Netanyahu meets survivor/hero of FlyDubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia following attack

The hero did not even have time to change his bloody t-shirt before the interview!

(240) Netanyahu meets survivor of FlyDubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia following attack - YouTube

Netanyahu says pilot tried to crash Israel-bound commercial jet, lauds hero passengers

Another coward terrorist attack on a civilian airplane? This is a developing story!

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjami Netanyahu on Wednesday praised passengers who overpowered a pilot who had stabbed another pilot in an apparent attempt to crash a commercial flight traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. 

The Boeing 737 Max made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the incident, which Netanyahu described as a "serious security incident." 

Netanyahu said that almost all passengers onboard the flight were Israeli.

"I spoke with one of the Israeli passengers. He told me that the plane went into a spin and began to descend. He told me that, somehow, he managed to break into the cockpit with one of the crew members and, together, they overpowered the pilot who had carried out the stabbing while he was attempting to sabotage the aircraft's systems. ...

The Boeing 737 Max switched its transponder code to 7700, a code to signal illegal interference with an aircraft. Publicly available data shows the aircraft plunged from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet in about a minute, approximately two minutes into the flight. ..."

Netanyahu says pilot tried to crash Israel-bound commercial jet, lauds hero passengers | Just The News ""I salute these heroes, who displayed exceptional resourcefulness and courage. They saved many lives. They prevented a huge disaster," Netanyahu said."

Yoav Gallant says Hamas warned Shin Bet ahead of October 7 massacre. Really!

This seems to be one of the latest attempts to cast doubt on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu!

What kind of warning was that?

"Former defense minister Yoav Gallant confirmed that Israel did receive a message from Hamas through a Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) channel in which Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar warned that he would "shake the prisons," [???] Gallant told Army Radio on Sunday. ..."

Yoav Gallant says Hamas warned Shin Bet ahead of October 7 massacre | The Jerusalem Post "The former defense minister also alleged that Netanyahu kept him away from key US talks during the Gaza war."

Jewish US Senator Adam Schiff: Israel 'Certainly' Guilty of 'Ethnic Cleansing' and war crimes

For many years this member of the US Congress has been a huge disgrace and a frequent, pathological liar! That the Californian voters made him a US Senator in 2024 is inexcusable! I blogged about him frequently.

This lousy US Senator has apparently such a strong aversion against the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu that he says ridiculous stuff like this! Disgusting!

With statements like this he is becoming worse! Hopefully, he will only be one term US Senator only!

"Michaelson then asked, “So you wouldn’t say that Israel has committed genocide?”

Schiff responded, “I would not, because genocide has a very specific legal meaning. I don’t think this meets the definition of genocide, but I think it’s certainly ethnic cleansing. And there should be investigations, because there may very well have been war crimes committed as well.” ..."

Schiff: Israel 'Certainly' Guilty of 'Ethnic Cleansing' "During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that he wouldn’t say Israel is guilty of genocide “because genocide has a very specific legal meaning. I don’t think this meets the definition of genocide, but I think it’s certainly ethnic cleansing.”"

Official US Senate photo of Adam Schiff (Source)

Was Netanyahu Warned Before October 7 by the UAE? with Palki Sharma. Really!

I have some serious doubts about this story! For once, is it not very convenient that this story comes out just shortly before elections?

Why not earlier! Why not e.g. one year ago?

This looks more like a dirty election campaign effort!

It also smells of Post hoc, ergo propter hoc! After a tragic event we are all smarter, right?

That the original news article is still behind a paywall is also very unfortunate, if not suspicious!

Judging from this report, the warning (if there was any) was too vague. How many warnings does a Prime Minister of Israel receive on a weekly or even daily basis?

"These were the final days of September 2023. Terrorist attacks inflamed the West Bank, masses of Gazans regularly protested at the border fence, and the country was reeling from internal conflict over the judicial coup laws. Anyone watching the events with clear eyes [???] could sense that an escalation was lurking around every corner. ..." Really!

(241) Was Netanyahu Warned Before October 7? | The Palki Sharma Show | IGR | India Global Review - YouTube

Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs (original news article by leftist Haaretz newspaper, behind paywall) "In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surrounding Oct. 7. Netanyahu: 'This is an absolute lie'" 

Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel officially rejects Board of Peace 15-point plan for Gaza's reconstruction

Bad news! Yes, the sticking point is the disarmament of any and all terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip!

The responsibility lies with the Arab inhabitants of the Gaza Strip and West Bank to rid themselves of any of these terrorists and terrorism and to live peacefully side by side with Israel!

"... "As for the Gaza Strip, first of all, I want to make the main point clear: as long as I am prime minister, there will be no Palestinian state, not in Gaza and not in Judea and Samaria. Neither 'Fatahstan' nor 'Hamastan,'" he said. ..."

Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel officially rejects Board of Peace 15-point plan for Gaza's reconstruction | The Jerusalem Post "Speaking at a cabinet meeting, PM says IDF 'will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed' • Netanyahu: Iran knows Israel will deal 'powerful blow' if it strikes"

Arab leaders tell Trump that Netanyahu is an 'obstacle' to the president's Mideast plans - report

Bad news for PM Netanyahu! Is Netanyahu a road block to President Trump with respect to advancing the Abraham Accords?

"Several Arab leaders have privately urged US President Donald Trump to reconsider his support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli public broadcaster KAN News reported on Wednesday. ...

Trump has suggested that he has not yet decided how to approach the Israeli election and is examining the broader field of candidates. ..."

Benjamin Netanyahu is an 'obstacle' to Middle East diplomacy says arab leaders | The Jerusalem Post "Arab diplomats familiar with the discussions said regional governments increasingly view Netanyahu as an impediment to Trump’s diplomatic ambitions in the Middle East."

Israel conditions Jordan water supply on softened rhetoric, fueling new crisis

Serious stuff! Many wars were fought over water rights! I hope this will not escalate and Benjamin Netanyahu will not make a mistake here.

Jordan has been a good neighbor to Israel for decades, if I am not mistaken! Plus, Jordan risked a lot to be a good neighbor to Israel.

"... After a series of extensions, Jerusalem conditioned the resumption of supply on Amman softening its rhetoric on Israel and on the thawing of relations, which grew increasingly hostile over the course of the Israel-Hamas war. ..."

Israel conditions Jordan water supply on softened rhetoric, fueling new crisis | The Jerusalem Post "The 1994 peace treaty signed by Amman and Jerusalem required Israel to supply Jordan with 50 million cubic meters of water annually, an amount doubled in a 2021 commitment that expired in 2025."

President Trump struggled to rein in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strikes on Iran. Really!

I bet, the news media like here the Wall Street Journal are trying too hard and too much to create the impression of a dispute/disagreement between Trump and Netanyahu over Iran!

Makes for good headlines, but may not be a good representation of the real situation!

"Trump had hoped to contain the flare-up in fighting to keep it from disrupting work on a peace deal he’s trying to hammer out with Tehran. The U.S. and Israel’s priorities are diverging sharply, particularly over Lebanon. On another call this morning, after several rounds of back-and-forth attacks between Israel and Iran, Trump asked Netanyahu to end the attacks, people familiar with the matter said. The Israeli leader later publicly agreed to refrain from further strikes—unless Tehran launched new assaults on his country."

Street Journal What's news

Trump Struggled to Rein In Netanyahu’s Strikes on Iran (behind paywall)" Climbdown in phone call with Israeli leader shows president’s diminishing control over fighting"

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Iran’s parliament to vote on bill offering €50 million reward for killing Trump, Netanyahu, and admiral Cooper

Incredible!

"The Islamic Republic will soon vote on a bill that would see whoever kills US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and or CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper awarded with a €50 million sum, Ebrahim Azizi, the chairman of Iran’s national security commission, told state TV on Thursday. ..."

Iran to vote on bill offering €50 million reward for killing Donald Trump | The Jerusalem Post "The bill, titled  “Reciprocal action by military and security forces of the Islamic Republic,” is one of several pieces of legislation aimed at formalizing the threats made by the regime."

Rape Dogs Claim Lands NYT in Defamation Lawsuit by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Good news! Bravo! Defeat junk journalism! This journalist is supposedly a "self-described progressive" and a member of the Dimocratic Party!

"Israel announced it will pursue a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times following the publication of an opinion piece by columnist Nicholas Kristof that alleged Israeli forces trained dogs to rape Palestinian women.

“Today I instructed my legal advisers to consider the harshest legal action against The New York Times and Nicholas Kristof,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on X. “They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas and Israel’s valiant soldiers. Under my leadership, Israel will not be silent.” ..."

Rape Dogs Claim Lands NYT in Defamation Lawsuit - The Daily Signal

Nicholas Kristof (Source)

Israel Becomes First Country to Recognise Somaliland. Here's Why with Palki Sharma

Very recommendable! Bravo! Could be a very clever, strategic move by Israel! What Palki perhaps omitted to mention is that Somaliland is a functioning Islamic republic governed by democratic elected governments without terrorism in its midst.

UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Israel's recognition of Somaliland on 12/26/2025

It is a quasi Arab, Islamic country that exists only since 1991! How desperate is Israel to form diplomatic ties or find allies? The land of the Dervishes!

Or is this some kind of diversion by Israel?

Somalia does not recognize Somaliland and claims it is part of Somalia.

"The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will convene in New York for an emergency session on Monday afternoon following Israel’s recognition of Somaliland.

The session will be held at the request of Somalia.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Jerusalem officially recognized Somaliland on Friday, making Israel the first UN member state to recognize the nation as an independent and sovereign state. ..."

UNSC to hold session on Israel's recognition of Somaliland | The Jerusalem Post "Somaliland hopes that recognition by Israel will encourage other nations to follow suit, increasing its diplomatic heft and access to international markets."

Israel’s $110 Billion Defence Shift: Breaking Away from US Dependence? with Palki Sharma

Good news, but it does not mean a break in the special relationship between the US and Israel. Not at all! Most likely it is a response to other Western countries which refused arms exports to Israel since the offensive on the coward mass killers of Hamas.

EXCLUSIVE: Netanyahu pleads for Australia to ‘wake up’

Very recommendable! Hopefully, this clown Prime Minister Albanese will have to resign over this massacre!

Netanyahu also emphasized how was it possible that in a gun control country like Australia that previously suspicious and known persons like the father/son could obtain six gun licenses. Insane!

'You Did Nothing' despite warning: PM Netanyahu's blames Australia's Prime Minister Albanese for the terrorist attack on Hanukkah in Sidney

Strong words! Bravo! Will this be the end of PM Alabanese? PM Netanyahu had sent a letter to Albanese four months ago to warn him of potential terrorist attacks!

Netanyahu also explicitly mentioned the Arab hero who attacked one of the coward killers and prevented more bloodshed.

Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu asks Israel's President for a pardon given his three pending court cases

This was perhaps one of the strangest news of the week! What is going on with Benjamin Netanyahu!

Can these ongoing trials not be delayed or postponed?

How much are these trials politically motivated?

"Netanyahu has been on trial in the Jerusalem District Court since 2020 in three cases.

The first involves gifts received by him and his wife from businessman and film producer Arnon Milchan;

the second arises from recorded conversations between Netanyahu and Arnon Mozes, proprietor of Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot, in which Netanyahu apparently offers Mozes legislation that will aid his newspaper commercially in exchange for favorable coverage; and the

third concerns alleged favorable treatment of telecommunications company Bezeq, then owned by Shaul Elovitch, in return for favorable coverage on the Walla! website, which Elovitch also owned.

The charges are receiving bribes, breach of trust, and fraud.

Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump wrote to President Herzog in support of a pardon for Netanyahu. ..."

Netanyahu asks for pardon - Globes "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has submitted a request to President Isaac Herzog for a pardon "to attain unity in the people and to restore confidence in the institutions of the state.""

Trump Speaks to Netanyahu, Warns Israel Not to ‘Interfere’ in Syria

An attention grabbing and kind of unusual headline!

Apparently, Ahmed al-Sharaa is to be given a chance to transition Syria from 50 some years of autocratic dictatorship to something better without having to worry too much about Israeli military interventions.

Will Ahmed al-Sharaa be able to prevent terrorist attacks on Israel?

Caveat: I did not read the entire article.

Trump Speaks to Netanyahu, Warns Israel Not to ‘Interfere’ in Syria | Frontpage Mag

President Ahmad Al Shara and his wife greet children orphaned in Syria's civil war

Israel strikes in Gaza kill 24, including 5 senior Hamas commanders, officials say

I suppose, good news! Were these coward, monstrous terrorists hiding behind children again?

"Israeli forces launched fresh airstrikes across Gaza yesterday, deepening tensions under a ceasefire that began on October 10. 

According to Gaza health authorities, at least 24 Palestinians were killed and 54 wounded, with numerous children among the casualties. ...

The Israeli military said it carried out the attack in response to a “terrorist” who crossed into Israeli-held territory and opened fire, which they said was “an extreme violation” of the ceasefire. ..."

Israel strikes in Gaza kill 24, including Hamas commanders, officials say | Just The News "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed that five senior Hamas commanders were killed in the strikes."

Netanyahu condemns West Bank riots, vows action against Jewish extremists

Good news! Bravo Netanyahu! The right thing to do! Maybe in the past the government of Israel has been to benign towards illegal acts by these Jewish extremists. Hopefully, no longer!

Hopefully, the Arabs living in the West Bank will do their part to collect forensic evidence in support of trials against these Jewish extremists.

"... "I view with great seriousness the violent riots and the attempt to take the law into their own hands by a handful of extremists who do not represent the residents in Judea and Samaria," Netanyahu stated. "I call on law enforcement authorities to bring the rioters to justice." ..."

Benjamin Netanyahu calls to 'bring WB rioters to justice' | The Jerusalem Post "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, several government officials, and opposition figures condemned the Jewish extremists who rioted in the West Bank on Monday."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the plenum hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 10, 2025