Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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 2nd 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.