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Israeli police guard while Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras Al Amud on Jan. 19, 2024. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

IDF eliminates Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy head of psychological warfare operations

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The Israel Defense Forces eliminated a senior Palestinian Islamic member who was instrumental in propagating the organization’s narrative through media, the military announced on Friday. Wael Abu-Fanounah was the deputy head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s...
Barcelona's skyline seen from atop the Basílica de la Sagrada Família, 2016. Photo by Menachem Wecker/JNS.

Barcelona mayor cancels meeting with Israeli official sans explanation

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Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, was slated to meet in Madrid with the Spanish capital’s mayor on Wednesday. The mayor ended up being sick, so she met with deputy mayor Inma Sanz. In Madrid,...
A press photographer covers an IDF exercise in northern Israel, Jan. 4, 2024. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.

Gaza photojournalists accused of Oct. 7 war crimes

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Two Gaza-based Palestinian photojournalists who infiltrated Israel during Hamas’s massacres on Oct. 7 committed war crimes, experts say. “I believe that this is clearly an incidence that would come under and be covered by both...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 9. 2024. Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

US working on grand regional bargain to end Israel-Hamas war

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An Israeli source confirmed Thursday that the Biden administration was currently working on a regional grand bargain that comprises several tenets aimed at long-term stability as part of a post-war reality. Apart from ending the...
A man lights candles inside Jaffa's St. Peter's Russian Orthodox Church as Israel's Orthodox Christian communities celebrate Christmas, Jan. 7, 2024. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS.

Palestinian attack on Christian holy site raises concern

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A Palestinian mob caused extensive damage to a Christian holy site in Nablus (Shechem) known as Jacob’s Well on Sunday night. Christian sources said that Palestinians from the Balata refugee camp on the outskirts of...
The Koby Mandell Foundation stages a 'Comedy for Koby' performance in Israel, Jan. 17, 2024. Photo by Tamar Lustman.

Bringing laughter to the war zone

Graphic designer Kim Glassman’s first reaction when she heard of the Koby Mandell Foundation's plan to stage Comedy for Koby performances all over Israel during the war was, “What? Who do you think you...
Israelis attend a rally at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, outside of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, calling for the release of captives held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Jan. 14, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

‘Hostage Square’: Epicenter of the movement to #BringThemHomeNow

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“I'm fasting. Ask me why,” reads a sign on a chair at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv. “In Judaism, fasting allows us to correct wrongdoing. I am very fearful for those who are currently in...
An extremely rare silver coin dated to the Persian period (6th–5th centuries BCE) is unearthed in the Judean Hills, Jan. 17, 2024. Photo by Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Unearthed: 2,500-year-old silver coin from Kingdom of Judah

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An extremely rare silver coin dated to the Persian period (6th–5th centuries BCE) was recently discovered during an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the Judean Hills, providing evidence for the earliest known use of coins...
The Israeli national ice hockey team. Source: X.

World hockey body reverses Israeli ban for upcoming tournament

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The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) on Wednesday rescinded its decision made last week to ban Israeli athletes from competing in an upcoming tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, due to alleged safety concerns. "Following recent exchanges and extensive...
An aerial view of the main campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus. Credit: J. Jessee via Wikimedia Commons.

Ohio State, Temple U, others under Title VI investigation

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced on Tuesday that it is investigating alleged Title VI violations of four schools and a district. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis, Minn.), Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pa.), The...