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A man was rushed to the hospital with severe burn wounds after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Boston. Matt Nelson said in a video he uploaded to YouTube before arriving at the location that he was about to engage in an “extreme act of protest” due to “the ongoing genocide in Gaza.” Nelson’s identity and motive were not immediately apparent following the incident, which took place Wednesday evening. The video surfaced on Friday. The incident marks at least the third instance of self-immolation in the United States outside of an Israeli consulate or embassy in protest...

Border Police at the entrance to the Patriarch’s Cave Tuesday morning foiled a terrorist attack by an Arab who tried to stab them to death. No one was injured. The terrorist, described as being in his 30s, aroused the suspicion of Border Police, who asked him to stop for a security check. He then pulled out his knife and tried to attack them before being overpowered. Security officials are questioning the attacker. Attempts to stab Jews at the Patriarchs’ Cave have become more common recently, and terrorist activity is on the increase in all of Judea and Samaria. Soldiers prevented...