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Tel Aviv hosts 13th Solidarity Film Festival on human right
46+ min ago (39+ words) [BEETHOVEN'S NINE' will be screened at The Solidarity Human Rights Film Festival. (photo credit: Keri-Lynn Wilson)]For more information, go to the festival website at https://www.solidaritytlveng.org/ Solidarity Film Festival focuses on human rights...
UNGA calls on Israel to withdraw from Golan Heights
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (54+ words) [IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025. (photo credit: Michael Giladi/ Flash90)]Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said that the vote proved how the General Assembly was "detached... from reality." 'Disconnected from reality': UNGA calls on Israel to withdraw from Golan Heights...
Israel’s ‘Jumping Buddha’ dies in Swiss gliding accident
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (58+ words) [Sergey Shipitsin. (photo credit: Screenshot/Instagram, SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)]Ashdod local Sergey Shipitsin, known online as "Jumping Buddha," was known for posting daring parkour and extreme sports videos. Israeli extreme sports enthusiast dies in paragliding crash in Switzerland Ashdod local Sergey Shipitsin, known online as "Jumping Buddha," was known for posting daring parkour and extreme sports videos....
Benjamin Netanyahu, Ortagus meet to discuss Israel-Lebanon relations
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (68+ words) [ (Illustrative) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Iran and Hezbollah flags. (photo credit: Canva, PMO, SHUTTERSTOCK)]The talks come one year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which Israeli officials say is eroding. 'Hezbollah disarms or Israel acts': Netanyahu, Ortagus meet as Israel-Lebanon tensions flare The talks come one year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which Israeli officials say is eroding....
Tom Nesher’s Come Closer to open in the US
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (79+ words) [Lia Elalouf in Tom Nesher]It also won Ophir Awards for Best Director, Best Actress (Lia Elalouf), and Best Editing (Shauly Melamed). Nesher was named one of Variety's Directors to Watch in 2025. Tom Nesher's Ophir Award-winning and Israeli Oscars selection, 'Come Closer,' to open in US It also won Ophir Awards for Best Director, Best Actress (Lia Elalouf), and Best Editing (Shauly Melamed). Nesher was named one of Variety's Directors to Watch in 2025....
Israel’s preemptive strike on Syria clashes with Donald Trump
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (107+ words) [US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)]The ambush that met the Israeli forces on their way out, and the airstrikes that followed, turned the operation into a diplomatic issue stretching from Damascus to Washington. Israel's new preemptive doctrine collides with Trump's vision for Syria, Middle East - Analysis The ambush that met the Israeli forces on their way out, and the airstrikes that followed, turned the operation into a diplomatic issue stretching from Damascus to Washington....
Supreme Court takes up JSC overhaul case
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (56+ words) [View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)] Full Supreme Court to hear challenge to Judicial Selection Committee law Israel's Supreme Court escalates its review of the Judicial Selection overhaul, assigning the case to all 11 justices and delaying hearings to June....
Haredi draft bill advances in heated Knesset panel
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (91+ words) [Protests against haredi draft begins in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)]The continued discussions on the bill come after the chairperson of the committee, MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud), laid out his updated version of the legislation to the panel on Monday." Bismuth's haredi draft bill advances in heated Knesset panel, lawmakers call it 'not nearly enough' The continued discussions on the bill come after the chairperson of the committee, MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud), laid out his updated version of the legislation to the panel on Monday....
Survey: 75% of Arab Israelis support Arab party in gov.
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (95+ words) [ Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh visits the home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, in the east Jerusalem Neighborhood of Beit Hanina, May 11, 2022 (photo credit: JAMAL AWAD/FLASH90)]The survey, conducted by Tel Aviv University, examined the attitudes of Israel's Arab population following the conclusion of the war in Gaza. 75% of Arab Israelis support Arab party joining government coalition post-war, survey reveals The survey, conducted by Tel Aviv University, examined the attitudes of Israel's Arab population following the conclusion of the war in Gaza....
Iranian ruling seeks $22b from US over Mahsa Amini riots
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (114+ words) [A mural of Mahsa Amini painted by Chilean-American artist Rodrigo Pradel in collaboration with Yasi Farazad, his Iranian-American friend, is pictured in Washington, United States in this undated handout picture. (photo credit: Yasi Farazad/Handout via REUTERS)]A Tehran court ordered the US to pay $22b. in damages for allegedly supporting Iran's 2022 protests after Mahsa Amini's death, issuing another political ruling amid strained ties. Iran's Judiciary sues US for $22b. damages caused by 2022 protests following Mahsa Amini's death A Tehran court ordered the US to pay $22b. in damages for allegedly supporting Iran's 2022 protests after Mahsa Amini's death, issuing another political ruling amid strained ties....