Hourly Roundup 06:00 Israel · 13 Nov 2026
Stories in this hour
- Israel is Stuck Because of Politics: It's Time to Break the Cycle | Nachman ShaiOn difficult and unpopular decisions, on true equality with Israeli Arabs, and on choosing a path of genuine partnership rather than disqualifications and boycotts: Remarks I delivered at the ordination ceremony of rabbis and rabbis…
- Editor’s Notes: At the GA, American Jews worry about the future of the Democratic PartyWorry about the Democratic Party dominated the Jewish Federations GA in Washington, but pro-Israel Democrats like Wesley Bell keep winning inside the party
- The absolute necessity of fighting backIran has turned its weakness into strength because America has turned its strength into weakness. Opinion
- From My Meetings with Diplomatic and Military Officials: The Clock Is Ticking Toward Sanctions and an Arms Embargo | Dan PerryFor nearly 60 years, Israel bought time and treated the political stalemate as a license to deepen an arrangement disastrous for the Zionist enterprise. The world averted its gaze, but this era is coming to…
- Worth hundreds of thousands of shekels: Jewish rioters vandalized a security system in the southern Hebron HillsFirst publication: Hilltop youth from an outpost near the settlement of Susya caused damage to a new system intended to provide a security response for the settlement and its surroundings - and the expensive components…
- "Equality of Burden" Has Passed Its Time: Liberalism and the New Army ModelWe all see the trading of reserve days, which is entirely based on the financial profit involved in reserve service stretching over hundreds of days, hence there will be no shortage of volunteers for such…
- Forming a Government with Ra'am Will Be a Disgrace for Generations | Dr. Esther LuzzattoA coalition based on non-Zionist parties, led by Ra'am, will seal the fate of sovereignty and governance in the Negev. Faced with anarchy, rampant crime, and a radical agenda, the Zionist parties must immediately establish…
- "They will use you and throw you away": Netanyahu's warning to the haredim – and the difficult question they answered himNetanyahu is recruiting rabbis and activists to thwart the haredim's joining the Eisenkot government, and warns that the change bloc will be able to continue without them after the budget is approved. In United Torah…
- 101 Days in the Jungles: Israelis Captured by a Colombian Terror OrganizationA classic backpacker trip turned into a nightmare for a group of Israelis who were kidnapped by Colombian gunmen and held in harsh conditions deep in the forest for three and a half months. From…
- Report: Israel Clarified to Somaliland That Recognition of Its Independence Will Be Preserved Even if the Government ChangesIsraeli officials conveyed messages to the leadership of Somaliland stating that Israel will not retract its recognition of the country's independence, even in the event of a change of government in Israel. This was reported…
Torah perspective
The report that Jewish youths damaged a security system meant to protect their own communities in the southern Hebron hills lands hard, because the deepest wound in such a story is not the money. It is the inversion. A people whose covenant is to guard the vulnerable, the widow, the stranger, the neighbor, has produced children who tear down the very wall that guards them. The sages read the verse that the land was filled with lawlessness as the final stage before collapse, not the first. When a person decides what is right in his own eyes, the fence around the camp comes down from the inside. Rebuilding begins with one question asked honestly: whom am I protecting, and from whom?