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) Global Sumud Flotilla’s Website Deleted Reference to Hamas Ties
While every media outlet devoted coverage to Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and his treatment of flotilla participants in Israel this past week, another story about the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) has largely eluded the press – its terror ties.
Despite the IDF claiming more than seven months ago that GSF had Hamas ties, the media largely did not report this. But on May 17, 2026, Jewish Onliner brought the receipts.
The anonymous online platform reported that GSF’s archived website, from Oct. 1, 2025, included a biography of one of its steering committee members: Spanish national Saif Abukeshek. In it, Abukeshek is described as “serv[ing] on the secretariat of the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad [PCPA].” On Jan. 21, 2026, the U.S. Treasury designated the PCPA as a Hamas-controlled fundraising operation. (In the last few days, Abukeshek was also individually sanctioned.) At some point, likely after the PCPA designation, Abukeshek’s affiliation was scrubbed from the website and does not appear there today. Jewish Onliner also reported that other flotilla organizations besides Global Sumud Flotilla scrubbed their websites after the U.S. Treasury’s January 2026 designations.
Jewish Onliner‘s side-by-side comparison of the flotilla website’s profile for Saif Abukeshek, before and after the U.S. Treasury designated PCPA as Hamas-controlled.
Abukeshek and fellow GSF steering committee member and flotilla participant, Thiago Ávila, were brought to Israel for questioning, and released on May 10, 2026. As reported by Jewish Onliner, outlets such as Reuters and Associated Press presented Abukeshek and Ávila as humanitarians or activists while failing to mention Abukeshek’s PCPA role or the fact that the PCPA was designated as Hamas-controlled.
On May 20, 2026, outlets including the AP and Fox News reported that the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Abukeshek and others. Abukeshek was described by the AP as a “European activist,” though Fox News reported on his PCPA ties.
2) Survey Finds Majority of Gazans Interested in Information About Emigrating From Gaza
While international media have reported on Hamas’ continued refusal to disarm and the corresponding lack of progress in beginning to rebuild Gaza, The Jerusalem Post was among the few to report that many Gazans are potentially interested in leaving the Strip.
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) surveyed Gazans on what additional information they would like to receive about its work. The results: almost 80% are interested in “receiving information about mechanisms for relocating to a third country…”
The other 20% of those surveyed comprised of 2.5% who sought information about medical humanitarian issues and 17.5% who wanted information about food supplies and humanitarian aid.
This story has appeared only in Israeli media, except for websites like MSN that aggregate news from original sources.
3) Hamas’ Decision to Record Its Terrorism on Oct. 7 Enabled Israel to Create a Hi-Tech Target List
“We won’t forgive and we won’t forget” has been a refrain heard in Israel for over 20 years, at times directed to the government over domestic policy choices and at times referring to those who have murdered Israelis, like those who participated in the massacre of Oct. 7, 2023. According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel has a plan for every October 7 terrorist.
The Journal reported on the singularly focused Israeli task force dedicated to ensuring that all who planned or participated in the Oct. 7 attack are killed or captured. The list includes all involved, from Hamas’ top leaders to a man who drove a tractor through the border fence that morning. Terrorists who recorded their atrocities on GoPro cameras or phones to upload to social media have unintentionally helped Israel assemble its list.
According to the reporting, a person is added to the list if Israeli security forces find at least two pieces of evidence of their participation. Agents use facial recognition programs and review intercepted phone calls to find names. Cell phone tower location data and interrogations also help the task force discern who did what.
In 2024, Mossad director David Barnea said it will take time to get through the list, but that Israel’s “hands will reach them, wherever they are.”
Other than The Times of Israel, some Arabic and Palestinian media, and a few think tanks or blogs who ran stories based on the Wall Street Journal’s coverage, this story has remained largely unreported.