One year on, Israel’s ‘change’ government is on the brink
June 10, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s government is marking its one-year anniversary but there is little celebration…writes Charles Bybelezer. Read more
IDF to open new elite units for women soldiers
June 9, 2022 by JNS
Israel Defence Forces’ Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi has begun a screening process for women soldiers who wish to serve in combat units previously only open to male personnel, the Israeli military announced on Tuesday. Read more
Netflix CEO to visit Israel to protest bill
June 2, 2022 by JNS
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos will visit Israel this month to protest against proposed legislation that would require the company to invest in original Israeli content. Read more
Bereaved families sue Hamas for US$18 million
May 31, 2022 by JNS
The family of an Israeli police officer who was killed in a terror attack in southern Israel in 2011 has filed a US$18 million lawsuit against the Hamas terrorist organization. Read more
Photo essay, book challenge Jewish stereotypes
May 26, 2022 by JNS
A photo-journalism spread published last week by The Guardian newspaper in the UK depicts the diversity of the United Kingdom’s Jewish population and challenges the stereotype of who is a Jew. Read more
All Israeli embassies raise alert levels following assassination of IRGC officer in Tehran
Israel raised the alert level of its embassies worldwide on Monday, after an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps officer was shot dead in Tehran by unknown assailants the day before. Read more
Israeli study sheds light on organised gang rape of Jewish slaves in 17th-century Italy
May 20, 2022 by JNS
A Tel Aviv University historian has unearthed evidence of the organised gang rape of Jewish slave women and girls in 17th-century Italy. Read more
Germany seeks prison time for alleged Nazi guard at former concentration camp
May 19, 2022 by JNS
German prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison term for a man who allegedly served as a Nazi guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II, reported the Associated Press. Read more
EU cuts its UNRWA budget by 40 percent
May 17, 2022 by JNS
The European Union’s 2022-24 UNRWA aid budget will be 40% lower than during the previous three-year period, the E.U. announced last week. Read more
UN to allow display of Knesset including references to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
May 15, 2022 by JNS
Jerusalem: the eternal capital of the Jewish people.* Read more
Neo-Nazi performed Hitler salute at Buchenwald: on trial
May 15, 2022 by JNS
A neo-Nazi in the United Kingdom is on trial for allegedly being part of a banned extremist group that performed a Hitler salute in the Buchenwald concentration camp, reported The Jewish Chronicle. Read more
Auschwitz survivor, 98, wins Simon Wiesenthal Prize for Holocaust education
May 15, 2022 by JNS
A survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp who became a social-media celebrity thanks to her great-grandson was one of four people to win a Simon Wiesenthal Prize. Read more
Lufthansa stopped 100-plus Jews boarding, claims they violated mask requirement
May 11, 2022 by JNS
Jewish groups are demanding answers from Germany’s official airline Lufthansa after more than 100 identifiably Jewish Americans were denied permission to board a flight last week from Frankfurt, Germany, to Budapest, Hungary. Read more
Israeli government approves country’s first climate bill
May 10, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation has approved the country’s first climate protection bill, which aims to shift the country towards a zero-emissions economy by 2050. Read more
Thousands attend funerals for three men killed in terror attack in Israeli city of Elad
May 8, 2022 by JNS
Israel is mourning three victims of a deadly terror attack on Thursday night on Yom Ha’azmaut—Israel’s Independence Day—in the city of Elad. Read more
IAF’s Independence Day flyover sees range of aircraft over tens of cities
May 6, 2022 by JNS
The Israeli Air Force held a traditional celebratory flyover on Thursday over Israel to mark its 74th Independence Day, flying formations of F-15s, F-16s, F-35s, transport helicopters, transport planes and unmanned aerial vehicles over many Israeli cities. Read more
WZO chairman calls for Israel Memorial Day recognition for global victims of antisemitic terror
May 5, 2022 by JNS
The chairman of the World Zionist Organization has sent Israel’s prime minister a letter requesting official Yom Hazikaron, Israeli Memorial Day, recognition for the victims of anti-Semitic attacks outside the Jewish state, according to a statement from the WZO. Read more
Herzog: ‘No one asked fallen sons and daughters who was right-wing, who was left’
May 4, 2022 by JNS
Israel began marking the Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism on Tuesday evening when, at 8 p.m., a one-minute siren rang out throughout the country, causing all to stop in silence. Read more
Hamas hangs banner on Temple Mount picturing terrorist with rocket launcher
May 3, 2022 by JNS
Hamas operatives on Monday displayed a massive banner in the Temple Mount compound, bearing an Eid al-Fitr message to the Palestinian residents of eastern Jerusalem, against the backdrop of an armed terrorist. Read more
Sinwar threatens ‘war’ over Israel Police activity on the Temple Mount
May 2, 2022 by JNS
The leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, said on Saturday that a war would erupt unless Israel ceased enforcing the law at the Al Aqsa mosque, and accused Knesset member Mansour Abbas of treachery for joining Israel’s coalition government. Read more
3D-printing method may curb reef devastation plaguing coral ecosystems
May 1, 2022 by JNS
In a paper published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, researchers from four of Israel’s leading universities highlight a three-dimensional printing method they developed to preserve coral reefs. Their innovation is based on the natural structure of coral reefs off the southern coastal Israeli city of Eilat, but their model is adaptable to other marine environments and may help curb reef devastation plaguing coral ecosystems around the world. Read more
Iron Dome battery intercepts rocket launched from Gaza over Israel’s south
April 19, 2022 by JNS
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel on Monday night, triggering warning sirens in Israeli communities across the border. The Israel Defence Forces said an Iron Dome air-defence battery successfully intercepted the projectile in mid-air. Read more
Beverly Hills residents wake up to antisemitic flyers on first day of Passover
April 19, 2022 by JNS
Antisemitic flyers blaming Russia’s nearly two-month-long war in Ukraine on Jews were left in front of homes in Beverly Hills, Calif., on the first day of Passover. Read more
Mobileye’s self-driving taxi service set to start this year
April 13, 2022 by JNS
Mobileye announced that its autonomous vehicles are on track to launch in Israel and Germany later this year. Read more
Bennett: Israel goes on offensive in fight against terror
Israel is shifting “from defence to offence” in the fight against terrorism and is intensifying activities against “the sources of the terrorism at any time and any place,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Saturday. Read more
Murdered Israelis identified in Tel Aviv attack, Bennett promises ‘no limitations’ in war on terror
April 10, 2022 by JNS
The two of the three Israelis killed in a terrorist shooting at a Tel Aviv bar on Thursday night have been identified as Eytam Magini and Tomer Morad, both 27, from Kfar Saba. Read more
Bennett blames Silman resignation on ‘verbal violence’ from opponents
April 8, 2022 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett blamed the resignation of former Yamina Party Knesset member Idit Silman and her defection to the opposition on “months of verbal violence” from opponents of the current government coalition. Read more
March of the Living resumes in person with only eight Holocaust survivors
April 7, 2022 by JNS
The International March of the Living will resume in person for the first time in two years but with a reduced capacity, due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and only eight Holocaust survivors participating. Read more
UK sanctions billionaire Moshe Kantor, head of European Jewish Congress
April 7, 2022 by JNS
Russian billionaire Moshe Kantor, who heads the European Jewish Congress and other prominent Jewish organizations, was sanctioned by the United Kingdom on Wednesday. Read more
European Union funding illegal Palestinian projects in West Bank
A report by Israel’s Intelligence Ministry sharply criticizes the European Union for funding the Palestinian Authority’s illegal “takeover” of areas that are recognized as being under Israeli sovereignty. Read more
