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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Shai Graucher’s Heartfelt Surprise for the Mother of Freed Hostage Agam Berger

 In a moving gesture, Shai Graucher presented a pair of Shabbat candlesticks to the mother of Agam Berger, who was recently released from Hamas captivity.



Austrailia Hospital Suspends the Two Healthcare Workers Who said They Murdered Their Jewish Patients

 



 

Tragedy in Ramat Beit Shemesh Alef As Man Kills Himself While Fighting With His Neighbor


Tragedy struck the quiet neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh A this evening, as a man was shot and killed on Nahal Shimshon Street.*


Emergency services pronounced the victim dead at the scene, while police cordoned off the area and launched an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.

According to a police report, the shooting occurred after officers responded to a call about a suspect armed with a handgun, who was allegedly threatening his neighbor following a dispute. Upon arrival, the officers found the suspect, a resident of Beit Shemesh in his 40s, reeking of alcohol and handling his weapon. The officers ordered him to cooperate and place his hands on the vehicle, but he refused. In an attempt to subdue the suspect, an officer grabbed him forcefully, at which point the suspect pulled out his gun and shot himself. The officer was not injured.

Medical personnel pronounced the suspect dead at the scene. Police have launched an investigation into the incident, including examining the testimony of an eyewitness who claimed that the suspect attempted to aim his weapon at the officer before shooting himself.

The incident has left the community in shock and mourning, and the investigation is ongoing.
Please note: This is a developing story, and more information will be released as it becomes available.

Marc Fogel realeased from Russia after 4 years of captivity meets with Trump at the White House. ברוך מתיר אסורים






 

Marc Fogel, a 63-year-old American teacher from Butler, Pennsylvania, has been released from Russian custody after being detained since August 2021. Fogel was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport for possessing medically prescribed marijuana and was subsequently sentenced to 14 years in a Russian penal colony. 

His release was secured following negotiations led by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, appointed by President Donald Trump. Upon his return to the United States, Fogel met with President Trump at the White House. Expressing his gratitude, Fogel stated, “I’m forever indebted to President Trump.” 

Fogel’s release comes after his 95-year-old mother, Malphine Fogel, met with President Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024. During their brief backstage meeting, she pleaded for her son’s freedom, to which President Trump responded with a promise to “get him out.” He later reiterated this commitment during his speech at the rally. 

The White House has hailed Fogel’s release as a positive development in U.S.-Russia relations and a potential step toward resolving ongoing geopolitical tensions. 

This is a developing story. 

Pro-Hamas Arab activist Yvonne Ridley cites "goody bags" that were given to freed hostages as examples of Hamas' kindness

 

 British journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer interviewed pro-Palestinian Arab activist Yvonne Ridley on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal.

During the interview, Ridley insisted that Hamas had been kind to Israel, and cited as an example the “goody bags” that were given to Israeli hostages as they were freed.

The bags given to the freed hostages reportedly contained a map of the Gaza Strip and photos of the returnees from their time in captivity.

Hartley-Brewer noted US President Donald Trump’s demand that Hamas free all the hostages it is holding by 12:00 p.m. on Saturday and asked Ridley, “Is there any argument that you, as someone who desperately cares about innocent people, those hostages are innocent people, are they not? Is there any reason why Hamas couldn't and shouldn't release them all?”

Ridley replied, “Once the hostages go, and every act of kindness that has been shown to Israel has just been backlashed…”

Hartley-Brewer, who was floored by the reply, then said, “Sorry, sorry, every act of kindness? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Do tell me what the acts of kindness were. The pita bread once every three days for those men kept in a tunnel for 16 months? How generous, how kind.”

Ridley then said, “I'm not focusing on the three men. If we look at the women…” at which point Hartley-Brewer interrupted her and said, “Oh, you're going to go there. You're going to go there. Didn't they look well and healthy, Yvonne? Didn't they look well? They must have had a wonderful time at that holiday camp that Hamas ran for them for the last 16 months. When you were held hostage by the Taliban, you were fed, you had cigarettes, you were looked after, you weren't in fear for your life. Those women, those men, the children, the elderly, the sick, they lived in fear every day.”

Ridley replied, “They would be in an Israeli prison, that's for sure. We've had a doctor who was raped to death and then the Israelis called it self-defense. When did rape become self-defense?” citing an uncorroborated story.

“Well, yeah, you tell me. Let's ask your friends in Hamas, Yvonne. I'm not saying there aren't atrocities committed by some Israeli forces and some of them end up in court, and rightly so, and they should all end up in court. I'm not defending any atrocities that are committed by any side. I want to know, what were the acts of kindness that Hamas did that have been thrown back in their face by Israel? What were those acts of kindness?” Hartley-Brewer asked.

“Well, they gave them goody bags. I don't know what was in them, but they gave them gifts. They gave them little mementos, Palestinian mementos,” Ridley stated.

Hartley-Brewer, who was astonished by the response, said, “The acts of kindness from your hostage-taker, the man who's kidnapped you and terrified you and starved you for months. Yvonne, what's happened to you?”

Ridley replied that she has “watched day-in, day-out, pictures of children being blown to shreds…I have watched war crimes being committed.”

Hartley-Brewer pointed out to her, “You know who puts those images out? Hamas. You know why we never see images of Hamas fighters being blown up? Because Hamas don't allow those out...those children, who put those innocent people in harm's way? Hamas.”

Ridley then claimed that Hartley-Brewer’s statement is “ridiculous”, to which the journalist replied, “That's ridiculous? They went into Israel to massacre innocent people and they took hostages. Were they surprised that Israel struck back and wanted their hostages back? No, of course they weren't. They knew what would happen.”

Hypocrisy!!! UN Orders An End to Humanitarian Aid to Yemen Because They are Holding 24 UN Staffers Hostage but the same UN Pressured Israel to Give Aid to Gazan Terrorists


 The antisemitic United Nations insisted on supplying “humanitarian aid” to Gaza even when it was clear that it was being diverted by the Hamas terror group; has decried Israeli attacks on Gazan hospitals even after it was proven that they were being used as terror strongholds; and even failed to act when their own employees were found to be moonlighting as Hamas terrorists and involved in committing atrocities against Israelis.

However, it has now become apparent that one thing will change the sham organization’s tune. Although they are happy for Israelis to risk their lives by living next door to a terror state and even insist that Israel should provide “aid” to its own enemies, they won’t put their own hides at risk.

The UN announced on Monday that in an “extraordinary decision,” it is suspending all of its humanitarian aid activities in Yemen’s Sa’ada region after Houthi terrorists detained eight more U.N. employees.

Since 2021, the Houthis have abducted dozens of U.N. staff and has increased its abductions in recent months. The terror group is currently holding 24 U.N. staff.

“This extraordinary and temporary measure seeks to balance the imperative to stay and deliver with the need to have the safety and security of the U.N. personnel and its partners guaranteed,” deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said.

“This pause is to give time to the de facto authorities and the United Nations to arrange the release of arbitrarily detained U.N. personnel and ensure that the necessary conditions are in place to deliver critical humanitarian support. The United Nations remains fully committed to assist the millions of people in need across Yemen.”

On Tuesday, a day after the suspension, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced that one of its staff members had died in detention in Yemen. In what is a pattern of ignoring evil, the statement did not mention that a terror group was involved in the “detention,” instead saying that he was one of “seven national staff arbitarily detained by ‘local authorities’ since January 23.”

Another "Beeper Like " Attack coming ? Hamas Terror Chiefs Ordered to Ditch Cell Phones Over Surveillance Fears

 

Senior Hamas officials in Gaza have been instructed to stop using their cell phones due to concerns that Israeli forces could track their locations, according to a report by Saudi news outlet Asharq Al-Awsat. The directive reportedly comes from the terror group’s senior leadership as tensions rise over a possible return to full-scale combat.

The warning follows Israel’s ultimatum to Hamas, stating that “intense fighting” will resume if the group does not release a specific number of hostages by Saturday. However, it remains unclear how many captives Israel expects to be freed.

Sources within Hamas indicate that the decision to restrict phone use was made before the group announced a delay in hostage releases set for the coming weekend. Originally, the order was intended to be implemented at the conclusion of the ceasefire’s first phase, but it was pushed forward due to growing concerns that the agreement might collapse sooner than anticipated.

The primary reason for the ban, according to the report, is Hamas’ fear that Israel could use cell phone signals to locate and eliminate key commanders.

In a moving gesture, Shai Graucher presented a pair of Shabbat candlesticks to the mother of Agam Berger, who was recently released from Hamas captivity.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Only in Israel ! Only in Israel would a guy be ready to give up his life for you in the Army but Kill You for a Parking Spot!

 


 

Israeli Useful Idiots Attack the Government over Hamas’s Threat to Suspend Hostages Return

A tiny group of radical Israelis blocks Highway 1 near the entrance to Jerusalem, demanding the release of the Hamas hostages, February 11, 2025.


In an official statement, the terrorist organization Hamas announced on Monday that it was “suspending” the hostage deal “until further notice” due to Israel’s “failure to comply with the terms of the agreement.”

“Over the past three weeks, the resistance leadership has been monitoring the enemy’s violations and failure to comply with the terms of the agreement, the delay in the return of the displaced to the northern Gaza Strip, the bombings and shootings of civilians in various areas of the Gaza Strip, and the failure to bring in aid materials in all forms as agreed, while the resistance has fulfilled all its obligations,” Hamas’s statement on Telegram read.

“Therefore,” the statement added, “the handover of the Zionist prisoners who were supposed to be released this coming Saturday, February 15, 2025, will be postponed until further notice and until the occupation commits and compensates the entitlements of the past weeks, retroactively, and we confirm our commitment to the terms of the agreement.”

In response to Hamas’s blatant violation of a deal that had been guaranteed by both Qatar and the United States, Israeli radical groups, alongside a few of the most militant hostage families, on Tuesday have taken to attack the Netanyahu government. And as usual, what they lack in numbers, they more than makeup for in madness and rage.

The political-security cabinet is meeting on Tuesday in Jerusalem to deal with Hamas’s walk away, but a small bunch, fewer than fifty members of the hostage families and radical activists, blocked Highway 1 near the Hemed Interchange at the entrance to Jerusalem.

Repeating Hamas’s false announcement obediently, in The-Walking-Dead fashion, they demanded that the Prime Minister halt any efforts to undermine the agreement––Hamas’s exact wording––and send a delegation to Doha with full authority to negotiate a second phase aimed at securing the release of all remaining hostages simultaneously. The phrase “Hostages First” was spray-painted on the overpass at the interchange. Later, the same tiny bunch of mad radicals were planning to gather a rally in the capital to call for the completion of the deal.

It’s been a while since Hamas and its useful Israeli idiots have maintained such perfect synergy.

The families issued an aggressive statement, chock full of lies and half-truths, as befitted a radical movement, saying: “Netanyahu brought us a long agreement that dragged on for months. Today, it is clear that Netanyahu is motivated by political considerations and is dragging his feet, not sending a delegation, bragging, and doing everything to sabotage the agreement. We have heard the latest testimonies; our loved ones are going through a Holocaust in captivity. They will not survive there much longer. We demand that Netanyahu give a full mandate to the negotiating team, declare that he is committed to implementing the agreement in full this time, shorten the timelines, and return everyone at once. Get them out of hell!”

One cannot help noticing that only one thing about the above statement is firmly anchored in reality: hatred for Netanyahu. The rest of this gobbledygook is merely the frothing at the mouth of entitled children who don’t get their way.

On Monday, during a debate of a no-confidence vote in the Knesset, Meirav Ben-Ari, a frothing-in-the-mouth Yesh Atid MK, was hauled out of the plenum by the ushers, screaming at PM Netanyahu who stood at the podium: “What else do we need to do to get you to leave already? I’m tired of hearing you!”

Ever the theatrical speaker, Netanyahu waited quietly for the barbarism to quiet down, and as Ben-Ari’s backside was disappearing from view, answered calmly: “What needs to be done is win an election.”

Yesh Atid, led by Yair Lapid, is down to 6 seats in the polls (from its 2022 24 mandates).

The Directorate of Abductees, Returnees and Missing Persons in the Prime Minister’s Office stated on Monday: “All the families of the hostages were informed this evening regarding Hamas’s announcement. It was emphasized to the families that the State of Israel insists on upholding the agreement in its entirety and views seriously any violation.”

by David Israel JP 

 

Smotrich: "We have full backing from President Trump to apply sovereignty over 5% of Gaza territory for every hostage harmed."