Seized Hamas Documents Outline Its Strategy to Destroy Israel - Dr. Uri Rosset (Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center)
    The idea that the very existence of Israel is illegal and immoral has been ingrained in Hamas's worldview since its founding.
    In May 2021, Hamas came to believe that the destruction of Israel had become a goal that could actually be achieved, according to Hamas documents taken from Gaza during the war.
    The severe blow suffered by Hamas pushes back the plan to destroy Israel, but if Hamas recovers and receives support from Iran, the movement could once again regard destroying Israel as a practical plan.
    In the television series "The Fist of the Free," produced by Hamas for Ramadan in April 2022, an invasion of Israel was depicted in a manner similar to the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
    The character resembling Hamas military leader Muhammad al-Deif stated: "The balance of power has shifted. Today, we will invade them and not the other way around."
    It will be "a decisive moment in history, a day the enemy will never forget until they are annihilated."
    Saleh al-'Arouri, deputy head of Hamas's political bureau, stated in interviews in August 2023: "A full-scale war has become inevitable. We all recognize its necessity. We want it, the resistance axis, the Palestinians, our nation, we all want it."
    "This is not just something we say in the media. We discuss it behind closed doors....We are convinced we are capable of it."

Israel Sends Humanitarian Aid to Druze in Syria (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
    In an operation conducted over the past few weeks, Israel has delivered 10,000 food packages of humanitarian aid to the Druze community in the battle areas of Syria in coordination with the head of the Druze community in Israel, Sheikh Muafik Tarif, the Israel Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
    Most of the packages were delivered to Suwayda, while some were delivered to Druze communities near the border.
    Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa'ar said: "We have a bold alliance with our Druze brothers. It is a privilege to help them."

150 Syrian Druze Notables Visit Israel - Ohad Merlin (Jerusalem Post)
    A delegation of over 150 Druze clerics and dignitaries visited holy sites in Israel on Friday and Saturday, marking the first time since 1974 that such a delegation crossed the border.
    Their visit included Nebi Shu'ayb (the Tomb of Jethro) near Karnei Hittim in the Galilee, as well as warm reception ceremonies with their Israeli brethren.
    Druze Member of Knesset Hamed Amar described the visit: "It was a warm welcome. The Druze are all connected everywhere they are, like one big family."
    "Many of those who crossed the border have immediate families on the Israeli side. They were welcomed warmly and lovingly; it was a very moving meeting."
    Amar recalled that the demilitarization agreement with Syria following the Yom Kippur War had halted such visits, separating families on both sides of the border.
    "This was first and foremost a religious, social, and communal visit, nothing to do with politics," Amar stressed.
    "We just renewed a measure that existed in the past, as the holiest place for the Druze is located near Tiberias."
    "It was like a holiday for us. We haven't met them for so long, and some of us have never even met them at all," adding that he did not experience any suspicion despite the long years.
    "Just as Jews see themselves committed to all Jews around the globe - so are us Druze committed to our brethren."
    Amar is not optimistic about the current regime in Syria. "The ones who seized power in Syria are ISIS, nothing less," he stressed.
    "Whitewashing this is wrong and misleading; they are an extremist ISIS regime."
    "I hope and believe that the Druze will know how to protect and defend themselves from them, and if necessary, Israel should lend a hand."
    "We must not tolerate an Oct. 7-like situation nor allow ISIS to settle on our borders. This is an issue of national security for Israel, and it must not be allowed."

Houthi Missile Falls in Egyptian City of Sharm El Sheikh in Sinai (Jerusalem Post)
    A missile fired by the Houthis in Yemen fell in the city of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Israel's Army Radio reported Sunday.

How Wikipedia Is Warping the World's View of Israel - Dr. Shlomit Aharoni Lir (Jewish Chronicle-UK)
    When Wikipedia was launched in 2001, it was heralded as neutral territory - a techno-utopia that allowed the public to participate in the process of knowledge production.
    But this vision was swiftly punctured by reality. The site has become a hotbed of antisemitism, as anti-Israel editors flocked to the platform.
    After Oct. 7, a series of articles were rewritten in a tone that demonized Israel.
    Israel has been vilified and targeted disproportionately, with entries such as "Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany," article titles changed from "massacre" to "attack," and Hamas's acts of terrorism sanitized.
    Thousands of articles have been re-edited to demonize and destabilize Israel's right to exist.
    Al Jazeera was deemed as a reliable source but Fox News and the Anti-Defamation League were not.
    The writer is a researcher at the University of Haifa.