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Protesters in the streets of Iran demonstrating against a massive hike in gas prices by the government, November 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Leading 2020 presidential candidates voice support for Iranian protesters

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Some of the 2020 presidential candidates, including U.S. President Donald Trump, have tweeted in support of the protests in Iran against the regime that have taken the lives of hundreds of demonstrators. “Iran has become...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting of the right-wing parties bloc at the Knesset on Nov. 20, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Netanyahu cancels visit to NATO summit in London, citing ‘logistical problems’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled his planned trip to the annual NATO summit in London, despite being scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the sidelines of the...
IAC CEO Shoham Nicolet speaks at the 2018 IAC conference. Credit: IAC.

An Israeli-American summit where concern for Israel transcends political affiliations

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Ahead of the Israeli-American Council (IAC) National Summit in South Florida on Dec. 5-8, co-founder and CEO Shoham Nicolet spoke with JNS about his vision for IAC, the fastest-growing Jewish organization in the United...
Jewish students face a climate of anti-Israel intimidation on several California campuses, including from UC Berkeley SJP. Credit: Students for Justice in Palestine at University of California, Berkeley.

Study shows most supporters of ‘Palestine’ at UC Berkeley can’t find it on a...

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Many students who claim to support the Palestinian cause actually know very little about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, according to a recent survey conducted at the University of California, Berkeley. Ron E. Hassner, the Helen Diller...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly Cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on Dec. 1, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu warns Europe over Iran sanctions-relief efforts

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned European nations on Sunday that they were making a big mistake by trying to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran through a special mechanism that would bypass U.S....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Education Minister Naftali Bennett during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset on Nov. 13, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli defense minister approves new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron

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Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday approved the planning of a new Jewish neighborhood in the city of Hebron. The decision comes after years of legal battles between the city’s Jewish and Arab residents...
From left: Senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk, senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmed, head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh and deputy speaker of the Gaza-based Palestinian Parliament Ahmed Bahar attend a meting in Gaza City on April 22, 2014. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Fatah admits it supported Hamas during the Arafat era

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In a recent video posted by Fatah on its official Facebook page, the party of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas admitted that it supported Hamas “with money, weapons and political cover” during the era...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas meets with members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Oct. 3, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Relations with Israel are at a ‘dead end,’ Abbas tells UN representative

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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that relations between Israel and the P.A. have hit a “dead end,” and urged Europe to recognize a Palestinian state. Speaking during a meeting in Ramallah with...
British Jews in London on March 17, 2017. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Rabbi beaten in London by teenagers shouting ‘kill Jews’ and ‘f*** Jews’

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A senior rabbi on a visit to the United Kingdom was severely beaten in London on Friday by two teenagers yelling anti-Semitic slurs. The rabbi, who has not yet been named, boarded a plane...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on Nov. 24, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Rivlin praises UK chief rabbi’s ‘clear voice’ on Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn

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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised Britain’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis on Wednesday and expressed support for his recent article strongly criticizing British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. During a meeting between the two in London,...