Hourly Roundup 09:00 Israel · 19 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- Jewish US lawmakers warn antisemitic threats have surged since October 7“We seem, Sara, to have passed a Rubicon now with these antisemitic threats,” Moskowitz said. “Now it’s every day, all the time.”
- Price of Hate: Man who pepper sprayed haredim to pay 16,000 ILSAn Arab man who attacked two haredi men in Jerusalem out of racist motives will be required to compensate them NIS 16,000 following a civil suit filed against him.
- WATCH: Flotilla activists rejoice after being detained by Israeli NavyParticipants in the Turkish-led effort to breach Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip were seen celebrating after being detained by the Israel Defense Forces on Monday, Jerusalem's Foreign Ministry said. "Activists from the provocation…
- Israel warns Europe lawmakers of 'hostility' hurting tiesIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on Monday that he’d briefed the president of the European Parliament’s European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, on talks with Lebanon and on “hostile governments” to Israel working against “Europe’s…
- 'Oops! … I Did It Again': IDF jams Gaza flotilla radios with Britney Spears songThe Israel Defense Forces jammed the radios of the Turkish-led Gaza flotilla and broadcast Britney Spears' "Oops! … I Did It Again," a source familiar with the matter confirmed to JNS on Tuesday. Flotilla organizers…
- Elon Musk praises Israeli innovation as 'number one in the world'Elon Musk, considered to be the richest person on the planet, has lauded Israeli innovation as “number one” in the world. “I’m a huge admirer of the innovation coming out of Israel,” Musk said Monday…
- Antisemitism at Its Peak: Young Jew Attacked inyan Jew Attacked on London StreetsA Jew, about 22 years old, was brutally attacked last night (Monday) in the heart of the Jewish neighborhood of Golders Green in London, after a gang of masked youths jumped him in the middle…
- Silk Road Virtual Museum opens first Israel exhibit, displays ancient textiles found in AravaThe exhibit, curated by academics from the University of Haifa, features textiles from India, Central Asia, and China.
- Israel's education system is failing its kids - editorialOnly 3% of ninth-grade students who took Israel’s national science exam reached the high standard set by the Education Ministry. More than half were reportedly at a low or medium-low.
- Terrorists 'will be brought to justice,' San Diego mayor warns after deadly mosque shootingSan Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said local law enforcement and the FBI were investigating the attack on the largest mosque in San Diego County as a hate crime.
- Between Ruin and Victory: Netanyahu and the Right Ahead of the First Direct Elections for Prime Minister | Dr. Eitan LesriFrom a historic low point to a stunning victory: How did Netanyahu manage to extract the Right from the shock following Rabin's assassination? The terror attacks that changed the discourse, the awakening on the ground,…
- Iran will not 'surrender,' Pezeshkian says after Trump claims Iran-US dialogue progressThis comes as a response to US President Donald Trump, who said on Monday he had paused a planned attack against Iran after Tehran sent a peace proposal to Washington.
Torah perspective
Mount Sinai was called Sinai because from it descended sinah, hatred, to the nations of the world. The sages teach that this hatred erupted not only because the Jewish people received the Jewish People received the Torah, but because the nations were offered it and refused. Every antisemitic attack is therefore a distorted reminder that the Torah still awaits all of humanity. The hatred is not a sign of weakness but of the weight of the mission. When a Jew is targeted simply for being a Jew, that is the world reacting to the presence of Sinai in our midst. The response is not to shrink, but to stand taller in the identity that the identity that draws the fire.