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Enshrine national strategy on antisemitism into law, ADL head tells Congress
Congress needs to overcome partisan bickering and pass legislation supporting Israel and the U.S. Jewish community, Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS at the “March for Israel” in...
Natan Sharansky: ‘We’ll defeat our enemies today’
Natan Sharansky, the former Soviet refusenik and Israeli statesman, spoke on Tuesday during the “March for Israel” on Nov. 14.
Sharansky spoke of his fight for Soviet Jewry to his immigration to Israel—that “they challenged...
Terry Wunder: Rejoicing in a Jewish Identity
Editor’s Note: This is the 8th chapter in Volume 3 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.” All three books as well as others written by Harrison...
Video captures off-duty soldier’s heroic final act on Oct. 7
Newly published video from the Oct. 7 massacre shows the final heroic act of an off-duty soldier who protected a packed public bomb shelter by throwing back Hamas terrorists' grenades.
The video, which was taken from the...
Israeli MKs call on Western countries to accept Gaza refugees
Two Israeli lawmakers are calling on Western countries to take in Gaza civilians wishing to relocate as the Israel Defense Forces works to destroy Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Likud MK Danny Danon and Yesh...
New US designations, sanctions on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad
The U.S. State and Treasury Departments announced sanctions and designations on Tuesday for the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations and their supporters.
The new measures represent the third round of sanctions on those...
Hostages’ families to be hosted by Congress on Capitol Hill
Family members of hostages being held in Gaza, along with Israelis whose loved ones were murdered in last month’s deadly Hamas attack, will be hosted on Capitol Hill on Monday in a show of...
Kata’ib Hezbollah releases video of Israeli-Russian captive
Iraq-based Kata’ib Hezbollah released a video on Monday night of kidnapped Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov.
The four-minute video was the first sign of life released by the Iran-backed terror group since it captured Tsurkov in...
Granddaughter of Israeli captive urges world to act ‘really swift’
The photos and videos of Yaffa Adar, 85, being driven to Gaza on her mobility scooter by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 were seen all over the world.
Her granddaughter Orian says that she was...
Israel confirms death of hostage seen in Hamas propaganda video
One day after Israeli hostage Cpl. Noa Marciano appeared in a Hamas propaganda video, the Israel Defense Forces cleared for publication on Tuesday morning that the 19-year-old had already died in captivity.
Marciano, a resident...