JNS, Author at J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/author/jns/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 29 May 2026 07:12:01 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 JNS, Author at J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/author/jns/ 32 32 6446428 Yad Vashem to open first Holocaust education center outside Israel in Munich https://www.jwire.com.au/yad-vashem-to-open-first-holocaust-education-center-outside-israel-in-munich/ https://www.jwire.com.au/yad-vashem-to-open-first-holocaust-education-center-outside-israel-in-munich/#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 07:12:01 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181839 Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, announced on Thursday that it will establish its first Holocaust Education Centre outside Israel in Munich, Germany, as part of its effort to expand Holocaust education and combat rising antisemitism and historical distortion in Europe. The new centre will be located at Karolinenplatz in central Munich […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/yad-vashem-to-open-first-holocaust-education-center-outside-israel-in-munich/feed/ 0 181839 Israel kills Hamas military chief tied to October 7 attack https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-kills-hamas-military-chief-tied-to-october-7-attack/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-kills-hamas-military-chief-tied-to-october-7-attack/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 07:59:30 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181748 The Israel Defense Forces said it has eliminated Mohammed Odeh, the new head of Hamas’ military wing and a key figure in the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed Odeh’s death on Wednesday, writing on X that he had been “sent to meet his partners in the depths of […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-kills-hamas-military-chief-tied-to-october-7-attack/feed/ 0 181748 Israel mocks Spain after Gaza flotilla activists beaten by police in Bilbao https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-mocks-spain-after-gaza-flotilla-activists-beaten-by-police-in-bilbao/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-mocks-spain-after-gaza-flotilla-activists-beaten-by-police-in-bilbao/#comments Sun, 24 May 2026 09:04:26 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181622 The activists were intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters on May 18 and 19, briefly held in Israel and then deported. Spain’s leftist leadership had condemned Israel’s treatment of the group, which the United States called the “pro-Hamas flotilla”, in slapping sanctions on some of the organisers it accused last week of terrorism ties.   […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-mocks-spain-after-gaza-flotilla-activists-beaten-by-police-in-bilbao/feed/ 4 181622 Herzog hosts Israel’s Eurovision runner-up Noam Bettan in Jerusalem https://www.jwire.com.au/herzog-hosts-israels-eurovision-runner-up-noam-bettan-in-jerusalem/ https://www.jwire.com.au/herzog-hosts-israels-eurovision-runner-up-noam-bettan-in-jerusalem/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 08:51:18 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181443 Israeli President Isaac Herzog hosted Noam Bettan, Israel’s runner-up representative at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Monday, praising him for bringing pride to the Jewish state amid international hostility. Bettan was joined at the meeting by a delegation from the Israeli broadcaster Kan, led by CEO […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/herzog-hosts-israels-eurovision-runner-up-noam-bettan-in-jerusalem/feed/ 0 181443 Trump delays planned strike on Iran as Gulf leaders press for diplomacy https://www.jwire.com.au/trump-postpones-planned-iran-strike/ https://www.jwire.com.au/trump-postpones-planned-iran-strike/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 02:21:35 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181390 US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was postponing a planned military attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran. The attack was originally scheduled for Tuesday, after leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates urged him to allow more time for negotiations. Trump said Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/trump-postpones-planned-iran-strike/feed/ 0 181390 The Iran war exposed Europe’s strategic collapse https://www.jwire.com.au/the-iran-war-exposed-europes-strategic-collapse/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-iran-war-exposed-europes-strategic-collapse/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 07:43:33 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181368 For more than a century, the United States has served as the primary guarantor of European security. American power helped save Europe in two world wars, deter Soviet expansion during the Cold War, sustain NATO and lead the fight against jihadist terrorism after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Yet when Washington finally confronted the […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-iran-war-exposed-europes-strategic-collapse/feed/ 0 181368 Israel launches new AI strategy https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-launches-ai-strategy/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-launches-ai-strategy/#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 07:32:19 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181356 The Israeli government on Sunday unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal for a preliminary work plan for the recently established National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Directorate. “This is a strategic move designed to ensure Israel’s technological superiority, accelerate development in the field of AI, and maintain Israel’s position in the first line of world powers,” […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-launches-ai-strategy/feed/ 1 181356 Israel: NYT printed ‘one of the worst blood libels ever’ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-nyt-printed-one-of-the-worst-blood-libels-ever/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-nyt-printed-one-of-the-worst-blood-libels-ever/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 05:14:01 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181143 Israel’s Foreign Ministry has accused The New York Times of publishing “one of the worst blood libels ever to appear in the modern press”. “In an unfathomable inversion of reality and through an endless stream of baseless lies, propagandist Nicholas Kristof turns the victim into the accused,” the ministry posted on X, referring to the […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-nyt-printed-one-of-the-worst-blood-libels-ever/feed/ 0 181143 How to define an antisemite https://www.jwire.com.au/define-an-antisemite/ https://www.jwire.com.au/define-an-antisemite/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 04:39:00 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181136 The rise of Jew-hatred in America can be reversed, but only if it is fought differently. The hate-mongers have been successful in gaining legitimacy for their absurd argument that being antizionist and supporting the eradication of the State of Israel does not make them antisemites. Even antisemites such as far-left political commentator and streamer Hasan […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/define-an-antisemite/feed/ 0 181136 IDF says 350 terrorists killed in Lebanon campaign https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-says-350-terrorists-killed-in-lebanon-campaign/ https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-says-350-terrorists-killed-in-lebanon-campaign/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 04:14:34 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=181127 More than 350 terrorists have been killed in southern Lebanon in recent weeks during operations targeting threats to Israeli civilians and troops, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday. The military said the strikes were carried out under existing understandings between Israel and Lebanon and included more than 1,100 Hezbollah targets. These included military structures, […]

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