May 9, 2023

Israel’s Noa Kirel advances to Eurovision finals

Israeli singer Noa Kirel advanced to the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held on Saturday night, after a successful performance of her song “Unicorn” at the semifinals which were hold on Tuesday evening in Liverpool. Other countries which advanced to the finals are Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Sweden,

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Kenyan president visits Western Wall, calls for peace and unity

The President of the Republic of Kenya William Ruto visited the Western Wall while in Israel. “Despite the difficulties in the world, I am very happy to visit the Holy Land of Israel. It is a great privilege,” Ruth said. Ruto and his wife, together with a large delegation from Kenya, visited and prayed at

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Shin Bet chief: Terror cell manufacturing rockets in Jenin thwarted

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar revealed this evening (Tuesday) during the statement he made after the cabinet meeting that the security establishment thwarted an attempt to manufacture rockets in Jenin that would be used to attack Jews living deep inside Israel. Bar spoke about Tariq Muhammad Ezzedine, one of the Islamic Jihad leaders who was

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Trump found liable in sexual abuse suit, must pay $$5M in damages

Former President Donald Trump was found liable on Tuesday for sexual abuse and defamation by a federal jury in writer E. Jean Carroll lawsuit and ordered to pay over $5 million in damages. Carroll”s suit had accused Trump of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. A nine-member jury,

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Bus torched in Jerusalem

The MDA reported that a call was received at 21:25 at MDA”s 101 Emergency Call Center in the Jerusalem Region of a bus that was set alight in the Issawiya neighborhood in Jerusalem. The driver evacuated himself to a nearby MDA team in the gas station in Lochamei Hagetaot St. in Jerusalem. MDA EMTs and

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US updates statement: Israel has the right to defend itself

The US embassy in Jerusalem issued an updated statement this evening (Tuesday) following its initial call for all sides to ‘de-escalate’ as Israel prepares for a round of conflict with terrorist organizations in Gaza. The updated statement reads: We are closely following Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that killed three leaders of Palestinian Islamic

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Netanyahu: Any escalation will be met with a crushing response

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a press conference this evening (Tuesday) together with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet chief Ronan Bar at the end of the cabinet meeting that dealt with Operation Shield and Arrow. “This morning, the State of Israel carried out a decisive and justified

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Birthright Israel: First second generation participant a historic milestone

Birthright Israel called its first second generation participant a measure of the program”s stunning and historic success this week. Brooke Rubinoff, 20, of the Toronto suburb of Thornhill, Ontario, is in Israel this week with a Birthright Israel group from Canada. Rubinoff”s parents participated in program in 2001. Today Brooke received a certificate from the

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Where do America’s Jews find a place in the unfolding Gaza-Iran story?

Just a short while ago, we observed Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day and Yom HaZikaron, Israel”s National Remembrance Day honoring who lost their lives to war and terror and last, but not least felt the joy of Israel”s Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut. However, we are suddenly in the midst of a military operation in the

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Sale of Nazi linked jewels to go ahead despite criticism

The auction of a collection of Nazi linked jewels by a major auction house is going ahead despite criticism by leading Jewish groups. British auction house Christie”s announced on Tuesday it will not cancel the planned auction of the $150 jewelry collection belonging to Heidi Horton, The Guardian reported. Her husband, Helmut Horten, made a

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US: We call for all parties to deescalate the situation

A spokesperson for the US embassy in Jerusalem said that the Biden Administration calls on all sides to ‘de-escalate’ following the killing of three leaders of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization last night as part of Operation Shield and Arrow. “We are closely following Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that killed three leaders of

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Jewish woman dresses up as terrorist and is shot dead in apparent suicide

A Jewish woman who appeared to be attempting to commit suicide was shot dead after she dressed as a terrorist and appeared to attack a security force on Mount Hebron Tuesday evening. The young woman dressed in black clothes and arrived on foot from the Yatir settlement towards the security guards at the Metzadot Yehuda

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Help them keep their part of the deal

7 years plus 6 weeks of waiting They pledged a name to R’Shimon, but right now the baby Shimons life is in danger&hellip. 7 endless years. 7 years of achingly empty arms, painful silence, dashed hopes and fervent tefillos. 7 years of exorbitantly expensive treatments. Of filling oceans with their tears and never giving up

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Inquiry hears Australia has failed to act on Nazi symbols

An Australian parliamentary inquiry into banning Nazi symbols heard from various Jewish community and other minority groups who criticized the government for being decades behind the curve on banning the hate symbols. The Australian Senate”s Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, which held a hearing for public consultation as it considered a national ban on

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Driver in Independence Day death of infant indicted

An indictment was filed today (Tuesday) against Yana Blum, the driver accused of causing the collision in which 10-month-old Ma’ayan Domnovitch on Independence Day two weeks ago. According to the indictment, the test performed on Blum after the accident found an amount of alcohol 2.5 times higher than the legal limit, as well as an

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Hamas vows to respond to Gaza op. with Islamic Jihad

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem vowed that the terrorist organization which rules Gaza would take part in the response to the assassination of three Islamic Jihad leaders overnight. “Hamas is part of the joint operations room of the factions that are leading the response to this crime. We will participate in the response against Israel,” Qassem’s

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Watch: IDF strikes terror squad prepping anti-tank missiles in Khan Yunis

The IDF confirmed this evening (Tuesday) that IAF aircraft struck a terrorist squad that intended to fire anti-tank missiles at Israel in the Khan Yunis area of the southern Gaza Strip. “A short while ago, an IDF aircraft struck a terrorist squad belonging to the Islamic Jihad terror organization. The squad was taking Anti-tank guided

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Netanyahu: We’re in the midst of a campaign, don’t mess with us

The political-security Cabinet convened this evening (Tuesday) to discuss Operation Shield and Arrow and the possibility that the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip will launch a significant response to the assassination of three Islamic Jihad leaders overnight. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting: “Last night we embarked on Operation

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United Hatzalah raises alert level during Operation Shield and Arrow

Amid IDF Operation “Shield and Arrow”, United Hatzalah is raising its level of alert and preparing for a possible security escalation in southern Israel. During a situational assessment held in the organization”s temporary Command and Control Center on Mount Meron, key officials and division heads decided to immediately reinforce the southern branches of the organization

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Arrests made in two London antisemitic verbal abuse incidents

Two arrests have been made in separate incidents of antisemitic verbal abuse in the heavily Jewish Stamford Hill section of London. In the first incident, a Jewish woman who was walking on a Stamford Hill street on May 2 was accosted by the suspect who told her, “One day I will kill all you Jews!”

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Netanyahu on Operation Shield and Arrow: Whoever hurts us will be hurt in turn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about Operation Shield and Arrow for the first time this afternoon (Tuesday) following a security assessment at the Kirya, the military headquarters in Tel Aviv. “Those who hurt us should know that we will hurt them,” Netanyahu stated. The Prime Minister said that Iran is behind the Islamic Jihad terrorist

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Antisemitic symbols found in Pennsylvania university classroom

A university in Pennsylvania has condemned antisemitic symbols discovered in one of its classrooms last week. According to Susquehanna University President Jonathan Green, two swastikas were found on a whiteboard in a classroom in Apfelbaum Hall, The Daily Item reported. “Let us be clear: this is an antisemitic symbol of hate,” Green said in a

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Canada urged to streamline and toughen sanctions legislation

The Canadian government was urged at a committee hearing to use its Magnitsky Law to target human rights violators internationally with sanctions. The Magnitsky Law “provides for the taking of restrictive measures in respect of foreign nationals responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.” B”nai Brith Canada submitted the recommendation to the Standing

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Ra’am condemns killing of Islamic Jihad leaders

The Ra’am party and the Islamic Movement this afternoon (Tuesday) condemned the killing of three leaders of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in Gaza overnight. “We condemn the Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir government’s attack on family homes in Gaza and the killing of women and babies in order to solve the coalition crises,” Ra’am said in its statement.

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