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Gazans attack Israeli soldiers at the border fence, east of the Bureij camp in the central Strip, Sept. 24, 2023. Photo by Yousef Mohammed/Flash90.

Hamas-directed Gaza border violence a major security threat

Hamas is channeling Palestinian frustration toward Israel rather than toward the terrorist group's incompetent administration.

September 26, 2023

Photo by Andrey Popov/Shutterstock.

Israeli gov’t backs bill to use facial recognition tech

The legislation comes amid a crime wave in Arab communities.

September 24, 2023

Sen. Lindsey Graham, joined by then-President Donald Trump, welcomes the national champion Clemson University Tigers football team to the White House, Jan. 14, 2019. Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House.

GOP leaders push Trump to back Biden’s Saudi deal

Democratic antipathy to the Saudi regime could prove the biggest obstacle to normalization with Israel.

September 14, 2023

Palestinians take part in a rally organized by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Gaza City, Aug. 31, 2019. Photo by Hassan Jedi/Flash90.

Europe ‘inactive’ on preventing gov’t funding for terror, experts say

“There is overwhelming evidence of this money being misused," ELNET-Israel executive director Emmanuel Navon tells JNS.

September 13, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. President Bill Clinton and PLO head Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo I Accord, Sept. 13, 1993. Photo by Vince Musi/The White House.

The ghosts of Oslo

The accords caused enormous damage to Israel's national security, in a completely predictable way, said JCPA President Dan Diker.

September 7, 2023

Eritrean asylum seekers clash with Israeli police in South Tel Aviv, Sept. 2, 2023. Photo by Omer Fichman/Flash90.

How we got here: The story of Israel’s African migrant crisis

The roots of the violent confrontation in Tel Aviv that left 170 people wounded go back to the 2005 crackdown on African migrants in Cairo.

September 7, 2023

Ultra-Orthodox men work at the Bizmax Innovative Business Complex in Jerusalem, which endeavors to integrate Haredi men into various careers, Feb. 23, 2017. Credit: Flash90.

Why the haredim are going out to work

A slow but long-term rise in employment is having a permanent cultural impact.

September 4, 2023

Torah scrolls of the Iraqi-Jewish community at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda. Photo by Lily Shor.

The secret archive of the Iraqi Jews

The documents were rescued during the Iraq War and are now in Washington. The Baghdad regime wants them back.

August 31, 2023

Israelis protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, demanding the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the Pegasus phone hacking affair, Jan. 17, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Cabinet green-lights probe into police use of spyware

Justice Minister Levin and Attorney General Baharav-Miara are at loggerheads over need for phone hacking investigation.

August 29, 2023