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Alexander Schallenberg (right) meets with Dr. Volker Türk, Deputy U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, in Vienna, June 5, 2019.

‘I understand Israeli skepticism over a nuclear agreement with Iran’

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Alexander Schallenberg never imagined himself becoming chancellor of Austria. A lawyer by training, he was born in Switzerland to an aristocratic family and raised in India, Spain and France, where his father served as...
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Credit: Igor Grochev/Shutterstock.

Report: Mossad thwarts Iranian attacks against Israelis in Africa

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Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has thwarted a series of planned Iranian attacks against Israelis in Africa, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Following the receipt of “accurate intelligence” from “Western intelligence sources,” the security forces of...
April Benayoum, “Miss Provence” 2020 and runner-up in the “Miss France” 2021 beauty pageant. Source: Instagram.

Paris court fines social-media users for hate posts targeting ‘Miss France’ runner-up

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Seven people have been fined for targeting the runner-up of the “Miss France” 2021 competition with anti-Semitic verbal abuse on social media, reported France 24. April Benayoum, 21, received anti-Semitic messages after saying at the beauty...
A still from the Netflix documentary “Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,” November 2021. Credit: Courtesy of Netflix.

Netflix short film, ‘Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,’ leaves viewers cringing

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It was basically the complete opposite of what they expected. A group of German Jews who fled Hitler and Nazi Germany, and who signed up to be American soldiers, wanted to exact revenge. Instead, they...
Soccer ball. Credit: Needpix.com.

FIFA president urged to take action against Polish referee’s anti-Jewish rant

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Jewish and anti-Semitism watchdog groups are urging FIFA to take a stance concerning a Polish soccer referee who went on a rant against Jews. Lukasz Araszkiewicz, a FIFA-trained referee and member of the Polish Football...
A graphic of the teams in Italy’s Serie A soccer league. Source: Football Italia.

Top Italian soccer league adopts IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

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Italy’s premier soccer league, Serie A, has agreed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. It made the announcement at a conference called “The Fight Against Anti-Semitism in Football: European Agreements,” the Italian-language...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett andh French President Emmanuel Macron at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 1, 2021. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Iran, spyware-abuse topics of Bennett-Macron meeting at climate summit

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Iran’s race to to enrich uranium was among the key topics discussed on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and French President Emmanuel Macron, during a meeting between the two leaders on the...
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (Wikipedia)

Archbishop of Canterbury apologizes for comparing climate to Nazi Germany

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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologized on Monday for comparing climate change to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust during the 26th U.N. Climate Change Convention (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. On Twitter, he posted: “I...
Minister of Energy Karine Elharrar arrives to the President's Residence in Jerusalem, for a group photo of the newly sworn in Israeli government, June 14, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Lack of accessibility prevents Israeli energy minister from attending climate summit

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Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar was unable to enter the 26th U.N. Climate Change Convention (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday due to several entrances she attempted being inaccessible for handicapped participants.  “This is scandalous...
Israeli Environment Minister Tamar Zandberg. Source: Facebook.

‘Israel is positioned to become a leader in green technologies’

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Part of a 140-member Israeli delegation to Glasgow, Scotland, to attend the 26th U.N. Climate Change Convention, Environment Tamar Zandberg tells JNS how she assesses the role that the Jewish state can play in...