Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud) affirmed his dedication to passing the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) draft law in a post on X/Twitter, after being attacked by a mob in Bnei Brak on Thursday.”The common…
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MK Boaz Bismuth attacked by ultra-Orthodox mob in Bnei Brak
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A Tale of Two Tails – and Why Israel Should Be Relieved It Didn’t Defeat Iran
A tail named Sinwar tried to wag its owner, Iran, and a tail named Netanyahu tried to wag its owner, the U.S. But Sinwar was left alone to face Israel, while the Americans launched Operation Epic Fury. Neither tail has managed to topple the other…
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Canada welcomes 10-day ceasefire announcement between Lebanon, Israel
Merve Aydogan
17 April 2026•Update: 17 April 2026
Canada on Thursday welcomed the announcement of a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, with the country’s foreign minister describing it as “an important step towards…
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MK Boaz Bismuth verbally attacked while leaving event in Bnei Brak
Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Boaz Bismuth was verbally attacked on Thursday evening as he was leaving an event in Bnei Brak.
Bismuth stated: “The common denominator between the extremists in Bnei Brak and the…
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'Betrayal': Israeli opposition, local leaders slam U.S.-brokered cease-fire in Lebanon
Politicians and northern Israeli residents rejected the 10-day Israel-Lebanon cease-fire Trump announced on Thursday, with one council head saying, ‘We oppose any cease-fire that doesn’t include Hezbollah’s complete disarmament’
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Hezbollah barrage leaves two wounded
Two individuals were wounded in the upper Galilee by Hezbollah missile shrapnel, hours after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.A 25-year-old man was severely wounded, having been riding a motorcycle at the…
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Israel will begin ceasefire in Lebanon tonight : NPR
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the Lebanese village of Kfar Tibnit on Thursday. Lebanese…
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Border Police officers sent to jail for barbecuing on base over Shabbat
Four Border Police officers were sentenced to two weeks in military prison for “harming religion and Judaism” by barbecuing on base during Shabbat, according to Hebrew media.
The punishment was reportedly shortened to one week following…
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The Blogs: Demonizing Israel is a Sign of Stupidity | Fred Maroun
Israel isn’t perfect, and it has gone much farther right than a lot of reasonable people are comfortable with, especially Jews, but let’s keep things in a healthy perspective!
One just has to look at any discussion on social media that…
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