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Family of hostage Rom Braslavski releases clip from Islamic Jihad propaganda video

‘I will die and they will put me in a pit,’ says captive in video describing harsh conditions in captivity * Foreign Ministry deletes X post...

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Toi Staff

Hostage Rom Braslavski’s family releases clip from Islamic Jihad propaganda video

‘I will die and they will put me in a pit of sand,’ says captive in footage after initial clip was blurred; family says it okayed release of video...

yesterday 20

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Toi Staff

Netanyahu reportedly asked Ronen Bar to act against protest leader Gonen Ben Yitzhak

PM’s office calls report that the ‘Crime Minister’ activist was among those Netanyahu wanted Shin Bet to act against ‘another lie’; denies loyalty...

yesterday 30

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Jeremy Sharon

Ben Gvir starts US trip with visit to Florida prison, gun store, Israeli supermarket

Far-right national security minister meets Jewish prison inmates and Boca Raton community before heading to northeast for meetings near Yale and in...

yesterday 20

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Luke Tress

Foreign Ministry deletes X post expressing sorrow over pope’s death

Senior ministry official claims statement went up ‘accidentally’ after report says Israeli diplomatic missions were ordered to take down similar...

yesterday 20

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Lazar Berman

Iran says technical nuclear meeting with US delayed until Saturday

Expert-level sit down, originally scheduled for Wednesday, will now coincide with third round of indirect talks between Washington and Tehran in...

yesterday 20

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Emanuel Fabian

2 towns evacuated, drivers abandon vehicles as intense heat and high winds fuel brush fires

Eshtaol, Mesilat Zion cleared of residents; motorists walk along Route 6; train service halted near Rehovot after flames approach tracks;...

yesterday 10

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Toi Staff

Soldier, 3 minors said arrested in suspected gang rape of 14-year-old in Eilat

Police say details of latest alleged sexual assault case to rock resort city under court-imposed gag order; suspects deny allegations

yesterday 10

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Toi Staff

Iran’s Pezeshkian to visit Azerbaijan next week as ties appear to thaw

Iran has been concerned over Baku-Jerusalem ties, fears Israel could launch strike from neighbor; 2023 Azerbaijani embassy attack in Tehran led to...

yesterday 10

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Toi Staff

Holocaust survivor and her nurse assaulted in Lod; 3 teenagers arrested

Officers searching suspects’ homes found nurse’s stolen bag and other evidence tying them to crime, perpetrated two days before Israel’s Holocaust...

yesterday 10

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Toi Staff

Top-ranked Israeli robotics team gives up championship bid over Shabbat observance

Trigon team from Modiin’s AMIT high school pulls out despite being ranked 15th out of 600, one of eight Israeli teams to make it to a final stage...

yesterday 10

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Toi Staff

Outgunned, Ein Hashlosha security team failed to resist Oct. 7 onslaught, probe finds

Army inquest says troops kept many terrorists from reaching kibbutz, but those who made it inside faced almost no resistance from local defense...

yesterday 6

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Emanuel Fabian

The never-ending war

More than 18 months after Hamas’s invasion and slaughter, the terrible truth is that neither of the resulting war’s two key goals is close to being...

yesterday 10

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David Horovitz

Daily Briefing Apr. 23: Day 565 – Why pope’s final Gaza statements won’t heal rift with Israel

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on potential Jerusalem-based successor for Pope Francis, new proposal from Hamas for a 5-year truce and Ambassador...

yesterday 6

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Iran’s top diplomat in China to discuss nuclear talks with US

Foreign Minister Araghchi says he is keeping Beijing updated on developments in negotiations; Tehran condemns latest sanctions

yesterday 6

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

What Matters Now to Prof. Manuela Consonni: How women resisted the Nazis

Director of Hebrew University’s Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism delves into the little-known history of women’s...

yesterday 7

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Abbas tells ‘sons of dogs’ Hamas to free hostages, remove Israel’s ‘excuses’ for Gaza war

Palestinian Authority president calls on terror group to cede control of Gaza, give up its weapons, and become a political party; 23 said killed in...

yesterday 7

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Nurit Yohanan

PM’s adviser: Haredi IDF bill will pass ‘with or without’ committee chair Edelstein

Remarks suggest Netanyahu considering removing or bypassing senior Likud lawmaker; Edelstein says committee will soon start drafting final version...

yesterday 5

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Sam Sokol

Top ’60 Minutes’ executive quits over threats to editorial independence

Show in legal row with Trump over alleged deceptive editing of Kamala Harris interview; producer said appointed to oversee news division after...

yesterday 5

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David Bauder

Hamas delegation heads to Cairo as Egypt takes mediation lead in hostage talks

Qatari newspaper echoes reporting by BBC and Times of Israel on new proposal for long-term ceasefire, with efforts to finalize deal before Trump...

yesterday 30

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Lazar Berman

Hegseth took US airstrike info sent to family members from secure military channel

Person familiar with matter confirms report that Pentagon chief pulled launch and bomb drop times of US warplanes on Houthi targets in Yemen from...

yesterday 30

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Tara Copp

Houthi missile sends a million Israelis on 4 a.m. scramble to bomb shelters

IDF reports incoming rocket from Yemen ‘probably intercepted successfully’; no reports of damage or direct injuries, some hurt in early-morning...

yesterday 20

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Toi Staff

As search goes on for missing swimmer, experts say people shouldn’t have teased sharks

Nature groups say warnings not to approach the fish went unheeded, but still unclear why man was apparently mauled: ‘They are not creatures that...

yesterday 20

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Toi Staff

Major UK Jewish group suspends officer for letter condemning Gaza war, Israeli government

Vice chair and executive committee member at Board of Deputies of British Jews to undergo complaints procedure; org’s chief says they weren’t...

yesterday 20

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Toi Staff

Police confirm man killed in shark attack; victim named as Barak Tzach, 45

Wife denies reports her husband had been carrying dead fish that attracted the shark off the Hadera coast, says he was just documenting them

yesterday 20

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Toi Staff

IDF destroys dozens of Gaza construction vehicles it says used for terror activities

Military notes some of the equipment it targeted was used by Hamas on Oct. 7 assault; Gazan officials report 26 killed in other strikes across Strip

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Emanuel Fabian

Father of American-Israeli hostage urges Boehler’s return to negotiating table

Adi Alexander says closest Edan got to release from captivity was during talks Trump’s hostage envoy held with Hamas, which were abandoned...

yesterday 20

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Jacob Magid

Over 100 Chicago-area rabbis, cantors condemn Trump’s crackdown on campus antisemitism

Letter published in local newspaper accuses US administration of using Jewish fears ‘as a fig leaf for an anti-democratic agenda’

yesterday 20

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Grace Gilson

Ronen Bar’s bombshell affidavit puts the ball squarely in attorney general’s court

Gali Baharav-Miara will now have to determine whether the Shin Bet chief’s allegations about Netanyahu’s conduct necessitate a new criminal...

yesterday 20

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Yuval Yoaz

Think tank analysis of US synagogue sermons finds politics in Israel top topic

Israel-based Jewish People Policy Institute uses AI to review 4,400 speeches from range of dominations, finds after Oct. 7 Hamas attacks content...

yesterday 20

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Yuval Yoaz

Antisemitism has declined from post-October 7 peak, but remains alarmingly high – TAU

Report on global Jew-hatred finds that incidents increased in most places in 2024, calls for stronger law enforcement to stem the tide

yesterday 10

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Zev Stub

Croatia commemorates victims of notorious Jasenovac WWII concentration camp

After years of boycott, representatives of Serb, Jewish, Roma and antifascist organizations attend ceremonies marking 80 years since attempted...

yesterday 10

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Eldar Emric

Palestinian man indicted as accomplice in botched bus bombings

Nablus resident, brother of key suspect, accused of helping to prepare bombs that destroyed a number of vehicles in February in Bat Yam and Holon

yesterday 10

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Charlie Summers

Trump after call with Netanyahu: ‘We’re on the same side of every issue’

US president says they discussed trade and Iran, but makes no mention of Gaza or hostages, as White House announces his travel to Saudi Arabia,...

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Jacob Magid

Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on ‘women’s work’

Nonfiction ‘Four Red Sweaters’ tells wartime stories of four young Jewish women while examining larger questions such as Nazis’ circular economy...

yesterday 10

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Renee Ghert-Zand

Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after alleged sabotage plot against Hashemite Kingdom

Amman’s Interior Ministry says it will seize Hamas ally’s assets, as police surround, search headquarters of Brotherhood-linked party, the largest...

yesterday 4

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Agencies

Bar’s allegations against Netanyahu have raised the risk of a constitutional crisis

High Court was inclined to simply remedy procedural problems with the Shin Bet chief’s dismissal, but accusations he was fired for political...

yesterday 5

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Jeremy Sharon

‘It’s a second Holocaust’: Survivor pleads for return of his hostage grandson

Michael Kupershtein, whose grandson Bar Kupershtein was kidnapped from the Nova festival, will march in Auschwitz as he waits desperately for Bar...

yesterday 4

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Lazar Berman

Rubio says Iran can have civilian nuclear program if it gives up enrichment

Secretary of State says US looking to avoid war, but will do whatever necessary to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons; satellite images show...

yesterday 4

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Lazar Berman

IDF sees continued surge in female combat recruits amid Gaza war

March-April draft data shows over 100% turnout across multiple corps; military says ‘high motivation’ to serve is evident

yesterday 3

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Emanuel Fabian

Hamas posts video of Omri Miran; Family: ‘Disgrace’ he’s in tunnel on Holocaust day

Family allows publishing of still from video in which hostage is seen lighting a candle for his 48th birthday, his second in captivity

yesterday 4

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Nurit Yohanan

Holocaust Remembrance Day marked by painful parallels to Gaza hostage crisis

As Israel commemorates 80 years since Auschwitz’s liberation, survivors and hostage families highlight haunting similarities to October 7 at...

yesterday 4

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Stav Levaton

At Jerusalem’s holiest church, Catholics mourn Pope Francis with solemn mass

Hundreds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to pray for the late pontiff led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, seen by some as a...

yesterday 4

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Rossella Tercatin

Sharon Osbourne calls to cancel Kneecap’s US visas after anti-Israel Coachella gig

TV personality says that members of Irish band ‘openly support terrorist organizations’ and should not be allowed to continue their US tour

yesterday 4

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Grace Gilson

California school board members accused of ‘raw antisemitism’

ADL demands apology from Pajaro Valley Unified School District board members who accuse local Jews of opportunism, ‘economic power’ amid ongoing...

yesterday 4

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Grace Gilson

Israel warns its citizens abroad about planned global protests over Gaza Tuesday

Israel on Monday alerted its nationals abroad to take caution ahead of mass pro-Palestinian protests planned worldwide for Tuesday, warning that...

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Toi Staff

Jewish Federations CEO privately opposed letter against arrests of campus activists

Last week, a coalition of 10 large US Jewish groups released an open letter decrying the Trump administration’s approach to antisemitism. Hours...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

Manpower shortage leaving some IDF West Bank operations undone, activists say

A third of the Israel Defense Forces soldiers deployed to the West Bank are not combat trained, and as a result, military operations are being...

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Toi Staff

July temperatures over past eight years up to 2.8°C higher than 1950-1979

New figures released in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday show that average maximum July temperatures in Israel over the past eight years...

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Sue Surkes

Award-winning show about comic who was jailed as a teen comes to Netflix

The new, award-winning Israeli TV drama “Bad Boy,” which swept the recent Israeli Television Academy awards ceremony with seven wins, including...

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Jessica Steinberg