Monthly Archives: May 2023
IDF kills ‘most senior’ Palestinian Islamic Jihad figure in Gaza Strip
An Israeli airstrike killed Iyad al-Hassani—also spelled Iyad Alhassani—the “most senior” Palestinian Islamic Jihad figure in the Gaza Strip, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, confirmed on Twitter on Friday...
Antisemitic incident report: May 6-12, 2023
JNS publishes a weekly listing of antisemitic incidents recorded nationally by Jewish, pro-Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, as well as various news media. By the Anti-Defamation League’s count, an average of seven such instances of varying...
41% increase in antisemitic incidents in a single year in California
While antisemitism rates have risen across the country in recent years, a new report from the Anti-Defamation League documents just how high of a jump California has seen.
In 2021, there were 367 antisemitic incidents. In 2022,...
New UK bill to prevent government councils from boycotting Israel
A new bill soon to be introduced is set to deal a blow against the BDS movement in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Communities Secretary Michael Gove will introduce legislation to prevent councils in the United...
IDF assessment: Iran is pushing Palestinian Islamic Jihad to fire rockets at Israel
Iran has been encouraging the senior leadership of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), whose members are based in Damascus and Beirut, to instruct the terror faction’s Gazan rocket squads to keep firing at Israel, the...
Iran secures chair of technology forum at UN Human Rights Council
In the same week that Iran hanged two men for their activity on social media, the U.N. Human Rights Council appointed Tehran as chair of a forum focused on using technology to promote human...
New president of American Friends of Hebrew University is herself a student
“I wish more people appreciated how this university grew from only a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the late 19th century, to its spectacular founding in the early 20th century, to the...
Defense Minister Gallant’s mother, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 88
Fruma Gallant, the mother of Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, died on May 11 at the age of 88.
Fruma, née Segal, was born in Poland and survived World War II and the Holocaust. She...
Gaza’s ghosts
In a jaw-dropping display of irony, on Wednesday the Neve Dekalim Girl’s High School was forced to cancel a scheduled celebration to mark its 40th birthday.
Since 2005, the school has been located in Nitzan,...
As Gaza’s rockets are fired at Israel, so are media missiles
We know it’s coming. We can write the script in advance. Yet it never fails to sicken and to shock.
This week, Israel was once again forced to take military action to defend itself against...