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• Israeli reservist sentenced to 20 days in prison over refusal to serve in Gaza war

  Haaretz - 16:54 May 22, 2025
  

  Ron Feiner has done three rounds of reserve duty as a company commander since October 7. After the Netanyahu government sabotaged the hostage deal, he felt lines had been crossed: 'The right thing for me to do is to refuse to report''

• American Jewish leaders appeal for protection, demand condemnations after D.C. shooting

  Haaretz - 16:33 May 22, 2025
  

  'Attending an event at a Jewish institution should not risk a person's life': U.S. Jewish organizations called on their fellow Americans to unequivocally condemn the D.C. shooting and protect Jewish institutions

• Diplomatic terror: A timeline of attacks on Israeli envoys and embassies worldwide, from the 1960s to D.C. this week

  Haaretz - 16:18 May 22, 2025
  

  The murder of two embassy staffers marks a grim escalation of violence since October 7, 2023. But for decades, Israeli embassies, from Turkey to Thailand, London to Buenos Aires, have been targeted by attacks claiming the lives of diplomats, their families and civilians caught in the crossfire

  Tags: Israeli

• After D.C. shooting, Europe's Jewish leaders warn it could happen in their communities next

  Haaretz - 15:49 May 22, 2025
  

  In some European Jewish communities, leaders fear that 'now the threat is global, and the hatred of Israel directly fuels the hatred of Jews everywhere.' Others, however, advise Jews to 'distinguish between concern and fear'

• Deadly antisemitism will not stop us D.C. Jews from living out loud

  Haaretz - 15:43 May 22, 2025
  

  Jews around the world today are in shock and mourning as we try to grapple with an act of antisemitic hate that violently took two Israeli embassy employees. Here's what we will share with our congregants this weekend

  Tags: Jews

• 'We're a nation in trauma. I try to separate what I do and don't have control over'

  Haaretz - 15:18 May 22, 2025
  

  This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A psychologist talks about how she uses Qigong therapy to handle stress, and a son retells how his Mexican mother fell for his father at Tel Aviv's Carmel Market

• Hungary blocks EU sanctions on Israeli settlers without equal measures on Hamas affiliates

  Haaretz - 15:06 May 22, 2025
  

  To date, the EU has imposed sanctions on 12 individuals and three organizations, in addition to measures against Hamas leaders

  Tags: Hamas

• Jewish American billionaire Michael Steinhardt sells his Jerusalem home for $22 million

  Haaretz - 14:49 May 22, 2025
  

  The handmade carpentry, original flooring, thick walls and private-house prestige were top selling points – and proof of rising prices in the capital's premium real estate market

• Cedric Green paid the ultimate price to become Israeli, despite years of mistreatment. A new book commemorates him

  Haaretz - 14:43 May 22, 2025
  

  In 'Cedric,' educator and author Gish Amit tells the story of a former student who battled Israel's immigration system for years – until he died in uniform in Gaza and was finally embraced by the establishment

• From first Jewish novelist to twice-converted Christian: The wild life of Dorothea Mendelssohn

  Haaretz - 13:59 May 22, 2025
  

  The novel 'Florentin' acquaints readers with trailblazer Dorothea Mendelssohn, who divorced her husband, lived with her poet lover and managed to convert to both Protestantism and Catholicism

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• At least 16,500 Palestinian kids killed in Gaza since October 7, Gaza Health Ministry says

  Haaretz - 13:42 May 22, 2025
  

  The health minister says 29 children died recently from starvation-related factors. Human rights groups in Gaza say that, unlike past conflicts in Gaza, children are a central target rather than collateral victims

  Tags: Gaza

• Gaza is starving, but aid from Israel and the U.S. won't arrive anytime soon: 'Not in a week, not in a month'

  Haaretz - 12:42 May 22, 2025
  

  This week, Netanyahu announced plans to allow humanitarian aid back into Gaza, but fulfilling the demands will take time. 'Nobody will be able to provide the quantities,' says one importer about the requirements set by the American private security company Safe Reach Solutions

  Tags: Gaza

• 'We'll see what happens': Trump gave Syria's leader enormous credit without guarantees

  Haaretz - 12:37 May 22, 2025
  

  Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa is walking through a minefield, at home and abroad, while the U.S. Secretary of State warns that Damascus may be weeks away from 'collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions'

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• Oct. 7 Kibbutz Kissufim attack: Soldiers not trained for infiltration, IDF probe finds

  Haaretz - 11:10 May 22, 2025
  

  The military's probe found that troops were untrained for fighting inside civilian communities, operated without clear command, and committed multiple friendly fire incidents

• 'The least-worst option': Australian Jews reckon with a disappointing election outcome

  Haaretz - 10:40 May 22, 2025
  

  Many Jews 'down under' supported the Liberals in the May 3 election for their pro-Israel position. While disappointed by the results, there's relief that the Greens lost ground

• Israel's envoy to EU warns Europe turning on Gaza war: 'They say, end it, free the hostages'

  Haaretz - 09:59 May 22, 2025
  

  Israel's EU ambassador criticizes Gaza war remarks by politicians across the political spectrum and warns that if conditions in Gaza don't improve, European support will keep eroding: 'Humanitarian aid was the straw that broke the camel's back'

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• 'Globalize the intifada': How an antisemitic terror attack brought the Gaza war to D.C. streets

  Haaretz - 09:57 May 22, 2025
  

  The murder of a young couple at the Capital Jewish Museum is the deadliest terror attack against the U.S. Jewish community since the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, almost seven years ago. Amid surging violent antisemitic discourse, it poses difficult questions about how U.S. Jews can protect themselves

• 'Next year in Vienna without Israel': Austrian Eurovision winner calls to ban Israel from 2026 contest

  Haaretz - 09:07 May 22, 2025
  

  Austrian Eurovision winner JJ joins growing calls to review voting rules, which several countries say favor Israel, and says he hopes next year's contest in Vienna will exclude the country: 'It's very disappointing to see Israel still participating'

  Tags: Austrian Eurovision Vienna Israel

• Victims of Washington, D.C. shooting identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, couple who worked at Israeli embassy

  Haaretz - 07:41 May 22, 2025
  

  Lischinsky had planned to propose to Milgrim next week, the ambassador said; Milgrim had an extensive background in ecology; Lischinsky moved to Israel at age 16 from Nuremberg

• Israeli ministers accuse European leaders, Israeli left of inciting D.C. attack

  Haaretz - 06:32 May 22, 2025
  

  Israeli leaders from both the coalition and opposition tied the Washington D.C. embassy staff murders to the 'incitement and brainwashing' by the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S. ■ World leaders condemn 'cowardly, antisemitic' attack

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