What is the future of human rights in an era of amplified anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism has increased dramatically in the past decade, particularly in Europe and North America, with college campuses, work places, political parties, social media and civil society becoming fertile ground for violent extremism and hateful...
New US special Mideast envoy Berkowitz meets Netanyahu to discuss peace effort
Avi Berkowitz, U.S. President Donald Trump’s new special representative for international negotiations, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to discuss the rollout of the Trump administration’s peace plan.
Also attending the meeting...
IDF strengthens cyber-defense coordination with US Cyber Command
The Israel Defense Forces and the U.S. military are strengthening their coordination and partnership in the area of cyber defenses.
Lt. Col. O (full name withheld), an officer in the IDF’s J6 and Cyber Defense...
Talking points or sticking points: Trump’s Mideast peace plan has Knesset members abuzz
The release of U.S. President Trump’s plan for peace in the Middle East has led to significant debate within Israel’s political world. The combination of the plan allowing for immediate Israeli control over all...
Netanyahu holds national preparedness meeting over coronavirus outbreak
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting at his office in Jerusalem with ministry director generals and staff officials on Sunday morning to discuss how to deal with the recent outbreak of coronavirus...
Netanyahu: Israel is mapping lands for annexation
Israel has begun to map the Judea and Samaria lands that Israel will annex, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an election campaign rally in Ma’ale Adumim on Saturday.
“We are already at the...
U.S. ambassador to Israel clarifies statement on Israeli annexation
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman set off a firestorm on Sunday when he tweeted, “The application of Israeli law to the territory which the Plan provides to be part of Israel is...
Blue and White Party’s Gantz denies wrongdoing amid investigation reports
Israeli opposition leader and Blue and White Party head Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday following media reports that an investigation was being launched into a deal between a company he had previously led...
For third time in row, Netanyahu and Gantz race towards an inconclusive finish line
Israel has entered the home stretch of its third election within a year, and with polls showing some possible shifts in public opinion, the parties have begun their last-ditch efforts to gain votes.
Blue and...
Gantz accuses Netanyahu of ‘poisoning’ Israel, fostering ‘culture of crime’
With Israel’s elections just days away, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Wednesday slammed the door on a future unity deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and launched a...