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Police say they were alerted that smoke was rising from the synagogue and came face to face with the man when they got there. The attacker's identity and motive were still unclear

“Thoughts and full support to the Jewish Community of Rouen,” said Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.

Several people have been detained so far.

Police said that there were no reported injuries and that they had a 70-year-old woman in custody.

Anyone who claims that the Israeli prime minister doesn't have a strategy is wrong: He favors political survival above all else ■ How one casual remark summed up the tragedy of Israel's handling of the Gaza war ■ PM plots his path to 'total victory' of making it to October

Ambassador Jack Lew tells Haaretz that Israel must address the question of who runs Gaza after the war. He adds that the Israeli military operation in Rafah has so far not crossed the line drawn by U.S. President Joe Biden

Netanyahu toed the far-right line of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich when he promoted the idea of Israeli military rule in the Gaza Strip ■ In the IDF, officers are preoccupied by the question of promotions – and dismissals

Israel tells world court to reject South African petition for cease-fire ■ IDF says 75 rockets fired at northern Israel ■ from Lebanon Reports in Lebanon say senior Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli-attributed strike near Sidon ■ French police kills armed man who tried to set a synagogue on fire ■ U.S. military says first truckloads of aid driven across U.S. pier into Gaza

The conference featured various speeches and panels by European leaders, and focused on combating antisemitism and future actions that need to be taken to protect European Jewry.

This week at Ben Gurion Airport: A Russian transplant who feels a sense of commitment to Israel, and three siblings who are divided between Israel, the U.S. and the Netherlands

The president of California State University said President of Sonoma State University Mike Lee had been suspended for “insubordination” after announcing the agreement without approval.

The result to date of hours of testimony by freed Israeli captives filmed by the Government Press Office is a 14-minute public service-like clip. But nothing can dim the horrors recounted by the former hostages

Following tensions at this year's annual Eurovision contest, the city of Malmö in Sweden said that they would not host the contest in coming years.

White House has already said it will veto the 'profoundly unserious' legislation if it makes its way to the president's desk

The UC union said it was also heavily motivated by UCLA’s failure to stop a clash between its pro-Palestinian encampment and violent pro-Israel counter protesters last month.

The Orthodox Union has called upon the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to promptly conclude its investigation under Title VI.

'I am proud to fight and prevent the Arab takeover of the territories and help legitimize the Jewish heroes who settle the West Bank,' wrote Smotrich in response to a released document that blames him for undermining the effort to clamp down on illegal settlement construction