President Donald Trump shared a video on his social media platform that quickly drew intense backlash after it depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama in a racially offensive manner. The short video, which promotes claims that voting machines helped steal the 2020 presidential election, shows the Obamas’ faces superimposed onto […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the FBI has arrested a “key participant” behind the 2012 Benghazi terror attack in Benghazi, Libya. US Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in the September 11, 2012 attack along with State Department employee Sean Smith and Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods are killed in the attack. […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s long-awaited decision on a running mate is already stirring backlash inside her own coalition, with Jewish leaders, labor groups and Democratic insiders warning that her pick could become an early liability in a high-stakes reelection fight. Hochul announced that former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams would join her on the […]
The United States’ virtual embassy to Iran reiterated its warning Friday urging all American citizens to “leave Iran now,” citing widespread unrest, communication blackouts and growing risks of detention. The advisory, run by the United States Department of State, reiterates guidance first issued on Jan. 12, as nationwide protests and government crackdowns disrupted daily life […]
A deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that
Emergency crews rushed to the scene in central Israel on Friday after a bus slammed into a building in the city of Ramat Gan, leaving at least 10 people injured,
Indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States were a “positive and good start,” and the two sides agreed to continue the talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told local news outlets after talks concluded in the Omani capital of Muscat. “There was a consensus on the continuation of the talks themselves. It was decided […]
On the eve of high-stakes U.S.-Iran talks in Oman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an unscheduled meeting of his security cabinet Thursday night, potentially signaling unease in Jerusalem over the direction of diplomacy between Washington and Tehran. The meeting, moved up from Sunday at Netanyahu’s direction, came less than 24 hours before Iranian Foreign […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has released new internal records from the weeks leading up to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, revealing senior defense officials repeatedly described the Gaza front as “stable” and urging restraint, even as the country stood on the brink of its deadliest security failure. The documents, published as part of […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that Iran’s ruling elite may believe their grip on power is slipping, as American sanctions trigger a financial crisis that has sent the country’s economy into free fall. Testifying before the United States Senate Banking Committee, Bessent said the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign has systematically strangled Iran’s […]
A Senate committee has opened an inquiry into New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s decision to revoke City Hall’s use of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The probe was announced Thursday by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, who sent a formal letter […]
A new assessment by the Shin Bet released on Thursday revealed a deeply disturbing phenomenon: security officials have identified cases of Israelis who are initiating contact with Iranian intelligence operatives
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Thursday that he repeatedly considered conquering the Gaza Strip in the years leading up to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, only to be blocked time and again by Israel’s security establishment, which warned the move would trigger a long, costly war with little international backing and no viable […]
Israeli authorities have arrested two young men from Jerusalem on suspicion of spying for Iran in exchange for money, amid mounting concern in Jerusalem over Tehran’s alleged efforts to recruit operatives inside Israel. Police and the Shin Bet said the two suspects — both Israeli citizens in their 20s — were taken into custody last […]
A prominent Jewish advocacy group is warning that Canada’s decision to dismantle its federal antisemitism watchdog risks weakening the country’s ability to confront rising hatred and preserve Holocaust memory, and could leave Ottawa in breach of its international commitments. The Abraham Global Peace Initiative said this week that the government’s move to dissolve the Office […]
It is with deep regret that YWN shares the petirah of Reb Amram Mizrachi z”l, an 81-year-old Jewish man who was niftar in a fire in Boro Park on Thursday
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is defending his administration’s response to a deadly cold snap that has claimed at least 17 lives, as the City Council prepares to scrutinize the city’s handling of the crisis in a series of oversight hearings. The hearings, first reported by Politico, are expected to begin Feb. 10, with […]
Federal prosecutors unsealed a sweeping new indictment on Wednesday against Elias Rodriguez that adds multiple terrorism-related charges to the already severe case stemming from last year’s fatal shooting of two Israeli diplomats in Washington. The superseding indictment brings the total number of charges to nine, including murder, hate crimes, and terrorism offenses, several of which […]
A nonpartisan research group is raising new concerns about the conduct and political associations of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), warning that her record presents “serious ethical and national security concerns” for Congress. In a newly released briefing, the advocacy arm of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) alleges that Tlaib […]
A recording published by Channel 14 News revealed a shocking conversation between former prime minister Ehud Barak and his friend, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, in which Barak speaks disparagingly about
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