Hanegbi: Netanyahu returned to politics because of Iran, not his trial

The designated head of Israel’s National Security Council, Tzahi Hanegbi, stated in an op-ed published on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu returned to politics because of the threat posed by Iran, and not because of his ongoing trial. Read more

Google fixes antisemitic definition of ‘Jew’ following uproar

Google users who typed the word “Jew” in the search feature on Tuesday found that the top definition was an antisemitic stereotype. Read more

Pandemic’s end: Israel to downgrade Covid to flu status

Those with the virus will no longer need to enter isolation, and responsibility for testing will be transferred from the IDF to the civilian health services. Read more

The cost of hate: Adidas stuck with $530 million of Ye merchandise

Hip-hop mogul Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is not the only one taking a huge financial hit from the fallout of his series of antisemitic remarks. Read more

Republican admits lying about Jewish ties, family fleeing Nazis

Republican George Santos, elected to represent New York’s third congressional district in November, admitted on Monday to lying on the campaign trail, including falsely claiming that his mother is Jewish and his grandparents fled the Nazis. Read more

Eli Cohen’s daughter to ask UAE for help retrieving Israeli spy’s body

Eli Cohen’s daughter said on Monday that she plans to formally appeal to the United Arab Emirates to help secure the return of the notorious Israeli spy’s body to the Jewish state. Read more

Whoopi Goldberg revisits controversial Shoah remarks

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg appeared to double down on her controversial Holocaust comments that earned her a suspension from the show in February. Read more

Netanyahu offers to suspend annexation plans in exchange for peace with Riyadh: report

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu would suspend plans to annex parts of Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank in exchange for the normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia, according to a report over the weekend. Read more

Ice menorah smashed at New York Chabad community

The ice-carved menorah commissioned by Upper East Side (UES) Chabad Israel Centre was smashed in an apparent antisemitic attack on Wednesday night. This incident follows a previous act of vandalism that took place at the same centre in October during the Sukkot holiday. Read more

Putin congratulates Netanyahu on election win

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on his election victory in their first phone call since the Nov. 1 vote. Read more

Biden: Silence in face of ‘vile and venom’ of antisemitism is complicity

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday denounced the pervasiveness and destructiveness of antisemitism in America and around the world at a gathering at the White House marking Chanukah. Read more

Secret document reveals EU plans to help Palestinian takeover of Area C

A document composed by the European Union’s mission in eastern Jerusalem and defined as secret exposes the E.U.’s intention to help Palestinians gain control over Area C of Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank, Israel’s Channel 13 revealed on Monday. Read more

After four months, pregnant mother shot in terror attack leaves hospital with baby

Four months after she was shot in the stomach in a terrorist attack near King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem, a pregnant Jewish woman from New York has been released from hospital with her baby. Read more

Herzog: ‘On a menorah with eight candles, there is room for us all’

On the first day of Hanukkah, Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged Jewish unity, stressing that “on a menorah with eight candles, there is room for us all. Read more

Star-studded online event to honour Holocaust survivors and share their stories

A virtual celebration featuring Holocaust survivors, including those recently evacuated from Ukraine, as well as celebrities, will take place on Dec. 20, organised by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference). Read more

Unilever settles dispute with Ben & Jerry’s over Israeli sales

Unilever plc announced on Thursday that its legal battle with the independent board of its wholly-owned autonomous subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s, over the brand’s sale of ice cream in Israel, has been resolved. Read more

Netanyahu on coalition partners: ‘They are joining me, I’m not joining them’

Israeli-Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday to ensure that all members of his prospective government will act responsibly, saying that the buck stops with him because his political partners are joining him and not vice versa. Read more

Iran booted from UN women’s commission in ‘unmistakable message’

Iran was ousted from the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday after the world body’s 54-member Economic and Social Council adopted a U.S.-initiated resolution to take that step. Read more

Hamas threatens incoming Netanyahu government

With a new right-wing government poised to take office in office in Israel, leaders of the terrorist group Hamas vowed defiance in a carefully orchestrated show of force on Wednesday. Read more

 IDF reveals new terrorist rocket launch sites near Gazan schools

The IDF announced on Wednesday that more cases of Hamas employing children as human shields are now being revealed. Read more

Poll: 72% of Palestinians support terror groups like Lions’ Den

Seventy-two per cent of the Palestinian public supports the activities of terrorist groups such as Lions’ Den, according to the latest poll conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research (PSR). Read more

Russian, Ukrainian mothers strengthen Jewish identity with Israel tour

Momentum, a group for Jewish mothers, brought 200 women from Ukraine, Russia, the Baltic states and Germany for an eight-day journey to Israel this month. Read more

Tel Aviv to host Abraham Accords-inspired Esports Peace Games

The United States Embassy in Israel, in partnership with philanthropist Sylvan Adams, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, LionTree LLC and the Israeli Esports Association, announced on Wednesday the first-ever Abraham Accords Esports Peace Games, to take place in Tel Aviv from January 26 to 28. Read more

Netanyahu: This will be a ‘liberal-nationalist’ government

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected criticism that his coalition will pursue a right-wing extremist agenda. Read more

Jewish-Ukrainian soldier killed in battle against Russia

Jewish-Ukrainian soldier Vladislav Shain was killed in action against Russian forces, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Read more

Tehran, Doha repress Iranian dissidents at World Cup

Iran and Qatar have joined forces to squash protests in the latter nation against the Islamic regime in Tehran during the FIFA World Cup. Read more

30 deaf and hearing-impaired young people celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs in Jerusalem

Thirty deaf and hearing-impaired students from across Israel celebrated their bar and bat mitzvahs in Jerusalem this week as part of a program developed by Young Israel in Israel’s Judaic Heritage Program for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired, the Jewish Agency for Israel and World Mizrachi. Read more

Holocaust survivor who translated during Eichmann trial dies at 94

Aliza Goldman, a Holocaust survivor and translator who assisted in the translation of the historic trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, died on Dec. 6 at age 94. Read more

Petition to ban Ye’s music from Apple Music, Spotify

More than 65,000 people have signed a petition to get Kanye “Ye” West’s music catalogue removed from streaming services. Read more

Nike drops Kyrie Irving following antisemitism scandal

Nike officially cut ties with NBA player Kyrie Irving on Monday, following a scandal in which the Brooklyn Nets star shared antisemitic content on social media and then failed to repudiate Jew-hatred. Read more

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