Trump’s second inaugural fund has surpassed its $150M goal, breaking records and drawing major donations from companies like Amazon and Meta.
It’s set to be the largest in history.
“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
It’s set to be the largest in history.
Eliyahu Libman, father of Elyakim who was murdered on October 7, 2023, is calling for opposition to what he defines as "possible deals of surrender" with Hamas.
Libman, whose son was thought to have been held hostage for several months before it was revealed that he had been killed on Simchat Torah, said, "The terrorists who murdered my brother (Shneur Shlomo Libman who was murdered by terrorists in 1998 at the age of 24 -ed.) were released in a reckless and irresponsible deal. Such a deal encourages terrorism and gives legitimacy to murdering more Jews. My son, along with many other Jews who were killed and massacred starting on Simchat Torah, could have remained alive had it not been for such deals."
"We want all the hostages back home as soon as possible, and we also want no more kidnappings and no more Jews murdered. We have a responsibility to future generations," he added.
The bereaved father called on the government and officials in the defense establishment to demonstrate strength and boldness.
"Even 2,200 years ago, during the holiday of Hanukkah, there was despair. People thought surrender was the only option. But then we had Matityahu the Macabee. We expect Prime Minister Netanyahu and the heads of the security branches to show strength and courage to win and decisively defeat the enemy, by exacting a price in land, communities, and continued fighting until the enemy surrenders."
The crash, which claimed the lives of at least 38 people, initially puzzled investigators who considered bird strikes and poor weather as possible causes. However, aviation experts and Ukrainian officials now believe the plane was accidentally targeted by Russian air defenses.
The Embraer 190 jet was en route from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Grozny, Russia, with 62 passengers and five crew members aboard. While approaching Grozny, the flight unexpectedly changed course over the Caspian Sea and attempted to make an emergency landing near Aktau. Despite the crash, 29 passengers miraculously survived.
Video footage from the crash site, analyzed by aviation security firm Osprey Flight Solutions, revealed patterns of damage on the aircraft that align with missile strikes or antiaircraft fire – not a bird collision. Footage shows perforations in the tail section, which experts say resemble impacts from shrapnel or heavy-caliber rounds.
Ukrainian national security official Andriy Kovalenko concurred with this assessment, blaming Russia’s failure to close airspace over Grozny, an area where Moscow’s air defenses have been highly active due to increased Ukrainian drone attacks.
“Russia should have closed the airspace, but they didn’t,” Kovalenko said. “The plane was damaged by Russian forces and diverted to Kazakhstan instead of landing urgently in Grozny to save lives.”
In recent weeks, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported intercepting dozens of Ukrainian drones over southern Russia, including the North Caucasus region near Grozny. On the night before the crash, Russian air defenses reportedly shot down 59 drones, including one over Vladikavkaz, west of Grozny. This heightened military activity raises concerns that the Azerbaijan Airlines jet may have been mistaken for a hostile target.
Flight tracking data from Flightradar24 also showed heavy GPS interference in the region, which can obscure aircraft positions and complicate emergency diversions. Experts suggest this could have contributed to confusion during the flight.
Azerbaijan Airlines initially suggested the crash could have been caused by a bird strike, while Azerbaijan’s president said the plane diverted due to poor weather conditions. However, neither explanation fully accounts for the patterns of damage found on the wreckage.
Russian officials have not yet commented on the claims from Osprey Flight Solutions and Ukrainian authorities. Meanwhile, investigators have recovered the plane’s black box, which could provide further insight into the final moments before the crash.
Journalist Yisrael Shapira described on Kikar Hashabat how a Chabad-affiliated soldier was painfully mistreated when he attended a 19 Kislev Farbrengen in Meah Shearim. The soldier was heckled and asked to leave and one person even stole his Kippah.
Shapira contrasted this with the behavior of Rabbi Amram Bloi, one of the greatest Kanoim [zealots], who was a Torah scholar and a God-fearing man but his views were not accepted by the general public. Despite his opinions, he did not have personal animosity towards his opponents and was one of the greatest lovers of the Jewish people. His fight against Zionism (which, in his view, opposed Judaism and the Torah of Israel) did not contradict his closeness to and love for every Jew.
A member of the Lev Tahor cult admitted freely in a media interview that children as young as 14 are being married off by the cult leaders. This was borne out after a 14-year-old girl gave birth Tuesday night while she is being held in protective custody.
Lev Tahor also released heartrending footage of the young children crying out to go home to their mothers. The children are being held together at a local facility and Lev Tahor members are demonstrating outside, calling for their release.
Community activist Yankel Plitchkin, who is helping the children removed from Lev Tahor, is providing them with kosher food and spiritual and emotional support until they leave the country. Plitchkin suffered violence from Lev Tahor members but is continuing his mission.
Less than a month ago, Jerusalem policewoman Hodaya Halperin was part of a team of rescue workers, firemen and police who responded to a call about a suicidal person in the neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev, Jerusalem.
The man had been barricaded inside his home for days, not allowing people to enter, and worried family members and neighbors called for help. The police and fireman communicated with the man for forty minutes before deciding to break down the door.
At this point, the man, later named as Chaim Tagar, drew a firearm. As the door was opened, he fired, hitting a policewoman standing behind the firemen in the head and critically injuring her.
Immediately after the shooting, an elite SWAT team (Yasam) took control of Tagar, seized the firearm, and arrested him. After the incident, Tagar (60) even attempted suicide on the way to the police station. He later said that he was “sorry about what had happened.”
The policewoman, Hodaya Halperin, was quickly transferred to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital. One of the United Hatzalah medics who was at the scene shared on the day of the incident: “I heard the policewoman tell her colleague, ‘You’re getting married in a month, don’t go upstairs.'” She was shot a few minutes later.
The colleague is in fact getting married on the first night of Chanukah. Just a few hours earlier, Halperin, who has undergone multiple operations over the last month, woke up in hospital and managed to speak with people around her, including family members and hospital staff. May she make a full and speedy recovery
Here's yet more evidence that the Biden team is trying to harm Israel as much as possible before it leaves office which I set out yesterday on IN FOCUS.https://t.co/TYTi0cEXmw https://t.co/iO7zt8DqjC
— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) December 24, 2024
Let’s review what Haaretz did here:
— Gal G., Adv 🇮🇱 (@ICK_GalG) December 24, 2024
This title that is framing the article and basically the entire IDF - is a paraphrase of a supposed quote from 37 years ago.
The writer in this article, a psychologist with a known political position paraphrased a fraction of a quote from a… https://t.co/HXdcDSjQZh
Countries that banned public support for Hamas:
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇦🇪 UAE
🇯🇴 Jordan
🇴🇲 Oman
🇰🇼 Kuwait
🇧🇭 BahrainPlaces pro-Hamas protests occur daily:
🇺🇸 USA
🇬🇧 UK
🇪🇺 EU
Could it be the Middle East understands the reality of living under terrorist regimes, unlike the West?— The British Patriot (@BritLad95) December 24, 2024
Woman “forgives” her mother’s killer. Visits him in jail and upon release gives him a job. And he then killed her.
— iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) December 24, 2024
Another case of suicidal empathy. pic.twitter.com/i7qZB32edX
I've been laughing at this for the past hour 🤣 pic.twitter.com/3zrbaQR77J
— Defiant World (@DefiantWorld) December 23, 2024
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— Liza Rosen (@LizaRosen0000) December 24, 2024
Flashback: Muslim preacher complains about life in Canada where Islamophobes celebrate Christmas in violation Islamic laws. As you can see in this video, He insists that just saying ‘Merry Christmas’ is a crime worse than murder.
What is your response to…
4D Chess: Democrats Admit Trump Actually Won In 2020 And Is Now Unable To Serve Third Term https://t.co/ns6qssnut4 pic.twitter.com/eJ1j8gigbd
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 25, 2024
For Douglas Murray evil is not banal. It is real. It walks this earth, and we must call it by its name when we see it. When he spoke last week in the ICC Jerusalem, it was the greatness of Athens and Jerusalem meeting in defense of all that is good and great.
In an age of darkness and unreason, Douglas Murray carries the torch of Western values. His impassioned defense of Israel since October 7th is a defense of the West and all that is good in the world today.
While he is a man of culture and learning, Murray’s fame lies in his impassioned and brave defense of our values.
Murray understands that while Israel and the West beyond it are imperfect, Western values have created a civilization with unmatched moral breadth and have taken humanity from misery and brokenness, from lives that were “nasty, brutish, and short,” to ones so long that too many seem happy to lie back in convivium splendor and wait to be sacked. And sacked we shall be without Murray and without Israel.
As a graduate of Eton and Oxford – those torchbearers of the fading culture of the once Great Britain – Murray is a true British intellectual of the best tradition and indeed he was close with the late Sir Roger Scruton, one of the most perceptive British intellectuals of recent decades.
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— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) December 24, 2024
UN Is a total Joke.
REPORTER: "Who are the 'armed actors' that seized the UNRWA facility in Jenin?"
UN: "I'll have to get back to you."
REPORTER: "Why did it take the UN four days to put out a statement about it, whereas you reflexively condemn Israel within 30… pic.twitter.com/mwrXA9lMmj