UN’s anti-Israel special rapporteur again excuses Palestinian violence
June 23, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
The new U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestinian issues has justified violence against Israelis for the second time in her short stint. Read more
Israelis get approval to head to Qatar for World Cup
June 10, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
Add another Gulf destination has opened to Israeli citizens, at least for a month. Read more
New State Department anti-Semitism envoy Lipstadt delivers first address
May 27, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
Giving her first address as the U.S. State Department’s new special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt told a gathering in New York City that she insisted on ending her oath of office with “so help me G-d.” Lipstadt will need every bit of support she can get, she said. Read more
Was an American drug-terror operation against Hezbollah halted to advance the Iran nuclear deal?
May 22, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
It’s a story few listened to the first time. It’s coming around again at a critical juncture. Read more
How do Putin and Zelensky get the Holocaust so wrong?
May 20, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
It’s a piece of the Holocaust that even scholars misunderstand, or neglect altogether. And it’s a story unknown even to the descendants of a quarter-million Holocaust survivors. Read more
Groups back International Legal Forum report blasting anti-Israel UN inquiry
May 19, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
A coalition of 25 pro-Israel organizations from around the world has signed on to an International Legal Forum (ILF) report castigating the U.N. Commission of Inquiry against Israel as “singularly unprecedented, unjust and completely lacking in impartiality or any legal basis.” Read more
Nazi weapons site is to be filled with the sounds of Jewish-composed music
May 15, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
He and his family escaped the Nazis. His music will now be played where Hitler’s regime tested its weapons. Read more
A talk with God about the Holocaust
May 1, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
For some, the issue never fades from memory. Menachem Rosensaft was born in 1948 in Bergen-Belsen, a Nazi concentration camp turned into a displaced persons camp after the war. Read more
Israeli diplomats work feverishly to tend to those affected by Ukraine crisis
March 29, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
In an area of the world where being a Jew once meant peril, it now can save your life. Read more
At latest UN Security Council session, Israel faces continued scrutiny, despite coming under increasing terror attacks
March 24, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
By the time the meeting was over, four Israelis were dead, as part of a growing spate of terror attacks that has the capacity to help light the region ablaze. Read more
UN vote reprimanding Russia brings together emerging Mideast coalition
March 4, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
Israel and the Middle East have rarely been this united on a vote. Nearly every United States ally in the region fell in line, contributing to an unmistakable message: It’s not just the West, but the world, demanding that Russia halt its invasion of Ukraine. Read more
Israeli distributor takes Ben & Jerry’s to court
March 4, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
Avi Zinger was so upset after Ben & Jerry’s pulled the rug out from under him that he never picked up the phone to speak with them. Instead, he’s taking them, and their parent company Unilever, to a U.S. district court. Read more
Israel takes nuanced approach to UN emergency session on Ukraine
March 2, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
“We should take a picture together.” Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan strolled across the General Assembly floor on Monday morning, making a direct line for his counterpart from Ukraine. Read more
‘Maus’: Parental control, whitewashing led to book ban
February 9, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
Yet again, those who wanted to learn about Maus had to leapfrog obstacles. Read more
Israeli-led resolution combating Holocaust denial receives overwhelming support at UN
January 21, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
The first time, it was about remembrance. This time, it’s about preserving those memories. Read more
UN Security Council president: Israelis and Palestinians need to ‘get back to negotiating table’
January 20, 2022 by Mike Wagenheim
She helped lead the backchannel effort to get Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization leaders in the same room to hash out an interim agreement that was to serve as a basis for peace. Read more