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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.

Hatzolah staff treat a patient in London. Credit: Hatzolah UK.
World News
Group behind European synagogue blasts claims London arson
Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya said it had torched Jewish ambulances as part of wider campaign.

Mar. 24, 2026
Canaan Lidor
A photo of an artwork by Matthew Collings depicting Israel or Jews as a demon with blood dripping between its teeth hangs at a private gallery in Margate, the U.K. Photo courtesy of Zoe Strimpel.
World News
UK council removes page promoting antisemitic art exhibit
Mar. 24, 2026
Canaan Lidor
Israeli students take shelter inside a public bomb shelter at the Rupin Academic Centre, north of Tel Aviv, June 17, 2025.Photo by Gili Yaari /Flash90.
Israel News
Israeli Jewish support for Iran operation holds above 90%
Mar. 23, 2026
Canaan Lidor
Argentine Prsident Jabier Milei, left, and Gerardo Werthein attend his inauguration as foreign minister in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Nov. 4, 2024. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina.
Jewish Life
Argentina’s new foreign minister sworn in on Torah
At Gerardo Werthein’s inauguration, President Javier Milei referenced the weekly Torah portion, suggesting it’s a divine sign to follow Abraham’s lead.
Nov. 5, 2024
Canaan Lidor
The text of an Irish schoolbook inaccurately states that Jesus was born in "Palestine." Screen capture from IMPACT-se's report titled "European Textbooks Ireland Review."
Antisemitism
Irish textbooks say Jesus was from ‘Palestine,’ downplay Auschwitz
The IMPACT-se group that discovered the distortions calls for revisions and proofreading by Ireland’s National Council for Curriculum.
Nov. 5, 2024
Canaan Lidor
Eli Feldstein, an IDF spokesman, attends the funeral of Yehuda Dimentman, in Homesh, Samaria, on Dec. 17, 2021. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.
Israel News
Israeli court reveals identity of intel leak suspect
Eli Feldstein, who worked as a spokesperson on military affairs in the Prime Minister’s Office, is suspected of unlawful handling of classified material and harming state security.
Nov. 4, 2024
Canaan Lidor
Demonstrators chant at an anti-Israel protest in Berlin on May 27, 2023. Photo by Matthias Berg/Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
German MPs to name Muslim Jew-hatred as antisemitism vector
Coalition and opposition lawmakers agree to pass a text that acknowledges a politically inconvenient reality.
Nov. 3, 2024
Canaan Lidor
U.S. presidential envoy Amos Hochstein meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Oct. 31, 2024. Credit: Ma'ayan Toaf/GPO.
Israel News
Cops quiz Netanyahu ‘former aide’ on secret papers leak
The affair is said to concern Hamas documents obtained by Israel proving the terrorists don’t really want a hostage deal.
Nov. 3, 2024
Canaan Lidor
Protest Against UNRWA
U.S. News
Israel’s UNRWA ban prompts condemnation and praise
Despite the protest, influential politicians in the Netherlands and Czechia welcomed the move.
Oct. 29, 2024
Canaan Lidor
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem for the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Oct. 28, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Israel News
At Knesset, Netanyahu urges dismantling of Iran’s ‘evil axis’
Addressing criticism over the limited scope of the Israeli strike, the prime minister outlines a firm long-term strategy.
Oct. 29, 2024
Canaan Lidor
Palestinian supporters of Hamas protest against the U.S. Middle East peace plan front of the main headquarters the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza City on Feb. 20, 2020. Photo by Ali Ahmed/Flash90.
Israel News
Knesset bans UNRWA, outlaws all official contact
The legislation, which the U.S. and E.U. oppose, follows revelations about the U.N. agency’s complicity in Palestinian terrorism.
Oct. 29, 2024
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