Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Somaliland recognition “simultaneously provides Israel a strategic foothold opposite Yemen, greater proximity to the ongoing threat posed by the Houthis, a deeper stake in Red Sea security, and the potential to become a much bigger player in African politics”

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY What Israel Sees In Somaliland Ilan Berman February 3, 2026 Although it has been pushed off the front pages by the Trump Administration’s dramatic early January ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro and the current … Continue reading

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One of Q.ai’s financial backers, GV said that the deal marked Apple’s “second-largest acquisition in its history”

REUTERS Apple acquires Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai Stephen Nellis January 29, 2026 Apple on Thursday said it has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup working on artificial intelligence technology for audio. Apple did not disclose terms of the deal for … Continue reading

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“US State Department reportedly filed evidence to Congress that the programme, which provides funding to the families of convicted terrorists, continued under a different name”

JEWISH CHRONICLE PA paid out $200m in pay-for-slay despite pledge to end scheme, US claims Jacob Jaffa January 30, 2026 The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been accused of paying out $200 million to the families of terrorists in 2025, despite … Continue reading

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“Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream who often reminds audiences that he “was born a Jew,” continues his crusade against the Jewish state”

FUTURE OF JEWISH A Scoop of Anti-Israel Ice Cream Mitch Schneider February 1, 2026 …What is unbelievable and remarkably frustrating is that Ben & Jerry’s sells ice cream, directly or via its parent company, Unilever, in countries with records that … Continue reading

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“WashPo Editor defends painful but necessary move; staff union calls on public to pressure owner Jeff Bezos; former editor decries ‘near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction’”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Washington Post fires one-third of staff, including all its Middle East journalists David Bauder February 4, 2026 The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books … Continue reading

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“Foreign ministers of all 27 European Union member states have unanimously agreed to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, a move expected to escalate tensions with Tehran and lead to sweeping sanctions”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) EU designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization Nissan Shtrauchler January 29, 2026 The European Union announced on Thursday that it will formally designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, … Continue reading

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Erasing the Jews: Vance, BBC and others forget what Holocaust Remembrance Day is about

JTA Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, incensing Jewish critics on both sides of the aisle Andrew Lapin January 27, 2026 Vice President JD Vance made a statement [via Tweet] marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day that … Continue reading

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“Judging Israel’s wartime behavior through epithets, TikTok clips, and faulty balance sheets poses a direct danger to American lives”

TABLET The Genocide Slur Is Not Just for Jews John Spencer January 27, 2026 The casual use of the word genocide to target Israel is not only a slur—it is also dangerous to Americans. That’s because, if this ahistorical, amoral, and … Continue reading

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Jared’s vision: “A slick Western fantasy promises prosperity and peace while ignoring the culture of violence and corruption that destroyed Gaza in the first place”

FUTURE OF JEWISH The New Gaza™ (A Virtual Paradise Lacking Only the 72 Virgins) Jonathan Sacerdoti January 24, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump’s strangely artificial Board of Peace event in Davos on Thursday looked like a Hollywood rendering of an … Continue reading

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“In Australia and elsewhere in the West, nurses and doctors have been recorded expressing their desire to murder their Jewish patients, in some cases explicitly threatening to do so”

COMMENTARY A Hospital’s Shocking Treatment of a Bondi Beach Survivor Seth Mandel January 28, 2026 Every so often a story emerges from within an ongoing crisis and flips a switch in people’s heads that says: This cannot go on; something … Continue reading

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