Mohammad khalil says Zionists don’t deserve to live while he’s on a visa @Columbia. It’s 10 pm and @ICEgov is aware of his home address and whereabouts. We have provided all his information to multiple contacts. He’s on our deport list! pic.twitter.com/bfHxhdujGF
Vivian Silver was a Canadian-Israeli who dedicated her life to help Gaza and vilify Israel. She organized programs to help Gazan workers in Israel, drove them to Israeli hospitals, joined the anti-Israeli organization B'tselem and founded "Women Wage Peace." As part of her work,…
Two sleazy, conniving Senate Democrat freshmen - Arizona’s Gallego and Michigan’s Slotkin - voted for the same ICC sanctions bill a few months ago in the House when they were running for Senate but now changed their vote due to pressure from self-hating Chuck Schumer, among…
A Hamas operative was caught on video directing hostage Agam Berger’s release, instructing her to mimic his actions. This isn’t spontaneous—it’s staged. What you see on camera is exactly what Hamas wants you to see. pic.twitter.com/e5pNE7gUDR
First photos of Arbel Yehud absolutely surrounded by Islamist terrorists and thousands of Palestinians in a mob.
It is absolutely disgusting that the Red Cross and any of the other mediators would allow hostages to have to go through something like this walking through a mob of… pic.twitter.com/SakY51W85A
Footage of Israeli hostage Gadi Moses walking through mob of violent Palestinians. There are also reports that Arbel Yehud has been transferred to the Red Cross.
According to a report on Kan 11 Wednesday night, Defense Minister Israel Katz declined the Shin Bet’s request to sign an administrative arrest warrant for a young Jewish man suspected of “terrorism.” Katz, who had previously declared an end to administrative arrests of Jews in Judea and Samaria, instead summoned the young man’s rabbis to his office, and during the meeting requested that they supervise the suspect and ensure he refrains from any further forbidden activity.
Minister Katz believes that alternative measures should be explored in the fight against “Jewish violence” in Judea and Samaria and hopes that this new approach will prove effective.
Israeli security sources stated in response to Kan 11’s report: “As part of the Shin Bet’s responsibility to prevent Jewish terrorism, administrative measures are only used as a last resort, after exhausting a series of softer approaches. These include discussions about shared responsibility with parents and rabbis, as well as warning conversations when necessary. In some cases, the Shin Bet has even proposed alternatives to detention, such as educational and rehabilitative programs.”
Back in May, The Jewish Press noted that in the past seventy years, there had been 25 administrative detentions of Jews in Israel, out of which 19 were carried out in the year and a half of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s tenure. How did the Shin Bet manage with only 6 anti-democratic detentions for so many decades?
The Tag Meir organization, paid for by the New Israel Fund, criticized DM Katz’s decision, stating: “Minister Katz’s reckless refusal to comply with the Shin Bet’s request for an administrative detention order against a terror suspect, and his belief that rabbinical supervision can prevent Jewish terrorism, will cost us dearly in blood.”
Here’s a historical note: on July 2, 2014, following the horrific murders by Hamas of Naftali Frankel, Gilad Shaer, and Eyal Yifrah, which led to Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, NIF joined Tag Meir in Jerusalem for a vigil calling for an end to the violence, racism, dehumanization, and bloodshed.
On both sides.
Two weeks ago, Minister Katz announced his decision to cancel administrative detention orders for Jewish detainees residing in Judea and Samaria. In a statement to the media, he justified the move as a response to the recent hostage deal, stating: “This is a message to encourage settlement in light of the expected release of terrorists.” As a result, five administrative detainees were released.
The Shin Bet criticized the decision, stating that it was made without considering the agency’s security assessments and potential implications.
So, here’s another historical note: on August 22, 2024, the Shin Bet and DM Gallant ordered the administrative detention of acclaimed documentary filmmaker Avraham Shapira, from Yitzhar, Samaria, while he was working on a video exposing the clandestine police’s political activity. This week, Channel 14 screened the video:
The Shin Bet issued a statement claiming that the filmmaker was a “violent and extreme activist involved in directing hilltop youth and young men to carry out violent activities in the Samaria region.
“Shapira was arrested as part of a police investigation on suspicions that he took part in the terrorist events in Kfar Jit on Aug. 15, during which a Palestinian was murdered, and four houses were set on fire,” according to the Shin Bet.
Jit is located five miles northwest of Yitzhar, south of Shechem.
“He did not cooperate, and in the absence of a criminal [prosecution] alternative, it was decided to put him under administrative arrest due to the great danger of his continued activity,” the Shin Bet said. “The false claim that Shapira was arrested for being a ‘film director’ is unfounded.”
This brings us to the old Yippies’ scientific advice on how to tell whether the chief of police is lying: you must observe his face very closely during his press conference, and if he opens his mouth, it means he’s lying.
While Shas chairman Aryeh Deri threatened to go to elections if the army draft status of yeshiva students is not regulated by law within two months, the Degel Hatorah faction of the United Torah Judaism party chose to try to calm the spirits on Wednesday evening.
"The government is stable and it has overcome not-so-simple challenges. There are those who want it to fall, but that won't happen," said Deputy Minister Uri Maklev at an annual transportation conference.
"Neither the commentators, nor the Attorney General, nor Yair Lapid, nor Yair Golan will bring down the government," he stated.
The crisis escalated after Deri stated on Tuesday, in an interview with Kol Barama radio that if the draft law isn't passed within two months, the Knesset will be dissolved.
"The secret to our existence, even in tough times, has been and will always be the unity of the Jewish people," Maklev said on Wednesday evening. "When we were united – we triumphed. It's in our hands."
I did NOT write this letter or any part of it. I do NOT know who wrote this letter. I just copied it from www (dot) matzav (dot) com.
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Dear Matzav Inbox,
I have absolutely no problem with anyone holding a shitah that is anti-Tzioni. I understand fully the perspective of those who oppose the medinah.
Every individual and kehillah is entitled to their views on this matter, and we should not forget that there are many legitimate reasons to question or oppose the modern state of Israel and its government.
This is a topic that has many layers. We must be able to have these discussions, respectfully and thoughtfully.
However, what I cannot tolerate, and what I am calling out in this long overdue letter, is when this anti-Zionist stance ceases to be a viewpoint or a political position, and instead becomes the very foundation of someone’s Yiddishkeit.
There is a great difference between holding an opinion about the medinah and allowing that opinion to consume and define your entire avodas Hashem.
When opposition to the medinah and the Israeli government transforms into the entire essence of one’s Yiddishkeit, something is terribly amiss.
Then it is no longer simply about politics or ideology. It actually becomes a warped form of Avodah Zarah, where the focus is no longer on serving Hashem, but on serving an anti-Tzioni agenda.
Yes, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
And for those who have fallen into this trap, how is it that every drasha, every event, and every conversation somehow revolves around the same refrain of anti-Tzioni sentiment?
Is that your whole avodas Hashem? How is it that every shmuess, every message, and every teaching is framed through the lens of opposition to the medinah?
When one’s Yiddishkeit is entirely defined by this opposition, we must ask: Are you still serving Hashem?
Or are you now serving your anti-Tzioni views, as if they were the central aspect of our Torah observance?
Let me be clear: When the agenda of opposition to the medinah infiltrates every aspect of avodas Hashem, one is in danger of losing sight of what is truly important.
When you are teaching 5-year-olds this type of stuff on an equal footing with Torah and mitzvos, you have gone off the plantation.
It is no longer about serving Hashem through the Torah and mitzvos, but about serving an ideological position.
And once that happens, one is no longer engaging in avodas Hashem as the Torah teaches us, but is rather caught up in a false religion, one that elevates these views above the true avodah of a Yid.
I implore my fellow Yidden to call this out for what it is and what it has become.
Never lose sight of the fact that our true identity as Yidden is not defined by one specific ideology, but by our connection to Hashem, His Torah, and His mitzvos.
Sincerely, A Yid Who Has Had Enough
SOURCE: Matzav Inbox: “When Being Anti-Tzioni Becomes Your Avodah Zarah” 2024 December 24 www (dot) matzav (dot) com