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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.

Once a tour de force, the traditional debate was snubbed and deplatformed in “a drawing inward to an almost ghetto-like environment,” one viewer said.
Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall refused to host two events featuring an IDF cantor, prompting organizers to pursue legal action.
Marking 50 years in the rabbinate, Binyomin Jacobs praised Dutch authorities for strong security and support, but warned fears remain.
The Conference of European Rabbis delayed its Baku gathering over security concerns.
Likud move to appoint PM’s son to a paid WZO post sparked opposition backlash, delaying votes at the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem.
In Jerusalem, fierce debates and record participation amid rising antisemitism underline how the stakes have risen in the Diaspora.
Over 1,600 sign letter backing U.K. economist Michael Ben-Gad as Dutch colleague faces similar harassment in Rotterdam.
Authorities have stepped up action on hundreds of Palestinian boys whom criminals bring in illegally to risk everything for handouts on busy roads.