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Jewish Teen Gang-raped in Paris in Anti-Semitic Attack

Wednesday, 19 June 2024 | Three boys ages 12 to 14 were arrested on suspicion of the anti-Semitic rape of a 12-year-old girl, French media reported on Tuesday evening. One issue behind the attack appears to be that the girl hid the fact that she was Jewish from a former boyfriend. The girl and her

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Israel Slams the UN’s Explanation for Omitting Hamas’s Use of Human Shields from Report

Wednesday, 19 June 2024 | The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Jewish state’s mission to the UN reacted harshly to a UN official’s claim that a limited word count was responsible for the exclusion of Hamas’s usage of human shields from a controversial blacklist that included Israel. Virginia Gamba, special representative to UN

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Israeli Defense Exports Hit Record US $13 Billion in 2023

Wednesday, 19 June 2024 | Israeli defense exports reached a record US $13.073 billion in 2023, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry. Defense exports have doubled over the last half decade, with over a third (36%) of the export agreements over that timeframe having been signed last year. “Israel continues to succeed in its international

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US VP Condems Hamas Sexual Violence

Tuesday, 18 June 2024 | US Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and called for accountability in remarks made at the White House on Monday marking International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. “I especially thank the survivors and advocates that are with

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Israel: Dozens of Hostages Held in Gaza Remain Alive

Tuesday, 18 June 2024 | Many of the 120 hostages who remain in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip are believed to be alive, a senior Israeli official involved in ongoing negotiations with the terrorist organization said on Tuesday. “Dozens are alive with certainty,” the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to not being

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IDF Eliminates Key Hezbollah Operative during Lull in Rocket Fire

Tuesday, 18 June 2024 | The last time Hezbollah claimed responsibility for any attack on Israel was on Saturday at around 2:00 p.m., when it claimed to have hit a military base on the border with a swarm of drones. The Israel Defense Forces [IDF], for its part, has not stopped its fire, and on

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Israel Lends a Helping Hand to Small Farmers Affected by the War

Tuesday, 18 June 2024 | When the Jewish people began returning to the Land of Israel in the late 1880s, they found a desolate countryside that had been badly neglected under the Ottoman Turkish Empire. There was little evidence that their return would result in the thriving agricultural areas we see today. Hard work, ingenuity

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Eleven IDF Soldiers Killed Fighting Hamas in Gaza

Monday, 17 June 2024 | Eleven Israel Defense Forces [IDF] soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip over the past 48 hours, the military announced on Sunday. One additional soldier passed away from wounds sustained during fighting last week, according to the IDF. Eight soldiers were killed early on Saturday morning when their “Namer” armored

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Jerusalem Will Not Commit to Ending War Until Hostages Released

Monday, 17 June 2024 | Jerusalem will not commit to ending the war in Gaza until Hamas releases all of the hostages held by the terrorist group, according to a senior Israeli official. The official told the Ynet website that the captives must be freed in the first and second phases of the proposed cease-fire agreement

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Palestinians Slam Iran’s Meddling

Monday, 17 June 2024 | When thousands of Hamas-led terrorists murdered some 1,200 Israeli men, women and children on October 7 and kidnaped hundreds of others, it further exposed how Iran supported and funded Hamas and continues to foment regional unrest. In a US State Department briefing on October 23, a senior defense official said

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