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Paris synagogue holds memorial for terror victims

Paris synagogue holds memorial for terror victims

Father of Toulouse victim says France is ‘beginning to understand how us Jews have been living in recent years, and the reality in Israel’  … Read More ›

Under threat: Bataclan theater terrorized for years

Under threat: Bataclan theater terrorized for years

Paris’s Bataclan, which until recently was under Jewish ownership, was target for threats by Islamic extremists for years before becoming a main target in coordinated… Read More ›

Budget to be passed before law delaying haredi draft

Budget to be passed before law delaying haredi draft

Time issue changes schedule, Coalition promises Shas and UTJ will amend IDF rules   The passage of the amendment to the law for haredi enlistment,… Read More ›

Poll: 75% of British Jews think settlements block peace

Poll: 75% of British Jews think settlements block peace

68% stated that they feel a “sense of despair” every time further settlement expansion is approved.   A poll released by City University London and… Read More ›

Analysis: Jerusalem and Paris have been cooperating on intel for years

Analysis: Jerusalem and Paris have been cooperating on intel for years

The Mossad and DGSE have a smooth flow of information.   After the Paris terrorist attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had instructed… Read More ›

French Jews call for ‘merciless war’ on jihadists

French Jews call for ‘merciless war’ on jihadists

Jewish community’s security service issues synagogue safety instructions in wake of deadly terror attack in Paris   France’s umbrella group of French Jewish communities, CRIF,… Read More ›

Netanyahu: Israel shares intel with France in terror fight

Netanyahu: Israel shares intel with France in terror fight

‘We aren’t a marginal player’ in terror war, PM says, calling on those who condemn Paris attacks to also denounce terror against Israel   Israel… Read More ›

Milan – Orthodox Jewish Knife Victim Says Attack Was Anti-Semitic

Milan – Orthodox Jewish Knife Victim Says Attack Was Anti-Semitic

  Milan – A Jewish man attacked with a knife by a lone assailant in Milan says the attack was motivated by anti-Semitic sentiment. Nathan… Read More ›

Brazilian musician: I’ll never go back to Israel

Brazilian musician: I’ll never go back to Israel

South American composer and singer Caetano Veloso, who performed in Tel Aviv in July with fellow musician Gilberto Gil, publishes a three-page article on the… Read More ›

Traffic accident or failed terror attack?

Traffic accident or failed terror attack?

The IDF spokespersons office said Saturday night they are checking a report that the driver tried to enter Psagot to carry out a stabbing attack… Read More ›

Israeli leaders express condolences, declare ‘wake up’ call against Muslim extremism

Israeli leaders express condolences, declare ‘wake up’ call against Muslim extremism

The Knesset will be lit in the colors of the French flag and Israeli flags will be lowered to half-mast in solidarity with France.  … Read More ›

Far-right settler rabbi: Paris attacks are payback for the Holocaust

Far-right settler rabbi: Paris attacks are payback for the Holocaust

The quote from Dov Lior, the chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, was first reported by the Walla! news agency.   A… Read More ›

Saudi Prince: Israeli peace is non-sustainable without a two-state solution

Saudi Prince: Israeli peace is non-sustainable without a two-state solution

  Israel cannot sustain peace unless the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved through the creation of a two-state solution, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal said in an… Read More ›

Ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed in possible anti-Semitic attack in Milan

Ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed in possible anti-Semitic attack in Milan

Victim, named as 40-year-old Nathan Graff, sustains light to moderate wounds; attacker flees scene   A 40-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed multiple times Thursday… Read More ›

Israeli security raids hospital and captures terrorist

Israeli security raids hospital and captures terrorist

  Jerusalem – Undercover Israeli authorities shot and killed a Palestinian man inside a West Bank hospital Thursday, the Palestinian health minister said. The Israel Defense… Read More ›

Herzog wants ‘NATO-like’ alliance of Israel, moderate Arab states

Herzog wants ‘NATO-like’ alliance of Israel, moderate Arab states

Opposition leader says despite near-daily stabbings, Jewish state currently has a ‘unique opportunity’ for peace NEW YORK (JTA) – In the mind of Israel’s opposition… Read More ›

Kosher hip-hop fighting anti-Semitism

Kosher hip-hop fighting anti-Semitism

Kosha Dillz, an Israeli-American rapper who has become a household name in the US, is appearing at the Tune in Tel Aviv festival. Rapper Kosha… Read More ›

Three-quarters of British Jews believe settlements are ‘major’ obstacle to peace

Three-quarters of British Jews believe settlements are ‘major’ obstacle to peace

New report issued by British pro-peace outfit Yachad finds 24% of British Jews would be willing to ‘support some sanctions against Israel’ if they thought… Read More ›

CC issues first report on war crimes in Palestinian- Israeli conflict

CC issues first report on war crimes in Palestinian- Israeli conflict

The report comes after the preliminary investigation was launched in January 2015.   The International Criminal Court released its first preliminary report on Thursday regarding alleged… Read More ›

The secret weapon in the fight for the labeling of Israeli settlement goods

The secret weapon in the fight for the labeling of Israeli settlement goods

Meet the non-governmental organizations behind the European labeling lobby.   “The European Union cannot be expected to make exceptions in the law for the occupied territories,”… Read More ›