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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.

Bobby Vylan performs at the Valkhof Festival in the Netherlands on July 19, 2022. Credit: FakirNL via Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
Complaint filed in Belgium against British ‘Death to IDF’ duo
Before chanting it at a music festival near Brussels, the Bob Vylan group popularized the chant in Britain.
Dec. 12, 2025
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Netanyahu, Modi
Israel News
Netanyahu and Modi talk renewed ties, said to be meeting ‘very soon’
Indian officials now openly refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization, a term they once avoided.
Dec. 10, 2025
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Francesca Albanese
Antisemitism
Spanish Jews decry Basque Region’s prize for anti-Israel UN envoy
René Cassin’s legacy is “distorted” by the use of his name to honor Francesca Albanese, long accused of antisemitism, the Jewish groups said.
Dec. 9, 2025
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A cycler moves past the facade of the Great Synagogue of Brussels, Belgium in June 1, 2007. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Jpcuvelier.
Antisemitism
Brussels synagogue briefly evacuated after false bomb threat
Unidentified individuals called the threat in, prompting the police’s bomb squad to scan it before giving the all clear.
Dec. 9, 2025
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Norway
Israel News
Norway PM grilled on state-employed artist’s Oct. 7 praise
In a query to Jonas Gahr Støre, a lawmaker questioned Jumana Manna’s role in renovating a government building that was damaged by a terrorist.
Dec. 9, 2025
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Illustration of a Shabbat table with the customary wine, challah and candles, which will all be blessed before the meal (photo was not taken on Shabbat). Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.
Antisemitism
Nanny charged with trying to poison French Jewish family
The defendant, an illegal alien from Algeria, allegedly put non-lethal substances in food, drink and even makeup in the household.
Dec. 9, 2025
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A neo-Nazi inscription scribbled on Dec. 5 on the monument for the murder of hundreds of Jews in 1506 in Lisbon, Portugal. Credit: CIL.
Antisemitism
Lisbon Jewish monument, Brussels nativity scene defaced
The statue in Portugal was daubed with neo-Nazi slogans, while the words “free Palestine” were painted on the Christian symbol in Belgium.
Dec. 8, 2025
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (left) and Andor Grósz, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary, attend the inauguration of the Jewish Charity Hospital in Budapest on Dec. 3, 2025. Photo by Ákos Kaiser/Press Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary.
Jewish Life
Hungary re-inaugurates Jewish hospital after $26 million renovation
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke at the reopening, which was accomplished with state funding amid a rapprochement with the Jewish group that owns the facility.
Dec. 7, 2025
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Villa Park in Birmingham, U.K. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Arne Müseler.
Israel News
UK cop sorry for saying Jews backed Birmingham soccer ban
Mike O’hara has retracted the claim that the local Jewish community backed the exclusion of Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters.
Dec. 7, 2025
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Professor Christer Mattsson (right) during a meeting with David Lega, the secretary general of the European Jewish Association, and Swedish lawmaker Gulan Avci in Stockholm, Sweden on Dec. 2, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Antisemitism
Study challenges how antisemitism is measured
A Swedish-led series of surveys found traditional indexes miss Jew-hatred expressed through anti-Zionist language, contradicting earlier research.
Dec. 7, 2025
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BBC
Antisemitism
‘BBC’ orders training on antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias
Outgoing director Tim Davie ends years of resistance to staff training after repeated scandals involving Jew-hatred and flawed Israel coverage.
Dec. 5, 2025
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The Great Synagogue of Copenhagen, where a jihadist murdered a Jewish guard in 2015. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD.
Israel News
Facing surging Jew-hatred, Denmark announces new strategy
The five-year, $18 million plan includes a dedicated antisemitism research institute, and new policing and education tools.
Dec. 4, 2025
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