The Pulse of Israel

President Trump went to Turkey to meet Erdogan. Before that meeting, he should understand what Israel is facing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become one of Israel's greatest strategic threats. Turkey is a jihadi Muslim Brotherhood led country, while remaining a key member of NATO. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has even called...

As things look like they are heating up once again with Iran, my conversation with Sebastian Gorka at the ARC Conference in London two weeks ago is more relevant than ever. I asked President Trump’s White House counterterrorism adviser for his message to Israelis and Iranians who are deeply concerned about the memorandum of understanding that President Trump signed with the Islamic Republic of Ira...

For years, Israel's mainstream media declared Benjamin Netanyahu corrupt as an unquestionable fact. Headlines, panels, and commentators conditioned the public to believe conviction was inevitable. But now, explosive developments in the Netanyahu trial are shattering that narrative. In a stunning update, the judges have once again informed prosecutors they face serious difficulties proving the...

In this video, Avi Abelow examines the prosecution of Reut Ben Chaim, chairwoman of the Tzav 9 movement, and asks why she faces criminal charges for protesting aid trucks headed toward Gaza while many of the leaders and participants in the Kaplan judicial reform protests faced few legal consequences after blocking major highways, airports, and other critical infrastructure for months. Reut Ben Cha...

Lebanon's Christian leaders are openly calling for Israeli annexation and Israeli citizenship. Following the fall of the Assad regime, Druze leaders in southern Syria made similar appeals. What does this reveal about Israel's role in the Middle East—and what should Israel do next? In this video, Avi Abelow explores why persecuted minorities are increasingly looking to Israel, not the Unite...

Did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strategy of "total victory" save Israel—or did his critics nearly lead the country to defeat? In this video, Avi Abelow examines the growing political battle over Israel's war against Hamas, the hostage negotiations, and the competing visions that shaped the conflict. As former hostage coordinator Nitzan Alon criticizes Netanyahu's deci...

Califormian State Senator and progressive Jewish leader Scott Wiener spent years pushing the left’s agenda. He even accused Israel of “genocide” in Gaza. Yet when the radical activists he courted turned on him, they denounced, heckled, and discarded him anyway. In this powerful video, Avi Abelow exposes the brutal truth every progressive Jew, and their friends and family, needs to hear: ideologica...

Can the West still save itself—or is it already too late? In this video, I explain why I believe the greatest long-term threat facing Western democracies is the growing alliance between radical Islamist movements and the progressive Left. From Israel's frontline experience, I argue that protecting a nation's constitutional values, civic culture, and national identity is essential to preser...

In this video, I explain why Netanyahu & Rubio may have just checkmated Vance’s Iran plan. I am not pretending to be happy with the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire framework brokered by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The deal assumes Lebanon will disarm Hezbollah, even though Hezbollah is deeply embedded inside Lebanon’s political, military, and security systems. That is not strategy. That is f...

What is going on? How did Israel move from pressuring Iran’s regime, confronting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and vowing to eliminate Hamas after October 7, toward ceasefire talks, Washington diplomacy, and an unfinished war? This video confronts the central question: why has Israel repeatedly been stopped before achieving decisive victory? From Gaza to Lebanon, Israel has often faced internatio...

In this powerful interview, Avi Abelow sits down with Tim, the founder of Operation Fire Support, a remarkable volunteer initiative he launched in 2019 after learning about the devastating wildfire attacks caused by Hamas terror balloons launched from Gaza into southern Israel. Tim had never been to Israel. He is not Jewish. Yet when he saw Israeli communities under attack through acts of environm...

I can help make this forceful without presenting broad claims about Muslims as a monolith or treating public religious practice as proof of conquest. Here is a concise, sharper description focused on political ideology, antisemitism, and civic concerns:New York City is entering a dangerous political moment. The election of Zohran Mamdani signals the growing influence of a radical socialist politic...

Historic and symbolic! And…Biblical!!!The other day, I was blessed to be at a historic event where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the renaming of Highway 60 as the Biblical Highway, and it could not be more fitting. This highway runs through the heartland of Judea and Samaria, connecting many of the most important places in the Bible: Hevron, Beit El, Shiloh, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bee...

In 2017, former Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak delivered a speech that now deserves renewed attention. Years before the judicial reform protests, Barak described a scenario in which senior military and intelligence figures would resist a democratically elected right-wing government, the Supreme Court would block its agenda, and mass protests would physically obstruct the wi...

Hezbollah continues to violate the ceasefire and attack Israel. In recent days, multiple IDF soldiers have been killed. Put aside, for a moment, the deeply troubling statements made recently by President Trump and Vice President Vance regarding Israel. Focus on the fatal flaw built into this entire framework. The deal leaves Iran in control of Lebanon through Hezbollah. The United States says it w...

Is Trump's latest Iran ceasefire a brilliant strategy or a dangerous mistake? Before panicking, let's remember one basic reality:Iran is never going to agree to a final deal that permanently gives up its nuclear ambitions. Yes, the reported 60-day ceasefire framework looks terrible. Iran's leaders are celebrating and portraying it as a victory. They want the Muslim world to believe the...

Is President Trump's Iran ceasefire deal a path to peace, or a dangerous mistake that could strengthen the Islamic Republic? In this video, Avi Abelow breaks down why he believes the latest Trump-Iran agreement is deeply troubling for both Israel and America, while also explaining why it may contain an unexpected strategic opportunity. For decades, the Iranian regime has mastered the art of de...

President Trump’s latest announcement regarding a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran has many people angry, disappointed, and even feeling betrayed. I know this will surprise some people, but my reaction is different. I want to say thank you. Thank you, President Trump. Not because I think this deal is good. I don't. Not because I trust the Islamic Republic of Iran. I don't. And certai...

President Trump has announced another potential deal with Iran, and many people are already reacting with fear, anger, or excitement. My message is simple: Don't panic. Some people misunderstand me. They assume that when I say not to panic, I mean the deal will never happen. That is not what I am saying. I have no idea whether it will happen or not. What I do know is that no agreement will cha...

The other day, I experienced one of those moments that reminds me just how blessed we are to be living in these historic times. I found myself dancing with a 92-year-old veteran resident of Kibbutz Nahal Oz during the first ever Torah scroll dedication ceremony for the kibbutz. Think about that for a moment. Nahal Oz never had a synagogue. Yet after the horrors of October 7th, something awakened....

Should the United States end foreign aid to Israel? In this powerful Pulse of Israel interview, Congressman Stutzman explains why he has introduced a groundbreaking resolution in Congress to phase out U.S. foreign aid to Israel and replace it with a new model based on trade, strategic partnership, joint development projects, and mutual national interests. For decades, the U.S.-Israel relationship...

In this urgent and honest update from Israel, another Jew was murdered in cold blood. A 35-year-old man was killed and others wounded in a shooting attack near Kochav Yair and Tzur Yitzhak in central Israel. The terrorist, Omar Yassin, was not from Gaza or Judea & Samaria — he was an Arab Muslim *Israeli citizen* from Tayibe. This attack proves once again that the enemy does not distinguish be...

What just happened between Israel and Iran? In this video, Avi Abelow breaks down the surprising one-day confrontation between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, why many Israelis believed a much larger war was about to begin, and why the outcome may represent a major strategic victory for Israel even without the dramatic regime change many were hoping to see. After Iran launched missiles at...

Hear this raw and personal update from Israel. Avi Abelow woke up at 7:09 AM to a massive explosion overhead. An Iranian ballistic missile was intercepted directly above our home in the Judean Hills. No sirens sounded because it wasn’t targeting us directly; it was just another Iranian attack flying through Israeli skies. Iran has attacked Israel again. While the world focused on President Trump t...

President Trump's latest ceasefire agreement with Lebanon is being celebrated by many as a diplomatic achievement. But is it actually a path to peace, or just another Western illusion disconnected from the realities of the Middle East? In this video, Avi Abelow explains why Hezbollah's continued attacks on Israel prove that jihadi Muslim terror organizations do not respect paper agreements...