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Monthly Archives: May 2026
If I forget you
This week marks Yom Yerushalayim—the 59th anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem. Despite centuries of exile and dispersal to every corner of the globe, the Jewish people never relinquished their connection to their historical...
Times Columnist Kristof’s Father Fought on Nazi Side in World War II
A Complicated Family Legacy
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, whose recent article accusing Israel of using dogs and carrots to rape Palestinian prisoners has been denounced by the Israeli foreign ministry as "Hamas propaganda"...
Israel to establish IDF museum at former UNRWA Jerusalem headquarters
Israel to Establish IDF Museum at Former UNRWA Jerusalem Headquarters
The Israeli Cabinet is expected to approve plans next week to establish an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) museum at the Jerusalem compound formerly occupied by...
The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive
East Jerusalem to Amman should have been an easy trip: a short drive down to the Dead Sea, across the border checkpoint and swiftly on to the Jordanian capital.
But in the early summer of...
‘Gang rape, forced stripping and humiliation’: New report documents 10,000 findings on Oct. 7...
Spanning roughly 250 pages, with hundreds of footnotes and references to more than 10,000 documented items, a new report lays out what it describes as a systematic pattern of sexual violence, humiliation and abuse...
Ankara’s Crossroads: Rearmament, Risk, and the Prospect of War with Israel
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MAY 2026 UPDATE Disappearance of Haymanut Kasau: hierarchy, chronology, and failures of responsibility
On 25 February 2024, nine‑year‑old Haymanut Kasau disappeared from the Jewish Agency absorption center in Safed after going out to distribute election flyers, and as of early 2026 the State of Israel has not...
From Tehran to Tampa: Iranian Proxy Networks Operating Through Florida’s 501(c)(3) Sector
As the United States confronts Iran's expanding proxy architecture across the Middle East, this report documents a dimension of that challenge that has received insufficient regulatory attention: the degree to which U.S.-based civil-society infrastructure...
Syria’s Accommodation of Foreign Jihadists Backfires
The Syrian government’s effort to integrate foreign fighters into its armed forces may be unraveling.
On May 5, Syrian authorities arrested 16 Uzbek fighters following a standoff with armed members of the Uzbek community in...
An End to Israel Diplomatic Passivity
Israel has finally formed a National Public Diplomacy Directorate, to address Israel's standing in the public domain, where trashing of Israel has become the norm.
This initiative brings to mind the efforts of the writer Amos...
