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‘Jews hate freedom’: One suspect named after neo-Nazis rally at Melbourne parliament

Australian police have been working to identify a group of men who took part in a neo-Nazi protest on the front steps of Victoria’s Parliament...

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Toi Staff

NIS 12 billion over 5 years: Israel’s plan for rebuilding the north comes into focus

After extended delays and numerous complaints from residents of Israel’s northern communities, details are starting to emerge for the...

yesterday 50

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Zev Stub

Court permits lifting gag order on name of IDF reservist in intel theft and leak case

The Tel Aviv District Court on Sunday agreed to a request from an IDF reservist charged in the Prime Minister’s Office security documents theft...

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Toi Staff

Israeli soccer club said to drop goalie amid anger over 2017 game for Palestinian team

An Arab Israeli soccer player was reportedly released from a newly-signed contract with the Hapoel Beit She’an soccer club on Sunday after fans...

yesterday 20

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Toi Staff

Hamas has given signs of life for a few hostages, Israeli official says, as talks go on

As working groups continued their efforts in Qatar to hammer out a hostage and ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli official told The Times...

yesterday 30

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Lazar Berman

Dozens said to file complaints against Sara Netanyahu after report alleging dirty deeds

Dozens of people have reportedly filed police complaints about possible criminal acts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara,...

yesterday 30

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Jeremy Sharon

7 illegal settlements said built in West Bank area under Palestinian civil control

Seven illegal Israeli settlement outposts have been established in recent months inside Area B of the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority is...

yesterday 20

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Jeremy Sharon

Iraqi militias reportedly agree to end drone attacks on Israel

Shiite militia groups in Iraq have decided to stop attacking Israel, a Lebanese report claimed Monday, in what would mark the latest retreat by a...

yesterday 10

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Toi Staff

Religious women mobilize against ultra-Orthodox military exemptions

Exhausted by more than 14 months of war, the wives and mothers of Israeli soldiers are uniting in protest against exemptions from conscription for...

yesterday 10

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Emanuel Fabian

Paratroopers commander reprimanded for humiliating treatment of subordinates

The commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, Col. Ami Biton, was reprimanded on Monday by Central Command head Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth for treating...

yesterday 10

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Emanuel Fabian

Arab diplomats flock to Damascus for meetings with new Syrian leader

Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks Monday with senior Arab diplomats in the latest high-profile visits since Bashar al-Assad’s...

yesterday 10

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Agencies

Russia denies reports that Bashar al-Assad’s wife, Asma, filed for divorce

The Kremlin on Monday rejected Turkish media reports that suggested that Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of former Syrian president Bashar al-...

yesterday 10

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Agencies

Biden commutes nearly all federal death sentences, but not for Tree of Life shooter

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row,...

yesterday 10

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Agencies

Israel still hasn’t received list of living hostages from Hamas, official says

Gaps between Israel and the Hamas terror group over a possible Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal have narrowed, according to Israeli and...

yesterday 10

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Lazar Berman

Pioneering KKL-JNF laser beam tech aims to keep wild cranes off farmers’ fields

The chief ornithologist of the KKL-JNF Jewish National Fund has initiated work on what will be the world’s first laser-based “chaser” to keep...

yesterday 20

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Sue Surkes

JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party

WASHINGTON (JTA) — US Vice President-elect JD Vance on Friday joined Elon Musk in appearing to defend the policies of the far-right Alternative...

yesterday 10

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Ron Kampeas

Cops put squeeze on suspected looters at ancient olive oil complex

A group of four suspected antiquities looters were “caught red-handed” over the weekend attempting to break into an underground area at a...

yesterday 6

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Gavriel Fiske

PM vows escalated fight against Houthis; officials said urging direct attack on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Israel would act against the Houthi rebels in Yemen with the same force it used against...

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Lazar Berman

As relations ebb, rabbi and bishop launch guide to educate Catholics on antisemitism

JTA — When the American Jewish Committee began working with US bishops years ago to educate Catholics about antisemitism, they didn’t anticipate...

yesterday 20

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Ben Sales

Top Hasidic singer’s UK show cancelled due to security fears, moves to new venue

After Benny Friedman’s concert in London was canceled due to security fears related to antisemitic threats, a show by the American Hasidic singer...

yesterday 20

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Zev Stub

Ex-Sky News Australia presenter: I support Israel because I ‘see right from wrong’

Australian TV presenter Erin Molan, who was fired by Sky News earlier this month, declined to say she was dismissed because of her outspoken...

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Toi Staff

US strikes Houthi targets in Yemen, takes down drones over Red Sea

The United States on Saturday said it struck targets in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, hours after a missile fired by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels...

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Agencies

Report: Israel wants 11 male hostages freed in deal’s 1st stage, Hamas demands compensation

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen. Footage shows the Latin Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa leading a...

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Toi Staff

Iranian government said scrambling for solutions as energy crisis plagues country

An energy crisis in Iran has left its leadership scrambling to find a solution after schools and government institutions across the country were...

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Toi Staff

Palestinian refugees recall horrors of Assad’s regime in ruined city

YARMUK, Syria (AFP) – School lessons ended in Syria’s biggest Palestinian refugee camp on October 18, 2012, judging by the date still chalked up...

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Dave Clark

IDF apologizes for inviting family of captive soldier to brigade’s memorial ceremony

The Israeli military apologized on Saturday for mistakenly inviting the family of a soldier being held hostage in Gaza to a ceremony for the loved...

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Toi Staff

Germans mourn victims of Xmas market ramming as police search for attacker’s motive

Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of a deadly ramming attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market,...

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Agencies

Its proxies pummeled, Iran is suddenly more vulnerable than ever. Will it go nuclear?

Iran’s position has slipped dramatically in recent weeks. Israel hammered its most powerful proxy, Hezbollah, into stopping its rocket attacks in...

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Lazar Berman

Rare Christmas, Hanukkah overlap opens up opportunities for interfaith engagement

AP — Hanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900. For...

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David Crary

Israel accuses pope of ignoring Hamas cruelty after he criticizes Gaza airstrikes

Israel accused Pope Francis of “double standards” on Saturday after he condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza at the top of his annual Christmas...

previous day 30

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Jessica Steinberg

Inside one man’s struggle to get his cousin’s body, taken on Oct. 7, back from Gaza

Udi Goren raised his well-worn Canon and aimed it over the still waters of the Hod Hasharon Eco Park, training his lens on a kingfisher taking wing...

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Jessica Steinberg

Report: German Xmas market attacker is Saudi anti-Islamist who shared pro-Israel content

The suspect in the deadly ramming at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday was an anti-Islam activist who shared pro-Israel content on social...

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Toi Staff

Report: Families of several hostages receive signs of life from loved ones

Some hostages’ families have recently received signs of life from their loved ones who are still held captive by Hamas in Gaza, Channel 12 news...

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Toi Staff

University of California settles six antisemitism, three Islamophobia complaints

The US Department of Education announced it had resolved nine antisemitism- and Islamophobia-related civil rights complaints made against five...

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Agencies

Guatemala takes 160 minors from Lev Tahor sect into protective custody amid abuse claims

Guatemalan authorities said they rescued 160 minors and 40 women on Friday from a farm used by the extremist ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect amid an...

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Agencies

Pope condemns Israeli airstrikes in Gaza: ‘This is cruelty. This is not war’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza again on Saturday, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced...

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Reuters

MK threatens that judges ‘playing hardball’ will lead to resumption of judicial overhaul

The government’s decision on whether to revive its frozen efforts to overhaul the judiciary depends largely on the conduct of the Supreme Court...

saturday 30

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Sam Sokol

‘We are collateral damage’: Orthodox Belgian MP set to fight for the Jews of Europe

For Michael Freilich, Belgium’s only Orthodox Jewish lawmaker, representing Israel and the Jewish people is a natural part of his job. “As the...

saturday 3

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Zev Stub

US House of Representatives passes government funding bill, preventing shutdowns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a government shutdown deadline, the US Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that...

saturday 30

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Lisa Mascaro

Death toll in German Christmas market attack reaches 5, with at least 200 wounded

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Germans on Saturday mourned both the victims and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor intentionally...

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Kirsten Grieshaber

Daily Briefing Dec. 21: Day 442 – Are Gazan death figures being cynically inflated?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish...

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Top US diplomat for Mideast to reportedly visit Damascus in coming days

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they happen. Syria wants to contribute to “regional peace,” the country’s new...

20.12.2024 40

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Toi Staff

UN votes to ask The Hague if Israel upholding aid obligations to Palestinians

The United Nations General Assembly voted on Thursday to ask the International Court of Justice for an opinion on Israel’s obligations to...

20.12.2024 40

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Agencies

Villagers in Syria border town claim IDF preventing them from accessing their fields

Israeli forces have set up a position in an abandoned Syrian army base in the village of Maariyah and prevented local farmers from accessing their...

20.12.2024 40

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Luke Tress

Singer Noga Erez says she’s lost international bookings because she is Israeli

As singer Noga Erez completed an international tour for her new album, she posted an Instagram video Thursday in which she told her audience that...

20.12.2024 8

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Jessica Steinberg

With Syrian regime’s collapse, Turkey gains the upper hand in rivalry with Russia

The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia’s Vladimir...

20.12.2024 30

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Agencies

University of Vermont’s Israeli soccer star sets hopes on US professional league

JTA — Yaniv Bazini has scored 14 goals for the University of Vermont’s Division I soccer team this season, making him one of the top scorers in...

20.12.2024 10

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Jacob Gurvis

Estonian government rebukes university for cutting ties with Israeli institution

JTA — An Estonian university has cut ties with an Israeli university, setting off a chain of rebukes from the government, and pressure from its...

20.12.2024 30

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Shira Li Bartov

After Damascus meeting, US drops $10 million terror bounty for new Syrian leader

A senior US diplomat told Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday that Washington was scrapping a reward for his arrest, and welcomed...

20.12.2024 7

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Agencies

Syria’s de facto leader defends telling woman to cover her hair for photo

Ahmed al-Sharaa, the new de facto leader of Syria, defended telling a woman to cover her hair before being photographed with him after viral video...

20.12.2024 3

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Toi Staff

One hurt after IDF opens fire at group protesting Israeli presence in south Syria

Israeli troops wounded one person after opening fire Friday on demonstrators in southern Syria, with the military saying the soldiers did so to...

20.12.2024 5

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Emanuel Fabian

US diplomats meet HTS chiefs in Syria, the first in-person contact with new rulers

US diplomats visiting Damascus held Washington’s first in-person official meetings with Syria’s new de facto rulers led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham...

20.12.2024 4

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Agencies

Elon Musk endorses far-right German party after government’s collapse

JTA — Elon Musk endorsed a far-right German political party, the latest in a series of posts by the billionaire to draw accusations of catering...

20.12.2024 20

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Ron Kampeas

Toronto Jewish girls’ school fired at for third time this year

JTA — Toronto Police are investigating evidence of gunshots fired overnight on Friday at Bais Chaya, a Jewish girls’ school, the third such...

20.12.2024 20

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Joseph Strauss

Driver kills at least two after ramming into crowd at German Christmas market

Reuters — A driver killed at least two people when he rammed into a large crowd of revellers at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg...

20.12.2024 10

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Andrey Sychev

Civil rights probe finds Philly school district failed to tackle antisemitic harassment

The Philadelphia school district failed to show it protected Jewish students from harassment despite “repeated, extensive notice” that...

20.12.2024 10

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Joseph Strauss

US charges Iran Revolutionary Guards officer for 2022 murder of American in Baghdad

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and...

20.12.2024 1

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Larry Neumeister

US charges Israeli-Russian for involvement in notorious ransomware group

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States has charged a Russian-Israeli dual citizen over alleged involvement with the Lockbit ransomware group, the...

20.12.2024 10

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Susan Heavey

Jewish Film Fest marks Hanukkah with movies on Jewish identity, humor and resilience

It hasn’t been an easy year to be Jewish, but it’s been a great year for the release of films expressing Jewish identity, which bodes well for...

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Jessica Steinberg

FBI arrests college student for plotting mass casualty attack on Israeli consulate in NYC

NEW YORK — The FBI has arrested a suspect for a planned mass casualty terror attack against the Israeli consulate in New York City, the consulate...

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Luke Tress

Arab diplomat says hostage talks progressing but deal likely still weeks away

Mediators continue to make progress toward a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas, but will likely need weeks — not just...

20.12.2024 30

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Jacob Magid

GOP-led congressional report backs fundings cuts for universities that boycott Israel

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A report on campus antisemitism by the Republican-led US House of Representatives recommended cutting government funding to...

20.12.2024 40

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Ron Kampeas

Blinken acknowledges Israel-Saudi normalization unlikely before Biden leaves office

NEW YORK — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday voiced hope that President-elect Donald Trump will pick up his work to normalize ties...

20.12.2024 4

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Jessica Steinberg

PM reportedly won’t attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary, fearing arrest by Poland

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will avoid traveling to Poland for next month’s events marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the...

20.12.2024 30

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Toi Staff

Report: Soldiers say open-fire policies in Gaza too loose, leading to civilian deaths

Israel Defense Forces soldiers who served in the Gaza Strip have described open-fire policies that make killing in some areas seemingly...

19.12.2024 40

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Toi Staff

Gallant’s daughter was first to notify him of unfolding Oct. 7 assault, wife says

When then-defense minister Yoav Gallant picked up his phone on the morning of October 7, 2023, it wasn’t a defense official who informed him of...

19.12.2024 6

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Toi Staff

Rights group claims Gaza water scarcity is ‘act of genocide’; Israel: ‘Blood libel’

Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing “acts of genocide” during the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip by allegedly...

19.12.2024 6

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Agencies

Montreal synagogue firebombed for second time since Hamas onslaught against Israel

Assailants firebombed a synagogue in a Montreal suburb for the second time in just over a year, the latest in a series of attacks on Canadian...

19.12.2024 10

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Agencies

How a Jewish teen’s description of New York life in 1945 is going viral on TikTok

New York Jewish Week — On an April Saturday in 1945, a Jewish teen living in East New York named Charlotte Buchsbaum washed her hair with lemon....

19.12.2024 6

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Jackie Hajdenberg

‘Lucky there were no children’: School near Tel Aviv ravaged by Houthi missile attack

A multistory school building in Ramat Gan that collapsed when it was hit by the rocket warhead from a partially intercepted ballistic missile fired...

19.12.2024 30

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Toi Staff

Daily Briefing Dec. 19: Day 440 – Biden and Trump teams join forces in hostage talks

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world....

19.12.2024 10

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Jessica Steinberg

Reservist charged in Prime Minister’s Office leak scandal asks Herzog for a pardon

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they happen. NEW YORK — The FBI has arrested a suspect for an attempted mass casualty...

19.12.2024 20

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Toi Staff

Despite Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal, northern residents fear returning home

JTA — Driving the northernmost spur of Israel’s Route 886, it’s hard not to be astonished by just how close Israelis and their Hezbollah foes...

19.12.2024 4

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Uriel Heilman

IDF pounds Yemen, believes it paralyzed all 3 Houthi ports; missile fired at Israel

The Israeli military carried out a series of intense airstrikes that shook Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday, in a...

19.12.2024 20

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Emanuel Fabian

US won’t sanction Smotrich and Ben Gvir before end of Biden’s term — officials

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden’s administration will not sanction far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich before the...

19.12.2024 8

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Jacob Magid

Blinken says Iran will think more about going nuclear after losing ‘lines of defense’

NEW YORK — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump had a window to negotiate with Iran, saying the...

19.12.2024 10

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Jacob Magid

Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells for over $5m

NEW YORK — The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday. Sotheby’s...

19.12.2024 20

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Agencies

German weapons exports to Israel down by half this year compared to 2023

BERLIN — The German government has doubled its arms exports to Ukraine this year and halved them to Israel compared to 2023, data from the...

19.12.2024 10

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