Tal Naim

Diplomat, Spokesperson of the Israeli embassy in Washington 🇺🇸.
previously assigned to Costa Rica 🇨🇷 and Mexico 🇲🇽.

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

Things to keep around your baby’s crib:

✅ Extra diapers
✅ Baby monitor
✅ Their favorite toy
❌ Weapons and ammunition

This is life under Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese people deserve to have nurseries free of weapons, houses free of terror, and lives free of Iranian proxy armies.

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

Iran fired 11 ballistic missiles at Israel today. Each one of those missiles can level an entire neighborhood and kill hundreds. No self-respecting country in the world would tolerate such an attack, and neither will Israel.

Israel is now targeting Iranian surface-to-surface missile launch sites, as well as infrastructure facilities unrelated to the energy sector.

The people of Lebanon have rejected Iran’s proxy, Hizballah, and have told Iran to get out of their country.

If Hizballah fires at Israel, its command centers in the Dahiya will be hit hard.

This has nothing to do with Iran.

Everyone has had enough of this maniacal Iranian regime.

[Israel Defense Forces @IDF]

The Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran a short while ago.

[כאן חדשות @kann_news]

שגריר ישראל בארה"ב, יחיאל לייטר, על הודעת מחלקת המדינה האמריקנית: "יש הפסקת אש בין שתי המדינות ואנחנו מלאי תקווה שהיא תחזיק מעמד. דרום לבנון חייב להיות נקי מהשפעת חיזבאללה ואיראן"

@nathanguttman

[Tal Naim @TalNaim_]

RT @yechielleiter: What today’s outcome reiterates:
Israel and Lebanon want Iran out of our region.

Together, we will work to make sure t…

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

Hezbollah fired rockets this morning at Kiryat Shmona, a northern Israeli city of more than 20,000 residents.

Only the successful interception by the IDF prevented what could have been a deadly attack on civilians, including children.

In the video, you can see the interception overhead while families, workers, and ordinary citizens are forced to abandon their daily routines and run for shelter.

This is the reality Israelis continue to live with. This is Hezbollah's idea of a ceasefire.

It should be remembered that Israel agreed to refrain from striking Hezbollah command centers in Beirut on the condition that Hezbollah would stop attacking Israeli towns and villages.

This morning's attack is yet another blatant violation of that understanding.

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

In case you were wondering what the last 12 hours looked like for Israelis:

💥65 rocket launches directed at our forces
💥 14 rockets launched toward Israeli communities, including Kiryat Shmona and Nahariya, 4 rockets on the town of Carmiel
💥 10 UAVs launched toward our forces and Israeli territory - including at civilians going to the beach
💥 2 anti-tank missile attacks against our forces
💥 Combat encounters with terrorists within the defense area

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

If vicious lies were told about you, wouldn’t you want to respond?

That’s exactly what we did.
The new #ModernBloodLibelBook is out now, online, free of charge.

Read it and see the truth behind the web of lies.

https://t.co/kV9JGR6Gw6

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

This Memorial Day, we remember the men and women who have sacrificed everything for this great country, the United States of America.

As we know in Israel only too well, freedom and prosperity must not be taken for granted. Today and everyday, we are grateful to those who gave their lives to protect and defend.

[Tal Naim @TalNaim_]

A year has passed.

This year has been a long journey through grief — through heartbreak, anger, memories, questions, and moments of light we never expected to find alongside so much darkness.

We got to know their incredible families.
We learned the stories we never thought to ask about when they were still here — the small details, the dreams, the habits, the kindness.

And in some painful way, I feel like I know Sarah and Yaron better now than I did before they were murdered.

And that hurts even more — because only now do I truly understand the magnitude of what was lost.

[Tal Naim @TalNaim_]

Yaron and Sarah,
Words cannot begin to describe the heartbreak and sorrow. Just this morning, we were still laughing together by the coffee corner — and now, all that remains is a picture.
Instead of walking you down the aisle, we are walking with you to your graves.
What an unbearable loss 💔💔

[Noa Ginosar @NoaGinosar]

It’s been a year without Yaron. A year of grief, of disbelief, of anger. A year of sorrow, of memories, and of thoughts of what could have been. A year of imagined conversations, of moments he should have been in, of feeling daily the profound absence Yaron left behind.

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

Yesterday, IDF troops clashed with a terrorist who opened fire out of a church in the small Christian village of Al-Qouzeh, nestled among Hezbollah strongholds.

A place of worship turned cynically into a killing site by terrorists and criminals, who took the life of an IDF officer.

The village was evacuated and civilian casualties were prevented. The IDF continues its work to protect civilians as it dismantles terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon. Soldiers fight in complex and difficult conditions, against enemies who see to maximize collateral damage.

[Tal Naim @TalNaim_]

A must watch.
@Ostrov_A is a true hero.

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

Last Hanukkah, @Ostrov_A lived through a personal blood libel. We met in February to talk about it, and about what can we do in the face of blood libels like these.

Watch our full conversation 👇🏻

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

Tune in tomorrow for my conversation with @Ostrov_A

[Israel Foreign Ministry @IsraelMFA]

Activists from the provocation flotilla are seen hugging after being transferred to Israeli vessels. So far, no aid has been found on their boats.

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

Absurd Claims of Dog Rape and Genocide. I see a correlation between those who believe absurd claims like dogs were trained to rape Palestinians and those who believe and insist Israel committed genocide in Gaza.

Both claims collapse under scrutiny and mountains of contrary evidence. One ignores basic physiology and science, including the reality that dogs cannot rape humans in the way being alleged. The other disregards the legal definition of genocide, which requires intent to destroy a people, alongside repeated public statements by Israeli political and military leaders after October 7 that the war was against Hamas, not the people of Gaza. It also requires evidence of actions taken to fulfill that intent, yet accusers dismiss Israel’s documented actions to mitigate civilian harm, facilitate aid, move civilians from combat zones, and even vaccinate Gaza’s population during active war under conditions no military has ever faced. It further ignores that even critics of Israel’s campaign have acknowledged civilian-to-combatant casualty ratios that are historically low for dense urban warfare against an entrenched enemy purposely embedded among civilians.

What connects these beliefs is not evidence, but a double standard in how definitions, laws, reason, science, and even common sense are applied. Facts that would invalidate the accusation are dismissed because the conclusion comes first: Israelis are uniquely evil. And that demonization rarely stops with Israelis alone. It often extends to Jews broadly, regardless of any personal connection to the conflict. I see this less as a dispute over evidence and more as an effort to delegitimize Israel’s existence through accusations that do not withstand logical, factual, or legal scrutiny.

[Tal Naim @TalNaim_]

@sabrinasoff @nytimes @NoamBettan

[Scott Jennings Show @JenningsShow]

"This report serves as a watershed moment."

Scott Jennings is joined by Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy (@CochavElkayam) for one of the most significant and sobering conversations in the show’s history.

Following the release of the landmark report, "Silenced No More: Sexual Terror Unveiled," we address the truth the world tried to ignore. Dr. Elkayam-Levy has led the Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes, meticulously documenting the systematic rape and sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas.

Scott and Dr. Elkayam-Levy discuss the 300-page investigation, the harrowing evidence compiled, and the urgent need for the international community to move beyond denial and toward true accountability.

Full details here:

https://t.co/NQCktTU3Cc

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

When Judaism began, Zionism began. 🇮🇱

On my chest, I see two flags with stars aligning for good: America and Israel. Three generations ago, who could have imagined a sovereign Jewish state allied so closely with the United States? Who could have imagined Israeli and American pilots flying wing to wing, uniting good with good, to defeat evil?

For those who missed out on our wonderful Independence Day celebration this week, here is my full speech:
https://t.co/NksxCryOTe

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

Concluding 2 days of negotiations with Lebanese and American officials, I’m looking forward to the next steps.

The peace talks were frank and constructive, and are set to move forward on two tracks: security and political.

There will be ups and downs, but the potential for success is great. What will be paramount throughout negotiations is the security of our citizens and our soldiers.