Gil Hoffman

Jerusalem

Executive Director at HonestReporting

HonestReporting executive director, former Jpost chief political correspondent/analyst and only speaker known to have lectured about Israel in all 50 US states

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Articles

How Western Media Have Aided the Iranian Regime’s Attacks on Israel

1 week ago | honestreporting.com | Gil Hoffman

Knesset member Azmi Bishara fled Israel dramatically in 2007 to avoid prosecution for accepting payment in exchange for giving Hezbollah information about strategic locations in Israel to target during the previous year’s Second Lebanon War. Bishara was caught advising the Iranian-backed terror group on how to aim its rockets more accurately to hit substantial targets in the very country where he served as a member of parliament. Eighteen years later, no Bishara is needed.
How the media got played by Netanyahu and Trump on Iran

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Gil Hoffman |David Brinn |Seth J. Frantzman |Yaakov Katz

ByGIL HOFFMAN JUNE 13, 2025 18:52When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to a joint session of Congress on July 10, 1996, he already warned then that the deadline for stopping the nuclearization of Iran was "getting extremely close""We are confident that America, once again, will not fail to take the lead in protecting our free civilization from this ultimate horror," he said.
Israeli journalist: Iran used fake Jason Greenblatt in cyberattack, says

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFVeteran Israeli journalist and Middle East analyst Ehud Yaari said Friday that Iranian operatives hacked his computer last week in Washington, DC, using a forged identity posing as former US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt. Speaking on Channel 12 News, Yaari recounted that while visiting the US think tank where he works, two FBI agents approached him without warning and seized his laptop. “Suddenly, two FBI agents came in and said: ‘We need your computer,’” Yaari said.
Israel's state plane, Wing of Zion, departs for Athens

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF JUNE 13, 2025 14:55The Wing of Zion, Israel’s own version of Air Force One, took off from Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday morning as Israel initiated an assault on Iranian nuclear facilities as part of Operation Rising Lion, Israeli media reported.
My Word: Greta’s ship and the way the wind blows

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Liat Collins |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy

ByLIAT COLLINSNo clash, no splash. The pro-Palestinian activists’ boat aimed at breaking an international naval blockade on Gaza made ripples this week but failed to create the tsunami that would cause serious damage on Israeli shores. The Foreign Ministry dubbed the boat the “Selfie yacht” and the “Celebrity ship” for good reason. The Madleen was no Love Boat.
Will US join IDF in Operation Rising Lion, striking Iran nuclear sites?

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Amichai Stein |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy

The strikes were in 'full coordination" with the US, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced shortly after the strikes began, but conducted without US assets or support. ByAMICHAI STEINIsrael is attempting to persuade the US administration to join its continued operations against Iranian nuclear sites and military targets, sources told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.
Israel Chief Rabbis issue Shabbat guidelines amid Iran threat

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Mathilda Heller |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy

ByMATHILDA HELLER JUNE 13, 2025 14:33Given Israel's pre-dawn attack on Iran and Iran's subsequent drone retaliation on Friday, the Chief Rabbis of Israel have announced that there will be no Shabbat prayers in synagogues in line with the directives of the Home Front Command. Additionally, questions have been raised about how to stay safe while keeping Shabbat.
WIll Benjamin Netanyahu resign after stopping a nuclear Iran?

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | David Brinn |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy

ByDAVID BRINN“It is 1938. Iran is Germany, and it is about to arm itself with nuclear weapons.”Thus began a speech I heard Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu give to the Jewish Federations of North America in Los Angeles in 2006. The Holocaust analogy ruffled some feathers, but the message was received. Iran posed a serious threat to Israel, and Netanyahu was one of the few people who were talking about it.
Israel's vital timing in striking Iran's nuclear facilities

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Ben Caspit |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy

ByBEN CASPITWe will all remember, to our dying day, where we were on the night between Thursday and Friday, 13 June 2025. What the ultimate result will be—and whether the Iranian danger can now be removed from the agenda—will be answered soon enough. One thing is certain: the sun will still rise tomorrow morning, and it will find the State of Israel here.
What are the Iranian drones that attacked Israel?

2 weeks ago | jpost.com | Itay Gal |Zvika Klein |Gil Hoffman |Gil Troy

ByDR. ITAY GAL JUNE 13, 2025 10:54Roughly 100 explosive-laden drones were launched from Iran and Iraq toward Israel in the early hours of Friday, forcing the Israel Air Force into an intensive interception effort, closing civilian airspace and sending the Home Front Command scrambling to prepare residents for possible sheltering. Among the incoming aircraft were two of Tehran’s most formidable models, the Shahed 129 and Shahed 136, whose capabilities illustrate the scale of the current threat.