Hourly Roundup 08:00 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.
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.
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.
The jellyfish are already here: How to avoid stings this coming summerSummer is approaching in giant strides - and with it the unpleasant part of spending time at the sea. What should you know before entering a beach with jellyfish, how to reduce the risk of…
"The FBI Has Not Forgotten": The Manhunt for the Intelligence Officer Who Disappeared in IranThe FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the location of Monica Witt, a former American intelligence officer accused of spying for Iran. According to authorities, she defected to Tehran in 2013…
In New York, they marked Nakba Day, Mamdani uploaded a video and sparked outrage: 'Endangers the Jews'The mayor of New York published the testimony of Inea Bushnaq who was presented as a 'Nakba survivor', and she told that her family fled her home at age 9 'because the Zionists came to…
New York Times: 'Intensive preparations in US and Israel, renewal of strikes in Iran possible next week'Sources who spoke with the New York Times said that the president's advisers have already formulated plans to return to fighting. Intensive bombings or ground forces? Trump has not yet made a decision, but military…

Torah perspective

On the very soil where Jews fled pogroms and found refuge, a city's leadership now gives platform to the lie that Jewish return to Jerusalem was an act of aggression. The Torah warns: 'Remember what Amalek did to you when you left Egypt.' Amalek's strategy was not brute force alone but distorting history itself, cooling the awe that nations felt. When a mayor commemorates the 'catastrophe' of Jewish refugees rebuilding their ancient homeland and fails to condemn those who harass worshippers outside synagogues, that same distortion lives. The antidote: we must tell our story unapologetically, rooted in the truth that the Land was given to us by God and that Jewish indigeneity here is not a matter of political debate but of divine covenant.