1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (817+ words) Friday, September 11th | 29 Elul 5786 European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has once again ignited a political firestorm after urging the bloc to ban imports from Israeli communities in the West Bank and comparing Israel’s actions to Russia’s occupation of Crimea....

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (472+ words) Friday, September 11th | 29 Elul 5786 The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and several other European nations recently announced sanctions, or plans for future sanctions, on goods originating in Israeli communities in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria. According to…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (380+ words) Thursday, September 10th | 28 Elul 5786 More than 5,000 leaders and public figures across entertainment, academia, politics, and several other fields signed an open letter on Wednesday that rejects the accusation that Israel is committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip. The public figures say…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (283+ words) Wednesday, September 9th | 27 Elul 5786 We should apply Natan Sharansky’s test for distinguishing criticism of Israel from something older and more nefarious: does it demonize, delegitimize, or hold Israel to a standard no other country on earth must meet. And it’s clear…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (397+ words) Wednesday, September 9th | 27 Elul 5786 Israel’s population has climbed to more than 10.3 million people ahead of Rosh Hashanah, according to new figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics, further solidifying the country’s continued demographic growth despite years of war, political turmoil,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (309+ words) Wednesday, September 9th | 27 Elul 5786 Every one of those measures is aimed at one party. Not a single one is aimed at the other. To Israelis: “You will face the full force of UK sanctions.” To the Palestinian Authority, in the same…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (493+ words) Monday, September 7th | 25 Elul 5786 A Jewish family of Iraqi origin is suing the French government for $25 million over a Baghdad property seized from them that now serves as the French Embassy in Iraq, reviving a decades-old dispute over Jewish property left…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (257+ words) Friday, September 4th | 22 Elul 5786 An elderly Israeli tourist was brutally attacked in her Paris hotel room early Friday, suffering multiple severe facial fractures, with authorities investigating the assault but not currently suspecting an antisemitic motive. According to local reports, an unidentified…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (979+ words) Thursday, September 3rd | 21 Elul 5786 IRAN — As the Trump administration continues to tighten the economic noose around Iran with US sanctions and a naval blockade, ordinary Iranians are bearing the most immediate cost — but largely blaming their own government for the country’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (231+ words) Thursday, September 3rd | 21 Elul 5786 Syria has begun destroying the remnants of a clandestine Assad–era chemical weapons program that it recovered in May, the first such destruction in a decade, a Syrian envoy and a UN representative said on Thursday. Reuters…...