IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:
– Trump rejected by the Nobel Committee despite brokering a peace deal in Gaza
– HUGH HEWITT: Two Years Later, the World Still Doesn’t Understand Israel’s 10/7 Horrors
– Hollywood star warns that anti-Semitism could lead to another 9/11
Trump and Gaza rubble (Reuters)
TOP STORY: Hamas agreed to Trump-brokered peace deal to end Gaza war and release hostages Nobel Peace Prize went to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado instead of President Trump. Under the first phase of the deal, Israel will withdraw along agreed lines once the hostages are released, possibly as soon as Monday. Despite widespread support for the coveted prize, which was awarded early Friday, Trump did not join former presidents Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt as Nobel laureates.
VIEW OF HUGH: Columnist Hugh Hewitt argues that any discussion of the war between Israel and Hamas must begin in commemoration of the Hamas-led invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023killing more than 1,100 people, injuring 5,000 and taking 250 hostages. Comparing the scale of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he defends Israel’s military response as extremely restrained and humanitarian, and condemns Western critics for ignoring Hamas’s barbarism.
DEMONSTRATION OF HATE: Anti-Israel protesters in Britain continued their demonstration in Trafalger Squareignoring government and police pleas to cancel the event following a deadly synagogue attack in Manchester on Yom Kippur. The event took place despite British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s plea to protesters to reconsider and respect the grief of British Jews this week.
GUEST EDITOR: Ohad Ben Ami, who spent nearly 500 days in captivity after being kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023, is calling for the world to secure the release of the remaining 48 prisoners in Gazaand expresses his gratitude to the only man he believes can make a deal.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “Over the past year, no leader or organization has contributed more to peace around the world than President Trump. While many have spoken eloquently about peace, he has achieved that peace.” Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group representing the families of hostages and terror victims, was founded after October 7.
