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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.
Jonathan Pollard: How to Quickly Free the Hostages [0:51]
July 13, 2025 Machon Shilo
Aid To Gaza: 150,000 liters of fuel were allowed into Gaza today for humanitarian purposes.
July 13, 2025 𝗜𝗦𝗥𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦
[Ed.: This is aiding and abetting the enemy. It is not only tragically unacceptable, it’s disgraceful!]
📆 17TH OF TAMMUZ — A DAY OF BREACH, LOSS, AND EXILE
🕯️ Five national tragedies. One shared memory. A call for clarity.
Today marks the 17th of Tammuz, a fast day widely observed in remembrance of five devastating events: the sin of the Golden Calf, the cessation of daily offerings, the breaching of Jerusalem’s walls, the burning of the Torah, and the desecration of the Holy Temple with an idol. These tragedies, spanning generations, all occurred on this date — marking the beginning of both our spiritual and physical exile as a people.
15 hostages break silence on sexual violence on Oct. 7 EREZ LINN
A comprehensive investigation has uncovered systematic sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas terrorists during the onslaught on Israel.
July 6, 2025 JNS
Fresh testimony from survivors and witnesses demonstrates that Hamas terrorists systematically employed sexual violence during their Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel, according to a comprehensive investigation that documents previously unreported accounts of rape and sexual abuse.
The upcoming Dinah Project report presents evidence from 15 returned hostages who experienced sexual violence in captivity, with only one having spoken publicly before now, the U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times revealed.
The investigation, conducted by Israeli gender and legal experts with partial funding from the British government, found that sexual violence was “widespread and systematic” during the onslaught that killed approximately 1,200 people.
According to the Sunday Times, the report establishes that rape and gang rape occurred in at least six locations, though most victims were “permanently silenced”—either murdered during the assaults or left too traumatized to speak.
The Dinah Project will be published on Tuesday in Jerusalem, representing the most comprehensive documentation of sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attack, the newspaper reported.
The report draws from first-hand testimony of 15 returned Gaza hostages, a survivor of attempted rape at the Supernova music festival and interviews with 17 people who witnessed or heard the attacks, along with therapists treating traumatized survivors.
The project aims “to counter denial, misinformation and global silence” regarding what researchers describe as “one of the most under-reported dimensions of the attacks.”
The report states its mission is “to set the historical record straight: Hamas used sexual violence as a tactical weapon of war.
“Clear patterns emerged in how the sexual violence was perpetrated,” the report documents, “including victims found partially or fully naked with their hands tied, often to trees or poles; evidence of gang rapes followed by execution; and genital mutilation.”
The documented attacks occurred at the Supernova music festival, Route 232, the Nahal Oz military base, and three kibbutzim: Re’im, Nir Oz and Kfar Aza. Sexual abuse extended beyond the initial assault locations, the report reveals.
“Sexual violence continued in captivity, with many returnees reporting forced nudity, physical and verbal sexual harassment, sexual assaults and threats of forced marriage,” the investigation adds.
Examples from Islamic State and Boko Haram
Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, director of the Ruth and Emanuel Rackman Center for the Advancement of the Status of Women at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, initiated the project to “ensure recognition and justice for victims and survivors.”
She collaborated with Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas, an international law expert and former IDF chief military prosecutor, and Nava Ben-Or, a retired judge and former deputy state attorney specializing in sexual abuse cases.
The research addresses criticism of inadequate responses from international organizations such as UN Women (full name the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) following reports of sexual violence by the Sunday Times and other outlets.
The project also deals with questions raised by false claims from first responders and arguments that Hamas, as an Islamic organization, would not commit rape—despite examples from Islamic State (ISIS) in the Middle East and Boko Haram in West Africa.
Some critics argued that the sexual violence issue had been “weaponized” by the Israeli government to justify its actions in Gaza.
This criticism particularly affected Halperin-Kaddari, who had worked for years on international cases of sexual violence, including Yazidis taken as sex slaves by ISIS and girls abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria.
“We feel let down by other women around the world,” Halperin-Kaddari said. “If the standard is to believe survivors and witnesses, there is no excuse to keep quiet.
“Yet in this case, a different standard was employed and the victims were lost in politicization. The fact that so many kept silent or even denied what happened was devastating and a grave failure of international human rights.”
The project takes its name from the first rape victim in the Bible—Dinah, Jacob’s only daughter, who was raped by Shechem, son of a prince.
After the assault, Dinah’s brothers circumcised and killed the men of Shechem’s tribe and abducted their women, but Dinah’s voice was never heard.
Halperin-Kaddari explained that the project aims “to be a voice for those who cannot or can no longer speak.”
Previous fact-finding reports by the U.N. special representative for preventing sexual violence, a U.N. independent commission of inquiry and the International Criminal Court all found indications of sexual violence and gang rape.
However, the Dinah Project introduces new evidence, including first-hand witness testimony from 15 returned hostages who experienced sexual violence in captivity.
Among the hostages, only one has spoken publicly: Amit Soussana, a lawyer held for 55 days.
Two of the hostages were male, according to the report.
Zagagi-Pinhas explained that “sexual violence need not mean rape—also forced nudity, forcing some of the hostages to strip and shower while being watched, or trying to force them into marriage.”
The researchers also interviewed a victim of attempted rape at the Supernova festival who required 17 months to come forward. “We know from therapists there are more, but they are still too traumatized to speak,” Zagagi-Pinhas added.
The investigation included interviews with 17 people who witnessed or heard attacks, providing detailed descriptions of the violence.
These witnesses included two brothers who hid under bushes, and Tali Biner, a nurse who concealed herself inside a shipping container. They described 15 incidents including gang rapes.
Additionally, researchers spoke with 27 first responders who described “dozens of cases in different locations” while analyzing forensic evidence from photographs and videos.
Justice when many of the victims are dead
“What we found makes clear that sexual violence including rape and gang rape took place in multiple locations,” Halperin-Kaddari said.
“We found patterns of evidence,” Zagagi-Pinhas added. “Women found dead, naked and mutilated—with gunshots in their genitalia–and tied to trees. The fact that the same things happened in three to six locations can’t be coincidence, but proof that this was premeditated.”
She reported that “dozens” of bodies of young women were stripped and some were tied to trees or poles. “Many of the witnesses we spoke to talk of the victims being shot and perpetrators still trying to rape a dead body,” she said.
The report’s primary objective is to demand justice, providing what Halperin-Kaddari describes as “a blueprint for how to secure justice in cases of mass atrocities when many of the victims are dead and it is impossible to point at a specific perpetrator.”
“We see October 7 as a test case,” said Ben-Or, the retired judge. “Authorities are used to seeking justice on an individual case, but here we have mass cases and most victims were murdered or too traumatized to speak, which creates profound challenges for establishing accountability, so we needed to come up with a new legal framework and new ways to prosecute.
“Sexual violence in conflict is about destruction and dehumanizing a community, so the idea you have to find a specific perpetrator who harmed a specific victim is irrelevant,” she added.
“To say, ‘When I joined Hamas, I meant only to murder women and children, but I am very much against rape’ is ridiculous. Everything that was done within the framework of the attack, you are responsible for.”
The report calls for the U.N. secretary-general to send a fact-finding mission in light of the testimonies and to include Hamas in the blacklist in the U.N.’s annual report of those designated for using sexual violence as a weapon of war.
Originally published by Israel Hayom.
Government responds to court on petitions against AG’s dismissal
Government argues it is unreasonable to force it to continue working with a legal official who is politically motivated and has long since lost its full confidence in it.
Jul 13, 2025, 10:50 AM (GMT+3) Israel National News
Gali Baharav-Miara at meeting this morning having a bad hair day. It just wouldn’t brush! She also forgot to brush her teeth, so it was better to sit a few rows back. There was some speculation that she was missing Bibi.
The Israeli government on Sunday morning submitted its official response to the Supreme Court regarding petitions against the ongoing proceedings to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.
In a sharply worded statement, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Minister Amichai Chikli, who chairs the ministerial committee on replacing the Attorney General, accused Baharav-Miara of creating an “absurd situation” in which she allegedly “uses state resources for her personal needs and subjugates the public legal service to her personal will.”
“For a long time now, the Government of Israel has not received a fair legal process in cases involving disputes with its legal advisor,” the response stated. “The government sees no point in continuing this charade and expects the Supreme Court to recognize the magnitude of the absurdity, distortion of justice, and flawed legal proceedings. The Attorney General has systematically acted to sever the rope—and has indeed torn it. Now she expects the Honorable Court to do the same, despite the grave implications. This must and should be avoided.”
The government contends that Baharav-Miara is in a clear conflict of interest, as she is directly implicated in the petitions yet allegedly denies the government legal representation while instructing state attorneys to present only her personal stance. “This is an upside-down reality,” the government wrote. “The public legal service is not the personal property of the Attorney General. It is meant to represent the government. Expecting the government to respond to petitions while detached from its legal team undermines its right to a fair process.”
The government further accused Baharav-Miara of applying a double standard: “She demands that the government avoid distant and speculative conflicts of interest, while she herself stands before the court with a glaring conflict of interest of her own.”
The response argues that the very conduct of the legal proceedings at the Supreme Court, in the absence of proper legal representation for the government, highlights the severity of the current crisis. It emphasized that the process undertaken against Baharav-Miara was lawful and that her hearing was conducted with full respect for her rights.
The government also noted that Baharav-Miara failed to respond for months to official documents presented to her and did not attend the cabinet meeting where allegations against her were discussed. Nevertheless, it stressed that the decision to grant her a hearing went “far beyond what is required.”
The statement concluded with a submission of two supplementary documents detailing the grounds for her dismissal, including records of repeated attempts to bridge differences with Baharav-Miara—attempts the government claims failed and now cause “severe damage to the governance of the country and to the public at large.”
The government called on the court to reject the petitions and interim orders “outright,” arguing it is unreasonable to force it to continue working with a legal official it claims is politically motivated and has long since lost its full confidence.
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[2:05 PM, 7/12/2025] +972 50-997-7784: Israel Realtime
🕑 July 12, 2025, 8:59 PM (Israel Time)
💥 The IDF, guided by intelligence from Israel’s internal security service (Shin Bet), carried out a major aerial assault in the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza. Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck more than 35 Hamas terrorist targets, including extensive underground infrastructure.
💥 In the last 48 hours alone, the IAF has hit approximately 250 terror sites across the Gaza Strip. These include weapon storage facilities, sniper and anti-tank missile positions, booby-trapped stru…
[2:23 PM, 7/12/2025] +972 54-668-0334: 🔥BOOMS, CONSPIRACY, HOSTAGE DEAL STUCK, SYRIA, and UK ANTI-SEMITISM – Real time from Israel
( VIDEO – northern Gaza – Beit Hanoun, airstrikes by the IDF. )
⚠️BOOMS FROM GAZA – explosions and loud artillery noises have been heard and will be heard in the area of the northern border area and in the center of the border area, the noises are part of the activity of the IDF forces in the area of the Gaza Strip. Echos are being heard and shaking buildings up the coast and as far as Beit Shemesh.
▪️US POSTAL SERVICE TO ISRAEL TO RESUME – The US Postal Service is resuming the sending of mail and packages to Israel after a 3-week pause due to the operation in Iran.
▪️ANTI-ISRAEL CONSPIRACY – at Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, famous US news commentator Tucker Carlson says suspected mass abuser Jeffery Epstein was “working on behalf” of Israel and Israel was “committing crimes” on American soil, noting that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak was spotted visiting Epstein in the time frame these events were happening. https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1943833522344755521?s=46
▪️ANTI-NETANYAHU JOURNALIST MOVES – The “New York Times” investigation against Prime Minister Netanyahu was actually written by an Israeli journalist known as one of Netanyahu’s greatest adversaries. Since it would not have been taken seriously published in Israel, the Israeli media outlets quote it, presenting it as a serious American investigation without mentioning that the author is an Israeli journalist with a clear agenda.
The Prime Minister’s Office responded to the “investigation” today: “Contrary to the New York Times claims, the Prime Minister did not care about his political survival but about the survival and future of the State of Israel.”
(The topic was informing coalition parties that were considering leaving the govt about the Iranian attack to keep the coalition stable for the attack.)
🎗️HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS – “No progress, according to sources in the negotiations: Hamas does not accept Israel’s proposal on withdrawal maps – Israel insists.”
.. Another report says: Political source: Israel accepted the Qatari proposal, Hamas rejected it.
♦️GAZA – HEAVY AIRSTRIKES – MANY BOOM ECHOS – with booms echoing throughout southern Israel, up the coast and into the Judean hills, dozens of Israeli airstrikes reported in northern Gaza against Hamas and Islamic Jihad positions, including potentially bunker busters for underground enemy facilities.
.. IDF: The IDF is conducting strikes against Hamas in the area of Beit Hanoun . A short while ago, dozens of IAF fighter jets struck over 35 Hamas terror targets in the area of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Among the targets struck was underground Hamas terrorist infrastructure in the area.
.. More than 250 bombs fell on Gaza in one hour, and the bombing is still ongoing.
♦️AID TO THE ENEMY – In the past two days, 122 aid trucks entered Gaza, dozens of which entered the northern Gaza Strip through the Zikim crossing, and were immediately spotted with terror gunmen taking control of them.
.. The Tzav 9 (anti-aid to the enemy) movement has put out a call on the public to join them in blocking humanitarian aid trucks.
🇸🇾SYRIA LEGALIZES ITS ‘PALESTINIANS – The New Syrian Transitional Authorities have officially changed the ID status of ‘Palestinians’ in Syria from “Palestinian-Syrian refugees” to “resident Palestinians,” granting them formal residency cards and opening a potential path to citizenship but also removing the “Syrian” designation – moving them to “resident foreigners”, regardless of them being born there and living there for generations.
🇸🇾SYRIA-ISRAELI MEETING? A Syrian and an Israeli official are scheduled to meet in Baku, captial of Azerbaijan, on the sidelines of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to Azerbaijan. – AFP citing a Syrian diplomatic source.
🇸🇾NOT AN ENEMY? Tom Barc, US Envoy to Syria and Lebanon, after meeting with Ahmed al-Assad, new regime President of Syria: al-Assad said in his own words that Israel is not an enemy. These are the first steps.
🇱🇧LEBANON TO GET US MILITARY EQUIPMENT? The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $100 million sale of equipment and support for Lebanon’s A-29 Super Tucano jets, the Pentagon announced in a statement.
🇺🇸US vs HEZBOLLAH? Tthe United States Department of State, United States Department of Justice, and Europol convened the fourteenth meeting of the Law Enforcement Coordination Group (LECG) on countering Hezbollah’s terrorist and illicit activities on July 9-10.
🇬🇧ANTI-SEMITISM – Around 60 Jewish doctors are leaving the British Medical Association: “Institutional antisemitism that goes unanswered”.
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