Anti-Semitism is “repulsive,” former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband stated Tuesday, amid an ongoing controversy surrounding rampant hatred of Jews in the country’s Labour party. “It should not be the
The Pentagon has confirmed reports it plans to cut the number of US peacekeeping troops in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, partly because of the growing threat from the Islamic State group, an
(JTA) – Jewish voters are all over the map when it comes to their plans for voting in New York’s presidential primary on April 19. Except for New Square, the all-Hasidic
As the ‘Great Shabbat’ preceding Passover arrives this week, the nation of Israel is busily preparing for the glorious festival of Pesach, marking the redemption of Israel from Egypt and
Israel should attempt to make a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority (PA), Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz stated Tuesday night, or else it will remain “stuck.” “Even
Twelve members of a France-based jihadist network that sent fighters to Syria were given prison sentences on Tuesday, including a woman who had taken her three children to join her
The massive influx of refugees into European Union countries and the resulting problems can have very problematic consequences for European Jews. As far as Israel is concerned it opens up
(JTA) — Twelve members of the New York City Council’s 14-member Jewish caucus have endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. The City Council members signed a joint statement on Tuesday, Jewish
Belgian prosecutors have charged two more men involved in last month’s Brussels bombings Tuesday, of participating in the activities of a terrorist group, terrorist murder and attempted terrorist murder as perpetrators,
National Security Council (NSC) Counter-Terrorism Bureau, has issued updated travel guidelines for Israeli citizens during the upcoming Passover holidays. The guidelines extend from Passover to the festival of Shavuot 50 days
MK Shuli Muallem-Refaeli (Jewish Home) made adamantly clear that Judea and Samaria are part of Israel Tuesday, during a meeting with German ambassador Dr. Clemens von Goetze. “The State of Israel
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon will not be leaving Likud despite threats and incitement against him, he stated to the press Tuesday evening. “There are among us kippah-wearers [i.e. national-religious Jews
A senior official in Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement has been killed in an apparent targeted assassination in Sidon, south Lebanon. General Fathi Zaydan was responsible for running the Palestinian camp
Iran told visiting UN envoy Staffan de Mistura of its alarm Tuesday about what it said were ceasefire breaches in Syria on the eve of fresh peace negotiations in Geneva.
The only power plant in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip was at a standstill on Tuesday due to an ongoing shortage of fuel caused largely by a dispute over taxes, officials
The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon rejected an appeal against the demolition of the home of the Arab terrorist who murdered an Israeli woman last January. Shlomit Krigman was stabbed
A Palestinian Arab author condemned anti-Semitism last month, Palestinian Media Watch reports Tuesday – defying, on Palestinian Authority (PA) official television, the constant undercurrent of hatred against Jews the PA instills in
Corruption allegations against Opposition leader and Zionist Union chairman Yitzhak Herzog may cause a dramatic change in Israel’s political climate, MK and longtime Labor party leader Shelly Yechimovich opined Tuesday.
Two Orthodox teenagers were verbally attacked in London on Monday. The pair, one aged 14 and the other 17, were walking in the Stamford Hill neighborhood when a strange man
In 2015, a 12-year-old female terrorist set out, knife in hand, to murder Jews in the Gush Etzion town of Carmei Tzur, near the site where three Israeli youths were
More than one out of every three Muslims in the UK believe that “Jews have too much power,” a new survey has found. The poll, which was carried out by
The organization Kav Lachayim helped 22 sick children celebrate their bar and bat mitzvahs at the Kotel on Monday. Nine boys and 13 girls from all around Israel came to
Two officials at the Haifa religious council have been suspended following revelations of misconduct. It has been alleged that the two officials systematically denied marriage registration requests from couples who
A federal appeals court in New York will look into the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) appeal against last year’s ruling that it must pay compensation to 10 families of terror victims with US
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said there is an “urgent” need for a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, in an interview with AFP
Speaking at a security conference in Yad Binyamin, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) says that he is working to allow more Israeli citizens to receive gun licenses. His latest
Two Russian military pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed near the central Syrian city of Homs, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the aircraft had not been under fire. “Two
Dubai’s Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department has published a fatwa (Muslim religious ruling) forbidden Muslims from using open WiFi networks without permission, Associated Press reports. The official ruling declares that “There
(JTA) — A major Jewish donor to Britain’s Labour Party said no big Jewish donor has given money to the party this year because they are “concerned about the direction
Vice President Joe Biden will address J Street’s annual gala next week, The Washington Post reports, marking the second time he has spoken to a national gathering of the organization.