Trump to host Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Friday
July 24, 2024 by JNS
Former U.S. president Donald Trump plans to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday, the Republican presidential candidate said on Tuesday. Read more
Knesset advances bills to shut down UNRWA in Israel, declare it terror group
July 24, 2024 by JNS
Bipartisan Israeli lawmakers on Monday passed the first readings of three bills seeking to designate the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees as a terrorist group, cancel the legal immunity of its staff members and bar it from operating from Israeli soil altogether. Read more
Biden suggests hostage deal close
July 24, 2024 by JNS
U.S. President Joe Biden called in live to a Kamala Harris campaign event, screened on video to talk about Gazaa. Read more
Harris to skip Netanyahu’s congressional address
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will be absent from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. Read more
Palestinians repeat call to ban Israelis at Paris Olympics
July 23, 2024 by JNS
The Palestinians on Monday reiterated their call to ban Israeli athletes from competing in the Paris Olympics over the Jewish state’s war against Hamas in Gaza, sparked by the terror group’s massacre of 1,200 people in southern Israel on Oct. 7. Read more
Israelis at Paris Olympics to get reinforced protection
July 23, 2024 by JNS
The Israeli delegation to the Paris Olympics “will be subject to reinforced security,” according to French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. Read more
Israeli delegation to depart for hostage talks on Thursday
July 22, 2024 by JNS
An Israeli delegation is scheduled to set off on Thursday for ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on Sunday night. Read more
Adidas apologises for ‘insensitive’ campaign with Bella Hadid
July 21, 2024 by JNS
International sports apparel company Adidas has apologized for “any upset or distress caused” by including model Bella Hadid, who is considered as antisemitic and anti-Israel, in its campaign revamping the 1972 Munich Olympic sneakers. Read more
Meta to restore images of hostages after claiming ‘dangerous’ content
July 18, 2024 by JNS
Meta has agreed to restore a post removed from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum Instagram account featuring previously unseen images of five female hostages abducted from the Israel Defence Forces’ Nahal Oz base on Oct. 7. Read more
Israeli delegation in Cairo for hostage talks
July 18, 2024 by JNS
An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to continue indirect ceasefire talks with the Hamas terror group, Egyptian sources told the Associated Press on Wednesday night. Read more
Kibbutz Be’eri to receive US$100 million for reconstruction
July 16, 2024 by JNS
Kibbutz Be’eri is set to receive nearly $100 million for rebuilding efforts, the largest sum to date allocated to any of the Gaza border communities invaded by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, Ynet reported on Monday. Read more
Netanyahu to meet Biden at the White House on July 22
July 15, 2024 by JNS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Joe Biden at the White House on July 22, ahead of his address to a joint session of Congress, an Israeli official said on Sunday. Read more
‘If Israel comes to rescue you, we’ll kill you’
July 15, 2024 by JNS
Andrey Kozlov, rescued from Hamas captivity by the Israel Defence Forces on June 9, feels fortunate to have survived his ordeal. Read more
An hour before Biden comments, Netanyahu says praying for Trump
July 14, 2024 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote that he and his wife, Sara, are “shocked by the apparent attack on President Trump” and are praying “for his safety and speedy recovery.” Read more
Netanyahu reiterates ‘red lines’ for hostage deal with Hamas
July 12, 2024 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday reiterated Jerusalem’s “red lines” for the hostage-for-ceasefire deal being negotiated with the Hamas terror group. Read more
Netanyahu sets red lines in hostage-release talks with Hamas
July 8, 2024 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Sunday night outlined Jerusalem’s red lines in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations with the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip. Read more
Starmer tells Netanyahu UK committed to cooperation with Israel
July 8, 2024 by JNS
Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call on Sunday morning that his government remains committed to continuing London and Jerusalem’s “vital cooperation to deter malign threats,” Downing Street said. Read more
MKs back civilians suspected of murdering Hamas terrorist on Oct. 7
July 8, 2024 by JNS
Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum gave their backing on Sunday to three Israelis suspected of murdering a Gazan terrorist who infiltrated the Jewish state during the Oct. 7 massacre. Read more
Mother of rescued hostage Noa Argamani dies of brain cancer
July 3, 2024 by JNS
Liora Argamani, whose daughter Noa was held captive in Gaza for 246 days following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, died Tuesday after a prolonged battle with brain cancer. Read more
Hezbollah drone attack wounds 18 IDF soldiers, one seriously
July 1, 2024 by JNS
Eighteen Israel Defence Forces soldiers were wounded, one seriously, by a Hezbollah suicide drone attack near a kibbutz in the northern Golan Heights on Sunday afternoon, the army confirmed. Read more
Labor, Meretz unite to form new party: ‘The Democrats’
July 1, 2024 by JNS
Israel’s Labor and Meretz parties announced on Sunday that they will unite into a new party, called the “Democrats.” Read more
Letter to FDR from Einstein warning of Nazi atomic bomb to sell for millions
June 28, 2024 by JNS
Christie’s auction house anticipates an explosive sale price for a two-page letter from 1939 that laid the foundation for the Allied victory in World War II. Read more
102-year-old Shoah survivor is the cover star of ‘Vogue Germany’
A 102-year-old Holocaust survivor and Berlin native is the face of Vogue Magazine in Germany. Read more
Pro-Hamas mob attacks Jews outside LA shul
June 25, 2024 by JNS
A Pro-Hamas mob on Sunday attacked pro-Israel Jews outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico-Robertson area in western Los Angeles. Read more
At least 15 dead in attacks on Dagestan synagogues, churches
June 24, 2024 by JNS
More than 15 police officers and several civilians were killed by terrorists in southern Russia’s Republic of Dagestan on Sunday, authorities said early Monday.
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IDF green-lights ‘operational plans’ for Lebanon
June 19, 2024 by JNS
The Israel Defence Forces’ Northern Command has approved operational plans for a war against the Hezbollah terrorist group in Southern Lebanon, the army announced on Tuesday. Read more
After Gantz exit, Netanyahu disbands War Cabinet
June 18, 2024 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed members of his government of his intent to dissolve the War Cabinet set up after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. Read more
IDF has destroyed half of Hamas’s fighting forces in Rafah
June 18, 2024 by JNS
Around half of Hamas’s battalions in its last bastion of Rafah in southernmost Gaza have been dismantled during the current military operation there, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday. Read more
Israel: Dozens of hostages held in Gaza remain alive
June 18, 2024 by JNS
Many of the 120 hostages who remain in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip are believed to be alive, a senior Israeli official involved in ongoing negotiations with the terrorist organization said on Tuesday. Read more
IDF: Hezbollah ‘jeopardising future of Lebanon’
June 17, 2024 by JNS
Intensifying aggression by Iran-backed Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border is driving the Middle East towards a wider escalation that could have catastrophic consequences for Lebanon and the region, Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari said on Sunday. Read more