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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is afraid that it could be “destroyed” by American sanctions imposed by the new Trump Administration, ICC officials told the Guardian. The officials stated that US sanctions could “shut the court down entirely.” “The concern is the sanctions will be used to shut the court down, to destroy it rather …
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The Defense Ministry’s Mine Clearance Authority continues to clear out minefields in the Golan Heights and has cleared over 200 mines near Kibbutz Ein Zivan over an area of 50 dunams over the past two weeks. The Mine Clearance Authority works year-round to clear mines and unexploded bombs across the country as part of a …
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Yoni, a successful Israeli contractor, flew to Thailand in December to find builders. In addition to his work recruits, he found Shlomo, a runaway yeshiva student. Shlomo, 29, had been a regular yeshiva student in Israel. While his friends were all beginning their families, he suffered through two broken engagements. At 28, his third bride-to-be …
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Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st Aliya: The year is 2448 and Moshe had unsuccessfully confronted Pharaoh. The situation had gotten worse, not better, …
Yechezkel 28:25 The theme of the Exodus is the Jew and the Egyptian recognizing G-d’s absolute mastery over all things. The nature of a slave / master relationship is for the slave to be dependent on the master and the master to feel a proprietorship over the slave. At the time of the Exodus, Pharoah …
IDF Southern Command commander Major General Yaron Finkelman has informed Defense Minister Katz of his intention to resign from the IDF, following Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi’s announcement of his intention to step down on March 6. Finkelman did not specify a date on which he would step down. “By the dictates of my conscience …
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IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi today (Tuesday) informed Defense Minister Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his resignation, effective two months from now. “I informed the Minister of Defense today (Tuesday) that by virtue of my recognition of my responsibility for the IDF’s failure on October 7th, and at a time when …
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Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Yuli Edelstein, met on Tuesday with representatives of IDF soldiers and their families, Aviv Ezra (Generation of Victory) and Ron Peretz (Fighters Forum). “I am leading the draft law in order to fill the ranks of the army and safeguard our ability to defend our country …
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A few years back, I had a high-tech boss who had one rule. He paid me well, lavished everyone with generous benefits, and was kind about days off and working from home. His one rule: Never distract me from my coding. He was a very passionate software developer, often working 100 hours a week …
Translated from Rabbi Arush’s feature article in the weekly Chut shel Chessed newsletter. The articles focus on his main message: “Loving others as yourself” and emuna. Faith in the Valley of the Shadow of Death What does a young, hungry woman, taken hostage by the Hamas, do when she is the only one of the hostages …
