יום רביעי, כ״ז אלול תשפ״וWednesday, September 9, 2026
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Even an interim Israeli government can clean-up the city, stop dithering on construction, rebuff deleterious foreign pressures, and invest in all sectors of Israel’s national capital. It can reestablish forward Zionist momentum – for the greater good of both Arab and Jewish residents, and to secure the national goal of a united, livable and luminous Jerusalem.
By BESA CENTER
The persistent affiliation of the American Jewish diaspora with the Democratic party – a party that is vocally and increasingly critical of Israel – raises concern over what will happen when the US eventually elects another Democratic president. When that happens, the gap between Israel and American Jewry, one of its most powerful and necessary diplomatic assets, will be even bigger than it is today.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“This is a good sign ... India was the first country to support us among the Asia group, so we are very happy."
By Ruthie Blum
Friedman said nothing controversial whatsoever about the West Bank, except in the eyes of those who consider any Israeli territorial or other claims illegitimate.
As a result of Israel’s actions, countries and financial institutions are now distancing themselves from these organizations.
A tale of two VERY different peoples.
It appears the UK didn't want to undermine the recently signed Iran nuclear deal, by exposing the Hezbollah terror plans.
For David Ben-Gurion, the concept of mamlachtiut captured the perennial tension between the establishment of the state of Israel as an orderly and delimited institutional project and the view of the state as a means in an exalted process of redemption. Hence, even after its establishment, Israel would continue – as an instrument through which to fulfill an infinite vision – to be “a state in the making.”
What the free world needs is a strong NATO to defend democracy against autocratic regimes like China and Russia, not one that is distracted by unnecessary internal squabbles, lest the transatlantic alliance one day cease to exist.
expects that the position of the Jews – caught between the Right, the Left, and the Muslims – in America will worsen quickly, as it has in Europe, and they will have no place to go except Israel. And he expects that the tepid reaction to antisemitic expression on the Left in the public sphere will send a message that it’s acceptable
By BESA CENTER
A recent annual survey of Arab youth provides insights that should inform autocrats’ quest for social and economic reform. The survey also suggests, as do the intermittent anti-government protests that continue to erupt in different parts of the Arab world, that Western and Middle Eastern interests would be better served by more nuanced US and European approaches toward the region’s regimes.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Nechama Rivlin is expected to be buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem in the plot designated for the nations’ leaders and their families.
Fixated on ruining Netanyahu - no matter the cost.
By Josh Hasten
Becoming the first U.S. governor to lead to a trade mission to Judea and Samaria, Gov. Ron DeSantis took a clear stand against BDS while bolstering Florida’s economic ties with the Jewish state through several agreements.
Police reported that the stabber was neutralized.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Bahrain workshop is the first part of the peace proposal rollout.
Palestinians will not only deprive themselves of billions of dollars, but will also damage -- perhaps irrevocably -- their relations with influential Arab countries. By all accounts, the Palestinians appear to be heading toward another "nakba" (catastrophe).
The former commanders who are demanding a referendum on the possible annexation of parts of the West Bank’s Area C misunderstand the threats confronting Israel. One need only consider the latest round of fighting in Gaza to understand what the threat to the cities of the coastal plain would look like if Israel were to give up control of the mountainous terrain dominating the country’s economic-social-industrial heartland.
In a vote of 74 to 45, the 21st Knesset dissolved itself after just 2 months.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A new prime minister? Another election? A minority government? All those scenarios could unfold in Israel over the next few days. Can Netanyahu form a government by the end of today?
We must not transform the Zionist dream into nothing more than a desire for a safe haven for persecuted Jews
Expecting other countries to go from having never even considered moving their embassies to actually doing so in just 12 months was fatuous. But they have gone from a situation in which recognizing Jerusalem was unthinkable to one in which it’s being actively debated.
For decades, the Arab-Israeli conflict was used as a scapegoat by Arab regimes, to distract from the Arab world’s self-inflicted domestic societal issues - It seems it no longer works
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli Finance Ministry data shows that even after Israeli deductions due to the P.A.'s "pay for slay" program, the P.A. would have still received more money in each of the first two months of 2019 than it did on average per month in 2018.
The combat vehicles are bulletproof and have already entered use in the Hebron area. Others were stationed in Ramallah and in Shechem (Nablus).
By Bassam Tawil
Instead of giving Jabari a chance to carry out his initiative, Palestinians have waged a massive smear campaign against him, with many denouncing him as a "traitor" and "collaborator" with Israel and Jews. Some Palestinians have even gone as far as calling for his arrest or execution.
The Arabs will once again mark the “Nakba” day tomorrow. Here are historical facts to shed some light to their Rejectionism and mythical narrative.
Israel sought and was granted admittance into many different European structures, including Eurovision. Yet as Israel matures into a more established country, this association requires scrutiny.
Reasonable disagreements are degenerating into demonization and double standards applied against the prime minister.
A PATV children's program recently taught, "All of Palestine will return to us," while pointing to a map of "Palestine" that includes all of Israel.
What is Kushner's plan? He has avoided the term "two-state solution" and the plan is believed to be more focused on economics than political issues, like where to draw borders or the "right of return." Those two items stalled previous talks.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is also being dispatched.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel’s Transportation Ministry signed off on the $840 million renovation project in preparation for an increase in tourism in the next few years.
By Guest Author
Contrary to all the negative predictions, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has been an extraordinary success.
By Bennett Ruda
the ultimate goal must be to remove Hamas yet Israel still follows the strategic goal of "quiet for quiet" instead of actually restoring deterrence.
One tool of verbal demonization that is extremely difficult for Israel to combat is accusations of crimes it supposedly will commit in the future. These are far more difficult to contest than outright lies about current events. An example of this kind of manipulative lie is a remark in an interview by the outgoing French ambassador to the US, Gérard Araud, in which he said that Israel will officially be an apartheid state in the future.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released a statement on Wednesday declaring the relevant elements of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 have been addressed, and therefore the President need no longer sign the waiver to prevent funding restrictions.
The Defense Ministry describes Memorial Day as “designed for the whole of Israeli society and not exclusively for bereaved families.”
When Israel celebrates 71 years of restored Jewish national independence, it bows its head to the 23,741 Israelis who have been killed in action defending the national freedom of the Jewish people. While the price is high, the price of lacking Jewish national freedom was always incomparably higher.
As long as Israel’s enemies are allowed to whitewash 3000 years of continuous Jewish national history in Israel and Jerusalem, genuine peace between Israel and her neighbors will remain a pipe dream.
Islamic Jihad representatives met with the Abu ‘Arar family and offered them full compensation and a registry of the baby as a “Shahid” in exchange for their silence.
Despite possible short term difficulties, Israel should seize on the impending collapse of the Palestinian Authority as an opportunity to extricate itself from the deadly cul-de-sac, into which the Oslo process has lured it
He tried to take shelter when the Red Alert incoming air raid siren activated, while on his way to synagogue
Many in the Gulf are beginning to grasp that their support for the Palestinians is detrimental to their own interests. In addition to practical considerations, the fact that the Palestinians have grown closer to Iran has sparked ire in many Gulf states, which see the Islamist regime as an enemy and the Palestinians’ increasingly close ties with Tehran as a betrayal.
Rabbi Uriel Vigler was on his way to morning prayers.
Prof. Alan Dershowitz: When anybody ever challenges Jewish power and influence, remind them that Jewish power is the best road to peace - it should be a source of pride.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"It’s striking that 3 days later editors choose to publish yet another image that caricatures and denigrates Israel’s prime minister and links the message to Judaism."
By Guest Author
Whereas other legitimate national movements can point to heroic leaders of the past—emperors, kings, presidents—Palestinian Arabs cannot go much further back than Yasser Arafat, a murderous terror boss who never ruled anything more than a gang of killers. Arafat wasn’t even a native Palestinian Arab.
A woman has been murdered in Chabad of Poway, and 3 more people wounded, including a child.
Tthe Dome of the Rock is ubiquitous in Palestinian political life today because the British thought they would get goodwill from the Arabs of Palestine if they helped repair the long-ignored site. Instead, it was used to fuel antisemitism and create Palestinian nationalism - which were, and remain, joined at the hip.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Iran wishes to keep Israel busy around its borders with proxy threats, on the defensive, and deterred.
European leaders condescendingly believe that they know better how the Jewish nation should run its affairs. A sovereign and independent Jewish state is, once again, condemned for being strong and unapologetic.
Hamas and other Palestinian terror group consider Israel one big settlement that needs to be annihilated.
The drafting or exemption of haredi men from military service is back as the super-stumbling block before Netanyahu’s new government. Here are two possible solutions...
In virtually every instance of church attacks, authorities and media obfuscate the identity of the vandals. In those rare instances when the Muslim (or "migrant") identity of the destroyers is leaked, the desecraters are then presented as suffering from mental health issues.
By Gilad Ach
But where is the backbone of the IDF? Is it possible that the “containment theory” that has spread amongst the army's top ranks has eradicated their ability to face the enemy? Has it confused them to the point where there is no clear distinction between good and evil?
The former U.S. president understood that the demand to create a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria is a demand for creating a second Palestinian state (over and above Jordan).
“We ... reject any unproven unscientific statements that contradict all available current science-based studies on vaccinations."
Intensive investment must be made in civil society frameworks that can not only draw the idea of extended Israeli sovereignty into the main-stream discourse as a legitimate political objective, but as one that can dominate that discourse
By Boaz Bismuth
Israeli elites on the left find it hard, even in 2019, to accept the fact that they have lost power; they cling to investigations and Israel’s imaginary racism to excuse their entrenched opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu. And how their hypocrisy has grown since the last election—all of a sudden, they miss Menachem Begin.
It should be said plainly: The core cause behind Netanyahu’s fifth electoral win is contempt for the failed Oslo Accords and the disastrous Gaza disengagement.
If you were to listen to many American women today, you would think nothing has improved. Every women’s group and millions of individual women say women are “oppressed” despite the fact that virtually nothing remains of the “feminine mystique” described by Friedan.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel will try again.
Live Broadcast as Beresheet lands on the moon.
The counting of the ballots have been completed, and there have been some changes in seat distribution.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The people have indeed spoken and much was said quite ardently. The majority of Israelis trust Netanyahu as the only candidate worthy of the position of prime minister. Bennett and Shaked are in a difficult position: they didn't succeed to unite secular and religious Zionists with their new party.
The Likud has a clear majority of 65 with its natural coalition.
Arab voter turnout is also at record lows.
With each party, there is something in the platform, or something about someone on the list that is so fundamentally opposed to my own ideological beliefs that I can’t even stomach the idea of voting for any of them. Not voting is something I have thought about, too. But if I don’t vote for the right, it’s a vote for Blue and White. The thought of Gantz/Lapid at the helm, scares the living daylights out of me.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the designation is “recognizing a basic reality.”
Twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords and a few days before Israeli elections- it is time our leaders learn from History. The end of the conflict will come only after we achieve a clear Israeli victory.
As the Israeli elections approach, cleavages are revealing themselves in Israeli attitudes towards American Jews. This is unfortunate, as Israel does not exist in a vacuum. A deeper understanding is required of what Jews face outside of Israel. The State of Israel faces many challenges regarding American bipartisan support. Just as Israelis don’t want American Jews to make Israel a partisan issue, Israeli leaders should not push American Jews away.
The State of Israel is at a fateful crossroads. The unending necessity to safeguard the state’s secure existence ensures that its leaders will face complex and painful decisions. But there are other, no less critical considerations that must be factored into the decision-making equation, notably powerful national, historical, cultural, and religious sentiments and aspirations.
In issuing his recent presidential decree, recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, President Donald followed the commendable policy pattern he has set...of not following the policy patterns set by his predecessors.
Major cases of anti-Semitism are usually accompanied by attempts at whitewashing. Yet the whitewashing of antisemites and antisemitism is rarely looked at as a widespread international issue. There are many ways one can cover up antisemitism. Politicians, media, the legal system, Jewish organizations and Jews abroad (mainly from the left), Israeli Jews, and Arabs have all participated. Still, the whitewashing of today’s antisemitism pales in comparison to the whitewashing of national anti-Semitism during the Holocaust.
By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
Hamas will present itself in large numbers in the West Bank, not as a terror organization but as a force that can mobilize large public gatherings. We must wait and see to what extent Hamas is capable of accomplishing this task, but the mere intention tells us a lot about its future strategy.
Reporting on the fighting as if it is a traditional war plays into the hands of Hamas, since controlling the news cycle is not peripheral but essential in cognitive war. While the West may just be waking up to the importance of cognitive warfare, Israel has been fighting it for a long time
Multiple rockets were launched at Israel from Gaza after midnight.
By Isi Leibler
So, what is this election about? The bottom line: Are we willing to accept Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for another term?
When Jewish power and influence are used in the cause of peace and justice -- as it is today -- there is nothing to be ashamed of. It should be a source of pride.
By Mida
Precisely now that Israel has reached an unprecedented status in the international arena, Israel must move from a policy of concessions to a clear Israeli Victory paradigm.
The school cancellation list includes the major southern cities of Be'er Sheva, Ashdod and Ashkelon.
By Mida
We, the people of Israel, must demand security. We must demand deterrence. Our security will come about by winning, by determining what the end-game must be and by unapologetically seeing it through.
Should Israel withdraw from Judea and Samaria – we will face an unrelenting assault on our very right to exist.
Jew-hatred is as old as the Judean Hills, predating even the rebellion of the Jewish nation against Roman imperialism and colonialism from 66 to 73 C.E. Among the punishments Rome inflicted: renaming the conquered Jewish territories.
Hamas is now accusing the PA and Fatah of exploiting the economic crisis in the Gaza Strip to call on Palestinians to overthrow the Hamas regime. Fatah, for its part, is accusing the "dark forces" of Hamas of acting on orders from outside parties to establish a separate Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip.
"After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability!"
The Purim story, as told by the President.
{Written by Pesach Benson and originally posted to the Honest Reporting website} Much has been written about the Palestinian refugees, but little attention has been paid to nearly one million Jewish refugees forced to flee their Arab homelands in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant and beyond. Between 1948-1972, approximately 586,000 Jews from Arab […]
Many Israelis are willing to tolerate a racist party in the Knesset because they fear that the alternative is a government that will make life-threatening territorial concessions. And when voters think human life is at stake, telling them to “just say no” won’t work.
By Jeff Dunetz
The first time she defeated the evil in Persia, Esther used her beauty. The second time Esther used a computer worm named Stuxnet.
The terror cell hit multiple locations near Ariel.
By Ben Cohen
Jews and Muslims find themselves on the same side of the line that separates civilization from barbarism. If we are to achieve greater understanding between our two minority communities, then that is as good a place as any from which to start.
By BESA CENTER
The Warsaw Summit demonstrated that the popularity of the Palestinian cause continues to decline, suggesting that Palestinian nationalism has failed.
At 9:05 PM the rocket alert went off in the Gush Dan / Tel Aviv region.
By Justin Amler
The selfie the Israeli “Beresheet” spacecraft beamed back to earth, is the essence of the Jewish people: a beacon of light in a sea of darkness.
By Mida
Following the media storm caused by the top-model, the Hasbara activist reports to “Mida”: “The current government invested in the Arab sector. Many think like me but they do not have the courage to tell the truth”.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Hezbollah has been recruiting hundreds of villagers villagers into a terror network equipped with weapons, anti-tank rockets and explosive.
Balagan: chaos, total disorder, huge mess. Borrowed from Russian.
September 4, 2026 
