In the 11th Jan 26 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include

More Israelis now live in Gaza border communities than before Hamas invasion.

Israel’s life-saving skin cancer treatment can now cure multiple myeloma.

Israel boosts ties with Greece, Cyprus, Morocco, Chile, Honduras and Somaliland.

Nvidia’s boss praised Israel for powering its global success.

Israelis enjoy excellent employment prospects and inflation-beating salaries.

Israeli basketball star enjoyed two major birthday presents.

Grandchildren of US Ambassador to Israel discovered buried treasure.

This first newsletter of 2026, published on 11/1 (or 1/11 if you prefer) contains a number of firsts for Israel. The first engagement of two ex-hostages. The first concert of an ex-hostage. The first time Israeli-developed skin cancer treatment has been re-engineered to treat blood cancer. The first center to research into the interface between AI and the brain. And the first Israeli baby of 2026 (born in the first minute of the year). The first Arab-Muslim Israeli police commander.  The first military defense plan between Israel and Morocco. The first delegation from Chile to visit Israel. The first country in the world to recognize Somaliland. And the first visit to Israel by the son of the ex-Shah of Iran. The first Israel-developed supercomputer for Nvidia. The first system to connect multiple drones. Israel's first launch pad for vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The first comprehensive border-protection system. The first technology to recycle mixed construction debris into end-product building materials. And an Israeli university that is first of its peers in generating founders of billion-dollar companies. The first direct airline service from Israel to Vietnam.  The first view of a million-year-old Israeli cave system. And the first family of an American Ambassador to discover buried treasure in the Jewish State.

Which prompts the biggest question of all: WHY? If the federal government has a way for states to quickly and easily block illegal aliens from voting, why didn’t they let anyone use it until Trump was elected? Just speculating, but maybe certain people hoped that not removing illegal voters from the rolls would prevent Trump, or anyone like him, from being elected at all. Now, as Green suggests, let’s see California and New York use that database to check their voter rolls. That’ll be the day!

Eric Hananoki at MMFA:

Former President Donald Trump and right-wing commentator Mike Huckabee will campaign together in Pennsylvania on October 29. Huckabee has a long history of making extreme remarks about abortion: He declined to rule out using the military or law enforcement to stop abortion; compared abortion to slavery, mass shootings, 9/11, and the Holocaust; and supported a decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old after she was raped by her stepfather. Huckabee is the former governor of Arkansas and a longtime political commentator who currently hosts a show on Trinity Broadcasting Network. Huckabee has said that Trump offered him a cabinet position when he was president but he wasn’t interested.  In 2015, while Huckabee was running for president himself, The Topeka Capital-Journal wrote that “Huckabee indicated Thursday that if elected, he wouldn’t rule out employing federal troops or the Federal Bureau of Investigation to stop abortion from taking place in the United States.”

Controversy soon ensued. ABC News' George Stephanopolous later asked Huckabee if he would support “calling in law enforcement to prevent abortions.” Huckabee dodged the question.