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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed An armed terrorist cell was arrested on Saturday night in Nablus as it was on its way to carry out an attack, the police announced on Sunday.Two suspects were arrested in the joint Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Israel Police, the Counterterrorism Unit (Yamam), and the IDF operation. Both were from the northern West Bank town of Kabatiya, near Jenin.They were identified as Ahmed Zakharna, 21, and Tariq Abu Zeid, 25, and are affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). They were arrested in their vehicle while in possession of two loaded and ready-to-fire M16 rifles,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Police confiscated on Sunday around 10 cellphones belonging to members of Hanni Bleiweiss’s family, and have requested search warrants for the devices to identify which belonged to Bleiweiss herself, Israeli media reported on Sunday.Police said that some of the devices did not belong to Bleiweiss and would be returned to her family following the examination.These devices were confiscated as part of an investigation into alleged witness tampering by Sara Netanyahu, in which the prosecutors alleged that she organized the harassment of Hadas Klein, a key witness in one of the legal cases against her husband,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Columbia University Law professor Katherine Franke, a vocal supporter of Palestinians, claimed on Friday that she was pushed out of her position due to her political activism.”I have been targeted for my support of pro-Palestinian protesters—by the president of Columbia University, several colleagues, university trustees, and outside actors. This has included an unjustified finding by the university that my public comments condemning attacks against student protesters violated its non-discrimination policy,” Franke said in a statement.In a televised interview last year, the law professor claimed that Israeli students coming to Columbia were known to harass Palestinians and…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Committee who is responsible for the terrorists held in Israeli prisons, made a rare statement on Sunday amid reported progress in the hostage negotiations. According to him, in the first phase of the deal, 25 hostages will be released in exchange for the release of 48 terrorists who were released in the Shalit deal and have since been re-imprisoned; about 200 terrorists who were sentenced to life imprisonment; as well as about 1,000 other prisoners – including all the children, women and sick people held in Israeli prisons.In…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Over half (55%) of the Israeli public supports a hostage deal, according to initial findings from a Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) survey released Sunday.While a majority of the public supports a deal, some 59% of Israelis oppose a “partial release deal,” the JPPI added saying that this opposition crosses ideological and political lines and characterizes the current version of a deal reportedly being negotiated.The poll also indicated that 73% of the public is opposed to allowing Hamas to remain in power. Some 64% of the public are willing to release terrorists “with blood on…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed In a blow to opposition leader MK Yair Lapid, former deputy foreign minister MK Idan Roll announced on Sunday that he was leaving Lapid’s party, Yesh Atid, and forming his own party, to be called “Harov Haleumi” (“The National Majority”).In a post on X on Sunday morning, Roll wrote, “October 7 was a double wake-up call for us. First, we woke up to an existential war, revealing immense strength and readiness in our people to sacrifice and give for the protection of our shared home. Second, we woke up to the recognition of the shared…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The Israeli air force struck Hamas terrorists operating within a command and control complex that was previously the Halawa School in Jabaliya, the IDF announced Saturday afternoon.Military Intelligence, the Shin Bet, and the Southern Command guided the strike.  The Palestinian civil emergency service said eight people were killed in the strike, according to Reuters.The terrorists used the command and control complex for planning and executing terror operations.The IDF said it will continue to act with “strength and determination” against terrorist organizations. The post”IAF strikes Hamas command center embedded within school in Jabaliya” is auto generated…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said Saturday, in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza.It was not immediately clear when David Barnea would travel to Qatar’s capital, Doha, for the latest round of indirect talks between Israel and the Hamas militant group, but there is U.S. pressure for a deal before the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. Barnea’s presence means high-level Israeli officials who would need to sign off on…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel CNN  —  Israel will send the chief of its Mossad intelligence agency to Qatar to continue talks over a potential ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, in a possible sign the negotiations may be advancing. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Saturday it had directed Mossad chief David Barnea to head a delegation “to depart for Doha to continue advancing a deal for the release of our hostages.” It did not say when Barnea and his delegation will arrive in Qatar. The delegation will also include Nitzan Alon, the head of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF)…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed A new three-part documentary series, A Jew in America – Torn Identity, began showing on Hot 8 on January 8 and is available on Hot VOD and Next TV. It will continue running on Wednesday nights on Hot 8. Directed by Naftaly Gliksberg, each episode focuses on a different aspect of American Jews and their search for identity, especially in connection with Israel. This series arrives at an especially important moment, given the resurgence of antisemitism in the US following the Hamas terror attack and the outbreak of the war. Questions that once seemed to have…