Group of Jewish Google employees demand CEO sever ties with Israeli business, IDF
A group of Jewish Google employees has demanded that the tech giant express its solidarity with the Palestinians and terminate any contracts with businesses or organizations that “support Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights,” including the Israel Defence Forces. Read more
Johnson says UK won’t let antisemitism ‘take root and grow’ after rise in attacks
May 21, 2021 by JNS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed his concerns on Wednesday regarding the rise in antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom since the start of the Gaza conflict, Reuters reported. Read more
Israeli embassy in China blasts state TV broadcaster for ‘blatant antisemitism’
The Israeli embassy in Beijing accused China’s state TV broadcaster of “blatant antisemitism” after a presenter promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories while reporting on the U.S. government’s support for Israel. Read more
AIJAC welcomes ceasefire
May 21, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the ceasefire in Israel and Gaza reached yesterday. Read more
Official: Israel approves Egyptian brokered ceasefire
May 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The political-security cabinet unanimously accepted the recommendation of all security officials, the chief of staff, the head of the Shin Bet, the head of the Mossad, and the head of the National Security Council, to accept the Egyptian initiative for a bilateral ceasefire without any pre-conditions, which will come into effect at a time that is to be determined. Read more
AAP FactCheck: ‘Wounded’ infant photo has nothing to do with Palestine conflict
May 20, 2021 by AAP FactCheck
Australia’s prime news agency AAP has verified a photo of an infant purportedly injured in the Gaza conflict was taken in America…in 2019.
Israel-Gaza: Operation Guardian of the Walls
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Miriam Peretz, Isaac Herzog, running for president
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Isaac Herzog and Miriam Peretz have officially announced their candidacy for the next president of the State of Israel. Read more
Electric company rejects employees’ request not to repair power lines to Gaza
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The employees of the Israel Electric Company (IEC) informed the company’s management today that they do not intend to repair the power lines to the Gaza Strip damaged by Hamas fire, until the remains of Hadar Goldin, Oron Shaul and Avera Mengistu are returned to Israel. Read more
Nikki Haley rejects Biden’s pressure on Israel for a ceasefire with Hamas
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley rejected President Joe Biden’s pressure on Israel to end its counterterrorism Operation Guardian of the Walls calling it “unacceptable.” Read more
‘Simply a Lie’: Israel slams UNRWA claims that it is blocking aid to Gaza
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has slammed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for its claims that the country was withholding humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, saying it was “simply a lie.” Read more
Hamas fires 70 rockets at Israel; 90% intercepted by Iron Dome
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Gaza-based terrorists fired some 70 rockets at Israeli towns and cities through the south, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis running for cover throughout Wednesday night. Read more
KKL-JNF to place portable bomb shelters in Israeli communities near Gaza
To help communities and residents living on the front lines in southern Israel and the Gaza Envelope, which are constantly exposed to rocket and mortar fire, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL–JNF), in coordination with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, will be placing new portable bomb shelters in strategic locations and cities so residents are better protected, and have accessible and immediate protection. Read more
Black Lives Matter expresses solidarity with Palestinians amid Gaza conflict
May 20, 2021 by JNS
The Black Lives Matter movement has expressed solidarity with the Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and terrorist groups based in the Gaza Strip. Read more
An ambassador speaks
May 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand Ren Yaakoby says Israel wants quiet to be restored. Read more
Netanyahu to ambassadors including Australia’s: ‘We target our enemies with great precision’
May 20, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized to foreign diplomats that the Israel Defence Forces go to great lengths to target its enemies with great precision and to avoid collateral damage. Read more
Aid on way to Gaza again shelled by Hamas
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Humanitarian aid that was on its way into the Gaza Strip from Israel on Wednesday was shelled by Hamas terrorists. Read more
Pro-Israel page with 78 M. followers pulled by Facebook after Islamists’ attack
May 20, 2021 by TPS-IL
The Pro-Israel Jerusalem Prayer Team page, with some 78 million followers, was pulled by Facebook after radical Islamists flooded it with antisemitic hate speech. Read more
Rally in support of bringing IDF soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin back to Israel
May 20, 2021 by Michael Miller - TPS
Hundreds of participants gathered Wednesday evening in a protest rally in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, demanding the return of IDF soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, along with other hostages, to Israel. Among the attendees were the families of Shaul and Goldin. Read more
Foreign Ministers arrive in Israel to express support and solidarity
May 20, 2021 by TPS-IL
Today, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, the Foreign Minister of German, Haiko Mas and of the Czech and Slovak Republics, Jakub Kukhanek and Ivan Korcok, will arrive in Israel to express solidarity and support. Read more
UN rebukes Hamas for bombing its aid for Gaza
May 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Hamas’ mortar attacks on the crossings from Israel into the Gaza Strip while humanitarian supplies and personnel were being brought into Gaza are “unacceptable” and are “preventing vital humanitarian supplies from entering the Strip,” said Lynn Hastings, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Palestine. Read more
US slams Turkish President Erdogan’s ‘antisemitic remarks’ on Israel
May 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The US “strongly condemns” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “antisemitic comments regarding the Jewish people and finds them reprehensible,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price stated Tuesday. Read more
‘We set them back by years’: IAF continues operation to uproot Hamas’s infrastructure
May 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF continued with Operation Guardian of the Walls to uproot Hamas’ military infrastructure in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night while Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists shelled Israeli towns and cities in the vicinity of the Strip. Read more
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process condemns Hamas’ actions
May 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Israeli embassy in Wellington has released a statement saying the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process had condemned Hamas. Read more
NZ Green Party MPs uses Hamas slogan
May 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The New Zealand Jewish Council has condemned the inflammatory comments and inaccurate statements made by two Green MPs in recent days, which risk stoking antisemitism and endangering Jews in New Zealand. Read more
PA TV reports: IDF warns civilians in Gaza to leave before attack
May 19, 2021 by TPS-IL
Israel’s policy of warning Gazan civilians to evacuate buildings and areas ahead of an Israeli Air Force (IAF) strike on terror targets has been confirmed by the Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestinian Media Watch reported. Read more
Arab Israelis on strike in solidarity with Muslim Rioters, Hamas
May 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The High Monitoring Committee of Israel’s Arabs has announced a day of strikes yesterday, apparently in solidarity with the Muslim riots around the country and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Read more
The Muslim riots in data: 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish homes burned
May 19, 2021 by TPS-IL
At least 10 synagogues were attacked and burned in the past week of Muslim riots across the country while 28 mosques were exposed as weapons storage sites, the data show. Read more
Two dead, 184 injured in bleacher collapse at Givat Ze’ev synagogue
May 18, 2021 by JNS
Two people were killed on Sunday evening during prayers at an unfinished synagogue in the town of Givat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem. Read more
2 killed, 7 injured by direct rocket hit
May 18, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Two people were killed and another seven were injured on Tuesday when a rocket directly hit the agricultural packaging house they were working in at the Eshkol Region, adjacent to the Gaza Strip. Read more
