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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Canaan Lidor

Canaan Lidor

Canaan Lidor is a former Jewish World reporter at The Times of Israel
David Roytman explains to volunteers of his Jerusalem Shield emergency team how to use the CornerShot system in Jerusalem on February 24, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
September 5, 2024, 3:21 am
In Jerusalem’s center, an elite emergency team prepares for an intense, lonely fight
One of 1,000 volunteer units set up after Oct. 7, Jerusalem Shield trains with expensive gear for extreme situations
By Canaan Lidor
Huib Kriekaard and Ina Straatsma-Elzes work at the Israel Product Center in the headquarters of the Christians for Israel group in the Dutch town of Nijkerk, June 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
August 20, 2024, 4:47 am
In Holland’s Bible belt, a Christian family’s pro-Israel empire shifts into overdrive
Since the October 7 Hamas massacre, the 45-year-old Christians for Israel’s product sales, public engagement – and risk exposure – have vastly increased
By Canaan Lidor
Lior Golan and Oriana ben Aba Golan, evacuees from Kibbutz Nir Am near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, return to their home 10 months after the October 7 Hamas massacre. August 15, 2024. (Dor Pazuelo-FLASH90)
August 15, 2024, 8:31 pm
Thousands of residents return to homes near Gaza as state ends hotel funding for some
Around 3,700 Israelis go back to towns they left on October 7; residents of 10 communities badly damaged in Hamas attack have housing for at least another year
By Canaan Lidor
File — Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef sells the hametz (food containing leavening) of the state of Israel before the upcoming Passover holiday in Jerusalem, April 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 11:54 pm
In clips with Arabic subtitles, Jerusalem rabbis condemn Jewish prayer at Temple Mount
After Ben Gvir says it’s ‘policy’ to allow Jewish prayer at contested site, over PM’s denials, spiritual leaders slam ‘radical fringes,’ affirm ruling Jews should stay away entirely
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
Orthodox Jews pray on the Tisha B'Av day of mourning, in Tel Aviv on July 26, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 12, 2024, 6:23 pm
Sidelined by war, fight over gender-segregated prayer in Tel Aviv resumes in court
Residents file petition alleging discrimination in city’s refusal to permit Yom Kippur service, citing Muslim public events where municipal barriers separated male, female worshipers
By Canaan Lidor
Adam Hajaj speaks during a rally for hostages in Gaza in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2024. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
August 12, 2024, 3:54 pm
October 7 trauma reconnects Israelis with a 2,000-year-old Jewish day of mourning
Thousands of synagogues prepare to feature lamentations about the Hamas atrocities, on Tisha B’Av, a fast day that commemorates historical – and now contemporary – tragedies
By Canaan Lidor
Protesters outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv demand early elections and a deal for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, August 10, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 11, 2024, 2:20 am
Thousands urge hostage deal; relative to negotiators: Don’t hesitate to challenge PM
Several rallies held in Tel Aviv, with weekly demonstrations also held around the country; abductee’s wife slams Smotrich: ‘You consider it a surrender to return 115 human beings?’
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
Protesters march in London during the "National March for Gaza" on August 3, 2024. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
August 8, 2024, 2:00 am
UK Jews document record high 2,000 antisemitic incidents in first half of 2024
Community Security Trust says figure marks an all-time high for a 6-month period, is up 100% from year before; surging instances of Jew hatred include 41% jump in assault cases
By Canaan Lidor
Frisbee athletes compete in Leuven Belgium on June 21, 2024. (European Ultimate Federation)
August 7, 2024, 7:26 pm
Israelis protest ‘discriminatory’ ban from frisbee event in Belgium
Federation says Gent municipality prohibited the ‘presence of the Israeli delegation,’ citing ‘high risk of public order’
By Canaan Lidor
Teenagers hang out outside a computer store in Jish on August 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
August 7, 2024, 10:53 am
In Jish, an indigenous Christian minority defiantly stays in Hezbollah’s crosshairs
Instead of fleeing the Galilee, hundreds of Zionist Arameans are digging in as they brace for a major escalation
By Canaan Lidor
Frisbee athletes compete in Leuven Belgium on June 21, 2024. (European Ultimate Federation)
August 6, 2024, 9:29 pm
Frisbee tournament put on ice in Belgium over Israeli team’s participation
Sporting event’s delay coincides with controversy over a columnist’s confession about wanting to stab Jews over Gaza
By Canaan Lidor
The sun rises over the northern city of Haifa and its port on August 3, 2024, regardless of threats by Hezbollah to hit targets deeper in Israel. (Oren ZIV / AFP)
August 5, 2024, 1:55 am
In Haifa, locals meet the prospect of imminent war with calm resolve
Unperturbed by Iran and Hezbollah’s threat to strike, locals in the northern port city say they’re ready for a showdown they intend to ride out
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: A mohel arranges tools for a circumcision ceremony. (Getty Images via JTA)
August 2, 2024, 11:41 am
London rabbi held in Ireland for alleged unlicensed circumcision
Prosecution of Jonathan Abraham, a certified mohel according to his lawyer, prompts claims that the move is excessive and motivated by antisemitism
By Canaan Lidor
Demonstrators, one holding a poster that reads, "Our heroic soldiers should be released," protest against the detention of military reservists suspected of severely abusing a Palestinian terror suspect, in front of a military court in Beit Lid army base near Kfar Yona on July 30, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
July 31, 2024, 5:42 am
As protesters back troops accused of abuse, a debate erupts on military morality in war
Family members of reservists suspected of torturing a Gazan detainee say soldiers should be thanked, not prosecuted, as area outside Beit Lid becomes latest ideological flashpoint
By Canaan Lidor
A screen capture from an ad about antisemitism that aired on French television on July 14, 2024. (LICRA)
July 30, 2024, 1:58 am
In France, primetime ad shows Jewish family forced to hide identity due to antisemitism
The commercial moved many of its millions of viewers to tears, but angered others who said it was superficial and avoided pointing a finger at those to blame
By Canaan Lidor
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