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Bedouin tribal gunmen engage in combat with Druze fighters in Sweida city, in Syria's southern Sweida Province, on July 19, 2025. Photo by Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images.
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Anti-Israel NGO targets soldiers at Tomorrowland festival
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Druze residents protest near the Israeli-Syrian border fence in solidarity with their community in Syria, in Majdal Shams, July 16, 2025. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
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Israeli soldiers during recent action in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2025. Credit: IDF.
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July 17, 2025
Is Hamas snatching victory from the jaws of defeat?
Jonathan S. Tobin
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Something massive is unraveling inside Gaza
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Inside look at the latest Trump-Netanyahu summit
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Amiad Cohen drops explosive Gaza prediction
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Guy Benson: The dirtbag alliance hates Israel and America
Jonathan S. Tobin
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Is Israel headed towards a ceasefire or a trap?
Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev
July 8, 2025
Hebron Arabs attempt to bypass Hamas and the Palestinian Authority
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
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Watching history shift in real time
Meira K
July 7, 2025
Military expert tears apart viral Gaza aid story
Aylana Meisel

INSIDE ISRAEL

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the National Logistics Center for Emergency Preparedness of the United Hatzalah organization. Behind him is the biblical verse from which "Operation Rising Lion" takes it name, July 1, 2025. Photo by Maayan Toaf/GPO.
Netanyahu to rest at home after contracting food poisoning
JNS Staff
Israeli soldiers hold the line near Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia
Shosh Bedrosian, ILTV Correspondent
Israel Police arrest three in assault on Arab MK’s car
JNS Staff
Israeli Air Force’s ‘ace of aces’ dies at 87
OCHA Israel head Jonathan Whittall. Screenshot: X.
Israel to bar senior UN official over bias on Gaza war
Ariel Kahana
Abbas calls elections for PLO parliament
JNS Staff
Melanie Shiraz crowned Miss Universe Israel
Security guard tackles anti-Israel protester at Tour de France
JNS Staff
Ms Rachel joins forces with Palestinian journalist ‘genocide survivor’
Or Shaked
Performance by French-Israeli singer draws hate in Belgium
Yossi Lempkowicz

US & CANADA NEWS

A U.S. Army Iron Dome anti-missile system sits on the apron at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel sometime in 2020. Credit: Jim Garamone/U.S. Department of Justice.
House passes defense appropriations bill with millions for Israel
Andrew Bernard
Israel-Iran war remade Middle East, says Hegseth
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Harvard rewarded Jewish student’s attackers, lawsuit alleges
Aaron Bandler
‘It’s intolerable’: City Hall convenes first interagency task force to confront rise in Jew-hatred
Vita Fellig
Globe focused on Israel and the Middle East. Photo by Debra Flax.
Israel studies programs at US colleges ‘on brink of collapse,’ per report
Aaron Bandler
Court freezes Trump’s ICC sanctions
Natan Galula
Biden admin let $900m go to terror, anti-Netanyahu protests, House panel says
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Huckabee visits Christian Samaria village said to have been targeted by Israeli extremists
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Bipartisan reps introduce resolution to censure use of ‘globalize the intifada’
UN Security Council calls for accountability on Syria, criticizes Israel
Mike Wagenheim

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Jonathan S. Tobin. Photo by Tzipora Lifchitz.
the column
Jonathan S. Tobin
Politics from the pulpit may be tiresome, but it should be legal
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Is Hamas snatching victory from the jaws of defeat?
Jonathan S. Tobin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Muni Expo 2025 conference in Tel Aviv on July 15, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Jonathan S. Tobin. Photo by Tzipora Lifchitz.
the column
Jonathan S. Tobin
Biden and Hamas prolonged the war, not Netanyahu

WORLD

The Umea for Palestina group erected up a display of mannequins in concentration camp uniforms hanging from gallows in Umea, Sweden, on July 18, 2025. Source: Umea for Palestina/Instagram.
Display in Sweden equating Gazans to Jews in Shoah stirs storm
JNS Staff
Paris suburb cancels music fest subsidy over Kneecap booking
JNS Staff
MP Diane Abbott speaking at a Jeremy Corbyn leadership rally in August 2016. Credit: PaulNUK via Wikimedia Commons.
UK Labour again suspends Diane Abbott over racism comments
JNS Staff
People ride bicycles near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 13, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
French court frees terrorist behind murder of Israeli, US diplomats
"Such terrorists, enemies of the free world, should spend their lives in prison," the Israeli embassy in Paris said.
David Isaac
Thousands attend a memorial event in Argentina dedicated to the 85 people killed and more than 300 wounded in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, July 18, 2022. Credit: AMIA.
Argentina mourns AMIA building bombing
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IDF kills Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorist in Lebanon
Point guard Yoav Vitlem plays against Italy during the FIBA U20 EuroBasket quarterfinal at the Nea Alikarnassos Arena, Heraklion, Greece, on July 17, 2025. Source: FIBA.
Israel falls to Italy 86-80 in FIBA U20 quarterfinals
JNS Staff
Chilean mayor defies most anti-Israel South American nation
Roi Bet Levi

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court to testify in his trial, July 14, 2025. Photo by Reuven Kastro/POOL.
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column
Ruthie Blum
Bibi, Bugs Bunny and prosecutorial persecution
Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, speaks at a U.N. press conference in October 2023. Source: YouTube/United Nations.
column
Fiamma Nirenstein
The progressive myth of Francesca Albanese
A convoy of Syrian military and security forces passes a sign for Sweida city in Syria, on July 15, 2025. Photo by Stringer/Getty Images.
Melanie Phillips
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Melanie Phillips
Hypocrisy, double standards over the massacre of the Druze

OPINION

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David M. Abadie. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
David M. Abadie
From Judea to Jerusalem: The ancient cost of outsourcing our future
Ari Tatarka. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Ari Tatarka
The challenges facing Religious Zionism
Mitchell Bard
featured columnist
Mitchell Bard
‘The New York Times’ gas-lighting crusade against Israel
opinion
Jerry Grafstein
Jews: A founding nation of Canada
Joseph Epstein
opinion
Joseph Epstein
After losing face, Iran turns on its people and neighbors
Yisrael Medad, Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Yisrael Medad
Oy! Mein Gottfried!
Stephen M. Flatow. Credit: Courtesy.
featured columnist
Stephen M. Flatow
The Druze and a moral obligation beyond borders
Amy Rosenthal. Credit: Courtesy. Josh Ravitch. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Amy Rosenthal, Josh Ravitch
Libraries peddle Palestine as a country, complete with anti-Israel propaganda
Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Amine Ayoub
Why do Syria and Saudi Arabia want peace with Israel?
Yoram Ettinger
opinion
Yoram Ettinger
F-35 highlights Israel as a unique force multiplier for America
David Levine. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
David Levine
Palestinian problem requires the truth, not misinformation
Sarah N. Stern
opinion
Sarah N. Stern
Why Lebanon won’t make peace with Israel
Image of Palestinian falg on a brick wall. Credit: David_Peterson/Pixabay.
Ben Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.
featured columnist
Ben Cohen
‘Israelis not welcome:’ Pro-Hamas movement poses a threat in Italy
Four regions in the Europe country with leftist governments—Apulia, Emilia-Romagna, Sardinia and Tuscany—have adopted measures to suspend cooperation with Jerusalem.
U.S. President Donald Trump bids farewell to Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Al Udeid Air Force Base as he boards Air Force One en route to Abu Dhabi International Airport, May 15, 2025. Credit: Daniel Torok/White House.
Stephen M. Flatow. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Stephen M. Flatow
The dangerous illusion of friendship with Qatar and other hostile ‘allies’
The very country that houses American warplanes houses America’s enemies.
Israeli Supreme Court president Yitzhak Amit attends a court hearing on petitions concerning the manner of appointing the head of the Shin Bet, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. July 1, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
opinion
A. Amos Fried
Israel’s Supreme Court in the crosshairs
Judicial machinations have served as wake-up calls for the Knesset to set some matters right.
Martin Sherman
Opinion
Martin Sherman
Europe veers right towards Israel, Trump
Steven Burg
opinion
Rabbi Steven Burg
The legacy of Avraham Azulay
Warren H. Cohn. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Warren H. Cohn
A strange calm
Kobi Michael
opinion
Kobi Michael, Noa Lazimi
After ‘Rising Lion,’ achievements amid complex challenges
Daniel Rosen. Credit: Courtesey.
opinion
Daniel Rosen
Olmert’s outburst shows he’s losing it
Opinion
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Fighting evil abroad is American; just ask the heroes of World War II
opinion
Lenny Ben-David
Egregious journalistic malpractice at ‘The New York Times’
Gabe Groisman. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Gabe Groisman
Fatigue cannot drive negotiations
Meira Kolatch. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Meira Kolatch
Make faith great again
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
torah portion
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Don’t ask, don’t get
Rachel Sapoznik. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Rachel Sapoznik
NEA’s break with ADL is no badge of honor
Jason Shvili. Credit: Courtesy.
opinion
Jason Shvili
Hamas kills aid workers, and media slanders Israel
Louis Rene Beres (Credit: Purdue University)
opinion
Louis Rene Beres
Iran’s nuclear proxies vs. Israel’s nuclear ambiguity

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Wire
“No Place for Hate” badges. Credit: ADL.
Wire
Erasing American Jewry: Excluded, shunned and marginalized
An active campaign is going on to erase the presence, identity and contributions of Jews from public life.
The Focus Project
Tikva Housing Opening Ceremony, Richmond, B.C., July 14. Credit: Courtesy.
Wire
Tikva Housing secures 45 affordable rentals in Richmond through landmark acquisition
With support from the Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation and B.C.’s Rental Protection Fund, the Ronald S. Roadburg Residences preserves urgently needed rental housing for generations to come.
Tikva Housing
A delegation of educators from South America arrived in Israel for an annual conference sponsored by KKL-JNF from July 15-22, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.
Wire
180 educators from 22 countries arrive in Israel for annual education seminar
They range from France, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Croatia, Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia and Kosovo.
KKL-JNF
Alan Mendelsohn senior associate at Alston & Bird, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and Ziporah Reich, director of Litigation at The Lawfare Project. Credit: Courtesy.
Wire
The Lawfare Project and co-counsel Alston & Bird join House Education and Workforce committee hearing on antisemitism
A lawsuit alleges a deeply entrenched, hostile and discriminatory environment for Jewish faculty and students at the City University of New York (CUNY).
The Lawfare Project
Grandmother. Credit: sabinevanerp/Pixabay.
Wire
Jewish Grandparents Network announces new leaders Debra S. Weinberg and Richard N. Bernstein
The organization poised to grow its reach as more multi-generational families crave enriching, accessible Jewish family experiences.
Jewish Grandparents Network