Day 489 Hostages Update: Three Male Hostages to be Released Saturday
The three male hostages set to be released tomorrow are Eli Sharabi Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami. 183 Palestinian prisoners will be freed tommorow in exchange for the three innocent hostages. Those set to be released include 18 terrorists serving life sentences and 111 Gazans who were arrested during the war.Freed Hostage Keith Siegal's Ordeal (Ynet News) American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65, who was released from Gaza on Saturday, was tortured physically and emotionally, starved, and held in inhuman conditions. He was transferred 33 times in Gaza, yet did not see the sky once until he was freed.Read this to learn more about the Thai experience on 10/7: Hamas killed Thai nationals deliberately. Belgium adopting pro-Israel policy under incoming government.
EGYPT
Hamas prisoners deported in hostage deal remain stranded in Cairo hotel Israeli UN Envoy Warns of Egypt's Military Buildup: "Why All the Submarines and Tanks?" (Jerusalem Post)Egyptian Regime Forming Cautious Ties With New Syrian Leadership, Amid Fears That Syrian Revolution Will Inspire Muslim Brotherhood To Promote Similar Revolution In Egypt, (MEMRI)Germany has just come out saying "East Jerusalem belongs to the Palestinians". Why? Because it was illegally occupied by Jordan in 1948? On what possible grounds does Germany think the Western Wall "belongs" to the Palestinians?‘Shoot Jews or hand them over to Hamas!’: Antisemitic demonstration, police inaction in Berlin spark outrage. Jordan reportedly warns it could extradite Sbarro bombing mastermind to US for trial. Note: The King is scheduled to meet with President Trump on February 11th; under a 1995 treaty (which hasn't been enforced) they're obligated to extradite her to the US where she faces terrorism charges for injuring 130 and murdering 16, including 2 Americans. https://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-reportedly-warns-it-could-extradite-sbarro-bombing-mastermind-to-us-for-trial/
QATAR
Al Jazeera Is an Obvious National Security Threat https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/al-jazeera-is-an-obvious-national-security-threat/CNN Expands Middle East Footprint With New Hub in QatarThe Red Cross reprimanded Israel for taking photos of the release of Hamas prisoners from Israeli prisons. Meanwhile in Gaza… they have yet to condemn Hamas’s spectacle and actively participated in a staged hostage release photoshoot. The hypocrisy is obscene.
PALLYWOOD, If you don't get it, keep watching until you do.A new housing project in the West Bank is offering luxury villas exclusively for Palestinians convicted of terrorism https://www.facebook.com/HonestReporting/videos/445787958500220/Syrian Army forces aligned with the new Syrian administration have entered areas of Hermel, Lebanon, sparking fierce clashes with Hezbollah fighters. https://caliber.az/en/post/heavy-clashes-erupt-along-syria-lebanon-border-as-hezbollah-military-forces-battle-for-control
Alice Nderitu, the U.N.’s former special adviser on the prevention of genocide, on her contentious tenure. https://airmail.news/issues/2025-2-1/i-was-hounded-day-in-day-out Nderitu exposes the UN’s blatant bias against Israel
UNRWA must be replaced.
30 European Parliamentarians from 14 different UNRWA donor states have sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling for “the dismantling of UNRWA.”
- Noa Marciano was murdered in an UNRWA hospital.
- Ditza Herman was taken hostage by a teacher from UNRWA.
- The body of Jonathan Samerano was held hostage by UNRWA employees.
- Emily Damari was held hostage in an UNRWA hospital.
- Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher were detained in UN shelters meant for civilians.
- UNRWA’s headquarters in Gaza was above a Hamas command center.
- UNRWA staff were recorded participating in the murder and kidnapping of Israelis on October 7th.
- A UNRWA “humanitarian” staff member was revealed to be a Hamas commander.
Decoding Trump’s Foreign Policy - with Walter Russell Mead - A weakened Iran weakens the need for the Abraham Accord https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoding-trumps-foreign-policy-with-walter-russell-mead/id1539292794?i=1000687001745
On Campus
Oberlin College Course Uses Antisemitism as Sword and Shield https://cameraoncampus.org/blog/oberlin-college-course-uses-antisemitism-as-sword-and-shield/
Cooper Union in case about students under seige - judge is not holding back
https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/us-news/judge-scolds-cooper-union-for-legal-defense-that-students-under-siege-by-protesters-should-have-hidden-2023-not-1943/ Full court order here:
