Hamas chief rejects key points of Trump peace plan, calls for Israel’s destruction; Beirut planning year-end push to disarm Hezbollah, says Lebanese PM; After canceling Christmas in Bethlehem for two years, Muslims allow it

 

The Daily Syndicate   Sunday, December 7, 2025

Merz in Israel for first visit as German chancellor   Following a meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem, the European leader said his country “will stand by your side in friendship.”   JNS Staff       Hamas chief rejects key points of Trump peace plan, calls for Israel’s destruction   Global anti-Israel sentiment has created opportunities "to remove this entity [Israel] from our homeland," said Khaled Mashaal.   Akiva Van Koningsveld       Beirut planning year-end push to disarm Hezbollah, says Lebanese PM   "We are committed to restricting weapons south of the Litani [River] by the end of the year, and in the remaining areas during the next year," said Nawaf Salam.   JNS Staff             Analysis     Shimon Sherman   Israeli interests at stake as Middle East powers race for influence in Africa   “Ankara sees Africa as a core part of its global political and economic engagement, following in the footsteps of its Ottoman forefathers.”           opinion                 Featured columnist     Ruthie Blum   Dana International’s tone-deaf defense of Israel   In case anyone in her milieu at home or abroad doubted the correctness of her politics, she set him/her (no pun intended) straight.       Fiamma Nirenstein The scholars fueling the current wave of antisemitism         Daniel Greenfield After canceling Christmas in Bethlehem for two years, Muslims allow it         Rabbi Daniel Rowe Israel needs to learn to give to the world’s Indigenous peoples             latest news         Hostage families demand pause in Gaza peace plan until return of last captive’s body   JNS Staff       Killer of Brooklyn Jewish boy, 8, dies in NY prison   JNS Staff       ‘Red Alert’ series on Oct. 7 attacks nominated for Critics Choice Award   JNS Staff       Israel’s Diaspora minister pans Doha Forum, spotlights bad actors   JNS Staff       Pretoria halts visa waiver for Palestinians after Gaza flights   Etgar Lefkovits       Hungary reinaugurates Jewish hospital after $26m renovation   Canaan Lidor       Police block pro-Palestinian activists at Milan Cortina torch relay   JNS Staff       Bratislava hosts Europe’s first conference on antisemitism in sports   David Wiseman       IDF slays three Gaza terrorists who violated truce   JNS Staff       Ex-hostage Edan Alexander to Hamas: ‘You gave me hell? I’ll give you hell back’   JNS Staff       Netanyahu says requested pardon because trial ‘costing country a lot’   JNS Staff       IDF completes first squad commander course for ultra-Orthodox brigade   JNS Staff       Greece unveils plan to deploy missiles across Aegean islands   Dudi Kogan       The fall of Abu Shabab   Shachar Kleiman       Mayanot to open $20 million world center in Jerusalem   JNS Staff               The wire - press releases         Yeshiva University launches Gruen Fellows Program backed by landmark $37 million endowment         El Al Israel Airlines launches new initiative to engage young travelers         Birthright Israel welcomes thousands for first post-war winter season         AMIT hosts first Thanksgiving celebration in Israel         YIVO Institute raise $34 million to expand exhibitions, digitize archives         Alpha Epsilon Pi undergraduates mark anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks through community service programs

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