Israeli military says it recovered another slain hostage from Gaza

Israeli military says it recovered another slain hostage from Gaza

JERUSALEM, May 18 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Saturday that its forces operating in the Gaza Strip recovered the body of Ron Binyamin, who was among 252 people seized by Hamas-led Palesti

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Israeli airstrike eliminates Islamic Jihad officer in Rafah, Gaza

Israeli airstrike eliminates Islamic Jihad officer in Rafah, Gaza

An Israeli airstrike killed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization’s Rafah Brigade head of logistics, the IDF announced on Saturday morning. The terrorist was armed with an RP

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Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza's Jabalia and Rafah

Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza's Jabalia and Rafah

CAIRO, May 18 (Reuters) - Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war , k

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Jerusalemite of the week: HaGoren bartender Eden Caplan

Jerusalemite of the week: HaGoren bartender Eden Caplan

Anyone who walks along Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road on Thursday nights might be familiar with Eden Caplan. In a city home to many different bars catering to a wide range of clientele, Eden is the face behi

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Proud to be an Israeli: A lone soldier's aliyah success story

Proud to be an Israeli: A lone soldier's aliyah success story

Yael Berolsky is a young woman with many talents and a passion for making an impact in everything she does. Born in Buenos Aires, Berolsky grew up in a very Zionist family. The oldest of three childr

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Nick Fuentes streams LGBTQ+ porn, suggests ‘IDF Unit 8200’ hack

Nick Fuentes streams LGBTQ+ porn, suggests ‘IDF Unit 8200’ hack

Famed white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who Elon Musk recently allowed to return to X, formerly Twitter, streamed LGBT pornography on his personal account but later suggested that a pro-Israel Telegram

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Brian Blum on intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy

Brian Blum on intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy

Our niece Yona was staying with us for Shabbat. She felt fine when she arrived, but by Friday night she was coughing and asking for the Israeli equivalent of NyQuil. And I started to freak out. Ever

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Parents of Shani Louk relieved they can now bury their daughter

Parents of Shani Louk relieved they can now bury their daughter

The parents of murdered hostage Shani Louk, whose body was found yesterday by IDF soldiers in Rafah seven months after she was abducted from the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, told the New Yo

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Austria to unblock funds for UN Palestinian relief organisation

Austria to unblock funds for UN Palestinian relief organisation

Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern

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US-Saudi nuclear deal: how might it work?

US-Saudi nuclear deal: how might it work?

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

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Hard Left in Israel tried, but failed, to spoil Israel Independence Day

Hard Left in Israel tried, but failed, to spoil Israel Independence Day

The hard Left in Israel tried, but failed, to spoil Israel Independence Day this week. It held “torch dousing” instead of “torch lighting” ceremonies and slammed Israel radio and tv for broadcasting

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UK students deny Oct. 7 was terror, support abuse of pro

UK students deny Oct. 7 was terror, support abuse of pro

A total of 38% of students at Russell Group universities , a prestigious collection of 24 UK universities, stated that they believe Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel were an “understandable act of

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Yair Netanyahu ordered to post NIS 20,000 to cover reporter's legal fees

Yair Netanyahu ordered to post NIS 20,000 to cover reporter's legal fees

The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Magistrate's Court ruled on Monday that Yair Netanyahu , son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, must post a bond of NIS 20,000 for the legal expenses of a journalist of the Beh

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses cheap tactics in desperation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses cheap tactics in desperation

In an interview that aired on CNBC on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an unprecedented and shocking statement – sarcasm intended – drew a comparison between the anti-Israel protests

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Panama-flagged oil tanker reportedly attacked southwest of Yemen's Mocha

Panama-flagged oil tanker reportedly attacked southwest of Yemen's Mocha

British security firm Ambrey said on Saturday it had received information that a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker had been attacked approximately 10 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's Mokha. Ambrey

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US State Dept warns international terrorism risk to LGBT community

US State Dept warns international terrorism risk to LGBT community

The US State Department on Friday issued a worldwide caution security alert, saying it is aware of increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQ+ people and ev

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Life with rare medical disorders

Life with rare medical disorders

Our doctor called about a year ago with news that no parent ever wants to hear. “The good news is that your son doesn’t have cancer .” I looked at my eight-year-old in the car’s rear-view mirror, an

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IAF jet strikes building in Jenin, PIJ terrorist killed

IAF jet strikes building in Jenin, PIJ terrorist killed

An IAF fighter jet targeted a building in Jenin in the northern West Bank late Friday night as part of a counter-terrorism operation, the IDF reported. The IDF and the Palestinian health ministry s

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‘They’re all heroes’: AACI to honor the lives of North Americans who fou

‘They’re all heroes’: AACI to honor the lives of North Americans who fou

Tucked away amid the rolling green hills near Shaar Hagai and Highway 1 leading to Jerusalem is the Remembrance Site of the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel (AACI). Its origins date

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Israelis support Gantz over Netanyahu for next prime minister

Israelis support Gantz over Netanyahu for next prime minister

Amid the intensified IDF ground operation in Rafah and the northern Gaza Strip, continued sporadic firing at the Gaza border area, frozen hostage negotiations, the heated debate over the day after i

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Walter Bingham, the world's oldest working journalist

Walter Bingham, the world's oldest working journalist

Not long ago, Walter Bingham celebrated his 100th birthday, but as he phrases it, he has entered his 101st year of life. I first met Walter in Jerusalem when I was working at a radio station, where

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America and Iran held indirect talks in Oman for Middle East stability

America and Iran held indirect talks in Oman for Middle East stability

Iranian officials held indirect talks with two Biden administration officials this week in Oman to de-escalate attacks in the Middle East, sources of the talks told Axios and Walla on Friday. The t

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Modern antisemitism: Exploring polarization and intersectinality

Modern antisemitism: Exploring polarization and intersectinality

We have watched in horror and dread as rabid mobs have chanted “Death to Jews.” We had presumed that our modern and enlightened culture would not tolerate such hatred and unabashed bigotry. The monst

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Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan

Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan

Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, Spain's foreign ministry said on Friday. Earlier on Friday,

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Israeli-Palestinian content creator Nas Daily creates video on Judaism

Israeli-Palestinian content creator Nas Daily creates video on Judaism

Israeli-Palestinian content creator Nas Daily , also known as Nuseir Yassin, created and posted a video on his many social media platforms on Thursday educating his viewers about Judaism. Yassin po

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Preventing extremism in the Middle East by educating on the Holocaust

Preventing extremism in the Middle East by educating on the Holocaust

Only 80 years ago, within the lifetime of some alive, countless trains, packed with terrified children, women and men, young and old, arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau , returning empty bring more peopl

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An interview with Canadian-Israeli author Gila Green

An interview with Canadian-Israeli author Gila Green

With a Good Eye , the title of Canadian-Israeli author Gila Green’s novel, alludes to a good luck charm the protagonist wears to ward off the “ evil eye .” However, when reading Green’s fiction, it

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Touro University: unpacking the benefits and risks of AI

Touro University: unpacking the benefits and risks of AI

Everybody knows that AI will take away everybody’s jobs, transform the economy in unimaginable and undesirable ways, and eventually kill all of us. Of course, everybody’s probably wrong about all of t

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Eurovision showed the extent of the bullying campaign against Jews

Eurovision showed the extent of the bullying campaign against Jews

Icannot count how often Eden Golan , Israel’s representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, was humiliated, attacked, or pressured. Although we joke about how, in Israel, everything is politics, we

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NYC deputy mayor charges Washington Post after Jewish entrepreneur story

NYC deputy mayor charges Washington Post after Jewish entrepreneur story

A deputy of Mayor Eric Adams has charged the Washington Post with antisemitism for publishing a story about wealthy Jews organizing an advocacy campaign for Israel and pressing the mayor to take a

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