Israel and Hamas agree to Egyptian-brokered ceasefire
March 17, 2019 by JNS
Israel and Hamas have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire on Friday, reported The Times of Israel, citing the Israeli public broadcaster Kan. Read more
Forming the new Palestinian Authority government
March 15, 2019 by JNS
Two developments currently taking place in the Palestinian arena deserve our attention, and both of these are interlinked: the proposed new government in Ramallah and the situation at the Al-Aqsa plaza on the Temple Mount…writes Pinhas Inbari. Read more
Palestinian Red Crescent Society to host BDS conference
March 15, 2019 by JNS
Palestinian Media Watch can reveal that, in direct breach of its commitments, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which is a member of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is set to host a conference sponsored by the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement on Saturday. Read more
Hamas launches two rockets from Gaza at Tel Aviv
March 15, 2019 by JNS
Two rockets were fired from Gaza toward Tel Aviv on Thursday, according to the Israel Defense Forces, activating rocket sirens throughout central Israel. Read more
Nechama Rivlin, wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, gets lung transplant
March 12, 2019 by JNS
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s wife, Nechama, 73, received a new lung on Monday after being matched with a donor: 19-year-old Yair Yehezkel Halabli, who drowned on Friday while diving in Eilat. Read more
Germany will not designate Hezbollah a terrorist group
Germany has said that it will not officially designate Hezbollah as a terrorist group, a development likely to cause tension between Berlin and Washington. Read more
Mass grave of Holocaust victims in Ukraine desecrated
March 12, 2019 by JNS
A mass grave of Holocaust victims was allegedly desecrated by gravediggers looking for gold in the Ukrainian town of Rafalivka. Read more
Israeli lab beef company seeks meaty future
Israeli lab beef company Aleph Farms Ltd. is aiming to develop lab-grown steaks within the next five years, according to its CEO, Didier Toubia. Read more
WJC calls on Belarussian municipality to halt work near mass Jewish grave
March 7, 2019 by JNS
The World Jewish Congress has called on the municipality in the Belarussian city of Brest to cease construction at an uncovered mass grave of more than 1,000 Jews who were shot by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Read more
UN Human Rights Council delays release of blacklist of firms in Jerusalem, West Bank
March 6, 2019 by JNS
The U.N. Human Rights Council has delayed the release of a blacklist of firms operating in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Read more
Labour decision to move Corbyn ally to deal with antisemitism sparks backlash
The British Labour Party is facing criticism over a decision to have Laura Murray, a close ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, to deal with antisemitism complaints within the party. Read more
Israel’s attorney general issues charges against Netanyahu for bribery, breach of trust
March 1, 2019 by JNS
With less than six weeks before Israel’s general elections on April 9, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced on Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be indicted in all three ongoing corruption cases against him, including bribery in the Bezeq corruption investigation. Read more
UK Labour Party suspends Chris Williamson for antisemitic remarks
February 28, 2019 by JNS
Britain’s Labour Party has suspended one of its members, Chris Williamson, for saying the party has been “too apologetic” about accusations of antisemitism. Read more
MDA moves national dispatch centre to reinforced facility
February 28, 2019 by JNS
Magen David Adom, Israel’s national EMS organization, has dedicated its new National Operations Centre… a dispatch centre east of Tel Aviv that’s housed in a reinforced and partially subterranean facility designed to be protected against missile, chemical and biological attack. Read more
Netanyahu shortens Russia trip in advance of upcoming indictment announcement
February 27, 2019 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shortened his trip to Russia, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Iran’s activates in Syria, despite fraying relations between Jerusalem and Moscow. Read more
Corbyn approves Labour to avoid voting for Hezbollah as an official terrorist group
February 27, 2019 by JNS
U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has given the go-ahead to party members to avoid voting in favour of the United Kingdom’s official designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist group. Read more
Dutch Green Left Party votes to support boycotting Israel
February 27, 2019 by JNS
GroenLinks, a green political party in the Netherlands, became Holland’s first mainstream political party to endorse the anti-Israel BDS movement. Read more
Jewish Agency calls for global effort against antisemitism: ‘No keeping heads down’
February 27, 2019 by JNS
The heads of hundreds of Jewish organizations in Israel and abroad discussed the rise of antisemitism around the world at a meeting of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors in Jerusalem on Monday. Read more
Israeli TV: British intel chief makes secret Israel visit amid Iran nuclear activity
February 24, 2019 by JNS
Great Britain’s MI6 intelligence chief covertly visited Israel this week for discussions with Israeli counterparts regarding Iran possibly violating the 2015 nuclear deal and attempting to proliferate towards a nuclear bomb, reported Israeli television on Friday. Read more
Egypt cleans and removes slums near 1,200-year-old Jewish cemetery
In response to requests from the international Jewish community, Egypt has started eliminating slums near Bassatine Cemetery, in the eastern part of the second-oldest Jewish cemetery on earth, according to those in Cairo and others familiar with the situation. Read more
Abbas rejects tax money from Israel, insists its funds go to terrorists and their families
February 24, 2019 by JNS
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has rejected tax revenues collected by Israel following the Jewish state’s decision on Sunday to reduce 5% of what it gives to the P.A. due to the latter’s support for paying terrorists and their families. Read more
Launch successful: Israel becomes fourth country to launch mission to the moon
Israel has become the first to launch a privately funded mission to the moon, in addition to becoming the fourth country to launch a lunar spacecraft. Read more
Gantz and Lapid appeal for ‘unity,’ Netanyahu touts ‘strong leadership’
The leaders of the new Blue and White Party–Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid—held their first political rally on Thursday night after the two candidates shook up the Israeli political scene earlier in the day. Read more
Thousands of protesters march against wave of antisemitism in France
Following the vandalism of 80 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the Alsace region of France, thousands of people joined rallies in Paris and across the country on Tuesday night to publicly oppose antisemitism in their country. Read more
Swastikas on 80 gravestones desecrate French Jewish cemetery at German border
February 20, 2019 by JNS
As many as 80 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in France were discovered vandalized on Tuesday morning, adding to the latest wave of antisemitic attacks in the country. Read more
Jordanians give substantial control of the Temple Mount to Palestinians
February 20, 2019 by JNS
Jordan has expanded a council that administers Muslim institutions on the Temple Mount, giving Palestinians 40% of the seats for the first time in a body previously reserved for trusted individuals close to the monarchy of Jordanian King Abdullah Hussein. Read more
Seven lawmakers quit UK Labour Party over antisemitism, Brexit concerns
February 19, 2019 by JNS
Seven British lawmakers quit the Labour Party on Monday over concerns regarding Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of the antisemitism scandal within the party and because of issues surrounding Brexit, saying that the opposition party had been “hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left.” Read more
One less role for Netanyahu as Yisrael Katz tapped to be Israeli Foreign Minister
February 18, 2019 by JNS
Israeli Knesset member Yisrael Katz has become Israel’s acting Foreign Minister after being nominated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and voted in by the Cabinet on Sunday. Read more
In Tel Aviv, British experts warn of antisemitism across the UK
February 17, 2019 by JNS
A lecture hosted by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) in Tel Aviv featured a panel of experts who warned about growing antisemitism in the United Kingdom and the threat that Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses if he were to become prime minister. Read more
Justice Ginsburg back at Supreme Court following surgery
February 17, 2019 by JNS
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to her office on Friday for the first time since undergoing surgery to remove cancerous nodules from her lungs. Read more
