Hourly Roundup 06:00 Israel · 16 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- New York: From freedom and pluralism to hatred, antisemitism - opinionThe great tragedy is that this hatred is now disguised in seemingly moral language. Instead of shouting “Jews out,” people speak of “colonialist Zionism.”
- ‘The New York Times’ and the grotesque NGO ‘halo effect’ - opinionPoliticized NGOs and sympathetic media outlets continue amplifying unverified claims against Israel as fact.
- Iraq-based terror commander extradited to NYC to face charges of plotting attacks on Jewish sitesMohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi “directed and urged others to attack U.S. and Israeli interests and to kill Americans and Jews in the U.S. and abroad,” the Justice Department said.
- Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic candidate calling for ‘a prison for American Zionists'“This antisemitic rhetoric has no place in our politics. We need leadership in both parties willing to stand up and call out hate wherever it rears its ugly head,” Talarico said.
- The political echelon should free the IDF's hands - so that there will be quiet in the north | Avi AshkenaziIn Gaza, Az ad-Din al-Haddad was eliminated, and in the Shin Bet, after October 7, they established the Nili team: The eternity of Israel will not forget - everyone who planned the 7.10 is worthy…
- Iran giving mixed signals on deals, US open to 20 year halt to enrichment deal, Trump says“We really had the confines of a deal….every time they make a deal, the next day it’s like we didn’t have that conversation,” Trump said.
- "Alternative Sovereignty": How crime organizations extort protection money from state tendersWhile the state turns a blind eye, the CEO of "The New Guard" reveals: Crime organizations siphon billions, enjoy protection money in government tenders, and run drug greenhouses in IDF territories.
- Friedman-Feldman Exercise: Levin's Decision That Could Return Netanyahu's Trial to Square OneIn a candid interview, attorney Shashi Gaz warns of dictatorship and is appalled by the trampling of the judicial system. The senior criminal lawyer analyzes the prosecution's mistakes in the Netanyahu cases, and returns to…
Torah perspective
A terror commander maps a Manhattan synagogue for arson or explosives, and the plot is broken before it can strike. The Psalmist promises that He "who guards Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps," and here that vigilance took the form of undercover officers, federal complaints, and extradition. A synagogue is a "miniature sanctuary," a mikdash me'at, and its protection is not merely a police matter but a reflection of the covenant that no weapon formed against His dwelling places shall succeed. The threat was real, the hatred was ancient, and the deliverance was quiet and precise. We are reminded that divine providence works through human hands, and that the Guardian of Israel is always awake.