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Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Toronto Police Service has made “over 517 arrests and laid over 1,275 charges in connection with demonstrations, protests and hate‑motivated offenses,” its police chief said.
The Hind Rajab Foundation issued a complaint to authorities against Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, it said on its website.
The office of La Briut was vandalized and sprayed with antisemitic graffiti, while its restaurant in Toronto was broken into and money was stolen.
The NSC revealed that Iranian operatives recently attempted to target an Israeli businessman by contacting him through Telegram, pretending to be from a Saudi news outlet.
“This is ... maybe a moment of opportunity to resolve in an enduring way the nuclear challenge posed by Iran.”
From Tehran’s nuclear ambitions to a Gaza war resolution, the incoming president arrives with a detailed blueprint for the Middle East.
“No matter how much he tries to avoid it, President Biden’s failure in Afghanistan is a permanent stain on his legacy,” Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said.
Previously Lebanon’s ambassador to the United Nations, he received support from most of the country’s lawmakers.
During a visit to Israel, Sebastian Kurz insisted that the Freedom Party were “extremely supportive” of his stances on Jews and Israel.
Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinians, wrote the post in response to an antisemitic publication.
“The next few months, and the next year or so, are critically important,” Marc Sievers, a former U.S. diplomat and an American Jewish Committee director, told JNS.
Joseph Aoun now faces the daunting task of steering Lebanon toward a brighter future. However, his tenure is likely to encounter persistent resistance from his opponents, particularly Hezbollah and its allies.
The center-right New Flemish Alliance refused to govern alongside Hassoun, who called for Hamas to take more Israeli hostages.