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Scott Pelley of CBS, hosts the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Awards at the Waldorf Astoria on November 26, 2013 in New York City. The annual awards ceremony recognizes journalists who risk their lives and liberty defending press freedom
In The News

Twenty Gaza journalists removed from CPJ’s war casualties list after combat roles uncovered

CPJ maintains that affiliation with a militant organization is not sufficient for exclusion if a person was working as a civilian journalist and was not directly participating in hostilities.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post 

New German-made Israeli submarine 'INS Drakon' embarks from Germany for Israel, September 21, 2026. (photo credit: ARMY RADIO)
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IDF chief warns Iran remains a threat as Israel welcomes INS Drakon submarine into Navy service

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir called the submarine’s integration a central force-building move on Thursday, as President Isaac Herzog highlighted its strategic significance.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, China, on May 6, 2026. (Telegram channel of the Iranian Foreign Minister via AP)
In The News

China sent Iran 1,300 shipments of drone, missile components this year – report

Customs data shows deliveries of GPS devices, motors and other dual-use electronics; US-sanctioned Mahan Air boosted China-Iran flights nearly sevenfold after war began
Read More...The Times of Israel 

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In fiery UN speech, Netanyahu blasts Iran, Qatar, Turkey, slams Gaza genocide accusation

PM calls genocide allegation ‘lie of the century,’ defends IDF’s morality, underplays settler violence; many envoys walk out before he starts; he doesn’t mention Saudis or Abraham Accords
Read More...The Times of Israel 

Master Sgt. (res.) Ofek Moalem (left) and Master Sgt. (res.) Nadav Kali (right), who were killed when an IDF drone exploded during operations in the Gaza Strip on September 24, 2026. (Courtesy)
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Two reservists killed in IDF drone explosion accident during operations in Gaza

The armed FPV drone crashed inside an army post for an unknown reason during takeoff, then detonated when soldiers came to check it
Read More...The Times of Israel

In The News

US Senate candidate El-Sayed evades audience request to denounce IRGC, break silence on Iran

Michigan Democratic Party senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed evaded an audience member's direct request to unequivocally condemn the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during a University of Michigan town hall event titled "Students vs. Billionaires" on Wednesday, at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.

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Bronx man charged with hate crime for allegedly threatening Jewish man in Crown Heights with knife

Devin Best, 48, of the Bronx, was arrested and charged with a hate crime and aggravated harassment for allegedly chasing a visibly Jewish man in Crown Heights, threatening him with a knife and reportedly shouting “heil Hitler” on Wednesday, a New York City Police Department spokesman told JNS.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Ambassador Leiter says he’s ‘full of hope’ for son seriously wounded in West Bank ramming attack

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter rushed back to Israel Thursday after his son was seriously wounded the previous day in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank, telling reporters that he was “full of hope” for his recovery and asserting that Palestinian violence in the territory was aimed at “uprooting the Jews from this land.”

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Protesters take part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration marching towards Ullevaal Stadium ahead of the World Cup qualifier between Norway and Israel, in Oslo, Norway, October 11, 2025. (photo credit: Javad Parsa/NTB via REUTERS)
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Norwegian FOR party and youth wing to participate in Oct. 7 demonstration in support of Hamas

The event slogan is "Support the Palestinian resistance!" and the promotional image is of Hamas and Palestinian terrorists on top of a tank on October 7.
Read More...The Jerusalem Post 

Palestinian photojournalist Mu’taz Azaiza speaks to the crowd at the end of the “14th National March For Palestine” in London, England, May 18, 2024. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
In The News

Celebrated Gaza journalist admits Hamas controlled media

“When someone gets out of the ambulance and says, ‘May God punish Hamas,’ while I’m filming, the people around him turn their camera away,” he said.
Read More...JNS 

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on Sept. 22, 2026 in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images.
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Katz slams Turkish leader over ‘antisemitic and incendiary’ UN address

Jerusalem’s defense chief labeled Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a “paper sultan,” citing his support for Hamas and silence on regional missile strikes
Read More...JNS 

The U.S. Department of State in Washington. Credit: State Department via Wikimedia Commons.
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SCOOP: State Department to host Oct. 7 memorial for slain Americans

The event will take place just ahead of the three-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks and is being organized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s office, JNS learned.
Read More...JNS 

Israeli security forces at the scene of a car-ramming attack near the Maccabim checkpoint in Samaria, where an IDF soldier was wounded, Sept. 23, 2026. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
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Neria Leiter, son of Israel’s ambassador to US, remains in ‘very serious condition’ after terror attack

Yechiel Leiter’s wounded son faces peril after undergoing brain surgery following a car-ramming near Modi’in.
Read More...JNS 

Gavel. Credit: MiamiAccidentLawyer/Pixabay.
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Judge rules Bay Area school district not complying with state mandates to address Jew-hatred

The ruling establishes a precedent that the state can “enforce its own orders” against districts “unwilling to acknowledge or address discrimination against Jews and Israelis,” Marleen Sacks, an education attorney, told JNS.
Read More...JNS

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Trump admin placing ‘crushing sanctions’ on Iran, Rubio says

“Unprovoked, he brought up the disastrous possibility of an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel and exposed New York’s Israel-hating mayor as a man trying to appease his antisemitic base,” radio host Sid Rosenberg told JNS of his interview with the U.S. secretary of state.
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United Hatzalah medical teams at the scene of a terror attack at the Maccabim checkpoint, September 23, 2026. (photo credit: UNITED HATZALAH‏)
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IDF soldier seriously wounded in car-ramming attack on Highway 443, terrorist killed

Israel Police stated that the terrorist had hit a police patrol vehicle belonging to the Judea and Samaria District. An officer and a soldier were inside the vehicle as part of a joint operation.
Read More... The Jerusalem Post

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US and Iranian negotiators hold talks at UN that Trump says ‘went very well’

Witkoff clarifies that mediators ‘shuttled’ between the sides; Trump gripes that members of Iran’s delegation were ‘not the highest level’; Rubio says US president open to meeting his Iranian counterpart while he’s in NYC for General Assembly
Read More...The Times of Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, Sept. 22, 2026. Credit: Daniel Torok/White House.
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In UN speech, Trump asks if he should ‘annihilate’ Iran

“Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness for generations?” the U.S. president said at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Read More...JNS

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meets with US President Donald Trump, not seen, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, June 16, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Qatar says its aid did not fund Hamas, and if it did, ‘Israel is responsible’

Statement responds to New Yorker story saying Doha’s payments to Gaza ‘helped buy’ terror group’s pre-Oct. 7 arms buildup; Qatar: Money was for civilians and was overseen by Israel
Read More...The Times of Israel 

A security guard stands outside the front door of Machzikei Hadas Orthodox synagogue in Ottawa, the day after Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, Oct. 8, 2023. Photo by Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images.
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Canada: Man arrested on suspicion of threatening to commit shooting attack on synagogue

The suspect, 19, who was detained in Durham east of Toronto, is facing “Threats Motivated by Hate” charges.
Read More...JNS