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Daily Archives: January 14, 2025

Steffen Seibert, Germany’s ambassador to Israel, presents the Federal Order of Merit to Berlin-born Holocaust survivor George Shefi, 93, in Israel on Jan. 12, 2025. Credit: International March of the Living.

Holocaust survivor, 93, who fled Berlin at 7 gets German Order of Merit

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A now 93-year-old Holocaust survivor who was shuttled out of Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom when he was a boy, just before the outbreak of World War II and without his family, was...
Speaker announcement to meeting attendees. Credit: Florian Pircher/Pixabay.

B’nai B’rith International elects new president

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B’nai B’rith International concluded its Triennial meeting on Jan. 10 with the election of Robert Spitzer as the organization’s new president. Spitzer, who previously served as senior vice president and chairman of the B’nai B’rith strategic planning...
Palestinian children during the opening of the British International School in cooperation with the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Khan Yunis on Sept. 7, 2024. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Educational changes are key to a peaceful future in the Middle East

The Middle East remains in turmoil, lurching from one crisis to the next. Israel is fighting a war on seven fronts, primarily against irregular forces under the control of Iran, and against the well-financed, international...
People walking next to pictures of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Jerusalem, Jan. 13, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Hamas signals acceptance of draft ceasefire agreement

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Hamas has accepted in principle a draft ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip that includes the release of dozens of hostages, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, citing two officials involved in the negotiations. An Israeli official confirmed to...
Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, Head of Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), arrives to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Israel for a hearing on the entering of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, July 21, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Anti-Israel group asks Italy to arrest Israeli general

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An anti-Israeli organization that has initiated several war crimes allegations against Israelis abroad demanded on Monday that Italy arrest a visiting Israeli general. The Hind Rajab Foundation, recently established by the Lebanese-Belgian anti-Israel activist Dyab...
Palestinian Authority security personnel at the funeral of Ibrahim Jumaa, a member of the P.A. Preventive Security Service, in Nablus, Samaria on Dec. 27, 2024. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Blinken to unveil plan for installing PA in Gaza

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U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken is set to unveil a plan for rebuilding and governing Gaza that involves the Palestinian Authority and several Arab countries, Axios reported on Tuesday. Blinken plans to announce it in a...
A demonstrator holds a sign calling upon US President-elect Donald Trump to intervene during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since October 2023, outside the Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on Jan. 11, 2025, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images.

Trump says Gaza hostage deal almost finalized

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas are near completion, and cautioned that failure to finalize the agreement could lead to unprecedented challenges. "We are very close to...
People take cover as siren warns of incoming missile fired from Yemen, near Rehovot, Dec. 30, 2024. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Overnight missile launch from Yemen triggers sirens across central Israel

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A ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Houthi militia triggered sirens across central Israel in the early hours of Tuesday morning, in the second such attack in a span of hours. The Israel Defense Forces...
President-elect Donald Trump visits the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025. Credit: Trump transition team.

Trump’s Israel agenda: immediate critical decisions await

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As Donald Trump prepares to reclaim the White House in seven days, an extensive portfolio of international and domestic challenges awaits—with Israel's security concerns commanding significant attention. Unlike his first term, Trump enters office on Jan....