The Israeli foreign ministry challenged the New York Times and other major mainstream media outlets to publish a photo of a starving Israeli hostage — after publishing fake images of starving Palestinian children. Last weekend, many major media outlets published images falsely purporting to be of starving Palestinian children. In reality, many suffered from other maladies. The New York Times in particular was forced to issue a correction to its front-page photo once the truth emerged. Israel had pushed back vehemently on claims that Palestinian children were starving, saying that there is no starvation in Gaza and that whatever bottlenecks in food distribution existed were being created by Hamas in its effort to loot humanitarian aid, or by the United Nations’ incompetence. Since the start of the Gaza war, Arab communities in Israel have been hit by an unprecedented wave of violent crime and gang activity. Among Israel’s 2.1 million Arab citizens, 244 were murdered in 2023, up from 237 in 2024 and 115 in 2022. According to research from the Taub Center, the murder rate among Arab Israelis has now risen to the third highest in the developed world. The disparity in murder rates between Arab and Jewish citizens in Israel has become increasingly stark. Before 2015, the ratio of Arab to Jewish murders stood at 4 to 1; by 2023, it had widened to 13 to 1. Gang activity, long entrenched in Arab communities, has also intensified. Criminal organizations extort protection money from shop owners and prey on high unemployment among young Arab-Israeli men, recruiting them into criminal networks or ensnaring them with predatory loans. An estimated 75% of murders in Israel’s Arab sector are now linked to organized crime. There are believed to be hundreds of thousands of weapons in the Arab community, including many considered of high quality, and prices are dropping due to an influx made available by the ongoing war. This has led to increased use of more lethal weaponry in the criminal world. People are afraid to cooperate in police investigations for fear of reprisal attacks, 60.5% of Arab Israelis reported a sense of personal insecurity in their hometowns due to violence... At a recent meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Arab Community Affairs, officials were told that organized crime groups are now operating a form of “shadow government” within Arab communities. These groups control a gray market economy and enforce their own systems of justice and punishment. Much like old-style mafia bosses in ethnic enclaves in the United States, they collect protection money, carry out shootings, issue loans, and even mediate disputes and broker reconciliations between residents. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/crime-skyrocketing-israels-arab-community-now-has-third/ The buzz surrounding the idea of a 'Third Temple' seems to have gone up a notch. Unofficial road signs are appearing, directing people to “The House of the Lord.” They may be made by rogue sign makers in a guerilla operation, but their very existence signifies that something major is brewing. Never far from the minds of many Orthodox Jews, the reconstruction of the Temple is something promised in scripture several times in both the Old and New Testaments. What was once dismissed as the pipe dream of fringe radicals is now beginning to crystallize into a tangible possibility within our lifetime – especially amid current discussions of previously unimaginable peace agreements. The Temple Institute has been campaigning and preparing for the Third Temple since its establishment in 1987. The museum in Jerusalem’s Jewish quarter presents displays of how the First and Second Temple might have looked, with models and replicas of all the accoutrements along with the outfits of the priests. In addition to being an interesting stop for tourists, the Temple Institute is actively pushing for the rights of Jewish people to worship at the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. ...many are looking forward to the building of the Third Temple. We are living in days when it is no longer outside the realm of possibility. If the Bible is true, the appearance of a Third Temple would signify the start of a very dramatic chapter of history. https://allisraelnews.com/a-sign-of-the-times-unofficial-road-signs-to-the-third-temple-appearing The Israeli cabinet will consider a plan to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, starting with Gaza City, on Thursday, according to reports in the Israeli media. The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s Channel 12, reports: A reported plan for the full occupation of the Gaza Strip, expected to be presented for cabinet approval by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tomorrow, focuses initially on seizing Gaza City and expanding aid distribution centers in coordination with the United States, according to Hebrew media reports. According to a Channel 12 report, in the plan’s first phase, Israel will issue an evacuation notice to the residents of Gaza City — estimated to number around 1 million people, roughly half the Strip’s population — to allow time for the establishment of civilian infrastructure in central Gaza, including hospitals and camps for evacuees. This phase is expected to last several weeks. … The operation is reportedly designed to span several weeks, not months, and appears intended as a compromise with [Israel Defense Forces] Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, who has warned against a full invasion, by initially limiting the operation to Gaza City, thereby delaying full occupation. Times of Israel founding editor David Horowitz explained that Israel currently controls 75% of Gaza, largely in the south, and that the remaining 25% is where much of the population — and the Israeli hostages — are.
Israel Challenges New York Times to Publish Photo of Starving Hostage:
Crime Skyrocketing in Israel’s Arab Community, Now Has Third-Highest Murder Rate in Developed World:
A sign of the times? Unofficial road signs to the Third Temple appearing:
Report: Israeli Cabinet to Consider Plan to Occupy Gaza City: