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Reservists lose thousands of shekels from 2025 salaries
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (425+ words) A government payment issue that led to tens of thousands of shekels in salary deductions for reservists employed in the civil service throughout 2025 was discussed on Monday by the Knesset Labor, Welfare, and Health Committee. The discussion was convened after…...
HIAS closure leaves thousands of refugees stranded in Iran
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (519+ words) Since the end of World War II, Vienna has functioned as an Ellis Island for Jewish refugees from Europe and the Middle East, a place where survivors, dissidents, and religious minorities arrived with little more than documents and hope, and…...
Dairy farmers strike over Smotrich's dairy industry reform
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (710+ words) Local dairy farmers cut companies producing dairy products off from their milk supply on Monday to protest the advancement of a sweeping reform to the dairy sector championed by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Numerous supermarkets across the country posted signs…...
Police suspect Benjamin Netanyahu chief of staff in Bild leak affair
4+ hour ago (339+ words) Additional publication restrictions in the investigation known as the "midnight parking-lot meeting" affair were lifted by the Rishon Lezion District Court. The Monday decision revealed that police suspect Tzachi Braverman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff and designated ambassador,…...
Police arrest individual suspected of attacking soldiers
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (179+ words) An illegal resident from the West Bank was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of preparing explosives and carrying out "additional terror activity" targeting IDF soldiers, Israel Police said on Tuesday night." "The suspect was transferred for questioning by the…...
Tehran open to talks as US deploys ships, UAE urges peace
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (148+ words) As Iran and the US are slated to hold talks in Istanbul later in the week and the United States dispatches warships toward the region, a senior UAE official publicly called for renewed engagement with Tehran, urging dialogue over escalation....
NGO funding being channeled to Hamas, Monitor says
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (948+ words) Documents captured by the IDF in Gaza over the past two years provide new details on how Hamas allegedly monitored and influenced humanitarian organizations and hospitals, according to Gerald Steinberg, founder and president of NGO Monitor. For more stories from…...
US: Crypto platforms facilitated Iran's sanction evasion
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (919+ words) US investigators are examining whether specific crypto platforms have facilitated sanctions evasion by Iranian officials, a blockchain researcher told Reuters, as cryptocurrency activity booms in the Islamic Republic. Iran's crypto transaction volumes hit an estimated $8-10 billion last year as both…...
Jewish group seeks to block Isaac Herzog visit to Australia
9+ hour, 15+ min ago (549+ words) An anti-Zionist Jewish organization, the Jewish Council of Australia (JCA), has teamed up with a Hezbollah-linked group and a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated network to demand that the Australian government deny President Isaac Herzog a visa for his forthcoming visit this month....
A second Iranian official seeks asylum in Switzerland
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (217+ words) Iran's charg" d'affaires in Vienna, Gholamreza Derikvand, has left his post and is seeking asylum for himself and his family in Switzerland, Iran International reported on Tuesday afternoon, citing sources familiar with the matter." The Iranian Foreign Ministry has not…...