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• Arutz Sheva/Israel National News Opinions (Beit El, Israel)
• Globes (Rishon LeZion, Israel)
• Israel National News (Israel)
• Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

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• UAE pardons poet Abdulrahman Qaradawi a week after 10-year prison sentence

  United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has pardoned Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdulrahman Youssef al-Qaradawi, the state-run WAM news agency reported Friday, just one week after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

• Turkish comedian charged over Erdogan jokes, could face 10 years in prison

  Turkish prosecutors have charged comedian Deniz Goktas with insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other offenses stemming from jokes he made during a stand-up performance in June, AFP reported Friday.

• Netanya: Suspect neutralized after shooting at police officers

  A suspect opened fire at police officers in Netanya, using a rifle.

• Iran plots to keep US under pressure until November elections

  Iranian officials may be seeking to prolong the current escalation with the United States until the November midterm elections in an effort to weaken President Donald Trump politically, Politico reported, citing Arab diplomats who have maintained contacts with Iranian officials both recently and in the past.

• Trump hosts rare White House meeting with Hasidic leaders

  The Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel and several other prominent Hasidic Jewish leaders from New York and New Jersey met with President Donald Trump at the White House Thursday in a rare gathering that brought together leaders from some of the largest Hasidic communities in the region.

• Hezbollah drone targets IDF troops, Israel strikes back

  The Hezbollah terror group on Friday night launched a drone towards IDF soldiers in the Security Zone. The soldiers fired towards the drone, intercepting it, and there were no injuries.

• DOJ civil rights chief: Antisemitism is a 'national crisis'

  Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice, addressed the Israeli-American community on Thursday night as keynote speaker at the Israeli-American Council's "Strength in Unity: Leadership Meets Action" gala in San Diego.

• Huckabee pulled out his phone and filmed Jewish settlers

  US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday visited the Palestinian Authority city Turmusayya, located near Ramallah, meeting Americans in the area.

• Hollywood's Jews take sides in Mark Ruffalo-Paramount antisemitism row

  Some 170 notable Jewish personalities have released an open letter defending actor and producer Mark Ruffalo, who has been accused of antisemitism for his comments on Paramount Skydance's pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

• Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Israeli scientists find carp can resist a deadly virus

  Jews eat fish and fish heads on Rosh Hashanah to symbolize leadership, abundance, and the hope of being "the head and not the tail" in the coming year.