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Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial is shut down by German authorities

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — German authorities have shut down a planned pro-Palestinian vigil at the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp memorial after a fierce outcry.

The rally was slated for April 12, marking the 81st anniversary of Buchenwald’s liberation...

Influencer Myron Gaines performs Nazi salute, denies Holocaust death toll at Ohio University event

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — The influencer Myron Gaines visited Ohio University last Thursday as part of a national campus tour, performing a Nazi salute and claiming that the Holocaust’s death toll had been purposefully distorted.

Seated at a table...

3 more men arrested in London arson of ambulances owned by Jewish emergency service

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — Three more men have been arrested in London in connection with a series of fires on ambulances owned by the Jewish emergency service corps Hatzola, London’s Metropolitan Police Service announced on Wednesday.

Two British men,...

Argentina designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — Argentina announced on Tuesday that it had designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, a move that was quickly praised by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

The move stems from Argentina’s decades-long...

Israel foils Hamas terror network run from Turkey

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Monday it uncovered a Hamas terror network in Judea and Samaria that was directed by a Hamas operative based in Turkey.

The cell was allegedly overseen by...

Most American Jews disapprove of US military action against Iran, new poll shows

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — More than half of U.S. Jews disapprove of the U.S. war against Iran, according to a new poll by a nonpartisan polling firm.

At the same time, an Israeli survey of “connected” American Jews found...

Canadian progressive party picks Jewish anti-Zionist politician as its leader

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — Canada’s main progressive party aims to make a comeback under its new leader Avi Lewis, a Jewish anti-Zionist.

Lewis, a filmmaker and former journalist, was elected to lead the New Democrats on Sunday. He...

Netanyahu orders Church of the Holy Sepulchre open after Palm Sunday closure flares tensions

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that the top Catholic clergy in Israel be allowed into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ahead of Easter, in an attempt to calm tensions that flared after...

Australian premier booed at Sydney mosque for Israel stance

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) –Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was heckled by Muslim worshippers during a visit to Lakemba Mosque in Sydney for Eid prayers on Friday morning.

Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, who also serves as minister...

‘A very difficult evening,’ Netanyahu says after Iranian missiles wound 115

By JNS STAFF

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night wished a speedy recovery to those wounded in Iranian ballistic missile strikes on the southern cities of Dimona and Arad, calling it “a very difficult evening in the campaign...