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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday evening that effective immediately, any country that does business with the Iranian regime will be subject to a 25% tariff “on any and all business being done with the United States of America.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Trump administration on Monday issued an urgent warning for U.S. citizens to leave Iran immediately, as protests in the country continue to intensify.
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US President Donald Trump assured on Tuesday that “help was on its way” to Iran and asked Iranians to keep protesting against the Islamic Republic regime.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The widow of infamous Hamas bomb maker Yahya Ayyash was arrested after calling for terrorist attacks in social media posts marking the 30th anniversary of his assassination by Israel, police said on Sunday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Nearly 500 protesters have been confirmed killed and about 11,000 arrested in two weeks of unrest in Iran, according to a rights group, as U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday his administration is considering tough measures against the clerical regime and will decide on a response soon.
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Israeli security forces on Monday arrested a Palestinian terrorist from the Samaria city of Nablus (Shechem) who had opened fire at troops a day earlier, moderately wounding one soldier, the military stated.
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The Israeli military conducted strikes throughout Southern Lebanon on Sunday night in response to Iranian-backed Hezbollah’s “continuous violations” of the ceasefire, killing terrorists and destroying “military” sites.
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Local community leaders and Jewish organizations expressed outrage over the arson that gutted Mississippi’s largest synagogue early Saturday morning, calling it a “deliberate” attack on the Jewish community.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Rep. Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, welcomed Syrian-born Australian tobacconist Ahmed al-Ahmed to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Last month, al-Ahmed wrenched a rifle away from one of the two gunmen during the terrorist attack on a Chanukah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
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The IDF on Friday announced a series of strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon “in response to Hezbollah’s continued violations of the ceasefire understandings.”
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on Thursday finding that the U.S. State Department failed to properly inform Congress about efforts to reform Palestinian textbooks.
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An 8-year-old Jewish girl was hospitalized with a fractured skull after being struck by a rock, which was thrown through a window on the bus she was aboard, on the New Jersey Turnpike in Teaneck on Wednesday afternoon.
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Tear gas burning his eyes, his voice hoarse from shouting anti-government slogans as cars honked around him, Majid joined crowds of Iranians taking to the streets in defiance of a crackdown on a swelling protest movement.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Anne London-Weinstein, an Ontario Superior Court of Justice judge, ruled on Jan. 7 that Iain Aspenlieder, a former lawyer for the city of Ottawa who pleaded guilty to vandalizing a Holocaust memorial, is free to go after serving five months in prison. Prosecutors had sought a two-year sentence for Aspenlieder’s crime, which was committed in June…
A resolution condemning last year’s violent antisemitic attacks in Pennsylvania, Colorado and the nation’s capital passed the U.S. Senate without opposition on Wednesday.
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Qatar has been the largest source of foreign funding for U.S. higher education institutions, according to data displayed in a new U.S. Department of Education portal.
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Australia will hold a royal commission inquiry into the mass shooting that killed 15 people at Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah celebration, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as he faced public demands for answers.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israel on Thursday condemned the Syrian government over “grave and dangerous” attacks against the Kurds in the northern city of Aleppo as Damascus ordered civilians to evacuate the area amid deadly clashes that have displaced tens of thousands of people.
Read more: The Times of Israel