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Protests roil Australia ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s planned visit

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s planned visit to Australia this weekend, which was scheduled in the wake of the Bondi massacre in December, has drawn widespread opposition and planned protests, including from some Jews.

Following Herzog’s...

Israel orders Doctors without Borders out of Gaza after broken pledge

By DAVID ISSAC

(JNS.org) – Israel announced on Monday that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, must cease its activities in the Gaza Strip and leave by Feb. 28 after failing to hand over a list...

Anti-Israel, former president of Chile nominated to be next UN secretary-general

By MIKE WAGENHEIM

(JNS.org) – Backed by Mexico and Brazil, Gabriel Boric, Chile’s outgoing president, nominated former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, a harsh critic of the Jewish state, to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations.

Boric, who is...

Anti-Jewish hate crimes up 182% in New York City in Mamdani’s first month as mayor, per NYPD

By DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN and JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – The New York City Police Department reported what it said was its safest January for gun violence in recorded history but admitted, at the end of a press release, that antisemitic...

France issues arrest warrants against 2 right-wing French-Israeli activists for ‘complicity in genocide’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — France has issued arrest warrants for two French-Israeli activists for “complicity in genocide,” a charge that stemmed from the pair allegedly blocking humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip.

The arrest warrants were issued in...

Prominent British LGBTQ activist arrested for carrying ‘globalize the intifada’ sign in London

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — British LGBTQ activist Peter Tatchell was arrested for holding a sign with the phrase “globalize the intifada” at a pro-Palestinian march in London on Saturday.

Tatchell’s arrest comes weeks after the police in London announced...

Khamenei: An American attack will mean regional war

By JOSHUA MARKS

(JNS.org) – An American attack on Iran will spark a wider conflict, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei again threatened on Sunday.

“The Americans should know if they start a war, this time it will be a regional war,” the...

Yoram Hazony faces backlash after blaming Jewish groups for failing to sideline Tucker Carlson

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — When Orit Arfa read political theorist Yoram Hazony’s recent comments on antisemitism on the American right, she decided that her past admiration for him no longer justified staying silent about what she sees as a...

IDF official says 71,000 killed in Gaza war, matching Gaza Health Ministry estimate

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A senior Israel Defense Forces official told Israeli media outlets on Thursday that the military estimates a death toll in Gaza of approximately 71,000 — the same number that the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry announced...

Diplomatic ties fray further as South Africa and Israel kick out each other’s envoys

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — South Africa has expelled Israel’s top diplomat in the country, spurring Israel to respond hours later by removing South Africa’s envoy.

The South African Foreign Ministry announced on Friday morning that it had declared Ariel...