Author: AFSI Staff

The Egyptian government officially announced that the efforts to extend the current ceasefire have borne fruit and latest sources confirm that negotiations are complete. The agreement will extend the ceasefire by two days, during which 20 more Israeli hostages will be released in exchange for 60 security prisoners.

The original agreement was for a four-day ceasefire. Under that agreement, today, 11 Israelis are to be released in exchange for 33 imprisoned terrorists with negotiations continuing. Yesterday, 17 hostages were released, including 14 Israelis and three Thai nationals.

While hostages were released over the weekend, Israel has objected to the release of children without their mothers who are also being held hostage. Negotiators have warned Hamas that if the issue is not resolved, the ceasefire will not be extended. As of late this afternoon, that issue has been resolved.

Doubtful Israel will lose momentum in this war. The enemy will rearm and there will be more terrorists to eliminate and in all likelihood more Israeli combatants lost. In any case, there is full determination by Israel to eliminate the enemy. We pray that no matter how many times the ceasefire is extended that in the end, this terrorist entity will be unable to harm Israel anymore.

Sources:
Egypt: Agreement on 2-day ceasefire extension close, by Israel National News, November 27, 2023

Qatar: Ceasefire extended for 2 days, 20 more hostages to be freed, by Israel National News, November 27, 2023

 

Two American Jewish men have separately applied to the U.S. Trademark Office for exclusive permission to print a widespread anti-Israel chant on merchandise, with the seeming intention to prevent its use.

Lawyer Joel Ackerman of New Jersey applied regarding the whole phrase “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free.” Oron Rosenkrantz from Pennsylvania wants to trademark only the first half, “From the River.”

Ackerman’s company, From the River to the Sea Palestine Will Be Free LLC, wishes to use the phrase only on hats and shirts, according to the application.

Source:
Will ‘From the River to the Sea’ become a Jewish-owned trademark?, by Batya Jerenberg/World Israel News, November 27, 2023

“Wait, there is a problem, there is a woman older than me and in poorer health, she should leave first.”

Israeli Health Minister Uriel Buso revealed on Sunday that Adina Moshe, a 72-year-old resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz, kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and released on Friday, had tried to persuade the terrorist group to release her place for another hostage who is older and in a more precarious state of health than her.

Today’s newsletter would not be complete without an acknowledgement of Adina Moshe’s bravery and selfless act of kindness. Adina is a true tzadekes – righteous woman. We are grateful that she was eventually on the list of hostages who were freed over the weekend and brought safely home.

Source:
Adina Moshe, 72, asked Hamas to release another woman in her place, by i24NEWS, November 27, 2023

 

 

A political official presented Tuesday evening the outline for the deal to release dozens of hostages from Hamas captivity and emphasizes that “all the security forces, the Shin Bet and the Mossad are in favor of the outline and also the entire war cabinet is united in favor of the proposal.” The proposal was approved.

1. 50 living Israelis will be released in beats of 12-13 each day during the 4 days of respite. It is possible that more nationalities will be released, but they will not be at the expense of the quota of 50 Israelis.

2. During the ceasefire, Hamas will try to locate more abductees, estimating that it can locate up to 80 women and children.

3. An additional day of respite will be given for every additional ten that are released.

4. Kidnappers not in Hamas hands will also be released, Hamas is responsible for bringing them.

5. Murderers will not be released from Israeli prison.

6. The population of Gaza will not be allowed to return to the north of the Gaza Strip.

7. Fuel will enter the Gaza Strip, but only on the days of the ceasefire.

8. Fighting will resume immediately upon the end of the truce.

9. Collecting intelligence from the air will be suspended for 6 hours each day.

10. All the security branches – the IDF, Shin Bet and Mossad – supported the deal. The War Cabinet unanimously supports.

11. Israel insisted for two weeks not to accept the original proposal of Hamas.

12. After the deal is approved by the government, 24 hours will be given to petitions against it, after which it will be launched.

With all the sorrow and pain, this deal is part of Hamas’s fraudulent scheme to stop the war moments before its total collapse. It is imperative that Israel continue pressing to collapse the military arm of Hamas – and only then achieve a comprehensive deal.

Sources:
Hostage release deal outline: 12 to be released each day, respite set for 4 days, by Israel National News, November 21, 2023

What is Netanyahu’s “Something Else”?, by Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar/Israel National News, November 22, 2023

As part of the effort to reveal Hamas’ use of hospitals in the Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit has launched a dedicated website that contains all the evidence that has been discovered at hospitals so far. The website contains both newly discovered and existing information. It will continue to be updated as additional materials become available.

The IDF stated that the central feature of the website is a 3D illustration of some of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Clicking the “+” button will reveal information distributed by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit regarding the relevant hospital.

It is critical that this website – a treasure trove of proof – be shared widely among media sources. More than this, it’s time the haters of Israel wake up already.

HAMAS OPERATION IN HOSPITALS – VIEW THE WEBSITE

Source:
IDF launches website revealing how Hamas uses Gaza hospitals, by Israel National News, November 21, 2023

 

 

 

The families of the hostages kidnapped from Israel last month and their supporters expressed outrage in various rallies and campaigns on World Children’s Day on Monday over the silence from international bodies like the UN regarding the 40 children and babies being held by terrorists in Gaza.

Hundreds of people held simultaneous protests in Tel Aviv and New York outside the offices of UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. Protesters noted that the UN agency ignored the children abducted by the Hamas terror group but did mark World Children’s Day by posting a video on X/Twitter highlighting the suffering of Palestinian children in Gaza.

Source:
Israelis Rally on World Children’s Day, Slam UN Silence on Kids Held Hostage in Gaza, by Debbie Weiss/The Algemeiner, November 20, 2023

 

 

 

Israel has no intention of handing Gaza over to the PA once the war is over, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night as he rebuffed US pressure to do so.

“The Palestinian Authority in its current form is not able to take responsibility for Gaza,” Netanyahu said. “After we fought and did all this, how could we hand it over to them?”

Netanyahu stated, “There is another condition that I set for the day after: the IDF will have complete freedom of action in the Gaza Strip against any threat. Only in this way will we guarantee the demilitarization of Gaza.”

He added that he has clarified that Israel won’t agree to a ceasefire until it has ousted Hamas, and it would only agree to a temporary one in exchange for the return of all the hostages. Netanyahu stressed that Israel won’t rest in its pursuit of eliminating Hamas, noting “all Hamas members are dead men whether they are located in or out of Gaza.”

The pain of the Gush Katif expulsion in 2005 still lingers. Since then, the PA has proven itself to be void of any serious leadership and only has evil intentions against Israel. Israeli demilitarization over Gaza is now mandatory. This time Israel must get it right.

Source:
Israel did not enter Gaza to hand it over to the Palestinian Authority, Netanyahu says, by Tovah Lazaroff/Jerusalem Post, November 18, 2023

 

 

 

 

After Israel succeeds in its mission to eradicate the Hamas terror organization, it will negotiate with Arab countries about Gaza’s future, according to Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations.

“We are doing the dirty work for many of these Arab countries,” Gilad Erdan told the Tazpit Press Service earlier this week. Erdan continued, “The U.N. played a big role in allowing Hamas to turn the Gaza Strip into a war machine, a terror machine against Israel and against the civilized world.”

After Israel wins the war, Erdan thinks the Israeli government should hold “a serious assessment regarding our relations with the U.N.” “My recommendations will be to expel and not to issue visas to some of the U.N. officials, who are exploiting their position in order to spread lies, in order to enable Hamas to embed themselves within an under civilian population in Gaza and many other terrible things that Hamas have been doing for the last 16 years under the nose of U.N. agencies,” the senior diplomat said.

We agree with Erdan. It’s an idea that’s long overdue and it also helps get to one root of many problems in this area.

Source:
Israel doing ‘dirty work’ for Arab countries that might govern Gaza, says envoy, by Mike Wagenheim/TPS via World Israel News, November 20, 2023

Americans for a Safe Israel congratulates Javier Milei on becoming president-elect of Argentina.

Milei has declared his intentions to make Israel one of his first official destinations. The trip is planned to take place even before his inauguration. The only country Milei plans to visit before Israel is the United States of America.

AFSI looks forward to Israel’s new relationship with president-elect Milei and thanks Milei for his support and friendship, especially during this most challenging time.

Source:
Argentinian president-elect already planning to visit Israel, by Israel National News, November 20, 2023

 

The Biden administration on Tuesday reapproved a sanctions waiver that will allow Iran to access upward of $10 billion in frozen assets, the State Department confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon.

The sanctions waiver, which was set to expire today after first being authorized for a period of 120 days in July, allows Iraq to transfer payments for multibillion-dollar electricity imports from Iran into accounts outside of the country that can be used by Tehran. This is the first time the Biden administration has renewed the waiver since the Iran-backed terror group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel that was reported to have been planned with Tehran’s support.

The Biden administration insists that, like the $6 billion held in Qatar, Iran can only use the $10 billion for non-sanctioned purposes. The access to these funds allows Iran to free up cash in other places for illicit activities.

We are at a loss for words as to how blatantly evil and downright stupid and dangerous the Biden regime is. It’s obvious that the October 7 massacre in Israel does not register anywhere in their unapologetically anti-Semitic brains that something is gravely wrong with buddying up to Iran. Biden is an absolute disgrace, the minions around him remain clueless, and frankly, all of them are unconcerned about the very real existential threat that Iran poses to the entire world. This gift to Iran undermines Israel and at this most horrific time in Israel’s history, Biden should prove himself to be a friend to the Jewish Nation State. Instead, he’s shown us he is truly an enemy. Any words we’d really like to convey about this disgusting decision and the Biden regime can’t be said in this respectable publication.

Sources:
Biden Unlocks Fresh Funds to Iran Totaling Billions, by Adam Kredo/The Washington Free Beacon, November 14, 2023

Biden Mulls Approval of Fresh $10 Billion for Iran, by Adam Kredo/The Washington Free Beacon, November 13, 2023