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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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1 month ago | 
jpost.com | Eli Ashkenazi |Tal Shalev |Yoav Etiel
Following sirens that sounded at 12:03 in the Gaza border communities, two rockets were identified crossing into Israeli territory from the central Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Wednesday. One rocket was successfully intercepted by the IAF and one rocket fell in the area of Zimrat. The details are under review.
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1 month ago | 
jpost.com | Eli Ashkenazi |Tal Shalev |Yoav Etiel
Israeli billionaire industrialist and former MK, Stef Wertheimer, passed away at the age of 99 on Wednesday. Wertheimer served in the British Army during World War II, and later in the Palmach and the IDF during Israel’s War of Independence. He was involved in initiatives in the fields of education, economy, and government integrity, and also served as a Knesset member on behalf of the Democratic Movement for Change.
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1 month ago | 
jpost.com | Yonah Jeremy Bob |Eli Ashkenazi |Amichai Stein
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'Deal with Hamas is a waste of time': Former US Ambassador to Israel says
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman took to X/Twitter on Sunday, praising US President Donald Trump for what he said to Hamas in the past week.
"President Trump brilliantly presented Hamas with a binary choice: release all the hostages and surrender, or be destroyed," Friedman wrote.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Eli Ashkenazi
Rainfall in Israel stands at only 60% of the average for this season, according to data published by the Water Authority on Wednesday. In the South, only 30% of the regular average was recorded so far this period, ranking this winter as the second-lowest in terms of rainfall over the past seven years. An increase was recorded, however, on the slopes of Mount Carmel, with rainfall measuring 120% of the multi-year average.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Amichai Stein |Eli Ashkenazi |Michael Starr |Alon Hachmon
An announcement regarding an agreed hostage deal was delayed as negotiations between mediators, senior Israeli officials, and Hamas representatives continued over the final phrasing of the deal, a knowledgeable source told The Jerusalem Post Tuesday. The final Hamas answer has not yet arrived, Netanyahu told families of hostages earlier on Tuesday.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Eli Ashkenazi |Michael Starr |Alon Hachmon
The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization stated that halachic (Jewish legal) principles can be used to justify both supporting and opposing a potential agreement to release hostages in exchange for dangerous terrorists, underscoring the complexity of the dilemma. “The issue of releasing hostages in exchange for the release of dangerous terrorists is a matter of the utmost human, social, security, and national sensitivity,” Tzohar said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
msn.com | Eli Ashkenazi
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Eli Ashkenazi |Michael Starr |Alon Hachmon
Tech CEOs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg will attend US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration next week, NBC reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed official involved with the event. Representatives for Trump's transition team and the company executives did not immediately respond to requests for comment or could not immediately be reached to confirm the report.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
jpost.com | Eli Ashkenazi |Michael Starr |Alon Hachmon
Transport Minister Miri Regev expressed support for Israel's next international airport in Nevatim in the Negev, despite the opposition from the Israeli air force. At a ceremony on Tuesday, Regev announced that the topic would be brought to the Prime Minister's decision. This comes a few weeks after the Knesset approved, in a preliminary reading, the bills to establish the airport in Nevatim.
