May 29, 2026 — Iranian intel. ministry-linked group behind LA public transport cyberattack, Israeli firm finds. March’s cyberattack on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was carried out by a group called “Abadil of Minab,” Israeli information security firm Gambit found.

May 29, 2026 — DOJ sentences NYC accomplice in Iranian dissident murder-for-hire scheme to 10 years in prison. Masih Alinejad, the target of the plot, fled Iran following the contentious 2009 presidential election and ensuing protest movement. She became a US citizen in 2019. 

May 29, 2026 — Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Costa Rican running to head the UN? Candidate for United Nations secretary-general, who would be first Jew and woman to head the world body, has family in Israel and has led UN office critical of the Jewish state

May 29, 2026 — Israel says French-Palestinian lawyer operated East Jerusalem terror network from overseas. France-based Salah Hamouri, whose Jerusalem residency was revoked over PFLP ties, allegedly recruited five East Jerusalemites to ‘promote militant terror activity,’ say Shin Bet, police

May 29, 2026 — Fire ravages major kosher supermarket in London’s Golders Green, electrical fault blamed. Over 100 firefighters battle blaze at Kosher Kingdom for hours, no injuries reported; after initial local concern of arson, police say incident not being treated as suspicious

May 29, 2026 — Antisemitic Congress candidate loses Texas primary but gets 40% of vote. Maureen Galindo, who called for the imprisonment and castration of ‘billionaire Zionists,’ secures more than 5,700 votes in runoff election

May 29, 2026 — Wikipedia bans anti-Israel editor from editing articles on Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “This is an important, if overdue, step toward protecting a knowledge space that should represent historical complexity rather than politicized framing,” Shlomit Lir of the University of Haifa told JNS.

May 29, 2026 — Taiwan’s envoy to ‘Post’: ‘If we put down our weapons, there will be no Taiwan’ – interview. Trump discussed Taiwan arms sales with Xi and later suggested he may speak directly with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te before deciding whether to approve a reported $14 billion arms package.

May 29, 2026 — China’s amb to ‘Post’: Beijing pushes Iran from ‘extremist path’ after Trump-Xi summit – interview. The summit in Beijing was designed to stabilize relations between the world’s two largest powers amid tensions over trade, technology, Taiwan, and the ongoing Iran crisis.

May 29, 2026 — California school district settles suit, concedes it must better protect Jewish students. Lori Lowenthal Marcus, of the Deborah Project, told JNS that the settlement requires of Sequoia Union High School District “policies of transparency, unbiased decision-making and concrete protections from antisemitic indoctrination and bullying.”

May 29, 2026 — Santa Monica police ‘aware’ of concerns it isn’t calling Jews chased by man, who called them ‘genocidal,’ a hate crime. Mark Goldfeder, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told JNS that it is “unbelievable” that the police did not immediately classify the incident as a hate crime.

May 29, 2026 — National Library of Israel acquires copy of UK’s oldest kosher cookbook belonging to Montefiores. While the cookbook was originally published anonymously by “A Lady,” scholars later attributed the title to British linguist Lady Judith Montefiore, the wife of Sir Moses Montefiore.