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      <title>New York rep introduces nationwide bill to protect houses of worship from protest</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Activities specifically done to harass or intimidate people, especially as they're entering into a religious institution to go worship, are unacceptable,” Rep. Tom Suozzi told JNS.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:22:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel, Lebanon agree to extend ceasefire three weeks, Trump says</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“The meeting went very well,” the president wrote. “The United States is going to work with Lebanon in order to help it protect itself from Hezbollah.”]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pro-Israel Georgia Democratic Rep David Scott dies at age 80</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After Scott’s death, anti-Israel group Track AIPAC touted the possibility of replacing him with a primary opponent who accuses Israel of “genocide.”]]></description>
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      <title>Dem rep resigns in scandal, clearing path for socialist Jewish convert critical of Israel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The resignation of Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick could clear the path for Elijah Manley, a convert to Judaism running as a Democratic Socialist and frequent Israel critic.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Iran says Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. President Donald Trump said that the naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in force despite the announcement from Iran.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:46:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel, Lebanon agree to 10-day truce</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The agreement does not call for a withdrawal of Israeli ground forces from Lebanon and says that the initial ceasefire may be extended “as Lebanon effectively demonstrates its ability to assert its sovereignty.”]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:36:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nearly all Senate Democrats vote to block Israel arms sales</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The resolutions were defeated with support from a handful of Senate Democrats and every Republican.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:26:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>White House hasn’t asked for Iran ceasefire extension, expects next round of talks in Pakistan</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at a press briefing that Iran’s decision to bomb its Arab neighbors may prove to be one of its “fatal mistakes,” as Gulf countries squeeze Iranian funds.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:12:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nuremberg prosecutor posthumously awarded Congressional Gold Medal</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“We must all commit to crushing antisemitism, burying it in the ground and making sure that it never rises again,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:12:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel, Lebanon agree to negotiations in first direct talks since 1993</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“We talked about a number of things, most importantly the long-term vision where there will be a clearly delineated border between our countries,” said Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to Washington.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:42:24 GMT</pubDate>
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