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Ex-Mossad, IDF sources warn against Ben-Gvir, Smotrich in top defense posts

Ex-Mossad, IDF sources warn against Ben-Gvir, Smotrich in top defense posts

Officials have loudly criticized the Shin Bet and the IDF in the past for cracking down on Jewish settler violence against the Palestinians.   Former… Read More ›

Benjamin Netanyahu faces balancing act after Israel election comeback

Benjamin Netanyahu faces balancing act after Israel election comeback

The returning PM will face pressure to hand over ministry positions to far-right Ben-Gvir and his Religious Zionist party partners, while calming concerns from allies,… Read More ›

US hopes members of next Israeli government respect ‘open, democratic society’

US hopes members of next Israeli government respect ‘open, democratic society’

State Department spokesman Ned Price refuses to comment directly on results of vote, but tells reporters he hopes Jerusalem will maintain ‘respect for all,’ particularly… Read More ›

WATCH: Jewish Former NBA Star Amare Stoudemire discusses Kyrie Irving’s Antisemitic Tweet on ESPN

WATCH: Jewish Former NBA Star Amare Stoudemire discusses Kyrie Irving’s Antisemitic Tweet on ESPN

On ESPN Wednesday, Amare Stoudemire, an orthodox Jewish convert and former NBA star, was asked about Nets player Kyrie Irving’s recent controversial tweets. Amare on First… Read More ›

Biden warns democracy is under assault and calls for Americans to stand against political violence

Biden warns democracy is under assault and calls for Americans to stand against political violence

  President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a warning that American democracy is under assault from election deniers who are running for office at all levels… Read More ›

Netanyahu predicted to win Israel election, but Balad’s rise could stop Right’s victory

Netanyahu predicted to win Israel election, but Balad’s rise could stop Right’s victory

Bibi’s bloc projected to win 62 seats • Meretz, Balad teetering either side of threshold • If Balad passes, Likud bloc drops   Former prime… Read More ›

Analysis: Far-right alliance are the big winners in Israel’s election

Analysis: Far-right alliance are the big winners in Israel’s election

Analysis: Itamar Ben-Gvir, Bezalel Smotrich have broken ground previously off limits to the hard right in Israel with exist polls projecting 14-15 for their joint… Read More ›

2 of 3 Arab factions predicted to enter Knesset, vow to oppose far-right ‘fascism’

2 of 3 Arab factions predicted to enter Knesset, vow to oppose far-right ‘fascism’

Exit polls show Ra’am, Hadash-Ta’al crossing electoral threshold and Balad just below as some voice fear over Religious Zionism’s strong showing   Exit polls released… Read More ›

Yeshiva Students Troll NBA Star Kyrie Irving at Nets Game, Following Antisemitic Tweet

Yeshiva Students Troll NBA Star Kyrie Irving at Nets Game, Following Antisemitic Tweet

BROOKLYN — A group of yeshiva students sat courtside at Monday’s Nets basketball game wearing pro-Jewish t-shirts, just a few feet from Kyrie Irving who… Read More ›

North Korea fires 10 missiles, South Korea says

North Korea fires 10 missiles, South Korea says

  Seoul, South Korea  — North Korea fired at least 10 missiles of various types from its east and west coasts on Wednesday, South Korea’s Ministry of National… Read More ›

Israel to give Ukraine military communication systems – report

Israel to give Ukraine military communication systems – report

Zelensky claimed that Israel’s reluctance to provide defense aid was “not about [Israeli] national security.”   Israel will provide Ukraine with military communication systems that… Read More ›

A guide for Israeli voters ahead of the November 1 election

A guide for Israeli voters ahead of the November 1 election

To clear up any voter confusion ahead of 5th national ballot in 3 years, Ynet has compiled all information needed for 6,788,804 Israelis eligible to… Read More ›

Herzog to US Jews: Respect Israel’s election results even if you don’t like them

Herzog to US Jews: Respect Israel’s election results even if you don’t like them

Addressing Federations’ General Assembly, president acknowledges concerns over far-right parties rising to power, but says Israel-Diaspora ties can weather it   President Isaac Herzog on… Read More ›

New Segulah for Increasing Child’s Income by $800 a Year

New Segulah for Increasing Child’s Income by $800 a Year

Well, it is more like a scientific segulah – the results of combining two studies together.  The most recent study (of the two) was published… Read More ›

Russian missiles bombard cities across Ukraine, hitting power and water infrastructure

Russian missiles bombard cities across Ukraine, hitting power and water infrastructure

  Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia launched a barrage of missile strikes at Ukrainian cities on Monday as it ramped up its attacks on infrastructure facilities across the country. Explosions and air raid sirens… Read More ›

Over 2 tons of microplastics on Israel’s coast – study

Over 2 tons of microplastics on Israel’s coast – study

Tel Aviv University researchers warn of ‘inevitable’ exposure to tiny particles, the most polluted beaches being Tel Aviv and Hadera; The sources of the plastic… Read More ›

‘Our secret weapon’: Ukraine enlisting US to push Israel into sending military aid

‘Our secret weapon’: Ukraine enlisting US to push Israel into sending military aid

Kyiv’s Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk says he meets weekly with US envoy Tom Nides as part of efforts to bring Israel in line with… Read More ›

Pro-Palestine Lula Defeats Bolsonaro To Become Brazil’s President — Again

Pro-Palestine Lula Defeats Bolsonaro To Become Brazil’s President — Again

  SAO PAULO (AP/JNS) — Brazil’s electoral authority said Sunday that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Worker’s Party defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro… Read More ›

Seoul crowd disaster leaves South Korea reeling, as death toll rises to 154

Seoul crowd disaster leaves South Korea reeling, as death toll rises to 154

South Korean authorities were on Sunday investigating the crowd surge that killed at least 154 partygoers in Seoul, as the rattled nation attempts to come to terms… Read More ›

Kiryat Arba terror attack: Seriously injured medic now in stable condition

Kiryat Arba terror attack: Seriously injured medic now in stable condition

The terrorist, Muhammad al-Jabari, belonged to a terror group claiming to be affiliated with Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades.   One Israeli was killed and three others… Read More ›