UN Secretary-General: World alliance needed to combat anti-Semitism
On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said that “coordinated global action” was needed to combat the increase of neo-Nazism and white supremacy the world has seen since the...
Trump pardons former adviser Steve Bannon and 70 others on the last day of...
The announcement came just hours before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Trump also granted a presidential pardon to more than 70 people in his final hours in office. Pardons were announced for rappers Lil Wayne...
Biden to name Merrick Garland as nominee for US attorney general
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate U.S. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland as U.S. attorney general, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Garland, 68, who is Jewish, currently serves on the U.S. Court...
Netanyahu, health minister meet 500,000th Israeli to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Tuesday congratulated the country’s 500,000th person to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
“It warms the heart to see the citizens of Israel joining in to...
Morocco, Israel mark end of Hanukkah in joint UN event
For the first time, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan hosted his counterparts—the ambassadors of Morocco, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain—in a public event on Thursday evening to mark the final night...
US: Sudan no longer on list of terror sponsors
The U.S. embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, announced on Monday that the Trump administration has removed the country from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
“The congressional notification period of 45 days has lapsed,...
Parliament members call on EU to withhold some funding to PA due to textbooks
A cross-party group of more than 20 members of the European Parliament from 15 countries have urged the European Union to partially withhold funding to the Palestinian Authority until Ramallah ends its anti-Semitic incitement...
Fires blazing in US West ‘more devastating than anyone could have imagined’
Two Jewish federations on the West Coast have created emergency funds to help people severely impacted by the wildfires that have been raging across the western United States. More than 30 have died, while...
Ukrainian government honors longtime rabbi of Kiev
The Ukrainian parliament has awarded Rabbi Jonathan Markowitz, chief rabbi of the Ukrainian city of Kiev, a medal of honor for his 20 years of service in the city, as well as his contribution...
Iran’s Khamenei: UAE ‘disgraced forever’ by peace agreement with Israel
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday of “treachery against the Islamic world” for normalizing relations with Israel.
Khamenei predicted the peace agreement between Israel and the UAE would...