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Khamenei calls Israel 'America's chained dog', warns Iran is ready to respond to any attacks
All Israel News
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July 17, 2025
July 16, 2025, Tehran, Iran: Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah ALI KHAMENEI, attends a meeting with the head of the judiciary and other officials in Tehran. (Credit Image: © Iranian Supreme Leader'S Office via ZUMA Press Wire) Iranian Supreme...
Gram: 'Shalom'
Rutland Herald - Vermont
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‘Shalom” has several meanings in Hebrew. It is used as the equivalent of both hello and goodbye. It signifies a wish for peace and its hearer’s well-being. But if you really wanted to delve into the term’s deeper meanings, you shouldn’t come to...
Who are Druze minority and why is Israel attacking Syria to protect them?
DNA India
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Israel has vowed to shield southern Syria's Druze community from attack, with the Israeli Druze minority encouraging their safety. A massive strike was launched by Israel on Syria, targeting the Syrian Defence Ministry headquarters and striking...
Pope Leo calls for ‘path to unity’ in meeting Orthodox and Catholic pilgrims from the U.S.
Crux Now
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July 17, 2025
Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with Orthodox and Catholic clergy from the United States. The clergy were on the pilgrimage “From Rome to New Rome” and includes fifty...
Syria's president vows to protect Druze after Israel airstrikes
Sky News
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July 17, 2025
Syria's president has said protecting the rights of the Druze population is "our priority" after Israel warned it would destroy forces attacking the minority In a televised statement early today, Ahmed al Sharaa told the Druze "we reject any...
Netanyahu faces major blow as Shas quits cabinet over military draft exemption for ultra-orthodox students
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 17, 2025
Jerusalem [Israel], July 17 (ANI): A key ultra-Orthodox ally in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has announced its departure from the cabinet, marking a serious setback that could potentially leave Netanyahu presiding over a...
Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes between government and Druze minority rage on
WDIV Local 4 - Michigan
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July 16, 2025
DAMASCUS – The Israeli military launched Wednesday rare airstrikes in the heart of Damascus, hitting the Syrian Defense Ministry headquarters as clashes in the southern Syrian city of Sweida continued to flare. Israel's attack came hours after a...
Israel Strikes Syrian Capital
The American Conservative - Washington D.C.
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July 16, 2025
Explosions rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday as Israel ramped up attacks on its northern neighbor. Israeli military strikes targeted the Syrian Defense Ministry’s headquarters and the presidential palace following a wave of...
Israel strips Hebron municipality of authority over Ibrahimi Mosque
Middle East Monitor
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July 16, 2025
Israel has withdrawn certain administrative powers over the Ibrahimi Mosque from the Palestinian-run Hebron Municipality, transferring them to the religious council of the Israeli Kiryat Arba settlement, an Israeli newspaper reported on Tuesday....
Israel Attacks Syria Following Religious Persecution Of Druze
Zero Hedge
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Following formal recognition by the US of the HTS-led government which overthrew Bashar Al-Assad in December, Washington called on Israel to normalize its relations with the new Syrian regime. Although officials from Damascus and Tel Aviv appeared...
Muslim Scholars Deem Trump ‘Enemy Against God’
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 16, 2025
Iranian media unveiled a letter this month written by “100 Muslim scholars and intellectuals” that declared President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “enemies against God.” In this letter, the Muslim scholars warned...
Israel strikes central Damascus as Syrian government widens attack on Sweida
The National News
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Israel attacked the main Syrian military compounds in the centre of Damascus on Wednesday, in response to an escalating Syrian government offensive on the southern city of Sweida. A Syrian military official told The National that the Army General...
Chilean mayor defies most anti-Israel South American nation to visit Israel
Israel Hayom
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July 17, 2025
In late December 2024, an evangelical clergy organization erected a tall metal Hanukkah menorah near the waterfront in Puerto Montt, southern Chile, to commemorate the Jewish holiday. The city of 250,000 residents houses a small Jewish community...
Two killed, several wounded as Israel attacks only Catholic Church in Gaza Strip
Press TV
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An Israeli attack on the only Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip has left two people dead and several others injured. Two women were killed and several people were injured following the strike on the Catholic parish in Gaza, doctors at the Al-Ahli...
Reunions and uncertainty after 20 years separated by the Golan Heights fence between Israel and Syria
El País
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July 17, 2025
Munder Safadi, a man in his thirties, passes through the fence recently opened by the Israeli military and embraces a group of women and men of various ages. Amid the crowd, scenes of joy and tears unfold at noon Wednesday. They caress Munder’s...
Archbishop in Jerusalem interviewed at the General Synod
Church Times
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July 17, 2025
The podcast this week comes from the General Syond meeting in York, where the Archbishop in Jerusalem, Dr Hosam Naoum, is interviewed by Francis Martin, staff writer for the Church Times. Dr Naoum speaks about life in the region, the welcome that...
Catholic Church says 2 killed as apparent Israeli raid hits Gaza church
CBS News
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The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which oversees the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City, said Thursday that several people were injured in "a raid" on the church, including the Parish Priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. The...
Israel strikes Syrian Defence Ministry as clashes between government and Druze minority rage on
The Malta Independent
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Associated Press Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 15:49 Last update: about 26 minutes ago The Israeli military launched Wednesday a rare airstrike in the heart of Damascus, hitting the Syrian Defence Ministry headquarters as clashes in the southern Syrian...
Burrowing into ground, Israel’s Bedouin build makeshift bomb shelters to skirt red tape
The Times of Israel
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July 17, 2025
When the sirens wail in the southern Israeli desert to herald an incoming missile, Ahmad Abu Ganima’s family scrambles outside. Down some steps hewn out of the dirt, one by one, they squeeze through the window of a minibus buried under 10 feet...
Israel strikes Syrian city of Sweida, vows to protect Druze from govt forces
TVC News Nigeria
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July 16, 2025
Israel launched attacks against Syrian government forces in southwestern Syria for the second day on Tuesday, vowing to maintain the area demilitarised and to defend the Druze minority as deadly battles raged near the Israeli border. According to...