Protesters gathered outside Prison 10 on Wednesday after four Border Police soldiers were sentenced to military prison over a barbecue they lit at the Beit Horon base the previous weekend. The troops were disciplined after the incident ignited…
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Four Border Police soldiers disciplined for having barbecue on Shabbat
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After Clash With Trump, Pope Leo Sets New Goal: To Stop Settler Violence
Last Sunday, exactly one week after Easter, the U.S. president took to social media to launch an attack on the pope. Donald Trump declared that Leo XIV was “weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy,” adding that the first American-born pope…
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Japan welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire as ‘important step toward’ Mideast peace
Riyaz ul Khaliq
17 April 2026•Update: 17 April 2026
Japan on Friday welcomed a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, calling it an “important step toward peace” in the Middle East.
Government spokesman Masanao Ozaki said Tokyo…
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Comptroller slams Miri Regev for lack of emergency transport preparations
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman on Wednesday issued a sharp critique of the Transportation Ministry’s preparedness for the aviation crisis that followed the outbreak of war on October 7, calling on Transportation Minister Miri Regev to…
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Theodor Herzl statue vandalized in central Israel
Unknown individuals vandalized the statue of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the state, at the entrance to the Mikveh Israel Agricultural School in central Israel on Thursday evening. The statue commemorates Herzl’s historic meeting with Kaiser…
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US-Israel War on Iran, Day 50: A 10-Day Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese Prime Minister Joseph Aoun
EA on International Outlets: After the US-Iran Talks in Islamabad
UPDATES: US-Israel War, Day 49 — Trump Camp Blusters Amid Its Blockade on Iran
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Israel and Lebanon’s 10-day ceasefire takes effect
A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Tyre shows smoke as it rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes that targeted villages on southern Lebanon on April 16, 2026.
Kawnat Haju | AFP | Getty Images
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‘Safe haven’: Iranian soccer players who sought asylum in Australia thank supporters
Iranian women’s soccer players Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh thanked the Australian government on Friday for offering a “safe haven” and said they wished to resume their sporting careers after rebuilding their lives.
In…
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Signs of Redemption
Isaiah’s magnificent, inspiring prophecies are coming true before our very eyes. They are no longer a matter of faith: they are now tomorrow’s headlines.
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