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Last week’s U.S.-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon in Rome were “constructive and detailed,” according to a U.S. State Department official, despite reported tensions, including a request by Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, to cut negotiations short on the second day of the talks.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
The student workers union at Columbia University dropped its Israel divestment demand — marking a loss for anti-Israel protesters as their group leader admitted it must “face the realities.”
Read More: New York Post
Israel has requested the transfer of the remains of Jews buried in cemeteries in Lebanon to Israel as part of negotiations between Jerusalem and Beirut over a permanent agreement, according to a report on Monday.
Read More: The Times of Israel
Simon & Schuster is doubling down on publishing a notoriously Jew-hating writer, with a top editor issuing a statement that denounced antisemitism but also said that the publisher’s plans to reissue two books by the writer, Susan Abulhawa—who refers to Jews as roaches—would go forward and that Abulhawa’s “personal views are her own.”
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Michigan rabbis and other Jewish figures delivered a petition to the head of the state’s Democratic Party Monday urging him to “ensure the safety” of all Jewish delegates at the state party’s upcoming convention, underscoring anxieties about growing antisemitism in the state’s blue coalition.
ReadMore…Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(Aug. 13, 2026 / JNS)
The Israel Defense Forces carried out an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday targeting a Hamas commander who the military said was planning attacks on troops operating in the area. It was the first reported Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip in more than a week.
Read More…JNS
(Aug. 12, 2026 / JNS)
Anecdotal accounts of Jews and Zionists leaving or planning to vacate New York City due to Zohran Mamdani’s anti-Israel policies and rhetoric as mayor and his softness, Jewish groups have said, on rising antisemitism have trickled out. In his first month in office, New York City recorded a 182% surge in Jew-hatred, compared…
The “Associated Press” called the race for Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan about two hours after polls closed.
Read More…JNS
State Assembly member Francesca Hong, who has accused Israel of “genocide,” lost the Democratic primary after polls suggested that she held a double-digit lead.
Read More…JNS
I grew up in Jaffa, going to church every Sunday with my father, the cantor of our Greek Orthodox church. I joined the Christian Scouts as a boy, later became a leader in the movement and even ran our marching band, a serious source of community pride. We marched at Christmas and Easter. We celebrated weddings, baptisms and feast days. We knew…
Mohsen Rezaei, ex-IRGC chief, sought by Argentina for alleged role in 1994 attack on Jewish center that killed 85; he’s 2nd to lead Supreme National Security Council since Israel killed Larijani in March
Read More…The Times of Israel
After boarding presidential plane, president was smuggled to smaller jet on tarmac in Ankara; journalists flew out on potentially targeted plane; Trump had said in Ankara that Iran was trying…
Read More… The Times of Israel
The diplomatic move joins a host of bilateral measures to immediately strengthen relations between Jerusalem and Bogota.
Read More…JNS
Nuclear material that can be converted to a “dirty bomb” is reportedly being stored at a clandestine location identified as “Site 99.”
Read More…JNS
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said new data showing sharply lower child malnutrition in Gaza undermines wartime accusations that Israel deliberately starved Gazans, calling those claims a “blood libel” fueled by Hamas figures.
Read More…Fox News
The Islamic Republic’s preparation for renewed regional escalation is making it less vulnerable to outside attacks.
Read More…National Review
Piker made the comment in an X post from January and has since doubled and tripled down on the claim while facing backlash. Though he conceded that he would likely alienate fewer people by simply saying Israel was “worse” than Hamas, Piker told the magazine that it wasn’t his style.
Read More…Fox News
OCHA defines settler-related violence as incidents involving violence, intimidation or property damage carried out by “settlers” or against “settlers,” as well as incidents involving other Israeli civilians in Judea and Samaria.
Read More…JNS