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Felice Gaer, ‘legendary’ human-rights activist, 78

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Felice Gaer Baran, a leading advocate of global human rights for decades, died on Nov. 9 after a battle with cancer. She was 78 years old. Her career was marked by a history of opposing dictatorships and...
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The Tikvah Forum for Families of Hostages held prayers at Rachel's Tomb just outside Bethlehem on Tuesday for the safe and speedy return of their children from the Gaza Strip. The Bnei Rachel Yeshiva hosted the event, which was attended by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Kalman Ber and Knesset member Yitzhak Wasserlauf of the Otzma Yehudit Party. Among the family members attending the event was Tzvika Mor, whose son Eitan, then aged 23, was kidnapped to Gaza while working as a guard at the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023. Eitan saved hundreds of people from the festival before he was taken hostage. He has been held for more than 400 days. Mor told those gathered that God promised Rachel that her children will return to their borders. "There is no place more worthy to pray to God and ask him to return the hostages than at the place of her burial, and on the anniversary of her passing," he said. At a Knesset committee meeting on Tuesday, Mor said that a family which has a member kidnapped is "a wound that never heals." "It's all the time the worry. It's all the time the fear of that terrible knock on the door," he said. "The main question is why there is still no decision in Gaza, to bring the enemy to such a state that he realizes that he has no future," he said, expressing frustration that Israel still hasn't completely destroyed the enemy there. He said that pursuing a deal with Hamas for the release of the remaining hostages was a mistake. "When we pursue a deal, a deal flees from us," Mor said. Kobi Samerano, whose son Jonathan, 21, was kidnapped and murdered in Gaza, recited Kaddish, the mourners’ prayer. Samerano said it was his first visit to Rachel's Tomb. The names of the remaining hostages were read aloud. Organizing the event along with the Tikvah Forum were the Kissufim and Ayelet Hashachar groups.

Hostages’ families hold prayer at Rachel’s Tomb

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The Tikvah Forum for Families of Hostages held prayers at Rachel's Tomb just outside Bethlehem on Tuesday for the safe and speedy return of their children from the Gaza Strip. The Bnei Rachel Yeshiva hosted...
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U.S. President Joe Biden departs the Rose Garden after speaking about the recent presidential election at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 7, 2024. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images.

Will Biden take a parting shot at Israel?

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping election victory generated a collective sigh of relief for many, especially in Israel. After four years of destructive and misguided American foreign policy, Israelis look forward to an administration...
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Adam Davis at the match between the Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax soccer teams in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Nov. 7, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Sorry, sir, we are unable to help you right now’

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Before I left for this trip to see Maccabi Tel Aviv play in Amsterdam—the month before I will be starting my service in the Israel Defense Forces—I couldn’t have imagined that it would make...
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Gideon Sa'ar speaks at his inauguration as foreign minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, Nov. 10, 2024. Credit: MFA.

Israel denies Erdoğan claim of end to diplomatic relations

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Israel's Foreign Ministry denied a change in its diplomatic relationship with Turkey on Wednesday, just hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that he had cut all ties with Jerusalem. The ministry "is not...
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The Tel Aviv skyline as seen from western Samaria, June 17, 2020. Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images.

Rocket found near Tel Aviv airport contained rare powerful explosives

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Palestinian terrorists in western Samaria for the first time tried to fire a rocket with powerful explosives at Israel's heavily populated central region. The terrorist rocket, whose warhead contained high explosives with the potential to...
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Russian-Israeli captive Alexander “Sasha” Trufanov seen in an undated video released by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Source: Screenshot/X.

Islamic Jihad releases video of Russian-Israeli hostage

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Palestinian Islamic Jihad released a proof-of-life video on Wednesday of Russian-Israeli hostage Alexander ("Sasha") Troufanov, who was abducted from his family home during the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023,...
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Fox anchor Pete Hegseth on Aug. 9, 2019 in New York City. Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images.

Trump taps Pete Hegseth for defense secretary

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U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has nominated Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as the nation's next defense secretary, his transition team announced on Tuesday. "Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior...
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Rabbi Meir Villegas Henriquez at his synagogue in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on Nov. 12, 2024. Photo courtesy of Villegas Henriquez.

Following pogrom, Dutch rabbi calls on Jews to make aliyah

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An Orthodox rabbi from the Netherlands has called on the country’s Jews to immigrate to Israel following mass antisemitic assaults in Amsterdam, accusing Dutch authorities of failure to address the root causes of the...
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