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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israeli economic officials expressed shock overnight Wednesday at the Trump administration’s decision to impose a 17% tariff on Israel, calling the decision “unjustified.”The duty on Israel is part of a sweeping set of tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in which he will impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the United States and higher duties on some of the country’s biggest trading partners, in a move that ratchets up a trade war that he kicked off on his return to the White House.Israel had already moved to cancel its…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government has announced.A senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government confirmed this hours after Israel’s leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Hungary for a state visit. Orban had invited Netanyahu as soon as the warrant was issued last November, saying the ruling would have “no effect” in his country.In November, ICC judges said there were “reasonable grounds” that Netanyahu bore “criminal responsibility” for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war between Israel and Hamas. Netanyahu…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed For 12 hours last Thursday, the observation post at the Urim base – near the Gaza border – was left with no guard and no security, The Jerusalem Post confirmed on Thursday.As a result, 60 observers at the post were left without any protection, and the base gate was open and unsupervised.In footage obtained by N12, the outpost can be seen abandoned, meaning anyone could theoretically enter without hindrance. One of the female observers told N12, “Our base was completely abandoned – without a guard and without a security force other than us, who were…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Good morning. On Tuesday, Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, announced a major expansion of attacks on Gaza and the “capture of large areas that will be added to the security zones of the state of Israel”.The announcement followed a night of airstrikes on Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza, which officials said had killed at least 21 people, including a pregnant woman. The intensification of Israel’s offensive comes after more than two weeks of airstrikes and ground operations that have, according to Gaza’s health ministry, killed more than 900 people. Unicef has said that at…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hungarian PM Viktor Orban had raised the prospect of exit from the ICC after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the court.Hungary’s government has announced it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), just before Prime Minister Viktor Orban was to receive his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, the subject of an ICC arrest warrant. “Hungary exits the International Criminal Court. The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure on Thursday, in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework,” Orban’s chief of staff Gergely Gulyas posted on Facebook on Thursday. Orban had raised the prospect…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is once again ensnared in scandal after police arrested two of his close associates this week on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel.The affair has gripped Israelis because Qatar, a country that many view as a patron of Hamas, and which has no formal diplomatic ties to Israel, appears to have penetrated the highest corridors of power.Qatar, which is a key mediator for Hamas in its ceasefire negotiations with Israel, denies backing the militant group.…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is once again ensnared in scandal after police arrested two of his close associates this week on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel.The affair has gripped Israelis because Qatar, a country that many view as a patron of Hamas, and which has no formal diplomatic ties to Israel, appears to have penetrated the highest corridors of power.Qatar, which is a key mediator for Hamas in its ceasefire negotiations with Israel, denies backing the militant…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The recent airstrikes in Syria are to “convey a message to Turkey,” an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.“Do not establish a military base in the Syria and do not interfere with Israeli activity in the country’s skies,” was the message according to the official.The strikes targeted the vicinity of Hama, as well as the scientific research building in the Syrian neighborhood Barzeh in the capital Damascus, the IDF confirmed on Wednesday. Israel spent years carrying out airstrikes on Syria during former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, targeting what they said were Iran-linked military…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Rabbi Sharon Brous was growing increasingly alarmed at the Trump administration’s strong-arm tactics, like its attacks on higher-education funding and bullying of law firms, all in the name of protecting Jews.So early last month, she delivered an impassioned sermon titled “I Am Not Your Pawn” to her Los Angeles congregation. Hours later, the next shoe dropped. Immigration agents began detaining activists and foreign students who had been involved in pro-Palestinian protests.“This is not going to protect Jews,” Rabbi Brous said in an interview. “We’re being used.”Across the country, American Jews have watched with alarm or enthusiasm…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hamas quietly removed the names of thousands of Palestinians it had previously alleged were killed during the Israel-Hamas war, Salo Aizenberg, from the US-based non-profit organisation Honest Reporting told The Telegraph on Tuesday after analyzing Hamas’s March 2025 casualty update.Hamas has previously claimed that 70% of casualties have been women and children, a claim no longer reflected in their recently updated lists, according to the research. Approximately 72% of fatalities between the ages of 13-55 are men – the demographic category aligns with Hamas combatants.“Hamas’s new March 2025 fatality list quietly drops 3,400 fully ‘identified’…