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How Americans can save Israeli democracy
President Joe Biden isn’t the first American president to intervene in Israeli politics. U.S. administrations have been doing so for decades with generally dismal results. Yet there was something different about the comments Biden recently made...
What’s next for Israel and Greece?
Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in the November 2022 Israeli legislative election brought the architect of the Israeli-Greek friendship back to power. As prime minister in 2010, Netanyahu was the first to advocate for this friendship....
Nikki Haley launches US presidential bid
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley officially launched her 2024 presidential campaign on Tuesday, becoming the first Republican candidate to formally toss their hat into the primary ring against former President...
Senior US senator: ‘Netanyahu putting own interests ahead of Israel’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “dangerously putting his own narrow political and legal interests…ahead of the long-term interests and needs of Israel’s democracy,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and...
The United Nations is not antisemitic, its point man on antisemitism says
During an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations headquarters last month, Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan ripped the global body for failing to tackle antisemitism.
“The U.N. was founded upon the ashes...
Smotrich vows unrestrained building in Judea and Samaria despite US opposition
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Tuesday to promote unrestrained construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, despite opposition from the Biden administration.
“The real answer to terror is to continue to...
Former Israeli PM Olmert calls for ‘war’ to stop judicial reform
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday called for the protest movement against the government’s judicial reform proposal to move to the next stage, one fueled by violent confrontation.
“What is needed is to...
Israeli FM meets Erdoğan in Ankara following devastating earthquakes
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey on Tuesday, during a solidarity visit following the earthquakes that killed tens of thousands of people in that country and...
Canadian authorities investigating two fires at Jewish camp
Authorities in Quebec, Canada, are investigating two fires at an overnight Jewish camp in the village of Quyon.
A neighbor reported a fire at Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, reports CBC...
Antisemitism dramatically undercounted in 2022, AJC report says
Despite well-documented surges in antisemitism in America, new data suggests official numbers dramatically undercount the problem’s scope.
In 2022, more than one-quarter (26%) of U.S. Jews said they were targets of either physical or in-person...