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‘Sorry, sir, we are unable to help you right now’
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...
Israel denies Erdoğan claim of end to diplomatic relations
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...
Rocket found near Tel Aviv airport contained rare powerful explosives
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...
Islamic Jihad releases video of Russian-Israeli hostage
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,...
Trump taps Pete Hegseth for defense secretary
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...
Following pogrom, Dutch rabbi calls on Jews to make aliyah
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...
December 8 Set for Ben-Gurion Day in the USA Observances
More than 120 organizational partners across the country will join Americans for Ben-Gurion University (A4BGU) for its third annual “Ben-Gurion Day in the USA” on December 8. This year’s event offers a special message...
Israeli president meets Biden at White House
Israeli President Isaac Herzog welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden at the Oval Office in the White House on Tuesday morning.
The White House stated that the meeting, which was open to a "spray," in which...
The echo of broken glass from Amsterdam
I am horrified and outraged by the antisemitic attacks against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam.
The events in Amsterdam last week mark a dark moment for European Jewry and demand our immediate attention. Jews were...
Netanyahu point man Ron Dermer meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida estate on Sunday, Axios reported on Monday, citing two Israeli and two American officials.
The former said that Dermer conveyed messages to Trump from...