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Trump announces deal with Iran is ‘now complete’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — President Donald Trump announced Sunday that a deal to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “now complete.”

“Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of...

France bans Smotrich as 6 countries impose new sanctions over Israeli settler violence

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — Six countries have imposed coordinated sanctions against Israeli groups over settler violence in the West Bank, with France barring Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, from its borders.

France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway...

Milei praises ‘Judeo-Christian values’ at Chabad event as Argentina courts European Jews

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES — Argentine President Javier Milei exalted “Judeo-Christian values” on Monday as he spoke to a crowd of 1,800 people celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the death of the last Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi.

Milei has...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro sparks outcry over tweet reading ‘Heil Hitler’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Colombia’s outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, sparked fierce condemnation from Israeli and Latin American leaders after he tweeted the phrase “Heil Hitler” Sunday in response to an op-ed endorsing a candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential...

Iran says it has finished striking Israel, after Trump says both countries ‘must immediately stop’

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — Iran says it has completed its attack on Israel after its missile barrage on Sunday night launched the first direct exchange of hostilities since April.

Iran’s military command said the barrage, which did not do...

Israel strikes military targets in Iran

(JNS.org)  – The Israel Defense Forces struck military targets in western and central Iran early Monday after the Islamic Republic launched ballistic missile barrages at the Jewish state overnight.

The military said the Israeli Air Force, guided by Military Intelligence, carried out...

Pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel symbols to be banned after British government backs NHS antisemitism reforms

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — Doctors and nurses in the U.K. could soon be banned from wearing pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel symbols at work following recommendations from the British government’s independent advisor on antisemitism.

The advisor, Lord John Mann, delivered 36...

Hezbollah rejects US-brokered ceasefire deal struck by Lebanon and Israel

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Hezbollah appears to have rejected a ceasefire that the United States brokered between Israel and Lebanon, where the Iranian proxy is based.

The deal reportedly would have allowed Israel to remain in southern Lebanon, where...

Trump says Netanyahu ‘turned his Troops around’ after he asked Israel not to bomb Beirut

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming credit for another truce between Hezbollah and Israel, nearly two months after surprising both sides by declaring a ceasefire that has teetered ever since.

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...

Finalists announced for lucrative Jewish literary award

By LISA KEYS

(JTA) — Amir Tibon’s memoir about his family’s ordeal during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Laura Hobson Faure’s history of Jewish children who fled from Germany to France during World War II are among the...