Scott Roth

“Israel is a stabilizing force in the region”: Isr envoy to UN

THURSDAY, March 26, 2026 will feature a rare desert tornado risk in the Middle East, including in Dubai, the UAE, northern Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. Scattered strong/severe thunderstorms with wind and hail are likely. Serious flooding – with up to a year's worth of rain – is expected as well. Widespread totals of 3-6 inches are likely, with locally greater amounts. Dubai, for instance, averages 4 inches of rain annually. The opulent enclave could see 3 to 6 inches by the end of the week. A similar event between April 15-17, 2024, dumped 6.45 inches of rain on Dubai International Airport, forcing the cancellation of more than 1,200 flights. Runways were left underwater. There could also be an isolated rotating storm in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the shores of the Red Sea where greater moisture is present. That risk will include portions of Makkah, Al-Baha, Aseer and Jazan provinces, as well as northwestern Tamaha and Azal governorates in Yemen. Farther inland, Najran province in southern Saudi Arabia could see an isolated haboob (dust storm) as thunderstorms exhale dry air exhaust and kick up dust.

Oops: 🚨 IDF: A ballistic missile launched earlier today by Iran fell in Beirut, according to the Israeli military’s initial assessment. 🚀🇱🇧🇮🇷

If you want to see how foreign commentators build a distorted narrative about Israel, look at Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Avraham Burg. Carlson started with a conclusion, then found a local voice to give it legitimacy. On paper, Burg looks like the ultimate insider. He comes from a storied Zionist family and briefly served as acting president. To an American audience, he appears to be a thoughtful centrist offering a dissenting view. Inside Israel, Burg moved far outside the mainstream a long time ago. Today, he openly challenges the core ideas of Jewish statehood. Presenting him as a stand-in for the Israeli public is the equivalent of presenting Jill Stein as the hidden center of American politics. This is a specific media tactic designed to flatter a domestic audience. Carlson bypassed the many mainstream Israeli critics. He selected a native witness guaranteed to validate his viewers' assumptions. A serious inquiry into Israel today explores why a public that deeply distrusts its government still overwhelmingly supports military operations. It examines how October 7 reshaped local assumptions about deterrence and coexistence. Those questions require engaging with reality. Relying on an outlier with a microphone avoids the hard work of actual journalism. When you elevate fringe voices as hidden majorities, audiences learn less about the world. The full column is on jpost .com

DO THE PEOPLE OF GAZA DESERVE FOOD? 🇮🇱[🗣️ 1]: “No, they don't deserve it. What do I care? K*LL them..” 🇮🇱[🗣️ 2]: “The Bible says, this place is for us, it's promised for us, so they can starve to D€ATH” 🇮🇱[🗣️ 3]: “I think we need to be united & K*LL them all.”

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Nobody who claims Israel is not an apartheid state can explain to you from a policy or logical perspective why it is not an apartheid state. The word just hurts their feelings.

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