Avi Abelow’s Pulse of Israel

We forgot the hardest lesson of Hanukkah. The Maccabean Revolt wasn't won in 8 days. It took nearly 30 years of sacrifice to restore Jewish sovereignty in Jerusalem. Freedom is never instant. History is warning us again. Will we listen? Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/26/israelis-waking-up/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Hamas tried to bury Ari Spitz. They could not break him. The wounded IDF soldier lost three limbs in a booby-trapped Gaza home, then fought his way back to light Israel’s Independence Day torch. This is the spirit of Israel. We fall, we rise, and we live. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/26/israelis-waking-up/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

This is what too many still refuse to understand. Hamas called October 7 the Al-Aqsa Flood because this war is about Jerusalem, Israel, and Jewish sovereignty - not just Gaza. If they fight for Jerusalem, we must stand united for Jerusalem. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/26/israelis-waking-up/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Benayahu Melet chose restraint. The terrorists chose murder. He tried to stop the attack without taking a life. They answered with terror. That is the difference between Israel, Hamas, and the values each side fights for. Never confuse morality with weakness. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/26/another-jew-murdered/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Enough with illusions. Israel cannot afford policies that leave terrorist organizations free to threaten our families. Security begins by confronting Hamas, defeating terrorism, and protecting every Israeli community. That is the responsibility of a sovereign nation. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/26/another-jew-murdered/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

The Jewish people are awake. Our leaders must catch up. After October 7, we understand the enemy, the failures of Israeli leadership and the battle for the Jewish state. We are pushing Israel toward strength, clarity and Jewish sovereignty. Humanity is waiting for us to lead. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/26/another-jew-murdered/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Redemption is not a single moment. It is the story our generation is living. On Tisha B'Av, we mourn what was lost while recognizing the miracles unfolding before our eyes in Jerusalem and the rebirth of Israel. May we be worthy to help write the next chapter. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/23/tisha-b-av-not-just-mourning/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Something historic is happening on the Temple Mount. More Jews are returning to our holiest site, strengthening our connection to Jerusalem despite years of restrictions and hostility. The story of the Temple Mount is still being written. History is turning before our eyes. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/23/tisha-b-av-not-just-mourning/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

The Temple Mount is not about the past. It is about the future of the Jewish people. More Jews are returning to the Temple Mount with a renewed understanding that Jerusalem, Jewish sovereignty, and our national mission are inseparable. History is moving. Are we? Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/23/tisha-b-av-not-just-mourning/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

The rest of us? We’re watching the show, knowing full well that when the time comes to actually finish Hamas, it will still be Israeli soldiers who have to do it, and we will restyle Gaza with bustling Jewish communities under full Israeli sovereignty. Patience, strengthen your faith and stick with me for beyond the headlines. Great times are ahead… Am Yisrael Chai!!! To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Think Netanyahu Accepted Another Gaza Deal? Not on Your Life. Here's What Really Happened. The headlines are already screaming: “Right-wing Netanyahu government approves international force to resettle Gazans in Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza!” If that were actually true, I would be the first one tearing this plan to pieces. I would be on every platform shouting that this is a betrayal of everything we have fought for since October 7. But it’s not true. Not even close. What the security cabinet actually approved is something far more limited, and far more realistic. According to the official government clarification, the in-principle green light for an International Stabilization Force (ISF) is tied directly to President Trump’s 20-point plan that delivered the release of all our hostages. Israel is insisting that the IDF continues to hold 70% of Gaza, clean of all jihadi Gazans, aka the the yellow line. Th Trump deal stipulates that there will be no withdrawal of any kind until Hamas is fully disarmed and Gaza is completely demilitarized (Lehigh will never happen!). The force, currently expected to number around 200 personnel from Uganda and Morocco, countries that actually have peace agreements with us and anti-Israel, Hamas supporting countries, like Qatar and Turkey, would only operate beyond the yellow line, in areas not under IDF control. And even then, every single entry requires the personal approval of the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister, and the Foreign Minister. Israel decides which countries get to send anyone. In other words: 200 Ugandan and Moroccan soldiers are somehow going to walk into Hamas-controlled territory, disarm a genocidal jihadi army that still holds tunnels, rockets, and a death cult ideology… and somehow walk out alive? Come on. You think Hamas is going to politely hand over its weapons to a couple of hundred Ugandans and Moroccans? You think those soldiers are going to survive more than five minutes if they actually start trying to collect RPGs from the same people who massacred, raped, and burned our families? It’s not happening. And even if, by some miracle, they managed to enter and not get slaughtered, Israel has made it crystal clear: there will be no rebuilding of Gaza until Hamas is totally disarmed. That condition will never be met by an international force. The only force on earth that can actually finish the job of disarming Hamas is the IDF. So what did the Netanyahu government just approve? It is Netanyahu doing what a prime minister has to do after a president who delivered the hostages asks for a political gesture. Trump got Turkey and Qatar to squeeze Hamas into releasing every last one of our people from Gaza, all alive and dead. In return, Israel is playing along with the theater of an “international force” that will never actually disarm the jihadist enemy still in charge of 30% of Gaza. I wish Netanyahu would simply look Trump in the eye and say: “Mr. President, this plan is not going to work. The only real solution is for the jihadi population of Gaza to leave via Egypt, and for Israel to apply full sovereignty over the entire Strip and resettle it with Jews.” That is the only moral, strategic, and historical answer, and the only way to deter our jihadi enemy. But Netanyahu is not doing that. He is managing the relationship with the American president who actually got our hostages home. Fair enough. Politics is politics. Just don’t insult our intelligence by pretending this is some grand surrender of Israeli-controlled territory to an international force that will “resettle Gazans.” It is nothing of the sort. It is a carefully limited, Israeli-controlled, almost certainly stillborn gesture. The only people who will be disappointed are the ones who still believe international forces can magically solve jihad.

This wasn't just another wildfire. It shattered an entire Israeli community. When families flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs and terror reaches their homes, we cannot pretend this is "business as usual." Reality matters. So does accountability. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/22/jihadi-arson-devastates-jewish-town/ This wasn't just another wildfire. It shattered an entire Israeli community. When families flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs and terror reaches their homes, we cannot pretend this is "business as usual." Reality matters. So does accountability. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/22/jihadi-arson-devastates-jewish-town/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Peace will remain impossible until we confront the real obstacle. The conflict has never been solved by slogans because the core issue is the rejection of Jewish sovereignty in Israel. We cannot build peace on illusions. We must face reality first. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/22/jihadi-arson-devastates-jewish-town/ Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/22/pulse-conference-2026/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

We are not simply watching history. We are living Jewish prophecy. The rebirth of Israel, the ingathering of the exiles, the strength of the IDF, and our return to Zion remind us that redemption isn't only unfolding before our eyes. It calls each of us to answer. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/22/pulse-conference-2026/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Israel is not just defending itself. We are defending the free world. At Pulse of Israel, we expose the truth the mainstream media won't tell you - Israel stands on the front line against the growing Islamist threat while building a future rooted in faith, freedom, and Jewish sovereignty. Stand with truth. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/22/pulse-conference-2026/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

This election is bigger than one man. It's about Israel's future. No government is above criticism. But the momentum in Judea and Samaria, Israel's security, and Jewish sovereignty cannot be taken for granted. The choice before us will shape the next generation. Watch full video here: https://pulseofisrael.com/2026/07/21/reverse-2005/ To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

And praying for a proud, sane IDF policy that finally recognizes the whole population of “palestinian” jihadis as the enemy. Strengthen your faith. We will overcome. Am Yisrael Chai!!! To join the Israel Video Network - Pulse of Israel Group Click Here: Telegram ➡️ https://t.me/aviabelowpulse Whatsapp ➡️ https://chat.whatsapp.com/GkavRznXy731nxxRyptCMv

Minutes later the report comes down from above in the IDF: Stop. a soldier injured a ‘Palestinian Authority policeman’. That “policeman” had just attacked an IDF soldier. Another: at a checkpoint, an IDF Civil Administration officer warns that in five minutes a convoy of 70 armed Palestinian policemen with 70 Kalashnikovs will pass under Israeli approval near Yitzhar. “Don’t photograph them.” A full company of PA forces moving freely near Israeli communities with the IDF’s permission. And the only thing that makes the entire the army jittery? When Jews from Yitzhar go down to the road. Suddenly “settler violence” is the greatest threat. This is the Oct. 6 conception still at its peak in IDF senior command: treating a jihadi population as a friendly civilian population that just happens to produce the occasional “individual” terrorist. It is the same conception that failed us in Gaza on October 7. The army must change the rules of engagement. Immediately. The jihadi population in Judea & Samaria is exactly the same jihadi population in Gaza. Arab surveys post Oct. 7 highlight how the majority of the population in Judea & Samaria support the Oct. 7 massacre and mass rape. The IDF must treat the enemy population as what it is, an enemy. The same ideology that produced Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the October 7 massacre is the dominant ideology among those who call themselves Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority armed police force. It is a 1,400-year-old jihadi worldview that still has Muslims around the world chanting “Khaybar, Khaybar ya Yahud”, celebrating Mohammad’s massacre of Jews back in the year 628 CE! There are individuals who reject terror. They exist. But the population as a whole is not “our partner.” It is a jihadi sea in which the terrorists swim. Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Boaz Bismuth has already sent an urgent letter to the IDF Chief of Staff demanding a change in open-fire regulations: “It is unacceptable that a fighter fears the military prosecutor more than he fears the terrorist.” MK Amit Halevi put it plainly: “the videos of yesterday’s murders tell the whole story. Reckless directives from senior IDF command and the Military Advocate General cause soldiers and officers to refrain from effectively defending our citizens. The military prosecution was created to protect IDF soldiers, not to abandon them to the enemy’s fire.” “Defense Minister Israel Katz must instruct Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to change the field guidelines at once: meaningful security zones around every soldier and civilian, fire to neutralize threats from distance, and proactive operations against both the civilian and military infrastructures of terror.” Until this changes, more Jews will die. Not because our people lack bravery, but because the system has taught them that using their weapons to stay alive and keep others alive is more dangerous to their future than the terrorist in front of them. The blood of Benaya Malat and his fellow victim is on the hands of those who created and maintain this fear. Jewish life is not cheaper than the comfort of legal advisors or the political narratives of the left. The army’s job is to protect Jews, and to deter the enemy, not to manage the feelings of an enemy population that raises its children on the dream of our destruction. Change the rules. Treat the enemy as the enemy. Or prepare for more funerals and more dishonest headlines blaming the victims. Our soldiers who fought bravely in Gaza cannot understand how that same enemy is treated with kid gloves in Judea and Samaria. Talk about confusion. We should not need another October 7-style massacre in Judea and Samaria before IDF command adjusts to finally deal with the enemy properly. With it all the nation of Israel knows the enemy and spirits are high to continue building and strengthening our God-given, indigenous, ancestral homeland. Our future is bright. We will overcome.

Stop the Immoral Rules of Engagement Before Shabbat, a group of Israeli Jews who regularly hike around Judea & Samaria, families, kids, hikers of all ages, were attacked while hiking near Havat Gilad by a group of Arab jihadis from the neighboring village of Tell. The civilian in charge of security at Chavat Gilad heard about the incident and ran down to protect the Jewish hikers, trying desperately not to shoot. Instead used his rifle as a club to push the attackers back. The Muslim sheikh from the village grabbed the gun and shot, within seconds he murdered two Jews. The videos are clear. Our people did everything humanly possible to avoid using lethal force. The second the jihadi Sheikh had the gun, he used it to kill. And what was the immediate response from large parts of the Israeli left and their media allies? Warnings about “settler violence”. No sympathy for fellow Jews, under attack, killed. Just the same reflexive, dishonest, hateful script towards their fellow Jews in Judea and Samaria. Israeli journalist Amit Segal, called out the lie in his reporting last night. The footage destroys the narrative. Jews restrained themselves. The jihadis did not. This is the grim reality we face: a jihadi enemy that murders us, combined with an internal hatred that demonizes our own people and empowers our genocidal enemies — even after the tragic wake-up call of October 7. The result of Friday’s attack is not an isolated tragedy. It is the direct outcome of a rotten legal policy that has been poisoning our security forces for years. Our soldiers, officers, civilian security coordinators, and civilians are terrified to use their weapons. Not because they lack courage, they have proven that over and over, but because they know the legal system will come after them. The restrictive rules of engagement written by IDF legal advisors, and the post-Elor Azaria climate of fear, have turned self-defense into a potential career-ending crime, for soldiers and civilians. Anytime a Jew uses a gun to stop a terrorist, the legal system immediately confiscates his weapon and investigates him under the automatic assumption that he was in the wrong. This is a disgrace that must end. Remember Elor Azaria. He was an IDF soldier in Hebron who shot a terrorist who had already been stopped from murdering Israelis. He feared the terrorist on the ground was moving to detonate a suicide bomb, and shot himagain. For that he was court-martialed, convicted, and sent to prison for “manslaughter”. An IDF soldier making a split-second decision to save lives, was hounded and punished by the legal system and mainstream media for doing what he was trained to do. The message was received loud and clear: better a dead Jew than a soldier who risks the wrath of the Military Advocate General. Listen to what our own fighters are saying right now from the ground: A combat reservist describes a night pursuit deep inside a hostile jihadist village in Samaria. The suspect threw what looked like an explosive charge. The soldier fired two rounds and neutralized him on the spot. No commendation. Instead: investigation by the Military Police, and dismissal from his battalion. “They send us into battle and then dissect and judge every finger you moved from an air-conditioned office and punish you. This criminal conduct by the IDF simply freezes the fighters in the field from acting, and brings disasters like these upon us.” Another fighter who recently served in the sector responsible for the village of Tell (from which the recent attack came) describes the same broken reality: entering the Tell village means rocks from rooftops, armed men, and a Palestinian Authority police station. To enter at all, the IDF company commander needs high-level approval, and even then is limited to stun grenades, as if dealing with disorderly demonstrators rather than a murderous population. One incident: soldiers enter a house in Tell after being pelted with stones from the roof. The homeowner jumps a soldier. Another soldier strikes him and wounds him in the head.