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A map showing locations of Hezbollah and proxy positions in southern Syria. Credit: Alma Research and Education Center.

Reports name previously unknown senior Quds Force officer ejected by Assad

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Recent reports have named a previously unknown senior officer working in Syria on behalf of the Iranian Quds Force, Israel’s Kan news reported on Thursday. The report, citing an Arabic report by the United States-based Alhura Arabic-language media report,...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Nov. 9, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israel holds national drill to prepare for lethal ‘Omega’ COVID-19 variant

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Israel began a national drill on Thursday to test the country’s preparedness for the outbreak of a new, more lethal variant of the COVID-19 virus. The exercise, which is being conducted from a situation room...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with members of the congressional delegation. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Bennett meets members of Congress, including those on trip sponsored by J Street

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Two delegations from Congress met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday, including one which is raising eyebrows because of its sponsor. According to a news release from Bennett’s...
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...
Members of the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command assist in search-and-rescue efforts in Surfside, Fla., June 2021. Credit: IDF.

US rescue forces working with Israelis at disaster site in Surfside, Fla., visit Israel

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Rescue forces from the United States that worked with the Israeli delegation this summer at the condominium collapse disaster site in Surfside, Fla., arrived in Israel for a week of shared learning, the Israel Defense Forces announced on...
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...
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2021. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

US, Israel remain at loggerheads over consulate to Palestinians in downtown Jerusalem

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Israel and the United States remain at an impasse about American plans to reopen the U.S. consulate on Agron Road in downtown Jerusalem that was closed under former President Donald Trump. The Biden administration and...
An artist depiction of the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial to be located in Ostarrichi Park in the center of Vienna. Credit: Shoah Wall of Names.

On 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Austria dedicates new memorial to murdered Jews

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On the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht and in a clear gesture that it is finally taking public responsibility for its past, the government of Austria unveiled the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial, its first...
Eve Kugler exploring her childhood home at Reilstraße 18 in Halle, Germany. Credit: Courtesy.

A Holocaust survivor’s visit to her childhood home transports her to the past

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Standing in the foyer of her childhood home at Reilstraße 18 in Halle, Germany, nonagenarian Eve Kugler recalled fleeing her hometown soon after Kristallnacht when she was a young girl. Now, 83 years later,...
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Source: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield via Twitter.

US ambassador to UN to visit Israel, see Iron Dome and Hamas tunnels

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield plans to travel to Israel next week with her Israeli counterpart, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan. She is scheduled to meet with Israeli President...