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Gaza terror groups mark 18 years since disengagement ’victory’

Palestinian terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday fired rockets toward the Mediterranean Sea as they marked 18 years since Israel’s “defeat” and the uprooting of the coastal enclave’s Jewish communities.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Ex-US Rep. McKinney calls to defeat ‘enemy’ Jews

Former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney on Tuesday accused Israelis and Jews of suppressing free speech after an event titled “Can Black People and White People Work Together to Defeat Our Common Enemy,” namely the Jews, was canceled on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iranian president says Tehran will spend the $6 billion released in prisoner exchange ‘wherever we need it’

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his government will decide how it will spend $6 billion in previously frozen funds due to be released in a prisoner exchange agreement with the U.S., telling NBC News’ Lester Holt that the money will be spent "wherever we need it."

Read more: NBC News

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In Iran, snap checkpoints and university purges mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protests

Snap checkpoints. Internet disruptions. University purges.

Iran’s theocracy is trying hard to both ignore the upcoming anniversary of nationwide protests over the country’s mandatory headscarf law and tamp down on any possibility of more unrest.

Read more: The Associated Press 

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Steps where Jesus said to heal a blind man unearthed in Jerusalem

Steps were uncovered at the Ancient Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem, which haven't been seen in over 2,000 years, reports said on Thursday.

The significance of this discovery is that it's the location where Jesus healed a blind man in the New Testament, Fox News reported. The location itself was first mentioned in the Old Testament, a...

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Palestinians receive US-made vehicles, weapons through Jordan – report

The Palestinian Authority received armored vehicles and arms intended to bolster its ability to confront armed groups and gangs, according to Palestinian Arabic language media reports.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF foils attempt to smuggle explosives into country

Israeli security forces on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle explosives in the Jordan Valley area.
Soldiers from the IDF’s Bekaa and Valleys Brigade worked in cooperation with the Israel Police to locate a bag that contained six standard explosive charges.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran building airport in southern Lebanon to attack Israelis, Gallant says

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday accused Iran of setting up an airport in southern Lebanon, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Israeli border, which he said was being used “for terror purposes” against Israelis.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IAEA chief: Iran has expanded stock of near-weapons grade uranium

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi warned on Monday that there is a "routinization" process underway of Iran's many nuclear violations.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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In first, Israeli officials in Saudi Arabia for UNESCO conference

An Israeli delegation of nine staffers is currently in Saudi Arabia as observers to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Sunday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Israel will act if Iran enriches uranium above 60%’

Israel will have no choice but to act if Iran enriches uranium above 60% purity, National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi warned on Monday in an address at a counterterrorism conference at Reichman University in Herzliya.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu on 9/11 anniversary: ‘We stand with the US against terror’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday marked the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 Islamic terrorist attacks, saying that “we stand with the United States and the free world in the global fight against terrorism.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Water 4 Mercy launches new Israel-Kenya innovation center

A nonprofit organization committed to bringing Israeli technological insights to boost food security in sub-Saharan Africa has launched a new teaching center.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Gallant warns terror groups of ‘crushing’ response to attacks over Jewish holidays

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday warned terror groups “not to test” Israel during the upcoming Jewish holiday season, and vowed a “crushing” response if they launch attacks.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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At least 20 wounded as clashes renew in Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon

Clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon have left 20 people wounded, official news agency NNA reported Friday, weeks after a deadly outbreak of violence rocked Ain al-Helweh.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Paris strips Abbas of top medal: ‘You justified the extermination of Europe’s Jews’

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has stripped Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of the French capital’s highest honor after he made remarks about the Holocaust that repeated antisemitic tropes, her office said Friday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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US diplomat: Normalization with Israel a clear Saudi interest

A peace deal with Israel is a clear Saudi interest and will likely lead to further accords with additional Muslim countries, the acting American ambassador to Israel said Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Bipartisan legislators urge added measures to tackle campus antisemitism

The bipartisan Senate and House Task Forces for Combating Antisemitism has called for the implementation of extra measures to protect Jewish students on U.S. college campuses.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Abbas: Ashkenazi Jews ‘are not Semites,’ Hitler killed them for their ‘social role’

In a recent speech, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas repeated a number of antisemitic canards he has made over the years, including unfounded claims about the the origins of Ashkenazi Jews and that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler had Jews slaughtered because of their “social role” as moneylenders, not because of enmity toward Judaism.
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Border policeman wounded during Judea arrest raid

An Israeli Border Police officer was wounded during a counterterrorism operation in Judea early Thursday, the IDF said.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate