Tag: Israel
Knesset votes to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
Israel’s Knesset on Wednesday approved a proposal to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of anti-Semitism. The vote passed by 33 to 5, according to the Knesset website.
The motion was submitted by...
White House confirms Biden to arrive in Israel on July 13
The White House on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Saudi Arabia between July 13 and July 16.
The trip will “reinforce the United States’ iron-clad...
Biden to visit Israel, PA in July ahead of anticipated regional summit in Saudi...
U.S. President Joe Biden is slated to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 14-15 before heading to Saudi Arabia for a prospective multilateral summit intended to gather the leaders of numerous regional...
Biden delays planned trip to Israel, Mideast until July
U.S. President Joe Biden has postponed his trip to Israel and its neighbors, and is likely to travel to the region in July.
According to NBC News, which first reported the development, it remains unclear as to what caused...
Israel’s women’s fencing team wins gold at junior world championship in Dubai
Israel’s national women’s fencing team took home the gold medal at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships, held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
In the junior women’s team épée, Israel won first...
Israelis fly to Ethiopia to alleviate humanitarian crisis
The world has taken little notice of the civil war that has been raging in Ethiopia for the last two years.
This greatly troubles Ethiopian-born Israeli parliamentarian Gadi Yevarkan, who this week is leading a...
Poll: Americans becoming less pro-Israel, more pro-Palestinian
While Americans continue to favor the Israelis over the Palestinians, 55% now sympathize with Israelis and 26% with the Palestinians, according to a new Gallup poll.
That percentage of Americans who side with the Palestinians represents...
Israeli Knesset members make first official visit to Indonesia
Israeli Knesset members Avi Dichter and Nira Shpak were in Indonesia on Monday to attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference. This is the first time Israeli MKs have visited the country, with which Israel has...
The Israeli supermarket where you can shop for free
A few years ago, Shani Shukrun began matching people up on Facebook. Not for romantic purposes, but to bring together people in need with donors who could help them.
Each time, she’d raise 300 to...
Israeli population reaches 9,449,000 at start of 2022
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) estimates Israel’s population at 9,449,000 as of Dec. 31, 2021.
Of that number, 6,982,000 are Jewish (73.9 percent of the total population), 1,995,000 are Arab (21.1 percent) and 472,000 identify as...