The Qatari FM spokesman publicly supports suicide bombings against Jews

 

Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar's Foreign Ministry and advisor to the Qatari prime minister,  expressed support for Palestinian Arab suicide bombings and rocket attacks on Israeli civilian targets, according to posts resurfaced and first reported by the Jewish Insider.

The posts, which were uncovered by analyst Eitan Fischberger, include a series of social media and blog entries lauding Palestinian terrorist activities. In May 2021, as Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched over a hundred rockets into Israel, Al-Ansari posted on X (formerly Twitter), “Palestine emerges to remind this nation of its glory,” adding the hashtag #Tel_Aviv_is_burning.

During the subsequent 11 days of conflict between Israel and Gaza-based terrorist groups, Al-Ansari praised the violence as unifying, stating, “Jerusalem, the interior [of Israel], the West Bank, Gaza … rise with one voice against the occupier.”

Al-Ansari also maintained a personal blog linked from his verified X account. In one entry, he commended the Second Intifada and its “martyrdom operations,” attributing Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza to the campaign. He characterized the terror campaign as having inflicted significant military and reputational damage on Israel.

In another post, he celebrated what he described as Palestinian progress “from resistance with stones... to the launching of 3,000 rockets in ten days.” He also falsely claimed that Israeli forces had retreated from Lod during violent Arab riots in May 2021.

The blog was taken down following an inquiry from the Jewish Insider, which received no response from the Qatari Embassy.

Additional Facebook posts attributed to Al-Ansari referred to President Donald Trump as a racist during the 2015 US presidential campaign and urged Qatar Airways to sever ties with him.

Trump forced Israel to relinquish its military advantage in Gaza

 Have you followed reports in the media regarding what has transpired in Hamas-ruled Gaza since President Trump forced Israel to accept a much-flawed ceasefire “deal”?

Any serious observer of the Middle East understands that Hamas, whose charter calls for total obliteration of Israel and Jews everywhere, never intended to live up to most of its end of the deal. For Hamas, it is what Arabs call a “hudna,” a temporary cessation of fighting to regroup, rearm, and live to fight another day to try to achieve victory-especially over kafir infidels.

Question: What is the name of the only nation in history which has been denied victory after being repeatedly and viciously attacked, and instead has been forced by others not to bring its genocidal enemies to justice?

Answer: The Jew of the Nations, Israel, of course.

After the horrific invasion from Gaza on October 7th, 2023, which included thousands of ordinary so-called "civilian" Arabs in addition to thousands of Hamas Nukhba murderers who deliberately slaughtered the equivalent of 40,000 Americans , engaging in such atrocities as microwaving live Jewish infants, Israel was forced to act. It had endured such attacks for decades-blown up buses, pizza parlors, Passover Seders, etc.

October 7th is Israel’s version of 9/11, only worse, given the proportion of dead suffered by its population.

The resulting war has also taken its toll on civilian Gazan Arabs, as wars tend to do, but…

The difference is that these people are killed because their heroes, whom they freely elected twenty years ago with Jimmy “Apartheid Israel” Carter overseeing the election, habitually use them as human shields.

Rabbi Urges Removal of Rabbi Yosef’s Sefarim After He was "mevazeh" a Dati Leumi Rosh Yeshiva

Rabbi David Lankry, leader of the Shemesh U’Magen synagogue in Kochav Yaakov, has urged the public to remove the sefarim of Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef from their homes and synagogues, following the former Chief Rabbi’s disparaging comments about Rabbi Tamir Granot, head of the Orot Shaul Hesder Yeshiva.

In a sharply worded statement, Rabbi Lankry accused Rabbi Yosef of repeatedly humiliating the Religious Zionist community and belittling IDF soldiers.
 “When there’s a consistent pattern of attacks against those who serve in the army and live a life of Torah and work, it’s impossible to stay silent,” he said. “How long must we tolerate Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s hateful rhetoric toward the Zionist public?”

Lankry expressed outrage over Yosef’s claim that Rabbi Granot should not be counted in a minyan.

 “To question the rabbinic status of a Rosh Yeshiva and say he can’t be part of a prayer quorum is an insult not just to one man, but to an entire community,” he said. “You’re talking about a bereaved father who lost his son defending Israel. To call such people heretics is madness.”

Citing the Talmudic principle that “in a place where there is a desecration of Hashem’s name, no honor is due to a rabbi,” Rabbi Lankry said Yosef’s comments amounted to a grave chillul Hashem. “Again and again, an entire public is being humiliated,” he added.

Rabbi Lankry said he has already taken personal action. “I’ve removed his sefarim from my home,” he stated. “My advice to others is to do the same—take his sefarim out of your homes and synagogues.”

He concluded by recalling a very different tone from Rabbi Yosef’s late father, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. “I saw him cry when blessing IDF soldiers,” Rabbi Lankry said. “To speak now in such a way about people still mourning their loved ones is a disgrace and a desecration of Hashem’s name.”

 

Smotrich: 'The Saudis say much worse things, no one demands they apologize'

 

Speaking at the start of the Religious Zionism faction meeting on Monday, Smotrich addressed the uproar caused by his earlier comment that “the Saudis can keep riding camels,” a remark for which he apologized yesterday.

He questioned why the criticism was directed at him rather than at Saudi Arabia itself, which, he said, has been consistently hostile toward Israel: “Where were you when, for two years, the Saudis accused IDF soldiers of genocide and starvation? When they supported legal proceedings against Israel in international courts and backed arrest warrants for the Prime Minister and the Defense Minister? That’s a thousand times more insulting than an unplanned, not-so-graceful remark by Israel’s finance minister.”

He continued, “The Saudis have said much more offensive things about us. They’ve taken part in antisemitic rhetoric - and no one demanded that they apologize. They call for tearing the State of Israel in two and for establishing a terrorist state in our midst. But that’s fine, apparently. They’re allowed.”

“So I made an unfortunate comment - oh dear, we offended the Saudis! How terrible, who will ever recover from this,” Smotrich said sarcastically.

On the Abraham Accords, Smotrich reaffirmed: “We believe in peace, but not at any price. We will expand the agreements and deepen cooperation, but we will insist on a basic principle - peace for peace. A genuine peace based on truth, not on the lie of creating a terrorist state that would endanger our future and our existence. No one - and I emphasize, no one - is doing us a favor by normalizing relations with us or joining the Abraham Accords.”

“We have always extended a hand in peace, and we continue to do so,” he added. “But we will not accept any country in the world imposing conditions on us involving the partition of the land, the relinquishment of parts of our homeland, or denial of our heritage and roots.”

Finally, addressing the defense budget, Smotrich said: “The defense establishment will be required to become more efficient and return to a reasonable budget. Yes, the budget will remain higher than before the war - that’s natural - but it cannot continue growing without limit. Economic security is an inseparable part of national security.”

The Indoctrination of Charedie Children Begins in Earnest

 

I am deeply disturbed by the recent spectacle of thousands of Tinokos shel Beis Rabban—young yeshiva children—being pulled from their sacred learning and paraded outside a prison to protest the detention of a draft dodger. 

According to reports, thousands of young Charedi yeshiva students from the Ateret Shlomo network were brought to protest outside Beit Lid military prison, where draft dodger Ariel Shamai was being held. They wore yellow hats emblazoned with slogans like “Bring him back to yeshiva now,” deliberately echoing the “Bring them home” campaign for hostages held by Hamas

Who authorized this mass bittul Torah? Which gadol took responsibility for closing yeshivos and turning Torah into a political prop?

The symbolism was grotesque. Yellow hats—meant to evoke the suffering of hostages held by Hamas—were handed out to children, as if skipping military service were equivalent to being kidnapped by terrorists. This is not just tone-deaf. It is a perversion of empathy and a mockery of those who are truly suffering.

Who paid for the hats? Who funded the buses? Who orchestrated this campaign of manipulation?

Torah is not a tool for protest. It is a source of light, of truth, of derech eretz. To exploit children, to distort sacred symbols, and to equate civil disobedience with national trauma is a betrayal of everything Torah stands for.

But someone made a decision to shut down Torah learning for thousands of Tinokos shel Beis Rabban to stage a protest that many see as deeply misguided. The question Torah mah tehei aleha isn’t rhetorical—it’s a cry from the soul.

This isn’t just about politics. It’s about the sanctity of Torah, the dignity of protest, and the responsibility of leadership

We are a nation at war. Soldiers are dying. Families are grieving. And instead of unity, we are witnessing a campaign of division dressed in the garb of righteousness.

This is not kavod haTorah. It is chilul haTorah.

Treating Israel Like a Banana Republic? Here's how Israel stops being treated that way

 

Fifty years ago, then-prime minister Menachem Begin said it plainly: “Israel is not a banana republic.” He wasn’t grandstanding; he was drawing a line. When an ally uses public pressure to bend Israel’s will on core sovereign decisions, Jerusalem must push back politely, firmly, and with a plan to reduce points of dependency that invite leverage.

Recent days have revived Begin’s warning. On October 23, 2025, Donald Trump said in an interview that he was “making a decision” about whether to push for the release of Marwan Barghouti, the convicted terrorist and Fatah figure serving multiple life sentences.

Meanwhile, Vice President J.D. Vance this week dismissed a Knesset vote as “stupid” and “insulting.”

And according to the Jerusalem Post, a U.S. official warned Netanyahu: “If he f**s up the agreement [referring to Gaza], Donald Trump will f**k him.” This isn’t diplomacy. It’s open pressure on Israel’s political system.

This isn’t the first time Trump has chosen to flex his power in front of cameras rather than behind them. On February 28, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was at the White House for what should have been a routine meeting. Instead, in the Oval Office he was sharply upbraided and visibly sidelined in front of the press. That same “strongman on stage” dynamic is now being aimed at Israel.

Some dismiss this as “just Trump being Trump.” But when a U.S. president speaks this way, both allies and adversaries listen - and adversaries hear something dangerous: a gap between Israel and Washington that can be exploited.

If Israel doesn’t want to be treated like a banana republic, it must ensure it can stand on its own feet in critical areas. That doesn’t mean breaking with Washington, but it does mean making American leverage less absolute.

Israel can do this by gradually increasing its ability to produce and store key weapons and defensive systems at home, expanding energy and logistics resilience, strengthening its independent intelligence and communications networks, and building financial buffers that reduce its exposure to political pressure in Washington. It can deepen ties with other friendly nations to avoid being dependent on any single partner.

And perhaps most importantly, it must treat diplomacy with the U.S. as a relationship between equals: disagreements should be handled quietly and strategically - not on a public stage where humiliation is part of the script.

Netanyahu’s challenge now is to avoid becoming a prop in someone else’s political theater. Zelenskyy let the president control the optics and the narrative. Netanyahu is far too experienced to fall into that trap. He can minimize exposure by tightly managing joint appearances, speaking through Israel’s institutions rather than personal appeals, and calmly projecting sovereignty instead of defensiveness.

By keeping sensitive issues in private diplomatic channels and maintaining broad bipartisan ties in Washington, he can blunt Trump’s public pressure without escalating it. Begin did it with quiet firmness; Netanyahu can, too.

This is not about turning away from Washington. U.S.-Israel cooperation saves lives, strengthens deterrence, and projects shared values. But the best alliances are between equals, not between a patron and a dependent. Israel’s task is to ensure that when a U.S. president seeks to “call the shots,” Israel still holds the trigger.

Begin didn’t just make a speech about banana republics; he built a policy to ensure Israel wasn’t one. The time has come to do it again - not with anger, but with clarity, strategy, and quiet strength.

by Stephen M. Flatow

Former Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Calls Dati Leumi Gedoilim "Apikorsim" .... They Respond !!

 

DIN: There’s a Yiddish expression—nisht kein groisser chochem un nisht a kleiner naar—that captures the danger of arrogance masquerading as wisdom. It’s a warning we’d do well to remember as we watch the growing rift between segments of our people, especially in these times of war and national trauma.

Recently, Rav Yitzchok Yosef, former Sephardi Chief Rabbi and son of the late Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l, declared that Dati-Leumi rabbis are apikorsim—heretics—and unfit to be counted in a minyan. Why? Because they believe that Torah and military service can coexist. Because they believe that every bochur should carry both a sefer and a rifle, protecting Am Yisrael not only in the Beit Midrash but also on the battlefield.

He even questioned whether the Rosh Yeshiva of Orot Shaul is a rabbi at all.

When challenged—such as by Rav Tamir Granot—whose son was killed in action in Gaza. Rav Yosef doesn’t respond with sources or reasoned argument. Instead, he accuses his critics of disrespecting Torah scholars. It’s a tactic borrowed from some of his Ashkenazi Charedi allies: elevate the gedolim to untouchable status, and label any dissent as sacrilege.

But this isn’t the Torah way.

In the entire Shas, the Tannaim and Amoraim argue fiercely about halacha, hashkafa, and the very foundations of Jewish life. Yet never do they call each other apikorsim. Disagreement was not only tolerated—it was the engine of truth.

Rav Yosef might recall that the Steipler once dismissed his own father, Rav Ovadia, as a “nobody.” And Rav Yoel Teitelbaum, in Vayoel Moshe, labeled all gedolim who supported political Zionism as heretics. These are not footnotes—they are reminders that no one is immune from critique, and no one should be above reproach.

We are in the midst of a war. Soldiers are dying. Families are grieving. A Charedi soldier, a father of two, recently took his own life in Beit Shemesh. His widow blamed the Charedi leadership for failing to support him. And yet, instead of soul-searching, we get roadblocks, garbage fires, and declarations of “war” against fellow Jews.

Twenty-five thousand students of Rabbi Akiva died not because they sinned against God, but because they failed to show kavod zeh lazeh—basic human respect. And it was their own rebbe who taught: Ve’ahavta l’re’acha kamocha—zeh klal gadol baTorah.

If we can’t live that principle now, in the shadow of war and loss, when will we?

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While Charedidim Plan to Disrupt the Entire Israel, Rachel Goldberg the Widow of Rabbi Avi Goldberg hy"d getting Married

 

Rachel Goldberg, the almana of Rabbi Avi Goldberg z”l, who fell in battle in Lebanon, is getting married this evening — Mazal tov!🎉*

WE will rebuild ! That’s what we do and always will do ,until Moshaich comes

The Fracture Within: When Klal Yisrael Feels Like Two Nations

As Israel fights for its survival, the divide between the Charedi community and the rest of Klal Yisrael is growing more painful by the day. While soldiers are sent to the front three to four times over due to manpower shortages, Charedi leaders are planning a “Yom Atzeira”—a mass disruption of roads and public life—as if civil disobedience were a sacred war.

But what war are they fighting?

Two weeks ago, a Charedi soldier—a father of two—took his own life in Beit Shemesh. His widow publicly blamed the Charedi leadership for failing to support him, failing to honor his sacrifice, failing to even acknowledge his pain. This wasn’t just a tragedy. It was a betrayal.

We are watching soldiers return home broken, some driven to suicide, while others are met with silence or scorn from the very community they come from. The disconnect is no longer philosophical—it’s existential.

Rav Shternbuch recently declared, “We are now going out to war.” (see video below) But this isn’t a war against injustice. It’s a war against empathy. Blocking roads and burning garbage bins isn’t resistance—it’s abandonment. It’s turning your back on the widows, orphans, siblings, and parents who are living the cost of this war every single day.

Rachel Goldberg, the widow of Rabbi Avi Goldberg hy”d, is getting remarried tonight. Her resilience is a quiet act of defiance against despair. While some disrupt, she rebuilds. While some shout, she heals.

This is not a call to erase difference. It’s a plea to remember that Klal Yisrael is one body. When one limb is wounded, the whole body aches. And when one limb refuses to feel, the whole body begins to rot.

It’s time for the Charedi leadership to ask itself: What kind of war are we fighting—and who are we leaving behind?

Thousands of Beit Shemesh residents come out to welcome Eitan Mor after His release from the Hospital

 

*Beit Shemesh News*

The released hostage Eitan Mor returned to his home in Kiryat Arba this evening in a great display of unity.

Thousands accompanied him on his journey from Beit Shemesh to his home in Kiryat Arba, passing through the settlements of Gush Etzion.

The ones who immediately agreed to provide medical security for the convoy were Avraham Kop chairman of Ezrat Achim  and  project manager Aharon Ellis

Many ambulances from the organization were present, and together with the medical staff, they secured the well-being of the thousands of participants in the convoy.

Jared Kushner Stabbing His Jewish Brothers & Sisters to Protect His $1.5 Billion Investments in Qatar

 

What prompted Jared Kushner’s sudden return as an advisor to Trump—after publicly stating he wouldn’t serve in a second administration?

Was it the Israeli airstrike on Hamas leaders in Doha that changed the calculus?

Could it be concern over his $5.8 billion in business investments across Qatar and the UAE? Was he worried Israel’s actions might jeopardize those deals?

Why has Kushner never publicly questioned Qatar’s role in harboring senior Hamas figures? If he’s committed to peace and security, why the silence?

Israel is a sovereign nation defending itself against those who vow to annihilate it. Shouldn’t it have the right to target terrorists wherever they hide?

Is this about diplomacy—or dollars?

 Has Kushner’s financial entanglement in the region compromised his principles?

 Is he willing to sideline his own community to protect his portfolio?