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Israeli troops kill four Palestinians in West Bank clashes
Jerusalem: At least four Palestinian gunmen were killed in shootouts with Israeli security forces during a sweeping West Bank arrest operation cracking down on the Islamic militant group Hamas on Sunday, the Israeli military said. Sunday’s violence was the deadliest between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks and…
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US support vital for Iron Dome
Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system is exactly that – a defence system that is spectacularly successful in protecting Israelis (including Arab Israelis) from the rockets Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups regularly rain down on the Jewish state’s civilian population. It has no offensive capacity. It causes no casualties. Yet that did not stop the…
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She thought he’d stood her up. Two broken legs helped explain otherwise
Maaryasha Werdiger, 41, and Shaya Rubinstein, 38, have been married for 14 years. When he called in late to their second Skype date, she thought he’d stood her up – until she heard the crackle of an ambulance radio in the background. Maaryasha: We were both raised in Chabad, a Jewish Orthodox sect. A friend emailed…
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Hand-drawn child abuse images land jailed neo-Nazi additional two years
A white supremacist jailed for possessing child-abuse material and an arsenal of weapons in 2017 is set to spend another two years behind bars after officers found disturbing hand-drawn pornographic imagery in his cell. Michael Holt, 31, was sentenced to 4½ years’ jail in 2017 after police uncovered child-abuse material and a stockpile of weapons…
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US House of Representatives clears $1.4bn for Israel’s Iron Dome
US representatives have approved $1bn ($1.37bn) to resupply Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system after funding was controversially stripped from a separate bill following a revolt from the Democrats’ left flank. The money had originally been included in legislation addressing a looming government shutdown and a potential October debt crisis. But a group of progressives…
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Iran FM says nuclear talks will restart ‘very soon’
Iran’s foreign minister said Friday that stalled talks on the Iranian nuclear accord would resume “very soon” but the United States responded by saying it wasn’t sure what timeframe Tehran had in mind. The talks, brokered by the Europeans, seek the return of the United States to the 2015 agreement trashed by former president Donald…
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The Democrat ‘squad’ will regret shooting down Israel’s Iron Dome
America’s left-wing progressives won a victory this week in their long-running battle with Israel. They managed, at least temporarily, to block $1 billion in U.S. funding to replenish the missile inceptors Israel used to shoot down the latest barrage of terror rockets from Gaza. The funding was initially included in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stopgap spending…
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‘Vibrant and dynamic’ arts and culture centre approved
The nine-storey Jewish Arts Quarter building proposed for 7 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick in Melbourne’s inner south has been granted approval, after planning minister Richard Wynne intervened to scuttle a legal challenge. Designed by Melbourne’s Mclldowie Partners, the building will replace the double-storey brick building used by the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre. It will bring together the…
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Crypto funding for Palestine’s Hamas nears $1 million and far outstrips hauls for other militant groups, Coinbase says
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has raised nearly $US1 ($AU1) million in crypto donations, Coinbase said on Tuesday. Hamas made staggering fundraising efforts in comparison to other militant groups, research found. The group began to seek crypto funds in January 2018 using a single donation address, but later provided new addresses. Hamas, the Palestinian militant Islamist…
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US, Israel ‘Concerned’ About Diplomatic Stalemate With Iran
The U.S. and Israel held secret talks last week in which they weighed alternative options on how to address challenges from Iran, according to a report Wednesday from Axios. Two Israeli sources told Axios that officials from both sides resumed meetings of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Working Group on Iran called Opal, or Leshem, in Hebrew. The forum has…