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In The News

Israel opens Zikim crossing to boost humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, COGAT announces

The Zikim crossing has been opened to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip, the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said on Wednesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Hamas rifles, gear found in Kibbutz Be’eri 25 months after Oct. 7

Assault rifles and other equipment belonging to Hamas terrorists were discovered on Wednesday during reconstruction work at Kibbutz Be’eri, more than two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the community.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Sa’ar: Abbas trying to ‘fool the world’ by firing PA finance minister

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday accused Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas of trying to “fool the world” by firing his finance minister, reportedly over “unauthorized payments” to terrorists.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF unveils Hezbollah’s reconstruction map, targets key terror hubs in Lebanon

The IDF's Intelligence Directorate mapped Hezbollah's operations in southern Lebanon, finding that Nabatiya, in particular, has become a strategic focal point for rearming and reconstructing, the military announced on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Syria’s Sharaa rules out joining Abraham Accords, suggests Trump could make negotiations happen

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in a Monday interview with Fox News that Syria would not at this time enter into talks to join the Abraham Accords, but that perhaps US President Donald Trump’s administration would help in making such negotiations possible.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israel’s US ambassador: ‘We can’t live with jihadis on our border anymore’

Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, told ABC News on Monday that once the remaining hostages’ bodies are returned, the second phase of the ceasefire deal could begin, which requires the “disarming of Hamas and demilitarization of Gaza.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hadar Goldin buried in Israel, more than 4,000 days after he fell in 2014 Gaza war

Israel Defense Forces Lt. Hadar Goldin was laid to rest at the military cemetery in the central city of Kfar Saba on Tuesday, more than 4,000 days after he was killed during “Operation Protective Edge” in 2014.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli officers neutralize terrorist who shot at police in Judea

A terrorist shot at Israeli police detectives from the Hebron Police Station, near the community of Beit Hagai in Judea, on Monday after the officers stopped a suspicious car.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Herzog marks 50 years since father tore anti-Israel UN resolution

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday commemorated the 50th anniversary of his father’s iconic performance at the United Nations, when then-ambassador to the world body Chaim Herzog ripped apart a U.N. resolution that labeled Zionism a form of racism.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Phoenix man, who viewed ISIS videos, gets six years for plan to attack churches

Zimnako Salah, 46, whom a jury convicted in March of placing a backpack around a toilet in a church in Roseville, Calif., to “convey a hoax bomb threat and to obstruct the free exercise of religion of the congregants who worshipped there,” was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Read more: Jewish News...

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‘Hero of Israel’: After 11 years in Hamas captivity, Lt. Hadar Goldin’s body brought home

The body of Lt. Hadar Goldin, killed and abducted by Hamas during the 2014 Gaza War, was returned to Israel on Sunday after more than 11 years in captivity, the military announced, confirming forensic identification.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Trump admin removes sanctions from Syrian president, interior minister

Ahead of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House on Monday, the Trump administration said on Friday that it is removing sanctions on the Syrian leader and a top minister, following a vote of the United Nations Security Council.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News Iran

Iran to reach 90% enriched uranium, weighed World Cup terrorism – IDF intel chief

Iran will likely soon carry out at least a symbolic enrichment of uranium to the 90% weaponized level, said IDF Intelligence Chief Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva on Monday.

Speaking at the INSS conference on Iran, he said that the world will be tested soon like never before. To date, the Islamic Republic has never dared to cross the uranium enrichment...

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Holocaust Memorial In Yerevan, Armenia Vandalized

02/12/2021

The "To Live and Not Forget" Holocaust memorial in the Armenian city of Yerevan was desecrated with paint sprayed all over the Hebrew writings.

The memorial was built to honor both the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide victims and consists of two primary pillars, with “To Live and Not Forget: To the Memory of the Victims of the...

Israeli Society

Israel congratulates Saudi Arabia on its 89th national day

The State of Israel this week congratulated Saudi Arabia on its national day, showering the Gulf kingdom with warm wishes for peace and security, despite the absence of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Arabic-language Twitter accounts run by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Sunday and Monday issued at least three...

Iran

Iran Has Been at War for 40 Years

The U.S. plans to send 1,500 troops and other military assets to the Middle East to counter the Iranian threat. Those who worry about the possibility of war ignore that Iran is already at war and has been for almost 40 years. Its recent sabotage of commercial vessels in the United Arab Emirates and pipelines in Saudi Arabia continues a long...

Jerusalem

Trump to deliver video address at Jerusalem embassy opening

WASHINGTON —  US President Donald Trump will deliver a video address for the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem next week, a senior administration official told reporters Friday morning.

Over the last several weeks, Trump had been toying with flying to Israel for the second time in his presidency to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony,...