Hourly Roundup 03:00 Israel · 14 May 2026

Stories in this hour

From Rutgers speaker to Kristof column, disputed dog rape claim against Israel goes mainstreamA week after a university commencement speaker was canceled because of a tweet claiming that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners, the allegation leapt into the pages of The New York Times. The columnist…
New Jersey man pleads guilty to ramming Chabad headquarters with his carDan Sohail pleaded guilty on Wednesday to damaging Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., facing a maximum sentence of three years in prison and mandatory restitution, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Sohail, 36,…
Soldier sentenced to 30 days in prison after IDF Chief of Staff catches him with 'Messiah' patchZamir had been touring the West Bank when he encountered several soldiers who were behaving inappropriately and failing to follow military discipline.
Pentagon considering renaming Iran war 'Operation Sledgehammer' if ceasefire fails - reportA new operation name could allow the Trump administration to distinguish renewed strikes from Operation Epic Fury, NBC reported.
Rubio: US hoping to convince China to play more active role vis-a-vis IranThe United States hopes to convince China to play a more active role in trying to persuade Iran to walk away from what it is doing in the Gulf, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, who moved back to Germany in his 80's, dies aged 101Weinberg, who was born in Rhauderfehn in 1925, passed away in the town of Leer, not far from his birthplace in northwest Germany.
Chinese companies planning clandestine arms sales to Iran, US intelligence finds - reportChina has significantly aided Iran over the course of the war, providing intelligence on US forces and supplying Tehran with dual-use materials used in the production of drones and missiles.

Torah perspective

A false report that would have been dismissed as absurd a generation ago now finds a home in the pages of a major newspaper. The Torah commands us not to accept a false report (Exodus 23:1), and the Sages teach that the tongue's power to destroy is greater than the sword's. What makes a blood libel so insidious is not that it persuades the informed, but that it hardens hearts already inclined to believe the worst about Israel. The antidote is not only to refute the lie but to refuse it entry into our own speech and attention. Guarding the tongue means guarding what we amplify, even in outrage.