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First Israeli ballots cast as diplomats vote abroad from New Zealand to New York

Once cast and collected, the physical ballots will be transferred to Israel to be counted as a standard part of the upcoming elections.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.
A device, which the US Justice Department says is a hidden audio recording device installed in an OpenAI executive conference room by Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an engineer at the AI company, at a location given as San Francisco, California, US. Photo released Oct. 13, 2026.

FBI arrests Saudi OpenAI engineer over covert recording device, DOJ says

Pro-Israel activists hold signs highlighting the October 7 Hamas attacks during an Israeli American Council (IAC) protest against screenings of the documentary NAZA in the US.

Israeli American Council leads nationwide protests against controversial Gaza documentary 'NAZA'

Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology executives about artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026.

Amazon in talks to acquire Israeli start-up, AI model that can edit live videos in real-time


SF cafe belonging to Jewish owner vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

The storefront was marked with graffiti that read "racist pigz [sic]," "Zionist pigz [sic]" and "free Palestine."

Antisemitic graffiti found in Brighton and Hove, England, November 17, 2020.

Israeli bakery in San Francisco is hiring formerly incarcerated staff

“His honesty impressed me,” Yosef said. “I could see in his face that if I give him a chance, he’ll do whatever he can to prove himself"

Freshly baked bread cools at a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon June 30, 2020.

Leila Khaled event planned at SFSU, disappears online

As of the time of publication, the Zoom registration link for the event, hosted by the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies Program (AMED) at SFSU, is still active.

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SF federation monitor after sending funds to group backing Capitol siege

The group, Tea Party Patriots, denied the claim by March to Save America that it was a funder of the event.

Hanukkah in San Francisco

San Francisco Jewish students face antisemitic harassment online again

Police are investigating and trying to find who is behind the harassment of the kind that took place in September.

The Instagram application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017.

SF State University’s student government passes Israel boycott resolution

Student government resolutions are not binding on the school.

Students demonstrate at San Francisco State University in San Francisco

Federal agencies probe SFSU for attempting to host terrorist Leila Khaled

According to the non-profit Lawfare project, SFSU may have violated a US anti-terrorist statute.

PFPL plane hijacker Leila Khaled in South Africa

Jewish students in NorCal ask district to fight against antisemitism

“We believe the ‘action’ taken thus far by the administration has done nothing to make us feel secure and safe."

Antisemitism in the United States: Antisemitic graffiti on The Rock landmark at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, blaming Jews for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, September, 2019

Zoom cancels Leila Khaled webinar at San Francisco State University

Khaled was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which hijacked El Al Flight 219 on September 6, 1970.

PFPL plane hijacker Leila Khaled in South Africa

Leila Khaled address to SF State Univ. may contravene anti-terror laws

A speech due to be given by the former PFLP terrorist and "poster girl for Palestinian terrorism" at San Francisco State University has drawn much criticism.

Leila Khaled, guarded by a Palestinian policeman (L), reaches for the hand of a supporter after crossing the Allenby Bridge April 18 1996