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Two Israelis from Jerusalem were arrested last month on suspicion of committing serious security offenses involving contact with Iranian intelligence operatives, the Israel Police and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said in a joint statement on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney general, announced new terrorism charges against Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, who is accused of killing Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on May 21, 2025.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Bank of Palestine, the central financial institution of the Palestinian Authority, has refused a request from Israel’s Finance Ministry to close 3,400 accounts reportedly used to distribute payments to released terrorists, two sources familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Iran and the United States started high-stakes negotiations via Omani mediation on Friday to try to overcome sharp differences over Tehran's nuclear program, while a dispute over widening the agenda risked derailing diplomacy and setting off another Middle East war.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
U.S. President Donald Trump took credit for achieving “peace in the Middle East” at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.
The president said that with the war in Gaza ended, Hamas would have to give up its weapons.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Ariel Collazo Ramos, 32, of High Point, N.C., was sentenced to five years in prison—the statutory maximum—and then three years of supervised release on Wednesday for threatening to kill Georgia state representative Esther Panitch and the rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in Macon, Ga.
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Iran’s army spokesperson said Thursday that the military is ready for a conflict, if that is what the US wants, the official Student News Network reported, as the two countries prepare to hold talks aimed at staving off a clash.
Read More: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces launched a wave of strikes on Thursday night targeting Hezbollah terror infrastructure in “several areas in Lebanon.”
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The event in Qatar will bring together "proponents of the darkest school of thought in modern political history," the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said.
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"If Hezbollah loses its cash flow and political influence within the state, it will not be able to sustain its arsenal," Hanin Ghaddar, a Washington Institute for Near East Policy senior fellow told a House panel.
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IDF says Muhammad Issam Hassan al-Habil, a Hamas cell commander, was targeted in Gaza City's Shati Camp; Shin Bet says he 'brutally murdered' Marciano at Gaza City Hospital.
Read More: Times of Israel
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to hold talks this Friday, in a rare diplomatic opening as tensions rise between the two nations.
Read More: Reuters
Soldiers of the IDF's 188th "Barak" Armored Brigade eliminated "a terrorist in the Yellow Line area who approached the forces."
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Riyadh on Tuesday, his first visit in more than two years, as ties warm between Saudi Arabia and its rival-turned-ally.
Read more: Times of Israel
An Israel Defense Forces reservist was seriously wounded by terrorist fire in northern Gaza on Tuesday night, in what the military called a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday tweeted a video of Syrian journalist Mustafa al-Miqdad alleging that some Gazans send their children into dangerous situations in the hope they will be injured by Israeli forces so their families can collect compensation from the Palestinian Authority.
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A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone that approached the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, roughly 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast, U.S. Central Command stated on Tuesday.
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The upcoming U.S.-Iran nuclear talks are now expected to be held in Oman on Friday, after the Trump administration agreed to Tehran’s request to move the venue from Turkey, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing an Arab source familiar with the discussions.
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Maj. Ella Waweya, widely known as “Captain Ella,” will be appointed as the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, replacing Col. Avichay Adraee, the military announced on Tuesday.
Read more: Jerusalem Post
The New York City Police Department reported what it said was its safest January for gun violence in recorded history but admitted, at the end of a press release, that antisemitic hate crimes were up 182% in the city in January 2026 compared to January 2025.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
