Reuters

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has blocked cooperation between NATO and Israel since October because of the war in Gaza and said the alliance should not engage with Israel as a partner until there is an end to the conflict, sources familiar with the process said.

Turkey blocks NATO-Israel cooperation over Gaza war, sources say

The Forward

I was waiting at a light-rail station when a very old woman in a sun hat approached me. She wanted to go to Bnei Brak. But the train line she was waiting at did not go there. I looked at the map and pointed to a station where she might switch. “I can’t see,” she...

As Israel braces for attack, ordinary citizens fear that Netanyahu has destroyed a country and a dream

TIME

Netanyahu's address to Congress is a reminder that the embrace of Israel is core to decades of flawed U.S. Middle East policy.

It's Time to Rethink the U.S.-Israel 'Special Relationship'

Fox News

Turkey sparked outrage after its embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flags to half-mast in honor of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who was killed in Iran earlier this week amid Israel's war in Gaza.

Turkey sparks outrage after embassy in Tel Aviv lowers flag to half-mast for Hamas terrorist

The following words might be shocking coming from a rabbi, but I am convinced that the traditional framing for how we prepare for Tisha B’Av seems ancient and out of touch compared to the complex grief we are reckoning with this year. The Jewish community is locked in the trauma unleashed more than 300 days...

As a Black rabbi on Tisha B’Av, I’m mourning how Jews have lost Black allies since Oct. 7

shefinds

Prince William isn’t coming across in the best light in Robert Jobson’s bombshell new book Catherine, The Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen. 
Not only has it been revealed that the Prince of Wales spoke to the late Queen ...

Meghan Markle Reportedly Told Prince William To 'Take Your Finger Out Of My Face' During Heated Conversation About Kate Middleton, New Book Claims

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Detroit, MI

The Independent

 Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back against pro-Palestine protesters in Detroit, her first major hurdle amid an otherwise positive rollout of her presidential campaign. Harris was visiting Detroit as part of a tour with her newly-minted running mate Tim Walz. The two had held a large and raucous outdoor rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin earlier in the day.But Michigan, which has a large Arab-American population located in Dearborn outside of Detroit, has long been a hotbed of criticism for the Biden administration’s support for Israel in its war against Gaza.  Earlier this year, roughly 13 percent of the...

Kamala Harris slams protesters disrupting Detroit rally: ‘If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that’

Osceola County, FL

RadarOnline

A dad in Florida has been arrested after authorities say he allegedly kicked his 10-year-old daughter out of his car onto a busy road and told her to walk to her grandparents’ house miles away, RadarOnline.com can reveal.Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez told WOFL, just after midnight on July 30, residents started calling 911 after seeing a man, later identified as 30-year-old Hector Luis Serrano, pushing a 10-year-old girl from his car on U.S. 192 – a busy tourist area not far from Disney World, Front Page Detectives reported.Lopez said: “It’s a very heavily traveled roadway. Very touristy. Pretty dangerous....

Florida Father ‘Hurled 10-Year-Old Daughter From Car on Deadly Highway After Pair Got Into Late-Night Bust-Up’

Straight Arrow News SANcom

Iran’s supreme leader has issued an order for Iran to strike Israel directly, in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran.

Iran’s supreme leader issues order for Iran to strike Israel: Report

NBC News

JERUSALEM — Israel will respond forcefully to any attack on it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and of a senior Hezbollah leader in Beirut. Netanyahu said Israel had delivered crushing blows to Iran’s proxies over the past...

Netanyahu says Israel will exact heavy price for attacks in response to its strikes in Iran and Beirut

(Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah, in a phone call on Monday with U.S. President Joe Biden, warned of what he called "hostile acts" by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and "unilateral measures" that threaten the status quo of Jerusalem's holy sites.

Jordan's king warns in call with Biden of Israeli 'hostile acts' in Jerusalem

The Hill

President Biden and Vice President Harris will meet with national security officials in the White House Situation Room on Monday, as Iran reiterates its intention to punish Israel for the apparent assassination of top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The meeting will focus on developments in the Middle...

Biden, Harris head to Situation Room as Iran threatens attack on Israel

(JTA) — WASHINGTON — For decades, Israel’s leaders have sent a message to their enemies, loud and clear: Hit us, and you will die. It was true when Israel went after the terrorists who directed and carried out the attack that killed 11 Israelis at the 1972 Munich Olympics. And it is now true of...

Israel just killed two of its longtime ememies, but will it matter?

Hezbollah said that it struck northern Israel with drones and rocket attacks on Aug. 6. However, the group warns another attack is coming.

Hezbollah strikes northern Israel, warns the worst is yet to come

Hassan Nasrallah said his group will avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander, but keeping Israelis waiting is “part of the punishment.”

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’

Minnesota State

After millions in funding from pro-Israel donors helped bring about the defeat of two members of the “Squad,” the far-left contingent of Democrats, some activists said the third target was clear. “Yes, the removal of Ilhan Omar from Congress IS possible,” read a Wednesday social media post about...

Why pro-Israel groups aren’t going after Ilhan Omar, even after helping oust other Squad members

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House will offer deportation relief and work permits to an estimated 11,500 Lebanese nationals already in the U.S., due to conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a memo on Friday. The measure, under an authority known as Deferred...

White House grants deportation reprieve to Lebanese, citing Israel-Hezbollah tensions

The Guardian

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee may have succeeded in helping to defeat the pro-Palestinian Cori Bush. But it’s a pyrrhic victory for a losing cause

US support for Israel is collapsing. And Aipac knows it | Yousef Munayyer

The U.S. has reportedly warned Iran that a retaliatory attack on Israel for the recent killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran would pose a “serious risk" to the country's stability.

US issues warning to Iran of 'serious risk' if it carries out retaliatory attack against Israel: report

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

NewsBreak

As Israel’s leaders spar and an Iranian attack looms, Jews see echoes of Tisha B’Av everywhere

If Iran begins its long-awaited attack on Israel sometime before Tuesday night, some Jews may say the timing of the strike had been preordained for almost...

As Israel’s leaders spar and an Iranian attack looms, Jews see echoes of Tisha B’Av everywhere

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