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By Andrew Lapin (JTA) — A gallery in London canceled an exhibition about censorship under Vladimir Putin because it objected to social media posts by one of the artists mourning the victims of Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7. In an … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out conditions for a ceasefire deal with Hamas as pressure ramped up at home and abroad for an outcome that would bring home the more than 100 Israeli hostages … Read More
By Ami Eden (JTA) — As expected, on July 4, 1976, the United States celebrated its bicentennial with a flurry of patriotic pride and hype. The surprise was that the day also brought one of the most miraculous events in … Read More
By Deborah Danan (JTA) — Almost nine months after Hamas terrorists stormed the Nova music festival, killing more than 360 revelers and abducting 40 others to Gaza, tens of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv’s HaYarkon Park on Thursday … Read More
By Luke Tress (New York Jewish Week) — Columbia University has suspended three administrators for sending disparaging text messages during a panel about Jewish campus life last month. During the May 31 panel discussion, the administrators sent texts to each … Read More
By Luke Tress (New York Jewish Week) — When anti-Israel activists protested outside a Lower Manhattan exhibition commemorating the victims of the Nova music festival massacre on Oct. 7, they were condemned as antisemitic by some of Israel’s critics as … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris screened “Screams Before Silence” at the White House on Monday (June 17), in part to refute denialism of Hamas’ sexual violence as exposed in the documentary produced by Sheryl … Read More
By Ben Sales (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has disbanded the small war cabinet he established at the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, reverting to Israel’s pre-Oct. 7 governing system. Netanyahu established the war cabinet days after Hamas’ … Read More
By Ben Sales (JTA) — Ten Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza on Saturday in one of the bloodiest days for the Israeli military since the beginning of its war with Hamas. An additional soldier died of wounds sustained in … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz quit Israel’s three-person war Cabinet, repositioning himself as a potential replacement for his longtime rival Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the unity that defined Israel’s initial response to the war … Read More