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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 ›

Analysis – Surrogacy and Equality: The Acute Emotional Pain of Childless Families

Analysis – Surrogacy and Equality: The Acute Emotional Pain of Childless Families

Israel is more than child-friendly, it is child-obsessed.   On Sunday, demonstrations organized by the LGBT community were held at sites around the country protesting… Read More ›

Op-ed: No ‘religionization’ but a national memory

Op-ed: No ‘religionization’ but a national memory

There is no religious coercion in Israel, the Tisha B’Av mourning is part our identity as Israeli Jews. This is a warning call. We, the… Read More ›

Turkey accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ over ‘Jewish nation-state’ law

Turkey accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ over ‘Jewish nation-state’ law

Istanbul says law is racist and ‘disregards the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel’ as EU also calls for rights of minorities to be respected… Read More ›

Sousse, Tunisia – Photos Show Arab Men Having Barbeque In Jewish Cemetery In Tunisia

Sousse, Tunisia – Photos Show Arab Men Having Barbeque In Jewish Cemetery In Tunisia

Sousse, Tunisia – A Tunisian Jewish businessman published photos showing Arab men holding a barbeque in a Jewish cemetery. Elie Trabelsi posted the photos taken… Read More ›

ADL raises alarm over Israeli democracy after nation-state bill

ADL raises alarm over Israeli democracy after nation-state bill

Watchdog joins other US Jewish groups in concern over Jewish state’s treatment of minorities, but backs law’s determination of state symbols   The Anti-Defamation League… Read More ›