Dutch professor questions Holocaust on TV, calls Jews βparasitesβ
AMSTERDAM (JTA) β A professor emeritus from an esteemed university in the Netherlands whose father was a Nazi called Jews βparasitesβ in a televised interview.
Jan Tollenaere, a lecturer on medicinal chemistry who retired from...
US ‘envisions’ Western Wall as part of Israel, senior Trump official says
The Trump administration "cannot envision a scenario" under which the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Second Temple and one of the holiest sights in Judaism, "would not be part of Israel" in...
Iraqi Shi’ite Militia Commander Qais Al-Khazali Enters Lebanon, Visits Israeli Border
Qais Al-Khazali, the leader of the Iraqi Shi'ite militia Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq, entered Lebanon and went on a tour of the Israeli-Lebanese border. In a video aired by the Iraqi Al-Ahd TV on December...
Amid Jerusalem fallout, Trump envoy heads to Israel to try salvage peace push
WASHINGTON β Amid violent regional protests over US President Donald Trumpβs decision last week to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israelβs capital, hisΒ top peace envoy will head to Israel early next week to try to...
Real-Life Grinch: To Protest Trump, Nazareth Mayor Cancels Christmas Performances
While it was originally reported on Thursday that Nazareth mayor Ali Salam would protest the USβ recognition of Jerusalem as Israelβs capital by cancelling Christmas celebrations, this policy was later clarified to explain that...
Al Quds speaker who blamed Grenfell on βZionistsβ wonβt face prosecution by CPS
An anti-Israel campaigner who claimed victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were βmurdered by supporters of Zionist ideologiesβ will not face prosecution for hate speech.
Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) speaker Nazim Ali will not...
Housing project discriminates against Sephardic Jews
Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews seeking to buy homes in the "David's Gardens" housing project in Bnei Brak claim they have been discriminated against.
The project, named after David Lubinsky of the Lubinsky Group, is currently...
Jewish Leaders: Abbasβ Istanbul Speech a Rejection of Peace, Insult to Judaism
Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Wednesday criticized Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbasβs speech at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperationβs conference in Istanbul earlier that day, calling...
Attacker of kosher Amsterdam restaurant fought in Syria
The man whom Dutch police released hours afterΒ he attacked a kosher restaurantΒ while waving a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag reportedly is a Damascus-born ex-combatant in Syriaβs civil war,Β JTAΒ reported Wednesday, citing the Dutch news siteΒ GeenStijl.
The...
Israelβs intelligence affairs minister proposes Saudi-led peace negotiations
Intelligence Affairs Minister Yisrael Katz proposed that Saudi Arabia sponsor new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in an interview with a Saudi newspaper.
In the wide-ranging interviewΒ publishedΒ Wednesday on the Elaph website, Katz said he would be willing...