President Donald Trump announced that officials from his administration will have “top-level” direct talks with officials from the Islamic Republic of Iran this Saturday in hopes of reaching a new nuclear deal. If the talks are not successful, Trump said Iran would be “in great danger.”
&#8220;I think if the talks aren&#8217;t successful with Iran, I think Iran is going to be in great danger.” Trump said. “It’s not a complicated formula. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, that’s all there is.”
Trump declined to say where the talks would take place.
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Trump announces that his administration will have “top level” talks with Iran this Saturday.
&#8220;I think if the talks aren&#8217;t successful with Iran, I think Iran is going to be in great danger.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/uEcyAzELgw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/uEcyAzELgw</a>
— Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva/status/1909339143026663769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The talks follow the United States&#8217; strike on the Houthis, an Iranian proxy group in Yemen that has disrupted global trade and fired ballistic missiles at Israel.
“I think everybody agrees that doing a deal will be preferable to doing the obvious and obvious is not something I want to be involved with or frankly that Israel wants to be involved with if they can avoid it,” Trump said. “So we’re going to see if we can avoid it but it&#8217;s getting to be very dangerous territory.”
Trump announced the talks during his Oval Office meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyanu, who fiercely opposed President Barack Obama’s 2015 Iran deal. <a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-ending-united-states-participation-unacceptable-iran-deal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump withdrew</a> from the deal during his first term in 2018, calling it “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.”
Last month, during an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-iran-was-told-to-accept-nuclear-deal-or-face-u-s-military" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump said</a> Iran can be handled militarily or through making a deal.
“I would prefer to make a deal, because I’m not looking to hurt Iran,” Trump said. “They’re great people. I know so many Iranians from this country.”
“I would rather negotiate a deal,” he added. “I’m not sure that everybody agrees with me, but we can make a deal that would be just as good as if you won militarily. But the time is happening now. The time is coming up. Something’s going to happen one way or the other.”
Trump said that he wrote the Iranian regime a letter asking to negotiate.
Last week, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irans-military-commanders-locked-and-loaded-for-preemptive-strike-on-u-s-bombers-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an Iranian official said</a> the country is “locked and loaded” for a strike on Great Britain’s Chagos Islands in the Central Indian Ocean, after Trump deployed at least three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers last month.
“Top commanders are being urged to launch preemptive strikes on the island and its base if Trump’s threats have become more serious,” an Iranian official informed <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/31/iran-urged-to-strike-diego-garcia-base-immediately/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Telegraph</a>.
“Discussions about the island have intensified since the Americans deployed bombers there…Some are suggesting that missiles be fired towards the island, not with the intent to hit anything, but to fall into the water to send a clear message to the Americans that we are serious.”

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Trump Says Iran Will Be In ‘Great Danger’ If Saturday’s Nuclear Talks Fail

Benjamin Netanyahu

Houthis

Iran

Iran Nuclear Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel will eliminate its trade deficit with the United States, which has been the basis for the 17% tariff the White House announced would be placed on Israel.
“We will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States. We intend to do it very quickly, we think it is the right thing to do and we’re also going to eliminate trade barriers that have been put up unnecessarily.”
Netanyahu, calling himself a “free trade champion,” said that Israel can “serve as a model for many countries who ought to do the same.”
The tariff reportedly came as a surprise to Israeli leaders, who had hoped that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-scraps-all-tariffs-on-u-s-goods-ahead-of-trumps-massive-reciprocal-levy-plan?row=0&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;title=Israel+Scraps+All+Tariffs+On+U.S.+Goods+Ahead+Of+Trump%E2%80%99s+Tariff+%E2%80%98Liberation+Day%E2%80%99&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">removing all tariffs</a> from American goods would help ease the risk of economic turmoil amid a year-and-a-half-long war that has strained the nation’s struggling economy.
Netanyahu is the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shocked-by-tariffs-on-israel-netanyahu-heads-to-white-house-to-negotiate-with-trump?row=3&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;title=Shocked+By+Tariffs+On+Israel%2C+Netanyahu+Heads+To+White+House+To+Negotiate+With+Trump&amp;category=News&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first world leader</a> to meet with Trump over the new tariff policy. The meeting is the second time Trump has hosted Netanyahu at the White House in less than three months.
Netanyahu also met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at Blair House in Washington, D.C on Sunday. His office described the meeting as “warm, friendly and productive.”
More than 50 nations have reached out to the United States to negotiate trade deals following last week’s tariff announcement, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50-countries-negotiate-with-trump-tariffs?row=3&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;title=More+Than+50+Countries+Have+Asked+To+Negotiate+With+Trump+On+Tariffs%2C+Admin+Officials+Say&amp;category=News&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> Sunday.
A White House official told The Daily Wire that the “Liberation Day” tariffs account for various “non-trade barriers,” including intellectual property transfer or theft, which the source said was specific to Israel. However, in the days following the announcement, <a href="https://x.com/KushDesai47/status/1907618136444067901" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it has been reported</a> that the White House calculated most tariffs based on the U.S. trade deficit divided by the value of imports from each country.
The Trump administration announced that the baseline 10% tariff on all countries would take effect on April 5, with additional amounts — including a 7% tariff on Israel — scheduled to take effect on April 9.
The United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement, which took effect in 1985, nearly eliminated tariffs between the countries by 1995. The United States is currently Israel’s largest trading partner, with total goods trade <a href="https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/middle-eastnorth-africa/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> to be valued at $37 billion in 2024.
In 2024, U.S. imports from Israel stood at $22.2 billion, while exports were estimated at $14.8 billion, according to the U.S. Trade Representative. America’s trade deficit with Israel stood at $7.4 billion in 2024.
During the meeting, the two leaders also spoke about the 59 hostages still in Hamas captivity, Turkey’s effort to grow its influence in Syria, and the Trump administration’s Saturday meeting with representatives of Iran regarding its nuclear program.
“Doing a deal will be preferable to doing the opposite,” Trump said.
Prior to Netanyahu’s arrival Trump reportedly had a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and Abdullah II of Jordan.

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Netanyahu Pledges To Eliminate Israel’s Trade Deficit With U.S. In Hopes Of Avoiding Tariffs

Free Trade

Israel

Tariffs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House today, making him the first world leader to meet with the president to seek tariff relief.
Trump announced last week that a baseline 10% tariff on all countries would take effect on April 5, with additional amounts — including a 7% tariff on Israel — scheduled to take effect on April 9.
The tariff reportedly came as a surprise to Israeli leaders, who had hoped that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-scraps-all-tariffs-on-u-s-goods-ahead-of-trumps-massive-reciprocal-levy-plan?row=0&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;title=Israel+Scraps+All+Tariffs+On+U.S.+Goods+Ahead+Of+Trump%E2%80%99s+Tariff+%E2%80%98Liberation+Day%E2%80%99&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">removing all tariffs</a> from American goods would help ease the risk of economic turmoil amid a year-and-a-half-long war that has strained the nation’s struggling economy.
Netanyahu spoke to Trump about the tariffs during a phone call last week, which included Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Today’s meeting — the second time Trump has hosted Netanyahu at the White House in less than three months — is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET, and will be followed by a joint press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET.
On Sunday, Netanyahu met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at Blair House in Washington, D.C. His office described the meeting as &#8220;warm, friendly and productive.”
More than 50 nations have reached out to the United States to negotiate trade deals following last week’s tariff announcement, White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50-countries-negotiate-with-trump-tariffs?row=3&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;author=Daniel+Chaitin&amp;title=More+Than+50+Countries+Have+Asked+To+Negotiate+With+Trump+On+Tariffs%2C+Admin+Officials+Say&amp;category=News&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> Sunday.
Under Trump’s “Liberation Day” plan, Israel would face a 17% tariff on goods. A White House official told The Daily Wire that the tariffs account for various “non-trade barriers,” including intellectual property transfer or theft, which the source said was specific to Israel.
However, in the days following the announcement, <a href="https://x.com/KushDesai47/status/1907618136444067901" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it has been reported</a> that the White House calculated most tariffs based on the U.S. trade deficit divided by the value of imports from each country.
The United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement, which took effect in 1985, nearly eliminated tariffs between the countries by 1995. The United States is currently Israel’s largest trading partner, with total goods trade <a href="https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/middle-eastnorth-africa/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> to be valued at $37 billion in 2024.
In 2024, U.S. imports from Israel stood at $22.2 billion, while exports were estimated at $14.8 billion, according to the U.S. Trade Representative. America’s trade deficit with Israel stood at $7.4 billion in 2024.
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hang-tough-trump-calls-on-americans-to-ride-out-tariff-storm-predicts-historic-investments?row=0&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;title=%E2%80%98HANG+TOUGH%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Calls+On+Americans+To+Ride+Out+Tariff+Storm%2C+Predicts+%E2%80%98Historic%E2%80%99+Investments&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the American people</a> over the weekend to “hang tough” through the pain felt by the tariffs on the American economy, promising that “we will win” and that tariffs are creating an “economic revolution.”
Trump and Netanyahu, who share a warm relationship, are also expected to discuss the ongoing war with Hamas and efforts to maintain stability in the Middle East. One of the concerns expected to be discussed is Turkey — a NATO ally — attempting to grow its influence in Syria. Last week, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-warns-syria-will-pay-a-heavy-price-if-hostile-forces-are-allowed-to-enter-country?row=0&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;title=Israel+Warns+Syria+Will+%E2%80%98Pay+A+Heavy+Price%E2%80%99+If+Hostile+Forces+Are+Allowed+To+Enter+Country&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel bombed</a> Syrian airbases to convey a message to Turkey that it opposes its attempts to expand its influence.
“We don’t think it was good when Syria was an Iranian proxy, and we don’t think that Syria should be a Turkish protectorate,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in a press conference last week.
During Netanyahu&#8217;s February visit, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-will-take-over-gaza-strip-trump-says-during-netanyahu-press-conference?row=0&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;title=United+States+Will+Take+Over+Gaza+Strip%2C+Trump+Says+During+Netanyahu+Press+Conference&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump shared</a> his shocking plan to relocate Gazans from the Gaza Strip and have the United States take over.
“Everyone I have spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent,” he said, adding that Gaza could become the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
“I think it’s something that could change history and I think it is worth pursuing this avenue,” Netanyahu said in response.

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Shocked By Tariffs On Israel, Netanyahu Heads To White House To Negotiate With Trump

Trade War

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday signed a directive to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. imports. The move comes ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned announcement on implementing reciprocal tariffs.
Trump’s tariffs are set to go into place on Wednesday, April 2, which his administration is calling “Liberation Day.” Trump reporters told reporters on Sunday that the tariffs would be on “all countries,” though <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-planned-april-2-tariffs-will-start-countries-rcna198805" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advisors in his administration</a> said they would focus on select countries with the largest trade imbalances.
Smotrich said his goal is to have a “zero-tarrif policy” and “maintain positive trade relations&#8221; with the United States. The United States is currently Israel’s largest trading partner, with total goods trade <a href="https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/middle-eastnorth-africa/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> to be valued at $37 billion in 2024. In 2024, the US imports from Israel stood at $22.2 billion, while exports were estimated at $14.8 billion, according to the US trade representative.
“Fully eliminating tariffs on imports from the US is an important step to safeguard the Israeli economy during a sensitive period and to strengthen the economic relationship with our most important ally – the US,” Smotrich said Tuesday.
“We will continue to act decisively to protect Israeli exports and preserve the competitive advantages of Israel in the international arena.”
Smotrich’s move was coordinated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat, and must obtain final approval from the Knesset Finance Committee and the signature of the Economy and Industry Minister.
The customs levies sent to be removed are reportedly on fruits, vegetables and other agricultural goods.
In a statement, Netanyahu said that the custom duty reduction will benefit Israeli consumers by possibly reducing their cost of living through an “anticipated expansion in imports of food and agricultural products from the US.”
“Cancelling the customs duties on American goods is an additional step in the policy that my governments have led for a decade in opening up the market to competition, introducing variety to the economy and lowering the cost of living,” Netanyahu said. “We will continue to work to reduce barriers and customs, and bolster our special relationship with the US.&#8221;
The U.S.-Israeli 1985 free trade agreement gradually led to nearly zero tariffs by 1995, apart from some restrictions including quantitative restrictions and fees on agricultural products, which are allowed under the agreement.
“The remaining tariffs are in place partly because we don’t want to be flooded by cheap agricultural products and to protect the local agricultural industry, which means that a removal of the tariffs will require the Israeli government to come up with an agricultural policy to support local producers,” Dan Catarivas, president of the Israeli Federation of Bi-National Chambers of Commerce and Industry, told <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-nixes-us-import-tariffs-a-day-before-trump-set-to-levy-duties-on-trade-allies/">The Times of Israel</a>.
Currently custom duties on American goods amount to above $11.3 million per year for the Jewish state, according to the Finance Ministry data.

UAE and Bahrain’s normalization deal with Israel

Israel Scraps All Tariffs On U.S. Goods Ahead Of Trump’s Tariff ‘Liberation Day’

Global Politics

World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the rare anti-Hamas protests in the streets of Gaza over the past two days are proof that Israel’s policies are working.
“In recent days, we have seen something we have never seen before — public protests against Hamas rule in Gaza,” Netanyahu said in the Knesset, <a href="https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-gaza-protests-against-hamas-proof-our-policy-is-working/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish News Syndicate reported</a>. “This shows that our policy is working.”
Gazans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rare-anti-hamas-protests-erupt-in-gaza-as-residents-call-for-peace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took to the streets</a> Tuesday and Wednesday all around the strip, calling for an end to Hamas rule, in a rare display of opposition to the terrorist group.
Protesters marched through Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza carrying white flags, demanding Hamas end its rule, and calling for the Israeli hostages to be released.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz praised the protesters and encouraged others to join in, calling it the “only way to stop the war.”
“Learn from the residents of Beit Lahiiya, as they did, you should also demand the removal of Hamas from Gaza and the immediate release of all Israeli hostages,” Katz said. “This is the only way to stop the war.”
He added that military operations will soon spread in Gaza, which may require more evacuations from combat zones.
“The plans are ready and approved. Hamas is risking your life and will make you lose your homes and more and more land that will be added to the Israeli defense array,” Katz said.
In a video posted by the Center for Peace Communications, protesters are heard chanting, “‘Hamas get out!’ Gaza’s people don’t want wars. They demand the end of Hamas’s rule. They demand peace.”
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🚨Anti-Hamas protests break out in Gaza
“The people are chanting, ‘Hamas get out!’ Gaza&#8217;s people don&#8217;t want wars. They demand the end of Hamas&#8217;s rule. They demand peace.&#8221;
Watch: <a href="https://t.co/aBNmXS5E5G" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/aBNmXS5E5G</a>
— Center for Peace Communications (@PeaceComCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeaceComCenter/status/1904572896845922544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 25, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In Khan Younis, <a href="https://x.com/KhalilJeries/status/1904614555134631970" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protesters were reported chanting,</a> “Oh the shame, you sold Gaza with dollars,” and, “Hamas is a terrorist.”
In the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gazans chanted “Out, out Hamas!”
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Breaking 🚨a massive protest took place in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip. The protesters chanted the slogan that has become unified throughout the strip: “Out, Out Hamas.”
There is no area in the Gaza Strip today that has not seen anti-Hamas protests. <a href="https://t.co/DrCyiSmkeG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/DrCyiSmkeG</a>
— Khalil Sayegh (@KhalilJeries) <a href="https://twitter.com/KhalilJeries/status/1904905137379815701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In response, Hamas <a href="https://x.com/HowidyHamza/status/1904572074275774656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> started to attack the protesters in the street. Hamas-aligned media outlets have either ignored the protests or claimed they were incited by Israel, <a href="https://x.com/KhalilJeries/status/1904925219656974633" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Palestinian Christian activist Khalil Sayegh.
The protests marked the first time Gazans had taken to the streets to call for peace since January 2024, though those protests were smaller.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-eliminates-dozens-of-top-hamas-leaders-following-ceasefire-collapse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Over the past week</a>, Israel eliminated more than a dozen Hamas leaders, many of whom were key to maintaining Hamas’ control over Gaza’s population, beyond just its militant operations.
In addition to air strikes, IDF troops have begun ground activities in central and southern Gaza to create a buffer zone between the north and south of the strip.
“We eliminated tens of thousands of terrorists and senior murderers,” Netanyahu said while speaking during a debate in the Knesset, which his political opposition is able to call once a month. “As long as Hamas persists in refusing to release our hostages, the pressure we apply will become stronger and stronger. This includes capturing territories and other moves I will not elaborate on here.”
Netanyahu&#8217;s comments build on Katz’s threat to annex part of the Gaza Strip if Hamas continues to refuse to release the 59 hostages held by the terror group.
“I have instructed the IDF to seize additional areas in Gaza, evacuate the population, and expand security zones around Gaza to protect Israeli communities and IDF soldiers,” Katz said, <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-847025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Jerusalem Post. “The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release the hostages, the more territory it will lose, which will be annexed to Israel.”
Last month, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-gazan-civilians-support-trumps-relocation-plan-say-their-home-is-uninhabitable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> published interviews with Gazans who said they were in favor of relocating to more habitable locations outside of the Gaza Strip, in line with President Donald Trump’s proposal.
“It is our right in Gaza to have freedom of movement and travel,” said a 22-year-old law student, her face blurred for safety, during an interview obtained by The Daily Wire. “In light of the suffering by the people of Gaza, the need to travel has become urgent, as it is no longer suitable for living a dignified life as other people live.”

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Netanyahu Says Anti-Hamas Protests Are Proof Israel’s Policies Are Working 

Gaza

Hamas

On Thursday, the BBC once again displayed its inveterate hostility toward Israel, as a producer for the network contacted the Israeli Embassy in London and asked if it could supply &#8220;an Israeli military voice&#8221; who would &#8220;be critical of&#8221; Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s military offensive against Hamas.
Orly Goldschmidt, the spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy, published the message that requested the anti-Netanyahu guest. It read:
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Hi, (redacted) this is (redacted) from Newshour on the World Service. Our presenter (redacted) would like to interview a (sic) an Israeli military voice (can be former) about the latest ground offensive in Gaza. We want someone who is going to be critical of Netanyahu and the ground offense (concern about remaining hostages, stretching the IDF capacity, destruction of Gaza or any other reason). Do you think you could help with this? Thank you. 
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The message ended with a praying hands emoji.
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🚨BBC BIAS (yet again)
Today my team received this remarkable message from a <a href="https://twitter.com/BBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBC</a> producer at <a href="https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bbcworldservice</a>. 
They don’t want to interview someone knowledgeable, nor someone relevant, just someone who fits the predetermined narrative. 
There is nothing balanced or impartial… <a href="https://t.co/pm0loEeUFG">pic.twitter.com/pm0loEeUFG</a>
&mdash; Orly Goldschmidt 🎗️ (@Orlygoldschmidt) <a href="https://twitter.com/Orlygoldschmidt/status/1902668733899825646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In August 2024, the BBC rejected a call from more than 200 Jewish staffers, contractors, suppliers, and contributors for a formal investigation into its alleged anti-Semitic reporting.
The call came in a letter whose signatories included Danny Cohen, the former director of BBC Television; &#8220;9/11: Inside the President’s War Room&#8221; Executive Producer Neil Grant; Fulwell 73 managing partner and former &#8220;Cinderella&#8221; Executive Producer Leo Pearlman; Claudia Rosencrantz, former controller of entertainment for ITV; and Will Daws, managing director at Plum Pictures.
“We write to you today to request an urgent formal investigation by the BBC board into systemic problems of anti-Semitism and bias at the BBC, alongside senior management’s demonstrable failure to properly address the issue,” the letter stated, adding the signatories’ “anguish and disbelief because we fear we have now exhausted the process of raising our very serious concerns about anti-Jewish racism with BBC Management,” <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/01/bbc-chairman-dismisses-staff-complaints-anti-semitism/#:~:text=If%20other%20minorities%20were%20treated,pointed%20to%20the%20whistleblower%20process." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Telegraph.
“The group also sent the board members what they describe as a non-exhaustive list of social media breaches and ‘impartiality breaches in matters of public controversy relating to Israel and Gaza,’ broadcast mistakes that ‘suggest bias,’ and an account from anonymous sources ‘of the fear and mental health toll on Jewish BBC staff, their feelings of isolation and alienation from their bosses and experiences of prejudice and racism at work,’” Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/08/bbc-formal-antisemitism-investigation-jewish-group-1236028620/#recipient_hashed=08fffa7c82ea6b2d094e763900bf54666b85ace76f2a09af81b15c839e1ca06f&amp;recipient_salt=1a059f2921757ba80b9af3ebcdcec73bbac911a89a1e4e907fd2e8fe6b1d8fc1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=exacttarget&amp;utm_campaign=Deadline_IntlBNA&amp;utm_content=540896_08-01-2024&amp;utm_term=11484234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The letter pointed out “impartiality breaches in matters of public controversy relating to Israel and Gaza,” broadcast mistakes that “suggest bias,” and an account from anonymous sources “of the fear and mental health toll on Jewish BBC staff, their feelings of isolation and alienation from their bosses and experiences of prejudice and racism at work.”
But BBC Chairman Samir Shah dismissed the call for a formal investigation, responding that the BBC was “successful” in creating an “inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds feel welcome, safe and supported. &#8230; I am satisfied, however, that where we have made errors, the executive has acted appropriately and handled matters in accordance to the guidance as they apply to my colleagues. Following your correspondence, I have asked the executive to review the papers you sent and to see if there’s anything included that has not been previously considered.”
In November 2023, the BBC, which had presented an editorial slant against Israel for years, was forced to apologize for falsely accusing Israel Defense Forces of committing war crimes in its attack on a Hamas command node at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
A BBC presenter falsely claimed twice on air that Reuters had reported that the IDF had targeted medical teams as well as Arabic speakers instead of what Reuters actually reported, which was that the IDF had included medical teams and Arabic speakers on its team.
“We are hearing from Reuters that is reporting that Israel’s — it says its forces are carrying out an operation against Hamas in Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital and they are targeting people, including medical teams as well as Arabic speakers. They are also saying that Israel is calling on all Hamas operatives in the hospital to surrender at this point,” the BBC presenter claimed, then repeated, “Once again we are hearing from Reuters that Israel says that its forces are carrying out an operation against Hamas in that hospital that we had just heard of; they are targeting Arabic speakers as well as some of the medical staff there and they are asking all Hamas operatives in the hospital to surrender.”
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In the original broadcast, the BBC newscaster made sure to repeat the scandalous lie twice in case anyone missed it or misunderstood it. <a href="https://t.co/uio5O44Jri">https://t.co/uio5O44Jri</a> <a href="https://t.co/pUGaFNO38y">pic.twitter.com/pUGaFNO38y</a>
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Later, another presenter offered a muted apology on behalf of the network, stating, “And now, an apology from the BBC. BBC News, as it covered initial reports that Israeli forces had entered Gaza’s main hospital. We said that medical teams and Arabic speakers were being targeted; this was incorrect and misquoted a Reuters report. We should have said IDF forces included medical teams and Arabic speakers for this operation.”
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BBC- If you don&#39;t want to apologize over and over again for the false information you propagate against Israel &#8211; maybe just start publishing the truth? <a href="https://t.co/uc62A93yqG">pic.twitter.com/uc62A93yqG</a>
&mdash; יוסף חדאד &#8211; Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) <a href="https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1724744461236715836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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BBC Shows Anti-Israel Bias Again, Wants Any Anti-Bibi Speaker To Rip Gaza War For Any Reason

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In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump issued a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post on Truth Social</a> created with artificial intelligence in which he offered a vision of “Trump Gaza,” with high-rise hotels, beautiful beaches, belly dancers, Elon Musk smiling while he was eating on a beach, a huge statue of Trump and a shot of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting together soaking up the sun.
In early February, Trump stated, “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it. I think we will be a great keeper of something that is very, very strong, very powerful, and very, very good for the area, not just for Israel, for the entire Middle East. There will be jobs for everyone.”
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This was just posted on President Trump’s Truth Social account. <a href="https://t.co/9zrVcBGjK1">pic.twitter.com/9zrVcBGjK1</a>
&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1894613903302176846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Everyone I have spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent,” he added. “I think the potential in the Gaza Strip is unbelievable and I think representatives from all over the world will be there,” he said, adding that Gaza could become the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
Days later, he added, “The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting. The Palestinians, people like Chuck Schumer, would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region. They would actually have a chance to be happy, safe, and free. The U.S., working with great development teams from all over the World, would slowly and carefully begin the construction of what would become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth. No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed! Stability for the region would reign!!!”
Some civilians living in Gaza say they’re in favor of relocating to more habitable locations outside of the Gaza Strip.
“It is our right in Gaza to have freedom of movement and travel,” said a 22-year-old law student, her face blurred for safety, during an interview obtained by The Daily Wire. “In light of the suffering by the people of Gaza, the need to travel has become urgent, as it is no longer suitable for living a dignified life as other people live.”
“We want to feel safe and secure — to feel stability and live a normal life,” the female student said, adding that even with the ceasefire, the situation is still dire.
The student added that she feels as if Trump has stopped talking about his plan, which has caused “great frustration.”
“We don’t know if Trump has backed down or abandoned the idea,” she said. “The world forgot us in this situation where there is neither war nor peace.”
She added that Hamas refusing to hand over governance “terrifies” her and other Gazans because the terror group could cause the war to resume, and “with it, the fear of death.”
“We are just civilians,” she said. “We are not part of Hamas, and we don’t want to die.”
Another interviewee, a male with his face also blurred, said he’s in favor of emigrating, as long as he can return to Gaza.
“That’s how most people in Gaza feel — because right now Gaza is uninhabitable,” he said. “Some areas are nearly destroyed, others are completely destroyed.”
One Gaza resident <a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/02/19/well-leave-without-regret-despair-among-gazans-amid-trumps-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Facebook: &#8220;When I get the chance to leave this land, I will never feel regret. I will never fill my social media accounts with lies and hypocrisy about how much I miss it. I will regret every minute I spent in this place, where young people are drowning in worries. &#8230;This place is no longer habitable. Everything here is pathetic and disappointing. The problem lies with the place – we are good, we are excellent, we are exceptional for having survived thus far; but now we are leaving without regret. We left regret behind, in this place we no longer wish to give a second chance.”
Kassy Akiva contributed to this article.
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A myth pervades Western societies that is unbelievably dangerous and stupid.
The myth is that all cultures are like ours and all other people outside ours are really just like us. They think the same way. They want the same things. All that is required is a little bit of kindness and education for everyone to blossom into a good Westerner.
That is a lie.
It is a truly dangerous lie because granting that credibility to people who actively want something different, who foment evil, and who teach their children evil — when you say, “they don&#8217;t really want evil, they&#8217;re not really evil, and they don&#8217;t believe evil things; really, it&#8217;s just about us not being nice enough” — results in surrendering to the evil.
That is the story of the Palestinian nationalist cause for the last 80 years. The Palestinian nationalist cause is based on an evil supposition, which is the destruction of the state of Israel. It is about the extirpation of the Jews and the destruction of the state of Israel.
How do we know this? Because the call for a Palestinian state originally ended with the creation of one in Jordan. The original territory of Israel was supposed to include both Jordan and Israel. Then, under the British mandate, Jordan was segmented and made into a Palestinian state for the Arabs. Under a variety of negotiations and white papers from the British, the supposition became that Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip would eventually become an Arab state from the Partition Plan of 1947. 
That was rejected by the Arabs. The Arabs said there can be no Jewish state under any circumstances at all. Palestinian nationalism is rooted in rejectionism of a Jewish presence anywhere in that area and the extirpation of all Jews from that area, which is why every two-state solution that has ever been proposed by anyone has included the complete, Judenrein nature of a Palestinian state — no Jews living within an Arab Palestine — despite the fact that 20% of Israel is actually Arab Muslim.
This also became clear between 1948 and 1967 when Egypt was in control of the Gaza Strip and Jordan was in control of Judea and Samaria; there was no attempt at a Palestinian state.
In fact, in 1964, when the Palestine Liberation Organization was originally founded, calling for a Palestinian state, Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip were not in Jewish hands. So the call for a Palestinian state when the PLO was founded was genuinely for the destruction of the state of Israel. The Palestinian cause has always been about the destruction of the state of Israel.
That is why the Palestinians will simultaneously insist that Gaza is their home but also a refugee camp. A refugee camp from where? Tel Aviv.
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It&#8217;s why the Palestinians have always called for a “right of return” that would allow them to enter Israel and destroy it from within. This has always been the Palestinian nationalist cause.
Because of the West’s own stupid idea that everyone thinks like the West, the West has decided this is just a territorial dispute, that if the sides could just get over themselves and if lines were drawn in the right places, everybody would go home happy. What everybody wanted was two states side by side in peace and prosperity. 
But that was a lie. It is a lie. And it will always be a lie because the Palestinian nationalist cause is to reject the Jewish state and eliminate Jews. 
That is the only way to understand what happened on Thursday.
Israel and Hamas had an ongoing hostage deal, a so-called cease-fire. The deal was that Hamas was supposed to trickle out live hostages and dead bodies of the people kidnapped on October 7, and in return, Israel was to turn over murderous terrorists.
Israel has foolishly agreed to these sorts of deals in the past and is agreeing to those deals now because Israel puts a high priority on not only getting live citizens home, but also getting dead bodies home for proper burial.
It is a policy with which I disagree because it only further incentivizes hostage-taking. But that is the policy of the state of Israel. That&#8217;s why a cease-fire is in place. 
The Hamas terror group runs the Gaza Strip with the acquiescence and support of the civilian population, which supports the destruction of Israel, as does is the Arab civilian population in Judea and Samaria, with Arab children inculcated in the idea of eradicating the Jewish people.
A couple of days ago, Hamas announced that three members of the Bibas family — the mother and her nine-month-old and three-year-old sons — were dead when they were kidnapped by Palestinian civilians on October 7. Hamas claimed the boys were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
<div id="attachment_881297" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-881297" class="size-large wp-image-881297" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/02/GettyImages-2199956192-864x576.jpg" alt="TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 20: Poster of hostages Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas and Omer Shem Tov are displayed in hostages square prior the handover of four bodies taken by Hamas fighters on February 20, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Four bodies of hostages believed to include those of the Bibas family - Shiri and her young children Kfir and Ariel taken by Hamas fighters in the October 7 raids on Israel are released from Gaza. President Netanyahu has said it &quot;..will be a very difficult day for the state of Israel. An upsetting day, a day of grief. We bring home four of our beloved hostages, deceased. We embrace the families, and the heart of an entire nation is torn. My heart is torn.&quot; (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/02/GettyImages-2199956192-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/02/GettyImages-2199956192-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/02/GettyImages-2199956192-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/02/GettyImages-2199956192.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Amir Levy/Getty Images</div>
The bodies were returned to Israel. After a forensic analysis and autopsy, we now know from the IDF that the two little boys did not die of malnutrition. They were apparently murdered roughly one month into their captivity. 
Even if they&#8217;d been killed in an airstrike, that would still be on Hamas; Hamas initiated this war with its murderous attack.
The IDF has now made public the physical details of the bodies of these babies to various other countries. IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/middleeast/israel-bibas-boys-among-dead-hostages-not-shiri-intl-latam/index.html">said</a>, “Ariel and Kfir were brutally murdered in cold blood during their captivity in Gaza in the first weeks of the war. The terrorists didn’t murder them with gunfire – they murdered them with their bare hands. Afterwards, they committed terrible actions in order to try and hide the horrific acts.”
So they mutilated the bodies to make it look as though they were not, in fact, beaten or strangled to death. Remember, they were taken by people not in Hamas uniforms. They were taken by Gazan civilians. This is what evil sounds like. True evil.
There&#8217;s no other word for it. There are no synonyms that do justice to the barbarity, cruelty, and horror of what this ideology generates. So Hamas was supposed to release the bodies of these children they had murdered along with their mother in exchange for live terrorists.
One party is seeking to bring back the dead bodies, the corpses of children who were murdered. The other is celebrating the release of terrorists who murdered children. This is the moral logic being utilized. Not all cultures are the same. Not all people think the same way. Not all people inculcate the same values in their children.
That is a stupid, idiotic, foolish, counterproductive, and dangerous Western conceit.
That is the only way to look at what happened on Thursday in the Gaza Strip. Hamas held a parade, an actual parade, with the coffins of Jewish babies as celebratory music played. Representatives from all of the various terror groups, including Fatah, were present. Fatah is the military wing of the so-called moderate Palestinian Authority that is supposedly ruling Judea and Samaria at this point. People cheered as celebratory music played in the background. The voices of children can be heard in the massive crowd. The crowd showed up to cheer, to celebrate the dead bodies of babies. 
This is a culture of death. It is an evil culture.
I&#8217;ve never even heard of a culture that celebrates the death of babies — who celebrates the actual murder of children, not civilian casualties, which are tragic and awful and should be avoided. But the actual purposeful murder of babies? There is no culture on earth that I&#8217;ve even heard of that does this. And yet that&#8217;s what it was.
The “innocent, starved, genocided” Gazan civilians cheered as the coffins of babies were transported. By the way, children took part in this too. 
The awful evil tragedy of children being indoctrinated into something like this is beyond words. It is unspeakably evil and horrifying. A full stage and sound production was built; there were exhibits with the coffins. Children came on stage to dance and sing where the babies’ bodies had been just one second prior. They were somewhere between five and ten years old, smiling, cheering, dancing up and down. 
These are the people that Western leftists support, these human pieces of debris. 
These people.
Western self-flagellation, Western self-hatred, Western belief that all sins in the world can be laid at the feet of the West is not just self-defeating. It is wrong. It foments evil. It makes evil more common. 
Hamas initiated this war knowing precisely what would happen, and they did so knowing the Western Left would come to their defense. And, indeed, they were not disappointed. The Western Left did come to their defense because the Western Left is of the opinion that the more barbaric, evil, and angry a group of people is, the more they must have been victimized by evil overlords.
By the way, Hamas actually labeled the coffins with the supposed “date of arrest,” which was October 7.
Further, the coffins were locked. The Israelis had to run them through metal detectors to ensure they were not booby trapped with bombs because that is something that Hamas absolutely would do. Hamas gave them keys to the locks, but the keys did not match the locks. They gave them false keys to the locks.
Then, when Israel was finally able to open the coffins, they found them filled with leaflets of Hamas propaganda. As a final indignity, Israel had to do forensic analysis on the charred bodies of a baby, a toddler and a mom.
They did this on purpose. They kidnapped babies to murder them, and then they held their bodies to free terrorists.
That is evil. And a culture that celebrates it in the streets is evil. Every aspect of it was celebrated by a huge percentage of the population in the Gaza Strip. That means that the “two-state solution” is, was, and always will be completely unworkable because one side wants to kill everyone on the other side in any case.
The final indignity involved was the mother&#8217;s body. When analyzed, it turned out it was not her body at all. Hamas handed over a random woman&#8217;s body instead. 
On this same day, five buses were loaded with bombs in Israel. Three of them blew up near Tel Aviv. The initial assessment from the security establishment is that the plan for the attack came from Iran. It was carried out by Hamas terrorists from Judea and Samaria.
It was only through the grace of God that the bombs did not kill hundreds of people. The goal was presumably to set off bombs simultaneously around Israel; draw troops to those areas; breach fences between the Arab areas of Judea, Samaria, and the Jewish areas; and then rush into various Jewish villages and commit another October 7, this time from the Judea and Samaria area. 
President Trump is absolutely right. The time to unleash hell is long past. President Trump acknowledges realities on the ground better than any politician I&#8217;ve seen. He recognizes that the “two-state solution” nonsense is precisely that. It is rooted in wishful thinking, not in reality. When President Trump suggests that Gaza be cleared of its population and turned into a place of investment and decency with people being allowed to go elsewhere, he is posing the only decent solution that I have heard to this entire situation for decades.
This bizarre, stupid Western notion that you can project your own values onto people who celebrate, cheer, and train their children to cheer the death of babies, the purposeful murder of babies, is morally perverted. And the sick, false equivalence by some people in the media infrastructure who suggest there is somehow an equivalence between attempting to target a terrorist who hides behind a child (and the child being a civilian casualty) and breaking into a family&#8217;s home, kidnapping and carrying babies to terror tunnels, and murdering them is morally perverted.

Al-Qassam hands over bodies of Israeli hostages killed by army shelling in Gaza

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Israel Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/benjamin-netanyahu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> gifted President Donald a golden pager this week commemorating Israel&#8217;s legendary pager operation last year against Hezbollah.
Netanyahu gave the gift to Trump during their meeting on Tuesday in remembrance of Israel detonating thousands of the devices late last year, injuring thousands of Hezbollah terrorists.
The pager states &#8220;PRESS WITH BOTH HANDS,&#8221; and is mounted on a wooden plaque that praises Trump for his strong relationship with the country.
&#8220;To President Donald J. Trump, our greatest friend and greatest ally,&#8221; the plaque says. &#8220;Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.&#8221;
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🇺🇸🇮🇱 A gift from PM Netanyahu to President Trump: A golden pager to memorialize the September, 2024 operation against Hezbollah. Wow! <a href="https://t.co/oUbbYtf8vG">pic.twitter.com/oUbbYtf8vG</a>
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In return, Trump signed a photo of the two leaders standing together in the Oval Office, according to Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister&#8217;s son.
“To Bibi, A great leader!” Trump wrote.
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הקדשה של הנשיא טראמפ לנתניהו על : לביבי- מנהיג דגול, דונאלד טראמפ . <a href="https://t.co/DUr3GzNXK3">pic.twitter.com/DUr3GzNXK3</a>
— Yair Netanyahu🇮🇱 (@YairNetanyahu) <a href="https://twitter.com/YairNetanyahu/status/1886978847939219653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-emerge-on-how-israel-got-booby-trapped-pagers-walkie-talkies-into-hezbollahs-hands">pager operation</a>, carried out by Israel’s intelligence service Mossad, was many years in the making.
In 2015, Israel began covertly selling Hezbollah booby-trapped walkie-talkies that featured hidden explosives that were virtually undetectable and a transmission system that allowed Israel total access to Hezbollah’s communications.
Several years later, Mossad decided to try to sell the Iranian-backed terrorist group pagers, also booby-trapped with explosives.
Because the terrorist group was already paranoid about Israeli infiltration, they would not purchase any products made in Israel, the U.S., or other allied nations.
Mossad decided to sell Hezbollah Apollo pagers, made by a Taiwanese company that was well established and had no knowledge of the plan.
The sales pitch came from a woman two years ago who worked in the Middle East and had created her own company to sell Apollo products. She was already trusted by Hezbollah and was completely unaware of Mossad’s plot.
The terrorist group fell in love with the AR924 pager after she told them that it was a rugged model designed to survive battlefield conditions, was waterproof, had a battery that could last months, could be charged with a cable, and had an encryption feature that would protect communications from Israeli surveillance.
Hezbollah purchased 5,000 pagers and started giving them to mid-level operatives and logistics personnel in early 2024.
Unknown to Hezbollah and to their trusted sales rep, the devices were secretly manufactured in Israel by Mossad. The explosives were so well hidden that they were not detectable once disassembled or by X-ray.
One of the most ingenious features of the device was that its encryption feature required users to press buttons with both hands simultaneously to read the messages.
When Israel decided to detonate the devices on September 17, Mossad first sent out an encrypted message to the pagers. Terrorists who picked up the devices had to use both hands to push the buttons on the device to read the message and, when they did, their fingers and hands were blown off, rendering them useless on the battlefield.
Less than a minute later, Mossad sent out a signal that forced the detonation of all the remaining pagers whose owners had not yet pressed the buttons on the devices. The result was hundreds of terrorists getting their genitals blown off by pagers that were inside their pant pockets.
Approximately 3,000 Hezbollah fighters were injured or killed by the exploding pagers.
By the next day, Hezbollah had switched to using only walkie-talkies — the very ones that Israel had previously sold to the group nearly a decade earlier. Mossad detonated the walkie-talkies, which carried a much larger explosive charge that blew up cars and rooms inside buildings.

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President Donald Trump provided some more details about his plan for Gaza, writing early Thursday morning that his idea would not require any U.S. troops on the ground in the war-torn territory, which would be &#8220;turned over to the United States by Israel.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-will-take-over-gaza-strip-trump-says-during-netanyahu-press-conference" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Tuesday in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. would seek control of Gaza to create an economy that will “supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.” In his post on Thursday morning, Trump said the U.S. would work &#8220;with great development teams from all over the World&#8221; to rebuild the territory that has been controlled by Hamas terrorists.
&#8220;The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;The Palestinians, people like Chuck Schumer, would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region. They would actually have a chance to be happy, safe, and free. The U.S., working with great development teams from all over the World, would slowly and carefully begin the construction of what would become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth. No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed! Stability for the region would reign!!!&#8221;
After Hamas&#8217; October 7, 2023, attack on Israel — when the terrorists killed around 1,200 people and took hundreds more hostage — Israel responded with bombings and military operations in Gaza. The years-long war between Israel and Hamas finally entered a ceasefire last month as the U.S. and Israel negotiated deals for the return of hostages days before Trump was sworn in for his second presidential term.
Trump said on Tuesday that his goal is to resettle around 1.7 million Gazans, adding, “I think they’ll be resettled in areas where they can live a beautiful life and not be worried about dying every day.” The president told reporters that Egypt and Jordan would agree to accept Gazan refugees, an idea both countries have <a href="https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-jordan-egypt-israel-refugee-502c06d004767d4b64848d878b66bd3d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strongly opposed</a>.
“They won’t tell me no. I want to remove all the residents of Gaza,” he said. “It will happen.”
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Trump says he wants to permanently resettle all Gazans:
“I think they&#39;ll be resettled in areas where they can live a beautiful life and not be worried about dying every day.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/amrr8WWwam">pic.twitter.com/amrr8WWwam</a>
&mdash; Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva/status/1886924104516637098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Netanyahu <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-netanyahu-us-defense-secretary-says-trump-seeking-new-ways-to-solve-problems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> Trump for being &#8220;willing to think outside the box&#8221; and &#8220;find new and unique ways to solve problems that felt like they were intractable.”
&#8220;We&#8217;re prepared to look at all options,&#8221; Netanyahu added.
Trump faced criticism from Democrats and skepticism from some Republicans over his proposed plan for Gaza. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) <a href="https://x.com/marcrod97/status/1886944944125808731" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Jewish Insider, &#8220;I think most South Carolinians would probably not be excited about sending Americans to take over Gaza. It might be problematic.” He added, &#8220;But I&#8217;ll keep an open mind. That would be a tough place to be stationed as an American.&#8221;
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/02/05/us-news/lawmakers-skeptical-of-trumps-bid-for-us-control-of-gaza-few-kinks-in-that-slinky/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, “I don’t know that I think it’s the best use of United States resources to spend a bunch of money in Gaza.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/05/trump-gaza-proposal-palestinian-displacement-white-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday that Trump&#8217;s plan for Gaza &#8220;does not mean&#8221; U.S. tax dollars will be spent on rebuilding the area.
“It’s been made very clear to the president that the United States needs to be involved in this rebuilding effort to ensure stability in the region for all people. But that does not mean boots on the ground in Gaza. It does not mean American taxpayers will be funding this effort,” Leavitt said. “It means Donald Trump, who is the best dealmaker on the planet, is going to strike a deal with our partners in a region.”

Trump Elaborates On His Gaza Plan: ‘No Soldiers By The U.S. Would Be Needed’

President Trump Meets With Visiting Israeli PM Netanyahu At The White House

Trump Unleashes Mind-Blowing Gaza Plan

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Several pro-Israel experts who focus on the Middle East believe President Donald Trump’s plan for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip will be challenging, yet beneficial.
During a Tuesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-will-take-over-gaza-strip-trump-says-during-netanyahu-press-conference?topStoryPosition=undefined">press conference</a> with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump announced his plans to relocate all Gazans out of the area and to rebuild the strip into a U.S.-owned-development zone, sparking varied reactions.
Jonathan Schanzer, the Senior Vice President for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Americans would not be embraced in Gaza without the help of Arab countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
“A plan that would include the Saudis and Emiratis would be more welcome by the rest of the region, but there is no Arab participation,” he said. “So, Trump has now forced their hands. Now we wait to see the Arab reaction.”
He added that the main challenge would be removing Gazans from the war-torn strip, which Trump has described as a “demolition site.”
“This would be better handled by the Arab states, but they have failed to propose a feasible plan,” Schanzer said. “Trump has forced their hand.”
Ran Bar-Yoshafat, an attorney and public diplomacy expert who has served in the Israeli Defence Forces reserve in Gaza after October 7, is a fan of Trump’s idea.
“It’s the right thing to do,” Bar-Yoshafat said. “Trump is saying what everyone is thinking. Better for them, better for us.”
He added that Trump’s plan — which the president called making Gaza into the “Riviera of the Middle East&#8221; — would make life safer. 
“Israel left Gaza but Gaza did not leave Israel,” Bar-Yoshafat said.
Luke Moon, the director of the Christian pro-Israel group, the Philos Project, said he’s worried Gazans will be violent wherever they live.
“Sorting out Gaza will be a test for the master dealmaker, Donald Trump,” Moon said. “On one hand, many want Gazans to remain in the strip as a perpetual thorn in Israel’s side. On the other hand, whenever I think about the Gazans scattered around the world, I’m reminded of the recent event in Malaysia where 40 Gazans were sent for medical treatment.”
Moon was referring to dozens of Palestinians who rioted after not being allowed to leave the guest house they were staying at in Malaysia while receiving medical treatment. Gazans were seen setting fires, climbing gates, and destroying furniture, <a href="https://www.jns.org/palestinian-refugees-riot-vandalize-kuala-lumpur-hotel/">Jewish News Syndicate reported</a>.
&#8220;It’s an easy thing to say the U.S. will control, it&#8217;s a hard thing to do,&#8221; Moon added. “However, Trump is correct that things cannot return to how it was for the last 20 years or more. We can’t just reset the clock for the next war.”
Elie Pieprz, the Director of International Affairs for the Israeli Defense and Security Forum, said Trump’s move puts pressure on the Arab world to help solve the conflict.
“Trump didn’t say this yet, but it seems like he is heading towards the direction that the Arab world needs to clean up their own mess &#8211; just like the Latin American world needs to clean up their own mess (and Canada too),” Pieprz said. He added that Trump’s plan is calling the bluff of many Arab countries who have failed to intervene, claiming that they are unable to stamp out jihadism, extremism, and anti-Semitism for fear that their regime will collapse and a bigger threat will follow.
Another well-known expert, Eugene Kontorovich, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and professor at GMU Scalia Law School, said Trump’s proposal marks an end to the two-state solution.
“What is truly shocking is that while the victims of Oct. 7th were still not buried, the Biden administration was talking about rewarding Hamas with a Palestinian state, setting the stage for even worse massacres of Jews,” Kontorovich said. “Now President Trump is saying that the attempted genocide by Gaza doesn&#8217;t get a reward.”
He added that Trump’s proposal is similar to China’s strategy of growing its global footprint around the world. 
“He also spoke of &#8216;ownership,&#8217; which refers just to property not sovereignty,” Kontorovich said. “From Panama to Greenland, Trump understands the importance of projecting U.S. power and locking out the Chinese. Trump’s proposal would cut China’s belt.”
Hamas, the terrorist organization that raped, murdered, and kidnapped more than a thousand people in Israel on October 7, called Trump’s plan a “crime against humanity.”
Netanyahu said Trump’s idea is worth deliberating.
“I think it’s something that could change history and I think it is worth pursuing this avenue,” Netanyahu said.

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‘Better For Them, Better For Us’: Top Israel Experts See Benefit To Trump’s Gaza Plan

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