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Heavy clashes seen across East Jerusalem amid surging Palestinian unrest

Heavy clashes seen across East Jerusalem amid surging Palestinian unrest

Two cops injured; car with Jewish family forced to flee after stoned; footage shows hail of fireworks and police car surrounded by flames as fighting… Read More ›

State Official Orders City To Enforce Secular Education At Brooklyn Yeshiva

State Official Orders City To Enforce Secular Education At Brooklyn Yeshiva

  BROOKLYN (JTA) — New York State’s commissioner of education has ordered the city to work with a yeshiva in Williamsburg on a plan for… Read More ›

Top American general says US and allies need to help Ukraine build a comprehensive missile defense system

Top American general says US and allies need to help Ukraine build a comprehensive missile defense system

  The US and its allies need to help Ukraine build a comprehensive air and missile defense system by combining the different systems the allies… Read More ›

Oil workers join Iran protests: ‘We’ll destroy everything we built’

Oil workers join Iran protests: ‘We’ll destroy everything we built’

Oil worker strikes were pivotal in the Islamic Revolution of 1979 which led to the fall of the Shah.   Contract workers at petrochemical plants… Read More ›

Hezbollah to back border deal with Israel if approved by Lebanese government

Hezbollah to back border deal with Israel if approved by Lebanese government

Lebanese terror group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah says he will ‘neither threaten or make promises’ to Israel, while cautiously showing his support for the final draft… Read More ›

Police on high alert as thousands expected at Western Wall for priestly blessing

Police on high alert as thousands expected at Western Wall for priestly blessing

Tensions running high in Jerusalem, West Bank, following a series of deadly attacks on troops; massive manhunts ongoing for two shooters still at large  … Read More ›

The Jump Commercial That Took Over Israel – a Halachic Analysis

The Jump Commercial That Took Over Israel – a Halachic Analysis

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is a hit commercial both for the Haredi community as well as the secular community in Israel.  A… Read More ›

Aged 97, Malaysia’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad is running for parliament again

Aged 97, Malaysia’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad is running for parliament again

  Hong Kong CNN — Malaysia’s 97-year-old former leader Mahathir Mohamad is to run for parliament in the country’s looming general election, but is remaining tight-lipped on whether he could… Read More ›

Lebanon satisfied with final draft of Israel maritime border deal, says top Lebanese negotiator

Lebanon satisfied with final draft of Israel maritime border deal, says top Lebanese negotiator

The deal will resolve a territorial dispute in the eastern tip of the Mediterranean sea in an area where Lebanon aims to explore for natural… Read More ›

The duality of the holiday of Sukkot

The duality of the holiday of Sukkot

Opinion: Sukkot, on the one hand, is a festival celebrating our people’s wandering the desert while living in flimsy booths; on the other hand, it… Read More ›

Russia in retort to Lapid: Israel stood silent in face of Kyiv’s ‘terrorism’

Russia in retort to Lapid: Israel stood silent in face of Kyiv’s ‘terrorism’

After Israeli leader blasts barrage on civilian targets, Moscow wonders why Jerusalem never spoke out against Ukraine’s ‘murderous’ attacks   Russia on Monday night fired… Read More ›

Biden Administration Expands Penalties For Complying With Arab League Boycott Of Israel

Biden Administration Expands Penalties For Complying With Arab League Boycott Of Israel

  WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration will enhance penalties for compliance with the decades-old Arab League boycott of Israel, at a moment when some… Read More ›

Biden promises Ukraine ‘advanced air defense systems’ after Russian missile strikes

Biden promises Ukraine ‘advanced air defense systems’ after Russian missile strikes

President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday after a deluge of Russian missiles targeted cities across Ukraine, condemning the strikes and… Read More ›

Kanye West’s social media accounts restricted after alleged antisemitism posts

Kanye West’s social media accounts restricted after alleged antisemitism posts

Kanye West’s Instagram and Twitter accounts were restricted due to his posts that online users condemned as antisemitic.   Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts… Read More ›

Lebanon says will get final draft of Israel maritime border proposal within hours

Lebanon says will get final draft of Israel maritime border proposal within hours

Lebanese president Aoun says Beirut will study the final text and take ‘the suitable decision’; Biden administration continues pressure campaign on Lebanon to waive new… Read More ›

With a 93-million-mile zoom, a Netanya stargazer snaps the sun up close and personal

With a 93-million-mile zoom, a Netanya stargazer snaps the sun up close and personal

David Dayag, a self-taught astronomer, is getting attention for his time-lapse photos, showing the fire and fury at the center of the solar system as… Read More ›

16 Things to Know About Simcha on Yom Tov

16 Things to Know About Simcha on Yom Tov

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com SPECIAL LIGHT There is a fascinating Zohar Chadash (Shir HaShirim 1a) that tells us of a special holy light… Read More ›

Why one of Europe’s top airports has become a ‘crazy mess’

Why one of Europe’s top airports has become a ‘crazy mess’

  Amsterdam — Hours-long lines for security that often snake outside under tents. Untold numbers of angry passengers who have queued in those lines —… Read More ›

Gantz warns Hezbollah against attacking Israel, says gas deal possible

Gantz warns Hezbollah against attacking Israel, says gas deal possible

Gantz said that he had placed the IDF on high readiness in terms of intelligence, offensive, and defensive operations in the north.   Defense Minister… Read More ›

U.S. envoy calls claims Israel ceded to Hezbollah on Lebanon gas deal ‘ridiculous’

U.S. envoy calls claims Israel ceded to Hezbollah on Lebanon gas deal ‘ridiculous’

Tom Nides says U.S. honest broker in maritime border talks but no way U.S. to ever support something placing Israel at disadvantage; adds Netanyahu supported… Read More ›