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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked an executive order adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism, including provisions linking some anti-Zionist rhetoric to antisemitism.

Israel used its Farsi channel to amplify messages of resistance as protests spread in Iran.

Former Gaza hostage Romi Gonen delivers a raw account of isolation, sexual abuse, and survival in Hamas captivity, telling Channel 12’s Uvda that no one will silence her story anymore.

Defense Minister Israel Katz told the IDF to prepare for renewed fighting in Gaza as talks stall and Hamas refuses to disarm.

“Refrigerators are empty. Pockets are empty. Every day, people see themselves becoming poorer," one protester told The Jerusalem Post.

IRAN AFFAIRS: A slogan once considered politically unutterable has returned, and sounds of crowds chanting it fill the air as Iranian protests continue to call for the end of the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s latest wave of unrest began with the kind of trigger that regimes fear because it spreads through every class: money.

The project, called Barcelonaz, was launched by an unidentified group that describes itself as composed of “journalists, professors, and students.

Iran’s Defense Ministry export body is offering cryptocurrency payments for military contracts, signaling a new way to bypass sanctions on arms sales.

The tanker was en route from Iran to Venezuela when the Coast Guard attempted to apprehend it. The Coast Guard has been chasing the tanker for almost two weeks.

The government has a clear stance. Gaza is a war zone run by Hamas, and humanitarian access can be exploited.

The well-known medical organization is one of several dozen NGOs prohibited from operating in Gaza and the West Bank since January 1.

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Gvili's aunt, Tami Tzioni, told N12 that the fallen police officer's parents were unharmed in the incident, but there was fear that a greater incident could have happened.

Hamas offered to give Mustafa's son 1,500 shekels if he agreed to work for them, either in the police force or by engaging in Hamas's activities.

In the footage, one of the children says: “We’re transferring the weapons to Ben-Gvir’s guard.” The comment appears to mock Operation New Order.

Disarmament would "spare Lebanon an Israeli strike" that would "deepen the gap" between Hezbollah and the Lebanese people, an Asharq Al-Awsat report noted.

Much of Iran's largely secular middle class has been squeezed to the wall by the cost of living, and “no military or police force can halt a tide of hungry and thirsty citizens.”

What is the real story with the IDF's Doctors Without Borders ban?

Also on Thursday, soldiers of the IDF's Brigade 636 killed a terrorist who threw stones at them near the village of Luban al-Sharqiyya in the West Bank during an overnight ambush.

The attacker allegedly struck Rabbi Netanel Avitan while shouting insults in Arabic, breaking the rabbi’s glasses before fleeing the scene.

Ben-Gvir responded during a police ceremony in Beit Shemesh, where he sharply criticized the attorney-general while awarding ranks and making senior appointments.

IDF forces rescued an Israeli civilian from the Palestinian village of Hizma after he became trapped there during a military blockade imposed following stone throwing on Highway 60.

Swiss officials determined the event was not an attack, saying the explosion was caused by a fire and was not intentional.

Parents of missing youths anxiously issued pleas for news of their loved ones as foreign embassies scrambled to work out if their nationals were among those in the fire.

In a speech following his public swearing-in, Mamdani promoted core campaign promises of universal childcare, affordable rents and free bus service.

Two-thirds of NYC’s Jews did not vote for Mamdani, and many have expressed explicit concern about the new mayor’s actions.