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In The News

Huckabee: Iran ‘didn’t get the full message’ when US bombed its nuclear sites

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee warned Monday that Iran “didn’t get the full message” following Washington’s strikes on the country’s nuclear sites during the Israel-Iran war in June.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF strike kills Hezbollah operatives, including one who also served in Lebanese army

The IDF said on Tuesday that it had killed Ali Abdullah, who had served simultaneously in Lebanese army intelligence and in Hezbollah, along with two other Hezbollah operatives.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Candace Owens urges audience read antisemitic book, asserts Jews controlled slave trade

During her Saturday show, Political commentator Candace Owens urged her audience to read a 19th-century antisemitic book and accused Jews of orchestrating the Transatlantic Slave Trade and racial conflict between Caucasian and African Americans.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Kenyan national sentenced to life for ‘9/11-style’ plot for Somali terrorist group

Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, of Kenya, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in federal prison for conspiring to carry out a 9/11-style attack on behalf of the Somali-based terrorist group al-Shabaab, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Dec. 22.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu warns of ‘very severe’ response if Iran attacks Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday of a “very severe response” should Iran take action against Israel, while emphasizing that the Jewish state is “not seeking confrontation.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Terror suspect, two teens charged with targeting Toronto Jews

An ISIS-affiliated Islamist and two accomplices sexually assaulted women, targeted the Jewish community, and planned to carry out abductions, police said in a statement on Friday announcing the indictments against the three men, who were arrested in August.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel strikes Hezbollah terrorists in Sidon area

The Israel Defense Forces said on Monday afternoon that it attacked several Hezbollah terrorists in the Sidon area on Lebanon’s southern coast.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel warns US that Iran may use missile launch drill as cover to strike

Israel has reportedly warned the Trump administration that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may be using an ongoing military exercise focusing on missiles as cover to launch an attack on Israel, according, amid fears that Jerusalem and Tehran are readying for another confrontation.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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‘Zionists’ condemned in Bondi terror video

Zionists were explicitly condemned in a video filmed by the alleged Bondi Beach gunmen as they outlined their justification for the terrorist attack that killed 15 people at a Chanukah event, newly released Sydney court documents say.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Gantz: Israel needs to prevent Iran from restocking missiles

After the three rounds of direct conflict with Iran since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Israeli officialdom understands that the country cannot afford to let fundamentalists possess destructive capabilities, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz told JNS on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Tucson Jewish community targeted with antisemitic graffiti after Bondi Beach massacre

Tucson Jewish Community Center (Tucson J) staff discovered “hateful” antisemitic materials posted near the building, Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona (JPSA) announced on Monday.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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‘Biased, distorted’: COGAT slams UN following claims of food insecurity in Gaza

The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) on Friday criticized a United Nations report on Gaza that said famine had been averted but conditions “remained critical,” calling the assessment “a distorted and baseless picture of reality.”

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Treasury sanctions 29 vessels in Iran’s ‘shadow fleet’ used to transport illicit petroleum

The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, targeting the Islamic Republic’s “shadow fleet” used to transport illicit petroleum.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Sa’ar hails confirmation of Yehuda Kaploun for US Jew-hatred post

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Friday congratulated Yehuda Kaploun, a Chabad rabbi, after the U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment as special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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4 more victims of Bondi Hanukkah attack laid to rest, including couple that tackled terrorist

Four people killed in the antisemitic terror attack in Sydney on Sunday were laid to rest Friday, including a couple who were shot dead after tackling one of the two terrorists who killed 15 people and wounded dozens at the Hanukkah candle-lighting event on Bondi Beach.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Herzog, Pope Leo discuss antisemitism amid Bondi massacre

In the wake of the terrorist attack on Jews in Sydney, Australia, Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke on Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV about the rise of global antisemitism.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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France, US, Saudis to meet Lebanese army chief to push Hezbollah disarmament plan

French, Saudi Arabian, and American officials will hold talks with the head of the Lebanese army on Thursday in Paris aimed at finalizing a roadmap to enable a mechanism for the disarmament of the Hezbollah group, diplomats said.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Youngest, oldest victims of Sydney Hanukkah attack remembered in tearful funerals

Four funerals were held in Australia on Thursday for victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack, with mourners lamenting the great-grandfather who shielded his wife from the bullets, a Holocaust survivor who had sought a new life in Australia, a defiant father who tried to stop the attack, and the “joyful” 10-year-old girl who was cut down in the...

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Report: Abbas called Oct. 7 ‘the greatest day in Palestinian history’

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas praised the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, calling it “the greatest day in Palestinian history,” Palestinian researcher Hani al-Masri said in a recent interview.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel will ‘deal with Hamas’ if it won’t disarm, Sa’ar says

If Hamas does not follow through with U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan that involves the terrorist group laying down arms, Israel “will have to deal with the problem,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in an interview with the Saudi state-owned channel Al Arabiya English on Wednesday.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate