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August 27, 2024

It isn’t about borders: The jihad to destroy Israel

Palestinians attack Israeli security personnel during a counter-terrorism operation in Nablus, Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90. by Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) — A letter sent recently by the Palestinian “resistance” groups in the Gaza […]
August 27, 2024

U.S. gives Palestinians billions, get nothing but insults in return

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech at P.A. headquarters in Ramallah, May 5, 2020. Credit: Flash90. by Eric Mandel (JNS) — In a recent speech before the Turkish parliament, Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas honored the assassinated Hamas […]
August 27, 2024

Reuters amends bogus quote claiming Ben-Gvir plans a synagogue on Temple Mount

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, July 27, 2023. Source: X. by Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA) — Hamas is citing a new Temple Mount libel to whip up more deadly violence, and Reuters stoked the […]
August 26, 2024

Anti-Israel rioters have “a point”? What point, Mr. President?

An anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian rally in Dublin on Nov. 18, 2023. Credit: Sinn Féin via Wikimedia Commons. by Morton Klein (JNS) — It’s very troubling that President Joe Biden said during his Democratic National Convention speech that “those [anti-Israel] protesters out […]
August 26, 2024

Three major lessons from the Tel Aviv bombing attempt

Tel Aviv District Commander Peretz Amar following a failed bombing attack, in Tel Aviv, Aug. 19, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90. by Moshe Phillips (JNS) — The fumbled suicide bombing in Tel Aviv might sound as if it was just […]
August 26, 2024

A first-hand account of Hezbollah’s retaliation this weekend

Residents check damage caused by a rocket fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon in a home in Acco, north of Haifa, on Aug. 25. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images. by Ari Sacher On July 31, Israel assassinated Fuad Shukr, […]
August 23, 2024

Amid Palestinian backlash, Pelosi says speakers at DNC could have brought up ceasefire

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaking on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. Photo by Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — In a […]
August 23, 2024

Why Israel insists on maintaining control along Philadelphi Corridor

The location of the Philadelphi Corridor on Gaza’s border with Egypt. Credit: Hamzé Attar/X. by Yossi Kuperwasser (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) — The Israeli military presence along the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt is essential to ensure that […]
August 23, 2024

At DNC, Harris says she will always defend Israel, calls Gaza suffering ‘heartbreaking’

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris hugs her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, as she concludes her remarks at the end of the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in […]
August 23, 2024

Kirby: Reports that ceasefire talks “near collapse” are untrue

U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks to reporters at the White House, Oct. 3, 2023. Photo by Oliver Contreras/White House. (JNS) — Discussions between Israel and Hamas in Cairo have been “constructive” and ongoing, and media reports of […]
August 22, 2024

No martyr: Sinwar insists on guarantee of personal safety in any ceasefire deal

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City on April 13, 2022. Photo by Attia Muhammed/Flash90. (JNS) — Hamas senior leader Yahya Sinwar, who has eluded Israeli crosshairs since Oct. 7, is making it a precondition to a ceasefire and hostage […]