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Former Israeli judoka Yael Arad (right) poses with Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev outside the 43rd memorial service for the 1972 Munich Massacre in Tel Aviv on Sept. 9, 2015. Photo by Flash90.

Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist to head Israeli Olympic Committee

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Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist is breaking new ground once again, with her appointment as the first woman to ever head the country’s Olympic Committee. Yael Arad took silver in judo at the 1992 Olympic Games in...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks during the unveiling of a new factory belonging to the Rafael defense company in Shlomi, in northern Israel, on Nov. 9, 2021. Credit: Ariel Hermoni/Israel Ministry of Defense.

Gantz: Israel’s military superiority not to be imperiled by enemy forces

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Israel will not allow Hezbollah to obtain weapons that will harm Israeli military superiority or allow such weapons to reach other Iranian proxies in the arena, vowed Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz during a...
Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Harold Escalona/Shutterstock.

Saudi media: Assad behind expulsion of Iranian military leader from Syria

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Syrian President Bashar Assad was involved in the ejection of Iranian Quds Force Commander Jawad Ghafari, wrote Saudi publications Al Arabiya and Al Hadath on Wednesday. According to reports, Assad asked the Iranian regime to withdraw Ghafari due to...

Israeli defense minister: Iran weak domestically, ‘without real bargaining chips’

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Iran’s precarious domestic situation offers an opportunity for the international community to pressure the regime in negotiations over its nuclear program, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday. Speaking at a meeting of the...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Credit: Carrington Tatum/Shutterstock.

Texas governor names five appointees to new Holocaust, genocide and anti-Semitism commission

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed five people to the state’s new Holocaust, Genocide and Anti-Semitism Advisory Commission. The commission, which was created in September, “shall conduct a study on anti-Semitism in the state, provide...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Dec. 19, 2021. Photo by Emil Salman/POOL.

Bennett speaks with Texas governor, rabbi in aftermath of hostage crisis

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbot on Sunday to express his gratitude following the safe conclusion of the synagogue hostage crisis in Colleyville. Bennett thanked Abbot for the “determined and professional action...
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett (center), Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) and Justice Minister Gideon Saar in the Knesset assembly hall, Jan. 17, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Lapid meets with PA civil affairs minister

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh met on Sunday evening, according to the P.A. official. The two discussed “political and bilateral issues,” al-Sheikh tweeted. “I highlighted the need for a...
Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai at the Knesset, Nov. 15, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

‘Israel, Diaspora must join forces in battle against anti-Semitism’

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Israel has a “moral obligation” to assist Diaspora communities faced with rising anti-Semitism both online and in the public sphere, according to Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai. The minister presented a report prepared by...

Political incorrections on International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Holocaust

Let me leave out protocol issues, and hand you a number of politically incorrect thoughts. Why do we highlight the figures of the so-called "Righteous Among the Nations"? They are non-Jews who, even at the cost...
Flag of Egypt. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Biden administration weighs $130 million of military aid, equipment to Egypt

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The Biden administration is set to withhold $130 million of military aid to Egypt over human-rights concerns, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing U.S. State Department officials. The report described the measure as a “rare punishment of a...