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just now (96+ words) [An illustration of an AI software running on a laptop, with a silhouetted soldier and Israeli flag in the background. (photo credit: DC Studio/Shutterstock)]The C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate's AI Division will also include a unit made up of reservists, utilizing their knowledge from civilian life in Israel's hi-tech sector. IDF expands C4I-Cyber directorate with new AI, spectrum divisions, following lessons learned in war The C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate's AI Division will also include a unit made up of reservists, utilizing their knowledge from civilian life in Israel's hi-tech sector....

3+ min ago (247+ words) Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara sent a formal letter to PM Netanyahu regarding petitions demanding the removal of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from office. AG demands Netanyahu 'address' Ben-Gvir issue Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara sent a formal letter to PM Netanyahu regarding petitions demanding the removal of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from office. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has sent a formal letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the petitions demanding the removal of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from office. Baharav-Miara signaled that she does not intend to defend the continuation of Ben-Gvir's tenure. "Minister Ben-Gvir is improperly and systematically interfering in the work of the police, and the foundations on which the court ruling permitting his appointment was based have been undermined. The Prime Minister must address this issue," the Attorney General wrote to Netanyahu. She added:…...

3+ min ago (40+ words) Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara sent a formal letter to PM Netanyahu regarding petitions demanding the removal of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from office. AG demands Netanyahu 'address' Ben-Gvir issue AG demands Netanyahu 'address' Ben-Gvir issue...

23+ min ago (38+ words) Real time news brief - US amb: US, Israel value judicial independence, Bibi may disagree - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site US amb: US, Israel value judicial independence, Bibi may disagree...

23+ min ago (503+ words) US Amb. to the UN Mike Waltz emphasized at the Israel Hayom Conference in New York that the alliance with Israel remains a clear American interest. US amb: US, Israel value judicial independence, Bibi may disagree US Amb. to the UN Mike Waltz emphasized at the Israel Hayom Conference in New York that the alliance with Israel remains a clear American interest. In a special interview at the Israel Hayom Conference in New York held today (Tuesday), Ariel Kahana spoke with Mike Waltz, the United States Ambassador to the UN. Kahana opened by speaking about the wave of antisemitism in America and about attacks from both the left and the right against the U.S.-Israel relationship. He asked why America should continue to be Israel's ally, in light of claims that this bond does not serve American interests. Waltz replied that…...

36+ min ago (38+ words) Real time news brief - Capitol precedent: Bill proposing sanctions on Israel advanced in Congress - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Capitol precedent: Bill proposing sanctions on Israel advanced in Congress...

38+ min ago (718+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 788 The US Bureau of Prisons inmate website showed that Hern'ndez was released from US Penitentiary, Hazelton, in West Virginia, on Monday, and a spokesperson for the bureau on Tuesday confirmed his release. His wife Ana Garc'a thanked Trump for pardoning Hern'ndez via the social platform X early Tuesday. "After almost four years of pain, of waiting and difficult challenges, my husband Juan Orlando Hern'ndez RETURNED to being a free man, thanks to the presidential pardon granted by President Donald Trump," Garc'a's post said. She included a picture of the US Bureau of Prisons listing for Hern'ndez, indicating his release. On Sunday, Trump was asked about why he pardoned Hernandez by reporters traveling with him on Air Force One. "I was asked by Honduras, many of the people of Honduras," Trump said. "The people of Honduras really…...

38+ min ago (650+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 788 Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Irish Ambassador Sonya McGuinness on Tuesday engaged in a public argument at a Foreign Ministry event over the Dublin City Council's now-shelved campaign to rename a city park named for Israel's sixth president, Irish-born Chaim Herzog. In a question to Sa'ar at an event for honorary consuls-general, McGuinness said that the fight against antisemitism must be "carefully managed and not used for political gain." "Don't you think facts are important?" she asked, apparently taking issue with Sa'ar's characterization of the fight over the park's name. The foreign minister on Saturday cast the plans as a result of Ireland's "antisemitic and anti-Israeli obsession." Sa'ar responded by saying that Dublin only acted once they had been publicly accused of antisemite and trying to erase the country's Jewish history. "Tell me, please, why it…...

40+ min ago (53+ words) Israeli forces demolished Tuesday the home of Abdul Karim Sanoubar, a suspected Palestinian militant currently in detention who has been accused by Israel of planting bombs on buses in central Israel last February. (AP video shot by Majdi Muhammad) Israeli forces demolish home of suspected Palestinian militant accused of planting bombs on buses...

40+ min ago (345+ words) Dr. Adelson addresses the Israel Hayom Conference in New York, and called on the Jewish world to stand together: "We've reached a historic moment." Miriam Adelson: Antisemitism rising, this is our time to fight the slander & win Dr. Adelson addresses the Israel Hayom Conference in New York, and called on the Jewish world to stand together: "We've reached a historic moment." At the first Israel Hayom Conference in New York, Dr. Miriam Adelson announced today (Tuesday) that in light of the rising wave of antisemitism across the United States, the time has come for Israel and the Jewish world to stand together against their shared challenges. "We have reached a historic moment," the publisher said, and added that the decision to hold the conference in New York, in the days following the dramatic election results in the city, is not…...