El-Sayed refuses to tone down Israel attacks amid pleas from Dem podcast hosts

Amb. Leiter's son seriously wounded in terror attack

This briefing covers the latest developments in Israel, the West Bank, and international diplomacy, featuring updates on Gaza reconstruction efforts, UNGA addresses, and rising antisemitism concerns.

Israeli ambassador’s son seriously wounded in West Bank car-ramming attack

Neria Leiter, the son of Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, was seriously wounded in a car-ramming terror attack at a West Bank checkpoint on Wednesday, the ambassador confirmed. Leiter, an IDF reservist in his 30s, was stationed at the Maccabim checkpoint on Route 443 when an assailant accelerated toward a police cruiser and... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/09/somaliland-president-discusses-expanded-military-cooperation-with-u-s-officials/">Read More</a>

Pezeshkian denies Iran seeks nuclear weapons at UNGA

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian cast Tehran as a peaceful victim of American and Israeli aggression during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, expressing a readiness for further negotiations while downplaying Iran’s state sponsorship of terror, nuclear escalation and regional strikes. Addressing the assembly a day after President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal is not reached, Pezeshkian claimed Tehran has never sought nuclear weapons and painted its atomic program as strictly intended for energy and medical research. “Iran does not accept for nuclear technology to be at the exclusive disposal of some... <a href="">Read More</a>

Coons, Senate Democrats introduce sanctions bill aiming to block E1 settlement construction

Nineteen Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), introduced a bill on Wednesday that would impose sanctions on companies, individuals and others involved in the construction and development of Israeli settlements in the E1 area of the West Bank, which the lawmakers argue would be a severe blow to the viability of a Palestinian... <a href="">Read More</a>

'Life and death’: Survivors of antisemitic attacks lobby Congress for security aid

A group of survivors of antisemitic attacks across the nation is visiting Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby in favor of legislation aimed at protecting Jewish community institutions from future attacks. “I want to use my story and my voice and show firsthand how federal funding that we did receive through grants actually made the... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/09/israeli-ambassador-japan-gilad-cohen-un-palestinian-statehood-vote/">Read More</a>