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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona, 2015. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr.

Senate shoots down Bernie Sanders’ ‘slanderous’ anti-Israel resolution

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The U.S. Senate rejected a resolution threatening to block all American security aid to Israel. The resolution, forced to the floor by Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.), was voted down 72-11. The resolution rejected on Tuesday...
Gilad Shalit and his then-girlfriend attend the Fourth international Jerusalem Marathon on March 21, 2014. Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.

Former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit meets hostages’ families

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Gilad Shalit, who was held hostage for over five years by Hamas in Gaza, recently met with the families of Israelis kidnapped during the terror group's Oct. 7 massacre, Israeli media reported on Monday. Shalit,...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Bassel Mahdi is interrogated in Israel following his arrest in Gaza by Israeli forces on Dec. 20, 2023. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

Islamic Jihad commander describes training in Iran

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A Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander arrested in Gaza describes to Israeli interrogators how terror operatives were trained in Iran in video footage released by the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday. In the video, Bassel Mahdi...
Palastinan gunmen and civilians attend the funeral of terrorists killed during an Israeli military operation in Jenin, on July 5, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Over 2,600 terror attacks in Judea and Samaria since Oct. 7

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As the Israel Defense Forces battles Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the country's Judea, Samaria and Jordan Valley regions are experiencing a parallel rise in terror incidents, according to data published by Rescuers Without...
Susan Sarandon at the Hotel Excelsior in Venice, Italy in 2017. Credit: Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock.

Susan Sarandon: ‘Don’t let anyone tell you it started on Oct 7, 2023’

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On Jan. 15, many noted somberly that it was the 100th day that Hamas terrorists were holding hostages in Gaza. Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon—no stranger to antisemitic comments—had a different message in mind...
From left: Nancy Robinette, Daniel Oreskes, Richard Masur, Ari Brand and Ethan Haberfield in “Prayer for the French Republic.” Credit: Courtesy.

Catch the Holocaust before it disappears

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If you’re a Jew looking for sympathy in these sucker-punch days of hyper-antisemitism, find a way to transport yourself back to the early 1990s, a time when Holocaust memory—“Schindler’s List”; the opening of the...
Ebon Moss-Bachrach at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim, Calif. Credit: Gage Skidmore via via Wikimedia Commons.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach in ‘The Bear’ wins Emmy for Best Supporting Actor

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The performance of Ebon Moss-Bachrach as divorced father Richie in the TV series “The Bear” has so far collected the two top entertainment awards of the year. On Monday, Moss-Bachrach, who is 46 and Jewish, received an...

Siberian Exile by Julija Sukys

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By the end of the Holocaust, Lithuania suffered one of the highest percentages of Jewish deaths in all of Europe. Before the war, 168, 000 Jews lived there, of which 83 per cent were...
IDF soldiers conduct activities in the Gaza Strip, Jan. 16, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Hamas tunnels are 100s of miles longer than thought with 5,000-plus entry points

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Hamas's network of terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip is even more extensive than previously thought, The New York Times cited senior Israeli defense officials as saying on Tuesday, with new assessments indicating it has upwards...
Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi (left) and Itai Svirsky died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip. Source: Screenshot.

Two Israeli hostages confirmed dead, bodies being held by Hamas

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Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky have died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Tuesday night in Israel. Sharabi, 53, and Svirsky, 38, were both featured earlier this week...