Trump threatens to hit 52 ‘important’ Iranian targets if Tehran retaliates

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States is targeting 52 “important” Iranian sites, representing the 52 U.S. hostages held hostage in Iran for 444 days in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and will strike “very fast and very hard” if Tehran attacks the United States or its assets. Read more

Netanyahu lauds elimination of Soleimani by US forces

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the elimination on Thursday of the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, by the United States. Read more

Israel, Greece and Cyprus sign agreement for $7 billion EastMed gas pipeline

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades have met in Athens in a seventh trilateral at which an agreement was signed for the $7 billion, 1,180-mile EastMed gas pipeline that will run from Israel through Cyprus and Greece to Europe. Read more

Volunteer group Guardian Angels patrols Brooklyn after antisemitic attacks

A private, volunteer-based and unarmed crime prevention group said it would patrolling parts of Brooklyn, N.Y. on Sunday following a string of antisemitic attacks in the borough. Read more

Israelis welcome to attend 2022 World Cup, says Qatari official

Israelis will be allowed to attend the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Hassan al-Thawadi, secretary-general of the supreme committee, which is in charge of the tournament, told ESPN earlier this week. Read more

Cyprus court finds teenage accuser of rape by Israelis guilty of lying

A 19-year-old British woman was convicted by a Cyprus court of committing public mischief, fraud and filing a false complaint after accusing 12 Israelis of raping her this summer in a hotel room in Aiya Napa, a Mediterranean resort town on the southeast coast of Cyprus. Read more

Following antisemitic attack, Monsey’s Jewish community will not be ‘cowed’ to change

Less than 24 hours after five people were stabbed at a rabbi’s home on Forshay Road in Monsey, N.Y., Jews gathered on the lawn to sing and dance as a Torah scroll was dedicated at a nearby synagogue, making for a far different scene from the night beforehand. Read more

Netanyahu has landslide victory in Likud primary race

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored a landslide victory on Friday in the Likud leadership race against his rival Gideon Sa’ar. Read more

World’s most valuable dreidel certified by Guinness World Records

Estate Diamond Jewellers in New York City has created the world’s most valuable dreidel, according to Guinness World Records. Read more

Mandelblit (again) declines to give opinion on Netanyahu eligibility before hearing

Israeli Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit yesterday declined to offer his opinion on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eligibility to form a government before Netanyahu’s hearing on Dec. 31. Read more

Report: Netanyahu puts Jordan Valley annexation on hold

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a meeting of an inter-ministerial team that was deliberating the annexation of the Jordan Valley following the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to launch a probe into alleged Israeli “war crimes” against the Palestinians, Ynet reported on Tuesday. Read more

Mandelblit to submit opinion on whether Netanyahu can form a government

Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday ordered Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to submit his legal opinion on whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can assemble a government despite the indictments against him. Read more

The first candle at the Western Wall

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accompanied by the US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman,  lit the first Chanukah candle at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Read more

Tel Aviv-Jerusalem fast train finally begins operations

After an 11-year delay, the new high-speed rail link between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem began running on Saturday night. Read more

Lebanon’s Hezbollah-backed prime minister seeks to form government

Lebanon’s new Hezbollah-backed Sunni prime minister held talks on Saturday with the country’s parliamentary blocs with the aim of forming a government, the AP reported. Read more

Netanyahu: ICC inquest decision is ‘absurd’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday slammed International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for announcing her organization’s intention to conduct a broad investigation of Israel for “war crimes,” calling the announcement “absurd” and accusing the ICC of having become a weapon in the hands of Israel’s enemies. Read more

Greek basketball fans wave Hezbollah, Palestinian flags; burn Israeli flag during game

Fans of the Greek basketball team AEK Athens waved Hezbollah and Palestinian flags and burned an Israeli flag during a game with the Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem in Athens on Wednesday. Read more

German parliament passes resolution aimed to outlaw Hezbollah activities

The German parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling on the federal government to outlaw activities by the terrorist organization Hezbollah. Read more

Jewish refugees left roughly $150 billion worth of goods, property in Arab nations

Jews who fled Arab countries in the years following the establishment of the State of Israel left behind approximately $150 billion worth of property, according to an Israeli government analysis obtained by Israel Hayom. Read more

Boris Johnson’s government will pass anti-BDS law, says British official

Boris Johnson’s new Conservative government aims to pass a law making it illegal for public bodies to take part in the anti-Israel BDS movement, a senior British official said on Sunday. Read more

Eilat first city in Israel to ban disposable plastics on beach

Eilat became the first Israeli city to pass a bylaw banning the use of disposable items from its beaches. Read more

Quentin Tarantino to attend Jerusalem screening of documentary about his films

American director Quentin Tarantino and his wife, Israeli singer and model Daniella Pick, has attended a screening of a new documentary about his films at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Read more

Gantz will ‘consider’ pardoning Netanyahu if he quits politics

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz said he would consider pardoning indicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “in accordance with the recommendations of the justice system” if Netanyahu were to retire from politics. Read more

Sadness and loss after three civilians, one police officer gunned down in Jersey City

Sadness and solidarity pervaded the Jewish community in New Jersey and nationally in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting inside the JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, which resulted in the deaths of three civilians and one police officer. Read more

Law-enforcement officials confirm kosher grocery in Jersey City was targeted by shooters

Law-enforcement officials say it could take months to complete their investigation of the shooting inside the JC Kosher Market in the Greenville section of Jersey City, N.J., on Monday that left a total of six people dead, including the two attackers…reports Sandy Eller. Read more

Natan Sharansky is awarded 2020 Genesis Prize

Natan Sharansky, the former Russian Prisoner of Zion who would later become head of Israel’s Jewish Agency, was named on Tuesday as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize in recognition of his “extraordinary lifelong struggle for human rights, political freedom and his service to the Jewish people and the State of Israel.” Read more

German Jewish beauty queen launches ‘Shalom’ campaign on social media

A German-Jewish beauty queen is launching a campaign to raise awareness about racist and antisemitic incidents and rhetoric afflicting Germany and Western Europe. Read more

Italian Jewish survivor of Auschwitz dies at age 91

A man considered the last remaining survivor of Roman Jews who were deported from Italy’s capital to Nazi death camps during World War II died on Sunday at the age of 91. Read more

Corbyn-led British Labour Party named No. 1 antisemitic threat worldwide

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre released its annual list of the top 10 global antisemitic incidents, along with antisemitic people, and the No. 1 spot was given to the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party. Read more

Netanyahu has no chance to form a government, says rival Gideon Sa’ar

Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, saying the Likud leader would not be able to form a government even with a third round of elections. Read more

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