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‘I’ve seen the world and never stop being amazed,’ outgoing Israeli envoy in Ghana...

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Accra, GHANA—Shlomit Sufa talks shop about movies, politics and religion for nearly an hour with JNS in her office at the Israeli embassy, anonymously housed inside a near-empty glass high-rise in central Accra, before...

Jewish protesters removed from Johannesburg anti-Israel conference

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South African police forcefully removed a group of Jewish protesters from outside the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Friday. The “Global Anti-Apartheid Conference for Palestine” was taking place inside, attended, by invitation only, by...
United Hatzalah’s disaster-relief mission has been operating to assist earthquake victims in Morocco since Sept. 10, 2023. Credit: United Hatzalah.

United Hatzalah opens medical clinics in Atlas Mountains to aid quake victims

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United Hatzalah’s disaster-relief mission has been operating in Morocco since Sept. 10, two days after the nearly 6.9 magnitude earthquake devastated parts of the country, particularly in the west in and around Marrakesh, killing nearly 3,000...
A United Hatzalah volunteer helping local people in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains after Friday's damaging earthquake, Sept. 10, 2023. Credit: United Hatzalah.

United Hatzalah on the ground in quake-stricken Morocco

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A United Hatzalah advance team on Sunday began preparations in quake-stricken Morocco for a wider operation in the coming days. The Israel-based initial responders arrived in the country on Saturday night, following Friday's devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake centered in...
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio. Credit: Embassy of Sierra Leone in the United States.

Sierra Leone to open embassy in Jerusalem

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The West African nation of Sierra Leone will open an embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the latest country to move its diplomatic mission to the city, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. The news came...
The view from the Goha Hotel in Gondar, Ethiopia. Credit: A.Savin via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel mulling options to rescue citizens in war-torn Ethiopia

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An emergency meeting of Israel's National Security Council was held on Tuesday morning to examine options for rescuing Israelis trapped in war-torn northern Ethiopia. Foreign Ministry officials said at the meeting that there are about...
The First Annual Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit in Rome, Dec. 6-9, 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

Rome summit celebrates Abraham Accords, shared values

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World Leaders, ambassadors, diplomats, clergy and other distinguished guests from more than 30 countries converged on Rome for the First Annual Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit (Dec. 6-9). The event celebrated the 2020 accords between...
Presentation of the Moses African Jewish Leadership Awards at the second Jewish Africa Conference, Policy Center for the New South, in Rabat, Morocco, on June 13, 2022. Credit: Courtesy of American Sephardi Federation.

Leaders gather in Morocco to push for greater awareness of African Jewish heritage

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Representatives of Jewish communities from more than 20 countries gathered in Rabat, Morocco, on June 13 to sign a declaration calling for greater awareness of African Jewish heritage. The “Call of Rabat for the Preservation...

ISIS conducted 2,700-plus attacks worldwide in 2021

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The Islamic States (ISIS) terror organization conducted 2,705 attacks worldwide in 2021, roughly the same number it conducted in 2020 (2,781), according to a new report by an Israeli research center. The Meir Amit Terrorism...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan holds an event to discuss water, technology and bolstering other ties with 25 ambassadors from Africa, Nov. 8, 2021. Credit: Permanent Mission of Israel to the U.N.

Erdan holds event at UN to bolster relations between Israel and Africa

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan held a program on Monday to showcase Israel’s technology and boost ties between the Jewish state and Africa. The event, held in collaboration with Innovation: Africa and its founder...