JNS The Daily Syndicate - Monday, December 11, 2023

Monday, December 11, 2023


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

Gallant: ‘We are encircling Hamas’s last strongholds’

Of Judea and Samaria, the Israeli Defense Minister says “the arena is secondary to the main effort we are conducting in the Gaza Strip. Similar to what is happening in the north, we have no interest in escalation.”

Yaakov Lappin

Israeli soldiers take position on the border fence with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Dec. 11, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Jerusalem: ‘No UN chief has done more to secure the survival of a terrorist organization’

David Isaac

Many students who chant ‘From the river to the sea’ don’t know which river, sea

Some 10% of surveyed students also thought that PLO leader Yasser Arafat was the first prime minister of Israel.

U.S. President Bill Clinton looks on as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO head Yasser Arafat shake hands at the signing of the Oslo Accords on Sept. 13, 1993. Credit: William J. Clinton Presidential Library/National Archives & Records Administration.

Netanyahu confidante’s 2014 Gaza war retrospective a blueprint on current conflict

Mike Wagenheim

Ari Harow in Jerusalem on May 9, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Emhoff mocked for social-media post misstating Chanukah story

Emhoff, who is married to Vice President Kamala Harris, claimed that the Jews went into hiding for eight days with just a "few drops of oil."

An activist wears a shirt that says "Jews say ceasefire now" in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 19, 2023. Credit: Tverdokhlib/Shutterstock.

No broad support in Jewish community for ceasefire, 570 rabbis write

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, June 13, 2023. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.

Netanyahu makes it clear: Post-war, PA won’t gain control of Gaza Strip’

One of the ravaged communities in southern Israel visited by a group of Jewish leaders and clergy from San Diego, who traveled there in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attacks as part of a trip organized by the Jewish Federation of San Diego, Nov. 27-30, 2023. Photo by Guy Yechiely.

‘No words’ for destruction from Hamas attacks, San Diego Federation head says

Jessamyn Dodd

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a meeting in Jerusalem with then-Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, March 27, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel needs to remove Hezbollah threat in north, Gantz tells Blinken

Part of a collection of Chanukah lamps made from weapon parts, as featured at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Photo by Laura Lachman.

Swords into menorahs: Chanukah lamps made of weapon parts

Rachel Cook during her first day as a student at the University of Alberta law school. Credit: Courtesy.

Jewish law student, who asked University of Alberta to ensure her safety, in limbo at final-exam time

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Conference of European Rabbis Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt presents the Rabbi Lord Jakobovits Prize of European Jewry to French President Emmanuel Macron on Dec. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of CER.

Amid mixed messages on Israel, Macron receives prize from European Jewry

Palestinians rally in Hebron in support of Hamas, Dec. 8, 2023. Photo by Wisam Haslmaoun/Flash90.

1,300-plus terror attacks in Judea and Samaria since Oct. 7

Chen Goldstein-Almog and her daughter Agam light Chanukah candles together with other members of Kibbutz Kfar Aza in Shefayim, Dec. 10, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Freed hostage says three women told her they were sexually abused

Volunteers busy helping farmers in southern Israel. Credit: HaShomer HaChadash.

Diaspora Ministry, Mosaic United invest $1 million in Israel volunteer missions

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip at a standstill outside the Rafah Crossing in Sinai. Credit: COGAT.

Israel says UN ‘must do better’ in delivering Gaza aid

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks at the Zionist Organization of America’s Louis B. Brandeis Award Dinner in New York on Dec. 3, 2023. Source: YouTube/ZOA.

Strong US-Israel relations ‘good for the entire world,’ House Speaker Mike Johnson says at ZOA event

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