Israel to send medical experts to North Macedonia after deadly fire
(JNS) — Israel is preparing to dispatch medical experts to North Macedonia after a nightclub fire there killed 59 people and injured more than 150, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Sunday.
The delegation includes Israel’s non-resident ambassador to North Macedonia, doctors and nurses, in addition to burn and orthopedic specialists from the world-renowned Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan.
The team will work in full cooperation with local hospitals, which are struggling with heavy patient loads amid the disaster, to provide life-saving treatment and support the recovery of the wounded.
The Israeli delegation is expected to remain in North Macedonia for as long as its support is needed.
The blaze erupted at around 2:30 a.m. during a concert at the Pulse nightclub in the eastern town of Kocani. Macedonia’s Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski said pyrotechnics had caused the roof of the club to catch fire.
Netanyahu OKs talks based on US proposal to free 11 living hostages
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night directed his negotiating team to prepare for renewed hostage-ceasefire talks based on U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff’s proposal that seeks the immediate release of 11 living captives and half of the bodies still being held by Hamas in Gaza.
The decision was made following a ministerial meeting in Jerusalem, and amid an apparent impasse in negotiations in Doha.
The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed that 35 of the 59 hostages still held by Palestinian terrorists in the Strip are dead. Intelligence assessments indicate that 22 remain alive, while the status of two is uncertain.
UK Jewish students prep for university by preparing for antisemitism
(JNS) — Antisemitism on campus in the United Kingdom has reached a point where Jewish high-schoolers heading to institutions of higher learning have started attending workshops to train for the expected abuse.
In a recent example this month, pro-Palestinian protesters commandeered an event at King’s College London, titled “From Conflict to Connection: Israelis and Iranians in Dialogue.”
The event moderator, a 21-year-old Jewish student who wished to remain anonymous, told The Sunday Times that he hid in a nearby room when anti-Israel protesters burst in.
Antisemitism on campuses has hit record highs, according to CST.
It reported 325 university-related antisemitic incidents in the last two academic years, a 117% increase over the previous two years.
