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Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:13:29 GMT
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United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem (L) and UN Human Rights Officer Orlagh McCann (R) address a press conference in Ankara on July 27, 2022. (photo credit: ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)
“No independent investigation found that rape took place on the 7th of October," United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, claimed.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:33:10 GMT
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Northern Irish MP Sammy Wilson [left] stands at mountain outpost. (photo credit: COURTESY)
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Wilson, of the Democratic Unionist Party, has been an outspoken supporter of Israel for a long time, and said that the Jewish State's democratic strength impressed him.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:43:24 GMT
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(L-R): National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen in the Knesset plenum, December 29, 2022 (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
The statements by the ministers come after Palestinian statehood was recognized by numerous foreign countries, as well as in a UNSC draft from last week.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:20:34 GMT
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 AN IRANIAN military ship takes part in a drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz, in 2022.  (photo credit: Iranian Army/West Asia News Agency/Reuters)
The ship, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker named Talara, is not the first ship the IRGC has hijacked, but it had stepped back from such threats recently.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 18:16:49 GMT
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 A female air force crew member preparing to strike Iran, June 2025. (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson
Officials described in detail the entire system that was able to identify Iranian threats during the 12-day war in June and directed the Israel Air Force on where to operate.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 03:49:33 GMT
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Saudi Arabia
The US President also discussed a possible deal to supply Saudi Arabia with dozens of F-35 fighter jets ahead of an upcoming White House meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:18:17 GMT
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Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) making a speech, 1936. (photo credit: Keystone/Getty Images)
The book, 'Hitler’s Interviews: The Dictator and the Journalists' by media historian Lutz Hachmeister, is the first comprehensive account of Hitler’s dealings with reporters.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:08:28 GMT
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IDF dismantles tunnel where three soldiers from military
The three IDF soldiers killed nearly a year ago in the area were Capt. Ilay Gavriel Atedgi, St.-Sgt. Netanel Pessach, and Sgt.-Maj. Hillel Diener.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:38:26 GMT
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference in Beijing, September 3, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/MAXIM SHEMETOV/POOL)
The two discussed Gaza in the context of the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the status of Iran's nuclear program, and more.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:23:06 GMT
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Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988. (photo credit:  REUTERS/Frederic Neema)
November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:42:59 GMT
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A member of the Red Crescent stands next to closed body bags in a location given as near Surman, Libya, after a migrant boat capsized west of Libya
The boats were carrying migrants from Bangladesh, Egypt, and Sudan. Libya has become a transit route for migrants to flee to Europe across the Mediterranean.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:11:11 GMT
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Masses attend ‘The cry of the Torah’ demonstration in Jerusalem last month. What took place was not holiness; it was hypocrisy, the writer charges. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post)
The haredi protest, which took place last week, displayed the 'parisitism dressed up as piety' rampant in the haredi institutions which take public funding but revile the IDF
Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:45:07 GMT
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President Isaac Herzog speaks at last year’s GA. (photo credit: Abby Greenawalt)
As Jewish leaders from across North America convene in Washington in November, the General Assembly confronts the challenges and responsibilities of the Jewish people in a time of global uncertainty
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:23:49 GMT
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Israeli soldiers stand beside an armored vehicle during a raid in Kalkilya, West Bank, on September 5, 2025. (photo credit: MOHAMMAD NAZAL/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
Israeli forces seized an M16 rifle, a carrying bag, a ceramic vest, armor plates, magazines, and a large quantity of ammunition from the suspects.
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 23:25:19 GMT
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 Vehicles with returning residents and a UN vehicle stand amid destroyed buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, as Israeli troops withdrew from most of south Lebanon, in Lebanon, February 19, 2025.  (photo credit: REUTERS/EMILIE MADI)
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon reportedly informed the IDF that the wall made nearly an acre of land inaccessible to the local population.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:10:55 GMT
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ARTIFACTS FROM the King Tutankhamun collection are displayed after the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), in Giza, Nov. 4.  (photo credit: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS)
A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:53:50 GMT
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U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks to members of the media, next to U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Jared Kushner in Kiryat Gat, Israel, October 21, 2025.  (photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Khalil al-Hayya, the chief negotiator for the Hamas terror group, according to reports by the New York Times.
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:00:23 GMT
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People gather and shop at a local market, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, November 13, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)
The PA is pressing for a say in Gaza's new government, though Israel rejects the idea of it running Gaza again. Fatah and Hamas are at odds over how the new governing body should be formed.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:54:00 GMT
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The suspect arrested by Israeli forces for the poisoning of livestock at Al-Mughayyir, November 15, 2025. (photo credit: Canva, ISRAEL POLICE SPOKESPERSON
A shepherd reported the deaths of two goats to police on Saturday in the village after eating fruit suspected of being poisoned.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:41:31 GMT
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A Magen David Adom ambulance, pictured in March 28, 2024; illustrative. (photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
CPR efforts by the paramedics to restore the man included about 11 electric shocks before his heart began beating again.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:12:08 GMT
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Assistant-Chief Meni Benjamin, head of Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit, pictured on April 20, 2025. (photo credit: OREN BEN HAKOON/FLASH90)
“I am very disappointed in the Police Internal Investigations Department. The way they detained me for questioning, they could have done it in a more respectful manner," Benjamin said.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:28:34 GMT
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Cyber Systems Management (photo credit: freepik)
While things look good now, a major threat looms just around the corner – the artificial intelligence revolution, where Israel is falling behind both the US and China.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:56:03 GMT
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LIHI LAPID: Poise via many paths. (photo credit: SHARON GABAI)
Lihi Lapid is a best-selling Israeli novelist and author of an essay collection and children’s books, as well as a journalist and photographer who speaks regularly about women’s issues.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 22:21:40 GMT
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HATIKVAH AND Labor Zionist Alliance delegates at the World Zionist Congress: Zionism has never skirted the tough questions, and it was encouraging to see that tradition continue at this Congress, say the writers. (photo credit: Tal Panch)
This past World Zionist Congress proved the need for major reforms, including the nationalization of KKL and WZO.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 21:06:25 GMT
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Employee tends to medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
The number of Israelis receiving medical cannabis has fallen for the first time since 2011. Researcher argues decline not a reflection of improvement in health but of stricter HMO gatekeeping.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:31:32 GMT
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Psilocybin mushrooms (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)
The study follows 45 Nova survivors who were under the influence of a psychoactive substance during the massacre as they rebuild their lives, using festival culture to help them heal.
Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:42:13 GMT
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Wedding rings are seen during the Central European Wedding Show in Budapest, Hungary, March 11, 2023. (photo credit: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
The pair tied the know in 1942, in the middle of World War II, after meeting at a basketball game the year prior.