Who will stand with Israel against a new Iran deal?
June 19, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Filed under News, World
Back in 2015, the GOP and most Americans opposed Obama’s appeasement of Tehran. Now, Democrats are against Israel on any issue, and Republicans will not defy Trump.
US-Iran talks canceled as Vance postpones Switzerland trip
The Friday talks will not take place after Tehran suspended participation over developments in Lebanon.
Trump’s surrender
June 19, 2026 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Filed under Featured Articles, Israel, World
Does Donald Trump actually understand what he’s done?
Trump signs Iran deal in Versailles
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”.
‘Without me, there would be no Israel,’ Trump says at G7
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”.
‘Just lots of questions,’ experts say of reported terms of US deal with Iran
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.
New Zealand joins 21 nations condemning Iranian-linked attacks on Jewish communities
June 11, 2026 by Greg Bouwer
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New Zealand has joined twenty-one other countries in condemning what Western governments describe as an Iranian-backed campaign targeting Jewish communities, dissidents, journalists and American interests across Europe, North America and Australia. Read more
Is Donald Trump still the tough-minded leader he claims to be?
June 11, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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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. Read more
Iran threatens war ‘beyond the region’ if US attacks
May 20, 2026 by J-Wire News Service
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President Donald Trump claims he came within an hour of restarting the US war with Iran, prompting Tehran to threaten a wider war if it is attacked again.
Trump delays planned strike on Iran as Gulf leaders press for diplomacy
US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was postponing a planned military attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Iran war exposed Europe’s strategic collapse
May 18, 2026 by JNS
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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.
Israel-US preparing to resume hostilities with Iran
The Israeli military has been placed on high alert for a potential resumption of attacks on Iran, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth daily newspaper has reported.
Iran would talk with US ‘only if it is serious’
Iran’s foreign minister says a lack of trust is the biggest obstacle in negotiations to end the war with the United States.
Terror suspect charged over alleged Iran-backed attacks on Jewish targets
May 17, 2026 by J-Wire News Service
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An Iraqi militia commander accused of directing attacks on Jewish, Israeli and US targets across Europe, Canada and the United States has been charged in New York in a case American authorities say exposed an Iran-backed campaign of violence.
Netanyahu: Iran war is not over
The Israeli prime minister sat down with a U.S. broadcaster to discuss a series of topics, including the declining rates for Israel support among young Americans.
Abraham Foxman, towering champion against antisemitism, dies at 86
Abraham H. Foxman, the Holocaust survivor who became one of the most influential Jewish leaders in the United States and a relentless global voice against antisemitism, has died at the age of 86.
Why Iran will not collapse after leadership change
May 10, 2026 by JNS
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The primary domestic tensions are directed towards the regime itself, rather than between completely fractured armed population groups.
By Farid Alamdar
More clashes as US-Iran talks appear to stall
Efforts to end the war between the United States and Iran appear to have stalled as the two sides trade fire in the Gulf, while a US intelligence analysis concluded Tehran could withstand a naval blockade for months.
Trump pauses Hormuz escort plan amid Iran talks
U.S. President Donald Trump said today that “Project Freedom”, a U.S.-led initiative to escort commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, will be temporarily paused as negotiations with Iran advance.
Global antisemitic violence reaches highest level in decades, Tel Aviv University report finds
Tel Aviv University has reported a sharp rise in violent antisemitic attacks worldwide, with 2025 recording the highest number of Jewish deaths from such incidents in more than 30 years.
Netanyahu holds top-level consultations as Israel readies for collapse of Iran truce
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held top-level security talks on Monday to prepare for the collapse of the ceasefire between Iran and the United States, officials told the Channel 12 News outlet on Tuesday. Read more
Defeating Iran’s regime requires patience, but shouldn’t take ‘forever’
May 4, 2026 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
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Given enough time, a combination of economic and military pressure may be enough for Trump to topple the Islamist terrorists. The question is whether he has it.
Trump: Iran war could be renewed if mullahs ‘misbehave’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that renewed military action against Iran was a possibility if the mullahs “misbehave, if they do something bad.”
“Right now, we’ll see. It’s a possibility that could happen, certainly,” the president told reporters before departing Palm Beach, Fla.
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Sapiro v. Ford, or how to cut an antisemite down to size
April 27, 2026 by Menachem Rosensaft
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Every once in a while, part of a film’s or a book’s importance lies in what it does not tell us explicitly.
Time for Trump to dictate terms of Iran’s surrender
April 27, 2026 by David Singer
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President Trump’s patience must have been pushed to its limit with his announcement cancelling Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visit to Islamabad for continuing negotiations with Iran on April 25.
Death threats after Israeli flag protest at Lower Hutt restaurant
March 24, 2026 by Greg Bouwer
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The owner of a restaurant in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, has reported receiving death threats after placing Israeli and United States flags on the floor of his premises, triggering confrontation, online backlash, and a police response. Read more
Iran retaliates striking Tel Aviv with cluster warheads
Iran has used cluster warheads to attack on Tel Aviv, in retaliation for Israel’s killing of the Islamic Republic’s powerful security chief Ali Larijani. Read more
Gunman shot dead after crashing truck into US synagogue
An armed man has rammed his vehicle into a synagogue in Michigan in what federal investigators said was a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community. Read more
‘Indiscriminate, reckless’ attacks, say US, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi, UAE
The governments of the United States, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said on Sunday that the Iranian regime had carried out “indiscriminate and reckless missile and drone attacks against sovereign territories across the region,” the U.S. State Department said.
More strikes aimed at Iran after supreme leader killed
Israel says it has launched another wave of strikes on Iran, as Iranians faced uncertainty after the killing of their supreme leader in US and Israeli attacks that threatened to destabilise the wider Middle East. Read more
