Departing words as PM Bennett leaves to address the United Nations General Assembly

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the media before flying to New york where he will address the United Nations General Assembly. Read more

Mark Zuckerberg and wife donate $1.3 million to 11 Jewish groups

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $1.3 million to 11 Jewish organizations, eJewish Philanthropy reported, citing a spokesperson for the couple. Read more

Ukraine passes legislation effectively outlawing antisemitism

Ukraine’s parliament passed a law Wednesday defining and banning antisemitism. Read more

Muslim and Jewish communities take to the oval

The partnership between Richmond Football Club, Maccabi Victoria, Bachar Houli Foundation, Henry Jolson Pathways Program and the MCC Foundation has launched its Interfaith Through Sport Program. Read more

The US votes to replenish Iron Dome system

In spite of a few very vocal members who threatened attempts to block the financing from passing, the US House of Representatives has passed the bill to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defence system. Read more

Israel celebrates failure of 20th anniversary event of UN’s Durban Conference

Israel has celebrated its diplomatic achievements which brought the withdrawal of 34 countries from a United Nations event marking the 20^thanniversary of the infamous Durban Conference. Read more

Israeli Foreign Minister: Delay in US aid to Iron Dome – ‘technical’

The Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, experienced a significant diplomatic setback on Tuesday when the US Congress decided to withhold military aid from Israel and refused to vote on funding for its Iron Dome defence system. Read more

Malka Leifer ordered to stand trial

Former ultra-orthodox school principal Malka Leifer has been ordered to stand trial on 70 child sexual abuse charges. Read more

Alleged Leifer victim made ‘panicked’ call

The former husband of a woman who alleges she was sexually abused by ultra-orthodox school principal Malka Leifer says she spoke “positively” of encounters they had in Israel. Read more

Holocaust survivor awarded Balzan Prize honouring scientific achievements

A historian who is an Israeli-French-American Holocaust survivor was one of the recipients of this year’s international Balzan Prizes, which recognizes distinguished scholars, artists and scientists. Read more

Memorial honouring 102,000 Dutch victims of Holocaust opens in Amsterdam

A new memorial in Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter pays tribute to the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported. Read more

PA public opinion poll: PA is deteriorating, Hamas is overcoming Fatah, people don’t want two state solution or peace with Israel

A public opinion poll taken of local residents of the Palestinian Authority revealed that the P.A. and its Fatah leadership are in serious trouble. They are unpopular, Hamas is rising in popularity and the people want Abu Mazen to go. Read more

Hebron is turning into major boiling point for opposition to the P.A.’s Local Authority

The Palestinian Authority is desperately trying to stave off an open internal conflict that could devolve into a civil war. Read more

Hamas warns ahead of Abu Mazen’s speech at UN: “We will not allow Israel to strengthen the Palestinian Authority at our expense

Hamas is making threats against the leadership of the Palestinian Authority and warning its chairman, Abu Mazen, on what not to say when he addresses the U.N General Assembly. Read more

Members of lost tribe of Bnei Menashe celebrate Sukkot in northeastern India

Like many Jews around the world, members of the Bnei Menashe community in India are gathering to celebrate Sukkot this week. In their festival prayers, they offered a special plea to fulfil their age-old dream to make aliyah during the coming year. Read more

Israel: Iran’s Raisi ‘continues to fool international community’

Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi “continues to fool the international community,” Israel warned, calling on the international community to condemn the Iranian regime following Raisi’s address at the United Nations. Read more

Witness reluctant to make Leifer statement

An ex-school counsellor did not want to make a statement against former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer because she thought she could be pursued for money, a court has heard. Read more

Israel commemorates 48th anniversary of Yom Kippur War

Israeli officials and bereaved families gathered at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl on Sunday to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Read more

Elad Tena appointed new head of Israel National Information System

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has announced the appointment of Elad Tena to lead Israel’s National Information System called “Hasbara” in Hebrew, which comes from the word for “explanation.” Read more

Samaria leader calls to stop Arab ‘Occupation’ of Area C after Germany pledges €100m to fund PA projects

The Israeli government must take action against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) encroachment on Israeli-controlled areas in Judea and Samaria before it is too late, a leader from the region warned. Read more

Israeli envoy to Ocasio-Cortez : you are legitimizing ‘heinous’ Hamas attacks

Israel’s Ambassador to the US and United Nations Gilad Erdan accused Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of legitimizing Hamas’ “attacks against innocent civilians, as well as antisemitic lies,” after she called for an arms boycott on Israel. Read more

Over 3 Million Israelis get 3rd booster shot

Over three million Israelis have received a third Pfizer-developed booster shot, a milestone in the country’s ongoing battle against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more

Last two of six escaped terrorists captured in Jenin

The last two of the six terrorists who escaped from the Gilboa Prison some two weeks ago were captured by Israeli forces in the Palestinian Authority (PA) of Jenin on Saturday night in a complex and swift operation. Read more

Third sister begins Leifer evidence

The third of three sisters who allege they were abused by former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer has begun her evidence. Read more

Naftali Bennett makes Time Magazine list of 100 Most Influential People

After just three months in office, Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has been named to Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Read more

Gilboa escapee Zakaria Zabeidi: we had no plan for after escaping the prison

Zakaria Zabeidi was one of the six security prisoners who escaped from Gilboa prison before Rosh Hashanah. Read more

The earliest known visual travelogue to the Holy Land documents a 14th-century pilgrim’s journey

Just in time for Sukkot, one of the three pilgrimage festivals in Judaism, the Israel Museum presents the earliest, most detailed and comprehensive depiction of the holy places in the Land of Israel: A parchment scroll, the work of a medieval Jewish artist-pilgrim from Egypt, whose imagery reflects a wealth of customs and traditions associated with the pilgrimage to holy sites—many of them shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Read more

Israeli court orders Hamas to pay $11.8 million to families of three slain teens; families to appeal

The Jerusalem District Court ruled on Monday that Hamas must pay 38 million shekels (US$11.8 million) to the families of three Israeli teens murdered by the terrorist group in 2014. Read more

Leifer hearing: Cleaner saw Leifer at school with girls

After days of testimony behind closed doors, a former cleaner at a Jewish school has given evidence in open court against Malka Leifer. Read more

Bennett says he won’t sit down with Mahmoud Abbas, rules out Palestinian state

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that for now, he has ruled out a meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and the creation of a Palestinian state. Read more

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