Day 462 Hostages Update: The bodies of Youssef Ziyadne and his son, Hamza Al-Ziyadnah, kidnapped into Gaza by Hamas on October 7 and previously believed to be among the living hostages, were recovered from tunnels in Gaza. U.S. and Israeli intelligence believe only about 20 of the 251 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, are still alive.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while "we very much want to bring this over the finish line in the next two weeks," Hamas remains the final obstacle: "We need Hamas to make the final necessary decisions to complete the agreement." The United States must urgently increase the pressure on Hamas and its sponsors in Iran, Qatar and Turkey to release the hostages.

Black Christians Enslaved in Africa: Charles Jacobs & Simon Deng https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ry8ABIHOPJI Oct 7 is pretty much a monthly occurrence in Nigeria and Sudan. “Hamas is no different than Boko Haram in Nigeria,“ says Mr. Jacobs. ”It’s one front in Israel, but it belongs to a global movement. And people need to know that.”

What's behind the legal action against an IDF soldier in Brazil?  

https://x.com/AmichaiChikli/status/1876030987060027567 and https://jewishinsider.com/2025/01/hind-rajab-foundation-israeli-soldiers-gaza-travel-terror-ties/ and https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-836274 “The organization, Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), has so far failed in its schemes to arrest IDF soldiers, although its complaints have caused a reserve officer to leave Cyprus and another soldier to leave Sri Lanka.” Dyab Abou Jahjah, HRF Chair, has proudly admitted links to Hezbollah.

Lebanon Is Not Serious about Disarming Hizbullah  (Asia Times-Hong Kong)

Lebanon’s PM vows to disarm country’s south after new president threatens Hezbollah (Times of Israel)

Palestinian Authority Security Forces Involvement in Terrorism (Regavim)

Hamas Recruits Thousands of New Fighters in Gaza  (Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) The funds for this recruitment are reportedly from the sale of humanitarian aid packages, which Hamas forcibly seizes and resells.

Fatah brags that it is the leader of Palestinian terror https://palwatch.org/page/36789

2024 Editor's Picks: Top Palestinian Clips From The MEMRI TV Project 

https://www.memri.org/reports/2024-editors-picks-top-palestinian-clips-memri-tv-project

Globe And Mail (Canada) Columnist Twists Israel’s Defenses Against Syria Into “Rapacious” “Land Grab” https://honestreporting.ca/petitions/globe-and-mail-columnist-twists-israels-defenses-against-syria-into-rapacious-land-grab/

U.S. Setting Up New Base in Northern Syria  (The War Zone)

At the Golden Globes on January 4, 2025: 

Gal Gadot, a tireless and brave advocate for Israel and the hostages, was banned from wearing a pin for the release of the hostages as she hosted the Golden Globes 

Guy Pearce choose to prominently wear the "Artists4Ceasefire" Red Hand pin, at the Golden Globe Awards Show

At Columbia University, Johannah King-Slutzky, who requested “humanitarian aid” on behalf of the Hamilton Hall occupiers, is teaching a class on Contemporary Western Civilization AGAIN; but law professor Katherine Franke says she was forced to retire because she discriminated against Israelis.

Inside the “Museum of Terror” created by anti-Israel student groups at Columbia University https://www.thefp.com/p/columbia-university-anti-israel-museum-of-terror

JVP denounced over ties to terrorism  https://www.standwithus.com/post/jewish-voice-for-peace-jvp-report

BREAKING Rep Roy and Rep Mast's bill to sanction the ICC (HR 23) PASSES with a bipartisan vote.

Trump Administration Plans Crippling Sanctions on ICC  (Israel Hayom)

See No Evil...

On a recent interview with WHO, the director said he had no knowledge of Hamas using hospitals (they don't investigate those charges), but Israel is committing war crime by targeting hospitals. 

With regard to aid going to Gaza, the UN only counts Gaza aid trucks from UNRWA and the WFP. In December alone, they neglected to count the aid from 43 other organizations—totaling 2,252 trucks.

Despite Hamas' ongoing attacks and theft of humanitarian assistance, Israel continues to surge significant amounts of aid into Gaza. Tuesday alone, 230 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza, while approximately 800 trucks worth of aid were awaiting collection and distribution by aid agencies inside of Gaza.

UNRWA ties to terrorism https://unwatch.org/new-investigation-exposes-un-agencys-shocking-ties-to-terror-groups/

Advocacy Wins 

some good news

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/N7QiUFB

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Day 202, Hostages Update: Hamas terrorists release new propaganda video of hostage American Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Hersh is seen in the video missing one of his hands. It was blown off from the elbow down when terrorists lobbed grenades into a shelter where he and others who tried to escape the Nova party were hiding. The video appears to be recent as it references 200 days in captivity. Israeli officials continue to emphasize that achieving the war’s objectives of destroying the threat from Hamas, removing Hamas from power, and freeing the hostages is impossible without taking Rafah. 

https://x.com/HamasAtrocities/status/1783161139691446738

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President Biden and 17 other world leaders whose citizens are being held hostages by Hamas are calling for the hostages’ “immediate release” and urging Hamas to accept a deal that has been rejected by the group for months, in an extraordinary joint statement released on Thursday. https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/israel-hamas-hostage-release-biden-b2534695.html Why wasn't this done on Oct 8?

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ARGENTINA

Argentina Asks Interpol to Arrest Iran Interior Minister over Jewish Center Bombing (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)

CANADA

Canadian Prime Minister condemns protesters who praised Oct. 7 massacre 

https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-canadian-prime-minister-condemns-protesters-who-praised-oct-7-massacre/?traffic_source=Connatix

CHINA

China may change plans for invading Taiwan after Iran's failed attack on Israel 

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-taiwan-invasion-plan-rethink-after-iran-attacks-israel-report-2024-4

What China's Embrace Of Hamas Means For U.S. National Security – And How The Iranian Attack On Israel, Supported By China, Exposes It As A Supporter Of Terrorism 

https://www.memri.org/reports/what-chinas-embrace-hamas-means-us-national-security-%E2%80%93-and-how-iranian-attack-israel

FRANCE

French police summon for questioning far-left candidate who called Oct. 7 ‘legitimate’

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/french-police-summon-for-questioning-far-left-candidate-who-called-oct-7-legitimate/

GERMANY

Germany reinstates funding for UNRWA

IRAN

Entire IRGC Command Wing in Syria Was Eliminated (Maariv-Jerusalem Post) "The senior officers were pivotal for Hizbullah's activities in the region."

Israel's Attack on Iran Took Out Russian-Made Air Defense System  (Telegraph-UK)

IRAQ

U.S. calls on Iraq to safeguard U.S. troops after new attacks 

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4616400-us-troops-thwart-drone-attack-in-iraq-the-first-in-months/

LEBANON

Hezbollah launched 35 rockets at northern Israeli communities as the Passover holiday began. They launched dozens more this evening.

PALESTINIANS/FATAH/PA/HAMAS

US-led Gaza humanitarian aid pier comes under fire. A Hamas official told The Associated Press that it will resist any foreign military presence involved with the port project 

Russia, Ukraine to exchange displaced children in Qatar-brokered deal

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240424-russia-ukraine-to-exchange-displaced-children-in-qatar-brokered-deal

UNITED NATIONS

AGPI: Timing of UN Report as Israel Shuts Down for Passover Raises Concerns 

https://agpiworld.com/eye-on-un?blm_aid=2150536193

“UN Watch, the NGO long opposed to Unrwa’s role, has already accused the Colonna report of being a tainted whitewash.”https://unwatch.org/exposed-unrwas-rigged-independent-review/

UNITED STATES OF AMERCIA

U.S. NGO Behind Anti-IDF Lawfare Against Israel (NGO Monitor)  See also 

How Senators Voted on a TikTok ban, Aid to Ukraine and Israel 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2024/04/23/senate-vote-tiktok-ban-ukraine-israel-aid/

Netflix Epic on Moses Platforms Biased Scholar Who Expressed Joy on Oct.7 

https://honestreporting.com/netflix-epic-on-moses-platforms-biased-scholar-who-expressed-joy-on-oct-7/

The U.S. has resettled 187,000 Ukrainians in two years since invasion. Unlike the temporary visa program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, which is capped at 30,000 approvals per month, Ukraine has no numerical limit. Over 100k Afghans are still waiting. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukrainian-refugees-us-uniting-for-ukraine-russia-invasion/

See also https://www.memri.org/reports/afghan-talibans-systematic-killings-former-soldiers-police-officers-and-opponents

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On Campus    

I believe that the media distorts the size and strength of pro-Palestinian/anti-Semitic protestors; however, graduations are being cancelled and students are feeling threatened by them.

A Passover Message from SSI https://mailchi.mp/ssimovement/save-the-date-ssis-7th-national-conference-announcement-6365037?e=380db5e453

Columbia University Elects Maya Platek, SSI Member, as Columbia Student Government PRESIDENT for 2024/2025 academic year!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fifMA3BqX-g

Columbia U student Khymani James, the leader of the anti-Israel encampment who said ‘Zionists deserve to die’ has been thrown out of school

Will Columbia’s law-school dean learn the law of free speech?

https://www.jns.org/will-columbias-law-school-dean-learn-the-law-of-free-speech/

On Monday, Columbia made all classes online, rather than clear the tent city. Note: There were profs and TAs who had scheduled classes in the encampments this week (e.g., at Columbia and Princeton). Yale, NYU, USC, UCLA, UT, Tufts, MIT, Emerson College, the University of Michigan, Princeton and more are copying Columbia. Also, seen on Columbia's campus was celebrated "journalist" Motaz Azaiza.

Reuters Miscoverage of Attack on Yoseph Haddad  

https://www.camera.org/article/tuvia-grossman-redux-reuters-miscoverage-on-the-attack-on-yoseph-haddad-at-columbia-university/

Exactly 20 years ago, we exposed the emerging catastrophe at Columbia 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLzfegav40U&t=6s

Florida International University: Police Stop Anti-Zionist Agitators From Accessing President’s Home  https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/04/19/police-stop-anti-zionist-agitators-accessing-florida-university-presidents-home-students-revolt-nationwide/ 

Northwestern University Dean of Students Attends Protest Targeting Campus Jewish Community Center https://freebeacon.com/campus/northwestern-university-dean-of-students-attends-protest-targeting-campus-jewish-community-center/

Indoctrination @ Newton High - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpSPOInxZYo&t=569s

Santa Cruz faculty have crossed more than one line. Their latest antisemitic act now has them officially saying "No Zionism on campus" Petition to UC Regents to protect students: https://protectjewishstudents.paperform.co/

On Canadian Campuses 

*https://canarymission.org/campaign/Canadian_Faculty_Support_Hamas and  

*https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-anti-israel-protesters-becoming-more-radical-openly-embracing-terror-groups

*https://ssicampusmovement.medium.com/ssi-canada-tour-2024-eb92cf11d6e0

On Friday, 3/22, Congress passed, and President Biden signed into law, numerous major pro-Israel provisions in its annual appropriations bills, including more than $3.8 billion in funding for Israel.  Yet the House went on break without passing the bipartisan national security supplemental bill. This week the US also abstained from voting on a ceasefire resolution at the UN. 

Someone should remind world leaders that a ceasefire takes two. Hamas rejected Israel’s 6 week ceasefire offer which was based on exchanging 40 hostages for 700 Palestinian terrorist prisoners. This means that the ground invasion of Rafah will likely start soon.

Afghanistan

U.S. adds 12,000 special immigrant visas for Afghans; advocates say more needed

There are 130,000 applications still unprocessed. https://www.voanews.com/a/us-adds-12-000-special-immigrant-visas-for-afghans-advocates-say-more-needed-/7542185.html

Iran

Iran Update -The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-march-27-2024

Iraq

Why America is still failing in Iraq: “The groups that Washington targeted [in the Middle East] have not gone away. Instead, they have flourished, becoming even more powerful within their countries and the wider region. Washington has proved itself unable to tackle the true sources of these groups’ power, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iraq/why-america-still-failing-iraq

Israel

Israel Has Created a New Standard for Urban Warfare. Why Will No One Admit It? https://www.newsweek.com/israel-has-created-new-standard-urban-warfare-why-will-no-one-admit-it-opinion-1883286

Meanwhile Israeli school buses are bulletproof. Let that sink in... 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-hurt-in-west-bank-terror-shooting-attack-on-cars-school-buses/

Damage Done: How Al Jazeera’s Fake News Harmed Israel’s Reputation In Less Than 24 Hours 

https://honestreporting.com/damage-done-how-al-jazeeras-fake-news-harmed-israels-reputation-in-less-than-24-hours/?swcfpc=1

Gaza

Gaza Fatality Data Has Become Completely Unreliable https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/gaza-fatality-data-has-become-completely-unreliable

FYI Islamic Jihad used the maternity ward at Shifa as their HQ. Let that sink in...

Lebanon

Hizbullah Continues Rocket Fire on Northern Israel  (Jerusalem Post) Hezbollah started firing into Israel on 10/7 

The Coming Conflict with Hizbullah  (Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Hezbollah has been shelling Israel almost daily. Over 55,000 Israelis remain evacuated from their homes near the Lebanon border

UK

Mob Rule Shuts British Museum over Palestinians (Daily Mail-UK)

At Manchester Airport: 2 survivors of the Nova Festival were detained by the Border officers, with the unbelievable line “we have to make sure u are not doing in England what your people are doing in Gaza”, is under investigation  https://news.sky.com/story/israel-hamas-war-investigation-after-allegation-two-7-october-survivors-were-questioned-by-border-force-staff-because-they-were-israeli-13101940

U.S. and UK sanction individuals, companies who fundraised for Hamas https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-sanctions-online-site-gaza-now-founder-allegedly-108557254

Gaza Doctors at Center of Harrowing BBC Report Are Long-Time Supporters of Hamas (Mail on Sunday-UK)

BBC refuses to use the word terrorism when covering Hamas but used it to describe Russian attackers. Also, BBC and others have been posting photos of a starving child in Gaza that is actually suffering from a chronic condition

UN

UN appoints Saudi Arabia  as the chair of a UN commission to promote gender equality and empower women around the world.

Switzerland refuses to reinstate funds to terror-infested UNRWA 

https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/blockierte-gaza-hilfsgelder-unrwa-chef-misslingt-befreiungsschlag-344100692374

The Human Rights Establishment For too long, human-rights groups have been granted a free pass to serve as society’s watchdogs without first proving they are fit to bark. https://sapirjournal.org/friends-and-foes/2024/03/the-human-rights-establishment/

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On campuses and in schools this week

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Berkeley Unified School District The wave of antisemitism directed at California children in grades K-12 in Berkeley has resulted in the filing of a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. https://brandeiscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Brandeis-Center-ADL-Complaint.pdf

At Columbia University the heads of Samidoun – an organization that was banned from Germany for its ties with terrorism – held a recruitment event 

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1772078222772949306.html A spokesperson for Columbia said, “We are investigating this matter and will not tolerate violations of university policy.”

In case you missed the Son of Hamas, Mosab Hassan Yousef, event at Columbia, watch the event by clicking on the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAmUh1PbI6I

Stamford University the college is a factory of unreason

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/03/stanford-israel-gaza-hamas/677864/

Rutgers University facing probe by House Committee on Education & the Workforce for failing to protect its Jewish students, faculty & staff from pervasive antisemitism on its campuses.

https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=410349

University of Manitoba reinstated Students Supporting Israel club. Thanks to all who wrote to the university. https://mailchi.mp/ssimovement/save-the-date-ssis-7th-national-conference-announcement-6277589

Vanderbilt University Suspends Anti-Zionist Protesters After Building Takeover, Multiple Arrests Made

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/27/vanderbilt-university-suspends-anti-zionist-protesters-after-building-takeover/

The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism awarded AP a photojournalism award for a brutal picture taken by a terrorist that includes Shani Louk's body. To me, it's like awarding Nazi film makers at the concentration camps an award for journalism or giving a medical prize to Mengele. 

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This week, Daniel Gilboa turned 20 today in captivity. She should be celebrating her birthday with her loved ones, not underground in a Hamas tunnel, spending every waking moment in fear.

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Uriel Baruch was kidnapped from the Nova party when he was on his way home. This week, it was learned that he died in Gaza. Uriel left behind his wife Racheli, two children, parents Naomi and Amir, and three brothers. His body is held by Hamas as a bargaining chip!