Hourly Roundup 11:00 Israel · 12 Aug 2026
Stories in this hour
- Miliband demands settler violence crackdown in first call with Israeli foreign ministerGideon Sa’ar welcomed British measures introduced to tackle the IRGC
- Russian-Israeli historian critical of Zionism disappears after landing at Ben-Gurion AirportKirpichenok immigrated to Israel in the 1990's and lived in the country for nearly 15 years before he returned to Russia, where he adopted a critical stance about the Jewish State and Zionism
- Lebanon's parliament votes to abolish death penalty, Hezbollah votes against billThe legislation will now go before Lebanon’s cabinet before being submitted to President Joseph Aoun for approval
- Thirsty for Attention: The Iranian Owner in an Antisemitic Attack Against Hapoel Tel AvivAlex Haditaghi, owner of Pogon Szczecin, posted a harsh hate post ahead of the meeting against Katowice in the Conference League qualifiers • The Iranian-Canadian called on the Polish players to 'take the anger and…
- Lack of decision in Iran, and Trump's fear: "The campaign has become political"Uzi Dayan, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Deputy Head of the National Security Council, analyzes the American considerations in the campaign against Tehran and warns of the price of avoiding a decision • According…
- The Secret Putsch Against NetanyahuThe night Netanyahu almost fell. October 2023. Israel is still reeling from the October 7 massacre. In the corridors of the Knesset, phones buzz, meetings multiply, and conversations are held in hushed tones. Likud's polling…
- Pluralism or Terror? The Cambridge Lecturer Who Believes Western Education is a "Threat"Farah Ahmed, who previously admitted to being a member of an Islamist organization, was appointed last year as a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Education at Cambridge. The revelation joins a series of…
- Accounts to No One: The Unusual Tax Iran Will Levy in the Strait of HormuzAccording to reports, the regime in Tehran plans to impose a service fee of 5% to 7% on every barrel of oil in the Strait of Hormuz, which could yield it approximately $20 billion a…
- For 78 years he was buried as an unknown - now the IDF succeeded in restoring his nameNearly 78 years after he fell to guards' fire during an escape attempt from the detention camp in Cyprus, the IDF succeeded in locating the grave of Shlomo Chaimson, may his memory be blessed. His…
- Film Inspired by Chazal Midrashim Reaches TheatersThe mystery drama "My One and Only" premieres tomorrow. Film director David Tauber said: "An attempt to create a cinematic parallel to the unique language of the Talmudic world." Yossi Dagan, Head of the Samaria…
- For the first time in Israel: New blood test allows assessment of risk for premature birth already in mid-pregnancyNew technology provides a solution to one of the biggest challenges in pregnancy medicine - identifying women at risk for premature birth even before warning signs appear
- Team8 raises $365m$265 million will go to Team8’s third fund, which has already made an exit, and $100 million will be allocated to follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies
Torah perspective
A name is not a label. In Torah, a name is the channel through which a soul's essence flows into this world. For 78 years, Shlomo Chaimson lay nameless, his identity swallowed by the earth of a detention camp in Cyprus. The Jewish sages teach that the soul finds no rest until its name is known and spoken. The effort to restore a name to the fallen is not archaeology or sentiment. It is an act of cosmic repair, a tikkun that reaches across decades. Every name recovered from oblivion is a thread pulled back into the fabric of the covenant. The living do not only remember the dead. They complete them.