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In new book, Mark Esper claims then-national security adviser O’Brien wanted to ‘create news’ ahead of 2020 vote to boost former US president’s chance of winning

Chef Uri Jeremias, whose restaurant and hotel — symbols of coexistence — were attacked in 2021, says society mustn’t turn blind eye to those who feel disenfranchised

Finance minister also notes ex-PM was the one who freed Yahya Sinwar in Shalit deal; Netanyahu tweets: ‘Under Bennett Hamas feel weakness and grow bold’

Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. He had been performing as recently as last month, but was in failing health over the past week.

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‘People of Israel, have pity on us,’ Oren Ben Yiftah’s relatives say. ‘How much hatred can come out when people’s fingers run freely on the keyboard’

Scientists in Monterey Bay, Calif., found a seldom-seen species of dragonfish swimming nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. (Image credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute/Screenshot by NPR)

Andrew Wilhoite won close to 22% of the Republican vote in a three-person race for the Clinton Township Board. In March, Wilhoite was charged in connection with his wife’s death. (Image credit: Boone County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Ra’am chief Mansour Abbas said working to convince religious advisory body not to take any drastic steps against the government

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