French President Emmanuel Macron ignited a political firestorm Thursday by declaring that France will formally recognize a Palestinian state this September at the United Nations General Assembly—becoming the most powerful European nation to take that step amid mounting international fury over the war in Gaza – despite it being started by Hamas, an internationally recognized […]
Despite being mired in the longest and most intense military conflict in its history, Israel’s financial markets are booming — and breaking records. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has become one of the world’s best-performing markets in 2025, even as the country endures multi-front wars, mounting defense costs, and geopolitical uncertainty. According to newly released […]
A new poll confirms that socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani as leading a fractured four-way New York City mayoral race — but failing to win over a majority of an electorate still deeply divided over the idea of a socialist running America’s largest city. The poll, conducted by Wick Insights, shows Mamdani holding a strong lead […]
The Taliban have tortured and threatened Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan because of their identity or personal history, a U.N. report said Thursday. Pakistan and Iran are expelling
The Department of Homeland Security awarded more than $25 million in federal grants to organizations with ties to Islamist extremism between 2013 and 2023, according to a damning new report from the Middle East Forum. The report accuses DHS of funneling taxpayer dollars to groups affiliated with Iran’s regime, the Muslim Brotherhood, and other entities […]
Syria and Saudi Arabia announced 47 investment agreements, valued at over $6 billion, in Damascus on Thursday, marking a significant step in rebuilding Syria’s war-battered economy. The agreements signed at the Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum cover a wide range of sectors, including real estate, telecommunications and finance. The planned projects include housing, the reconstruction of war-damaged […]
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff announced Thursday that the United States is pulling its negotiators out of the ceasefire talks in Doha, accusing Hamas of deliberately derailing efforts to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of Israeli hostages. “We have decided to bring our team home from Doha […]
Four international media outlets issued a statement on Thursday claiming that their journalists in Gaza are starving and it is Israel’s fault, omitting any mention of Hamas, which regularly commandeers
The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell for the sixth straight week, hitting the lowest level since mid-April. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending July 19 fell by 4,000 to 217,000. That’s fewer than the 227,000 new applications analysts were expecting. Applications for unemployment aid are viewed […]
UTJ chairman Yitzchak Goldknopf spoke about the Chareidi draft law crisis in an interview with the Religious Zionist Makor Rishon newspaper. When asked if he understands the pain of the
The cabinet meeting at which ministers were supposed to vote on the dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, which was planned for this coming Sunday, has been canceled. Sources in
Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Thursday that since the beginning of the measles outbreak in Israel about three months ago, 245 patients have been diagnosed, 91 of whom are active
Zookeepers in Prague sometimes have to become puppeteers to save newborn birds rejected by their parents. This was the case for a lesser yellow-headed vulture chick hatched three weeks ago. Bird keeper Antonín Vaidl said Thursday that when a dummy egg disappeared from the nest, it signaled to keepers that the parents were not ready […]
If one wants to get an inkling of how much the Gedolei Hador value the new Amud HaYomi program that is completing Masechta Eruvin this week, and beginning Masechta Pesachim,
At least six people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion in northern Syria’s Idlib province, officials said Thursday. There was no official statement on the cause of the blast. The U.K.-based war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the explosion took place in an ammunition depot. The Syrian Civil Defense, also […]
The IDF has launched a formal investigation into three Air Force personnel suspected of deliberately sabotaging unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at an Israeli Air Force base. The probe, led by
The Israeli negotiating team has departed Qatar to return to Israel for further consultations on the latest ceasefire proposal, following Hamas’s official response delivered early Thursday morning. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) confirmed: “In light of the response conveyed by Hamas this morning, it has been decided to return the negotiating team […]
Against the backdrop of deepening tensions over the military draft of yeshiva students, Charedi lawmakers have introduced a bill that would lower the voting age for Knesset elections from 18
All 48 passengers and crew onboard a passenger plane that crashed in Russia’s Far East have died, the head of the country’s Amur region said in a statement Thursday. Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said earlier that it had found the burning fuselage of the Soviet-designed twin turbo prop plane on a hillside south of its […]
In a fascinating, rare visit, US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, visited the campus of the Slabodka Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, where he met with the two senior Roshei Yeshiva,
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