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Jewish Agency head Sharansky: 5,000 Jews to make Aliyah from France by the end of the year, or one percent of the French Jewish community.
Serry says he was trying to openly, not secretly, funnel money to Hamas.
PM Netanyahu spoke with UN chief Ban Ki-moon, explaining to him the facts of life.
By JTA
One of Woronyj’s neighbors, who did not want to be named, said he was “a big man who kept himself to himself.”
UN envoy Robert Serry was reportedly determined to find a way to get that money to Hamas. He apparently tried a little too hard.
By JTA
A Jewish cemetery and Holocaust monument were damaged in Germany amid a string of unrelated acts of vandalism against Jewish heritage sites in central Europe.
By Shalom Bear
It seems that the only way for Israel to advance in the UN is for the Arabs to not know which countries support it.
Stance consistent with Shalit affair, when group never got around to visiting the IDF hostage
Group visits Israel for 29th mayors conference; calls for boys' immediate, unconditional release
Israelis would do well to consider the police, Hanin Zoabi and the secondary goals of the manhunt
By Rachel Levy
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appears to be retracting his condemnation of the terror kidnapping of 3 Israeli teens.
Jewish kindergarten children were attacked Sunday in Antwerp by a group of Muslim teens.
By Yifa Segal
A delegation of 40 French Members of Parliament arrived in Israel. Upon their arrival, and despite their extremely busy schedule, the delegation's members asked to pay a visit to the families of the kidnapped Israeli teens.
"When I was in prison, in full isolation, I felt strong because I knew that world Jewry was standing strong with me. I am certain that Eyal, Gil-Ad, and Naftali are feeling the same powerful support of world Jewry today."
From Spain to Sudan, from England to Australia, radical Islam has been on the march spreading values of jihad, hate
Prof. Moshe Maoz warns that kidnapping could indicate al-Qaeda cell in Israel, but also says prisoner issue unifies Palestinian society.
Ethiopians made their ways, often on foot, to visit a "surgery marathon" performed by 40 volunteers with Operation Smile
Liberman continues to build ties in Africa; in contrast to Obama, Ghanan Foreign Minister issues statement on teenage hostages
It is far from clear that Hamas is responsible for the current crisis. Netanyahu, however, set the stage by agreeing to the Shalit deal
Ban Ki-moon couldn't mouth a simple condemnation, like he did for kidnappings in other countries.
2 men on a scooter, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and handguns approached a Paris shul on Shabbat afternoon.
Mehdi Nemmouch has conditioned his acceptance of extradition to Belgium to stand trial there, on the condition he won't be extradited to Israel.
The Brussels Jewish Museum murder suspect opposes extradition if it means he will be tried in Israel.
An additional 10,000 Syrian refugees will be permitted to enter Germany.
Collection seized by German officials in 2012, but owner said he'd come to it all legally. Perhaps he considered stealing from Jews legal?
By JTA
Jewish Republicans retire to lick their wounds, consider future after shock of Cantor loss to no-name Tea Party candidate
Foreign Minister to visit five countries, sign host of business and trade agreements, upgrade diplomatic relations
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
An overflow crowd of hundreds of community activists, diplomats and religious leaders watched, as Irina Bokova, UNESCO's Director General joined with official co-sponsors; Israel, Canada, United States and Montenegro at the unveiling ceremony.
The German government is cracking down on those who fight in the Syrian civil war; one who returned has been charged with terrorism.
Unfortunately, the French-born murderer of innocents at the Brussels Jewish Museum, are revered by many young Muslims.
PM Netanyahu now holds PA unity gov't leader Mahmoud Abbas personally responsible for Gaza attacks on southern Israel.
WJC leader meets with Jewish community, shows support for community rocked by violence in recent months;
By Rachel Levy
Rocket attack from Gaza starts off the morning in southern Israel to show the new PA unity government is the 'same old thing.'
Exhibition to detail Jewish history, ties to Land of Israel
By JTA
Two Jewish teenagers reported that they were sprayed with tear gas in an attack in Sarcelles, a northern suburb of Paris. The teens, who were wearing kippot, said they were attacked on Saturday night, according to a report posted Monday on the website of the National Bureau of Vigilance against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. The attack, which was […]
Dutch ambassador to Israel, Caspar Veldkamp, said Tuesday that Arab and Muslim countries, many of whom do not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, maintain rich economic ties with Israel, facilitated by Holland. Israel Radio reported in Arabic that Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, in addition to several Persian Gulf nations, all trade quietly […]
Jews condemn latest outburst by veteran anti-Semite, but few non-Jews react. Lauder calls for Le Pen to lose diplomatic immunity
Israel, Europe welcoming Israel into exclusive European science club - as long as progress doesn't come from 'wrong' side of Israel
Britain's leadership becomes aware of an Islamist plot to take over the nation's school system.
Serry promised more U.N. money for Gaza and called for lifting the legal blockade of Gaza's borders.
Gunmen attacked the airport in Karachi, Pakistan.
By JTA
“Death to Jews” and a swastika were painted on the notice board of the Central Synagogue in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Prime Minister didn't mince words at Sunday's cabinet meeting, slamming the int'l community for embracing the Hamas government, while praising Australia for its moral clarity.
Hypocritical statements emanate from Jordan.
PUG Calls for Reevaluation of the Arab Relationship with Australia
By JTA
The Spanish government has approved a draft bill that proposes to grant citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews who were forced into exile 500 years ago.
Obama tried to re-set US-Muslim relations, but he has failed to meet the challenges of his time in office.
Australia joins Canada in extending real hands of friendship to Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
United Utilities, the UK‘s largest listed water company supplying around 7 million homes in the North West of England, is the latest water utility to discover the merits Israel's Mapal Green Energy company.
Belgium will join the Jews in fighting anti-Semitism in Europe.
By JTA
Armed, masked men threatened to burn down the house of one of Ukraine’s chief rabbis.
By JTA
(JTA) — Police arrested two men in the severe beating of a Jewish man in Creteil, a Paris suburb. It was the second anti-Semitic attack there in the last week, a local Jewish watchdog group said. In the later attack, on May 30, three men in their 20s hit the Jewish man in his face […]
Spain's King Juan Carlos, 76, is abdicating in favor of his son, Felipe, after 40 years on the throne.
By Rachel Levy
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Islamist terrorism is "rearing its head" in Europe - and yet the EU praises unity with Hamas.
By Rachel Levy
A US president faces outraged lawmakers and public questions over swapping jailed Taliban terrorists for a hostage soldier.
Mehdi Nemmouche, the 29 year old French national who was arrested Sunday in connection with the May 24th killing spree at a Jewish museum in Brussels, is a known Islamic radical who is believed to have spent time in Syria fighting on behalf of Islamist groups in 2013. According to the BBC, Nemmouche hails from the […]
Mehdi is believed to have Jihadist ties, and had visited Syria in 2013.
By JTA
Likud Netherlands accused the municipality of “wiping Israel off the map.”
By JTA
Israel’s ambassador to the Ukraine, Reuven Din El, called the leaks “harmful and dangerous politically, operationally and to our image,” and make Ukrainian Jews subject to charges of dual loyalty.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Japan’s largest pharmaceutical company, Takeda, recently signed an agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to commercialize the Israeli company’s innovative treatment for Parkinson’s disease, rasagiline, in Japan.
By JTA
A 250-year-old Torah scroll that has spent half its existence in a museum was returned to a British Jewish community.
Ukraine rebels are holding four European observers hostage, and shot down a gov't helicopter, killing 14.
Germany's leader, Angela Merkel, is the most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes Magazine.
The EU Commission boasted about its latest enormous infusion of cash into the PA and UNRWA.
Shurat Hadin: Boycott of Israeli professor violated anti-racism law. Aussie prof: I'll work with whomever I choose.
By JTA
A crowd of approximately 2,000 gathered for a silent vigil in front of the Jewish museum in Brussels where an unidentified shooter killed four people.
The BDS leadership wants to punish Soros for Israeli investments; they are calling for an "aidcott."
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“The best hidden treasures are here,” Lee told Tazpit. “Israelis have amazing innovative minds. You have 12 Nobel laureates!”
A leading Australian rabbi has set family violence and sexual abuse as top priorities for the country’s top rabbinic organization. “There’s nothing we shouldn’t be speaking about. Let’s talk about organ donation, let’s talk about child protection, let’s talk about reporting to the police, abortion, end-of-life issues,” Kluwgant told Melbourne’s The Age. Kluwgant assumes the […]
The following CCTV video of the Brussels Jewish Museum shooting was released by Belgium Police.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
The Belgium PM condemned the manifestations of anti-Semitism and sent his condolences to the families of the victims.
Three Jews were attacked in Creteil, France as they exited the city's synagogue.
Islamic groups silent on Brussels attack; even Haaretz forced to admit that shooter was likely Muslim
A couple from Tel Aviv in their 50s, were among those killed at the Brussels Jewish Museum on Saturday.
This cold-blooded attack takes place against the backdrop of a massive spike in European anti-Semitism.
By JTA
A Jewish Tunisian man was stabbed in the chest after a fight at the Jewish market in Djerba, on Thursday.
Four people were killed in a shooting at the Brussel's Jewish Museum on Saturday morning.
If anything, French Jews believe that Souad Merah is even more dangerous than her brother, Mohammed
Liberman said, to regain political support from the African states, Israel must invest resources and effort in that region.
The Israeli embassy in Belgrade airlifted essential medicine and equipment to regions that were cut off due to heavy rainfall.
By JTA
Greece may be the cradle of democracy, but anti-Jewish feeling runs deep in the country
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Brig. Gen. Tevet-Wiesel spoke to global military representatives on the IDF’s opportunities for women, which are considered advanced relative to those of other armies.
Ties set to expand between Israel and developing world
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Three Israeli students from Ben Gurion University of the Negev won second place at the International Cultural and Academic Meeting of Engineering Students conference (ICAMES), a world-wide engineering project competition organized by the Engineering Society of Bogazici University in Istanbul.
By JTA
95.2% of all respondents to the online survey said they viewed anti-Semitism as “very worrisome” or “worrisome.”
Palestinians are the only refugee group in the world with a relief organization dedicated to their issue. Other refugee populations have been resettled; why are Palestinians different?
Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority are putting the final touches on preparations for Pope Francis' arrival next weekend. But police spokesmen are frustrated they haven't been able to crack the 'price tag' nut
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
For 10,000 Israeli fans that filled the Mediolanum Forum Arena in Milan, Italy, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv’s win against Spain’s Real Madrid was a sweet victory.
Australia has always had a vocal far-left constituency, but they are a minority that have had little voice in mainstream politics. Is that changing?
From its inception in 1926, Tnuva has been a household name, for children as they learned to talk up through adulthood. How do you say "Tnuva" in Chinese?
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and IBM have launched a Center of Excellence in the field of protection of infrastructure and assets. The Center will be housed at the university’s campus in Beer-Sheva. The center will focus on research and development of solutions for the private and public enterprise markets, with a focus on the […]
Talks between Iran and the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany in Vienna ended on Friday with no progress.
Ambassador Prosor: “There are three monotheistic religions, yet only two are recognized by the U.N calendar. Such discrimination at the UN must end."
By Shalom Bear
The US denies President Obama had any role in the German decision to cancel the promised discount.
By JTA
A woman assaulted a Jewish mother and her baby in Paris while shouting anti-Semitic slurs.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A group of lawyers have requested the UN review and reconsider any acceptance of Palestinian Authority requests for accession to international conventions, pending fulfillment of the legal and moral requirements set out in international law and practice.
Russian Jews led the call for a wider, global Jewish recognition of the rescue of European Jewry.
The United Nations is considering the possibility that Iran just might have figured out how to avoid international sanctions in order to continue that country’s drive to develop nuclear weapons. According to a confidential new report by a U.N. panel that compliance with international sanctions, Tehran appears to be using its petrochemical industry as a […]
On the face of things, Jewish life in France appears stronger than ever: Jewish schools are thriving, there are kosher butchers all over the country, and the Jewish population has more than doubled since 1945. So why are people talking about the end of Europe's largest Jewish community?
September 18, 2026 
