Jerusalem Minute

Jul

2024

How will Israel respond to the massacre of 12 children? | JLMinute

PM Benjamin Netanyahu concluded his trip to the US as Israel continues to reel from Hezbollah’s massacre of 12 children playing soccer in the Golan Heights. He returns to a country demanding the IDF restore quiet to its northern border. Will we see Lebanon go up in flames or will Bibi hold off for a more opportune time?

Also, we discuss Bibi’s address to Congress; his proposed Abraham Alliance; the protests outside of Congress; Netanyahu’s meeting with Harris and Trump; and the five dead hostage bodies recovered in Gaza tunnels.

Chapter
0:00 Intro – Majdal Shams massacre
5:00 How will Israel respond?
7:00 Bibi’s address to Congress
10:00 The Abraham Alliance
12:00 Protests in DC
14:00 Netanyahu’s meeting with Harris
22:30 Meeting with Trump
26:30 5 dead hostages recovered in Gaza
29:00 Fatah and Hamas sign deal

Jul

2024

Bibi Flies to Washington Amid US Election Storm | JLMinute

After this week, Prime Minister Netanyahu will surpass Winston Churchill for the highest number of joint meeting addresses by heads of state in the US Congress. However, the meetings that will happen outside of Congress may matter most. Will he meet with both VP Harris and President Biden? Can he revitalize his old bromance with President Trump? All this remains to be seen in the coming days!
Also, the future of the Abraham Accords; Israel flattens the Houthis; the ICJ hopes to cleanse Judea of Jews; and the Knesset votes against a Palestinian state.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:00 Biden resigns
3:00 Netanyahu addresses Congress
4:30 Bibi’s internal opposition
7:30 How do American elections affect Bibi’s visit?
11:30 Future of Abraham Accords
17:00 Israel responds to Houthis
21:40 ICJ attacks Israel
27:00 Knesset votes against Palestinian state

Jul

2024

Biden BABBLES as Bibi heads for America | JLMinute

Decades of trying and failing to create a Palestinian state have taught President Biden nothing. This week, he took the opportunity to push the idea again on Prime Minister Netanyahu as if October 7th never happened. The PM will soon visit the US to address Congress and promote his vision for a post-war Gaza. Whether or not he meets with former President Trump remains to be seen.

Also, targeting Mohammed Deif; bringing the end of Hamas; IDF strategy; the future of the Abraham Accords; Abbas and the PA edging in; and the attempted targeting of Trump.

Chapters
0:00 Targeting Mohammed Deif
4:00 IDF & Hamas strategy
5:30 Biden speaks more nonsense
16:10 PM Netanyahu heads to the US
20:00 Abraham Accords, what’s next?
24:30 Attacks continue
26:11 Abbas tries to edge in
32:12 Trump targeted

Jul

2024

Red Lines and Pink Tides: What’s Next for Israel & the West | JLMinute

The Left won key election battles this week in Europe and continues to try to overthrow Bibi in Israel. How will the Prime Minister face his enemies, both within Israel and at its borders?
Also, European Jews wonder about their future; IDF shifts from phase 2 to 3 in Gaza; Biden official lauds Oct. 7; and Congresswoman Stefanik pushes back.

Chapters
0:00 UK elections
3:00 French elections
5:45 Restart of hostage negotiations
9:40 Internal protests in Israel
11:55 Hezbollah attacks on the north
16:35 Israel approves housing in Judea & Samaria
22:25 Arrested for killing terrorists
26:30 Biden official lauds Oct. 7
31:00 Congress fights campus antisemitism

Jul

2024

“Unrestrained” Hezbollah War Inches Forward as Biden Withholds Weapons | JLMinute

Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah has promised an “unrestrained” war against Israel as Prime Minister Netanyahu publicly criticizes the Biden administration for withholding weapons from the Jewish state.
JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East correspondent Josh Hasten break down this story and the latest news in Israel and the Jewish world.
– Naftali Bennett potentially jumping back into politics
– the effort by Israel to “cement control” in Judea and Samaria
– Antisemitic riots in LA

Jul

2024

Gaza Military “Pause”, Escalation in the North Inflame Divisions in Israel | JLMinute

A pause in IDF operations in Gaza has angered portions of the Israeli public and government ministers after 11 soldiers were killed over the weekend. The move was made to help facilitate humanitarian aid to the Gazan population. Meanwhile, full-scale war seems imminent as Hezbollah continues to cause widespread damage and forest fires in northern Israel.

JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East Correspondent Josh Hasten discuss these along with other breaking stories
– US envoy to arrive in Israel to calm tensions in the North
– US adds additional sanctions on Israeli “settlers”
– Poll shows Hamas popularity soaring

Jun

2024

4 Hostages Rescued from “Innocent” Gazan Civilians

4 hostages were rescued from the hands of Hamas in a miraculous Israeli military operation. The media flipped the script and focused in on the “innocent” Gazan civilians killed in the operation. But were the civilians innocent? Were they and do they continue to be complicit with Hama?

JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East Correspondent Josh Hasten delve into this issue and other pressing stories
– Coalition crisis with Benny Gantz leaving the war cabinet
– Blinken visiting Israel
– Hezbollah attacks in the North
Don’t miss up-to-the-minute news on JLMinute!

May

2024

Netanyahu: Rafah Operation is HAPPENING

Prime Minister Netanyahu has declared that a Rafah operation will happen regardless of whether Hamas accepts the new hostage deal offered by Israel. But how much longer will Israel wait to go in? How much of this rhetoric is public diplomacy and how much can be trusted as actual policy?

JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East correspondent Josh Hasten analyze this story in all its angles as well as top stories happening in Israel
– ICC threatening arrest warrant against Netanyahu
– Biden administration accusing whole IDF units of human rights violations
– Violent anti-Israel protests across campus
– Antony Blinken’s Middle East trip and much more!

Don’t miss up-to-the-minute news on JLMinute!

Apr

2024

Rising Violence in Israel During Ramadan

Two terror attacks (one in Beer Sheba and another in Gan Yavneh) rock Israel as violence and incitement during Ramadan increases. JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East Correspondent Josh Hasten also discuss.
– the US Rafah Alternative
– Missile Attack in Eilat
– Hostage Protests merging with anti-government demonstrations
and much more!

Don’t miss up-to-the-minute news and analysis with JLMinute!

Apr

2024

US Paves the Way for More Attacks Against Israel

What will be the repercussions of the US allowing a UN Ceasefire resolution to pass? Has this irreparably harmed the relationship? Has this opened Israel up to new attacks?

JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East Correspondent Josh Hasten discuss this and
– The Iranian plot thwarted by the IDF
– Egypt and Displaced Gazans
– Terrorists returning to Shifah Hospital and much more!