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Meet Avichai.
On October 7, Hamas terrorists invaded his home in Kerem Shalom.
The terrorists blew off his hand as they tried to enter the safe room to massacre Avichai and his family.
Miraculously, they survived.
And yesterday,
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BREAKING: The evacuation of the UNRWA compound in Jerusalem has begun today, ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The State of Israel will not allow an organization whose employees were involved in terrorism and the October 7 massacre to operate within its territory.
Hamas captivity survivors Noa Argamani, Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, and Itay Regev at Selichot prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Selichot - ancient prayers of repentance and forgiveness that mark the spiritual preparation for Rosh Hashana (The Jewish New Year).
@ArgamaniNoa
For those who want to understand what has happened since October 7, this is a worthy read.
Thank you, Victor Davis Hanson, for the moral clarity in your important article.
I Support This Because Women Should Never Be Made Faceless in the Name of God.
Portugal has just banned the full veil in public spaces. And a statement from its president particularly struck me:
“The face must be considered a central element of human identity and communication.”
I support this.
I have spent years fighting compulsory hijab because I believe women must be free. But covering a woman’s entire face is different.
The face is how we recognize one another, communicate, and participate in public life. A society has a legitimate interest in requiring people to show their faces in shared public spaces.
And please don’t call the burqa or niqab “women’s liberation.” I come from a region where women are erased from public life in the name of religion.
I am against forcing a woman to wear hijab.
I am also against the ideology that tells women they should disappear behind a veil.
I grew up in the Middle East. I saw how Islamists gradually turn demands into norms, and then frame any resistance as an attack on Muslims.
Women should not be erased. Not by the state. Not by religion.
A MIRACLE BEFORE OUR EYES
Eliya Cohen.
Kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7.
Held hostage in Gaza terror tunnels for 505 days.
During his captivity, Eliya promised God that if he survives and marries his girlfriend Ziv, he will pause the wedding ceremony
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Must watch.
Incredibly moving: Eliya Cohen stops everything in the middle of the wedding ceremony to thank the Creator in the most intimate and heartfelt way.
A precious Jew.
BREAKING: Hidden camera captures Minnesota poll workers confirming alleged foreign terror organization members can vote if vouched for.
We put Minnesota’s voter “vouching” system to an extreme test by asking if it was okay to vouch for alleged Hamas militants who had recently come to America from the Gaza Strip.
An election worker said, “You can vouch for up to 8 people,” and added, “If you’re vouching for them, they wouldn’t need to show anything,” referring to the alleged Hamas members we asked about registering to vote.
We were also told that the person doing the vouching “is the documentation.”
Minnesota Secretary of State @MNSteveSimon continues to claim the vouching system is safe and secure. Our investigation shows the opposite.
We are calling for a formal audit of Minnesota’s voter vouching system.
This report was produced in partnership with @ctznjusticelg
The IDF's Hasmonean Brigade for ultra-Orthodox troops has declared its first reserve battalion operational, following a recent drill in the Golan Heights.
The brigade's Shimon Reserve Battalion carried out its first-ever battalion-level exercise last week, completing its "official establishment and preparation for operational activity," the military says.
The battalion is composed of soldiers who completed the Shlav Bet (Stage B) track, in which older people who previously received exemptions from service draft for the first time, as well as Haredi soldiers from other parts of the military.
"As part of their training, the recruits underwent full combat training adapted to the Haredi way of life at the Hasmonean training base, and the battalion will later also absorb graduates of the brigade's standing army service track," the IDF says.
In the coming months, the Shimon Battalion is expected to be called up for operations on the northern front, "according to operational needs," the military adds.
Heartbreaking.
Bar Asraf took his own life yesterday after struggling with unbearable grief following the murder of his close friend, Liron Barda, at the Nova festival.
Liron managed the bars at the festival and gave first aid to the wounded until she was murdered.
Bar could no longer bear the pain of losing her.
May his memory be a blessing 🥀💔
Heartbreaking news 💔
Bar Asraf, 30, a survivor of the Nova Festival massacre, took his own life last night on the grave of his girlfriend.
His partner, Liron Barda, was murdered by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
Since that day, Bar had been living with unbearable pain and grief.
He remained very close to Liron’s parents and visited them regularly.
May both their memories be a blessing.
Heartbreaking 💔 Bar Asraf, 30, a survivor of October 7, took his own life last night at the grave of his girlfriend, Liorn Barda, who was murdered by Hamas that day.
Bar couldn't bear the pain of losing her and decided to take his own life.
May their memories be a blessing.
Tonight, people took to the streets in Isfahan، out of fear of public hanging of protesters.
They came out in the middle of the night because they knew what that crane in the square meant.
Dozens of Iranians are writing to me right now:
"Please ask the world to stop these executions."
Can you hear us, world?
As Tisha B'Av draws to a close, thousands gather at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem at the foot of the Temple Mount - the holiest site in Judaism - to mourn, to pray, and to remember. For 2,000 years, the Jewish people have wept for what was lost here. Tonight, they stand at the very place where it happened. Still here. Still praying. Still home. Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱