Several attendees at the meeting between Netanyahu and pro-Israel influencers in New York spoke to Jewish Insider on condition of anonymity, as they were told the meeting was off the record, though numerous participants posted about it on social media. Full story from @lahavharkov:

Analysis: After Netanyahu’s ‘yes’ to ending Gaza war, Hamas needs to answer – and the devil is in the details Whether Hamas would agree to release the hostages first, remains to be seen. Read my analysis on the plan to end the Gaza war and what happens next: jewishinsider.com/2025/09/neta...

Israel is eyeing the upcoming United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization executive board meeting with concern, with Egypt and Qatar poised to take influential roles in the body. @lahavharkov reports:

Under pressure at home and abroad, Netanyahu to meet Trump for Gaza talks Read my analysis on today's upcoming Netanyahu-Trump meeting: jewishinsider.com/2025/09/neta...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed hope on Friday that the sale of TikTok to a joint venture partially owned by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison would be completed. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/tikt...

"For the Doha strike to truly represent a crossroads for Qatar, at which it will have to choose between continuing to harbor terrorists or deepening its economic ties with the West, real pressure must be applied." Full analysis by @lahavharkov:

With Egypt and Qatar poised to take influential roles in UNESCO, Israel may again face disproportionate scrutiny and criticism — a pattern seen in other U.N. bodies. This is “bad for Israel and bad for America,” an Israeli diplomat told JI. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/unes...

In an interview with @lahavharkov and Asher Fredman on the “Misgav Mideast Horizons” podcast, Yaakov Katz said that his “deepest fear is that this could happen again.” “Eventually, quiet will set in... And I fear that Israel will fall back in love with the quiet."

My analysis in @jewishinsider.com today: An important question to consider is whether Israel's strike in Doha marks a turning point for Qatar — and whether the Gulf nation may now be considering a shift in its own role and behavior. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/qata...

Snapback sanctions on Iran are likely to come into effect later this month - what does that mean? How are they expected to impact the regime in Tehran? I asked all the big questions, Rich Goldberg answered. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/iran...

The IDF launched a major ground operation in Gaza City on Tuesday morning, Netanyahu and the military announced. More from @lahavharkov:

Netanyahu does damage control after saying Israel to be like ‘super-Sparta,’ ‘autarky,' saying his comments were specific to defense industry Trump, Netanyahu to meet in White House in two weeks after Israeli prime minister’s U.N. speech jewishinsider.com/2025/09/benj...

The Israel Defense Forces launched a major ground operation in Gaza City on Tuesday morning. The IDF operation aims to seize Gaza City, one of two remaining areas of the Gaza Strip still under Hamas control and home to the vast majority of the enclave's population. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/gaza...

Rubio said the U.S. is focused on moving forward from Israel’s strike on Qatar last week, refraining from doubling down on criticism during a joint press conference with Netanyahu in Jerusalem. “We are just focused on what happens next,” Rubio said. @lahavharkov reports:

“I am not entering any politics right now,” former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen told Jewish Insider. “I stay uninvolved in this kind of politics because nothing is happening. The entire Israeli political system is a little bit stuck. Full interview from @lahavharkov:

Yaakov Katz, whose new book is about what led to the failures of Oct. 7, said his “deepest fear is that this could happen again.” jewishinsider.com/2025/09/yaak...

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen talks covert missions, Oct. 7 failures in new book Read about former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen's his political plans, his relationship with Netanyahu, the missions that laid the groundwork for the Hezbollah pager attack & more: jewishinsider.com/2025/09/yoss...

BREAKING: Israel killed senior Hamas officials Khalil al-Hayya, Khaled Mashaal, Zaher Jabarin and Nizar Awadallah in a strike on Doha the IDF named “Judgment Day.” jewishinsider.com/2025/09/isra...

BREAKING: Israel killed senior Hamas officials Khalil al-Hayya, Khaled Mashaal, Zaher Jabarin and Nizar Awadallah in a strike on Doha the IDF named “Judgment Day.” jewishinsider.com/2025/09/isra...

“Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens’ orbit is not America First, it’s Israel and Jews last.” Read more from Yechiel Leiter's interview with @lahavharkov:

Keir Starmer’s Cabinet reshuffle comes at a tense time for British Jewry and the U.K.-Israel relationship, but experts in London told Jewish Insider that new appointees in the Foreign Office and Home Office are likely to maintain the status quo. @lahavharkov reports:

A senior Hamas official totally rejected Trump's ceasefire offer as a "humiliating surrender document" and said that Hamas has a "right" to retain weapons and resist (read: kill Israelis) - but almost no one is reporting on it in English. Read about it here: jewishinsider.com/2025/09/hama...

U.K. PM Starmer’s recent Cabinet reshuffle comes at a tense time for British Jewry and the U.K.-Israel relationship, but experts in London said the status quo is likely to continue, despite scrutiny of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s past anti-Israel activism. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/uk-c...

A longtime former board member of the International Association of Genocide Scholars criticized the group’s passage of a resolution accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza in an interview, calling the move deeply flawed and the result of a politicized process. @lahavharkov reports:

A source involved in China-Israel relations who spoke on condition of anonymity told Jewish Insider they heard a Chinese diplomat say that “they use the Palestinians to make trouble for the U.S. the way the U.S. uses Taiwan to make trouble for them.” @lahavharkov reports:

The nature of US aid to Israel may change in the coming years, amid shifts in the Middle East and new US foreign policy priorities, Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said in an interview this week. jewishinsider.com/2025/09/isra...

The latest episode of Misgav Mideast Horizons has dropped, with Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter talking about his efforts to engage Democrats and Republicans, the future of U.S.-Israel cooperation, and more. Watch here: youtu.be/OPGpJVFeCaI?...

Also from @jewishinsider.com (this, by @lahavharkov.bsky.social). jewishinsider.com/2025/08/neta...

Former British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was a towering figure in Jewish life whose unique blend of Torah and Western wisdom attracted adherents around the world. Now, Rabbi Sacks’ longtime publisher is releasing a posthumously completed Koren Shalem Humash. @lahavharkov reports:

Genocide scholars’ resolution accusing Israel ‘deeply problematic,’ member says Sara Brown, who was a two-term member of the International Association of Genocide Scholars advisory board, calls ‘the whole premise and tenor of the resolution’ flawed jewishinsider.com/2025/09/inte...

Something a little different from me - New Humash features Rabbi Sacks’ posthumously published translations English translation, commentary by former U.K. chief rabbi seeks to ‘make Torah relevant to us today’ jewishinsider.com/2025/09/rabb...

Humanitarian aid to Gaza must only go to civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said in a joint statement following their meeting on Thursday. jewishinsider.com/2025/08/neta...

European nations trigger ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran The sanctions will be reinstated in 30 days; Iran could come to an agreement with the West before then jewishinsider.com/2025/08/iran...

"AI is infrastructure for the future nation state, like nuclear power, like nuclear weapons. This is what will define the winning nation states of the coming 100 years." Read more from @lahavharkov's interview with American-Israeli venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg:

The French and Saudi-initiative for a two-state solution also includes a call for the "right of return" for Palestinians to Israel. Macron's adviser Ofer Bronchtein says it's a mistake that will be rectified - but analysts remain concerned. jewishinsider.com/2025/08/fran...

The Houthis care so much about Palestinians that they just sent a drone to Gaza. The truth is, they’d gladly sacrifice Palestinian lives if it meant killing Jews.

In a wide-ranging interview, Michael Eisenberg discussed the impact of the war in Gaza on Israeli society and the tech sector, what the government must do to turn postwar recovery into long-term renewal and why he sees young Israelis as a “defining generation.”  jewishinsider.com/2025/08/mich...

Israel’s decision to take control of Gaza City is meant to prevent further prolonging the war, Netanyahu said as some of the Israeli right and nearly all of the left railed against the decision, further destabilizing the prime minister’s hold on Israel’s leadership. jewishinsider.com/2025/08/isra...

Exclusive: How Hamas directs the distribution of cash from aid groups in Gaza A new report from NGO Monitor describes the ‘workaround’ used by international aid groups to continue flow of aid to Gaza despite Hamas involvement jewishinsider.com/2025/08/hama...

“Evyatar is fighting for his life with what little strength he has left,” Matan Eshet, David’s cousin, told Jewish Insider. “You can see it in his eyes. You don’t need a medical degree to understand that Evyatar only has a few days to live.” @lahavharkov reports:

A lack of a "day-after plan" and an unwillingness to address threats before they grew left then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s 2005 promises unfulfilled. What has Israel learned since then? @lahavharkov reports:

Israel’s Security Cabinet is set to vote on occupying the remaining parts of Gaza that it does not currently control, after Hamas refused last month’s ceasefire and hostage deal. What do they mean by occupy? And why now? I explain... jewishinsider.com/2025/08/isra...

🧵 1/ Hamas didn’t take hostages because they cared about them. They took them to use them. Starve them. Parade them on camera. Not people. Just leverage. And once the bargaining ends, so does their value. That’s how Hamas sees them. And now, Netanyahu is acting like their lives are negotiable too.

a disasterous decision for both parties to the conflict,

"We need everyone who sees the difficult pictures of Evyatar to understand that we don’t have another minute. We don’t have another day. We can lose him in the coming days," Hostage Evyatar David's cousin Matan Eshet told me. jewishinsider.com/2025/08/evya...

20 years later, Israel is still paying for the mistakes it made in the Gaza disengagement - and may be repeating some of them. I spoke to people who played key roles in that era about what Israel learned from the Gaza evacuation, and how it has changed. jewishinsider.com/2025/08/gaza...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly plans to ask the Security Cabinet to back expanding Israel’s military efforts in Gaza, after Hamas' rejection of a ceasefire. The IDF opposes taking control of areas in Gaza where hostages are thought to be held. jewishinsider.com/2025/08/hama...

"It’s the slow strangling of the Israeli academic world," Emmanuel Nahshon warned after a vote in Brussels on partially suspending Israel from the EU's flagship scientific research program ended inconclusively. Read the interview: jewishinsider.com/2025/08/emma...

jewishinsider.com/2025/07/euro... EU, Arab League lay out plan for Palestinian statehood despite U.S., Israeli opposition