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Netanyahu hails ‘one of the most successful’ rescue ops in Israeli history
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked special forces operators who freed two hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip in “one of the most successful rescue operations in the history of...
Report: Jew-hatred ‘far higher’ in Italy in 2023 than prior year
The 454 antisemitic incidents recorded in Italy in 2023—216 of which occurred after Oct. 7—represent the largest ever such statistic, according to a new report.
The Observatory on Antisemitism of the Foundation Center for the Documentation...
HonestReporting Canada persuades ‘CBC’ to retract Palestinian history claim
An article published by CBC News titled “B.C. minister under fire for comments about Middle East before creation of Israeli state” received multiple corrections following a critique from HonestReporting Canada.
The reporting focused on comments by Selina Robinson, British Columbia’s minister...
Antisemitic protest block Dublin library, home to ‘Book of Kells’
Anti-Israel protesters outside the Library of Trinity College Dublin, home to one of the most important manuscripts in the world, temporarily closed down the building as they called for the Irish university to boycott...
Jerusalem denies entry to UN official who blamed Israel for Oct. 7
Israel will bar Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the “occupied Palestinian territories,” from entering the Jewish state, including Judea and Samaria.
Albanese blamed the slaughter of Jews by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7...
Orange County Jewish Federation leads summit to counter prejudice, bigotry
Elected officials, nonprofit leaders, hate-crime prosecutors and law-enforcement officials gathered at the University of California, Irvine, on Feb. 8 to examine and discuss pushing back against prejudice through the lens of sociology and criminology.
“At...
Experts dismiss ‘Politico’ claim Blinken ‘too nice to be secretary of state’
Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, is so dull that a “major news organization” scrapped a profile of him after its journalists struggled mightily to find relevant “spicy anecdotes.” For senior Politico foreign-affairs correspondent Nahal...
Las Vegas City Council adopts IHRA definition
Another U.S. city has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.
The Las Vegas City Council voted on Feb. 6 in favor of R-5-2024, which adopted the definition. It will be used to...
Putin on release of Evan Gershkovich: ‘I believe an agreement can be reached’
In an interview by conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich had engaged in espionage, but a deal could potentially be reached for his release.
The Jewish reporter has been detained...
It must be restated: Israel is central to Judaism and Jewish identity
Given the prevalence of misinformation on social media and the one-sided reports in news outlets, it’s not unreasonable for some people to think that Zionism—the belief that Jews have a right to self-determination in...