Revisited: The Israeli negotiator who talks to Hamas – podcast | Israel
this episode Originally aired on Thursday, September 5, 2024 Gershon BaskinAs an Israeli hostage negotiator, he knows what it takes to make a deal with Hamas. He began contacting high-ranking Hamas official Ghazi Hamid in 2006, and the relationship laid the groundwork for a deal to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2011. “I was […]
Fox News ‘Antisemitism Exposed’ Newsletter: Trump’s warning to Hamas gives hostages’ families new hope
The FOX News newsletter “Anti-Semitism Exposed” brings you stories about the rise of anti-Semitic prejudice in the United States and around the world. Top 3:– President Trump's 'hell's price' warning against Hamas welcomed by hostage families– Study finds Jewish job seekers face significant discrimination in U.S. labor market– Anti-Semitic acts soar in Europe, prompting Jews […]
Hamas planned to ‘neutralize’ hostages if rescue mission launched by Israel
Hamas planned to “neutralize” the remaining Israeli hostages once Israel launched a rescue operation to free them, and the terrorist group believed such a move was imminent. In a Nov. 22 internal statement seen by Reuters on Wednesday, Hamas said Israel released four hostages captured in an Oct. 7 Hamas raid on the Gaza Strip's […]
Israel Retrieves Body of One Hostage; Concludes 6 Others Murdered by Hamas, Not Airstrike
Israel on Wednesday carried out a daring mission to recover the bodies of kidnapped and murdered hostages and released an analysis concluding that six other hostages were killed by Hamas rather than by air strikes. Hamas has often claimed that Israeli hostages who died in captivity were killed by Israeli airstrikes. The purpose of such […]
When ‘Trimming the Fat Out of Twitter,’ Musk Opened the Door for ‘Nazis and Hamas’
CNN host Jake Tapper said Tuesday on “The Read” that when CEO Elon Musk tried to “cut the fat off Twitter, all he did was basically open the door to Nazis and Hamas.” It was,” he said. While discussing President-elect Donald Trump's appointees Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead DOGE (an acronym for Delivering […]
Israel’s Netanyahu reacts after Trump warns of ‘hell to pay’ if Hamas doesn’t free hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said President-elect Donald Trump was in the “right position” when he warned of “hell's retribution” if Hamas did not release the remaining hostages. “President Trump, as is customary, focused on the right place: Hamas, not the Israeli government.” [elsewhere]” Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the beginning of a cabinet meeting […]
Trump’s ‘hell to pay’ warning to Hamas welcomed by hostage families: The ‘language we were missing’
President-elect Trump offered a glimmer of hope to the families of American Hamas captives by vowing that if the hostages are not released by his inauguration on January 20th, they will be “exposed to hell.” “That's exactly the type of language we've been missing,” Ruby Chen, father of Hamas prisoner Itai Chen, told “Fox & […]
Trump Issues Stern Warning: ‘ALL HELL TO PAY’ If Hamas Hostages Aren’t Freed Before His Inauguration
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on November 6, 2023. Projected on the walls are photos of hostages abducted by Palestinian militants in the October 7 attack and currently being held in the Gaza Strip. The fighting continues between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP […]
Release the hostages, or there will be ‘HELL TO PAY’: Trump warns Hamas
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday issued a tough ultimatum to Hamas, calling for the immediate release of hostages abducted in the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel. Approximately 1,200 civilians were tragically killed and 8,700 injured in Hamas's brutal attack. The extremist group kidnapped hundreds of hostages, including young children, women, and the elderly. […]
NYC Mayor Adams’ Staffer Rips Hamas Hostage Posters, Gets Slap on the Wrist
An employee of New York City's Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, whose job description includes bridging the “cultural divide,” was caught on camera tearing up a poster of an Israeli hostage abducted by Hamas terrorists. But all I got was a slap on the wrist. A woman, identified as 25-year-old Nala Sutherland, special events coordinator for […]