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Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:01:20 GMT
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 IDF soldiers seen operating in the northern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2025 (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON
A UN-backed commission report accuses Israel of severe violations against Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank, prompting a strong Israeli rebuttal.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:45:29 GMT
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Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh. (photo credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
At the onset of the talks, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that his government would “accept nothing less than the end of the Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon.”
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:51:53 GMT
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 IDF operatives in Lebanon, February 3, 2025. (photo credit: IDF)
All of this was taking place just as Jerusalem and Beirut kicked off another round of direct talks in Washington addressing a wide range of issues.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:27:03 GMT
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 US-POLITICS-CONGRESS-DOD-HEGSETH US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense hearing to examine the 2027 budget for the Department of Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2026 (photo credit: SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
The additional $80 billion request from Congress for the Iran war comes as officials lobby lawmakers and debate intensifies over defense spending, military readiness, and the impact on US households.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:13:50 GMT
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 IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi holds a news conference after the first day of the agency
It will probably take weeks if not months of using special engineering machines as well as special protective suits to retrieve and dispose of the 60% enriched uranium.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:11:59 GMT
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Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a conference at the Academic College in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2026. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)
Bennett said that he has spent the past two years working with professionals in various aspects to build plans addressing the core problems facing the country.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:34:41 GMT
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Naftali Bennett. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
“A nation cannot base its long-term strategy on a president who currently supports Israel,” Bennett said during a conversation with Jennifer Sutton.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:37:19 GMT
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A US Air Force F-15 fighter jet during an exercise, March 28, 2023; illustrative. (photo credit: Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images)
A US F-15 pilot who was shot down over Iran in April described observing a coordinated formation of Iranian drones resembling a “jellyfish,” according to multiple sources cited in a CNN report.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:05:41 GMT
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STANSSTAD, SWITZERLAND - JUNE 21: U.S. Vice President JD Vance (R) looks on next to U.S. President Donald Trump
The Iranian president stated that its missile program "was not in the MoU and never will be", adding that regional peace can only be achieved through honest discussion and cooperation.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:53:55 GMT
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Talks between the US, Lebanon, and Israel in Washington DC earlier this year.  (photo credit: AMICHAI STEIN)
Arad was an Israeli pilot captured by the Lebanese Shi’ite group Amal in 1986, with Israel losing track of his whereabouts in 1988.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:54:57 GMT
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Savannah Guthrie
CBS reported that law enforcement asked media outlets to refrain from publishing details of the notes while officials investigated Guthrie’s disappearance.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:36:37 GMT
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"Herodium became a living testament to the enduring roots of Jewish history." (photo credit: Tamir Platzmann)

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.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:32:01 GMT
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Transportation Minister Miri Regev addresses the Knesset, January 21, 2026; illustrative. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
Speaking with Gideon Oko and Amichai Attali on the 103FM program Seven Nine, Regev said that after several days of uncertainty, the party would hold primaries.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:22:29 GMT
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Shas chairman MK Arye Deri attends the State Comptroller elections at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
According to their statement, Netanyahu "made it clear at the meeting that he is committed to approving the laws and will work to advance them quickly."
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:13:40 GMT
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Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel (photo credit: AMIR COHEN - REUTERS)
Local support appeared to matter. Some 69% of all respondents said they had a person or organization to turn to in an emergency, but the level varied significantly between groups.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:49:28 GMT
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Mohammad Barakeh attends a press conference at the protest tent of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, in front of the Prime Minister
According to the police spokesperson, Barakeh gave a speech in 2022 where he said "words of praise and identification with terrorists and terrorist organizations."
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:29:52 GMT
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conferene at the Prime Minister
According to the sources, Likud's Central Committee Chairman Haim Katz believes that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand could "crush the Likud."
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:18:56 GMT
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An illustrative image of a woman in distress in a psychologist
Hadar Samuel, a researcher at MJB, added that this study was especially groundbreaking for social sciences because it “looks beyond symptoms and examines their real-world consequences.”
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:15:28 GMT
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US President Donald Trump holds up the memorandum of understanding, signed by the US, and Iran, at the Palace of Versailles, in France.  (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/TRUTH SOCIAL)
Each promised but failed breakthrough gave way to another promised breakthrough. And now comes the final indignity: the so-called memorandum of understanding.
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:56:22 GMT
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A bird eats an ashberry on a cold winter day in central Lviv, Ukraine January 6, 2017.  (photo credit: REUTERS/GLEB GARANICH)
The nest appeared to combine grass with thin strands of optical fiber, a material increasingly scattered across areas where Russian and Ukrainian forces operate first-person-view drones. 
Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:42:55 GMT
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People march in the Capitol Pride Parade on June 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Capitol LGBT parade had been postponed due to President Trump
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned from working at JQY is that allyship cannot be assumed. It has to be visible.