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Israel's air defense targets Iranian missiles in the sky of Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images.

Alex Traiman

Israel wins stunning 12-Day War

Iran breaks ceasefire with missile fire at northern Israel

People enjoying the beach in Tel Aviv, June 23, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

IDF lifts all restrictions on civilian movement in wake of Iran truce

Israel launches ‘Safe Return’ outbound flight framework

JNS Staff

An image of slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Hossein Salami at a memorial for those killed by Israel, at Hafteh-tir Square in Tehran, on June 23, 2025. Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images.

from the Jerusalem bureau chief

Alex Traiman

Reasons to support Israel’s ceasefire with Iran

After suffering humiliating losses on the battlefield, Iran knew it could not survive the wrath of Trump. Iran begged for a ceasefire. It was essentially a complete surrender.

Israel claims victory over Iran, agrees to truce deal

Joshua Marks

PMO: Regime change in Iran not war goal

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Israel’s leaders seek Gaza refocus

Canaan Lidor

IDF soldier in training named as first military casualty in Iran missile attacks

JNS Staff

EU states laud tenuous Iran truce, vow to block nuclear drive

Canaan Lidor

Qatar pushes to resume Israel-Hamas talks to secure ceasefire

JNS Staff

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Reasons to support Israel’s ceasefire with Iran

Alex Traiman

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IDF lifts all restrictions on civilian movement in wake of Iran truce

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Mistake to elect ‘radical’ Mamdani, ‘Chicago Tribune’ ed board says

Vita Fellig

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Arizona ed official denounces governor’s veto of antisemitism bill

Izzy Salant

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IDF soldier in training named as first military casualty in Iran missile attacks

JNS Staff

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Unity march against Iranian regime draws about 1,000 in Toronto

Dave Gordon

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After Trump-Netanyahu call, Israel-Iran truce appears to hold

JNS Staff

7 hours ago

Qatar pushes to resume Israel-Hamas talks to secure ceasefire

JNS Staff

7 hours ago

EU states laud tenuous Iran truce, vow to block nuclear drive

Canaan Lidor

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Israeli MK denounced as ‘national threat’ in fiery Knesset proceedings

JNS Staff

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London restaurant becomes celebration venue for Iranian strikes on Israel

Nissan Shtrauchler

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Herzog visits Beersheva after deadly Iranian missile strike

JNS Staff

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US & CANADA NEWS

The Israeli Air Force and U.S. Air Force hold a joint F-35 drill in southern Israel. Credit: IAF.

After Trump-Netanyahu call, Israel-Iran truce appears to hold

JNS Staff

An estimated 1,000 people marched in unity against the Iranian regime in Toronto on June 22, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Salman Sima.

Unity march against Iranian regime draws about 1,000 in Toronto

Dave Gordon

Demonstrator holds up a sign supporting New York state representative Zohran Mamdani ahead of the June 24 Democratic primary, during the "No Kings Protest" in New York City, June 14, 2025. Credit: Moonlightonasnowynight via Wikimedia Commons.

Mistake to elect ‘radical’ Mamdani, ‘Chicago Tribune’ ed board says

Vita Fellig

Tom Horne, Arizona superintendent of public instruction, speaking with attendees at the 2024 Legislative Forecast Luncheon hosted by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan. 5, 2024. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Creative Commons.

Arizona ed official denounces governor’s veto of antisemitism bill

Izzy Salant

A police interceptor for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Credit: Akino601 via Wikimedia Commons.

LA sheriff’s office sorry for ‘offensive’ post about ‘victims’ bombed in Iran

Aaron Bandler

Trump announces Israel-Iran ceasefire

Iran launches missiles towards U.S. air base in Qatar, largest in Middle East

Andrew Bernard

House passes bill to scrutinize Taliban funding

Rachel Storch, a Jewish candidate for the New York City Council. Credit: Courtesy of Rachel Storch.

Democratic Party can be fixed ‘from within,’ Jewish NYC council candidate says

Vita Fellig

UN Security Council meets following US strikes in Iran

Mike Wagenheim

New York City, March 11, 2025. Credit: Mike Peel via Wikimedia Commons.

Poll: Cuomo has slim lead in New York City mayoral race

Vita Fellig

New Yorkers should remain on ‘high alert’ amid rising US-Iran tensions, Hochul says

Vita Fellig

At highest level, UN comfortable with wildly-inconsistent Gaza data

Mike Wagenheim

‘Recurring trend’: Wikipedia demoting pro-Israel content, experts say

Aaron Bandler

Harvard Chabad to receive half-million dollar payout, zoning permit as part of settlement

Mike Wagenheim

Trump: ‘Why wouldn’t there be regime change’ in Iran?

JNS Staff

INSIDE ISRAEL

New-generation centrifuges on display in Tehran during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day, April 10, 2021. Credit: Iranian Presidency Office/WANA.

Iran’s nuclear program chief vows ‘revival’ and continuation

JNS Staff

Disillusioned, UN envoy to Gaza quits

Canaan Lidor

Herzog visits Beersheva after deadly Iranian strike

JNS Staff

London restaurant becomes celebration venue for Iranian strikes on Israel

Nissan Shtrauchler

The site of an Iran missile attack in southern Israel on June 24, 2025. Credit: Magen David Adom.

Iran strike kills four in Beersheva

JNS Staff

UK home secretary proposes proscribing Palestine Action

David Isaac

EU FMs postpone to July decision on measures against Israel

Yossi Lempkowicz

Israeli MK denounced as ‘national threat’ in fiery Knesset proceedings

JNS Staff

Yaakov Lappin

How a shift to CENTCOM enabled close US-Israel coordination against Iran

Israeli F-15I fighter jets before the launch of "Operation Rising Lion." Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

The untold story of the Iran war: How Israel did the unthinkable

Itay Ilnai

Israeli paramedics and forces at the scene of an Iranian ballistic missile impact in Tel Aviv, on June 22, 2025. Photo by Matan Golan/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images.

Israel is degrading Iran’s capabilities, but the ballistic missile threat persists

Israel Kasnett

IAF F-35 stealth fighter aircraft fly in Israeli airspace. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Why are Iranians supporting Israel?

Adi Nirman

Israeli soldiers during recent action in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2025. Credit: IDF.

Wives rally round their reservist husbands

Amelie Botbol

A man inspects the wreckage after the IDF partially demolished the home of Palestinian terrorist Abed Qader Qawasmi in Hebron in Judea on May 21, 2025. Photo by WIsam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

IDF to raze homes of four terrorists who murdered Israelis

JNS Staff

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington D.C., Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Liri Agami/Flash90.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Would anyone but Trump have done it?

Fired for speech: The woke war on American education

“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, Ep. 182

Jonathan S. Tobin

U.S. President Donald Trump walks along the West Colonnade on the way to the Executive Residence for an event, in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2025. Photo by Daniel Torok/White House.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Isolationists relitigate the Iraq War to let Iran go nuclear

WORLD

EU says Israel’s war on Hamas violates trade pact

Canaan Lidor

Israel’s FM ‘horrified’ by Damascus terror attack on Christian community

JNS Staff

An illustration picture of the Israeli version of Google, Nov. 11, 2009. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash 90.

Iranians hack into Israeli reporters’ Google accounts

JNS Staff

Prefect of French region asks mayor of Nice to remove Israeli flag

Yossi Lempkowicz

Ronny Naftaniel speaks in Brussels, Belgium on Dec. 6, 2016. Photo courtesy of CEJI - A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe.

Dutch Labor party wants to stop selling Israel Iron Dome parts

Canaan Lidor

Mo Chara, left, and other members of the Kneecap band. Photo credit: Ctesy of Kneecap.

Crowd gathers in London in support of pro-Hezbollah rapper

JNS Staff

Sweden exposes Iran’s Europe-wide Israeli assassination network

Jonathan Duschnitzky

Police face off against anti-Israel protesters at Dam Square in Amsterdam on Nov. 10, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of Bart Schut.

Amsterdam cops didn’t prepare for Maccabi pogroms, report says

Canaan Lidor

SENIOR CONTRIBUTORS

The note placed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Western Wall on June 22, 2025. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Fiamma Nirenstein

From mourning to ‘Tkuma’

A ballistic missile fired from Iran significantly damages a high-rise building in Ramat Gan, Israel, June 19, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Melanie Phillips

The return of the neocon canard

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addresses the nation from Tehran in a state television broadcast on June 18, 2025. Photo by Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran via Getty Images.

Fiamma Nirenstein

The Khamenei countdown: Why Israel can wait no longer

OPINION

Points of view from across the Jewish world

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Yehoshua Pfeffer

To boldly go where no generation has gone before

Daniel Friedman

Should Israel fight America’s war against Iran?

Dillon Hosier

PowerPoints over power: Why the American Jewish community is losing

Ellie Krasne

Zohran Mamdani’s long war on Israel

Jason Shvili

Israel’s enemies mount smear campaigns with lies

Sarah N. Stern

Trump’s bold, historic move

Stephen M. Flatow

US Supreme Court restored a measure of justice—for Ari Fuld and for us all

Daniel Greenfield

President Trump kept 30 years of broken promises

David Yaari

A new ‘Trump Doctrine’ for the Mideast

Featured Column

Ben Cohen

Enemy broadcaster

Martin Sherman

Emmanuel the egregious

Ronen Itsik

No deal with Tehran’s tyranny

Zohran Mamdani looks out into the crowd at a rally at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 4, 2025. Photo by Madison Swart/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.

Jeffrey Podoshen

New York City mayoral candidate uses ‘Holocaust inversion’

Contrary to Zohran Mamdani’s explanation, ‘intifada’ does not simply mean ‘uprising’ and could never be applied to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tel Aviv on June 22, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

David Reaboi

Even as Iranian missiles fall, Jewish far-left ignores threat to Israel

An Israeli Air Force fighter jet gets ready to head for Tehran, June 2025. Credit: IDF.

Irit Tratt

What Jewish Americans can learn from Israel’s war with Iran

Farley Weiss

From sanctions to JCPOA to Iran strike

Rabbi Leor Sinai

Mideast’s new superpower is a catalyst for peace

Paul Teller, Joel Griffith

The United States should recognize Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria

Rabbi Avi Weiss

A defining moment for President Trump, America and the free world

Joseph Puder

The lion roars

Gerald M. Steinberg

The minimum for a negotiated ceasefire with Iran

Avraham Russell Shalev

Lazy accusations of genocide distort the reality of war

Robert Neufeld

Targeting Iranian state TV: Is it legal?

Phyllis Chesler

Time for America to act

featured column

Rabbi Yossy Goldman

Faith under fire

Joel Margolis

Israel’s right to fight, explained

featured column

Moshe Phillips

A night in Jerusalem made me rethink everything I knew about Israel

JNS WIRE

Press releases from around the Jewish world

Wire

Individuals sheltered at Yad Sarah's Givatayim branch during an alarm warning of Iranian missiles. Credit: Courtesy.

Yad Sarah mobilizes as ongoing Iranian strikes threaten Israeli civilians

Yad Sarah’s provides critical health care and support services during national crises.

HaShomer HaChadash launches patrols in Bat Yam to prevent looting following Iranian missile strikes on June 15, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.

HaShomer HaChadash responds to national crisis with wide-scale volunteer efforts across Israel

From securing evacuated homes to safeguarding food security, the organization mobilizes its networks in response to the war with Iran.

HaShomer HaChadash

Israeli Air Force fighter jets take off for strikes in Iran in June 2025. Credit: IDF.

Iran questions answered: Behind the headlines

Marked by years of Israeli and American sabotage operations, the “shadow war” has erupted into open conflict.

The Focus Project

In between missile barrages, inpatients at the Kaylie Rehabilitation Medical Center at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran enjoy a spirit lifting sing-a-long led by medical clowns and Dr. Shilo Kramer, head of orthopedic rehabilitation, in the hospital’s protected ward on June 19, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.

After missile strike, Soroka patients move to ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran

The Harvey and Gloria Kaylie Rehabilitation Medical Center at ADI is a state-of-the-art facility designed to protect against nuclear, chemical and biological threats.

In the wake of Israel's confrontation with Iran, a national emergency volunteer headquarters has been established to assist evacuees and affected communities across the Jewish state, June 18, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of the Kibbutz Movement Rehabilitation Fund.

Kibbutz movement sets up emergency volunteer headquarters to assist Israeli evacuees

Just hours after its launch, the HQ carried out its first operation, delivering 121 mattresses to bomb shelters in kibbutzim in the Upper Galilee.