Israel to launch new Gaza aid distribution plan to bypass Hamas
May 6, 2025 by JNS
Israel is preparing to implement a new humanitarian aid distribution system in southern Gaza designed to prevent Hamas from seizing the supplies, according to a report on Tuesday. Read more
Rabbi Smuley Boteach says Australia is a sewer of antisemitism
May 5, 2025 by JNS
This past week, I was attacked three times. Not for anything I said, or anything I did—but simply for being Jewish…Rabbi Shmuley Boteach tells the Jewish world. Read more
Yuval Raphael’s emotional journey from Supernova to Eurovision
May 5, 2025 by JNS
One morning, when Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Supernova music festival massacre, was a 6-year-old girl, her father gathered her and her younger brother to announce they were relocating to Switzerland. Read more
IDF chief: ‘Our moral duty is to bring our hostages home’
April 29, 2025 by JNS
The nation’s “moral duty” is to bring home the hostages still held by Hamas, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Monday. Read more
Quentin Tarantino buys Tel Aviv property for $13.8 million
April 29, 2025 by JNS
Renowned filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his spouse, Israeli singer Daniella Pick, recently bought property in Tel Aviv for an estimated 50 million shekels (~$13.8 million), Hebrew media reported on Sunday. Read more
IDF finds Hamas weapons hidden in UNRWA bags near Rafah
Israeli forces operating in the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah discovered a Hamas weapons cache hidden inside UNRWA humanitarian aid bags, the IDF announced on Sunday. Read more
Bar led ‘greatest security failure’ in Israeli history, PM says of Shin Bet chief
April 28, 2025 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused outgoing Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Ronen Bar of having led the “greatest security failure” in the state’s history. Read more
‘We’ll burn Jews like Hitler did,’ says BBC Gaza contributor
April 28, 2025 by JNS
A freelance journalist frequently featured on BBC Arabic has called for Jews to be burned “as Hitler did” and praised terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, according to an exposé published in The Telegraph on Saturday. Read more
Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dead at 109 on Yom Hashoah
Nechama Grossman, Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor, died at the age of 109 on Thursday, coinciding with Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Read more
Israel denies any role in huge Iran port blast
April 27, 2025 by JNS
Israeli officials denied on Saturday any connection to the massive explosion that rocked the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Iran’s largest, on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 700 others. Read more
Trump: Willing to ‘lead the pack’ in strike against Iran
April 27, 2025 by JNS
If the negotiations on a deal to dismantle Tehran’s nuclear program fail, the United States will lead an attack against it, President Donald Trump said on Friday. Read more
Great-grandson killed in Gaza as Shoah survivor visits Bergen-Belsen
April 27, 2025 by JNS
As Magda Baratz, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor, was visiting the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, where she was held during World War II, her great-grandson was killed in action in Gaza. Read more
Jewish identity hijacked in UK for political vanity
There is no shortage of people willing to sign their names to morally unserious causes…writes Steve Winston. Read more
PA no different, Chikli says after Abbas calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs’
April 25, 2025 by JNS
Mahmoud Abbas “cannot claim to be any different from Hamas” as long as he rewards terrorists for their attacks, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister for Amichai Chikli said on Thursday after the Palestinian Authority chief called the Islamist terrorist group “Sons of dogs.” Read more
One in 10 Israeli Shoah survivors died in past year
April 24, 2025 by JNS
Approximately 120,000 of the Holocaust survivors who made the Jewish state their home after the 1941-1945 destruction of European Jewry remain alive as of this month, the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs revealed ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more
‘How about we put pressure where it really belongs, on Hamas,’ Huckabee tells WHO
April 23, 2025 by JNS
Mike Huckabee, the newly installed U.S. ambassador to Israel, shared a public response to Dr. Hanan Balkhy, regional director for the eastern Mediterranean at the World Health Organisation, who called on him to allow more aid into Gaza. Read more
New ceasefire proposal presented to Hamas in Cairo talks
Qatari and Egyptian mediators have presented a new ceasefire framework to Hamas, including a multi-year truce, the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners and a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, according to a report on Monday. Read more
66,250 Holocaust survivors will remain in 2035, Claims Conference predicts
April 22, 2025 by JNS
A report that the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany published yesterday about aging Holocaust survivors suggests “sobering insights into the future of this incredible community,” per the nearly 75-year-old nonprofit, which estimates that it will distribute about US$530 million in compensation this year to Holocaust survivors worldwide, and $960 million for welfare needs of survivors. Read more
IDF rescues dog taken to Gaza on Oct. 7
April 17, 2025 by JNS
Israeli soldiers in Rafah recently rescued a dog stolen from Kibbutz Nir Oz during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 invasion, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday. Read more
‘Dry Bones’ cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen dies at 87
April 15, 2025 by JNS
Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, whose iconic daily cartoons were published by JNS over the last several years, died at Meir Medical Centre in Kfar Saba on Monday after a lengthy illness at 87. Read more
Trump dedicates April 9 as ‘Education Day’ in honour of Chabad Rebbe
April 11, 2025 by JNS
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared April 9, 2025, as “Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.” in honour of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Read more
IDF raises readiness in all sectors ahead of Passover
April 11, 2025 by JNS
The Israel Defence Forces said it is upping its readiness in all sectors ahead of the Passover holiday, which begins after sundown on Saturday and runs through the evening of April 19 in the Jewish state. Read more
UN keeps anti-Israel official despite antisemitism accusations
April 6, 2025 by JNS
Francesca Albanese, a vocal critic of Israel with a documented history of antisemitic remarks, will remain in her position as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through 2028. Read more
Hungary defies ICC, welcomes Netanyahu with full military honours
April 3, 2025 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in Hungary in the early hours of Thursday morning for a four-day visit at the invitation of Hungarian premier Viktor Orban. Read more
Trump adds 17% tariffs for Israel
April 3, 2025 by JNS
U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Wednesday due to what he said was a “lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships” that is “indicated by large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits.” Read more
Naftali Bennett registers new party ahead of potential reentry into politics
April 3, 2025 by JNS
Former Israeli premier Naftali Bennett registered a new party on Tuesday, under the name “Bennett 2026.” Read more
Poll: Half of Gaza residents ready to leave if given the chance
March 23, 2025 by JNS
A survey published in the British Telegraph reveals that 52% of Gaza residents would leave the Gaza Strip either temporarily or permanently if given the opportunity. Read more
‘Hamas eats like kings while hostages starve,’ Eli Sharabi tells UN
Eli Sharabi, 53, a former hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that the terror group exploits aid from the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees for its own enrichment. Read more
Israeli Cabinet votes to sack Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar
The Israeli Cabinet overnight Thursday unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to sack Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar. Read more
Luminaries, much support, protests at Gal Gadot Hollywood star ceremony
March 19, 2025 by JNS
Gal Gadot joined luminaries like William Shatner, Jodie Foster and even Godzilla when she was honoured on Tuesday with a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame—a first for an Israeli actress. Read more