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U.S. House advances Antisemitism Awareness Act

“The House’s passage of the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA) today is crucial to combating the chaos spreading on America’s college campuses”

White House considers accepting some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees amid Israel-Hamas war

The Biden administration is considering welcoming certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees as they seek to escape war-torn Gaza amid the ongoing war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas.

House Appropriations Committee member warns schools about inaction on Jew-hatred

Rep. Susan Lee (D-Nev.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued a statement on Tuesday about the “sharp increase in antisemitism on college campuses nationwide.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US and EU eye North Korea-Iran military cooperation

The United States and the European Union say they are keeping their eyes on Pyongyang and Tehran for any possible military cooperation between the two as Iran confirms a North Korean delegation’s visit to the country.

Netanyahu tells Blinken he will not agree to end war on Hamas as part of hostage deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday that he would not accept an end to the war in Gaza as part of a potential hostage deal, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF to establish safe zone for Rafah evacuees in central Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces will establish a humanitarian safe zone in the central Gaza Strip as part of preparations for the evacuation of noncombatants from the southernmost city of Rafah.

House to vote on bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, a vote that comes amid heightened concerns over antisemitism with Israel at war with Hamas and as pro-Palestinian protests have sprung up on college campuses across the country.

‘Intifada’: Anti-Israel protesters break into Columbia campus building and seize it

Protesters at Columbia University, the epicenter of anti-Israel protests that have upended college campuses across the United States, broke into a building on the New York school’s campus on Tuesday, barricaded themselves inside and unfurled an “intifada” banner from a window.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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UCLA allows anti-Israel protesters to block Jewish students

The University of California, Los Angeles is allowing anti-Israel protesters to block Jewish students from entering the library of the state school in the city’s Westwood neighborhood, according to audio of a phone conversation between a parent and the UCLA police.

Turkish terrorist wounds policeman near Jerusalem’s Herod’s Gate

An Israeli policeman was moderately wounded in a terror attack on Sultan Suleiman Street, outside Herod’s Gate to Jerusalem’s Old City, on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu says Rafah offensive will go ahead with or without hostage deal

Israel will launch a ground offensive in Rafah regardless of the success of truce talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday in a conversation with bereaved families and relatives of hostages opposing a deal with Hamas that would end the war in Gaza before the terror group has been toppled.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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White House condemns antisemitic language at anti-Israel rallies on US campuses

The White House insisted Sunday that anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US universities in recent weeks must remain peaceful, after police arrested around 275 people on four separate campuses over the weekend.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia to discuss normalization with Israel, post-war Gaza

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the first stop in a broader trip to the Middle East to discuss issues including the governance of Gaza once the war between Hamas and Israel ends.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Biden, Netanyahu speak as Hamas says ‘no major issues’ with latest hostage deal draft

US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening discussed ongoing negotiations to close a deal for the return of hostages held in Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 massacre, as the sides await the terror group’s response to the latest proposal.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas fires more than 20 rockets from Lebanon at northern Israel

The Lebanon branch of the Hamas terror group launched a barrage of dozens of rockets at northern Israel on Monday morning, as skirmishes on the border persisted amid the war in the Gaza Strip.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Report: Egyptian intel chief in Israel for hostage talks

Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel was leading a delegation to Tel Aviv on Friday to advance negotiations for a hostages-for-ceasefire deal between Israel and the Hamas terror group, the Qatari-owned Al-Arabi Al-Jadid reported.

US says it downed two Houthi drones, anti-ship missile as rebels renew attacks

The United States military said Friday that coalition forces “engaged and destroyed” two drones in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen after the Iran-backed rebels launched a ballistic missile into the Gulf of Aden.

Terrorist stabbing attack leaves 18-year-old woman in serious condition

An 18-year-old woman was stabbed by a terrorist in Ramle, central Israel, on Friday afternoon, according to Magen David Adom.