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15+ min ago (28+ words) Real time news brief - Terror attack thwarted in Hebron - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Terror attack thwarted in Hebron...

21+ min ago (34+ words) Real time news brief - Senate committee votes to advance antisemitism envoy nomination - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Senate committee votes to advance antisemitism envoy nomination...

21+ min ago (285+ words) Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun moved a step closer to becoming the next US antisemitism envoy on Wednesday, as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to advance his nomination in a divided 14-8 tally that reflected the partisan tensions surrounding his bid. All 12 committee Republicans supported Rabbi Kaploun, while only two Democrats - Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada - joined them. Rabbi Kaploun, a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi, businessman, and 2024 Trump campaign surrogate, used his November confirmation hearing to highlight his personal encounters with antisemitism and to emphasize education, particularly about the Holocaust, as the central tool for combating hatred. But Democrats focused instead on the administration's approach to right-wing antisemitism, pressing Rabbi Kaploun on Trump's failure to denounce the extremist influencer Nick Fuentes after a recent interview conducted by Tucker Carlson. Rabbi Kaploun avoided direct criticism of Trump, stressing…...

23+ min ago (39+ words) Real time news brief - Searches, gunfire, and arrests in the Negev - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Searches, gunfire, and arrests in the Negev Searches, gunfire, and arrests in the Negev...

23+ min ago (203+ words) The third weekend of the Israel Police's Operation New Order in the Negev ended with the arrest of 45 suspects, the seizure of stolen military weapons and ammunition, a drone carrying handguns and magazines, and drugs. The operation is being carried out at the initiative of the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the police commissioner, Commissioner Daniel Levi. Hundreds of Southern District police officers participated, including many special units, the police air force, dogs, horses, and motorcycle officers. The forces were commanded by Commissioner Chaim Bublil, commander of the Southern District. On Thursday, during a search of a family compound in Tel Sheva, suspects tried to prevent officers from entering and attacked them. During the search, parts of military weapons, drugs, and tens of thousands of shekels in cash were seized. Police arrested four men in their 20s in connection…...

26+ min ago (83+ words) [ Israeli security forces in Umm al-Fahm to quell riots after a murder took place in the city on Thursday, November 2, 2021. (photo credit: ISRAEL POLICE)]Two were arrested for terror-related activity in the West Bank, while nine were arrested for criminal activity in Umm al-Fahm. IDF, police arrest eleven for criminal, terror-related activity over weekend Two were arrested for terror-related activity in the West Bank, while nine were arrested for criminal activity in Umm al-Fahm....

30+ min ago (44+ words) Real time news brief - Initial report: Terrorists attempt ramming attack in Hebron, are neutralized by IDF forces - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Initial report: Terrorists attempt ramming attack in Hebron, are neutralized by IDF forces...

32+ min ago (110+ words) [ Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks to the media at the Capital Jewish Museum, near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead, in Washington, DC, US, May 22, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/KEN CEDENO)]"Let us pray that next year, 2026, will become the year of Abraham Accords 2.0, and we will all live in peace and harmony," he said. 'We want security, not your land': Israeli amb. to US calls for partnership in address to Lebanese "Let us pray that next year, 2026, will become the year of Abraham Accords 2.0, and we will all live in peace and harmony," he said....

37+ min ago (94+ words) [The first day of the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, December 6, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)]Officials from various Arab states seem to agree that the Gaza deal must move to the next phase, but are unwilling to send their own personnel to contribute. A consensus on Gaza appears to emerge among Arab states at Doha Forum - analysis Officials from various Arab states seem to agree that the Gaza deal must move to the next phase, but are unwilling to send their own personnel to contribute....

41+ min ago (678+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 792 The Israel Defense Forces is investigating the conduct of reservist forces who allegedly beat a Palestinian man in the West Bank earlier this week, causing a "disturbing" amount of injuries, the military confirmed on Saturday. The victim of the alleged attack, 18-year-old Owais Hamam, was wandering in the area near his village of Khirbet Bani Hairth, close to the Sde Ephraim farm settlement recently legalized by Israel, when his presence was reported to the military by Israeli civilians. Hamam has said he left his village, west of Ramallah, to head toward the nearby hills to pray the Maghrib, the fourth of Islam's five prayers, when he was approached by settlers who surrounded him, fired in the air, and beat him up with their fists and rifles. He has said he was then detained by troops who…...