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Trump says US had ‘very good talks’ with Iran to end war, gives five-day deadline

US President Donald Trump asserted on Monday that the US and Iran have had “very good and productive” discussions over the last two days regarding a permanent end to the war.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Four London Jewish community ambulances set ablaze outside synagogue in hate crime

Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organization in north London were set ablaze outside a synagogue in an antisemitic hate crime, officials said on Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Herzog: Iranian missiles ‘don’t differentiate’ between Jews, Muslims and Christians

Iranian attacks “do not differentiate between Muslims and Jews and Christians or between the elderly and the young,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said during a visit to a missile impact site in near the Dead Sea on Sunday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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USPS worker charged with felony, misdemeanors for allegedly attacking 4–year–old near Monsey

The Town of Ramapo Police Department said on Saturday that it was adding a felony charge, attempted second-degree assault, to the two misdemeanors with with it charged Gabriel Stan, 39, a U.S. Postal Service worker who allegedly shoved a 4-year-old Jewish boy to the ground in the heavily Jewish area, near Monsey, N.Y., at around 6:25 p.m. on March…

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‘A very difficult evening,’ Netanyahu says after Iranian missiles wound 115

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night wished a speedy recovery to those wounded in Iranian ballistic missile strikes on the southern cities of Dimona and Arad, calling it “a very difficult evening in the campaign for our future.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US intensifies campaign to reopen Strait of Hormuz, deploys A-10s, Apaches

The United States and its allies have ramped up efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, deploying low-flying warplanes to strike Iranian boats and Apache helicopters to intercept drones, US officials said told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

Read more: Jerusalem Post

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Catholic Bishops urge rejection of Jew-hatred, conspiracy theories

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the faithful to reject antisemitism “and the lies and conspiracies that fuel it,” amid a wave of conspiracy theories promoted by certain Catholic figures in the conservative movement.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Saudi Arabia reserves right to take military action against Iran, foreign minister says

Saudi Arabia has not ruled out military action in response to repeated missile and drone attacks from Iran, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Iran reportedly executed three men, including teen wrestler

The Iranian regime reportedly hanged three men on Thursday, including a 19-year-old wrestler, according to human rights organizations.

The Islamic Republic is said to have accused Mehdi Ghasemi, Saleh Mohammadi and Saeed Davoudi, whom it reportedly executed at a prison, of “waging war against God.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Fourth rocket barrage hits central Israel; home struck in Rehovot, family unharmed

Fourth rocket barrage hits central Israel on Friday, with a home in Rehovot damaged by falling interception debris while the family inside a reinforced room was unharmed, authorities said.

Read more: yNet News

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WATCH: Bazan oil refinery damaged after Iran launches series of missile barrages across Israel

The Bazan oil refinery in Haifa was damaged by fallen shrapnel after several consecutive missile barrages from Iran triggered sirens across Israel on Thursday afternoon.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Old-fashioned antisemitic tropes and trendy anti-Zionism converge at US Quds Day rallies

On Friday, at an Al Quds Day protest in Times Square, a protest leader directed the crowd to chant “Stop eating babies” toward a handful of mostly Jewish counter-protesters.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Tlaib accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Lebanon

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a progressive member of the anti-Israel “squad” in Congress, accused Israel of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” in Lebanon and said there should be a total U.S. arms embargo on the Jewish state.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran’s textbooks promote violent martyrdom, normalize militarization, IMPACT-se finds

Iran’s textbooks reflect and promote the regime’s geopolitical stance, normalizing militarization, violent martyrdom, and anti-Western sentiment, IMPACT-se said in its new report on the Iranian curriculum.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post 

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IDF targets Basij members across Iran, kills over 20 Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged on Thursday the United States and Israel to stop the war and called on Iran to stop attacking its neighbors.

“It is high time to end this war that is risking to get completely out of control,” Guterres told reporters in Brussels after he met with European Union leaders.

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Saudi Arabia issues stark warning to Iran

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday that his country reserves the right to act militarily after Iran launched an attack against a Saudi oil installation.

Speaking after a meeting in Riyadh which brought together the foreign ministers of 12 Arab and Muslim countries, Saudi Prince Faisal bin Farhan said Iran “doesn’t believe in…

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Two men indicted in UK for spying on Jews for Iran

Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have indicted two Iranian citizens for collecting reconnaissance on Jewish targets for Iran, British justice authorities said on Wednesday.

The Metropolitan Police identified the two as Nematollah Shahsavani, 40, and Alireza Farasati, 22. They were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of assisting a foreign…

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Iranian cluster bombs kill foreign worker in Israel, 4 Palestinian women in West Bank

A foreign worker was killed in central Israel on Wednesday night and four Palestinian women were killed in the southern West Bank as the country faced multiple barrages of ballistic missiles from Iran.

Read more: The Times of Israel