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Damascus synagogue reopened by rabbi who wants to revive Jewish community in Syria

‘It’s safe for Jews here’ is the extraordinary claim that would have been unthinkable until recently

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Synagogue lies hidden away off this side street in Old City of Damascus (Jotam Confino)

Travel in time back to Yom Kippur at the Great Synagogue of Aleppo - thanks to the modern miracle of virtual reality

Travel in time back to Yom Kippur at the Great Synagogue of Aleppo - thanks to the modern miracle of virtual reality

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Efraim Halevy, former director of Israeli intelligence service the "Mossad" poses for a photograph in Amsterdam on December 2, 2015. - Halevy is in the Netherlands on the invitation of th Centre of Documentary and Information of Israel (CIDI)for commemorations marking the 20th year since the death of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Former Mossad chief says Israel’s worst threats come from 'within'

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Israel’s newest pop sensation says antisemitic bullies hounded him out of Britain

Israel’s newest pop sensation says antisemitic bullies hounded him out of Britain

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Four Palestinian children killed 'after misfiring terror rocket hits Gaza home'

IDF says video proves tragic deaths were wrongly blamed on Israel

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August 7, 2022 11:13

Residents and Palestinian police officers assess the damage in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022. - Gaza's health ministry blamed "Israeli aggression" for the deaths of civilians, that also included "an elderly woman", and for the 203 people wounded in Jabalia. But an Israeli government statement yesterday denied blame for the strike, that reportedly killed children, insisting that a rocket fired by Gaza militants towards Israel had fallen short. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Air raid sirens heard near Jerusalem for first time since launch of Gaza anti-terror op

Hundreds of rockets fired at Israel as militant leaders assassinated

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August 7, 2022 10:19

A picture taken on August 5, 2022, shows Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza City in retaliation to earlier Israeli airstrikes, and Israeli Iron Dome system missiles intercepting them. - A senior militant from Islamic Jihad was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip today, prompting the militant group to warn Israel has "started a war". A child was among those killed in the strikes, the enclave's health ministry said, while Israel's military estimated 15 were dead. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel's former UN ambassador tells of the hostility he faced every day at the global organisation's HQ

Danny Danon spoke in candid terms about his experience as the Permanent Representative to the UN until 2020

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June 1, 2022 12:21

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 24: Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN Headquarters, July 24, 2018 in New York City. The Security Council discussed the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Ex-IDF deputy: change policy to curb Hamas in West Bank

Yair Golan predicts 'anarchy' following the death of Mahmoud Abbas

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May 27, 2022 08:39

Palestinians burn replicas of Israeli flags and portraits of Israeli polititians (top L-R) far-right lawmaker and leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish power) party Itamar Ben-Gvir, Prime Minister Naftali Bennet and (bottom L-R) Defence Minister Benny Gantz, and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochav during a protest in Gaza City on May 25, 2022. - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh warned against a planned march by Jewish nationalists through Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, saying that the Palestinian Islamist group would use "all possibilities" to confront it. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran ‘weeks away’ from having enough fissile material for bomb, Israel warns

Tehran is said to currently hold twice as much enriched uranium as previously estimated

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May 19, 2022 12:47

Iran ‘weeks away’ from having enough fissile material for bomb, Israel warns

Calls to assassinate Hamas leadership as terror death tolls reaches 19

Three Israelis were murdered with knives and axes in the city of Elad in the latest attack

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May 12, 2022 12:44

Israeli security and rescue personnel work at the scene of a terror attack, in Elad, May 5, 2022. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** אלעד ירי מאבטח הרוג דוקר זירה טרור פיגוע דקירה

United in grief: the Jewish and Palestinian parents who are pleading for peace

Members of the Parents Circle-Families Forum, tell of their shared determination to work together

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May 5, 2022 15:04

United in grief: the Jewish and Palestinian parents who are pleading for peace

A deal with Iran is the best way to protect Israel, says former PM Ehud Olmert

From 2015 to 2018 Tehran did not violate a single item of the JCPOA agreement

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April 28, 2022 13:59

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks during a joint press conference with European leaders from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic in Jerusalem on January 18, 2009. Olmert said he wants to withdraw Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip "as quickly as possible" after having declared a unilateral ceasefire. Israel halted its fire in Gaza today and the Islamist Hamas movement declared a one-week truce in response while demanding that all Israeli troops withdraw within that time and Gaza's border crossings be reopened. AFP PHOTO/POOL/URIEL SINAI (Photo credit should read URIEL SINAI/AFP via Getty Images)

Interfaith leaders in Jerusalem call on Putin to end Ukraine war

Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders in summit for peace

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March 25, 2022 11:22

Interfaith leaders in Jerusalem call on Putin to end Ukraine war

Israel braced for new terror wave masterminded by Iran

Fears that the Be'er Sheva stabbing will herald a new wave of violence

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March 24, 2022 10:16

Israel braced for new terror wave masterminded by Iran

Israeli minister on Ukraine border: I can't believe this is happening in my generation

Nearly 2,500 Ukrainian immigrants have entered Israel since the beginning of the war

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March 17, 2022 12:46

Israeli minister on Ukraine border: I can't believe this is happening in my generation

Ukrainian refugees arrive at the border terrified and grieving, says emergency worker

Dr Zev Neuwirth said, 'we are doing our best to provide emotional and psychological first aid'

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March 3, 2022 15:26

Ukrainian refugees arrive at the border terrified and grieving, says emergency worker