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Canaan Lidor

Canaan Lidor is an award-winning journalist and news correspondent at JNS. A former fighter and counterintelligence analyst in the IDF, he has over a decade of field experience covering world events, including several conflicts and terrorist attacks, as a Europe correspondent based in the Netherlands. Canaan now lives in his native Haifa, Israel, with his wife and two children.

Beekeepers and second-generation honey manufacturers are getting the last honey and almonds gift package orders ready, two days ahead of the Jewish New Year. Moshav Givat Yoav, Golan Heights on Sept. 30, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

This year, Israeli honey is made of ‘blood, sweat and tears’

Beekeepers and other apiculture professionals pulled off a major effort to rehabilitate the iconic local industry in time for Rosh Hashanah.

Oct. 2, 2024

The site of the Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs, Sept. 29, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

Does Hezbollah’s disarray leave Iran’s nuke sites vulnerable?

Before the thrashing Israel gave its proxy in Lebanon, the Shi’ite group was seen as a powerful platform for a retaliation by Tehran against Israel.

Oct. 2, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Dublin, May 2021. Source: Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign/Twitter.

Irish Holocaust-themed cartoon on Israel prompts uproar

The Irish Times caricature depicts an Israeli soldier as acting out of a desire to avenge perceived antisemitism.

Oct. 1, 2024

Press Briefing with UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini on June 12, 2023. Credit: U.N. Information Service Vienna.

UNRWA chief denies knowing his employee was a Hamas commander

"What's obvious for you today, was not obvious yesterday," Philippe Lazzarini told reporters in Geneva following the death of Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin in Lebanon.

Oct. 1, 2024

Rabbi David Yosef leaving after giving a Torah lesson during a visit to Safed in the Upper Galilee, Nov. 16, 2017. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

David Yosef elected Israel’s chief Sephardic rabbi; Ashkenazi undecided

A tie between hardliner Micha Halevi and moderate Kalman Ber requires a later second round.

Sep. 30, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attend a debate on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 7, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Moody’s cuts Israel’s credit rating, citing war and politics

The downgrade, which knocks Israel down to Spain's level, is due to "geopolitical risk" and judicial reform issues, the credit rating agency says.

Sep. 30, 2024

A resident of Safed and his sons stand near a bomb shelter in Safed, Israel on Sept. 25, 2024. Photos by Canaan Lidor/JNS

In rocket-hit Safed, locals show resolve mixed with caution

Hundreds appear to have left an iconic Jewish city that at-risk residents say must not be evacuated.

Sep. 29, 2024

Al Jazeera's now-closed offices in the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Ramallah in Samaria, May 5, 2024. Photo by Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images.

Israeli journalists’ union slams Al Jazeera closure

A board member quits and prominent personalities mock the association over its concern for the pro-Hamas Qatari network.

Sep. 25, 2024

Moshe Aladi and a relative sit outside a municipal shelter in Haifa on Sept. 24, 2024. Photo by Canaan Lidor/JNS

In Israel’s targeted north, quiet heroism is everywhere

Searching for inspiring wartime stories, a JNS reporter discovers all he needs to do is look around.

Sep. 25, 2024