…who is clearly relishing his new role in the Trump administration…
on Saturday threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan's Taliban leaders, sharply escalating the tone as he said more Americans may be detained in the country than previously thought.
The threat comes days after the Afghan Taliban government and the United States swapped prisoners in one of the final acts of former U.S. President Joe Biden.
The new top U.S. diplomat issued the harsh warning via social media, in a rhetorical style strikingly similar to his boss, President Donald Trump.
"Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported," Rubio wrote on X.
"If this is true, we will have to immediately place a VERY BIG bounty on their top leaders, maybe even bigger than the one we had on bin Laden," he said, referring to the al-Qaida leader killed by U.S. forces in 2011.
Rubio did not describe who the other Americans may be, but there have long been accounts of missing Americans whose cases were not formally taken up by the U.S. government as wrongful detentions.
In the deal with the Biden administration, the Taliban freed the best-known American detained in Afghanistan, Ryan Corbett, who had been living with his family in the country and was seized in August 2022.
Also freed was William McKenty, an American about whom little information has been released.
The United States in turn freed Khan Mohammed, who was serving a life sentence in a California prison.
Mohammed was convicted of trafficking heroin and opium into the United States and was accused of seeking rockets to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The United States offered a bounty of $25 million for information leading to the capture or killing of Osama bin Laden shortly after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, with Congress later authorizing the secretary of state to offer up to $50 million.
No one is believed to have collected the bounty for bin Laden, who was killed in a U.S. raid in Pakistan.
HARDER LINE ON TALIBAN?
Trump is known for brandishing threats in his speeches and on social media. But he is also a critic of U.S. military interventions overseas and in his second inaugural address Monday said he aspired to be a "peacemaker."
In his first term, the Trump administration broke a then-taboo and negotiated directly with the Taliban -- with Trump even proposing a summit with the then-insurgents at the Camp David presidential retreat -- as he brokered a deal to pull U.S. troops and end America's longest war.
Biden carried out the agreement, with the Western-backed government swiftly collapsing and the Taliban retaking power in August 2021 just after U.S. troops left.
The scenes of chaos in Kabul brought strong criticism of Biden, especially when 13 American troops and scores of Afghans died in a suicide bombing at the city's airport.
The Biden administration had low-level contacts with Taliban government representatives but made little headway.
Some members of Trump's Republican Party criticized even the limited U.S. engagements with the Taliban government and especially the humanitarian assistance authorized by the Biden administration, which insisted the money was for urgent needs in the impoverished country and never routed through the Taliban.
Rubio on Friday froze nearly all U.S. aid around the world.
No country has officially recognized the Taliban government, which has imposed severe restrictions on women and girls under its ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders over the persecution of women.
[IsraelTimes] An anti-Israel journalist tried to accost a senior Israeli general who was on an official visit to London yesterday.
In a video shared by Declassified UK — a British investigatory news site — journalist Alex Morris can be seen approaching Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk, the head of the IDF Operations Directorate, outside a building that houses a British security think tank, adjacent to the UK Ministry of Defence headquarters.
“General Basiuk, what did you discuss with the MoD?” Morris says as he approaches the IDF operations chief.
“Are you worried about the ICC investigating you for war crimes?” he says, as Basiuk heads inside the building.
Morris continues to shout: “Are you a war criminal, General Basiuk?”
The incident comes amid efforts by pro-Palestinian organizations to target Israeli soldiers and officers traveling abroad with criminal prosecution over the war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.
[IsraelTimes] Half of community has considered leaving Britain due to antisemitism, according to the Campaign Against Antisemitism, with overwhelming majority saying authorities not doing enough.
Lots of statistics at the link that add up to British Jews feeling very unhappy. Two questions: how many will actually act on that unhappiness, and where they’d go — neither of which is answered in the article.
Only one-third of British Jews believe that Jews have a long-term future in the United Kingdom, and half have considered leaving Britain in the past two years due to antisemitism, according to a new survey published by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
The survey of 4,078 British Jews, conducted in June 2024, was released Monday to coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Respondents were required to self-identify as Jewish and confirm that they lived in the United Kingdom, and were contacted through other Jewish organizations. Campaign Against Antisemitism conceded that it is possible that the numbers include duplicate responses.
The results reflect the sharp rise in antisemitism in the UK since October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched its war against Israel by invading, killing 1,200 in Israel and taking 251 hostages.
[IsraelTimes] Two Iranian cargo ships are set to transport a key ingredient for missile propellant from China to Iran in the coming weeks, the Financial Times reports, citing intelligence from Western security officials.
The cargo on board the Golbon and the Jairan, some 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, could be used to manufacture fuel for hundreds of mid-range missiles, the report notes.
The officials who spoke to the paper did not know whether Chinese authorities were aware of the shipments.
Officials in Beijing’s embassy in Washington tell FT that China is “not familiar” with the matter, while asserting that it is committed to “maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East and Gulf region.”
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[IsraelTimes] An Australian university is under fire for including a lecture with "disturbing" antisemitic messages in a conference on fighting racism.
The "National Symposium on Unifying Anti-Racist Research and Action" at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) on Wednesday included a talk by Sarah Schwartz, an executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia. The organization, founded last year, strongly opposes Israel’s policies regarding the Paleostinians.
During her presentation, Schwartz showed a slide onstage mocking Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton, a known supporter of Israel. In a video from the talk leaked on X, she displayed a cartoon character captioned "Dutton’s Jew," which was labeled with characteristics like "Hates Paleostinians, Arabs and Moslems" and "Thinks of antisemitism as the only form of racism."
"The reality is that for Dutton and his ilk, us Jews are the perfect avatars for peddling racism, Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... , anti-immigrant sentiment," Schwartz said in her talk.
Some of my friends used secret recording devices to film this insane “anti-racist” conference at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.
This is their section on Jews. “THE RIGHT WING USE JEWS AS THE PERFECT AVATAR FOR PEDDLING RACISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA”… pic.twitter.com/gqeLpHdJpM
Jewish leaders have been incensed at the talk. The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies called the lecture "perverse and disturbing" in a statement on X, and called on Education Minister Jason Clare to sanction the university.
Dutton, meanwhile, called the event a "disgrace."
Responding to the incident, QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil said in a statement "I understand why the presentation has caused significant offense, and I am sorry for the hurt caused to anyone within, and outside, the QUT community."
"I will undertake to review the circumstances of this presentation and take any action necessary," She added, "It is equally important that this is done in a way that is respectful and safe."
Shwartz defended her speech on social media.
In my presentation, I referred to Dutton’s racist conception of Jewish people as ’Dutton’s Jew’ — Dutton’s racist conception of Jews, not actual Jewish people," she wrote. "Only opportunists could wilfully misrepresent my point, which is that Peter Dutton is exploiting the rise in antisemitism for political gain."
"My speech was part of a comedy event making fun of racists," she concluded. "If we didn’t laugh we’d cry."
[IsraelTimes] Confirmation comes after French president last year tried to restrict Israeli businesses at arms fair and called for a halt to weapons exports to Israel over Gaza war.
Good. He demonstrates he is capable of learning, whatever his motivation happens to be in this case.
[IsraelTimes] Several Palestinians with Polish citizenship have filed a complaint with Polish authorities calling for the arrest of Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch, who arrived in Poland over the weekend to attend a ceremony tomorrow marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
The complainants assert that Kisch, who served as an IDF fighter pilot during his mandatory IDF service and until his retirement from the reserves in 2016, is responsible for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip, including the deaths of some of the complainants’ family members.
Kisch responds to the report, saying: “I am in Poland to represent the State of Israel at the ceremony marking 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Here, I will emphasize to world leaders our commitment to memory and the lessons of history.”
“The Palestinian attempts to spread lies and distort reality will not deter me from presenting the truth: the State of Israel will continue to defend its citizens against murderous terror and steadfastly fight for its right to security,” he adds.
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We seem to read a lot about how the once Bedouin Palestinians now demand a homeland (GAZA).
But then we clearly see that massive numbers continue to migrate Bedouin style to anywhere in the worldwide.
It seems the only ones really fighting for a Palestine are the Iranian-backed Terrorist groups and their supporters
BTW: Here in the United States. We have 255,000+. Which for some reason, the majority are settled in Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles. Which as we know are all Liberal DEMOCRAT run Metro's with major issues.
Late Ottoman period
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there were several migration waves of Egyptians to Palestine. One notable influx occurred in the 1780s due to a severe famine in Egypt. The main migration wave happened between 1829 and 1841, when Muhammad Ali and Ibrahim Pasha invaded Palestine, some Egyptian settlers and army dropouts stayed in Palestine after Egyptian retreat. These migrants primarily settled in the low country: in the Beisan area, Wadi Araba, the Jezreel valley, the Shephelah, the coastal plain and the Negev desert.[88][89] In total some 20,000 Egyptians had settled in Palestine by 1850.[88] Algerian refugees ("Maghrebis") also arrived in Palestine in the 1850s following Abdelkader's rebellion.[90][91] Many settled in abandoned villages in Galilee, and in Safed.[90]
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Note that Pm Netanyahu is not there. That’s because after announcing that they probably would arrest him per the ICC arrest warrant, the Polish president personally extended an invitation, promising that Bibi probably would not be arrested after all. One can understand why he demurred.
[KhaamaPress] International media outlets have reported that the German government is planning to deport a group of Afghan migrants colonists to their home country for the second time in three years.
According to Rooters, in a report published earlier on Saturday, January 25, the German Interior Ministry is organizing the deportation of Afghan refugees who have been convicted of crimes, in collaboration with a regional partner.
The deportation is scheduled to take place before Germany’s general elections, which are set for February 23. However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... a spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry clarified that these deportations are not connected to the upcoming elections and will proceed as soon as all necessary conditions are met.
This marks the second deportation of Afghan migrants colonists by Germany in the past three and a half years. The first instance occurred earlier in September, 2024 when 28 Afghan migrants colonists were deported and returned to their country. This program specifically targets convicted individuals and differs from other deportation initiatives.
It is noteworthy that German media previously reported on the broader deportation efforts involving Afghan migrants colonists. Over 1,300 Afghan asylum seekers were deported from Germany in 2024 alone.
According to Deutsche Welle (DW), citing the German Interior Ministry in a report dated January 8, 2024, a total of 1,361 Afghan migrants colonists were deported from Germany last year, either to Afghanistan or other countries. Some were sent to Afghanistan directly, while others were transferred to countries deemed responsible for processing their asylum applications under the Dublin Regulation.
The Dublin Regulation governs the handling of asylum requests within EU member states, assigning responsibility for asylum cases to specific countries based on established criteria.
German media also highlighted a significant increase in the overall number of deportations in 2024 compared to previous years. The German newspaper Bild revealed that deportations rose by approximately 20% compared to 2023.
The German federal government intensified its deportation efforts following violent mostly peaceful acts committed by Afghan migrants colonists with murderous Moslem Islamist ideologies, prompting public and political calls for stricter measures.
The German government’s decision to deport Afghan migrants colonists reflects its focus on addressing criminal activities and managing public safety concerns. However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... this approach has drawn attention to the broader challenges of asylum and migration policies within the EU. While Germany has framed these deportations as a necessity, the growing numbers of deportations and the focus on convicted individuals raise important ethical and humanitarian questions about balancing national security with the rights of migrants colonists. As the general elections approach, this policy will likely remain a contentious issue in German political discourse.
[IsraelTimes] Bishara Bahbah says Palestinians need not leave Gaza for reconstruction to take place, suggests relocation idea was by aides who are far more hawkish than the president
The chairman of a group that lobbied Arab and Moslem Americans to vote for Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... in the recent election came out strongly on Sunday against the US president’s call for Jordan and Egypt to take in Paleostinians from war-torn Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... "We categorically reject the president’s suggestion that the Paleostinians in Gaza be moved — apparently forcefully — to either Egypt or Jordan," Arab Americans for Trump chairman Bishara Bahbah told The Times of Israel.
"What the Paleostinians need right now is a continuation of the ceasefire, more aid, a reconstruction plan and for the Paleostinian Authority to take over the Gaza Strip," he said.
The PA will not be taking over Gaza — they’ve already demonstrated conclusively they are not capable of holding it, so what would be the point?
"We don’t need wildish claims or statements relating to the fate of the Paleostinians. The only resolution to the Israel-Paleostine question is a two-state solution. Period," added Bahbah, who did not provide his organization’s size but insisted that it played a central role in electing Trump and represents a majority of the views of the 3.8 million Arab Americans.
There may be a Palestinian state someday, but probably not in this generation. The Palestinians need to grow up quite a bit before they are ready to take on the responsibilities of self rule.
After this story was published, Sam Yono, an Iraqi-American community activist asserted to The Times of Israel that Bahbah "only represents himself, not the Arab-Americans who worked with the Trump campaign in Michigan."
Asked for his thoughts on Trump’s comments regarding Gaza, Yono acknowledged that he wasn’t particularly familiar with the issue but that he trusted the president’s judgement.
Trump did win a plurality of the Arab and Moslem vote in Michigan, flipping a swing state that former US president Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. This Is A Man That Does Not Seem Demented... won in 2020.
While Trump told news hounds Saturday the relocation of Paleostinians that he currently envisions could be temporary, Bahbah doesn’t buy that would be the case. "There is nothing that is temporary."
"This is not what we voted for as Arab Americans for Trump," he said, adding that his group still greatly appreciates Trump’s effort in securing the long-elusive Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
"He promised us an end to the wars, a lasting peace in the Middle East, which is satisfactory to all parties," Bahbah continued. "This might be satisfactory to [far-right Israeli politicians Itamar] Ben Gvir and [Bezalel] Smotrich, but it’s not satisfactory to the Paleostinians and the Arabs."
Asked how the idea Trump raised may have come about, he speculated that Trump saw pictures of Gaza’s devastation and determined that it needed to be "swept from end to end."
However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... Bahbah argued the reconstruction process could be done gradually and that Paleostinians need not be forced to leave the Strip for it to take place.
He claimed that Trump’s advisers are far "more hawkish" than the president and are counseling him accordingly.
"They’re absolutely hawkish to the point where they’ve told me not to talk to them about a two-state solution and to come up with any other alternative. But there is none," Bahbah asserted.
He declined to name the aforementioned aides, but his group put out a separate statement saying many of Trump’s Arab and Moslem appointees are "old timers who played little role in his reelection or who are little aware of the communities’ priorities and concerns."
"The president has said to me that he supports a two-state solution. He has also said that he doesn’t care whether it’s one state or two states, but apparently, some of these advisors are getting to him and putting ideas in his mind," he maintained.
The Arab Americans for Trump chair speculated that pushback from Egypt, Jordan, the PA and the international community will lead to the shelving of Trump’s proposal.
Both Jordan and the PA quickly denounced the proposal.
"But if he doubles down, the Arab world has money to make up for US aid," Bahbah added, referring to the massive amounts of aid that Washington provides to Egypt and Jordan that could well be used as leverage to coax them into taking in Paleostinians.
A brilliant idea. The Arab nation can well afford to support their poorer members without involving Uncle Sugar.
Trump said Saturday that he’d like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Paleostinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip — potentially moving out enough of the population to "just clean out" the war-torn area and create a virtual clean slate.
The proposal has to date been a red line for Arab states, particularly Jordan and Egypt, which have viewed the mass migration of Paleostinians to their countries as a potential existential threat. They have pointed to Israel’s refusal to publicly commit to allowing any Paleostinians who leave the Strip to later return, and don’t want to be seen as complicit in an exile of Paleostinians.
The fear of being unable to return has also deterred many Paleostinians from leaving. Over 100,000 Gazooks did succeed in entering Egypt, though they were forced to pay exorbitant to do so and have largely not received any assistance upon arrival, as Cairo refuses to recognize them as refugees.
The Biden administration also initially considered the idea of temporarily relocating some of the population early on in the war, as it sought to move Paleostinians out of harm’s way, but so adamant were Jordan and Egypt in their refusal that it quickly shelved the notion.
But Trump, known for often snubbing traditional foreign policy norms, sought to bring back the idea of mass Paleostinian migration to neighboring countries on Saturday as his new administration tries to sustain the nascent ceasefire in Gaza and plan for the Strip’s reconstruction, while over two million people remain in a territory overwhelmingly destroyed by the past 15 months of war.
During a 20-minute question-and-answer session with news hounds aboard Air Force One, Trump described Gaza as a "demolition site" after the Israel-Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... war. He said he had spoken to Jordan’s King Abdullah II about the issue and expected to talk to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Sunday.
The White House readout on the call with the Jordanian monarch was light on details, saying the pair "discussed the importance of regional peace, security, and stability."
Trump filled in some of the details on Air Force One, saying he had told Abdullah, "I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people."
When asked if this was a temporary or long-term suggestion, Trump said: "Could be either."
"You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing. You know, over the centuries it’s had many, many conflicts, that site. And I don’t know, something has to happen," Trump said.
In October, during his presidential campaign, the former real estate developer said that war-torn Gaza could be "better than Monaco" if it were "rebuilt the right way."
"It’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything is demolished and people are dying there," Trump said in his Saturday comments. "So I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change."
[IsraelTimes] Jordan’s FM also rejects suggestion, after US president says he discussed it with King Abdullah; Hamas politburo vows Palestinians will ‘foil such projects’ as they have in past
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Of course everyone conveniently forgets that both Gaza, then in Egypt, and the West Bank, then in Jordan, were 'temporary relocation' sites for Arabs who self-displaced during the 1948 war.
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I can see why Jordan would not want them, based on historical experiences. As for Egypt, it has enough problems already.
Where can you go when you've gone too far? Given that the Paleo cultural skill set consists mainly of Juice-hating, I propose Iran as their new homeland.
I’d like Egypt to take people and I’d like Jordan to take people. You’re talking about probably a million and a half people and we just clean out that whole thing and say, “You know it’s — over the centuries, it’s had many, many conflicts. And … something has to happen.” It’s literally a demolition site … So I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace. … Could be temporary, could be long-term.
[IsraelTimes] Senior Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... politburo official Moussa Abu Marzouk tells the Saudi Al Arabiya news outlet that the terror group is not necessarily seeking to govern the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip in the aftermath of the war it started with Israel on October 7, 2023.
He says that Hamas understands that, going forward, the governing body in the Strip will require both regional and international backing, including the support of Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> Last month, Hamas and the PA’s Fatah party agreed to create a committee to jointly administer postwar Gaza.
A draft proposal of the plan acquired by AFP showed that the committee would be comprised of 10-15 nonpartisan figures with authority on matters related to the economy, education, health, humanitarian aid and reconstruction.
It is unlikely that Israel would agree to the deal, as it has rejected any role for Hamas in Gaza, and has said it does not trust Abbas’s PA to run the enclave.
Dismissing Jerusalem’s say in the matter, Abu Marzouk tells Al Arabiya that Hamas leadership is "open to dialogue with all parties besides Israel" when it comes to formulating a plan for future control of the Gaza Strip.
He says that the group would be willing to negotiate the makeup of the Strip’s government with the US, as it believes that President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... "is a serious president" in light of the ceasefire and hostage release deal that he and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff helped finalize.
He nevertheless criticizes Trump for recent comments suggesting that the enclave should be cleared out and its population sent to Jordan and Egypt.
"No Paleostinian or Arab will accept Trump’s idea of displacement," he warns. "it will not succeed."
[GEO.TV] Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... on Sunday accused Israel of violating the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... ceasefire agreement by preventing hundreds of thousands of Paleostinians from returning to their homes in the northern part of the territory.
"The occupation is stalling under the pretext of prisoner Arbel Yehud, despite the movement informing mediators that she is alive and providing all the necessary guarantees for her release," Hamas said in a statement.
"Hamas holds Israel responsible for the delay in implementing the agreement," it added.
Translation: Hamas blames Israel for not surrendering as they ought. Hamas is full of fools and idiots who thus far only learn through pain, and then only temporarily.
[GEO.TV] Israel said on Sunday that Hamas had violated a ceasefire agreement, which came into effect one week ago and has so far resulted in the release of seven hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners.
"During the execution of the second phase of the swap yesterday, Hamas committed two violations. Arbel Yehud, a civilian hostage who was scheduled for release on Saturday, has not been freed, and the detailed list of all hostages' statuses has not been provided," said a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
GEO TV makes it sound like these are minor details, but both of them are major items in the ceasefire agreement, which is why the IDF is blocking Gazan civilians from returning to their homes in the north of the Strip. Hamas tried similar nonsense last week, so the IDF bombed freely until Hamas fulfilled the requirements. Does Hamas want to be bombed again?
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And so it starts, just as predicted.
Hamas likely is running out of LIVING Hostages and needs deflection.
[IsraelTimes] The Washington Post says it has seen documents according to which Google employees actively assisted Israel in gaining access to certain advanced AI technology quickly after the war in Gaza began.
The report says Israel’s Defense Ministry sought to expand its use of Vertex AI, a Google service applying AI algorithms to data. One worker warned internally that a delay in granting access to the tech could push Israel to switch to competitor Amazon.
The paper notes that while the documents confirm Google’s cooperation with Israeli defense officials, they do not detail how precisely the AI technology was intended for use.
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..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
