IDF bars Palestinian workers from Judea and Samaria communities after attacks

JNS Staff

Palestinian workers line up at the entrance to Ma’ale Adumim near Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90.

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday moved to bar Palestinian laborers from entering Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria until further notice, the army confirmed to JNS.

Palestinians will still be permitted to work in industrial zones, while construction sites may also be exempted at the request of individual communities, a military spokesman said.

The military order followed a series of terrorist attacks, including a shooting near Havat Gilad (Gilad Farm) in northern Samaria on Friday that left two IDF soldiers dead.

Another attack took place on Saturday, when a Palestinian terrorist seized an Israeli soldier’s weapon during an altercation south of Hebron in Judea, fired several shots and escaped.

Eliram Azulay, head of the Mount Hebron Regional Council, said a reservist was moderately wounded after being struck by a rock before the assailant took his weapon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz decided on “a series of steps” in the wake of Friday’s deadly attack, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

The approved measures include demolishing the homes of the attackers; stepping up military operations in terrorist strongholds, including seizing weapons and revoking work permits; reinforcing IDF deployments across Judea and Samaria; separating Israeli and Palestinian traffic at key routes and checkpoints; and accelerating the legalization of existing farms and the establishment of new ones.

IDF Central Command head Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth described the past several days as “tense,” speaking in a meeting with Judea and Samaria community leaders on Friday.

“Following the recent events, and especially this morning’s attack, there is concern about escalation throughout Judea and Samaria,” the military quoted him as saying. “We are carrying out counter-terrorism operations to prevent the area from spiraling into further violence and are using every means at our disposal.”

Hamas’s New Leader, Same Old Jihad

Khaled Abu Toameh

• The election is… evidence that efforts to remove Hamas from power have failed.
• Instead of discussing disarmament, Hamas is discussing succession. Instead of preparing to relinquish power, it is choosing who will govern.
• Terrorist organizations do not negotiate themselves out of existence.
• Al-Hayya was Sinwar’s closest associate. He served as Sinwar’s deputy. He helped shape Hamas policy before and after October 7. After the massacre, al-Hayya praised October 7 as “a source of pride for our people… to be passed down from generation to generation.”
• The election sends a clear message throughout the Middle East: The Iran-led “Axis of Resistance” remains intact.
• It also explains why al-Hayya’s first public remarks as Hamas leader included thanks to Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis in Yemen, and the Iraqi Shiite militias. His loyalties are clear.
• The continued protection afforded to Hamas leaders by terrorist-sponsoring “friends” of Trump, such as Qatar, Turkey and Pakistan, undermines international efforts to combat terrorism.
• The people paying the highest price remain the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. Instead of rebuilding homes, reconstructing schools, restoring hospitals, and creating jobs, Hamas is holding leadership elections. Its priorities could not be clearer. Its leaders are busy securing their own political future while ordinary Palestinians continue living amid destruction.
• The election of al-Hayya should finally end the fantasy that Hamas may evolve into a political movement willing to coexist peacefully with Israel. It should also end the illusion that negotiations alone will persuade Hamas to disarm.
• Allowing Hamas to survive politically after October 7 would send a message to terrorist organizations and the Iranian regime: that committing mass murder carries no lasting consequences, and that even after one of this century’s worst terrorist atrocities, its perpetrators can simply elect a new leader and carry on as before.

Hamas’s election of Khalil al-Hayya demonstrates that the terrorist group remains sufficiently organized to manage internal political affairs while continuing to rule much of the Gaza Strip and dictate the lives of more than two million Palestinians. Pictured: Al-Hayya meets with Iran’s then Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on February 8, 2025. (Image source: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

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Israeli man seriously wounded in West Bank terror stabbing, two Palestinian attackers killed

MAYA ZANGER-NADIS

Magen David Adom responds to a stabbing attack in Samaria on July 23, 2026.
(photo credit: Magen David Adom)

A 51-year-old Israeli man was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack near the West Bank settlement of Elon Moreh on Thursday morning.

The man was attacked at the Derech Avraham Farm by two Palestinian attackers, who were killed by Israeli forces at the scene. He was evacuated via helicopter for further medical treatment at a hospital, the IDF said.

According to Israel Police, the stabbing victim was stabbed in the chest after attempting to put out a fire which had been set by Palestinian residents of Beit Furik, a nearby village. IDF and police have cordoned off the village of Beit Furik, and investigators are working with Israel Fire and Rescue Services to clarify the circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the fire.

Magen David Adom responds to a stabbing attack in Samaria on July 23, 2026. (credit: MAGEN DAVID ADOM)

Yossi Dagan issues public statement following the stabbing attack

Palestinian Authority Terror Supporter Jibril Rajoub Should Be Removed From FIFA — Permanently

Itamar Marcus

Palestinian Olympic Committee President Jibril Rajoub, who also heads the Palestinian Football Association, holds a news conference to update the media about challenges facing Palestinian sports ahead of the Olympics in Paris, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, June 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

The US and Canada should be commended for refusing to grant a visa to see the World Cup to the antisemite and Palestinian Authority (PA) official Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian Football Association. Rajoub is also the PA’s representative to FIFA (International Federation of Football Association).

Since his release from Israeli prison in 1985 in an exchange of Palestinian terrorists for Israeli hostages, Rajoub has glorified and supported terror against Israelis while spreading hate and antisemitism.

After Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) submitted a formal complaint to FIFA with evidence that Rajoub was a terror supporter, he was suspended from FIFA for a year.

Now that Rajoub has repeatedly supported the atrocities of October 7, as is documented below, and continues to spread antisemitism, FIFA must expel him permanently and distance itself from Rajoub’s vile hatred.

After Israel killed Saleh Al-Arouri, a Hamas leader and planner of the October 7, 2023, atrocities, Rajoub openly glorified the dead terror mastermind, lauding him as:

the extraordinary national leader who was always extraordinary in the way of his struggle [i.e., terror]. I am among the believers in his ideology, his way, and his activity.

Al-Arouri’s “way and activities” in which Rajoub believes included planning rape, beheadings, burning families alive, and the murder of nearly 1,200 on October 7, 2023. This is what Rajoub was honoring.

Rajoub has also said that Hamas’ October 7 massacre and launch of war were a successful rite of passage for Hamas:

Our brothers in Hamas — what they did on Oct. 7 made them part of the Palestinian national self-liberation movement.

He referred to the October 7 atrocities as “acts of heroism,” while calling it a defensive war for which Israel was responsible for all the deaths. He has later added that Israel is so evil that “if Hitler were to come, he would learn Nazism and fascism from Netanyahu.”

Finally, in one of his outbursts, in which he exposed his vile antisemitism, Rajoub said:

The Americans, Europeans, and others were deceived to think that the Jew is a victim. The truth is that he is a criminal, a terrorist, and a distorted form of the fascism and Nazism of the last century.

The US and Canada correctly refused to grant Rajoub, the Palestinian FIFA representative, a visa to see the World Cup games in their countries. Mexico, possibly unaware of who he was, enabled Rajoub to come.

Mexico should expel this terror supporter from its country, and FIFA should expel Rajoub from FIFA, permanently this time.

PMW is also submitting a complaint with all this information to the Israeli Police, so that Rajoub can be put on trial for possible violations of Israel’s counter-terrorism law.

Many examples of Rajoub’s hate and terror support appear on PMW’s website. The above video is a short collection of some of Rajoub’s antisemitic hatred and his support for October 7, and the transcription follows below:

Rajoub in his own words:

The Jew is not “a victim” but “a criminal, a terrorist”

Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub: “The Americans, Europeans, and others were deceived to think that the Jew is a victim. The truth is that he is a criminal, a terrorist, and a distorted form of the fascism and Nazism of the last century.”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Dec. 4, 2023]

Hamas became part of Palestinian national self-liberation movement on Oct. 7

Rajoub: “Our brothers in Hamas — what they did on Oct. 7 made them part of the Palestinian national self-liberation movement.”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Nov. 30, 2024]

Don’t condemn Oct. 7 — it is a response to Israel’s crimes

Rajoub: “What happened on October 7 is a response to the crimes committed against the Palestinian people [by Israel] since 1948.”

[Sky News Arabia, YouTube channel, Oct. 7, 2025]

Hamas leader and Oct. 7 planner Arouri was an “extraordinary leader… I am among the believers in his ideology”

Rajoub: “We in the Fatah Movement, from the leadership and its base, express our condolences to our people, to his family, to the Hamas movement… over [the death of] the extraordinary national leader [Saleh al-Arouri] who was always extraordinary in the way of his struggle [i.e., terror.] I am among the believers in his ideology, his way, and his activity, and therefore this is a trust upon us that we be loyal … including that which concerns perfecting the resistance [(i.e., terror.]”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Jan. 3, 2024]

Rajoub praises Hamas: Oct. 7 “humiliated Israel to the dirt”

Rajoub: “What happened on Oct. 7…  the most important thing is that this occupation [i.e., Israel]), this aggression, and this invincible army indeed turned out to be made of cardboard, and indeed turned out to be like cobwebs, and they were humiliated to the dirt.”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Aug. 7, 2024]

Hitler would learn Nazism and fascism from Netanyahu

Rajoub: “The Palestinian people is on the front line of defense against the fascist and racist occupation … If Hitler were to come, he would learn Nazism and fascism from [Israeli PM] Netanyahu.”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, June 26, 2026]

Rajoub wants to bridge the gaps with Hamas

Rajoub: “I call on Egypt and [Egyptian] President El-Sisi personally to hold an urgent meeting between Fatah and Hamas to bridge the political gaps, organizational gaps, and gaps related to the struggle [against Israel].”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Oct. 12, 2025]

Rajoub endorses Hamas’ massacre and terror war on Israel on Oct. 7 as “war of defense”

Rajoub: “We [in Fatah] view what happened on Oct. 7, [2023] as a response to the crimes, terror, and policy of ethnic cleansing that this occupation has been committing against our people since 1948 until today.”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Jan. 31, 2025]

Rajoub: “We in Fatah, from the first day, have said that this is a defensive response to the Israeli aggression.”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Feb. 11, 2025]

Israel is responsible for the Israelis killed on Oct. 7

Rajoub: “What happened on Oct. 7, [2023] was a reaction to the systematic Israeli crimes … the Israeli government is the only responsible for what’s going on, for the suffering, whether for the Palestinians or some Israeli civilians who were killed on Oct. 7.”

[Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Aug. 2, 2025]

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The author is the Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.

Broń Hamasu znaleziona w szpitalu Al Shifa w Gazie.

Ciężar dowodu spoczywa na Żydzie – Standardy dowodowe są zawsze inne

Elder of Ziyon

W maju 2026 roku brytyjski rabin Yoni Birnbaum zarezerwował letni dom wakacyjny we wschodniej Francji dla swojej rodziny. Cała procedura przebiegała rutynowo: wymieniono e-maile, rezerwacja została przyjęta, wpłacono pięćdziesięcioprocentowy zadatek. Miesiąc później właściciele ponownie się odezwali. Zainteresowała ich tożsamość gościa, ponieważ w jego adresie e-mail znajdowało się słowo „rabbi” („rabin”), i zażądali od Birnbauma wyjaśnienia jego poglądów politycznych. Czy należał do ruchu potępiającego działania Izraela w Strefie Gazy, na Zachodnim Brzegu i w Libanie? Czy nie aprobował „nieludzkiego i zbrodniczego” postępowania izraelskiej armii? Jeśli nie, z przykrością odwołają rezerwację i zwrócą zadatek, ponieważ ugoszczenie go byłoby zbyt sprzeczne z ich zasadami.

Gdyby jego adres e-mail nie zawierał słowa „rabbi”, kwestia Gazy nigdy by się nie pojawiła. Rezerwacja została zaakceptowana, a pieniądze przyjęto od klienta, którego uznano za zwyczajną brytyjską rodzinę. Dopiero gdy odkryto, że jest Żydem, wprowadzono warunek, którego nie stawiano żadnemu innemu gościowi: przejdź test ideologicznej „czystości” albo stracisz rezerwację.

Dwa stulecia wcześniej rewolucja francuska przyznała Żydom obywatelstwo – Żydom sefardyjskim w styczniu 1790 roku, a aszkenazyjskim we wrześniu 1791 roku. Było to pełne, równe i prawnie zagwarantowane obywatelstwo, takie samo jak każdego innego Francuza. Przynajmniej do czasu.

W 1806 roku Napoleon zwołał Zgromadzenie Żydowskich Notabli, liczące 111 rabinów i świeckich przywódców, i zadał im dwanaście pytań. Czy Żydzi urodzeni we Francji uważają Francję za swoją ojczyznę? Czy są zobowiązani jej bronić i przestrzegać jej prawa cywilnego? Czy prawo żydowskie pozwala im traktować Francuzów jak braci? Nie zadowoliło go pozostawienie im czasu na naradę i przedstawienie odpowiedzi. Z góry wskazał, jakich odpowiedzi oczekuje, a następnie zwołał Wielki Sanhedryn, aby nadać tym odpowiedziom moc wiążących postanowień.

Kościół katolicki uregulował swoje relacje z państwem francuskim poprzez konkordat, protestanci – w drodze negocjacji. Nie zwoływano zgromadzenia księży, by składali przysięgę, że katolicy uważają Francję za swoją ojczyznę, zanim uznano ich za godnych obywatelstwa. Tego rodzaju wymóg zarezerwowano wyłącznie dla Żydów – siedemnaście lat po tym, jak formalnie stali się pełnoprawnymi obywatelami. Jak ujął to historyk Simon Schwarzfuchs, rozwiązanie to było równoznaczne z ogłoszeniem, że Żydzi pozostaną na okresie próbnym, dopóki nie udowodnią, że zasługują na obywatelstwo, które już posiadali.

Podobnie jak w przypadku tego francuskiego właściciela domu: prawo zostało najpierw przyznane. Warunek dodano później, ponieważ mieli do czynienia z Żydami.

Ten schemat jest jednak znacznie szerszy.

W listopadzie 2023 roku Siły Obronne Izraela (IDF) pokazały dziennikarzom broń, którą – jak twierdziły – odnaleziono w szpitalu Al-Szifa w Strefie Gazy. CNN poinformowała, że na późniejszych nagraniach widać więcej uzbrojenia niż na pierwszym filmie udostępnionym przez IDF, „co wskazuje, że broń mogła zostać przeniesiona lub umieszczona tam przed przybyciem ekip medialnych”. Wyraźna sugestia była taka, że dowody mogły zostać sfabrykowane.

Ta sama stacja relacjonuje jednak przejęcia broni w innych okolicznościach w zupełnie inny sposób. Gdy włoska policja skonfiskowała arsenał należący do skrajnie prawicowej komórki, CNN opublikowała zdjęcia zabezpieczonej broni. Tak samo postąpiła, gdy policja prezentowała broń przejętą po ucieczce z więzienia czy arsenał znaleziony w Virginia Beach. W każdym z tych przypadków funkcjonariusze oczywiście ułożyli broń do zdjęć – rozłożyli ją na stołach i odpowiednio zaaranżowali. Nikt jednak nie pisał, że taki sposób prezentacji „wskazuje, iż broń mogła zostać tam umieszczona”. Wszyscy rozumieją, że przygotowanie ekspozycji prawdziwie zabezpieczonej broni na potrzeby mediów nie jest tym samym co sfabrykowanie samego przejęcia. Wszyscy to rozumieją – dopóki stroną dokonującą przejęcia nie jest państwo żydowskie.

Ta asymetria działa zresztą w obu kierunkach jednocześnie. Twierdzenia IDF spotykają się z domyślnym założeniem, że zostały upozorowane. Natomiast dane o liczbie ofiar publikowane przez ministerstwo kontrolowane przez Hamas oraz relacje świadków żyjących pod rządami Hamasu są przedstawiane bez porównywalnego poziomu weryfikacji – często bez jakiejkolwiek weryfikacji. Jedna strona jest z góry traktowana z podejrzliwością. Drugiej z góry się wierzy. O tym, która z nich podlega któremu standardowi, nie decydują dowody. Decyduje tożsamość.

Istnieje określenie na odwrócenie zasady prawnej, z którym mamy tu do czynienia. Jest to zasada, którą odruchowo przyznajemy mordercom, złodziejom i terrorystom. Nie rozciągamy jej jednak na Żydów…

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