19+ hour, 12+ min ago   (460+ words) Israel’s Central Elections Committee is preparing for threats that go well beyond the traditional logistical challenges of running an election, including cyberattacks, disinformation, foreign influence operations and the possibility of a major security escalation on Election Day. Naomi Binyamini, a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (387+ words) Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors will meet next week in Washington, D.C. “to discuss ongoing developments and the continued implementation of the Trilateral Framework,” a U.S. State Department official said on Saturday. The official described the framework agreement as “the only viable…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (455+ words) The Israel Defense Forces completed its mission to dismantle Hezbollah’s underground beneath the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southeastern Lebanon before the eve of Rosh Hashanah, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Friday. Visiting the troops of…...

3+ day, 42+ min ago   (307+ words) Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, noting that the “evil of that vicious” assault still resonates today as the fight against terrorism continues and emphasizing that the Jewish…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (113+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe. Perim sits in the middle of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which has become a crucial alternate shipping route due to ongoing…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (118+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe. President Donald Trump offered warm wishes to Jews in the hours before Rosh Hashanah begins on Friday evening.“These two…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (241+ words) Nearly three years after losing both legs in a booby-trapped tunnel explosion in northern Gaza, Elisha Medan is entering politics, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placing the 45-year-old father of six 15th on the Likud Knesset slate on Tuesday. Since…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (212+ words) The Oct. 27 Israeli election will be a referendum on the record of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But according to JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum, voters will also be registering their verdict on whether they believe the promises of his…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (309+ words) Israel’s temporary chargé d’affaires for relations with Turkey presented his credentials at the Foreign Ministry in Ankara on Wednesday. The visit by Ambassador to Moldova and Armenia Joel Lion, which the Israeli Foreign announced laconically on Thursday, was the first…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (398+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has strongly denied the report that the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, gave him a direct warning about an impending Hamas attack before Oct. 7, 2023, calling the claim an “absolute…...