French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal came to Israel’s defense during a parliamentary session

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-war-didnt-come-out-of-the-blue-french-pm-defends-israel-in-parliament/amp/ and

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUnNcoWjBBD/?igsh=MWl3cm91MWNsbXNtag==

Is the US preparing for a long war? Reports of massive movement of military resources to the Middle East. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-preparing-potentially-weeks-long-iran-operations-2026-02-13/

Iranian diplomats ferrying millions in cash to Hezbollah https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602113103

Ireland and Israel are scheduled to play a soccer game. There have been numerous calls for violence against the Israelis, even by an elected Dublin County Councillor, Cllr. John Burtchaell. The match is likely going to be held abroad because Ireland cannot guarantee the physical safety of players and fans of a national soccer team.

Israeli hostage describes being sexually assaulted 'almost every single day' during 482 days in Gaza

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15556979/Israeli-hostage-describes-sexually-assaulted-single-day-482-days-Gaza-tried-kill-three-times-freed-not-one-final-terrifying-ordeal.html see also https://thedinahproject.org/ Let's not forget that these are the people that are still living next to Israel and sworn to destroy it.

Stop the Libel of Genocide https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCL64-9iU3PMSDaxZbndJ5ovNPyqy2dznl7wgZyuk7WA3ebw/viewform

Lebanese and Israeli participants in the Munich Security Conference came together for the first time to discuss strategies for fully dismantling Hezbollah.

IDF Strikes Hezbollah Weapons Depots And Launch Sites In Southern Lebanon - The IDF carried out strikes on weapons storage facilities and launch sites belonging to Hezbollah in several areas of southern Lebanon. According to the IDF, Hezbollah has continued efforts to rebuild terror infrastructure in the region with the aim of harming Israel. The presence of the targeted weapons was described as a violation of understandings between Israel and Lebanon and a risk to local residents. The IDF said it will continue operating to remove any  threat to the State of Israel.

Fatah glorifies Munich Olympics massacre ahead of 2026 Winter Olympics https://pal.watch/41908

 US wants organised crime gangs to form Gaza police force https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/18/us-wants-organised-crime-gangs-to-police-gaza/

The Palestinians' Other Big Lie -That Muslims are able to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem every week shows that Hamas's claim that the Jews are desecrating the mosque and plotting to control it is another big lie produced by the terror group and its supporters.https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22267/palestinians-al-aqsa-lie

Everything You Need to Know About Gaza’s Fatality Numbers 

https://x.com/Aizenberg55/status/2021964578528104807 

See also https://honestreporting.com/how-social-media-got-hamas-casualty-figures-wrong/. The Brink https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REnVvmEiBY, and https://honestreporting.com/evaporating-palestinians-al-jazeeras-unfounded-claim-vanishes-under-scrutiny/ and https://x.com/Aizenberg55/status/2023783492446789844?s=20

PA draft constitution omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, formalizes pay for slay -Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has published a draft constitution for a future Palestinian state. The document designates Islam as the official religion, names Sharia principles as the primary source of legislation. It also enshrines the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinian people and commits the state to supporting families of “martyrs” and prisoners — effectively embedding the controversial terror stipend policy into constitutional law, raising serious concerns over the vision being advanced.

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-palestinian-constitution-bans-hamas.html

Turkey: Funding a mosque in Gaza named after Abdullah Azzam - the man who mentored Osama bin Laden and co-founded Al-Qaeda https://www.jpost.com/international/article-886716

Review of the Qatari National Curriculum 2025-2026 (IMPACT-se)

https://www.impact-se.org/wp-content/uploads/Qatar-Report-2026-final.pdf

Syria: 30 days under siege. No medical supplies. No aid. Local NGOs are issuing dire warnings: the people of Kobane urgently need medical assistance. 600,000 displaced from hundreds of surrounding villages, trapped in a deepening humanitarian catastrophe. https://hawarnews.com/en/kobani-thirty-days-under-siege

The U.S. is withdrawing its remaining ~ 1,000 troops from Syria. And the United States disclosed that it carried out more than 30 strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria over the past two weeks, hitting weapons depots, infrastructure, and communications sites. The operations are part of Operation Hawkeye Strike. According to US Central Command, over  50 ISIS terrorists have been killed or captured and more than 100 terror-linked targets destroyed in two months of precision strikes.

Wonderful, Wonderful Feminists in Sheffield, UK https://phyllischesler.substack.com/p/wonderful-wonderful-feminists-in

UN

The Islamic regime in Iran has just been elected Vice-Chair of the U.N. Commission for Social Development, whose priority theme will be promoting democracy, gender equality, and ensuring tolerance and non-violence.https://bsky.app/profile/kristinmreid.bsky.social/post/3mem5hupv7k2r

U.N. chief António Guterres (finally) distances himself from Francesca Albanese. This follows her rejection now by foreign ministers of France, Germany, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy. Albanese has already been under U.S. sanctions since last year.  Sign petition to expel Albanese https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/expel-francesca-albanese?source=bluesky&

See the film UNraveling UNRWA 

https://ajff.org/film/unraveling-unrwa watch the trailer 

US

Mamdani refuses to condemn ‘Hot Girls for Zohran’ head’s pro-Hamas, antisemitic conspiracy posts. Lander can't explain how hired the same person. https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/mamdani-refuses-condemn-gilani-antisemitic-posts/?

U.S. National Book Award Winner Encapsulates Everything that Is Wrong with Western Political Culture (Times of Israel)

MEDIA - Journalism should inform — not selectively edit reality.

CNN rolls out red carpet for Tehran’s top propagandist - VIDEO 

https://www.camera.org/article/fireside-chat-cnn-rolls-out-red-carpet-for-tehrans-top-propagandist/

The New York Times rebrands anti-Zionism as ‘sharp criticism’

https://www.camera.org/article/the-new-york-times-rebrands-anti-zionism-as-sharp-criticism/

ON CAMPUS

American University and DePaul University have suspended SJP through 2027.

Faculty support of antisemitism https://amchainitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/When-Faculty-Take-Sides_AMCHA-Report_Feb-2026.pdf

CAMERA report exposes antisemitic radicalization in School District of Philadelphia 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6ybtbvSQFIM

There's a movement targeting children's summer camps in Canada! - They say it's because "Israel,"  but the goal is to make Jewish life impossible under the guise of social justice. https://ontariocampsassociation.ca/about/special-statements/

CUNY event praising Hamas tunnels is being led by a Columbia postdoc, Hadeel Assali. Her dissertation on the tunnels was advised by Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, Zohran Mamdani's father. Support for terrorism is everywhere at Columbia, and it's being exported citywide https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-public-law-school-to-host-event-on-hamas-tunnels-as-resistance-to-colonization/

Iran-backed terror groups have launched 19,000 rockets at Israel over the last eight months. Hezbollah has launched thousands of rockets directly into homes and communities in Israel's north, setting it ablaze and displacing over 70,000 people. Ridiculously referred to as 'tit-for-tat" by the NYT. Recall that Israel withdrew from Lebanon after attacks by Hezbollah more than 20 yrs ago and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was supposed to help maintain peace and security at the border. During the 8 months of these increasing attacks from Lebanon into Israel, UNIFIL "peacekeepers" have been on the seen.

June 11-13 was the Jewish festival of Shavuoth, which celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. Did the difficulty of celebrating it in wartime get any mention? This week we returned to see numerous articles about the difficulties of celebrating Eid and headlines about hunger in Gaza.   Nothing about how children are celebrating in West Bank. This report was released June 4th: Expert Panel Rejects Claims of Famine in Northern Gaza - have you seen any coverage?

On June 8, four Israelis: Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), Shlomi Ziv (40), were rescued from an apartment complex in the United Nations run-Nuseirat "refugee" camp in central Gaza. The camp is right next to the Izz ad Deen al-Qassam Mosque, named for a Syrian terrorist who hunted the British and Jews in Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s. Three of the rescued hostages were being held in the house of Al Jazeera and Palestinian Chronicle "journalist" Abdallah Aljamal and his physician father. Many media outlets tainted the operation's morality by emphasizing the unverifiable Palestinian death toll figures touted by Hamas and whitewashed the terrorists’ use of civilians as human shields. They Criticized the Entebbe Rescue, Too - (Los Angeles Jewish Journal) Note: Ada Sagi, 75,, who was rescued in November, explained she was also held in "civilian homes" and a hospital; she describes how Hamas paid Gaza University students 70 shekels (~15 USD) per day to guard her and other hostages. She was held in different “civilian” houses in Khan Younis before being taken to Nasser Hospital with other hostages. almost a dozen hostages confirm they were held at Nasser Hospital. But the press continues to regularly cite hospital officials who were clearly complicit in such activities despite them clearly lying about it.

On June 3, we learned of the deaths of 4 hostages: Chaim Peri, 79, Amiram Cooper, 84, Yoram Metzger, 80, and Nadav Popplewell, 51, who were held captive together in Khan Younis and were likely killed together in Khan Yunis several months ago by Hamas terrorists.  A propaganda video released by terrorists weeks ago showed Nadav Popplewell  had been abused. https://x.com/AdamAlbilya/status/1797676908735566168

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CHINA

After Oct. 7, Antisemitism in China Reached Shocking Levels (Ha'aretz)

INDIA

India Is Providing Military Assistance to Israel  (Ynet News)

IRAN

About 40 House members signed a bipartisan letter calling on the Biden administration to implement new sanctions on Iranian petroleum and to fully implement the SHIP Act and the Iran-China Energy Sanctions Act. This as Washington Post reports, Iran is significantly expanding its nuclear enrichment capabilities.

ISRAEL

Just a reminder,  Israel is not a colonial state. If anything, it’s the reverse

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/15/israel-is-not-a-colonial-state-if-anything-its-the-reverse/

Israel's Response to UN Report on War Crimes in Gaza

https://mem.ai/p/nN7HDXFyYTB4zohu6Jj8

LEBANON

Hezbollah threatens Cyprus and Israel

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/18/middleeast/hezbollah-drone-video-israel-haifa-intl-latam/index.html and https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/head-lebanons-hezbollah-threatens-israel-cyprus-televised-address-2024-06-19/ and https://gem.godaddy.com/p/0bcbd91

Lebanon is the host of the highest per capita population of refugees in the world https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-syria-idlib-refugees-returns-smuggling-migration-4a7f0bc8bb1e3c39f8e7e92589b5733c

Lebanese Journalist: Shiites of South Lebanon Will Welcome Israeli Forces that Rid Them of Hizbullah (MEMRI-TV)

PALESTINIANS/GAZA/PA

Just a reminder, there is no genocide in Gaza. 

https://x.com/SpencerGuard/status/1785153068964692424 see also Genocide and Hamas Go Hand in Hand https://www.ajc.org/news/genocide-and-hamas-go-hand-in-hand

How Israel Renewed Gaza's Water Supply amid War  (Times of Israel)

Last week, Hamas' leader Yahya Sinwar was quoted admitting that civilian bloodshed is a "necessary sacrifice" that benefits the terror group more than a ceasefire or a deal to free the hostages.

PA repays US generosity with hatred, says port for humanitarian aid is “plot to expel Gazans” https://palwatch.org/page/35143

2/3 of Palestinians Still Think Hamas's Oct. 7 Attack on Israel Was Correct Because It "Revived International Attention" to the Conflict  (PSR-PA)

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement has been promoting a video showing a boy from the Gaza Strip demonstrating the way children in Gaza are brainwashed. https://palwatch.org/page/35163

QATAR

Hamas political leaders are planning to leave Qatar and move to Iraq where the Islamic Republic of Iran promised to guarantee their safety.

RUSSIA

Russian rights commissioner calls for swift release of Russians held by Hamas

https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-rights-commissioner-calls-swift-release-russians-held-by-hamas-2024-06-11/

Whilst in the UK

On same day Imperial College was announced to be the best college in the UK, we were on campus and saw a small "Free Palestine" encampment. The setup with tents was exactly the same as we've seen across the US, though it was small and easy to avoid. 

An organization called Fossil Free Books, which is against Fossil fuels and Israel, managed to scare off authors from participating in book festivals and Baillie Gifford being forced from sponsoring festivals. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/stratford-also-loses-baillie-gifford-funding-as-group-mulls-pulling-out

5 Security Staff at Heathrow were removed.  The people responsible for making sure terrorists don’t blow up the airport were wearing badges that identify with terrorists and harassing passengers departing for Israel.

UK pop star working with Dudu Tassa hits back against cultural boycott (Point of No Return)

Catching the BBC Pushing Fake News (David Collier) see also https://camera-uk.org/2024/06/19/bbc-news-continues-to-promote-a-narrative-on-famine-in-gaza/

UN/UNRWA

 “I was held hostage by an UNRWA teacher” Over 100 Victims of Hamas’ October 7th Massacre File Major Lawsuit Against UNRWA 

https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2024/05/UNRWA_Complaint_w.pdf

Hillel Neuer Addresses the Dutch Parliament on UNRWA https://unwatch.org/hillel-neuer-addresses-the-dutch-parliament-on-unrwa/

The UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) issued an appalling report that baselessly asserts Israel’s defensive military campaign in Gaza against Hamas violates international law, and turns a blind eye to the terror group’s continued flouting of that law and disregard for civilian lives

Australia, Canada, Sweden, Germany, Japan and others have resumed funding UNRWA

Israel, Jews and Peace in Schoolbooks and Teachers'  Guides Used in UNRWA Schools in Judea,  Samaria, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip - Here is what is in all Palestinian school books. https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/app/uploads/2024/05/E_114_24.pdf and Israel, Jews and Peace in Schoolbooks Used in UNRWA Schools 

The UN figures not only inconsistently record humanitarian trucks from the private sector and other NGO trucks, but is also missing data on UN aid entering Gaza. These gaps have become extreme in April and May 2024 - underreporting of over 8,000 trucks since Oct. 7, 2023, with 4,880 "missing" trucks in May 2024 alone.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres took to social media today to issue "profound concerns about escalation between Israel and Hezbollah along the Blue Line." There was no condemnation of the Iran-backed terror army for starting a war against Israel on October 8. No call for the terrorists to stop launching rockets, missiles, and drones indiscriminately at Israeli towns. No demand that Israel's 70,000 residents be allowed to return home, or No insistence that U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 -- which called for the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon -- be enforced.

UNITED STATES

Bill Maher Calls Out Campus Protesters for Ignoring the Oppression of Women in Muslim Countries

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/06/bill-maher-calls-out-campus-protesters-for-ignoring-the-oppression-of-women-in-muslim-countries/

Biden's "Peace Now" Plan  (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

The ongoing U.S. policy of slow-walking munitions deliveries to Israel isn’t about Rafah  https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/biden-italian-strike-israel-arms-shipments