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Haredi parties back down: Basic Law won't put Torah study on par with IDF service
35+ min ago (460+ words) Bill advances in 6-4 committee vote, with final Knesset readings slated for next week; combat veterans with PTSD interrupt hearing: 'You've exploited us for political gain...
London mayor Sadiq Khan visits Nova festival exhibit, meets with survivors of Hamas massacre
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (200+ words) Khan, whose visit comes after exhibit organizers criticized his absence, says public should stop by, as it transcends religion, highlights 'horrors of that awful day'...
Rioting by Haredi extremists has caused NIS 600 million damage to Jerusalem light rail work
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (60+ words) Transport Ministry says ultra-Orthodox groups' vandalism of infrastructure and equipment at the construction site in the Bar-Ilan area has set light rail expansion back 2 years...
At Haifa gathering, scholars launch association for "contemporary antisemitism
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (74+ words) New initiative aims to strengthen global research as scholars say post-October 7 hostilities toward Jews require new academic approaches...
People here all seek revenge: Crowds mass for Khameneis burial, banners call to kill Trump
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (760+ words) Caricatures of the US president and Netanyahu line the procession route in Iran's Mashhad on the sixth and final day of the supreme leader's funeral...
Iran fires 10 missiles at Jordan after US strikes reported near Bushehr nuclear plant
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (1099+ words) Tehran accuses US of targeting nuclear power plant perimeter; Iran also launches drones and missiles at Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar...
Natural History Museum head quits in clash with Tel Aviv University
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (219+ words) Prof. Tamar Dayan says transfer of senior academics from museum to university faculty will strip the former of academic standing; rector insists: 'Museum will not be harmed'...
Convicted of attempted murder for stabbing Jewish man by synagogue, Swiss teen avoids jail
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (30+ words) Court also finds the radicalized youth intended to kill more people inside house of worship; his age left his sentence capped at 1 year in prison -- which was then commuted...
Likud lawmakers said increasingly worried Netanyahu will skip holding primaries
6+ hour, 7+ min ago (613+ words) Likud ministers and lawmakers are increasingly fearful that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to cancel party primaries set for August and instead establish a selection committee to pick the party's slate for the coming national elections, according to a…...
Daily Briefing July 9 " On razor's edge: Iran and US continue strikes
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (19+ words) Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman with news out of the NATO summit in Ankara and the fraying Israel-Jordan relationship...