Hostage Update: While the Trump administration appears to be in direct talks with Hamas, Israelis are furious as Witkoff admits US captives are priority. The US is negotiating the number of Palestinian prisoners who would be released from Israeli jails in exchange for the release of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, 21, and the bodies of four deceased Americans without Israeli consent. On Saturday, Hamas released a propaganda video of Matan Agrest.  Israelis call to release all 59 hostages Hamas is STILL holding in Gaza. 

Thai Hostage speakes out after 480 days in captivity https://x.com/HenMazzig/status/1898134855390540138

Egypt’s Plan for Gaza proposes replacing Hamas with interim bodies controlled by Arab, Muslim, and Western states, is a response to Trumps plan for Gaza 

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/egypts-plan-gaza-may-have-thwarted-trumps-riviera-now-its-loopholes-need-be-fixed

European Nations Say Hamas Must Have No Role In Gaza  (AFP)

Israel Estimates Aid which Already Entered Gaza Will Last Five Months  (Ha'aretz)

Hamas Rejects U.S. Proposed Extension of Ceasefire Deal; Hamas Releases Another Propaganda Video

Israel releases same terrorist murderer  for third time; will he murder again? https://palwatch.org/page/36989

Why Are There No Christians in Bethlehem?  (Israel Hayom)

BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore quits amid outrage to her ‘pro-Hamas’ Gaza documentary

UK police investigate controversial BBC documentary on Gaza

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/artc-uk-police-investigate-controversial-bbc-documentary-on-gaza

Israel: Over 90,000 Muslims attended prayers for the first Friday of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque

Qatar: Demands Israel join IAEA in a statement calling for Israel to accept international supervision of its nuclear facilities and commit to a treaty against nuclear proliferation. (Ukraine!)

Qatar for Beginners https://www.memri.org/reports/qatar-beginners-evil-regime-behind-al-jazeera

Syria: Al-Julani's HTS forces are reported to be dropping barrel bombs and firing heavy artillery, supported by the Turkish militia, Al-Nusra. There are reports of massacres and mass executions that HTS is filming and uploading. US bases are being reinforced.Israeli forces stormed Daraa. SDF with US assistance continues to fight ISIS. Druze communities have begun to gather fighting men. The IDF has carried out raids to destroy weaponry in the "separation zone" on the Syrian border. Alawites are asking Israel for protection. 

https://x.com/kurdistannews24/status/1898684972137123898

Israel to Protect Druze Village in Syria  (Times of Israel)

What Is Israel’s Plan for Syria? https://www.meforum.org/mef-online/what-is-israels-plan-for-syria

See also https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/world/middleeast/syria-clashes-assad.html

Analysis of Bedouin settlement in anti-Israel documentary that won an Oscar: The Truth About Masafer Yatta https://honestreporting.com/media-spins-no-other-land-oscar-win-into-yet-another-fake-israeli-settlers-story/

Swathmore College suspended its SJP Chapter.

UNRWA Kidnapped Her Son Into Gaza https://unwatch.org/unrwa-kidnapped-her-son-into-gaza/

The 2025 U.N. Human Rights Council is now in session. Meet the members:  Cuba  Qatar  China  Sudan  Algeria  Bolivia  Kuwait  Burundi  Vietnam  Kyrgyzstan  Bangladesh  Democratic Republic of Congo

In Memoriam

Amb. Dore Gold, z"l

President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (2000 to 2022)
Founder of Daily Alert
Director-General of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2015-2016), Israeli Ambassador to the UN (1997-1999), Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Video: The Evidence that Jerusalem Is Jewish - Amb. Dore Gold (YouTube)