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The leaders steering Israel Bonds through a historic moment
46+ min ago (844+ words) At a special Israel Bonds Council meeting in New York City on May 20, senior leaders gathered to mark the organization's 75th anniversary and to celebrate the appointment of Laura Stein, a Los Angeles-based attorney, as chair of the National Campaign Advisory…...
ILF blasts Spotify after refusal to remove song with antisemitic tropes
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (25+ words) Spotify rejected a request by the International Legal Forum to remove Chris Webby's song Raw Thoughts VII, which the ILF said contained antisemitic tropes....
High Court gives Gaza NGOs 30 days to register employees
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (382+ words) The High Court of Justice has rejected a petition filed by AIDA, an umbrella organization representing 19 international non-governmental aid organizations operating in Gaza and the West Bank, against government NGO registration requirements. The petition followed Israel's request that the organizations…...
Czech FM vows to stand with Israel against EU sanctions
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (362+ words) Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said that his nation will stand with Israel and do everything it can to block European Union sanctions against Israel while speaking at a press conference during Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar's solidarity visit to Prague…...
Early elections put Israeli ambassador appointments under legal scrutiny
47+ min ago (392+ words) The Knesset's move toward early elections has placed a new legal spotlight on one of the government's most sensitive powers: the appointment of ambassadors and consuls general. That means a new ambassador or consul general can possibly be appointed, but…...
Future of Israeli society and Jews in 2036
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (26+ words) Speaking at the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, IDF veterans and civil-society leaders highlighted service, dignity, and Diaspora responsibility as pillars of Israel's next chapter....
US, Iran making progress in talks, though military option remains on the table
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (19+ words) Israeli officials stressed that despite ongoing diplomatic contacts, the military option "remains on the table" for US President Trump....
Iranians suffering from isolation under regime internet ban
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (765+ words) Based on 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews with 16 adults and four teenagers from different cities across Iran, Filterbaan reported that Iranians are suffering from the emergence of an "existential divide." The divide between their right to unrestricted access compared to their limited…...
Judicial ombudsman upholds complaints over High Court Shabbat rulings
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (594+ words) The judicial ombudsman on Wednesday upheld complaints against Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and Justices Khaled Kabub and Yechiel Kasher over their handling of a wartime protest petition on Shabbat, finding that the panel wrongly issued substantive decisions during the…...
Naftali Bennett warns Benjamin Netanyahu over IDF manpower and draft exemptions
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (436+ words) Former prime minister Naftali Bennett sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday during his first public visit to the Knesset in years since leaving politics, saying that Netanyahu's coalition was harming the IDF by encouraging draft evasion and not…...