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In The News

Energean announces new gas discovery off Israeli coast

Energean plc announced on Monday the discovery of a commercially viable deposit of natural gas, containing an estimated 13 billion cubic meters (bcm), at its Zeus-01 drilling site located off Israel’s coast, the company said in a statement.

A post-well analysis of the find is currently being conducted.

The statement added that an audit of...

Antisemitism In The News

London Jews Facing Spree of Antisemitic Attacks

An antisemitic “hate crimes pandemic” has been breaking out in the Stamford Hill and Hackney sections of London since October 29, according to information released by the area’s Jewish community watch group, Shomrim.

“The racism pandemic continues,” the group tweeted on Tuesday, reporting on an incident — one of eight that have occurred in just...

Antisemitism In The News

Jews responsible for slavery, antisemitic flyers at US university claim

"At the height of American slavery, 78% of slave owners were ethnic Jews ," reads one of several flyers posted across the University of Tennessee Chattanooga campus overnight on Friday.

The watchdog organization StopAntisemitism wrote on Twitter, "this is the EXACT hateful rhetoric that Kyrie Irving helped spread when promoting the film 'Hebrew...

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Iran stages rallies to mark 1979 US Embassy takeover amid nationwide protests

Iran on Friday marked the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran as its theocracy faces nationwide protests after the death of a 22-year-old woman earlier arrested by the country’s morality police.

Iranian state-run television aired live feeds of various counterprotests around the country, with some in Tehran waving placards of the...

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Kyrie Irving finally apologizes after Nets suspension: ‘I am deeply sorry to have caused you pain’

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving finally apologized late Thursday after he was suspended for at least five games for not showing enough remorse for tweeting a link to a movie that spread antisemitic disinformation.

After the Nets announced Irving’s suspension, the point guard posted an apology note on his Instagram.

"While doing research on...

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New Jersey synagogues are under ‘credible’ threat: FBI

New Jersey synagogues are under threat, according to the FBI, which said it received a credible threat to the areas of worship on Thursday.
"The FBI has received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in NJ," the federal agency said on Twitter. "We ask at this time that you take all security precautions to protect your community and...

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Israel strikes ‘rocket factory’ in Gaza after rockets launched at south

The Israeli military struck the Gaza Strip early Friday morning, hours after four rockets were launched at Israel from the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave.

The Israel Defense Forces said it launched airstrikes at a “unique” underground rocket manufacturing facility used by the Hamas terror group.

It published a satellite photo of what it said...

Antisemitism In The News

Kyrie Irving takes responsibility for antisemitic tweet, will donate $500K

In a joint statement with the Brooklyn Nets and the Anti-Defamation League Wednesday night, Kyrie Irving said he took responsibility for his tweet last week promoting an antisemitic film.

He and the Nets will each donate $500,000 “toward causes and organizations that work to eradicate hate and intolerance in our communities,” and both will...

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Taliban, Hamas officials meet in Turkey

Leaders of the Afghan Taliban and the Palestinian terror group Hamas met in Istanbul at a conference of Islamic religious scholars, according to the Payam Aftab news agency.

The Taliban delegation was reportedly led by Zabihullah Mujahid and the Hamas delegation included Ismail Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders.

According to a report by the...

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Netanyahu assured with near-certain victory as almost 90% votes counted

Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu will with near certainty be Israel's next prime minister after approximately 90% of the votes counted, the Central Election Committee's data shows.

At press time on Wednesday, the Netanyahu coalition will consist of 65 MKs, while the Lapid bloc will consist of 50 and Hadash-Ta'al five.

The results after...

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Three wounded in terrorist attack near Temple Mount; assailant killed

Three police officers were wounded in a terrorist attack in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday morning, according to the Israel Police.

The incident began shortly after 9 a.m., when a suspicious individual was stopped for questioning, police said in a statement. During the questioning, the suspect drew a knife and stabbed...

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With 86% of votes tallied, Netanyahu on verge of breaking deadlock, regaining power

As the ballots in the Knesset election were being tallied Wednesday, all signs were pointing to a resounding victory for opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his bloc of right-wing, far-right and religious parties, a result that would end a political crisis that has seen five general elections held in under four years.

With some 86 percent...

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IDF officer wounded in suspected terror attack, assailant neutralized

An Israel Defense Forces officer in his 20s was seriously wounded in a suspected terror attack at the Maccabim Checkpoint near Modi’in on Wednesday morning, according to the Israeli military.

The assailant rammed his vehicle into the soldier before getting out and attempting to stab him with an axe, according to Israeli media reports.

The...

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Iranian teen girl beaten to death by police for tearing Khomeini’s photo – report

An Iranian girl in middle school was beaten to death after police officers found a torn-up photo of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini in one of her schoolbooks, local news outlet in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province Haalvsh reported on Sunday night.

The girl, identified as Parmis Hamnava, was at her school in Iranshahr in the...

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Iran to send hundreds of combat drones to Russia in November -Ukraine intel

Iran is set to send over 200 combat drones to Russia in the beginning of November, the Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate warned on Tuesday.

The shipment would include Shahed-136 and Arash-2 suicide drones and Mohajer-6 reconnaissance drones. Ukrainian intelligence first claimed last Monday that the Arash-2 would be added to Russian...

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Saudi Arabia shares intel with US on ‘imminent’ Iranian attack

Saudi Arabia has shared intelligence with the United States indicating that Iran is planning an “imminent” attack on the kingdom, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

The U.S. National Security Council said in a statement on Tuesday that the United States was “concerned about the threat picture” and was in “constant contact” with the...

Issues

‘Fight antisemitism:’ Protestors heckle Kyrie Irving at Nets game

According to the New York Post, the group heckled Irving throughout the game, and in return, he gave them a thumbs up and said he was "thankful for you guys."

A group of Jewish protestors was spotted at Monday's Nets game sitting courtside with T-shirts that read "Fight Antisemitism." They were responding to Kyrie Irving's recent support of the...

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IRGC video threatens drone strikes against Israeli and American bases in the Middle East

The video shows an attack drone hangar and concludes with the caption: “It is only our will that keeps us from firing.”

https://youtu.be/kuG2alXgV-g
A video was posted to the Telegram channel of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened drone strikes against Israeli and American targets.

The video depicted what it described...

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Israel, Bahrain hope to sign free trade deal by year’s end

Bahraini Minister of Industry and Commerce Zayed Alzayani visits a leading Israeli venture capital firm.

Israel and Bahrain hope to sign a free trade agreement within the next two months, officials from both nations said on Monday.

“We’re optimistic and hopeful that we will close the deal by the end of the year,” Bahraini Minister of...

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Morning turnout at highest since 1999 as Israelis vote for 5th time amid deadlock

Party leaders cast their ballots and encourage citizens to do the same before voting ends at 10 p.m.; Beit Shemesh polling station attacked by extremists
Over 12,000 polling stations opened across the country on Tuesday morning to allow around 6.8 million eligible Israeli voters to cast their ballots, as the nation went to the polls for the fifth...