Father of hostage Noa Marciano received video of her murder by Gaza doctor – JNS.org
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My heart just breaks at this. This is the abject demonic evil Israel that Israel is fighting! We in the West better quickly understand and fight back quickly! Rh
Good morning friends, I hope I am not interfering with your day, but I feel a foreboding in my spirit over what has happened in the last few weeks with President Trump and some of the headlines that have dominated the news. This is not a bash fest, but a concern and call to intercession on behalf of Trump and his recent policies. I am concerned by his mental state, flashes of anger, and profanity seems to be getting the best of him. A call to pray for Trump!
As a supporter of Trump as we all are, his latest steps have brought the covenant of Israel in the forefront. Why the close affiliation with Qatar, who funds Hamas with hundreds of millions of $$. What of his push with Saudi Arabia to join the Abrahamn accords? (they won’t join without a Palestinian state). Abraham Accords? Worship the same God, no we don’t. Qatar and Saudi governments have a plan to invest in America to destroy us and conquer us. They do it with $$. Funding and investing in universities to get a foothold into America. Jihad comes into America in various ways. Why accept the new mayor of NY Mamdani into the White House? Two years ago he was Al Qaeda? Can two walk together except they are in agreement? Amos 3:3
The visual in one week of Sunni and Shite in the White House is striking. The spiritual connotation of handshakes, agreements and smooth words is concerning. Where is Israel in this? Have we begun to tell them, (no settlements in Judea & Samaria) not talk with them. Netanyahu agrees, what else can he do? Israel is fast becoming a vassal state to us and the Islamist have become investment partners. Money is the mother’s milk in politics. God will have the last say. Psalms 2 God laughs at our feeble plans, He has spoken.
Again I am not bashing Trump, I am concerned in my spirit the direction we have turned. Woe unto those who seek to divide Israel. God will judge.
We are at the precipice of decisions that may and will affect us as a nation. I fear Trump has been given bad advice. I don’t blame Trump because even few Pastors understand the importance of standing with Israel and the eternal covenant with Abraham and the Jewish people.
Final note, he needs a real spiritual advisor, and he needs to listen to them. Jack Hibbs, Tom Hughes, where are you? Intercession according to the will and purpose of God. Rh
Epilogue : The Bible says when you see these things happening, look up for your redemption draws near. Wars, rumors of wars, deception, earthquakes, floods in Ethiopia, Indonesian, Thailand, and dormant volcano erupting in Ethiopia, just in the last two days! Maybe the worst is the genocide of Christians in Nigeria. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Maranatha
The flat out lies and deception that takes place today in unprecedented in modern times. It will only get worse as AI becomes more popular and accessible to the common man. Imagine what the world would be like if the effort of self promotion and greedy gain would be replaced with working for the good of mankind! Rh
https://www.jns.org/xs-new-location-feature-unmasks-pro-hamas-disinformation-network/
WATCH: Senior Hamas leader vows terror group will not disarm – JNS.org
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Just as expected, there will never be disarmament with Hamas. they stall and rearm and regroup to fight another day. Rh
Bin Salman on normalization with Israel
Satisfied is different that Israel getting what they want. Politician speak. No doubt Israel will have to take a big spoon full of sugar to get this deal and many others being worked on done.
I have been against the sale of F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia, however Amir Tsarfati “let me be clear no F-35 anywhere in the world is comparable to the Israeli ones, simple because Israel has installed Israeli-made systems that are unique to its occupational needs. The similarities are only external.” I must say that makes me feel better. I have also heard others say that the close connection between Israel and the US is that Israel will tell us how to make ours better once they put upgraded systems in the jets. Amazing! The money we send to Israel comes back in dividends to America, unlike any other money sent abroad.
Footnote: anyone expecting true peace is fooling themselves. New survey by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research.
If one believes the poll, which does not surprise me at all. Peace is elusive and since Phase 1 has not been accomplished, how can we move on and expect Phase 2 (disarmament to be accomplished.) Rh
11/7/2025 05:46:19 AM Chris Mitchell
This my friends is why there can never be true peace in the Middle East. When one enemy is defeated (at least as far as the woke world will let), immediately another hater of Israel raises its demonic head! It’s Israel against the world. Praying that America never turns her back on Israel. God help us if we do. Rh
JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel has launched its largest attack on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon since the 2024 ceasefire began. Thursday’s escalation signals Israel’s determination to prevent the Iranian-backed terror group from rebuilding its arsenal of weapons.
The Israel Defense Forces announced they completed a series of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure and weapons facilities. The military claims Iran’s proxy continues to reestablish its terrorist stronghold and poses a clear and present danger to the State of Israel.
Before the attack, the IDF issued an evacuation warning to the Lebanese, a measure to prevent civilian casualties since the weapons facilities are in the midst of populated areas.
Israel’s Knesset received a briefing reportedly warning that Hezbollah, with help from Iran, is rebuilding its military strength faster than Israeli strikes can stop it. The setback Israel dealt Hezbollah in the 2023-24 campaign is fading, the military believes, and Hezbollah is smuggling weapons through Syria and by sea, and it is also producing its own arms.
The IDF says its attacks on Thursday are “just a preview” of what is to come if the Lebanese army doesn’t fully disarm Hezbollah.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the bombings, but said that negotiations are the only way to end the near-daily Israeli attacks on his country.
The U.S.is pressuring the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah, as well. However, in an open letter, Hezbollah pledged to resist any attempts to take its weapons, and it criticized Aoun for considering any negotiations with Israel.
One member of a Lebanese Christian party stated, “Hezbollah insists on dragging us into another destructive war. It is unacceptable for a minority held hostage to dictate the fate of the free majority.”
Meanwhile, the IDF released documents showing evidence of an incestuous relationship between Hamas and UNRWA, the United Nations agency for the Palestinians. It uncovered details of Hamas operatives employed by UNRWA and documents revealing Hamas’s use of UNRWA facilities.
Israel’s military uncovered lists of UNRWA employees side by side with Hamas operatives, where the same individuals held both civilian and military IDs.
It’s just the latest evidence showing how the U.N. agency and Hamas worked together in the Gaza Strip. UNRWA is funded by many European nations, Australia, and Canada, among others.
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On Sept. 19, I wrote a commentary entitled “Turkey: A Rogue Nation On The Rise,” in my blog. If you haven’t read it, it may give some fact and opinions about the positions of Turkey. In face Israel has just as much and in some cases more to fear from them as they do Iran and Russia. Food for thought. Rh
(Nov. 6, 2025 / JNS)
A Hamas delegation led by senior official Khalil al-Hayya met with Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Director İbrahim Kalın in Istanbul, the Palestinian terrorist organization said on Thursday.
According to the statement, the two sides discussed the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire, reopening of border crossings and humanitarian aid efforts.
The Islamist group reaffirmed its commitment to the U.S.-brokered truce and addressed next steps for Gaza’s reconstruction, including sewage, roads and electricity infrastructure. Talks also covered the possible handover of Gaza’s administration to an independent Palestinian committee and the ongoing challenges of what the terror group claims are Israeli ceasefire violations.
Jerusalem has accused Hamas of multiple ceasefire violations since the first stage of the agreement went into effect last month, including terrorists crossing the Yellow Line into IDF-controlled Gaza and attacking troops, and Hamas slow-walking the return of the remains of hostages it murdered.
Last week, the same Hamas representatives met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Istanbul to advance details of the ceasefire agreement.
Jerusalem opposes any involvement by Turkey or Qatar in the reconstruction of Gaza, citing both countries’ support for Hamas and their hostility toward Israel. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has repeatedly used inflammatory rhetoric against Israel since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack and throughout the Gaza war, and Ankara has imposed a series of anti-Israel measures, including a trade boycott.
A little long, but another outstanding article by Tania. Straight from the land of Israel. What a love she has for Israel and the covenant of God. Rh
From my balcony on Itzchak Kariv Street, the Old City lies before me, its stones catching the first thin light. The Tower of David catches the first gleam of the sun, and the stones along Mount Zion turn from grey to gold. The air is still, carrying the faint smell of olives and dust. Below, the streets are empty; only the soft hum of the waking city moves through the valley. It is one of those moments when Jerusalem feels suspended between heaven and history — unchanging in appearance, yet alive with the weight of decisions being written far beyond these walls.
Inside, my notes from Thursday’s meeting with Governor Yossi Dagan cover the table. His words still fill the room. They echo the headlines arriving by the hour — renewed pressure from Washington, the Istanbul declaration, and Israel’s unresolved struggle over sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.
When Bill and I met Dagan in Jerusalem on 30 October, I asked whether he was disappointed. “Yes,” he said — and began to explain why.
In late September, after President Trump publicly told Arab partners that his renewed peace framework would exclude any annexation of Judea and Samaria, Dagan booked a flight to New York. “I went to speak with the prime minister before he met the president,” he said. “It was the last chance to talk about Judea and Samaria.”
He met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for nearly two hours on the eve of the 29 September White House meeting. Dagan, who has known him for twenty years, expected debate; he found resignation.
“When I looked at his eyes,” Dagan said, “I saw a woman who has been raped — violated, stripped of choice. That’s what had been done to him. There was nothing left to say. I changed my own speech after that.”
For Dagan, the image was not anger but diagnosis: a leader already constrained by forces beyond the room.
The following day Netanyahu and Trump presented their twenty-point regional framework. Annexation was missing. Washington’s goal was to consolidate Arab partners after the August strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Keeping that coalition intact meant postponing Israeli sovereignty. The calculation was strategic; the cost, national. Dagan left New York convinced that the decision on Judea and Samaria had been made elsewhere.
Five weeks later, the same pattern appeared again. In a CBS 60 Minutes interview aired 2 November, Trump said he had “pushed Netanyahu” to accept the Gaza cease-fire and that the U.S. would “be involved” in the Israeli premier’s criminal trial “to help him out.” Whatever the intention, the effect confirmed Dagan’s private description: policy and justice influenced from outside.
Meanwhile, Turkey and six allied Muslim states met in Istanbul on 3 November, declaring that Gaza’s reconstruction “must be Palestinian-led and free of foreign hegemony.” It was a diplomatic move to assert Muslim stewardship over Gaza’s future — another conversation about Israel held without Israel in the room.
The Istanbul meeting also revealed a deeper alignment taking shape: Ankara and Riyadh finding cautious common ground after years of rivalry, both intent on shaping a post-Gaza regional order. Diplomats in Amman and Cairo now describe a “Muslim-Arab coordination framework” designed to pre-empt Western trusteeship plans and keep reconstruction funds under regional control. It is the kind of quiet restructuring that redraws influence maps without a single shot fired.
Inside Israel, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks of annexation maps and preparatory committees, but no formal act of sovereignty has been announced. Analysts now call it “de facto annexation without de jure decision.” For Dagan, that phrase describes exactly what he feared in New York: when sovereignty is deferred, it is already being surrendered.
The political opposition is divided on how to answer it. Centrist parties accuse the government of “diplomatic paralysis,” while coalition hard-liners call for a declaration of sovereignty before the next American election cycle. Behind the scenes, senior security officials warn that any unilateral step could freeze cooperation with Jordan and the Gulf. The argument has moved from ideology to timing — how long Israel can wait before delay becomes default.
As head of the Samaria Regional Council, Dagan oversees forty communities and about forty thousand residents. His work is administrative — zoning, roads, schools, security coordination — but its purpose is political: to make Israeli law a living fact in areas still governed by interim arrangements.
“We build factories, kindergartens, roads,” he said. “But the signature is still missing.”
To Dagan, the fight is not ideological but structural — who drafts Israel’s decisions before they are announced. Annexation, he believes, was lost not in debate but in pre-decision counsel — the quiet briefings where diplomatic logic overrode conviction. “Before borders move,” he told us, “voices move.”
Dagan often contrasts two Israels. One lives by covenant, grounded in the belief that Judea and Samaria are inseparable from national identity. The other lives by contract, prioritizing alignments that postpone decisions. The tension between them now defines Israeli politics: conviction weighed against caution, and action delayed by diplomacy.
From my balcony in Mamilla, the Old City glows under the first light of morning. The rays of sunlight spread slowly across the ancient stones, carrying echoes of prayers and promises spoken through centuries. The walls look unchanged, but every negotiation still reverberates against them — reminders that power shifts, but covenant endures.
Here in Jerusalem, history and eternity breathe in the same air. Decisions are debated in far capitals, yet this city remains what she has always been: the heart of a promise made by God Himself. Governments may write policies; only He writes destiny.
As the sun rises, the gold deepens on the domes and rooftops, and Jerusalem stands radiant — the city of the Almighty, the wife of the Judge of the universe. Politics may pass, leaders may falter, but His promises remain unchangeable, and His love over her endures forever.
Here might be a different perspective on the Gaza ceasefire and the confusing and troubling issues of the Middle East. Peace is elusive and wrought with many dangers. Thought provoking, hope you enjoy the read. I certainly don’t agree with all that is written, but again a Jewish newspaper’s perspective. Rh
If Israelis had heard how the President of the United States spoke about the hostages, it’s doubtful that he would have received such thunderous cheers at Hostages’ Square last Saturday night. To say they were a secondary concern for him would be an understatement, and even that understates it. Donald Trump favored eliminating Hamas the American way, and 20 living hostages (he was always confused about their number and minimized it — I wonder what Sigmund Freud would have said) seemed to him a marginal matter, collateral damage
Only belatedly did he perceive how strategic the issue was for the Israelis, and therefore for their government as well. In the United States, presidents have usually not been criticized for meeting hostages’ families too little, but for doing so too often (for details, search “Ronald Reagan” on Google).
In one of the discussions before Operation Gideon’s Chariots B began, Netanyahu spoke about the scar that would remain in Israeli society if Israeli forces conquered Gaza City at the cost of the hostages’ lives. Allow me to guess that he never really believed the moment would come.
Indeed, in recent months, Netanyahu and Ron Dermer’s perception was that an operation to conquer Gaza City, if it happens, might begin, but certainly would not reach completion. Here is the inside story.
Following the successful war in Iran, Israel tried to use the momentum to reach a partial deal. The idea was to release half the hostages and, during a 60-day ceasefire, arrive more or less at the conditions achieved this week. But Hamas, inspired by a Gaza starvation campaign that was gaining international traction, refused. President Trump, still in the shadow of Israel’s victory in Iran, thought the IDF could eliminate the remnants of Hamas as quickly as it smashed Tehran’s nuclear program. The combination of Hamas’ refusal and the president’s ambition led Israel to decide to enter Gaza City.
The idea was proposed by Minister Avi Dichter: conquering the city is the end of Hamas, he said at one meeting. The magic happened almost immediately: “Even before our forces entered the city,” Dermer recounted, “three days of talk about the operation did what three months of negotiations failed to do. Hamas suddenly agreed to a partial deal. But by then time had already run out.”
Israel faced two options: one, to conquer the remainder of the strip and establish a military government with American support. Dermer and Netanyahu believed that would require national unity and backing from Trump. The first component did not exist, and the second was highly unlikely.
The second option was a plan manufactured by Israel, led by the Americans, and supported by Arab states. President Reagan once told his people: you’ll write the plans, and I’ll be the presenter who markets them. This plan was no different, with Dermer filling the role of the writer. It was clear that any plan presented as purely Israeli would be pronounced dead before it was even born. That doesn’t mean every tweet was coordinated, the minister said at the cabinet meeting this week, but on the big matters, Jerusalem and Washington moved together.
Thus began arduous negotiations with Middle Eastern countries. During a round of talks in New York, it seemed impossible to get all those elephants into the same private room. Nevertheless, Israel’s representatives returned from there with 17 substantive comments from the Sunni states and even an agreement in the offing.
Then came September 9. Early in the morning, a three-person telephone consultation was held about the strike: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Katz, and Minister Dermer. All three supported the attack. Many issues came up in the consultation, but one particular issue did not: none of them believed there was an Israeli commitment to the Qataris not to strike Hamas personnel on their soil. Netanyahu called President Trump minutes earlier, but the president was groggy after a late night of discussions. It took time to reach him. The strike went ahead.
So far, it’s unclear how senior Hamas figures escaped the attack, but it’s obvious that it brought the deal closer. I recently wrote that it was the most successful failed assassination in history, in the sense that it signaled to the Qataris that the war would come to them if they did not stop their double game.
Dermer sees it differently. He links the strike to the agreement, but in a completely different way. The Qataris, it turns out, were convinced that by agreeing to host the negotiations, they had obtained immunity from Israeli strikes on their soil. From their perspective, the strike was a blatant, offense breach of the commitment.
Qatar had been unable to bring a deal for a long time, but it’s not half bad at thwarting deals. “The spoiler state,” they called it in Jerusalem — one that can easily ruin any agreement, as it did to the Egyptian hostage deal that was forming last spring behind its back.
Qatar is a complicated nation, Netanyahu said recently. What is it made of? In Jerusalem they describe two trains running behind the same engine. One, led by the ruler’s mother and brother, supports the Muslim Brotherhood and is an unmistakable hater of Israel. The other, led by the prime minister and several other senior figures, seeks rapprochement with the West.
Around April, a turning point was identified in Doha. Relations with the United States tightened significantly, and Hamas, an oddly patronized child, became a burden and a stain. All the Arab states rushed to assemble at the emir’s conference, both in anger at Israel and fear of a blue-and-white domination of the Middle East.
The Americans’ genius was to convert that negative energy into fuel to propel negotiations to their goal. “You want Israel to stop? Then let’s end the war,” they told the Sunni countries, and thus enlisted them in a framework that seemed impossible: a pan-Arab, almost pan-Muslim commitment to the elimination of Hamas. Dermer drafted the apology for the death of the Qatari security official; in Doha they reciprocated with a goodwill gesture by dramatically toning down Al Jazeera’s hostile tone.
More than enlisting them against Hamas, which had annoyed the entire Arab world, the achievement was to enlist them for a framework that does not include the Palestinian Authority in the foreseeable future. That is, for example, what held the Emiratis back from entering Gaza a year and a half ago. In one sense, that is the great innovation: before the plan, Gaza belonged to the Palestinian Authority; now it is Arab-international until further notice. The PA, meanwhile, hates Hamas so much that it agreed.
Yes, there will be a two-state solution, Dermer said this week. But not between the river and the sea — within the Gaza Strip itself. The plan is that as long as Hamas does not disarm, reconstruction will begin — but only in the half of the strip under Israeli control. What two years of war did not accomplish will be done by market forces: where will the population feel it is better to live — amid the ruins under Hamas boots, or in a rehabilitated area with an Emirati-funded school and a trailer home for each family?
The Americans believe this is a temporary situation, and are convinced that Hamas will be disarmed soon. Israel, of course, is much more skeptical. In a recent meeting, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir made a request of the Americans: Explain to me please. Your multinational force, with a few battalions, enters a tunnel. Hamas operatives are armed there. How exactly does this disarm Hamas? Who exactly will hand over the weapons? And what if they don’t?
You didn’t believe the first phase would happen, the Americans said, believe that the second will happen too. Have a little faith, the Jews with an American flag on their lapel told the Jews with an Israeli flag.
Article below from the “Times of Israel.” I guess this is in response to the report of yesterday that said many Gazans are finally speaking out on the horrible treatment and fear of Hamas.
A greatly weakened Hamas has sought to reassert itself in the Gaza Strip since a ceasefire took hold, killing at least 33 people in a crackdown on groups that have tested its grip and appearing to get a US nod to temporarily police the shattered enclave.
Pummeled by Israel during the war ignited by the October 7, 2023, attack that it led, Hamas has gradually sent its operatives back into the streets of Gaza since the ceasefire began on Friday, moving cautiously in case it suddenly collapses, according to two security sources in the territory.
On Monday, Hamas deployed members of its Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades military wing as it freed the last living hostages seized from Israel two years ago. It was a reminder of one of the major challenges facing US President Donald Trump’s effort to secure a lasting deal for Gaza, as the US, Israel and many other nations demand Hamas disarm.
Reuters footage shows dozens of Hamas fighters lined up at a hospital in southern Gaza, one wearing a shoulder patch identifying him as a member of the elite “Shadow Unit” that Hamas sources say was tasked with holding hostages.
One of the Gaza sources, a security official, says that since the ceasefire, Hamas forces have killed 32 members of “a gang affiliated with a family in Gaza City,” while six of its personnel had also been killed.
Later on Monday, a video circulating on social media appears to show several masked gunmen, some of them wearing green headbands resembling ones worn by Hamas, shooting with machine guns at least seven men after forcing them to kneel in the street. Posts identify the video as filmed in Gaza on Monday. Civilian spectators cheer “Allah Akbar,” and call those killed “collaborators.”
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