WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 256 TUE NOVEMBER 10,26 - IRANS STILL A MOUTH PIECE.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

 WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 256 TUE NOVEMBER 10,26 - IRANS STILL A MOUTH PIECE.

THE NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.

JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39    
32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them, (MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them; (DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy from there king (KHEMENI CLAN) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS NOW)

WHEN ARE THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL IN THE SPRING TIME.(GET READY ISLAM TO BE BIRD SEED FOR THESE BIRDS)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m0bXU5Xqc5M
The 500 million migratory birds in Israel during the spring arrive from Africa and head toward Europe and Asia, with the peak migration occurring in March and April. While migration starts in late February, the most intense movements, particularly of birds of prey, storks, and pelicans, occur during the third week of March and continue into April. 
Key Details on the Spring Migration
Peak Period: Mid-March through April.
Main Migration Route: The birds use the Great Rift Valley, which includes the Hula Valley and Eilat, acting as a "bottleneck" where millions of birds fly through the narrow land bridge.
Best Spots: The Hula Lake Park (Northern Israel) and the Eilat Birding Center (Southern Israel) are primary locations for observing the migration.
Key Species: Hundreds of thousands of white storks, along with black kites, raptors, and pelicans, pass through over these months.
uration: The spring migration runs from late February and continues into June, though the heaviest traffic is in March/April. 

The 500 million migratory birds fly over Israel in the fall between late August and mid-December. The peak migration period for the autumn, when the highest volume of bird traffic occurs, is typically October and November. 
Key Fall Migration Details
Location: The Hula Valley (Agamon Hula Park) in northern Israel is the premier spot to witness this phenomenon.
Timing: Migration starts as early as late June with some waders, but intensifies from mid-August through November.
Peak Festival: The "Annual Hula Valley Bird Festival" is usually held in November to align with the peak migration traffic.
Key Species: Many birds of prey (raptors), including honey buzzards and steppe eagles, cross during this time, along with massive flocks of storks and cranes.
While roughly 500 million birds pass through in the autumn on their way to Africa, the same number crosses again in the spring (mid-February to May) on their way back to Europe and Asia. 

JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23  Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24  Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26  Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27  And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)

US evacuates military aircraft from 2nd British base due to threat from Iran — report-NOV 10,26

The US has removed military aircraft from a base in the United Kingdom due to a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reports.The report says US officials are discussing whether the threat to RAF Mildenhall is general or more specific.According to the outlet, two refueling tankers were moved to Germany yesterday morning, while other tankers and aircraft were taken to Germany and other bases over the course of the day. The report cites flight-tracking data and officials.There is no comment from the US beyond the air force stating that aircraft are moved between locations for multiple different reasons.“We do not routinely comment on the activity of other nations. Aircraft and other assets move regularly according to operational requirements,” a British ministry of defense spokesperson says.Last month, the US Air Force removed its bombers stationed at RAF Fairford in England following an investigation into an alleged planned terror attack at the base, which was used in operations against Iran.UK officials say proxies linked to Iran have been behind a string of arson and other attacks in Britain and other countries, many of them targeting the Jewish community and intended to sow fear. They have previously warned that Tehran could expand its targets in the UK if conflicts in the Middle East continue.Earlier, US President Donald Trump said Iran was “talking very politely” with US negotiators, and there was a “good chance” a resolution can be reached to end the conflict between the two countries, adding that the war is “effectively over.”Agencies contributed to this report.

IRGC claims a self-imposed limit on ballistic missile range ‘has been lifted’Aides reportedly tell Trump he has until January swearing-in of new Congress to attack Iran; CENTCOM launches effort to restrict Iranian land commerce, expanding on naval blockade-By Agencies and ToI Staff 7 November 2026, 8:03 pm

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that a self-proclaimed limit of 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) on the range of its ballistic missiles “has been lifted,” suggesting the country may seek to develop missiles capable of reaching more distant targets amid fears of renewed all-out war.The comments by Gen. Hossein Mohebbi, the IRGC spokesman, came days after a statement attributed to Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khomeini, said “any kind and level of threat” from the US or Israel would face a response without geographic limits.Asked at a Tehran press conference about the limit on missile ranges, Mohebbi said “that restriction has been lifted for us,” and that Iran will “demonstrate these capabilities in practice” rather than make statements.He did not say whether Iran had missiles capable of exceeding the supposed limit.The 2,000-kilometer range puts parts of Greece and the Balkans, the entire Arabian Peninsula, the Levant and most of Egypt within reach of Iran’s missiles.Despite claiming it restricts its missile range, Iran in March reportedly tried and failed to hit the joint US-UK base at Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, some 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) away from the Islamic Republic.US officials have also said technology from Iran’s space program can be repurposed to build intercontinental ballistic missiles.Meanwhile, NBC News reported Saturday that US President Donald Trump was told by some of his advisers five days before Tuesday’s midterm elections that if he wants to restart major combat operations against Iran, he should do so before the swearing-in of the new Congress in January.The unconfirmed report cited two US officials, who said that Democrats’ subsequent takeover of both houses of Congress reinforced the assessment, as the new Congress could hamper operations through investigations, budget cuts, and legislative action.The officials quoted in the report said that Trump has not yet decided to resume full-scale conflict, but they noted that he has previously approved, and then withdrawn, several operations just hours before they were set to launch.A Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment on the discussions, NBC said.While the US has yet to resume full-scale strikes on Iran, Trump said late Friday that the US military carried out limited strikes on the country, targeting an air defense system in what he said was a “minor” operation.Trump did not offer further details about the targets past saying that the strikes took out “a little bit of an anti-aircraft device.”As mediators have intensified efforts in recent days to ​end the war, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reached out to China to use its influence with Tehran to end the war, and China has in turn reached out to Iran, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius said Friday, citing a knowledgeable US official.According to Ignatius, Bessent reached out to China with Trump’s blessing.US to restrict Iranian land commerce-Also on Saturday, the US military said it was launching a task force to help crack down on Tehran’s movement of advanced weapons and other sanctioned material over its land borders and through the Caspian Sea.Task Force Iron Gate, which was first reported by Reuters, will be based in Tampa, Florida, and will coordinate with other US government agencies. Beyond the movement of weapons, it will also focus on halting the flow of dual-use technologies used by Iran and stemming what Washington calls illegal revenue streams.The establishment of the task force is the latest illustration of how the US is still searching for ways to increase pressure on Tehran, more than eight months after launching with Israel a war against the Islamic Republic.While US strikes have dealt devastating blows to Iran’s conventional military and the US naval blockade has severely restricted its crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, Iran still poses a formidable threat to the region, and its rulers have tightened their grip on the country.A Reuters investigation found Iran has created a secret network of military agencies to import at least $2 billion in hardware, explosives and heavy-duty trucks since January 2025, evading both the US naval blockade and Western sanctions.The material entered Iran by cargo ship across the Caspian Sea from Russia, by truck from Central Asia, and by freight planes from China, the Reuters investigation showed.US Central Command said the task force will coordinate with other government agencies. A US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that was expected to include the Treasury, State and Justice Departments but also the intelligence community.“Strengthening CENTCOM’s collaboration with US interagency partners will further constrain Iran’s ability to finance terrorism, rebuild weapons factories, and replenish their military,” Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of Central Command, said in a statement.Central Command estimated that its naval blockade has prevented Iran from exporting more than $25 billion in crude oil.

France blames Iran for cyberattack on supermarket fridges, warns of consequences-French foreign minister says Iranian ambassador summoned, France will seek EU sanctions against those involved; cybersecurity agency identifies group tied to IRGC as responsible-By AP 9 November 2026, 11:45 pm-NOV 9,26

PARIS  — France on Monday blamed Iran for last month’s massive cyberattack on supermarket fridges, summoned the Iranian ambassador, and said it would seek European Union sanctions against those responsible for the attack.The October 12 attack sent refrigerator temperatures soaring, affecting about 700 of the country’s 10,000 supermarkets. In a statement Monday, prosecutors in Paris said they found that Iran’s elite paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind the large-scale cyberattack.The French Foreign Ministry condemned the attack “in the strongest possible terms.” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, speaking on the sidelines of G7 talks in Paris, said the Iranian ambassador was being summoned to “strongly protest against this extremely serious act.”“This is an attack of unprecedented scale and aggressiveness,” Barrot said. “It is the first large-scale cyberattack aimed at sabotage on French soil, and it represents a major threat to our national interests and the security of the French people. That is why it will not go unanswered.”“We will impose sanctions at the European level against all those responsible for this attack,” he added, vowing to take “any other measures needed” to respond to it and deter future attacks.Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement that a formal judicial investigation was opened Monday into suspected organized cybercrime with the aggravating circumstance of the attack “having been committed to serve the interests of a foreign power — in this case, Iran.”France’s national cybersecurity agency, ANSSI, attributed the attack to the Shahid Kaveh group, described as a “cyber unit” affiliated with the IRGC. The investigation targets the leader of the group as well as his two deputies and any other individuals who might be identified in connection with the case, Beccuau said.IP addresses tied to Iran, attackers used Farsi — prosecutor-Investigators found that the attackers had used Farsi and IP addresses linked to devices located in Iran, Beccuau said. The Paris prosecutor’s office is seeking international arrest warrants, she said.In the early hours of October 12, attackers remotely took control of refrigeration systems in hundreds of supermarkets and independent stores across France. Temperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) for about six hours, forcing stores to discard fresh and frozen goods. The Intermarché supermarket chain reported losses of “tens of millions of euros” in a single day.Last week, another cyberattack in France on several blood banks tried to raise temperatures to extremely high levels, but was thwarted before it could do any damage to blood products or samples. France’s national cybersecurity agency and Paris prosecutors are investigating the incident.Also last week, supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Estonia were hit by problems with freezers and fridges that apparently were caused by cyberattacks, forcing some to dispose of ruined food.The ANSSI agency said it was able to attribute some other cyberattacks carried out against France since 2020 to another group named Shahid Shoostari, also affiliated with the IRGC. They include attacks targeting the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in 2023 and the organization of the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.

Rubio says Iranians making ‘outrageous and ridiculous’ demands in negotiations-Secretary of state asserts US right to defend itself as strike reportedly hits navigational systems on Qeshm island; Trump says new task force to disrupt land routes into Iran-By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid Today, 8:59 am-NOV 9,26

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that Iran has been making “unacceptable” demands during ongoing talks to end the war, as the United States military reportedly launched another overnight strike on the country’s south.“You have a number of countries that continue to engage them with different ideas, but I wouldn’t say we’re on the verge of a breakthrough,” Rubio told reporters in Florida before heading to a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Paris.“The president would always prefer to solve this and every problem diplomatically. Sometimes that’s not possible, unfortunately,” he added.“If there’s a chance to do it, we’ll explore it,” he continued. “Right now, it hasn’t been very productive because the Iranian demands are simply not just unacceptable, but in some cases, outrageous and ridiculous, and really not realistic.”Asked about Vice President JD Vance’s social media post last week that largely blamed the war for the Republican losses in the midterm elections, Rubio told reporters that US President Donald Trump “identified a very real threat” in Iran and worked to stop the Islamic Republic from pursuing a nuclear weapon.“He addressed it even though oftentimes the right thing to do for the country — confronting difficult challenges for the security of our country — doing it isn’t necessarily popular, but necessary,” Rubio said.???? JUST IN: Sec. Marco Rubio reveals Iran is making "OUTRAGEOUS" demands behind closed doors, talks are NOT productive AT ALL right now "Right now, it hasn't been very productive because the Iranian demands are simply not just unacceptable, but in some cases, OUTRAGEOUS and… pic.twitter.com/NfCdwm4gMU Advertisement — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 8, 2026-Rubio said that negotiations are not progressing and acknowledged that the US will take action if needed. “If there’s a clear and present threat to shipping or to our forces in the region, we have a right to defend ourselves,” he said.The comments came after a US attack on Qeshm island was reported overnight by Iranian media.Navigational aid systems in the south of the Strait of Hormuz were destroyed, and no unauthorized vessels transited the maritime route overnight, an unnamed Revolutionary Guards Navy official told state media.No vital infrastructure or services were impacted, a provincial official told the semi-official Fars news agency, adding that the targeted sites were away from residential and commercial areas.Amid Qatar’s mediation efforts, Trump will meet on Monday in the Oval Office with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the White House said.In September, Iran proposed a seven-day plan to reopen the strait, with demands including ending the war on all fronts, unfreezing Iranian assets, lifting oil sanctions, and ending its counter-blockade of Iranian ports.It later proposed doing so in just two days, an offer Araghchi repeated in his X post on Sunday.Trump said on Sunday that a new task force is in place to disrupt land routes into Iran that the US military says are used for shipments of weapons and illicit materials.US Central Command on Saturday announced the formation of a 20-member team to expand on a US naval blockade of Iranian ports during the eight-month war.“Task Force Iron Gate is in full force and effect in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Coupled with history’s greatest Naval Blockade, very little gets into, or out of, Iran!” the president posted on his Truth Social platform.CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper said in Saturday’s statement that the force “will further constrain Iran’s ability to finance terrorism, rebuild weapons factories, and replenish their military.”The team of both civilian and military personnel based in Florida will coordinate with US government agencies on “preventing the movement of advanced weapons systems, dual-use technologies, sanctioned materials, and illegal revenue streams across Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea,” the statement added.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Washington’s latest bid “will fail” and will not bring about economic collapse in the Islamic Republic.“The United States will never be able to impose the economic blockade it is pursuing and proposing under various names and through different plans,” Guards spokesman Hossein Mohebi said, according to Fars news agency.Trump also continued to insist on Sunday that he had no problem with Vance’s assertion that the Iran war and Washington’s ties with Israel cost Republicans the midterms.However, Trump said that Vance should have also noted — as the president has — that the economic toll of the Iran war has not been enough for him to regret the decision to have launched it in the first place.“A lot of people didn’t like his comments, but not me,” Trump told reporters.“He was right. Other than one thing. He should have made one other statement, which I think is very important. If you had it to do again, would you do it again? The answer is yes,” Trump said.“This, historically, will go down as one of the best things we ever did because if [Iran] ever had a nuclear weapon, they would blow up the world… Because they’re crazy,” he added.Various regional powers, including Qatar and Pakistan, have been trying for months to bring a definitive halt to the war launched by the United States and Israel in late February in a bid to destabilize Iran’s regime and destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.Outright fighting has largely subsided, but Iran continues in its efforts to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, vital to global energy supplies, while the US Navy maintains its own counterblockade of Iranian ports.

Iran-linked hackers claim to be behind distribution of threatening flyers in Tel Aviv-Police, Shin Bet open investigation after leaflets left in mailboxes across city’s north; Handala group claims dozens of operatives handed out ‘hundreds of thousands’ of flyers-By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Today, 5:49 pm-NOV 9,26

The Israel Police and Shin Bet security agency are investigating flyers that were found in Tel Aviv on Monday, for which an Iran-linked hacker group claimed responsibility.The flyers, which feature a QR code, were found in mailboxes at several addresses in northern Tel Aviv, according to police. Police said the QR code linked to a webpage containing “threatening content.”A screenshot shared by police showed that the website is titled “Warning from Handala team,” a hacker group linked to Iran that has previously published the contents of devices belonging to Israeli officials.A message in broken Hebrew was written on the site warning Israelis that if “your leaders once again act foolishly and attack the energy infrastructure of the resistance front, you must be prepared to pay the heavy price for this aggression.”“On that day, not a single power station, oil refinery or water desalination facility will remain in the occupied territories,” the message read, referring to Israel. “From south to north, your energy and water arteries will shatter like glass.”“This is the final warning. The choice is yours: wisdom, or sinking into darkness and the silence of catastrophe,” the website continued.Iranian operatives are suspected of placing large numbers of propaganda leaflets in mailboxes in northern Tel Aviv. pic.twitter.com/dmSiMCOXZg — Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) November 9, 2026-Police said that officers arrived at the addresses in Tel Aviv and collected the flyers as evidence for an investigation, which the force will conduct jointly with the Shin Bet.On its Telegram channel, the Handala hacker group took credit for the operation, claiming that it had distributed “hundreds of thousands” of leaflets in the “heart of Tel Aviv,” calling the operation “A Shock to the Illusion of Zionist Security!”The group claimed that “dozens” of Handala operatives took part in the operation, threatening: “Last night, you heard our voice from the heart of Tel Aviv, repeat your foolishness and you’ll learn the true meaning of threat and the collapse of your security in the shadows.”Over the past two years, Israeli authorities have arrested dozens of people on suspicion of carrying out acts on behalf of Iran in exchange for money.Iranian agents usually start their recruits with relatively mundane tasks such as vandalism or the filming of public locations, which then escalate into more severe, sometimes even violent offenses.Handala has targeted multiple US and Israeli companies and people since the start of the Iran war in late February, including a destructive cyberattack against Michigan-based medical supplies and services firm Stryker in March, and the leak of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal emails later that month.In April Handala published photos of former IDF chief Herzi Halevi’s work and family life, including those of previously undisclosed meetings. The group has previously claimed to have hacked the phones of former prime minister Naftali Bennett, former justice minister Ayelet Shaked, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s former chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman.In February, the group also claimed that it had hacked into the files of Israel’s largest healthcare network, Clalit, posting medical records online it said came from 10,000 Israeli patients.

 Israel intel 'save[s] American lives all the time' — Pompeo-Blinken, Pompeo both say end of military aid will not harm overall US-Israel ties-Ex-US secretaries of state, Democrat and Republican, address Jewish Federations’ General Assembly, defend Israel’s security but differ on approach to ending war with Iran-By Sam Sokol Today, 5:12 pm-NOV 9,26

JTA — Former US secretaries of state Antony Blinken and Mike Pompeo both downplayed the expected end of American military aid to Israel, insisting such a development would not harm US-Israel ties during a joint appearance in Washington on Sunday.Their comments came after US President Donald Trump declared that the approximately $4 billion the US gives in aid to Israel annually will get “cut off at the end of the year.”Speaking at the Jewish Federations of North America’s annual General Assembly, both men also defended Israel’s security and its need to defend itself in the wake of the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack, condemning voices who try to equate Israel’s actions with those of Hamas and accuse it of committing genocide.The common ground was notable as Pompeo and Blinken served as the chief diplomats, respectively, under Trump’s first administration and Joe Biden, presidents who agreed on little. Pompeo, a Republican, was secretary of state from 2018 to 2021, and Blinken, a Democrat, succeeded him from 2021 to 2025.Some daylight was visible between the men: Blinken also didn’t spare Jerusalem from criticism over its conduct of the Gaza war, saying that following October 7, “the Israelis did, for the most part, the bare minimum of what they felt they needed to do for people who were stuck in the middle of this crossfire in Gaza.”He said, “There was a certain amount of disregard, a certain amount of disdain for the well-being of the Palestinian civilians.”But he added, “That is vastly different, vastly different from an intent to do them harm, from an intent to eliminate them. The target was Hamas, and horrifically, too many people were caught in the middle of that and suffered terribly as a consequence.”Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken: Advertisement We have to be able to acknowledge the rightness of Israel's imperative to respond after October 7th. We also have to be able to acknowledge the horror of the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza in the many days thereafter. pic.twitter.com/rmIk0WEybh — Military Summary (@MilitarySummary) November 9, 2026-Still, Blinken said, it is important to “recognize that we’re at an inflection point” when it comes to American attitudes toward Israel. Blinken recalled discussions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the Gaza war was raging, in which he warned that Israel was “not only losing the Democratic Party — and that may be fine from your perspective — you’re going to be losing young Republicans, young evangelicals.”Israeli intel efforts ‘save American lives all the time’ — Pompeo-Regarding the aid cutoff, Pompeo, who served as CIA director before becoming secretary of state, said that while he did not “know exactly how this administration will follow through on that,” there had been conversations between Jerusalem and Washington “about what’s the appropriate level of assistance and what [is] the right model” for cooperation.Calls to change the nature of US military aid have become “bipartisan,” he noted.Stating that he is “very optimistic,” Pompeo asserted that “whether we provide the $4 billion a year — which… mostly goes to buy US weapons systems from Lockheed and Raytheon and big defense contractors — is much less material than the nature of the relationship between the United States and Israel.”“And so whether we provide that particular money, there will still be deep connectivity. There’ll still be lots of assistance, and there will be a partnership that is historically important, not just for Israel, but for the United States of America as well.”He added, “We couldn’t do the intelligence work we need to do without them.”“They save American lives all the time,” he continued. “I still have a death threat on me from the Iranians. The Israeli intelligence has been very helpful at making sure that I’m where I need to be and I’m not where I ought not be.”Mike Pompeo tells the Jewish Federations of North America that Trump's pledge to cut off $4B in aid to Israel won't matter because America's "institutional relationships" with the Jewish state are "unbreakable." "Those institutional relationships are deep and unbreakable, and… pic.twitter.com/AvC9il0eC9 — Chris Menahan ???????? (@infolibnews) November 8, 2026-Israel’s 10-year memorandum of understanding with the United States, which currently pledges Israel $3.8 billion annually for the fiscal years 2019-2028 subject to congressional appropriations, has proven a political liability for Trump.Last week, he questioned why his administration should have to deal with criticism from Democrats over the issue. Following the GOP’s loss in the midterms, US Vice President JD Vance wrote that voters want to “change our relationship to Israel.”Blinken responded similarly to Pompeo on the question of US aid to Israel.“I think you’re seeing a recognition on the part of the Israeli government that this thing is not going to last forever, and an attempt to make it clear in the body politic in Israel that, no, we can pay for our own stuff. We don’t need the kind of assistance that we’re getting from the United States in terms of paying for what we’re acquiring,” Blinken stated, adding that “it doesn’t change anything… about the inherent value of the relationship and the partnership.”Differences on Iran, Palestinians-But while Pompeo and Blinken appeared largely on the same page regarding military aid to Israel, the two differed significantly regarding the conflict with Iran and a future resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Asked how to negotiate a settlement with Iran, Pompeo replied, “I simply don’t think that it’s possible with the regime,” even as he admitted the United States cannot currently curtail Iran’s ambitions through military means.Pompeo called to “continue to apply pressure there” through the current economic blockade and by “going after further assets inside of Iran,” because “they still have the capability to muck up the Gulf region and to threaten Israel [while] we have the capacity to, if not eliminate it, mitigate that materially.”Mike Pompeo stated that energy markets will find their way and emphasized that no concessions should be given to the Islamic Republic under any circumstances. #IranObservatory #Iran pic.twitter.com/DKj59qCLyz — Iran Observatory (@IRObservatory) November 9, 2026-As for the US offering concessions to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and maintain the flow of oil, Pompeo insisted, “We should never give the Iranians a damn thing.”Blinken, on the other hand, stated that Trump needs to acknowledge that the war against Tehran “might not be a loss” but it “wasn’t a real win.”But while concessions, possibly including sanctions relief, may be needed to bring the Iranians back to the table, “I think what you have to do is exert sustained, systematic pressure on them economically… for purposes of getting to negotiate,” he added.The lesson learned from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by former US president Barack Obama, Blinken said, is that it can take time to get Iran to the point where it is ready to negotiate.Blinken added, “Same thing with the Iran-Iraq war. There wasn’t a capitulation. There was a negotiation. I think at this point that’s in our interest.”Turning to the Palestinian issue, Blinken argued that part of why Hamas attacked from Gaza on October 7 was to preempt the further expansion of the Abraham Accords normalization deals, and that “for that vision to be fully realized, it requires a resolution of the Palestinian question.”“I believe to the bottom of my heart, as I have throughout, that the only way forward, and again, this is very unpopular these days, is through a secure Israel and a sovereign Palestine,” Blinken said.He drew pushback from Pompeo, who argued that “one of the keys to success of the Abraham Accords was not letting the conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis get in the way of what the Gulf Arab states actually know needs to happen.”

New US oil company joins gas exploration off Israel’s shores-Texas-based Murphy Oil Corporation to serve as operator, entering Mediterranean for first time and joining Israeli Ratio in fourth round of exploration-By Sue Surkes Today, 2:07 pm-nov 9,26

The Energy Ministry announced Monday that it had granted six natural gas exploration licenses to the US-based Murphy Oil Corporation — a first-time entrant into the Mediterranean — and to Ratio Petroleum.Each company will hold a 50 percent working interest, with Murphy Oil Corporation serving as operator.The announcement follows the Petroleum Council’s recent recommendation to amend the composition of the winning consortium in Cluster G, an area identified for deep-sea drilling west of the Leviathan field, under the fourth competitive bid round.That followed the withdrawal of the Italian ENI company from the originally approved group.“Natural gas is a strategic asset that strengthens our economic and diplomatic standing globally in general and in the Middle East in particular,” Energy Minister Eli Cohen said.In October 2023, the ministry announced that the winning consortium for the Cluster G licenses included ENI, Dana Petroleum UK — a Scotland-based wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned Korea National Oil Corporation — and Ratio Petroleum, an Israeli company.Dana Petroleum has the option of rejoining the new consortium, the ministry said.The Petroleum Council also recommended adjusting the threshold conditions for the fifth competitive bid round next year to take into account the experience of team members, as well as that of the operating company as a whole.This is in light of a trend of experienced professionals moving between companies.The Petroleum Commissioner will make the final decision on the change, and the bid documents will be updated accordingly.The fifth competitive bid round was launched in July, with the deadline for proposal submissions set for January 27, 2027.Ratio, listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, is an Israeli company that formed part of the consortium that discovered the massive Leviathan gas reservoir in 2010. Commercial gas production began in December 2019.Yigal Landau, CEO of Ratio Energies, said the participation of international companies, including Murphy Oil Corporation, had the potential to attract further investment, strengthen competition in the natural gas market, and create new opportunities to develop additional energy resources.Murphy Oil Corporation is an independent Texas-based international oil and natural gas exploration and production company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with a market capitalization of around $5.5 billion.

Defense Ministry recognizes flydubai passengers as victims of hostile incident-Determination grants survivors of terror attack rights and monetary compensation, six weeks after copilot attempted to crash plane full of Israelis heading from Dubai to Tel Aviv-By ToI Staff Today, 7:17 pm-NOV 9,26

Israeli passengers who were aboard flydubai Flight 1073 on September 30 will be recognized as victims of a hostile incident, the Defense Ministry announced on Monday.The recognition is expected to grant those on board the flight some sort of monetary compensation, as well as potential access to government-subsidized services.The flight in question was en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30 when the copilot, Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, attacked the Indian captain, Smit Machchhar, and attempted to crash the aircraft, whose passengers were mostly Israeli.The plane plunged thousands of feet before several Israeli passengers burst into the cockpit, whose door Machchhar had managed to open while under attack, immobilized the terrorist copilot and initially stabilized the plane.Two off-duty pilots aboard the flight then took over the controls and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia before a replacement aircraft returned passengers to Tel Aviv.“Following official confirmation from the authorized investigative bodies in the State of Israel, the Defense Ministry’s approving authority recognized the attempted attack on the ‘flydubai’ flight as a hostile incident,” the ministry said Monday.“The decision has been forwarded to the National Insurance Institute, which is in contact with those affected, for further handling,” the announcement added.The National Insurance Institute said in a statement that citizens “who sustained a physical or mental injury” can file a claim with the body.Nobody onboard the flight was killed in the attack, although several were lightly wounded from the steep descent, while Machchhar was seriously wounded with stab wounds to the head.The near-disaster aboard Flight 1073 exposed major flaws in Israel’s security procedures, especially for incoming foreign flights, with no effective oversight of the airlines’ vetting of pilots, no Israeli vetting of the crews, and aircrew lists routinely submitted only after planes have taken off.Al-Hammami, in particular, had been grounded by Oman Air after it was discovered he was in possession of extremist materials. But he was nonetheless hired by flydubai, and intermittently worked the Dubai-Tel Aviv route.A number of passengers aboard the flight told The Times of Israel last month that they felt abandoned by the government in the wake of the attack.“Unfortunately, Israeli authorities have done zero as far as reaching out to people or helping,” said Daniel Schlichter.Another passenger, Almog Italie, said he felt “completely alone,” adding that the main issue is “the trauma and the post-trauma are here, and they have to be treated. They have to get the best treatment they can. But unfortunately, the authorities are not cooperating with us.”At the time, the National Insurance Institute told The Times of Israel that it could not assist survivors until the Defense Ministry qualified the incident as a “hostile action.” The Defense Ministry said last month that it was still awaiting information from investigating authorities before its decision.Survivors of the flight have also begun exploring legal action. Approximately 100 passengers have joined an effort to pursue a class-action lawsuit against flydubai and government authorities in Israel and the United Arab Emirates over the alleged security failures that allowed the attack to occur.

7 YEARS OF DEATH AND HELL.

REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.

MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14  I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF -  HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

LUKE 19:40
40 And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Ambassador to US suggests NY Times Gaza coverage preparing ‘next genocide’ of Jews-Yechiel Leiter tells gathering of Chabad emissaries ‘there is no difference between what is being done to us today’ and persecution of European Jews in past centuries-By ToI Staff Today, 1:42 pm-nov 9,26

Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, on Sunday suggested The New York Times published a “blood libel” about IDF actions in Gaza “to prepare the next genocide” of Jews.“There is no difference between what is being done to us today and what was done to our grandparents in the ghettos of Europe 800 years ago,” Leiter said.Leiter made the comments at the closing ceremony of Chabad’s Kinus Hashluchim, the annual gathering of the Hasidic sect’s thousands of emissaries from around the world, in Edison, New Jersey.In his speech, Leiter said he had met with 21 New York Times editors, six of whom tuned in remotely, on November 10 last year and was berated with accusations “of genocide, of starving people to death.”“They were the jury, they were the judge, they were the firing squad,” Leiter said in footage published by Orthodox news site Yeshiva World News.He said he responded to the editorial team’s “feelings” with “facts” about the amount of humanitarian supplies Israel has let in to Gaza and measures the IDF has taken to mitigate civilian casualties even when that put troops in harm’s way.????MUST WATCH: Dr. Yechiel (Michael) Leiter — Israel’s Ambassador to the United States – speaks at Kinus Hashluchim and tells an insane story about him meeting the vile anti-Semitic editorial board of the NY Times. pic.twitter.com/9OiRiExNXX — Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) November 8, 2026-“About 45 minutes into the conversation, one of the editors said, ‘Ambassador, everybody can be wrong’,” Leiter said.“Very deep intellectual argument,” he quipped, to laughter. “I said, ‘No, not everybody is wrong. Not everybody thinks that we’re committing genocide.'”He gave as examples West Point urban warfare expert John Spencer and conservative British journalist Douglas Murray. Both commentators, whom Israeli officials regularly cite, insist on the morality of Israel’s actions in Gaza, and say the IDF in Gaza has killed historically few civilians relative to the number of combatants it killed.“So it’s not everybody” who was wrong about Israel, Leiter said he told the Times editors. “But if you people think that it’s everybody, maybe it’s because of you.”Leiter said one of the editors asked what he meant. In response, Leiter said, the ambassador took the Times to task for publishing, weeks earlier, a large photo of an emaciated baby boy, whom the paper initially described as malnourished while neglecting to mention his genetic diseases.The New York Times’s July 25, 2025, front page showing a picture captioned: ‘Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, about 18 months, with his mother, Hedaya al-Mutawaq, who said he was born healthy but recently diagnosed with severe malnutrition.’ On July 30, the paper acknowledged that he ‘had pre-existing health problems affecting his brain and his muscle development.’“The senior editor of the New York Times said to me, ‘Ambassador, don’t you think you’re making too much of a misappropriation?’ I said, ‘No, that’s not a misappropriation — that’s a blood libel,'” Leiter said, to applause.“A blood libel will cost lives. And the reason why they’re accusing us of genocide is to prepare the next genocide against us,” Leiter said.“Hitler didn’t just happen — it was decades of preparation of demonizing and delegitimizing Jews,” Leiter said. “And now, through the State of Israel, through the Jewish state, there is an attempt to delegitimize and disenfranchise Jews as Jews.”“We have to identify the problem, and we have to fight it,” said Leiter. “We fight it by knowing who we are, we fight it by knowing who our friends are, and we fight it by knowing who the enemy is, and by identifying them as the enemy, and calling them out as the enemy.”Israel has repeatedly accused the Times of antisemitism for its coverage. In May, Israel vowed to sue the newspaper over a piece by columnist Nicholas Kristof that alleged systematic sexual violence against Palestinian men, women and children in Israeli prisons.Leiter at the time also accused the Times of blood libel and criticized the column for relying on a report by an NGO whose leaders had been photographed alongside Hamas leaders.

IDF to establish new reconnaissance-strike battalions in Golani, Nahal brigades-Military says 11th ‘Alon’ and 935th ‘Nofekh’ infantry units to specialize in operating drones and advanced weaponry, as part of efforts to expand Ground Forces-By Emanuel Fabian Today, 11:56 am-nov 9,26

The Israeli military on Monday announced the formation of two new battalions under the Golani and Nahal infantry brigades, in a move aimed at expanding the Ground Forces.The 11th “Alon” Battalion in the Golani Brigade and the 935th “Nofekh” Battalion in the Nahal Brigade will both serve as reconnaissance-strike units, tasked with locating and destroying enemy targets in real time.The Israel Defense Forces said the move follows staff work by the Ground Forces and the Personnel Directorate, which IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir recently approved.“The battalions, which are currently in the process of being established, will serve as a force multiplier, with the aim of strengthening the operational capabilities of combat troops on the ground, making optimal use of the IDF’s combat personnel, and adapting them to changing operational needs,” the military said.The IDF said the two battalions will specialize in operating drones, robotics, surveillance and other visual intelligence systems, as well as advanced weaponry and precision-guided munitions, “to improve reconnaissance and attack capabilities on the battlefield.”Full details regarding the establishment of the two battalions have not yet been finalized and will be conveyed to troops serving in the units once they are, the army added.The Golani and Nahal brigades both currently have four infantry battalions each, including an elite reconnaissance unit. The latest move would expand each brigade to five battalions.Zamir, since entering the role of military chief in March 2025, has been pushing to expand the standing Ground Forces to alleviate pressure on the reserve army, which has seen significant burnout amid the war, as well as to reverse a two-decade trend of reducing the size of the military amid a growing range of operations in recent years.The military is currently in the midst of reviving the 500th Armored Brigade, a tank unit that had been closed in 2003. Last month, Zamir appointed the first commander for the newly opened unit.Earlier this year, the IDF formed a new combat division, composed of all the Ground Forces’ training units, which could be activated in times of war for operations. The 38th Division contains the School for Infantry Corps Professions and Squad Commanders, the Bahad 1 officers’ school, and the training schools for the Armored Corps, Artillery Corps, Combat Engineering Corps, and Border Defense Corps.

ISRAEL GETS THE BLAME FOR EVERYTHING.WELL IF MY CAT ATE MY SOCK.OF COURSE THAT WAS ISRAEL.BUT THE NUTJOB ARAB PEDOPHILE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT CAN CHOP HEADS OFF INOCENT PEOPLE.OH BUT THAT WAS A WORK PLACE ACCIDENT. THIS IS HOW NUTS THE LEFT WING GOONIE TOONIES DEMOLIB NUTS ARE.

France finds Israel-linked pages spread narrative tying riots to Islamism, migration-Internal assessment says posts on unrest linked to Israeli officials and MAGA movement dwarfed those from pro-Russian spheres; EU also points to Moscow-linked influence campaign-By Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 12:12 pm-NOV 9,26

Social media accounts linked to Israel and America’s MAGA movement pushed “hostile narratives” around last month’s riots in France, tying the domestic turmoil to radical Islamism and migration, according to an internal assessment by France’s Foreign Ministry and seen by Reuters.A separate internal European Union assessment found that a covert Russian network sought to exploit last month’s riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration and portray the government as having lost control.Taken together, the assessments offer an insight into how external actors have been trying to use France’s domestic turmoil for their own political ends, according to analysis by European disinformation specialists.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office and the Foreign Ministry did not respond to requests for comment.The European Union analysis found that a covert Russian network known as “Operation Overload” spread videos impersonating Western media outlets to target French audiences, some falsely claiming migrants had raped protesters or terrorist attacks were imminent.The Russian Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. In August, ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova rejected allegations by a French state watchdog agency of Russia’s spreading disinformation about France’s 2027 elections and said they would “not be the last concoction which the authorities will use to manipulate public opinion.”Rioting erupted in cities across France last month as demonstrations against rising living costs and declining public services spiralled out of control in some of the worst violence the country has ​witnessed for decades.The EU analysis, which covers the period from October 7 to 21, found that Russia sought to “depict the French leadership as weak and increasingly authoritarian.”“Such events offer opportunities to undermine national governments, fuel fear and division, and shape public perceptions ahead of elections,” said the restricted-circulation EU document, prepared by disinformation experts in the bloc’s diplomatic service.It found no evidence that Moscow or other actors had instigated or escalated the protests, describing the activity as “the opportunistic exploitation of unrest.”Posts by Russian, Israeli and MAGA accounts got millions of views-The French Foreign Ministry’s assessment found that the 10 most-viewed X posts on the unrest from “pro-Russian spheres” got 2.8 million views from October 16 to 18.But those figures were dwarfed by the views achieved by X posts on the riots from accounts linked to the MAGA movement and to Israeli officials and influencers.The 10 most-viewed X posts on France’s unrest by MAGA-linked officials, media outlets and influencers got more than 49 million views from October 16 to 18, according to the French ministry report.The 10 most-viewed posts from Israeli officials, government accounts, media outlets and influencers got more than 35 million views in the same period, the French report said.Campaigns are part of ‘narrative competition,’ expert says-Elina Treyger, a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation think tank, said such campaigns wage a slow-burning “narrative competition” that over time can shape how Western democracies are seen in Europe and beyond.Treyger said they feed an anti-immigrant backlash that is pushing European voters toward political extremes.Reuters was not able to independently verify assertions made in either the French or the EU report.Asked for comment, French officials referred Reuters to remarks by President Emmanuel Macron, who said on October 21 there had been no visible foreign interference behind the protests, but there had been “foreign manipulation of information.”EU cites ‘Operation Overload’ as Russian-aligned effort to discredit West-The EU report said “Operation Overload,” active since September 2023, has targeted Western “public figures, institutions, and media outlets” to “discredit these entities and their support for Ukraine while promoting content aligned with Russian interests.”Its activity “also intended to undermine European support to Ukraine by claiming that European governments prioritise Ukraine over domestic issues,” the report said.The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a Britain-based think tank, said in a report last year that Operation Overload was “a persistent and high-volume Russian information operation. It impersonates trusted sources to sow discord, confusion and distrust.”“The operation creates and posts videos that appear to be news reports, uses AI to clone experts’ voices, forges newspaper headlines, and manipulates images,” the institute said, adding that it “pivots from country to country to exploit crises and debates.”France’s disinformation watchdog Viginum published a detailed report on Overload and similar Russian operations in 2024, and French officials have said they resurface during protests, elections, or other opportunities to discredit France.

Israel says winter supplies delivered to Gaza amid flooding; Board of Peace says it must do more-After storms flood thousands of tents, US-backed body faults Israel for delays in humanitarian efforts, and Hamas for refusing to disarm, warns of more setbacks to 2025 peace plan-By Lazar Berman, w
Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid 9 November 2026, 10:41 pm

The US-backed Board of Peace on Monday issued a pointed statement pressing Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza after rain flooded thousands of tents in the war-torn enclave.The IDF said tens of thousands of tents and other winter supplies have entered Gaza. It has blamed Hamas and the United Nations for holdups in assistance.The Board of Peace’s statement, however, blamed the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the stagnation in the Strip, where Hamas still holds all of its weapons and rules almost all Gazans. It simultaneously blamed the terror group for refusing to disarm, which the statement said makes it harder to provide for the civilian population.The international body tasked with overseeing Gaza’s postwar reconstruction said it was “deeply concerned by the severe seasonal flooding that has struck Gaza over the past two days,” calling it “an immediate humanitarian emergency.”Earlier, the Israeli military said it was continuing to enable supplies to enter Gaza after the tent camps were flooded. It placed blame at the feet of Hamas.“While Hamas refuses to disarm and continues to exploit civilian areas and humanitarian aid for terrorist activity, the IDF and COGAT are proactively working to improve the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip ahead of winter,” the military said in an English-language statement, referring to the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, which oversees the delivery of aid.In Gaza, rains flooded more than 70,000 tents over the weekend, affecting tens of thousands of displaced people and causing injuries. The collapse of a sand embankment at a displacement camp in the Deir al-Balah area of the central Gaza Strip killed at least five.The Hamas-run civil defense agency said it had received 1,500 distress calls from displaced residents. Three abandoned houses collapsed without causing injuries, it added.At a tent encampment in Gaza City, some people tried to repair their tents, while others used sand to reinforce them and prevent water from entering.“The urgent entry and distribution of essential shelter, sanitation, drainage, and other winterization supplies is critical to protecting civilian lives,” said the Board of Peace, warning against “preventable humanitarian emergencies.”The Board, which was founded as part of the October 2025 ceasefire in the Strip, said it had “specifically urged the Israeli government to authorize the entry of essential materials for temporary shelter, water and sanitation infrastructure, waste management, drainage, and sewage removal, and to abide by its commitments under the Sharm El-Sheikh Humanitarian Protocol,” signed upon the ceasefire taking effect.“At the same time, we have repeatedly pressed Hamas to agree to lay down its arms, relinquish governing authority, and fulfill its obligations under the Plan,” it said, referring to US President Donald Trump’s 15-point plan to disarm Hamas. “These failures to act have impeded progress and compounded the challenges facing Gaza’s civilian population.”The Board acknowledged “the steps now being considered by the Israeli government,” but emphasized that “the response remains insufficient.”Israel continues to ban the entry of mobile homes, which aid groups say are essential for protecting displaced residents from heavy rainfall and winter conditions.Statement by the Board of Peace on Recent Flooding and Urgent Winterization Needs in Gaza pic.twitter.com/lWxKhPxGeH — Board of Peace (@BoardOfPeace) November 9, 2026-The Board of Peace called on the Netanyahu government “to act immediately to authorize and facilitate the entry of all necessary winterization and humanitarian supplies, and to fully implement its commitments under the President’s Comprehensive Peace Plan.”The Board said that Israeli delays “have exacerbated the consequences of a foreseeable humanitarian challenge and significantly delayed the start of the decommissioning of weapons and transfer of authority from Hamas to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza,” the Palestinian technocratic body meant to govern the Strip.Top Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov and its senior executive Tony Blair were in Israel last week to press Netanyahu to move forward on Trump’s Gaza plan now that the Israeli elections have passed.Already in August, Mladenov sounded the alarm over Israel’s restrictions on shelter equipment, calling Jerusalem’s policy “unacceptable.”IDF says 91,000 tents have entered Gaza-The IDF said that, with COGAT, it has been “advancing a winter preparedness plan in coordination with the Board of Peace and in cooperation with the UN, international organizations, and donor countries.”“Since the implementation of the plan began, more than 91,000 tents and over 8,200 trucks carrying tarpaulins, blankets, winter clothing, and other additional supplies have entered the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said.Additionally, the IDF and COGAT said they are “advancing projects to improve water and sanitation infrastructure, including sewage removal and improvements to water networks, as well as facilitating the entry of 12 sewage vacuum trucks for the International Committee of the Red Cross.”In the medical sector, the military said the entry of 7,500 vaccine doses for UNICEF and three mobile clinics for the International Medical Corps were approved, “alongside medications, medical equipment, and fuel for hospitals and medical facilities throughout the Strip.”“The IDF and COGAT have approved more than 850 requests covering tens of thousands of trucks, carrying winter-specific supplies: shelter, water, sanitation, and healthcare,” the statement said.The military said that around half of the approved requests have not yet been carried out, because “the UN and international organizations have yet to transfer the requested equipment into the Strip, partly due to logistical and budgetary challenges unrelated to Israel.”Israel has banned the entry of some equipment into Gaza, and has said it will not allow reconstruction work to begin until Hamas agrees to disarm and relinquish control of the enclave.The military, in its statement, said that “the UN and international organizations acknowledge that they cannot guarantee that certain equipment they seek to bring into Gaza will not reach Hamas,” and that the IDF and COGAT “cannot ignore the known risk of terrorist organizations rebuilding their capabilities.”“Accordingly, the IDF and COGAT are reviewing the equipment and advancing alternatives that will address humanitarian needs while minimizing the possibility of its exploitation by Hamas,” the statement added.

Israeli-Palestinian group says IDF West Bank chief must be sanctioned for ‘ethnic cleansing’Combatants for Peace calls for Avi Bluth to be penalized over new Jericho settlement; Smotrich announces new West Bank industrial zone; tenders out for 832 settlement homes-By Jeremy Sharon 9 November 2026, 9:16 pm

The Combatants for Peace organization, an Israeli-Palestinian group that opposes Israeli rule in the West Bank, called on the foreign ministers of the EU, UK, Canada, and Australia to sanction the head of the IDF Central Command, Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, over his alleged role in assisting with the recent establishment of a settlement outpost on the outskirts of the Palestinian city of Jericho.In its letter on Monday, Combatants for Peace pointed out that as part of his role, Bluth is responsible for protecting the Palestinian population in the West Bank, but accused him of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians in the territory.The organization made a similar request to sanction Bluth earlier this year, due to what it alleged was his failure to prevent violence against Palestinian civilians by both IDF soldiers and settlers, amid a surge in settler attacks.“The rapid deterioration in the West Bank demonstrates the urgent need to impose sanctions on Israeli officials involved in it, rather than targeting mainly far-right Israeli organizations and activists,” Combatants for Peace wrote in its letter to the foreign ministers.“In light of our previous request to sanction Major General Bluth for his role as the official and de facto commander of the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, as well as his personal involvement in facilitating the establishment of a new settlement in Jericho, we urge you to add him immediately to your respective sanctions lists,” the group continued, stating that such sanctions may influence his conduct and may also deter other IDF officers from similar conduct.The letter was sent by Israeli lawyer and human rights activist Eitay Mack on behalf of Combatants for Peace to the EU’s chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas; UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband; Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong; and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.Last week, several dozen settlers associated with the Nachala settlement organization took up residence in eight buildings in a Jericho suburb, which Nachala said it had purchased in a secretive operation it only announced once settlers had entered the homes.According to a report in Haaretz, Bluth was notified in advance of the plan but did nothing to prevent it, and even met with the settlers in advance of their entry into Jericho, and instructed them not to tip off top officers under his command until they had moved into the buildings.The IDF said the report was false, but did not elaborate further.The IDF and the Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the appeal for sanctions against Bluth.Senior IDF officers have previously accused Bluth of assisting settler activists in setting up illegal settlement outposts in the West Bank and creating an “organized mechanism” to do so since he entered his post. Outposts were established across the West Bank during the term of the outgoing government.Smotrich announces new settlement industrial zone-Separately, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Monday that a new industrial zone would be established in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank, after it was recently approved by Bluth.Smotrich, who has been the architect of the outgoing government’s massive expansion of settlements, said the commercial zone would be established on 750 acres of land close to the Tarqumiyah Crossing.Smotrich said Bluth has signed off on the allocation of the land for the project.Industrial zones typically provide infrastructure and space for businesses and industry located in the West Bank settlements.“We will continue to lead a surge in construction and broad legalization [of previously illegal settlements], because this land belongs to us—it’s as simple as that,” said Smotrich, thanking Bluth specifically for his assistance with the establishment of the industrial zone.Head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council Yaron Rosenthal said that the industrial zone would bring in over NIS 100 million ($31.7 million) in revenue annually to the municipal authority, and help the council provide residents of the region with “a high quality of life” while enabling the settlement movement to “take hold of the rocky soil on this good mountain.”Government publishes tenders for over 800 units-Alongside the industrial zone development, the government published tenders for the construction of 818 housing units in two settlements over the last four days.On Sunday, the Housing Ministry and the Civil Administration published a tender for 732 housing units for the Gvaot settlement in Gush Etzion. Tenders are a call for construction companies to bid on contracts to construct housing units after the planning process for them has been completed and approved.And on Thursday, a tender was published for 86 housing units in the settlement of Oranit in the central West Bank, which straddles the Green Line.According to Peace Now, tenders for over 3,700 housing units have been published since the Knesset was dissolved and elections called months ago.Peace Now accused the government of trying to establish facts on the ground without a mandate, during its lame-duck period.“A transitional government lacks the mandate to advance irreversible measures in the settlements—actions that deepen annexation, undermine the prospects for peace, and expose Israel to international sanctions,” said the organization. “This is a dangerous, underhanded maneuver by an outgoing government; the incoming government must cancel these tenders and put a stop to the unrestrained expansion in the settlements.”The number of tenders published per year skyrocketed under the outgoing government, according to Peace Now numbers. Tenders for some 5,225 units have been published so far in 2026, and 9,629 were published in 2025, compared to an average of some 1,600 in the previous five years.

Trump: Republicans did poorly in midterms because of a ‘great dislike, incredibly, for Israel’US president says Americans were unhappy with Iran war and rise of gas prices; after endorsing Netanyahu, says Eisenkot and incumbent ‘very similar in terms of their policy’By Jacob Magid Today, 11:43 am-NOV 9,26

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that one of the reasons Republicans received a resounding slap in last week’s midterm elections is because Americans really don’t like Israel, with which his administration has a close relationship.Trump was asked during an interview on 60 Minutes to reflect on the midterms, and he gave several reasons for the Democratic takeover of both the House and the Senate.“Number one, I was not on the ballot,” Trump said, noting that voters didn’t like some of the Republican candidates, including ones he endorsed.“But there’s something beyond that. They didn’t like the [Iran] war. They didn’t like the fact that gasoline went up,” he added.“And there’s a great dislike, incredibly, for Israel,” Trump said, without elaborating.Polling has shown US public support for Israel has fallen since the Gaza war began in 2023 in the wake of the October 7 Hamas massacre, particularly among Democrats.Vice President JD Vance suggested last week that Republicans would have to change their relationship with Israel if they want to win future elections.On the morning of the elections, Trump said the United States would cease providing $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel by the end of 2026. The comments reportedly caught Israeli security and financial officials off guard, given that the current memorandum of understanding on US military assistance to Israel, which gives the Jewish state $3.8 billion annually, doesn’t expire until the end of September 2028.Trump tried to qualify the announcement by stressing that Israel has been a good ally and even backs the policy, but his decision to issue it on the morning of the Congressional midterm elections highlighted how toxic the issue of aid to Israel has become among both parties in the US.Trump last year reportedly warned one of his Jewish donors of waning support among his own supporters.Separately on Sunday, Trump was asked by reporters for comment on Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot being given the first opportunity over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government in Israel.“They’re very similar in terms of their policy… [Eisenkot] said very nice things about me. He says he loves Trump, but… I haven’t seen what’s happening. It’s certainly a contest between him and Bibi Netanyahu. We’ll see what happens,” he told reporters.Eisenkot avoided criticizing Trump after the US president twice endorsed Netanyahu ahead of last month’s Knesset election. The prime minister reportedly pressed Trump for public expressions of support as repeated polls indicated that his current coalition was far from securing a majority.Eisenkot, who ended up clinching a majority of endorsements for prime minister after the election, has sought to differentiate himself from Netanyahu on the style in which he would govern, but has avoided laying out substantive policy differences. He has indicated a desire to form a more moderate government than Netanyahu’s outgoing coalition, which included far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties.Trump has in the past harshly criticized Netanyahu for his aggressive policies in the region.In June, Israel’s continued strikes in Lebanon frustrated Iran peace talks, which drew expletive-laden criticism of Netanyahu from Trump, who called the premier “fucking crazy.”Trump also reportedly referred to Netanyahu as “his own worst enemy” earlier in the year, amid frustration with some of the policies.Despite their disagreements, Trump and Netanyahu have continued to insist they have a good working relationship.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Far-right inspired Krakow mass shooting assailant dies in hospital-Authorities investigating various emblems on clothing of 24-year-old shooter, who killed six in city square after apparently gunning down his family-By Agencies Today, 9:45 am-NOV 9,26

The man who opened fire in a city square in Poland, killing six people and wounding 15 on Saturday, died in the hospital Monday morning, police said.Very little information has come out about the shooter, who was shot by police officers and arrested minutes after he opened fire on people at Krakow’s historic main square from his car.The government said the assailant, 24, from Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a town of just under 60,000 in southeastern Poland, may have been inspired by far-right ideology, without providing further details.“There were many different emblems on the perpetrator’s clothing that have been partially examined and interpreted,” Karolina Galecka, an interior ministry spokeswoman, told radio TOK FM on Monday.“These patches were associated with various motifs that are currently being analyzed by specialists,” she added, declining to comment further as the investigation is ongoing.The man had been in critical condition after police shot him to end the attack and had undergone several operations.The assailant drove through the square in the heart of Krakow’s Old Town on Saturday to start the attack. The square is a major tourist hub in the country’s second-largest city.Authorities also found the bodies of the assailant’s sister, mother, and father at the man’s family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski. They likely died from gunshot wounds.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the shooting — the deadliest in the country since the end of Communism in 1989 — an act of “terrorism.”On Sunday night, mourners laid candles and flowers alongside bullet holes in the square where the shooting took place.“I come here so as not to get caught up in a spiral of fear and anxiety,” Krakow local Maciej Sikorski told The Associated Press from the square. “In a situation like this, it’s all too easy to stop living — to start being afraid instead, and just vegetate. That is something I really want to avoid.”

Reporter's notebook-‘Curb your antisemitism’: Anti-Israel bike protesters met with Philly boos and humor-Ride by activists to boycott Jewish stores in city center, denounced as antisemitic by community leaders and officials, is countered by pro-Israel protesters-By Jon Marks Today, 11:58 pm-NOV 9,26

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (JTA) — No, this was not your typical Sunday in Center City, Philadelphia.A day that began with a flock of Philadelphia Eagles fans wearing team jerseys in anticipation of their upcoming game with the rival New York Giants quickly devolved into an unforgettable scene in Rittenhouse Square, focused on a different conflict thousands of miles away.The storied upscale park was the announced focal point for a planned cycling boycott of local Jewish businesses by a number of anti-Israel groups, headed by the organization Philly Bike On Your Left. The cyclists claimed the businesses were Israel-aligned; Jewish community leaders and government officials said the ride was blatantly antisemitic.Since the protesters’ intentions became public knowledge, the outpouring of support from the Jewish community and beyond was overwhelming.Still, no one was quite sure what to expect at 11:30 a.m., the time the bike boycott was scheduled to begin, including the phalanx of police blanketing the area.“The only information we have is they’re saying 200 bikers,” said Philadelphia Police Lt. Paul Watson at 10:30 a.m., as crowds began to swarm the area. “We just have an officer presence to make sure everyone stays safe.”A pro-Palestinian group held a "Boycott Bike Ride" in Philadelphia against Jewish restaurants. The organizers labeled the businesses "Zionist Establishments." A massive counter protest of Israel supporters showed up to meet them. pic.twitter.com/DTjP25Ye7R Advertisement — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) November 8, 2026-As it turned out, everyone did stay safe, despite several verbal altercations between Israel supporters and pro-Palestinian protesters.The two sides waved flags and shouted insults at each other. “Genocide,” cried out one Palestinian woman, while a man yelled “Jew-hater” in response.An array of signs filled the top of the square:  “Then they came for me,” read one, a reference to the famed Martin Niemöller poem about complicity in the face of the rise of the Nazis. “Stand Up Against Hate and Antisemitism” was another. And then this classic: “Curb Your Antisemitism,” a play on Larry David’s HBO comedy. At one point, a spontaneous round of “Shalom Aleichem,” the Shabbat standard, filled the air.“I have nothing against Jewish people,” said one man, as he worked on a poster tagged “Israel did this,” which displayed pictures of injured children in Gaza. “We love Jewish people. I have lots of Jewish friends.”Rick Zeitelman, himself on a bike while wearing a shirt supporting Israel, responded: “Israel is a democratic country that has Muslims in government and in the court system.”He continued, referring to the 2005 disengagement plan, “They gave back Gaza unilaterally in 2005. Instead of building a community for their people [Hamas] decided to build rockets and military and tunnels. Ultimately, that led to their brutal attack on 10/7, murdering, raping, mutilating thousands of Israelis.”Hamas-led terrorists killed 1,200 people, abducted 251, wounded thousands and committed atrocities in their onslaught in Israel on October 7, 2023.The anti-Israel bikers arrived a bit behind schedule.Police guided the riders, many wearing masks, toward the back of the square as the crowd jeered.“Take off your mask!” “Show your face!” counter-protesters shouted as the bikers passed by. “Shame!”Some tried to engage verbally but were met with resistance as the police, who ringed the area, kept matters from escalating.???? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⭕️ UPDATE: Massive Pro-Israel Crowds Overwhelm Anti-Israel Boycott of Jewish-Owned Restaurants in Philadelphia Advertisement A planned boycott of six Jewish-owned businesses in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square backfired Sunday as hundreds of supporters flooded… pic.twitter.com/y8TrkZsOVv — DEFENDERS OF ISRAEL (@Israeli_Sniper) November 8, 2026-Once they left Rittenhouse Square, the bikers’ plan was to ride past the Jewish restaurants and businesses they were targeting. High on their list was Huda, a sandwich shop two blocks away.As they approached, counter-protesters packing both sides of the street and outnumbering the riders delivered traditional Philadelphia boos.That warmed the heart of Huda co-founder Dan Berkowitz. “I appreciate this show of support. It’s literally overwhelming.”Holding a microphone to instruct the masses on how to stay safe, Berkowitz commented, “To see this division in this country that is founded upon people being able to express different opinions just makes me sad.”He added, “Nobody wants innocent people to die. I don’t care where they’re from.  I don’t care who they pray to as long as they’re innocent, peaceful people.”That’s how this atypical Sunday in Center City, Philadelphia came to an end, with over 1,000 men and women, Jews and non-Jews alike, telling the bikers to take a hike.

Trump orders Justice Department to probe Democrats for ‘threatening’ people-President accuses party of ‘criminal acts’ for intimidating remarks in letters sent to those who are ‘innocent,’ provides no evidence to back up claim, points at Elissa Slotkin-By Reuters 7 November 2026, 10:42 pm

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump ordered the US Justice Department on Saturday to look into Democrats for “threatening a lot of people” with impeachment and other forms of punishment, saying in a social media post that their actions amount to a “criminal act,” without providing evidence.Democratic candidates routed Trump’s Republicans in midterm elections on Tuesday, giving them control of Congress starting in January. Party leaders have promised to reassert Congress’ oversight of the executive branch once they are in power by holding hearings and conducting investigations into the Trump administration’s actions.In his post, Trump accused Democrats of sending “threatening letters to many people, all innocent.”Members of Congress have released copies of letters seeking documents on matters such as tech company donations for the large ballroom Trump is building at the White House.Trump’s post also referred to Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, who suggested in remarks last month at the University of Chicago that Congress should investigate people who have enabled Trump’s policies.“I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration?’ … I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want. And so I might avoid participating in that,'” Slotkin said. “I want that deterrence message sent.”Her comments, within weeks of the midterm elections, were criticized by Republicans. Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah wrote on social media that Slotkin was threatening young people who wanted to go into politics. Slotkin responded that Lee had lied about her comments and wrote, “Spare us the manufactured outrage.”Trump’s Justice Department has investigated Slotkin before. A former CIA analyst, she was among a group of Democratic lawmakers with national security backgrounds whom the department investigated after they posted a video urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders from the administration.A grand jury rejected the attempt to indict them.Spokespeople for the Justice Department and Slotkin did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Last major independent newspaper in Russia shuts down due to political pressure-Novaya Gazeta says it was forced to close its doors following decades of publishing after Russian authorities ‘forced our editorial team to cease operations’By AP 9 November 2026, 11:46 pm

MOSCOW — Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s most celebrated independent newspaper, closed its Moscow offices Monday, citing relentless pressure from government officials.It was the last major independent media outlet critical of the Kremlin that remained active in Russia. Others closed or moved their operations abroad after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.In a statement published October 30, the newspaper said the Russian authorities and the security services had “forced our editorial team to cease operations.”“Human rights and freedoms have been abolished in this country, and defending them is now treated as a crime,” the newspaper said. “Elections and elected governing bodies have been effectively dismantled, civil society institutions have been wiped out, freedom of conscience and human dignity have been trampled underfoot.”Launched in 1993, Novaya Gazeta quickly became known for its fierce reporting and dedication to uncovering Russian human rights abuses and corruption. Six of its journalists have been killed, including Anna Politkovskaya, who reported on atrocities during the second Chechen War at the start of Putin’s first term as president. She was fatally shot in her apartment building in 2006.On the newspaper’s final day in its office Monday, journalists slowly removed the portraits of their slain colleagues from the newsroom where reporters and editors planned their work.Tatiana Britskaya, the editor of Novaya Gazeta’s investigations desk, said she had expected the outlet’s closure almost every day for the past 4 1/2 years, since the Ukraine war began.“It is an incredibly difficult decision, because this is more than a workplace, more than an office — this is our home, and we’re losing it,” she said.Novaya Gazeta had faced growing government pressure as the Kremlin cracked down on critics, with repression sharply intensifying after the start of its invasion of Ukraine.Longtime editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov, who shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize with Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, was attacked on a train in 2022 by an assailant who poured red paint over him, causing severe irritation in his eyes.Muratov stepped down as editor in 2023, after being named a “foreign agent” by Russian authorities. The designation carries strong pejorative connotations in the country and can bring additional government scrutiny.The newspaper was fined after it was accused of discrediting Russia’s armed forces, and it was also declared a foreign agent. Authorities blocked all of its online platforms, seized its printing house, revoked its media registration and shut down the donation system that allowed it to receive support from readers.In a final blow, the newspaper was ordered to clear out its Moscow offices.As reporters left the building and gathered in the street, a new sign was affixed atop the nameplate that once announced the newspaper’s office. It read, “Here lived Novaya Gazeta.”Sergei Sokolov, Novaya Gazeta’s editor-in-chief, said he believed the newspaper would return one day “with renewed strength.”“We will live, and I am sure that this country, caught in such a terrible era, will eventually stir. As soon as those first signs appear, Novaya Gazeta will return, to our readers and to our colleagues.”Some of Novaya Gazeta’s staff left Russia in 2022 and opened a separate project, Novaya Gazeta Europe. The new outlet has been sharply critical of the Kremlin and its military actions in Ukraine.

Suspect attempted to enter Washington, DC, synagogue with firearm — police-Man charged with weapons offenses after congregation’s security team found gun during entry screening; incident causes no injuries and does not appear to be attempted attack-By Luke Tress 9 November 2026, 10:47 pm

Police in Washington, DC, detained a suspect who attempted to enter a synagogue with an unregistered firearm over the weekend, the city’s Metropolitan Police Department said on Monday.There were no injuries and the incident did not appear to be an attempted attack.Police officers received a call from the Washington Hebrew Congregation at around 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, a department spokesperson said.Synagogue security staff told responding officers that they had found the firearm with a metal detector, confiscated the weapon, and detained the suspect.Police recovered the firearm and arrested 32-year-old Tyler Finn at the scene, the department said.Finn, from Lynchburg, Virginia, was charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possession of an unregistered firearm and ammunition.The synagogue said that security had found and confiscated a loaded, unregistered revolver and two pocket knives on the suspect.The man arrived ahead of Shabbat services and was visiting with a religious studies class from Liberty University in Virginia. The religious studies program has previously visited the congregation as part of an interfaith program, Washington Hebrew Congregation said.The congregation said the man later told police that he had brought the weapons “due to safety concerns for himself and occupants based on recent news reports.” The suspect also admitted that the firearm was unregistered.The synagogue said it has “made significant investments in security, and Saturday’s incident demonstrated that the security measures we have in place worked as intended.”The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington said there were no known, ongoing threats to the local Jewish community.Rusty Rosenthal, the executive director of regional security at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, said it did not appear that the incident was an attempted attack, although the investigation was not yet complete.“This is an example of security done right at an institution that takes it seriously and has a really good culture of security in place,” Rosenthal said. “That’s really what we’re trying to cultivate across the entire community, amongst all institutions.”The synagogue is a prominent Reform congregation, founded in 1852, with around 2,000 member families, according to its website.US Jewish communities have invested vast sums in security since a white supremacist murdered 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018.Those efforts have increased due to the surge in antisemitism following the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist invasion of Israel.The Jewish Federations of North America estimated in September that US Jewish communities spend around $1.05 billion on security per year.In May 2025, an anti-Zionist shooter murdered two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC.Also last year, an anti-Zionist attacker firebombed a rally for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, killing an elderly woman.There have been repeated terror attack attempts against US Jews in recent years that were thwarted by law enforcement and Jewish community security organizations or guards.Last year was the deadliest year for Diaspora Jews in decades, with 20 Jews murdered in four separate incidents.

11 arrested in Lod brawl after far-right ‘sovereignty march’ in Arab neighborhood-Lod Mayor Yair Revivo slams ‘extremists’ from outside the mixed central city who ‘set the area on fire and disappear, leaving us to deal with the consequences’By Noam Lehmann 9 November 2026, 6:47 am

Eleven people, including a woman and a minor, were arrested late Sunday night in a brawl involving dozens of people in Lod following a far-right march through an Arab neighborhood in the central city, police said.Police denied reports that any stabbing took place, after far-right activists led a self-proclaimed “sovereignty march” in an Arab area of the mixed Arab-Jewish city.Lod Mayor Yair Revivo said in a statement that “extremists came from outside the city to stoke tensions” and were joined by some 20 boys and teens from a local yeshiva high school.Revivo said that after police dispersed the group, the local boys chanted derogatory slogans outside Arab homes, sparking a “violent altercation that ended with injuries and arrests on both sides.”“I’m seething with rage,” he said. “A group came from outside, set the area on fire and disappeared, leaving us to deal with the consequences.”Revivo added that since the May 2021 violence that wracked mixed Arab-Jewish cities, including Lod, “we’ve managed to maintain relative calm in the city.”“I have no intention of letting anyone take us back to those horrible days,” Revivo said, calling on both Jewish and Arab community leaders to “talk to the youth” in their respective communities.Revivo also said he updated Shin Bet chief David Zini about the developments and “the genuine fear of another escalation.”“It’s disturbing to me that police and I have been alone in this situation for hours,” Revivo said late Sunday evening. “It would be too bad for the Shin Bet and politicians to wake up when it’s too late.”Far-right activists Mordechai David and Ziv Baranes, both prominent supporters of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, posted videos from Lod on Instagram Sunday evening that showed them walking through an Arab neighborhood with several religious youths in what the activists called a “sovereignty march.”David claimed in a video he posted that the march was a response to an attack by Arabs on Jews in Lod.Baranes said in one of his videos that the unprecedented 19 seats that Arab parties won in the October 27 Knesset election “opened up the appetite” of Arabs in Lod: “We’re showing them who’s the landlord,” Baranes said, echoing a common campaign slogan from Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party.Footage posted by Baranes from the Arab neighborhood also showed the youths chanting “Jews’ state,” yelling “out” in Arabic and conducting an evening prayer in public.In May 2021, clashes and rioting broke out in a number of mixed Arab-Jewish cities including Lod, Acre, Ramle and others, during the 11-day war with Gaza known as Operation Guardian of the Walls. The fighting, the worst internecine clashes inside Israel in many years, sparked fears at the time of a widespread civil war.The riots five years ago began with thousands of Arab Israelis participating in violent demonstrations in mixed cities. Jewish Israelis participated in violent counter-demonstrations in response to the riots, in some cases incited by Jewish supremacist extremist organizations. Arab and Jewish mobs attacked passersby in some cases, severely maiming them or worse.In addition to the deaths and injuries, synagogues, a mosque, apartments and cars were burned, citizens were stoned and homes were looted. Police failed to gain control of these violent disturbances for days.In the wake of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 invasion of southern Israel and the subsequent Israeli war on Hamas in Gaza, many Israeli figures worried that such violence would resurge, but tensions in mixed cities never spilled over into the violence seen in 2021.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Analysis-Sniped at by both sides in election, Qatar remains an elusive target for Israel’s leaders-Politicians across the spectrum have used different reasons to castigate Doha, making it difficult to develop an effective strategy against a dangerous actor-By Nava Freiberg 9 November 2026, 6:08 am

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that a foreign interference scheme had “stolen” last month’s election, and as his allies voiced suspicions that significant Qatari funds had been used to influence Arab voter turnout, Doha’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari issued a defiant statement on October 29.“We categorically deny allegations that Qatar has interfered in Israeli elections or funded any activities intended to influence their outcome,” he wrote in a lengthy post on X, charging that “certain Israeli politicians and their contacts in the media” had “launched yet another disinformation campaign aiming to drag Qatar into Israeli political disputes.”Accusations about Qatari meddling in the election remain unsubstantiated. But there is little doubt that Israeli perceptions about the tiny, energy-rich Gulf emirate, and Jerusalem’s disjointed yet increasingly confrontational posture toward Doha, featured heavily in public discourse.Whoever emerges from the election on top will need to figure out how to deal with the perennial regional power broker, which has continued to build ties with Washington and exert outsized influence on Gaza and Iran.A patron of Hamas and leading purveyor of anti-Israel propaganda, Qatar is widely regarded in Israel as an unfortunate but largely unavoidable fact of regional diplomacy. As the election neared, both sides attempted to attach that stink to their opponents.While Netanyahu and his supporters accused Doha of meddling in the election, opposition leaders seized on the so-called Qatargate affair to accuse the premier of allowing paid Qatari agents into his own office, questioning what he knew about his aides’ dealings with Doha and why he continues to defend them.“They accuse Qatar of buying off Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli political left and now, in this latest campaign, the Arab vote,” al-Ansari wrote. “If these claims were to be believed, Qatar would apparently own all of Israel.”His defiance notwithstanding, Israeli grievances against Qatar are hardly without foundation.Doha’s longstanding ties to Islamist and terrorist groups, far-reaching soft power, and hostile rhetoric toward Israel have boosted suspicion and tension in recent years — a reality many Israeli politicians appear increasingly willing to confront and exploit for political gain.The devil in Doha-At the heart of Israeli grievances are Qatar’s longstanding links with Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, alongside its international media and influence campaigns.In 2012, Qatar began hosting Hamas political leaders who had fled from Damascus. It claimed to be welcoming them at Washington’s urging, providing a channel to the terror group through an American ally.While keeping channels open with Qatar, Israel’s leaders have repeatedly denounced the country as a leading “funder of terror” and initiated a range of legal and political moves against it in recent years.Qatar also created and funds the Al Jazeera network, banned by Israel in 2024 for incitement to terror, which is also accused by the IDF of direct collaboration with Hamas based on documents showing communication and staff ties to terror groups.Additionally, Doha’s international financial reach has drawn scrutiny from critics wary of its outsized influence. In 2025, American universities disclosed over $1.1 billion in Qatari gifts and contracts, more than any other country, although much of the funding supports American campuses in Doha. It has also spent millions on registered lobbying and public relations firms, as well as Washington think tanks.Qatar has faced more serious allegations of covert political influence elsewhere, though it denies any wrongdoing.French investigators have examined suspected Qatari-linked payments to academics and lawmakers between 2020 and 2023, with one suspect allegedly receiving 150,000 euros per quarter to improve Qatar’s public image, according to Le Monde. In a separate 2022 European Parliament cash-for-influence scandal, Belgian police seized some 1.5 million euros from suspects’ properties in Brussels, allegedly linked to efforts to influence parliamentary decisions on Qatar’s behalf.Furthermore, Doha’s conduct has provoked regional confrontation, though it emerged virtually unscathed.A Saudi-led blockade imposed in 2017 over Qatar’s relationships with Islamist terrorist movements, Iran and other disputes ended in reconciliation four years later, without Qatar accepting the original sweeping demands.Israel’s frenemy-Yet Qatar’s involvement in Israeli affairs was hardly imposed on Jerusalem.Jerusalem and Doha have never established full diplomatic ties, but they share decades of well-established business, security, and intelligence cooperation. The sides established trade relations in 1996, with Israel operating a trade office in Doha until its final closure in 2009 after the Operation Cast Lead conflict between Israel and Hamas.Former prime minister Shimon Peres visited the country twice, and then-foreign minister Tzipi Livni flew to Doha in 2008 to meet with her Qatari counterpart.Since 2018, with Israel’s quiet approval and at Netanyahu’s active behest, Qatar has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into Gaza — sustaining both the Palestinian population and Hamas’s rule.The policy was Israel’s way of alleviating humanitarian pressure in the Strip and keeping the border quiet. However, particularly post-October 7, critics argue that it amounted to a failed containment strategy that kept Hamas in power while indirectly funding the terror group’s military buildup.In the aftermath of the Hamas-led invasion and massacre in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, Qatari mediation became key in efforts to free hostages, broker ceasefires with Gaza terror groups and Iran, and shape the postwar future of the Strip — making it increasingly difficult for Israel to isolate or confront the country, despite its growing anti-Doha rhetoric.That rhetoric turned to action on September 9, 2025, when Netanyahu ordered an unprecedented strike on a residential compound in Doha housing Hamas political leaders amid Qatar-mediated talks with Washington on a Gaza ceasefire proposal and hostage deal, with the Israeli premier accusing Qatar of harboring terrorists, financing Hamas and giving its leaders mansions.But confronting Qatar — with its ties to Washington, its hosting of a major American military base, and its mediation efforts on Iran and Gaza — proved difficult.Three weeks later, sitting beside Trump in the Oval Office, Netanyahu apologized to Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed al-Thani over the failed Hamas assassination attempt, days before Israel’s negotiating team was filmed shaking hands with and hugging a smiling al-Thani in Egypt after Hamas approved the ceasefire deal. Later that month, Trump bolstered US protection for the emirate through a new executive order.And still today, Doha’s regional role goes beyond Gaza, from its ongoing role as a key intermediary between the US and Iran to pledging to help finance southern Lebanon’s reconstruction in coordination with Washington.A shared political target -The latest election allegations have brought Qatar back into the center of Israeli politics, this time as Netanyahu seeks to discredit potential cooperation with Arab parties by his political rivals in forming a government.The implications are particularly striking given the unresolved so-called Qatargate affair, in which Netanyahu’s close advisers are suspected of promoting Qatari interests for payment, even during the Gaza war.Recent reports allege multiple meetings between senior Netanyahu aide Jonatan Urich and top Qatari official Ali al-Thawadi, who later appeared at the White House during Netanyahu’s apology call. Urich disputes elements of the allegations, while Netanyahu has denied any knowledge of the affair and denounced the investigation as a politically motivated witch hunt.Another recent report said Netanyahu met secretly with the most senior Israeli on Qatar’s payroll months after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, invasion, in the thick of the Gaza war.Even as Netanyahu defends aides suspected of working for Doha, and now invokes alleged foreign influence to challenge the election results, opposition leaders are also ramping up the harsh rhetoric toward Qatar.Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot, tasked by President Isaac Herzog on November 8 with the first shot at forming a government, said amid Netanyahu’s allegations of voter interference that Qatari involvement in Israel was “an unacceptable and gravely serious matter,” whether it was in the Prime Minister’s Office or in the election.Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, whose B’Yachad party won 12 seats in the incoming 26th Knesset, has described Qatar as “more dangerous” to Israel than Iran, and pledged to declare the Gulf emirate an enemy state if his party becomes part of a governing coalition, with the support of current Opposition Leader Yair Lapid.For Israel, confronting Qatar could mean limiting its role in postwar Gaza, scrutinizing its foreign influence, and minimizing its diplomatic role where it can.Qatar, however, has an interest in maintaining its influence over Palestinian affairs, access to Israeli decision-makers, and status in Washington — powerful incentives to preserve some form of engagement.Washington has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to defend Qatar’s regional role, while Doha’s history of weathering diplomatic pressure suggests that confrontation might not get Israel what it wants.Israel will need to ask itself how far it can push back without harming its own interests. Like so much else in Israel right now, that calculation will depend on who forms the next government.