About Israel Brief
Mission
Israel Brief delivers clarity under pressure — independent, field-intelligence reporting for readers who still believe reality matters.
Our Origin
We went looking for a daily digest that spoke about Israel with clarity and conviction. We didn’t find one.
So we built it.
What began as a personal frustration became a habit, then a mission, then a publication read around the world.
Israel Brief began as a few lines sent to friends. Now more than five thousand readers open it each day—from Jerusalem to New York, from London to Washington. Some are students. Some are generals. Some work in offices with no names on the door and weapons within reach. They all read for the same reason: they want truth without translation.
Israel Brief publishes six days a week—Sunday through Friday mornings — and never on Shabbat or Yom Tov. That pause is deliberate: news can wait; sanctity can’t.
Facts first. Adjectives last. Context always.
How It Works
Every Brief is built from the ground up: Israeli and foreign media, official communiqués, OSINT streams, private networks, and field updates that surface long before headlines do. We cross-check, verify, strip the spin, and link sources whenever possible so readers can see what we saw.
Israel Brief pairs editorial intelligence with quantitative analysis — a data-driven layer that tracks disinformation, regional escalation metrics, and long-term information trends.
The goal is awareness, not algorithmic reach.
Paid subscribers receive:
The Daily Brief – six days a week of field-intelligence reporting.
The Long Brief – weekly deep-dive analysis on Israel’s strategic and moral architecture.
Editorial Voice
Plain language. Operational realism. Verification before opinion.
We read across ideological lines but refuse to flatten truth into “both sides.”
We call Hamas what it is — a death cult bankrolled by Tehran — and we call Judea and Samaria by their names. Balance means honesty, not moral equivalence.
Coverage
The War Today — the fight for Israel’s borders and future.
Inside Israel — the politics and people who hold it together or don’t.
Israel and the World — diplomacy, alliances, and antisemitism disguised as activism.
Briefly Noted — what’s worth knowing when the world moves too fast.
Developments to Watch — the early-warning board for what breaks next.
Who Reads the Brief
Elected officials, analysts, journalists, rabbis, donors, soldiers, and civilians who refuse to look away. Most are in the U.S. and Israel; others read quietly from places that pretend not to.
They all share one instinct: vigilance.
Ethos
Facts have borders.
Memory is strength.
Moral clarity is duty.
Israel Brief exists because Israel’s story is too important to outsource to people who stopped believing in the West.
Read it if you still do.
Contact
For interviews, speaking invitations, or professional inquiries, email [email protected].
If you’re a credible source with information that matters, send it securely:
Signal: @Uri.30
Proton: [email protected]
Include verifiable context or documentation; unsubstantiated messages are ignored.
Press & Partnerships
Israel Brief content may be quoted with attribution and linked to the original edition.
Syndication requests, interview inquiries, and institutional partnerships are welcome.
When citing, please credit Uri Zehavi, author and intelligence editor of Israel Brief (israelbrief.com).
For media or collaboration inquiries, write to [email protected] or see the Press Kit for full bio and book details.
Editorial Leadership
The Israel Brief Team
About Uri Zehavi
Uriel (“Uri”) Zehavi — אוריאל זהבי writes about Israel, Jewish endurance, and the moral defense of the West.
He is the founder and intelligence editor of Israel Brief, a daily digest read in capitals, command rooms, and quiet offices where people still care about facts.
A convert to Judaism, Zehavi chose his Hebrew name, Uriel, and adopted Zehavi as a deliberate reclamation of identity—a nod to a family line that once proudly carried Jewish names and to the decision to live as one again. He goes by Uri because it shortens well and feels more comfortable in daily life.
He was raised in New York and Atlanta, educated in history and strategy, and has lived and traveled extensively through Israel, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. Travel taught him gratitude for Western liberty and the discipline that comes from knowing how fragile it is. It also taught him that awareness and security are not paranoia—they’re survival.
His background in research, strategy, and communications informs a style that cuts through distortion. His sources range from open Israeli and international media to private channels—Signal, Proton, and secure briefings shared by people who still value discretion.
Politically homeless but anchored in classical liberal values, Zehavi writes with moral clarity and a refusal to pretend neutrality in the face of falsehood. His books—Holiday From History and Rooted Truth—examine how the West forgot vigilance and how Israel kept it. His work is read across the Israeli and American policy communities and in several allied defense ministries.
He lives with his husband, Modi, a fine-art photographer, and their dog and cat, both convinced they run the household. They are preparing for Aliyah, with the usual Israeli paperwork—which necessitates a certain amount of humor.
Zehavi writes with one premise: truth won’t defend itself, so someone has to.
For journalists, producers, and event organizers:
A full bio, book information, and speaking topics are available in the Press Kit →
About Modi Zehavi
Mordecai “Modi” Zehavi — מודי זהבי applies data science to the defense of clarity.
He brings mathematical precision to the Brief’s intelligence work—tracking disinformation networks, modeling risk patterns, and building the analytical frameworks that turn noise into signal.
A native of California with degrees in Applied Mathematics from Cal Poly Pomona and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his career comprises consulting for Fortune 100 companies, international banks, and research firms across the United States and Europe. That discipline now serves a different purpose: mapping truth in an age that trades in distortion.
Before joining Israel Brief, Zehavi built predictive models for finance, pharmaceuticals, and global commerce—work that trained him to see pattern beneath chaos. He now applies that instinct to information itself. Off the record, he assists in verifying data and vetting open-source intelligence before publication.
Outside the analytic field, Zehavi is also a fine-art photographer whose work explores light, memory, and resilience. He lives with his husband, Uri, their dog, and their cat—each convinced they outrank the humans. The family is preparing for Aliyah, a process best described as spiritual and bureaucratic in equal measure.
