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OP-ED: When Palestinianism becomes a political weapon

By FIAMMA NIRENSTEIN

(JNS.org) – The political road to power increasingly runs through pro-Palestinian consensus and voters who glorify Hamas, while seeking to silence those who stand against it.

Here is the all-too-simple story of a regional president who quickly became...

Brussels Airlines workers threaten strike over flights to Israel, citing ethical objections

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — A Belgian union has threatened to strike against Brussels Airlines for compelling staff to work on flights to Israel, saying that anyone with “safety or conscientious objections” should be able to refuse. 

ACV Puls, Belgium’s...

Markey wins Massachusetts Democratic primary, calls to stop Gaza bombing

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — Massachusetts progressive Sen. Ed Markey, a sharp critic of Israel, beat the more moderate Rep. Seth Moulton by a wide margin on Tuesday, securing the Democratic nomination for the upcoming U.S. Senate race.  

The Associated Press...

US forces hit IRGC targets across Iran

By JOSHUA MARKS

(JNS.org) – U.S. Central Command on Tuesday completed a wave of strikes targeting facilities operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps across Iran.

American forces struck IRGC air-defense sites, radar installations, maritime assets, communications centers and mine-laying capabilities.

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Vance meets with Temple Israel rabbi on Michigan visit

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Vice President JD Vance recently met with representatives of Temple Israel in Michigan to offer “his support in the wake of the attack on our community,” clergy from the synagogue told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

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Abdul El-Sayed apologizes for his past Temple Israel comments in meeting with state’s Jewish Dem caucus

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — LANSING — Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed apologized for his past comments regarding the March attack on Temple Israel in suburban Detroit during a meeting with the state Democratic party’s Jewish caucus at the party...

US, Iranian regime trade strikes after weeks-long lull

 (JNS) – The U.S. military said that it attacked Iranian rocket launchers at the Strait of Hormuz in its “first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more...

In a forest where Jews fought the Nazis, a German military base and Lithuanian politics encroach on memory

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

Rūdninkai, LITHUANIA — Deep in the trees and swampy thickets of Lithuania’s Rūdninkai Forest, a series of makeshift forts is sinking into the earth.

These represent the remains of underground bunkers where Jewish partisans resisted their...

Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops

By ANDREW LAPIN

ANN ARBOR – As Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made campaign stops with a prominent Jewish congressional leader on Wednesday, there was one subject neither he, nor his Democratic allies onstage, were interested in discussing.

“Don’t...

Second Reform synagogue in Israel has windows broken

By DEBORAH DANAN

TEL AVIV – A window was broken at a Reform synagogue on Sunday in the central Israeli city of Ramat Hasharon less than two weeks after a similar incident occurred in Jerusalem in an incident the mayor...