The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on world leaders to condemn Monday’s bus bombing in Jerusalem, which wounded 16 people. “We deplore the horrific attack in Jerusalem, the first bus bombing
Italian sports officials punished its top soccer team, Juventus, for its fans shouting an anti-Semitic chant, but suspended the penalty. The order to close a section of the club’s stadium
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto has submitted a request for pardon, Channel 10 reports Tuesday, just two months after beginning his jail sentence for corruption. Pinto based his request on his deteriorating medical condition, which
Activists in the UK have launched a campaign to have Hezbollah officially proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government. The Israel-Britain Alliance is leading the campaign to have Hezbollah officially
Israel remains in favor of installing security cameras on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, even after Jordan reneged on the project due to Palestinian reservations, a senior official said Tuesday. “Israel’s support for placing cameras
Israeli actress Ronit Elkabetz, who helped bring her country’s films to the world and became a star in France, died on Tuesday aged 51 after battling cancer, her agent said.
MK Shelly Yechimovich (Zionist Union) sharply criticized participants in a rally for IDF soldier Elor Azariya Tuesday, claiming that those who support the soldier are “extremists.” “Despite this clumsy experience –
Hamas officials on Tuesday warned that the bomb attack on a Jerusalem bus a day earlier was “just the beginning”, though they refrained from claiming responsibility for the blast. So
A rare amulet bearing the name of the Egyptian ruler Thutmose III, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who reigned from 1479 – 1425 BCE, was discovered at the Temple Mount Sifting
Following the dissemination of an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory by a politician from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party, a chief rabbi of Russia called on the government to stamp out hate
A rally being held in Tel Aviv’s iconic Rabin Square Tuesday night is not just for IDF soldier El-Or Azariya, Azariya’s father Charlie stated Tuesday – it’s for “IDF soldiers
Iran is to finally receive Russian-made S-300 air defense missile systems by the end of this year, according to the pro-Kremlin Interfax news agency. Interfax quoted Sergei Chemezov, who heads the Russian
The Military Prosecution has accepted an appeal from the family of terror victim Moshe Hasno to charge his killer with murder, instead of the lesser charge of manslaughter he was
Alain Finkielkraut, a pro-Israel, left-wing philosopher who was recently recognized as one of France’s greatest thinkers, was violently ejected from a public gathering on labor laws. Finkielkraut, who is Jewish,
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a fumbling terminology mix-up late Monday, during his final campaign rally before the New York primaries. “It’s very close to my heart because I
Just two months after making aliyah from the US, Jewish rapper Nissim Black has hit the ground in the Holy Land running. Black, whose recent collaboration with Israel music star
NEW YORK (JTA) – Here’s what you need to know about the Jews of New York as the state votes in Tuesday’s presidential primary. About 1 in 10 New Yorkers is Jewish
IDF Chief of Operations Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon and IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkott held an inquiry Tuesday, regarding the mistaken return of a terrorist’s body against
A Jerusalem court has convicted Yosef Haim Ben-David of murdering Mohammed Abu Khder, as well as a number of other crimes. The judge accepted prosecutors’ claims that Ben-David led his
Vice President Joe Biden spoke on Monday night at a J Street gala in Washington DC, expressing what he said was the Obama administration’s “overwhelming frustration” with Israel. Biden criticism
Both Republican and Democratic candidates have been courting Jewish voters ahead of Tuesday’s New York primary vote, looking for an edge in competitive districts with large Jewish populations. Orthodox Jews,
Authorities in the former Soviet state of Georgia have arrested six people for trying to sell $200 million worth of uranium, Reuters reports. “Officers of Georgia’s State Security Service detained three citizens
Retired deputy commissioner Arieh Amit, the former commander of the Jerusalem district for Israel Police, spoke with Arutz Sheva about Monday’s attack, saying that it represents an escalation in the ongoing wave
Following Monday’s terror attack, the organization Lavi has asked police to open a criminal investigation against MK Jamal Zahalka (Joint List) for incitement. The group’s letter to Deputy Commissioner Meni Yitzhaki,
A Jerusalem district court found Yishai Schlissel guilty of murder on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a teenage girl in 2015. Last July, Schlissel attacked the Jerusalem gay
Some 16 people were wounded in Monday’s bus bombing in Jerusalem. The identity of the most severely injured person remains unknown, as police try to ascertain whether he was the
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke to reporters on Tuesday morning at the start of his meeting with Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong. In his comments, Netanyahu touched on
A joint operation between the IDF, the Israel Security Agency (ISA, also known as the Shin Bet or Shabak) and Israel police led to the arrest of the two terrorists
ROME (JTA) – The Beit Venezia Jewish culture center unveiled a series of 24 etchings created by eight international artists that will form part of a new, illustrated Venice Haggadah.
Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, this week amid Iranian complaints that it is not getting the sanctions relief it deserves under last