Many Israelis have relocated abroad in recent years but continue to depend on the safety net back home. They receive salaries in shekels, rely on rent from homes they own in Israel and still use Israeli medical services. Will economic and…
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They moved abroad – but still depend on Israeli paychecks and health care
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Trump threatens BBC with lawsuit up to $5 billion over edited speech, despite apology
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would sue the BBC for up to $5 billion after the British broadcaster apologized for a misleading edit of one of his speeches, but said it would not pay damages.
“We’ll sue them for anywhere…
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‘Not for the faint-hearted’: is running the BBC an impossible job? | BBC
As BBC senior editors arrived at its New Broadcasting House headquarters in central London on Monday, the most pressing question was what had convinced Tim Davie, the corporation’s director general, to quit suddenly. Like any good BBC drama, it…
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German pastor discovers his grandfather was Holocaust architect Heinrich Himmler
One summer evening last year, couple’s therapist Henrik Lenkeit, 49, was watching a TV documentary about German Nazi SS master Heinrich Himmler, architect of the Holocaust.
After the show ended, Lenkeit poked around the Internet for…
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After being passed over for city hall, Mamdani’s Jewish wingman weighs congressional run
JTA — When Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani were jointly honored at a left-wing Jewish event in September, the two politicians’ alliance was at the center of the evening.
Lander, who had cross-endorsed Mamdani in the Democratic primary…
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Trump Envoy Witkoff Reportedly Planning Meeting With Top Hamas Official on Gaza Cease-fire
Here are Friday’s key updates on Israel, Gaza and the West Bank:
■ The IDF said it had killed a Palestinian who crossed the Yellow Line in southern Gaza.
■ Hostage Meni Godard’s body was confirmed as his after being returned to Israel on…
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Israel Police unit thwarts, confiscates over 100 pistols
Israel Police unit thwarts, confiscates over 100 pistols | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News/Crime in IsraelThe suspect is a Netivot resident in his twenties who arrived in Israel on a direct flight from Rome, Italy, on a foreign…
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‘My father tried to kill himself many times, and we saved him’: Bar Refaeli’s makeup
Moran Staviski has traveled a turbulent road to become a beauty influencer, Bar Refaeli’s personal makeup artist, a personal coach, and an actress.
For the first time, she recounts how her father, who was mentally ill, died by suicide when…
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Roswell, New Mexico, is rife with UFOs, scorpions and conspiracy theories — but few Jews
ROSWELL, New Mexico (JTA) — If it weren’t for an Ashkenazi Jew named Stanton T. Friedman, the world might have long ago forgotten what’s come to be known simply as the “Roswell incident.”
Instead, countless books, documentaries…
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South Africa investigates mystery of a plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza who did not have proper travel documents and were held…
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