Daily Archives: August 1, 2024
Avoiding death penalty, 9/11 mastermind agrees to plea deal
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and two fellow plotters have entered into a plea agreement with the government, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Wednesday.
The plea terms...
After 48-hour lull, Hezbollah rockets rain down on northern Israel
The Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization based in Lebanon resumed its rocket attacks on northern Israel on Thursday night, firing a large volley at civilian communities in the Jewish state’s Western Galilee.
The assault ended a...
Lawmakers investigating antisemitism at UC-San Francisco medical centers
Three legislative leaders have contacted Sam Hawgood—chancellor for the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)—insisting that the school take action in combating hatred of Jews on campus.
House Energy and Commerce Committee chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers...
Israel ready for defense, ‘immediate’ offense against looming Iranian attack
As the Jewish state awaits Iran’s response to this week’s targeted killings of Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist leaders, the Israel Defense Forces is on high alert “both on the defense and offense,” Rear Adm....
Israeli travelers warned of Iranian terror threats
Israel’s National Security Council, which is part of the Prime Minister’s Office, on Thursday warned citizens traveling abroad to remain vigilant and avoid showing “Israeli and Jewish symbols” in public.
“In light of recent events,...
Reddit has taken ‘several important steps’ to curb Jew-hatred, ADL says
The social network Reddit, which posted $243 million in revenue in its first report since going public in March, has agreed to take “several important steps” to combat antisemitism on its platform, the Anti-Defamation League said...
‘NYT’: Iran ‘embarrassed’ Haniyeh killed by bomb planted months earlier, detonated remotely
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a remote-controlled explosive device that was planted some two months earlier in the guesthouse where he was accustomed to stay when in Tehran, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
The Lebanese Al-Mayadeen network,...
‘I’ve seen the world and never stop being amazed,’ outgoing Israeli envoy in Ghana...
Accra, GHANA—Shlomit Sufa talks shop about movies, politics and religion for nearly an hour with JNS in her office at the Israeli embassy, anonymously housed inside a near-empty glass high-rise in central Accra, before...
‘Pray for safe, swift return’ of hostages, 300 days in captivity, Gottheimer says
As the hostages spend their 300th day in Gaza, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) stated that he won’t stop fighting until every hostage returns home.
“Today, we pray for the safe and swift return of the...
The great escape
Pushed into a train car by the SS after getting separated from his parents during the Nazi liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, the skinny Jewish teenager noticed a small unsecured window high up and...