Amir Tsarfati, Novemver 22: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that he would invite Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit Budapest and pledged not to arrest him, even though Hungary is a member of the Rome treaty that anchors the authority of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Orban heads the rotating presidency of the European Union. Amir's weekly email newsletter snippets: [This first part seems to be a repeat.] When I speak of hatred of Israel, most people’s minds immediately turn to Iran and its many proxies, including Hamas and Hezbollah. It’s very true – Iran despises Israel to its very core. But you may be surprised to learn that there is a country that the ayatollahs hate even more than Israel. The end game of Iran’s Shiite Islamic regime is not Jerusalem, but Mecca and Medina. And where are these cities? In the heart of Sunni Saudi Arabia. It is an impossibility for the Iranian regime to gain control of Mecca and Medina with a direct assault. The Saudi’s military is strong, and their oil is plentiful enough that most of the western world would spring to their defense. So, instead the ayatollahs are playing a long game. It began after the Iranian Revolution with the creation of a corridor of influence that stretched through Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon towards the Mediterranean Sea. Now, they’re also looking south, bringing Yemen and Qatar into their pocket. If their strategy plays out, Jordan will be next, then the Gulf states like the UAE, Bahrain, and Oman. Looking at a map, it becomes obvious what Iran is doing. It is surrounding Saudi Arabia, cutting them off from any neighborly help. The stranglehold Iran could put on the Saudis would eventually force the Sunni kingdom to their knees. It is very true that Iran hates Israel for a whole lot of reasons. But looking at this strategy we see that, in reality, the Jewish state is a means to an end. If Iran as leader of a great Muslim coalition were to take Israel, it would place the al-Aqsa mosque wholly in Islamic hands. But even more so, it will ensure that Saudi Arabia is caught in a steel vice that will squeeze until Mecca and Medina are finally in Shiite hands. This is one more reason why Iran needs to be stopped. Toppling the ayatollahs’ regime would save the oppressed Iranian people, bring relief to the Saudis, stabilize the region, and serve as a death sentence to the proxy militias in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. It may also cause Qatar to stop funding Hamas. Ultimately, as followers of Scripture, we know that Persia (Iran) will join a future coalition against Israel, as told in Ezekiel 38. Is the end game of Mecca and Medina their reason? Maybe. What we do know is that whether under these ayatollahs or under a regime that might replace it, Iran will pitch in with Russia, Turkey and others to destroy Israel. And they will fail. BREAKING NEWS: The Hague Issues Arrest Warrants Against Netanyahu and Gallant Do these charges mean that Netanyahu is going to jail? Absolutely not. It does, however, restrict his travel to many western nations, including The Netherlands, site of the recent pogrom on Israeli soccer fans, which has already announced that they would obey the order. But if the prime minister wants to go to the United States, he will find no restrictions other than not going to Dearborn, Michigan, whose mayor, Abdullah H. Hammoud, has already announced that he will arrest him on the spot. In all of this ridiculousness, the promise of the Muslim enclave of Dearborn’s mayor is the only action that is not surprising. Ceasefire in Lebanon? Hezbollah’s New Secretary General Threatens Israel Gaza Ceasefire Shot Down Netanyahu in Gaza UNRWA Again Shows Its Colors Iran on the Cusp of Going Nuclear Ukraine Upgrades it Weaponry and Russia Responds with Nuclear Threats Mysterious China being Mysterious China US President Donald Trump's team is already planning punitive measures against the International Criminal Court in The Hague following the decision to issue arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Kan Reshet Bet reported Friday morning. While Trump's inauguration is still two months away and will take place on January 20, 2025, the President-Elect is preparing his response to the ICC's move once he takes office. Sources in Washington told the outlet that "the possibility is of imposing personal sanctions not only on the prosecutor or the court - but also on the judges themselves who issued the order." In addition, there are those who argue that the sanctions should also be extended to the family members of those elements in the court responsible for the arrest warrants. US House Speaker Mike Johnson tweeted, "The ICC’s decision to target America’s ally, Israel, is antisemitic, reprehensible, and completely ridiculous. It has absolutely no jurisdiction over Israel or the United States, and these illegitimate warrants are an attack on the very concepts of sovereignty and due process." https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399601 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has today become “the enemy of humanity.” Referring to the court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against him and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant regarding Israel’s alleged “war crimes” against Palestinians in Gaza, Netanyahu declared, “This is a black day in the history of nations.” “No outrageous anti-Israel decision will stop me from continuing to defend our country in every way. We will not succumb to pressure,” the prime minister promised in a video statement addressing the citizens of Israel. Countering the accusations leveled against him and the state, Netanyahu said, “We issue millions of text messages, phone calls, leaflets to the citizens of Gaza to get them out of harm's way – while the Hamas terrorists do everything in their power to keep them in harm’s way, including shooting them, using them as human shields.” “The court in The Hague accuses us of a deliberate policy of starvation. This – when we have supplied Gaza with 700,000 tons of food to feed the people of Gaza. That’s 3,200 calories (per day) for every man, woman and child in Gaza… Yet, just in the last few weeks, Israel facilitated the vaccination of 97 percent of the people of Gaza against polio. This doesn’t prevent the court of accusing us of genocide.” Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, who was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as his national security advisor, promised that come January, the new U.S. administration will take action against the ICC. Several countries, such as France, Belgium, Jordan, Canada and the Netherlands, have already announced they will act in accordance with the ICC's decision and enforce the arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant upon entry into their countries. Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, says the ICC’s decision must be respected and implemented by all 124 member states. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said the ICC’s ruling was “utterly incomprehensible” and does a “disservice to the court’s credibility.” Hungary’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó described the ICC decision as “shameful and absurd.” Amir Tsarfati, November 23: Report: The target of the attack in Beirut was Hezbollah's Acting Chief of Staff Muhammad Haider, known as Abu Ali Haider, who served as a close adviser to Nasrallah and a member of the organization's Jihad Council. There is flour, and there is bread. The Palestinians complain that "powerful actors" take over the distribution of bread, distribute the bread and sell it at an exorbitant price to the population. They want an international body to supervise the distribution of the bread (baked from flour that entered as free aid to the Gaza Strip), so that everyone gets to benefit from the aid that enters the Gaza Strip. The suspicion that he was murdered and not kidnapped, as they are [saying] during Wednesday, is getting stronger. In reality, the organization has never been more desperate for a ceasefire, but like Hamas, their Islamic-Jihadist pride and sense of calling cause them to reject any possible solution.
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Following evacuation warnings this morning the IDF has been attacking in the last hour inside the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.
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London Gatwick Airport's South Terminal has been evacuated as a precaution due to an ongoing security incident. Authorities are managing the situation, and travelers are urged to stay informed.
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A short time ago, a building in the heart of Beirut (not the Dahieh) was attacked, without an evacuation warning. There are casualties.
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More from Beirut. An 8 story building collapsed. Many casualties. Who was the target of this elimination?
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The rumors are that a very senior Hezbollah leader was just eliminated in Beirut. Was it the newly appointed secretary general Naim Qassem??
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Israel media reporting the target of the elimination in Beirut was Talal Hamieh, head of Hezbollah’s External Security Organization known as Unit 910 in charge of overseeing operations abroad; among group’s first generation; joined in mid-80s.
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The Israeli army advanced deep into Lebanon and besieged Hezbollah terrorists inside the Naqoura area after cutting off all land routes and all supply lines of troops and fire by air, land and sea.
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Just today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has charged Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant with “crimes against humanity and war crimes” for their supposed maltreatment of civilians in Gaza. This appalling move was immediately met with derision by both Israel and the United States.
Israel is cautiously optimistic about a US proposal for a ceasefire in Lebanon. There are still two sticking points from Jerusalem’s point of view. First, there is the question of the extent of Israeli freedom of action in the event of a Hezbollah violation. The second is regarding the composition of the supervisory committee in Lebanon. If these issues are able to be satisfactorily dealt with, there could be a ceasefire within a week. It will be none too soon for Hezbollah, because the groundswell of Lebanese citizens against the terrorists continues to grow.
Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s new secretary general following the targeted killing of his predecessor, is making the most of his few remaining days on this earth by uttering threats against Israel.
The UN Security Council voted 14-1 for a resolution that would demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Despite the overwhelming support, it didn’t pass because the one dissenting vote was the United States which is one of five nations that holds veto power. US deputy ambassador Robert Wood stated, “We made clear throughout negotiations we could not support an unconditional cease-fire that failed to release the hostages.”
Even with the battle raging in northern Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his way to the Netzarim Corridor on Tuesday. Standing alongside new Defense Minister Israel Katz, the PM reiterated his pledge that “Hamas will not be in Gaza.” He also reminded Gazans of a pledge he had made earlier; there will be a reward of $5 million and safe passage out of Gaza for anyone who turns over a hostage.
One hundred and nine aid trucks drove into Gaza to deliver humanitarian supplies. On the way, 97 of them were violently attacked and looted by armed Palestinians. Who’s to blame? If you ask the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), not surprisingly they’ll say Israel. ... Not only do we have to fight in Gaza, but we have to help feed their people and guarantee the safety of humanitarian aid. When has that ever been required of a military? Then, when the Palestinian gangs and terrorists start stealing the aid, we’re to blame for it? UNRWA is a joke.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, reported that Iran is “just a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.” And, if the IAEA is only now getting around to admitting to this, we can be assured that they’ve had weapons-grade uranium for months now.
This last week marked Day 1000 since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine War, a conflict which shows no signs of abating. If anything, the fight is ramping up. Ukraine has used for the first time American ATACMS long-range missiles which have the capability to hit deep into Russia.
Last year, the Chinese vessel New Polar Bear severely damaged the undersea gas pipeline, Balticconnector, which linked Finland and Estonia. Finland’s Minister of European Affairs Anders Adlercreutz said of the purposeful nature of the incident, “I’m not the sea captain. But I would think that you would notice that you’re dragging an anchor behind you for hundreds of kilometers.” It took seven months to get it back online. Now it appears that the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 severed two fiber-optic undersea cables this past weekend, one connecting Finland and Germany and the other linking Sweden with Lithuania. Either some of these Chinese pilots need to go back to shipping school, or there’s something a little hinky going on.
Report: Trump team already preparing measures against ICC:
Hebrew media reports President-Elect's people have begun preparing to impose sanctions on ICC officials responsible for the warrants against Israeli leaders 2 months before Trump's inauguration.
PM Netanyahu says ICC is ‘an enemy of humanity,’ calls its decision ‘a black day in the history of nations’:
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Abu Ali Haider was almost the last of Hezbollah's generals after the elimination of his friends. After the death of the other senior members of the organization, he led the campaign against Israel (as the active Chief of Staff). Naim Qassem does not have military knowledge.
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Report in Iran: 5,000 additional new and advanced centrifuges were activated at the nuclear facilities in response to the decision condemning Iran by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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DISMANTLED: Iranian-Made Weapons Aimed Toward Israelis.
IDF troops located and seized an Iranian-manufactured cannon, rocket launchers, and rockets aimed toward Israel in a Hezbollah launch site this past week.
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Following 5 more evacuation orders the Israeli Air Force is attaching Hezbollah targets in the Dahieh district of Beirut.
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The bread crisis in the Gaza Strip: a demonstration in Deir al-Balah in the center of the Gaza Strip demanding to change the bread distribution system so that distribution stations are placed in front of the World Food Organization headquarters.
(Abu Ali)
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Mossad investigating missing Chabad emissary in Abu Dhabi, may have been under Iranian surveillance.
The missing Chabad envoy in Abu Dhabi is Rabbi Tzvi Kochan, who lost contact on Wednesday. Suspicion is growing that he was killed by hostile entities.
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Some additional details about the drama in the Emirates and the disappearance of the Chabad emissary:
This is the assistant of the chief emissary of Chabad in the country. According to the details in the hands of the Israeli security establishment, he was followed by hostile terrorist elements on behalf of Iran.
It appears that the murderers managed to escape (probably to Turkey), it is not clear where his body was taken.
Israeli intelligence officials went to the Emirates to investigate the case.
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IDF spokesman:
This evening the terrorist organization Hamas released a document in which a kidnapped woman is allegedly seen killed. We are checking the information and at this stage we are unable to verify or refute it. IDF representatives are in contact with her family and are updating her with all the information available to us.
Hamas continues to use psychological terror and behave in a brutal manner.
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Terrorist sympathizers took over the streets of Montreal committing arson and destruction while Trudeau boogied at a Taylor Swift concert.
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The IDF completed the third wave of attacks today against terrorist targets in Beirut - Hezbollah military headquarters were attacked.
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Reports of Intense gunfire around the Israeli Embassy in Jordan.
Jordanian police officers have killed the attacker, and 3 members of the security forces have been injured.
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In recent days, we have witnessed an increase in fake reports from Hezbollah regarding their actions against Israeli targets, both in southern Lebanon and inside Israel. This surge in misinformation is a sign of weakness, confusion, and an attempt to retain support from the "resistance" movement.
For us, this situation is advantageous because once we reach a ceasefire—and we will—the terms will be much better and the devastation for the enemy will be greater.
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