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From left to right: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet security services director Ronen Bar at a special operations room overseeing a mission to release hostages in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2024. (Shin Bet security service)
Israel at war
Israeli Jew accused of helping Iran plot Netanyahu assassination
By JNS
According to the Shin Bet, the suspect, Moti Maman, 73, demanded $1m to become an Iranian asset.
From left to right: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet security services director Ronen Bar at a special operations room overseeing a mission to release hostages in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2024. (Shin Bet security service)
September 19, 2024, 10:10 am
Israeli Jew accused of helping Iran plot Netanyahu assassination
According to the Shin Bet, the suspect, Moti Maman, 73, demanded $1m to become an Iranian asset.
By JNS
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/ AP Images)
August 21, 2024, 10:45 am
So now we’re not allowed to eliminate terrorists?
"We have a choice. There is good and evil in the world. Liberal democracies represent justice, morality, and freedom, while terrorists are murderers..."
By Yair Lapid
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter jets. (Credit: U.S. Central Command/X)
August 8, 2024, 9:31 pm
US fighter jets arrive to ‘mitigate’ threat from Iran and its proxies
Israel's Security Cabinet is set to meet at military headquarters in Tel Aviv.
By JNS
People attend a protest march for hostages held in Gaza, marking 300 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, on Aug. 1, 2024. (Pro-Democracy Movement/ Noam Amir via The Times of Israel)
August 5, 2024, 4:41 pm
Hostage talks on hold until after Iran response, replacement of Haniyeh — officials
Hamas expected to harden stances, but mediators still plan to try and advance negotiations, which were on verge of breakthrough before assassination, according to two sources
By Jacob Magid
Haniyeh meeting with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei the day before his death (Khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
July 31, 2024, 8:19 am
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran
The Hamas political bureau chief was one of the terrorist group's most senior leaders alongside Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 massacre.
By Andrew Bernard and Joshua Marks
Nominee for Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill Jan. 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images)
July 9, 2024, 7:14 pm
Director of national intelligence warns that Iran is funding anti-Israel protests in US
"We have observed actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters."
By Ron Kampeas
A Hezbollah drone is seen being shot down by air defenses over northern Israel, June 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 26, 2024, 7:55 pm
In first, US describes Hamas response to Israeli ceasefire offer as a ‘rejection’
State Department spokesperson says terror group’s response with a counter-proposal amounted to ‘written rejection’ of deal that received strong international backing
By Jacob Magid
Ilham Aliyev, president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Ebrahim Raisi, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, meeting at the Azerbaijan-Iran border. This is the last photograph taken of Raisi before his death in a helicopter crash a few hours later. (President.az, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
May 20, 2024, 11:31 am
Iranian president, foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
Jerusalem was not involved in the deaths of Ebrahim Raisi and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an Israeli official said.
By JNS
April 24, 2024, 10:03 pm
Chronicle poll results: Israel’s response to Iran’s attack
We asked our readers if they support Israel responding to Iran's attack. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Several community members stood in protest outside the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers building on April 21 (Photo by Julie Paris)
April 22, 2024, 10:40 am
Community members protest at Summer Lee rally
"By not supporting sanctions on Iran, these congressional representatives are making our community less safe."
An F-15 fighter jet is seen at an unidentified airbase after successfully protecting Israel’s airspace from an Iranian attack, April 14, 2024. (Credit: IDF)
April 19, 2024, 3:36 pm
Israel strikes deep inside Iran
The Islamic Republic's media denied any enemy missile strike, writing that it was shooting down drones in its airspace.
By Charles Bybelezer
Lisa Taerk (left), Gerry Tissenbaum, Ellen Tissenbaum, Charlene Tissenbaum and Allen Tissenbaum (right) stand before a freshly painted bomb shelter at Kibbutz Urim in the Gaza envelope. The five took part in a recent JNF mission to Israel. (Photo provided by Charlene Tissenbaum)
April 19, 2024, 10:32 am
Jewish Pittsburgher recounts Iran’s attack on Israel
It feels special that we shared the moment on Saturday with the Israelis.”
By David Rullo
Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to troops at an Iron Dome battery in northern Israel, April 10, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
April 18, 2024, 10:53 pm
Summer Lee votes no on Israel aid and against a resolution condemning Iranian attack
Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles on Israel; Israel and allies intercept majority of them
By Toby Tabachnick
April 17, 2024, 1:24 pm
Chronicle poll question
Do you support Israel responding to Iran’s attack?
A view of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Photo from public domain)
April 17, 2024, 9:30 am
House resolution condemns chant ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’
Rep. Summer Lee voted "no" on the resolution
By Toby Tabachnick
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