Friedman: ‘I believe the US will respect Israel if Israel respects itself’
It’s been almost a year since U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman completed his service. In an interview with JNS, Friedman—who recently joined former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s new investment fund, Liberty Strategic, as its...
Mila Kunis among 200 stars who sign letter rejecting cultural boycott of Israel
More than 200 celebrities and leaders in the entertainment industry signed a letter rejecting a cultural boycott of the Tel Aviv LGBTQ+ film festival.
The open letter, an initiative by Creative Community for Peace, comes in...
New York to divest $111 million from Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott
New York has announced that it is pulling $111 million in investments from Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, over the ice cream makers decision to boycott Israeli settlements earlier this year.
The...
Wiesenthal Centre on “GONGO’s” and Terror
Paris, 29 October
The UN Palestine Committee, which is otherwise the “UN Committee on the Excercise of the Inalieable Rights of the Palestinian People” (CEIRPP), which is related to UNISPAL under the UN Division for...
Brooklyn resident convicted of hate crime for attacking rabbi, shouting anti-Semitic slurs
The Brooklyn Supreme Court has convicted a man of strangulation and assault as a hate crime for his 2018 attack on a rabbi in the neighborhood of East Flatbush, New York Daily News reported.
James Vincent, 44,...
Israel to collaborate with US, UN on regulation of social networks
Israel’s Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel met with executives from major online companies and legislators in New York and Washington to discuss support for the regulation of social networks, Globes reported.
His meetings last week with senior...
NY lawmaker urges major cable providers to expand Jewish programming and content
U.S Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) has called on seven major cable providers to increase its Jewish-themed television programming and content around the country.
Rice, a representative of New York’s Fourth Congressional District, sent seven letters on Tuesday that were individually addressed to the CEOs of Altice...
Pro-Israel movements protest US intention to open Jerusalem consulate for Palestinians
A group of more than 100 Israelis gathered on Agron Street in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday, opposite the old U.S. consulate building, protesting the Biden administration’s announced plan to reopen it as a full...
Progressives introduce motion slamming Israel’s decision to blacklist Palestinian NGOs
Several progressive Democrats introduced an resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday criticizing the decision by Israel to declare six Palestinian NGOs as terror organizations.
Sponsored by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), it recognizes...
Report: Israel complied with laws of war, minimized casualties during Gaza conflict
A new report from JINSA, a Jewish security think tank, finds that the Israel Defense Forces complied with the laws of war and even went to great lengths to minimize civilian casualties during the...