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Israel not conducting genocide, not guilty of apartheid, new academic study shows

A new academic study published last Thursday examines legal and historical evaluations of charges labeling Israel as an apartheid state, a settler-colonial project, or guilty of genocide, concluding that “apartheid and genocide are not established and that settler colonialism is an inadequate classification, including in the settings where each…

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Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of anti-Israel Durban conference

More than 40 countries boycotted a U.N. event on Monday marking 25 years since the 2001 anti-Israel Durban Conference. That set a new record, surpassing the previous high of 38 countries that skipped the event in 2021, according to the Israeli delegation to the United Nations.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran’s Islamic regime using Tether cryptocurrency as ‘financial lifeline,’ US Senate report charges

Tether’s stablecoin has become a “significant financial lifeline” for Iran and a tool for funding proxy ​organizations, including Hezbollah, according to a report led by ‌Senate Democrats, published on Monday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF strikes in Gaza, killing Hamas Northern Brigade commander, top military financer

The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) eliminated Hamas Northern Gaza Brigade commander Izz al-Din Beik in a strike in the northern Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday, the military announced on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Iran threatens to attack Mideast infrastructure after Trump dismisses Hormuz proposal

Iran threatened on Tuesday to attack infrastructure around the Middle East, intensifying its rhetoric as it awaits a formal response from Washington on a new plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Read more: Times of Israel

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Israel reprimands Madrid over minister’s ‘from the river to the sea’ remarks

“The Spanish government has lost its moral compass,” the Foreign Ministry said, accusing the Iberian nation of turning the Jewish state into “a punching bag for its foreign policy.”
Read More…JNS 

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BBC under fire for misidentifying terrorists as ‘journalists’

“The BBC’s failures on ‘BBC Arabic’ are part of a long-running problem with impartiality and accountability,” said Rebecca Paul, the U.K. shadow secretary for digital, culture, media and sport.
Read More…JNS

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Médecins Sans Frontières under scrutiny by British commission for alleged terror ties in Gaza

UK Lawyers for Israel identified a number of individuals employed by the NGO alleged to have belonged to terrorist groups.
Read More…JNS 

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IDF strikes Hezbollah after drone attack on troops

“Any use of force” from Lebanese territory against Israeli civilians or soldiers will be met with a “decisive response,” the statement warned.
Read More…JNS

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Waltz: Trump to keep ‘all options on the table’ to prevent nuclear-armed Iran

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz said Washington rejected the Islamic Republic’s proposed seven-day ceasefire because Tehran sought access to billions of dollars in frozen assets, sanctions relief and an end to the blockade.
Read More…JNS

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Twenty Gaza journalists removed from CPJ’s war casualties list after combat roles uncovered

CPJ maintains that affiliation with a militant organization is not sufficient for exclusion if a person was working as a civilian journalist and was not directly participating in hostilities.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post 

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IDF chief warns Iran remains a threat as Israel welcomes INS Drakon submarine into Navy service

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir called the submarine’s integration a central force-building move on Thursday, as President Isaac Herzog highlighted its strategic significance.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post 

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China sent Iran 1,300 shipments of drone, missile components this year – report

Customs data shows deliveries of GPS devices, motors and other dual-use electronics; US-sanctioned Mahan Air boosted China-Iran flights nearly sevenfold after war began
Read More…The Times of Israel 

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In fiery UN speech, Netanyahu blasts Iran, Qatar, Turkey, slams Gaza genocide accusation

PM calls genocide allegation ‘lie of the century,’ defends IDF’s morality, underplays settler violence; many envoys walk out before he starts; he doesn’t mention Saudis or Abraham Accords
Read More…The Times of Israel 

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Two reservists killed in IDF drone explosion accident during operations in Gaza

The armed FPV drone crashed inside an army post for an unknown reason during takeoff, then detonated when soldiers came to check it
Read More…The Times of Israel

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US Senate candidate El-Sayed evades audience request to denounce IRGC, break silence on Iran

Michigan Democratic Party senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed evaded an audience member’s direct request to unequivocally condemn the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during a University of Michigan town hall event titled “Students vs. Billionaires” on Wednesday, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.

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Bronx man charged with hate crime for allegedly threatening Jewish man in Crown Heights with knife

Devin Best, 48, of the Bronx, was arrested and charged with a hate crime and aggravated harassment for allegedly chasing a visibly Jewish man in Crown Heights, threatening him with a knife and reportedly shouting “heil Hitler” on Wednesday, a New York City Police Department spokesman told JNS.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Ambassador Leiter says he’s ‘full of hope’ for son seriously wounded in West Bank ramming attack

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter rushed back to Israel Thursday after his son was seriously wounded the previous day in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank, telling reporters that he was “full of hope” for his recovery and asserting that Palestinian violence in the territory was aimed at “uprooting the Jews from this land.”

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