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Hasan Piker criticizes ‘opportunists’ who accused Mamdani of genocide

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Hasan Piker called the protesters who jeered New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani at an Oct. 7 vigil last week “opportunists,” who “tarnished” the anti-Zionist movement’s message.

Piker, the popular streamer who...

Boy killed, hikers injured, after coming upon suspected Hezbollah cluster bomb detonates

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — An explosion during a school hiking trip killed a boy about 14 years old on Monday and injured 24 others in northern Israel, Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical service, said.

Rescue teams were dispatched to...

Archaeologists uncover a 300-meter section of ancient aqueduct in Jerusalem

By MICHELE CHABIN

(JTA) — JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a 300-meter (984-foot) section of Jerusalem’s ancient Lower Aqueduct, providing another window into how engineers about 2,000 years ago ensured that the city would have an adequate supply of water...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take to the streets in Europe to mark 3rd anniversary of Gaza war

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators turned out across Europe on Saturday, as activists marked three years of war in Gaza with rallies and marches in cities from London to Rome and Berlin.

According to Israel’s...

US sanctions entire International Criminal Court in The Hague

By ANDREW BERNARD

(JNS.org) – The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, an independent judicial body in The Hague, in its entirety on Friday.

The move builds on an executive order that U.S. President Donald Trump signed shortly...

Is Israel or Iran a bigger threat to the US? Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed won’t say

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed was asked multiple times by a debate moderator on Thursday which country he considers a bigger threat to the U.S.: Iran or Israel.

Each time, he parried.

“That’s a ridiculous hypothetical because...

Georgia Sen. Ossoff says IDF violated laws of war in Gaza, but genocide is an issue for international courts  

By RYAN TOROK

(JTA) — Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican challenger Rep. Mike Collins clashed over Israel’s conduct in Gaza, U.S. weapons sales to Israel and the war in Iran during Thursday’s debate in Georgia’s closely watched Senate race.

The...

Chanukah Barbie Is Here — And She Actually Got the Jewish Holiday Right

By YAEL BUECHLER

(JTA) —The miracle of Chanukah came early this year: Chanukah Barbie is here.

Mattel would like us to call her “Holiday Sweater Barbie.” Respectfully, no. This is Chanukah Barbie.

She is dressed in the blue-and-yellow color palette...

‘Recovery takes time,’ orphans of Oct. 7 say of life three years after massacre

By RIKKI ZAGELBAUM

(JNS.org) – Adi Zakuto, 27, and Liad Zakuto, 21, have accomplished a lot since terrorists murdered their father, Avi Zakuto, in Ofakim on Oct. 7, 2023. But the pain and the difficulties that have come with losing a...

Minnesota teen arrested for planning ISIS-style attack on Mall of America due to its Jewish owners, FBI says

By JESSICA RUSSAK-HOFFMAN

(JNS.org) – Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, was arrested and charged with plotting an ISIS-inspired attack at the Mall of America, the largest mall in the United States, and telling an undercover FBI agent that he was targeting the...