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7+ min ago (912+ words) This Hanukkah, the lesson is clear: silence is not safety. The light we kindle must be the courage the world has abandoned. There are years when Hanukkah feels symbolic and then there are years like 2025, when the metaphor becomes literal. Because this year, the festival of lights arrives not as a gentle reminder of resilience, but as a demand: Remember who you are, remember what you've survived, and remember why you're still here. And in the last week alone, the world made that lesson painfully, brutally clear. The Truth We Must Finally Speak in 2026 We need to find the courage, real courage, to name the threat that both the West and the Jewish people now face. That courage begins with stating a simple but deeply uncomfortable reality: This form of violent Islamism that has infected the West did not emerge…...

9+ min ago (44+ words) Real time news brief - IDF takes out Zakaria Yahya al-Hajj, senior Hezbollah terrorist, in southern Lebanon - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site IDF takes out Zakaria Yahya al-Hajj, senior Hezbollah terrorist, in southern Lebanon...

15+ min ago (60+ words) During a situational assessment at the 91st Division, IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir cited recent eliminations of senior Hamas and Hezbollah figures and stressed that any breach of the ceasefire will be answered decisively. Chief of Staff in north: 'We will respond to any ceasefire violation' Chief of Staff in north: 'We will respond to any ceasefire violation'...

20+ min ago (40+ words) Real time news brief - Man accused of causing teen girl's death sentenced to 7 years - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Man accused of causing teen girl's death sentenced to 7 years...

25+ min ago (26+ words) Real time news brief - Two aspects of Hanukkah - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Two aspects of Hanukkah...

29+ min ago (575+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 800 Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man at a junction near Hebron on Sunday, after he allegedly attempted to stab soldiers outside of the West Bank city. The Israel Defense Forces said that troops had "eliminated a terrorist who attempted to stab them in the area of Hebron." No soldiers were injured in the attempted stabbing, the army said. The Palestinian Authority health ministry confirmed that 23-year-old Muhammad Wael al-Sharouf "was shot by forces" north of the city of Hebron. The incident came less than a day after a 16-year-old Palestinian was shot dead after he allegedly hurled an explosive device at Israeli soldiers who were operating in the northern West Bank village of Silat al-Harithiya on Saturday night. The teen suspect was identified by the Palestinian Authority news agency WAFA as Mohammad Iyad Abahreh,…...

59+ min ago (75+ words) [An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen during protests in Jerusalem as a banner reads ]According to IDI, the ultra Orthodox community is growing fast, but gaps in employment, income, and military service persist, particularly among haredi men. Haredi population grows rapidly while male employment and army service stall, IDI report finds According to IDI, the ultra Orthodox community is growing fast, but gaps in employment, income, and military service persist, particularly among haredi men....

59+ min ago (811+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 800 Likud lawmaker Ariel Kallner, in a press conference in the Knesset on Sunday, presented the main principles of his outline for a proposed "national state investigation committee" into the failures surrounding Hamas's onslaught on October 7, 2023, in place of an independent state commission of inquiry, which the government opposes, but which polls consistently show is backed by most of the public. The plan, an earlier version of which was floated by Kallner earlier this year, calls for a majority of 80 out of 120 MKs to appoint a six-member committee and its chairman. If there were no agreement after two weeks, both the opposition and coalition would be allowed to select three committee members each, who would be joined by four supervisory members representing bereaved families. The proposal states that if either the coalition or opposition does not cooperate…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago (189+ words) Zionist Torah institutions across Israel, from high schools to hesder yeshivas, held joyous candlelighting ceremonies on Sunday in honor of the first night of Hanukkah. At Yeshivat Shavei Shomron, the Dean, Rabbi Yehoshua Shmidt, lit the menorah at a festive event accompanied by music and Torah lessons, and attended by students and staff members. At the Hispin high school in the Golan Heights, the students lit candles and danced in the dormitories. At Hagolan Hesder Yeshiva, the students opened the candlelighting by singing the "V'hi Noam" prayer, giving it an air of depth and spirituality. The Yeruham Yeshiva held its celebrations in the students' dormitories, while the Yeshiva of Acco celebrated in the study hall. Students at Yeshivat Hakotel in Jerusalem's Old City gathered in the yeshiva lobby to light Hanukkah candles, which led to fervent dancing. Immediately after lighting…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (91+ words) [(R to L) Prof. Lior Zemer, Adv. Edan Kleiman, Prof. Uriel Reichman, and Adv. Anat Ginzburg (photo credit: ALON GILBOA)]Based at Harry Radzyner Law School in collaboration with the Anat Ginzburg law firm, the clinic will guide veterans through Ministry of Defense recognition procedures & medical committee preparations Reichman University's New Clinic Offers Free Legal Representation for Disabled IDF Veterans Based at Harry Radzyner Law School in collaboration with the Anat Ginzburg law firm, the clinic will guide veterans through Ministry of Defense recognition procedures & medical committee preparations...