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Israeli Police Kill Palestinian After Stabbing Man in Jerusalem

A Palestinian assailant allegedly stabbed an Israeli passer-by in Jerusalem on Saturday before being shot and wounded by Israeli police, the police claimed. The attack took place in west Jerusalem, near the boundary with the city's eastern sector. "Jerusalem police officers... opened fire to neutralize the suspect," the police said…

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Lebanon Asks US to Continue Border Demarcation Mediation

Lebanon called on the United States to continue its mediation efforts to complete the maritime border demarcation negotiations with Israel in the light of observations made by the Lebanese Technical Committee on the proposal of US mediator Amos Hochstein. The Lebanese Technical Committee has met to discuss a proposal submitted…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine

Several grassroots groups and volunteers as far away as Los Angeles are working to extricate elderly Holocaust survivors from Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Facebook’s solidarity with Ukraine is impressive. Now extend it to others

Powerful tech platforms like Facebook and Instagram act very differently when people make even mild criticisms of, say, Israeli occupation of Palestine

The Guardian - US

EXPLAINER: Why Putin uses WWII to justify war with Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has again painted his enemies in Ukraine as “neo-Nazis,” even though the country has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust and who heads a Western-backed, democratically elected government

The Independent UK

Israel Urges US Not to Drop Iran Guards from Terror List

Israel on Friday appealed to the United States not to remove Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations as part of a revived nuclear deal. The Revolutionary Guard Corps "is a terrorist organization that has murdered thousands of people, including Americans," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign…

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General: Iran, Israel missile strikes put US troops at risk

The top U.S. commander for the Middle East says the exchange of missile strikes by Iran and Israel in Iraq and Syria puts U.S. forces at risk

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The Druze Woman Helping Israelis Learn To Live Together

Young and old, Christian and Bahá’í, Jewish and Muslim – every woman has a place at Janan Faraj Falah’s association in Akko.

Zenger

Israel urges U.S. not to drop terror designation for Iran's IRGC

Israel on Friday urged the United States not to remove Iran's Revolutionary Guards from its foreign terrorist organization blacklist in exchange for "empty promises".

Reuters

Israel urges Biden admin not to remove IRGC from terror blacklist

Bennett and Lapid's statement was unusually strong in its criticism of the Biden administration.

Axios

New Reforms Look to Chip Away Israeli Chief Rabbis’ Power

Israel’s new government has taken aim at the country’s powerful religious establishment with a pair of reforms that would chip away at the tight grip of the country’s chief rabbinate on many aspects of daily life. The reforms, which address rules on kosher food and conversions to Judaism, make only…

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New reforms look to chip away Israeli chief rabbis' power

Israel’s new government has taken aim at the country’s powerful rabbinical authorities with a pair of religious reforms that would chip away at the tight grip of the country’s chief rabbinate on many aspects of daily life

The Independent UK

A complex deal: Iran, nukes, oil, Israel, Russia

As with most re-marriages between the same partners, the participants are not exactly starry-eyed. They have just figured out that the old deal was just better than no deal at all.

Bangkok Post

Pompeo accuses UK of paying ‘blood money’ to Iran for detainee releases

The ex-US secretary of state said the funds would be used by Tehran to ‘terrorise’ Israel, the UK and the United States.

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Prehistoric Humans Recycled Old Tools, Possibly To Honor Ancestors

Study finds that humans 500,000 years ago in what is now southern Israel reshaped and reused tools rather than make new ones.

Zenger

Israel Has The Lowest Work Absence Rate Among 28 Countries

Israelis took the fewest sick days, but they have lower salaries than Europeans. Germany has the highest work absence rate.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Company Sues Israeli Army for ‘Stealing’ Military Technology Secrets

A US company that produces military technology filed a lawsuit at the Tel Aviv District Court against the Israeli Ministry of Defense and a brigadier general, claiming they stole technology secrets and used them in military training of combat units without permission. Conflict Kinetics (CK) filed a suit claiming the…

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Sierra Club Reverses Decision to Cancel Trips to Israel

The Sierra Club reversed its decision to cancel trips to Israel, saying it was "hastily" made and did not accord with the conservation group's mission. "Recently, the Sierra Club hastily made a decision, without consulting a robust set of stakeholders, to postpone two planned outings to Israel," said the Club.…

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The Guardian - US

ADL leaders debated ending police delegations to Israel, memo reveals

Two executives questioned whether trips to Israel could make US officers ‘more likely to use force’

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US Ambassador Says Settlements are a ‘Stupid Thing’

The US ambassador to Tel Aviv, Tom Nides, announced Wednesday that the West Bank settlement growth is “infuriating,” warning that it is a “stupid thing” that impedes a two-state solution. Speaking at a virtual event of the Americans for Peace Now organization, Nides said that he couldn’t stop the settlements,…

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Israeli Army on High Alert in Anticipation of Iranian Drone Attack

The Israeli army increased its alert level on the Syrian and Lebanese borders in anticipation of Iranian attacks, according to security sources in Tel Aviv. The sources said that Tehran took a clear escalatory step when it announced its responsibility for the bombing of an "Israeli" site in Erbil with…

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Palestinians With Ukraine Ties Empathize With Victims of War

The al-Astal family in the Gaza Strip is once again confronting the horrors of war — air raids, food shortages, power cuts, frantic phone calls. But this time, they are on the outside looking in. They are among dozens of Palestinian-Ukrainian families in the isolated territory who have experienced several…

The Independent UK

Palestinians with Ukraine ties empathize with victims of war

Gaza's al-Astal family is watching the war in Ukraine with special interest

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel to Start Direct Flights to Egypt's Sharm In April

Israel is to launch direct flights to Sharm el-Sheikh on Egypt's Red Sea coast next month, in an expansion of air links between the two countries, officials said Wednesday. "The route from Ben Gurion International Airport to Sharm el-Sheikh will open soon.

Los Angeles Times

Second COVID-19 booster shot does little to stop omicron, study finds

Israeli health care workers who were boosted with a fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine at the height of the omicron wave were only marginally more protected against reinfection than their peers who had received three jabs of vaccine, researchers reported Wednesday.

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