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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Who Should(n’t) Get Automatic Israeli Citizenship?

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Who Should(n’t) Get Automatic Israeli Citizenship? Like a cat with nine lives, once again the question of “Who is a Jew?” has arisen in Israel – one of the most controversial since the country’s establishment. The issue

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Michael Oren: A Region Reordered – Perhaps

Michael Oren: A Region Reordered – Perhaps Clarity with Michael Oren The Israeli media spent much of Monday speculating about the reasons why the summit between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump was postponed from lunchtime to the evening

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Nazi chic and soft-soaping the Jew-baiters

The current frenzy over Israel can be seen as the last remaining front of the Second World War.

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Inside Philadelphia Public Libraries' 'Palestine Storytime' Events, Where Kids Are Taught To Make 'Protest Art' Promoting 'Palestinian Liberation'

The radical Families for Ceasefire Philly organization has used city libraries to teach children slogans like 'From the River to the Sea'

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Elder Of Ziyon - Youth Organizations Have Picked a Side—And It’s Not the Jews

NEA, Rotary, Save the Children: They claim neutrality, but their Gaza statements betray the Jews they refuse to name.

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TAU: 15th- Century Holy Books of Ethiopian Jewry – the Oldest Found to Date

TAU: 15th- Century Holy Books of Ethiopian Jewry – the Oldest Found to Date   Two Orit books (the Torah of Beta Israel – Ethiopian Jewry) from the 15th century were discovered by the Orit Guardians program of TAU’s Department of Biblical St

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Iran operation leaves US longing for Israeli F-35 upgrade

Sorties averaged about 1,000 miles (one way) and, at least in one case, stretched to 1,400 miles.

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Israel haters launch symbolic rocket for 'Palestine' in Spain

An anti-Israel group in Pamplona was asked to lead this year's opening of the traditional San Fermin festival.

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News July 8, 2025

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News July 8, 2025 Intel Israel begins latest round of layoffs, including Kiryat Gat factory for first time. Hundreds expected to lose jobs as chip giant extends cuts beyond R&D hubs in Haifa and Petah Tikva. R

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WSJ: A New Palestinian Offer for Peace With Israel

WSJ: A New Palestinian Offer for Peace With Israel Hebron’s sheikhs propose to leave the Palestinian Authority and join the Abraham Accords. By Elliot Kaufman The idea of a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians has never seemed more futile

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Supporting Gazan “Browns” – But Not “Black” Sudanese & “Yellow” Uyghurs?

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Supporting Gazan “Browns” – But Not “Black” Sudanese & “Yellow” Uyghurs? Not everyone who protests Israel’s war against Hamas is an antisemite, but it’s quite possible that most are displaying not-so-subtle racis

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The IDF is not just Israel’s army: it is a symbol of Jewish self-defence

Strong Jews, sovereign Jews, Jews you can’t push around.... that’s what Zionists are

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Using the War as an Excuse to Torment Jewish Children

The shocking story of the expulsion of Jewish students in one of the nation’s top K-8 schools has so many outrageous elements that two of the most important aspects have

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UK Culture war timeline: Boycotts and bigotry since 7 October

Jewish News tracks 21 months of hate and discrimination in Britain’s arts and culture scene

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The need to acknowledge Muslim antisemitism

Britain may be an outlier for now, but America’s not far behind.

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The Settler Violence Myth

How a flawed narrative about Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria became a global campaign—and a weapon against Israel

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Victoria Braverman: The Storm before the Calm before the Storm

Victoria Braverman: The Storm before the Calm before the Storm The vintage clothing shop across the street is gone. Not just closed. Gone. Emptied out without ceremony. I didn’t notice it happening. It used to open unpredictably – once or twice a

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Strategic Suicide? Why Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei is Again Preparing for War

Western intelligence agencies believe that Khamenei’s character is a decisive factor preventing fundamental policy shifts in Iran – even amid severe crises or after the major military setbacks and humiliation inflicted by Israel. - Strategic Suicide? Why

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Jonathan Sacks: Losing Miriam CHUKAT

Jonathan Sacks: Losing Miriam CHUKAT It is a scene that still has the power to shock and disturb. The people complain. There is no water. It is an old complaint and a predictable one. That is what happens in a desert. Moses should have been able to handle

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Israel owes Trump, but that can’t mean Hamas’s survival

The president wants an end to the war in Gaza so he can make more regional deals in the region. But as much as Jerusalem must defer to him, there must be limits to that gratitude.

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How Anti-Zionism Became a Western Rite

A political movement rooted in ancient Jew-hatred is now a generational identity

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RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT CHUKAT: MOSES’S FATAL ANGRY ERROR AT THE WATERS OF DISPUTATION AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO FIX IT

RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT CHUKAT: MOSES’S FATAL ANGRY ERROR AT THE WATERS OF DISPUTATION AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO FIX IT In Parshat Chukat, we read: “The Israelites arrived at the wilderness of Zin on the first new moon, and the people stayed at Kadesh. Miria

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Campus antisemitism challenges liberal Jewish identity, as 96% of Jewish students report harassment | World Israel News

Nearly all American Jewish college students report experiencing harassment, intimidation, or assault over their Jewish identity, half say they are

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CIA director confirms airstrikes set back Iran’s nuclear program by years | World Israel News

CIA Director John Ratcliffe tells Congress that airstrikes on Isfahan uranium conversion facility set back Iran’s nuclear program by years – not months – and that nearly all of Iran’s enriched uranium was buried in attacks.

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Israeli Scientists Discover Remarkable Way to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria | United with Israel

This discovery not only highlights the potential of marine ecosystems, such as the Red Sea coral reefs, but also paves the way for new, nature-based treatments in global medicine.

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Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs

Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs In-Depth Issues:   Iran Asks for “Payment of Compensation and Reparations” for War (AFP) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday: &

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'A Constituency of Anti-Semitism': North Carolina Democrats Pass Resolution Demanding Arms Embargo on Israel

The North Carolina Democratic Party on Saturday approved a resolution that calls for the federal government to impose an arms embargo on Israel, accusing the Jewish state of using U.S. military aid to commit genocide.

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'Obliterating' Iran's Nuclear Sites Is Not Enough

"The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose." — Henry Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, January 1969. Iran's regime may have lost its nuclear sites, but it has not lost its appetite to kill Jews and wipe Israel off

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Harvard Violated Jewish Students’ Civil Rights, Trump Admin Finds While Threatening Remaining Federal Funding

Harvard University’s treatment of Jewish and Israeli students violated civil rights law, putting its federal funding at risk, the Trump administration told the Ivy League school on Monday.

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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 29, 2025

Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 29, 2025 Following the US strike on Iran’s main nuclear weapons production sites, and subsequent ceasefire agreement, Israelis have thankfully been able to sleep at night without the d

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: News Balancing: The Bad, the Good, and the Wonderful

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: News Balancing: The Bad, the Good, and the Wonderful Feeling down about the news? The time is ripe for (re)assessment. With the Iran-Israel war (very hopefully) behind us, on the face of it the picture looks grim: lots of Israeli

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Antisemitism: The Permitted Racsim

378 people were murdered at the Nova music festival in southern Israel on 7 October: 378 young people who just wanted to dance, let loose and party, as young people all over the world do at music festivals.

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Michael Oren: Transforming Tactic to Strategy

Michael Oren: Transforming Tactic to Strategy The litmus of our leadership Clarity with Michael Oren In the aftermath of one of Israel’s border wars with Hamas, a prominent American journalist called me and asked, “I understand what Israel’s tactic

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Rav Kook: PARSHAT KORACH: the dangers of national and international KORACHISM

Rav Kook: PARSHAT KORACH: the dangers of national and international KORACHISM “Now Korach, son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, betook himself, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—descendants of Reuben—to rise up agai

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The Ayatollah’s Lifeline: Made in the West

Over and over again, when the Ayatollah regime in Iran is at its weakest, bleeding, vulnerable — the west saves it.

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Jonathan Feldstein: Its Iran’s Threats to the United States and its Interests, Stupid

Jonathan Feldstein: Its Iran’s Threats to the United States and its Interests, Stupid It’s become old hearing the tropes of pundits on the left and the right that the U.S. attack on Iran this week was because of Israel, that Israel somehow misled or m

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Netanyahu Gives Thanks at Western Wall Following US Attack on Iran | United with Israel

The premier and his wife offered a prayer for the safety of Israeli security forces, as well as the remaining 50 hostages held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip for more than 600 days.

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Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: News Alert

Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: News Alert In-Depth Issues:   Pentagon Details Multipronged Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites – Helene Cooper (New York Times) Senior Pentagon officials on Sunday described a coordinated militar

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Michael Oren: Iran Pulled the Trigger: Revisiting a Dirty Harry Moment

Michael Oren: Iran Pulled the Trigger: Revisiting a Dirty Harry Moment   Clarity with Michael Oren On November 5, 2023, less than a month after the largest post-Holocaust massacre of Jews, I wrote an article for Clarity entitled, “A Dirty Harry Mom

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: The All Too Possible/Surprising Aftermath of the War with Iran

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: The All Too Possible/Surprising Aftermath of the War with Iran Throw a rock in the lake, and the first wave is impressive. What we don’t usually do is watch the succeeding eddies as they move outwards. Similarly, major world eve

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Israel pressing for swift action on Fordo nuclear site, may act without US -- sources | The Times of Israel

Israeli officials have told the Trump administration they do not want to wait two weeks for Iran to reach a deal to dismantle key parts of its nuclear program and Israel could act alone before the deadline is up, two sources say, amid a continuing debate on Trump’s team about whether the US should get involved.

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UNPACKED: Watch – The One Reason Iran Can’t Let Israel Exist | Explained

UNPACKED: Watch – The One Reason Iran Can’t Let Israel Exist | Explained     For decades, Iran and Israel were allies. Israelis partied in Tehran. Now, Iran calls Israel “Little Satan” and plots its destruction. But the story of Iran

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Trump on Iran: Two weeks is time to see if people come to their senses | Israel National News

US President says it's "very hard" to ask Israel to stop Iran airstrikes while they're winning, adds his two-week period for Iran is to see if "people come to their senses".

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MSNBC Analyst, a Former Obama Official, Calls Iran 'Most Western Nation' in the Middle East

MSNBC political analyst and former Obama administration official Rick Stengel questioned why the United States is aligned with Israel rather than Iran, which he called "the most Western nation" in the Middle East. Though Iranians chant "death to America,"

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Supreme Court revives terror victim lawsuits against Palestinian groups

The Supreme Court upheld a law allowing Americans injured by acts of terror in the Middle East to take Palestinian leadership groups to U.S. courts for damages.   

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10 Things They Don’t Want You to Know About Israel’s War With Iran

Forget what you’ve been told — here’s the war the media, UN and the Human Rights industrial complex refuses to report.

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Israeli secret services ‘used fake phone call’ to lure Iran’s air force elite to their deaths

The successful hit reportedly hobbled Iran’s ability to respond to the first wave of Israeli Air Force strikes across the country

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News June 20, 2025

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News June 20, 2025 Startup Nation grounded: Inside the race home for Israel’s high-tech leaders stranded abroad. As Israel shuttered its skies in the wake of Operation Rising Lion, tech professionals have fo

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Rigged, Corrupt, and False: The UN Just Accused Israel of “Extermination"

The Perpetual Inquisition: The UN’s Pillay Report and the Weaponization of International Law Against Israel

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The ‘America First’ Crew’s Complete Disregard for American Lives

On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally in the first of two domestic assassination attempts. Three months after that Butler near-miss, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps

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Explainer: The handful of facilities at the core of Iran's nuclear program | The Times of Israel

Natanz enrichment site, which operates dozens of centrifuges, is a confirmed target of Israel's overnight attack; Iran also has nuclear sites near Qom, in Isfahan and elsewhere

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Trump sanctions four ICC judges | World Israel News

The judges and court are accused of abusing and overextending their power by issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.

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American Jews are failing to combat leftist Jew-hatred | World Israel News

Liberal Jews are more interested in being in the 'vanguard' of civil rights than protecting Jews themselves.

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The march of the useful idiots

The March to Gaza was a Fyre Festival for the West's activist class.

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Marziyeh Amirizadeh: Iranian History, Life Under the Islamic Republic, the Current Conflict and Hope for Redemption

Marziyeh Amirizadeh: Iranian History, Life Under the Islamic Republic, the Current Conflict and Hope for Redemption In the wake of Israel’s remarkable attack on nuclear facilities, military and other strategic targets, and leaders of the Islamic Republi

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France walls off Israeli pavilion at Paris Air Show

The move violates understandings reached and the principle of equality, said Israel's Defense Ministry.

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Can Israel End Iran's Nuclear Program?

A conversation with leading American physicist and nuclear weapons expert David Albright about what Israel’s campaign has achieved so far and whether U.S. military assistance is needed

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Leftists for the ayatollah

Too many so-called progressives have instinctively sided with the brutal Iranian regime.

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Iran is nothing like the Iraq War

Iran is nothing like Iraq. Indeed, the failures of the Iraq and Afghanistan adventures shouldn’t hamstring the United States from exerting its legitimate power.

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Trump demands unconditional surrender from Khamenei, knows his secret location | The Jerusalem Post

Trump has threatened to eliminate the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, if Iran does not submit to unconditional surrender.

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Steve Kramer: The inevitable war against Iran

Steve Kramer: The inevitable war against Iran Preface: We’re among the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who were caught abroad when Israel attacked Iran’s war machine last week. Like the others, we’ve been scrambling for a hotel room and we have to

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Jonathan Feldstein: Ice Cream with a Bomb Shelter on Top

Jonathan Feldstein: Ice Cream with a Bomb Shelter on Top One of the best things in life is to have the privilege of taking one’s grandchildren out for ice cream. Even during a war.  Perhaps especially during a war.   This week, my daughter and son

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NY Times Forgets “War Crimes” When Reporting Iranian Strikes on Civilians

Iran’s missile barrages into Israel have killed 24 Israelis, all civilians. But in stark contrast to its coverage of Israeli warfare, the paper has

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Iran Attacks, Israel Unites: The Eternal Jewish Response | Aish

Throughout history, the Jewish people have faced enemies bent on their destruction. Today is no different — and neither is the response.

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Trump’s Churchillian Choice at Fordow

History has taught us a clear lesson: from Hitler to the Ayatollah, believe the threats of dictators, writes Andrew Roberts.

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MTG post against Israel’s operations in Iran unites far right, far left

The post, which opposed Israeli strikes in Iran, was boosted by Code Pink and a strategist for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)

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Israel Dominates Iran’s Airspace — But Can It Prevent a Nuclear Breakout?

Can Tehran still carry out its nuclear ambitions despite the damage, and will Israel ultimately succeed in dismantling the program before it reaches the point of no return?

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IDF official: Iran's goal is an 8,000-missile arsenal to annihilate Israel

The IDF has established an open aerial corridor to Tehran, striking at the heart of Iran’s nuclear program, missile production and military leadership

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How the Democrats Became the Party of Racists, Bigots, and Antisemites

 The grizzled cop who’s just a few days away from retirement. The prostitute with a heart of gold. The dumb blonde; the privileged jock; the absent-minded professor; the scheming, evil, two-faced stepmom.

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Israeli Chabad Rabbi: We Are Faithful, Not Fearful! - Chabad

Those providing essential services are doing so as an act of bravery and are delighted to know that they are not forgotten or taken for granted.

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Israel and the Jewish People in Scripture - The Promised Land to the Chosen People - Chabad

The unbreakable bond between the Jewish People and the land of Israel is rooted in history, faith, and indigenous heritage, documented in the Hebrew Bible and carved into the hearts and minds of the Jewish People.

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News June 15, 2025

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News June 15, 2025 Intel’s Israeli fab in Kiryat Gat targeted in latest layoff round. The cost-cutting campaign expands beyond R&D as the plant loses long-standing protection. Read more   Vast isn’t t

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Four people murdered in Iranian missile strike on central Israel | Israel National News

Sirens across central Israel due to wave of missiles from Iran and Yemen, severe destruction at scenes in Bat Yam and Rehovot. Four murdered, 140 injured, and 35 remain unaccounted for.

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Khamenei ‘not off limits,’ Israeli official tells ‘WSJ’

The official told the paper that the Jewish state isn't ruling any targets out.

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Two decades of American folly made Israel’s Iran strike necessary

Bush punted, Obama and Biden appeased, while Trump 2.0 played into Tehran’s hands by delaying a decision with futile diplomacy, leaving Netanyahu no choice but to act.

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Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: DAILY ALERT June 13, 2025

Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs: DAILY ALERT June 13, 2025 In-Depth Issues:   All Iranian Drones Launched toward Israel Were Successfully Intercepted – Emanuel Fabian (Times of Israel) In response to Israel’s attack on

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IDF intercepts 100-plus Iranian drones beyond Israeli airspace

Two unnamed Israeli officials told "Reuters" that Jerusalem was preparing for an Iranian military response in the coming hours.

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IDF: Four top Iranian military leaders are dead

"These are three ruthless mass murderers with international blood on their hands. The world is a better place without them," the military said.

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The intifada got globalized again in Los Angeles

Far from deserving Jewish support, the protests against enforcing the law regarding illegal immigration are another aspect of the same anti-Western campaign demonizing Israel.

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Israel launches preemptive strike on Iran, DM declares special state of emergency

Channels in Iran associated with the Revolutionary Guards report explosions in Tehran. Defense Minister Israel Katz immediately declares a special state of emergency throughout the entire territory of the State of Israel. Israeli airspace shut down.

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IDF in formal statement: Israel has launched attack to damage Iran's nuclear program | The Times of Israel

The IDF in an official statement says that it has launched a “precise, preemptive strike” in Iran, “with the goal of damaging Iran’s nuclear program and in response to the Iranian regime’s ongoing aggression against Israel.”

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Israel said to be preparing for Iran strike as nuclear talks stall

U.S. media report Jerusalem preparing for possible strike against Iran as negotiations falter; Washington orders embassy staff out of the region.

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Sham Palestinian Charity Sanctioned Over Work With Hamas Has Also Partnered With Elite US Universities

Addameer, now on the Treasury Department's list of terror financiers, has partnered with Ivy League schools to spread anti-Israel propaganda

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Elder Of Ziyon - 47 Minutes of Evil Greta Wouldn’t Watch (Judean Rose)

When offered a glimpse of Hamas’s atrocities, Greta Thunberg and the Madleen crew turned away, exposing their lack of humanity for all to see.

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Road Map for Peace: A Two-State Solution to California’s Woes

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the entertainment industry are back to hectoring America from the Golden State. This time it’s about the “mostly peaceful” riots in Los Angeles, but I

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Hamas attacks Gaza aid group, kills at least five, staff feared taken hostage

“Despite this heinous attack, we will continue our mission to provide critical aid to the people of Gaza,” the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said.

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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 2025

Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 2025 Many Jews emerge tired from Shavuot festival celebrations thinking that it is now vacation time and the pressure is off, until preparations for the Jewish New Year begin in September /

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New York School District Distributes State Exam Prep That Accuses Israel of ‘Terrorism’ and Calls Zionism ‘Extreme Nationalism’

A New York school district distributed a study guide for a state-issued exam that described Zionism as "extreme nationalism" and accused Israel of "terrorism." A state official denied involvement in creating or dispersing the document, but didn’t explain

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Now they're targeting Jewish politicians.

“This is a democracy. You fight dangerous ideas at the ballot box, not with bans from foreign nations.”

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Unfathomable Media Fraud

Please read the following headline and subhed on a New York Times report today: “The Tunnel That Leads Underneath a Hospital in Southern Gaza To Israelis, the location of an

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Leftist activists in Portugal plot poison attack on Israelis at festival

Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless alkaloid used as a pesticide, which leads to convulsions and then death through asphyxia if ingested.

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What is Antizionism?

Educational content only. A discussion of the rhetoric of "antizionism" in the context of the history of antisemitism. Warning, some graphic content and images.

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Denying Iran's atomic ambitions, Tucker Carlson clashes with pro-Israel conservatives | World Israel News

'Antisemitic and dangerous' - Republican leader in Israel slams ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson's scathing attack on conservative pundit Mark Levin.

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NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani refuses to affirm Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state | World Israel News

"And his answer was no, he won't visit Israel," Andrew Cuomo said, referring to Mamdani's earlier statement that he would not visit Israel if elected. 

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Moral Clarity: The Antisemitism Killer - Joshua Namm

The most effective way to advocate for good, is to possess the ability to recognize evil.

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MIT graduate condemns university’s ties with 'genocidal' Israeli military

MIT commencement speaker Megha M. Vemuri accuses school of complicity with Israeli military, sparking mixed reactions amid ongoing Gaza War protests.

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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 1, 2025

Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel June 1, 2025 Followers of Israel’s positive news will be beaming with pride this week from the announcement that Israel is the first country in the world to successfully destroy hostile dro

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: What’s the Rational Rationale for Destroying Gaza?

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: What’s the Rational Rationale for Destroying Gaza? A solid majority of Israelis think that the Israeli government should place the hostages’ return as its number one priority, and totally defeating Hamas as only a secondary go

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Michael Oren: Develop the Golan or Lose It

Michael Oren: Develop the Golan or Lose It Clarity with Michael Oren President Trump’s decision to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria and recognize the regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani) poses serious short- and long-term challenges to Israel.

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Tsvi Bisk: Israel – How to Respond A strategy of the indirect approach

Tsvi Bisk: Israel – How to Respond A strategy of the indirect approach It is infuriating. One is tempted to succumb to unrestrained anger and resentment at the endless distortions of truth and reality. “Feminists for Palestine” only days

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Jonathan Sacks: The Ever-Repeated Story BAMIDBAR

Jonathan Sacks: The Ever-Repeated Story BAMIDBAR Bamidbar takes up the story as we left it toward the end of Shemot. The people have journeyed from Egypt to Mount Sinai. There they received the Torah. There they made the Golden Calf. There they were forgi

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Jonathan Feldstein: Transactional Arab Deals Worth Billions, but God’s Blessing is Priceless

Jonathan Feldstein: Transactional Arab Deals Worth Billions, but God’s Blessing is Priceless In the wake of President Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, it seems there’s not a cash register big enough to count all the money in inv

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News May 28, 2025

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News May 28, 2025   Check Point acquires Israeli cyber startup Veriti in deal estimated at over $100 million. The Israeli startup brings rapid remediation and multi-vendor integration to Check Point’

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Michael Oren: From the Archives: Is U.S. Aid a Threat to Israel

Michael Oren: From the Archives: Is U.S. Aid a Threat to Israel Michael Oren The Prime Minister’s recent statement that Israel “will have to wean itself off American military aid, just as we weaned ourselves from U.S. economic aid” was, for me, a vi

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Rescued Hamas hostage turning his pain into art with NYC exhibit: ‘By accident, I became a symbol of hope’

Russian-Israeli Andrei Kozlov is launching his first-ever solo art show in Chelsea with a moving collection that reflects his plight in captivity -- including physical and psychological torture. 

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Tirza Shorr: The UN, Israel, and the Devolution of Global Narratives

Tirza Shorr: The UN, Israel, and the Devolution of Global Narratives Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs Israel has become the “canary in the coal mine” at the UN – an indigenous people in their ancestral homeland uniquely targeted

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Travel Documentary: 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About ISRAEL

Travel Documentary: 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About ISRAEL     15 Mind-Blowing Facts About ISRAEL: The World’s Most ECCENTRIC Country – Travel Documentary Israel: One of the Most Talked-About, Misunderstood, and Fascinating Countries on Eart

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Jonathan Sacks: Yom Yerushalayim in a Nutshell & More

Jonathan Sacks: Yom Yerushalayim in a Nutshell & More Yom Yerushalayim, which falls on the 28th of Iyar, celebrates the reunification of the city of Jerusalem in 1967. King David first made Jerusalem the capital city of the Jewish people 3000 years ago. I

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Israel issues security warning for Jews and Israelis in Canada | The Times of Israel

The National Security Council (NSC) has issued a Level 2 travel warning for Canada, urging Israelis living in or visiting the country to take increased precautions. The NSC advises people to avoid wearing visible displays of Israeli or Jewish identity, such as symbols or flags, and to remain highly alert in public spaces.

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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 25, 2025

Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 25, 2025 Israel has so much to showcase.  New standards for saving lives during a war; protocols for treating released hostages; bravery in the face of a terrorist onslaught;  and the truth

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Humility as an Antidote to Humiliation

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Humility as an Antidote to Humiliation After 77 years of independence, Israel’s perennially painful question remains: why is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict still continuing? There are several reasons bandied about (most partly

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To My Fellow Jews: What Will It Take??? - Joshua Namm

After the events of this week, it should be clear to all of us that we can NOT continue like this.

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Gets WORSE: Just GUESS What Inspired the DC Shooter - He Explains It All In His MANIFESTO

 It appears the DC shooter who took the lives of two innocent Israeli embassy staff members has a manifesto where he explained why he opened fire on his victims. Considering this monster started chanting, 'Free Palestine' at the scene, we already had a pretty good guess.

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Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead outside Capital Jewish Museum in DC

Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, told ABC News that his organization hosted an event at the museum that evening.

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2 Israeli diplomats killed during event at Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC

Two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot and killed during an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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Michael Oren: So Much for No Surprises

Michael Oren: So Much for No Surprises As a pillar of our alliance with America wobbles, what is Israel to do? Clarity with Michael Oren Along with “no daylight,” one of the longstanding principles of the U.S.-Israel alliance was “no surprises.” T

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One Family: No Victim Is Left Alone

One Family: No Victim Is Left Alone The reality is simple and painful.  We are at war, a war to save our homeland. No longer a passing crisis or temporary emergency, the war is part of our daily lives. All across Israel, families are carrying the weight

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The split in MAGAworld

Some Trump voters are disturbed to find that America First means America Alone

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CTECH: Latest Innovation & Technology News May 20, 2025

CTECH: Latest Innovation & Technology News May 20, 2025   Wiz 2.0? Cyera’s meteoric $6B valuation is turning heads across the cyber world. After doubling its valuation twice in 2024, from $1.4B in April to $3B in November, Cyera is now poised to do

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Steve Kramer: Contrasting Saudi and Palestinian leadership

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Michael Ordman: This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 18, 2025

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Mark Levin gives Tucker Carlson a well-deserved dressing-down

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Trump admin targets Iranian nuclear scientists | World Israel News

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ACT NOW: Demand Congress Dismantle Iran’s Nuclear Program Before It’s Too Late | United with Israel

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Noting Washington's diplomatic progress in the region, Israel began rethinking its position regarding the new Syrian regime, reports indicate.

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For more than 3,000 years, Jerusalem has been the beating heart of the Jewish people. The connection between Jews and Jerusalem stretches back to the Hebrew Bible—to the reign of King David, to the many kings and prophets who succeeded him, and into the Second Temple period.

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Trump ditched Israel with surprise Houthi truce. That doesn't bode well on Iran | The Times of Israel

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Amid nuke talks, US hits Iran with sanctions on major gas trader | World Israel News

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