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CEO of Meta Platforms Mark Zuckerberg attends a meeting on artificial intelligence in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29, 2026. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.
In The News

Dem, GOP senators demand answers from Meta on Jew-hating bot networks

“We cannot continue to play catch up as foreign agents and extremists abuse American social media platforms to spread hate and sow discord on American soil and across the globe,” Sens. James Lankford and Jacky Rosen told Mark Zuckerberg.
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In The News

Florida designates CAIR as domestic terror group

“The free state of Florida will not launder terrorism through our schools,” the state’s attorney general said. “We will name these groups, cut off the money and hold those who bankroll them accountable.”
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), center, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), right, host a forum to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s official and personal dealings with cryptocurrency in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2026. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
In The News

US Senate blocks resolution on Judea and Samaria rights report

Lawmakers rejected a measure demanding an assessment of Israeli actions in the biblical heartland after opponents warned it politicized the alliance.
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A satellite view shows tunnel entrances at Pickaxe Mountain, of the Natanz nuclear facility, near Natanz, Iran, June 30, 2026. (photo credit: VANTOR/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
In The News

Iran is renewing progress on its nuclear program, Netanyahu tells UAE President MBZ – report

According to the report, the information Netanyahu presented included details about new construction work at the mountainous site known as “Pickaxe Mountain,” about 140 miles south of Tehran.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post 

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
In The News

Iran threatens to attack Mideast infrastructure after Trump dismisses Hormuz proposal

Tehran awaiting ‘final US response’ from mediators to its demands for truce, end of blockade, and sanctions relief as preconditions for nuclear talks; Russia says Iran should stay in NPT
Read More...The Times of Israel 

A flydubai Boeing 737-800. Source: Wikipedia Commons.
Issues

Israel probes flydubai incident as terror attack after co-pilot allegedly stabs captain

The co-pilot reportedly sought to seize control of the Tel Aviv-bound plane and was subdued by crew members and passengers.
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In The News

Israel not conducting genocide, not guilty of apartheid, new academic study shows

A new academic study published last Thursday examines legal and historical evaluations of charges labeling Israel as an apartheid state, a settler-colonial project, or guilty of genocide, concluding that “apartheid and genocide are not established and that settler colonialism is an inadequate classification, including in the settings where each...

In The News

Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of anti-Israel Durban conference

More than 40 countries boycotted a U.N. event on Monday marking 25 years since the 2001 anti-Israel Durban Conference. That set a new record, surpassing the previous high of 38 countries that skipped the event in 2021, according to the Israeli delegation to the United Nations.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Iran’s Islamic regime using Tether cryptocurrency as ‘financial lifeline,’ US Senate report charges

Tether's stablecoin has become a "significant financial lifeline" for Iran and a tool for funding proxy ​organizations, including Hezbollah, according to a report led by ‌Senate Democrats, published on Monday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

In The News

IDF strikes in Gaza, killing Hamas Northern Brigade commander, top military financer

The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) eliminated Hamas Northern Gaza Brigade commander Izz al-Din Beik in a strike in the northern Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday, the military announced on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

In The News

Iran threatens to attack Mideast infrastructure after Trump dismisses Hormuz proposal

Iran threatened on Tuesday to attack infrastructure around the Middle East, intensifying its rhetoric as it awaits a formal response from Washington on a new plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Read more: Times of Israel

Israeli minister of foreign affairs Gideon Saar hold a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, Sept. 8, 2026. Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.Chaim Goldberg/Flash90
In The News

Israel reprimands Madrid over minister’s ‘from the river to the sea’ remarks

“The Spanish government has lost its moral compass,” the Foreign Ministry said, accusing the Iberian nation of turning the Jewish state into “a punching bag for its foreign policy.”
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The BBC logo on the side of The Forum building in Norwich, Norfolk, in the United Kingdom, on Dec. 18, 2019. Credit: Sebastiandoe5 via Wikimedia Commons.
In The News

BBC under fire for misidentifying terrorists as ‘journalists’

“The BBC’s failures on ‘BBC Arabic’ are part of a long-running problem with impartiality and accountability,” said Rebecca Paul, the U.K. shadow secretary for digital, culture, media and sport.
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Female terrorists, members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Photo by Wissam Nassar/Flash90.
In The News

Médecins Sans Frontières under scrutiny by British commission for alleged terror ties in Gaza

UK Lawyers for Israel identified a number of individuals employed by the NGO alleged to have belonged to terrorist groups.
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Smoke rises in Southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation on Sept. 18, 2026. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
In The News

IDF strikes Hezbollah after drone attack on troops

“Any use of force” from Lebanese territory against Israeli civilians or soldiers will be met with a “decisive response,” the statement warned.
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U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a Rose Garden dinner for America’s hunters and fishermen while announcing new executive orders, Sept. 17, 2026. Credit: Joyce N. Boghosian/White House.
In The News

Waltz: Trump to keep ‘all options on the table’ to prevent nuclear-armed Iran

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz said Washington rejected the Islamic Republic’s proposed seven-day ceasefire because Tehran sought access to billions of dollars in frozen assets, sanctions relief and an end to the blockade.
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Scott Pelley of CBS, hosts the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Awards at the Waldorf Astoria on November 26, 2013 in New York City. The annual awards ceremony recognizes journalists who risk their lives and liberty defending press freedom
In The News

Twenty Gaza journalists removed from CPJ’s war casualties list after combat roles uncovered

CPJ maintains that affiliation with a militant organization is not sufficient for exclusion if a person was working as a civilian journalist and was not directly participating in hostilities.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post 

New German-made Israeli submarine 'INS Drakon' embarks from Germany for Israel, September 21, 2026. (photo credit: ARMY RADIO)
In The News

IDF chief warns Iran remains a threat as Israel welcomes INS Drakon submarine into Navy service

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir called the submarine’s integration a central force-building move on Thursday, as President Isaac Herzog highlighted its strategic significance.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, China, on May 6, 2026. (Telegram channel of the Iranian Foreign Minister via AP)
In The News

China sent Iran 1,300 shipments of drone, missile components this year – report

Customs data shows deliveries of GPS devices, motors and other dual-use electronics; US-sanctioned Mahan Air boosted China-Iran flights nearly sevenfold after war began
Read More...The Times of Israel 

In The News

In fiery UN speech, Netanyahu blasts Iran, Qatar, Turkey, slams Gaza genocide accusation

PM calls genocide allegation ‘lie of the century,’ defends IDF’s morality, underplays settler violence; many envoys walk out before he starts; he doesn’t mention Saudis or Abraham Accords
Read More...The Times of Israel