After years of neglect, Israel ‘returns to territorial-defense concept’

A new Defense Ministry pilot for the South includes fortified physical barriers and rapid-response teams.
Biden’s pro-Palestinian DNC address: “[Anti-Israel] protestors have a point”

Addressing the first night of the Democratic National Convention, US President Joe Biden acknowledged the thousands of anti-Israel protesters who demonstrated outside the convention center, saying “they have a point.”
Torn Between Two Battles: The Cohen Family’s Story of War and Illness

In October 2023, just days before Hamas attacked their community, the Cohens received devastating news: their 4-year-old daughter, Teni, was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Since then, their lives have been a careful balancing act between cancer treatments, temporary evacuations, and striving for normalcy for their other children, including a newborn.
Oct. 7 hero saved dozens at Nova festival, now rehabilitates combat soldiers

Lt. (res.) Skariszewski raced south to the rave party near Kibbutz Re’im, confronted Hamas terrorists, and guided more than 100 attendees to safety.
The art of the ‘no deal’ with Hamas

The “window of opportunity” to secure the “last chance” release of the hostages isn’t closing. Yahya Sinwar never opened it.
Sinwar using hostages to ‘drive a wedge through Israeli society’

The Hamas chief does not want to allow hostages who are alive out of his reach “since it is the one guarantee for his survival,” expert tells JNS.
Erdan blasts UN in a fiery Tisha B’av farewell: “Jerusalem will never fall again”

“But let me be clear, Jerusalem will never fall again. Jerusalem, united, Jerusalem will never fall again, no matter how many times our enemies attempt to destroy us, no matter how many times the UN slanders us and distorts reality, we will stay in our homeland and we will prevail.”
Green-lighting Starlink in Gaza could be start of strategic move

Israel seeks to balance security and humanitarian needs, and promote alternatives to Hamas rule.
UN condemns IDF attack on Jihad command room located in school

The IDF announced that it had verified the identities of a total of 31 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives killed in an airstrike on Saturday that targeted a school in Gaza City. The site had been identified as an “active” Hamas and Islamic Jihad command room, based out of a mosque in a school complex, in Gaza City.
Kamla’s pro-Hamas Jewish community liaison

At first glance, Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign choice of Ilan Goldenberg as its liaison to the Jewish community seems like a pro-Israel choice. Still, a closer look reveals that the appointment is symptomatic of an extreme anti-Israel/pro-Hamas agenda.