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How Putin Benefits from Iran and Hezbollah’s Attacks on Israel

Tuesday, 8 October 2024 | In the past weeks, the Kremlin [citadel of Moscow and seat of government of Russia], seemingly unencumbered by facts, has shifted blame for the war in Lebanon to Israel, ignoring Hezbollah’s year-long assault on Israel’s northern communities. Moscow overlooked Iran’s ballistic missile strike on Israel on October 1, choosing instead

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A Palestinian State Today: The Dangers to Israel and the Middle East

Tuesday, 8 October 2024 | Discussions on recognizing or creating a Palestinian state in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel convey to the Palestinians that terrorism is profitable and can lead to the realization of their goals. Hamas has taken credit for the recent decision by Ireland, Norway, and Spain to

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US Retired Generals, Admirals: No Ceasefire until Israeli Civilians Are Safe, Can Return Home

Tuesday, 8 October 2024 | Writing on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 terror attack in southern Israel, 85 retired US generals and admirals stated in a letter, which the Jewish Institute for National Security of America released, that “there should be no daylight between our two countries.” “The US should fully stand by

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The Real Lessons of October 7 Must not be Ignored

Monday, 7 October 2024 | The first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas massacres in southern Israel adds yet another sacred date to a calendar already filled with those devoted to mourning tragedies in Jewish history. But the fresh pain from this most recent instance of Jewish suffering is due to more than the fact

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Border Police Officer Killed, 10 Wounded in Terror Attack

Monday, 7 October 2024 | An Israel Border Police officer was killed and 10 people were wounded on Sunday afternoon in a combined shooting and stabbing near the central bus station in Beersheva, according to police and medics. “A report was received at Magen David Adom’s [MDA] 101 emergency call center in the Negev region

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The Story of Maya Desiatnik, the IDF Soldier Who Survived the War Room of Nahal Oz

Monday, 7 October 2024 | “I couldn’t believe they’d hurt them in their pajamas,” says Maya Desiatnik, lookout and death war room survivor. The Nahal Oz sector was finally quiet on October 6. When the sirens started sounding the following day, Maya suddenly noticed terrorists running toward the fence. She recalls the battle, how she

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IDF Unveils Hezbollah Preparations to Invade Northern Israel

Monday, 7 October 2024 | “Since the beginning of the war, the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] has conducted dozens of targeted operations in areas near the border in southern Lebanon in order to dismantle Hezbollah’s terrorist capabilities and infrastructure that pose a threat to Israeli civilian communities in northern Israel,” the IDF said on Tuesday.

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The Morning after the Biggest Ballistic Missile Attack in History

Wednesday, 2 October 2024 | It is the morning after the biggest ballistic missile attack in history. Not that you’d notice. Life in Jerusalem continues pretty much as usual. Tonight marks the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, or Yom Teruah, which is celebrated as the Jewish New Year, and Jerusalemites are out and about, preparing for

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‘The Street Was Strewn with Injured’: Witnesses Recount Deadly Tel Aviv Terror Attack

Wednesday, 2 October 2024 | Witness accounts from the scene of Tuesday’s deadly shooting in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa quarter paint a picture of chaos and fear amid the highest security tensions since October 7. Hezbollah commanders flee to Syria, Iran to send thousands to Lebanese border Nadia, a Jaffa resident, was cycling along the boulevard

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Iran Attacked; Now What?

Wednesday, 2 October 2024 | Iran fired 181 missiles at Israel on Tuesday—and now Israel has their “greatest opportunity” to “fatally cripple” the Iranian regime in response, according to former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Posting to X (formerly Twitter) just hours after Israel and its allies successfully defended against the second massive Iranian attack

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