Tag: State of Israel
ZOA urges Saudi government to include Israel on official maps
The Zionist Organization of America is urging Saudi Arabia to include Israel on its official maps.
Earlier this year on a trip there, ZOA national president Mort Klein met with Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Saudi...
At Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s population hits 9.25 million
On the eve of the Jewish New Year, Israel’s population stands at 9.246 million people, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported, marking an annual population growth rate of 1.6 percent (150,000 people).
The past year...
Hope: The gift of the Jews
One of the greatest gifts the Jewish people have given to the world is the concept of hope for a better future. And we make that future possible because of the belief in moral...
Undercover reporter poses questions to Palestinians on annexation, citizenship
Israeli reporter Zvi Yechezkeli went undercover with a hidden camera into Judea and Samaria to see what Palestinian Arabs really think about Israeli plans for annexation. And he received some surprising answers.
Yechezkeli’s conversations revealed...
Jewish Future Pledge calls on Jews to allocate half of their estate to charity
A newly launched nonprofit is calling on worldwide Jewish donors, young and old, to allocate at least half of their charitable dollars transferred at death to Jewish and Israel-related causes.
Philanthropist and entrepreneur Michael Leven...
Recalling San Remo, and international law regarding the Jewish state, 100 years later
Exactly 100 years ago this week, World War I allied powers including the British Empire, Italy, France and Japan, along with the United States serving as an observer nation, met in San Remo, Italy,...
Rivlin addresses more than 40 world leaders ahead of World Holocaust Forum
Ahead of the Fifth World Holocaust Forum and the 75th commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addressed more than 40 world leaders at an official dinner at...
Israeli activist and longtime Knesset member Geulah Cohen dies at age 93
Former Knesset member Geulah Cohen, an iconic pre-state underground fighter, founder of the Tehiya Party, 2003 Israel Prize laureate and the mother of Likud Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, died on Wednesday night. She was 93...
Republic of Nauru recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
The Republic of Nauru has formally recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz applauded the move by the Pacific Island nation.
I commend @Republic_Nauru’s important decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of...
While Jewish groups rebuke Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ remark, others question Democratic silence on Omar, Tlaib
Jewish and pro-Israel groups largely condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt on Wednesday to clarify his comments from the previous day, which insinuated that Jews who vote for a Democrat either have a “total lack of knowledge or...