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“The Quad,” Ep. 35

The State of Israel is facing a political, legal, and diplomatic onslaught aimed at delegitimizing its very existence, including a recent ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague, declaring the Jewish state’s presence in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem “illegal.”

In this week’s episode, “The Quad” is joined by U.N. Watch’s Hillel Neuer to discuss the biased nature of the most recent ruling, as well as the fact that the ICJ’s chief justice, Nawaf Salam, has ties to and supports some of the worst regimes on earth.

JNS TV show with Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (deputy mayor of Jerusalem), Emily Schrader (activist and journalist), Ashira Solomon (African-American Jew and political moderator) and Vivian Bercovici (former Canadian ambassador to Israel).
Fewer than half of Israelis believe Israel’s security is a central consideration for the U.S. president, while skepticism is growing that a potential U.S.-Iran agreement would weaken Iran’s regime.
“Many other groups are subject to mistreatment, or even subject to mistreatment by the Jewish, and they’re not crying so much,” Luc Jasmin said about a resolution defining Jew-hatred.
“Giving legitimacy to rhetoric that recklessly manipulates the memory of Nazism dishonors the victims of the Holocaust,” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, said.
“We will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points,” the president wrote.
“I love the Galilee,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “It is an integral part of our homeland that we must protect and develop.”
The Nova Memorial Site in southern Israel attracted more than a quarter of a million visitors during the first four months of 2026.