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Although a court ordered Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian released, the message sounded in her arrest for suspicion of incitement, especially to my fellow Arab academics, is clear: Israel's crackdown against dissent is only intensifying

After over 100 students were detained and many arrested at Columbia University last week, protests sprung up at universities across the country in solidarity with those arrested. University of Pennsylvania banned a protest group for harassing Jewish students and faculty

The updated credit score, along with the other recent ratings, has the potential to impact Israel's economy in a number of ways. 

'We Were the Lucky Ones' covers nearly a decade in the lives of a Jewish family during the Shoah, while 'Shōgun,' a remake based on James Clavell's epic set in 17th-century Japan, has critics salivating, somewhat surprisingly, and sci-fi series '3 Body Problem' looks stunning

In response to expected sanctions by the U.S. on the Netzah Yehuda Battalion – widely opposed by Israeli leaders – war cabinet minister Eisenkot called it 'proof of the importance of independent legal and law enforcement systems in Israel'

Yusuf Zaarur was one of the most prominent musicians in Iraq. His great-grandson tells about how his fame dimmed after he left for Israel and how friends of his from Arab countries are preserving his memory

  Just one week after releasing her viral hit "Iran – DON'T SHOOT", a warning to Tehran against attacking Israel again, musician and entrepreneur Pnina Rosenblum is already fielding numerous requests to perform the song live. In an interview with Israel Hayom, Rosenblum revealed she has been inundated with offers and pleas from fans to […]

  The Columbia Jewish Alumni Association has penned an open letter to University President Nemat Minouche Shafik, imploring her to take decisive action to ensure the safety of students amidst ongoing violent protests surrounding the war in Gaza. The letter, sent on Friday, highlights concerns about the perilous environment facing Jewish students due to recent […]

The pro-Israel lobby is looking to spend its hefty war chest in other primaries, leaving one GOP megadonor with an explicit interest in Israeli politics to bankroll efforts against the Pittsburgh progressive

Sabah Haniyeh, a resident of a town in southern Israel, is accused of sharing a prayer following the October 7 attack that read, 'kill them and do not leave any one of them. O God, do in their slaughter and keep us away from their evil'

Despite the claims made about the treatment of Gazans at the Sde Teiman military base, doctors there put their patients first

Like all Palestinians in Gaza, hundreds of Christians living in the Strip found themselves with nowhere to hide once the war with Israel began after the October 7 Hamas attack. Though the disconnection from the wider Christian community - close and far - started long before

One Israeli lightly wounded in separate incident when a planted explosive device was set off as he kicked down a Palestinian flag; Kibbutz Meirav, on the West Bank's northern border, was hit by gunfire from the direction of a nearby Palestinian village

  Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei thanked the country's armed forces for their operation against Israel on April 13, and urged them to "ceaselessly pursue military innovation and learn the enemy's tactics," Iran's official news agency IRNA reported Sunday. The comments from Khamenei signal Tehran's open acknowledgment of targeting Israel for the first time with […]

    The House of Representatives approved a $95 billion package on Saturday providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, overcoming fierce opposition from hardline Republican lawmakers, according to Reuters, winning praise from President Joe Biden, who had pressured the lawmakers to pass the much-needed funding for the US allies.  The measure, which passed […]

Why Persia's Xerxes armed his soldiers with images of fruit on their spears, rather than spikes, and other pomegranate facts

The community of Hebrew Wikipedia editors is debating Avner Netanyahu's unusual request to be deleted from the site due to 'lack of public interest' – and stirring political tensions

Qatar's mediation led to the release of four women hostages in October and the signing of the first hostage deal in November, and it provides an open channel between Hamas and the U.S. Receding from its role as mediator would deal a harsh blow to negotiations

CJAA asserts that Columbia is now under “mob rule.” They continue, “A mob – by the way, that is only interested in attention and chaos, rather than thoughtful dialogue or reasoned debate.”