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IDF: Gaza terror groups fired 104 projectiles at Israel in daylong flare-up

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday morning said Palestinian terrorists had launched 104 projectiles from the Gaza Strip amid a daylong flare-up in violence, sparked by the death of a prominent Palestinian Islamic Jihad member while on a hunger strike in an Israeli prison.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Israel, Gaza terror groups reach ceasefire after major conflagration

Israel and Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip reached a ceasefire agreement in the early hours of Wednesday, following a major conflagration in which more than 100 rockets were launched towards the Jewish state in under 24 hours.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Iran will never get nukes, Kevin McCarthy tells the Knesset

In his address to the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, reaffirmed America’s commitment that “Iran will never acquire nuclear weapons.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Israeli injured in Palestinian shooting attack in Samaria

An Israeli man was lightly wounded by shattered glass on Tuesday morning when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on vehicles near the community of Avnei Hefetz, southeast of Tulkarem in Samaria.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Rockets fired, terror groups warn ‘price to be paid’ as hunger-striking suspect dies

Four rockets were fired from Gaza on Tuesday morning as Israel readied for a potential escalation after a senior leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group died in Israeli custody after an 86-day hunger strike.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Pastor Hagee on first visit 45 years ago: ‘I arrived in Israel a tourist, and I left a Zionist’

As an 8-year-old boy, John Hagee sat at the kitchen table listening on the radio to the formation of the modern-day State of Israel in 1948. “Never did I think that I would one day stand in the holy city as a participant in history,” he told JNS. “I was simply awestruck.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Palestinian killed in Israeli counterterror raid in Jordan Valley

A Palestinian teenager was killed during an Israeli counterterrorism operation on Monday morning in Aqbat Jaber close to Jericho in the Jordan Valley.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

Berlin police ban pro-Hamas signs, lsrael flag burning during May Day rallies

Two weeks after a Berlin rally in which protesters called for the death of Jews, police in Germany’s capital announced a ban on signs supporting Palestinian terrorist organizations and on calling for Israel’s destruction during far-left demonstrations on Monday marking May Day.

Read More: Times of Israel

Kuwaiti man screams ‘Free Palestine’ at kids in Dubai airport

A Kuwaiti man screamed “Free Palestine” at children waiting for a flight to Tel Aviv from Dubai International Airport, with the Emirati Interior Ministry saying the relevant authorities are looking into the matter.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

US Speaker McCarthy addresses Israel’s Knesset

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday became the second-ever holder of his post to address the full Israeli Knesset, following in the footsteps of Newt Gingrich in 1998.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

Inside The House GOP Plan to Stop a Second Iran Nuclear Deal

House Republicans on Friday will begin rolling out a series of six bills designed to expand sanctions on Iran and curtail the White House’s ability to waive sanctions in future deals, according to copies of the legislation exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The bills, sponsored by members of the conservative Republican Study…

Iran foreign min. visits Lebanon-Israel border: ‘Zionists only understand force’

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian visited Lebanon on Friday, where he met with Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah.

“I received accurate situation assessments from Nasrallah and confirmation that the Lebanese and Palestinian resistance groups are in the best condition they have ever been,” Abdollahian said at the end of…

Why ‘Foreign Aid’ to Israel Benefits the United States

The US does not give foreign aid to Israel — the US makes an annual investment in Israel, giving US taxpayers a return of several hundred percent.

While Israel is a grateful recipient of US military systems, it also serves as a battle-tested, cost-effective laboratory for the US defense and aerospace industries (which altogether employ 3.5…

And they’re off: The US is driving a Middle East nuclear arms race

From its origins, the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, has suffered from contradictory assessments of its expected outcomes. Deal supporters assert that it blocks all of Iran’s paths to the bomb, while opponents contend that it paves those paths.

Read more: The Hill

US CENTCOM commander arrives in Israel

U.S. CENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael E. Kurilla arrived in Israel on Wednesday night for meetings with senior defense officials.

Kurilla has visited the Jewish state at least six times since he assumed his post last April.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Powerful Iranian cleric killed in attack — state media

A powerful Iranian cleric, a member of the Assembly of Experts that selects the country’s supreme leader, has been killed in an armed attack, state media said Wednesday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

House passes pro-Israel, Abraham Accords resolution in 400-19 vote

The House voted 400-19 on Tuesday evening in favor of a resolution expressing support for the U.S.-Israel relationship and the Abraham Accords in honor of the 75th anniversary of Israel’s founding.

Read more: Jewish Insider

Christian Zionists applaud Israel’s 75th anniversary

Among the many organizations and foreign nations that congratulated the Jewish state on its 75th anniversary are pro-Israel Christian groups.

“Today, we celebrate the miraculous rebirth of the Jewish State,” tweeted Christians United for Israel (CUFI).

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate