Hostage Update: 600 Days! 58 hostages are still in captivity.

The United States, UK, EU, and Russia must increase the pressure on Hamas and its allies in Iran, Qatar and Turkey to ensure the terror group releases the hostages
https://stories.bringthemhomenow.net/about-them
 
Eurovision Cuts Israel (despite 2^nd place finish) from Official 2025 Album (Israel Hayom) Also, Slovenia threatens to "reconsider" its participation in Eurovision if the European Broadcasting Union does not take "concrete steps" to remove Israel from the contest.
 
Jordanian textbooks justify Hamas Oct. 7 massacre
A study by IMPACT-se found that textbooks "promote antisemitism, glorify violent jihad, and express strong hostility toward homosexuality.
https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/jordanian-textbooks-justify-hamas-oct-7-massacre/
 
Hezbollah Is Weaker Than Ever, As Israel And Lebanon Block Iranian Funding
https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/report-hezbollah-is-weaker-than-ever-as-israel-and-lebanon-block-iranian-funding/
 
*After 19 Months, Amnesty International has issued a statement condemning Hamas for its brutal crackdown on peaceful protests in Gaza. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/05/palestine-hamas-security-services-must-stop-targeting-protesters-in-reprisal-and-respect-freedom-of-peaceful-assembly-in-gaza/ See also: Hamas fires on Gazan civilians and then brags about it on Telegram. https://bsky.app/profile/kristinmreid.bsky.social/post/3lqbguqcdhk2s
*Hamas would rather see Palestinians starve to death than accept food from Israel that they can’t sell. >In Sudan at least 500,000 Children under the age of 5 have died from famine. In Gaza, to this day after 19 months of war, not a single adult or child has died from famine. https://www.fdd.org/analysis/flash-briefs/2025/05/27/agents-of-the-occupation-hamas-threatens-civilians-who-accept-aid-from-gaza-humanitarian-foundation/
*Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) releases official footage showing stretcher used to transport explosives, then complains that Israel targets medical teams. https://x.com/BrightmindC/status/1927125089843380647
*Why Do the Arabs in Judea and Samaria Lack Citizenship?
The Jordanians unilaterally stripped most of the residents of their citizenship, rendering them stateless. https://jcpa.org/why-do-the-arabs-in-judea-and-samaria-lack-citizenship/
*Abbas cements "strategic partnership" with China-Russia axis in Moscow https://palwatch.org/page/37156
 
Qatari Media Figures Praise Washington D.C. Terror Attack On Jewish Event For Young Professionals That Killed Two Israeli Embassy Employees
https://www.memri.org/reports/qatari-media-figures-praise-washington-dc-terror-attack-killed-two-israeli-embassy-employees
 
Syrian government is a jihadist tool of Ankara
https://www.meforum.org/mef-in-the-media/interview-with-daniel-pipes-what-next-for-syria
 
Britain, France and Canada’s lifeline to Hamas is a dangerous blunder https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1odthqbgl
 
Learning to Learn: Lessons for the US Army from the Israel Defense Forces’ Wartime Adaption
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/learning-to-learn-lessons-for-the-us-army-from-the-israel-defense-forces-wartime-adaption/
 
ON CAMPUS
Last Wednesday, two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, one of whom was an American, were gunned down in cold blood on the streets of our capital by a murderer who shouted, "Free Free Palestine!" - less than a week later – Oberlin College seniors echoed this chant at their own graduation, drowning out the graduation speaker.

Summary: President Trump’s Middle East trip resulted in billions of dollars in deals, including arms and tech for Saudi Arabia. It did nothing to curb Qatar’s influence on media or on campuses, and did not result in a deal with Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions nor its support for terrorists. There is a new in-depth report on Hamas’ “Human Shield Strategy.” Hamas and the Taliban each released one American hostage. Hamas still holds 58 captives and continues to reject any hostage deal. Hamas praised Canada, France, and the UK for threatening Israel. For the third day in a row, Gazans are again risking their lives to protest Hamas. The Houthis in Yemen continue to fire rockets at Israeli cities.

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Hostage Update: It's been 593 days too many. 

At least 20 are believed to be alive and in desperate condition. Edan Alexander’s release was apparently secured through a secret backchannel between the U.S. and Hamas, brokered by Palestinian-American businessman Bishara Bahbah, chair of “Arab Americans for Trump.” Aid renewal to Gaza was part of the deal to free Alexander. Hamas continues to reject a new hostage deal.

Afghanistan

American, George Glezmann, detained by Taliban in Afghanistan is freed in deal mediated by Qatar https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/asia/us-citizen-george-glezmann-released-taliban-afghanistan-qatar-intl

Canada

France, the UK, and Canada have announced Israel must stop any military operations in Gaza or face sanctions. Hamas thanked Canada!

Iran

Additional Iran sanctions imposed at the same time President Trump has offered lifting all economic sanctions on Iran, if the country would commit to never making nuclear weapons and also eliminate its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium. (No mention of ending their support for terrorists) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the nuclear talks between America and Iran are unlikely to be successful.  See https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0139, https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/middleeast/iran-supreme-leader-talks-us-conclusion-unlikely-intl and https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/lifting-us-sanctions-iran-could-crush-chinas-teapot-oil-refineries-bousso-2025-05-19/

 Israel

>Israel came in second at the Eurovision competition. Finland and Spain broadcasted anti-Israel messages before Yuval’s performance. Now that the contest is over, Finland accused Israel of engineering Eurovision votes and Spain is saying the audience vote isn’t fair because it was “influenced by the war.”

>What’s it like to dodge missiles in Israel? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7us38-qlH_Q 

>What has Israel accomplished in response to attacks from Hamas and Hezbollah? https://x.com/HilzFuld/status/1923995551650951594

>Israel sending negotiators to Doha for hostage talks, after US-Israeli captive freed  https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-sending-negotiators-to-doha-for-hostage-talks-after-us-israeli-captive-freed/   

>Poll: 81 Percent of Israelis Oppose Leaving Hamas in Power in Gaza (Jerusalem Post) 

>Israeli Intelligence to Help Ecuador in War on Cartels (AFP-Le Monde-France)

Lebanon

>Lebanese Army Seizes Captagon Pills, Equipment at Syrian Border (Arab News)

>UN Says Found 225 Hizbullah Arms Caches since Truce (AFP) UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, said Monday that since the Nov. 27, 2024, truce between Israel and Hizbullah it had uncovered more than 225 Hizbullah weapons caches in the south.

Palestinians/Hamas/PA

>Hamas Human Shield Strategy: Civilian casualties are not solely a tragic outcome of Israel's actions, but a deliberate result of Hamas's grotesque military doctrine. Hamas’s Human Shield Strategy https://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/HJS-Hamass-Human-Shield-Strategy-in-Gaza-Report-WEB.pdf  Both Palestinians and Israelis who have been held captive in Gaza hospitals confirm that they are being used by terrorists for military purposes. Israel has issued 21 million evacuation warnings. Israel tells Palestinians to evacuate, even at the cost of alerting Hamas and risking the hostages, to minimize civilian casualties as much as possible. Israel is continuing to destroy tunnels, target the remaining Hamas leaders, and has resumed aid deliveries -  including some 100 trucks today carrying flour, baby food and medical supplies.

>Footage challenges repeated claims of starvation in Gaza as war ramps up https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r17lo2wbxg#autoplay

>People in Gaza, while evacuating from Khan Yunis, told the journalist filming them: “Record this and let those sons of b**** Hamas leaders see what people are enduring,” and “No, it’s not the Jews—it’s Hamas.” https://x.com/IhabHassane/status/1924602630581432566

>Double standards: PLO thanks Egypt for hosting released terrorists, while ‎backing Egypt’s rejection of Gazan civilians who are in danger https://palwatch.org/page/37152

Qatar

>Experts: Qatar-gifted Air Force One may be security, upgrade disaster https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/05/12/experts-qatar-gifted-air-force-one-may-be-security-upgrade-disaster/

>America for Sale: Qatar’s $40 Billion Spending Spree Buys Influence and Control of Elite Institutions. Qatar’s Strategic Investments in the U.S. Include Critical Infrastructure in Oil and Gas, Higher Education, Trophy Properties, and Political Access https://www.meforum.org/mef-reports/america-for-sale-qatars-40-billion-spending-spree-buys-influence-and-control-of-elite-institutions

UN

UN Envoy, Francesca Albanese, Took Trips Paid for by Hamas-Linked Groups and Lied about It (Ynet News) 

USA

During President Trumps tour of the Middle East he secured deals worth billions of dollars including selling $142 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia, and Qatar promising to invest $38 billion in the U.S. defense sector.

>East Real Estate Diplomacy in a Minefield https://maralsalmassi.substack.com/p/trumps-legacy-deal-no-exit

>How Arabs See Trump's 'Separate Peace' and Deals With Islamists (Gatestone) 

>Trump in Riyadh: "All Civilized People Must Condemn the October 7 Atrocities Against Israel" (Roll Call)

>White House: "The Idea that We Would Abandon Israel Is Absurd"  (Ynet News)

THE MEDIA

>NBC News Is Quietly Rewriting Its Own Reporting on the Israel-Hamas War https://honestreporting.com/nbc-news-is-quietly-rewriting-its-own-reporting-on-the-israel-hamas-war/ 

>The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a report revealing how Gazan reporters are being threatened, stalked, and assaulted. https://cpj.org/2025/05/gaza-journalists-speak-out-about-hamas-intimidation-threats-assaults/ This comes after CPJ designated terrorists as journalists, including hostage holders.

 

HOSTAGE UPDATE

It's been 584 days too many.  Hamas released the last living American hostage held in Gaza, Edan Alexander! It appears the deal to release Edan was reached without the participation of the Israelis, “without conditions or anything in exchange.” He was tortured, held in a cage with his hands and legs tied up. He was not given food for most of his captivity until the last couple of months before his release. On Saturday, Hamas released a video featuring hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef Haim Ohana to toy with the families of the hostages.

>>The United States, UK, Canada, EU, and Russia must increase the pressure on Hamas and its allies in Iran, Qatar and Turkey to ensure the terror group releases all 58 remaining hostages. https://stories.bringthemhomenow.net/about-them
 
INDIA
In response to a terrorist attack in Kashmir, India has struck deep into the terror hideouts of Omar Sheikh, Masood Azhar Abdul Rauf Azhar, the Jaish e Mohammed, the Laaskhar e Taayba, and many more terrorist hideouts in Pakistan. As a result, Abdul Rauf Azhar was killed. He was one of the key conspirators in the brutal kidnapping torture and beheading of the late Daniel Pearl in 2002. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/how-operation-sindoor-brought-justice-for-beheaded-american-journalist-daniel-pearl/articleshow/120998633.cms
The United Nations Security Council issued its typical condemnation about the attack, even for the highly contested Kashmir region. It called the attack “terrorism” and for the perpetrators and their supporters to “be held accountable and brought to justice.” It urged all countries to “combat [the scourge] by all means” while also expressing condolences to the “Governments of India and Nepal” who suffered in the attack. None of those sentiments were shared by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on October 7, 2023 
 
IRAN
Credible reports indicate that the 6 B-2 stealth bombers and the 4 B-52s the Trump Administration had positioned at Diego Garcia have departed, and are on their way back to the U.S. This signals the removal of the immediate option to deliver the bunker buster bombs needed to destroy the buried nuclear facilities in Iran
 
ISRAEL
Read this report: THE TOP 7 LIES ABOUT ISRAEL & IDF OPERATIONS IN GAZA & THE TRUTH THEY OBSCURE https://www.ilfngo.org/top-7-lies-about-idf-in-gaza-report
The author is John Spencer, a scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, national security and military analyst, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare, military strategy, and tactics.
Why Mossad and Shin Bet Veterans Are Now Calling to End the War in Gaza 
https://tinyurl.com/22fx8bvs
Israel planning major expansion of Gaza operations if Hamas continues to refuse to release hostages. Reports on I24 News: Israelis believe recent actions by the US administration demonstrate failures of the Netanyahu administration foreign policy.
LEBANON
With USA support, the Lebanese army has retaken the Beirut airport from Hezbollah and is actively attempting to limit Hezbollah influence in the port. https://allisrael.com/lebanese-gov-t-lands-blow-against-hezbollah-by-firing-airport-staff-suspected-of-smuggling
 
PALESTINIANS/PA/HAMAS
>PA's damning reports about Hamas are made for political purposes, these internal Palestinian revelations nevertheless demonstrate how Hamas is robbing, abusing, and exploiting its own people, and even PA officials and journalists are being forced to speak in code just to survive long enough to report it. https://palwatch.org/page/37143
>The Palestinian population in Gaza grew significantly since October 7, 2023 according to data from the CIA World Facebook
>IDF warns that Hamas retains operational capabilities, including at least two functioning brigades. https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/05/03/idf-prepares-to-muster-tens-of-thousands-of-reservists/
>87 Percent of Palestinians Deny Hamas Atrocities of Oct. 7, despite Videos (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research)
>Israel will again allow humanitarian aid to come into Gaza in coming weeks. The goal is to provide aid to the civilian population without allowing Hamas to confiscate it, as it had been doing – then selling it on the black market and utilizing the profits to fight the war. Hamas apparently has sufficient stockpiles of food to provide for their own,
>Reminder: There is NO free press in Gaza https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJT2TtJvRgd/?igsh=MTdmaWY4bHF2b3Exdw==
>Reuters repeats Hamas propaganda, meanwhile AlArabiya claim Hamas organized the planned voyage. https://www.camera.org/article/all-at-sea-reuters-confused-coverage-of-conscience-the-latest-gaza-aid-ship/
 
QATAR
Qatar isn’t helping hostage talks https://www.timesofisrael.com/official-israel-wont-accept-5-year-gaza-truce-qatar-isnt-helping-hostage-talks/
 
SWITZERLAND
Swiss Parliament has banned Hamas and Hezbollah for 5 yrs
 
SYRIA
>Syria’s Clandestine Chemical Arsenal: The Complete Dossier https://www.meforum.org/mef-reports/syrias-clandestine-chemical-arsenal-the-complete-dossier
>Thousands of Druze university students are forced to flee Damascus https://x.com/realMaalouf/status/1920460909169815719
>Mossad recovers remains of IDF soldier, Zvika Feldman, and possibly Eli Cohen, in “the heart of Syria” after nearly 43 years missing
https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-soldier-zvi-feldman-missing-for-43-years-recovered-by-mossad-and-idf/
 
UK
Israeli singer Dudu Tassa and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood’s UK shows next month have been cancelled under pressure from the BDS movement. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJbHBfEPx86/?igsh=MWFsbHRoaHEzZzRh
 
ICC and UN
>The Wall Street Journal yesterday revealed that ICC prosecutor Karim Khan issued arrest warrants for Israeli officials to protect himself from sexual assault allegations and silence his accuser. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/icc-netanyahu-prosecutor-sexual-assault-israel-gaza-d9bedee3
>A new report from Henry Jackson Society exposes the UN’s deep complicity in Hamas’s crimes. Among 367 UN reports on Gaza, NOT ONE condemns Hamas’s use of human shields. These crimes were not just overlooked, they were intentionally concealed. https://henryjacksonsociety.org/publications/hamass-human-shield-strategy-in-gaza/
 
US
>WitKoff meets hostage families, criticizes Israel for prolonging war - Whatever happened to 'all hell will break lose'? Many believe that if Hamas remains standing, it will embolden jihadis and jihadis-supporters across the world.  https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-853583
>Marco Rubio To Close State Department's De Facto Palestinian Embassy -(Free Beacon) Rubio will eliminate the position of Special Envoy to the Palestinians alongside the OPA. In the early hours of Hamas's October 7 attack, the OPA called on Israel to stand down and forgo any retaliation.
 
YEMEN
To prevent civilian casualties in Yemen, before striking a cement factory and multiple airports, Israel sent evacuation announcements, including taking over Yemeni television to broadcast videos about the evacuation in Arabic! Note: Cement is used for warheads and building tunnels.  The US and Israel carried out coordinated attacks on the Houthis following the Yemen-based group’s ballistic missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport.  Until the Trump Administration’s deal with the Houthis, the US had been bombing the Houthis almost daily since March 15 (at cost > billion dollars) - some 1,000 American sorties over Yemen. The primary American concern is the Houthi disruption of vital shipping routes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden that have effectively reduced sea traffic there by over 50%, costing billions. By late April, the Americans had been joined by the British.https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-852579
 
CAMPUS UPDATE
*SUNY Chancellor Proposes Resolution to Ensure Title VI Compliance
In collaboration with American Jewish Committee (AJC), organizations representing more than 1,600 colleges and universities have pledged reforms to fight campus antisemitism.
*Ontario Universities Reject BDS https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ontario-universities-take-principled-stand-against-bds
*Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs is the first governor to sign a bill that bans unauthorized encampments on college campuses
*Columbia University’s Acting President Claire Shipman's statement on yesterday's events in Butler Library https://president.columbia.edu/news/wednesdays-disruption-butler-library Columbia and Barnard have already suspended nearly 100 students
 
THE PRESS
Pulitzer Prize goes to Gazan poet/ reporter who denied Bibas family murder
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-853038
Terrorists are not journalists. https://www.camera.org/article/camera-op-ed-terrorists-arent-journalists/
AP Sells Pictures By Photojournalist Identified as Hamas Terrorist, Kissed by Sinwar
https://honestreporting.com/exposed-ap-sells-pictures-by-photojournalist-identified-as-hamas-terrorist-kissed-by-sinwar/
Open Letter to 2024-2025 Pulitzer Prize Board over decision to award a Pulitzer Prize in Commentary to Mosab Abu Toha, a terrorist supporter
https://www.jwi.org/pulitzer-letter
Washington Post’s Pulitzer finalist for Gaza coverage slams Israel’s military conduct in one-sided acceptance speech https://jewishinsider.com/2025/05/washington-post-louisa-loveluck-pulitzer-prize-gaza-war-journalist/
Message to the Media: Stop Publishing Fake Hamas Casualty Figures https://honestreporting.com/message-to-the-media-stop-publishing-fake-hamas-casualty-figures/

This week, I'm sending the Update in two parts. As President Trump is heading to the Middle East this coming week, I wanted to highlight America's recent and unprecendeted actions in the Middle East. Part two will cover other goings on.

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It's been 580 days too many. President Trump confirms 3 more hostages have been executed. Israeli officials confirm only 21 hostages are alive. There are another 3 hostages with serious doubts about whether they are still alive. The war in Gaza could end today if Hamas would release the hostages, lay down its arms, and surrender.

>The United States, UK, Canada, EU, and Russia must increase the pressure on Hamas and its allies in Iran, Qatar and Turkey to ensure the terror group releases the 59 hostages, including 5 Americans. https://stories.bringthemhomenow.net/about-them 

How do you think President Trump’s upcoming Middle East trip is being viewed in the Middle East? He is the first sitting president in 20 yrs to visit Qatar, where he recently struck a $5.5 billion deal to build a Trump Golf Club; also this week, the administration announced plans to fast-track deals with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Qatar hosts the largest US air base in the region, while maintaining open relationships with the Taliban, Hamas, and Iranian proxies. The President will not be visiting Israel. He announced a surprise cease-fire deal with the Houthis, yes it was a surprise to Israeli officials, especially as he did it without demanding they stop attacking Israel. He has declared that the US is in negotiations to stop Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) developing nuclear weapons. Will the US stick to their demand for the complete dismantling of the IRI nuclear program?  Iran has declared its desire to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.  The problem with the last Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) was it didn't address IRI’s support for terrorism, supplying missiles and rockets to the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah. It didn't address why Iran has a domestic nuclear energy program when they have so much oil. Iran-sponsored Hezbollah still controls ports in Lebanon where Iranian weapons are received. The Iran-backed Houthis are in a huge dessert area hiding in caves and tunnels, their weapons distributed among various mobile tribes. Iran’s supply route to the Houthis runs through Hudaydah (Yemen) and Oman.  The Trump administration has also removed troops from the Syrian-Iraq border where they were preventing Iranian weapons being smuggled to terrorists in Syria. There are reports that President Trump is likely to sign a nuclear deal with the Saudis without demanding normalization with Israel.  Trump announced an arbitrary deadline of May 15 for the resumption of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas while making no effort to help bring one about. He seems determined to tie Israel’s hands with regard to Iran, and overlook Israel’s security interests in order to focus on his own near-term “wins” and deals. Is the U.S. abandoning Israel as a strategic ally or will it support Israel to neutralize the Iranian threat?  As per MEF, a decisive and coordinated approach involving diplomatic, economic, and military actions is critical to counter both the Houthi menace and Iranian expansionism.

It's been 576 days too many.

More psychological torture from the terrorists. Hamas has released new videos of hostage Maxim Herkin and of hostage Elkana Bohbot — the third time he’s been shown in captivity.
The United States, UK, Canada, EU, and Russia must increase the pressure on Hamas and its allies in Iran, Qatar and Turkey to ensure the terror group releases the 59 hostages, including 5 Americans.
https://stories.bringthemhomenow.net/about-them
 
This week’s key take aways:
>Hamas is still in control in Gaza, though opposition is growing.
>Hamas and Hezbollah are battered by severe losses at Israel’s hands even as a critical window to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions is rapidly closing
>Despite the PA’s long standing support for terrorism and lack of defined/negotiated borders, both the UK and France are in talks to recognize a Palestinian state.  The prevailing opinion within the Arab world, including within Palestinian society, is that recognition of a Palestinian state is a reward for the October 7 massacre.
>Concerning developments in Syria: The new regime in Syria is attacking the Druze community. It seems only Israel is coming to their defense.
>A week after the US struck 800 Houthi targets in Yemen, the Houthis were able to launch a barrage of missiles at Israel. At least one got through Israeli defenses and landed near Ben-Gurion Airport. 
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Canadians Overwhelmingly Defeat ‘Vote Palestine’ Candidates At The Ballot Box https://honestreporting.ca/canadians-overwhelmingly-defeat-vote-palestine-candidates-at-the-ballot-box/
 
The Islamic Republic of Iran remains one of the biggest state sponsors of terrorism internationally. On Saturday, the UK arrested 8 Iranians across England in suspected terror plots.
 
>Massive fires are racing through Israel near Jerusalem -Not only are Hamas-affiliated groups celebrating online, they are also urging people to start more fires - social media was full of incitement: “Burn Israeli homes to ashes.” Multiple arrests have been made for arson. Note: Fire service said to suspect negligence, not arson, caused Jerusalem hills wildfire
>The Top 7 Lies About Israel and IDF Operations in Gaza https://x.com/SpencerGuard/status/1917269681200849275
 
Lebanese security official claimed that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) has "dismantled over 90 percent of the [Hezbollah] infrastructure in the area south of the Litani," and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said in an interview that the LAF was now in control of over 85% of southern Lebanon. Multiple outlets reported Israeli strikes in Beirut—but buried the real target: a Hezbollah precision missile warehouse
 
Gaza bound flotilla stranded near Malta. The crew is blocking officials from inspecting the ship's damage and verifying that it’s actually carrying aid.
https://timesofmalta.com/article/malta-offers-pay-gaza-flotilla-repairs-let-vessel.1109162
 
>Who is Hussein Al-Sheikh, the new Palestinian Authority vice president?
His statements and activities reveal support for terrorism, glorification of terrorists, promotion of terrorism through Pay-for-Slay, and support for unity with Hamas, even after October 7, 2023. https://palwatch.org/page/37125
>PA officials have regularly rationalized Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel, in some cases even denying it took place or falsely claiming Israeli forces started the Gaza war. The PA, which has been riddled with accusations of corruption, has also long maintained a pay-for-slay program.
>Senior Palestinian Authority official hails China as “savior of humanity” https://palwatch.org/page/37139
>Hamas executes Palestinians for protesting against them. The terrorist group has also shot Palestinians in the legs, a tactic known as "kneecapping." In just the past two days, Hamas has executed 10 people—9 of them two days ago, and one today. 
> AP reports starvation in Gaza, Gazans post images of meals, supermarkets, food stalls, cafes and businesses still operating.
>Released hostage, Ilana Gritzewsky: For 55 days, they moved me from place to place: private homes, a hospital and eventually a tunnel. 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/01/hamas-hostages-gaza-israel-freedom/83343089007/
 
>How Qatar Made Itself Crucial to Israel-Hamas Hostage Mediation Despite Evidence of Its Duplicity https://www.meforum.org/mef-observer/how-qatar-made-itself-crucial-to-israel-hamas-hostage-mediation
>Webinar: Qatari Soft Power and Influence Operations in the U.S., May 5, 1:30
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0lXTxMqmTQ2oesROXZdM6A
 
Syrian Druze are being attacked by the new Sunni regime. A large group of Druze have been kidnapped by HTS. Druze in Israel are trying to cross into Syria to help, but the IDF have been preventing the Druze from crossing into Syria to prevent border disputes. Israel has previously promised to stand with the Druze and are making preparations to attack targets in the new regime if the attacks against the Druze continue. Syrian Druze civilians injured in the sectarian violence in the country were evacuated by the IDF to a hospital in Israel.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-carries-out-warning-strike-in-syria-in-defense-of-druze-minority/amp/
https://bsky.app/profile/kristinmreid.bsky.social/post/3lo2gvhfxkk2t
 
Turkish Cypriots protest against Turkey's introduction of Islam into educational system - https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/03/turkish-cypriots-protest-over-what-they-say-is-turkeys-introduction-of-islam-into-educatio
 
ICC judges order that arrest warrant requests in Palestine case be kept secret
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr/28/icc-judges-order-that-arrest-warrant-requests-in-palestine-case-be-kept-secret
 
>UK press regulator rules that Hamas terrorists, including those who had been serving LIFE SENTENCES for stabbing, bombing and shooting attacks on civilians, can be called ‘hostages.’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/30/press-regulator-allows-palestinian-prisoners-israel-hostage/
>UK Signs Memorandum of Understanding With Palestinian Authority to Advance Two-State Solution https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-and-palestinian-strategic-cooperation-memorandum-of-understanding/memorandum-of-understanding-on-strategic-cooperation-between-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-and-the-palestinian-government See also https://jcpa.org/article/when-recognition-becomes-evasion-europes-palestinian-statehood-campaign/

UNESCO resolution ethnically cleanses Jews from ancient Jericho. 

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/377102

 
>How U.S. military lawyers see Israel’s invasion of Gaza—and the public’s reaction to it—as a dress rehearsal for a potential conflict with a foreign power like China.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/whats-legally-allowed-in-war
>Mohsen Mahdawi said he "liked to kill Jews in Palestine." Judge orders release of Columbia student arrested by ICE because he hasn’t been charged with any crimes.

>Trump Tells Israeli-American Parents Their Son is Being Held Hostage Because Biden Stole 2020 Election

https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-tells-israeli-americans-parents-their-son-is-being-held-hostage-because-biden-stole-2020-election/

>New Documentary: October H8TE:The Fight for the Soul of America The film exposes the disturbing realities behind today’s campus protests and the dangerous narratives fueling them. https://www.october8film.com/

 

>Houthi attack on Israel today. At least one missile struck near Ben-Gurion Airport resulting in flight cancellations, U-turns, and disruptions. Every missile fired by Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Houthis is a deliberate attempt to murder civilians.
>U.S. Strikes 800 Houthi Targets in Yemen (USCENTCOM)