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‘I’m ashamed I did nothing to stop injustice,’ ex-Nazi SS officer says

‘I’m ashamed I did nothing to stop injustice,’ ex-Nazi SS officer says

Reinhold Hanning is being charged by a German court with being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people.   A 94-year-old former… Read More ›

Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan

Israel treads carefully with claim to Golan

After PM says territory will remain under state’s sovereignty permanently, expert stresses situation on the ground has not changed and that annexation never took place… Read More ›

It’s pot and prejudice as British comedy tackles Jewish-Muslim relations

It’s pot and prejudice as British comedy tackles Jewish-Muslim relations

In ‘Dough,’ opening in the US on Friday, an unlikely alliance between an elderly kosher baker and a Darfuri refugee makes for cannabis-laced challah  … Read More ›

Hamas: ‘There will be an explosion’ unless Israel lifts Gaza blockade

Hamas: ‘There will be an explosion’ unless Israel lifts Gaza blockade

Palestinian terrorist movement makes threat at an event in Gaza that presented a model of the Israeli bus that exploded in a Hamas bombing in… Read More ›

How much money is the life of the world’s richest Jew worth?

How much money is the life of the world’s richest Jew worth?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is so valuable, in fact, that his company has spent over $12 million since 2013 to protect him.   Mark Zuckerberg,… Read More ›

UK Jewish backers of Muslim NUS head slam ‘Islamophobic witch hunt’

UK Jewish backers of Muslim NUS head slam ‘Islamophobic witch hunt’

‘We are…horrified at the Islamophobic campaign being waged against her, amidst opportunistic and false charges of anti-Semitism,’ the Jewish students wrote to the ‘Jewish Chronicle’.… Read More ›

Anti-BDS bill advances in Iowa

Anti-BDS bill advances in Iowa

Iowa state Senate also approves resolution “in support of the Jewish State of Israel,” as well as a negotiated two-state solution.   The Iowa state… Read More ›

Israel rejects French peace plan: ‘Direct talks are only path’

Israel rejects French peace plan: ‘Direct talks are only path’

Jerusalem appears to rule out France’s call for international summits on ending the conflict, based on Arab initiative   Jerusalem on Thursday poured cold water… Read More ›

London – UK Labour Lawmaker Suspended Over Anti-Israel Comments

London – UK Labour Lawmaker Suspended Over Anti-Israel Comments

London – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party, which has faced growing criticism over perceived anti-Semitism in its ranks, suspended a lawmaker on Wednesday for making… Read More ›

Trump vows to put ‘America first,’ criticizes Obama for ‘snubbing’ Israel

Trump vows to put ‘America first,’ criticizes Obama for ‘snubbing’ Israel

In his largely anticipated formal foreign policy speech, the US Republican presidential hopeful laid out a policy putting his country before others and slammed the… Read More ›

From freedom to enslavement

From freedom to enslavement

Op-ed: The incitement against Israel these days is reminiscent of the incitement against Jews in the 1930s. But there is a difference: This time, many… Read More ›

Red alert siren sounds in Gaza border communities

Red alert siren sounds in Gaza border communities

No injuries or damage were initially reported.   A rocket alert siren sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council on the border with the Gaza Strip… Read More ›

Jews ascending Temple Mount are instigating war, ultra-Orthodox MK says

Jews ascending Temple Mount are instigating war, ultra-Orthodox MK says

MK Moshe Gafni says that Jewish law prohibits Jews from ascending the Mount and says such provocations give ammunition to Muslim extremists.   Amid increased… Read More ›

UK Labour’s anti-Semitism is ‘like lifting up a stone and having insects crawl out,’ says MP

UK Labour’s anti-Semitism is ‘like lifting up a stone and having insects crawl out,’ says MP

Labour’s Wes Streeting, vice-chairman of anti-Semitism group, shocked at fellow MP’s comments, stresses imperative to combat racism in parliament and on campus   LONDON —… Read More ›

Psycho killer: Qu’est-ce que c’est?

Psycho killer: Qu’est-ce que c’est?

The Hebrew media goes all out in its restricted coverage of a suspected serial rapist and murderer, even though the case remains under partial gag… Read More ›

Abbas faces heat for wavering on UN resolution

Abbas faces heat for wavering on UN resolution

Abbas is facing pressure over potential withdrawl of Palestinian UN resolution to officially condemn all Israeli construction over the Green Line. A set of Palestinian… Read More ›

Analysis: Where will Iran nuclear deal loopholes stand next Passover?

Analysis: Where will Iran nuclear deal loopholes stand next Passover?

As many predicted, Iran, along with Russia and China, only a few months into implementing the deal have proven adept at finding loopholes which could… Read More ›

Israel – Aussies, Kiwis Turn Out In Jerusalem To Honor ANZACs

Israel – Aussies, Kiwis Turn Out In Jerusalem To Honor ANZACs

  Jerusalem – The annual ANZAC Day memorial ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery on Mount Scopus is also an opportunity for reunions. The… Read More ›

83 senators, but not Sanders, urge Obama to increase Israel military aid

83 senators, but not Sanders, urge Obama to increase Israel military aid

Four-fifths of US Senators, but not the Jewish Democratic presidential candidate, call for ‘a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement’ between Washington and Jerusalem   More… Read More ›

Erdan: Female terrorists want to meet shahids in paradise

Erdan: Female terrorists want to meet shahids in paradise

Public security minister tells Likud members that Palestinian female terrorists revealed their desire to reunite with ‘handsome martyrs’ in paradise. Minister of Public Security Gilad… Read More ›