Trump is now the first President in history to negotiate directly with Hamas, which was designated a terrorist group in the 90’s. USA negotiators are in Doha speaking directly with Hamas leaders. State Department head Marc Rubio says to Hamas, “Believe him: he’s serious.”
Times of Israel, captured on 6 March 2025.
I’m thankful for the refreshing pro-Israel stance, and a can-do attitude from the new presidential cabinet.
High school teenager Yahli Gur, 17, has died from her wounds, leaving behind three younger siblings. Last week a Palestinian illegally living in Israel, rammed his car into a bus stop full of people. This goes against the narrative that terrorists are young, with no wife or kids. This guy was 53, wife, kids, (Arab Israeli), and he gave it all up for the sake of the hopeless cause.
The IDF continues operations against Hamas in Jenin, also in Samaria (Shomron).
In Judea, terrorist homes were demolished in the Palestinian section of Hebron.
Noam Tibon drove his private car there from Tel Aviv with his private sidearm in an effort to save his son, son’s wife and children. He volunteered without being called up by the IDF.
Yarden Bibas, survived over 500 days as a Prisoner of War in Gaza, only to return and eventually find out that his wife Shiri (32) and boys Ariel and Kfir had been slaughtered in captivity by Gazans who used their bare hands. Yarden sent a letter to Netanyahu, delivered during the Knesset session yesterday. See below:
Times of Israel, captured 5 March 2025.
Bereaved parents were also violently prevented from entering the Knesset observation gallery. Some parents were injured in the scuffle, while others were eventually allowed into the sound-proof observation room, called the gallery.
The Israeli Knesset was modeled after the British style of Parliament, and both have plenty of shouting and arguing between their parliament members. Evidently if the public gallery were not soundproofed, the shouting from the public would be so disruptive that the Knesset members would not be able to hear one anothers’ shouting.
The people of Israel do demand a commission of State Inquiry into the failures of Oct 7. However, there are plenty of Israeli politicians who would like to use that commission to further their own personal political goals. Netanyahu’s stance is that such a commission must be balanced, not partisan. As Bibi sees it, the retired judge who would appoint the commission is a partisan leftist, given that the judicial system has not yet been reformed. Of course the existing judicial system, while leftist, itself believes that it should always remain as such.
On the one hand, I’m not impressed by the accusations from Knesset Member Lapid against Netanyahu. It’s the same anti-Right tone as before the war, and Lapid stands to gain politically. On the other hand, I’m not impressed with Netanyahu for refusing to acknowledge the letter from Yarden Bibas, a grieving father who “failed” to protect his family using one single gun. This casts Netanyahu in a bad light, as if he himself has his own petty political aims just like so many of the others. And yet, he does have a point: what’s the use of a state commission that is unbalanced and used as a weapon against the majority political movement in the nation?
Another point remains: The head of the Shin Bet (Security Service) failed to wake Netanyahu when he knew an attack had begun. Lapid, blaming THAT on Netanyahu, seems petty for it.
Bereaved parents, invited to the Knesset observation gallery, were beaten by guards. Yarden Bibas, bereaved husband and father, and surviving POW, sent a letter which was read aloud. It’s hard to say what are the motives of the politicians involved – how much do they want “truth” and “justice” and how much do they want to preserve or advance their careers? Prayer for Israel is requested.
It was IDF soldiers indiscriminately posting photos that accidentally revealed intel to Hamas about the function and location of all buildings in the base, as well as how much time it would take for patrol and response time.
Many often wonder why more Israeli civilians are not armed. We now learn that not even all the IDF personnel were armed! These soldiers were stationed in the base just several yards (meters) away from Gaza:
Jerusalem Post, 4 March 2025 pg 1 & 7. “IDF: Social media posts aided invasion.”
Yarden Bibas in captivity refused to convert to Islam. Just before the burial of his wife Shiri and boys Ariel and Kfir, Yarden accepted a gift of a Torah scroll donated from a Jewish community in the USA.
Skip to 5 minutes to get exactly to the testimony:
What is the Hannibal Directive? It’s a strategy the Israeli Defense Force uses in desperation: shoot everything that moves, to get rid of the terrorists at any cost, even at the cost of innocent Israeli victims.
