Photographer’s award praised by ‘Times’ same day he’s named in lawsuit
Meaghan Looram, director of photography at The New York Times, praised on Feb. 21 the “fearless and compassionate work” of Yousef Masoud, who just won a George Polk Award in Journalism for his photography related to the...
Hamas rockets must stop before two-state solution, 13 Dems in Congress say
U.S. President Joe Biden and officials at the White House, U.S. State Department and other departments in the administration have repeatedly stated that Hamas must release all of the hostages it holds in Gaza...
AJC official appointed to US State Department’s antisemitism envoy office
Julie Katz, the Atlanta associate director of the American Jewish Committee, will take a year off from her position to serve in the U.S. State Department, working with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. special envoy to...
Sans new funds, UNRWA’s operations to be ‘severely compromised’ by March
Philippe Lazzrini, commissioner-general of UNRWA, asked the president of the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday for permanent U.N. budgetary support for the scandal-plagued Palestinian-only refugee and social services agency.
Lazzrini wrote to Dennis Francis appealing to U.N....
Poll: Majority of New York Jewish voters intend to vote for Trump
A poll of registered New York voters suggests that a majority of Jews in the state intend to vote for former President Donald Trump in the presidential election in November.
New York Jews now favor...
American Christian Media group: Ax usage of term ‘West Bank’
The head of a prominent group of American Christian media broadcasters on Wednesday urged members of the association to cease using the term “West Bank” when reporting about Israel’s biblical heartland.
The announcement by the...
Rooted in their ‘deepest Jewish values,’ five NYC, state officials accuse Israel of ‘mass...
Two New York state senators and three city officials—an assembly member, a comptroller and a council member—penned an open letter claiming that their “deep” Jewish faith compels them to denounce Israel for “indiscriminate” bombing, among other...
United resuming flights to Israel on March 6
United Airlines plans to resume direct flights to Israel from the United States next month, becoming the first American carrier to renew service since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
Wednesday’s...
UK minister apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ defacement of Israeli’s birth certificate
U.K. Home Secretary James Cleverly apologized on Wednesday to the family of a baby whose birth certificate came back with “Israel” crossed out under “place of birth.”
“I have ordered an urgent review of a...
Israel trials replacing Hamas with local leaders in Gaza City district
Israel is preparing to carry out a pilot program that will see local authorities replace the Hamas terrorist group in governing the southern Gaza City neighborhood of Zeitoun, Channel 12 reported.
The military began a major aerial...