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David spoke to JNS when he was filling in for Ofir Akunis, the consul general, who was in Israel. He described himself as “number two” to Akunis
David spoke to JNS when he was filling in for Ofir Akunis, the consul general, who was in Israel. He described himself as “number two” to Akunis
[https://www.jns.org/feature/thrilled-to-be-in-new-york-city-says-new-israeli-deputy-consul-general JNS]
[https://www.jns.org/feature/thrilled-to-be-in-new-york-city-says-new-israeli-deputy-consul-general JNS]
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Gaza Health Ministry Chief’s Eldest Son Identified as Hamas Commander.
The IDF and Shin Bet identified Basir al-Bursh, the eldest son of Gaza Health Ministry Director-General Dr. Munir al-Bursh, as a commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba force after he was killed in an Israeli strike near Jabalia in northern Gaza.
Basir, 28, was killed on Saturday, September 19. Reuters independently confirmed that he was Munir al-Bursh’s son.
The Israeli agencies said weekend strikes also killed Yahya Hamdouna and Mohammad Rafa’i, two Hamas operatives whom Israel identified as participants in the October 7, 2023 attack. Rafa’i was additionally identified as a member of Hamas’s Daraj-Tuffah Battalion. According to the joint announcement, the three had recently been advancing attacks against Israeli troops and civilians and working to restore Hamas’s capabilities in what the agencies described as systematic violations of the ceasefire.
Open-source material published after Basir’s death also points toward a militant role in Hamas. Analyst Mark Zlochin posted what he identified as a mourning message from one of al-Bursh’s relatives referring to Basir as a “mujahid commander.” Munir al-Bursh himself was separately recorded addressing his dead son with the words, “By God, you did jihad in His path.”
Sep 22, 2026.
[https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nlOU!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F79da5311-0390-40fb-b483-7c5c677105bc_1456x1048.png].
September 22, 2026.
[https://jewishonliner.org/p/gaza-israel-hamas-nukhba-shinbet-idf-terror JewishOnliner]
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Somaliland delegation eyes Israeli military presence to strengthen cooperation against Houthis.
“If they get help from the Israelis, they can beat the Houthis and make it safe,” Dirie said.
By SamHalpern.
September 23, 2026.
Somaliland and Israel should develop a military partnership that could include an Israeli presence in Somaliland in order to strengthen cooperation against Houthi terrorists, Ahmed Dirie, chairperson of the executive committee of the Israel and Somaliland Friendship Association and head of a visiting delegation, told The Jerusalem Post.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-909487 JPost]
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By Mathilda Heller. September 23, 2026.
Shareholders of The New York Times filed a lawsuit against the paper’s parent company Wednesday morning, arguing the paper has failed to follow its own editorial standards.
The suit, filed by the State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA) and the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) in New York County Supreme Court, requests the Times board of directors to release internal records.
NYT shareholders file lawsuit against paper's parent org. over biased Israel reporting
The company has refused to produce the records for four months, the majority of which pertain to the paper’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.
The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, pictured September 16, 2025; illustrative.
The company has refused to produce the records for four months, the majority of which pertain to the paper’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.
Requests were first made by the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), representing NCPPR, on May 29 following the May 11 Nicholas Kristof column titled “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians," but the NYT has not complied.
[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-909484 JPost]
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Sa’ar rejects claim of global consensus against Israel, says UN majority cannot dictate policy.
“We were in the minority a year ago. We were in the minority two years ago, ten years ago, twenty years ago, and forty years ago,” Sa’ar said.
By Amichai Stein. September 23, 2026.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar acknowledged that Israel currently finds itself in a diplomatic minority at the United Nations but rejected the characterization that there is a broad international “consensus” against Israel.
Speaking to The Jerusalem Post during the ongoing 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sa’ar said Israel had been in a minority position at the UN for decades.
“We need to ask ourselves whether we should base our policy regarding our existential interests on the international consensus, or, even if it is not a total international consensus, on the majority view within the international system, or according to our own existential interests,” Sa’ar said
According to Sa’ar, Israel’s past concessions have not translated into lasting diplomatic credit.
'We have reached a point where we cannot make concessions'
He cited the Oslo Accords, the establishment of the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s 2005 unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip as examples of far-reaching Israeli steps that, in his view, did not produce the expected diplomatic benefits.
“Ultimately we receive no accumulated credit in the international system for these actions,” he said.
Sa’ar said Israel had reached a point where it could no longer continue making concessions simply because of international pressure.
“We have reached a point where we cannot make concessions,” he said.
The comments come as several countries continue to promote Palestinian statehood at the UN. A joint statement issued on Tuesday by the foreign ministers of Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reaffirmed support for a “sovereign, viable, and independent Palestinian State” and called for implementation of a two-state framework.
One of the world leaders who criticized Israel was Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Sa’ar said he did not currently define Turkey
as an “enemy state,” stressing that the term is an official designation with practical consequences.
“I do not define Turkey as an enemy state,” he said. “But I cannot ignore the fact that Turkey under Erdogan’s leadership is pursuing a policy hostile toward Israel in the diplomatic arena, including moves in the economic and legal spheres.”
Sa’ar said relations between Israel and Turkey had unfortunately been moving in a negative direction for decades and had intensified during Erdogan’s years in power.
He also pointed to Turkey’s relationship with
Hamas...
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-909496 JPost]
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The Macklemore Mess: What Pink Got Right and Everyone Else Got Wrong.
By Benjamin Elterman.
September 23, 2026.
Macklemore hasn't had a hit in a decade. Thanks to the backlash, he's now the most talked-about musician in the world. What should Jews have done instead?
What started as Macklemore’s hijacking of Ed Sheeran’s concert tour via a Free Palestine message has spiraled into international news, reigniting the Israel/Palestine debate, and almost canceling Ed Sheeran’s tour altogether. Patriots owner Robert Kraft tried to silence Macklemore. Ed Sheeran tried to remain silent. And Jewish singer/songwriter Pink inserted herself into the debacle commenting on social media via her Jewish experience.
But whose efforts helped the situation and whose made everything blow cataclysmically out of proportion? Most importantly what do we have to learn in this ever-increasing controversy that is as personal as it is political?
If you’re somehow not familiar with the events, here is a quick summary. At Ed Sheeran’s concerts on September 4th and 5th, rapper and master of poor fashion choices Macklemore delivered an extended political message about the war in Gaza, saying “Free Palestine,” playing his pro-Palestinian protest song “Hind’s Hall” while images of the destruction in Gaza played on a big screen. After the first night, Patriots owner Robert Kraft talked to Ed Sheeran, accused Macklemore of hate speech and insisted he not repeat the stunt. But on the subsequent night, Macklemore proved he wouldn’t be silenced.
Shortly after, Robert Kraft rallied other stadium owners leading to Macklemore being kicked off the tour. Macklemore accepted the ban, made another statement on social media announcing he was donating his salary for the tour of $1 million to Gaza charities and challenged Kraft to do the same. Kraft didn’t just meet the pledge he doubled it, saying the $2 million he ultimately pledged "to aid in the region" didn't come from Macklemore's dare at all, but from a private call in which Sheeran asked him to match Sheeran's own $2 million commitment.
Sheeran put out a statement saying it was not his decision to drop Macklemore but that he wouldn't abandon the tour. He insisted it was not a sign of being “complicit” and that there was suffering “on both sides.” This even but moderate response quickly led to Sheeran being in hot water. Opening acts of this tour as well as his touring band dropped out in solidarity with Macklemore, Sheeran became the focus of intense ridicule and criticism, and lost hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. He finally made another statement at his Philadelphia show condemning the suffering in Gaza (we’ll unpack that later). So what to make of it all?
Macklemore.
Macklemore is going to be Macklemore. I think he cares more about looking noble than the suffering of Gaza. His qualifying statement about “To all my Jewish brothers and sisters” essentially said, as long as you don’t support Israel, you’re okay, so don’t call me antisemitic. And I think he used the popularity and publicity of someone else’s tour to elevate himself.
But this article isn’t about criticizing someone so self-righteous and opportunistic. It’s about how to react to the willfully ignorant statements they make.
Bad Optics.
Officially, the Messina Touring Group made the decision to pull Macklemore from the show. But the real pressure came from stadium owner Robert Kraft, and that's where the public blame has landed. A wealthy, visibly Jewish public figure organizing a boycott to silence someone speaking about the most popular political movement of the generation was about the stupidest thing anyone could have done.
Macklemore hasn't had a hit since the mid-2010s, but for the moment, he's the most talked-about musical artist in the world.
The war that followed October 7th has always been fought over public opinion as much as territory, and Hamas has won that fight at nearly every turn. In part by reviving the oldest conspiracy in the book, the idea that Jews secretly control governments and media. Kraft's organized boycott didn't invent that narrative, but it handed it something that looked, to a casual observer, like real evidence: a rich and powerful Jewish man personally deciding which artist gets to speak.
Macklemore hasn't had a hit since the mid-2010s, but for the moment, he's the most talked-about musical artist in the world.
Robert Kraft.
Kraft could have used ownership of the literal platform to educate. As Jessica Tarlov said on the September 19th episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, “Bob Kraft could have made a public point of this and gotten some of the dialogue that we desperately need to have about the facts on the ground about what’s going on in Gaza and what Israel is doing… made it more of a teachable moment so we could at least be talking about it versus everyone going back to their [camps].”
We need more truthful information, nuance, and clarity. Not silence.
This controversy thrives on misinformation and disinformation. Why he isn’t using his considerable resources and literal platforms to give his follow Jews the education to stand up to the accusations of genocide and apartheid is beyond me. We need more truthful information, nuance, and clarity. Not silence.
Not Thinking Out Loud.
Ed Sheeran tried not to choose a side. He should be able to hold a concert to appeal to everyone, and not force a political message down his audience’s throat if he doesn’t want to. But because of Macklemore, Sheeran found himself in the midst of an international litmus test.
He tried to say he wasn’t complicit, but in that space said nothing substantive or meaningful. I imagine he has some awareness of the Israel side of the story as he once met with former hostage and survivor of the Nova Festival, Noa Argamani. And though he claims he wants his art to be apolitical he has held concerts to raise charity for the Ukraine War. However that was his decision to make, not something he was forced into.
Saturday, September 19, he made a tearful statement at the opening of his Philadelphia show first saying that this was the “most complex political issue on the planet,” acknowledging the horrors of the October 7th Nova massacre, but the suffering in Gaza was “catastrophic and unjustifiable” and described the situation in the West Bank as “systemic injustice.” However, he stopped short of saying, “Free Palestine” or calling Gaza a “genocide.” Most reactions online were that it wasn’t good enough, and memes made its rounds on the internet that he was drying his tears with hundred-dollar bills.
What should he have done? Ultimately it was a lose/lose situation. Sheeran seems to want to offend as few people as possible, and when you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. It would have been nice to have talked about meeting Noa Argamani and describe some of the nuance of the war. It would have shown some of the backbone he was criticized so much for lacking, but it would have ignited a storm he wasn’t ready to deal with. As least he didn’t capitulate to calling the war a genocide.
The Pink Slip.
On September 6th, Pink shared a post from StopAntisemitism demanding an apology, refunds for concert attendees, and insisted the genocide was false as well as many other pro-Israel post on Instagram. She was met with considerable backlash, as to be expected. But then, on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah, she shared a very personal and thoughtful message. She acknowledged that she reacted strongly and the posts weren’t necessarily what she would have said herself. “... the comments came, and I did what I do when I’m hurt, which is post snarky memes and act like I’m fine. That’s on me. But I’d rather be disagreed with for what I actually said than hated for what anybody else wrote, so let me say it.”
From there she opens up in a very personal and intimate way, sharing her experience with her Judaism. She shares her honest feelings about the war and Hamas as well as her humanitarian efforts with Unicef. But then she shared what angered her most about Macklemore’s diatribe:
…he stood in front of a stadium full of music-loving families, with violent images from a war on the screens, dedicated a song to the movement of his choice, and then took the mic to tell all of the Jews in the stadium that it wasn’t about them. You don’t get to decide that for us…. What I need is to be able to say, as a Jewish mom, “that scared me, and it scared people I love,” without being told our fear is just propaganda, and without being told I’m somehow cool with genocide because I noticed?
These were, to me, the most important words of the whole controversy. Not an attack, just an honest account of how she felt. As much as the other side can reject, diminish, or try to turn it against you (and they have - Javier Bardem is backing a petition for Unicef to remove Pink as an ambassador), if the statement is honest and sensitive, their reactions don’t matter. What matters is that Pink’s words speak to the struggle Jews are having to face in every space that used to be safe. College campuses, coffee houses, hair salons, hotels, and concerts.
In a tense argument one of the best ways to dial it down is to use statements such as, “This is how this makes me feel.” It doesn’t condemn the other person; it shares your part in the conflict. It turns an enemy into a human.
This is the sincere expression Ed Sheeran never gave the public. Robert Kraft did eventually offer something close to it: "I would welcome the opportunity to sit down with Macklemore and discuss the facts, because ultimately our goal is the same — peace for all people, an end to suffering, and an end to all hate." But the offer came after he'd already organized the boycott, not before.
And it's a shame, because who came out on top on all of this? Not Pink. Not the children in Gaza. Not any Jew who doesn’t want to condemn Zionism or Israel.
Macklemore. With every single reaction, he became more and more popular. Like the Burger King employee who got fired for saying “Free Palestine” and got a mural on some wall in Gaza, Macklemore knows the more offensive he can be, the more notoriety he gets. And the more backlash Jews lob at him, the more he is honored.
But in that three-minute speech on Ed Sheeran’s tour, he didn’t have a shred of the honest authentic heart that Pink had in just one of the sentences of her Rosh Hashanah Eve post to Jews everywhere.
[https://aish.com/the-macklemore-mess-what-pink-got-right-and-everyone-else-got-wrong/ Aish]
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Missouri Will Not Be Exploited as Cash Conduit for Middle East Terrorists’: State AG Launches Probe of Students for Justice in Palestine Fundraising Practices.
September 23, 2026.
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced on Wednesday she had launched an investigation into Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) fundraising and charitable‑solicitation activities within the state.
Hanaway’s office issued civil investigative demands (CIDs) to Mizzou SJP and National SJP after identifying grounds to inquire whether its affiliated chapters, agents, or representatives have engaged in conduct prohibited by the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
A statement from Hanaway’s office noted it had “reason to believe the subjects may have engaged in deception, fraud, false promises, misrepresentation, unfair practices, and the concealment, suppression, or omission of material facts in connection with charitable solicitations.”
Hanaway said, “Our office will not tolerate any organization duping Missourians or Missouri students into unknowingly financing radical Islamic terrorism. We will use every tool the law allows to expose deceptive fundraising, trace where the money goes, and stop any effort to channel charitable donations to violent or terror-linked actors. Missouri will not be exploited as a cash conduit for terrorists in the Middle East.”
According to Hanaway’s office, SJP has chapters at the University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Washington University in St. Louis, and Missouri State University.
Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) President of U.S. Affairs Alyza D. Lewin praised the opening of the investigation, saying, “Missouri is right to demand answers. Transparency is key. At a time when our youth are becoming increasingly radicalized, it is essential to ensure that student organizations are not raising funds in support of terror. We commend Attorney General Hanaway for her proactive leadership on this critical issue. The safety of all Missourians and the integrity of charitable giving are at stake.”
Earlier this year, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed HB 2061, landmark legislation aimed at combating antisemitic discrimination in Missouri’s public K-12 schools and institutions of higher education.
The law mandated the integration of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, including its 11 illustrative examples, into student, faculty, and employee codes of conduct.
It also facilitated stricter enforcement of Title VI of the U.S. Civil Rights Act by directing the Missouri State Board of Education and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to each designate a Title VI coordinator to monitor, report, and investigate cases of antisemitism.
Missouri was the 18th U.S. state to codify the IHRA definition into law.
Students for Justice in Palestine Campus Chapters Use Instagram to Glorify Antisemitic Violence, CAM Snapshot Study Shows.
[https://combatantisemitism.org/government-and-policy/missouri-will-not-be-exploited-a-cash-conduit-for-middle-east-terrorists-state-ag-launches-probe-of-students-for-justice-in-palestine-fundraising-practicesmissouri-will-not-be-exploited-a-cash/ CAM]
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Israeli ambassador to Washington says doctors ‘fighting to save life’ of son after car-ramming attack.
“Neria needs a miracle,” Yechiel Leiter wrote of his son, who was seriously injured on Wednesday.
Andrew Bernard.
(Sept. 23, 2026 / JNS) Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter said on Wednesday that his son Neria Leiter “needs a miracle” after being seriously injured in a car ramming attack at a checkpoint in Samaria.
“I am grateful to the IDF, to the medical team at Shaare Zedek who are now fighting to save the life of Neria Dov ben Chana, and for the prayers of the people of Israel,”..
[https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/israeli-ambassador-to-washington-says-doctors-fighting-to-save-life-of-son-after-ramming-attack JNS]
"Neria needs a miracle."
Amb. Leiter calls for prayers for son injured in terror attack.
Neria Leiter, son of Israeli Ambassador to the US, was critically wounded in the attack on Route 443. Neria continued to serve in the reserves after losing his older brother nearly three years ago.
Yoni Kempinski.
Sep 23, 2026, 9:03 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433554 INN]
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Fetterman Reaches Out to Leiter Family.
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman sent condolences to Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter after his son Neriya was critically wounded in a ramming attack: As a father, I cannot imagine this uncertainty and pain.
Eliana Fleming
Sep 23, 2026
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/tlu1lc JFeed]
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After Maccabim checkpoint attack | Regional leaders: The security reality must change.
The heads of the Binyamin and Samaria regional councils visit Shaare Zedek Hospital together to stand with the family of Neria Leiter, who was seriously injured: “The government must turn everything upside down."
Israel National News. Sep 24, 2026, 12:08 AM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433563 INN]
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Security warnings cut Netanyahu’s US visit to just seven hours.
Netanyahu is reportedly set to spend just seven hours in the US after security officials urged him to minimize his stay amid concrete warnings over the trip.
Israel National News.
Published: Sep 23, 2026, 10:33 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433558 INN]
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Israeli forces seize M-16, combat equipment in raid near Jerusalem.
Israeli security forces discovered an M-16 rifle, ammunition and black masks during a raid of a home in the village of as-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya, just outside Jerusalem, the Israel Police said on Wednesday.
Police arrested a 27-year-old eastern Jerusalem resident on suspicion of possessing the weapon and equipment.
A judge was said to have extended the suspect’s remand until Sept. 28 to allow for further questioning.
Police said more than 120 weapons have been seized in the Jerusalem District since the start of 2026. The weapons “could have fallen into hostile hands and been used to carry out attacks motivated by terrorism or criminal activity,” the statement added.
Sep 23, 2026.
[https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a0-ce39-d944-a9bf-ffbbc7690000 JNS]
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SCOOP: State Department to host Oct. 7 memorial for slain Americans
The event will take place just ahead of the three-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks and is being organized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s office, JNS learned.
Mike Wagenheim. Sep 23, 2026
[https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/scoop-state-department-to-host-oct-7-memorial-for-slain-americans JNS]
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US says it has given Lebanon over $800 million in military aid since 2020.
“The United States remains committed to supporting the government of Lebanon and the Lebanese Armed Forces in strengthening state authority, protecting civilians, providing services and creating conditions that help bring about lasting peace and stability,” the U.S. embassy in Lebanon stated.
Sep 23, 2026
[https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a0-cf0d-d416-a3e5-ff7dd3c40000 JNS]
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IDF confirms: Hamas finance chief funneled over NIS 1 billion to terror.
IDF, Shin Bet, eliminate Muhammad Abu Alwan, who directed massive funding for Hamas, worked to rebuild terrorist organization’s capabilities during ceasefire.
Israel National News.
Published: Sep 24, 2026, 9:31 AM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433578 INN]
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Neria Leiter’s mother: ‘His life is still in danger’.
Hani Leiter, mother of IDF reservist critically injured in terror attack, says son Neria remains stable but has a severe brain injury, underwent three surgeries.
Israel National News.
Sep 24, 2026, 1:57 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433595 INN]
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IDF eliminates Hamas commander who held seven hostages.
Hamas commander Mahmoud Abd al-Fattah Awad helped hold seven Israelis captive in a Gaza tunnel, planned new attacks, and rebuilt Hamas capabilities, IDF reveals.
Israel National News.
Sep 24, 2026, 9:47 AM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433580 INN]
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Katz attacks 'paper sultan' Erdogan over UNGA speech, urges him to stop 'messing with Israel'.
The defense minister accused Erdogan of financing and embracing Hamas, and claimed that he dreams of "restoring the Ottoman Empire" in a post on X/Twitter.
"Now he's signed the 'Mecca Agreement' to defend Saudi Arabia," he said, "But when the Houthis fired missiles at Mecca and it was time to honor his word, he vanished into thin air."
"Israel is strong and knows how to protect itself. We're not the Kurds and the desperate people he still oppresses in Turkey today," he said.
Sep 24, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-909534 JPost]
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Bessent: 'Not sure' how Iranian UN delegation will return home.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says US sanctions have shut down most Iranian international flights: We are squeezing the Iranians like they've never seen.
Israel National News.
Sep 24, 2026, 5:23 AM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433569 INN]
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Private Pittsburgh college retaliated against Jewish prof for reporting Jew-hatred, civil rights complaint alleges.
Deena Margolies, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS that “Jewish faculty, staff and students should be able to report antisemitic discrimination without fear that speaking up will jeopardize their academic or professional futures.”
Aaron Bandler. (Sept. 24, 2026 / JNS) A Jewish professor at Duquesne University, a private Catholic school in Pittsburgh, has been subjected to a hostile work environment and endured retaliation for reporting antisemitism on campus, according to a complaint that the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday.
[https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/private-pittsburgh-college-retaliated-against-jewish-prof-for-reporting-jew-hatred-civil-rights-complaint-alleges JNS]
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IDF, police probe Arab attack on Israelis in Samaria.
Israel Defense Forces soldiers were dispatched on Thursday to the Salfit area, near Ariel in Samaria, following a report of a violent attack on Israeli civilians, the military told JNS.
The Palestinian suspects fled the scene when the soldiers arrived, the IDF said.
Israel Police officers, secured by IDF troops, subsequently entered the area to collect evidence and testimony.
According to the Hatzalah Judea and Samaria (Rescuers Without Borders) emergency service, the assailants blocked an Israeli car near the community of Nofei Nehemia. They then got out armed with clubs and stones and attacked those inside before fleeing to Salfit.
One Israeli was lightly injured, the NGO said. He was treated at the scene.
Sep 24, 2026
[https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a0-d320-d232-a5f5-fbfba3f10000 JNS]
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Argentina’s Milei hails Netanyahu as ‘extraordinary leader’.
Argentinian President Javier Milei said on Wednesday that the Jewish state might not exist today if it weren’t for the leadership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He made the remarks after his address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Netanyahu noted in a post on X.
Speaking to reporters in Spanish, Milei called the Israeli premier “an extraordinary leader with a geopolitical vision.”
He said Netanyahu understands the link to “the cultural battle” as few world leaders do. He named U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as other exceptions.
Sep 24, 2026
[https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a0-d356-d8a4-a7f2-fbfee1e90000 JNS]
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Jewish groups lead rally of about 1,000 outside UN General Assembly to demand action against antisemitism.
“There’s so much to do, and world leaders have the authority to move the needle,” Eric Goldstein, who leads the UJA, told JNS. “We need to motivate them.”
Rebecca Szlechter, Mike Wagenheim. Sep 24, 2026.
[https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/jewish-groups-hold-large-rally-outside-un-general-assembly-to-demand-action-against-antisemitism JNS]
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Dutch Parliament to host son of convicted Palestinian terror leader amid criticism.
Arab Barghouti will address the Dutch House of Representatives on Thursday at the invitation of Progressive Netherlands (PRO) lawmaker Kati Piri, prompting condemnation from Jewish community leaders.
Marwan Barghouti, Arab’s father, is serving five life sentences for his involvement in deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada.
Arab Barghouti has called terrorism “a colonial word” and described his father as “a role model” as he campaigned for his release from prison.
Sep 24, 2026
[https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a0-d340-dba2-a1ae-ff604ea70000 JNS]
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Proposed Michigan resolution urges federal support for Israeli statehood, targets Hamas threats.
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Gina Johnsen, emphasizes that "The State of Israel has a right to exist, and denying this is a form of antisemitism."
By Alex Carson. September 24, 2026.
Lawmakers in the Michigan House of Representatives have introduced a resolution urging the US government to back Israel's right to statehood and take measures to prevent Hamas from eliminating the Jewish state on Tuesday.
House Resolution 372, introduced by Rep. Gina Johnsen and sponsored by Rep. Joseph Fox and Rep. Tim Kelly, is officially described as "A resolution to urge the United States government to take action to support Israel’s right to statehood and prevent Hamas and other groups from succeeding in their efforts to eliminate the only Jewish state, and to call on the Governor to review department policies to ensure they are not antisemitic."
The resolution traces the historical context behind the measure, noting that "The Jewish people are native to the Land of Israel. However, throughout history and across the reign of multiple kingdoms, the Jewish people were persecuted and expelled from the Land of Israel, forced to live as minority diaspora communities in other lands."
The text highlights that "This genocide provided new urgency to re-establish a Jewish homeland for the Jewish people, where they would not be a vulnerable minority, where they could freely practice their faith, and where something like the Holocaust could never happen again."
Resolution labels threats to Israel's existence as antisemitism.
The measure further points out that once Israel was established, "other countries and terrorist entities continued to attack Israel, reject its right to exist, and call for its destruction," while adding that the events of October 7 "demonstrate that Israel continues to face existential threats to this day."
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-909600 JPost]
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US Senate candidate El-Sayed evades audience request to denounce IRGC, break silence on Iran.
"I haven't heard anything from you about the protesters, Abdul," an audience member said. "That silence had a gaping hole in our community and I want to ask if you regret that silence".
By Alex Carson. September 24, 2026
Michigan Democratic Party senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed evaded an audience member's direct request to unequivocally condemn the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during a University of Michigan town hall event titled "Students vs. Billionaires" on Wednesday, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.
The event was part of a statewide campus tour organized by More Perfect University to engage voters across Michigan.
[https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-909602 JPost]
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The Jerusalem Post:
From the battlefield to social media, the war over Israel’s image is having consequences far beyond Gaza. The Gaza GenoLIE campaign brings together more than 100 organizations to challenge what its leaders call a modern blood libel and its impact on Jewish communities worldwide.
Sep 24, 2026
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‘NAZA’ documentary misrepresents Gaza targeting process, Military official to i24NEWS.
Targeting is a seven-stage process and the IDF claims that the interviewees were all serving in the first stage with no access to later stages.
Ariel Oseran. Senior Middle East Correspondent, i24NEWS English Channel.
September 24, 2026.
... The core issue the IDF lays out is that the interviewees only had access to a single stage in the intelligence process and as a result can recount only the preliminary intelligence stage of the process.
[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/culture/artc-idf-naza-documentary-misrepresents-gaza-targeting-process i24]
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Einat Wilf exposes the world's pro-Palestinian mass psychosis.
Many in Israel declared "mission accomplished" when the hostages came home. Wilf thinks otherwise and lays out a day-after plan for Gaza that no one else in Israeli politics would touch.
'There's no from the river to the sea. There is no return' | Einat Wilf.
By Jerusalem Post Podcasts
September 24, 2026.
With elections bearing down and the whole country consumed by the race, diplomat and writer Einat Wilf sat down with Jacob Laznik to make a case that almost no one else in Israeli politics is making. Running third on the Reservists–New Economic Party list, an unaligned slate polling around four seats and openly determined to blow up the country's paralyzing bloc politics, Wilf argues that the real fight isn't over territory or coalitions at all, but over consciousness.
October 7, in her telling, was the day adversaries "emerged from physical and metaphorical tunnels to launch a global assault on Jewish life," and her central claim is that neither the government nor the opposition grasps the scale of that war of ideas, let alone how to fight it.
For a writer and former lawmaker who has spent two decades on exactly this terrain, the campaign is less about a seat than about forcing a conversation the political class keeps avoiding.
Moving the topic to the Gaza Strip
Where the interview gets passionate is Gaza. Wilf contends that Israel's leaders have left the single most consequential question of the postwar era: What actually happens the day after, which is almost entirely undiscussed.
She then lays out a strikingly concrete alternative: Reinterpreting the Board of Peace's twenty-point framework so that "Gaza will not be a threat" means ideological disarmament rather than a few weapons stashed in a shed, and splitting the Strip into a "Gaza of war" and a "Gaza of peace" where residents must formally renounce refugee status and the right of return before any reconstruction money flows.
It's a vision that ranges from the granular, which includes cutting UNRWA cards, new documents, a new flag, to the sweeping idea of rebuilding not just a place but a people's self-understanding. Around it she threads the themes her readers will recognize: the "bigotry of low expectations," "Westsplaining," the "Zionism Is" project, and the "mass psychosis" she says drives anti-Israel activism from the Oxford Union floor to the street. Laznik, in turn, questions the logistics, the other players at the table like Qatar and Turkey, the risk that reopening a signed agreement reads as reneging, and the uncomfortable reality that Hamas keeps boasting it would do it all again.
Whether you come away thinking Wilf's plan is visionary or unworkable, you'll want to hear how she answers when pressed. Watch the full interview to see where it holds up and where it strains.
This is part one of The Jerusalem Post's interview with Wilf. Stay tuned for part two.
[https://www.jpost.com/podcast/article-909612 JPost]
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Maryland Republicans withdraw support from antisemitic conspiracy theorist.
“I think the only advice I have is deal with allegations as soon as you’re made aware, as we did,” the Montgomery County Republican Party committee chairman told JNS. “For both parties. Better to correct errors than stay the course.”
Jessica Russak-Hoffman.
(Sept. 24, 2026 / JNS) The Montgomery County Republican Party in Maryland withdrew its support on Wednesday for a county council candidate who claimed that the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, controls elected officials in the county.
The party, which endorsed Harold Maldonado in District 7 in June, decided at a meeting on Tuesday night to end its support for the candidate and not to include him in its 2026 voter guide.
“We reject as baseless and unacceptable his allegations that Mossad controls Montgomery County elected officials,” Dennis Melby, chairman of the party committee, stated. “We oppose antisemitism, bigotry and all forms of baseless conspiracy theories, regardless of who they target or the political cause used to advance them.”
[https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/maryland-republicans-withdraw-support-from-antisemitic-conspiracy-theorist JNS]
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Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives in US ahead of UN speech.
Netanyahu arrives for an unusually brief US visit, heading directly to the UN for his address and meetings with world leaders before returning to Israel.
Israel National News
Sep 24, 2026, 7:17 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433613 INN]
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China sent Iran more than 1,300 drone, missile component shipments, per Iranian custom data.
The dual-use components for drones and missiles were sent to Iran’s Defense Ministry through the end of June, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Iranian customs data.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Washington meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
[https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a0-d43b-de98-a7ff-f5bb04300000 JNS]
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US has redirected 115 vessels since start of Hormuz blockade, CENTCOM says.
[https://www.jns.org/live/breaking-news#000001a0-d405-d5da-a1f2-de256ac10000 JNS]
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