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jewishinsider.com —  2+ hour, 46+ min ago

...When Israel's non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Ben Bourgel, presented his credentials to President Mahamat Idriss Déby in May, the biggest surprise was that it all felt very normal.... ...Bordering Libya as well as Sudan, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger, and with a population of some 16 million, Bourgel told JI that Chad was a "very important partner" for Israel....

jns.org —  2+ hour, 21+ min ago

...A 16-dunam (four-acre) noncontiguous parcel of land on a green hilltop in eastern Jerusalem, which lies between the security barrier and the eastern border of the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood, could soon become the most volatile in the city.... ...The head of the purchase association, which was known as Agudat Hadayarim (Tenants" Association), was chaired by Yehoshua Avizohar Singalovski (the brother of the founder of the Ort chain of technical schools)....

english.alaraby.co.uk —  1+ hour, 6+ min ago

...So far the election appears to be similar to previous ones: right-wing Israeli incumbents direct the bombing of Gaza to prove to their electorate that they are strong enough to lead.... ...This led Naftali Bennett, head of the New Rights party, and Yair Lapid, leader of the liberal Yesh Atid party, to forge an agreement to each lead the government for two years, starting with Bennet as prime minister....

israelnationalnews.com —  4+ min ago

...Becca Balint, who has been a state senator since 2015, won Vermont's Democratic primary on Tuesday, easily fending off her main competitor, Molly Gray, the state's lieutenant governor.... ...Balint's Jewish grandfather was murdered by the Nazis during a forced march from the Mauthausen concentration camp her father survived and moved to the United States in 1957. "My grandfather was murdered in the Holocaust," Balint said in a campaign video....

timesofisrael.com —  1+ hour, 4+ min ago

...According to WhatsApp correspondence released Wednesday, the teacher made sexually explicit comments to the student, including writing "I'm crazy about you," in a message that quoted a song by Israeli singer Eyal Golan.... ...Lawyers for the teacher said their client denied any wrongdoing. Supporting The Times of Israel isn't a transaction for an online service, like subscribing to Netflix....

israelnationalnews.com —  45+ min ago

...Trump to testify as part of lengthy investigation by NY attorney general into former president's business dealings....

ynetnews.com —  11+ min ago

...About a month later, the name of the woman indicted for the crime was released Ilana Sporta Hania, a 65-year-old Likud activist, sent one letter to Gilat, Bennett's wife, and a second letter was addressed to his 16-year-old son, Yoni.... ...Former Prime Minister and Head of Opposition Benjamin Netanyahu was also subject to death threats in the past. In May, the Be'er Sheva District Court imposed a prison sentence on Asher Ben David, convicted of threatening Netanyahu...

jpost.com —  27+ min ago

...Ben (Zili) Silberstein, the IDF soldier after whom the canine Zili, who was killed in a counterterrorism operation in Nablus on Tuesday, was named, expressed his distaste for the coverage the dog's death received from the media, compared to the death of a 5-year-old girl in Gaza, which... ..."The number of references to him in the media, from the prime minister to the last member of the Knesset, is like the number of messages I receive about condolences," wrote Silberstein, who trained the dog when he entered military service....

jpost.com —  2+ hour, 41+ min ago

...The Russian Embassy in Cairo on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Yair Lapid of hypocrisy for attacking Gaza while condemning Russia's military actions in Ukraine.... ...At the time of Lapid's tweet, he was Israel's Foreign Minister and had not yet become Prime Minister, a position he entered only in June....

jns.org —  4+ hour, 7+ min ago

...The Israel Airports Authority on Tuesday announced that Palestinians from Judea and Samaria will soon be able to take charter flights from Ramon Airport near Eilat to destinations in Turkey, according to local media reports.... ...Beginning this month, AtlasGlobal and Pegasus Airlines will fly twice weekly from Ramon Airport to Istanbul and Antalya, respectively. The post Pilot program: Palestinians will soon be able to fly to Turkey from Israel's Ramon Airport appeared first on JNS.org....