President Donald Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “at length” about the flydubai attack on Wednesday, while the United Arab Emirates said it was opening an investigation into the incident. The UAE noted in a statement that the investigation included looking at “any and all possible connection to terrorist intent” after one pilot […]
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TEL AVIV – The apparent hijacking attempt aboard flydubai Flight 1073 has put a spotlight on the Emirati airline, which has become a main air link connecting Israelis to the rest of the world. The incident could also test the relationship between Israel and one of the airlines that has come to symbolize the ties […]
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One pilot stabbed another in the cockpit of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv in what may have been an attempt to crash the plane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. A passenger intervened to help restrain the attacker, he added. The flight, carrying more than 100 Israeli passengers, was diverted […]
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British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called Palestinian suffering in Gaza and the West Bank a “stain on the conscience of the world” at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, his most blistering attack on Benjamin Netanyahu’s government yet. His attack comes a number of weeks after he told the British Parliament that his country […]
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It only took 25 minutes of play for the Irish national soccer team to build a 3-0 lead over Israel in the countries’ UEFA Nations League B match on Sunday. But there were decades of bad blood that preceded Ireland’s shutout victory in a game dominated more by the geopolitics of the Gaza war than […]
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President Isaac Herzog called leaders of Jerusalem’s Kol HaNeshama Reform congregation on the eve of the Sukkot holiday to express solidarity following a string of attacks against the synagogue and took the matter up with Israel Police, his office told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Sunday. The call came days after Jerusalem police arrested three […]
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Some top New York Jewish Democrats are defending New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him an “antisemite” and said he is “buddies” with Hamas. Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, and the outsized role Mamdani played in it, were the culmination of escalating criticism […]
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Pop singer Pink is facing more calls — including from Spanish Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem — for her removal as an ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nations agency that provides aid to children and mothers. Pink criticized Macklemore for the pro-Palestinian comments and imagery in his opening set on Ed Sheeran’s tour. The rapper was […]
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called out his and Israel’s enemies as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, labeling New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani an antisemite. Netanyahu spoke at a time when his country has been increasingly isolated and vilified on the international stage following three years of war against Iran and […]
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Palestinians are in danger of being pushed off their land as Israel closes off the option of a two-state solution, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday in a virtual address. The danger is no longer about preventing a Palestinian state, he said, stressing, “It has now come to […]
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