votes to dissolve itself (which usually happens every 2-3 years)… Elections are for PARTIES, not people.  Israel DOES NOT have representatives, nobody is from voters in an area… A group of people registers as a party, listing people in order who will be elected “the list”.

.. For every 0.83% of the total national vote a party receives, it gets 1 seat – which goes to the people on the list in order.

.. The minimum: If a party gets lets than 4 seats, it gets none and those votes are thrown away.

.. If a party gets the majority, 61 seats, it becomes the ruling party and the #1 on the list the prime minister (who picks the rest of the ministers).

.. If no party gets a majority…

…. The President gets to pick a party who is the biggest and most likely to be able to form a group of parties to get to 61 seats, a coalition.

…. If that party can’t make a deal with enough other parties, the president picks another to try.

…. After multiple tries, another election.

.. Forming a coalition:  The lead party talks to other parties, offers them minister positions (power), Knesset control, and budget allocations (money control) to make a deal.

…. The parties have to be sufficiently compatible in their positions to make a deal.

…. More seats, more power, control and money demanded.

.. Parties present themselves as having positions, but they aren’t bound by them.  Often they resonate with parts of the electorate, basically a consistency.

.. The parties in the Knesset:

Coalition:

Likud – 32+4 seats – Rightist, nationalistic, slightly religious, capitalistic (+4, recent merger)

Shas – 11 seats – Ultra-orthodox sephardic, super religious, socialist

United Torah Judaism – 7 seats – Ultra-orthodox, super religious

Otzma Yehudit – 6 seats – Judea-Samaria support, ultra-nationalistic, religious

Religious Zionism – 7 seats – Judea-Samaria support, nationalistic, religious

Noam – 1 seat – (break away from Religious Zionism) Religious zionism, anti-LGBT, non-ultra-orthodox fundamentalism

Opposition:

Yesh Atid – 24 seats – Leftist, secularism, anti-religion in public life

National Unity – 8 seats – Centrist, professionalism

Israel our Home – 6  seats – Rightist, extreme secularism, strong national defense, Russian immigrant support

The Democrats – 4 seats – recent merger of extreme-secularist-socialist Meretz and traditional leftist Labor

Arab-Israeli:

Hadash-Ta’al – 5 seats – Arab issues, support Palestinianism, socialist-communist

United Arab List – 5 seats – Muslim brotherhood, [Emphasis added] Israeli Arab issues, Bedouin support

Due to the war there will be big changes in some parties results in the next election, and a new party or two popping up.

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REVEALED: Hamas Tried To Abduct 4 Female Soldiers On Shabbos

April 28, 2025  Yeshiva World News – IDF officials believe that an attempted abduction of four female soldiers was thwarted on Shabbos after a terror squad emerged from a tunnel shaft and fired an RPG missile at the vehicle they were traveling in, Channel 14 News reported on Sunday evening.

According to the report, soldiers in a nearby tank opened fire within 40 seconds, thwarting the plan. The terrorists fled the scene and re-entered the tunnel.

There have been disturbing reports in recent days about similar ambushes by terrorists that have led to casualties, including an IDF officer and a Border Police officer who were killed in an ambush in Gaza on Friday.

On Sunday, a terrorist emerged from a tunnel shaft in the Daraj Tuffah area of the Strip and fired an RPG missile at IDF forces. B’Chasdei Hashem, there were no casualties and the terrorist fled the scene.

 

Media Won’t Show This: The “Palestinian Authority” Is Fighting Israel From Within   [7:54]  Yishai Fleisher

13,300 views • Apr 27, 2025

News Update: Guardians of the Holy Land must be alerted to this silent attack.

 

BOMBSHELL REPORT: BIDEN GAVE HAMAS OVER 2 BILLION DOLLARS TO KILL ISRAELIS   by Phil Schneider

April 23, 2025   Israel Unwired

“Emergency Money” was sent by the United States government under the Biden administration was sent directly to the Hamas terrorists AFTER October 7th. This was all done under the pretext of sending “humanitarian” aid to the “innocent Arabs” caught up in the middle of a war.

WATCH  [1:14]  

This would be akin to the United States having an air drop to Berlin during World War II in order to help the civilian population during World War II while American GI’s battled the German Nazi war machine. It would have been patently absurd. The same goes for Gaza. Of the 2 billion that United States taxpayers transferred through the council of anti-Israel people that were heading up the United States while Joe Biden dawdled along, the vast majority propped up the killing machine called Hamas.

That is why it is so important to delegitimize any attempt to humanize the “innocent” Arabs in Gaza. The entire facade was based on one big lie. All of the Arabs in Gaza who were noncombatants did not need airdrops and money in Gaza for their continued life there. They needed to be displaced, moved, and freed from the shackles of Hamas. The only ones doing that were the IDF soldiers of the State of Israel.

It is true that the United States did indeed transfer enormous amounts of weapons to the State of Israel following October 7th, but that does not justify the concomitant arming of the enemy under the guise of humaintarian support. This is one of many “humanitarian” causes that are well-served by being cut by the Trump administration.

[Ed.:  Where are the arrests?] 

 

🔥MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS IN IRAN, MISSILE ATTACK, MURDER SUSPECTS CAUGHT

April 26, 2025  Israel Realtime

❗️IRAN – MASSIVE EXPLOSION(s) – at Bandar Abbas port, which is southwest Iran by the Straits of Hormuz.  Appears to be explosive events at 4 sites in the port simultaneously. 5 killed, reports 600-800 injured and extensive damage. Israel denies involvement.

Foreign sources report that on March 30, an Iranian cargo ship carrying 24 containers of sodium perchlorate, a key material used in solid-fuel ballistic missiles, arrived from Shanghai at the port of Bandar Abbas.

VIDEO – initial fire, then BOOM.

⭕BALLISTIC MISSILE from the HOUTHIS at SOUTHERN ISRAEL at approx. 4 AM, early alerts from Jerusalem through Be’er Sheva, final alerts through Be’er Sheva and the Negev towns.  No reports of shrapnel or injuries.

⭕SUICIDE DRONE from the HOUTHIS at SOUTHERN ISRAEL, intercepted outside Israeli airspace.

🎗️DEAL NEWS – Hamas delegation in Cairo: Ready to release all hostages in exchange for a 5-year ceasefire.  (No additional details provided, and the details are ALWAYS the problem.) [Emphasis added]  

[!!! Ed,:  This is the best proposal yet!!  But, we should up the ante.  Give them a 500-year ceasefire, and let them remain armed, and in control of Gaza! Capiche?]  [Emphasis added!]

▪️IDF THREATENS – IDF: We intend to soon significantly expand the military pressure on the Gaza Strip – we will maneuver to new locations, including the mobilization of reserve forces on a significant scale.  The forces will operate simultaneously and with force in places where the IDF has not operated so far (the IDF has avoided areas where hostages are held, to avoid putting their lives in danger from the attack.)

▪️ON THE ERITREANS – the 2 Eritreans captured by the Jordanian border are actually murder suspects and were captured trying to flee to Jordan.

▪️TWO HERO SOLDIERS HAVE FALLEN – Nota Yitzchak Kahane, of the Israeli Border Guards, fell in battle in Gaza.  And Ido Volach, 21, from Jerusalem, fell in battle in Gaza as well.

May their families be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and may G-d avenge their blood!

▪️US PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID – “I didn’t stop an Israeli attack (on Iran), but I didn’t make it convenient for them, because I think we can reach an agreement with Iran.”

▪️600 SYRIAN DRUZE RELIGIOUS LEADERS – were allowed into Israel to visit the Druze Nabi Laban holy site for their holiday.  Great excitement, to the point of tears, was recorded among the visiting Syrian Druze.  One of them met his daughter, who lives in Israel, for the first time in 22 years (as contact with Israelis was a crime, even family, under the former Syrian regime).

▪️HAMAS RELEASES PROPAGANDA – Hamas releases video showing (allegedly) kidnapped person being rescued from tunnel following Israeli airstrike.

🔹US – IRAN NEGOTIATIONS – Iranian media: After 9 hours of indirect talks in Oman, the Iranian and American teams will return to their country for consultations.  Today’s round of talks was more serious than the previous two rounds. We went into technical details. The atmosphere in the talks was serious and practical.  There are still differences of opinion on general issues.

🔹US vs the HOUTHIS – aggressive attacks are being reported in Saada province, northern Yemen this evening.

🔹IRANIAN ADVISOR SAYS – “The Holocaust is a complete lie. Resistance will not be stopped. Calls for the destruction of Israel are heard all over the world. The Quran is gaining supporters in the Western world and Islam is taking over.”

🌎WORLD NEWS OF NOTE.. Huge demonstration in Ireland demanding a halt to Islamic immigration.

.. London: At a demonstration between Indians and Pakistanis, the Indian side had the Israeli flag, while the Pakistani side opposite had the Palestinian flag.

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