Bernie Sanders: ‘It’s not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said that “it is not anti-Semitic to criticize the policies of the Israeli government,” adding on to his prior stance that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Middle East center at Indiana University circulates anti-Semitic flier
The Center for the Study of the Middle East (CSME) at Indiana University Bloomington has issued an apology for featuring in its newsletter a flier consisting of an anti-Semitic cartoon.
“The cartoon featured the Republican...
IAEA discovery of uranium particles raises questions on scope of Iran’s nuclear program
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday that it has discovered uranium traces at an undeclared site in Iran.
“The agency detected natural uranium particles of anthropogenic origin at a location in Iran...
Netanyahu, Knesset mark 25 years of peace between Israel and neighboring Jordan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday marked 25 years of a peace agreement between Israel and Jordan.
“We have an outstanding interest in keeping the peace agreement due to the fact that we have...
Trump: Iran returning missing former Jewish FBI agent would be ‘positive step’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that if Iran were to return missing Jewish American former FBI agent Robert Levinson, it would be a “very positive step.”
The U.S. State Department announced last week...
Greece endorses universal definition of anti-Semitism
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis endorsed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism on Friday.
The IHRA definition says: “Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and...
Trump slated to address Israeli-American Council conference on Dec. 7
U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to give the keynote address at the annual Israeli-American Council’s annual summit next month, announced the organization on Monday. It would mark the president’s first appearance at a...
Four Ukrainians sentenced for fatal beating of Chabad rabbi in 2016
A Ukrainian court has reportedly sentenced four people to prison for the fatal assault and robbery in 2016 of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.
Two Ukrainian men were sentenced to nine and...
Bennett to be sworn in as Israel’s new defense minister
New Right Party leader Naftali Bennett will be sworn in as Israel’s 20th Defense Minister on Tuesday at 11 a.m., at which point the resignation of the current defense minister—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—will...
Iran can enrich uranium to 60 percent, says atomic energy organization spokesman
A spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said on Sunday that while the Islamic Republic’s current need was only for uranium enriched to 5 percent, it had the capacity to enrich up...