Portugal bans entry to Israelis over coronavirus concerns
Portugal on Wednesday became the first European country to ban entry to Israelis after the European Union took the country off its COVID-19 safe travel list on Monday.
The Portuguese ban covers vaccinated Israelis and those able...
Pro-Israel group urges ethics investigation of Tlaib for retweeting charity with terror ties
A pro-Israel group in the United States is calling on Congress to investigate Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for her apparent support to a charity group tied to terrorist activity in the Gaza Strip.
In a...
Hamas ‘should be very worried’ by Israel’s maneuver towards Abbas
Hamas has good reason to be concerned by the recent meeting between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, a former senior Israeli defense official told JNS.
According to...
Lebanon has not received request to transfer Iranian fuel, energy minister says
Lebanese Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar said on Wednesday that the country’s caretaker government has not received a request to import fuel from Iran. His comments come after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had announced last month that...
Lapid says Biden plan to reopen US Palestinian mission in Jerusalem a ‘bad idea’
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday said Israel believes the U.S. plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem to service Palestinians is a “bad idea,” while arguing that the consulate could fracture the fragile...
Israel agrees to relax restrictions on the Gaza Strip
Israel approved a series of steps on Wednesday to relax restrictions on the Gaza Strip that were imposed since the IDF’s “Operation Guardian of the Walls” took place between May 10-21.
The easing includes expanding...
Hamas leader, officials: uncompromising resistance is only way to expel ‘the occupiers’
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and other officials were among the first to congratulate the Taliban on “expelling the occupiers” by means of their “jihad” from Afghanistan.
According to a report by the Middle East Media...
Nearly all Jewish students, alumni say campus anti-Semitism is a ‘problem,’ new survey reveals
Nearly all Jewish college students and alumni who participated in a recent survey by Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF) said anti-Semitism is a problem on college campuses, with three-fourths describing it as a “very serious”...
Jewish State Department officials call on Blinken to fire anti-Semitic employee
More than 70 Jewish officials at the U.S. State Department penned a letter that urges U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to fire “an openly anti-Semitic” department employee, according to a copy of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appoints new Shin Bet director
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday appointed R the new director of the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet).
R (55), a married father of three, currently serves as the Shin Bet’s deputy director. He...