Jews fleeing Ukraine arrive in Israel recount assaults by pro-Russian rebels
July 3, 2015 by Agencies
Two Jewish refugees who say they endured torture by pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine arrived in Israel after making aliyah on Wednesday. Read more
Hamas official confirms that indirect talks with Israel are underway
Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of Hamas’s leaders in the West Bank, has confirmed that Israel and the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terrorist group are in the midst of negotiations through mediators. Read more
Help is on the way
June 25, 2015 by Agencies
Meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and seven cabinet ministers in Jerusalem, Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky announced that The Jewish Agency will increase the number of Israel Fellows dispatched to college campuses abroad by more than 30% in order to help combat rising efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel. Read more
WJC welcomes U.S. Senate’s stand against BDS
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today hailed the United States Senate’s decision to approve a strong stand against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement included in the Fast Track trade bill. Read more
Netanyahu addresses The Jewish Agency Assembly
June 24, 2015 by Agencies
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has addressed hundreds of Jewish leaders gathered for the 2015 Jewish Agency for Israel Assembly in Tel Aviv. Read more
BDS condemned in U.S. House of Representatives
June 19, 2015 by Agencies
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a new measure in the U.S. House of Representatives condemning resolutions or policies promoting boycotts of Israeli academic institutions and scholars by American universities or scholarly associations. Read more
Hamas mulling truce…in exchange for seaport
June 17, 2015 by Agencies
Hamas leaders are discussing a possible five-year cease-fire with Israel during a meeting with Qatar, according to the Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper. Read more
The Israeli Report on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
June 16, 2015 by Agencies
The Israeli Report on the 2014 Gaza Conflict was presented to media in Jerusalem this week. Read more
Orange will never support a boycott against Israel
June 14, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former president Shimon Peres have met with Orange Chairman and CEO Stephane Richard in Jerusalem following the French company’s reversal of its decision to break off its relations with Israel. Read more
Spanish parliament approves law granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews
Spain’s Chamber of Deputies has approved a law aimed at granting citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. Read more
Middle East: An opportunity for new alliances
The turmoil in the Middle East presents an opportunity for new alliances that can help bring about a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an hour long address at the closing of the 2015 Herzliya Conference. Read more
Australian animals brutally slaughtered in Israel
June 9, 2015 by Agencies
Footage has been shown on Israeli television of the brutal slaughter of cattle shipped to Israel from Australia. Read more
Lord Sacks says Jews now hated for their nation State
June 9, 2015 by Agencies
At a roundtable discussion entitled “Islam and BDS in Europe: A Strategic Threat?”, held today at the 2015 Herzliya Conference, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi Emeritus of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth discussed the issue of new antisemitism and its manifestation with the BDS movement, claiming that “Anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism” and calling on Europe to support Jews in opposition against this new form of racism. Read more
Orange to stay in Israel
In the latest shift in a back-and-forth saga, the CEO of the French telecommunications giant Orange told the AFP news agency on Saturday that the company is in Israel “to stay.” Read more
French telecom company Orange confirms plans to pull out of Israel
June 5, 2015 by Agencies
The French telecommunications giant Orange on Thursday followed up on its CEO’s endorsement of ending the company’s dealings in Israel by confirming that Orange plans to cut ties with Partner Communications Ltd., its affiliate that provides cell phone service in the Jewish state. Read more
Opening banter
June 4, 2015 by Agencies
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully has met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Read more
President Rivlin meets U.N. Middle East special envoy
June 4, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has held his first working meeting with UN Middle East Special Envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, during which they spoke about the current security and political situation in the region. Read more
Maccabeats return to Melbourne
The popular Maccabeats, an a Capella group from Yeshivah University in New York, will return to Melbourne next month for their “return down under” concert. Read more
Frank Lowy OK
May 19, 2015 by Agencies
Frank Lowy appears to have survived his dramatic fall at Sunday’s A-League final. Read more
An award for Helen Mirren
May 14, 2015 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) and The Weinstein Company announced today that Academy Award winner Helen Mirren will receive the WJC Recognition Award for her role in the acclaimed film ‘Woman in Gold’ and for helping to educate the public about the issues of Nazi-looted art. Read more
Israel-German relationship “a miracle”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called the relationship between Israel and Germany “a miracle”. Read more
Day One at the antisemitism global forum
May 13, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Naftali Bennett, were among the many officials who spoke at the opening session of the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism in Jerusalem yesterday. Read more
Rivlin, Berlin and the Holocaust
May 12, 2015 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has spoken in Berlin of the Holocaust at at the infamous Platform 17 from which the city’s Jews were transported to Auschwitz. Read more
Rivlin in Germany
May 12, 2015 by Agencies
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has joined the Mayor of Berlin, Michael Muller in a symbolic walk through the city’s Brandenburg Gate. Read more
The end of the war
May 8, 2015 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin and Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations have both delivered important speeches on the 70th anniversary marking the end of WWII. Read more
Danby supports arrest and extradition
May 8, 2015 by Agencies
Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has told Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper that an Israeli woman should face charges of child sex abuse whilst employed in Melbourne if allegations of her doing so were true. Read more
IsraeLife Delegation Lauded for Tremendous Rescue Efforts
May 5, 2015 by Agencies
The IsraeLife delegation to Nepal, with the participation of United Hatzalah, ZAKA and F.I.R.S.T volunteers, has completed its mission of recovering the body of missing Israeli trekker Or Asraf and transferring the body to his family for a proper burial in Israel. Read more
At work in Nepal
May 3, 2015 by Agencies
Nine senior medical personnel from Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital are playing a crucial role in the IDF’s rescue mission in Nepal. Read more
Nepal: IsraAID team finds woman still alive after five days
May 1, 2015 by Agencies
IsraAID’s Search and Rescue Team (SAR) in Kathmandu has rescued a young woman five days after a catastrophic hit Nepal. Read more
Chabad Nepal rabbi’s children evacuated to Israel
April 30, 2015 by Agencies
As he continues to follow closely the developments in Nepal and the progress of Israel’s aid mission there, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has hosted the children of the Lubavitch Chabad emissaries based in Nepal. Read more
