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AJC’s Rabbi Noam Marans told JNS it is gratifying that “the pope has affirmed the importance of strong Catholic-Jewish relations” so early in his tenure.
Yehuda Kaploun also downplayed reports of daylight between Washington and Jerusalem.
After 584 days in captivity, he is the first male soldier in the Israel Defense Forces freed since being taken in the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Hamas terrorist group announced on Sunday night that it would free Edan Alexander, 21, as part of efforts to achieve a ceasefire.
The 25-year-old North Carolina man got four months of probation, 40 hours of community service and will have to pay $525 in restitution.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer was one of 50 congressmen who urged the U.S. president to prioritize the release of the American hostage Edan Alexander.
A whopping 82% of survey respondents do not support prioritizing efforts to fight antisemitism.
“We really need to implement what Trump told us to do,” Israel’s national security minister tells JNS.
Israeli president welcomes Edan Alexander’s release, urges global action on hostages, Iran, and antisemitism during Germany state visit.
“Humanitarian aid should not have been allowed to enter since the start of the war, as long as our hostages are rotting in Hamas’s tunnels,” he told JNS.
Last year, the IDF constructed a security fence surrounding the new road that bypasses the central Samaria terrorist hotspot of Huwara.
Nine detained in Jerusalem’s Old City after one suspect was found concealing a live animal in a shopping bag.
“When you dig here you touch the Bible with your own hands,” said Yossi Dagan, chairman of the Samaria Regional Council.
“Antisemitism. Throat-slitting gestures. From our perspective that was a red line,” said Young, a member of the Israeli delegation to the contest.
A Haredi man was indicted for damaging security infrastructure on Israel’s Mount Meron ahead of the Lag B’Omer festivities.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the decision was part of his “normalization and de facto sovereignty revolution” in Judea and Samaria.
The fund quit the stock because Paz operates infrastructure for supplying fuel to Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria.
“I’ll put my head on his shoulder and tell him, ‘How wonderful, how wonderful that we’re together again,’” says Yael Alexander, whose 21-year-old son Edan is set to be released by Hamas after more than a year in captivity.
Over 1,000 knives, axes, and clubs were seized from a home, hidden in packaged electrical appliances.
The Israeli prime minister welcomed Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Jerusalem, while the president headed to the German capital for a state visit marking 60 years of diplomatic ties.