Israeli brothers killed in Samaria terror shooting
February 27, 2023 by JNS
Two Israelis were killed in a terrorist attack near the village of Huwara, south of Nablus, in Samaria on Sunday. Read more
Israel approves 400-plus housing units in Judea
February 23, 2023 by JNS
The Higher Planning Committee of Israel’s Civil Administration on Wednesday approved the construction of more than 400 housing units in the town of Elazar in Judea. Read more
Three more judicial reform bills pass first reading in Knesset
February 23, 2023 by JNS
Three draft laws related to the government’s judicial reform program passed their first reading in the Knesset plenum on Wednesday. Read more
Helen Mirren claims Golda Meir would disagree with Netanyahu government
February 22, 2023 by JNS
Non-Jewish, British actress Helen Mirren, who is playing Golda Meir in a new film, waded into hypothetical Israeli political history in an interview on Tuesday with international news agency Agence France-Presse. Read more
March of Living raises $500,000 to conserve 8,000 shoes at Auschwitz museum
February 22, 2023 by JNS
The International March of the Living announced meeting the first “Soul to Sole” crowdfunding goal to conserve 8,000 shoes belonging to Jewish children who perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Read more
Netanyahu: Bringing Saudi Arabia into Abraham Accords would be ‘quantum leap’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night said he was actively courting Saudi Arabia in an effort to persuade it to join in the Abraham Accords as that would constitute a “quantum leap” towards regional peace. Read more
Draft UN resolution demands end to Israeli ‘settlements’
A draft U.N. resolution that the Associated Press obtained demands an immediate halt to all Israeli settlement activities, condemning Israeli attempts to annex settlements and outposts and calling for their reversal. Read more
Jewish case for sending Nikki Haley to the White House
Nikki Haley’s views on foreign policy, school choice and religious liberty are “clear strengths” that endears her to the Republican Jewish electorate, author and commentator Bethany Mandel wrote in an op-ed on Wednesday in The Forward. Read more
Sotheby’s is auctioning the ‘earliest, most complete Hebrew Bible ever’
February 16, 2023 by JNS
Sotheby’s auction house is selling a Hebrew Bible that Richard Austin, its global head of books and manuscripts, calls “undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history.” Read more
Smotrich vows unrestrained building in Judea and Samaria despite US opposition
February 15, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Tuesday to promote unrestrained construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, despite opposition from the Biden administration. Read more
Prague museums return 14 artworks to heirs of Jewish collector
February 15, 2023 by JNS
Two Czech art institutions have returned 14 artworks to the heirs of a Jewish collector, from whom they were improperly taken during and after World War II, the New York State financial services department announced. Read more
Israeli soldier succumbs to wounds sustained in Jerusalem attack
February 14, 2023 by JNS
Twenty-two-year-old Israeli soldier Staff Sgt. Asil Sawaed died on Monday evening from wounds sustained earlier in the day in a terrorist attack at a checkpoint to Shuafat in eastern Jerusalem. Read more
Hateful messages projected on Anne Frank House
February 13, 2023 by JNS
An antisemite projected hateful messages on the façade of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, including the conspiracy theory that she did not pen her diary. Read more
Megastar Hugh Laurie joins cast of Israeli spy thriller ‘Tehran’
February 10, 2023 by JNS
Hugh Laurie is headed to “Tehran,” as the Israeli spy thriller has been picked up for a third season by Apple TV+, Deadline reported Wednesday. Read more
Israeli rescue teams saving lives in Turkey
February 10, 2023 by JNS
United Hatzalah, the world’s largest volunteer emergency medical service, has a team of 25 volunteers on the ground in Turkey to help save lives following the devastating earthquakes that have claimed the lives of more than 21,000 people. Read more
Madrid offers to ‘twin’ with Tel Aviv
February 10, 2023 by JNS
Call it the Spanish Reacquisition. Read more
Barcelona boycotts Israel
February 9, 2023 by JNS
Barcelona’s mayor Ada Colau notified Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today that she is suspending all of the Spanish city’s ties with Israel. Read more
South Africa Rugby drops invitation to Israeli team
February 6, 2023 by JNS
South Africa Rugby has withdrawn an invitation for the Tel Aviv Heat to participate in a tournament slated to begin next month. Read more
Ehud Barak compares judicial-reform compromise to appeasement of Nazis
February 6, 2023 by JNS
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Friday likened efforts by President Isaac Herzog to mediate between the coalition and opposition over the government’s proposed judicial reform to the West’s appeasement of Nazi Germany. Read more
Netanyahu slams ‘explicit threat’ by protest leader to murder him
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night harshly criticised what he said was a “growing wave” of threats directed at himself and other officials, after a leader of the anti-government protests appeared to call for his assassination. Read more
UN chooses to turn a blind eye’ to Palestinian incitement and support for terror
February 5, 2023 by JNS
The Israeli government has expressed its dismay with a statement released on Feb. 3 by the U.N. high commissioner on human rights that sought to quell what he termed the “illogic of escalation” in “Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Read more
Israel’s attorney general warns Netanyahu not to interfere in judicial reform
February 3, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that he should not involve himself in his government’s judicial reform proposals due to a conflict of interests. Read more
Russia urges Israel not to arm Ukraine
February 2, 2023 by JNS
Russia on Wednesday warned Israel against arming Ukraine after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated he was considering providing military assistance to Kyiv and was willing to mediate. Read more
Abbas to US: Security cooperation with Israel will be restored
February 1, 2023 by JNS
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas told CIA Director William Burns in Ramallah on Sunday that security cooperation with Israel will be restored, Channel 12 reported on Monday. Read more
Bennett vows return to premiership
February 1, 2023 by JNS
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet vowed on Monday to return to politics, comparing himself to Yitzhak Rabin and Benjamin Netanyahu, both of whom recaptured the premiership after lengthy periods out of office. Read more
Tens of thousands attend third mass rally in Tel Aviv
January 23, 2023 by JNS
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to protest against the government’s planned judicial reform. Read more
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising photos
January 18, 2023 by JNS
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews revealed on Monday new-found images of the Nazis mercilessly putting down the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Revolt. Read more
Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, PA meeting to discuss Israeli government
January 18, 2023 by JNS
Jordanian King Abdullah and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas visited Cairo on Tuesday for a meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Read more
Netanyahu: Israeli held by Hamas in 2014 in Gaza is alive
January 18, 2023 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that Hamas captive Avera Mengistu is alive, a day after the Palestinian terrorist group released a video purportedly of him. Read more
Netanyahu: Israel cannot be swept away by ‘inflammatory’ slogans
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended his government’s judicial reform plan and called on opposition leaders to stop threatening “civil war” and speaking of “the destruction of the state.” Read more
