Jerry Seinfeld didn&#8217;t need a punchline — reality did the work for him.
After the New York Knicks&#8217; victory over the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night, a streamer cornered the legendary comedian outside the arena, camera rolling, clearly fishing for a viral moment.
&#8220;What up, Seinfeld? What up? Can we get a &#8216;free Palestine?&#8217; Can we get a &#8216;free Palestine?&#8217; C&#8217;mon, give us a &#8216;free Palestine,'&#8221; the streamer demanded.
Seinfeld laughed — and then delivered three words that broke the internet: &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t exist.&#8221;
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The streamer, apparently satisfied with the chaos he&#8217;d generated, turned to his phone and announced, &#8220;You got all that? You got all that? There we go.&#8221;
He got it, alright. He just didn&#8217;t get what he wanted.
For anyone surprised by Seinfeld&#8217;s composure, they haven&#8217;t been paying attention. The comedian has been navigating this minefield for years — and winning every round.
His connection to Israel runs deep and predates his fame. At 16, in 1970, Seinfeld volunteered at Kibbutz Sa&#8217;ar. After Hamas&#8217; October 7, 2023, massacre, he flew to Tel Aviv on a solidarity trip, meeting with hostage families and visiting the devastated Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri and the Nova Music Festival site.
The backlash was swift — and Seinfeld turned it into material.
In Australia, when a heckler accused him of supporting genocide, Seinfeld <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/sep/10/jerry-seinfeld-palestine-comments#:~:text=A%20month%20later%2C%20roughly%20100,his%20speech%20despite%20the%20interruptions.">fired back</a>: &#8220;We have a genius, ladies and gentlemen. He&#8217;s solved the Middle East! It&#8217;s the Jewish comedians, that&#8217;s who we have to get.&#8221; To another protester he <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/i-missed-you-seinfeld-roasts-another-anti-israel-heckler/#:~:text=Pro%2DPalestinian%20malcontent%20at%20final,6">quipped,</a> &#8220;I think you need to go back and tell whoever is running your organization, &#8216;We just gave more money to a Jew.&#8217; That cannot be a good plan for you.&#8221;
In February 2024, protesters called him &#8220;Nazi scum&#8221; as he left the 92Y in Manhattan. He smiled and waved. Outside another event, demonstrators surrounded his car screaming &#8220;genocide scum.&#8221; He smiled and waved again.
At Duke University&#8217;s May 2024 commencement, roughly 100 students walked out waving Palestinian flags when he took the podium. He <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-duke-university-commencement-address-graduates-walk-out/">told</a> the remaining crowd, &#8220;A lot of you are thinking, &#8216;I can&#8217;t believe they invited this guy.&#8217; Too late.&#8221;
By September 2025, Seinfeld had stopped pulling punches entirely. At a Duke campus event, he <a href="https://dukechronicle.com/article/duke-university-jerry-seinfeld-calls-free-palestine-antisemetic-compares-it-to-ku-klux-klan-20250910">compared</a> &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; to KKK rhetoric, arguing both mask hatred behind euphemism — and that the Klan was at least honest about it.
So when the streamer shoved a camera in his face Wednesday night expecting to rattle the man, he walked into years of battle-tested material.
The response was instant. It was devastating.
It was, in a word, Seinfeldian.

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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will respond after Iran shot down an American Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.
&#8220;I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,&#8221; Trump posted to Truth Social. &#8220;There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s statement came after U.S. Central Command confirmed that an AH-64 Apache helicopter went down near the coast of Oman on Monday evening.
&#8220;At 7:33 p.m. ET on June 8, two crew members from a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache were rescued by American forces after their helicopter went down near the coast of Oman while patrolling regional waters,&#8221; CENTCOM said in a statement.
The military said both soldiers were rescued within approximately two hours and are in stable condition. Officials added that the cause of the incident remains under investigation.
According to Fox News, investigators believe Iranian drones were involved in the downing of the helicopter and are working to determine whether the aircraft was deliberately targeted.
The rescue operation marked a historic first for the U.S. military.
The U.S. military reportedly used an unmanned surface vessel powered by artificial intelligence and operated by Task Force 59 to locate and rescue the helicopter crew after the aircraft went down. The drone boat transported the soldiers to another location at sea, where they were later hoisted aboard a helicopter for evacuation.
CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins told CBS News that the rescue was carried out by an unmanned surface drone operated by Task Force 59, a unit within the U.S. Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain. Officials said it was the first time an unmanned surface vessel had been used in a real-world water rescue operation.
Rescue efforts were led by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the 82nd Airborne Division, with support from Air Force and Navy assets, including Task Force 59 and units assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Tuesday that foreign military forces operating near Iran should leave the region, saying they face risks from &#8220;human errors,&#8221; accidents, or being caught in crossfire.
“Iran prefers the language of diplomacy,” Araghchi wrote. “However, as our Brave Warriors have shown to the world, we know how to speak other languages too.”
The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East and just days after Iran struck Israel with at least 24 missiles for the first time since the ceasefire went into place about two months ago. In response, Israel fired back before both sides agreed to halt attacks at Trump’s request.
Trump has repeatedly expressed optimism that a broader agreement could soon be reached, telling reporters and posting on social media in recent days that negotiations are progressing and that the sides are moving closer to a deal.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is backing a new congressional resolution that calls for phasing out U.S. military aid to Israel and replacing it with a joint strategic partnership between the longtime allies.
The resolution, introduced Wednesday by Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) after a meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem last week, <a href="https://stutzman.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stutzman-introduces-resolution-transition-us-israel-relations">calls</a> for ending the current military aid framework and replacing it with expanded cooperation on defense technology, intelligence sharing, weapons development, and strategic planning.
The proposal reflects a position Netanyahu has increasingly embraced over the past year: that Israel should reduce its dependence on American military assistance and build a more self-sufficient defense industry while maintaining a close alliance with Washington.
“As I said in our meeting in Jerusalem on May 27, 2026, Israel deeply appreciates the financial component of the military aid the United States has generously provided us over the years,” Netanyahu wrote <a href="https://stutzman.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/stutzman.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/usa-rep-marlin-stutzman-defense-cooperation-1.6.26.pdf.pdf">in a letter</a> endorsing the legislation. “The time has now arrived for us to move from aid recipient to partner.”
Israel receives roughly $3.8 billion annually in U.S. military aid under a long-standing memorandum of understanding between the two countries. Most of that funding must be spent on American-made military equipment and defense systems.
Stutzman said the resolution would mark “a new era” in the U.S.-Israel alliance.
“Above all, the United States and Israel stand together against totalitarianism and for freedom,” Stutzman said in a statement. “We are bound by the shared Western values that built both our nations.”
“This resolution affirms that the United States stands with Israel not out of obligation, but out of shared strength and shared strategic interest. Israel has come of age where our nations should contribute equally and share results equally.”
Supporters of the move argue the current aid structure no longer reflects Israel’s military and economic strength, noting that Israel is now one of the world’s top arms exporters and spends a larger share of its GDP on defense than nearly every NATO ally. Backers also say the plan aligns with President Donald Trump’s broader foreign policy approach of encouraging allied nations to take greater responsibility for their own defense while maintaining close strategic partnerships with the United States.
Even U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a decades-long supporter of Israel, suggested this week that the future of the relationship lies beyond traditional aid, arguing that the alliance already delivers significant returns for the United States.
“Israel receives $3.8 billion but spends far more than that buying U.S. military goods,” Huckabee <a href="https://x.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/2061406904140845427?s=20">wrote on X</a>. “U.S. also receives intel, tech innovations so that ROI is many times more.”
He added that a future U.S.-Israel memorandum of understanding could reflect that shift, writing: “New MOU w/ Israel ends aid &amp; will be based on trade.”
Israeli leaders have increasingly argued that dependence on foreign weapons shipments creates vulnerabilities during wartime. Those concerns intensified after the Biden administration temporarily <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-halts-weapons-shipments-to-idf-to-send-a-political-message-to-israel-report">halted a shipment</a> of heavy bombs and threatened to withhold offensive weapons if Israel launched an assault on Rafah. It wasn’t until Trump took office that all of the weapons were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-releases-weapons-to-israel-that-biden-withheld-for-political-reasons">shipped</a>. 
Netanyahu recently <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-israeli-soldiers-lost-their-lives-in-gaza-due-to-biden-era-arms-embargo/">blamed</a> the embargo for the death of soldiers because of the lack of ammunition. 
“At a certain stage, we simply didn’t have enough ammunition and people fell, heroes fell,” he said. “Part of that shortage of ammunition was the result of an embargo.”
During Operation Protective Edge in 2014, the Obama administration <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-official-confirms-us-nixed-missile-sale-pm-blamed-for-soured-ties/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">suspended a shipment</a> of Hellfire missiles and increased oversight of weapons transfers.
Retired Israeli Brigadier General Amir Avivi told The Daily Wire that episodes like those convinced many Israeli defense officials that the country needed greater manufacturing independence. 
“This really shook the Israeli defense establishment and an understanding that you cannot really rely, during a moment of truth, on getting what we need,” Avivi said.
Avivi added that he reached a similar conclusion while serving as chief auditor of Israel&#8217;s defense establishment in 2014.  
“We really lacked the capabilities because we transferred many capabilities to the U.S., and this really hurt our readiness but also our sovereignty — our ability as a country to defend ourselves,” he said. 

Other Israeli officials and defense analysts argue that the current aid structure has made Israel increasingly reliant on American suppliers while weakening incentives to expand domestic production. Under the military aid agreement negotiated during the Obama administration, the percentage of U.S. aid that Israel can spend on its own defense industry has steadily declined — from 25% to just 11% this year — and is scheduled to reach zero by 2028, a change critics say undermines Israel’s long-term military independence.
When unveiling his $108 billion, decade-long plan to build an independent Israeli munitions industry, Netanyahu emphasized the goal to “reduce our dependence on all players, including friends.”
Israel is already one of the world’s leading arms exporters, generating roughly $19 billion in weapons sales in 2025, but it remains dependent on foreign suppliers for key munitions and military equipment.
Advocates of the transition also contend that ending aid would strengthen political support for the alliance in the United States because it “creates antagonism both among the hard right and the delusional left.” 
“In the United States, some — such as Tucker Carlson — use the aid to attack Israel,” Avivi said. “They ask why American taxpayers are funding Israel and its wars. Israel wants to remove this argument entirely and say: ‘We don’t want aid.’”
Lawyer and Israeli activist Ran Bar-Yoshafat told The Daily Wire that ending aid would reduce both political friction and foreign leverage over Israeli military operations. 
“The use of force is constrained according to American preferences,” Bar-Yoshafat, a reservist combat special forces officer, said. “The Americans, depending on the administration and military establishment, routinely dictate what weapons we can use and where in the field.”

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has finally said the quiet part out loud.
The far-Left Democratic darling — currently locked in a three-way primary to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters — blew up his own outreach efforts at a &#8220;Jews for Abdul&#8221; campaign event in Pontiac, Michigan, after admitting he &#8220;struggles&#8221; to answer whether Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state.
In a leaked audio recording obtained by <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/05/abdul-el-sayed-struggles-israel-right-to-exist-jewish-state/">Jewish Insider</a>, the Bernie Sanders-backed radical didn’t just sidestep the question — he turned on his own audience and demanded they justify Israel’s existence under “liberal values.”
&#8220;I often struggle with the question that people ask in this particular scenario, because what they now ask is, ‘Do you believe in the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state,’ which, to me, forces the question of a definition of what a Jewish state means,” El-Sayed barked back at an audience member who called him out for dodging inquiries on the Jewish state.
He then took it a step further, aggressively turning the tables on the crowd. “I need folks who want to ask me that question [to explain] what it is that they mean by that, and how that is consistent with any form of liberal values that we say we believe in here in the United States,&#8221; El-Sayed said.
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SCOOP | Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left Democratic candidate for Michigan’s Senate seat, said at an event with Jewish supporters last week that he struggles to answer questions about whether he believes Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state.
“I often struggle with the… <a href="https://t.co/ugjbXgxUvr">pic.twitter.com/ugjbXgxUvr</a>
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The epidemiologist and anti-establishment favorite then rolled out the standard far-Left playbook, smearing America&#8217;s ally by accusing Israel of implementing &#8220;apartheid&#8221; in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. He further grumbled that the question of Israel’s right to exist unfairly overlooks “the rights of people who’ve been displaced by Israeli action” dating back to 1948.
El-Sayed’s statements took place in front of a paltry audience of just a &#8220;few dozen&#8221; people, according to campaign photos — at least one of whom wasn&#8217;t even Jewish, according to Jewish Insider.
The shock audio drops a massive bomb on El-Sayed’s already controversial campaign, which has sent shockwaves of panic through Michigan&#8217;s sizable Jewish community. The leftist Muslim candidate has repeatedly faced fierce backlash for cozying up to toxic anti-Israel extremists.
El-Sayed sparked fury following a terrifying Hezbollah-inspired terrorist attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, where a fanatic attempted to murder 140 children by driving an explosive-laden truck into the synagogue&#8217;s preschool. El-Sayed rationalized the near-massacre, declaring that &#8220;hurt people hurt people.&#8221;
Worse yet, El-Sayed followed the synagogue attack by boasting about joint campaign appearances with Hasan Piker — a toxic, self-described Marxist Twitch streamer who has previously slurred Orthodox Jews as &#8220;inbred&#8221; and claimed America deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Insiders say the leaked audio confirms what critics have warned about for months: El-Sayed is eagerly currying favor with the hardline Islamist political infrastructure in Dearborn. A previous leaked recording already caught El-Sayed ordering his staff to stay silent on the joint U.S.-Israeli elimination of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this year, explicitly admitting he didn&#8217;t want to anger Dearborn voters who would be &#8220;sad&#8221; over the death of the theocratic, terror-sponsoring butcher.
El-Sayed’s latest anti-Israel comments make it crystal clear whose side he&#8217;s on.

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Radical Senate Candidate Admits He ‘Struggles’ To Say Israel Has A Right To Exist

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A vile anti-Israel demonstration in Montreal sparked global outrage this week after radical protesters paraded through the streets with effigies of Donald Trump and top Israeli politicians swinging from nooses.
Footage blasted across social media shows the sick display, orchestrated by the extremist group Montreal4Palestine during a Sunday rally in the heart of the Canadian city. Among those depicted hanging by the neck were U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada, May 2026: The pro-Hamas group “Mtl4Pal” has been displaying effigies of Jews wearing kippas, Israeli politicians, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Donald Trump hanging from nooses at protests. <a href="https://t.co/nTYaAXjPOR">pic.twitter.com/nTYaAXjPOR</a>
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The grim spectacle sparked instant fury online. Strangely, a Montreal Canadiens hockey flag was also spotted attached to the gruesome display.
The hate-fueled stunt drew immediate, blistering condemnation from government officials and Jewish leaders.
Canadian Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-israel-protesters-hang-effigies-of-netanyahu-ben-gvir-trump-at-montreal-rally/">blasted</a> the display as “disgusting, antisemitic, and clear incitement,” while Montreal City Councilor Leslie Roberts called the incident “unacceptable,” demanding a full police investigation.
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) slammed the mob, warning that the rally crossed the line from activism into outright terror tactics.
“This evokes some of the darkest antisemitic imagery in history and is completely unacceptable,” CIJA said in a fiery statement on X. “This is not ‘peaceful activism.’ It is the promotion of hatred and the incitement of violence that fuels the radicalization of our social climate.”
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Let us be clear: this is not a debate about the Middle East. Hanging effigies of Jews in the streets of Montreal evokes some of the darkest antisemitic imagery in history and is completely unacceptable.
This is not “peaceful activism.” It is the promotion of hatred and the… <a href="https://t.co/M9tX1PmRvO">https://t.co/M9tX1PmRvO</a>
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The terrifying display comes as Canada grapples with a skyrocketing explosion of antisemitism following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terror attacks on Israel. B’nai Brith Canada recently <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lE1cqaXMit8cIHXtCAm7-spMbfVWogd2/view">reported</a> a staggering, record-breaking 6,800 antisemitic incidents across the country last year alone.
Jew-hatred has exploded online: “Online harassment now constitutes 92 percent of all recorded incidents, up from roughly 74 percent in 2019. Online incidents alone increased by 16.4 percent in a single year and by 203.9 percent since 2022,” The Hub <a href="https://thehub.ca/2026/05/25/6800-antisemitic-incidents-and-counting-canadas-crisis-demands-a-civilizational-response/#:~:text=Canadian%20Jews%20are%20not%20encountering,most%20civic%20life%20now%20flows.">reported</a>. “Ontario recorded 3,194 incidents, a 79.2 percent increase from 2024. The Atlantic provinces — not typically associated with large Jewish communities or intense political conflict — saw a 114.5 percent increase. The Prairies were up 88.1 percent.”
Worse, the hate has turned bloody. Less than five months into 2026, violent incidents against Canada’s 400,000-strong Jewish community have already eclipsed all of last year. Recent horrors include a Toronto Jewish girls&#8217; school being <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bais-chaya-mushka-gunshots-toronto-1.7416067">targeted by</a> gunfire three separate times, Montreal institutions hit by <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10075973/montreal-synagogue-firebombing/">firebombs</a>, a Jewish man <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/montreal-police-probing-attack-on-jewish-man-in-front-of-his-two-children/">brutally beaten</a> in front of his children, and terrifying <a href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/artc-canada-effigies-of-netanyahu-ben-gvir-and-trump-hung-at-pro-palestinian-rally">bullet holes</a> discovered at two Toronto-area synagogues.

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Anti-Israel Extremists Hang Effigies Of Trump, Netanyahu From Nooses At Sick Rally

Anti-Israel Extremists Hang Effigies Of Trump, Netanyahu From Nooses At Sick Montreal Rally

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If there were any doubt that Democrats are ecstatically lining up to echo the radical antisemitic rhetoric of hard-left zealots such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, and New Yorkers — even left-wing Jews — who are only too happy to support them, former New York City comptroller Brad Lander, a Jew who is running against incumbent Democrat congressman Dan Goldman, has made it abundantly clear.
Speaking at a mosque where the imam reportedly prayed for the “killing of infidels by [the] sword,” Lander not only vilified the state of Israel with the usual lies but also spoke of his hope for a “partnership” with Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib before concluding with a verse from the Quran praising Allah.
“I believe, as a proud Jewish New Yorker, that Israel&#8217;s genocide in Gaza is a desecration,” he began, resorting to the malicious lie about the Jewish state, before continuing, “is a violation of the understanding that everyone is created in God&#8217;s image — every one of those Palestinian kids in Gaza, just as divine as my beloved children.”
“And so, yes, in Congress, I will not vote for any more U.S. military aid to Israel, not the bombs that are destroying the hospitals and schools in Gaza, not the occupation in Lebanon, which is now, I believe, unfortunately, on its way potentially to being a genocide as well,” he blathered.
Then he turned to his hoped-for “partnership” with the most vehement anti-Israel members of Congress, declaring, “The kind of partnership I developed with Zohran. I hope to come to have with Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar and others in Congress to show we can build a city and a country and a world that everyone can afford and where everyone is welcome and where everyone&#8217;s humanity is respected.”
He later recited from the Quran in Arabic, “In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, say he is Allah, who is one, Allah, the eternal refuge, he neither begets nor is born, nor is there to him any equivalent.”
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New York Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander recited a Quran verse at a Queens mosque, saying he hopes to partner with Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib in Congress. During the same event, the imam prayed for the Mahdi to kill infidels with his sword. <a href="https://t.co/ZoQ094kC5o">pic.twitter.com/ZoQ094kC5o</a>
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An Emerson poll showed Lander with an enormous 34-point lead over Goldman.
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NYC CONGRESSIONAL POLLS with <a href="https://twitter.com/PIX11News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PIX11News</a> 
NY12 Micah Lasher 22% Alex Bores 20% Jack Schlossberg 11% George Conway 10% 32% undecided
NY10 Brad Lander 57% Dan Goldman 23% 20% undecided
NY07 Claire Valdez 23% Antonio Reynoso 21% Julie Won 13% 43% undecided<a href="https://t.co/lxQTS6fT5K">https://t.co/lxQTS6fT5K</a> <a href="https://t.co/yYePKTb0Am">pic.twitter.com/yYePKTb0Am</a>
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Congressional Candidate Brad Lander Joins Court Watching Shift As US Judge Stops ICE Arrests In Immigration Court

Ultimate Betrayal: NY Jewish Dem Grovels To Anti-Israel Radicals To Buy An Election

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is gearing up for yet another political battle as the Israeli Knesset weighs dissolving early ahead of elections expected this fall. For many Israelis, the coming vote will be another referendum on Netanyahu himself. 
After years of political chaos, repeated elections, war, and deep internal divisions, the campaign is shaping up less as a debate over policy and more as a simple question facing the country yet again: whether Israelis want the Bibi era to continue.
Netanyahu is facing political pressure from multiple directions ahead of the upcoming election. His coalition is fracturing over the controversial issue of military exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Israelis, public anger over the failures surrounding the October 7 attacks continues, and opposition parties are attempting to unite.
Netanyahu is no stranger to political survival. Even before the October 7 attacks, Israel had already gone through four elections in just a few years as coalition governments repeatedly fell apart. Netanyahu himself served as prime minister from 1996 to 1999 and then again from 2009 to 2021, becoming the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history.
His current government is now approaching the end of his four half term in office, which is the maximum allowed under Israeli law and a rare achievement in Israel’s notoriously unstable parliamentary system. Elections must legally be held by October 27 at the latest. 
While the Israel Netanyahu governs today is different from the country that existed before October 7, focus is shifting back to deep domestic divisions.
Just prior to the Hamas attacks, Israel was consumed by internal division over Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms, with massive protests rocking the country and raising fears of a constitutional crisis. 
Then came October 7, the deadliest terrorist attack in Israeli history, followed by war in Gaza and escalating regional conflict involving Iran and its proxies. In the aftermath, a wartime coalition government was formed, temporarily muting some political tensions while all focus was on ensuring the Jewish state’s defense and survival. 
Now, even as negotiations with Iran continue to stall and fears of a broader regional war remain, Israeli domestic tensions are once again exploding ahead of a possible election.
At the center of the immediate political crisis is one of the most sensitive issues in Israeli society: military service exemptions for the Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, community. 
Netanyahu’s coalition included and depended on Haredi political parties that oppose drafting young men studying in religious seminaries, or yeshivas, into the Israel Defense Forces. Many ultra-Orthodox leaders fear military service could pull students away from religious studies, expose them to secular and forbidden lifestyles, or place them under non-religious authority structures. 
But after nearly three years of war, support has grown significantly among the broader Israeli public for requiring Haredi Israelis to serve alongside their peers. Many Israelis argue the military needs additional manpower to alleviate reservists who have carried an unsustainable burden through repeated deployments since October 7. Others say it is unfair that Haredi communities receive significant economic assistance without their young people serving in the military.
That is not to say that no Haredi Israelis serve in the military. While still a minority, some ultra-Orthodox men do enlist, including in the IDF’s all-ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade. The brigade, founded after October 7 in response to the needed manpower and the sense of duty that some Haredi men felt to protect their nation, operates as an all-male unit with religious accommodations for its soldiers. 
According to <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bj8by8ec11e?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Ynet</a>, the brigade has recently carried out raids targeting weapons and terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon, while its first class of soldiers also recently completed officer training courses.
If the Knesset dissolves this week, the timing itself would only move elections up by a matter of weeks, but it would create one significant complication. Israel will enter what is known as a caretaker government, in which the outgoing government continues governing with limited powers until a new coalition is formed after elections in order to avoid a vacuum in leadership. 
During that period, key appointments cannot easily be confirmed, which has become a major issue because Israel has still not finalized confirmation of a new Mossad director, a priority Netanyahu reportedly wants completed.
At the same time, caretaker governments can be advantageous to sitting prime ministers by giving them greater operational flexibility with an inactive Knesset. Dissolving the government early could also help ensure elections take place several weeks before the third anniversary of October 7, when public anger and emotions surrounding the attacks could intensify even further. 
The opposition is already preparing to make the next election a referendum on accountability for October 7.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has pledged that if he forms the next government, the very first cabinet meeting would establish a formal commission of inquiry into the failures that led to the October 7 massacre. Several opposition figures argue Israel must fully investigate what went wrong militarily, politically, and institutionally. 
Bennett is attempting to rebuild a coalition spanning the Israeli political spectrum. Politically, he is trying to convince centrist and left-leaning voters that he can pull support away from Netanyahu while also reassuring conservatives who abandoned him after he previously partnered with left-wing and Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Arab parties in 2021 to remove Netanyahu from power. 
Former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot is also emerging as a major political figure. Viewed as a centrist with strong national security credentials, Eisenkot has become increasingly attractive to voters seeking military credibility without Netanyahu’s polarizing political baggage. His recently-founded Yashar political party has already caught the eye of many Israelis.
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-896302">Polling shows</a> the opposition could become significantly stronger if alliances form. According to a recent Maariv poll, 55% of Israelis surveyed said Netanyahu should retire from political life, while only 38% said he should continue running. The same poll found that if Eisenkot joined Bennett and left-wing opposition leader Yair Lapid on a joint list, the alliance could potentially win 49 seats in the Knesset. A minimum of 61 seats is needed to form a governing coalition.
It’s important to note that Israeli polling remains notoriously unreliable at this stage because the final political alignments remain unclear. A political insider compared the current numbers to early American presidential straw polls conducted before candidates officially announce their campaigns. 
Another insider added that the upcoming election will likely be another referendum on “Bibi,” with many voters sorting themselves into camps that are pro-Netanyahu, anti-Netanyahu, or anti-anti-Netanyahu — meaning voters who may not personally support Netanyahu but are exhausted by what they see as relentless political opposition to him. 
One insider described it as a type of political infection similar to Trump derangement syndrome.
“They will do anything to get rid of Bibi, even allying with those they have far deeper ideological disagreements with politically.”
Some of Netanyahu’s supporters see him as advantageous both because he is feared by his country’s enemies and because of his close relationship to President Donald Trump.
While some Americans believe removing Netanyahu from power could significantly alter Israel’s wartime posture, many analysts believe an opposition government would prosecute the wars in Gaza and against Iran-backed forces in largely similar ways. 
The bigger question may be whether a government without Netanyahu may be more open to international pressure for a Palestinian state in Gaza and parts of the West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria. Especially if expanding the Abraham Accords to include Saudi Arabia required concessions on Palestinian statehood. Some Israelis also believe that a different leader could repair their country&#8217;s relations with leaders in Europe and Democrats in the United States.
Netanyahu’s age and health may also become factors in the campaign. The 76-year-old prime minister has dealt with heart-related health issues in and recently underwent treatment for prostate cancer. 
For now, it appears Netanyahu intends to run again. It’s never been his nature to back down from a fight, especially one that could protect his legacy. But after years of political dominance, coalition maneuvering, and survival, the next Israeli election may become the clearest test yet of whether the country is ready to move beyond the Netanyahu era.

They’ve Tried To Take Down Bibi Before. Here We Go Again.

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On Monday, Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk praised Israel for its incredible record of innovation.
Musk was asked at the 9th Annual Samson International Smart Mobility Summit, “Do you have a message to the Israeli innovators in the crowd?”
“I’m a huge admirer of the innovation coming out of Israel; honestly, I think objectively true that Israel punches far above its weight for a population,” Musk answered. “I think probably number one in the world. My hat is off to Israel for just how much incredible innovation — I say innovation per capita, Israel must be number one by far in the world.”
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Indeed, the list of inventions and techniques Israel has created borders on staggering, considering the tiny size of the country.
Israel has pioneered numerous groundbreaking medical technologies, devices, and pharmaceuticals. In oncology, adoptive immunotherapy — using genetically modified T-cells equipped with chimeric antigen receptors — has achieved remarkable remission rates in blood cancer clinical trials.
In diagnostics, the NaNose breathalyzer can detect 17 different diseases, while Applied Spectral Imaging revolutionized cytogenetics using color-coded chromosome sorting. Israel is also famous for the PillCam, a swallowable capsule endoscopy camera that captures thousands of non-invasive images of the digestive tract.
In cardiology and emergency medicine, Israeli innovations include flexible cardiac stents (Medinol and InStent), the combat-proven Emergency Bandage featuring a built-in pressure bar to halt hemorrhaging, and the Bone Injection Gun for intraosseous fluid delivery. In patient care and rehabilitation, the ReWalk robotic exoskeleton enables paraplegics to stand and walk, while EarlySense offers contactless under-the-mattress patient monitoring. Notable pharmaceutical developments include Copaxone, a widely prescribed immunomodulator for multiple sclerosis, and Pluristem Therapeutics&#8217; placenta-based anti-radiation therapy.
Israeli scientists have significantly advanced the fields of chemistry, computer science, and mathematics, yielding multiple Nobel Prizes. Key breakthroughs include the mapping of ribosome structures by Ada Yonath, the discovery of the ubiquitin protein pathway for protein degradation by Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover, and the discovery of quasicrystals by Dan Shechtman.
In computer science, Israeli researchers co-developed the LZ77 and LZ78 data compression algorithms, which serve as the foundation for modern ZIP, GIF, and PNG formats. The country has also heavily influenced the development of temporal logic, automata theory, and zero-knowledge proof systems. In economics, the collaborative work of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky established prospect theory and the foundational tenets of behavioral economics.
Driven by necessity, Israel has developed a multi-layered missile defense architecture, most notably the Iron Dome for short-range rockets, alongside David&#8217;s Sling and the Arrow systems for ballistic missiles. In armored defense, the Trophy Active Protection System destroys incoming anti-tank missiles before impact.
Small arms include the iconic Uzi submachine gun, the Galil, and the Tavor rifle, alongside tactical innovations like CornerShot, which allows soldiers to shoot around corners via a hinged camera system. Israel was also a pioneer in modern drone warfare, engineering early real-time surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and advanced loitering munitions. The military also birthed Krav Maga, an internationally adopted, hand-to-hand tactical self-defense system.
In computing and cybersecurity, Israel created the USB flash drive (DiskOnKey) and Check Point&#8217;s Stateful Inspection Firewall, which laid the blueprint for modern network security. Key Intel processor designs (8088 and Centrino) were developed in Israel, alongside Waze (crowdsourced navigation), ICQ (the first global instant messaging service), and Mobileye (vision-based driver assistance).
In agriculture and water, Israel revolutionized farming in arid zones through modern drip irrigation (Netafim), large-scale seawater reverse osmosis desalination, and wastewater recycling, reclaiming nearly 90% of its wastewater. Israeli scientists also genetically optimized commercial cherry tomatoes for long shelf-lives.
Food products like Bamba, a peanut snack credited with reducing pediatric peanut allergies, and Ptitim (Israeli couscous) are globally recognized. Finally, Israel pioneered energy sustainability by mandating highly efficient rooftop solar water heaters (Dud Shemesh).

Billionaire Elon Musk at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit

Elon Musk Reveals What Makes Israel Different From The Rest Of The World

'Huge Admirer ... My Hat Is Off To Israel': Musk Hails Israel's Incredible History Of Innovation

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Democratic New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was slammed after his public statement championing &#8220;Nakba Day,&#8221; drawing sharp criticism from historians and policy analysts who accused the lawmaker of presenting a highly selective and revisionist version of the 1948 war.
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Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us… <a href="https://t.co/z2PBOaJq5Z">pic.twitter.com/z2PBOaJq5Z</a>
&mdash; Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/2055402930677879076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Happy Nakba Day to you and yours! I celebrate the failed attempt to Holocaust the middle eastern Jews. Are you with me?
&mdash; Katya Sedgwick (@KatyaSedgwick) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatyaSedgwick/status/2055444092029669724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The “Nakba” is the biggest load of cry-bully bullshit
In 1948 the Arabs waged a war of extermination against Jews
If they had won, all those performing pain today would be posting about a day of joy and celebration
But they lost &#8211; and now they cry crocodile tears to the world…
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Shame on your <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a>. This is political propaganda masquerading as compassion.
Mamdani erases the fact that the Arab world rejected the UN&#39;s partition plan which would have created a Palestinian state and instead launched a war to destroy the newborn Jewish state in 1948.
He…
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The “Nakba” was when an Arab paramilitary group led by a former colonel in the Nazi Wehrmacht &#8211; with an official emblem featuring a sword stabbing a Jewish Star of David &#8211; failed to carry out a second Holocaust against Jews three years after the Nazi Holocaust <a href="https://t.co/1NPY9KT8fZ">pic.twitter.com/1NPY9KT8fZ</a>
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The Mayor of NY City is commemorating the Nakba, when Arab countries lost a war they started with Israel, and the Palestinians rejected every deal for a Two State Solution for the last 78 years.
That&#39;s only the real &quot;catastrophe&quot; here. <a href="https://t.co/aCTh3O6m4d">pic.twitter.com/aCTh3O6m4d</a>
&mdash; Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joelmpetlin/status/2055422372065276355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Nakba &#8211; the Arab failure to destroy Israel and drive the Jews into the sea. 
Since you like telling stories, explain to the people why the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem worked so closely with Hitler and the Nazis. <a href="https://t.co/XVAo6SBq6o">pic.twitter.com/XVAo6SBq6o</a>
&mdash; Dumisani Washington (@DumisaniTemsgen) <a href="https://twitter.com/DumisaniTemsgen/status/2055498887217942533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Mamdani’s public commemoration of the Nakba — the Arabic term for &#8220;The Catastrophe&#8221; — focuses heavily on the displacement of more than 700,000 Palestinians during the founding of the State of Israel. By framing the event as a unilateral act of Zionist aggression, Mamdani completely erases the fact that Arab leadership initiated the hostilities, while simultaneously ignoring the systematic expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Jews from Arab lands during the same era.
Mainstream historians point out that the standard Nakba narrative promoted by figures like Mamdani portrays Palestinians as passive victims of an unprovoked disaster. This framing ignores the foundational geopolitical reality of 1948: the United Nations’ 1947 Partition Plan, which proposed a two-state compromise, was accepted by Jewish leadership but flatly rejected by the Arab Higher Committee and neighboring Arab states.
Following Israel’s declaration of independence on May 14, 1948, a coalition of five sovereign Arab armies — Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq — immediately invaded the newborn state. Rather than a localized skirmish, the invasion carried explicit, genocidal intent; Arab League Secretary-General Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam notoriously declared at the time, &#8220;This will be a war of extermination and momentous massacre.&#8221;
Records from the era also indicate that a large portion of the Palestinian refugee crisis was exacerbated by Arab leadership itself. Documents show that invading Arab forces explicitly encouraged local Arab populations to temporarily vacate their homes to clear the way for incoming military forces, promising a swift victory that never materialized.
Perhaps the most glaring omission in Mamdani’s selective history, according to critics, is the total silence regarding the mirror-image displacement of Middle Eastern Jews.
Following their military failure to destroy Israel in 1948, Arab regimes across the region unleashed state-sanctioned campaigns of antisemitic violence, asset seizures, and forced expulsions. Approximately 850,000 Jews — who were peaceful citizens completely uninvolved in the Palestine conflict — were forced to flee ancestral homes in nations like Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, frequently escaping with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Analysts highlight a stark double standard in how both refugee crises were handled. While Israel successfully absorbed and integrated the 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab lands, neighboring Arab states systematically refused to integrate Palestinian refugees, choosing instead to confine them to generational camps to use as political leverage against Israel. Furthermore, the narrative omits Arab-on-Arab opportunism, such as Jordan’s subsequent annexation of the West Bank and Egypt&#8217;s harsh military rule over the Gaza Strip.
Political commentators argue that Mamdani’s championship of the Nakba narrative goes beyond standard historical remembrance. Critics maintain that by defining the very birth of a sovereign Jewish state as an inherent &#8220;catastrophe,&#8221; the narrative is actively instrumentalized to delegitimize Israel&#8217;s right to exist.
By pushing a one-sided historical grievances framework, Mamdani and his ilk are trying to achieve what Arab armies failed to do militarily in 1948: the ultimate dismantlement of Israel as a Jewish state.
And of course, Mamdani has been silent about issues like this:
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This is an ALL GIRLS Jewish school in my district. I’m all for prayer and free speech, but why do a bunch of GROWN MEN need to do this right outside of a school full of little Jewish girls??? Is not this what MOSQUES are for? Is this intentional? Mayor Mamdani <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> any words… <a href="https://t.co/iFRPnGVblQ">pic.twitter.com/iFRPnGVblQ</a>
&mdash; Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (@InnaVernikov) <a href="https://twitter.com/InnaVernikov/status/2055383482210066701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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‘Cry-Bully Bulls***’: Mamdani Trashed After Shilling For ‘Nakba Day’

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For decades, New York City mayors — from John Lindsay to Eric Adams — understood that standing with the Jewish community wasn’t just a political tradition; it was a moral imperative. They marched up Fifth Avenue in the Celebrate Israel Parade, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvVtu7iSfT4">built sukkahs</a> for visiting Israeli prime ministers, and declared themselves &#8220;brothers&#8221; to a community that forms the very backbone of the Big Apple.
But in 2026, that tradition has been unceremoniously torched by leftist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani’s refusal to attend the Israel Day on Fifth parade is more than just a scheduling conflict; it is a calculated, partisan boycott. As Assemblyman Michael Novakhov (R-Brooklyn) rightly noted, this is a &#8220;disgraceful insult&#8221; to Jewish New Yorkers.
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Zohran Mamdani has officially confirmed that he will boycott New York City’s Israel Day Parade — becoming the face of a Democratic Party now controlled by radical anti-Israel extremists.
After weeks of antisemitic chaos outside synagogues across our city, this should surprise… <a href="https://t.co/rhKZzxZPU0">pic.twitter.com/rhKZzxZPU0</a>
&mdash; Michael Novakhov (@MichaelforNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelforNY/status/2054593999097225375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
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For a mayor to snub an event that brings 50,000 marchers to the streets — an event every mayor since Robert Wagner in 1964 has honored — is nothing short of a radical break from the city’s identity.
While Mamdani claims he won’t attend a parade for a state with a &#8220;system of hierarchy on the basis of religion,&#8221; his calendar tells a different story. This is the same man who proudly marched in the Pakistan Independence Day parade. Apparently, a state that enforces brutal blasphemy laws and enshrines a specific religion in its governance is perfectly fine for a photo-op, but the world’s only Jewish state is a bridge too far.
On Thursday, while the Jewish community reels from Mamdani&#8217;s snub, City Hall is celebrating &#8220;Muslim Day.&#8221; The contrast is staggering. While Mamdani and New York City&#8217;s government find the energy to host press conferences for his preferred constituencies, he exhibits a pathetic lassitude toward the antisemitic rot festering in his own streets.
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Yet another one of these events planned at City Hall this week.
Particularly tone deaf after the violence we’ve seen directed at synagogues and Jewish neighborhoods over the past few days, but they REALLY want to make sure we understand who’s in charge now. <a href="https://t.co/q5vlXpkpii">pic.twitter.com/q5vlXpkpii</a>
&mdash; Hon. Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/VickieforNYC/status/2054600253521776893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
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In neighborhoods like Midwood, the &#8220;mob&#8221; that Novakhov warned about is <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2054153512422944809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2054153512422944809%7Ctwgr%5Ea93ea06288579be4d5f10e6ec74cc83c12314519%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.dailywire.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1095129action%3Dedit">already here</a>. In the streets, &#8220;anti-Zionist&#8221; thugs have waved Hezbollah flags, shouting &#8220;Globalize the Intifada&#8221; and screaming &#8220;Remember Khaybar&#8221; — a chilling reference to the 7th-century slaughter and subjugation of Jews. Women have been dragged by their hair and residents harassed in their own doorways by masked agitators shouting &#8220;baby killer.&#8221;
And where is the mayor? He is busy evading questions about his double standards and hiding behind bureaucratic platitudes about &#8220;equal rights.&#8221; His administration’s response to these intimidation tactics has been one of profound indifference.
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It’s almost 48 hours since <a href="https://twitter.com/WOLPalestine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WOLPalestine</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/PAL_Awda?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PAL_Awda</a> terrorized the Jewish community in Brooklyn. 
Yet, not a word from the Boy <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYCMayor</a> on X condemning the conduct of groups associated with <a href="https://twitter.com/NerdeenKiswani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NerdeenKiswani</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/lsarsour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lsarsour</a> doing so.
But tomorrow it’s Muslim Day at City Hall. <a href="https://t.co/6xc2Q9TYnv">https://t.co/6xc2Q9TYnv</a> <a href="https://t.co/XaEcRxGEOA">pic.twitter.com/XaEcRxGEOA</a>
&mdash; SCOOCH.NYC (@david_sivella) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_sivella/status/2054634662371246104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
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While the City Council recently <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/mamdani-vetoes-school-buffer-zone-bill-leading-jewish-groups-pan-profound-failure/">passed legislation</a> to protect houses of worship from these vitriolic sieges, the police are still waiting for the green light to actually enforce it.
Mamdani’s boycott isn&#8217;t a principled stand for human rights; it is a signal to the most radical elements of his base that the Jewish community is fair game. By refusing to stand with Israel, he has chosen to stand with the Jew-hating mob that feels increasingly emboldened under his watch.

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Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman rebuked his party&#8217;s hypocrisy over foreign policy on Wednesday, saying Democrats have become the party of &#8220;Trump Derangement Syndrome.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMiKkhrGmWI">podcast interview with libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie</a>, Fetterman defended the Trump administration&#8217;s military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Asked whether he trusts war assessments from President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth, the swing-state Democrat did not budge.
&#8220;100%, I trust the Trump administration, and Trump a hell of a lot more than I would ever trust the Iranians or the Chinese or the Russians,&#8221; Fetterman said, adding, &#8220;We are all Americans. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re forgetting. You know, the Democratic Party can&#8217;t become the TDS party. &#8230; And clearly that&#8217;s where we are right now.&#8221;  
&#8220;That does not mean you agree on every tactic that&#8217;s happened,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t appreciate the gamification of the Iranian war.&#8221;
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💥NEW: John Fetterman🇺🇸
“100% I trust the Trump administration and Trump a h*ll of a lot more than I would ever trust the Iranians, Chinese or Russians … We are all Americans.”
“The Democratic Party can’t become the TDS Party … And clearly that’s where we are right now.” <a href="https://t.co/7KvqfqoLCZ">pic.twitter.com/7KvqfqoLCZ</a>
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Fetterman also called out Democrats&#8217; foreign policy double standards.
&#8220;We have a nuclear power at the cusp, and it&#8217;s entirely appropriate to hold them accountable for what they&#8217;ve done,&#8221; Fetterman said. &#8220;And clearly a lot of people in the world care and had strong opinions on Gaza, well then, why don&#8217;t you have the same kinds of views and condemn Iran too?&#8221;
Iran reportedly killed tens of thousands of its own citizens during a brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests aimed at overthrowing the government.
&#8220;The same people that were outraged about the war in Gaza. They gave no f*cks about Iran executing 30,000, 40,000 of its young people. Zero college campuses,&#8221; Fetterman said. 
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— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/2054631551409803487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
Fetterman has emerged as one of the most vocal pro-Israel voices in the Democratic Party since Hamas&#8217; October 7 massacre. 
“What would drive people to care that much about Gaza and then not care about Iranian protesters being killed?” Gillespie asked Fetterman. 
“It’s because the rifles weren’t in Jewish hands,&#8221; Fetterman replied, calling out the &#8220;antisemitism&#8221; and &#8220;indoctrination&#8221; that has spread on American college campuses. &#8220;So, without a doubt, without a doubt, my party&#8217;s become intensely anti-Israel. And it&#8217;s strange to me the most progressive part of the American conversation, we won&#8217;t stand, and we will betray the one single nation in the region that has the kinds of values and lives the way it has.&#8221;
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A <a href="https://cc4e0711-9401-400e-ae14-65ae0400675b.filesusr.com/ugd/aab121_882e9391df384e169d29f16c0faefeac.pdf">landmark report</a> by the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes, released in May 2026, has concluded that Hamas and its collaborators used sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) as a “calculated,” “systematic,” and “integral” strategy during the terror attacks on southern Israel and against hostages in Gaza.
Based on over 1,800 hours of analysis and more than 10,000 photographs and videos, the report identifies &#8220;clear and convincing evidence&#8221; of patterned sexual torture intended to maximize pain and humiliate the Israeli nation.
A central finding of the report is the strategic and &#8220;weaponized&#8221; use of filming. Hamas terrorists did not merely commit atrocities; they documented them in real-time to &#8220;glorify and amplify&#8221; the suffering. The report identifies the &#8220;filming and digital dissemination of SGBV&#8221; as one of thirteen recurring patterns of abuse.
Perpetrators used GoPros, body-worn cameras, and the victims&#8217; own personal devices to livestream or record rapes, mutilations, and abductions. This content was often sent directly to the families of the victims or posted on community social media channels to maximize psychological terror. The report notes that these visuals turned &#8220;visibility itself into a weapon,&#8221; ensuring that the trauma extended far beyond the immediate physical act.
Even months after the initial attack, the report concludes that Hamas continued &#8220;digital abuse&#8221; by releasing staged footage of hostages in captivity. These videos, showing captives being taunted or tormented, were used to exert ongoing harm on the survivors&#8217; families and the Israeli public. By presenting women’s bodies as “trophies of war,” the perpetrators used digital media to cement a collective trauma that the report says is intended to be remembered for generations.
The report, led by human rights expert Cochav Elkayam-Levy, draws from firsthand testimonies of more than 10 survivors and hundreds of interviews with first responders, forensic experts, and medical staff. It outlines a gruesome catalog of 13 specific patterns of SGBV, including:
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Sexual Torture: This includes the intentional burning of genital areas and the forced insertion of objects into genitalia.
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Kinocidal Acts: The report coined this term to describe &#8220;kinocidal sexual acts&#8221; — crimes intended to destroy the family unit. This includes forcing family members to perform sexual acts on one another or raping victims in front of their loved ones.
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Mutilation and Postmortem Abuse: Forensic evidence and photographs showed dozens of victims shot or burned specifically in their intimate areas, often after they were already dead, as a final act of desecration.
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Targeted Commands: Evidence recovered from the bodies of militants included Arabic-to-Hebrew phrasebooks with commands such as &#8220;take off your pants&#8221; and &#8220;spread your legs,&#8221; indicating that sexual assault was a planned component of the mission.
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One of the most harrowing sections of the report details three separate incidents of gang rape at the Nova Music Festival. Witnesses described victims being &#8220;passed around&#8221; and screaming in ways described as &#8220;unheard of.&#8221; In many instances, the sexual violence was followed by immediate execution; witnesses recounted seeing women raped by multiple men before being shot in the head or mutilated.
The abuse continued in Gaza. The report includes previously unknown allegations involving two minors who were forced by their captors to perform sexual acts on each other while in captivity. Former hostages, such as Amit Soussana and Romi Gonen, have provided testimonies that corroborate the report’s findings of ongoing sexualized, cruel, and inhuman treatment in the tunnels of Gaza.
The report acknowledges the difficulties in gathering evidence, noting that the immediate aftermath was a chaotic active combat zone where standard forensic protocols were not always followed. This lack of initial forensic data was later &#8220;weaponized&#8221; by critics and deniers to discredit the survivors. Elkayam-Levy emphasized that the Civil Commission’s goal is to ensure this evidence — now carefully cross-referenced and geolocated — cannot be &#8220;denied, erased, or forgotten.&#8221;
The findings have been <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/12/middleeast/report-sexual-violence-hamas-oct-7-attacks-intl">endorsed</a> by various international figures and align with previous conclusions by UN Special Representative Pramila Patten, who found “reasonable grounds” to believe sexual violence occurred.
The Civil Commission concludes that these acts constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocidal acts. By documenting these atrocities in a digital archive, the researchers aim to provide a rigorous evidentiary record for future legal proceedings at the International Criminal Court and other bodies, ensuring that the victims are finally heard.

Memorial composed of photos of young Israelis killed during the terrorist attack on the NOVA Festival which took place on October 7, 2023 a few kilometers from Gaza

Weaponized Atrocities: The Landmark Report On Hamas’s Systematic Sexual Violence And Digital Terror

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