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In The News Incitement

Palestinian kindergarten films its kids play-clashing with IDF, becoming ‘martyrs’

A West Bank kindergarten has published videos showing children pretending to perform military drills with toy guns, clashing with and killing Israeli soldiers, and holding a mock funeral for a child who is killed and becomes a “martyr.”

The clips from the Al-Tofula Kindergarten in Beit Awwa in the southern West Bank were published on the TikTok...

In The News US-Israel Relationship

Israel, US signal unprecedented cooperation in military preparations against Iran

On Jan. 26, the historic five-day joint Israeli-American military exercise called “Juniper Oak” came to an end. The exercise saw unprecedented levels of cooperation between the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), which is responsible for the Middle East, and the Israel Defense Forces.

“Juniper Oak” tested Israeli-American readiness and...

In The News Iran

Iran ‘mapping’ locations of Jewish diaspora for ‘hit squads to target’ in event of attack by Israel

Iran has been “mapping” the locations of the Jewish diaspora as part of laying the groundwork for a potential assassination campaign if Israel attacks the country’s nuclear facilities, according to a woman who has gained access to high-level members of the ruling regime.

Catherine Perez-Shakdam, who has previously been granted an audience with...

Antisemitism In The News

‘We cannot put a question mark on Israel’

“Israel is a democracy that uses democratic tools to discuss its internal affairs,” said Community of Madrid President Isabel Díaz Ayuso in a recent interview. The judicial reform the Israeli government is spearheading is an internal matter, she stressed. “To me, it seems natural and normal that there are debates on these matters. What I saw was...

In The News

PIJ is firing rockets at Israel with Hamas’s approval’

Israel’s deterrence is eroding, and Hamas is allowing Palestinian Islamic Jihad to fire rockets from Gaza as part of a “controlled escalation,” a former Israeli defense official has warned. In the past three weeks, Gazan terrorists fired 27 projectiles at Israel, while in Jerusalem, 11 Israelis were murdered in terror attacks.

“Hamas and other...

In The News

US shoots down Iranian-made spy drone over patrol base in northeast Syria

United States forces in Syria shot down an Iranian-manufactured drone as it attempted to gather intelligence over a base in northeast Syria, the United States military’s Central Command said in a statement Monday.
CENTCOM said the drone was “attempting to conduct reconnaissance of Mission Support Site Conoco,” a patrol base where US...

Hamas In The News

Gaza residents speak of Hamas’ brutality amid desires for peace in the region

Violent crackdowns, arbitrary arrests, trumped-up police charges, imprisonments, and even live ammunition to deter innocent women, children and people with disabilities from demanding basic rights such as electricity are just a few of the heartbreaking testimonies from the Gaza Stripcaptured in a series of video clips published recently by the...

Antisemitism In The News

‘Antisemitic attacks target three University of Denver students

From Feb. 9 to 12, three Jewish University of Denver students were targets of antisemitic attacks, including pork left at one student’s doorstep and smeared on the door, and mezuzot ripped off two students’ door frames. (Some news reports referred to the pork as “glued” to the door.)

A mezuzah is a ritual object that contains the Shema prayer...

In The News Terrorism

Border Police officer who was killed in Shuafat terror attack laid to rest

Hundreds of people on Tuesday attended the funeral of Israel Border Police officer Asil Suaed, who was killed in a terror stabbing attack in east Jerusalem a day prior.
He was laid to rest in the northern village of Huseiniya where he grew up.
Suaed's colleagues from the Border Police were in attendance at the funeral, as well as Israel Police...

In The News

On state visit to China, Iranian president is assured ‘solidarity’ from Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed Beijing’s “solidarity” with Iran on Tuesday as he hosted the Islamic Republic’s President Ebrahim Raisi at the start of a three-day trip.

For the first state visit by an Iranian president to China in more than 20 years, Raisi has brought a large trade and finance delegation to Beijing and was earlier greeted...

In The News Terrorism

Iran-based trainer of 9/11 hijackers Sayf al-‘Adl believed to be new al-Qaeda chief

UN experts say the predominant view among member nations is that the leadership of al-Qaeda has passed to Sayf al-‘Adl, who was responsible for Osama bin Laden’s security and trained some of the hijackers involved in the 9/11 attack on the US.
The panel of experts said in a report to the UN Security Council circulated Monday that no announcement...

Antisemitism In The News

‘Ye is Right’ campaign linked to numerous incidents of Jew-hatred

Over the last four months, there have been at least 30 antisemitic incidents in the United States that directly reference Ye, the artist, producer and fashion designer formerly known as Kayne West, a report by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League released yesterday shows.

The documentation demonstrates the ongoing influence of Ye’s...

In The News Issues

Palestinian terrorist shoots 7 dead in ‘murderous rampage’ near Jerusalem synagogue

Seven people were shot and killed and at least three others were wounded in a terror shooting attack near a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood, police and medics said Friday night.

According to police, the terrorist arrived by car at 8:13 p.m. in the Jewish East Jerusalem neighborhood and opened fire at people outside the...

In The News Issues

Two killed in Jerusalem terror ramming, including 6-year-old boy; driver shot dead

A six-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were killed and at least five others were wounded in a car-ramming terror attack near East Jerusalem’s Ramot neighborhood, police and medics said Friday. One of those wounded was a child in critical condition, the brother of the slain six-year-old.

Graphic footage from the scene showed several people...

In The News Issues

Israeli soldier murdered by 13-year-old in east Jerusalem terror attack

An Israeli border officer was murdered in a stabbing terror attack on Monday in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat.
The Israeli soldier was identified as 22-year-old Sgt. Asil Su'ad, who was murdered when performing a security check on a bus. Medics performed CPR on Su-ad, but he eventually succumbed to his wounds and was pronounced dead...

Hamas In The News

IDF: Israeli jets strike underground Hamas facility in central Gaza

Israeli fighter jets targeted an underground weapons facility in the central Gaza Strip in the predawn hours of Monday in response to a rocket launch from the Palestinian enclave on Saturday evening, the military said.
The Israel Defense Forces said the targeted facility produced raw materials for manufacturing rockets and was run by the Hamas...

In The News

Condition of injured father of boys slain in Jerusalem terror attack worsens

The condition of the father of two boys killed in a Palestinian terror attack deteriorated on Monday, the Hadassah hospital reported.

Avraham Paley, who was wounded in the car-ramming attack that killed two of his children in Jerusalem on Friday, was sedated and intubated when he was transferred from Hadassah Medical Center at Mount Scopus to...

In The News

IDF to conclude Operation Olive Branch after saving 19 lives in Turkey

Israel's Operation Olive Branch delegation will conclude its rescue operations in Turkey and return to Israel in the coming days, according to a Sunday statement from the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

The IDF delegation thus far has been able to rescue a total of 19 people trapped in the rubble in the aftermath of Turkey's recent devastating...

In The News Iran

Iran used boats, state airline to smuggle drones to Russia – The Guardian

Iran smuggled advanced drones to Russia for use in its invasion of Ukraineusing boats and a state-owned airline, an exclusive report in The Guardianrevealed on Sunday, citing Iranian sources.

Most of the drones were picked up covertly by an Iranian ship from a base near the Caspian Sea but some were shipped on an Iranian state-owned airline.
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In The News Terrorism

Bedouin Israeli brothers charged with supplying arms to Islamic Jihad in West Bank

The Shin Bet security agency on Thursday said two Israeli brothers from a southern Bedouin town were arrested for allegedly supplying Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in the West Bank with firearm parts and ammunition.

In December 2022, Border Police troops detained Adam and Mohammed Abu Taha, residents of Tel Sheva, as well as Majdi...