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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.

The Israeli prime minister offered his first overview of the war in an interview that described his tense talks with the Biden administration.
Human Rights Watch echoed the allegation by Amnesty International in a document that alleges water deprivation.
Amichai Chikli juxtaposed an independent Kurdistan with a Turkish-ISIS alliance
As it grapples with geopolitical losses, the Islamic Republic faces protests over religion and rallies decrying an acute financial crisis.
The row between National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich led the former to vote against the national budget.
The national security minister spoke after Justice Minister Yariv Levin laid out a lengthy procedure to be followed for the dismissal.
“Facts can never be a criminal offense,” said Deputy Prime Minister Mona Keijzer, who has appealed after being charged with incitement to intolerance in July.
The meeting followed reports of some Druze community leaders seeking to come under permanent Israeli control.