In this edition:

• Attacking synagogues is not about freeing Palestine: We intended to highlight something else, but the recent outbreak of attacks on synagogues and Jews in different parts of the world made us change our minds. When you read this section, ask yourselves if the next Oct. 7 is just around your corner. Hopefully, we're just paranoid and it is not too late change the course of history..

• Israeli Politics: A lot has happened in Israel over the past 4 days. This is where you can read a short summary of the highlights.

• 120 Hostages / How Many More Days?: Every rally and demonstration held in Israel these days begins by marking the number of days and nights the hostages have been held. In this section we ask How Did Netanyahu Make the Hostages a Political Battering Ramp?, include a poem by David Grossman, Suddenly a Scream Flew, and remind you about the hostages who often get forgotten because they are not Israelis.

In this edition:

• Bibi Targets Israel-US Relations: After systematically dismantled much of Israel’s governmental infrastructure, enabling Hamas to penetrate Israel's borders, and mismanaging the war in Gaza, Netanyahu is creating a public feud with President Biden that threatens to destroy the Israel-United States alliance

• Internal Self-Sabotage: Read about some of the acts of self-sabotage that Bibi and our insane government that occurred since our last issue three days ago

• 120 Hostages/257 Days: Sobering and depressing assessments of the number of hostages still alive, Mother of Gaza hostage tells UN Human Rights Council: 'Women's bodies used as political tools', and Amit Soussana's meeting with Kamala Harris

• Déjà Vu - Germany 1933 and Vichy France 1940 Return as BDS: Read about how the Eurosatory 2024 ban on any companies connected to the Jewish state is nearly identical to the German boycott of Jewish businesses in 1933 that quickly led to the holocaust.

• Déjà vu in Israel: Read how Israelis are disgusted by and afraid of their own government. The weekly protest in Tel Aviv has grown to or even exceeded the pre-Oct. 7 levels, and this week road blockages and other actions are expected throughout the week.

• The Multi-front War: Read about the pain Israelis are feeling over the many soldiers who have died and been injured, the upcoming war in the north, and how the “innocent” Palestinians that you read about overwhelmingly support Hamas and the atrocities of Oct. 7.

• 120 Hostages: Read the stories that the western press all but ignore about the real humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

• Human Sacrifice at The United Nations: We began this newsletter before Oct. 7, when we believed that you (our readers) needed to understand just how bad our government was and to ask for your help. Since then, world leadership has begun to rival Israel’s political leadership in a race to the bottom.
  “Free Palestine” or “Trump vs. Biden”: Regardless of which candidate is elected, he and possibly his VP will need to deal to deal with the threat that the “Free Palestine” movement poses to Jews, other Zionists, the #MeToo movement, and the basic values of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” for all, regardless of race, religion or national origin.
  Israeli Politics: Bibi deserves to be held responsible for abandoning the entire northern border. Holiday celebrations of Shavuot in northern Israel were interrupted by incoming rockets and explosive drones - but according to the mayors of these towns - not a single government minister or even a member of the coalition thought to call or visit. Plus, there's been an escalation in false arrests and police violence against protesters.

• Finally, Some Good News - Over the weekend, the IDF and other Israeli security forces did the impossible and freed four hostages alive, despite all the odds against it.

• The World’s Hypocritic Oath (as opposed to the Hippocratic Oath) - Read what about how the world tries to frame a heroic rescue as a massacre to be condemned. 40 years ago Bob Dylan described this in his song “Neighborhood Bully”.

• Netanyahu and the Hostages - Read about how Israel’s Prime Minister ignores the hostages, except when there is a good photo opp. This is a sad state of affairs, but a true one.

• Israeli Government from Outer Space - It is as if they live on a far-off planet. But unfortunately for Israel, they're in charge. King Bibi - life in Versailles, Israel, Bezalel Smotrich - it’s not my fault, Miri Regev - evacuees should should be grateful, Amichai Chikli - playing 007, Out of Touch and Out of Control: Israel’s Leadership Crisis

• What Is Happening to Young Jewry in the United States? - Read what about a Senior Reform rabbi in the USA who says that "There are young anti-Zionist Jews who are already lost to us"

• You Too Could Be Next - Read about how the next generation of legal scholars appears to be on their way to bringing back "Separate but Equal"? and how a Free Palestine Group targeted an American High School in New Jersey.

• Hope — Critical Crossroads for Europe and Israel - This section examines the pivotal political shifts in Europe and Israel.

• Hostages - 124 Hostages / 244 Days - Read about how protesters are at every intersection to remind the government that this is their responsibility.

• Biden's Masterstroke - or -Did Biden and Bibi just throw Israel under the bus? - Was Biden’s speech and the invitation of Bibi to speak to a joint session of both houses of Congress a masterstroke by Biden to save Israel from its own leadership, or part of plan by both Bibi and Joe Biden to get reelected at the expense of Israel’s vital interests?

• The War, Religious Conscription, The Deal, Our Future - Read about the events that are currently shaking Netanyahu’s coalition government.

• Hostages - 124 Hostages / 241 Days - Read about the sad discovery of Dolev Yehud: whose remains were only recently identified through scientific analysis

• Strategic Shifts and Judicial Decisions: Shaping Israel's Future - In a week marked by decisive shifts in Israel’s strategic and judicial landscapes (as usual, but maybe more than usual), read about how significant developments unfolded that could reshape the nation's future.

• Hamas and UNWRA - Read about the Knesset advances bill to designate UNRWA as a terrorist organization

In this edition:

• Navigating Israel's Intensifying Challenges - It is Getting Worse! In our May 20 newsletter, we posed the rhetorical question, "It Can't Get Any Worse, Can It?" Sadly, the unfolding events since then suggest that the situation has indeed worsened.

• Are Jews Being Ostrichicized as a 2024 Rerun of 1934? Ostrichicized is not a real word, but in 1934 Jews were both "ostracized" by the Nazi Party and convinced by their friends that it would soon pass and that they should just bury their heads in sand, like an "ostrich", until the rage died down. The rapid rise in antisemitism since Oct. 7 caught us all by surprise.

• Book Burnings and Blacklists. You're all familiar with the "Free Palestine" protests that many claim are "peaceful protests". Did you know that this "peaceful protest" movement has already led to blacklists of Jews, not to mention death threats?

• 'All eyes on Rafah' trend sweeps Instagram, as Israel response banned'. Although influential celebrities lead an effort behind a counter-campaign on Rafah, sharing images of hostages held by Hamas, captioned "Where were your eyes on October 7?" and "Bring Them Home.", their images garnered a mere 600,000 shares before being inexplicably removed from Instagram and the original account blocked.

• Israel's Political Tensions Escalate. Key opposition leaders strategize to dismantle Netanyahu's coalition, urging Benny Gantz to join their efforts in a decisive political move, while National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir is criticized for illegal attempts to control the police, facing backlash from the Attorney General for overstepping legal boundaries.

• Daily Protests, Calls for Elections, Amid Ongoing Missile Attack: The hypocrisy of the court - and the media - was quickly exposed yesterday when dozens of missiles were fired from Rafah. Meanwhile, the streets of Israeli cities are filled almost daily by protests demanding not on the return of the remaining hostages - live hostages not bodies - as well calling for elections the end of the current government..

• Politics, Foreign Policy, Civil Rights and Personal Safety: At first glance, these appear unrelated to each other and to IsraelNewsInsights. But, once you connect the dots the connection is clear, both in Israel and the United States.

• War and Politics: While you may think that politics and war are separate things - local politics rather than national interest are determining how each country reacts to the war in Gaza. This is neither healthy nor moral.

• UNWRA and Hamas Are One: The United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and many other international organizations are not what we thought they were

The World Must Have Gone Mad

There’s no other explanation for it.

• The ICC has issued arrest warrants for the prime minister and defense secretary of a democratic country - together with a warrant for the arrest of one of the biggest terrorists alive today - creating an equation between the two sides that would have been unread of until October 7.

• The UN held a moment of silence for the death of “The Butcher of Teheran” while its flag was at half-staff. The corrupt organization never even lowered the flag to mark the murder of over 1200 Israelies on October 7.

• On Wednesday at 6 pm local time, Israel came to a standstill, as the horrific abduction video of five IDF women soldiers was released at the explicit request of their parents. And the response from UN Women - crickets.

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