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Independent review calls for Janner to face child abuse charges despite dementia

Independent review calls for Janner to face child abuse charges despite dementia

Prosecutors had earlier excused former MP and chair of Board of Deputies from standing trial over 22 allegations of sexual offenses from ’60s to ’80s.… Read More ›

French, Quebecois Jews worry over Islamic radicalization

French, Quebecois Jews worry over Islamic radicalization

Jewish parliamentarian Irwin Cotler attends meeting with community leaders in Montreal to discuss global anti-Semitism   MONTREAL — Jewish leaders from Montreal and France met… Read More ›

Berlin’s new Jewish conductor met by anti-Semitism in German press

Berlin’s new Jewish conductor met by anti-Semitism in German press

One website calls Russian-born Kirill Petrenko, philharmonic’s first Jewish conductor, ‘the tiny gnome, the Jewish caricature’   BERLIN (JTA) — The newly announced future conductor… Read More ›

Hamas masses troops on Israeli border, trains for new round of fighting

Hamas masses troops on Israeli border, trains for new round of fighting

Still, wrapped up in tension between its military and political wings, Gaza’s ruling Islamist group isn’t keen on engaging Israel anytime soon   Something relatively… Read More ›

Take the offensive against anti-Israel academics, top think tank urges

Take the offensive against anti-Israel academics, top think tank urges

JPPI hands Prime Minister Netanyahu series of recommendations, including emergency immigration plan for French Jewry   A major Jewish think tank of Sunday urged the… Read More ›

Jews in Paris: If you’re pro-Israel in France, you’re finished!

Jews in Paris: If you’re pro-Israel in France, you’re finished!

While armed soldiers were sent to secure synagogues in the French capital, members of the country’s Jewish community say it is not enough; ‘There are… Read More ›

Israeli Navy preparing to take over Gaza-bound flotilla

Israeli Navy preparing to take over Gaza-bound flotilla

Four boats carrying 47 pro-Palestinian activists will be welcomed with letter from PM: ‘It looks like you took a wrong turn. Perhaps you meant to… Read More ›

Report: Islamic Jihad leader to end hunger-strike after Israel agrees to his release

Report: Islamic Jihad leader to end hunger-strike after Israel agrees to his release

Khader Adnan, 37, had been hospitalized in critical condition as a result of rejecting food since May 4.   An Islamic Jihad leader jailed by… Read More ›

Analysis: Why Germany is the weakest Western link in nuclear talks with Iran

Analysis: Why Germany is the weakest Western link in nuclear talks with Iran

The negotiations coincide with this year’s celebration of 50 years of diplomatic relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany.   With the Iran… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israeli 11-Year-Old Boy Pronounced Dead In Tragic Fall From School Roof

Jerusalem – Israeli 11-Year-Old Boy Pronounced Dead In Tragic Fall From School Roof

Jerusalem – The City of Jerusalem is in mourning tonight after an 11-year-old boy from Ramot Aleph was pronounced dead after falling down a staircase… Read More ›

US slams Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners

US slams Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners

Annual human rights report decries ‘killings and abuse of Palestinian detainees’; criticizes PA restrictions, Hamas killings and terrorism   The annual US State Department report… Read More ›

No injuries as Israeli ambulance in West Bank takes fire

No injuries as Israeli ambulance in West Bank takes fire

At least four bullets hit MDA vehicle near Beit El, local official blames reopening of nearby road into Palestinian town   Unknown assailants shot at… Read More ›

Seeing few gaps, New Zealand to push for Israeli-Palestinian talks

Seeing few gaps, New Zealand to push for Israeli-Palestinian talks

As Wellington takes reins of UN Security Council, foreign minister says sides not far apart, hints he won’t support resolution imposing conditions   New  Zealand… Read More ›

Website records testimonies of anti-Semitism on US campuses

Website records testimonies of anti-Semitism on US campuses

‘I am terrified knowing I may not be able to discuss my Judaism without taunts, or worse, violence,’ says Northwestern University student. A new webpage… Read More ›

Thousands protest natural gas deal

Thousands protest natural gas deal

Crowd demonstrates in Tel Aviv against government’s plan to let a American-Israeli energy group keep control of most of the country’s natural gas deposits. Thousands… Read More ›

Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS

Rift in Foreign Ministry prevents effective fight against BDS

Division developed in the ministry after professionals urged cooperating with Jewish left-wing organizations to fight boycott, with politicians choosing to brand all criticism as anti-Semitism… Read More ›

Israel and ICC on a collision course

Israel and ICC on a collision course

The UNHRC report on the 2014 Gaza war and Jerusalem’s response suggest a clash between Israel and the ICC is becoming much more likely.  … Read More ›

Haredi yeshiva with radical agenda to provide high school, higher education courses

Haredi yeshiva with radical agenda to provide high school, higher education courses

Ein Hemed Campus and Darkei Torah Yeshiva have started small enterprise maintaining websites for small businesses.   The haredi education system has long been seen as… Read More ›

Gas decision is the right solution for all citizens of Israel, PM says

Gas decision is the right solution for all citizens of Israel, PM says

“We are promoting a realistic solution that will bring natural gas to the Israeli market and not a populist solution that will keep the gas… Read More ›

Jewish group’s ‘gay conversion’ therapy is fraud, jury says

Jewish group’s ‘gay conversion’ therapy is fraud, jury says

In ruling hailed as ‘momentous’ for LGBT rights, New Jersey non-profit fined for promising Orthodox homosexuals it could ‘turn them straight’   JERSEY CITY —… Read More ›