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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed             WASHINGTON – A Jewish Voice for Peace, Inc., a Washington, D.C., based nonprofit organization, has agreed to pay $677,634 to settle allegations that the organization violated the False Claims Act when it applied for and received a $338,817 second-draw loan under the Paycheck Protection Act Program of the CARES Act Disaster Relief Program, and when it further applied for and was granted forgiveness of the entire amount of the loan.            The agreement was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and U.S. Small Business Administration…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The new compromise by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Justice Minister Yariv Levin regarding amending the makeup of the Judicial Selection Committee is “rotten” and “irresponsible,” as it will lead to political appointments of judges to the high court, former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit said at a conference at Tel Aviv University on Tuesday evening.The crux of the proposal, according to Mandelblit, is the removal of the veto power of the three judges on the committee. This will lead to politically affiliated judges and thus damage the court’s independence and impartiality.Sa’ar and Levin pitched the proposal…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel planted explosives in centrifuge technology Iran bought for its nuclear program, veteran diplomat and vice president Mohammad Javad Zarif said, alleging an apparently unknown attempted attack by the Islamic Republic’s arch-enemy.Providing few details, Iran’s vice president for strategic affairs said in a preview of an online interview that sanctions on Iran and its allies deepened security challenges and made them vulnerable to Israeli booby traps.“Our colleagues had purchased a centrifuge platform for the Atomic Energy Organization, and it was discovered that explosives had been embedded inside it, which they managed to detect,” he told the…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel – Hamas War day 467: A rare Israeli airstrike in the West Bank left six Palestinians dead, according to reports, including terrorists who perpetrated the shooting attack in Funduk last week. This is the first such attack in a month and a half.Several soldiers were seriously wounded as their military vehicle drove over a mine in the West Bank.Despite advancements reported in the ceasefire and hostage release deal, Israel is waiting for Hamas’s response, which will include a list of living hostages.In the Gaza Strip, an Israeli attack allegedly left 10 Palestinians dead, according to…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed ReutersAlmost all Gaza’s population has been displaced by the warIsrael and Hamas are thought to be close to agreeing a deal which could halt the war in Gaza and see the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.The BBC’s US partner CBS has been told by Arab, US and Israeli officials that an agreement has been reached in principle and, if all goes well, will be finalised by Israel and Hamas this week.It would be the most dramatic breakthrough in 15 months of war, which began when the armed Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel in October…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed BBCSanabel says she wants any ceasefire to last “for a long time – for the rest of our lives”Palestinians and Israelis have expressed cautious optimism that a deal on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held there is close after 15 months of devastating war.”I can’t believe that I am still alive to witness this moment,” 17-year-old Sanabel said in a voice note sent from Gaza City. “We’ve been waiting for this with bated breath since the first month of [last] year.”Sharon Lifshitz, whose elderly father is among the remaining hostages,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Deaths from bombs and other traumatic injuries during the first nine months of the war in Gaza may have been underestimated by more than 40 percent, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet.The peer-reviewed statistical analysis, led by epidemiologists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, used modeling in an effort to provide an objective third-party estimate of casualties. The United Nations has relied on the figure from the Hamas-led Ministry of Health, which it says has been largely accurate, but which Israel criticizes as inflated.But the new analysis suggests the Hamas…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Hopes rose across Gaza on Tuesday that the war that has devastated the territory, killing more than 46,000 and displacing millions, was finally over.Amid widespread reports that Hamas and Israel were in the “final stages” of agreeing a ceasefire agreement, residents of the embattled territory expressed mixed emotions: hope and fear for the future but pain and grief for the past 15 months.“I am optimistic and very happy … [but] I wish I could go back to Rafah, to my life and my school,” said Ibrahim al-Aker, an 11-year-old from Rafah, who has been displaced seven…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel Hamas ceasefire : Militant group Hamas on Tuesday said that ceasefire talks have reached their final stage, news agency Reuters reported, expressing hope this round of negotiations concludes in a clear and inclusive deal.Negotiations have been underway at Qatar where both parties met on Tuesday hoping to finalise details of a plan to end the war in Gaza, after US President Joe Biden indicated a ceasefire and hostage release deal was imminent. “The deal … would free the hostages, halt the fighting, provide security to Israel and allow us to significantly surge humanitarian assistance to…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The Genesis Prize announced President of Argentina Javier Milei as the 2025 Genesis Prize Laureate, the first time the award, known as “The Jewish Nobel Prize,” has been bestowed upon a head of state.Milei was the unanimous choice of the nine judges on the committee, which commended him for his unequivocal support of Israel during one of the most difficult times since the founding of the Jewish State. President Milei recently announced his decision to move the Argentinian embassy to Jerusalem, has reversed years of anti-Israel votes by Argentina in the United Nations, and has…