In Israel, UN chief warns anti-Semitism is ‘alive and well’
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that anti-Semitism remains "alive and well" in today's world and has vowed to combat all forms of racism and bigotry.
Guterres made the remarks on Monday during a visit...
First-ever delegation of MKs visits South Africa
A group of Israeli Knesset members returned from a visit to South Africa this week, the first-ever such delegation of lawmakers to visit the country, the Jewish Agency said in a statement Thursday.
During their...
Rolling dice for coexistence: Jerusalem backgammon tourney brings Arabs, Jews together
A Jerusalem backgammon tournament that brought hundreds of Jews and Arabs together was hailed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “a beautiful symbol of coexistence.”
Tonight hundreds of Arabs, Jews and others come together for the...
Netanyahu: neo-Nazi slogans in the streets of America are ‘no small thing’
People marching in the US chanting neo-Nazi slogans that “Jews will not replace us” is no inconsequential matter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Channel 20 interview taped Wednesday in Sochi.
This was the...
US reform leaders condemn body searches of women at Western Wall
The senior leadership of the Reform Movement in the US condemned the body searches conducted on women seeking to pray in a Women of the Wall service by officials at the Western Wall on Wednesday.
Worshipers in...
US remains concerned over freeze of Kotel egalitarian area plan
The United States remains concerned by an Israeli government decision to freeze a plan to build an egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall, as is evident in the International Religious Freedom Report for...
Israel to strip ISIS fighters of citizenship
"I asked that the citizenship of 20 such Israelis be revoked," he told Israeli Army Radio.
The Shin Bet security service has in the past estimated that several dozen Israeli nationals had been fighting for...
Chief Rabbinate contests high court jurisdiction over Western Wall prayer
The Chief Rabbinate maintained in a position statement to the High Court of Justice on Monday that the court has no authority to intervene on the issue of prayer rights for progressive Jews at...
Israeli Police stop soccer game on Temple Mount only after Jews’ request
Israeli Temple Mount policemen stopped on Sunday Arab kids from playing soccer on the Temple Mount only after they were requested to do it by one of the Jewish visitors to the holy site,...
Family marks 20 years to disappearance of IDF soldier Guy Hever
The family of missing IDF soldier Guy Hever marked 20 years to his disappearance on Thursday, with his mother telling Ynet she has "no doubt he's still alive."
Hever, a soldier in the Artillery Corps, left his...