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Actor Jason Alexander Speaks on Behalf of 9-Year-Old Hamas Hostage Ahead of World Children’s Day
Jewish actor and famed Seinfeld star Jason Alexander joined celebrities from Israel and around the world in sharing clips on social media of them speaking on behalf of some of the roughly 40 children held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7.
In the video that he shared over the weekend on Instagram, Alexander showed viewers a photo of himself at 9 years old before showing a picture of Ohad Munder-Zichri, an Israeli boy who turned 9 last month while in Hamas captivity. Alexander then tried to be the young boy’s voice.
“Hi, I’m Ohad. I’m nine years old,” he said in the video clip. “I’m a football player. I have two best friends but I enjoy getting along with everyone and helping out. I don’t like to brag, but I’m really good at solving Rubik’s cubes. I wait every day to hug my father, and to go back home. Please set me free.”
In the caption for the video, Alexander wrote in part, “On behalf of the kidnapped children, I ask you — set them free, bring all the hostages back home, NOW.”
Munder-Zichri is a fourth-grader from the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists along with his mother and grandparents while they were visiting his grandparents’ kibbutz Nir Oz along the border with the Gaza Strip, according to the Associated Press. The young boy’s uncle was killed in the attack.
Other celebrities who participated in the project began their video by showing a photograph of themselves as the same age of the child they spoke on behalf of, before showing an image of the hostage and trying to be their voice. Other participants included Israeli figures such as dancer Anna Aronov; musicians Meli Levi and Ivri Lider; Ukraine-born Israeli actor Mark Ivanir; Fauda co-stars Tomer Capone, Doron Ben David, and Moran Rosenblatt; and fellow actors Sasson Gabai, Odelya Halevi, Alma Zack, Daniel Gal, and Sasson Gabai.
The videos were released ahead of the United Nation’s World Children’s Day on Monday.
The project was reportedly organized by Maayan Arzi-Mlinarski who is the head of Shavot, an organization for girls, and by television personality Sivan Morag. It was made in collaboration with the Hostage Families Forum and a child welfare group.
Hamas terrorists infiltrated southern Israel on Oct. 7 and killed over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, while also taking about 240 hostages back to the Gaza Strip. Most of the hostages have not returned to their families and one female hostage gave birth last week while in captivity.
Also on behalf of World Children’s Day, Israel’s official X/Twitter account posted images of the roughly 40 babies and children held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
“Look at each and every one of their faces. These are the babies, toddlers and children being held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza,” read the caption accompanying the photo. “They should be with their families. Not in a dark room somewhere in Gaza. BRING THEM HOME!”
Look at each and every one of their faces.
These are the babies, toddlers and children being held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
They should be with their families.
Not in a dark room somewhere in Gaza.
BRING THEM HOME!#WorldChildrensDay #ForEveryChild pic.twitter.com/ShA2s1TQP3
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) November 20, 2023
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‘With or Without Russia’s Help’: Iran Pledges to Block South Caucasus Route Opened Up By Peace Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Photo: Kevin Lamarque via Reuters Connect.
i24 News – Iran will block the establishment of a US-backed transit corridor in the South Caucasus region with or without Moscow’s help, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader was quoted as saying on Saturday by the Iran International website, one day after the historic peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
“Mr. Trump thinks the Caucasus is a piece of real estate he can lease for 99 years,” Ali Akbar Velayati said of the so-called Zangezur corridor, the establishment of which is stipulated in the peace deal unveiled on Friday by US President Donald Trump. The White House said the transit route would facilitate greater exports of energy and other resources.
“This passage will not become a gateway for Trump’s mercenaries — it will become their graveyard,” the Khamenei advisor added.
Baku and Yerevan have been at loggerheads since the late 1980s when Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous Azerbaijani region mostly populated by ethnic Armenians, broke away from Azerbaijan with support from Armenia. Azerbaijan took back full control of the region in 2023, prompting or forcing almost all of the territory’s 100,000 ethnic Armenians to flee to Armenia.
Yet that painful history was put to the side on Friday at the White House, as Trump oversaw a signing ceremony, flanked by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
The peace deal with Azerbaijan—a pro-Western ally of Israel—is expected to pull Armenia out of the Russian and Iranian sphere of influence and could transform the South Caucasus, an energy-producing region neighboring Russia, Europe, Turkey and Iran.
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UK Police Arrest 150 at Protest for Banned Palestine Action Group
People holding signs sit during a rally organised by Defend Our Juries, challenging the British government’s proscription of “Palestine Action” under anti-terrorism laws, in Parliament Square, in London, Britain, August 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
London’s Metropolitan Police said on Saturday it had arrested 150 people at a protest against Britain’s decision to ban the group Palestine Action, adding it was making further arrests.
Officers made arrests after crowds, waving placards expressing support for the group, gathered in Parliament Square, the force said on X.
Protesters, some wearing black and white Palestinian scarves, chanted “shame on you” and “hands off Gaza,” and held signs such as “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action,” video taken by Reuters at the scene showed.
In July, British lawmakers banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation after some of its members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged planes in protest against Britain’s support for Israel.
The ban makes it a crime to be a member of the group, carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
The co-founder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, last week won a bid to bring a legal challenge against the ban.
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‘No Leniency’: Iran Announces Arrest of 20 ‘Zionist Agents’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
i24 News – Iranian authorities have in recent months arrested 20 people charged with being “Israeli Mossad operatives,” the judiciary said, adding that the Islamic regime will mete out the harshest punishments.
“The judiciary will show no leniency toward spies and agents of the Zionist regime, and with firm rulings, will make an example of them all,” spokesperson Asghar Jahangiri told Iranian media. However, it is understood that an unspecified number of detainees were released, apparently after the charges against them could not be substantiated.
The Islamic Republic was left reeling by a devastating 12-day war with Israel earlier in the summer that left a significant proportion of its military arsenal in ruins and dealt a serious setback to its uranium enrichment program. The fallout included an uptick in executions of Iranians convicted of spying for Israel, with at least eight death sentences carried out in recent months. Hit with international sanctions, the country is in dire economic straights, with frequent energy outages and skyrocketing unemployment.
In recent weeks Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi affirmed that Tehran cannot give up on its nuclear enrichment program even as it was severely damaged during the war.
“It is stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe. But obviously we cannot give up of enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists. And now, more than that, it is a question of national pride,” the official told Fox News.