Netanyahu not in contempt of court, High Court rules
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Monday rejected a request to hold Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in contempt for allegedly violating the terms of an agreement stipulating that he not interfere in judicial reform...
Youssef Elazhari, who once relied on Al Jazeera reporting, now gets his facts from...
Growing up in Marrakesh in the Kingdom of Morocco, Youssef Elazhari had positive views of Jews but not of Israel.
There hadn’t been many Jews around in Morocco since the community immigrated after 1948 with...
Berlin bans Palestinian terrorist flags at May Day events
Police in Berlin have announced a ban on Palestinian terrorist flags and violent statements against Israel during Monday’s May Day demonstrations.
The move follows a march in the city during the Passover on April 8...
Netanyahu meets with McCarthy in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday in Jerusalem.
The two held a tête-à-tête and then an expanded meeting as part of a working lunch with a...
US House speaker at Western Wall: ‘Israel is a blessed nation’
United States House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers opened their visit to Israel on Sunday at the Western Wall.
The 20-member delegation of Republican and Democrat lawmakers was welcomed...
Israeli foreign minister pledges US visa waiver for Israelis ‘in the coming months’
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday night that Israel was making progress in getting visa exemptions for citizens who wish to travel to the United States.
“Today, we hosted representatives of the U.S....
High Court ends Orthodox monopoly on conversion for adoption
After a 20-year legal battle, the High Court of Justice on Sunday ended a practice whereby non-Jewish children adopted in Israel have to undergo an Orthodox conversion to Judaism.
The nine-justice panel issued its ruling...
Greenblatt joins Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Jason Greenblatt, a former special envoy to Israel and the Arab world in the Trump administration, is joining the think tank Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs as senior director for Arab-Israel diplomacy.
Greenblatt was part...
‘Incredibly Disturbing’: ADL Calls on Israel to Reconsider New York Consul General Nomination
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in a statement to The Algemeiner called for the Israeli government to reconsider the nomination of Likud MK and minister-without-portfolio May Golan as Israel’s Consul General in New York over past comments...
‘Leave New York’s yeshivas alone,’ writes Wall Street Journal
“Are Jewish moms and dads who send their children to religious schools lawbreakers? Or are they exercising their right to live by their beliefs—even if those beliefs are out of fashion with modern American...