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Hamas using Gaza’s Nasser Hospital to interrogate, torture Palestinians

Eighty-five percent of Gaza’s hospitals have been used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for terrorism, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Read More…JNS

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‘Right 45 minutes’ can shift attitudes of teens on Jew-hatred, ADL study suggests

If schools devote just 45 minutes to a lesson that situates the Holocaust in the broader history of antisemitism and its impact on Jews, they can go a long way to dispelling harmful conspiracy theories, according to new research from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center for Antisemitism Research.

‘This shall not stand’: Jewish, interfaith leaders protest antisemitism at rally

Nonprofit Advocacy Organization Impact held a “This Shall Not Stand” rally in Midtown Manhattan, bringing together members of the Jewish community alongside Christians, Muslims, and Hindus to stand against antisemitism and hate, following the recent attack during Shabbat services at Central Synagogue.

Trounced in Florida GOP primary, antisemitic candidates believe ‘victory’ is still near

Five days before Florida’s Republican primary, congressional candidate Dan Bilzerian posted a campaign video that depicted his Jewish opponent with horns, called him “Shylock” and praised Adolf Hitler.

Remains of last Israeli soldier missing from First Lebanon War’s Sultan Yacoub battle found

The remains of Yehuda Katz, the last Israeli soldier still missing from the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub during the First Lebanon War, have been recovered after 44 years, the Israeli military said Tuesday, bringing to a close one of the country’s longest-running missing soldier cases.

No green light granted to entry of int’l force into Gaza, Israel says

The U.S. ambassador to Israel criticized Hamas for not yielding a single weapon yet as required by the Board of Peace’s Gaza plan.
Read More…JNS

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Turkey denies military visit to Syrian base; Damascus confirms it but refutes deployment plan

Ankara says no military delegation was at airbase ‘before or during Israel’s attack’; Al-Shaibani says Damascus told Jerusalem no Turkish troops were deploying to Abu Duhur
Read More…The Times of Israel

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Iran taps financial lifeline, Russian arms as Trump escalates ‘crushing’ economic warfare

Tehran is deepening its financial and military ties with Beijing and Moscow, forging a critical lifeline as it seeks to circumvent U.S. sanctions and weather Washington’s renewed “maximum pressure” campaign, regional security analysts warned Wednesday.

Lone Jewish member of Georgia state legislature tells CAIR to disinvite antisemitic speakers from gala

(Aug. 19, 2026 / JNS)
Esther Panitch, a Democratic Georgia state representative and the lone Jewish member of the state’s legislature, is calling on the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Georgia to “change their minds” about featuring antisemitic speakers at its upcoming gala in September.

‘Reminiscent of what you’d find behind Iron Curtain,’ attorney says of ongoing effort to sue Mamdani admin for records

“We will keep litigating until we get to the truth,” Randy Mastro told JNS, after oral arguments in New York County Supreme Court. “I’m sure the court will hear us when these procedural issues are behind us.”
Ream More…JNS

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Netanyahu: Syria was on verge of deploying Turkish troops—Israel warned against it

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack expressed “deep concern” over an attack in northwestern Syria, which the IDF has not commented on.
Read More…JNS

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Florida Republicans defeat alt-right candidates in gubernatorial, House primaries

Rep. Byron Donalds won the GOP primary to succeed Ron DeSantis as governor, while Rep. Randy Fine held on to the nomination for his House seat.
Read More…JNS

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Assailant who attacked congregant, guard at NYC Shabbat services charged with hate crimes

Police have charged Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, with hate crimes, accusing him of attacking a congregant and a security guard at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue during Friday night Shabbat services, the New York City police commissioner said.

Judge in Harvard Antisemitism Case Was Anti-Israel, Anti-War Activist, McGovern Campaign Aide

The federal judge who has dismissed a series of antisemitism cases—by the Trump administration against Harvard, by Jewish students at MIT, and by a Harvard Business School student, Yoav Segev, who was assaulted by anti-Israel protesters—turns out to have his own history as a student anti-Israel and anti-war activist.

Kushner gives Hamas stark ultimatum: Disarm or Israel gets US backing to ‘finish the job’

U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner delivered a stark ultimatum to Hamas on Monday, warning that the terrorist group must honor its commitments to disarm in Gaza or face an Israeli military operation to “finish the job.”

Suspect detained in Jerusalem tunnel-infiltration plot

(Aug. 18, 2026 / JNS)
A 36-year-old Palestinian arrested near the Jerusalem security barrier admitted to digging a tunnel in an attempt to infiltrate Israeli territory, police told JNS on Tuesday.

Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to increase officers in hot spots after synagogue attack

A Jewish security watchdog is doubling down on safety measures in the wake of a Friday night attack against worshipers at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, calling on police to identify cutting edge tactics to identify hot spots for potential hate crimes and to place more officers in those areas.

Mamdani fans flames of antisemitism by pairing false allyship with anti-Israel rhetoric – editorial

As long as the mayor continues to spew his accusations of “horrific genocide” against Israel and refuses to condemn phrases like “globalize the intifada,” he’s part of the problem, not the solution.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post