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Tel Aviv court finds insufficient evidence to prosecute Eli Feldstein for intending to harm...
Tel Aviv District Court Judge Ala Masarwa ruled on Tuesday that there is insufficient evidence to charge Eli Feldstein, the chief suspect in the alleged leak of classified documents concerning Hamas hostages in Gaza, with...
Earliest known Chinese inscription discovered in Jerusalem
The earliest known Chinese inscription in Israel from about 500 years ago has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday.
The rare 16th century CE Chinese inscription, unearthed in a dig...
Syria: Israeli strike kills Hezbollah rep to Assad’s army
An Israeli strike in Syria killed Salman Nemer Jamaa, Iranian-backed Hezbollah's terrorist representative to the Syrian military, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed in a statement on Tuesday night.
"As part of his role, Jamaa was...
IAF hits Hezbollah after terror group fires mortars at Mount Dov
The Israeli Air Force struck Hezbollah terrorist assets across Lebanon on Monday night in response to the Iranian proxy's firing of two mortar shells across the border hours earlier in violation of the Nov....
Hamas leadership welcomed by multiple countries, including Malaysia
Various countries—including Turkey, Iran and Russia—have welcomed Hamas members in recent weeks after the terror group's leadership was asked to leave Qatar, Israel's Kan News reported on Monday night.
Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, once the deputy of now-slain...
Should your child with special needs go to Israel for the year?
I remember the first time a student with special needs told me she wanted to study in Israel after high school. It was 24 years ago, and I was running a program for teens...
A 60-day ceasefire
Let’s be clear about why Israel signed onto this ceasefire. There are three reasons:
1. Joe Biden has been slow-walking aid to Israel. That slow-walking has gotten Israeli troops killed. The ceasefire is designed to...
Israeli DM tells IDF to suspend anti-government activist’s reserve duty
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has instructed the Israel Defense Forces to rescind leading anti-government activist Sgt. Maj. (res.) Eyal Naveh's call-up for reserve duty, the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday.
Naveh, one of the...
State Department: US hasn’t determined if Israel violated Lebanon ceasefire
The U.S. State Department said on Monday that the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire, which went into effect last Wednesday, is thus far “successful, broadly speaking,” with no determination yet made of accusations of Israeli violations.
Despite ongoing...
‘Always looked out for the little guy,’ friends say of Omer Neutra
Michelle Rich, director of teen travel and international engagement at United Synagogue Youth, laughs as she tells JNS about a memory she has of Omer Neutra, an Israeli-American 22-year-old, whose death on Oct. 7...