Investigators said the suspect, 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, had researched synagogues and other Jewish sites, bought an AR-style rifle, magazines and ammunition, practiced at a shooting range and purchased more than $2,200 worth of…
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Why do Jewish people sell their bread before Passover?
Here is a fun fact: that crushed granola bar that has been sitting at the bottom of your gym bag for months – someone is willing to buy it. The only catch is that you’ll probably end up owning it again, and it will most likely never…
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Israel’s parliament passes death penalty bill targeting Palestinians | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Palestinian Authority calls the bill a ‘war crime’ against Palestinians, says it breaches the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Published On 30 Mar 2026
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a controversial bill that will instruct…
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‘Let There Not Be a Video of a Beheading’: Emma Tsurkov on Her Fight for Her Hostage Sister’s Release
Eight months after Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in Iraq by a Shi’ite militia, her sister Emma got the first proof she was still alive – in a video published on social media. In an interview with CBS that aired Sunday, Emma recalled:…
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French FM condemns Israel over actions against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon-Xinhua
Smoke rises from buildings following Israeli bombing in Haret Hreik, south of Beirut, Lebanon, March 4, 2026. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua) PARIS, March 30 (Xinhua) — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday strongly condemned Israel…
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Israel’s new death penalty law is a disaster for democracy – The Forward
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on March 19. Photo by Ronen Zvulun / POOL / AFP / Getty Images
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Dan Perry
March 30, 2026A bill mandating…
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Their sons survived the battlefield but not their wounds. Now these Israeli mothers mourn together.
TEL AVIV — On the morning she left Jerusalem for a health retreat for bereaved mothers, Taly Drori was surprised to recognize another woman in her rideshare. More than two years earlier, they had often crossed paths in…
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Petition targets death penalty law, calls it discriminatory, unconstitutional
A petition was filed with the High Court of Justice on Monday against the newly passed death penalty law for terrorists, opening what is expected to be the first of several legal challenges to one of the most controversial measures advanced by…
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Bennett vows to investigate ‘sabotage of Haredi enlistment’ if elected PM
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said Monday that should he win this year’s election, he would launch an investigation into “the sabotage of Haredi enlistment,” in a speech lambasting the government for sneaking new allocations…
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Why most Jewish Israelis back the death penalty for terrorists
For years, polling in Israel has shown a broad Jewish-Israeli majority in favor of the death penalty for terrorists. After October 7, the majority did not disappear. In some surveys, it rose. The larger point, though, is continuity. These numbers…
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