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→Notes part III: Jan 6, 2026+
These so-called intellectuals are just mercenary mouthpieces selling out their own country for a fistful of riyals, happily undermining Israel from within while the real enemies laugh all the way to the bank, because nothing says "moral imperative" like biting the hand that feeds you and then whining when you're called a traitor.
These so-called intellectuals are just mercenary mouthpieces selling out their own country for a fistful of riyals, happily undermining Israel from within while the real enemies laugh all the way to the bank, because nothing says "moral imperative" like biting the hand that feeds you and then whining when you're called a traitor.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/haaretz-qatari-funding-scandal JFeed]
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/haaretz-qatari-funding-scandal JFeed]
Avishai Grinzaig @avishaigrinzaig:
The editor of Haaretz found out about this back on April 25, and whitewashed it.
Only when Bar Peleg discovered this information in his own way was this information revealed and now published in Haaretz.
Bar Peleg is truly a special kind of journalist.
Jan 10, 2026.
[https://x.com/avishaigrinzaig/status/2010057443359994219 On X] [https://archive.is/0VXWB]
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Vandals in Santa Barbara, Calif., draw swastika in AEPi residence.
The fraternity says two individuals broke into a private home and defaced the bathroom mirror.
Jessica Russak-Hoffman.
(Jan. 13, 2026 / JNS)
Antisemitic vandalism targeted members of the Sigma Beta chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) in Santa Barbara, Calif., over the weekend, when two individuals broke into a private residence where fraternity members live and defaced a bathroom mirror with a swastika drawn in shaving cream.
Jonathan Pierce, chief communications officer for AEPi, told JNS the house was broken into after a social event, and that the residence is privately owned and not an official fraternity house. He said previous incidents have occurred at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the administration needs to do “a better job of protecting students.”
“Luckily, nobody’s hurt,” he said. The image was discovered early Saturday morning, Jan. 10.
[https://www.jns.org/vandals-in-santa-barbara-calif-draw-swastika-in-aepi-residence/ JNS]
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PBS Erases Gaza’s Jewish History, Destroys An Unharmed Church
By: Darcie Grunblatt. January 12, 2026
In a Dec. 30, 2025 broadcast highlighting damage to the rich cultural history of the Gaza Strip during two years of war, PBS NewsHour laments that “the destruction is not just a humanitarian catastrophe, but an erasure of civilization’s memory.”
Ironically, though, Jeffrey Brown’s lengthy segment is itself guilty of erasing the memory of the rich Jewish cultural heritage in the Gaza Strip dating back to antiquity, while simultaneously trampling over present-day facts.
[https://www.camera.org/article/pbs-erases-gazas-jewish-history-destroys-an-unharmed-church/ CAMERA]
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BBC again fails to inform on Hamas exploitation of schools.
By: Hadar Sela January 13, 2026
On the morning of January 8 the BBC News website published a report headlined “Children in Gaza return to school after years without formal education” which is credited to the BBC’s Tokyo correspondent Shaimaa Khalil who, according to the by-line, appears to be visiting Jerusalem.
Part of Khalil’s report describes lessons being held in temporary classrooms in the grounds of a boys’ school formerly run by the Hamas government that chose to start the war on October 7, 2023...
[https://www.camera.org/article/bbc-again-fails-to-inform-on-hamas-exploitation-of-schools/ CAMERA]
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At El País, Antisemitism Is a Feature, Not a Bug.
By: Masha Gabriel January 11, 2026
“Antisemitism is a real problem and El País is sensitive to [the issue],” Guillermo Altares, foreign desk chief of El País’ insisted in a damage control interview last week. The editor’s pronouncement was in response to the troublesome fiasco over the hugely influential Spanish newspaper’s publication — and then stealthy deletion with no public apology — of an anti-Jewish slur that the federal judge presiding over former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s case in New York strives to be impartial “despite being a well-known member of the Jewish community.”
Professed sensitivity notwithstanding, in no time at all the Spanish news outlet embroiled itself in another ugly incident involving antisemitism, this time via its Catalonia edition.
In the city of Barcelona, an unidentified pro-BDS group created an online map called Barcelonaz identifying Jewish businesses, Israeli companies with interests in Spain, and Spanish or international companies operating in Israel. Notably, a Jewish school and restaurants also appeared on the map, which explicitly invited users to contribute more information about additional Jewish and Israel-affiliated sites — an unmistakable act of antisemitic targeting. Esteban Ibarra, president of the Movement Against Intolerance, described it as “organized criminal antisemitism.”
The French-based GoGoCarto, which hosted the map, deactivated the project following complaints from Jewish community organizations. The European Jewish Congress said of the project’s name:
The use of “NAZ” appears to deliberately associate Jews and Israelis with Nazism, a form of antisemitic inversion that trivializes Nazi crimes while demonizing Jewish identity.
In covering the antisemitic map which put a target on the backs of Spanish Jews, El País opted for a headline casting the hunted Jewish community as the predators of harmless “pro-Palestinian” advocates: “The Jewish community in Barcelona succeeds in shutting down a pro-Palestinian website that pointed to its businesses.”
In this gross inversion, in which an antisemitic website targeting Jews, including their businesses and even a school, is whitewashed as nothing more threatening than a “pro-Palestinian website,” Barcelona’s Jewish community becomes the bad actor.
In a second inversion casting the victimized local Jewish community into perpetrators, editors initially opted to place the story under the “Genocide” category rather than tagging the article under an appropriate label such as “Antisemitism” or “Discrimination.” (Screenshot at left). In doing so, it promoted the odious and unfounded libel that Israel is carrying out a genocide and promoted the antisemitic trope that Spanish Jews ought to be held responsible for the Jewish state’s purported war crime.
Following several complaints, and likely mindful of the scandal ignited just hours earlier by the remark about a judge being impartial “despite” being Jewish, the newspaper nominally softened the “Genocide” language to “Massacre in Gaza.” But the change is negligible, as the new slur likewise carries no direct relevance to the content of an article about the local Jewish community. It continues to recast the local Jewish community’s own victimhood into responsibility for faraway alleged war crimes.
“Neither Jesús [Sérvulo González] nor El País are antisemitic, it was a mistake that we corrected when we saw it,” Altares, the El País editor, strived to assure his Haaretz interviewer.
But the repeated association of “the Jews” with narratives of suspicion, violence, or collective guilt suggests an editorial pattern that demands serious reflection, not technical mistakes.
Borrowing the newspaper’s own words, one might almost say that El País strives to appear professional despite being antisemitic.
[https://www.camera.org/article/at-el-pais-antisemitism-is-a-feature-not-a-bug/ CAMERA]
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Turkey said ‘very likely’ to join Saudi Arabia-Pakistan mutual defense pact.
Times of Israel, January 11, 2026.
Turkey is in advanced talks to join the mutual defense pact that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan reached in September, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.
A pact of the three US-allied Muslim nations could potentially put Ankara under Islamabad’s nuclear umbrella.
Saudi Arabia, which does not have nuclear weapons, signed the original agreement with Pakistan — the world’s only nuclear-armed Muslim nation — in the wake of Israel’s botched September 9 strike on Hamas’s leadership in Qatar. The strike sparked alarm and outrage among Gulf nations.
Under the agreement, which did not directly address nuclear arms, an attack on one country is considered an attack against all. Turkey, which also hosts Hamas leaders, is “very likely” to join the agreement, Bloomberg said. Ankara hosts US nuclear weapons as part of its role in NATO, but does not have any of its own….
[https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-said-very-likely-to-join-saudi-arabia-pakistan-mutual-defense-pact/amp/ TOI]
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Stop arguing about definitions of Jew-hatred, Jewish Dem lawmaker says.
Antisemitism will only go away when everyone “rejects all of it, no matter what,” Rep. Greg Landsman said.
Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) speaks at the Jewish Democratic Council of America’s 2024 Leadership Summit, in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2024. Credit: Jewish Democratic Council of America.Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) speaks at the Jewish Democratic Council of America’s 2024 Leadership Summit, in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2024. Credit: Jewish Democratic Council of America.
(Jan. 13, 2026 / JNS)
In a statement about the arson attack on Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Miss., Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), who is Jewish, urged Americans to stop debating definitions of antisemitism.
[https://www.jns.org/stop-arguing-about-definitions-of-jew-hatred-jewish-dem-lawmaker-says/ JNS]
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Former FBI official Bongino defends support for Israel.
The podcaster, who is not Jewish, said antisemitism is behind accusations that he took $6 million from AIPAC.
(Jan. 13, 2026 / JNS)
Dan Bongino, who announced a podcast after leaving his role as deputy FBI director, responded to online accusations that he is a “traitor” who received $6 million from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. That’s not “even remotely true,” he said.
When one exposes the liberal agenda, the “demon savages” scream back about the Jews, he wrote.
“Of course, none of what’s included below in this pile of human waste’s post is even remotely true,” he said. “Demon savages are so moronic they don’t realize campaign finance records are public.”
[https://www.jns.org/former-fbi-official-bongino-defends-support-for-israel/ JNS]
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Anti-Israel activist introduces congressional candidate at NYC event.
(Jan. 13, 2026 / JNS)
Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil, who led Palestinian protests at Columbia University and was a spokesman for the campus encampment, spoke at the campaign launch event for Claire Valdez, who is running for Congress in New York’s 7th District.
Khalil, 30, who was arrested by federal agents in 2025 and accused of providing false information on his green card application, took the stage to introduce the candidate at the launch at SILO Brooklyn on Jan. 9.
In footage on social media, Khalil appears to lead the crowd in a “free, free Palestine” chant and introduce Valdez, 36, as someone who was there for him “when the full weight of the state comes down hard.”
Valdez was “among the first of elected officials” to organize for his release, he said. “She put her body on the line,” he added, noting she “was arrested while protesting the genocide in Gaza.”
Khalil called out politicians who are “not doing something about the Israeli occupation.”
A member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Valdez is a New York State assemblywoman. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) endorsed her in the 2024 election.
[https://www.jns.org/anti-israel-activist-introduces-congressional-candidate-at-nyc-event/ JNS]
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David Cunio recounts the hell of his captivity: 'The thought of my family kept me alive'.
"For a long time, we survived on 250 milliliters of water and half a pita per day," he says
i24NEWS.
January 13, 2026 at 08:14 AM
In a moving testimony given to Israeli Channel N12, former hostage David Cunio spoke about the two years he spent in the hands of Hamas terrorists after the October 7, 2023 attack. He described the terror, the forced separation from his loved ones, hunger, and psychological warfare, but also the strength he drew from thinking about his family.
On October 7, while other members of the Cunio family were fighting to survive in neighboring houses, terrorists burst into David and Sharon’s home, set their house on fire, and violently tore them away from their lives. David tried to protect his wife and their daughters, Yuli and Emma, but he was ultimately captured while trying to escape with Yuli. Sharon and Emma were abducted separately. Injured, David, Sharon, and Yuli were taken to Gaza without knowing what had happened to Emma.
“We were tormented by the idea that Emma wasn’t with us,” he says. “We kept repeating that a little girl was missing, Yuli’s twin sister, but nobody knew anything. It was total chaos.”
The family was finally reunited at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, a scene cynically exploited by the terrorists for a propaganda video. The reunion, although long hoped for, was heartbreaking: Emma did not recognize her parents until Sharon gradually managed to reassure her.
David Cunio marks 35th birthday in Gaza captivity
The most difficult moment for David, however, was the separation. On the 49th day, Sharon and the girls were released as part of the first hostage agreement, while he remained a prisoner. “Saying goodbye to Sharon, Yuli, and Emma was the worst moment of my life,” he confides. “I was begging not to be left behind.”
In the tunnels of Gaza, he endured extreme deprivation and mistreatment. “No food, no water. For a long time, we survived on 250 milliliters of water and half a pita per day,” he recounts. The hostages were forced to stand up whenever their captors passed by, despite weakness and dizziness, sometimes to the point of fainting.
To hold on, he clung mentally to his family. He would speak inwardly to his daughters, pray while holding a rubber band he’d found in his pocket, and wore improvised necklaces made with date pits around his neck. "It brought me back to reality, it gave me a bit of strength."
On the day of his release, he suddenly learns that his brother Ariel will be released with him. The reunion scene is overwhelmed with tears and emotion. But it is only during a video call with their family that they discover all their loved ones survived the massacre.
Today, David bears this testimony as a painful memory but also as proof of extraordinary human resilience: in the deepest darkness, the thought of those he loves kept him alive.
[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-david-cunio-recounts-the-hell-of-his-captivity-the-thought-of-my-family-kept-me-alive i24]
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‘Cut Jews’ throats’: Argentine doctor suspended
Dr. Miqueas Martínez Secchi was suspended after posts calling to 'cut the throat artery' of Jews surfaced online.
ynet Global|01.13.26
https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/rkew5jeb11g YNet]
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Russia blasted for Holocaust distortion over ‘Genocide of the Soviet People’ Day.
“Yad Vashem condemns this latest attempt to manipulate the historical facts of Nazi persecution for current political purposes,” said Israel's Holocaust Museum.
Etgar Lefkovits.
(Jan. 13, 2026 / JNS)
Israel’s Holocaust Museum has accused Russia of Holocaust distortion over its decision to establish a new annual memorial day to commemorate the Nazi “Genocide of the Soviet People” while omitting any mention of their Jewish victims.
The new memorial day, which was signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, will go into effect this year.
“Yad Vashem condemns this latest attempt to manipulate the historical facts of Nazi persecution for current political purposes,” Israel’s Holocaust Museum said in a Thursday post on X. “This new Russian law effectively erases the distinct Jewish dimension of the Shoah, despite the fact that they were the primary target of Nazi genocide.”
The Jerusalem Holocaust museum noted that while millions of Russians were killed during World War II, many of them in targeted murders, “the Holocaust is defined by the comprehensive campaign aimed at the total eradication of Jewish existence and the murder of six million Jewish men, women, and children, and as such must be recognized and remembered.”
The statement also added that the designated memorial date—April 19—set by the new Russian law has “profound significance” in Holocaust remembrance, as it marks the start of the famous uprising of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943.
[https://www.jns.org/russia-blasted-for-holocaust-distortion-over-genocide-of-the-soviet-people-day/ JNS]
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‘Israel saved us from genocide’: Interview with Syrian Druze leader.
After more than 2,000 Druze were killed in a brutal massacre, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri says Israel’s airstrikes halted the bloodshed, condemns Syria’s rulers as jihadists and calls for an independent Druze entity in Sweida.
Einav Halabi|01.13.26 04:57
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjmretxbblYNet]
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Syrian Druze appeal.
'We want Israel to control southern Syria'
Israel National News.
Jan 13, 2026, 5:19 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420846 INN]
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Israeli-Argentine man freed from Venezuelan prison after 496 days.
Itamar Eichner.
|01.13.26 07:09
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjd6fs7swxYNet]
Netanyahu speaks with Yaakov Harari after his release from Venezuelan prison.
PM Netanyahu spoke with Yaakov Harari, released from prison in Venezuela, praising diplomatic and security efforts to his release, thanking Israeli agencies, international partners, and the Harari family for their perseverance.
Israel National News.
Jan 13, 2026, 5:21 PM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420845 INN]
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Iran admits at least 2,000 killed as opposition reports over 12,000 dead in 'largest massacre'
Lior Ben Ari|01.13.26 07:17
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkkptt7r11e YNet]
Over 12,000 estimated dead in Iran mass killings, largely over two nights, amid protests - report.
Protesters gathered in Iran’s largest cemetery, Behesht-e Zahra, on Monday, chanting slogans such as “This year is the year of bloodshed, Seyyed Ali will be overthrown.”
By Fraidy Moser. January 13, 2026.
Over 12,000 people have been killed during the protests in Iran, largely over the course of Thursday and Friday nights, Iran International reported on Tuesday, describing the events as “the largest killing in Iran’s contemporary history.”
These figures are unconfirmed estimates by the outlet. Data from the US-based rights organization HRANA confirms the deaths of 646 people since the outbreak of the demonstrations last month.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-883190 JPost]
Iran protests death toll could be as high as 20,000 - CBS News.
At least 12,000 people, and possibly as many as 20,000, have been killed during nationwide protests in Iran, CBS News reported, citing two sources including one inside Iran, hours after Iran International earlier reported a death toll of up to 12,000, largely over two consecutive nights of protests on January 8 and 9.
[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601138196 IranIntl]
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'They just kept killing': Eyewitnesses describe deadly crackdown in Iran.
Jan 12, 2026.
Roja Assadiand Sarah Namjoo, BBC Persian.
A protester holds up a picture of crown prince Reza Pahlavi in Kaj Square, north-western Tehran on Friday.
"I saw it with my own eyes - they fired directly into lines of protesters, and people fell where they stood."
Omid's voice was shaking as he spoke, fearful of being traced. Breaking the wall of silence between Iran and the rest of the world takes immense courage, given the risk of reprisals by the authorities.
Omid, in his early 40s and whose name we have changed for his safety, has been protesting on the streets of a small city in southern Iran over the past few days against worsening economic hardship.
He said security forces had opened fire at unarmed protesters in his city with Kalashnikov-style assault rifles.
"We are fighting a brutal regime with empty hands," he said.
The BBC has received similar accounts of the crackdown by security forces following the widespread protests across the country last week.
Since then, internet access has been cut by the authorities, making reporting from Iran more difficult than ever. BBC Persian is banned from reporting inside Iran by the government.
One of the largest nationwide anti-government protests took place on Thursday, the twelfth night of demonstrations. Many people appear to have joined the protests on Thursday and Friday after calls from Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran who was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The following day, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said: "The Islamic Republic will not back down." It appears that the worst bloodshed occurred after that warning as security forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps take their orders from him.
Iranian authorities accused the US and Israel of fomenting trouble and condemned "terrorist actions", state media reported.
(Mortuary videos shows violent government crackdown in Iran).
A young woman from Tehran said last Thursday felt like "the day of judgement".
"Even remote neighbourhoods of Tehran were packed with protesters - places you wouldn't believe," she said.
"But on Friday, security forces only killed and killed and killed. Seeing it with my own eyes made me so unwell that I completely lost morale. Friday was a bloody day."
She said that, after Friday's killings, people were afraid to go out and that many were now chanting from alleys and inside their homes.
Tehran was a battlefield, she said, with protesters and security forces taking positions and cover on the streets.
But she added: "In war, both sides have weapons. Here, people only chant and get killed. It is a one-sided war."
Eyewitnesses in Fardis, a city just to the west of Tehran, said that on Friday, members of the paramilitary Basij force under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) suddenly attacked protesters after hours without a police presence on the streets.
The forces, who were in uniform and riding motorcycles, fired live ammunition directly at protesters, according to the witnesses. Unmarked cars were also driven into alleys, with occupants shooting at residents who were not involved in the protests, they said.
"Two or three people were killed in every alley," one witness alleged.
Map of Iran showing verified locations of protests since 28 December 2025, as of 11 January 2026
Those who have given accounts to BBC Persian say the reality inside Iran is hard for the outside world to imagine, and the death toll reported by international media so far only represents a fraction of their own estimates.
International news outlets are not allowed to work freely inside Iran and they are mostly relying on Iranian human rights groups who are active outside the country. On Monday the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) said at least 648 protesters in Iran had been killed, including nine people under the age of 18.
Some local sources and eyewitnesses report very high numbers of people killed across different cities, ranging from several hundreds to thousands.
The BBC is currently unable to independently verify these figures and, so far, Iranian authorities have not provided official or transparent statistics on the number of deaths of protesters.
However, Iranian media has reported that 100 security personnel had been killed during the protests, saying that protesters - whom they refer to as "rioters" - set fire to dozens of mosques and banks in various cities.
Eyewitness image A large group of people gather in front of buildings in Babol. Someone near the camera has their hands in the air. It is after dark and lights from buildings illuminater the area.Eyewitness image
Footage posted on Thursday showed large crowds in Babol, northern Iran
Images posted on Thursday from Khorramabad in western Iran showed a man holding Iran's pre-revolutionary flag
Videos verified by BBC Persian's fact-checking team also show police vehicles and some government buildings being set alight in different locations during the protests.
Testimonies and video sent to BBC Persian are mainly from larger cities such as Tehran, nearby Karaj, Rasht in the north, Mashhad in the north-east, and Shiraz in the south. These areas have greater access to the internet via the Starlink satellite network.
Information from small towns - where many early casualties occurred - is scarce as their access to Starlink is very limited.
But the volume, consistency, and similarity of the accounts received from various cities point to the severity of the crackdown and the widespread use of lethal violence.
Nurses and medics who spoke to the BBC said they had seen numerous dead bodies and injured protesters.
They reported that hospitals in many cities had been overwhelmed and were unable to treat those with severe injuries, especially to the head and eyes. Some witnesses reported bodies "stacked on top of each other" and not handed over to families.
Graphic videos published on the activist-run Telegram channel Vahid Online on Sunday showed a large number of bodies at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Centre in Tehran, with many families either mourning or attempting to identify the corpses.
In one of the videos apparently from Kahrizak, relatives are seen looking at the photos of unidentified bodies displayed on a screen.
Many bodies in black bags were visible in the facility and on the street outside, only some of which seem to have been identified.
One video showed the inside of a warehouse containing several bodies, while another showed a truck being unloaded with people removing corpses from it.
A mortuary worker in a cemetery in Mashhad said that before sunrise on Friday morning between 180 and 200 bodies with severe head injuries were brought in and buried immediately.
A source in Rasht told BBC Persian that 70 bodies of protesters were transferred to a hospital mortuary in the city on Thursday. According to the source, security forces demanded "payment for bullets" before releasing bodies to families.
At the same time, a medical staff member at a hospital in eastern Tehran told BBC Persian that on Thursday, around 40 bodies were brought there the same day. The hospital's name has been withheld to protect the identity of the medic.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday that he was "shocked by reports of violence and excessive use of force by the Iranian authorities against protesters resulting in deaths and injuries in recent days".
"I want to emphasise that regardless of the death toll, the use of lethal force by security forces is concerning," Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, told BBC Persian.
[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp70ynx1po BBC]
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Israeli and Arab officials have privately suggested U.S. hold off on Iran strikes.
January 13, 2026.
Israeli officials have suggested the Trump administration delay large-scale strikes until the Iranian regime is even more strained, while one Arab official said there is “lack of enthusiasm from the neighborhood" for American military action in Iran right now.
[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/israeli-arab-officials-privately-suggested-us-hold-iran-strikes-rcna253718 NBC News]
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Iran set to execute 26-year-old protester on Wednesday without trial.
While an estimated 2,000 people have been killed in anti-Islamic regime protests in recent weeks, Erfaneh Soltani is the first protester to be sentenced to execution.
By Danielle Greyman-kennard.
January 13, 2026.
A 26-year-old protester is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday by the Islamic Republic after authorities reportedly neglected to offer the demonstrator any opportunity to defend himself in a court of law.
Erfaneh Soltani, who is scheduled to be executed, was denied any legal process or a defense lawyer, according to the US State Department.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-883241 JPost]
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Trump to Iranians: ‘keep protesting, help is on the way’; faces of Iran massacre victims emerge.
First testimonies from Iran describe a brutal crackdown that killed at least 2,000 protesters and possibly far more; one detainee faces imminent execution as Farah Pahlavi issues a rare call saying ‘light will overcome darkness’
Lior Ben Ari, News Agencies|01.13.26.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjdccambzx
YNet]
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EU Parliament bans Iranian diplomats over crackdown on protesters.
Israel National News.
Jan 13, 2026, 5:48 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420817 INN]
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Bloodbath.
WARNING: VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED - Videos Expose Executions in Iran.
Harrowing footage from Kahrizak morgue shows families searching rows of body bags, contradicting regime narrative as Trump weighs ‘strong options’ to halt the violence.
Yair Kleinbaum.
Jan 12, 2026 22:49
[https://www.jfeed.com/news/iran-protests-executions-internet-blackout JFeed]
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'This is our Berlin Wall,' Iranian activist Masih Alinejad tells 'Post' of protests - interview.
Alinejad described a grim ritual familiar to Iranians living abroad: zooming in on photographs of the dead, searching for the faces of family members. "This is deliberate cruelty," she said.
By Amichai Stein January 13, 2026.
As images of mass protests and violent crackdowns continue to emerge from Iran, Iranian-American journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad says the world is witnessing not only a popular uprising, but a defining moral test for Western leaders - "this is our Berlin wall," she states in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.
“When I see pictures of lifeless bodies stacked on top of each other, my heart is pounding,” Alinejad said in an emotional conversation. “But what makes me furious is not only the pain—it’s the silence outside Iran.”
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-883257 JPost]
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US designates Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist organizations.
Secretary Rubio announces that the Lebanese, Jordanian, and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood are being designated under Trump's executive order.
Israel National News.
Published: Jan 13, 2026, 6:48 PM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420849 INN]
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South of Hebron:
Israeli Bedouins disguised as IDF soldiers rob Arab stores.
Israel National News.
Jan 13, 2026, 1:03 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420833 INN]
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Foreign Minister announces: Immediate suspension of contacts with UN agencies.
Minister Gideon Saar announced the immediate suspension of contacts with several UN agencies and international organizations, following the US' withdrawal from similar bodies.
Israel National News.
Jan 13, 2026, 6:14 PM (GMT+2)
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced today (Tuesday) the immediate suspension of contacts with several UN agencies and international organizations, following a review by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the wake of the United States' withdrawal from similar bodies.
In a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was reported that "Israel has severed ties with seven entities, and at the same time, further engagement with additional organizations will be examined as needed, in consultation with relevant government ministries."
Among the organizations from which contacts were severed, Israel has already terminated its relations with the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, after it included the IDF in the "blacklist" alongside terrorist organizations; with UN Women - which ignored sexual violence against Israeli women on October 7; with the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), which have published anti-Israel reports for years.
Additionally, contacts were cut off with the UN Alliance of Civilizations - for which Israel was not invited to participate and which, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, served as a platform for attacks on Israel; with UN Energy - described as a wasteful and bureaucratic organization; and with the Global Forum on Migration and Development - which, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, harms Israel's ability to enforce its immigration laws.
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420848 INN]
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Drama in conservative media land.
Megyn Kelly's Friends and Fans Are Ditching Her
As Megyn Kelly spirals, observers are shaking their heads: She's ditching her fact-driven, inquisitive style for vendetta-fueled nonsense. This could torch her fanbase, with viewership dipping and ex-allies piling on the rebukes.
Bianca Jones.
Jan 13, 2026 09:47
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/megyn-kelly-fifth-column-fallout JFeed]
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In ‘State of State’ address, Hochul pledges more protection against Jew-hatred.
A recent, pro-Hamas demonstration outside a Queens synagogue was “not free expression,” she said. “That’s harassment, and targeting a Jewish community in this way is antisemitism.”
Debra Nussbaum Cohen.
(Jan. 13, 2026 / JNS)
In her annual State of the State speech on Tuesday in Albany, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called out antisemitism and announced that she is proposing a new law to ban demonstrations within 25 feet of a house of worship.
The buffer zones will start at the property line of synagogues, churches, mosques and temples, “so those who simply want to pray can do so without fear or harassment,” she said.
“In 2026, we’ll take new steps to protect our houses of worship against the rising tide of antisemitism and Islamophobia,” she said. “New York has already invested $131 million to better secure these sacred places, but clearly, more must be done.”
The prior week, the governor noted, “protestors led pro-Hamas chants outside a synagogue in Kew Gardens Hills.”
“That’s not free expression. That’s harassment,” she said. “Targeting a Jewish community in this way is antisemitism.”
[https://www.jns.org/in-state-of-state-address-hochul-pledges-more-protection-against-jew-hatred/ JNS]
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Cabinet convened; IDF increases alert level.
Israel National News.
Jan 13, 2026, 10:28 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420860 INN]
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UK summons Iranian amb. over 'brutal' killing of protesters.
Israel National News
Jan 13, 2026, 10:21 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420859 INN]
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'Very strong action' if protesters are hanged.
In an interview with CBS News, Trump warns Iran of “very strong action" if it hangs protesters, pledging help for Iranian citizens.
Elad Benari.
Jan 14, 2026, 12:14 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420862 INN]
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German Chancellor:
'Iranian regime in its final days and weeks’.
Israel National News.
Jan 13, 2026, 7:26 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420850 INN]
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Amid fears of new offensive.
Syria orders Kurdish withdrawal from Aleppo.
Israel National News.
Jan 14, 2026, 3:21 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420865 INN]
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As death toll soars.
EU to propose new sanctions against Iran.
Israel National News.
Jan 14, 2026, 3:45 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420866 INN]
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Report:
Trump and Mamdani quietly texting despite past clashes.
Israel National News.
Jan 14, 2026, 4:07 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/420867 INN]
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