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UK to announce new measures targeting Israeli settlement expansion within weeks, Miliband confirms

In a statement, the Foreign Secretary described the Israeli Government’s publication of a tender for the E1 West Bank settlement project as “an unacceptable and destructive act”.

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1,600-year-old Samson mosaic goes on public display in Galilee

(Aug. 24, 2026 / Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL)
A 1,600-year-old mosaic depicting the biblical hero Samson went on public display Sunday for the first time after more than a decade of archaeological excavations at Hukok in the eastern Lower Galilee.

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US envoy walks back Golan remarks, cites Trump policy

Ambassador Tom Barrack clarified his comments regarding Israeli control of the strategic plateau after drawing rebukes from Jerusalem and Capitol Hill.
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Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran to get underway, says Bessent

The U.S. Treasury secretary described the campaign as “the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled against an adversary.”
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Forensics debunk ‘settler arson’ claim, and not for first time

Investigators found that a short circuit caused house fire, contradicting allegation that Israelis deliberately set it ablaze.
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US re-designates Hezbollah as terror group in ‘service to Iranian regime’

The faction is “an extension” of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force and is “not a Lebanese resistance movement,” a State Department official said.
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Iran vows ‘devastating’ response after US threatens toughest-ever economic hit

Iranian army chief vows ‘crushing’ retaliation to ‘enemy’s new threats,’ as parliament speaker accuses US and Israel of ‘cognitive’ warfare while the president calls to end the conflict: ‘We’re in a position of power’
Read More…The Times of Israel

Hamas using Gaza’s Nasser Hospital to interrogate, torture Palestinians

Eighty-five percent of Gaza’s hospitals have been used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for terrorism, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
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‘Right 45 minutes’ can shift attitudes of teens on Jew-hatred, ADL study suggests

If schools devote just 45 minutes to a lesson that situates the Holocaust in the broader history of antisemitism and its impact on Jews, they can go a long way to dispelling harmful conspiracy theories, according to new research from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center for Antisemitism Research.

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‘This shall not stand’: Jewish, interfaith leaders protest antisemitism at rally

Nonprofit Advocacy Organization Impact held a “This Shall Not Stand” rally in Midtown Manhattan, bringing together members of the Jewish community alongside Christians, Muslims, and Hindus to stand against antisemitism and hate, following the recent attack during Shabbat services at Central Synagogue.

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Trounced in Florida GOP primary, antisemitic candidates believe ‘victory’ is still near

Five days before Florida’s Republican primary, congressional candidate Dan Bilzerian posted a campaign video that depicted his Jewish opponent with horns, called him “Shylock” and praised Adolf Hitler.

Read More: The Times of Israel

Remains of last Israeli soldier missing from First Lebanon War’s Sultan Yacoub battle found

The remains of Yehuda Katz, the last Israeli soldier still missing from the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War, have been recovered after 44 years, the Israeli military said Tuesday, bringing to a close one of the country’s longest-running missing soldier cases.

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No green light granted to entry of int’l force into Gaza, Israel says

The U.S. ambassador to Israel criticized Hamas for not yielding a single weapon yet as required by the Board of Peace’s Gaza plan.
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Turkey denies military visit to Syrian base; Damascus confirms it but refutes deployment plan

Ankara says no military delegation was at airbase ‘before or during Israel’s attack’; Al-Shaibani says Damascus told Jerusalem no Turkish troops were deploying to Abu Duhur
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Iran taps financial lifeline, Russian arms as Trump escalates ‘crushing’ economic warfare

Tehran is deepening its financial and military ties with Beijing and Moscow, forging a critical lifeline as it seeks to circumvent U.S. sanctions and weather Washington’s renewed “maximum pressure” campaign, regional security analysts warned Wednesday.

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Lone Jewish member of Georgia state legislature tells CAIR to disinvite antisemitic speakers from gala

(Aug. 19, 2026 / JNS)
Esther Panitch, a Democratic Georgia state representative and the lone Jewish member of the state’s legislature, is calling on the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Georgia to “change their minds” about featuring antisemitic speakers at its upcoming gala in September.

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‘Reminiscent of what you’d find behind Iron Curtain,’ attorney says of ongoing effort to sue Mamdani admin for records

“We will keep litigating until we get to the truth,” Randy Mastro told JNS, after oral arguments in New York County Supreme Court. “I’m sure the court will hear us when these procedural issues are behind us.”
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Netanyahu: Syria was on verge of deploying Turkish troops—Israel warned against it

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack expressed “deep concern” over an attack in northwestern Syria, which the IDF has not commented on.
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