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Mar. 19th Marietta, GA Israel Advocacy Luncheon

Mar. 17th Waterville, ME Why Israel Event

Mar. 17th Birmingham, AL CUFI Event

Mar. 17th Belgrade, MT Why Israel Event

Mar. 16th Waterville, ME Israel Advocacy Breakfast

Mar. 15th Añasco, Puerto Rico Spanish Pastor’s Meeting Dinner

Mar. 14th East Helena, MT Why Israel Event

Mar. 13th Billings, MT Why Israel Event

Mar. 9th Morehead, KY Why Israel Event

Mar. 6th Los Angeles, CA Why Israel Event

Mar. 1st San Benito, TX Bilingual Why Israel Event

Shocking Einstein letters, revealing ‘Hitler-insanity,’ up for auction

A series of letters from Albert Einstein will be auctioned later this week, with the messages touching on a number of topics, including his thoughts on Jewish people’s rights to defend themselves, the rise of anti-Semitism at the time and "Hitler-insanity."

The three letters, all published prior to the start of World War II, give fresh insight...

French pilot who stayed with hijacked Israelis, Jews at Entebbe dies aged 95

Israeli and French officials Wednesday mourned the death of Michel Bacos, the Air France pilot who along with his crew insisted on remaining with Israeli and Jewish hostages after pro-Palestinian terrorists hijacked his flight and diverted the plane to Entebbe Airport in 1976. He died in Nice on Tuesday at the age of 95.

On June 27, 1976,...

Tense calm returns to Israel’s south after night of strikes, rockets at Ashkelon

A tense calm descended upon southern Israel and the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning after another night of rockets and airstrikes, with schools and train service resuming in all Israeli communities and towns.

All municipalities and regional councils said education institutions would open — including those that had announced closures the night...

Iran looks to remote port to beat US sanctions

CHABAHAR, Iran — With the web of US sanctions tightening, Iran faces a host of challenges as it looks to an isolated port in the country’s far southeast to maintain the flow of goods.

The port in Chabahar, only about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Pakistan border and located on the Indian Ocean, is Iran’s largest outside the Gulf.

It is also...

Palestinian village names street after Ariel terrorist Omar Abu Lila

A street was named after the Ariel terrorist, Omar Abu Lila, in the village of Bruqin in the West Bank, Channel 13 reported on Wednesday.

In response to the sign, Btsalmo, a Jewish human rights organization, wrote to the Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit to have the sign removed.

“Naming a street after a terrorist will cause many young people...

Syria seeks urgent Security Council meeting on US declaration on Golan

Syria asked the United nations Security Council on Tuesday to hold an urgent meeting on the U.S. decision to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Monday in which the United States recognized Israel's 1981 annexation of the strategic plateau, despite UN resolutions that call for...

Senior official says no ceasefire with Hamas, as troops remain on Gaza border

Israel did not agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, and is ready to continue its airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip, a senior official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage to Washington said Tuesday, minutes before the delegation’s plane landed in Tel Aviv.

“There was no ceasefire,” the senior official said, speaking on condition of...

Child shot in terror attack is recovering but may need an operation

The seven-year-old child shot in a West Bank terror attack on Monday is in stable condition, but may need an operation on his finger, according to a community member from Beit-El.

The Spokesperson of Beit El regional council Dudi Avitan told The Jerusalem Post in a phone interview that the child was shot when he was at home getting ready to go to...

Fearing further Gaza rockets, Tel Aviv, Netanya, other cities open bomb shelters

The cities of Tel Aviv, Rishon Lezion and Netanya were among a number of major Israeli population centers to open their bomb shelters on Monday evening in anticipation of possible rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

The directive to open the shelters came hours after an early morning rocket strike on a house in central Israel that wounded seven...