Hourly Roundup 02:00 Israel · 29 Jun 2026
Stories in this hour
- Stop the televised hate on ‘Al-Hiwar’For several years, observers of the Arabic-language channel Al-Hiwar TV , based in the United Kingdom, have tracked its output with growing alarm, even as the British broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has thrown up its hands…
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- Report: US and Iran Agreed on Stopping the Fighting and Resuming TalksAfter days of heavy exchanges of blows, official sources in the US and countries involved in the negotiations confirm that the sides have agreed on an immediate ceasefire. The goal: resuming peace talks at an…
The al-Hiwar broadcasts reveal a world where the sanctity of life has been inverted, and murder of civilians is called 'legitimate resistance.' The Torah's command 'Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor' (Vayikra 19:16) obligates a society not only to refuse such platforms but to actively dismantle them. A channel that sanitizes suicide bombings and praises the murder of Jews corrupts the very fabric of public discourse. Silence in the face of this is not neutrality; it is complicity. The Chassidic principle of avoiding that which is ugly (רחק מן הכיעור) extends to preventing ugliness from being broadcast into homes. The responsibility to halt this hate falls on regulators, law enforcement, and every citizen who hears and does nothing.