The Weekly Recap
Catch up on the week’s most important moments with the Weekly Recap from The Tom Hughes Report. Each recap features a curated selection of videos and updates that highlight key events, prophetic developments, and insightful commentary you may have missed. Whether you’re staying informed or revisiting a topic, this is your one-stop hub for the latest coverage.
Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System
Alaska is advancing plans for a far-reaching redesign of its myAlaska digital identity system, one that would weave “Agentic Artificial Intelligence” and digital payment functions into a unified platform capable of acting on behalf of residents. A Request for Information issued by the Department of Administration’s Office of Information Technology describes a system where AI […]
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South Africa has withdrawn its 90-day visa exemption for Palestinian Authority passport holders over concern the longstanding policy was being used to relocate Gazans, the country’s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 […]
Israel criticizes Guinness World Records over rejection of Israeli entries
The Guinness World Records (GWR) officially revealed on Wednesday that it would no longer accept submissions from Israel or the Palestinian territories because of what the organization described as the “current climate.” “We truly do believe in record-breaking for everyone, everywhere, but unfortunately, in the current climate, we are not generally processing record applications from […]
Hezbollah leader: “Missteps” in talks with Israel
Islamist Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem welcomes Lebanon’s talks with Israel. But he calls the fact that civilian representatives are participating in the negotiations a “misstep.” In a televised speech, Naim Qassem says he appreciates the Lebanese state’s attempts to “end the aggression through diplomacy” and implement the ceasefire that began in November last year. We […]
The war is not over and there is no peace
You can be forgiven for thinking that the war is over in Israel and peace has broken out. Since President Trump’s October cease fire deal between Israel and Hamas, countless reports and headlines have presented this as a peace deal. Barring reports of daily conflict in Gaza, or the return of the bodies of the […]
All the ways Israel is being cancelled
Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s inclusion in the competition is only the latest attempt to “cancel” the Jewish state over its war against Hamas. Indeed, only this week, it emerged that Guinness World Records had informed the Matnat Chaim charity that its plans to bring together 2,000 […]