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Clergymen lead Christmas celebrations at the St. George's Syriac Orthodox Church in the old city of Damascus. (photo credit: BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
In The News

Christians arbitrarily detained in Syria denied Bible access, forced to observe Ramadan, CSI report

Members of the Christian community have been arbitrarily detained, with their families extorted for payments in exchange for their release, the Christian Solidarity International report claimed.
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Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)
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Negotiators working on final roadmap for Gaza’s future, Hamas disarmament, source tells ‘Post’

Discussions with mediators in Cairo are continuing and making progress, according to a diplomatic source who spoke to The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, as negotiators work to finalize a comprehensive roadmap for Gaza's future governance and security arrangements.

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Coto de Caza in Orange County, Calif. Credit: Don Ramey Logan via Wikimedia Commons.
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Flyers stating ‘we are with you Palestine,’ bearing swastika found in Southern California community

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
Flyers with antisemitic messages and neo-Nazi imagery were found in the unincorporated Orange County community of Coto de Caza, Calif., Katrina Foley, vice chair of the county’s board of supervisors, stated on Tuesday.

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An aerial view of the port of Egypt’s northern Mediterranean coastal city of Damietta, May 28, 2021. Photo by Amir Makar/AFP via Getty Images.
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Drone strikes US-owned tanker in Nile Delta

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
A drone attack in the Egyptian city of Damietta damaged a U.S.-owned, Marshall Island-flagged floating gas storage tanker on Wednesday, marking a possibly significant escalation in Iranian-backed strikes in the region.

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A United States Air Force F-16 fighter jet patrols the skies over the Middle East, July 2026. Credit: U.S. Central Command.
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United States strikes dozens of IRGC sites in ‘powerful response’ to Iranian attacks

(July 30, 2026 / JNS)
The U.S. military launched what it described as a “heavy wave of strikes” against Iranian targets on Wednesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Washington would be “hitting them hard” in response to Tehran’s recent attacks on American forces.

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Soldiers from the United States gather together during the opening ceremony of Exercise Southern Jackeroo on May 29, 2026 in Townsville, Australia. (photo credit: Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)
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Iran using social media footage to target US troops, assets in Middle East

The top US commander for the Middle East has warned troops that cellphone videos shared online can help Iran target American bases, and sources told Reuters some deployed personnel could soon be ordered to surrender their phones.

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Members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces stand near a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the shrine of Imam Hussein on the eve of his funeral ceremonies in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on July 7, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
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US and Saudis hit back at Iraqi pro-Iran militias, as Iran renews attacks on US forces in Jordan

The US and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday launched deadly strikes on Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, blaming them for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, as Iran fired missiles at US troops in Jordan in the first such attack reported since the fighting paused over the weekend.

Read More...The Times of Israel 

The 15 victims of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach during a “Chanukah by the Sea” event in Sydney, on Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by Rabbi Yossy Goldman.
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2025 deadliest year for Jews outside Israel since Buenos Aires bombing, report says

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
Twenty people were murdered in antisemitic attacks in 2025, making it the deadliest year for anti-Jewish violence outside of Israel since the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, according to a new report.

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An Israeli soldier in Southern Lebanon, June 2026. Credit: IDF.
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Hezbollah explosive drone targets IDF vehicle in Southern Lebanon

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
Hezbollah terrorists launched an explosive drone at an Israel Defense Forces engineering vehicle overnight on Tuesday, in what the IDF described as a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire deal with Beirut.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, June 20, 2019. Credit: White House Photo.
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Trump: Iran ‘going to get a beating’

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further military action against Iran in response to renewed attacks on American troops.

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‘Where to kill Melania?’ IRGC-linked Tasnim shares video urging supporters to kill US’s first lady

A video with plans and suggestions on how to kill US First Lady Melania Trump was shared on Tuesday by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked Tasnim News Agency.

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A woman talks on her cellphone as she walks past an anti-US graffiti on the wall of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
In The News

Iran hangs two anti-government protesters in public

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday announced the hanging of two men over charges relating to anti-government protests that peaked in January, with media reporting it took place in a public square.

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Members of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades at the funeral procession for Hamas military council member Ghazi Abu Tamaa in Deir al-Balah, the central Gaza Strip, Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90.
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Israeli airstrike kills Hamas internal security chief in central Gaza

(July 28, 2026 / JNS)
An Israeli airstrike eliminated the head of Hamas’s internal security apparatus in the central Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Monday.

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Mourners march in the funeral of a Kataib Hezbollah terrorist after a US airstrike on a Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters near the Iraq-Syria border, pictured in Baghdad, March 2, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Suda TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Drones intercepted over Jordan likely launched by Iran-backed Iraqi militias, source tells ‘Post’

The three drones that were intercepted over Jordan on Monday and Tuesday were likely launched by Iran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq, a source told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sept. 29, 2025. Credit: Joyce N. Boghosian/White House.
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Netanyahu heads to White House for eighth meeting with Trump

(July 28, 2026 / JNS)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday morning, marking the eighth meeting between the two since the latter returned to office for a second term.

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From left, Andy Slaughter MP; Sharon Hodgson MP, chair of the APPG on Ovarian Cancer; actress Lesley Josep; and Barbara Keeley MP attend The Eve Appeal afternoon tea party to mark the beginning of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month at the House of Commons in London on Feb. 28, 2017. Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images for The Eve Appeal.
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UK’s new solicitor general under fire for meetings with Hamas figures

(July 26, 2026 / JNS)
Andy Slaughter, the United Kingdom’s new solicitor general, one of the first appointments of U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham, is facing criticism after photographs and reports resurfaced showing him meeting Hamas officials during visits to Jerusalem and Gaza in 2010.

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Illustrative: A serviceman of Ukraine's defense intelligence prepares an An-196 Liutyi (Fierce) one-way drone against Russia in an undisclosed location in Ukraine late on May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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Iran’s FM claims Ukraine struck Iranian vessel ‘at Israel’s behest,’ vows retaliation

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday vowed to respond against Ukraine for a deadly attack in the Caspian Sea that the minister claimed was carried out “at Israel’s behest.”

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Billboards show Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and his late father Ali Khamenei with the slogan “Thank you, loyal Iran” along the highway leading to Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, June 22, 2026. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images.
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Khamenei says defense of Hezbollah remains Iran’s ‘strategic mandate’

(July 27, 2026 / JNS)
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei reiterated on Sunday that any deal with the United States must include an “absolute, unconditional” end to the fighting in Lebanon, adding that the defense of the Hezbollah terror group remains the Islamic Republic’s “strategic mandate.”

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Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Jerusalem, July 27, 2026. Photo by Oz Schechter.
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Israel sends three tons of medical aid to Congo amid Ebola epidemic

(July 27, 2026 / JNS)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Monday that Israel has delivered three tons of medical aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assist its efforts to confront an Ebola outbreak.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force Flight Course 192 at Hatzerim Airbase near Beersheva on July 9, 2026. Photo by Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO.
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Netanyahu heads to Washington ahead of White House meeting with Trump

(July 27, 2026 / JNS)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington on Monday afternoon ahead of a White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, his office said.

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