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The West is facing an Islamic holy war

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A documentary film released this weekend in more than 100 movie theaters across America explores the processes by which antisemitism exploded across university campuses, in street demonstrations and on social media following the Hamas-led...

Anti-Israel ‘Hague Group’ requires scrutiny

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Feb. 25 article in  Foreign Policy—co-written by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Colombia President Gustavo Petro and Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, a left-wing policy adviser and co-general coordinator of Progressive International—spreads...
Anti-Israel Jewish Voice for Peace protesters are detained by NYPD officers inside Trump Tower in New York on March 13, 2025. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images.

NYPD makes ‘multiple’ arrests, as anti-Israel protesters hold sit-in at Trump Tower

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The New York City Police Department told JNS that it arrested multiple people and that it is addressing an ongoing matter, as protesters staged a sit-in at Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday afternoon. Some...

UN has no authority over commission accusing Israel of genocide, Guterres says

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The office of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told JNS that the global body head has no oversight over a U.N. commission accusing Israel of “genocidal acts.” “The Independent International Commission of Inquiry is an independent...

In historic first, Judea and Samaria leaders visit UAE

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A group of Judea and Samaria leaders made history this week by visiting Abu Dhabi on the first-ever organized trip by the Yesha Council to a Muslim country, the umbrella organization announced Thursday. Yesha Council...
Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun reviews an honor guard upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on Jan. 9, 2025. Photo by Fadel Itani/AFP via Getty Images.

Israel, Lebanon and possible normalization

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Israel is taking steps toward possible normalization with Lebanon, as diplomatic representatives will replace military officials in upcoming negotiation talks. A diplomatic source confirmed to Israel Hayom on Wednesday that these discussions aim to transition to a political-diplomatic...

IDF distributes nearly 500k hamantaschen for Purim

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The Israel Defense Forces' Military Rabbinate distributed almost half a million hamantaschen, or oznei Haman ("Haman's ears") cookies, the army said ahead of the holiday of Purim, which starts Thursday night. Approximately 460,000 hamantaschen in the flavors of...

‘He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian,’ Trump says of Schumer

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Micheál Martin, the Irish Taoiseach, or prime minister, has been among the Jewish state's most vocal critics, including asking the principal judicial body of the United Nations to broaden its definition of "genocide" in December to...
Venetian mask. Credit: Nicolette/Pixabay.

Behind the mask

Purim is a serious festival. Yet many people consider it merely a children’s masquerade party. The very notion of dressing up, wearing masks and creative costumes to disguise ourselves is the subject of much...
A “sofer” (Hebrew for “scribe”) writes the scroll of Esther for the Jewish holiday of Purim in the northern Israeli city of Safed on March 5, 2025. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

On Purim, celebrate Jewish self-defense, not self-loathing

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This is not the first time in history in which some Jews have internalized the hate that has been directed at them. Those who do so have embraced beliefs that seek to undermine both...