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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.

A man examines the informational plaque near the main Holocaust monument in Hanover, Germany on Oct. 25, 2013. Photo by Bernd Schwabe via Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
Holocaust monument defaced in Hanover, Germany
In December, Israel was called a “terror state” at a rally in the city.
Mar. 19, 2026
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Metropolitan Police officers patrol London in December 2025. Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Police.
World News
Two men indicted in UK for spying on Jews for Iran
Mar. 19, 2026
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David van Weel, Nir Oz
World News
Dutch authorities probing possible Iranian links to synagogue attack
Mar. 18, 2026
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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.
Israel News
Hungarian textbooks deemed fair, in-depth on Jewish issues
The report on teaching aids followed a speech by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, in which he called Budapest the safest European capital for Jews.
Jan. 8, 2026
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Mike O'Hara appears before the home affairs committee of the House of Commons in London, the U.K. on Jan. 6, 2025. Photo: Screenshot from House of Commons live broadcast.
Antisemitism
Israel: UK police scapegoated Jews to justify soccer fan ban
Jerusalem accused West Midlands Police of antisemitism after the cops said visiting Israelis had been a ‘threat’ to Birmingham residents.
Jan. 7, 2026
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Sarah B. Rogers
World News
Top US official faults EU over Jewish business map
State Under Secretary Sarah Rogers said the document showed that hate speech laws were used against conservatives but ignored vis-a-vis Jew haters.
Jan. 7, 2026
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Athletes compete in the EuroLeague basketball match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Barcelona held at Palau Blaugrana, in Barcelona, Spain on Jan, 6, 2026. Photo by Flash90.
Antisemitism
Spanish teams ban fans from Maccabi basketball matches
Critics of the decision to clear the stands called it a “surrender to jihadism.”
Jan. 7, 2026
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Eva Schloss-Geiringer and her husband Zvi Schloss. Photo courtesy of the family.
Antisemitism
Adopted daughter of Anne Frank’s father dies at 96
Eva Schloss-Geiringer, who was born in Vienna and died in London, studied photography at her stepfather’s encouragement and with his help.
Jan. 6, 2026
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Mourners gather near the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where a fire killed around 40 people and injured more than 100 others during New Year’s celebrations, Jan. 2, 2026. Photo by Maxime Schmid/AFP via Getty Images.
Jewish Life
Teen Jewish sisters among 40 dead in Swiss New Year’s fire
The remains of Alicia and Diana Gunst were identified Sunday, whereas another Jewish girl, Charlotte Niddam, is considered missing.
Jan. 4, 2026
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Antisemitic graffiti on a road in Ireland, Dec. 30, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Rachel Moiselle.
Antisemitism
‘Jew rat’ road graffiti reappears in Ireland
Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder called it “part of a much wider trend that many within Ireland’s political and media class still refuse to acknowledge.”
Jan. 2, 2026
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Anthony Albanese
Antisemitism
Australian Jewish group calls to block Labor from events
Ruling party politicians who resist efforts to establish a national inquiry into the Bondi Beach Chanukah massacre should not be welcomed, AJA says.
Jan. 2, 2026
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