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'I stand with you': NYPD head Jessica Tisch speaks at NYC synagogue a week after antisemitic attack

Telling Central Synagogue members, “I stand with you,” New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Friday called last week’s attack at the Midtown house of worship, for which a man was charged with federal hate crimes, part of a “broader pattern” of bias attacks against Jews in New York City and around …

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Election Committee approves 159 polling stations in senior facilities, asks High Court to end case

The Central Elections Committee approved polling stations in 159 retirement homes and assisted-living facilities on Tuesday, August 18, and asked the High Court of Justice to dismiss three petitions over voting access for elderly residents, arguing that its new arrangement has resolved the dispute.

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Israel claims strikes at Syria's Abu al-Duhur prevented Turkish expansion toward northern border

Israel claimed that the reason for its attack on the Abu al-Duhur military air base in Syria was to stop the Turkish security threat from "becoming something much bigger," a spokesperson from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced in an X/Twitter post on Friday.

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US military paper 'Stars and Stripes' warns about threat to independence after Pentagon fires staff

The chair of the Stars and Stripes Publisher Advisory Board warned Friday that the Pentagon’s firing of senior staff threatens the US military newspaper’s editorial independence after its publisher, editor-in-chief, and a reporter received separation notices.

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Hamas in talks with former Fatah rival Mohammed Dahlan ahead of Palestinian elections

Hamas is exploring potential alliances with figures and factions once considered to be on the opposite end of the Palestinian political spectrum, including former Fatah figure Mohammed Dahlan and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, ahead of the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, the terror …

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Eisenkot brands Shas election video featuring haredi IDF enlistment as 'illegal propaganda'

The haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Shas Party released its first election campaign video on Saturday evening, appearing to support IDF conscription amid controversy over the party's stance, prompting the Yashar Party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, to demand its removal on Sunday, alleging that it violates election propaganda legis…

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'Malchieli is a murderer!' Shas condemns protests against MK over haredi draft law

Shas condemned on Sunday a group of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters from the Jerusalem Faction (Peleg Yerushalmi) who surrounded MK Michael Malchieli's vehicle and shouted at him after the weekly Torah lesson of the party's spiritual leader, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, in Jerusalem on Saturday night.

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