The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect Sunday, 19 January, with the release of three Israeli women who had been held hostage since the Hamas attack in October 2023. The Israelis released 90 Palestinians in return.
Category: THE ISRAEL WAR – Jan 28 2025
TRUMP’S EARLY DECISIONS SEEM TO ‘CONFIRM EXPECTATIONS’ THAT HE WILL LEAD THE MOST PRO-ISRAEL TEAM IN YEARS, REPORT SAYS
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he could be elected prime minister in Israel, has made early decisions that seem to indicate that Miriam Adelson, the Israel-extremist billionaire, will get her money’s worth after pumping $100 million into the president’s campaign.
GERMAN AUTHORITIES RAID HOMES OF PRO-PALESTINIAN ASSOCIATION OVER ANTISEMITISM—DESPITE NO SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS
German authorities raided the homes of nine members of a pro-Palestine group last week to crack down against “antisemitism” in the country, despite there being no evidence or allegations against anyone in the organization.
TRUMP’S STATE DEPARTMENT FREEZES FOREIGN AID EXCEPT FOR ISRAEL, EGYPT, UKRAINE
U.S. President Donald Trump, who tries to bill himself as an “America First” leader, had his State Department freeze aid for all countries so these payments can be audited—except for Israel, Egypt, and Ukraine, reports said, citing a leaked internal memo.
EMBOLDENED BY TRUMP, ISRAEL STEALS MORE LAND IN EAST JERUSALEM TO BUILD MORE DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. President Donald Trump and his pro-Israel administration has resulted in a new push for Jewish developments in sections of East Jerusalem, Haaretz reported last week.
ISRAEL ADMITS THAT IT CANNOT FIND ANY 7 OCTOBER ‘RAPE’ VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD
While Israeli leaders used claims of institutionalized rape during the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 to justify the mass killings in Gaza and starvation campaign, prosecutors in the country have failed to get even one person to come forward to cooperate in the investigation.
GAZANS RETURN HOME TO FIND NOTHING THERE
As the fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas holds, Gazans are returning to the cities and villages where they were forced to flee and have found that nothing remains except for rubble.
TRUMP’S PICK FOR UN ENVOY SAYS ISRAEL HAS ‘BIBLICAL’ RIGHT TO THE WEST BANK
Elise Stefanik, President Donald Trump’s pick for UN ambassador who shot to fame for claiming anti-genocide protests on college campuses in the U.S. were anti-Semitic, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week that she believes Israel has the “biblical” right to the West Bank…
ISRAEL BREACHES CEASEFIRE DEAL: KILLING SPREE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON AS THEY REFUSE TO WITHDRAW
Israeli forces killed at least 22 people trying to return to their homes in southern Lebanon on Sunday as the IDF refused to withdraw forces in compliance with a ceasefire agreement, claiming that Hezbollah fighters have yet to pull its forces back to behind the Litani river.
TRUMP SUPPORTS HIS SON-IN-LAW’S ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA
U.S. President Donald Trump, who criticized the Biden administration of not being sufficiently pro-Israel during its genocide in Gaza, told reporters on Saturday that the result of the conflict may have to be the removal of Palestinians from the enclave that could take decades to rebuild…