Hourly Roundup 11:00 UTC 13 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- Universities failing to protect pro-Israel students from hateCalls for antizionism to be treated as a hate crime and parliamentary inquiry after publication of devastating report
- Israeli minister prays at Temple Mount, calls on public to visit Judaism's holiest siteYitzhak Wasserlauf, Israel's minister for the development of the periphery, the Negev and the Galilee, prayed at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Wednesday, and called on the Israeli public to visit the site. Wasserlauf…
- Confrontation in Finance Committee over Judea and SamariaA bill seeking to establish tax benefits for settlements under threat in Judea and Samaria was at the center of a heated Finance Committee discussion today.
- Minister praises 'revolution' on Temple MountNegev, Galilee and National Resilience Minister Itshak Wasserlauf visits Temple Mount ahead of Jerusalem Day, praising revolution in site management.
- Israeli deputy PM Levin to address Romanian parliament ahead of Solidarity DaySpeaking ahead of the plenary, Grindeanu described Israel as Romania's closest ally in the region and said both countries are prepared to expand commercial and investment ties.
- Hamas forces said to turn back workers for Trump-backed Gaza projectHamas blocked Gazan contractors last week from reaching an area in Rafah designated for a new Palestinian city under the Trump administration’s peace plan, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday. The contractors told Kan News that…
- Iraq downplays reports of ‘secret’ Israeli base, while sending troops to find it - analysisIraq’s army is now being told to “defend” the desert and the homeland so that “Iraq will not be a launchpad or arena for aggression against neighboring countries.”
- Mossad chief Barnea visited UAE at least twice to coordinate during Operation Roaring Lion - reportBarnea reportedly flew to the UAE in March and April.
- JLE relaunches as Olami UKOlami UK will join an network of Olami centres in nearly 30 countries
- One in 10 successful candidates in UK local elections elected on Gaza-related or Muslim issuesFor context, this means that over 1 in 10 candidates who were elected to English local councils are Muslim sectarians.
- Legislation to proscribe IRGC confirmed in King’s SpeechThe prime minister first revealed the planned measures to the JC, but has now made it part of his formal legislative agenda
- After Netanyahu's haredi crisis: Bennett closes in, could overtake with Eisenkot - pollAccording to the poll, Likud, led by Netanyahu, would receive 26 seats, while Bennett’s Together Party, which has merged with Lapid, would win 25.
The report describes Jewish students being investigated for waving an Israeli flag while Palestinian banners go unquestioned. This inversion, where the victim is treated as the aggressor, echoes an ancient pattern. The Torah commands, "Do not stand idly by your brother's blood." But it also commands something harder: to know, without apology, who you are. A Jew carrying a flag on campus is not provocation; it is the quietest form of testimony. The real failure is not that universities lack policies. It is that they have forgotten how to name evil plainly. When antizionism is treated as a debating position rather than the modern face of an old hatred, institutions lose their moral compass. The student who waves a flag in the face of a mob is not the one disturbing the peace.