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About 100 women, including activist Lizzy Savetsky holding a #MeToo sign, protested outside the New York City headquarters of U.N. Women for its weak responses to the violent Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on scores of women, Nov. 27, 2023. Photo by Roi Boshi.

Pro-Israel influencer Lizzy Savetsky opens up on sharing Kahane video

Amelie Botbol, JNSPublished February 26, 2025

Lizzy Savetsky, a top influencer and pro-Israel activist, sparked controversy this week after posting to social media a clip of Meir Kahane conveying the message that Arabs in the Middle East only understand force and fear. Back in the 1980s, Kahane,...

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (right) speaks at an American Jewish Committee event in Washington on Feb. 25, 2025. Credit: AJC/Aryeh Photo

Removing Hamas from power ‘red line’ for Trump, Middle East envoy says

Andrew Bernard, (JNS)Published February 26, 2025

Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, said on Tuesday that removing Hamas from power in Gaza was a “red line” for the Trump administration as Israel and Hamas prepare for the next round of ceasefire negotiations. Speaking at the...

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lounge by a pool in Gaza in a new A.I. video shared by the president. (Screenshot)

President Trump posts AI video showing ‘Trump Gaza’ as a beachside paradise

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished February 26, 2025

Is Donald Trump backing away from his vision to transform Gaza into a beachside resort? Not according to a video the president posted late Tuesday to his Truth Social account that imagines the Palestinian enclave as “Trump Gaza.” The AI-generated...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office)

Just 33% of Democrats have a favorable view of Israel, Gallup poll finds

Ben Sales, JTAPublished February 26, 2025

Just a third of Democrats have a favorable view of Israel, a steep decline from just a few years ago, according to a Gallup poll. That’s in contrast to 83% of Republicans who view Israel favorably — a partisan gap of 50 points. Responding to the...

Israeli content creator Max Veifer and one of the nurses from Bankstown Hospital, Sarah Abu Lebdeh. (Screenshot)

Australian nurse charged over viral video threatening Israeli patients

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished February 26, 2025

Police in Sydney, Australia have charged a local nurse in connection with a viral video from earlier this month that appeared to show her and a colleague threatening to kill Israeli patients and boasting about refusing to treat them. Sarah Abu Lebdeh,...

Israel follows US as it votes with Russia for first time at UN amid war with Ukraine

Mike Wagenheim, JNSPublished February 24, 2025

Israel found itself aligned with unfamiliar company in a vote on a United Nations General Assembly resolution marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The General Assembly adopted a European Union-backed resolution, which calls...

From Paul Newman to Timothée Chalamet: The evolution of the Jewish heartthrob in pop culture

From Paul Newman to Timothée Chalamet: The evolution of the Jewish heartthrob in pop culture

By Rachel Rosenfield, Moment MagazinePublished February 24, 2025

This story was originally published on Moment.com. Sign up for the Moment Minute.  Jewish men are having a major Hollywood moment, with stars like Timothée Chalamet, Adam Brody, and even Oscar-winner Adrien Brody redefining the Jewish heartthrob....

Delegates at work at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (UN Photo/Manuel Elias)

U.S., Israel vote against U.N. resolution condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ben Sales, JTAPublished February 24, 2025

Israel and the United States were among a slim minority of countries that voted against a United Nations resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Also voting “no” were Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Hungary and around a dozen other...

Camryn Manheim (Credit: Cathryn Farnsworth) and Milo Manheim (Credit Jim Wright)

Camryn and Milo Manheim explore their Jewish ancestry in TV debut of “Generations”

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 24, 2025

For Jewish families, tracing their roots isn’t just a hobby—it’s a way of reconnecting with history, reclaiming lost stories and understanding where they come from. Now, a new television series is taking that journey to...

Barnard College in New York City as seen on Aug. 29, 2024. (Philissa Cramer)

Two students who disrupted Israel history class with pro-Palestinian protest, expelled

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished February 24, 2025

Barnard College has expelled two students, both seniors who disrupted an Israeli history course last month by banging on drums, shouting “Free Palestine” and distributing fliers showing a boot stomping on a Star of David. The incident drew widespread...

Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democrats, speaks to supporters at CDU headquarters in Berlin following preliminary results showing him leading in federal elections, Feb. 23, 2025. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Far-right AfD notches record 2nd-place finish in German election as center-right party prevails

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished February 24, 2025

The far-right Alternative for Germany came in second place in German elections Sunday, taking a record 21% in a vote won by the center-right. But Alternative for Germany, known as AfD, is unlikely to join Germany’s governing coalition. The party...

Secretary Marco Rubio attends a meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Diriyah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

Rubio: Palestinian terrorists must free all hostages or be destroyed

JNS StaffPublished February 23, 2025

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded on Saturday that Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip immediately free all remaining hostages, or else be eradicated. “Hamas’s treatment of hostages, including its brutal murder...

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