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Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:07:42 GMT
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and U.S. President Donald Trump
Rubio and Witkoff will address Congress virtually, as some Representatives are still traveling back to Washington, before the House goes into session Monday night,
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT
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DEFENSE MINISTER Israel Katz attends a conference at Binyanei HaUma (Jerusalem International Convention Center) in Jerusalem, June 17, 2026. (photo credit: OREN BEN HAKOON/FLASH90)
"As of today, no country has the ability to mount attacks in space. We must be the leading country in the world with this capability," said Katz.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:21:56 GMT
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 28: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends the 2026 Pride March in New York City. (photo credit: TheStewartofNY/Getty Images)
“I believe that any state that privileges one religion over the other is one that I can’t tell you I support, whether it be Israel or Saudi Arabia or anywhere else,” Mayor Mamdani said.  
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:12:39 GMT
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IDF soldiers complete an operation to seal the underground tunnel in which the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin were held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. June 29, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
The IDF completed a three-month operation to seal a vast Hamas tunnel complex near the Philadelphi Corridor with more than 30,000 cubic meters of concrete.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:24:53 GMT
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 (L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative) (photo credit: REUTERS/KHALIL ASHAWI, Yair Sagi/POOL)
The Syrian government's core demand is for Israel to carry out some form of withdrawal from the buffer zone it entered following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:47:20 GMT
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Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and his wife Yasmine Pahlavi attend a demonstration by Iranian pro-monarchy supporters near the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2026.  (photo credit: CHRISTIAN MANG / REUTERS)
According to Salehi, the defendants are accused of "creating the conditions" for the unrest on January 8 and 9, 2026.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT
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People hold Hezbollah flags while commemorating Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, May 25, 2026. (photo credit:  REUTERS/Raghed Waked)
Katz told CENTCOM Chief Adm. Brad Cooper that Israel will only partially, not fully, withdraw from any of its security zones in Lebanon, Syria, or Gaza.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:25:34 GMT
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General view of a demolished building at Caraballeda after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Venezuela and other regions in the Caribbean on June 27, 2026 in La Guaira, Venezuela. (photo credit: Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)
5,034 were wounded in the disaster, and more than 15,866 were left homeless.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:23:48 GMT
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IRAN
At the American Human Rights Week event, Ejei claimed that courts had already issued rulings against American officials “who have committed crimes against our people.”
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT
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Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)
Trump vetoed a Mossad plan to support Kurdish forces against Iran, fueling debate over which Israeli and US officials backed the proposal.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:15:51 GMT
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Houthi supporters watch a televised address by the Houthi leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, as they rally to commemorate the Ashura day, marking the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Sanaa, Yemen June 25, 2026.  (photo credit: REUTERS/KHALED ABDULLAH)
The Iran-backed terror group is using the current "calm" period to improve both the range and the accuracy of their missiles, the sources told the Post.
Tue, 26 May 2026 13:54:47 GMT
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Civilians and security forces at the scene where a missile fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon struck a parking area in Safed, causing heavy damage, April 10, 2026.  (photo credit: David Cohen/Flash90)
Northern Israel has been under immense strain. Though the headlines have faded and the fighting has subsided, thousands of families still need urgent support to rebuild.
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:48:11 GMT
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Hagit Peer, President Naamat International (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
"My golden advice to women is: don't wait for permission. If you want to do it, do it. Get to the table and sit there, and don't wait for opportunity."
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:56:01 GMT
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Jerusalem Development Auhority  - Tsachi Namir (photo credit: Mark Israel Salem)
His remarks were delivered during a panel titled “Innovation to Impact: Building Israel’s Next Economic Engine,” moderated by Dr. Efraim Chalamish.
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:16:12 GMT
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Ifat Ovadia-Luski, Head of the Department for Combating Antisemitism, WZO Former Chairwoman of KKL-JNF (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
“When your enemies tell you they want to hurt you, believe them.”
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:34:40 GMT
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Amb. Gilad Erdan, Global President, Magen David Adom; Former Ambassador of Israel to the UN. (photo credit: Mark Israel Salem)
Speaking at The Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, the former UN ambassador said any deal that leaves Iran’s regime in place would be dangerous for Israel’s future.
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:50:57 GMT
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, World Emunah President, Frieda Ross  (photo credit: OHAD KAB)
Speaking at the Jerusalem Post Conference, Ross details how women are balancing expanded responsibilities while helping sustain Israel through crisis.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:34:26 GMT
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Protesters supporting the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the Israeli military block a road in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, central Israel, in protest against the continued road blockades by ultra-Orthodox demonstrators following the arrest of draft evaders, June 26, 2026.  (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)
The most recent proposal advanced is a bill that would halt the arrests of haredi draft evaders, which is set to be debated on Tuesday in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:31:11 GMT
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House and calculator [Illustrative]. (photo credit: INGIMAGE)
Rafael Yitzhak was released under restrictive conditions while authorities investigate suspected property tax fraud worth NIS 450,000.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:16:52 GMT
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Yair Lapid at faction press conference in the Knesset, Monday June 2026. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Yair Lapid made the remarks at a faction press conference in the Knesset for the Together Party, of which he is a member, led by former prime minister Naftali Bennett.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:48:14 GMT
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The State Comptroller, Matanyahu Englman (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
The High Court ruled that State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman exceeded his authority while investigating some issues related to the October 7 massacre.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:01:53 GMT
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ISRAEL SECURITY Agency (Shin Bet) Director David Zini arrives to a Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall, Judaism
The Poland trips are intended to give Shin Bet employees a first-hand look at concentration camps, and appreciate the magnitude and intensity of the Holocaust.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:52:52 GMT
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A journalist holds the blood-covered camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga, a journalist who freelanced for AP since the start of the war and who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, during her funeral on August 25, 2025. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)
A Meir Amit Center study from December found that 60% of individuals who identified as journalists and were killed in Gaza were members of or affiliated with terrorist organizations.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:54:52 GMT
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Members of the Armenian community in Jaffa perform a pray during a memorial service held to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, at the Armenian Church of Saint Nicholas, in Jaffa, April 24, 2021.  (photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
Israel’s recognition of the genocide has been decades in the making. It's been a strange aspect of Israel’s history that, for many years, the Armenian genocide was downplayed in official circles.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:05:35 GMT
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Flag of Azerbaijan (photo credit: REUTERS)
 "The decision by the Israeli government concerning the so-called 'Armenian genocide' is a matter of serious concern," the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:42:56 GMT
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Customers visit an Apple retail store at a shopping mall on June 24, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Apple continues to expand its retail presence in China as the company promotes its latest products and services in one of its most important global markets.  (photo credit: Cheng Xin/Getty Images)
The exposure threatens the carefully negotiated business of building the iPhone, which Apple assembles from a thicket of suppliers worldwide.