Renewal of Israel-Turkey ties a ‘win-win’ for both countries and the region, say analysts

After 14 years of strained relations, Israel and Turkey agreed to restore full diplomatic ties. Read more

Jewish Agency in Russia soldiers on despite tensions, immigration surge

The Jewish Agency, which helps Jews immigrate to Israel, stands on shaky ground in Russia, as a Moscow court is set to hold a trial on its dissolution August 19. Read more

Israel should act cautiously amid Jewish Agency row with Russia, analysts advise

Russia-Israel tensions have intensified in recent days as Moscow appears primed to force the “dissolution” of the Jewish Agency for Israel operations in the country. Read more

Abbas and Haniyeh did not want to meet, say observers

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau, shook hands in Algeria on Tuesday, but according to analysts, they would have preferred not to. Read more

What’s ahead for Israel?

Events have been moving swiftly since Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on June 20 their intention to dismantle the government. Read more

UK to pass legislation preventing public bodies from engaging in boycotts

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has resolved to pass legislation that will stop public bodies from adopting anti-Israel boycott resolutions. Read more

Dutch government rejects Amnesty’s apartheid report

The government of the Netherlands rejected Amnesty International’s report on Feb. 1 accusing Israel of apartheid. Read more

Negev Summit boosts Abraham Accords, but Iran issue leaves partners concerned

A bright sun shone over the oasis-like Kedma resort hotel in Israel’s southern Negev Desert during what was dubbed the Negev Summit, hosted by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and featuring U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and four Arab foreign ministers. Read more

Conversion bill delayed, but tensions over issues associated with Jewish law remain

The Knesset, which was to vote to revamp rules regarding Jewish conversion, has delayed the bill until the start of its summer session in May due to the political sensitivity of the issue. Read more

Rescue flight brings 100 Jewish children from Zhitomir, Ukraine, to safety in Israel

They fled a war zone with little more than the clothes on their backs. Less than two weeks later, they were greeted on the tarmac by the prime minister of Israel. Read more

Ukrainian refugees, Jewish groups among them, pour across Moldovan border

PALANCA, MOLDOVA – The lead-grey skies suited the grim events on the ground as thousands of Ukrainian refugees streamed across Palanca, a sleepy border outpost in Moldova, as Russian forces stepped up attacks in southern Ukraine on Thursday. Read more

Israel ‘must go on offensive’ to counter fallacious content by Amnesty International, urge watchdogs

Israel’s government and a host of Jewish groups denounced Amnesty International’s new report condemning Israel for “the crime against humanity of apartheid.” Read more

Was Erdoğan’s meeting with rabbinic leaders a ‘spectacle of tolerance’?

When the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (ARIS) gathered its members for the first time under one roof in a multiday conference last week in Istanbul, the event became more than a garden-variety gathering when, to the rabbis’ surprise, they found themselves invited to dinner at the presidential palace in Ankara by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Read more

Israeli conviction of Spanish citizen in terror-funding case could be ‘game-changer,’ say observers

A Spanish citizen who admitted to raising funds for a Palestinian NGO that were diverted to a terrorist organization agreed to a plea bargain on Nov. 10 in an Israeli military court. Read more

Rescuing Afghanistan’s last Jew

One of the most extraordinary stories of the Afghan pullout is the rescue of Afghanistan’s last Jew—Zebulon Simantov, who lived in and took care of Kabul’s synagogue. Read more

Israel vs. Facebook: Knesset bill seeks to rein in social-media censorship

Knesset member Galit Distel-Atbaryan of the Likud Party, who says Facebook targeted her for her right-wing views, introduced a law in June to give citizens recourse should they find themselves out of favour with the social networks. Read more

Iranian dissident delegation meets with Israeli Foreign Ministry

It was billed as the first Iranian delegation to Israel since the fall of the Shah 42 years earlier. Read more

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