Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz suggested establishing settlements in Gaza but later retracted his statement, clarifying it was made in a security context.
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Israel's defence minister walks back pledge to establish Gaza settlements
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Catholics and Jews in Israel work to boost interfaith understanding : NPR
Rabbi Na’ama Dafni and Rev. Yousef Yacoub in Haifa, Israel.
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Israel’s defence minister walks back pledge to establish Gaza settlements
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz backtracked on a pledge on Tuesday that Israel would establish settlements in Gaza, following criticism the statement goes against the US-led peace plan for the Strip.
Speaking at an Israeli settlement in…
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How ‘Yule’ went from animal sacrifice to Christmas carols : NPR
A family at their Victorian-era Christmas dinner, circa 1840.
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India’s space agency launches its heaviest satellite yet – DW – 12/24/2025
The Indian space agency on Wednesday launched a LVM-3 rocket carrying its heaviest-ever satellite — BlueBird Block-2 — from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in southern India.
BlueBird Block-2 weighs 6,100 kilograms (over 6 tons), making the…
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Police officers killed in new Moscow explosion – DW – 12/24/2025
Two police officers and one other person were killed in an explosion in southern Moscow overnight, Russia‘s Investigative Committee said Wednesday.
“Two traffic police officers saw a suspicious person near a police car. When they approached to…
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Border villagers abducted and taken to Russia, says Ukraine
Vitaly ShevchenkoBBC Monitoring Russia editor
Francisco Richart/SOPA Images/LightRocketUkraine’s police evacuation group White Angels evacuates civilians from the village of Krasnopillya in Sumy region Fifty-two residents of a Ukrainian village…
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