A severe cold wave gripping northwestern Europe continued Wednesday to disrupt air travel and transportation networks, stranding millions of passengers, while also drawing crowds of residents and tourists eager to enjoy rare winter scenes in some…
Category: 1. Israel
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Court rejects State appeal on Urich Qatargate restrictions
The Lod District Court on Wednesday rejected the state’s appeal seeking to reinstate restrictive conditions on Yonatan Urich, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ruling that police missed a statutory deadline to extend the…
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Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of international law – Mondoweiss
On January 3, 2026, without provocation, cause, or legal justification, the U.S. bombed Venezuela, invaded its capital, killed dozens of people, and violently abducted the President and First Lady of the country, binding, blindfolding, and…
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In rare move, Knesset panel moves to overturn Smotrich’s $150 VAT exemption order
In a rare step, the Knesset was moving ahead with efforts to override Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s order expanding the value-added tax exemption on personal imports.
Smotrich’s order, which allows citizens to purchase up to $150…
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How the banning of 37 international aid organizations in Gaza is being felt by Palestinians – Mondoweiss
For 35-year-old Abdelkarim Al-Shawwa, aid is not supplementary. It is the line between hunger and survival.
On Thursday, Israel announced it would revoke the licenses of 37 international non-governmental organizations operating in Gaza,…
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Police recover IDF equipment from stolen vehicle
Police in the West Bank recovered a stolen vehicle on Tuesday night containing a large amount of Israeli military equipment, according to a Wednesday statement from the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit.
The vehicle was stolen earlier that…
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Hezbollah member killed in Israeli airstrike on S. Lebanon-Xinhua
Lebanese army soldiers and paramedics work near the wreckage of a car targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Jwaya, Lebanon, Jan. 7, 2026. An Israeli airstrike on the village of Jwaya in southern Lebanon Wednesday afternoon killed a Hezbollah member…
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'The thing that messed me up the most was seeing shoes': Now you can read the most important play on October 7
After a successful run in Tel Aviv, the script of “SHURA” is now available in book form. Plus, Nadav Lapid’s movie “Yes!” finally hits theaters, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art goes back to 1945
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Israeli forces demolish farm in town of Anata east of Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, January 7, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation bulldozers on Wednesday demolished a Palestinian-owned farm in the town of Anata, east of occupied Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that Israeli forces,…
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Mobileye buys Israeli AI humanoid startup for $900 million in bid for robotics
Mobileye, a Jerusalem-based developer of advanced vision and self-driving technologies, has inked an agreement to acquire fellow Israeli company Mentee Robotics, an AI humanoid robotics startup, in a deal worth $900 million.
Under the terms…
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