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Former President Donald Trump, also the 2024 Republican presidential candidate, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on July 26, 2024. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Almost three-quarters of Israeli Jews say Trump better for Israel

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A majority of Israeli Jews believe that former U.S. President Donald Trump would serve the Jewish state's interest better than Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, according to a survey published on Monday. The poll, conducted by...
Religious soldiers attend their swearing-in ceremony as they join the Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion (previously called the Nahal Haredi Battalion) at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on May 26, 2012. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

IDF launches first ultra-Orthodox combat brigade

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The formation of a new ultra-Orthodox infantry brigade is advancing despite tensions surrounding the haredi military service exemption bill and ongoing demonstrations by ultra-Orthodox protesters at the Jerusalem recruitment office. The first wave of combat...
Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani. Source: Avi Kaner/X.

Report: Iran executes Jewish man for fatal stabbing

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Authorities in Iran on Monday executed a Jewish man, Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, who had been sentenced to death for murder, Iranian media reported. “The sentence of retribution was executed this morning,” said Hamidreza Karimi, the prosecutor...

Freed Israeli hostage shares photo from Gaza captivity

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"Sitting there in a Gaza tunnel, captured on camera, pleading to return home"—with these words, Agam Goldstein-Almog, a survivor of Hamas captivity, opened her poignant post shared on Sunday, nearly a year after her release. Goldstein-Almog,...
Palestinian supporters of Hamas protest against the U.S. Middle East peace plan front of the main headquarters the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza City on Feb. 20, 2020. Photo by Ali Ahmed/ Flash90.

Israel cancels agreement recognizing UNRWA

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Israel has terminated the 1967 agreement outlining the terms of its relations with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), a week after the Knesset passed legislation banning the organization's operations in the...
Janet Yellen, then chair of the Federal Reserve, testifies before the House Financial Services Committee, Nov. 4, 2015. Credit: Federal Reserve.

Biden administration calls for one-year Israeli extension of Palestinian banking agreement

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The Biden administration warned on Thursday that Israel’s decision to extend a waiver, allowing Israeli and Palestinian banks to transact business for only one more month, has created a “looming crisis” that might threaten...
Former President Bill Clinton discusses the relief efforts with Col. Buck Elton, Commander, Special Operations Command South Forward-Haiti, Port au Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 18, 2010. Credit: Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock/U.S. Air Force Photo.

Stumping for Harris, Bill Clinton notes Jews were in Holy Land prior to advent...

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Campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris at Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church in Muskegon Heights, Mich., on Wednesday night, former President Bill Clinton discussed Israel extensively at the end of his nearly 45-minute remarks. “I...
Israeli singer Aviv Geffen performing at the Jerusalem Theater, June 3, 2012. Photo: Uri Lenz/Flash90.

Police detain Israeli rock star for waving hostage sign at Hollywood concert

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Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen was escorted out of a David Gilmour concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday by Los Angeles police, after failing to heed a request to take down a sign...

Jewish man with Star of David cap kicked out of Oakland cafe

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A Jewish resident of Oakland, Calif., and his 5-year-old son were aggressively confronted by the owner of a local cafe on Oct. 26 and asked to leave the establishment. The incident was caught on video. Jonathan Hirsch...
A banner depicting Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is placed next to a ballistic missile in Baharestan Square in Tehran, Sept. 26, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images.

Iran’s Khamenei orders third direct attack on Israel, says report

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Iran's supreme leader has instructed the country's Supreme National Security Council to prepare for another assault on Israel, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The report, which cited three Iranian officials, said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made...