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Noam Bettan to sing Eurovision entry co-written by last year’s contestant Yuval Raphael
5+ hour, 15+ min ago (518+ words) Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel Israel's Kan public broadcaster announced Friday that it has selected the song that Noam Bettan will sing at this year's Eurovision " which will be revealed next month. The…...
Release of latest Epstein files unleashes online wave of antisemitic conspiracies
17+ hour, 54+ min ago (1441+ words) JTA " A bank account named for an ancient god in Israel. A "synagogue of Satan." References to "goyim" that hint at a Jewish-run global cabal. The mystery of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alleged visit to China. These are among the…...
Placing blame elsewhere, Netanyahu shares his answers to state comptroller’s Oct. 7 investigation
18+ hour, 30+ min ago (1449+ words) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Thursday released the full 55-page document of his answers given to the state comptroller as part of the ombudsman's investigation into the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led atrocities, pinning the failure to prevent the onslaught on political rivals…...
Police launch manhunt after two men shot dead in East Jerusalem’s Shuafat camp
20+ hour, 2+ min ago (461+ words) Two Palestinian men were shot dead in East Jerusalem's Shuafat refugee camp Thursday evening in what police characterized as a "criminal dispute," the third multiple causality homicide in Arab society the past couple days. Paramedics found the two men, Iyad…...
‘Never Again’ strategy: Facing soaring antisemitism and Holocaust ‘erasure,’ how should Jews fight back?
20+ hour, 31+ min ago (1442+ words) Ben Sales is a news editor at The Times of Israel On Sunday, the Jewish columnist Bret Stephens stoked a small firestorm when he said, at a landmark event, that the Anti-Defamation League should be abolished and implied that its…...
No, the Epstein files don’t show that he worked for Mossad
21+ hour, 45+ min ago (885+ words) Conspiracy theories have swirled around Jeffrey Epstein for years " that he worked for the Mossad, that he was "Israel's greatest ally," that his crimes were inspired by the Talmud. The latest tranche of files from Epstein's case does not confirm…...
Some Jewish groups break with tradition, refuse to sponsor NYC mayor’s interfaith breakfast
22+ hour, 43+ min ago (696+ words) JTA " Zohran Mamdani is set to host the mayor's interfaith breakfast on Friday, keeping alive an annual tradition that brings together hundreds of religious leaders " but Jewish involvement in the event will look different this time around. That's because at…...
AG: Levin has given himself veto power over judicial appointments ‘out of thin air’
23+ hour, 31+ min ago (618+ words) Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Thursday accused Justice Minister Yariv Levin of undermining the judiciary by assuming "out of thin air" the authority to veto judicial appointments. The justice minister has failed to convene the nine-member committee since January 2025 and…...
‘We’ll settle all over’: Far-right activists cross into Gaza, are caught by IDF
1+ day, 25+ min ago (404+ words) A group of settler activists who crossed the border into the Gaza Strip on Thursday were caught by Israeli troops and returned to Israel. The Israel Defense Forces said the civilians were stopped in the military's buffer zone inside the…...
Ahead of US-Iran talks, Netanyahu said to tout ‘buildup of conditions’ for regime’s collapse
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1126+ words) With US-Iran tensions ratcheting up a day ahead of scheduled talks in Oman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting of the security cabinet in Jerusalem on Thursday evening. The high-level meeting had originally been set to take place on…...