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Israel Film Festival Returns to Los Angeles for Its 38th Year

The 38th festival opens with Israel's Oscar submission Tell Me Everything and spotlights a new documentary on Chaim Topol.

Oct 27, 2026

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Haifa Court Frees German Tourists Caught Photographing Damon Prison

Guards spotted two men filming a prison on Mount Carmel, but the Shin Bet ruled out espionage and a judge sent them on their way.

Oct 27, 2026

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Police Free Man Found Chained to a Floor in Rahat

Officers hunting illegal weapons in the Negev found a man shackled by the leg, freed him and arrested his brother, The Jerusalem Post reports.

Oct 27, 2026

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Police Seize Rifle, Ammunition and IDF Uniforms in Bethlehem Searches

Oct 27, 2026

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Report: IDF Chief Zamir Demanded Signed Authorization for Iran-Linked Operation

What CNN and Ynet add about Washington's planning, Iran's likely response and the warnings Israelis heard in the campaign's final days.

Oct 27, 2026

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Israeli Designer Arik Weiss Is Still Taking In His Emmy Win

The designer tells how French New Wave films shaped his Marvel title sequence, and why his passport never came up in Hollywood.

Oct 25, 2026

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MORE FROM THIS WEEK

Police Rescue Toddler From Locked Car in Yavne

A mother's tearful call from Tel Aviv sent Yavne officers racing to a station parking lot, where they broke a window to reach her son.

Report: Shin Bet Chief Meets French Intelligence Leaders on Terrorism

David Zini met senior officials of France's DGSI and DGSE as riots spread across French cities and relations between the governments strained.

Israel Bars United Pilot After Ministry Letter Flags Iran and Hezbollah Support Claims

A ministry letter and two posts on X led to a security review, a flight ban and a fresh look at how foreign crews are vetted.

Shin Bet Removes Accounts Used for Foreign Election Interference

The Shin Bet gave few details, but the prime minister and Israel's cyber chief have both named the threats they see.

Tel-Hai Opens Its First Academic Year as a University, and the Students Are Back

Enrollment at Tel-Hai in Kiryat Shmona tops 5,000 as Israel's 11th research university opens in a rebuilding north.

Magen David Adom Adds 96 Ambulances for Its 96th Year

Donors in seven countries gave the vehicles, which join a fleet of about 2,000 ambulances serving Israel.

Israeli Soldiers Begin Voting at More Than 850 Military Polling Stations

Mobile ballot boxes reach troops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria as the IDF restricts leave and adds forces before the October 27 vote.

Netanyahu Says Mossad Warned of Iranian Efforts to Influence Israel's Election

The Prime Minister tells The Jerusalem Post Iran may try to sway the vote, and warns of a forceful response if it does.

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Report: Netanyahu Aide Urich Told Investigators Qatar Paid Him Hundreds of Thousands of Shekels

Oct 22, 2026

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Report: Netanyahu Aide Urich Told Investigators Qatar Paid Him Hundreds of Thousands of Shekels

Channel 12's account of Jonatan Urich's questioning over paid work promoting Qatar, days before Israelis vote.

Danielle Abraham Honored for Helping Israel's War-Damaged Farms Recover

Oct 20, 2026

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Danielle Abraham Honored for Helping Israel's War-Damaged Farms Recover

Nefesh B'Nefesh's Bonei Zion Prize honors Abraham and other immigrants as North American aliyah to Israel hits record levels.

John Paulson Gives Hebrew University a Record $250 Million

Oct 20, 2026

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John Paulson Gives Hebrew University a Record $250 Million

The gift funds engineering, medicine, trauma research and a think tank, and Paulson calls it a sign of solidarity with Israel.

Report Links Iran's Human Trafficking to Its Proxy Wars

Oct 20, 2026

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Report Links Iran's Human Trafficking to Its Proxy Wars

A Jerusalem Center analysis says the IRGC profits from trafficking and uses children in its proxy wars, and urges new U.S. sanctions.

Mossad Chief's 2020 Letter Surfaces in Qatar Funding Documents

Oct 20, 2026

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Mossad Chief's 2020 Letter Surfaces in Qatar Funding Documents

TIME's investigation traces Israel's hand in the Qatari payments from 2012 through the weeks before October 7.

IDF Reveals Hamas Plan to Bomb Gaza Camps to Cover Operatives' Escape

Oct 20, 2026

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IDF Reveals Hamas Plan to Bomb Gaza Camps to Cover Operatives' Escape

The IDF says the plan reached roads Gazans use, and it tied weekend strikes to Hamas efforts to rebuild its military strength.

Jezreel Valley Wins International Wine Tourism Award

Oct 15, 2026

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Jezreel Valley Wins International Wine Tourism Award

Eighteen wineries, a wine school and a digital Taste Pass earned the Jezreel Valley an Iter Vitis award for resilience in Croatia.

Herzog Awards Presidential Medal of Honor to Israel Bonds

Oct 15, 2026

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Herzog Awards Presidential Medal of Honor to Israel Bonds

Herzog honored the bond program that has poured $58 billion into Israel, opening with a prayer for the wounded children in the north.

Hezbollah Ordnance Kills Boy on School Hike, Northern Trips Paused

Oct 15, 2026

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Hezbollah Ordnance Kills Boy on School Hike, Northern Trips Paused

A Hezbollah submunition left from the war killed a 14-year-old on a yeshiva hike near the Lebanese border, and the IDF is sweeping the area.

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