Hourly Roundup 04:00 Israel · 13 Nov 2026
Stories in this hour
- Microsoft:"We’re seeing positive results with our efforts to restart affected infrastructure and recover server availability in an isolated manner. We’re actively monitoring the performance of these portions of infrastructure to verify stability, which we suspect…
- Kushner says US working toward 'largest prisoner exchange' of Russia's war in Ukraine"We are also working toward what would be the largest prisoner exchange of the war, potentially reuniting thousands of people with their families," Kushner wrote on X
- Trump Wonders About Jewish Vote in Michigan for Anti-Israel Candidate: It's Simply UnfathomableThe US president wondered in an interview why Jewish voters in Michigan supported Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed: "It's simply unfathomable"
- When Negotiation Is the Goal, Not the MeansTo understand the renewed contacts between Iran and the United States after the midterm elections, it is worth distinguishing between two types of motivations for conducting negotiations: instrumental and expressive.
Torah perspective
A prisoner exchange that reunites thousands of families is not merely diplomacy. The sages count redeeming captives among the highest of all good deeds, since the captive suffers in body, in spirit, and in the anguish of those waiting for him. Every name on such a list is a whole world. This is why the Torah commands us not to harden our hearts or shut our hand from our brother in need, and why the prophet calls the release of prisoners an act that draws God's own attention. When nations negotiate the return of the bound, they touch something sacred: the refusal to let a human being remain a bargaining chip. May the talks succeed, and may those waiting at the door finally see them come home.