Monthly Archives: August 2023
Study: Some governments embrace IHRA definition … and its opponents
About 30% of non-governmental organizations that have an anti-IHRA agenda receive grants from Western governments, including some governments that have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.
That’s according to new research from NGO Monitor,...
New report: Antisemitic crimes rose 28% in 21 US cities in 2022
Research from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) reveals an increase in the number of hate crimes against Jews (up 28%) and other minority groups in...
UN secretary-general expected to visit Israel, Palestinian Authority
A planned trip by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to Israel and the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to yield significant developments but may help relieve tensions in a strained relationship.
The United Nations has not announced...
Iranian weightlifter banned for life after shaking hands with Israeli
Iranian weightlifter Mostafa Rajaei has been handed a lifetime ban by the regime in Tehran for shaking the hand of an Israeli competitor at an event in Poland, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Rajaei shook hands...
Palestinian terrorists open fire on Arab school using Israeli syllabus
Terrorists affiliated with the Palestinian Authority opened fire at a new Arab school in the Kafr Aqab neighborhood of northeastern Jerusalem on Wednesday because it will be teaching the curriculum of Israeli Arab schools.
In...
New York court rejects suit against Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott
A Manhattan judge dismissed a lawsuit against Unilever on Tuesday that claimed the company misled U.S. investors by not immediately disclosing a decision by its Ben & Jerry's unit to stop selling ice-cream in...
‘Sensitive’ State Dept. document runs in Tehran paper, as Foggy Bottom rebuffs Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee leaders have expressed frustration that the U.S. State Department has been stonewalling Congress about details of the June suspension of Robert Malley as special envoy to Iran.
Now a newspaper with close ties...
Hamas to restart weekly Gaza border riots
Hamas has decided to restart the "Great March of Return" at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel.
The decision was made on Wednesday by the "Supreme National Authority for the Great March of Return and...
Gallant meets with Biden admin officials in NYC
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met with Biden administration officials in New York City on Tuesday.
Gallant met with U.S. Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and was scheduled to meet with National Security...
Saudi funding offer to PA seen as step toward normalization with Israel
Riyadh has proposed resuming financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority, Saudi officials and former Palestinian officials say.
This is a sign the kingdom is paving the way to establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, The Wall Street...