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4+ min ago (115+ words) Belgium's RTBF confirms Eurovision participation in Vienna, a day after the EBU ruled that Israel would be allowed to participate.(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.) Belgium confirms Eurovision participation despite boycott calls over Israel Belgium's RTBF confirms Eurovision participation in Vienna, a day after the EBU ruled that Israel would be allowed to participate. Belgium confirms Eurovision participation despite boycott calls over Israel Belgium's RTBF confirms Eurovision participation in Vienna, a day after the EBU ruled that Israel would be allowed to participate....

9+ min ago (528+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 791 NEW YORK " A Manhattan court on Friday sentenced a man to two years in prison for a 2021 antisemitic attack that was a major hate crime case for the Jewish community. Salem Seleiman, 30, was the last of six attackers to be sentenced for the beating of Joey Borgen, a Jewish man, on the sidelines of an anti-Israel protest in Times Square. Seleiman pleaded guilty in New York State Supreme Court to one count of assault in the second degree and one count of assault in the third degree as a hate crime. "Salem Seleiman took part in the repugnant and bias-motivated assault of a Jewish man who was peacefully attending a rally," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a Friday statement. "The victim was targeted based on his religion and did nothing to warrant physical violence....

10+ min ago (481+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 791 BEIRUT " The Lebanese prime minister on Friday told a visiting UN delegation that his country will need a follow-up force in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel to fill the vacuum once the UN peacekeepers" term expires by the end of next year. The UN Security Council voted unanimously in August to terminate the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, at the end of 2026 " nearly five decades after the force was deployed. The multinational force has played a role in monitoring the security situation in the region, including during the Israel-Hezbollah war last year. Israel had long argued that the force had failed in its mission, doing little to block Hezbollah from building up its forces near the Israeli border over decades. And it drew criticism from officials in President Donald Trump…...

39+ min ago (70+ words) CENTCOM praises Syria for stopping Hezbollah arms smuggling, after Trump urged Israel-Syria dialogue.(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.) US praises Syria for blocking Hezbollah weapons shipments CENTCOM praises Syria for stopping Hezbollah arms smuggling, after Trump urged Israel-Syria dialogue....

59+ min ago (822+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 791 Reuters " Netflix on Friday agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's TV, film studios and streaming division for $72 billion, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer. The deal represents a dramatic plot twist for Netflix, which rewrote the Hollywood script, upending how and when consumers watch movies and television shows. Suddenly, it has become the thing it disrupted " a mainstream studio. The agreement follows a weeks-long bidding war in which Netflix offered nearly $28 per share, eclipsing presumed front-runner Paramount Skydance, which made a series of unsolicited bids to acquire all of Warner Bros. Discovery, including the cable TV assets slated for a spinoff. Netflix, which has spent a decade developing such original series as "Stranger Things," "Bridgerton" and films like "KPop Demon Hunters," will gain…...

59+ min ago (1734+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 791 DAMASCUS (Reuters) " Former loyalists to Bashar al-Assad who fled Syria after the dictator's fall are funneling millions of dollars to tens of thousands of potential fighters, hoping to stir uprisings against the new government and reclaim some of their lost influence, a Reuters investigation has found. Assad, who escaped to Russia last December, is largely resigned to exile in Moscow, say four people close to the family. But other senior figures from his inner circle, including his brother, have not come to terms with losing power. Two of the men once closest to Assad, Maj. Gen. Kamal Hassan and billionaire Rami Makhlouf, are competing to form militias in coastal Syria and Lebanon made up of members of their minority Alawite sect, long associated with the Assad family, Reuters found. All told, the two men and other…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (952+ words) The Eurovision Song Contest is facing a major crisis after four countries pulled out over Israel's participation LONDON -- The Eurovision Song Contest, which aims to be an upbeat celebration of music and unity, is facing the biggest crisis in its seven-decade history after four countries walked out of the competition over Israel's participation and others weighed whether to join the boycott. Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia announced they will not take part in the 2026 contest in Vienna in May after organizers declined to expel Israel over its conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza. Iceland is considering whether to follow suit. The walkouts cast a cloud over the future of what's meant to be a feel-good cultural party, dealing a blow to fans, broadcasters and the contest's finances. Eurovision expert Paul Jordan said Friday "it's unlikely we'll see…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (120+ words) Crowds at Hostages Square mark Shabbat with prayers and pleas for Ran Gvili, the last hostage in Gaza. His sister Shira urges unity and faith, demanding his return: "Until the last hostage, until Rani is home.(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.) Last hostage's sister: Do not proceed to Phase 2 until Rani is home Crowds at Hostages Square mark Shabbat with prayers and pleas for Ran Gvili, the last hostage in Gaza. His sister Shira urges unity and faith, demanding his return: "Until the last hostage, until Rani is home....

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (243+ words) Crowds gathered on Friday at Hostages Square for Kabbalat Shabbat in a collective call for the return of Ran Gvili, the lone remaining hostage whose body is being held in Gaza. "Rani is also the best friend, a big brother. The first person I told my secrets to, the first I turned to for advice, cried with, laughed with. Rani will always remain first in my heart, and I ask that he stay first in your hearts and on your lips as well, at least until he comes home," she added. "This is the first Shabbat that Rani has remained alone there, still in the hands of the enemy. 254 hostages have been returned from Gaza, and our Rani is still there." "We've done everything we could over these two years. Gone to countless meetings, given interviews, shouted, asked, pleaded, and…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (598+ words) A spike in Israeli military raids and settler violence across the occupied West Bank is driving new displacement, shutting schools and disrupting essential services for tens of thousands of Palestinians, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said in its latest humanitarian update Friday. Between 25 November and 1 December, four Palestinians, including one child, were killed by Israeli forces, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank so far this year to 227. " Nearly half of all fatalities in 2025 were recorded in the Jenin and Nablus governorates. Large-scale operations in Jenin and Tubas governorates alone affected more than 95,000 Palestinians last week. " In Tubas, wide-ranging raids, curfews and bulldozer activity caused extensive damage to homes, roads and water networks, displacing families and cutting water supplies to nearly 17,000 people. Settler violence has also remained at high levels. So far this year, OCHA…...