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11+ min ago (47+ words) Let's drop the pretense: Peace is not being built. Peace is being sabotaged by the decision to allow a genocidal terrorist organization to continue to exist in Gaza instead of disarming and dismantling it. Now. Opinion. The world celebrates "peace" while Hamas plans Its next massacre...

16+ min ago (38+ words) Real time news brief - Commander of the Border Infantry Brigade: 'Practicing enemy invasion scenarios' - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Commander of the Border Infantry Brigade: 'Practicing enemy invasion scenarios'...

28+ min ago (80+ words) [ Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, speaks to the media at Government House on December 06, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand. (photo credit: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)]This comes months after Australia accused Iran of directing two antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne in August. Australia lists Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as state sponsor of terrorism This comes months after Australia accused Iran of directing two antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne in August....

29+ min ago (479+ words) A symbol of life with enormous spiritual power. In antiquity, however, regular contact with blood was virtually inevitable. Personal injury and illness were more common, more dangerous and far less concealed. Menstrual products were primitive. Child birth and animal slaughter routinely took place at home. Witnessing, managing and mitigating the flow of blood was an integral part of everyday life. The Torah's core claim about blood appears in Leviticus 17:11: "For the life (nefesh) of the flesh is in its blood" In the biblical worldview, blood is not merely one bodily fluid among many " it is the animating essence of a living being. This conviction underlies two foundational prohibitions that apply not only to Jews, but to all of humanity: the ban on consuming blood and the ban on murder. Because blood represents life, consuming it is akin to symbolically consuming…...

54+ min ago (110+ words) [US REP. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks on Capitol Hill last week. She went from being one of President Donald Trump's most worshipful allies to him branding her a traitor, says the writer. (photo credit: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters)]As she exited, Taylor Greene had a dire warning for her Republican colleagues. She foresees a blue wave (Democratic Party victories) in next year's House of Representatives election. What Marjorie Taylor Greene's exit tells us on Donald Trump's grip of Republicans - opinion As she exited, Taylor Greene had a dire warning for her Republican colleagues. She foresees a blue wave (Democratic Party victories) in next year's House of Representatives election....

56+ min ago (82+ words) [INDONESIAN VICE PRESIDENT Gibran Rakabuming Raka attends a G20 summit in Johannesburg this past week. Indonesia doesn't recognize Israel, and consistently votes against Israel at the UN, the writer states. (photo credit: Marco Longari/Pool via REUTERS)]The bottom line is clear. Indonesia is the wrong country to provide troops in Gaza. Blocking anti-Israel forces in Gaza: Why Indonesia's "peacekeepers' must stay home - opinion The bottom line is clear. Indonesia is the wrong country to provide troops in Gaza....

58+ min ago (45+ words) [A man holds ]Israel cannot afford to continue losing the information war while winning on the ground. Fixing Israel's broken PR strategy: What Zionism can learn from Sun Tzu - opinion Israel cannot afford to continue losing the information war while winning on the ground....

59+ min ago (242+ words) The group has asked the High Court to rule that the government erred in placing it alongside Al-Qaeda and Hamas. Raza Husain, representing co-founder Huda Ammori, called the ban an "ill-considered, discriminatory, due process-lacking, authoritarian abuse of statutory power." The UK government designated Palestine Action a terrorist organization in July. Since then, there have been regular protests in London calling on the government to lift the ban. Palestine Action, known for its acts of vandalism and disruptive protests, was officially proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000 after an incident at a Royal Air Force base, where activists from the group breached the base and defaced two aircraft with red paint, resulting in an estimated "7 million in damages. Founded in 2020, Palestine Action describes itself as a "direct action" network opposing what it calls British "complicity" with Israel, particularly in relation to arms…...

59+ min ago (40+ words) Palestine Action challenges its UK terror designation in court after RAF base break-in. Over 2,000 arrests since the ban, with critics warning free speech and protest rights are under threat. Palestine Action battles UK government over terror classification...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago (660+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 783 Pope Leo XIV begins his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday with a visit to Turkey " where he is expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches " and then to Lebanon. His three-day itinerary in Turkey includes a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. And his first address in Turkey is expected to focus on dialogue with Islam in a country where Christians account for a fraction of a percent of the 86 million inhabitants, most of them Muslim. Leo will be closely watched as he makes his first speeches overseas and visits sensitive cultural sites. He is expected to address the crises troubling the region and will deliver his speeches in his native English rather than the Italian he usually uses. Israel's yearlong ceasefire…...