Israeli Outrages as ADL adds pro-Israel group to 'extremism' database

 The pro-Israel group Betar US is taking aim at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) after the Jewish civil rights group added Betar to its extremism database last week.

In response, Betar said it had added the ADL to its own “list of extremist, radical organizations,” and claimed that two-thirds of ADL staff “supports a Free Palestine!”

Those claims, part of an anti-ADL blitz across social media and far-right platforms including Infowars, came after Betar had attempted to confront a gathering of establishment Jewish groups. Last week in Tel Aviv, Betar’s founder Ronn Torossian barged into a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group that includes the ADL, and was removed by security.

Torossian said in an interview that he would repeat his interruption “again and again.” Referring to the local Jewish federations that underwrite much of American Jewish life, he said, “We urge Jews in America to disrupt federation events and rage.”

William Daroff, the Conference of Presidents’ CEO, recounted that “an individual suddenly burst into the hotel meeting room, shouting loudly and incoherently about the Betar Movement” while the father of a soldier killed on Oct. 7 was addressing the group.

Daroff said the speaker, Rabbi Doron Perez, “seized the opportunity to address how some have lost sight of the importance of conducting disputes with dignity and respect for differing opinions, resorting instead to inappropriate behavior and disruptive outbursts against fellow Jews.”

The incident reflects a deepening clash between two approaches to fighting antisemitism among American Jews.

Leaked IDF Report Exposes Catastrophic Failures at Nachal Oz Military Outpost on October 7

 

A shocking leaked IDF probe has revealed a stunning security lapse at the Nachal Oz military outpost on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its unprecedented assault on Israel. According to the report, only one soldier was on guard duty that fateful morning, stationed at the entrance to the base—leaving the entire outpost virtually defenseless against the oncoming terrorist onslaught.

Situated less than a kilometer from the Gaza border, the Nachal Oz outpost suffered horrific losses in the attack. More than 50 soldiers were slaughtered, and 10 were taken hostage, with Hamas gunmen overrunning the base in a meticulously planned operation that had been years in the making.

The IDF probe, first reported by Israel’s Channel 12, paints a devastating picture of negligence and missed warnings. At the time of the attack, 162 soldiers were present at Nachal Oz—yet only 81 were trained combat troops, with another 9 armed but not combat-ready. That left nearly half the base unarmed and unable to defend themselves.

Compounding the tragedy, Hamas knew every detail of the base’s layout—having studied it from afar for years, according to the report. The terror group had mapped out “where every room was,” anticipating the vulnerabilities of the outpost. Even more damning, the attackers knew the base would be operating at reduced capacity due to Simchas Torah, which fell on that day. This calculated exploitation of a known weakness proved catastrophic.

The IDF investigation further reveals that Hamas began its final attack preparations on the evening of October 6, a full 12 hours before the first air-raid sirens sounded in southern Israel. Senior IDF officers were aware of unusual movement near the border but dismissed concerns, deciding against deploying troops to defensive positions.

Had the military acted on those early warning signs, “the battle picture would have looked different,” the report states—suggesting that better preparedness could have saved lives.

Adding to the devastation, the probe highlights the deadly impact of Hamas’s relentless rocket fire. With Israeli soldiers seeking shelter in bunkers, terrorists easily stormed the base and massacred groups of soldiers huddled inside, taking full advantage of the IDF’s reliance on traditional defense tactics that had never before been tested in such an overwhelming attack.

The full findings of the investigation are set to be presented to grieving families on Thursday before being officially made public. The revelations are likely to ignite intense scrutiny over Israel’s military preparedness, command failures, and the broader intelligence breakdown that allowed one of the darkest days in Israeli history to unfold unchecked.

3 Lev Tahor Members Abduct 8 Children To Belize On Shabbat, 3 Other Children Rescued

 

Meanwhile, in Lakewood, they collect money for these rashaim!

As rabbis, religious leaders, and activists work to dismantle the dangerous Lev Tahor cult, whose leaders abuse children, force marriages at age 13, and commit numerous other crimes, three men of the cult escaped last Saturday with eight children and successfully smuggled them into the neighboring country of Belize, on the shores of the Caribbean Sea. Three additional children were discovered before they could be smuggled out and were returned to social welfare facilities in Guatemala, but eight remain missing.

The eleven children were kidnapped about a month ago. As mentioned, three were found immediately, while the other eight hid with the kidnappers in Guatemala, waiting for the right moment to smuggle them out. To do so, they chose Saturday, a time when authorities were less suspicious, thus lowering their guard.

After extensive searches and a large-scale manhunt, two of the kidnappers were arrested in Belize: 25-year-old Chaim Tzvi Malka and 35-year-old Avraham Dinkel. Dinkel had previously been documented assaulting a charedi man who had traveled to Guatemala to rescue children from the cult. The two men fled on Saturday with a group of girls from Guatemala and contacted a third individual, Moshe Yehuda Leib Alter, to bring the boys.

Alter arrived with the boys, raising the suspicions of Belizean police, who arrested Malka and Dinkel. However, Alter managed to escape with the eight children, and Belizean authorities are now searching for them. According to sources assisting in the rescue of cult children, Belize and Guatemala have a border dispute and do not cooperate, while Belizean laws are relatively lax. As a result, there is currently no extradition agreement from Belize to Guatemala.

As previously reported, on December 20, 2024, Guatemalan authorities raided the Lev Tahor cult compound in San Rosa, about 90 kilometers from the capital, following reports of abuse, rescuing at least 160 minors. Since then, the children have been in a welfare facility after suffering mistreatment, starvation, and neglect at the hands of the cult.

MSNBC Fires Radical Joy Reid but then hires a bunch of Leftist Loonies Like Jen Psaki and Michael Steele

 

MSNBC host Jen Psaki will slide into a new primetime slot as part of a massive shakeup that includes the ouster of Trump-bashing anchor Joy Reid, the embattled network confirmed Monday.

Psaki, the former press secretary for President Joe Biden, will take over the 9 p.m. duties Tuesdays through Fridays from current host Alex Wagner beginning in late April, the network said.

The overhaul at the left-leaning network by new president Rebecca Kutler also includes axing weekend shows hosted by Ayman Mohyeldin, Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang and Jose Diaz-Balart.

Kutler’s rearranging of the anchor chairs comes after news leaked Sunday that Reid was getting the boot. Her show, “The Reidout,” will be replaced by the hosts of “The Weekend” – Michael Steele, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Alicia Menendez.

Reid, who was slated to host her last show Monday, broke her silence over the ouster in a rambling call-in to the “Win With Black Women” podcast.

“I’ve been through every emotion from, you know, anger, rage, disappointment, hurt, you know, a feeling that, you know, guilt. You know, that I let my team lose their jobs,” Reid said  during the Zoom call Sunday night.

Psaki will begin filling Rachel Maddow’s time slot once the network’s highest-paid star returns to hosting just one show a week, on Mondays.

Maddow was tasked by the network to host five days a week during the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

Wagner will remain at MSNBC as a senior political analyst.

Kutler replaced Rashida Jones last month as parent company Comcast prepares to spin off the network and its other cable properties.

MSNBC also plans to add a Washington bureau and beef up domestic and international correspondents as it gets severed from sister channel NBC News after the spin-off.

Kutler’s moves to shake up the network have angered some MSNBC insiders.

She is “canceling two hosts that made history. Alex Wagner is [the] first Asian-American primetime host and Joy Reid was the first black woman cable primetime host,” one source told The Post.

“She’s tough and very corporate. Not a lot of people like her but she gets things done.”

Capehart and Mohyeldin will lose their current weekend shows and move to new roles.

Capehart will take over anchoring the morning edition of “The Weekend, ” while Mohyeldin will helm the evening version of the program.

Phang and Diaz-Balart, who helm shows from Miami, were told their programs will end as the network sunsets its South Florida-based operations, according to the network.

Phang will stay on as a legal correspondent.

Diaz-Balart is employed by Telemundo and NBC News – anchoring the network’s weekend nightly news broadcast.

As part of the revamp, daytime anchors Katy Tur, Ana Cabrera and Chris Jansing will have their shows moved or extended, while Ali Velshi’s 10 a.m. weekend show will be expanded from two to three hours.

“This is going to be a really exciting time but also a challenging time,” Kutler told MSNBC leaders during a meeting before the changes were announced.

“I think it’s important that we as leaders are honest about that and about the challenges ahead. Our jobs are hard on a normal day, and these are not normal times.”

Rabbi Kahane making a comeback on social media

 

A decades-old argument over the views of right-wing politician and activist Rabbi Meir Kahane was reignited on social media over the past few days.

The uproar began after Lizzy Savetsky, a popular pro-Israel influencer and activist, published a clip in which the late rabbi explains that the Arabs would only respect Israel if it is tough with them. In the video, Kahane states: "I'm not the kind of Jew who walks around who walks around begging people to love him. You know when people love us? After every Holocaust."

With the video, which received nearly 8,800 likes and was shared over 4,000 times, Savetsky wrote: "Rabbi Meir Kahane, of blessed memory, was labeled as a violent extremist, but he was right. This is the truth right here. The only language the Arabs understand is force and fear. We are tired of Kaddish and tired of yahrtzeits. Get the hostages home and get all of the terrorists out of Gaza for good!!"

Savetsky later clarified that she does not agree with everything that Rabbi Kahane ever did and said and that "many of his followers have taken his message to the extreme, which I do not support." This being said, she noted that "on this specific point that force being the only language that terrorists understand, it's just the truth."

Military correspondent: Hamas was not defeated in the war - far from it

 The ceasefire is allowing Hamas to regroup and plan additional attacks on Israeli citizens, an article in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper revealed on Tuesday.

Military correspondent Yoav Zitun emphasized that "Hamas was not defeated in the war - far from it. Many thousands of its operatives returned from the southern Gaza Strip to its north when the IDF withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor among the half million Gazans who did so."

According to the report, thousands of terrorists returned to northern Gaza where they rebuilt militant battalions.

In addition, during the ceasefire, Hamas terrorists have collected a large amount of explosive materials from unexploded IDF explosives and used them to create new minefields.

At the same time, the terror organization reestablished its intelligence capabilities with cameras and drones and has found rocket launchers that were not destroyed during the war and re-aimed them at Israel.

Hamas is also preparing the tunnels that were not found by the IDF for a possible attack and is repairing tunnels that were damaged by the IDF.

"There are commanders who the IDF and ISA were certain that they were eliminated, and returned to life. Hamas made a strategic decision during the first month of the war once it understood that Hezbollah abandoned it: to withdraw most of its terrorists to the displaced cities and to save as many arms as it could. In addition, Hamas is restrengthening its control through the Gazan municipalities as well, it provides municipal services to Gazans and collects taxes from the distribution of food and fuel from the aid that Israel allows in, so it could pay its operatives," Zetun stated.

He noted that the IDF on the other hand is completing preparations for an extensive ground and air operation, with reserve brigades as well: "Hamas is very hurt, with a lack of men and weapons, but there is still a lot of work to defeat it militarily.

The "Malach" Who Averted a catastrophic Bus Bombing: ‘I Was a Messenger of God’

 When 26-year-old Adi Jegna first noticed the white bag on one of the seats at the back of her city bus in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam on the way home from work Thursday evening, something didn’t feel right. So she got up and took a closer look.

Inside the bag, she saw rolls of toilet paper, and a container with some yellowish liquid.

“Frankly speaking I debated whether I should say anything,” she recounted to JNS on Sunday.

However, Jegna moved the bag a bit and saw some lettering in Arabic. “Then I understood I could not ignore it,” she said.

Still worried she was overreacting, she walked up to the bus driver as her stop was approaching and told him that there was a suspicious bag towards the back of the bus, before getting off. Though the bus was almost at the end of its route, there were still some other passengers aboard.

The driver immediately contacted his superiors, who instructed him to head straight to the nearby bus depot while the police bomb squad was alerted. No sooner had he gotten off the bus himself than a huge explosion ripped through it.

Jegna heard the blast from her home, but didn’t immediately connect it to her warning. It was only when a friend texted her that there had been a bus bombing and that someone had alerted the driver to a suspicious object, that she realized.

“I felt incredible,” she told JNS. “I felt that I was the messenger from God to save many people.”

Soon, the enormity of the thwarted attack became clear: Two additional blasts went off prematurely on other city buses— both empty—one in Bat Yam and one in the nearby city of Holon. Security forces subsequently found that an additional bus had been rigged with explosives.

One of the bombs reportedly bore an Arabic message referencing the Palestinian city of Tulkarem which, along with Jenin, has been a hotbed of terrorism. Israeli forces have been carrying out a comprehensive counter-terrorism operation in the area where the two cities are located, for weeks.

Bus explosion Bat Yam Firefighters at the scene of a bus bombing in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, Feb. 20, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
For older Israelis, the images of the demolished bus just south of Tel Aviv brought back memories of the lethal bus bombings of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

While Jegna is too young to remember that time, she has given Israelis a poignant reminder of the importance of speaking out when they see something amiss.

“When I saw the pictures of my destroyed bus, I realized the extent of the disaster that was averted,” she said. “Really thank God I was a good messenger.”

As word spread of her action, Israelis heaped praise on the young woman for her alertness and quick thinking, but while Jegna is appreciative of the thanks, she insists she is no hero and just encourages everyone to be alert.

As to her future commutes, Jegna is still riding the buses, including this week.

“I have no other choice as I go to work,” she said. “I’m simply more careful.”

How Biden fueled a 200% surge in antisemitism

 

By  Liel Leibovitz (Israel Hayom)

It will be the policy of the United States to fight antisemitism vigorously and to use all legal means at our disposal to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold accountable those who commit unlawful acts of harassment and violence motivated by antisemitism.

This unequivocal declaration comes from President Donald Trump’s executive order issued earlier this month. The order gives all federal agencies exactly 60 days to propose new and muscular ways to eradicate the meteoric rise in antisemitism in the US. In the year and a half since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, the number of antisemitic incidents in the US, according to Anti-Defamation League data, has surged by over 200%, with more than 10,000 cases of harassment, threats, vandalism and outright violence against Jews. Of these, over 2,000 incidents occurred on university campuses – an increase of nearly 500%.

To understand why Trump’s executive order is so important, and what exactly it can do, we must first understand the reality that preceded the election of the 47th president, namely Joe Biden’s years in the White House.

Convicted Criminal Olmert Was Prepared to Give Palestinians 94% of Judea and Samaria

 

Former Prime Minister and convicted criminal Ehud Olmert leaving Maasiyahu Prison. July 11, 2016

A BBC documentary reveals for the first time the map for a two-state solution that former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said he presented to PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas in 2008.

The Palestinian Authority leader rejected the peace proposal, which would have ceded more than 94% of Judea and Samaria for a “Palestinian” state, with Israel annexing 4.9% of the area to retain the areas of major Israeli communities. In exchange, Israel would cede equivalent territory adjacent to Judea and Samaria and Gaza. The two parts of the “Palestinian” state would be connected via a tunnel or highway.

Tory Leader Accuses BBC of Funneling Money to Hamas

 

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has demanded to know whether license-fee funds were directed to Hamas terrorists during the production of a contentious BBC documentary, The Daily Mail reported on Sunday. The MP criticized BBC director-general Tim Davie over the BBC2 film aired last week, which was narrated by the teenage son of a Hamas official (UK Culture Secretary Demands BBC Explain Airing Hamas Propaganda).

In a strongly worded letter obtained by the Daily Mail, Badenoch called for an investigation into any “potential collusion with Hamas” and the “possibility of payments” to terrorists.

The BBC was forced to apologize after it was revealed that Abdullah—the child narrator of “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone”—is the son of Ayman Alyazouri, Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture.