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Frozen Palestinian funds earmarked for Gaza to be transferred to Norway

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 22 (ANI/TPS): Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a plan to transfer frozen funds earmarked for the Palestinian Authority to Norway on Sunday amid a battle over Ramallah’s financial support for the Gaza Strip. Under the terms of an agreement endorsed by Norway and the US, Norway will not […]

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International, Israel, Nordot

Netanyahu rejects Hamas conditions for hostage deal which include ‘outright surrender’

Published by Reuters By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include Israel’s complete withdrawal and leaving Hamas in power in Gaza. As Israeli planes resumed bombing Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, senior Hamas official

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Jewish, Muslim women denounce world silence on Hamas’ sexual attacks

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 21 (ANI/TPS): A Jewish beauty queen from Israel and a Muslim doctor from Britain denounced Hamas’ sexual violence and the silence of feminist groups at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday. Linor Abargil, and Qanta Ahmed were participating in a group discussion at the

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Israeli Bar Mitzvah boy forgoes party, treats 200 soldiers to dinner

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 21 (ANI/TPS): Amichai Jackson, a bar mitzvah boy from the Gush Etzion community of Elazar, decided that in lieu of a party to mark the milestone event his parents should use the money to treat Israeli soldiers to dinner. Amichai was slated to celebrate his bar mitzvah

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Israel, Jewish Religion, Nordot

Israel expands quota of foreign agricultural workers

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 21 (ANI/TPS): The Israeli Cabinet raised the quota of foreign workers for the agricultural sector by 10,000 on Sunday. Israeli agriculture is facing staggering losses in production and manpower. Before October 7, Israel had 29,900 foreigners, mostly Thais, working in farms, orchards, greenhouses and packing plants. Nearly

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Israel, Nordot, Shoshana McKinney

Death toll from Israeli strikes in Gaza passes 25,000, Gaza health officials say

Published by Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ibraheem Abu Mustafa DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) -The toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since war broke out between Israel and Hamas in October has passed 25,000, Gaza health officials said, while Israeli attacks and street battles raged across the Hamas-run enclave on Sunday. Israeli

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Some 300,000 protest in Germany against far-right and for democracy

Published by DPA International At least 300,000 people took to the streets of Germany on Saturday to voice their opposition to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and to support democracy. The protests took place from the south in Bavaria to the northern city of Hamburg and from western cities such as Frankfurt to

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Nordot

Missile attacks across Middle East raise Gaza escalation risks

Published by Reuters By Phil Stewart and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Missile attacks in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Saturday threw into sharp focus the increasing risk of the war in Gaza triggering a wider regional conflict pitting Iran and its allies against Israel and the United States. Iran said five of its Revolutionary

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Netanyahu refutes reports, claiming he told Biden about not ruling out Palestinian state

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 21 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refuted reports that claimed he told US President Joe Biden that he has not ruled out the creation of a Palestinian state, the Times of Israel reported. This comes after a report claimed that Netanyahu told Biden that the

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US Democrats push Biden administration over civilian toll in Israel’s Gaza campaign

Dozens of President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats signed a letter on Friday urging his administration to reaffirm that the U.S. strongly opposes “the forced and permanent displacement” of Palestinians from Gaza. The letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, led by U.S. Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Jamie Raskin, was signed by 60 Democratic House of Representatives members, reflecting concern, especially on the left, over the steep toll on Palestinian civilians of Israel’s campaign against Hamas. [Reuters]

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Biden says Palestinian state still possible after Netanyahu call

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden said Friday it was still possible Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could agree to some form of Palestinian state, after the two leaders spoke for the first time in nearly a month amid tensions over the Gaza war. Their call came a day after Netanyahu said

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Biden speaks with Netanyahu after almost a month, discusses two-state solution

Published by ANI News Washington DC [US], January 20 (ANI): Amid growing tensions over Israel’s war against Hamas, US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after nearly a month and reiterated his vision of a ‘two-state solution’ while guaranteeing Israel’s security. The US President also discussed the

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US authorities to return artworks stolen by Nazis

Published by AFP United Nations (United States) (AFP) – US authorities announced Friday that two drawings worth $2.5 million stolen by the Nazi regime and eventually displayed in American museums will be returned to relatives of Fritz Grunbaum, an Austrian Jewish cabaret performer killed in the Holocaust. It follows the return last year of seven

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Likud lawmakers to government: Keep Palestinian workers out

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], January 18 (ANI/TPS): Palestinian laborers from Judea and Samaria should not be allowed to return to work across the Green Line inside Israel’s pre-1967 territory, a dozen Likud lawmakers wrote in a letter to Cabinet members made public on Wednesday. “The time has come to say explicitly that

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