US & World News

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) is calling on French authorities to take strong action against anti-Semitism in the wake of a recent attack on a Jewish leader.

As the world marks the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks next week, Jewish National Fund (JNF) will host and participate in various memorial events in the U.S. to honor American first-responders.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party for consistently praising the Palestinian terrorist group Black September’s killing of 11 Israeli team members at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Israel’s High Court of Justice has criticized the Israeli government over its stance on the issue of egalitarian prayer services at the Western Wall.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called remarks by a leader of the Hamas terror group lauding its strong ties with Iran “a stunning admission” that illustrates Iranian violations of U.N. resolutions.

Russia reportedly worked behind the scenes to protect the Hezbollah terror group in advance of a recent meeting on the renewal of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) presence in the region.

Popular Jewish radio personality Nachum Segal returns to Houston this week for his latest round of broadcasting in the flood-stricken city, as the local Jewish community recovers from Hurricane Harvey.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is scheduled to speak at the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) gala dinner in New York City on Nov. 12.

An upcoming “blacklist” of major international companies with business ties to Israeli communities in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem represents yet another attempt by anti-Israel actors in the United Nations to single out and demonize the world’s only Jewish state, experts say.

Chabad-Lubavitch has announced it’s aiding Jewish residents of Houston with kosher meals, clean water and shelter amid the biblical-style flood enveloping the region resulting from Tropical Storm Harvey.

Frankfurt became the first German city to pass a bill outlawing municipal funding for the anti-Israel BDS movement’s activities.

As the political and economic situation in Venezuela becomes increasingly unstable, Jews are fleeing the South American nation, with many choosing to immigrate to Israel.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin expressed his “support and solidarity” in the aftermath of the Charlottesville, Virginia, violence in a letter to the American Jewish community.

Israeli leaders offered condolences and expressed solidarity with the Spanish people following a deadly terror attack in Barcelona last week that killed 13 and injured more than 120. The Moroccan national who was being sought in the attack was shot dead on Aug. 21, police said.

New York’s Queens Museum has reversed its decision to cancel an event to be hosted by Israel’s Mission to the United Nations, following the advocacy of pro-Israel groups, local politicians and the Israeli government.

A series of letters from the famed German-Jewish physicist Albert Einstein, including criticism of the infamous 1938 Munich Agreement forged by former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, are set to be auctioned off in Los Angeles on Aug. 24.

New data obtained by Israel Hayom analyzes the rising number of tourists arriving in the Jewish state, including visitors’ age, religion and the nature of their trips.

Polish-Jewish leaders are calling on the head of the country’s right-wing nationalist Law and Justice Party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, to denounce what they say is rising anti-Semitism within the Eastern European country.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday Israel will welcome President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, and international negotiations representative Jason Greenblatt later this month for continued discussions in renewed U.S.-led peace efforts.

Although the Jewish communities in Morocco and Tunisia may not be as large as they once were, they are bubbling with activity and their leaders are well-respected and dedicated to ensuring their future, according to Valerie Davis Allouche, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) senior program manager for the two North African Jewish communities.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday the Islamic Republic could abandon its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers “within hours” if the U.S. follows through with imposing new sanctions on Iran.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week approved the Taylor Force Act in a major step for legislation that seeks to cut off U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if the PA continues its payments to terrorists and their families.

The Israeli High Court of Justice has ordered the demolition of homes belonging to the families of three Palestinian terrorists who carried out an attack in Jerusalem’s Old City that killed Border Police Staff Sgt. Hadas Malka in June.

Senegal and Guinea, two Muslim-majority West African nations, will be sending their first-ever full-time ambassadors to Israel next week.