Hatred Rising: The Top 10 Anti-Semitic Acts of 2017
Anti-Semitism is showing few signs of slowing down, prompting the Simon Wiesenthal Center to release a list of the "Top 10 Worst Global Anti-Semitic/Anti-Israel Acts of 2017."
According to the center, the year's most egregious incidents...
El Salvador, last nation to shut down its Jerusalem embassy, will not move back
El Salvador, the last nation to shut down its Jerusalem embassy, will not be moving back to the Israeli capital.
“We will not move our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem out of respect for...
Hate crimes targeting Muslims and Jews have increased during Donald Trump’s rise to power....
There was a 67 percent increase in antisemitic incidents across the United States from January 1 to September 30, 2017 in comparison with the same period in 2016, according to the Anti Defamation League’s...
Israel arrests ex-Palestinian police officer for incitement
Border Police arrested a former senior officer in the Palestinian Authority police on suspicion of incitement and organizing protest rallies, police said Tuesday.
The suspect, who was not named by police, allegedly organized a demonstration...
Reform movement retreating from opposition to Trump’s Jerusalem decision
The Reform movement has started to retreat from its opposition to the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Following President Donald Trump’s recognition announcement, Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) President Rabbi...
Website appeals decision penalizing ‘Jewish labor’
The website “Jewish Labor List” has appealed the decision of a Jerusalem court to impose a fine of 40,000 (11,500 dollars) on the site for “discrimination.”
The site sought to connect Jewish laborers and employers in an...
Auschwitz guard, 96, must serve prison sentence, Germany’s highest court rules
Germany’s highest court has ruled that a 96-year-old former Auschwitz guard should serve his prison sentence for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at the concentration camp.
Oskar Groening was convicted and sentenced in...
German Jewish Leader Warns That Jews May Require Police Protection As Anti-Semitism Escalates
Ms Knobloch, who is now the President of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, said that Jews are increasingly under threat, Die Welt reports.
“Aggressive anti-Semitism, from verbal hostility on the Internet and in the analogue...
Israel withdraws from UNESCO
Israel has filed notice to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) alongside the United States.
Israel has blasted UNESCO in recent years over the organisation's criticism of Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem and...
Palestinians clash with IDF troops securing holy site for Jewish worshipers
Clashes broke out between Palestinians and IDF troops outside the tomb of Yehoshua bin Nun in the northern West Bank early Thursday morning.
The army was securing the holy site in the village of Kifl...