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Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:58:13 GMT
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The art market on Nachalat Binyamin street in Tel Aviv, December 30, 2025. (photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)
The study revealed that the main factors for this decrease were a negative net migration rate, a stagnation in birth rates, and an expected increase in the absolute number of deaths in 2025. 
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 07:07:12 GMT
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US President Donald Trump talks to the media as he welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.  (photo credit: JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES)
United States President Donald Trump lavished praise upon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in between moments of discussing Hamas disarmament and the existential threat of Iran.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:02:07 GMT
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IDF officers planning an operation in Kafr Aqab, December 2025. (photo credit: VIA WALLA)
The IDF additionally announced that it launched 20,900 attacks on targets across all fronts and killed around 2,100 Hamas terrorists this past year in newly unveiled 2025 military statistics.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:16:30 GMT
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People walk past closed shops, following protests over a plunge in the currency
In some regions, including on Tehran’s Jomhuri Street, protesters were recorded successfully pushing back authorities, forcing regime police to retreat.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 04:18:30 GMT
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The Banco Sabadell logo can be seen behind leaves on top of a building outside Madrid, Spain, April 13, 2016. (photo credit:  REUTERS/Andrea Comas)
Banco Sabadell’s chairman apologized after Israeli clients in Spain reported account restrictions and delayed transfers, saying revised procedures followed an internal compliance misunderstanding.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:18:40 GMT
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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)
Trump and top White House advisers allegedly warned that escalation in the West Bank could jeopardize the Gaza deal and efforts to expand the Abraham Accords.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:21:48 GMT
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 Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023. (photo credit: REUTERS/DOAA ROUQA)
If medical professionals can participate in terror without accountability, then the laws meant to protect humanity have been hollowed out from within.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:35:09 GMT
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A PERSON holds a flag of Qatar and money, as protesters march to Jerusalem during an anti-government demonstration on March 19, 2025.  (photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)
The survey collected data from the JPPI’s "Voice of the Jewish People" panel, in which American Jews were surveyed on their views regarding political and religious topics.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:37:08 GMT
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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump
Iran was Netanyahu's and Israel's best spot by far from the summit. Trump said almost everything that the Israeli defense establishment would have wanted to hear.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:03:21 GMT
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IDF soldiers demolish the home of terrorist Jamil Samara in Burkin, October 22, 2025. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON
Among IDF soldiers, the picture is even more severe, with 39% reporting a need for mental health support, 26% expressing concern about depression, and 48% reporting sleep disturbances.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:42:16 GMT
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A DRONE view shows the site of a building that collapsed after an earthquake in Sindirgi in the western Balikesir province, Turkey, August 11, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Efekan Akyuz)
Of these earthquakes, most were harmless, but several were strong enough to deal structural damage to buildings or other property.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:39:36 GMT
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Magen David Adom vehicles. (photo credit: MAGEN DAVID ADOM)
According to their 2025 statistics report, MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times.
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 16:33:46 GMT
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Keren Hayesod World Chairman Sam Grundwerg, CEO & Dir Gen Edna Weinstock-Gabay, Dr. Tzachi Slutsky, Soroka Deputy Hospital Manager, visiting ruins from an Iranian missile at Soroka Hospital, Beersheba (photo credit: COURTESY KEREN HAYESOD)
After decades of service to the state and people of Israel, Keren Hayesod has once again proven indispensable – fueling aid, resilience, and recovery efforts across Israel over the past two years
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:08:51 GMT
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IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank, October 17, 2025. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON
Three paratrooper commanders and soldiers were sentenced to 20-30 days in military prison for their involvement, with additional soldiers facing non-prison consequences.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:43:22 GMT
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Gazan women carry aid packages from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in the central Gaza Strip, August 4, 2025; illustrative. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)
"This action will cost the lives of Palestinians," their letter stated. "Removing these humanitarian organizations now will deepen exposure, illness, and preventable deaths."
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:26:03 GMT
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: A child reacts surrounded by pots as Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, August 21, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo)
The ministry described the statement as "false but unsurprising," accusing it of overlooking the need to disarm Hamas, which Israel sees as crucial for regional security.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:22:43 GMT
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SMOKE BILLOWS from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of al-Mjadel on December 4. The IDF said it would strike what it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon and warned people in two villages to evacuate immediately.  (photo credit: Kawant Haju/AFP via Getty Images)
The military said the disarmament was carried out in partnership with the Palestinian authorities, and a notable quantity was collected from the Ain al-Hilweh camp.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:06:56 GMT
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 Bereaved families, friends and Israeli soldiers visit the graves of fallen soldier during Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025.  (photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
The figures represent the lowest annual death toll since the war with Hamas began in 2023 and are less than half the number recorded in 2024.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:02:51 GMT
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A BOTTLE of vodka, found in the glove compartment of a speech therapist by police in Tel Aviv, December 29, 2025. (photo credit: Police Spokesperson )
The doctor was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving, when a breathalyzer test found an unusually high level of 1,066 micrograms of alcohol per liter of exhaled air in his body.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:34:17 GMT
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View of the southern Israeli town of Beer Sheva. March 31, 2025. (photo credit: YOSSI ALONI/FLASH90)
Fuel prices will drop below 7 shekels per liter for the first time since 2023, with the new rate of 6.85 shekels taking effect on January 1, the energy ministry announced.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:30:48 GMT
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President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak at an event at the President
"The terrible disaster of October 7, and the failure that led to it, must be investigated in depth and in a national manner," Herzog said.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:15:39 GMT
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Supreme Court President Isaac Amit arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 23, 2025 (photo credit:  Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Supreme Court President Justice Isaac Amit's letter follows comments issued by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in which the minister referred to Amit as a “violent, predatory megalomaniac."
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:34:17 GMT
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 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Turkey’s irredentist policies, from its actions in Cyprus to its growing involvement in Syria, highlight a policy of territorial expansion and ethnic dominance, the writer maintains. (photo credit: REUTERS/PILAR OLIVARES)
Erdogan said Turkey plans offshore energy drilling off Somalia's coast in 2026 and will add two new drilling vessels.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:06:56 GMT
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 Abu Obaidah, the spokesman of the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019 (photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)
The timing of Hamas’s announcement was deliberate, designed to show continuity, control, and defiance as pressure mounts on Israel.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:33 GMT
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A Palestinian photo shows one of the posters distributed by the IDF near Ofer Prison: “We are watching you everywhere. We told you that any support for or affiliation with a terrorist organization will place you under arrest and subject you to severe penalties. We warned you.” (photo credit: Via section 27a of copyright act)
“People in the camp said that accepting and burying the body would only encourage others to follow his path. So he will not be accepted, dead or alive,” a PA official told the Guardian.
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:25:34 GMT
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Shmuel Legesse at his wedding at The Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst in Cedarhurst, NY, June 8, 2014. (photo credit: Jeremy Mayer)
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland reflects the Abraham Accords’ focus on survival, stability, and strategic cooperation, not sentiment.
Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:29:28 GMT
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REP. RANDY Fine, former gambling executive, won a special election in a deep-red district on Florida’s northeast coast. (photo credit: House.gov)
The Florida Republican ignited a new round of controversy with a series of remarks about Palestinians and “mainstream Muslims” that his critics say are not just provocative but amount to “genocidal.”