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Biden Pressure on Israel Partly Due to Concerns Over 2024 Election, Says Israeli Lawmaker,...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli politician and former Ambassador Danny Danon attributed US President Joe Biden’s increasingly critical posture toward Israel’s war on the Hamas...

Israeli Hostage Families Make Passover Plea for Return of Missing Loved Ones

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza will mark the start of the Jewish holiday of Passover, a week-long festival that celebrates...

Polarisation, Political Violence and the U.S. Elections

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of Ripple Effect, Michael and Steven talk with Rachel Kleinfeld, senior...

Israeli Strike on Car in South Lebanon Kills Hamas Member

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). An Israeli drone strike on a car outside the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Wednesday killed a member of Hamas...

Can Legal Challenges Derail Donald Trump’s Bid for Presidency?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of Ripple Effect, Steve and Michael talk with Ambassador (ret.) Norm...

‘Raped Daily’: Former Israeli Hostages Recount Sexual Abuse by Hamas Terrorists as Families Plead...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In an emotional hearing at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, former hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza recounted harrowing tales of...

Starving Gaza | Crisis Group

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group experts...

Israel’s Shin Bet, Military Open Investigations Into Events Leading Up to Oct. 7 Massacre

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, has begun conducting an investigation into the operational reasons for the failures leading up...

The Break-Up?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Critics of Israel once occupied the fringes of the debate in the United States. Then, in 2007, J Street was founded...

Hamas Denies Terrorist Presence at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital in English — but Celebrates It...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Videos taken by Palestinian terrorists and released in Arabic show themselves in civilian clothing barricading in and around Al-Shifa Hospital in...

Tunisian authorities arrest, charge journalist Mohamed Boughaleb

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New York, April 3, 2024—Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Mohamed Boughaleb and drop all charges against him, the...

Israelis on Edge as Iranian Threat to Attack Looms

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israelis nationwide are preparing for an imminent attack by Iran and wider escalation in the north with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist...

Israeli Energy Ministry Announces New Discounts for Holocaust Survivors, Other Seniors

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel’s Energy Ministry on Wednesday announced new discounts on energy costs for Holocaust survivors and other senior citizens as part of...

$414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

UNRWA on Wednesday launched a $414.4 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria and those who have fled the country for neighbouring Lebanon and...

Israeli Favorite Ryanair Set to Resume Flights to Israel

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A favorite airline among Israelis has announced it will resume flights to and from the Jewish state this summer, just a...

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Spokesman: All Gaza Hospitals Taken Over by Terrorists

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesman has confessed that terrorists have taken over all of the hospitals in Gaza, using the medical...

Top Iranian Commander Killed in Alleged Israeli Strike Near Embassy in Syria

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed the Iranian embassy in Syria on Monday in an escalation of Israel‘s war against Iran’s regional proxies,...

Druze Israeli Killed in Hezbollah Strike as Tensions Escalate on Lebanon Border

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A 25-year-old Druze Israeli was killed during a massive rocket attack by Hezbollah on northern Israel on Wednesday, the latest casualty...

Flare-Ups and Frustration as Kashmir Waits for a Vote

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Israeli Security Services Thwart ISIS Terrorist Attack in East Jerusalem

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli security forces announced on Thursday that they foiled terrorist attacks planned by supporters of Islamic State (ISIS) in east Jerusalem. “Two...

The Unsolved Crime in “Total Peace”: Dealing with Colombia’s Gaitanistas

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About 50 Survivors of Nova Music Festival Committed Suicide, Survivor Tells Israeli Lawmakers

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News — Following the Hamas-led massacre at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, about fifty survivors have committed suicide,...

Israeli Jets Hit Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for a Second Day

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli warplanes struck deep into Lebanon for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, hitting a facility belonging to Hezbollah in the...