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[Senator: White House Not Seeking Conditions on Military Aid to Israel, Despite Earlier Biden Comment]( [Senator: White House Not Seeking Conditions on Military Aid to Israel, Despite Earlier Biden Comment]( (AP) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan told lawmakers this week that the White House is not seeking to place conditions on U.S. military assistance to Israel, days after President Joe Biden signaled openness to the notion that was being pushed by some Democrats as the civilian death toll in Gaza from Israel’s war […] [Read More »]( [Henry Kissinger, the Secretary of State Who Dominated Foreign Policy Under Nixon and Ford, Dies at 100]( [Henry Kissinger, the Secretary of State Who Dominated Foreign Policy Under Nixon and Ford, Dies at 100]( – Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100. With his gruff yet commanding presence and behind-the-scenes manipulation of power, […] [Read More »]( [Businesses Where George Floyd Was Killed Sue Minneapolis, Saying Police Are Not Protecting the Area]( [Businesses Where George Floyd Was Killed Sue Minneapolis, Saying Police Are Not Protecting the Area]( (AP) — Several stores at the location where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 have sued the city, accusing it of neglecting the area and hurting business. The lawsuit, filed in mid-November in state court, also names Mayor Jacob Frey and other officials and accuses the city of not properly policing […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Oakland City Council Meeting Devolves into Anti-Jewish, Pro-Hamas Hatefest]( [WATCH: Oakland City Council Meeting Devolves into Anti-Jewish, Pro-Hamas Hatefest]( — Residents of the woke city of Oakland, California, are being slammed over hate-filled comments made in defense of Hamas at a city council meeting on Monday. At that gathering, leftist lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas war–yet they refused to include language condemning Hamas as a […] [Read More »]( [THAI HOSTAGE: Hamas Tortured Captive Jews with Electric Cables]( [THAI HOSTAGE: Hamas Tortured Captive Jews with Electric Cables]( (VINnews) — A Thai hostage who was released by Hamas told Israel’s Channel 12 that the Jewish hostages with him were beaten with electric cables, and that all the hostages were denied adequate food. Channel 12 also quoted the Thai hostage as saying that Jewish hostages were kept in worse conditions than others. As […] [Read More »]( [Egypt putting heavy pressure on Sinwar to release Israeli hostages]( [Egypt putting heavy pressure on Sinwar to release Israeli hostages]( — As Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their temporary ceasefire by two days on Monday, Egypt is reportedly putting heavy pressure on Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. “Twice during the ceasefire the parties got into a crisis when Yahya Sinwar tried to violate the agreements, the first time last Saturday night,” said an Egyptian […] [Read More »]( [Texas Man Who Set Fire to an Austin Synagogue Sentenced to 10 Years]( [Texas Man Who Set Fire to an Austin Synagogue Sentenced to 10 Years]( Texas (AP) — A Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue in an antisemitic attack two years ago was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison. Franklin Sechriest, 20, had previously pleaded guilty to arson and a hate crime causing damage to religious property on Halloween 2021. He also was ordered […] [Read More »]( [Musk Uses Expletive to Tell Audience He Doesn’t Care About Advertisers That Fled X Over Hate Speech]( [Musk Uses Expletive to Tell Audience He Doesn’t Care About Advertisers That Fled X Over Hate Speech]( YORK (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in “blackmail” and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away. “Don’t advertise,” Musk said. He appeared to specifically call out Walt Disney […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Military Says 10 Israelis, Four Thai Nationals, Have Been Released by Hamas]( [Israeli Military Says 10 Israelis, Four Thai Nationals, Have Been Released by Hamas]( (JNS) – Hamas released another group of Israeli hostages on Wednesday evening, 54 days after they were taken to the Gaza Strip during the terror group’s Oct. 7 massive assault on southwestern Israel. The hostages were handed over by Hamas terrorists to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza and […] [Read More »]( [Senior CIA Official Posted Pro-palestine Propaganda on Social Media]( [Senior CIA Official Posted Pro-palestine Propaganda on Social Media]( (JNS) – Dissension among foreign-policy professionals with the Biden administration’s support for the Jewish state’s war to destroy Hamas has now manifested in America’s espionage agency. Amy McFadden, an associate deputy director for analysis at the CIA, posted a Palestinian flag as her Facebook background two weeks after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against […] [Read More »]( [Son of Hamas Founder Urges Israel to Kill His Father if Israeli Hostages Not Freed]( [Son of Hamas Founder Urges Israel to Kill His Father if Israeli Hostages Not Freed]( (JNS) – Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of one of Hamas’s original founders, on Tuesday called on Israel to set a time limit for the terror group to release all Israeli hostages, and to assassinate his father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, and other Hamas leaders if they don’t. “Hamas must have a timeframe—a month or […] [Read More »]( [Senate Majority Leader Schumer Warns That Antisemitism Is on the Rise as He Pushes for Israel Aid]( [Senate Majority Leader Schumer Warns That Antisemitism Is on the Rise as He Pushes for Israel Aid]( (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat who is the highest-ranked Jewish elected official in the U.S., warned Wednesday that antisemitism in the United States has reached levels unseen in generations and called on his fellow Democrats to clearly condemn it. Schumer’s remarks during a nearly-45 minute speech on the Senate floor […] [Read More »]( [12-Year-Old Captive Beaten, Forced To Watch Atrocities Movie, Threatened If He Cried]( [12-Year-Old Captive Beaten, Forced To Watch Atrocities Movie, Threatened If He Cried]( (VINnews) — Slowly but surely the freed hostages are beginning to tell the horrors that they endured during their captivity in Gaza. 12-year-old Eitan Yahalomi, who was kidnapped from Nir Oz to Gaza without his family, was returned to Israel Monday night after 52 days in Hamas captivity. His grandmother, Esther, spoke to Ynet […] [Read More »]( [‘LA Times’ Defends Using 44% Lower Crowd Numbers Than ‘March for Israel’]( [‘LA Times’ Defends Using 44% Lower Crowd Numbers Than ‘March for Israel’]( (JNS) – The “March for Israel” rally brought more than 290,000 people to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said from the podium during the Nov. 14 event. That made it the largest pro-Israel event in U.S. history, he added. Daroff, […] [Read More »]( [US Authorities Charge Man From India in Plot to Kill a Sikh Separatist Leader in New York City]( [US Authorities Charge Man From India in Plot to Kill a Sikh Separatist Leader in New York City]( YORK (AP) — U.S. authorities announced murder-for-hire charges Wednesday against a man from India who they say plotted to pay an assassin $100,000 to kill a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City after the man advocated for the establishment of a sovereign state for Sikhs. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the […] [Read More »]( [AMAZING: Child Hostage Learned About Birthday Wish From Favorite Team…While in Captivity]( [AMAZING: Child Hostage Learned About Birthday Wish From Favorite Team…While in Captivity]( (VINnews) — It appears there are bright spots and miraculous events, even during the darkest hours. Child hostage Ohad Munder had his 9th birthday while being held captive by Hamas in Gaza, with no connection to the outside world. He was moved around by his captors several times, and at one point was placed […] [Read More »]( [Edmunds Tests the Best Automotive Hands-Free Driving Systems]( [Edmunds Tests the Best Automotive Hands-Free Driving Systems]( YORK (AP) – While fully automated vehicles are still a ways off, the stepping stone of hands-free driving technology has become prevalent in the past few years. These assist systems allow drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel in certain situations. Combined with automated braking and acceleration, the feature can help make […] [Read More »]( [US: China Ignored Distress Calls From Hijacked Israeli Ship]( [US: China Ignored Distress Calls From Hijacked Israeli Ship]( (JNS) – Chinese naval vessels ignored repeated distress calls from an Israeli-owned commercial tanker that was under attack by suspected Somali pirates on Sunday, according to the Pentagon. The USS Mason destroyer and allied ships—reportedly belonging to Japan— recovered the Israel-linked Central Park tanker, which an “unknown entity” hijacked in the Gulf of Aden […] [Read More »]( [US Life Expectancy Rose Last Year, but It Remains Below Its Pre-pandemic Level]( [US Life Expectancy Rose Last Year, but It Remains Below Its Pre-pandemic Level]( YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said Wednesday. But even with the large increase, U.S. […] [Read More »]( [Australia Proposes New Laws to Detain Potentially Dangerous Migrants Who Can’t Be Deported]( [Australia Proposes New Laws to Detain Potentially Dangerous Migrants Who Can’t Be Deported]( Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Wednesday proposed new laws that would place behind bars some of the 141 migrants who have been set free in the three weeks since the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said Parliament would not end sittings for the year […] [Read More »]( [Political Engagement a Priority, as New Group Galvanizes Jewish Floridians]( [Political Engagement a Priority, as New Group Galvanizes Jewish Floridians]( – Understanding the need of advocating for communal needs on every level, a Florida group is urging Jewish voters to become more politically active by supporting elected officials and candidates whose views closely mirror their own. 1000 Jews of Florida was founded half a year ago by Shlomo Danzinger, mayor of Surfside, and Jonathan […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu: ‘No Way’ We Will Agree to End War Against Hamas]( [Netanyahu: ‘No Way’ We Will Agree to End War Against Hamas]( (JNS) – Jerusalem will not give up on its goal to destroy Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, amid rumors the terrorist organization offered to release all hostages held in Gaza in exchange for an end to the Israel Defense Forces operation. “There is no way we are not going back […] [Read More »]( [Hamas Claims Three Members of Bibas Family, Including Baby Kfir, Were Killed in Gaza]( [Hamas Claims Three Members of Bibas Family, Including Baby Kfir, Were Killed in Gaza]( (JNS) – The Israel Defense Forces is investigating claims that three members of the Bibas family in Gaza, including 10-month-old Kfir, died in Hamas captivity, the military said on Wednesday. The “military” wing of Hamas announced the deaths Kfir, his brother Ariel, 4, and his mother, Shiri, 32, the Hamas- and Palestinian Islamic Jihad-affiliated […] [Read More »]( [Blinken Seeks a New Extension of the Gaza Cease-Fire as He Heads Again to the Middle East]( [Blinken Seeks a New Extension of the Gaza Cease-Fire as He Heads Again to the Middle East]( (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration would like to see a new extension of the cease-fire agreement in Israel’s war with Hamas after the current one expires to secure the release of additional hostages held by the militant group and to ramp up humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza. […] [Read More »]( [Jewish Teachers Slam NYC Public School Chief for Downplaying Antisemitic Student Riots]( [Jewish Teachers Slam NYC Public School Chief for Downplaying Antisemitic Student Riots]( (VINnews) — Jewish teachers and parents slammed NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks for his weak “under-reaction” to antisemitic chaos, which appeared to threaten a Jewish teacher’s life at a Queens high school, according to the NY Post. “Chancellor Bank’s weak response to the antisemitic riot at Hillcrest High School failed to condemn the behavior […] [Read More »]( [‘It’s Our Personal Shindler’s List’: Relative Of 10-Month-Old Kfir Bibas, Still In Hamas Captivity]( [‘It’s Our Personal Shindler’s List’: Relative Of 10-Month-Old Kfir Bibas, Still In Hamas Captivity]( (VINnews) — On Tuesday night, the fifth round of the hostage deal with Hamas was completed, in which 10 Israeli women and 2 Thai hostages were returned to Israel. The released hostages included 17-year-old Mia Leimberg and nine other women – her mother Gabriela Leimberg (59), Gabriela’s sister Clara Marman (64), Ditza Heiman (84), […] [Read More »]( [PA To Pay Salaries For Life To 9 Terrorists Freed In Hamas Exchange Deal]( [PA To Pay Salaries For Life To 9 Terrorists Freed In Hamas Exchange Deal]( (VINnews) — Palestinian Media Watch, a non-profit which monitors and covers the views of Palestinians as portrayed in their own media, reports that 9 of the first 78 terrorists that Israel released in the exchange deal with Hamas for Israeli hostages have served more than 5 years in Israeli prison. PA law grants every […] [Read More »]( [Mavs’ Mark Cuban Working On $3.5B Sale to Adelson Family]( [Mavs’ Mark Cuban Working On $3.5B Sale to Adelson Family]( Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is working on a deal to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino, a person with knowledge of the talks said Tuesday night. The agreement would be in the valuation range of $3.5 billion and take weeks for the […] [Read More »]( [Mayo Clinic Announces $5 Billion Expansion of Minnesota Campus]( [Mayo Clinic Announces $5 Billion Expansion of Minnesota Campus]( (AP) — The Mayo Clinic announced a $5 billion expansion plan for its flagship campus Tuesday that includes new buildings designed so they can evolve and expand as patient needs change over the coming decades. The project is part of a Mayo strategy to transform both patient care and its campus in downtown Rochester, […] [Read More »]( [High-Fat Flight Is First Jetliner to Make Fossil-Fuel-Free Transatlantic Crossing From London to NY]( [High-Fat Flight Is First Jetliner to Make Fossil-Fuel-Free Transatlantic Crossing From London to NY]( (AP) — The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions fuel flew Tuesday from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters called “jet zero.” The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 flight was powered without using fossil fuels, relying on so-called sustainable aviation fuel made up largely […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2023 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 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