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By: Lahav Hakov – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com Democratic party leadership in the US House of representatives blocked $1 billion for the Iron Dome. Democratic Party leadership in the US House of Representatives removed about $1 billion of funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system on Tuesday. The revision came after progressives in the party…

By: Lazar Berman – The Times of Israel; timesofisrael.com Massive annual celebration held online this year due to pandemic; International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem hails new government’s outreach to Christian world Senior Israeli leaders kicked off the 42nd International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem Feast of Tabernacles celebrations on Monday with video greetings as the massive…

By: Josef Federman – AP News; apnews.com ATLIT, Israel (AP) — Israel’s navy has stepped up its activities in the Red Sea “exponentially” in the face of growing Iranian threats to Israeli shipping, the country’s just-retired navy commander said in an interview. Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit stopped short of confirming a series of attacks and…

By: Tovah Lazaroff – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com If Hamas or other Palestinian groups would take over the West Bank, it would turn the lives of Israelis into a living hell. It would be a terrible mistake to create a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a series of media interviews he gave…

CBN News – cbnnews.com Arizona has become the first US state to fully divest from Ben & Jerry’s over its decision to stop selling ice cream in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank – biblical Judea and Samaria. Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced in a press release on Tuesday that “the state will divest…

By: Yori Yalon – Israel Hayom; israelhayom.com The percentage of Jews living in Israel out of all the Jews in the world stands at 45.3%, an increase of half a percent over the previous year. Days before the new Hebrew calendar year of 5782, the number of Jews worldwide stands at approximately 15.2 million compared…