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Kerzner said that an anti-Israel Eaton Centre Boxing Day protest last Friday and near-weekly marches through the Bathurst and Sheppard residential neighborhoods were completely unacceptable.

Only 33 percent of Jewish New Yorkers voted for Mamdani, but the fears of a hostile mayor should now be put to rest. It is crucial to establish good faith ties with his administration – and not to characterize every disagreement as an existential emergency

Responding to petitions arguing that Ben-Gvir must be ousted from his position as national security minister, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara wrote that it is currently 'impossible to protect the public from his systematic efforts to undermine the police's independence'

The assessment was included in support of an indictment against four residents of Bedouin villages in the south who are accused of smuggling weapons by drone and espionage offenses. The head of the Shin Bet recently called the weapon smuggling by drone an 'ongoing catastrophe' and warned that it poses a 'strategic threat to the State of Israel'

Military Intelligence research chief Amit Saar sent four warning letters to Netanyahu in 2023 as Israel's enemies sharpened their knives during the chaos of the attempted judicial coup. Well before his death Thursday, Saar admitted responsibility for not viewing Hamas in Gaza as the main threat

A senior police officer told Haaretz that the deterrence operation in southern Israel's Tarabin was meant to 'strengthen governability and to create friction with the population,' adding that 'the goal is primarily to be seen there and create deterrence among the criminals'

Michael Walzer supported Israel after October 7. Now he says its "crazed response of revenge" threatens its future and urges Israelis to face the injustices done in their name

In a string of recent Instagram posts his press office modestly labeled as AI-generated, Netanyahu can be seen brandishing a rifle as part of 'the AI team' alongside Trump, JD Vance and Marco Rubio, as well as taking a 'victory lap' with Trump aboard a B-2 bomber over Iran

Likud lawmaker Shlomo Karhi said that the video aired by Channel 12, which allegedly shows IDF reservists abusing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman detention facility, was 'false' and had severely harmed both the IDF and Israel's image

During his mayoral time, Adams did extensive work to improve relations with the Jewish community and to combat Jew hatred, especially through his creation of the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism.

During the war in Gaza, Limor Son Har-Melech of the Otzma Yehudit party pushed for Israel's withdrawal from the organization, arguing that the Geneva-based international agency is antisemitic and poses a threat to Israel and its sovereignty

Israel's state prosecutor will decide whether to pursue a plea deal with four protesters accused of firing maritime flares at the prime minister's residence last year or to proceed with the case. Legal sources support the recommendation, saying the terrorism charges were driven by improper considerations

Gvili's aunt, Tami Tzioni, told N12 that the fallen police officer's parents were unharmed in the incident, but there was fear that a greater incident could have happened.

The actions and rhetoric of the Haredi parties draw on a widening chasm – one that raises the question of whether we're looking at two religions, Jewish and Haredi, rather than a single tradition with internal disputes

Aden airport was shut down by the separatist Southern Transitional Council, which is backed by the United Arab Emirates, in defiance of a government ban on UAE flights imposed to curb rising tensions in Yemen. The internationally recognized government is supported by Saudi Arabia

Iranian authorities confirmed the deaths as protests over the country's economic conditions spread across Iran earlier this week, marking the most intense demonstrations since the 2022 'Woman, Life, Freedom' protests

Israel's formal recognition of Somaliland prompted claims by Somalia's president that Israel had reached an agreement with the breakaway republic to resettle Palestinians from Gaza or establish an Israeli military base there as part of an effort to destabilize the region. Somaliland rejected the assertions as 'baseless allegations'

Opening the gates for free at games' 20th minute is the first minute allowed by the African soccer federation – and it's a solution when unmoneyed fans can't simply hop in their cars or take a train to another country

Tel Aviv's leafy boulevards were built on the vision of Scottish town planner Patrick Geddes. To mark the 100th anniversary of the plan, an exhibition asks how Geddes would feel about the metropolis today