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Iran ramps up state executions amid nuclear talks with US

Iran has carried out 1,051 state executions since President Masoud Pezeshkian took office on July 8, 2024 – a surge that security experts say the U.S. must weigh as it resumes nuclear negotiations with Tehran.

Read more: Fox News

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Herzog to lead March of the Living with freed hostages

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will travel to Poland on Thursday to lead the 2025 March of the Living at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, marking 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camps and the end of World War II.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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In first, Houthi ballistic missile triggers sirens in Haifa; IDF says intercepted

A ballistic missile fired at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen set off sirens early Wednesday morning in the north of the country for the first time, sending over a million people rushing for the safety of bomb shelters.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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‘Sons of dogs, release the hostages,’ Mahmoud Abbas tells Hamas

“Sons of dogs, hand over the hostages,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Hamas in a televised speech at the PA’s Central Council on Wednesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Trump says he, Netanyahu on ‘same side of every issue’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday following a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he and the Israeli leader were aligned “on every issue.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US said to have killed 500 Houthi fighters

U.S. military strikes in Yemen in recent weeks have killed at least 500 Houthi fighters, including senior commanders, a Saudi newspaper reported on Tuesday, based on interviews with U.S. officials and Yemen’s information minister.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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China, Egypt hold first joint drill near Israeli border

China and Egypt launched a wide-scale joint military exercise this week near the Israeli border, in what Chinese media described as a “historic” first of its kind.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF ‘decisive answer to horrors of Holocaust,’ says chief of staff at Yom HaShoah seminar

Members of the IDF General Staff Forum held a seminar on Monday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. They were joined by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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ADL says 2024 antisemitic incidents in US shattered records for fourth year in a row

Antisemitic incidents in the United States reached unprecedented levels in 2024, breaking annual records for the fourth consecutive year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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New ceasefire proposal presented to Hamas in Cairo talks

Qatari and Egyptian mediators have presented a new ceasefire framework to Hamas, including a multi-year truce, the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners and a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, according to a report on Monday.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli strikes kill senior Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday eliminated two senior Hezbollah terrorist operatives in separate targeted airstrikes in Southern Lebanon.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Pope Francis dies at 88 in Vatican City

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at the Vatican at the age of 88.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Banners with swastikas hung over Swedish highway

Three flags bearing swastikas were found hanging over Sweden’s busiest highway on Sunday, Swedish media reported.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Huckabee begins role as US envoy to Israel

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee presented his credentials as United States Ambassador to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Monday.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel urges vigilance ahead of ‘Day of Rage’ against Jewish state

The Israeli National Security Council issued a warning on Monday, ahead of a global “Day of Rage” in protest of the war against Hamas.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas rejects Israel’s latest hostage deal proposal

Hamas has officially rejected Israel’s latest ceasefire and hostage deal proposal, intensifying tensions and casting uncertainty over the fate of the 59 captives still held in Gaza.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump administration sanctions Yemeni bank controlled by Houthis

The Trump administration sanctioned the International Bank of Yemen Y.S.C., along with a number of bank officials, for providing financial support to the Houthis, the U.S. State and Treasury Departments announced on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘We will bring them home,’ US amb. Huckabee vows at Western Wall

It is the prayer of US President Donald Trump that all the hostages held in Gaza captivity should be returned home now, newly appointed US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said, joining in that prayer, during a speech at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post