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May 25, 2024

Why the pro-Hamas demonstrations are different and more dangerous

A pro-Palestinian protest in London, a week after Hamas murdered 1,200 people in southern Israel and took more than 250 others hostage into the Gaza Strip, on Oct. 14, 2023. Credit: Alisdare Hickson/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons. by Ben Cohen Over […]
May 24, 2024

Fact-checking the ICJ: An order relying on omissions and deceptions

View of the International Court of Justice courtroom during the court’s ruling on May 24, 2024 that Israel must cease military operations in Rafah. Credit: Bastiaan Musscher/U.N. Photo/ICJ-CIJ. By David Litman (CAMERA) — Unsurprisingly, the International Court of Justice caved […]
May 24, 2024

At Washington Israel Independence Day, Rep. Johnson says Netanyahu will address Congress

The Israeli embassy held a May 23, 2024 celebration of Israel’s 76th Independence Day at the National Building Museum in Washington. Photo by Andrew Bernard. by Andrew Bernard (JNS) — U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana broke […]
May 24, 2024

Florida mayor praised for ‘courage, character’ after apology for supporting permanent ceasefire

Christi Fraga, mayor of the Doral, Fla., speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the future site of the new military housing complex supporting U.S. Southern Command’s service members and their families on Jan. 29, 2023. Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 1st […]
May 24, 2024

Three U.S. soldiers hurt in non-combat situation on Gaza pier

Humanitarian aid delivered to Palestinians via the temporary pier in Gaza, May 2024. Credit: U.S. Central Command. (JNS) — Three U.S. soldiers reportedly sustained non-combat injuries on the temporary pier off the coast of Gaza on May 23. The U.S. […]
May 24, 2024

Equating Israel with Hamas isn’t even the worst of the ICC’s turpitude

Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in New York City. Credit: Bumble Dee/Shutterstock. by Ruthie Blum (JNS) — The only thing surprising about the decision by International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan on May 20 was […]
May 24, 2024

Hamas is responsible for prolonging the war, keeping aid from Gaza civilians

Israeli soldiers operating in eastern Rafah, the Gaza Strip, May 9, 2024. Credit: IDF. by Akiva Van Koningsveld (JNS) — Hamas started the war with Israel and is responsible for perpetuating the conflict by refusing to lay down arms and […]
May 23, 2024

Don’t downplay the effect the ICC indictments on Netanyahu will have on Israel’s future

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the “Unto Every Person There is a Name” ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 6, 2024. Credit: Ma’ayan Toaf/GPO. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic and […]
May 23, 2024

Iranians and Israelis observing Memorial Day together

by Marziyeh Amirizadeh and Jonathan Feldstein We could not be more different, coming from different backgrounds, but over the past year have learned a tremendous amount about where we each come from, and share a vision for a meaningful and […]
May 23, 2024

ICC committing moral suicide while turning Netanyahu into the new Dreyfus

An illustrative image of 19th-century Jewish French army officer Alfred Dreyfus, who was wrongly convicted of espionage. Source: DeepAI. by Fiamma Nirenstein (JNS) — The International Criminal Court went a long way toward delegitimizing the entire international community when it […]
May 23, 2024

Lawyer who posts antisemitic materials advises Rutgers, CAIR

Old Queens, the oldest building at Rutgers University now housing much of the administration, on the campus in New Brunswick, N.J. Credit: Zeete via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — A day before his scheduled testimony about campus antisemitism to the House […]