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Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:14:21 GMT
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Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. (photo credit:  MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
He asserted that he had received “reliable reports” indicating the authorities were facing “a severe shortage of mercenaries to confront the millions of people in the streets.”
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:30:43 GMT
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Effigies of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being hanged are displayed during the 46th anniversary of the US expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2025.  (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)
Trump seemed inclined to negotiate with Khamenei in his second term and probably would not have used force against the regime if not for an Israeli decision to attack Iran's nuclear program.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:23:08 GMT
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IDF officers planning an operation in Kafr Aqab, December 2025. (photo credit: VIA WALLA)
Footage released Sunday showed counterterrorism officers conducting a raid in central Ramallah to detain the suspect.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:14:28 GMT
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Ayelet Shaked attends a ceremony at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 18, 2025 (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
Shaked also said she was proud of diversifying the judicial bench during her tenure, arguing that a heterogeneous court better reflects Israeli society. 
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:49:01 GMT
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 A drone photo shows the damage over residential homes at the impact site following missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Ramat Gan, Israel June 14, 2025.  (photo credit: REUTERS/Yair Palti)
Israel is on high alert for the possibility of a US intervention to support a nationwide protest movement in Iran, sources said.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:38:31 GMT
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German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil speaks during a budget debate at the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, November 25, 2025.  (photo credit:  REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben)
"It is solely up to Denmark and Greenland to decide about Greenland's future. Territorial sovereignty and integrity must be respected," Klingbeil said.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:45:39 GMT
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US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One while departing for Florida at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, January 9, 2026 (photo credit:  REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
"Admin officials have had preliminary discussions about how to carry out an attack on Iran if needed to follow through on Trump's threats," The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:56:43 GMT
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Iran
Major demonstrations began on December 28, when Tehran's bazaar merchants closed their shops and took to the streets in anger over the country's growing financial difficulties.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:28:48 GMT
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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Britain
"I want to apologize to those women for a system that refused to hear their voices and did not give them the protection they were entitled to expect," Mandelson told the BBC.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:57:48 GMT
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CFA firefighters conduct black-out operations at dusk as they mop up remaining hot spots following bushfire activity near Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, as extreme fire danger conditions persist across the state, January 10, 2026. (photo credit: AAP/Michael Currie via REUTERS )
Authorities have said the fires are the worst to hit the southeast since the 2019-2020 Black Summer blazes that destroyed an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:15:34 GMT
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‘JAVID SHAH’ (Long Live the Shah) has become the slogan of the ongoing Iranian protests. Here, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran, sits during an interview in Paris in June, after the Israel-Iran war. (photo credit: Abdul Saboor/Reuters)
Reza Pahlavi is not a unifying figure, but remains a symbol of exclusion. A spent force, he is irrelevant to Iran’s future and unqualified to lead.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:07:42 GMT
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AN IMAGE supporting terrorism, found to have been published on a dentist
Police began their investigation after the suspect made a post on social media featuring the slogan "This is jihad - victory or martyrdom."
Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:54:51 GMT
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Startup Nation meets the Scale-Up State in Texas (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)
The Jerusalem Post, in partnership with the Texas-Israel Alliance (TIA), today announced the launch of Unicorn Rodeo, a two-day international conference to be held in Dallas on April 29–30, 2026.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:07:57 GMT
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IDF troops in northern West Bank operation. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
The IDF has begun a manhunt for the terrorist.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:20:48 GMT
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CHIEF ADVISOR of the interim Government of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the UN headquarters in New York, US, September 26, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/CAITLIN OCHS)
Bangladesh said its national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, met US diplomats Allison Hooker and Paul Kapur in Washington.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:55:46 GMT
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Aaron Bours, 35, during one of his final days of intensive rehabilitation at Sheba Medical Center (photo credit: AMIR COHEN)
HUMAN AFFAIRS: As the ceasefire holds, thousands of wounded reservists face a new battle, rebuilding careers, bodies, and identity after Gaza. One soldier’s story shows what recovery really takes.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:20:31 GMT
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Alon center team (from L): Co-directors Adi Zarka Schwartz and Doron Shabti with IDF educator and Home Front support officer Sher Roval, in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: CHEN SCHIMMEL)
The Alon Center helps Israeli reservists navigate life after combat by providing support for the soldiers and their families.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:18:42 GMT
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People examine cars damaged and vandalized by attackers in the Arab village of Ein Rafa, near Jerusalem, January 8, 2026 (photo credit: JAMAL AWAD/FLASH90)
IDF soldiers were deployed to the scene in the outskirts of Jalud, a village under the jurisdiction of the Samaria Brigade, but found no suspects. 
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:53:02 GMT
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 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90)
The index examines staffing levels, patient experience, and clinical outcomes and serves as the basis for performance-based incentive grants to hospitals.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:17:23 GMT
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Prime Minister of Samoa La’auli Leuatea Schmidt spoke with Gideon Saar on Sunday January 11, 2026.  (photo credit: Screenshot/X/Gideon Saar/Section27a)
Israel and Samoa deepen ties as Samoa plans embassy in Jerusalem, building on years of cooperation through MASHAV and UN support.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:27:29 GMT
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Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on December 18, 2016. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Tzachi Braverman, who was approved as an ambassadorial candidate to the UK, was detained by police for questioning on suspicion of obstruction of justice.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:38:16 GMT
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Workers repair Israeli Railway tracks after a shutdown caused by a technical problem in Tel Aviv, August 15, 2025 (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)
A new AI‑driven mapping platform promises safer, faster, and more efficient rail development.
Sat, 10 Jan 2026 01:54:42 GMT
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed American financial aid to Israel and touched upon Iranian regime change in an interview with The Economist.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:50:23 GMT
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
"On the second day of the war," Netanyahu told McGraw, "I knew we were not only dealing with Hamas or Hezbollah, we were dealing with Iran."
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:20:42 GMT
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 Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi addresses the National Cooperation Convention in Munich, July 26, 2025.  (photo credit: PRP/Flickr)
The White House talking with Reza Pahlavi could pressure Tehran and support an orderly transition of power.
Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:54:57 GMT
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OPERATION ABSOLUTE Resolve offered a harsh real-world test of the military hardware Venezuela had accumulated over the years from Iran, Russia, and China. Here, a Russian-made Venezuelan Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKV is displayed during the 2025 Venezuela Industrial Aviation Expo at Libertador Air Base  (photo credit: FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)
MILITARY AFFAIRS: Venezuela’s military arsenal, sourced from Russia and Iran fail under technologically and operationally superior US attack.
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:04:49 GMT
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Captain Dr N of 51st Battalion Golani during his service (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
"To be a doctor, to be in those places and still do good medicine, to give them a smile and a shoulder they can lean on, it's amazing," He said.