Iran strikes U.S. base in Kuwait despite Trump’s diplomatic pause, as regional attacks multiply
Until now, Iran had largely limited its retaliation to strikes following direct American attacks on Iranian territory. Tuesday’s reported strike came instead just days after President Trump halted a planned large-scale US offensive against Iran to give diplomacy a final opportunity.
Iranian state-linked outlet releases video calling for assassination of Melania Trump, threatens Barron
Tasnim, a Persian-language news agency affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a video Monday urging supporters to assassinate First Lady Melania Trump and threatening the president’s 20-year-old son, Barron.
A Shabbat in Austin, Built on Friendship
Rabbi Elie Mischel, Director of Education for Israel365, will lead a Shabbat afternoon Bible study for Jews and Christians at the Dell Jewish Community Campus in Austin, Texas
Mamdani admits he can’t arrest Netanyahu as Trump administration launches campaign to dismantle the ICC
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged that he has no legal authority to arrest PM Benjamin Netanyahu, backing away from a pledge he had repeated for more than a year, while the Trump administration separately announced a sweeping campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court itself.
Echoes of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in today’s Islamic conquest of the West
The destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem struck at the very foundation of Jewish life. Sadly, there are parallels between Rome’s siege and conquest of Jerusalem 1,956 years ago and the Islamist siege of Western society today.
AIPAC cuts off 15 House Democrats after they voted to strip Israel’s missile defense funding
An AIPAC spokesperson told the New York Times that the organization’s members are “deeply appreciative of their representatives who stand on principle” and are disappointed by those who do not.
Holocaust education: An American tragedy
Far too many professors of Holocaust history and staffers at Holocaust-related education agencies in the U.S. perversely twist the memory of the Shoah and, at the same time, falsely malign Israel as committing genocide in Gaza.
Saudi Arabia tells Washington: No accords without Netanyahu’s exit
Saudi Arabia’s demand: PM Benjamin Netanyahu must no longer serve as prime minister after Israel’s October election, and policies advanced by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in Judea and Samaria over the past three years must be reversed.
Ro Khanna’s West Bank fantasy debunked by his own footage
Congressman Ro Khanna came to Israel to carry out a staged confrontation intended to demonize Jewish “settlers” and curry favor with the more extreme anti-Israel and anti-Semitic elements of the Democratic Party. The stunt backfired.
Israeli TV host halts live broadcast to recite mourner’s blessing for Lindsey Graham
Magal told his audience he wanted to do something that he had never done on air before: recite the Mourner’s Kaddish, a prayer set aside in Jewish law for the closest relatives of the Jewish dead. It was even more surprising that this deeply religious Jewish prayer was being said to honor a man who was a devout Christian.