‘We just didn’t matter,’ Jewish students say of alleged antisemitism at California schools
The Anti-Defamation League, Jewish on Campus, StandWithUs and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed complaints earlier this month with the U.S. Department of Education alleging that three California schools—Scripps College, Etiwanda...
Israel redrawing its borders in Syria and Lebanon
On Feb. 24, 2025, protests erupted in southern Syria, with several hundred demonstrators rallying in multiple locations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent call for the demilitarization of the area south of Damascus.
The...
Witkoff: ‘No alternative’ for Hamas but to exit Gaza
Hamas must leave the Gaza Strip, Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, told Fox News on Monday, shortly before flying to Qatar for continued talks on a Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
Witkoff said of...
US hostage envoy Boehler defends direct talks with Hamas
U.S. Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler confirmed on Sunday in a series of television interviews with American and Israeli media that direct talks with Hamas had indeed taken place, despite long-standing American policy against negotiating...
Federal agents arrest former Columbia student, who led protests
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, coordinating with the U.S. State Department, arrested Mahmoud Khalil, who completed his graduate studies at Columbia University in December, "in support of President Trump's executive orders prohibiting antisemitism,"...
Smotrich: Israel advancing plans for Gazan emigration
Israel is actively developing a large-scale emigration plan for Palestinians in Gaza, in coordination from the United States, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday.
Speaking to the Knesset’s Land of Israel Caucus, the Religious...
Trump: ‘We’re down to the final moments with Iran’
U.S. President Donald Trump hinted on Friday that the United States could take military action against the Iranian nuclear program “very soon” if the Islamic Republic does not strike a deal with the United...
Citing Jew-hatred, Trump admin axes $400 million in federal funding to Columbia
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it canceled about $400 million worth of contracts with and grants to Columbia University, citing what it said is the public school's inaction in the face of...
Oct. 7 was ‘total shock,’ chess grandmaster Susan Polgar says
Susan Polgar, a Jewish Hungarian-American grandmaster, was traveling with a student to the International Chess Federation’s Youth World Championship in Egypt, with a stop in Tel Aviv, on Oct. 7, 2023. “Like many others,...
90,000 Muslims ascend Temple Mount for Ramadan prayers
Approximately 90,000 Muslims, including thousands from Judea and Samaria, ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City for the first mass prayers of Ramadan on Friday morning, according to the Jordanian-appointed Waqf trust, which...