March of the Living set to kick off at Auschwitz
May 6, 2024 by JNS
The 36th International March of the Living was set to take place today, with thousands traversing the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in memory of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust and in honour of those who survived. Read more
Israel marks first post-Oct. 7 Holocaust Remembrance Day
Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day began at sundown on Sunday, with the official state opening ceremony taking place at 8 p.m. in Warsaw Ghetto Square, Yad Vashem, on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Read more
IDF posts on Gaza border failed routine inspection on Oct. 4
May 3, 2024 by JNS
A routine inspection of Israel Defence Forces posts along the Gaza border carried out 72 hours before Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught showed a severe lack of preparedness, Channel 12 reported this week. Read more
Skeletons without hands, feet found under Göring’s home
May 2, 2024 by JNS
Five skeletons missing their hands and feet were recently discovered beneath the Wolf’s Lair home of Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler’s No. 2 who served as commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe during World War II. Read more
Blinken heading to Israel to press for Gaza ceasefire deal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Hamas to accept Israel’s “extraordinarily generous” truce offer, speaking from Saudi Arabia ahead of his visit to the Jewish state. Read more
Decision on Rafah op expected within 72 hours
April 30, 2024 by JNS
The Israeli government will decide within the next 72 hours whether to launch a military operation to eliminate Hamas’s terror battalions in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, Ynet reported on Tuesday. Read more
Smotrich aims to legalize 68 outposts in Judea and Samaria
April 22, 2024 by JNS
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich aims to legalize 68 outposts in Judea and Samaria and has instructed various ministries to prepare to provide them with public services. Read more
US to back Rafah op in exchange for Israel dropping major Iran strike—report
Unnamed Egyptian officials told the Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news outlet on Wednesday that the United States has agreed to back an Israeli operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah in exchange for Jerusalem forgoing a major strike on Iran. Read more
LA film museum that first ignored Jews will hold exhibit on Hollywood’s Jewish founders
April 17, 2024 by JNS
When the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened in Los Angeles in September 2021, it drew criticism for failing to feature Jews, who have played essential roles in developing the film industry in Hollywood. Read more
Israel’s War Cabinet favours retaliating to Iranian attack
April 15, 2024 by JNS
Israel’s War Cabinet on Sunday recommended retaliating to the first-ever direct Iranian attack on the Jewish state, although they were divided on the scope and timing of the response, Reuters reported on Monday, citing Israeli officials. Read more
Nova music festival survivors bring child into post-Oct 7 world
Supernova music festival massacre survivors Astar Moshe, 35, and Shlomi Tobi, 37, have welcomed a healthy baby to the world, almost six months to the day following Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion of southern Israel. Read more
‘Matter of when, not if’: Iranian attack on Israel reportedly imminent
April 11, 2024 by JNS
Washington and its allies believe that a major attack on Israel by Iran is imminent and may be launched in the coming days, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the intelligence. Read more
IAF strike kills sons of Hamas leader Haniyeh
April 11, 2024 by JNS
An Israeli Air Force strike in the Al-Shati Camp on the northern Gaza coast killed six relatives of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Wednesday night. Read more
Outrage following Jerusalem hospital’s admission of Hamas terrorist
April 11, 2024 by JNS
Dozens of protesters swarmed the halls of Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning after news got out that the hospital was treating a member of Hamas’s “Nukhba force.” Read more
Freed Thai hostages wed, plan to return to Israel
April 4, 2024 by JNS
Two Thai citizens who were abducted to Gaza during the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion and were later freed have married and are planning to return to Israel for work. Read more
Six months after joining War Cabinet, Gantz calls for early elections
April 4, 2024 by JNS
Israel should go to the polls in September, National Unity leader and War Cabinet Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz said at a press conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday, marking the first time that the left-wing politician has called for early elections since joining the wartime government six months ago. Read more
Jewish origins of Mozart’s librettist a ‘poorly kept secret’
One of the most important librettists, or authors of operatic texts, in music history, was born Jewish, but his origins weren’t known widely until the Nazis banned works of Jewish artists during the Holocaust. Read more
Japan to resume UNRWA funding
April 3, 2024 by JNS
Tokyo said on Tuesday that it will restore funding to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency. Read more
Palestinian Authority pushing for full-fledged UN membership
April 2, 2024 by JNS
The Palestinian Authority intends to press the United Nations to schedule a vote on its admission as a full member of the world body later this month, Ramallah’s permanent U.N. “observer” told Reuters on Monday night. Read more
IDF to lift restrictions on Gaza border areas, including Nova massacre site
March 31, 2024 by JNS
The Israel Defence Forces will lift restrictions on several areas along the border with the Gaza Strip, including the site of the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, where Hamas terrorists massacred over 360 people on Oct. 7. Read more
Israel’s Supreme Court orders stop to yeshivah funding for haredim required to enlist in IDF
Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued an interim order prohibiting the government from providing stipends to some haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jewish men who do not serve in the Israel Defence Forces. Read more
Turkish group behind ‘Mavi Marmara‘ announces new flotilla
March 29, 2024 by JNS
The Turkish group behind the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla presented two new vessels on Wednesday, which are intended to take aid directly to Gaza. Read more
IDF begins isolating Rafah, orders 40,000 tents
March 29, 2024 by JNS
The Israel Defence Forces has begun isolating Rafah in southern Gaza and has started taking steps to evacuate the city’s civilian population, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday. Read more
Joe Lieberman, longtime senator and first Jewish-American VP candidate, dies at 82
March 28, 2024 by JNS
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 82 after complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family. Read more
Hamas praises UN Security Council vote on Gaza ceasefire
Hamas on Monday thanked the U.N. Security Council for passing a resolution demanding a temporary halt to the Israel Defencce Forces operation against the terror group in the Gaza Strip. Read more
Jerusalem accepts deal to free female soldiers, Hamas yet to respond
March 25, 2024 by JNS
Israel has tentatively accepted a preliminary agreement brokered by the United States for the release of the female IDF soldiers held by Hamas in Gaza. Read more
Ex-UNRWA official: Hamas chief Haniyeh was one of our teachers
March 25, 2024 by JNS
The West is unhappy with UNRWA for giving rise to the top cadre of Palestinian leaders, former UNRWA official Ahmad Oueidat said in a March 14 interview on the London-based pro-Hamas Al-Hiwar Arabic-language satellite TV channel. Read more
PLO flag flies at Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran
March 22, 2024 by JNS
When Chief Rabbi of Iran Rabbi Yehuda Gerami arrived on Thursday, as he does every year on the Fast of Esther and Purim, to pray at the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan, he discovered that the PLO flag had been raised there. Read more
WATCH: IDF drone locates armed terrorist hiding in room
March 22, 2024 by JNS
The Israel Defence Forces on Thursday published footage of a drone identifying a terrorist hiding in a room, shortly before troops operating in the Hamad area of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, killed him. Read more
University of Cape Town hosts Hezbollah, Houthi speakers on Zoom
March 22, 2024 by JNS
Speakers from the Hezbollah and Houthi terrorist organisations addressed students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Wednesday. Read more
