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‘Jews control US politics, Hollywood, big cities,’ Canadian reporter says on live broadcast

After on-air statements in which a French-language Radio-Canada reporter made statements about Jews controlling different aspects of society and countries, the national broadcaster apologized and suspended the journalist.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Iran executes man over alleged spying for Israel

Iran on Wednesday executed a man identified as Babak Shahbazi who was accused of spying for Israel, according to reports by state media.
Iran, locked in a decades-long conflict with Israel, has carried out numerous executions of people it claims were linked to Israel’s Mossad external intelligence agency, with at least nine carried out in recent…

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Amsterdam court jails Gazan for six months over violence in 2024 pogrom

An Amsterdam court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian to six months in prison for public violence and attempted aggravated assault during the November 2024 pogrom against Israelis in the Dutch capital.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli FM lauds Ecuador over IRCG, Hamas and Hezbollah terror listing

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday praised Ecuador for designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hamas and Hezbollah terror organizations, and called on additional countries in Latin America to follow suit.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF chief: ‘Intensify blows against Hamas’ in Gaza City

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir held a situational assessment in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, where he praised soldiers and urged them “to intensify blows against Hamas and to decisively defeat the Gaza City brigade.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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The MAGA Youth Are Still Pro-Israel, Free Beacon-Echelon Insights Poll Shows

Young conservatives and Trump voters have a largely positive view of Israel and strongly approve of the way President Donald Trump is handling the U.S.-Israel relationship, a Washington Free Beacon poll found. That’s true even for those who tune in to or get their news from anti-Israel podcasters like Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and Candace…

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Trump: Hamas will be ‘in big trouble’ if they use hostages as human shields

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Hamas will be in “big trouble” if they use Gaza hostages as human shields.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF strikes upwards of 10 Houthi targets in Hodeidah Port, Yemen

The IDF struck the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah Port in Yemen on Tuesday, which is used by the terrorist regime for the transfer of weapons supplied by the Iranian regime, according to the military.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Rubio, Netanyahu reopen ancient Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday reopened the Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem, a first-century route linking the City of David to the Temple Mount.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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No Gazan future if Hamas ‘barbaric animals’ remain, Rubio says in Israel

Gazans deserve a better future but eliminating the “barbaric animals” of Hamas is a prerequisite to that future, Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state and national security advisor, told reporters alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the latter’s office in Jerusalem.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas shifts hostages above ground in Gaza City to hinder IDF offensive

Hamas has begun moving some hostages above ground in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to hinder the IDF’s ground operations in Gaza City, Kan News reported Monday morning.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli brother, sister arrested in Athens after attacked by Palestinians

A 29-year-old Israeli and his sister were attacked on Saturday by three Palestinian men in Syntagma Square in Athens while on vacation, Hebrew media reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally floods London with British, Israeli flags

Long marked by Palestinian colors, central London’s protest landscape flipped this weekend as a massive rally filled the streets with British flags—and some Israeli ones.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Rubio meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met for some three hours with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday morning.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Struggling to walk, Elizabeth Tsurkov embraces loved ones after return to Israel from captivity

In the first official images since her release from 2.5 years in captivity, Elizabeth Tsurkov can be seen struggling to walk but in upbeat spirits as she reunited with loved ones in an Israeli hospital on Wednesday evening.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Qatari prime minister to meet with top US officials in Washington Friday

Qatar’s prime minister will meet top US officials on Friday and is expected to discuss Gaza ceasefire-hostage talks, the Israeli attack on Hamas’s top brass in Doha on Tuesday and a possible new defense deal with Washington, in an indication that the US seeks to signal a boost in its ties with Qatar following the attack.

Read more: The Times of…

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Tucker Carlson ‘turning into Ilhan Omar,’ Cruz says in Heritage talk

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) thinks that right-wing firebrand Tucker Carlson is “turning into Ilhan Omar,” as the senator expressed concern that the broadcaster is influencing a generation of young conservatives with his anti-Israel rhetoric.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Georgia attorney general joins effort to help US victims of Oct. 7 sue Hamas supporters

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr joined an amicus brief to support the rights of victims of the Hamas-led terrorist Oct. 7 attacks and their families sue Americans and U.S. organizations accused of providing material support to Hamas.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate