Current sectionU.S. NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeRabbi Yehuda Kaploun at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be the special envoy to monitor and combat anti-semitism, November, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/APWeeks before his appointment as U.S. antisemitism envoy, Yehuda Kaploun was involved in efforts to help NSO remove itself from a Commerce Department blacklist, according to TheMarker. The Israeli cyber firm rejected a demand to pay $125,000 to hire a lobbyist who also serves as Kaplan's personal attorney09:22 PM • July 11 2026 IDTA month before U.S. President Donald Trump announced the appointment of Yehuda Kaploun, an Israeli-born ultra-Orthodox activist and rabbi, as his special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism, a group of consultants approached Israeli cyber company NSO with a proposal: Use their connections in Washington, including with Kaploun, to help remove the company from the U.S. Commerce Department's blacklist.In the NewsHow Trump's Antisemitism Envoy Tried to Remove Israeli Cyber Firm From BlacklistIran's Supreme Leader Says Revenge 'Must Certainly' Take Place for Slain FatherNetanyahu's Mouthpiece Slams Shin Bet Chief Over Alleged Leak to HaaretzReport: Top Iranian Officials Wanted to Kill Trump, but No Plans Were MadeRo Khanna, U.S. Lawmaker & Israel Critic, Says West Bank Settlers 'Detained' HimRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians InsideInside the German pro-Israel Lobby's Campaign to Defund UNRWA