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Netanyahu said in the letter that he recommended the Australian leader to follow in the footsteps of US President Donald Trump to combat antisemitism and to "replace weakness with action."

According to Israeli sources , the government will finalize its position by the end of this week and the security cabinet may convene on Thursday to discuss a hostage-release and cease-fire agreement with Hamas

The vote, the fifth since the conflict began, will raise the deficit to 5.2% of GDP and fund a 30.8 billion shekel increase in expenses, primarily for the defense establishment

Slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi's relatives attended a memorial service at Yarkon Cemetery to mark the anniversary of her murder in Hamas captivity. 'You were robbed of the life you were supposed to have,' said Eden's mother

In order to carry out safety work that was initially planned for September, Israel Railways announced that Tel Aviv's Hashalom station, the busiest in the country, will close until August 26, effectively cutting off transit between the north and south of the country. Buses will replace train connections between the city's functioning train stations

Led by former president of Religious Zionists of America Yosef Blau, the petition was signed by Orthodox rabbis from across the political spectrum. 'Unfortunately in Israel, very few Religious Zionist rabbis are willing to criticize that which comes from within the community'

There was an inconsistency in the policy of the Labor-led government, said Leibler, when it wasn’t willing to give entry to Rothman but was willing to accept relations with Abbas.

Proposed enforcement of guidelines wasn't just suggested for students, with the groups also arguing that faculty had to be held accountable with clear guidelines for classroom conduct.

Once upon a time, one could imagine Netanyahu quelling the flames of this dispute with Australia over the cancellation of MK Simcha Rothman's visa, but the Netanyahu of today instead chose to fan them

Rooney's pledge follows mass arrests at protests against the U.K.'s ban on Palestine Action, which she sees as a suppression of dissent to safeguard British ties with Israel. 'The ramifications for cultural and intellectual life in the U.K. are and will be profound'

Wiesel joins several other notable Jews featured in the Distinguished Americans series, including Jonas Salk, who developed the first influenza and polio vaccines, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Farber, illustrator Shel Silverstein, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Fleeing Gaza City ahead of the IDF's impending ground invasion is a luxury many cannot afford, and some are injured or too weak from hunger to walk to 'safe zones.' One resident says: 'There are people who'd rather be killed than see our city turn into nothing but a memory'

The families stated that there is no choice but to take to the streets to demand the return of the hostages, blaming the Prime Minister for trying to thwart the deal securing the return of the hostages by setting 'impractical conditions'

Tursunov, 51, ran a popular religious media project, Azon.uz, which had some 1.2 million subscribers on YouTube before he shut it down in 2023 under threat of legal punishment.

The letter added that, given the UK is party to the Genocide Convention, it has an "obligation to prevent acts that may amount to genocide."