Pro-Israel, Jewish leaders react to massive rocket fire from Gaza
Jewish and pro-Israel organizations condemned the more than 150 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel on Tuesday, following the latter assassinating Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior leader Baha Abu al-Ata in coastal enclave.
A U.S. State...
Members of Congress call on Trump to cancel Erdoğan’s White House visit
A group of 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the White House on Wednesday.
In a letter, the...
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...
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...
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...
Anti-Semitic hate crimes on New York City subways on the rise, NYPD reveals
New police statistics show an increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes targeting Jewish riders on New York City subways, The City reported on Wednesday.
Since Oct. 20, the New York Police Department has logged 42 hate-crime complaints involving anti-Semitic...
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg expected to run for president
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to run for president after announcing earlier this year that he would not run for the Democratic nomination.
The New York Times first reported the development on Thursday,...
US rejects Jordan’s opposition to deport wanted terrorist
The United States has rejected a claim by Jordan over its refusal to deport wanted Palestinian-Jordanian Hamas terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, as a Jordanian court ruled in 2017 that Amman’s extradition treaty with Washington is...