Thursday, July 31st, 2025
Trump Administration Refers Harvard to Justice Department in Civil Rights Probe — Proceedings to Address School’s anti-Semitic Discrimination Times of Israel – Reuters & Staff – News
New U.S. Tariffs: Israel Has Lowest 15 Percent Rate — Canada to Pay 35 Percent X – The Spectator Index – News
Hamas Has Cut-Off Contact with Negotiators After Numerous Countries Prepare to Recognize Palestinian State — Escalation in Gaza Likely Unavoidable Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Hamas Issues Statement Taking Credit for Growing International Momentum Toward Palestinian Statehood Arutz Sheva – Yitz Goldberg – News
Trump Threatens to Hold up Canada Trade Deal over Ottawa’s Palestine Recognition Times of Israel – Jacob Magid & Joshua Davidovich – News
President Trump: Fastest Way to End Gaza Crisis is for Hamas to Surrender and Release the Hostages — Witkoff Lands in Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>IDF Pulls 98th Division from Gaza as Operation Gideon’s Chariots Winds Down -- Over 1,500 Terror Sites Dismantled Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
>>A Majority of Israelis Support Jewish Settlement in Gaza It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>The Starvation Lie: What the Media Won’t Report About Israeli Aid to Gaza -- Israel’s Relentless Humanitarian Lifeline to Gaza in the Midst of War The Judean – Staff – Analysis
>>Another Gaza Child, Treated in Israel for Genetic Illness, Used by Hamas & Western Media as Symbol of Famine Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Elisha Ben Kimon – News
>>Gaza Starvation Photos Tell a Thousand Lies -- Hamas Propaganda Exploits Seriously Ill Children; Western Media Go Along Wall Street Journal – Eitan Fischberger – Opinion
Over Half of U.S. Senate Democrats Back Failed Measures to Block Arms Sales to Israel Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Iran Hiring Criminal Networks in Europe to Attack Jews, U.S. Religious Freedom Report Finds Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – News
WESTPAC, Fiscal Sponsor of anti-Israel Activist Network, Faces Legal & Financial Collapse Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – Analysis
>>Read the Full Report: The Legal & Financial Repercussions of WESPAC’s Sponsorship of anti-Israel NGOs Washington Free Beacon – Report
Archeology: Rare First Temple-Era Seal Impression Found in Jerusalem — Tiny 2,600-Year-Old Item Found in Temple Mount Soil Times of Israel – Rossella Tercatin – Feature
>>Message From Moses? 3,000-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Inscription May Bear His Signature Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Feature
The Leaked Email That Blows Apart the BBC’s Impartiality Claims over Gaza — Anti-Israel Legal-Political Framing as Settled Fact Spectator – Jonathan Sacerdoti – News
Israel’s ‘Bugs Bunny Trial: New Documentary Lays Bare the Loony Legal Offensive against Prime Minister Netanyahu Tablet Magazine – Gadi Taub – Feature
The Iran–Israel War and the Stability of the Islamic Regime The Institute for National Security Studies – Raz Zimmt – Analysis
The Muslim Brotherhood Should Be Designated by the U.S. as a Terrorist Organization Gatestone Institute – Khaled Abu Toameh – Opinion
It’s the Jews Who Promote Nazi Jeans, You Know — The Horseshoe Theory of Jew Hatred in Action Hot Air – David Strom – Analysis
Hollywood Balagan: How Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg Created the Film Industry as We Know It Jewish Review of Books – Emil Stern – Feature
Israel’s Sheba Hospital to Join NASA & SpaceX Mission to Study Microgravity’s Effects on Diseases Jerusalem Post – Aaron Reich – Feature
Cultural Antisemitism: Jewish Comedians Dropped From UK Arts Festival Due to Israel Support Algemeiner – Shiryn Ghermezian – News
The Ancient Key to Rebuilding Jerusalem Today — The Jewish People Awaken From a Great Slumber Chabad – Tzvi Freeman – Feature
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
Israel Said to Warn Hamas It Will Annex Parts of Gaza If No Hostage Deal Reached — Issues Red Lines for Deal Times of Israel – Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Jeremy Sharon, Nurit Yohanan & Emanuel Fabian – News
U.S. Treasury Dept Takes ‘Massive Action’ Against Vast Iranian Oil Smuggling Operation — 115 People & Entities Sanctioned Jewish News Syndicate – Mike Wagenheim – News
>>Read the Full Press Release: Treasury Takes Massive Action Against High-Profile Iranian Network U.S. Department of Treasury – Press Release
Trump Stands Firm Against Recognition of Palestinian State — Would be Reward to Hamas Arutz Sheva – Elad Benari – News
JPost: Hamas Will Not Renew Negotiations with Israel ‘Until the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza Improves’ X – Amichai Stein – News
Israeli Cybersecurity Startup ‘CyberArk’ Purchased by Palo Alto Networks for $25 Billion — 2nd Largest Israeli Tech Exit Ever Calcalist – Sophie Shulman – Business
Watch: Mossad Chief Barnea Arrives at the Ohel in Queens to Pray at the Resting Place of the Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe X – Raylan Givens – Video
Israel and Syrian Regime in Talks Over Southern Syria Demilitarization as Iran-Backed Groups Plan Attacks Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
Israel Achieved Its Goals in Gaza Offensive; Now Must Decide What’s Next — No Easy Solutions Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua – Analysis
>>Trump Envoy Witkoff Arrives in Israel Today -- May Visit Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Aid Centers Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>An Israeli Military Official Details Expansive Israeli Humanitarian Operation in Gaza -- 100,000 Aid Trucks & Counting The Media Line – Felice Friedson – News
>>Former Hamas Hostage Arbel Yehoud in Her Own Words: ‘Nothing in Me Truly Returned Home' Yedioth Ahronoth – Arbel Yehoud – Feature
Israel’s ‘Missile Masters’ Ready to Join Trump’s Golden Dome Defense Matrix The Judean – Staff – Analysis
France Fails to Secure a Consensus for Palestinian Recognition at Two-State Conference Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>President Macron Is Playing with Fire by Recognizing 'Palestine' Spiked – Brendan O'Neill – Opinion
>>Israel Avoids Elimination From Euro Research Program, For Now -- Germany & Italy Opposed Removal Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Northern Command Chief Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, Exit Interview: Hezbollah Braces for Another Israeli Strike, Plans Small Cross-Border Attacks & Kidnappings Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Interview/Analysis
>>Israeli Operations in Lebanon Against Hezbollah: July 21–27, 2025 Long War Journal – David Daoud – Analysis
>>Is Hezbollah Prioritizing Budgets for Military Readiness Over Its Shiite Base? Alma Research and Education Center – Tal Beeri – Analysis
>>Israelis Increasingly Returning Home in North -- But Heavy-Hit Towns Remain Empty Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Feature
Israel and Iran Prepare for a New Round of Fighting Jerusalem Center for Secuirty and Foreign Affairs – Yoni Ben Menachem – Analysis
A New Rule for Jews in the Arts: Denounce Your People or Get off the Stage — ‘You’re Just Yelling at a Jew’ Commentary Magazine – Seth Mandel – Analysis
Israel’s Strategic Edge: Mastering the New Integrated Battlefield Jerusalem Post – Amos Yadlin & Yuval Winreb – Analysis
Israel Campus Coalition Brings 700+ Undergrads to Washington, D.C. — A Huge Surge in Jewish Pride & Interest Jewish News Syndicate – Andrew Bernard – News
Israeli Vintners Harvest 1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Grapes, Restoring Negev’s Ancient Wine Industry Yedioth Ahronoth – Ilana Curiel – Feature
Secret Diaries Reveal Ben-Gurion’s Sleepless Battle to Build a Nation Jerusalem Post – Staff – Feature
Two Physicists Are the Brains of Jerusalem’s Arab-Jewish Startup Connecting Optics to Chips Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – Feature
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Jewish Philanthropist Wesley Lepatner, 43, Named as Victim in Manhattan Shooting eJewishPhilanthropy – Gabby Deutch – News
IDF Assesses Significant Damage to Hezbollah — Could Lead to It Disarming Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – Analysis
Israeli Cabinet Weighs ‘Heavy Decisions’ on Gaza — Qatar’s Role & France/UK Palestinian State Recognition ‘Real Blows’ to Ceasefire Possibilities Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
>>Qatar, Saudi & Egypt Join Call for Hamas to Disarm, Give up Gaza Rule Al-Monitor – Amélie Bottollier-Depois – News
UCLA to Pay $6M to Settle Discrimination Complaints Including Campus ‘Jew Exclusion Zone’ New York Post – Josh Christenson – News
Israeli Scientists Crack ‘Undruggable’ Cancer Protein, Paving Way for New Treatments Israel.com – Pesach Benson – Feature
Piling On: UK’s Starmer Will Recognize Palestinian State in September Unless Israel Agrees to Numerous Demands Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
>>Foreign Min Sa'ar Responds: Israel Will Not Commit Suicide for Countries That Have Lost Control over Their Own Streets Jewish News Syndicate – David Isaac – News
>>Recognizing a Palestinian State Now Would Sentence All Sides to Perpetual Terror -- Appeasement in the Face of Evil is How Democracies Fall X – John Spencer & Michal Cotler-Wunsh – Opinion
Israel Considers Issuing Hamas an Ultimatum & Annexing Gazan Territory if It Refuses — Will Decide in Next 48 Hours It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Sen. Fetterman: Where’s the Global Outrage for Hamas to Disarm & Send the Hostages Home? X – U.S. Senator John Fetterman – News
>>Finance Min Smotrich: I’m Still in the Government Because Good Things Are About to Happen in Gaza Jerusalem Post – Eliav Breuer – News
>>Foreign Min Sa'ar: International Pressure on Israel Undermined Ceasefire/Hostage Deal Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
>>Israel Suspects Qatar Behind Hamas ‘Starvation’ Propaganda Campaign Israel National News – Staff – News
>>Speaking of Qatar: U.S. Accepts ‘Unconditional Donation’ of Qatari Jet for Trump ABC News – Anne Flaherty – News
>>A Third-Way Endgame for Israel in Gaza: Options Not Necessarily Binary -- Need Not Be Choice Between Ending the War or Fighting On Commentary Magazine – Jonathan Schanzer – Opinion
>>Another Photo; Another Lie -- Contact the Media & Demand Corrections Honest Reporting – Rachel O'Donoghue – Analysis
>>President Herzog Clashes with Dutch PM over Threat to Suspend Israel from EU Programs Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>UK PM Starmer to Tie Palestinian Statehood to Ceasefire & Hostage Release Arutz Sheva – Elad Benari – News
PTSD Crisis: Reservist Who Identified Bodies After Oct. 7 Found Dead in Suspected Suicide — ‘Saw Very Difficult Things’ Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – News
Jewish Residents of Judea & Samaria Defend Their Communities Among Rising Violence i24 News – Joe Brown – News
New Documentary: Netanyahu Corruption Case Goes Well Beyond Standard Criminal Proceedings — Damaging to Israel Jerusalem Posts – Staff – Feature with Video of Documentary
Israel’s Youth Science Teams Conclude Olympiad Season with Record 26 Medals Jerusalem Post – Joanie Margulies – Feature
Coca-Cola’s New Real Sugar Version May Upend Beloved Jewish Tradition — The Passover ‘Yellow Cap’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – Feature
Meet Daniel Peretz — Soccer Star & Half of Israel’s ‘Posh and Becks’ Super Couple The Jewish Chronicle – Ahron Asher Moss – Feature
Archeology: First-Ever Ancient Blade Manufacturing Workshop Uncovered in Southern Israel — From Early Bronze Age i24 News – Staff – News
Monday, July 28th, 2025
Watch, Trump on Iran’s Nuclear Program: ‘They Can Start Again; If They Do, We’ll Wipe It Out Fast’ X – Jason Brodsky – Video
Interesting Commentary Magazine Podcast Discussion: The Starvation Blood Libel Commentary Magazine Podcast – John Pokhoretz – Video Podcast
>>Inside Israel’s War Cabinet: Ron Dermer on the Battles That Changed Everything One Jewish State – David Friedman – Video Podcast
WSJ’s Hezbollah Coverage Led by Adam Chamseddine, Who Praises Terrorist Group’s Leaders & Fumes Against ‘The Israeli Enemy’ Washington Free Beacon – Chuck Ross – Analysis
Signs of Major Shift in U.S. Gaza Policy — Egyptian Sources: Washington Weighing Plan ‘Like Berlin & Tokyo’ Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
>>Fateful Israeli Cabinet Meeting Tonight -- Talks Stalled; IDF to Present New Gaza Operational Plan Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
>>Sen. Lindsey Graham, Who is Close with Trump, Also Uses 'Tokyo & Berlin' Reference on 'Meet The Press' Politico – Gegory Svirnovskiy – News
>>More Signs of Major Shift: Smotrich Won't Quit Coalition -- 'We're Promoting a Good Strategic Maneuver, Which Should Not Be Elaborated Right Now' Times of Israel – Staff – News
>>Trump Hints: 'Before We Get to Phase Two, Which Is What’s Going to Happens Afterwards, We Want to Get the Children Fed' Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
>>U.S. & Israeli Officials Signal Shift Toward Full Military Control of Gaza Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Crissy – News
>>Media's Fake Narrative Exposed: Truth About Gazan Child Who Made Global Headlines Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan – Analysis
>>Photo of the Toddler Who Became a Symbol of Hunger in Gaza: He Suffers from Genetic Disease Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – Analysis
All-Seeing Eye: Israeli Startup ‘Scanary’ Revolutionizes Mass Security Screening Yedioth Ahronoth – Israel Wullman – Feature
Elbit Systems Secures $260 Million Deal to Equip German Air Force with Missile Defense Systems Yedioth Ahronoth – Navit Zomer – Business
John Spencer on ‘Finishing the Job’ in Gaza: What It Means & What It Takes Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – John Spencer – Analysis
>>Israel is Winning in Gaza -- But Hamas Wins the Psychological/Media War Through Outlets Openly Collaborating with It Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – Analysis
>>Arab Unit Assisting IDF in Northern Gaza Strip -- Small Intelligence-Gathering Group Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
There’s More Work to Do on Iran — End the Regime’s Illegal & Secret Program More Verifiably & Permanently Jewish Institute for National Security of America – Jonathan Ruhe – Analysis
U.S. & Israel Urgently Need to Replenish Weapons Stockpiles After 12-Day War, Defense Analysts Warn Fox News – Morgan Phillips – Analysis
Steve Witkoff Should Stop Using Western Real Estate Terminology with Religious Fanatics Jewish News Syndicate – Ruthie Blum – Opinon
Jerusalem’s Skyline Being Transformed by Streamlined Development Procedures — But Will It Harm City’s Historic Values? Globes – Yuval Nisani – Feature
Violence by Jewish Residents in Judea & Samaria Grossly Exaggerated — Pales Next to Arab Terror Attacks Jewish News Syndicate – James Sinkinson – Opinion
Alex Bregman’s Breakout Season with the Red Sox: Finding His Rhythm After Seven-Week Injury Jerusalem Post – Emily Klein – Feature
Sunday, July 27th, 2025
President Trump on Iran: They Want to Continue Enrichment — We’re Not Going to Let That Happen X – Jason Brodsky – Video
Unilateral Ceasefire: IDF Announces ‘Localized Tactical Pause’ in Parts of Gaza to Allow for Humanitarian Aid Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – News
>>Watch, Trump: 'Israel Needs to Make a Decision [About Gaza] -- I Know What I Would Do but It’s Not Popular' X – Raylan Givens – Video
>>The Photo of an Emaciated Child in Gaza: He Suffers From Cerebral Palsy & Hypoxemia -- Not Starvation X – Yosi Levi Sfari – Analysis
>>Hamas Starvation Hoax Leads to IDF's 'Humanitarian Pause' -- NYT Front-Page Photo Shows Child with MD & Claims it's Starvation The Judean – Staff – Analysis
>>Hungry for Truth: Media, Propaganda, & the Misguided Starvation in Gaza Honest Reporting – Channa Rifkin – Analysis
>>'When IDF Creates Humanitarian Corridors, It Removes UN's Excuse for Failing to Deliver Aid' Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – Analysis
>>Long & Revealing Interview with IDF Reservist in Gaza: ‘Headlines Say We Shot Starving Civilians’ -- ‘It Was a Violent Attempt to Overrun the Corridor’ The Media Line – Gabriel Colodro – Interview
>>Lucy & the Football: Hamas Reportedly Now Willing to Compromise amid Global Pressure Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi, Elisha Ben Kimon & Itamar Eichner – News
Can France Declare a Palestinian State into Existence? No The Media Line – Maayan Hoffman – Analysis
>>Seven Major U.S. Jewish Groups Decline Meeting with French Official after ‘Premature Palestinian State Recognition’ Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Philissa Cramer – News
U.S.-Israel Partnership: How IAF’s Modifications & Use of the F-35 Benefit the Pentagon The Ettinger Report – Yoram Ettinger – Analysis
Tucker Carlson’s Dark Turn: He Can’t Stop Talking About ‘The Jews’ — Exploiting the World’s Oldest Hatred While Pretending It’s Edgy National Review – James Kirchick – Feature
>>Yair Netanyahu: Joe Rogan Refuses to Have My Father on His Podcast, While Platforming Numerous Jew-Haters Jerusalem Post – Fraidy Moser – News
The Helicopter Pilots Who Shot Down Iranian Drone Blitzes — Last Line of Defense Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Feature
Investment Agreements with India & UAE Could Redraw Israel’s Geo-Economic Map Yedioth Ahronoth – Balla Barda Bareket – Feature
The Complexities of Israel’s Druze Policy: Picking & Choosing Between Leaders is Risky Foreign Policy – Ahmad Sharawi – Analysis
Policy Paper: Israel and Iran’s Nuclear Program after the War — Between a Nuclear Agreement and Active Containment Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv Univ – Raz Zimmt & Tamir Hayman – Policy Paper
BESA Publication: Battlefield Decision in the Iron Swords War Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies – Meir Finkel – Publication
IDF Chief Zamir Rejects Request to Mobilize More Reserves — Keeps to Promise of No More Than 74 days/year Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
Lioness Lt. Col Or Ben Yehuda: Leading Israel’s First Mixed-Gender Battalion into Combat Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – Feature
The Incredible, Unknown Story of Judah Touro — Synagogues, Streets, a Hospital & a University are Named For Him Algemeiner – Menachem Levine – Feature
Middle East Christians Face a Threat — No, It’s Not Israel Washington Free Beacon – Mike Watson – Opinion
‘Jews Deserved the Holocaust’ Podcast Sparks Outrage & Demands for Accountability — Fresh & Fit Podcast Has 1.5 Million Subscribers TJV News – Russ Spencer – News
America’s Air Force Base in Qatar Is a Liability — Shut It Down The Hill – Michael Makovsky & Blaise Misztal – Opinion
Saturday, July 26th, 2025
Amit Segal: Trump, Rubio & Netanyahu Coordinating on Alternatives to Free Hostages — Hamas Wants What No Israeli Leader Would Give X – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Israel Modifies Gaza Aid Mechanism in Response to False Claims of Deliberate Starvation Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – News
>>Beware: IDF Reservist Says Former Gaza Aid Worker Tony Aguilar, Who is Accusing Israel of War Crimes on BBC, Was Trouble from the Start X – Green Beret Nap Time – News
>>IDF Reservist Betzalel Yohoshua Mosbacher Dies of Wounds from Southern Gaza Blast Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
David Ignatius: Israeli & American Assessments Agree Tehran’s Infrastructure to Finish a Bomb Is Shattered — ‘No Longer a Threshold Nuclear State’ Washington Post – David Ignatius – Analysis
>>Inside Iran: Islamic Republic May Be at Its Most Fragile Point Iran International – Behrouz Turani – Analysis
>>The Tehran Regime is Reviving Its Darkest Tactics to Repress the Iranian People Washington Post – Stephen Rapp – Opinion
Watch, Startup Boost: Israel Offers Millions to Build Next Deep-Tech Incubators ILTV Israel News – Video
UN’s Two-State Solution Summit on Track for ‘Embarrassing’ Flop Following Intense U.S. Opposition Washington Free Beacon – Alana Goodman & Adam Kredo – Analysis
Riding Along with the IDF, Back in Gaza City — Fighting Infrastructure, Not Terrorists Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – Feature
>>Watch, Jonathan Conricus: International Pressure Campaign Against Israel Benefits Hamas and is the Reason It Refuses Ceasefire ILTV Israel News – Video
>>Hamas’s Strategy Pressures Israel, Fuels anti-Semitism & Starves Palestinians Jewish News Syndicate – Jonathan Tobin – Opinion
>>USAID & Reuters Dismiss Mountain of Evidence Showing Hamas Steals Humanitarian Aid Jerusalem Post – Ezra Taylor – Analysis
>>Yahya Sinwar’s Novel Reveals Dangerous Ideology Behind Oct & -- Foreshadowed the Massacre Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – Analysis
>>Hamas Unleashes Chaos Campaign in Gaza Markets in Desperate Power Play -- Breaking Legs; Inciting Mobs The Judean – Staff – Analysis
>>Chutzpah: AFP, Whose Photojournalists Crossed Into Israel on Oct 7 With Hamas, Now Begs Israel To Protect Its Freelancers Honest Reporting – Staff – News
Israel-Taiwan Relations During the Swords of Iron War: Friendship in Times of Trouble Institute for National Security Studies – Ofir Dayan – Report
>>Over 70 Israeli Lawmakers Vow Support for Taiwan -- ‘Taiwan Stood by Israel, Now It’s Our Turn’ Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
How a Network of Sci-Tech Schools in Israel Offers a Model for Haredi Integration eJewishPhilanthropy – Dar Nadler – Analysis
Meet Minneapolis’s Mamdani: Mayoral Candidate Omar Fateh is Not a Fan of the Jewish People Algemeiner – Corey Walker – News
Friday, July 25th, 2025
Friday Features Weekly Newsletter — (1) Meet Humble Servant Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir: The IDF’s Unique Chief of Staff; (2) Jewish Life Thrives – Even in Places One Would Least Expect; (3) Jews Are Defying Stereotypes with Success in International Sports Jewish News Wire – Weekly Newsletter
Not a Parody: Pilot Who Ordered Jewish Camp Kids Off Spanish Plane Was Flight Instructor of Two 9/11 Terrorists Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
The Columbia Univ Deal with the Trump Admin on anti-Semitism: White House to Use It as Model for Other Universities — But Does It Fall Short of Real Reform? Hotair – Ed Morrissey – Analysis
Floyd Mayweather to IDF Soldiers: You Are Winners — I’m Proud of You Israel Hayom – Eyal Levi – News
Israel & Syria Finalize Agreement for Southern Syria — Tribes & Gov Forces Must Withdraw from Druze Areas; U.S. to Supervise Israel Hayom – Miri Weissman – News
NEA, Largest Teachers’ Union in U.S., Erases Jews From the Holocaust Washington Free Beacon – Alana Goodman – News
Watch, President Trump: Hamas Did Not Want to Make a Deal — Have to Get Rid of Them; Have to Finish the Job X – Rapid Response 47 – Video
>>Witkoff Finally Realizes -- or Admits -- That Hamas is Not Negotiating in Good Faith Hot Air – Ed Morrissey – Analysis
>>Amit Segal: Back to Square One in Gaza for a War-Weary Nation It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>How International Condemnation of Israel Gives Hamas Hope & Reason to Keep Dragging Its Feet Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
>>The Delusion That Hamas Could be Contained with Cash, Jobs & Diplomacy Ended in Bloodshed -- But Has Yet to be Replaced by a New Vision Tablet Magazine – Liel Leibovitz – Analysis
>>‘Famine? That’s Simply Not Happening’: Israeli Officials Push Back on Global Criticism of Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Yedioth Ahronoth – Elihsa Ben Kimon – News
>>Gaza Militia Leader Yasser Abu Shabab: My 'Popular Forces' Control Significant Parts of Eastern Rafah -- We Are Ready to Build a New Future Wall Street Journal – Yasser Abu Shabab – Opinion
Rubio: ‘The U.S. Strongly Rejects Macron’s Plan to Recognize Palestinian State’ — ‘Reckless Decision Serves Hamas Propaganda’ X – Secretary Marco Rubio – News
>>UK & Germany Prioritize Gaza Ceasefire over Palestinian State Recognition Yedioth Ahronoth – Reuters – News
Interview: Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion Speeding Up Construction to Enable Positive Migration Globes – Stav Livne – News
Israel’s New Border Defense Strategy: AI Sensors, Killer Drones & Smartwatch Tracking Jerusalem Post – Amir Bohbot – News
Israeli and Syrian Ministers Meet for First Time Since 2000, in U.S.-Facilitated Dialogue Time of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
After the Ceasefire Failure Between Israel & Lebanon: What Next? Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Jacques Neriah – Analysis
Europe Sees Sharp Rise in Attacks Targeting Israelis Amid Growing anti-Semitism Algemeiner – Ailin Vilches Arguello – News
>>More on the Awful Incident in Spain: ‘He Spoke Hebrew and the Police Was Called,’ Boy Removed from Flight Says Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Shilo Freid – News
>>Parisian Jews Learn to Cope with Increased Jew-Hatred -- 'The Shock is Gone' Times of Israel – Zev Stub – Feature
>>Ireland’s Antisemitic Obsession -- Antagonism Toward Israel Has Practically Become Its National Sport Israel Hayom – Ofir Dayan – News
Thursday, July 24th, 2025
Macron Announces France will Recognize ‘State of Palestine’ in September — Bennett Calls it a ‘Moral Collapse’ Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Beware Iran’s New Ruling Elite — Recent Military Humiliation Opens the Door for Hard-Liners Who Won’t Compromise on Nuclear Ambitions Wall Street Journal – Reuel Marc Gerecht & Ray Takeyh – Opinion
>>Europeans to Test Iran’s Appetite for Nuclear Compromise as Sanctions Loom -- Talks Set For Friday Reuters – John Irish & Parisa Hafezi – Analysis
Senior Military Official to Netanyahu: Do Not Trust Syrian Regime — IDF’s Actions Halted Massacre of Druze Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
>>Israel's Dermer to Meet Syrian FM & U.S. Envoy Barrack to Discuss Southern Syria Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein & Reuters – News
Europe 2025: Spanish Police Remove Jewish Camp Children from Flight for Singing Hebrew Song & Arrest Their Counselor — Vueling Airline Staff Say ‘Israeli is Terrorist State’ Israel Hayom – Erez Linn – News
Gaza Talks Appear to Have Fallen Apart — Israel Pulls Negotiating Team Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
>>U.S. Also Pulls Team from Doha -- Witkoff: Hamas is Not Acting in Good Faith [Ed. Shocking, I Know] X – Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff – News
>>Amb Huckabee: Here Are Photos of UN Trucks & Enough Food to Feed All of Gaza but It Sits Rotting -- UN is a Tool of Hamas X – Ambassador Mike Huckabee – News
>>Hamas’s Latest Response to Ceasefire/Hostage Proposal ‘Better than the Last’ but Major Gaps Still Remain Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Senior Israeli Defense Official: The Gaza Deal is Bad For Us; Hamas Will Regain Control -- But Only Way to Get Hostages Back Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – News
>>Hamas-Free Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is Key Obstacle to Emerging Hostage Deal Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken & Shachar Kleiman – Analysis
>>Israel's Public Diplomacy Failure Over Gaza -- 'We Won't Win Like This' Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua – Opinion
Amit Segal on Netanyahu’s Plans for Election: Pass Haredi Draft Exemption Law Sept 2025 — Set Elections for Sept 2026, Hoping Public Outrage Fades X – Jewish News Wire – Analysis
Car Ramming Attack Near Netanya Injures Eight; Manhunt for Attacker Yedioth Ahronoth – Raanan Ben-Zur – News
Largest Synagogue in Judaism’s Reconstructionist Movement Cuts Ties with Denomination Over Its Hostility to Israel Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Asaf Elia-Shalev – News
Investors Bet on Israel: Wartime Stock Market is World’s Fastest Growing Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – Business
>>Exports Defy Rockets: Israel Keeps $150 Billion in Trade Flowing Through War Jerusalem Post – Staff – Business
>>Another Success-Story: Israeli Cybersecurity Startup 'Upwind' to be Purchased for $1 Billion Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – Business
Turkey, The Great Future Threat: Will Buy 40 Eurofighter Typhoon Jets in $5.6 Billion Deal with UK & Germany Yedioth Ahronoth – Zeev Avrahami – News
Israel Wants to Expand Air Force Fleet — Global Inflation Makes It Difficult Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>JINSA Report: Missile & Interceptor Cost Estimates During the U.S.-Israel-Iran War Jewish Institute for National Security of America – Ari Cicurel – Report
Iran: Satellite Photos Show Damage to Missile-Related Munitions Production Complex Targeted by Israel During 12-Day War Institute for Science and International Security – David Albright – Analysis
>>Top Khamenei Adviser Floats Reform to Appease Public After Israel War Iran International – Maryam Sinaiee – News
It’s Emma Lazarus’ Birthday — 11 Fascinating Facts About the Jewish Writer Who Gave Voice to the Statue of Liberty Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Lisa Keys – Feature
British Rabbi Leading Boulder Congregation After Tragic Attack: ‘Jewish Life Here Cannot Be Extinguished’ Jewish Chronicle – Daniel Ben-David – Feature
Make Jailed Palestinian Terrorist Marwan Barghouti Into Hamas’s Gilad Shalit — Demand a Very Heavy Price for Him Jewish News Syndicate – Douglas Altabef – Opinion
Fascinating Discussion on the History of Jewish-Druze Relations & What it Actually Means to be Druze Ask Haviv Anything – Haviv Rettig Gur & Rania Fadel Dean – Video Podcast
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
Columbia Univ to Settle with Trump Admin — Will Pay Over $200 Million for Discriminating Against Jews & Make Sweeping Reforms New York Post – Josh Christenson & Chris Nesi – News
>>Trump Admin Launches Another Harvard Probe, This Time into Its Foreign Visa Practices -- Part of Effort to Rein-In anti-Semitism Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Costescu – News
Watch: 950 Fully-Loaded Aid Trucks Sitting on Gaza Side of Border, Waiting to Be Picked Up — Israel is Not Blocking Shipments X – Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories – News
>>President Isaac Herzog Visits Gaza: True Obstacle to Humanitarian Relief Is Hamas -- Huge Quantities of Aid Are Flowing In X – President Isaac Herzog – News
William Bennett, Reagan’s Secretary of Education, Joins Qatar’s Payroll — Islamist Country Doubles-Down on Lobbying & American Education The Free Press – Frannie Block – News
Hamas Rejects New Israeli Concessions in Ceasefire/Hostage Proposal; Issues New Demands — Mediators Furious Over Its ‘Disappointing’ Response Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Cabinet Ministers: Chances of Resuming War After Ceasefire Are Slim -- Both Netanyahu & IDF Chief Zamir Want End of War, Citing IDF and Public Fatigue Kan 11 – Suleiman Maswad – News [Ed. In Hebrew. Use your browser's translate function.]
>>IDF Chief Zamir Alludes to Critical Need for Lull in War to Rebuild & Retrain Army Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
>>Friendly Fire, Explosions & Fatigue Behind Spike in IDF Casualties in Gaza -- 44 Soldiers Killed Since Collapse of Last Ceasefire Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Crissy – Analysis
>>Sinwar’s Widow Remarries in Turkey After Escaping Gaza with Fake Passport & Cash -- Families of Top Hamas Leaders Fled Abroad Early Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
>>DOJ Confiscates Millions in Crypto Used to Finance Hamas -- 'Shadowy Financial Networks' Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>Press Release: U.S. Files Forfeiture Action Against $2 Million in Digital Currency Involved in Hamas Fundraising United States Attorney's Office, District of Columbia – Press Release
>>Witkoff to Meet Netanyahu Confidant Ron Dermer & Senior Qatari Official in Rome Thursday to Push Gaza Ceasefire Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>The Danger of Releasing Terrorists with American Blood on Their Hands -- Hamas Demands Release of Mass Murders for Hostages Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Maurice Hirsch & Abby Notkin – Analysis
Iranian Officials Privately Admit Israel Likely Behind Wave of Mysterious Daily Explosions & Fires at Strategic Sites — Public Denials & Fear of Restarting War Israel Hayom – Erez Linn – News
>>Iran Has Five Weeks to Create New Nuclear Deal -- Europe's August Deadline Could be Very Important Date Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Iran Tests Satellite Launch Vehicle for First Time Since War With Israel Foundation for Defense of Democracies – Bradley Bowman & Behnam Ben Taleblu – Analysis
>>Watch: Explosion at the Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp X – Voice From The East – Video
Israel Reclaims Authority Over Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron — Restoring Jewish Sovereignty The Judean – Staff – Analysis
The Drafting of the Haredim: Why the Likud’s Booting of MK Yuli Edelstein Could Realign Israeli Politics Ahead of Next Election Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
Startup Nation: Wave of Israeli AI-Cyber Exits Looms as Buyers Circle — Everybody Wants In Calcalist – Sophie Shulman – News
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Houthis — How They Built Their Arsenal Counter Extremism Project – Staff – Report
Syria’s Brittle Ceasefire Holds, For Now — Survivors & Local Leaders Describe the Aftermath of One of the Bloodiest Weeks in Suwayda’s History The Media Line – Ahmad Qweidar & Jacob Wirtschafter – Analysis
Star Jewish Quarterback Jake Retzlaff Transfers from BYU to Tulane After False Accusation CBS Sports – Cody Nagel – News
Vera Rubin: How a Trailblazing Jewish Scientist Is Still Revolutionizing the World of Astronomy The Forward – Benjamin Ivry – Feature
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
Witkoff Said to Be ‘On Way to Region’ in Sign of Progress in Gaza Hostage/Ceasefire Talks Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Ch. 12 Reports Israeli Officials Less Optimistic About Talks -- Hamas Negotiators Claim Can't Reach Group’s Gaza Leaders Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Columbia Univ Finally Suspends Students Involved in anti-Israel Library Takeover Hot Air – John Sexton – News
President Trump Says That He ‘Will Not Convince or Beg’ Iran to Enter Nuclear Negotiations Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
No Church Burned in Samaria, But the Lie Went Viral — And Israel Paid the Price The Judean – Jay Engelmayer – Analysis
IDF’s New Strategy: All Borders Must Have Buffer Zones — Defense Achieved Through Offense Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
Israel Resumes Indirect Talks with Syria After Druze Massacre, with Turkey and U.S. Mediating — Seeks Permanent Buffer Presence Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
Turkish Air Force May Settle for Eurofighter Jets — Sought by Countries Unable to Get U.S. Approval for F-35s Israel Hayom – Wall Street Journal & Staff – News
Hamas at a Crossroads: It No Longer Operates as a Cohesive Organization Jerusalem Strategic Tribune – Ehud Yaari – Analysis
>>Hamas Facing Financial & Administrative Crisis as Revenue Dries Up -- Struggling to Pay Fighters Washington Post – Shira Rubin & Hazem Balousha – Analysis
>>Second Time’s the Charm: IDF Finally Eliminates Elusive Hamas Commander Hassan Fayad in Beit Hanoun The Judean – Staff – News
>>‘Golden Boy’: Soldier Killed in Gaza Hours After Commander Heaped Praise on Him -- Appeared in Diaper Commercial as Baby Yedioth Ahronoth – Meir Turgeman & Sharon Kidon – News
>>Reservist Vladimir Loza Killed in Combat in Southern Gaza -- Building Collapsed Following Explosion Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Netanyahu Appears on Popular ‘Nelk Boys’ Podcast — Calls Trump Ties a ‘Bromance’; Opens up on Regrets & Iran Threat Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
>>Watch the Full One-Hour Netanyahu Interview with the Popular Influencers Full Send Podcast – Nelk Boys – Video Podcast
>>Jew-Hate Backlash: Nelk Boys Host Notorious anti-Semite Influencers in Apparent Damage Control after Netanyahu Interview Times of Israel – Michael Horovitz – News
Watch: Israeli Cruise Ship with 1,600 Passengers Blocked by anti-Israel Protesters at Greek Port Yedioth Ahronoth – Nina Fox & Iris Lifshitz-Klieger – News
Understanding Israel’s ‘Strong Horse’ Strikes on Syria: Prevention, Security & Perception in the Shadow of Iran Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Dan Diker – Analysis
Israeli Scientists See Star Survive Encounter with a Black Hole — Challenges Foundation of Modern Astrophysics Times of Israel – Diana Bletter – Feature
Tehran Approaches a Moment of Decision — Stubbornly Clinging to Principle of Domestic Uranium Enrichment Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Yoni Ben Menachem – Analysis
‘Hollywood Has No Spine’: Jewish Director Wendy Sachs Fights Jew-Hatred Jewish News Syndicate – Yishael Kiczales – Feature
>>Debra Messing: My Inconvenient Jewish Fear -- 'Did Not Expect to See the Shadow of anti-Semitism Growing in Places I Had Always Trusted' Times of Israel – Debra Messing – Opinion
Excellent ‘Commentary’ Podcast: The Multi-Front Information War Against Israel Commentary Magazine Podcast – John Podhoretz – Video Podcast
>>Part II of Ron Dermer's Discussion with Dan Senor -- Failure of Oslo & What Happens Next with Iran Call Me Back Podcast – Dan Senor – Video Podcast
The Silencing of Jewish Students: College Survey Shows Jews Are Censoring Themselves in Record Numbers Tablet Magazine – Eric Kaufmann – Feature
Double Miracle: Lone Soldier from U.S., Who Was Wounded in Gaza, Survived Iranian Missile Strike on Soroka Medical Center Yedioth Ahronoth – Or Hadar – Feature
Romania to Become First European Country to Procure Israel’s Iron Dome Jerusalem Post – Yuval Peso – News
Overdue: FIDF, Reeling From Internal Turmoil, Removes Chairman & CEO Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
Enjoy Fauda? Funding for Original Israeli TV Projects Is About to Dry-Up — Outdated Legislation & International Boycotts Times of Israel – Amy Spiro – Analysis
DOJ Antisemitism Task Force Head Leo Terrell Pledges to End Campus Jew-Hate: ‘Trump Has Your Back’ Breitbart – Joshua Klein – News
Monday, July 21st, 2025
Watch: Full Interview of Iranian Foreign Min Abbas Araghchi by Bret Baier — Finally a Tough Cross-Examination Fox News – Bret Baier – Video Interview
Another Blood Libel? Press Service of Israel Investigation Finds Critical Inconsistencies in Claim Radical Israelis Set Fire to Church in Samaria — Local Jews Helped Extinguish It Press Service of Israel – Staff – News
>>Israel Police Denies Church Arson Allegations in Taybeh, Citing Lack of Evidence Press Service of Israel – Sveta Listratov – News
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio): IDF Reducing Forces in Gaza Due to Reservist Fatigue — No Choice X – Israel Radar – News
Iran: A Regime Collapse Strategy Jerusalem Strategic Institute – Blaise Misztal & Jonathan Ruhe – Analysis
>>Iran’s Generals Tighten Grip on Country After Israeli Strikes -- ‘Brutal’ Regime Monitors People with Checkpoints & Arrests The Telegraph – Afshin Madadi – Analysis
>>Iran's Quds Force Commander Meets with Proxies in Iraq -- Tehran Anticipates Another War Long War Journal – Janatan Sayeh & Bridget Toomey – Analysis
>>Iran’s Water Crisis: ‘Day Zero’ Looms as Islamic Republic Faces Massive Shortage Jerusalem Post – Alex Winston – News
WSJ Reporters Visit Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Aid Center: Why Chaotic New Food Program Has Turned So Deadly — ‘It’s Not a Comfortable Situation,’ Says IDF Soldier Wall Street Journal – Dov Lieber & Anat Peled – Analysis
>>Watch: Gazans Cheer While Safely Receiving Humanitarian Aid, Disputing Massacre Claims Jerusalem Post – Liran Aharoni – News
>>How the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Exposed the Aid Industry's Dirty Gaza Secret The Judean – Jay Engelmayer – Analysis
Syria’s New Dawn Is Already a Nightmare — ‘Inclusive’ Jihadists Feted by West Complicit in Pogroms Against Syria’s Minorities Spiked – Andrew Fox – Analysis
>>Syria's New President: The Curious Case of Dr. Al-Sharaa & Mr. Al-Julani -- Entering a Period of Reckoning Yedioth Ahronoth – Smadar Perry – Analysis
>>U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack Doubles Down on Support for Damascus' New Regime -- 'No Plan B' Yedioth Ahronoth – Associated Press – News
Israeli Drones Strike Houthi Military Infrastructure at Yemen’s Hodeida Port, Hampering Repair Efforts Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun, Lior Ben Ari & Iris Lifshitz-Klieger – News
In-Depth: Ambassador Huckabee Interview with The Media Line — Addresses Recent Controversies About Christians & Israel The Media Line – Felice Friedson – Long-Form Interview
AG Firing is a Monumental Clash Between Israel’s Legal Establishment & Its Elected Government — A Constitutional Crisis for a Nation That Lacks One The Judean – Staff – Analysis
Likud Set to Oust MK Edelstein From Key Knesset Panel Over His Support for Conscripting Haredim Yedioth Ahronoth – Moran Azulay – News
Canadian IDF Soldiers Fear Fallout from RCMP War Crimes Probe — ‘I’m Afraid to Go Home’ Times of Israel – Ariela Karmel – Feature
>>Two IDF Vets Arrested in Belgium, Investigated for War Crimes Accusations -- Were Attending Music Festival Jerusalem Post – Yoav Etiel – News
Israeli Defense Tech: Laser Air-Defense System Will Be Fully Deployed Within Months — An Extraordinary Change Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Israel Rethinks Reliance on U.S. Refueling Planes -- Israel Aircraft Industries vs. Boeing Yedioth Ahronoth – Yuval Azulay – Analysis
The Encampment Mindset: On the Psychology of anti-Israel Student Protests Sapir – Malka Shaw – Feature
Ever Wonder What Nigerian School-Children Learn? Jews are Idol-Worshippers & Jesus-Killers Israel Hayom – Miri Weissman – News
>>In Contrast: School Textbooks in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan Reject Radical Ideologies & Demonstrate Respect for Jews & Israel Eureporter – Jay Ruderman – Analysis
Gulf of Eilat Sees Rare Aquatic Visitor: Manta Rays, Whale Sharks & Finbacks Yedioth Ahronoth – Ilana Curiel – News
Over 100 Convicted for 2023 Attempted Jew-Lynching at Dagestan, Russia Airport Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
Sunday, July 20th, 2025
Inside Hamas’s Strategy of Dragging Out Talks to Maximize Its Gains — Listening to Israeli Political Discourse, It Wagers Israel is ‘Exhausted’ Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – Analysis
>>IDF Opens News Front in Gaza as Terror Tunnels Destroyed & More Hamas Commanders Killed The Judean – Staff – News
>>IDF Chief Zamir and Key Cabinet Members Disagree over Gaza Strategy -- Netanyahu Puts Off Debate Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – News
>>Ch.12: Mediators Say ‘Blame Will Lie Fully with Hamas’ Should Ceasefire Deal Talks Fall Apart Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein & Staff – News
>>IDF Chief Zamir Meets Son, a Reserve Tank Commander, During Tour of Forces in Gaza Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
>>IDF Set to Begin Ground Operations in Central Gaza’s Deir Al-Balah for First Time Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Einav Halabi – News
Netanyahu Falls Ill Overnight, Diagnosed with Intestinal Infection Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
Deep Dive: Fascinating Interview with Col. Avi Marciano, Outgoing Commander of Brigade Operating in Lebanon — From ‘Attack” to ‘Hunt & Pursuit’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yair Kraus| – Feature
Rubio Urges Syria to Halt Jihadist Massacres in South — Tougher Tone from U.S. Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
>>Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack Also Expresses Tougher Tone: 'Fragile Ambition Now Overshadowed by Profound Shock' X – Ambassador Tom Barrack – News
>>Israel Mobilizes Emergency Medical Supplies for Syrian Druze; Overrun Sweida Hospital Now a ‘Mass Grave’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Or Hadar – News
>>Israeli AI Startup Decart Unveils World's First AI Model for Real-Time Video Rewriting -- Transforming Zoom Calls Yedioth Ahronoth – Tal Shahaf – Feature
Israel’s Eyes & Ears: The Entire Middle East Fears IDF’s Nachshon Squadron Jerusalem Post – Avi Ashkenazi – Feature
Jews Defy Stereotypes with Strong Presence in International Sports — Showcase Talent Across Soccer, Tennis, Baseball, Basketball & More Yedioth Ahronoth – Yair Kattan – Feature
>>Yosef (Calvin) Murray: The Eagles Running Back Who Became An Orthodox Jew Jew in the City – Eric Goldstein – Feature
Ben Hecht’s 1947 Book ‘A Guide for the Bedevilled’: A Jewish Masterpiece Sapir – Jesse Tisch – Book Review
Now Playing: ‘Guns & Moses’ — The Jewish Representation We Need Jew in the City – Talya Goldman – Movie Review
Secrets Behind Byzantine-Era Wine Economy in Israeli Desert — Advanced Rainwater Harvesting Techniques Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – Feature
Teachers Unions to Jewish Educators: You’re on Your Own Real Clear Education – Garion Frankel – Analysis
>>Jewish Teachers Harassed and Threatened at National Education Association Convention in Oregon The Chronicle/Oregon Live – Julia Silverman – News
>>Jewish Groups Forced to Hold Separate Events at San Diego Pride Week KGTV San Diego – Perla Shaheen – News
>>The Blood Libels Come and Go, But We Jews Will -- And Must -- Survive Algemeiner – Pini Dunner – Opinion
Saturday, July 19th, 2025
IDF Slays Key Hamas & PIJ Terrorists as Troops Press Ahead in Gaza Jewish News Syndicate – Charles Bybelezer – News
Watch: Israeli Strike Eliminates Ahmad Muhammad Salah, Head of Hezbollah’s Yohmor Outpost X – i24News – Video
The Muslim Brotherhood Doesn’t Wear Bombs, They Wear Blazers — Seeded More Global Jihad Than Any Other Group Yedioth Ahronoth – Adam Scott Bellos – Opinion
Giora Epstein, Legendary Fighter Pilot & Israeli Air Force’s Top Ace, Dies at 87 Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
Duplicity in Southern Syria — New President Urges Ceasefire as His Troops Execute Druze and Loot Their Homes Times of Israel – Staff & Agencies – News
>>FM Sa'ar: 'In Al-Shara’s Syria, It Is Very Dangerous to Be a Member of a Minority -- Kurd, Druze, Alawite, or Christian' X – Gideon Sa'ar – News
Gaza: IDF Troops & Air Force Conduct Coordinated Strikes on Terror Infrastructure — 90 Targets in Past 24 Hours Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
>>Hamas Demanding Release of Arch-Terrorist Marwan Barghouti -- Serving Five Life Sentences for Orchestrating Second Intifada Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi & Itamar Eichner – News
Dror-1 Satellite Signals Shift Toward Home Cooking in Israel’s Space Strategy Jewish News Syndicate – Shimon Sherman – Analysis
>>Israeli Space Mission to Search for Signs of Life on Europa, One of Jupiter's Moons Yedioth Ahronoth – Ettay Nevo – Feature
House Judiciary Committee: Biden Admin Funded anti-Netanyahu Protests in Israel — Complex Money Trail at Center of anti-Judicial Reform Movement Fox News – Rachel Wolf – News
>>Almost $1 Billion in U.S. Taxpayer Funds Fueled Violent anti-Netanyahu Protests Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
>>House Judiciary Committee Press Release: Biden-Harris Admin Misused Taxpayer Dollars to Fund anti-Netanyahu Organizations House Judiciary Committee – Press Release
America’s Mental Health Field Overrun with anti-Semitism — Zionism Being Treated as a Mental Illness USA Today – Kenneth Marcus – Opinion
Why Are U.S. Socialists so anti-Israel? Scholar Lays Out Soviet Roots of anti-Zionist Rhetoric Times of Israel – Luke Tress – Feature
Friday, July 18th, 2025
Friday Features Weekly Newsletter — (1) The Incredible Story of a Reserve Battalion Arresting Iranian Quds Force Operatives Deep Inside Syria; (2) Chabad’s Levi Shemtov: A Global Rabbi in the Capital of Power; (3) More Israeli Successes in Science, Technology and Business Jewish News Wire – Weekly Newsletter
Mossad Chief Has Found Three Countries Open to Taking Palestinians from Gaza — Visits Washington, D.C. to Seek U.S. Assistance Axios – Barak Ravid – News
House Passes Defense Appropriations Bill with Millions for Israel Missile Defense — 422-6 Vote Defeats Amendments from Marjorie Taylor Greene & Ilhan Omar to Block the Aid Jewish News Syndicate – Andrew Bernard – News
Senior Israeli Official: Hamas Stalling on New Hostage Deal Proposal Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Israeli Harvard Grad Sues University, Alleging Assault Cover-up & Systemic Antisemitism Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
WSJ: Iran is Out to Assassinate Trump — If the Clerics Survive, They Will Hunt the President as They Did Salman Rushdie Wall Street Journal – Behnam Ben Taleblu & Saeed Ghasseminejad – Opinion
>>Iran is Moving to Rearm Its Militia Allies -- Missiles for Houthis & Equipment for Hezbollah Intercepted Wall Street Journal – Benoit Faucon – News
>>Israeli Expert: Mossad Still Operational in Iran -- Ceasefire Brings Temporary Calm; But Explosions Inside Iran Raise New Questions The Media Line – Giorgia Valente – Analysis
Israel to up Output of Arrow anti-ballistic Missiles, Highlighting the System’s Critical Role During the 12-Day War with Iran Jewish News Wire – Joshua Marks – News
NYT with a More Coherent Analysis of Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Sites than Yesterday’s NBC Report — Any Surviving Enriched Uranium of Little Use as Weaponization Sites Destroyed New York Times – Julian E. Barnes, David E. Sanger & Eric Schmitt – Analysis
Mediators Bullish on Chances for Gaza Deal Next Week After Major Israeli Concessions Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – Analysis
>>IDF Concerned About Israel’s Concessions in Southern Gaza -- Worries Some That Hamas Would Return to Rafah, Eroding Achievements of Latest Offensive Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua – News
>>On the Ground: IDF Builds Secret Northern Gaza Outpost to Stop Future Hamas Invasions Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Battle Order ‘Iron Man’: The Israeli Air Force’s Defining Moment That Brought Iran to Its Knees Israel Hayom – Itay Ilnai – Feature
Israel Allows Some Syrian Regime Forces Into Sweida, as Clashes Intensify Between Druze & Bedouin Tribes Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner, Einav Halabi & Lior Ben Ari – News
>>The New Syrian Regime's Plot to Seize Control of the Druze City of Sweida Failed -- But the Battle isn't Over Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – Analysis
>>On the Ground along the Syrian Border: Hailing IDF as Protector, Israel’s Druze Reunite with Relatives Times of Israel – Diana Bletter – Feature
>>Footage Reveals Massive Damage to Syria’s Defense Ministry After Israeli Strike Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Itamar Eichner – News
>>Claim: Miscommunication Between Israeli and Syrian Regime Officials in Baku, Azerbaijan Led to Escalation in Southern Syria X – Syria in Transition – Analysis
The Palestinian Authority’s Terror Problem — Partially Funded by U.S. Taxpayers Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Maurice Hirsch & Rikki Zagelbaum – Feature
Antisemitism and the Teachers Union: The NEA’s Disavowal of the Anti-Defamation League is Symptomatic of a Large and Growing Problem in America’s K-12 Schools Wall Street Journal – Jonathan Greenblatt – Opinion
Israeli Startup Aims to Turn Every Pool Into a ‘Smart Gym’ for Rehab and Fitness Yedioth Ahronoth – Alexandra Lukash – Feature
Moving On: FIDF Chair on His Way Out amid Mismanagement Allegations — ‘The Organization Can’t Continue like This’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
Why are Museums and Cultural Institutions Attracting Keffiyeh-Wearing Discontents? Sapir – Edward Rothstein – Feature
Thursday, July 17th, 2025
Netanyahu Vows No Syrian Forces South of Damascus, as Bedouins & Druze Fight Despite Truce Times of Israel – Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Emmanuel Fabian & Charlie Summers – News
The IDF’s Most Wanted: New Photo Released of Last Surviving Hamas Military Commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad Yedioth Ahronoth – Iskander Khabibulin – News
Watch, Accounts Closed: IDF Eliminates Three Terrorists Who Participated on Oct 7 Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
Israel and Turkey Edge Toward Standoff — Erdoğan Has Been Executing a Careful, Determined Neo-Ottoman Vision For More than Two Decades Yedioth Ahronoth – Jonathan Adiri – Analysis
New Intel Finds U.S. Strikes Only Destroyed One of Three Iran Nuclear Sites — Trump Rejected Multi-Week ‘All-In’ Plan; Further U.S. or Israeli Strikes May be Necessary NBC News – Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube, Julie Tsirkin, Katherine Doyle, Dan De Luce & Carol E. Lee – News
>>Iran Found Gaps in Israel’s Storied Air Defenses Through Trial and Error -- Proportion of Missiles That Slipped Through Doubled During the 12-Day War Wall Street Journal – Zvi Smith & Benoit Faucon – Analysis
Columbia Univ Adopts IHRA Israel-Related anti-Semitism Definition as It Negotiates with Trump Administration Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Grace Gilson – News
Over 500 Dead in Southern Syria; Many Executed — Syrian Bedouins Launch New Offensive Against Druze in Sweida Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
>>Israeli Druze MK Hamad Amar Crossed into Syria: This Was Like Oct 7; Militias Backed by Regime -- 'Don't be Fooled by the Suit' Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Alexandra Lukash – News
>>How Syria’s Druze Heartland Erupted Into One of the Bloodiest Conflicts Since the Civil War Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Crissy – Analysis
>>Is a New Civil War Brewing in Syria? New Regime Struggling to Confront Armed Islamist Groups That View the Druze as Heretics Israel Hayom – Yehuda Balanga – Analysis
Hamas-Free Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Johnnie Moore Defends Aid Operation — 75 Million Meals in Six Weeks The Media Line – Felice Friedson – Feature
>>Former U.S. Envoy Jason Greenblatt on the Tragedy of Gaza: Hamas Guilty of 'Dehumanicide' -- Condemning Its Own People to Death as Props Newsweek – Jason Greenblatt – Opinion
Nazi Documents Found in Argentina Raise Uncomfortable Questions About Country’s Past Times of Israel – Leila Miller – Feature
‘Existential Threat’: Jewish Leaders Warn of NYC ‘Mass Exodus’ if Zohran Mamdani Wins in November Fox News – Deirdre Heavey – News
>>What Hamas Taught Mamdani: Lessons in Populist Propaganda and Totalitarian Takeover Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Dan Diker – Analysis
Ireland’s Proposed Boycott of Israeli Businesses Violates U.S. anti-Boycott Laws — Legal Trap for American Investors Fox News – Anat Alon-Beck, Mark Goldfeder & Erielle Davidson – Analysis
Likud MK Edelstein Stands Ground on Draft-Dodger Sanctions as Shas Set to Depart Coalition Times of Israel – Sam Sokol – News
Weizmann Institute: Israel’s Symbol of Science Will ‘Build Back Better’ After Iranian Attack Jewish News Syndicate – Etgar Lefkovits – Feature
>>Israeli Scientists Create Digital AI Twin That Can Predict Diseases Before Symptoms Appear Yedioth Ahronoth – Eitan Gefen – Feature
>>Israeli Startup Exodigo Sees and Maps Underground -- It Might Also Stop Terror Tunnels Yedioth Ahronoth – Tal Shahaf – Feature
>>Tel Aviv University & Sheba Medical Center Develop Artificial Skin to Help Burn Victims -- Wartime Innovation Times of Israel – Diana Bletter – Feature
>>Israeli Drone Firm Xtend Raises $30 Million to Scale Up U.S. Production for Pentagon Bloomberg – Jake Rudnitsky – Business
What Really Happened on Tisha B’Av? Flavius Josephus’s Account May be Biased Israel Hayom – Assaf Golan – Feature
Wednesday, July 16th, 2025
Senior Israeli Official: Hostage Deal Within Reach — ‘Negotiating with Hamas Isn’t Easy or Short’ Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
>>IDF Expands Dominance in Gaza with Massive Airstrikes and Strategic Corridor Dividing Khan Yunis The Judean – Staff – News
Lebanon Central Bank Bans Institutions from Interacting with Hezbollah’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan Jerusalem Post – Reuters & Staff – News
Hamas-Affiliated Agitators Foment Violence at GHF Aid Site, Killing 20 Foundation for the Defense of Democracies – Joe Truzman – Analysis
Syrian Forces Begin Withdrawal from Sweida Under Ceasefire Deal Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
>>That Was Quick: Syrian Regime Backs Off Druze After IDF Hits Damascus Hot Air – Ed Morrissey – Analysis
>>Amit Segal Summarizes the Historic Day on the Syrian Front -- 'Israel Is Acting as a Regional Power for the First Time' X – Amit Segal – Analysis with Video
>>Rubio: U.S. Has Engaged with All Parties in Syria Clashes, Agreed on Steps to End Situation Jerusalem Post – Reuters & Staff – News
Ultra-Orthodox Party Shas Quits Netanyahu’s Government, Leaving it a Minority in Knesset — But Will Not Bring it Down Yedioth Ahronoth – Shilo Fried – News
Why I’m Leaving Columbia Univ — Antisemitism Has Become Institutional; Radical Professors Fan the Flames; & Colleagues Stay Silent Tablet Magazine – Shai Davidai – Opinion
Horseshoe Theory: The Right’s 1939 Project Shakes Off Trump’s Iran Success — Aims Directly at Jews The Free Press – Rebeccah Heinrichs – Feature
President Trump to Host Qatari PM al-Thani for Dinner Tonight — Focus on the Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal and U.S. Talks with Iran Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
IDF Attacking Damascus; Warns Regime to Withdraw from Druze Villages — Israeli Druze Cross Border into Syria to Defend Their Brethren Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun, Enav Halabi, Alexandra Lukash, Lior Ben Ari & Itamar Eichner – News
>>IDF Strikes 160 Syrian Targets From the Air; No Plans to Send Troops into Sweida -- Regime Uses Militias to Commit Atrocities https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-861252 – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Senior Israeli Official: Syrian Regime Miscalculated Based on Recent International Legitimacy -- 'Needs to Come to Its Senses' Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
>>Netanyahu Addresses 'Our Druze Brothers': The IDF is Working in Syria; Let It Do Its Job' X – KarmaYogi – Video
>>U.S. Fears for Stability of Syrian Regime; Claims It Was All a 'Misunderstanding'; Asks Israel to Stand Down Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Watch: IAF Destroys Syrian Ministry of Defense and General Staff Headquarters X – OSINTdefender – Video
>>Amit Segal: Background on Why Israel is Bombing Syria; Where Druze Fit into the Story; and What it Means for Israel-Syria Normalization X – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Israel Risks Overplaying Its Hand amid Druze-Bedouin Conflicts & Trump's Ambitions Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Druze Collapse Reveals: Non-Aggression Pact with Syria Could Become a Strategic Trap for Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Kfir Tshuva – Analysis
U.S. Ambassador Huckabee Attends Netanyahu’s Criminal Trial in Show of Support — ‘It’s a Personal Thing for Trump’ Times of Israel – Jeremy Sharon & Nava Freiberg – News
Iran’s Hardliners & Reformists Jockey for Power After Israel War Financial Times – Najmeh Bozorgmehr – Analysis
>>Weakened and Humiliated, Iran Is Now More Dangerous than Ever -- A Miscalculation by Khamenei Could Reignite War Israel Hayom – Yossi Mansharof – Analysis
Israel Begins Talks With Countries That Could Take In Gazans Under Trump Plan Washington Free Beacon – Andrew Tobin – News
>>Israeli Prisons Becoming Crucial Intel Front in War vs Hamas Yedioth Ahronoth – Michael Milshtein – Analysis
>>Deputy Battalion Commander: ‘The Enemy Is Becoming Bolder; We Are Using Heavy Fire' Arutz Sheva – Yoni Kempinski – News
>>There is No ‘Genocide’ in Gaza -- Why the Claim Equals Holocaust Denial New York Post – Alan Dershowitz – Opinion
>>Interview: IDF Armored Corps Division Commander Reflects on Gaza War -- ‘Fighter Fatigue is Inevitable; We Need More Soldiers' Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Keren – Feature
>>Satellite Images Reveal 70% of Gaza Buildings Destroyed or Uninhabitable Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
New York Times Libels the Israeli Government — Niranjan Shankar Takes the Argument Apart Piece by Piece X – Niranjan Shankar – Analysis
Trouble at Georgetown Univ: School of Foreign Service Has Long History of Terror-Supporting Leaders Washington Free Beacon – Zach Kessel – Analysis
>>Georgetown Professor Who Called for Iran to Strike U.S. Base Has Been Removed Jewish News Syndicate – Andrew Bernard – News
From Tel Aviv to Bucharest: Israel’s Iron Dome to Protect NATO’s Eastern Flank The Judean – Staff – Analysis
Israel Deepens African Ties — ‘The Deserts of Africa Will Bloom Again’ The Media Line – Maayan Hoffman – Feature
Israel & U.S. Plan $200 Million Fund for Joint Quantum Computer Research — Potential Involvement of UAE & Saudi Arabia Globes – Assaf Gilead – Business
>>Read the Full Report on UK Antisemitism Commission on Antisemitism – Lord Mann of Holbeck Moor & The Rt. Hon Dame Penny Mordaunt DBE – Report
Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
Progress Reported in Gaza Ceasefire/Hostage Talks After Israel Presents New Withdrawal Maps Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Iran Faces Stiff Sanctions If No Deal by End of August, U.S. & Allies Agree — Triggering Snapback Sanctions Axios – Barak Ravid – News
Ted Cruz Unveils Bill To Designate Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization — Anticipates Bipartisan Support Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
Look: Qatar’s Chief D.C. Lobbyist, Former Congressman Jim Moran, Sits Behind Georgetown President at House anti-Semitism in Higher Ed Hearing X – Jason Brodsky – Photo
Victory at the UN: Committee Leading Inquisition Against Israel Implodes The Judean – Staff – Analysis
>>Victory in Europe: Efforts Led by Spain & Ireland to Sanction Israel over Alleged Human Rights Violations Fails Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Victory over France: Macron Withdraws from UN Palestinian State Recognition Conference After Much To-Do Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
Haredi Conscription Crisis Nears Breaking Point: Ultra-Orthodox Parties Leave Governing Coalition — Elections in January Possible It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>In-Depth: Black Hats, Black Ops -- Small Numbers of Haredim Already Serve in Key Positions Arutz Sheva – Staff – Feature
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Radwan Training Camps Deep in Lebanese Territory — Blocks Group’s Attempt to Rebuild Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Crissy & Noa Lutski – News
IDF Strikes Syrian Government Forces To Defend Druze in Sweida Amid Clashes — Vows to Enforce Demilitarized Zone in Southern Syria Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Peace Partner? Syrian Regime Forces Capture Druze Stronghold of Sweida -- Brutal Assault with Mass Executions Humiliations Israel Hayom – Neta Bar – News
>>Government Minister Amichai Chikli Calls for Elimination of Syrian President in Response to Killings of Syrian Druze Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
>>Background: Why Are Druze, Bedouin & Israeli Forces Fighting in Syrian City of Sweida? Jerusalem Post – Aaron Reich – Analysis
Report: Antisemitism Rampant in Ontario Schools — One in Six Incidents Started by Teachers National Post – Ari David Blaff – News
Terrible Accident: IDF Investigation Reveals Tank Was Not Hit by Missile or Bomb in Jabalya Incident That Killed Three Soldiers Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
Israel Prepares an Enforcement Strategy to Eliminate the Iranian Threat — ‘Mowing the Lawn’ 1200 Miles Away Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Yoni Ben Menachem – Analysis
>>The Post-Iranian Middle East: America & Israel Can Build a New Regional Order Foreign Affairs – Amos Yadlin – Analysis
How Did Qatar Become Hamas’s Protector? Reckoning Needed Between Terror-Sponsoring Doha & U.S. Foundation for the Defense of Democracies – Natalie Ecanow – Analysis
Izz al-Din Al-Haddad, ‘The Ghost’: Hamas’ New Power Player After Senior Leadership Eliminated Yedioth Ahronoth – Michael Mishtein – Feature
Interview with the Green Prince Mosab Hassan Yousef: From Son of Hamas Founder to Shin Bet Agent — ‘We Palestinians Don’t Have Anything Concrete to Support Our Existence as a Nation’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Amir Bogen – Feature
>> Startup Nation: J.P. Morgan Funds Israeli Cybersecurity Firm 'Island' -- Valued at $5 Billion Jerusalem Post – Staff – Business
GHF Is Actually Feeding Gazans, Not Letting Hamas Extort Them — And Paying a Price The Hill – Abraham Cooper – Opinion
The State of U.S. Jewry: Identity Crisis Grips Young American Jews, Studies Find eJewishPhilanthropy – Judah Ari Gross – News
>>Contemplating a Post-Zionist America: Jewish Leaders Must Plan for a Darker Future -- While Doing Whatever They Can to Prevent It Jerusalem Journal – Avi Mayer – Opinion
>>U.S. University Jewish Studies Has a Problem -- And It's anti-Semitism Minding The Campus – Christopher Schilling – Opinion
>>Anti-Semitism Is Un-American -- The U.S. & the Jewish People Have Been Together from the Very Beginning The Dispatch – Jack Miller & Wilfred McClay – Opinion
>>Islamist Groups Are Writing K-12 Curriculum -- Lying to America’s Kids about Israel Real Clear Education – Simone Weichselbaum – Analysis
>>Why This American Student Chose Israel over Ivy League Universities for Her Communication Degree Yedioth Ahronoth – Alexandra Lukash – Feature
Monday, July 14th, 2025
U.S. Stops Oversight of Egypt Meant to Ensure Compliance with 1979 Peace Treaty — No More Flights Over Sinai or Inspections of Tunnels Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
Anti-Israel UN Commissioners Flee En Masse After Trump Sanctions Jew-Hating Francesca Albanese Washington Free Beacon – Alana Goodman – News
Watch: In-Depth with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Netanyahu’s Top Advisor — Part I Call Me Back Podcast – Dan Senor – Video Podcast
>>Watch: Prime Minister Netanyahu's Full Interview with Mark Levin on FNC Fox News – Mark Levin – Video
May Their Memory be a Blessing: Three Soldiers Killed in Tank Explosion in Northern Gaza — May Have Been an Accident Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>Israel Settles 30-Year Score by Killing Terrorists Who Committed Murders in 1990s -- Released in 2011 Shalit Deal Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
>>IDF Kills Senior Islamic Jihad Terrorist Murad Nasser Abi Jarad & His Family X – Joe Truzman – News
The Markets Are Signaling a Clear Winner in the Middle East — Israel’s Stunning Stock Rally Suggests Makes It the Regional Economic Superpower Financial Times – Ruchir Sharma – Opinion
Iran: Mysterious Explosions Continue Across Country — Regime Claims They’re All ‘Gas Leaks’ Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan & Reuters – News
Syria: IDF Strikes Tanks That Crossed into Protected Druze Area amid Sectarian Violence Between Druze & Bedouin Tribes Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
Israel’s Missile Defense Chief Moshe Patel: Results Exceeded Expectations Globes – Dean Shmuel Elmas – Feature
Amit Segal on Three Dramas Facing Netanyahu’s Government: With the Ultra-Orthodox, the Attorney General & the IDF It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
Netanyahu ‘Determined’ to Secure Gaza Ceasefire — Open to Compromise on IDF Withdrawal Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Alexandra Lukash – News
>>Deep Dive: Israel’s Hostage Policy Has Become Hamas’s Sharpest Weapon -- For 50 Years, Public Pressure Has Led Israel to Pay Ever Steeper Prices Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – Feature
>>Israel Ramps up Military Operations Across Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Stall Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
>>Netanyahu Pushes IDF for Alternatives to Gaza Humanitarian City -- 'I Asked for a Realistic Plan’ Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
>>The Media’s War on the Hamas-Free Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Commentary Magazine – Seth Mandel – Analysis
>>Account Closed: IDF Eliminates Hamas Terrorist Who Held Emily Damari Hostage Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
>>Watch: The Elimination of Muhammad Nasser Ali Kanita, Who Held Emily Damari Captive X – Amit Segal – Video
>>Herb Keinon: Lack of Hostage Deal Leads to Increased Military Action -- Mounting Pressure on Netanyahu Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
For Israel, It Pays to Be a Winner — Israel’s Decisive Battlefield Victories Have Created Diplomatic Openings New York Times – Bret Stephens – Opinion
Cairo Had Moved from a ‘Cold Peace’ to ‘Cold War’ with Israel — Mistrust Deepens The Media Line – Jacob Wirtschafter – Analysis
The Truth Behind the Samaria Showdown — Was a Palestinian-American ‘Protecting His Land’ or Fueling a Riot? The Judean – Staff – Analysis
Chabad’s Levi Shemtov: A Global Rabbi in the Capital of Power — Advocating for Israel & the Jewish People in Washington, D.C. Jerusalem Post – Alan Rosenbaum – Feature
The Dilemma: Fire Now, or Wait? IDF Drone Cmdr Recounts Tense Moments of Striking Iranian Missiles Jerusalem Post – Amir Bohbot – Feature
Not a Shock: Mamdani’s Father Sits on Council of anti-Israel Group Tied to Terror — Legitimizes Role of Suicide Bombers Fox News – Andrew Mark Miller & Cameron Cawthorn – News
>>Under Zohran Mamdani, the Jewish Exodus from New York City is Likely to Accelerate The Telegraph – Joel Kotkin – Opinion
No, Jesus Was Not a Palestinian — Ubiquitous Propaganda is Both Laughably Absurd & Deadly Serious Jewish News Syndicate – Jeff Ballabon – Opinion
Dror-1: Israel’s Most Advanced Satellite Takes Flight on SpaceX Rocket — New Era of Israeli Space Dominance The Judean – Staff – Analysis
>>Physics: Israeli Researchers Overcome Key Challenge in Developing Reliable Quantum Technologies PHYS.org – Sadie Harley & Robert Egan – News
Pandora’s Box? Surprising IRS Ruling Allows Rabbis to Endorse Political Candidates eJewishPhilanthropy – Jay Deitcher – Analysis
Sunday, July 13th, 2025
‘Jews at Microsoft’: Brandeis Center Wins Argument That Employee Ethnic Affinity Groups Must Include Jews — Not Merely a Religion Reason – Eugene Volokh – Analysis
Tehran Regime Media: Iran’s President Injured in Suspected Israeli Assassination Attempt During 12-Day War The Judean – Staff – News
NYC Mayor Adams: Mamdani-Ally Comptroller Brad Lander Withdraws Pension Funds from Israel Bonds — Aiding Boycott of Israel New York Post – Carl Campanile – News
Blue & White Tech: Israel’s Most-Advanced Communications Satellite Successfully Launched Into Space Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
The Incredible Story of a Reserve Battalion Arresting Quds Force Operatives Deep Inside Syria — ‘Couldn’t Believe IDF Had Pulled Them from Bed; and Suddenly, They’re in Israel’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yair Kraus – Feature
Foreign Airlines Returning to Israel Faster than Expected — 56 more flights between Tel Aviv and New York Jerusalem Post – Stav Livne – News
Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva Struggles at Partial Capacity Weeks After Iranian Missile Strike — Staff Improvise Amid Crumbling Infrastructure & Overcrowding Yedioth Ahronoth – Or Hader – Feature
Israel Democracy: Knesset Bill Would Allow Newly Elected Governments to Fire Public Service Officials — Intense Support & Opposition Jerusalem Post – Eliav Breuer – Analysis
>>New Shin Bet Chief to be Appointed in September -- Gov & AG Reach Compromise Israel Hayom – Elinor Shirkani Kofman – News
On The Ground in Gaza: Operations On ‘Seventy Ridge’ Symbolize Both Progress & Challenges of the War Jerusalem Post – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
>>Israel to Present Own Ceasefire/Hostage Offer After Hamas Rejects U.S. Proposal Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
>>Polls: What Does the Israeli Public Want in Gaza? It Depends How You Ask the Questions It's Noon in Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Hamas Shifts Tactics -- Greater Audacity in Attempts to Kidnap Soldiers Israel Hayom – Lilach Shoval – Analysis
>>Critics of Netanyahu Plan: Humanitarian City in Rafah Would Cost Israel up to $4 Billion Yedioth Ahronoth – Nadav Eyal – Analysis
Inside the Mind of IDF Chief Eyal Zamir — Rewiring the Doctrine on Iran Jerusalem Post – Zvika Klein & Yonah Jeremy Bob – Feature
Women of War: The IDF Female Combat Soldiers Guarding the Israeli-Egyptian Border Jerusalem Post – Joanie Margulies – Feature
Close Call Over Tehran During 12-Day War: IAF F-15 Experienced Critical Fuel Malfunction Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Golan Heights: As Winds of War Die Down, Businesses Gear up for Long-Awaited Return of Tourists Times of Israel – Jessica Steinberg – Feature
>>Sterling, Illinois: A Jewish Farmer Drove 600 Miles to Rescue a Century-Old Synagogue -- Now He’s Building a New One in a Cornfield Forward – Benyamin Cohen – Feature
>>Trondheim, Norway: 100-Year-Old Synagogue, Just South of the Arctic, Has Unique Approach to Shabbat Times of Israel – Dan Fellner – Feature
>>The Catskills, NY: The Jewish Women Who Made Grossinger’s Resort Famous Are the Subjects of a New TV Show Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Jackie Hajdenberg – Feature
Saturday, July 12th, 2025
Prime Minister’s Office: Hamas Is Sabotaging Hostage Deal Negotiations to Pressure Israeli Public Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>IAF Pounds Beit Hanun Saturday -- Over 35 Hamas Terror Targets Struck Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Satellite Images Show No Sign of Iranian Efforts to Access Enriched Uranium Stocks at Isfahan Iran International – Staff – News
>>Deep-Dive: Post-Attack Assessment of Shahid Meysami Research Center West of Tehran Institute for Science and International Security – David Albright & Sarah Burkhard – Analysis
Interview with Syrian Political Figure Shadi Martini Who Addressed Knesset — ‘Unprecedented Moment for Peace’ The Media Line – Rizik Alabi & Gabriel Colodro – Interview
>>Is Syria’s President Following in the Footsteps of Anwar Sadat? Prevailing View Is That Syria Is Not Prepared to Pay the Political Price for Full Peace Treaty Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs – Yoni Ben Menachem – Analysis
EU Seeks to Sanction Israel, Even Without Consensus — Israel Fending Off Attempt Ahead of July 15 Foreign Ministers Meeting Israel Hayom – Nissan Shtrauchler – News
Trump Privately Signals Support for New Israel Attack if Iran Moves Toward Bomb Wall Street Journal – Alexander Ward & Laurence Norman – News
>>Sources: Putin Urges Iran to Take 'Zero Enrichment' Nuclear Deal with U.S. Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Tehran Regime Officials Claim Israel Used Witchcraft in 12-Day War -- Scapegoating Failure? Iran International – Maryam Sinaiee – Analysis
>>Beware: Iranian Spies Infiltrate IDF Donation Networks to Target Israel Jerusalem Post – Judith Segaloff – Analysis
>>Israel’s Success in Iran Reshapes Taiwan's War Manual on Chinese Threats Jerusalem Post – Alex Winston – Analysis
>>Gaza Negotiations Stall over Israeli Withdrawal Map -- Talks Frozen Until Witkoff Arrives Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Moran Azulay – News
AI: If You Ask Grok 4 About Israel vs Palestine, It Will Consult Elon Musk Before Responding Neowin – David Uzondu – News
>>The Nazi in the Machine: AI Chatbot Grok's Foray Into Pure Nazi anti-Semitism Commentary Magazine – Abe Greenwald – Opinion
The Return to Northern Israel: Evacuated Residents Back Home — But Still Unsettled Times of Israel – Diana Bletter – Feature
>>Retirees Volunteer to Rebuild Israel’s Northern Communities -- A 'Pioneering Expression of Zionism' Yedioth Ahronoth – Yair Kraus – Feature
Rust Belt Town in Pennsylvania Lost Most of Its Jews; But Not Its Judaism — A Daily Minyan Forward – Benyamin Cohen – Feature
Metal Star David Draiman Describes Emotional Meeting with Yarden Bibas — Proud of His Jewish Identity Israel Hayom – Jonathan Duschnitzky – Feature
Friday, July 11th, 2025
Friday Features Weekly Newsletter — (1) How Israeli Ingenuity and Technology Prepared an Aging Air Force Fleet for an Historic Victory; (2) Global Investors Have Made Israel’s Currency, Debt and Equity the World’s Top Performers; (3) Renewal of the Soul: Former Hostages Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen Get Engaged Jewish News Wire – Weekly Newsletter
Another One Bites the Dust: IDF & Shin Bet Eliminate Terrorist Muhammad Shaib in Lebanon — Planned Attacks in Israel Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
Tehran Regime Group Places $40 Million Bounty on Trump’s Head — Urges ‘Every Cell of the Resistance in the West’ to Kill Him Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
Al-Jazeera Publishes Gaza Map Claimed to be Israel’s Proposed Lines of Withdrawal — Hamas Rejected It X – Raylan Givens – News with Map
Columbia Univ Nears Deal with Trump Admin — Far-Reaching Reforms & Compensation for Victims; But Avoids Governance Shake-Up Washington Free Beacon – Eliana Johnson & Aaron Sibarium – News
Netanyahu Concludes U.S. Visit, Returns to Israel — Hurdles Remain for Gaza Ceasefire/Hostage Deal Yedioth Ahronoth – Ilana Curiel – News
>>Strategy over Spectacle: The Message Behind Netanyahu’s Low-Key, High-Stakes U.S. Visit Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Analysis
New ADL Study: Substantial Number of Americans Justify or Excuse Violence Against Jews Anti-Defamation League – Study
IDF Eliminates Islamic Jihad Terrorist Who Took Part in October 7 Massacre Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot & Einav Halabi – News
Jewish High School Students Reconsider Attending College in the Northeast — Rethinking ‘Dream Schools’ Amid Rash of anti-Semitism Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Olivia Goldsmith – Feature
>>Shai Davidai, Pro-Israel Professor Who Challenged Columbia Univ over Its anti-Semitism, Has Resigned Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Grace Gilson – News
Extraordinary Open Letter From Former Def Min Gallant to Supreme Leader Khamenei: ‘We See Everything; We Hear Everything; We Are Everywhere’ — ‘If You Choose Wrong Again, We Will Be There, Waiting’ The Defense Memo – General Yoav Gallant – Letter
>>Iran’s Inept Search for Spies: Tehran Investigated Pigeons, Squirrels & Clouds -- Real Mossad Agents Mapped Entrances and Shafts of Nuclear Sites Jewish News Syndicate – A.J. Caschetta – Analysis
>>Israel Decided to Strike Iran, Even Without U.S. Support, When It Detected Nuclear Activity After the Assassination of Nasrallah Israel Hayom – Staff – Analysis
>>After 12 Days of War, Iran Finds Itself More Isolated Than Ever -- Reeling From New Sanctions, Diplomatic Pressure & Internal Unrest The Media Line – Giorgia Valente – Analysis
Excellent Analysis of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Closing Strategy for Gaza by Raylan Givens X – Jewish News Wire – Analysis
>>Golani Captain Killed in Apparent Accident in Southern Gaza Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
>>Document Found by IDF Under Gaza Hospital Shows Hamas Used Facility for Attacks Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
The Qatari Deception: Funding Terror While Preaching Peace — This Time in Syria The Judean – Jay Engelmayer – Analysis
AI Poses a Real Threat to Jews — The anti-Semitic Spree by Grok xAI is Just the Latest Example Jewish News Syndicate – David Zvi Kalman – Analysis
Unfortunate: Friends of IDF Charity Reeling From Accusations of Abuses, Deceptive Fundraising Practices & Wasteful Spending eJewishPhilanthropy – Judah Ari Gross – Analysis
Thursday, July 10th, 2025
Gaza Talks in a ‘Stalemate’ as Hamas Objects to Israeli Concessions on Troop Deployment Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Netanyahu: Hamas Will Be Gone from Gaza either by Negotiation or by Force Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – News
>>Netanyahu: I Have Reached Understandings with President Trump on Gaza & Iran X – Raylan Givens – News
Terror Attack in Gush Etzion: One Dead — Two Terrorists Were Palestinian Authority Police Officers Yedioth Ahronoth – Idan Bloemhof – News
Iran’s Enriched Uranium: Senior Israeli Official Says It was at Bombed Sites — Difficult to Remove Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
UK Parliamentary Intel Committee: Iran Tried to Kill or Kidnap Prominent Jews in Britain The Telegraph – Memphis Barker – News
Turkish Media’s Descent Into anti-Semitic Propaganda Under Erdoğan’s Watch Israel Hayom – Neta Bar – Analysis
Israel Agrees to Allow Qatar to Fund Gaza Reconstruction; But Not Solely Control It — Talks Remain Deadlocked Yedioth Ahronoth – Nadav Eyal – News
>>Hamas-Free Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to Start Delivering Aid via Community Leaders Times of Israel – Staff – News
The Houthi Front: The Destruction of Israel is Its Raison D’êTre — Will Not Give up Extremist Vision Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Analysis
Renewal of the Soul: Former Hostages Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen Get Engaged Israel Hayom – Noam Dvir – Feature
Global Jewish Population Still Trails Pre-Holocaust Numbers — Just 0.2% of the World Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
How Israel Came to Own the Skies Above Iran — By the Time U.S. B-2s Attacked, Iran’s Airspace Was a Red Carpet The Atlantic – Mark Bowden – Feature
Orioles Pitcher Dean Kremer to Pitch for Israel at 2026 World Baseball Classic Major League Baseball – Michael Clair – News
Dozens of D9 Bulldozers & Heavy Equipment Arrive at Haifa Port in Latest U.S.-Backed Delivery Arutz Sheva – Staff – News
Saving Soldiers’ Lives: Israeli Startup Roboteam’s Tactical Robots Have Been Deployed Extensively in Gaza Tunnel Networks Israel Hayom – Yohai Schweiger – Feature
How the 2020 Assassination of Mohsen Fakrizadeh Bought Israel Time to Improve Capabilities for June Attack on Iran Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Feature
Hiding the Truth: Reuters, AP & NYT Photos of Gaza Hospital Leave Hamas Out of the Frame — Videos vs Photos Honest Reporting – Staff – Analysis
>>The Teddy Bear in the Rubble: The Image That Keeps Returning in Gaza -- Manipulating the Narrative Honest Reporting – Rachel O'Donoghue – Analysis
Jewish Schools & Their Families Poised for Windfall Under New $1,700 Federal Tax-Credit Program in BBB Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Asaf Elia-Shalev – News
The Genesis of the Project Dinah’s Landmark Report on Hamas Sexual Crimes — ‘Freedom Fighters Don’t Rape’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Alexandra Lukash – Feature
New Book: Oppression of Women Central to Tehran Regime — ‘Iran Can’t Be Free Unless All Women Are Free’ Jerusalem Post – Mathilda Heller – Feature
Nation’s Largest Teachers Union Votes to Sever Ties with Anti-Defamation League over Israel Support Fox News – Taylor Penley – News
Podcast: Israel May Soon Remake the Region — With Micah Goodman, One of Israel’s Great Thinkers What Matters Now – Amanda Borschel-Dan – Podcast
Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
Watch: Netanyahu’s Full Interview with Maria Bartiromo — Iran is ‘Afraid’ to Continue Nuclear Program Fox Business – Maria Bartiromo – Video
Houthis Sink Liberian-Flagged ‘Eternity C’ Ship in Red Sea ‘Heading to Eilat’ — 4 Killed, 15 Missing; Mostly Filipino Crew Yedioth Ahronoth – Reuters – News
Sec of State Rubio Sanctions UN ‘Palestinian Rapporteur’ Francesca Albanese Over anti-Israel & anti-U.S. Campaign New York Post – Ryan King – News
Doha Negotiations Intensify — Agreements on Some Issues Emerge; Morag Corridor Still in Disute Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
>>Israel Presents New Map of Morag Redeployment to Mediators -- A Concession Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
IDF Begins Encircling Beit Hanun, Where Five Soldiers Were Killed by Hamas IEDs Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman & Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
>>Another Deadly Attack in Gaza: Soldier Killed in South Khan Younis -- Terrorists Emerged From Tunnel Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian – News
Israel Is Now Peerless in the Middle East & Markets: Global Investors Have Made the Nation’s Currency, Debt & Equity the World’s Top Performers Bloomberg – Matthew Winkler – Business
IDF Conducts ‘Focused’ Ground Operations in Lebanon Against Hezbollah, Eight Months into Ceasefire Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – News
Elbridge Colby, Super-Isolationist Pentagon Policy Chief, Causing Frustration & Friction within Trump Admin Politico – Jack Detsch, Nahal Toosi, Paul McLeary & Joe Gould – Analysis [Ed. Israel not mentioned; but very relevant to Middle East policy.]
>>Dan 'Razin' Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: Trump’s New Favorite General The Atlantic – Mark Bowden – Analysis [Ed. Caine has been much friendlier to Israel than his predecessor.]
Second Trump-Netanyahu White House Meeting Ends with No Public Comment — Witkoff Delays Qatar Trip Times of Israel – Jacob Magid & Lazar Berman – News
>>90-Minute Meeting Covered Iran & Gaza, Focused on 'Efforts to Release Our Hostages' According to Netanyahu Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
>>Morag Corridor: The Key Obstacle on Way to Gaza Ceasefire & Hostage Deal Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Ron Crissy – Analysis
>>Netanyahu Gifted Trump a Mezuzah in the Shape of a B-2 Bomber, Made from Iranian Missile Shrapnel X – Amichai Stein – News with Photo
Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Calls UN ‘Transparently Antisemitic’ After Report on Tech Firms & Gaza Washington Post – Nitasha Tiku & Gerrit De Vynck – News
>>Trump Targeted by Iranian Death Fatwas as Watchdog Group Demands Immediate Sanctions Response Fox News – Efrat Lachter – News
Hebron Sheikh’s Car Set Ablaze After Call to Join Abraham Accords & Secede from Palestinian Authority Yedioth Ahronoth – Staff – News
Inside the Double Life of a Female Israeli Fighter Pilot — Wife & Marketer by Day; F-16 Navigator by Night Daily Mail (UK) – Natalie Lisbona – Feature
IAF’s Success in Iran War Leaves U.S. Longing for Israel’s F-35 Upgrades — Extending Operational Range Jewish News Syndicate – David Isaac – Analysis
Why Iran Is Still Dangerous Even After Key Strikes — Setbacks for Tehran’s Arsenal, Not Its Ambitions Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – Analysis
>>From Tehran's Prisons to Israel's Bomb Shelters: Iranian Dissident Worries About Iranians Who Oppose the Ayatollahs Times of Israel – Rossella Tercatin – Feature
Six African Countries Form Pro-Israel Parliamentary Groups — Shared Values of Liberty, Innovation & Faith Jewish News Syndicate – Etgar Lefkovits – News
>>Georgia Remains a Warm Haven for Israelis & Jews -- Chabad-led Communities Thriving in Tbilisi & Beyond Yedioth Ahronoth – Ayelet Mamo Shay – Feature
Study: Online Jew-Hatred Surged After Colorado Attack — Social Media Posts Reached Millions Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Read the Full Report: Distorting the Truth -- How anti-Semitism Was Amplified Online after the Boulder Attack Combat Antisemitism Movement – Report
>>Yad Vashem Head: University Faculty & Administration Are the Source of Campus anti-Semitism Jerusalem Post – Eliav Breuer – News
>>Birmingham, England: Heavy Metal Band Booed for Supporting Israel Israel Hayom – Inbal Chiat – News
>>Australia: Former Sky News Presenter Erin Molan Says She Doesn't Know Her Country Anymore The Media Line – Maayan Hoffman – Feature
15th Century Ethiopian Jewish Scriptures Uncovered — Reshapes Global Understanding of Jewish History Yedioth Ahronoth – Yaron Drukman – Feature
Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Update on 2nd Trump-Netanyahu Meeting: Preventing Iran From Rebuilding & Gaza ‘Day After’ Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
Israeli Military Official Admits: Iranian Missiles Hit Bases During War Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan – News
Watch: IAF Airstrike Kills Senior Hamas Operative in Northern Lebanon — Organized Terrorism in Judea & Samaria Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News with Video
Watch, President Trump: I will Meet with Netanyahu Again Tonight, Mainly About Gaza X – Raylan Givens – Video
>>Cryptic Statement from Netanyahu: 'There Will Be No Hamas; It Involves a Particular Strategy' X – Raylan Givens – News
>>Arab Sources: U.S. More Optimistic than Qatari & Egyptian Mediators That Ceasefire Deal Can Be Reached This Week Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
Sources: U.S. & Israel Diverge on How to Pursue Iran Endgame After Strikes — Netanyahu Sees Now as the Time to Strike Harder, Before Iran Regains Its Footing Reuters – Samia Nakhoul – News
Wartime Innovation Boosts Israeli Defense Tech Growth, Drawing Global Interest — ‘They Want to Buy the Best Product Possible’ Times of Israel – Reuters & Staff – Feature
>>Spain Moves Forward with Purchase of 350 Million Euros of Israeli Defense Tech, Despite Boycott Threats Israel Hayom – Nissan Shtrauchler – News
Senior Israeli Official After Meetings with Trump & Rubio: Gaza Deal ‘Might Take More Than Just a Few Days’ Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Israel & U.S. Enjoy 'Full Trust & Total Coordination' on Gaza & Iran Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman & Jacob Magid – News
>>Hamas Response Meets '80-90 Percent' of Israel's Demands -- But Not Enough for Immediate Deal Yedioth Ahronoth – Ilana Curiel – News
New Report by Dinah Project: Hamas Systematically Weaponized Sexual Assault as Part of a Broader Campaign to Terrorize, Humiliate & Dehumanize Israelis Jerusalem Post – Sarah Ben-Nun – News
>>Read the Full 84-Page Report: A Quest for Justice -- October 7 and Beyond The Dinah Project – Report
Iranian Propaganda Goes Viral: Fact-Checking Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Iran’s President Israel Hayom – Miri Weissman – Analysis
Report: China Transferred Air Defense Systems to Iran After Ceasefire Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan – News
IDF Expanding Its Language Intelligence Programs — ‘Machines Can’t Replace People’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – News
Tragedy in Beit Hanoun: 5 Soldiers Killed, 14 Injured, Including 2 Seriously, From Roadside Bomb — From Netzah Yehuda Battalion of Haredim Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
>>North Gaza Ambush Underscores Risk of Halting IDF Ground Operations -- Vast Tunnel Network Still Exists & Terror Hubs Remain Intact Yedioth Ahronoth – Yossi Yehoshua – Analysis
The Mossad’s Next Challenge: Preempting Future Iranian Threats Will Require Pitch-Perfect Israeli Intelligence The Dispatch – Reuel Marc Gerecht – Feature
How the Israeli Air Force Whipped an Aging Fleet into Shape for Its Most Monumental Mission — Secret Diplomacy; 3D Printing; & Unprecedented CENTCOM/Pentagon Support Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – Feature
Israel Leads the World in Grassroots Volunteerism During Times of Crisis — 40,000 Mobilized During Israel-Iran War Times of Israel – Sue Surkes – Feature
Honoring Jewish Ballplayers — From Greenberg & Koufax to Bregman & Bader Real Clear Religion – Matthew Sieger – Feature
Interest in the Infamous anti-Semitic Dreyfus Affair Is Surging — Vital Lessons for Jews Today Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Pamela Nadell & Rebecca Kobrin – Feature
‘Mendelssohn’ Stradivarius Violin, Stolen by the Nazis from Jewish Family, Turns up in Japan — Heated Dispute Over Ownership New York Times – Javier Hernandez – Feature
DM Katz Reveals Secret Planning & Meetings Leading up to War with Iran Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Feature
Barnard College Settles Lawsuit by Jewish & Israeli Students — Agrees to a Litany of Measures to Address Antisemitism Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Grace Gilson – News
>>83 Percent of Jewish Students Face Campus Hate -- How Much More Will Colleges Allow? Daily Signal – Yael Shavelson – Opinion
>>Local Parents Fighting ‘Cesspool’ of anti-Semitism in Philly Schools Say Josh Shapiro’s Office Stopped Meeting with Them Washington Free Beacon – Alana Goodman – News
Monday, July 7th, 2025
Watch: Netanyahu Presents Trump with Letter Nominating Him for Nobel Peace Prize X – Raylan Givens – Video
>>Watch: Trump Defers to Netanyahu on Whether There Can be a 'Two-State Solution' X – Moshe Schwartz – Video
>>Israeli Officials to Axios: Trump Could Give Israel Green Light to Attack Iran Again Under Certain Circumstances Axios – Barak Ravid – News
>>Why Is Trump Keeping His Meeting with Netanyahu Under Wraps? Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Analysis
>>Gaza Meets Damascus: Trump Pushes Israel-Syria Deal in Exchange for Stopping War Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Analysis
Witkoff to Join Hostage Talks in Doha as Sides Told Trump Wants Deal by Week’s End Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
>>Witkoff Will Join Talks in Doha Later in Week -- Gaza Aid Distribution a Key Sticking Point Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Senior Israeli Official to Kan11: If U.S. Does Not Increase Pressure on Qatar, There Will be No Gaza Deal X – Raylan Givens – News
>>DM Katz: Israel Planning Secure 'Humanitarian City' in South Gaza Times of Israel – Emanuel Fabian & Jacob Magid – News
>>IDF Kills 24 Hamas Terrorists in Strike on Covert Meeting in Gaza Cafe -- Hamas Naval Commander Eliminated Yedioth Ahronoth – Elisha Ben Kimon – News
Chip-Maker Nvidia Doubles Down on Israel with Multi-Billion Dollar Mega Campus — Set to Become Israel’s Largest Private Employer Calcalist – Sophie Shulman – Business
Morocco Deepens Western Ties Amid 12-Day Iran War — Alone Among North Africa Nations Yedioth Ahronoth – Amine Ayoub – Analysis
Columbia Univ In Talks With Trump Admin Over Restoring Federal Funding — Failure to Protect Jewish Students Wall Street Journal – Douglas Belkin & Brian Schwartz – News
Thousands of Expat Syrian Jews Hope to Reconnect with Their Centuries-Old Community Washington Post – Mohamad El Chamaa – Feature
Netanyahu Lands in Washington, D.C. — U.S. Pressures Qatar to ‘Deliver the Goods’ Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – News
>>Fluid Schedule for Four-Day Visit -- Private Dinner with Trump; No Scheduled Public Appearances Times of Israel – Jacob Magid – News
>>Netanyahu to Prioritize Iran -- Formulating Follow-Up Measures Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – News
>>Why Would a Senior Hamas Member Suddenly Decide to Leak 'Defeat'? Jerusalem Post – Seth Frantzman – Analysis
>>Gaza Militia Head Abu Shabab in Exclusive Interview: Hamas Is ‘Vile & Despicable’ & Nearing Its End Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
Book Review: City of David — Stones Don’t Lie; People Do Commentary Magazine – Seth Mandel – Book Review
>>Book Review: The American Jew in Theodore Roosevelt's View Washington Free Beacon – Tevi Troy – Book Review
Jonathan Sarna: Legendary Brandeis Univ Jewish History Professor Retires After 50 Years Jewish Telegraphic Agency – Andrew Silow-Carroll – Feature
Rabbi David Wolpe: Judaism at the Crossroads, Again — After Oct 7, Jews Should Lean into Their Jewish Identity The Dispatch – David Wolpe – Opinion
Before the Revolution: Israeli Architects Designed Neighborhoods, Malls & Infrastructure in Iran Yedioth Ahronoth – Talia Levy Rozenboim – Feature
IDF to Summon 54,000 Ultra-Orthodox Jews Eligible for Military Service by July 2026 — Will Be Strategic in How it Arrests Draft Dodgers Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
Anti-Israel NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Posted Video Mocking Jewish Holiday Traditions Daily Caller – Melanie Wilcox – News
Sunday Times (UK): Horrific Sexual Violence Was Rife on Oct 7 & During Captivity The Times (UK) – Christina Lamb – News
Sunday, July 6th, 2025
Mortar Shell From Gaza Hits Kibbutz Nirim, Just as Residents Return — No Injuries Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – News
Israel Carries Out Extensive Strikes on Houthi-Controlled Ports & Power Station Across Yemen Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – News
>>Hijacked 'Galaxy Leader' Ship Among the Targets -- a Showcase for the Houthis Jerusalem Post – Seth J. Frantzman & Yuval Barnea – News
Netanyahu Heads to Washington, D.C.: ‘We Will Secure a Deal Under the Terms We Agreed To’ — ‘Hamas Will Not Be There’ Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
>>Hamas's Full List of Demands -- Back to Pre-War Borders, Including Rafah X – Open Source Intel – News
>>Trump Said Hoping to Finalize Framework for Ending Gaza War in Monday’s Meeting with Netanyahu Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
>>Netanyahu Seeks U.S.-Approved Mechanism for Approval on Future Iran Strikes -- Similar to how IAF Operates in Lebanon Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – News
Australian Jews Warn of Near-Massacre as anti-Semitic Attacks Rock Melbourne Israel Hayom – Shirit Avitan Cohen – Analysis
Iran War Prompts Accelerated Efforts to Move Military Bases Out of Cities — Would Enable 60,000 New Housing Units; Strengthen Areas in Periphery Yedioth Ahronoth – Hila Zion – News
Hebron Sheikhs Propose Leaving PA, Recognizing Israel & Joining Abraham Accords — A New Way for Peace; ‘There Will Be No Palestinian State’ Wall Street Journal – Elliot Kaufman – News
>>JPost Reporter Meets with Sheikh al-Jaabari -- The 'Emirates of Hebron' Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Israel Sends Team to Qatar for Hostage Talks — But Says Hamas Demands ‘Unacceptable’ Times of Israel – Lazar Berman; Noam Lehmann, Michael Horovitz & Jacob Magid – News
>>Hamas Demands Release of Arch-Terrorists, Including Marwan Barghouti & Ahmad Sa-adat -- Likely to Take over Palestinian Authority Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
>>Anti-Hamas Militia Leader Yasser Abu Shabab: '‘We Will Fight Hamas Even If a Ceasefire Is Reached' Israel Hayom – Shachar Kleiman – News
>>President Herzog Urges Netanyahu to Make 'Painful' Concessions Toward Hostage Deal Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
>>Israeli Official Predicts Disputes Will Resolve During Netanyahu’s Visit to D.C. Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
>>U.S. & Israel Blame Hamas for Grenade Attack on American Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Workers Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg, Stav Levaton & Agencies – News
On a 22-Year-Old’s Shoulders: Meet the Women Training Israel’s Legendary Pilots Israel Hayom – Adi Nirman – Feature
Iran Expert Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin: ‘Only the Iranian People Can Rise Up; It Has to Come from Within’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Anat Lev Adler – Interview
>>'Tehrangeles': End of 12-Day War Tests Harmony of Los Angeles's Huge, Mixed-Faith Iranian Expat Community Associated Press (via Times of Israel) – Deepa Bharath – Feature
The ‘Settler’ Violence Myth — How a Flawed Narrative About Jews in Judea & Samaria Became a Global Weapon Against Israel Tablet Magazine – Gadi Taub – Opinion
How Do You Solve a Problem like Qatar? Using Vast Wealth to Infiltrate Western Society Jewish News Syndicate – John Mirisch – Opinion
Jew-Hating Law Student with Prize-Winning White Nationalist Essay Has Jewish Ancestry — Controversy at Otherwise Jewish-Friendly Univ of Florida Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Ilona Domnich: The Opera Singer Who Won’t Be Silenced on Israel Jewish Chronicle – Jonathan Sacerdoti – Feature
Iranian Missile Attack on Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center Has ‘Far-Reaching Effects on Israeli Science’ — Life’s Work Destroyed Times of Israel – Diana Bletter – Feature
>>Recommended Podcast 2: Is the IDF Winning in Gaza? With Lazar Berman & John Spencer Friday Focus by Times of Israel – Amanda Borschel-Dan – Video Podcast
Saturday, July 5th, 2025
Israel Developing Arrow 5 anti-Missile System– Will ‘Start to Resemble Star Wars’ X – Israel News Pulse – News
Hamas’s Very Conditional ‘Yes’: New Details & Key Obstacles in Path to Hostage Deal Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner, Lior Ben Ari & Einav Halabi – Analysis
>>Israel to Send Team to Doha for Ceasefire/Hostage Talks as Early as Sunday Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Einav Halabi – News
>>Saudi Magazine Al-Majalla Claims to Reveal Full Ceasefire/Hostage Proposal -- See the Details Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken & Shachar Kleiman – News
Historic Moment? Netanyahu & Trump Look to Redraw Map After Iran Strikes — Aim to Lock-in Gains with a Gaza Deal, New Regional Alliances, & Legacy-Defining Diplomacy Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Opinion
Watch: Trump Says ‘We Wouldn’t Allow’ Iran to Restart Nuclear Program in Different Location X – Jason Brodsky – Video
Houthis Mimic Hezbollah: Terror Group’s Long-Term Plans Against Israel Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
In First, American Aid Workers Wounded in ‘Hostile Action by Hamas’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Gal Ganot – News
Investments in Israeli Startups Hit Three-Year High — Raised $9.3 Billion in First Half of 2025 Times of Israel – Sharon Wrobel – Feature
Fascinating Interview with Yuval Steinitz, One of the Most Influential Figures in Shaping Israel’s Strategic Posture Toward Iran — ‘Even If Everything Is Planned & Tested, This Kind of Decision Is Always a Gamble’ Jerusalem Post – Amichai Stein – Feature
Small Number of Ultra-Orthodox Air Force Technicians Played Crucial Role in Israel’s Victory X – Amit Segal – Feature
Incredible Story of the Tank Crew That Killed over 100 Terrorists on Oct 7 — ‘Everyone We Saw, Was Eliminated’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Keren – Feature
Tehran Regime Escalates Repression Toward ‘North Korea-Style Model of Isolation and Control’ — ‘Level of Suppression Unprecedented’ Fox News – Efrat Lachter – Analysis
>>Israel Killed Top Iranian General Despite All Precautions, Daughter Says -- 'He Carried No Phone' Iran International – Staff – News
Cherry Hill, NJ: Public School District Fails on Fighting Jew-Hatred — ‘Jews are Not Safe Here’; ‘We’ll Beat You Unconscious’ South Jersey Courier Post – Susan Tuchman & Jeffrey Schreiber – Opinion
>>Melbourne: Attempted Synagogue Arson with 20 Inside; Israeli-Owned Restaurant Attacked Jerusalem Post – Danielle Greyman-Kennard – News
>>Sydney: Inquiry Finds Surge of Hatred Against Jewish Community -- Children Chased Down Streets ABC (Australia) – Jessica Kidd – News
>>Cyprus: Wave of anti-Semitic Rhetoric Over Israeli Real Estate Purchases Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Milan: Jews Rattled by Surge in anti-Semitic Incidents -- 'Israelis Not Welcome' Times of Israel – Rossella Tercatin – News
Friday, July 4th, 2025
Friday Features Weekly Newsletter — (1) Mossad Chief David Barnea Paved the Way for Triumph in Iran; (2) Astonishing Data on Israel’s Technological Dominance in the 12-Day Iran War; (3) The Real Proof of Israel’s Victory is Unfolding in the Financial Markets – The Shekel is Leading the Charge Jewish News Wire – Weekly Newsletter
IDF & Shin Bet Confirm Killing of Senior Quds Force Operative in Lebanon — Played Key Role in Smuggling Weapons Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun – News
Watch, Friday ‘Prayers’: Tehran Regime Imam Issues Another Call to Execute Trump & Netanyahu X – The Middle Eastern – Video (with English subtitles)
Hezbollah Weighing Partial Disarmament After Devastating Israeli Blows and Pressure from Lebanon Government Reuters – Laila Bassam & Maya Gebeily – News
Hamas Provides Vague Response to Ceasefire/Hostage Proposal: ‘Marked by a Positive approach’ — Makes New Demands Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari & Einav Halabi – News
>>Israeli Cabinet Clashes with IDF over Gaza Plan Should Ceasefire Deal Fall Apart Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
>>Gaza Endgame: Israeli Ministers Pressure Netanyahu to End the War -- Fear War of Attrition News and Commentary from Israel – Amit Segal – Analysis
>>Ch. 12: Trump Will Guarantee Talks to End Gaza War -- Awaiting Response from Hamas Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg & Lazar Berman – News
How Previous Mossad Head Yossi Cohen Set Stage for Hezbollah Beepers, Iran Tech Surprises & Assassinations Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
Israeli Official: Iran’s Missiles Continue to Threaten Middle East — Can Hit Europe; Aiming to Reach U.S. The Media Line – Felice Friedson – Analysis
Israeli Start-up ‘Wonderful’ Raises Capital to Build AI Agents for Non-English Customer Support Wall Street Journal – Yuliya Chernova – News
Hungary, Serbia & the Czech Republic Were Only European Countries that Came to Israel’s Aid After Oct 7 — The Rest, Including Germany & Italy, Refused to Sell Israel Ammunition Jerusalem Post – Zvika Klein – Analysis
>>European Broadcasters Put Off Potential Vote on Israeli Participation in Next Year’s Eurovision -- Israel Would Have Lost Vote Times of Israel – Amy Spiro – News
How anti-Zionism Became a Western Rite — Political Movement Rooted in Ancient Jew-Hatred Now a Generational Identity Tablet Magazine – Jacob Howland – Opinion
Internal Turmoil Rocks Friends of the IDF — Mismanagement & Distrust Hit Top U.S. Fundraising Arm Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
U.S./Israeli-Backed Gaza Aid Group Suing Associated Press Over ‘Categorically False’ Story — Contractors Did Not Murder Palestinians Waiting for Food Washington Free Beacon – Alana Goodman – News
ISW Iran Update: Israel Drafting Mechanism to Prevent Iran from Rebuilding Its Nuclear Program Institute for the Study of War – Multiple Authors – Analysis
Fourth of July: Meir Soloveichik on the Extraordinary Link Between the American Conception of Liberty and the Heritage of the Jewish People Commentary Magazine – Meir Soloveichik – Opinion [Ed. From 2022]
Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
Saudi Defense Minister Secretly Meets with Trump to Discuss Iran De-Escalation & Israel Times of Israel – Greg Wehner & Jennifer Griffin – News
Negligence? Older IDF APC in Deadly Hamas Attack Had Critical Defects — Seven Soldiers Killed; Back Hatch Tied with Rope; Camera Inoperable Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – News
Iranian Foreign Ministry Claims ‘Back-Channel Efforts’ to Restart U.S. Talks Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Freed Hostage Edan Alexander Meets President Trump at the White House Yedioth Ahronoth – Daniel Edelson – News
Israel’s Security Elite Want End of Gaza War in Two-Three Weeks — Key Elements Are IDF Chief Zamir, Trump & the 12-Day Iran War Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>Trump Aims to Announce Hostage Deal on Monday as Israel Prepares for Indirect Talks with Hamas Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Lihi Gordon – News
>>Israel Expects Further Difficulties from Hamas Even After a Preliminary Agreement on the Deal Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken, Shirit Avitan Cohen & Lilach Shoval – News
Poll: Israel-Hating NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Only Has 35% of Vote X – Eric Daugherty – News
i24 News: Syria’s Al-Sharaa Now Demanding Parts of Israeli-Annexed Golan Heights in any ‘Deal’ — Beyond the Territory IDF Seized after Assad’s Fall i24 News – Ariel Oseran – News
Al-Arabiya (Dubai): Hezbollah Has Lost 10,000 Terrorists Since the Beginning of the War with Israel X – Amit Segal – News
Denial: From Egypt in ’67 to ‘Baghdad Bob’ to Iran Today — Israel’s Enemies Loudly Declare Victory in Face of Defeat Wall Street Journal – Tevi Troy – Opinion
Israel Defeats Iran in the Stock Markets: Tel Aviv 35 Index Hits All-Time High as Iran’s Exchange Sees Record Withdrawals X – Amit Segal – News
Egypt’s Al-Rad News Channel: Details on the Gaza Hostage-Ceasefire Proposal — Eight Living Hostages Released on First Day Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
>>Israel Arming Fatah-Linked Militias Combatting Hamas in Gaza Yedioth Ahronoth – Einav Halabi – News
Israel’s Post-War Iran Strategy Heavily Banks on U.S. Getting a Good Nuclear Deal — And Placing Limits on Iran’s Ballistic Missile Supply Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
>>IDF's Elite Unit 504 Busts Iranian Terror Cell Operating in Southern Syria Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – News
>>Iran Didn’t Release the Name of Its New Commander -- So the Mossad Revealed It on X Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – News
A Small Factory in Kiryat Gat Keeps F-15s & F-16s Flying Globally — ‘They Can’t Fly Without Our Parts’ Yedioth Ahronoth – Yael Walzer – Feature
Who Speaks for Hamas? Tribal Feuds & Iranian Loyalties Fracture Terror Group The Judean – Staff – Analysis
>>Gaza Clans Rise-up Against Hamas After Years of Cooperation Times of Israel – Nurit Yohanan – Analysis
>>Interview with Hamas-Free Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Johnnie Moore -- 'Answer to Broken Aid System' Times of Israel – Lazar Berman – Interview
Interesting Analysis by Herb Keinon: Gantz Pivots to Compromise After Eisenkot Exit — Reaching Agreements & Building Consensus Jerusalem Post – Herb Keinon – Opinion
Syria’s Sharaa Moves Towards Abraham Accords to Reduce Turkish Influence Jerusalem Post – Maya Cohen – Analysis
Seattle: Jewish Teen Hid in Locked Classroom as anti-Semitic Mob Pounded on Door Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Schwalb & Jessica Costescu – News
>>Dallas: When Jewish Pain Becomes ‘Political’ -- Therapists Fired After Raising anti-Semitism Concerns Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – News
>>Eurovision: Iceland Ominously Calls for Israel to be Treated as Pariah State -- No Israeli Symbols at 2026 Event Israel Hayom – Nathan Stolero – News
>>Massachusetts: Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Increased by 20.5% in 2024 Jewish News Syndicate – Staff – News
>>George Mason Univ: Trump Admin Launches anti-Semitism Probe Washington Free Beacon – Jessica Costescu – News
>>Wikipedia: Promotes Israeli-Hating Sources; Shuns ADL & NGO Monitor Jewish News Syndicate – Aaron Bandler – News
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
White House Meeting: Netanyahu Will Request Trump Apply Direct Pressure on Qatar & Turkey — Expelling Hamas Officials X – Raylan Givens – News
New Ruling: Family of Boulder Terrorist Mohamed Soliman Can Now Be Deported New York Post – Shane Galvin – News
Iranian Leadership Issues Death Warrants for Trump & Netanyahu — New Fatwas Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
Israel Hopes to Clinch Comprehensive Truce & Hostage Deal Before Netanyahu’s U.S. Visit Next Week Times of Israel – Nava Freiberg – News
>>Asharq Al-Awsat (Saudi): Hamas 'Satisfied' with U.S. Guarantees That War Would End -- 10 Living Hostages & 18 Bodies to be Released Over 60 Days Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner & Einav Halabi – News
>>IDF Soldier Killed, Two Seriously Injured, When Missile Hits Their Tank in Northern Gaza Yedioth Ahronoth – Yoav Zitun & Einav Halabi – News
Columbia Univ Pres Shipman’s Private Message: We Need to Remove Jewish Board Member; and Add an Arab — Quickly Washington Free Beacon – Aaron Sibarium – News
>>Columbia’s Shipman Apologizes for Leaked Messages Calling for Removal of Jewish Trustee Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
Historic: Saudi Arabia Sent Helicopters to Shoot Down Iranian Drones, While Maintaining Public Distance from Israel Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
Trump-Netanyahu Relationship Running Hot — President Heaps Praise on PM Wall Street Journal – Shayndi Raice – Analysis
>>Netanyahu Will Ask Trump for 'Green Light' to Attack Iran Again if Israel Detects Nuclear or Missile Rebuilding Kan 11 – Gili Cohen – News [Ed. In Hebrew. Use your browser's translate function.]
Hezbollah in Financial Free-Fall & Post-War Crisis — Reconstruction Aid Drying-Up Yedioth Ahronoth – Lior Ben Ari – Analysis
Israel Shows Flexibility in Gaza Talks: Agreed to Include American Guarantees That Talks Will Lead to War’s Complete End Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
>>Responding to Trump, Hamas Says Gaza Deal Must ‘Clearly Lead to Complete End’ of War Times of Israel – Nurit Yohanan & Agencies – News
Senate Restores School Choice Provisions Backed by Orthodox Union in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Jewish Insider – Marc Rod – News
For Iran’s Nuclear Program, a Month Is Longer Than It Sounds– A Longer Timeline Increases the Risk of Being Spotted or Struck Again Wall Street Journal – Jared Malsin & Laurence Norman – Analysis
>>Iran Confirms Fordo Destruction Details for First Time -- 'No One Knows Exactly What Has Transpired' Israel Hayom – Erez Linn – News
Excellent Analysis by Channel 12’s Amit Segal on Yesterday’s High Court Hearing That Appeared to Validate Netanyahu’s Choice for New Shin Bet Chief X – Jewish News Wire – Analysis
Inside Israel’s Technological Dominance in 12-Day War — Greatest Achievement is Ability of Israel’s Systems to Operate in Coordination with One Another, & Also with U.S. Systems Times of Israel – Stav Levaton – Feature
>>Israel's Cutting-Edge Satellites: Space Directorate Captured 12,00 High-Res Images over Tens of Thousands of Square Kilometers in Iran Yedioth Ahronoth – Gal Ganot – Feature
>>Drone Wars: 500 Attacks Inside Iran; 50 percent of Total Aerial Attacks Jerusalem Post – Yonah Jeremy Bob – Analysis
UAE-Brokered Meeting in April Launched Israel-Syria Peace Talks — Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa Met Face-to-Face with Senior Israeli Security Chiefs The Judean – Staff – News
Booming Economy: Israeli Tech Sector Sees Strongest Six-Month Period in Three Years Jewish Press – Hana Levi Julian – News
>>New Venture Capital Fund Raising $150 Million to Help Fuel Israel's Defense-Tech Surge Calcalist – Sophie Shulman – News
>>Romania & Israel's Rafael Agree to Multi-Billion Dollar Air Defense Deal The Judean – Staff – News
Iran’s Digital Army Exposed: 100 Bot Accounts & 240K Posts Tried to Stop Trump’s Strike — Amplifying anti-Semitism and Hatred of Israel Israel Hayom – Ariel Kahana – Feature
Seven Specialized IDF Roles for Women — Rigorous Training, Technical Expertise & Physical Resilience Yedioth Ahronoth – Galit Hareli – Feature
How Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez Became Israel’s Most Hostile Adversary in Europe — Jews in Spain Live in Fear; ‘Don’t Wear Kippot in the Streets’ Israel Hayom – Nissan Shtauchler – Analysis
>>Connecticut's Chris Murphy Emerges as a Leading Israel-Hater in U.S. Senate Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – Analysis
‘When the Stones Speak’: Doron Spielman Connects Jewish History to Present-Day Israel Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – Book Review
Wartime, up Close and Personal as an ‘Oleh’ — ‘Mind-Blowing & Beautiful to Watch Israel Return to Normal’ Jewish News Syndicate – Howard Blas – Feature
Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
Sources: Major Breakthrough in Gaza Negotiations as Dermer & Witkoff Huddle in Washington, D.C. Israel Hayom – Danny Zaken – News
>>Trump: Israel Has Agreed to 60-Day Gaza Ceasefire -- 'I Hope Hamas Takes This Deal, Because It Will Not Get Better; It Will Only Get Worse' Jerusalem Post – Staff – News
Watch: Israel Intercepts Iranian Missile From Yemen in Outer Space Today — Exoatmospheric Interception X – Eylon Levy – Video
The ‘Both-Sidism’ of Trey Yingst’s Fox News Coverage — Take a Scroll Through His X Account Honest Reporting – Staff – Analysis
Saudi Arabia Appears to Remove Palestinian Statehood as Condition for Normalization with Israel i24 News – Ariel Oseran – News
>>Saudi Arabia Rewards Families of 1,000 Palestinian Authority Terrorists Jewish Press – Hana Levi Julian – News
Ron Dermer Arrives in Washington, D.C. to Lay Groundwork for Netanyahu Visit — Trump Says Israel Wants to End War in Gaza Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner, Idan Blumhof, Lihi Gordon, Daniel Edelson & Sharon Kidon – News
Pentagon & State Dept Approve $510 Million Sale of Advanced Bomb Guidance Kits to Israel — Congress Must Still Approve Times of Israel – Staff – News
Trump Admin Demands UN Fire Palestinian Rights Envoy Francesca Albanese over ‘Virulent Antisemitism & Support for Terrorism’ Washington Free Beacon – Adam Kredo – News
Trump Admin Formally Finds Harvard Acted with “Deliberate Indifference” toward anti-Semitism and anti-Israel Discrimination, Violating Civil Rights Law Harvard Crimson – Dhruv Patel & Grace Yoon – News
>>Joint Task Force on Antisemitism Letter to Harvard University Concerning Notice of Violation Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism – Letter
>>Press Release from HHS Civil Rights Office: Harvard University in Violation of Federal Civil Rights Law U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Press Release
>>Full 57-Page Report Finding Harvard in Violation of Title VI of 1964 Civil Rights Act U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Civil Rights – Report
>>Brandeis Center Files Complaint Alleging Antisemitism at Virginia Private School Jewish Insider – Haley Cohen – News
Why Iran Could Be More Dangerous Now — Missing Uranium & Shattered Dreams Israel Hayom – Dudi Kogan – Analysis
>>Satellite Imagery Reveals Ongoing Work by Iran at Fordow Nuclear Site Bombed by U.S. CNN – Tim Lister & Annoa Abekah-Mensah – News
Netanyahu’s Trip to Washington, D.C. Next Week: ‘Everything is on the Agenda’ Jewish Insider – Lahav Harkov – News
In-Depth: Israel Was Facing Destruction at the Hands of Iran — Tehran Was a Decision Plus a Few Weeks From a Nuclear Weapon; But Unlike Gaza in 2023, Israel Had Been Watching Times of Israel – David Horovitz – Feature
Gaza in Focus: IDF Nears Its Goals with Significant Gains — Awaiting Major Decisions From Political Echelon Yedioth Ahronoth – Ron Ben-Yishai – Analysis
>>Netanyahu to Visit White House Next Week -- Will Urge Trump Admin to Finally Put Real Pressure on Qatar to Get Hamas Concessions Times of Israel – Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman & Associated Press – News
The War Against the War Against the Jews — Time Has Come to Turn the Tables by Weaponizing anti-Semitism Against Its Perpetrators & Sponsors Commentary Magazine – Danielle Pletka – Feature
A Mandani Exodus? Israel Finance Ministry & New York Real Estate Pros Draft Equity Swap to Encourage Aliyah — If Israel Offers a Clear Path, a Significant Slice of Capital Will Go There Instead of Miami Jerusalem Post – Staff – Feature
>>Israeli Cybersecurity Company Cato Hauls in $359 Million Funding Round; Valued at $4.8 Billion -- Employees Rake-in $100 Million from Sale of Shares Yedioth Ahronoth – Tal Shahaf – News
Bishara Bahbah: The Influential Palestinian Envoy in Trump’s Orbit — A Determined Propagandist Working to Erode Israel’s Legitimacy Jewish News Syndicate – Chaim Silberstein – Opinion
Azerbaijan Calls Khamenei ‘The Enemy’ After Tehran Accuses Baku of Aiding Israeli Attacks Yedioth Ahronoth – Itamar Eichner – News
Inside Caitlyn Jenner’s Dramatic Visit to Israel — Wine in Bomb Shelter; Panicked Calls from Kendall & Kylie Yedioth Ahronoth – Tigal Nasie – Feature
81-Year-Old Victim of Boulder anti-Semitic Attack Dies from Wounds Jewish Insider – Gabby Deutch – News