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Saturday, May 31st, 2025
Asharq Al-Awsat (Saudi): Hamas Responds ‘Positively’ to U.S. Proposal, But Demands Completely Different Terms — Under Growing Strain Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
>>Watch: Drone Uncovers Booby-Trapped Apartment in Gaza, Saving Soldiers' Lives Arutz Sheva – Yoni Kempinski – Video & Photo Essay
Leaked: Damning IAEA Report Spells Out Iranian Secret Nuclear Activities — Violation of Non-Proliferation Obligations Reuters – Francois Murphy – News
>>Tehran Has Enriched Uranium for 10 Nuclear Bombs, Continues Production Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan & Neta Bar – News
>>IAEA: Tehran Conducted Secret Nuclear Activity with Undeclared Material Yedioth Ahronoth – Agencies – News
>>Iran Has Amassed Even More Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Associated Press – Stephanie Liechtenstein – News
>>Netanyahu Releases Rare Shabbat Statement in Response to IAEA Report -- 'Grave & Unequivocal' X – Barak Ravid – News
>>Western Powers to Push IAEA to Find Tehran in Breach of Its Non-Proliferation Obligations -- Likely to Complicate Nuclear Talks Reuters – Francois Murphy & John Irish – News
>>Biden's NSA Sullivan Applauds Trump's Approach to Iran Nuclear Negotiations -- Says Emerging Deal Will Be 'Pretty Similar' to Obama's 2015 Deal Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs – News
Haredi Women Speak Out on Life Behind the Scenes — ‘I’m a Soldier’s Wife’ and ‘We’re Proud to Defend Israel’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Shilo Freid – Feature
Israel’s ‘Iron Beam’ Laser Defense System Is a Battlefield Revolution, but Challenges Remain Yedioth Ahronoth – Yuval Azulay – Analysis
Trump Appoints Paul Ingrassia, Who Referred to ‘Israel/Palestine as Yet Another Psyop,’ to Senior Federal Watchdog Role Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Andrew Lapin – News
Israel’s New Settlements Plan: A Response to European Push for Two-State Solution Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – Analysis
Israeli Innovation: Construction Tech Startup Uses AI and Computer Vision to Monitor Construction Projects Yedioth Ahronoth – Calcalist – News
Shavuot 2025: ‘One People with One Heart’ — Guide to the Jewish Holiday Celebrating Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai Yedioth Ahronoth – Tzohar Rabbinical Organization – Feature
>>Crash Course on Shavuot with Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Mother of Murdered Hostage Call Me Back Podcast – Dan Senor – Video Podcast
>>Making Shavuot Personal: Eight Israelis Share Their Single Moments of Godly Revelations, Like at Sinai Jewish News Syndicate – Deborah Fineblum – Feature
>>A Shavuot Story: How Ruth’s Loyalty Inspired American Liberty Jewish Journal – Stuart Halpern – Feature
>>Newly Released JNF Photos Show Shavuot Celebrations in Israel in the 1930s & ’40s Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – Photo Essay
Friday, May 30th, 2025
Over 400 Entertainment Leaders Release Open Letter Condemning anti-Israel Incitement — Lies & Deadly Consequences Creative Community for Peace – Open Letter
IDF Strikes Missile Depots in Syria — ‘No Party Will Have Immunity’ Jerusalem Post – Reuters & Staff – News
Israeli Foreign Ministry: ‘Macron’s Crusade Against the Jewish State Continues’ — Rewarding Jihadist Terrorists with a Palestinian State Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>FM Sa'ar Responds to France: 'Demilitarized' Like After Oslo That Brought the Second Intifada? Like After the Withdrawal from Gaza That Brought Oct. 7? X – Raylan Givens – News
MIT Disciplines Student Commencement Speaker Who Condemned School’s Ties to Israel as ‘Complicit in Genocide’ Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Andrew Lapin – News
>>Harvard Commencement Speaker Lauds Classmate Who Assaulted Israeli Student -- to Whoops and Cheers From the Crowd Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Costescu & Jessica Schwalb – News
Israel Fears Being Boxed In by Trump’s Iran Talks — Tehran Has Sped-Up Progress Toward Producing a Nuclear Weapon Wall Street Journal – Dov Lieber, Laurence Norman & Alexander Ward – Analysis
>>High-Level Iranian, Chinese & Russian Officials Meet to Weaken U.S.'s Negotiation Position with Tehran Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
>>Israeli Officials Warn: There Can Be No 'Good' Nuclear Deal with Tehran Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Analysis
>>Why Israel Is Even More Fearful of Trump's Nuclear Deal than Obama’s Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Full Text of Witkoff’s Proposal for Gaza Ceasefire and Hostage Release Deal Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
>>Readout From Security Cabinet Meeting: IDF Chief Zamir Says 'Hamas is Losing Control of the Population' X – Raylan Givens – News
>>New Gaza Aid Distribution Mechanism Threatens Hamas Control Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob & Jacob Laznik – Analysis
>>IDF Evacuates 250K Gazans from Jabalya as It Reaches Critical Juncture in Fighting Jerusalem Post – Amir Bohbot – News
>>Hamas Response Pending as Ceasefire Reports Circulate Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana & Danny Zaken – News
>>Extraordinary, Watch: Numerous Gazans at New Hamas-Free Aid Distribution Center Thank Trump & Curse Hamas X – Center for Peace Communications – Video
How Israel’s Secret Laser Weapon Went from Lab to Battlefield in 18 Months Israel Hayom – Hanan Greenwood – Feature
>>How Israel’s Laser Defense System Could Change the Future of Warfare Yedioth Ahronoth – Tal Shahaf – Analysis
The Jewish Revival Inside Mumbai, India — Shabbat Dinners & a Hebrew School Thrive at the Site of 2008’s Terror Attacks Wall Street Journal – Howard Husock – Feature
How Congress Became Impotent on Foreign Policy — Pro-Israel Groups Question Their Traditional Playbook Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – Analysis
Point: AG Baharav-Miara’s Judicial Overreach is Undermining Israel’s Democracy Jerusalem Post – Yaakov Katz – Opinion
>>Counterpoint: AG Baharav-Miara Says 'Under Cover of War, Regime Change Has Sped Up Greatly' Times of Israel – Jeremy Sharon – News
Israel’s Gas Empire: Exports Soar, Neighbors Dependent, Treasury Swells The Judean – Staff – Analysis
More Organizations Are Fighting anti-Semitism — But Often with Overlapping Missions & Contradictory Messages Times of Israel – Zev Stub – Analysis
The U.S. Alliance with Qatar — Money Talks & Strategic Interests Walks Jewish News Syndicate – James Sinkinson – Opinion
Anti-Israel Marxist Groups Start ‘Free Elias Rodriguez’ Campaign — Laud ‘Legitimate Act’ Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – News
Women Are Thriving in the IDF — But Training for Female Combat Drivers is Halted After Physical Fitness Levels Fell Short Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Ch. 12: President Trump Ordered the Pentagon to Stop Coordinating with Israel for a Joint Attack on Iranian Nuclear Facilities — Prompted the Tense Call with Netanyahu & Public Warnings X – Raylan Givens – News
>>Yedioth Ahronoth (Hebrew): Netanyahu Orders IDF to Prepare for a Possible Independent Strike on Iran Without U.S. Involvement X – Open Source Intel – News
IDF Issues Massive, Widespread Evacuation Order for the Entire Northern & Eastern Gaza Strip X – OSINTdefender – News
IDF Shoots Down Houthi Missile; Millions Forced to Shelters in Central Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
With Israeli Intel, Lebanon Is Dismantling Hezbollah in the South Wall Street Journal – Omar Abdel-Baqui & Adam Chamseddine – Analysis
2025 Jewish Landscape Report: Antisemitism Tops Global Concerns for Jews Jewish Press – David Israel – News
Witkoff Presents New Ceasefire-Hostage Proposal After His Previous Proposal Was Accepted by Israel & Rejected by Hamas Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Update: Israel Says Hamas Yet to Approve Ceasefire Proposal After Reports of Agreement Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Einav Halabi – News
>>Update: Hamas Rejects New Witkoff Proposal; Demands More Changes Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Israel Accepts Witkoff Framework for Gaza Ceasefire, Netanyahu Says Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Einav Halabi – News
>>Small Shifts Toward Hamas's Positions: The Details of New Witkoff Framework Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Analysis
>>New Gaza Aid Mechanism Resumes -- IDF Urges Civilians to Expel Hamas from Distribution Centers Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Einav Halabi – News
>>Watch, Gaza Man: 'We Want to Eat; Bravo Trump & the Israel Defense Forces' X – David Lange – Video
Explosive New Austrian Intelligence Report Reveals Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program Still Active Fox News – Benjamin Weinthal – News
>>Iranian Sources Dismiss Claims of Imminent Nuclear Deal -- Call U.S. Optimism a Pressure Tactic Iran Nuances – News [Ed. This is a Tehran-linked news organization]
Israel Prepares to Call Up 450,000 Soldiers amid Mounting Toll on Reservists and Their Families Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Deborah Danan – News
Baby of Terror Victim Tzeela Gez Dies from Wounds After Two Weeks in Intensive Care Jerusalem Post – Itay Gal – News
Israeli Government Approves Establishment of 22 New Settlements in Judea & Samaria — Focus on Retaining Israeli Sovereignty in Strategic Areas Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Trump Dislikes ‘Forever Wars,’ But Israel is Stuck With One — President’s Impatience is Creating ‘Daylight’ Between Two Allies Jewish News Syndicate – Jonathan Tobin – Opinion
>>The Quiet Rise of Michael Anton, The Technical Expert Leading U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks -- Anton Appears Wherever Trump’s Highest Stakes Diplomacy Is Taking Place The Free Press – Eli Lake – Analysis [Ed. Free Press has a hard paywall; but should work on phones.]
Israel Can’t Compete in Trump’s ‘Checkbook Diplomacy’ World — A Strategy of ‘Economic Diplomacy’ to Place Israel More Firmly on Trump’s Radar Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Analysis
>>Technology Is the New Currency: Israel Needs to Align Its Foreign Relations with Its Economic Prowess Jewish News Syndicate – Avi Hasson – Opinion
Azerbaijan and the Abraham Accords — Opportunity for Economic Growth, Security Ties & Diplomatic Influence Arutz Sheva – Rachel Avraham – Analysis
Historic 14-Century Shem Tov Bible Comes Home to Jerusalem — Manuscript by the Renowned Kabbalist Rabbi Shem Tov ben Abraham Ibn Gaon Jerusalem Post – Joanie Margulies – Feature
Meta’s Supreme Court-Like ‘Oversight Board’ Poses a Grave Danger to Jews — Double Standards Abound Jewish News Syndicate – Ronn Torossian – Opinion
>>Background: Meta’s Oversight Board Is Stacking the Decks Against Zionism Arutz Sheva – Ronn Torossian – Opinion
Jewish Self-Defense: Baltimore Rabbi Draws Pistol to Stop Carjacking — Injured After Being Punched in Face New York Post – Shane Galvin – News
Israeli Tech Wizardry: Drones and AI Speed-Up Climate-Resilient Crop Development Press Service of Israel – Pesach Benson – News
>>Read the Whole Report: 'UAV-Borne Hyperspectral & Thermal Imagery Integration Empowers Genetic Dissection of Wheat Stomatal Conductance' Computers and Electronics in Agriculture – Roy Sadeh and Others – Peer-Reviewed Journal
Jewish Auburn Basketball Bruce Pearl May Run for U.S. Senate — Leading Pro-Israel Advocate Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
Watch: IDF Establishes Medical Facility in Southern Syria — Has Treated Over 500 Syrians X – Emanuel Fabian – News
The Gaza Aid Wars: U.S. & Israel Push for Countries to Fund New Hamas-Free Aid Group Once It Demonstrates Success Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – Analysis
Revealed: IDF Shot Down Dozens of Drones with Unnamed Laser Defense System — Historic Game-Changing Breakthrough Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
Watch: Witkoff on Verge of Issuing ‘New Term Sheet’ for ‘Peaceful Resolution to the Conflict in Gaza’ X – Raylan Givens – Video
Watch: Trump Confirms He Pressured Netanyahu Not to Attack Iran — ‘I Told Him It Wasn’t Appropriate if We Can Solve It Through a Document’ X – Raylan Givens – Video
>>Tehran: Willing to Pause Uranium Enrichment for One Year if U.S. Meets Certain Conditions Reuters – Parisa Hafezi and John Irish – News
>>More Leaks to the NYT: U.S. Fears Israel Will Attack Iran Nuclear Sites Without Advance Notice -- A Flurry of Urgent Back-and-Forth Between D.C. & Jerusalem New York Times – Julian Barnes, David Sanger, Maggie Haberman & Ronen Bergman – News
>>Tehran Takes Trump’s Negotiators for a Ride -- Trump Wouldn’t Mind Punting Troublesome Issues Into the Future Wall Street Journal – Reuel Marc Gerecht & Ray Takeyh
Israel Returns to Yemen, Attacking Houthi-Held Airport Without Warning — ‘Whoever Fires at Israel Will Pay Heavy Prices’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua & Lior Ben Ari – News
>>IAF Targeted a Highly Specific and Unusual Asset: An Empty 'Civilian' Plane -- Here's Why X – Voices From The East – Analysis
>>How Houthi ‘Summer Schools’ Indoctrinate Yemen’s New Generation -- A Catastrophic Project for Martyrdom Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – Analysis
>>Houthis Have Suffered Major Financial Losses; But Remain Undeterred -- Rocket Fire at Israel Continues Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
Israeli Amb Leiter: D.C. Terrorist Stalked Embassy Workers Before Attack — But Rodriguez’s Presence at the AJC Event Before Shooting is Disputed Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
Turkey is Replacing Iran as a New & Complex Threat — As Tehran’s Influence Collapses, Ankara Fills the Void Jewish News Syndicate – Canaan Lidor – Analysis
>>Will Turkey's Plans for Syria Bases Test Israel’s Red Lines? Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lappin – Analysis
Tribal Leaders Rise in Judea, Samaria & Gaza as Hamas Executes Gazans in Aid Power Struggle The Judean – Staff – Analysis
Israel to Make Jewish & Zionist Studies Part of Core Curriculum Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
Bishara Bahabah, the American Mediator Between Hamas & the U.S. — ‘When I Die, I Want Them to Say I Was Palestinian’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Tzippy Shmilovitz – Feature
Witness to Jihad: The World of Elias Rodriquez — Inside the Party for Socialism & Liberation Jewish Journal – Kathleen Hayes – Opinion
Why the EU Does Not Take a Strong Stance Against Hamas — Fear of Internal Unrest Jewish News Syndicate – Giovanni Giacalone – Analysis
Jewish War Hero Buried in Italy Finally Gets a Jewish Headstone, 80 Years Later Fox News – David Spector – Feature
When Did Jews Begin to Live Outside the Old City of Jerusalem? Jewish Link – Mitchell First – Feature
Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
‘We Will Carry Your Torch Sarah Milgrim’: Hundreds Attend Funeral of Slain Embassy Employee in Kansas Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
Trump Administration Severs All Ties with Harvard Due to anti-Semitism & Policy Violations Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
>>Trump Administration Halts Scheduling of New Student Visa Appointments -- Social Media Accounts of Applicants Will be Vetted for anti-Semitism Reuters – Humeyra Pamuk – News
Exclusive: Syria & Israel in Direct Talks Focused on Security — Calming Tensions & Preventing Conflict in Border Region Reuters – Timour Azhari & Suleiman Al-Khalidi – News
Mossad Director Barnea & Ron Dermer in D.C. to Talk Iran After Heated Call Between Netanyahu & Trump Times of Israel – Staff – News
>>Trump Cautioned Netanyahu to Avoid Steps That Undermine Iran Nuclear Talks -- 'Give Us a Week' Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Amit Segal on the Rising Netanyahu-Trump Tensions over Iran It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
The Day After Hamas? A New Aid Distribution System Launches that Bypasses Hamas — Chaos Yet Demand, as Thousands Line Up and Order Breaks Down Times of Israel – Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan & Staff – News
>>IDF Opens New Aid Centers in Gaza, 'Marking End of Hamas Rule' Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob & Amichai Stein – News
>>Watch: Thousands of Gazans Defy Threats; Line Up for Aid That Bypasses Hamas X – Amit Segal – Video
>>Watch: Gazans Display Contents of Food Boxes They Received at the New Aid Distribution Center X – Raylan Givens – Video
>>Hamas Threatens to Kill Gazans Who Accept Food with Israeli Involvement X – Eitan Fischberger – News
>>Behind-the-Scenes of Gaza Ceasefire-Hostage Negotiations -- U.S. Envoy Tells Hostage Families 'Progress Could Come Soon' Yediot Ahronoth – Lihi Gordon & Sharon Kidon – Analysis
>>Israel Accuses UN Aid Chief of ‘Libel’ for Claiming 10,000 Aid Trucks Sat at Gaza Border Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – News
>>Multiple 'Life-Lines' Could Save Hamas From Its Worst Crisis Yet -- Aid Trucks & International Pressure on Israel Bolster Terror Group Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – Analysis
Swastikas & Insults: How Antisemitism Infiltrates U.S. Private Schools Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – Feature
>>Read the Full ADL Report: Antisemitism in Independent K-12 Schools Post-October 7 Anti-Defamation League – Report
Jerusalem Undergoing a Building Boom, Leading a Nationwide Urban Renewal Drive — Tens of Thousands of New Housing Units; Developers Flocking to the Capital Yedioth Ahronoth – Rotem Aloni – Feature
A Profound Discussion with Douglas Murray & Ruth Wisse on the D.C. Shooting — Antisemitism a Deflection Mechanism & Symptom of Rotting Societies Tikvah Podcast – Jonathan Silver – Podcast Video
Mother of Top IDF Officer Killed on Oct. 7: ‘He Always Said, Never Give Up’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Dina Halutz – Feature
Jerusalem’s Police Keep the Peace as War Rages — The Temple Mount Has Remained Relatively Calm Yedioth Ahronoth – Liran Tamari – Feature
The 40th Anniversary of Operation Moses: Israel’s Ethiopian Jews Share Pride & Pain Times of Israel – Zev Stub – Feature
Ride-Along in Israel’s New Buffer Zone in Syria — Stabilizing, But the Ground is Shifting Fast Yedioth Ahronoth – Yair Kraus – Feature
The Full List of Everyone Arrested at Violent anti-Israel Storming of Columbia Library Washington Free Beacon – Jon Levine, Jessica Costescu & Jessica Schwalb – Feature
Tarek Bazrouk Charged with Assaulting Three Jewish Students — Had Stash of Weapons; $750K in Cash; and Phone Filled with Genocidal Images Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Schwalb – News
Tehran Regime Media Praises Alleged D.C. Jewish Museum Shooter as ‘Dear Brother’ Fox News – Benjamin Winthal – News
>>Watch: Iranian TV Praises Alleged D.C. Shooter as an 'American Yahya Sinwar' Who 'Sent Two Zionist Dogs to Hell' X – Open Source Intel/MEMRI – Video
Monday, May 26th, 2025
Ch. 12: Netanyahu-Trump Phone Call on Iran Was Marked by Heated Disagreements — ‘I Want a Diplomatic Solution with the Iranians; I Believe in My Ability to Make a Good Deal’ Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – News
>>Tehran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Suggests Trump Admin is More Flexible in Private Talks Than Its Public Declarations Yahoo News – CNN – News
>>Kristi Noem Reveals Real Reason for Flash Israel Trip: 'President Trump Specifically Sent Me Here to Have a Conversion' with Netanyahu About Iran' -- 'It Was a Very Candid Conversation' Raw Story – David Edwards – News (with full video of interview)
>>Noem: 'I asked Netanyahu to Cooperate with President Trump So We Can Make Wise Decisions' Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Oman Has Proposed a Six-Month Halt to Iran’s Uranium Enrichment as a 'Confidence-Building Measure' to Break Deadlock in Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks X – Iran International [UK-based Iran opposition] – News
>>Tehran Refuses Even Temporary Enrichment Freeze or Interim Deal with U.S. -- We 'Won't Starve' if Talks Fail Yedioth Ahronoth – Reuters – News
Jerusalem Day: Commemorating the Reunification of the Jewish Capital — And an Eternal Bond Times of Israel – Cedric Vloemans – Opinion
>>Jerusalem Day Passes Without Incident, Showing Hamas's Waning Grip Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
White House Envoy Witkoff: Hamas’s Response to Ceasefire Proposal ‘Unacceptable’ — Hamas Lied About Receiving a New U.S. Proposal Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Israel Rejects Hamas Ceasefire Proposal to Release Only Five Live Hostages -- 'Demands Amount to Surrender to Hamas' Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Itamar Eichner – News
>>IDF Aims to Capture 75% of Gaza Strip in 2 Months in New Offensive Against Hamas Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Disinformation: Photo Claiming to Show Gaza Doctor’s Children Killed in IAF Strike Is Outdated Jerusalem Post – Staff & Ch. 12 – News
The New Routine on the Lebanese Border: IDF Shifts From Wartime Footing to Routine Defense Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Analysis
Trump’s Huge Saudi Arms Deal May Contradict U.S. Pledge to Preserve Israel’s Military Edge — F-35s for the Kingdom? Time of Israel – Stav Levaton – Analysis
Israel Attracting Global Investment Despite Ongoing War — Leading Venture Firm: ‘Israel is Not a War Zone, But a Place of Opportunities’ Fox Business – Efrat Lachter – News
Diary of an Israel Sniper: Brutal & Honest Look at War, Routine & the Human Cost — Tomer Eliminated 27 Terrorists, ‘They Dropped One After the Other’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Amihai Attali – Feature
Fascinating: Four Persian-Israeli Women Recall Tehran Before and After the 1979 Revolution — ‘Iran Was Like Europe, Both in Dress and Behavior’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Tsiporah Roman – Feature
Israel’s Defense Industry Needs to Shift Toward National Independence amid Foreign Supply-Chain Risks Yedioth Ahronoth – Liron Topaz – Opinion
In His Own Words: Recordings Reveal Defense Philosophies of Shin Bet Chief-Designate Gen. David Zini Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
Azerbaijan Has Become One of Israel’s Most Trusted Partners — Interview with Amb George Deek Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – Feature
Comedian-Turned-Israel Advocate Lee Kern: ‘After Oct 7, It Felt Completely Natural for Me to Leave Everything and Come Here to Support My People Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoni Beinart – Feature
Israeli Gov Approves Massive Expansion in Samaria — Goal of One Million Jews by 2050 The Judean – Staff – News
Toronto’s Walk with Israel Breaks Record with 56,000 Participants — ‘It Feels So Good’ National Post – Ari David Blaff – News
Sunday, May 25th, 2025
Trump Says ‘Real Progress’ Made in Latest Nuclear Talks with Tehran, Predicts ‘Good News’ Ahead — ‘Likewise with Hamas in Gaza’ Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
>>Senior European Officials Warn U.S.: Iran Stalling Negotiations to Avoid Sanctions Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
Homeland Security Head Kristi Noem Visits Israel to Show Solidarity Following D.C. Attack — Prays at Western Wall Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Israel Warns of Travel to Canada over ‘Growing Threat from Terrorist Elements’ Jewish News Syndicate – News
U.S. Asks Israel to Delay Major Ground Invasion of Gaza amid Hostage Deal Talks Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Enlightening Analysis by Ch. 14's Tamir Morag on the New IDF Strategy in Gaza & How It Differs From Previously -- Moving Slowly; Clearing; Holding; Less PR X – Tamir Morag – Analysis
>>Mohammed Sinwar’s (Likely) Death Fails to Break Hamas -- No One Center of Gravity Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>IDF Chief Zamir Visits the Troops in Gaza: 'This is Not a Forever War' -- 'We Will Act to Shorten It Per the Fulfillment of Its Objectives' X – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Renewed Gaza Op About Controlling Territory and Food Distribution, Not Hamas Terrorists Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Meet Philip Reilly, the CIA Veteran Tasked with Building Gaza's New & Complex Aid Operation -- $1,100-a-Day Contractors Israel Hayom – Neta Bar – Feature
The UK Government is Knowingly Sending Millions to Hamas It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
In Bid to Normalize Ties with U.S., Syria Moves to Expel Armed Palestinian Groups The Media Line – Rizik Alabi – News
Dan Senor on the Future of American Jewry After Oct. 7 — How to Find Purpose and Clarity in Horror’s Wake Commentary Magazine – Dan Senor – Opinion
Backlash over Far-Left Yair Golan’s Inflammatory Comments Could Help Netanyahu Win Next Election News and Commentary from Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
From Start-Up Nation to Scale-Up Nation — Israeli Tech’s Next Chapter Yedioth Ahronoth – Hillel Fuld – Analysis
Retired CENTCOM Commander Gen. McKenzie: Unique Window to Compel Tehran to Choose Regime Survival over Nukes Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lapin – Analysis
Fascinating Discussion on the Women of the IDF — Now Making Up 20% of Combat Troops Times of Israel Friday Focus Podcast – Amanda Borschel-Dan – Podcast
Brooklyn’s Beth Rivkah School Unveils $50M Campus to Raise Proud, Fearless Jewish Girls Who Lead with Faith, Identity & Light Yedioth Ahronoth – Eli Mandelbaum – News
Marthe Cohn, a Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany, Dies at 105 — With Blond Hair, Blue Eyes & Fluency in German, She Crossed Enemy Lines Washington Post – Harrison Smith – Feature
Former Hostage Mia Schem’s ‘Bring Them Home’ Ribbon Confiscated at Cannes Film Festival Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Trump’s Gulf Game: A Walk Around Riyadh with a Jewish Reporter in the White House Press Corps — ‘I Love Trump’ Mishpacha – Jake Turx – Feature
IDF Reservists are Burning Out — ‘Israel’s Mental Health System is in a State of Emergency,’ Tel Aviv University Study Finds Jerusalem Post – Judy Siegel-Itzkovich – News
Venturing Into Haredi Enclaves, an Israeli Atheist Tries a New Form of Jewish Outreach Times of Israel – Alexandra Vardi – Feature
>>Deep Dive: Why Haredim See Themselves as Warriors -- The Ethos of Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Community and Their Battle Against IDF Service Times of Israel Friday Focus Podcast – Amanda Borschel-Dan – Podcast
How ‘Julie Shtick’ Became an Accidental Influencer in Israel — ‘I Learned Hebrew, I Became a Zionist, Israel Got Into My Blood’ Jerusalem Post – Abigail Klein Leichman – Feature
Accelerating Into the Past: Israel’s Particle Accelerator Offers a Unique Glimpse Into the History of the Land of Israel and Its Inhabitants Yedioth Ahronoth – Ittay Nevo – Feature
Saturday, May 24th, 2025
Former Hostage Agam Berger to French FM: ‘Diplomatic Solutions’ Won’t End Conflict — ‘It’s Either Us or Them’ Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
Asharq Al-Awsat (Saudi): Hamas Struggling to Pay Terrorists, Procure Weapons Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
Go Deep: One Hour Interview with Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. (Before D.C. Terror Attack) PragerU – Marissa Streit – Video Podcast
>>U.S. Considering Sanctions Relief on Iran as Part of Interim Agreement -- But Has Not Yet Abandoned Its Ultimate Demand That Tehran Halt All Uranium Enrichment Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken and Dudi Kogan – News
>>As U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Stall, Israel Ramps up Preparations for Multi-Front War Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua – News
Israeli Amb. to U.S. Leiter: Syria & Lebanon Could Join Abraham Accords Before Saudi Arabia Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>Historic Turning Point: Lebanon Nears First Major Victory in War Against Terrorism Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
The Witkoffs: The Father Pursues Trump’s Diplomatic Deals — The Son Chases Crypto Deals Wall Street Journal – Rebecca Ballhaus & Angus Berwick – Feature
Palestinian Clans in Judea & Samaria Are Looking to Join Abraham Accords After Oct. 7 Jerusalem Post – Zvika Klein – Analysis
Houthis Intensify Missile Strikes on Israel Following End of U.S. Operation in Yemen Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
Why Is the IDF, Which Decisively Defeated Hezbollah, Not Defeating Hamas? Geography, Goals, Global Politics & Hostages Israel Hayom – Elie Klutstein – Analysis
>>Five Israeli Divisions Maneuver Inside Gaza as IDF Strikes Terror Financing Hub Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun, Elisha Ben Kimon & Roni Green Shaulov – News
>>Israel’s Dramatic Humanitarian Experiment in Gaza News and Commentary from Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
UK ‘Two-Tier Policing’: Jewish Protester Charged over Placard Mocking Hezbollah Terrorist Leader The Telegraph – Janet Eastam – News
Tekhelet: The Search for the Biblical Blue Dye — ‘Hobby That Became an Obsession That Tuned Into a Mission’ Jewish News Syndicate – Etgar Lefkovits – Feature
From the BLM Riots to the D.C. Shooting in Five Short Years — Surge of Jew Hatred Traced to Left’s Embrace of Toxic Racial Worldview Jewish News Syndicate – Jonathan Tobin – Opinion
>>What Did You Think 'Final Solution' Meant? Right-Wing anti-Semitism is Catching Up Hot Air – David Strom – Opinion
>>Guy Christensen, anti-Israel Tiktoker with 3.4m Followers, Endorses Murder of Israeli Embassy Employees Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Ben Sales – News
>>‘He Never Should Have Made It Inside That Building’: Jewish Security Groups Face Down Lapses in D.C. Shooting Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Andrew Lapin – Analysis
>>Former Biden Admin Official Deborah Lipstadt Says ‘Free Palestine’ Is Now a ‘Call for Violence’ After Recent Shooting Just the News – Misty Severi – News
>>Israeli Embassy Terrorist Promoted 'anti-Zionist' Jewish Voice for Peace Washington Free Beacon – Alana Goodman – News
>>Police Ordered ‘Not To Enforce D.C. Law Against anti-Israel Protesters,’ Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld Alleges Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
>>What is Messianic Judaism? Israeli Embassy Victim Yaron Lischinsky Was a Member of the Movement in Jerusalem Forward – Olivia Haynie – Analysis
Friday, May 23rd, 2025
U.S. & Iran Aim for Framework to Guide Talks Toward Nuclear Deal — Fifth Round of Discussions in Rome End Without Agreement but Sides Agree to Keep Talking Wall Street Journal – Laurence Norman, Alexander Ward & Benoit Faucon – News
>>Fifth Round of U.S.-Tehran Nuclear Talks Conclude -- Omani Mediator Claims 'Some But Not Conclusive Progress' Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Iranian Sources: Tehran Doesn’t Believe a Nuclear Deal Is Likely, as Talks with U.S. Resume CNN – Frederik Pleitgen – News
Radical Chic: From Multi-Million-Dollar Homes to Violent Activism — The Children of Wealthy Among Those Arrested at Columbia anti-Israel Library Attack Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Schwalb, Jon Levine & Jessica Costescu – Feature
HHS Civil Rights Office Finds Columbia University in Violation of Federal Civil Rights Law — Deliberate Indifference to Jewish Students U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Press Release
>>Harvard Sues Trump Admin over Termination of Student Visa Program Fox News – Morgan Phillips – News
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim: May Their Memories Be a Blessing New York Post – Reuven Fenton, Chris Nesi & David Propper – Feature
>>Yarón Lischinsky: German Evangelical Christian Who Fell in Love with the Jewish State Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan – Feature
>>Pro-Israel Leaders Link anti-Israel Radicalism to Fatal Shooting -- Fetterman: Why Can't You Just Call it anti-Semitism? Jewish Insider – Marc Rod & Emily Jacobs – News
>>Terrorist Who Killed Israeli Embassy Staffers Influenced by Iran & China-Linked Leftist Org -- The Party for Socialism and Liberation Hot Air – Beege Welborn – Analysis
>>Eric Rodriguez, Father of Terror Suspect, Was Honored by Far-Left Member of Congress Rep. Garcia (D-Ill) with Invitation to State of the Union in March New York Post – Steven Vago & Samuel Chamberlain – News
>>Jewish Orgs Request Massive Increase in Security Grant Funding to $1 Billion Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
>>American Jewish Committee Hosted the Event: Analysis and Resources American Jewish Committee – Analysis
>> Blood on Their Hands: This is What 'Free Palestine' Looks Like Jewish News Syndicate – Melanie Phillips – Opinion
Netanyahu Nominates a New Shin Bet Chief — Maj Gen David Zini Warned of Oct. 7-Style Attack It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
David Denby’s ‘Eminent Jews’: Mel Brooks, Norman Mailer, Betty Friedan & Leonard Bernstein Exemplified American Jewry’s Lost Golden Age Tablet Magazine – David Mikics – Feature
IDF Engineering Student Develops Life-Saving Systems After His Own Injury in Service Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – Feature
Members of Congress Address anti-Semitism in Healthcare — ‘A Pernicious Ideology Harms Not only Jews, But Threatens the Very Foundations of Our Healthcare System Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Jerusalem Day and the Lie of ‘East Jerusalem’ — The Term Is Not in the Torah Because It is a Modern Political Invention Jewish News Syndicate – Moshe Phillips – Opinion
Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
Trump Administration Terminates Harvard’s Student Visa Program — Existing Foreign Students Must Transfer or Leave U.S as DHS Demands anti-Israel Protest Footage & Disciplinary Records Fox News – Morgan Phillips – News
>>Read the Full Letter From DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Harvard University X – Secretary Kristi Noem – Letter
President Trump and PM Netanyahu Speak — Trump Expresses Deep Sorrow over Shocking D.C. Murder X – Raylan Givens – News
IDF Gaza Plan Unveiled: Dividing the Strip; Seizing Territory; Months-Long Clearing Phase Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – News
>>WSJ: Israeli Airstrike That Killed Top Hamas Leader in Gaza Hit Meeting of Top Militants -- Hamas Buried Mohammed Sinwar’s Body Days After the Strike Wall Street Journal – Summer Said – News
>>Hostage Talks Falter -- Israel Refuses Hamas Demands to Remain in Gaza, Recalls Delegation Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Rubio Flip-Flops on Gaza Aid -- In Sharp Contrast to His Previous Arguments Against Allowing Aid to Flow to Hamas Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – Analysis
Two Israeli Embassy Employees Murdered Outside Washington, D.C. Jewish Museum — Gunman Wore Keffiyeh and Shouted ‘Free Palestine’ Jewish Insider – Marc Rod, Josh Kraushaar & Danielle Cohen – News
>>'Full of light': Remembering Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – News
>>Commentary from John Podhoretz -- Antisemitic Terror in the Nation’s Capital Commentary Magazine – John Podhoretz – Opinion
>>Pain, Anger for U.S. Jews at Killings of Israel Embassy Staffers, amid ‘A Relentless Campaign of Hate’ -- 'Globalize the Intifada' Times of Israel – Zev Stub – News
>>How the Events Unfolded According to Eyewitnesses and Law Enforcement Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
>>The Terrorist: What We Know About anti-Israel Agitator Elias Rodriguez New York Post – Emily Crane – News
>>Elias Rodriguez Member of anti-Israel Group 'Party for Socialism and Liberation' Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – News
>>Watch: Suspected Jew-Murderer Elias Rodriquez Shouts 'Free Palestine' as He's Being Arrested X – Aviva Klompas – Video
>>Incitement: NBC News' Blood Libel Still Up, 48 Hours After UN Retracts Outrageous Claim X – Open Source Intel – News
>>Killings in Washington Follow Series of Attempted Terror Attacks Against U.S. Jews Times of Israel – Luke Tress – News
>>After Deadly Shooting, Jewish Communities Go On High Alert eJewishPhilanthropy – Judah Ari Gross – News
>>Eyewitnesses Describe Capture of Shooter -- 'Free Palestine, Intifada Revolution' X – Raylan Givens – News
>>Two Israeli Embassy Staff Members Killed in Shooting Outside Jewish Museum in Washington Jerusalem Post – Sarah Moskowitz, Danielle Greyman-Kennard & James Genn – News
How Israeli AI is Revolutionizing Agriculture — Transforming Farming into Data-Driven Science Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – Feature
Life in Jerusalem 2,300 Years Ago: Child’s Gold Ring Discovered in City of David, Attesting to High Standard of Living Archaeology News – Dario Radley – Feature
Turkey & Saudi Arabia: ‘Walking Side by Side but Not Necessarily Toward the Same Destination’ The Media Line – Giorgia Valente – Analysis
Blood Libel: How a False UN Statement on Gaza Baby Deaths Fueled anti-Israel Backlash The Judean – Staff – Analysis
Tehran Agrees to Fifth Round of Nuclear Talks — Set For Friday in Rome Times of Israel – Agence France-Presse & Staff – News
>>Tehran's Proposal is What a 'Bad Deal' Would Look Like Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – Analysis
>>Disturbing Trend: Tehran Trying Very Hard to Recruit Vulnerable Israelis to Surveil Leaders -- More Like Digital Predators Than Cold War Spies Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
Trump’s $175B Missile Shield to Mirror Israel’s Multi-Layered Defense System — A Breakdown of Israel’s Missile Defense Arsenal The Judean – Staff – Feature
>>Israel's Elbit to Equip IDF Copters with Innovative Protection Systems Breaking Defense – Seth Frantzman – News
Gaza’s Terror Heirs: A Plethora of Terrorist Groups are Vying for Post-Hamas Control of the Strip Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – Feature
Pope Leo Meets Jewish Leaders — Acknowledges Challenges; Reaffirms Dialogue Times of Israel – Rossella Tercatin – News
A Test of Will & Wings: Airline Chaos in Israel — Delta Returns; Others are Unsure The Judean – Staff – Analysis
Once the ‘Jerusalem of Ukraine,’ the Tiny Jewish Community of Berdychiv Struggles to Survive Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Theia chatelle – Feature
The Highest Minyan on Earth: Jewish Mountaineers Bring Loved for Israel & the Victims of Oct. 7 to Mount Everest Jewish News Syndicate – Amelie Botbol – Feature
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
Yarden Bibas & David Cunio: The Underground Brotherhood Hamas Couldn’t Kill The Judean – Staff – Feature
>>Watch: Former Hostage Omer Shem Tov Throws First Pitch at Boston's Fenway Park X – Aviva Klompas – Video
Netanyahu Addresses the Nation, Provides Terms for Ending the War — Hamas Must Release Hostages, Surrender Weapons & Leadership Leave Gaza X – Open Source Intel – News
>>Netanyahu: More Than 20 Hostages are Still Alive; Israel Ready for Temporary Ceasefire Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
>>Netanyahu: Trump and Vance Assured Me America Has Israel's Back Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
>>Netanyahu: Implementation of Trump’s Gaza Relocation Plan Is a Condition for Ending War Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
Asharq Al-Awsat (Saudi): Two Palestinian Sources Confirm Muhammad Sinwar Killed by IDF; Family Informed X – Raylan Givens – News
DM Katz: Shin Bet Intel Shows Hamas Already Planning Next Border Attacks — Must be Defeated X – Emanuel Fabian – News
Internal Dissent in Iran? Three Iranian Officials Admit Regime Lacks a Viable Plan B if Talks with U.S. Fail Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Reuters – News
>>Another Sign of Tehran Regime Distress: Iran Bars Media From Analyzing U.S. Talks or Citing Foreign Sources -- Only Government Statements Allowed Iran International [UK-based opposition] – News
>>Iran Vows to Keep Enriching Uranium Despite U.S. Demand for Halt ABC News & Associated Press – Amir Vahdat – News
>>U.S. Carrier Rotation in Central Command AOR (Middle East): Truman Leaving; Vinson Remains; Nimitz Close-By; Ford on the Way X – Ian Ellis – News
>>Why Washington Must Accept the Limits of Diplomacy with Iran -- New JCPOA-Style Agreement Would Re-Empower Tehran When Its Regional Project is Weakening Jerusalem Center for Security & Foreign Affairs – Hussein Aboubakr Mansour – Analysis
>>How the U.S. Can Leverage Azerbaijan to Keep 'Maximum Pressure' on Iran's Nuclear Program National Interest – Ahmad Obali – Analysis
>>Horseshoe Theory: Far-Left Democrats & Far-Right Republicans Both Obsessed with Notion U.S. Approach to Iran is Driven by 'The Jews' Jewish News Syndicate – Eric Levine – Analysis
IDF Soldier Killed in Booby-Trapped Gaza Building as Strikes Pound the Strip Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
IDF: Hezbollah Operative Killed in Strike Was ‘Experienced Engineer’ in Missile Production Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
The ‘Thief of Doha’: Owner of Trump’s Potential Air Force One Linked to Bob Menendez Corruption Scandal Washington Free Beacon – Zach Kessel & Adam Kredo – Analysis
Remember this Name: Debra Lea — Aspiring U.S. Politician Says Oct 7 Sparked New Generation of Zionists Arutz Sheva – Yoni Lempinski – News with Video
Far-Left Israeli Party Leader Yair Golan Disinvited from World Zionist Congress After Claiming IDF ‘Kills Babies for Fun’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
JPost Conference 2025: National Unity Chairman Benny Gantz — Yes to Heavy Price for Hostages; No to Palestinian State Jerusalem Post – Eliav Breuer – News
>>Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler -- It's Hamas Holding Back a Ceasefire-Hostage Deal; Trump 'Not Okay with Iranians Enriching Uranium at All Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>Mekorot (Israel National Water Co.) CEO Amit Lang -- Israel's Tech-Driven Water System is Best in World Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>Director-General of Aliyah Avichai Kahana -- 50,000 Made Aliyah, Even in Israel's Most Painful Moment; May Even Greatly Increase Jerusalem Post – Alan Rosenbaum – News
>>Prominent Jewish Social Influencers Confront anti-Semitism -- 'We Need to Thrive, Not Just Survive' Jerusalem Post – Joanie Margulies – News
>>Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Owner Ofer Yannay -- We Changed Israeli Basketball; Now We'll Do the Same in Europe Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>U.S. Sen. Scott -- Qatar Cannot Continue Supporting Hamas If It Wants to Be American Partner Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Study: Ultra-Orthodox in Israel Pay Only 4% of Taxes, Costing Economy Billions — 14% of the Population Times of Israel – Sam Sokol – News
Andrew Cuomo Has Made Fighting anti-Semitism the Centerpiece of His NYC Mayor’s Race — He Remains Unpopular Yet Still Leads Politico – Sally Goldenberg – Analysis
Survey of Marco Rubio’s Three-Hour Congressional Testimony — Iran, Gaza, Student Visas & More Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
New U.S. Intelligence Suggests Israel Is Preparing Possible Strike on Iranian Nuclear Facilities CNN – Jim Sciutto, Katie Bo Lillis & Natasha Bertrand – News
Israel’s Iron Beam Laser to Undergo Sea Trials — Will Give Israel an Even Greater Military Edge over Its Hostile Neighbors National Interest – Maya Carlin – News
Richard Kemp: Britain, France & Canada’s Hamas Lifeline is a Dangerous Blunder Yedioth Ahronoth – Richard Kemp – Opinion
Israel Agrees to Witkoff Proposal; But Hamas Rejects — PM Pulls Senior-Level Negotiators from Doha Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
Interesting Insight into JD Vance’s Foreign Policy Role & Tight Relationship with Marco Rubio — They Speak Five Times on a ‘Light Day’ NBC News – Henry Gomez – News [Ed. Mark Halperin said this morning not to expect a 2028 GOP primary race; that it will be a Vance/Rubio ticket from the start.]
U.S. Officials: Trump Frustrated by Gaza War, Wants Netanyahu to ‘Wrap It Up’ — But Reports About ‘Abandoning’ Israel ‘Fake’ & No Real Pressure Axios – Barak Ravid – News
Will Trump’s Visit to UAE’s Abrahamic Family House Inspire a Regional Shift Toward Religious Pluralism? Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Analysis
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Calls U.S. Nuclear Demands ‘Excessive & Outrageous’ — Talks on Shaky Ground Reuters – Staff – News
>>Watch Rubio Testify Before Senate: We Hope to Encourage Tehran Toward a Civilian Nuclear Energy Program 'Without Enrichment' X – Jason Brodsky – Video
>>Watch 2nd Rubio Comment on Iran: An Enrichment Capability is a Threat That Cannot be Accepted X – Jason Brodsky – Video
Inside Columbia’s Collapse: On Oct. 6, The University was a Juggernaut — Now, It is a Broken Place Amid anti-Semitism & Pressure from the Trump Admin New York Magazine – Nick Summers – Feature
>>Trump Admin Terminates an Additional $60 Million in Harvard Grants for Its Failure to Address anti-Semitism Jerusalem Post – Reuters – News
>>Bloomberg Journalist Jason Kao Among anti-Israel Radicals Arrested for Storming Columbia Library Washington Free Beacon – Jon Levine – News
Witkoff at JPost Conference: ‘This Is Not Just a Conflict, It is Evil’ — ‘And Let Me Be Clear, Evil Will Not Triumph’ Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Reporter’s Notebook: A Drive Through the Syrian Golan Heights — IDF Operates 10 Forward Outposts Inside Syrian Territory Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Feature
‘Qatar is Hamas’: Behind Qatar’s Diplomatic Mask — Explosive Interview with MEMRI President Yigal Carmon with Allegations Against Netanyahu Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – Feature
>>36 Hours in Doha: Inside the Failed Push by Hostage Families to Meet With Trump and Qatar’s Emir Wall Street Journal – Anat Peled – Feature
>>Qatar Defends 'Normal' Jet Gift Amid Trump Family's Lucrative Ties with Hamas-Hosting Gulf State Newsweek – Shane Croucher – News
The First Jewish Battle in the Promised Land: What We Can Learn Today from The Battle of Jericho Hananya Naftali – Opinion
New Harvard Harris Poll: 46% of 18-24 Year-Old Americans Support Hamas over Israel — 77% of Entire Population Support Israel X – Open Source Intel – News
>>See Full Poll Results -- Middle East Begins on Page 54 Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University – Poll
Rescued Hostage Andrey Kozlov Drew in Hamas Captivity — Now He’s Painting His Story Times of Israel – Jessica Steinberg – Feature
How Trailblazing U.S. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins Quietly Lobbied for Holocaust Refugees Times of Israel – Rich Tenorio – Feature
Israel’s Eurovision Vote Reflects Public’s Growing Disillusionment with Palestinian Narrative — The Average Person Sees Things Differently Yedioth Ahronoth – Zeev Avrahami – Opinion
>>The Miracle of Israel’s Second-Place Win at the Eurovision Contest -- The People of Europe Speak American Thinker – Andrea Widburg – Opinion
>>Popular UK Influencer 'Shady Shae': Yuval Raphael is a 'Beacon of Light' Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
>>Spain Voted for Israel -- But Its PM, Pedro Sánchez, Wants Israel Ousted from Eurovision Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
CAIR Leader Zahra Billoo Cheers Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis — Says Trump’s ‘Time Will Come’ Washington Free Beacon – Chuck Ross – News
Monday, May 19th, 2025
Captured Hamas Docs: CNN & AP Worked with Hamas ‘Media Platoon’ Member Hassan Aslih, Who Was Killed by Israel Last Week Daily Caller – Hudson Crozier – News
Leaders of UK, France & Canada Threaten Israel: Halt IDF Operations in Gaza or Face Sanctions — Call for Palestinian State Arutz Sheva – Yitz Goldberg – News
>>Netanyahu Responds: 'A Huge Prize for the Genocidal Attack on Israel on October 7' X – Ron M – News
Harvard’s Alleged Iran-Backed Research Prompts Congressional Investigation Fox News – Morgan Phillips – News
>>Read the 14-Page Congressional Letter to Harvard's President Garber Congress of the United States – Rep. Moolenaar; Rep. Walberg & Rep. Stefanik – Letter
How Trump Can Avoid Another Bad Iran Nuclear Deal — Shoring up U.S. Credibility Would Go a Long Way The Dispatch – Jonathan Ruhe, Jewish Institute for National Security of America – Opinion
>>White House Press Secretary Leavitt: Trump Admin 100 Percent Committed to Red Line of Zero Enrichment in Iran X – Jason Brodsky – Video
>>U.S.-Iran Talks Stumble over Nuclear Enrichment -- Tehran Has Not Yet Accepted Invitation for Fifth Round of Talks in Rome Friday The National – Lizzie Porter (Reporting from Tehran) – News
About That WaPo Story Claiming Trump Will Abandon Israel Unless Gaza War Ends: Five Problems with the Claim X – Jewish News Wire – Analysis
>>'Preposterous': U.S. Official Denies WaPo Report That Trump Admin Would Abandon Israel Unless Gaza War Stopped Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Ask Your Doctor If Jihad Is Right for You: American Medicine Has an anti-Semitism Problem — Foreign-Born Doctors are Importing Jew-Hatred Tablet Magazne – Jay Greene & Ian Kingsbury – Analysis
Khan Younis Attack: IDF Commandos Kill Senior Gaza Terrorist Ahmad Sarhan in Daring Raid Involving Disguises & Intense Airstrikes Yedioth Ahronoth – Iskander Khabibulin – News
>>Amit Segal Reviews the Major Developments: Aid Is Coming Back to Gaza -- And So is the IDF It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>The Secret-Channel Talks to End the Gaza War -- The Real Action is Not in Doha Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Analysis
>>Netanyahu Approves Unconditional Resumption of Gaza Aid Under Very Heavy U.S. Pressure -- Security Cabinet Not Allowed to Vote on Matter Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Eli Cohen: Mossad Completes Successful Operation in Syria, Recovering 2,500 Documents & Items Belonging to Legendary Spy Times of Israel – Staff – News
Policymakers Beware: Egypt’s Relationship with China is Real and It’s Taking Off Breaking Defense – Mariam Wahba & Ryan Brobst – Analysis
Israeli Flag on a Lebanese Hill: War Correspondent Visits Troops in IDF’s ‘Mini Buffer Zone’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Feature
Deep-Dive in History of Christian-Jewish Relations — Does New Pope Signal a Shift? Yedioth Ahronoth – Shmuel Munitz & Ofir Chizik – Feature
Study Reveals How Israel’s Diverse Communities Differ in Coping with War Trauma — Level of Religious Faith & Trust in National Institutions Determinative Press Service of Israel – Pesach Benson – News
Harvard Turns Tables on ‘Shabbos’ Kestenbaum — Uses Discovery Process to Force Settlement in Student’s Title VI Lawsuit Algemeiner – Dion Pierre – Analysis
Watch: Dan Senor’s State of World Jewry Address at 92nd NY: A Jewish Renaissance is Within Our Reach Call Me Back Podcast – Dan Senor – Video
New York Israel Day Parade: Former Hostages Recall Horrific Torture; Call for Freedom of Remaining Captives New York Post – Steven Vago & Ronny Reyes – News
Sunday, May 18th, 2025
Israel’s Yuval Raphael Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome After Eurovision Triumph Press Service of Israel – Pesach Benson & Noa Aidan – News
Ch. 13: Here Are the Details of the Hostage-Ceasefire Deal Being Discussed — Ten Live Hostages & Half of the Dead in One Day X – Raylan Given – News
>>Cabinet Meets as Netanyahu Faces 'Most Crucial Decision Yet' Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Elisha Ben Kimon – News
New York Times Hit-Piece on Project Esther a Back-Handed Compliment — The Trump Admin Has a Plan to Battle anti-Semitism & It’s Being Implemented New York Times – Katie Baker – Feature
Witkoff on Iran Nuclear Talks: U.S. Red Line is Zero Enrichment Capability — Tehran Calls it ‘Unrealistic’ & ‘Stops Negotiations’ Reuters – Katharine Jackson, Steve Holland & Elwely Elwelly – News
Qatari Foreign Influence Operations Targets Conservative Media — Cementing Ties with Trump & His Allies Washington Examiner – Robert Schmad – Feature
Why Haven’t More Palestinians Left Gaza? Israel’s Ineffective Bureaucracy — ‘We Could Do More,’ Netanyahu Admits News and Commentary from Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
WSJ Exclusive: Hamas Wanted to Torpedo Israel-Saudi Deal With Oct. 7 Attacks, Documents Reveal Wall Street Journal – Marcus Walker & Summer Said – News
Yuval Raphael’s 2nd Place Eurovision Finish Shows Disconnect between The People and Their Political Leadership It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
JD Vance Will Not Visit Israel Tuesday, Despite Earlier Speculation Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Hillel Fuld Lists the IDF’s Achievements — May Be Most Daring & Successful in History X – Hillel Fuld – Opinion
Intensive Negotiations Underway for Gaza Hostage-Ceasefire Deal — Israeli Officials Voice Cautious Optimism Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Sivan Hilaie – News
>>Netanyahu's Office: Israel Considering All Deals, Including to End Gaza War Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>The Hit on Muhammad Sinwar: All Indications He's Dead -- But Still No Official Confirmation Time of Israel – Nurit Yohanan & Emanuel Fabian – News
>>The Times (UK): Leaked Map Shows IDF Plan To Divide Gaza into Military Zones if Ceasefire Talks Fail The Sunday Times (UK) – Gabrielle Weiniger – News [Ed. Written with anti-Israel bias. But newsworthy.]
>>Hostage-Ceasefire Talks Renewed After IDF Initiates Major New Offensive Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian & Agencies – News
>>Long Suffering Gazans Are Directing Their Anger at Hamas Wall Street Journal – Sudarsan Raghavan, Suha Ma’ayeh & Abeer Ayyoub – Analysis
>>Israel Braces for ‘Critical 24 Hours’ in Hostage Deal Talks as Delegations Remain in Qatar -- 10 Living Hostages in Exchange for Two-Month Ceasefire Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Sky News Arabia: Hamas Has Agreed to Release Half of the Living Hostages for Two-Month Ceasefire Times of Israel – Staff – News
IDF Eliminates Terrorist Who Murdered Pregnant Mother Tze’ela Gez in Samaria Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
Training the Brain: Israeli Startup i-Braintech is Revolutionizing Athlete Recovery & Performance Jerusalem Post – Staff – Feature
Al Jazeera: The Journalism of Jihad — Media Trainer Lauds Terrorists and Blames the Jews Jewish News Syndicate – Toby Dershowitz & Eitan Fischberger – Analysis
Photo of Sydney University Students Turning Their Backs on Jewish Speaker Sparks Furious Backlash Daily Mail – Caitlin Powell – News
Saturday, May 17th, 2025
Eurovision Final: Israel’s Yuval Raphael Finishes in 2nd Place — Wins Public Vote But Placed 14th in Jury Vote Times of Israel – Amy Spiro – News
Jerusalem’s Proposed 40-Story Ein Karem Tower Would Reshape Skyline — Mixed Reactions Ahead of Key Decision Yedioth Ahronoth – Guy Nardi – Analysis
Gideon’s Chariots: IDF Launches Sweeping New Gaza Offensive — Troops Advancing on Deir Al-Balah for First Time Since Oct. 7 Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>KAN 11: Deal Would be 10 Living Hostages on Day One for Two Month Ceasefire Times of Israel – Staff – News
>>Excellent Analysis from Ch. 14's Tamir Morag: Dramatic Hours as Both Israel & Hamas Under Enormous Pressure X – Jewish News Wire – Analysis
Tehran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Responds to Trump’s Olive Branch: ‘He’s Lying’; ‘Not Even Worth Responding to’; ‘Zionist Regime a Deadly Cancerous Tumor That Must Be Uprooted’ Jerusalem Post – Reuters – News
>>President Pezeshkian Says Tehran Will Continue Nuclear Talks with the U.S., Shrugging off Trump’s Threats -- Major Sticking Point Remains Iran’s Enrichment of Uranium NBC News – Associated Press – News
>>FDD's Jason Brodsky: As Long as the Islamic Republic Remains the Islamic Republic, There Will Be Instability X – Jason Brodsky – Analysis
>>Lebanon Arrests Popular Singer Mohammad Hadi Saleh for Spying on Hezbollah for Israel New Arab – Staff – News
Saudi Arabia & France to Impose Palestinian State Without Israeli Input — June UN-Backed Conference Will Establish Binding Timeline & Sanctions for Non-Compliance Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
The Vicious Media Lynching of Senator John Fetterman — The Crime of Being Pro-Israel The Jewish Chronicle – Melissa Langsam Braunstein – Feature
Israeli Air Defense Operators Learning from Wars Near & Far — The Future is Now Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lappin – Feature
Arab-Israeli Ali Shaaban Breaking Taboos with Support and Love for His Country All Israel News – Jo Elizabeth – Feature
Pulitzer Board Not Answering if It Vetted Hamas Apologist Mosab Abu Toha Before Giving Him Coveted Prize Washington Free Beacon – Eliana Johnson – Analysis
Sam Griffin: How Post Oct. 7 Army Service Changed an Artist’s Life, Politics and Painting — ‘Now I’m an Israeli Painter’ The Forward – Simi Horwitz – Feature
>>Art Curator & Collector Simon Durban on His Zionism and a New Beginning in Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Yael Walzer – Feature
The Rise of Yehuda Kaploun: How a Hasidic Fixer Became Trump’s Nominee for anti-Semitism Czar Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Asaf Elia-Shalev – Feature
New York Mayoral Dem Primary: Andrew Cuomo Takes Commanding Lead Over Zohran Mamdani — Has Been Aggressively Courting Jewish Voters The Forward – Jacob Kornbluh – News
Friday, May 16th, 2025
President Trump Sits Down with Bret Baier of Fox News — Trump Questions Why Iran Needs Civilian Nuclear Energy with So Much Oil & Gas Reserves X – Rapid Response 47 – Video
>>On Gaza: 'A Nasty Place; It Doesn't Work; Should Become a Freedom Zone' X – Rapid Response 47 – Video
Trump Admin Working on Plan to Move 1 Million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya NBC News – Courtney Kube, Carol Lee & Grodon Lubold – News
Trump Admin on Iranian Nuclear Enrichment: Publicly No; Privately Yes — Republicans Fiercely Opposed to JCPOA Revival Politico – Felica Schwartz – News
>>Emerging U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal Would Allow Trump to Claim a Better Deal than Obama -- But Leave Tehran an Easy Path to Build a Weapon Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Iranian FM Araghchi Insists Iran Has 'Not Received any Written Proposal from the U.S. -- 'No Scenario which Iran Abandons Enrichment' X – Seyed Abbas Araghchi – News
>>Quick Analysis from Raylan Givens -- Still Preparing the Ground; Leaving an Opening for Hostage Talks X – Raylan Givens – Analysis
>>IDF Preparing the Battlefield in Gaza: IAF Strikes over 150 Targets Overnight; Ground Forces Expand Operations Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Israeli Official: 'Witkoff Has Given Up' on Ceasefire/Hostage Deal -- Israel Heading Toward Expanded Gaza Op Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Elisha Ben Kimon – News
>>IDF Evacuates Gazans in North Ahead of Large-Scale Ground Operation Jerusalem Post – Amir Bohbot – News
Diplomatic Earthquake: Leaked Documents Reveal Israel-Syria Peace Framework The Media Line – Rizik Alabi – Analysis
Israel Strikes Two Houthi-Controlled Ports in Yemen Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein, Yonah Jeremy Bob & Darcie Grunblatt – News
>>15 Jets Dropped 35 Bombs -- Will Take Months to Repair Port Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
Excellent Analysis of Witkoff on Gaza & Iran by Ch. 14’s Tamir Morag: ‘The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions’ X – Tamir Morag – Analysis
Douglas Murray: Qatar is No Ally of the U.S. — ‘Gestures’ to Trump Raise Suspicions on Both Ends of the Political Spectrum New York Post – Douglas Murray – Opinion
Make Syria Great Again: A Small Group of American Jews Tour Syria — Walking the Streets of Damascus Mishpacha – Jake Turx – Feature
Trump’s Deal With Saudi Arabia Puts Israeli Military Supremacy At Risk — F-35s Despite Kingdom’s Islamist Past & China Ties The Judean – Staff – Analysis
NBC News Is Quietly Rewriting Its Own Reporting on the Israel-Hamas War Honest Reporting – Rachel O'Donoghue – Analysis
Zachor Legal Institute Calls on IRS to Investigate WESPAC — Fiscal Sponsor of anti-Israel Agitators Such as ‘Within Our Lifetime’ Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – News
Women Make Up 20 Percent of IDF Combat Troops — 58 Percent of Combat Positions Open to Women Yedioth Ahronoth – Sivan Hilaie – Feature
>>Chabad Hasidim Launch Pre-Military Academy for the First Time in Israel Israel Hayom – Avital Fried – News
Jews in Canada & Australia Warily Eye the Future After Liberal Party Electoral Victories Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Analysis
Inside the IDF’s Race to Save Soldiers’ Lives in Gaza — Medical Corps Boasts Lowest Fatality Rate in World Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – Feature
Israel’s Defense Industry Fears Losing U.S. Military Aid, After Netanyahu Said Israel Will Learn to Live Without It Yedioth Ahronoth – Yuval Azulay – Analysis
Jean Carroll: Meet the Pioneering Jewish Female Comedian You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Joseph Strauss – Feature
‘Fauda’ is Filming Its New Season Focused on Hamas’ Deadly Attack — ‘Our Way to Tell the World What Happened’ Israel Hayom – Maya Cohen & Adi Nirman – News
Ye’s anti-Semitism Is Old News; But It’s Time to Pay Attention Again — Huge Numbers Driving Normalization Forward – Mira Fox – Analysis
Thursday, May 15th, 2025
Ch. 12: Israel Holding ‘Secret Talks’ with Syria about Joining Abraham Accords X – OSINTdefender – News
>>Israel Rethinks Syria Policy After Trump Meeting with Al-Sharaa Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
Yuval Raphael Advances to Eurovision Final on Saturday After Performing ‘New Day Will Rise’ Times of Israel – Amy Spiro – News
The Guardian (UK): Offer to Tehran is a Three-Year Freeze on Enrichment; Then Back to Enrichment at JCPOA/Obama-Deal Levels — Is This Trump’s ‘Olive Branch?’ The Guardian (UK) – Patrick Wintour – News
>>Ch. 12: Israel Presents List of Red Lines to White House -- Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Sites & Centrifuges Must be Dismantled X – Israel Radar – News
>>U.S. Presented Tehran with Written Proposal for a Nuclear Deal -- Trump Says Talks are 'Very Serious' and Close to Agreement Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Curiously, Senior Iranian Official Denies Tehran Received New Proposal Times of Israel – Reuters – News
>>Inside Tom Cotton's Pressure Campaign to Ensure Zero Enrichment in Iran Axios – Stef Kight – Analysis
>>Iranian Uranium Enrichment Continues Together with U.S. Talks Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lappin – Analysis
Steve Witkoff, The ‘Amateur Diplomat’: How Trump’s Close Friend & ‘One Tough Jew’ Landed One of the Hardest Jobs on the Planet The Atlantic – Isaac Stanley-Becker – Feature
When the Stones Speak: CBS 60 Minutes Ignores 3,800 Years of Jewish Archeological Evidence — Jews Forced to Argue the Earth is Round Hot Air – David Strom – Analysis
A 12-Hour-Old Baby Fights for His Life After His Mother Murdered by Terrorists in Northern Samaria It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – News
>>Inside Israel’s Massive anti-Terror Operation Transforming Tulkarm in Samaria -- The New Reality on the Ground Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – Analysis
Next in Line? Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, the Hamas Commander Poised to Succeed Mohammed Sinwar Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – Analysis
>>The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: U.S.-Backed Gaza Relief Fund Gets Israeli Green Light -- Meant to Bypass Hamas Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
Oct. 7 Hero Igor Pivnev Who Killed 13 Terrorists Takes Own Life — The Emotional Toll Became Too Much Jerusalem Post – Efrat Forsher – News
Trump is Obsessed with Earning a Nobel for Middle East Peace — Here’s His Mega Deal Plan, Originating from the UAE Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Analysis
>>U.S. Ramps up Pressure on Israel -- Hostage Deal, Abraham Accords & Saudi Ties Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
>>Trump’s Mideast Visit Comes as His Family Deepens Business, Crypto Ties in Region Times of Israel – Will Weissert – Analysis
After Trump’s Historic Riyadh Summit, Turkey’s anti-Israel Erdoğan Emerges as the Biggest Winner from Al-Sharaa’s Rise Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
U.S. Universities are Selling Out to Qatar, and Selling off Their Integrity — Doha Has Poured Nearly $6 Billion into American Higher Education Jewish News Syndicate – Mitchell Bard – Opinion
>>Watch: Fox’s Bret Baier Confronts Qatari PM About the $100 billion His Islamist Country Has Spent to Influence America X – The Free Press – Video
Israel’s Loyal 150,000-member Druze Community Fights for Its Brethren in Syria — ‘Maybe G-d Put Druze Here to Save Druze There’ Times of Israel – Diana Bletter – Feature
New Documents Reveal a Secret Coalition of 18 Western Countries Shared Intel with Mossad in Hunt for Munich Massacre Terrorists Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Calls Israel a ‘Genocide State’ — Ambassador Summoned for Reprimand Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
The Numbers Don’t Lie: From Land Size to Refugees, Real Figures Disrupt anti-Israel Narratives Jewish News Syndicate – David Levine – Analysis
Rose Valland: The Woman Who Saved Stolen Jewish Art from the Nazis — And the Writer Who Is Finally Telling Her Story The Forward – Laurie Gwen Shapiro – Feature
‘Teach Palestine Project’: How Extremism Reaches from Gaza Into American Classrooms — Organizations with Terrorist Ties Are Shaping Young Minds by Training K-12 Teachers Jewish News Syndicate – Brandy Shufutinsky – Analysis
>>Read the Full Report: Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) Counter-Terrorism Brief Network Contagion Research Institute – Report
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
Former National Guardsman Allegedly Plotted ISIS-Inspired Attack on Michigan Military Facility — Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said Taken into Custody ABC News – Alexander Mallin & Meredith Deliso – News
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Responds to ‘Bully’ Trump: ‘For Us, Martyrdom is Far Sweeter than Dying in Bed.’ Reuters – Staff – News
>>U.S Treasury Dept Targets Iran’s Efforts to Domestically Manufacture Key Ballistic Missile Components U.S. Department of Treasury – Press Release
Pregnant Israeli Woman Fights for Her Life After Terrorist Ambush Attack in Northern Samaria Press Service of Israel – Sveta Listratov – News
Deadlock in Hostage Deal Negotiations — Witkoff Pressures Netanyahu, Examines Other Proposals Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Lior Ben Ari – News
>>Ch. 12: Witkoff Presents New Plan to Free All the Hostages & Remove Hamas from Power Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
Round-Up of President Trump’s Day in the Middle East: ‘This is Very Good for Israel’ Times of Israel – Compilation of Reuters, AP & Staff – News
Israel-Founded eToro, an Online Trading Platform, Raises $620 Million in Nasdaq IPO Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
>>Israeli Stock Trading App eToro Pops 40% in Nasdaq Debut After Pricing IPO Above Its Expected Range CNBC – Samantha Subin – News
Trump Meets with New Syrian Leader al-Sharaa — Urges Him to Join Abraham Accords, Block ISIS & Expel Palestinian Terrorists Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Agencies – News
>>A Dramatic Shift in U.S. Policy Towards the ex-Jihadist Leading the New Syrian Government Axios – Barak Ravid – Analysis
Is Mohammed Sinwar Dead? IDF Targeting Rescue Efforts & Gathering Information Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon, Einav Halabi & Lior Ben Ari – News
>>Israel Cabinet Member Elkin: 'If He is Eliminated, It Will Be Easier to Reach a Deal' X – Raylan Givens – News
Trump Should Listen to Qatar’s Own Words — Lavish Real Estate Investments & anti-Semitic Statements That Would Make Kanye Blush Fisch Files – Eitan Fischberger – Analysis
Trump Tells Gulf Leaders Iran Must Cease Support of Proxy Groups as Part of Any Nuclear Deal — Tehran Calls Trump Remarks ‘Deceitful’ Associated Press – Zeke Miller, Jon Gambrell & Aamer Madhani – News
>>NYT Claims Iran Offered U.S. Joint Nuclear-Enrichment Venture -- U.S. Says 'Completely Untrue' Israel Hayom – Erez Linn – News
>>'New and Better Path' for Iran? The Smoking Gun On Tehran's Nuclear Ambitions Exposed Hot Air – Ed Morrissey – Analysis
>>A Discussion with 'B' Inside Iran: 'Western Elites Still Don’t Realize How Fragile this Regime is' -- 'Why is Israel Hesitating?' Jerusalem Post – Alex Winston – Analysis
>>U.S. Sends B-2 Stealth Bombers Home -- Replaces with B-52s Times of Israel – Reuters & Staff – News
Israel Alarmed at Prospect of U.S. F-35 Sale to Turkey — Troubled at Lack of American Response to Erdoğan’s Virulent anti-Semitic Attacks Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Analysis
Israel-France War of Words: Netanyahu Accuses Macron of ‘Despicable’ Support for Hamas Israel Hayom – Erez Linn – News
Netanyahu’s Governing Coalition Frozen as Haredi Parties Boycott Over Delay in Haredi Draft Exemption Bill Jerusalem Post – Eliav Breuer – News
Israel May Have Been Deceived by a Shin Bet Double-Agent in Gaza on Eve of Oct. 6-7 X – Amit Segal – News
Should Diaspora Jews Be Buried in Israel? A Rabbi Responds — The Biblical Abraham and Joseph Offer Inspiration, As Does a Mystical Tradition The Forward – Daniel Cohen – Feature
‘Civil Terrorism’: Hatred of Israel Unites the Radicals Seeking the West’s Demise — Here’s How to Stop Them City Journal – Tal Fortgang – Opinion
It’s Personal: Witkoff Gifts His Late Son’s Star of David to Released Hostage Idan Alexander — ‘A Great Honor to My Son if You Keep Wearing This’ Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
Excellent Podcast: Trump’s Middle East Plan with Nadav Eyal of Yediot Ahronoth & Amit Segal of Ch. 12 Call Me Back – Dan Senor – Podcast/Video
Brandeis Center to File Lawsuit Against Microsoft for Jewish Discrimination — Jewish Employees Denied the Ability to Form an Employee Resource Group Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
Germany & Israel Celebrate 60 Years Of Friendship Despite War Fallout & Rising Criticism The Judean – Staff – Analysis
Eurovision: Yuval Raphael is Focused on the Music, Not the Protests — She Takes the Stage Thursday for the Semifinals Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Philissa Cramer – News
>>Assaf Mishayev, Azerbaijan’s Jewish Singer, Stands by Yuval Raphael Ahead of Eurovision Semifinals Yedioth Ahronoth – Ran Boker – News
Teresa Mattei: How One Jewish Woman Fought the Nazis — And Helped Found a New Italian Republic The Forward – Suzanne Cope – Feature
Archaeology: Ancient Road Connecting Mikveh to Temple Unveiled — Putting Biblical Stories into Historical Context Jerusalem Post – Joanie Margulies – Feature
>>Walking on the Temple Mount: Controversial in Judaism -- But Spiritually Uplifting Jewish News Syndicate – Alex Sternberg – Opinion
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
NHL Indefinitely Suspends Florida Panthers Jewish Owner Doug Cifu for Speaking Out Against anti-Semitism & Terrorism X – Awesome Jew – News
Houthis Launch Ballistic Missile at Israel; Flies Over Trump in Saudi Arabia — IDF Intercepts Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
Israel Attacks Bunker Beneath Khan Yunis Hospital — Targeting Mohammad Sinwar, Yahya’s Brother & Current Hamas Leader Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon & Einav Halabi – News
>>Behind the Assassination Attempt on Mohammed Sinwar -- U.S. Not Informed; Sudden Opportunity Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Elisha Ben Kimon – News
President Trump Lands in Riyadh — Israel-Saudi Ties Expected to Take a Backseat Jerusalem Post – Reuters – News
>>Trump Says He Will Remove U.S. Sanctions on Syria -- 'To Give Them a Chance at Greatness' Reuters – Staff – News
>>Trump Lays-Out Middle East Vision -- Urges Saudi Arabia to Join Abraham Accords, In Its Own Time Associated Press – Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller & Jon Grambrell – News
Joint Task Force to Combat anti-Semitism Cuts Additional Half Billion Dollars in Harvard Grants New York Post – Josh Christenson – News
>>Task Force Issues Brutal Statement on Harvard; Read in Full U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism – Press Release
IDF Kills Top Hamas Propogandist Hassan Eslayeh Who Broadcast Oct 7 Massacre — Sinwar Ally & Social Media Star Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi & Elisha Ben Kimon – News
The Inside Story on the U.S.-Hamas Backchannel Talks That Led to Alexander’s Release: Hamas Approached Pro-Trump Activist Bishara Bahbah — U.S. to Push for Three Month Ceasefire in Exchange for 10 Live Hostages Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Released Hostage Edan Alexander Speaks with Trump, Meets with Witkoff Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>Netanyahu Shares Emotional First Call with Freed Hostage -- 'Listen to What the Doctors Say' Israel Hayom – Erez Linn – News
>>‘Every Moment Could Have Been the Last': Idan Alexander Tells His Family About the Horror of Captivity -- No Trip to Qatar; First Beer Yedioth Ahronoth – Lihi Gordon – News
>>Idan Alexander’s Friend and Golani Comrade Sgt G: ‘I Wondered If He Was Under Me in Gaza' Yedioth Ahronoth – Lihi Gordon – News
>>Witkoff, Boehler at Hostage Square: We Won’t Accept Anything Less than Everyone’s Return Israel Hayom – Roni Shkedy – News
>>Witkoff Tells Hostage Families: A Divided Israel Strengthens Hamas -- 'I've Seen Intelligence That Shows This' Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Ron Ben-Yishai: U.S. Deal to Release Alexander Without Israeli Involvement Has Been Harshly Criticized -- But it Could Prove Fruitful Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Opinion
Defining a ‘Good Iran Deal’: U.S. Should be Given More Credit for Determination to Prevent Tehran from Acquiring a Nuclear Weapon Yedioth Ahronoth – Itay Medina – Opinion
>>Counterpoint: Iran Isn’t Building a Civilian Nuclear Program -- Negotiating with Islamic Terrorists Is a Waste of America’s Power & Credibility Jewish News Syndicate – Daniel Greenfield – Opinion
>>Excellent Granular Update on the Iran Situation by ISW Institute for the Study of War – Numerous Analysts – News
>>New Sanctions: U.S. Treasury Targets Global Network Shipping Iranian Oil, Funding Iran’s Military & Terrorist Activities U.S. Department of Treasury – Press Release
Start-Up Nation: Tel Aviv’s Classiq Pulls in $110 Million to Become the ‘Microsoft of Quantum Computing’ Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
Eurovision: Israeli Delegation Limits Yuval Raphael’s Media Time After Hostile Reception in Basel Yedioth Ahronoth – Ran Boker – News
>>Eurovision Set to Kick Off in Basel with Glitz, Schmaltz & Little Love for Israel -- Yuval Raphael Expected to Face Boos & Protests Times of Israel – Amy Spiro – News
‘I Choose Not to Blame Anyone’: Interview with Iris Haim, Whose Son Was Killed by Friendly Fire After Escaping from Hamas in Gaza Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – Interview
Large-Scale Investigation: Leadership of the ‘Pro-Palestinian’ Movement is anti-American & anti-Western Jerusalem Post – Ryan Mauro – Opinion
>>Full Report: When Charities Betray America -- How 'Pro-Palestinian' Protest Groups Promote anti-Americanism Capital Research Center – Ryan Mauro – Report
The Incredible Story of Edgar Feuchtwanger: ‘I Was Hitler’s Neighbor’ — ‘If He’d Known We Were Jewish, We’d Have Been Sent to Dachau’ The Guardian (UK) – Astrid Probst – Feature
New Archaeological Findings Show Different Social Patterns in Ancient Kingdoms of Judah and Israel PHYS.ORG – Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Feature
>>Interview: Ancient Jerusalem Reborn -- The Discovery of the City of David & the Palestinian Effort to Erase It Mosiac Magazine – Doron Spielman & Jonathan Silver – Interview Transcript
Monday, May 12th, 2025
U.S.-Israeli Hostage Idan Alexander Reunites with Family After 584 Days in Hamas Captivity Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg & Stav Levaton – News
>>Caged, Shackled, Starving: The Horrors Endured by Edan Alexander in Captivity Israel Hayom – Staff – News
>>Alexander to Undergo Medical Testing Before Potential Qatar Meeting with Trump -- Increased Risk for Complications Such as Blood Clots, Particularly Dangerous During Air Travel Jerusalem Post – Itay Gal – News
>>Idan Alexander Is Now In Israel, Released after 584 Days in Captivity (With Updates) Israel Hayom – Staff – News
>>The Qatari-Led World Order -- The U.S. President is Not a Cheap Date Commentary Magazine – Seth Mandel – Analysis
>>Israel's Ultimatum to Hamas: Release 10 Live Hostages by the Time Trump Leaves Region -- Follows Netanyahu-Witkoff-Huckabee Meeting Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Netanyahu Says He’ll Send Delegation to Hostage Talks in Doha Tuesday, After Call with Trump and Meeting with Witkoff Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
>>Ch. 12: Trump Wants Alexander to Fly to Qatar to Meet Him and the Emir of Qatar -- Who Financed and Hosted His Kidnappers X – Amit Segal – News
>>Amit Segal Examines the Implications of Idan Alexander's Release It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
How to Treat Released Hostages? Israeli Hospitals Innovate to Help Former Captives Thrive Times of Israel – Diana Bletter – Feature
>>On a Serene Thai Island, a Holistic Healing Center Provides Relief for Traumatized Israelis Times of Israel – Eliyahu Freeman – Feature
Trump’s Middle East Trip: Saudi Arabia’s MBS Looks for ‘Trump Dividend’ After Driving Down Oil Prices Bloomberg – Sam Dagher – Analysis
>>Trump Defends Qatari Jet Acquisition, Calls It a ‘Very Nice Gesture’ Jewish Insider – Danielle Cohen – News
>>Trump’s Family Is Rapidly Striking Business Deals in the Mideast -- Golf Resorts, Crypto Deals & Financial Investments Blur the Line Between Private Business & Public Policy Wall Street Journal – Eliot Brown & Stephen Kalin – Analysis
>>Fourth Round of U.S.-Iran Talks Ends as Trump Set to Embark On Historic Middle East Tour -- Iranians More Downcast on Talks, Describing Them as 'Difficult' Fox News – Benjamin Weinthal – News
>>Trump May Not Be Able to Reshape Ties During Middle East Trip -- Saudi Arabia, Egypt & Other Arab States look Beyond U.S. to China & Russia Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – Analysis
The Chemist Who Saved a Life During the Holocaust — Righteous Among the Nations Yedioth Ahronoth – Ettay Nevo – Feature
As U.S.-Egypt Relations Strain, China Expands Influence in Cairo The Media Line – Giorgia Valente – Analysis
In-Depth: The Saudi Deal & the New Gaza Operation with Lahav Harkov Call Me Back – Dan Senor – Podcast
Why Israel’s Right Won’t Ditch Netanyahu; Even After October 7 Jerusalem Post – Kalman Liebskind – Opinion
UK Education Secretary: Antisemitism in Schools Is ‘National Emergency’ Jerusalem Post – Ariela Ohrenstein – News
>>Sweden: One of Europe’s Most Dangerous Places for Jews After October 7 Yedioth Ahronoth – Eli Mandelbaum – Analysis
Reserve Duty with Dad: Former POW Doctor Returns to Front-Line Alongside His Son Yedioth Ahronoth – Yair Kraus – Feature
Israeli Ingenuity: Israel Prize-Winner Yonina Eldar Develops Technique to Monitor Hospital Patients’ Vitals from Afar Jerusalem Post – Judy Siegel-Itzkovich – Feature
A Unique Delegation Lands in Israel: U.S. Persian Jews Form Deep Connections During Week of Volunteering & Community Engagement Israel Hayom – Tzach Cohen – Feature
Eminent Jews: The 20th Century Was Very Good for Jewish Icons — Is the Golden Age Really Over? Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Andrew Silow-Carroll – Feature
Settlements & Palestinian Statehood are No Longer a Debate in Israel — Benny Gantz, Netanyahu’s Main Political Rival, Moves to the Right News & Commentary from Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>A Demilitarized Palestinian State Is a Dangerous Illusion -- A Many-Sided Threat Part of a Much Larger & More Portentous Danger Jerusalem Post – Louis René Beres – Opinion
Sunday, May 11th, 2025
Israel Attacks Yemen’s Hodeidah, Houthi Interior Ministry Says Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>IDF Issues Evacuation Orders for Three Key Houthi-Controlled Ports in Yemen, Warning of Imminent Airstrikes X – Open Source Intel – News
Hamas to Release Israeli-American Hostage as a Gesture to Trump — Israel Will Not Release Any Terrorists; But Will Have to Briefly Halt Activities in Gaza Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Trump Statement: 'First of Those Final Steps Necessary to End This Brutal Conflict' Truth Social – Donald J. Trump – News
>>PM: Release of Hostage Edan Alexander 'Without Any Compensation or Conditions' Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
>>Netanyahu Insists Ties with Trump Are ‘Excellent’ -- But Sources Complain of Chaos in Trump Admin; 'Everything Operates According to Trump's Whims' Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
>>Israel Concerned U.S. May Strike Deal Directly with Hamas for Only One or Two Hostages -- And Then Pressure Israel Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein & Reuters – News
>>In Interview with Breitbart, Witkoff Dismisses Reports of Trump-Netanyahu Rift as 'Preposterous' Breitbart – Matthew Boyle – News
>>Netanyahu: Gazans Have Nowhere to Return to -- Only Outcome is for Them to Emigrate Out of the Strop Jerusalem Post – Avraham Bloch – News
Tehran Calls Latest Nuclear Talks with U.S. ‘Difficult’ — But Both Sides Agree Negotiations Will Continue Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Fourth Round of U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Begin -- Tehran Threatens to Leave with Deep Divisions Over Enrichment Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Agencies – News
>>Tehran is Not Happy with Tougher Line Taken by Trump Admin -- Claims U.S. Was 'Not Genuine' in Recent Talks CNN – Frederik Pleitgen – News
No One Left Behind: Body of Soldier Zvi Feldman, Missing for 43 Years, Recovered by Mossad & IDF in Syria Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Five Months in the Heart of Syria Until His Overalls Were Found -- The Ruse That Led to the Recovery of Zvi Feldman’s Body Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Analysis
How Qatar Buys Influence: Trump Admin Poised to Accept ‘Palace in the Sky’ as a Gift for Trump from Qatar — Super Luxury 747-8 to be New Air Force One ABC News – Jonathan Karl & Katherine Faulders – News
What is Eurovision? And Why Should We Care? Nova Survivor Yuval Raphael Represents Israel & is a Favorite to Win Jerusalem Post – Hannah Brown – Feature
Elections Looming? Haredi Parties Block Knesset Votes over Draft Law — Likud Growing Impatient with Exemption Demands Yedioth Ahronoth – Moran Azulay – News
Loosening Hezbollah’s Grip on Lebanon Begins at the Airport — New Government, Supported by U.S., is Cracking Down on Smuggling & the Terror Group’s Control Wall Street Journal – Omar Abdel-Baqui – Analysis
Big Week Ahead: Trump Heads to Middle East amid Iran Nuclear Standoff and Gulf Investment Drive — Khamenei Endorses ‘Death to America’ Jerusalem Post – Reuters & Staff – News
>>Arab Media: Trump’s Meeting with Saudi Ruler MBS to Include Leaders of PA, Lebanon & Syria Times of Israel – Nurit Yohanan – News
>>Israel Lowers Expectations Ahead of Trump’s Gulf Tour -- U.S. Shifts Focus to Economic Megadeals Instead of Ceasefire in Gaza & Hostages’ Return Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Gal Ganot – Analysis
>>Interview with U.S. Amb. to Israel Mike Huckabee: 'Trump Hasn't Abandoned Israel' Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Interview
>>Trump to Drum Up Major Investments for U.S. on Middle East Trip -- ‘Almost Entirely About Business Deals’ New York Post – Diana Glebova & Steven Nelson – News
>>U.S. Persian Jews, Haunted by History, Wary of Negotiations with Tehran Regime Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Feature
IDF Chief Zamir Meets Hostage Survivors as Troops Push Ahead in Gaza Jewish News Syndicate – Charles Bybelezer – News
>>Israel Blasts 60 Terrorist Targets Across Gaza amid Increased Pressure Campaign on Hamas New York Post – Deirdre Bardolf – News
Meet Dr. Nili & Dr. Avichai Segal of Beersheba — Partners in Surgery & in Life Yedioth Ahronoth – Eitan Gefen – Feature
Battlefield Drones: IDF’s X-Intra Goes Operational — 66 Pound Payload; 2-Minute Deployment Yedioth Ahronoth – Yuval Azulay – News
>>Homefront Drones: 'Ziv Eye' Project to Enhance Efficiency of Israel's Medical Industry -- Transporting Equipment; Monitoring Emergencies Press Service of Israel – Crystal Jones – News
Jewish Self Defense: IDF Joins Forces with NGO to Turn Community Security Teams Into Lean Fighting Machines Times of Israel – Sue Surkes – Feature
Dangerous Precedent: Jewish AG Confronted the anti-Israel Mob at Univ of Michigan — And Was Forced to Back Down Commentary Magazine – Seth Mandel – Analysis
>>Santa Ono Ditches Univ of Michigan to Assume Presidency of Univ of Florida -- Cites UF as 'Setting the Gold Standard' in Fighting anti-Semitism Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
>>Report: UK Universities are Failing Jewish Students -- Harass the Jews; Protect the Mob Jewish Chronicle – Stephen Pollard – Opinion
Saturday, May 10th, 2025
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan Charged Netanyahu & Gallant with War Crimes Just as He Was Being Accused of Sexual Assault Wall Street Journal – Matthew Dalton – News
Israeli Initiative Seeks to Replace U.S. Aid with ‘Win-Win’ Investment Model Press Service of Israel – Sveta Listratov – Analysis
Battle for Biblical Archaeology Intensifies as Israeli Researchers Face Academic Boycott — Archaeology Journal Bars Submissions by Israelis on Judea & Samaria Fox News – Amelie Botbol – Feature
Trump Said to Admit Troubles with Gaza Hostage Efforts: ‘They’d Been Fighting for a Thousand Years’ Wall Street Journal – Josh Dawsey & Alexander Ward – Analysis
>>Tal Shoham Recounts How He and Fellow Hostages Survived Hamas Captivity -- 'They Didn’t See Us as Human; They Tortured Us for Fun' Time – Tal Shoham – Feature
>>In Combat: IDF Officer 'M' Recounts Jabalya IED Blast, Mission to Recover Oron Shaul’s Body Jerusalem Post – Amir Bobot – Feature
Israel Sells ‘BlueWhale’ Autonomous Submarine to Hellenic Navy — Deepening Israel-Greece Defense Ties Press Service of Israel – Kostis Konstantinou – News
The Yonatan Brigade, IDF’s New Reserve Force, Prepares for First Combat Action — ‘This is a National Mission’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – Feature
>>Israeli Druze Officer Major J Details Israel’s Strategic Border Defense in Syria Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Feature
UAE Rejects U.S.-Israeli Request to Fund Gaza Aid Plan, Says It Fails to Address Crisis — Major Blow for Plan to Bypass Hamas Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
The Ten Commandments for Fighting anti-Semitism Jews Need to Embrace Jerusalem Post – David Weinberg – Opinion
Douglas Murray: Probe the Foreign Influence Behind These Terror-Loving, anti-Jew College Agitators New York Post – Douglas Murray – Opinion
>>Harvard Has More Problems than Donald Trump -- A Campus Culture so anti-Semitically Toxic, 'I Feel Lucky I Don't Look Jewish' The Economist – Lexington – Opinion
>>Students for Justice in Palestine: 'It Is Our Job to Destroy the United States' Townhall – Guy Benson – Opinion
>>Univ of Washington Changes Tack On anti-Israel Activity -- Suspends Students Involved in Destructive Protest Jewish Insider – Danielle Cohen & Haley Cohen – News
>>Columbia Suspends Some Masked anti-Israel Student Rioters Who Trashed Campus Library -- ‘Need to See Serious Consequences’ New York Post – Khristina Narizhnaya, Carl Campanile, Joe Marino & Chris Nesi – News
The Story of Jewish Fighters in World War II — ‘It Was Important for Them to Demonstrate Jewish Power’ Israel Hayom – Ran Puni – Feature
>>Jews Were a Major Part of Britain's WWII Combat Forces Jewish Chronicle – Martin Sugarman – Feature
Israeli Defense Industry Closely Tracking India-Pakistan Crisis — Major Arms Supplier to India Yedioth Ahronoth – Yuval Azulay – Analysis
>>How India’s Military Retaliation Against Pakistan Echoes Israel’s Post-Hamas War Tactics Jerusalem Post – Swapan Dasgupta – Analysis
After Relentless U.S. Bombing Campaign, the Houthis Are Biggest Victors of Truce — ‘Death to America, Death to Israel, a Curse on the Jews’ Times of Israel – Agence France-Presse & Staff – Analysis
S&P Holds Israel’s Credit Rating at A Despite War — Albeit with Negative Outlook Yedioth Ahronoth – Gad Lior – News
Friday, May 9th, 2025
Witkoff Toughens Line Ahead of Sunday’s Nuke Talks with Tehran: ‘No Enrichment; That’s Our Red Line; That Means Dismantlement; Natanz, Fordow & Isfahan Have to Be Dismantled’ Breitbart – Matthew Boyle – News
>>Telegraph (UK): Plot to Attack Israeli Embassy in London Was Attempt by IRGC to Derail Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks The Telegraph – Robert Mendick, Martin Evans & Akhtar Makoii – News
>>Witkoff Heads to Oman Sunday for Fourth Round of Nuke Talks with Tehran -- Says Stopping Enrichment Program is Best; 'Not Have Centrifuges' Jerusalem Post – Staff & Reuters – News
Jared Kushner Quietly Advising Trump Admin Ahead of Middle East Trip CNN – Alayna Treene & Kristen Holmes – News
IDF Says It Shot Down Houthi Missile That Triggered Sirens Across Central Israel Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
Yet More Pentagon Drama: White House Rejects Hegseth’s COS Pick Ricky Buria — Called Vance’s Isolationist Views ‘Wackamamie Crazy’ New York Post – Steven Nelson – News
Trump’s Quest for Foreign Policy Wins Could Jeopardize Israel’s Security — Israeli Officials Fear Being Sidelined on Gaza, Iran & Regional Normalization Efforts Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
>>Amb Huckabee Denies Rumors of Trump 'Breaking Up' With Israel -- 'Absolutely Not!' X – Hillel Fuld – News
>>Is Trump Really Turning His Back on Bibi and Israel? Don’t Bet on It Jewish News Syndicate – Ruthie Blum – Opinion
>>U.S.-Israel Relations at a Crossroads: Trump’s Middle East Trip Leaves Jerusalem Confused -- Out of the Itinerary But Not Out of the Equation Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
>>Pentagon Spokesman Denies Hegseth Cancelled Israel Trip -- 'Very Much Looks Forward to Visiting Our Ally Israel Soon' X – Sean Parnell – News
>>Sens. Cotton & Graham: Any 'Lasting' Iran Nuclear Deal Would Need to Be Approved by Congress, Ideally Through a Two-Thirds Majority Treaty Vote Fox News – Morgan Phillips – News
>>Former Amb to U.S. Herzog: Netanyahu ‘Unwilling to Pay the Price’ for Saudi Normalization Times of Israel – Reuters & Staff – News
Ilya Sutskever Was Chief Scientist at OpenAI — Now He Runs a Secretive $30 Billion AI Firm in Tel Aviv Israel Hayom – Erez Linn – Feature
Could IDF Conscription Crisis Bring Down Netanyahu’s Government? Likud MK Edelstein is Determined to Draft Haredim; Ultra-Orthodox Parties Threaten to Bolt Times of Israel – Sam Sokol – Analysis
>>Update: Edelstein Urges ‘Real Solution’ as Work Set to Begin on Revising Haredi Draft Bill Times of Israel – Sam Sokol – News
Two IDF Soldiers Killed in Southern Gaza as Fighting Intensifies Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers & Agencies – News
>>Amb Huckabee Announces New Gaza Aid Delivery Plan Has Launched -- Goal is to Avoid Hamas Stealing Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Israel Claims It’s Promoting Palestinian Emigration from Gaza -- So Why Are So Few Leaving? Times of Israel – Nurit Yohanan – Analysis
Inside the UAE-Mediated Secret Talks Between Israel & Syria Yedioth Ahronoth – Smadar Perry – Analysis
Israeli Pilots Reveal Secrets of Yemen Airstrikes — ‘Even the Smallest Malfunction Is a Game-Changer’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – Feature
Returning to Life, Building the Future: The Initiative Rebuilding the Galilee & Negev as Residents Return Home Yedioth Ahronoth – Naama Cohen Friedman – Feature
>>Ben-Gurion University to Double Its Campus, Add Faculties to Help Rebuild the Negev Times of Israel – Ben Gurion University of the Negev – Feature
Arabian Gulf? Trump’s Linguistical Change May Unite Iranians Against Him — Even Citizens Opposed to the Regime Israel Hayom – Erez Linn – Analysis
>>Inside Iran’s Bizarre Attempt to Sweet-Talk Trump Into a Bad Deal Jewish News Syndicate – Or Yissachar – Analysis
IDF Sets up Medical Facility in Southern Syria for Druze Wounded in Clashes Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
A Wake-Up Call for Israel Supporters: Hostility to Israel Has Overtaken the Democratic Party; Now It’s Creeping into the Republican Party Mishpacha – Binyamin Rose – Analysis
A Pogrom Is Brewing in Canada — Open Calls for Jihad in Jewish Neighborhoods The Free Press – Casey Babb – Feature
>>Assaults, Bomb Threats, Nazi Salutes: Canada’s Courts Are Starting to Convict Those Targeting Jews Global News – Stewart Bell – News
Israel’s Sheba Medical Center to Open Health-Care Startup Accelerator in Boston — Marrying ‘Innovation Ecosystems’ Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
Auburn Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl Visits Samaria — ‘Israeli Sovereignty Here Would Bring Peace & Security’ Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
>>Opposition Leader Gantz Urges New Settlements in Judea & Samaria -- Opposes Palestinian State Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Arab World Riveted by Netanyahu’s Clash with Shin Bet Chief — Some in the Region Are Clinging to the Hope That Israel Will Collapse from Within Yedioth Ahronoth – Michael Milshtein – Feature
Rabbi Protests YouTube’s Circumcision Video Ban — ‘Joining Wave Against Jewish Traditions’ Israel Hayom – Miri Weissman – News
Thursday, May 8th, 2025
Axios Scoop: Trump Had ‘Private Meeting’ Thursday With Top Netanyahu Advisor Ron Dermer on Iran & Gaza Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Ch. 14's Tamir Morag Not Buying Supposed Breakdown in Netanyahu-Trump Relationship -- 'Interested Parties Feeding Journalists in Attempt at Creating Self-Fulfilling Prophesy' X – Tamir Morag – Opinion
Andrew Cuomo Is Betting on Jewish Voters — But Do They Want Him as the Next NYC Mayor? City Journal – David Christopher Kaufman – Analysis
Amb Hukabee Says, After Conversation with Trump, U.S. Would Only Respond to Houthi Attacks on Israel if American Citizens Hurt Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
U.S. Pushes for Hostage Deal Progress Before Trump’s Saudi Visit — Israel Not Optimistic Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
U.S.-Saudi Civilian Nuclear Talks Delinked From Israel Recognition — Kingdom Says It Will Not Recognize Israel Without a Palestinian State Reuters – Pesha Magid – News
>>Israel Believes Trump Lacks Senate Support for Saudi Nuclear Deal Without Israeli Involvement Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – Analysis
‘Rainbow Site’: Satellite Images Reveal Previously Undisclosed Iranian Nuclear Weapons Facility — No Peaceful or Commercial Applications Fox News – Gillian Turner & Nick Kalman – News
Financial Experts Say Israeli Market Is Flourishing Despite Year and a Half of War Jewish Insider – Danielle Cohen – Analysis
‘Certainly Alive’: These Are the 21 Hostages That Have Shown Signs of Life Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – Feature
Israeli Presence in Syria ‘A Direct Lesson of Oct. 7’ — Likely to Stay for Years to Ensure Radical Militias Do Not Gather on Its Borders Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – Analysis
Reports: Iran Pressed Houthis Into Truce with U.S. to Build ‘Momentum’ in Nuclear Talks Times of Israel – Staff & Agencies – News
>>DM Katz: Israel Ready to Act Alone Against Houthis & Iran -- Tehran 'Bears Direct Responsibility' Jewish News Syndicate – Joshua Marks & Amelie Botbol – News
>>Trump Ditched Israel with Surprise Houthi Truce -- That Doesn’t Bode Well on Iran Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – Analysis
Israel’s Lightricks Start-Up Launches New AI Video Generation Model — Aiming to Compete with OpenAI & Google Yedioth Ahronoth – Tal Shahaf – Feature
Success: Jenin Refugee Camp is Quiet and Terror Free After Extensive IDF Operations Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Analysis
Zero Tolerance: IAF Jets Target ‘Significant Underground’ Hezbollah Site in South Lebanon Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
The Gaza Famine Myth: How Lazy Journalism, Bad Data & Skewed Statistics Fueled Accusations of War Crimes Against Israel The Free Press – Michael Ames – Analysis
>>Israel & U.S. Lobby UN to Join Proposed Gaza Aid Distribution Mechanism Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Report: The Top Seven Lies About Israel & IDF Operations in Gaza & the Truth They Obscure The International Legal Forum & Urban Warfare Institute – Report
>>Ten Big Lies Palestinians Tell to Deny Jewish History in the Land of Israel Jewish News Syndicate – James Sinkinson – Opinion
>>New Poll: Half of Gazans Say Hamas Did the Right Thing on Oct. 7 Jewish News Syndicate – Akiva Van Koningsveld – News
‘Jew-Hater’ 20 Tarek Bazrouk Arrested by Feds for Allegedly Assaulting Jewish Victims in Multiple NYC Hate Crime Attacks New York Post – Diana Glebova & Emily Crane – News
Israeli Defense Industry Presents Cutting-Edge Defense Technologies at DEFEA 2025 in Athens Israel Defense – News
>>Israel’s IAI Unveils LORA Ballistic Missile System with Long-Range Precision Strike Capability Global Defense News – News
>>Israel's Rafael Upgrades Legacy US M113 Armored Personnel Carrier into Advanced Fighting Vehicle Global Defense News – News
How Qatari and Iranian Interests are Astroturfing MAGA — Omeed Malik Buys Tucker Carlson Tablet Magazine – Park MacDougald – Feature
‘If They Hate You for Who You Are, Double Down’: Emily Austin and Eylon Levy Share What It Takes to Defend Israel on the Global Stage Yedioth Ahronoth – Feature
>>‘You Can’t Be Openly Jewish at TMU’: Jewish Students at Toronto Metropolitan University Say They’re Now Isolated & Harassed National Post – Ari David Blaff – Feature
Nazi Descendants March for Israel in Berlin: ‘We Will Not Stay Silent Again’ Israel Hayom – Nissan Shtrauchler – Feature
Mosab Abu Toha, Palestinian Poet Awarded Pulitzer, Justified Hostage Taking on Oct. 7 & Spread anti-Semitic Rhetoric Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
Blackstone President Jonathan Gray Donates Record $125 Million to Tel Aviv University Jerusalem Post – Uri Sela – News
Landmark Study: Half of Haredim Want to Integrate into Israeli Society Yedioth Ahronoth – Shilo Freid – News
Israel’s Economic Iron Dome: One of the World’s Best Pension Systems Jerusalem Post – Inbar Steiner – Feature
Detailed Report on the War Against the Houthis — Analysis and Data Jewish Institute for National Security of America – Ari Cicurel – Analysis
Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
New Douglas Murray Book: Israel and the Future of Civilization — Confronted by Death Cults, the Jewish People Choose Life Jewish News Syndicate & Jewish Journal – Matthew Schultz – Feature
Listen: President Trump Tells Hugh Hewitt There are Two Options for Iranian Nuclear Program — ‘Blow It Up Nicely or Blow It Up Viciously’ X – Open Source Intel – Audio
>>Watch: VP Vance Appears In-Line with SOS/NSA Rubio on Iran -- No Enrichment X – Jason Brodsky – Video
>>Explosions & Fires at Strategic Assets Across the Islamic Republic Fuel Sabotage Speculation -- 'Reduced Iran's Leverage' Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lappin – Analysis
Change of Approach? Senior U.S. Official Reportedly Rebukes Israel on Hostage Negotiations — Warns U.S. Will Finalize Saudi Regional Agreement Without Israel Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Haverford, DePaul, Cal Poly Presidents Grilled on Jew-Hatred at House Ed Panel Hearing Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
>>Masked anti-Israel Protesters Storm Columbia Library, Shove past Security as Ivy Leaguers Prep for Finals New York Post – Chris Nesi – News
Iranian Terror Suspects ‘Targeted Israeli Embassy in London’ — Five Men, Including Four Iranian Nationals, Were Arrested at Locations Across England The Telegraph – Robert Mendick – News
Sources: U.S. & Israel Discuss Possible U.S.-Led Administration for Gaza Reuters – Alexander Cornwell – News
Exclusive: UAE Mediating Secret Talks Between Israel and Syria — Focused on Security & Intelligence Matters Reuters – Timour Azhari and Suleiman Al-Khalidi – News
>>The Coming Clash Over Syria: Israel and Turkey Are on a Collision Course Foreign Affairs – David Makovsky & Simone Saidmehr – Analysis
Houthis Says Agreement with U.S. Does Not Include Israel — Vows Response to Israeli Strike That Destroyed Sanaa Airport Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg & Reuters – News
>>Did President Trump Throw Israel Under the Bus? A Wake-Up Call as Trump Keeps Israel in the Dark Over Houthis Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – Analysis
>>Israel is Now 'Speaking Arabic': For One Crater at Ben Gurion Airport, Houthis Paid Nearly $6 Billion in Damages X – Open Source Intel – Analysis
>>Yemen's Internationally Recognized Government: 'The Houthis Capitulated to Trump, It's a Chance We Can Not Miss' Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
Yuval Raphael Survived Oct. 7 by Playing Dead — Now She Is Bravely Facing Another Onslaught of Hate as Israel’s Eurovision Star Daily Mail – Natalie Lisbona & Andy Jehring – Feature
Venture Firm Insight Partners Recommits to Back Israeli Entrepreneurs & Startups — ‘Mix of High Integrity, Hard Work, Smarts & Hustle Just About Best in World’ Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
Judea & Samaria See Unprecedented Drop in Terror Attacks After IDF’s Operation ‘Iron Wall’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – News
Is Harvard Complying With the Tax Code? Section 501(C)(3) Bars Campaigning and Makes Clear Propaganda Isn’t the Same as Education Wall Street Journal – Ira Stoll – Opinion
>>Trump Admin to Investigate Univ of Washington After Destructive anti-Israel Protest Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
Second Pair of Mighty B-52s Head to Diego Garcia Base within Striking Range of Iran — Will Soon Host Six B-2s & Four B-52s X – Open Source Intel – News
Exclusive Details on Planned Gaza Operation: Stages, Leverage Points & Hamas’s Exit Options Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
>>IDF & Shin Bet Chiefs Give Final Tactical Approvals for Widened Gaza Invasion -- Hamas Could Still Avoid Increased Attacks If It Cuts a Deal Before mid-May Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
>>Almost Half of Gazans Willing to Leave Enclave, Palestinian Research Center Finds Jerusalem Post – Reuters & Staff – News
The Jewish Ghosts Who Haunt Alcatraz: The Former Prison Plays a Recurrent Theme in American Jewish History & Culture Forward – Benjamin Ivry – Feature
U.S. Jewish Security Firm Opens Boot Camp for Volunteer Synagogue Guards — Surveillance, Intel, Threat Response & Krav Maga Times of Israel – Luke Tress – Feature
Atlanta Jewish Surgeon Josh Winer Sues anti-Israel Groups for Defamation After Volunteering in IDF Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
>>Ruling: Israeli Hostages’ Lawsuit Against News Outlet That Paid Hamas Terrorist Will Head to Trial Washington Free Beacon – Alana Goodman – News
Pew Global Survey: Israelis Show High Belief in G-d; But Deep Divide by Education & Gender Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
>>What is Pirkei Avot? And Why Should Jews Learn It From Passover to Shavuot? Chabad – Yehuda Shurpin – Feature
Israel on the Cutting Edge of Trauma Care — Unveils Breakthrough Treatment for Life-Threatening Blood Loss Yedioth Ahronoth – Tzur Gueta – News
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
More Big News Straight from President Trump: Three Hostages Have Died in Captivity — Only 21 Remain Alive Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News with Video
Rubio to Close State Department’s De Facto Palestinian Embassy — Biden Created ‘Office of Palestinian Affairs’ Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
Trump Says the U.S. Will Stop Bombing Houthi Militants — Oman Says It Mediated Deal Reuters – Steve Holland, Jarrett Renshaw, Jaidaa Taha & Menna Alaaeldin – News
>>Watch President Trump: 'We Will Stop Bombing Houthis Effective Immediately' -- 'They’ve Said Please Don’t Bomb Us Anymore and We’re Not Going to Attack Your Ships’ X – Open Source Intel – Video
>>Houthis Vow 'No Retreat From Supporting Gaza, No Matter the Price' Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
>>Israel Surprised & Alarmed by Trump-Houthi Deal amid Iran Talks Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – News
Witkoff Addresses Israel Independence Day Celebration at Ambassador’s Residence — Hints at Abraham Accords Expansion; Urges Israeli Domestic Unity Israel Hayom – Dor Malul – News
>>President Trump Echoes Witkoff: 'Very, Very Big Announcement to Make' Before Departing for the Middle East Next Week X – Awesome Jew – Video
>>Top Netanyahu Advisor Ron Dermer Heads to Washington for Meetings with Senior U.S. Officials Ahead of Trump's Middle East Trip Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Israel Strikes Yemen’s Main Airport in Sanaa After Issuing Evacuation Warning Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News with Videos
>>IDF ‘Completely Disables’ Houthi-Controlled Sanaa Airport in Strikes on Yemen Capital -- Runways, Aircraft, Terminals & Infrastructure Targeted Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Yemen's Sanaa International Airport Shut Down After IDF Strikes Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob, Amichai Stein & James Genn – News with Video
>>‘When Israel Attacks, It Destroys Everything': Yemen Suffers Dwindling Fuel Supplies After Repeated Israeli and U.S. Airstrikes Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
>>UAE's Al-Ain Media: Yemeni Civilians Lament ‘Reckless’ Houthi Attack on Israel’s Airport Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – News
They Came to Serve: The Lone Soldiers Defending Israel After Oct. 7 — More than 1,100 New Immigrants Join the IDF This Spring Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – Feature
The Iranian Strategy in the Nuclear Talks and the Options Facing Israel Alma Research and Education Center – Yaakov Lappin – Analysis
>>Are U.S.-Tehran Nuclear Talks Imploding or Adjusting? Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>U.S. Navy Moves Another Warship Near Iran -- Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer USS Milius Newsmax – Jim Mishler – News
Watch: Hudson Institute Deep Dive into Gaza War with John Spencer & Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser Hudson Institute – TV7 Israel News – Video
>>Hamas Commander Yousef Qadi, Who Took Part in Oct. 7 & Held Hostages, Surrenders to IDF -- Valuable Intelligence Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News with Photo of Surrender
>>Aid Trucks with High-Value Goods Enter Gaza Despite Israel Gov Denials -- Cellphones, Fuel & Solar Panels Israel Hayom – Hanan Greenwood – News
House Cancels Vote on Sanctioning International Orgs That Boycott Israel After Online Outrage from Right Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Israel Gov Report Blames Disproportionate Criticism of Israel for Skyrocketing Global anti-Jewish Sentiment — Canada the ‘Champion of anti-Semitism’; Columbia the Worst U.S. Campus Times of Israel – Zev Stub – News
>>What on Earth Is Happening in Canada? Waves of Violent anti-Semitic Behavior Jewish News Syndicate – Jerry Grafstein – Analysis
>>Michigan AG Dana Nessel Suddenly Drops All Charges Against U of M anti-Israel Protesters Detroit Free Press – John Wisely – News
>>Columbia Med Students Condemn University After Classmate Who Stormed Library Returns to Campus Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Costescu – News
>>Calls for Intifada, Praise for Hamas: Life for Jewish Students at the University of Washington in Seattle Yedioth Ahronoth – Yizchak Tessler – Feature
King Abdullah Has Had Enough of the Muslim Brotherhood Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Yoni Ben Menachem – Analysis
‘Saudis Cheered More than Israelis’: How Arab Media Covered the Mossad’s Role in Independence Day Event Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
The Rise, Fall & Rebound of Tiffany Trump’s Lebanese Father-in-Law Massad Boulos — A Struggle to Gain Influence Politico – Felicia Schwartz & Robbie Gramer – Feature
Disarming Hezbollah: A Middle East Fantasy? Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Jacques Neriah – Analysis
>>IDF Says It Targeted Hezbollah Weapons Manufacturing, Storage Site in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
Monday, May 5th, 2025
Trump Admin Says Harvard Will Receive No New Grants Until It Meets White House Demands on anti-Semitism Associated Press – Collin Binkley & Jocelyn Gecker – News
>>Read the Letter From Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard President Garber X – Linda McMahon – News
Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar, 78, Revolutionized Jewish Miami & Served Soldiers Worldwide Chabad – Menachem Posner – Feature
Joint Israeli-U.S. Attack on Port City of Hodeidah in Yemen — Port Obliterated in Possible Preview of Attack on Iran Yedioth Ahronoth – News
>>Watch: Massive Fire Still Burns at Ras Issa Oil Port Hours After Extensive IAF Attacks X – Ariel Oseran – Video
>>Breaking Down the Houthis Riddle: Why They’re Hard to Hit & How They Can Be Deterred Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
Singer Yuval Rafael’s Emotional Journey from Nova Survivor to Israel’s Representative at Eurovision 2025 Israel Hayom – Eran Swissa – Feature
Embed with IDF Troops in Israel’s Expanding Syrian Buffer Zone: Focusing on Deterrence, Infrastructure & Cautious Cooperation with Locals Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Feature
Israel’s Cabinet Formally Approves Expanded Gaza Operation to Defeat Hamas — Operation ‘Gideon’s Chariots’ will Evacuate Civilians & Hold Territory Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – News
>>Will Implement 'Generals' Plan' Which Was Block by Biden Administration Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Trigger is Set: Israel Sets Deadline for Hamas -- Deal by End of Trump's Visit to Region in 10 Days or Gaza Will Be Conquered Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Yoav Zitun – News
>>Israel Trying to 'Leverage' Trump's Middle East Visit & Troop Call-Up to Push Hamas Toward Hostage Deal Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – Analysis
>>Two U.S.-Based Companies to Handle Gaza Aid Once Israel Greenlights Deliveries Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
>>IDF Chief Zamir Will Not Endanger Soldiers' Lives to Distribute Aid in Gaza -- 'Left No Room for Political Discussion' Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Israel’s ‘Startup Nation’ Continues to Shape the Future in Quantum Computing Yedioth Ahronoth – Meir Orbach & Sophie Shulman – Feature
>>Watch: Israel's Booming AI & Drone Industry -- How Israeli Innovation is Transforming the Modern Era YouTube – TBN Israel – Video
Sudan’s Islamist Army and the African Threat to Israel — Rapidly Becoming a Terror Hub, Strategically Positioned Near Vital Red Sea Shipping Lanes Jerusalem Post – Amjad Taha & Eitan Neishlos – Analysis
Ritchie Torres Calls on NYC to Cancel Central Park Performance by Anti-Israel Artist Kehlani Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Good Relations: Israel & Cyprus Plan to Sign Key Energy Agreements in 2025 Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
Dave Portnoy Sending Culprits Behind ‘F___ The Jews’ Sign at Barstool Philadelphia to Auschwitz to Learn About Holocaust Fox News – Ryan Gaydos – News
New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology Sued for anti-Jewish Bias — A Pattern of Disregard Toward Jews on Campus Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
Trump Appoints Eight New Members to Holocaust Memorial Council — Including ‘Shock Jock’ Sid Rosenberg and Haredi Newspaper Publisher Pinchos Lipschutz Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Andrew Lapin – News
Bad Memories: Biden Admin Ignored Israel’s Call Before Planned Strike on Nasrallah Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
Chai Noon? A Look at the Jewish History of Hollywood Westerns, On & Off Screen Forward – Olivia Haynie – Feature
Pro-Israel Radiohead Star Jonny Greenwood ‘Deplatformed’ in UK — ‘Silencing Israeli Filmmakers, Musicians & Dancers Feels Unprogressive to Me’ The Telegraph – Tim Sigsworth – News
Southern Yemeni (non-Houthi) Diplomat Denounces Ben-Gurion Airport Attack in First-Ever Interview with Israeli Newspaper Jerusalem Post – Ohad Merlin – Feature
Hebrew Univ Study Finds Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Programs Newborns’ Stress Responses Yedioth Ahronoth – Tzur Gueta – Feature
Meet Arab-Israeli Activist and IDF Veteran Yoseph Haddad: ‘I Defend the Country I Live In’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Bar Zaga – Feature
Watch: Full Video of President Trump on Iran From Sunday’s Meet The Press Interview X – Jason Brodsky – Video
Sunday, May 4th, 2025
Ch. 14’s Yaakov Bardugo, Who is Very Close to Netanyahu: ‘There Was a Done Deal to Return About 10 Hostages, But the Qataris Derailed It’ X – Raylan Givens – News
President Trump Will Only Accept ‘Total Dismantlement’ of Tehran’s Nuclear Program — Settles Internal Debate Within Administration Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Netanyahu Reportedly Frustrated with Trump -- Says the Right Things But Does Not Deliver Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
The Rise of Marco Rubio, a Great Friend of Israel Politico – Nahal Toosi, Felicia Schwartz & Robbie Gramer – Feature
Houthi Missile Hits Ground of Ben Gurion Airport after Interception Failure Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Sam Sokol, Sharon Wrobel & Lazar berman – News
>>Netanyahu: 'Trump is Right'; Houthi Attacks Originate in Iran; Israel Will Respond to 'Iranian Terror Masters' X – Benjamin Netanyahu – News
>>Israeli Officials Deny Houthi Missile was Anything New or Special -- Arrow & THAAD Just Missed Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua & Lior Ben Ari – News
>>Houthi Missile Attacks: Low-Cost, Iranian-Supplied Weapons Drain Billions from U.S. & Allies The Media Line – Gabriel Colodro – Analysis
>>Houthis’ Recent Surge in Missile Launches Reflects Desperation to Deplete Dwindling Stockpiles amid Relentless U.S. Campaign Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
Israel’s Supreme Court Sides with IDF for a Change — Aggressive Actions in Judea & Samaria Continue Amit Segal – Analysis
Two IDF Soldiers Killed, Two Wounded by Blast in Booby-Trapped Rafah Tunnel Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian & Associated Press – News
>>From Surge to Strain: Why Israel’s Reservists Are No Longer Rushing Back Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
>>Turning Point? All Eyes on Washington as Israel Makes Strategic Shifts in Gaza Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua – Analysis
>>How Many Hostages Remain Alive? President Trump Indicates It's Now Fewer than 24 Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Staff – News
How Jewish-American Student Leader Tessa Veksler Faced Down Hate at UC Santa Barbara to Become a Global Influencer Times of Israel – Katja Ridderbusch – Feature
In-Depth Discussion with Yossi Klein Halevi: When the War Ends, Will Israel Go Back to the Schisms of Oct. 6 or the Unity of Oct. 8? Call Me Back – Dan Senor – Podcast
SCOTUS Appears Ready to Allow Publicly Funded Religious Schools Across the Country — Yeshiva Charter Schools? Times of Israel – Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Staff – Analysis
David Horowitz, ‘Red Diaper Baby’ Turned Conservative Writer, Passes Away at 86 Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
Rabbi David Wolpe: Harvard Is Spraying Perfume on a Sewer — It Offers No Solution for anti-Western, anti-Israel & anti-Semitic Ideology of Faculty The Free Press – David Wolpe – Opinion
Where’s That Maximum Pressure on Iran? Tehran’s Oil Exports to China Continue Apace During Nuclear Talks Wall Street Journal – Editorial Board – Opinion
>>UANI Applauds Trump for Seeking to Zero Iranian Oil Exports and Sanction Purchasers United Against Nuclear Iran – Jeb Bush & Mark Wallace – Press Release
Israeli Ag-Tech Startup XtrION Channels Elon Musk’s Vision to Revolutionize Plants Yedioth Ahronoth – Tal Shahaf – Feature
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
IDF Begins Mobilizing 60,000 Reservists — Goal is to Increase Pressure on Hamas to Release Hostages; If That Fails, Full Offensive Will Commence Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – News
More Mysterious Explosions and Fires in Iran, Including Near a Power Plant Iran International [UK-Iranian Opposition] – News
Netanyahu: ‘Time for Qatar to Stop Playing Both Sides & Decide If It’s on the Side of Civilization or Hamas Barbarism’ X – Prime Minister of Israel – News
>>Netanyahu Postpones Azerbaijan Visit Amid Security Developments in Gaza & Syria Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Former NSA Waltz’s ‘Intense Coordination’ with Netanyahu on Iran Strike Apparently Angered Trump Washington Post – Michael Birnbaum, John Hudson, Emily Davies, Sarah Ellison & Natalie Allison – News
>>PM's Office Denies WaPo Report That Netanyahu Had 'Intensive Contact' with Waltz over Iran Before Trump Meeting Times of Israel – Staff – News
Trump to Hold Summit with Gulf Leaders in Saudi Arabia, Present Mideast Vision Jerusalem Post – Walla – News
The ‘Mysterious’ Hercules, the Flotilla Strike, & Malta’s Fury — ‘What Israel Did Is Severe’ Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan – Analysis
Houthis Launch Fourth Missile Within 24 Hours — Israeli Official Maintains U.S. Op is ‘Very Effective’; Houthi Threat an ‘Annoying Nuisance’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
IDF Confirms Syria Strikes, Reports Druze Evacuated for Treatment Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Lior Ben Ari – News
>>Close Encounters Between Israeli & Turkish Fighter Jets Over Syria Greek City Times – Bill Giannopoulos – News
Israel & U.S. Near Agreement with New International Foundation to Distribute Aid in Gaza — Bypassing Hamas Axios – Barak Ravid – News
In Depth: Profiles of Haredi Women in the IDF — ‘Proud to Contribute in Ways That Respect My Values’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Shoshana Chen – Feature
Inside Israeli Defense Company Rafael’s Secret Lab: The Startup Mindset Behind Iron Dome Yedioth Ahronoth – Raphael Kahan – Feature
>>The Oshkosh JLTV Next Gen Military Vehicle -- Like an F-35 Without Wings Yedioth Ahronoth – Nir Ben Zaken – Feature
The Jewish People Must Learn From History: We Face External Threats with Resilience; But We Too Often Crumble From Within — A Call for ‘Achdut,’ a Sacred Unity with Room for Differences Jewish News Syndicate – Steve Rosenberg – Opinion
From Queens to Kiryat Gat: American Family Makes Aliyah in Time for Independence Day Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Feature
Former IDF Ground Forces Commander Yiftach Ron-Tal: ‘Hamas Can Be Defeated in Few Weeks’ — Time for ‘Full Recapture of Strip’ Jerusalem Post – Sherry Makover-Balikov – Feature
Cool New Workwear From Israel’s Collectivist Past — Israeli Brand ATA Clothed Kibbutzniks; Now It’s Revived as a Hip Clothing Label Tablet Magazine – Karen Burshtein – Feature
Ending Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status Is Legally and Morally Sound Bloomberg Law – Anat Alon-Beck & Mark Goldfeder – Opinion
>>Another View: Harvard is Right to Fight Government Overreach -- But Must Confront the anti-Semitism Alive & Festering on Campus Washington Jewish Week – Editorial Board – Opinion
Friday, May 2nd, 2025
Israeli Air Force Strikes Targets in Syria for Second Night in a Row Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
Exclusive: White House Wants Rubio in Powerful Dual-Role Long-Term — Expected to Serve as SOS/NSA for Minimum of Six Months; May Be Permanent Politico – Dasha Burns – News
>>Axios Previously Reported That Stephen Miller is as Top Contender for Trump’s Next National Security Adviser Axios – Marc Caputo – News
Gavin Newsom Awards Antiterrorism Grant to Mosque Linked to 9/11 Hijackers & Pro-Hamas Cleric Washington Free Beacon – Chuck Ross – News
Israel’s Security Cabinet Approves Expanded Gaza Op Requiring Tens of Thousands of Reservists — Full Cabinet to Vote Sunday Times of Israel – Staff – News
Bullet Dodged? U.S. Nuclear Talks with Tehran Were Headed Toward a JCPOA/Obama 2.0 Deal Before Talks (Apparently) Fell Apart — Exposé Based on Eight Sources Reuters – Samia Nakhoul, Humeyra Pamuk & Parisa Hafezi – News
>>Europe’s Talks with Iran Cancelled After Washington-Tehran Meeting Setback The National (UAE) – Sunniva Rose – News
>>SOS/NSA Rubio Last Night: Iran Must Walk Away From Enrichment; Walk Away From Sponsoring Terrorism; & Walk Away From Long-Range Missiles X – Jason Brodsky – News
>>Tehran's Foreign Min Responds: 'Iran Has Every Right to Possess the Full Nuclear Fuel Cycle' X – Seyed Abbas Araghchi – News
From Malta to Damascus: Israel’s Mysterious Strikes — ‘When Jolani Wakes Up, He Will Understand Israel is Determined to Protect the Druze in Syria.’ It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Netanyahu Meets Israeli Druze Leader, Who Hails Damascus Strike Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
Hints of Israel’s Long-Term Gaza Strategy Emerge — Separating the Terror Regime from Gaza’s Population Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lappin – Analysis
>>IDF Chief Zamir Wants Int’l, Private Groups to Distribute Gaza Food Aid Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
>>Hamas Is Not Just a Terrorist Organization -- War Changes the Rules; It Must Change the Rhetoric as Well Mosiac Magazine – John Spencer & Solomon Moshkevich – Analysis
Meet Martin Marks, White House Jewish Liaison — A Writer Who Owned a Yoga Studio in Palm Beach Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Feature
IDF Escalates anti-terror Operation in Northern Samaria: Over 100 Buildings to Be Demolished Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – News
Israel’s Military Expenditures Surged by 65% in 2024 — 8.8% of GDP, 2nd Highest in the World Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
IDF Intercepts Missile from Yemen, Triggering Sirens in Northern Israel Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
The Path to Greater Peace in the Middle East Is Clear — A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Deepen & Expand the Circle of Peace & Cooperation National Review – Victoria Coates & Robert Greenway – Analysis
The Fragility of Postwar Syria: Deadly Street Battles, Sectarian Tension, and an Israeli Drone Strike to Protect the Druze in a Volatile Suburb of Damascus The Media Line – Rizik Alabi – Feature
>>Tehran Had Imperial Ambitions in Syria -- Secret Embassy Documents Show Why It Failed Reuters – John Davison, Allison Martell & Reade Levinson – Feature
The Fatal Flaw in Memorializing the Holocaust — The World Has Forgotten the Unique Evil of the Nazi Genocide of the Jews Jewish News Syndicate – Melanie Phillips – Opinion
Harvard Law Review Gives $65,000 Fellowship to anti-Israel Student Charged With Assault — Ibrahim Bharmal Will Work at the Islamist Group CAIR The Editors – Ira Stoll – News
More Independence Day 2025: 77 Reasons Life Is Better in the Jewish State Jerusalem Post – Rivkah Lambert Adler – Feature
>>Commanders From Elite Duvdevan, Egoz & Maglan Units Share What It's Really Like to Fight Terror -- Raising the Flag with Pride Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ami – Feature
>>The Women of the Irgun: The Female Fighters in the Zionist Underground Jerusalem Post – Fern Allen – Feature
>>Watch: David Ben-Gurion Declares the Establishment of the State of Israel X – Israel War Room – Video
>>Imagining Life in Israel 77 Years From Now -- 'When We Hit the 40 Million People Mark, the Entire Coast Will Be Built On, from Ashdod to Haifa' Jerusalem Post – Hagay Hacohen – Feature
>>Miriam Adelson: Israel is Real -- Gratitude & Humility on What We Have Achieved Israel Hayom – Miriam Adelson – Opinion
>>Israel's Beautiful Nature in Photos -- 77 Reasons to Love the Land & Those Dwelling There Times of Israel – Rachel Canar – Feature
>>Food That Bites: How Israeli Cuisine Has Evolved over the past 77 Years Jerusalem Post – Audrey Lynn Leinoff – Feature
>>Israel's Tech Economy at 77: Resilience Through War; Clouds of Change Looming Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – Analysis
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Watch SecState/NSA Rubio on Hannity: Iran Must Walk Away From Enrichment; Walk Away From Sponsoring Terrorism; Walk Away From Long-Range Missiles X – Jason Browdsky – Video
Israel Attacks Target Near Presidential Palace in Damascus — Netanyahu: ‘We Will Not Allow Any Danger to the Druze Community’ X – Raylan Givens – News
Jerusalem Hills Wildfire Brought Under Control After 30 Hours of Firefighting Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner, Meir Turgeman & Liran Tamari – News
Weekend Round of Nuclear Talks Between U.S. & Tehran Has Been Postponed — Reasons Unclear Associated Press – Jon Gambrell – News
>>President Trump is Displeased with Tehran -- Announces Secondary Sanctions on Iranian Oil Truth Social – Donald J. Trump – News
>>Excellent Analysis From Raylan Givens: What Happened in the Last 12 Hours? The Iran Talks Have Blown Up X – Jewish News Wire – Analysis
State Department To Dismantle anti-Israel Grantmaking Office in Effort To Rein In ‘Rogue People’ at Agency Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
White House National Security Shake-Up: Mike Waltz Moved to UN Ambassador; Secretary of State Marco Rubio Now Also Interim National Security Advisor Truth Social – Donald J. Trump – News
>>Mark Halperin Broke The Story This Morning -- Hear the Story Behind It; Hit Pieces Against Witkoff Meant to Prevent Him Replacing Waltz as NSA Two Way Morning Meeting – Mark Halperin – News
>>Fox News Confirms: Waltz and Deputy Alex Wong Out at National Security Council Fox News – Emma Colton & Jacqui Heinrich – News
>>CBS Also Confirms: Says Witkoff Unlikely to Replace; Stephen Miller & Seb Gorka May Be Considered CBS News – Jennifer Jacobs & Kathryn Watson – News
Jerusalem Hills Wildfires Still Not Contained — 119 Crews Deployed Across 11 Active Fronts Israel Hayom – Lidor Sultan – News
>>Planes from Cyprus, Croatia, Italy & France to Provide Support as Firefighters Battle Inferno Jerusalem Post – Itay Gal – News
>>Government Accused of Failing to Take Fire Threat Seriously Despite Years of Warnings Times of Israel – Sue Surkes – Analysis
Douglas Murray: Steve Witkoff Is Fumbling Foreign Talks in Ukraine, Gaza & Iran, Dragging Trump Down — War Would End Tomorrow If the Qataris Felt Even the Most Minimal Pressure from America New York Post – Douglas Murray – Opinion
>>Witkoff’s Zeal for Deals Faces Geopolitical Reality -- Colleagues in Real Estate Skeptical He’s Mastered the Art of the Diplomatic Deal Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – News
>>Exclusive: Trump Admin Insiders Say Witkoff Should Not Be Leading Negotiations -- 'Nice Guy, But a Bumbling F–king Idiot' New York Post – Caitlin Doornbos – News
>>Conflict of Interest? Qatari Diar & Dar Global to Introduce Trump's First Real Estate Development in Qatar Reuters – News
>>Think Tank Warns Trump Negotiators about Deceptive Iranian Version of 'Art of the Deal' Fox News – Benjamin Weinthal – Analysis
>>Iran Accuses U.S. of ‘Provocative Statements’ Ahead of Nuclear Talks Jerusalem Post – Reuters – News
>>Update: The U.S. & Iran Will Not Hold a Fourth Round of Talks this Saturday -- Date of Next Meeting Not Set X – Raylan Givens – News
The Next Pope Inherits New Tension with Jewish Community over Israel — Many Jews Hope for More Understanding from Francis’ Successor Wall Street Journal – Margherita Stancati & Carrie Keller-Lynn – Analysis
Why Baltimore’s Jewish Community is Concerned About ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ Conference Baltimore Sun – Chai Posner – Opinion
Members of Congress Press Wikipedia to Clarify and Enforce Editorial Oversight to Prevent anti-Israel Bias Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – News
IDF Chief Zamir: ‘The IDF Is a Living Reminder That There Is More That Unites Us than Any Division.’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Jewish Leaders Claim Double Standard with Harvard anti-Semitism & ‘Islamophobia’ Reports Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
>>'I've Stopped Caring if Harvard Protestors are anti-Semitic' -- 'It's Time We Defend the Principle of a Jewish State on Its Own Terms' Harvard Crimson – Jacob Miller – Opinion
Jewish Legal Group Urges Trump Admin to Investigate DEI Programs in K-12 Schools for Promoting anti-Semitism New York Post – Carl Campanile – News
Hegseth Backs Vice Adm. Brad Cooper as Next CENTCOM Chief — Critically Important Position for U.S.-Israel Military Relations Washington Post – Dan Lamothe & Missy Ryan – News
Flight Risk: Turkey and the F-35 Program — Washington Should Not Allow the Authoritarian, pro-Hamas, neo-Ottoman Regime Back In Jewish Institute for National Security of America – Michael Makovsky & Others – Report
11 Facts About Kurdish Jews — Kurdistan Was Once Home to a Thriving & Unique Jewish Community Chabad – Yehuda Altein – Feature
Independence Day 2025 ‘Yom HaAtzmaut’ — Watch: Israel Airs Taped Rehearsal of Iconic Torch-Lighting Ceremony, as Live Event Cancelled Due to Fires Yediot Ahronoth – Video (with English Voiceover)
>>See Israel Yesterday: Historic Photos from Israel’s Early Years Jewish News Syndicate – Photo Essay
>>Ben-Gurion's Diary Entries on May 14, 1948: 'Our Fate Is in the Hands of the Security Forces’ Times of Israel – Staff – Feature
>>As Israel Shifts from Sorrow to Joy, Rabbinic Group Offers New Prayer for Grieving Nation -- Transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day Times of Israel – Rossella Tercatin – Feature
>>Seven Olim Reflect on Hope, Hardship & What Independence Means 77 Years After Israel’s Founding The Media Line – Maayan Hoffman – Feature
>>Freed Hostage Omer Shem Tov: 'I Cannot Celebrate Independence When My Heart Is with the Hostages in Gaza' Yedioth Ahronoth – Omer Shem Tov – Opinion
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
SecDef Hegseth to Tehran Re Support for Houthis: ‘We Know Exactly What You Are Doing; You Will Pay the Consequence at the Time and Place of Our Choosing’ X – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth – News
>>U.S. Targets Iran with Fresh Sanctions Ahead of Next Nuclear Talks Reuters – Daphne Psaledakis – News
Tucker Carlson: ‘Israel Should Not Exist’ — Complains About ‘Israel Lobby’ X – Yehuda Teitelbaum – News [Ed. Video of Carlson at bottom of post]
Update: Jerusalem-Area Fire Continues, May be Israel’s Largest Ever — 163 Crews Battling Times of Israel – Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian & Lazar Berman – News
>>Arab Man from Jerusalem Arrested on Suspicion of Igniting Fires Times of Israel – Charlie Summers – News
>>Israel Scrambles for International Aid as Wildfires Rage -- Over 12 Countries Contacted Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
Republican Senator Bill Cassidy Focused on Passing Antisemitism Awareness Act — Key Priority for Organized Jewish Community Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs – Feature
>>Texas Legislature Passed anti-Semitism Bill in Response to anti-Israel Protests Texas Tribune – Jessica Priest – News
>>Republican Jewish Coalition CEO Matt Brooks Warns of ‘Neo-Isolationism’ & ‘Woke Right’ Infiltrating the GOP Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Harvard Belatedly Releases Scathing Report Detailing Pervasive anti-Semitism Driven By ‘Politicized Instruction’ — Harvard President Garber Apologizes Washington Free Beacon – Collin Anderson – News
>>Read the Full 300-Page Report: Presidential Task Force on Combatting Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias Harvard University – Report
Israel Defends Syrian Druze with Airstrikes on Extremist Groups South of Damascus Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
>>IDF to Target Military Sites of the Syrian Government 'If the Violence Against the Druze Does Not Stop' X – OSINTdefender – News
>>Update-Watch: Arab Man Arrested with Incendiary Materials After a Brief Chase in Southern Jerusalem X – Open Source Intel – Photo
>>Drivers Trapped in Cars, Others Escape on Foot as Flames Engulf Main Jerusalem Highway -- Dramatic Images Yedioth Ahronoth – Liran Tamari & Meir Turgeman – News
>>One of World's Largest Firefighting Aircraft Dispatched from Greece to Assist Israel Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>Independence Eve Torch-Lighting Ceremony Cancelled Due to Winds & Fire Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
Israel Weighs China Ties vs. U.S. Demands — Infrastructure Ambitions Are Colliding with Mounting Pressure to Curb Chinese Involvement The Judean – Staff – Feature
Netanyahu to Visit Azerbaijan on May 7 for Five Day Trip — Follows Visit by Iranian Pres Pezeshkian Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Why Benjamin Netanyahu's Trip to Azerbaijan Matters Newsweek – Joseph Epstein & Alex Grinberg – Analysis
New Report on AI in Israel Highlights Strengths & Challenges — Global Leader in Patents; But Declining Human Capital, Infrastructure Challenges & Slow Gov Strategy Yedioth Ahronoth – Israel Wullman – News
Go Deep: Israel’s Third Founding Moment with Yonatan Adiri & Michal Lev-Ram Call Me Back – Dan Senor – Podcast
Palestinian Leaders Play Musical Chairs to Dupe Western Donors Jewish News Syndicate – Khaled Abu Toameh – Opinion
>>Unmasking the Palestinian Authority -- Terrorism is Not Merely Tolerated, But Honored Jewish News Syndicate – Moshe Phillips – Opinion
George Clooney’s Wife Amal Faces Ban from U.S. for Her Role in ICC War Crimes Case Against Netanyahu and Gallant Daily Mail – Eve Buckland – News
Memorial Day 2025 ‘Yom HaZikaron’: President Isaac Herzog Urges Unity; Read His Entire Address Yedioth Ahronoth – President Isaac Herzog – Address
>>As Critics Abroad Sit in Comfort, Israelis Gather at Gravesites to Reaffirm Need for Strength Jerusalem Post – Editorial Board – Opinion
>>Solemn Day is Usually Difficult for Diaspora Jews to Grasp -- But This Year Most Can Genuinely Understand What It Means to Mourn the Fallen Israel Hayom – Zina Rakhamilova – Opinion
>>Diaspora and Israeli Jews Remember the Fallen at English-Language Memorial Day Events Across Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
>>Watch in Full: The Masa Memorial Day Ceremony From the Latrun Memorial YouTube – Masa Israel Journey – Video
>>Watch in Full: Official Yom HaZikaron Ceremony at Western Wall with President Herzog and COS Gen. Zamir (Hebrew) YouTube – Government Press Office – Video
>>Interviews with Families of Three Fallen Soldiers Who Make Up the Fabric of Israeli Society The Media Line – Gabriel Colodro – Feature
>>Traditional Torch-Lighting Ceremony at Mount Herzl will Take Place at 12:45 PM New York Time -- Will Be Televised with English Voiceover Yedioth Ahronoth – Moran Regev – News
Update on New Orleans Terror Attack: Alleged ISIS Terrorist Arrested, Accused of Inciting Shamsud-Din Jabbar New York Post – Alex Oliveira – News
>>Second Israeli National Murdered in Los Angeles Within 24 Hours -- LAPD Probes Potential Links Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
>>Harvard Students Charged With Assaulting Jewish Classmate Receive Slap on the Wrists The Algemeiner – Dion Pierre – News
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Meet Hasan Piker, the ‘Model for the Future of Progressive Media’ — He Calls Jews ‘Inbred,’ & Says Zionists Should Be Treated like Neo-Nazis The Free Press – Josh Code – Feature
Human Rights Organizations Corrupt Their Supposed Values to Vilify Israel Real Clear Politics – Peter Berkowitz – Opinion
Nike Apologizes for Marathon Ad Using the Holocaust Phrase ‘Never Again’ Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Andrew Silow-Carroll – News
Rift Between Israel’s Air Force & Southern Command Reflects Deeper Societal Divides — It’s Time to Honor the Fallen with Unity Yedioth Ahronoth – Michael Oren – Opinion
NYPD Heads-Off anti-Semitic Mob Heading Toward Chabad Headquarters in Brooklyn Jerusalem Post – Michael Starr – News
Israel Census 2025: Population Over 10 Million; One-Third Under 20; Growth Rate Far Exceeds Global Avg; 91% Satisfied with Their Lives Yedioth Ahronoth – Yaron Drukman & Itamar Eichner – News
When Jews Sought the Promised Land at the Turn of the Twentieth Century … In Galveston, Texas The New Yorker – Kathryn Schulz – Feature
‘We’ll Burn Jews like Hitler Did’, Says BBC Contributor Samer Elzaenen in Gaza The Telegraph – Patrick Sawer – News
Tehran Knows How to Lure Trump into a ‘Deal’ — Pitching Its ‘Trillion Dollar’ Sanctioned Economy to Him as an Investment Opportunity Bloomberg – Golnar Motevalli – Analysis
>>Senior Israeli Source: Trump Likely to Extend Two-Month Timeline for Iran Nuclear Talks -- But Not By Much Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
>>Just Bomb Iran Already -- It’s Not Fashionable Among Some on the Right, But We Have a Moral & Strategic Obligation to Attack Iran Right Now Townhall – Kurt Schlichter – Opinion
>>Iranian Opposition News Network: Major Explosion at Defense Facility in Isfahan -- Another Blow to Regime Israel Hayom – Neta Bar – News
Why Does anti-Semitism Persist? Because the World Wants It To — Societies Continually Want a Scapegoat & Jews Remain the Ideal Target Washington Post – Clive Gillinson – Opinion
Fox News Woos Jewish Viewers in Wake of Oct. 7 and Campus Protests — Audience Growth in Large Liberal Cities Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – Analysis
Karin Prien to Become Germany’s First Jewish Minister Since the Holocaust — Minister for Education, Women & Youth Yedioth Ahronoth – Ze'ev Abrahami – News
Details from Deadly Gaza Battle: Hamas Terrorists Emerged from Numerous Tunnels — Operational Challenges Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Analysis
>>How Many Hostages Are Still Alive? Sara Netanyahu Mouths 'Fewer' Than 24 Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Israeli Sources Deny Significant Progress in Hostage-Ceasefire Talks After Egyptian Claim of Breakthrough Times of Israel – Staff – News
Ch. 12: Security Establishment Shocked Netanyahu Revealed Classified Details of Beeper Op Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Ban Is a Win for Regional Stability Jewish News Syndicate – Amine Ayoub – Opinion
Top Netanyahu Aide Dermer at JNS Conference: ‘Within 12 Months, the War Will End and Israel Will Win’ Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
Surprising 1970 Recording of Nasser Emerges: ‘I am Ready to Normalize with Israel, and I have Nothing to Do With the Palestinian Cause’ Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
Netanyahu Offering Haredi Parties Increased Budgets to Keep His Government in Power as Likud MK Edelstein Insists on a ‘Real Conscription Law’ Times of Israel – Sam Sokol – News
As Israel Turns 77, Its Tech Sector is the Strategic Engine for Economic Resilience, Global Relevance & National Security Jewish News Syndicate – Avi Hasson – Opinion
>>'Globes' Runner-Up Agora: IDF 8200 Graduates Bring Automation to Real Estate Globes – Meytal Vaizberg – Feature
>>Intel-Backed 'Ignite DeepTech' Program for Startups in Israel Kicks off Its First Cohort -- Ten Early-Stage Companies Selected Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
>>New Check Point CEO: We'll Reinvent Cybersecurity for the AI Age -- Nadav Zafrir Was a Commander of the IDF's 8200 Unit Globes – Assaf Gilead – Feature
Monday, April 28th, 2025
Nike’s Disgraceful ‘Never Again … Until Next Year’ Slogan at the London Marathon The Spectator – Jonathan Sacerdoti – Opinion
Quentin Tarantino and Wife, Israeli Singer Daniella Pick, Buy Tel Aviv Home for NIS 50M Globes – Hilit Yanai-Levison & Arik Mirovsky – News
Investigation: UN Cash App for Gazans Exploited by Hamas as Terror Group Steals Aid Money Meant for Civilians Fox News – Efrat Lachter – News
Ch. 14: Details on the Debate Between the IDF and Government over Gaza Plan — Gen. Zamir Less Hawkish After a Month on the Job; Warns of Many IDF Causalities X – Tamir Morag – News
Study: Qatar is Pouring Billions into Elite American Universities — ‘Hostile Powers are Buying Influence on American Campuses at an Industrial Scale.’ The Free Press – Frannie Block & Maya Sulkin – Feature
>>American Universities Don’t Like Unmasking Their Foreign Donors; A New Trump Order Aims to Make Them Washington Free Beacon – Alana Goodman – Analysis
>>Sen. Cruz Urges Princeton to Dismiss Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Former High-Level Tehran Regime Official Fox News – Benjamin Weinthal – News
>>Report: Over 1,300 Alleged Pro-Hamas Activists Have Had Visas Revoked by Trump Admin Campus Reform – Patrick McDonald – News
>>Harvard Suddenly Rescinds Offer to anti-Israel Professor Kayum Ahmed Who Supports ‘Palestinian Liberation’ The College Fix – Matt Lamb – News
Israeli Official: U.S. & Israel in Close and Open Contact over Iran’s Nuclear Program Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
Israel Refuses Five-Year ‘Hudna’ in Gaza that Would Allow Hamas to Rearm and Regroup Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Qatar Sabotaged Hostage Deal to Secure Better Terms for Hamas -- Egypt and PA President Abbas Had Exerted Heavy Pressure on Hamas to Accept Israel Hayom – Yoav Limor – News
Netanyahu Declassifies Information Showing Shin Bet Chief Bar Not Taking Threat of Hamas Invasion Seriously in Early Hours of Oct. 7 It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
How Israeli Military Technology Continues to Improve the U.S. Military The Institute for National Security Studies – John Spencer & Liam Collins – Analysis
Asian Jewish Americans Have a Double Reason to Celebrate Their Heritage in May — ‘You’re Jewish?’ Yahoo News – Samira Mehta – Feature
When the World Closed Its Doors to Jews in the 1930s, the Dominican Republic Opened Its Arms Jerusalem Post – Noam Bedein – Feature
Israeli Gov anti-Semitism Report Finds 970% Increase in Canada & 300% Increase in France Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>For Jewish Canadians, Monday's Election is Existential After a Decade of Liberal Government National Post – Karine Toledano and Aline Levi – Opinion
Israeli Study Finds AI Outperforms Human Physicians — But Risks Are Higher Jerusalem Post – Judy Siegel-Itzkovich – Feature
Muslim Philanthropist Funds New Synagogue in Dagestan, Russia After It Burned Down in Terrorist Attack Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
New Book Reveals How ‘Impartial’ Associated Press Found Itself Operating Within Nazi Germany Times of Israel – Rich Tenorio – Feature
Sunday, April 27th, 2025
Netanyahu Speaks at JNS Policy Conference: Iran Nuclear Deal Must Remove Enrichment Capabilities — ‘We Can Not Live with Anything Short of That’ Jewish News Syndicate – Akiva Van Koningsveld – News
>>Watch: Netanyahu Reveals How Hezbollah's Suspicions Led Him to Launch 'Operation Grim Beeper' X – i24News – News
>>Netanyahu Says Israeli Planes Intercepted Iranian Ones Sent to Rescue Embattled Syrian Leader Assad Associated Press – News
IDF Destroys Hezbollah Weapons Warehouse in Beirut After Firing Warning Strikes to Clear Civilians Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Yoav Zitun – News
Trump Has Many Loves, Hates — Israel Fortunately Ranks Among His Favorites Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Analysis
Druze Families Reunite Across Borders as Israel Allows Religious Visit from Syria Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
Behind-the-Scenes: Chances Increase for Hostage Deal That Would End Gaza War — Heavy U.S. Pressure on Egypt; Hamas Leadership Split Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Analysis
>>But: Qatar is Sabotaging Deal, Trying to Secure Better Terms for Hamas Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>Egypt Demands Hamas Provide Full Report on Hostages’ Condition by Early May Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
>>Beware: Sinwar’s Writings Disclose How Hamas Leveraged 2021 Gaza Truce to Plan October 7 Jerusalem Post – Staff – Analysis
>>Gaza Hostage Omri Miran’s Brother Asks Media to Stop Publishing Hamas Propaganda Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
IDF Manpower Shortage: High Court Orders Government to Explain Failure to Draft Haredi Men Despite 2024 Ruling Times of Israel – Jeremy Sharon – News
Hate: Swiss Fencers Turn Backs on Gold-Winning Israeli Team in Medal Ceremony in Estonia Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – News
Massive Explosion and Destruction at Iranian Port Linked to Missile Fuel Shipments from China — Meant to Replenish Iran’s Missile Stocks, Depleted by Attacks on Israel Associated Press – Jon Gambrell – News
>>Iranian Officials Accuses Israel of Orchestrating Port Explosion Claiming 'Clear Evidence' Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Itamar Eichner – News
>>The Port and Its Location are Extremely Critical to the Tehran Regime's Survival Jerusalem Post – Maya Cohen – Analysis
‘Reminiscent of the KKK’: Columbia Janitors Sue Protesters Who Took Over Hamilton Hall — Called ‘Jew Lovers’ The Free Press – Frannie Block – Feature
Israeli Tech Venture Funding Continues Momentum, Despite War — Later Stages, Higher Funds Yedioth Ahronoth – Tal Shahaf – News
Israeli Study Finds Troubling Link Between Ultra-Processed Food and Alzheimer’s Yedioth Ahronoth – Eitan Gefen – News
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Update: Iranian With Ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Says It was Sodium Perchlorate That Exploded — Major Ingredient in Solid Fuel for Missiles New York Times – Leily Nikounazar, Aaron Boxerman & Farnaz Fassihi – News
>>Watch: Aerial Footage Shows Massive Fires at Three Separate Locations in the Bandar Abbas Port, Refuting Claims of Single Blast X – Open Source Intel – Video
Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza City Friday; Third Incident with Casualties in Three Days X – Emanuel Fabian – News
U.S. & Iran Divided on Key Issues After Third Round of Nuclear Talks — Washington Opposes Tehran’s Insistence on Retaining Ability to Enrich Uranium; Seeks to Include Iranian Missile Project in Agreement Wall Street Journal – Benoit Faucon & Michael Gordon – News
>>Third Round of U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Conclude in Oman -- U.S. Says 'Further Progress Made'; Tehran Says 'Some Differences are Serious, Some Less So Axios – Barak Ravid – News
Wikipedia’s Tax Exempt Status Threatened by Trump Admin over anti-Semitism & anti-Israel Bias The Free Press – Gabe Kaminsky – News
>>Background: Editing for Hate: How anti-Israel and anti-Jewish Bias Undermines Wikipedia’s Neutrality Anti-Defamation League – Report
Massive Explosion Levels Iran’s Bandar Abbas Port Near Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Naval Base — Hundreds Injured or Killed Jerusalem Post – Danielle Greyman-Kennard & Maya Gur Arieh – News
>>Iran Probes Massive Explosion at Strategic Port, Focus On Chinese Rocket Fuel Shipments Yedioth Ahronoth – Niv Shaiovich – News
How the Mossad Stole Iran’s Nuclear Playbook: Stolen Docs Show How Tehran Will Violate Any New Agreement with U.S. Israel Hayom – Itay Ilnai – Feature
Israeli Pilot Program: Students to Have Access to AI Tutor That Can Respond to Questions with Images and Videos in Lessons Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
IDF’s Unit 8200 Leverages Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Targeted Strikes, Locate Hostages — Finding Ibrahim Biari, Hamas’s Northern Gaza Commander New York Times – Sheera Frenkel & Natan Odenheimer – Analysis [Ed. Written in a negative light. But informative.]
Europe’s Palestinian Statehood Campaign: An Act of Domestic Appeasement; and a Dangerous Strategic Misstep Jewish News Syndicate – Aviram Bellaishe – Opinion
This is What Holocaust Denial Looks Like in 2025: Social Media Platforms’ Algorithms Are Promoting Oct. 7 Massacre Denial Yedioht Ahronoth – Raphael Kahan – Feature
Texas Legislature Passes Universal School-Choice Bill — 6,000 Students at 28 Jewish Private Schools are Eligible; But Funds are Limited for Now Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
Ben Shapiro Interview: ‘Defending Israel Simply Means Telling the Truth’ Israel Hayom – Ariel Bulshtein – Feature
Jewish Commentary with Meir Soloveichik: How is it Punishment to Order a Guest in Your Country to Leave a Land He Hates? Commentary Magazine – Meir Y. Soloveichik – Opinion
How Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg Fought anti-Semitism, Defeated the Nazis & Became a Baseball Legend Yediot Ahronoth – David Sarnow – Feature
Harvard, anti-Semitism, and the Feds — Three Views: 1. If Only Harvard Had Fought So Hard to Protect the Rights of Jews The Hill – Mark Goldfeder – Opinion
>>2. Harvard is an Islamist Outpost, Defund It -- For Decades It Nurtured Resentful Leftists & anti-Semitism United Them in Common Cause Wall Street Journal – Ruth Wisse – Opinion
>>3. American Jewish Committee Searches for Middle Ground on Trump's Campus anti-Semitism Moves, Says CEO Ted Deutch Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – Feature
Friday, April 25th, 2025
Tehran Dismisses Rubio’s Statement on Ending Uranium Enrichment as ‘a New Media Position’ — Sees Its Missile Program as Main Sticking Point in Talks with U.S. Reuters – Parisa Hafezi & John Irish – News
Heavy Fighting in Gaza as Reservist Seriously Injured by Missile near Philadelphi Corridor — DM Katz: ‘Significant Achievements; Heavy Costs’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Einav Halabi – News
Pittsburgh Trio, Including National Guard Member Mohamad Hamad, Indicted for Supporting Hamas, Lying to Federal Officials, & Attacking Jewish Institutions CBS News – Madeline Bartos – News
Anti-Israel Mob Besieges Revered Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn Times of Israel – Luke Tress – News
Will Syria Join the Abraham Accords? New Syrian Regime Weighs Risks and Gains of Normalization with Israel The Media Line – Rizik Alabi & Giorgia Valente – Analysis
>>Background: Syria After Assad -- Touring a Ravaged Country National Review – Jim Geraghty – Feature
The Dermer Doctrine: Israel’s Unofficial Foreign Minister Works to Facilitate a U.S.-Saudi-Israel Mega-Deal Washington Post – Shira Rubin – Feature
Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council — ‘Waltz Remains on the Job Even as He Has Effectively Lost Control’ The Atlantic – Isaac Stanley-Becker – Feature
Dept. of Justice Strips UNRWA of Immunity — Palestinian Refugee Perpetuation Agency Has no Protection from Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Filed by Oct 7 Victims Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
Watch: Dramatic Footage of Islamic Jihad Terrorist Arrested on Way to Attack Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ohana – Video
Ch. 12: Israel Fears U.S. Moving Fast Toward ‘Bad Deal’ with Iran Despite Reassuring Call with President Trump Times of Israel – Staff – News
>>Michael Anton, Who Will Lead Technical Talks with Iran, Has Said Original Iran Deal was Flawed -- But a "Weird Choice' Because 'This is Not His Bailiwick' Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – Analysis
>>With Iran, the Best Approach is to Encourage the Regime to Collapse in on Itself Foreign Policy – Steven Cook – Opinion
>>Trump in Time Mag Interview: 'If No Deal is Reached, I'll Gladly Join & Lead' Israeli Attack on Iranian Nuke Facilities Yedioth Ahronoth – News
>>U.S. Negotiating Position on Iran in Flux -- Technical Team Gathered at State Dept for First Time; Raised Questions on Contradictory Statements by Admin Officials Washington Post – Karen DeYoung – News
>>Iranian FM Araghchi Raised Possibility of Interim Deal with Witkoff Last Saturday Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>‘None Of Your Business’: Iran Rebuffs IAEA Chief’s Concerns Over Tunnels Built Around Nuclear Site Foundation for the Defense of Democracies – News
>>Granular Update on Military Activity Across the Middle East Institute for the Study of War – Ria Reddy & Numerous Reporters – Analysis
Qatar Makes a Comeback in Hostage Negotiations — Mossad Chief Barnea Heads to Doha Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
The Long Road Home for Northern Israel — Residents, Soldiers, Builders & Entrepreneurs Race to Rebuild, Balancing Trauma, Hope, Courage & Politics The Media Line – Dario Sanchez & Nathan Klabin – Feature
More Pentagon Gossip: Polygraph Threats, Leaks & Infighting — Pentagon Chaos Rattles Hegseth Wall Street Journal – Nancy A. Youssef, Alexander Ward & Vera Bergengruen – News
Canary Mission: The Group that Keeps a Blacklist & Takes Credit for Deportations Vox – Zack Beauchamp – Feature [Ed. Written in a very negative light. But informative.]
Toronto: Three Jewish Businesses Vandalized Over Passover — A Worsening Trend, ‘Everyone in the Community is Walking on Eggshells’ The Free Press – Rupa Subramanya – News
Looking Ahead to Yom HaAtzmaut: Four Descendants of Declaration of Independence Signatories Share Their Legacy — A Living Basis for Israel’s Shared Values Yedioth Ahronoth – Naama Cohen Friedman – Feature
Yom HaShoah: The Jews Who Saw Around History’s Darkest Corner — It Was the Zionists Who Warned, Acted & Saved What Could Be Saved The Free Press – Haviv Rettig Gur – Feature
>>Tragic Twist of History: Holocaust Educator Alex Dancyg was Killed in Hamas Captivity Yedioth Ahronoth – Sharon Kidon – Feature
>>The Legendary French Singer Who Risked Her Life to Save Jews: The Struggle to Recognize Edith Piaf as Righteous Among the Nations Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Feature
>>The ‘British Schindler’: How Nicholas Winton Saved Hundreds of Children from Nazi-Occupied Czechoslovakia Yedioth Ahronoth – Tair Kattan – Feature
Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Hamas’s Tunnels of Terror: Interactive Map Project from Honest Reporting — Very Useful Resource Honest Reporting – Interactive Map of 400 Mile Tunnel Network
Three New Israeli F-35i Adirs Became Operational Today — Here’s How Israel’s Fleet Obliterated Iranian Air Defenses from 100 Miles Away Warrior Maven – Kris Osborn – Feature
Israeli Soldier Killed, Two Seriously Wounded in Second Northern Gaza Ambush Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
ICC Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court Ruling and Remands Back to Explore Israel’s Jurisdictional Objections to Arrest Warrants Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
‘Peace Partner’ Mahmoud Abbas Claims First and Second Jewish Temples Were in Yemen MEMRI – Palestinian Authority TV – News
New Harvard-Harris Poll: 75% Support Israel over Hamas — But 51% of 18-24 Year-Olds Support Hamas X – Marina Medvin – News
Trump Admin Names Michael Anton to Lead Technical Talks with Tehran — Low-Profile and Increasingly Powerful Official Politico – Felicia Schwartz – News
>>Who is Michael Anton? The State Dept's Main Brain & Rubio's Director of Policy Planning The American Conservative – Curt Mills – Analysis
>>Iranian Official in Response to Rubio: 'Zero Enrichment is Unacceptable' NBC News – Reuters – News
>>CENTCOM Chief Gen. Kurilla Arrives in Israel for Yet Another Visit Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
>>Sen. Fetterman: Dump Iran Talks & 'Waste That S--t' -- 'You're Never Going to be Able to Negotiate with That Kind of Regime' Washington Free Beacon – Jon Levine – News
>>Yale Derecognizes SJP Chapter after Group Blocks Jewish Students' Access to Parts of Campus Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Costescu – News
>>Watch: President Trump Signs Executive Order Mandating Universities Disclose Foreign Donations -- Attention, Qatar X – Raylan Givens – Video
Behind-the-Scenes Story on How Israel Missed Its Chance (for now) to Strike Iran’s Nuclear Sites — The Debates between Israel’s Political & Security Echelons Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Feature
IDF Presents Government with Four Options for Gaza — Its Preferred Path is Escalating Strikes While Allowing Minimal Aid Rather Than Fully Mobilizing Reservists Yedioth Ahonoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
>>‘Save Us’: Leader of Gaza’s anti-Hamas Movement Seeks Dialogue With Trump The Media Line – Felice Friedson & Ahmed Abd al-Salam – Feature
IDF Reports Record Surge in Female Combat Recruits — A Generational Shift in the Public’s Engagement with National Defense The Judean – Staff – Feature
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day: From Silence to Strength — Holocaust Survivors Speak Out The Media Line – Maayan Hoffman – Feature
>>Watch in Full: President Herzog Leads March of the Living with Freed Hostages at Auschwitz-Birkenau Jewish News Syndicate – Video
>>Watch in Full: Annual Ceremony at Yad Vashem with Prime Minister Netanyahu & President Herzog Jewish News Syndicate – Video
>>White House Proclamation: Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 2025 The White House – President Donald J. Trump – News
>>Watch: Israel Literally Comes to a Halt for Two Minutes in Honor of the Six Million Murdered Jews -- Ayalon Highway X – Amit Segal – Video
>>The Unbelievable Story of Katerina Singer, the Jewish ‘Queen of Auschwitz' -- Saving Thousands of Women from the Gas Chambers Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoel Yaari – Feature
>>Every Year, Survivor Sara Milgram Tells Her Story -- Today, She Will Tell It to 200 Soldiers Jewish News Syndicate – Amelie Botbol – Feature
>>‘I Remember Them Every Day’: Holocaust Survivors Return to Death Camps 80 Years After Liberation Israel Hayom – Karni Eldad – Feature
>>Medicine and Courage: The Story of 101-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Teha Friedman & Her Doctor Son Yedioth Ahronoth – Sharon Kidon – Feature
>>President Herzog to Lead 'March of the Living' in Poland with Freed Hostages Jewish News Syndicate – News
>>Dov Eichenwald: ‘I Promised My Holocaust Survivor Father: No Oppressor Will Erase Us' Yedioth Ahronoth – Dov Eichenwald – Feature
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
FBI & Local Police Execute Multiple Raids at Homes of anti-Israel Protestors Around the Univ of Michigan — Not Immigration Related Detroit Free Press – John Wisely & Tresa Baldas – News
>>FBI Raids Follow String of anti-Israel Incidents Around Ann Arbor -- See Full Timeline with Linked Articles MLive – Ryan Stanton – News
In-Depth Roundup of the Latest with Iran: Rubio Says Iran Can Have Civilian Nuclear Program If It Gives up Enrichment; Iran Fortifying Buried Nuclear Sites Times of Israel – Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg & Agencies – News
>>Deep Dive Into the New Security Perimeter Around Iran's Secret Nuclear Tunnel Complexes, with Satellite Photos Institute for Science and International Security – David Albright & Sarah Burkhard – Feature
IDF Prevents Iranian Axis From Flooding Judea & Samaria with Terrorists & Weapons Through Israel-Jordan Border Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Massive Brush Fires in Central Israel Amid Extreme Heat Wave — Communities Evacuated Times of Israel – Charlie Summers – News
Fierce Debate in Israel’s Security Cabinet Over Resuming Aid to Gaza — IDF Chief Zamir Opposes Soldiers Distributing Aid; Ministers Oppose Hamas Involvement Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Government Gives IDF Chief Thursday Deadline for Gaza Aid Plan Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
>>PA President Abbas Blasts Hamas for Giving Israel 'Pretext' to Destroy Gaza -- ''Give Back the Hostages, Sons of Dogs, End the War' Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
>>Egypt, Leading Mediation Efforts, Demands that Hamas Disarm Completely -- But Says It Can Play a Future Role in Governing the Strip Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
>>Hamas’s ‘All-or-Nothing’ Strategy: Why It Rejected a Partial Deal -- Terror Group Seeks Regime Survival in Gaza via a Full Deal Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lappin – Analysis
The Vicious Rivalries Tearing Apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Appear to be Based on Personality Clashes Rather than Policy or Ideological Differences Politico – Rachael Bade, Daniel Lippman, Jack Detsch & Paul McLeary – News
Ahead of Technical Talks, U.S. Demands Clash with Tehran’s Proposal — U.S. Expected to Insist on Removing Advanced Centrifuges from Iranian Territory Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
>>Iran’s Negotiation Method: Between Ideology & Economic Reality -- Will the West Fall Once More Into the Trap of Persian Patience? Jewish News Syndicate – Oded Ailam – Analysis
>>Monitoring Iranian Media: Tehran Does Not Want to Seem Too Eager for a Deal; But Wants to Take Advantage of Trump's Push for Diplomacy Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – News
>>Inside the Saudi King’s Letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader -- A Radical Turnaround in the Relationship From the Situation in 2015 Amwaj Media – News
>>Trump Admin Sanctions Iranian Shipping Magnate Who Laundered Illicit Oil & Gas for Tehran Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
Boim Lawsuit Targets American Muslims for Palestine’s Hamas Ties — Parents Seek Justice 30 Years After Murder of Son Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – Feature
Josh Shapiro Reveals Trump Called Him to Discuss anti-Semitic Arson Attack on Governor’s Residence — ‘Very Gracious’ New York Post – Victor Nava – News
Leading Michigan Senate Candidates Condemn anti-Israel Harassment of Univ of Michigan Regent Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs – News
Israeli DM Katz Fires Back at Bernie Sanders for ‘Learning Nothing’ After Hamas Atrocities Breitbart – Joshua Klein – News
An Israeli Think Tank Used AI to Analyze 4,400 American Synagogue Sermons — A Focus on Politics & Israel Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Ben Sales – Analysis
Eric Fingerhut, CEO of Jewish Federations of North America, Tells Local Federations Not to Get Involved in anti-Trump Politics Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Andrew Lapin – News
Zionism Should Be Valued, Not Misunderstood — How American Jewish Organizations Asking for Financial Support Describe Themselves Jewish News Syndicate – Moshe Phillips – Opinion
>>'Aliyah' of the Soul -- If You’re Not Going to Live In the Land of Israel, Then the Land of Israel Must Begin to Live Within You Jewish News Syndicate – Adam Scott Bellos – Opinion
Israeli Haredi Yeshivas Raised $100 Million to Offset High Court Freeze on State Funding — Now It’s Gone Yedioth Ahronoth – Shilo Freid – News
Only in Israel: How a Chance Encounter of Two Reservists Serving in Gaza Led to a $35 Million Venture Capital Fund Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – Feature
>>More Israeli Wonders: Ben Gurion Univ Researchers Use Cybersecurity Tool to Uncover Brain Disorders & Heart Conditions Times of Israel – Diana Bletter – Feature
>>Yet More Israeli Wonders: Israeli Neurologist Gil Rabinovici Accepts Nobel-Level Award for Revolutionizing Alzheimer's Diagnosis Yedioth Ahronoth – Eitan Gefen – Feature
Israel’s ‘Privileged Class’ Part II: Its Roots and Its Rot Jewish News Syndicate – Yisrael Medad – Opinion
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
What Do ‘Expert Level’ Talks Signal for the Progress of Iran-U.S. Nuclear Negotiations? The Technical Level Remains Filled with Possible Landmines NBC News – Associated Press – Analysis
>>Ch. 14: Two USAF E-3 Sentry AWACS, Ultra-Sophisticated Command & Control Aircraft, Arrive in Middle East X – Tamir Morag – News
>>Trump Tore Up Obama’s Iran Deal -- Is He Now Negotiating Something Worse? The Free Press – Michael Doran – Analysis
>>Iran's Ali Shankhani, Political Advisor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Lays Out Tehran's 'Nine Principles' of U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – News
>>Watch: Fordow -- Iran's Key Underground Uranium Enrichment Facility YouTube – Alma Research Institute – Video
President Trump: ‘I’ve Just Spoken to Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, Relative to Numerous Subjects Including Trade, Iran, Etc. The Call Went Very Well—We Are on the Same Side of Every Issue’ Truth Social – Donald J. Trump – News
Internal Documents: Trump Admin Launches the Biggest Shake-Up ‘In Decades’ at the State Department The Free Press – Gabe Kaminsky & Madeleine Rowley – News
Douglas Murray on Israel’s Resilient Youth: A Blueprint for Western Survival The Judean – Staff – Feature
Security Cabinet to Discuss Moving to ‘Decisive Phase’ Of Gaza War Yedioth Ahronoth – Gad Lior – News
National Institutes of Health Issues Ultimatum to Universities: Drop Israel Boycotts or Lose Funding — $48 Billion at Stake Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan – News
>>Read the NIH Memorandum National Institutes of Health – Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award – Memorandum
>>Antisemitic Incidents Rose over 80% on College Campuses Last Year Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Grace Gilson – News
Israel Needs New Leadership: It’s Not Right vs. Left; But New vs. Old — From Today’s Breaking Point, Hope Grows, Because the Next Generation of Leaders is Already Here Israel Hayom – Micah Lakin Avni – Opinion
Remote-Controlled Warfare: How the IDF is Neutralizing Danger While Keeping Soldiers Out of Harm’s Way Jerusalem Post – Staff – Feature
No Letup: Israel Kills Hussein Atawi in His Car on Way to Beirut — Senior Member of Sunni Jam’a Islamiya Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
>>More: IDF Eliminates Hezbollah Smuggling Chief and Engineer in Lebanon Airstrikes The Judean – Staff – News
Sharon Osbourne Demands Visa Revocation for anti-Israel Band at Coachella Music Festival Israel Hayom – Staff – News
Saudi Al Arabiya: Houthis Start Suffering Major Loses from CENTCOM Strikes — Over 500 Killed, Including Senior Officials, Drone Operators, & Missile Experts Al Arabiya English – Joseph Haboush – News
Former CIA Agent Bob Baer Claims Growing Evidence that Hitler Faked His Death and Escaped to Argentina Daily Mail – James Reinl – Feature
>>'Unbroken' Debuts on Netflix: Against All Odds, Seven Siblings in Berlin Survived the Holocaust Jewish News Syndicate – Alan Zeitlin – Feature
‘Dr. Phil’ Speaks Passionately About His Deep Connection with Israel Jerusalem Post – Stefan Oberman – Feature
Bnai Zion Hospital Raises the Bar Using ‘Integrative Medicine’ to Rehabilitate Israelis During Wartime Jerusalem Post – Liane Grunberg Wakabayashi – Feature
How the Southern Israel Town of Ofakim Pulled Together as a Community After 52 Residents Were Murdered on Oct. 7 Times of Israel – Sue Surkes – Feature
It’s Not Easy Being a Jew in Ireland: Jamie O’Mahony Had to Escape Dublin City University after Supporting Israel Jewish News Syndicate – Canaan Lidor – News
Listen: Amit Segal & Nadav Eyal Debate Israel’s Next Steps Between Gaza & Tehran Call Me Back – Dan Senor – Podcast
IDF Hampered by Manpower Shortages in Judea & Samaria, Leaving Some Operations Undone Times of Israel – Staff – News
Israir to Begin Operating Flights to United States in a Move Challenging El Al’s Monopoly Jerusalem Post – Itay Gal – News
Monday, April 21st, 2025
Reporters Notebook in Southern Gaza: IDF Says Cracks Emerging in Hamas’s Rule — Six Kilometers Across the New Morag Corridor Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – Analysis
>>Inside Rafah’s Rubble: The IDF's Final Push Against Hamas Strongholds Begins Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Analysis
Trump Admin to Harvard: Where Is Your anti-Semitism Report? Harvard Promised to Publish Its Findings Last Fall — Months After the Deadline, It Still Hasn’t Appeared The Free Press – Maya Sulkin – News
>>Secret Weapon: Trump Admin Should Unleash the False Claims Act to End anti-Semitism & Discrimination in Higher Education Legal Insurrection – Louis Bonham – Opinion
>>Trump Admin to Pull Additional $1 Billion in Funding from Harvard -- Irate that University Publicized anti-Semitism Demand Letter Meant to be Basis for Negotiations Wall Street Journal – Douglas Belkin & Liz Essley Whyte – News
>>Meet Alan Garber, the Jewish Doctor Leading Harvard's Resistance to the Trump Admin Wall Street Journal – Sara Randazzo – Feature
The Palestinian Moderates? The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Thrive on Palestinian Authority TV The Algemeiner – Nan Jacques Zilberdik – Analysis
The Inevitable Clash of the Titans: How Oct. 7 Set Netanyahu and Ronen Bar on a Collision Course Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Newly Formed Conservative Party Vows To Transform Israeli Political Landscape — Jonathan Pacifici Says Israel Needs Unity, Resilience & Decency The Media Line – Staff – News
A Five-Point Plan for Zionists Navigating U.S. Politics — The Future of American Support for Israel is Becoming Concerning Jerusalem Post – Doron Kornbluth – Opinion
U.S. & Tehran Quickly Moving Toward New Nuclear Deal That Would Not Fulfill Israel’s Expectations — Technical Experts Are Already Meeting to Discuss Specifics Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Watch President Trump: ‘We Had Very Good Meetings Actually on Iran. The Next Step Is We Need a Little Time' X – JKash – Video
>>Big Call: Trump and Netanyahu Expected to Speak Monday about Iran & Hostage Deal Jerusalem Post – Walla – News
>>Israeli Official: 'It Sure Looks Like Obama's 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal' -- Still 'There is a Sense We Are Very Much a Participant' in Talks Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – News
>>In-Depth Interviews: Israel’s Strategic Deterrence ‘Evaporates’ If Region Goes Nuclear The Media Line – Gabriel Colodro – Analysis
>>Centcom Commander Gen. Kurilla to Visit Israel amid Concerns over a Soft Deal with Iran Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yeshoshua – News
>>Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo: We Don't Need a Fake Deal with Iran -- Isolationists on the Right & Obama-Aligned Think Tanks Align to Push a False Choice The Free Press – Mike Pompeo – Opinion
>>U.S. Applies Series of New Sanctions Targeting Sino-Iranian Oil Trade -- Harming Iran's Oil Exports a 'Dramatic Blow' Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lappin – News
>>Tehran-Linked Publication Attacks NSC Official Merav Ceren -- Falsely Calls her a Former Israeli Ministry of Defense Official Responsible Statecraft – Ben Armbruster – News [Ed. This publication is an arm of the Quincy Institute, a pro-Tehran regime organization.]
Erdoğan Sets His Sights on Israel — If Trump Wants to Prevent Another Regional Conflict, Calling Turkey’s President a ‘Friend’ Won’t Cut It The Atlantic – Reuel Marc Gerecht – Opinion
Long Journey Ventures: The Quirky New Venture Capital Firm Being Guided by Jewish Values Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Feature
National Library of Israel’s U.S. Arm Creates Archive to Document Post-Oct. 7 Campus anti-Semitism eJewishPhilanthropy – Jay Deitcher – News
>>Submit Materials Here: Documenting October 7th and Its Aftermath on North American College Campuses National Library of Israel-USA – Project
How Hamas’s Psychological Warfare Exploits Israeli Fault Lines — Families of Captives Plead for a Deal, While Others Argue Protests Empower Hamas Yedioth Ahronoth – Keren Setton/Media Line – Feature
>>Deadly Attack in Northern Gaza Buffer Zone Shows Dangers of Static Positions -- Unmapped Tunnels Everywhere Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Analysis
Attention ‘Shtisel’ Fans: Sasson Gabay Is Happy to Be Back Playing a Complex Haredi Jew in ‘Kugel’ Times of Israel – Gabe Friedman – Feature
The anti-Semites in the Conservative Manosphere — The World’s Oldest Hatred Takes over the World’s Newest Medium Commentary Magazine – Seth Mandel – Feature
>>Douglas Murray: So-Called Israel-Hamas ‘Experts’ Spew False Info on Joe Rogan’s Podcast -- There Has to Be a Standard New York Post – Douglas Murray – Opinion
The Robdozer: Israel’s New Unmanned Bulldozers ‘Changing the Paradigm’ of War in Gaza Times of Israel – AFP & TOI Staff – Feature
>>More Israeli Tech: Ukraine to Use Israeli Emergency Treatment in Case of a Nuclear Event Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – Feature
In Georgia, a 23-Year-Old Maintains a Venerable Synagogue, the Last Remnant of a 2,500-Year-Old Community Times of Israel – Sofia Poznansky – Feature
‘F–K Israel’ Message Displayed by Irish Band Kneecap at Coachella Music Festival and Streamed to Millions Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Staff – News
Sunday, April 20th, 2025
The Pentagon Is in Total Chaos Says Former Top Spokesman — ‘President Trump Deserves Better than the Current Mishegoss’ Politico – John Ullyot – Opinion
Survey of Israeli Media: Israel Considering Limited Yet Powerful Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities — Fordow & Natanz in the Crosshairs X – Raylan Givens – News
Rescued Hostage Andrey Kozlov Launches NYC Art Gallery — ‘I Have a Second Chance, I Need to Use It’ Israel Hayom – Adi Nirman – Feature
Lebanese Army Foils Rocket Attack on Israel as President Doubles Down on Disarming Hezbollah Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
How a Video Series on Israeli Tech Startups is Changing the Global Narrative on Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Moran Regev – Feature
IDF Chief Zamir Visits Strategic Security Zone in Southern Syria — ‘We Are On the Frontlines to Protect Ourselves’ Jewish News Syndicate – News
>>Working on the Holiday: Six U.S. Super Cargo Planes Bring Assets to IAF's Nevatim Base Sunday X – Israel News Pulse – News
Major Concern in Israel over U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks — Appears Several Key American Preconditions Have Been Dropped Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Analysis
>>Senior Israeli Official Admits: Iran Deal Would Undermine Ability to Attack -- But Netanyahu Would Not Hesitate to Act, Even with Trump in White House Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Analysis
>>Mossad Chief Barnea & Netanyahu Advisor Dermer Seemingly Unable to Steer Witkoff Away from Soft Iran Strategy Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>In Iran Talks, Trump is Edging Toward Reviving Obama's Old Deal -- No Dismantling of Nuclear Infrastructure New York Times – David Sanger, Farnaz Fassihi & Lara Jakes – Analysis
>>Moscow May Gain Key Role in Iran Nuclear Deal as U.S. Talks Progress -- Possible Destination for Iran’s Stockpile of Highly Enriched Uranium & Arbiter of Deal Breaches The Guardian – Patrick Wintour – Analysis
>>Source Close to White House Expects U.S.-Iran Talks to Collapse When Americans Present Full List of Demands Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Analysis
>>Iran's Endless Rounds of Negotiation: Delay, Deceive & Cheat Gatestone Institute – Majid Rafizadeh – Analysis
>>Tehran’s Long Trail of Deception Fuels Skepticism over New Nuclear Deal as Talks Continue Fox News – Benjamin Weinthal – Analysis
>>CENTCOM Chief Gen. Michael Kurilla: The U.S. General Israel Doesn't Want to Strike Iran Without -- Long-Time Supporter of Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Alon Strimling – Analysis
IDF Completes Investigation Into ‘Ambulance Incident’ — One Deputy Commander Dismissed for Providing an Inaccurate Report During Debrief X – Eylon Levy – News
Naftali Bennett, Leading PM Candidate, Hospitalized with Heart Condition Times of Israel – Sam Sokol – News [Ed. Speculation he had a heart attack. No official confirmation.]
U.S. Hits Houthi Bases & Weapons Depots in 50 Overnight Strikes — Damage from Attack on Ras Issa Fuel Port Estimated at $700 Million Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
Saudi Al-Hadath: Hamas Recruiting 30,000 Fighters in Gaza as It Shifts to Guerrilla Warfare Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
>>Trump Admin Eyes Fresh Hamas Sanctions Under 'Human Shield' Law That Biden Admin Ignored Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
>>Watch: Gazans Clash with Hamas as Historic Protests Escalate The Free Press – Tanya Lukyanova – News
>>John Spencer & Arsen Ostrovsky: Why Israel's Gaza Campaign is Morally Justified and Legally Constrained X – John Spencer – Analysis
Reservists, Buckling Under Weight of Extensive Call-Ups, Urge Government to Give Further Support Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – News
How Jewish Patriots in the U.S. Revolutionary War Helped Shape the First Amendment — Forging America Times of Israel – Rich Tenorio – Feature
Historic March of the Living in Poland: Marking the 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation Jerusalem Post – Greer Fay Cashman – Feature
Let My People In! Visiting the Last Jews of Ethiopia, Who Are Still Waiting for Their Turn to Reach the Promised Land Tablet Magazine – Richard Hidary – Feature
The Western World Wants to Keep Israel Weak — In Other Words, Israel is Not Allowed to Win Jerusalem Post – David Weinberg – Opinion
Anti-Israel Agitator Charged in Violent Hate Crime Attack on Two Jewish College Students in Chicago Fox News – Julia Bonavita – News
>>Jew-Hatred Even Pervades a Top Architectural Journal Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Schwalb – News
Harry Truman’s Seder Message: 1945 Address to American Troops Drew a Lasting Connection Between the Passover Story & the Nation’s Consciousness Tablet Magazine – Stuart Halpern – Feature
Saturday, April 19th, 2025
Netanyahu Addresses the Nation: ‘The Mission Is Not Yet Complete, and I Intend to See It Through, Without Surrender’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yuval Karni – News
>>Netanyahu Spokesman: 'It is Impossible to Bring Everyone Back in One Deal -- This is Spin' Jerusalem Post – News
IDF Soldier Killed in Northern Gaza, Three Seriously Wounded, Included Female Officer — First Combat Fatality Since Collapse of Ceasefire Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
Ch. 14’s Tamir Morag: ‘What Has Been Happening with Hezbollah in Recent Days is a Drama of Historic Proportions.’ X – Tamir Morag – Analysis
Israel Still Eyeing a Limited Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities in Coming Months as U.S.-Iran Talks Progress Reuters – Erin Banco – News
>>Brief Statement from U.S. Official: 'Very Good Progress Made' in Second Round of Talks in Rome Associated Press – Matthew Lee & Jon Gambrell – News
>>Talks End After Hours of Discussion -- Technical Negotiations to Begin Wednesday in Oman Times of Israel – Agencies & TOI Staff – News
Time for DNI Gabbard to Reverse U.S. Intel claim that Iran has No Active Nuclear Weapons Program American Greatness – Fred Fleitz – Opinion
Should Israel Stop the War in Gaza and Sign a Deal with Hamas? Here is What Hamas is Demanding — We Must Learn From Our Ancestors Israel Hayom – Dror Eydar – Opinion
>>Both UN & U.S. Say Gaza is 'Uninhabitable' Due to Undetonated Explosives Jerusalem Post – Reuters – Analysis
>>Why Don't More Gazans Protest Hamas? Lack of Credible Governing Alternative a Major Factor Jerusalem Post – Amir Bohbot – Analysis
>>While Gaza Suffers, Sparkling New Mall Opens in 'The Bubble of Ramallah' Yedioth Ahronoth – Michael Milstein – Analysis
Cover-Up: ADL Quietly Purged Data on European Muslim anti-Semitism Jewish News Syndicate – Andrew Bostom & Morton Klein – Analysis
Gov. Shapiro Avoids ‘anti-Semitism’ Label on Arson Attack in ‘Good Morning America’ Interview Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – News
>>Some Pennsylvania Jews Reminded of Tree of Life Shooting After Arson Attack on Gov. Shapiro’s Home WHYY – Associated Press – News
>>What the Shapiro Attack Tells Us About America in 2025 -- Jews Are Reviled by the Left Jewish News Syndicate – Jonathan Tobin – Opinion
For Acting U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin, Pursuing Hamas and Its Supporters is Personal — ‘We’re Not Going to Let Georgetown Turn into Columbia’ Jewish News Syndicate – Mike Wagenheim – Feature
Chuck Schumer, Palestinian: Review of ‘Antisemitism in America,’ by Charles E. Schumer Commentary Magazine – Liel Leibovitz – Feature
How the IDF Rabbinate Prepared for Pesach — 200,000 Pounds of Matzah to Soldiers in a Multi-Front War Jewish News Syndicate – Chaim Goldberg – Feature
Inside Israel’s Homegrown Robot Revolution: Smart Machines that Walk, Talk & Work with You Yedioth Ahronoth – Tal Shahaf – Feature
Friday, April 18th, 2025
Watch Bill Maher: ‘Israel is the Jews’ Homeland & Jews Have Always Lived There — You Can Look It Up — It’s in This Book Called the Bible X – Vivid – Video
Israeli Point Guard Ben Saraf Declares for NBA Draft — Projected First-Round Pick Jerusalem Post – Reuters – News
How Steve Witkoff Operates: Trump’s ‘Lone Ranger’ CNN – Kylie Atwood, Alayna Treene & Alex Marquardt – Feature
Trump Admin Keeping the Pressure on Harvard: Dept. of Education Launches Investigation into Harvard’s Foreign Funding U.S. Department of Education – Press Release
Israel’s ‘Privileged Class’: Its Roots and Its Rot — Remnants of Disputes Between the Camps of Zionism from Decades Ago Have Resurfaced Jewish News Syndicate – Yisrael Medad – Opinion
Texas Jews Split Over $1B Private School Voucher Plan — Orthodox Thrilled; Reform Opposes Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Grace Gilson – News
Mossad Director David Barnea Meets with Witkoff in Paris Ahead of Critical U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>The Inside Story: Jonathan Schanzer on His Discussions with Israeli Officials Call Me Back – Dan Senor – Podcast
>>Granular Update on Military Action Across the Middle East -- An Israeli Radar at a UAE Military Base in Northern Somalia? Institute for the Study of War – Katherine Wells & Others – Analysis
>>Ten Heavy U.S. Military Transport Planes Land in Israel Carrying Heavy Munitions X – Raylan Givens – News
IDF Strikes over 40 Terror Targets Throughout Gaza, Destroys Terror Infrastructure Jerusalem Post – News
>>Letter from Over 1,000 Family Members of Soldiers Killed in Gaza: 'Ending the War Without Eliminating Hamas Threatens Israel' Arutz Sheva – News
Watch: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee Places Note from President Trump in the Western Wall Israel Government Press Office – Video
Catering to Qatar: Why Does Everybody Bow Before this Terror-Supporting Country? Commentary Magazine – Jonathan Schanzer – Feature
U.S. CENTCOM Destroys Houthi-Held Ras Isa Oil Port in Yemen — Deadliest Attack Yet Associated Press – Jon Gambrell – News
Lebanon’s Government Seeking to Reassert Its Authority Across the Country in a Bid to Preserve a Fragile Ceasefire with Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
>>Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun Aims to Disarm Hezbollah, Iran-Backed Group Objects Foundation for the Defense of Democracies – Analysis
>>Deep Dive: How Assad Smuggled His Valuables, and Himself, Out of Syria Reuters – Feras Dalatey & Joanna Plucinska – Feature
The Sephardi-Portuguese Who Settled in the Caribbean: Rekindling their Forgotten Exploits Jerusalem Post – Noam Bedein – Feature
Hostage Survivor Ilana Gritzewsky: ‘They Turned Me Into a Puppet, I Begged Them Not to Rape Me’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – Feature
How One Washington, D.C.-Area Jewish Day School Saw a Surge of Recruits in Israel’s Military Since Oct. 7 Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Rimonne Zakheim – Feature
From Tehran to Tel Aviv: Iranian-Born Photographer Preserves Jewish Heritage Through Her Lens Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – Feature
Saudi Arabia & U.S. on Israel-Bypassing Track — Key Deals No Longer Subject to Saudi Normalization with Israel Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Feature
Israeli Tech Firms Selling Software Will Be Spared the Worst of Trump’s Tariffs — But Will Still Be Impacted Times of Israel – Luke Tress – Analysis
>>Success: Hertz Taps Israeli Tech Startup for Automated Inspection Systems at U.S. Airports Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
>>More Success: Israeli Startup Pillar Security Nabs Funds to Build Defense Layer Against Evolving AI Cyber Threats Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
>>No Glass Ceiling for Haredim in Tech: An Interview with Rabbi Yitzhak Kesselman, Corporate VP at Microsoft Global Yedioth Ahronoth – Israel Wullman – Feature
Passover Nostalgia: Rare Photos of Israeli Celebrations Through the Decades The Jewish Voice – Feature
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Trump Administration Orders Gaza-Linked Social Media Vetting for Visa Applicants Reuters – Humeyra Pamuk – News
Hamas Rejects Israel’s Proposal to Release 10 Hostages in Exchange for 45-Day Ceasefire Jerusalem Post – News
How an AI-Startup Is Fighting the Pro-Israel Battle for Hearts and Minds — Restoring the Jewish People’s Grip on the Truth Jerusalem Post – Lilac Sigan – Feature
Trump Halted Israeli Military Attack on Iranian Nuclear Facilities After Divisions Emerged in His Administration — Plan Required U.S. Assistance New York Times – Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman & Ronen Bergman – News
>>Trump Reacts: 'I Would Not Say I Stopped the Attack; I'm Just Not in a Rush to Do It; I Think Iran Wants to Talk' X – Rapid Response 47 – News
>>Ch. 12: Will Harm U.S.-Israel Ties -- 'Great Harm Was Done to Israeli Interests Against Iran' Times of Israel – News
>>Israeli Source: Leak to NYT 'One of the Most Dangerous Leaks in Israel's History' Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Another Israeli Source: Details Are 'Inaccurate,' Blames Leak on Isolationists in Trump Admin Israel Hayom – Mati Tuchfeld – News
>>The Leak Was the Whole Point -- A Tactical Play By the Vance/Gabbard Faction to More or Less Help Iran Torpedo Israeli/American Action Commentary Magazine – Seth Mandel – Analysis
>>The Saudis Are Afraid of Iranian Retaliation: Groundbreaking Visit of Saudi Defense Minister to Tehran Amidst Attack Rumors Financial Times – Ahmed Al Omran & Andrew England – News
>>Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) Blasts Witkoff -- Allowing Iran to Maintain 3.67% Enrichment Echoes the ‘Disaster’ of Obama's Iran Deal Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
>>U.S. Further Sanctions Iranian Oil -- 'Committed to Disrupting all Actors Providing Support to Iran’s Oil Supply Chain, Which Regime Uses to Support Terrorism' U.S. Department of Treasury – Press Release
WSJ Exclusive: A Depleted Hamas Is So Low on Cash That It Can’t Pay Its Fighters Wall Street Journal – Summer Said, Carrie Keller-Lynn & Benoit Faucon – News
Georgetown Extends Qatar Contract Amid Trump Fight With Colleges Bloomberg – Zainab Fattah & Janet Lorin – News
>>Netanyahu Accuses Qatar of Fomenting anti-Israel ‘Rot’ on U.S. Campuses -- ‘Choose a Side' Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
>>Background: Qatar’s Grip on Education Is Causing an Explosion of Campus anti-Semitism Jerusalem Post – Amine Ayoub – Analysis
‘Now You’re Dead’: Freed Hostage Keith Siegel Recounts Physical & Psychological Torture in Gaza New York Times – Nadav Gavrielov – News
The AG Reigns Supreme: Israel’s Supreme Court Has Made the Entire Executive Branch of Government Subservient to the Attorney General Jewish News Syndicate – Amos Fried – Analysis
Israel’s Upper Galilee Makes a Comeback with Tourists — An Area Where Jews, Christians, Muslims & Druze Coexist Peacefully Yedioth Ahronoth – Buzzy Gordon – Feature
>>Residents of Misgav Am on Israel's Northern Border Return Home with Volunteer Support Jerusalem Post – News
Azerbaijan: Augmenting the Abraham Accords — Bolstering Israel’s Security and Enhancing Its Access to Energy Jewish News Syndicate – Martin Sherman – Analysis
Rising Star: Trump Names Matthew Solomson First Orthodox Jewish Chief Judge of a Federal Court Jewish News Syndicate – Menachem Wecker – News
Former IDF Soldiers Teach, Renovate Schools in Bogotá’s Poorest Neighborhoods Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Feature
NYTimes Op-Ed Laments Israel as a ‘Mideast Hegemon’ — But Following Its Advice Would Endanger Israel Jewish News Syndicate – David Levine – Opinion
>>NYTimes Columnist Nicholas Kristof Exploits Palestinian Christians to Undermine Israel Jewish News Syndicate – Mitchel Bard – Opinion
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
Trump Admin About to ‘Bob Jones’ Harvard — IRS Making Plans to Rescind Tax-Exempt Status Hot Air – Ed Morrissey – Analysis
>>DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Threatens to Block Harvard From Hosting Foreign Students Department of Homeland Security – Press Release
Trump Team’s Iran Divide: Vance Led Trump Back to Obama’s ‘Deal’ — But Rubio & Waltz Seemed to Win the Day at White House Meeting Earlier This Week Axios – Barak Ravid – Analysis
>>Tehran Confirms: 2nd Round of Talks with U.S. Will Be in Rome This Saturday Associated Press – Jon Gambrell & Nasser Karimi – News
>>Tehran Shifts Tune on Nuclear Deal, Now Downplaying Optimism Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – Analysis
In Focus: How Bibi Buggered On to Victory Through Sheer Tenacity Tablet Magazine – Edward Luttwak – Opinion
Phased U.S. Pullout from Syria Raises Concerns for Israel Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – Analysis
Watch Incredible Story: Dog Abducted from Murdered Hostage Found by Troops in Gaza, Returned to Family Daily Mail – David Averre – Feature with Video
‘This Is What Victory Looks Like’: Inside Israel’s Aggressive New Security Plan — Seizing Territory, Building Buffer Zones, Routinely Striking Threats Financial Times – Neri Zilber, Steven Bernard & Jana Tauschinski – Analysis
>>Hundreds of Hezbollah Commanders Flee Lebanon for South America Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
>>Israel Has Taken Over About a Third of the Gaza Strip -- Threaten to Chip Away More if Hamas Doesn’t Release Hostages Wall Street Journal – Dov Lieber, Summer Said & Abeer Ayyoub – News
>>U.S. Approves Major Weapons Shipment to Israel as IDF Prepares for Gaza Offensive, Eyes Iran -- Includes Over 3,000 Munitions for Air Force Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
A Deep Look Inside the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism — The Little-Known Bureaucrats Using Funding Threats to Force Changes on Campus Wall Street Journal – Liz Essley Whyte, Douglas Belkin & Sara Randazzo – Feature [Ed. Written with a negative view. But informative.]
>>The Trump Admin's Latest Deportee Mohsen Mahdawi: Columbia’s Anti-Israel Protest Ringleader Voiced Support for Oct. 7 Attacks on 60 Minutes Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – Analysis
>>Jews at Harvard Conflicted: Decrying Trump Admin 'Overreach,' But Still Urging University Reforms Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch & Haley Cohen – News
>>Harvard's 'Resistance' to Trump Enables the Ideology That Encourages anti-Semitism Jewish News Syndicate – Jonathan Tobin – Opinion
New House Bill Aims to Strengthen Ties Between U.S., Israel, Greece & Cyprus Jewish News Syndicate – News
DM Katz Confirms Israel will Soon Backtrack on Vow Not to Allow Aid into Gaza Unless Hostages Released — Attempt to Circumvent Hamas Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
>>Hamas Seeks to Silence Gazans Who Criticize It over War with Israel Washington Post – Miriam Berger & Heba Farouk Mahfouz – Analysis
>>Hamas Threatens Gaza Hospital Chief for Urging It to Stop Using Hospital as Base for Attacks Jihad Watch – Christine Douglass-Williams – News
Former IAEA Inspector David Albright: ‘Without Iranian Concessions That Go Beyond Obama’s Deal, U.S. or Israel Should Destroy Nuclear Assets and Capabilities’ Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Iran’s FM Says Uranium Enrichment ‘Non-negotiable,’ After U.S. Says It Cannot Continue Times of Israel & AFP – News
>>Can't Make This Up: Iranian Official Caught Pocketing Golden Pen During U.S. Talks in Oman Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Reuters – News
Arson & Attempted Murder for Palestine: Cody Balmer Targeted Gov Shapiro’s Home Over What He ‘Wants to Do to Palestinian People’ New York Post – Shane Galvin – News [Ed. Hat-Tip Greg Frantz]
Linkedin: Israel Tops List of Countries with Highest Self-Reported AI Skills Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
Why Israel Should Embrace Its Role as a Regional Power — Shape the Middle East’s Future Rather Than Merely Defending Its Survival Jewish News Syndicate – Oded Ailam – Analysis
Hamas Claims It Lost Contact with Group Holding American-Israeli Edan Alexander; Rejects Ceasefire Proposal Jerusalem Post – News
Trump Admin & Saudi Arabia Move Forward on Energy Deals with No Linkage to Normalization with Israel Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
101-Year-Old WWII Veteran Recalls U.S. Army’s Seder Night, Weeks Before Liberating Dachau Times of Israel – Benjamin Mack-Jackson – Feature
Maldives Bans Israeli Passport Holders amid Gaza Conflict Jewish News Syndicate – Joshua Marks – News
>>A French Taxi App for Visiting Israelis Is Gaining Popularity amid Rising anti-Semitism Times of Israel – Romain Chauvet – News
Antisemitism Harkens All the Way Back to Moses & Pharaoh — Exodus from Egypt is the World’s Oldest Case Study with Lessons that are Alarmingly Relevant Jewish News Syndicate – Raphael Shore – Opinion
Watch: National Jewish Advocacy Center Director Mark Goldfeder Makes Legal Case for Harvard to Lose Its Non-Profit Status on CNN X – Raylan Givens – Video
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
Anti-Israel Hate at Tufts: A Case Study — University Fails to Take Action Against Those Issuing Blatant Calls for Illegal Violence Jewish News Syndicate – Moshe Phillips – Analysis
William Ruger: Yet Another Isolationist Sneaks Into a High-Level Trump Admin Post — New DNI Deputy Director a Long-Time Critic of ‘Maximum Pressure’ vs. Iran Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – News
In Swift Reversal, Witkoff Says Any Nuclear Deal Must ‘Eliminate’ Iran’s Enrichment — Follows Dramatic White House Meeting on Iran Tuesday Morning Times of Israel & Reuters – News
>>More Details on White House Situation Room Meeting -- Vance & Witkoff Push U.S. Compromise; Rubio, Waltz, Others Highly Skeptical of Talks Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Apparent Witkoff U-Turn on Iran Nuclear Demands Seen as Example of Chaotic U.S. Foreign Policy The Guardian (UK) – Patrick Wintour – Analysis
Dan Caldwell, an anti-Israel Isolationist Defense Official, Has Been Escorted Out of the Pentagon — Under Investigation for “Unauthorized Disclosure’ Reuters – Phil Stewart – News
>>Background on Caldwell: Koch-Affiliated Policy Advisor Playing Key Role in Isolationist Pentagon Appointments Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – Analysis
Meet Genie, the IDF AI Chatbot Giving Commanders a Tactical Edge — Reshaping Warfare by Delivering Instant, Accurate Battlefield Insights Yedioth Ahronoth – Israel Wullman – Feature
>>IDF Recommissioning Decades-Old Vulcan Cannons to Intercept Drones Israel Hayom – Yishai Elmakies – News
Trump Admin No Longer Seeking Denuclearization of Iran — Makes Major Concessions In-Line with Obama-Era Policy of Enrichment Limits Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
>>UPDATE: Is This a Response to Criticism? Witkoff Now Says 'Iran Must Stop and Eliminate Its Nuclear Enrichment and Weaponization Program' X – Office of the Special Envoy to the Middle East – News
>>Watch Steve Witkoff: Focus of Iran Nuke Talks is Verification, Not Dismantling of Program -- Similar to Obama's 2015 'Deal' with Tehran X – OSINTdefender – Video
>>The Talks in Oman: Round One Goes to Iran Council on Foreign Relations – Elliott Abrams – Analysis
>>Iran Wants to Drag Out Talks; Trump Wants a Deal Now -- Neither Is Good for Israel Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – Analysis
Report: Israel Ceasefire Proposal Includes Talks on Permanent Truce, Hamas Disarmament Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Itamar Eichner – News
>>Comprehensive Round-up and Analysis of Hostage Talks -- Hamas Shows Tactical Flexibility, But No Strategic Shift The Judean – Analysis
>>Released Hostage Eliya Cohen Blesses Tens of Thousands at Western Wall -- Of a Priestly Family Arutz Sheva – Video
>>Brother of Hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal Details Hamas Torture -- 'They Told Him to Bark Like a Dog' Yedioth Ahronoth – Hagar Kochavi – News
>>The Bibas Children and Ivan Karamazov’s Rebellion Commentary Magazine – Gary Saul Morson – Feature
Shin Bet Arrests One of Its Own to Cover-Up Sham Probe of Netanyahu Ally Ben-Gvir It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Likud: Leaker a 'Hero' -- Ronen Bar Has Turned Shin Bet Into ‘Deep-State Militia' Yedioth Ahronoth – Yuval Karni – News
>>Leak Case: Security Threat or Political Persecution? Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – Analysis
America and the Exodus: The Story of Passover is Not Just a Jewish One — Our Founding Fathers Were Profoundly Inspired by It The Free Press – Meir Soloveichik – Feature
Watch: USAF Pilots Discuss Helping Israel Defend Itself From April 13, 2024 Iran Missile Attack — 300 Missiles Launched at Israel X – General David Allvin, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force – Video
U.S. Targets Houthi Military and Political Leaders in Latest Campaign FDD's Long War Journal – Joe Truzman & Bill Roggio – Analysis
Monday, April 14th, 2025
Harvard University Rejects Trump Administration Demands to Change Its anti-Semitism Policies — $9B in Federal Funding at Risk Politico – Ali Bianco – News
>>Trump Admin Follows Through -- Freezes $2.2 Billion in Federal Grants to Harvard U.S. Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism – News
>>In Full: Harvard President Garber's Defiant Letter Harvard University Office of the President – Alan Garber – News
Watch Trump: Iran ‘May be Tapping Us’ — Says Waiting a Week Between Meetings is a ‘Long Time’ X – Eretz Israel – Video
>>Even Netanyahu Doesn’t Know Trump’s Iran Strategy -- President's Red Lines in Nuclear Talks Unclear Yedioth Ahonoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Watch: USS Carl Vinson Carrier Group Enters Theater off Coast of Oman -- 2nd U.S. Aircraft Carrier, Joining Truman X – U.S. Central Command – Video
Israel’s Elderly Are Living Longer, with Seniors Reporting High Life Satisfaction Yedioth Ahronoth – Shira Kadar-Ovadia – News
Leak: IDF Chief Zamir Tells Cabinet Army Lacks Manpower to Conquer Gaza — ‘He’s Telling the Leadership to Abandon Some of Their Fantasies’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
>>JPost: Two Cabinet Ministers Deny, One Confirms -- Reservists are Tired & Haredi Draft a Necessity Jerusalem Post – Eliav Breuer – News
>>IDF's Invasion of Gaza Reduced to a Crawl -- Holding Back to Give Hostage Negotiation a Chance & Avoid Large Reservist Call-Up Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Suspect in Arson Attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Charged with Attempted Murder Reuters – News
>>Suspected Arsonist Cody Balmer: Diary of a Madman -- Harbored Hate New York Post – Anthony Blair – News
Hostage Negotiations in Cairo End Without Breakthrough Amid Hamas Demand to End War Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Einav Halabi – News
>>Netanyahu Tells Parents of Hostage Israel Is Working on Deal to Free 10 Captives Times of Israel – News
Hezbollah’s Drone Supply Chain Uncovered Across Europe Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman & Michael Starr – News
Canada’s PM Candidate Pierre Poilievre: Conservative Gov Would Protect Jews by Deporting anti-Semitic Lawbreakers Jerusalem Post – Michael Starr – News
Study: Instagram Accounts Linked to Campus Groups Found Promoting Terror Groups & anti-Semitism — Meta Removed Only 7% of Flagged Accounts Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniela Ginzburg – News
>>Read the Full Study: SJP on Instagram -- Incitement & Terror Support Combat Antisemitism Movement – Study
Scoop: Iran Nuclear Talks Expected to Continue Saturday in Rome — Israel Briefed & Highly Skeptical Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Details of Talks Emerge: Direct Talks for 40 Min; U.S. Does Not Raise Demands to End Terror Support, Missile Program or 'Civilian' Nuke Program; Witkoff Invited to Tehran Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
‘I Was a First Responder After Oct. 7; Israelis Have a Secret Weapon to Cope with PTSD’ — The Largest Families in the Western World Express [UK] – Marco Giannangeli – Feature
Media Focus: New York Times Takes Iran’s Side in U.S.-Iran Talks The Algemeiner – Ira Stoll – Analysis
Israelis are Reveling in Deni Avdija’s Breakout Season for the Portland Trailblazers — From 5 AM Tipoffs to Bar Mitzvah Trips Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Jacob Gurvis – Feature
Point: A Passover Lesson for Jews Who Oppose Trump More than anti-Semitism Jewish News Syndicate – Jonathan Tobin – Opinion
>>Counter-Point: Former Special Envoy Lipstadt Says Trump Admin ‘Weaponized’ anti-Semitism in Higher Ed Policy Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Opinion
Sunday, April 13th, 2025
Residence of Pennsylvania’s Jewish Governor Josh Shapiro Set on Fire by Arsonist, Police Say York Daily Record – Teresa Boeckel – News
Saudi Arabia & U.S. Advance Civil Nuclear Deal, Sidestepping Israeli Normalization The Algemeiner – News
Princeton Student Says anti-Israel Protesters Called Her ‘Inbred Swine’ and Told Her to ‘Go Back to Europe’ Fox News – Madison Colombo – News
Michael Goodwin: Trump Has Told Confidants that Tehran Must Dismantle Its Nuclear Program — No More Fruitless Inspections; Different Than Public Position New York Post – Michael Goodwin – Analysis
>>And Yet: Iranian Officials and State Media Are All Positive on Talks Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – Analysis
>>In Depth Analysis: U.S. Nuclear Talks With Iran Move Forward, but Many Pitfalls Lie Ahead New York Times – Steven Erlanger – Analysis
>>Israeli Leaders Privately Hope for Failure of Trump Negotiations With Tehran -- Disaster if Iran Allowed to Remain Nuclear Threshold State Washington Free Beacon – Andrew Tobin – News
Hezbollah’s Silent Collapse in Lebanon: Waning Clout as Disarmament Progresses & International Pressure Mounts Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
Family of U.S. Captive Edan Alexander Makes Passover Plea After Hamas Releases Latest Propaganda Video New York Post – Deirdre Bardolf – News
Report: Yemeni Gov Preparing Massive Assault to Retake Hodeidah Port from Houthis Jerusalem Post – Yuval Barnea – News
Israeli Air Force Joins ‘Iniochos’ Air Exercise in Greece with International Allies — Strengthening Military Ties with Greece Jerusalem Post – News
Echoes of a Lost Homeland: Tracing the Legacy of Syria’s Jewish Communities Yedioth Ahronoth – Yaniv Pohoryles, Itzchak Tessler & Eliezer Hayun – Feature
Israel’s Advance Into Gaza Lays Ground for Full-Scale Occupation — IDF Controls More of the Enclave Than at Any Point During the War Bloomberg – Ethan Bronner – Analysis
>>IDF Strikes Hamas Targets in Gaza After Rocket Launches During Passover Eve Yedioth Ahronoth – Roni Green Shaulov, Yoav Zitun & Einav Halabi – News
Michael Rapaport Claims He’s Having Trouble Finding Acting Jobs over His Israel Advocacy — Hollywood is ‘Completely Full of S—‘ Fox News – Marc Tamasco – Feature
The Israeli Who Traveled Through One of the World’s Most Dangerous Countries — ‘I Was Afraid of Being Exposed’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Assaf Kamar – Feature
Roald Dahl’s Genteel anti-Semitism is Tragically All Too Alive in Today’s Britain The Telegraph (UK) – Zoe Strimpel – Feature
Freed Hostages Mark First Passover Home — ‘My Head is Here, But My Heart is There’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Feature
Saturday, April 12th, 2025
Witkoff Meets Briefly with Iranian Counterpart; Will Meet Again April 19 — Few Details Known Politico – Felicia Schwartz & Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing – News
>>The Importance of the Trump Doctrine on Iran -- How to Avoid Mistakes of the Obama-Era JCPOA United Against Nuclear Iran – Governor Jeb Bush & Ambassador Mark Wallace – Opinion
IDF Fully Surrounds Rafah as Katz Warns Gazans of ‘Final Moment to Remove Hamas’ Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
The Cost of Hostage Diplomacy: Why the World Must Unite Against Terrorist Blackmail Yedioth Ahronoth – Gazelle Sharmahd & Emily Schrader – Opinon
Extraordinary Story and Photos: Captured Israeli Girls Describe How an Almost Telepathic Bond They Forged in Captivity Helped Them Face Down Unspeakable Evil Daily Mail – Andy Jehring & Ziv Koren (photographer) – Feature
Ready, Willing & Able: Meet Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. — From Scranton, PA to Eli, Shomron in Israel’s Heartland, to Washington, D.C. Mishpacha – Binyamin Rose – Feature
Passover 2025: A Spiritual Call for Jewish Unity on the 2nd Passover Since Oct. 7 Jerusalem Post – Rabbi Tully Bryks – Opinion
>>From the Himalayas to Peru, Chabad Organizes 10,000 Passover Seders Across 350 Cities -- A 2,500-Person Gathering in Kathmandu Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Feature
>>Former Hostage Gadi Mozes Spent Last Passover in Gaza -- Now He Returns to Nir Oz after 16 Months in Captivity Yedioth Ahronoth – Hagar Kochavi – Feature
>>Former Hostage Agam Berger: 'For 482 days, I Stayed on the Path of Faith, Including a Passover Celebration Last Year' Wall Street Journal – Agam Berger – Opinion
>>Netanyahu: 'This Passover, many families will have empty chairs' -- 'But Not Only Did We Not Drown, We Rose to Break the Axis of Evil' Jerusalem Post – Benjamin Netanyahu – Opinion
>>Passover Is Always Emotional -- This Year Especially So Washington Post – Daniella Greenbaum Davis – Opinion
>>The Mother Haggados: Models for Modern Analysis of Printed Jewish Illustrations The Seforim Blog – Analysis
Friday, April 11th, 2025
Court Rules Anti-Israel Columbia Protester Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported by Trump Admin Fox News – Sarah Rumph-Whitten & Brooke Taylor – News
Witkoff Says U.S. Open to Compromise Ahead of Iran Nuclear Talks — Won’t Insist on Dismantling of Nuke Program, Which Israel Insists On Wall Street Journal – Josh Dawsey, Michael Gordon & Laurence Norman – News
>>Who is On Witkoff's Team? Just Him: Trump ‘Envoy for Everything’ Embarks on High-Wire Diplomacy Wall Street Journal – Josh Dawsey & Alexander Ward – Feature
Meet Israeli Reservists Waiving Exemptions to Serve in War — ‘I Couldn’t Stand Idly By’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – Feature
Major Gaza Update: IDF Forces Completely Occupy ‘Morag Corridor’ & Surround Gaza’s Rafah Brigade X – Raylan Givens – News
>>Accounts Closed: IDF Recently Killed 11 Hamas Terrorists Who Participated in Oct 7 Massacre Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
Jewish Sports Report — Todd Golden Wins March Madness & Deni Avdija’s NBA Breakout Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Jacob Gurvis – Feature
>>How to Stop a 100-Game Losing Streak -- Yeshiva University's Baseball Team is Undefeated Since Tuesday Wall Street Journal – Jason Gay – Feature
>>How Yeshiva University’s Basketball Team Rebounded After Hamas Attacks Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – Feature
Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With the U.S. — Risk of War with the U.S. & Worsening Economic Crisis Could Topple the Regime New York Times – Farnaz Fassihi – Analysis
>>View from Dubai: America’s Negotiations With Tehran Are Not What You Think News & Commentary from Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Libya as a Model: How to Stop Iran -- The Regime is Vulnerable Like Never Before; But Time is Running Out Before it Gets Nukes Jerusalem Post – Yaakov Katz – Opinion
Palestinian-American Billionaire Bashar Masri Quits Harvard Post After Lawsuit Claims He Helped Build Hamas Terror Tunnels, Rocket Launch Sites New York Post – Josh Christenson – News
Lawsuit: AP Was Informed of Photographer’s Link to Hamas in 2018, But Continued to Employ Him Times of Israel – Luke Tress – News
Israel and Turkey Begin Talks to Avoid Conflict in Syria Financial Times – Neri Zilber, Mehul Srivasatava & Alya Jean Yackley – News
>>Mediator in the Middle: Azerbaijan’s Role in Fragile Israel-Turkey Dialogue Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Analysis
>>Background: Kaploun Was the Orthodox Face of Trump's Presidential Campaign -- A Legacy of Leadership MIshpacha – Yisrael Hershkowitz – Feature
Netanyahu Rebukes New Canadian PM Mark Carney Over Apparent anti-Israel Remark Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – News
Witkoff Tells Hostage Families: ‘A Serious Deal Is Taking Shape’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Lebanese Newspaper Al-Akhbar: Ceasefire and Hostage Deal on Brink of Agreement Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman & Danny Zaken – News
Indian Guru Makarand Paranjape: ‘Israel Is One of the Most Extraordinary Political Creations’ — Impressed by the Social Responsibility & Cohesion; Calls for Profound Jewish-Hindu Alliance Israel Hayom – Matan Hasidim – Feature
Former U.S. Intel Officer Michael Pregent: ‘Qatar Told Hamas to Keep Israeli Hostages’ Haaretz – Yossi Melman – Feature
>>Editor-in-Chief of Qatari Government-Run Al Sharq News: 'Fight the Jews and Kill Them' X – Eitan Fischberger – News
U.S.-Israel Business Alliance: Florida and Israel ‘Just Scratching the Surface’ in Economic Cooperation Jewish News Syndicate – Mike Wagenheim – Feature
A New Skyline for an Ancient City: Jerusalem Is Rising – Literally Yedioth Ahronoth – Ori Chudy – Feature
U.S. Transportation Sec Sean Duffy Blasts New York for Allowing Jew-Hate Protests at Grand Central Station Jewish News Syndicate – Vita Fellig – News
The Exodus Is the Jews’ Foundational Story — No Other People Have So Unequivocally Chosen a Story of Slavery & Liberation as Their Defining National Narrative Jerusalem Post – Ofek Meir – Feature
>>Nearly $60B. Seized from Egyptian Jews in Decades-Long ‘Modern Passover' Jerusalem Post – Ohad Merlin – Feature
>>Jewish Families in Pasadena Channel Passover Story After Devastating Losses in LA Wildfires ABC News – Deepa Bharath – Feature
>>Modern Day Exodus: French Jewish Immigrants Arrive in Israel, Trading Fear for Freedom CBN – Chris Mitchell – Feature
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Axios Scoop: Tehran Wants to Explore Interim Nuclear Deal in Talks with U.S. — Seeks to Delay Trump’s Two-Month Deadline Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>U.S. State Dept Says Saturday Meeting with Iran Will Determine Whether Iranians Are Serious Yedioth Ahronoth – Reuters – News
Watch: Douglas Murray Confronts Joe Rogan on Why He Platforms So Many Jew-Haters, and No Supporters of Israel X – Britta | NoSoup4Knowles – Video
>>Watch: Douglas Murray to Joe Rogan on Hamas: 'A Force That Does Not Follow the Rules of War,' & 'Uses Our Own Rules Against Us' X – Eitan Fischberger – Video
Why Are Israelis So Happy? — At No. 8 in World Happiness Index, Israel Has a Healthy Commitment to Community, Connectedness & History Tablet Magazine – Natan Sharansky & Gil Troy – Feature
>>Telegraph (UK) Journalist Left Amazed by Israeli Healthcare after Scooter Accident -- 'What My Stupid Accident in Tel Aviv Reveals About Truly World Class Healthcare The Telegraph (UK) – Isabel Oakeshott – Feature
Behind the Scenes of the Quixotic Secret Negotiations btwn Adam Boehler & Hamas New York Times – Adam Rasgon & Ronen Bergman – Feature
I Was Called an ‘Inbred Swine’ at Princeton Last Night — Anti-Israel Protestors Shut Down a Campus Event; When will the College President Finally Act? The Free Press – Danielle Shapiro – Feature
What Does the Public Really Know About the Fighting in Gaza? IDF Admits Hamas Rafah Brigade is Alive & Well; 75% of Tunnels Intact Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua – Analysis
‘Don’t Start a War with Israel’: Top Biden Aide Brett McGurk on Lesson for Middle East from Oct.7 Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Why is the IDF Dismissing Air Force Reservists? 90 Percent of Protest Letter Signatories are Retirees It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
Israel Welcomes over 27,000 New Immigrants from Russia, U.S., France and even Afghanistan — Including Doctors, Engineers & Artists Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Miami-Dade County Jewish Population Is Growing and Getting Younger Times of Israel – Grace Gilson – News
Significant Gaps Ahead of U.S.-Iran Talks: Tehran Demands Sanctions Freeze During Negotiations Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Analysis
>>Fetterman: 'I Would Rather Have them Just Destroy Iran's Nukes' -- Lawmakers, National Security Experts Skeptical of Trump’s Iran Diplomacy Jewish Insider – Marc Rod & Emily Jacobs – News
>>U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Enablers of Iran’s Nuclear Program U.S. Department of Treasury – Press Release
From Fleeing Iran to Beverly Hills Mayor: Dr. Sharona Nazarian Pledges Support for Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Ayala Or-El – Feature
Hezbollah Already Deceiving Inspectors — Cleared Weapons Site Before Inspection, Then Resumed Work, IDF Reveals Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
Israel & Turkey Look to Create Deconfliction Mechanism in Syria Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
The Surprisingly Jewish History of Iconic Counter-Cultural Music Festival Lollapalooza Times of Israel – Jordan Hoffman – Feature
Pleasant Surprise: Schools in Muslim-Majority Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan Portray Jews Fairly, Study Shows — Better than Europe Times of Israel – Zev Stub – News
Irmgard Furchner, Nazi ‘Secretary of Evil,’ Dies at 99 — Charged Two Years Ago with assisting in the Murder of More Than 11,000 Jews Israel Hayom – News
Why Is There No Archeological Evidence of Passover? The Evidence Is You Chabad – Aron Moss – Feature
>>Passover Haggadahs Have Long Included Pictures of Rabbit Hunts -- This Year Shows Us Why Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Benjamin Resnick – Feature
>>Israeli Chief Rabbis Urge World Jewry to Pray for Hostages During Passover Jewish News Syndicate – News
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
Watch: President Trump on Iran — Will Take Military Action ‘if Necessary, Absolutely’; There is a Deadline X – Jason Brodsky – Video
>>Granular Update from ISW on Military Action in Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Turkey & Lebanon Institute for the Study of War – Analysis
Reporters Notebook from Rafah: IDF Advances in Gaza, Expands Buffer Zone to Pressure Hamas, But No Fighting Taking Place Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – Analysis
>>Map: The IDF Intends to Turn the Entire Rafah Zone (20% of Gaza) into Buffer Zone X – Raylan Givens – News
DHS to Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for anti-Semitism, Including Foreign Students — ‘There is No Room in the U.S. the World’s Terrorist Sympathizers’ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services – Press Release
Mike Huckabee Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Israel — Passionate Supporter of the Jewish State Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Watch: ‘I Am Here and I Am Alive; President Trump, You Saved My Life’ — Freed Hostages Speak with Trump at GOP Event X – Rapid Response 47 – Video
>>The High Court, the Shin Bet Chief, and the Fate of Israeli Democracy -- Why Israel Was Fixated on the Hearing Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Why Iran’s Nuclear Advances Make a Deal Harder This Time — Since the 2015 Agreement, Iran has Moved Closer to Being Able to Build a Weapon Wall Street Journal – Laurence Norman – Analysis
>>Tehran Gets a Taste of Trump the Dealmaker -- If Talks Aren't Direct, Witkoff Might Not Go; 'We Won't Be Played for Fools' Washington Post – David Ignatius – Analysis
>>An Explosive Clock Is Ticking on Iran and Its Nuclear Program New York Times – Steven Erlanger – Analysis
>>Tehran Defies Trump by Arming Proxy Forces in Iraq with Surface to Surface Missiles The Times (UK) – Gabrielle Weiniger – News
>>State Dept Says Iran Talks Will be Direct 'Touching Base,' Not a Negotiation ABC News – Shannon Kingston – News
>>Netanyahu Says Deal with Tehran Only if It Follows Libya Example -- All Production, Stockpiles & Capabilities Removed & Destroyed Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Crissy – News
>>Tehran Directed Teens who Attacked Israel’s embassy in Stockholm Last May, Police Says Times of Israel – Jewish Telegraphic Agency – News
How Americans View Israel and the Israel-Hamas War at the Start of Trump’s Second Term — 53% of U.S. Adults Have Unfavorable Opinion of Israel Pew Research Center – Laura Silver – News
Zohran Mamdani Deepens His anti-Israel Antagonism in NYC Mayoral Race Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – News
AIPAC Launches Ad Blitz Against Senators Who Voted to Block Arms Sales to Israel Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
>>Former ADL Head Abraham Foxman to Sen. Kim (D-NJ): 'Your Votes Were a Shocking Betrayal of the Jewish Community' X – Abraham Foxman – News
Israeli Tech Soars with Jaw-Dropping $3.2B Q1 Funding Despite War & Instability — Still the Engine of the Middle East & Firing on All Cylinders The Judean – Analysis
>>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Held Up Israel as a 'Model for the Rest of the World' in How to Approach Trade Talks with the White House Spectrum News – Maddie Gannon – News
>>Tel Aviv Slips in 'World's Wealthiest Cities' to 48th -- 22,600 Millionaires Remain Globes – Assaf Uni – News
Netanyahu Meets Podcasters in U.S. to Push Back on anti-Israel Trends — Tim Pools Says there is a Qatari ‘Op’ to Manipulate Algorithms & Incentivize anti-Semitic Content Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – News
Trump Admin Freezes $1B in Federal Funding to Cornell & $790M to Northwestern amid anti-Semitism Investigations into Both Schools New York Post – Anna Young – News
>>Princeton Radicals Disrupt Event With Naftali Bennet, Yelling 'Genocide' and Pulling Fire Alarm Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Costescu & Jessica Schwalb – News
>>American Jewish Committee Pushes Back on Massive Federal Funding Cuts to Universities, While Backing Efforts to Fight anti-Semitism American Jewish Committee – Press Release
Colombia’s (the Country) New Religious Affairs Director is a Fake Rabbi who Bought his Title Online — Denounces Zionist Jews as ‘Nazis’ Jerusalem Post – Michael Starr – News
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
High Court Rules Netanyahu Can Not Fire Shin Bet Chief Bar for Now after Circus-Like Hearing — Gives Sides until April 20 to Reach Compromise Times of Israel – Jeremy Sharon – News
>>Puzzling Ruling: High Court Reiterated that 'the Government's Authority to Remove the Shin Bet Head is Undisputed' X – Amit Segal – News
More (Bad) Details on Trump’s Iran Pivot — No Assurances U.S. Deal with Tehran Would Meet Israel’s Demands for Libya-Like Dismantling of Nuclear Program Times of Israel – News
>>Chutzpah: Tehran Seeks 'Goodwill Gestures' From U.S. Before Direct Talks Reuters – Parisa Hafezi – News
Israeli Tech Sector Will Avoid Tariffs — But Faces Market Fallout Yedioth Ahronoth – Calcalist – Analysis
The King’s Foils: Trump Has Sourced a Cohort of Second-Term Foreign Policy Advisors from Previously Marginalized Isolationists — The Problem? They Don’t Agree with Him on Policy Tablet Magazine – Michael Doron – Feature
>>Senate Confirms Controversial Elbridge Colby as Pentagon Undersecretary for Policy -- Isolationist Exposed Fissures within GOP on Iran Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs & Marc Rod – News
A Leadership Crisis Is Compounding the Decline of the Palestinian Cause — No Alternative has Emerged to the Unpopular Duopoly of Hamas & Fatah Wall Street Journal – Marcus Walker – Feature
Saudi Report: Tehran Shifting to Sea Routes to Smuggle Weapons to Hezbollah Times of Israel – al-Hadath – News
Revealed: Trump Summoned Netanyahu to the White House to Discuss Iran, Not Tariffs — Israeli Delegation Stunned by Direct U.S.-Tehran Talks Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Analysis
>>Trump Envoy Witkoff to Lead High-Stakes Nuclear Negotiations with Tehran Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Israeli Delegation was Unaware of Trump-Iran Negotiations -- Officials Try to Downplay Surprise Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Analysis
>>U.S. Tries to Reassure Israel: Iran Talks Won't Repeat Mistakes of Obama's 2015 Nuclear Agreement Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Analysis
>>Netanyahu Strikes Out in D.C. Meeting with Trump after Softball Visit to Hungary Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – Analysis
High Court Hearing on Government’s Firing of Shin Bet Chief Bar Turns into Circus — Bereaved Parents Interrupt, Ministers Threaten to Disregard Ruling Jerusalem Post – Sarah Ben-Nun – News
New Jersey Jewish Leaders say Sen. Kim ‘Failed’ Jewish Community with Israel Arms Ban Vote Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Feds Detain Dearborn Attorney Amir Makled at Airport — Represents anti-Israel Demonstrators Detroit Free Press – Tresa Baldas – News [Ed. Written with sympathy for Baldas. But informative.]
Israel Widens Air Strikes Against Targets in Syria and Lebanon in Escalating Campaign Financial Times – Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper – News
Microsoft Fires Two Employees Who Interrupted Company Event with anti-Israel Protests Associated Press – Matt O'Brien – News
The IRGC’s Oil Empire: How Iran’s Elite Guards are Cashing in on State’s Black Gold Jerusalem Post – Alex Winston – Analysis
How Your Matzah Gets Made: A Peek Inside Streit’s New York Factory Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Joseph Strauss – Feature
>>This Matzo Ball Soup Drifts Toward Tokyo -- The Ingenuity of Jewish Cooks in Japan New York Times – Joan Nathan – Feature
Shin Bet’s Political Weaponization Exposed — A Small Elite Can Not Continue to Abuse the Legal System Jerusalem Post – Avi Abelow – Opinion
>>High Court May Balk at Reversing Ronen Bar’s Dismissal at Tue Morn Hearing -- 'Sword Over Its Head' Times of Israel – Jeremy Sharon – Opinion
Trump Admin Begins New Wave of International Student Visa Revocations — ‘No One Has a Right to a Visa’ Fox News – Adam Sabes – News
Israel Aerospace Industries Successfully Tests Barak anti-Aircraft Missile in India Jerusalem Post – News
The Parking Lot That Determined the Future of Jerusalem’s Past — In the 1860s, British Explorer Charles Warren Discovered the City of David Mosaic Magazine – Doron Spielman – Feature
Monday, April 7th, 2025
Tehran Denies Direct Talks with U.S., Says Talks this Saturday in Oman will be Indirect — Calls Trump’s Announcement ‘A Planned Psychological Move Designed to Influence Local & Global Opinion’ Arutz Sheva & Reuters – Elad Benari – News
Four Columbia Students Lose Visas, Join Over 50 Across U.S. in Crackdown Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller & Michael Starr – News
NSA Mike Waltz Meant to Add Spokesman Brian Hughes to Infamous Signal Chat — Cellphone Snafu Occurred Months Prior CBS News – Jennifer Jacobs – News
Trump and Netanyahu Tête-à-Tête on Tariffs, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Hostages & Gaza Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Iran: Trump Reveals Direct U.S.-Tehran Talks this Saturday, at 'Highest Levels' Jerusalem Post – News
>>Trade: Netanyahu Vows to ‘Eliminate’ U.S.-Israel Trade Deficit -- But No Deal Announced by Trump Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
>>Hostages: Trump Praises Netanyahu's Efforts to Free Hostages Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
>>Gaza: Netanyahu Says Other Countries Willing to Take Gazans in; Trump Says Israel Should Never Have Given Gaza Away Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
>>Syria: Trump Says he Can Mediate btwn Israel and Turkey, Has a Great Relationship with Erdogan Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
200 U.S. Family Members of Oct. 7 Victims Sue Palestinian-American Billionaire Bashar Masri in Washington, D.C. — Aided and Abetted Hamas in Carrying Out the Attack — Tied to the Infamous Adam Boehler Jewish News Syndicate – Andrew Bernard – News
>>Read the Full Complaint Here United States District Court for the District of Columbia – Legal Filing
National Black Empowerment Council Connects Black Students to Israeli Universities Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – Feature
The Hostages Living the Passover Story — ‘Let My People Go’ Won’t Merely Refer to Ancient History Wall Street Journal – Emma Osman – Feature
Rep. Gottheimer (D-NJ) Asks DOJ to Investigate New Jersey-Based ‘Palestinian American Community Center’ — Hosted PFLP-Affiliated Speaker & Rashida Tlaib Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Another Account Closed: IDF Kills Hamas Terrorist Who Participated in Oct. 7 Massacre — Posed as Journalist Jerusalem Post – News
Netanyahu & U.S. Trade Officials Meet to ‘Resolve Issues’ with Trump Tariffs — ‘Warm, Friendly & Productive’ Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Dermer & Witkoff to Join Netanyahu-Trump Meetings in Washington Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
>>Netanyahu to Extend U.S. Visit for Meeting with Vice President Vance Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Howard Lutnick: Meet the Controversial Jewish Billionaire Driving Trump’s Tariff Policy Yedioth Ahronoth – Tzippy Shmilovitz – Feature
Inside the Cockpit: How Israel Established Air Supremacy over the Middle East — Interviews with Elite IAF Pilots Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Feature
Trump Admin Crackdown on Campus Jew-Hatred Closely Mirrors the Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther Politico – Myah Ward & Irie Sentner – Analysis [Ed. This piece is written with severe political bias. But it's informative.]
>>Dozens of Student Visas Terminated Across University of California Schools Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
NCAA Finals Monday Night: Florida’s Jewish Coach vs. Houston’s Israel-Born Guard Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Ben Sales – News
>>Background: Houston Guard Emanuel Sharp Born in Israel, son of Maccabi Tel Aviv Legend Jewish Herald Voice – Michael Murra – Feature
IDF Continues Zero Tolerance Lebanon Policy, While U.S. Pressures Lebanon Government to Do More — A Ceasefire in Name Only The Judean – Analysis
Study Led by Israeli Expert Finds AI-Generated Medical Recommendations Surpass Human Accuracy in Urgent Care Cases Yedioth Ahronoth – Eitan Gefen – Feature
Israel Creates the ‘Morag Corridor’ — A Bold and Strategic Escalation to Isolate Rafah & Pressure Hamas The Judean – Analysis
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
Netanyahu to Meet Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in D.C. at 8:30 pm EDT Sun Night — First World Leader to Talk Tariffs with Trump Admin Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
>>Netanyahu's U.S. Visit: From Biden's Cold Shoulder to Trump's Open Door Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
>>IDF Orders Evacuation of Deir al-Balah in Central Gaza for First Time in War, Following Rocket Fire X – Raylan Givens – News
Head of the Octopus: Israel Reveals Docs Connecting Tehran to Oct. 7 — $500 million from Iran’s Quds Force to Hamas to ‘Annihilate Israel & Confront the U.S.’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – News
Senior Israeli Official: ‘We Actually Have No Clue What Trump Wants to Talk About’ during Netanyahu Visit Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
From a Rooftop in India to Running Tesla Israel: Itay Raved, One of Israel’s ’40 Under 40′ Top Leaders Globes – Bar Lavi – Feature
IDF Chief Zamir: Female Observers ‘Indispensable’ to Israel’s Security — ‘Those on Duty on Oct 7 Did Not Fail, IDF Did’ Jerusalem Post – Ynair Yagna – News
U.S. Reportedly Sends Additional Patriot, THAAD Systems to Israel amid Iran Tensions Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
>>Watch: USAF C-5 Super Galaxy Strategic Heavy Lift Aircraft Lands at Nevatim Air Base in Southern Israel X – Todd Paron – Video
>>Tehran Wants Indirect Talks with U.S., Warns Neighbors Against Allowing U.S. to Use Their Airspaces Reuters – Parisa Hafezi – News
Model of Integration: Israel Aerospace Industries Grows Its Haredi Workforce to More than 400 Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – News
Israeli Expert Suggests Psychological Warfare can Defeat Hamas in Gaza Jerusalem Post – Peled Arbeli – Feature
Israel Denies Entry to Two British MPs Due to ‘Intention to Spread Hate Speech’ Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – News
Inspectors Say Syria May Have More Than 100 Chemical Weapons Sites Remaining New York Times – Megha Rajagopalan – News
Is the Shin Bet Illegally Arresting Jews? Head of ‘Jewish Division’ Admits to Arresting Right-Wing Jews without Evidence in Astonishing Recording It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>'Throw the Jerks in Cells with Rats,' Shin Bet Official Says Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Moran Azulay – News
>>Head of Shin Bet’s Jewish Division Suspends Himself after Saying Right Wing Jews are ‘Shmucks’ to be Held without Evidence Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Government to Supreme Court: 'The Court is Not the Forum to Determine Who Heads the Shin Bet' Times of Israel – Jeremy Sharon – News
The Lies Behind the Gaza Casualty Figures & the Thousands of Names Removed Without Explanation New York Post – John Spencer – Analysis
Granular Update from ISW on Military Activity in Yemen, Iran & Syria Institute for the Study of War
Israel’s Qatar Dilemma: ‘We’ll Have to Ban Doing Business with Them’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Michael Mishtein – Feature
>>PM Doesn’t Know What’s Going on in His Office, Says Jpost Editor Questioned over Qatargate -- Zvika Klein Speaks with Ch. 12 Times of Israel – News
Time to Make Israel Great for Business Again — Create a Business-Track Integration Pathway for New Immigrant Entrepreneurs Jerusalem Post – Sophia Tupolev-Luz – Opinion
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
U.S. Envoy Ortagus Visits Beirut, Pressures Lebanese Gov to Completely Disarm Hezbollah and Assert Control Over all Territory Associated Press – Sally Abou Aljoud – News
Netanyahu’s Monday Visit to White House Confirmed with Tariffs the Main Issue — ‘An Unprecedented Moment Economically & Geopolitically’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Netael Bandel – News
>>Netanyahu & Trump Will Also Discuss Turkish Threat on Israel's Northern Border & Iran Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
Watch: NYTimes Falsely Claims IDF Killed Aid Workers in Gaza — Video Proves They Were Terrorists with Rifles Exiting Ambulance X – Eretz Israel – Video
State-Controlled Iranian Newspaper Threatens Trump with Assassination Fox News – Benjamin Weinthal – News
>>How the Iranian Regime Targeted a Dissident in Brooklyn with Help from the Russian Mob CBS News – Katrina Kaufman – News
Auburn’s Bruce Pearl Explains Impact of Three Jewish Coaches in Final Four — ‘Wearing Faith on Their Sleeves’ CBS Sports – David Cobb – Feature
‘Ride-Along’ with IDF’s Mixed-Gender Panther Battalion in Samaria — ‘The Girls Here Fight Just as Good as the Men’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Dana Spektor – Feature
Israel in Talks with ‘Several Countries’ to Realize Trump Relocation Plan for Gazans Jewish News Syndicate – David Isaac – News
New York City Jews Targeted for Most Hate Crimes in March — anti-Semitic Incidents Rise Across U.S. The Algemeiner – Dion Pierre – News
>>Jew Hatred in Ireland at 'Medieval' Levels -- Religious Narratives Play 'Massive Role' Times of Israel – Zev Stub – News
UN Extends Mandate for Human Rights Envoy Francesca Albanese Who Denies Hamas Crimes & Compares Israel to Nazis Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Zaid Mohammed Mahdawi Gets Slap-on-the-Wrist from Judge Boasberg for Defacing D.C. Monument with pro-Hamas Graffiti X – Marina Medvin – News
NY Times Hid Own Reporting on Hamas-Linked ‘Journalist’ — Over a Dozen Hamas Members Counted as ‘Journalists’ CAMERA – Gilead Ini – Analysis
>>NY Times Stokes New Fear About Israeli ‘Occupation’ -- of Syria The Algemeiner – Ira Stoll – Analysis
The Enduring Tensions within the GOP on Israel, From Nixon to Trump — With Tevi Troy of the Ronald Reagan Institute Tikvah – Jonathan Silver – Podcast
Perhaps the Best In-Depth Explanation of ‘Qatar-Gate’ & Arrest of JPost Editor from JNS CEO Alex Traiman — ‘The Current System is Willing to do Anything to Cling to Its Waning Power’ X – Alex Traiman – Analysis
Friday, April 4th, 2025
Netanyahu Planning to Meet Trump at the White House Monday — Looking to be First World Leader to Make Tariff Deal; Will Also Discuss Iran & Gaza Axios – Barak Ravid – News
Account Closed: IDF Kills Gaza Terrorist Who Abducted, Likely Murdered Bibas Family Jerusalem Post – News
The Jewish Sports Report — The Most Jewish Final Four Ever? Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Jacob Gurvis – Feature
Bosnia’s Milorad Dodik: The pro-Israel European Leader You Haven’t Heard Of Israel Hayom – Ariel Bulshtein – Feature
Ankara and the Islamist Regime in Syria Reach Deal on Turkish Airbase — Israel Warns Syrian Leader of ‘Heavy Price’ For Hosting Hostile Forces Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
Russia Has Been Arming Hezbollah — Link Russia’s Middle East Entanglements when Ending the Ukraine War Newsweek – Yaakov Katz – Opinion
IDF Widens Ground Operation in Northern Gaza, Pushing into Gaza City Neighborhood — Kills Top Hamas Official in Lebanon Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Senior Israeli Official Reveals Internal Divisions within Hamas as It Negotiates Under Fire Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Hamas Grapples with Internal Chaos & Pay Delays after Wave of Israeli Assassinations Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
Eyal Zamir: The Tank Commander Now Running Israel’s Military Takes a New, More Aggressive Approach in Gaza Wall Street Journal – Rory Jones & Dov Lieber – Feature
Deep Dive: How the Biden Admin Destroyed Israel’s Offensive Cyber Industry with Visa Revocations & Sanctions — Israel’s National Security Compromised Israel Hayom – Itay Ilnai – Feature
The Iran Dilemma: Rather than Just Targeting Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions, Could Israel Topple the Regime Itself? Yedioth Ahronoth – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>President Trump on AF1: 'Now, Tehran Wants to Talk Directly ... I Think They're Worried' X – Raylan Givens – News
Next Phase of Abraham Accords: Kushner’s Institute Merging with Heritage Foundation — Outgoing CEO Aryeh Lightstone Joining Witkoff’s Team Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>U.S. & Israel Energy Chiefs Discuss Oil Pipeline Connecting Saudi Arabia & Israel Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – News
Trump Admin Sets Terms for Harvard to Address anti-Semitism to Avoid Losing Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Fox News – Morgan Phillips – News
>>Feeling the Pressure: Harvard Sanctions pro-Palestinian Group After anti-Israel Protest Jerusalem Post – Michael Starr – News
>>Trump Admin Halts $510 Million to Brown Univ over School’s Failure to Address anti-Semitism on Campus Bloomberg – Janet Lorin – News
New German Government May Withdraw Citizenship Due to anti-Semitism Deutsche Welle – Sarah Judith Hofmann – News
Senate Republicans Hopeful Trump Will Drop 17% Tariff on Israel — Confusion & Consternation Jewish Insider – Marc Rod & Emily Jacobs – News
>>Tariff Pushback Spurred Trump to Invite Netanyahu to Washington -- Leaders Spoke Yesterday Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – News
Riots in Montreal: anti-Israel Protesters Block Access to McGill University Buildings, Disrupt Classes National Post – News
Watch: Israeli Strike in Sidon, Lebanon Reportedly Kills Senior Hamas Member Hassan Farhat X – Joe Truzman – Video
Hungarian PM Orbán: ‘Our Jewish Community is Safer in Hungary than Anywhere Else in Europe’ X – Viktor Orbán – News
IDF Says Fighting in Gaza Entering ‘New Stage’ as Gazans Flee Expanding Strikes in North & South Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Account Closed: Israel Kills Four Hamas Terrorists in Jabalya, Including Oct 7 Participant Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
U.S. Senate Rejects Sanders’ Motions to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel — 15 Democrats Vote in Favor Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Israel Has by Far the Highest Birthrate in the West — An Across-the-Social-Spectrum-Phenomenon & Above Replacement Rate Jerusalem Post – Douglas Altabef – News
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
Tehran Abandons Houthis Under Relentless U.S. Bombardment — Proxy is Weakened, Mullahs Under Threat The Telegraph – Akhtar Makoii – News
President Trump Speaks with Netanyahu and Hungary’s Orbán — Netanyahu May Visit U.S. Next Week Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Victor Orban Welcomes Netanyahu to Budapest as Hungary Withdraws from ICC Reuters – Anita Komuves & Maayan Lubell – News
Jerusalem Post Editor Zvika Klein Speaks Out After Release from Arrest in Politically-Charged ‘Qatar-Gate’ Case — ‘I Received Nothing’ Jerusalem Post – Zvika Klein – News
ADL Forced to Change Policy After It Hosted Extreme anti-Israel Speakers at Conference Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media — Includes anti-Israel Sentiments New York Times – Edward Wong – News
Milestone for Jewish-Persian Community in SoCal: Sharona Nazarian Becomes Beverly Hills Mayor Israel Hayom – Dor Malul – News
Why Was the Jerusalem Post’s Editor Placed Under House Arrest? And Why are Israel’s ‘Defenders of Democracy’ Silent? It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
Trump Admin Stuns Israel by Imposing 17% Tariff — Fin Min Smotrich Had Sought to Prevent; Will Negotiate to Lower Yedioth Ahronoth – Gad Lior – News
>>Tariff Was Calculated Based on U.S.-Israel Trade Imbalance -- Finance Ministry Hopes to Negotiate Down to 10%, Which is the New U.S. Minimum Globes – Oren Dori – News
IDF Raids Southern Syria to Destroy Terror Infrastructure, Eliminates Several Gunmen Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>10 Jihadists Reported Killed as Israeli Forces Respond to Gunfire with Airstrikes Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Yoav Zitun – News
>>Israeli Air Force Destroys 'Remaining Military Capacities' at Syrian Airbases Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian & Stav Levaton – News
IDF Paves Way for Major Gaza Ground Operation Under Better Conditions than Start of War Israel Hayom – Meir Ben Shabbat – Analysis
>>Revenge Killing of Hamas Policeman Adds to Building Pressure on Group Wall Street Journal – Sudarsan Raghavan, Dov Lieber & Suha Ma'ayeh – Analysis
>>Israel's Real Goal in Rafah -- Emigration Corridor & the End of Hamas YouTube – Amit Segal – Video (Hebrew with English Subtitles)
House Hearing Shows Bipartisan Support for Military Option if Tehran Won’t End Nuke Program Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
>>GOP Senators Divided Over Report that Trump Admin Open to Tehran's Offer for Indirect Negotiations Jewish Insider – Marc Rod & Emily Jacobs – News
>>Senate Committee Advances Huckabee Israel Ambassador Nomination on Party-Line Vote Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
‘A Couple That Gives Hope to Humanity’: Rescued Hostage Almog Meir Jan Finds Love with Model Whose Boyfriend Was Killed in Battle Yedioth Ahronoth – Orit Merlin Rozhenzwaig – Feature
41 Israelis Make Forbes Billionaires Club — Wiz Founders Double their Fortunes Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – News
Northwestern University Touts Progress on Addressing Campus Antisemitism Amid Federal Scrutiny Algemeiner – Dion Pierre – News
>>DOJ Backs Jewish Students in Lawsuit Against UCLA Over Alleged anti-Semitism Campus Reform – Patrick McDonald – News
AJC Urges UN Members Not to Reappoint anti-Semitic Francesca Albanese as Special Rapporteur for Human Rights American Jewish Committee – Simone Rodan-Benzaquen – News
Top Palestinian Authority Official Still Says Oct. 7 Was ‘Legitimate’ Algemeiner – Itamar Marcus – News
Chief of Global Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Hails Israel’s Resilient Economy & Tech Sector Strength The Judean – News
In Harrowing Account, Former Hostage Eliya Cohen Describes Abuse, Starvation & Witnessing Execution of Fellow Captive Algemeiner – Debbie Weiss – Feature
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
IDF Advances in Southern Gaza — Targets Morag Corridor btwn Rafah & Khan Younis Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Einav Halabi – News
>>Netanyahu: IDF Carving New Corridor to Cut-Off Rafah & Pressure Hamas to Release Hostages Times of Israel – Lazar Berman & Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Israeli Airstrikes in Syria Meant to "Convey a Message' to Turkey Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
How Israeli Hostage Families Rallied Trump to Their Cause — Miriam Adelson & Ben Shapiro Helped Connect Families to the President Wall Street Journal – Anat Peled – News
The Unreformable Palestinian Authority: It Continues to Teach Hate and Reward Terror Council on Foreign Relations – Elliott Abrams – Analysis
>>SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in PLO Lawsuit -- Can U.S. Victims of Palestinian Terrorism Sue Over Payments to Terrorists or Their Families? Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
In Embracing Deported pro-Palestinian Activists, Democrats Struggle to Acknowledge anti-Semitism Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Analysis
Noa Tishby Launches National Tour with Her New Nonprofit, Eighteen, Bringing Oct. 7 Survivors to U.S. eJewishPhilanthropy – Nira Dayanim – News
U.S. Sends More Warplanes & Ships to the Middle East in Warning to Iran Wall Street Journal – Nancy Youssef, Michael Gordon & Benoit Faucon – News
>>Granular Update from ISW on Military Operations in Iran, Syria & Yemen, with Maps Institute for the Study of War – Analysis
>>DOJ Charges Iranian Company and Two Nationals for Stealing U.S. Drone Technology -- Defendants At-Large Department of Justice – Press Release
IDF Expands Operation in Rafah — Israel Will Hold Territory and Create Expanded Buffer Zone Jerusalem Post – Avi Ashkenazi, Anna Barksky & Maya Cohen – News
>>A Powerful Ground and Air Operation -- 'Ring of Fire' Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval & Shachar Kleiman – News
>>Israel's Goal: Rafah -- It May Serve as a Corridor for Gazans to Leave It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>IDF Strikes Gaza Terror Command Base, Hamas Claims It's an 'UNRWA Clinic' Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi & Yoav Zitun – News
Archaeologists Uncover Proof of Ancient Biblical Battle at Armageddon Site in Northern Israel New York Post – Andrea Margolis – Feature
Senate Armed Services Committee Advances Colby Nomination for Pentagon Position — A Win for Isolationists Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Turmoil in Turkey: Will Virulently anti-Israel Erdoğan Finally be Forced to Exit the Stage? The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security – Eytan Cohen Yanarocak – Analysis
Trump Admin Secret Chat Mishap Unlikely to Happen in Israel — Military-Issued Encrypted Phones & Couriers Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Analysis
A Mysterious Group, Canary Mission, Says Its Mission Is to Expose anti-Semitic Students — A Road Map for Immigration Agents New York Times – Stephanie Saul – Feature (Ed. Written with anti-Israel bias. But informative.]
Exclusive: The Family of a Murdered Gaza Protester Speaks Out — ‘This is the Price for All Who Criticize Hamas’ The Free Press – Tanya Lukyanova – News
>>Deep Dive: Gaza Rises up Against Hamas, with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib Call Me Back – Dan Senor – Podcast
>>Hamas ‘Quietly Drops’ Thousands of Deaths from Casualty Figures The Telegraph – Melanie Swan – News
Momodou Taal: A Cautionary Tale for Defenders of Campus Hamasniks — The Wide Gap btwn Reporting & Reality Commentary Magazine – Seth Mandel – Analysis
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
Watch: Gazan Clan Executes Hamas Member who Killed Their Relative — Growing Fury with Hamas Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Universities are Suspending Students for Justice in Palestine Chapters Hot Air – John Sexton – Analysis
‘Bennett 2026’: Former PM Naftali Bennett Registers New Political Party Yedioth Ahronoth – Moran Azulay – News
Netanyahu Takes On Israel’s Deep State — Firing of Domestic Security Chief Bar Just the Latest Battle Tablet Magazine – Gadi Taub – Opinion
>>Israel Needs a Constitution to Prevent Civil War -- Would Make Clear the Enduring Nature of the State and the Inalienable Rights of Its Citizens Yedioth Ahronoth – Michael Oren – Opinion
>>Don't Let Israel's Power Struggles Distract from Hostage Crisis Jerusalem Post – Editorial Board – Opinion
Mapped: The U.S. and Israel Would Target These Iranian Nuclear Sites if Talks Fail Yedioth Ahronoth – Reuters – Analysis
The Departments of Treasury and Justice Take Action Against Iranian Weapons Procurement Network U.S. Department of Treasury – Press Release
A Brewing Clash: Ankara Moves to Take Control of Syria’s Strategic T4 Air Base, Threatening Israel — IAF Continues to Bomb It Middle East Eye – Ragip Soylu – News
Granular Update from ISW on Military Operations in Iran, Syria & Yemen, with Maps Institute for the Study of War – Analysis
Belev Echad: Inside the Mission to Restore the Lives of Israel’s War-Wounded Heroes Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Feature
Congress Threatens to Sanction UN Human Rights Council over Its Israel Probe Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Israel Kills Hassan Ali Mahmoud Bdeir in Beirut — Linked to Tehran’s Quds Force & Planning Imminent Attack Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner &Yoav Zitun – News
Trump Admin Pausing $210 million in Federal Funding to Princeton Univ as It Probes anti-Semitism on Campus New York Post – Victor Nava – News
Finance Min Smotrich Pushes to Eliminate Remaining Tariffs on U.S. Imports to Ensure No Reciprocal Tariffs Imposed on Israeli Goods The Judean – News
Trump Floats David Friedman & Ric Grenell for UN Ambassador — Previews Trip to Saudi Arabia Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Beware: Iran & ISIS Plan to Target Jewish Tourists over Passover — Israel National Security Council Issues Travel Warning Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – News
Shabbat Wars: Inside the High-Stakes Culture War for the Soul of Israeli Retail Yedioth Ahronoth – Amit Serusi – Feature
Netanyahu Rescinds Appointment of Eli Sharvit as New Shin Bet Chief After One Day Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
IDF Plans to Reoccupy 25% of Gaza Over Next 2-3 Weeks — Pressuring Hamas to Release Hostages Axios – Barak Ravid – News
Deep Dive: How Israel Can Solve the Haredi Military Draft Israel with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer Jewish News Syndicate – Aylana Meisel – Podcast
Tunnel Networks, Intelligence Failures, and Military Precision: How Israel Finally Eliminated Yahya Sinwar Israel Hayom – Itay Ilnai – Feature
Drone Wars: Israeli Company Says Its Hydrogen-Fueled Flying Robots are a Military Game-Changer Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – Feature
March Madness: Jewish Basketball Coaches Lead Three Teams to NCAA Final Four Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Ben Sales – News
Bereaved Israeli Mothers Travel to the Philippines to Heal — ‘I Laughed So Much, Yet My Soul Burns Every Day Israel Hayom – Hila Timor Ashur – Feature
Monday, March 31st, 2025
Exclusive: Trump Administration Reviewing $9 Billion in Harvard Funding over anti-Semitism The Free Press – Gabe Kaminsky – News
Tehran Threatens Preemptive Attack on U.S./UK Diego Garcia Base — The Mullahs are Panicking The Telegraph – Akhtar Makoii – News
President Trump: U.S. Attacks on ‘Iran-Backed Houthi Terrorists’ Will Continue Until They are No Longer a Threat Truth Social – Donald J. Trump – News
Congressman Ritchie Torres: ‘Israel Has Been a Responsible Guardian of the Abrahamic Tradition’ Arutz Sheva – News
Details of Israel’s Proposed Hostage Deal — Ten Live Hostages Released on Day One X – Raylan Givens – News
Senior Israeli Official: Egypt’s Troop Deployment in Sinai Breaches Peace Treaty i24 News – Guy Azriel – News
Mike Waltz Is Losing Support Inside the White House Wall Street Journal – Alexander Ward, Josh Dawsey & Meridith McGraw – News
IDF Issues Large-Scale Evacuation Order in Rafah as Military Pressure Intensifies Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Einav Halabi – News
Dissecting the Origins of ‘Dayenu,’ the Haggadah Ditty Recapping the Miracles of Exodus Jewish Journcal – Stuart Halpern – Feature
Inside the IDF’s New Tactic in Northern Samaria: Clearing out Terrorist Hubs Wall Street Journal – Dov Lieber & Feliz Solomon – Analysis
AG Baharav-Miara, Netanyahu’s Arch-Enemy, Orders Questioning of PM and Arrests Two of His Aides in ‘Qatar-Gate’ Affair Yedioth Ahronoth – Tova Zimuky – News
>>Netanyahu Denounces ‘Qatargate’ Probe as 'Political Persecution,' Says Aides ‘Held Hostage’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Netael Bandel, Itamar Eichner & Lior Ohana – News
>>Likud: Arrests Are a Coup D'état -- 'Intimidation to Extract False Testimony Against PM via Extortion & Wrongful Detention' Jerusalem Post – News
Netanyahu Picks a New Shin Bet Chief — And Immediately Regrets It It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Sen Lindsey Graham Calls Sharvit 'Beyond Problematic' Citing His Criticism of Trump -- Suggests Netanyahu 'Change Course' X – Lindsey Graham – News
>>Israeli Officials React to 'Puzzling' Appointment of ex-Navy Chief Eli Sharvit as Shin Bet Head Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
>>Netanyahu Considering Canceling Selection of Sharvit -- Participated in anti-Judicial Reform Protests & Criticized Trump over Climate Change Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
More Evidence Iran Was Behind the October 7 Massacre in Israel It Can Always Get Worse – Kyle Orton – Analysis
Why I and Thousands of My Fellow Gazans Say Hamas’s Tyranny Must End Washington Post – Moumen Al Natour – Opinion
Jared Kushner’s Affinity Sees Assets Hit $4.8 Billion, Fueled by Qatar Investment Authority Bloomberg – Gillian Tan – News
Israeli FM Sa’ar Warns World: Don’t Buy Palestinian Claim ‘Pay for Slay’ Ended Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – News
Trump Reiterates Support for Controversial Kuwait Ambassador Nominee Amer Ghalib at White House Iftar Dinner — History of anti-Semitism Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – News
New Book: A Trip to Gaza with the IDF After Oct. 7 Convinced Douglas Murray That Hamas is a Death Cult That Must Be Destroyed — RPGs Under Cribs; Explosives Stuffed in Toys Daily Mail – Douglas Murray – Feature
Another Jew in the NBA? Michigan’s Danny Wolf Expected to Be First Round Draft Pick Yedioth Ahronoth – News
PA Gov Shapiro Gives $5M in Taxpayer Money to Al Aqsa Islamic Society of Philly — Its Imam Said ‘Jews are the Vilest People’ X – Daniel Greenfield – News
Sunday, March 30th, 2025
Freed Israeli Hostages Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel & Tal Shoham Describe Horrors of Being Held Captive by Hamas CBS News 60 Minutes – Leslie Stahl – Feature
Watch: Viral Video Appears to Show Injured Child in Gaza Cussing Out Hamas for Hiding Among Civilians X – Eitan Fischberger – Video (Arabic with English subtitles)
Strategic Escalation in the Indian Ocean Signals U.S. Seriousness in Iran Conflict Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
>>Iran Will Either Secure a 'Deal' Before Trump's Deadline -- Or Face Israeli Strikes Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Turkey’s Erdoğan Calls For the Destruction of Israel, as Millions Protest Against his Islamist Regime Jewish News Syndicate – Akiva Van Koningsveld – News
Archaeologists Find First Evidence of Epic Biblical Battle at ‘Armageddon’ at Megiddo in Northern Israel Times of Israel – Rossella Tercatin – Feature
Israel’s Cabinet Approves Key Road Project to Boost Sovereignty in Judea & Samaria — ‘A 25-Year Dream Fulfilled’ The Judean – News
State Dept Has Been Targeting Israeli Tech Companies with Visa Revocations Over Past Three Years — ‘Don’t Even Try to Come’ Israel Hayom – Itay Ilnai – Feature
Columbia Univ’s New President, Claire Shipman, Called Congressional anti-Semitism Hearings ‘Capitol Hill Nonsense’ New York Post – Gabrielle Fahmy – News
>>AI21 Labs CEO Yoav Shoham on What Makes Israel a Global AI Leader Globes – Hila Weissberg & Assaf Gilead – Feature
Exclusive Interview: France’s Right-Wing Rising Star Sounds Alarm on ISIS-Led Syria — Jordan Bardella Discusses Battling anti-Semitism Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Feature
Rabbi Nehemia Wilhelm at Chabad Bangkok: ’The Ground Was Shaking; Hundreds Called Us’ Arutz Sheva – Uzi Baruch – News
Houthi Missile Triggers Sirens in Central Israel, Is Downed en Route Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
Netanyahu Defies ICC with High-Stakes Visit to Hungary — Viktor Orban Emerges as Key Israel Ally The Judean – Jay Engelmayer – Analysis
Hamas Begins Brutal Crackdown on Gaza Protests with Torture, Executions Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
>>22-Year Old Gaza Protest Leader Odai al-Rabei Abducted, Tortured & Murdered by Hamas -- Body Dragged in Streets Jerusalem Post – Ohad Merlin – News
>>Netanyahu's Conversation with the Parents of Hostage Alon Ohel -- 'The Prime Minister Knows How Difficult Alon's Situation Is' Arutz Sheva – News
UAE Sentences Three Uzbek Nationals to Death for Murder of Israeli Chabad Emissary Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (Qatar): Hamas Turned Down $2B Offer to Disarm, Relocate From Gaza Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi & Kior Ben Ari – News
>>This Is the Gap Between Israel and Hamas in Negotiations Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
Fascinating Discussion with Micah Goodman: Israeli Society is Ideologically Cohesive — Does Not Parallel U.S. Divide The Tikvah Podcast – Jonathan Silver – Podcast
Private Groups Work to Identify & Report anti-Israel Student Protesters for Possible Deportation — Tools to Identify Masked Protestors Associated Press – Adam Geller – Feature
‘Arrogant’ BBC Bosses Rejected anti-Semitism Training for Staff — UK Advisor on anti-Jewish Hatred Calls for Firings over anti-Israel Documentary The Telegraph – Ethan Croft – News
Tate Gallery to Return Centuries-Old Painting Nazis Stole from Jewish Art Collector During WWII New York Post – Chris Harris – News
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
NSA Waltz Has Clashed with JD Vance & Susie Wiles over Iran Policy — Some in Trump World Consider Him too Hawkish New York Times – Maggie Haberman & Tyler Pager – News
Reed Rubinstein, Nominee for State Dept Legal Advisor, Would Enforce Immigration Law on Hamas Supporters Jewish News Syndicate – News
Israeli Officials Furious that Signal Group Chat Exposed Its Human Intelligence Source CBS News – James LaPorta & David Martin – News
Netanyahu Tells the Full Story of the War in One-Hour Interview Israel Update with Michael Doran and Gadi Taub – Video (Hebrew with English Subtitles)
House Passes Bill to Better Monitor Foreign Funding of Universities — Also Defeats anti-Israel Amendments Jewish News Syndicate – Andrew Bernard – News
Hamas May Agree to Release Edan Alexander & Four Others, Seeking Eid al-Fitr Ceasefire to Suppress Protests Jerusalem Post – News
>>Hamas Offers to Free 5 Hostages; Israel Demands 10 Amid Tepid Hopes for Breakthrough Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Lior Ben Ari – News
Harvard Mideast Studies Head Cemal Kafadar to Leave Amid anti-Israel Bias Claims Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
>>Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies -- Dramatic Shakeup as Trump Admin Cracks Down on Campus anti-Semitism The Harvard Crimson – William Mao – News
>>The Houthis Are on a Mission to Attack U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers 1945 – Steve Balestrieri – Analysis
>>Details and Map of U.S. Strikes in Yemen in ISW's Daily Iran Update Institute for the Study of War – Analysis
Turkey’s Ambitions in Syria Pose a Major Threat to Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Jonathan Adiri – Analysis
>>Turkey’s Expansionism in Syria Creates New Challenges for Israel Jewish News Syndicate – Yaakov Lappin – Analysis
>>In-Depth: Israel-Turkey Tensions Mounting Over Air Bases In Syria The War Zone – Howard Altman – Analysis
Vance & Wiles Privately Suggested Trump Fire NSA Waltz — GOP Isolationist Wing Pulls Its Knives Out Politico – Rachael Bade & Dasha Burns – News
>>Background: The GOP Tug of War btwn Traditional Defense Hawks & MAGA Isolationists Politico – Robbie Gramer & Paul McLeary – Analysis
New IDF Unit Lets Religious Women Join the Fight While Keeping the Faith Times of Israel – Mati Wagner – Feature
A Bad Week for the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza and Turkey Jewish News Syndicate – Ben Cohen – Analysis
Friday, March 28th, 2025
Columbia Univ President Katrina Armstrong Resigns, Days After Accusations of Duplicity in Negotiations with Trump Admin New York Post – Chris Nesi – News
Watch: Gazans Hit the Streets in Unprecedented Numbers to Challenge Hamas Rule X – Center for Peace Communications – Video with English Subtitles
Watch President Trump: ‘If We Don’t Work it Out, Bad, Bad Things are Going to Happen to Iran’ X – Open Source Intel – News
Mossad Tasked with Finding Countries to Receive Large Numbers of Displaced Gazans Axios – Barak Ravid – News
GOP Sen Marshall Parrots Qatari Talking Points During Bizarre Hearing Washington Examiner – Robert Schmad – News
>>From Israel to NBA: Deni Avdija's Rise to Stardom Israel Hayom – Ami Shooman & Uri Dagon – Feature
MBS’s Dilemma: 90% of Saudis Oppose Relations with Israel as Riyadh Becomes Middle East’s Diplomatic Capital Wall Street Journal – Karen Elliott House – Analysis
World Jewish Congress President Insists ‘Speakers from all Political Stripes’ are Welcome at anti-Semitism Conference Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – News
Former Trump Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt Defends Current Envoy Steve Witkoff — Diplomacy Requires Engagement Newsweek – Jason Greenblatt – Opinion
The Double Standard in the Human-Rights World — Groups Valuing Impartiality Have Become Stridently anti-Israel The Atlantic – Michael Powell – Feature
Making Sense of the anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza — The Barrier of Fear has Been Cracked Washington Institute for Near East Policy – Neomi Neumann & Nikhil Samuel – Analysis
Hizballah Is Deterred, for Now — New Leadership Faces Its First Strategic Test Alma Research – Yossi Mansharof – Analysis
An Upset Brewing? ‘Jihad Josh’ Leading in FL Special Congressional Election — Trump Won District by 30 Points Jewish Insider – News
Zero Tolerance: IDF Strikes Beirut After Two Rockets Hit Kiryat Shmona Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – News
Israel Aims to Be the World’s Arms Dealer — Strengthening Its Defense Industrial Base and Reducing External Dependence Bloomberg – Galit Altstein – News
>>How the IDF's Autonomous 'RobDozer' is Revolutionizing Combat Engineering Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – News
Harvard Pauses Collaboration with Palestinian University Amid Trump Actions to Counter anti-Semitism — Birzeit University Tied to Terrorism Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – News
>>Georgetown Univ Scrutinized Amid Slew of anti-Semitic Incidents Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
>>Univ of Michigan Ends DEI in Dramatic Reversal -- Jewish Students Were Excluded & Even Discriminated Against The College Fix – Gabrielle Temaat – News
Israel’s Secret Weapon Against Hezbollah: Two Female Intelligence Officers Israel Hayom – Karni Eldad – Feature
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
White House Pulls Stefanik’s Nomination for UN Amb Due to GOP’s Slim House Majority — Staunch Supporter of Israel Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Senate Committee Opens Investigation Into anti-Israel Group With ‘Extensive’ Terrorist Ties — Letters Sent to Four Universities Asking for Info on American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) Daily Caller – Jaryn Crouson – News
>>Read the Full Letter Sent to Columbia Univ Unites States Senate – Senator Bill Cassidy, Chairman HELP Committee – Letter
Israel Supplied Intelligence in Airstrike Discussed in Signal Chat — Houthi Missile Expert was Tracked by Israel-Linked Human Source in Yemen Wall Street Journal – Nancy Youssef, Alexander Ward & Michael Gordon – News
Watch Marco Rubio on Detained Turkish Student Rumeysa Ozturk: ‘We Gave You a Visa to Study & Earn a Degree — Not to Become an Activist Tearing up Our Campuses. X – Open Source Intel – News
RAND Report: Gaza’s Reconstruction Could Take Decades with $50 billion Price Tag Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
>>Full Report: From Camps to Communities -- Post-Conflict Shelter in Gaza Rand Corporation – Shelly Culbertson – Report
The Failures of De-escalation: An Autopsy on the Biden Admin’s Hostage Negotiations with Hamas Real Clear Defense – Eyal Tsir Cohen & Jesse Weinberg – Analysis
U.S. General: Iran Could Make Nuclear Breakthrough in Less Than a Week Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
Disney Beefs up Gal Gadot’s Security after Star got Death Threats over Pro-Israel Comments New York Post – Sean Mandell – News
Vance’s Reluctance to Support Houthi Strikes Concerns Some Leading GOP Senators — The ‘Tucker Carlson Isolationist Worldview’ Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs – News
>>JD Vance Responds: 'Hit Piece' Contains 'Glaring Factual Error' -- JI's Kraushaar is 'Dumbest Journalist in Washington' X – JD Vance – News
Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl’s Moral Courage Transcends Basketball Jerusalem Post – Editorial Board – Opinion
Trump Admin’s Purge of ‘Hamasniks’ from Campuses Ramps Up: Rubio’s ‘Catch & Revoke’ Program — ‘Everyone is Fair Game’ Axios – Marc Caputo – News
>>Senate Education Committee Holds First Campus anti-Semitism Hearings Since Oct. 7 -- 'Do Not Expect Support of Federal Taxpayers' Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs & Marc Rod – News
Knesset Approves Highly Contentious Judicial Selection Bill — A Compromise over Previous Version Jerusalem Post – Eliav Breuer – News
>>Amit Segal: Privately, Most Opposition Leaders Support the Bill, Because it Gives Knesset Opposition More Say in Selection of Judges It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Congress Investigating Connections Between U.S. NGO Funding & 2023 Israel Judicial Protests -- Was Netanyahu the Target? Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs & Marc Rod – News
>>Read the Letter Sent by Congressional Committee Chairmen to NGO Congress of the United States – Rep. Jim Jordan (Chair, Judiciary) & Rep. Brian Mast (Chair, Foreign Affairs) – Letter
Sirens Send Millions to Shelters after Houthis Launch Two Missiles at Israel — IDF Intercepts Both Above Israeli Airspace Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – News
Signs of U.S. Massing B-2 Stealth Bombers & Other Bombing Assets in Diego Garcia as Showdown with Tehran Looms The War Zone – Joseph Trevithick & Howard Altman – News
Israel Readies Plans to Destroy Hamas & Occupy Gaza Financial Times – Mehul Srivastava & Neri Zilber – News
Israel’s Deep State is Worse than America’s — When ‘Saving Democracy’ Means Rule by a Rogue Judiciary & Intelligence Services Tablet Magazine – Moshe Cohen-Eliya – Opinion
>>Opposing View: The Unraveling of Israel’s Vulnerable Democracy -- The Balance Between the Branches of Government is Being Shattered Times of Israel – David Horovitz – Opinion
>>Netanyahu Begins Interviews for Next Shin Bet Chief -- Who Are the Final Candidates? Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Why Michael Oren Will Never Bet Against Bibi — How Netanyahu Survives The Free Press – Michael Oren – Feature
Republican Jewish Coalition Board Member Eric Levine Calls for Witkoff’s Dismissal Over “Utter Incompetence’ Jewish Insider – Matthew Kassel – News
U.S. Intel Community Probing Foreign Backing of Pro-Hamas Protests — Iran Also Working to Infiltrate America Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
Columbia Univ President Says One Thing to Trump Admin — and Another in Private The Free Press – Maya Sulkin – News
>>Powerful House Republican Leader Accuses Columbia Univ of ‘Double Dealing’ over Mixed Messages on Countering anti-Semitism New York Post – Joel Christenson – News
Explosive Detail in Lawsuit Brought by American Families of Hostages: Did Columbia SJP Have Advanced Knowledge of the Oct. 7 Attack? X – Daniela – News
Watch: Israel Air Force Footage of Recent Strikes Against Remaining Assad Regime Strategic Capabilities X – Israel War Room – Video
Anti-War Protests Flare Up Again in Gaza as Hamas Blames ‘Israeli Mouthpieces’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
Trey Yingst of Fox News Accuses Israel of Killing ‘Two Palestinian Journalists’ — Both Have Terror Affiliations Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
>>ABC Reports as Fact Disputed Allegation of Deadly Israeli Strike on UN Facility CAMERA – Tamar Sternthal – News
The World Health Organization Is Covering for Hamas National Review – Avraham Russell Shalev – Analysis
IDF Orders Broad Northern Gaza Evacuation Following Rocket Fire Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
>>Gaza to Indonesia: 100 Workers Emigrate in Israeli Pilot Program Jewish News Syndicate – Joshua Marks – News
Amit Segal Review the Latest Developments in Israel — Gazans Rise Up & Judicial Reforms It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
In Depth: The Qatari Challenge — Strategic Dilemmas and Policy Options for Israel The Institute for National Security Studies – Yoel Guzansky – Analysis
Interview: Netanyahu Reviews Dramatic Changes in Middle East — ‘Israel Has Become a Fact of Life for Arab States’ Arutz Sheva – News
U.S. Intelligence Assessment: Hamas Continues to Post Security Threat, ‘Even in Degraded Form’ Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – News
>>DNI Gabbard: Tehran Not Currently Building Nuclear Weapons -- But Discussions Toward it Increasing Inside the Regime Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
>>In Full: 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community Office of the Director of National Intelligence – Report
Mike Huckabee, Nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Israel: ‘Palestinians Should Have a State, Elsewhere’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Contentious Confirmation Hearing -- Huckabee Says ‘Better to Bankrupt’ Iran than Bomb It Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs – News
IDF Reshaping the Security Landscape in Samaria — Banning Reconstruction in Palestinian ‘Refugee Camps’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – Analysis
ADL Study: ChatGPT, Meta’s Llama, Other AI Models Show anti-Jewish, anti-Israel Bias Times of Israel – Zev Stub – News
>>Generating Hate: anti-Jewish and anti-Israel Bias in Leading Large Language Models Anti Defamation League – Study
The Story of Avigdor Kahalani is the Story of Zionism — A Heroic ‘Jew of Color’ Refutes the Lies Jewish News Syndicate – Moshe Phillips – Feature
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
U.S. Officials: Gaza War Must be Focused, Effective, with Limited Timeframe — Expectation that Netanyahu Agrees to Hostage Release Deal Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Leaked Documents: Shin Bet Chief Bar’s Pre-Oct. 7 Strategy Relied on Economic Aid to Gaza — Undermines His Claims of Taking a Tough Stance Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
Report: Palestinian Authority Continues to Fund Terrorist Families Arutz Sheva – Dalit Halevi – News
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Judith Miller: ‘Israel Can’t Count on Trump’s Support vs. Iran’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Alexandra Lukash – Feature
Captivity Survivor Omer Shem Tov: ‘Division in the Nation Gives Strength to Our Enemies’ Arutz Sheva – News
Israel and U.S. Deepen Military Ties with Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter Deal Jewish News Syndicate – News
Jews and Christians Must Fight anti-Semitic Conspiracies — Ancient Libels are Re-entering the Mainstream via ‘Influencers’ such as Tucker Carlson City Journal – Joe Lonsdale – Opinion
Watch: Demonstrations Against Hamas in Northern Gaza — ‘The People Do Not Want Hamas & Do Not Want the Al-Jazeera Channel’ X – Amit Segal – Video
>>Short Analysis of Demonstrations in Gaza -- A Power Struggle Between Hamas & Palestinian Authority X – Raylan Givens – Analysis
No, This is Not the Fall of Democracy in Israel — Top Officials Behaving Like Children on TikTok Yedioth Ahronoth – Amichai Attali – Opinion
>>Should Extremely Powerful Bureaucrats be Accountable to Elected Officials -- U.S. & Israel Battling Same Issue X – Asher Fredman – Opinion
Republican Lawmakers Increasingly Uneasy about Witkoff’s Performance in Envoy Role Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs – News
Fallout From Accidental War Plan Leak Continues — NSA Waltz, Among the Most Pro-Israel in Trump Admin, Faces Calls to Resign Politico – Dasha Burns – News
>>Update: Trump Stands by NSA Waltz -- 'He’s Learned a Lesson’ NBC News – Garrett Haake – Garrett Haake
>>Trump’s Advisers Are Divided on Iran. Which Way Is the President Leaning? The Free Press – Matthew Continetti – Analysis
>>Vance Voiced Doubt about Houthi Strikes in Private Messages with Cabinet Officials Jewish Insider – Emily Jacobs & Marc Rod – Analysis
Musk Sets a New Standard of Progress & Efficiency — Will Israel Dare to Change? Yedioth Ahronoth – Nili Goldberg – Analysis
Hostage Families Sue Mahmoud Khalil, anti-Israel Groups for ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Hamas New York Post – Ronny Reyes – News
>>Anti-Israel Groups Aided Hamas on Campus, Knew of Attack Beforehand, Oct. 7 Victims Say in Lawsuit Jerusalem Post – Michael Starr – News
>>The Domestic anti-Israel Movement Is Breaking Laws and Harassing Citizens -- Here’s How to Stop It City Journal – Tal Fortgang – Analysis
On Israel’s Northern Front: Can Ahmed al-Sharaa Hold Syria Together? — Former Jihadist has Remade Himself to Remake a Scarred and Divided Country The Atlantic – Robert Worth – Analysis
>>Syria’s Sectarian Trap: Forces Embodying the Country's Most Extreme Sectarian Tendencies are Ascendant on All Sides Engelsberg Ideas – Kyle Orton – Analysis
Israel Prepares for Long Operation in Gaza to Fully Defeat Hamas — But Would Agree to a Short-Term Ceasefire if Terror Group would Free ‘Reasonable’ Number of Live Hostages Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – Analysis
Monday, March 24th, 2025
Israel Is Killing Hamas Leaders in Quick Succession, Disrupting Group’s Ability to Govern Wall Street Journal – Dov Lieber – News
Ballistic Missile Launched from Yemen Sends Millions of Israelis to Shelters Yedioth Ahronoth – Raanan Ben-Zur – News
>>Watch: A Separate Missile From Gaza Interrupts a Wedding -- 'A Missile Meets a Missile' X – Raylan Givens – Video
Stunning Mistake: Senior Trump Admin Officials Accidently Include The Atlantic Writer Jeffrey Goldberg in Yemen War Plans & Strategy Chat — Vance Shows Isolationist Streak; Hegseth Displays Policy Acumen The Atlantic – Jeffrey Goldberg – News
Israel Denies Being Shown New Cease-Fire Plan from Egypt, as Hamas Responds ‘Positively’ to It New York Post – Anthony Blair – News
Bruce Pearl, Auburn’s Jewish Head Coach, Calls for the Release of Hamas Hostages After Victory Fox News – Ryan Gaydos – News
Arabic Media Sources: IDF’s Rapid Advances and New Tactics in Gaza are Game Changers Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – Analysis
Watch: ‘Journalist’ IDF Killed Was Actually a Hamas Sniper with a Military ID Number X – Open Source Intel – News