Clearing the vast devastation left across the Gaza Strip could take close to a decade, a senior United Nations official warned Friday, underscoring the scale of destruction even as a second phase of a U.S.-backed peace plan is set to begin. After visiting Gaza, Jorge Moreira da Silva, the U.N. under-secretary-general and executive director of […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has weighed into a volatile immigration and free-speech fight, voicing public support for pro-Hamas activist Mahmoud Khalil after a federal judge cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume efforts to deport him. “Last year’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil was more than just a chilling act of political […]
An Israeli Air Force Black Hawk helicopter crashed Friday morning during a recovery operation after it was forced to make an emergency landing earlier this week because of severe weather, the IDF said. According to the military, the helicopter landed Tuesday in an open area in Gush Etzion after encountering difficult weather conditions. The aircraft […]
A hardline cleric leading Friday prayers in Iran’s capital publicly demanded the execution of protesters swept up in the regime’s nationwide crackdown, as Tehran weighs its next steps amid mounting domestic unrest and international pressure. Speaking at Tehran’s main weekly prayers, Ahmad Khatam called for the death penalty for detainees accused of involvement in the […]
Mossad Director David Barnea has arrived in the United States for a series of consultations focused on Iran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests and the possibility of an American military response, according to a report by Axios. The senior Israeli intelligence official is expected to meet with White House envoy Steve Witkoff in Miami. Witkoff […]
The White House says that Iran halted hundreds of planned executions after President Donald Trump warned Tehran against killing protesters, marking a dramatic — and unverified — pause amid a brutal crackdown by the Islamic Republic. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that as many as 800 executions scheduled to take place the […]
After weeks of escalating tension, U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other Thursday at the U.N. Security Council, where America’s envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries. The U.S. was joined by Iranian dissidents in rebuking the government’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests that activists say have […]
A U.S. Jewish legal organization is urging New York’s attorney general to widen her scrutiny of political activism, two days after her office announced a settlement with the far-right Jewish group Betar. Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday that Betar had harassed individuals based on Arab, Muslim and Jewish identities, agreed to halt those activities, […]
A senior Hamas official said Wednesday that an Israeli strike in central Gaza killed a top commander in the group’s armed wing, calling the attack a major escalation that threatens to unravel the ceasefire. Hamas official Osama Hamdan confirmed the killing of Muhammad al-Hawli, a commander in the al-Qassam Brigades, during an attack in the […]
In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app among young Chinese people is definitively the latter. It’s called, simply, “Are You Dead?” In a vast country whose young people are increasingly on the move, the new, one-button app — which has taken the country […]
In every industry- nonprofit, retail, real estate, healthcare, education- brands are fighting for one thing: attention. But attention alone has never built a business. It’s the brands people remember, the ones that stay in their minds long after the scroll, swipe, or click, that truly grow. This is exactly what Jewish Ad Group (JAG) focuses […]
Lebanese authorities have charged four people accused of carrying out a kidnapping on behalf of Israel’s intelligence service, deepening a sensitive case that touches on decades-old mysteries and the shadow war between Beirut and Jerusalem. A Lebanese judicial official said the suspects are accused of abducting retired security officer Ahmad Shukr last month in eastern […]
It’s a quiet tragedy of our time that imperfection has become something to hide. We mask it and edit it out of our public lives, as if being human were a flaw instead of the very point. Somewhere along the way, society decided that each person must fit a carefully constructed facade of “normal,” and […]
Dear Klal Yisrael: I lost my husband and two children in a terrible car accident on the way back from Meron. In one moment, half my family was gone. I was left to raise four yesomim alone. This Sunday, my son Shimon will stand under the chuppah — with no father to walk him there. […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday handed the Trump administration a legal win in its effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil, ruling that a lower-court judge lacked the authority to order his release from immigration detention. In a 2–1 decision, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Khalil’s lawsuit challenging his detention, finding that federal […]
The Senate passed a $174B three-bill spending package after Democrats used delay tactics, sending the funding bills to President Trump’s desk. * The package funds Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water, and Interior and Environment agencies. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said another package covering four remaining bills is being prepared and could move in […]
Stephen Miller: In Minnesota, the insurrectionists have come out of hiding. They’re confronting our officers on the street. They’re being arrested. This is a national security priority.
UPDATE – SPRING VALLEY: Buildings on Union Road have been cleared after the reported bomb threat was determined to be a false call. Spring Valley Police Department are now seeking a person of interest believed to have made the false report, with investigators saying the caller was in the Spring Valley area at the time. […]
