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Benjamin Kerstein is the Israel correspondent for The Algemeiner.

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May 20, 2021 6:05 pm
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Israeli Ambassador Storms Out of Special UN Session After Palestinian Foreign Minister Says Jewish State Has No Right to Defend Itself

Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki went on an anti-Israel rant during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, saying that...

May 20, 2021 3:52 pm
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Israeli Cabinet Approves Ceasefire, Potentially Ending Gaza Operation Against Hamas; IDF Believes Goals Have Been Achieved

Israel’s cabinet on Thursday unanimously approved a ceasefire in the ongoing operation against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Hebrew news outlet N12 reported late Thursday. The vote came...

May 19, 2021 4:10 pm
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Residents of Israel’s South Reject Ceasefire With Hamas Until Rocket Fire Quelled, Prisoners Returned

Despite being under incessant rocket fire for over a week, residents of Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip are calling on Israel to refuse a...

May 16, 2021 1:17 pm
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Leading German-Jewish Group, German Interior Minister Condemn Antisemitism at Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations

A leading German-Jewish group decried on Sunday the violent antisemitism seen at pro-Palestinian protests in Germany, while the country’s interior minister pledged to crack down...

May 16, 2021 1:08 pm
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Israeli Arab Leader Mansour Abbas Visits Lod Synagogue Burned by Rioters: ‘Islam Is Not Like That, and True Muslims Are Not Like These’

Israeli Arab leader Mansour Abbas, head of the Islamic Ra’am party, visited a synagogue in the city of Lod that was burned by Arab rioters...

May 13, 2021 1:30 pm
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Israeli Woman Brings New Life Into the World Under Fire: ‘There Were Alerts Right When the Baby Was Born’

As Israel labors under constant rocket attacks and the red alert sirens that follow, a young Israeli woman managed to bring new life into the...

May 12, 2021 11:44 am
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Israeli Soldier Killed by Anti-Tank Rocket Near Gaza Border Identified as 21-Year-Old, One Month From Discharge

The Israeli soldier killed by an anti-tank rocket near the Gaza border on Wednesday has been identified as Staff Sgt. Omer Tabib, 21, of the...

May 12, 2021 11:09 am
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Religious Woman Uses Her Head Covering to Save Child’s Life in Holon Rocket Attack

A three-year-old child’s life was saved in a rocket strike on Holon on Tuesday night by a religious woman who used her traditional head covering...

May 11, 2021 1:46 pm
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Israeli Authorities Scramble to Combat the TikTok Incitement Helping to Fuel Current Violence

As Israel fights ongoing Palestinian riots and the massive rocket attacks on its towns and cities, another front has opened up on social media: what...

May 10, 2021 11:37 am
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Israel’s Ambassador to the US Calls on Rep. Rashida Tlaib to Stop ‘Stoking Tensions’ in Tweets on Jerusalem Violence

Israel’s Ambassador to the US criticized Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Monday, saying that her tweets on the ongoing Palestinian violence against Israeli security forces on...

May 9, 2021 3:01 pm
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Thirty-Five Fires in Israel’s South as Gaza Terrorists Launch Incendiary Balloons

At least 35 fires broke out in southern Israel on Sunday, as terrorists from Gaza launched incendiary balloons at the Jewish state in the midst...

May 6, 2021 1:25 pm
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Transgender Israelis Detained by Egypt at Sinai Border Because ‘We Didn’t Look Female’

Two transgender Israelis were detained by Egyptian border guards in the Sinai on Thursday, reportedly because they did not appear to belong to the sex...

May 5, 2021 1:28 pm
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Israeli President Pays Homage to David Raziel, First Commander of the Etzel Pre-State Militia, on 80th Anniversary of His Death

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday paid tribute to David Raziel — the co-founder and first commander of the Irgun Zvai Leumi (Etzel), the pre-state...

May 4, 2021 12:14 pm
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White Supremacist Killer of Three in 2014 Attack on Kansas Jewish Sites Dies in Prison

The killer of three people at a Jewish community center in Kansas has died in prison, the Kansas Department of Corrections said Tuesday. On April 13,...

World

Jews, Israelis Targeted in Austria Amid Surge in Antisemitic Incidents; Loc...

Austria is facing a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents and anti-Israel rhetoric, prompting outrage from the country's Jewish community and...

Israel

Europe Won’t Pressure Israel to ‘Commit Suicide’ Amid Gaz...

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has dismissed mounting global pressure to end the war in Gaza and accept the creation...

Middle East

US, Israel Recall Negotiators From Gaza Ceasefire Talks, Witkoff Says...

Israel and the United States both recalled their negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar on Thursday, with US envoy...

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