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IDF bans Chinese cars from bases over data leak fears

The move follows a deterioration in Sino-Israeli relations over the war in Gaza and allies’ concerns about espionage

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A car parked outside an IDF facility Credit: Nasser Ishtayeh

Israelis kicked out of restaurant and refused entry to campsite in Austria

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Workers preserving the Soldiers' Synagogue in Tomsk, Siberia discovered a century-old siddur hidden in the attic (Image: Canaan Lidor)

Century-old siddur found during preservation of Siberian synagogue

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Romanian President Nicușor Dan has blocked a bill that would have imposed prison sentences for antisemitic hate speech (Image: Getty)

Romanian president blocks bill criminalising antisemitic hate speech

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Polish politician who extinguished Chanukah candles allegedly says gas chambers were ‘fake’

Authorities in Poland are considering charges against the far-right lawmaker

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July 14, 2025 17:07

Polish lawmaker Grzegorz Braun after extinguishing a Chanukah menorah at the parliament building in Warsaw, Dec. 12, 2023. (Source: Screenshot/X)

Israeli Diaspora Minister calls Democrat Senate leader Chuck Schumer a ‘Palestinian’

Amichai Chikli dubbed the veteran lawmaker a ‘self-hating Jew’ over his congratulation of anti-Zionist New York mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani

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July 10, 2025 16:06

Chuck Schumer (pictured) was labelled a 'Palestinian' and a 'self-hating Jew' by Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli (Image: Getty)

Charedi journalist investigated after celebrating the deaths of Orthodox IDF soldiers

Israel Frey wrote on X that “the world is a better place” after the military confirmed the deaths of five members of a Charedi combat unit

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July 9, 2025 14:47

Charedi journalist Israel Frey is under investigation after celebrating the deaths of five soldiers from a strictly-Orthodox IDF unit, the National Security Ministry has confirmed (Image: Flash90)

Pro-Palestine group displays ‘destroy Israel’ banner at Pamplona bull run

Members of Yala Nafarroa con Palestina were invited to open the iconic festival, but were condemned for fueling an ‘obsession’ with the Jewish State

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July 8, 2025 14:43

Members of a pro-Palestine group were invited to open the iconic festival in Pamplona, Spain (Image: X/@javiernegre10)

Amid tensions with China, Israel eyes stronger India ties

As Beijing-Jerusalem relations sour, experts say New Delhi's growing partnership offers the Jewish state strategic and economic alternatives.

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July 1, 2025 15:37

Israel could eye stronger relations with India as it seeks to diversify its critical infrastructure trade away from the increasingly threatening China (Pictured: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018; Image: Getty)

German chancellor claims Israel’s Gaza offensive is ‘no longer justified’

He joins the leaders of the UK, France, Canada and the Netherlands in condemnation of the latest IDF operations in the Strip

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May 27, 2025 11:35

German chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned Israel's latest offensive in Gaza as 'no longer justified' (Image: Getty)

In Amsterdam, a Jewish paper chronicles a reality full of fear

The NIW has given its community a rare and influential voice amid a decline in personal safety and doubts about the future.

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May 13, 2025 16:45

Esther Voet (top row centre) with Israelis who took refuge in her apartment in Amsterdam after a Maccabi Tel Aviv match in November 2024 (Image: Bart Schut)

Israel denies downplaying Pope’s death amid claims of funeral snub

An internal row erupted after the Foreign Ministry deleted its condolence post for the late pontiff and neither the president or prime minister will attend his funeral

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April 25, 2025 14:06

An Israeli official has denied that Israel's response to Pope Francis' death has been muted after the Foreign Ministry deleted its condolence post for the late pontiff (Image: Getty)

Latvia drops investigation into Nazi collaborator’s Holocaust participation because it was ‘not genocide'

Prosecutors claimed that Herberts Cukurs’ actions ‘do not constitute’ genocide under the country’s criminal code

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April 24, 2025 11:36

Herberts Cukurs was a Nazi collaborator in Latvia who has been accused of participating in the mass murder of the country's Jews (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Israel will expand kibbutzim into Gaza unless all hostages are returned this week, claims Smotrich

The far-right Finance Minister said that seized land would ‘remain in our hands forever’ and called for the resettlement of ‘10,000 Gazans a day’ to ‘empty’ the Strip

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February 25, 2025 12:26

Far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich has claimed that Israel will expand its kibbutzim into Gaza if the hostages are not returned by Saturday (Image: Getty)

Workers strike in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar in moment of weakness for regime

The country is facing a severe energy shortage

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December 30, 2024 10:47

An Iranian shop owner sits behind the counter at her store in the Safavieh Bazaar in the capital Tehran on December 17, 2024, after a decision by the Tehran Chamber of Trade Unions and Guilds to limit opening hours in an attempt to tackle severe energy shortages in the country. The fuel crisis has already led to frequent power cuts in Tehran in recent weeks and nationwide closures of schools and businesses. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

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IDF bans Chinese cars from bases over data leak fears

Israelis kicked out of restaurant and refused entry to campsite in Austria

Century-old siddur found during preservation of Siberian synagogue

Romanian president blocks bill criminalising antisemitic hate speech

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