Biblical Year 5786

December 22, 2025

Eighth Hanukkah candle lit at Bondi Beach shooting site

In a ceremony alongside hundreds of members of Sydney's Jewish community, volunteers from ZAKA's international unit lit the final Hanukkah candle at the site where the attack occurred.

Retrieved December 22, 2025, from Israel News | Israel National News

December 21, 2025

Ukraine military intelligence chief lights Hanukkah candles with Kyiv Jewish community

Hundreds gathered at Kyiv’s JCC for the third Hanukkah candle lighting, led by Chief Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch and attended by Ukraine’s intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov alongside international diplomats.

Retrieved December 21, 2025, from Ukraine military intelligence chief lights Hanukkah candles with Kyiv Jewish community | Israel National News

 

Lindsey Graham: Hamas, Hezbollah rearming, this is unacceptable

PM Netanyahu meets South Carolina Senator Graham at the PMO. Senator Graham: 'My impression is that Hamas is not disarming, but rearming.'

Retrieved December 21, 2025, from Israel News | Israel National News

 

California Mayor under fire for calling Bondi massacre false flag massacre

Richmond Mayor and DSU member Eduardo Martinez faces calls to resign after sharing claims the Bondi Beach massacre was a false flag attack and previous antisemitic comments.

Retrieved December 21, 2025, from California Mayor under fire for calling Bondi massacre false flag massacre | Israel National News

December 19, 2025

Watch: Arab blows out menorah in Tel Aviv mall

Hijab-clad woman caught on camera blowing out candles on a menorah in Weizmann City Mall in Tel Aviv as another man applauds her. Police investigating.

Retrieved December 19, 2025, from Watch: Arab blows out menorah in Tel Aviv mall | Israel National News

 

Wisconsin Judge Dugan Found Guilty of Obstructing Federal Agents

A jury found a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal authorities guilty of obstruction Thursday, marking a victory for President Donald Trump as he continues his sweeping immigration crackdown across the country.

Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan with obstruction, a felony, and concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor, in April. The jury acquitted her on the concealment count, but she still faces up to five years in prison on the obstruction count.

The jury returned the verdicts after deliberating for six hours.

Retrieved December 19, 2025, from Wisconsin Judge Dugan Found Guilty of Obstructing Federal Agents | Newsmax.com

 

ICC condemns latest US sanctions on judges as 'flagrant attack'

The ICC condemns US sanctions on two judges over an Israel case, calling them a “flagrant attack” on judicial independence and a threat to the international rule of law.

Retrieved December 19, 2025, from Israel News | Israel National News

 

December 18, 2025

Fifth night of Hanukkah at the Western Wall

Rabbis, public figures, and foreign dignitaries participate in the ceremony to light the fifth Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall.

Retrieved December 18, 2025, from Fifth night of Hanukkah at the Western Wall | Israel National News

 

Violent clashes in Jerusalem leave 10 police officers injured

Police say 10 officers injured, four rioters arrested, as police use riot dispersal methods on violent crowd protesting ticketing of draft-dodging yeshiva student.

Retrieved December 18, 2025, from Israel News | Israel National News

 

Miracle at Bondi Beach: Bullet stopped by radio

An Australian Hatzolah volunteer who treated victims in the Bondi Beach shooting was shot in the chest - and was saved by his radio stopping the bullet.

Retrieved December 18, 2025, from Miracle at Bondi Beach: Bullet stopped by radio | Israel National News

December 17, 2025

Live: Fourth Hanukkah Candle Lighting at the Western Wall

The fourth Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony took place at the Western Wall with Rabbis, public figures and representatives of the Israel Police.

Retrieved December 17, 2025, from Israel News | Israel National News

 

Bondi shooting victim's daughter calls out 'biased' ABC reporting

Victoria Teplitsky, whose Holocaust survivor father was shot and wounded in the Sydney terror attack, accuses local ABC news station of contributing to antisemitic atmosphere.

Retrieved December 17, 2025, from Bondi shooting victim's daughter calls out 'biased' ABC reporting | Israel National News

 

4 Republicans Defy Speaker to Force House Vote on ACA Subsidies

Four Republicans broke from House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday and signed on to a Democrat-led petition that will force a House vole on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.

The move comes after House Republican leaders pushed ahead with a GOP healthcare bill that does not address the soaring monthly premiums that millions of people will soon endure as the tax credits for those who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act expire at year's end.

Democrats needed 218 signatures to force a floor vote on their bill, which would extend the subsides for three years.

Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.; Robert Bresnahan, R-Pa.; Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa.; and Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., signed on Wednesday morning, pushing it to the magic number of 218.

Retrieved December 17, 2025, from 4 Republicans Defy Speaker to Force House Vote on ACA Subsidies | Newsmax.com

December 16, 2025

Second Hanukkah candle lit at Hebron’s Valero House for first time in 96 years

Students of the Shavei Hebron Yeshiva mark a historic moment Monday evening by lighting the second Hanukkah candle at the Valero House in the Hebron Kasbah, the first ceremony at the site since Jews were expelled after the 1929 massacre.

Retrieved December 16, 2025, from Second Hanukkah candle lit at Hebron’s Valero House for first time in 96 years | Israel National News

 

Bondi Beach attack: Terrorists trained in Philippines before Hanukkah massacre

Security sources say the Bondi Beach terrorists trained with Islamist terrorists in the Philippines weeks before killing 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration.

Retrieved December 16, 2025, from Israel News | Israel National News

December 15, 2025

Live: Lighting candles for 2nd night of Hanukkah at Western Wall

At the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the second Hanukkah candle lighting event is taking place with the participation of the Yad Labanim organization and IDF widows and orphans

Retrieved December 15, 2025, from Live: Lighting candles for 2nd night of Hanukkah at Western Wall | Israel National News

 

FBI foils 'pro-Palestinian' terror attack in Los Angeles

FBI Director Kash Patel announces arrest of 'pro-Palestinian' cell planning attack in LA on New Year's Eve.

Retrieved December 15, 2025, from Israel News | Israel National News