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Netanyahu on Swedish FM’s remarks: Outrageous, immoral, unjust and stupid

Netanyahu on Swedish FM’s remarks: Outrageous, immoral, unjust and stupid

At press conference with foreign media, PM rips double standards applied to Israel, calls for ‘reset’ in ties with EU.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Stands Behind Proposed Envoy To Brazil Share Tweet Share Mail

Jerusalem – Netanyahu Stands Behind Proposed Envoy To Brazil Share Tweet Share Mail

  Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister says he remains firmly behind his candidate to be the new ambassador to Brazil — despite Brazil’s apparent objections… Read More ›

EU presents aggressive strategy for fighting anti-Semitism

EU presents aggressive strategy for fighting anti-Semitism

New coordinator aims to tackle online hate speech, expand legislation prohibiting Holocaust denial   Tackling online hate speech, implementing hate crime legislation and education are… Read More ›

Anti-Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel

Anti-Semitism drives record-high Western European immigration to Israel

Amid rise in attacks, 9,880 make aliya in 2015, including almost 8,000 from France   AP — Jewish immigration to Israel from Western Europe has… Read More ›

French Jews ask: Is wearing your faith a risk, or a right?

French Jews ask: Is wearing your faith a risk, or a right?

Calls to hide Jewishness amount to ‘projecting part of the responsibility on the victim,’ warns France’s Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia   PARIS (AP) — Religious… Read More ›

In the absence of a foreign minister

In the absence of a foreign minister

Op-ed: Boycotting IKEA is not the answer to Sweden’s comments against Israel. The European Union is not our enemy. By realizing this, Yair Lapid got… Read More ›

Synagogue in memory of slain Israeli teen opened

Synagogue in memory of slain Israeli teen opened

Tair Rada was murdered at her school’s bathroom in 2006 when she was only 13; he father, who is terminally ill, was overjoyed he lived… Read More ›

Israel’s poverty rates highest among OECD nations

Israel’s poverty rates highest among OECD nations

An OECD report indicates about 21% of Israelis are under the poverty line – more than in countries such as Mexico, Turkey, and Chile. A… Read More ›

US Jewish philanthropist bought winning Powerball ticket for employee

US Jewish philanthropist bought winning Powerball ticket for employee

Shlomo Rechnitz, a health care magnate who owns 80 assisted living facilities throughout California, purchased nearly 18,000 lottery tickets for all of his employees.  … Read More ›

East Jerusalem minor indicted for attempted murder in Armon Hanatziv terror attack

East Jerusalem minor indicted for attempted murder in Armon Hanatziv terror attack

Allegations in the indictment describe 16-year-old as having decided to attempt to murder Jews after watching the returning of the bodies of Arab terrorists to… Read More ›

Jack Jacob, Indian Jewish war hero, dies at 92

Jack Jacob, Indian Jewish war hero, dies at 92

PM Modi says ‘India will always remain grateful’ to highest ever ranking Jewish member of Indian armed forces   Jack Jacob, a renowned Indian general,… Read More ›

Israel officially rebukes Swedish ambassador

Israel officially rebukes Swedish ambassador

The deputy director of the Foreign Ministry’s Europe branch rebuked Ambassador Carl Magnus Nesser over recent controversial statements made be the Swedish Foreign Minister. Sweden’s… Read More ›

Iran holds Holocaust-denying cartoon contest

Iran holds Holocaust-denying cartoon contest

Two weeks ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran has announced a contest aimed at creating cartoons that deny the genocidal event occurred. Iran has… Read More ›

We need to build up a new political force

We need to build up a new political force

The Zionist Union is just the latest incarnation of Mapai, a party that has come to the end of its political viability in today’s landscape.… Read More ›

Call for French Jews to hide kippot sparks harsh debate

Call for French Jews to hide kippot sparks harsh debate

Hollande calls Marseilles religious leader’s advice to remove headgear “intolerable.”   A senior communal figure in France has called on Jews to refrain from wearing kippot… Read More ›

Israel to bar Sweden from any role in future diplomatic process with Palestinians

Israel to bar Sweden from any role in future diplomatic process with Palestinians

Move comes following Swedish FM comments on ‘extrajudicial killings’ that infuriated Israel, pleased the PA.   Sweden will not have any role to play in… Read More ›

Gaza City – Gaza Journalist Says He Was Tortured In Hamas Jail

Gaza City – Gaza Journalist Says He Was Tortured In Hamas Jail

  Gaza City – Palestinian journalist Ayman al-Aloul frequently writes about the hardships of life in the Gaza Strip, and is one of the few… Read More ›

Israel holding TA shooter’s body until family agrees to funeral demands

Israel holding TA shooter’s body until family agrees to funeral demands

Public security minister says he won’t allow ceremony for Nashat Milhem ‘in support of terror and incitement to further attacks’   Public Security Minister Gilad… Read More ›

TA gunman was spotted when he emerged to buy cigarettes

TA gunman was spotted when he emerged to buy cigarettes

Store owners arrested for failing to report Nashat Milhem to police over several days; court extends remand of five alleged accomplices   Nashat Milhem, who… Read More ›

TA gunman buried in small, private funeral in Arara

TA gunman buried in small, private funeral in Arara

Authorities had held off on returning body of Nashat Milhem to his family, fearing event would be hijacked by extremists   The funeral of gunman… Read More ›