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International

Lula’s reelection puts the brakes on Latin America’s pro-Israel shift

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES – Brazilians reelected Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva as president, defeating the center-right senator Flavio Bolsonaro, putting the breaks on a regional shift toward closer ties with Israel.

The current president, a left-wing leader...

Six killed in terrorist attack on Jordanian church

By ANDREW BERNARD

(JNS.org) – At least six people were killed and 28 injured on Friday after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a funeral at a Greek Orthodox Church in Hmoud, Jordan, government officials said.

Jordanian King Abdullah II said that...

Former Edmonton journalist admits to vandalizing monuments of Ukrainian Nazi collaborators

By DEBBY WALDMAN

(JTA) — EDMONTON, Canada – Duncan Kinney, a former journalist with the left-wing website Progress Report, pleaded guilty to criminal mischief on Monday, four years after he was arrested for vandalizing monuments to Ukrainian Nazi collaborators in Edmonton,...

A renewed Iran war is only a matter of time, Israeli experts warn

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have said they don’t want to see a renewal of the war against Iran – but they are issuing stark public warnings to Tehran that could bring...

Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections, citing Iranian threat

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is campaigning to retain his seat, arguing that his leadership was critical to destroying the threat from Iran.

In a post on Truth Social,...

Colombia becomes 10th country with embassy in Jerusalem

By JOSHUA MARKS

(JNS.org) – Colombia on Wednesday morning opened its embassy in Jerusalem, the 10th foreign diplomatic mission in the Israeli capital.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, joined by Colombian Foreign Minister Omar Bula Escobar, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion and...

Little if any progress on Jew-hatred at United Nations, Jewish staffers say

By MIKE WAGENHEIM

(JNS.org) – In March 2024, four United Nations employees told JNS that after Oct. 7, they have been “very uncomfortable” at work as Jews and that they had to listen silently to anti-Israel propaganda that is “completely...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take to the streets in Europe to mark 3rd anniversary of Gaza war

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators turned out across Europe on Saturday, as activists marked three years of war in Gaza with rallies and marches in cities from London to Rome and Berlin.

According to Israel’s...

US sanctions entire International Criminal Court in The Hague

By ANDREW BERNARD

(JNS.org) – The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, an independent judicial body in The Hague, in its entirety on Friday.

The move builds on an executive order that U.S. President Donald Trump signed shortly...

Is Israel or Iran a bigger threat to the US? Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed won’t say

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed was asked multiple times by a debate moderator on Thursday which country he considers a bigger threat to the U.S.: Iran or Israel.

Each time, he parried.

“That’s a ridiculous hypothetical because...