Hamas’s Khaled Mashaal: We will not disarm, give up control in Gaza, or accept int’l oversight
Hamas will not disarm, give up its weapons, rule of the Gaza Strip, or permit external oversight in Gaza, including the International Stabilization Force (ISF), terror leader Khaled Mashaal said during a video address to an Istanbul conference titled “Pledge to Jerusalem” on Saturday. Israel’s Foreign Ministry, sharing footage of Mashaal’s address, slammed the comments, […]
Iran directing Hamas money network in Turkey, moving hundreds of millions to terrorists
The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) uncovered details of an Iranian-directed Hamas network based in Turkey that has been working to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to the terror group’s leaders and terror operatives, IDF Arabic spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee announced on X/Twitter on Sunday. Adraee shared documents belonging to the terror […]
Pretoria halts visa waiver for Palestinians after Gaza flights
South Africa has withdrawn its 90-day visa exemption for Palestinian Authority passport holders over concern the longstanding policy was being used to relocate Gazans, the country’s Department of Home Affairs announced on Saturday. The move came less than a month after a chartered plane landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza, unsettling […]
NYC Council Member Gennaro rebuts Pope Leo: Two-state plan ignores history
New York City Council Member Jim Gennaro issued a pointed rebuttal to Pope Leo’s recent call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict, stressing that the Pontiff’s vision overlooks decades of rejection by Palestinian leadership. “As an observant Catholic, educated in Catholic institutions, and as a member of the New York City Council […]
German chancellor Merz meets PM Netanyahu, visits Yad Vashem & affirms support for Israel
German chancellor Friedrich Merz continued his visit to Israel on Sunday, meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several cabinet ministers, Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, and visiting the Holocaust Remembrance Center ‘Yad Vashem’ in Jerusalem. “I bow before the six million men, women, and children from all across Europe who were murdered by Germans because they […]
Russia rapidly gaining territory in Ukraine ahead of Downing Street summit
Russia is gaining territory in Ukraine at one of the fastest rates since the war began, new data show, ahead of an emergency Downing Street summit. The Kremlin’s army seized 200 square miles of territory in November, up from 100 square miles the previous month, according to DeepState, a trusted Ukraine-based battlefield map. The speed […]
Chinese jets direct weapons radar on Japanese aircraft, Japan says
Japan said on Sunday that Chinese fighter jets had directed fire-control radar at Japanese military aircraft in two “dangerous” incidents near Japan’s Okinawa islands, an account Beijing denied. “These radar illuminations went beyond what is necessary for the safe flight of aircraft,” Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi posted on X, adding that Japan had lodged a […]