Holocaust survivor, women’s rights icon, laid to rest at French Pantheon
Holocaust survivor and women’s rights powerhouse Simone Veil was given one of the highest honors in France on Sunday, being buried at the esteemed Panthéon in a ceremony attended by thousands of people.
Veil, considered...
Spanish high court rules anti-Israel boycott by city council is unconstitutional
The High Court of Justice in Spain’s Asturias province ruled that a city council’s policy of boycotting Israel was unconstitutional.
Last year, the City Council of Castrillon in northern Spain passed a motion effectively boycotting...
UN General Assembly condemns terrorists’ use of citizens as ‘human shields’
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday voted to condemn the use of civilians as human shields by terror groups as part of its update of its counter-terrorism strategy.
The resolution was specifically aimed as Hamas,...
Poland backtracks on controversial Holocaust law, ends criminal penalties
Following enormous international outcry, including from Israel and Jewish groups, Poland has decided to remove the criminal provisions of its controversial Holocaust speech law.
The law first proposed earlier this year had sought criminal penalties...
Turkey’s President Erdoğan wins re-election, cementing his firm grip on power
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) emerged victorious in the country’s first-ever dual presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, giving the Turkish leader sweeping executive powers and further...
Egyptian cleric: ‘Armenian genocide is a lie; Muslims never perpetrated a racial massacre’
Egyptian cleric Sheikh Sharif Abadi said that throughout history, the Muslims never fought peoples, never conquered in order to collect the jizya poll tax, never forced people to convert to Islam and never perpetrated a racial...
UK opposition leader Corbyn, says his government would recognize Palestinian state
The leader of the British government’s opposition Labour Party said a government under his control would recognize a Palestinian state.
Posting to Twitter during a visit to Jordanian refugee camps on the border with Syria,...
Saudi ban on female drivers to be lifted on Sunday
The last and only nation in the world that bans female motorists will lift the restriction, as women are expected to be allowed to take the wheel in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The move is...
Could Sunday’s election in Turkey be its last?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s suffocating hold on power in Turkey, and the deterioration of the country’s democracy and Islamist-based foreign relations, is going to be tested in the national elections on June 24.
Israel,...
Israeli paratroopers say training on Polish soil brought ‘great meaning to every soldier’
The Israel Defense Force completed significant battle training exercises abroad this month, with Israeli paratroopers conducting drills on Polish soil for the first time ever and the Israeli Air Force working on its long-range...