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Forwarding the News Hostage number grows, Israel prepped to invade and the latest from the war front
Antisemitic graffiti discovered at schools in the U.S. and shuls in Spain, Republican Orthodox Jews embrace Biden for pro-Israel stance, and remembering a murdered synagogue president.
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Forwarding the News Israeli Bedouins, lacking government protection, fear airstrikes + 17 killed in strike on Gaza church
The State Department issued a rare alert advising all Americans overseas to “exercise caution” amid “increased tensions” around the globe
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President Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak both visited Israel yesterday, bringing firm support and pleas for humanitarian aid in Gaza with them
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