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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday seemed to equivocate about providing Israel with 30,000-pound, bunker-buster bombs that could destroy Iran’s underground nuclear facility at Fordow. Israel “already has bunker busters,” he told Fox News.Israel has been seeking these weapons from the US since the 2000s and the George W. Bush administration. So far, no Republican or Democratic president, including President Donald Trump in his 2016-2020 term, has agreed to provide them.When Witkoff said Israel has bunker busters, he was likely referring to 2,000-pound bombs and some other smaller bombs the Joe Biden administration…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The ABC’s managing director, David Anderson, has conceded the process of removing Antoinette Lattouf from the broadcaster in December 2023 was “completely abnormal from start to finish”.Giving evidence on Thursday at the federal court to the unlawful termination case brought by the former radio presenter, Anderson agreed with Lattouf’s barrister, Oshie Fagir, that the process had not been conducted in the usual manner.He also said the ABC’s processes for dealing with employee misconduct were not followed “to the letter” in Lattouf’s case.“My understanding is that the allegations were not put to Ms Lattouf,” he said, agreeing…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening that the United States regards destroying the capabilities of Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon as “very important.””Destroying the capabilities of Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon is very important to us. You have a long memory, and so do we,” Hegseth said.”We welcome the elimination of the person responsible for killing marines in Lebanon. We released ammunition that had been delayed for a long time,” he added. Hegseth noted, “Regarding Gaza, insanity is doing the same thing over and…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHearing has adjournedThe hearing has adjourned until 2.15pm after a long session with no break. David Anderson, the outgoing managing director, will return after lunch to finish his evidence.It’s been an intense and action-packed morning of evidence, which offered a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the national broadcaster.Among the revelations was that Anderson believed Lattouf’s appointment was “a mistake” because of her partisan view on Israel-Gaza war.After looking at her social media, Anderson said he had “concerns that we had put someone with…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Arbel Yehud has returned home to Nir Oz, the Kibbutz and her family announced on Wednesday evening.”With immense joy, the Nir Oz community is happy to welcome back our beloved Arbel Yehud,” they said in a statement. “Please help us maintain her privacy in full and respect her request to remain the private person she was.” “We as a community will support her and continue the fight to return her love Ariel Cunio his older brother David, the 23 hostages from Nir Oz, and all of the hostages,” the statement concluded. The post”Arbel Yehud returns…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Four medical schools will be reviewed for civil rights law compliance regarding antisemitic conduct at academic ceremonies, the United States Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday.The Health Department said that as part of the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism formed by the Justice Department on Monday in the wake of President Donald Trump’s January 29 executive order for Additional Measures to Combat Antisemitism, investigations were being conducted into 2024 medical school commencement ceremonies.Incidents of antisemitism, displays of offensive symbols and messages, and alleged expressions of support for terrorist organizations were reported, according to…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Donald Trump has said he wants a “verified nuclear peace agreement” with Iran and denied he wanted to blow Iran to smithereens, describing such reports as “greatly exaggerated”.But he said it was essential that Iran did not have a nuclear weapon, adding “we should start working on it immediately”. His remarks on his social media site, Truth Social represent the clearest sign that Trump is willing to hold talks with Iran to try to replace the nuclear deal signed in 2015, but from which Trump pulled the US out in 2018.He said he did not mind…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The US will likely announce its position regarding Israeli annexation of the West Bank in the course of the coming four weeks, US President Donald Trump said during a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Tuesday.  “We’re discussing that with many of your representatives. You’re represented very well,” Trump said when asked whether he supported “Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.””People do like the idea, but we haven’t taken a position on it yet. We’ll be making an announcement probably on that very specific topic over the next four weeks,” he noted. …

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed A burial site, approximately 2,500 years old, near the Tlalim Junction in the Negev, has revealed artifacts made from flint stones originating from Yemen or Oman. These items were likely brought to the Land of Israel by caravans traveling, among other routes, from Yemen.”At the site, we uncovered an extraordinary concentration of flint artifacts. These tools are unparalleled anywhere else in the country, and their only known source is Yemen and Oman,” said Dr. Jacob Vardi, an expert in flint tools from the Israel Antiquities Authority. “Some of the items also show traces of ochre, a…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The return of US President Donald Trump has been hailed by parts of the Israeli public who see his second term as a return of uncritical support of Israel. Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, supported Israel in its war on Gaza, as well as its invasion of Lebanon, but his administration’s occasional misgivings about Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which is now thought to have killed close to 62,000 people, made parts of the Israeli public unhappy. Trump’s involvement in a ceasefire that led to the release of some Israeli captives from Gaza and his enthusiastic suggestions of…