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War In Israel

Jewish students form radical new front against Zionism on campus

Jewish students form radical new front against Zionism on campus

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished September 14, 2025

(JTA) — An anonymous group of Jewish student activists has broken away from Jewish Voice for Peace to form a new national organization, the Anti-Zionist Jewish Student Front, that pledges to escalate campaigns against Zionism on college campuses. In...

Jerry Seinfeld performs during the 18th Annual Stand Up For Heroes Benefit Presented By Bob Woodruff Foundation And New York Comedy Festival at David Geffen Hall on November 11, 2024 in New York City. (Valerie Terranova/Getty Images for Bob Woodruff Foundation)

Jerry Seinfeld compares pro-Palestinian protesters to KKK — Jewish lawmaker pushes back

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished September 11, 2025

(JTA) — The Jewish lawmaker who followed Jerry Seinfeld on stage during an appearance at Duke University on Tuesday is decrying the comedian’s comments, in which he said pro-Palestinian protesters were worse than the Ku Klux Klan. “I condemn...

NYC comptroller Brad Lander speaks during the Jews For Racial And Economic Justice's Mazals Gala on September 10, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)

St. Louis native Brad Lander calls for anti-Zionist, Zionist alliance

Joseph Strauss, JTAPublished September 11, 2025

(JTA) — BROOKLYN — Former St. Louisan Brad Lander called for “a coalition of anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists” in a speech at a left-wing Jewish event where he was being honored alongside New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. Lander,...

Emma Stone attends the "Bugonia" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

Hollywood figures boycotting Israeli film

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished September 10, 2025

(JTA) — A boycott circulated by film-industry luminaries targeting Israeli film and cultural institutions is picking up steam days after its release, with more big names like Emma Stone and Bowen Yang signing onto a list that now numbers more than...

Smoke rises from behind residential areas after the explosions in Doha, Qatar on September 09, 2025. Attack on Doha targets senior Hamas officials, top Israeli officials tell Channel 12. (Ali Altunkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel strikes Hamas leaders in Qatar, shaking Mideast politics

By Grace Gilson, JTAPublished September 9, 2025

Israel has struck at Hamas targets inside Qatar, in a dramatic escalation of its efforts to kill leaders of the terror group it is battling in Gaza. U.S. President Donald Trump, who this week warned Hamas to accept a ceasefire offer or face consequences,...

Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks during the 15th Annual Holocaust Museum LA Gala at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Nov. 6, 2023. The museum's statement about its retracted social media post of Sept. 5, 2025, is inset. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

L.A. Holocaust museum sparks outrage with now deleted post

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished September 8, 2025

(JTA) — Amid sharp criticism, Los Angeles’ Holocaust museum deleted an Instagram post over the weekend that proclaimed, ”’Never again’ can’t only mean never again for Jews.” The museum apologized for the post and shot down speculation...

Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at Ramot Junction, near the entrance to Jerusalem, Sept. 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Six murdered in Jerusalem shooting by ‘Palestinian resistance fighters’

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished September 8, 2025

Six Israelis were murdered and a dozen more wounded in a mass-shooting attack by Palestinian terrorists in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot on Monday morning. The slain victims were identified as Yosef David, 43, from Jerusalem; Sarah Mendelson,...

Trump on Israel: ‘They’re not winning the world of public relations’

By Grace GilsonPublished September 3, 2025

(JTA) — President Donald Trump said Israel support in Congress has weakened during the Gaza war, telling The Daily Caller that the once-powerful pro-Israel lobby no longer holds the same influence on Capitol Hill. | RELATED: Lawyer who...

A vigil organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Maryland campus took place under court order on Oct. 7, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Judge lifts Pitt ban, reinstates SJP chapter amid campus protests

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished September 3, 2025

(JTA) — The Pitt SJP chapter was reinstated by a federal judge, who ordered the University of Pittsburgh to lift its suspension, saying the school unfairly restricted the pro-Palestinian group’s ability to recruit students as the new school year...

A room in the permanent exhibit of the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, discussing the origins of the term "genocide," August 18, 2025. The center's permanent exhibit space was overhauled in 2024. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)

Genocide scholars blast Israel over Gaza war vote

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished September 2, 2025

(JTA) — A major association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying that Israel’s two-year military campaign in Gaza constitutes genocide. Israel’s Foreign Ministry immediately rejected the determination, accusing the scholars...

Sylvan Adams (right) hosts an event for Make-A-Wish Israel at his Tel Aviv home with organization co-founders Denise and Avi Bar-Aharon. Credit: @lans production, Aug. 27, 2025.

Israel ‘failing miserably’ in media war, warns Sylvan Adams

Etgar Lefkovits (JNS)Published August 29, 2025

Israel is “failing miserably” in the communications war against Hamas, and needs to take this deteriorating situation, fueled by a trillion-dollar campaign by Qatar, much more seriously, the president of the World Jewish Congress’s Israel Region...

Former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House, May 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Ex-Biden aides unload on Netanyahu: ‘He sabotaged ceasefire’

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished August 28, 2025

(JTA) — Top administration officials under former President Joe Biden are speaking out against Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza and criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that he sabotaged ceasefire negotiations last...

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