American Airlines to revive flights between New York and Tel Aviv
American Airlines is scheduled to revive direct flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport next winter as part of a partnership with JetBlue Airways, announced the air carriers...
Colorado Rep. Lamborn: US underreports terrorist attacks against Israel in 2019
The U.S. State Department has said that it would amend its human-rights report published four months ago following a letter from two Republican congressmen stating that the number of terrorist attacks against Israel has...
Sanders endorses Omar for re-election to Minnesota seat
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has endorsed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for re-election in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, announced the senator on Wednesday.
“@IlhanMN is a woman of incredible strength. We need her leadership in Congress. I’m...
Democratic Party advances platform, including language on Israel
Members of the drafting committee voted to approve the language of the Democratic Party’s 2020 platform in a virtual meeting on Wednesday ahead of the July 27 vote by the full 187-member platform committee,...
California school boards forge ahead with controversial ethnic-studies curriculum
More than a dozen California school boards have adopted resolutions in support of the state’s proposed ethnic-studies model curriculum, despite it have come under fire for containing anti-Semitic and anti-Israel content, and not addressing issues of...
Israeli education minister: Schools to open, but with restrictions
Israeli Education Minister Yoav Galant announced on Wednesday that the new school year will open on Sept. 1 as usual, but with restrictions in place to stem the spread of coronavirus.
Galant told reporters that...
Jordan’s top court dissolves the country’s Muslim Brotherhood branch
Jordan’s top court dissolved the country’s branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Jordanian official said on Thursday.
“The Court of Cassation yesterday issued a final verdict ruling that the Muslim Brotherhood group is...
Former Jordanian deputy premier: ‘Our struggle with the Jews is existential’
Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley is a “life and death” issue for Jordan, according to former Jordanian deputy prime minister Mamdouh al-Abadi.’
In July 12...
Turkey’s dual message on the reversion of the Hagia Sophia to a mosque
Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s reversal last week of a 1934 law converting the Hagia Sophia Mosque into a museum, his personal Twitter account and that of his office emphasized different aspects of...
Netanyahu announces new stimulus plan: Cash for all Israelis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan on Wednesday night to provide individuals and families with a government grant to help them through the coronavirus crisis and stimulate the economy.
In a televised press conference,...