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Leeds University’s Jewish chaplain moved off campus following threats
Security measures are being ramped up at the University of Leeds in the city of West Yorkshire in northern England following threats directed at a Jewish chaplain. “Free Palestine” graffiti was also painted on...
‘Aliyah’ applications from Western countries surge since Oct. 7
Israel expects a wave of immigration in the wake of the war against Hamas, fueled by solidarity with the Jewish state and antisemitism rising worldwide, the minister of aliyah and integration said on Wednesday.
Some 6,500 people...
Defeating an ideology takes time
In Mishpatim, last week’s Torah portion, the text tells us what victory in the Land of Israel will look like. It won’t be a blitzkrieg or even a “six-day war.” It will be a...
IAEA: Iran ‘not entirely transparent’ on its nuclear program
Tehran is being less than forthright with the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding its nuclear program, said IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi on Tuesday.
The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog group made his remarks...
What exactly is Biden’s issue with Israeli law enforcement?
President Joe Biden’s Executive Order targeting four “violent, radical settlers” is not a legal move, but a political one. Yet Israel has a fairly strong hand to play against it, if it has the...
National Library of Israel preserving ‘collective memory’ of Oct. 7
The National Library of Israel has embarked on a massive project to collect and archive all published materials about the Oct. 7 massacre, both the good and the bad.
While scholars and the curious public...
Pompeo in Israel: Most Americans are with you in war
The vast majority of Americans stand with Israel in the war against Hamas, and the military response against the Islamist terrorist group has been both “perfectly appropriate” and necessary, former U.S. Secretary of State...
UNRWA chief: Call to close agency ‘short-sighted,’ won’t resign
Calls to dismantle the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East are “short-sighted,” and terminating the organization’s mandate would be a “disaster” for the Gaza Strip, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe...
‘We believe in peace and justice, not just peace,’ pro-Israel activist says
As a young girl growing up in Montreal, Ysabella Hazan connected to the Chanukah story of the Maccabees and the Jewish Temple. “I always felt like it was a part of me,” she told...
Neo-Nazi brags about bombs, homemade guns to oppose ‘Jew government’
A member of the Aryan Freedom Network (AFN) in Minnesota, a white supremacist neo-Nazi group, has been arrested and jailed for possessing ammunition, a crime given previous felony drug convictions in 2007 and 2009.
Andrew...