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German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet is displayed during a NATO media tour in Lielvarde military air base, near Lielvarde, Latvia October 1, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/INTS KALNINS)
In The News

Turkey waiting for sale contract from Qatar for Eurofighter Typhoon jets, defense ministry says

Under the deal with Britain, Qatar and Oman can supply Turkey with some of its own Typhoons, though that requires a separate sales contract.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post

HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS take part in a military exercise during a media tour organized for the occasion of Resistance and Liberation Day, in Aaramta, Lebanon, last month. (photo credit: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS)
In The News

Hezbollah rebuilding military capabilities in Beirut as IDF prepares for possible renewed fighting

"They are making a major effort to regain operational experience and return to peak combat readiness," a security official said about Hezbollah.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post 

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for senator in the state of Michigan, at a campaign event at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich., Oct. 22, 2025. Credit: Conlan Houston/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.Conlan Houston
In The News

In since-deleted post, El-Sayed defended ‘friend’ who supported Brotherhood

(Oct. 15, 2026 / JNS)
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan whose opponent has said has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, referred in a since deleted 2021 post to Mohamed Soltan, who was jailed for providing material support to the Brotherhood, as a “friend,” the Washington Free Beacon reported.

Read More...JNS

A shop assistant, who refused to be identified, displays T-shirts presenting the official logotype of radical Islamic Shiite group Hezbollah (L) and another of Lebanese Army´s special forces (R), on sale at an army and navy police supply shop, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 28, 2006. (photo credit: MAURICIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images)
In The News

Hezbollah recruiting convicts in Latin America for revenue, relaxing ideological requirements

Operation Trapiche, a counterterrorism operation launched by Brazil’s Federal Police in November 2023 with support from Israel’s Mossad, has shed light on Hezbollah’s efforts to outsource operatives.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post

Israelis pray at the traditional tomb of Eleazar, son of Aaron the High Priest, in Awarta, near Nablus (Shechem) in Samaria, July 22, 2009. Photo by Matanya Tausig/Flash90.
Issues

IDF hunts suspects after Jewish holy site torched in Samaria

The Yesha Council’s Judea and Samaria Situation Room identified the site in Awarta as the traditional tomb of Eleazar the High Priest.
Read More...JNS

In The News

IDF kills Hamas Nukhba operative who helped plan deadly attack on Israeli tank, killing four

Hamas Nukhba terrorist Musa Abd Muhammad Hamouda was killed on Sunday in an IDF airstrike in Gaza City, the military announced on Wednesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israel condemns eastern Libyan parliament’s policy flip, ratification of Turkey maritime deal

Israel's Foreign Ministry released a statement on Wednesday condemning the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) for ratifying a maritime jurisdiction memorandum with Turkey.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF says strike killed final Hamas member who took part in kidnapping Shani Louk

The military on Tuesday announced that Israeli strikes in Gaza over the past day killed two Hamas operatives, including a terrorist who took part in abducting the body of Israeli hostage Shani Louk during the October 7 onslaught.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Kushner: ‘Durable peace in Gaza requires an end to Hamas rule’

U.S. special peace envoy Jared Kushner on Tuesday shared a Wall Street Journal editorial urging Israel to take interim steps in Gaza to help the Board of Peace advance President Donald Trump’s plan before the Jewish state’s Oct. 27 election.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran security chief rejects moving enriched uranium abroad, as Netanyahu vows to topple regime

Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei told visiting Pakistani army chief Asim Munir on Tuesday that Tehran will not allow nuclear material to leave the country, according to state TV, and delivered the message that there would be no talks with Washington until its demands were met.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Antisemitic conspiracies about French protests spread across social media – watchdog

Combat Antisemitism Movement finds 1,384 posts on X claiming that Jews, Israel, and Zionists are to blame for or are profiting from the widespread unrest over the weekend.

Read More: Times of Israel

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‘Israel is not our friend’: Michigan’s El-Sayed doubles down on anti-Israel stance

"An ally that takes your money to push you into wars you shouldn't be fighting is not an ally," he argued.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

In The News

Gaza aid shipments resume as Hamas backs down from extortion threats targeting private merchants

Merchants previously suspended truck coordination activities in protest of a tax threatened by Hamas, wherein the terror organization demanded payments of approximately NIS 10,000 per truck.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Three Jewish women assaulted in suspected antisemitic attack in London

Metropolitan Police are treating the assaults as a hate crime following swift intervention by Shomrim volunteers.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Iran hosts Russia’s FM Lavrov as Moscow seeks benefit from US sanctions relief

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Tehran this week to meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shows Moscow's maneuvering.

Read Now: The Jerusalem Post

Jewish National Fund offices in London vandalized by Palestine Action, Nov. 2, 2024. Source: Palestine Action/X.
In The News

UK anti-Israel activists target defense workers’ homes in ‘sinister escalation’

A group calling itself “The List” has claimed responsibility for a series of incidents in recent weeks in which hooded individuals vandalize property and cars and post video online.
Read More...JNS

A ballistic missile launched from Iran, as seen over the skies of Hebron in Judea, on June 8, 2026. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90
In The News

US missions across Mideast warn of Iranian threats, Houthi escalation

(Oct. 19, 2026 / JNS)
U.S. diplomatic missions in 12 Middle Eastern countries issued security alerts on Sunday, urging Americans to “exercise heightened vigilance” over threats from Iran and its proxies and the risk of escalating Houthi attacks.

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Portland, Ore. Credit: Pixabay.
In The News

Since Oct. 7, Jews have been targets of nearly three-quarters of all religion-based hate crimes in Portland, Oregon

Bob Horenstein, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, told JNS that the Federation “spent over $1.5 million last year for security for our community institutions.”
Read More...JNS

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WATCH: Palestinians throw stones at People of Israel’s Hassan-Nahoum while visiting West Bank town

A stone is thrown through Hassan-Nahoum's car window while she is speaking to a camera, breaking it and wounding one of the passengers.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a memorial for U.S. victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2026. Credit: Freddie Everett/State Department.
In The News

Rubio: Iran, not Palestinian issue, main obstacle to Mideast peace

The U.S. secretary of state listed conflicts across the Middle East, which he maintained are instigated directly by Tehran or its proxies.
Read More...JNS