Why I Write Israel Brief
We looked for a daily digest that spoke with clarity and conviction about Israel. When we couldn’t find one, we built it ourselves.
My husband and I went looking for a daily Israel digest that was clear, concise, and unapologetic about what it stood for. We didn’t find it. So we decided to build it ourselves.
Israel Brief began as a few lines sent to friends. Now it’s just shy of 5,000 subscribers. Our readers span continents and careers: college students in New York, retirees in Jerusalem, professionals in London, and government officials in several countries who don’t need their names mentioned. They show up every day because the news from Israel matters and because they trust how we frame it.
The premise is simple. Israel faces an existential war. Jews face resurgent antisemitism around the globe. The West itself faces decay because it has forgotten what it stands for. Israel Brief exists to cut through noise and remind readers of the facts and their meaning. We draw from Israeli outlets, global media, and local voices, but we curate with conviction. We do not apologize for defending Israel, Jews, and liberal civilization.
The tone reflects that conviction. It is direct, sometimes sharp, sometimes wry. I call Hamas what it is: a death cult funded by Tehran. I do not indulge euphemism about Judea and Samaria or “Palestinian” victimhood narratives. Our readers know that Israel Brief will not hedge.
Growth has been exponential because there was a vacuum. Too many publications pretend to “balance” Israel’s story into oblivion. We refuse to do that. We tell it straight. Israel fights for its survival and in doing so fights for the survival of the values Jews, Christians, and free people everywhere share. That clarity resonates across the spectrum—from yeshiva students to diplomats and defense ministers, from tech entrepreneurs to retirees who want to stay informed without being misled.
We are not a newsroom. We are not a think tank. We are just two people who refuse to let the guardianship of truth be outsourced to institutions that have already betrayed it.
Shalom,
Uri