Reporters Without Borders earns $1 million Dan David Defending Democracy prize
The internationally renowned Dan David Prize announced Michael Ignatieff and Reporters Without Borders as the winners of the $1 million award in the field of Defending Democracy.
Michael Ignatieff, president and rector of Central European...
How is the EU funding NGOs with ties to BDS?
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs came out with a scathing report last month—its second on the issue—accusing the European Union of funding Palestinian and European organizations that promote BDS, the boycott of Israel. In...
UK Jewish watchdog group reports 16 percent increase in anti-Semitic attacks in 2018
British Jewry reported 16 percent more anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 than in the previous year, breaking the record for the third year in a row, and tripling since 2013.
The Community Security Trust, British Jewry’s...
US embassy boycotts Cairo Book Fair after discovery of anti-Semitic propaganda
After discovering that classic anti-Semitic literature would be present at the 2019 Cairo International Book Fair—the most important annual literary event in the Arabic publishing world—the U.S. embassy in Cairo closed its booth, according...
Holocaust-era property compensation discussed with Luxembourg’s prime minister
Leaders of the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) and of the Jewish Community of Luxembourg met on Tuesday with Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel to discuss efforts to address remaining Holocaust-era property compensation issues.
The...
Amid scathing response, plans for sausage museum at site of Buchenwald canceled
Amid an intense backlash, plans to construct a sausage museum at the site of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald, near Weimar, Germany, have apparently been cancelled.
A group called Friends of the Thuringer Bratwurst had released...
40 UN ambassadors visit Poland and Israel on fact-finding, educational tour
Just weeks after Israel withdrew from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) due to allegations of anti-Israel bias and falsifying the significance of Jerusalem to Jews and Christians, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon led...
Spanish railway company refuses tender to build train in ‘occupied’ Jerusalem
A Spanish railway construction company announced on Friday that it had rejected an Israeli tender to build part of the Jerusalem railway because of “the occupation of land through which will pass a section...
Outrage ensues over sausage-museum, hotel and theater plans at site of Buchenwald
Plans to build a sausage museum at the site of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald has prompted outrage over Germany’s apparent “lack of historical awareness.”
A group called Friends of the Thuringer Bratwurst had...
Polish Olympian refuses to coach Malaysian swim team due to anti-Israel policy
Four-time Polish Olympic swimmer Bart Kizierowski has rejected an offer to coach Malaysia’s national swimming team, saying he would not train the Malaysians after they refused to admit Israeli athletes into the country.
The International...