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At Least 50 CUNY Professors Quit Union Over Resolution Calling Israel A ‘Settler-Colonial State’

At Least 50 CUNY Professors Quit Union Over Resolution Calling Israel A ‘Settler-Colonial State’

NEW YORK (JTA) — At least 50 professors at the City University of New York have quit their union following passage of a resolution condemning… Read More ›

US and China trade barbs after another high-level meeting but say they want to keep talking

US and China trade barbs after another high-level meeting but say they want to keep talking

Washington – The US and China fought a war of words Monday as each side worked to set the narrative after their latest testy senior-level… Read More ›

Coronavirus in Israel: Number of serious patients nears 100

Coronavirus in Israel: Number of serious patients nears 100

“If you don’t get vaccinated, you put yourself and your loved ones in danger, especially the elderly,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said. The Education and… Read More ›

Israel’s unlikely Olympian hero

Israel’s unlikely Olympian hero

Opinion: Despite Taekwondo’s relative obscurity in Israel, her tender age and being on active military duty, 19-year-old Avishag Semberg conquers all odds to become the… Read More ›

Lapid and Gantz said to warn US: Iran is close to nuclear threshold

Lapid and Gantz said to warn US: Iran is close to nuclear threshold

Senior diplomat cautions that Tehran could take advantage of lull in talks, until Iran’s new president installed, to advance program Israeli authorities have warned US… Read More ›

Germans Divided Over Restrictions For The Unvaccinated

Germans Divided Over Restrictions For The Unvaccinated

BERLIN (AP) — German politicians were deeply divided Sunday over a warning by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff that restrictions for unvaccinated people may… Read More ›

Pizza for Italy and Dracula for Romania. South Korean broadcaster apologizes for its Olympic ‘inexcusable mistake’

Pizza for Italy and Dracula for Romania. South Korean broadcaster apologizes for its Olympic ‘inexcusable mistake’

Seoul, South Korea – The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is a gratuitously enjoyable affair, with bulging muscles and beaming athletes proudly walking the Parade of… Read More ›

Israeli NGO trademarks Ben & Jerry’s knockoff after boycott – report

Israeli NGO trademarks Ben & Jerry’s knockoff after boycott – report

Tel Aviv-based Shurat HaDin Law Center has reportedly registered a trademark for “Judea and Samaria’s Ben & Jerry’s” with Zionist flavors. The ice cream debate… Read More ›

Report: Hezbollah commander, IRGC senior official killed in Israeli strikes

Report: Hezbollah commander, IRGC senior official killed in Israeli strikes

Lebanese terror group confirms death of operative, but does not specify circumstances; Iran yet to comment on killing of Iranian official, with Al-Arabiya reporting he… Read More ›

Serious virus cases rise to 97, in highest tally since early May

Serious virus cases rise to 97, in highest tally since early May

Experts say vaccine still preventing hospitalized patients’ deterioration; PM urges youth to get inoculated ahead of upcoming school year Health Ministry data released Sunday morning… Read More ›

Happening Now: 500,000+ Expected to Participate in annual Tu B’Av Together for Shidduchim on Sunday

Happening Now: 500,000+ Expected to Participate in annual Tu B’Av Together for Shidduchim on Sunday

In what has become an annual event, half a million people are expected to participate in the Yad L’Achim’s Tu B’Av Together day of tefillah.… Read More ›

Annemiek van Vleuten crossed the line and thought she’d won cycling gold. She hadn’t

Annemiek van Vleuten crossed the line and thought she’d won cycling gold. She hadn’t

Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten threw her arms up in the air, her face a picture of ecstasy and joy. That’s what you do when… Read More ›

Palestinian Authority official says PA ready for direct talks with Israel

Palestinian Authority official says PA ready for direct talks with Israel

The Palestinian Authority’s Hussein Al-Sheikh told The Media Line that the PA is ready for direct talks with Israel. Civil Affairs Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh is… Read More ›

Spyware for sale: The booming trade in surveillance tech

Spyware for sale: The booming trade in surveillance tech

With revelations about Israeli-made Pegasus being misused by governments, calls are growing for the spyware industry to face greater regulation, or even a moratorium on… Read More ›

Bennett: Vaccine refusers are endangering the entire country

Bennett: Vaccine refusers are endangering the entire country

PM warns another lockdown is possible if one million holdouts aren’t immunized, says aim is ‘to have an open and safe country’ Prime Minister Naftali… Read More ›

Giant Screen Collapses Ahead Of Rolling Loud Music Festival

Giant Screen Collapses Ahead Of Rolling Loud Music Festival

MIAMI (AP) — A giant video screen collapsed Thursday at a South Florida stadium, a day before the Rolling Loud hip-hop music festival was set… Read More ›

Beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková-Nausch left in tears as Czech star misses Olympics due to positive Covid-19 result

Beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková-Nausch left in tears as Czech star misses Olympics due to positive Covid-19 result

Czech beach volleyball players Markéta Sluková-Nausch and Barbora Hermannova are coming to terms with being ruled out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games as the… Read More ›

Syrian air defense intercepted Israeli attack, Syrian media claims

Syrian air defense intercepted Israeli attack, Syrian media claims

Western intelligence sources have said Israel’s stepped-up strikes on Syria since last year are part of a shadow war approved by the United States. Syria’s… Read More ›

Israel’s government must end its coronavirus paralysis

Israel’s government must end its coronavirus paralysis

Opinion: In this time of uncertainty, our leaders should not be taking great risks either with all-out closure or by refusing any mitigation measures at… Read More ›

Israeli jets said to strike inside Syria for second time this week

Israeli jets said to strike inside Syria for second time this week

Damascus says air defenses confronting ‘Israeli aggression’ near Homs, days after reported attack on Iranian weapons depot and missile fire from Lebanon Israeli planes carried… Read More ›