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Retired Marine Steve Aiken, who was off Beirut coast when U.S. barracks attacked in 1983, says Aqil's killing more than 40 years later is 'God’s judgment'; 'Our memory is long. Israel’s is even longer' from ynet - News https://ift.tt/VGm5NTx

Prime minister presents to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee a plan for Israel to oversee the distribution of  humanitarian aid in Gaza to prevent Hamas from controlling it and maintaining its rule; PM says efforts to free hostages continue from ynet - News https://ift.tt/krRql7P

IRGC official does not specify where and when arrests are made; says Israel and the United States are seeking to spread the Gaza crisis to Iran plotting against the country's security  from ynet - News https://ift.tt/vmy0w9f

Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, refused on Sunday morning to denounce former President Donald Trump’s remarks that American Jews would bear the responsibility if he loses the presidential election. Trump’s statement, delivered in back-to-back speeches to Jewish audiences on Thursday, faced condemnation from mainstream American Jewish groups.  “It’s the same kind of language he’s been using for months,” Cotton said in an interview on CNN’s State of the Union program. “He’s been saying things like this, not just at antisemitism events, but speaking to Christians who care about Israel as well, for months.”  CNN host Jake Tapper , who is Jewish, pushed back. “No, no, no, this is the first time he has ever said: If I lose, it will be the fault of Jews,” he said. “I happen to have a pretty good ear for when people say things like this. And that’s the first time he’s ever said that.”  When Cotton doubled down on that assertion, Tapper retorted, “That doesn...

New trend sees Gaza residents talking to Lebanese amid ongoing tensions on northern border and warning them of war's destructive outcomes from ynet - News https://ift.tt/bvYtpGH

European and U.S. officials say reason behind lack of equipment raises questions about when and if the weapons will be operational from ynet - News https://ift.tt/HtwEWhg

Military confirms two Hamas terrorists who held six hostages in Gaza were eliminated by forces based on gathered DNA evidence from scene from ynet - News https://ift.tt/Dl4oSq1

Translated by Miriam Udel. Read the original Yiddish version . Way high up and far away, where heaven touches earth, New Year and Bygone Year met in passing. Bygone Year — old and weak, face wrinkled and clothing tattered, hunched over — made her way down the mountain. And New Year — young and handsome, dressed in purples and blues, crowned in gold, slender and proud, climbed up the mountain. Four angels, one in each direction, escorted him.   *** New Year greeted Bygone Year, calling out, “Shalom, my older sister! Why are you groaning and sighing?” Bygone Year answered, “I moan over yidishe tsores , the sorrows that Jews endure the world over.” And just like that, they had to part, because suddenly , the sun was setting. In the blink of an eye, Bygone Year had disappeared, and New Year was left standing alone. He stayed there a moment deep in thought, concentrating, and then he set off on his way.   *** Walking along, he came to a vineyard with grapes: flouri...

Neighbors on the quiet street and nondescript building are upset at the unwanted publicity they are subjected to after their address was identified as the office of the BAC company that marketed the Taiwanese Gold Apollo pagers purchased by Hezbollah from ynet - News https://ift.tt/cMEWGQw

Jets fly over the Beqaa Valley and break the sound barrier over Beirut during Nasrallah's speech; IDF says it also struck Hezbollah structures and weapons storage facilities in South Lebanon  from ynet - News https://ift.tt/WIHYvJV

Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, known for his incendiary remarks about minority groups and women, vowed to stay in the race today after CNN published a story that said, “he referred to himself as a ‘black NAZI!’ and expressed support for reinstating slavery.” If elected, Robinson would be the first Black governor of the state.  The race has been tight, with polls favoring one, and then the other candidate, and Stein appearing to pull ahead more recently. A recent WRAL poll of likely voters showed 51% support Stein and 37% support Robinson, with 11% undecided. Robinson has been accused of invoking Nazis and antisemitism before, charges he denies, for several past remarks and social media posts, including: A 2017 Facebook post in which he wrote: “I am so sick of seeing and hearing people STILL talk about Nazis and Hitler and how evil and manipulative they were,” he wrote. “NEWS FLASH PEOPLE, THE NAZIS (National Socialist) ARE GONE! We di...

Harrison Hipp, who was wearing a kipa under a hat, was attacked while walking down the street; He landed in the hospital with a concussion and cerebral hemorrhage; 'I’m real messed up... and for what? ... just because I’m Jewish? It’s ridiculous' from ynet - News https://ift.tt/4fJclZG

Comments come hours after the explosions of Hezbollah-distributed walkie talkies in Lebanon, which killed at least nine people and injured at least 300  from ynet - News https://ift.tt/JhQLaeE

A sworn enemy of Israel hears his cell phone ring, and answers it. On the other end is a Mossad agent who hits a button, detonating the phone and blowing up everyone in the vicinity. The scenario sounds a tad similar to that which unfolded in Beirut on Tuesday, when hundreds of pagers equipped with explosives simultaneously blew up, killing at least 11 and injuring nearly 3,000 people . More devices — including walkie-talkies — exploded in Lebanon on Wednesday .  Hezbollah began widespread use of pagers after Oct. 7, out of fear that Israeli intelligence officials could track their cell phones. Perhaps they were nervous because they watched the final episode of the second season of Tehran on AppleTV+ . In the series, an Israeli spy named Tamar Rabinyan — played by Niv Sultan, a former IDF soldier — goes undercover in Iran. In the second season, her mission is to assassinate Qasem Mohammadi, an Iranian general. Her attempt to poison him fails; so does boobytrapping his s...

( JTA ) — Wireless devices carried by Hezbollah operatives and their associates exploded en masse Tuesday, killing nine and wounding more than 2,700 people in Lebanon and Syria, a mass targeted attack on the terror group as tensions on Israel’s Lebanese border continue to escalate. No one claimed responsibility for the series of explosions on Tuesday, and Israel has not commented publicly on them. The United States has also said it was not involved in the attack. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the attacks, Reuters reported, and said there would be “fair punishment”. Lebanese officials said the fatalities included two Hezbollah operatives and a child. One of the dead was the son of a Lebanese lawmaker. The Iranian ambassador to Beirut suffered minor injuries. Iran is Hezbollah’s chief ally and sponsor. Emergency rooms in and around Beirut were overwhelmed with casualties, reports said. The blasts are the latest indication that nearly a year of clashes between Hezbollah and Israel could ...

Atomic Energy Commission Director-General Moshe Edri says Iran main source of regional instability and poses threat to peace and security worldwide, requiring full attention of international community from ynet - News https://ift.tt/xkrFuPa

( JTA ) — A man was rushed to the hospital with severe burn wounds after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Boston. Matt Nelson said in a video he uploaded to YouTube before arriving at the location that he was about to engage in an “extreme act of protest” due to “the ongoing genocide in Gaza.” Nelson’s identity and motive were not immediately apparent following the incident, which took place Wednesday evening. The video surfaced on Friday. The incident marks at least the third instance of self-immolation in the United States outside of an Israeli consulate or embassy in protest of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. In late February, Aaron Bushnell, a U.S. airman wearing his military uniform, died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Bushnell uploaded a since-removed video to the video game streaming platform Twitch declaring his views on the war and saying he “will no longer be complicit in genocide.” Bushnell’s d...

The Senate is expected to move forward to pass a contentious bill aimed at addressing rising antisemitism on colleges and universities, a Democratic congressman told Jewish students on Monday.  Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey said during a roundtable discussion at Columbia University and Barnard College that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has “assured” him that he plans to bring it to the Senate floor for a vote “before the end of the year.” The legislation mandates the Department of Education use the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, which classifies most anti-Zionism as antisemitic, when investigating allegations of discrimination.  The bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act passed the House in May by an overwhelming majority of 320-91 in favor. Some top Democrats — including Rep. Jerry Nadler, the dean of the Congressional Jewish Caucus — objected to the bill, worrying it could suppress constitutionally pr...

An officer suffers light injuries after being stabbed in the head and back at the Damascus Gate and is transported to the hospital; other police and Border Patrol troops chase the assailant who escapes into the Old City and shoot him  from ynet - News https://ift.tt/JybUnrg

In recording discovered in Hamas tunnel, Matan Angrest heard addressing Netanyahu in words likely dictated by captors from ynet - News https://ift.tt/fYk9MU6