JNS The Daily Syndicate - Thursday, August 1, 2024

Thursday, August 1, 2024


	The Daily Syndicate

Evgenia Kara-Murza and her children talk on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House with detained journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, as U.S. President Joe Biden and families of detained “Wall Street Journal” reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and journalist Alsu Kurmasheva look on following their release in a prisoner swap with Russia on Aug. 1, 2024. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House.

In prisoner swap, Russia releases Gershkovich, three other Americans

Andrew Bernard

A person stands near the nearly 3,000 American flags honoring lives lost during the 9/11 terrorist attacks as the sun sets at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., on Sept. 11, 2023. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.

Avoiding death penalty, 9/11 mastermind agrees to plea deal

Andrew Bernard

Iranians hold portraits of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during his funeral procession in Tehran ahead of his burial in Qatar, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

analysis

Alex Traiman

Why Netanyahu has now decided to escalate attacks

Jerusalem may be in the best possible strategic position to seriously degrade Hezbollah's terror army while neutralizing Tehran's malign influence.

IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari briefs reporters in Tel Aviv, Oct. 16, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

As Iranian attack looms, IDF ready for defense, ‘immediate’ offense

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei leads a prayer over the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard in Tehran, Aug. 1, 2024. Credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via Getty Images.

‘NYT’: Iran ‘embarrassed’ that Haniyeh killed by bomb planted months ago, detonated remotely

Hezbollah senior leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses the funeral of his No. 2, Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, Aug. 1, 2024. Source: Screenshot.

Nasrallah: Battle against Israel entering ‘new phase’

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Shlomit Sufa, the Israeli ambassador to Ghana, at an event in Accra. Credit: Israel in Ghana.

‘I’ve seen the world and never stop being amazed,’ outgoing Israeli envoy in Ghana says

Shlomit Sufa sat down with JNS in her Accra office to discuss her 23 years in the Israeli diplomatic corps.

Annika Hernroth-Rothstein

Stanislaw (Shlomo) Aronson at his home in Tel Aviv, 2024. Photo by Jim Hollander/The Lonka Project.

The great escape

Holocaust survivor and Warsaw Uprising fighter Stanislaw (Shlomo) Aronson is back in Poland for the 80th anniversary commemoration of the revolt.

Etgar Lefkovits

latest news

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a call with 11 world leaders about Ukraine on Oct. 3, 2023, in the Treaty Room of the White House. Adam Schultz/Official White House Photo.

Biden reaffirms support for Israeli self-defense against Iran in call with Netanyahu

Israeli air-defense systems fire interceptors at rockets launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon, seen from the northern Israeli town of Safed on June 27, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

After 48-hour lull, Hezbollah rockets rain down on northern Israel

Times Square rally features Hamas and Hezbollah flags, photos of Haniyeh

A photo of Hamas terrorist Mohammed Deif (right) found on a laptop during Gaza operations and released by the IDF, Jan. 7, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Gallant: Deif operation shows ‘Hamas is disintegrating’

Security and rescue personnel at the scene of a terrorist attack on Route 1 near Ma'ale Adumim, on Feb. 22, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

3,000 terror attacks in Judea and Samaria since January

An El Al plane at Ben-Gurion Airport, Aug. 5, 2013. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90.

Israeli travelers warned of Iranian terror threats

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Credit: Sima Ghaffarzadeh/Pixabay.

House reps introduce ‘Bunker Buster Act’ to thwart Iranian nuclear development

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in his office in Jerusalem with U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), July 3, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

‘Pray for safe, swift return’ of hostages, 300 days in captivity, Gottheimer says

The University of California, San Francisco at sunset. Credit: Jallen8307 via Wikimedia Commons.

Lawmakers investigating antisemitism at UC-San Francisco medical centers

The main entrance of Rice University in Houston, Texas. Credit: Katie Haugland Bowen/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.

Rice University faces Title VI investigation, gets ‘C’ on ADL report card

Linda Sarsour at a protest in Washington Square Park in New York on July 28, 2024. Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images.

More than 20 groups mourned Haniyeh after Iran announced his death, per report

David Swindle

The view east down Main Street to Halcott Road junction in downtown Fleischmanns, N.Y. Credit: Daniel Case via Wikimedia Commons.

Police arrest New York man charged with felony hate crime

David Swindle

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange prepares for Reddit's initial public offering on March 21, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images.

Reddit has taken ‘several important steps’ to curb Jew-hatred, ADL says

jns tv

Jonathan S. Tobin

Biden, Harris diminish Israel and elevate Iran (guest Michael Doran)

opinion

U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speak to reporters before a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on July 10, 2024. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

featured column

Melanie Phillips

Israel’s treacherous frenemies

Professions of ironclad support by America and Britain at this dark hour for the Jewish state are humbug.

Fiamma Nirenstein

Israel has expressed a great truth

David Wurmser

Iran now faces a Hobson’s choice

Tamar Frydman

This ‘Startup Day Across America,’ here’s what you should know …

Nathan Lewin

Congress should investigate ‘The Washington Post’ and ‘The New York Times’

Karen Lehrman Bloch

Just following orders …

Harold Rhode

Understanding why Iran needs to respond to Haniyeh’s assassination

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