Democrats and Republicans split on Trump’s unilateral attacks on Iranian nuclear sites

June 23, 2025

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Lawmakers reacted largely along party lines to the Trump administration’s decision to attack three nuclear sites in Iran Saturday night.

Although supporters and detractors of the decision to bomb the three sites could be found...

In first interview since release from federal detention, Mahmoud Khalil says detainment ‘felt like kidnapping’

June 23, 2025

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — In his first interview since being released from federal detention Friday, pro-Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil told the New York Times that his three-month detention “felt like a kidnapping.”

“All the ‘Know Your Rights’ information...

Florida campus roiled after antisemitic student wins law school award for paper defending white supremacy

June 23, 2025

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A University of Florida law student who posted that Jews must be “abolished by any means necessary” won an award for a paper in which he argued that the Constitution applies solely to white people.

Israeli forces retrieve bodies of 3 hostages from Gaza

June 23, 2025

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Israeli forces recovered the bodies of three slain hostages from the Gaza Strip in a military operation, the IDF announced Sunday morning.

The bodies of Ofra Keidar, Jonathan Samerano and Staff Sgt. Shay Levinson were...

Israel puts civilians on high alert as Iranian leaders vow response to US strikes

June 22, 2025

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Israelis have been barred from gathering and most businesses have been ordered closed following the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites.

Schools were already closed and the civilian alert level was already high following Israel’s...

In national address, Trump threatens more attacks on Iran ‘if peace does not come quickly’

June 22, 2025

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — President Donald Trump said he hoped there would be no need for more strikes like the ones he ordered late Saturday on Iran’s nuclear sites — but he said he was prepared to act again...

Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Herzog remarks following US attack

June 22, 2025

Following the attack by the United States on nuclear targets in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Issac Herzog released statements and videos:

From Prime Minister Netanyahu:

“President Trump and I often say: ‘Peace...

US bombs 3 sites in Iran, joining Israel’s fight against Iranian nuclear program

June 21, 2025

By JTA STAFF

(JTA) — After days of publicly considering joining Israel in its fight against Iran’s nuclear program, and a day after saying he would make a decision “within two weeks,” President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that U.S....

Trump defers Iran attack decision; Iranian foreign minister rejects talks unless Israel stops bombing

June 20, 2025

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — After days of hinting that the United States could join Israel in its fight against Iran, then backing away, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would make a decision about the conflict “within the...

Edan Alexander, freed from Hamas captivity after 584 days, feted on return home to New Jersey

June 20, 2025

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Hundreds of people lined the streets of Tenafly, New Jersey, on Thursday to welcome home native son Edan Alexander, who survived 584 days of captivity in Gaza before being freed in May.

Alexander graduated from...