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After the dedication of the street in honor of Sylvia Raphael: Journalist David Kaplan (left) and Rosh Ha'ayin Mayor Shalom Ben Moshe (center), Jan. 22, 2024. Photo: Courtesy of David Kaplan.

Sylvia Raphael, former top Mossad agent, honored in Rosh Ha’ayin

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On Jan. 22, 2024, old friends, representatives of Israel's South African community and former colleagues gathered in Rosh Ha’ayin for the unveiling of a lane named in honor of former Mossad agent Sylvia Raphael. Unveiling...
Lee Wielansky at the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2024. Photo by Bill Motchan.

‘I got hot for nine holes,’ says pro-am champ of Amex golf tourney

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Lee Wielansky had an especially good vantage point to watch the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21. He competed in the PGA Tour event. Wielansky is a Jewish recreational golfer...
Israeli flag. Credit: Anna Aybetova/Shutterstock.

A hollow Holocaust Remembrance Day

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It’s an important date on the international community’s calendar. Every year, the United Nations and many other institutions and organizations hold ceremonies on Jan. 27 commemorating the Holocaust. It’s long been clear that much...
Israeli soldiers in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 27, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Hamas command center found under cemetery Israel accused of desecrating

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Israeli soldiers discovered an underground tunnel running beneath a cemetery in Khan Yunis, the Israel Defense Forces said on Monday. The tunnel was located directly below the Bani Suheila cemetery by troops from the IDF’s...
Families prepared to live in the Gaza Strip take the stage at the "Settlement Brings Security" conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, Jan. 28, 2024. Photo by David Isaac.

Settlement mega-event calls for Jewish return to Gaza

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In an exuberant display of support for re-establishing Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip, 5,000 activists filled three large halls to overflowing at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on Sunday night. A kind of...
Gideon Sa'ar, head of the New Hope Party, speaks at a conference in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Sa’ar to start work on bringing Iran before ICJ on genocide charges

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Israeli Cabinet minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Sunday that he will begin work to bring Iran before the International Court of Justice on genocide charges. After speaking with Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, Sa’ar...
Israeli reserve soldiers help farmers pick oranges in Moshav Beit Hillel, not far from the Israeli border with Lebanon, Nov. 10, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

‘Israel has to be much more food self-sufficient,’ expert warns

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Since 1948, when the fledgling State of Israel celebrated its independence and began exporting and importing goods from other countries, it has become reliant on global trade. Now, as the Jewish state and it faces...
Iris Haim. Photo by Eric Sultan.

Mother of Gaza hostage killed by ‘friendly fire’ opens up

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Iris Haim touched the heart of the nation when she said she was not angry at the Israel Defense Forces "for even a minute" after soldiers accidentally killed her son, Yotam Haim, along with other...
Israeli soldiers operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip in Dec. 28, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Under US pressure, Israel to allow UN delegation to visit north Gaza

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A United Nations delegation is set to visit the northern Gaza Strip, after Israel's War Cabinet on Thursday approved a U.S. demand to survey the situation there in preparation for the return of residents...
An Israeli flag draped over a sign in Tehran that reads: "Thank you, Mossad." Source: Twitter.

Iran executes four on charges of spying for Israel’s Mossad

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Iran executed four men on Monday who were convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad, according to Agence France-Presse, citing the Iranian judiciary's online portal. “The death sentence of four members of a group affiliated with the...