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Israel: aid entering Gaza but not distributed

Israel: aid entering Gaza but not distributed

Get The AJN Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up (THE TIMES OF ISRAEL) Amid claims by the Hamas terror group of unprecedented starvation in the Gaza Strip in recent days, a senior Israeli security official said Tuesday...

Israeli cruise ship approaches Cyprus after being turned away from Greek island

Israeli cruise ship approaches Cyprus after being turned away from Greek island

An Israeli cruise ship which was turned away from the Greek island of Syros on Tuesday after a mass protest was staged at the island’s port was approaching Cyprus on Wednesday morning. The ship, the Crown Iris, has still not publicly disclosed its...

In a cave in Israel, 100,00-year-old bones tell a story about the origins of burial rites

In a cave in Israel, 100,00-year-old bones tell a story about the origins of burial rites

SHOHAM, Israel — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were carefully arranged in pits. The findings...

Buchenwald concentration camp memorial site bans criticism of the Israeli genocide

Buchenwald concentration camp memorial site bans criticism of the Israeli genocide

Declarations that any criticism of Israel’s genocide in Gaza amounts to “antisemitism” and represents an abuse of Holocaust remembrance are assuming increasingly bizarre forms. At a time when the crimes of the far-right Netanyahu government and...

UK teens who chose to visit to Israel amid war reflect on emotional journey

UK teens who chose to visit to Israel amid war reflect on emotional journey

Despite heightened regional tensions and a recent rise in antisemitism, dozens of British teens have arrived in Israel this summer as part of the FZY Israel tour, organized in partnership with Mosaic United and the Diaspora Affairs Ministry. For...

Israel massacres more than 300 Palestinians in three days as “hunger knocks on every door” in Gaza

Israel massacres more than 300 Palestinians in three days as “hunger knocks on every door” in Gaza

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) killed at least 81 Palestinians in Gaza in the 24-hours beginning dawn Tuesday, as part of the Zionist regime’s stepped-up offensive this week targeting all areas of the Strip, including the city of Deir al-Balah,...

Türkiye, others condemn Israeli vote to annex West Bank

Türkiye, others condemn Israeli vote to annex West Bank

ANKARA Israeli troops deploy during a raid in Nablus city in the occupied West Bank on July 23, 2025. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP) Türkiye and nine other members of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation have condemned the...

Israeli strikes kill at least 20in Gaza, health officials say

Israeli strikes kill at least 20in Gaza, health officials say

Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Gaza, Palestinian health officials said Tuesday, as Israel pushed on with a new incursion in an area that had largely been spared heavy fighting during the 21-month war. The expansion of Israel’s ground...

Aid groups warn Gaza faces famine as Israeli blockade creates ‘chaos, starvation and death’

Aid groups warn Gaza faces famine as Israeli blockade creates ‘chaos, starvation and death’

The Trump administration’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, was due to meet a senior Israeli official about ceasefire talks, a sign that lower-level negotiations that have dragged on for weeks could be approaching a breakthrough. Experts say Gaza...

Post-Assad Syria reeling in waves of ethnic violence

Post-Assad Syria reeling in waves of ethnic violence

In July 2025, clashes between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Arabs backed by government-affiliated forces led to hundreds of deaths in Sweida province in southern Syria. Israel later launched dozens of airstrikes in support of the Druze....

Israel arrests 3 Ultra-Orthodox men for dodging military draft in first-ever police action

Israel arrests 3 Ultra-Orthodox men for dodging military draft in first-ever police action

Israeli police on Tuesday arrested three ultra-Orthodox men who dodged their military service, marking the first such arrests, Anadolu reports. The three men were participating in a protest in the central city of Yehud against construction work...

Israel’s ‘total war’ has wrecked the Axis of Resistance but not its logic

Israel’s ‘total war’ has wrecked the Axis of Resistance but not its logic

The Israeli government’s “total war”—conceived and expanded in response to the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israeli citizens—along with the unconditional support of successive US governments for over 18 months has changed the political landscape...

Israel’s 12-day war leaves Iran on a security-first path

Israel’s 12-day war leaves Iran on a security-first path

The dust has settled on what has come to be known as the 12-day Israel-Iran war. As Israel, which initiated the war, and its backers in the US debate their wildly varying battle damage assessments, it turns out that Israel has not only failed to...

‘No excuse before God’: Head of Iran’s Islamic seminaries urges pressure on Israel to end Gaza siege

‘No excuse before God’: Head of Iran’s Islamic seminaries urges pressure on Israel to end Gaza siege

The head of Iran’s Islamic seminaries has called on religious leaders worldwide to demand urgent action to end the Israeli siege on Gaza, as forced starvation is killing Palestinians and humanitarian access remains blocked. In a Wednesday letter...

world Israeli police investigate woman over suspected plot to kill Netanyahu

world Israeli police investigate woman over suspected plot to kill Netanyahu

JERUSALEM — An anti-government activist in her 70s has been placed under investigation on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, police said on Wednesday (July 23). The suspect is accused of having...

Pro-Palestinian activist: ‘Absurd’ to ask if I condemn Hamas

Pro-Palestinian activist: ‘Absurd’ to ask if I condemn Hamas

30-year-old Mahmoud Khalil repeatedly refuses to answer CNN’s question Columbia University’s famed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil said it is “absurd” and “disingenuous” to ask him if he condemns the terrorist group Hamas. Khalil...

Religion news 23 July 2025

Religion news 23 July 2025

Cardinal begs for an end to ‘morally unacceptable’ war in Gaza The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, has once more begged for an end to the violence in Gaza, saying: “It is time to end this nonsense, end the war and...

Israel could face further UK sanctions, Lammy says

Israel could face further UK sanctions, Lammy says

Israel could face further sanctions from the UK if it does not agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, David Lammy has suggested. The Foreign Secretary also told broadcasters he feels “appalled” and “sickened” by Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. Asked by...

Brazil to join South Africa's 'genocide' case against Israel

Brazil to join South Africa's 'genocide' case against Israel

Brazil on Wednesday announced its intention to join a South African-led case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which Israel stands accused of committing "genocide" in Gaza. The foreign ministry in Brasilia said the country was "in...

Why aren’t Jewish institutions outraged over the LA immigration raids?

Why aren’t Jewish institutions outraged over the LA immigration raids?

(RNS) — Since the beginning of June, federal agents, often with covered faces and badge numbers, have arrested over 2,500 immigrants in Southern California. Almost 57,000 people are being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention...

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