Norway arrests suspect in 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris
Norwegian police arrested a suspect in a 38-year-old terrorist attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris that left six people dead and at least 20 wounded. Read more
Soccer legend Lionel Messi to be face of Israel’s OrCam Technologies
September 11, 2020 by JNS
Jerusalem-based OrCam Technologies, which develops artificial intelligence-based wearable devices to aid the blind and visually impaired, announced on Wednesday that it was partnering with soccer legend Lionel Messi. Read more
Report: UAE to send first official delegation to Israel
September 8, 2020 by JNS
The United Arab Emirates is planning to send its first official delegation to Israel on Sept. 22 as part of the normalization of relations between the two countries, Reuters reported on Monday. Read more
Biden meeting with Jacob Blake Sr. draws attention to past antisemitic statements
September 5, 2020 by JNS
Amid the ongoing debate in the United States over race, social-media posts by Jacob Blake Sr., father of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who was shot seven times by Wisconsin police on Aug. 23, appears to show him to have a history of racist and antisemitic views. Read more
Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod to begin activities, education in UAE
September 4, 2020 by JNS
Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Isaac Herzog, Jewish Agency CEO Amira Ahronoviz and Keren Hayesod World chairman Sam Grundwerg spoke on Monday with Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the United Arab Emirates Rabbi Yehuda Sarna and agreed to begin providing services to the Jewish community in the UAE, following the U.S.-brokered normalization deal between Israel and the UAE on Aug. 13. Read more
World Zionist Organization to send permanent emissaries to UAE Jewish community
September 4, 2020 by JNS
The World Zionist Organization has selected a young couple as pioneer permanent emissaries to the Jewish community in Dubai. Read more
Trial starts for terrorists involved in ‘Charlie Hebdo,’ kosher supermarket attacks
September 3, 2020 by JNS
The trial for suspects of the 2015 terror attacks against the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and the Hyper Cacher kosher market began on Wednesday. Read more
Israelis now able to fly UAE’s Etihad Airways
September 2, 2020 by JNS
Israelis can now purchase tickets on the United Arab Emirates’ national carrier, Etihad Airways, to destinations in the Middle East, Asia, Australia and elsewhere, following the U.S.-brokered normalization treaty between Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi. Read more
US Army suspends officer for Holocaust joke on TikTok
September 2, 2020 by JNS
The U.S. Army has suspended an officer who posted a video making a Holocaust joke to his more than 3 million subscribers on the video-sharing social-networking service TikTok. Read more
More Arab and Muslim states likely to normalize relations with Israel, says top US official
September 1, 2020 by JNS
U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said on Sunday that more Arab and Muslim states were likely to normalize relations with Israel following the deal with the United Arab Emirates. Read more
Explosions rock UAE ahead of visit by US, Israeli officials
September 1, 2020 by JNS
Two explosions killed three people and injured others on Monday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, according to police and local media. Read more
Top Palestinian official: ‘All types of resistance’ possible
September 1, 2020 by JNS
Following the signing of the U.S.-brokered peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, top Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub announced that terror is an option in “the struggle” against Israel. Read more
El Al to fly first commercial run from Israel to UAE
August 29, 2020 by JNS
El Al Airlines is scheduled to operate the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Read more
In nomination acceptance speech, Trump highlights pro-Israel accomplishments
August 29, 2020 by JNS
In his acceptance speech of the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, the final night of the four-day Republican National Convention U.S. President Donald Trump touted his pro-Israel accomplishments. Read more
In RNC speech, Haley blasts Obama and Biden over Israel, Iran
August 26, 2020 by JNS
Amid speeches on Monday at the virtual 2020 Republican National Convention touting U.S. President Donald Trump and warning about what the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could mean for America, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley used part of hers to slam the previous administration over its stances on Israel and Iran. Read more
Israeli Cabinet meeting cancelled for second time as budget deadline looms
August 24, 2020 by JNS
Israel’s weekly Cabinet meeting was called off for the second time in three weeks on Sunday. Read more
Report: Ammonium nitrate behind Beirut blast traced to Hezbollah-linked bank
August 24, 2020 by JNS
The massive explosion in Beirut on Aug. 4 has been traced back to a cargo ship, the Rhosus, which arrived in the city’s port in 2013 carrying 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate. Read more
Netanyahu: Reports UAE peace deal included approval of F-35 sale are ‘fake news’
August 19, 2020 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday denied reports that the peace agreement announced last week between Israel and the United Arab Emirates included Israeli consent to an arms deal between the United States and the UAE, calling it “fake news.” Read more
Trump vows new Iran deal ‘within four weeks’ if re-elected
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed that if re-elected in November, there would be a new deal with Iran “within four weeks.” Read more
Report: Lebanese leaders knew explosives in the Beirut port could flatten the city
August 12, 2020 by JNS
Lebanese security officials warned the country’s prime minister and president just last month that the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut’s port could potentially destroy the city, according to Reuters. Read more
Palestinian Authority daily claims that Israel is behind Beirut blast
August 12, 2020 by JNS
A writer for the official Palestinian Authority daily accused Israel of being behind the explosion in Beirut last week that cost the lives of at least 163 people and injured thousands, as well as left hundreds of thousands homeless. Read more
Netanyahu agrees to delay budget deadline, staving off new elections
August 11, 2020 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he had agreed to support legislation that would delay the collapse of the government by putting off the deadline for passing the state budget. Read more
Gantz: Hezbollah chief Nasrallah ‘Lebanon’s biggest problem’
August 11, 2020 by JNS
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee on Monday that while Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is Israel’s “biggest enemy from the north,” he is “Lebanon’s biggest problem.” Read more
Muslim Kazakhstan adds grave of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson to heritage list
The U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad recognized Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and former present Nursultan Nazarbayev for “facilitating the commemoration” of the passing, or yahrtzeit, of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—on Monday, the 20th day of the Jewish month of Av. Read more
Lebanese information minister resigns amid unrest following Beirut disaster
August 10, 2020 by JNS
Lebanese Information Minister Manal Abdul-Samad resigned on Sunday as the public outcry against the Lebanese government intensified in the aftermath of the massive Beirut port explosion on Aug. 4, international news agencies reported. Read more
One of Judaism’s great commentators, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, dies at age 83
August 9, 2020 by JNS
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, one of Judaism’s exceptional modern-day commentators, died in Jerusalem after suffering from acute pneumonia. He was 83 years old. Read more
Media polls show Yamina to grow; Likud and Blue and White to slip
August 9, 2020 by JNS
Media polls released on Thursday show that if Israeli elections were held today, Yamina would grow, while the Likud and the Blue and White parties would slip. Read more
Israeli, German fighter pilots to conduct joint exercises over Dachau, Munich Olympic Village
August 4, 2020 by JNS
Israeli fighter pilots will make history in September when they are scheduled to conduct joint military exercises with their German counterparts over the Dachau concentration camp, where more than 30,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, and the Olympic Village in Munich, where 11 Israeli athletes and their coaches were massacred in 1972 by Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Twitter permanently bans David Duke
August 1, 2020 by JNS
Twitter announced yesterday that it has permanently banned white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke for “repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.” Read more
Survivors launch online campaign to ban Holocaust denial from Facebook
A group of Holocaust survivors has launched a campaign calling on Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg to take immediate action to remove Holocaust denial from the social media site. Read more
