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21+ min ago (495+ words) Light up your Hanukkah with a chance to win a fully furnished $1.2 million luxury apartment in the heart of Jerusalem. The Am Yisrael Chai Foundation's 8th Annual Dream Raffle is offering a special Hanukkah promotion: use code GELT for 8% off all ticket packages, and every ticket is automatically doubled with our 2-for-1 deal. Seven families have already won - you could be the eighth miracle. Use code GELT for 8% Hanukkah discount and doubled tickets - enter now Real Winners, Real Miracles Seven families have already experienced their own Hanukkah miracle. Meyer Freidman from Beitar Illit won Dream Raffle 6. Assaf Cohen from Shavei Darom won Dream Raffle 5. Michael "Mike" Cohen from San Diego won Dream Raffle 4. Meyer Reichman from West Orange, New Jersey, won Dream Raffle 3. Last year, Ezra and Tammy Nissanian from West Hempstead, New York, won. Ezra works at a garage, and…...

25+ min ago (38+ words) Real time news brief - Hero who grabbed gun from Sydney shooter was shot twice - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Hero who grabbed gun from Sydney shooter was shot twice...

27+ min ago (398+ words) Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu wrote a heartfelt response to the murderous terrorist attack in Bondi Beach, Sydney, during a Hanukkah candle-lighting event, "The terrorists who murdered and injured Jews at a Hanukkah party in Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia remind us, painfully, that cruel and murderous antisemitism has never disappeared from the world." "It may wear different clothes," he said, "but it is always the same - anti-Jewish, anti-Jews." He added that, "Antisemites always invent a "good reason." During the Crusades, entire communities were slaughtered because Jews allegedly killed Jesus. During the Inquisition, families were burned at the stake for "corrupting" Christians. In Russia, pogroms erupted because Jews were wealthy. Even the Arab mobs in Damascus claimed Jews had killed a monk to mix his blood into Passover matzah." "Some hatred has no reason at all," Rabbi Eliyahu lamented. "The Arabs who rioted…...

32+ min ago (372+ words) The Turkish government is planning new moves to promote what it calls the "dignified return" for thousands of Syrian refugees. Always a champion of people taking shelter after fleeing the oppressive regime of Bashar Assad, T'rkiye now hopes refugees will build new lives in their own country after the Syrian revolution of December 2024 that toppled the brutal regime in its southern neighbor. Starting on Jan. 1, 2026, Syrian refugees will no longer be eligible for free health care in T'rkiye. They will have to pay the same premiums as Turkish citizens with social security plans. Authorities hope this will encourage at least some among more than 2.3 million Syrians in T'rkiye to return home. Removal of the status means that Syrians will have to apply for residence permits, and it will be a complicated process involving evaluation of residence conditions of the applicants,…...

33+ min ago (236+ words) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked the Australian government on Sunday following the deadly terror attack at the Hanukkah candle-lighting event in Bondi Beach, Australia, near Sydney. Addressing the incident, Netanyahu described antisemitism as a cancer and said leaders who remain silent were complicit in letting the circumstances evolve toward that incident. Video: Member of the public overpowers terrorist / Credit: Social media Netanyahu continued, "We saw the evil, and we saw Jewish heroism at its peak. On my way here, I watched a video of a Jewish man tackling one of the murderers, wrestling the weapon away, and saving who knows how many lives." Watch the video and read the letter sent by Netanyahu below. A diplomatic row has erupted between Israel and Australia, and PM Netanyahu has sent a stinging letter to PM Albanese. In the letter he writes: " Chaya's…...

46+ min ago (738+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 800 Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya on Sunday said the terror group's arms are "a right guaranteed by international law," and rejected the International Stabilization Force (ISF) envisioned by US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, which was enshrined in a UN Security Council resolution last month. In a speech marking the 38th anniversary of Hamas's establishment, Hayya also confirmed that the Israel Defense Forces killed Raad Saad, a top Hamas commander, on Saturday. Separately, the Hamas-run interior ministry accused Israel of orchestrating the killing of a internal security officer in the terror group on Sunday morning. According to written comments published by Hamas, Hayya called in the speech for the ceasefire plan to proceed, "and especially complete the first phase that includes the entry of aid" into Gaza. The first phase, which formed the basis of the current…...

49+ min ago (57+ words) Real time news brief - Watch: The response to antisemitism of the Rabbi who was murdered in Sydney - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Watch: The response to antisemitism of the Rabbi who was murdered in Sydney Watch: The response to antisemitism of the Rabbi who was murdered in Sydney...

54+ min ago (51+ words) Real time news brief - Israel warned: Iran prepped terror cells to target Australian Jewish targets - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Israel warned: Iran prepped terror cells to target Australian Jewish targets Israel warned: Iran prepped terror cells to target Australian Jewish targets...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (111+ words) Police have raided the home of one of the gunmen in today's mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, 9 News Australia reported.The gunman's address in the Bonnyrigg neighborhood reportedly leaked on social media. Police have raided the home of one of the gunmen in today's mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, 9 News Australia reported. The gunman's address in the Bonnyrigg neighborhood reportedly leaked on social media. Police have raided the home of one of the gunmen in today's mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, 9 News Australia reported. The gunman's address in the Bonnyrigg neighborhood reportedly leaked on social media....

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (137+ words) ALBAWABA - CNN reports that a person of interest is being held in custody after being linked to the Brown University shooting in Rhode Island." The mass shooting that occurred inside the Barus and Holley engineering building at the Ivy League university left two students dead and nine others injured. Josh Estrella told CNN that authorities have a "person of interest" in custody but didn't disclose their identity. Rachel Friedberg, an economics professor, told Ocean State Radio that the shooter entered a review session, yelled something, and started shooting. She added, "Students started to scramble to try to get away from the shooter, trying to get lower down in the stadium seating, and people got shot." Residents in the Brown University area were told to stay in their homes as the manhunt for the suspect continues."...