May 4, 2023

Lag Ba’omer: Mount Meron capacity expanded to 50,000

United Hatzalah, Israel”s national volunteer-based EMS organization, has announced that it has completed all of its operational and logistical preparations for the medical coverage of the upcoming Lag BaOmer festivities in Meron. Like every year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to flock to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron on

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Stabbing attack in Samaria: One injured, terrorist neutralized

An Israeli man in his 20s suffered light injuries Thursday morning in a stabbing attack in Huwara. The female terrorist was neutralized and arrested by IDF forces at the scene. Magen David Adom (MDA) and United Hatzalah staffs, aided by military medics, provided medical treatment to the victim and evacuated him to Beilinson Hospital in

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Should an effort be made to achieve better Polish-Israel realations?

A decade ago relations between Israel and Poland were flourishing. Poland was one of Israel”s staunchest allies in the European Union and was eager to expand commercial and cultural ties with the Jewish state. Meanwhile educated young Poles were more enthused than ever to rediscover their country”s Jewish heritage. These edifying trends were aborted by

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IDF eliminates terrorists who murdered Lucy Dee and her daughters

During a joint operation, Israel Security Agency (Shabak), Israel Border Police, Yamam (Israel’s national counterterrorism unit), and the IDF on Thursday morning eliminated the two terrorists responsible for the Dee family murder. Lucy Dee and her daughters Rina and Maia were murdered last month in a shooting attack in the Jordan Valley. The terrorists have

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Arkansas anti-BDS law: State won’t pay Jewish doctor for lecture

The state of Arkansas is refusing to pay a Jewish doctor for a talk he delivered at a public university because he declined to promise not to boycott Israel. Dr. Steve Feldman, a dermatologist, delivered a Zoom lecture to University of Arkansas at Little Rock medical students in February, for which he was entitled to

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President Kamala

The ancient politico, who was born a little over a year after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, would be 86 years old at the end of a hypothetical second term. It”s unlikely that Biden, who already seems confused during press conferences, has trouble walking up the stairs and spends much of his time away from the

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What do the Coronation and Parshat Emor have in common?

What is the connection between the Coronation and Parshat Emor which we”ll be reading this shabbat? In Parshat Emor we”re given the mitzvah of kiddush Hashem (Vayikra 22:32): “Venikdashti betoch bnei yisrael.” Hashem says to us, “I will be sanctified in the midst of the Children of Israel.” Notice that we”re not told that we

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Report: Defense echelon weighing operation in Samaria

In light of the recent surge in the number of shooting attacks, and the estimation that the situation will not de-escalate in the near future, top defense officials are weighing a military operation in Samaria, Israel Hayom reported. According to the report, the officials have spent the last several weeks discussing the option of changing

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For the second time in six days: Iran seizes oil tanker in the Gulf

For the second time in less than a week, Iran on Wednesday seized an oil tanker in the commercially vital Gulf waters, AFP reported. A fleet of high-speed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) craft surrounded the Greek-owned Niovi as it travelled empty from Dubai to Fujairah, another port in the United Arab Emirates, the

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US report likely to say Abu Aqleh’s death was accidental

US State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters on Wednesday that a new report is expected to uphold findings that Palestinian Arab-American reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh was likely killed by accidental IDF gunfire. “My understanding is that the US Security Coordinator has not changed the same conclusion that was released last summer that we

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Mother of missing soldier: I want my son back

Leah Goldin, mother of IDF soldier Hadar Goldin whose body is being held by Hamas in Gaza, is demanding that the government not return the body of the senior Islamic Jihad terrorist who died in an Israeli prison until her son and other captives held by Hamas are returned. “670 terrorists were released from Operation

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Former Russian President calls for elimination of Zelenskyy

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called for the “physical elimination” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Moscow accused Kyiv of a drone attack on the Kremlin targeting current Russian President Vladimir Putin. “After today’s terrorist attack, there are no options left aside for the physical elimination of Zelenskyy and his cabal,” said Medvedev,

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Minister Dermer meets former Supreme Court President for talks on judicial reform

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met several times over the past month with former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak for discussions regarding the judicial reform, Channel 13 News reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Minister Dermer, who is considered close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, conducted the talks as a member of the coalition”s

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Egypt: 14 dead in collision between bus and truck

14 people were killed and 25 injured on Wednesday after a public transport bus collided with a heavy transport truck on a desert highway in southwestern Egypt, medical and security sources said, according to Reuters. The accident occurred on Assuit-Kharga highway, around 400 km southwest of Cairo, in New Valley province that shares a long

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Otzma Yehudit MK: We are being held captive by Hamas and Islamic Jihad

MK Tzvika Foghel (Otzma Yehudit), chairman of the Knesset National Security Committee, on Wednesday escalated the attack against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and claimed that Netanyahu does not have the courage “to instruct the IDF to win”, as he put it. Speaking on Reshet Bet radio, Foghel said that the members of his party “give

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