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Netanyahu returns to White House as Trump teases that ‘all are on board’ for potential deal

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to the White House, one day after President Donald Trump suggested that a deal in the Middle East could be imminent.

“We have a real chance...

Netanyahu vows at UN to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza, after dozens of representatives walk out

By GRACE GILSON

Delivering a speech to rows of empty seats at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza.

“The final remnants of Hamas...

Netanyahu meets world leaders in NY ahead of UN address

By STEVE LINDE

(JNS.org) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in New York on Thursday with several world leaders ahead of a critical address to the 80th United Nations General Assembly on Friday, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

They...

Countries begin formally recognizing Palestinian state ahead of UN General Assembly

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia and Canada followed through on their pledges to recognize an independent Palestinian state on Sunday, teeing up a tense week in New York as the United Nations General Assembly gets...

UK, Canada, Australia recognize ‘State of Palestine’

By JNS STAFF

 (JNS.org) – The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia on Sunday all recognized a putative Palestinian state, acting amid the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.

The synchronized announcements, coming within minutes of each other, defied...

Netanyahu says Israel did not kill Charlie Kirk, rejecting an idea circulating on the far right

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — On Thursday, Benjamin Netanyahu posted an unusual video to X: a preemptive denial that Israel was involved in the murder of Charlie Kirk.

“Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, said that the bigger the lie,...

At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word — as opera

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — In the hallways of New York’s YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the story was told as a punchline: the great Yiddish dictionary project that took 25 years and never got...

Katz: ‘Gaza is burning’ as IDF expands operation in Gaza City

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that “Gaza is burning” as the Israel Defense Forces confirmed that it had started broader operations to destroy Hamas terror infrastructure in Gaza City.

Jerusalem “will...

In Israel, public tributes to Charlie Kirk include a street naming, a mural and a missile in Gaza

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Israelis are paying widespread tribute to Charlie Kirk, renaming streets and painting murals in honor of the American conservative activist assassinated this week in Utah.

In at least one case, according to pictures circulating on...

After Charlie Kirk is fatally shot in Utah, Jewish and Israeli leaders call for prayers and end to political violence

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — Israeli and pro-Israeli U.S. Jews were among those expressing concern after Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist who founded Turning Point USA and emerged as a leading voice of the pro-Trump right, was shot Wednesday...