Noam and Jonah sit down in LA to talk about identity, Israel, Hollywood, and why October 7 turned him into what he calls an “October 8th activist.”
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Severe weather causes tree collapses in Ashkelon, Bnei Brak
Trees collapsed onto parked and moving vehicles on Friday in Bnei Brak and Ashkelon amid severe winds and flooding, injuring one person in moderate condition and damaging several cars, according to Magen David Adom and local authorities. Police…
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What Happens to the Human Body on Hunger Strike? | Harriet Williamson
Two Palestine Action-linked remand prisoners have been on hunger strike for more than 60 days and are at risk of imminent death.
Heba Muraisi has been refusing food for 68 days and Kamran Ahmed for 61 days. Medical professionals say they…
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Taiwan-Israel cooperation on technology ‘inevitable’: Official
Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) Taiwan and Israel share many common interests and the two sides are likely to cooperate more closely in the future in the tech, medical and defense realms, Deputy Foreign Minister François Wu (吳志中) said in an interview…
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Pope Leo XIV Receives Phone Call From Israeli President
On Wednesday, 17 December, Pope Leo XIV received a telephone call from H.E. Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel, on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas holidays and of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
During the…
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Grapevine, January 9, 2025: An embassy row in Jerusalem?
Many Jerusalemites have wondered what was behind the city’s spurt of urban renewal, with scores of new residential, office, and commercial towers either under construction, recently completed, or in the pipeline. Could it be that Mayor Moshe…
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Amid protests, Khamenei digs in, vows Iran won’t ‘back down’ to ‘vandals and saboteurs’
Iran’s supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters after they screamed from windows and marched through the streets overnight, directly challenging US President Donald Trump’s pledge to support…
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What to know about Nickolay Mladenov, appointee to Gaza peace board
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Nickolay Mladenov, the man chosen to serve as director-general for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, is a Bulgarian politician and former U.N. envoy to the…
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Iupac welcomes new year in with a new president | News
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Iupac) is starting the new year with a new president.
On 1 January 2026, Mary Garson, professor emerita of chemistry at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, took over the…
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Eleven Arab-Israelis killed in spate of Negev gang-related violence – The Jewish Chronicle
In response, President Herzog held an emergency meeting with Jewish and Bedouin leaders on Wednesday, saying it was “unthinkable” that such violence had been allowed to escalate.
“[Arab-Israelis] deserve to live in security like Jewish…
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