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
British company produces 1 million kosher-for-Passover matzahs for Ukraine
April 3, 2022 by JNS
A British kosher-food manufacturer devoted its entire factory this week to produce a million matzahs for Ukraine’s Jewish community and refugees in time for Passover following a request from the Orthodox Union, reported Jewish News. Read more
Biden to Bennett: ‘US stands firmly and resolutely with Israel in the face of terror threat’
April 1, 2022 by JNS
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday night to convey America’s support amid the deadly wave of terror attacks the country is currently experiencing. Read more
Victims of terrorist shooting in Bnei Brak laid to rest
March 31, 2022 by JNS
Some of the victims of the deadly terror attack in Bnei Brak carried out Tuesday night by a Palestinian gunman were laid to rest on Wednesday. Read more
Jerusalem deputy mayor tells Blinken: ‘Please leave our capital’
Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King on Monday called on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to leave the city, saying he was “unwelcome” there, and that his presence was “creating a bad feeling.” Read more
Palestinian terror groups celebrate attack in central Israel, calling it a ‘harbinger’
March 30, 2022 by JNS
Palestinian terror groups celebrated the latest Arab terror attack on Israelis that killed four people in Bnei Brak and one in Ramat Gan in postings on social media. Read more
IDF sends four extra battalions amid security tensions in West Bank
March 29, 2022 by JNS
The Israel Defence Force’s Judea and Samaria Division will receive four additional infantry battalions on Tuesday in the wake of two deadly ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Israel, Ynet reported on Monday. Read more
Family of terrorist in town of Houra deplore attack
March 25, 2022 by JNS
The extended family of Muhammad Abu Al-Kiyan, the 34-year old Israeli man from the Bedouin town of Houra in southern Israel who murdered four Israeli civilians in a terror attack on Tuesday, condemned his actions on Wednesday. Read more
Johnson criticizes UK universities for ‘being tolerant of antisemitism’
March 25, 2022 by JNS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said universities in the United Kingdom have for “far too long been tolerant of casual or indeed systematic antisemitism.” Read more
