World Jewish News

Edelstein urges Germany to lead opposition to EU labeling move

Edelstein urges Germany to lead opposition to EU labeling move

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein called on Germany on Thursday to urge other European countries to oppose EU plans to require products from West Bank settlements… Read More ›

Trump: Israel may not want peace with Palestinians

Trump: Israel may not want peace with Palestinians

Republican frontrunner in hot water with Jewish voters after refusing to back down on comments he made to AP; ‘You’re not going to support me… Read More ›

Wild outpost reveals extemism of ‘hilltop youth’

Wild outpost reveals extemism of ‘hilltop youth’

Radical right-wing ‘hilltop youth’ have made the Baladim outpost in the West Bank their HQ; their incitement against the authorities is revealed in their Facebook… Read More ›

GOP contenders highlight Obama as a wedge in Jewish support

GOP contenders highlight Obama as a wedge in Jewish support

Republican presidential candidates address Jewish lobbying group in Washington.   WASHINGTON – Candidates for the Republican nomination for president made their case for support from… Read More ›

The confrontation between Turkey and Russia: Lessons for Israel

The confrontation between Turkey and Russia: Lessons for Israel

Israeli policy has thus far favored sitting on the fence and observing from the side while developments unfold.   The confrontation between Turkey and Russia… Read More ›

IDF soldier lightly injured in stabbing attack near Hebron, attackers killed

IDF soldier lightly injured in stabbing attack near Hebron, attackers killed

This is the third attack against Israeli citizens in the last 24 hours.   Two Palestinians attacked an IDF soldier at the Jilber position in… Read More ›

MK Oren Hazan suspended for 1 month

MK Oren Hazan suspended for 1 month

Complaints lead Ethics Committee to suspend Hazan from Knesset meetings for a month; AG expected to order his indictment on separate matter of finances. What… Read More ›

IDF’s five-year plan to focus on strategic supplies

IDF’s five-year plan to focus on strategic supplies

Israel’s military is learning the lesson from Gaza conflicts which left its stocks depleted. IDF chief Eisenkot has instructed that a larger portion of the… Read More ›

Organized crime hurts economy, inflates housing prices – Justice minister

Organized crime hurts economy, inflates housing prices – Justice minister

One of the main ways organized crime affects housing and construction prices is through the use of “security companies” that extort exorbitant fees from contractors.… Read More ›

European Commission appoints German official to combat anti-Semitism

European Commission appoints German official to combat anti-Semitism

Alongside von Schnurbein, a German national who had previously coordinated relations with religious organizations, the commission also appointed an official to combat anti-Muslim hatred.  … Read More ›

Israel has lowest C-section rate in OECD

Israel has lowest C-section rate in OECD

Women’s health ‘discriminated against,’ says report.   The childbirth rate of Israeli women is the highest among the 34 OECD countries, while its rate of… Read More ›

Ending longstanding taboo, IDF pushes for HIV carriers to enlist

Ending longstanding taboo, IDF pushes for HIV carriers to enlist

Army medical officer says move, made possible with advances in medicine, will affect few but send important message   In light of recent medical developments,… Read More ›

Why Shelly Silver won’t be sharing a prison cell with Willie Rapfogel

Why Shelly Silver won’t be sharing a prison cell with Willie Rapfogel

Former New York Assembly speaker found guilty on seven corruption counts, but colleague freed from prison   NEW YORK (JTA) – The two men used… Read More ›

Abbas muzzles Hamas’ al-Aqsa TV

Abbas muzzles Hamas’ al-Aqsa TV

Palestinian security services instruct communications companies to stop servicing Hamas’ al- Aqsa TV; in past month, Israel closed two Hebron radio stations. The Palestinian security… Read More ›

Hezbollah: Israel exploded spying device in Lebanon

Hezbollah: Israel exploded spying device in Lebanon

The terrorist organization’s news station, Al-Manar, claims that two demolition devices were exploded in order to destroy an Israeli listening device in the Marge Ayoun… Read More ›

Horrific new details emerge in 1972 Munich Olympics massacre

Horrific new details emerge in 1972 Munich Olympics massacre

More than 40 years after the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Games in Munich, a new documentary film and a New York… Read More ›

Attorney: Lift gag order on ‘breakthrough’ in suspected Jewish terrorism case

Attorney: Lift gag order on ‘breakthrough’ in suspected Jewish terrorism case

“It’s a shame the public can’t know what’s going on.”   A private attorney is pushng to make public details about an apparently dramatic development… Read More ›

Analysis: Not the darling of the ball, but also not the ugly duckling

Analysis: Not the darling of the ball, but also not the ugly duckling

More and more countries want to deal with Israel, even if they disagree with certain aspects of the current government’s policies.   Nearly 150 leaders… Read More ›

Exiled Iranian poet in Israel: This is the best place on Earth

Exiled Iranian poet in Israel: This is the best place on Earth

Payam Feili, sporting a Star of David neck tattoo, arrives in Tel Aviv to launch Hebrew translation of his book, play adaptation   The exiled… Read More ›

Israel, Jordan unveil $800m joint plan for ‘Red-Dead’ canal

Israel, Jordan unveil $800m joint plan for ‘Red-Dead’ canal

As well as rejuvenating the rapidly diminishing Dead Sea, the canal will bring drinking water to both countries   Israel and Jordan are moving ahead… Read More ›