Netanyahu testimony postponed due to ‘rare circumstances’
The judges in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted on Monday the premier’s request to postpone his testimony that was schedule to take place on the following day to Oct. 25, citing...
Katz: ‘We are the closest to a hostage deal since the last one’
"We are the closest to a hostage deal since the last one," Defense Minister Israel Katz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.
One-hundred-and-five captives—81 Israelis and 24 foreign nationals—were released during...
In first since 1967, Syrian mayor meets Israeli officers
Community leaders in the Syrian side of the Golan, including at least one mayor, openly met with IDF officers holding the area, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
That revelation coincided with reports of a desire by...
South African Jews ask President Ramaphosa to condemn hate crime
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to condemn a hate crime against the Jewish community.
On Dec. 5, a suspected explosive device was thrown over the wall...
‘Very friendly’ Netanyahu-Trump call focused on Israeli victory, Gaza hostages, PM says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a "very friendly, warm and important" phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the need to complete Jerusalem's victory over Iranian-backed terror proxies and free the hostages held by...
‘Pure Make-Believe’ – Separating Divestment from Antisemitism
Letter-writer Paul Cunningham picked an especially dreadful week for Jews to proclaim that antisemitism is not tied to divestment from Israel, a divisive topic in his home state of Maine.
Tell that to the Jewish...
Dialectics of a Different War: How Syria’s Collapse Could Impact Israel’s Nuclear Deterrence Against...
Though the fall of Syria’s Assad would appear gainful for Israel prima facie, a potential nuclear threat from Iran not only remains, but is plausibly greater than before. One reason for such a counter-intuitive...
Holocaust hero’s legacy at risk
The Joseph Bau House Museum, dedicated to the legacy of Holocaust survivor and artist, is launching a critical fundraising campaign to secure its future.
The Tel-Aviv based museum currently operates in rented space within Bau’s...
Former assistant education secretary ‘encouraged’ by Trump nominees
Kenneth L. Marcus, a former assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, told JNS on the sidelines of the Tikvah Fund’s Jewish Leadership Conference that he likes what he sees...
Trials expose logistics, planning behind Amsterdam pogrom
More than a month after dozens of Arab men went on a so-called “Jew hunt” for Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the trials of seven suspects revealed this week new information on the logistics...