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Court rejects Trump administration's bid to re-detain pro-Palestinian Georgetown scholar

Two other federal appeals courts have recently overturned decisions by lower-court judges that had led to the release of pro-Palestinian campus activists Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi.

A man holds a Palestinian flag as Georgetown students hold an on-campus protest in support of Palestine at Georgetown University on September 4, 2024 in Washington, DC.
A supporter of Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, chairman of the Pakatan Harapan (The Alliance of Hope) coalition, holds a Malaysia flag during an election campaign rally on November 16, 2022; file photo.

Malaysia amb. to US summoned by State Department over country's Israel policy

Member of Knesset Moshe Saada leads a joint meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and the National Security Committee, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 26, 2026.

Likud MK Saada reveals possibility of upcoming Israeli attack on Iran in Channel 14 interview

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman look at portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025.

Israel should focus on shaping, not judging, Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia - analysis


'Gangland' director Vincent Grashaw brings Native American story to Jerusalem Film Festival

Director Vincent Grashaw found the screenplay for ‘Gangland’ online, then worked with Native American advisers and actors to bring its fictional reservation to life.

LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS (right) stars with Dana Namerode in "Gangland."

Lincoln Memorial to pull historic documents from public display over fear of heat damage - report

The documents include rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, bearing the original signatures of Abraham Lincoln and other Civil War-era officials.

Visitors view the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft during the grand opening on June 25, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Iran claims to have struck US military assets in Kuwait, Jordan with missiles, drones - report

According to Iranian state media, drones targeted US ammunition stores and communication assets at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base and US military assets at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

Smoke rises following a strike on the Bapco Oil Refinery, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on Sitra Island Bahrain, March 9, 2026; Illustrative.

The global war to delegitimize Israel: The war for which Israel built no shelters - opinion

Since October 7, Israel has fought on multiple military fronts. Yet there is another front that receives far less attention despite its strategic significance: delegitimizing the State of Israel.

An AI-generated political cartoon.

US CENTCOM concludes seventh consecutive night of strikes against Iranian military sites

According to CENTCOM, US forces struck Iranian surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and naval capabilities using fighter jets, drones, and warships.

US forces operating in the Strait of Hormuz, July 17, 2026.

CENTCOM 'holding Iran accountable,' completes sixth night of strikes against military targets

CENTCOM added that over 50,000 US service members stationed in the Middle East remain "vigilant, lethal, and ready."

US forces operating in the Strait of Hormuz, July 17, 2026.

Inside America’s first prison synagogue: New exhibit tells the story of Jewish inmates who built it

While founded by Quakers and long Christian-oriented, Eastern State hosted Jewish prisoners as early as the 1800s. 

The restored ark of the synagogue at Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary, whose history is explored in the new exhibit "Freedom Through Faith."

As Jewish Republicans sour on JD Vance, many are rallying behind Marco Rubio for 2028

Pro-Israel criticism of Vance has grown in response to the terms of the Iran deal last month which delivered multiple concessions to the Islamic Republic.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance attend a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 7, 2025.

Herzog says Israel-Saudi peace is his dream, 'unsurprised' by renewed Iran conflict, in interview

President Isaac Herzog discussed the unfolding situation with Iran and the prospect of normalization in the region in a Thursday interview with Saudi state-owned Al-Arabiya.

President Isaac Herzog speaks at a conference in Herzliya, June 30, 2026.

Iran judiciary denies Trump statement that American prisoner was freed

Trump announced the alleged release in a post on Truth Social, claiming that the unnamed detainee was “safely outside of Iran and in good condition.”

Family members with US flags wait to greet freed American detainees released in a prisoner swap deal between U.S and Iran upon arriving at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, US, September 19, 2023.