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Friday, August 23, 2024


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U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks to reporters at the White House, Oct. 3, 2023. Photo by Oliver Contreras/White House.

Reports of ‘near collapse’ of Cairo negotiations untrue, Kirby says

"The process is actually moving forward in the way we'd outlined earlier," White House national security communications advisor told reporters.

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris hugs her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, as she concludes her remarks at the end of the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, on Aug. 22, 2024. Photo by Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images.

At DNC, Harris says she will always defend Israel, calls Gaza suffering ‘heartbreaking’

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaking on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. Photo by Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images.

Asked why no Palestinian on DNC dais, Pelosi says speakers could’ve brought up ceasefire but didn’t

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on July 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images.

As US arms sales to Riyadh resume, senators say hope for Israeli-Saudi relations

The “USS Abraham Lincoln” sails in formation with other vessels in the Pacific Ocean, July 28, 2022, in support of Rim of the Pacific, the world’s largest international maritime exercise. Credit: Canadian Armed Forces Cpl. Djalma Vuong-De Ramos, via U.S. Department of Defense.

Movement of US naval ships in Mideast has ‘gotten into headspace of Iran,’ Pentagon says

Uranium enrichment centrifuges at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility. Credit: Tehran Times.

Iran speeding up nuclear progress, outsourcing attack role to proxies

The location of the Philadelphi Corridor on Gaza's border with Egypt. Credit: Hamzé Attar/X.

Vital to have Israeli presence on Philadelphi Corridor

Yossi Kuperwasser

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speak at the Pentagon in Washington, June 25, 2024. Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eugene Oliver/U.S. Department of Defense.

Gallant and Austin hold joint situation assessment

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2016. Credit: U.N. Photo.

84% of Israelis say ICC is a political body

Caroline B. Glick

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (left) with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington on March 5, 2024. Photo by Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

Gaza truce talks take twist as Qatar PM heads to Tehran

Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya, 19, was killed in action in the Gaza Strip, Aug. 22, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Soldier killed in Gaza, bringing IDF death toll to 695

Celebrity stylist Dani Levy. Photo by Eran Swissa.

Kardashian’s stylist: ‘I will never hide my Zionism’

Cmdr. Oron Inbar, 47, stepped down as commander of the Israeli Navy's Underwater Missions Unit (Yaltam) this week after five years. Photo by Oren Cohen.

Deep dive into Israel’s elite underwater unit

A sign marking the front entrance to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2024. Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images.

Senators call on IRS to investigate charities linked to anti-Israel protests

College campus. Credit: Alison Updyke/Pixabay.

House leaders demand 10 elite colleges detail plans to counter campus Jew-hate

Friends and family of Liraz Assulin, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists in in southern Israel on Oct. 7, plant a tree in her memory near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, Jan. 21, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

RJC head: ‘Democrats acted as if Israel didn’t exist’

U.S. Middle East peace envoy Jason Greenblatt, in an interview with Judy Woodruff on "PBS NewsHour," broadcast on July 17, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

PBS anchor apologizes for unverified remarks about Trump, Netanyahu

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu at the American Conservation Coalition's 2022 Summit at the JW Marriott Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2022. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons.

New Hampshire man faces fines, three years in prison for vandalizing synagogue

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is processed by U.S. Capitol Police Officers after being arrested for participating in a sit-in with activists from the Center for Popular Democracy Action (CPDA) in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 2022. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Omar visits anti-Israel sit-in at DNC, urges presence of Palestinians on dais

Photos of diplomats who rescued Jews during the World War II and the Holocaust were on display at the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Philadelphia, which took place from Aug. 18-22, 2024. Photo by Adam Bell.

Digging for family roots leads to modern-day discoveries

La France Insoumise European Parliament candidate Rima Hassan leaves a rally in Paris on April 30, 2024. Photo by Geoffroy Van der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images.

French MEP Rima Hassan accused of ‘apology for terrorism’

Yossi Lempkowicz

Afeka Academic College of Engineering President Ami Moyal addresse the school’s 2023-24 graduates in Tel Aviv. Photo by Gilad Kavalerchik.

‘Quality over quantity the key to Israel’s high-tech advantage’

Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University, testifies at a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington headlined "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos," May 23, 2024. Photo by Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images.

Rutgers releases set of guidelines to curb tent encampment protests

Three lessons from the Tel Aviv bombing

Six hostages kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 who were murdered in the Gaza Strip. Their bodies were recovered by the IDF in a tunnel in Khan Yunis on Aug. 20, 2024. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel.

Irony lost: Activists protest America and Israel, ignore Hamas aggression

Some 600 newcomers will make Israel their new home via 14 group aliyah flights offered by Nefesh B’Nefesh during the week of Aug. 20 to Aug. 28, 2024. Photo by Chen Galili.

Hundreds of North Americans make ‘aliyah’ marking the largest weekly influx since Oct. 7

Olami intern Rachel Roisin. Credit: Courtesy.

Amid rising antisemitism, Jewish students find connection and growth via Israeli internships

AEPi's 111th annual convention in Miami from July 24-28, 2024. Source: Screenshot/AEPi Facebook.

More than 300 AEPi members develop leadership skills, learn Israel advocacy at convention

Student at the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

AFHU Mid-Atlantic Region names new board members in DC area

The Jerusalem College of Technology's 8th annual Great Minds Hackathon. Photo courtesy of JCT.

International students shine at Jerusalem College of Technology’s 8th hackathon

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