Hourly Roundup 13:00 Israel · 20 Oct 2026
Stories in this hour
- Reach out to those who think supporting Israel is ‘uncool’The movie NAZA recently caught the media’s attention both in Israel and abroad; perhaps more attention than such a movie deserves. The film features testimonies from unidentified individuals who claim to have been soldiers in…
- IDF targets two suspects in Gaza who posed ‘immediate threat’The Israel Defense Forces struck two suspects in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 19 who had crossed the Yellow Line and attempted to sabotage operational infrastructure, posing an “immediate threat,” the military said on…
- Repair the World reaches 1 million acts of service and learning four years ahead of scheduleRepair the World, a national Jewish nonprofit that mobilizes communities to pursue a just world, announced it has reached 1 million acts of service and learning since 2020—four years ahead of schedule. The milestone reflects…
- Netflix drama features moving tribute to Hersh Goldberg-PolinThe fourth season of Netflix's political drama 'The Diplomat' includes a reference to Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Aner Shapira, who were attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7
- Israeli election: Opposition leaders welcome Benny Gantz’s withdrawal while Likud warns of vote splittingRight-wing leaders fear the vote will be split between smaller parties, helping the left into power
- Gaza aid shipments resume as Hamas backs down from extortion threats targeting private merchantsMerchants previously suspended truck coordination activities in protest of a tax threatened by Hamas, wherein the terror organization demanded payments of approximately NIS 10,000 per truck
- Suspected assault on Jewish shepherd in Binyamin regionPolice officers from the Binyamin Police Station in the Judea and Samaria District were dispatched following a report of an assault on a shepherd in an area authorized for grazing, near the Chesed Leavraham Farm…
- Man arrested after alleged antisemitic attacks on three Jewish women in LondonThe Metropolitan Police said officers were called to the Clapton Common area of Hackney, northeast London, at around 1:40 p.m. after volunteers from Shomrim London detained the suspect
- Manhunt launched as suspect flees scene of attempted ramming of police officer near Modi'inThe driver was suspected of transporting illegal immigrants before attempting to run over a police officer
- Trump at Kansas rally: Democrats want to raise Palestinian flag hereU.S. President Donald Trump said at a midterm election rally in Kansas on Monday that Democrats want to "raise up the Palestinian flag right in the middle of your wonderful state." "They want to shut…
- Erdogan accuses Israel of destabilizing Syria, warns Turkey is surrounded by 'ring of fire'Erdogan accused Israel of undermining stability in Syria, warning that Turkey was surrounded by a "ring of fire" as regional conflicts intensified
- U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has landed in Oslo for talks on the war in Ukraine with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and F…U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has landed in Oslo for talks on the war in Ukraine with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Finnish President Alexander Stubb. He is set…
Torah perspective
The complaint that supporting Israel has become uncool is not a public-relations problem. It is a problem of fear, and the Torah names fear as the enemy of truth. When ten spies returned from the Land and said the people were too strong for us, the nation collapsed not because the report was accurate but because it was contagious. One voice of courage, Yehoshua and Kalev, stood against the crowd and survived. The crowd is not persuaded by mockery of its ignorance. It is persuaded by people who refuse to be intimidated. Speak to those who have not yet decided, and speak without apology.