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Ben-Gurion Airport operating normally following Iranian attack
Israel’s main international airport was up and running Wednesday after briefly being closed Tuesday night during a massive Iranian missile attack as airlines scrambled to divert flights throughout the region.
The speedy reopening of Ben-Gurion...
Biden opposes Israeli strike on Iran nuclear sites
U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters on Wednesday that he opposes an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Speaking on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland ahead of a trip to states affected...
Israel declares Guterres persona non grata on Rosh Hashanah eve
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, persona non grata in the Jewish state on Wednesday morning, hours before Rosh Hashanah begins.
“Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on...
‘There is no king without a people’: The mystic secret of Rosh Hashanah
Nowhere in the Five Books of Moses is the holiday of Rosh Hashanah referred to with this name by which it is commonly known today. The term “Rosh Hashanah” originated in the Talmudic period,...
Facing Iran and Its Proxies in the 11th Hour: Law-Based Options For Israel
The imperatives are plain. Whatever the trajectory of wars in the region, Israel has a law-based obligation to keep Iran non-nuclear. Immediately and incrementally, therefore, Jerusalem will need to ensure “escalation dominance” during periods of...
Israeli PM on New Year’s eve: ‘Days of historic achievements’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during Monday’s Cabinet meeting that Israel was witnessing “days of historic achievements.”
Israel has scored a series of military successes in recent week’s against Hezbollah in Lebanon, starting with...
US naval destroyers helped shoot down Iranian missiles, Sullivan says
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the U.S. military assisted Israel in shooting down ballistic missiles during Iran’s attack on the Jewish state on Tuesday.
Speaking at the White House press briefing, Sullivan...
State Department denies receiving forewarning of Iranian attack on Israel
The U.S. State Department denied on Tuesday that it received forewarning from Iran about the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier that day.
Reuters reported after the attack that a “senior Iranian official” said...
Iran fires 180-plus ballistic missiles at Israel
Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel, forcing the entire civilian population of the Jewish state to be ordered into bomb shelters, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday night.
The Islamic Republic...
Six killed in Jaffa terror shooting
Six people were killed in a terrorist shooting attack on Jerusalem Boulevard in Tel Aviv-Jaffa on Tuesday night, according to the Israel Police and Magen David Adom emergency response service.
Earlier, Hebrew media reported that...