Ahead of mass pro-Israel rally, tens of thousands of Jews are descending on Washington
Tuesday’s march, organized by a big tent of pro-Israel and Jewish groups, is expected to draw crowds in the tens of thousands.
ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA Kay and Hannah Dubrow attend a "Stand with Israel" rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN)Go to the full article > >
Deputy Cardinal of Mexico prays for release of Israeli hostages twice at meeting with families
Bishop González Morales reiterated the message of the Pope that it is important to release the captives.
ByZVIKA KLEIN The Israeli delegation of families of kidnapped Israelis meets with the Deputy Cardinal of Mexico, Bishop Salvador González Morales.(photo credit: Israeli Embassy in Mexico)Go to the full article > >
MIT partially suspends students who occupied building for pro-Palestinian ‘die-in’
The protest was loud, disruptive, and in defiance of university guidelines, wrote MIT President Sally Kornbluth.
ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA The sign at Building 76 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, November 21, 2018(photo credit: BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
IDF offers incubators, respirators, and other assistance to Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital
“We are ready to provide you with any assistance you wish to evacuate children and patients," the Israeli officer said. "We’ll even provide you with an incubator."
BySAM HALPERN An IDF soldier loads incubators into a van to be delivered to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. November 14, 2023.(photo credit: IDF)Go to the full article > >
Vivian Silver, veteran Canadian-Israeli peace activist, declared dead in Hamas massacre
Until Monday, Silver, 74, was assumed to be among the more than 200 people held captive by Hamas. She is now known to be among the approximately 1,200 people murdered.
ByJTA STAFFAn installation called "Empty Beds" where 241 beds represent the number of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas gunmen, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 11, 2023(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Construction progresses at Russian plant for Iranian drones - report
The White House said Russia and Iran appeared to be deepening their defense cooperation and that in addition to supplying drones, Tehran was working with Moscow to produce Iranian drones.
ByREUTERS A police officer inspects parts of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), what Ukrainian authorities consider to be an Iranian made suicide drone Shahed-136, at a site of a Russian strike on fuel storage facilities, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine October 6, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/VYACHESLAV MADIYEVSKYY)Go to the full article > >
IDF visits family of Hamas hostage after Hamas releases video
"We are using all means, both intelligence and operational, to bring the hostages home,” the IDP spokesperson stated.
BySAM HALPERN A woman looks at posters depicting missing Israeli citizens likely among the hostages held in Gaza, with the word "kidnapped," following Saturday's attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas against Israel, in a street in Paris, France, October 13, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor)Go to the full article > >
Borrell: EU must be more involved in creating Palestinian state
“We must commit ourselves to this process because if we don’t find a solution, we will experience a perpetual cycle of violence moving from generation to generation from funeral to funeral.”
ByTOVAH LAZAROFF European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell speaks on the tensions between the neighbouring Western Balkan nations in Brussels, Belgium, August 18, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/Johanna Geron)Go to the full article > >Israel-Hamas War: What you need to know
Hamas launched a barrage of rockets on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered as of Tuesday afternoon, and more than 5,431 were wounded according to the Health Ministry
IDF: 239 families of Israeli captives in Gaza have been contacted, 30 of them children
