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Canaan Lidor

Canaan Lidor

Canaan Lidor is an award-winning journalist and news correspondent at JNS. A former fighter and counterintelligence analyst in the IDF, he has over a decade of field experience covering world events, including several conflicts and terrorist attacks, as a Europe correspondent based in the Netherlands. Canaan now lives in his native Haifa, Israel, with his wife and two children.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets German Bundestag President Julia Klöckner in Berlin, May 6, 2026. Credit: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Israel News
Israel warns Europe lawmakers of ‘hostility’ hurting ties
Amid sanctions talk, Israel’s foreign minister said moves by some E.U. governments compromise relations with Israel and the United States.
May 19, 2026
Canaan Lidor
A banner advertizing the Nova Exhibition is on display in London, U.K. on May 18, 2026. Photo courtesy of Linda Sason.
World News
Banner for London Oct. 7 memorial removed, reinstalled
Organizers said the police cited security concerns over advertisement for the Nova Exhibition.
May 18, 2026
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Lenny Kuhr. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Dutch venue cancels Jewish singer’s concert after protests
Eurovision winner Lenny Kuhr says Zionist artists face growing hostility in the Netherlands after venue drops May performance.
May 14, 2026
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Tamara Gorni and her husband, Michael Gorni, perform a Jewish religious wedding ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of JCC Beit Menachem.
Jewish Life
Five Jewish couples wed in wartime ceremony in Kyiv
The group wedding at a Chabad shul included elderly couples who had been civilly married for years, alongside younger pairs whose wedding plans were delayed by the war.
May 13, 2026
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Property in Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel in the wake of the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of the Kibbutz Movement Rehabilitation Fund.
World News
Norway cites free speech in defense of Hamas-praising professor
Government and university officials declined to sanction an academic who called the Oct. 7 massacre “the most beautiful thing that has happened in our century.”
May 13, 2026
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Envoys of 25 countries and several organizations pose for a group photo in Geneva, Switzerland on May 12, 2026. Photo courtesy of WJC.
World News
Antisemitism envoys raise alarm, but omit specifics of anti-Israel backlash
Jewish leaders criticized a call by envoys from 25 countries to fight Jew-hatred because it did not mention that the Jewish state was a lightning rod.
May 13, 2026
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Thousands of people protest against antisemitism in London on May 10, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of Sajid Javid.
World News
Thousands protest antisemitism in London amid attacks on Jews
Demonstrators jeered a senior Labour minister as speakers demanded tougher action following a surge in violence and intimidation in Britain.
May 11, 2026
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Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch, right, presents the Israel Prize to Belu-Simion Fainaru in Jerusalem, Israel on May 1, 2025. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.
World News
Israel decries Venice Biennale protests as ‘intimidation’
Demonstrations outside the Israeli pavilion came after Italy’s government opposed efforts by Biennale organizers and jurors to exclude the Jewish state.
May 11, 2026
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Metropolitan Police officers patrol London in December 2025. Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Police.
Antisemitism
London police make four arrests in string of antisemitic crimes
Suspects were detained over synagogue and ambulance arson, threats against Jews on a bus, and TikTok harassment videos.
May 10, 2026
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Property in Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel in the wake of the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of the Kibbutz Movement Rehabilitation Fund.
World News
Norway rector cites ‘free speech’ after professor praises Oct. 7
Prof. Bassam Hussein referred to the Hamas massacres as “the most beautiful thing that has happened in our century.”
May 7, 2026
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Tools for Brit Milah, Circumcision
World News
Israel, US decry reported plan to indict mohels in Belgium
Officials condemned prosecutors’ alleged decision to go after Jewish circumcisers, calling it antisemitic and a threat to religious freedom.
May 6, 2026
Canaan Lidor
Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch, right, presents the Israel Prize to Belu-Simion Fainaru in Jerusalem, Israel on May 1, 2025. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.
World News
Venice Biennale jury quits after Israel, Russia exclusion
The judges resigned from the prestigious art show following controversy surrounding policy on countries with leaders facing ICC charges.
May 4, 2026
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