Dershowitz: Amanpour equating terrorists and victims is beneath contempt

Rabbi Leo Dee, who said he is considering suing CNN for $1.3 billion, has retained the attorney and former Harvard Law school professor Alan Dershowitz on a pro bono basis. Read more

White House wants Saudi-Israel deal by year’s end

The White House is pressing for an Israeli-Saudi peace deal in the next six months before U.S. President Joe Biden goes into full campaign mode, Axios reported, citing two U.S. officials. Read more

CNN’s Amanpour yet to retract calling murder of Dee women a ‘shootout’

The earliest recorded use of the term “shootout”—defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “a sustained exchange of shooting, a gun-fight”—comes from a 1953 New York Times article, which refers to a “justly famous shoot-out between the Earps and the Clantons in the O-K Corral.” Read more

Israeli foreign minister announces: ‘No tweets like this again’

First, Elon Musk tweeted something at the very least ungenerous about George Soros. Read more

Leo Dee in talks to become Israeli special envoy to Jewish world

Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has offered Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a Palestinian terrorist attack, to become a special envoy to Jewish communities worldwide. Read more

Jerusalem to be Israel’s first million-denizen city

Jerusalem is on track to become Israel’s first city with more than one million residents, according to data published ahead of Thursday’s celebrations marking 56 years of a reunified capital. Read more

Protesters urge intifada at ‘Nakba’ Day in London

Protesters at an anti-Israel, “Nakba Day” march in London on May 13 called for an “intifada” against Israeli “apartheid.” Read more

Nazi-linked jewels set record of $156 million at auction

A collection of 700 jewels belonging to the wife of a billionaire businessman who grew his wealth as a member of the Nazi Party came up for auction through Christie’s auction house in London on May 10. Read more

King Charles to visit Israel

Preparations are underway for newly-crowned King Charles of England to become the first British sovereign to visit the Holy Land, British media reported on Sunday. Read more

Gazan labourer killed by Islamic Jihad rocket recognized as victim of terror

A Palestinian man from Gaza killed by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket on May 13 while he was working in Israel has been recognised by the state as a victim of terrorism. Read more

Israel’s UN envoy calls for boycott of Nakba Day event

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Sunday sent a personal letter to all member state representatives urging them not to attend a “Nakba Day” event scheduled for the next day. Read more

Hezbollah builds 27 new bases in Lebanon under cover of fake NGO

Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed on Monday that Hezbollah has in the past year constructed no fewer than 27 military posts along the Blue Line, a demarcation separating Israel and Lebanon. Read more

Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir in spat over response to Gaza terror

The latest rocket barrage from the Gaza Strip sparked intra-coalition fighting on Wednesday between the Likud Party and one of its more right-wing partners seeking greater influence over policy in the fight against terror. Read more

Frankfurt returns painting to heirs of Jewish collector murdered in the Holocaust

Fritz von Uhde’s painting “Portray of a Lady” will be restituted to the heirs of Jewish collector Gustav Rüdenberg, according to an agreement with the Städel museum in Frankfurt, Germany, which the New York Department of Financial Services announced on May 4. Read more

Leah Goldin demands son’s remains before Israel returns body of terrorist

The mother of an Israeli soldier whose body is being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip is demanding that the government not return the corpse of Islamic Jihad terrorist Khader Adnan until her son and other captives are returned. Read more

Israeli forces eliminate Hamas terrorists who murdered Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee

Israeli forces on Thursday eliminated the Palestinian terrorists who last month murdered three members of the Dee family in the Jordan Valley. Read more

US Security Coordinator submits new report on death of Al Jazeera journalist

The U.S. Security Coordinator has submitted a new report on the killing of an Al Jazeera journalist in Jenin in May 2022, which is said to confirm the USSC’s previous finding that her death was unintentional. Read more

Herzog to represent Israel at King Charles coronation

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will represent the Jewish state at Saturday’s coronation in London of British monarch King Charles III. Read more

Dutch survey: 10% of history teachers have Holocaust-denying students

The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, which is nearly 65 years old, is consistently one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands. Yet public school teachers report an alarming rate of Holocaust denial among Dutch students. Read more

Rabbi Harold Kushner, 88, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People’

Rabbi Harold Kushner, bestselling author and rabbi of 24 years at the Conservative Temple Israel Natick, Mass., where he earned the title rabbi laureate, died on April 27. He was 88 years old. Read more

World Rugby says pulling Israel from tournament wasn’t discriminatory

World Rugby, the world’s governing body for the sport, has ruled that the South African Rugby Union’s decision to disinvite an Israeli team from a competition in February wasn’t discrimination. Read more

Ben-Gvir reiterates call to loosen criteria for arming citizens

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday reiterated his call to make it easier for civilians to obtain a license to carry firearms, describing it as one of his “overarching goals.” Read more

Guardian removes cartoon slammed as antisemitic

The London-based Guardian newspaper has apologised for and removed from its website a cartoon depicting outgoing BBC chairman Richard Sharp after it was accused of spreading antisemitic tropes. Read more

Estimated 600,000 supporters of judicial reform gather outside Knesset

Two suspects were arrested on Thursday in Tel Aviv, as anti-government protesters attacked Israel’s economy minister Nir Barkat. Meanwhile, organisers estimated 600,000 advocates of judicial reform gathered in Jerusalem. Read more

Harry Belafonte, grandson of Dutch Sephardic Jew, dies at age 96

Harry Belafonte, a singer and actor of Jewish descent who brought joy to millions over a long career and challenged Americans to address ongoing social challenges, died in his sleep from congestive heart failure on April 25. He was 96 years old. Read more

Lindsey Graham: Normalization with Saudi Arabia possible by 2024

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that a normalisation agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia was achievable within a year, but warned that the window of opportunity was closing. Read more

PA chief Abbas, senior Hamas officials in Saudi Arabia

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Tuesday. Read more

Hebrew U. researchers develop new method to prevent mosquito bites

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have developed a safe new method of preventing mosquito bites using a skin coating from naturally occurring cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Read more

Nearly half of the world’s Jews live in Israel

At the start of 2022, there were a total of 15.3 million Jews in the world, 7 million of whom, roughly 46% of all Jews worldwide, resided in Israel, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics revealed on Sunday. Read more

Israeli government moves to tackle haredi draft conundrum

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting on Sunday to address a longstanding issue pertaining to drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israel Defence Forces. Read more

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