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FBI probes possible Saudi espionage plot involving former OpenAI engineer - report

The FBI is considering economic espionage charges against a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting a listening device, amid concerns he intended to offer company secrets to Saudi Arabia.

|ByRICHARD OFFENBACHER
A man described as Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer, looks behind a television where a recording device had been placed at a conference room in OpenAI offices, in a still image from surveillance video included in a charging document. October 5, 2026.
A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

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.

|ByAARON GLICK
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

The thumb-sized device, which had a microphone and could connect to a camera, was concealed in toilet paper, according to an FBI complaint.

|ByREUTERS
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'

Pro-Israel groups are protesting screenings of 'NAZA' across the US, accusing the documentary of presenting a distorted account of the Gaza war and demanding additional context.

|ByALEX CARSON

Antisemitic flyers distributed in two San Francisco Bay Area cities

Last Monday and Sunday, antisemitic flyers were discovered on parked vehicles at the East Washington Place shopping center, the Petaluma Police Department said on Tuesday.

AUGUST 4, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
An antisemitic flyer found on the front steps of a synagogue on Melbourne, Australia

‘Death to Israel': Pro-Hamas graffiti scrawled throughout San Francisco 

The Party for Socialism and Liberation said that the demonstrators were standing in solidarity with the tens of thousands of activists that had protested in Washington DC.

JULY 31, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Conversation JCRC Bay Area @SFJCRC Anti-Israel activists vandalized property along Market St. in San Francisco with pro-Hamas graffiti.

Pro-Palestine protesters occupy Israeli consulate in San Francisco, 70 detained

San Francisco police detained pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Israeli consulate after they refused to leave. Protesters opposed Israel's Gaza incursion; police detained about 50 people.

JUNE 4, 2024ByREUTERS
Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters after they occupied the building lobby of the Israeli consulate, in San Francisco, California, US, June 3, 2024

Sen. Cotton suggests people ‘Take matters in their own hands’ when facing pro-Hamas protesters

Senator Tom Cotton said that pro-Palestinian protesters, whom he described as "criminals" would be physically removed if they enacted the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge block in Arkansas.

APRIL 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to American security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2024.

Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge for hours

Monday's anti-Israel protests were planned as part of an "economic blockade" coordinated with protests in other major US cities.

APRIL 16, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Clouds cover an area of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, US, December 4, 2023.

Amy Ettinger, who inspired readers with her life-affirming essays, succumbs to cancer at 49

Amy Ettinger, a prolific writer and ice cream aficionado, chronicled her battle with cancer in poignant essays, inspiring readers to cherish life's moments.

APRIL 9, 2024ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
A MEMORIAL candle is lit for a deceased loved one.

California schools spent $250,000 on anti-Israel 'Woke Kindergarten' curriculum

“Our reading scores are low,” one teacher told the Chronicle. “That could have gotten us a reading interventionist.”

FEBRUARY 4, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco, CA at sunset. This photo was taken from the Marin Headlands.

San Francisco must not let antisemitism win - opinion

Mayor London Breed now has the opportunity to do the right thing.

JANUARY 18, 2024BySHEILA NAZARIAN
SAN FRANCISCO Mayor London Breed now has the opportunity to do the right thing by vetoing the resolution, says the writer.

'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' chanted at San Francisco high school

Numerous X users shared the video and their concern that the protest could endanger anyone Jewish at the school.

OCTOBER 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general aerial view of San Francisco is seen in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 5, 2017.

Naked woman opens fire on California highway

New video footage obtained by NBC Bay Area captures the startling moments as the California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to the alarming situation.

JULY 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
San Francisco Bay Bridge