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2 weeks ago |
jpost.com | Efrat Forsher |Tal Shalev
The cyber unit of Lahav 433 of Israel Police has opened an investigation into anonymous threat letters than have been sent to several members of Knesset over the last few days. The envelopes have been sent for examination. Last year, the group known as "The Israeli Avengers" sent threatening letters to coalition MKs and their family members.
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1 month ago |
jpost.com | Efrat Forsher |Eli Ashkenazi |Tal Shalev |Yoav Etiel
Two fragmentation grenades were found in the elevator of a residential building in the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood of northern Jerusalem on Wednesday. Police forces were called to the scene and an investigation has been opened.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
jpost.com | Hannah Sarisohn |Efrat Forsher
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order related to AI to "make America the world capital in artificial intelligence," his aide told reporters in the White House's Oval Office.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
jpost.com | Hannah Sarisohn |Efrat Forsher
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not sure the US should be spending anything on NATO, telling reporters the US was protecting NATO members, but they were "not protecting us."Trump has long demanded that other members of the transatlantic alliance spend more of the gross domestic product on defense after years of not meeting the NATO target of 2%.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
jpost.com | Hannah Sarisohn |Efrat Forsher
BREAKING NEWS
US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order related to the declassification of files on the assassinations of former president John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., an aide to Trump said.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
jpost.com | Hannah Sarisohn |Efrat Forsher
At least 20 fishermen have been killed in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno after Boko Haram insurgents attacked their village, fishermen and local security officers said on Thursday. Nigeria has been grappling with a 16-year-long Islamist insurgency in its northeast driven primarily by Boko Haram and its offshoot ISWAP that has led to huge human and economic losses, including mass displacement and a humanitarian crisis.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
jpost.com | Hannah Sarisohn |Efrat Forsher
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."US District Judge John Coughenour, at the urging of four Democratic-led states, issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from enforcing the order, which the Republican president signed on Monday during his first day in office.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
jpost.com | Hannah Sarisohn |Efrat Forsher
President Donald Trump reintroduced himself to the global stage on Thursday morning in his speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, by claiming credit for the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas. "Before even taking office, my team negotiated a ceasefire agreement in the Middle East, which wouldn't have happened without us, as I think most of the people in the room know," he said.
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Dec 8, 2024 |
jpost.com | Efrat Forsher
Ben-Gvir is considering freezing appointments for the Israeli Police amid the investigation with Cmdr. Avishai Moalem, who was up for promotion.
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Dec 6, 2024 |
jpost.com | Efrat Forsher
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's gun distribution reform issued about 188,000 gun licenses, with about 138,000 people receiving the weapons they were waiting for in the past year. Overall, 365,000 people applied, a Friday report from Walla noted. In 2022, there were 154,458 people in Israel without a licensed firearm, but by 2024, this number has more than doubled to 315,756.