Living Between the Ceasefires

In Israel these days, there’s a shorthand in our speech and mannerisms that are just understood and can be discerned quickly, in under five seconds.
The pope’s lie: How a debunked story about a dead child became Vatican anti-Israel propaganda

Pope Leo XIV reached into his pocket and pulled out a photograph and told journalists that it was a picture of a Muslim Lebanese boy who had been killed in this final phase of the war. The problem is, the boy in the photograph is alive.
IDF soldiers jailed, dismissed from combat after smashing Jesus statue in Lebanese Christian village

The IDF was unequivocal in its judgment: the soldiers’ conduct “completely deviated from IDF orders and values.”
US-brokered Israel-Lebanon talks: “We’re on the same side against Hezbollah”

The meeting between Israel’s Ambassador to the US and Lebanon’s Ambassador was framed by both sides not as a negotiation between enemies seeking recognition, but as a coordinated effort to confront a shared destabilizing force that has dominated the Israel-Lebanon border for decades.
Miracle mixed in with tragedy: four members of one family murdered in Haifa in IRGC missile attack

Officials said the warhead, which carried hundreds of kilograms of explosives, did not detonate on impact, a fact that prevented far greater destruction and likely saved dozens of additional lives, even as the kinetic force alone proved deadly.
NPR flew to Lebanon to interview a synagogue terrorist’s family and never once called the synagogue

NPR is publicly funded. American taxpayers, including American Jews, pay for it. The children who fled that Michigan preschool in terror deserved to have their story told. Their parents deserved to be asked how they felt.
Israel strikes Iran as fighting intensifies in Lebanon, resilience tested at home

Israel intensifies coordinated strikes against Iran while expanding operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, even as a deadly battlefield mistake claims the life of an elite soldier. At home, civilians in the north press on under relentless rocket fire, determined to endure despite the constant threat.
Hezbollah launches 150 rockets at Israel in largest attack to date in escalation linked to Iran

Waves of rockets and drones launched from Lebanon sent hundreds of thousands of Israelis in the Golan, Galilee, and the Haifa region running to bomb shelters while Israeli air defenses scrambled to intercept the incoming fire.
Netanyahu spotlights probe into funding controversy as NYC debates synagogue safety and IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Netanyahu elevated a probe into alleged Bennett-era funding of controversial Arab initiatives as debate intensifies over past coalition ties. Meanwhile, New York lawmakers weighed synagogue security measures and the IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
Gaza Ceasefire Phase Two Talks, Israel–Lebanon Hezbollah Disarmament Efforts, and Sydney Antisemitism

U.S.-led mediators moved forward on phase two of the Gaza ceasefire while Israel continued talks with Lebanon focused on disarming Hezbollah. Also, the University of Sydney dismissed a lecturer over documented antisemitic abuse of Jewish students.