News & Updates
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Israel's Yarden Garzon: ‘I’ll make it to the WNBA, I’m sure!’
JPost.com - Israel News: Updates on Israeli Politics, Security &[…] Jul 16, 2026 | 19:33 pmAfter starring in high school and local youth leagues in Israel, women's basketball player Yarden Garzon was recruited by colleges in the United States and chose to attend Indiana.
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Knesset passes bill to extend mandatory military service to 32 months to 'meet IDF's goals'
JPost.com - Israel News: Updates on Israeli Politics, Security &[…] Jul 16, 2026 | 18:54 pmThe passage of the bill comes amid the coalition's legislative blitz before the Knesset recesses ahead of the upcoming elections. Forty-three MKs voted in favor, with 12 against and one abstention.
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Israeli gov't gives Jordan Valley farmers drones, rangers to deter 'Palestinian terror state'
JPost.com - Israel News: Updates on Israeli Politics, Security &[…] Jul 16, 2026 | 18:09 pmFinance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock both attended the ceremony at which the equipment was presented to support farms and outposts in the West Bank.
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Assaf Machnes's 'Where to?' wins top prize at Jerusalem Film Festival
JPost.com - Israel News: Updates on Israeli Politics, Security &[…] Jul 16, 2026 | 18:01 pmThe festival awarded prizes totaling approximately NIS 1 million across its Israeli and international competitions, as well as its short-film, experimental-film, and industry programs.
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Hamas unable to conduct terror infiltration, repeat of October 7, IDF commander tells soldiers
JPost.com - Israel News: Updates on Israeli Politics, Security &[…] Jul 16, 2026 | 17:11 pmCentral Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth made the remarks during a change of command ceremony for the reservist 99th Division near the Gaza border.
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Gay-Themed Mediterranean Cruise Turned Away From Turkey and Then Egypt
NYT > World > Middle East Jul 16, 2026 | 16:49 pmIn both Muslim-majority countries, official hostility to gay people has increased in recent years. But the same cruise had visited before without problems.
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Strait of Hormuz Tanker Traffic Erodes Further as Oil Prices Rise
NYT > World > Middle East Jul 16, 2026 | 16:09 pmVery few ships passed through the waterway on the first full day of the U.S. naval blockade of Iran.
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Here’s Where the U.S. and Iran Have Launched Attacks as the War Escalates
NYT > World > Middle East Jul 16, 2026 | 15:38 pmThe U.S. military has appeared to widen its targets in Iran, while Iran has fired at bases belonging to American allies in the Middle East.
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Israeli Government Pushes Through Divisive Laws Before Election
NYT > World > Middle East Jul 16, 2026 | 13:20 pmPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed a series of laws undermining legal oversight of the government, benefiting allied media outlets and aiming to shore up ultra-Orthodox political support.
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Pakistan, a mediator in the war, struggles to make itself heard.
NYT > World > Middle East Jul 16, 2026 | 08:55 am
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