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WATCH: Anti-regime activists hack Iran's national broadcaster, transmit Pahlavi's calls to protest

Anti-regime activists hacked Iran’s Badr satellite, briefly taking over state TV broadcasts to air protest messages and appeals by Reza Pahlavi, according to Iran International and Manoto News.

Activists hold banners, calling for a free Iran, supporting Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (R) and comparing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler (L) in New York, January 18, 2026; illustrative.
 International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends a press conference with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly in the Cabinet at the New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the east of Cairo, Egypt, November 3, 2024.

Egypt finalizes $6 billion in state asset sales across 11 sectors

From legalizing neighborhood councils in Israeli cities to supporting Kurdish statehood

Jewish Florida State Rep. Hillary Cassel.

Jewish Florida State representative switches to Republican Party, citing Israel support


Washington Watch: Separation anxiety

It didn’t take long for the new administration to send a chilling message to the Jews.

An activist waves an LGBT flag near Israel's Knesset building

Jeannie The Israeli Muslim

The Jerusalem Post

Bridges

The Jerusalem Post

Tillerson’s past offers few clues on his Middle East perspective

Trump’s choice for secretary of state, an oil man, will come under scrutiny for his broad opposition to sanctions.

A soldier stands next to a bus stop with a pro-Trump poster near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel

When the decay cannot be denied

Do we really believe that a thoughtful society can exist without a commitment to nuance, without celebrating the grays in a world increasingly colored only in blacks and whites?

Abraham Lincoln

Echoes of State Dept’s ‘editing’ in 1943: Jen Psaki, meet Breckinridge Long

John Kirby has admitted that one of his colleagues deleted from their archives a videotaped exchange in 2013 in which Psaki confirmed that the department sometimes lied to the press.

the ‘Exodus 1947’ after the British takeover.

Israeli government report aims to answer the question, 'How’s life?'

The report, “How’s life?” is the first of its kind issued by the government and aims to provide an all-encompassing picture of the state of Israeli society.

A woman and a girl sit in front of the Mediterranean at the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon

Lobbying group urges new coalition to review necessity of municipal chief rabbis

There are still no disciplinary measures the ministry can take against a rabbi not fulfilling his duties or who violates ministry regulations and guidelines.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths study religious texts at a synagogue in Jerusalem April 7, 2011.

History and Education – The Historic KKL-JNF House in Tel Aviv

The Jerusalem Post

Coalition sets up internal religions and state forum

The forum, proposed by Deputy Minister for Religious Services Eli Ben-Dahan, aims to solve government disputes.

Eli Ben Dahan 370