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Iran Protests Day 15: 500+ Killed, 10,000 Detained As Demonstrations Resume Nationwide

IRAN PROTESTS — DAY 15 * According to multiple reports, more than 500 people have been killed and around 10,000 detained. * After several hours of relative quiet, demonstrations are now resuming across cities nationwide, including Tehran, despite heavy security and internet disruptions. * The IRGC claims it has arrested two alleged Mossad agents in […]

Wright Says U.S. Control Of Venezuelan Oil Will Spur Rapid Change

Secretary Wright: “Venezuela has been a very dangerous, very destabilized place… And with United States influence now, by controlling the sale of their oil… We will see relatively rapid change, improvement on the ground in Venezuela.”

Trump To Be Briefed On Options Against Iran’s Crackdown, Including Military, Cyber, And Starlink Measures

The Wall Street Journal reports that President Trump will be briefed Tuesday on options to respond to Iran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests, including measures aimed at pressuring and potentially destabilizing the regime. * Options under review include military strikes, cyber operations, economic pressure, and boosting anti-regime online activity, according to U.S. officials. * One […]

A Timeline Of How The Protests In Iran Unfolded And Grew

Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over the Islamic Republic’s faltering economy and the collapse of its currency. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands arrested as the daily protests have grown and the government seeks to contain them. While the initial focus had […]

Suspect Arrested After Arson Fire Damages Mississippi’s Largest Synagogue

A suspect has been arrested after a fire severely damaged Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, early Saturday. The synagogue, which is Reform and the largest Jewish congregation in the state, sustained significant damage in the blaze. Authorities said the fire has been ruled an act of arson. No injuries were reported, but portions of […]

Yair Netanyahu Appointed to Likud Central Committee Despite Not Running in Elections

Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Netanyahu, has been made a member of the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Likud party in an unelected appointment, according to Hebrew media reports. His name was listed among the members of Likud’s Ma’ale Yosef regional branch near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. Although Central Committee elections […]

Germany Denies RFK Jr.’s Claims That It Prosecutes Doctors For Giving Vaccine Exemptions

The German government has sharply rejected accusations by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claiming that it has been sidelining patient autonomy, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The statements made by the US Secretary of Health are completely unfounded, factually incorrect, and must be rejected,” German Health Minister Nina Warken said in a statement […]

Jewish Woman Once Touted as “Perfect Aryan Baby” in Nazi Germany Passes Away at 91

Hessy Levinsons Taft, a Jewish woman whose infant photograph was held up by Nazi propagandists as the ideal “Aryan baby,” has died at her home in San Francisco. She was 91. The episode that followed Taft throughout her life began in 1934, when she was six months old. Her parents, Latvian Jewish opera singers living […]

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