Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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News A leading Religious Zionist rabbi says Israelis have reconnected with Judaism after Oct. 7. He hopes it will stick.
Rabbi David Stav says Jewish Israelis who are not observant have been turning to their religion and marshaling it to create a sense of solidarity during the fighting
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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas set to resume indirect talks as fallout continues from IDF killing of 3 hostages
The fallen hostages, according to reports, were waving a white cloth and yelling in Hebrew, and a photograph from the area shows a wall graffitied in Hebrew with the message “Help, 3 hostages”
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Fast Forward UN General Assembly calls for ceasefire in Gaza war, with Israel and US objecting
The vote came after the United States vetoed a resolution on Friday calling for a ceasefire in the U.N. Security Council
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Fast Forward Under fire, Harvard and UPenn presidents condemn calling for genocide of Jews
Penn’s president promised to launch a process to clarify and evaluate the school’s policies regarding speech on campus. She said calls for genocide of Jews are “evil, plain and simple"
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian protesters target Philadelphia falafel shop owned by Jewish celebrity chef Michael Solomonov
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, called the genocide chant “a blatant act of antisemitism — not a peaceful protest.”
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Fast Forward Fighting in Gaza resumes as Israel-Hamas ceasefire ends after 7 days
Efforts to continue the truce fell short as Hamas did not provide Israel with a list of 10 hostages it would have released Friday in return for one more day of quiet
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Fast Forward 17 additional hostages released by Hamas to Red Cross en route to Israel
In total, the terror group has now released 40 Israeli hostages — nearly all of them women and children — to Israel as part of an agreement that includes a ceasefire in Gaza
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Fast Forward It’s official: Israel approves deal with Hamas to free at least 50 hostages in exchange for pause in fighting
The deal is a milestone in the global campaign for the release of the 240 hostages taken captive by the terror group on Oct. 7
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