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) Students for Justice in Palestine Supports Killing American Jews
It’s been one year since Mohamed Sabry Soliman yielded a flamethrower, yelled “Free Palestine” and launched Molotov cocktails at a small group of peaceful Jewish marchers in Boulder, Colorado. Soliman targeted them because they were participating in the weekly Run for Their Lives group, in support of freeing the remaining hostages held by Hamas at the time. His vicious attack resulted in more than a dozen burn victims and the death of 82-year-old Karen Diamond. Soliman recently pleaded guilty to 101 criminal charges, including first-degree murder, attempted murder and assault and has been sentenced to life in prison.
On the anniversary of the attack, the Boulder chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) expressed support for Soliman and his killing and maiming of American Jews.
Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of the antisemitic firebombing attack in Boulder, the local SJP chapter chose to share a lengthy social media post glorifying the attack, lauding the terrorist for his actions, and calling for his release.
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— ADL (@ADL) June 2, 2026
SJP labeled Soliman’s attack as “direct action against one manifestation of the Zionist death cult that we have allowed to fester in our city and our state” and as a “decisive act of resistance against a genocidal global order.” University of Colorado-Boulder condemned SJP’s social media post and said the organization did not speak for the university and was not a recognized student organization after being placed in bad standing in the fall of 2024.
NGO Monitor describes SJP as “the campus organization most directly responsible for creating a hostile campus environment saturated with anti-Israel events. In the days after the Hamas-led invasion and attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, SJP’s national leadership released a “Day of Resistance Toolkit” for its chapters, referring to October 7 as “a historic win for the Palestinian resistance.” Among other things, SJP chapters were the primary organizers behind the infamous Gaza Solidarity Encampments that sprouted on campuses throughout the United States. The student group’s different chapters have also disrupted commencement ceremonies, occupied buildings, and been suspended or permanently banned at other universities. At one school, police raided the home of two SJP leaders and found firearms and Hamas paraphernalia.
As journalist and commentator Haviv Rettig Gur noted, “In case you didn’t know, SJP supports bringing anti-Jewish terrorism to American soil. Yes, really.”
While local media such as Boulder Daily Camera and The Denver Post covered this, the story did not make national headlines. The Jerusalem Post and a few other Jewish or Jewish-adjacent outlets also reported on the story.
2) Trouble in the Slovenian Skies for Israeli Passengers
This week, a commercial Israir flight from Tel Aviv to Ljubljana was denied permission to land, causing a diplomatic and aviation firestorm, as critics argued it was politically motivated. The airline’s CEO described the incident as violative of both EU laws and aviation agreements.
According to Ynet and Israel Hayom, the flight was en route when passengers were informed they would be landing in Croatia instead of Slovenia. Both the Israeli Foreign Ministry and Civil Aviation Authority unsuccessfully attempted to secure landing permission mid-flight. EX-YU Aviation News claimed that Israir’s operating permit was either revoked or not renewed by an outgoing Slovenian minister, apparently under pressure from coalition partners and pro-Palestine groups. Slovenia’s Ministry of Infrastructure told Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) that its data showed no Israir aircraft was diverted. It then referred JNS to Slovenia Air Navigation Services (SANS) which operates air traffic control at the Ljubljana airport, but SANS did not respond to a request for comment.
According to JNS, one anonymous Israeli official opined that the event could have been a “last hoorah” from the outgoing, hostile-to-Israel Slovenian government, or simply the actions of just one ministry official, airport official, or air control officer. The outgoing government banned goods from Judea and Samaria and recognized a Palestinian state in 2024.
A new government is being formed in Slovenia with strongly pro-Israel, repeat prime minister Janez Janša, who last served in the role from 2020 – 2022. As reported by Cleveland Jewish News, Janša reposted a post by Slovenia’s designated minister of infrastructure and energy that the “director of aviation should go ahead and prepare the [resignation] letter.”
V petek dopoldan bomo to odpravili. Direktor za letalstvo naj kar pripravi dopis. https://t.co/DMdIM7qddp
— Jernej Vrtovec (@JernejVrtovec) June 3, 2026
Other than Israeli news organizations, Jewish publications and some European outlets, this story was ignored by mainstream American media.
3) Israeli Startup’s Portable Drone Interception System Now Undergoing Trials
Hezbollah’s recent increase in use of fiber-optic cable-controlled drones against Israeli soldiers and Israeli communities in the north has been cause for concern. They are not unique to Hezbollah’s warfare. Since August 2024, Russia began using fiber-optic drones with demonstrable success in its war against Ukraine, designated by many as “the world’s first drone war.”
The drones are difficult to defend against as they are harder to detect and cannot be countered by traditional electronic jamming measures.
A six-year-old Israeli defense tech company seeking to tackle this challenge, Esh-Tech, has also remained under the radar, until now. This week, Globes revealed that the company has a finished product called Dronelight, a laser system built to counter drones. Esh-Tech received three grants from the Israel Innovation Authority and the product is now undergoing trials both in and outside of Israel.
Dronelight is a pulse laser, not fiber-based, so it can successfully hit a target in a hundredth of a second and can destroy a target up to one kilometer away. As described by Globes, “The system emits hundreds of tiny beams the size of a coin at the target. When one beam is seen to make a hit, additional beams are directed at the target, and the focused energy rapidly shoots it down.” Other perks include that it is very easily charged and can quickly transition from target to target in the event of swarm drone attacks.
Dronelight is both portable and fast, taking one to two seconds to shoot down a drone before moving to the next. It is also inexpensive, costing about one-tenth of a shekel per minute of operation.
If the trials go well, the technology has the potential to change the battlefield landscape in the near-term for both Israel and Ukraine.
Highlighting how important this development is, a few months ago, Esh-Tech was designated as a breakthrough company in a startup program through MAFAT (Ministry of Defense Directorate of Defense R&D). The selection means it will receive up to 10 million shekels to support the product.