October 11, 2024

Pakistanis join Christian prayer convocation in Jerusalem

Members of the Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus (center) present awards at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem to Christian religious leaders visiting Israel in support of the Jewish state, Oct. 9, 2024. Credit: Courtesy. by Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — Hundreds […]
October 10, 2024

Documenting the unthinkable: Book recounts atrocities of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

As Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, Alon Penzel was a political science student at Haifa University. The grandson of a Holocaust survivor, he went to social media to defend Israel from the inevitable waves of hate. “Already on Oct […]
October 8, 2024

Sinwar renews Qatar contacts, seeks to foment regional war, not interested in truce

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar speaks at a rally in Gaza City, Nov. 4, 2019. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90. (JNS) — Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has renewed contacts with mediators in Qatar, Israel’s Channel 12 News reported on Oct. 7, citing sources […]
October 8, 2024

Israeli hostage negotiator: Hamas keeps torpedoing the talks

IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch, the Israeli government’s point man on the hostage issue, attends a ceremony for the Jewish holiday of Chanukah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, Dec. 7, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. (JNS) […]
October 8, 2024

IFCJ ‘Flags of Fellowship’ campaign marks one-year anniversary of Oct. 7

“Flags of Fellowship” at Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel in remembrance of the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks, Oct. 6, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of IFCJ. (JNS) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews held a […]
October 8, 2024

Coalition of Christian, Jewish groups hold Oct. 7 rally in Washington, Vance among speakers

Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) speaks at a rally and march on the National Mall to honor the heroes of the Oct. 7 massacre and remember the hostages still in captivity in Washington, D.C, Oct. 7, 2024. […]
October 5, 2024

Biden says Israel shouldn’t attack Iran’s oil assets, Trump says take out their nuclear sites

President Joe Biden participates in a call with G7 leaders from the Oval Office about the situation in the Middle East, Oct. 2, 2024. Photo by Adam Schultz/White House. (JNS) — U.S. President Joe Biden suggested on Oct. 4 that […]
October 2, 2024

Israel declares UN Secretary-General Guterres as persona non grata

Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, briefs reporters ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East on Oct. 2, 2024. Credit: Mark Garten/U.N. Photo. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — Israeli Foreign Minister Israel […]
October 2, 2024

Biden opposes Israeli strike on Iran nuclear sites

President Joe Biden participates in a call with G7 leaders about the situation in the Middle East, Oct. 2, 2024, in the Oval Office. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House. by Andrew Bernard (JNS) — U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters on […]
October 2, 2024

Urban-warfare expert: Hezbollah suffered catastrophic damage, Israel’s remarkable care in Gaza

John Spencer. Credit: Courtesy. by Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom) — As we began our Zoom call, John Spencer made a statement that should resonate globally. “Everything that the world has heard about Gaza has actually been counterfactual. It has been wrong. What […]
October 2, 2024

Israel promises precise and surprising response to Iranian missile attack

Israelis take cover inside a bomb shelter at the Ben Gurion airport as a siren alert is sounded in Tel Aviv, Oct. 1, 2024. Photo by Dor Pazuelo/Flash90. by Joshua Marks (JNS) — Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. […]