Before she was released from Gaza last week, Emily Damari asked her captors for a favor: to let her neighbor Keith Siegel go free instead.
That’s according to a report in Israeli media on Friday, five days after Damari was…
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Israel’s humanitarian mission during Syria’s civil war
“We transferred a nine-year-old girl with Type 1 diabetes for treatment in an Israeli hospital back in 2016. One day, I met her and I was talking to her mother waiting for the doctor when the girl asked me, ‘How do you draw an Israeli…
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Agam Berger’s IDF lookout friends to be released, but she remains in Gaza
Agam is one of five female soldiers abducted from the Nahal Oz military post who remain in Hamas captivity. Four of them are slated for release in the second phase of the deal. Two other soldiers from the post—Noa Marciano, who was killed at…Continue Reading
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Israel's Ambassador to the US in parting message: It's been the honor of my lifetime
Israel’s outgoing Ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, posts a farewell post on X as his tenure concludes. He will be replaced by Dr. Yehiel Leiter.
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Danon to UN: UNRWA must cease its operations in Jerusalem by January 30
Following legislation passed by the Knesset banning UNRWA’s operation on Israeli land, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN informs Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the "Palestinian refugee" agency must cease its operations in Jerusalem, and…
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Released hostages in deal celebrate Shabbat for first time since release – Israel News
The families of the hostages released in the first week of the ceasefire deal celebrated Shabbat on Friday night reunited for the first time since their abduction.
The hostages, 28-year-old Emily Damari, 23-year-old Romi Gonen, and…
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Hazanavicius’ ‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’ tells Holocaust story – Israel Culture
‘The film shows the whole spectrum of humanity, the best of humanity and the worst of humanity,” said Michel Hazanavicius, a French-Jewish director who is one of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers, speaking in a recent interview…
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Emily, Doron and Romi enjoy Friday night dinner at home, for the first time in 67 weeks
For the first time in 67 weeks, Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher, and Romi Gonen – who were freed by Hamas this past Sunday – hold Shabbat dinners together with their families.
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Grapevine: Choose patriotism, not profits – Israel News
Last week, Talbiyeh residents of apartments in buildings 1, 3, and 5 on Smolenskin Street and 2 and 4 on Ahad Ha’am Street received notices advising them of a residents’ meeting on January 28 at the Prima Royale Hotel on Mendele Mocher…
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US supports Israel: Short, temporary ceasefire extension urgently needed in Lebanon
White House says that a temporary ceasefire extension is urgently needed in Lebanon, after Israel explains that the IDF withdrawal from Lebanon will continue past Sunday’s deadline due to Lebanon not fully enforcing the ceasefire agreement.
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