Israeli hospital cares for Hamas chief’s grandniece

Even as Hamas holds 136 Israelis hostage in unspeakable conditions, a close relative of the terrorist group’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, is receiving life-saving medical care at Beersheva’s Soroka Medical Centre. Read more

IDF forces progress towards Rafah as they continue to pursue Sinwar

The Israel Defence Forces’ operation against Hamas in Khan Yunis is “progressing and achieving its goals,” and troops will soon push further south to Rafah, the terror group’s last remaining stronghold in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant signalled on Monday. Read more

Montana Tucker dons yellow ribbon at Grammys to advocate for hostages 

It’s been done before: Entertainers wear all kinds of clothing and other accouterments at awards shows to highlight a particular cause. Read more

Israeli bank freezes accounts of Judea farmer accused of ‘settler violence’ by US

Yinon Levi, a farmer from Judea whom the United States recently sanctioned for alleged attacks against Palestinians, has had his Israeli bank accounts frozen, the Kan News public broadcaster reported on Sunday. Read more

BMG dumps anti-Israel musician Roger Waters

Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, an antisemite and a harsh critic of Israel, has been dropped as a client by Berlin-based music company BMG, Variety reported on Tuesday. Read more

Jews again ‘being told that their lives do not matter,’ Israeli envoy says

Meirav Eilon Shahar, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations and international organisations in Geneva, issued the statement below about International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Qatar slams Netanyahu over leaked criticism

Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is “appalled” by unconfirmed audio recordings reported in Israeli media of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticising the Gulf state during a meeting with Israeli hostage families, the ministry’s official spokesman Majed Al Ansari said on Wednesday. Read more

World number of Holocaust survivors

There are about 245,000 Holocaust survivors alive, according to a new Claims Conference report. Read more

Guterres meets freed Israeli hostages in Davos

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres met with released Israeli hostages for the first time on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more

Two Israeli hostages confirmed dead, bodies being held by Hamas

Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky have died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Tuesday night in Israel. Read more

South Africa strips Jewish cricketer of captaincy

South Africa’s Under-19 team on Friday stripped Jewish cricketer David Teeger of his captaincy, citing “concerns for his safety” following pro-Israel comments he made ahead of the kickoff of the World Cup. Read more

Russell Crowe to play Nazi Party henchman Hermann Göring in ‘Nuremberg’ film

A new drama will feature two acclaimed actors in a film exploring whether madness or malice drove the Third Reich’s reign of terror. Read more

Open letter about Oscars calls out diversity initiative exclusion of Jews

New rules by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—known for presenting the annual Oscar awards in Hollywood, Calif.—go into effect this year to qualify for the Best Picture category. Read more

UNRWA teachers Telegram channel glorifies Oct. 7 Hamas massacre

A Telegram channel for UNRWA teachers in Gaza with over 3,000 members contains messages glorifying the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7 and encouraging the execution of Israeli hostages, an investigation by Geneva-based human rights NGO UN Watch has found. Read more

Idan Amedi, ‘Fauda’ star, seriously injured in Gaza

The musician and actor Idan Amedi, 35, who plays Sagi in the Netflix series “Fauda,” was reportedly seriously injured while serving as a reservist with the Combat Engineering Corps in Khan Yunis in Gaza. Read more

3 million tourists visited Israel in 2023 before Hamas war

Three million tourists visited Israel last year, with the first nine months before the outbreak of the war with Hamas setting a record for tourism from the United States, the Israeli Tourism Ministry announced on Monday. Read more

Wounded soldier ended up being treated at his father’s hospital

Dr Roni Eichel, the head of neurology at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem, has two sons serving in elite combat units in the Israel Defence Forces. Read more

Qantas crew members don Palestinian pins while serving passengers

Qantas has received a rebuke from AJA for a decision by staffers to display Palestinian flag pins on a Dec. 20 flight from Melbourne to Hobart. Read more

Netanyahu confirms Israel engaged in new talks on releasing hostages

During a meeting on Thursday with representatives of captives still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that his government was engaged in negotiations to return “everyone.” Read more

Mia Shem opens up about Gaza captivity: ‘Everyone there is a terrorist’

In her first television interview since being released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip four weeks ago, Israeli Mia Shem opens up about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Palestinian residents of the coastal enclave. Read more

‘NY Times’ op-ed page gives voice to Hamas-appointed Gaza mayor

’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the news, not a keyboard was clanking, except in New York to target the Jews. Read more

South African Jews—a community under threat? 

Jews have been an integral part of the fabric of society in South Africa since the seventeenth century when some arrived with the early Dutch settlers…writes Rolene Marks. Read more

Torah scroll, hidden during Holocaust, brought to Yad Vashem

A Torah scroll hidden in the attic of a synagogue in Poland that was ransacked on Kristallnacht was placed in the Holy Ark at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust remembrance centre. Read more

Gadi Haggai, 73, first US hostage confirmed killed by Hamas

An Israeli-American is the first U.S. citizen taken hostage who has died in Hamas captivity in Gaza, a group representing the families of Hamas prisoners announced on Friday. Read more

Antisemitism ‘context’ at Harvard costs the school another billionaire donor

Len Blavatnik has joined a “donor revolt” following Harvard University president Claudine Gay’s testimony before Congress that it depends on context whether calling for genocide against Jews violates school policy, Bloomberg reported. Read more

Seinfeld visits Be’eri during solidarity visit to Israel

American Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld toured Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the Gaza border communities whose residents were murdered during Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught on the northwestern Negev. Read more

South Africa threatens to prosecute citizens fighting for IDF

The South African government has threatened to prosecute citizens fighting for the Israel Defense Forces against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to a Monday report by Agence France Presse. Read more

London to bar ‘extremist Israeli settlers’ from entering UK territories

The United Kingdom has become the first European nation to bar “extremist Israeli settlers” from entering its territories, a week after the United States announced a similar travel ban. Read more

Barak calls for Netanyahu’s ouster despite war raging

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak recently laid out his plans to oust the current premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, despite Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Read more

What river? What sea?

Some may wonder what students understand when they chant the antisemitic slogan “From the river to the sea.” Read more

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