(JTA) — Efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be gaining momentum Thursday, with Hamas reportedly signalling satisfaction with assurances outlined in a Washington-backed proposal.
The proposal comes as Israeli Prime Minister...
(JNS) -- Actor John Cusack, known for his anti-Israel views, said Iran should have access to nuclear weapons to combat the United States and Israel, Fox News reported on Wednesday. He said that roughly one week after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered...
(JTA) — Hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Iran took effect on Wednesday, Chaya Kaplan-Lester shared a Facebook memory from six years ago: for her bat mitzvah project, her daughter Beriah had enlisted a group of friends to clean and renovate...
(JNS) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday expressed support for bringing to justice the rioters allegedly responsible for burning down a military facility and attacking IDF soldiers during overnight protests across southern Samaria’s...
(JTA) — A British punk band called Bob Vylan led thousands of Glastonbury attendees in chanting “Death, death to the IDF” in one of multiple pro-Palestinian sets at the vaunted music festival on Saturday.
After the group’s lead singer,...
(JTA) — As the death toll of Gazans around aid distribution sites continues to rise, some Israeli soldiers and officers told the newspaper Haaretz that they are ordered to indiscriminately shoot at people seeking aid as a method of dispersal.
According...
Andrew Silow-Carroll JTA
• Published June 23, 2025
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce that Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire.”
In a post sent shortly after 6 p.m. ET, the president said the ceasefire would start to take effect in about six hours...
(JNS) -- Israeli rescue workers are risking everything as Iranian missile strikes devastate cities across the country. Defying orders to wait for clearance, these first responders often enter unstable buildings to pull out civilians—driven by duty,...
(JTA) -- Edan Alexander, the American-Israeli soldier freed after 584 days in Hamas captivity, received a hero’s welcome in New Jersey. His emotional return marks the longest any known hostage was held since Oct. 7 and highlights ongoing concerns for...
As Israeli cities come under renewed missile fire from Iran, Donald Trump says he’ll decide within two weeks whether the U.S. will intervene. Meanwhile, Iran flatly rejects renewed talks unless Israel halts its bombing campaign, intensifying global...
By Moshe New, Chabad.org
• Published June 19, 2025
(Chabad.org) —When 1,500 exhausted travelers disembarked from a cruise ship at Cyprus’ Limassol port yesterday, they found something unexpected waiting for them: a full-scale humanitarian operation run by a handful of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries...
(JTA) -- As Iran escalates its assault on Israel by striking a hospital, Donald Trump remains publicly noncommittal about potential U.S. intervention. With pressure mounting from Israeli leaders and conflicting reports about Trump’s plans, his ambiguity...
