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US urges citizens to leave Iran amid escalating unrest

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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‘Help is on the way’: Donald Trump urges Iranians to protest, take over Islamic regime institutions

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.

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Widow of infamous Hamas bomb-maker arrested for inciting terrorism online

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.

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Trump weighs action as Iran protest toll soars

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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IDF catches Nablus gunman who wounded soldier

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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IDF renews strikes after Hezbollah’s ‘continuous’ breaches of truce

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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A ‘deliberate attack on Jews’: Community condemns arson attack on Mississippi synagogue

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.

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US House speaker welcomes hero who disarmed Bondi Beach terrorist

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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IDF operates against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon following ceasefire violations

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.”

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GAO report finds ‘gaps’ in State Department reporting on UNRWA textbooks

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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Rock thrower hits Jewish 8-year-old girl through bus window on NJ highway, fractures her skull

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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‘All are in the streets’: Iranians defiant as protests grow despite crackdown

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.

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Canadian Jewish leaders ‘dumbfounded’ after judge lets Holocaust memorial vandal off with time served

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…

Senate passes resolution decrying attacks on Jews in Boulder, Harrisburg, DC

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 is biggest foreign funder of US colleges, per Education Department

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 to form royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi mass shooting

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.

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Israel condemns Sharaa regime’s ‘attacks against Kurdish minority’ in Syria’s Aleppo

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.

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Israeli teen indicted for planning ISIS-inspired terror attack

A 15-year-old from northern Israel was indicted on Thursday for planning to carry out Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack, police said.

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