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European draft IAEA resolution presses Iran on key issues

France, Britain and Germany (the E3) submitted a draft resolution to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors on Monday pressing Iran on uranium traces at undeclared sites and the barring of inspectors, according to text seen by Reuters.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy’s top figure in the presidential vote

Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker emerged on Monday as the most-prominent candidate from within the country’s Shiite theocracy in the race for the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month.

Read more: AP News

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IDF soldier moderately injured, fires rage as Hezbollah ramps up attacks

Shrapnel fragments from Israeli interceptors moderately injured an IDF soldier on Tuesday morning, while also sparking a fire near the northern Israeli city of Safed.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Shin Bet foils Hamas suicide bombing plot directed from Turkey

Israeli authorities earlier this year thwarted a large-scale suicide bombing attack directed by Hamas’s terrorist headquarters in Turkey, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Jerusalem fire that damaged Israel Museum building being investigated as arson

Authorities are investigating the fire that broke out in Jerusalem’s Valley of the Cross as suspected arson, Hebrew media reported on Monday.

The fire started in the valley around 12:40 p.m. on Sunday. Investigators have identified at least three locations from which the fire is believed to have started, according to the Kan public broadcaster....

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Sirens or school bells: Evacuated northern students don’t know where they’ll be next fall

In dozens of northern Israeli towns and villages that were evacuated under fire from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon, officials hope daily rocket warning sirens will give way to school bells by the time the academic year starts on September 1.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Biden’s ‘Israeli’ proposal for a hostage deal leaves key questions unanswered

On Friday, as many Israelis were enjoying their post-Shabbat-dinner slumber, US President Joe Biden stepped up to the microphones in the White House State Dining Room to deliver a potentially game-changing address.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Iran’s acting FM in Lebanon to coordinate against Israel

Interim Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani arrived in Lebanon on Monday for his first official visit. His predecessor Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was killed in a helicopter crash last month, along with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah burns 2,500 acres of land in northern Israel: ‘It will take years to recover’

Following Sunday's escalation during which Hezbollah fired barrages of rockets at Katzrin, causing major fires in the area, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority reported that approximately 2,500 acres of land were engulfed in flames in the attack. According to estimates, the recovery of some of the areas completely burned in the large fire -...

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Netanyahu accepts invitation to address joint session of Congress

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accepted an invitation to address a joint session of Congress.

He said that he was “excited for the privilege to present in front of the representatives of the American people and the entire world the truth about our just war against those who wish to kill us.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

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France bans Israeli companies from prestigious defense trade show

France is canceling the participation of Israeli companies in the Eurosatory defense exhibition, the organizer said Friday.

Read more: i24 News

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House committee asks SJP for its funding documents

National Students for Justice in Palestine has until June 12 to provide the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability with documentation of its communications related to Oct. 7 and its funding sources, according to a letter sent by the committee chair on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Biden faces new break with pro-Israel Democrats

A group of 19 pro-Israel House Democrats is pushing back on the White House's opposition to sanctions against the International Criminal Court for its top prosecutor's decision to seek arrest warrants against senior Israeli officials.

Read more: Axios

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Two soldiers killed in Gaza as IDF leaves Jabaliya, presses into center of Rafah

Israeli soldiers pulled out of the Jabaliya refugee camp Friday, wrapping up an operation to clear out Hamas-led fighters who had re-entrenched in northern Gaza, as troops pushed a pinpoint offensive deeper into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the military said Friday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas: No hostage talks unless Israel ends war

The Hamas terror organization reiterated on Thursday night that it intends to end ongoing negotiations with Israel, which would see the hostages being held in the Gaza Strip released in exchange for a ceasefire and the release of terrorists in Israeli custody, unless the Jewish state first ends the war in Gaza.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Fetterman gets standing ovation at Yeshiva graduation for removing Harvard robe hood

Addressing graduates at Yeshiva University’s commencement on Wednesday, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) noted that he was last at a graduation “literally a quarter century ago,” when he graduated from Harvard University.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF downs cruise missile over Golan Heights

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday afternoon confirmed that earlier in the day “a cruise missile coming from the east” had been shot down over the Golan Heights.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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European powers seek action against Iran at IAEA meeting despite US concerns

Britain, France and Germany have circulated a draft resolution against Iran ahead of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board meeting next week and appear determined to push it despite opposition from their U.S. ally, three diplomats said on Wednesday.

Read more: Reuters

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Mossad: Iran-backed criminal networks behind attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe

Iran is behind a string of terror attacks by criminal networks on Israeli embassies in Europe since October 7, the Mossad intelligence agency said in a rare statement on Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Two IDF soldiers die of wounds from Samaria terror attack

Two Israeli soldiers have died after being seriously wounded in a terrorist vehicular assault near the city of Nablus (Shechem) in Samaria on Wednesday night, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate