The News You Didn’t Hear About This Week: Friday, March 4, 2026

By: David Gerstman March 6, 2026

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 (or in this week’s case, two important and one humorous), but underreported, stories from the week bearing on Israel and the Middle East that media consumers should know.

1) Lawfare Against Israel Takes More Hits

Last week, we reported that Khaled Al-Shouli, a lawyer who pushed the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, was indicted in France for funneling money to Hamas, a designated terror group. This week,
JNS reported that Bolivia and Honduras have left the Hague Group, an organization that was formed in January of 2025 to take “coordinated legal and diplomatic measures” against Israel. With the departure of Bolivia and Honduras – following the election of governments friendly to Israel – only six of the original eight member states remain.

The Hague Group – which now consists only of South Africa, Colombia, Cuba, Malaysia, Namibia and Senegal – convened a meeting of about 30 nations in July. Twelve of those countries committed to implement a number of actions against Israel, including preventing the transfer of weapons, fuel, or dual-use items to the Jewish state.

Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar praised Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira “for his moral decision to withdraw from the Hague Group.” Sa’ar also praised Honduran President Nasry Asfura, of Palestinian descent, for taking a “principled step against evil in the international arena.” 

In a separate incident, Paraguay, a staunch South America supporter of Israel, filed a motion with the ICC in support of Israel, arguing that the court should not use an expanded definition of “genocide” in the case initiated by South Africa against the Jewish state. Of the 15 nations that have filed suits in the case, this is the first one to support Israel.

2) Facts Refute Another NGO’s Smear Against Israel

Previously known only as “journalists” or “medical workers” when they were killed by the IDF in Gaza, this past week Palestinian Islamic Jihad published pictures of them and has claimed them, or people close to them, as their members.

Israel Policy Forum researcher Gabriel Epstein identified a number of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists who had dual roles. He published a recent announcement that came from PIJ taking credit for the terrorists. These include an ICU nurse and the wife of a PIJ commander.

Epstein summarized his findings of an earlier list that the casualties included:


Dual civilian roles for 8 of 41 commanders are currently known, including four in medical roles, two in media/journalist roles, one religious position, and 1 apparent NGO worker.

Last week, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) accused Israel of intentionally targeting journalists, without proof. The emerging evidence shows that often, they were not targeted for being journalists, but for being terrorists or related to terrorists.
CPJ could protest that terrorists who wear “Press” identifiers endanger real journalists by making it impossible for the IDF to distinguish between combatants and civilians – but they don’t. If this sounds familiar, it’s because last week, we reported that Fadi Jihad Mohammed al-Wadiyya, a physiotherapist, was claimed as a PIJ commander by the terror group. For a year and a half, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denied the IDF charges that al-Wadiyya was a terrorist.
Despite the failures of MSF and CPJ, when they are interviewed for a news report, their claims are never challenged, which is why it is likely these stories are underreported by the media. NGOs should be subject to the same scrutiny applied to any politician or business leader.

3) Nvidia Has Strong 4th Quarter Driven by Success of its Israeli Division

Driven by networking technology at its Israeli division, American chip maker Nvidia posted strong growth in the fourth quarter of 2026. According to Globes, the Israeli networking division showed 263% growth compared with the fourth quarter of 2025.
Nvidia’s networking division in Israel comes from its 2020 acquisition of Mellanox for $7 billion. Globes explained that “the company’s networking chips are becoming its biggest growth engine.” Currently Nvidia has nearly 6,000 employees in Israel and it is the second largest tech employer behind Intel.


The chips manufactured in Israel have the potential to speed up processing times in data centers.
Recently, Ali Ayoub, an Israeli-Arab who is Nvidia’s Vice President of Software Engineering, told Globes that he sees northern Israel “as the center of the AI revolution.”
Ayoub noted that Israel has some excellent universities in the north – he is a graduate of the Technion. He added, “if you want to find good people, it is worth looking where others are less likely to look. In Nvidia’s eyes, the north is a place with excellent human capital and a place for growth.”
The Washington Post recently reported on the growth of Israeli tech start-ups that addressed problems that emerged from the war with Hamas. Nvidia is considered one of the leaders in AI, and the confidence Nvidia shows in Israel puts Israel at the forefront of the AI revolution.

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