Hostage Update:
Israel: "The War Will Not End while Hostages Remain in
Gaza" (JNS)
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Hopes a Hostage Video Will Make You Want to Visit https://www.fodors.com/news/news/taliban-affiliated-tourism-in-afghanistan-sparks-global-outcry-and-safety-concerns
EGYPT
Sinai: The Strategic Pivot of Egypt-Israel Security Interdependence (Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) The Egyptian people and government fear the influx of the Gaza refugees into Sinai more than they fear an armed conflict with Israel.
EUROPE
➤Despite Boycott Threats: Spain Buys Israeli Defense Tech (Israel Hayom)
➤New Israel-EU agreement opens humanitarian aid routes, increases flow to Gaza
https://worldisraelnews.com/new-israel-eu-agreement-opens-humanitarian-aid-routes-increases-flow-to-gaza/ But doesn’t allow civilians to leave. See https://david-collier.com/moral-abyss-gaza/
➤Switzerland is joining Germany and Italy in defending Israel's participation in Eurovision.
IRAN
➤Treasury Department imposed sanctions on "22 entities based in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Türkiye for their roles in facilitating the sale of Iranian oil that benefits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)... Iran’s most powerful paramilitary force and a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)."
ISRAEL
It’s war https://mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/gaza-is-a-war-just-a-war
JORDAN
US Army announced that it is sending combat advisors to help Jordanian troops in training exercises. Jordan is facing hostile public opinion, Iranian infiltration from the east, and a domestic Islamist resurgence. And Jordan depends on Israel for natural gas, water, and intelligence cooperation. Israel frequently thwarts Iranian plots near Jordan's eastern borders.
LEBANON
In recent days, the IDF has conducted a series of targeted raids inside Lebanon, striking Hezbollah weapons depots and other terrorist infrastructure. Israel has attacked Hezbollah training bases. On Tuesday, the IDF also struck and killed Mehran Mustafa Ba’jur, a senior Hamas commander, near the Lebanese city of Tripoli.
PALESTINIANS/HAMAS/PA
➤Target Gaza Aid Group: Disinformation, Media Bias & Hamas Bounties https://www.camera.org/article/target-gaza-aid-group-disinformation-media-bias-hamas-bounties/ WSJ publishes story: Palestinians in Gaza are facing a tough decision every day: starve or risk death while trying to get food from one of the aid distribution centers. They quote Hamas, aka the Palestinian Health Authority, and highlight the death of Osama al-Tarifi, whose Facebook page shows him as an armed Hamas fighter archive.is/DZHDT. Stampede, Stabbing Kill Twenty at GHF Aid Site, Instigators Believed to Be Hamas - (Jerusalem Post) See also: Hamas kills aid workers and hungry Palestinians, and the media slanders Israel https://www.jns.org/hamas-kills-aid-workers-and-hungry-palestinians-and-the-media-slanders-israel/
➤Chairman of the PA Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub has reiterated PA policy that sports for the PA is "a means of struggle" against Israel. This comes the following the Palestinian Authority Basketball Federation applauding Jordan's boycott and refusal to compete against Israel's team in the Under-19 World Championship https://palwatch.org/page/37216
QATAR
Why haven't Hamas leaders in Qatar been extradited or sanctioned https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/07/13/reckoning-needed-between-terror-sponsoring-qatar-and-united-states/
SYRIA
➤Syria’s civil registry has begun altering the official documentation of Palestinians residing in the country, the nationality was changed from "Palestinian Syrian" to "Palestinian resident" and the designation now reads “foreigner.” https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/article/69964/
➤Fighting in the southern Syrian city of Al-Suwayda is occurring between Druze militias, Bedouin tribes, and Syrian government forces (murdering and humiliating the Druze). Israel has also launched airstrikes in the area, protecting the Druze. https://www.syriahr.com/en/366013/, CNN, NPR, WSJ, etc., didn't worry about Syria killing Druze until Israel responded https://www.camera.org/article/cnns-silence-on-suwayda-violence-reveals-editorial-double-standard/ Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, condemned Israel for bombing regime targets in Syria, but not Syria for ethnically cleansing their Druze minority.
TURKEY
➤Turkey and Syria Engage in Talks on Maritime Border Agreement https://www.meforum.org/mef-online/turkey-and-syria-engage-in-secret-talks-on-maritime-border-agreement
➤Charter Signed by Hundreds of Muslim Scholars Supports Hamas's October 7 Attack on Israel: It Was Jihad Against the Infidels Many of the signatories are senior members of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) based in Doha, Qatar, and backed by the Qatari and Turkish regimes. (MEMRI)
UK
➤The British police have dropped the case against the Palestine Action “activists” who slashed and defaced a 1914 portrait of Lord Balfour at Cambridge's Trinity College last year. No charges. No accountability. They say that they can’t identify the perp.
Afghanistan Hopes a Hostage Video Will Make You Want to Visit https://www.fodors.com/news/news/taliban-affiliated-tourism-in-afghanistan-sparks-global-outcry-and-safety-concerns
Sinai: The Strategic Pivot of Egypt-Israel Security Interdependence (Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) The Egyptian people and government fear the influx of the Gaza refugees into Sinai more than they fear an armed conflict with Israel.
➤Despite Boycott Threats: Spain Buys Israeli Defense Tech (Israel Hayom)
➤New Israel-EU agreement opens humanitarian aid routes, increases flow to Gaza
https://worldisraelnews.com/new-israel-eu-agreement-opens-humanitarian-aid-routes-increases-flow-to-gaza/ But doesn’t allow civilians to leave. See https://david-collier.com/moral-abyss-gaza/
➤Switzerland is joining Germany and Italy in defending Israel's participation in Eurovision.
➤Treasury Department imposed sanctions on "22 entities based in Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Türkiye for their roles in facilitating the sale of Iranian oil that benefits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)... Iran’s most powerful paramilitary force and a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)."
It’s war https://mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/gaza-is-a-war-just-a-war
US Army announced that it is sending combat advisors to help Jordanian troops in training exercises. Jordan is facing hostile public opinion, Iranian infiltration from the east, and a domestic Islamist resurgence. And Jordan depends on Israel for natural gas, water, and intelligence cooperation. Israel frequently thwarts Iranian plots near Jordan's eastern borders.
In recent days, the IDF has conducted a series of targeted raids inside Lebanon, striking Hezbollah weapons depots and other terrorist infrastructure. Israel has attacked Hezbollah training bases. On Tuesday, the IDF also struck and killed Mehran Mustafa Ba’jur, a senior Hamas commander, near the Lebanese city of Tripoli.
➤Target Gaza Aid Group: Disinformation, Media Bias & Hamas Bounties https://www.camera.org/article/target-gaza-aid-group-disinformation-media-bias-hamas-bounties/ WSJ publishes story: Palestinians in Gaza are facing a tough decision every day: starve or risk death while trying to get food from one of the aid distribution centers. They quote Hamas, aka the Palestinian Health Authority, and highlight the death of Osama al-Tarifi, whose Facebook page shows him as an armed Hamas fighter archive.is/DZHDT. Stampede, Stabbing Kill Twenty at GHF Aid Site, Instigators Believed to Be Hamas - (Jerusalem Post) See also: Hamas kills aid workers and hungry Palestinians, and the media slanders Israel https://www.jns.org/hamas-kills-aid-workers-and-hungry-palestinians-and-the-media-slanders-israel/
➤Chairman of the PA Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub has reiterated PA policy that sports for the PA is "a means of struggle" against Israel. This comes the following the Palestinian Authority Basketball Federation applauding Jordan's boycott and refusal to compete against Israel's team in the Under-19 World Championship https://palwatch.org/page/37216
Why haven't Hamas leaders in Qatar been extradited or sanctioned https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2025/07/13/reckoning-needed-between-terror-sponsoring-qatar-and-united-states/
➤Syria’s civil registry has begun altering the official documentation of Palestinians residing in the country, the nationality was changed from "Palestinian Syrian" to "Palestinian resident" and the designation now reads “foreigner.” https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/article/69964/
➤Fighting in the southern Syrian city of Al-Suwayda is occurring between Druze militias, Bedouin tribes, and Syrian government forces (murdering and humiliating the Druze). Israel has also launched airstrikes in the area, protecting the Druze. https://www.syriahr.com/en/366013/, CNN, NPR, WSJ, etc., didn't worry about Syria killing Druze until Israel responded https://www.camera.org/article/cnns-silence-on-suwayda-violence-reveals-editorial-double-standard/ Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, condemned Israel for bombing regime targets in Syria, but not Syria for ethnically cleansing their Druze minority.
➤Turkey and Syria Engage in Talks on Maritime Border Agreement https://www.meforum.org/mef-online/turkey-and-syria-engage-in-secret-talks-on-maritime-border-agreement
➤Charter Signed by Hundreds of Muslim Scholars Supports Hamas's October 7 Attack on Israel: It Was Jihad Against the Infidels Many of the signatories are senior members of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) based in Doha, Qatar, and backed by the Qatari and Turkish regimes. (MEMRI)
➤The British police have dropped the case against the Palestine Action “activists” who slashed and defaced a 1914 portrait of Lord Balfour at Cambridge's Trinity College last year. No charges. No accountability. They say that they can’t identify the perp.
United Nations
➤Google co-founder and longtime pillar of the company, Sergey Brin, has called the United Nations “transparently antisemitic” after a new U.N. report accused tech firms, including Google, of profiting from Israel’s supposed “genocide” in Gaza. The claim comes despite the International Court of Justice finding no evidence that genocide is taking place.
➤Reps. Ilhan Omar and Marjorie Taylor Greene agree on attacking Israel. Both oppose efforts to fund U.S.-Israel cooperation.
https://www.nysun.com/article/umichigan-regents-assigned-around-the-clock-security-amid-escalating-anti-israel-vandalism-harassment
➤Georgetown Sells Out to Malign Islamist Influencers https://www.meforum.org/press-releases/mef-report-georgetown-sells-out-to-malign-islamist-influencers
➤Princeton University, Professor Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Near Eastern Studies,. - Claims the Iranian regime is good for women's health in Iran. - Openly admits that he's friends with men who seized the U.S. Embassy in 1979 in Iran. - Denies Hamas assaulted women on Oct 7. One of the many reasons the Dina Project exists. This is a summary https://mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/the-dinah-project-report This is the report: https://thedinahproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Dinah-Project-full-report-A4-pages_web-1.pdf
➤Why America’s Largest Teachers Union Turned Against the ADL https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/why-americas-largest-teachers-union-turned-against-the-adl/
➤Google co-founder and longtime pillar of the company, Sergey Brin, has called the United Nations “transparently antisemitic” after a new U.N. report accused tech firms, including Google, of profiting from Israel’s supposed “genocide” in Gaza. The claim comes despite the International Court of Justice finding no evidence that genocide is taking place.
➤Reps. Ilhan Omar and Marjorie Taylor Greene agree on attacking Israel. Both oppose efforts to fund U.S.-Israel cooperation.
https://www.nysun.com/article/umichigan-regents-assigned-around-the-clock-security-amid-escalating-anti-israel-vandalism-harassment
➤Georgetown Sells Out to Malign Islamist Influencers https://www.meforum.org/press-releases/mef-report-georgetown-sells-out-to-malign-islamist-influencers
➤Princeton University, Professor Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Near Eastern Studies,. - Claims the Iranian regime is good for women's health in Iran. - Openly admits that he's friends with men who seized the U.S. Embassy in 1979 in Iran. - Denies Hamas assaulted women on Oct 7. One of the many reasons the Dina Project exists. This is a summary https://mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/the-dinah-project-report This is the report: https://thedinahproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Dinah-Project-full-report-A4-pages_web-1.pdf
➤Why America’s Largest Teachers Union Turned Against the ADL https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/why-americas-largest-teachers-union-turned-against-the-adl/
YEMEN
➤Yemeni National Resistance Forces (NRF) seized 750 tons of munitions from Iran intended for the Houthi terrorist organization
➤Houthis kidnapped survivors of fatal Red Sea ship attack
➤2 Killed and 15 Missing after Houthis Sink Second Ship (Washington Post)
➤Yemeni National Resistance Forces (NRF) seized 750 tons of munitions from Iran intended for the Houthi terrorist organization
➤Houthis kidnapped survivors of fatal Red Sea ship attack
➤2 Killed and 15 Missing after Houthis Sink Second Ship (Washington Post)
