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Montreal passes Palestinian solidarity motion after removing text on cutting ties with Israel

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

Montreal has passed a motion of solidarity with Palestinians after stripping a clause that called for severing institutional and diplomatic ties with Israel.

Montreal’s city council late Monday adopted the measure, which also removed earlier references...

Dutch broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision over Israel’s participation

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

The Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros has pulled out of the next Eurovision Song Contest, saying that Israel’s participation undermined the event’s neutrality.

Avrotros announced on Monday that it was withdrawing from the world’s largest music event...

Argentina removes federal judge over antisemitic remarks in historic first

By JUAN MELAMED

An Argentine federal judge was removed from office Tuesday for a series of antisemitic posts on his social media accounts that constituted misconduct incompatible with his role, an impeachment panel ruled.

Alfredo Eugenio López, who headed Federal...

UK threatens sanctions after Israel opens bids for E1 settler homes

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – The United Kingdom threatened to sanction Israelis involved in West Bank settlement expansion after the Jewish state’s Lands Authority opened bids for 1,234 homes in the largely underdeveloped E1 section of the West...

IDF confirms killing Hamas commander who held Israeli hostages

(JNS.org) – The Israel Defense Forces on Friday confirmed the killing of a Hamas company commander who participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and was involved in holding Israeli hostages in Gaza.

Muhammad Mushtaha was killed in a targeted...

An India-Israel corridor is the biggest Middle East story nobody is talking about

By DAN PERRY

(JTA) — About a month before the Oct. 7, 2023, massacres, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, or IMEC, was unveiled at the G20 summit in New Delhi. Envisioned as a network of ports, railways, energy infrastructure, fiber-optic cables...

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey sign NATO-style defense pact

By ANDREW BERNARD

(JNS.org)  – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a NATO-style mutual defense pact in the Saudi city of Mecca on Friday.

The agreement brings together three of the largest military powers in the world including, in Pakistan, the...

Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates uncertain territory as hostility toward Israel increases

By LARRY LUXNER

(JTA) — PODGORICA, Montenegro — At the entrance to Nikšić, Montenegro’s second-largest city, a vintage fighter jet painted in the colors of the Israeli Air Force perches atop a giant concrete pedestal, as if about to take...

Boy George cedes role of King Herod in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ production after releasing pro-Israel song

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — Boy George has withdrawn from his run as King Herod in London’s West End revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” days before he was due to take the stage and 24 hours after releasing “We Will...

IDF eliminates Hamas commander who infiltrated Nir Oz on Oct. 7

By JNS STAFF and AMERLIE BOTBOL

(JNS.org)  – The Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday that it had killed a Hamas commander who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

Salem Jamal Abd al-Rahman Abu Labad,...