“Some people are ready to swear they heard from the prime minister over the past year that he intends to step down around 2028 or 2029, around the end of the 47th president’s term”

ISRAEL HAYOM
Netanyahu’s remark hints at when he might step down
Amit Segal
October 22, 2026

One sentence from Netanyahu this week should have made every ear perk up: “We have two years left of my great friend Donald Trump’s presidency, two years to finish the job.” In that sentence, for the first time in 12 races for prime minister, is Netanyahu marking an end date? Since 2015 the Likud campaign has toyed with such a declaration, tested it in polls and always backed off at the last moment. It’s called “iron”, the link between the words “prime minister” and “Benjamin Netanyahu.” The original argument is that many swing voters will find it easier to support him for final arrangements for one last job (toppling the regime in Iran, peace with Saudi Arabia and Lebanon) if they know it ends afterward. But in most polls the result is that it deters more voters than it attracts. If it turns out, by mistake, that Netanyahu is a mortal of flesh and blood, and not someone with the prime minister’s office registered in his name in the land registry, then why not vote for someone else? READ MORE

POLITICO Trump throws Netanyahu a last-minute lifeline. It may not be enough. President Donald Trump’s political brand is still riding high in Israel — but it may not save Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from an electoral defeat next Tuesday. Despite providing an important signal of support from the leader of Israel’s most crucial ally, Trump’s last-minute endorsement of Netanyahu this week landed amid a series of opinion polls that show the prime minister’s governing coalition falling several seats short of a parliamentary majority…Netanyahu’s coalition held 60 of the 120 seats in the Knesset before parliament was dissolved in July, and recent polls suggest his bloc could erode in next week’s election. A Walla survey published Tuesday projected just 48 seats for Netanyahu and his allies — 13 short of the 61 needed to form a government. A separate Channel 12 poll put his bloc at 51 seats.

JERUSALEM POST Fueled by a life’s mission, Netanyahu asks Israelis for time to ‘finish the job’ in Iran Netanyahu to ‘Post’: I want five more terms • ‘I’ll form gov’t with current coalition partners; Eisenkot ruled me out’ • Trump’s support ‘surprised’ PM, Israel must capitalize before tide turns in US

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“Notice how effortlessly the “liberation of Palestine” becomes a campaign to dismantle Western societies”

FUTURE OF JEWISH
‘Globalize the intifada’ arrives on Europe’s doorstep.
Lucy
October 19, 2026

…The Palestinian cause has been used as a Trojan horse for anti-Western ideology, providing movements hostile to Western civilisation with a powerful vehicle to mobilise populations, advance their political ambitions, and exploit the sympathies of the progressive Left to do their bidding. Islamist movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood have explicitly identified the Palestinian cause as a “key tool” in their wider ideological struggle. In the Brotherhood’s document known as “The Project,” it is presented as a cornerstone of a broader Islamic political programme. A separate 1991 Muslim Brotherhood memorandum, written by Mohamed Akram and seized by the FBI in 2004, was entered into evidence during the 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial. It describes a strategy of “civilizational jihad” — undermining Western civilisation from within through networks of organisations, institutional influence, and political alliances…The language of “decolonisation” is tailor-made to appeal to progressive Western activists, whose worldview is largely shaped by collective guilt over the West’s colonial past and a moral imperative to dismantle its supposed structures of oppression. READ MORE

CONSERVATIVE CLARITY Is Paris Burning ? Yep, this time it will The streets of Paris are burning through a rampage of destruction by a combination of uncivilized hordes, all of whom likely sympathize with Islamo-Nazis and Communists. They don’t care about social norms, due process, or “peaceful protest,” although, laughingly, the Media, of course, claims most of the Barbarians are engaged in “peaceful protest.” The violence, mayhem, looting, and disruptions in the streets of Paris have already metastasized like the cancer that they are into other cities and will ultimately destroy those countries. This time around, while there will be ebbs and flows in the violence and civil disorder, this will become the new normal for all of Western Europe unless and until those nations take their countries back. That means kicking out any and all so-called “immigrants”… actually invaders. 

FREE PRESS Inside France’s Night of Terror “You bourgeois bitch, we’re going to rape you!” That is what young French protesters shouted at Raphaëlle, a young Parisian mother, after she tried to stop them from looting the small shop below her apartment on Saturday. As she spoke with me on Monday, her voice trembled. I saw her relive the civil war–like scenes that all of France has just watched unfold. The demonstration began at 2 p.m. on Saturday, when protesters gathered to chant against the uncertain future of high school students, rising fuel prices, and falling purchasing power. By late afternoon, they had been eclipsed by hordes of rioters: thousands of mostly young people, dressed in black, faces masked, storming into shops across the country to loot and steal whatever they could, from Sephora’s Huda Beauty palettes to brand-new Foot Locker sneakers.

ARUTZ SHEVA As riots rock France, Shin Bet director holds high-level security talks in Paris October 21, 2026Shin Bet Director David Zini traveled to France on Tuesday and met with local security and intelligence officials amid the ongoing protests and riots in the country. Kan News reported that the visit had been scheduled in advance, but that during the visit, the sides also discussed efforts to counter terrorism and radical Islam in light of developments in France. During his working visit to Paris, Zini met with senior representatives of two of France’s main intelligence agencies: the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (General Directorate for Internal Security-DGSI), whose responsibilities are similar to those of Israel’s Shin Bet…

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Obama’s distortions of Jewish history appear carefully considered—which compounds the wound.

WALL STREET JOURNAL
Obama’s Dangerous Mideast Words
Elisha Weisel
October 19, 2026

…In Mr. Obama’s telling, Jews were oppressed in Europe and then arrived somewhere else and took too much. Jewish history in the land disappears. My father drew a line when he wrote in the New York Times in 2001: “To compromise on territory might seem, under certain conditions, imperative. . . . But to compromise on history is impossible.” That is the line Mr. Obama crossed in Belfast. The timing of his remarks matters. This week he will rally in Detroit for Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, who has accused Israel of “genocide” and “apartheid,” called it “bloodthirsty” and a “rogue state,” and, when asked three times on CNN whether Israel has a right to exist, refused to say yes. Mr. Obama is free to campaign for whomever he chooses. But when he, the most trusted voice in the Democratic Party, misrepresents Jewish history and then shares a stage with Mr. El-Sayed, Jewish Americans can be forgiven for hearing one message. Perhaps it is not the one he intends…I hope Mr. Obama reconsiders his words and takes them back. It would be an act worthy of his friendship with my father. READ MORE

ALL ISRAEL NEWS Obama’s ‘stolen land’ claim ignores the legal and historical record Former U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent remarks in Belfast—claiming that Israel “took land off people” during its establishment—are not merely ahistorical; they ignore the documented legal, diplomatic, and historical record. A careful reading of that record, including declassified archives and the foundational documents of international law, shows that the Jewish claim to the land is rooted in law and history, not theft. Obama’s framing presumes a one-sided narrative of expulsion. Yet the historical evidence reveals a far more complex reality. While there were indeed cases of expulsion—such as al-Bassa, Iqrit, Kafr Bir’im, and al-Qubayba—there is also extensive documentation of Arab evacuation orders and advice. In Haifa, a contemporary document from the Arab Emergency Committee dated April 23, 1948, confirms that the transfer of the Arab population was “voluntary and came at our request.” 

NEW YORK POST Netanyahu fires back at Obama after he accuses Israel of stealing land, defends Palestinian terror “The Jewish people are not foreign occupiers in the land of our forefathers,” Netanyahu responded in a stern video rebuke posted on X Friday. “The Jewish people are not foreign occupiers in the land of our forefathers,” Netanyahu responded in a stern video rebuke posted on X Friday.

JEWISH JOURNAL Micha Danzig: Obama Got a Doctorate in Belfast and Failed the Local History Lesson  On Oct. 13, Barack Obama collected an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University Belfast. That evening, at the city’s O2 arena, he gave his audience a short “history” of Israel. Jews, he said, had been persecuted for millennia and understandably sought refuge. “What is also undeniable is that they took land off people and they were excessive.” Israel, as the stronger party, had to make concessions or risk having “ceded moral ground.”

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“This week, AIPAC announced it was doubling down on its political strategy, while also making changes to its tactics. The mission remains, the fight continues, the methodology is evolving. That is the very nature of our political landscape”

TIMES OF ISRAEL
AIPAC: The Courage to Evolve
David-Seth Kirshner
October 21, 2026

Eight years ago, a group of insurgent political candidates launched a war on the pro-Israel base of the Democratic Party – the party I’ve belonged to my entire adult life. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took down Joe Crowley, a ten-term pro-Israel Democrat. Ayanna Pressley beat Mike Capuano, another 20-year House Democrat. Two years later, Jamaal Bowman ousted Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. And Cori Bush unseated Lacy Clay, who served for two decades in the Congressional Black Caucus. Four Democratic, pro-Israel leaders unseated by anti-Israel challengers…The organization is expanding. It is introducing new tools that give our community the greatest possible political impact, and sunsetting others that are no longer critical to the mission. Among these changes, AIPAC’s PAC will no longer issue endorsements, make direct contributions to candidates, or be listed publicly as an earmark on individual contributions. READ MORE

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European delegation claims they were assaulted by settlers even though not a single one of them needed medical care, nor are there any videos of them actually being being beaten

URI KURLIANCHIK SUBSTACK
Israel Has a Settler Violence Problem, but It’s Not What You Think
October 20, 2026

Every day, Palestinians supported by foreign leftists attack Jewish homesteaders in Samaria. They throw rocks at them, attempt to steal their herds, poison their dogs, insult and harangue them and so forth. This is well documented, but even the Israeli media ignores it because such behavior came to be expected from Arabs and leftists, so reporting it isn’t “news.” However, when Jews react, this makes headlines based on the principle of “man bites dog.” Folks like Heidi Levine, the “neutral” WaPo camerawoman who claims she was assaulted by settlers, are there to record the cases when Jews fall to these provocations, so they could report about “settler violence.” Because this trope is already engrained, they can embellish events without fear. For example, Heidi claims she was beaten for ten minutes. There were over a hundreds people and dozens of cameras there. Where is this video of her being beaten for ten minutes? READ MORE

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To secure the next American century, the US and Israel need to build a joint venture based on tech and defense innovation.

NATIONAL REVIEW
It’s Time for a Reset in U.S.-Israel Relations
Richard Goldberg
October 19, 2026

It’s time for a reset in the U.S.-Israel relationship. No, not because Israel did anything wrong. To the contrary, it’s because Israel is so essential to America and too many Americans don’t understand why. For decades, U.S.-Israel ties centered around foreign aid. Washington gives, Jerusalem takes, and American policymakers defend the cost as an investment in a solid ally. That model, however, no longer reflects today’s multifaceted, interest-based alliance. Fundamentally, the United States wants to win the century over the Chinese Communist Party. And we should expect Israel to fully commit to that victory as well. After all, America’s most powerful adversaries are the leading enablers of Israel’s most powerful adversaries. But America will only win the century if it dominates super intelligence, quantum computing, critical supply chains, and defense technology. Israel is one of the world’s most important centers of innovation in every one of these areas — with both a capability and will to align its own strategic investments for the benefit of the United States. READ MORE

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Gordis: This film, released a year ago enables us to revisit the events of October 7, to remind ourselves of the depth of our collective loss

ISRAEL FROM THE INSIDE
October 7: Bearing Witness to the Massacre
Daniel Gordis
October 6, 2026

To listen to Israeli radio this week is to subject oneself to a unique kind of pain — recordings of final phone calls between young people and their parents, recollections of last hugs from widows whose husbands went off to war but did not come back, reflections on homes lost, dreams shattered — and hope still emerging. If one doesn’t live in Israel or speak Hebrew, those radio broadcasts, especially on Reshet Bet, aren’t accessible. How, then, can we create time this week to devote ourselves to the preservation of the memories in which Israel is mired? October 7: Bearing Witness to the Massacre was officially released on digital and streaming platforms on October 3, 2025. It became available for digital rental and purchase across major streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, and YouTube…Renting the movie is one way to honor the victims and the memories this nation will carry for as long as any of us will live. READ MORE

ArchitectGuy recently screened this film at a local church. It’s very well-structured and provocative, well worth your time to view. Here’s the trailer. One reviewer: “I ask everyone who has the mental and emotional capacity, please watch this. Please.”

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Pro-Israel Democrats may blame Netanyahu for their party’s drift from Israel, but Jonathan Tobin argues the responsibility is closer to home: They enabled Obama’s “daylight,” tolerated the Squad’s Israel-bashing and now accommodate candidates like El-Sayed to appease the left.

JNS
The Democrats have abandoned Israel, not just Netanyahu
Jonathan S. Tobin
October 14, 2026

…With El-Sayed still locked in a close race against Republican Mike Rogers, Democrats just rolled out their version of political royalty to help him: former President Barack Obama. El-Sayed’s obsessive attacks on Israel and its Jewish supporters, as well as demonizing the AIPAC lobby as part of a plot to capture America for a foreign power, haven’t played as well among African-Americans as they do among college-educated liberal whites. And so, Obama campaigned with El-Sayed this week to help shore up that key Democratic constituency for him. Obama’s intervention on behalf of an openly antisemitic candidate caused little surprise. But it does bring to mind when the breach between Israel and the Democratic Party became a serious problem. Netanyahu’s domestic political foes, as well as American liberals like [Josh] Shapiro, have argued for years that it was the prime minister who blew up bipartisan support for Israel.They say it can be primarily traced to the eight years when Obama and Netanyahu were locked in a long-running duel of clashing personalities and policies when the two were leading their respective countries. READ MORE

FUTURE OF JEWISH Joshua Hoffman: The Left has changed. Have Jews noticed? Since October 7th, I have come to believe there are three types of voters on the Left: Far-Left radicals disguising themselves as “progressives,” Those who are making their way toward the Center and Right and Those who remain in denial about what the Left has become. Jews cannot afford to ignore the questions raised by that third category, especially not after October 7th, and even more so after what we have witnessed across Europe over the past week. A political culture has taken shape on the Left in which some movements that claim to champion justice have become remarkably comfortable excusing intolerance, disorder, extremism, and even terrorism whenever they appear to serve a supposedly righteous cause. Look at France, where demonstrations over education and living costs have descended into riots, looting, and attacks on public property. Belgium has experienced its own violent confrontations. The unrest has exposed uncomfortable questions about the ideologies, political movements, and institutions shaping much of modern Europe.

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What happens when Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons and accept the authority of a single Palestinian government?

GATESTONE
The Palestinian Authority’s Dangerous Pursuit of Unity with Hamas
Khaled Abu Toameh
October 19, 2026

More than three years after the October 7 massacre, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his ruling Fatah faction are still pursuing reconciliation with Hamas, the Iran-backed terrorist group that led the assault on Israel. Instead of making Hamas’s disarmament and the dismantling of its military infrastructure prerequisites for Palestinian political unity, Fatah officials are traveling to Cairo to negotiate ways of incorporating the terrorist group into a unified Palestinian political system. The latest round of talks, sponsored by Egypt, once again raises a fundamental question: Why is Fatah treating Hamas as a legitimate political partner before the group has demonstrated a willingness to abandon terrorism, surrender its weapons, and relinquish its independent military forces? The question is particularly urgent as the international community seeks to establish a different future for the Gaza Strip, one that would prevent Hamas from restoring its military capabilities and ensure that the territory is no longer controlled by an armed organization. READ MORE

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Last call for this event: StandWithUs Midwest Annual Gala on Sunday, November 1, 2026

StandWithUs Midwest Gala 2026

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