Amir Tsarfati: The maritime surveillance network Tanker Tracker has updated that it has identified the tanker St. Nikolas in a port in Iran after being seized on Thursday by the Iranian Navy. Encouraging the voluntary emigration of the Gazans at the end of the current war between Israel and Hamas has gained increasing momentum in public discussion among Israelis in recent weeks, with a recent poll revealing that a large majority of Israelis (76%) support it. A new poll published on Thursday by the Sovereignty Movement found that, despite international criticism of the idea and its public rejection by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a huge majority of Israelis support voluntary emigration of Gaza civilians who want to live in another country. The poll results were presented by Channel 12 news journalist Amit Segal at the beginning of an interview he conducted on stage with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Smotrich explained that the Gazan population hated Israel and wouldn’t change their opinions in the foreseeable future, even with organized re-education programs that some Israeli politicians have suggested. “Therefore we need to have the control there, and to have military control we need to be present there in a civilian way,” Smotrich said, adding: “I propose full Israeli control over the Gaza Strip… for this, we need civilian settlements.” He added: “We won’t throw out anybody by force, no Israeli citizen could imagine this.” Regarding the Arab population of the West Bank, Smotrich said whoever would choose a full partnership with Israel according to the Druze model could even, after several years, be offered a right to vote. “[But] whoever thinks that he can live here, and enjoy all the prosperity and progress that we are bringing to this land… and to undermine our existence and hurt and fight, that doesn’t go together.” https://allisrael.com/majority-of-israelis-support-voluntary-emigration-of-gaza-residents-after-war Amir Tsarfati: Pro-Palestine protesters try to breach the security fence outside of the White House, forcing DC police to hold the fence. If they were wearing red MAGA hats this would be all over the news. According to reports, the fence was attacked so badly that Secret Service and the DC Police had to make repairs. Secret Service agents are reportedly in riot gear. Four days after the USW and UK first air-raided the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, the capability of the group appears to remain untouched, as the missile strikes on ships on the Red Sea have not stopped. It now arises that a missile hit a US cargo ship in the vicinity of the Yemeni port of Aden. “Houthi forces in Yemen struck the U.S.-owned and operated container ship M/V Gibraltar Eagle with an anti-ship ballistic missile, U.S Central Command said on Monday, although there were no reports of injuries or significant damage.” It had been reported earlier that a ship ‘was hit from above’ by a ballistic missile while sailing 95 nautical miles southeast of Aden. The impact caused a fire in a hold, but the reports state that the bulker remained seaworthy and suffered no injuries on board. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/breaking-houthi-missile-hits-us-owned-cargo-ship/ Two Navy SEALs went missing after a ship-boarding operation went awry near Somalia on Thursday, as they were looking for suspected Iranian weapons bound for Yemen, according to reports. The SEALs were preparing to board a ship in rough seas when one of them slipped from a ladder and fell into the water, according to the Washington Post. The second SEAL dove in after him. They have been missing since Thursday. Kirby said the operation was part of “normal interdiction operations” the U.S. has been conducting for some time to try to disrupt the flow of weapons supplies to Yemen.
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The Israeli Air Force in a wave of attacks in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah headquarters were destroyed.
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The Houthis are training for war: The armed forces of Yemen: "Ready for the battle of the promised conquest and holy jihad." The exercise included launching missiles, firing anti-tank missiles and stepping on a picture of Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli flag.
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Israel has been unfairly banned from international hockey competitions due to 'security reasons.' The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has decided to ban Israel from competitions due to “security concerns." The decision constitutes severe anti-Israel discrimination in direct breach of IIHF's own Code of Ethics which forbids discrimination against a "group of persons by whatever means. . . "
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Iron Beam, officially, “Magen or”, (Light Shield) is a directed-energy weapon air defense system. "The system will be [already has been]. . . integrated into the Iron Dome system and will allow us to greatly improve the protection we have . . .and will also dramatically reduce costs because most The missiles will be intercepted with a laser and a smaller portion will continue to be intercepted with an iron dome. From the second week that the system was fully deployed, no one was killed."
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Wall Street Journal: Israel has informed Egypt that it is going to launch an operation to take over the Philadelphi corridor [at the southwest end of Gaza along the border with Egypt] very soon. This is the main oxygen pipe of Hamas, from where weapons are smuggled into the Gaza Strip, in addition to the fear of tunnels crossing into Egypt through which kidnappers and senior officials can be smuggled. Taking over the Philadelphi corridor could be a tie-breaking move. .....
Biden: “The US does not support Taiwan’s independence.”
76% of Israelis support voluntary emigration of Gaza civilians 'the day after' war:
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Egypt continues to expand its wall with Gaza. More and more barbed wire is appearing.
That is how much they don’t want any Palestinian from Gaza to cross over!
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Mohammed El Kurd speaking in London today: "We must normalize massacres as the status quo."
cc: Every university that plans to invite El Kurd to campus. This is a man who not only celebrates the October 7 massacre in Israel - he wants to see it happen again and again.
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Breaking: Houthi Missile Hits a US-Owned Cargo Ship in the Red Sea:
Two Navy SEALs Missing in the Gulf of Aden While Searching for Iranian Weapons Bound for Yemen: