Tag: Israel
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin visits future site of Holocaust museum in Greece
On a state visit to Greece, one of Israel’s closest Mediterranean allies, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin visited the site of a railway station that was used to transport Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp....
Israel implements ‘gradual reopening’ of its embassy in Jordan
(January 30, 2018 / JNS) Israel’s is implementing the reopening of its embassy in Jordan this week, after the Israeli and Jordanian governments earlier in January announced an agreement to restore the diplomatic office. The embassy had...
Greece, Israel call for steps towards peace, security
Greek leaders and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin who started a three-day visit to Greece on Monday, called for steps to promote peace and security in the wider region.
"We seek to restore peace in the...
Mike Pence’s Love Of Israel Is Dangerous For Jews
Vice President Mike Pence may have just become the first Christian visitor to Israel not to set foot inside a church. Palestinian Christians boycotted his visit this week, still furious over the Trump administration’s...
Reporters Diary, 2011-2014: When Israel was swamped with MIGRANT WORKERS – Not with Asylum...
May 1, 2012: The worker’s holiday. Placards were distributed that day by Israel’s National Labor Federation, the Histadrut, which called on workers in Israel to march that day under the banner of “WE ARE...
Jewish worshipers, police clash on Temple Mount
Israel Police and a group of Jewish worshipers clashed on Wednesday in the Temple Mount compound. Police said that a group Jewish visitors violated the terms of the visit and created a provocation that caused a...
US Jewish groups call on Netanyahu to stop deportation of African migrants
The Anti-Defamation League and the refugee protection group Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing “grave concerns” over an Israeli government plan to deport or...
PA President Abbas: ‘Israel a colonial project, has nothing to do with Jews’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said during a conference of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Central Council Sunday evening that "Europeans wanted to bring the Jews here to preserve their interests in the region....
Israeli Jews will never accept Palestinians as equals — Klutznick, chair of Americans for...
Jim Klutznick, the chairman of the liberal Zionist group Americans for Peace Now (and a political player in Chicago and an early Obama supporter), yesterday dismissed the idea of a one-state outcome in Israel and...
Birthright Israel expands its age eligibility with program for 27-32 year olds
Young people who thought they’d missed their chance at a Birthright Israel experience are getting a second kick at the can.
Canada-Israel Experience (CIE), which organizes Brithright Israel trips from Canada, announced last December that...