Author: AFSI Staff

The Civil Administration has recently and significantly increased the demolition of illegal Palestinian Authority Arab buildings in Judea and Samaria. The emphasis is on the open areas, where a long battle with the Palestinian Authority has been waged.

Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich stated, “Lawlessness over land also affects security lawlessness; the government of Israel will fight both. I congratulate the Civil Administration and support the Supervision Unit in their efforts to continue this important task with greater dedication.”

This is good news, indeed. But, why was this demolition of illegal PA Arab buildings not strongly enforced before the October 7 massacre?

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Increase in demolition of illegal Arab construction in Judea and Samaria, by Hezki Baruch/Israel National News, November 29, 2023

 

The UN Security Council held a high-level meeting about the Israel-Hamas war on Wednesday in New York. Foreign ministers from some Middle Eastern countries, along with China and Brazil.

At the meeting, UN Sec.-Gen. António Guterres called for a “true humanitarian ceasefire” and the release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

“How can one call for a ceasefire and at the same time claim to seek a solution to the conflict?” Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan responded.

“Anyone who supports a ceasefire basically supports Hamas’ continued reign of terror in Gaza. Hamas is a genocidal terror organization – they don’t hide it – not a reliable partner for peace. Don’t you see the contradiction here? Calling for both a ceasefire and peace is a paradox.”

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‘Calling for both a ceasefire and peace is a paradox,’ Israeli UN Ambassador Erdan tells UNSC, by All Israel News Staff, November 30, 2023

 

 

 

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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