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