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‘Indefensible,’ Jewish leaders say of NYC comptroller opting to abort city’s Israel Bonds investments

The reversal “sends an unfortunate signal at a time of rising antisemitism and sustained efforts to isolate Israel economically,” Evan R. Bernstein, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
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German court sentences two for plotting to kill leader of German Jewish community for Iran

A Hamburg court ruled that Iranian intelligence recruited a man to carry out state-sponsored terrorism in Germany, sentencing him to eight and a half years in prison.
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Online antisemitism hits record high three years after October 7, study finds

No social network has dipped back to pre-Oct. 7 hate level, Australian Online Hate Prevention Institute says, adding the data refutes claim that legitimate criticism of Israel is mislabeled as Jew-hatred
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Iran warned Hezbollah to prepare for war as it expects US strikes soon, diplomats tell ‘Post’

According to the sources, Iran's message to Hezbollah was: "We estimate that an American attack is a matter of time - you should also be prepared."
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‘Sa’ir Brigades’: Israel Police bust suspected Palestinian terror cell in Judea and Samaria

Five suspects, aged 15, were arrested in a joint operation with the IDF and Shin Bet.
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Hamas payment demands prompt Gaza traders to suspend deliveries, COGAT says

Israeli body says merchants report threats and demands for NIS 10,000 per truck, raising concerns over disruptions to goods and drinking water supplies

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NY man who said put ‘all Jews in gas chamber’ charged with threatening FBI agents who investigated him

Dylan Daniell is also accused of calling a Jewish Lakewood, N.J., charity and saying that he “would like to kill Benjamin Netanyahu and all the Jews.”
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IDF establishing new corps for countering low-altitude drones amid growing UAV threat

For more than a decade, the IDF has been trying to address the threat posed by drones operating in the airspace close to the ground, using a variety of methods.
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Houthis building new longer-range missiles with Chinese-imported parts – report

WSJ cites arms-tracking group’s assessment of Yemeni rebels’ efforts to make a variant of Iran’s Kheibar Shekan ballistic missiles, which could have a 1,900-km range
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Colombia becomes 10th country with embassy in Jerusalem

Israel’s foreign minister called it a historic day for ties between the two countries and an important day for the capital.
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Greek minister dismisses anti-Israel protests as ‘antisemitic propaganda’

A senior Greek government minister on Monday voiced strong support for burgeoning ties with Israel amid a strengthening regional alliance, dismissing as “antisemitic propaganda” claims by anti-Israel activists and saying they have little impact on the government or Greek society at large.

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Palestinian terror suspect caught filming Bnei Brak light rail

The Israel Police said on Tuesday that it had arrested a Palestinian suspected of past involvement in terror attacks who was in Israel illegally, posed as a citizen and filmed inside a light-rail station.

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Student killed in blast near Lebanon border ID’d as 9th grader Elazar Yair Wilensky

A high schooler killed in a Monday explosion of Hezbollah ordnance during a school trip near the Lebanon border was named as 9th grader Elazar Yair Wilensky.

Read more: The Times of Israel

US, UK among 29 countries condemning Iranian hybrid attacks, state-sponsored violence in West

The foreign ministers of 29 countries, led by the UK, released a joint statement on Monday condemning Iranian hybrid attacks and state-sponsored violence outside of its own borders, including arson, cyberattacks, and sabotage plots.

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Iran fortifies nuclear sites, rebuilds missile arsenal as it prepares for the next war

Satellite images show that Iran is fortifying various locations as it may be preparing for renewed war, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Security footage shows deadly Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport over weekend

Muslim pilgrims wrapped in white garments queued for a document check at Riyadh’s international airport when a powerful explosion brought chunks of the ceiling down on their heads, security footage released on Monday by Saudi authorities showed.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Iran spread anti-Israel, US disinformation to global media through fake journalists, OpenAI says

Iran used artificial intelligence to generate social media comments, create at least seven fake journalist personas, and pitch long-form articles to global media outlets as part of a covert influence operation, OpenAI confirmed in an announcement released on Thursday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

Two-state solution a ‘trap we set for Israel,’ Lebanon-based Fatah official brags

“We know the trap we have set for Israel by demanding a two-state solution,” Basel Abu Shahab, secretary of the Fatah movement in the Burj al-Shemali refugee camp in Lebanon, told Palestine TV, adding that Israel “has reason to fear us.”

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

Co-pilot terrorist on flydubai flight plotted to crash plane into Ben-Gurion Airport

The Omani co-pilot who attempted to crash flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Sept. 30 initially planned to fly the plane into the passenger terminal at Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport, aiming to kill as many people as possible, Emirati Attorney-General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi was cited as saying on Friday by the country’s...

One killed, several wounded in Galilee Panhandle explosion

One person was killed and nearly 20 wounded in an explosion near Kibbutz Neot Mordechai in Israel’s Galilee Panhandle on Monday afternoon, according to Israeli officials and medical responders.

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