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Police say dozens of additional signs were found in the teens’ possession. They are slated to be brought before a judge for a remand hearing later today. It’s not immediately clear what justifies the arrests. Police did not say why the content of the signs or the places where they were placed might have been illegal. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But its full of beauty and meaning. Im proud to work at The T...

Thousands are expected today in Jerusalem for the city’s annual — and fraught — Gay Pride Parade, set to begin at 1 p.m. The Jerusalem parade is a controversial event. Unlike in secular Tel Aviv, where the annual parade is a carnival supported by the municipality and the vast majority of the city’s inhabitants, the Jerusalem event often meets with counter-protests along its route, and occasionally with violence. Leaders of the Haredi community and other religious groups call for its can...

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A picture taken on June 2, 2021, shows smoke billowing from the site of a refinery fire in the Iranian capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) A massive fire that broke out at an oil refinery near Iran’s capital and sent a huge plume of black smoke into the sky over Tehran has been extinguished after more than 20 hours, a news agency reports. The semi-official ISNA agency quotes the country’s deputy oil minister, Alireza Sadeghabadi as saying the blaze was first fully contained and then finally...

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