1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (288+ words) July 15, 2026, 7 PM ET The ink on the June 17 Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was barely dry before the reality of the Middle East reasserted itself. On July 8, President Trump officially declared the end of the fragile 60-day ceasefire, launching retaliatory…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago  (593+ words) July 15, 2026, 1 PM ET (July 15, 2026 / JNS) Former Israeli intelligence officers and an American defense expert are expressing deep skepticism regarding a July 13 New York Times report alleging that the Mossad attempted to recruit former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as part of…...

16+ hour, 53+ min ago  (528+ words) Categories: Headline / Op-Eds / Perspectives July 15, 2026, 4 AM ET On Friday I attended a graveside funeral of a Jew who was born in the Former Soviet Union. Aside from the Chabad rabbi who was officiating, the deceased’s grandson spoke. A line I…...

12+ hour, 53+ min ago  (249+ words) July 15, 2026, 8 AM ET While Hamas claims it is stepping aside to “remove any pretexts” for continued military action, critics point out that the group has no intention of surrendering its primary source of power: its arsenal. Senior Hamas officials have…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (225+ words) Categories: News & Views / News Briefs July 14, 2026, 5 PM ET (July 14, 2026 / JNS) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan lost an appeal to lift his suspension as a barrister, Britain’s legal regulator said on Tuesday, as misconduct allegations against him continue to roil…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1886+ words) Categories: News & Views / News Briefs July 14, 2026, 1 PM ET (July 13, 2026 / JNS) Inna Vernikov, 41, had been speaking with JNS for about an hour when she delivered one of her characteristically blunt verdicts on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. “He’s a liar,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (666+ words) Categories: News Briefs / News & Views July 14, 2026, 9 AM ET (July 13, 2026 / JNS) U.S. President Donald Trump ordered more strikes against Iranian regime sites on Monday in response to the Islamic Republic’s attacks on civilian-manned commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (695+ words) July 14, 2026, 4 AM ET (July 9, 2026 / JNS) The House Judiciary and Ways and Means committees opened an investigation into the New Israel Fund on Thursday over allegations that the progressive non-profit may have illegally engaged in electioneering in opposition to Israeli Prime…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1677+ words) July 13, 2026, 7 PM ET (July 12, 2026 / JNS) The exchange between Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Elena Kagan, during her confirmation hearing for the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2010 is one of the most lighthearted Jewish references in such a venue. “As we move…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (845+ words) Categories: News & Views By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) July 13, 2026, 11 PM ET In the ceremony in Paris on Sunday, 120 years to the day after France’s highest court of appeals cleared his name, Macron described the ruling proclaiming Dreyfus’s innocence as “a…...