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US-Iran talks canceled as Vance postpones Switzerland trip

JNS — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:23:49 +0000

The Friday talks will not take place after Tehran suspended participation over developments in Lebanon. Planned talks between the United States and Iran in Switzerland were cancelled on Friday after U.S. Vice President JD Vance postponed a trip to meet Iranian negotiators, amid mounting tensions over the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon. Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry […]

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Trump signs Iran deal in Versailles

JNS — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:50:41 +0000

Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organisation of America, told JNS that the memorandum of understanding is a “disaster” that “stabs Israel in the back”. U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian regime at the French palace of Versailles, where he dined with French President Emmanuel Macron after the […]

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‘Without me, there would be no Israel,’ Trump says at G7

JNS — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:11:11 +0000

Amid extensive controversy and speculation about the contents of a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian regime, which U.S. President Donald Trump announced without providing much detail, the president said on Tuesday that he is likely to hold a press conference and read it “word by word so that the press covers it accurately”. “We […]

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‘Just lots of questions,’ experts say of reported terms of US deal with Iran

JNS — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:51:41 +0000

As details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Iran framework agreement begin to emerge, Jewish organisations and policy experts said that questions remain whether its terms go far enough and if Tehran can be trusted to adhere to them. “Whether or not this agreement succeeds lies in strict verification and intrusive enforcement,” Daniel S. Mariaschin, […]

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Ireland-Israel Nations League game moved to neutral site

JNS — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:21:58 +0000

Ireland’s UEFA Nations League home match against Israel on Oct. 4 will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors due to “operational challenges”, the Football Association of Ireland said on Friday. The game was originally scheduled for Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. UEFA approved the change, though an alternative location has not been announced. […]

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Australia, Canada, France, Norway, U.K. sanction ‘extremist settlers’ in Judea and Samaria

JNS — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:09:05 +0000

The foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Norway and the United Kingdom said on Tuesday that they were taking “coordinated action” to sanction “extremist settlers” for what they said were “horrific levels of settler violence against Palestinian civilians.” Penny Wong joined the other foreign ministers in issuing a joint statement proclaiming, “Extremist violent settlers, with […]

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Read the new Mossad chief’s message left during visit to Western Wall

JNS — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:37:22 +0000

The new Mossad director, Roman Gofman, visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday, jotting down a brief note in the Western Wall Heritage Foundation guestbook. The writing in Hebrew read, “The Glory of Israel does not deceive,” which is a line from Samuel 15:29. New Mossad director Roman Grofman visited the Western Wall […]

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Two Israeli soldiers KIA in Southern Lebanon

JNS — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:27:25 +0000

Two Israel Defence Forces soldiers were slain while battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Saturday night. Capt. Shahar Gamla, 23, from Natur in the Golan Heights, “succumbed to his wounds after being severely injured during combat,” the IDF stated. A deputy squad commander in the Commando Brigade’s Egoz Unit, Gamla […]

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Israeli Supreme Court orders government to allow Red Cross visits to terrorists

JNS — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:20:39 +0000

Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, ruled unanimously on Wednesday that the government must allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit Palestinian terrorists imprisoned in the Jewish state. Justice Dafna Barak-Erez said the government had failed to present legal arguments to justify its blanket ban on ICRC […]

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Yad Vashem to open first Holocaust education center outside Israel in Munich

JNS — Fri, 29 May 2026 07:12:01 +0000

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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