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* JNS: Israel Releases Footage of Aid Left Waiting by UN, NGOs


** The Most Favored Descendants of Abraham? ([link removed])
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by Nils A. Haug • August 3, 2025 at 5:00 am
* At the Islamic Centre of Rhode Island, on May 30, an imam delivered a sermon that, according to Andrew Bostom, "invoked Islam's supersessionism, its notion of being the true primordial monotheism of Jewish patriarch Abraham."
* Of course, the main problem in discussing religion is that it is often impossible to prove anything, so that all controversies continue indefinitely.
* It is a contest of legitimacy with Muslims asserting Ishmael to be the rightful, favored heir to Abraham, rather than his only legitimate son and heir, Isaac.
* Islamist claims of legitimacy -- and their determination to rid Israel of Jews -- is a core element in explaining the perpetual conflict between Islamists and Israel. Consequently, any peace agreement may well be fragile and temporary.

Islamist claims of legitimacy -- and their determination to rid Israel of Jews -- is a core element in explaining the perpetual conflict between Islamists and Israel. Consequently, any peace agreement may well be fragile and temporary. Pictured: Supporters of the Houthis carry signs showing the group's motto of "God is Great, death to America, death to Israel, curse upon the Jews, victory to Islam", during a rally commemorating the Shiite holiday of Ashura in Sanaa, Yemen on September 10, 2019. (Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)

It has been claimed that the recent Iran-Israel war was simply a "violent prelude to a far grander and more terrifying prophetic chapter" in the effort to eliminate Israel and Jews from the face of the earth.

This objective comprises diverse but interconnected strategies, such as pro-Islamic and anti-Zionist propaganda; military attacks on Israel by Iran and its jihadist proxies; and, not least, theological contortions designed to negate legitimate Jewish claims to their ancient divine blessings, including the promised homeland of Israel -- Eretz Yisrael -- itself.

At the Islamic Centre of Rhode Island, on May 30, an imam delivered a sermon that, according to Andrew Bostom, "invoked Islam's supersessionism, its notion of being the true primordial monotheism of Jewish patriarch Abraham." In short, the imam was saying that Islam, not Judaism, is the sole authentic religion emanating from Abraham's line of descent.

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** Israel Releases Footage of Aid Left Waiting by UN, NGOs ([link removed])
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by JNS • August 3, 2025 at 4:00 am
* U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee shared photos on X of the aid waiting to be distributed, saying that there is "enough food to feed all of Gaza but it sits rotting! UN is a tool of Hamas! US based GHF is actually delivering food FOR FREE and SAFELY. UN food is either looted by Hamas or rots in the sun!"
* According to U.S.-based Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, the U.N. aid mechanism has allowed Hamas to hijack and hoard the aid for many months during the war, with the terrorist organization making hundreds of millions of dollars selling the supplies on the secondary market while ordinary Gazans go hungry.
* The introduction of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), however, managed to bypass this mechanism, depriving Hamas of its funds, Enia Krivine, the senior director of FDD's Israel Program and National Security Network, said on the FDD website on Thursday.
* "Hamas understands that if it doesn't regain control of the aid economy in Gaza, its days of ruling the enclave will be over. By refusing to work with GHF, the United Nations is shamefully throwing a lifeline to Hamas," Krivine added.
* "So now we're down to the final hostages, and they know what happens after you get the final hostages. And basically because of that, they really didn't want to make a deal" – US President Donald J. Trump, July 25, 2025.

Pictured: Supplies on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing that have not been collected for distribution by international aid organizations, July 2025. (Photo by IDF)

A cornucopia of aid supplies, mostly food, has accumulated in recent months on the Gazan side of the crossings to the Gaza Strip and is still waiting to be collected by international aid organizations, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) — a unit within Israel's defense ministry — said on July 25, 2025, in the wake of claims that Jerusalem is preventing food from entering the Strip.

COGAT released extensive footage showing the hundreds of trucks on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing, with rows of boxes of supplies stacked on pallets.

"Israel does not limit the number of trucks entering the Gaza Strip, and it is the collection issue that is preventing the continuous delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza," said COGAT's head of the Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, Col. Abdullah Halabi, speaking from the Gazan side of the crossing with bundled-up boxes of supplies in the background.

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