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WATCH: "Hezbollah obstacle to peace" message lights up Times Square
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (143+ words) A message singling out Hezbollah as the obstacle to peace between Israel and Lebanon was screened in Times Square, New York on Tuesday. The screen showed the Israeli and Lebanese flags side by side, accompanied by a sentence that read,…...
Trump to be briefed on Iran military options
29+ min ago (419+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump is expected to receive a briefing on plans for potential renewed military action against Iran on Thursday, sources with knowledge of the matter told Axios. United States Central Command has prepared a plan for a "short and…...
Australian billboard advertising synagogue event torched
29+ min ago (119+ words) A billboard in Australia promoting an event involving an Israeli volunteer emergency medical service was torched on Tuesday night. The Melbourne sign advertised an event with the president and founder of United Hatzalah of Israel at a local synagogue. The…...
Israeli Navy said to intercept Gaza flotilla hundreds of miles from Strip
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (489+ words) Israeli forces overnight Wednesday took control of vessels participating in the Hamas-linked Gaza flotilla, Israeli defense officials confirmed to Hebrew media following reports from organizers that naval forces had intercepted them. near Greece. In a post on X, activists of…...
Identity of IDF soldier extracted from Turkey in covert operation revealed
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (404+ words) Two months ago, a female IDF soldier visiting her parents in Turkey was arrested by Turkish authorities. She was spirited out of the country in an under-the-radar mission by Israel on Feb. 18. Few details about the mission or the young…...
California plans to update content rules after voter guide includes candidate statement with Jew-hatred
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (215+ words) California plans to make changes to its elections code to address hateful content in the official voters guide, the office of Shirley Weber, the California secretary of state, told JNS. JNS sought comment from Weber's office about antisemitic text in…...
UN Security Council refocuses on Gaza amid push for Trump peace plan
14+ hour, 32+ min ago (615+ words) The U. N. Security Council returned its focus to Gaza on Tuesday during an open debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, after months in which other global crises had drawn attention away. The council had concentrated heavily on Gaza following the outbreak of…...
Swiss parliament votes against recognizing Palestinian state
18+ hour, 48+ min ago (252+ words) The lower house of the Swiss parliament voted on Tuesday against recognizing Palestinian statehood, following the example of the upper house last year. In the vote at the National Council of Switzerland, 116 lawmakers out of 200 voted against recognition and 66 voted…...
WATCH: Deputy Israeli FM visits Druze holy site, praises community's role in Israel
20+ hour, 17+ min ago (127+ words) Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel on Wednesday visited the shrine of Nabi Shu'ayb, the Tomb of Jethro, in the Lower Galilee, to mark Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu'ayb. The most significant pilgrimage for the Druze community, Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu'ayb is held…...
Blair: 'Substantial progress' made in implementing Gaza peace plan
20+ hour, 17+ min ago (444+ words) Tony Blair, a founding member of U. S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, told the U. N Security Council on Tuesday that the organization had made "substantial progress" in implementing Washington's peace plan for the Gaza Strip. Blair pointed at the formation…...