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“Their situation is urgent and they must be freed now,” the Consulate General of Israel in New York told JNS of Rom Braslavski and the other hostages.
A woman claiming to be the boy’s stepmother disputed several details of the former contractor’s story, according to a video obtained by “The Daily Wire.”
“As long as Hamas exists, there will be no peace in Gaza,” the U.S. secretary of state told the radio host Sid Rosenberg.
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who founded the GW Chabad, told JNS that the university hasn’t handled Jew-hatred well since Oct. 7 but is making improvements.
“This has been swiftly resolved,” a spokesman for the city of Conway told JNS.
In a highly unusual move, the U.S. State Department said in a readout that the U.S. secretary of state discussed “global efforts to combat antisemitism” with his Australian counterpart.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Agriculture told JNS that a contractor runs the database that appeared to recognize an independent Palestinian state.
“We call on these organizations to seize this moment with courage,” Arnold Roth told JNS.
Tamar Nissim, Los Angeles regional director for the nonprofit, told JNS that some staffers didn’t show up to work, because they were afraid.
The “center will help support the Jewish community of the state by providing resources such as a school and synagogue,” the governor’s office stated.
Iman Abdul, who was a paid canvasser for a Democratic state senator and had reported ties to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, faces charges including making a terror threat.
The sentence “reflects the gravity of Russell’s ongoing threat to public safety,” stated a U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland.
