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Cooper Union president resigns, having cited ‘new challenges’ last year
Laura Sparks, president of Cooper Union in New York City, announced on July 17 that she would step down In August, but the news only began to spread widely on Thursday.
“Cooper Union president Laura...
Anti-Israel activists increasingly find voice in labor unions, per report
An analysis from Jewish Insider explores how labor unions have gradually shifted to oppose the Jewish state in recent years, with the transformation most manifesting in responses to Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the...
Likud reaches 30 seats for first time since Oct. 7, per ‘Channel 14’ poll
If Israeli elections were held today, Likud would secure 30 seats—a quarter of the Knesset—with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu maintaining a lead with a 46% public approval rate, compared to 27% each for...
Canadian union leader defies calls to resign after being accused of ‘pattern’ of Jew-hatred,...
About 50 people gathered outside the offices of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the country’s largest public-sector union, north of Toronto on Tuesday afternoon to call for the resignation of Fred Hahn as...
In Holocaust restitution agreement, Pennsylvania museum will auction Renaissance painting
A balding man with a long white beard and large mustache sits with his hands clasped and the bejeweled Order of the Golden Fleece insignia—a sheep associated with Jason and Argonauts—around his neck.
The c....
Iran’s war against Israel from the West Bank
The armed wing of the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced on Aug. 26 that five of its members had been “martyred while performing their combat duty in the West Bank.”
One of the gunmen, Yazan Daraghmeh,...
The Palestinian Authority Doesn’t See, Hear, or Speak About Terrorists
An Israeli drone strike on Monday eliminated five terrorists, a terror operations room, and a warehouse full of explosives near the Palestinian Authority city of Tulkarm.
Or: Israel shelled a “refugee camp,” slaughtering “five civilians,...
UN Security Council extends Israel-Lebanon border peacekeeping mission
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend the mandate of UNIFIL, its peacekeeping mission along the Israel-Lebanon border, for another year.
The short resolution reaffirms the council’s commitment to Resolution 1701, a...
Navy commander says officers wanted strong strikes against Houthis; superiors refused
A military leader who served on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in conflicts against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen stated that high command rejected requests for heavier attacks against the terrorists.
“There are definite strategies that...
IDF recovers from Gaza body of soldier slain on Oct. 7
The Israel Defense Forces recovered the body of a soldier in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday who was killed fighting Hamas operatives during the terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, the military...