“Instead of insisting on efforts to topple the regime, there was a more effective step that was never taken, and the sense of a missed opportunity is enormous”

Posted on June 11, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
We did everything in Iran, except what could have ended it
Amit Segal
June 10, 2026

…Was Netanyahu supposed to say “no thank you” to a US President eager to act together against the most formidable enemy Israel has known since its founding? To refuse the stripping of 300 billion dollars from Iran’s assets, including most of its military assets, nuclear facilities, and missile factories? One can also be skeptical of the claim that Israel should have destroyed the Dahiyeh [Hezbollah stronghold] at all costs, especially when it comes from those who suggested throughout most of the Gaza war to fold, halt, and bow to every American dictate. There is, however, one critical turning point where things could—and should—have gone differently. This concerns the choice of the primary objective of the latest operation. Israel went to war after war to stop Iran’s nuclearization process; toppling the regime was merely a welcome byproduct. READ MORE

JNS Netanyahu calls on Lebanese people to ‘seize your future, join Israel’ Israel is not at war with Lebanon but with Iranian proxy Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday in a video message to the Lebanese people. “Do you remember what Lebanon was like before Iran and Hezbollah turned it into a nightmare?” he asked. “Remember the cafés? Remember the culture? Remember the calm? All that’s gone because Hezbollah and Iran want to drag us into war over and over and over again. You deserve better. Your children deserve better,” he said. 

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“Calls for Haredi conscription have mounted as Israel has fought a multifront war since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, invasion and massacre, while facing a growing manpower shortage”

Posted on June 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Knesset advances Basic Law bill equating Torah study with IDF service, despite coalition revolt
Ariela Karmel
June 10, 2026

The Knesset voted 56-43 on Wednesday in a preliminary reading to advance a controversial Basic Law declaring Torah study a foundational value of the State of Israel, and effectively equating the study of Torah with military service. The vote passed despite several coalition lawmakers breaking ranks to vote with the opposition against the divisive legislation, causing an uproar in the plenum. Sponsored by ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism lawmakers MKs Moshe Gafni and Yaakov Asher, and backed by the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, the measure would recognize those who dedicate themselves to long-term Torah study as performing “meaningful service” to the state, effectively equating it to army service and conferring upon yeshiva students equal rights to those who serve in the army.…The dispute is rooted in a fierce, years-long national debate over the blanket exemptions from military service that have long been given to Haredi men.  READ MORE

FUTURE OF JEWISH The Ultra-Orthodox Debate That Jews Can No Longer Avoid
Many ultra-Orthodox men receive exemptions from military service while studying in yeshivot, a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the in-depth study of classical Jewish texts, primarily the Talmud and the Torah. Workforce participation among ultra-Orthodox men remains significantly lower than among the broader Israeli population. Government subsidies help sustain institutions built around long-term Torah study. Whether one supports or opposes these policies, they have created a growing sense among many Israelis that the burdens of citizenship are not being distributed fairly. That debate is legitimate. In fact, it is necessary. A society cannot function if major questions about military service, taxation, welfare, and civic responsibility become untouchable.

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Israel: “UNRWA still employs hundreds of terrorist operatives in Gaza, even after firing several over their alleged involvement in Hamas’ Oct. 7 onslaught”

Posted on June 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
US Federal Watchdog Finds Over 100 UNRWA Staffers Linked to Hamas, Oct. 7 Attack
Corey Walker
June 9, 2026

More than 100 staffers at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) are affiliated with Hamas’ military wing and participated in the Palestinian terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel, according to the US government’s oversight body responsible for monitoring American foreign assistance. The inspector general’s office for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) revealed on Friday that it found evidence showing 101 current and former UNRWA employees also operated as Hamas terrorists. The federal watchdog said it referred every individual to the US State Department for suspension or debarment from US-funded aid programs. “Among the individuals referred were UNRWA school principals, teachers, security personnel, attendants, psychosocial counselors, and medical professionals,” the USAID inspector general noted. READ MORE

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US base plan for Gaza is “being carried out despite the terrorist organization’s continued refusal to disarm”

Posted on June 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
US building military base on Gaza border with no clear purpose
Danny Zaken
June 10, 2026

…Israel Hayom has learned that the US military has begun building a huge base on the Gaza Strip border, not far from the Re’im camp. The base is intended to serve as a military and civilian headquarters for the organizations and forces that will arrive in the area to advance the Trump plan, and to replace the multinational headquarters that was located in Kiryat Gat…As part of the infrastructure work at the new base, plans include the construction of a tower intended for command and control of forces in the field. It has also emerged that the Americans have already begun issuing various tenders for construction of the base, including tenders for the supply of mobile structures intended for use by the forces and headquarters until permanent buildings are established at the site. READ MORE

GATESTONE Khaled Abu Toameh: The Ongoing Charade of Hamas Disarmament Nearly three years after the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led massacre in Israel, and more than six months after US President Donald Trump announced his ceasefire initiative for the Gaza Strip, one reality remains painfully clear: Hamas is still armed, still in control of large parts of the Gaza Strip, and still openly refusing to surrender its weapons.

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“The Qataris are crazy rich thanks to Western science and capitalism, and they are using their lucre to support the Muslim Brotherhood, whose mission is to bring down the West”

Posted on June 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON TIMES
Muslim Brotherhood backers Qatar indoctrinating your children
Clifford D. May
June 9, 2026

…In a foreword to “Mapping Qatar’s $400 Billion Footprint in the United States,” FDD executive director Jonathan Schanzer points out that the ruling Al Thani family has sheltered Al-Qaeda, supported the Taliban, remains a patron of Hamas, and is the primary backer of the Muslim Brotherhood, “a global network of violent and nonviolent Islamist groups that seek the downfall of the West. Several branches of this network have recently been sanctioned by the U.S. government.” If you understand this, you also grasp why it’s disturbing that Qatar has spent more than $8.8 billion to infiltrate U.S. higher education. The schools that receive the most Qatari funding are those with satellite campuses in Doha: Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Northwestern, Virginia Commonwealth, and Texas A&M —which announced in 2024 that it will close its Doha campus by 2028. Qatar also has set up partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities. READ MORE

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The latest libel: “Israel has developed rats of an unusual size and temperament, rodents that particularly attack the weak and diabetics, and mice that pounce on children while they sleep”

Posted on June 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH
Palestinian Authority libel: Israel genetically engineered rats to attack children and diabetics
Itamar Marcus
June 10, 2026

A new PA libel against Israel is expanding daily. The PA is accusing Israel of genetically engineering rats and mice that can identify “children the elderly and diabetics,” which Israel then released into the Gaza Strip to attack the population. There indeed is a rat plague in Gaza, which likely is caused by the overabundance of “humanitarian” food entering Gaza. IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) estimates the Gaza population needs 62 tons of food a month. However, the so-called humanitarian food organizations and the UN, who possibly care more about their virtue-signaling than the needs of the people, have flooded Gaza with 300% to 400% more food than Gazans can eat. A total of 370 tons entered in just the first month and a half after the ceasefire. The hundreds of tons of food sitting in warehouses have become humanitarian aid for hungry rats and not for satisfied Gazans. However, as is Palestinian Authority policy, whenever a problem exists, it blames Israel. READ MORE

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“The Pennsylvania senator heavily criticized the normalization of anti-Israel platforms and the validation of extreme views among Democratic voters”

Posted on June 9, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH INSIDER
Fetterman: Outlook for Jews in Democratic Party is ‘bleak’
Matthew Shea
June 10, 2026

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), a stalwart ally of Israel and the Jewish community who has become increasingly isolated within a Democratic Party facing internal friction over its Middle East policy, warned on Wednesday that the outlook for Jewish voters within his party has become “bleak.”…Fetterman expressed concern that the trajectory of the party will continue to “deteriorate,” noting that he “refuses to be part” of what he claims to have predicted would occur within the Democratic ranks. He added that he is “constantly disappointed but not surprised by the way things have drifted within the party.” …Fetterman stated that the problem is most acute among the “young generation,” arguing that the environment on college campuses and behavior of certain Democratic candidates have contributed to the alarming shift…“This might be controversial for Democrats now, but I’ll say it again. I think it’s magnificent the way Israel continues to this day to eliminate people in Hamas and everyone that is tied to the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks” Fetterman said. READ MORE

JEWISH INSIDER Stefanik praises Shapiro, Fetterman as exceptions on antisemitism The New York Republican praised the Pennsylvania Democrats’ responses to post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism, arguing that most of their party failed to show similar leadership.

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Toronto sees massive pro-Israel march; For Jews, Montreal has “become an increasingly dangerous, unrecognizable place to live”

Posted on June 8, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
‘We’re Not Alone’: Canadian Community Shows Up 60,000 Strong for ‘Walk With Israel’ March
Dion J. Pierre
June 8, 2026

An estimated 60,000 people marched through the streets of Toronto on Sunday for a “Walk with Israel” to show support for both the Jewish state and Canada’s Jewish community amid surging levels of antisemitic violence, discrimination, and extreme anti-Israel activity across the country. Organized by the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of Greater Toronto, the annual demonstration was the 57th since being established in 1969. Sunday saw a record crowd, drawing 4,000 more activists than last year. A multitude of people comprised those in attendance, including an array of non-Jewish allies from the Black, Christian, Hindu, an Asian communities. Together, they stared down the anti-Zionists who nipped at the edges of the event barking pro-Hamas slogans and jihadist invective. READ MORE

TABLET MAG Paris Is Burning The rest of Europe will soon follow, unless it confronts the failure of multiculturalism head-on. The immigration policy pursued by France since the late 20th century is perhaps the clearest example for the rest of the world of what not to do. Beginning in the 1960s, France attracted immigrants to fill labor shortages in its industries, yet there seemed to be little concern that many of them clustered in deprived neighborhoods and gradually built a cultural reality parallel to that of the nation hosting them. The failure of that model is visible to anyone who opens a European newspaper today, but it is worth understanding why.

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“There is only one nation on Earth that must continually argue for its right to exist, even when the very survival of its people is threatened by avowedly genocidal enemies”

Posted on June 8, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

FREE PRESS
Why It’s Futile to Debate Israel’s Enemies
Sam Harris
June 8, 2026

…The problem in the Middle East is not, and has never been, the existence of the State of Israel. The problem is jihadism, Islamism, Islamic extremism, Islamofascism, militant Islam—or whatever words you want to use to describe the belligerence and triumphal lunacy of those who take the most pernicious doctrines of Islam too seriously. I won’t debate the history of the Middle East because it is irrelevant to resolving the conflict there. Of course, many people insist that we must disentangle and reconsider every strand of this history, going back at least a century. The reason I’m convinced that this is a fool’s errand is simple: Palestinians and Israelis have discrepant accounts of the past, and no amount of study or debate will reconcile them. READ MORE

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“Operation Benjamin researches military and genealogical records to identify Jewish service members who were mistakenly buried under crosses, often because military records were incomplete or inaccurate”

Posted on June 7, 2026 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Five Jewish WWI soldiers receive Star of David headstones in France after a century beneath crosses
June 5, 2026

Five Jewish American soldiers killed in World War I received new headstones bearing Stars of David at France’s Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery on June 2, replacing Latin crosses that had marked their graves for more than a century. The American Battle Monuments Commission made the changes in coordination with Operation Benjamin, a nonprofit that works to identify Jewish U.S. service members buried under incorrect religious markers. The marker replacements of the soldiers—Pvt. Samuel Tamkin, Pfc. Barney Bardman, Pvt. Samuel A. Backer, Pvt. Hyman Aronoff and Pfc. Maurice W. Akabas—were approved after historical research and documentation were submitted to the U.S. government, along with requests from the soldiers’ families…Since partnering with the American Battle Monuments Commission in 2018, the group has helped secure dozens of headstone changes at American military cemeteries overseas. READ MORE

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