Qatar slams Netanyahu over leaked criticism
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is “appalled” by unconfirmed audio recordings reported in Israeli media of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticising the Gulf state during a meeting with Israeli hostage families, the ministry’s official spokesman Majed Al Ansari said on Wednesday. Read more
World number of Holocaust survivors
January 24, 2024 by JNS
There are about 245,000 Holocaust survivors alive, according to a new Claims Conference report. Read more
Guterres meets freed Israeli hostages in Davos
January 19, 2024 by JNS
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres met with released Israeli hostages for the first time on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more
Two Israeli hostages confirmed dead, bodies being held by Hamas
January 17, 2024 by JNS
Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky have died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Tuesday night in Israel. Read more
South Africa strips Jewish cricketer of captaincy
South Africa’s Under-19 team on Friday stripped Jewish cricketer David Teeger of his captaincy, citing “concerns for his safety” following pro-Israel comments he made ahead of the kickoff of the World Cup. Read more
Russell Crowe to play Nazi Party henchman Hermann Göring in ‘Nuremberg’ film
January 11, 2024 by JNS
A new drama will feature two acclaimed actors in a film exploring whether madness or malice drove the Third Reich’s reign of terror. Read more
Open letter about Oscars calls out diversity initiative exclusion of Jews
January 11, 2024 by JNS
New rules by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—known for presenting the annual Oscar awards in Hollywood, Calif.—go into effect this year to qualify for the Best Picture category. Read more
UNRWA teachers Telegram channel glorifies Oct. 7 Hamas massacre
January 11, 2024 by JNS
A Telegram channel for UNRWA teachers in Gaza with over 3,000 members contains messages glorifying the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7 and encouraging the execution of Israeli hostages, an investigation by Geneva-based human rights NGO UN Watch has found. Read more
Idan Amedi, ‘Fauda’ star, seriously injured in Gaza
January 9, 2024 by JNS
The musician and actor Idan Amedi, 35, who plays Sagi in the Netflix series “Fauda,” was reportedly seriously injured while serving as a reservist with the Combat Engineering Corps in Khan Yunis in Gaza. Read more
3 million tourists visited Israel in 2023 before Hamas war
January 9, 2024 by JNS
Three million tourists visited Israel last year, with the first nine months before the outbreak of the war with Hamas setting a record for tourism from the United States, the Israeli Tourism Ministry announced on Monday. Read more
Wounded soldier ended up being treated at his father’s hospital
January 5, 2024 by JNS
Dr Roni Eichel, the head of neurology at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem, has two sons serving in elite combat units in the Israel Defence Forces. Read more
Qantas crew members don Palestinian pins while serving passengers
Qantas has received a rebuke from AJA for a decision by staffers to display Palestinian flag pins on a Dec. 20 flight from Melbourne to Hobart. Read more
Netanyahu confirms Israel engaged in new talks on releasing hostages
December 29, 2023 by JNS
During a meeting on Thursday with representatives of captives still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that his government was engaged in negotiations to return “everyone.” Read more
Mia Shem opens up about Gaza captivity: ‘Everyone there is a terrorist’
December 29, 2023 by JNS
In her first television interview since being released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip four weeks ago, Israeli Mia Shem opens up about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Palestinian residents of the coastal enclave. Read more
‘NY Times’ op-ed page gives voice to Hamas-appointed Gaza mayor
December 27, 2023 by JNS
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the news, not a keyboard was clanking, except in New York to target the Jews. Read more
South African Jews—a community under threat?
December 27, 2023 by JNS
Jews have been an integral part of the fabric of society in South Africa since the seventeenth century when some arrived with the early Dutch settlers…writes Rolene Marks. Read more
Torah scroll, hidden during Holocaust, brought to Yad Vashem
December 25, 2023 by JNS
A Torah scroll hidden in the attic of a synagogue in Poland that was ransacked on Kristallnacht was placed in the Holy Ark at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust remembrance centre. Read more
Gadi Haggai, 73, first US hostage confirmed killed by Hamas
December 24, 2023 by JNS
An Israeli-American is the first U.S. citizen taken hostage who has died in Hamas captivity in Gaza, a group representing the families of Hamas prisoners announced on Friday. Read more
Antisemitism ‘context’ at Harvard costs the school another billionaire donor
December 22, 2023 by JNS
Len Blavatnik has joined a “donor revolt” following Harvard University president Claudine Gay’s testimony before Congress that it depends on context whether calling for genocide against Jews violates school policy, Bloomberg reported. Read more
Seinfeld visits Be’eri during solidarity visit to Israel
December 21, 2023 by JNS
American Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld toured Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the Gaza border communities whose residents were murdered during Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught on the northwestern Negev. Read more
South Africa threatens to prosecute citizens fighting for IDF
December 20, 2023 by JNS
The South African government has threatened to prosecute citizens fighting for the Israel Defense Forces against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to a Monday report by Agence France Presse. Read more
London to bar ‘extremist Israeli settlers’ from entering UK territories
The United Kingdom has become the first European nation to bar “extremist Israeli settlers” from entering its territories, a week after the United States announced a similar travel ban. Read more
Barak calls for Netanyahu’s ouster despite war raging
December 13, 2023 by JNS
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak recently laid out his plans to oust the current premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, despite Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Read more
What river? What sea?
Some may wonder what students understand when they chant the antisemitic slogan “From the river to the sea.” Read more
Sole survivor of family celebrates bar mitzvah two months after massacre
Two months after his parents and two sisters were brutally murdered in their home by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 massacre at Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Ariel Zohar celebrated his bar mitzvah on Thursday. Read more
Maccabi World Union unveils memorial to victims of Oct. 7
December 12, 2023 by JNS
Maccabi World Union unveiled a memorial to the 1,200 victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel and Sports Club complex in Ramat Gan. Read more
Netanyahu: Israeli troops surround Hamas senior leader Sinwar’s home
December 7, 2023 by JNS
The Israel Defence Forces has surrounded the residence of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Wednesday night. Read more
IDF finds massive weapons cache near Gaza clinic, school
December 7, 2023 by JNS
Israeli forces have located a massive stockpile of weapons near a clinic and school in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said on Wednesday, describing it as “one of the largest found” since the start of the ground invasion on Oct. 27. Read more
Neighbours ‘stunned’ after ex-SS soldier found living in sleepy English suburb
A British newspaper has revealed the hidden past of a 97-year-old gardening enthusiast living in a quiet Nottingham suburb, once a member of Hitler’s notorious Waffen SS Galizien. Read more
Netanyahu: Only Israel can demilitarize Gaza
December 6, 2023 by JNS
Israel will not accept any international force in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a primetime address on Tuesday night. Read more