May 3, 2023

Gantz blasts government: Deterrence has eroded, the government has lost it

National Unity Party chairman MK Benny Gantz on Wednesday evening blasted the government over its moderate response to the escalation in the security situation. “We cannot afford to be held hostage by a terrorist who died while on hunger strike, there should be a decisive response. I trust the professional ranks in the Ministry of

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Atlanta medical building shooter kills one, four injured

A gunman opened fire in a medical building in Atlanta on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring around four others, CBS News reported. Police identified the suspect as Deion Patterson, 24, who was captured by security cameras, and said on Twitter they were searching for him. “Based on our preliminary investigation, these are

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Poll: 43% of Israelis support operation in Gaza

43% of Israelis support launching a military operation in Gaza to bring long-term calm to the residents in southern Israel, a Kan News poll conducted by the Kantar Institute found. According to the data, 34% of the public opposes a military operation against terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip. 42% of those asked said that

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Moving: 7-year-old boy injured in Independence Day accident writes name

One day after regaining consciousness, seven-year-old Uri Domnovitch, who suffered head trauma in a severe accident last week in southern Israel, managed to remember and write his name on a tablet in the hospital. Uri’s uncle, Yishai Hollander, shared a photo of the tablet and wrote: “My sweet nephew, who was very seriously injured with

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B’nai Brith urges Toronto to ban Al-Quds Day hatefest

B”nai Brith Canada called on Toronto to take action by banning the Al-Quds Day hatefest that takes place annually in the heart of the city, launching a petition aiming to convince the city to proscribe the annual event. During this year”s Al-Quds Day rally that took place in April, participants chanted genocidal slogans and speakers

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Dr. Robert Jeffress receives Friends of Zion Award

The Friends of Zion Heritage Center and Museum in Jerusalem held an event in honor of Dr. Robert Jeffress, where he was presented with the Friends of Zion Award by Nir Kimhi director of Friends of Zion (FOZ). The Friends of Zion Award, was commissioned by the late 9th President of Israel and former international

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EU peeved over Ben-Gvir’s participation in Europe Day event

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was chosen to represent the Israeli government at a Europe Day celebration which will be held next week at the EU Embassy in Tel Aviv. Kan News reports that EU officials were unhappy that the government chose Minister Ben-Givr and worked to change the representative, but the government has so

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Netanyahu prevented Gallant from traveling to US twice

Prime Minister Netanyahu prevented Defense Minister Yoav Gallant from traveling for professional meetings in the United States twice, according to a report by Channel 12. According to the report, Netanyahu nixed the trips amid tensions between him and Gallant and because he wanted to meet with US administration officials before his cabinet did. The Defense

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Quebec releases first English language guide to genocide education for high schools

The Canadian province of Quebec has released its first English guide to genocide education. The resource is geared to teachers for educating high schools students in Quebec about genocide, including the Holocaust, the Canadian Jewish News reported. The guide, which follows the French version released in 2022, is the only educational material for the province”s

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Miami area police cruiser vandalized with antisemitic slur

A police cruiser in the Miami, Florida area had its window shattered and was defaced with a vile antisemitic slur while it was parked outside a Chabad house. The Hallandale Beach police cruiser was sitting outside Congregation Levi Yitzchok-Lubavitch, Chabad of South Broward as a security measure when a vandal smashed one of the car”s

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Megiddo Prison: Jailed terrorists attack guard

A terrorist imprisoned in the Megiddo Prison attempted to attack a guard Wednesday evening as the inmates were being counted. The guard, who was serving as the shift commander, pressed the destress button, and teargas was used to restore order. At the same time, reinforcements were called, and managed to take control of the incident,

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Emergency Surgery for Sarah Ethel

Joy and Sorrow Little Saraleh lives in Israel and was born to proud parents who waited years for their beautiful gift, but she was born with an internal growth in her lower digestive tract which must be removed immediately. This type of surgery has a high success rate when done by the age of 3

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Happy and Kosher birthday: Celebrating 100 years of OU kosher certification

OU is celebrating its one hundredth anniversary of kosher certification this week, having begun in 1923. OU Kosher CEO Rabbi Menachem Genack and OU Kosher COO Rabbi Moshe Elefant tell Israel National News about the amazing success of the organization in the United States and internationally. “It”s just incredible. When the OU began in 1923

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Challenges facing Europe’s rabbis: preserving Jewish identity among the youth

Two participants of the Standing Committee and the Grand Tribunal of the ‘European Rabbinic Conference’ in Warsaw spoke with Israel National News about the need for unceasing confrontation with the rising phenomenon of anti-Semitism in the world: Rabbi Avichai Apel, Vice President of the European Rabbinic Conference, Rabbi of Frankfurt, and Chairman of the Rabbis

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Trump kicks NBC reporter off plane: ‘Get him out of here’

Former President Donald Trump allegedly took an NBC News reporter”s phones and kicked him off his plane after he was asked a question about Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg”s criminal investigation into him, according to an audio recording. The confrontation between Trump and NBC News reporter Vaughn Hillyard took place on March 25 after Trump”s campaign

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Arms caught being smuggled from Gaza in furniture

Crossing Pont Authority security inspectors at the Kerem Shalom point of entry on the Gaza border on Wednesday uncovered an attempt to smuggle pistols, silencers, magazines, and bullets from the Gaza Strip to Judea and Samaria. A furniture shipment from Gaza addressed to Palestinian territory raised the inspectors’ suspicions. While checking the shipment, the inspectors

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Should Hemingway be re-edited for antisemitism?

Ian Fleming (James Bond) is among the writers undergoing posthumous editing for content unsuitable for today”s readers. As he is dead, he has no choice in the matter. We are all familiar with book banning and book burning. Can anything be worse? Yes, changing a writer”s intent, dead or alive, through sensitivity editing. Some writers,

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Gush Etzion: Terrorist who attacked soldier shot

An IDF force neutralized a Palestinian Arab terrorist who attacked an IDF soldier at the Taxi junction between the villages of Al Hader and Hudan near Gush Etzion south of Jerusalem. During a security inspection, Arabs began to riot. Several Arabs arrived at the scene and began to attack the soldiers who were guarding their

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Illinois man arrested for violent threats against synagogue

An Antioch, Illinois has been arrested for allegedly making violent threats toward Jewish institutions, according to the StopAntisemitism advocacy organization. Christopher Williams, 33, was taken into custody for making direct threats against the Jewish organizations and was charged with hate crime and electronic harassment counts, both class 4 felonies. The threats were made to institutions

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Interview: Ultra-Orthodox communities learn to cope with sex crimes in their midst

Israel is periodically convulsed by revelations of sexual harassment, assaults, and abuse perpetrated by high-profile, highly esteemed ultra-Orthodox Jews. For example, in 2021, Yehuda Meshi Zahav and Rabbi Chaim Walder were exposed for having sexually abused and assaulted women and male and female minors for decades. Zahav was famous for having founded the emergency rescue

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Ben-Gvir: ‘Netanyahu is welcome to fire me’

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir met with his Otzma Yehudit faction on Wednesday in a home in the city of Sderot in southern Israel and replied to criticism from the Likud. Ben-Gvir stated: “I took cellphones away from terrorists in prison, and Netanyahu gave them back. This is not a fully right-wing government. Prime Minister,

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US House reps introduce bill to make Iran sanctions permanent

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives, led by Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA), Committee on Foreign Affairs chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV), introduced a bill to make the measures established in the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 permanent. The bill, cosponsored by 16 Republicans and 8 Democrats

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