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Neta Bar

Neta Bar reports on Israeli culture, community life, and societal developments at JNS.org.

A Dutch Palestinian group is the primary organization behind the coordinated attack on sports fans, among others associated with PFLP, according to Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry.
A Jew living in the building where 85-year-old Mireille Knoll was tortured and killed has been facing relentless antisemitic harassment.
“The topography makes it very difficult to detect aircraft flying low and using the terrain to hide in it,” a senior researcher explains.
Lester Kateel, who has been working in Israel for years, named his bus in honor of his host country, but public outrage forced him to change course.
Mojtaba Amani, Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, said the claims were part of a “Zionist plot.”
The conservative “Tasnim” news agency published a lengthy article addressing Israel’s reasons for assassinating Haniyeh without mentioning the Islamic Republic’s immediate threat of retaliation.
After decades of loyalty to the Assad regime, Syria’s Druze minority feels besieged by the Iranian axis. Hezbollah’s attack on Majdal Shams may prove the final straw.
Ankara’s support for Hamas appears to be alienating Ramallah.
Paratroop battalion wages a distinctly 21st-century war.
To clear the thicket, the reserve soldiers assembled a trebuchet, a device that hurls stones and burning objects several hundred meters.
“What we didn’t finish then, we’ll do today. We’re advancing deeper, maneuvering harder, we have more time and bigger missions.”
Hamas supporters assault Noa Cochva in Times Square.