UN Middle East envoy says the region reaching a ‘boiling point’ 

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “reaching a boiling point,” given a surge in violence in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, the United Nations point man in Jerusalem warned on Monday. Read more

Jewish social media influencer makes a Holocaust documentary for a new generation

At a moment of sharply rising anti-Semitism, a Jewish social media star known for her dance videos is getting deadly serious. Read more

Australia is one of UN states coming to Israel’s defence in face of latest Commission of Inquiry report

A number of United Nations member states came to Israel’s defence on Thursday as a controversial U.N. Commission of Inquiry presented its second report to the body. Read more

UN Security Council hails Lapid’s ‘two-state’ commitment, questions Israeli counterterrorism ops

As the United Nations Security Council met on Wednesday, a recurrent theme emerged. Council members lauded Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s support for a two-state solution while simultaneously expressing concern over growing instability in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Read more

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra returns to America to play Carnegie Hall

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) is preparing for a tour of the United States under the leadership of its history-making conductor, Israeli-born Lahav Shani. Read more

Report: UN refugee agency accepted $50 million from US-designated terrorist group

The U.N. agency responsible for assisting refugees globally has accepted $50 million in donations from a U.S.-designated terror organization, according to a report from a pro-Israel advocacy group. Read more

Just outside Warsaw Ghetto, Ukrainian refugee children strive for a sense of normalcy

It was the summer of 2006, during the Second Lebanon War. Ilana Baird, a refugee from the Soviet Union, fled Haifa with her family and relocated to Jerusalem, where she was finishing her rabbinical studies. Read more

Israel’s UN ambassador urges Security Council to put its microscope away

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations had a blunt message for the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Read more

UN Committee Against Torture to review Palestinian Authority’s record

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) will, for the first time, hone in on the actions of the Palestinian Authority. Read more

UN’s point man on religious freedom has released his plan for combating anti-Semitism

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed presented a historic report in 2019 on global anti-Semitism as a human rights concern. Read more

UN’s anti-Israel special rapporteur again excuses Palestinian violence

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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’

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

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