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European press infantilizes Palestinians, says visiting delegation of journalists

European press infantilizes Palestinians, says visiting delegation of journalists

Tour of country organized by the Europe Israel Press Association.   European press coverage of Israel can be problematic, several members of a delegation of continental… Read More ›

Brussels chief rabbi rapped for saying Jews have ‘no future’ in Europe

Brussels chief rabbi rapped for saying Jews have ‘no future’ in Europe

European Jewish Association ‘determined’ to ensure 3 million Jews on Continent can ‘freely and proudly identify themselves as Jews’   The chief rabbi of Brussels… Read More ›

Obama calls Ezra Schwartz’s parents to express condolences

Obama calls Ezra Schwartz’s parents to express condolences

After facing criticism for not condemning killing of US teenager in a terror attack, president speaks to bereaved Mass. family   WASHINGTON — President Barack… Read More ›

US Jewish communities told to review security

US Jewish communities told to review security

While no specific threats cited, top government officials advise lay and professional leaders to check safety arrangements   Top Department of Homeland Security officials advised… Read More ›

Terror shakes suburban normalcy of Gush Etzion

Terror shakes suburban normalcy of Gush Etzion

Residents of suburban communities halfway between Jerusalem and Hebron demand security after being hit hard by string of attacks   A soldier stands inside a… Read More ›

Government considering expelling terrorists’ families to Gaza

Government considering expelling terrorists’ families to Gaza

Top echelon decides that family members’ Israeli work parents would be cancelled and to carry out administrative detentions of Hamas activists in the West Bank.… Read More ›

OECD: Israelis among highest educated in the developed world

OECD: Israelis among highest educated in the developed world

Country still faces large gender gaps in education, shows report.   Israelis are among the highest educated in the developed world, but the country still… Read More ›

Netanyahu to Kerry: Green light for Palestinian building projects dependent on end to terror

Netanyahu to Kerry: Green light for Palestinian building projects dependent on end to terror

US secretary of state slammed in Ramallah for condemning ‘terrorism’; Netanyahu: Palestinians must recognize our right to build in settlement blocs.   Israel will not… Read More ›

UN lambasts Israel on Palestinian Solidarity Day

UN lambasts Israel on Palestinian Solidarity Day

Israeli envoy Danny Danon slams General Assembly, reads out names and shows photos of Israeli terror victims over past 2 months   The United Nations… Read More ›

Netanyahu: IDF has free rein to fight terror in West Bank

Netanyahu: IDF has free rein to fight terror in West Bank

At site of fatal Sunday attack, PM says new measures include revocation of work permits for terrorists’ relatives, tighter security checks   The Israel Defense… Read More ›

Israel plans series of restrictions on Palestinians in bid to quell terror surge

Israel plans series of restrictions on Palestinians in bid to quell terror surge

Arab workers to be banned from Etzion settlement bloc; extended family of terrorists to be barred from Israel; mass Hamas arrests expected   Amid an… Read More ›

Kerry: ‘No mood for concessions’ in Israel, West Bank

Kerry: ‘No mood for concessions’ in Israel, West Bank

US secretary of state lays out goals for Israel visit to ‘calm things down a bit,’ but warns that neither Israelis or Palestinians want to… Read More ›

‘They’ve taken Ziv from me’

‘They’ve taken Ziv from me’

18-year-old soldier Ziv Mizrahi, killed in stabbing attack, becomes second victim of terror in family after Alon Mizrahi was killed in 2003 suicide bombing. Private… Read More ›

IAF jets strike in Gaza

IAF jets strike in Gaza

Israeli strikes target Hamas affiliated positions in the central Gaza Strip in retaliation for morning rocket fire on Eshkol Regional Council.   Local reports in… Read More ›

Netanyahu fumes at Bennett’s ‘I put a bullet between his eyes’ comment

Netanyahu fumes at Bennett’s ‘I put a bullet between his eyes’ comment

Bayit Yehudi chief said that he had managed to get Netanyahu to back down from previous public statements indicating that he would consider “unilateral measures.”… Read More ›

‘Limit the number of migrants allowed to enter Germany,’ Jewish leader tells Merkel

‘Limit the number of migrants allowed to enter Germany,’ Jewish leader tells Merkel

Merkel faced pressure from her own conservatives on Monday to change course on her open-door refugee policy.   The leader of Germany’s Jewish Volunteer doctors and… Read More ›

New York Rabbis sentenced for violently coercing divorces

New York Rabbis sentenced for violently coercing divorces

Harshest punishment handed down in New York case so far was 48 months in prison.   Several New York rabbis were sentenced to jail terms… Read More ›

S. African president links Paris attacks to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

S. African president links Paris attacks to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Terror, wherever it occurs, highlights imperative for Middle East peace, Jacob Zuma tells local Jews; Israel’s ambassador calls remark ‘unfair’ and a misunderstanding of Islamic… Read More ›

New Orleans, LA – UPDATE: Police ID Man Accused Of Shooting Jewish Tulane Medical Student

New Orleans, LA – UPDATE: Police ID Man Accused Of Shooting Jewish Tulane Medical Student

New Orleans, LA – New Orleans police have identified a man accused of shooting a medical student who stopped an apparent kidnapping. Police say 21-year-old… Read More ›

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Hamas, Fatah threaten ex-settler leader who thwarted terror attack

Image posted to Twitter depicts ‘child killer’ Gershon Mesika with a target and blood splatter over his face   Hours after a former local politician… Read More ›