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Emerging India-Israel alliance at the heart of a changing world order.
“Our shared ideals are the deep foundations that give strength to our modern partnership. We are democracies shaped by history and focused on the future,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Jerusalem.
Alex Traiman.
(Feb. 26, 2026 / JNS)
Narendra Modi became the first prime minister of India to address Israel‘s Knesset. The strategic significance of his visit and is powerful, and the timing of it particularly noteworthy.
During his historic address on Feb. 25, the transformational leader noted that he was addressing the Israeli people “as the prime minister of India, and also as a representative of one ancient civilization addressing another. I bring with me the greetings of 1.4 billion Indians, and a message of friendship, respect and partnership.”
During Modi‘s previous visit in 2017, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted, tongue in cheek, that “together, we are 20% of the world’s population.”
[https://www.jns.org/emerging-india-israel-alliance-at-the-heart-of-a-changing-world-order/ JNS]
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Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post:
WATCH: Held captive and tortured by Hamas for over 2 years, former Gaza hostage Matan Angrest recalls the horrors he endured, including electroshock and the death of his tank crewmates in an interview with Channel 12's 'Uvda.'
Written by
@JamesGenn
From jpost.com
[https://t.co/ZpfbYgZRdj]
Feb 26, 2026.
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2027168484992381198 on X]
WATCH: 'I screamed in pain': Former hostage Matan Angrest says Hamas terrorists electrocuted him.
Former Gaza hostage Matan Angrest told Channel 12's 'Uvda' about his captivity, including Hamas torture, the loss of his tank crew, bonding with fellow hostage Gali Berman, and his eventual release.
By James Genn. February 27, 2026.
Content warning: This article contains disturbing imagery, including torture and abuse.
Former Gaza hostage Matan Angrest told Channel 12's 'Uvda' that he was tortured, including by electrocution, during his time in Hamas's terror captivity, in an interview broadcast on Thursday evening.
Angrest, who was serving in a specialized tank unit with classified equipment under the 7th Armored Brigade near Nahal Oz during the October 7 massacre, was the only member of his tank crew who survived the terror attack. His crewmates, Capt. Daniel Perez, St.-Sgt. Itay Chen, and Sgt. Tomer Leibovitz, were all murdered, with their remains taken by terrorists into the Gaza Strip.
Things that fall under 'die and don't tell' during torture, interrogations
"I woke up in Gaza in some house, and could not open my eyes or move my hand - my hand was burned," Angrest said, describing the first moments he recalls following the massacre.
"I opened my eyes, and eight people were sitting in front of me. They started asking things like 'Where were you kidnapped from? Where do you serve [in the IDF]?' but they talked to me in Arabic, and I could not understand," he continued.
"Someone came to me with two wires and put them on my wounds. I felt like I was being electrocuted. I screamed in pain, and then he did it to me again," he told the interviewer.
According to the report, the terrorists already knew that Angrest was part of a tank crew containing classified systems equipment, and knew that he, as the only survivor, would be able to tell them information that could help future terror acts succeed.
"In the really hard interrogations, they kept asking things that were classified. Things like 'Can the driver kill? Does he have a weapon?' and I kept telling them that the driver is like a regular driver," he said.
Angrest's ability to move improved over time, but Hamas terrorists kept increasing the pressure. "They tortured me to the extreme. Electric shocks - trauma that will stay with me. The longest interrogation was about eight hours continuously, where they made me tell things in the 'die and don't tell' category," he recalled.
Angrest also noted that he found out via terrorist radio chatter that his three tank crewmates were murdered on October 7. "I locked myself in a room alone [after finding out], you understand that it's over. I just thought about them and all of our experiences."
Angrest recounts meeting Gali Berman, no longer being alone
Angrest was held alone for weeks, in locations both above ground and within the underground terror tunnels, Channel 12 noted.
Then, he was joined by fellow hostage Gali Berman. "I was with Gali for a long time, and connected with him a lot," he recalled.
But he was separated from the other hostages and continued to be interrogated. "I would say to Gali: 'I'm scared. I don't know what they'll do to me. How will I sleep at night?'"
"He tried to comfort me, [but I knew that] if they find out more things about me, it'll be the end for me," Angrest added.
Angrest recalls Oct. 7 massacre
During the interview, Angrest recalled how, during the massacre, he jumped into his tank and saw a white Toyota with a green-white license plate. "I rubbed my eyes. How did it get in? Suddenly, we heard gunshots, and asked ourselves, 'Did they infiltrate into the country?'"
Perez commanded his tank to mobilize out of the Nahal Oz outpost, running over terrorists moving towards it, moving towards a firing position overlooking Shejaia. "Not long after, we were told over the radio to return to the outpost, as there was an incident. I passed by the place where I sleep - where I played backgammon with Tomer (Leibovitz) the day before," he recalled.
He noted coming across the scene of the fight between terrorists and Golani Brigade company commander, Maj. Shilo Har-Even and his five soldiers, who were all massacred at the outpost. Perez told the tank crew to "shut off their emotions," Angrest said.
"'Our goal is that there will be no kidnapping,' I don't know how he said that - how he predicted the future," Angrest added, citing what Perez said to the crew at the time.
"Matan, you need to be sharp. They'll try to take whoever is in the operations room and kidnap them," Perez warned, according to Angrest.
Angrest then noted how just after 8:30 a.m., the tank returned to the breached border fence and discovered another wave of terrorist infiltrators.
"I told Perez, 'Look, they're entering the country, they're coming towards us," he told the interviewer.
They were faced with a dilemma of whether to risk the tank to the possibility of anti-tank missile fire by closing in, or attempting, and likely failing, to stop the wave of infiltrators with long-distance fire, he noted.
Angrest, the tank's driver, was instructed by Perez to "reverse quickly" and towards the terrorists.
"As a team, we began to understand, it's either them or us. After the shell Itay [Chen] fired, I could see terrorists flying into the air from the blast, 50 meters away from me. While I was seeing this, I continued driving, thinking, 'How do I destroy them all? it's... an insane amount. I knew that things could end for us at any moment," he recounted.
Angrest still struggles to recall everything that happened, but black box recordings fill in some gaps, Channel 12 noted. The last few moments of the recordings included someone crying, "Did someone get hit? Perez! Perez! Perez!"
Angrest recalls finding out he was being released.
Angrest was released from captivity in October of 2025, after 738 days of being held by Hamas terrorists within the Gaza Strip.
It came as a surprise, he said. "They took Gili [Berman] and me somewhere while blindfolded. They removed them, and suddenly we saw [fellow hostages] Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa-Dalal."
"One of the senior terrorists pointed at us and said, 'You four - you leave tomorrow. Life changed [after being released]. You wake up in the morning and look for the next step. For everyone, it seems like the struggle is over, and you go back to living normally. It goes from zero to one hundred in some ways, but in others from one hundred to zero. The scars will always remain," he said.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-888183 JPost]
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Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post:
Feb 26
🧵 EXCLUSIVE: Israeli officials considering voluntary compensation for select Gaza civilian deaths to rebuild global legitimacy without admitting war crimes, similar to Netanyahu's Mavi Marmara approach.
Feb 26, 2026
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2027083087436186107 on X]
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Fallen IDF soldier’s mother wins right to bring his child into the world.
After a four-year legal fight, the mother of Barel Hadaria Shmueli, killed by a Hamas gunman at the Gaza border in 2021, receives court approval for posthumous use of his sperm and is seeking a woman to conceive and raise the child with the family’s support.
Roy Rubinstein | published: 02.26.26 | 11:52
Nitza Shmueli, the mother of Border Police officer Barel Hadaria Shmueli, who was killed in 2021 after being shot along the Gaza border, has received court approval to use her late son’s sperm to bring a grandchild into the world.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkv11fqrdbx YNet]
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Blacklists UN School Principal for Participating in October 7.
The move, part of an investigation into Hamas-linked employees at UN agencies, prohibits the man from working on US-funded aid projects.
Adam Kredo.
February 27, 2026
[https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/exclusive-trump-admin-blacklists-un-school-principal-for-participating-in-october-7/ FreeBeacon]
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China urges citizens in Iran to evacuate.
February 27, 2026.
China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Iran and urged those already there to leave as soon as possible, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.
The advisory comes amid rising regional tensions and security risks.
China’s foreign ministry and embassy in Iran have called on Chinese nationals to strengthen safety precautions and depart while commercial routes remain available, according to the report.
[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602279854 IranIntl]
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Fact Check: Why US Intelligence Says Iran’s "US-Reaching" Missiles Don't Exist
The Secret Report That Contradicts Trump’s State of the Union.
Fact Check: Why US Intelligence Says Iran’s "US-Reaching" Missiles Don't Exist
New reports from intelligence insiders suggest that President Trump’s claims of an imminent Iranian missile threat to the U.S. mainland are not supported by the Pentagon's latest data.
Eliana Fleming.
Feb 27, 2026.
A growing divide is emerging between
the White House and the American intelligence community regarding the true extent of the Iranian threat. During his recent State of the Union address, President Trump began laying the public groundwork for a potential war by claiming that Tehran is "working on developing missiles that will soon reach" the United States.
However, a series of reports from Reuters and other sources, citing three high-level intelligence insiders, suggest that this claim is "exaggerated" and not backed by the current classified data.
As the administration prepares for a potential strike, this rift over the "immediacy" of the threat is creating a storm of controversy within the halls of Congress and the Pentagon.
The 2035 Timeline.
Contrary to the President's warnings of an "imminent" threat, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) reportedly stands by its unclassified 2025 assessment. That report suggests that Iran is still at least a decade away from a viable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
According to the sources,
Tehran would likely need until the year 2035 to develop a "military operational intercontinental ballistic missile" based on their current satellite launch technology. This massive ten-year discrepancy between the President's rhetoric and the intelligence reports is being used by critics to question the urgency of a military strike.
Political Targets and Rhetoric.
The narrative of an Iranian strike on the U.S. mainland has been echoed by several high-ranking figures. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told podcaster Ben Shapiro that Iran is developing missiles capable of hitting the President's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also repeated these concerns in briefings with reporters. While the White House has refused to comment on the specific intelligence rift, supporters of the administration argue that Iran’s space program is merely a cover for ICBM development and that waiting until 2035 is a risk the U.S. cannot afford to take. As the debate rages, the question remains whether the President is seeing "red-line" intelligence that has not yet been declassified, or if the threat is being amplified to secure public support for a looming war.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/iran-missile-threat-fact-check JFeed]
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Oval Office Showdown: Trump and Top Generals Review the Final Strike Map for Iran.
While diplomatic envoys were still at the table in Switzerland, President Trump was behind closed doors in the Oval Office, reviewing a detailed target list for a massive military strike.
Eliana Fleming.
Feb 27, 2026.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/trump-iran-strike-planning JFeed]
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All Public Shelters Open in Beersheba, Tel Aviv & Raanana.
February 27, 2026.
[https://www.jfeed.com/latest-news?highlight=38298 JFeed]
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Get Out While You Still Can: U.S. Authorizes Departure for Embassy Families and Staff in Israel.
jFeed Staff.
Feb 27, 2026.
The U.S. State Department has officially authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and family members from its mission in Israel, citing heightened security risks. As commercial flights begin to dwindle, the U.S. Embassy warns citizens to "consider leaving now" amidst the peak of the U.S.-Iran military standoff and regional escalation
[https://www.jfeed.com/general/us-embassy-israel-evacuation JFeed]
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IDF Spokesperson reassures Israelis amid rising tensions.
Israel National News.
Feb 27, 2026, 8:43 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423095 INN]
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Countries warn citizens against travel to Israel and Iran amid rising tensions.
Several countries, including France, Britain, and Germany, advise citizens against traveling to Israel and Iran due to escalating tensions. Warnings include heightened security risks and possible border closures.
Israel National News.
Published: Feb 27, 2026, 9:32 PM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423096 INN]
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Trump on Iran strike:
'I don't want to, but sometimes you have to'.
President Trump says he has not yet decided on military action against Iran, expresses dissatisfaction with the country's negotiations, but indicates further talks will take place.
Elad Benari, Canada
Feb 27, 2026, 8:01 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423094 INN]
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Fallen IDF soldier’s mother wins right to bring his child into the world.
After a four-year legal fight, the mother of Barel Hadaria Shmueli, killed by a Hamas gunman at the Gaza border in 2021, receives court approval for posthumous use of his sperm and is seeking a woman to conceive and raise the child with the family’s support.
Roy Rubinstein | published: 02.26.26 | 11:52
Nitza Shmueli, the mother of Border Police officer Barel Hadaria Shmueli, who was killed in 2021 after being shot along the Gaza border, has received court approval to use her late son’s sperm to bring a grandchild into the world.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkv11fqrdbx YNet]
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IDF braces for Hezbollah showdown as US weighs strike on Iran.
Elisha Ben Kimon|02.27.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1ckpmyfzl YNet]
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Israel may invite Argentina’s Milei to light Independence Day torch.
Itamar Eichner|02.27.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1aad11jtwl YNet]
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35 years on, ex-IDF commandos still honor their revered Muslim commander.
Shaked Reconnaissance Unit veterans gather to honor Lt. Col. Amos Yarkoni, born Abd al-Majid Khader, the first Bedouin to command an elite IDF unit, recalling his pursuit doctrine, severe combat injuries and the battle to bury him in a military plot.
Gal Ganot | 02.27.26
Yarkoni, a member of the Bedouin al-Mazarib tribe, was born in 1921 in the village of Na’ura near Afula. In 1948, he enlisted in the IDF and became the first Bedouin to complete a squad commanders’ course. He later joined an elite unit and during those years chose to change his name to Amos Yarkoni, though he remained Muslim.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjvwuz1t11l YNet]
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Israel OKs 1,300 homes in Samaria’s Kedumim.
The planned Nahalat Esther neighborhood will more than double the size of the community.
JNS Staff.
(Feb. 27, 2026 / JNS)
The Supreme Planning Council of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration on Thursday approved the construction of more than 1,300 housing units in the western Samaria community of Kedumim.
The 1,338 homes in the planned Nahalat Esther neighborhood will more than double the size of Kedumim, which currently has some 4,850 residents living in around 1,050 households, Israel National News reported. The roughly 60-acre neighborhood will feature a green valley at its center.
https://www.jns.org/israel-oks-1300-homes-in-samarias-kedumim/
Emerging India-Israel alliance at the heart of a changing world order.
“Our shared ideals are the deep foundations that give strength to our modern partnership. We are democracies shaped by history and focused on the future,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Jerusalem.
Alex Traiman.
(Feb. 26, 2026 / JNS)
Narendra Modi became the first prime minister of India to address Israel‘s Knesset. The strategic significance of his visit and is powerful, and the timing of it particularly noteworthy.
During his historic address on Feb. 25, the transformational leader noted that he was addressing the Israeli people “as the prime minister of India, and also as a representative of one ancient civilization addressing another. I bring with me the greetings of 1.4 billion Indians, and a message of friendship, respect and partnership.”
During Modi‘s previous visit in 2017, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted, tongue in cheek, that “together, we are 20% of the world’s population.”
[https://www.jns.org/emerging-india-israel-alliance-at-the-heart-of-a-changing-world-order/ JNS]
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Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post:
WATCH: Held captive and tortured by Hamas for over 2 years, former Gaza hostage Matan Angrest recalls the horrors he endured, including electroshock and the death of his tank crewmates in an interview with Channel 12's 'Uvda.'
Written by
@JamesGenn
From jpost.com
[https://t.co/ZpfbYgZRdj]
Feb 26, 2026.
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2027168484992381198 on X]
WATCH: 'I screamed in pain': Former hostage Matan Angrest says Hamas terrorists electrocuted him.
Former Gaza hostage Matan Angrest told Channel 12's 'Uvda' about his captivity, including Hamas torture, the loss of his tank crew, bonding with fellow hostage Gali Berman, and his eventual release.
By James Genn. February 27, 2026.
Content warning: This article contains disturbing imagery, including torture and abuse.
Former Gaza hostage Matan Angrest told Channel 12's 'Uvda' that he was tortured, including by electrocution, during his time in Hamas's terror captivity, in an interview broadcast on Thursday evening.
Angrest, who was serving in a specialized tank unit with classified equipment under the 7th Armored Brigade near Nahal Oz during the October 7 massacre, was the only member of his tank crew who survived the terror attack. His crewmates, Capt. Daniel Perez, St.-Sgt. Itay Chen, and Sgt. Tomer Leibovitz, were all murdered, with their remains taken by terrorists into the Gaza Strip.
Things that fall under 'die and don't tell' during torture, interrogations
"I woke up in Gaza in some house, and could not open my eyes or move my hand - my hand was burned," Angrest said, describing the first moments he recalls following the massacre.
"I opened my eyes, and eight people were sitting in front of me. They started asking things like 'Where were you kidnapped from? Where do you serve [in the IDF]?' but they talked to me in Arabic, and I could not understand," he continued.
"Someone came to me with two wires and put them on my wounds. I felt like I was being electrocuted. I screamed in pain, and then he did it to me again," he told the interviewer.
According to the report, the terrorists already knew that Angrest was part of a tank crew containing classified systems equipment, and knew that he, as the only survivor, would be able to tell them information that could help future terror acts succeed.
"In the really hard interrogations, they kept asking things that were classified. Things like 'Can the driver kill? Does he have a weapon?' and I kept telling them that the driver is like a regular driver," he said.
Angrest's ability to move improved over time, but Hamas terrorists kept increasing the pressure. "They tortured me to the extreme. Electric shocks - trauma that will stay with me. The longest interrogation was about eight hours continuously, where they made me tell things in the 'die and don't tell' category," he recalled.
Angrest also noted that he found out via terrorist radio chatter that his three tank crewmates were murdered on October 7. "I locked myself in a room alone [after finding out], you understand that it's over. I just thought about them and all of our experiences."
Angrest recounts meeting Gali Berman, no longer being alone
Angrest was held alone for weeks, in locations both above ground and within the underground terror tunnels, Channel 12 noted.
Then, he was joined by fellow hostage Gali Berman. "I was with Gali for a long time, and connected with him a lot," he recalled.
But he was separated from the other hostages and continued to be interrogated. "I would say to Gali: 'I'm scared. I don't know what they'll do to me. How will I sleep at night?'"
"He tried to comfort me, [but I knew that] if they find out more things about me, it'll be the end for me," Angrest added.
Angrest recalls Oct. 7 massacre
During the interview, Angrest recalled how, during the massacre, he jumped into his tank and saw a white Toyota with a green-white license plate. "I rubbed my eyes. How did it get in? Suddenly, we heard gunshots, and asked ourselves, 'Did they infiltrate into the country?'"
Perez commanded his tank to mobilize out of the Nahal Oz outpost, running over terrorists moving towards it, moving towards a firing position overlooking Shejaia. "Not long after, we were told over the radio to return to the outpost, as there was an incident. I passed by the place where I sleep - where I played backgammon with Tomer (Leibovitz) the day before," he recalled.
He noted coming across the scene of the fight between terrorists and Golani Brigade company commander, Maj. Shilo Har-Even and his five soldiers, who were all massacred at the outpost. Perez told the tank crew to "shut off their emotions," Angrest said.
"'Our goal is that there will be no kidnapping,' I don't know how he said that - how he predicted the future," Angrest added, citing what Perez said to the crew at the time.
"Matan, you need to be sharp. They'll try to take whoever is in the operations room and kidnap them," Perez warned, according to Angrest.
Angrest then noted how just after 8:30 a.m., the tank returned to the breached border fence and discovered another wave of terrorist infiltrators.
"I told Perez, 'Look, they're entering the country, they're coming towards us," he told the interviewer.
They were faced with a dilemma of whether to risk the tank to the possibility of anti-tank missile fire by closing in, or attempting, and likely failing, to stop the wave of infiltrators with long-distance fire, he noted.
Angrest, the tank's driver, was instructed by Perez to "reverse quickly" and towards the terrorists.
"As a team, we began to understand, it's either them or us. After the shell Itay [Chen] fired, I could see terrorists flying into the air from the blast, 50 meters away from me. While I was seeing this, I continued driving, thinking, 'How do I destroy them all? it's... an insane amount. I knew that things could end for us at any moment," he recounted.
Angrest still struggles to recall everything that happened, but black box recordings fill in some gaps, Channel 12 noted. The last few moments of the recordings included someone crying, "Did someone get hit? Perez! Perez! Perez!"
Angrest recalls finding out he was being released.
Angrest was released from captivity in October of 2025, after 738 days of being held by Hamas terrorists within the Gaza Strip.
It came as a surprise, he said. "They took Gili [Berman] and me somewhere while blindfolded. They removed them, and suddenly we saw [fellow hostages] Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa-Dalal."
"One of the senior terrorists pointed at us and said, 'You four - you leave tomorrow. Life changed [after being released]. You wake up in the morning and look for the next step. For everyone, it seems like the struggle is over, and you go back to living normally. It goes from zero to one hundred in some ways, but in others from one hundred to zero. The scars will always remain," he said.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-888183 JPost]
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Paralyzed.
Iran is Laughing at Trump’s Middle East Policy.
Strategic Paralysis: How Tehran is Outmaneuvering the "Maximum Pressure" Doctrine.
Yair Kleinbaum.
Feb 26, 2026
[https://www.jfeed.com/opinions/iran-trump-middle-east-strategy Jfeed]
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Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post:
Feb 26
🧵 EXCLUSIVE: Israeli officials considering voluntary compensation for select Gaza civilian deaths to rebuild global legitimacy without admitting war crimes, similar to Netanyahu's Mavi Marmara approach.
Feb 26, 2026
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2027083087436186107 on X]
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JD Vance praises Tucker Carlson-Mike Huckabee interview as ‘a really good conversation’.
Vice President JD Vance praised Tucker Carlson’s interview with Mike Huckabee, declining to criticize Carlson despite antisemitism allegations and rising concern among Jewish conservatives.
February 27, 2026.
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-888232
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Trump orders federal ban on Anthropic software over 'leftist' restrictions on military AI use.
US President Trump ordered all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic’s Claude AI, citing a refusal to allow unrestricted military use. He has set a six-month phase-out for the DOD.
February 27, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-888230 JPost]
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Iran designated as state sponsor of wrongful detention, Marco Rubio announces.
"The Iranian regime must stop taking hostages and release all Americans unjustly detained in Iran," Rubio said, as Trump states he is "not happy" with the negotiations.
February 27, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888231 JPost]
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[Campus Antisemitism].
Over 350 scholars tell UC regents to discuss, act on report on anti-Israel profs fueling Jew-hatred.
Most signatories are in the science, technology, engineering, medicine and math fields, according to Ilan Benjamin, a professor emeritus at UC Santa Cruz.
Aaron Bandler.
(Feb. 27, 2026 / JNS)
More than 350 current and former University of California scholars signed a letter calling on the system’s regents to discuss a recent AMCHA Initiative report about antisemitism at their next meeting.
Judea Pearl, a University of California, Los Angeles computer-science professor and father of Daniel Pearl, the Jewish reporter for The Wall Street Journal, who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002, organized the letter with Ilan Benjamin, a distinguished professor emeritus of chemistry at UC Santa Cruz.
At press time, 279 current and 89 former UC professors had signed the letter. The referenced report suggests that professors are partly responsible for fueling rising Jew-hatred at the public university system.
Benjamin, who retired a few months ago, told JNS that he wasn’t surprised at the number of signatories. Previous letters to the UC regents drew hundreds of faculty signatures expressing concern over anti-Israel professors and departments, he said.
“We know that many people are worried about that,” he told JNS.
[https://www.jns.org/over-350-scholars-tell-uc-regents-to-discuss-act-on-report-on-anti-israel-profs-fueling-jew-hatred/ JNS]
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Tucker Thought We Wouldn't Notice This (We did).
JNS TV..
Feb 26, 2026.
Tucker Carlson tried to pull the rug out from under Israel’s very foundation, but what if the real story completely flips the script? In this episode of "Basic Law", you’ll learn why the viral “gotcha” about Israel’s Law of Return and the Brother Daniel case doesn’t unravel the Jewish claim to the land, but actually reveals the deep, complex evolution of Jewish identity in the modern world. Aylana Meisel cuts through the half-truths, exposing how history, law, exile, survival and sovereignty collide in ways most commentators conveniently ignore. You’ll walk away understanding not just what the Law of Return really says, but what Israel’s identity debates teach the entire West about nationhood, borders and self-determination in an age allergic to all three..
'If you sat through the Carlson Huckabee interview this past week, you heard Tucker Carlson attack Christian Zionism by questioning the very basis of the Jewish claim to the land of Israel. Is it religious? Is it ethnic? He even cited a famous court case where a Jewish convert to Christianity was denied the right of return. So, let's talk about Tucker's question and the halftruths and the reality of the law and the history plus the potential they represent for the West. I'm Zeldant and this is Basic Law. Okay, two things before we proceed. First, Carlson's effort was designed to undermine the morality of the Israeli story, lampoon Christian Zionism, and distort facts to fit a narrative attacking the very concept of the nation state. I think a point for-point rebuttal would be a waste of time, and this show focuses only on a specific issue that is important to address. Second, I refuse to argue with Carlson or anyone else about the Jewish rights to life, liberty, and homeland. And that goes doubly for people who seem to think that those things are negotiable. The Jewish people walked this land before Rome was an empire, prayed toward Jerusalem, and returned through millennia of exile. We belonged to this land, bled for it, and dreamed of it while most modern nations had yet to exist. our moral, religious, historical and national claim is beyond question. Now, how we have cottified that claim in law is a more complex issue. And that brings us to the interview. In one particular exchange, Tucker attacked the biblical claim to Israel and the Zionist Christian application of that claim to the modern state. Now, he did this in part by questioning the ethnic and religious claims of contemporary jewelry to the land and how they're expressed in state policy. So, that's already a tremendous leap in logic because laws are often the product of political compromise and not pure moral philosophy. But let's get to the meat of the argument. Carlson tried provoking Huckabe by raising Israel's law of return, which grants Jews automatic citizenship when they immigrate to Israel. But there's a caveat. It doesn't apply to individuals who were born Jewish, but who have converted to a different religion. Carlson used this exception on conversion to try and drive a wedge between Jews and Christian Zionists. He asked, well, if the Jewish claim to Israel is ethnic, how can the religious exception exist? Now, the question itself is based on a misunderstanding of Jewish identity. may be purposeful, and we'll get to that. But the implication was that the ethnic claim was therefore poor or false. Plus, of course, he continued in his attempts to falsely portray Christians as persecuted in Israel. And we're going to discuss all of that. .. So, in building his straw man, Carlson invoked a famous court decision known as the Brother Daniel case. He didn't mention it by name, but that's 100% what he was talking about. And it's worth discussing because if you know the history, the case doesn't prove what Carlson hoped it would. This was decided in 1962 and it was a very difficult landmark ruling. A man born Oswald Rufisen saved hundreds of Jews during the Nazi occupation of Poland. While sheltering in a convent, he converted to Christianity and became a Catholic priest. Brother Daniel in 1958 I think he applied to immigrate to Israel as a Jew under the law of return. Now the Ministry of Interior here refused his application and the Supreme Court ended up having to decide can a convert to Christianity still claim Jewish status for this immigration purpose. The court ultimately ruled in favor of the state's position. While brother Daniel remained Jewish under the religious definition for the purposes of the secular law of return, the court held that an applicant could not be both Jewish and Christian. Now, despite the ruling, this story ends happily for brother Daniel because though he lost the right to automatic citizenship, he just went through a normal naturalization process and lived as an Israeli citizen and a monk at the Stella Maris uh monastery for 35 years. In his will, he left these moving words. I experienced everything in my lifetime and I no longer fear death. I am afraid of memory. I don't know if I am to be doomed or spared, but from all the things you may know about me, I would like you to remember that I was born a Jew and died a Jew. This quote captures a complexity that Jews are navigating still today, defining the boundaries of a Jewish identity in a modern world that blew it wide open. Now, between the late 18th and early 20th centuries, European Jewish identity, previously national, religious, and ethnic allinone, began to unravel as Jews received the opportunity to fully participate in Western society. To this point, Jews were persecuted through discrimination and significant violence depending on the historical period. And when Jews gained citizenship in successive European countries, their integration was often at the cost of redefining religious practice or belief. Modern movements, including Orthodoxy, conservative, and reformed Judaism, are all products of this shift. Jews have spent over 200 years navigating what their proud and often successful integration has meant for them individually and as a collective. We are an ancient nation which has adapted itself to the challenges of modernity and to western categories of identity that don't fully fit the bill. Now today these debates remain central to the project of rebuilding the Jewish homeland and they are not about opposition to any other religion but rather about what we are and are not. This is the internal conversation that has preserved the Jewish people through time and against all odds. Now, the law of return is just one piece of that puzzle. It was first passed in 1950, 2 years after the establishment of the state, 5 years after the Holocaust, and it was only 11 years after the British had severely limited Jewish immigration to the mandate, at a time when millions may have been saved. It's also worth remembering that at this point in history, the relationship between the Catholic Church and Judaism was still deeply strained in comparison to that of today. Only in 1965, 3 years after the brother Daniel case, did the Vatican issue Nostraatate. It was the first time in nearly 2,000 years, that the church had officially condemned the persecution of Jews and repudiated the dicide charge. This was a massive turning point, but in historical terms, the warming of relations was still in its infancy. Our modern relationship should be respected and nourished and cherished. But in part, that requires a proper understanding of just how starkly different the before and after pictures are. Now, after the loss of a third of the Jewish people and during the years of the expulsion of Jews from Arab lands, this law offered Jews refuge. And in that offer lies the heart of the state of Israel. It is a civil government which cares deeply, of course, for ensuring a thriving democracy for all of its citizens. But its primary purpose is to protect the homeland of the Jewish nation for those who wish to or need to rejoin it. Now, over time, the coverage of the law of return has expanded, though not without many controversies that I hope to explore in future shows. Today, the right to immigrate is granted to those born of a Jewish mother or who have converted to Judaism, their children and grandchildren, and the spouses of all of the above, whether they're Jewish or non-Jewish. The exception on conversion still exists, but under the current rules, even someone with a Jewish grandmother can immigrate under the right of return if they were raised Christian. And this has been the case for hundreds of thousands of people. This track is also separate from the citizenship that passes naturally to the children or spouse of any Israeli regardless of religion and the tens of thousands who have entered seeking asylum and the small number of non-Jews who have naturalized in other ways. Now look, even before we get to the larger discussion on biblical claims to the land, countries are supposed to control their borders. They can choose to prefer certain groups for immigration. And while Carlson seemed to turn his nose up at the very idea of ethnic criteria for citizenship, this is a commonly used criteria in many countries whose existence apparently gives him less heartburn. Until 2024, Italy granted citizenship to descendants going back to 1861. Until 2000, German law prioritized the naturalization of ethnic Germans living abroad. Ireland offers citizenship to the grandchildren of citizens. Armenia's constitution simplifies citizenship for those of Armenian origin. Hungary offers citizenship to those who can show an unbroken line to at least one direct Hungarian ancestor. Now, we can get into the unique features of the law of return in a different show, but there's a shared premise here that should be stressed. Sovereign states have the right to determine which immigration they prioritize in their national self-interest. This is self-determination and it gives weight and substance to the identity that these states have considered important enough to live and die for. Here's the broader point for the west. Speaking openly about questions of identity has become increasingly difficult in Western states. In an age when borders, nationhood, and self-defin have fallen into disrepute, Israel's willingness to wrestle with these questions openly becomes more striking. Israeli and Jewish debates are messy and they're vital. They keep us connected to an identity that has survived under impossible conditions. We argue about who belongs, what obligations we have, how to preserve identity while honoring civil rights for all. Western countries are waking up to these same questions and in that process they should look to the Israeli case to understand how to navigate those very complex debates over time and with success. Carlson's ahistorical approach to the conversation with Huckabe was just one of many tactics deployed to ensure that their conversation went nowhere fast. But for those willing to take history seriously, to grapple with its consequences, to learn its lessons, there are richer conversations waiting to be had.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtpFWjP2fkw on YouTube]
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Blacklists UN School Principal for Participating in October 7.
The move, part of an investigation into Hamas-linked employees at UN agencies, prohibits the man from working on US-funded aid projects.
Adam Kredo.
February 27, 2026
[https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/exclusive-trump-admin-blacklists-un-school-principal-for-participating-in-october-7/ FreeBeacon]
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China urges citizens in Iran to evacuate.
February 27, 2026.
China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Iran and urged those already there to leave as soon as possible, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.
The advisory comes amid rising regional tensions and security risks.
China’s foreign ministry and embassy in Iran have called on Chinese nationals to strengthen safety precautions and depart while commercial routes remain available, according to the report.
[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602279854 IranIntl]
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Fact Check: Why US Intelligence Says Iran’s "US-Reaching" Missiles Don't Exist
The Secret Report That Contradicts Trump’s State of the Union.
Fact Check: Why US Intelligence Says Iran’s "US-Reaching" Missiles Don't Exist
New reports from intelligence insiders suggest that President Trump’s claims of an imminent Iranian missile threat to the U.S. mainland are not supported by the Pentagon's latest data.
Eliana Fleming.
Feb 27, 2026.
A growing divide is emerging between
the White House and the American intelligence community regarding the true extent of the Iranian threat. During his recent State of the Union address, President Trump began laying the public groundwork for a potential war by claiming that Tehran is "working on developing missiles that will soon reach" the United States.
However, a series of reports from Reuters and other sources, citing three high-level intelligence insiders, suggest that this claim is "exaggerated" and not backed by the current classified data.
As the administration prepares for a potential strike, this rift over the "immediacy" of the threat is creating a storm of controversy within the halls of Congress and the Pentagon.
The 2035 Timeline.
Contrary to the President's warnings of an "imminent" threat, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) reportedly stands by its unclassified 2025 assessment. That report suggests that Iran is still at least a decade away from a viable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
According to the sources,
Tehran would likely need until the year 2035 to develop a "military operational intercontinental ballistic missile" based on their current satellite launch technology. This massive ten-year discrepancy between the President's rhetoric and the intelligence reports is being used by critics to question the urgency of a military strike.
Political Targets and Rhetoric.
The narrative of an Iranian strike on the U.S. mainland has been echoed by several high-ranking figures. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told podcaster Ben Shapiro that Iran is developing missiles capable of hitting the President's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also repeated these concerns in briefings with reporters. While the White House has refused to comment on the specific intelligence rift, supporters of the administration argue that Iran’s space program is merely a cover for ICBM development and that waiting until 2035 is a risk the U.S. cannot afford to take. As the debate rages, the question remains whether the President is seeing "red-line" intelligence that has not yet been declassified, or if the threat is being amplified to secure public support for a looming war.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/iran-missile-threat-fact-check JFeed]
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Oval Office Showdown: Trump and Top Generals Review the Final Strike Map for Iran.
While diplomatic envoys were still at the table in Switzerland, President Trump was behind closed doors in the Oval Office, reviewing a detailed target list for a massive military strike.
Eliana Fleming.
Feb 27, 2026.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/trump-iran-strike-planning JFeed]
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All Public Shelters Open in Beersheba, Tel Aviv & Raanana.
February 27, 2026.
[https://www.jfeed.com/latest-news?highlight=38298 JFeed]
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Get Out While You Still Can: U.S. Authorizes Departure for Embassy Families and Staff in Israel.
jFeed Staff.
Feb 27, 2026.
The U.S. State Department has officially authorized the departure of non-emergency personnel and family members from its mission in Israel, citing heightened security risks. As commercial flights begin to dwindle, the U.S. Embassy warns citizens to "consider leaving now" amidst the peak of the U.S.-Iran military standoff and regional escalation
[https://www.jfeed.com/general/us-embassy-israel-evacuation JFeed]
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IDF Spokesperson reassures Israelis amid rising tensions.
Israel National News.
Feb 27, 2026, 8:43 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423095 INN]
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Countries warn citizens against travel to Israel and Iran amid rising tensions.
Several countries, including France, Britain, and Germany, advise citizens against traveling to Israel and Iran due to escalating tensions. Warnings include heightened security risks and possible border closures.
Israel National News.
Published: Feb 27, 2026, 9:32 PM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423096 INN]
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Trump on Iran strike:
'I don't want to, but sometimes you have to'.
President Trump says he has not yet decided on military action against Iran, expresses dissatisfaction with the country's negotiations, but indicates further talks will take place.
Elad Benari, Canada
Feb 27, 2026, 8:01 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423094 INN]
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IDF braces for Hezbollah showdown as US weighs strike on Iran.
Elisha Ben Kimon|02.27.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1ckpmyfzl YNet]
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Israel may invite Argentina’s Milei to light Independence Day torch.
Itamar Eichner|02.27.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1aad11jtwl YNet]
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35 years on, ex-IDF commandos still honor their revered Muslim commander.
Shaked Reconnaissance Unit veterans gather to honor Lt. Col. Amos Yarkoni, born Abd al-Majid Khader, the first Bedouin to command an elite IDF unit, recalling his pursuit doctrine, severe combat injuries and the battle to bury him in a military plot.
Gal Ganot | 02.27.26
Yarkoni, a member of the Bedouin al-Mazarib tribe, was born in 1921 in the village of Na’ura near Afula. In 1948, he enlisted in the IDF and became the first Bedouin to complete a squad commanders’ course. He later joined an elite unit and during those years chose to change his name to Amos Yarkoni, though he remained Muslim.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjvwuz1t11l YNet]
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Israel OKs 1,300 homes in Samaria’s Kedumim.
The planned Nahalat Esther neighborhood will more than double the size of the community.
JNS Staff.
(Feb. 27, 2026 / JNS)
The Supreme Planning Council of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration on Thursday approved the construction of more than 1,300 housing units in the western Samaria community of Kedumim.
The 1,338 homes in the planned Nahalat Esther neighborhood will more than double the size of Kedumim, which currently has some 4,850 residents living in around 1,050 households, Israel National News reported. The roughly 60-acre neighborhood will feature a green valley at its center.
[https://www.jns.org/israel-oks-1300-homes-in-samarias-kedumim/ JNS]
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JD Vance praises Tucker Carlson-Mike Huckabee interview as ‘a really good conversation’.
Vice President JD Vance praised Tucker Carlson’s interview with Mike Huckabee, declining to criticize Carlson despite antisemitism allegations and rising concern among Jewish conservatives.
February 27, 2026.
https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-888232
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Trump orders federal ban on Anthropic software over 'leftist' restrictions on military AI use.
US President Trump ordered all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic’s Claude AI, citing a refusal to allow unrestricted military use. He has set a six-month phase-out for the DOD.
February 27, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-888230 JPost]
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Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post
Iran has been designated as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in a press statement on Friday, criticizing their actions as "abhorrent."
Feb 27, 2026.
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2027519126806172142 on X]
Iran designated as state sponsor of wrongful detention, Marco Rubio announces.
"The Iranian regime must stop taking hostages and release all Americans unjustly detained in Iran," Rubio said, as Trump states he is "not happy" with the negotiations.
February 28, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888231 JPost]
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[Campus Antisemitism].
Over 350 scholars tell UC regents to discuss, act on report on anti-Israel profs fueling Jew-hatred.
Most signatories are in the science, technology, engineering, medicine and math fields, according to Ilan Benjamin, a professor emeritus at UC Santa Cruz.
Aaron Bandler.
(Feb. 27, 2026 / JNS)
More than 350 current and former University of California scholars signed a letter calling on the system’s regents to discuss a recent AMCHA Initiative report about antisemitism at their next meeting.
Judea Pearl, a University of California, Los Angeles computer-science professor and father of Daniel Pearl, the Jewish reporter for The Wall Street Journal, who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002, organized the letter with Ilan Benjamin, a distinguished professor emeritus of chemistry at UC Santa Cruz.
At press time, 279 current and 89 former UC professors had signed the letter. The referenced report suggests that professors are partly responsible for fueling rising Jew-hatred at the public university system.
Benjamin, who retired a few months ago, told JNS that he wasn’t surprised at the number of signatories. Previous letters to the UC regents drew hundreds of faculty signatures expressing concern over anti-Israel professors and departments, he said.
“We know that many people are worried about that,” he told JNS.
[https://www.jns.org/over-350-scholars-tell-uc-regents-to-discuss-act-on-report-on-anti-israel-profs-fueling-jew-hatred/ JNS]
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BDS effort to end NYC investment in Israel Bonds is not working.
“Despite the geopolitical pressures of the Gaza war and last year’s credit rating actions, Israel Bonds recorded three consecutive years of more than $2 billion in global sales and has raised over $5.7 billion since Oct. 7, 2023,” according to Israel Bonds.
Debra Nussbaum Cohen.
(Feb. 27, 2026 / JNS)
Those who advocate boycotting the Jewish state have put Israel Bonds squarely in their sights, urging municipalities that have long invested in the security to put their money elsewhere. So far, however, those efforts do not appear to have negatively affected that investment in Israel.
The latest to take aim is the anti-Israel group Democracy for the Arab World Now, which recently issued a memorandum arguing against investing in Israel Bonds. A pro-Israel investment-focused group, JLens, is now issuing its response, countering each of DAWN’s arguments.
The anti-Israel group, which also lobbies the U.S. government against sending foreign aid to Israel, stated that “New York State and New York City officials should immediately cease new purchases and divest any holdings of Israel Bonds, because such investments breach their international and domestic legal obligations and expose citizens to unnecessary legal, financial and reputational harms.”
[https://www.jns.org/bds-effort-to-end-nyc-investment-in-israel-bonds-is-not-working/ JNS]
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BDS effort to end NYC investment in Israel Bonds is not working.
“Despite the geopolitical pressures of the Gaza war and last year’s credit rating actions, Israel Bonds recorded three consecutive years of more than $2 billion in global sales and has raised over $5.7 billion since Oct. 7, 2023,” according to Israel Bonds.
Debra Nussbaum Cohen.
(Feb. 27, 2026 / JNS)
Those who advocate boycotting the Jewish state have put Israel Bonds squarely in their sights, urging municipalities that have long invested in the security to put their money elsewhere. So far, however, those efforts do not appear to have negatively affected that investment in Israel.
The latest to take aim is the anti-Israel group Democracy for the Arab World Now, which recently issued a memorandum arguing against investing in Israel Bonds. A pro-Israel investment-focused group, JLens, is now issuing its response, countering each of DAWN’s arguments.
The anti-Israel group, which also lobbies the U.S. government against sending foreign aid to Israel, stated that “New York State and New York City officials should immediately cease new purchases and divest any holdings of Israel Bonds, because such investments breach their international and domestic legal obligations and expose citizens to unnecessary legal, financial and reputational harms.”
[https://www.jns.org/bds-effort-to-end-nyc-investment-in-israel-bonds-is-not-working/ JNS]
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Knesset marks 250 years of US with praise for Israel US alliance and warnings for the future.
As President Donald Trump is praised, speakers caution that rising antisemitism and generational shifts test the alliance’s future.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-888241 JPost]
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Naomi Wolf Interviews Jamie Glazov About “United in Hate”.
Frontpage Editor unveils the Left's romance with tyranny, terror and Hamas.
February 27, 2026 by Glazov Gang.
[https://www.frontpagemag.com/naomi-wolf-interviews-jamie-glazov-about-united-in-hate/ FPM]
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Hamas-Linked CAIR is ‘Strong-Arming U.S. Schools into Promoting Islam’
Islamic Dawah targets American children.
February 27, 2026. By Christine Williams.
[https://www.frontpagemag.com/hamas-linked-cair-is-strong-arming-u-s-schools-into-promoting-islam/ FPM]
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Kfar Aza Foundation head appears together with former hostage Keith Siegel at Miami Summit.
Siegel: “During my 484 days in captivity, the source of my resilience and my strength was my family, my Jewish faith, the Jewish people, and all of you”
Resilience, Return & the Power of Community
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
January 15, 2026.
Updated: January 28, 2026 11:04
Alon Futterman, director of the Kfar Aza foundation, addressed the audience at the Jerusalem Post Miami Summit on Tuesday, together with former hostage Keith Siegel, who was held by Hamas terrorists for 484 days, before his release on February 1, 2025.
“I stand here in order to say that, unfortunately for some of the communities in Israel, October 7 is not over yet,” said Futterman. “There are still three communities that cannot go home, Kfar Aza being one of them.” He shared that the kibbutz plans to reopen this summer and that residents will eventually be able to return home.
[https://www.jpost.com/conferences/article-883559 JPost]
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Antisemitism emerges as a defining issue in 2026 California governor’s race.
Eric Swalwell, Antonio Villaraigosa, Matt Mahan, Tom Steyer, and Steve Hilton competed to present themselves as the strongest defender of Jewish safety at LA's gubernatorial forum on Thursday.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev/JTA.
February 28, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-888238 JPost]
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On Purim, Jewish tradition tells us to give to anyone who asks, no questions required - opinion.
Joshua Ladon/JTA.
February 28, 2026
On the day we wear masks, we are commanded not to look away. This Purim, when a hand reaches out, give. Start with something that feels like too much.
[https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-888237 JPost]
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'Why fire rockets when you can fire lies and win?' – opinion.
February 28, 2026
Amid a relentless, daily assault of slander and delegitimization, how can Israel fight back in the crisis of disinformation?
[https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-887573 JPost]
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