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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Over a decade ago, Michael D Higgins, then still future president of the Republic of Ireland, visited the town of Sderot with a delegation of Irish officials.During their excursion to the municipality building for a meeting with Sderot’s mayor, the delegation members were informed that should the siren go off. They would have 17 seconds to get to the stairwell in lieu of a lower-floor bomb shelter. Sure enough, a few minutes into the mayoral welcome, Islamist terrorists from the Gaza Strip fired a missile at Sderot and the siren sounded. As both hosts and…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed A man from east Jerusalem was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a 74-year-old woman in her Jerusalem apartment on Thursday in a suspected terror attack, Ynet reported on Friday.The woman is reportedly in moderate condition. Two interns at the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office – one of whom volunteers for United Hatzalah – helped to save her life, Ynet added. The injured woman called her daughter, and and was taken to Shaare Zedek Hospital.Shin Bet is involved in the investigation, the report added. Ynet also stated that “suspicion has grown that this was a nationalist attack.” …

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Sweden will no longer fund UNRWA, the UN refugee agency for Palestinians, and plans instead to provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other channels, the Nordic country’s aid minister, Benjamin Dousa, told Swedish TV4 on Friday.The Swedish move comes amid criticism alleging the UN organization has collaborated with Hamas.Dousa told TV4 that there were also political reasons for Sweden to end its cooperation with UNRWA. He cited the UN food program World Food Programme as an example of an alternative to UNRWA. Sweden also announced plans to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza by 400 million…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Amichai Chikli, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister, has accused Pope Francis of perpetuating “dangerous blood libel” against Israel and distorting history in a strongly worded letter sent on Thursday.Chikli’s criticism focused on two recent Vatican actions: the Pope’s comments suggesting that allegations of genocide in Gaza “should be carefully investigated” and a nativity display portraying Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian nationalism.“Two weeks ago, you took part in a display that echoes the Palestinian narrative, portraying Jesus as a Palestinian Arab,” Chikli wrote. “Had this been a one-time matter, I…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to the Bir al-Walidain Mosque in the village of Marda, located in the northern occupied West Bank, on Friday, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. Witnesses said a group of settlers stormed the eastern neighborhood of Marda, near Salfit, and intentionally set the mosque on fire. Residents managed to extinguish the flames, but the fire caused significant damage to the mosque’s structure. The village of Marda is adjacent to the illegal Ariel settlement and is surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank due to Israel’s…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureSweden will stop funding UN refugee agency says ministerSweden announces it will cease its funding of the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), opting instead to provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza via alternative means, the Scandinavian country’s aid minister, Benjamin Dousa, told Swedish broadcaster TV4 on Friday.Israel, which will ban UNRWA’s operations in the country in January, has repeatedly accused the agency of being involved in Hamas’ terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, which precipitated the 13-month-long war in Gaza.“There are several other organisations in…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed A visual reconstruction published on Wednesday by The Washington Post allegedly shows how events unfolded after the soccer game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax throughout the city of Amsterdam last month, which has been dubbed a pogrom. The newspaper went through more than 100 documents and correspondences, conducting interviews with dozens of witnesses.”There was some planned coordination — among taxi drivers and other locals who used messaging apps to organize a show of force, with at least one chat referring to a ‘Jew hunt,'” the report said.These attacks were organized through the messaging apps Telegram, WhatsApp,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed “Israel bragging about conquering the Syrian Hermon damages efforts to promote cooperation in the region,” an Arab diplomat warned in a conversation with The Jerusalem Post, amid growing criticism of Israeli statements regarding its prolonged presence on the mountain.Arab diplomats have expressed concern that Israel’s actions and rhetoric regarding Mount Hermon, including recent comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, could harm normalization efforts with Arab nations.Israeli presence on Mount HermonNetanyahu, during a situational assessment at the Hermon Ridge on Wednesday, stated that Israel would remain on the Syrian side of…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Earlier this week, the FBI arrested Abdullah Azz al-Din Taha Muhammad Hassan, a Virginia resident, on suspicion of planning an attack against the Israeli consulate in New York, Israel’s Consul General in New York Ofir Akunis posted on X on Thursday.According to the indictment, Hassan was apprehended after providing detailed bomb-making and planting instructions to an undercover agent.In response, Akunis expressed gratitude for the swift action and collaboration with American authorities to thwart the attack. He emphasized that such attempts by terrorist organizations are direct assaults against the entire State of Israel. The State of…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed US and Arab mediators are working round-the-clock to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, sources close to the talks told the Reuters news agency, while in the Gaza Strip medics said Israeli strikes had killed 41 Palestinians on Thursday. The mediators, at talks in Egypt and Qatar, are trying to forge a deal to pause the 14-month-old war in the besieged enclave that would include a release of captives seized from Israel on October 7, 2023, along with Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Mediators had managed to narrow some gaps on previous sticking…