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US, Iranian regime trade strikes after weeks-long lull

 (JNS) – The U.S. military said that it attacked Iranian rocket launchers at the Strait of Hormuz in its “first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more...

In a forest where Jews fought the Nazis, a German military base and Lithuanian politics encroach on memory

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

Rūdninkai, LITHUANIA — Deep in the trees and swampy thickets of Lithuania’s Rūdninkai Forest, a series of makeshift forts is sinking into the earth.

These represent the remains of underground bunkers where Jewish partisans resisted their...

Montreal passes Palestinian solidarity motion after removing text on cutting ties with Israel

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

Montreal has passed a motion of solidarity with Palestinians after stripping a clause that called for severing institutional and diplomatic ties with Israel.

Montreal’s city council late Monday adopted the measure, which also removed earlier references...

Dutch broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision over Israel’s participation

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — The Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros has pulled out of the next Eurovision Song Contest, saying that Israel’s participation undermined the event’s neutrality.

Avrotros announced on Monday that it was withdrawing from the world’s largest music...

Dutch broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision over Israel’s participation

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

The Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros has pulled out of the next Eurovision Song Contest, saying that Israel’s participation undermined the event’s neutrality.

Avrotros announced on Monday that it was withdrawing from the world’s largest music event...

Argentina removes federal judge over antisemitic remarks in historic first

By JUAN MELAMED

An Argentine federal judge was removed from office Tuesday for a series of antisemitic posts on his social media accounts that constituted misconduct incompatible with his role, an impeachment panel ruled.

Alfredo Eugenio López, who headed Federal...

UK threatens sanctions after Israel opens bids for E1 settler homes

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – The United Kingdom threatened to sanction Israelis involved in West Bank settlement expansion after the Jewish state’s Lands Authority opened bids for 1,234 homes in the largely underdeveloped E1 section of the West...

IDF confirms killing Hamas commander who held Israeli hostages

(JNS.org) – The Israel Defense Forces on Friday confirmed the killing of a Hamas company commander who participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and was involved in holding Israeli hostages in Gaza.

Muhammad Mushtaha was killed in a targeted...

An India-Israel corridor is the biggest Middle East story nobody is talking about

By DAN PERRY

(JTA) — About a month before the Oct. 7, 2023, massacres, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, or IMEC, was unveiled at the G20 summit in New Delhi. Envisioned as a network of ports, railways, energy infrastructure, fiber-optic cables...

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey sign NATO-style defense pact

By ANDREW BERNARD

(JNS.org)  – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact in the Saudi city of Mecca on Friday.

The agreement brings together three of the largest military powers in the world including, in Pakistan, the...