UNHRC worked with NGOs with terror ties to compile blacklist of firms
NGOs with terrorist ties were involved in the posting on Wednesday of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s blacklist of 112 companies with ties to Israeli settlements released on Wednesday, according to an Israeli Ministry of Strategic...
Japan refuses to release Israelis off ship quarantined due to coronavirus
Japan has refused Israel’s request that Israelis quarantined in Yokohama Port, Japan, aboard a cruise liner infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus be allowed to complete their quarantine in Israel.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said...
Israel takes fight to UNHRC following release of settlement blacklist
Following Wednesday’s release by the United Nations of a blacklist of companies connected to Israeli settlements, Israel’s Foreign Ministry has asked the country’s U.S. consulates to reach out to the governors of states in which targeted...
Mazel tov: First edition of Yiddish ‘Harry Potter’ sells out in less than 48...
Less than 48 hours after the Yiddish edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” translated by Arun Viswanath, became available for pre-order, the book sold out its first print run of 1,000 copies....
Dutch city to keep street signs claiming Israelis cities are located in ‘Palestine’
A Dutch city has decided to postpone a decision to change street signs that identify Israeli cities as Palestinian, JTA reported on Sunday.
A spokesperson of the municipality of Eindhoven in the eastern Netherlands on Friday wrote on Twitter...
Palestinians reportedly pull vote on UN resolution condemning Trump peace plan due to lack...
The Palestinians appear to have withdrawn their request for a vote on a U.N. resolution condemning the Trump Mideast peace plan released last month, according to AFP, which cited on Monday unnamed diplomats who said...
Tunisia dismisses UN ambassador for purportedly being too critical Trump Mideast plan
Tunisia sacked its ambassador to the United Nations, Moncef Baati, on Friday for allegedly not consulting with the country’s foreign ministry on issues, including the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan.
“Tunisia’s ambassador to the United...
Sudan gives Israel initial approval for overflights
Sudan has tentatively agreed to allow flights heading to Israel to cross its airspace, Sudanese military spokesman Amer Mohamed al-Hassan said on Wednesday.
An agreement has been worked out “in principle” for the use of...
Israel, Italy eye joint scientific space venture
A unique space launch will take place at the end of March this year as part of a joint Israeli-Italian microgravity medical experimentation project.
The cooperation between the two countries in space mirrors the strengthening...
Israel sees dawn of a new era as African and Arab countries seek diplomatic...
They say history repeats itself, but sometimes, history is made.
When eight Arab countries gathered in 1967 in Khartoum, Sudan, to condemn Israel just months after the Six-Day War and announce what became known as...