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Secret X bot army based in City Hall boosting Mamdani
Dozens of suspected bot accounts on X/Twitter are amplifying content from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his circle, and reportedly can be traced to New York City Hall IP infrastructure, the World Zionist Organization told The Jerusalem Post...
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Remains of Herzl’s grandparents reinterred alongside Zionist leader
Seventy-seven years after Theodor Herzl was reburied in Jerusalem, the founder of modern political Zionism was finally reunited with the last missing members of his immediate family on Wednesday as the remains of his grandparents, Shimon Leib and Rivka...
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Knesset panel approves hundreds of millions of shekels for haredi education
The Knesset Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the transfer of approximately NIS 270 million to haredi (ultra-Orthodox) education institutions amid the Knesset’s recess ahead of the election. The approval came after a lengthy and stormy debate in...
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High Court questions factual basis of petition against UNRWA curbs
The High Court of Justice on Monday questioned whether a petition challenging legislation restricting UNRWA’s operations had established the factual basis needed for constitutional review, with all three justices repeatedly asking for evidence that the...
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PM retreats from draft evasion law, calls to either ‘enlist or go to prison’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told officials on Sunday that if reelected, he would not advance the contentious law that seeks to freeze the arrests of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft evaders, which his coalition passed last...
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Trump, BoP hail ‘historic’ Gaza breakthrough
Senior US and Board of Peace officials said Hamas has accepted a plan that would ultimately require the dismantling of its military infrastructure, the destruction of tunnels and weapons factories, and its complete withdrawal from governing...
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Israel rejects Hamas disarmament plan
Israel is demanding the complete disarmament of Hamas, including the removal of weapons from Gaza and the full demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, as a precondition for any withdrawal process, a diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post on...
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Iran hides centrifuges at Pickaxe Mountain
WASHINGTON – Iran is storing centrifuges at Pickaxe Mountain, a senior Israeli diplomatic source said Wednesday. Israel does not believe Iran’s nuclear program has been completely destroyed, the source told reporters who accompanied Prime Minister...
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Netanyahu, Trump hold positive meeting
US President Donald Trump hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to discuss the war in Iran. They also spoke about expanding the Abraham Accords, following calls by Trump for Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel. “It was a very...
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Trump: US-Tehran talks are ‘good,’ drones hit Iran’s neighbors ‘Turkey seeks to meddle in vote with social media’
WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States was having “good talks” with Iran and there was a chance of a deal over their conflict, but warned that US strikes would resume if the negotiations failed to...
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Cabinet approves ISF to enter Gaza Strip
The Security Cabinet approved on Sunday the principal approval for the entry of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) into the Gaza Strip, included in US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan. The goal is to launch a pilot project in Rafah...
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Wide-scale arrests in West Bank after 2 Israelis killed in terror attack
More than 70 terror suspects from the West Bank were arrested Saturday following overnight operations, according to an IDF statement. The wide-scale operation came after two Israelis, including an IDF officer, were killed and several others were...
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Man severely wounded in West Bank stabbing attack
a 51-year-old israeli, itamar cohen, was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack near the west Bank settlement of elon moreh on thursday morning and in an attack later, idF soldiers killed a terrorist after he carried out a stabbing attack in the Ganim...
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Haim Yavin, Israel’s legendary ‘Mr. Television,’ dies at 93
Haim Yavin, the veteran broadcaster known to generations of Israelis as “Mr. Television,” died on Wednesday at the age of 93, his family announced. Yavin was one of the founders of Israeli television and the longtime presenter of the public...
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US strikes pressure Iran to propose truce
It was Tehran that initiated the proposal now being advanced by mediators for a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, two sources familiar with the negotiations told The Jerusalem Post. The fact that Iran proposed the initiative...
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Houthis impose naval blockade on Saudi Arabia
DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against the United States in its war on Iran and widens the threat to global energy supplies and...
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Zamir: IDF ready to strike back against Tehran
Hours after shrapnel from an Iranian missile landed near Eilat on Sunday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir threatened Iran with a harsh counterstrike. Iran had fired a series of ballistic missiles at the Jordanian Red Sea city of Aqaba. While...
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2 US soldiers killed in Jordan by Iranian attacks
WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – The US military reported that two of its personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing after an Iranian attack on Saturday, while Iran’s supreme leader said Washington would pay for “seeking to incite war” after a...
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Knesset passes sweeping broadcast changes
A bill proposed by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (Likud) to enact sweeping reforms in the broadcasting sector was approved by the Knesset on Thursday. The contentious bill passed in its second and third readings by 53-48 votes. Prime Minister...
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IDF races to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure before US withdrawal push
The IDF is racing to finish eliminating Hezbollah terror infrastructure in 52 southern Lebanese villages in the coming weeks, before the US presses Israel for a wider withdrawal, military sources said on Wednesday. During The Jerusalem Post’s visit to...
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Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders
The Knesset plenum passed on Tuesday the contentious bill that will temporarily freeze the arrests of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft evaders, a measure expected to remain in effect for at least six months, with 58 lawmakers voting in favor and 54...
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Sinwar believed Israel might use nukes in response to October 7
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the October 7 massacre in 2023, believed Israel might respond to the terrorist invasion by using nuclear weapons against Gaza, according to a document he wrote by hand on August 24, 2022. It was revealed to the...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham dies suddenly at 71
Hardline supporter of Israel, US Senator Lindsey Graham, passed away on Saturday evening after a brief and sudden illness, the communications director for his office said in a post on X/Twitter early on Sunday. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates...
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Khameni pledges revenge for slain father and predecessor
A written statement from Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, threatened vengeance for the death of his predecessor and father on Saturday, but added that it would depend not only on Iran but also on “free people around the world.” In the...
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Iran says it hits US military targets in Gulf
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian armed forces launched attacks on US military infrastructure in Gulf states on Thursday following US strikes on Iran’s southern coastal and eastern provinces, putting further strain on a threeweek-old ceasefire agreement. The...
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Trump says accord to end Iran war ‘over’
ANKARA/DUBAI (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was “over” and that the United States was likely to launch new strikes on Wednesday night following Iranian attacks on US bases in the Gulf. In a...
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Trump signals willingness to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that the United States would lift sanctions on Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over Ankara’s purchase of Russian defense missiles, and signaled a willingness to sell the NATO ally F-35 fighter jets; both...
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Hamas official resigns in first step to dissolve Gaza’s governing body
Hamas on Monday announced that the head of the Emergency Committee had submitted his resignation, as the first step to dissolving the “committee for monitoring government activity,” the body that effectively serves as Hamas’s government in the Gaza...
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Gov’t threatens to ignore High Court ruling to freeze media regulator jobs
The government unanimously approved a proposal on Sunday declaring that it would not comply with a High Court of Justice ruling relating to the Second Authority Council, following petitions arguing that appointments for its members were political. Such...
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Khamenei funeral projects hardline grip on post-war Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Iranians thronged a vast outdoor prayer complex in Tehran on Saturday to view the coffins of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family. Dressed in black and draped in the red, white, and green flags of the Islamic...
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High Court orders Knesset to hold new comptroller vote
The High Court of Justice ruled unanimously on Thursday that the Knesset’s controversial vote to appoint attorney Michael Rabello as state comptroller was invalid and that the vote must be held again. In its ruling, the court stated that a...
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Maccabiah Games opens in colorful ceremony
The Maccabiah Games, often referred to as the “Jewish Olympics,” kicked off on Wednesday evening with around 5,000 athletes from some 35 countries participating in the opening ceremony at Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium. The Maccabiah is one of the largest...
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Bill to enshrine Torah Study in Basic Law goes to first reading
The Knesset House Committee voted on Tuesday to advance the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties’ controversial bill that seeks to enshrine Torah Study in the country’s Basic Law, ahead of its first reading in the plenum. The Basic Law: Torah Study bill is...
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Lebanon army must prove it can push Hezbollah back, Katz says
The pilot program for the IDF to withdraw from parts of southern Lebanon while waiting to see whether the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) can properly remove Hezbollah, will initially focus on the zone between the Yellow Line and the Litani River, Defense...
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Katz calls to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders
Defense Minister Israel Katz (Likud) on Sunday called to advance a proposal that would temporarily freeze the arrests of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft evaders, as the Knesset advanced contentious legislation to enshrine Torah study in a Basic Law after...
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Israel, Lebanon sign historic framework deal
The United States, Israel, and Lebanon signed a trilateral framework agreement aimed at combating Hezbollah on Friday, after days of US-mediated talks in Washington. According to a US State Department statement, the agreement outlines a structured...
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US officials to meet IRGC to reduce tensions – Vance
In a stunning turn of events, US Vice President JD Vance told the media outlet Unherd on Thursday that US Central Command officials will meet with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials in Doha, Qatar, to resolve conflicts between the US and...
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Haredim disrupt traffic throughout country in widespread demos
The country’s highways returned to normal congestion levels on Wednesday evening after thousands of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) demonstrators blocked Highways 1 and 4 in mass nationwide anti-IDF draft protests. MKs Yitzhak Goldknopf (United Torah Judaism)...
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IDF kills Hezbollah operatives in separate incidents, but Lebanon ceasefire holds
In two separate incidents on Tuesday afternoon, the IDF said that it had killed armed Hezbollah operatives approaching its positions in the Ali al-Taher Ridge, which is at the edge of Israel’s security zone. Despite the two incidents interrupting the...
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Israel-Lebanon talks to discuss disarmament, normalizing of ties
Israeli and Lebanese delegations are set to meet in Washington on Tuesday for another round of talks focused on the disarmament of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and continued discussions on the prospect of normalization between the two countries. The...
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Pakistan flexes its clout in Iran talks
Pakistan continues to play a key role in Iran talks. The warm embrace between US Vice President JD Vance and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, chief of the Defense Forces, is significant. Vance praised the...
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Five soldiers killed in Lebanon
Five IDF soldiers were killed in Lebanon over the weekend in two separate incidents. Four soldiers were killed early Friday while fighting in southern Lebanon when their tank was hit. Commander of the 52nd Battalion, 401st Brigade Lt.-Col. Dor Gedalia...
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Israel will remain in security zone in southern Lebanon
The IDF will not withdraw from Israel’s security strip in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday. Tensions have escalated between Jerusalem and Washington over a US-Iran agreement that calls for an end to hostilities in...
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US publishes MoU with Iran
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his new ceasefire agreement with Iran was not final and he could resume the war if he is unsatisfied, even as Israel launched fresh airstrikes in Lebanon where fighting threatens the wider truce. “It’s a...
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Aerial version of Iron Beam will change face of 21st century warfare
The future of warfare is lasers, Star Wars-style. Much of the world is already familiar with the game-changing Iron Beam laser defense system, which Israel covertly deployed against Hezbollah drones in October 2024, and then publicly in December...
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Netanyahu: We don’t know what US-Iran ceasefire deal says yet
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he and US President Donald Trump don’t always “see eye-to-eye,” during a press conference on Monday evening following Sunday’s announcement that the US and Iran had reached a ceasefire agreement. “There are...
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Somaliland president in Israel to open Jerusalem embassy
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi and First Lady Fardowsa Mohamed Roble, accompanied by a senior delegation, arrived in Israel on Sunday for a landmark state visit, opening a new chapter in relations between the two countries. Israel...
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Trump: Framework deal to end war may be signed today
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump and mediator Pakistan said on Saturday an initial deal to end the war in the Middle East would be signed on Sunday, although Iran denied the signing would take place so soon. Pakistani Prime...
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Trump calls off strikes, says deal with Iran agreed by all
US President Donald Trump announced that he had canceled scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran on Thursday night, after a deal with the Islamic Republic had been agreed upon. Trump had earlier announced that the US would be striking Iran in a...
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Israel and Iran trade blows before Trump imposes end to fighting
For the first time since the April 7 ceasefire, Israel and Iran traded repeated blows on Sunday night and Monday until US President Donald Trump imposed a new ceasefire on both sides late in the afternoon. Although the Islamic Republic demanded that...
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Yesh Atid petitions High Court over state comptroller vote, calls process ‘fundamentally corrupt’
The Yesh Atid faction filed a petition to the High Court of Justice on Sunday against the highly controversial Knesset vote on Wednesday in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal attorney, Michael Rabello, was elected as the new state...
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2 IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon
Two IDF soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon in separate incidents, the IDF announced Saturday night. Capt. Shahar Gamla, 23, from Natur, a deputy company commander in the Egoz Unit of the IDF’s Commando Brigade, died after being severely injured...
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Hezbollah rejection clouds Lebanon ceasefire
DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The pro-Iran Hezbollah movement rejected a new ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday and Israel said it would not withdraw troops from the country, undermining US President Donald Trump’s efforts to halt fighting there and to forge...
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Iran hits Kuwait, US strikes near Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gulf hostilities flared again on Wednesday as Iranian attacks on Kuwait damaged its airport and injured dozens while the US military carried out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, with diplomacy to halt the war showing...
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MOSSAD CHIEF ROMAN GOFMAN UPON ASSUMING ROLE: ‘Iranian-Shi’ite axis suffered a tough blow’
Members within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition sharply criticized Israel’s decision to cancel strikes on Beirut at the urging of US President Donald Trump on Monday, calling on the premier to “say no” to Trump and strike in Lebanon with...
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US, Iran pause IDF attack on terrorist stronghold in Beirut
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz on early Monday morning ordered the IDF to return to heavy attacks on Hezbollah’s Dahiyeh stronghold in Beirut, but at press time, their orders had been delayed by interventions from...
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Amid Hezbollah attacks, IDF secures Beaufort Ridge
Israeli soldiers took control of the Beaufort Ridge outpost and Wadi al-Saluki areas north of the Litani River, the IDF reported Sunday morning. Nevertheless, Hezbollah managed to shower the North with drones and more than 50 rockets throughout the...
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Hezbollah intensifies, expands assault on North
Hezbollah expanded its attacks on Israel over the weekend, firing dozens of missiles and drones as far south as Karmiel, with the IDF saying it was planning to intensify its campaign against the terrorist organization in Lebanon. Residents of numerous...
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‘One-third of Hezbollah’s pre-2023 forces killed’
About one-third of Hezbollah’s pre-2023 forces have been killed by the IDF in recent years, IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin said Thursday. He was addressing criticism that the IDF and the government were not doing enough to protect Israelis...
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IDF penetrates deeper into south Lebanon to root out Hezbollah
The Israel-Hezbollah conflict intensified on Wednesday with the IDF striking over 150 targets in Tyre, Nabatieh, the Bekaa Valley, and throughout southern Lebanon, and the terror group launching drones at Rosh Hanikra and Shlomi, and with sirens...
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Army invades Lebanon beyond Yellow Line
In response to ongoing Hezbollah drone attacks that have harmed an increasing number of IDF soldiers, Israel confirmed on Tuesday that the military has infiltrated deeper into Lebanon beyond the April 17 ceasefire Yellow Line. The IDF did not specify...
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Zamir to cabinet: Israel must target Beirut
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir told a Security Cabinet meeting on Monday that Israel must target Beirut in response to Hezbollah’s drone attacks on Israel’s troops in southern Lebanon, multiple sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post. Zamir...
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‘No rush for Iran deal, US blockade stays’ – Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, appearing to dampen hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised by both sides a day earlier. The US...
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US, Iran report progress on deal to end 3-month war
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Iran, the US, and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that progress had been made in talks on ending almost three months of war. Iran said it was focused on finalizing a memorandum of understanding after its top...
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Knesset passes preliminary reading of dissolution bill
The coalition bill to dissolve the Knesset passed its preliminary reading on Wednesday with 110 MKs in favor and none against. Passage of the bill begins the process of moving the election date forward slightly from October 27. Prime Minister...
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Bill to dissolve Knesset set for debate today amid crisis over haredi draft bill
The coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset is scheduled to be brought for its first vote in the plenum on Wednesday amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with the ultra-Orthodox parties over the haredi draft bill. Passage...
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Flotilla vessels sail toward Gaza despite Israeli interceptions
About 20 vessels out of an initial flotilla of 54 continued on their journey to the Gaza Strip on Monday night after Israel Navy forces intercepted the boats, the Global Sumud Flotilla reported. The organization activist said it was losing contact...
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UTJ unimpressed as Likud seeks to put haredi draft bill back on Knesset agenda
The coalition’s controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill was scheduled on Sunday to return to the Knesset’s agenda for advancement this coming Wednesday, ahead of its final readings, amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
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IAF assassinates Hamas military chief in Gaza strike
Hamas military leader Izz ad-Din al-Haddad was killed in an Israeli strike on Friday in the Gaza Strip, the IDF confirmed on Saturday, following an earlier Reuters report that Hamas had confirmed his death. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir...
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Throngs revel in Jerusalem Day
Tens of thousands of people wearing white shirts poured into Jerusalem to celebrate the 59th Jerusalem Day and participate in the annual flag march, in which thousands bearing Israeli flags walked through the streets of the Old City, including the...
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Coalition presents bill to dissolve Knesset next week
Coalition whip MK Ofir Katz submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset with the full backing of coalition faction leaders, he announced on Wednesday night. According to the proposal, the date of the elections, likely to be in September or October, will...
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Haredi leader tells Degel Hatorah to disperse Knesset
Rabbi Dov Lando, the spiritual leader of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Degel Hatorah faction, gave a green light on Tuesday to work toward dissolving the Knesset “as soon as possible” over the haredi conscription bill, in a move that could cause early...
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‘They filmed everything’: The sexual violence was documented
A two-year independent investigation into the sexual and gender-based crimes committed during the October 7 massacre and against hostages in Hamas captivity argues that the next stage is no longer only documenting that the crimes occurred, but...
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Zamir pushes Knesset to rethink draft law as HR worries grow
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir pushed to draft large numbers of haredim (ultra-Orthodox) into the military, as well as to pass other laws to expand the IDF during a closed session on Sunday in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee...
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No sign from Tehran of response to US proposal
WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran’s response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting...
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