In a secret Mossad operation, over 2,000 documents, photos, and personal items belonging to legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen z”l were brought to Israel.
This is the letter Eli Cohen wrote to his wife Nadia after he was captured and brought to trial in Syria. Courtesy of Omer Shahar — here is the translation:
To my dear wife Nadia and to my beloved family,
I write to you my final words, asking you to always remain close to one another.
Nadia, I ask your forgiveness, and that you take care of yourself and the children, ensuring they receive a full education.
Do not deny yourself or them anything. Stay in contact with my family.
You may marry another so the children will not grow up without a father. You have my full blessing. Please, do not waste your time crying over what has happened. Always look to the future.
The body of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been found in a terrorist attack tunnel in Khan Yunis, Saudi media reported Sunday morning.
According to the Al-Hadath network, the bodies of ten of Sinwar's aides were also found, as was the body of Hamas Rafah Brigade commander Mohammed Shabana.
Sinwar was targeted in a strike on an underground command and control center in Khan Yunis last Tuesday. Israeli defense officials believed that the strike was successful, but no confirmation had been received until now.
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry initially reported that 16 individuals were killed and 70 were wounded in the strike. The reports did not note their identities.
Sinwar became the leader of Hamas in Gaza and the head of the Hamas militant wing following the assassination of his brother, October 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, in October 2024. He has been considered a hardliner who stood in the way of a potential deal to return the remaining 58 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
Khan was also accused of harassing staff who supported his accuser, including demoting several people
Women’s rights groups, who called for Khan to step down last year, after his aide accused him of severe abuse, welcome the announcement.
“In any other professional setting, someone facing such serious allegations would have been expected to step down months ago,” Eimear Shine, a spokesperson for The Hague-based Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, said.
Meanwhile, Khan’s bank accounts in his home country of the UK are frozen in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sanctions on the ICC for “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Khan issued the arrest warrants against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant in order to deflect attention from the rape charges brought against him.
Additionally, a senior Western diplomat with firsthand knowledge of the ICC case told the Jerusalem Post last week that Khan issued the warrants against the Israeli leaders in order to “give countries like Germany and Canada the excuse they need to turn against the Israeli government.”
According to Axios, Biden seemed uncertain about the year his late son, Beau Biden, passed away and incorrectly identified the year Donald Trump was elected president. Beau Biden died of brain cancer in 2015, and Trump was elected in November 2016.
In one exchange, Hur asked Biden about the handling of documents related to his post-vice-presidency initiatives, including the Penn Biden Center, the Biden Institute, and the Cancer Moonshot. Biden responded, hesitating: “Well… I, I, I, I, I, I don’t know. This is what — 2017, 2018, that area?”
Biden then referred to the emotional toll he was experiencing at the time, saying, “Remember, in this time frame, my son is either been deployed or is dying.” He added that people had still been encouraging him to run for office, though then-President Obama did not believe he had the best chance of winning.
The recording also captures Biden asking, “What month did Beau die? Oh, God, May 30? Was it 2015 he died? I think it’s 2015,” and mistakenly questioning whether “Trump gets elected in November of 2017?”
These excerpts align with previous reports from Breitbart News, which in March 2024 detailed several memory lapses shown in the transcript of the same interview. The Biden administration previously declined to release the audio, citing executive privilege in May 2024 after House Republicans issued a subpoena for the recordings.
According to Breitbart, Special Counsel Hur investigated Biden’s handling of classified documents found at multiple locations. Despite noting that Biden had “willfully retained” these documents, Hur declined to recommend charges. His decision was influenced, in part, by Biden’s diminished mental sharpness. Hur’s February 2024 report stated that a jury would likely view Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” making a conviction difficult.
Both Axios and Breitbart News contributed reporting on the content and context of the audio and its political implications.
Not only did the tapes remove any serious doubt over Biden committing the federal crimes, but they also constituted what is akin to a political racketeering indictment against much of the Washington establishment…https://t.co/6VJn9PxSW4
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 17, 2025
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During the opening night of a European tour with his E Street Band on Wednesday in Manchester, England, Springsteen told the crowd that America “is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.”
Trump commented about the left-leaning liberal musician on his social media platform Friday morning.
“I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country.
“If I wasn’t elected, it would have been GONE by now! Sleepy Joe didn’t have a clue as to what he was doing, but Springsteen is ‘dumb as a rock,’ and couldln’t see what was going on, or could he (which is even worse!)? This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that’s just ‘standard fare.’ Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!”
Springsteen has been a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party and is a close friend of former President Barack Obama, The Guardian reported. The rock ‘n’ roll star campaigned for Obama during two presidential runs.
Springsteen also supported the campaigns of former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
During a short Instagram video in which he endorsed Harris, Springsteen said Trump was “the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.”
Springsteen, 75, performed a series of concerts for Harris in late October, when he was joined by Obama.
🚨BREAKING: President Trump just posted the Clinton Body Count video naming many top Clinton associates that have "committed suicide" or worse.
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) May 17, 2025
God bless President Trump for not being too afraid to shed light on this.
This needs to go viral. pic.twitter.com/ZC1WYTaFIo
