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1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (217+ words) JERUSALEM -- Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir has instructed forces to bolster defensive readiness across the army, a military official said on Wednesday, citing rising tensions in Iran. "The chief of staff has instructed that defensive readiness be strengthened across all…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (230+ words) WILLIAMSPORT " Otto Bookstore will host a virtual author conversation with Steve Israel from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, featuring a discussion of his newest historical fiction thriller and his career as both a writer and bookseller. Israel is a former U.S. congressman…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (649+ words) The second phase of the ceasefire deal includes naming a panel of Palestinian technocrats to lead post-war Gaza. Hamas leaders and representatives of other Palestinian factions in Gaza are in the Egyptian capital Cairo for talks on the second phase…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (230+ words) 4.2 magnitude earthquake felt in Israel's Dead Sea area'The Jerusalem Post Israel's Dead Sea area trembles as 4.2 magnitude earthquake felt "Immediately go out into the open," the Home Front Command advised those in the area. "If not possible, enter [a] protected…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (70+ words) 4.2-magnitude Earthquake Triggers Sirens in Dead Sea, Southern Negev Areas'Haaretz Home Front Command sounded sirens after an earthquake shook the area of the Dead Sea and the southern Negev. According to the Geological Survey of Israel, the earthquake which struck…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (514+ words) After the regime in Iran falls and "free Iran" rises, the country would immediately recognize Israel, normalize US relations, and aim to broaden the Abraham Accords into the "Cyrus Accords" to unite Iran, Israel, and the larger Arab world, exiled…...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (698+ words) A shock and awe. The phrase is apt in describing what Israel has done in the occupied West Bank almost immediately following the events of October 7, 2023, and the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Though the policy is often…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (772+ words) JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Standing at the entrance of Temple Beth Israel, Congregation President Zach Shemper blew a Shofar. The horn has historically been used by Jewish leaders to call the community to action. But by the time Shemper blew it…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (560+ words) In between communication blackouts, Iranians are sending their pleas to the outside world. In the contemporary media environment, we are forced into proximity with this terror. Distance collapses, and suffering arrives not as history, but as sight and sound. It…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1054+ words) And from that place," personal, intellectual, emotional," I truly cannot comprehend how anyone can turn against Israel, let alone millions of people, entire countries, people from all social classes, educational levels, and cultural backgrounds. The scale of hostility feels irrational....