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‘The world is standing with you’: Christian leaders from 122 countries unite in Jerusalem for Oct 7

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Christian community leaders and influencers from around the world gathered in Jerusalem Wednesday for an international memorial marking Oct. 7 as part of the Friends of Zion Ambassador Summit.
The event also included Jewish leaders, released hostages, bereaved families, wounded Israelis, ambassadors and diplomatic representatives to commemorate the anniversary of the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
«Oct. 7 is the worst day in Israel’s history, a day of hopelessness,» Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center in Jerusalem, told Fox News Digital.
ON OCT 7, CHRISTIANS MUST REMEMBER AND STAND WITH ISRAEL
Christian community leaders and influencers gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the anniversary of the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. (Hooman Khalili)
«People talk a lot about the more than 1,200 people killed that day, but not enough about the more than 70,000 who lost their homes and loved ones. You have a nation going through unspeakable pain, not only because of Oct. 7, but also because of the feeling that they are alone and that the world has turned against them,» Evans added.
«What I’m sharing on Oct. 7 is this: ‘You’re wrong. The world is standing with you,’» he continued. «You see the faces, languages and songs of people from around the world united to comfort you and stand with you. It’s not political. It’s for the Jewish people: You are not alone. We’re with you. We love you.»
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Former hostages Evyatar David (far left), Agam Berger (center left), Sagui Dekel-Chen (center right) and Bar Kupershtein attend the Friends of Zion Ambassador Summit’s Oct. 7 international memorial event in Jerusalem Oct 7, 2026. (Friends of Zion)
Hosted by actor and influencer Nathaniel Buzolic and reporter Erin Molan, Wednesday’s event in the Israeli capital was broadcast live on dozens of television networks around the world.
«When other minority or groups suffer, there tends to be some sort of acknowledgment of that suffering, but when it comes to Jewish suffering, particularly at the hands of radical Islamists, there is not only silence but also denial and an attempt to downgrade the atrocities we witnessed, and we really have witnessed atrocities not just on Oct. 7 but in the continuation of that,» Buzolic told Fox News Digital.
Buzolic said supporting Israel is a moral imperative given what he described as efforts to destroy the country. He argued that the hostility toward Israel is rooted in a radical Islamist ideology that rejects peace and coexistence not only with the Jewish state, but also with Western societies more broadly.
Released hostages Agam Berger, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Bar Kupershtein and Evyatar David attended the event, along with Bar’s grandfather, Holocaust survivor Michael Kupershtein. Sylvan Adams, president of the World Jewish Congress Israel and a full partner in the event, also participated.
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Memorials at the site of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Earlier in the day, participants visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust remembrance center.
The Friends of Zion Ambassador Summit is being held for the second consecutive year and brings together over 1,000 participants from 122 countries.
«The alliance is very strong. The vast majority of Zionists in the world are not Jewish; they are Bible-believing Christians,» Evans told Fox News Digital. «The Christian Zionists worldwide don’t necessarily agree on the politics, but they agree on the people. They are uniting with the people of Israel.»
The delegation includes many young people as part of an effort to reach a generation that Evans said had been «poisoned» by countries such as Qatar at universities, as well as by artificial intelligence.
The summit, held in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, opened Tuesday with an event on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives. Evans said the site, which is associated with Jesus and his ascension, holds particular significance for participants and serves as a symbol of their faith.
Israel’s Special Envoy to the Christian World George Deek said he was proud of the sustained support Israel has received from Jewish and Christian communities abroad since Oct. 7, 2023.
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«The arrival of Christian leaders carries a powerful message that Israel does not stand alone. They have come to bear witness, meet people whose lives were shattered on Oct. 7 and carry their stories back to communities around the world,» Deek told Fox News Digital.
Deek said the bond between Israel and the Christian world has been built on «truth, courage and sheer determination» to confront antisemitism and other forms of hatred wherever they arise.
«This visit is a testament to the strength of the bond between Israel and Christian communities despite attempts by various groups, including paid actors and anti-Israel organizations, to drive a wedge between them,» he added.
Deek said the special relationship between Christians and Jews rests on three foundations: a shared biblical heritage; a commitment to ensuring Jews can live free from antisemitism and fear and the right of Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere to live without intimidation.

Anti-Israel activists hold banners that include, «globalize the intifada» during a protest commemorating Nakba Day May 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
«The future of the Jews in Israel and the future of Christians are connected because we have a shared history. We share the same historical land, the same values, kings and prophets, and we have to stand together, especially when it comes to this warfare against the soul of Christians, trying to drive them away from Israel,» Deek told Fox News Digital.
Influencer Oli London first visited Israel six weeks after the Oct. 7 attack, traveling to Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where residents were killed and kidnapped and homes were burned during the massacre.
«I felt it was so important to come back to honor the memory of the victims, advocate for those still suffering from trauma, raise awareness of their suffering and take part in mass prayers,» London told Fox News Digital.
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«I think it’s also important to show Christians the holy sites in Israel. I’m visiting the Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Olives, the Garden Tomb and other biblical sites to encourage Christians to return because Israel has had a difficult time over the past few years,» he continued.
London also praised the resilience of the Jewish people and addressed rising antisemitism around the world since Oct. 7.
«Sadly, many people are either staying silent or jumping on the bandwagon of the anti-Israel trend, fueling hatred and bringing out antisemitic views in many people. Jewish people need support and need to know they are loved and supported by so many Christians,» he said.

A woman reacts as the community of Kibbutz Kfar Aza commemorates members who were killed, taken hostage and who died in captivity, after the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas terrorists, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Oct. 16, 2025. (Hannah McKay/Reuters)
On Thursday, members of the delegation will visit the Nova music festival site, where one of the central massacres of Oct. 7 took place, and meet with released hostages Romi Gonen, Elkana Bohbot and Noa Argamani, who were abducted from the festival. On Friday, the delegation will visit the ancient site of Shiloh in Samaria for a special tour and prayer event.
Hooman Khalili, who is participating in the summit, was born in Iran and has been an outspoken supporter of Israel. He said he has visited the country 17 times over 21 months to create «Woman, Life, Freedom» murals.
«I was invited and saw it as an opportunity to share with American pastors the work I have been doing to show the world how Israel and the Jewish people support women and the people of Iran,» he told Fox News Digital.
«This is one of those opportunities to come and pray for the land and the State of Israel, connect with other Christians and people who share my beliefs and values.»
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De aportes de campaña a encuentros con la presidenta: los vínculos políticos de los productores detenidos en Costa Rica

La detención de los productores de conciertos Don Stockwell Ulloa y Hugo Benavides Barboza como parte del Caso Éxodo no solo puso bajo la lupa las inversiones realizadas en espectáculos masivos en Costa Rica, sino que también hizo aflorar los contactos que ambos empresarios mantuvieron con figuras de la política nacional.
Los vínculos conocidos hasta ahora son de naturaleza diferente. En el caso de Stockwell, existen registros del Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) sobre aportes económicos a agrupaciones políticas, incluido un desembolso superior a ₡14 millones (USD 30 mil) relacionado con la campaña presidencial de Natalia Díaz para las elecciones de 2026.
En el de Barboza, fotografías y videos documentan un encuentro con la actual presidenta Laura Fernández, ocurrido en marzo pasado durante el concierto de Grupo Firme en el Estadio Nacional. Para entonces, Fernández ya había ganado las elecciones y, además, ejercía como ministra de la Presidencia.
Los hechos adquieren relevancia después de que ambos productores fueran detenidos este miércoles 7 de octubre en los 22 allanamientos ejecutados por el Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) y la Fiscalía dentro del Caso Éxodo.
Las autoridades investigan una presunta estructura de legitimación de capitales relacionada con la organización atribuida a Edwin Vargas García, alias “Sobrino”. El OIJ informó que esa estructura habría invertido alrededor de USD 859,000 en tres eventos artísticos en los que tuvieron participación Stockwell y Barboza.
Laura Fernández recibió flores y se fotografió con Hugo Barboza
Uno de los encuentros que cobró relevancia tras las detenciones ocurrió el 28 de marzo de 2026, durante el concierto de la agrupación mexicana Grupo Firme, producido por H Barboza Producciones en el Estadio Nacional.
Ese día, Laura Fernández ingresó a espacios exclusivos del espectáculo y se encontró con Barboza.
Las imágenes del encuentro fueron difundidas tanto por la propia Fernández como por la empresa del productor y otros perfiles en redes sociales. En ellas aparece la mandataria sosteniendo un ramo de flores y conversando con Barboza.
En uno de los videos se escucha a Fernández decir: “Muy feliz de apoyar el arte y el talento a nivel regional”. Posteriormente se despide del productor con un beso en la mejilla y un abrazo.
La entonces presidenta electa también ingresó al área detrás del escenario y conversó con Eduin Caz, vocalista de Grupo Firme, a quien habló sobre su próxima llegada a la Presidencia.

Francisco Gamboa y el actual director de Inteligencia también estuvieron presentes
Fernández no acudió sola.
En la actividad estuvo acompañada por su esposo, Jeffry Umaña, y por Francisco Gamboa, quien para ese momento era vicepresidente electo y actualmente ocupa la primera Vicepresidencia de la República.
Las imágenes también muestran a Pablo Martínez Bertozzi, quien entonces se desempeñaba como asesor presidencial y posteriormente, el 1.º de junio, fue nombrado director de la Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad (DIS).
La presencia de funcionarios y autoridades alrededor de Fernández generó cuestionamientos en medios nacionales sobre los controles de seguridad aplicados a quienes podían tener contacto directo con la futura mandataria.
Esto ocurre porque, según información publicada este miércoles, las pesquisas relacionadas con Barboza y Stockwell no comenzaron después de aquel concierto. El OIJ llevaba aproximadamente dos años investigándolos, por lo que Barboza ya figuraba como objetivo de las autoridades cuando ocurrió el encuentro de marzo.
Sin embargo, no existe información que atribuya a Fernández o Gamboa participación en las operaciones financieras investigadas en el Caso Éxodo.
Barboza habría presumido las fotografías
Un nuevo elemento surgió horas después de conocerse las detenciones.
Según informó La Nación, una fuente policial vinculada con la investigación aseguró que Barboza habría presumido ante otros integrantes de la estructura las fotografías que consiguió con Laura Fernández, mediante conversaciones en Snapchat.
El fiscal general, Carlo Díaz, confirmó que las autoridades costarricenses recibieron colaboración del FBI de Estados Unidos para obtener y preservar comunicaciones realizadas mediante esa plataforma entre personas investigadas en el Caso Éxodo.
Díaz explicó que se logró establecer comunicación a través de una red social entre alias “Sobrino” y el productor de eventos y que esos intercambios resultaban de interés para la investigación.
Don Stockwell aportó más de ₡14 millones a campaña de Natalia Díaz
El vínculo político documentado de Don Stockwell tiene un componente distinto: financiamiento electoral.
De acuerdo con registros de contribuciones del Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones, citados este miércoles por CRHoy, Stockwell aportó más de ₡14 millones a Unidos Podemos, partido que llevó a la exministra Natalia Díaz como candidata presidencial en las elecciones de 2026.
El productor no se limitó al aporte económico. Fotografías publicadas durante la campaña muestran a Stockwell participando junto a Díaz en diferentes actividades políticas.

Otro caso reciente puso bajo la lupa contactos con el oficialismo
El caso de los productores se conoce pocos días después de que otro episodio generara cuestionamientos sobre contactos de personas investigadas por delitos relacionados con el narcotráfico con figuras políticas.
Guobin Tam Zhang, también conocido como Juan Carlos Tam Cheong, ciudadano chino nacionalizado costarricense, fue detenido con fines de extradición a Estados Unidos y es señalado por las autoridades como uno de los principales presuntos legitimadores de capitales provenientes del narcotráfico en Costa Rica; la investigación estadounidense lo vincula con organizaciones criminales de México y Colombia.
Tras su captura circuló una fotografía suya con Pilar Cisneros, tomada durante la celebración del triunfo electoral de Laura Fernández el 1.º de febrero, encuentro que la exdiputada confirmó, aunque aseguró que no conocía al empresario ni había hablado con él.

Fernández también negó conocerlo y afirmó desconocer por qué estuvo en el festejo. El Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO) anunció posteriormente una investigación interna para determinar quién invitó a Tam Zhang y cómo ingresó a la actividad, mientras sectores de oposición plantearon investigar sus supuestos vínculos con la agrupación.
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Anti-Israel groups rally across US on October 7 anniversary, chanting ‘long live the intifada’

On the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, nonprofits and a number of anti-Israel organizations mobilized and rallied for demonstrations across the country, with some waving Palestinian flags, chanting «long live the intifada» and lauding the Hamas-planned ambush that killed more than a thousand civilians.
A number of demonstrations took place in New York, California and other states – with nonprofits in the Singham network organizing and staging larger rallies set for this weekend, intentionally scheduled on and around the anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack.
At 12:30 p.m., organizers from the NYU Students for Justice in Palestine staged a walkout in Washington Square Park as part of their «NYU WEEK OF RAGE,» where they said in a social media post they remain «steadfast in our commitment to Palestinian liberation.»
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Separately, anti-Israel demonstrators arrived at the gates of Columbia University at 2 p.m., where encampments and riots embattled the campus for years after Oct. 7, 2023. As students filtered in and out of the gates, now guarded by heavy security, demonstrators from The Columbia Intifada and others chanted «globalize the intifada» through a megaphone.
Columbia University has previously told Digital that the Columbia Intifada is not officially associated with the Ivy League school.
At 4 p.m., some of the same groups who were protesting at Columbia traveled to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office at City Hall, with Palestinian flags flying and chants echoing throughout the Financial District of Manhattan.
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Mamdani weighed in on the anniversary earlier on Wednesday morning, saying «we grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors» who are dealing with the loss experienced on Oct. 7, 2023, before blasting Israel for an «ongoing genocide in Gaza.»
«The suffering did not begin nor end that day,» Mamdani posted to X. «It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians — including more than 21,000 children.»
On Mamdani’s schedule for the anniversary of Oct. 7, he is set to meet with «Palestinian New Yorkers» following a vigil for the Israeli victims of the Hamas attack.
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In California, Students for Justice in Palestine UCLA mobilized at Bruin Plaza on the Los Angeles campus, echoing similar messages to separate groups across the country. Agitators at UC Davis celebrated the terrorist attack, calling for «glory to the resistance» and referring to Oct. 7 as the «anniversary of the al-Aqsa Flood.»
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood is the military code name given by Hamas for the attack three years ago.
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On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorists stormed into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, converging on a music festival in a surprise ambush that killed roughly 1,200 people. The attackers abducted more than 250 people and took them into Gaza as hostages, triggering a conflict that remains ongoing.
The coordinated, organized events held Wednesday shed light on the protest infrastructure that has fueled many of the anti-Israel protests since October 2023, with Singham-backed groups like the People’s Forum and CodePink consistently in attendance.
On Tuesday, the People’s Forum collaborated with Shut it Down 4 Palestine to prepare for a separate protest that will take place on Saturday in Washington Square Park «to stand against three years of continued genocide in Gaza,» according to their social media post.
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A Digital investigation revealed Singham has donated $22.44 million to the People’s Forum Inc.
Last month, CodePink, which was founded by Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, marched alongside communist and Marxist groups in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speaking at the United Nations General Assembly.
Singham, a 72-year-old American who sold his tech company for $785 million in 2017 and now lives in Shanghai, has funneled $278 million into the broad network of nonprofits since 2017, according to a Digital investigation. These groups regularly organize and participate in anti-ICE, anti-Israel and pro-Iran demonstrations.
The Southern District of New York, one of the country’s most powerful districts for federal prosecutions, opened a grand jury probe into Singham’s finances in June. He has yet to be charged with any crime.
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Trauma psychologist Dr. Orli Peter, who founded the Israel Healing Initiative, a nonprofit that has been providing high-tech trauma treatment for people impacted by the Oct. 7 attack, told Digital that the demonstrations across the country «manipulate the public,» weaponize the anniversary, and detract from the mourning of Jewish people.
«Demonstrating while Jews are mourning on Oct. 7 weaponizes the anniversary,» Peter explained. «It serves two purposes for the activists: One is to manipulate the public by interrupting the mourning before empathy settles on Jewish suffering and responsibility points to Hamas.»
«The other is to show power over the mourners, telling them, ‘Even in your grief, in your memory, in your most vulnerable day, we can invade,» she added.
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Balotaje en Brasil: Lula dio un giro brusco en su campaña para recuperar terreno frente a Flávio Bolsonaro

El presidente brasileño y candidato a la reelección, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, cambió este miércoles su estrategia digital de cara a la segunda vuelta de las elecciones para revertir el resultado del domingo, que lo posicionó 2,2 millones de votos por debajo del ultraderechista Flávio Bolsonaro.
“Gente, vamos a la calle. Vamos a conversar con las personas”, dijo Lula, con el cuello de la camisa abierta, en un inusual videoselfie que publicó este miércoles en sus redes sociales.
El mensaje fue acompañado por un texto que afirma: “Energía allá arriba para ganar esas elecciones! ¡Vamos, gente! ¡Brasil hacia adelante, sin retrocesos!“.
El senador e hijo de Jair Bolsonaro ganó el primer turno de las elecciones con menos de dos puntos de ventaja (47% a 45%) de Lula.
El objetivo es claro: convencer a los más de 30 millones de brasileños que se abstuvieron de votar en el primer turno de los comicios.
El desafío de Lula a Flávio Bolsonaro
En otra de sus publicaciones, también en formato vertical, reta a su adversario con la propuesta de reducción de la jornada laboral a cinco días de trabajo y dos de descanso, una de las banderas de su Gobierno, que se comenzó a debatir esta semana en el Senado.
“Yo quiero saber cómo Flávio Bolsonaro va a votar. Quiero saber cómo va a orientar el voto de su grupo parlamentario”, expresó, mientras sostiene el teléfono celular con una mano y gesticula con la otra, algo inédito hasta ahora.
La primera dama, Rosângela ‘Janja’ da Silva, también se sumó a la iniciativa este martes con un videoselfie en el que afirma que la campaña está “a todo vapor en las redes y en las calles”.
Esta nueva dinámica supone un cambio de estrategia digital de la campaña del Partido de los Trabajadores (PT) que, hasta ahora, se centraba en replicar material de discursos de Lula en ámbitos institucionales, sin que el mandatario tuviera “contacto directo” con sus seguidores.
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