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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’s surrender

Melanie Phillips - JNS.org — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:11:14 +0000

Does Donald Trump actually understand what he’s done? Responding to critics of his agreement with Iran, the U.S. president called them “fools” and either “jealous or bad people,” because “the stock market just hit A RECORD HIGH, and oil prices are tumbling down.” So the economy is all that matters in a struggle to neutralise […]

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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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Israeli leaders across coalition and opposition reject emerging U.S.-Iran agreement

Pesach Benson — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:09:27 +0000

Israeli political leaders across both the governing coalition and the opposition on Monday voiced sharp criticism of an emerging U.S.-Iran agreement, warning it could undermine Israel’s security and highlighting widening political rifts over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war. The U.S.-Iran agreement is expected to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran. However, critics […]

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Israel says forces will stay in security zones indefinitely

Pesach Benson — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:19:08 +0000

Defence Minister Israel Katz said Monday that Israel’s policy is for the Israel Defence Forces to remain in security zones across Lebanon, Syria and Gaza “indefinitely” to protect Israeli border communities from jihadist threats, even as Tehran sought to tie an emerging U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding to Hezbollah. Katz said he and Prime Minister Benjamin […]

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Lebanon finally says it out loud: It does not belong to Iran

Khaled Abu Toameh — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:23:43 +0000

For years, many Lebanese politicians avoided publicly confronting the obvious truth: Iran, through its proxy Hezbollah, has hijacked Lebanon’s sovereignty, transformed the country into a battlefield, and dragged its people into repeated wars with Israel. Now, perhaps for the first time in such direct and uncompromising language, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf […]

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Is Donald Trump still the tough-minded leader he claims to be?

Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:04:40 +0000

In the two months since U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a ceasefire with Iran after initiating a joint offensive with Israel against the Islamist regime on Feb. 28, the whole world has been wondering what he is going to do next. He’s faced with a difficult choice. The president is under enormous pressure […]

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New data highlights heavy demands on Israeli reservists

Brett Goodman TPS-IL — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:09:15 +0000

Israeli reservists averaged 94 days of service in 2024 and 78 days in 2025, according to statistics released by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday. Israel marked Reservists Appreciation Day on Monday as new IDF statistics highlighted the burden borne by reserve soldiers since the war began following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on […]

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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 military launches new massive operation against Hezbollah

TPS-IL — Sun, 31 May 2026 06:28:41 +0000

Israeli forces captured the strategic Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon, home to a Crusader-era fortress, marking one of the deepest ground advances into Lebanese territory since fighting with Hezbollah escalated. The Israel Defence Forces announced Sunday that troops crossed the Litani River and seized control of the ridge and the nearby Wadi al-Saluki area during […]

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