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Israeli home front returns to emergency footing

2026-06-08T08:54:29Z

Israel’s home front returned to emergency footing on Monday after Iran resumed ballistic missile fire, sending millions of Israelis back to shelters and triggering new nationwide restrictions. Since Sunday night, Iran has launched around 20 ballistic missiles, while the Houthis in Yemen fired one. Magen David Adom reported only limited casualties. According to the emergency […]

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Israel today

2026-06-08T08:47:23Z

Israel retaliates after an attack from Iranian missiles. Israel Completes Wave of Strikes on Iranian Air Defences 8 June, 2026 | 5:48pm Jerusalem, 8 June, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Israel Defence Force said the Air Force has completed a series of strikes on Iran’s air defence systems. The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) identified that a […]

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Trump knee deep in Iranian quagmire

2026-06-08T08:20:22Z

America’s House of Representatives has voted against continuing the US-Iran War by 215 votes to 208 – in a stunning domestic political defeat for Trump. The House for the first time on 3 June approved a war powers resolution that would seek to halt the U.S. military action against Iran – defying President Donald Trump – as 4 […]

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King’s Birthday Awards 2026

2026-06-08T08:12:22Z

We congratulate all members of Australia’s Jewish community who have been honoured in this year’s King’s Birthday Awards. Two awardees have ancestors who were Jewish and were an intrinsic part of Australian Jewish history. Both are very proud of their heritage. Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the General Division Sidney Hordern Myer […]

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‘Digital determinism’ in youth sports may shape careers too early

2026-06-07T07:55:01Z

With the 2026 World Cup due to kick off on Thursday, Israeli researchers are warning that a quieter technological shift is already reshaping the future of football: artificial intelligence systems are increasingly used to rank, analyse, and predict children’s athletic potential. An Israeli study examined how AI is moving beyond performance analysis toward shaping long-term […]

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King’s Birthday Awards

2026-06-07T07:46:15Z

At 10 p.m. this evening, JWire will publish the names of the Jewish recipients and the names of those who are proud of their Jewish heritage.

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Read the new Mossad chief’s message left during visit to Western Wall

2026-06-07T07:37:22Z

The new Mossad director, Roman Gofman, visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday, jotting down a brief note in the Western Wall Heritage Foundation guestbook. The writing in Hebrew read, “The Glory of Israel does not deceive,” which is a line from Samuel 15:29. New Mossad director Roman Grofman visited the Western Wall […]

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Two Israeli soldiers KIA in Southern Lebanon

2026-06-07T07:27:25Z

Two Israel Defence Forces soldiers were slain while battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Saturday night. Capt. Shahar Gamla, 23, from Natur in the Golan Heights, “succumbed to his wounds after being severely injured during combat,” the IDF stated. A deputy squad commander in the Commando Brigade’s Egoz Unit, Gamla […]

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Scientists warn climate predictions may misjudge forest carbon absorption

2026-06-07T07:16:29Z

The most widely used assumptions in climate forecasting may be missing a key driver of how ecosystems absorb carbon dioxide, with implications for predicting how much natural vegetation can slow global warming, scientists warned. The findings, recently published in the peer-reviewed journal One Earth, suggest that climate models may need to place greater emphasis on […]

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On the other hand

2026-06-07T06:56:04Z

As part of the Green Cities project, Egged and the Transportation Ministry are planning to shift two more cities away from standard-fuel buses and toward exhaust-free public transportation by the end of 2026. By year’s end, Egged will operate 900 electric buses in Israel, including 200 intercity buses. After implementing the initiative in Carmiel and Dimona, […]

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