In the depths of captivity, they formed an unlikely but prized friendship. And reunited in a video call this week, the bond between a recently freed Israeli mother and daughter and a Thai woman who had been held hostage alongside them filled an Israeli hospital room with unbridled joy. “Both of us give you a big hug,” Danielle Aloni, one of dozens snatched by Hamas militants from a kibbutz in southern Israel on Oct. 7, told her friend Nutthawaree Munkan, an agricultural worker who was seized the same day and held captive in the Gaza Strip. “I love you and…
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Some of the women and children held hostage by Hamas begin returning to Israel, where they are reunited with their families. In the last few days, Israel collectively held its breath as the first hostages to be returned from Hamas captivity began making their way back home. As photos and videos of children held in captivity for 50 days being reunited with their parents began making rounds, a huge sigh of relief could be heard around the country. Continue Reading this article at israel21c.org
US spy agency warns employees to stay away from politics. A senior CIA official is under fire for posting pro-Palestinian social media posts following the Hamas invasion of Israel. Amy McFadden, the Associate Deputy Director for Analysis at the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is one of the agency’s highest-ranking officials. She attracted media attention when, two weeks after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, she changed the cover photo of her personal Facebook account to that of a young man waving a Palestinian flag. The Financial Times first reported the incident, and the CIA, via an internal email, warned…
The NYPD has made two arrests in connection with a recent hate crime assault on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. The arrests follow an incident in which a female victim was attacked by two individuals while she was recording them removing Israeli missing person posters from a light pole. The incident took place at approximately 9:55 p.m. near Riverside Drive and West 82nd Street on Thursday, November 9, 2023. During the altercation, the victim, a 41-year-old woman, was physically assaulted by the two women, who also forcibly removed a Star of David necklace from her neck. The attackers knocked…
Gigi Hadid added to her list of outrageous claims against Israel on Sunday sharing a video in which the person claims Israel illegally harvests the organs of dead Palestinians. By Shiryn Ghermezian, The Algemeiner Model Gigi Hadid made a series of false accusations about Israel and its treatment of Palestinians, while also promoting an antisemitic blood libel, to her more than 79 million Instagram followers over the weekend. On Sunday, the 28-year-old shared on her Instagram Story a reel in which a user named Umme Murtaza (umme_murtazaa) tells her followers to “watch this disturbing video, where health officials admitted that…
(JTA) — Israel’s under-21 men’s national soccer team took the field on Friday for the first time since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that killed and injured thousands and brought much of Israeli life, including sports, to a standstill. The Union of European Football Associations, Europe’s football governing body, had reportedly rejected a request to hold an official moment of silence before the match between Israel and Poland. The two teams were facing off in a qualifying match in Lodz, Poland, for the 2025 European Under-21 Championships. The teams ignored UEFA and held a moment of silence anyway. For the first…
The Israel Defense Forces have reported the successful interception of a cruise missile over the Red Sea, near the southernmost city of Eilat, Wednesday afternoon. It was reportedly shot down by an Israeli Fighter Jet. It is suspected that the missile was launched by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. Importantly, the IDF has confirmed that the missile did not breach Israeli airspace. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
WESTVILLE, NEW JERSEY – Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry is asking that Christians light a candle in their window at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, December 7, and keep it lit through sundown on December 15, to honor the Jewish community and to stand in solidarity with Israel during this time of crisis. Hannukah is known as the Festival of Lights when each candle on a menorah is lit for the eight days of the celebration. This year, Christians are asked to shine support for Israel and for their Jewish friends and neighbors by lighting a candle as…
Democrat Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has taken action against a member of his own hate crime task force following the discovery of numerous antisemitic social media posts. Zainab Chaudry, who serves as the director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Maryland office, posted the hateful messages in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which resulted in over 1,200 casualties, including the beheading and burning of children and babies. In a press release, Attorney General Brown stated, “The Office of Attorney General learned last week about personal social media posts of a member of the Maryland Commission…
A majority of New Yorkers believes Jews and Muslims are experiencing widespread discrimination and that such bigotry has increased since Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel, according to a poll released on Monday. The survey from the Siena College Research Institute also found that 25% of respondents said the attack was a result of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, while condemning the murder of civilians. A slim majority said the attack left Israel with no choice but to launch a counteroffensive against Hamas. The study surveyed 803 registered voters in New York State and was conducted between November 12-15. The…