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| Former British PM Johnson visits London Nova exhibition, urges public to go before it closes tonight |
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Former British prime minister Boris Johnson is urging the public to visit the Nova Exhibition in London before it closes tonight, describing the immersive memorial to victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on the Nova music festival as a necessary reminder of the violence. Johnson toured the exhibition in Shoreditch with released hostage Bar Kuperstein, Nova survivor May Hayat, and Michael Marlowe, whose son Jake Marlowe, a British citizen, was killed in the attack. “People should come and see this,” Johnson said. “It’s the bucket of cold water that people need… to understand what happened on October 7th.” The exhibition has attracted more than 40,000 visitors since opening on May 20, organizers said. It recreates the festival site using original staging, burned vehicles and personal belongings recovered after the attack, in which Hamas-led terrorists killed hundreds of festival-goers and abducted dozens. London Mayor Sadiq Khan visited the site last week. Johnson described the attack as “entirely calculated” and “sickening and evil,” saying the exhibition helps visitors grasp “the sheer naked cruelty” of the assault. Reflecting on the rise in antisemitism since the attack, Johnson called anti-Jewish sentiment “a virus in the human bloodstream” that had reemerged and said people needed to understand “the madness that’s going on in the West right now.” |
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| Trump threatens ‘to knock out’ all Iranian bridges ‘unless they negotiate,’ says he’s ‘saving energy targets for last’ |
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US President Donald Trump says he will authorize the bombing of Iran’s bridges and power bridges next week if Iran doesn’t come to the table and negotiate with the US. “We’re going to hit them very hard tonight. We’re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night. We’re going to hit them very hard the night after, and then next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges. We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate,” Trump says. “I’ll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we’ll hit energy targets,” he adds. Trump has threatened numerous times to bomb Iranian energy sites only to hold off in the end, apparently due to concerns that doing so would result in Iran becoming a failed state — a scenario the US is looking to avoid. Listing Trump’s war aims as preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and to degrade Iran’s military capabilities, an interviewer asks if they can be accomplished through an air campaign alone. Trump claims his war aims have actually already been achieved even though he has not secured Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium and traffic through Hormuz is only at 10% of prewar levels. “It’s open if people want to go through it,” Trump says. As for Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, Trump again downplays the importance of securing it, saying the US is surveilling Iran’s nuclear sites. Asked whether the US is capable of striking the nuclear site deep underground at Pickaxe Mountain, Trump responds, “Nobody knows about Pickaxe,” before insisting the US is watching that site too and could act if needed. Trump gives a similar answer regarding the Taleghan facility outside Tehran, which satellite imagery suggests Iran has started repairing since it was struck during the war. “We can hit that one very easily,” the president claims. Asked if he’s negotiating with the right people in Iran, Trump says he doesn’t want to negotiate anymore because Iran purportedly reneged on a deal over the weekend. But seconds later, he says his aides have been talking to Iranian negotiators in just the past hour. Asked what message the US passed along to Iran, Trump says, “You better make a deal. You’re not going to have anybody left. We’re being very careful with the civilian population, but you better make a deal [or] you’re not going to have anything left.” |
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| High Court Freezes Law Protecting Yeshiva Students From Arrest |
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Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a newly approved law intended to halt the arrest, questioning and imprisonment of yeshiva students, less than 24 hours after it passed the Knesset.
Justice Ofer Grosskopf issued an interim order preventing the emergency legislation from taking effect. The law had been approved in its second and third readings and was designed to provide temporary protection while the wider military service dispute was addressed.
As a result, thousands of bochurim and married Torah students once again face the possibility of arrest during encounters with police, soldiers or government authorities. Families who had hoped for immediate relief are now again living with uncertainty and fear.
The court also ordered the Knesset and government to explain why the legislation should not be cancelled entirely.
Supporters of the law sharply criticised the decision, arguing that a single judge had suspended legislation passed by elected representatives before the government had been given an opportunity to present its full case. |
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| Hamas Tightens Grip With Executions as Terror Force Rebuilds |
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Despite nearly two years of fighting, Hamas continues to maintain a large military force inside Gaza, with Israeli security assessments estimating that around 25,000 armed operatives remain active. Among them are approximately 2,500 members of the elite Nukhba force, the unit that led the October 7 massacre. Israeli officials say Hamas has shifted many of its fighters into guerrilla tactics, relying on tunnels, small cells, and hidden weapons caches while recruiting new members to replace battlefield losses. The group is also working to restore its command structure in areas where Israeli forces have reduced its presence. At the same time, reports indicate that Hamas has intensified its campaign of public executions against Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel or challenging its authority. The executions are believed to be aimed at deterring dissent and reinforcing Hamas’ control over the civilian population as conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate. Israeli security officials warn that while Hamas has suffered significant setbacks, it remains a dangerous and capable terrorist organization with the ability to continue fighting and maintain its hold over parts of Gaza.
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| US official says no meeting scheduled between Trump and Netanyahu, as PM said seeking to visit DC next week |
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to the United States on Saturday, a senior Israeli official tells Reuters. Netanyahu wants to meet US President Donald Trump, but it is not clear if he will, the official adds. Netanyahu is to attend memorial events for US Senator Lindsey Graham, a leader supporter of Israel who died on Saturday. A date for the funeral has not been publicly announced. A US official said yesterday that no meeting between Netanyhau and Trump has been scheduled. |
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| Colombia’s incoming foreign minister says country will be 9th to open embassy in Jerusalem |
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Colombia’s incoming foreign minister tells Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar that his country will open an embassy in Jerusalem, according to Sa’ar’s office. Colombia will be the ninth country to open an embassy in Israel’s capital. The United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Fiji and Somaliland also have embassies in Jerusalem, while other countries — including Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia — have embassy branches in the capital. During their Washington, DC meeting, Sa’ar and Omar Bola Escobar also agreed to restore full diplomatic relations and remove visa requirements. Colombia recalled its ambassador in June 2024, and Israel responded by not replacing its outgoing envoy. Colombia’s right-wing president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella said that his country and Israel will share a relationship “like never before” once he takes office in August. Bogota’s relations with Jerusalem nosedived under Colombia’s first-ever leftist government led by President Gustavo Petro, an ardent critic of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, which he has cast as a genocide — a charge vehemently denied by Israel. Petro severed diplomatic ties and suspended the purchase of weaponry from Israel — formerly one of Colombia’s main military partners. De la Espriella has said he will reverse these decisions, and one of his main campaign pledges was to “renew a strategic alliance with the State of Israel,” open an embassy in Jerusalem, and “defend the Judeo-Christian principles that form the foundation of Western civilization.” |
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| High Court freezes implementation of contentious law banning arrests of Charedi draft-dodgers |
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In a dramatic intervention, the High Court of Justice freezes the implementation of a law passed by the Knesset yesterday banning the arrest of Charedi draft dodgers. In response to petitions against the law, the court orders that a hearing on the legislation be held as soon as possible and issues a temporary order preventing the law from coming into effect pending a further decision. Justice Ofer Grosskopf, who issues the temporary order, also issues a conditional order demanding the government explain why the law should not be struck down, based on previous High Court rulings on the issue and the arguments of petitioners, which he says, have “significant weight.” Several petitions were filed against the law immediately after its passage, arguing that the legislation was discriminatory since it bans arrests for yeshiva students who have failed to obey conscription orders while allowing arrests for non-Charedi draft-dodgers to continue. The law — part of a last-minute legislative blitz by the government that addresses, among other things, Charedi demands to ensure blanket draft exemptions for yeshiva students — grants tens of thousands of Charedi draft evaders immunity from arrest until late January 2027, and extends that protection to those who become eligible for military service after it takes effect, effectively eliminating the threat of arrest and making it easier to refuse to enlist during that period. It also suspends ongoing criminal proceedings against those already facing enforcement measures. On Monday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir called the proposal “inconceivable,” saying it was “clearly and unequivocally inconsistent with the IDF’s needs” and amounted to “providing mass exemptions from prosecution.” Some 72,000 Charedi men aged 18 to 24 are currently believed to be eligible for military service, but have not enlisted. The IDF has said repeatedly in recent months that it urgently needs 12,000 new recruits amid the ongoing multifront conflict. The law has drawn fierce opposition from reservists, Knesset legal advisers and much of the public. |
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