February 2, 2026 — US envoy Witkoff to meet Netanyahu, IDF chief Zamir as Phase II begins in Gaza. The officials said Witkoff’s visit to the country was expected to begin on Tuesday.

January 30, 2026 — ‘Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally’: Trump antisemitism envoy refutes Walz ICE comparison. Kaploun says Minnesota governor’s comment over crackdown ‘cheapens the horror of the Holocaust’; US Holocaust Museum blasts ‘false equivalencies’

January 30, 2026 — Italian leaders react coldly to anti-Israel rapper’s planned Winter Olympics set. Ghali Amdouni, set to perform at opening ceremony, apparently said Gaza war a ‘new Holocaust’; right-wing party source says ‘Italy and the games deserve an artist, not a pro-Pal fanatic’.

January 30, 2026 — Oct. 7 spurred this NYC secular private school to start holding an annual Shabbat gathering. After the Hamas atrocities and the wave of antisemitism that followed, Jewish students at the Town School sought an affinity group of their own – and have been met with enthusiasm

January 30, 2026 — Tamara Cohen’s ancestors were expelled from Spain, now she’s bringing bagels to Madrid. Mazál owner Tamara Cohen, a Philadelphian who became Spanish through a law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews whose ancestors were expelled during the 1492 Inquisition.

January 30, 2026 — IDB Chief Economist Einat Meir on Israel’s 2026 economic outlook and the global picture. Meir states that the Israeli shekel was one of the world’s strongest currencies in 2025, and is expected to maintain its strength in 2026

January 30, 2026 — Lockheed Martin to quadruple THAAD anti-missile interceptor production. Israel’s closest parallel to the THAAD is the Arrow anti-missile system, but the systems employ different defensive capabilities.

January 30, 2026 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio bans senior Iranian officials, families from being in US. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revokes US entry privileges for senior Iranian officials and their families, citing human rights abuses.

January 30, 2026 — EU designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. Foreign ministers of all 27 European Union member states have unanimously agreed to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, a move expected to escalate tensions with Tehran and lead to sweeping sanctions.

January 30, 2026 — White supremacist terror plot on Passover foiled in US. The cell was a white supremacy group operating on X network that called on its members to “bring the Nova massacre home.”

January 30, 2026 — ‘Free Palestine’ activist among 16 charged with ‘violent’ assaults on federal officers, property. “We do not tolerate assaults on federal officers, and those who commit that crime will be held accountable,” stated Daniel Rosen, U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota.

January 30, 2026 — Trump credits Hamas in return of hostages, says group will disarm. “Hamas was a big factor in getting all of the hostages back,” the president said. “We were not happy with them, and they had to bring them back, and they found the dead hostages.”