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Shooting themselves in the flag

Shooting themselves in the flag

Op-ed: Despite the Palestinian flags and the pro-Palestinian slogans being shouted at the Tel Aviv rally against the Nation State Law, we must listen to… Read More ›

DC Jews launch weekend of counterprotests to white supremacist rally

DC Jews launch weekend of counterprotests to white supremacist rally

Unite the Right has permission to gather across the street from the White House after being denied Charlottesville permit   WASHINGTON — Jewish groups in… Read More ›

State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization

State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization

Attorney defending Regulation Law in High Court says basic law’s encouraging of ‘Jewish settlement’ allows for preferential treatment to wildcat Israeli towns over Palestinian ones… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Left-wing Activists Claim That Israel Is Trying To Intimidate Them At The Country’s Border

Jerusalem – Left-wing Activists Claim That Israel Is Trying To Intimidate Them At The Country’s Border

  Jerusalem –  For years, Simone Zimmerman has protested Israel’s actions from the left. She’s led activist groups, organized protests and gone on camera. But… Read More ›

New Israel Fund Accuses Gov’t of Political Harassment Against Activist

New Israel Fund Accuses Gov’t of Political Harassment Against Activist

They were detained by border control officials for four hours and questioned regarding their work for advocacy organizations for Palestinian rights and regarding their political… Read More ›

Two major Israel-backers join criticism of nation-state law

Two major Israel-backers join criticism of nation-state law

Jewish Federations of North America and International Fellowship of Christians and Jews latest groups urging Israel to address Druze concerns of discrimination   The Jewish… Read More ›

Opposition vows to enshrine Declaration of Independence as Israeli Basic Law

Opposition vows to enshrine Declaration of Independence as Israeli Basic Law

Amid growing backlash over nation-state law, Avi Gabbay and Tzipi Livni slam Netanyahu for excluding from it a specific provision of equal rights for minorities… Read More ›

New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker Says He Had No Idea Sign He Held Is Linked To Pro-Palestinian Movement

New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker Says He Had No Idea Sign He Held Is Linked To Pro-Palestinian Movement

  New Jersey – Sen. Cory Booker, seen as a likely contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, appears in a photo appearing to endorse… Read More ›

Corbyn rejects charge Labour a threat to Jews, vows to drive out anti-Semitism

Corbyn rejects charge Labour a threat to Jews, vows to drive out anti-Semitism

Under-fire UK opposition leader finally addresses mounting accusations that his party is a hotbed of Jew haters and that he has done little to oppose… Read More ›

PM scraps upcoming Colombia trip, citing volatile situation in the south

PM scraps upcoming Colombia trip, citing volatile situation in the south

Netanyahu had planned to attend inauguration of new pro-Israel president Iván Duque and meet other regional leaders   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday unexpectedly… Read More ›

‘Facebook Allows Holocaust Denial in US That it Bans in Europe’

‘Facebook Allows Holocaust Denial in US That it Bans in Europe’

Battle heats up between Trump appointee Paul Packer and the social media giant.   WASHINGTON – Paul Packer, chairman of the Commission for the Preservation… Read More ›

The most anti-Israeli law

The most anti-Israeli law

Op-ed: The Nationality Law only serves to erode the Israeliness that should be being promoted in Israeli society. It is morally, historically and practically bankrupt… Read More ›

Netanyahu Sows Division Again: It’s ‘Us or Them’

Netanyahu Sows Division Again: It’s ‘Us or Them’

It’s a message Netanyahu pushed at the 2015 elections and continued to push this week.   Us or them. That is the message Prime Minister… Read More ›

London – Councilwoman For Scottish Labour Party Accuses 3 British Newspapers Of Working For The Mossad

London – Councilwoman For Scottish Labour Party Accuses 3 British Newspapers Of Working For The Mossad

London – A councilwoman for the Scottish Labour Party accused three British Jewish newspapers of working on behalf of the Mossad after they posted a… Read More ›

Druze community leader: We deserve equality

Druze community leader: We deserve equality

Shaykh Muwaffak Tarīf addressed the uproar in the Druze community over the Nationality law expressing his resentment for the legislation; ‘We stood with the Jewish… Read More ›

Williamsburg, NY – NYPD Hoping Video Will Lead To Apprehension Of Synagogue Robber

Williamsburg, NY – NYPD Hoping Video Will Lead To Apprehension Of Synagogue Robber

Williamsburg, NY – The NYPD is turning to the public for assistance, hoping that video surveillance footage will help them solve a burglary that took… Read More ›

Druze IDF officers protest against Nationality Law

Druze IDF officers protest against Nationality Law

After the Nationality Law passes in Knesset, 100 Druze reservists lament the country doesn’t treat them as equals; say law that declares only Jews have… Read More ›

Netanyahu cheers Jewish state law as a ‘pivotal moment’ in Zionist history

Netanyahu cheers Jewish state law as a ‘pivotal moment’ in Zionist history

Opposition lawmakers blast contentious legislation passed overnight, say it is designed to divide Israeli society   Reactions to the Knesset’s passage overnight Wednesday of the… Read More ›

The Right against Israel

The Right against Israel

Op-ed: International condemnation for the Nationality Law didn’t come just from Israel’s haters, but also from some of its biggest supporters among Diaspora Jewry. It… Read More ›

Palestinians say newly passed Jewish state law ‘legalizes apartheid’

Palestinians say newly passed Jewish state law ‘legalizes apartheid’

PA and Hamas officials claim ‘dangerous and racist legislation’ violates international law, will sanction discrimination against Arabs   Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat panned a… Read More ›