Hourly Roundup 16:00 Israel · 20 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- The IDF is on the highest level of alert and is prepared for anything, says IDF Chief of Staff Lt. General Zamir.
- Justice Dept to form advisory committee to combat ‘rising tide’ of Jew-hatredThe U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it will establish a new advisory body aimed at combating Jew-hatred nationwide. The Anti-Semitism Advisory Committee will provide recommendations to the attorney general and Justice Department…
- Barney Frank’s final warning on Israel: ‘America’s effort should be to support the opposition to Netanyahu’Barney Frank, for years the progressive conscience of his party who died on Tuesday night , had one last piece of advice for Democrats as he entered hospice care earlier this month: Repudiate litmus tests…
- Eisenkot: Ben-Gvir harming Israel's image for likes on social mediaGadi Eisenkot joined the criticism against Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, saying that he is “deliberately harming Israel’s image around the world in order to collect likes on social media." Eisenkot added that “a prime minister who…
- Second Hashomer Hachadash youth conference opens with series of activities in the Gaza EnvelopeThe “Envelope to Envelope” initiative connects a long trail with memorial seating areas featuring stories of fallen heroes
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:“Israel has every right to prevent provocative flotillas of Hamas terrorist supporters from entering our territorial waters and reaching Gaza. However, the way that Minister Ben Gvir dealt with the flotilla activists is not in…Israeli Pm
- WATCH: Ben-Gvir causes diplomatic storm after harassing detained flotilla activists in AshdodIn response to Ben-Gvir's video, FM Sa'ar accused the far-right minister of damaging Israel's reputation, saying that he wasted "enormous professional and successful efforts."
- While I enjoy watching the flotidiots getting trolled I think Ben Gvir went too far when he forced them to do his kid's algebra homework.
- Texas Dem candidate faces backlash over pledge to jail 'American Zionists' in ICE centerTexas Democratic candidate Maureen Galindo faces backlash after pledging to imprison “American Zionists” in an ICE detention center, drawing condemnation from party leaders
- IDF: 7,000 combat soldiers needed immediatelyIDF warns of manpower shortage, bereaved father urges Draft Law to heal rift in nation
- There is no ceasefire in Lebanon: IDF medic’s view from the front - opinionWe need to be able to conclusively defeat our foes and not have endless “ceasefires” that are not even worth the paper they are written on
- Jewish former longtime Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, 86Barney Frank, a former House Financial Services Committee chair and Democrat who represented Massachusetts's 4th Congressional District from 1981 to 2013, died on Tuesday night. He was 86. The late Jewish congressman had been in…
Torah perspective
The establishment of a US Justice Department advisory committee to combat the "rising tide" of Jew-hatred echoes an ancient truth. Hatred of the Jew has never been a rational political phenomenon; it is the shadow cast by the unique light of Israel's covenant with God. The sages taught that Esau hates Jacob by nature, not because of what Jacob does but because of who Jacob is. Yet the very nations that rise against Israel also contain the potential for their own rectification. A government body tasked with protecting Jews is a glimmer of the prophetic vision in which the nations will one day grasp the hand of the Jew and say, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."