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16+ min ago   (455+ words) The commander of the IDF's Battalion 101 in the Paratroopers Brigade revealed the complexity involved in West Bank operations during an interview with Walla published on Friday. The commander, referred to as Lt.-Col. R. summarized a recent, intense period of operations…...

57+ min ago   (295+ words) Social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, updated the Iranian flag emoticon used on its website to feature Iran's pre-Islamic revolution lion and sun flag, early Saturday morning, as'protests across the nation rage on for the 15th consecutive day. The…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (601+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 827 JTA " Democratic Representative Steny Hoyer, Maryland's longest-serving member of Congress and a lawmaker with longstanding close ties to the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, has announced his retirement. "I did not want to be one of those members…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1745+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 827 JTA " In the weeks after Hamas's attack on October 7, 2023, religiously charged videos started circulating on social media. Dozens of young women posted videos of themselves cutting up their "immodest" clothing, jeans, crop tops, minidresses, vowing to…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (588+ words) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his aim to taper off Israeli reliance on American aid, discussed Israel's public perception crisis, and touched upon ongoing anti-regime protests in Iran during an interview with The Economist published on Friday. For the first…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago   (545+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 827 The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday's events as they happen. "The aid we have provided to Israel has been a great investment keeping the IDF strong, sharing technology, and making their military more capable " to…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (84+ words) Police arrest soldier on suspicion of road rage murder'Haaretz Sharif Muafak Hadid from the northern Israeli town of Daliat al-Carmel was murdered with an M-16 in a road rage incident, police said. The soldier and his brother, who was with him…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (864+ words) Even before the Wing of Zion plane landed in the United States, Israel's media followed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's diplomatic visit with a wave of skepticism." Commentators and analysts questioned Netanyahu's ability to achieve real results, especially in light of…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (686+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 827 NEW YORK " New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday said support for terror groups has "no place in our city," after a pro-Hamas protest in a Jewish neighborhood sparked outrage from other elected leaders. Anti-Zionist…...

6+ hour, 26+ min ago   (296+ words) The United States is to blame for "the transformation of peaceful protests into violent, subversive acts and widespread vandalism" in Iran, the country's United Nations ambassador told the Security Council on Friday. Iran condemns "the ongoing, unlawful, and irresponsible conduct…...