Friday, 23 August 2024 | The US push for a ceasefire and hostage-release agreement to be finalized this week was prompted by the Biden administration’s political considerations, two senior Israeli officials involved in the talks said on Thursday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the region to advance an agreement although Hamas was not
Continue Reading »Thursday, 22 August 2024 | US officials have been waiting for four days to receive basic answers from Hamas regarding negotiations for a hostage deal, the Washington Post reported Thursday, hours after the call between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to the report, Netanyahu offered “several concessions” during the conversation,
Continue Reading »Thursday, 22 August 2024 | To mark the seventh commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, a virtual high-level event titled “Voices for Peace: Victims of Terrorism as Peace Advocates and Educators” took place on August 21. The exhibition includes victims of the Twin Towers attack in 2001
Continue Reading »Thursday, 22 August 2024 | China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on August 11 told Iran’s acting foreign minister that Beijing supports the Islamic Republic defending its “sovereignty, security and national dignity.” Wang said that killing Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, the terrorist group’s political leader, in Tehran violated Iran’s sovereignty and threatened regional stability. As countries around
Continue Reading »Thursday, 22 August 2024 | A new generation of educated, well-traveled Saudis is presenting a different narrative about the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel, illustrating a nuanced understanding of the region’s dynamics. These young Saudis, many of whom have studied abroad and are fluent in multiple languages, show a deep curiosity about Israel, despite
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 21 August 2024 | New details have emerged about the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] operation that led to the recovery of the bodies of six hostages—Alex Dancyg, Yoram Metzger, Avraham Munder, Chaim Peri, Yagev Buchshtab and Nadav Popplewell—on Tuesday evening. Unlike previous operations, this mission lacked precise intelligence on the location of the bodies
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 21 August 2024 | In Haifa, rows of hospital beds with adjacent oxygen units line an underground parking lot. Four operating rooms, a maternity ward and a dialysis center are among the facilities that Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus has set up three levels down in its parking garage. The largest hospital in northern
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 21 August 2024 | Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah launched a 55-rocket barrage at the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights on Tuesday morning, followed by a 20-rocket barrage in the afternoon, according to the Israel Defense Forces [IDF]. Around 10 of the first set of projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome aerial defense system,
Continue Reading »Wednesday, 21 August 2024 | Although Jews make up about 0.2% of the global population, they account for 1% of migrants worldwide—five times their expected proportion, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. “Israel is the most frequent origin country among Jewish migrants and also their top destination,” Pew found. “Of the
Continue Reading »Tuesday, 20 August 2024 | A powerful explosion by a terrorist carrying an explosive device in southern Tel Aviv moderately injured a passerby riding a scooter. September 15, 2023, the eve of Rosh HaShanah [Jewish New Year]: An explosion shakes Yarkon Park [in Tel Aviv]. Fortunately, there are no casualties. March 13, 2023: An explosive
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