Monthly Archives: March 2025
Anti-Israel ‘Hague Group’ requires scrutiny
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Feb. 25 article in Foreign Policy—co-written by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Colombia President Gustavo Petro and Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, a left-wing policy adviser and co-general coordinator of Progressive International—spreads...
NYPD makes ‘multiple’ arrests, as anti-Israel protesters hold sit-in at Trump Tower
The New York City Police Department told JNS that it arrested multiple people and that it is addressing an ongoing matter, as protesters staged a sit-in at Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday afternoon.
Some...
UN has no authority over commission accusing Israel of genocide, Guterres says
The office of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told JNS that the global body head has no oversight over a U.N. commission accusing Israel of “genocidal acts.”
“The Independent International Commission of Inquiry is an independent...
In historic first, Judea and Samaria leaders visit UAE
A group of Judea and Samaria leaders made history this week by visiting Abu Dhabi on the first-ever organized trip by the Yesha Council to a Muslim country, the umbrella organization announced Thursday.
Yesha Council...
Israel, Lebanon and possible normalization
Israel is taking steps toward possible normalization with Lebanon, as diplomatic representatives will replace military officials in upcoming negotiation talks.
A diplomatic source confirmed to Israel Hayom on Wednesday that these discussions aim to transition to a political-diplomatic...
IDF distributes nearly 500k hamantaschen for Purim
The Israel Defense Forces' Military Rabbinate distributed almost half a million hamantaschen, or oznei Haman ("Haman's ears") cookies, the army said ahead of the holiday of Purim, which starts Thursday night.
Approximately 460,000 hamantaschen in the flavors of...
‘He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian,’ Trump says of Schumer
Micheál Martin, the Irish Taoiseach, or prime minister, has been among the Jewish state's most vocal critics, including asking the principal judicial body of the United Nations to broaden its definition of "genocide" in December to...
Behind the mask
Purim is a serious festival. Yet many people consider it merely a children’s masquerade party. The very notion of dressing up, wearing masks and creative costumes to disguise ourselves is the subject of much...
On Purim, celebrate Jewish self-defense, not self-loathing
This is not the first time in history in which some Jews have internalized the hate that has been directed at them. Those who do so have embraced beliefs that seek to undermine both...
Reassessing Jewish education amid unprecedented antisemitism
The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks once wrote: “To defend a country, you need an army. But to defend a civilization, you need schools.”
In an era of skyrocketing antisemitism, these words resonate more powerfully...