A number of major centrist and liberal American Jewish groups say they oppose the reestablishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza. The statements by some of the largest Jewish organizations in the country, made in response to press inquiries, come as Israel has reportedly cleared out portions of northern Gaza, and as far-right Israeli government ministers […]
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Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli troops to occupy the Syrian side of a buffer zone on the Golan Heights for the first time in half a century. The Israeli prime minister said that the 50-year old agreement that kept the peace on the mountainous border between the two countries following the 1973 Yom Kippur War no […]
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Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has fled the country and his government has fallen to rebels, a swift and stunning collapse after more than a decade of civil war. The country is now enveloped in joy and turmoil as hundreds of thousands of refugees stream home, political prisoners go free and Syrians — along with the […]
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Cornell University’s Jewish interim president is facing growing blowback from higher education groups over emails published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last month, in which he raised objections to an upcoming class on Gaza. Michael Kotlikoff’s remarks, which (JEWISH REVIEW) reported on Nov. 11, were a violation of academic freedom, say representatives of the American […]
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A new website quietly launched by the Israeli military lets soldiers anonymously check whether their safety equipment complies with official standards, in a tacit admission both that donated gear is widespread, and that army-issued gear may be unsafe. It’s the latest development in a debate that has gone on since the start of the war […]
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump named Adam Boehler, who helped broker the Abraham Accords normalization agreements between Israel and four Arab states, as his top hostage negotiator. The announcement comes two days after Trump threatened “all hell to pay” in the Middle East unless the Israeli hostages held in Gaza are released by the time Trump […]
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Around the time he was preparing to release his new book earlier this year, David Friedman, the former U.S. ambassador to Israel under Donald Trump, was approached by an advocacy group that focuses on fostering support for Israel among Christians. The group, known as Israel365, asked Friedman to support a slate of candidates in next […]
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In a different world, Keith Siegel would have joined his siblings at their mother’s bedside as she breathed her last breath on Sunday. Instead, Gladys Siegel, the family’s matriarch and a pillar of her local Jewish community, slipped away at 97 — unaware that her youngest son had been a hostage of Hamas for 421 […]
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For months, the family of Omer Neutra has called, in speech after speech, for a deal that would free him and the other Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Now, in their first statement following the announcement that Neutra died in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, his parents and brother are repeating that call. They said […]
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The United Nations’ main agency serving Palestinians said it was pausing its aid shipments through a border crossing into southern Gaza in the wake of repeated attacks on the aid trucks by armed gangs. The announcement came one day after another aid agency, World Central Kitchen, said three of its workers were killed in an […]
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