David Isaac

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(May 8, 2025 / JNS)The Biden administration considered ways to “get rid” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he wouldn’t go along with their plans for the Gaza Strip, Channel 13’s weekly investigative news show HaMakor (“The Source”) revealed on April 27. “The White House got tired of Netanyahu and started to roll around a revolutionary idea … : how to get rid of Netanyahu,” said Raviv Drucker, who hosts the hour-long Sunday show.

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(May 7, 2025 / JNS)Twenty-two Hamas terrorists who raped and murdered their way through Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023 will be hanged, British tabloid newspaper The Sun reported on May 3. Analysts JNS spoke with cautioned that justice will not be swift, however. “It should be imminent. It should be quick. It should be easy. But the chances that’s actually going to be the case are very slim,” said Israel Defense Forces Lt. Col.

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(May 5, 2025 / JNS)British investigative journalist David Collier learned while in Israel last week that his car had been vandalized outside his London home. He received a “frantic call” from his wife in the early afternoon of May 27 about the incident, in which a chemical, perhaps paint thinner, had been splashed on his vehicle in five or six places. It’s not the first time his car has been vandalized. A few weeks ago, Collier discovered that someone had keyed the driver’s side of his car.

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(May 5, 2025 / JNS)Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday repeated his call for a civil insurrection to topple the Netanyahu government. “We need to get to a civil insurrection,” said Barak, during an appearance on “Moriah & Berko,” a Channel 13 news show co-hosted by Moriah Ashraf and Eyal Bercovic. Asked to explain what that meant, Barak said he meant hundreds of thousands taking to the streets guided by political, academic, high-tech and market leaders, among others.

1 week ago | jns.org | David Isaac

(May 4, 2025 / JNS)Samir Shah, chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), told Times Radio on May 3 that the broadcaster is investigating anti-Israel bias in its coverage of the Gaza War and will commission an independent investigation of BBC Arabic. BBC Arabic broadcasts 24 hours a day from London and Cairo to the Middle East via TV, radio and internet.