JNS The Daily Syndicate - Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Wednesday, September 18, 2024


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Hamas senior official Khaled Meshaal (left) and Ziyad al-Nakhalah (second from left), secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, at the funeral of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh (who was assassinated in Tehran on July 31) in the Qatari capital of Doha, Aug. 2, 2024. Photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images.

from the editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Tobin

Why is Hamas so confident that it’s winning?

Despite heavy losses, the terror group knows that it will be the victor if it's still standing when the war it started on Oct. 7 ends. And it’s staking its future on American help.

Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters ahead of the opening of the U.N. General Assembly's annual general debate and the Summit of the Future on Sept. 18, 2024. Credit: Mark Garten/U.N. Photo.

UN General Assembly passes resolution calling for Old City Jerusalem to be Jew-free

Mike Wagenheim

Robert Malley, the Biden administration special envoy for Iran, testifies about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill May 25, 2022, in Washington, DC. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images.

State Department let Rob Malley access classified material after suspension, per report

Israel Defense Forces Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin at a drill of the military’s 179th Brigade, Sept. 18, 2024. Credit: IDF.

IDF determined to act against Hezbollah threat ‘as soon as possible,’ top commander says

Akiva Van Koningsveld

A photo taken on Sept. 18, 2024, in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

Israel accused of violating international law for ‘incredibly precise’ pager attack on Hezbollah

JNS Staff

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) at a Judiciary Committee Hearing to examine stemming the tide of hate crimes in America, in Washington, Sept. 17, 2024. Credit: Daniel Rios/U.S. Senate.

Testy Senate hate-crimes hearing could ‘ironically’ help get legislation on Jew-hatred passed

Mike Wagenheim

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a visit to the Ramat David Airbase near Haifa, Sept. 18, 2024. Credit: Defense Ministry.

Gallant: Northern border is becoming the main front of war

New York City Police Department vehicles outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York, Dec. 11, 2017. Credit: Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photo Office.

Manhattan DA announces plea deal with 23-year-old who threatened terror attacks on Jews

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First responders at the scene of a reported device explosion in Sidon in Southern Lebanon, Sept. 18, 2024. Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images.

More Hezbollah devices explode across Lebanon, killing 20

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Moshe Ya'alon attends a protest against the Israeli government's now-shelved judicial reform in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Police: 2023 Hezbollah attack targeted former defense minister Ya’alon

The U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. Credit: Treasury Department.

Biden administration slaps sanctions on Iranians responsible for protest crackdown

Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, moderates a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on June 19, 2023, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on. Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

State Department: Israel faces ‘inordinate criticism’

A view of the Satmar community in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Trump to visit heavily Jewish neighborhood of Williamsburg, NY

Rep. Kathy Manning (D-N.C.) at the Jewish Democratic Council of America’s 2024 Leadership Summit, May 20, 2024. Credit: Jewish Democratic Council of America/Creative Commons.

Bipartisan resolution calls on countries to embrace global ‘best practices’ on Jew-hatred

Tattoo artist. Credit: ILoveTattoos/Pixabay.

It’s ‘been a nightmare,’ says man moving Milwaukee tattoo shop due to landlord’s antisemitic mural

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaking with attendees at the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr.

Newsom signs legislation prioritizing California state law for Holocaust restitution

Jackson, N.J. Credit: Freeholdman12 via Wikimedia Commons.

Dispute over road designation stalls plans for construction of Orthodox Jewish schools

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana attends a plenum session in Jerusalem on Aug. 14, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Israel re-establishes embassy in Paraguay ahead of nation’s moving own mission to Jerusalem

Etgar Lefkovits

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Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev

Paging Hezbollah: What comes next?

opinion

Man wearing a kippah. Credit: RDNE Stock Project/Pexels.

featured column

Mitchell Bard

Will Jews influence the election?

This voting sector could indeed have more influence on local races than the presidential one.

Rabbi Yossy Goldman

To see the light

Joan Leslie McGill

Four years later, the Abraham Accords are still the solution to Mideast stability

Dror Doron

The Israeli James Bond-style attack and Hezbollah’s next steps

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