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Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:34:58 GMT
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Magen David Adom paramedics evacuate a wounded Israeli on a military helicopter following a Palestinian shooting attack near Gilad Farm, northern West Bank, July 24, 2026. (photo credit: MAGEN DAVID ADOM)
The murdered Israeli was identified as 32-year-old Benayahu Melet, a member of Gilad Farm's emergency response squad, who was attempting to assist assailed hikers.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:37:38 GMT
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote, July 16, 2026. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
A new Maariv poll shows Likud at its weakest level since June 2025, while Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar reaches a record 23 seats and Bennett maintains his lead over Netanyahu in the prime ministerial race.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:03:57 GMT
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International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan talks during an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands January 16, 2025.  (photo credit: REUTERS/PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW)
France said on Thursday it would vote in favor of the removal of Khan. The Netherlands, which hosts the court in The Hague, has also said it would support his dismissal.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:18:21 GMT
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An illustrative image of a silhouette over the backdrop of the Hamas flag. (photo credit: tanitost/Shutterstock)
Washington imposed fresh sanctions targeting what it described as a transnational Hamas financing network, including Muslim Brotherhood affiliates and a Turkish trading company.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:51:39 GMT
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Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said that the ambassador told the US State Department that Malaysia's longstanding policy of not recognising Israel was not new
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:24:31 GMT
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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, July 21, 2026. (photo credit: OREN BEN HAKOON/FLASH90)
Smotrich directed officials to speed up planning for the Shalem settlement and pursue demolition proceedings against alleged illegal Palestinian construction after a stabbing attack in Samaria.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:07:42 GMT
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Samaria Regional Council Chief Yossi Dagan responds to a shooting incident near Gilad Farm, northern West Bank, July 24, 2026. (photo credit: Roi Hadi - Samaria Regional Council)
"The incident is still ongoing. There are still people in danger. Terror will not break us," Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan said. "The response must be offensive."
Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:35:00 GMT
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Larry Ellison, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Oracle (photo credit: GettyImages/Andrew Harnik)
Oracle laid off ~13% of its staff to fund a $300B computing deal with OpenAI. Now, a credit downgrade and $7B in required power grid guarantees put the massive project in jeopardy.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:43:32 GMT
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Google
Of the 33 startups selected for Google’s top cybersecurity program, 11 are either founded in Israel or led by Israeli entrepreneurs.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:19:46 GMT
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A sign at Harvard Hillel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, on December 12, 2023. (photo credit: Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images)
Hillel argued that the Trump administration’s moves to defund the school “do not help Jewish students or improve the campus climate.” 
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:11:10 GMT
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US President Donald Trump salutes during the annual White House Correspondents
Secret Service Director Sean Curran told reporters Wednesday that an advance team was implementing a comprehensive security plan at the hotel.
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:16:01 GMT
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25 most influential young Zionists of 2025 (photo credit: JERUSALEM POST)
Nominations open for Top 25 Vizionaries of 2026 honoring young Zionist leaders
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:55:43 GMT
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DF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attends the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, June 25, 2026. (photo credit: FLASH90)
The return of the American coordinator signals progress in attempts to deploy the Lebanese Army and expel Hezbollah from some areas in southern Lebanon.
Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:05:30 GMT
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Ultra-Orthodox (haredi) Jewish men rally against the imprisonment of yeshiva students who failed to comply with IDF draft orders, on June 18, 2026; Illustrative. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)
A rally is planned in the city for Thursday amid escalating tensions, arrests, and accusations of selective police enforcement.
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:37:56 GMT
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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the Jerusalem Summit, a conference on antisemitism and Christian support for Israel, at the Israel
“President Trump’s been incredibly clear that he’ll stay with his commitment that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon,” Huckabee said. “They’re not going to be able to be a continued threat."
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:16:35 GMT
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 Members of the Azeri Jewish population. (photo credit: COURTESY/Rabbi Shneor Segal)
Rabbi Shneur Segal, Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Jewish Community of Azerbaijan, sent the letter to Ofir Katz, Chairman of the Likud Faction, on Monday following the Israeli government's vote.
Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:44:01 GMT
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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa
The moral question, however, never changed. If recognizing the Armenian tragedy is a moral imperative today, why was it not one in 2006, or in 1996?
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:56 GMT
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Four-year-old Yuval Kogan in an undated picture. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT)
Hundreds of police officers, volunteers and rescue personnel are searching by air, sea and land for four-year-old Yuval Kogan, who disappeared near Hofit Beach in Ashkelon on Thursday.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:50:13 GMT
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 System hacking warning message appears on laptop. (photo credit: TippaPatt/Shutterstock)
Recorded Future, one of the world’s largest threat intelligence companies, will allow Pentera to use its platform to showcase its artificial intelligence system to validate threats in real time.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:40:52 GMT
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Zehava Shaul, mother of Oron Shaul, with supporters and family members of missing Israeli soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin hold a protest outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on August 9, 2019.  (photo credit: HADAS PARUSH/FLASH90)
Zehava will be buried in Poria Illit, located near the Kinneret in northern Israel, beside her husband Herzl and son, Oron.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:58:26 GMT
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A hearing on a petition demanding the formation of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 23, 2026.  (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
A government should view the need to uncover the truth behind the country’s darkest day as a national obligation rather than a political inconvenience.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:43:42 GMT
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OPPOSITION LEADER Yair Lapid and former prime minister Naftali Bennett attend an election event for the joint list Together, earlier this year. (photo credit: MOSHE SHAI/FLASH90)
It sometimes seems that politics has become more a ratings war than a campaign over real life-and-death issues.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:44:15 GMT
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Shabbat candles (photo credit: ING IMAGE/ASAP)
See Shabbat candle lighting times for your area.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:49:42 GMT
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Modern culture has gradually eroded many boundaries. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)
At Sinai, the people were instructed to remain outside the boundary. In the Sanctuary, the holiest place stood behind a curtain.
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:54:34 GMT
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Moses on Sinai (Le tables de Loi judaique), 1773. Artist Simon Julien. (photo credit: Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
The Ten Commandments are not an independent list of fundamental principles, but rather the nucleus from which the entire Torah unfolds - its genetic code.