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Eight IDF soldiers hurt in car ramming at central Israel bus stop

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Thursday afternoon that eight soldiers were wounded in a car-ramming attack earlier in the day at the Beit Lid/Hasharon Junction, east of Netanya.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Study that claims ‘small group’ of US professors hate Jews finds 54% call Israel ‘apartheid’

A new report from the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., claims that only a minority of professors at colleges and universities in the United States are antisemitic.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Mysterious fires break out across Iran, officials suspect Israel

A series of mysterious explosions and fires in apartment buildings, oil refineries and factories across Iran in the last two weeks have set many Iranians on edge.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Witkoff heading to ‘Gaza area,’ says State Dept

U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff was said to be heading to the region on Tuesday afternoon as Washington and other mediators were awaiting the Hamas terrorist group’s response to the latest ceasefire proposal.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Shadowy financial networks’: DOJ demands confiscation of millions in crypto used to finance Hamas

The US Department of Justice published a forfeiture claim on nearly $2 million in digital currency used to financially support Hamas, in a statement released on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Shin Bet arrests woman on suspicion of plotting to kill Benjamin Netanyahu

A woman in her 70s from central Israel was arrested on Wednesday for intending to plan an assassination plot on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Knife-wielding Palestinian supporter threatens Jews in Switzerland

A group of yeshivah students walking in the street in Lucerne, Switzerland, on Saturday night were attacked by a man who spat on them and threatened them with a knife.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump to pull US out of UNESCO, citing ‘anti-American, anti-Israel leanings’

US President Donald Trump will pull the US out of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), The New York Post reported on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli Bedouin indicted for terrorism incitement, ties to ISIS

Israeli authorities have indicted a 65-year-old man from the northern Bedouin town of Tuba-Zangariyye on charges of incitement to terrorism and supporting terrorist organizations, including Hamas, Al Qaeda and Islamic State, the Israel Police said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran reaffirms that it will never give up nuclear enrichment

Iran will not give up its uranium enrichment program, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with Fox News that aired on Monday evening.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Soldier KIA in Gaza, raising IDF wartime toll to 895

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed fighting Hamas terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Tuesday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Former hostage reveals horrific torture witnessed in Gaza

Six-and-a-half months following his release from Gazan captivity, Keith Siegel gave an interview Sunday morning to Niv Raskin on Channel 12.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Anti-Jewish hate crimes ‘surge’ 58%, now more than 37% of all Chicago hate crimes, per city stats

Earlier this month, Massachusetts reported a “troubling” 20.5% increase in antisemitic hate crimes in 2024 in the state amid an overall decline in hate crimes. Chicago stated on Friday hate crimes in the city “fell by 25% in 2024, with substantial declines across nearly every category.” One of the categories that didn’t see a decline is…

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Iran lawmaker threatens security of Persian Gulf, key strait if UN reimposes sanctions

Iran could withhold security commitments if European states invoke a UN mechanism to reimpose international sanctions on the Islamic Republic, a member of Iran’s parliamentary national security commission said on Monday, according to Borna news.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli drones strike Houthi ‘military infrastructure’ at Yemen’s Hodeida port

Israeli Air Force drones struck Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Hodeida port in response to the Iran-backed group’s continued attacks on Israel, the military said Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israel sends aid to Syria’s Druze amid tenuous ceasefire

Israel’s Health Ministry has publicly confirmed the delivery on Sunday of urgent medical aid to the Druze community in Syria’s Sweida District.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran rushing to rearm Mideast terror proxies after IDF, US strikes on Tehran

Despite significant setbacks following Israeli strikes that killed key military leaders and US attacks on its nuclear facilities, Iran is accelerating efforts to rearm its militia allies across the Middle East, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Friday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli envoy condemns ‘glaring silence’ from UN agencies

Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly, political coordinator for the Israeli mission to the United Nations, criticized several U.N. agencies during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which she said “has continued to abandon all semblance of neutrality and impartiality.”

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