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The new facility, set to open within three years, aims to combat rising antisemitism and Shoah distortion across Germany and Europe.
Finance Minister Smotrich urged local business leaders to lower prices amid the new shekel rate of 2.83 per dollar.
Defense attorneys Amit Hadad and Noa Milstein rejected the allegations.
Customers of all private banks will be able to withdraw cash via contactless technology in any ATM by the end of 2030, according to the Bank of Israel.
The Israeli military said it killed a financier and another terrorist in southern Gaza.
One of the terrorists was planning to execute an imminent attack, according to the Israeli military.
The terrorist who killed Maj. (res.) Itamar Sapir was eliminated through tank fire and an Air Force strike.
The Palestinian was transferred for “further handling and investigation” by the Israel Security Agency.
Jerusalem provided evidence and invited U.N. officials to review allegations of sexual violence, but they declined and ignored facts, Danny Danon said.
The Israeli prime minister and foreign minister hosted U.S. Reps. Abraham Hamadeh and Marlin Stutzman in Jerusalem.
The Budapest-based airline, which was planning to open a hub in Israel, is the first European budget carrier to restore service after the outbreak of war with Iran.
The attacks followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Tuesday that the IDF is deepening its operations in Lebanon.
“The evil structure of the Ayatollah regime has been significantly cracked,” said the IDF chief.
The United States has maintained an unprecedented military air presence in Israel since the start of the war.
The strikes in Southern Lebanon, as well as in the Beqaa Valley, targeted infrastructure and operatives.
The findings pointed to systemic weaknesses across multiple bodies, including the Israel Police, the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority, the Courts Administration and the Prime Minister’s Office. Some findings were classified as highly severe.
Salah Hamouri allegedly recruited five Jerusalem residents.
The move comes after United Airlines and Delta Air Lines suspended flights to Israel until September.
A recent New York Times opinion piece accusing Israel of sexual offenses against Palestinians was heavily sourced from Euro-Med.
The bill to dissolve Israel’s parliament passed a preliminary reading 110-0 on May 20.
The Israeli foreign minister noted that Mojtaba Khamenei’s father had also previously said the “Zionist regime” was ending.
“We committed that Hamas would not rule Gaza, either civilly or militarily—and so it will be,” said the defense minister.
Shadi Jumaa, who participated in the murder of Israeli civilian Ido Zoldan, was apprehended in Qalqilya.
The chief of staff is also considering demoting the former Military Advocate General once all the facts have been gathered in the criminal proceedings against her.
“I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza,” the president said. “You’re living in hell. Gaza is not a place for people to be living.”
“The president is intent on getting it all done correctly,” Steve Witkoff said. “To me, it is unfair to explain to Palestinians that they might be back in five years. That’s just preposterous.”
“We applaud his unwavering courage and steadfastness in defending the nation of Israel against the unprecedented political war waged against him,” Mario Bramnick, of the Latino Coalition for Israel, told JNS.
The IDF remains “determined to fully implement the terms of the deal to return hostages,” it stated.
“Not a morning passes that I don’t pray for their welfare,” Liri Albag wrote.
The private meeting in the Oval Office is scheduled for 4 p.m. and is expected to last approximately 15 minutes, followed by a bilateral meeting.
The Jewish state risks becoming “the punching bag of all its enemies in the Middle East,” warned Israel’s Settlements and National Missions minister.
A majority of Arabs called Trump’s plan “immoral,” along with only 3% of the Jewish respondents.
The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) has revealed that at least 82% of the Palestinians freed in November 2023 returned to terror.
Relatives of four of the five released captives traveled from Thailand to meet their loved ones and will accompany them home.
Instead, the foreign ministers demand that Palestinians be involved in the rebuilding of the coastal enclave.
Iran has the knowledge to make an “older-style nuclear weapon, one that could be put together far faster,” according to U.S. officials.