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South Korea finalizes free trade deal with Israel

The free trade agreement between Israel and South Korea is set to take effect on December 1, after the parliament in Seoul gave its final approval on Tuesday.

“This is significant good news for Israel’s relations with South Korea, one of the leading economies in the world and an important trade partner for Israel,” said Economy Minister Orna…

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Antisemitic attacks on Rosh Hashanah target US Jewish college students

Jews were targeted with antisemitic attacks on multiple college campuses on Sunday and Monday as Jews around the world celebrated Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish new year.

In University of Michigan, antisemitic flyers were spread around the campus by white supremacist group the Goyim Defense League. One flyer was entitled “Every Single Aspect of the…

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Russia steps up attacks with Iranian drones, Ukraine plans defences

Ukraine’s president and security chiefs met on Monday to plan ways to counteract Russia’s use of “new types of weapons” after Moscow stepped up attacks in Odesa region using Iranian combat drones, the president’s office and a regional official said.
Russia carried out at least five attacks on targets in the region using unmanned Shahed-136 drones…

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Palestinian rioters face off with police in East Jerusalem for 2nd night in a row

Violent clashes broke out between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in East Jerusalem for the second night in a row late Monday, as Israelis celebrated the Rosh Hashanah holiday.

Dozens of masked rioters lit trash cans, threw Molotov cocktails and rocks, and shot fireworks in the direction of forces at several locations across East…

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Who are the Lions’ Den, the new Palestinian group behind recent terror attacks?

Saed al-Kuni, the Palestinian gunman shot dead by IDF soldiers last week, was the fifth member of the newly-established Areen al-Usood (Lions’ Den) armed group to be killed in the past few weeks.

Kuni, 23, was among a group of gunmen responsible for carrying out shooting attacks at soldiers and Jewish settlers in the Nablus area. He was killed…

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Amid protests, Iran’s Guard strikes Kurdish groups in Iraq with drones and artillery

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard on Monday unleashed a wave of drone strikes and artillery, targeting what Tehran says are bases of Iranian Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, a semiofficial news agency reported.

It was the second such cross-border assault since the weekend, at a time when Iran is convulsing…

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Iran indicts 14 in top nuclear scientist’s assassination

Iran charged 14 people in connection with the killing of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who died in an attack Tehran has attributed to Israel, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency on Monday.
According to Monday’s state news agency report, those indicted were charged with crimes that include “corruption on earth, contribution…

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NYPD to increase security at synagogues for High Holidays following rise in hate crimes

Tighter security will be enforced at synagogues in New York City over the upcoming Jewish holidays amid a rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes, New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell said during the annual High Holiday Security Briefing at police headquarters.

“You will see increased security at synagogues for the High Holy Days…

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Fiery skirmishes reported in East Jerusalem as Rosh Hashanah starts

Violence broke out between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in East Jerusalem on Sunday night, shortly after the start of the Rosh Hashanah holiday.

Rioters shot fireworks at Border Police in the Silwan neighborhood, the Kan public broadcaster reported.

Videos posted by Arabic media showed fires raging in the capital’s A-Tor…

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3 Israelis injured in stabbing attack, terrorist killed

Three Israelis were mildly injured in a stabbing terror attack near the central Israeli city of Modi’in on Thursday night.

According to media reports, the attacker was a 22-year-old Palestinian from Ramallah who opened car doors and attempted to stab people with a knife. At least one person was stabbed before one of the passengers sprayed the…

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EXCLUSIVE Israel to sell air defence system to United Arab Emirates, sources say

Israel has agreed to sell an advanced air defence system to the United Arab Emirates, two sources familiar with the matter said, in the first such known deal between them since they forged ties in 2020.
The deal reinforces how, for some Arab states, resolving the decades-long Israel-Palestinian conflict has now been overshadowed by national…

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IDF on alert across West Bank; shots fired at settlement near Nablus for 2nd night

Shots were fired early Friday morning toward the West Bank settlement of Har Bracha near Nablus, for the second night in a row, the Israel Defense Forces said, as troops were put on high alert ahead of the upcoming Jewish holidays.

One of the bullets hit a bedroom window, according to the IDF and images from the scene.

An armed Palestinian…

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Iranian IRGC Issues New Threat Against Protestors as Anti-Regime Demonstrations Intensify

Iran‘s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) called on the Islamic Republic’s judiciary on Thursday to prosecute “those who spread false news and rumors” about a young woman whose death in police custody has triggered nationwide protests.

Protesters in Tehran and other Iranian cities torched police stations and vehicles earlier on…

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Shin Bet nabs Gaza-directed Hamas cell allegedly behind West Bank shooting attacks

Israeli security forces arrested an alleged Hamas terrorist cell responsible for a shooting attack on Israeli cars in the northern West Bank earlier this month, the Shin Bet security service revealed Friday.

In the attack during the pre-dawn hours of September 9, an Israeli man was lightly injured after shots were fired at his vehicle as he…

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Israel’s amb. to UN walks out during Iran’s Raisi’s speech over Holocaust denial

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan walked out on Wednesday morning during the remarks made by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

He displayed a photograph of his grandmother on Israel’s table at the General Assembly, who had been a Holocaust survivor. This, just two days after Raisi said in a speech that further research is…

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British PM tells Lapid she is reviewing relocation of UK embassy to Jerusalem

NEW YORK — British Prime Minister Liz Truss told Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday at the United Nations that she is reviewing a relocation of the country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

A spokeswoman for Downing Street told The Guardian that Truss told Lapid “about her review of the current location of the British Embassy in…

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Palestinian driver smashes stolen car through Ben Gurion airport security barrier

A Palestinian driver rammed a stolen vehicle through a security barrier at the entrance to Israel’s main airport during the predawn hours of Thursday morning, causing no injuries.

The driver approached Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv from Route 1.

Security personnel at the barrier fired a single bullet at the suspect, who…

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Protests flare across Iran in violent unrest over woman’s death

DUBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Protests raged for a fourth straight day across Iran on Tuesday and authorities said three people had been killed during unrest over the death of a young woman in police custody.
The death last week of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who was arrested by morality police for “unsuitable attire” unleashed a flood of simmering…