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International

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...

London police are ‘reviewing’ video of Helen Mirren being called ‘an evil Zionist’

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — London police are reviewing footage that showed actress Helen Mirren being called “an evil Zionist b—h” by a person on the street.

The video, which circulated widely online this week, records Mirren walking with...

Rome’s Pride parade bars Jewish LGBTQ float over refusal to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

By SIMONE SIMEKH

(JTA) — Organizers of Rome’s annual Pride parade have barred Italy’s only Jewish LGBTQIA+ organization from marching with a float at this year’s June 20 parade, although they are still allowed to participate in the march itself.

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US forces carry out defensive strikes against IRGC targets

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – American forces on Monday destroyed Iranian vessels laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and struck missile-launch sites in a series of defensive strikes, United States Central Command said.

“U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern...