To those who celebrate: Happy Passover! As we remember the Exodus and the Israelites' journey from bondage to freedom, let us not forget those hostages who remain in captivity in Gaza today after more than a year and a half. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NbhiYYHCvY&t=1s
 
HOSTAGE UPDATE: 553 Days, 59 Hostages still in Hamas captivity.
There are 24 hostages presumed to be alive who are still held by Hamas.
Another Saturday, another Hamas hostage video. The terrorists dropped a *teaser* for a hostage propaganda video they plan to release later. Instead of releasing the hostages, feeding the Palestinian people, or ending the war, they produce teaser videos showing hostages being tortured.
 
The Taliban will no longer allow Afghan women to see with both eyes.
https://x.com/realMaalouf/status/1906403177316176266
Note: one of the jobs of the recently shuttered US Institute of Peace was Tracking the Taliban’s (Mis) Treatment of Women. That page is no longer functioning.
 
Smuggling Tunnels from Egypt to Gaza Still Open  (Jerusalem Post)
 
Al Jazeera Analyst Calls on Hamas to Murder Gaza Protestors
https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1907533826722828494
 
➤Iranian Official Reveals: How We Eliminated Regime Opponents in Europe  (Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs)
➤The U.S. has a third path on Iran aside from diplomacy, military strikes — maximum support for Iranians to bring down the theocratic regime https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmEsAFBNkqsMQnt5pypwEX0ul0NyIjd3E&feature=shared
 
➤The lies behind the Gaza casualty figures and the thousands of names removed without explanation https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/the-lies-behind-the-gaza-casualty-figures/
 ➤Gazans are risking their lives protesting Hamas. Glasgow University rector Ghassan Abu-Sittah calls them traitors. Western media still treats him as a hero. https://honestreporting.com/medias-darling-doctor-ghassan-abu-sittah-anti-hamas-palestinians-stabbed-resistance-in-the-back/
➤CNN Platforms Hamas Apologist While Silencing Gaza’s Real Protest Voices https://honestreporting.com/cnn-platforms-hamas-apologist-while-silencing-gazas-real-protest-voices/
➤Hamas uses DARVO -- Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender -- in the same way that individual abusers do, to confuse and silence https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/how-hamas-emulates-tactic-of-violent-abusers-and-weaponizes-it-against-israel/
 
South African Government Accused of Foreknowledge of October 7th Hamas Attack
https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/sa-accused-of-prior-knowledge-in-hamas-attack-d9786146-67b7-4997-9783-82d5a23372d2
 
Israel and Turkey Hold Direct Talks on Deconfliction Link in Syria - (Middle East Eye-UK)
 
London will host foreign ministers from nearly 20 countries as part of a summit aimed at ending the Sudanese civil war between the SAF and the RSF. The SAF has accused the UAE – a U.K. ally – of being a key backer of the RSF, while Saudi Arabia is a backer of the SAF.
 
➤Francesca Albanese: Contract with the UNITED NATIONS renewed for 3 more years after denying Hamas’s sexual crimes, accusing Israel of carrying terror attack in Paris, and implying that Israelis eat human flesh.  U.N. investigators into (UN Watch) our complaint find that Francesca Albanese's tweets may look antisemitic, but clear her for reappointment tomorrow to a 3-year term because they were “reassured” by her “detailed explanations.” https://unwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Letter-from-Coordination-Committee-on-Albanese.pdf
 
➤In a new op-ed, 167 rabbis from across New Jersey and across the ideological spectrum came together to condemn Senator Andy Kim's (D-NJ) votes last week in support of Bernie Sanders' resolutions to block vital arms sales to Israel,