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Linda McMahon, a businesswoman U.S. President Donald Trump nominated to be U.S. education secretary, told a Senate committee on Thursday that she would support a commission to investigate how well colleges and universities are fighting the surge in Jew-hatred since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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A majority of American Jews report changing their behavior out of fear of antisemitism, according to an annual American Jewish Committee report documenting antisemitism in America published Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The US-India trade route will operate through Israel, US President Donald Trump stated during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Thursday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The Israeli Air Force carried out targeted strikes on Hezbollah military sites in Southern Lebanon on Thursday night.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Prime Minister's Office of Israel confirmed Friday that three more Israeli hostages are slated for release from Hamas captivity on Saturday through Qatari and Egyptian mediation: Alexandre Sasha Troufanov (29), Sagui Dekel Chen (36), and Yair Horn (46).
Read more: Israel Hayom
Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), joined by 32 other senators, will reintroduce the Senate version of the Antisemitism Awareness Act on Wednesday, following the bill’s reintroduction in the House last week.
Read more: Jewish Insider
U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit the Dachau concentration camp memorial in Germany on Thursday, making a stop at one of the most powerful symbols of the Holocaust amid a burst of global antisemitism.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Attempts to smuggle weapons using drones, satellite images indicating changes in the Egyptian military's force deployment in Sinai, and concerned security coordinators in Israeli border communities all paint a concerning picture regarding developments in Egypt.
Read more: Israel Hayom
An American intelligence assessment determined that Israel may be considering strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities this year, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post reported Wednesday night.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The Hamas terrorist organization has confirmed to Egyptian officials its commitment to continue with the hostage deal with Israel, including a sixth release of three captives set for Saturday, according to Saudi outlet Asharq News.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Hanna Mastronov, the aunt of hostage Yosef Haim Ohana, who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival in Kibbutz Re'im, said Wednesday morning in an interview with Ynet that the family received sign of life from him following the last round of hostage releases on Saturday: "We have a clear indication that he is alive," she shared. "There are signs...
Two nurses in Sydney face criminal investigation after threatening to deny treatment to Israeli patients in a video that went viral on social media, the Australian Associated Press reported Wednesday.
Read more: Israel Hayom
Hamas has reportedly instructed senior figures in the terror group to stop using cell phones amid concerns that the fragile ceasefire with Israel could fall apart, bringing with it a return of Israel’s military offensive.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israel asked the Trump administration on Monday for another extension to the deadline for the IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon, but won’t get it, a US official told The Times of Israel.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Unless Hamas returns Israeli hostages by noon on Saturday, Feb. 15, the ceasefire will expire and the Israel Defense Forces will resume fighting until it defeats Hamas totally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas issued a Monday decree ostensibly ending his embattled government's terrorist payment program, known as "pay for slay." But regional analysts are skeptical that Abbas's reform will stop the cash from flowing to so-called martyrs in Gaza and the West Bank.
Read more: The Washington Free Beacon
Kibbutz Kissufim on Tuesday announced the death of Hamas hostage Shlomo Mansour, 86.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
A comprehensive Anti-Defamation League survey reveals that an overwhelming majority of Jewish students on US campuses – 83% – have directly experienced or witnessed antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023. The study found that 41% of Jewish students felt the need to conceal their Jewish identity, while a quarter of Jewish students reported having to...
The White House listed Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, as the first person to be designated for sanctions on Monday under an executive order targeting the court for investigating alleged Israeli “war crimes” in Gaza.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that “all hell is going to break out” if Hamas did not release the remaining hostages by Saturday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate