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Day 231 Hostages Update:
The bodies of the 4 hostages rescued last week (Yitzhak Gelernter, Shani Louk, Amit Buskila, and Ron Benjamin/Binyamin) were recovered from a tunnel in Rafah. The tunnel entrance was found under a rug in a Gazan home and ran under an UNRWA building. The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez Radoux were rescued from Gaza. Hamas murdered them on 10/7 and took their bodies back to Gaza.Hamas Terrorists Admits to Raping Girl Before Murdering Her On Thursday, The Daily Mail published footage of a terrorist who participated in the October 7 massacre describing how he, his cousin, and his father all raped a young girl at Kibbutz Nir Oz before his father murdered her.Israel released horrific new video footage taken from Hamas body cameras on October 7, documenting the barbaric kidnapping of five young Israeli women: Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniela Gilboa and Naama Levy. They cut out the 17 dead women surrounding them. The clip shows a terrorist saying, "Here, these are the girls who can get pregnant." 231 days after the footage was taken and the women brutally kidnapped to Gaza, all five women are still held hostage by HamasNova Exhibit on Wall St. has been extended to June 16. It reminded me of the 9/11 Museum in that it showed you the horror of the event, and yet it focused on the survivors and their resilience. I recommend it. https://www.nova0629exhibition.com/
--------------------------------The International Court of Justice did not "order" Israel to end the Rafah operation. Four ICJ judges have made clear the Rafah clause does NOT mean Israel must halt military action in Rafah. Israel can do so as long as it does not commit genocide, which Israel already agrees to and the court has not ruled on. Once again, the only judge, besides Israel’s judge, to oppose the ICJ resolutions is the brilliant Judge Sebutinde, who is the first female African judge to ever sit at the ICJ.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is in the news this week because they issued their first condemnation of Hamas since 10/7! They announced they are seeking to issue arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu on Amanpour/CNN not through official channels.
Statement of ICC Prosecutor regarding Applications for Arrest Warrants (International Criminal Court)
What You Need to Know About the ICC and the Israel-Hamas War an explainer from AJC
At the time I writing this, the US, UK, and Italy have condemned the ICC warrant application for Israeli leaders.
Oddities in the ICC indictment noted by Oren Kessler
Referring to the “territory of Israel and the State of Palestine,” as if the latter and not the former were the widely recognized UN member stateAnother oddity is that the warrant is titled, “Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine,” even though its first half is all about Hamas crimes committed in Israel.Amal Clooney, wife of George Clooney, was one of the lawyers who advised the ICC on issuing an arrest warrant for NetanyahuICC prosecutors ignored the fact that Israel never signed the Treaty of Rome and thus does not fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC--------------------------------
EGYPT
An Egyptian spy single-handedly ruined the Israel-Hamas cease-fire https://www.businessinsider.com/egyptian-spy-secretly-ruined-israel-hamas-ceasefire-deal-2024-5 It is now clear that both Egypt and Qatar are utterly hostile.
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IRAN
US Deputy Ambassador to UN stands for moment of silence in honour of "Butcher of Tehran" who called for "death to America"; While the EU, UN, U.S. and NATO sent condolences for the Butcher of Tehran, Lithuania's Foreign Minister had the courage to refuse to mourn a mass murderer.Jewish Man Facing Execution Under Iran’s Apartheid Laws Targeting MinoritiesNote: Israel has evacuated close to a million people from the Rafah area.
ISRAEL
Israel Is Succeeding in Gaza https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/israel-succeeding-gaza
PALESTINIANS/PA/HAMAS
Hamas terrorists - including an anti-tank missile operative and a Nukhba terrorist - were operating at a UNRWA school compound in Nuseirat. The compound was targeted by the IDF on Wednesday and also contained weapons, including mortars and explosives. UNRWA is silent when it comes to Hamas.
Over 1,000 aid trucks entered Gaza last week alone, along with over 42,000 gallons of fuel.https://x.com/cogatonline/status/1791917881153790077USA
Stung by Looting (FDD/Reuters)- 70% of aid delivered via new pier was stolen by Hamas. "We need a serious conversation about whether American taxpayers just spent $320 million to pump aid directly into Hamas’s hands." See also Palestinians Threaten to Attack U.S. Troops (Gatestone Institute)Only two American politicians - Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Congresswoman Becca Balint (VT-AL) - sent a letter to the Red Cross on December 18, 2023, asking why the agency designed to help people in war has done nothing to help the hostages. The Press
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From Oct 7 to Today, How Hamas criticism vanished in The New York Times The BBC is Spreading Dangerous Lies AP Misreporting on Rafah Food Shortages (CAMERA-Israel Hayom)ON CAMPUS
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UCLA locks doors on conservative students, preventing them from hosting pro-Israel event https://www.foxnews.com/us/ucla-locks-doors-conservative-students-preventing-hosting-pro-israel-event-yaf Chancellor Block (along with the presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers) testify at US House Education Committee Hearing on Campus Protests titled 'Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos.' https://youtube.com/live/G9MuroSVFTo?feature=shared Asked: Is physically blocking students from entering your campus based on their race, religion or ethnicity an expellable offence? Block answers: It could be.At Harvard
The Harvard Corporation has rejected the faculty attempt to allow sanctioned student protestors to graduate.Louis D. Brandeis Center files lawsuit against Harvard. Crux of claim: "When Harvard is presented with incontrovertible evidence of anti-Semitic conduct, it ignores and tolerates it. Harvard’s permissive posture towards anti-Semitism is the opposite of its aggressive enforcement of the same anti-bullying and anti-discrimination policies to protect other minorities."Lawrence Technological University in Southfield Michigan kicked Noam Nedivi, an Israeli student, off the soccer team after reporting a roommate for antisemitic harassment and physical abuse.
China-linked network funding key anti-Israel protest groups in US - report
Just to be clear, this is a United States military report saying in 
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