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Israel strikes central Damascus as Syrian government widens attack on Sweida
The National News
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Israel attacked the main Syrian military compounds in the centre of Damascus on Wednesday, in response to an escalating Syrian government offensive on the southern city of Sweida. A Syrian military official told The National that the Army General...
Israel strips Hebron municipality of authority over Ibrahimi Mosque
Middle East Monitor
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July 16, 2025
Israel has withdrawn certain administrative powers over the Ibrahimi Mosque from the Palestinian-run Hebron Municipality, transferring them to the religious council of the Israeli Kiryat Arba settlement, an Israeli newspaper reported on Tuesday....
Israeli man demands custody of daughters found living with Russian woman in Karnataka cave, says 'want to be father'
The Economic Times
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July 16, 2025
Days after a Russian woman and her two young daughters were discovered living in a forest cave near Gokarna, Karnataka, the story has taken a dramatic turn, one that now involves an emotional custody appeal by the children’s Israeli father, Dror...
Israel war sabotaged diplomacy, but the US can revive it
Kuwait Times
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July 16, 2025
By Abbas Araghchi Foreign Minister of Iran In only five meetings over nine weeks, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and I achieved more than I did in four years of nuclear negotiations with the failed Biden administration. We were on the cusp of a...
Israeli-Indian tech trio launches real-time surveillance platform across India
Awaz The Voice
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July 16, 2025
Tel Aviv India's Sparsh CCTV, Israel's Innoviz Technologies, and UK-based but Israel-linked Cron AI have partnered to deploy edge-native security and intelligent transport systems across India. The integrated solution fuses LiDAR, video, and AI...
Climate & War: The Destruction of Gaza’s Cropland
Al Jazeera
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July 16, 2025
Israel’s war on Gaza has wiped out cropland and trees, creating food shortages and exacerbating environmental degradation and climate change. The Destruction of Gaza’s Cropland is part of a series called Climate & War, commissioned by Arab...
Congratulations, Lockheed Martin: Israel Wants 75 F-35I “Adir” Warplanes by 2030
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 16, 2025
Just as the Pentagon had in recent weeks scaled back its order of F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation multirole stealth fighters, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has come in to save Lockheed Martin’s day. That’s because, according to most reports, the...
Feared by Moses: Meet Israel's deadliest snake
Ynet
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July 16, 2025
Israel’s most venomous snake has a new official Hebrew name, the Academy of the Hebrew Language announced Tuesday. The snake formerly known as Tzifa’on Shachor (Atractaspis engaddensis, or Israeli Mole Viper) will now be called Saraf Ein Gedi. The...
Trump administration calls on Israel to investigate ‘terrorist' killing of American in the West Bank
NBC Connecticut
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July 16, 2025
Calling it a “criminal and terrorist act,” the U.S. Ambassador to Israel has demanded the country “aggressively investigate the murder” of an American who was beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. U.S. Ambassador Mike...
Dropping bombs and dialogue? Israel-Syria peace talks right now are 'absolutely mind-boggling'
Haaretz
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July 16, 2025
The Israeli military strike on southern Syria this week is "concerning" in view of the "unexpected opportunity" for a potential peace agreement with the new government there, Israel's former deputy security adviser Chuck Freilich said on the...
How Globalization Warped America’s Universities – And Bred Hatred for Israel and America
The Jewish Press
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July 16, 2025
In the past half-century, America’s great universities – once the crown jewels of Western liberal education – have undergone a quiet but radical transformation. What began as a well-intentioned embrace of cross-cultural exchange and international...
This Israeli startup sees underground. It might also stop terror tunnels
Ynet
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July 16, 2025
The ability to see underground is astonishing in itself, but the fact that this capability taps into a global market worth hundreds of millions of dollars is truly mind-blowing. Or as Jeremy Suard, CEO of Exodigo, puts it: “We’ve exploded in the...
Inside the Merkava 4 — Israel’s most advanced tank destroyed by Hamas fighters
Press TV
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By Ivan Kesic In a "security incident" in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza, on Sunday, the Israeli regime lost another Merkava 4 tank with three crew members, a much-hyped military vehicle that has been experiencing heavy losses for the past two...
Congressman Mike Lawler addresses local loss, climate policy, and Irish BDS law in recent posts
Rockland Reporter - New York
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July 15, 2025
Congressman Mike Lawler, a representative known for his engagement on both local and international issues, recently addressed a range of topics in a series of social media posts dated July 15, 2025.In his first post, Lawler paid tribute to Patty...
Russian Woman Found In Gokarna Gave Birth In Goa Cave, Has Kids With Israeli Businessman: Report
News18
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July 16, 2025
Last Updated:July 16, 2025, 09:03 IST Nina Kutina, the Russian woman, was found living in a cave in Karnataka's Gokarna along with her two daughters. She claimed that she gave birth to one of them at a Goa cave. Russian woman Nina Kutina in India...
US ambassador urges Israel to investigate killing of Palestinian American in West Bank
Libyan Express
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July 15, 2025
The funeral of Saif MusalletThe United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has urged Israeli authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the killing of a Palestinian American citizen in the occupied West Bank, describing the...
Israeli businessman father of kids found in cave with Russian woman: Officials
The Indian Express
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July 15, 2025
The Russian woman, who was found in a cave in Karnataka, along with her two daughters claimed that she gave birth to one of the babies while staying at a cave in Goa while officials said they have contacted an Israeli businessman, who the woman...
Israel’s principal goal in Persian Gulf region is ‘regime change’ in Iran: Ex-CIA officer
Press TV
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By Syed Zafar Mehdi The Israeli aggression against Iran was “definitely intended” to sabotage diplomacy as its principal objective in the Persian Gulf region is “to bring regime change in Iran,” says an American analyst. In an interview with the...
A Firestorm in Suweida: Israeli Airstrikes, Syrian Chaos, and the Collapse of Order
The Syrian Observer
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July 15, 2025
In a dramatic escalation of the conflict gripping southern Syria, Israeli fighter jets launched multiple coordinated airstrikes on military convoys belonging to the Syrian government in and around the city of Suweida. The attacks, reportedly...
"Ending the conflict with Iran and removing other regional threats could be a real game changer for Israel’s economy"
CTech
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July 15, 2025
"If I had told you a month and a half ago that within days we would be engaged in a campaign against Iran, that powerful missiles would land here, that we would spend endless hours in shelters, that the home front would suffer heavy losses, that...