Hourly Roundup 06:00 Israel · 13 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- Netflix's hate speech policy excludes JewsWhen “Zionist" becomes culturally understood shorthand for something sinister, Hollywood no longer needs explicit antisemitism. The implication does the work. When Shane Gillis hosted a show aired live on Netflix, he used the word that…
- IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target in area in which soldiers are operating in southern LebanonA short while ago, the Israeli Air Force intercepted a suspicious aerial target identified in the area in which IDF soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon. No sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.
- Magen David Adom announces new mental health emergency response unitUnder the new system, mental health-related calls will be transferred to a specially trained mental health dispatcher for evaluation, instead of being handled by standard medical teams.
- Nazi-looted painting found in home of Dutch SS collaborator's descendants - reportPortrait of a Young Girl, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, was in the collection of Jewish art collector Jacques Goudstikker before it was taken when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands.
- Barcelona's Lamine Yamal displays PLO flag during La Liga victory paradeBarcelona’s Lamine Yamal sparks debate by waving PLO flag during the club's title parade.
- Kuwait blames Iran for armed infiltration attempt near critical hubKuwait accuses Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of a failed raid on a strategic China-funded port.
- Trump says stopping Iran's nuclear program outweighs Americans' economic pain"The only thing that matters, when I’m talking about Iran, they can’t have a nuclear weapon," US President Donald Trump said before departing the White House for a trip to China.
Torah perspective
The soul too can suffer a crisis that looks like a heart attack or a wound, yet the response has often been slower, less organized, less urgent. Magen David Adom's new mental health unit recognizes what the Torah has always known: the nefesh is not separate from the body, and saving a life means saving the whole person. The command to heal, derived from the verse 'and he shall surely heal' (Exodus 21:19), grants the physician authority over the body. But the same divine mandate extends to the broken spirit, the overwhelmed mind, the person who cannot see a way forward. Training dispatchers to recognize mental health emergencies is not a modern innovation. It is an act of pikuach nefesh, the obligation to rescue life in all its dimensions.