Ben Hassin, an Israeli-Canadian Kurdish Jew who once faced the death penalty in Iraqi Kurdistan, has been released after spending 11 years in prison and is expected to return to Israel in the coming days.
An international network allegedly recruited American and foreign nationals to conduct surveillance, carry out assassinations, and target infrastructure in European countries supporting Ukraine. Authorities say they disrupted a Russian plot against a Vladimir Putin opponent living in Washington.
What began as a relaxing family outing revealed something unexpected: a Shabbat-observant yacht, thousands of soldiers given moments of peace, and one skipper turning the open sea into a place of kindness and healing
