For the first time in years, Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount were allowed to sing and dance freely throughout the holy site, in accordance with a new policy set by Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir.

This marks a dramatic shift from past enforcement. For years, Jews who were seen whispering prayers on the Temple Mount were often detained, questioned, and in many cases banned from the site for extended periods. Under Ben Gvir’s direction, however, the Israel Police have been instructed to allow Jewish prayer and singing throughout the compound. Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai has reportedly passed these instructions to the police force.

Restrictions on the Temple Mount unfairly applied to Jews are ending one by one and evolving in the right direction – to where they should be in the first place – full access for the Jewish people. We congratulate MK Ben Gvir for his tireless work with this.

Source:
Ben-Gvir orders singing to be allowed on Temple Mount, by Israel National News, June 26, 2025

Transcript form President Donald J. Trump’s press conference Saturday night, June 21, 2025

Thank you very much.

A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive, precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime. Fordo, Natanz and Esfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise.

Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror.

Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not. Future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier.

For 40 years, Iran has been saying. Death to America, death to Israel. They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs, with roadside bombs. That was their specialty. We lost over 1,000 people and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East, and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate in particular. So many were killed by their general, Qassim Soleimani. I decided a long time ago that I would not let this happen. It will not continue.

Many breathe a sigh of relief and claim victory now that Iran’s nuclear facilities have been irreparably damaged. Proclamations that the world is a safer place may be true on one level but let’s not fool ourselves; Israel is not done with this war, and it remains a multi-faceted and evolving situation. Iran’s threat of retaliation remains a concern as is Russia’s alignment with Iran.The polarized narratives that surface attack the whole purpose of this operation. At this time the situation’s complexity demands vigilance by Israeli and American military forces, as miscalculations could spiral into a broader war.

Source:
25 missiles launched at Israel: At least two severely injured from direct hit in Haifa, by Israel National News

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon spoke to reporters on Sunday, ahead of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council called in the wake of the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

“The world, and the Security Council, should say clearly and without hesitation: Thank you. Thank you to the United States and to President Trump for acting when others would not. Thank you for standing firm when others looked away. Thank you for protecting the free world with strength and moral clarity,” said Danon.

Spoiler alert! UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wasted little time on Saturday before denouncing US the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

To paraphrase a recent Newsmax interview with Robert Wilkie, former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Guterres goes from Greek tragedy to Roman farce. If Israel didn’t exist, the United Nations would be out of business.

Americans For a Safe Israel congratulates President Donald J. Trump for making the bold and courageous decision to disable the nuclear capabilities of the chief threat to the western world. Please take a moment right now and express Hakarot HaTov to thank President Trump for the US’s bombing of Iran’s three crucial nuclear sites. Let him know that this long anticipated and very successful military operation is enormously important to Israel, the US and all American allies. Contact President Trump here.

Source:
Ambassador Danon: The world should say thank you to Trump, by Israel National News, June 22, 2025

Israeli media occasionally reports on the arrests of citizens of Israel who are suspected Iranian spies. While these stories are concerning and important, there is another aspect of spying that proves an asset to Israeli intelligence.

There are plenty of Iranians who want to see their regime replaced. A great deal of intelligence comes from ordinary Iranians on the ground who are feeding many data points to Israel.

Read the full article by Elder of Ziyon:
Spy vs. Spy: The espionage factor that no one is talking about, by Elder of Ziyon, June 23, 2025

The Israeli government on Wednesday released updated figures on home front casualties, damage and evacuations, noting 24 casualties.

Since airstrikes began on Friday, Iran has launched approximately 400 ballistic missiles and hundreds of aerial drones. While most have been intercepted, approximately 40 impact sites have been identified.

The barrages have killed 24 people. Of the more than 804 people injured, eight are in serious condition, 41 are in moderate condition while 795 suffered minor injuries.

Property damage is based on damage claims submitted to the Israel Tax Authority. Of the 18,766 claims made to the Authority, 15,861 were for structural damage to buildings, 1,272 were related to vehicles and 1,633 were related to contents and other property.

Some 3,800 Israelis have been evacuated from their homes.

Israel executed this military operation with the utmost planning and precision, and it has proven to be the most catastrophic blow to the Iranian regime. Israel’s advanced intelligence capabilities, air superiority, and ability to conduct complex, multi-target strikes deep inside Iranian territory with strategic coordination is nothing short of brilliant.

All of this is taking place while Israel continues Operation Swords of Iron, a multi-front operation approaching its two-year mark. Israel alone is fighting two massive wars against multiple enemies who seek its annihilation. It sounds historic for one country to be fighting two wars simultaneously, one of which will have significant humanitarian and geopolitical implications for the entire region. In the end, it’s about the Jewish Nation State’s unprecedented fight for its very survival. Let that sink in.

Source:
Israel Reports 24 Dead, 800 Injured in Iranian Strikes as War Enters Sixth Day, by Pesach Benson/TPS-IL, June 18, 2025

President Donald J. Trump has said the Iranian leadership has reached out to his administration to negotiate an end to the Israel-Iran conflict. President Trump said, “Iran’s got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate.”

With respect to the prospects of a peace deal, he said that “nothing’s too late,” but that he was upfront with the Iranians when they reached out to him that “it’s very late… to be talking,” and that he was disappointed they did not negotiate with him in earnest when he attempted to before the first Israeli strikes.

“We may meet,” Trump added. Still, he stressed that, “There’s a big difference between now and a week ago,” with the Iranian regime having sustained heavy damage and the possibility of a U.S. strike on Iran’s hardened nuclear facilities on the table.

The signals from Washington are that it is prepared to bolster its military posture in support of Israel as evidenced by a soon to be total of three US aircraft carriers operating near Iran. Whether President Trump will lead the US into the war on Iran no one knows, and he’ll never show his hand. He has a lot riding on his campaign promise of “no new wars.” He’s a master 5D chess player and his skills executing The Art of the Deal as applied to war are in full play now.

Sources:
BREAKING: Trump Says Iran Has Reached Out to Him, Wants to Negotiate, by Jack Montgomery/The National Pulse, June 18, 2025

WATCH: US preparing to attack Iran, sends most advanced aircraft carrier to Mediterranean, by World Israel News via Newsreal

In a historic and major military operation, Israel last Friday, June 13 launched a surprise attack on Iran, bombing all nuclear sites.

At 3:00am in Israel, the whole nation was woken by an air raid siren and alert on their phones from the Home Office command, declaring a country-wide emergency situation. Israelis were further instructed to stay close to their safe-rooms and that all schools and businesses are to be closed until further notice. Warplanes could be heard flying throughout the country.

Shortly afterwards, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released an address via YouTube, explaining that Israel has attacked Iran due to its growth of nuclear weapons, and acquiring enough uranium to make nine nuclear bombs within a few months. Naming the move as ‘Operation Rising Lion’, he stated: “This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat. For decades, the tyrants of Tehran have brazenly, openly called for Israel’s destruction…This is a clear and present danger to Israel’s very survival…I’ve made it clear time and time again, Israel will never allow those who call for our annihilation to develop the means to achieve that goal.”

Since Operation Am KaLavi began and with numerous developments and the rapidly evolving nature this military operation, follow this timeline for an overview and summary of all operational activities and developments. This report is current through June 15.

Today, TPS-IL reports that the Israeli Air Force has destroyed approximately one-third of Iran’s missile launch capabilities in a series of targeted strikes. As is an unfortunate consequence of war, twenty-four people have been killed and hundreds injured in four days of Iranian missile attacks.

As Israel continues to pound Iran the latest reports today state that Tehran is reportedly expressing an urgent willingness to resume negotiations over its nuclear program, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

If Iran is allowed to come back to the negotiating table, this seems it would amount to going around in circles. On the other hand, could Israel’s so far successful military operation have changed Iran’s mind and get them to stop its never-ending goal of wiping Israel off the map and stop uranium enrichment? We doubt that Iran would turn around and all of a sudden become the diplomatic and peaceful nation partner in the region – and the world – that it should be. The evil of Iran is a decades long cancer that must be eradicated 100%. Operation Am KaLavi is an evolving minute-by-minute operation, and we will be watching closely for updates.

Sources:
One-Third of Iran’s Missile Launching Capabilities Destroyed: Israel, by Pesach Benson/TPS-IL, June 16, 2025

Report: Iran urgently seeks talks amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, by Israel National News, June 16, 2025

Operation Rising Lion: What We Know So Far About Israeli Strikes on Iran, by Crystal Jones/TPS-IL, June 13, 2025

What??

While the seriousness of Operation Am KaLavi is not to be diminished, it doesn’t change the fact that lies and propaganda against Israel continue.

The false claims that Israel is killing the invasive population in Gaza with hunger is false, but the massive truckloads of aid being brought in to save the Hamas supporters from a famine that doesn’t exist may be even more lethal. Daniel Greenfield’s article presents and interesting truth that counteracts the argument that Gazans are starving and that the blame lies with Israel.

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Israel is Killing Gaza With Obesity, by Daniel Greenfield/Frontpage Magazine, June 16, 2025

A Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria probably won’t happen “in our lifetime” and is no longer Washington’s goal, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Tuesday.

“Unless there are some significant things that happen that change the culture, there’s no room for it,” Huckabee told Bloomberg, adding that a culture shift is unlikely to take place “in our lifetime.”

When asked by Bloomberg if an independent Palestinian state is the goal of the Trump administration, the diplomat responded: “I don’t think so.”

A Palestinian Arab state does not necessarily need to be established in Judea and Samaria, he stated, insisting that Palestinian self-governance in another Muslim country “should be and could be on the table.”

Ambassador Huckabee’s suggestion for a Palestinian Arab state established outside of Judea and Samaria is out of the box thinking. His view challenges the decades long conventional focus on Judea and Samaria as the primary location for the delusional two-state solution.

It’s high time for Israel to mobilize all its allies to help it advocate for such an alternative. With the war still raging we understand this cannot be the primary focus – not just yet anyway. Then again, maybe we can count on President Donald J. Trump to mobilize the effort!!

Source:
Huckabee: No Palestinian state likely ‘in our lifetime’, by JNS Staff, June 11, 2025

The governments of the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Norway officially announced Monday that they will impose sanctions on Israeli Ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, accusing them of incitement to violence against Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria.

The UK Foreign Office stated that the decision was made as part of a wider move to address what it described as “extremist settler violence” and the undermining of a future Palestinian state.

It’s unacceptable for any country to sanction Israel’s leaders and the time is now for Israel to respond to these ridiculous and biased agendas. Whether it’s through travel bans and asset freezes, or diplomatic protests to reciprocal measures, Israel must act. Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Tzippi Hotevely, responded to the news, “Sanctions on democratically elected Israeli ministers are a moral failure that only helps Hamas, not peace,” she wrote on her X account. “Now is the time for moral clarity. Our allies must choose – to stand with Israel on the right side of history, or to send the wrong message to terrorists.”

A public PR campaign to combat this politically motivated nonsense would better position Israel into the age of information wars. It’s an urgent advancement that needs to happen.

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Five countries impose sanctions on Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, by Israel National News, June 10, 2025