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Illegal weapons seized by the Israel Police, Nov. 8, 2021. Credit: Israel Police.

Israel Police arrest 65, taking down extensive gun-running network

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A two-year undercover operation has resulted in the arrest of some of the most high-profile gun smugglers and illegal weapons dealers in Israel, police announced on Tuesday. Sixty-five suspects were arrested in raids on 25...
Estonian Ambassador to the United Nations Sven Jürgenson, who served as president of the U.N. Security Council for the month of May 2020. Credit: United Nations via Wikimedia Commons.

Five European countries ‘concerned’ by Israeli listing of Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups

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Five European countries expressed “serious concern” on Monday at Israel’s recent designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations, and said that they will be requesting clarification on the matter, AP reported. Following a closed United Nations Security Council...
From left to right: Hadar Goldin, Oron Shaul, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed. The bodies of IDF soldiers Goldin and Shaul, and live Israeli civilians Mengistu and al-Sayed, are being held by Hamas in Gaza. Credit: Montage of courtesy photos by JCPA.

Hamas: If Israel doesn’t meet our demands, its captives won’t see the light of...

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Deputy Hamas chief in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya told Al-Jazeera on Monday that if Israel doesn’t pay the price of an alleged prisoner-exchange deal in the making, “its captives won’t see the light of day.” Al-Hayya’s interview with...
David Saranga, Israel's ambassador to Romania, with boxes of oxygen concentrators donated by the embassy along with AFI Europe Romania and Elbit Systems Israel. Photo courtesy of the Israeli Embassy in Bucharest.

Israel sends COVID-19 assistance to hard-hit Romania

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The fourth wave of COVID-19 has hit Romania hard. The country is confronting its worst wave of infections since the pandemic started nearly two years ago, with 500 deaths a day and over 10,000...
U.S. President Joe Biden greets Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Khadimi in the Oval Office of the White House, July 26, 2021. Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

Report: Iran-backed militia conducted assassination attempt on Iraqi premier

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An Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia in Iraq was behind Sunday’s assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Khadimi, according to Iraqi security forces cited in a report by Reuters on Monday. The report said that the drones and...
An Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777F. Credit: Adrian Pingstone/Wikipedia.

Emirates Airline to launch daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv

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Emirates Airline has announced plans for daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv starting on Dec. 6. “Emirates is excited to announce Tel Aviv, one of the region’s key gateways, as its newest destination. With...
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...
A store damaged during Kristallnacht. Photo: German Federal Archives via Wikimedia Commons

Kristallnacht: When America Failed the Jews

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On November 11, 1938, a front-page story appeared in The New York Times. It read: “A wave of destruction, looting, and incendiarism unparalleled in Germany since the Thirty Years War and in Europe generally since the Bolshevist Revolution...
Photo: Yair Aronshtam from Israel, via Wikimedia Commons

The Hanukkah story that Jews need to learn

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Many of us know the themes of the Hanukkah story: pride in being Jewish; the few against the many; the defeat of our enemy; and the rededication of the Jewish Temple. Or perhaps some...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with Ra’am Party head Mansour Abbas during a plenum session and a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem on Nov. 3, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Bennett’s diplomatic tsunami

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Naftali Bennett’s government’s diplomatic policies came into full view in recent weeks, and were put to the test at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow last week. The results are unmistakable. Under Bennett’s government,...