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US-Israel trade dispute threatens to cripple Iron Dome
While the need for the Iron Dome has rocketed since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, a pair of U.S. federal government agencies are threatening to put a key manufacturer of parts for the missile-defense system...
Victim of Hezbollah missile attack named
The name of the civilian killed by Tuesday’s Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack on the border kibbutz of Adamit was released for publication on Wednesday.
Elad Fingerhut, a 38-year-old father of three from Matzuva, a kibbutz located...
Thousands march for Gaza resettlement amid Hamas rocket fire
Israeli Cabinet ministers and lawmakers called for the reestablishment of a civilian Jewish presence in the Gaza Strip, speaking at an Independence Day march attended by tens of thousands in the border town of Sderot on...
Jordan thwarts Iranian plan to smuggle weapons into kingdom
Amman thwarted a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into Jordan to carry out acts of sabotage and undermine the ruling Hashemite dynasty, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
The arms were...
Israel celebrates 76th Independence Day in shadow of Hamas war
Israel ushered in its 76th Independence Day on Monday night with muted celebrations amid the war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
The traditional torch-lighting ceremony marked the start of Independence Day and the...
Hitler admirer who crashed truck into White House pleads guilty
Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, of Missouri, who attempted to drive a U-Haul truck into the White House, has entered a guilty plea that could get him up to 10 years imprisonment, though prosecutors have suggested eight....
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee ‘caved’ to anti-Israel protesters, say congressman, Jewish orgs
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee reached a deal on Sunday with anti-Israel protesters two weeks after the latter set up tents on campus “in defiance of a state rule banning camping on campus property,” the Milwaukee...
Jewish protesters removed from Johannesburg anti-Israel conference
South African police forcefully removed a group of Jewish protesters from outside the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Friday.
The “Global Anti-Apartheid Conference for Palestine” was taking place inside, attended, by invitation only, by...
Gallant: Smotrich endangering Israel by delaying purchase of fighter jets
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the weekend accused Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of endangering the Jewish state’s security by temporarily freezing the purchase of two fighter squadrons.
“If we do not finalize the process of purchasing...
Jewish population of Greater New York reaches 1.4 million
Almost 1.4 million people in the Greater New York Area identified as Jewish in 2023, according to a study by UJA-Federation of New York.
The Jewish Community Study of New York 2023 covers the five...