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Netanyahu, Likud erupt as Israel certifies results despite accusations of Arab-sector voter fraud

“The reports tonight are an earthquake for Israeli democracy,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted to X on Tuesday night.

Nov. 4, 2026

David Isaac

Israel News

Huckabee: Netanyahu’s opposition to Arab parties in gov’t a ‘necessary course’

Arab lawmakers elected to the Knesset “have been outspoken in their condemnation of the very nation they want to be a part of,” the envoy said.

Nov. 2, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

Election fraud allegations mount in Israel’s Arab towns

Witness reports intimidation in Galilee, Likud lawmaker alleges voter bribery in Negev, as Shin Bet probes suspected foreign interference.

Nov. 3, 2026

Canaan Lidor

Israel News

Gravestones of Herzl’s grandparents unveiled on Mount Herzl

The ceremony marking the completion of their reinterment took place exactly 109 years after the Balfour Declaration.

Nov. 2, 2026

JNS Staff
U.S.
U.S. News

‘Incredible’ Jewish support ahead of anti-Israel bicycle boycott ride, Philly Jewish eatery owner says, ‘we won’t cower’

“We’ll show up strong, with pride and solidarity, and keep the focus on peaceful support,” Yehuda Sichel, who owns Huda in downtown Philadelphia, told JNS.

Nov. 4, 2026

Jessica Russak-Hoffman

U.S. News

Florida Jewish Dem, strong Israel supporter, re-elected in redrawn district

Rep. Lois Frankel’s campaign website said that she “believes that Israel’s security is our security, and Israel’s values are our values.”

Nov. 4, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Pro-Israel Jewish Dem wins back her former Virginia congressional seat

“The status quo in Washington is not working and voters have shown that Hampton Roads is ready for change,” Elaine Luria stated.

Nov. 4, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Becerra wins California governor’s race as LA mayoral, congressional contests still too close to call

With nearly two-thirds of the votes counted, Nithya Raman, a democratic socialist on the Los Angeles City Council, holds a narrow lead over Mayor Karen Bass.

Nov. 4, 2026

Aaron Bandler
World
- United Nations
- Middle East
- Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Latin America
- Canada
- Australia
- Iran
U.S. News

Can’t kill Hamas terrorists in press vests, UN ‘independent expert’ Albanese tells JNS

Francesca Albanese, a U.N. special rapporteur, is “passing that off as if it were the legitimate standard that countries, including Israel, should recognize,” Brian Cox, a former U.S. Army military lawyer, told JNS.

Nov. 3, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

World News

‘Deeply concerning’ IHRA conference excluded Saudis, Emiratis, Kaploun says

“Excluding states that may not be ‘commonly seen as democracies’ risks shutting IHRA out of the very places where its mission is most in demand,” the U.S. envoy on Jew-hatred wrote.

Nov. 3, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

U.S. News

Mamdani backs international dockworkers’ strike against arms shipments to Israel

The New York City mayor said “New Yorkers stand with” dockworkers in 22 countries protesting arms shipments to conflict zones, though no New York ports joined the strikes.

Nov. 2, 2026

Rikki Zagelbaum

World News

AJC delegation meets Moroccan parliament speaker in Rabat

The talks focused on U.S.-Morocco ties, economic cooperation and the kingdom’s Jewish heritage.

Nov. 2, 2026

JNS Staff
Analysis
- Yaakov Lappin
- Shimon Sherman
Analysis

In first election post-10/7, Israeli voters choose same electoral deadlock

Netanyahu’s Likud remains Israel’s largest party, the opposition lacks a clear path to power, and an enlarged Arab bloc complicates coalition arithmetic. With Trump backing Netanyahu and Iran still on the agenda, another election could carry high strategic costs.

Oct. 28, 2026

Alex Traiman

Analysis

Unity, defections or another election: Israel’s paths out of deadlock

The country’s next government will depend on whether its political leaders can reconcile their competing commitments, or whether voters will again be asked to resolve a deadlock that negotiations could not.

Oct. 29, 2026

Shimon Sherman, Canaan Lidor

Analysis

What do Israeli voters care about most? Three issues emerge as top of mind

Security remains central to the election, but voters on the right and left differ over the threats facing Israel and how best to address them.

Oct. 27, 2026

David Isaac

Analysis

The battle for 61: Netanyahu’s post-election strategy

From haredi draft exemptions to unity talks, the incumbent faces a complex coalition puzzle.

Oct. 26, 2026

Shimon Sherman
Opinion
Editor-in-Chief

A Democratic-run Congress will target Israel as well as Trump

The rout of the GOP by a party now dominated by “progressive” and antisemitic foes of the Jewish state will impact the alliance as well as American Jewish life for the worse.

November 4, 2026 01:42 AM

Jonathan S. Tobin

Senior Contributing Editor

US midterms and the test of democracy

The growing influence of Muslim and progressive candidates hostile to Israel raises questions about antisemitism and the values underpinning Western democracy.

November 4, 2026 01:53 PM

Fiamma Nirenstein

Opinion

The Jewish prisoners we must not forget

From Soviet refuseniks to the prisons of Putin’s Russia.

November 4, 2026 04:00 PM

Alexander Smukler

Opinion

Israel’s democracy debate must include judicial power

Who has the final word in a free society?

November 4, 2026 04:00 PM

Moshiko Malka
JNS TV
Israel Undiplomatic

Is Israel Preparing To Go It Alone Against Tehran?

Nov. 4, 2026

Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev

JNS TV / Axis of Truth

Trump weighs Iran strikes as Vance offers Tehran a lifeline

Nov. 4, 2026

Emily Schrader

JNS TV / The Meira K Show

Did Qatar try to influence Israel’s elections?

Nov. 3, 2026

Meira K

JNS TV / The Quad

Israel’s election leaves the country in limbo as tensions with Iran rise

Nov. 3, 2026

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
Jewish Life
Opinion

Au revoir, France

Like in many other Western countries, the center in France has capsized. All that’s left is the death-wish nihilism of the extremes.

Nov. 2, 2026

Thane Rosenbaum

World News

Report: Protesters demand closure of Thailand’s Chabad Houses after rabbi’s citizenship revoked

Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor has served as the Chabad-Lubavitch leader of the local Jewish community since 1993.

Oct. 31, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Former Hebrew Union College leaders hope to take over Cincinnati Reform rabbinical campus, as court lets state’s suit against HUC continue

“If the case is successful, if we’re able to come to a successful resolution of this matter, that will be what you might call the soil out of which CCJ will grow,” Rabbi Gary Zola, founding president of the College for Contemporary Judaism, told JNS.

Nov. 2, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

Israel News

Gravestones of Herzl’s grandparents unveiled on Mount Herzl

The ceremony marking the completion of their reinterment took place exactly 109 years after the Balfour Declaration.

Nov. 2, 2026

JNS Staff
Antisemitism
U.S. News

Philadelphia anti-Israel groups to stage ‘boycott ride’ past Jewish-owned restaurants on eve of Kristallnacht anniversary

“The public targeting of Jewish businesses should alarm every person of conscience,” Jewish groups stated.

Nov. 3, 2026

Jessica Russak-Hoffman

World News

‘Deeply concerning’ IHRA conference excluded Saudis, Emiratis, Kaploun says

“Excluding states that may not be ‘commonly seen as democracies’ risks shutting IHRA out of the very places where its mission is most in demand,” the U.S. envoy on Jew-hatred wrote.

Nov. 3, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

Antisemitism

BBC again stirs controversy after hosting Hamas and Iranian regime apologists

Jews moving to Israel from Europe are “lying scumbags” and “the biggest charlatans on this planet,” guest Bushra Shaikh has written in the past.

Nov. 1, 2026

JNS Staff

World News

Edinburgh council condemns Greens’ anti-Zionist resolution

Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats unite against motion equating Zionism with racism, as controversy fractures political alliances.

Nov. 1, 2026
Features
Feature

Druze woman ‘sees the heart of the Jewish people’ after daughter killed in Hezbollah attack

The Majdal Shams mother has become an outspoken advocate for resilience and unity since losing her 11-year-old daughter, Alma.

Oct. 22, 2026

Etgar Lefkovits

Feature

Jew-hatred a problem for all of NY, City Council member Virginia Maloney says

The non-Jewish council member, who grew up on the Upper East Side, told JNS that she was raised in a “proud Zionist household.”

Oct. 29, 2026

Rebecca Szlechter

Feature

How Israel is using technology to guard its election

The Shin Bet, social media platforms and independent researchers are working to expose influence operations and protect election systems.

Oct. 27, 2026

James Spiro

Feature

‘We sympathize with our Israeli and Jewish friends,’ diaspora Iranians continue to say three years after Oct. 7

“We Iranians have no better friends in this world than the Jewish people and will always unapologetically stand with them,” Fred Saberi, an Iranian activist in Sweden, told JNS.

Oct. 29, 2026

Karmel Melamed
Culture
Opinion

How Tel Aviv-style Hebrew is rebuilding Jewish identity

Language can serve as a gateway to exploring who we are.

Oct. 22, 2026

Tamar Pross

Israel News

Election fraud allegations mount in Israel’s Arab towns

Witness reports intimidation in Galilee, Likud lawmaker alleges voter bribery in Negev, as Shin Bet probes suspected foreign interference.

Nov. 3, 2026

Canaan Lidor

Opinion

When religion becomes law: Iran’s warning before America votes

Legislators will change come Nov. 3. That prompts the question: What limits must government respect, regardless of who wins?

Oct. 31, 2026

Elham Sataki

U.S. News

Former Hebrew Union College leaders hope to take over Cincinnati Reform rabbinical campus, as court lets state’s suit against HUC continue

“If the case is successful, if we’re able to come to a successful resolution of this matter, that will be what you might call the soil out of which CCJ will grow,” Rabbi Gary Zola, founding president of the College for Contemporary Judaism, told JNS.

Nov. 2, 2026

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Israel News

Netanyahu, Likud erupt as Israel certifies results despite accusations of Arab-sector voter fraud

“The reports tonight are an earthquake for Israeli democracy,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted to X on Tuesday night.

Nov. 4, 2026

David Isaac

Israel News

Huckabee: Netanyahu’s opposition to Arab parties in gov’t a ‘necessary course’

Arab lawmakers elected to the Knesset “have been outspoken in their condemnation of the very nation they want to be a part of,” the envoy said.

Nov. 2, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

Election fraud allegations mount in Israel’s Arab towns

Witness reports intimidation in Galilee, Likud lawmaker alleges voter bribery in Negev, as Shin Bet probes suspected foreign interference.

Nov. 3, 2026

Canaan Lidor

Israel News

Gravestones of Herzl’s grandparents unveiled on Mount Herzl

The ceremony marking the completion of their reinterment took place exactly 109 years after the Balfour Declaration.

Nov. 2, 2026

JNS Staff
U.S.
U.S. News

‘Incredible’ Jewish support ahead of anti-Israel bicycle boycott ride, Philly Jewish eatery owner says, ‘we won’t cower’

“We’ll show up strong, with pride and solidarity, and keep the focus on peaceful support,” Yehuda Sichel, who owns Huda in downtown Philadelphia, told JNS.

Nov. 4, 2026

Jessica Russak-Hoffman

U.S. News

Florida Jewish Dem, strong Israel supporter, re-elected in redrawn district

Rep. Lois Frankel’s campaign website said that she “believes that Israel’s security is our security, and Israel’s values are our values.”

Nov. 4, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Pro-Israel Jewish Dem wins back her former Virginia congressional seat

“The status quo in Washington is not working and voters have shown that Hampton Roads is ready for change,” Elaine Luria stated.

Nov. 4, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Becerra wins California governor’s race as LA mayoral, congressional contests still too close to call

With nearly two-thirds of the votes counted, Nithya Raman, a democratic socialist on the Los Angeles City Council, holds a narrow lead over Mayor Karen Bass.

Nov. 4, 2026

Aaron Bandler
World
- United Nations
- Middle East
- Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Latin America
- Canada
- Australia
- Iran
U.S. News

Can’t kill Hamas terrorists in press vests, UN ‘independent expert’ Albanese tells JNS

Francesca Albanese, a U.N. special rapporteur, is “passing that off as if it were the legitimate standard that countries, including Israel, should recognize,” Brian Cox, a former U.S. Army military lawyer, told JNS.

Nov. 3, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

World News

‘Deeply concerning’ IHRA conference excluded Saudis, Emiratis, Kaploun says

“Excluding states that may not be ‘commonly seen as democracies’ risks shutting IHRA out of the very places where its mission is most in demand,” the U.S. envoy on Jew-hatred wrote.

Nov. 3, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

U.S. News

Mamdani backs international dockworkers’ strike against arms shipments to Israel

The New York City mayor said “New Yorkers stand with” dockworkers in 22 countries protesting arms shipments to conflict zones, though no New York ports joined the strikes.

Nov. 2, 2026

Rikki Zagelbaum

World News

AJC delegation meets Moroccan parliament speaker in Rabat

The talks focused on U.S.-Morocco ties, economic cooperation and the kingdom’s Jewish heritage.

Nov. 2, 2026

JNS Staff
Analysis
- Yaakov Lappin
- Shimon Sherman
Analysis

In first election post-10/7, Israeli voters choose same electoral deadlock

Netanyahu’s Likud remains Israel’s largest party, the opposition lacks a clear path to power, and an enlarged Arab bloc complicates coalition arithmetic. With Trump backing Netanyahu and Iran still on the agenda, another election could carry high strategic costs.

Oct. 28, 2026

Alex Traiman

Analysis

Unity, defections or another election: Israel’s paths out of deadlock

The country’s next government will depend on whether its political leaders can reconcile their competing commitments, or whether voters will again be asked to resolve a deadlock that negotiations could not.

Oct. 29, 2026

Shimon Sherman, Canaan Lidor

Analysis

What do Israeli voters care about most? Three issues emerge as top of mind

Security remains central to the election, but voters on the right and left differ over the threats facing Israel and how best to address them.

Oct. 27, 2026

David Isaac

Analysis

The battle for 61: Netanyahu’s post-election strategy

From haredi draft exemptions to unity talks, the incumbent faces a complex coalition puzzle.

Oct. 26, 2026

Shimon Sherman
Opinion
Editor-in-Chief

A Democratic-run Congress will target Israel as well as Trump

The rout of the GOP by a party now dominated by “progressive” and antisemitic foes of the Jewish state will impact the alliance as well as American Jewish life for the worse.

November 4, 2026 01:42 AM

Jonathan S. Tobin

Senior Contributing Editor

US midterms and the test of democracy

The growing influence of Muslim and progressive candidates hostile to Israel raises questions about antisemitism and the values underpinning Western democracy.

November 4, 2026 01:53 PM

Fiamma Nirenstein

Opinion

The Jewish prisoners we must not forget

From Soviet refuseniks to the prisons of Putin’s Russia.

November 4, 2026 04:00 PM

Alexander Smukler

Opinion

Israel’s democracy debate must include judicial power

Who has the final word in a free society?

November 4, 2026 04:00 PM

Moshiko Malka
JNS TV
Israel Undiplomatic

Is Israel Preparing To Go It Alone Against Tehran?

Nov. 4, 2026

Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev

JNS TV / Axis of Truth

Trump weighs Iran strikes as Vance offers Tehran a lifeline

Nov. 4, 2026

Emily Schrader

JNS TV / The Meira K Show

Did Qatar try to influence Israel’s elections?

Nov. 3, 2026

Meira K

JNS TV / The Quad

Israel’s election leaves the country in limbo as tensions with Iran rise

Nov. 3, 2026

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
Jewish Life
Opinion

Au revoir, France

Like in many other Western countries, the center in France has capsized. All that’s left is the death-wish nihilism of the extremes.

Nov. 2, 2026

Thane Rosenbaum

World News

Report: Protesters demand closure of Thailand’s Chabad Houses after rabbi’s citizenship revoked

Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor has served as the Chabad-Lubavitch leader of the local Jewish community since 1993.

Oct. 31, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Former Hebrew Union College leaders hope to take over Cincinnati Reform rabbinical campus, as court lets state’s suit against HUC continue

“If the case is successful, if we’re able to come to a successful resolution of this matter, that will be what you might call the soil out of which CCJ will grow,” Rabbi Gary Zola, founding president of the College for Contemporary Judaism, told JNS.

Nov. 2, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

Israel News

Gravestones of Herzl’s grandparents unveiled on Mount Herzl

The ceremony marking the completion of their reinterment took place exactly 109 years after the Balfour Declaration.

Nov. 2, 2026

JNS Staff
Antisemitism
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Philadelphia anti-Israel groups to stage ‘boycott ride’ past Jewish-owned restaurants on eve of Kristallnacht anniversary

“The public targeting of Jewish businesses should alarm every person of conscience,” Jewish groups stated.

Nov. 3, 2026

Jessica Russak-Hoffman

World News

‘Deeply concerning’ IHRA conference excluded Saudis, Emiratis, Kaploun says

“Excluding states that may not be ‘commonly seen as democracies’ risks shutting IHRA out of the very places where its mission is most in demand,” the U.S. envoy on Jew-hatred wrote.

Nov. 3, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

Antisemitism

BBC again stirs controversy after hosting Hamas and Iranian regime apologists

Jews moving to Israel from Europe are “lying scumbags” and “the biggest charlatans on this planet,” guest Bushra Shaikh has written in the past.

Nov. 1, 2026

JNS Staff

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Edinburgh council condemns Greens’ anti-Zionist resolution

Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats unite against motion equating Zionism with racism, as controversy fractures political alliances.

Nov. 1, 2026
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Druze woman ‘sees the heart of the Jewish people’ after daughter killed in Hezbollah attack

The Majdal Shams mother has become an outspoken advocate for resilience and unity since losing her 11-year-old daughter, Alma.

Oct. 22, 2026

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Feature

Jew-hatred a problem for all of NY, City Council member Virginia Maloney says

The non-Jewish council member, who grew up on the Upper East Side, told JNS that she was raised in a “proud Zionist household.”

Oct. 29, 2026

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How Israel is using technology to guard its election

The Shin Bet, social media platforms and independent researchers are working to expose influence operations and protect election systems.

Oct. 27, 2026

James Spiro

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‘We sympathize with our Israeli and Jewish friends,’ diaspora Iranians continue to say three years after Oct. 7

“We Iranians have no better friends in this world than the Jewish people and will always unapologetically stand with them,” Fred Saberi, an Iranian activist in Sweden, told JNS.

Oct. 29, 2026

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How Tel Aviv-style Hebrew is rebuilding Jewish identity

Language can serve as a gateway to exploring who we are.

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Witness reports intimidation in Galilee, Likud lawmaker alleges voter bribery in Negev, as Shin Bet probes suspected foreign interference.

Nov. 3, 2026

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When religion becomes law: Iran’s warning before America votes

Legislators will change come Nov. 3. That prompts the question: What limits must government respect, regardless of who wins?

Oct. 31, 2026

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Former Hebrew Union College leaders hope to take over Cincinnati Reform rabbinical campus, as court lets state’s suit against HUC continue

“If the case is successful, if we’re able to come to a successful resolution of this matter, that will be what you might call the soil out of which CCJ will grow,” Rabbi Gary Zola, founding president of the College for Contemporary Judaism, told JNS.

Nov. 2, 2026

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Jonathan Sacerdoti: Grooming gangs, immigration and cover-ups

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Join Israeli innovation envoy Fleur Hassan-Nahoum for this exclusive interview with Jonathan Sacerdoti, a journalist and TV producer based in the United Kingdom.

Sacerdoti is here to discuss the latest grooming gang scandal in the United Kingdom and how it’s connected to the internal upheaval happening within British society.

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