By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. administration’s peace plan can serve as a basis for a process leading to peace and security, says Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Nine months after the Yom Kippur attack on the small Jewish community in Halle, Germany, local leaders say anti-Semitism is only getting worse.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Until their arrest by Israel at the end of 2019, the two terrorists worked for the Dutch-funded NGO Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The agreement, reached with Cyprus, Greece and Italy, reportedly will see the 1,200-mile pipeline built by 2025.
By Ariel Kahana
The plan calls for giving budgetary support to companies that engage in sustainability and other environmentally friendly activities.
Danny Danon began as Israel's ambassador to the UN in 2015.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Russia, China, Iran and Turkey are “key players in espionage and influence directed against Germany,” according to a report.
President of Murcia said at the only surviving synagogue from pre-Expulsion Spain: “A Jewish soul still beats deep in our hearts, a hope of freedom for today, looking towards the East.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Amnesty International claimed that NSO Group—whose technology enables the surveillance of smartphones—helped the Moroccan government spy on a human-rights activist critical of Rabat.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel has unique knowledge and experience in the field of food and agriculture and is happy to share it with other countries and organizations.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Foodbenders, a Toronto health food restaurant, has lost business and is now facing legal action after using the hashtag “#zionistsnotwelcome” in social media posts.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Canadian lawmaker Erin O’Toole, a member of Canada’s Conservative Party, also said he would expand relations with Israel.
Covid-19 has created a “new and unique wave of anti-Semitism around the world: the Jews, Zionists or the State of Israel are to blame for the pandemic and stand to gain from it.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel has a “very strong foundation” for future development, OECD deputy secretary general tells online conference.
By Orit Arfa
“Germany killed 6 million Jews in World War II, in the Holocaust, and now Germany wants to tell Israel how to defend its security,” said Marcel Goldhammer, a journalist with both German and Israeli citizenship.
Becky concluded the meeting with a bashful smile, thanking her commanders in Hebrew for helping her to reach this point and to the president for hosting her and her family.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I profoundly hope that annexation does not go ahead,” says the British prime minister in a Hebrew op-ed published by a major Israeli daily.
Pakistan’s courts have just shown that murderous anti-Semitism is acceptable in mainstream Pakistani law and society,” said CAMERA communications director Jonah Cohen.
By Israel Hayom
This is the second time Luis Fux, 67, has made history in Brazil; in 2011, he became the first Jewish judge named to the bench of the Federal Supreme Court.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Only the military wing of Hezbollah has been designated as such.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The E.U. must “review and be willing to suspend or downgrade” trade and cooperation agreements with the Jewish state, says U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.
The State Dept. has removed Saudi Arabia from its list of the worst offenders on human trafficking.
The Lebanese Army is reportedly holding exercises with UNIFIL near Rosh Hanikra.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Palestinians will lose faith in a negotiated solution, I’m afraid Arabs too will lose interest in regional peace."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“It’s hell in the E.U. to try to get a common position on this,” says one diplomat.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog called on Iran to “fully cooperate” with it in implementing its Weapons Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol and “satisfy the IAEA’s requests without further delay.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The EU canceled a €1.7 million grant after BADIL refused to sign an agreement which demands that recipients refute ties to terrorism.
“This is a diplomatic achievement with significant economic impact on the State of Israel,” the Foreign Ministry stated Thursday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.K. “strongly objects” to Israel’s plan to extend its law to parts of Judea and Samaria and “believes profoundly in a two-state solution,” says British prime minister, but was noncommittal regarding any possible sanctions.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
More than a third of French Jews refrain from wearing Jewish symbols in public, and a quarter avoids revealing their Jewish identity at work.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Minister Tzachi Hanegbi to replace Hotoveley as head of the Settlement Affairs Ministry.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Borrell has threatened Israel with diplomatic action following the new government’s announced wish to declare sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria.
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By Eliana Rudee
“Funds are being used for activities that do not appear to involve vital, lifesaving resources and supplies to implement the most urgent and critical activities,” said Becca Wertman, managing editor at NGO Monitor.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
For the moment, “we have chosen to focus our activities online until the time is right to reopen a physical space. This will allow us to stay nimble and conserve resources while we continue to deliver on our mission.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is said to have pressured Israel’s communications minister during a meeting to block Chinese efforts to gain a foothold in Israel’s cellular network.
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By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Ampoules of a fake Coronavirus vaccine labeled with a forged Migal Institute’s logo in Hebrew are illegally being manufactured and circulated in several South American countries.
Anne Ayalon acknowledged on behalf of Magen David Adom the warm connection and the generous donation.
Israel and India have joined forces to develop a test that would detect Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients within minutes.
She was released to house arrest and is being hosted by a Jewish family in Lima.
The new Israeli CannoMed is building the country’s largest indoor facility that will grow and export 10 tons of medical cannabis to Europe per year.
By Israel Hayom
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg says his country rejects “prejudice” against the Jewish state, and calls for dialogue with Israel’s new government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Mahan Air has allegedly been operating charter flights to Venezuela for Iranian technicians and technical equipment, using materials sourced from China.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Within the EU there is no unanimous agreement on Israel, but that isn't stopping EU’s High Representative Josep Borrell.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ten farms, five factories with Health Ministry approval • Companies already closing deals with buyers in Europe and Canada.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We will need to consider which activities to run, who can attend and what the maximum number will be,” said Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. “Events such as Kiddushim may not be possible for some time.”
By Ariel Kahana
The E.U.'s decision to continue funding to Palestinian “civil society” organizations with terror links sets a “dangerous precedent,” says Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The firm that wins the tender would operate it for 25 years.
By Ariel Kahana
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is reportedly pushing to penalize Jerusalem if it moves ahead with plans to apply Israeli law to parts of Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The attack came on May 8, the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces in Europe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
As of early May, Jews make up about 5 percent of the 25,987 reported fatalities in France as a result of complications due to COVID-19.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“ ‘You can’t inspect, so why you are there?’ ” posed Danon. “ ‘You have to be more active, you have to move freely and inspect all sites.’ ”
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By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
It is important to emphasize that Gammora is being tested as a treatment or cure and not a vaccination for preventing the virus.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The embargo expires on Oct. 18, along with U.N. travel restrictions on Iranians associated with arms proliferation—the latter of which the letter also calls to be extended.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tehran and Caracas have been working together in attempting to evade U.S. sanctions against both countries.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The audit noted that assaults became more blatant and violent in 2019, with several of them taking place in broad daylight and some directly in front of eyewitnesses.
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Fatou Bensouda deceived the international community when she initiated a pre-trial request, supposedly to determine if the ICC has jurisdiction over the “situation in Palestine.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The EU is upset with Israel talking about the possible application of sovereignty.
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By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
We're Shocked! Once again weapons were found stored in an UNRWA school.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The good news at the end of a dramatic week of twists and turns that would make Shakespeare blush is that your ‘Jewish News’ is back,” announced editor Richard Ferrer.
El Al has adapted 11 Dreamliner aircraft to carry cargo for this purpose.
Starmer’s wife comes from a Jewish family and her father is Jewish.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The shortage is due to the closure of many kosher slaughterhouses, as well as the outlawing of “shechita” (kosher ritual slaughtering) in certain parts of Europe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Orthodox Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the dean of the Israel’s Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions, said while cremation is normally considered a “desecration” in Judaism, if it helps save a life during this time it would be “a mitzvah that the deceased is doing posthumously.”
The Chinese wet markets have reopened, bats and other animals are again being sold for food.
Johnson said his Covid-19 symptoms are mild.
A clause was included in a Parliamentary bill, allowing for families of the deceased to oppose cremation out of religious reasons.
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Nati Hadad was arrested in 2017 and sentenced a year after for running an illegal medical clinic and a firearms offense.
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The US State Department released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, shedding light on the global human rights situation in 2019. In a speech presenting the new report, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that writing the report was “a broad and challenging mission, but human rights are at the core of […]
By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
Missile barrage on military base north of Baghdad wounds 12, Iranian proxy group believed to be responsible.
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Netanyahu: "With G-d's help and the cooperation of all of us, we will overcome this crisis."
For the next 2 weeks, everyone entering Israel will be required to enter quarantine for 2 weeks.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) has obtained and revealed a list of 12,000 Nazis who had been living in Argentina, many of whom held bank accounts with the predecessor of Credit Suisse.
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The patient, a resident of Migdal Ha’Emek in the north, visited with his family in Milan last week, where he was infected.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The country’s Supreme Administrative Court prohibited the march, ruling that far-right demonstrators could only lay wreaths at Lukov's home.
Netanyahu announced that Australia and Italy would be added to the list of countries with entry restrictions, joining Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and China.
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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The new restriction will affect those who have traveled within the last two weeks to Thailand, Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Despite several scares, Israel itself has yet to contend with a patient suffering from COVID-19, as coronavirus is officially named.
Several European countries, the US, Canada, Brazil, and Uganda have voiced their opposition to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe against Israel.
The prayers called upon God to have mercy and cure the Chinese people from the Coronavirus and for the health of all people around the world.
“We suspect MoleRATs are carrying out these campaigns to obtain sensitive information from its victims to leverage for political purposes.”