Yet another Likud MK bolts party to join Sa’ar’s New Hope movement

Likud Knesset member Sharren Haskel resigned from the Knesset on Wednesday and announced that she would be joining former Likud lawmaker Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party. Read more

US-Israeli delegation makes history in Morocco, signs diplomatic and economic deals

A joint Israeli-American delegation met with senior officials in Morocco on Tuesday, including King Mohammed VI, as part of a move to normalize relations between Israel and Morocco. Read more

Kushner leads American-Israeli visit to Morocco

Jared Kushner, senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, led a delegation from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday aboard the first direct flight between the two countries as part of the ongoing U.S. effort to broker peace deals between Arab countries and the Jewish state. Read more

Right livid after Gantz says Jerusalem has ‘room’ for Palestinian capital

Prominent figures on Israel’s right are furious with Defense Minister Benny Gantz for telling London-based Saudi news outlet Asharq Al-Awsat in a recent interview that he does not envision full regional peace without the Palestinians, and that Jerusalem had enough room to include a future Palestinian capital. Read more

Morocco, Israel mark end of Chanukah in joint UN event

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Jewish foundation to send more than US$300,000 to Righteous Gentiles in Poland

Amid the holiday season, the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) is sending more than US$300,000 to Christian rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust living in Poland. Read more

Israeli airlines plan daily flights to Morocco

Israeli airline El Al is planning to operate at least one daily flight to Morocco, Israeli business daily Globes reported on Friday. Read more

UN targets Israel in seven different resolutions

The U.N. General Assembly targeted Israel on Thursday with seven different resolutions. Read more

Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns

Senior Palestine Liberation Organization official Hanan Ashrawi announced her resignation on Wednesday, saying that Palestinian politics needed a “renewal.” Read more

First shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine lands at Ben-Gurion International Airport

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on hand at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday to welcome the arrival of a plane bearing the first shipment of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Read more

Israel’s president to endorse ‘roadmap for Jewish future’

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is set to endorse the Declaration of Our Common Destiny, a document that he has called a “roadmap for the Jewish future.” Read more

Bahrain changes tune, says won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements

Bahrain will not allow imports from Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, Bahrain’s Industry, Commerce and Tourism Ministry said on Friday according to a report by the state news agency BNA.  Read more

English Premier League and clubs adopt definition of antisemitism

The English Premier League and its clubs adopted on Thursday the widely accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Read more

British MP suspended for antisemitism is elected to party disciplinary board

A member of the British Parliament who served a suspension for antisemitism and was reinstated by his party has been elected to serve on his party’s disciplinary board. Read more

Philanthropist donates US$30 million for new emergency department in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv Sourasky-Ichilov Medical Center Tel Aviv announced a new emergency medicine department to be named after philanthropist Sylvan Adams, who donated NIS 100 million (more than $30 million) for its establishment. Read more

Netanyahu welcomes Bahraini tourism minister in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday at his office in Jerusalem with Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashin Al Zayani, who is in Israel until Thursday leading a 40-member delegation. Read more

Knesset moves towards dissolving unity government, possible new elections

The Israeli Knesset passed a preliminary bill to dissolve the government, paving the way for a fourth round of elections within the last two years. Read more

Palestinian Authority teaches kids to identify as ‘refugees’

Palestinian children born decades after Israel’s establishment in 1948 are being educated by the authorities in Ramallah to envision themselves as residents of the cities “stolen by the Jews” and as “refugees” temporarily living in the Palestinian territories, Palestinian Media Watch reported on Tuesday. Read more

European Union makes move to combat antisemitism

A key body of the European Union adopted a declaration on Wednesday to combat antisemitism. Read more

Assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist’s funeral held amid vows of retaliation

The funeral for assassinated nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh began on Monday in northern Tehran, as the country’s defence minister vowed retaliation, Reuters reported. Read more

Former World Bank president James Wolfensohn dies at 86

James D. Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank, died at his home in Manhattan on Nov. 25. He was 86 years old. Read more

Netanyahu welcomes first commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the first commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Thursday. Read more

Israeli military sees 160% rise in number of females in combat roles

The number of women in combat roles in the Israeli Defence Forces has risen by 160 per cent over the past six years, it was revealed on Tuesday during a discussion at the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. Read more

Mass prayers to be held for Jews buried in Arab countries

Diaspora and Israeli organizations and communities representing millions of Jews around the world will participate on Saturday in a mass Kaddish (Mourners’ Prayer) and say a specially designed azkara (Memorial Prayer) for Jews buried in inaccessible Arab countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Read more

US frees former convicted spy Jonathan Pollard from parole

Jonathan Pollard, a former intelligence analyst who served three decades in prison for spying for and giving classified information to Israel, has been freed. Read more

In Jerusalem, Pompeo says normalization deals ‘tell Iran its influence is waning’ in Mideast

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that the normalization deals between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are a victory for peace and religious freedom in the Middle East. Read more

Palestinian Authority restores ties, security cooperation with Israel

The Palestinian Authority decided to restore ties with Israel after it cut-off relations with Israel in May because of plans to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria. Read more

Terrorist serving two life sentences but mother calls son a ‘hero’

The mother of Palestinian terrorist Sa’id Musa Shtayyeh, who received two life sentences plus 15 years for his role in the murder of two Israelis, said during a recent TV interview that her son and others like him were “heroes.” Read more

Corbyn reinstated by UK Labour Party after suspension resulting from antisemitism probe

Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted on Tuesday that he has been reinstated into the party following a 19-day suspension. Read more

Netanyahu, Rivlin call Biden to congratulate him on presidential victory

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin have now both talked to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to congratulate him on his electoral victory. Read more

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