As part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal ALL hostages – living and dead - were to be returned.
HOSTAGE UPDATE - 785 Days - 2 Remain
>The bodies of two slain hostages now remain held in the Strip — Master Sgt. Ran Gvili and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak.
>Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) released the body of Dror Or. On October 7, 2023, Or and his wife were murdered. Or's body and his two children were abducted into Gaza. The two children were released. They arrived home to find out their mother was murderd and their father was taken to Gaza.
>The revelations about what the Gaza hostages suffered are the most painful yet https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-time-to-listen-to-the-stories-of-the-gaza-hostages/
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AUSTRALIA
Australia Blacklists IRGC https://bit.ly/4oiJaKU
CANADA
Canada eliminated visa requirements for Qatari citizens entering Canada. So no visas needed for a country that openly admits it harbours Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood leadership https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2025/11/canada-lifts-the-visa-requirement-for-qatari-citizens.htmlObservers have noted that Canadian agitators have their X accounts based in Jordan https://honestreporting.ca/xs-new-feature-exposes-foreign-based-anti-israel-users-operating-in-canada/Canada is trying to pass laws like the UK that imprison people for social media posts. New Liberal 'online harms' bill make hate penalty up to life in prison | National Post CHINA
Examining how foreign governments such as China and Qatar censor speech on American campuses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU8f2O7lKR0&t=8s Northwestern’s outgoing president admitted that the school’s contract with Qatar bans students, faculty, and even their families from criticizing the Qatari government.
Examining how foreign governments such as China and Qatar censor speech on American campuses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU8f2O7lKR0&t=8s Northwestern’s outgoing president admitted that the school’s contract with Qatar bans students, faculty, and even their families from criticizing the Qatari government.GERMANY
Was Hamas planning an attack in Berlin? Plante die Hamas einen Anschlag in Berlin?
ISRAEL
Israeli researchers have developed a breakthrough cartilage regeneration therapy, Agili C, that could eliminate the need for knee replacements https://americansforbgu.org/regenerating-knee-implant/ New Type of Artificial Cornea - https://youtube.com/shorts/qBxdKlZXcqk?si=Q4XAkXndFAUQ7swRNIGERIA
Reminder: When you hear about groups like Boko Haram, please recall that a Hamas delegation visited Nigeria in February 2024. They share similar goals and use similar tactics.
PALESTINIAN/Gaza/Hamas/PA
As part of the ceasefire agreement, Israel established another field hospital in the Gaza Strip in close coordination with the International Medical Corps (IMC). It expands essential medical services in areas of prenatal care, mental Health, Physiotherapy, and Inpatient Care for the civilian population. This is the 15th field hospital to be established in coordination with the international community since the start of the war. https://gaza-aid-data.gov.il/mainhome/Engineered Sympathy: How Gaza Flood Imagery Is Constructed to Shape Global PerceptionQATAR
This week hundreds of Gazans who are affiliated with Hamas, Jihadi families, Al Jazeera journalists, the “resistance” narrative, and the fraudulent “perseverance” rhetoric left the destroyed Strip and headed to Qatar.
This post complains Christians weren't able to leave: https://x.com/afalkhatib/status/1993914263484694803?s=20
SYRIA
Houthis planning invasion of northern Israel, Defense Minister warns https://worldisraelnews.com/houthis-planning-invasion-of-northern-israel-defense-minister-warns/
UN
December 4th is the first “International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures” — declaring all Western sanctions against Iran, Russia, North Korea and other tyrannies as a violation of international law. Those who initiated this include China, Cuba & Iran.UN General Assembly Condemns Israel 6 Times, Sudan 0 https://unwatch.org/un-general-assembly-condemns-israel-6-times-sudan-0/USA
President's Executive Order on Muslim Brotherhood - "certain chapters or other subdivisions of the Muslim Brotherhood shall be considered for designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations." The chapters listed in the fact sheet are already proscribed by the governments in those countries (Egypt, Jordan). There is no mention of Turkey and Qatar where Hamas has its largest presence outside of Gaza, and where the Muslim Brotherhood is protected by the regimes in Ankara and Doha. The order calls for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to recommend chapters for the terrorist designation within 45 dayssee also https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/11/24/washington-finally-takes-on-the-muslim-brotherhood/
Federal Investigators Work To Blacklist Hamas-Tied UNRWA Staffers https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/federal-investigators-work-to-blacklist-hamas-tied-unrwa-staffers/Palestine protesters arrested when they disrupt shoppers at the Apple Store, but not when they disrupt Jews trying to access their synagogue (or campus). https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-trying-215400000.htmlNew Books:
>American Intifada: Israel, the Gaza War and the New Antisemitism by Uri Kaufman
>Authoritarians in the Academy, How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech
>Hostage With faith, courage and unwavering hope, Eli Sharabi survived the unimaginable.
A note about MEMRI
