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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 officers meet with a Syrian mayor, December 2024. Credit: The IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Israel News
IDF troops ordered to hide face, name in media
The command followed attempts to prosecute Israelis abroad for alleged war crimes.
Jan. 10, 2025
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Palestinian Authority Security Personnel
Israel News
Trend reversal: Poll shows most Israelis oppose Palestinian state
Previous surveys consistently showed declining but steady support for the idea among all Israelis, including Jews.
Jan. 9, 2025
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Haredi Jews arrive to the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer in central Israel on March 28, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Israel News
338 Israeli Haredim enlist in special IDF frameworks
The army has until June to recruit another 3,888 if it is to meet its goals.
Jan. 8, 2025
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Residents of Kiryat Shmona check last night's missile-attack damage at the city's central bus station and mall on Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel offers $933 million to returning northern evacuees
The package incentivizes the repopulation by March 7 of 60,000 people who left at-risk communities near the Lebanese border for state-funded hotels.
Jan. 5, 2025
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Sao Paulo, Brazil
Israel News
Nova massacre survivor flees Brazil amid war crimes probe
The tourist reportedly left the South American country together with three of his friends after receiving a warning from the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Jan. 5, 2025
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Then-Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky speaks during the organization's board of governors conference at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem on June 24, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Antisemitism
Debunk anti-Israel narrative, Sharansky tells students
The human rights activist advised visitors from North American campuses to tackle the false “oppression paradigm.”
Jan. 2, 2025
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Shoppers browse the Grand Bazaar of Tehran on Sept. 17, 2016. Photo by Diego Delso via Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Strike grips iconic Tehran market that spurred 1979 revolution
The protests over the economy coincide with resentment over religious coercion.
Dec. 30, 2024
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D-Day veteran Mervyn Kersh poses for a photo during an event to launch the 80th anniversary commemorations of Allied amphibious landing (D-Day Landings) in France in 1944, in central London, on April 26, 2024. Credit: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Centenarian Jewish D-Day veteran ‘doubts’ sacrifice was worth it
Jew-hatred and the “cowardice” of officials have eroded the confidence of Londoner Mervyn Kersh, the 100-year-old told JNS.
Dec. 27, 2024
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King Willem-Alexander
Antisemitism
Dutch king asks Jews to ‘stay,’ tells Muslims: ‘It’s your country’
Critics said the juxtaposition in the annual Christmas address was misguided and an exercise in “looking the other way.”
Dec. 27, 2024
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Ayanawo Ferada Senebato
Feature
40 years on, Israeli Ethiopians fete identity forged by hardship
Community members whose families risked everything to reach Jerusalem are reconnecting to rich traditions following a challenging integration process.
Dec. 26, 2024
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Police officers from the Mobile Unit (ME) during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on the sidelines of the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv, in Amsterdam on Nov. 7, 2024. Photo by Jeroen Jumelet/ANP/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Amsterdam court hands ‘lenient’ sentences to five ‘pogrom’ culprits
The heaviest punishment was six months in jail, a quarter of the requested time and a fraction of the maximum.
Dec. 24, 2024
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U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) speaks as House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (3rd R) and other House Republican veterans listen during a news conference at Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol Aug. 31, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.
Israel News
Trump NSA pick vows ‘nothing but consequences’ over hostages
Incoming U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz also said that a weakened Iran may either slow down or speed up its nuclear program.
Dec. 23, 2024
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