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The Israeli Air Force on Thursday morning eliminated a group of terrorists who less than 30 minutes earlier fired five rockets from Rafah in southern Gaza at Israeli border communities.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The window for US President Joe Biden’s administration to broker a long-sought normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia before the November presidential election has closed, a Democratic lawmaker and a senior Republican Senate aide told The Times of Israel on Wednesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israel and the Hamas terror group have agreed to hand over control of the Gaza Strip to a new Palestinian force during the crucial second stage of a three-phase proposal for a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner release deal in the war-torn territory, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A man around 30 years of age was critically wounded by a drone fired from Lebanon near Kibbutz Kabri in the Western Galilee on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Biden administration will unfreeze a shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel at the heart of a public dispute between Washington and Jerusalem.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Iranian regime actors are engaging influence campaigns to stoke and fund anti-Israel protests in the United States of America, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines warned in a statement on Tuesday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The US State Department’s 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom published last week condemned the latest Qatari textbooks for their inclusion of antisemitic material, citing a June 2024 study by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se).
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
An antisemitic vandal painted “Gaza” on a statue of Anne Frank, located near the famed Holocaust diarist’s first home in Amsterdam, a local Jew-hatred watchdog said on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Meta’s decision to ban the use of the term “Zionist” as a slur for Jews is an “important step” in curbing rampant Jew-hatred online, U.S. antisemitism envoy U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism (SEAS) Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt said on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An alleged Israeli strike in Syria earlier today killed a former personal bodyguard of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, an official with the Lebanese terror group says.
Read more: The Times of Israel
An Israeli soldier was killed during fighting in Gaza City, the military announced Wednesday morning, raising Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against terror group Hamas and military operations along the border with the Strip to 327.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The U.S. State Department’s 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom, which was released last week, highlights a new study of Qatari textbooks showing an ongoing prevalence of antisemitic content.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
During its operation in Rafah in southern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces has uncovered an extensive network of tunnels running under the border with Egypt, some of which have three levels.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Coded messages. Landline phones. Pagers. Following the killing of senior commanders in targeted Israeli airstrikes, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah, has been using some low-tech strategies to try to evade its foe’s sophisticated surveillance technology, informed sources told Reuters.
Read more: MSN
“If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone. If necessary, we will fight tooth and nail,” declared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two months ago in a video filmed against the backdrop of escalating disagreements between the Israeli government and the U.S. administration under President Joe Biden.
Read more: Y Net News
Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday reaffirmed Tehran’s dedication to destroying Israel, saying its proxies across the region will not allow the Jewish state’s “criminal policies” to continue.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Antisemitism is surging nationwide in big cities, on college campuses and in Kansas, too. Ten years after the Overland Park Jewish center shootings, Jewish students at the University of Kansas are facing harassment and intimidation, and officials report incidents of antisemitism across greater Kansas City with more frequency than ever recorded.
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Foreign Minister Israel Katz departed for Washington on Sunday night to represent Jerusalem at a NATO summit marking the 75th anniversary of the military alliance.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate