Famously, the slogan “All the News That’s Fit to Print” graces the front page of every New York Times edition. The slogan was coined at the end of the 19th century by the paper’s publisher, Adolph Ochs. Of course, in today’s hyper-globalized world, the slogan is wishful thinking. No paper could realistically cover all the important news stories of the day.
Still, it would be hard to argue that outlets like the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, and others adequately cover even those stories they do print. They often devote precious space to emotive or opinionated claims, while omitting highly material and relevant information that sheds important new light.
Provided below are three important, but underreported, stories from the week bearing on Israel and the Middle East that media consumers should know.
1) A (Latin American) Palestinian for Israel
As this feature noted two months ago, Israel has been making diplomatic gains in Latin America. The latest is the swearing in of Nasri Asfura as president of Honduras on Jan. 27, 2026. Asfura’s first act as president was to receive the credentials of Israel’s ambassador, Nadav Goren.
JNS noted that Asfura’s victory marked the third time recently – Bolivia and Chile both elected leaders who support Israel – that a change in government in Latin America has heralded a warming of relations with Israel.
Asfura comes from Honduras’ pro-Israel National Party. Juan Orlando Hernández, who had been president of Honduras from 2014-2022, was also from the National Party. Hernandez moved the Honduran embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2021.
The most recent former president, Xiomara Castro, from the left-wing Liberty and Refoundation Party, recalled the Honduran ambassador from Israel in November 2023, accusing Israel of “genocide” in its response to the Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis and kidnapping of over 250 people a month earlier.
Ironically, Asfura, who committed to visit Israel at the time of his election last month, is of Palestinian descent.
Israel’s growing ties with Latin America cuts against the narrative that Israel is increasingly isolated.
The New York Times reported on Asfura’s victory. The Washington Post had no independent report on his victory but carried the Associated Press report. Neither account of Asfura’s election mentions about his promise to renew relations with Israel.
2) Israeli Tech Companies Raised $10.7 Billion in 2025
Globes reported that privately held Israeli tech companies raised $10.7 billion in investments in 2025, an increase of about 12 percent over the $9.58 billion raised in 2024 and more that 50% higher than the $6.9 billion raised in 2023. Though this is still well below the record $25 billion Israeli tech companies raised in 2021, these increases suggest that Israel’s economy has rebounded since the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.
Globes also noted that Israeli tech companies reported $1.1 billion in investments in January 2026, suggesting that the upward trend is continuing.
In addition to the investments in Israeli technology, Apple’s acquisition of the Israeli firm Q.ai in January marks the second largest acquisition by the California-based tech giant. According to the Times of Israel, Q.ai sold for close to $2 billion.
Apple’s Israeli-born Vice President of Hardware, Johnny Srouji, said, that Q.ai is “pioneering new and creative ways to use imaging and machine learning.”
Q.ai was founded in 2022. Tom Hulme, an investor with Google, wrote in a blog post that 30% of the Q.ai team was called up to fight after Oct. 7, 2023. Weekly meetings were interrupted by sirens and trips to bomb shelters. Despite the challenges, the company’s “energy was focused on supporting their community and making technical breakthroughs.”
The New York Times did no recent reporting on the surge of investments in Israel’s tech sector. The Washington Post has covered Israel’s growing tech sector recently, but only in the context of how bad it is for the Palestinians.
For example, a February 3 report on Israeli startups focused not on the innovation, but on the cost of the war to the Palestinians. Neither paper covered Apple’s second largest acquisition.
The Israeli tech sector continues to provide the world with important new products. Efforts to isolate Israel economically have failed.
3) Captured Docs Show How Hamas Infiltrated NGO
The head of the World Vision’s Gaza branch, Mohammed Al-Halabi, has been revealed to be a member of Hamas. The Jerusalem Post reported that Hamas documents recovered by the Israel Defense Forces prove not only that Al-Halabi was a member of Hamas, but that the U.S.-designated terror organization actively attempted to sabotage his prosecution.
In 2022, Al-Halabi was convicted of funneling $50 million to Hamas, helping the terrorist organization dig the unprecedentedly large and complex tunnel network underneath Gaza.
At the time of Al-Halabi’s conviction, World Vision, considered to be the world’s largest evangelical humanitarian organization, insisted that independent audits showed there was no diversion of aid.
However, the watchdog organization NGO Monitor recently reviewed World Vision’s records and “concluded World Vision’s financial records of its Israel-registered non-profit branch were internally inconsistent and included information on payments to Hamas operatives.”
Over 180 documents recovered from Hamas and reviewed by NGO Monitor show how the terror organization exercised control over numerous NGOs operating in Gaza. According to the NGO Monitor report, the declassified documents show that NGOs operating in Gaza “are embedded in an institutionalized framework of coercion, intimidation, and surveillance that serves Hamas’ terror objectives.”
Al-Halabi was one of the prisoners released a year ago in exchange for 24 living Israeli hostages. At the time of his release, The Washington Post repeated World Vision’s claim that “independent audits uncovered no evidence of wrongdoing.” During Israel’s war with Hamas, the Post and Times regularly and uncritically reported charges made against Israel by various NGOs.
Neither news organization has reported this new information, which would impeach the veracity of their sources.