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Mezuzahs stolen from Toronto apartment building for second time in weeks
53+ min ago (372+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 The Toronto Police Service is investigating a suspected hate crime after mezuzahs were removed from the doors of apartments in North York on Thursday, The Canadian Jewish News reported. A mezuzah is a rolled-up scroll of…...
European traffic safety watchdog suspends Israel due to ‘recent government actions’
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (656+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 A major European nonprofit dedicated to reducing traffic deaths and injuries has suspended Israel from its comparative research program on road safety, saying that recent actions of the Israeli government contradict the organization's commitment "to protect…...
Fallen soldier’s family takes military headstone to IDF headquarters in protest
4+ hour, 15+ min ago (436+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 The relatives of a fallen soldier who are outraged over how the Israel Defense Forces has addressed their son's death staged a protest on Thursday by uprooting his headstone from a military cemetery and placing it…...
Lazar Focus: Eran Ortal on where does the IDF go after October 7?
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (389+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, catch diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the…...
Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel in December 2025
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (1039+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 Home prices in Israel fell in September and October for the eighth consecutive time, indicating that'high interest rates and shifting demand are placing significant downward pressure on one of the world's most expensive housing markets. Prices…...
Trump says US struck ISIS targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
6+ hour, 59+ min ago (559+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 In a post on December 25 on his social media site, Trump did not provide details or mention the extent of the damage caused by the strikes. A US Defense Department official, who insisted on anonymity to…...
As major Egypt gas deal burns through reserves, public will end up paying the price
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (1236+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel In a celebratory Hanukkah announcement earlier this month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Energy Minister Eli Cohen declared that they had sealed a $35 billion natural…...
Troops said to extract 2 Israelis who entered West Bank’s Area A near Hebron, Nablus
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (873+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday's events as they unfold. Skippers of 129 yachts set sail on a "bumpy" Sydney-Hobart ocean race, with many planning to scatter rose petals as they venture into rolling seas to…...
Poll: Most Israelis say PM should stop working with close aide Urich over Qatargate
9+ hour, 2+ min ago (711+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 A poll conducted Thursday showed just over half of Israelis believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should stop working with close aide Jonathan Urich, who is suspected of having worked for the Qatari government while employed in…...
Culture minister says October 7 probe wouldn’t point to Netanyahu as ‘main culprit’
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (630+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 812 Culture Minister Miki Zohar on Thursday declared that anybody who believes that an investigation into the October 7, 2023, massacre would point to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the main person responsible for the government's failures is "living…...