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Alongside Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Bibi warns terrorists ‘blood is on your hands,’ claims Islamic Jihad has been dealt harshest blow ever

TIMES OF ISRAEL Netanyahu says IDF ‘at height of battle,’ as resumed fighting sinks ceasefire bid Carrie Keller-Lynn May 10, 2023 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was not diminishing its offensive against Gaza-based terrorists Wednesday, pushing back against claims … Continue reading

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IDF spokesman: “I think it’s an opportunity for me to say here that we are very sorry of the death of Shireen Abu Akleh”

CNN Israel Defense Forces apologizes for death of Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh for the first time Eoin McSweeney May 11, 2023 The Israel Defense Forces has apologized for the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a year … Continue reading

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Bernie Sanders assists Democrat congresswoman commemorating “catastrophe” that created Israel

NEW YORK POST Rashida Tlaib hosts anti-Israel event at the Capitol despite Kevin McCarthy’s move to block it Victor Nava and Josh Christenson May 10, 2023 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Wednesday held an event at the Capitol decrying the … Continue reading

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Israel no longer needs American philanthropy, but American Jews need Israel for more

SAPIR Israel Is Doing Fine; We’re the Ones Who Need Help Michaek Steinhardt Spring 2023 For generations, Diaspora Jews have seen Israel as a hardship case requiring the urgent mobilization of resources. Even today, we hear that Israel is “surrounded … Continue reading

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#FreeYishaiFleisher Yishai Fleisher banned from Twitter after he suggested throwing bodies of dead terrorists into the sea

JNS Twitter reinstates adviser to Israel’s national security minister May 7, 2023 Twitter briefly banned Yishai Fleisher, an adviser to Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, over the weekend following a May 4 post in which he suggested throwing … Continue reading

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Chicago’s Standard Club: The shuttered club near the Dirksen Federal Building is being used to house 761 migrants now and up to 1,200 in the coming months

CHICAGO SUN TIMES Storied Standard Club latest to house asylum-seekers Fran Spielman May 5, 2023 For 150 years, the Standard Club was a mecca for Chicago’s business titans, many of them Jews who were banned by the discriminatory membership policies … Continue reading

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Veteran Chicago prosecutor quits with blistering letter on crime: ‘I will not raise my son here’

REAL CLEAR POLITICS After 20 Years as a Prosecutor in Illinois, I Quit Jason Poje May 10, 2023 Editor’s note: The following is an email written by Cook County prosecutor Jason Poje, circulated to colleagues last week. To my colleagues: … Continue reading

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IAF said Thursday that interception rate of rockets headed for populated areas during the flare-up was 90.5%

JNS ‘Technical error’ caused Iron Dome to malfunction during Gaza terror onslaught May 4, 2023 A “technical error” caused a malfunction in the Iron Dome missile defense system during Tuesday’s conflagration with Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip, an Israel … Continue reading

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NY Times says UK told Israel about nuclear activity at Fordo based on info from Ali Reza Akbari, who was hanged in January; Russia assisted Tehran in identifying source of leak

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel got intel on Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program from executed spy May 1, 2023 Russian intelligence reportedly helped Iran discover that a dual Iranian-British national who once served as its deputy minister of defense was leaking … Continue reading

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With antisemitic hate crimes on the rise, Orthodox Jewish women are packing heat to defend their communities

THE FREE PRESS A Skirt, a Wig, and a Glock-19 Adam Popescu May 2, 2023 The first thing Mushka Lowenstein does after saying her morning prayers, adjusting her wig, and serving her three kids breakfast, is take her Glock-19 out … Continue reading

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