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Code Pink, Syria, Dermer, Herzog, Leiter, Italy, Saudi: The Weekly Conquest Week of 11.9.25 – 11.15.25

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Week of November 9, 2025

This week, I gave a presentation to the Brandeis Hebrew Consortium on my summer internship they funded. I dusted off my Hebrew and spoke about the experience, but what came most naturally was talking about this newsletter. אולי הגיע הזמן לקצת עברית בזיוקנייט (maybe it’s time to introduce some Hebrew to this newsletter).

Sunday 11.9

Senator Tom Cotton started pushing the Department of Justice to investigate Code Pink’s ties to the terrorist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Chinese Communist Party. The evidence he shared was pretty dammning, but the only thing I can say nearly for sure is that their activists constantly disrupting Congress won’t be missed. [1]

Monday 11.10

I knew the Syrian Leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, was cozying up to Western governments by dressing up like a modern president, but I didn’t know that he would be dressing up like our president. [2]

Tuesday 11.11

Netanyahu’s right-hand man, Ron Dermer, resigned from the Israeli government. While rumors were quick to swirl around whether there was a disagreement, the true reason was far simpler. He promised his family it would be a two-year gig, and after two extensions, his time was up. [3]

Wednesday 11.12

President Trump called on the Israeli President, Mike Herzog, to grant Prime Minister Netanyahu a pardon amid the legal case that has been engulfing Israeli politics. Netanyahu thanked Trump, but hasn’t made any indication that he would take the first step towards setting the request into motion in Israeli law, admitting guilt. [4]

Thursday 11.13

Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, said that Israel hopes Turkey doesn’t get F-35 fighter jets, and that Israel would still have a regional qualitative military edge if Saudi Arabia were to receive them, giving an insight into Jerusalem’s perspective of the regional threat(s). [5]

Friday 11.14

Growing up learning geography, it was a common trick to remember Italy as the country shaped like a boot. That is why I found it so fitting that the country announced it would be purchasing none other than Israel’s “Achilles Shield” missile defense system. [6]

Saturday 11.15

Back to the F-35s, President Trump strongly suggested that he would condition any Saudi purchase of the jets on normalization with Israel. [7]