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As the Israeli Air Force conducts strikes in southern Syria, a military official says, “The more the Syrian regime has intervened, the worse it looks.”
Some 70 protesters, including current and former Google employees, bearing signs stating “no tech for apartheid,” tried to enter the building.
While the situation of Syria’s Druze community remains “dire,” the prime minister says civilian attempts to assist family over the border are dangerous and hamper the IDF’s efforts.
The IDF “will soon raise the level of its responses” if Syrian forces continue to threaten the Druze community in southern Syria, said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
The landmark ruling stops short of saying that women are entitled to be ordained as rabbis, but is a major step forward in the advancement of female Torah scholars in Israel.
The alternate festival is in response to a performance by Kehlani, who has a history of anti-Israel statements, at the local Pride festival.
The Ethiopian community in Israel has 170,000-plus members, some of them at the forefront of Israeli society.
The British budget airline’s decision to avoid Ben-Gurion International Airport marks the longest halt by any foreign carrier since the Iran conflict.
The airline’s net profit surged nearly fivefold last year, reaching a record of approximately $545 million.
“Acoustic interaction between plants and animals doubtlessly exists in many more forms and serves a wide range of roles. This is a vast, unexplored field—an entire world waiting to be discovered.”
Police said that Guy House, 47, was searching for the mother of his children when he barged into Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, shooting two people and wounding three others.
“I love the fact that churches can endorse a political candidate,” U.S. President Donald Trump stated.
