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Israeli court delays Ben-Gvir’s plans for an Israeli ‘Crocodile Alcatraz’

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — An animal welfare group’s appeal to an Israeli court is delaying plans to surround a high security prison for Palestinians with Nile crocodiles. 

The proposed 560-foot moat was first floated by far-right National Security Minister...

Two IDF soldiers killed, four severely wounded in Southern Lebanon

By JOSHUA MARKS

(JNS.org) – Two Israel Defense Forces reservists were killed in combat in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Thursday morning.

The slain troops were identified as Maj. (res.) Harel Birenstock, 34, from Nokdim, and Chief Master Sgt....

Boy George cedes role of King Herod in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ production after releasing pro-Israel song

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — Boy George has withdrawn from his run as King Herod in London’s West End revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” days before he was due to take the stage and 24 hours after releasing “We Will...

Heeding a Saudi plea, Trump says he canceled a joint U.S.-Israel assault on Iran

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — President Donald Trump said he canceled at the last minute a planned joint assault with Israel on Iran’s energy infrastructure at the behest of “Middle Eastern Countries,” which feared the war blowing up into a...

IDF eliminates Hamas commander who infiltrated Nir Oz on Oct. 7

By JNS STAFF and AMERLIE BOTBOL

(JNS.org)  – The Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday that it had killed a Hamas commander who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

Salem Jamal Abd al-Rahman Abu Labad,...

Bret Stephens, a stalwart Israel defender, calls out ‘Jewish terrorists’ in West Bank 

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Bret Stephens, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist known as one of the paper’s most consistent defenders of Israel, used his Tuesday column to take direct aim at the country’s handling of settler violence...

Sinwar document details plans for ‘10,000-strong’ terror invasion force

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

(JNS.org)  – Documents obtained by the IDF during ground operations in the Gaza Strip continue to shed light on the thinking of Oct. 7, 2023, massacre mastermind and former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

On July 13, the Meir...

Colombia and Slovenia recently recognized a Palestinian state. Now they’re moving their embassies to Jerusalem.

By LARRY LUXNER

(JTA) — JERUSALEM — Colombia, the world’s second most populous Spanish-speaking nation after Mexico, has little in common with landlocked Slovenia, the second-smallest of the six republics that once comprised Yugoslavia.

But when it comes to their...

AOC urges Clavicular, who visited Tel Aviv, to ‘shed some light’ on the plight of the Palestinians

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the influencer Clavicular should be informing his followers about the plight of Palestinians, in a sign of how widely Clavicular’s trip this week to Tel Aviv has registered among both Israelis...

Haifa man, 82, dies three months after Iranian missile strike

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org)  – A Haifa resident died of wounds sustained when an Iranian ballistic missile struck his home during “Operation Roaring Lion,” three months after the attack, the city’s mayor said on Wednesday.

Michael Katz, 82, “was injured in...