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U.S. Ambassador David Friedman speaks at an event held by the Judea Samaria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JSCOCI) in the Israeli city of Ariel. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Israel.

US envoy: United Nations cannot just ‘vote away’ Jerusalem’s status as capital

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman lambasted the United Nations on Monday over its anti-Israel bias, using the occasion of Hanukkah to highlight Israel’s legitimate claim to Jerusalem. Friedman, the first U.S. envoy to serve...
French President Emmanuel Macron has demanded that France’s judiciary “bring total clarity around the death of Sarah Halimi.” Credit: Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons.

While French citizens protest increased taxation, France gives 16 million euros to PA

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The government of France recently donated 8 million euros to the Palestinian government’s 2018 general budget. . This brings France’s direct support to the PA’s general budget to 16 million euros in 2018 (67,869,600...
A young Israeli chess player takes part in a special chess tournament in Jerusalem marking Israel’s 70th anniversary, April 30, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

FIDE cancels chess contest in Riyadh after legal action

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The international chess governing body—the Fédération lnternationale des Échecs (FIDE)—has agreed to strip Saudi Arabia from the right to host a forthcoming chess tournament after a lawyers’ letter was sent by two Israeli nationals. Saudi Arabia was due to host...
The United Nations building in New York. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

UN condemns Israel through six resolutions in one day

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The United Nations on Friday continued its streak of frequently condemning the Jewish state, passing six anti-Israel resolutions. The first, titled “The Syrian Golan,” passed with 100 votes in favor, 12 against and 62 abstentions....
A pro-BDS display, with photos and Palestinian flags, at Dam Square in central Amsterdam June 24, 2016. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Dutch students to teacher: ‘Only reason you’re here is because Germans forgot to gas...

A new poll conducted in the Netherlands finds most of the country’s Jews are afraid to identify as Jewish in public. Half of all Dutch Jews polled said they do not feel safe in...
King's College London Action Palestine Society holding a demonstration on Feb. 27, 2018. Credit: Screenshot.

UK student union backs protest commemorating Palestinian terrorists

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A student union at King’s College London supported a protest several weeks ago commemorating terrorists from Hamas and other groups. “F*** KCL! Israel is a terrorist state!” shouted anti-Israel demonstrators, led by KCL Action Palestine,...
Canadian-Israeli LGBT activist and celebrity designer Shai DeLuca-Tamasi at University College London. Credit: CAMERA on Campus.

Prominent Canadian-Israeli activist energizes British and Irish pro-Israel students

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Amid growing anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hostilities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Canadian-Israeli LGBT activist and celebrity designer Shai DeLuca-Tamasi toured campuses throughout the British Isles to embolden pro-Israel students. DeLuca-Tamasi, a veteran of the...
Georgia's former President Mikheil Saakashvili (left): (Wikipedia)

Former Georgian president calls candidate’s Israeli aide ‘dirty Jew’

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Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili has come under fire for anti-Semitic comments he made about the ruling Georgian Dream party’s Israeli political strategist Moshe Klughaft last week. Klughaft, who is known for employing smear campaigns,...
An Israeli offshore natural gas rig. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Italy reach agreement on longest underwater gas pipeline

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Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Italy have reached an agreement on the world’s longest underwater gas pipeline, estimated to cost nearly $7 billion, the financial website Globes reported on Sunday. After signing a memorandum of understanding late last year, the...

‘Oldest nun’ who helped save Jews in WWII dies aged 110

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A nun believed to have been the oldest in the world has died at the age of 110. Sister Cecylia Maria Roszak was born in Poland on March 25, 1908, and entered a cloistered convent...