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Bill Would Cancel Property-Tax Discount for Foreign-Funded NGOs

Bill Would Cancel Property-Tax Discount for Foreign-Funded NGOs

Currently, the Municipal Tax and Government Tax Ordinance extends discounts to all kinds of nongovernmental organizations that are approved by the interior minister.   MK… Read More ›

David Friedman sworn in as Trump’s envoy to Israel

David Friedman sworn in as Trump’s envoy to Israel

Pence administers oath of office to former bankruptcy lawyer, a staunch supporter of the Jewish state and first Trump ambassador to take office   Bankruptcy… Read More ›

Jordan’s King Abdullah: Israel Undermining Chances of Peace

Jordan’s King Abdullah: Israel Undermining Chances of Peace

Abdullah also said that regional stability depends on the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by the way of a two-state solution.   Jordanian King Abdullah on… Read More ›

Hamas warns Faqha’s killing could impede prisoner exchange

Hamas warns Faqha’s killing could impede prisoner exchange

Mahmoud al-Zahar says mysterious assassination will ‘disrupt’ negotiations over Israelis held hostage by his group in Gaza   A senior leader in Hamas said Tuesday… Read More ›

Ukraine – Ukrainian War Hero And Lawmaker Slurs Jews

Ukraine – Ukrainian War Hero And Lawmaker Slurs Jews

  Ukraine – A Ukrainian lawmaker and war hero used a word usually translated as “kikes” in complaining that Jews wield excessive power in her… Read More ›

Egypt’s last Jews aim to keep heritage alive

Egypt’s last Jews aim to keep heritage alive

From a full community with alleged roots in the country since the times of the pharaohs to a mere 18 today in the entire country,… Read More ›

Kagame hails Rwanda-Israel bond at AIPAC

Kagame hails Rwanda-Israel bond at AIPAC

Rwandan president says Jewish state’s existence not an ‘infringement’ on others, highlights both countries as victims of genocide   WASHINGTON (AFP) — Rwanda’s President Paul… Read More ›

Israeli Americans assimilate more than US Jews

Israeli Americans assimilate more than US Jews

There are almost one million Israelis living in the Diaspora, but their failure to connect to the local Jewish communities has led to high assimilation… Read More ›

Online slip-up led police to JCC bomb threat suspect

Online slip-up led police to JCC bomb threat suspect

Israeli-American teenager said to have forgotten on at least 1 occasion to mask IP address when issuing threatening calls   The Israeli-American teenager arrested Thursday… Read More ›

Experts Warn That Trump Budget for Foreign and Cripples Antisemitism Fight

Experts Warn That Trump Budget for Foreign and Cripples Antisemitism Fight

Panel members encouraged lawmakers to codify a common definition of antisemitism that would provide Americans and their diplomats with a clear understanding of what to… Read More ›

‘If AntiSemitic Parties Rise to Power, We Will Call on European Jews to Flee’

‘If AntiSemitic Parties Rise to Power, We Will Call on European Jews to Flee’

Rabbinical Center of Europe discusses concerns on extremism at conference.   A European Jewish leader said Monday that the rise of extremist parties in Europe… Read More ›

Israeli Arabs’ self-inflicted defeat

Israeli Arabs’ self-inflicted defeat

Op-ed: There is only one party in the Knesset that has no room in any coalition or government. As long as the Joint List’s language… Read More ›

AIPAC confab to seek bipartisan spirit in deeply polarized capital

AIPAC confab to seek bipartisan spirit in deeply polarized capital

On agenda for March 26-28 pro-Israel lobby conference: Iran, boycott efforts, foreign assistance, but no mention of two states   WASHINGTON (JTA) – Maintaining Iran… Read More ›

German BDS Events Canceled in Frankfurt and Bonn

German BDS Events Canceled in Frankfurt and Bonn

Jewish community and Wiesenthal Center welcome the decisions in Bonn and Frankfurt.   After a wave of objections to a boycott-Israel event scheduled for next… Read More ›

Assad: Russia has ‘important role’ in preventing Israel-Syria clash

Assad: Russia has ‘important role’ in preventing Israel-Syria clash

Syrian dictator defends decision to fire anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli planes, says protecting country’s borders ‘our duty’   Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Monday… Read More ›

Shin Bet chief warns: Current calm in violence is deceiving

Shin Bet chief warns: Current calm in violence is deceiving

Director Nadav Argaman says terror cells, particularly organized ones belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, are working constantly to carry out terror attacks and will… Read More ›

Shin Bet chief: For Hamas, Passover is prime time for terror

Shin Bet chief: For Hamas, Passover is prime time for terror

Nadav Argaman warns lull in security incidents during 2016 is ‘deceptive,’ as terror groups still seek to carry out attacks   The head of the… Read More ›

Germany MPS Investigate Pro-Hezbollah Academic Finkelstein

Germany MPS Investigate Pro-Hezbollah Academic Finkelstein

  In a dramatic widening of an academic antisemitism scandal at the Max Planck Institute for the promotion of lectures delivered by a pro-Hezbollah instructor,… Read More ›

Leave secular conscientious objectors alone

Leave secular conscientious objectors alone

Op-ed: A refusal to serve in the territories is perceived as a refusal to accept the majority’s political decision. It is no different, however, from… Read More ›

AJC Urges Congress to Back Letter to Trump Calling for Two-States

AJC Urges Congress to Back Letter to Trump Calling for Two-States

The AJC letter is the latest salvo by establishment Jewish organizations to preserve the two-state solution in light of two signals that the Republican Party… Read More ›