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Fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) inspect damaged and abandoned military vehicles and equipment at the Qamishli international airport, formerly a joint Syrian-russian military base, in northeastern Syria's city of Qamishli on Dec. 9, 2024. Photo by Delil souleiman/AFP via Getty Images.

US warns of imminent Turkish offensive in Syria

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Senior U.S. officials are warning that Turkey appears to be preparing for a large-scale military offensive into Kurdish-held territory in Syria, citing an alarming buildup of forces along the border, The Wall Street Journal reported on...
Portrait of Sophie Ben Dor, the daughter of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen. Augץ 18, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israel trying to locate remains of spy Eli Cohen in Syria

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Israel has connected with Russian mediators for assistance in locating the remains in Syria of Israeli agent Eli Cohen. The latest Israeli attempt to find and repatriate Cohen’s body comes in the wake of the...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing in his trial at the Tel Aviv District Court, Dec. 16, 2024. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/POOL.

Netanyahu testimony postponed due to ‘rare circumstances’

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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...
A poster showing hostages still held captive by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 17, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Katz: ‘We are the closest to a hostage deal since the last one’

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"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...
Israeli officers meet with a Syrian mayor, December 2024. Credit: The IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

In first since 1967, Syrian mayor meets Israeli officers

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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...
Visitors at the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre. Credit: ctholocaust.co.za.

South African Jews ask President Ramaphosa to condemn hate crime

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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...
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House to unveil details of the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan on Jan. 28, 2020. CreditL White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

‘Very friendly’ Netanyahu-Trump call focused on Israeli victory, Gaza hostages, PM says

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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...
Kenneth L. Marcus

Former assistant education secretary ‘encouraged’ by Trump nominees

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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

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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...

‘Women, life, freedom’: Netanyahu’s message to the Iranian people

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night extended an olive branch and delivered a message of hope to the Iranian people. Below is the transcript of the video message: "People of Iran: As we see history...